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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 2002
Page
1
Mike Smith and his wife Sherri with children Courtney Caleb and Catlin pictured at Memorial Stadium in 1992. Kenneth Webster of Garden City is identified in the caption.
Western State Bank bought The Windsor Hotel at 419 N Main St for 100000 and deeded it to the Finney County Preservation Alliance. Bank President Jeff Whitham said the transfer aims to save and renovate the 1887 built building, which closed in 1977 as a fire hazard. The alliance plans funding and grants, but faces costs and ownership challenges. Garland Furniture and Crook's Shoe Store occupy the site. city leaders view the Windsor as a key local landmark.
Garden City Regional Airport sees declining ridership on Kansas City and Denver routes. Through November, fewer than five daily Kansas City bound passengers total 1,660 year to date, with January counts higher. Denver flights show similar drops, 4,274 traveled this year vs earlier peak years. Local officials, including City Manager Bob Halloran, call the trend worrisome.
Kansas has fined more than 180 restaurants and closed eight, up sharply since an audit in April found inspection gaps and weak enforcement. Sedgwick County led with 26 fined, while health officials say training inspectors and statewide consistency are key to improved public health oversight.
In December 2002 a veteran reflects on a January 1945 Ardennes patrol and the cold, fear, and bombs he endured as a 19 year old soldier. He steadied his nerves by imagining a scale model steam engine, dreaming of returning to Kansas. The narrative links wartime hardship to hopeful homecoming memories.
Delmar Waterson, 76, starts a scale model steam engine as smoke and bells animate a tiny railway near Dighton’s North Side. The creation began as mental survival after the Battle of the Bulge, Waterson says, driven by a dream of building a locomotive during World War II.
Kansas will test a new 511 road information service to provide localized driving conditions across the state. The project costs about 100000 dollars annually and will replace the existing weather hot line with more data and interactive options for motorists.
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