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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1980
Page
2
In Livermore California free coffee after New Year’s Eve parties will be served at Livermore Mortuary. Owner Barbara Hoblitzell expects brisk business and says coffee there may have a sobering effect. Police will offer rides home to those too intoxicated to drive.
Augusta Ga AP a shortage of abandoned woodpecker holes has bluebird fans singing the blues. The Dixie Chapter of the Telephone Pioneers of America plans to erect 130 bluebird nesting boxes along Interstate 20 between the South Carolina line and Atlanta next year. Ian Templeton notes the birds are returning partly due to nesting boxes.
The Garden City Public Library will host the Kansas Artists' Postcard Series from January 3 to 16, featuring 25 Kansas artists. Hours are 9 am to 8:30 pm Monday through Thursday, and 9 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday, with Sandhills Art Association sponsoring. A spring night irrigation class at Garden City Community College runs Mondays 7 to 10 pm for three credits, taught by Terry Prince, with enrollment January 6 from 7 to 9 pm at the college library. For details call 276 7611.
Garden City Community College Endowment Association announces its third annual auction for February 28 at Wheatland Convention Center. Director Jim Schampel notes a wine and cheese party precedes the auction at 8 p m. Admission is 15 per couple. Scott Auction and Wheatland Center donate services and venue to raise funds for GCC Endowment scholarship."
Ford County District Court Judge Don Smith voided the Kansas Power & Light contract with MBPXL beef packing in Dodge City as unlawful and ordered a new KCC hearing. Peoples Natural Gas Co. contends the KCC lacked proper process and overstepped service areas when approving the 1978 agreement. The ruling calls the commission's actions cavalierish and sloppy and remands for a formal hearing.
About 90 passengers were booked on a Texas International DC-9 flight to Dallas when a malfunctioning safety device caused a delay at Kansas City International Airport. A handful of travelers formed a chain at gate security during the delay, some urging others to give up seats for later flights, and security was called.
Garden City Telegram is a daily newspaper published by The Telegram Publishing Co. Inc with independent editors and business staff. It lists service numbers for Advertising and Circulation and notes subscription rates for Finney county and outside areas along with mail and carrier delivery options.
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