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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 2002
Page
3
The second annual Little Miss Garden City Pageant entry deadline moved to July 26. The pageant on August 3 at United Methodist Church funds the Miss Garden City Sunflower Scholarship program. Ages 4 to 18 may enter. for details call Lisa Dockter at 272-0375.
The Unknown Records Crew will play at Stevens Park band shell at 7 30 p m Sunday. Band members include Jose A Martinez Jeremy Pascasio and Pete Pascasio. The Stevens Park Concert Series is free to the public and sponsored by the arts program at the Garden City Recreation Commission and Garden City.
Tickets go on sale Monday for the 2002 Summer Production Yankee Doodle Dandies. Performances are 7 30 p m July 26 27 and 2 p m July 28 at Clifford Hope Auditorium. Tickets 3 dollars, available at the Recreation Commission or at the door. The show features 179 local youth ages 4 18 and is directed by Mark Hays with Mary Lou Hays providing music direction and piano accompaniment.
A small plane crashed near a home in Lee's Summit Missouri this morning killing its two occupants. Four people inside the single family residence escaped as the house and plane caught fire. Residents described a large fireball and a startling start to the day. The plane reportedly originated from Lee's Summit Municipal Airport just after takeoff.
The Kansas attorney general calls for changes after a Kansas Supreme Court ruling requires release of Edgar Searcy, a violent sexual predator once held for treatment. A 1994 law allowed indefinite custody with a fast track trial, but the court ruled the trial was not timely.
Garden City Community College trustees kept the general fund levy at 18.691 mills and the capital outlay levy at 1 mill despite Finney County’s valuation drop from 388.7 million to 377.7 million. The move preserves tax levels while warning that state funding may shrink, with a planned 8 percent cushion cut and a 2.5 percent employee raise amid enrollment gains.
In Kansas City Kan a free distribution newspaper The Observer and its editor Edward Powers Jr and publisher David Carson were found guilty on seven counts each of misdemeanor libel for reporting that Mayor Carol Marinovich and her husband Wyandotte County Judge Ernest Johnson lived in another county. The jury acquitted one count about a former Star reporter and a judge set motions for Aug 26.
Garden City hosts the LEAN-21 Leadership workshop July 25 at the Finney County Fairgrounds. KDHE and KSDE representatives lead the day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event trains teachers administrators health officials and day care staff on cafeteria choices classroom education and post school activity to fight obesity. Participants will learn through role play and activities like plate dancing while receiving nutrition kits and activity guides. lunch is optional for 12. Pre-register by calling 888 259-6287 or emailing hohnbaumsbell.net.
Police seized a rocket launcher, grenades and up to 25 rifles and handguns from two east downtown Topeka homes during a raid shortly after 7 30 p.m. Wednesday. Neighbors were evacuated as explosives were moved to Forbes Field for inspection. Lt John Sidwell said the cache was substantial and uncommon.
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