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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2007
Page
3
An upcoming baby-sitting clinic for youth 11 and older runs 9 30 a m to 2 30 p m on June 7 at Finney County Extension Office 501 S Ninth St Garden City KS. Pre registration required to receive a manual completion card lunch snacks provided. Registration due Monday call 272 3670 or email baddison oznet ks u edu.
The First Christian Church and Beef Empire Days host a free Christian concert at 4 p.m. Saturday in Stevens Park. Performers include Darrell Evans Gregory Paul Smith R.P.M. Cindy Smith Dial Not Worthy and Malachi 4 2. If rain, the event moves to First Christian Church at 306 N Seventh St.
Garden City residents can bring chairs blankets and picnics to Stevens Park Band Shell for Sunday night concerts this summer. R P M of Garden City performs at 7 30 p m on June 10 featuring Billee Koehn Rich Maynard Wayne Altig Dave Williams Hannah Proffitt and Matt Lobmeyer. Face to Face from Hugoton and Moscow plays at 7 30 p m on June 17 with Jeff Whitham Wayne Harrison Bill DeCamp Guy Bowden Robert Suddeth and Ron Honig. The Arts Program of Garden City Recreation and the city sponsor all concerts which are free.
Photos taken during Beef Empire Days may be entered in youth or adult divisions of the Finney County Fair photo contest scheduled August 1 to 5. Winning entries receive a gift certificate and may be used in future Beef Empire publicity. Call Finney County Extension Office at 272-3670 for details.
Two incoming Garden City Community College students Katie Novack and Leslie Schneer were named Ambassador Scholars for the 2007-08 academic year. They join three returning ambassadors Audrey Robinson Keith VenJohn and Rebecca Payne. Each recipient earns 2400 dollars in scholarships from the GCCC Endowment Association and serves as student representatives with duties including hosting campus visitors and assisting Endowment functions. The selection involved high school counselor nominations, interviews, transcripts, ACT scores, community contributions, and essays.
Norman Williams and Lou Heldman chronicled the BTK case in Bind Torture Kill The Inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door. The book covers the 1974 letter to The Eagle, the unprecedented access to detectives and notes, and the 2005 arrest and guilty plea. Proceeds support the Sedgwick County Law Enforcement Memorial Fund.
Cool wet weather pushes Kansas harvest back from early June to mid June with Kiowa often the opener. Frost, rain, rust and army worms hinder yields while some western counties show promise. Flooding and two 100 year flood events stress crops, with rail cars already moving in anticipation of an improved western harvest.
In Greensburg a block on South Poplar remains nearly normal amid wrecked streets and demolished buildings from the May 4 tornado. Kim Heft and neighbors like Paul and Shirley Rees describe ruined town life, long recovery, and plans to stay as AmeriCorps volunteers help with cleanup while families cope with displacement and adjusted daily routines.
Police searched University of Kansas buildings after a report of a man with a rifle near Wescoe Hall. No gunman was found and the all clear was issued just before 11 a.m. There was no lockdown, but faculty and students were advised to stay indoors by email after 10 a.m.
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