Honoring fallen heroes at Valley View Cemetery
Hellen Strickland and her granddaughter Dawn Strickland placed flags in vases Saturday at Valley View Cemetery for the Veterans Field of Honor, honoring fallen heroes with a family observance.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 2010
Page
1
Hellen Strickland and her granddaughter Dawn Strickland placed flags in vases Saturday at Valley View Cemetery for the Veterans Field of Honor, honoring fallen heroes with a family observance.
Finney County Attorney John Wheeler spoke at Valley View Cemetery recalling three local graves lost since 2001. He cited Travis Bachman and Seth Algrim, both Garden City natives, buried in Valley View, and Spc. Clint Upchurch buried in Virginia. About 350 attended as veterans groups reflected on duty and sacrifice.
Plans to honor Kansas soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan move forward with two memorial efforts, one in Wichita and another in the state's northeast. Organizers recruit boards, seek nonprofit status, design plans, and build websites while seeking space at John S. Stevens Veterans Memorial Park.
Police seek to launch PA CT or Police and Citizens Together in Garden City to boost community policing. Officer Robert Scrivner says broken windows invite crime and urges ethnic communities to join the effort at the Law Enforcement Center to partner with police.
In Topeka AP report conservatives in Kansas House discuss forming a coalition to oust Speaker Mike O Neal amid protests from moderates and Democrats. The move, though unlikely, would force the legislature to elect a new leader as the 2011-12 session ends. O Neal and backers faced a tax hike battle before the session closed.
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