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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 2002
Page
3
Camps start next week with Wet 'N Wild from 8 am to noon Tuesday through June 20 and Tondally Wetlands June 22 from 9 am to 3 pm. Pre-registration is requested with some scholarships available. Activities include zoo tours crafts and snacks. Lunch is provided for the Saturday camp and two more camps are planned in July and August. Call 276-1250 for details.
Garden City Community College lays out three more summer enrollment days for fall. About 150 southwest Kansas students have attended the first four sessions. July 8 17 and 22 are offered with reservations via 276-9608 or 800 658-1696 for first time students needing help to complete registration.
The Kansas State Treasurer reports over 104 million dollars in unclaimed property including stocks bonds safe deposit contents insurance refunds and abandoned accounts. In the past year more than 8 million has been returned. Call 800 432 0386 or visit kansascash com to check eligibility.
Abe Hubert Middle School yearbooks have arrived and are available in the school office from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday for students to collect.
An advisory committee urged the State Board of Education to back eliminating American Indian mascots in Kansas schools from elementary to high school. The board lacks authority to mandate district name changes, its attorney noted, though one member argued the issue reflects more than school pride as the panel reviews bias and discrimination for the board.
In WaKeeney Cedar Bluff Reservoir a sport utility vehicle carrying children left a boat ramp around 1:45 a.m. Two adults freed six youngsters before the SUV submerged. a 3-year-old boy died. Alcohol was suspected in the crash per Sheriff Curt Bender.
Garden City commissioners approved parking restrictions around St. Catherine Hospital after advisory board recommendations. No parking on Walnut Street from Fourth to Sixth except a loading zone at Emmaus House, and residential parking allowed only on the west side of Sixth Street from Walnut to Cedar. Enforcement relies on residents reporting vehicles.
City commissioners vote to reduce social service funding with the aim of complete withdrawal. For 2002 Big Brothers Big Sisters and CASA shared 19000, while 2003 budget contemplates substantial cuts or elimination. CASA director Tesa Rijfkogel described city support as tenuous amid fiscal pressures.
Kansas veterinarians see a sharp rise in equine vaccinations as West Nile vigilance grows. Ottawa vet Larry Mayes reports about 250 horses treated this spring and urges elimination of mosquito breeding sites, while state health officials monitor for the virus and study Kansas State University mosquito data.
Garden City wins a 136000 grant from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to add up to five more soccer fields at the Charles O Stones Intermediate Center site. The project, managed by the Garden City Recreation Commission, includes drainage irrigation and a restroom concession area with public access via sidewalks and requires a matching city funds.
Ottaway Amusements resumes its 18th year at Beef Empire Days events at Garden City’s fairgrounds. The carnival opens Thursday with wristband night, offering rides including a new Downdraft, a carousel, and Ferris wheel. Proceeds support BED. dates for further wristband nights and pricing are to be announced.
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