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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 2004
Page
3
Finney County property taxpayers are warned the second half property taxes are due Monday. Treasurer Raylene Dick notes the 2003 legislative change. The deadline was moved to aid the state budget. 8 percent annual penalty applies only to days late. Full December payments are unaffected.
Candidates for the Fiesta Queen are being accepted for the Community Fiesta Celebration on September 18 at the Fiesta Courtyard. Participants must be between 16 and 21 years old. The signup deadline is May 14. Contact Gloria Sena at 276-3029 for details.
The Garden City High School choir performs Thursday at 7 30 p m in Clifford Hope Auditorium with Buffalo Men s Choir Sophomore Girls Choir, soloists Cramer Degenhardt and Ramirez and skits by the applied music class. The concert is free and open to the public. Pregnant mothers and families may apply for Early Head Start Friday at 1505 Fulton Terrace with required documents.
The Finney County Senior Citizen Association holds its monthly meeting Friday at the Senior Center 907 N. 10th St. All residents 55 and older and guests are invited. A 6 p.m. covered dish dinner precedes a business meeting and a 7 30 p.m. Upbeats performance. bring a dish to share. Call 272 3626 by Thursday for transport, or 276 6962 or 276 3620 for more information.
PETA says Lee Richardson Zoo should remove its two African elephants and relocate them to sanctuaries in Tennessee or California. Zoo director Dan Baffa defends expansion plans to meet AZA space standards, arguing the facility already treats elephants humanely and will seek funds for upgrades.
Garden City Community College invites not only graduates but the whole community to a weekend reunion for its criminal justice program. Activities include a Friday night dance and banquet, seminars on extremism and terrorism, and an open house Saturday from 1 30 to 5 p m in the John Collins Technical Building. Attendees tour crime labs and use training tools such as the Gun Range 3000, with talks by David Carter Richard Holder and Richard Marquise plus an FBI director banquet and 10 a m Saturday graduation in the Physical Education Building.
Several hundred fifth graders from Garden City schools gathered for Sunriser’s Kiwanis B U G awards. About 250 students from Bernadine Sitts and Charles O Stones centers plus St. Mary and St. Dominic Catholic schools received Fun Center passes and ladybug pins designating them as A Students for Brought Up Grades.
Deborah Drexler and husband Karl faced their worst fear as Army Major arrived with chaplain to deliver the news. Pvt Jeremy Drexler, 23, of Topeka, died in Baghdad when his convoy was attacked. Army Spc Ervin Caradine Jr, 33, of Memphis, also died. Both served in 1st Cavalry Division's 91st Engineer Battalion at Fort Hood. Drexler, Washburn Rural High School 1999 graduate, was praised as fearless and caring, with a strong sense of duty. She urged support for troops through care packages.
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