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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 2004
Page
3
The Garden City Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint Friday night from 11 30 p m to 2 30 a m Saturday in the 1300 block of North Taylor Street. Officers aim to identify intoxicated drivers and remove them from the roads with on site sobriety field tests.
Belinda Oldham Wichita County Extension agent will compare popular diet plans in a noon Tuesday session at 501 S Ninth St Belinda Oldham will offer factual comparisons of best selling diet plans The free educational program invites participants to bring a low calorie lunch Registration by Monday to 272-3670
The National Association of Letter Carriers and the United States Postal Service run a food drive this week to donate non perishable items to community agencies. Garden City carriers will pick up near mail boxes Friday and return items to the office for Salvation Army Emmaus House and United Methodist Mexican American Ministries. Glass or perishable items are discouraged.
The Area Mental Health Center runs two free mental health screenings in May for Mental Health Awareness Month. The first event is May in the St. Catherine Hospital Outpatient Building lobby with a staffed booth for resources. The second occurs May 18 in the Center board room with literature on community programs.
Congressman Jerry Moran will moderate the Kansas Legislature Wrap Up on Smoky Hills Public Television. The 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday program features Kansas House and Senate members and covers the 2004 legislative session. For more information, contact Moran at 202-225-2715.
Dusty Witthuhn, third generation graduate, will be the last at Bazine High School with 92 years of history ending. The district merges with Ransom, sending 25 grades 9-12 to the new combined enrollment of 55, while Bazine retains some grades. Communities fear losing town vitality as rural districts consolidate to preserve funding and futures.
AP reports Kansas high school students chose the buffalo as the back design for the state quarter to be minted next year by the U.S. Mint. The buffalo won 36 percent of the vote, topping the Ad Astra Indian design at 33 percent. The Buffalo design features a front view of the animal with three sunflowers and the date 1861, marking statehood.
Bill Bradley, a former Marine from Wichita, disappeared April 9 after his fuel convoy near Baghdad came under attack. His sister and friends urge for search efforts, while his son appeals online for help. Bradley joined to support his country and seek adventure amid risky conditions.
Garden City Community College plans 218 graduates plus up to 90 GEDs at 10 a.m. Saturday in the gym. Keynote speakers Jacqueline Fry and Jennifer Zauche hail from Garden City. Other events include a nursing pinning at 3 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, a 5:30 p.m. Friday graduation dinner by the Black Student Union, and a 7 p.m. Friday anniversary banquet for public safety, criminal justice and fire science at the Plaza Hotel with Larry Welch MC. Satanta marks 64th Satanta Day with a 6:30 a.m. breakfast, a 7:30 a.m. fun run, a 9 a.m. kids races, a 10:30 a.m. parade, a noon barbecue, an arts and crafts fair, a car show, an alumni banquet, a 7–10 p.m. carnival, and a street dance. Other notes include the Wichita County Arts Alliance Spring Arts Fling in Leoti, a child passenger safety seat check by the Kansas Highway Patrol, and a Mother's Day dance at the Garden City Eagles Lodge.
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