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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2003
Page
3
Laugh it up your library is the summer reading theme for Kearny County Public Library. Sign-ups start Monday for children from kindergarten through 12th grade at Main and Prairie. The program runs June 2 to July 14 and includes poster contests, craft days, movie days, collectibles week, and puzzle and game week.
The Santa Fe Trail RC and D bi monthly meeting set for 6 30 p m Monday at the Veterans Memorial Building 207 N Main St Lakin Kansas to advance grassroots development of the RC and D program in nine counties including Greeley Wichita Hamilton Kearny Finney Grant Stevens Morton and Stanton.
The public is invited to Buffalo Jones Elementary School at 708 Taylor Ave for a Friday evening event from 5 to 8 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for all games and the first 72 children wearing red, white and blue will receive a special prize.
Local artist Wanda Stallings and Robin Calderon of Earlybird Daylilies and Iris present A Sidewalk Garden Party at the Southwest Arts and Humanities Council Arts Center on Main Street. They display original watercolor paintings and notecards with garden photography, with sales and artists on site from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public is invited.
The 11th annual National Association of Letter Carriers food drive will occur Saturday. Residents can donate nonperishable foods by placing items in or around mailboxes for pickup by letter carriers who will collect the donations for local food banks including Salvation Army Emmaus House and Mexican-American Ministries. For details call Greg Cox at 276-3432.
Friday named Provider Appreciation Day to honor childcare workers and encourage parents to nominate a childcare provider for the Provider of The Year award. Send nominations with a paragraph “I appreciate My Childcare Provider” to Care Connection, 2606 Fleming St., Garden City, KS 67846, postmarked by Friday. call 275-0399 for details.
Kansas lawmakers added 8.1 million to cut the waiting list for in home care and personal assistance for elderly and disabled residents as part of a 10.2 billion fiscal year budget. The plan aims to draw 12 million more in federal matching funds, reducing the waiting list by about 38 percent and serving thousands of disabled and elderly Kansans while helping them stay in their communities. The measure, backed by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, passed 31-9 in the Senate and 79-45 in the House after advocacy groups staged a Tent City demonstration at the Statehouse.
Monte Hemenover, a St. Louis dairy management consultant, argued that adding dairies would boost local economies with direct, indirect and induced effects. He cited $8,030 income per dairy cow and a potential $100 billion impact for Kansas, while officials discussed financing and recruitment plans for new operations in multiple counties and towns.
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue suffered a coughing episode while driving home on Long Boulevard. His vehicle crossed the street, hit a fire hydrant and a stop sign, ended in a yard near 1105 Long Blvd, and he resumed consciousness about 10 minutes later. No injuries or hospital visit.
The 83rd annual Garden City Community College commencement is Saturday at 10 a.m. in the main gym with about 300 graduates, plus 60 to 100 from Finney County Community Learning Center receiving GED diplomas. RN pins are awarded at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church. The day features student, faculty, and service awards, a reception, and a Latin Heat dance performance. A nursing ceremony, a reception, and a May 15 semester end are noted along with a separate art sale and a Saturday concert in Stevens Park honoring the graduates. Recipients hail from Garden City, Holcomb, 39 Kansas communities, 14 other states, and three countries.
Lee Richardson Zoo will receive a 75000 grant from the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to fund the Kansas Waters exhibit. The project, costing about 330000, will restock the grounds with otters and native fish, with construction slated for late this year or early 2004. The Friends group has raised over 250000 in two years. An artificial insemination procedure for the zoo's African elephant is planned this month using sperm from three Florida bulls, aiming for healthy offspring. The zoo houses about 300 animals from 100 species, with free admission and 3 per vehicle.
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