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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2005
Page
1
Jacob Landgraf stars as a giraffe in a Jennie Wilson Elementary first grade performance directed by Beccy Landgraf in Garden City. The lighthearted scene highlights student creativity and school theater activities.
The Telegram previews the 2006 city budget as commissioners prepare to set the property tax levy by August. This week covers Garden City Fire Department needs, Municipal Court and Police funding, Recreation Commission, Buffalo Dunes Golf Course, parks, Lee Richardson Zoo, Valley View Cemetery, and citywide streets utilities technology planning and finance needs.
In Wichita, farmer Vance Ehmke cannot sleep as forecasts predict monstrous tornadoes and hail. He watches radar, notes 30 seconds of heavy rain, and laments insufficient precipitation. Spring arrives with promises of relief as winter wheat thrives.
Florence Wilson and Carl Martin were inducted into the Garden City High School Hall of Fame. Wilson, a 1938 graduate, recalled her mother’s 1910 legacy and her grandson set to graduate in 2008. Martin, a 1956 graduate, earned a education doctorate and later led Southwestern College.
Garden City Municipal Court faces tighter rooms as caseload grows. Court Administrator Cynthia Beesley cites lack of planning for growth and notes changes since the late 1990s. In 2002 the city added prosecutor Yvette Wilson and in November appointed Municipal Judge Peter Ramirez as full time.
Fire Chief Allen Shelton requests 2.51 million dollars for department improvements, including a third fire station, to protect the city and train workers. City Commissioner David Crase notes understaffing as the department’s budget stands at 1.42 million with 37 firefighters. Shelton cites countywide service as reason for higher staffing and pursues a competitive federal grant.
The Stauth Memorial Museum hosts Lunch Box Memories through May 22, tracing lunch box evolution from steel pails to plastic carriers. Smithsonian curators supplied many pieces while Montezuma residents like Lavon Nance lent items. she recalls growing up in a one room school near Marienthal.
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