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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 2001
Page
3
The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 2 to 6 30 p.m. Wednesday at Satanta City Hall. Donors must be 17 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health.
The Fiesta Committee 2001 which runs the Mexican Independence Day celebration in September seeks queen candidates aged 16 to 21. Contact Gloria Sena at 276-3029 or Connie Cruz at 275-2941 for information. Past Fiesta queens are also invited to help organize by calling Sena or Cruz.
Georgia Matthews PTO will offer movie passes and McDonald Smile Saver cards as a fundraiser next week. Items available Monday through Thursday before and after school or by calling Angela at 276-2400.
The University of Kansas will review its Golfito Costa Rica study abroad program after Shannon Martin, 23, of Topeka was found stabbed to death near Golfito airport. Martin studied there last year and was set to graduate this weekend. No arrests have been made. The program will continue this summer with 14 students, eight from Kansas, planned to go for research.
Two 19 year old Louisville residents Matthew Falk and Kathryn Torp died when Falks car skidded under a parked semi trailer on I 70 near Junction City Kansas. Driver Robert Sherwood of Carbondale was not hurt. In Kansas City authorities plan DNA from missing girls families to identify a decapitated girl found last month. DNA could match a Tacoma missing girl with tips from Tacoma and elsewhere.
Joshua Mattocks, 22, of Fair Grove Missouri, was sentenced in Lawrence for involuntary manslaughter after running over John Lowe 38 who slept in an alley. He received 30 days in jail 36 months intensive probation and 100 hours community service. Mattocks pleaded no contest to the felony and to DUI and leaving the scene.
Kansas Highway Patrol will lead a nationwide push next week to enforce child restraint laws and educate parents on proper child seat use. In southwest Kansas, local officers will conduct check lanes and provide hands on installation guidance at Stevens Park during the Late Summer Fun Fair.
Finney County commissioners plan a Monday session focusing on finances including a 20-cent sewer rate increase for Sewer District No. 1 customers. Residential bills rise to 27.05, commercial 39.05, industrial 36.55, and campground 0.89. The panel also reviews budget requests for 2002 from FCEDC, the radio committee, and the museum, plus grant proposals for youth services and alcohol tax allocations for local groups. The 8:30 a.m. meeting occurs at the Finney County Administrative Center.
In Washington, Kansans in Congress align with President Bush on long term energy solutions, acknowledging limited short term relief and urging quick legislative action. Sen. Sam Brownback praises the plan as balanced, while Rep. Roy Blunt and Rep. Jerry Moran push tax incentives for ethanol and domestic production to ease farm and energy pressures.
The Kansas State University Opera Workshop Singers perform at Community Congregational Church 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 710 N Third St with a concert version of The Tenderland led by Reginald Pittman and pianist William Wingfield. Danielle Musick, a 2001 KSU graduate, portrays Laurie in a tale of farm life and a forbidden romance. A free will offering benefits the KSU Opera Guild. admission is free.
Garden City police report three more suspects linked to a Monday night gang incident on St John Street. Alfredo Rios 22 turned himself in and faces disorderly conduct charges. Edgar Mota 23 was found at home and charged. Tony Flores Jr 24 was cited and released. Six others were jailed earlier for the same case.
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