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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 2011
Page
3
Garden City residents join Operation Christmas Child to aid eight million children in 100 countries. locals aim to fill 1075 shoe boxes with supplies and letters of encouragement at Garden Valley Church 1701 N Third St. collection hours vary by day. Register gifts at www samaritanpurse org.
The fifth annual stocking drive invites donations for Kansas soldiers overseas. Fill stockings with nonperishables, toiletries, cards, batteries, games, or cards, deliver to First Assembly of God Church gym 702 Campus Drive 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. Support costs via $3 per stocking. checks to We Support Our Troops. Call Robin or Amber for details.
Garden City Recreation Commissioner will host Santa's Carnival at the Finney County Exhibition Building on December 38 and 4. The event runs 1 to p.m. with rides games food and visits with Santa. Wristbands are 5 per person. Call 276-1200 for more information.
The Postal Service studies moving Salina processing to Wichita, forecasting more than 1 million dollars in annual savings and the loss of three jobs. A public meeting is set for November 30 at Salina Central High School. The agency has recently shifted operations from Fort Scott to Kansas City and from Hutchinson and Independence to Wichita.
AP reports 32 cars derailed near Topeka as two freight trains derailed, 600 feet of track in each direction damaged. No injuries. Union Pacific said 22 coal cars of a 142 car Wyoming to Illinois train and a 122 car Kansas City to Salina train were involved. Crews worked to reopen tracks by Tuesday night.
St. Catherine Hospital partners with EagleMed to operate a Eurocopter AS350 BI helicopter from the Garden City campus. The service expands regional air medical coverage across western Kansas eastern Colorado and the Oklahoma Panhandle, with a 90 nautical mile range and deployment from the Wichita center.
Ralph McClung 84, a Kansas juror in the 1959 Clutter family killings that inspired In Cold Blood, died November 2 in Longmont Colorado. A pharmacist by trade, he later appeared in the film about the trial and recalled the case as a clear victory despite the grim nature of the crime. His son Tom said his father was loving, hardworking, and principled.
In Topeka, legislators grilled Rob Siedlecki, head of Kansas Social and Rehabilitation Services, over comments that some residents prefer state aid to work. They pressed for a plan to boost employment focus, training, and better job matching while considering reorganizing Medicaid related services into a new Department for Children and Family Services.
WichitaCity Council approved a 1 million grant as part of a 2 million federal economic development package to aid Bombardier Learjet expansion. The plan aims to create 400 jobs initially with three new buildings and expanded flight testing, plus more IT and engineering work moved to Wichita.
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