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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 2008
Page
3
The Sunflower Foundation selects Stephanie Waggoner of United Methodist Mexican-American Ministries among several Kansas nonprofit leaders for Health Care for Kansans. The year long program trains participants to advocate for public policy benefiting their organizations and clients.
The December Extension Lunch and Learn at Finney County Public Library noon to 12 55 p m features ArtsCenter on Main director Carole Geier. Learn about local art gifts displays contests and center programs. Coffee and tea provided. bring a lunch if you wish. Call Finney County Extension Office at 272 3670 for details.
Student musicians from seven southwest Kansas communities will perform in a free Garden City Community College band concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium on campus. Conducted by Jim McAllister, the program includes seasonal selections such as A Christmas Festival and Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson, plus the premiere of Fantasia on The Coventry Carol by McAllister.
Garden City Community College hosts Vespers on December 7 at 3 PM in the Pauline Joyce Arts Building Auditorium. The program features the College Concert Choir, College Singers Ensemble, GCCC Strings Ensemble, and soloists with Carolyn Klassen as keyboard accompanist. Conducted by Clay Wright with Doug Beyer directing strings, the concert ends with signature selections and separate string and choir segments.
Kansas tourism advocates face a setback as an interim legislative committee recommends against reviving a bill to boost the 4 million annual tourism budget by about 2 million and create an independent promotion agency. Lawmakers cited a 1 billion budget deficit and weak sales tax growth as reasons to delay. Travel Industry Association official Dick Carter Jr. remains hopeful.
Salvation Army Captain Craig Lurtz notes a weak economy keeping the $60,000 fund drive unchanged from 2007 as donations lag and need rises. The six day tally around $3,500, half the expected level, with shortages of volunteers and higher food and fuel costs straining families. The effort funds general operations and youth programs, with Angel Trees now accepting applications through December 1. Volunteers like Michael Hensley and William Stark describe the work as community service, with bell ringers at Dillons East and other sites daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Garden City Commissioners will again weigh Motorola's 800-MHz radio system proposal and a possible interlocal financing deal with Finney County and Holcomb. The plan covers dispatch gear, stations, radios, and related infrastructure at an estimated 2.3 million dollars with a seven-year lease option and a 957,600 dollar year end E-911 fund balance.
Garden City Regional Airport suspended operations for about 15 hours from Tuesday night due to widespread taxiway lighting failures. FAA rules require night lighting, so the shutdown halted landings and takeoffs from 4:15 p.m. Tuesday until 7:16 a.m. Wednesday. Runway lights remained usable, but taxiways were unusable at night. Repairs target a cut electrical wire causing a mass-scale fault. two commercial flights were canceled.
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