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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 2008
Page
1
Gavin Wells tries his first peach as Holcomb and Hugoton run a feature on a local business page. The Volume 79 No 241 edition spans 46 pages across 5 sections and costs one dollar.
USD 457 board warns that if voters reject a $97.5 million bond for a new Garden City High School space issues will persist. No backup plan exists to address overcrowding, 26 mobile classrooms, and teachers carting materials, with the current campus slated for multiple reuses.
Readers are invited to share thoughts on the USD 457 bond issue via the newspaper’s online log titled Up to the minute. A link appears in the site’s right-hand navigation at www.gctelegram.com, directing to recent commentary and updates.
Finney County farmer Boyd Lear with 1,200 acres of corn notes the price fall from July to October. At $8 a bushel in July he would have earned 1,400 per acre, but at under $4 now he gets about 800 per acre. Garden City price 3.92, others under 3.90, an eighty cent drop in days. Stephanie Bell of United Prairie Ag calls it disappointing.
Finney County officials Garden City and Holcomb will join FEMA and Kansas Division of Water Resources representatives in a public meeting Friday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the City Administrative Center to discuss proposed changes to flood insurance rate maps. Kaleb Kentner and Tim Hamilton said the update targets the area due to population size and recent moisture runoff from the late 2006 to early 2007 winter storm.
Finney County United Way reports 96929 raised toward a 500000 goal with 19.4 percent achieved as campaigners target Tyson Fresh Meats and Black Hills weatherization efforts during the Day of Caring on Oct 18. Ed and Nelda Lewis CCAD Truck Parts Bank of the West and Duane West are among top donors. Contact 275-1425 to participate.
Katie Day, 75, lives in Garden City and enjoys retirement while volunteering with Finney County RSVP. She remains highly active, joking about being on automatic redial as she logs hours helping seniors and the community. The group promotes volunteer service for seniors nationwide in a busy daily routine.
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