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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 2002
Page
3
A six week country dance class runs Tuesdays from 7:45 to 9:15 p.m. at Garden City Recreation Commission, 310 N Sixth St. Al and Linda Miller teach basic and advance steps. reservations in person or by phone with VISA or MasterCard at 276 1200.
A Saturday program for fourth through sixth graders starts November 2, running 10 to 11 a.m. with a $15 fee. Projects include reindeer from dog biscuits, Hershey kiss Christmas lights, and a wooden red cardinal centerpiece. Pre-register at the Garden City Recreation Commission.
A pumpkin carving course at GCRC invites youths aged 10 to 15 to join a session on Tuesday from 5 15 to 6 30 p m. Participants must bring a pumpkin while borrowing ideas and tools is available. The fee is 3 dollars. For more information call 276 1200.
Finney County Historical Society invites registrations for the Fourth Annual Ghost Town Bus Tour on November 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day trip covers Garden City and Holcomb with stops at Garden City Depot Little Finnup House Sunnyland Buffalo Hotel El Rancho Wiley School Valley View Cemetery and other sites. Members pay 30 while nonmembers pay 35. price includes bus ride lunch snacks and a society donation. For information contact Pat Baughman at the museum 272-3664 or fico historical genet com.
Children and adults are invited to an All Saints Party from 6 to 8 p.m. on November 2 at Trinity Lutheran Church 1010 Fleming St. Entry is a canned good or cash donation for Emmaus House. Garden City Police will offer the Indenti Kid Program a finger print collection system for kids.
The Garden City High School Band Boosters meeting is rescheduled for 7 p.m. November 4 in the GCHS band room due to parent teacher conferences.
Garden City Habitat for Humanity calls for volunteers at 901 Jenny St to install sheetrock in one bathroom and do plumbing starting 8 a.m. Saturday. Next week workers will paint the exterior at 2617 N Seventh St if weather permits and two weeks later perform various odd jobs at the same property. Call 276 6456 to help.
Holcomb officials weigh restricting late payments and extensions as about 150 to 180 residents pay late monthly and 5 to 15 face shutoff. The council mulls cash payment after two bounced checks and a 48 hour extension for long-time on-time customers while debating extension legality. David Dover hired as city superintendent at 17.50 per hour to start Nov. 4.
Parents may meet teachers next week as districts close for conferences. Various schools list Monday Tuesday Wednesday slots with times for general, kindergarten, kinderprep, ELF and early childhood groups. High and middle schools show noon to 8 pm or similar windows, with some sites offering Tuesday mornings.
Critics seek to have the Kansas Supreme Court hear a challenge to education funding. Attorneys for both sides asked the court to settle the suit over how much state money is spent and how dollars are distributed.
Halloween activities headline a busy weekend with Boo! At the Zoo at Lee Richardson Zoo running 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. ghostly entertainment and 30 treat stops accompany costume parades and candy, while advance tickets at Ward's Garden Center and Safari Shoppe fund the Kansas Waters exhibit.
In Topeka the Kansas attorney general contest heated as Republican Phill Kline and Democrat Chris Biggs faced scrutiny. Kline aides used a TV report on Biggs, who testified in a 2000 Pottawatomie County sentencing, while Dickinson County officials questioned Biggs's motives. Democrats pressed for FBI background checks and tax returns disclosure from Kline.
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