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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 2001
Page
3
The Lee Richardson Zoo will close at 3 p.m. Friday and stay closed Saturday to allow Friends of the Zoo to prepare Boo at the Zoo from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday. It reopens Sunday with winter hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., front gate at 4:30 p.m.
Traffic will be diverted Friday on Third Street at Kansas Avenue while the city upgrades the signals. The north south detour starts at 8 a.m. and lasts four to eight hours. Kansas Avenue traffic flow remains unaffected.
Emmaus House invites families to sign up for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday boxes at 802 N. Fifth St. Each family member must bring LD. The final signup day is November 11.
Kenneth Henderson Middle School presents its first concert of the year at 7 p m in the gym featuring seventh and eighth grade bands and the eighth grade jazz band in a patriotic program. A Powerpoint on the World Trade Center victims and construction is shown with a focus on the towers and people. The program includes Amazing Grace Taps honor pieces with the Civil Air Patrol Color Guard. The concert lasts about 55 minutes and is free. Next concert is the Winter Instrumental Concert on December 17.
Garden City High School stages Steel Magnolias in Clifford Hope Auditorium with performances at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Friday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The southern comedy focuses on six women in Truvy’s beauty salon, led by Truvy and Miss Clairee, with ticket prices and box office times noted.
Kansas Rep. Dennis Moore and fellow Blue Dog Democrats push to stop the GOP tax cut stimulus, arguing it cuts into war on terrorism funding. The plan passes 230-199 in a divided House, with Kansas delegation mostly backing the $100 billion package amid broader deficit concerns. President Bush says the measure will aid a sagging economy even before the war.
At a Sedgwick County Commissioners meeting a Wichita minister urged a public debate on domestic partner benefits after the commission voted to revoke those benefits earlier in the month. Rev. Shelley Hamilton said the decision was biased and cited nearly a thousand signatures in support of health benefits for partners.
A 26 by 15 foot flag donated by High Plains Energy general manager David DuVall was raised Wednesday atop the building by Boy Scout Troop No. 59 and the Garden CityFire Department. The flag will fly for patriotic days and a signed card will be sent to New York City for the cleanup efforts. A Garden City High School concert band and local fire department ladder truck participated.
Weekend activities offer spooky fun across Finney County with the 31st Annual Western Kansas Antique and Crafts Festival at Finney County Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Kay Nichols notes 170 spaces and 120 exhibitors from seven states plus Illinois, with free admission. Shalloween concert at the fairgrounds, Boo! At the Zoo eighth annual event at Lee Richardson Zoo from 5 to 9 p.m. admission $2, and a Saturday Leave No Child Behind conference at the Plaza Hotel with keynote David Ring. A series of public Halloween events, dances, carnivals, and costume parades fill Saturday and Sunday across Garden City and surrounding communities.
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