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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 2003
Page
1
Neighbors across the town transform porches and windows into eerie displays as Halloween approaches. Families string lights, carve pumpkins, and showcase spooky scenes to delight visitors and neighbors alike.
Loren Speed Coulter poses beside his hand made miniature stage coach while Bob Baker and Garten Cine look on noting the quirky display. The scene captures locals enjoying a whimsical showcase of hobby craftsmanship and community charm.
As Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday churches report shifts in turnout. Garden City Presbyterian notes some parishioners arrive an hour early or skip ahead for coffee, while Trinity Lutheran expects a small rise in Sunday morning attendance with the time change.
Garden City commissioners plan to resume talks on raising the transient guest tax from 4 percent, with a proposed 2 percent hike aimed at funding the Lee Richardson Zoo master plan and local infrastructure. The Tuesday meeting includes the Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau and zoo advisory board to discuss administration and use of new tax revenue.
Local health professionals urge annual influenza vaccination citing past tolls and CDC figures. The article notes flu kills about 36,000 yearly in the United States with 114,000 hospitalizations, and contrasts flu risks with SARS and West Nile totals while promoting vaccination by health workers like Donna Marley at Finney Lee Vaccine Center.
Special Advocate Verlene Kunz, who retired after 32 years, became a CASA volunteer three and a half years ago. Plains CASA operates at 603 N Eighth St with Director Tesa Rijfkogel, phone 271 6197, hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
Finney County United Way reports $123,626 raised toward a $475,000 annual goal, 26 percent funded. The drive began Aug. 25 and runs through Nov. 14. Recent leadership gifts include $5,500 from Lewis Hooper and Dick Certified Public Accountants employees, $2,500 from Swift and Co., $1,250 from Lewis Hooper and Dick CPAs, $1,000 from Gerald and Loretta Schultz, $702 from KSU Research Extension Center, and $500 each from Garden City New Holland, Preston Burtis Jr., Dale J. Gabel, and Carole J. Corley.
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