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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 2001
Page
3
The second annual Winter Holiday Parade is scheduled for December 16 at 6 30 p m in downtown Garden City. Interested participants should call Megan Price Megan Frazier or Amy Carnahan at 275 5256 for details.
En Avant a community women’s club hosts a Fall Festival Arts and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the South Gray High School gymnasium Montezuma. Local exhibitors participate with concessions, hourly door prizes, and a drawing for a handcrafted planter.
Local groups churches and clubs schedule craft bake sales bazaars and other holiday activities across southwest Kansas. The Telegram will publish a compiled list on November 10. To submit send event details including date time place and a brief offering description plus submitter name and daytime phone to Debbie Schiffelbein by November 7 at 5 p.m. via mail office drop or fax.
A Halloween bingo session at Eagles Lodge 2603 N Taylor Ave opens at 5 pm with mini bingo at 6 30 and regular play at 7 pm. Pull tab sales begin 6 pm. Blackout prizes up to 500 and a progressive 1000 plus a door prize near 25. Hamburgers and more available. costumes encouraged. Separately a Deerfield man, 27, died Monday night in a County Road crash near Deerfield. Authorities have not released the name. 31-year-old Jesus Torres Gonzalez and 46-year-old Abel Gonzalez of Lakin were passengers. Torres Gonzalez was driving. his car rolled into a ditch, he wore a seat belt and was not injured.
Anthem BCBS seeks to acquire Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas in a 370 million cash deal to become a wholly owned subsidiary. Policyholders and Insurance Commissioner Sebelius must approve. an escrow funds possible liabilities. If approved, finalization could come in early 2002 with public hearings in November and December.
USD 457 relies on a large substitute staff to cover 45 to 60 positions daily amid a state leading number of vacancies. The district has 69 substitutes including 30 emergency, 22 certified, and 17 part time. Substitutes include students training to be teachers and those with degrees. Some may accept permanent teaching roles, but many prefer flexible schedules or move between schools.
Farmland National Beef sent 1,800 employees home and suspended plant operations after receiving a suspicious package at its Dodge City administrative office. The package proved a hoax, with workers paid only for time worked. Normal operations resume Tuesday at a plant processing over 3,000 head of cattle daily.
Finney County officials and about 10 residents gathered at the Betts residence to discuss roads and policies for maintenance and mowing. They planned future meetings and addressed noxious weed funding, ditch spraying, drainage issues, and involvement in the James Draw Watershed District. The next session is set for November 5 at the county administrative center.
After seven hours, the Ulysses School Board and USD 214 negotiating team reached consensus on salary, early retirement, and insurance details. A 6.4 percent salary increase was agreed, with 1.94 percent for early retirement. The plan caps at six current participants, with a waiting list for openings.
Garden City USD 457 outlines multiple Halloween activities across campuses. Highlights include Garden City High School Fun Night from 6 to 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. for older attendees, a play by Edith Scheuerman third graders titled Shake Dem Halloween Bones, Haunting Homework rewards for Georgia Matthews students, grade level games, a costume parade at Pierceville Plymell, a spiders program by Jennie Barker first graders, and a Fall Festival at Charles O Stones Elementary with Student Leadership teams coordinating celebrations.
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