Picture This Nancy Teetzen Garden City
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 2008
Page
1
Nancy Teetzen of Garden City is the subject of a picture feature in this issue priced at 50 cents.
Galveston area remains cut off as a Texas helicopter task force airlifted 115 rescuers to Bolivar Peninsula. Evacuations began while authorities combed destroyed subdivisions and searched for residents, including a lion owner holed up in a church. Death toll rose to 30 across eight states as two days of flood and debris lingered.
Community organizers at Fiesta activities handed out voter registration cards to spur discussion of local and national issues. Loretta DeLaRosa of the Kansas Democratic Party notes Garden City's diverse Spanish speaking population includes many who have never registered to vote while Hilda Meza of the League of United Latin American Citizens stresses the importance of participation in Washington decisions.
Garden City resident Lydia Gonzalez recalls 70 years of Fiesta change while noting family ties to the celebration. Her son Joe Louis coordinates the piñatas as hundreds gather at Stevens Park to enjoy mariachi Nuevo Sonido, churros, funnel cakes, cotton candy, and corn on the cob in a diverse, family friendly event highlighting unity beyond Mexican colors.
Frances Gillan, longtime Garden City resident and volunteer coordinator for local musical programs for nearly 30 years, has never taken payment. She says the happiness on neighbors’ faces is the reward, reflecting decades of service at Garden City and Garden Valley Retirement Village.
Frances Gillan, called young-at-heart by Ruby Buller, has hosted and organized entertainment at a southwest Kansas retirement village for 30 years. She values doctors lawyers merchants and chiefs as part of her living theater crowd and volunteers many hours each week.
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