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Winter
2011 Trailside Events
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February |
9 |
Chocolate
Night, Archer Room, Garnett Public Library, 7:00
p.m. |
March |
9 |
Friends
Meeting, Archer Room, Garnett Public Library, 7:00
p.m. |
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30 |
15th
Annual Trail Birthday Bash, Community Building, 6:00
p.m. |
April |
13 |
Friends
Meeting, Archer Room, Garnett
Public Library, 7:00 p.m. |
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23 |
Easter
Parade, Town Square, Garnett,
11 a.m. |
Celebrating
150 Years of Kansas History… March 30, 2011
15th Anniversary of the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail
There is a lot to celebrate this year and the Friends of the
Prairie Spirit Trail are gearing up for it. Opened
March 30, 1996, the Prairie Spirit Trail turns 15 years old
in 2011.
With the state of Kansas and the city of Garnett turning
150, the Friends are circling
the wagons and making plans for their best celebration yet.
Tickets
to the 15th Annual Trail “Birthday Bash” will
go on sale on February 9th at the Chocolate Night meeting
and then be available at Garnett
City Hall and Archer Insurance. Dinner tickets are $7. Tickets will also
be available at the door. The event will be held at the Community
Building in Garnett’s
North Lake Park. A silent auction will begin at 6 pm with dinner to follow
at 6:30 pm.
Once
again the Friends of the Prairie Spirit Trail are looking
for nice and unique silent auction donations.
Proceeds
help the group with trail enhancement
projects.
If you would like to donate please contact Pat Mosher, (785) 448-6799 or
Glenn Hastert, 448-1622.
If
you would like to help with this event contact Friends president
Janice Hodgson at 448-6118.
Please make plans
to attend this celebrating. It will
be an enjoyable
and insightful evening as we learn what will be happening on the trail
in 2011.
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Be
a part of the Prairie Spirit Trail,
Purchase a Walking Tile
The
Santa Fe Depot Walking Tile Project was created in 1997
ago as a monumental way of raising money for improvements
along the Prairie Spirit Trail. Proceeds received from
walking tiles to date have provided bicycle racks, benches,
picnic tables, trash containers, birdhouses and landscape
plantings along the trail and at trailheads. Two picnic
shelters, such as those outside the Santa Fe Depot in Garnett,
have been purchased through this project with the help
of a matching grant from the Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks.
These shelters are now located at the trailheads in Richmond
and Welda. Two new picnic tables were the most recent purchases
for the trailhead in Iola.
The
12-inch square walking tiles of mahogany granite can be
purchased with choice of wording for only $40, $55 with
logo. The tiles are engraved with gold lettering and have “In
Memory Of…” memorials, special messages, names
of businesses and organizations, and family names.
Persons
interested in purchasing a walking tile are encouraged
to view the tiles at the Santa Fe Depot, Main and 7th Avenue.
Tile applications can be picked up at the Santa Fe Depot,
Garnett City Hall or by downloading a Prairie Spirit Trail
Order Form here: "ORDER FORM".
For more information please contact Garnett City Hall,
(785)
448-5496 or email:info@prairiespirittrail.org
There
are hundreds of tiles on display at the Santa Fe Depot.
Don’t delay; get your walking tile application in
today!get your walking tile application
in today!
To
receive a free "passportfolio" of information on
what there is to see and do along the Prairie Spirit Trail,
including lodging accommodations, restaurants, historical
sites, walking tours, etc. in Garnett, please e-mail us today
at: info@prairiespirittrail.org
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