Winter 2011 Trailside Events
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.
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.
  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.

 


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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