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Bethesda Foundation funds new furniture for Bethesda Place
Corwyn Friesen, mySteinbach New Comfortek tables and chairs were recently put into operation at Bethesda Place.
Recently, Bethesda Foundation was pleased to help out in creating a safer, more sanitary environment for the staff and residents at Bethesda Place, by funding new dining room furniture.
“The residents and staff at our personal care homes have experienced a particularly difficult year,” says Linda Peters, Executive Director for Bethesda Foundation. “We are pleased that in a small way, we could do something to improve safety and freshen up their dining spaces.”
Infection prevention and control measures have undergone some significant changes in the past year, especially in congregate living facilities. This resulted in a need for new dining room furniture at Bethesda Place. New Comfortek tables and chairs were recently put into operation at Bethesda Place, thanks to funding from Bethesda Foundati
$10,500,000
PJM Investors LLC of Chicago managed by lawyer Robert Solliday bought an almost 7,000-square-foot home in Paradise Valley with views of Camelback Mountain. The house with five bedrooms and 6 ½ bathrooms has the ambiance of an old stone farmhouse blended with contemporary architecture, according to the listing. The house with Belgian bluestone and French Oak floors also has a tennis court.
Christopher and Katy Schuman sold the home. Cheryl Anderson of Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty had the listing.
$6,750,000
Dean Shaffer and Linda Peters of Illinois bought a Paradise Valley home situated on a 1.5-acre lot. The home originally built in 1977 was renovated during the past year. The listing didn’t provide more information on it. The seller, 6TS 85253 LLC led by Jonathan Tobias, paid $1.5 million for the property last year.
The Santa Fe Trail turns 200
Garden City Telegram
The use of the Santa Fe Trail 200 years ago became more popular after William Becknell, a pioneer farmer from Franklin, Mo., and five others made a trip to sell goods.
Becknell s story and the popularization of the trail were discussed at the final spring Finney County Historical Society and Museum History at High Noon event on Wednesday.
Linda Peters, president of the Wagon Bed Springs chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association, gave the presentation.
Beckness wasn t the first person to go out on the Santa Fe Trail for trade, Peters said, but he did it at the right time after Mexico gained their independence from Spain and traders were welcome.
Museum to hosts programs on Santa Fe Trail
Garden City Telegram
Guests attending one or both of the final two spring presentations in the Finney County Historical Society’s free history lecture series will learn about the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail.
The programs are set for noon April 14 and 7 p.m. April 20 in the Mary Regan Conference Room of the Finney County Museum in Garden City. Admission is free and access is through the north museum entrance.
The April 14 speaker is Linda Peters, Lakin, a Kearny County Historical Society officer and leader in the area chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association. The speaker April 20 will be Dr. Lee Oliva, Woodston, retired Fort Hays State University history professor and author of numerous books about the trail, Kansas history and the frontier.