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• Oprah-Backed Restaurant Chain Files For Bankruptcy, Abruptly Closes 12 Locations (dailyvoice.com) — True Food Kitchen has abruptly closed its Garden City restaurant after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, leaving local employees without a workplace following service on October 4. The Oprah-backed chain shut 12 locations nationwide and says staff will be paid for hours worked, keep benefits through October, and may transfer to remaining restaurants where possible.
• The US Air Force's F-14D Tomcat Could Hit Mach 2.34 and Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Now Have a Math Problem the Super Hornet Can't Fix (19fortyfive.com) — A retired F-14D Tomcat, known as "Felix 101," now resides at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, giving local residents a close-up look at one of the Navy's last and most advanced Tomcats. The article traces the jet's Cold War roots, combat roles in Afghanistan and Iraq, and explains why the Super Hornet replaced it despite its superior range.
• Barbara S. Schauf (gcnews.com) — Longtime Garden City resident and nursery school teacher Barbara Sandwick Schauf, who raised nine children and taught at the Garden City Community Church for 18 years, has died at 93. Her life of welcoming neighbors, supporting children, and nurturing a large family will be celebrated at a memorial service at Garden City Community Church on Friday, October 9, at 11 a.m.
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