Local county, city leaders show their support for the new Amtrak platform at Santa Fe Depot July 30. Sen. Jerry Moran and “Miss Kitty” Alicia Ocker performed the ribbon-cutting honors. Pictured are Assistant City Manager Melissa McCoy, Ford County Sheriff Bill Carr, Ford County Commissioner Chris Boys, Amtrak Vice President of Long Distance Services Larry Chesler, Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari, Sen. Jerry Moran, Ford County Historical Society President Kent Stehlik, Dodge City Mayor Kent Smoll, Rep. Brad Ralph, Convention & Visitors Bureau Manager Megan Welsh, Sen. Ron Ryckman, Santa Fe Depot historian Karl Stinemetze, Ford County Historical Society Secretary Connie Penick, Assistant City Manager Ernestor de la Rosa, Ford County Undersheriff Dale Coleman and others. [PHOTO BY Whitney Hodgin/Dodge City Globe]
Whitney Hodgin Dodge City Globe Senator Jerry Moran, leaders in Dodge City and Amtrak officials and local subcontractors celebrated the completion of a $3.8 million…
