Public band concert at GCCC Tuesday evening
Garden City Community College Concert Band presents its second free concert of the semester at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. More than 30 members perform Bach Forget Me Not Cenotaph Holst Mars McBeth Kaddish Whitacre Cloudburst Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite and Barnum and Bailey's Favorite. Musicians hail from Sublette Copeland Deerfield Lakin Scoti Rolla Holcomb and Garden City.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
J.S. Bach
Lord
Jack Stamp
Gustav Holst
W. Francis McBeth
Ganstrom Ceramic Show at Garden City Community College
A 20 piece exhibition of raku fired ceramics by Sheldon Ganstrom opened in Mercer Gallery at GCCC. Free admission runs noon to 4 pm weekdays and 2 to 5 pm Sundays through April 25, with campus closed April 12 for Easter.
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Mercer Gallery
Garden City Community College
David Kinder
Kansas
Sheldon Ganstrom
Fort Hays State University
Mexico
Mercer
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Alzheimer’s care conference for caregivers Tuesday
A caregiver conference on Alzheimer’s runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Finnup Center for Conservation Education 312 E Finnup Drive. The event explains the disease’s impact on patients, families and caregivers, with respite care available. Register via Gina Cash at St Catherine Home Care Services or Judy Gleason at Southwest Kansas Area Agency on Aging.
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Finnup Center For Conservation Education
E. Finnup Drive
Gina Cash
St. Catherine
Lakin Quilters Show Seeks Southwest Quilt Entries
The Lakin Recreation Commission invites quilters from southwest Kansas to submit quilts for display at the show. Drop off by 9 p.m. Wednesday at 702 N Campbell St. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and offers youth and adult categories, People’s Choice voting, and a donated quilt raffle. Admission is free. For details contact Elaine Beaver at (620) 355-7039.
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Kansas
Lakin Recreation Commission
Recreation Commission
Campbell St
Elaine Beaver
Beaver
Perpetual Adoration Continues At St Catherine Hospital
Garden City devout Catholics mark 2 738th consecutive Friday night vigil in the St Catherine Hospital chapel. Organizer Jeanne Winter notes the tradition began October 4 1996 and draws diverse faithful including many youths. Jose Martinez leads sessions with guitars, prayers and scripture, averaging five to 15 attendees weekly. The group maintains a 168 hour schedule with support from Rev Joseph Barr and hospital openness cited as key to accessibility.
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Garden City
St. Catherine Hospital
Jeanne Winter
Winter
Jose Martinez
St. Catherine
Martinez
Joseph Barr
St. Dominic Catholic Church
St. Dominic and
St. Mary
Ramiro Guevara
State officials to visit Garden City for Democracy Outreach
Kansas officials from Topeka will speak in Garden City in a Democracy Outreach series. Pamela Johnson Betts, Secretary of Aging, will discuss health care Medicare and drug costs at Finney County Senior Center. Sessions include 2 p.m. provider and media discussion and a 4 p.m. public session with Gov. Sebelius aides. The event is free with a posttalk reception to raise funds. Wartman says future sessions may cover juvenile justice.
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Topeka
Garden City
Kansas
Pamela Johnson Betts
Finney County Senior Center
N. 10Th St
Kathleen Sebelius
Lon Wartman
Finney County
Democratic Central Committee
Wartman
Consolidated fire departments serving Kearny County better
Kearny County has merged Deerfield District No. 1 and Lakin District No. 2 into Kearny County Fire and Rescue. They share one budget and pursue a $170,000 FEMA grant to update a 34 year old pumper for Deerfield, aiming for a better fire insurance rating after an ISO review in June.
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Lakin
Deerfield
Kearny County
Scott Harris
Deerfield District No
Kearny County Fire and Rescue
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Harris
ISO (Insurance Service
South Dakota
Crimson Fire Manufacturing
Sheriff’s Office
GCCC auction tops $100000 for scholarship fund
Garden City Community College reports its annual Endowment Auction exceeded 100000 in preliminary totals, with live items surpassing 54000 and silent items about 13000. Ford Mustang raffle and fish bowl drawings pushed receipts past 18000, aiding scholarships over the program’s 25 year span. Greg Anderson won the convertible but could not claim it Friday night as he was in Topeka. his sister-in-law suggested selling a car before learning he had won.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Steve Quakenbush
Garden City
Greg Anderson
Finney County Exhibition Building
Topeke
Anderson
Bill Irsik
Garden City Community College Endowment Association
Finney County
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Alzheimer’s Care Conference
Brad Nading
Elizabeth Guevara
St. Mary and St. Dominic Catholic
Consolidated Fire Departments
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