School orchestras to perform concert at Garden City High
USD 457 fifth through eighth grade orchestras present String Fever at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Garden City High School Competition Gym. Free admission. Directors DeAnn West and Summer Miller lead groups from Jennie Barker Pierceville Plymell and Abe Hubert Bernadine Sitts Kenneth Henderson. A musical variety program featuring Mountain Rose will be at Garden Valley Retirement Village at 7 p.m. Tuesday, open to the public at no charge.
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PBS auction to include KU ball in 2008 Signature Auction
Smoky Hills Public Television hosts its 2008 Signature Auction Friday through Sunday at The Mall in Hays. About 230 items will be sold on air and 60 online, including a basketball autographed by the 2008 National Champion Kansas Jayhawks. Proceeds go to support the station.
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Winners of photo contest announced
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council hosts its Sixth Annual Juried Photography Show at The ArtsCenter gallery, with Best of Show going to Dan Koons. Winners span Professional and Amateur levels for adult and student divisions, with honors for black and white and color entries.
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Garden City
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Dodge City
Christy Hall
Tillie Hall
John Walter
Joshua Irsik
Shannon McNeill
Greensburg housing program moves 20 homes forward
About 20 Greensburg residents will move into new homes this summer in the first round of construction coordinated by Mennonite Housing of Wichita. The effort, backed by the USDA Rural Development program and 16 public private and nonprofit partners, aims to rebuild Greensburg after the May 4 2007 tornado.
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Jayhawks national championship gear floods local shops
Garden City retailers report brisk KU merchandise sales after the national title. Store managers note sold out shelves, upcoming shipments, and plans for autographable items tied to the seniors Barnstorming Tour game against Garden City High School. Fans show strong demand across T shirts hats basketballs with dual championship gear anticipated after the Orange Bowl win.
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Governors Gather for Yale Climate Conference Centenary Link
As many as 10 governors and global warming experts attend a Yale University event marking Theodore Roosevelt's 1908 Conference of Governors. Prominent attendees include Connecticut's M Jodi Rell California's Arnold Schwarzenegger New Jersey's Jon Corzine Washington's Christine Gregoire Kansas's Kathleen Sebelius and Quebec's Jean Charest. Theodore Roosevelt IV and Dr R K Pachauri speak on climate policy and legacy. Yale aims to cut emissions 10 percent below 1990 by 2020 to mirror global reduction needs.
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Christine Gregoire
Washington
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Kansas
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Army veteran protests VA benefits denial in Topeka
Tim Sanders a 50 percent disabled Iraq and Afghanistan veteran protests outside the Colmery O Neil VA Medical Center in Topeka over a February VA benefit deduction. He receives a $196 monthly check instead of $730 and says the VA owes him medical expense money from 2006. A VFW representative and local lawmakers acknowledge widespread veteran complaints.
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