Roundup Briefs Christian Art Festival Set for Weekend
The 2011 Juried Christian Art Festival runs at Community Congregational Church UCC 710 N Third St. An artists reception opens Friday 6 30 to 8 p.m. in Finnup Fellowship Hall with hors d oeuvres desserts and live music. Juror Darleen Clifton-Smith will speak at 6 45 p.m. Friday. Cash prize totals 725 with ribbons seven purchase awards and a youth division. Festival hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 2 p.m. Sunday with pickup 2 to 2 30 p.m. if possible or after office hours. for info call 275 5623 or 276 6037.
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Community Congregational Church
Ucc
Third St
Finnup Fellowship
Darleen Clifton-Smith
Dodge City High School
Carnegie Art Center
Preschool enrollment set for Friday in Holcomb
Wiley Elementary School will hold preschool enrollment for the 2011-12 year from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the USD 368 Conference and Administration Center 305 Wiley St. Children must be 4 by Aug 31. Bring birth certificate immunization records and Social Security card. Spanish translators available. No preschool classes Friday. Call 277-4431 for more information.
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Wiley Elementary School
Holcomb
USD 368
Wiley St
Call Wiley Elementary School
Smoky Hills auction features local Garden City artists
Three Garden City artists will display work in Smoky Hills Public Television’s Signature Auction a major fundraiser broadcast live from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday and Monday. Wanda Stallings shows Sunny a watercolor. David Kinder offers May 1st 1930 an oil. Irene Unruh donates an untitled watercolor. Nearly 100 pieces including paintings photography and jewelry fund programming for 71 Kansas counties.
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Garden City
Smoky Hills Public Television
Smoky Hill
Wanda Stallings
Sunny
David Kinder
Irene Unruh
Smokyhillstv.org
Kansas
GCHS senior Diaz earns Premier Distinction in forensics
Garden City High School senior Alexandrea Diaz earned the National Forensic League's Premier Distinction, the top degree in the honor society, reflecting sustained excellence in classwork, competition, and service. She will also be named West Kansas National Forensic League Student of the Year at the district tournament at Hutchinson High School today and Friday.
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Garden City High School
Alexandrea Diaz
National Forensic League
Diaz
West Kansas
Hutchinson High School
Senator confronts bioscience agency over Kansas funds
Senate Commerce Chairwoman Susan Wagle accuses the Kansas Bioscience Authority of lavish salaries and disdain for taxpayers after CEO Tom Thornton suggested venture capital firms need not invest in Kansas. Brownback probes operations amid an ongoing district attorney inquiry, with the agency defending its strategy to attract capital and steer investments to Kansas firms.
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Topeka
Kansas
Wisconsin
Senate Commerce Committee
Susan Wagle
Wichita
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Sam Brownback
Wagle
Authority
Tom Thornton
YouTube
Thornton
Lawrence Journal-World
Bioscience Authority
Illinois
David Vranicar
Tal
John Carlin
Johnson County
The
Olathe
Safe Kids fitness and bike rodeo set for Saturday
Finney County Safe Kids hosts a free fitness and bike rodeo Saturday 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Finney County Exhibition Building parking lot. Garden City Police bike officers run the obstacle course. bring bikes and helmets. helmet distribution for local children. Local safety groups and agencies staff booths with bike, boating, water and child-safety info. Contact Donna Gerstner at 276-1200.
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Finney County Safe Kids Group
Finney County Exhibition Building
County Fairgrounds
Garden City
Kansas
Safe Kids Kansas
Safe Kids
Kansas Highway Patrol
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
Finney County Health Coalition
Red Cross
Fire Department
Center For Children and Families
Spirit of the Plains
CASA
Kansas Children’s Service League
Donna Gerstner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Mosaic
Kenneth Henderson
Brian Schwindt
InterHab
Schwindt
Colby Hawkins
Garden City Police Department
Finney County Fairgrounds
Safe Kids Finney County
St. Catherine Hospital
Stabbing suspect to appear in Garden City court
Garden City man Fred Schmidt Jr aged 31 faces second-degree murder charges for the stabbing death of Jeffrey Nichols 25. Nichols body was found March 29 in the 1800 block of Easter Street after a fight near Nichols Sloan Street home. Schmidt was arrested in Wichita and brought back to Garden City and also faces drug possession and trafficking allegations. The next court appearance is set before District Judge Philip C. Vieux.
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Garden City
Fred Schmidt Jr
Amy Sr
Jeffrey Nichols
Easter Street
Philip C. Vieux
Schmidt
Wichita
St. Catherine Hospital
Nichols
Sloan St
Sloan Street
Michael Reagle
Scott faces more charges in Garden City robberies
Henry Scott, 23, previously pled guilty in 2010 to one robbery and a firearm count for a Jan 29 2010 Food Mart holdup in Wichita. He now faces five counts of aggravated robbery in Finney County for crimes from May 2 to Aug 16, 2009. He appeared for a preliminary hearing and was bound over for trial.
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Garden City
Henry Scott
Food Mart
Buffalo Jones Ave
U.S. District Court
Wichita
Scott
Finney County
John Wheeler
Finney County District Court
Wheeler
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