Finney County seniors to meet Friday at Senior Center
Finney County Senior Citizen Association plans a Friday dinner at the Senior Center 907 North 10th Street for residents aged 55 and older and their guests. Attendees bring a favorite dish for a 6 p.m. covered dish dinner, then a business meeting followed by entertainment from the Copeland Mennonite Singers. call Dorman Diller or Norma Nichols for details.
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Finney County Senior Citizen Association
10Th St
Finney County
Copeland Mennonite Singers
Call Dorman Diller
Norma Nichols
Foreign film night set for Dec 9
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council hosts a Foreign Film Committee screening at 7 p.m. December 9 in the Finney County Public Library. The film Big Night stars Stanley Tucci Isabella Rossellini Minnie Driver Ian Holm and Tony Shalhoub about two Italian immigrant brothers chasing restaurant success. Admission is free and popcorn will be served. The film is in English and Italian.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Finney County Public Library
Stanley Tucci
Isabella Rossellini
Minnie Driver
Ian Holm
Tony Shalhoub
Primo
Shalhoub
Secondo
Tucci
America
Louis Prima
Pianist Julie Rivers to perform in Satanta concert
Julie Rivers and her Starry Night Trio will play at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Satanta Junior-Senior High School auditorium. The program features pieces from her Christmas recordings Christmastide and Tidings of Joy. The event is free to the public, funded by the Satanta Arts Council and a Kansas Arts Commission grant.
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Julie Rivers
Satanta
Rivers
Satanta Arts Council
Kansas Arts Commission
Red Stocking Breakfast Planned at Lone Star Steakhouse
The Garden City Red Stocking Breakfast returns December 10 from 7 30 to 10 30 a m at Lone Star Steakhouse 2306 East Kansas Avenue Local celebrities will serve at the buffet Carriage rides and a visit from Santa and Mrs Claus accompany the event Tickets cost 6 for adults 3 for children Proceeds benefit Kansas Children s Service League Western Kansas Head Start and Early Head Start Programs Information line 276 3232
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Garden City
Lone Star Steakhouse
Kansas Ave
Santa
Mrs. Claus
Kansas Children’s Service League
Western Kansas
Craft fair at county library highlights local crafts
The Friends of the Finney County Library host a craft fair and silent auction at Finney County Public Library in Garden City. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday with booths from Garden City Holcomb Satanta and Sublette. Proceeds support FOL programs and a book room sale Sunday.
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Friends of the
Finney County Library
Finney County Public Library
Walnut
Garden City
Holcomb
Satanta
Sublette
FOL
Weekend events offer food fun and a charity soup lunch
A weekend full of activities includes a Saturday Brown Bag Lunch at the Finney County Historical Museum with speaker Jay Price discussing Exploring Kansas Churches. Santa's Carnival runs 1 to 6 pm at the Finney County Exhibition Building with 25 cent games and rides for under 15, plus a Christmas theme. A Sunday soup luncheon at First Assembly of God raises 4300 for three Garden City and Deerfield women traveling to Romania for a mission trip, serving chicken noodle soup, potato soup and chili with all proceeds aiding the trip.
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Finney County Historical Museum
S. Fourth St
Jay Price
Wichita State University
Kansas
Finney County Exhibition Building
Santa
Washington
Romania
Lori Wyckoff
Marva Clark
Garden City
Christie Webb
Deerfield
Webb
Assembly of God
Legislature seeks a non-partisan attorney for the House
Topeka lawmakers move to hire their own attorney after earlier fights over who should defend them in a school finance case. The deadline for applications is December 12, with Speaker Doug Mays seeking a competent, nonpartisan candidate and noting applicants have inquired but none applied. The decision aims to ensure timely, independent legal guidance on education funding matters.
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Topeka
HNS
State Supreme Court
Doug Mays
Mays
Ropeka
High
Salina
Dodge City
Attorney General
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Dennis McKinney
Greensburg
McKinney
Cattle truck blocks rails delaying Amtrak Southwest Chief
A cattle truck crashed onto Kansas Highway 50 railroad tracks near Dodge City at 6:20 am, damaging the rails and delaying Amtrak Southwest Chief for 5 hours 17 minutes. Dozens of cows were moved from the truck to portable pens and then to the Ingalls Feedyard. The truck driver was hospitalized after the incident.
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Dodge City
Amtrak
Kansas Highway Patrol
Iowa
Kansas
KHP
John Eichkorn
Marc Magliari
David Ploutz
Ploutz
West Plains Regional Hospital
Ingalls
Lee Richardson Zoo names African lion cubs Shambe and Amali
New zoo director Kathy Sexson announced the two African lion cubs born August 24 have Swahili names. The male is Shambe meaning leader and the female Amali meaning hope, chosen by more than 1,400 residents via ballot boxes and the zoo site.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Sexson
Shambe
Shahm-Beh
Amali
Ah-Mahlee
Zoo
Exhibit opens at ArtsCenter Ten Women show debuts at noon
The ArtsCenter on Main hosts the Ten Women exhibit from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at 318 N Main St. Featured artists include Susan Crase pencil drawings Wanda Stallings watercolor Elisa Stalker Stone pottery Donna Downey silk paintings Carole Geier acrylics Aimee McLendon acrylics Robin Valenzuela acrylics Jeani Gustafson pottery watercolor Tabatha Benning- Nichols photography and Carol Salm painted chairs decorative items.
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ArtsCenter
On Main
N. Main St
Susan Crase
Wanda Stallings
Elisa Stalker Stone
Donna Downey
Carole Geier
Aimee McLendon
Robin Valenzuela
Jeani Gustafson
Tabatha Benning- Nichols
Carol Salm
Tornado art and ceramics exhibition at Garden City
Garden City Community College opens its 2005 2006 Art Faculty Exhibition in Mercer Gallery with tornado inspired paintings by David Kinder and ceramic works by Brian McCallum. The show runs two segments through December 15 and January 11 26 with a Sunday reception 1 to 3 p.m. featuring refreshments and artist meet and greet.
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Garden City Community College
Mercer Gallery
David Kinder
Brian McCallum
Pauline Joyce
Garden City Symphony
Theater of the Fine Arts
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