Stevens Park Summer Concert Series seeks local musicians
Garden City Recreation Commission invites local musicians to apply for the 2012 Stevens Park Summer Concert Series. Applications and audition CD or DVD are due by February 17. Pick up forms at the recreation center or mail submissions. download forms at www.gcrec.com. Call Brian Seagraves at 276-1200 for details. selections will be announced by March.
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Sixth-grade musicians gather for GCCC honor band clinic
About 100 top sixth graders from 14 towns will converge at Garden City Community College for the Southwest Kansas Sixth Grade Honor Band Clinic and Concert. Led by Matthew Saunders of Panhandle State University, sessions start at 9 30 a.m. with a 4 p.m. concert in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. Students come from Ashland Cimarron Dighton Jetmore Johnson Lakin Liberal Minneola Plains Kismet Scott City Tribune Holcomb and Garden City.
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Michael Sweeney
Anne McGinty
Andalucia
Victor Lopez
Michael Story
Robert Sheldon
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Archie Oliver
Mercer Gallery
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Holcomb
Lohfink
Stevenson
HHS
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College Fine Arts Center
Youth guitar class for grades four to six
A 30 minute class for fourth to sixth graders starts at 4 30 p m today and runs for four weeks. The fee is 20 dollars per youth. Instrument loans available for home practice. Register soon by contacting Garden City Recreation Commission at 276 1200 or visiting 310 N Sixth St.
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Sixth St
Builders of Hope Cancer Support Group Meeting
The Builders of Hope Cancer Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Downtown Vision Office located at 413 North Main Street. For more information, contact Remy Ekweariri at 272-2559.
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N. Main St
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Garden City hears Sunflower rate hike impact and housing talk
Garden City commissioners discussed Sunflower Electric Power Corp. proposed wholesale rate increases up to 11 percent with city utilities director projecting about a 6.5 percent rise for Garden City customers, roughly $950,000 annually. The meeting also covered housing incentives in western Kansas and notes from the Southwest Kansas Night Out event in Topeka. The council plans to reconvene at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the City Administrative Center.
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Retrospective art show by Holcomb teacher Archie Oliver opens at Mercer Gallery
Archie Oliver,Holcomb High School art instructor for 20 years, debuts up to 25 mixed media works at Garden City Community College Mercer Gallery with student pieces. The exhibition runs through Feb 25 with a free public reception 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday in the Pauline Joyce Building. Oliver uses eclectic styles and personal imagery including his late son Cody, wife Margaret, and three sons, with works ranging from portraits to abstract pieces. Visitors see one room of Oliver’s works and another with student works.
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Mercer Gallery
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Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
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Cody
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Marc
Margaret Oliver
Danielle Asmus
Oral Roberts University
Kenzie Hunter
Lincoln
Neb
Tina Keim
Michelle Klaus
Garden City
Madison Landwehr
Emporia State University
Lauren Lohfink
Drought drives cattle culling in Kansas and across plains
Kansas farmers culled cattle as drought parched pastures and high feed costs squeezed operations. Calves under 500 pounds totaled 645000, down 7 percent from a year earlier and the lowest since 1938, while overall cattle on farms and ranches stood at 6.10 million, down 3 percent.
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Kansas Agriculture Statistics Service
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Nebraska
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Towa
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