Valentine concert at GCCC showcases romance and choir
The 2011 GCCC Valentine Concert directed by J. Clayton Wright features the GCCC Concert Choir and the select College Singers ensemble with 30 plus voices from 12 Kansas communities. A second program Verses of Love runs Feb 12 to 14 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building with scenes songs and dances by GCCC students and staff. Public admission is 5 on Feb 12 13 and 18 or 10 on Feb 14 with a chocolate reception funds for scholarships.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Kansas
Olivia Adams
Karen Anderson
Bryce Koehn
Lakin
Holden Eissminger
Matthew Ellis
Carlos Gutierrez
Ulysses
Jamie Evans
Elkhart
Robin Farmer
Hugoton
Marisol Garcia
Rolla
Lauren Groth
Dodge City
Marianne
Gabby Stout
Rachael Swank
Cheyenne Thomas
Garden City
Amante
Anderson
Donovan
Eisiminger
Ellis
Evans
Groth
Koehn
Lawrence
Morales
Noble
Rojas
Lower
Stout
Swank
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Gccc Endowment Association
Hoke
Alisha Rogers
Carissa Hodgs
Ingalls
Book discussion series starts this month at library
Finney County Public Library launches a four part series from February to May titled Thats Funny Books That Make Us Laugh. The first title The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald will be discussed February 12 at 11 a.m in the Hutchison Room. Other books include Im a Stranger Here Myself Bill Bryson March 12 To God We Trust All Others Pay Cash April 16 and The Mammy May 7. Call 272-3680 for checkout or more information.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Kansas Humanities Council
Kansas
Betty MacDonald
Washington State
Hutchison
Bill Bryson
Jean Shepherd
Brendan O’carroll
Landlord sues to block abortions in Wichita clinic
In Wichita a landlord Foliage Development filed suit to halt Dr Mila Means from performing abortions in its multi tenant building, citing disruption and safety concerns. A temporary restraining order hearing is set for Feb 15 as protests grow and a local clinic debate resumes after past tensions around Dr George Tiller's 2009 murder.
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Wichita
George Tiller
Tiller
Scott Roeder
Foliage Development
Mila Means
Means
Associated Press
Kansas City
Greg Linhardt
Operation Rescue
Aid For Women
Sedgwick County District Court
Foliage
Andrea Hamel
Kansas Senate confirms Brownback appointees to Cabinet
The Kansas Senate approved Gov. Sam Brownback's picks Karin Brownlee as secretary of labor and Pat George as secretary of commerce, 88-0 each. Brownlee, an Olathe Republican, served 14 years in the Senate and will lead labor. George, a Republican from Dodge City, served six years in the House and will head commerce.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Sam Brownback
Karin Brownlee
Labor
Pat George
Commerce
Brownback
Brownlee
Senate
Department of Labor
George
Dodge City
House
Department of Commerce
Kansas Dental Association pushes expanded dental services plan
The Kansas Dental Association will introduce a legislative package in the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee to widen Medicaid access to dental care and create more dentist practice opportunities in rural and underserved areas across the state.
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David Hamel
The
Association
Hamel
Kansas
Topeka
Kansas Dental Association
Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee
Eisenhower Memorial Designs Spark Capitol View Debate
A National Capital Planning Commission report finds three Gehry designs for the Eisenhower Memorial would intrude on Capitol views. Staff favor one option with woven metal tapestries but say all plans, featuring tall columns, affect the sightlines. Memorial planning began over a decade ago with a 2006 site near the National Air and Space Museum.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Capitol
Frank Gehry
National Capital Planning Commission
Commission
National Air and Space Museum
Letter From Martha Washington Found In Kansas Museum
A historical letter dated January 27, 1793 and postmarked Philadelphia is from Martha Washington to her niece Fanny Bassett Washington. Located in a Cloud County Historical Society Museum file in Concordia, it discusses family matters and health, including Maj. George Augustine Washington, who died February 5, 1793. The letter, once displayed locally, is now being appraised by Christie’s in New York and will be shown at an open house February 19.
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Concordia
Kansas
George Washington
Philadelphia
Martha Washington
Fanny Bassett Washington
Cloud County
Johnston
Concordia Blade Empire
Jim Whitesell
Fanny
Maj
George Augustine Washington
Washington D.C
Mount Vernon
Washingtons
Eltham
Virginia
Park Pulsifer
Pulsifer
Howards
Salina Journal
Bassett
Women’s Community Club
New York Public Library
Washington
Christie’s Auction House
New York
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Ager
Kari Ann Rinker
National Organization For Women
Rinker
Gittrich
Kansans For Life
Mary Kay Culp
Kansas For Life
Jan Feld
Florence Wilson
Dental Coalition
Capitol View
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