High School Band to Perform Free Concert Tonight
Garden City High School bands present a free concert at 7 30 p m in Clifford Hope Auditorium 1412 N Main St. They perform pieces from Austria France and the United States highlighting international selections.
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Garden City
Clifford Hope
N. Main St
Austria
France
United States
Family Enrichment Weekend for Disabled Children in Garden City
A statewide nonprofit hosts a Family Enrichment Weekend on February 16 and 17 at The Plaza Hotel Garden City for families with disabled children age birth to 21. Parents join workshops while children receive age appropriate activities and volunteer companions. Applications are first come, first served with preference for newcomers. Garden City Families Together office at 276-6364 or 888 820 6364 handles inquiries and signups. Volunteers needed Feb 16 evening and Feb 17 full day to assist children.
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Garden City
Plaza Hotel
Kansas Ave
Families Together
Families Together marks 25 years withFeb 16 reception and dinner
Families Together Inc celebrates 25 years serving families with disabled children. A veteran families reception at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6:30 p.m. will be held Feb 16 at Plaza Inn Hotel in Garden City. Attendees are asked to bring a child’s photo for display and share family stories for a commemorative book. Contact the Garden City office at 276-6364 or 888-820-6364 for submissions. reservations and materials due by Friday.
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Families Together Inc
Plaza Inn
Kansas Ave
Families Together
Garden City
Jazz Ensemble Band to perform Feb 17 at Garden City
The Garden City Community College Jazz Ensemble will present a free concert at 7 30 p m Feb 17 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. The program features 20th century selections by Vernon Duke Erskine Hawkins Glenn Miller and Christopher Popa performed by an audition only ensemble with listed soloists from Holcomb and Garden City.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Stephen Medina
Nate Bailey
Holcomb
Seth Cramer
Jeremy Thomas
Brandon Proffitt
Erin Bartel
Jesse Austin
Jason Bilberry
Garden City
Dents
Kansas moves to curb funeral protests near churches
Kansas lawmakers revisit a bill banning funeral picketing with a 300 foot limit set to take effect only after a Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality. The measure adds a defamation suit option for families of deceased soldiers and keeps streets clear during services. Local church leaders warn the plan could be unconstitutional.
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Topeka
U.S
Fred Phelps
Westboro Baptist Church
Phelps
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Pete Brungardt
Brungardt
Rsalina
National Conference of State
Kansas Supreme Court
Schmidt
Independence
Garry Winger
United Methodist
Wichita
Iraq
Shirley Phelps-Roper
Author and illustrator visits Garden City schools
Lisa Campbell Ernst, author and illustrator of more than 20 children’s books, spent three days visiting Victor Ornelas Jennie Barker and other Garden City elementary schools. She described an almost yearlong creation process from brainstorming to editing. The talk emphasized reader involvement as essential to a book’s life and shared memories of her own start in first grade crafting stapled stories.
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Lisa Campbell Ernst
Garden City
Kansas City
Victor Ornelas
Jennie Barker
Georgia Matthews
Gertrude Walker
Alta Brown
Florence Wilson
Buffalo Jones
Garfield
Bartlesville
Bartlesville, Okla
New York City
Midwest
Ernst
Fox
Caleb Rude
Josh Wadel
Lauren Evans
Lisa Campbell Erst
Moran to visit area residents in Scoti and Scott City
U S Rep Jerry Moran will visit southwest Kansas this Saturday as part of the 11th Big First Listening Tour. Two meetings are planned in Scoti and Scott City with residents invited to attend. Moran aims to hear Kansans concerns during tours of all 69 counties in the 1st District.
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Moran
Scoti
Scott City
U.S
Jerry Moran
Rhays
Southwest
Kansas
Nicole Young
Wichita County
C.A.R.E
Majestic Theater
Young
Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Finney County Public Library
Kim Ki-duk
Holcomb
Cimarron
Deerfield
Lakin
Satanta
Stanton County
Fowler
Medicine Lodge
Minneola
Southwestern Heights
Plains
Kismet
Jim McAllister
GCCC
New editor named for Parsons and Chanute papers
Darren Werth named editor and publisher of the Parsons Sun and The Chanute Tribune, replacing Ann Charles. He will complete Hutchinson News duties by April 1 and relocate with wife Kerri and two children to Parsons. Harris Enterprises owns eight Kansas and Iowa dailies and MarketAide Services.
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Parsons, Chanute Newspapers
Darren Werth
Parsons Sun
Chanute Tribune
Bruce Buchanan
Harris Enterprises
Werth
Hutchinson News
Ann Charles
Hutchinson
Ness City
the News
Kansas State University
Sis
Marysville Advocate
Ann
Buchanan
Darren
Kerri
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