Community choir rehearsals invite public to Messiah performances
Garden City Symphony and Chorus invite local singers to Monday rehearsals for Handel Messiah on March 27 in Garden City and March 28 at Windhurst Church with Dodge City Community Chorus. No auditions, rehearsals 7 to 9 p.m. Feb 1 8 15 22 and March 1 8 22 in JOYC 1034 at Garden City Community College. For details contact Clay Wright at 276-9547 or clay.wright gcccks.edu.
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Garden City Community College
Clay Wright
Clay.wright
Prayer conference agenda promotes nation prayer efforts
A Saturday event at Word of Life Church 3004 N Third St runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with lunch on your own. It features the National Day of Prayer Operation Rolling Thunder 24 7 Prayer and the Spiritual State of the Union Tour a Kansas bus tour highlighting local prayer groups.
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Kansas
Word of Life Church
Third St
Once Upon a Wolf at Garden City Community College
Ticket sales open Monday for Garden City Community College kids theater presentation Once Upon a Wolf a fractured fairy tale about a canalized villain seeking a new role Directed by Ryan Peterson shows run 7 30 p m February 3 and 4 in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building Admission 5 adults 2 ages 12 and under Box office 275 3244 Also opens the 2010 Art Faculty Exhibition featuring David Kinder oil paintings and Brian McCallum ceramics with a public reception February 7 The gallery hours are noon to 4 p m weekdays and 2 to 5 p m Sundays through February 21 in the west wing of the same building.
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Garden City Community College
Canis Luous
Ryan Peterson
Baker’s Plays of
Hollywood
Calif
GCCC
Pauline Joyce
Mercer Gallery
David Kinder
Brian McCallum
Kinder
McCallum
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building
Kansas House panel hears tax increase opponents
Kansas lawmakers heard opponents of Gov. Parkinsons plan to raise the sales tax from 5.8 to 6.3 percent to close a 400 million budget gap. Economists warned higher taxes could blunt five year growth while supporters argued cuts would hurt services and state jobs. House members planned further questions and a possible vote as January revenue data looms.
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Topeka
Kansas
House Taxation Committee
Derrick Sontag
Americans For Prosperity
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson
House Taxation
Richard Carlson
St. Marys
Art Hall
University of Kansas
Hall
Julie Menghini
Pittsburg
Democrat
Senate
House Budget Committee
Appropriations Committee
Kevin Yoder
Overland Park
Yoder
Groundhog Dinner at First United Methodist Church Draws Crowds
Locals line up at Garden City church for the annual Groundhog dinner run by the church men. Proceeds support scholarships and kitchen appliances for operations and local community groups including Boy Scouts. Volunteers note steady turnout and emphasize fellowship, with portions served to more than 1,000 diners.
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Kyle Korf
Steve Mayo
James Douglass
First United Methodist Church
Garden City
Methodist Church
Dirk Shrimplin
Shrimplin
Church
Wed
Boy Scouts
Bernadine Sitts
Paul Hartman
Hartman
Governor keeps Topeka hospital open with plan to move patients
Governor Mark Parkinson decides not to close the Kansas Neurological Institute in Topeka. He orders new admission standards and expansion of community programs to shift some patients out of state hospitals. Officials estimate 49 of KNI’s 158 and 62 of Parsons’ 191 patients could move to community care. the plan aims for potential closure in three to four years depending on progress.
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Topeka
Kansas
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson
Kansas Neurological Institute
Parsons State Hospital
Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
KNI
Parsons
SRS
University of Colorado
Bob Bethell
Alden
Bethell
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Topeka Hospital
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