Roundup Briefs Summer Concert Series Chooses House Blend
The Stevens Park Concert Series continues at 7 30 p m Sunday with House Blend led by Deann Crase Katie Hahn Jane Jacobs Joe Irsik David Crase and Gale Seibert. The group performs easy listening folk and bluegrass with harmony and acoustic instruments and light banter. Free series sponsored by Garden City Recreation Commission and Garden City.
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Stevens Park
House Blend
Deann Crase
Katie Hahn
Jane Jacobs
Joe Irsik
David Crase
Gale Seibert
Garden City Recreation Commission
Garden City
GCRC
Gcrec.com
YMCA
Beef Empire Days
Finney County Fairgrounds
Deane Wiley Park
the Playground
Michael Jordan
Looney Toons
Gcrec
City of Garden City
Nine teachers join Kansas Hall of Fame this weekend
Statewide inductees include Cynda Carr Anthony Betty Amos Lindsborg Ken Warner Ulysses Crystal Kaye Cross Great Bend plus David W Couch Russell Stan Roth Lawrence Jan Cyr Overland Park Greg Schell Olathe and Judith Weigand Day Trenary Arkansas City Nominations come from 12 regions with a rigorous screening process. Warner says the honor is humbling and notes his long gap as a principal since 1986. Gov Brownback named Gary Harshberger chair of the Kansas Water Authority citing his rural water and agri culture expertise and business leadership. Harshberger, a Ford County native, started Double H Farms in 1988 and serves on several boards.
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Kansas Teachers’ Hall of Fame
Cynda Carr
Anthony
Betty Amos
Lindsborg
Ken Warner
Ulysses
Crystal Kaye Cross
Great Bend
David W. Couch
Russell
Stan Roth
Lawrence
Jan Cyr
Overland Park
Greg Schell
Olathe
Judith Weigand Day-Trenary
Arkansas City
Dennis Doris
Hall of Fame
Dodge City
Doris
Warner
Hickok
Sam Brownback
Gary Harshberger
Kansas Water Authority
Kansas Water Policy
Gary
Kansas
Brownback
Harshberger
Ford County
Minneola High School
Dodge City Community College
Kansas State University
KSU
Double H Farms
Ford, Clark and Meade Counties
Farm Credit of
Southwest Kansas
Bonanza BioEnergy
Arkalon Energy
Kansas legislators launch redistricting efforts in shadow of 2010 census
In Topeka on Wednesday House Speaker Mike O'Neal named himself chair of a 17 member House redistricting committee while Senate and House members prepared for meetings. The process will redraw legislative and congressional districts plus State Board of Education after the 10 year census with partisan splits reflecting GOP majorities in both chambers.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Senate
State Board of Education
Mike O’neal
Hutchinson
Chamber
O’neal
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Beef Empire Days kicks off with Roto-Mix steak cookout
The Roto-Mix steak cookout at Finney County Fairgrounds fed about 586 free rib eye steaks during Beef Empire Days. Volunteers from Roto-Mix and the Southwest Kansas Cattle Women handed out lunches in Styrofoam boxes, while families like Doris Spor and her grandchildren made the annual visit part of their tradition.
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Jack Kline
Sharon Bacon
Finney County Fairgrounds
Beef Empire
Grandstand
Dodge City
Mark Cooksey
Roto-Mix
Cooksey
Scott City
Southwest Kansas
Grandstand Plaza
Jennifer LaSalle
Delores Gillen
Jan Kleysteuber
Brenda Reeve
Angie Price
Garden City
Janet Hands
Holcomb
Cattle Women’s Association
Kansas Livestock Association
Doris Spor
Susan Cornish
Sophie Cornish
Logan Cornish
Spor
Beef Empire Days activities span weekend in Garden City
The event lineup features youth and adult activities from a ventriloquist story hour at Finney County Public Library to a children's parade at Stevens Park. Steer trial auction and carcass show occur Friday and Saturday at Tyson and Tyson Fresh Meats, with a Saturday concert at Stevens Park. Sporting events include softball at Charles Peebles Complex, horseshoes at Finnup Park, and a 5K 10K road run at the Garden City YMCA, plus outdoor movie nights at Deane Wiley Park and June GCRC concerts.
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Finney County Public Library
E. Walnut St
Kevin Horner
Horner
Cox Communications
Elaine Scheuerman
High Plains Public Radio
Stevens Park
Deb Oyler
BEC
Clarion Inn Hotel Grand Ballroom
Derek Martin
Tyson
US Department of Agriculture
Ron Hale
Beef Empire Days
Farm Credit of Southwest Kansas
Pfizer Animal Health
Cargill Animal Nutrition
Clarion Inn Ballroom
Western Kansas Beef
Mary M. Hopkins
Southwest Kansas Cattlewomen
Tyson Fresh Meats Inc
Coors Light
Garden City
Garden City Recreation Commission
Charles Peebles Complex
Deane Wiley Park
Jared Rutti
Finnup Park
Health Road
Garden City Family Ymca
YMCA
Center St
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