Western Kansas Art Hang-In 2005 at Stauth Memorial Museum
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma hosts Western Kansas Art Hang-In 2005 from Sunday through June 26. Amateur and professional artists from Cimarron Ensign Kirby Fryman Garden City Montezuma Satanta Ulysses participate in a non juried exhibit with a People’s Choice Award. An artist reception at 3 p.m. marks the close, with refreshments and free admission. Museum hours are 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Tue-Sat, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sun. closed Mondays and major holidays. Donations welcome. Web info at stauthmemorialmuseum.org.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Western Kansas
Joan Page Vogel
Cimarron
Dwight Berry
Ensign
Kenyon Fryman
Kirby Fryman
Pansy Fryman
Wanda Stallings
Nancy Teetzen
Garden City
Jeff Borth
Vernon Buller
James Frank
Staci Gibson
Dale Harms
Linda Koehn
Angie Mitchell
Astyn Legleiter
Dee Maurer
Kevin Rodger
Montezuma
Brad Ives
Satanta
Jeani Gustafson
Tracy L. Teeter
Ulysses
N. Aztec
Library foreign film series begins June 17 at Finney Library
The Finney County Public Library hosts a food themed foreign film series with screenings June 17 24 and July 1 at 7 p.m. Films include Tortilla Soup Eat Drink Man Woman and Tampopo with popcorn provided each night. John Tibbetts KU associate professor of film will appear June 24 to present Screen Cuisine clips. Attendees should bring food on a toothpick cracker or dip as directed. The event is free. for details call the Arts Center on Main at 260-9700.
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University of Kansas
John Tibbetts
Hollywood
Computer classes begin Wednesday at Finney County Library
Free basic computer instruction offered in June and July at the Finney County Public Library main lab. Space is limited and sign up is required. Sessions include Getting started on the computer Navigating the Web Basic e mail Basic Word and Using the library card catalog with times in June and July.
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Finney County Public Library
E. Walnut St
Repl
Homestead
Janelle Jarboe
Highway work to start in Stanton County
Traffic on U S 160 Kansas 27 in Stanton County will run in one lane from the south junction to the Colorado line starting Monday. An asphalt overlay project costing 1.1 million dollars will last about two weeks with pilot car guidance and a 12 foot lane width.
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Stanton County
Kansas Department of ‘Transporation
FHSU enrollment grows as tuition stays low
Fort Hays State University reported an 8,569 spring enrollment, a 7.5 percent rise from last year, while proposing the smallest tuition increase among Kansas Board of Regents schools at 5.2 percent. Kent Steward cited a strong link between kept tuition down and rising enrollment as Emporia State posts an 8.9 percent rise to 1,653 dollars for next term.
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FHSU
Kansas Board of Regents
Kent Steward
Cowboy Breakfast fuels Beef Empire Days rodeo fans
At Beef Empire Days Rodeo, cowboys volunteers and spectators gathered for a hearty breakfast. Keith Overland detailed the pantry: 10 gallons pancake mix, 40 pounds sausage, six gallons juice and milk each, and hundreds of eggs. The Finney County bureau sponsors it with Sunflower Electric providing volunteers and a large grill.
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Rodeo
Keith Overland
Overland
Finney County Convention and Tourism Bureau
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Betty Dew
Preston Dew
Terri McIntyre
Parker McIntyre
Jones, Okla
Weekend music and rodeo offerings in Garden City region
Garden City events feature the Garden City Municipal Band at Stevens Park Friday 8 p.m. performing Holst and Williams with a Music Makers Sunday 7:30 p.m. Stevens Park Concert Series. Lane County Bluegrass Festival begins Saturday at Lane County Fairgrounds with bands Spontaneous Combustion Salty Dog and Bluegrass Brigade plus workshops and vendors. Tickets $5 ages 13+ 12 and under free. Also Relay For Life cancer survivors ceremony starts 10 p.m. in Dodge City with luminary vigil and all night activities. call 620 227 1836 for team info. Also Garden City USDA Farmer's Market Saturdays 7 a.m. to noon at Westlake Hardware through Sept 24. Rodeo action available in Syracuse KS with KPRA events at Hamilton County Fairgrounds Friday 7 p.m. MT, Saturday 10 a.m. slack and 7 p.m. MT, tickets $5 adults $2 children.
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Garden City
Stevens Park
Gustav Holst
John Williams
Garden City Band Music Makers
Lane County
Dighton
Lane County Fairgrounds
Spontaneous Combustion
Salty Dog
Bluegrass Brigade
American Cancer Society
Dodge City
Ford
Gray
Hodgeman
Memorial Stadium
USDA
Syracuse
Kansas Professional Rodeo Association
Hamilton County Fairgrounds
Beef Empire Days weekend full of rodeo and events
A busy Beef Empire Days weekend features the Miss Beef Empire Days Rodeo Queen crowning at 7 p.m. Friday, a 9 a.m. horse manship contest, a noon luncheon, and a Friday story hour at the Finney County Public Library. Festivities include PRCA rodeo nights, an Ottaway Amusements carnival, a ribble of parades, a charity poker run, archery, golf scrambles, softball, and a Sunday Cowboy Church at the Finney County Fairgrounds Grandstand Plaza. Tickets and schedules are listed with phone contacts.
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Finney County Public Library
Walnut
Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Plains
Wichita State University
Don Blakeslee
Finney County Fairgrounds Grandstand
Fairgrounds
Ottaway Amusements Carnival
Commerce Bank
Stevens Park
Garden City
National Guard
Main Street
Walnut Street
Park
Southwest Kansas
Family Crises Services
Kansas
BBC
PRCA
A.G. Edwards
East Mansfield Road
Southwind Country Club
Buffalo Dunes
Coors Light
Deane Wiley Park
Charles Peebles Complex
Cowboy
Fellowship of Christian Cowboys
Garden City to seal asphalt streets through June 22
Garden City public works will seal major streets from Monday through June 22 in the northeast area between Kansas Avenue Labrador Boulevard and Third Street Mohawk Drive. Vehicles left on streets may be towed at owner expense. Call 276-1260 for details.
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City of Garden
City Street Department
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