Give More for Moore Benefit Concert in Garden City
A 6 to 9 p.m. benefit concert at Stevens Park in Garden City aims to aid Moore Oklahoma after last month’s tornado. Local performers including Joey Arellano Esteban Gonzales TyRae Carr will be featured with jar votes for favorites. Proceeds fund Moore reconstruction with concessions by the Garden City FFA and prize drawings from downtown businesses. Volunteers will deliver donations to Moore the next day as part of a weekend trip.
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Stevens Park
Joey Arellano
Esteban Gonzales
TyRae Carr
Garden City
FFA
Wheat harvest in full swing across south-central Kansas
The 2013 Kansas wheat harvest has begun in earnest across south central Kansas with test cutting reaching McPherson County to Clark County. Steve Inslee of OK Co-op in Kiowa notes about 350000 bushels collected, test weights around 59 pounds, protein 12 to 15.6. Temperatures have dried fields after a one inch shower, with Sumner and Anthony areas reporting early activity and Everest variety yielding about 45 bushels per acre.
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McPherson County
Clark County
Kansas City Board of Trade
CME Group
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Kansas Wheat Commission
Kansas Association of Wheat Growers
Kiowa
Steve Inslee
OK Co-op
Inslee
Cowley County
Jill Zimmerman
Sumner County
Zimmerman
Anthony Farmers Co-op
Regents approve Kansas tuition hikes amid cuts
The Kansas Board of Regents approved fall tuition rises at public universities to offset $44 million in reduced funding. Out of state graduate students at Pittsburg State face the largest increase at 8.8 percent, while some Kansas State veterinary students rise 3 percent. Fort Hays State plans about 3.4 percent, and KU undergraduates will see nearly 5 percent more.
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Leawood
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Kansas State University
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Fort Hays State University
Stu
Ed Hammond
Fort Hays
University of Kansas
Manhattan
Salina
Archie Oliver
Holcomb
Ed Nicklaus
Garden City
Ian Gibbons
Jack Stuart
Dodge City
Doug West
Prairie Village
John Hayes
Overland Park
Andres DeLeon
Harley Torres
Garden City Community College
University of Kansas School of Social Welfare
Southwind Country Club
Western Kansas
Global Bazaar and Concert Weekend in Garden City
Garden City hosts a Global Bazaar at Lee Richardson Zoo featuring Ten Thousand Villages crafts from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday to benefit the zoo’s primate exhibit. Ham radio demonstrations run noon Saturday to noon Sunday at Finnup Park as part of ARRL events. Saturday night brings The Muppet Movie at Stevens Park, with Hi Plains Feed sponsoring popcorn and drinks. Sunday features Jon Irsik at Stevens Park Concert Series, and a garden arts exhibit reception at Garden City Arts.
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Ten Thousand Villages
Wild Asia
Ten Thousand Villages Organization
Garden City
Friends of
Sandhills Amateur Radio Club
Southwest Kansas
Finnup Scout Park
North Eighth Street
Thompson Street
American Radio Relay League
National Association For Amateur Radio
Garden City Recreation Commission
Silver Screen
Hi Plains
GCRC
Atlanta
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Garden Valley Retirement Village
Spruce St
Joe
Jon Irsik
Irsik
Little Texas
Martina McBride
Merle Haggard
Ricochet
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