Dialogue exhibit at Garden City College Mercer Gallery
The March exhibit Dialogue features ceramic works by Scott Garrard, open today through March 17 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building west wing. Free admission. hours noon to 4 Monday through Friday and 2 to 5 Sundays. Garrard is an associate professor at Dodge City Community College and aims to challenge gender role stereotypes.
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Garden City Community College
Mercer
Scott Garrard
Pauline Joyce Fine Arts
Garrard
Dodge City Community College
Kansas
Southeastern United States
Clemson University
South Carolina
Free Concert at Garden City High School Saturday
Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle schools students will present a free concert at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Clifford Hope Auditorium. The event closes a two-day clinic for the two school bands led by Dr. Frank Tracz of Kansas State University. Tracz directs bands at KSU and holds posts with several music organizations.
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Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
Clifford Hope
Garden City
Frank Tracz
Kansas State University
Tracz
Big 12 Band Directors Association
Kansas Bandmasters Association
Manhattan Municipal Band
Kansas to Open Bids for US 56 Maintenance Project
KDOT will take bids March 16 in Topeka for a state highway maintenance project in southwest Kansas. The work covers grading and surfacing along 11.4 miles of US 56 from the Morton Stevens counties line to Hugoton city limits.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Topeka
Kansas
Morton
Stevens Counties
Hugoton
Topeka Voters Uphold Antidiscrimination Law
In Topeka the anti discrimination ordinance protecting homosexuals in city hiring survived a repeal attempt by Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. He warned of renewed efforts if a gay rights ordinance passed. Final unofficial results: 58 percent opposed repeal and 47 percent supported it, with 14,285 against and 12,795 for.
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Topeka
Fred Phelps Sr
Garden City business owners urge action as economy slows
Burtis Motor Co. owners Kirchoff and Schwartz report sales tax drops from about 90,000 to 40,000 50,000 monthly, signaling weaker retail. They push Sunflower Electric to announce plans for a second coal plant, expected to create up to 1,400 jobs over four to five years, with 50 later hires. City officials vow ongoing talks and possible 2007 curb reconstruction on Kansas Avenue.
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Garden City
Burtis Motor Co
Jack Kirchoff
Ron Schwartz
Burtis
Kirchoff
City of Garden City
Sunflower
Electric Power Corp
Jeff Whitham
Gary Fuller
Schwartz
Bob Halloran
Kansas Avenue
Five Points
Hattie Street
Whitham
Evidence search in BTK case widens near Park City
Investigators used metal detectors along roads in Park City as Dennis Rader faces 10 counts of first degree murder. Sheriff Gary Steed cited new task force information. Wichita police surveilled a BTK suspect in February. a Home Depot store linked to the probe. Authorities have not ruled out more charges.
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Wichita
Dennis Rader
BTK
Rader
Gary Steed
Park City
Wichita Eagle
Home Depot
Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office
61St Street
Senate panel weighs transmission bill for western Kansas
A Senate committee considered a House passed plan to fund new transmission lines to move cheaper power to western Kansas. The House version narrowed who pays, so western ratepayers could incur higher costs while others avoid the higher rates. proponents say upgrades are needed as current lines are insufficient and ministries would cost millions, with Sloan noting most customers would pay only pennies.
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Topeka
Hns
Senate
Kansas
Western Kansas
Tom Sloan
R-Lawrence
Sloan
Finney County RSVP sells coverlets for fundraising
The Finney County Retired and Senior Volunteer Program offers 50 by 69 inch full color coverlets featuring local landmarks for 55 each, with about three months of sales. The project aims to raise at least 2000 dollars to support RSVP operating costs and new programs like Home Fires providing alarms for elderly and low income families.
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Finney County
RSVP
Marty Dinkel
Dinkel
Jan Beckett
March of Dimes
Red Cross Blood Donor Center
10Th St
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Kansas Ave
Brad Nading
Rhonda Anderson
Evans Street
Michael Clark
Christ Lutheran Church
Clark
the Eagle
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New York Times
Finney County Rsvp
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