Abe Hubert Orchestra Concert Tonight at Abe Hubert Middle
Orchestra students from Abe Hubert and Kenneth Henderson middle schools perform a free 7 p.m. concert in Abe Hubert Middle School gymnasium. The daylong clinic includes 38 students, with each grade level playing two selections and seventh and eighth graders uniting for three pieces. A solo and ensemble contest follows Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Abe Hubert orchestra room with Lori McKinney as guest clinician and conductor.
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Abe Hubert
Kenneth Henderson
Lori McKinney
Baker University
Baldwin City
GCCC concert band to perform winter wind classics
The Garden City Community College Concert Band stages a 7 30 p m Thursday concert in Pauline Joyce Fine Arts auditorium. Jim McAllister conducts a 20 member group from 10 communities in a program featuring Holst First Suite in E flat marking the 100th anniversary, with Ride, Suite in Minor Mode, Shards of Glass and Sleep among selections. Admission is free.
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Garden City Community College
Pauline Joyce
Holst
Samuel Haze
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Brett Jam Dietz
Eric Whitacre
Gardening and eBay classes offered by Garden City CC
Southwest Kansans can join short noncredit courses through Garden City Community College CECS Division. Gardening 101 on April 4 from 8 am to 4 pm costs 50 dollars. Sell It on eBay sessions on April 7 and 9 from 6 30 to 8 30 pm cost 35 dollars. Registration deadlines March 30 and March 31.
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Southwest
Kansans
Garden City Community College
Kansas
Robin Goddard
eBay
GCCC
Student and Community Services Center
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Edu
Senate approves two coal plants push in Kansas
The Kansas Senate advanced a Sunflower Electric plan to build two coal fired plants near Holcomb Finney County despite Governor Sebelius expected veto. The measure passed 31-9 as House negotiators prepare final language. The bill also tightens CO2 rules and promotes energy efficiency and renewables.
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Senate
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Hays
Holcomb
Finney County
House
Steve Morris
Hugoton
Hensley
Topeka Democrat
Senate Utilities Committee
Pat Apple
Louisburg
Administrator returns to patient care in Finney County
Kristi Schmitt departs as Finney County Health Department administrator after nearly six years to become a nurse practitioner for the National Guard. She helped grow WIC services, improved accounting, and secured more than $100,000 in new grant funding while fostering community health collaborations. Her replacement plan and praise from county leaders underscore her impact on local public health.
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Kristi Schmitt
Schmitt
Finney County Health Department
Health Department
National Guard
United Methodist
County Commission
WIC
Finney
Scott
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
KDHE
Grant
Ashley Goss
Jacque Kemmerer
Pete Olson
Trator
Olson
Donna Gerstner
Garden City Recreation Commission
Gerstner
Rec
County
Rural opposition eases for city county consolidation bill
In Topeka the Senate committee heard support from Kansas Farm Bureau though concerns remain. The bill would create a framework for city county consolidation with a study commission and hearings. It would allow dual or local option votes, addressing rural versus urban approval debates and potential voter turnout concerns.
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Topeka
Hns
Kansas Farm Bureau
Senate
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Terry Holdren
Kansas
Kansas Advisory Council On Intergovernmental Relations
Joan Wagnon
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Pete Brungardt
Salina
House
Brungardt
Shane Shields
The
Kansas County Officials Association
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