Fowler to headline Garden City Jazz Festival tonight
Tom Fowler headlines the 2009 Garden City Jazz Festival Concert at GCCC in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. The show starts 7:30 p.m. with Fowler leading a group of southwest Kansas all stars. admission is 6 dollars. Fowler directs the Mid Kansas Jazz Ensemble and teaches at Wichita State University while performing with several bands.
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Wichita
Tom Fowler
Garden City
Wichita State University
Hillside Blues
Air Capital
Fowler
Kansas
Louis Bellson
Bobby Shew
Richie Cole
Branford Marsalis
Frank Mantooth
American Legion Day Celebrated in Garden City
Garden City proclaims Sunday American Legion Day as the Legion marks its 90th birthday. Mayor Crase honors the wartime veterans organization chartered in 1919 with a come-and-go party at Post No. 9 125 W Pine St from 2 to 4 pm featuring the proclamation presentation and refreshments.
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American Legion
David Crase
Garden City
The
Congress
Harry H. Renickerican Legion
W. Pine St
Bill would ID internet contributors
In Kansas, Democrat Sean Tevis of Olathe faced questions after raising over 50 thousand dollars from many small donations. Republican Scott Schwab filed the "Sean Tevis" bill to require candidates who raise more than 5 thousand dollars in sub 50 contributions to list donors.
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Topeka
An Tevis
Olathe
Kansas
Tevis
Scott Schwab
Sean Tevis
KU Student Found Dead in Frat House
Lawrence police identified 19 year old Jason Wren of Littleton Colorado a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon as the student found unresponsive in a campus fraternity house. Police said foul play was not immediately suspected and an autopsy was pending as of Sunday afternoon.
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University of Kansas
Jason Wren
Littleton
Colo
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Ray Urbanek
Wren
Urbanek
Voters to decide on Chapman schools bond issue
Chapman voters will decide April 7 on an 8.2 million bond to fund new elementary and middle and high school repairs after a June tornado. The plan leverages 75 million in total costs with 20.2 million insurance and 46 million aid from FEMA and the state. Details include a 68 758 square foot elementary, 88 286 square foot middle, 155 539 square foot high school on prior sites. mill levy would rise to 6.8.
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Chapman
Kansas
Tony Frieze
Chapman Unified School District
Dickinson County
Geary County
Bond
Jon Londeen
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kansas Auto Racing Museum
Kristine Meyer
Rance Biesecker
Chapman High School
Meyer
Biesecker
Mercer Gallery hosts Susan Copas painting exhibit opening
Soft lighting highlighted Copas works as Garden City residents toured the Mercer Gallery during Sunday's reception. The show features pastel on paper and oil on board pieces, running through March 22 with viewing hours noon to 4 p.m. weekdays and 2 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Copas, an art instructor with a long exhibition history, discusses nature as a key theme and how inspiration often comes from sounds or objects in daily life.
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Susan Copas
Mercer Gallery
Pauline Joyce
Mercer
Garden City
Kandee Klein
Copas
Klein
Ing Gccc
David Kinder
Seward
Wichita case highlights teacher abuse involving young students
In Wichita, a former assistant principal charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties at Cloud Elementary spotlights abuse risks in schools. Kansas records show 41 teachers since 2000 lost licenses for inappropriate relationships or sexual abuse, with only three involving grade school students. The case against Robert C. Baker, 59, released on bond, faces a March 18 preliminary hearing.
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Wichita
Kansas
Cloud
Robert C. Baker
Baker
Kansas State Department of Education
Bob Shoop
Kansas State University
Anthony Baker
Muncie
Leavenworth
Leavenworth County
Lessons from hard times in Ottawa endure across generations
In Ottawa, residents recount living through the 1929 crash and subsequent crises. Bob Hill recalls bank closings, high interest, and the 1980s loan crisis as lessons that today’s downturn will pass. Don Waymire and Ray Talbott reflect on poverty, CCC and WPA projects, and the resilience of families who adapted by prioritizing basic needs and self-reliance.
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Ottawa
Bob Hill
Hill
Ottawan
Don Waymire
Waymire
Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC
Waymaire
Garnett
North Lake
Girls Club
Works Progress Administration
Eugene Field
Ray Talbott
Talbott
Marilyn
Mildred Heathman
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Eric Keating
Keating
John Shehan
National Center For Missing & Exploited Children
Alexandria
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