Sonatina Festival to Open Saturday at Garden City
Garden City Community College hosts the seventh annual 2011 Garden City Sonatina Festival with a free recital at 1 p.m. Saturday at Garden City Presbyterian Church. Up to eight southwest Kansas piano students perform with a wind and string ensemble directed by Bruce Spiller. Sponsors include the GCCC keyboard program, Garden City Piano Teachers League, and the Mary Jo Williams Trust.
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Garden City
Garden City Municipal Band
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Garden City Piano Teachers League
Mary Jo Williams Trust
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GCCC to host band and jazz concert
GCCC will present the Spring Instrumental Pops Concert at 7 30 p m May 12 in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts Building auditorium. Conducted by Jim McAllister the program closes the 2010 11 instrumental season and features the Concert Band and audition only Jazz Ensemble with about two dozen musicians from 10 western Kansas communities. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
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Pauline Joyce
Fine Arts
Wheat diagnostic course scheduled at Garden City center
Kansas State University Southwest Research Extension Center in Garden City hosts a wheat diagnostic school from May 11 to May 12. Sessions run 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 11 and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 12 with registration 75 in advance or 100 at the door.
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Garden City
E. Mary St
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Lynn Harshbarger
Kentim
Ksu.edu
Local Republicans set to meet Tuesday
The Finney County Republican Party monthly meeting runs 6 to 8 p.m Tuesday at Mauritia's Café 416 N Main St. Dinner at 6 p.m. cost 8.75 per person. Speaker Wayne Penrod Sunflower Electric Power Corp executive manager environmental policy. Call 287-3311 for details.
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Mauritia
N. Main St
Wayne Penrod
Sunflower Electric Power Corp
Kansas budget talks focus on cash reserves and education cuts
Kansas lawmakers spar over building cash reserves while negotiating a 14 billion dollar budget. They anticipate 5 to 6 percent overall cuts and reduced general aid to 289 school districts, with Wagnon warning of layoffs larger classes and higher fees. Leaders press for a small reserve, while education funding faces a 5.6 percent cut per student.
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Sedgwick
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Newton
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GOP
Sam Brownback
Telegram staff win six first place KPA awards in 2011
Garden City Telegram staff earned six first places in the 2011 Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence, presented April 30 in Junction City. Recipients include Editor Publisher Dena Sattler, photographer Brad Nading, writer Rachael Gray, and Krystal McCray for display ads, with numerous second and third places across categories.
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Laurie Sisk
Brett Riggs
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Gray
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Nading
Kelsy Hamilton
Bill Brown
Kansas State University
Hutchinson News
Clyde M. Reed Jr
Brown
Kansas City
Dodge City boot hill casino to add 108-room hotel
Groundbreaking for a 108-room Hampton Inn & Suites adjacent to Boot Hill Casino & Resort, United Wireless Arena, and a conference center is set for May 11. The hotel targets a first quarter 2012 opening, as the state expands its four casino plan begun in 2007.
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Mulvane
Wichita
Kansas
Governor joins prayer event in Kansas Statehouse
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback joined Christian ministers and about 100 people for a National Day of Prayer observance inside the Statehouse. The event featured prayers for national and state leaders, two choruses of Amazing Grace and America the Beautiful, and Brownback’s call for unity among believers as he prayed for rain in drought regions of western Kansas.
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Kansas
Sam Brownback
Statehouse
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Congress
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