Arts council offers December classes for youth
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council schedules art classes at The Arts Center on Main, with fiber art on December 4 and Christmas art sessions on December 11 for ages 5 to 14. Additional winter break chess, paint days, and a fiber craft display from Marilyn Grisham are planned, with limited space and small class fees. Funds from Kansas Arts Commission and local foundations support programs. Also, a Friends of the Finney County Library craft fair and silent auction occurs December 4, and Make-A-Wish Breakfast with Santa on December 4 at Applebee’s raises funds for Kansas children. Contact details and admission prices provided.
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Southwest Arts & Humanities Council
Arts Center On Main
N. Main
Marilyn Grisham
Wichita
Friends of the Finney County Library
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
Ardith Stones
Parkwood Lane
Call
Gift Baskets for Holiday Giving Lunch and Learn
The Lunch and Learn program on December 9 focuses on theme baskets for gift giving. Mary Sullivan, Grant County Extension agent for family and consumer sciences, presents Gift Baskets for Holiday Giving. Sponsored by Finney County Extension Office, the event runs 12:05 to 12:55 p.m. at Finney County Public Library 605 E Walnut St. Participants may bring lunch. coffee and tea provided.
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Mary Sullivan
Grant County Extension
Family and Consumer Sciences
Finney County Extension Office
Finney County Public Library
Walnut St
State to rehome Frontenac buffalo herd
Kansas officials say the Frontenac display herd dwindles to three cows and may be given to a private group or public entity. If not, the land will become a recreation and conservation area as the state seeks partners to maintain the herd amid rising costs.
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Topeka
Kansas Prairie
Frontenac
Doug Blex
State Department
Alex
Kansas
Maxwell Wildlife Refuge
McPherson
Finney Game Refuge
Garden City
America
Dick Gehring
Kansas Buffalo Association
Blex
Crawford County
Tom Moody
Bob Grant
D-Cherokee
Grant
Thank-you classifieds in small town newspapers
Small town papers across Kansas feature thank-you classifieds in sections like the Seon Standard and Lakin Independent. Voters, anniversaries, birthdays and funerals are common targets, with ads typically costing a few dollars and aimed at reaching broad communities.
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Seon Standard
Wichita County Register of Deeds
Connie Wilson
Wilson
Lakin Independent
Kathy McVey
McVey
Twila Woods
Woods
Cimarron
Jacksonian
Jerry Anderson
Anderson
Dighton Herald
Scott County Record
Ulysses News
Garfield Elementary celebrates Children's Book Week with door murals
Garfield Elementary pupils and teachers decorate classroom doors to mirror favorite books during Children's Book Week. Second graders especially love Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, cutting magazine food images for collage doors while discussing the book’s raining food and colorful pages.
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Gayle Jackson
Garfield Elementary School
Michelle Law
Garfield
Christy Botts
Selena Herrada
Breece Dreiling
Herrada
Andrea Yeadon
Yeadon
Dresling
Mario Saucedo
Saucedo
New African lion cub at Lee Richardson Zoo welcomed
The Lee Richardson Zoo in Garden City announced the arrival of a healthy African lion cub born Nov. 15. The sex is undetermined, and the cub will not be on exhibit for months due to weather and the father’s potential aggression.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Kathy Sexson
Sexson
Wwwearden-City
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Arts Council
Friends of Library
Santa
S. Ninth St
State
Kingman
Maxwell
North America
Kansas News
Brad Nading
The
Sedgwick County Zoo
North American
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
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