Art exhibit winners announced at Mercer Gallery
The Sandhills Art Association juried show at Garden City Community College Mercer Gallery named Best of Show Archie Oliver of Garden City who won $500. In Professional, Carol Von Burnum won $300 with Brian McCallum and Lori McPherson taking $250 and $150. Amateur honors went to Robin Waldron and Dick Erskin, with other placings and $100 honorable mentions to nine artists.
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Sandhills Art Association
Garden City Community
Alice Craig
Dodge City
Richard Maynard
Garden City
David Kinder
Wanda Stallings
Randy French
Galena
Jennifer Nolan
Megan Anderson
Cimmaron
Quilt Exhibit in Montezuma to Close This Sunday
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma will close its quilt display this Sunday. It features 27 south west Kansas quilts and two traveling shows, Upon reflection by Kansas Art Quilters and Ground Zero Quilt, at 111 N. Aztec. Open Tue-Sat 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Sun 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Southwest Kansas
Kansas Art Quilters
Ground Zero
N. Aztec
Public forums set on driver education standards statewide
Kansas State Department of Education sponsors public forums on proposed Driver Education Standards all from 6 to 7 p.m. in Topeka Dodge City Salina Oakley Girard and Wichita locations. Contact Sharon Beck at 785 296 3261 for more information.
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Kansas State Department of Education
KSDE
S.E. Quincy
Topeka
Dodge City High School
Ross Blvd
Dodge City
Northwest Kansas Education Service Center
W. Second St
Oakley
Southeast Kansas Education Service Center
Greenbush
U.S. Hwy
Girard
Wichita West High School
S. Osage
Wichita
Sharon Beck
Garden City Police Department Adds New Officer
The Garden City Police Department hired Scott Pierman of Colorado as a patrol officer, effective September 18. A County High School graduate from Koro Kentucky, he earned Colorado POST certification from Aurora Community College in 2002. Pierman previously worked for the Colorado Parks Department. he is married with a daughter.
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Garden City
Derby Parents Oppose Teen Mother Yearbook Page
Derby Kansas parents object to Derby High School yearbook content after a two page spread headlined Teen pregnancy a day in last year's edition. Sheri Hills, a parent organizer, said the group would present their objections to the school board at Monday night meeting.
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DERBY
Sheri Hills
Hills
Unruh
Karen Runyon
World on Wheels opens to crowds at Derby area venue
The grand opening of C & D's World on Wheels drew an estimated 500 to 600 visitors Saturday and nearly 200 Sunday as owner Glenn Webb showcases a revived arcade roller rink go kart track and mini golf venue. Residents praise it as a safe hangout for youth while parents protest controversial yearbook content at Derby school.
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Brad Nading
Erika Guardado
Rene
World On Wheels
E. Schulman
Glenn Webb
Webb
Theresa
Garden City
Reform Party candidate visits Garden City crowd
Kansas Reform Party governor hopeful Richard Ranzau stopped at the Senior Center of Finney County with wife Rachelle and three children to discuss illegal immigration property rights and energy independence. He argues a viable third party can curb government waste and media exposure limits his reach.
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Richard Ranzau
Kansas_ Reform Party
Garden City
Finney County
Ranzau
Rachelle
Ryan
Riley
Jacob
Kansas Reform Party
Iraq
Ellen Verell
Meade
Kathleen Sebelius
Jim Barnett
Ranzan
Americans For Prosperity
AFP
Lee Messenger
Messenger
Weather turns cooler with light October rain in Garden City
National Weather Service says temperatures drop to the 50s and 60s for the rest of the week as Garden City sees its first measurable October rainfall at Garden City Regional Airport. Rain was heaviest to the west, with totals up to three quarters of an inch, while the east saw a quarter inch or less. A strong cold front midweek brings a 20 percent snow chance, and Thursday into Friday mornings are forecast to be very cold in the 30s or lower.
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Garden City
National Weather Service
Mike Umscheid
Dodge City
Umscheid
Highway 283
Colorado
Curtis Thompson
Kansas State University
Kansas
Thompson
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Kayla
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Emilio
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C & D’s World On Wheels
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