Proscenophobia opens in Garden City at State Theatre
Garden City Recreation Commission previews its Main Street Mystery Theatre production Proscenophobia by Bettine Mankielow. The murder mystery features a touring theater company with a star and her understudy tied by marriage to the same man. Tickets $8 adults $5 students. Arts Angels student price. Show runs 7:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday at the State Theatre downtown. Contact bseagraves@garden-city.org or call 276-1200 for details.
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Garden City
N. Sixth St
Arts Angels
Bseagraves
Garden-City.org
Author to Attend Book Talk at Finney County Library
The Westering series Book TALK features Ann Birney in the Finnup Room at Finney County Public Library. Birney, an independent scholar and Ride into History partner, holds a PhD in American Studies and a master’s from Emporia State. She discusses Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, published 1914. check-out books available. call 272 3680 for details.
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Elinore Pruitt Stewart
Old Soldiers Never Die Civil War Seminar at GCCC
Garden City Community College hosts a three session seminar on Civil War veterans moving into Kansas after the war. Led by John Mack Ph.D. the course runs November 1 8 and 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. on the top floor of the Student and Community Services Center. Enrollment costs 35 dollars, seniors enroll free, pre registration encouraged.
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Garden City Community College
GCCC
Continuing Education and
John Mack
Labette Community College
Johnson County Community
Mack
Finney County
University of Kansas
Osher Learning Institute
Osher.ku
Animal welfare expert with autism to speak at KSU
MANHATTAN AP An autism diagnosed animal welfare expert will speak at Kansas State University next month. Temple Grandin, subject of an HBO film, has long advocated for autism and advised the livestock industry. A Colorado State University animal science professor, she has designed facilities handling half the cattle in the United States. She is set to speak on November 9 in Forum Hall, Student Union.
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Kansas State University
Temple Grandin
HBO
Grandin
Colorado State University
Kansas State
United States
Forum Hall
Federal issues define Kansas attorney general race in 2010
Overland Park AP report outlines a national angle to the Kansas attorney general contest. Democrat Steve Six defends the state constitution against the Obama health care act while Republican Derek Schmidt pitches experience and local control. The race features Lilly debated health care roles, Medicaid fraud gains, and party contrasts with Libertarian Dennis Hawver on the ballot.
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Overland Park
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Steve Six
Six
Schmidt
U.S
Carla Stovall
Kansas Senate
Dennis Hawver
Herb Bath
Altamont
Bath
League of Kansas Municipalities
Kathleen Sebelius
U.S. Health and Human Services
Sebelius
Barack Obama
Erence
Nancy Pelosi
Independence
Sam Brownback
Congress
Phill Kline
Kline
Paul Morrison
Golden Plains Credit Union breaks ground on new HQ
Golden Plains Credit Union begins construction on a nearly 50 000 square foot two story headquarters at 1714 E Kansas Ave Garden City. The project valued at 7 4 million will add ten drive through lanes, two ATMs a call center a member cafe and six teller stations. The current facility will be razed for a parking lot and 63 staff will move into the new building with space for growth including an exercise facility in the basement.
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Golden Plains Credit Union
Garden City
E. Kansas Ave
Erich Schaefer
GPCU
Credit Union
Schaefer
Kansas Avenue
Golden Plains
Momentum
Kansas
Democrats pledge to fight education funding cuts in Kansas
Democratic leaders and gubernatorial candidate Tom Holland vowed to oppose state education funding cuts. The pledge, signed at the Capitol, frames education as a top priority while noting concerns over federal stimulus funds and potential shifts to local property taxes under a GOP plan. Holland cited improvements in reading and math scores since 2000 and urged continued investment to sustain progress.
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Topeka
Mct
Kansas
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Senate
Anthony Hensley
House
Paul Davis
Lawrence
Capitol
GOP
U.S
Sam Brownback
Mike O’neal
Steve Morris
O’neal
Hutchinson
Morris
Hugoton
Brownback
Holland
Hensley
State Board of Education
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