Museum Exhibit Showcasing Quilts at Stauth Memorial
The Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma displays quilts from September through October, including Upon Reflection Self Portrait Quilts by Kansas Art Quilters and The Ground Zero Quilt, plus 25 regional quilts. Cars and Quilts is Sept 16, with free admission. hours 9 noon and 1 4 30 Tue–Sat, 1 4 30 Sun.
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Stauth Memorial Museum
Montezuma
Kansas Art Quilters
Ground Zero
N. Aztec
Mini exhibit at Arts Center during Garden City's Fiesta
The Arts Center on Main will host a short Mexican Fiesta mini exhibit featuring Jesse Montes a corrugated cardboard artist and Robin Valenzuela a painter. Works display from Sept 14 to 16 at 318 N. Main St with hours 10 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. on Sept 14 15 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept 16. Admission is free.
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Arts Center
Main
Garden City
Jesse Montes
Robin Valenzuela
ArtsCenter
N. Main St
Area ranchers to receive drought aid
Southwest Kansas ranchers will receive about 4.8 million dollars in aid under the Livestock Assistance Grant Program from the U S Department of Agriculture. Eligible counties include Finney Grant Gray Greeley Hamilton Haskell Kearny Scott Stanton Stevens and Wichita. To qualify producers must reside in a county that reached extreme or exceptional drought status on the U S drought monitor between March 7 and August 31.
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Southwest Kansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Finney
Grant
Gray, Greeley
Hamilton
Haskell
Kearny
Scott
Stanton
Stevens
Wichita
Group to showcase artist Irene Unruh at Commerce Bank
The Sandhills Art Association will showcase Irene Unruh during September at the Commerce Bank gallery located on the north wall of the main branch at 215 N Main St. The public viewings run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Sandhills Art Association
Irene Unruh
Commerce Bank
N. Main St
ServSafe Food Safety Short Course Offered at St Catherine Hospital
A ServSafe food safety short course for food service workers and volunteers is set for 1:30 to 4 p.m. September 19 at St. Catherine Hospital with a repeat Spanish session September 20. Instructors are Linda Walter and Debra Bolton. fee is $6 per person. preregistration by September 6. Call Walter at 272 3670 for details.
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St. Catherine Hospital
E. Spruce St
Linda Walter
Finney County
Debra Bolton
Southwest Area
Walter
Politics and stars collide at Kansas State Fair kickoff
At Hutchinson the Kansas State Fair opens Friday through September 17 blending politics with entertainment. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius faces Jim Barnett in a first of four debates. Rep. Jerry Moran promotes issues at a fair booth. Also on the schedule are notable musical acts, the Mercury Liberty Bell 7 display, and demolition derbies alongside renewed agricultural talks and the 25x25 energy goal discussion.
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Hutchinson
Kansas State Fair
Kathleen Sebelius
Jim Barnett
Farm Bureau
Jerry Moran
Kansas Farm Bureau
Kansas
Gus Grissom
Mercury
Liberty Bell
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Garden City offers children's arts programs and events
Garden City agencies promote youth engagement in arts with the Arts Center on Main and Garden City Recreation Commission providing classes, shows, and hands on activities. Programs include Second Saturday Art for Kids, faculty like Mark Hays and Carole Geier describe creative benefits and access through Arts Angels funding and summer theater auditions.
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Garden City Recreation Children’s Theatre
The
City’s Recreation Commission
Garden City
Mark Hays
Carole Geier
Hays
Geier
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
Arts Center
Main
ArtsCenter
GCRC
Arts Angels
Arts Center On Main
New Yorker Walks Across America Hopes to Return Home
Preston Barden, 46, aims to walk from New York City to Los Angeles and back to New York to raise funds for the National Children's Cancer Society. After 77 days and 1,879 miles, he passed Garden City with a donation phone visible. He seeks $30 million, has raised $3,500, and plans 25 mile daily legs toward a Christmas return, citing support for families of child cancer patients.
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Preston Barden
Barden
New York
New York City
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
National Children’s Cancer Society
Garden City
Children’s Cancer Society
Cancer Society
Topeka
America
United States
Kansas
Colorado
National
Collingswood
Dodge City seeks funds to reinstate community college aid
Ford County taxpayers and Dodge City Community College push to restore tax money lost when a Senate bill limited funding to counties with colleges. The measure phased out support, leaving 18 counties covering all Kansas colleges. In Ford County the loss amounts to 860000. Trustee Terry Malone leads an educational campaign to explain funding and pursue state action.
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Dodge City
Ford County
Senate
Kansas
Dodge City Community College
Terry Malone
Board of Regents
Wild Affair fundraiser at Lee Richardson Zoo features elephant art
Lee Richardson Zoo supporters host a Wild Affair fundraising auction with paintings by elephants Moki and Chana to benefit a new big cat exhibit for jaguar puma and bobcat. Tickets sold for 35 dollars, event includes music by Fulton Street Band and bites from 13 restaurants.
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Lee Richardson Zoo
Moki
Chana
Colleen Sternberger
Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo
Sternberger
Fulton Street
Brad Nading
Serta Mattress Company
Wheatfields On Main Inc
Garden City
Stauth Memorial Museum
N. Aztec
Montezuma
Kansas
Ground Zero
Lois Jarvis
Madison
Wis
Jarvis
Montezuma Museum
Kansas Art Quilters
Southwest Kansas Quilters
Finney County Public Library
Southwest Arts and Humanities Council
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Lake Talbott
Grandstand
Trace Adkins
Miranda Lambert
Steve Miller
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