Fine Arts Open House at GCCC Tonight Sneak Peek
GCCC hosts a Fine Arts Open House from 6 30 to 9 30 p m in the Pauline Joyce Fine Arts building on campus. The event features the GCCC Jazz Band and College Singers, student demonstrations, and a meet with new string program director Pricilla Hallberg. Tickets for Sweeney Todd go on sale to patrons tonight. general box office opens Oct 23 for performances Oct 27 29 and Nov 3 5 at $10.
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Garden City Community College
Fine Arts
Pauline Joyce
Fall 2006 Garden City job fair set for Tuesday
The Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce Finney County Economic Development Center and The Garden City Telegram host a fall 2006 job fair at Fiesta Courtyard 1810 W Buffalo Jones Ave at 5 pm Tuesday with about 40 employers. Two free seminars on résumé writing and interview skills run noon to 1 pm and 1 to 2 pm. call 276 3264 to enroll.
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Garden City
Kline Morrison TV Forum Set For October 10
Incumbent Attorney General candidate Phill Kline and challenger Paul Morrison will face off in a live televised forum at 7 p.m. October 10 from KAKE TV studios in Wichita. KAKE Anchor Larry Hatteberg will moderate, with the event presented by the Kansas League of Women Voters and partners.
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Phill Kline
Paul Morrison
Kake TV
Wichita
KAKE
Larry Hatteberg
Kansas League of Women Voters
The
League of Women Voters
Wichita Metro
Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
Art auction and garage sale planned for October 7
The Southwest Arts and Humanities Council will host a silent art auction and art garage sale inside the ArtsCenter on Main at 318 N Main Street during Downtown Marketfest on October 7. Paintings prints pottery and glass will be accepted at the Arts Center. At 11 a.m. that day SAHC will dedicate its mural of Kansas kites by David Loewenstein in the Grant Avenue park.
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ArtsCenter
Main
N. Main St
SAHC
Kansas
Former Alcatraz inmate chief dies at 95 in Fort Scott
Willie Radkay, a former Alcatraz inmate who once shared a cell with Machine Gun Kelly, died on his 95th birthday at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott. He began a seven year term in 1945 at the San Francisco island prison known as The Rock and was given the number 666.
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Fort Scott
Willie Radkay
Machine Gun Kelly
Alcatraz
Radkay
Mercy Health Center
San Francisco Island
Governor Barnett plan met with Sebelius critique in Kansas
The governor's office questioned Jim Barnett's health reform proposal to create a Kansas Health Connector arguing it could add bureaucracy and cost. Barnett defended a single access point to boost competition and expand coverage for about 150,000 of Kansas's uninsured, while Sebelius emphasized widening healthcare access as a top priority.
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Topeka
Jim Barnett
Nicole Corcoran
Kathleen Sebelius
Barnett
Kansas
Emporia
Crease
Corcoran
Beatty
Whimmydiddle Arts Festival brings booming business to town
Scott City hosts the 34th Whimmydiddle Arts and Crafts Festival at City Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the last Saturday in September. About 300 booths showcase homemade crafts from 175 new and returning exhibitors with proceeds benefiting Heartspring, St. Jude, and local needs. Gifts, Etc. owner Lisa Crist notes the event boosts town commerce and local visibility, with many shoppers returning after the festival.
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Scott City
N. Main
Crist
City Park
Suzy Benning
Berning
Kansas
Benning
Alpha Omega
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Heartspring
Wichita
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Scott County
Reading
Lacy Long
Ninth annual juried art exhibit opens at Mercer Gallery
The Sandhills Art Association debuts its ninth annual juried exhibit with a 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday reception at Garden City Community College Mercer Gallery. Entry runs until Friday 5 p.m. with fees of 10 dollars for members and 20 dollars for nonmembers. Judged by Ye Wang of Dodge City Community College, prizes total 1 300 for first, 250 second, 150 third and several 100 honorable mentions in both professional and amateur categories, plus a 500 best of show.
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Garden City Community College
Mercer Gallery
David Kinder
GCCC
Kinder
Kansas
Garden City
Holcomb
Sandhills
Ye Wang
Dodge City Community College
Gccc Fine Arts
Special Olympics
Stevens Park
Jetmore
Dodge City
Cimarron
Knights of Columbus
Eighth St
Kansas bill would add meth makers to public offender registry
Senate leaders Derek Schmidt and Dwayne Umbarger propose 2007 legislation to require methamphetamine makers and sellers to be listed on the Kansas Bureau of Investigation public offender registry. The measure aims to help residents check for meth suspects in their communities amid declining seizure numbers and grows support from law enforcement.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Rindependence
Senate Ways and Means
Dwayne Umbarger
R-Thayer
Kansas
Schmidt
KBI
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