Story by Micah Oelze

Barton Community College’s Prairie Winds Concert Band will present a fall concert featuring music from around the world at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

The band will be performing music from various artists from across the globe. One of the artists that will be featured is George Gershwin. Gershwin was made famous for “Rhapsody in Blue” which was featured in Disney’s “Fantasia 2000”. The band will also be playing marches, overtures and orchestral transcriptions.

October 25, 2016
Story by Brandon Steinert
Photo by Micah Oelze

The Barton Community College Board of Trustees gathered Tuesday evening for its regular meeting and discussed one of its eight overarching goals, known as ENDs, one of which is “Barton Experience.”

The area is in the middle of autumn and just like summer the weather pattern isn’t “normal.”  Many parts of Kansas experienced well-above normal rainfall and some sites have reported fifty inches with over two months left in the year.  Much of Southwest Kansas has moved to abnormally dry with a portion now in moderate drought.  This is after an extremely wet summer so what happened to the soil moisture?  How is fall harvest progressing?  Where is the 2017 wheat crop at?  How different has this fall been so far?

 Tere D'Amato of Mashpee, Mass. was awarded 3rd for her quilt “Liberty Day”.

October 19, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy photo submitted

Shafer Art Gallery to host National Quilt Museum exhibit

Unlike painting and drawing, which are quickly associated with art, quilting is associated with warmth and comfort. However, quilting is an incredible form of art and The Shafer Gallery will show the community just that with the amazing quilts featured in its upcoming exhibit.

A vocal student performs at the May 2015 recital in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel.

Oct. 19, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze
Courtesy photo submitted

Barton music students to present recital on Oct. 27

Barton Community College will present a student recital of instrumental and vocal performances at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in the Dorothy Moses Morrison Chapel, located in the Fine Arts Building, F-157.  The recital is free and open to the public.

October 18, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton Community College to host blood drive

October 17, 2016
Story by Micah Oelze

Barton Community College’s annual literary journal publishes seventh issue

Editors of Barton Community College’s literary journal “Prairie Ink” aim to provide a venue for local authors to showcase their creative writing talents, and have done so again with the release of their seventh issue of the annual publication.

The KDA (Kansas Department of Agriculture) just released the results of a survey of agricultural businesses in Kansas.  Here is the first sentence of that report: “A lack of a skilled agricultural workforce is a top inhibitor of growth and expansion for many Kansas agriculture businesses.”  The shortage covers the gamut from entry level positions to those requiring advanced degrees with over fifty percent of the vacancies in three areas; agriculture mechanics, agriculture business and animal science.  Another finding was, to quote the release: “Employers indicated that basic skills such as

October 5, 2016
Story and photo by Brandon Steinert

The Barton Visual and Performing Arts Department will host its annual Sneak Preview Concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 10 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

The event will feature performances by the Hilltop Singers, Concert Choir, Jazz Ensemble and Prairie Winds Concert Band.

Director of Chorale Activities Vern Fryberger said the concert is a good representation of the wide range of music offerings at Barton.