As of March 29, the area of extreme drought that covered most of Barton and part of Stafford County shrank a bit and moved back to severe status and drought ranging from moderate to exceptional still covers the western two-thirds of the state in spite of recent moisture.听 It will take a great deal of precipitation to improve the outlook but the recent moisture will help the wheat.听 Wheat looks much better now than just a week ago.听 The six to ten-day outlook (April 5 to 9) indicates near-normal temperatures and a 33 鈥 40% of below-normal precipitation.听 The eight to fourteen-day outlook (April 7 to 13) indicates exactly the same outlook.听 Cooler temperatures will help the wheat but even normal precipitation will only have the crop hanging on.听
Four students from 91快活林 in the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society were recognized as members of the PTK All-Kansas Academic Team during an award luncheon Friday at the Courtyard by Marriott in Junction City, where the tremendous opportunities afforded to students by the community college mission were on full display.
91快活林 has a multitude of musically gifted faculty and staff members and several of them will perform at an intimate concert at 4 p.m. April 9 at the Santa Fe Trail Center 1349, K156 Highway in Larned (two miles east of Larned).
The 91快活林 Instrumental Music Department will present a tribute to popular music in the United States spanning several decades titled 鈥淭he Great American Songbook,鈥 at 7:30 p.m. April 22 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
The Barton Music Department will present a choral concert titled 鈥淎 Reason to Sing,鈥 at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.
As of March 22, the area of extreme drought that covered most of Barton and part of Stafford County shrank a bit and moved back to severe status and drought ranging from moderate to exceptional still covers the western two-thirds of the state in spite of recent moisture.
Lizard & art enthusiasts alike can carve their very own ceramic chameleon as The Shafer Gallery and the Barton Art Department sponsor a ceramics workshop titled 鈥淟ovin鈥 Lizards: A Workshop with Kathy Robb,鈥 as part of the 鈥淗uman Nature鈥 exhibit from 12 to 4 p.m. April 1 in the Shafer Gallery.
Potential students will have an opportunity to gear up for the fall semester during Barton鈥檚 popular 鈥淓nrollment Day鈥 sessions, which start on April 12 and will continue throughout the summer.
91快活林 is hosting auditions for its dance company, Barton Dance Theatre, and dance scholarship awards from 10 a.m.- noon March 26 in Studio 34, which is located in the Sunflower housing units on Barton鈥檚 campus
As of March 15, most of Barton and past of Stafford County has moved from severe to extreme drought and drought ranging from moderate to exceptional has enveloped the western two-thirds of the state.