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Barton has joined community colleges across the country in celebrating Community College Month (#CCMonth), a grassroots campaign coordinated by the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) to improve awareness of the economic, academic, and benefits of community colleges, and dispel misconceptions.

The early bird registration deadline for the 911���� Foundation’s Ninth Annual Sporting Clay Shoot is April 8. Those who register before the deadline will get a chicken fried steak lunch and a camouflage hat at no extra charge.

As of March 29, the area of extreme drought that covered most of 911���� 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.�� It will take a great deal of precipitation to improve the outlook but the recent moisture will help the wheat.�� Wheat looks much better now than just a week ago.�� The six to ten-day outlook (April 5 to 9) indicates near-normal temperatures and a 33 – 40% of below-normal precipitation.�� The eight to fourteen-day outlook (April 7 to 13) indicates exactly the same outlook.�� Cooler temperatures will help the wheat but even normal precipitation will only have the crop hanging on.��

Four students from 911���� 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.

Barton 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 911���� Instrumental Music Department will present a tribute to popular music in the United States spanning several decades titled “The Great American Songbook,” at 7:30 p.m. April 22 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

The 911���� Music Department will present a choral concert titled “A Reason to Sing,” at 7:30 p.m. April 12 in the Fine Arts Auditorium.