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NEWS EWS <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, April 26, 2012<br />
The Ice Age Monument is taking shape. Workers are shown here putting in a red-tint concrete sidewalk.<br />
Marshall Co. To Kansas Sampler<br />
The Marshall County<br />
Development Corporation/<br />
Tourism are busy preparing to<br />
be part of the 23rd annual<br />
Kansas Sampler Festival to be<br />
held in Liberal’s Light Park on<br />
May 5-6.<br />
Representing Marshall<br />
County will be Bill Oborny,<br />
St. Monica and Saint<br />
Elizabeth Catholic Church in<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> is once again making<br />
plans for a Cinco de Mayo<br />
festival which will be held at<br />
the church’s hall at 5:30 pm on<br />
May 5th.<br />
The date is observed in the<br />
United States as a celebration<br />
of Mexican heritage and pride,<br />
and to commemorate the cause<br />
of freedom and democracy during<br />
the first years of the<br />
American Civil War.<br />
Contrary to widespread popular<br />
belief, Cinco de Mayo is<br />
not Mexico's Independence<br />
John Howard, Ann Mann,<br />
Joyce Stryker, Brenda<br />
Staggenborg, Sharon Steenson,<br />
Sandy Isaacson-Bynum.<br />
The statewide celebration is<br />
designed to provide the public<br />
a sample of what there is to see,<br />
do, hear, taste, and buy in<br />
Kansas. MCDC/Tourism will<br />
Day.<br />
St. Monica and Saint<br />
Elizabeth Catholic church had<br />
previously held a Cinco de<br />
Mayo celebration but had not<br />
repeated the event due to the<br />
loss of some key coordinators<br />
The Church feels that this<br />
may become an annual event<br />
since the project leadership<br />
rolls are being handled by<br />
many 2nd generation church<br />
members<br />
Some changes include<br />
The previous more formal<br />
meal will be replace with a<br />
more relaxed Taco bar layout.<br />
promote what there is to see<br />
and do in Marshall County.<br />
Annually, more than 130<br />
Kansas communities of every<br />
size are represented at this premier<br />
outdoor travel festival.<br />
Between 5-8,000 people attend<br />
to find day trip ideas, to hear<br />
Kansas musicians and histori-<br />
Cinco de Mayo Will Be May 5th<br />
Our annual seniors vs.<br />
faculty basketball game will<br />
be held on Monday, April<br />
30, 2012 at Valley Heights<br />
High School. The faculty<br />
women will play the senior<br />
girls at 6:30 PM and the<br />
men’s game will follow<br />
after. We would love to see<br />
you there.<br />
Women Faculty<br />
Gunn, Emily<br />
Hartloff, Mandi<br />
Manley, Marcy<br />
Parker, Sammi<br />
Potter, Kerry<br />
Smith, Kelly<br />
Yungeberg, Jenny<br />
Senior Girls<br />
Christie, Rachel<br />
Cochrane, Cari<br />
Fry, Kourtney<br />
Haile, Kandice<br />
Hale, Wendy<br />
Tormondson,<br />
Miranda<br />
Men Faculty<br />
Noel, Ryan<br />
Trimble, Tony<br />
Nolte, Alex<br />
Potter, Don<br />
Beverages will be offered<br />
separately and not as part of the<br />
meal.<br />
Meal prices will be lower<br />
than previous.<br />
At approximately 7 pm,<br />
there will be a piñata event on<br />
the dance floor for the kids.<br />
Live dancers and recorded<br />
music are being replaced by a<br />
live band. (After the piñata)<br />
Dancing will continue until<br />
11:pm.<br />
Watch for details in an<br />
upcoming edition on the <strong>Free</strong><br />
<strong>Press</strong>.<br />
Faculty, Senior Game April 30th<br />
Stoddard, Eric<br />
Plummer, Adam<br />
Schreiner, Adam<br />
Whitson, Lew<br />
Seniors Boys<br />
Aguirre, Joey<br />
Berger, Levi<br />
Crook, Jordan<br />
Long, Aaron<br />
Oldehoeft, Luke<br />
Tryon, Tommy<br />
VanAlst, Austin<br />
Whitson, Lamar<br />
Zimmerling, Blake<br />
cal performers, to buy Kansas<br />
products, art, and books, and<br />
taste Kansas foods.<br />
The festival is a project of<br />
the Inman-based Kansas<br />
Sampler Foundation whose<br />
mission is to preserve and sustain<br />
rural culture. The festival<br />
was held on the Penner Farm<br />
near Inman from 1990-1997<br />
before it started moving around<br />
the state. Host towns have been<br />
Pratt, Ottawa, Independence,<br />
Newton, Garden City,<br />
Concordia, and Leavenworth.<br />
The 2012 Kansas Sampler<br />
Festival will be held in<br />
Liberal’s Light Park at 11th and<br />
Kansas on Saturday, May 5<br />
from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and<br />
Sunday, May 6 from 10 a.m.-4<br />
p.m. Admission is $5 for adults<br />
and $3 for children ages 7-12.<br />
For more information go to<br />
kansassamplerfestival.com.<br />
“Socialism is a philosophy<br />
of failure, the creed of ignorance,<br />
and the gospel of envy,<br />
its inherent virtue is the equal<br />
sharing of misery..”<br />
— Winston Churchill<br />
These are possibly the 5 best<br />
sentences you’ll ever read:<br />
Unfortunately, most voters<br />
don’t know this.<br />
1. You cannot legislate the<br />
poor into prosperity, by legislating<br />
the wealth out of prosperity.<br />
2. What one person receives<br />
without working for, another<br />
person must work for without<br />
receiving.<br />
3. The government cannot<br />
give to anybody anything that<br />
the government does not first<br />
take from somebody else.<br />
4. You cannot multiply<br />
wealth by dividing it.<br />
5. When half of the people<br />
get the idea that they do not<br />
have to work because the other<br />
half is going to take care of<br />
them; and when the other half<br />
gets the idea that it does no<br />
good to work, because somebody<br />
else is going to get what<br />
they work for, that is the beginning<br />
of the end of any nation.<br />
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TIGER’s DEN<br />
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Thursday April 26: Spaghetti Dinner and $4.99 Pitchers<br />
Friday April 27: Fish Fry with catfish, pollock or tilapia<br />
Friday and Saturday: Signature Prime Rib<br />
Sunday April 29 Noon: Fried Chicken Dinner<br />
Catering & Party Room Available!<br />
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