Advertising Opportunity for Local Business Be a part of the Marshall Motor Medallion Hunt in Abilene, Kansas

Advertising Opportunity for Local Business Be a part of the Marshall Motor Medallion Hunt in Abilene, Kansas 

Good morning! The {REITZ} & Rust Market is only 32 days away. The markets have historically increased traffic to our local businesses by bringing over 3000 shoppers to town.

My goal is always to increase visits to our local businesses and last year we did this by having a "Roadtrip to Abilene" Giveaway.

This year Marshall Motor has agreed to sponsor a cash prize for a Medallion Hunt. - So Exciting!!!

The clues for the Medallion Hunt will be riddles in picture frames at participating local businesses.

The hunt will be from September 24- October 1.

Each business that participates will receive a door or window hanger that says you are a Clue Stop.

Also, every dollar business pay to participate will be used to advertise the Medallion Hunt and the Clue Stop Businesses on 99KG - and of course will be listed on Facebook as well.

The cost is $50 or $30 and a $20 Gift Card.

Please let me know if you'd like to participate. If like to start radio ads Sept 19 so payment need to be made by Sept 12th to allow the radio station to create the ads
Please contact Jenn at 785.223.3884 or reitzandrust@gmail.com

Brown Memorial Foundation and Edward Jones Ribbon Cutting - Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce

Brown Memorial Foundation and Edward Jones Ribbon Cutting - Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce

Constitution Day Interactive Experience Offered at Eisenhower Presidential Library

Interactive event helps students honor and celebrate the privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.

Using an iPad, a student creates a Presidential collage during a Constitution Day event

Constitution Day programs will be held again this year at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum, and Boyhood Home. The interactive event, designed for 4th and 5th grade students, will be offered between September 15 and 23. Kansas recognizes the week containing September 17, the date the U.S. Constitution was signed, as Celebrate Freedom Week.

The program helps students honor and celebrate the privileges and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship, as well as commemorate the signing of the Constitution. Space is still available for schools to participate. Reservations should be made by September 12 by calling 785-263-6754 or emailing Pam.Sanfilippo@nara.gov.

The event includes four 30-minute participatory student activities. Groups of 20-25 students will rotate through the four stations:

Activity 1: "Holding History" - Students will examine copies of letters from the Library's archives written by children to President Eisenhower. Discussion will include topics of that period in history and how citizens can interact with the Executive Branch of government.

Activity 2: "If I Were President I Would..." - Following a discussion of several current topics, students will write or draw something that describes what they would do to address the issues if they were president.

Activity 3: "Becoming the President" - Students will discuss the Constitutional requirements for being president, learn about Eisenhower's qualifications, and consider slogans they might use for their own presidential campaign.
                                                                                      

Activity 4: "Presidential Pics" - In the Presidential Gallery of the Museum, students will create a collage using iPads provided by the Eisenhower Foundation.

For more information, contact the Eisenhower Library's Education Specialist at 785-263-6754 or email  Pam.Sanfilippo@nara.gov.

"Saddle Up, Let's Ride" Parade Kicks Off Chisholm Trail 150

"Saddle Up, Let's Ride" Parade Kicks Off Chisholm Trail 150

The "Saddle Up, Let's Ride" Parade is the kick-off event for the Trails, Rails and Tales celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail.

 

The parade will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, featuring historic buggies, stagecoaches, mounted shooters, a Native American Spirit Dancer and much more.

The best place to view the parade will be along Cedar Street. At the intersection of NW 2^nd and Cedar, bleachers will be set up on the east side of the intersection for a viewing area where demonstrations and musical performances will take place.

The historic parade lineup includes the Ft. Riley Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard, Abilene Municipal Band, a Native American dance demonstration, Kansas Cowboy Mounted Shooters, McPherson Silver Buckle Drill Team and an appearance from "Joseph McCoy," originator of the Abilene Cattle Trail. For the parade finale, cowboys will drive a herd of about 30 longhorn cattle along the parade route and into Old Abilene Town.

The parade route begins at the fairgrounds, taking NW 7^th Street east to Cedar Street. It continues south along Cedar Street to SW 6^th and across to Old Abilene Town. After the parade, festivities will continue at Old Abilene Town with reenactors, cowboy poets and story tellers, Western musicians and fireworks.

Parking will be prohibited along the parade route from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

 For more information, or if you are interested in joining this historic parade, call 785-263-2231 or email events@abilenecityhall.com. 

Bonebrake Series Announced in Abilene, Kansas

 Bonebrake Series Announced

 

The Great Plains Theatre and Bonebrake Promotions is reviving the Bonebrake Concert Series after a couple year hiatus.  Between 2001 and 2014, the Bonebrake Concert Series, brought over 30 different live music acts to Abilene.  The 2016 performer line up is:

• Sat, Aug 27th @ 7 pm - Eddie Delahunt, Irish folk music, $10
• Sat, Sept 17th @ 7 pm - Brandon Jenkins, Red dirt country, $15
• Sat, Oct 21st  @ 7 pm - Tim & Myles Thompson, folks, bluegrass, $20
• Sat, Nov 5th @ 7 pm - Piper Leigh & The Smoking Section, blue, rock, $10 

Tickets and sponsorships for these events are available.  Reserve table seating and adult beverages available.  Contact the Chamber office or Great Plains Theatre for more detail.  Call (785) 263-1770 or (785) 263-4574.

Memorial Health System Impact the Cure 2016

Chisholm Trail 150 Mooovie Marathon at Eisenhower Library

Western movie festival part of the Chisholm Trail 150 Kickoff Event

In partnership with the Chisholm Trail 150 celebration, the Eisenhower Presidential Library will show western movies on Saturday, Sept. 3 and Sunday, Sept. 4. The "Mooovie Marathon" will be held in the Visitors Center Auditorium of the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home. This movie marathon is just one component of the "Trails, Rails, and Tales: Spirit of the Chisholm Trail" festival set for Labor Day Weekend in Old Abilene Town.

The schedule includes the following movies:
Saturday, Sept. 3:  1:00 - 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

1:00  - American Lawmen: Tom Smith ( 1hr., 17 min.)
Using his fists instead of a pistol, professional boxer turned frontier lawman Tom Smith is determined to clean up 'Hell on Earth.' This is the little known story of one of the greatest lawmen of the Wild West.

2:30  -  Abilene Town (1 hr., 29 min.) Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak
In the years following the Civil War, the town of Abilene, Kansas, is poised on the brink of an explosive confrontation. A line has been drawn down the center of town where the homesteaders and the cattlemen have come to a very uneasy truce.

4:00 - The Old Chisholm Trail (1hr.) Johnny Mack Brown, Mady Correll,Tex Ritter
Dusty Gardner, bringing a herd up the Chisholm Trail, is looking for water. Belle Turner has water but wants an exorbitant price for it. When Dusty and his men start a well, Belle and her men set out to stop them.

7:00 - Red River (2 hr. 3, min.) John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
After starting his cattle ranch in Texas 14 years ago, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Dunston is a hard task master demanding a great deal from the men who have signed up for the drive.

Sunday, Sept. 4: Noon - 4:00 p.m.

12:00 - South of the Chisholm Trail (1 hr., 37 min.) Charles Starrett, Nancy Saunders
When the ranchers of Bearcat are plagued by rustlers, Big Jim Grady offers to buy their herds at low-ball prices. Steve Haley suggests that they band together and drive their herds to Abilene and get full price.

2:00 - Showdown at Abilene (1 hr., 20 min.) Jack Mahoney, Martha Hyer
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend, Dave Mosely, is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with the original farmers.

For additional details about the Trails, Rails and Tales event, contact the Abilene Convention & Visitors Bureau at abilenekansas.org.