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Here is the info page on our Up coming meet the blind month event. On Saturday, October 8, 2011 We will be white <span id="misspell-0">cane</span> walking in the Kansas Sunflower Parade celebrating <span id="misspell-1"><span id="misspell-0">Kansas</span></span> 150<span id="misspell-2"><span id="misspell-1"><span id="misspell-0">th</span></span></span> birthday. We will have a table for info and fund raising. <span id="misspell-3"><span id="misspell-2"><span>Volunteers</span></span></span> and walkers contact <span id="misspell-4">Leonard</span> <span id="misspell-5"><span id="misspell-3"><span id="misspell-1">Silkey</span></span></span> myself Floyd Ward. Moor details will fallow as they come in. We will also be holding our chapter meeting after the Parade at the normal time of 1:00 at the <span id="misspell-2"><span>Wichita</span></span> Public Library. There is a rumor there will be two tickets given to the <span
id="misspell-3"><span>lucky</span></span> <span id="misspell-4"><span>participant</span></span> to “Kansas: Home on the Range” concert with more than 60 musical performers featured at the concert being staged by the Kansas Chapter of the Western Music Association .</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"></font> </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman">The Kansas 150
Festival: The Sunflower State’s Biggest Birthday Bash Ever!</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p><font face="Times New Roman">WHAT: The Kansas 150 Festival is
a daylong birthday celebration featuring the</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">Kansas Sunflower Parade; a fair
with historic <span id="misspell-6"><span id="misspell-4"><span id="misspell-5">reenactors</span></span></span>, Kansas attractions and vendors of food, arts and
cultural products; concluding with a “Kansas: Home on the Range” concert that
tells the history of Kansas in song, poetry and video. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kansas 150 Festival is being organized by civic
leaders, and is endorsed by Gov. Sam <span id="misspell-7"><span id="misspell-5"><span id="misspell-6">Brownback</span></span></span>, the Kansas Association of
Counties and the League of Kansas Municipalities.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">WHO: Everyone in Kansas is
invited to join the thousands of people expected to participate in the state’s
biggest birthday bash ever, celebrating 150 years of life in Kansas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Towns, cities, high schools, universities,
civic organizations, companies and re-<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>e<span id="misspell-8"><span id="misspell-6"><span id="misspell-7"><span>n-actors</span></span></span></span> are invited to put floats and
marching units in the Kansas Sunflower Parade to show off their unique part of
Kansas’ history and heritage. Marching bands from across Kansas – from high
schools, colleges, universities and the military -- are invited to help make
the parade a rousing, rollicking good time. Kansas vendors and <span id="misspell-9"><span id="misspell-7"><span id="misspell-8">reenactors</span></span></span> are
encouraged to show off their wares at the fair. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">WHEN: Saturday, October 8, 2011.
The parade begins at 11 a.m., followed by the fair at noon and the “Kansas: Home
on the Range” concert at 2:30 p.m. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gov.
<span id="misspell-10"><span id="misspell-8"><span id="misspell-9">Brownback</span></span></span> and Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer will lead the festivities and more than
60 musical performers will be featured at the concert being staged by the
Kansas Chapter of the Western Music Association.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">WHERE: Downtown Wichita. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Kansas Sunflower Parade will march through
downtown Wichita and flow into the fair at Kennedy Plaza at Century II
Performing Arts & Convention Center, where the “Kansas: Home on the Range” concert
will be held in Convention Hall.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">COST: Participation in the parade
is free, but registration is required. Tickets for the “Kansas: Home on the
Range” concert are $5 and may be purchased at </font><a href="http://www.wichitatix.com/"><font face="Times New Roman">www.wichitaTIX.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a $25 registration set-up fee for
booths at the fair, but that price includes two tickets to the concert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman">BACKGROUND: Wichita Mayor Brewer,
president of the League of Kansas Municipalities, is serving as chair of the
Kansas 150 Festival and is organizing the celebration with Gov. <span id="misspell-11"><span id="misspell-9"><span id="misspell-10">Brownback</span></span></span>, Overland
Park Mayor Carl <span id="misspell-12"><span id="misspell-10"><span id="misspell-11">Gerlach</span></span></span>, immediate past president of the League, and Dodge City
Vice-Mayor Jim <span id="misspell-13"><span id="misspell-11"><span id="misspell-12">Sherer</span></span></span>, the League’s president-elect, along with other business
and civic leaders from across Kansas. </font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
</font><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">HOW YOU CAN HELP: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To learn how you can become involved through
corporate sponsorships or to register to participate in the parade or
encampment, please contact Go Wichita Convention and Visitors Bureau, at
800-288-9424 or 316-660-6395, or by email to </font><a href="mailto:ks150@gowichita.com"><font face="Times New Roman">ks150@gowichita.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Additional information can be found at </font><a href="http://www.ks150.org/"><font face="Times New Roman">ks150.org</font></a><font face="Times New Roman">.</font></div><div><font face="Times New Roman">
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