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Voices of Harvey County: July 2013

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Voices of Harvey County. Thursday, July 25, 2013. Every-day Dignity was Forgotten". By Kristine Schmucker, HCHM Curator. Included a 1953 photo from "Kid Day" at Newton High School. Although I have yet to discover when this tradition was started, we do have fun glimpses into the activities it included over the years. A large collection of photographs belonging to Newton native Myra Utz was recently donated. Among the photos in an album featuring Myra's younger years was a page labeled "Kid Day '37. Our up...

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Voices of Harvey County: October 2013

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Voices of Harvey County. Friday, October 25, 2013. Sand Creek Dam: A Photo Album. By Kristine Schmucker, HCHM Curator. Enjoy this Photo Album of the Sand Creek Dam near Athletic Park. One of our oldest pictures of the Sand Creek Dam at Athletic Park, Newton, is an enlargement of a picture postcard from 1910. Several views of the Sand Creek Dam. Near Athletic Park, Newton, Ks in 1915. A view of the wooden pier at Sand Creek in 1915. Lucile Mitchell Miller Collection. Swimming in Sand Creek in 1915. Comics...

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Voices of Harvey County: November 2013

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Voices of Harvey County. Wednesday, November 27, 2013. From our Collection: Metate and Mano. By Kristine Schmucker, HCHM Curator. We are entering into the time of year when traditions become so important. Families in Harvey County come from diverse backgrounds and have many unique and important traditions that usually include food. Belonging to Lucia E. Palacioz. Were donated to the museum. These two objects highlight another culture with deep roots in Harvey County and south central Kansas. Laudan sugge...

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Voices of Harvey County: "I'm the World's Worst Loser:" Coach John Ravenscroft

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Voices of Harvey County. Thursday, March 20, 2014. I'm the World's Worst Loser:" Coach John Ravenscroft. By Kristine Schmucker, HCHM Curator. This post concludes our series on Newton High basketball. Click for Part 1. I'm the world's worst loser. And that's why I don't lose very often.". Coach John Ravenscroft in Buller, p. 41. NHS Basketball Coarch 1946-1958. He played on the YMCA teams and was known to shoot baskets for eight hours a day " till my hands swelled up.". Later he recalled,. In 1958, he rec...

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Voices of Harvey County: January 2014

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Voices of Harvey County. Friday, January 31, 2014. The Santa Fe Reading Room. By Kristine Schmucker, HCHM Curator. Working for the Santa Fe Railroad often meant days away from home and family for conductors, engineers and brakemen. During layovers, employees could spend time in the "Reading Room" provided by the Santa Fe. Main St., Newton, KS ca. 1911. AT and SF Reading Room on W 4th, Newton. Note men on porch roof holding pool cue sticks. Newton, Ks: Mennonite Press, 1985. Connect with us on. Two exhibi...

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Fine dining to BBQ. Carry A. Nation Home and Stockade Museum. Home of Carry A. Nation, prohibitionist. Stockade Museum and gift shop next door. 209-211 W Fowler Hwy 160 Medicine Lodge, KS 67104 Phone. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it " E-mail. Western heritage, Native American heritage, Other historic themes, Admission charge. Kiowa History and story of the Cherokee Strip. 107 N 7th Kiowa, KS 67070 Phone. Bill and Janet’s Nature Museum. Barton C...

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April | 2014 | Kansas Humanities Council

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Kansans Heart the Humanities. April 23, 2014. National Endowment for the Humanities. Over 120 Kansans have added their signatures to the letter to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. In support of funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities. And State Humanities Councils, including the Kansas Humanities Council. Here is what they are saying about the impact of KHC and the humanities in their communities:. We are big fans of the Kansas Humanities Council. – Sublette. To add your sign...

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April | 2015 | Kansas Humanities Council

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April 27, 2015. And tagged cow chip toss. This year, KHC features weekly posts related to the Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition Hometown Teams. Competitive cow-chip tossing starts early in Russell Springs. Image Courtesy Ward Taylor, Butterfield Trail Association and Historical Society Treasurer. Kansas in late summer is home to many beautiful sights. Waving fields of wheat. Cloudless blue skies. Sunrises so vivid they make you want to cry. According to one source. The sport isn’t complicated,...

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New health care discount programs available - News - The Kansan - Newton, KS - Newton, KS

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Harvey County residents on the lookout for affordable health care ranging from vision and hearing to dental work now have another place to turn that could save them money. The National Association of Counties has expanded its prescription drug discount program to include options for discounts on health and vision, as well as dental needs. Harvey County is one of the first 40 counties nationwide to participate in the expanded program. . While NACo’s prescription drug discount cards will remain avai...