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Abilene, Kansas - A Reason to Visit Every Season
Thanks to
Sharmin with Discover Finer Living for this story featuring Abilene. The Abilene CVB hosted Sharmin in December 2017.
About Sharmin:
Hello and welcome! Let me introduce myself. My name is Sharmin and I have been blogging since 2010. My first blog focused on local food in Kansas City called
What You're Missing KC! So if you are looking for that, you found it!
My husband's job relocated us out of the KC area to Wichita, KS. If you have been a What You're Missing KC! fan, don't worry! KC will always be my hometown and I have added a
What You're Missing KC! page as I do get back quite often and I still get press releases and news about KC. And of course have to share the love I have for the amazing local food scene!
The reason for the change stemmed from his new job position which requires quite a bit of travel and since our nest is empty, I am free to tag along.
In addition to work trips we also enjoy getting away at our leisure with cruising being a favorite! I have started this blog to share some of our travel adventures as well as my favorite products, recipes, healthy living tips and anything that makes living finer.
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Mamie Returns to Mr. K's Farmhouse
Visitors to Abilene's Mr. K's Farmhouse received a special treat when Mamie Eisenhower returned to chat with customers!
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Travel Kansas
Stop by the Abilene CVB Visitors Center to pick up your copy of Travel Kansas - a Wichita Times Publication. Abilene has several features including the back cover!
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American Pickers Coming to Kansas
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Kansas & Missouri, we're coming for you! The American Pickers are looking for large & junkie picks with fascinating stories so send in your submissions now!
Happy Picking!
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KANSAS! Magazine's Weekend Getaways
With your help, Abilene's Three One One received recognition in KANSAS! Magazine's "Best Local Eats" contest. Now, we're asking for your help again to help Abilene receive recognition as a favorite place for weekend getaways.
Readers' Choice Weekend Getaway
Sometimes you just have to get away. Maybe as a couple, family or just some friends needing to unplug and reconnect. What's your favorite destination in Kansas to take a weekend getaway?
Submit your destination between now and March 15, and tells us what places you'd visit, events you would attend and why you'd want to spend 36 hours at this destination. The most submissions will move on to the voting round. Voting will be open from March 16 through May 31. Winning "Weekend Getaways" will be announced in the winter 2018 issue.
Readers' Choice Guidelines
- Nominations are being accepted through March 15.
- Top nominations will move on to a voting round on March 16.
- Winners will be determined by the total number of votes received.
- Winners will be revealed in the winter 2018 edition of the KANSAS!.
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Eisenhower Marathon
Join runners from around the country for the annual Eisenhower Marathon!
Saturday, April 7, 2018
Marathon/Half start @ 7:00 a.m.
10k/5k start @ 7:30 a.m.
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Prairie Women: Engaging Women Of The Flint Hills
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If you
love
the
Flint Hills
, you won't want to miss
Prairie Hollow Productions
' screening of "Prairie Women: Engaging Women Of The Flint Hills", a feature-length film profiling notable women promoting, preserving & protecting the Flint Hills, April 15 at
Great Plains Theatre
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There is no charge for admission, but attendees are encouraged to register online.
Note: Those who love
Sunflower Journeys will remember Prairie Hollow Productions' co-founder, Dave Kendall as its host for nearly 30 years. Kendall also has ties to Dickinson County. We are pleased he chose Abilene's Great Plains Theatre as one of the theatres to screen "Prairie Women: Engaging Women of the Flint Hills."
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Reitz & Rust Vintage Market and Camper Show
As featured in
SouthernLiving and back by popular demand, the Reitz & Rust Vintage Market's Camper Show!
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Arts & Ales
Save the date! Join the Arts Council of Dickinson County for their inaugural Arts & Ales fundraiser featuring craft beer samples from Kansas breweries, live music and silent auction.
Saturday, April 28, 2018
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Little Ike Park / Parking Lot
Downtown Abilene
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Vendors Wanted
Abilene will be the scene of its first ever outdoor antique festival in the downtown area on May 12. Five blocks will be closed to traffic and filled with vendors selling vintage, retro, antique furniture and decor, repurposed items, and food. The event is being presented by two downtown antique malls, Mud Creek and Abilene Downtown Antique Mall and is being organized by volunteers who plan to make this an annual event.
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Throwback Thursday
*New Exhibit*
Jeffcoat Photography
Studio Museum:
The Evolution of Photography
Wednesday (8:30 - 4:30)
Thursday (9:30 - 5:30
Friday (8:30 - 4:30)
Saturday (8:30 - 4:30).
Appointments are also available for special viewings. Please call 785-263-9882.
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5 Star Reviews - Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home
Anyone interested in U.S. history and/or its Presidents should stop here. You can spend as little as an hour or as much as several hours seeing the exhibits and visiting the various buildings. There are enough interactive displays to keep the kids occupied, and the museum will teach you about President Eisenhower, the Chisholm Trail and of course, World War II.
-JDP1477
Winterset, Iowa
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Patriotism in Abilene
It's that time of year again! The City of Abilene's Convention & Visitors Bureau is seeking sponsors for the American flags, which are placed on poles from I-70 along Buckeye to the south city limits and from Buckeye west on Third Street. The flags are flown from the Eisenhower Marathon weekend through Veterans Day. Because they are flown for seven months, the flags and poles are more prone to wear and tear. The City of Abilene's Public Works Department replaces them as needed.
Our goal this year is to purchase 200 flags for the 2018 season. The cost of each flag remains the same at $25, which includes the pole and bracket.
Volunteers from the American Legion and VFW attach the flags to the flagpoles. The Public Works Department, Eagle Communications, Abilene Rental and Linder Electric install the flags on the light poles.
We rely on the community to provide funding for this project and hope you will consider purchasing one or more flags this year.
Flag sponsors to date:
- M&M Tire & Auto
- Danner Funeral Home, Inc.
- Rivendell Bookstore
- John's Service
- Solomon State Bank
- Greyhound Hall of Fame
- Martin-Becker-Carlson Funeral Home
- Bob Burns Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Next Home Unlimited
- Eisenhower Foundation
- Abilene Termite & Pest Control
- Memorial Health System
- Sonic
- Dr. Lawrence M. Cooper
- Abilene Machine
- GreatLife Golf & Fitness
- Abilene Rental-All & Sales, Inc.
- Black & Co Realtors
- Linder Electric
- The Teck Shop
- Abilene Auto Parts
- Great Plains Federal Credit Union
- Brian's Plumbing, Inc.
- Pottberg, Gassman & Hoffman, Chartered
- Prim & Popper Parlor
- West's Plaza Country Mart
- Holm Automotive Center
- Bill & Nanc Scholl
- Pioneer Farm & Ranch Supply
- Three One One
- Brown Memorial Foundation
- Robson Oil
- Dennis & Teresa Weishaar
- First Bank Kansas
- Stephens Chiropractic
- Rob & Dawn Hammatt
- UMB Bank
- Twila Jackson
- 24/7
- Smart Insurance
- Auburn Pharmacy
- Central Kansas Free Fair
- National Greyhound Association
- Mildred Hanson
- Abilene Area Chamber of Commerce
- Austin & Katrina Gilley
- Casey & Jane Foltz
- Julie Roller
- Harold & Sue Courtois
- George & Carol McCormic
- Horizon Farm & Ranch Realty
- Cypress Bridge
- Mark Kinderknecht & Penny Soukup
- Jessica Weissenbach
- Andrew & Renee Boeckman
- Beta Sigma Phi
- Faith Lutheran Church
Thank you for your continued support!
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"The proudest thing I can claim is that I am from Abilene."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
June 22, 1945
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Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad
The Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad's 2018 schedule is now available online. Book early to reserve prime dates!
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Dickinson County Heritage Center
The 29th Annual Ida Stover-Eisenhower Memorial Quilt Show gives local quilters a chance to show off their amazing talents and imaginations.
Join us at the Dickinson County Heritage Center March 12-24 to see all the incredible entries and stories of the quilts' history.
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Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home
Annual Paul H. Royer Film Fest
An Affair to Remember
Thursday, March 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Visitors Center Auditorium
Free Admission
After meeting on an ocean liner en route from Europe to New York, a couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at top of the Empire State Building - but will it happen? Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr star in this 1957 film, considered one of the most romantic movies of all time, and nominated for four Oscars. Free admission.
1957 | 1 hr 55 min
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Ike Book Talk (Film): All the King's Men
Sunday, March 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Visitors Center Auditorium
This 1949 film is based upon the Pulitzer Prize novel "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren. Broderick Crawford won an Oscar for his portrayal of bull-headed, backwoods politician Willie Stark in this powerful drama about political and personal corruption and the corrosive effects of power on the human soul. The story was inspired by the rise and fall of Huey P. Long, Louisiana's governor and one-time senator. Free admission.
1949 | 1 hr 50 min
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Ike Book Talk: All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
Monday, March 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Visitors Center Auditorium
"All the King's Men" is a tale of power and corruption in the Depression-era South as it portrays the dramatic political rise and governorship of Willie Stark. Based loosely on the life and times of former Louisiana Governor, Huey P. Long, one central theme of the novel is that all actions have consequences, and that it is impossible for an individual to stand aloof and be a mere observer of life. Originally published in 1946 and awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1947, "Time" magazine and Modern Library each list "All the King's Men" among the top 100 novels. The book's title is drawn from the nursery rhyme, "Humpty Dumpty," as well as Huey P. Long's slogan, "Every man a king."
Linda Lewis will facilitate this discussion of the second title in the 2018 Ike Book Talk series, presented as part of the Kansas Humanities Council Talk About Literature in Kansas (TALK) program. This series of six book discussions will be held every other month throughout the year. All books in the 2018 series have a connection to Dwight D. Eisenhower and are available to check out from the Abilene Public Library or for purchase at the Eisenhower Presidential Library gift shop. The programs are free and open to the public, and registration is not required.
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Great Plains Theatre
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
March 22, 7pm
$5 per ticket
Season Ticket Holders get in FREE!
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best New Play, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME is "dazzling, pulsepounding and remarkable" (Time Out New York) adaptation by Simon Stephens that brings Mark Haddon's internationally bestselling novel to thrilling life.
Fifteen-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain; he is exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. When he falls under suspicion for killing his neighbor's dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever.
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Greyhound Hall of Fame
Abilene's Greyhound Hall of Fame is open daily. Stop by and say hi to resident greyhounds Gary and Ginger.
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Seelye Mansion
Named an 8 Wonders of Kansas - Architecture winner, Abilene's Seelye Mansion is open daily for tours.
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Coming soon:
- Easter Egg Roll at Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home - March 31
- K-State Skydivers at Abilene Municipal Airport - April 14
- Prairie Women: Engaging Women Of The Flint Hills - April 15
- National Greyhound Association's Spring Meet - April 16-21
- Reitz & Rust Spring Vintage Market - April 28
- Arts & Ales - April 28
- Antique Fest - May 12
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