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"I Like Ike" License Plate Swap
Thanks to a generous $18,000 contribution from the Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation, Dickinson County residents can now obtain an "I Like Ike" license plate for free!
This donation provides funding for 180 tags, which enables the Eisenhower Foundation to meet its 500 plate quota and ensures the program's legacy.
To obtain an "I Like Ike" license plate:
- Visit the Dickinson County Court House
- Remove your current license plate
- Show current insurance
- Exchange old license plate for an "I Like Ike" plate at no cost.
Click here to learn more!
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Abilene Makes 2017 Bike Across Kansas Route
Abilene isn't only a destination for marathon runners and cross country pilots, it's also a great place for biking!
Q: Do BAK riders make stops along the route to sightsee, or do they ride straight through?
A: While a few participants enjoy fast cycling and often ride straight through each day, most riders feel that active sightseeing is the whole point of BAK. Most participants do stop often to enjoy the experience of rural Kansas. Stops include anything you might imagine: visits with locals, towns with interesting cafes, shops or museums, local tours, roadside historical markers, lemonade stands, scenic vistas, shady trees, etc. BAK's participant route guide outline many historical sites, museums, and places of interest along the route.
Q: Where do BAK participants sleep?
A: Arrangements are made with our overnight host cities to provide facilities for camping, restrooms and showers. Typically, local schools are the overnight accommodations for BAK riders. All participants should come prepared to tent camp; however, most nights there is indoor space (e.g., gymnasium) for about half of the riders. Indoor sleeping space is limited though. Some BAK riders choose to reserve motel rooms where available.
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Home & Away Magazine is the official member publication for 10 AAA clubs sent to more than 1,388,000 households (representing more than 2.7 million readers) every other month.
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Thanks to Jeana Lawrence, Abilene CVB Tourism Assistant, the Abilene CVB's calendar is updated! Think there's nothing to do? Think again!
Click
here
to view the calendar!
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5th Annual Winter Film Festival
Sponsored by: Arts Council of Dickinson County
Beginning Sunday, January 15 at 2:00 p.m. films will be shown at the Eisenhower Presidential Library Visitor's Center, 200 SE 4th Street.
All films are free of charge and popcorn will be provided.
A discussion will follow each film.
*Please bring a non-perishable food item.
*All items will benefit the Abilene Area Food and Clothing Bank.
The schedule and summary of the films are as follows:
January 29: Brooklyn
PG-13 An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
February 5: Inside Out
PG After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, and Sadness - conflict on how to best navigate a new city, house, and school.
February 12: Bridge of Spies
PG-13 During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
February 19: The Martian
PG-13 An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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Abilene Smoky Valley Rail Road
Funding obtained!
Thanks to a generous $6,000 donation from the Jeffcoat Memorial Foundation, the Abilene and Smokey Valley Railroad can now build the trailer needed to haul this Alco S4 to Abilene.
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Dickinson County Heritage Center
Kansas State Ball
Join in the fun on
Saturday, January 28 from 7:00-10:00 p.m. at Sterl Hall for a chance to celebrate Kansas with the State Ball. Come learn dance and etiquette from a time gone by.
Period dress requested but not required.
$6 Admission
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Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
FOX News Channel's Bret Baier will discuss his new book.
The Eisenhower Presidential
Library and the Eisenhower Foundation are pleased to welcome FOX News anchor Bret Baier to Abilene on
Feb. 2 topromote his new book on the Eisenhower-Kennedy presidential transition.
Baier will present the book "Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission" in a free public lecture at 7:30 p.m. in the Visitors Center Auditorium.
Baier conducted much of the research for this book from the archival holdings of the Eisenhower Presidential Library. The 'three days in January' refer to the period between Eisenhower's prophetic farewell address on the evening of Jan. 17, 1961, and John F. Kennedy's inauguration of the afternoon of Jan. 20 -- the closing act of one of modern America's greatest leaders.
Baier is Chief Political Anchor for FOX News Channel and the Anchor/Executive Editor of Special Report with Bret Baier. Baier previously served as National Security Correspondent based at the Pentagon. His first book, Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love, became a top-ten New York Times bestseller upon its release in 2014.
Three Days in January digs deep into Eisenhower's last address as president and his efforts to advise Kennedy in the three days between the address and Kennedy's inauguration. At the end of those fateful three days in January 1961, Eisenhower left the public stage having done perhaps more than any other modern American to set the nation, in his words, "on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment."
Copies of Three Days in January are available for purchase in the
Eisenhower Presidential Library Gift Shop. Baier will be available to sign books following the program.
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Great Plains Theatre
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Great Plains Theatre adds new billboard
on I-70 near Exit 277
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Alcohol Inks
February 4 - 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Use alcohol inks and dyes to create your own beautiful masterpiece! All class supplies provided. Class size limited, please call to reserve spot!
Super Bowl Party
February 5
We're watching the Super Bowl on a Thirty Foot Screen! Come and join us! Admission is by donation, we'll have food, and we'll have beer and wine available by donation.
Jeff Crosby and the Refugees
February 14
Idaho born singer-songwriter Jeff Crosby is another of those musical souls that have been performing and perfecting their craft for many years. To be precise, Jeff has spent the past decade writing and performing throughout the United States and beyond, sharing his 'unique perspective of Americana'.
In this time, Jeff has released several albums both as a solo artist and with his band The Refugees who also join him on 'Waking Days'. Their sound has been described as a blend of 'Americana, folk and 70's inspired psychedelic rock' and elsewhere, something akin to 'dusty, dreamy rock and roll'.
General Admission: $15, Table for Four $80
Cinema
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29 Reasons to Love Abilene
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Old Abilene Town
, located in Abilene, Kansas, features living history from the Old Days of Wild Bill Hickok. Come out and experience a Gunfight on Main Street and see the Can Can girls dancing in the Alamo Saloon, while you kick back and enjoy an ice cold sarsaparilla.
Reasons to Love Abilene, Kansas!
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Featured Restaurant
: Tornado Alley Lanes
The restaurant at Tornado Alley Lanes is open and receiving great reviews!
Check Tornado Alley Lanes out on Facebook for specials!
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Abilene is home to 202 rooms. Whether you're in town to visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, enjoy a show at the Great Plains Theatre, attend the Central Kansas Free Fair, meet with greyhound industry leaders or take a ride on the Abilene & Smokey Valley Railroad, we invite you to extend your visit and spend the night and enjoy all Abilene has to offer!
Click
here to learn more about places to stay in Abilene!
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RHV in Abilene always has outstanding window and sidewalk displays!
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We do our best to make sure all information is correct.
It is advisable to always call ahead before visiting.
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