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This Restaurant Way Out In The Kansas Countryside Has The Best Doggone Food You've Tried In Ages
Thanks to
Only In Your State for highlighting this iconic Abilene restaurant.
Whether you're hungry and on the road or just plain hungry, there's a plethora of restaurants in Kansas that'll suit your needs. Most of us enjoy a nice sit-down joint with home-style food and plenty of fried options. This restaurant in small town Kansas has some of the best doggone food, and you'll just have to taste it to believe me. (Plus, isn't most of Kansas countryside whether it's a small town or not?)
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Historians Return to Abilene
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Abilene is a great place to visit again and again. Thanks to Ray and Charlene -
Notgrass Company
- for not only only visiting Abilene to develop their curriculum for homeschooling families (see video in link), but also returning to leisurely explore the
Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
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New Economic Development Director
As a component of economic development, the Abilene CVB is excited to welcome Chuck Scott as the new Dickinson County Economic Development Corporation director. Scott joins DKEDC March 1.
Welcome to the team!
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Unique Tourism Attraction
Does the winter weather have you "cooped" up? Don't miss out on this egg-cellent photo op. Tourism attractions come in all forms. This chicken mailbox attracts visitors from all over including California and Indiana. Thanks to
Jo Schwartz
, 113 Hilltop Drive (around the corner from the World's Largest Spur), for sharing!
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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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Chisholm Trail Events Center Grand Opening
Abilene's newest venue, the Chisholm Trail Event Center is opening soon! The space is large enough to host meetings, weddings, reunions, auctions and more!
Open House:
Saturday, March 3
Noon-2:30 p.m.
The Chisholm Trail Events Center is located adjacent to Old Abilene Town at 108 SE 6th.
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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
.
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
Named one of the Kansas Sampler Foundation's 8 Wonders of Kansas - Customs , Abilene's C.W. Parker Carousel is the oldest operational Parker carousel known to exist.
Fun Facts: 24 horses in 12 pairs 4 chariots 50-foot wide platform built in 1901
A Humble Beginning: Charles Wallace Parker dreamed of one day creating and operating amusement devices. Parker got his start after purchasing a portable shooting gallery. He began his career manufacturing amusement devices after improving the design of his shooting gallery and ultimately building his own. Parker became interested in carousels after spending most of the only dollar in his pocket to buy his daughter rides on a carousel instead of buying groceries. Seeing the excitement on his daughter's face and realizing he spent most of his money to see her joy continue, Parker knew he needed to own a carousel.
Amusement King: Parker built his first carousel in 1892 and started the Parker Carnival Supply Company two years later, making him the only carousel manufacturer not operating on the east coast. Parker's business was located in Abilene until 1911 when a dispute over property lines with the city forced his decision to move the entire company to Leavenworth. In Leavenworth, Parker began making visible changes to his carousel. The horses became more grandiose and other animals were featured as mounts. World War 1 and the Great Depression significantly impacted business. The only carousel manufacturers to survive were those that switched to wood carving machines or to aluminum horses. C.W. Parker Amusement Company endured these tough times. After Parker's death in 1932, his son ran the company in Leavenworth until 1955.
Returning to Abilene: Jimmy Weisner purchased the carousel that can be found in Abilene today in 1928. For 38 years, he traveled from town to town operating the carousel. In 1959, Weisner sold his carousel to Tom Knight of Riverton, Wyoming. Knight placed carousel at his drive-in movie theater. After his death, Knight's widow offered Dickinson County Historical Society the opportunity to purchase this rare machine. The people of Abilene raised the $8,900 needed to purchase the carousel and it was finally returned home in 1976. This 1901 carousel is the oldest operational carousel that can be ridden and it is featured at the Dickinson County Heritage Center.
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5 Star Reviews - Russell Stover Candy Company
Sweet time at candy company
There's plenty of chocolate and other sweet treats to choose from at this store. Kudos to store manager Yvonne for her customer service during our visit. We appreciated her helping us with some of our selections. Glad we stopped here following our visit to the Eisenhower Presidential Library.
-dbutler385
Sussex, Wisconsin
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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
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
Ellie Carlson presents "Dating Photographs Through Costumes," an interactive presentation.
Family photographs are hard to date once the generation pictured has passed away. Many people have unidentified photos in their collection. Determining an approximate date may help you to know whether the woman in the photo is your grandmother or your great-grandmother. This is where costume dating can be helpful.
Note: Please bring photographs with you to the lecture and we will all try to date them for you using the techniques outlined in the presentation.
Join us at the Dickinson County Heritage Center on Saturday, March 3, at 7 PM for this captivating presentation.
Free admission for this event.
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Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum & Boyhood Home
Annual Paul H. Royer Film Fest
Funny Face
Thursday, March 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Visitors Center Auditorium
Free Admission
While on an assignment, New York City-based fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) is struck by the beauty of Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn), a shy bookstore employee he's photographed by accident, who he believes has the potential to become a successful model. Jo accepts a modeling contract only because it includes a trip to Paris. Hepburn does her own singing in this 1957 musical directed by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain).
This year marks the 27th Annual Paul H. Royer Film Festival, which offers movies free to the public. This series is sponsored by Robert H. (Hank) Royer, Jr., in memory of his grandfather who was an Abilene (Kansas) High School classmate of Dwight D.
Eisenhower and a founding member of the
Eisenhower Foundation.
1957 | 1 hr 43 min
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Save the date! Ellie Presents "Unmentionables"
The Rise and Fall of Ladies' Underwear
Historian and performer Ellie Carlson returns to Kansas for Women's History Month. Ellie's tour begins on March 3 at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum.
The free public program titled, "Speaking of Unmentionables: The Rise and Fall of Ladies' Underwear" will be held in the Visitors Center Auditorium Saturday, March 3 at 2 p.m
. Women's fashions are shaped, literally and figuratively, by their underclothes. They are the unseen history of an era.
That same evening at 7 p.m. you can find Ellie at the Dickinson County Heritage Center for her program "Dating Photographs Through Clothing." Bring your photos and Ellie will help you date them using techniques outlined in her presentation.
Ellie (Carlson) of Ellie Presents, Chicago, Ill., is a museum curator with 30 years of experience in small to mid-sized museums and a first-person interpreter portraying several women from the 19th and 20th centuries. Carlson has a B.A. from Roosevelt University and a Masters of Historical Administration and Museum Studies from the University of Kansas. Ellie's complete schedule is available at elliepresents.com.
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Great Plains Theatre
Great Plains Theatre Academy and Plain Great Players present: 1776
March 1-4, 2018
The nation's fathers harmonize their way through the founding of America in this Tony award-winning musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and book by Peter Stone. Colonial representatives gather in Philadelphia with the aim of establishing a set of governmental rules for the burgeoning United States. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams charge Thomas Jefferson with the work of writing a statement announcing the new country's emancipation from British rule.
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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:
- 1776 the Musical - March 1-4
- 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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