In Lebanon Kansas at Hoss’s Antiques, was a book signing of
‘100 Things to do in Kansas Before You Die’ by Roxie Yonkey. She has lived in and written about Kansas for more than 30 years and travel throughout the state. But before that she had intended to stay in Kansas only one year but as fate would see to it she fell in love with a Kansan. She admits she was in love with the state before finding Eric.
Kansas has 105 counties and worth exploring, she had to choose 100. Most everyone has heard of John Brown, Amelia Earhart, and Dwight Eisenhower. Most everyone now has heard of the Geographic Center Chapel in Lebanon, Kansas, and surely has heard the song Home on the Range and its cabin north of Athol, Kansas. Roxie had to choose what would compose an overall Kansas mosaic for the book.
One can read the book in any order and she has a tip or something related at the bottom of each page.
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Sharon Black is from Smith Center, Kansas. We welcome her to our team of volunteers.
Sharon Black has been writing for many years including newspapers, short stories, and as a publisher. She was born in Nebraska and has lived in Kansas most of her life. In her hometown of Smith Center, Kansas, Willa Cather’s hometown is to the north and Bob Dole’s hometown is to the south. Sharon is a press release writer for the National Parks Arts Foundation and writes for b U n e k e magazine. The biggest project she has accomplished is the co-writer of the TV movie Home on the Range. The movie is about the song, which is the state song of Kansas and the lawsuit surrounding it in the 1930s and finding the rightful author of the song. Sharon is distantly related to the Mississippi writer Eudora Welty.
