Tonganoxie Mirror (Newspaper) - April 15, 2009, Tonganoxie, Kansas PAGE 2 THE MIRROR I APRIL 2009 I 2 KILL THE Dj ARE COMEDY CHAMPS Tonganoxie High School grad and his comedy troupe win improv comedy tournament in Kansas See page BREAKING NEWS EVERY DAY AT TONGANOXIE BY THE NUMBERS The percentage of registered voters who actually voted on April SEVEN DAY TRAVEL OUTLOOK TODAY Partly cloudy and breezy THURSDAY Mostly cloudy with rain late in the FRIDAY Scattered thunderstorms throughout the SATURDAY Storms roll SUNDAY Partly cloudy with a clearing sky and cooler MONDAY Partly cloudy with slightly warmer Mostly sunny and warmer WEATHER ONLINE Get weather and commuter forecasts at Submissions policy By submitting pho poems or other creative you grant The Mirror a nonexclusive license to copy and distribute that submitted while edging that you are the author of the You grant The Mirror permission to publish and republish this submitted material without in all formats and media now known or 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Kansas the festival will also showcase Kansas historic and Kansas Kansas products will be sold in the Kansas Mer cantile tent and in some other Q How can county residents sign up for the charter bus to the festival and how much will it cost A Leavenworth County has char tered a 56passenger bus to take resi dents to Concordia for the Kansas Sam Festival on May The cost of the outing is which includes the bus fare and the entrance fee to the Lunch will be on your own at one of the many food ven dors at the Please contact me at 913 4177575 or to sign up to ride the We still have 40plus seats Q Who will be in charge of enworth County booth A Laura site supervisor of the Lansing Historical has designed the booth and will be at the festival to oversee the booth all week Several volunteers are needed to help Laura man the Those that have already volunteered are Bob and Jan Leavenworth Tony Leavenworth Laura Leavenworth Mary Leaven worth Patty Tonganoxie Blake Lana and David Tonganoxie Frank Kukuk and Scotty Keyta and Rachel and Carolyn Kansas More teers are still Q What can people do if they want to volunteer for the Leavenworth County booth A People will be asked to promote Leavenworth County by engaging vis in a conversation about what there is to see and do in Leavenworth There will be fliers from all of the area museums and attractions to hand online at COMMUTER FORECAST Find out the latest traffic road work and road conditions for your com mute The commuter forecast is updated daily at KVL INSIDER Watch a video discussion about Tonganoxie High baseball at TONGANOXIE INVITATIONAL THURSDAY Visit The Mirror online for photos and Check for news updates at Leavenworth County to shuttle residents to festival The steering committee responsible for bringing the Kansas Sampler Festival to Leavenworth County now wants to bring county residents to the The committee has contracted to have a passenger bus take 56 residents to this years festival in The festival runs May 2 and On May the bus will pick riders up at three north side of KMart parking lot at 7 shopping center parking lot near Kelleys at and Tonganoxie Chieftain Park at The festivalgoers will arrive in Concor dia at approximately 11 and will spend 3 hours at the The bus will depart for home at arriving back in Tonganoxie at mately 6 Basehor at and Leavenworth at The cost to use the bus is a per which also includes a ticket to the Keyta the 2010 and 2011 festi val said there are about 40 seats Please contact Kelly at 913 4177575 or to sign up to ride the Kelly said they are also looking for volunteers to man this years Leaven worth County booth in Please contact Kelly to The booth will be on display in the court house 300 Walnut from Monday April 20 through April Volunteers are needed to man the booth in the courthouse as County historical society sets date for herb market The Leavenworth County Historical Societys annual Herb Market will be May 2 from on the grounds of the Carroll 1128 5th baked and garden items will be available for There will be door prizes and museums Admission is Proceeds benefit the Leavenworth County Historical Society and its For more contact the Leavenworth County Historical 913 6827759 or Prayer breakfast speaker had hit song in 1960s The Tonganoxie Mayors Prayer Breakfast is scheduled for to 9 May 7 at the Tonganoxie VFW 910 First This years featured speaker is Ray Hildebrand is the author and singer of Hey a hit in the Hildebrand has also worked at the Fel of Christian Athletes and became one of the pioneers and founders of Contemporary Christian