Remembering Robinson and the slow change in baseball
Patrick Murphy reflects on Jackie Robinson’s 60th anniversary and the ongoing struggle to diversify baseball. He links limited black participation to socio economic barriers, access to facilities, and the lure of basketball, noting growing Latin American and Asian involvement and Yankee China ties. He warns that Robinson’s legacy requires active outreach to all communities.
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Jackie Robinson
Anna Nicole
Robinson
America
NBA
Latin America
Japan
China
New York Yankees
Chinese Baseball Association
Yankees
Zoo staff use animal care to educate visitors at Lee Richardson Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo staff, led by curator Andrea Smith and zookeepers, care for about 145 species on Finnup Park’s 50 acres. The zoo operates as an informal school with walking tours, local school visits, and distance learning from a Finnup Center studio to educate the public while preserving animal health and exhibit enjoyment.
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Katti Thoman
Lee Richardson Zoo
Thoman
Finnup Park
Garden City
Kansas
Andrea Smith
Ryan Schaffer
Kristi Newland
Finnup Center
Smith
Northwest Missouri State University
Bachhlor
Finnup Center For Conservation Education
Timeline highlights for Lee Richardson Zoo Garden City
A chronology from 1927 to 2007 traces the Garden City Zoo in Finnup Park era by the Izaak Walton League and city, naming Lee Richardson as founder figure. It covers early animal arrivals, staff hires, philanthropy from Stanolind, renaming in 1950, storms, docent program, exhibits, expansions, and the 80th anniversary in 2007.
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Garden City
Finnup Park
Izaak Walton League
City of
Lee Richardson
Stanolind Oil Co
Alaska
Garden City Zoo
Richardson
Mobile museum road show of world’s largest things
Erika Nelson tours Kansas and beyond with a Ford Econoline van that carries a traveling display of miniature replicas of colossal roadside attractions. Her project, billed as the world’s largest collection of the world’s smallest versions of the world’s largest things, blends art and whimsy as she adds tiny models to a growing gallery while tracing famous oversized monuments in towns nationwide.
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Mobile
Topeka
Erika Nelson
Lucas
Kansas
Nelson
Dwight Nelson
Erika
California
Tipton
Paul Bunyan
Babe the
Blue Ox
Bemidji
Minn
Blackduck
Ashby
Ford
Eileen Smith
University of Kansas
Lace
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Patrick Murphy
Columbus, Neb
The
Telegram
Story By
Scott Bershof
Photos By
Laurie Sisk
Claude Owens
Parks and Zoo
Garden City Friends of the Zoo
Gcfotz
Friends of the Lee Richardson Zoo
Zoo
Finnup Foundation
Finnup Center For Conservation
Elephant Yard
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!