Stark Cafe Brings a Music-Driven Ball to Stark Kansas
In Stark Kansas a once-quiet town along K-39 now pulses every Friday night with chicken, live music, and local harmony. Karen and Ron Wilson revived the Stark Cafe turning it into a community hub drawing visitors from nearby towns and energizing generations with open mic nights and homey dining.
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Stark
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Stark Cafe
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Major League II tops weekend box office debut
Major League II led the weekend box office with 7 million in first place, followed by D2 The Mighty Ducks with 6.3 million and The Paper with 5.6 million. Jimmy Hollywood flopped at 14th with 1.4 million, while The House of the Spirits and other new releases opened poorly.
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Charlie Sheen
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Mighty Ducks
Barry Levinson
Jimmy Hollywood
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Man's final wish to bind his poetry in skin denied
In Eugene Oregon the widow of poet Donal Eugene Russell dropped her bid to honor his dying wish to have his body skinned and his hide tanned for covering a volume of his verse. The Oregon State Mortuary and Cemetery Board pursued a court challenge, saying the plan violated abuse of a corpse laws.
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Children's fund founder to visit Topeka on Friday
Marian Wright Edelman founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund will visit Topeka on Friday to promote comprehensive health coverage for children. Kansas lawmakers say about 80 000 of the state’s 715 000 children lack health insurance as Clinton administration reforms gain attention. Edelman and Rep. Jim Slattery will tour the neonatal ICU at Stormont Galt Regional Medical Center and meet with hospital admins before a 9 45 a m news conference. Edelman, South Carolina native and Yale Law School graduate, founded the nonprofit in 1973.
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