Kansas News Alerts: June 2009

NEWS ALERTS
VOLUME #16: JUNE 09

Once a month the Kansas Travel & Tourism Division distributes this brief newsletter, providing tourism updates throughout the state of Kansas.  Highlights include a title, brief descriptor and a link for more details.   Not all highlights will be of interest to everyone.  They are simply intended to entice new story ideas in the areas of agritourism, outdoor, culinary, cultural, history, heritage and more.

State’s First Floatline Fishing Season Begins July 15:  Fishing enthusiasts will be! able to participate in a pilot project this summer and fall, allowing floatline fishing at eight reservoirs in Kansas to include:  Hillsdale, Council Grove, Tuttle Creek, Kanopolis, John Redmond, Toronto, Wilson, and Pomona.  Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks staff recommended the addition of this fishing method to provide more angling opportunities on reservoirs with untapped channel catfish populations.  The pilot program runs from July 15 – September 15.  For more information visit www.kdwp.state.ks.us.      

Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum Announces Exhibits Schedule:  Beginning with the recently opened exhibit “The Gem on the Plains,” the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in Abilene has recently announced a series of fabulous exhibits including: The Working Whitehouse:  200 Years of Tradi! tion and Memories (March 20, 2010 – May 30, 2010); Holocaust (June 2010 – January 2011); and The White House Garden (February 19, 2011 – May 17, 2011).  For more information on each of these exhibits visit http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Museum/Exhibits_Schedule/Exhibits_Schedule.html.

Oohs, Boos and Haunts Galore:  With a growing interest in ghosts, spirits and anything haunted, Kansas offers a variety of tours, investigations and demonstrations for all paranormal enthusiasts.  Tours take place in Atchison, Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Manhattan, and Holton, to name a few.  Visit college campuses, restaurants, cemeteries, frat houses, hospitals and country clubs as part of the tours.  For more information go to info@ghosttourkansas.com.    

For more information on the entire state of Kansas, visit www.travelks.com.