Speaker: Kent Sallee is Emergency Medical Services Logistics Coordinator at Hutchinson Community College. His interests include archeology and Kansas History. He previously taught Osher courses on Kansas archeology and Kansas-Missouri Border Wars Kent Sallee a member of the Kansas Anthropological… Read More Lifelong Learning: Local Treasures and the Current Happenings in the Kansas Anthropological and Archeological community

Speaker: Randy Frank, KCEM, IACEM, MCP, MEP, Director Marion County Emergency Management As adults we plan for birthdays, holidays and even for weddings. While we plan for all of our special events we should also plan for events that are… Read More Lifelong Learning: A Season to Prepare

Speaker: Carrie Tiemeyer proudly assumes the identity of The Bug Lady as she educates us with the aid of more than 150+ insects and animals. The Bug Lady and her animal friends are coming for a visit! We will learn… Read More Lifelong Learning: The Zoo is Coming To You

Speaker: Michael Hook, Director Dickinson County Heritage Center Michael Hook, the Director of the Dickinson County Heritage Center will be sharing about Dickinson County’s unique history of the cattle drives, agriculture development, early settlers, telephony industry and carousel manufacturing separates… Read More Lifelong Learning: The Pioneer Movement into This Territory

Speaker: John Burchill. John is an author and criminal justice historian who teaches at Kansas Wesleyan University In the days when Wild Bill Hickok might ride his horse into your church service—it happened in Junction City—the life of a minister… Read More Lifelong Learning: Cowboys and Clerics

Speaker: Jane Rhoads, Jane is an author and a 2009 Notable Kansas Book award winner! Frontier Kansas was not a cultural desert. Opera houses were homes to important community events such as dramatic productions, commencements, and traveling theater performances. This… Read More Lifelong Learning: Opera House Culture on the Kansas Frontier

Speaker: Jim Hoy, Jim teaches folklore and literature at Emporia State University. Grasshoppers so big that cowboys can ride them to herd cattle. Summers so hot that corn pops in the field. Rancher Henry Mudge wrecking pianos, shooting sheep, and… Read More Lifelong Learning: Kansas Legends and Folktales

“Thailand and Scotland” Presented by: Caleb and Cayleigh Phillips Join us as Caleb (Former Tabor student) and Cayleigh Phillips share about their lives living and growing up Thailand and Scotland respectively and how their lives intersected. Learn about their countries,… Read More Lifelong Learning: “Thailand and Scotland”

Presented by: Connie Newcome Connie grew up in rural Kansas, is a Christian, and is involved in her church in Hutchinson KS.  She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Kansas State University. In the early years of her marriage… Read More Lifelong Learning- Herb House Natural Medicine and Protecting Our Rights

Presented By: Jim Gray The early days of ranching and trail driving required stamina and determination. The drover of yesteryear had little choice but to face the elements placed before him if he was to get his wild cattle to… Read More Lifelong Learning- Head 'Em Up & Move 'Em Out