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Tours
2007-2008
Tour
I
CHASE COUNTY, KANSAS
Wednesday, October
17, 2007
Time: 8:30 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. (meet NW corner mall
parking
lot)
Arrangers: Liz Beikmann and Leonard
Purvis
Lunch: Grand Central Hotel in Cottonwood Falls
Cost: $25 (includes tours, lunch and
bus )
We will take the scenic byway
roads to Chase County,
Kansas. A park ranger will guide us
through the 1881
limestone house, barn, Lower Fox Creek
one-room
school, and headquarters of the Tallgrass
Prairie
Preserve. After lunch,
the owner of the Fiber Factory,
Charles Klamm, will give us a tour
of
the factory to learn
about the history of weaving and looms.
We also will see
some woven items.
After the Fiber Factory tour, we will
tour the Indian
Artifacts Museum. The museum
is located on the
grounds of the oldest courthouse in
Kansas. The court-
house is being renovated so we will
not be able to tour
inside it. We will drive by the original
stone
jail as we
leave town.
Tour II
GRAIN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY COMPLEX
Kimball Ave East
Wednesday, February
13, 2008
Time: 1:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ample parking and the
elevator
is accessible.
Arranger: Carroll Hess
Cost: FREE--meet at the complex.
1:15-1:45 p.m. "Overview of the Complex and
Department's Unique Curriculums," Dr. Richard
Hahn,
Interim Deptment Head
1:45-2:30 p.m. IGP-International Grains Program, John
Howard, Director. IGP provides technical assistance
in
promoting and exporting cereal grains and oilseed to
assist
with market-development efforts. It was established in
1978
with Kansas Legislature funding at the request of the
wheat,
corn, grain sorghum, and soybean commissions.
2:45-3:30 p.m. Hal Ross Flour Mill,
Kendall McFall,
Director. The flour mill is equipped with the
latest in milling
technology packaged to provide a flexible system for
teaching and research.
3:45-4:30 p.m. BIVAP-Bioprocessing and Industrial
Value Added Program, Dr. Ron Madl, Director
This is a key resource for the development of
biomaterials
processing technology utilizing agriculture-based materials
to produce higher-value products and encourage
commercialization for economic development.
Tour
III
McPHERSON,
KANSAS
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (meet
NW corner mall
parking lot).
Arranger: Larry Erpelding
Cost: $24 (includes bus, coffee, muffin, and
entrance fees--
it does not include lunch).
The first stop will be The Old Muffin Factory.
We will
learn how the factory makes bakery mixes that are
marketed world-wide and taste some of the products.
Next, we will tour the Vaniman Mansion/McPherson
Museum (11 a.m.). On the mansion tour, we
will see
antiques, including model trains. At noon, we will tour
the Antique Auto Restoration Program at McPherson
College that has received funding from
such notables as
Jay Leno. We will see examples of auto restoration being
done on several classic cars. We will have lunch at Amic's
serving Mediterranean cuisine (price ranges are $6 to
$10
for Dutch Treat lunches). Then we will visit the Old
Mill
Museum Complex in Lindsborg. This complex includes
the best restored mill in Kansas and a collection of
early
settlement buildings.
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