December 2006
Photos for December 13, 2006
Mary Ulmer, left, the wife of artist Ernst Ulmer, and Don Biggs, chat with a visitor in the commissioners' room. The mural on the wall was painted by Easton artist Brad Seever.
Phyllis Bass, Leavenworth, left, and Ada Young, Lansing, talk about the details in the mural painted by Young's son, Michael Young. Also pictured is Al Tayrien, Leavenworth. The three were among the more than 400 visitors who attended Friday's unveiling of the murals at the Leavenworth County Courthouse.
Bonner Springs artist Ernst Ulmer speaks to the packed courthouse crowd Friday night just before the Leavenworth County commissioners unveiled three murals. Also pictured, clockwise from left, are Leavenworth County Counselor Keyta Kelly; Michael Young, artist; Leavenworth County Commissioner Dean Oroke; State Sen. Mark Gilstrap; Leslie Rocha, who works in the County Appraiser's Office; and Brad Seever, artist.
Amber Sterba, Lansing High School freshman, pens a note to a second-grader at Lansing Elementary School. Sterba and her classmates offered to ease the load on Santa's helpers this holiday season by responding to 160 letters that were addressed to Santa's elves.
Visitors to Leavenworth County Courthouse study murals that were unveiled Friday evening. On the left is a mural by Bonner Springs artist Ernst Ulmer, and on the right a mural by Merriam artist Michael Young, a Lansing native. A third mural, by Brad Seever, Easton, hangs in the commissioners' room.
Lansing Elementary School counselor Janie Hodam, left, welcomes Army Maj. Navin Thakur back to Lansing with the help of third-grader Garrett Rooker.
Lansing Elementary School second-graders watch as Army Lt. Col. Doug Lilly and his son Tristan cut down a yellow ribbon to commemorate Doug Lilly's return home from Afghanistan.
Flat Stanley receives a ride in a tank from Army Spc. Thomas Tomrell during the paper cutout's visit to Iraq.
Entrepreneur Hyrum Smith addresses the Command and General Staff College Foundation's board of trustees at a holiday reception at the Mission Hills Country Club. Looking on from left are Lt. Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and retired Lt. Gen. Robert Arter, chairman of the CGSC Foundation. Smith has pledged $100,000 to the foundation.
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What are you looking forward to most with the warming weather this spring?
Just getting out of the house and playing with the kids.
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