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ABOVE: VISITORS PASS BY NEW FOURTH-FLOOR WINDOWS inside the University of Kansas’ Spencer Museum of Art Wednesday. BELOW, TOP: New landscaping and entrance displays greet visitors to the new renovated spaces and reinstalled galleries. BELOW, BOTTOM: Museum director Saralyn Reece Hardy walks up the stairs between the third and fourth floors.
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Topeka — Responding to what she described as a wave of negative feedback from voters this election year, Republican Senate President Susan Wagle of Wichita stood with 25 other GOP Senate candidates Wednesday and vowed to balance the state budget next session, even if that means dialing back some We are of the tax here as cuts that the GOP- Republican dominat- nominees ed Senate approved for the State four years Senate to tell ago. Kansans, we “ W e have heard are here as Re- you, we have p u b l i c a n listened.” nominees for the — Senate President State Sen- Susan Wagle, ate to tell R-Wichita Kansans, we have heard you, we have listened,” Wagle said during a Statehouse news conference Wednesday.
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Lawrence resident — thanks to a carrot-eating horse and perhaps even a white pantsuit — is in the running to be a co-host on the national morning talk show “Live! with Kelly.” No, Courtenay DeHoff is not in the running to be the full-time co-host with Emmy Award-winner Kelly Ripa, but she is one of 20 finalists to serve as a co-host for a day on Ripa’s top-rated morning television program. Ripa announced the finalists on the air on Wednesday, and now viewers of the show will vote online — through Oct. 9 — to determine the winner. If voters like horses, white pantsuits and a combination of the two, DeHoff has to be a front-runner. In her video that she submitted as part of the competition, DeHoff introduced viewers to a workout “cowgirl style.” That involved feeding the horse some carrots, some vigorous riding while training her horse to cut a calf (don’t worry city folks, a switchblade is not involved), and some stretching in her white riding suit. DeHoff told viewers a white pantsuit makes every workout a bit more challenging. I talked just briefly with DeHoff, who confirmed she is a Lawrence resident, which a certain person (perhaps her mother) had already told the newspaper in a phone call. In fact, DeHoff is a native of the area. She grew up in Tonganoxie, and the horse riding scenes were filmed at her parents’ home there. DeHoff has her own production company in Lawrence, and she has been a correspondent on the Better KC program for KCTV5. She also has had other broadcasting jobs for Rural-TV and other networks.
OPENING UP Renovated museum filled with natural light, welcoming atmosphere By Sara Shepherd
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ollowing a nearly $8 million renovation, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas is a much more open place — physically and conceptually. The museum will reopen to the public on Oct. 15 after being closed for renovations for the past year and a half. What was once a facility offering no views other than of the artwork within now takes advantage of its own backyard, campus’s most picturesque green space. The renovation included the addition of large windows on the building’s west side overlooking Marvin Grove and the World War II Memorial Campanile. The Spencer’s facade also has been opened up, with all-glass entry doors and a large gallery window overlooking
IF YOU GO The grand reopening of the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas is scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16. Events are planned from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 15 and from noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 16 at the museum, 1301 Mississippi St. A ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring the KU African Drum Ensemble will kick things off, from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Oct. 15. Other events include music and dance performances, face painting, hands-on art projects and gallery tours. Find a detailed schedule of the weekend’s events online at spencerart.ku.edu/transformed.
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THE SAM AND CONNIE PERKINS CENTRAL COURT now provides a view to Marvin Grove to the west through the new lobby, which is twice the size of the old one.
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