Posted on December 7, 2009 by The Vogts
A quick look at the Kansas Highway Patrol’s Web site and it is clear that Sunday’s icy conditions wrecked havoc on the Sunflower State.
On Sunday alone, the Kansas Highway Patrol worked 24 accidents, which doesn’t count accidents that the KHP didn’t work. Three of those were fatality accidents, and only one was a non-injury accident.
Ellis [...]
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Posted on August 27, 2009 by The Vogts
For the past few months, my four-door sedan has been struggling to say the least, but I have finally been rid of its inconsistent performance.
See, every time I backed it out of the drive way, I was gambling.
I never knew if I was going to make it to my final destination or not because the [...]
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Posted on August 24, 2009 by The Vogts
On Tuesday, Troy and I helped cousin Dale Westbrook go pick up furniture for his mother.
The new couches were in Wichita, so Troy and Dale picked me up in Moundridge and we hopped onto the interstate.
Just as we were about to pull into Hesston to talk to Dale’s mother, who manages the AmericInn, a highway [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2009 by The Vogts
On Saturday, John Larson and Theresa Klear committed themselves to each other in a beautiful wedding ceremony in South Bend, Ind., where the two first met while attending Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s College respectively.
I have never seen John so happy, and I have known him since attending Canton-Galva Middle School together.
It was a great [...]
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Posted on July 22, 2009 by The Vogts
CANTON – The 2009 McPherson County Fair took place July 15-19 at the Canton Fairgrounds.
The following images comprise a randomly organized pictorial of this year’s fair.
I hope you enjoy the pictures I captured:
Tom Hayakawa of North Carolina also shot some pictures during the fair. He was in town for a family reunion (you can see [...]
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