SEPTEMBER
 

August 25 - December 18


• Creative Learning Adventures. Velma K. Paris Community Center 6715 SW Westview Rd. 

T/TH afternoons 1pm - 3:30pm
Sep. 3

        
• Family Fun Night. Velma K. Paris Community Center. 6715 SW Westview Rd. Fee: $3 from 6pm - 8pm
Sep. 4 & 13

• Kardio Kids Dance & Tumbling Acadamy. Velma K. Paris Community Center. 6715 SW Westview Rd.
Fee: $84 / per class
Sep. 4 & 18

• Crane Obserbatory at Washburn University 8:30pm - 10pm. Free. For more information, please call
the Washburn Physics and Astronomy Dept. at 785.670.2141 or www.washburn.edu.
Sep. 5 - 7

• Hot Air Balloon Training Open to Public. Free instructional workshop begins at 6pm at the Tinman
Circle, Located on the East side of Lake Shawnee.
Sep. 6

• Horseshoe Tournament. 221 S. East Ave. Scranton, KS. 10am - until done. Fee: $5
Call Traci Miner @ 785.213.6525 for more information.
Sep. 9

• The Arthritis Foundation will hold a one-of-a-kind fundraiser at Henry T's in Topeka from 6pm - 9pm.
Celebrity Waiter Night. Have your favorite celebrity from television, stage, radio and sports bring you
drinks, food and hours of fun.
Sep. 9 & 11

• EPA K-State Brown to Green Workshop and PSA for Brown to Green Workshop.
Sep. 10, Oct. 8 & Nov. 12

• Wreath Making. Supplies included. Please register at least one week prior to class. Velma K. Paris
Community Center 6715 SW Westview Rd.For more information and registration
please call 785.862.1630
Sep. 12 & Nov. 16

• About Abstraction: New Approaches by Contemporary Artists. Salina Art Center, 242 S. Sante Fe
Salina, KS. For more information please contact Libby Shoup at 785.827.143.
Sep. 12 - 13

• United Methodist Women of University United Methodist Church, 17th and College. Fall Thrift Sale.
Fri. 8:30am - 4pm. Sat. 8:30am - 1pm. For more information, please call 235.2331.
Sep. 13

• KVC Behavioral HealthCare Annual Softball Tournament. Shawnee Co. North Park 300 NE 43rd St.
For more information, please contact Ashley Snook 785.861.3646.

• Womens Connection invites all ladies to a Brunch. "Life, Laughter and Livers" Topeka & Shawnee
Co. Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave. 10:30am Fee: $11. For reservations, please contact Thelma at
785.273.4822.
Sep. 14

• "Sunday Concert In The Garden" 4pm - 6pm In the Community Garden behind 511 SE 37th st.
The event is Free, but donations are excepted. For more information, please contact
Diana Hershberger 785.271.9692
Sep. 19

• Kansas City Royals Trip. KC Royals vs Chicago White Sox. Fee $35 / per person. Depart at Lake
Shawnee Administration Office at 5pm and return around 12midnight. To sign up, call 785.267.1156
Sep. 19 - 21

• Hiawatha FFA Alumni Flea Market. For details, contact Wally or Terri Leander 785.742.4397
Sep. 20

• Topeka Cat Club's Annual Cat Show. 9am - 5pm at the Holiday Inn Holidome. For more information,
please contact Allene Keating at 785.267.1355.

• Justin Corbet Foundation Memorial Shoot.
Sep. 20 - 21

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society Bike MS 2008. Check-in begins at 5:30am at the Washburn Rural
Middle School. Ride starts at 7am. Participants must raise $200 to ride. For details, call 785.272.5292.
Sep. 22 - 23 & 25

• Cotton O'Neil Cancer Center and Local Urology Physicians offer FREE Prostate Screening Clinic.
To make an appointment, please call Health Connections at 785.354.5225.
Sep. 26

• Rochester Elementary Fall Festival. 3421 NW Rochester Rd. 785.286.8530
Sep. 27

• Aaron Douglas Art Fair. 11am - 4pm in the Aaron Douglas Art Park on 12th and Lane. For more
information, please contact Michelle Leivan at michelle@leivan.net.
Sep. 27 - 28

• 2008 McPherson Scottish Festival. For more information, visit www.macfestival.org or call
620.241.3340 or 800.324.8022. 



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