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Roger Reitz. Roger P. Reitz (born November 11, 1932) [1] is an American doctor and politician, who served as a Republican member of the Kansas Senate, representing the 22nd district from 2005 until 2013. Reitz served as a representative in the Kansas House of Representatives from 2002 to 2005. He previously had served as mayor and city ...
Michael L. Dodson (born November 16, 1945) is a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 67th district. His term began January 11, 2021 upon the retirement of his predecessor Tom Phillips . Dodson was elected to two full terms in the Kansas House of Representatives, defeating Democrats Cheryl Arthur and Kim ...
Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, U.S., [3] although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. It is located in northeastern Kansas at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. As of the 2020 Census, the population of the city was 54,100. [5][6] The city was founded by settlers from the New England ...
My Be-Attitudes (Manhattan, KS: Kansas State University Research Foundation), 1997. Both Sides of Nice (Manhattan, KS: KS Publishing, Inc.), 2005. ISBN 0-9754109-3-8
Johnny Kaw is a fictional Kansas settler and the subject of a number of Paul Bunyan -esque tall tales about the settling of the territory. The legend of Johnny Kaw was created in 1955 by George Filinger, a professor of horticulture at Kansas State University, to celebrate the centennial of Manhattan, Kansas. The stories were initially printed ...
Jonathan Holden, first Poet Laureate of Kansas. Lee Killough, author. Charles Melton, actor and model. Tom Oberheim, inventor of Oberheim synthesizer and DMX drum machine. Mitsugi Ohno, glassblower. Clementine Paddleford, food critic. Cassandra Peterson, actress and model, best known as "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark".
September 1, 1995. The Seven Dolors Catholic Church is a Catholic church in Manhattan, Kansas, United States, and is the see of the Seven Dolors Parish, which also contains Saint Patrick's Church in Ogden. The Parish is the easternmost in the Salina Diocese . Built in 1920, the church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...
November 13, 2008. First Congregational United Church of Christ is a historic church at 700 Poyntz Avenue in Manhattan, Kansas. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as First Congregational Church. On April 22, 1855, the Rev. Charles Blood conducted a worship service in the vicinity of the present church property.