Professor Edward Flentje: "A Referendum on Brownback" @ Winfield Daily Courier

[Excerpt]    Reporters from Reuters, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal descended on Kansas in the last few weeks to cover a political contest they view to be of national significance, that is, a battle for the heart and soul of the Republican Party in the reddest of red states.

Never in state history has a sitting Kansas governor led a public campaign to oust legislators of his own party. In doing so, Gov. Sam Brownback is making the Republican primary on Aug. 7 a referendum on his governorship.

Brownback is asking Republican primary voters in a number of legislative races across the state to side with a slate of candidates composed by him and his allies against incumbent legislators. These targeted legislators view themselves as “traditional” Republicans in the lineage of Kansas icons such as Alf Landon, Dwight Eisenhower and Bob Dole, and former Republican governors; and they believe government has a more affirmative role in assuring a high quality of life for Kansans.

An understanding of what is at stake in the election requires a look at those who have energized Brownback’s rise to power and what they have in store for Kansas.




Read more at the Winfield Daily Courier.

LeRoy may soon lose their state representative!

Rep. Bill Otto, 76th District

Rep. Bill Otto, LeRoy, Ks. is in a heated campaign against two out of county incumbents.

He needs our help before the August 7 Republican Party primary election.

I took a late night boat trip with him on the Radio Free Kansas "Lost News Tuesday" show.

You can listen to it now as "Wild Bill On The Neosho."

Please pass this along.

The LeRoy Show Archives Are Now Active!

The shows are now being archived for the long haul at a convenient one stop click.

Listeners can send this single link to all the shows for June - July, 2012 to their friends and relatives by email.

All are in the public domain, free to play or download.  

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Today's Guest Richard Crabtree on "The LeRoy Show"

The program specific link to today's show is here. 


Quote of the week from an alarmed listener in Germany, "the Ice House fell into the river?"

Almeda V. (Weaver) Nauretc’s Recipe

FRUIT COCKTAIL CAKE
9” CAKE PAN
¼ LB. BUTTER
1 ½ CUP SUGAR
2 EGGS
1 ½ TEASPOON SODA
1 ¾ CUP FLOUR
1 NO. 2 CAN FRUIT COCKTAIL AND JUICE
MIX WELL
TO PREPARE AN ICING MIX
¾ CUP BROWN SUGAR
½ CUP NUTS (PECANS, WALNUTS)
A PINCH OF CINNAMON
POUR ON TOP
OVEN BAKE 40 MIN (350 DEGREES)

A LeRoy History, Mystery Landscape Photograph, 19 July, 2012

Where is the road that leads to this mysterious place around LeRoy, Ks.? 

Click to enlarge. Hint: A Possible Hot Weather Remedy!

Recipes for "The LeRoy Show" 19 July 2012

The mysterious and historical LeRoy mural. Read more below.

One Gallon Ice Cream

3 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 tbs. cornstarch
Milk
Flavor

Put one quart of fresh milk in skillet, let almost come to a boil, then add the beaten eggs, 1 cup sugar and cornstarch.  Remove from fire as soon as bubbles appear before it starts to boil.  Cool.  Then add remaining sugar, flavor and milk to fill within four inches of top of freezer and freeze


The Martz’s “Banana Cake”

1/2 cup shortening
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sour milk
1 tsp.baking powder
2/3 tsp. soda
2 cups flout
1/4 tsp salt.

When batter has been mixed, add 3 bananas (well mashed, nuts may also be added.)

Mrs. Verna Martz and her husband LeRoy ran the "Produce House" which is now the building with the mural painted on it. 

Our featured guest for a short conversation on the condition of the Neosho River will be reporter Rob Burkett of the outstanding daily newspaper Iola Register.

"Red, White & Boom!" Independence Day, 2012 LeRoy, Ks.

The Bandstand located along Main Street downtown. Click image to enlarge.