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October full of great family activities
This month’s quote... “Difficult roads The week of Oct. 17, I will be in Olathe,
often lead to beautiful destinations.”
Fall is my favorite time of the Kan., for the yearly Tourism Conference.
year. I am looking forward to cooler weath-
er, although as I am writing this it is still 94 We will be dealing with many new law-
degrees outside. Colby is beautiful when
the trees turn to the wonderful fall colors. makers after this election. This is a chance
Autumn also brings with it many activities
and events great for families. Whether you to gather and form plans on how to educate
prefer sports, or music, or books, there is
something for everyone. them on how important tourism dollars are
Plenty of sporting events dot the col- to not only Kansas as a whole, but to Col-
lege and high school calendars, with Colby
High School’s homecoming set for Oct. 7. by as well. Kansas is ranked forty-eighth in
The Fall Vocal Concert will be held Oc- the nation on the amount of money that is
tober 11, The Glenn Miller Orchestra will
be here on the 9th. The U.S. Navy Jazz spent on tourism. Those dollars are so im-
Band will be here on the 29th. The library
will be having a poetry group on Oct. 10 portant to bringing visitors to our area, so
and a Just Add Color event on the 20th.
they can discover what a great place Colby
is to live, work, shop and visit.
I would like to acknowledge our resi-
dents who experienced a difficult road last
month with the hail storm. Many suffered
damages ranging from sprinklers to win-
LO O K I N Gdows and windshields, crops to roofs. Our
thoughts are with you.
FORWARDHave a safe fall harvest season!
Julie Saddler
CVB, Executive Director
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