Pott County Pork & Bean Band Inducted into Kansas Music Hall of Fame

The Pott County Experience
The “Pot County Pork and Bean Band” leans over the Eletrodyne console, now installed in the 228 West 5th studios (Chapman). The band spent over 18 months recording an album with Chuck Chapman. We tried everything on this record, i.e. backwards acoustic guitars, dozens of amp for different textures and then over driving every piece of gear we had to give their country sound an edge. (Circa 1982)

Pott County’s induction into the 2010 Kansas Music Association Hall of Fame speech, Lawrence, KS, March 6, 2010.

In case of Contact with an Alien, get a Slim Whitman CD

Tea Party Barbie

Ross Perot: Time will show impact of tea party effort

If you have been wondering, (or if you even remember) whatever happened to Ross Perot, here’s the latest from his mouth to our ears from a visit to Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Texas billionaire Ross Perot says the tea party movement seems to be well organized across the country and working hard on its causes.

But the former Reform Party presidential candidate said Tuesday that time will tell just how the movement affects the country, the government and the upcoming elections.

Perot spoke Tuesday night in Kansas City, where he was receiving a leadership award from the Army’s Command and General Staff College Foundation. The foundation supports the college at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Perot says some of the nation’s current problems would have been less severe if more people had listened to him in the 1990s. He says it’s not too late to fix those problems, but adds that solutions can’t be rushed from “from noble concept to mass production.”

Bad Idea: Kansas Lawmakers Look to Nursing Homes & Federal Government for Budget

KWCH Wichta reports:
Kansas lawmakers are considering a bed tax for those living in nursing homes. If they approve the measure, Kansas would receive additional federal funding. It’s an idea nursing home providers are split over. Some says it’s needed to offset Medicaid cuts while others worry seniors can’t afford it.

“We’re looking at ways to create revenue,” said CEO of Lakepoint Wichita Warner Harrison. He welcomes the idea of a $1,325 bed tax per year per bed. He says it would help offset the $17,000 a month Lakepoint lost because of state budget cuts.

Harrison says although it’s a tax, his clients wouldn’t pay anything extra. He says Lakepoint would pay the bed tax up front and essentially get twice that back in Medicaid reimbursements. “If I was to hand you a dollar and you handed me two dollars back, I would do that all day long and that’s essentially what we’re doing,” he said.

The bed tax would generate $86 million for Kansas. $30 million would come from Kansas nursing homes and the other $56 million in federal matches. There are 345 nursing homes in Kansas. The Kansas Department on Aging estimates the bed tax would benefit 321 of those nursing homes. 23 would have a net loss from the tax and one would have a neutral impact.

The Kansas Masonic Home is one of those nursing homes who says it will do more harm than good. “There’s nothing in this bill that prevents the money from being used for other purposes this year or down the line,” said Executive Director Shawn Sullivan. He says his clients who aren’t on Medicaid would have to pay the bed tax and receive no benefit. “We think it’s the wrong policy because it’s taxing those that pay for their own care, who have scrimped and saved for many years,” he said.

Lawmakers will soon weigh private payers against the $86 million the bed tax would bring to the state. They’re expected to take the issue up again this session.

The Federal Government does not have the money to match anything, Not sure why these lawmakers do not get it yet. Then. dumping part of the bill on nursing homes is as Sullivan says in that it will do more harm than good.

More from the Wamego Tulip Festival

Wamego doesn't really have much of a Dutch background. A Dutch farmer donated this windmill, so its kinda like it, I guess.

The annual “Playing Basketball by the Lawn Tractors” is always a crowd pleaser:

A Hot Dog waits in the line for a Hot Dog:

Wamego Police watch this bed of Tulips to keep them from getting too rowdy and festive:

This guy is playing “Folsom Prison Blues.” He sounds just like Johnny Cash, just without the voice and maybe the tune…but the lyrics are similar:

Tulip Festival Novelty:

At the end of our bridge over untroubled water is a Hot Dog Stand. And Cold drinks for the long trek over the bridge.

The annual giant centipede eating kids is a favorite. Nancy Pelosi hates these becuz, of course, she would rather eat babies herself.

CNN must be having a slow news day. They are here in Wamego, Kansas for the tulip festivalI really did not see any tulips that were being festive. Of course, that could be because the few tulips I did see had stayed in their bed..^_^

CNN must be having a slow news day

They are here in Wamego for the tulip festivalI really did not see any tulips that were being festive. Of course, that could be because the few tulips I did see had stayed in their bed..^_^