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Snow doesn't slow show
Published 3/30/2009 in Local News
By MONICA SPRINGER
From siding to towing services to baby clothes to wigs, the 33rd Annual Western Kansas Broadcast Center Better Home and Living Show had something for everyone.
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Brad Nading/Telegram — Cody Burch, Lakin, right, talks with Dodge City Harley-DavidsonÕs Neil Hardiman at his booth Saturday during the Western Kansas Broadcast Center's Better Home and Living Show.
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Brad Nading/Telegram — Ginger Heinitz, left, of Proadjuster Chiropractic talks with Clydine Hobbs, Holcomb, about what treatments the company has available Saturday during the Western Kansas Broadcast Center Better Homes and Living Show in the Finney County Exhibition Building.
And although the show was canceled on Friday night due to the snowstorm, the show went on Saturday and Sunday at the Finney County Fairgrounds.
The show featured more than 70 booths from local and national businesses, demonstrations and concessions.
The show is a one-stop shop for people looking to better their homes or lifestyles, said Cindy Landgraf, the show's organizer and a sales representative for the Western Kansas Broadcast Center.
Booths included Fort Hays State University, Garden City Community College, Home Depot, Mary Kay Cosmetics and Riddles Jewelry, along with several hot tub vendors and other construction and home improvement businesses.
Landgraf said there were just as many booths this year as in years past, and that she didn't think the economy had an effect on the number of people who attended.
Emily Vsetecka, along with Susan and Ken Rishel, all of Garden City, manned the Lee Richardson Zoo booth. They let adults and children who visited the booth pet a hedgehog and a chinchilla.
The zoo also gave away a free family membership and promoted Cat Tails, a fundraiser to get a new exhibit for the zoo's bobcat and jaguar.
Vsetecka said she visited with about 100 people per hour at the Better Home and Living Show.
Also busy at the show was the South West Truck and Auto, Towing and Repair booth, which had two trucks with emergency lights flashing to attract attention.
Patrick Rupp, owner of South West Truck and Auto, and Judy Farris, secretary, participated in the show for the first time over the weekend. Farris said the booth was busy, a result of area road closures because of snow.
"Everybody's been locked up inside, wanting to get out," Farris said.
Farris said the business was busy over the weekend, and even though roads were closed, they went to Cimarron, Syracuse and Ulysses to help people who were stuck in the snow.
People who braved the weather and attended walked around to different booths to collect information and pamphlets, ate funnel cakes and listened to different demonstrations.
Dan Fankhauser, Garden City, usually attends the show every year. He used to be in the lumber business and used to have a booth in the show, he said.
Fankhauser said he came to see what's new this year in home improvement.
"It's always interesting, and it's good for the community," he said.
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