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Our beloved president dwight eisenhower. He is a graduate of Wichita State and emporium state. He served in the United States for five years. Thank you for your service. He is the author of many articles on a variety of subjects. These include eisenhower, dday, ulysses s. Grant, and prison baseball. Of course. I hope you enjoy our program today. Please welcome with me, tim rives. [applause] thanks everybody. Tim thanks everybody. Great to see such a nice turnout during the middle of the week. Really appreciate it. The food has a large part in the attraction of these events, not just the wonder...

A big part of the boulevard and park system is to maintain up. Maintain it. As they get older, they take maintenance. You have to rebuild things. Whether it is the pavement, curb, drain structures. The original plan, a lot of it done by George Kessler was treeplanting. Multiple rows of trees were planted on boulevards. Trees have a lifespan. We have to maintain. The biggest challenge today is maintenance. I think generally speaking, kansas city citizens appreciate the park and boulevard system. We strongly believe that to be true. We would encourage anybody who does not appreciate it to apprec...

Mountain gallery, cattle, cowboys and culture. If you havent, i would strongly urge you to. It is a fascinating collection. I am talking about a large collection of artifacts, art and other objects that illuminate the connection that i was not aware of, down through history through the cattle days, between the city of kansas city and amarillo, texas. It is so big, in fact, part of it has spilled into kirk call on the first floor. You may have seen the big saddle. It is a terrific exhibit. And i would be remiss at this point, before getting to michael, if i did not introduce ann duecy, standing...

Have everybody here tonight. Its a great crowd and i it feels like just kind of a festive light atmosphere and im glad. Weve got a great presentation for you tonight. My name is steve weberg, i work in the Public Affairs department here at the library and its going to be my honor here to introduce a guy ive gotten to know and really come to admire a lot here in the past few months working with him. Some of you may already have been through our new exhibit open just under two weeks ago on the second floor in the mountain gallery called cowboys and culture. If you havent, i would strongly urge y...

[ inaudible conversations ] house and Senate Republican leaders are gathering for an enrollment ceremony for the tax reform bill. Paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell officially signed that legislation and sent it to the white house for President Trumps signature. [ applause ]. Congratulations. Congratulations. [ inaudible conversations ] well, good morning. What a good morning this is. A fantastic day, christmas coming early for the American People. The house and the Senate Working together, putting aside all differences with one clear objective, making sure the American People are heard. Making sur...