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September 2006

FOOTBALL SPEAKERS/GAME TAPE DISCUSSIONS SET
Last fall, TJC tried a new event holding an informal gathering at Jeremiah's Live to discuss KU football. Featured guest was Coach Don Fambrough discussing his favorite topic, Mizzou.  This year, TJC will be hosting three similar events featuring game video and discussion of strategies and other inside "stuff".  Guests will include KU's Pat Henderson and assistant coaches, and who knows what other celebs might show up.  The events are free--buy your own drinks/food from Jeremiah's, Gage and Huntoon.  Doors open at 6:00 , and the program starts at 6:30.  In September and November
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MAX FALKENSTIEN TO BE HONORED AT WESTBORO MART
Topeka artist Robert Swain has painted an original portrait of Max Falkenstien, Voice of the Jayhawks, which will be unveiled at a free event at the Westboro Mart, Oakley and Huntoon, 5:30-7:30 pm.  There will be food, music, and drawings for prizes from Westboro Mart merchants.  TJC will have a membership table at the event, so you can pick up the 2006 cooler bag if you have not already done so.  Meet Max and wish him well.  Autographed prints of the original portrait will be available for purchase.  Max Falkenstien is helping promote this event for the Arthritis Foundation's "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Sports Injuries in Children."  Since parking is limited in the neighborhood, trolley shuttles will be available from a Washburn parking lot at 21st & Washburn (South of Petro--where the old married student housing was located). For further information, check the Arthritis Foundation's website at http://www.arthritis.org/
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MANGINO WORKS THE CROWD AT ANNUAL PICNIC
As we told you in the newsletter before the event, Coach Mangino likes to visit the Topeka Jayhawk Club.  This time, he referred to us as his "base", the real fans.  The band played, the fans ate, the coach spoke, and a good time was had by all.  Coach took the time to work the crowd before he spoke, stopping at each table to say hi and shake some hands.
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TJC LOOKING FOR NEW TAILGATE PARTNERS
TJC is looking for a business or businesses who plan to sponsor a tailgate party in a tent on the hill sometime this season which might be willing to partner with TJC on a cost-share basis.  We've been able to do that for the past several years to allow over a hundred TJC members to enjoy our annual tailgate each season.  We need to find a new partner or partner.  If you know anyone, please contact our President, Justin Glasgow at 271-1224.
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WATERMELON TRADITION GOES ON
TJC board members continued the longstanding tradition (started long before there was a TJC by board member Bill Bradford and other longtime fans) of feeding watermelons and cantaloupe to the KU football team after a hot, sweaty August practice on Wednesday, August 9.  Coach Mangino has embraced the tradition, using it as a reward for hard work on the practice field.  You've heard of carrot-and-stick, this is more like melon-and-laps.  TJC is happy to provide this little extra for the team.
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BUS TOURS TO NU & ISU
Traveler's and KU Alumni are hosting two bus tours, one to Nebraska (9/30), the other to Iowa State (11/4).  Cost is $185/person which includes game ticket, transportation and one pre-game alumni meal plus on-board video entertainment.  Both trips leave from the Adams Alumni Center on campus in Lawrence. Space is limited.  For more info: Call in Lawrence- 749-0711 or go online at http://travellers.vacation.com/
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EMAIL NOTICES
If you are no longer receiving the KU and TJC email notices that I send out frequently, it is because you have changed email addresses and did not notify me or that I have received 3 of them bounced back consecutively. Please send an email to pat@topekajayhawkclub.com and I’ll get you set back up.
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HOMECOMING IN LAWRENCE
October 7 is homecoming at KU, and KU has planned many events, including a free concert downtown on Friday night and the Saturday morning parade down Jayhawk Boulevard led by Max Falkenstien.  A & M will be in town with their regimented fans doing the strangest of cheers, but doing them very loudly.  Stretch your arms for wheat-waving and gargle to make sure  your tonsils are up for out-shouting the crouching, hanky-waving folks from that place we all love to mess with.
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MORE MERCHANTS OFFER TJC MEMBERS
Don't lose your membership cards. They're becoming more and more valuable as more merchants sign on to offer TJC members specials.  Now offering discounts and/or specials are: Quizno's, J & Co Frameshop, KU Bookstore, Performance Tire & Wheel, Topeka Art Guild Gallery, Lube Stop, Ideal Computing, Team Barrington, Mary Franzen Mary Kay Cosmetics, and Arturo's Mexican Restaurant.  To get full information, check out our website at www.TopekaJayhawkClub.com and click on the "Merchants" button. 
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BEAKS & TAILS
Come see (and hear) the KU marching band in the Lied Center on Friday, September 8, at 7:30 pm. Tickets at $15 adults, $10 for students.  The band is the finale event for the 90 minute Collage Concert which features short performances by KU instrumental and vocal music groups (from classical to jazz), a little dance and also a video presentation from the visual arts/design departments. Tickets are available at the door. 

TJC volunteers manned a booth for TJC at the annual Black Expo August 26 at the Expocentre.   

KU at the fair.  If you're at the State Fair in Hutchinson on September 16, stop by the KU booth and attend the KU Pep Rally.  If you're at the fair on any date and want to give some time to KU, the booth is staffed by volunteers, and KU can use your help. Contact: mfredrick@ku.edu or 785-864-7103 to pitch in.

 Tickets are still available for the KU-DePaul and KU-Florida basketball games in Chicago and Las Vegas, respectively.  Call 1-800-34-HAWKS for tickets.

 The Booth Hall of Athletics at Allen Fieldhouse will be open on football game-days.  Hours will depend on kickoff-times.  For the first game, the hall will open at 10 am and close 30 min prior to kickoff.

 Kids (13 & under) Birthdays at KU Football (and other KU sporting events-except men's basketball) For $299, you get 20 tickets to the game, pizza and drinks for 20 kids, an autographed football from Coach Mangino, a visit from the Jayhawk or Baby Jay, coupons to KUSTORE.COM  and 20 posters PLUS a birthday cake. Your party will be in the birthday tent on the hill.

Junior Jayhawks is the official KU athletics kids club. The annual $25 membership gets a junior Jayhawk a t-shirt, tickets to the first 3 football games, free admission to KU soccer, volleyball, women's basketball, softball and baseball games, a membership card, book cover, shoe laces, a growth chart, a puzzle.  Questions, 785-864-4962 or jrjayhawks@ku.edu

From the KU athletics website--the term "Jayhawkers" was used as early as 1849 by a group of pioneers crossing what is now Nebraska who called themselves the "Jayhawkers of 1849", apparently naming themselves after two kinds of birds which frequented the prairie.  No one seems to know if the term was used prior to this.  The party went on to discover what became known as "Death Valley" in California.

 Though it never seems to make much news in the Topeka area, the KU-MU Border Showdown was won in 2005-2006 by....KU with a score of 23-17.  To see the scoring, go to www.kuathletics.com and click on "traditions".

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LOOKING FOR A RADIO STATION FOR KU FOOTBALL
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