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📅 Basehor Area Events
🎶 Tonight's the Night: Paige King Johnson on the Lawn
📚 Your Library Week: Free Movie Tickets, Trivia Night & More
🎡 Fair Countdown: 12 Days to the 100th
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Tonight - Thursday, July 16
Third Thursdays: Concerts on the Lawn featuring Paige King Johnson - City Hall lawn, this evening
Basehor Community Library Board Meeting - 6:30pm (open to the public)
Saturday, July 18
Bonner Springs Farmers' Market - 8:00am to noon, downtown Bonner Springs
Sunday, July 19
Cinema Sundays: Free Movies on the Lawn - movie starts at dusk
Monday, July 20
Red Cross Blood Drive at the Basehor Community Library - 10:00am to 3:00pm (donors get a Fandango movie ticket!)
Times can shift, so double-check the city and library calendars before you head out.
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Meme of the Day
Patchy fog this morning, then 91 with a storm chance late. After that it's all heat: 94 Saturday, 95 Sunday, and pushing 98 by Monday. Limit the midday yard work and keep the water bottles filled.
Tonight's the Night: Paige King Johnson on the Lawn
It's concert night, Basehor! Country singer-songwriter Paige King Johnson takes the City Hall lawn this evening for July's Third Thursdays: Concerts on the Lawn. Pack up your lawn chairs and blankets, round up the family, and come enjoy free live music with your neighbors.
Good news on the weather front: storm chances for this evening have come down from earlier in the week. There's still a chance of a late shower or storm, so keep an eye on the city's website for any updates, but it's looking better than it did.
Quick Details
📍 Location: City Hall lawn, Basehor
💵 Cost: Free!
🪑 Bring: Lawn chairs, blankets, and water (it'll be a warm one)
Your Library Week: Free Movie Tickets, Trivia & More
The Basehor Community Library has a stacked week coming up, and there's something for just about everyone:
Monday, July 20 - Red Cross Blood Drive, 10am to 3pm. Donors receive a Fandango movie ticket by email. Save a life, catch a movie!
Tuesday, July 21 - Summer Reading Auction, 2pm to 4pm. Kids cash in their summer reading dollars and bid on prizes to close out the program.
Tuesday, July 21 - Family Trivia Night, 6pm to 7:30pm. Register a team of 4 to 6, or come solo and join one at the start.
Full details and registration at basehorlibrary.com.
🎡 Fair Countdown: 12 Days
The Leavenworth County Fair's 100th anniversary is now just 12 days away (July 28 to August 1 in Tonganoxie).
Today's fair fact: The whole thing started in 1926 as a downtown Tonganoxie celebration of a bumper corn crop. One hundred years later, that corn party has grown into the county's biggest summer tradition, with free admission and just $5 parking.
Got a favorite fair memory from over the years? Hit reply and share it. We'd love to feature reader memories as the centennial gets closer!