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Riverfest's best is yet to come

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Published May 13, 2010 at 4:19 p.m.

The Wichita River Festival can't really be almost over. Can it? ... Didn't it all just begin? Parade? Fireworks? Funnel cakes? ... Tragic but true — only two days of River Festival fun remain. But some of the best events the schedule has to offer are still to come ...

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Wichita River Festival Begins

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Published May 7, 2010 at 6:37 a.m.

Today is opening day ...

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Blustery Friday for Wichita area

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Published May 7, 2010 at 7:50 a.m.

Winds are howling already in the Wichita area today, the opening day of the Wichita River Festival ... A wind advisory is in effect for 14 counties in central and eastern Kansas until noon today, with northerly winds blowing steadily in the 20s around Wichita and gusting to nearly 40 mph. These winds are trailing a cold front that moved through the area overnight, forecasters say ... High temperatures should reach the low 70s under sunny skies. Overnight lows will dip to the mid-40s. The weekend

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Horse Patrol: A KAKE News Special Report

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Published May 6, 2010 at 11:10 p.m.

Wichita Police will be on patrol for this year's River Festival ... In particular is a group of seven officers, each with a hefty sidekick ...

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Contest will decide name of Riverfest raccoon

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 3:10 p.m.

A raccoon in a pirate getup will give Admiral Windwagon Smith competition as the capped-and-costumed figurehead of this year's Wichita River Festival ... The raccoon, who soon will get a name as part of a contest, will decorate this year's Wichita River Festival buttons, posters, pamphlets and paraphernalia ... The festival is scheduled for May 7 through 15 ...

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Plenty of winners at River Festival

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Published May 22, 2009 at 3:33 p.m.

The Wichita River Festival included lots of contests -- which resulted in lots of winners: ... • Kansas Lottery/ Big Dog Motorcycle Second Chance Drawing: Bobby Williams of Shawnee was the won the grand prize in the Big Dog K-9 drawing. The grand prize includes a 2009 Big Dog Motorcycle K-9 Chopper, along with a merchandise package ... •  AirTran Airways Food Court Giveaway: Wyvonne Jones won two roundtrip AirTran Airways tickets courtesy of AirTran Airways ... •  Star Million Dollar

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Weather Threat Forces River Festival Changes

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Published May 15, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.

Due to the threat of stormy weather, The Wichita River Festival has made some changes to Friday night's activities ...

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Riverfest eating contest winner takes the cake

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Published May 14, 2009 at 6:14 a.m.

Ten minutes and 3 ½ funnel cakes later, James Bradley Price II swore that he did not feel even the slightest bit sick. He proved it by picking up the half of the funnel cake he didn't quite finish before the buzzer and taking it to go ... "I was getting stuffed a lot," Price said nonchalantly post-contest. "But there was no nausea or anything." ... Price was the winner of the Wichita River Festival's first (but not last) funnel cake eating contest, conducted Wednesday evening on the Food Court

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Festival of Broadway moved indoors

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Published May 12, 2009 at 10:51 a.m.

Threatening skies have caused Wichita River Festival officials to move tonight's Intrust Festival of Broadway indoors to Century II Exhibition Hall ... The event, which is set to begin at 7 p.m., was scheduled for the Kennedy Plaza stage ... Also, the Star Million Dollar Hole-In-One and paddle boats are canceled again today because of high river waters. Festival officials will decide this afternoon whether to cancel the events again on Wednesday ...

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Festival reschedules Cruisers event, again cancels water events for Wednesday

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Published May 12, 2009 at 5:24 p.m.

Rain and weather have forced a few more changes to the Wichita River Festival schedule ... The Budweiser Wild and Wacky Cruisers, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. tonight at 81 Speedway, 7701 N. Broadway, has been postponed to 7:30 p.m. Thursday ... The paddle boats and Star Million Dollar Hole-In-One events also will be canceled for the fifth straight day on Wednesday because of high waters in the Arkansas River ...

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