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ABILENE After a year of canceled and curtailed events, Abilene is as open as the Wild West it evokes as part of its history.
Almost all of its tourist attractions will celebrate the unofficial start of the town’s tourist season May 1.
The one notable exception is the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, which will remain closed to visitors. Because it is part of the National Archives and Records Administration, the Eisenhower Library is subject to federal guidelines for reopening, as are all presidential libraries.
But for the rest of the town and Dickinson County, face masks are discretionary, not mandated, and there is no limit on the number of people who gather.
Kansas profiles: A country market
Ron Wilson
Huck Boyd
“Bring your best.” Perhaps you received that advice from a schoolteacher or coach. Today we’ll meet a rural Kansas farmer who has built a business by bringing the best of his family’s products to farmers markets.
Gail and Sue Johnson are owners of Johnson Farms Country Market, which specializes in producing and selling produce, canned items and baked goods at local farmers markets. Gail grew up on a farm near Bennington. Sue’s family lived at Burdick and Enterprise before she and Gail were married.
Sue became a nurse, and Gail worked as a lab technician at a plant in Salina. In 1999, they bought a farm near Hope.