The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Kearny County Historical Society will be Saturday, March 28, at the Deerfield Community Building. Doors will open at 6 p.m., and a meal of beef and noodles with mashed potatoes and all the fixin’s will be served at 6:30. The meal is being catered by Kandy Katz.
A short business meeting will follow the dinner. Election of board members will also take place. Only members of the Historical Society may vote.
Guest speaker for the evening will be Hannes Zacharias. In the summer of 1976, Zacharias put his kayak in the Arkansas River at his hometown of Dodge City and traveled all the way down the river to New Orleans. He promised himself that he would one day make the trip again. In 2018, the then 64-year-old fulfilled that promise, but this time he traveled the entire length of the Arkansas from its beginnings in the Rocky Mountains to Venice, Louisiana. Zacharias will be talking about his journey, and observations and friendships he made along the way.
The annual meeting and dinner are free, but reservations are required for the event. They can be made by calling the Kearny County Museum at 355-7448. RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY 4 P.M. ON THURSDAY, MARCH 19.