Kansas Lottery holding flash sale this weekend on holiday raffle tickets

The Kansas Lottery is holding a Super Raffle flash sale Dec. 13 through 6:59 p.m. Dec. 15.

Players who purchase a $20 Holiday Millionaire Raffle ticket will get a $5 Super Kansas Cash ticket at no additional cost, according to a spokesman.

When a player purchases a Holiday Millionaire Raffle ticket during this promotion, the free $5 Super Kansas Cash ticket will print automatically with 10 sets of Quick Pick numbers. There is no limit on the number of times a player can participate in this flash sale, according to the spokesman.

The Super Raffle flash sale comes just before the final Early Bird drawing for $50,000 on Dec. 15. All Holiday Millionaire Raffle tickets purchased before 6:59 p.m. on Dec. 15 will be eligible to win in both the $50,000 Early Bird drawing and in the Grand Finale event on Jan. 2, 2020, according to the spokesman.

The Holiday Millionaire Raffle offers players their best chance to win $1 million, as there are only 200,000 available in the game. There will be over 6,800 winners drawn in the Grand Finale event on Jan. 2, 2020. About 54,000 tickets were still available in the raffle, according to a chart on Friday on the lottery’s website.

Super Kansas Cash is a Kansas-only draw game. Players get two plays for every $1 bet. Drawings are every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. The current jackpot for this Saturday’s drawing is $180,000.

Players are invited to submit all their winning and non-winning tickets in the Kansas Lottery PlayOn® Players Loyalty program to earn points for drawing entries and a chance to win cash and other prizes. PlayOn® is a registered trademark of Pollard Banknote Limited used under license.

KCK teacher to speak at K-State commencement

A Kansas City, Kansas, teacher will be one of the guest speakers at commencement ceremonies today and Saturday, Dec. 14, in Manhattan, Kansas.

Whitney Morgan, the 2019 Kansas Teacher of the Year, will speak at ceremonies for the College of Education at 10 a.m. Dec. 14.

Morgan earned her bachelor’s degree in secondary education from K-State in 2019 and teaches English language arts to immigrant, migrant and refugee students at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kansas.

Several other speakers also are scheduled at commencement.

The K-State campus in Salina, Kansas, also will have commencement ceremonies, along with a virtual commencement ceremony for online distance students.

Review: ‘Nutcracker’ performance brings out the spirit of Christmas

“The Nutcracker” is being performed at the Kansas City Ballet.

by William Crum

What is the spirit of Christmas? Well, I think I found it – “The Nutcracker” performance by the Kansas City Ballet.

Recently I had the opportunity to attend “The Nutcracker” performed by the Kansas City Ballet. I have seen “The Nutcracker” performed, but nothing like this. It blew me away. For me, it brought fond memories from childhood.

This year’s “Nutcracker” performance by the Kansas City Ballet is sheer magic. What makes it even better is a lot of students from the Turner School District helped this magic happen, through the community engagement program of the Kansas City Ballet.

According to educators, those who study ballet are better students because they are more relaxed and in tune with the body.

If you want to see something worthwhile this season, I would encourage you to go see “The Nutcracker” performed by the Kansas City Ballet. It will bring out the Christmas spirit in you.

They still have many performances left. You can get tickets online at https://kcballet.org/events/the-nutcracker/.