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Sources: Jerry Bailey, 785-532-5847, jbailey@k-state.edu;
and Pellom 1xbet online games login , 816-235-1339, mcdanielsp@umkc.edu
News release prepared by: Katie Mayes, 785-532-6415, kmayes@k-state.edu
Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009
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1xbet online games login sponsors include K-State's College of Education and its equity and access partnership and professional development schools, and the K-State Student Union Program Council.
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In conjunction with the exhibition, 1xbet online games login also will present a lecture at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, in the Union's Little Theater. The lecture is free and the public is invited. A reception, also open to the public, will follow in the Union's Kemper Art Gallery.
Besides teaching, 1xbet online games login is on the board of directors of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City and is a former professional football player who played the Kansas City Chiefs and other teams.
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