END OF AN ERA

Kaspers stage their final pageant

By Jennifer McDaniel

It’s Wednesday — just days before the Wilson After-Harvest Czech Festival — and Lynn Kasper and her husband, John, are working furiously, carefully smoking 200 pounds of meat as part of a barbecue planned on Friday evening.

It’s been a busy summer for Lynn, who, just the day before, finished her ninth year as director of the area’s summer lunch program. And in two days, the couple will oversee their final Miss Kansas Czech-Slovak Queen Pageant.

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