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WAKEENEY–Lone Chimney Films will show Home on the Range on Sunday, June 11, at 8:30 p.m. The showing will take place during Biking Across Kansas’ overnight stay at the Trego Community High School. Ken Spurgeon, the film’s director will be present for the showing. The public is welcome to join bicyclists as they view the film and celebrate Kansas. Donations are welcome.

The film tells the story of the Kansas State Song, the cabin and the lawsuit that determined its origins. It has attracted both well-known actors and accomplished musicians as well.

Featured in the film are the talents of Rance Howard, Buck Taylor, Darby Hinton, Skip Gorman, Mitch Holthus, Mark Mannette and many others, including several local actors. Musicians contributing to the project include the legendary rock band Kansas, Michael Martin Murphey, Skip Gorman, Jed Marum, the Sons of the Pioneers and many more.

The film was directed by Ken Spurgeon and was filmed in Smith Center, El Dorado, Topeka and Wichita, Kansas.

Lone Chimney Films, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit educational film and historical documentary company based out of Kansas. It primary goal is to bring the stories of Kansas and the Midwest to students and the public through a visual medium.

The film is sponsored by the Kansas Humanities Council, The People’s Heartland Foundation, Emprise Bank, Northfield School of the Liberal Arts, Philip and Becky Elder, Jim Graf, The Logan Foundation, Jim and Bev Mershon, ITC Holdings, Russ and Ilene Briggs, Carl and Jeanette Christman, Russell and Margaret Bomhoff and the generous donations of many others.