TOPEKA — Three Kansans have been added to the Kansas Walk of Honor that surrounds the state Capitol. Bronze plaques recognizing Amelia Earhart, Charles Curtis, and Jack Kilby were unveiled during a ceremony last week on the south lawn. Fabled flier Earhart set many aviation firsts, including the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, the first woman to fly solo from coast to coast and the first flier to fly solo over the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to California. She and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Central Pacific trying to be the first to circle the world. Charles Curtis is the only U.S. vice president from Kansas. He is also an Indian who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Jack Kilby, an electrical engineer who hailed from Great Bend, invented of the microchip and his inventions virtually started the high-tech revolution. He was awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in physics.
Monday, Oct. 15, 4 p.m.