A water park is an amusement park that features water play areas such as swimming pools,water slides,splash pads,water playgrounds,and lazy rivers,as well as areas for floating,bathing,swimming,and other barefoot environments. Modern water parks may also be equipped with some type of artificial surfing or bodyboarding environment,such as a wave pool or flowrider.
Schlitterbahn is an American brand of water parks and resorts owned by Cedar Fair. It was previously a company family owned and operated by the Henry family that was based in New Braunfels,Texas. Schlitterbahn opened its first location,Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort,in 1979. At its peak,the company consisted of five outdoor waterparks,two indoor waterparks,and three resorts.
The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Kansas City was a water park that opened on July 15,2009 in Kansas City,Kansas. It was announced in September 2005 by Schlitterbahn Waterparks. What was to be a 370 acres (150 ha) $750 million development included a nearly 40-acre (160,000 m2) waterpark,which was Schlitterbahn's fourth waterpark and its first outside Texas.
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican,Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate,where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011,and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011,after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six.
Dennis D. Pyle is an independent member of the Kansas Senate,representing the 1st district since 2005. He ran for governor of Kansas in the 2022 election.
The Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride is presented by Amusement Today to the best new attraction in the water park industry. The award was presented for best new attraction in both water parks and amusement parks since its inception in 2005 until 2018.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Kansas on November 4,2014. Primary elections were held on August 5.
The 2020 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Kansas,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Verrückt was a water slide located at the Schlitterbahn Kansas City water park in Kansas City,Kansas,United States. At a height of 168 feet 7 inches (51.38 m),Verrückt became the world's tallest water slide when it opened on July 10,2014,surpassing Kilimanjaro at Aldeia das Águas Park Resort in Brazil. The ride was designed at the park,led by John Schooley with assistance from park co-owner Jeff Henry. It was featured on an episode of Xtreme Waterparks on the Travel Channel in June 2014 shortly before the ride opened. Verrückt permanently closed in 2016 following a fatal incident involving the decapitation of Caleb Schwab,the 10-year-old son of Kansas state legislator Scott Schwab.
Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck was a database in the United States which aggregated voter registration records from multiple states to identify voters who may have registered or voted in two or more states. Crosscheck was developed in 2005 by Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh in conjunction with Iowa,Missouri,and Nebraska. In December 2019,the program was suspended indefinitely as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas challenging Kansas' management of the program. Prior to Crosscheck's legally mandated suspension,a dozen states had withdrawn from the program citing the inaccurate data and risk of violating voters' privacy rights. Crosscheck was also accused of facilitating unlawful purges of voters in a racially discriminatory manner.
Steven Charles Watkins Jr. is an American politician and former military officer. He served as the U.S. representative for Kansas's 2nd congressional district from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party,and was succeeded by Jake LaTurner. He earned degrees from the United States Military Academy at West Point,Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.),and Harvard.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Kansas was held on November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Kansas,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Eric Rucker is an American attorney and politician from the state of Kansas. A Republican,Rucker has represented the 20th district of the Kansas Senate,based in western Topeka,since 2018. He was defeated in the 2020 Republican primary by State Representative Brenda Dietrich.
A general election was held in the state of Kansas on November 6,2018. Primary elections were held on August 7,2018.
The 2022 Kansas Attorney General election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Attorney General of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced he would retire to run for Governor. The Republican nominee was former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach,and the Democratic nominee was former police officer,prosecutor,and state securities regulator,Chris Mann. Kobach narrowly won,taking 50.8% of the general election vote to Mann's 49.2%.
The 2022 Kansas Secretary of State election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Kansas. Incumbent Republican Scott Schwab won re-election to a second term.
Mike Brown is an American politician from Kansas who currently serves as the Chair of the Kansas Republican Party. In 2022,he challenged incumbent Scott Schwab in that year's Kansas Secretary of State election.
The Water Slide is a 2018 documentary short film by Nathan Truesdell.
