Native Kansan wins Oscar!

[Mabus]

Melissa Etheridge was born in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Let's hear it for our fellow Kansan! Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip hooray!

:toast: :party: :woohoo:

[BuelahWitch]

1. YAAAAAY Melissa!

She looked fantastic last night too!

[Jeanette in FL]

2. Yes, she did and so did her wife

I had totally forgotten that Melissa was originally from Kansas. Good for you guys!

:toast:

[Mabus]

3. She's from the Army/Prison town

Very red. Very, very RED.

I don't blame Melissa for leaving that place behind. :scared: I know I always feel better when it is a speck in my rearview mirror.

[proud2BlibKansan]

5. I have always liked Leavenworth

I think it is a very pretty town. So is Atchison, where Amelia Earhart is from. But yes, they are both rather red.

[Mabus]

6. I only got to see the prisons

and the few times I hung out in the town it was to visit with relatives of prisoners. :shrug: I really need to get out more.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Her home town is very scenic and very historic

but also very very red. It is the home of the federal pen and a huge army base.