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MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 2
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University alumnus and actor Rob Riggle before speaking to a crowd at the Kansas football homecoming game on Sept. 27, 2014. Riggle is hosting a scholarship fundraiser at The Oread hotel at 7 p.m. on Monday.
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The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Hancock Ballroom at the Oread at 1200 Oread Ave. Limited tickets are still available for $99, and the price includes a photo with Riggle, hors d'oeuvres and live music by Sugar Britches and Garrett Childers and Caroline. This event will also have a cash bar run by Riggle's Loaded Vodka company. For tickets, call the Oread at (785) 830-3927.
The event will honor the late James "Jim Bob" Clarke, a 10-year line cook at the Oread and Eldridge hotels, and the money raised will go toward a scholarship fund for his two young children.
On Monday, the Oread Hotel will host a meet-and-greet and scholarship fundraiser with actor and alumnus Rob Riggle.
Clarke died unexpectedly this summer and left behind two children, ages one and three, said Nancy Longhurst, general manager of the Oread.
during his numerous stays there, Longhurst said. She said Riggle was more than willing to help out when approached by staff members.
Clarke spent the last five years working at the Oread after spending five years at its sister hotel, the Eldridge.
"We just thought it would be really helpful to their family to provide and to set up some kind of a scholarship fund for the kids since they are so young and since he had worked for us for so long and was such a part of our lives," Longhurst said. "We wanted to do something for the family."
- Edited by Chandler Boese
Riggle has starred in movies such as "The Hangover," "21 Jump Street" and "The Lorax." Riggle, who grew up in Overland Park, befriended some staff members at the Oread
Who: Rob Riggle, host
What: A scholarship fundraiser where attendees can take a photo with Riggle, eat hors d'oeuvres and listen to live music by
Sugar Britches and Garrett Childers and Caroline. This event will also have a cash bar run by Riggle's Loaded Vodka company.
at the Oread, 1200 Oread Ave., with an afterparty at The Nest on Ninth, the Oread's rooftop bar
Where: Hancock Ballroom
When: Aug. 24 at 7 p.m
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