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KC CURRENTS 6-18-06

By Delores Jones, Sylvia Maria Gross and Laura Ziegler

Kansas City, MO – Highlights from the career of local jazz musician Rusty Tucker. Children from the AIDS Orphans Educational Trust in Uganda sing in Kansas City. Artist Ryan Humphrey's re-habbed vehicles at the Kemper Museum, and two West Side brothers, Manuel and Junior Vargas, re-unite in their passion for Tejano music.

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