Alzheimer's Memory Walk scheduled for Oct 15 at Lee Richardson Zoo
The Alzheimer's Association hosts its Memory Walk in Garden City on October 15 at Lee Richardson Zoo. Nearly 100 participants from the area are expected to raise funds supporting Alzheimer’s programs. The event is the nation’s largest fundraiser for Alzheimer’s services, with supporters in 600 plus communities and over 175 million dollars raised nationally. Registration and donations: www.greatplains.org or (800) 272-3900.
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Salvation Army Back-to-School Bash set for Saturday
Local students and families attend the Salvation Army Back-to-School Bash at the Garden City Family YMCA on Center Street. The alcohol and drug free event runs 5 to 9 p.m. with free school-supply drawings, praise-band performances, swimming, carnival games, wallyball, sand volleyball, and free food. call Connie Williams at 275-1199 for details.
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University nixes beer sales plan at KU campus
LAWRENCE AP A plan to legalize alcohol sales on the University of Kansas campus has been dropped by administrators. Vice provost Marlesa Roney said the university will maintain the seven year ban after a fatal alcohol related accident involving students. The proposal would have allowed 3.2 percent beer in the Kansas Union first floor including the bowling alley and Hawk's Nest but was not approved due to the campus wide mission to serve all students.
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KU groups target small town students
Lawrence AP Jennifer Meitl recalls her first KU biology class as a Rush Center native. Senior Meitl helps others from small towns join Kansas Connections a mentoring and social group started in February. President Nathan Ladd from Effingham says the network eases campus adjustment and bureau creep.
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Jennifer Meitl
University of Kansas
Kansas
Rush Center
Jayhawks
Kansas Connections
Cracy
Nathan Ladd
Effingham
Love grows in a big, loving family in Leoti parade
Bessie Burch, 88, known as Grandma Burch, leads 97 relatives in Seott’s Wichita County Fair parade riding on two semitrailers and in a Ford Ranger. The Leoti farm family of 12 children, 10 kids, 151 descendants, shares breakfasts and prayers every Saturday, celebrating a life of love in small towns.
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Burch
Seon
Wichita County Fair
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Grandma Burch
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Seot
Patsy Riley
Riley
Scot
Gloria Koehn
Koehn
One Last Blast caps Lakin summer in lighthearted races
Kevin Dasenbrock and Gage McAfee led a playful field at Lakin Recreation Commission's 11th One Last Blast, joining about 30 youngsters in games from noodle knee races to egg roll challenges. Despite cloudy skies, prizes included T shirts and Blizzard certificates, with dynamite candy prizes for egg rollers.
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Lakin
Kevin Dasenbrock
Gage McAfee
Gage
Donna Renz
Lakin Recreation Commission
Renz
Kevin
Dairy Queen
Joseph McCombs
Cody Higgins
McVey Park
Courtney Cook
Signe
Donors raise money for BTK victims' relatives
Wichita donors raise about 4000 for travel and lodging so relatives of BTK victims can attend Dennis Rader's sentencing in Sedgwick County Court. Organizers fear funds may run out as the three day proceeding begins with support from restaurants and local businesses.
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Wichita
BTK
Kelli Cochran
Cochran
Dennis Rader
Park City
Sedgwick County District Court
Rader
Nora Foulston
Wichita Municipal Federal Credit Union
Fort Hays weighs wind farm to power campus
Fort Hays State University eyes a small wind farm on campus or near Hays to power the university, potentially first for a Kansas college. Ideas include partnering with a wind firm or buying wind energy blocks, with two to three turbines needed for 3.2 megawatts daily at an estimated 1.5 million dollars per turbine.
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Fort Hays
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