Dodge City DIOCESE DEDICATES Cathedral Amid Merger
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City was dedicated with more than a dozen bishops including Vatican envoy Gabriel Montalvo. Host Bishop Ron Gilmore called it a holy place as over 2,000 attendees gathered for a service in multiple languages, marking the diocese 50th anniversary and the merger of the city's two parishes.
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Dodge City
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Gabriel Montalvo
Vatican
United States
Ron Gilmore
Wildlife refuge adds taxidermy display expansion
Rolling Hills Refuge Wildlife Conservation Center plans a major expansion to house one of the world’s largest mounted animal collections while continuing its live animal mission. The project will create a year round exhibit of lifelike specimens, including a 14 foot bull elephant and a 19 foot killer whale, with over 400 species represented. The museum is slated to open in three years and may host Smithsonian traveling exhibits.
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Salina
Rolling Hills Refuge
Rolling Hills
Bob Brown
Smithsonian Institution
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center
Hutchinson
Kindness Club formed at Gertrude Walker Elementary
Ten students from third and fourth grades named kindest in school form the first Kindness Club under counselor Susannah Dryden. They pledge kindness daily, discuss acts of kindness, and plan to model respectful behavior while encouraging random acts to brighten others’ days.
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Gertrude Walker
Susannah Dryden
Dryden
Kindness Club
Steven Smith
Kayla Glenn
Michael Morales
Donna Madrid
Jessica Allen
Kelly Biernacki
Jeanette Salazar
Claire Murphy
Chris Ruiz
Colby Biernacki
Madrid
Allen
Carolyn Graham
Ashley Thomas
American Spirit Day honors nation at Stauth Memorial Museum
About 100 people attended American Spirit Day at Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma. The event paired history displays with charity drives led by SGHS students and KAYS volunteers, featuring flag folding demonstrations, videos on liberty, and notes of support for Red Cross disaster relief after September 11.
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Montezuma
Stauth Memorial Museum
U.S
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars
Daughters of the American Revolution
South Gray High School
Joan Hendrickson
High Plains
The
Red Cross
SGHS
Bev Crump
Crump
Ingalls
Sghs Kansas Association For Youth
KAYS
Kenda Kingston
Meilani Koehn
Kingston
SADD
Koehn
America
United States
Kim Legleiter
Legleiter
New York
Brett Bullinger
Ellis Island
Brett
Brenda Bullinger
Hendrickson
Gray
Clark
Meade
Ford
Hodgeman
Students raise funds for Angel Tree at Georgia Matthews
First grade class led by Shawna Lenneman raises 49.71 through chores in November to help Salvation Army Angel Tree children. Students earned money with simple tasks and plan to shop at Wal Mart for gifts, selecting two or three recipients with parental help.
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Georgia Matthews
Shawna Lenneman
Salvation Arriving
Lenneman
Patrick Goeman
Jasmin Loehr
Haley Regan
Ally Maynard
Manny Pacheco
Kirsten Haas
Wal-Mart
Alexa Shaffer
Gilbert Carrillo
Right
Garden City
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