Garden City Orthodox church opens doors to neighbors
The Three Hierarchs Antiochian Orthodox Church in Garden City, one of 15 Orthodox communities in the state and the only Orthodox church west of Salina, hosts an open house as it inaugurates a newly purchased building and ongoing renovations led by Fr. Vreeland and parish members. The church uses icons and an iconostasis planned for June with help from St. Mary’s Wichita parish, while families from nearby areas travel to support services.
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St. George Orthodox Church
Kearney
Neb
Brian McCallum
GCCC
Nebraska
Rome
Greece
Russia
Romania
St. George
Mississippi River
Debra Franklin
Franklin
Tling
St. Mary’s Parish
Wichita
Vreeland Said
Neighbors become zoo docents teach children and visitors
Ken and Susan Rishel share how becoming zoo docents transformed their lives through nine three hour classes and ongoing training. They give tours on weekends, discuss bones and feathers with passersby, and serve on local zoo advisory boards while supporting Cat Canyon fundraising. Their education work reaches 28 000 to 29 000 people annually, and the couple has adopted greener habits at home as they learn.
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Rishels
Zoo
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Susan
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Sunflower Electric Corp
Sexson
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Bush to seek extra bailout funds amid market recovery push
President Bush plans to request additional Troubled Asset Relief Program money as the Obama team outlines how disbursement and program rules will change. Summers argues for the package to aid overall recovery while Republicans warn the sales job will be hard. Bush cites improving lending conditions and shrinking credit spreads as signs of progress.
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Senate Banking Committee
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D-Conn
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Bush
Treasury
Timothy Geithner
Larry Summers
John Kerry
D-Mass
Senate
House
John Boehner
Ohio
Jetmore plans own wind energy towers east of town
Jetmore will build wind towers a mile east on Hodgeman County land with a $250000 per-tower price and five-year operation lease. Funds came from cashing in underperforming CDs. the project aims to cut electricity costs by generating up to 12 percent locally. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment approved the site near a landfill buffer zone. a $300 annual per-tower lease to the county applies.
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Hodgeman County
Lea Ann Seiler
Seiler
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Burns
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