Safe Kids Fitness Day aims to boost bike helmet use
Donna Gerstner leads a Garden City safety event with local agencies to promote helmet use. Five percent of U.S. child bicyclists wear helmets, and the Bike Rodeo Saturday offers hands on learning to prepare kids for summer outdoor biking.
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Finney County
Theresa Maddox
Safe Kids Fitness
Kansas lobbying probe ties Brownback circle to FBI inquiry
After the 2012 primary Gov. Sam Brownback and aides invited donors to fund campaigns with 1000 dollars per race for 14 races. The FBI has questioned lobbyists and a former state official about pay to play influence in Topeka as the probe widens.
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Wichita
Preston crafts stuffed animals from bandana patterns
Synthia Preston began making stuffed animals in the early 1980s to gift her children a Christmas they believed in. As a single mom, she found a pattern in a magazine and used two bandanas to create dogs, later selling her creations in the Finney County Historical Museum gift shop.
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Finney County Historical Museum
Neighbors’ grandmother creates stuffed dogs for local museum
Preston, grandmother of five, has crafted many stuffed animals since her first Christmas. Four of her handmade dogs are on display in the museum, including a blue dog named Blue and KU themed pups. She names each dog and loves seeing children light up as they adopt them.
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Weather forecast today and Tuesday for the region
Today will be mostly sunny with a high near 94 and a low around 50. Tuesday's outlook is partly sunny with a high about 95 and a low near 51. Details continue on page A8.
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