Illness affects a third of Kansas Gulf War vets
Kansas veterans face Gulf War illness with estimates placing a third of Gulf War era vets affected. Dr. Lea Steele outlined possible causes from oil-fire smoke to low level nerve agent exposure, noting up to 101,000 troops may have faced nerve agents during the war. A federal research effort totals 155 million dollars, with antibiotics showing possible promise against a parasite in some patients. Veterans must document symptoms with the VA by year end to qualify for government treatment.
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Kansas
Lea Steele
Kansas Initiative
Parsons
Gene O’brien
Steele
Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
U.S. Department of Defense
DOD
Khamisiyah
California
Veteran’s Administration
EduKan Internet college opens summer classes via online study
Enrollment for EduKan summer courses runs June 4 to July 27 with online registration and toll free and local contacts. Partner colleges include Garden City, Barton, Colby, Dodge City, Pratt, Seward, and others. On campus sessions begin June 11 at GCCC with many courses offered, plus fall classes starting Aug 15 and over 100 courses available.
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EduKan
Internet Community College
Garden City Community College
Edukon.org
GCCC
EduKon
Barton County
Colby
Dodge City
Pratt
Seward County
Gillian Gabelmann
Great Bend
Consortium
Four arrested at nearly nude PETA protest in Kansas City
Four people from the animal rights group PETA were arrested on disorderly conduct charges during a demonstration at the Country Club Plaza. Dressed in nude-colored panties and pasties, three stood behind a banner stating we would rather bare skin than wear skin, while a fourth posed with a cow mascot.
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Kansas City, Mo
Country Club Plaza
People For the Ethical Treatment of
Rae Leann Smith
Petas
Via Christi to Buy Riverside Health System in Wichita
Via Christi Health System plans to acquire Riverside Health System this summer expanding Wichita’s largest health care provider. Riverside will remain a separate corporation with its own leadership while Via Christi adds Riverside’s 125 bed hospital, senior housing and nine clinics to its 1532 bed Wichita operation.
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Via Christi
Riverside Health Systems
Wichita
Via Christi Health System
Riverside Health System
Riverside
Osteopathic Hospital
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
Randy Nyp
Riverside Hospital
Nyp
Robert Dixon
Kansas Court Reverses Ruling On Transsexual Marriage
The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that a marriage involving a person who had sex reassignment surgery may be valid under state law. The ruling overruled a Leavenworth County decision that declared the union invalid due to gender at birth, stating the court must consider gender as of the marriage date.
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Topeka
Kansas
State Court of Appeals
Leavenworth
Marshall
J’noel Gardiner
Gunnar Sundby
J’ Noel Gardiner
Robert
Gernon
Shannon Minter
National Center For Lesbian Rights
San Francisco
Minter
Marshall Gardiner
Joe Gardiner
Court of Appeals
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United States
Smith
Wesley Medical Center
Foxie Nails
Mary Nguyen
Peek-a
Pierre
Appeals Court
Harvest Pantry
Wellness Center
Kansas Ave
Buffalo Jones Ave
Cellular One Retail
Nokia
Cellularone
Cellular One
Tan Ails
Gottagetone.com
Cellular Hays
Garden City
Nour
Wona
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