Kansas future: bigger cities, shrinking towns over 150 years
Experts say Kansas may grow urban and attract newcomers seeking affordable land and homes as water scarcity and farming shifts reshape the state. Projections forewarn that small towns may vanish or reinvent themselves, while cities like Manhattan and Hays expand amid population shifts and environmental pressures.
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Iowa
Hayden
Hugoton
Kansas
Buchanan
Ogallala
Wichita
Salina
Nebraska
Missouri
Colorado
Hutchinson
Katie Eisenhour
Scott City Area
Hays
Toby Dougherty
Dougherty
Marci Penner
Kansas Sampler Foundation
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Agricultural Land Grant College
James Sherow
Atwood
America
Festival marks 25th year with mirrors and windows theme
Jeree Prawl calls the festival a mirror and window to a child’s future as auction items feature painted mirrors and decorated windows. The event supports ACDC, aiding children with prematurity, Down syndrome, autism, vision or hearing loss, and behavioral delays, with about 500 children screened annually. Staff log 330 monthly visits across 12 counties, costing $300-$350 per visit, roughly $7,800 per child, and travel about 205 miles weekly. In 2010, 424 children participated in RCDC’s tiny k program, including 239 from Finney County.
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Jeree Prawl
Berry
ACDC
RCDC
Finney County
99-Year-Old Bowler Competes in Dodge City Tourney
Edna Hall, a 99 year old avid bowler from Dighton, competes in the Women’s Senior Tournament at Spare Tyme Bowl in Dodge City and aims to play in the 2012 State Seniors Tournament at age 100. Hall and partner Anita Smith finished eighth of 32 in a division for ages 140 plus. She marks 50 years of bowling in 2012 with Dighton Bowl and shares how activity and family kept her longevity, noting her brother Fred is 97 and Byron has passed. Hall's family history includes moving from McPherson County to Dighton to farm at age five and work at the phone company starting in 1935.
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Dodge City
Hall
Anita Smith
Fred
Byron
Edna
Dighton
McPherson County
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