New York Marathon Inspires Garden City Trio
Debbie and Paul Karkiainen and Debbie’s brother Ronnie Hunt recount their New York City Marathon experience. Paul finished in 4 54, Debbie 5 41 with a long potty break, and Hunt 3 22 earning Boston acceptance. They describe crowds sights and personal achievement.
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New York City
Debbie
Paul Karkiainen
Karkiainens
Garden City
Paul
Ronnie Hunt
Hunt
Kona
Hawaii
Karkiainen
Times Square
Staten Island
Bronx
Ronnie
Harlem
Martin Luther King
Mt. Rainier
Washington
New York
KPERS puts two firms on probation for ethics concerns
The KPERS board votes to probation Alliance Capital and Morgan Stanley amid federal and state probes into mutual fund trading practices. Total KPERS assets managed by the firms are $750 million and $530 million respectively, with no current losses reported.
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Kpers Board
Topeka
Alliance Capital
Morgan Stanley
Kansas
Rob Woodard
KPERS
Michael Braude
Kansas City Board of Trade
Alliance
John Carifa
Mutual Fund
Michael Laughlin
Stephen Beinhacker
Beinhacker
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Allan Emkin
Woodard
Gerald Boettcher
Beloit
Lynn Jenkins
Braude
Towns turn to Internet to sell buildings
Kansas towns use eBay to auction former schools seeking buyers. La Crosse district posted a 43000 square foot McCracken building with a $5000 target and sold it for 45000 to a Phoenix firm relocating as a warehouse. Buyers came from Louisiana and beyond, aided by online reach and local tax considerations.
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Kansas City
la Crosse
Kansas
eBay
McCracken
Louisiana
Larry Jackson
Chris Donlay
Gaylord
Smith Center
Jim Mack
Mack
Muck
Seattle
Jackson
Local towns rally with homegrown business startups
In Yates Center and surrounding counties, residents back enterprise facilitation to spark new ventures without chasing smokestacks. Since 2002, Quad County has helped create 56 jobs and 17 businesses, from a bed and breakfast to a washer service plus a pottery gallery, funded by state grants and guided by local leaders.
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Yates Center
Jack Newcomb
Quad County
Chautauqua
Elk
Greenwood
Woodson
Western Kansas Consortium
Sherman
Newcomb
Sirolli Institute of
Sedan
Eureka
Moline
Marla Newman
Town Square
Newman
House
Lansing
Republican
Wilk
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New York State of Mind
Keisha Kinney
Garden City High School
Western Kansas Orchestra
GCHS
Kinney
Greeley
Wichita
Scott
Lane and Kearny
Harper, Barber, Kiowa
Pratt
Prairie Enterprise
Barton, Edwards
Ellsworth
Rice
Russell
Northeast
Atchison, Brown, Doniphan
Nemaha
Kearny
Lane
U.S. Census Bureau
Census.gov
Kansas Labor Market Information Services
State
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