De Soto Days Parade Returns With Back to the Future Theme
De Soto hosts its 47th annual De Soto Days over Labor Day weekend at Miller Memorial Park 32400 W 83rd St featuring a city carnival live entertainment food vendors a car show and a parade. Parade entry and car show registrations are being accepted with event hours listed and contact via desotodaysks gmail com or desotodaysks com.
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Desotodaysks
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Group questions home of Wichita Senate candidate O'Donnell
The Freedom From Religion Foundation asked Sedgwick County to probe the tax-exempt status of the Grace Baptist Church parsonage where Michael O'Donnell, a Wichita City Council member and Republican Senate candidate, lives. He says the former parsonage was offered for church work, with rent since 2008. County records show no property taxes billed since 2002 and a 76 100 appraisal this year.
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Wichita
State Senate
Freedom From Religion Foundation
Madison
Wis
Sedgwick County
Michael O’donnell
O'Donnell
Timothy Snow
Dave Thomas
KU Initiatives Seek to Boost Freshman Retention
Lenexa student Nick Zych and Bonner Springs student Peter Beatty, freshman roommates at Kansas University, describe a smoother start under new initiatives. EU Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little aims to raise freshman retention from 80 to 90 percent in a decade, with the Office of First-Year Experience guiding early academic expectations and success measures.
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Nick Zych
Lenexa
Peter Beatty
Bonner Springs
Kansas University
Bernadette Gray-Little
Kansas Board of Regents
University
Sarah Crawford-Parker
Lawrence volunteer drive pairs students with local groups
The University of Kansas Center for Community Outreach urged students to join Lawrence volunteers by hosting Super Service Saturday. Students selected from 13 organizations, including the Lawrence Public Library and Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community. Junior Sam Tinsdeall chose Family Promise to assist underprivileged families.
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Kansas University
Center For
Lawrence
CCO
Jill Wenderott
Lawrence Public Library
Pioneer Ridge
Sam
Tinsdeall
Young Lawrence boy rebounds to grow mowing business
Eleven year old Quinton Westphal faced a hot dry summer that cut his lawn mowing earnings to about 120 dollars after saving 250 for a mower. A theft delayed his start, but Lawrence cardiologist Roger Dreiling bought him a replacement mower and the boy plans fall flier distribution to next summer prepare for business.
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Quinton Westphal
Quinton
East Lawrence
Schuyler
Journal-World
Shaun Hittle
Journal-World Photo
Lawrence
Roger Dreiling
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Logan Shumate
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Anna Kumru
Kumru
University of Kansas Medical Center
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