P1 Group CEO Receives Entrepreneur Award
Smitty Belcher of P1 Group Inc. earned the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014 in the Central Midwest industrial services category. The Lawrence based firm with 900 employees and eight offices competes for the national award, aided by a focus on training and community commitment. Belcher notes low turnover and $2 to $3 million yearly training spend.
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Mackey school alumni prepare for reunion decades after closing
Leavenworth County Mackey Grade School alumni and former teachers gather at Fall Leaf Farm in Linwood this Saturday for a reunion. More than 100 are expected to attend to recall a neighborhood school built in 1891, rebuilt after a fire, and closed in 1966. Attendees include former teacher Vivian Bowman and the school’s senior alumnus Audrie Hummelgaard, who will be celebrated near her 105th birthday. Memories focus on postwar life and changing technology from radios to televisions and gas mowers.
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Mackey
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Leavenworth County
Fall Leaf Farm
Linwood
Lawrence
John van Nice
North Lawrence
van Nice
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Audrie Hummelgaard
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Education panel gains Wichita ties with appointees
Senate President Susan Wagle named Ken Theissen Wichita East High principal and Sam Williams former Wichita Chamber of Commerce chair to the K 12 Student Performance and Efficiency Commission. The pair aim to connect employers with educators and add urban insight as state officials prepare a 2015 funding report. Gov Brownback earlier appointed superintendents Hinson and Mortimer to the panel.
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Kansas
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Shawnee Mission
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Concordia
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Legislative Post
Brownback
House
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Kansas Policy Institute
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Kansas Chamber
Mike O’neal
Senators Back 300 Million Kansas State Lab Funding
A Senate Homeland Security panel approved a bill authorizing 300 million dollars for a new National Bio and Agro Defense Facility at Kansas State University Manhattan. Senators Roberts and Moran said the lab aims to replace Plum Island research capacity and align with Obama budget requests as a similar amount moves in the House.
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