ECKAN Pioneers Help With Food Jobs and Homes
Douglas County Commission to honor ECKAN in Community Action Month as neighbors rely on Eve Cofer and staff for food clothing weatherization and job guidance. Mothers Sandoval and Turner describe support from ECKAN including formula rent aid tax help and transportation to interviews. The agency coordinates Christmas adoptions and supports families to become self sufficient through HeadStart and self improvement programs.
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Douglas County East Central
Sandoval
ECEAN
Cofer
Eckan
Douglas County Commission
Nancy Turner
Teasheana
Turner
Edgewood
Casting call for extras for Monday After the Miracle
A casting session for extras for the CBS Movie-of-the-Week Monday After the Miracle will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the west gym of Lawrence High School. All types are needed and hundreds will be chosen to work on the film shot in Lawrence Topeka Leavenworth and surrounding areas beginning in late May for about a month. Most parts require one to three days work and pay at least minimum wage. The story covers Helen Keller's young adulthood and overcoming adversity. Participants need not wear special wardrobe though white or light shirts are discouraged.
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CBS
Lawrence High School
Lawrence
Topeka
Leavenworth
Helen Keller
Lawrence teen wins art contest for Capitol display
17-year-old Sarai Wertzberger, a Lawrence High junior, won first place in the 17th Congressional Arts Competition. Her untitled pastel will hang in a Capitol passageway for a year, with a June 23 unveiling in Washington, D.C. Four other students from the district will display art in Snowbarger’s offices and in Kansas City, Overland Park, and Lawrence.
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Sarai Wertzberger
Lawrence
Wertzberger
U.S
Vince Snowbarger
U.S. Capitol
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C
Snowbarger
3Rd
Congressional
Lawrence Art Guild
Riverfront Plaza Factory
Janet Simpson
The
Kansas City Arts Coalition
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Paola High School
Martha Clifford
Sara Bradford
Gardner-Edgerton High School
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Shawnee Mission West High School
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Jworld
Chris Kocr
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Ken Wertzberger
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Nicholas
Patrick
Jan
Urnay
Trarks
Vee Singer
Nancy
Sue
Kristen
Nicole
Kym
Ties Nagy
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