Playground dream becomes reality at Hillcrest School
Three year old Kate Falkenstien aids accessibility by adding ramps to toy block builds. The Ryan Gray Playground at Hillcrest School aims to complete a centerpiece structure with ramps, to reach four feet, needing $6,000 for the structure and $2,000 for a year of maintenance. The project has raised over $248,000 from the community, plus $16,200 from inscribed bricks. donors can contact treasurer Vickie Randel at Bank IV.
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Kate Falkenstien
Kate
Ryan Gray
Paula Martin
Martin
Jody Anderson
Hillcrest School
Hilltop
Anderson
Jeff
Vickie Randel
Ryan Gray Playground Endowment Inc
Mike Yoder
Cedric Austin
Soars High
Soparkh Khalsa
Haiti Plan Put On Hold After Port au Prince Protests
Washington reports that the Clinton administration suspends plans to deploy 600 U.S. military advisers to Haiti following gun-wielding militants blocking the USS Harlan County from docking in Port-au-Prince. Senators warn the democracy restoration accord is in jeopardy as Haitian leaders face renewed sanctions discussions.
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Washington
Clinton
Haiti
Portou-Prince
U.S
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
White House
Madeleine Albright
United Nations
New York
U.N. Security Council
Aristide
Bob Graham
D-Fla
Graham
Alfonso D’ Amato
R-N
Senior receives homecare suite to aid independence
Jennifer Holvoet plans to scrape windshields for months as her 79-year-old mother Gwendolyn Fyke moves into a garage suite. The temporary modular apartment offers a bedroom, bathroom, heater and electrical system, wheelchair access and costs about $1000 to install. Mobile Care Inc. provides the system with help from Kansas State University as part of a statewide KU Gerontology Center survey.
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Holvoet
Holvvet
Gwendolyn Fyke
Kansas University
Gerontology Center
Mobile Care Inc
Great Bend
Kansas State University
Fostoria Couple Welcome 8 Pound 5 Ounce Baby Boy
In Fostoria Ohio a woman who had a tubal ligation and her husband who had a vasectomy welcomed an 8 pound 5 ounce baby boy after a pregnancy despite prior sterilization. The couple had previously limited children after a 1989 premature birth and a 1990 vasectomy. In March the wife discovered she was pregnant again.
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Fostoria
Ohio
Dan Skadeland
Jennifer
Skadeland
Nobel Prize Honors Two Americans for Relativity Tests
Quotable line notes Einstein theory passing tests with flying colors as the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards two Americans the Nobel Prize in physics for helping confirm Albert Einstein's relativity theory.
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Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Albert Einstein
Swish or air ball KU tickets split student opinion
Kansas students split over the new Allen Fieldhouse ticket plan with a 6,300 seat allotment. Some praise the coupon and lottery system while others, like KU veterans Jim Cheng and Eric Brey, lament losing season tickets and the extra hassle as enrollment decisions loom.
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Kansas University
Allen Fieldhouse
Jim Cheng
Overland Park
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