Ottawa High School ACT registration deadline announced
The Feb. 10 ACT test registration closes Friday at Ottawa High School with packets available in the office. Travis Lawrence Brownrigg of Ottawa has joined the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Kansas State University during the fall semester.
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KSU
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Travis Lawrence Brownrigg
Ottawa
Lambda Chi Alpha
Kansas State University
Hays student overcomes skiing injury to graduate
Jenny Pfeifer from Hays returns to college after a 1996 back injury from skiing, graduating Fort Hays State University and taking a job at Koch Industries in Wichita. She moved across a nurse's station in a wheelchair, planned a wedding, and will pursue a master's degree, proving obstacles fuel her drive with family support and a fiancé by her side.
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Hays
Jenny Pfeifer
Hays Medical Center
Lois Koerner
Pfeifer
Fort Hays, State University
Pfeife
Koch Industries
Wichita
Fort Hays State
LeRoy Kreutzer
Mark Pfeifer
Colorado
Denver
Kreutzer
Medical Center
Deaf students learn language with Fairview flash cards
In Jackson Mississippi Vivian Smith's fifth graders at the Mississippi School for the Deaf use Fairview Learning flash cards to translate signs into spoken English and build ASL sign literacy. Developed by Connie Schimmel and Sandra Edwards, the method uses English words on one side and word meanings on the other, plus bridge lists to connect ASL and English phrases. More than 60 districts in 24 states have adopted the program as teachers report improved vocabulary and reading.
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Jackson, Miss
Vivian Smith
Mississippi School For the Deaf
Disheka Bland
Disheka
Connie Schimmel
Millsaps College
Sandra Edwards
Schimmel
Mi Pi School For the Deaf
Cathy Broom
Fairview Learning
Jackson
David Martin
NCCC Ottawa campus sees enrollment hike
Neosho County Community College Ottawa campus reports an 11.4 percent rise in credit hours from fall 1999 to this fall. Enrollment grew to 465 students taking 3,623 credit hours with nine full time faculty and 75 adjuncts. The campus attracts students from Emporia and surrounding areas seeking transfer credits, job skills, or personal learning. Opportunities for space expansion are anticipated as enrollment grows. Classes are offered seven days a week across multiple sites including Anderson County and several Ottawa area high schools.
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Ottawa
Neosho County Community College
Dennis Thompson
Emporia
Thompson
Chanute
Anderson County
Central Heights
Williamsburg
Pomona
Wellsville
Rodeo School Teaches Ropin Ridin and Faith in Olathe
Wyatt Stephens, six, faced his first bull ride at Home stead Rodeo School in Olathe, where youths learn rodeo skills and Cowboy Church. George Steinberger started the ranch in 1978 to coach future cowboys and share spiritual guidance, with weekend sessions, classes, and summer Bible camps.
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Wyatt Stephens
Wyatt
Homestead Rodeo School
Olathe
George Steinberger
Steinberger
Colorado
Dustin Granny
Paris
Texas
Gratny
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