Therapy pets brighten aging residents across facilities
The Layton center notes pet therapy helps clients, with examples from East Central Kansas where a program once brought cats and dogs to senior centers. Ottawa Retirement Village allows pets as family members, while Vintage Park hosts regular animal events like a turtle race and petting zoos, all aiding residents’ well being.
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East Central Kansas
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Ottawa
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Vintage Park
Sara Hirt
Hirt
Mac Fasteners Plans Expansion and Office Space
Mac Fasteners, a Ottawa based maker of air line equipment fasteners, seeks to expand with an office area and meeting space plus a breeze way linking buildings. The firm started in 1989 by Robert MacDonald and expects to hire more staff after completion. City votes on the purchase today at City Hall.
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Robert
Commission
City Hall
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Central Heights Tackles Bullying with Schoolwide Talks
The school's counselor Kent Schulte began quarterly presentations on bullying in elementary classes to help students and teachers recognize and prevent bullying. Welch notes prevention is ongoing, with aims to align policies with possible future state and federal guidelines.
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Kent Schulte
Welch
Kansas Jayhawks hit a rough stretch under coach Turner Gill
Lawrence reflects mounting discontent as Kansas struggles to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in the Big 12 while hosting Texas A&M. Turner Gill defends his five year 10 million contract after Lew Perkins ethics complaints, amid calls for change.
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Jayhawes
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Woman killed driving wrong way on Kansas 10
A 76 year old woman died after driving the wrong way on Kansas 10 and colliding head on with a minivan driven by Refujio Gomez Ruiz of Kansas City who was seriously injured. Dora Ellen Henning of De Soto was identified as the deceased, and the crash occurred Monday night according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Kansas Highway
Kansas Highway Patrol
Dora Ellen Henning
Kansas 10
Refujio Gomez-Ruiz
Kansas City
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