Center helps Pomona woman with vision loss through Alphapointe
The SRS hires Alphapointe, a 100 year old center, to aid residents 55 and older with blindness or vision impairment. In home visits assess and educate to help maintain independence and aging in place. Scott Neufeld benefits from devices like a pocket magnifier, talking glucometer, elbow oven mitts, and upcoming icon enlargement software. Neufeld and spouse navigate tasks with assistive tools to watch sports and complete puzzles, while independence remains the core goal.
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Clay Berry
Berry
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Scott-Neufeld
Garden City seeks multicultural center in abandoned Legion hall
Members of ethnic minority groups in Garden City request permission to use an old American Legion building as a multicultural center. The 1919 hall, now city owned, sits unused as the commission also finalizes deeds transferring the former National Guard Armory to the Legion.
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City Commission
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Garden City Commission
Laos
el Salvador
Philippines
Kansas City Man Drowns at Smithville Lake
A 22-year-old Kansas City Kansas man Julio Mendoza drowned while attempting to swim from a camping area to the Camp Branch beach at Smithville Lake. He was last seen around 10 am and found about 11:20 am near the beach. A woman witness struggled and was assisted by others to avoid drowning.
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Kansas City
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Smithville Lake
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Water Patrol
Julio Mendoza
Camp Branch
Mendoza
Woman shot by mother-in-law dies in Kansas
Ida Cole, 47, died after being shot by her mother-in-law Elaine Eldred, 57, following a dispute at a Dunlap area home in Morris County. Eldred, upset that her son Jacob Cole and Ida came to claim scrap metal, shot Ida Tuesday. Ida died Friday after days in critical condition.
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Elaine Eldred
Morris County
Eldred
Jacob Cole
Ida
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Wichita researchers target battlefield fracture device
Wichita State University NIAR and CIBOR officials won a 1.4 million dollar Defense grant to develop a portable external fixation device to stabilize fractures on the battlefield. They aim for weatherproof operation and immediate hardening, plus potential antibacterial delivery to reduce infection and amputation risk from moving bones.
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Department of Defense
National Institute For Aviation Research
Wichita State University
Center of
Wichita Eagle
John Tomblin
NIAR
Wooley and Tomblin
Wichita pastor ordered to stay away from Islamic center
A Wichita pastor who preaches against Islam was ordered to stay 1,000 feet from the Islamic Society of Wichita after an arrest for loitering and disrupting a business while distributing Bibles in front of the center. He received one year unsupervised probation and a $300 fine.
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Islamic Society of Wichita
Mark Holick
Spirit One Christian Ministry
Holick
Society
Wichita Eagle
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Paul Wooley
Islamic Center
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