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Huck Boyd National Institute
for Rural Development



KANSAS PROFILES

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Program Schedule:

  • January 5 - Ken and Sue Schwindt - Pleasant Valley Bed and Breakfast, Marienthal
  • January 12 - Jerry Kiser, Kiser Manufacturing, Argonia
  • January 19 - Norma Grubb, Best pie baker, Dover
  • January 26 - Wendell Turner, Designer Palms, Andover
  • February 2 - Martin Luther, Luther's Smokehouse, LeRoy
  • February 9 - Ken and Shirley McClintock, Terwilliger Home, Council Grove
  • February 16 - Reuben Eckels, Wichita Man, Wichita
  • February 23 - Kristin Chambers, Winding Road Equine Rescue and Retirement, Waverly
  • March 2 - Willard Frickey, Wheelchairs of Kansas, Ellis
  • March 9 - George and Rita Arnold, Arnold's Greenhouse, LeRoy
  • March 16 - Waldo McBurney, Quinter
  • March 23 - Stephanie Mills Bogdahn, Mills Feed and Supply, Moline
  • March 30 - Chuck Otte, National Association of County Agricultural Agents, Junction City
  • April 6 - Doug Chanay, Chanay Aviation Service Inc., Garden City
  • April 13 - David Littrell, Cedar Vista, Manhattan
  • April 20 - Marita Elliott, Stone Fence Renovation Workshop, Lake Wabaunsee
  • April 27 - Teresa and Phil Hammond, Jornada Alpaca Ranch, Ulysses
  • May 4 - Chris Day, Santa Fe Trail Trip, Wamego
  • May 11 - Tim Steffensmeier, Public Square Communities, Sheridan County
  • May 18 - Dan Hubert, H and H Hunting Supplies, Sedan
  • May 25 - Jerry Vandervort, Rocking V Ranch Equine Center, Wakarusa
  • June 1 - Jerry Vandervort, Arena Dragon, Wakarusa
  • June 8 - Helen Judd and Dan Doerge, Hays House, Council Grove
  • June 15 - Sharla Krenzel, Prairie Flower Quilt Company, Leoti
  • June 22 - Lois Loucks, Tri-Cities Development, Onaga 
  • June 29 - Jean Meyer, First Trust Company, Onaga
  • July 6 - Greg Unruh, Community HealthCare System, Onaga

The Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development is pleased to present this collection of the "Kansas Profile" radio programs which have been taped since 1992.

Kansas Profile is a weekly radio feature produced by the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development. The Institute's mission is to help rural people help themselves. Kansas Profile was conceived to help achieve that mission.

Each week the program describes the ideas and achievements of a local leader or entrepreneur in a rural community. By providing positive recognition to such leaders and sharing their ideas, we hope to encourage these and other Kansans to build on their examples. In doing so, rural Kansas can be made an even better place to live and work.

On May 22, 1992, "Kansas Profile" went on the air for the first time. Kansas Profile is broadcast weekly on several stations: KMAN in Manhattan, KCLY/KFRM in Clay Center, KBUF in Garden City, KDCC/KONQ in Dodge City, KGGF in Coffeyville, KJRG/KOEZ in Newton, KKAN/KQMA in Phillipsburg, KNDY in Marysville, KNZA/KMZA in Hiawatha, and KUDL in Kansas City. On KMAN, the program airs at 6:55 a.m. each Saturday but you would need to check with the other stations for their local broadcast times.

The links at the bottom of this page will bring up the complete text of every person profiled during the year indicated. The profiles describe the situation as of the time when the profile was written. In many cases there have been subsequent changes which would not be reflected in the profile.

The Huck Boyd Institute would like to thank the KKSU staff for their help and cooperation in making this program possible. Special thanks to Southwestern Bell for the Community Enrichment grant which funded the computer equipment making it possible to access these profiles on-line.

We know there are many more excellent and interesting examples across the state of Kansas. We encourage the public to provide us with suggestions of Kansas people, businesses or communities which would make an interesting profile.

There is one phrase which the reader will find in some form in every one of these profiles. The phrase is: "Making a difference."

We salute all those rural Kansans who are making a difference. There are thousands of these people across the state: volunteers, entrepreneurs, unheralded, unsung, who care enough to make the world around them a better place. Each day, in countless ways, big and small, they are making a difference at the grass-roots level.

 

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