Skip the navigation header

Kansas State University Home Page Research & Extension Home Page
Discover Who We Are Browse our Units and Offices Visit the Publications and Videos Library Explore the Weather Data Library Search Our Site View our Site Map Send us your Feedback
 

Huck Boyd National Institute
for Rural Development



KANSAS PROFILES


    Audio version of Kansas Profile - Click here.

    List of the annual Leaders of the Year award winners - Click here.

    Story idea for Kansas Profile?  Click here.

Hear current features on the K-State Radio Network, including Kansas Profile - Click here.


Program Schedule:

  • January 3 - Brian Kuntz, Brian's Woodworks, Dexter
  • January 10 - Ken Domer, wind farm, Spearville
  • January 17 - Terry Dishon, Lazy T Foundry, Alta Vista
  • January 24 - Ron Rhodes, Ron's Supermarket, Pittsburg
  • January 31 - David Coltrain, Rush County First Impressions
  • February 7 - Leon Atwell, Glen Elder
  • February 14 - Dave Breiner, Mill Creek Ranch, Alma
  • February 21 - Esther and Daniel Avila, Offerle Tacos
  • February 28 - Stan Engdahl, Kansas Motorcycle Museum, Marquette
  • March 7 - Wayne McClellan, ABZ Valve, Madison
  • March 14 - Thomas and Cheryl Etheredge, Wild West World, Park City
  • March 21 - Jan Jantzen, Kansas Flint Hills Adventures, Saffordville
  • March 28 - Dave Mugler, retired educator - Manhattan
  • April 4 - Jim Martino, The Mall Deli, Pittsburg
  • April 11 - Lueann Roepke, Victorian Days, Waterville
  • April 18 - Bevy Roepke, Weaver Hotel, Waterville
  • April 25 - Emily Hunter, Symphony in the Flint Hills
  • May 2 - Katie Carlgren, Weekend in Wabaunsee County
  • May 9 - Greensburg
  • May 16 - Jeffrey Thompson, Patent attorney, Scandia
  • May 23 - Marc Anderson, Hemslojd Glass Decorators, Lindsborg
  • May 30 - Jettie Condray - George Washington Carver - Ottawa County Museum, Minneapolis
  • June 6 - Chuck Banks, Community Development Academy
  • June 13 - Al Brensing, Stafford County Flour Mill, Hudson
  • June 20 - Zelia Wiley, MANNRS, Manhattan
  • June 27 - J.R. Dodson, Dodson International, Rantoul
  • July 4 - Connie Miller, Cimarron River Company, Sublette
  • July 11 - Buck Rowland, Buckaroos Saddle and Tack, Arma
  • July 18 - Matt Jonas, Ball’s Food Stores, KC
  • July 25 - Kevin Kaster, Kaster Masonry, Havensville
  • August 1 - Don Walsh, MarCon Pies, Washington
  • August 8 - Rob Phillips, Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race
  • August 15 - Patricia King, National Cavalry Competition, Fort Riley
  • August 22 - Ron Kester, Ron’s Restoration, Glade
  • August 29 - Sherry Perdreauville, The Button Hole, McPherson
  • September 5 - Annie Dunavin, Annie’s Country Jubilee, Tonganoxie
  • September 12 - Bruce Fouts, Westmoreland
  • September 19 - Kara Beyer, Countertop Trends, Gridley
  • September 26 - Sonny Zetmeir, Grandview Products, Parsons
  • October 3 - Ken Scroggs, Hope Ranch, Manhattan
  • October 10 - Richard Standrich, Derby
  • October 17 - Jim Ferguson, Great American Outdoor Trails radio magazine, Colby
  • October 24 - KSU and Small Town Football
  • October 31 - John Quinley, Land Pride, Salina
  • November 7 - Virginia Toedman, Virginia Wonder Mower, Ransom
  • November 14 - John Taylor, Deines Manufacturing, Ransom
  • November 21 - Ed McKechnie, Watco Companies, Pittsburg
  • November 28 - Marci Penner, 8 Wonders of Kansas, Inman
  • December 5 - Mark Anderson, Kiowa County Signal, Greensburg
  • December 12 - Anita Wolgast, Kansas Christmas ornaments
  • December 19 - Glenn Brunkow, Parters in Ag Leadership, Westmoreland
  • December 26 - Cindy Hiesterman, Our Daily Bread, Barnes
  • January 2 - Discover Phillips County, Phillipsburg

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.


 

[Home]     [Contact Information]     [General Information]     [Who the Heck is Huck?]
[
Kansas Profiles]     [
First Impressions]     [Leadership Minigrants]     [Links]

"Community service is the rent you pay for the privilege of living on this earth."
- McDill "Huck" Boyd

"Leadership is when your skills meet an opportunity."
- Al Davis