February 2008
Photos for February 7, 2008
Secretary of the Army Pete Geren addresses the crowd of soldiers gathered Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth. Geren and KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced the pilot "Wounded Warriors" program for soldiers injured in combat to receive advanced degrees at Kansas University.
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway talks with wounded soldiers Wednesday at Fort Leavenworth. A new program will allow wounded soldiers to earn their master's degrees at KU while remaining in the Army.
Katie Nietzke, Lansing High senior, drives past a Bishop Ward defender Tuesday night during Lansing's 46-39 victory. Nietzke led LHS with 14 points.
President Bush's proposed budget includes funds to study a site for a possible new federal prison in Leavenworth, which has been home to the U.S. Penitentiary since the early 1900s.
Molly Anderson, 11, left, and Danielle Harvey, 10, design boards that will showcase details of the inventions they created during Lansing Intermediate School's Invention Convention, which will be today. The students, along with fellow fifth-graders, invented an object they thought solved a common problem during a month-long unit on inventions and problem solving.
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Andrew Cameron, back row at far right, poses with Rudolph Giuliani, R-N.Y., front center, and other members of Creighton University's College Republicans during one of Giuliani's visits to Iowa before the state's Jan. 3 presidential caucuses. Cameron was a chauffeur for Giuliani during one of his visits and was able to drive him to two political events where Giuliani spoke.
Bob Topping, host of the Prairie Queen Bed and Breakfast in Leavenworth and a board member of the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau, gives a stump speech promoting Leavenworth culture at the 2007 Kansas Sampler Festival in Garden City. County commissioners, on Monday, approved a funding agreement for the festival should it be brought to Leavenworth in 2010 and 2011 and will pass that agreement on to the four major cities in the county for approval.
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Talking points
What are you looking forward to most with the warming weather this spring?
Just getting out of the house and playing with the kids.
