ISdlina School District to honor retirees Faculty, staff to be
recognized today at
Lakewood school
By the Sauna Journal
The Sauna School District will recognize retiring faculty
and staff members from 3 to 4:30 p.m. today in the
commons area at Lakewood Middle School, 1135 Lakewood Circle. Presentations will begin at 3:30 p.m. The public is
invited to attend the event.
The district also will present
University of Kansas certificate to 2OIh who have completed 25 years
of service to education in
Kansas.
In addition, the district will
honor three teachers: Nedra Elbi, master teacher; Margy
Hogarty, elementary school teacher of the year; and Curtis
Stevens, secondary school teacher of the yeat
The district s 30 employees who will retire at the end of
the 2006-07 school year are:
Pamela Allen 31 years
as a learning disabilities
teacher and fourth-grade
teacher; previously taught five
years at Kingman and Esbon; currently teaches at Meadowlark
lark Elementary School. Brenda Ascher 37
years as an LD teacher, PDLC teacher, elementary school program coordinator, assistant
director and executive
director at Central Kansas
Cooperative in Education
(CKCIE); currently is executive
director at CKCIE. William Calhoun
17 years as an interrelated
teacher at Central High
School.
Rose Charvat 10 years
as an interrelated teacher
at Central Kansas Cooperative
in Education (CKCIE); 19 years as an elementary
school teacher and elementary school principal at Wilson
and Dorrance; currently an
interrelated teacher at Wilson
Elementary School/CKCIE. Pamela Clark 19 years
as a school psychologist at
Central Kansas Cooperative in Education (CKCIE); 12 years at
Independence and Coffeyville;
currently a psychologist at
CKCIE.
Larry Coates 34 years
with the district; currently an
electronics teacher at Sauna Area Technical School.
Patricia Cook 26 years
as an ECSE at Central Kansas Cooperative in Education
(CKCIE)/Heartland. Mary Cotter 33 years
as the administrative secretary in the maintenance and
operations department at the
district office (retired in January).
Judy Frye 28 years as
a teacher at Hageman, Sunset,
Oakdale, Lowell, Gleniffer
Hill, Hawthorne and Coronado
elementary schools; currently at Coronado Elementary
School.
Judy Hall 15 years
as an interrelated teacher at
Central Kansas Cooperative in Education (CKCIE); 17 years
at McPherson, Dodge City and
Hays; currently at CKCIE.
Dee Harding 32 years
as an instructional library
assistant at Roosevelt-Lincoln
Junior High and building
assistant in the library at
Roosevelt-Lincoln and Lakewood
wood Middle School; currently
at Lakewood Middle School. Susan Higbee 31 years
as an orchestra teacher at
Central High School, Cottonwood,
Coronado, Oakdale and Meadowlark elementary
schools; currently at Central
High School. James Hughes 36
years as an elementary school teacher and principal at Gleniffer
Hill/Stimmel, Hageman, Stewart and Sunset
schools; previously was the
principal for two years at ,
Onaga School District; currently
the principal at Sunset
Elementary School. Cheryl Konzem 31
years as a teacher at Franklin,
Gleniffer Hill and Heusner elementary schools; interrelated
teacher at Schilhing
Elementary School; currently a lead teacher at Schilling.
Cynthia McAtee 31 years of teaching at Central
Kansas Cooperative in Education
(CKCIE); previously
taught one year at Lincoln Elementary
School; currently an
interrelated teacher at CKCIE. Sharon Miller 25
years as a library technician,
paraprofessional and receptionist
at South Middle School
(retired in December).
Charles Morgan 28 years as a fifth-grade teacher;
previously taught 13 years in
the Shawnee Mission School District; currently a teacher at
Coronado Elementary School. Karen Nowlin 31
years at Whittier Elementary
School, South High School,
Sailna Area Technical School
and the district office; was
an executive assistant to the
human resources director at
the district office (retired in
May 2006).
Harry O Brien 26 years as a school groundskeeper
at South High School. Jane O Neil 19 years as
a teacher at Heusner Elementary
School; previously taught
12 years in Nebraska and
Colorado.
Linda Ourada 10 years
of service as a paraprofessional
at Kennedy-Early
Learning Center; previously was a preschool teacher in
Minnesota. Dale Pierson 29 years
as a psychologist at Central
Kansas Cooperative in Education
(CKCIE); previously was
a teacher at St. John s Military
School for five years.
Joan Pinkall 29 years
in food service; was secretarybookkeeper
bookkeeper to the food service
director at the district office
(retired in September). Pamela Rasmussen 10
years as a library media specialist
at Hageman and Meadowlark
elementary schools; previously taught 12 years
in Concordia and four years
in Washington; currently
at Meadowlark Elementary School.
Margaret Schmidt 27 years as a teacher at Gleniffer
Hill, Meadowlark and Coronado
elementary schools; previously taught two years
at Santa Fe Trail; currently at
Coronado Elementary School.
Rosalie Short 24 years
as a teacher at Oakdale and Stewart elementary schools; previously taught seven years
at Topeka; currently at Stewart
Elementary School. Dennis Toews Three
years as a band teacher
at Whittier and Coronado elementary schools, South
Junior High and South High;
four years as a counselor at
Heusner, Lowell and Bartlett
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elementary schools; 24 years as a counselor at Sunset Elementary
School; previously
taught band eight years in
Lincoln, Beverly and Barnard; currently a counselor at Sunset
Elementary School.
Õ Brenda Wltlte Ù32 years as a vocal music teacher at Sunset, Gleniffer Hill, Whittier,
Bartlett, Franklin and Coronado elementary schools;
currently at Coronado Elementary
School.
Õ Freda Woodard Ù 16 years as an interrelated
teacher at Central Kansas Cooperative in Education (CKCIE); previously taught
seven years in Eilsworth,
Madison, Junction City and
Olathe; currently at CKCIE. Õ Robert Young Ù33 years
as a night custodian at South
High School.
25 years of service to
Kansas education
Sauna School District staff
members who will be receiving 25-year service to education
certificates are: Õ Maridee Armstrong,
Head Start teacher, Kennedy-
Early Learning Center. Õ Carol Bachofer, gifted,
Central Kansas Cooperative in Education.
Õ Libby Charvat, ECSE, Kennedy-Early Learning Centet
Õ Jolene Eves, debate! forensics, South High School.
Õ Sally Holt, ECSE, Abilene Central Kansas Cooperative in
Education.
Õ Jean Hrabe, lead teacher,
Sunset Elementary School. Õ Peggy Huistine, ECSESLI
Kennedy-Early Learning. Center, CKCIE.
Õ Nancy Lysell, art, Central
High School. -
Õ Joyce Ratcliff family an consumer science, Lakewood: Middle School.
Õ Julie Reddig, English, South Middle School.
Õ Kay Scheibler, gifted,
Central High School.
Õ Lonny Schropp, assistant principal, Lakewood Middle School.
Õ Nancy Schulte, English,
Lakewood Middle School. Õ Rosalie Short, fourth
grade, Stewart Elementary School.
Õ Mona Tjaden, Salma region coordinator, Central
Kansas Cooperative in Education.
Õ Carol Tripp, first grade,
Schffling Elementary School.
Õ Charles VanGundy, science,
South High School.
Õ Kathleen Vidricksen, vocal music, Heusner Elementary
School.
Õ Denise Wendt, interrelated,
Stewart Elementary School.
Õ Rose Wittman, physical
education, Central High
School.
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BY Cmus GREEN
Harris News Service
cgreen(a
TOPEKA Mfflions of
Americans could cast ballots
in a presidential primary next February but Kansans
won t be among them. State lawmakers ended
their wrap-up session last
week without setting aside
$1.6 million for an election,
leaving the decisions up to
party caucuses for the fourthstraight
straight election cycle.
The move came as at least a
dozen other states have scheduled
early 2008 elections to
boost their influence.
Some Kansas officials initially
hoped that a Feb. 5 or Feb.
12 primary thte would provide
their small state enough sway
to warrant a vote.
Already, a few individuals
have contacted Secretary of
State Ron Thornburgh s office
upset that there won t be
a presidential primary in
Kansas next year, spokesman Jesse Borjon said.
However, Borjon said he
didn t know how widespread the discontent would be.
Kansans haven t voted in
such a primary since 1992 because
of non-competitive
races and budget reasons.
Frankly, I m not sure it s
on a lot of people s radar
screens, Borjon said. I
think once it gets going,
Kansans wifi start wondering
why they re not allowed a
voice in the process.
The sheer number of states
wanting early votes ultimately
made the election s expense
difficult to justify Un of Kansas political science
pro Allan Cigler said.
As more states pushed up
their elections, the prospect
that Kansas would play a
meaningful role appeared to
diminish.
I think it made it look
more fruitless, Cigler said.
Already, around 12 states
including California and New York have scheduled primaries
for Feb. 5, with at least
seven others looking to move
up their contests, according
to The AP.
Last week, Florida lawmakers
voted to move up their primary
to Jan. 29, ahead of all
but four states, risking penalties
from the national Democratic
and Republican parties. Borjon said the fmal proposed
primary discussed and ultimately discarded by
Kansas lawmakers - Saturday,
Feb. 2 would have ran
afoul of rules limiting early
votes in most states to Feb. 5
and later.
Ellis County Democratic Party Chairman Gleim Staab,
Hays, said it s probably a bad
thing for democracy that the state s primary was canceled.
A state vote could have
brought both excitement and
contenders from both parties
to the state, he said.
Now, I m fairly certain
that we ll be ignored by most
candidates, Staab said.
However, 1st District GOP
Chairman Randy Duncan, Brookvffle, said the state s
primary wouldn t have been
able to compete for attention with those in more populous
states, such as California.
It wouldn t have made any
difference, Duncan said.
(The candidates) would not
have come to Kansas due to
our small delegate allotment.
While he likes the idea of
public participation in the
process, Duncan said lawmakers
had a number of areas
they need to fund besides
a primary
I think the Legislature
made the proper and right decision,
Duncan said.
State not m presidential primary
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Ei*y l ei Bachelor of Scie NursW A four-year
program offered at colleges d universities
that prepaes ni,ses to prac aoross all
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greatest opportunity for advancement. For
example, a BSN is required for entiy into a
Master s program, whIch may in turn lead to a
career in management, or on to a more specialized
nursing position such as clinical nurse specialist, nurse practftionei nurse educator or
nurse reseatcher. A BSN is preferred and olten
required for military nursing, case manage ment, public health nursing, erseas/demiop. ment nursing, forensic nursing and school
nursing.
Associated Degree in Nursirg A two-tothree
three ar program offered at Junior and cornmunity
colleges. An Associates de trains
and prepares nurses to prcNlde direct patient
care in numerous settings. Some hospital
nursing schools, colleges and universities also offer AND programs.
Hospital Diploma: A twoto to threeyear hospital-based
nursing program that prepares you to deliver direct patient care in a variety of environments.
Many diploma schools are affiliated with junior colleges, where you may also take
basic science and English requirements, there
L earning an Associate s Degree along with a
diploma in nursing.
Licensed Practical Nurse: LPN s or Licensed
Vocational Nurses (LVNs) as they are called in
Texas and California, care for the sick, injured,
convalescent, and disabled under the direction of physicians and registered nurses. They provide
basic care, taking vital signs, temperature,
blood pressure, and pulse, and assist with
bathing patients, monitoring catheters, and 1 dressings. Most LPN or LVN programs
are abotit a year long and are offered J technical
and vocational schools.
celerated Programs: Many universities
offer nursing programs for students who
already have a Bachelor s Degree or even a
Master s Degree in a field other than nursing.
These programs, which are often of shorter
length than generic programs are ideal for ind
viduals who are looking to do something more
meaningful with the education that they already
have, or for those who have graduated college
and found that their degree does not afford as
mar opportunities as they had hoped but are
unenthusiastic about returning to school for
four additional years.
Once the education is completed, the students
needs to be licensed an Advanced
Practical Nurse, a Registered Nurse or a
Ucensed Practical/Vocational Nurse. As in
many other professions, nurses must be
licensed in the state where they work.
Kansas Nursh Schools
Source:
http//www.aflnursingschools.com/find/Kansa s/nursing-schools.php
Baker University School of Nursing
Topeka
Mid America Nazarene University DMsion of Nursing Olathe
University of Kansas - School of..Nursing
Kansas City shbuwJJnIverstty - School of Nursing -
Topeka
Barton County Community College
Nursing Education - Great Bend
Bethel College of Kansas Nursing
Department, North Newton
Brown MacIde Coflege - Salina, Kansas City
Butler ty Community College
Department of Nursing Allied Health and Early
Childhood Education El Dorado
Cloud County Community College
Concordia
Colby Community College - Department of Nursing Colby
Dodge City Community College
Department of Nurse Education Dodge City
Emporia State University Newman DMsion of 1 Empona
Fort Hays State University - Department of Nursing
Fort Scott Community College - Department of Nursing & Allied Health - Fort Scott
Garden City Community College
Department of Nursing & Allied Health -
Garden City
Hesston College Department of Nursing
Hesston
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson
Jotmson County Community College - O Park
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Department of Nursing - Kansas City
Kansas steyan University Division of
Nursing Education Sauna
Kaw Area Technical School Health
Occupations Topeka
Labette Community College Bi-Level
Nursing Program - Parsons Manhattan Area Technical College Health
Occupations Topeka
Neosho County Community College - Mary Grimes School of Nursing Chanute Newma - Wichita
North Central Kansas Technical College and Cloud County Community College Hays
Pittsburg State Uni Department of Nursing Plttsburg
Pratt Community College DMsion of
Nursing and Allied Health - Pratt
Seward County Community College
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Nursir - allied Health DMsion - Uberal Southwestern College Professional Studies
- East Wichita - Wichita
Southwestern college Professional Studies
- McConnel ftJr Foite Base - McConnell AFB Southwestern College Professional Studies
-West Wichita-Wichita Southwestern_College Professional Studies
Ù Winfield Ù Winfield
labor College Ù Hilisboro
University of Phoenix - Kansas City - various
locations
University of Phoenix - Wichita - Various
Locations
University of Saint Mary - Leavenworth
Wichita Area Technical College - Wichita
Wichita State University Ù School of Nursing
-Wichita
Continued from page 7.
The Cedars Lynette Sovde and Michelle DÒAmico have
been working with the elderly since high
school. Both are LPNÒs and care coordinators
at The Cedars In McPherson. ÓThey can teach you a lot,Ô Sovde
said. ÓThey can teach you life lessons.Ô
ÑI canÒt imagine working with anyone else,Ô DÒAmico said. Ó1 like the routine of
seeing them every day. Lynette, Michelle, Geraldine Hett in
charge of staff development, and Kelly
Schlehuber, director of nursing, combine for 56 years of-experience In nursing.
The four enjoy their Jobs and said the residents
end Staff are like family.
The Cedars is home to more than 300 residents on a 60-acre campus in
McPherson. They offer a continuum of
Oare from assisted living to comprehensive
health care.
Kett said there misperception that
nurses working in retirement communities
don t get to use their nursing skills
ÓThat Is not true. You still have to use
your assessment skills,Ô Hett said. ÓIt
requires more than people think.Ô
In fact, nurses are often the first person
that the elderly sees and doctors
rely on them to give them up-to-date
information on their health care or state
of being.
All recommend to prospective nurses to consider a career in elderly care.
ÓItÒs an honor to take care of the elderly,Ô
DÒAmico said.
itÒs easy to become family,Ô Sovde said.
The Only drawback is it can be emotionally
draining when you become attached to the residents.
Ó...especlally if you put your heart into
it,Ô DÒAmico said.
The nurses at the Cedars work three
different shifts according to their seniority
Ù 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. or 2 to 10 p.m. or
10 p.m. to 6 a.m. and every other weekend.
Nursing is for you if you get a charge
out of helping people,Ô Schiehuber said.
feels good.
______
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2 student news Regina Peszat, Goodland, received
a $500 Outstanding GraduateTeachingAssistantAward
at the
University of Kansas. A doctoral
student in French, she is the daughterofDelbertRice
and Karen Crow,
both of Goodland.
Peszat earned a master s degree
in French from the university,
graduating in 2005, a bachelor s
degree in French from Wichita State
University and gradiiif Goodland High School. Teaching
assistants were nominated by students,
departments and programs
throughout the university. A selection
committee chose winners
based on their commitment to
teaching, departmental and student
comments and level ofresponsibilI
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1kans miss out on presidential primary frenzy
By CHRIS GREEN [email protected]
TOPEKA (HNS) Mfflions
of Americans could cast ballots
in a presidential primary next
February but Kansans won t be
among them.
State lawmakers ended
their wrap-up session last week without setting aside $1.6 million
for an election, leaving the
decisions up to party caucuses
for the fourth-straight election
cycle.
The move came as at least a
dozen other states have scheduled
early 2008 elections to
their influence.
Some Kansas officials mitially
hoped that a Feb. 5 or Feb.
12 primary date would provide
their small state enough sway
to warrant a vote.
Already, a few individuals
have contacted Secretary of
State Ron Thornburgh s office
upset that there won t be a
presidential primary in Kansas
next yeai spokesman Jesse
Borjon said.
Howevei Borjon said he
didn t know how widespread
the discontent would be.
Kansans haven t voted in such
a primary since 1992 because
of non-competitive races and
budget reasons.
Frankly, rm not sure it s on
a lot of people s radar screens,
Borjon said. I think once it gets
going, Kansans will start wondering
why they re not allowed
a voice in the process.
The sheer number of states
wanting early votes ultimately
made the election s expense difficult
to justify, University of
Kansas political sciensor 1lan Cigler said.
As more states pushed up
their elections, the prospect that
Kansas wou d play a meaningfill
role appeared to diminish.
I think it made it look more
fruitless, Cigler said.
Already, around 12 states
including California and New
York - have scheduled primaries
for Feb. 5, with at least
seven others looking to move
up their contests, according to
the Associated Press.
Last week, Florida lawmakers
voted to move up their primary
to Jan. 29, ahead of all but
four states, risking penalties
from the national Democratic
and Republican parties.
Borjon said the fmal proposed
primary discussed and
ultimately discarded by Kansas
lawmakers Saturday, Feb. 2
- would have ran afoul of rules
limiting early votes in most
states to Feb. 5 and later
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Gu but with no guarantees
By Rick Iontgomery
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (MCT)--Campus
pus officials earlier this year posted the
signs--a revolver stamped with a red
slashthe the University of Kansas
ban on carrying concealed firearms.
George Pisani sees them as invitations
to a tragedy.
Here s the myth, said Pisani, a retired
University o1 Ka biology instructor
andjun-saf teacher. You pass a policy saying you re gun-free, you
put up a sign, shake hands, pick flowers
and say, We re all safer now.
The fact is you ve just made yourself more vulnerable to an armed madman.
The debate isn t new. But until the
massacre at Virginia Tech University, the
effectiveness oI gun-free zones, which
Virginia Tech proudly claimed itself to
be, was largely a back-and-forth between
the usual suspects in
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the argument over t
gun rights.
Now the topic has Y re gun
boiled over into the all sater I
mainstream, the grist
for major newspaper
columns, student blogs and talk shows,
all asking: Are gun-free zones really a
ar tI
5 flaW.
Even a potetitial presidential contender,
former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson of
Tennessee, is challenging universities
and others that ban firearms to rethink
their poliØies. He says trained citizens
who wish to arm themselves should be
allowed to--especially in places lacking
checkpoints and metal detectors, where gun-free can t be guaranteed.
Others argue that porous zones are
partly the result of concealed-carry laws
that list such areas but provide no lIrnds
or standards for making them secure.
Virtuall all of these mass shootings
occur in gun-free zones--or pretend
zones, said David Kopel, research director
of the independence institute, a
_____
Colorado think tank. it s a cruel
hoax to say you re gun-free but
you ve no way of enforcing it.
re Gun-control advocates say atlowing
firearms into areas meant
to be safe havens would only
lead to more bloodshed.
it s cockamamy ... and speculative
to think that arming a teacher is going
to save lives, said Brian Siebel of the
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun VioSee
page 8
UNDA GRANATA--wife of Kevin Granata who was
shot to death at Virginia Tech, is helped by her son Alex after visitmg a memorial to the victims.
(MCT photo)
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lence, which in a new report accuses
the gun lobby of ÓforcingÔ firearm
possession into gun-free schools
and private businesses.
Bucking state concealed-carry
l Virginia TechÒs gun ban carried
penalties of expulsion for students
and dismissals for faculty members
caught with a firearm.
But on April 16, it didnÒt keep
student Seung-Hui Cho from moving
through campus undetected with
two pistols and dozens of rouz of
ammunition. Cho killed 32 people,
all unarmed, before turning a gun on
himself.
ÓCan a gun-free zone stop a maniac
from doing harm? Absolutely
not,Ô said Malt Bennett, co-founder
of the Washington-based Americans for (lun Safety, which considers itself
centrist on gun control.
ÓBut can it stop violence and accidents
from happening because of
stupidity and drunkenness amon colIe students? It probably can,Ò
he said, just as it may keep shoppers
in a mall, customers lining a bar or
co-workers in an office from reaching
for their guns in the heat of an
argument.
ÓThatÒs what these policies are
really intended to stop. TheyÒre not
intended to stop the Chos of the
world.Ô
Yet the Chos of the world have
rñframed the debate in some statehouses.
In a surprise move two days after
the mass shooting, a Tennessee House panel voted to repeal a law
that forbid the carrying of han4guns
on government-owned property, includin
parks and playgrounds.
ÓWe ye been piecemealing this thing year after year,Ô said state
Rep. Rob Briley, a Nashville Democrat
who is chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee. ÓWhy donÒt
we just let you take your gun anywhere
you want to?Ô
Not known for championing gun
rights, Briley said he was dubious of
the gun lobbyÒs claims that an armed citizenry can help thwart crime.
ÓBut I think itÒs time to get all
these gun-free zones out on thÒ table
and have an open and honest discussion
on which ones make sense,Ô he said. ÓAs it is, people donÒt know
where you can carry Æhd where you
canÒt.Ô
Briley stressed that the Virginia Tech tragedy did not prompt his
amendment.
A federal law in 1994 turned
kindergarten through 12th-grade
schools Ñinto gun-free zones--five
years before the Columbine High
School shootings--and even the National
Rifle Association backed the
concept.
ÓFor the NRA, itÒs a bargaining
chipÔ for getting concealed-carry
bills approved, said Kansas Sen.
John Vratil, a Republicanwho leads
the state Senate Judiciary Committee.
ÓThey (the NRA) fear if they
donÒt have gun-free zones included,
there wonÒt be the votes to get a law
passed.Ô
Andrew Arulanandam, pubic affairs
director of the NRAÒs Institute I
for Legislative Action, said: ÓItÒs
fair to say there is a problem in
this country, and we believe whatÒs
needed is a national dialogue involving
teachers, law enforcement,
parents, security consultants, to discuss
whatÒs it gOing to take to make
these places safe. It canÒt be a onesize-fits-all
approach.Ô
Beyond the difficulties of keepin
guns out of gun-free zones, some argue the zones might attract shooters
bent on inflicting mass carnage
without facing armed resistance.
It has happened before:
In February, an armed man
walked past a sign saying, ÓNo
weapons allowedÔ and opened fire
on shoppers in a Salt Lake City
mall.
He murdered five people before
Kenneth Hammond, an off-duty
police officer who also had violated
the mallÒs firearm ban, pulled his
gun.
Hammond exchanged fire with
the killer, pinning him down long
enough for other officers to arrive
and shoot him dead.
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