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

health care settings. BSN graduates ham the

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 cgreen@dailynezvs.net

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

_______________

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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