THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2003
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K.C. school first to have a clinic
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Third-grader Alex Davis has never been to a dentist, but he says he's not afraid of his first visit.
"I feel safe about going to the dental clinic," he said. "It is here at our school."
Alex's school, McCoy Elementary School, on Tuesday became the first school in Missouri to offeran in-house dental and medical clinic.
The Panda Place Wellness Center — named after the school's mascot — was dedicated Tuesday in honor of the late Gov. Mel Carmanan and physician Samuel U. Rodgers for their efforts to improve the health and welfare of children.
The dental clinic has three chairs and will be staffed full time by Dr. Pat Mason-Dozier or her staff, a full-time hygienist and two dental assistants. The school has had a medical clinic for more than seven years.
They currently are taking oral dental health histories from each of McCoy's 310 kindergarten through fifth-graders. Every student will then be treated, with priority given to those with the most serious problems.
Students will be treated without regard to the parents' or guardians' ability to pay, said principal Jo Nemeth. About 95 percent of the parents with students in the school have signed up to use the clinic, she said.
Plans are to expand the clinic's services to family members in its second year and to adults in the community in the third year, she said. Eventually, the dental clinic could serve up to 1,000 people.
The school is on the city's east side, where there are few dental clinics and many people have trouble getting to the ones that do exist,Nemeth said.
"So many of our kids have never been to formal dentists," Nemeth said. "We just waited for the right partnership. We wanted to do it right and make sure kids would not be turned away. It had to be for everyone."
To lessen children's normal fears of a trip to the doctor or the dentist, the waiting room features chairs designed to appear as aliens, complete with silver antennae. Children will be able to have appointments during the school day, and parents can come to school to accompany them. Toothpaste and toothbrushes have been donated.
John Nowak/Kansar
Lenten season begins
Laura Wille, Lenexa sophomore, received ashes on her forehead during the 7:30 a.m. Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Liturgy yesterday in Danforth Chapel. The 40-day season of Lent began yesterday.
Wichita increases subsidy for airline
The Associated Press
WICHITA — The Wichita City Council agreed Tuesday to increase its subsidy for Denver-based Frontier Airlines Inc. by $400,000.
The airline will take over from Mesa Airlines three flights a day to Denver. Mesa Airlines, told city officials it no longer wanted to manage the service. It is projected to have used nearly $400,000 of its
$500,000 subsidy before ending its contract tomorrow.
The city will use $900,000 from its $20.3 million cash reserves to guarantee revenues for Frontier under the new contract. The city also subsidizes AirTran Airlines, which exhausted $3 million in subsidies last year. AirTran is eligible for another $1.5 million this year from a fund originally intended for landfill cleanup.
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