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Free dental clinic provides services to more than 2,600 children, adults
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The sounds of drills and the occasional scream from a nervous child replaced the roar of engines at the Kansas Speedway this weekend as hundreds of volunteers turned the track into a free dental clinic.
Between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon, the volunteers treated 2,643 children and adults — some from as far away as Wichita — in assembly line-fashion in unairconditioned garages on a blazing hot weekend.
Volunteers at the Mission of Mercy clinic numbered about 900. They included dentists, oral surgeons, assistants and non-dental helpers. Like their patients, some of the volunteers drove long distances to help, said dental hygienist Janette Delinger, one of the organizers.
Patients showed up each day while it was still dark outside to get in line to have their teeth cleaned and cavities filled. The free services, which also included oral surgery and extraction, were valued at about $715,000, Delinger said.
were valued at about $20,000.
"I had trouble getting them to take breaks."
Delinger said of some of the dental hygienists she supervised. "I had to insist they stop to get water and food between patients."
September ceremony retocuses on unsolved murders of 2 women
GREAT BEND — The families of two women killed a year ago at a bakery are planning a ceremony to refocus attention on the homicides and the search for a suspect.
A brief ceremony at the Barton County Courthouse on Sept. 4 will note the one-year anniversary of the murders of Mary A. Drake, 79, and Mandi K. Alexander, 24, at the Dolly Madison Bakery.
A truck driver found the women dead in a back office of the store, where Alexander was a clerk and Drake was a customer.
No suspects have been arrested, and authorities have not said how the women died. Officials also aren't sure of a motive for the murders, although some money from the store was missing that night.
A composite photo of a suspect will be part of a billboard the victims' families are establishing on the outskirts of Great Bend.
"Right now, we're looking for action," said Michelle Drake, the daughter of Mary A. Drake. "We know folks have read about what happened, and we're sure they feel bad about it. The prayers we've received have been wonderful.
"But now, this is a new level. We need to back up all that with action."
Drake and members of Alexander's family will have a table at the courthouse Sept. 4, with information about the crime.
Visitor will be asked to write messages on balloons, with a launch scheduled for 6 p.m. - the time authorities believe the crime was committed.
the authorities believe the crime was committed. Drake said the families hope the brief ceremony will keep the double homicide in the minds of Great Bend residents and possibly prompt someone to come forward with a key piece of information that leads to the killer.
Boy who showed signs of West Nile begins lengthy rehabilitative struggle
WICHITA —An 11-year-old Great Bend boy is facing a long battle to recover his ability to talk, eat and play sports after contracting what medical professionals suspect was the West Nile virus.
Since he was rushed to Wichita's Wesley Medical Center in late July, Jordon Schenkel has improved sufficiently to leave the pediatric intensive care unit but still has trouble talking, swallowing and moving his arms. His parents, Steve and Terri Schenkel, are considering rehabilitation options.
"I was hoping he'd be home by now," Steve Schenkel said Friday. "But I guess that's not going to happen for a while."
Karen Guillory, a pediatric critical care specialist at Wesley, said an initial test of Jordon's spinal fluid indicated the presence of West Nile virus. But she said she is still waiting for official confirmation of that from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
vention.
Until then, his case isn't classified as one of the state's 10 human cases of West Nile so far his year. According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, a Butler County man who died last week is the state's only West Nile fatality.
There are conflicting opinions about whether a case involving a Great Bend man who died in February was the state's first West Nile fatality.
Gov. Sebelius finds too many cars in review of government spending
WICHITA - The head of the Kansas Department of Administration said the state's fleet of 8,661 vehicles is too large.
And Howard Fricke plans to spend the next month figuring out how many unneeded vehicles the state owns. The state employs roughly 36,500 workers, full and part time, which means it owns one vehicle for every 4.2 employees.
one vehicle for every 4.2 employees "It seems like a lot to me." Fricke, who became administration secretary in January, said in an interview with The Wichita Eagle.
The issue of the fleet first received attention earlier this month when the Lawrence Journal-World reported that 135 new, state-owned vehicles all 2002 and 2003 models with a total value of more than $2 million were sitting unused in a lot near the state Capitol in Topeka.
Some of those cars have since been assigned to stage agencies, but most remained on the lot late last week. They will eventually replace others that are rotated out of the state fleet because of high mileage.
raised out of the safe fleet because of high Several lawmakers were irate because they had deleted funds for new cars in the budget, except for the Kansas Highway Patrol, but did not specifically prohibit vehicle purchases.
"There's no reason why the agencies went ahead and bought those cars. They shouldn't have," said state Sen. Paul Feleciano, D-Wichita.
Most of the vehicles were bought in the weeks after the state's 2002-03 budget was passed but before it took effect July 1, 2002.
Fricke said he plans no disciplinary action against any state employees. Instead, he said he is seeking a "culture change" in state government.
The vehicle review is part of the "top-to-bottom review" Sebelius promised during her campaign last year. Officials are trying to determine what the state owns,what it's worth and where it's located.
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