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Oklahoma family physician and educator will deploy multidisciplinary expertise in support of practice transformation to new Patient-Centered Medical Home model LEAWOOD, Kan. (PRWEB) March 06, 2013 Dr. Russell Kohl, MD, FAAFP, will lead the Centers of Excellence at TransforMED, a nonprofit, wholly owned subsidiary of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) that facilitates implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care delivery. As Medical Director,...
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The boards of CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), an energy grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, and Mid-Kansas Cooperative (MKC), a full-service farm cooperative founded in 1965, have approved an agreement to form a limited liability company (LLC) to build and operate a high-speed shuttle loading facility in Canton, Kan. Construction on property currently owned by MKC is expected to begin spring 2013 and...
MANHATTAN, Kan., March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- There's a new program for auto buyers in Kansas from the team at Briggs Auto Group, Briggs Mobile Rewards and Mobile Madness in March. The Mobile Rewards program is the next step in taking auto buying in Kansas into the future, capitalizing on the growing use of mobile devices in the auto buying process. The program is simple, those interested need to text "BRIGGS" to 66245 to join, and then wait for text rewards. That's it,...
LAWRENCE, Kan., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The most awarded SUV ever, the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, is now available in Lawrence Kansas at Briggs Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram. For buyers in Kansas the Grand Cherokee offers performance and fuel efficiency while driving on-road, and powerful, confident and reliable off road capabilities when adventuring off road. When it comes to being the most awarded SUV ever the 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has certainly earned the right to brag,...
TOPEKA, Kan., March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Briggs Kia in Topeka just announced the first 25 people to buy a car from Briggs Kia in Topeka from now until March 10, 2013 will receive the choice of a tablet, navigation or Bluetooth system free. This promotion is just one more way Briggs Kia gives back to the "wonderful people in Topeka and the surrounding area" for the support over the years. A free tablet, navigation or Bluetooth system for the first 25 buyers in Topeka...
NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The City Council of North Kansas City today called on Michael Montgomery, MD, Chair of the North Kansas City Hospital Board of Trustees, Peggy Schmidt, president and CEO of North Kansas City Hospital, and the other members of the Hospital's Board of Trustees to bring to an immediate end their repeated obstruction (through legal and other means) of the City's attempts to protect the future of the North Kansas City Hospital. It is...
With More Than Two Feet of Snow Dropped on the Kansas City-Area Over the Past Week, The University of Kansas Hospital Ensures Continuous Patient Care KANSAS CITY, Kan., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As major snowstorms have recently battered the mid-section of the country, keeping most people home from work and school, hospitals have needed to remain open to care for existing patients and, of course, new patients that need medical care. The University of Kansas Hospital and...
COFFEYVILLE, Kan., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, a subsidiary of CVR Partners, LP (NYSE: UAN), announced today that it has reached a partial settlement with Montgomery County, Kan., regarding property taxes paid under protest since 2008 for its fertilizer plant in Coffeyville, Kan. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080226/CVRLOGO) Under the agreement, the fertilizer plant will be appraised at a total value of $35 million for...
LEAWOOD, Kan., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Continental Who's Who/ Dr. Rebecca Hierholzer MD, M.B.A., F.A.C.E.P. is recognized by Continental Who's Who as 2013 Woman of the Year as a result of her role as the President and Chief Executive Officer of COVERSA (Collection Of Victim Evidence Regarding Sexual Assault), as well as the Medical Director. Currently, COVERSA is starting the New Year off with their Annual Ball! This year's Vegas event will be filled with music, dancing, food...
Reduces 2013 Earnings Guidance and Revises Three-year Financial Forecasts TULSA, Okla., Feb. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) today announced 2012 net income attributable to ONEOK was $360.6 million, or $1.71 per diluted share, compared with $360.6 million, or $1.68 per diluted share on a split-adjusted basis, in 2011. Fourth-quarter 2012 net income attributable to ONEOK was $111.5 million, or 53 cents per diluted share, compared with $115.0 million, or 55 cents...
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The Flint Hills, known historically as Bluestern Pastures or Blue Stem Hills, are a group of hills located in eastern Kansas reaching into north central Oklahoma, extending from Marshall County and Washington County in Kansas in the north to Cowley County, Kansas and Osage and Kay counties in Oklahoma towards the south. The people of Oklahoma usually refer to the same geologic formation as the Osage Hills or “The Osage”. The Flint Hills are designated as a unique ecoregion due to it...
Steven Hawley is a former NASA astronaut. He was born Steven Alan Hawley on December 12, 1951 in Ottawa, Kansas. He graduated from Salina High School Central in Salina, Kansas in 1969 and continued on to The University of Kansas, where he received two Bachelor of Arts degrees in physics and astronomy. After graduating with the highest distinction of his class and spending summers as a research assistant at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia, Hawley received...
Looking at our weather map above we can see a cold front moving through the states of Oklahoma and Kansas. The major thing about a cold front is the weather it can bring with it. The eastern side of the cold front provides two chances to receive precipitation. The first one is known as a squall line which usually forms some 50-150 miles ahead of the cold front. The squall line can be responsible for bringing severe weather in the form of super-cell thunderstorms. The second part...
Symbol: SAAM4 Group: Monocot Family: Alismataceae Duration: Perennial Growth Habit: Forb/herb Native Status: L48 N Distribution: County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:KS, MO, OK Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class...
Symbol: PEKA8 Group: Lichen Family: Lichinaceae Growth Habit: Lichenous Native Status: NA N Synonyms: OMKA Omphalaria kansana Tuck. Classification: Kingdom Fungi – Fungi Division Ascomycota – Sac fungi Class Ascomycetes Order Lichinales Family Lichinaceae Genus Peccania A. Massal. – peccania lichen Species Peccania kansana (Tuck.) Forss. – Kansas...
