• Dr. Rosalind Scudder, for being Wichita State University’s commencement speaker.
• Brock Lytton, for making the honor roll at Oklahoma Christian University. • Joan Brubacher, for receiving the Irene Hart Award from the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging. • Kim Manring, for joining Fuqua Ruth Typer Insurance as branch manager and licensed insurance agent. • Gordon “Grey” Beaushaw, Stacy Richert, Crystal Kurtz and Suzy Robb, for joining the staff at Jason High Agency. • Jan Sommer, for her work with the Harvey County Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Task Force. • Sandra Shelton Fruit, for being named the new executive director of the Greater Newton Community Foundation. • Ron Wilkerson, for serving two tours in Iraq. • The Rev. Eric Anderson, for beginning work as the rector of St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church. • Jim Benbrook, for fixing up bicycles and giving them to kids who need them. • Brody Flavin, for being runner-up for Telecommunicator of the Year for his work as a 911 dispatcher. • Moses Krehbiel, for receiving an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. • Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tammy Kirksey, for arriving for duty at Canonsburg, Pa. • Army National Guard Pfc. Robbie Knapp, for graduating from basic combat training. • Trevor McDonald, for taking part in the 2008 Kansas Youth Leadership Forum for Students with Disabilities. • Tara Mitchem, for making the president’s list at West Texas A&M University. • Jacquie Oswald, for being installed as the state president of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. • Silver Screen Cowboy Museum, for celebrating its grand opening. • Danielle Lawrence and William McCullough, for completing the Global Awareness Program at The University of Kansas. • Book ReViews, for donating $2,000 each to Peace Connections and Community Playschool Inc. • Alexa Jarrell, for donating her hair to Locks of Love. • Matthew Allen, Margaret Parker and Christopher Yutzy, for graduating from Eastern Mennonite University. • Anthony “Tony” Brown, for working with with a school in Uganda that is named after him.
