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CELEBRATION
DAY!!!
Saturday,
October 14, 2000
A proclamation signed by Governor Bill Graves was read by Ned
Webb, Director of Community Development, Kansas Department of
Commerce & Housing, before an outdoor gathering of approximately 80 persons on
Saturday afternoon, declaring October 14, 2000 as "Kansas
Kan-Step Day" in honor of the City of Formoso and its completion
of the first Kan-Step project in Kansas. The framed document was
then given to Vickie Stafford, Mayor of Formoso, to a standing
ovation, honoring both the volunteers who participated in the project
and the state for believing in the community.
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Pictured
above, left to right, are James Haskins, Steve Spiegel, Vickie
Stafford, Rev. Bob Elwell
(seated behind Vickie), Ned Webb, Vera Dempsey, Marilyn Graham and Jane
Schautz.
While James Haskins
organized the volunteers who dug the trenches and laid the lines, Vera
Dempsey organized the cooks who prepared the dinners everyone declared
"delicious".
Marilyn Graham, as many
already know, administers the Community Development Block Grant
Program for the Kansas Department of Commerce & Housing and is the
state official primarily responsible for the Kan-Step
program. Jane Schautz is from The Renselaerville
Institute (TRI) outside Albany, New York, it being the organization
that developed and introduced the "Step" program throughout
the U.S.
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THE FORMOSO
"KAN-STEP" VOLUNTEERS
The following people are the
volunteers who collectively gave more than 8,900 hours of their time this past
summer to make this day possible. They are to be commended for
their devotion to Formoso and for the effort they made in making that
community a better place to live.
- Jovena Anderson
- George & Nadine
Balch
- Donna Bartley
- Ruth Berneking
- Lila Clark
- Taylor and Edna Ruth
Clark
- Dean and Velma Cline
- Estelene Davis
- Lynn Dempsey
- Vera Dempsey
- Rosemary Doxon
- Bob and Janet Elwell
- LeeRay and Dee Falk
- Howard and Louise
Field
- Don and Ruth Fleming
- Mark Fleming
- Ben and Shirley Free
- Brian and Joy
Gordanier
- Ron and Friedel
Gordanier
- Bob and Ada Grimm
- Gloria Guzik
- Shelly Guzik
- James and Shelly
Haskins
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- June Haskins
- Nancy Higbee
- Jim and Nancy Howell
- Matt Howell
- Becky Huber
- Barbara Hudson
- Phyllis Hurd
- John Johnson
- Phyllis Jones
- Bradley Keeler
- Ann Keeler
- Jeff and Brenda
Koster
- Bob McFarlene
- Margaret Morrell
- Sharon Morrell
- Valentina Moser
- Clare Osborne
- Vickie Osborne
- Joyce Patrick
- Eddie Peters
- Felicia Peters
- Joe Peters
- LaVerna Peters
- Mike Peters
- Steve R. and Delene
Place
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- Steven E. Place
- Vera Reed
- Clint and Betty
Reynolds
- Howard Ross
- Bob and Becky Roush
- Luke Roush
- Samantha Roush
- Dorothy Sjolander
- Robert Sloan
- Nancy and Richard
Spiegel
- Steve Spiegel
- Larry and Vickie
Stafford
- Carl and Maxine
Studer
- Anita Switzer
- Marge Tremblay
- Dennis and Dinina
Uglow
- Billy Waddell
- Opal Watson
- Roger Zimmer
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Together, these citizens of Formoso laid
16,400 LF of 6-inch pipe, installed 48 gate valves, 26 water hydrants and 99
water meters, prepared approximately 130 noon meals, read meters, loaded and
hauled trees which had to be removed for the project, did city mowing, cleaned
up and hauled tree limbs following windstorms, hauled sand, donated equipment,
went for supplies, delivered information flyers, and filled in for the city
maintenance man (James Haskins) at his business.
And then there were those from outside the community who filled in the
gaps. These people came from neighboring farms, towns and support
organizations, making their time, talents and equipment available to Formoso
when called.
- Dennis Appleby
- Kyle Barrett
- Kenny Chandler
- Greg Duryea
- Bill Eilert
- Joel Elkins
- LeeRay Falk
- Rex Fischer
- Jim Foster
- Bob Freeman
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- Nathan Garst
- Lloyd Hanson
- Jim Hatfield
- Lonnie Myers
- Mark Novak
- Terry Ortmann
- Ella Page
- Mykel Peters
- Paul Osborne
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- Steve Richter
- Elmer Ronnebaum
- Rich Roush
- Robert Wakefield
- Dennis and Candy Wallin
- Elaine Watson
- Roger Ziegler
- Roger Zimmer
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State Senator Janis Lee was
present and offered her thoughts on the project, as well as her congratulations
to all those involved.
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James Haskins (left) opens
the "ceremonial" hydrant at the corner of Main and Patterson
demonstrating to all that the system truly works.
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Nancy
Spiegel (left), who emceed the day's events, is shown here
speaking to the crowd as the celebration officially started.
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The pictures that follow are "thumbnail" prints, meaning if you
click on them, you will find a much larger picture underneath. They show
additional highlights of the day.
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