Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 6th of October.
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🏘️ Community
The Topeka Zoo raised over $47,000 during its Love Your Zoo Giving Day from community donations and a $15,000 match.
The funds will support animal care, conservation, and family programs at the zoo.
Smoke on the Water Barbecue Showcase will run from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday, Oct.
9 at Lake Shawnee campground — the public event lets visitors sample food and music while using BBQ Bucks to purchase items and benefits the Shawnee County Parks and Recreation Foundation.
💼 Business
Kalos Inc. (located at 3518 SE 21st St.) is a Topeka printer holding two DHS contracts for pharmacy, nursing and administrative services for its electronic health records system.
One contract, worth up to $7.5 million, is active and may extend until November 2029 while the other ended in November 2023.
🎭 Culture
Jimmy Hayes has worked in music for 60 years and now repairs instruments at his Hayes House of Music in Topeka (2007 S.W.
6th Ave.), where he creates custom parts to revive instruments for local musicians.
🎓 Education
Washburn University hosted its annual Women in Science Day, where over 300 seventh-grade girls explored hands-on labs by making plastic from milk, simulating hail and tornadoes, and isolating strawberry DNA.
The event, held earlier this week in Topeka, sparked interest in science careers as female scientists led the activities.
Kansas Apply Free Days lets residents submit free applications to state colleges from Oct.
5 to Oct. 9, easing college choices for first-time, transfer, and returning students; Topeka High School principal Dustin Dick said the waiver has boosted local application interest (details are available online).
🏛️ Government
A new 46,000 sqft VA clinic is under construction in Junction City to support veterans with radiology and other specialty services planned.
The facility will serve veterans from across the region and is expected to be completed by winter 2028.
🏥 Health
Nonprofits Undue Medical Debt and Somos Votantes Education Fund will erase nearly $34 million in medical debt for 21,490 low-income Kansans meeting eligibility criteria.
Eligible recipients will receive letters starting the week of Oct. 19+ no further action is required.
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