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KANSAS PROFILES

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The Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development is pleased to present this collection of the "Kansas Profile" radio programs which have been taped since 1992.

Kansas Profile is a weekly radio feature produced by the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development. The Institute's mission is to help rural people help themselves. Kansas Profile was conceived to help achieve that mission.

Each week the program describes the ideas and achievements of a local leader or entrepreneur in a rural community. By providing positive recognition to such leaders and sharing their ideas, we hope to encourage these and other Kansans to build on their examples. In doing so, rural Kansas can be made an even better place to live and work.

On May 22, 1992, "Kansas Profile" went on the air for the first time. Kansas Profile is broadcast weekly on several stations: KMAN in Manhattan, KCLY/KFRM in Clay Center, KBUF in Garden City, KDCC/KONQ in Dodge City, KGGF in Coffeyville, KJRG/KOEZ in Newton, KKAN/KQMA in Phillipsburg, KNDY in Marysville, KNZA/KMZA in Hiawatha, and KUDL in Kansas City. On KMAN, the program airs at 6:55 a.m. each Saturday but you would need to check with the other stations for their local broadcast times.

The links on the left side of this page will bring up the complete text of every person profiled during the year indicated. The profiles describe the situation as of the time when the profile was written. In many cases there have been subsequent changes which would not be reflected in the profile.

The Huck Boyd Institute would like to thank the KKSU staff for their help and cooperation in making this program possible. Special thanks to Southwestern Bell for the Community Enrichment grant which funded the computer equipment making it possible to access these profiles on-line.

We know there are many more excellent and interesting examples across the state of Kansas. We encourage the public to provide us with suggestions of Kansas people, businesses or communities which would make an interesting profile.

There is one phrase which the reader will find in some form in every one of these profiles. The phrase is: "Making a difference."

We salute all those rural Kansans who are making a difference. There are thousands of these people across the state: volunteers, entrepreneurs, unheralded, unsung, who care enough to make the world around them a better place. Each day, in countless ways, big and small, they are making a difference at the grass-roots level.

Schedule for 2013 Profiles:

• January 7 - Kansas Leadership Center
• January 14 - David Lambert, Furniture Repair Shop, Manhattan
• January 21 - Rod Huse, Jake's Wire Tighteners, Vassar
• January 28 - Dolph Simons Jr, Lawrence Journal-World, part 1
• February 4 - Dolph Simons Jr, Lawrence Journal-World, part 2
• February 11 - Perry and Sherry Wiley, Panhandle Railroad Museum, Wellington
• February 18 - Darin Grimm, AgChat, Hiawatha
• February 25 - K-State Leadership Seminar, Manhattan
• March 4 - Bob Bunting, Bunting Magnetics, Newton
• March 11 - Mike Braxmeyer, Williams Brothers Supermarket, Atwood
• March 18 - Kathy Fox, Project Rescue of Amazon Youth, Topeka/Wamego
• March 25 - Joan Nothern, PRIDE and Community Foundation, Glasco
• April 1 - Nick Gerety, Gerety Tractor and Equipment, Nortonville
• April 8 - Derek Klingenberg, Klingenberg Farm Studios, Peabody/Elbing
• April 15 - Greg Peterson, Peterson Farm Brothers, Assaria
• April 22 - Phyllis Hager, Stafford Mercantile, Stafford
• April 29 - Mary Jo Taylor, Stafford Entrepreneur and Economic Development Center, Stafford
• May 6 - Clare Moore, Henderson Inn and Retreat Center, Stafford
• May 13 - Butler County
• May 20 - Jason Wiebe, Jason Wiebe Dairy, Durham
• May 27 - Matt Wilson, Invena Corporation, Eureka