Our Hometown Hero Week 4 is: Tom Tavtigian! Tom was nominated by his daughter, Courtney. Tom is a veteran of over 20 years and has chosen to spend his retirement giving back to the veterans in our community as well as veterans throughout the Midwest. Tom started Wounded Warriors United back in 2014, a 501 [...]
Kansas Pride is a program dedicated to serving communities across the state to encourage and assist local government and volunteers in making their community a better place to live and work. Local communities identify what they would like to preserve, create, or improve for their future. Saturday, Leonardville Pride hosted their 2022 Hullabaloo, and to [...]
Congratulations to our Week 5 Hometown Hero from Robert's Heating and Cooling: Daniel Watkins! Dan served as a Medic in Desert Storm. After his service he was an EMT and now works as a massage therapist. He has served as post commander of the Manhattan VFW and is active in the Flint Hills Veterans Coalition [...]
Congratulations to our Week 4 Hometown Hero from Robert’s Heating & Cooling: Jim Brinkman! Jim is a retired veteran and currently a school bus driver for the Rock Creek school district. He was nominated by members of the teaching staff. Veterans bring a level of respect to other humans, while I've only worked with Jim [...]
Congratulation and thank you for your service to our first Hometown Hero from Robert's Heating and Cooling: SSG Andrew Hoffart! Below is the nominating letter for SSG Hoffart: I’m nominating SSG Andrew Hoffart. He has been in the army for almost 16 years. I have seen him grow so much as soldier and a leader [...]