Rafael Garcia Topeka Capital-Journal USA TODAY NETWORK It was when he was still Highland Park High School's principal - so well over a decade ago - but Dale Cushinberry still keenly remembers the day he met an alumna who would eventually change the course of the school's history. Cushinberry was hosting alumni fora tour of the school, showing off what was then the state's only freshman academy based on the transformational Johns Hopkins model. The alumni were impressed, but none... |
BMX has been in Sidney Akin's blood since she was a child. Her father, Mike Allen, used to race at the Heartland BMX track since before it was sanctioned in 1983, and now Akin competes in races herself, even earning two Gold Cup plates last weekend in the South-Central Gold Cup Final in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But racing is only part of Akin's BMX story. This past month, the racer - and Rossville Elementary teacher - assumed a new role as track operator, overseeing a reemergence of the... |
Teams will move a plane or helicopter for Be Filled and museum Teams of 10 people each will pull a 10-ton plane or a similarly weighted helicopter during a fundraiser being held Saturday by two nonprofit groups, Be Filled of South Topeka and the Combat Air Museum. The 'Plane Pull' competition event will be from 9 a.m. until the early afternoon at the Combat Air Museum, on the grounds of Topeka Regional Airport at 7016 S.E. Forbes Ave., the organizers said in a news release. In what resembles... |
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