Chase County; Burlington
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Chase County
The Chase County Leader-News reported that Tim Hickok will discuss prairie flora and fauna and his passion for the pursuit of prairie chickens with trained raptors in a Prairie Talk at Pioneer Bluffs at 2 p.m. Sept. 19. Hickok and his hunting partner, Zero, a peregrine falcon, appeared with David Letterman and Jack Hanna on the “Late Show with David Letterman” in May 2008.
Prairie Talk is a series of free community discussions sponsored by Pioneer Bluffs Foundation. For information, contact executive director Lynn Smith at (620) 753-3494 or lynn@pioneerbluffs.org.
Chase County
An open house is scheduled for Friday at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve for the public to ask questions or comment on the bison reintroduction environmental analysis and management plan. The open house will be from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at the preserve’s ranch headquarters (in the stone barn) located off Highway 177 two miles north of Strong City.
Copies of the document may be obtained by visiting the preserve’s Web site at www.nps.gog//tapr, by calling the preserve’s office at (620) 273-6034 or by stopping by the preserve’s administrative office located at 266 Broadway in Cottonwood Falls. Written comments regarding the document may be mailed to P.O. Box 585, 226 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 or e-mailed to tapr_superintendent@nps.gov.
Burlington
The Coffey County Republican reported that outpatient services accounted for half of the July revenue for Coffey Health System, which posted nearly a $26,000 net profit in July. The CHS Board of Trustees learned during it’s Aug. 17 meeting that CHS has an $85,000 net revenue for the year, nearly $530,000 ahead of last year.
Neurology and ENT services added substantially to the outpatient clinic visits in July and outpatient surgeries increased 16 percent from the prior month.