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North High grad brings home silver medal

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Published Sept. 11, 2009 at 6:47 a.m.

When he was 16, Jack Frederick said he remembers telling his teacher, Robert Allen of North High School in Wichita, how neat it would be to compete in a contest called SkillsUSA, where he could test his automotive repair skills against some of the world's finest ... Six years later, Frederick has done exactly that ... Frederick, along with 16 other members of the U.S. team, arrived home this week after not only competing in an international competition, but with a silver medal to remember it by

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Wink Hartman Sr. makes changes at Hartman Arena

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Published July 6, 2009 at 12:23 p.m.

WICHITA — There are several changes at Hartman Arena, including the departure of one half of a well-known duo ... Jacque Wedel is no longer marketing and advertising manager ... Wedel and general manager John Nath both left the Kansas Coliseum to join Hartman Arena early last year prior to its opening in March of this year ... A few weeks before Wedel's departure last week, Eric Blockie joined Hartman Arena as director of financial and marketing development ... Blockie is from the St. Louis

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Wild West World investors not surprised by Etheredge's arrest

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Published May 3, 2009 at 4:48 a.m.

Thomas Etheredge and Terry Fox were inseparable in the year leading up to Wild West World's debut in May 2007 ... Fox, the pastor of Summit Church, was at Etheredge's side as the theme park founder roamed the city, promoting the park with his trademark admonition, "Look me in the eyes and hear me well ... " ... Fox even had an office in the park headquarters while Summit used the Johnny Western Theatre as a temporary church while plans to build a new sanctuary near the park took shape. Etheredge

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Scam mimics Visa security program

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Published April 10, 2009 at 1:43 a.m.

Scam artists are spoofing an online credit-fraud prevention system in an effort to commit online credit fraud, the state attorney general warned Thursday ... Attorney General Steven Six urged Kansans to watch out for an e-mail scam being perpetrated by crooks falsely claiming to represent the "Verified by Visa" program ... Verified by Visa is a program offered by Visa International Inc., the world's largest credit card company. It allows card users to establish a password to increase security

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Scam spoofs Visa to rip off consumers

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Published April 9, 2009 at 12:39 p.m.

Scam artists are spoofing an online credit-fraud-prevention system in an effort to commit online credit fraud, the state attorney general warned today ... Attorney General Steven Six urged Kansans to watch out for an e-mail scam being perpetrated by crooks falsely claiming to represent the "Verified by Visa" program ... Verified by Visa is an actual program offered by Visa International Inc., the world's largest credit card company. It allows card users to establish a password to increase

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