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Holly Lofton, of Lindsborg, to the Kansas State Fair Board.
Kelley initially appointed Lofton in January of last year to complete the unexpired term of Karen Hibbard of Manhattan, who resigned to take a post with the Council on Travel and Tourism. She ll now have a full 3-year term.
Lofton is the director of tourism for the Lindsborg Convention and Visitors Bureau. She also is a former member of the Travel Industry Association of Kansas.
The board s purpose is to promote and showcase Kansas agriculture, industry, and culture, to create opportunities for commercial activity, and to provide an educational and entertaining experience.
Alice Mannette
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The Kansas Sampler Foundation has added Stacy Barnes, city administrator of Greensburg, to the KSF board.
Barnes helped organize the Kansas Sampler Foundation s inaugural Big Kansas Road Trip in 2018. This road trip highlighted the communities in Barber, Comanche and Kiowa counties.
Barnes grew up in Greensburg and moved back to the city shortly after the May 2007 tornado. She served as assistant to the city administrator, Big Well Museum and Tourism director. For the past two years, Barnes has worked at her current position. Barnes also served as president of the Travel Industry Association of Kansas and is active with the 5.4.7 Arts Center.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday proposed moving the state s tourism division into the Department of Commerce, in an effort to boost an economy that has
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Birmingham: The Birmingham VA Health Care System is expanding its ability to vaccinate veterans against COVID-19, provided it can get enough doses. A partnership with the United Way of Central Alabama will allow the agency to provide as many as 1,000 shots a day beginning this week to veterans who are at least 65 years old, the VA said. That’s up from the current daily total of 300 people. The change comes because the VA’s vaccine clinic is moving into a United Way building in downtown Birmingham. Chief executive Stacy Vasquez said the system will schedule as many veterans as it can for shots, but obtaining additional vaccine is key. “Right now, I have enough vaccine to take care of 5,000 people next week. But then after that, unless I get another shipment, I don’t know,” Vasquez told WBRC-TV last week. The VA’s vacc