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Rural tourism class graduatesKansas The fifth round of rural communities have graduated from the "Rural Kansas: Come and Get It" classes conducted by the Kansas Sampler Foundation. The instruction is designed to help promote rural communities in a collective and dynamic manner. Graduates include: Bill and Carolyn Williams, Alton; Murray McGee, Beloit; Darci Shields, Bird City; Johnita Crawford and Lee Ann Brady, Clyde; Glennys Doane (one day attendee Gerry Yost), Downs; Mary Williamson-Lavy and Heide Rogers, Glasco; Sharla Krenzel, Leoti; Shirley Henrickson, Logan; Connie Dougherty, Lucas; Chris Petty (one day attendees included Faye Minium, Caroline Lewis), Morland; Carolyn Hackney, Oberlin; Ashley Kuhn, Palco; Bridgit Smith and Michelle Jacobs, Phillipsburg; Roger Hrabe, Plainville; Nancy Becker, Stockton Representatives attended the two-day rural tourism course held at the economic development office in Norton and the Entrepreneurial Center in Phillipsburg. The two-day requirement included a three-hour exploration to surrounding towns followed by a debriefing at Destination Kitchen in Norton. Graduation makes a community eligible for a free community page on the "Rural Kansas: Come and Get It" website. The website is not yet available to the public. Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Kansas Department of Commerce Travel and Tourism Division, the classes are free and are designed specifically for volunteer-led communities, though any size community may participate. The two-day classes feature learning the Explorer mindset, researching community Explorer assets, social networking, photography, and website maintenance. Two more two-day classes will be held around the state. The dates are Oct. 6 and 7 in Ulysses and Oct. 14 and 15 in Fredonia/Greenbush. Those interested should go to the Kansas Sampler Foundation website at www.kansassampler.org. Registration is necessary. Director Marci Penner said, "There is a great deal to see and do in rural communities if people know how to explore. The "Rural Kansas: Come and Get It" website will not only tell what there is to see and do in towns of every size, but it will help people know how to explore. The social networking will be used as a tool to encourage the world to "get" or understand our rural culture." The intent of the collective promotion is to help keep rural communities viable.
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