90-Mile View http://kcur.org en 90-Mile View: Saundra Hayes http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-saundra-hayes-0 <p></p><p>Saundra Hayes lives in Manheim Park and she, along with her neighbors, is working hard to revitalize her neighborhood.</p><p></p><p> Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:23:36 +0000 Danie Alexander 38544 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Saundra Hayes 90-Mile View: Eric Neill http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-eric-neill-0 <p>Weather plays a major role in agriculture.&nbsp; Just ask dairyman <strong>Eric Neill</strong>.&nbsp; Last summer it was drought, then record snows this past winter.&nbsp; Now it's rain . . . lots and lots of rain.</p><p></p><p> Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:51:58 +0000 Danie Alexander 38053 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: James White http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-james-white <p></p><p><strong>James White</strong> is the fifth-generation publisher of the <a href="http://www.bentoncountyenterprise.com/" target="_blank"><em>Benton County Enterprise</em></a>, the weekly paper started by his great, great grandfather in 1879 down in Warsaw, Missouri.</p><p></p><p> Fri, 31 May 2013 19:16:43 +0000 Danie Alexander 37713 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: James White 90-Mile View: Eric Peterson http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-eric-peterson-0 <p>Trains have been making news lately, both good and bad.&nbsp; Amtrak engineer <strong>Eric Peterson</strong> can relate. Fri, 24 May 2013 16:11:50 +0000 Danie Alexander 37324 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Eric Peterson 90-Mile View: Dr. Gary Yarbrough http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-dr-gary-yarbrough <p><strong>Dr. Gary Yarbrough</strong> has practiced <strong>family medicine</strong> in small towns for 30 years.&nbsp; In that time he's met some memorable people.</p><p></p><p> Wed, 15 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Danie Alexander and Steve Kraske 36811 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Dr. Gary Yarbrough 90 Mile View: Saundra Hayes http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-saundra-hayes <p>When <strong>Saundra Hayes</strong> returned to her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri, it wasn’t to become a <strong>neighborhood advocate</strong>. Wed, 08 May 2013 15:20:59 +0000 Danie Alexander 36380 at http://kcur.org 90 Mile View: Saundra Hayes 90-Mile View: Nicole Wright http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-nicole-wright-1 <p>Recent <strong>events in the Boston area put the spotlight on law enforcement</strong> as the nation followed the investigation and manhunt following the explosions at the city's marathon. Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:41:25 +0000 Danie Alexander 35618 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Nicole Wright 90-Mile View: Eric Peterson http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-eric-peterson <p>How many of us followed a childhood dream into the job of our dreams? &nbsp;<strong>Eric Peterson </strong>did.</p><p> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:04:31 +0000 Danie Alexander 34958 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Eric Peterson 90-Mile View: Rick Behrens http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-rick-behrens <p>Visit <a href="http://www.grandviewpark.net/" target="_blank">Grandview Park Presbyterian Church</a> on any regular Sunday and, unless you know him, you're unlikely to distinguish <strong>Rev. Rick Behrens</strong> from his congregation.</p><p> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 23:00:00 +0000 Steve Kraske and Danie Alexander 34102 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Rick Behrens 90-Mile View: Sarah Kessinger http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-sarah-kessinger-0 <p>Newspaper publisher <strong>Sarah Kessinger</strong> keeps a close eye on the goings-on in her neck of&nbsp; the woods, in and around Marshall County, Kansas so it didn't escape her notice when an <strong>area resident made it to national TV</strong>.</p><p></p><p> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Danie Alexander 32993 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Sarah Kessinger 90-Mile View: Patricia Porsche http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-patricia-porsche-0 <p>The last time <strong>Patricia Porsche</strong> was with us we learned why she became <strong>homeless by choice</strong>.&nbsp; When we left off Trish had just worked her way back to being employed and out of a women's shelter.&nbsp; Today we hear the rest of her story. Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:05:16 +0000 Danie Alexander and Steve Kraske 32255 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Patricia Porsche 90-Mile View: Nicole Wright http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-nicole-wright-0 <p>When we first met <strong>Officer Nicole Wright</strong> last December we learned why this Kansas City, Mo. native chose to serve on the force and in the neighborhood where she grew up.&nbsp; Today Nicole returns to tell us about her first call of a day back in January that turned out to be her last call of the day.</p><p></p><p> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:01 +0000 Danie Alexander 31870 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Nicole Wright 90-Mile View: Patricia Porsche http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-patricia-porsche <p>Being raised to be self-sufficient, gaining the rank of Sergeant during six years of military service and maintaining employment as an experienced office worker doesn't add up to <strong>homelessness</strong> for most of us.&nbsp; Before 2007 <strong>Patricia Porsche</strong> probably would have agreed with you. Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:44:35 +0000 Danie Alexander and Steve Kraske 31544 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Patricia Porsche 90-Mile View: Eric Neill http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-eric-neill <p>Maybe 2009 wasn't the best year to decide to become a full-time dairy farmer but <strong>Eric Neill </strong>had waited long enough.&nbsp; Despite the economic downturn and some severe weather, Eric&nbsp;exhibits the optimism for which farmers and ranchers are known.</p><p></p><p> Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Danie Alexander 31264 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Eric Neill 90-Mile View: Howard Blender http://kcur.org/post/90-mile-view-howard-blender <p>There are few images of the West as iconic as cattle and few people as optimistic as a cattle rancher.&nbsp; Just ask <strong>Howard Blender</strong>. Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Steve Kraske and Danie Alexander and Danie 30776 at http://kcur.org 90-Mile View: Howard Blender