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Ben's People: Pat Finan
As traditions go, the Topeka St. Patrick's Day Parade is a fairly recent one. Its enormous popularity today is a long way from how it started - springing from a conversation among just a handful of people - Ben's People.
Ben's People: Do-it-yourself-ers
I found myself involved in a home-improvement project this weekend - one I'd put off for much too long. So, maybe I'm commiserating a bit with others in the same boat, but I decided to make do-it-yourselfers, this week's Ben's People.
Ben's People: Jared Starkey
With momentum building for Topeka's attempt to attract the attention of Google, we introduce you to the Topekan who started the whole process in this week's Ben's People.
Ben's People: Capital City Men's Chorus
They have been making Valentines Day special in Topeka for years, with the gift of song. We caught up this week with Members of the Capital City Men's Chorus, and made them this week's Ben's People.
Ben's People: Captain Chuck Yockey
He calls the mission he oversees Topeka's best-kept secret. In this week's Ben's People, the captain of the local Salvation Army.
Ben's People: Haiti Mission Team
A mission team from Kansas which was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake. Their story, including a dramatic trip home with 7 legally adopted Haitian children, is the topic of this week's Ben's People.
Ben's People: Karla Bahret
The community of Silver Lake turned out recently to honor a long-time employee of the local library. We were there for the celebration, and to find out a little bit of what makes Karla Bahret such a valuable part of the library.
Ben's People: Don Wistuba
He's been keeping people at the Kansas Statehouse going with sandwiches, soda and snacks for longer than many lawmakers and lobbyists have been alive.
Ben's People: Living the Dream
This is the 25th year of Living the Dream in Topeka. The driving force for all those 25 years is Robert Bugg, one of Ben's People.
Ben's People: A look back
It's been nearly a year since we started introducing you to Ben's People. Here's a look at just a few of the fascinating folks who were Ben's People in 2009.
Ben's People: Police volunteers
The Topeka Police Department is made up of hundreds of professionals and a large group of volunteers. Those volunteers and the person in charge of coordinating their duties are this week's Ben's People.
Ben Clay has 'his' day
Members of a new police volunteer group surprised their volunteer coordinator with a special honor Thursday night.
Ben's People: John Holcomb
A young northeast Kansas artist is gaining some notoriety with a series of illustrations that may sound off-the-wall, or even off-the-plate, in this week's Ben's People.
Ben's People: Max Baker
A Topeka man who went through the attack on Pearl Harbor, remembers that day.
Ben's People: Pauline Johnson
One local woman has been serving turkey and all the trimmings to Topekans for 42 years. Meet the driving force behind Topeka's community thanksgiving dinner - in this week's Ben's People.
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