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Walk Kansas is a K-State Research and Extension (KSRE) health initiative that promotes personal health and well-being by helping participants adopt healthful lifestyle habits. It is primarily a team-based program designed to help participants be more active with support from friends and family, make healthier nutrition and beverage choices and learn helpful techniques to reduce stress.

Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, or approximately 3.14. Pi Day occurs on March 14 because it is written as 3/14 in the U.S. According to CNN.com, serious math geeks celebrate the day exactly at 1:59 a.m. or p.m. reflecting the first six digits of the ratio, 3.14159.

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If you’ve been a student in USD #298 any time in recent history, or had a child enrolled, you know Shari Pittenger. Lovingly known as “Pitt” to many, Pittenger spent decades in Lincoln working with children as their physical education teacher. What some may not know is that she was an outstanding athlete in her youth.

Marilyn Helmer at Village Lines loves to promote local artists whether it be quilting, locally created jewelry pieces, paintings or writers. Mark March 29 on your calendar for a book-signing by one of these local artists at Village Lines, 139 W. Lincoln Avenue.

When is it common for high school students to drive a tractor to school? When it’s “Tractor Day” during National FFA Week!

The steps up to what once was a bank and later a photo studio, have been completed. This is a project funded in part by an historical preservation grant.

Besides the Big Kansas Road Trip and a visit from participants of Bike Across Kansas, another potentially large group of people may be visiting Lincoln this spring for the All Kansas and Nebraska Shop Hop.