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Kay Hansley

Vine Online artist preview: A look inside Vine Street Studio’s first-ever virtual art show 

By Tommy Felts / October 21, 2020

Kay Hansley is a doula, seamstress, art teacher, dietary manager and artist. She pulls inspiration from all aspects of her life, she said, and isn’t scared to take risks. “We should never feel afraid to express ourselves and let people see the real us. This was my first time really being able to explain how…

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TRIOLOGY, NOWsystems, Inc.

Liquid barrier (plus fresh breath): Lenexa startup tests all-natural mouth rinse as COVID-killing solution

By Tommy Felts / October 20, 2020

A couple’s curiosity in nutrition and health inspired TRI-OLOGY — a versatile liquid solution intended to combat oral diseases. Lab tests now are showing that same liquid solution to be capable of eradicating SAR-CoV-2, known as COVID-19, Janice King and Dale Winetroub said.  “We’re not doing rocket science; we’re taking whole plants and when they…

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Erick Went, Genesis Systems

Sky’s the limit — and answer — for Genesis Systems’ atmospheric water generators 

By Tommy Felts / October 20, 2020

Pulling water out of thin air — a concept too good to be true or too obvious to ignore? “The No. 1 problem we are going to face as a planet will be water,” said Erick Went, who serves as chief technology officer for Kansas City-based Genesis Systems. “I think we take that for granted…

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Kansas State University, Manhattan

Spark MHK hopes to ignite innovation in an ecosystem often dominated by students, soldiers

By Tommy Felts / October 20, 2020

MANHATTAN — An entrepreneur’s potential is anything but bite size in the Little Apple, Sarah Siders said.  “I’m really excited to be able to do this,” Siders, executive director of Spark MHK, said in announcement of the recent launch of the Manhattan-based entrepreneurial support organization — which aims to ignite activity within the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem…

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Vegan chili dog at Dead Beet Eats

Dead Beet Eats: Life is hard enough — feed your soul with a big, beautiful chili dog

By Tommy Felts / October 19, 2020

COVID hasn’t handed Katherine Willis many lemons, she said, but the vegan chef behind Dead Beet Eats has been given plenty of tomatoes in 2020 — and an opportunity to turn salsa into ketchup. “It’s been a really hard year and I like to think that what we’re doing is really lighthearted and it’s really…

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