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The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (TSCPL) announces its plan to merge Red Carpet Services and Talking Books on October 1, 2009. Dedicated to serving the lifelong needs of library users, the staff will work as one unit to reflect its mission to give those with special adaptive needs, "red carpet service." Red Carpet and Talking Books customers will benefit from the combined staff expertise, and increased awareness of the wide-range of services available.

For the 2009 graduating class of Youth Entrepreneurs Kansas (YEK), the annual Dreams to Dividends Awards Receptions, held May 4, 5 and 6, brought fulfillment of a year's worth of hard work and determination. The receptions, which celebrated the accomplishments of YEK's graduating class, culminated with the presentation of $92,400 in scholarships and venture capital grants to high school students from Wichita, Topeka, Lawrence, Kansas City, Kan. and South Central Kansas.

Washburn University School of Business is listed in The Princeton Review's 2009 "Best 296 Business Schools." This is the second year in a ro that Washburn is featured in the guidebook, which features two-page write-ups on each business school's academics, student life and career placement services. To view Washburn's write-up, visit www.PrincetonReview.com.

The Topeka Public School District recruits and retains a diverse workforce of quality employees to support our instructional and educational programs and to benefit the district's student population. The District approximately 2,300 individuals who include over 1,300 certified and 1,000 classified employees, as well as substitutes who work on a temporary basis to step in when our regular employees are away from their job sites and responsibilities.