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(Just click on each thumbnail for a larger photo.)
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March 22, 2010 - Senate President Steve Morris welcomed Hugoton Elementary
School sixth graders Garrett Hamlin and Caleb Gayer to the Kansas Statehouse. The boys visited
the state capitol inTopeka to serve as pages for the day in the Kansas Senate.
Pictured left to right: Caleb Gayer, Governor Mark Parkinson, Senate President Steve Morris,
and Garrett Hamlin. |
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March 22, 2010 - Senate President Steve Morris welcomed Sublette Middle School sixth graders Ceann Greeson and Olivia Clancy to the Kansas Statehouse. The girls visited the state capitol in Topeka to serve as pages for the day in the Kansas Senate.
Pictured left to right: Olivia Clancy, Governor Mark Parkinson, Senate President Steve Morris, and Ceann Greeson. |
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March 15, 2010 - Senate President Steve Morris welcomed to the Kansas
Statehouse Erin Perry and Kristan Crawford from Hugoton Middle School. The two 6th grade
girls came to Topeka to serve as pages for the day in the Kansas Senate. |
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March 8 & 9, 2010 - A delegation of state and national leaders met in Washington, D.C. on March 8 and 9, 2010, to continue efforts to bring the planned National Bio and Agro Defense Facility (NBAF) to Kansas, along with the jobs it will provide in both its construction phase and its operational phase.
Back row: Tom Thornton, Executive Director of Kansas Bioscience Authority; Dave Franz, DVM, PhD, Vice President and Chief Biological Scientist of Midwest Research Institute; Dr. Bernadette Gray-Little, PhD, Chancellor of the University of Kansas; US Representative Lynn Jenkins; Dr. Kirk Schulz, PhD, President of Kansas State University; US Representative Jerry Moran; US Representative Dennis Moore; US Senator Sam Brownback; US Representative Todd Tiahrt; KS House Minority Leader Paul Davis; Angela Kreps, President of KansasBio; Reggie Robinson, CEO of the KS Board of Regents; KS Sec'y of Commerce Bill Thornton. Front row: Sandra Lawrence, Exec. VP and CFO of Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; KS Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley; KS Governor Mark Parkinson; DHS Under Secretary Tara O'Toole; US Senator Pat Roberts; Kansas Senate President Steve Morris; KS Sec'y of Agriculture Josh Svaty
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On Wed., March 3, 2010, a delegation of three members of the Turkish Parliament came to the Senate as part of an event sponsored by the Turquoise Council -- an association to promote friendship and cultural sharing between Americans and Eurasians, and the Raindrop Turkish House, which is located in Kansas City.
At the evening reception, Senator Morris was honored to receive the Turquoise Council's 2010 Government Service Award. After leaving Kansas, the delegates visited the Oklahoma House and Senate where they were also recognized. Below are photos from the event.
To read a copy of the Resolution Proclamation, click here.
 
  
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March 2, 2010 - Students from Hugoton Middle School served as pages for the day in the Kansas Senate. Adam
Scott, Logan Romero, Kyra Skinner and Serena Turpin made the trip accompanied by Kyra’s
parents, Tony and Jackie Bruce; and Adam’s mother, Susie Scott. Logan is the son of Tommy
Romero and Serena is the daughter of Doug and Rosa Turpin. |
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Feb. 23, 2010 - Sen. Morris and wife Barb enjoy the company of Hugoton's Taylor Concannon and her friend Alex at the 2010 Senate President's Dinner. Taylor, who is studying at K-State, is serving a second session as Sen. Morris' legislative intern. |
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February 20, 2010 - Garden City students Tyler Cloud and John Regier as pages for the day in the Kansas Senate. Picture left to right: Tyler Cloud, Governor Mark Parkinson, Senate President Steve Morris, and
John Regier. |
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February 19, 2010 -
Senate President Morris welcomed several students from Hugoton as Senate Pages. Included in the group was his own granddaughter, Katy Heger. The students in this photo all have at least one parent who is an alumnus of Hugoton High School!
Top Photo - Pictured left to right: Front Row: Ross Davis, Alexander Riedel, Patrick Lacy, Lt. Gov. Troy Findley, Amy Scott and Katy Heger; Back Row: Senate President Stephen R. Morris and Reid Davis
Bottom Photo - Pictured Left to right: Front Row: Alexander Riedel, Katy Heger, Amy Scott; Back Row: Reid Davis, Sen. Morris, Ross Davis |
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February 16, 2010 - Senate President Steve Morris welcomed International
Exchange Students Maria Jose Espinoza and Silvana Anahi Scheid to the capitol to “shadow” him and his staff
for the day in the Kansas Senate. The exchange students were accompanied by Ashley Rassmussen and Stephanie
Crandon of Lawrence. Pictured left to right: Ashley Rasmussen, Stanley Rassmussen, Maria Jose Espinoza, Governor Mark Parkinson,
Stephanie Crandon, Silvana Anahi Scheid and Senate President Stephen R. Morris |
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January 2010 -
In late January, the Senate welcomed a group representing Kansas Mentoring. Kansas State University Football Coach Bill Snyder is actively involved with this effort to pair students with adult mentors. The program has met with impressive success, and a resolution offered on the floor of the Senate encouraged them to continue the good work! This photo is Coach Snyder and Senate President Morris with a group of young men who served as pages for Morris. |
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January 26, 2010 - Kansas Bioscience Day at the Capitol
Left to right: Angela Kreps, President, KansasBIO (KBA director); Michael Borgman, Advanced Materials Engineer and Research Scientist, MD Borgman Consulting (KBA director); Jishu Shi, DVM, PhD, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine; Bill Sanford, Chairman, Symark LLC (KBA director); Hon. Steve Morris, President, Kansas Senate; Sandra Lawrence, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics (KBA director); David Disberger, AGCO; Hon. John Carlin, Executive in Residence, Kansas State University (KBA chairman); Bernadette Gray-Little, PhD, Chancellor, University of Kansas; David Volkin, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas (KBA eminent scholar); Rakesh Srivastava, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Kansas, (KBA eminent scholar); Bob Matousek, AGCO; Tom Thornton, CEO, Kansas Bioscience Authority |
To view photos from 2009, click here.
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