THE KSN DREAM HOUSE FOR THE CURE
Aug 21, 2008 | It's time to sign up for Komen Wichita's Race for the Cure. If you haven't joined us in the past, it's just $25 out of your pocket and one morning out of your life that could help us find a cure for breast cancer.
Aug 21, 2008 | Sharon Born of Born Stone tells us about the Silverdale limestone used on the KSN Dream House for the Cure and why she wanted to help us with the project.
Aug 14, 2008 | Wichita’s Race for the Cure September 27th is one of hundreds of 5K races across the country that will raise money to fight breast cancer this year. But a Wichita team is taking its fundraising effort on the road in honor of a woman you may remember from local TV years ago.
Aug 07, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the Cure is coming along. Leon Smitherman takes you on a tour of the home's features and it's progress to date.
Jul 31, 2008 | The wordwork in the KSN Dream House for the Cure gets a layer of stain thanks to Jim Newhouse of Newhouse Painting.
Jul 24, 2008 | VIDIchiART is known for its green products. That makes them a perfect fit for a green project like the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Jul 24, 2008 | Leon Smitherman walks through the KSN Dreamhouse for the Cure with builder Cheri Nies-Cowgill to get an update on how the project is coming along.
Jul 17, 2008 | Kurt Sorensen of Group Construction adds a deck to the KSN Dreamhouse for the Cure. Kurt talks about his sister's fight against breast cancer and his participation in the project.
Jul 10, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the Cure is getting a set of granite countertops. Leon talks with Sally Bauer, Co-owner of Quality Granite and Marble about her participation in the project.
Jul 10, 2008 | She fills in for me here on the anchor desk and is more than qualified to be the breast cancer activist among us. That's because Aileen Simborio's heart has been touched by breast cancer in a way only a daughter can understand.
Jun 26, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the Cure gets trimmed out with the help of Donny Hall of Hall Trim Company and Perry Caldwell of Delta Homes.
Jun 26, 2008 | Breast cancer was once thought of as an older white woman's disease. While it's true more white women will be diagnosed with it, black women are much more likely to die from it.
Jun 19, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the cure is getting cabinets courtesy of Hardwood Companies in Burrton, Kansas. We talk with General Manager Joe Freud and Co-owner Lindy Lang about the project.
Jun 19, 2008 | As familiar as I am with the battle against breast cancer, reporting on it on a regular basis, I didn't realize how far we've come in bringing cancer treatments to those who need it until I followed a patient recently to El Dorado for chemo.
Jun 13, 2008 | In March, KSN introduced you to a 32-year-old Augusta woman who, without insurance, discovered a lump in her breast. She was just about to undergo a mastectomy when she told KSN her story.
Jun 10, 2008 | A Wichita breast cancer survivor is officially launching a brand new business called Joyful Crossings as a direct result of her 10-year battle with the disease.
May 29, 2008 | As you know, the KSN Dream House for the Cure is being built to raise money to fight breast cancer. What you might not realize is that the Susan G. Komen foundation sees cancer as a whole as the next great threat to our society. So the work we do for breast cancer may very well lead to a cure for all cancers. I hope so, because this week our family was dealt a cancer blow.
May 29, 2008 | This week the KSN Dream House for the Cure gets a stone façade thanks to the work of James Chaves and his crew at Chaves Masonry.
May 22, 2008 | It's starting to really look like a house now. Bill Coleman of Drywall Systems, Inc. shows us the progress on the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
May 08, 2008 | The Mid Kansas Komen affiliate announced this week they would spend more than $313,000 this year fighting breast cancer in Kansas.
May 08, 2008 | Dick Dennis of Dennis Insulation and Jeff Boone of NorthStar Comfort Services, Inc. talk about how they keep the outside out and the inside in.
May 01, 2008 | Few people in Wichita would have been surprised by George Fahnestock’s involvement in the KSN Dream House for the Cure. He’s a volunteer extraordinaire. And it wasn’t just one, but two women who convinced him to join the fight.
May 01, 2008 | Scott Pennington of Fahnestock Heating and Cooling discusses the HVAC system for the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Apr 24, 2008 | It is important to remember that as the KSN Dream House for the Cure goes up, new women all over Kansas are being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer. Tonight we meet a few of them who are dealing with chemo at a program recently held in Wichita that promised them they would look good and feel better.
Apr 24, 2008 | Tammi Blackburn of The Oaks subdivision talks about why they wanted to be involved with the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Apr 17, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the cure is coming along. This week, high efficiency windows are added for a great view.
Apr 10, 2008 | No, it's not like wrapping Christmas presents, but wrapping your house can offer you big savings on your utility bills while protecting your house.
Apr 10, 2008 | While the KSN Dream House for the Cure is making progress, one young girl is making sure breast cancer awareness does the same by thinking pink for her party.
Apr 03, 2008 | Gene Hickey from Gene's Custom Construction is working on framing a roof on the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Apr 03, 2008 | KSN’s Anita Cochran takes the cameras along to her mammogram.
Mar 25, 2008 | Work is continuing on the KSN Dream House for the Cure. Today we see the walls going up and a new product on site -- Bluwood.
Mar 20, 2008 | The framing is going up on the KSN Dream House for the Cure and Leon Smitherman talks with Jim Jolly of Jolly Construction about the process.
Mar 13, 2008 | Last week we explained where the money spent on the Early Detection Works Program comes from. Now, we bring you one woman’s story that explains why that money is so important.
Mar 13, 2008 | Radon gas is a problem for many new homes. Steve Koeller of Air Chem Radon is installing a system that will protect the KSN Dream House for the Cure from radon.
Mar 06, 2008 | Raising money for the Susan G. Komen foundation is a big deal to us here at KSN because most of the money they spend is spent right here in Kansas -- on mammograms for women who can't afford them.
Mar 06, 2008 | Cherie Nies-Cowgill of Nies Homes and Torie Phillips, sales executive with Kohler, discuss picking out plumbing fixtures for the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Feb 28, 2008 | We're continuing the build on the KSN Dream House for the Cure, and this week we are waterproofing the basement. Paul Woods of Professional Waterproofing was on site to tell us more about the process.
Feb 28, 2008 | Last week we told you about the Driven to Cure license plate -- soon to be on cars all over the state of Kansas. Tonight an update. The delay is over and the plates are rolling off the production line right here in Wichita.
Feb 21, 2008 | Sometimes unpleasant weather has its advantages. Instead of being outside in the cold and freezing rain, we're here in the warm boardroom of Nies Homes with Cherie Nies-Cowgill where we're going over the developing plans for the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Feb 21, 2008 | While winter weather is playing havoc with the building schedule for the KSN Dream House for The Cure, another breast cancer awareness project is running a few weeks behind schedule too.
Feb 14, 2008 | At the Oaks in Derby, the KSN Dream House for the Cure is coming together. On Wednesday, concrete crews scrambled to pour the basement before the cold weather moved in.
Feb 14, 2008 | You've probably been hearing about or seeing pink at a basketball game near you lately. Pink jerseys are becoming a visual way for sports teams to support the fight against breast cancer.
Feb 11, 2008 | Tonight's a big night for the KSN Dream House for the Cure. Digging has begun and Cherie Nies-Cowgill of Nies Homes reveals the elevation.
Feb 05, 2008 | Despite a damp, cold and almost frozen first shovel full of dirt, timing for KSN's Dream House for the Cure groundbreaking may have been perfect -- the next nice day at The Oaks in Derby and real progress can be made.
Feb 01, 2008 | If you're building or remodeling a house, the 2008 Wichita Home Show is a great place to be. We are here because we are building a home. As luck would have it, we also found one of our major contributors to the KSN Dream House for the Cure -- George Fahnestock, owner, Fahnestock Plumbing, HVAC and Electric.
Jan 25, 2008 | This project is taking on a life of its own. We had planned to share with you today a breast cancer survivor story. We had no idea the project would bring the story to us.
Jan 25, 2008 | This has been an amazing week here at KSN. It has been great being able to be part of the KSN Dream House for the Cure, and knowing that the ultimate goal here is to find a cure for breast cancer.
Jan 24, 2008 | This week, KSN is introducing a new community project to help fight breast cancer. More than 30 companies have joined us to build a dream house. That includes a dream theater room.
Jan 23, 2008 | The KSN Dream House for the Cure is a project that more than 30 companies are helping out with, and we are going to introduce you to one company that is working to make the dream house "green."
Jan 22, 2008 | When KSN's Dream House for the Cure started taking shape, we knew the success of the project would largely depend on who was chosen to build the home. Not only did we find the perfect builder, but Neis Homes had the perfect reason to say yes.
Jan 22, 2008 | How do you design a dream house? First of all, you get the best home builders around to show you how it's done. That's exactly what we did for the KSN Dream House for the Cure.
Jan 21, 2008 | A vacant lot, a lofty goal, and an unparalleled outpouring of support -- that's the foundation KSN's dream house for the cure will be built on.
Jan 21, 2008 | For the last couple of weeks you've seen promotions about a huge community project that KSN would be unveiling!
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