An estimated 50 to 60 people attended a town hall meeting at South Barber High School in Kiowa, Kansas, July 8. The subject regarded AAHN's Place, a foster care facility that is two years old in Wellington, Kansas. Now the owner, Derrick Prichard, and his partner, Hamendra Bhakta, want to open a 12 bed facility in Kiowa that would house up to 12 foster care boys age 13-18. They have plans to transform the old Guest Lodge motel into the facility.

As reported at previous meetings, some community members question why AAHN's selected Kiowa for their new location. Some of those people have expresse...