Marlou Wegener Manager of Community Relations, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Chief Operating Officer, BCBSKS Foundation

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Dean Koelzer admits to a brief moment of panic when he got his first look at the scale-size locomotive engine and rail cars that rolled off the truck.

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Call her an entrepreneur. Call her self-sufficient. You might even call her a fighter.