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- State recognizes Edwardsville teacher
- January 16, 2008
- An Edwardsville Elementary School teacher was among 32 beginning educators from around the state honored by the Kansas Department of Education.
- Bonner Council OK’s storm-water utility
- Skeptics seem to be placated by assurances at public hearing
- January 16, 2008
- The Bonner Springs City Council voted unanimously Monday to approve a new storm-water utility fee, which will go into effect April 1.
- ‘Marble Crazy’ planned Feb. 28-29
- January 16, 2008
- Marble Crazy is just six weeks away, and preparations have begun at Moon Marble. A planning meeting for the annual event’s committee was held this week, and this year’s will feature all-new activities.
- Bonner Springs seniors lead team in loss to Platte County
- January 16, 2008
- Felisha Leipard scored nine points and her senior teammate Chelsea Crouch scored eight points, but it wasn’t enough to save the Bonner Springs girls basketball team on Tuesday. The Braves lost the game 71-40 to Platte County in the opening round of the Basehor-Linwood Invitational basketball tournament. The Pirates simply had too many scorers for Bonner Springs to try and contain in a game that started at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
- Undocumented brothers looking for luck, a little at a time
- January 16, 2008
- Fortune has given brothers Efraín and Saúl some bird bites of luck, both good and bad, since they came to Kansas City, Kan., in April.
- Bonner Springs boys fall in tournament
- January 16, 2008
- The Bonner Springs boys basketball team played Pembrooke Hill on Wednesday night and results of the game were unavailable as of press time, but in the game coach Ryan Hull had to be seeking a steadier performance.
- Edwardsville starts on $50 million project
- January 16, 2008
- The first of several projects that comprise the $50 million Raintree Apartment project was awarded to the low bidder Monday at the Edwardsville City Council meeting.
- Cousins lead schools in 30-team wrestling tourney
- January 16, 2008
- The Seaton cousins continued to shine on the wrestling mats last weekend for Bonner Springs and Basehor-Linwood high schools, respectively. Symon Seaton placed third in the 112-pound weight class at the Bobcat Classic last weekend. He defeated Kevin Taylor of Silver Lake in the third-place match. “I thought Symon did a good job,” coach Scott Neil said.
- KU deserved higher ranking in final polls
- January 16, 2008
- Again, congratulations is in order to Kansas University Football coach Mark Mangino who recently was named coach of the year by the National College Coaches Association. Mangino has already received many such awards and it would have been nice if Kansas could have moved up in the ranks with their BCS Orange Bowl victory. Kansas which finished with a 12-1- record had the best record of any team in the BCS Bowls. Kansas won the Orange Bowl and was expected to move up a couple of notches but didn’t. One of the reasons cited was that the Jawhawks lost to Missouri in the regular season but using that same criteria of head to head competition Oklahoma who defeated Missouri twice during the season and didn’t advance in the rankings.
- Braves fourth at Free State meet
- January 16, 2008
- Members of the Bonner Springs High School swim team probably couldn’t tell that sophomore Ryan Holcomb had missed two weeks of swimming with the Braves. Holcomb placed fourth in the 50-yard freestyle in Bonner’s meet Thursday at Lawrence Free State. “This was my first meet in a while, because I missed two weeks because I was sick,” Holcomb said. “And I improved my time.” Holcomb’s time was 25.01 and his fourth place finish was the best individual finish for the Braves Thursday. “He was just one-half second off qualifying for state,” assistant Bonner Springs High School swim coach Jaye Shaer said. Senior co-captain Josh Cook also had an impressive performance by placing fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:15.88. “That was only the second time he swam the breaststroke this year,” Shaer said. “He is trying to get our new school record by the end of the year.” The current school record is now 1:12.47 by Tyler Mills.
- Bonner Springs wrestling
- January 16, 2008
- Bonner Springs youth wrestlers compete in tournaments.
- Changes follow life’s transitions
- January 16, 2008
- In every person's life, there are six or seven transitional times in life when major life changes provide the opportunity to modify character.
- Looking ahead, despite resolutions
- January 16, 2008
- If we haven’t already, most of us will break our new year’s resolutions in the near future.
- Bobcat Classic tourney featured top wrestlers
- January 16, 2008
- The Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Classic Wrestling tournament was bigger than last weekend as the field expanded from 27 to 30 teams. Following last season, more teams wanted to enter what is regarded as an in-season showcase of top wrestlers from around the state of Kansas. Goddard won the tournament and Andale finished in second place. Garden City placed third and Shawnee Mission East finished in fourth place. The tournament seemed to run smoothly with wrestlers who have state experience competing in every weight class. “I was very pleased,” Basehor-Linwood athletic director Joe Keeler said. “It was an extremely competitive field. I was very happy with the sportsmanship from all the teams. It went off smoothly. That is a testament to the help and people that help us run the tournament.”
- ‘Geocaching’ course Jan. 26 at Schlagle Library
- January 16, 2008
- The Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle library, 4051 West Dr., will host a geocaching basics course from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 26.
- Bonner Springs High School fall 2007 honor roll
- January 16, 2008
- Orange and black honor rolls
- Ella Mae Mitchell — our Mrs. Indispensable
- January 16, 2008
- There’s one in every organization—a person who doesn’t want a position of power or name recognition, but who is necessary to the smooth functioning of the entire machinery.
- Datebook, January 17-24
- January 16, 2008
- Community events in the Bonner Springs area
- KCKCC offfers two ground school classes for pilot
- January 16, 2008
- Two classes for pilots will be offered during the Spring Semester at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
- On cold winter mornings, breakfast needs a little help
- January 16, 2008
- For at least 30 years I have embraced the adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
- Pete and Judy Maxwell
- January 16, 2008
- Pete and Judy Maxwell of McLouth will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary Sunday. Pete Maxwell Jr. and Judy Beatty were married Jan. 20, 1983, in Kansas City, Kan.
- Bridge, sewer projects going forward
- January 16, 2008
- At its Monday meeting Bonner Springs City Council voted in favor of the city taking one of the more drastic steps available to a local government: condemning a property in order to acquire it for a city project.
- Device credited with saving a life
- January 16, 2008
- An expensive piece of high-tech equipment acquired by the Bonner Springs Police Department in May 2007 has been used often since then, but on Dec. 30 it helped officers save a life.
- Remember When
- Jan. 17, 2008
- January 16, 2008
- 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week
- MLK celebration Jan. 21
- January 16, 2008
- The First Christian Church, 148 N. Nettleton Ave., will celebrate the 20th Martin Luther King celebration at 1 p.m., Jan. 21.
- Center open twice weekly
- January 16, 2008
- This year the Lula Belle Mission Center at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, 2010 S. 98th St., is giving away clothes, furniture, appliances, dishes and other items twice a week.
- Bonner Springs Rotary Club
- January 16, 2008
- Darrell Donahue of Bonner Springs described a family trip to Canada for the Bonner Springs Rotary Club at its meeting Monday at Jet Fuel Café.
- Mayor’s Forum Jan. 30
- January 16, 2008
- The first mayor’s forum of 2008 will be 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30.
- Disabled Edwardsville man faces eviction
- January 16, 2008
- The plight of an Edwardsville man disabled by a construction accident and impoverished by his inability to work, a grindingly slow government bureaucracy and an insurance company unwilling to pay for needed treatment has attracted the help of a congressman.
- Competition is a joke
- Mill Valley students improvise for fun, scholarship
- January 16, 2008
- Patrick Shields rounded up his Mill Valley High School friends Saturday night for a battle against Piper High School students. But instead of throwing up their fists, they cracked some jokes.
- State GOP to vote on Feb. 9
- January 16, 2008
- Kansas Republicans who want to have a voice in choosing the Republican candidate for President may attend the Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus at 10 a.m. Feb. 9.
- Kansas Dems caucus Feb. 5
- January 16, 2008
- The Kansas Democratic Party will hold presidential caucuses Feb. 5 in each senate district across the state.
- Area legislator expects health care, immigration to be big
- January 16, 2008
- Rep. Owen Donohoe, R-Shawnee, and his party will be pushing many issues this legislative session, but a reform of state health care policy and immigration policy are the two that the 39th District representative is most concerned about, he said.
