BonnerSprings.com / Jesse Truesdale

Jesse Truesdale, a reporter and copy editor for The Chieftain, received his master's degree in journalism in 2005 from the University of Kansas. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from San Francisco State University. He graduated from Garden City High School.

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Students seek junk food alternative: Bonner Springs-Edwardsville School Board hears presentation on cafeteria snack menu; By Jesse Truesdale; May 15, 2008; Clark Middle School students might eat a little healthier next year.
Bonner Council OKs extending trail: By Jesse Truesdale; May 15, 2008; The walking trail to Bonner Springs Aquatic Park is set to lengthen by more than a mile and a quarter after the Bonner Springs City Council approved a bid at a meeting Monday night.
Turnout small, but beefy for hamburger cookoff: By Jesse Truesdale; May 15, 2008; Weather kept away all but a few contenders for Saturday’s hamburger cookoff at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame. Still, for a group of hamburger lovers from Lawrence a few drops of rain were worth it.
Delaware Ridge Elementary students strut their stuff: By Jesse Truesdale; May 14, 2008; The term “variety show” may, for some, evoke the Ed Sullivan Show; much like the television revue that gave America its first taste of the Beatles, the Delaware Ridge show featured live entertainment — singing, dancing, poetry and jokes
Remembering mothers and their sacrifices: By Jesse Truesdale; May 14, 2008; Though she was blessed in many ways, my mother had a hard life. I’m sure there must have been times when it seemed like she couldn’t bear to suffer any more.
New home pondered for City Hall: By Jesse Truesdale; May 14, 2008; The Bonner Springs City Council meeting included a dose of fresh air, and for at least one Council member, a walk down memory lane.
Businesses take stand against crime: By Jesse Truesdale; May 14, 2008; A loose-knit crime-watch organization of local business owners is becoming more organized and less loose.
Haberlein guilty on all charges: By Jesse Truesdale; May 7, 2008; Robert Haberlein was found guilty Tuesday of the November 2005 murder of Robin Bell.
Business owners form crime-watch group: By Jesse Truesdale; May 1, 2008; Owners of businesses along the Kansas Highway 32 corridor in Bonner Springs and Edwardsville say they’ve been hit repeatedly by the same gang of burglars.
Street repairs for city estimated at $640,000: By Jesse Truesdale; May 1, 2008; At its work session before the regular meeting Monday night, the Bonner Springs City Council gave the go-ahead to the Public Works Department to complete an estimated $645,000 worth of street work, including repairs, which compares to last year’s approximately $640,000 in street work.

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KBMC television news anchor Dan Weinbaum (left) and Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith taste hamburgers during “A Salute to Hamburgers.” The two were celebrity judges for the hamburger cookoff. Smith said his standards were based on the taste of the burgers, appearance and that they not be dry. Added Weinbaum,“They gotta be juicy and flavorful. They can’t be burned too much.”

The season’s high winds were the cause of two streetlight poles breaking and falling into the intersection of Cedar and Front streets on Tuesday morning. Public Works director Kevin Bruemmer said the incident was reported around 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. No property damage resulted except to the poles, a street light, and the traffic light for eastbound Front Street. No one was injured. A possible contributing factor may have been the banner for Marble Days, which was strung between the poles. The intersection is now a three-way stop and will remain that way until the poles and the traffic lights are replaced. Bruemmer said he didn’t have an estimate for the cost of replacement, and the downed poles were probably 30 to 40 years old.

“Scooter Girl” Edna Kloepper, whom residents may recognize from her frequent jaunts through downtown Bonner on her electric scooter, is throwing a community party to mark her 90th birthday.

Emergency crews pull the driver from the cab of an overturned semi tractor trailer Monday afternoon along the on ramp to I-70 from Kansas Highway 7. The driver was transported to an area hospital.

David Gurss, left, a Kansas Department of Transportation manager for transportation and land use, discusses with Bonner Springs resident Gregg Gibson a KDOT study for Kansas Highway 7 between 130th Street and Kansas Avenue. The two talked at a public information meeting Feb. 20 at the Bonner Springs High School cafeteria on KDOT’s plan for the K-7 and Interstate 70 interchange.

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