Every parent dreads the school phone call. Rarely is a call from school a good thing — usually it involves sickness, injury or some other form of trouble. As the school year starts, however, I’m reminded of two school phone calls that I delight in recalling. One day, when my oldest son was in kindergarten, [...]
When researching my recent story, Diehms Trace History to Bleeding Kansas,” about two German immigrant brothers and the log cabins they both built near Middle Creek south of Beagle in May 1857, I kept getting off track. I continually googled sites about Bleeding Kansas and reading about the border warfare in Kansas and Missouri. This [...]
Extracurricular activities offered students at Osawatomie High School an education about cultural activities and taught students the value of community service during the winter of 1975. The 1975 Osawatomie High School Year Book, The Trojan commented on the role that the Kays and Kayettes played in extracurricular activities at OHS, “As the crisp, cool days [...]
For the first time since it began more than 26 years ago, the Osawatomie Recreation Commission will be looking for a new director. Ron Maring resigned Wednesday night effective Oct. 31. He will stay on to help with the fall programs and the transition to a new director. While Maring’s time in Osawatomie was tainted [...]
By Kevin Gray As the school year, once again, kicks into high gear and families prepare for school functions, games of one sort or another, especially the Friday Night Lights variety, keep in mind how fun educational pursuits can be taken in doable weekend day trips. One such outing could be to the Kansas Historical [...]
By Jeff Gulley Mark your calendar now, Family Fun Night is coming again to the Miami County Family YMCA. The annual event is a fundraiser for the campaign to assist families and individuals with membership and program costs. This year’s lineup of events includes kid’s games, face paining, minute to win it game show and [...]
By Jeff Gulley For the second time this year, accusations of misuse of public funds have been levied against the city of Osawatomie. Last week recreation director Ron Maring was arrested for allegedly taking cash advances on a recreation commission credit card. That came after the arrest in July of former police officer Jason Hudson [...]
By Jeff Gulley Following his arrest last Wednesday morning on two felony counts of theft and misuse of public funds, the Osawatomie Recreation Commission accepted the resignation of long-time director Ron Maring effective Oct. 31. The commission began its meeting with a 30-minute executive session and when it opened the meeting to the public, members [...]
By Kevin Gray Elementary, middle school and high school students, as well as their parents and teachers, hoisted and spread landscaping mulch, swept the playgrounds, painted the colorful four-squares and washed windows at both Trojan Elementary and Swenson Early Childhood Education Center last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In the first Back to School Clean Up [...]
By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie football players will be better protected when the season starts thanks to the purchase of 40 new football helmets. The USD 367 Board of Education voted in favor of purchasing 40 new Riddell helmets at its August meeting Wednesday night. Superintendent Gary French told the board that 10 new Rawlings helmets [...]