By Jeff Gulley The annual Railroad Day celebration is on track to deliver an entertaining day’s worth of activities as the community celebrates an important part of its heritage on April 24. The day kicks off at 9 a.m. with the “Running the Rails for a Reason” 5K run/walk. The route begins and ends at [...]
By Kevin Gray Swimming with manatees, close encounters with dolphins, snorkeling, fossil hunting, exploring the Everglades wetlands and much more kept Osawatomie and Paola High students busy on their recent Science Club trip to Florida. “The guides were great, the weather was great, and I have never seen so many alligators. I would go back [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago Fifty years ago yesterday the Civil War began. Fifty years ago yesterday the bombardment of Fort Sumpter began. Fifty years ago yesterday the hush of an awful dread fell upon the people of the nation as the news of this determining action upon the part of the people of [...]
Losing Could Be The Next Big Thing By Jeremy Gulley Butler University’s loss Monday night in the NCAA title game won’t hurt them for long. They played poorly – in fact, they shot the lowest percentage of any team in final game in tournament history. Awful . . . they played awful. But it [...]
Last Friday, I noticed more semi-trucks loaded down with brand new cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks destined for dealerships and prospective buyers. I thought to myself, “Alright, things must be looking up in the economy,” but, then, a few hours later I read a February Kansas job-losses story in the Topeka Capital-Journal. The highest losses [...]
A two-day effort to promote Gordon Schrader as a write-in candidate for Osawatomie mayor fell just over 23 votes short in the April 6 general election. Incumbent mayor Philip Dudley received 206 votes and Schrader received 183 write-in votes. Write-in votes were also cast for four other people. Patty Henness, one of the organizers of [...]
Kevin Gray Rockets zoomed high and far or zipped up – like a pop-up fly – and fell, an airplane circled, dipped and looped and hot air balloons lifted off silently in the Osawatomie City Auditorium last Wednesday at the Osawatomie Public Library’s Take Flight Day as part of the Spring Break activities hosted by [...]
By Jeremy Gulley I first heard about the Golden Rule as a young child. When people treated me mean, or if they were having a bad day, my teachers or parents would tell me: “Treat others as you would want them to treat you.” To me that meant I was supposed to give them [...]
By Grady Atwater H.H. Williams fought with the Missouri Pacific Railroad as he tried to travel from Osawatomie to Ottawa on a mixed freight and passenger train in 1883. Williams was travelling from Osawatomie to Ottawa in 1883, and found much to his consternation he had to pay the freight rate for his baggage. [...]
By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie Mayor Phil Dudley was one of 1,500 mayors from Hawaii to Florida to deliver hot meals to seniors Wednesday as part of the Mayors On Wheels program. The program, in its sixth year, aims to promote efforts being made to provide meals to the elderly. “This is my fourth year participating [...]