By Jeremy Gulley A friend of mine recently complained to me about how difficult it was for him to drop his children at school. “It takes forever,” he said, “there were so many cars, I could barely move. It was awful.” Dropping children off at school can be difficult. Cars line up in a seemingly [...]
The death of Spring Hill football player Nathan Stiles has hit this community hard. It seems like everywhere you go, from the schools to the grocery store, people are talking about it. From everything we have heard, Nathan was a great young man. Well liked and respected in Spring Hill. We have heard about him [...]
October 26, 2010 Dear Editor, One of the ways Webster defines misinformation is as information supplied in a suspicious manner. You know, the kind of things that get said in such a way that leads the reader to form incorrect conclusions because of misleading or missing facts that the writer leaves out in order to [...]
Osawatomie High School students learned a lesson in giving back to the community last week during the annual Community Service Day. High school students spent four hours in the community doing various odd jobs, cleaning lawns, painting and even building a walking path at the Osawatomie Public Library. “The reason we do it is two-fold,” [...]
By Jeff Gulley The Trojans were no match for the undefeated Louisburg Wildcats Friday night. The Wildcats rushed for 426 yards and eight touchdowns in a 62-8 win in the second round of district play. The loss clinched a playoff berth for Louisburg and Paola. Louisburg took a 49-0 lead into the locker room, scoring [...]
By Jeff Gulley The cross country season came to an end for Osawatomie Saturday at the Anderson County Regional. The Trojans will not be sending a runner to the state meet but first-year coach Matt Higgins saw a lot of improvement by a large group of runners this season and the outlook for the program [...]
Dear Editor: In my profession there are at least three important skills: 1) listening; 2) analyzing; and 3) working hard. From what I have listened to, I really cannot tell you why we need Ordinance 13. There have been so many reasons put forth I am reminded of the “spaghetti analogy.” Throw the spaghetti to [...]
Dear Editor: ‘Tis the season for ghosts, spooks and spirits galore, but the really scary thing knocking at the door is Ordinance 13. Mayor Phil would have you believe that the town will fall to pieces without a new utility. The EPA will be banging at the door! They will storm the town in black, [...]
By Jessica Jones Both Osawatomie’s and Prairie View’s hopes to advance to state were taken away with both losing in the first round of the substate tournament Saturday. The teams in this sub-state were Prairie View, Osawatomie, Louisburg, Paola, Fort Scott, Spring Hill, Anderson County and Iola. Prairie View came in as the eighth seed [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago When Miss Mabel Allard received a message from Miss Lila Weber to call at the latter’s home on her way home from her work last Friday evening she little thought that she would be greeted by 20 of her friends. Upon her arrival they proceeded to show her a [...]