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 Jeremy Gulley My family is always busy. My wife teaches English at the college level, runs marathons, and is involved in many other activities. My boys are both on the Miami County Vipers swim team, act in the Osawatomie Time Machine, and always find ways to stay busy. For my part, I teach at [...]
By Grady Atwater John Brown was a major figure in American History, and he is indelibly associated with Osawatomie to the point that his nickname is “Osawatomie Brown.” Brown’s abolitionist crusade made him a nationally and internationally known figure in his lifetime, and tourists flock to Osawatomie today to visit Osawatomie’s historic sites associated with [...]
By Kevin Gray By the end of the first week of my long-term sub job at Prairie View High School, a girl in one of my English classes said, “You are the real deal!” after it dawned on her that I had been making assignments, grading their papers and recording grades. “You’re really grading our [...]
By Jeremy Gulley I knew going into the Kansas City Marathon Saturday that things were going to get tough. I hurt my knee pretty severely a few months ago, and that injury put a halt on my marathon training. I knew that the lack of preparation and possible aggrevation of the injury might make the [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Tailgaters are a major frustration for drivers. Tailgating makes us nervous and irritated, and is the cause of many traffic accidents on our roads. According to a 2009 study on aggressive driving produced by AAA, many traffic issues are caused by (among other factors) people “. . . tailgating and pressuring other [...]
By Kevin Gray Where did many of my students gain an abundance of real life and practical job skills? I know it wasn’t from sitting in a regular class day-in-and-day-out, lined up in rows of desks taking notes or doing textbook assignments. Try hands on planning, writing, photographing, creating the graphic designs and art and [...]
Growing up in Virginia gave me more than school days and that of coming of age during trying times in our contemporary history; it gave me a better understanding of our shared history. Many of us, my age, maybe a bit younger and definitely those who are older, remember the civil rights movement and what [...]
By Jeremy Gulley To the students of the 2010 American Literature class at Fort Scott Community College that ended Sept. 24 after meeting five straight Saturdays: During the last five weeks of class, we studied the music and life of Bob Dylan, we read On The Road, by Jack Kerouac, A River Runs Through It [...]