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 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 [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago BIG MIDNIGHT FIRE FLAMES SEPT THRU LOWER END OF BLOCK ON WHICH CHAMBERLIN BROS LIVERY BARN WAS LOCATED Destroyed Livery Barn, The Sherman Restaurant, And Building Occupied by W. L. Bundy’s Grocery. Also Fire in North Part of Town Caused By Sparks A great big blaze has cleaned [...]
Down Through The Years By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago The city council met in regular session in the council chamber Monday evening with a quorum present, Mayor Madison president. John Malone was present and gave voice to his grievance against the editor of the Graphic and the city clerk. Mrs. J. O. Van [...]
By Jeff Gulley Seven teams squared off for a dodgeball title on Sunday and raised nearly $2,000 for the upcoming Relay for Life. The relay team Bama Rama, which was formed in memory of Jim Osborne, sponsored the tournament and organizer Heather Osborne was thrilled with the results. “We had a great turnout for our [...]
By Jeff Gulley With sixth-graders sitting cross-legged in rows across the gym floor, flags marking the corners of the gym and homemade shields lining the bleachers, this was no ordinary gym class. The Osawatomie Middle School boys and girls in the class were now gladiators divided into teams based on colors. It is part of [...]
Following a special meeting Thursday morning and a 10 minute exectuive session to discuss personnel, the USD 367 Board of Education accepted the resignation of long-time hig school math teach Brian Masoner. Superintendent Gary French issued a written statement on the resignation following the meeting. “The resignation is effective immediately. Brian is resigning in order [...]
By Kevin Gray Raised very poor in a small town in Arkansas, much smaller than Osawatomie, and the oldest of seven children, being the bully is what Kermit Robinson, director of Safety and Environment at the Rainbow Mental Health Facility in Kansas City, Kan., said he did to rid himself of anger. Going to school [...]
