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OHS Students Perform ‘Leader of the Pack’

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Trojans Record Steps, Win Turkeys

Trojan Elementary students counted their steps this fall for the chance to win a turkey. Third grade winners were (from left) Braden Bradshaw, Rylee Calderwood. Forth-grade winners were Rachel England and Carson Eilts and fifth-grade winners were Amanda Hall and Skyler Bauman. For having the most steps, Bauman also received a gift certificate donated by Myrna Guion.

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Pope, Guilfoyle Lead 8th-Graders To 37-10 Win

Mariah Guilfoyle steals the ball from a Central Heights player Thursday night while Makayla Pope helps on defense. Pope and Guilfoyle each scored 12 points in the Trojans win.

By Jeff Gulley Makayla Pope scored eight points in the first quarter and Mariah Guilfoyle added six as the Osawatomie Middle School eighth-grade girls’ basketball team pulled away early and beat Central Heights 37-10 Thursday night. The Trojans outs cored Central Heights 17-2 in the first quarter and the Vikings could not muster a comeback. [...]

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100 Reasons To Be Thankful

David Sweezer and Nellie McCoy both celebrate their 100th birthday in November.

By Jeff Gulley Two residents of Life Care Center of Osawatomie are celebrating milestones in November. Nellie McCoy turned 100 years old on Nov. 17 and David Sweazer will turn 100 on Nov. 27. McCoy grew up in Miami County and has lived most of her life in Paola. She remembered attending a one-room school [...]

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Something to Be Thankful For

By Jeremy Gulley We should be thankful for the good things in our lives every day, not just on Thanksgiving. Though a special day to remember what is most important to us can be wonderful, thankfulness should last all year. Often, however, finding something to be thankful for is difficult. That is the lesson that [...]

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Grimes to Wrestle For Fort Hays State

By Jeff Gulley With a state championship, an undefeated season and the mantle of team leader on his plate, one thing Osawatomie senior Zach Grimes won’t have to worry about is next year. Grimes inked a letter of intent to wrestle at Fort Hays State University next season. “It was really an easy decision,” Grimes [...]

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Seventh Graders Get Win Over Vikings

Osawatomie seventh-grader Madilyn Gordon goes up for a shot against Central Heights Thursday night.

By Jeff Gulley The seventh-grade Trojan girls’ basketball team scored 13 points in the fourth quarter against Central Heights to earn their first win of the season. Osawatomie topped the Vikings 25-12 Thursday. It was the highest scoring game of the season for the seventh-graders. In the first quarter, Meagan Roth and Kelcey Wendt each [...]

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Down Through The Years Nov 24 2010

By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago Joseph Nicely, Frank Wilson, R. B. Hanson. H. H. Reed, C. S. Biby, W. E. Murphy and several others went to Kansas City, Kan., yesterday to stage the night’s work in the Scottish Rite Temple in that city. William Bixby is taking the 32 degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry [...]

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Library Grant Application Put On Hold

By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie Library has pushed back the application for a Community Block Development Grant to next fall. Osawatomie librarian Elizabeth Trigg said timing constraints led to the delay on the grant, which would make it possible to move forward with phase two of the renovations project. While having to delay the implementation [...]

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USD 367 Board Talks Capital Improvements

By Jeff Gulley With budget uncertainty looming again, the USD 367 Board of Education spent time during Thursday’s meeting looking toward future capital improvement needs and the costs. The board crossed one item off a list of proposed four-year capital projects by voting to accept a bid of $16,290 to fix roofing areas over three [...]

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