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A Busy Weekend Of Preparation For A President’s Visit

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By Kevin Gray As the Osawatomie City Auditorium continued a busy pace Saturday morning at the Rotary Club’s Pancake Feed to raise scholarship money for Osawatomie youth, one question came up every few minutes: “Have you heard the President’s coming to town?” By Friday evening, the city of Osawatomie had the news posted on the [...]

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Revisting Osawatomie History

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By Jeff Gulley It’s too early to tell whether the speech Tuesday by President Barak Obama in Osawatomie will stand the test of time like that of Theodore Roosevelt more than 100 years ago, but for one day, the town was the center of the political stage. The President spoke to nearly 1,000 people at [...]

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Trojans Fall In District Play

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By Jeff Gulley Brandon Oakes was helped off the field in the final minutes of the Paola-Osawatomie football game Friday night. Oakes turned in one of the gustiest performance of the year running for 158 yards and scoring two touchdowns. Heading into the matchup against Paola Friday night, the Osawatomie Trojans were short on players [...]

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Volleyball Team Wins Central Heights Tourney

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By Jeff Gulley After falling to Sante Fe Trail in the opening match of the Central Heights tournament, the Osawatomie Trojans rebounded to beat that same team for the tournament title. In the opening match, Osawatomie fell 25-16, 27-25 to Sante Fe Trail. Tayler Soucie had 13 kills and Tess Newport had 14 assists. The [...]

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Osawatomie And The Confederate White House

Major J.B.  Remington served in the Union Army during the Civil War and led the first Union troops that set foot in the Confederate White House, which is now part of the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond. President Davis suffered from many health problems, and thus often conducted the business of the Confederate government [...]

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Fire Department Opens To The Public

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By Kevin Gray It didn’t take long for young Jonathon Cole to walk across the alley from his mother’s house behind the Osawatomie Fire Station to take part in Saturday morning’s annual open house activities. Since he was spending the weekend in Osawatomie, the Wellsville Elementary student rode his bicycle over soon after getting up. [...]

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Family Plans Fundraiser For ALS

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By Kevin Gray In June 2010, Chris McCoy of Osawatomie was losing strength in his left hand. His wife Wendy, said “His left hand wasn’t listening to what he was telling it to do.” A doctor’s visit and tests revealed a pinched nerve in his left elbow, and surgery followed in September. “The nerve needed [...]

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Rotary Club Moving Forward With Beach Project

By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie Rotary Club presented a conceptual drawing the Osawatomie city council Thursday night that included a swimming area at the city lake, a picnic area and beach volleyball courts. Dan Macek spoke on behalf of the Rotary Club and said the group is looking for a project to put its stamp [...]

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Boys Scouts Offer Spaghetti Feed Friday

The Osawatomie Boy Scouts will serve up a spaghetti dinner Friday night prior to the Trojans’ football game against Louisburg. The dinner begins at 5 p.m. at the Osawatomie High School cafeteria and ends at 7 p.m. The meal includes a drink and desert. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for kids 6-12. Children [...]

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Community Blood Drive Planned For Monday

Tri-Ko Inc. and Life Care Center of Osawatomie are sponsoring a blood drive! Those wishing to participate may give blood from 1 to 7 p.m. Monday in the Osawatomie City Auditorium located at 439 Main St. American Red Cross high school and college blood drives are on again. Future generations of blood donors are in [...]

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