By Jeff Gulley New head coach Darren Soucie knows a lot about the group of volleyball players he is coaching this year. Soucie has been in the stands for the past two seasons watching his daughter Taylor play. This season, he will rely on Taylor, three other returning starters and some new talent to improve [...]
Goldie Hardesty Aug. 26, 1918 – Aug. 20, 2011 Goldie Hardesty, 92, Moran, a native of Garnett and formerly of Bush City, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 201, in the Moran Manor Nursing Home. She was born Aug. 26, 1918, on a farm near Garnett, the daughter of Willie and Mary Caroline Bump Olson. She attended [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago The Pacific Express Co. went out of existence as a going concern at 12 o’clock Monday night and the Wells Fargo took over its business. The chief change here lies in the fact that Orion Oliver has the contract to deliver all express matter in the city. He will [...]
A LINE in an obituary reminded me of a “lost art” or almost a lost art. The obit reported a woman had been a wall paper hanger for 42 years. My father and mother did their own paper hanging and I can remember how much fresher the rooms would look after they were done. [...]
By Kevin Gray As the school year, once again, kicks into high gear and families prepare for school functions, games of one sort or another, especially the Friday Night Lights variety, keep in mind how fun educational pursuits can be taken in doable weekend day trips. One such outing could be to the Kansas Historical [...]
By Jeff Gulley Mark your calendar now, Family Fun Night is coming again to the Miami County Family YMCA. The annual event is a fundraiser for the campaign to assist families and individuals with membership and program costs. This year’s lineup of events includes kid’s games, face paining, minute to win it game show and [...]
By Jeff Gulley For the second time this year, accusations of misuse of public funds have been levied against the city of Osawatomie. Last week recreation director Ron Maring was arrested for allegedly taking cash advances on a recreation commission credit card. That came after the arrest in July of former police officer Jason Hudson [...]
By Jeff Gulley Following his arrest last Wednesday morning on two felony counts of theft and misuse of public funds, the Osawatomie Recreation Commission accepted the resignation of long-time director Ron Maring effective Oct. 31. The commission began its meeting with a 30-minute executive session and when it opened the meeting to the public, members [...]
By Kevin Gray Elementary, middle school and high school students, as well as their parents and teachers, hoisted and spread landscaping mulch, swept the playgrounds, painted the colorful four-squares and washed windows at both Trojan Elementary and Swenson Early Childhood Education Center last Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. In the first Back to School Clean Up [...]
By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie football players will be better protected when the season starts thanks to the purchase of 40 new football helmets. The USD 367 Board of Education voted in favor of purchasing 40 new Riddell helmets at its August meeting Wednesday night. Superintendent Gary French told the board that 10 new Rawlings helmets [...]