By Jeff Gulley The Freshmen boys took first place and the junior varsity girls were second at the Santa Fe Trail cross country meet Thursday. The Trojans brought home six individual medals from the second meet of the season. “The kids ran very hard and improved their times,” coach Matt Higgins said. “It was great [...]
By Doug Carder Grady Atwater is relieved that John Brown made the list of 24 finalists for the Kansas Sampler Foundation’s 8 Wonders of Kansas People contest. Atwater, the city’s tourism director, knows getting Brown selected as one of the top eight people in Kansas history is going to be a challenge. He is asking [...]
John Cyrus Orr from Freeport, Kan., 9 miles east of Anthony, fought and was wounded at the St. Mihiel offensive in France at some point between Sept. 12 and 15, 1918, during the war to end all wars, World War I. Orr had been, like many Kansas men, drafted as a private in the 89th [...]
By Sarah Dorset Embracing this idea to shop 100 percent locally for the month of September really forces me to simplify our household. And pray that that no major home repairs are needed on a Sunday when most stores are closed! To think about it, September is an easy month to shop: most back to [...]
Bruce Bowker, 61 Osawatomie, died Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, at his home. A visitation is planned from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday with a short service at 8:30 p.m. at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie. Judith Ann Thompkins, 68, of Osawatomie, died Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, in Olathe Medical Center. Services are pending at Eddy-Birchard [...]
By Kevin Gray I know what critics say about social networks like Facebook: spending time on a keyboard is instant isolation, your information goes public, cyber bullying and crime’s a constant concern, personality brain disorders, and all that lowered face-to-face communication. But just like anything else, the key is moderation. Negatives aside, social networking comes [...]
I RECEIVED a total of two calls personally and one email via one of the publishers of the Osawatomie Journal about my column in last week’s edition. The first call came in from Linda Crouch of Plum Creek Treasures. She was very kind, but let me know that Plum Creek Treasures had quilting supplies and [...]
100 Years Ago Over 30,000 people cheer the Ex-President and whistles scream a noisy welcome as the Roosevelt special puffed into Osawatomie. A reception, luncheon at noon at the State Hospital, dedicatory speeches, Theodore Roosevelt’s speech and then well Teddy goes to Lawrence to sleep. Theodore Roosevelt’s Speech – “New Nationalism, Progressive Policies for Government, [...]
Osawatomie will celebrate the centennial anniversary of John Brown Memorial State Park Sept. 18-19 during the community’s annual Freedom Festival. The two-day festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at the park, Main and 10th streets. The festival will include an arts and crafts fair, frontier artisans, food vendors and [...]
