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Carhopping For Cancer

Osawatomie's Sonic Drive-In had some special car hops Saturday. Volunteers work two hour shifts to raise money for breast cancer research. Joan Vandebergh (center) coordinated the event. Pictured with her are two of the volunteers, Jennifer Bratton (left) and Savannah White. The volunteer raised $473.

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High school journalism funding

By Kevin Gray Where did many of my students gain an abundance of real life and practical job skills? I know it wasn’t from sitting in a regular class day-in-and-day-out, lined up in rows of desks taking notes or doing textbook assignments. Try hands on planning, writing, photographing, creating the graphic designs and art and [...]

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Jones Tosses 7 TD Passes

By Jeff Gulley It was the breakout game the Trojans have been looking for all season. Osawatomie erased a season of frustrating losses, winning on the road at Central Heights Friday night 44-20 behind a stellar performance by senior quarterback Seth Jones. Jones tossed seven touchdown passes throwing for 337 yards and was also the [...]

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A 1,000 Paper Cranes for Sadie

By Beth Gulley If you have visited the YMCA on a Tuesday or Thursday evening lately, chances are you have seen a group of people huddled around the front desk folding pastel squares of paper. When I asked Callie Benton what they were doing, she said “we are folding a 1,000 paper cranes for Sadie [...]

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Child Care Training Class Offered

A child care provider training opportunity will be offered in Miami County on Oct. 21. It will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the K-State Research & Extension office at 104 S. Brayman St. in Paola. The title will be “Cultural Influences on Language and Literacy Teaching Practices: Part 2 of 3”. An instructor [...]

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Volleyball Team Earns Senior Night Split

By Jeff Gulley It was senior night for the Osawatomie volleyball team last week and the Trojans split a pair of matches with Jayhawk-Linn and Wellsville. Playing at home on Oct. 5, the Trojans fell to the Jayhawks, then came back to beat Wellsville in two games. Against the Jayhawks, the Trojans lost two hard-fought [...]

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