Home » August 17th, 2011 Entries posted on “August, 2011”

Osawatomie Boy Scouts Canoe in Canada

Nine members of Osawatomie Boy Scout Troop 106 left for Bissett, Manitoba, Canada on June 20 for a 6-day, 5-night canoe trip on the lakes of Manitoba, Canada. Those members were Jerrod Bechtel, Jasten Bechtel, Chance Jolly, Tanner Schwalm, Branden Pace-Guilfoyle, Anita Pace, Paul Bechtel, Cindy Schwalm and Galen Critchfield. During the two-day trip to [...]

Posted in News and Updates | Read More »

City Council Confident In New City Manager

I had the pleasure to spend a few minutes talking with new city manager Don Cawby Monday afternoon. Instantly I could see one of the reasons the city council liked him. He seems to be a positive man with a lot of knowledge about management. But more important, he knows and likes small towns. Cawby [...]

Posted in Opinion | Read More »

100 Percent Against It?

For his 10th birthday, the only thing my son wanted was to go ride horses. His birthday was on Aug. 2, and we scheduled a ride with a local stable in Hillsdale. Unfortunately, it was way too hot to get the horses out that day, so we rescheduled for a week later. On Tuesday, Aug. [...]

Posted in Jeremy Gulley,Opinion | Read More »

Preserve Old Diehm

I don’t know about folks sitting around drinking coffee in Linn County locations but discussion of the Christine Staten story about the log cabin – she calls “Old Diehm” – went the rounds at Gary Furnish’s donut shop in Paola. This amazingly solid and impressive structure serves as a reminder to what it took to [...]

Posted in Kevin Gray,Opinion | Read More »

Thomas Lynn Youman And Osawatomie

Thomas Lynn Youman is an unsung Osawatomie hero who was a pioneer in Kansas’s telecommunications industry. Youman owned the Osawatomie Telephone Company and was a stockholder in the Parker Telephone Company in Parker, Kansas.  Youman was an astute business owner and was influential in Kansas’s early communications industry. Telephony: The American Telephone Journal, Volume 79, [...]

Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Families Enjoy Free Day Of Fun At City Pool

DSC_0052

   

Posted in News and Updates | Read More »

USD 367 Students Get A’s On State Testing

By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie schools received passing marks in the annual assessment report that was released last week. District wide, all schools met annual yearly progress goals except Trojan Elementary, which failed to reach the mark in special education reading. The district reading goal for 2010-2011 was 86 percent. Osawatomie students scored 88.3 percent. In [...]

Posted in News and Updates | Read More »

Osawatomie Names New City Manager

DSC_0152

The Osawatomie City Council announced Thursday night following an executive session the hiring of Don Cawby as city manager. Cawby’s hiring came after a month-long search that utilized the Kansas League of Municipalities to advertise and screen applicants. The top five were interviewed by the council and given tours of the city two weeks ago. [...]

Posted in News and Updates | Read More »

Hugs, Kisses And Off To School

Photo by Jeff Gulley Osawatomie preschool student Landon Strahl gets a hug from his mother Melinda before the first day of school Monday. All students in USD 367 began classes Monday morning.

Posted in News and Updates | Read More »

Visiting The Swan River Museum

Last week I visited the St. Philippine Duchesne Memorial Park.  One of the signs in the park explained that the artifacts found there were kept at the Swan River Museum in Paola.  Because I live just a few blocks from there, I thought I would follow up on last week’s adventure, and go to the [...]

Posted in Beth Gulley,Opinion | Read More »