Tonganoxie High to send off 160 at graduation Saturday
The Tonganoxie High School gymnasium likely will be a packed house Saturday. Commencement exercises for the THS Class of 2019 will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the school’s gymnasium. The THS band will perform songs before graduation and then play the processional as 160 THS seniors will enter the gymnasium. Faculty will greet the class as they file in for the final time as high school students.
Tonganoxie Living
Book buddies: Tonganoxie police, schools begin reading partnership
Tonganoxie Elementary School students have some new reading buddies in uniform. The Tonganoxie Police Department recently coordinated with Tonganoxie USD 464 to facilitate police officers reading to children at Tonganoxie Elementary School. Like similar reading programs in the metro, this interaction centers around police and teachers encouraging children to read well and more often. The district’s teachers and Tonganoxie Police hope to make this program fun in the process. Superintendent Loren Feldkamp, TES principal Chuck Mahon and many teachers welcomed officers into the elementary school starting last month.
- Easter egg hunts, Egg My Yard fundraiser planned for Tonganoxie April 17
- Just what the ‘doctor’ ordered in Tonganoxie: Resident who favors a certain soft drink turns 101 Friday April 10
- Caregiver support group being offered each month in Tonganoxie March 14
- Forecast favorable for 31st Annual Tonganoxie St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday March 12
- Tonganoxie St. Patrick’s Parade is March 16 March 1
Local news
Beatty Field renovations begin on Tonganoxie High School campus
The grass surface is all but gone at Beatty Field. Crews started prep work for the field, which will have artificial turf installed in during the next 2-3 months. Tonganoxie USD 464 board members unanimously approved installing field turf at the stadium. The cost of the project, per the contract with ATG Sports out of Andover, is $655,500. A few items included in the agreement are an eight-year base warranty of all base work, rock and drainage under the turf which guarantees against soft spots, low spots and drainage problems, along with a grooming device and a no-change-orders guarantee. That means the bid includes all items necessary for the project. Any additional would come if the district added additional scope to the project.
- Friday Flicks: TBA, Myers Hotel Bar offering movie series May 16
- Book buddies: Tonganoxie police, schools begin reading partnership May 15
- Traffic signals at U.S. Highway 24-40 and Main Street are expected to be fixed this afternoon May 10
- Tonganoxie police participating in Click It or Ticket May 9
- Tonganoxie, McLouth to celebrate alumni with reunion banquets April 25
Leavenworth County
Tonganoxie police participating in Click It or Ticket
The Tonganoxie Police Department will have increased traffic patrol within the city limits from May 20-June 2. TPD joins 180 other law enforcement agencies in aggressively enforcing Kansas occupant restraint laws as part of the 2019 Kansas Click It or Ticket campaign. The activity is supported through a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
- Beatty Field renovations begin on Tonganoxie High School campus May 18
- Tonganoxie High to send off 160 at graduation Saturday May 17
- Friday Flicks: TBA, Myers Hotel Bar offering movie series May 16
- Book buddies: Tonganoxie police, schools begin reading partnership May 15
- Traffic signals at U.S. Highway 24-40 and Main Street are expected to be fixed this afternoon May 10
Sports
On par for the current course: Tonganoxie High boys golf earns 3rd straight state berth
Tonganoxie High golf has a state berth yet again. The THS boys team finished as Class 4A regional runner-up for the third straight year, which means a state berth each time. The top three teams from each of the four regionals advance to state. The Chieftains finished the regional on Monday with a score of 349 at the Paola Country Club. Hayden was the regional champ with a low score of 332. Louisburg placed third (352), Ottawa fourth (363), Bishop Miege fifth (371) and Piper sixth (383).
- Beatty Field renovations begin on Tonganoxie High School campus May 18
- BACK-TO-BACK: Tonganoxie High baseball headed to state again May 15
- Tonganoxie High grad Miller earns postseason honors with breakthough year at Labette May 10
- Tonganoxie High soccer awaits regional pairings as postseason starts Monday May 10
- Tonganoxie High baseball enters Iola Regional as No. 8 seed May 10
- Beatty Field renovations begin on Tonganoxie High School campus May 18
- Tonganoxie High to send off 160 at graduation Saturday May 17
- Friday Flicks: TBA, Myers Hotel Bar offering movie series May 16
- On par for the current course: Tonganoxie High boys golf earns 3rd straight state berth May 16
- BACK-TO-BACK: Tonganoxie High baseball headed to state again May 15
- Book buddies: Tonganoxie police, schools begin reading partnership May 15
- Tonganoxie High grad Miller earns postseason honors with breakthough year at Labette May 10
- Traffic signals at U.S. Highway 24-40 and Main Street are expected to be fixed this afternoon May 10
- Tonganoxie High soccer awaits regional pairings as postseason starts Monday May 10
- Tonganoxie High baseball enters Iola Regional as No. 8 seed May 10
- Local schools celebrating commencement exercises May 9
Today's events
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors at 9 a.m.
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors at 9 a.m.
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors at 9 a.m.
- Adult Sexual Assault Support Group at 4 p.m.
Upcoming events
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors May 22
- TOPS Meeting in Tonganoxie May 23
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors May 29
- TOPS Meeting in Tonganoxie May 30
More events
Births
- Jeremy and Kassidie Karns, a boy.
- Jesse and Rebecca Moore, a boy.
- Dylan and Harley Puhr, a girl.
- Jessica Bayliff, a boy.
- Lane and Carrie Stamper, a girl.
