About the Tonganoxie Mirror
The Mirror covers the towns of Tonganoxie, Linwood and McLouth, along with Leavenworth County. The newspaper, which was founded in 1882, is published every Wednesday. It is owned by The World Company, which also publishes the Lawrence Journal-World and several other publications in northeast Kansas, Colorado and Arizona. The Mirror was purchased in 1999 from Don and Mary Waterman, who had owned the newspaper since 1991. Since its purchase by The World Company, The Mirror has won first place in the Inland Press Association’s Best Non-Daily Newspaper Contest in 2001 and from 2004 to 2006. The paper took third place in 2008.
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Point of View
Do you plan on attending the St. Patrick’s festivities Saturday in Tonganoxie?
I like seeing Tongie being festive and all dressed up for the occasion. Along with my family, I will be attending the parade, watching the Wild Women of the Frontier, snarfing up some corn beef and cabbage and listening to the pipes. I’m only Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, and sometimes the weekends before and after. The rest of the time, I’m Scottish and both cultures regard pipes as heavenly. To me, it is also a celebration of spring’s imminent arrival, and the green color carries that message, too.
