The Mirror / Archive for Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Board president: 10,000 more attended county fair this year: By Estuardo Garcia, Benton Smith; August 20, 2008; This year’s fair can be remembered for some noteworthy changes.

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Turner newest member of KVL: By Chris Wristen; August 20, 2008; The Kaw Valley League’s stint as a nine-school league was short-lived.
Lansing supplants Mill Valley as KVL king: By Benton Smith; August 20, 2008; After four years of supremacy, Mill Valley’s reign as the top athletics department in the Kaw Valley League is over.
Early figures show enrollment increases: By Lara Hastings & Shawn Linenberger; August 20, 2008; Enrollment is up in the Tonganoxie and Basehor-Linwood school districts.
Fort to get new multi-faith chapel: August 20, 2008; U.S. Reps. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., Ike Skelton, D-Mo., Chet Edwards, D-Texas, and post commander Lt. Gen. William Caldwell were on hand to break ground for a new Main Chapel at Fort Leavenworth Monday morning.
Our view: Fair shows countyhas plenty of talent: August 20, 2008; NBC has been advertising the return of its show “America’s Got Talent,” which will be back on the air after the Olympic Games end.
Community band looking for members: August 20, 2008; The University of Saint Mary Community Band will begin its fall semester rehearsal schedule on Monday, August 25 at the Walnut Room in Mead Hall on the USM campus in Leavenworth.
Reilly enjoys astro camp: August 20, 2008; Ben Reilly, son of Brian and Mary Reilly, Tonganoxie, recently graduated from Level 2 of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center’s Future Astronaut Training Program.
First fun run nets $300 for PE department: By Shawn Linenberger; August 20, 2008; Tonganoxie Middle School physical education instructor LeAnn Bond was encouraged by the turnout for the PE department’s inaugural 5K fun run and walk.
Tonganoxie grads among Mount Oread Scholars: August 20, 2008; The 12th annual walk up the hill for Mount Oread Scholars at Kansas University was held Monday morning.
Kindergarten event caters to parents: Inaugural Boo-Hoo Breakfast helps parents part with kids for first day of fall classes; By Shawn Linenberger; August 20, 2008; Christy Angell wasn’t ready to let her littlest Angell spread her wings and start kindergarten Monday at Tonganoxie Elementary School.
Board president: 10,000 more attended county fair this year: By Estuardo Garcia & Benton Smith; August 20, 2008; This year’s fair can be remembered for some noteworthy changes.
Letter to the editor: Biodefense lab bad idea for Manhattan: August 20, 2008; The Department of Homeland Security is proposing to move foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) research from Plum Island, N.Y., onto the United States mainland. Biodefense lab bad idea for Manhattan
Antics part of package with dog: By Lara Hastings; August 20, 2008; I walked into the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City that January day, two and a half years ago, on a whim.
Projects progressing: Construction of football entrance, Remembrance Walk moving forward; By Shawn Linenberger; August 20, 2008; Separate projects on the Tonganoxie High School campus are taking shape
Long overdue street improvements still down the road: By Estuardo Garcia; August 20, 2008; Street improvements on Second and Cox streets have been on the backburner for about 16 years and just as the City of Tonganoxie has finally put it on its to-do list for this year, it appears as though this particular project will have to wait until next summer
It’s in the bag: Bagworms produce about 1,000 eggs: Insect feasting on several area trees; Webworm, which does less harm, often mistaken for bagworm; By Shawn Linenberger; August 20, 2008; Picking bagworms from trees can be a tedious task.
Volk hopes productive summer will help him at UAB: By Benton Smith; August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1; A year ago, Danny Volk left Tonganoxie and headed to Alabama with uncertainty staring him in the face.
New jerseys look tight, feel tighter: Tonganoxie linemen not immediate fans of team’s new form-fitting jerseys; By Benton Smith; August 20, 2008 in print edition on B1; The smaller guys liked them because they were tight. The big guys : not so much.

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.

— Jacque Admire

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