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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 19, 2019
- Labor Day weekend seems to be a long way off on the calendar.
But in three weeks, it will be time to plant your sunflowers.
Youth up to the age of 14 are invited to participate in a sunflower growing contest. The rules are simple, but your strategies can be whatever you can dream up.
Participants will be planting black oil sunflowers this year, the very same type of seed that is grown by Grinter Farms. Planting can only occur on or after July 9.
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Ray Stockman, Janet Burnett, Theresa Megee, Connie Putthoff, Kris Roberts and Billie Aye
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June 19, 2019
- At Tonganoxie High School, Tonganoxie celebrity and “Survivor: Guatemala” winner Danni Boatwright was on hand last weekend to help raise money for Team Tongie, an organization set up to help Tonganoxie students and their families in time of need.
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By Beverly Muzzy
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June 19, 2019
- Don’t miss Old Settlers Festival, which runs Thursday through Saturday in Oskaloosa.
This year’s theme is “Celebrating a New Generation of Old Settlers.” Lots of events and fun for all ages starting at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday evenings beginning at 5 p.m., along with events all day and evening Saturday. There will be a carnival and live music every evening. The Old Settlers Parade will start at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 19, 2019
- There won’t be a Fourth Tuesday program this month at the Tonganoxie Community Historic Site because the historical society is having its annual picnic this month instead.
The picnic will be 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the historic site, 300 W. Washington Street.
The historical society will furnish the meat (fried chicken this year), while guests are asked to bring a covered dish, salad or dessert. Visitors are welcome.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 19, 2019
- Keyta Kelly is now a master storyteller — and the first woman to earn the distinction — after 26 years of the event at the Kansas Storytelling Festival.
Kelly, a Tonganoxie attorney, won her third tall-tale storytelling state contest in late April.
When a storyteller wins three times, they officially retire from the competition, but can return to tell more stories at future festivals, which always take place the fourth weekend in April in Downs, Kan.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 19, 2019
- Local residents and neighboring business owners rolled in unannounced Thursday afternoon to Kelly Law Office.
But they were part of a big announcement.
Walking in behind them were Marci Penner and WenDee Rowe with the Kansas Sampler Foundation.
Penner and Rowe presented Kelly with a We Kan! award as part of a surprise presentation.
Kansas Sampler Foundation, an Inman-based non-profit, has been choosing ten recipients a year since 1993 to show appreciation for dedicated work in helping preserve and sustain rural culture.
Kelly’s award had the words “All about community” engraved on a round plate, which Elk Falls Potter created.
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By Beverly Muzzy
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June 14, 2019
- Descendants of George and Grace Tarr will gather for a covered dish this weekend.
The meal and reunion will start at noon at the McLouth Community Center. Please bring food to share, your photo albums and memories and your table service.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 12, 2019
- A seasoned Tonganoxie husband and wife who are big stars in the monster truck circuit will be competing in their own back yard this weekend.
Jimmy and Dawn Creten, known as drivers of monster trucks Bounty Hunter and Scarlet Bandit, will be operating their giant trucks Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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June 6, 2019
- Music, beverages, inflatable games and rides, along with food and craft vendors will be the offerings for this year’s Tonganoxie Days, with some special Tonganoxie Public Library events and traditional events also planned for the day.
Tonganoxie Days will run 3-11 p.m. Saturday in and around Gallagher Park.
There will be food, craft and other vendors, inflatables and music, along with a liquor truck.
Food trucks and vendors this year are Frog Hoppin BBQ, Cajun Nation, Kansas Citrus Crushers, Sweet 7th Heaven and KC Kettle Korn.
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May 16, 2019
- Tonganoxie doesn’t have multiplex movie theater, but it is becoming the spot to catch classic flicks and other movies.
Tonganoxie Business Association is sponsoring a summer movie series at Gallagher Park, while Myers Hotel Bar has started its own series across the street.
The TBA series kicks off with the Steven Spielberg classic “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial” starting at dusk Friday at the park, which is just south of Tonganoxie Water Park.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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May 15, 2019
- 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.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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May 10, 2019
- The city of Tonganoxie is working to get the traffic signal at U.S. Highway 24-40 and Main Street functional again.
Assistant City Manager Dan Porter said Friday morning that the it was thought that a “component of the signal mechanism” was why the light was not functioning properly.
Porter said he wasn’t sure how long the light has not been functioning, but that it was not working properly when he came through the light around 7:30 a.m.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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May 9, 2019
- 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.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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07:01 p.m., April 25, 2019 Updated 07:34 a.m.
- Tonganoxie High School and McLouth High School soon will be celebrating alumni reunions.
In Tonganoxie, the THS Class of 1994 is serving as the host of the 84th Annual THS Alumni Banquet. The event will start at 6 p.m. May 11 at the Chieftain Room on the THS East Campus.
