The Mirror / Estuardo Garcia

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Stranger Creek danger rising near Linwood: Leavenworth Co. creek’s erosion puts property, roadways at risk; By Estuardo Garcia; March 1, 2010; A little more than a decade ago, Linwood resident Bill Jones could look out to his back yard and see an 80-foot storage shed just along Stranger Creek.
Company has site on radar: By Estuardo Garcia; February 17, 2010; Although the City of Tonganoxie hasn’t made any final decisions about how to prepare its new industrial park site for development, it may already have a buyer.
City could have buyer for industrial park: By Estuardo Garcia; February 15, 2010; Although the city hasn’t made any final decisions about how to prepare the city’s new industrial park site for development, it may already have a buyer.
Shortage of 911 dispatchers causing overload in county: By Estuardo Garcia; February 10, 2010; Amy Aaron said her work as a Leavenworth County dispatcher is stressful.
Squirrels slow to show at scramble: By Estuardo Garcia; February 10, 2010; When Aaron Kaser and his two stepsons, Christjen, 9, and Hunter Schmidt, 8, signed up to participate in some squirrel hunting, he wanted to spend some time doing things dads and sons do.
‘Feel the heat’: Tonganoxie firefighters participate in special training that uses real-life scenario for fighting fires; By Estuardo Garcia; February 10, 2010; John Callaghan, deputy fire chief for the Tonganoxie Fire Department, sprays an upstairs room of a house just north of U.S. Highway 24-40 in Tonganoxie with some diesel before lighting the fuel on fire.
Squirrels scarce at scramble: By Estuardo Garcia; February 8, 2010; When Aaron Kaser and his two stepsons, Christjen, 9, and Hunter Schmidt, 8, signed up to participate in some squirrel hunting, he wanted to spend some time doing things dads and sons do.
5 Questions: The feet on the bus go…: Walking School Bus program coming to town; By Estuardo Garcia; February 3, 2010; Q: What is the Walking School Bus program?
New low-income housing could be coming to Tonganoxie: By Estuardo Garcia; 12:00 a.m., February 3, 2010 Updated 11:48 a.m.; A new low-income apartment complex might be coming to Tonganoxie.
County looks to shore up utility easement records: By Estuardo Garcia; 02:05 p.m., January 29, 2010 Updated 05:09 p.m.; The Leavenworth County Commissioners have one thing to say to new property owners in the county: let the buyer beware … at least when it comes to utility easements.

Recent photos

An air ambulance takes off after picking up a middle-aged man from the scene of a vehicle accident on Leavenworth County Road 25, just south of Honey Creek Road. Kansas Highway Patrol officials at the scene of the accident said the man sustained minor to moderate injuries after his truck left the road and struck a tree.

Firefighter Dave Melen shows a cadet how their thermal imaging camera works.

As planned, the second floor of the house collapsed onto the first floor before both of those floors collapsed into the basement.

Assistant Chief Jim McCutchen inspects the inside of the home before the training began.

Mark Hughes from Fire Engineering magazine records the house fire training on video.

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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.

— Jacque Admire

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