To the editor:Thank you to the Magnificent Seven, an open letter to the staff of the Tonganoxie Public Library.When Royce Kitts resigned as our director in June we knew we would need to rely on you to fill the gap until we could select and hire a new director. And you did not disappoint ...
To the editor:As a grandmother in charge of the care of her grandchildren after school, I feel compelled to address the parking/pickup/dropoff at the elementary school. I have raised 2 children of my own, so I understand and even expected confusion and chaos the first week of school and was not ...
According to the U.S. Department of Education, only a third of Kansas students are proficient in reading and roughly one out of four are functionally illiterate. You might expect that education officials would welcome an opportunity to examine what other states are doing to address these ...
To the editor:I found it refreshing to see that the Leavenworth County Commission has done everything possible to help hold down the mill levy increase for 2012 by eliminating what it calls things too expensive to pay for.I can only pray that includes any more thoughts for an airport in ...
It’s Leavenworth County Fair time through the weekend.This is the 85th year for our fair, so Kansas was only 65 years old when we had our first fair. That was in 1926 and a bumper crop of corn was the big drawing card. The following year highlighted corn and apples. It was not known as the ...
To the editor:I saw this on Facebook and I know that not everyone looks at that, so I wanted to share this with you:Don’t like gay marriages? Don’t get one.Don’t like cigarettes? Don’t smoke them.Don’t like abortions? Don’t get one.Don’t like sex? Don’t have it.Don’t like ...
Editor’s note: On vacation this week, John Schlageck dusted off a story he wrote in May of 1995. He was on his way to a Rattlesnake Roundup outside of Sharon Springs and while taking the back roads where he grew up, he happened upon the inspiration for the following story. While Mr. Smith is ...
It’s harvest time in Kansas. And while most Americans associate harvest with autumn leaves and Thanksgiving, Kansans think of hot southern winds that ripen the wheat and signal it’s time to get the combine ready for what they hope will be a good crop. Ever since Kansas’ first settlers ...
To the editor:If you’ve ever loved or cared for a pet, or found a stray dog or cat, or had a pet illegally and cruelly abandoned on your property, now is the time to tell our Board of County Commissioners and our Sheriff’s Office that we need animal control services in Leavenworth ...
Last week, the Tonganoxie City Council ordered the owners of two structures in the city to address multiple issues the city codes inspector identified within 90 days or face having the city tear down the buildings at the owners’ expense.Both properties are at very visible locations and the ...