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Letter to the editor: People’s lives aren’t trash

To the editor:The Kansas Health Policy Authority Board Health Reform recommendations for improving health and health care in Kansas identified three priorities for health reform, including providing and protecting affordable health insurance -- to help those Kansans most in need gain access to ...

Court judgment a welcome message

The Lawrence Journal-World, in an editorial Nov. 5, said:Even if the effort is futile, it's good to see a Pennsylvania man standing up to the hateful members of a Topeka church.To whatever extent a Pennsylvania man can financially cripple the wacko activities of Topeka's Westboro Baptist ...

Beard re-emerges as grandpa’s tradition

Beard's the word in the Gilner and Grigsby families.Each time Tonganoxie resident Andy Gilner and his wife, Margie, have found out they were going to have a child, Andy Gilner has decided to give his razor a rest and grown out a beard to signify that a baby was on the way.Three times he went ...

School Board Briefs

District in search of patron to fill vacancyThe School Board officially is in search of a patron to fill the unexpired term of longtime board member Bob DeHoff, who resigned at the Oct. 8 meeting.DeHoff represented District 6, so anyone interested in replacing DeHoff must reside in USD 464 ...

Restaurant cited for code violations

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has cited a Tonganoxie restaurant for health code violations.KDHE, on Oct. 16, sent a letter to Corky's restaurant, 1212 E. U.S. Highway 24-40, with its list of food code violations after a Sept. 21 reinspection uncovered four critical violations: ...

Well-wishers say goodbye to Pelzl’s hardware store

With a flip of a sign from open to closed, Pelzl's Do-It best Hardware and V and S Variety Store, a 29-year staple of downtown Tonganoxie, closed for the last time Saturday."It's sad," Don Pelzl said about his store's closing. "I'll miss the customers the most. We had an awful lot of good ...

Father inspires proposed change in state traffic law

Topeka ? A legislative committee on Friday recommended a bill that would require drug testing using an oral swab at motor vehicle accident scenes where there was an injury or a death.The lawmakers are reacting to several recent fatal traffic accidents in which people who caused the wrecks were ...

Freddie (Fred) Ray Swain

Memorial services for Freddie (Fred) Ray Swain were held Oct. 27, 2007, at Amos Family Funeral Home & Crematory.Mr. Swain died Oct. 24, 2007, at his home in Tonganoxie.He was born Feb. 26, 1937, in Ponca City, Okla., the son of Frank and Lula (Grayson) Swain.He is survived by his wife ...

Births: Atticus Breault

Joshua and Heather Breault, Tonganoxie, announce the birth of their son, Atticus Stanley.He was born at 7:12 p.m. Oct. 4, 2007, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Atticus weighed 9 pounds, 9 ounces and was 21 inches long.Big brother, Easton, 5, and big sister, River, 2, welcomed Atticus ...

Births: Alexander Gonzalez

Vincent and Tracy Gonzalez, McLouth, announce the birth of their son Alexander Michael Gonzalez.Alexander was born Oct. 13, 2007, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Alexander weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long.Alexander has two siblings, Vinny, 16, and Tasha, 14.Maternal ...