Tonganoxie Elementary School students already know their ABCs, but now the grade-school youths also know items in their state that begin with those letters.Earlier this month, freelance illustrator Doug Bowles, spoke to Tonganoxie Elementary students about the book he illustrated, "S is for ...
Ladies are invited for Fun and Fellowship at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Countryside Baptist Church (10328 Wellman Road)"Parents As Teachers" Christmas Party playgroup will be from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, at McLouth's Community Center. Come and meet Santa Claus, ride the reindeer, ...
Anna F. also shares with us how she learned to sew.She had her first date and was going to a square dance. She needed a twirly-whirly skirt with those net bouncy petticoats. She and her mom went shopping, bought some bright red, checked gingham, yards and yards of it. "Mom said we really didn't ...
10 years ago: Oct. 22, 1997THS grad Craig Elliott returned to Tonganoxie for a visit Monday, Oct. 20. Elliott is an architect and has recently designed the E Center, a $50 million hockey and speed skating facility in West Valley, Utah, which will be used for the 2000 Winter Olympics.Harold and ...
Orie and Jan Nelson finalized the summer season by attending the annual Kirby Threshing Bee in rural Leavenworth County near Jarbalo. Fifty plus restored and vintage tractors of all sizes participated in a parade and a lovely ride through the woods and around the lake. Many delicious foods were ...
Tonganoxie Middle School has announced its honor rolls for the first quarter.Eighth Grade4.0 Honor RollNiki Beggs, Rachel Bieniecki, Matthew Briggs, Cody Campbell, Michael Christensen, PJ Conroy, Lindsay Cox, Zach Delaney, Dane Erickson, Sidney Grinter, Maggie Gripka, Ashley Henley, Amanda ...
There will be hanging of the greens at 6 p.m. Saturday at Jarbalo United Methodist Church.During church service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, Glory Generation group will perform at Jarbalo United Methodist Church.Also on Dec. 16, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Gateway group from Tonganoxie will ...
Now that the Thanksgiving dinners have passed and we're afraid to look at the scale, we can be thankful that there are some calorie-burning activities we can do in the yard.Because the leaves have mostly all fallen out of the trees, we can avoid weighing ourselves and start weighing our options ...
Tonganoxie High School will be one of more than 90 schools participating in the 2007-08 Quest academic competition Saturday at Washburn University in Topeka.The contest, co-sponsored by KTWU, a PBS affiliate in Topeka, and Washburn, allows teams of high school students throughout Kansas to ...
Deer-rutting season is drawing closer to an end, but motorists still need to take extra precautions to avoid a collision with these four-legged creatures.If you drive defensively and always be aware of your surrounding when you are near deer habitats, you can make it out of the animal's active ...