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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 ...

Jarbalo Jottings

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 ...

TMS lists 1st quarter honor roll students

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 ...

Springdale News

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 ...

Remember When: A Community Review

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 ...

Aunt Norie’s Sewing Room

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 ...

McLouth Happenings

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, ...

Leavenworth County Commission agenda, Nov. 26-Dec. 1

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 20079 a.m. Public Comment / Administrative Business10 a.m. Bob Happeny -- Technology Development Corporation TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 20078 a.m. Commissioner Tellefson will attend Workforce Investment Board Meeting in Kansas City11 a.m. Commissioner Tellefson and Commissioner ...

TMS student’s ‘favorite place’ takes first place in statewide PTA contest

When Gus Dent was told he could get extra credit in his English class for entering a photography contest, he jumped at the opportunity.The seventh-grader didn't know his photo would later be classified as the PTA Reflections Program's best photo in Kansas.His photo is a snapshot of a garden ...

Remembrance walk receives approval

Kelly Frantz said she couldn't recall when exactly the idea came to mind for a memorial for her late husband, Army Pfc. Lucas Frantz, who was killed on his 22nd birthday while serving in Iraq.It started with the idea of a tree.That idea continues to grow.Kelly Frantz, her mother, Pam Jeannin, ...