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EARLY ARRIVAL: Schultz baby is 1st of new year

Dustin and Jessica Schultz thought their firstborn was going to be a New Year’s Day baby.“We actually went in on New Year’s Eve,” Dustin Schultz said about a trip to the hospital. “It was a false alarm.”But last week, another trip proved to be the real thing.Tinley Erin Schultz was ...

Rick and Debby Smoots to celebrate 40th anniversary

Family and friends of Rick and Debby Smoots are invited to celebrate the couple’s 40th wedding anniversary from 4-5:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in McLouth.Rick Smoots and Debbie Stoll were married April 22, 1972, in Tonganoxie.Playing host to the reception are Rick and Debby’s ...

American Royal seeks patriotic singers

Officials with the American Royal in Kansas City, Mo., are seeking area singers to perform the national anthem during the American Royal Fall Festival of Events, going on over the months of September, October and November. With nearly 30 events going on between Sept. 3 and Nov. 21, there are ...

90th birthday reception Sunday for Frances Jeannin

Friends and family will be celebrating Frances Jeannin’s 90th birthday with a reception from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at Tonganoxie Christian Church.Guests are asked to bring their memories and birthday cards, as she is requesting that no gifts be brought.Her sons Mike, Phil, Kenny and Pat ...

March 31 will mark 100th birthday of Tonganoxie native Curtiss

Cards are welcome for Cloviss E. (Winkleman) Curtiss, a former Tonganoxie resident who will turn 100 on March 31.She was born March 31, 1911, in Tonganoxie at the home of her grandparents, Robert Orr Marshall and Anna Mary (Pratley) Marshall. Dr. Walter B. Coe was the attending physician, and ...

Tonganoxie couple celebrating 60th wedding anniversary

Jean and Mary Cross, Tonganoxie, will be celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday.They were married Nov. 18, 1950, in Bentonville, Ark.Jean was a longtime stonemason and Mary a homemaker.Their children are Jay Cross, Polo, Mo., Joy Tiner, Bonner Springs, and Jerry Cross, Dallas. They ...

Former county commissioner remembered

A former Leavenworth County commissioner, Leavenworth mayor and community activist died Sunday at age 69.Robert L. "Bob" Adams, who served two consecutive terms on the County Commission from 1997 to 2005, as Leavenworth City commissioner from 1993 to 1997, as Leavenworth mayor in 1995 and 1996 ...

Retreat to focus on journaling as a self-discovery tool

Faye Schwelitz will conduct the "Journey to Inner Freedom Retreat: Writing from the Quiet Center," July 27-Aug. 1 at Marillac Center, Leavenworth.Schwelitz has been a leader in encouraging journaling as a powerful self-discovery tool and a means of mind-body-spirit connection and integration. ...

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Memorial services for Gary Lee Cooke, 67, Sabetha, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 10, at Northridge Church in Sabetha. Private inurnment will be in Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie.Mr. Cooke died Saturday, March 22, 2008, at Sabetha Hospital.He was born Dec. 2, 1940, in McLouth, the son ...

Darline K. Sutton

Services for Darline K. Sutton, 96, Tonganoxie, were Wednesday, April 2, at United Methodist Church in Tonganoxie. Burial was at Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie.Mrs. Sutton died Sunday, March 30, 2008, at her home.She was born July 30, 1911, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Clarence and ...