Local parade goers might remember a Tonganoxie fixture riding down the route on a restored tractor that was pretty in pink.Harold Denholm restored a red 1951 Farmall tractor with son, Greg, in honor of Harold’s wife and Greg’s mother, Aileen Denolm, who lost her battle with breast cancer in ...
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 Women’s Auxiliary is having its Vietnam Veteran Commemoration Barbecue this weekend.The event will be 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the VFW Post Home, 910 E. First St. The RSVP deadline was last week, but call Cindy at 785-478-1546 to check whether spaces still are ...
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will host a legislative update next month.The forum will start at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home. The venue traditionally has been the venue for candidate forums, a city polling site and legislative updates. This will be the first legislative update for ...
A 3/4-cent sales tax will fund a new Tonganoxie Public Library.Tonganoxie residents voted, 776-429, to replace the current 3/4-cent sales tax with a new 20-year sales tax at the same rate, according to Leavenworth County Clerk Janet Klasinski. She noted voter turnout was nearly 42 percent. The ...
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 and its Women’s Auxiliary sponsored a pizza dinner Thursday for its local Patriots Pen and Voice of Democracy winners.Students then presented their winning essays after the dinner.The VFW sponsors this national contest. Patriots Pen is an essay contest for younger ...
The Tonganoxie Women’s Auxiliary VFW Post 9271 will have a biscuits and gravy breakfast on New Year’s Day.The meal will run from 7 a.m.-noon Jan. 1 at the VFW Post Home, 109 E. First St.
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 is having a Lunch and Learn event at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home, 910 E. First St.Kansas City (Mo.) Municipal Court Judge Ardie Bland will discuss the mechanics of the Veterans Treatment Courts and how the community can support the veterans ...
American Legion Post 41 is encouraging all families having loved ones coming back from military duty to contact the organization to participate in a welcome home ceremony. The post also will have a 3x5 welcome home flag signed by area residents that will be presented.For more information, ...
Nearly 40 American flags were unfurled — including a 20-foot-by-30-foot version towering above the overpass — to greet motorcyclists Monday passing through the Heartland.Tonganoxie American Legion Post 41 and its women’s auxiliary, the Tonganoxie Motorcycle Association, Christian ...
Students from Tonganoxie High School and Tonganoxie Middle School presented their prize-winning essays earlier this month at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home.VFW Post 9271 joins in the national Voice of Democracy contest for high school students and the Patriot’s Pen for middle school ...
