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- Fridays at ‘the V’
- VFW to extend weekly music nights
- March 12, 2008
- Basehor residents will be able to find entertainment on Friday nights a little closer to home. The Bob Wiley Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall was filled with live music Friday night, and residents are now invited to join in the fun every Friday night. “We had a nice turnout and a wonderful time last week,” VFW Commander Fred Box said.
- Remember When
- March 12, 2008
- A look back at past headlines
- Number crunchers
- Basehor-Linwood High School girls basketball team achieved goals during 2007-2008 season
- March 12, 2008
- Noah Simpson wrote three goals on the blackboard to start his inaugural season as coach of Basehor-Linwood: 1. Have fun. 2. Win the Kaw Valley League. 3. Win substate. Basehor-Linwood accomplished all three.
- State run ends at foul line
- Holton makes 10-of-10 free throws in final minutes to win basketball game
- March 12, 2008
- A game of evenly seeded and evenly matched teams went down to the wire Wednesday night in Salina during the first round of the 2008 Kansas State 4A Tournament. Fifth-seeded Holton was able to avenge its only loss of the season to beat fourth-seeded Basehor-Linwood 55-51. The Wildcats would need flawless crunch time free throw shooting to pull it off.
- Library schedules Family Science Day
- March 12, 2008
- The Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library, 4051 West Drive in Wyandotte County Lake Park, will play host to a Family Science Day on Saturday.
- End of high school season signals start of March Madness, KU’s run to Final Four
- March 12, 2008
- With high school basketball over, it is time to turn our complete attention to the college game. This is just in time for the Big 12 Tournament, which should be at its most intriguing level in years.
- Red Cross reduces CPR class fee
- March 12, 2008
- American Red Cross of Wyandotte County is celebrating March is Red Cross Month by offering a reduced fee adult CPR class next weekend.
- Basehor basketball team’s play has increased expectation level at school
- March 12, 2008
- Given a couple weeks of hindsight to look back over the season, the pain in Basehor-Linwood coach Mike McBride’s voice has subsided with a bit of resolve. But the disappointment is still palpable. It was not long ago that the school’s fan base would have clamored for a season that ended in a Kaw Valley League title and a 17-6 record. Times and expectations have changed and McBride knows it. “Overall, it was a success,” McBride said. “We won our first ever back-to-back league championships, going 24-1 over the last two years in our league with kids that hadn’t had a whole lot of success in the program before they got to us. They leaned how to compete and win.” The team also won its home tournament midway through the year.
- Basehor girls team wins state powerlifting meet
- Lifters set records at state meet
- March 12, 2008
- Some of the strongest teenage weightlifters in Kansas go to school at Basehor-Linwood High School. The Basehor-Linwood girls powerlifting team won the Class 4A State title and finished the season with an undefeated record in five meets. The boys team lost to Russell High by four points.
- Bradley Joseph Roberts
- March 12, 2008
- 1955-2008 Basehor
- Richard “Dick” Martin
- March 12, 2008
- 1932-2008, Kansas City
- Memories of childhood filled with train rides through Kansas
- March 12, 2008
- I can remember when any train ride was, by definition, an adventure.
- Boeing blunders
- March 12, 2008
- I was disappointed in the response of Sen. Pat Roberts to the refueling tanker contract being awarded to Northrup/EADS instead of Boeing
- Marble Crazy thanks
- March 12, 2008
- The eighth-annual “Marble Crazy” has come and gone, and we want to express our thanks to everyone who helped make it such a successful event.
- Postal service trust
- March 12, 2008
- For the third year in a row, Americans have rated the Postal Service as the number one government agency they trust to protect their privacy.
- Talking books
- March 12, 2008
- Thank you for sharing with your readers the information on Talking Books Week 2008. Unfortunately, the information contained in the story was a little misleading.
- Donohoe introduces religion bill for schools
- March 12, 2008
- Kansas Rep. Owen Donohoe said it was “absolutely” fine if his bill’s passage resulted in students being able to hold satanic ceremonies on public school property.
- Lawmaker takes issue with article
- March 12, 2008
- This is in response to a recent story published in The Bonner Springs Chieftain and The Shawnee Dispatch.
- Another wall cracks
- March 12, 2008
- As a young student, I was in Germany, shortly after the Berlin Wall was erected.
- Easters of yesteryear fondly recalled
- March 12, 2008
- If I had my way, Easter would be always be observed on either the first or second Sunday in April.
- Basehor library seeks volunteers
- March 12, 2008
- The Basehor Community Library is looking for volunteers to serve as greeters and tour guides when the new library opens Monday, April 28.
- Council eases office space crunch
- Bonner Springs to extend northwest side of Public Works building
- March 12, 2008
- Two Bonner Springs city departments should see some relief from the dearth of space afflicting city offices.
- Food prices putting strain on budgets
- Across northeast Kansas, consumers feeling pinch in grocery checkout lines
- March 12, 2008
- This year’s rising food prices come on top of last year, when such costs climbed by 4.2 percent.
- As weather warms, gardeners need to ward off intruders
- March 12, 2008
- This week we were to have consecutive days with temperatures in the 60s and just a slight chance of precipitation. For gardeners, who come by their thrills easily, this is exciting news.
- ‘Robot coming through’
- High school students focus on teamwork for event
- March 12, 2008
- Schools from four states competed Saturday in the FIRST Robotics Competition Greater Kansas City Regional at Hale Arena in Kansas City, Mo.
- WyCo 4-H shooting club wins regional match
- March 12, 2008
- The team will compete in the state champion ship next month in Great Bend.
- BSHS coaches ready for nice weather
- March 12, 2008
- Spring brings a new beginning to most things.
- Making the correct call isn’t easy
- March 12, 2008
- Referees have a difficult task in calling a game.
- Ramps closing as work on 24-40 and K-7 launches
- March 12, 2008
- Weather permitting, all ramps at the Kansas Highway 7 and U.S. Highway 24-40 interchange will close today, so that construction on the new K-7 and U.S. 24-40 interchange in Wyandotte County may begin.
- Youth showing signs of progress
- March 12, 2008
- The 5-year-old Linwood-area girl who suffered a gunshot wound to the head and has been in the pediatric unit of Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., was moved to a room in the rehab unit on Saturday according to an information hotline.
- Food prices putting strain on consumers’ pocket books
- March 12, 2008
- Mike Smith’s job isn’t getting any easier.
- Commissioners authorize letters be sent to landowners along CR1
- March 12, 2008
- County staff is set to begin acquiring right of way from 58 parcels of land along County Road 1 leading to a proposed interchange with Interstate 70 in southern Leavenworth County.
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