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State calls casino decison ‘complex’
By Scott Rothschild
March 19, 2008
A high-stakes game to get the right to open a lucrative casino operation in Wyandotte County could be decided this summer or fall.
Bobcats named All-League
By Nick Bratkovic
March 19, 2008
This season was filled with titles for the Basehor-Linwood boys and girls basketball teams. Both teams cut down the nets by winning Kaw Valley League Championships. The two teams also won titles at the Basehor-Linwood midseason classic and dominated opposing teams throughout the season. The girls team advanced to the Class 4A state tournament in Salina, only to lose to Holton, 55-51.
BLHS track teams set goals for new spring season
By Thor Nystrom
March 19, 2008
This year’s Basehor-Linwood track team roster will be large but filled with athletes. But if those athletes’ success in other sports is indicative of their potential in track, the Bobcats could be vastly improved.
2008 BLHS seniors left winning mark on basketball court
By Thor Nystrom
March 19, 2008
It’s time to say goodbye, again. When spectators come back to the Basehor-Linwood gymnasium next year to watch the boys and girls basketball teams, many familiar faces will not be present.
Open Mike
Mike Epler
March 19, 2008 in print edition on A2
If you are like most people who garden, the “itch” has set in to be outside and start preparing for putting in this year’s plants.
Hundreds of birds once again flock to local winter haven
By Estuardo Garcia
March 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
Every year David Isabell and his wife, Patricia, receive hundreds of guests from up north during the winter and hundreds more from the south each spring near their home on Bear Lake.
LCDC encouraged to narrow its focus
By Joel Walsh
March 19, 2008 in print edition on A1
Leavenworth County Development Corp. board members broke out of the mold and voiced their personal thoughts about the direction and effectiveness of LCDC rather than merely listening to material presented in an informational format.
A reminder for sunshine
March 19, 2008
Across the United States, National Sunshine Week is in full swing.
County reviews workers’ compensation
By Joel Walsh
March 19, 2008
Consultants working for the Kansas Eastern Regional Insurance Trust (KERIT) reviewed Leavenworth County’s worker’s compensation coverage with commissioners in an open session Thursday.
Slew of events planned at University of St. Mary
By Staff Report
March 19, 2008
“Contemporary Genocide: Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo,” is the title of a presentation by the University of St. Mary Lawrence D. Starr Global Studies Institute.