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How do you celebrate Veterans Day?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I proudly fly the American flag. | 48% | |
| I do nothing. | 33% | |
| I attend a Veterans Day ceremony. | 11% | |
| I attend the Leavenworth Veterans Day parade. | 7% | |
| Total | 27 | |
Lead stories
3:22 p.m.
Kansas schools facing $50 million budget shortfall- November 9, 2010
- Education officials on Tuesday said more budget cuts are possible this school year because of the state’s continued fiscal problems, and even deeper cuts could follow that because of the loss of federal stimulus dollars.
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- BSHS places 4th at state soccer
- November 11, 2010
- As third-place games tend to go no matter the sport, one team shows up hungry for a trophy while the other is too demoralized from the previous day’s loss to compete. The result ends up being a blowout.
- Neighbors: Roberta Wilkes
- November 11, 2010
- Roberta Wilkes shares a little bit about herself in this week’s Neighbors column.
- BLMS 7th-grade squads remain undefeated
- November 11, 2010
- The Basehor-Linwood Middle School seventh-grade girls basketball teams opened the season with victories against Lexington Trails Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
- BLMS 8th-grade basketball earns more victories
- November 11, 2010
- The Basehor-Linwood Middle School eighth-grade girls basketball teams are on a roll. Recently, both the varsity and junior varsity squads crushed Lexington Trails Middle School.
- KCK construction setting records
- November 11, 2010
- The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kan., recently reported that Kansas City is setting records for new construction permits issued and construction jobs created.
- Take part in Adoption Month
- November 11, 2010
- November is National Adoption Month. In Kansas there are more than 5,000 children in foster care and approximately 900 of them are waiting to be adopted. Can you imagine the lives many of these young kids have led? Not one person to feed them, to read to them, to tuck them into bed. Not one person to support their desire to become an artist, a dancer, a soccer player.
- We found grandpa
- November 11, 2010
- It is a long sad story about how we went to Mt. Calvary Cemetery for Memorial Day this year like we always do, but we looked and looked and found no marker for Grandpa John where we thought it should be.
- Coffee shop’s offerings expand with new owner
- November 11, 2010
- Jeffrey Cook has worn a lot of hats in his career, from working as a corporate trainer for Applebee’s to working as a sous chef for the Kansas City Renaissance Festival to owning his own catering business.
- BLHS principal seeks to beef up honors course offerings
- November 11, 2010
- Future Basehor-Linwood High School students seeking a challenge may have more honors courses to choose from — and students may have more incentive to enroll in those tougher courses.
- Historical Museum displaying wedding dresses
- November 11, 2010
- The Basehor Historical Museum put its latest exhibit on display this week: “Wedding Wonderland,” a collection of vintage wedding dresses. The exhibit runs through Dec. 31 at the museum, 2812 155th St.
- Basehor-Linwood Middle School dedication set
- November 11, 2010
- A dedication and ribbon-cutting for the new Basehor-Linwood Middle School building will take place at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21, at the school, 15900 Conley Rd. in Bonner Springs.
- Donohoe: repeal sales tax increase
- November 11, 2010
- Emboldened by last week’s election gains, Republicans in the Kansas House who lost a bid to stop the state sales tax increase say it’s time for a rematch.
- Service in blood of Army officer
- November 11, 2010
- You might say service to country is in Lt. Col. Jamie Holley’s blood.
- Gardner hammers Bonner Springs in 5A football playoffs
- November 11, 2010
- On second down late in the fourth quarter, Jourdaine Smallwood ran 25 yards sideways to the sideline, avoided a sack and then rushed 30-plus yards to the other side of the field.
- BLHS grad Schaake helps KCKCC to victories
- November 11, 2010
- Chandler Schaake, who helped lead the Basehor-Linwood boys basketball team to the 2009 state championship, helped the Kansas City Kansas Community College men’s basketball team to a 79-50 rout of North Arkansas and a 93-63 blowout of Ottawa’s junior varsity Friday and Saturday during the sixth annual Lindsey Classic.
- Wristen: Playoff loss a lesson for Bobcats
- November 11, 2010
- Barely a week has passed, but it’s still hard to comprehend what happened.
- Open house slated
- November 11, 2010
- KCB Bank is staging an open house for its new commercial loan center in Bonner Springs.
- Former business owner dies one day shy of 96
- November 11, 2010
- A longtime Bonner Springs businessman who narrowly survived a lightning strike as a 12-year-old died last month, a day short of his 96th birthday.
- Volunteer advises ‘take it one day at a time’
- November 11, 2010
- Many in the Bonner Springs community know Muriel Jared for her boundless energy.
- ‘Back with wheels’
- November 11, 2010
- Alright, I will admit I was nervous.
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