Archive for Wednesday, January 18, 2012

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Montemayor: 1,000-point milestones don’t obscure twins’, Bobcats’ grand thoughts
By Stephen Montemayor
5:17 p.m., January 17, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Toward the end of the first half of Basehor-Linwood’s boys basketball game against Pembroke Hill Monday, athletic director Joe Keeler walked over to the P.A. announcer, note card in hand.

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BSHS teacher receives Horizon Award from state
January 18, 2012
Diane Debacker, Kansas Commissioner of Education, announced Monday that a Bonner Springs High School teacher is among 31 teachers in the state to receive the 2011 Horizon Award.
Letter: Concerned about new zoning
January 18, 2012
To the editor: Some residents of Bonner Springs are not happy with the possibility of additional apartment buildings being built on the east side of 132nd Street, south of Kansas Avenue and north of Heritage Drive.
Getting older has its upside
By Clausie Smith
January 18, 2012
Since I’m nearing three-fourths of a century in age, I have noticed there are some things that I no longer do.
Remember When for Jan. 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
News from Bonner Springs and Basehor reported in The Chieftain in the third week of January 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
Neighbors: Brian J. White
January 18, 2012
Brian J. White shares a little bit about himself in this week’s Neighbors column.
Basehor student on dean’s list at Columbia College
January 18, 2012
A student from Basehor at Columbia College in Columbia, Mo., earned a spot on the school’s dean’s list for the fall 2011 semester.
Basehor students honored at Saint Mary
January 18, 2012
Several students from Basehor at the University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth were named to the university’s Dean’s Honor List for fall 2011.
Library offers local historical information in online ketes
By Melissa Treolo
January 18, 2012
Like most cities in northeast Kansas, the cities of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville were awash in “trouble and turmoil” in the spring of 1903 as residents battled a devastating flood of the Kansas and Missouri rivers that felled bridges, buildings and even a young Bonner Springs teenager, Jesse McAfee, who lost his footing and drowned in the rising waters.
Family links: Owner of new Basehor sausage business takes up grandfather’s hobby
By Matt Erickson
January 18, 2012
For years, family and friends used to tell Steve Sessions’ grandfather that he should sell his homemade sausages for a living, Sessions says.
5 Questions: Tracking credit
Be sure your credit report is accurate
By Staff Report
January 18, 2012 in print edition on A2
Debra Wood, family and consumer sciences agent with the Kansas State Extension Service — Geary County, offers this advice to be sure your credit report is up to date and accurate.