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Tonganoxie high school, middle school principals resign: By Lisa Scheller; March 21, 2007; Separate agreements spell out the terms under which Tonganoxie High School principal Tatia Shelton and Tonganoxie Middle School assistant principal Darren Neas will resign their posts but continue being paid through June 30.
Mare’s owner decries pit bull attack: By Lisa Scheller; March 7, 2007; Kay Moyer moved to the Tonganoxie-Basehor area to have room for her miniature horses.
No homicide charges after all in wreck that killed Tongie teen: By Lisa Scheller & John Taylor; February 28, 2007; A Lansing man who authorities said ran a stop sign two weeks ago that resulted in the death of a Tonganoxie woman and injuries to a carload from Basehor won’t face vehicular homicide charges.
Board sticks to decision on license: By Lisa Scheller; February 28, 2007; The Kansas Board of Education voted Feb. 13 to deny former Tonganoxie Elementary School principal Jerry Daskoski’s petition for reconsideration of an earlier license revocation.
Accident may cause BLHS junior to lose foot: By Lisa Scheller; February 21, 2007; At Basehor-Linwood High School, students are used to hearing a jingle as junior Katelynn Witt walks through the school hallways wearing her letter jacket covered with dangling medals.
Former principal’s license is revoked: By Lisa Scheller; February 7, 2007; The Kansas State Board of Education has revoked the license of former Tonganoxie Grade School principal Jerry Daskoski.
Tongie kids ‘fishing’ for legislative action: By Lisa Scheller; January 17, 2007; A year ago, Karen Stockman’s third-graders started angling for a state fish.
Tonganoxie chief reflects on tour in Iraq: By Lisa Scheller; January 17, 2007; Police Chief Kenny Carpenter is spending his workdays in Tonganoxie now.
Dog trainer finds winning formula: By Lisa Scheller; January 10, 2007; Two young quail had been placed just minutes earlier in the midst of a hayfield.
County gives shooting range partial approval: By Lisa Scheller; January 10, 2007; Plans are off for a commercial outdoor shooting range in western Leavenworth County.

Recent photos

The Knights of Columbus stand guard as Abbot Barnabas Senecal leads Mass at Holy Angels Cemetery.

Grace Himpel, who attended the Memorial Day service with her mother, Jackie Himpel, found a gravestond that was just the right height for her to sit on. Grace is 14 months old.

Members of the Knights of Columbus participated in the blessing of the angels. Here they stand near a cherub, which symbolizes the unborn. The Knights of Columbus paid for the carving of this statue. Russell Ehart, a Springdale native, carved this statue, and two others in the cemetery, last fall.

The tall angels, carved from 115-year-old Norweigan pines that died, were paid for by the Holy Angels Cemetery Association. Russell Ehart, a native of Springdale, carved the angels.