USD 223 patrons should urge board to talk
A story in today’s Belleville Telescope stated that the Pike Valley and Republic County school boards are scheduled to meet on Monday in Scandia to discuss the potential of a merger of the two districts.The districts started looking over the financial benefits of a consolidation at the same time the USD 108 Washington County and [...]
Was stall offense a good decision?
The Washington County girls only lost by five points on Tuesday in a home basketball game versus Linn. This could be considered quite an accomplishment after losing to the Bulldogs by 42 points earlier this season. But when you see the final score was just 17-12 with Linn winning, most folks would double-check and make [...]
Huckabee wins Washington County GOP Caucus
Mike Huckabee was the overwhelming winner of the Washington County GOP Caucus on Saturday morning in Washington. With a crowd of 152 voters from several counties, plus several observers, Huckabee won with 104 votes, followed by John McCain with 25, Ron Paul with 21 and Alan Keyes with 2. There were also three provisional ballots [...]
We like Mike
A trip to Topeka was well worth it today when we were able to shake hands with Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and even had him hold our 4 1/2 month old baby Noah! We had to stand in the room at the Ramada for a good hour (holding hot kids the whole time and [...]
Kansas GOP Presidential Caucus
Republicans in Kansas have a chance to help send one of three Republicans up against the Democratic challenger for a bid to the White House this fall, by casting their votes at Saturday’s caucuses. Our local caucus begins at 10 a.m. at First National Bank in Washington. For whom should we vote? The military veteran, [...]
Downtown Washington style
In last week’s issue of the News, we had a story about the “Buckaroo Revival” style of awning that is prevalent in both downtown Washington and many other small towns across Kansas. An individual with the Kansas Historical Society thinks this style needs to be removed because it is not authentic. What do you think? [...]
Memories of Coach Buller
I never met the great Coach Buller, but I’ve heard plenty of stories. My favorite is one where his Clyde football team evidently beat up on Clifton pretty well one game night, but evidently they didn’t put forth enough effort so when the game was complete, he had his team stay on the field and [...]
For this week…
Here is what is planned for this week’s newspapers: Washington County NewsSheering Scheer sheepCounty Spelling Bee participant listingTaddiken and Schwartz give update at Legislative CoffeeWashington City Council Clifton-Clyde TribuneLook back at Coach Buller’s lifeMore information on the new computers for the Clifton LibraryFBLA district resultsCC spelling bee participants
