Forwarding capability added
I just realized I can add a page element to this blog that would allow readers to forward any of my posts via e-mail to someone else. To do so, just click on the envelope near the bottom right corner of the post.
Latest poll results
The results are in for the two latest poll questions.In response to the question asking “What is the county’s biggest school rivalry in sports,” the in-district Linn-Hanover rivalry was considered the biggest taking 45 of the 72 total votes (or 62%). In a distant second was the Washington County-Hanover rivalry with 12 votes and the [...]
No "Day of Silence" at WCHS
I’ve received a few e-mail forwards questioning whether students at Washington High School will be participating in a “Day of Silence” on Friday, April 25, organized by the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network in Kansas, because Washington High School was among a list of schools in Kansas that are supposed to be part of [...]
Still no commissioner candidates
Why is it that nobody is filing for the open county commissioner seat formerly held by Marcia Funke? Marcia has already announced she will not be running for re-election, yet nobody has signed up. This area covers all of Washington and then the townships north to the state border and then west to Mahaska.While we [...]
Cougar evidence in Kansas
An Associated Press story hit the news today about a mountain lion that was shot in Barber County, Kansas. It appears the landowner didn’t know it was illegal to shoot a cougar and has been cooperating with law enforcement.Here is a Wichita Eagle story:http://www.kansas.com/news/story/352601.htmlI’m just very pleased that this question of whether or not cougars [...]
Clifton-Clyde Tribune for sale
The Clifton-Clyde Tribune, a reinvigorated small town newspaper, is for sale to someone who would like to help give a voice to the news and events in the communities of Clifton, Vining and Clyde. The newspaper has doubled in size over the last year and has drawn plenty of attention for its original news and [...]
Who’s your Final Four?
I would have accomplished a lot more at work yesterday if I weren’t watching KU on the Internet. My brackets are filled out. I have Kansas, Tennessee, Texas and Duke in my Final Four and KU beating Duke for the national title. Of course I’d rather look like a bad prognosticator than have North Carolina [...]
We need a new Washington County Hospital
County Commissioners urged the Washington County Hospital board on Monday to put the concept of a new hospital up for vote. The board hoped to go through the public building commission process, which was the same process used for the construction of the new jail.While I fully support the construction of a new hospital, I [...]
Why waste more money on the airport?
As far as editorials go, I’ve never gotten such a positive response as I did when I wrote an editorial a few months ago questioning the wisdom of putting more county money into the further development of the county airport.I think it was proper to upgrade the runway as they did a few years ago, [...]
Update from state
The Hanover boys fell just shy of a state 1A basketball title by losing to South Gray, 42-49.The South Gray girls team also won the girls 1A state title… this is the team that ousted the Linn girls in the first round.So I guess that makes South Gray a pretty athletic school… blaa, blaa, blaa… [...]
