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Editor’s note: Thank God the election is over! I’ve blocked comments and put this back on its original date.
Jim Mueller announced his intention to run as a write-in candidate for Washington County Sheriff recently. Mueller was a Republican candidate in the primary election, but lost the race to Sheriff Bill Overbeck.
He said in a statement [...]
“WCHS108″ asks:Not a new subject…but since all schools are 1 month into the year, the future of all the schools in the county; any possible merger ideas, and if so, which school should consider and with whom?
The Backroads Newsroom blog set another readership record! There were 323 pages loads yesterday which surpassed the previous record (from two Thursdays ago) by three loads.Yesterday also tied the record for unique readers at 120. So things are going well and I believe that when I get the new blog/web site going, things will pick [...]
Haely (Rettig) Ordoyne recently took the job as the new Washington County Hospital fundraising assistant. Haely and her husband Raleigh, both originally from Linn, recently moved back to the county from McPherson. I’m sure I’ll have something in the print edition soon.
The problem with the poll vote feature included in this blog is that there is no opportunity to comment on the responses. So I’m wondering what people think of the concept of a theater in Washington. At first, poll results showed most people were for the idea and would either attend shows occasionally or all [...]
The color part of the press at Marysville was down again this week (different problem from last week) so we got B section in full color before it broke down (I’m glad I ran the festival pictures in B instead of A) but the front section was in black and white. I apologize for not [...]
GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin wowed voters with her initial speech in Ohio when she was named McCain’s running mate and was widely praised for her speech at the Republican National Convention, but since then, we’ve been hearing a lot of the same quotes as part of her stump speech.The worry wart in me [...]
I was open to the idea of the county commissioners helping an airplane mechanic establish a business out at the airport. Doing lease-purchase agreements on a new building or some version of business assistance is not uncommon for governmental entities. I figured this was a better idea than just spending a lot of money on [...]
Just an FYI on area homecoming football games:Sept. 19 – WCHS homecoming vs. ImmaculataOct. 3 – Linn homecoming vs. HopeOct. 3 – Hanover homecoming vs. Blue ValleyOct. 3 – Clifton-Clyde homecoming vs. Southern Cloud
Pretend you are a huge and fanatic K-State football fan… and they play Nebraska on Saturday. You can’t make it to the game, but it is the featured game on ESPN and the Gameday crew is in town. K-State is predicted to win, but it should be a good game and you absolutely despise Nebraska. [...]
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