Progress during hard times
So what projects should continue to be pursued in Washington County, even while the country faces financial turmoil? Should USD 108 continue to move forward with its fitness center and ag ed/woods building, or should they just do one of the projects? Should we be building a hospital to replace the current one? Should the [...]
Hospital fundraising breaks $1 million mark
I am thrilled to have found out that the new Washington County Hospital fundraising effort has passed the $1 million mark. This was the fundraising effort’s base goal. Now the effort will focus on the $1.5 million challenge goal. I think it is fantastic to see how the county has responded to this effort. It [...]
Forced cleanup
The Washington city crew has been cleaning up the Coleman property this morning. This cleanup is a result of the neglected condition of the property (located just east of the car wash). Many efforts have been made by the city to get the property owner to clean it up, but it hasn’t happened and this [...]
More inauguration video
More inauguration videos, taken by the WCHS students, can now be found at: www.youtube.com/user/wcinauguration
More comments from DC Tigers
I couldn’t get ahold of all of the students yesterday, so I sent them e-mails. Others responded after the paper was already off to press, but I wanted to include their comments here. Shannon DeVol said: “The highlight of my trip was the city and the many different types of people. I really loved the [...]
Movie theater DOA?
Sounds like the effort to start a movie theater in Washington will not happen. I don’t know the details, but we will have a story in this week’s Washington County News.
Filings update
Just an update on some filings in the county: Washington city has three positions open and four candidates so far – Meyler Gibbs, Ryan Kern, Melvin Brungardt and Mike Uhlrich USD 223 has three positions open and one filing so far – Daryl Bott of Palmer USD 108 has one candidate for each of three [...]
Is there a hunger problem here?
It has been interesting to follow the development of the food bank and other services over the last year related to dealing with hunger in Washington County. We gave a lot of attention to the move and renovation of the new food bank. Then we heard about the new Backsnack program at USD 108 which [...]
Can anyone compete with Hanover?
The Hanover boys won the TVL championship are remain undefeated. They proved they can play with anyone by beating 4A school Clay Center by 7 points earlier this season. Can anyone stop them this year? Are they bound for a state title? And why are the Hanover boys teams so consistently good?
Awarded story posted
I have posted the two-part feature story on the life and death of Robert Bennett, by Tom Parker, on the left side of this blog under “Awarded stories”. This is the story that won the Kansas News Enterprise Award recently.
