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Clarification
March 15, 2007
Council meeting moved to Thursday
March 15, 2007
Obituary: Dorothy F. Hall
1928-2007
March 15, 2007
Congressional briefing: Roberts still backing Iraq - but with limits
Compiled by The Eudora News news sources
March 15, 2007
Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation.
Club needs materials
March 15, 2007
Eudora Middle School has formed a scrapbooking club. It is open to any middle school student. Meetings are from 3:05 to 4:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of each month in the school library.
A lot to live up to
By J.J. De Simone
March 15, 2007
Eudora track and field coach Phil Katzenmeier has no complaints. He has a high number of track and field participants, 40 to be exact, for the 2007 season and relatively decent outdoor weather for the athletes to practice in. But most importantly, Katzenmeier said the kids are just having a great time getting back on the track and getting ready for meets to begin.
Late-season surge could carry into new year
By Joel Reichenberger
March 15, 2007
This review of the Eudora girls basketball team’s season is obligated to start with the team’s final game, a 46-34 loss to Tonganoxie in the sub-state final. It’s obligated to mention that the team was sad afterward, that the girls came to win, they left it all on the court and were crushed to come up short.
Basketball awards
March 15, 2007
Iowa test to be phased out
By Patrick Cady
March 15, 2007
The Iowa Test of Basic Skills appears to be on its way out as a standard of district assessment, assistant superintendent and curriculum coordinator Don Grosdidier said.
Nominations needed
March 15, 2007
Pandemic flu training for childcare providers
March 15, 2007
Fund-raiser supper slated
March 15, 2007
Swing dance classes
March 15, 2007
Sermon series
March 15, 2007
Commemorative brick sales
March 15, 2007
County Relay gearing up
March 15, 2007
Letter: Growth coming
By Staff Report
March 15, 2007
Garden skills limited to picking fruit
By Elvyn Jones
March 15, 2007
On the first Sunday of March, I was in a hardware store when a gentleman came in looking for containers to start tomatoes. Wow, I thought, restrain yourself. You’re not going to do those plants any good starting them this early.
Reprieve in valuation hikes welcome
March 15, 2007
Eudora homeowners accustomed to being hit with near double-digit increases in annual home valuations had to be pleased that trend eased this year.
Endowment association to supplement district programs
March 15, 2007
After several organizational meetings, the Eudora Endowment Association is official. The group, although separate from Eudora USD 491, will be a supplemental funding entity for the district. “We haven’t done any active fund-raising yet, so everything we’ve gotten so far has just kind of come to us, which has been nice,” Eudora Endowment Association President Pennie von Achen said. “We’re just getting started.”
A career at the park
New parks supervisor to cultivate Eudora’s parkland
By Patrick Cady
March 15, 2007
The concept of a perfect park is never far away from city parks supervisor Scot Tolson. To him, it’s all about the aesthetic, he said. The trees, the grass and walking paths all fit into his vision. So do people. He sees children preschool age and older playing on modern and safe playground equipment, Tolson said. “I like to see the parents playing with their kids, or on a park bench, and smiling watching what the kids are enjoying,” he said.
Bond big for board race
By Patrick Cady
March 15, 2007
An upcoming 2008 bond referendum continues to be the top issue for six candidates vying for four seats on the Eudora USD 491 Board of Education. Current board members Mark Chrislip, Greg Neis, Joe Pyle and Board President Kenny Massey will run against Mike Kelso and Belinda Rehmer for the open seats in the April 4 election. Advance voting for the election began Wednesday. Citizens have the opportunity to send in an advanced ballot from now until April 2. The final day to register to vote is Monday.
Firefighters wanted
March 15, 2007
Egg hunt location changed
March 15, 2007
Birth: Hollyn Nicole Millis
March 15, 2007
Birth: Jack Dean Crawshaw
March 15, 2007
Obituary: Richard D. O’Keefe
1967-2007
March 15, 2007
Obituary: Paul J. Born
1919-2007
March 15, 2007
Community calendar
March 15, 2007
Prayer time
March 15, 2007
Pro-life mass
March 15, 2007
Chamber networking event
March 15, 2007
Exercise classes offered
March 15, 2007
Pinecrest news
Alvena Tuggle
March 15, 2007
Police report
March 15, 2007
Band earns high rating
March 15, 2007
Class needs materials
March 15, 2007
Culinary arts students get taste of recognition
March 15, 2007
Historical society meeting
March 15, 2007
Forensics update
March 15, 2007
Days gone by
March 15, 2007
No-call list
March 15, 2007
ECKAN distributing locally
March 15, 2007
Health screening set
March 15, 2007
Medical supplies needed
March 15, 2007
Car show
March 15, 2007
Crop night planned
March 15, 2007
Eudora’s local community service sorority, Beta Sigma Phi, will have a crop night from 6 to 11 p.m. March 30 at St. Paul United Church of Christ, Eighth and Church streets.
Fall at De Soto plant injures local man
By Elvyn Jones
March 15, 2007
A 45-year-old Eudora man is in an area hospital after falling 40 feet Monday night in a water intake tube on the Kansas River.
Youth football/cheerleading
March 15, 2007
Burn permits needed
March 15, 2007
The Fly Route
By Joel Reichenberger
March 15, 2007
Board names architect
By Nate Reed
March 15, 2007
The Eudora USD 491 Board of Education tapped the DLR Group Thursday as the architect for a November bond referendum.
EudoraFest meeting
March 15, 2007
Sharing stories
Adopt-A-Grandparent program brings generations together
By Patrick Cady
March 15, 2007
It’s a moment Eudora Nursing Center activities director Cynthia McClelland often experiences Friday mornings during the school year. Her residents gather at tables or in their wheelchairs near the lobby entrance silently waiting. They look to a pair of doors, expecting them to open at any moment. When the doors open, the environment changes.