- Empty pool a sad sight
- September 29, 2010
- It is one of life’s ironies that places that are supposed to be the very locus of happiness can have the opposite effect if conditions aren’t just right. If you’ve ever wandered onto a deserted playground or ventured into an empty theater you probably know what I mean.
- Suicide a public health issue
- September 15, 2010
- I will never forget the deep sense of shock I felt when I heard that my sister-in-law had stepped in front of a high-speed train to kill herself.
- March of Dimes Bikers for Babies event is Sept. 19
- August 25, 2010
- This year’s March of Dimes Bikers for Babies ride to benefit the March of Dimes is scheduled for Sept. 19.
- A good board decision
- August 19, 2010
- We were pleased to see the Baldwin School Board finally made a decision to name the sports fields around Baldwin High School the Merle Venable Sports Complex. It was the right thing to do.
- Good district numbers
- Our View Editorial
- August 12, 2010
- We were interested by several numbers that came out this week in regards to the Baldwin School District. First was the mill levy reduction and the second was the early enrollment numbers.
- KNEA endorses Holland for governor
- July 16, 2010
- The Kansas National Education Association has endorsed Tom Holland for governor.
- School decisions need time
- Our View Editorial
- July 15, 2010
- We were encouraged by several developments at Monday’s Baldwin School Board meeting as the district continues to make the most of the tough economic times that are still being faced.
- Flood advisory issued for Douglas County
- July 11, 2010
- The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for northeast Douglas County until 12:30 p.m. Residents of Lawrence and Eudora should be alert to the possibility of flooding.
- Facebook friends choose top movie trilogy
- Jimmy Gillispie column
- July 8, 2010
- After 63 days of voting, the original Star Wars trilogy was named the greatest movie trilogy/series of all time. Well, that’s at least according to my Facebook friends.
- Catching up on a usual busy, busy June
- Around Town column
- July 1, 2010
- Turning the calendar over today to July 1 officially brings the end of yet another extremely busy June in and around Baldwin City. It also hit me that I haven’t done a bits-and-pieces column in a long time and I certainly have them. So here it is.
- Remembering dad on Flag, Father’s Day
- June 18, 2010
- As June 14 approached, e-mails reminded me (not that I needed it) that it was three years ago on Flag Day that we laid my father’s ashes to rest at Ft. Custer National Cemetery, Augusta, Michigan. A sad remembrance, but I don’t bring it up to throw a wet blanket on the week or on the upcoming Sunday, which happens to be Father’s Day, Rather, I wish to share, now that grief has distilled into insight, some of what the connection of Flag Day and this loss, followed closely by Father’s Day, has come to mean to me.
- Letters to the Editor
- June 17, 2010
- To the editor: When asked to vote “yes” so a new school could be built in town, we had no idea it would be used as a way to move our children out of the school we love.
- Rumors of the Big 12’s death were greatly exaggerated
- Around Town column
- June 17, 2010
- That collective sigh of relief heard this week in the area was from Big 12 fans who could finally breathe after a week plus of listening to what looked like the blow-by-blow destruction of their beloved conference.
- It’s a busy time in Baldwin City
- Our View Editorial
- June 10, 2010
- There’s a certain electricity in the air in Baldwin City and it isn’t just the 6 percent electrical rate increase passed by the Baldwin City Council this week or the ongoing debate for the Baldwin School Board on whether to close rural elementary schools or not.
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