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February 12, 2014
- Rainbow Experience Preschool will have its a Spring Fling benefit at 6 p.m. at Enright Gardens.
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staff report
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February 6, 2014
- Baldwin schools will reopen Friday after a three-day shutdown because of this week’s winter storm.
Baldwin Superintendent Paul Dorathy said it a statement that a windchill advisory had not be issued for the area for Friday morning, but it would be cold
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By Elvyn Jones
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February 3, 2014
- Dennis Long had an evening planned Thursday, which included a quick meal at a ballgame with his wife, Baker University President Pat Long.
“We’ll have hot dogs at the game in Olathe.”
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 31, 2014
- Federal health care reform will require the Baldwin school district to find $100,000 in next year’s budget to provide health insurance to uninsured employees. The added expense will come from the East Central Kansas Cooperative in Education. Patti Bishop, ECKCE director, said the special education cooperative currently doesn’t offer health insurance to the 108 para-professionals who work in the Baldwin, Wellsville and Eudora school districts.
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By Peter Hancock
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January 31, 2014
- Fourth-graders from throughout Douglas County were treated this week to a slice of pizza, some ice cream and fresh vegetables.
But before they could enjoy those treats, they first had to learn where all the ingredients for those foods came from.
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 28, 2014
- It’s hard not to notice Baldwin High School cheerleader Spencer Young as he races to his spot on the basketball floor during a timeout.
The sophomore’s 5-foot, 10-inch husky frame stands in contrast to the nimble girls who scale up the three tiers of a pyramid or do back flips the length of the court. And it is impossible to overlook he’s the only male on the team.
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 27, 2014
- Questions drive science, and two Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center fifth-graders have solved a vexing one involving Skittles and Starburst.
Their science project, which fifth-graders Jewel Marsh and Tavia Crowe will present at the Baldwin district elementary science fair from 6 to 7:30 Thursday at the Primary Center, examines which of the two candies dissolves quicker and why.
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 22, 2014
- The Baldwin school board voted 5-1 on Tuesday to start school two days early next school year to help equalize the fall and spring semesters.
The vote comes seven months after the board agreed to shorten the school year by five “student-contact days.” With that decision, schools opened five days later in August for the 2013-2014 school year.
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 21, 2014
- Baldwin High School senior Sydney Roller doesn’t need a lesson in diversity to reach out to special needs schoolmates.
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January 20, 2014
- Meeting starts at 6:30 in Primary Center
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 20, 2014
- Before last spring, Baldwin High School senior Adam Withers had never been on an airplane or seen the ocean, much less considered marine biology as a profession.
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January 17, 2014
- Released Jan. 16
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By Elvyn Jones
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January 14, 2014
- USD 348 administrative offices to move Thursday, Friday
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January 13, 2014
- Second quarter honor rolls released
