Meagan Thomas
Recent stories
- Pottertons leaving Baker/Baldwin City for new opportunity
- April 10, 2013
- The decision to leave was made after Matthew Potterton was offered a position as choir director at East State Tennessee University.
- Health focus: Controlling allergies means answering the question: What am I allergic to?
- March 19, 2013
- Your nose has been running for almost a month. You sneeze all day long, you carry tissues with you everywhere and your eyes are constantly irritated and itchy. The doctor gave you decongestants and antibiotics a few weeks ago but you aren’t getting any better. Why can’t you kick this sickness?
- Douglas County severe weather symposium stresses preparedness
- March 11, 2013
- National Severe Weather Preparedness Week ended Saturday but Douglas County Emergency Management wants the community to continue to be prepared in case of severe weather.
- Retired Baldwin High School teacher, coach born to be pioneer
- March 7, 2013
- Ginny Honomichl receives national honor
- Longtime Baldwin High School cheer/dance coaching partnership coming to an end
- February 15, 2013
- Baldwin High School business teachers Patricia Lenning and Gayle Dempsey have taught together for 25 years. And they spend a good portion of their week together coordinating the BHS cheerleading and dance teams.
- Health focus: Key to fighting obesity is in small changes, not quick fix
- 04:06 p.m., January 22, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- As the first month of the year comes to an end, so do most people’s new year resolutions, many of which are weight-loss related.
- House fire reported on North 600 Road
- January 20, 2013
- Abandoned house burns
- Baker student signs on for Peace Corps tour after graduation
- December 12, 2012
- Baker University senior Sam Beecher grew up in Baldwin City and has spent most of his life in the community, but come February, the sociology major and soon-to-be-graduate will travel to Zambia, Africa, to work for the Peace Corps.By Meagan Thomas
- Baker student presenting spoof of Robin Hood legend
- November 9, 2012
- Play at Rice Auditorium on school’s Baldwin City campus
- Quilt show has grown with Maple Leaf Festival
- October 18, 2012
- Show again this year in Baldwin Elementary School Intermediate Center gym
Recent photos
Baker University director of choir activities Matthew Potterton and his wife, Amy, are leaving the university and Baldwin City soon after the end of the school year with his acceptance of a job in Tennessee. The couple has been very active in the musical life of the community since moving to Baldwin City three years ago.
Sam Beecher has lived in Baldwin City through his childhood and student days at Baker University, but he’ll be leaving for Africa in the months ahead after graduating from Baker.
Melinda Hipple is returning to college this semester after 40 years. The former night shift convenience store clerk has a lot of friends on the Baker University campus because of her work at Kwik Shop and as a fraternity house mother.
Bulldog Days participants run the Liston Stadium steps during a recent evening of the exercise program.
Will Duncan will graduate from Baker University on Saturday with an understanding of the importance of friendship he learned through his college studies and activities and his involvement in the community.
