Also from February 10
Events
Polls
How do you rate the city's policies toward business
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Poor. The policies are nothing but roadblocks to business progress. | 40% | |
| Good. The city is very business friendly, but it could do more. | 28% | |
| Fair. They’ll listen, but action for businesses is slow. | 24% | |
| Excellent. City Hall goes all out to accommodate and help businesses. | 8% | |
| Total | 25 | |
All stories
- In visit to city, governor talks on range of issues
- February 10, 2005
- School funding, although a top priority for Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, isn’t the only issue on the governor’s plate.
- Court date rescheduled
- February 10, 2005
- The pretrial hearing for the Kansas City, Kan., man accused of robbing a Lansing gasoline station and raping a clerk was scheduled to take place last week but was continued to 11 a.m. Friday at the Justice Center in Leavenworth.
- Lions rested, ready for Kaw Valley League showdown at SFT
- February 10, 2005
- It was hard to argue with Lansing High wrestling coach Ron Averill’s decision to give his grapplers a three-day break last weekend, a mere matter of days before the Kaw Valley League meet.
- Jackson, Collins finding their niche
- February 10, 2005
- Five juniors make up the starting lineup for the Lansing High boys’ basketball team, but two sophomores are sharing duties as the squad’s sixth-man.
- Board pushes meeting back
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing School Board’s February meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Lansing Middle School choir room to accommodate those with Valentine’s Day plans.
- Legislators explain gay marriage votes
- February 10, 2005
- Leavenworth County’s delegation to the Kansas House of Representatives was divided in its vote last week on a proposed constitutional amendment that would outlaw same-sex marriages in Kansas.
- Inmates’ rehabilitation includes daily jobs in city departments
- 12:00 a.m., February 10, 2005 Updated 10:43 a.m.
- The words “correctional facility” don’t have many mainstream positive associations. In Lansing, the situation is different. The correctional facility is a cornerstone of the local economy, but it also serves as a source of community service and savings.
- Twitchell’s steady hand sparking LHS offense
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing High girls’ basketball coach Keith Andrews consistently has said his team’s success had been a result of his players filling their roles effectively. Junior guard Nichole Twitchell’s role has been that of the sixth-woman, the first player off the bench most of the time.
- Students reflect on directing experience
- February 10, 2005
- After a month of rehearsals, planning, organizing - and a certain amount of frustration - first-time directors and Lansing High School seniors Ashley Kings and Elena Stephenson miss their productions.
- Vaccine clinic set this weekend
- February 10, 2005
- Although the Leavenworth County Health Department has no flu shots, an influenza and pneumonia vaccine clinic is scheduled for Saturday in Basehor.
- Lessons in love
- February 10, 2005
- A year after she’d graduated, Lansing High School alumna Missy Runnebaum returned to LHS to watch her younger brother play basketball : and ended up watching the new coach instead. That Valentine’s Day, she and the coach went on their first date.
- Father’s return from Iraq celebrated
- February 10, 2005
- On Jan. 21, Maj. Drew Brickson returned home to Lansing from a four-month stint in Iraq. That evening he celebrated a belated Christmas with his sons, Benjamin, a first-grader at Lansing Elementary School, and Joseph, a preschooler, and his wife, Jodie.
- Teacher says pact backs him
- February 10, 2005
- Gregory Rawlings, the middle school science teacher who recently settled an employment dispute with the Lansing School District 469 and agreed to resign at the end of this school year, said one of the most important outcomes from the settlement was the district’s rescinding his termination.
- City, school boards to meet
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing School Board and Lansing City Council will meet for a study session.
- Safety checks set
- February 10, 2005
- Child Safety Week begins Sunday, and Lansing Police will be doing their part to help remind parents.
- Police and Fire Reports for Feb. 10
- February 10, 2005
- Police reports and fire calls.
- Foundation raises $12,500 at breakfast
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing Educational Foundation Fund raised more than $12,500 from corporate donors and ticket sales at the first event in its giving campaign Friday morning at Lansing Middle School.
- Cellular phone towers activated
- February 10, 2005
- Customers of Verizon Wireless should be getting better cellular telephone reception in the Leavenworth and Lansing areas after the activation last month of two new cell sites, the company announced.
- Pet spaying help offered
- February 10, 2005
- Leavenworth Animal Welfare Society will provide financial assistance to residents in the county to encourage them to spay or neuter their animals.
- Prison escapee still at large
- February 10, 2005
- A man who escaped from Lansing Correctional Facility has not been found, and officials have no information about his whereabouts, said Brett Peterson, prison spokesman.
- School briefs
- February 10, 2005
- Wal-Mart donates to fifth-grade class, LHS’ forensics team places 12th and the PTA announces art contest winners.
- City signs papers for park
- February 10, 2005
- The city and an area developer have completed a contract for a 128-acre piece of land that’s targeted to be the city’s newest park.
- Frankie E. Brune
- February 10, 2005
- Frankie E. Brune
- Tytla set to play two positions for juco power Coffeyville
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing High’s football triple-threat will be just a dual-threat at the collegiate level next year.
- Watching children grow up
- February 10, 2005
- The first group of children to pass through A Deere Place is now a part of the junior class at Lansing High School.
- The future is greater
- February 10, 2005
- I read with great interest Chris Wristen’s sports article on Feb. 3 about the high school basketball team returning to the Intermediate School gym. It was a really good article that brought back memories of those early days at that gym when head basketball coach Grant Walkup called me to paint the Lions on the south wall and on the center of the court.
- Snow causes wrecks, cancels school
- February 10, 2005
- There was no school for Lansing students Wednesday, but the worst of the weather system hit Tuesday afternoon just as school was getting out, city officials said.
- Cheering student achievements
- February 10, 2005
- The sight of dozens of Lansing school district students being called to the stage at a major community function to meet the governor and be congratulated for their academic achievements is one that should make the students’ parents and the entire community proud.
- Cars damaged, speeder arrested
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing police said eight cars were damaged late Saturday or early Sunday. On Saturday a Kansas City, Mo., man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.
- Bond support group fills committee posts
- February 10, 2005
- Vote for Kids, the citizens group that is spearheading efforts to pass the Lansing school bond issue in April, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the commons area of Lansing Middle School, 509 W. Ida St.
- City OKs mower purchases
- February 10, 2005
- Lansing Parks and Recreation workers will have two new mowers to help manicure the city’s parks.
- City says ‘thanks’ to businesses
- Salads and Solutions luncheon draws 80 business representatives
- February 10, 2005
- Economic development is a priority for Lansing city officials, but an event last week showed existing businesses in the city that they aren’t being overlooked.
- Sebelius pushes for schools
- Funding fix needed by April 12 deadline
- 12:00 a.m., February 10, 2005 Updated 10:47 a.m.
- Funding of Kansas public schools is front and center on the mind of Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a point she made in a speech during the Lansing Education Foundational breakfast last week.
- Wilson more than just a manager
- February 10, 2005
- After thinking of the right words to describe his appreciation for the contributions that Lansing High senior Michaelah Wilson has made to the LHS wrestling team during the past four years, one sentence finally rolled off coach Ron Averill’s tongue.
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