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Polls
Do you think Kansas needs a Taxpayer's Bill of Rights?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. State spending is out of control. | 82% | |
| No. That’s why we elect a new Legislature every four years. | 17% | |
| Total | 29 | |
All stories
- LHS tennis battles cold, prepares for regionals
- October 6, 2005
- Cold and windy temperatures greeted the Lansing High tennis team at its final postseason tuneup on Thursday at the Gardner Invitational, and the Lions came home with mixed results.
- Lansing escapes flooding problems
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing avoided the brunt of weekend storms that brought flooding to parts of Leavenworth County, but volunteer firefighters from the city were kept busy responding to water-rescue calls throughout the area.
- Mistrial in rape case
- ‘Expert testimony’ dispute leads judge to end trial
- October 6, 2005
- The suspect charged with the December 2004 robbery of a Lansing gasoline station and rape of a clerk is back in Leavenworth County Jail, awaiting a new trial.
- Big Easy, big duty
- October 6, 2005
- The son of a Lansing couple knows this American city in ruin firsthand.
- School Board retreat turns planning panel into reality
- October 6, 2005
- Members met Saturday morning at Sallie Zoll school on the Lansing Elementary campus, 210 E. Mary St., to discuss what they expected of the district in the next few years.
- Scoreboard
- Lansing sports scores and results for the week leading up to Oct. 6, 2005.
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing sports scores and results for the week leading up to Oct. 6, 2005.
- LHS cross country to run at Pleasant Ridge
- October 6, 2005
- It’s crunch time for the Lansing High cross country team.
- Boys soccer set to face Basehor
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing High boys soccer coach Randy Brown knows his team is down to crunch time.
- JV volleyball pulls together, wins KVL title
- October 6, 2005
- A knee injury and a new offensive scheme created one chaotic week for the Lansing High junior varsity volleyball team, but the adversity wasn’t enough to keep the Lions from achieving their goal of being Kaw Valley League champions.
- Lansing residents participate in KC Marathon festivities
- October 6, 2005
- The Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon took place Sept. 24 in Kansas City, Mo., and six Lansing residents took part in the various races.
- Perfect season within grasp
- Eighth-graders hope to win Tonganoxie Volleyball Tourney
- October 6, 2005
- The Lansing Middle School volleyball eighth-grade A team will attempt to close out an undefeated season when it steps on the court at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at the Tonganoxie Tournament.
- Tennis turns focus to regionals
- October 6, 2005
- Prior to the start of the 2005 season, it wasn’t likely that many people would’ve given the Lansing High girls tennis team much chance of qualifying any players for state.
- Seniors spark LHS past Mill Valley, THS
- October 6, 2005
- On a night that was seven years in the making, the Lansing High volleyball team’s six seniors ended their home careers with two convincing victories.
- Slater could play Friday
- Lansing senior returns from broken arm
- October 6, 2005
- Jeff Slater hates drinking milk, but he loves playing football.
- Lansing comes home
- After three-game road trip, LHS to play Immaculata on Homecoming
- October 6, 2005
- Few things have gone right for the Immaculata football team this season, but that doesn’t necessarily bode well for Lansing High.
- Homecoming activities continue
- October 6, 2005
- Homecoming activities continue through the weekend at Lansing High School.
- 8 LHS students selected for exchange
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing High School junior Michael Nielsen is about to have his passport stamped again.
- Homecoming floats vie to be LHS’s ‘Ship of Dreams’
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing High School seniors hope to “Luau with the Lions” during Friday’s Homecoming parade, but senior Andrew Cameron isn’t holding his breath that the Class of 2006’s float will be judged a winner.
- 45-minute deluge leaves much of Easton under water
- October 6, 2005
- At 2 a.m. Sunday, Easton was dry. Less than one hour later, roads were covered with up to 20 inches of water.
- New fire station to have open house
- October 6, 2005
- Leavenworth County Fire District No. 1 is opening the doors of its new High Plains Fire Station to the public with an open house this weekend.
- Health fair Sunday in Lansing
- October 6, 2005
- An actor, Kansas City TV personalities, a recording artist and others will be on hand this weekend when Associates in Family Health Care presents its Women’s Health Fair 2005.
- Edmonds-Lones
- October 6, 2005
- Lindsay N. Edmonds and Malachi C. Lones were married May 28, 2005, at Wallula Christian Church, Lansing.
- Williams-Hodam
- October 6, 2005
- Stephanie Williams and Davis Hodam were married July 30, 2005, at Saint John United Church of Christ in Lincoln, Ill.
- Maria Menzel
- October 6, 2005
- Maria Menzel turned 1 year old on Sept. 9, 2005.
- LEAP grad beats odds at KU, in housing job
- October 6, 2005
- University of Kansas junior and Lansing graduate Josh Cain was one of only eight students hired in May to be a resident assistant at the school.
- Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights tour finds scant following locally
- October 6, 2005
- The American Dream ended Friday afternoon in Leavenworth - the “American Dream Express” tour, that is.
- Hall of famers
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing residents Tom and Teresa Young were inducted Saturday into the Baker University Hall of Fame, becoming the first husband-wife duo enshrined in the school’s hall.
- Volunteer of year nominations sought
- October 6, 2005
- Nominations are being accepted for the 2005 Lansing Volunteer of the Year.
- LAD schedules annual meeting
- October 6, 2005
- Bob Marcusse, president of the Kansas City Area Development Council, will be the featured speaker at this year’s Leavenworth Area Development annual meeting.
- Chamber seeks Athena candidates
- October 6, 2005
- The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for the 2005 Athena Businesswoman of the Year Award.
- Lansing student attends camp
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing resident Kristin Hoffpauer joined nearly 60 other seventh- and eighth-graders from across Kansas at the second annual MoneySmart Financial Management Camp.
- Police ‘hero’ to be honored by council
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing Police Officer Billy Blackwell II is Ann Smith’s hero, and she wants all of Lansing to know it.
- LHS grad helps with KSU career fair
- October 6, 2005
- A Lansing High School graduate was on the committee that helped put together the All-University Career Fair last month at Kansas State University.
- LHS Band enters marching festival
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing High School Band will participate in the 16th annual Central States Marching Festival on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Kansas State University.
- Church to have guest speaker
- October 6, 2005
- A man who partnered with a television star to co-found an evangelical ministry will speak later this month at Open Door Baptist Church in Kansas City, Kan.
- First-year teacher hopes to influence students
- October 6, 2005
- Lansing High School’s new business teacher is trying to bring some fresh ideas and fun into his classroom while still preparing his students for life after high school.
- Hospital offers free tetanus shots
- October 6, 2005
- Cushing Memorial Hospital is offering free tetanus shots to victims of the recent flooding in the area.
- Science teacher aims to fill lab with ‘wonder’
- October 6, 2005
- New Lansing High School science teacher Wes Cackler claims he has no educational philosophy - he says he just wants students to like learning about science.
- Clinic aimed at young athletes
- October 6, 2005
- The Providence Medical Center Sports Medicine Program and Orthopaedic Professional Association will offer a free Sports Injury Clinic for athletes ages 12 to 18 on Saturday mornings through Oct. 29.
- ‘Wallace & Gromit’ make big-screen debut
- October 6, 2005
- Forget Lassie or Benji or Toto: Gromit is the most reliable canine sidekick of all time.
- Westar balks at suggestions it needs to decrease rates
- October 6, 2005
- Westar Energy officials said proposals to decrease its rates would force it to “struggle for mere survival.”
- Lansing Community Club
- October 6, 2005
- The Lansing Community Club was formed in 1916 and is probably one of the oldest continuing clubs that exists today.
- LHS Class of ‘80 still rockin’
- October 6, 2005
- The class celebrated its 25th year reunion Saturday night in a large shop building at the home of Nancy and Chris McDougal.
- Pact reached on LHS-China exchange
- October 6, 2005
- Two principals from a school in Kaifeng, China, are in Lansing this week, taking in the sights of northeast Kansas.
- Church, society sales successful
- October 6, 2005
- Saturday yard sales sponsored by the Lansing Historical Society and St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church both benefited causes besides the joys of bargain hunting.
- Same name, different owner
- October 6, 2005
- There’s a common misconception about Judy Durham she hears even from people who’ve never met her.
- Health officials bullish on flu shot supplies
- October 6, 2005
- Sylvia Burns is cautiously optimistic that the county’s Health Department will have sufficient doses of flu vaccine this year.
- In Living Color
- LMS yearbook sheds black-and-white image
- October 6, 2005
- For the first time, LMS will have an all-color yearbook.
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