Also from August 24
Events
On the street
Polls
Which LHS fall sports team will do the best?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Volleyball | 34% | |
| Football | 31% | |
| Girls tennis | 19% | |
| Boys soccer | 11% | |
| Cross country | 3% | |
| Total | 177 | |
All stories
- LHS boys embrace ‘pack attack’ strategy
- August 24, 2006
- When the Lansing High boys cross country team stepped to the starting line last year, spectators already knew what to expect.
- LHS ACT scores outpace state, national averages
- August 24, 2006
- Lansing High School students, despite a slight drop from the previous year, again have posted higher ACT assessment composite scores than the average state and national composite scores.
- Elkins finds deeper talent pool in second year as tennis coach
- August 24, 2006
- Heading into tryouts, Lansing High tennis coach Rachel Elkins knew three varsity spots already were locked up.
- County proposes tax break
- 2007 budget plan would roll back property tax levy by 7 mills
- August 24, 2006
- Leavenworth County commissioners are proposing a 2007 budget that slices more than 7 mills from property tax bills.
- Starting positions up for grabs at football scrimmage today
- August 24, 2006
- Say this much for the Lansing High football program: It can’t claim a lack of respect this year.
- Title defense begins Friday
- KVL soccer champs open season with lots of unanswered questions
- August 24, 2006
- Although the Lansing High boys soccer team graduated three players who combined for 60 goals and 36 assists last year, LHS coach Randy Brown said people who look strictly at the Lions’ offense are narrowing their focus too much.
- Steady play crucial for Lions
- August 24, 2006
- In more than two decades as volleyball coach at Lansing High, Julie Slater has become a pro at handling adversity and molding young talent into a cohesive team.
- Board awards building contract
- McPherson Contractors to build district’s new school, auditorium
- August 24, 2006
- The Lansing school district has moved another step closer to building a new elementary school and high school auditorium.
- Library designates reading month
- August 24, 2006
- September is Family Reading Month at Lansing Community Library.
- College foundation receives donation
- August 24, 2006
- The Command and General Staff College Foundation recently received a $25,000 donation from the Association of the United States Army.
- This week on LGTV, Channel 2
- August 24, 2006
- Here’s the broadcast schedule through next week for Lansing’s government access channel, LGTV, Channel 2.
- Seniors provide TLC knitting shawls
- August 24, 2006
- During life’s rough times, it’s nice to have something made with a little “tender, loving care.”
- Open house, dinner draw crowds
- August 24, 2006
- This time, it was the parents’ turn to find the classrooms, meet the teachers and learn the rules.
- Hansen-Davids
- August 24, 2006
- Jennifer Hansen, Overland Park, and Andrew Davids, Lansing, announce their engagement.
- Knee injury sidelines Uhart
- August 24, 2006
- Natalie Uhart, a 2003 Lansing High graduate and current University of Kansas volleyball player, suffered a knee injury Saturday during the Jayhawks’ annual alumni scrimmage.
- Hittle-Hood
- August 24, 2006
- Janalin Hittle, Iola, and Victor Hood, Chanute, announce their engagement.
- Schwinn reunion
- August 24, 2006
- The sixth reunion of Schwinn descendants will be Sept. 24 at Lansing Community Center, 800 First Terrace.
- 5th-grade lesson ends with treat
- August 24, 2006
- Cheryl Rader’s fifth-grade class was in for a cool treat on only the third day of school. Students had the opportunity to make - and then, of course, sample - their own ice cream.
- Brett Turner
- August 24, 2006
- Brett Lewis Turner, son of Amy and Brian Turner of Leavenworth, celebrated his first birthday on July 11 with a party at home with friends and family.
- Bryce Turner
- August 24, 2006
- Bryce Connor Turner, son of Amy and Brian Turner of Leavenworth, celebrated his third birthday on Aug. 10 with a sports party at home with friends and family.
- ‘Paint the paws’
- Volunteers turn out for annual event
- August 24, 2006
- A tiger may not be able to change its stripes, but a lion can certainly change its tracks.
- Lansing’s first fire chief
- August 24, 2006
- The first fire chief in Lansing was Francis D. (Skeet) Bemis.
- Wilk sets sights on speaker’s post
- August 24, 2006
- Lansing State Rep. Kenny Wilk is unopposed in his re-election bid in the 42nd House District and isn’t actively campaigning in and around Lansing.
- Hospice seeks volunteers
- August 24, 2006
- AseraCare Hospice is seeking people in Leavenworth County who are interested in spending a few hours a week with patients and families facing a life-limiting illness in their home or nursing home.
- E. Eisenhower work to begin Sept. 5
- August 24, 2006
- Work on a road-widening project on East Eisenhower Road will begin a little later than city officials had thought.
- Annual breast cancer benefit ‘really is a Lansing project’
- August 24, 2006
- It will be a year of differing insights at the sixth-annual Share the Hope Luncheon, where the list of speakers includes not only cancer survivors, but their relatives as well.
- Loving the daily grind
- August 24, 2006
- Chris Aus knows a good shot, but she’s no marksman.
- Tonganoxie resident, kin discover mastodon fossils
- August 24, 2006
- Four kayakers put in at Clinton Lake last week for a 25-mile trip down the Wakarusa River.
- Support roars across country
- Riders visit fort while raising money for scholarships
- August 24, 2006
- To honor a historical precedent, the scores of motorcycles that thundered through the Fort Leavenworth security gates this weekend were waved through unhindered. After all, they were on a mission.
- Moll-Finnigin
- August 24, 2006
- Theresa Ann Moll, Cincinnati, and Kevin Michael Finnigin, Lansing, announce their engagement.
- Dog trainer, inmate face federal charges
- Volunteer, killer reportedly stopped in KCK after prison escape to drop off dogs, pick up guns
- August 24, 2006
- On their way out of state after a February prison break, Lansing Correctional Facility volunteer Toby Young and convicted murderer John Manard made a quick stop at Young’s house in Kansas City, Kan.
- Funeral escort dies in wreck
- August 24, 2006
- A traffic accident last week during a funeral procession in Leavenworth claimed the life of a Kansas City, Mo., man.
- Roland (Red) Whisler
- 1919-2006
- August 24, 2006
- A Mass of Christian Burial for Roland E. (Red) Whisler, 87, Leavenworth, was Tuesday, Aug. 22, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Leavenworth. Burial was at Mount Calvary Cemetery, Lansing.
- Marjory Reu Crist
- 1923-2006
- August 24, 2006
- Services for Marjory Reu Crist, 82, Leavenworth, were Saturday, Aug. 19, at Davis Funeral Chapel, Leavenworth.
- Mable M. Wilk
- 1929-2006
- August 24, 2006
- Services for Mable M. Wilk, 76, of Leavenworth, will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 25, at Belden-Sexton-Sumpter Funeral Chapel, Leavenworth. Burial will follow in Leavenworth National Cemetery,
- Fort to honor August retirees
- August 24, 2006
- Fort Leavenworth will honor five people retiring this month.
- City issues reminder of vicious dog law
- August 24, 2006
- The Lansing Police Department has issued a reminder about the city’s vicious dog ordinance.
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