The debate around raising the debt ceiling sounds eerily similar: Newly elected House Republicans, eager to confront the Democratic president in the White House, refused to raise the debt limit without cuts to federal spending.
Members of the public can provide input about the characteristics they would like to see in the next superintendent of Leavenworth public schools. The Kansas Association of School Boards is conducting an online survey as the organization assists with a search for a new superintendent in Leavenworth.
Amy’s Mailbox | Amy Dickinson Dear Amy: I am the father of four sons, divorced from their alcoholic mother 17 years ago when the boys were very young. All of my sons are now in their 20's.
Mildred E. Fleenor passed away January 16, 2023 at the age of 94. Mildred Elaine Bumann was the third child of eleven children born to Raymond and Edna (Hamann) Bumann in Battle Creek, Iowa on October 3, 1928. She graduated from Ida Grove High School in 1946. When her husband transferred to Lansing, Kansas with Farmland Industries in 1972 she worked at the J.C. Penney Company in Leavenworth. In 1975 they returned to Ida Grove, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband James Fleenor. She is survived by her children Mason (Diane) Fleenor, Ida Grove, Ia, Joanne (Steve) Spurgin, Denton, Tx, Kathy (Ellis) Edmonds, Leavenworth, KS, Jeff (Sharyl) Fleenor, Pella, Ia. and thirteen grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday, January 27 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Ida Grove, Ia. Arrangements were made at ChristiansenVan Houten Funeral Services.
Longtime Command Information Officer and Fort Leavenworth Lamp Editor Robert (Bob) Kerr passed away January 23, 2023, following a short but fierce battle with cancer - although no doctor has ruled out the frustrating end of the Green Bay Packer season as an unofficial contributing factor. Bob was born to the late Donald and Zilpha (Grahn) Kerr October 6, 1959, in Oshkosh, Wis.
Mary Elizabeth Dubberley (Beth), 76, of Leavenworth, Kansas, passed away January 18, 2023, at ANEW Healthcare in Easton, Kansas. She was an only child born October 2, 1946, in Colquitt, Georgia to Toby and Dot (Clenney)
Ovene C. “Jo” Drennon, 94, Leavenworth, KS passed away Thursday, January 19,2023.
Irene Frey of Sugar Hill, Ga., passed away January 20, 2023, at the age of 93. Irene was born March 23, 1929, to the late Ralph and Otillia Heintzelman. She will be remembered for her love as a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Fred A. Frey; and daughter Carol Sturdivant - spouse, Joel Sturdivant of Snellville, Ga. Irene was married for 68 years and during those years moved from Leavenworth, Kan., to Atlanta, Ga., to Marion Ill., to Texarkana, Texas and back to Atlanta. She loved to garden, cook, sewed, love and was a prayer warrior. She is survived by her remaining children and their spouses: Fred (Debra) Frey of Cumming, Ga.; Patrick (Joan) Frey of Buford, Ga.; Kathy (John) St. John of Sugar Hill, Ga.; and Debbie (Bryan) Benfield of Gainesville, Ga. In addition to her children, Irene is survived by 11 grandchildren and 18 greatgrandchildren.
To the editor: Leaving my dentist office recently, I was following a black Tesla sporting the “new” Gadsden flag license plate issued by the state of Kansas. My first thought was “that’s an oxymoron,” but then I thought I should focus on how on earth is this acceptable.
Robert J. Fraser, 95, Leavenworth, passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at Twin Oaks Assisted Living, Lansing, Kan.