Lansing public school students already have started their winter break. But before they wrapped up their classes last week, many participated in a lipsync video that is now posted on the school district’s website.
Dear Amy: I live in a country that celebrates a tradition that I am, at best, uneasy with. It involves a bizarre ritual by which parents of small children routinely lie to them about the existence of an elderly domestic intruder who supposedly brings small chocolate statues of himself along with toys and gifts once a year (spoiler alert: the parents buy this stuff).
Well into its second year of operation, Grocery Getters, a project of the nonprofit Northside Grocery Transport, Inc., reports a growing service that meets the needs of residents of northeast Leavenworth for free transportation to Leavenworth’s full-service grocery stores. However, the additional need for transportation is evident outside the project’s normal service area.
Since the pandemic, Elizabeth Hulanick has turned to toys from her childhood to relieve stress. She and her co-workers chip in to buy Legos at Target and play at their desks.
Timothy Wayne Fowler, 78, of Atchison, Kan. died December 16, 2022, at Medicalodge of Atchison.
Frances E. “Liz” Seever, 90, Easton, passed away on Sunday, December 18, 2022, at Twin Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Charles Edward “Toby” Fouts, 91, of Basehor, Kan. passed away on Friday, December 16, 2022. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, December 20 at First Baptist Church of Basehor and the funeral will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 21 also at the church, burial will follow in Glenwood Cemetery, Basehor. Memorial contributions can be made to First Baptist Church of Basehor, 1410 155th St., Basehor, KS 66007. Toby was born on November 10, 1931, in Wyandotte County, Kan. and graduated from Washington High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 1954 and was stationed in France. Toby and his wife Julie have a unique anniversary, while he was stationed in France, they married on September 17, 1953, at the French Embassy, and on September 18, 1953, at the U.S. Embassy. Upon returning from the service, Toby worked nights at the Kansas City Star and farmed during the day. In 1964, the couple bought a farm near Basehor and Toby became a full-time farmer with a herd of Angus cattle. No matter how busy he was, he always found time for family vacations to Colorado in the camper. Toby’s life revolved around family, farming and friends. Toby was preceded in death by his parents; James “Doc” and Marie Fouts, brother Fred Fouts, grandson Jake Fouts and son-in-law Dennis Kelly. Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Julie Fouts of the home, daughter Carol Carmitchel and husband Richard, son Steve Fouts and wife Martie, daughter Susie Kelly and fiancée Bill Howard. Siblings: Jim (Elizabeth) Fouts, Elise (Larry) Straton, Bob (Kathleen) Fouts, John (Mary) Fouts. Seven grandsons and
To the editor: I found it interesting that last Monday the Lansing school board voted to remove Social Justice - critical race theory - from the school’s curriculum in response to a complaint of a school patron. There are some facts some people just don’t want discussed.
1970-2022 Theodore “TA” Becker, III, 52, Leavenworth, Kan., passed away Monday, December 19, 2022. He was born on January 21, 1970, to Theodore Albert Becker II and Venita J.
Along the U.S. southern border, two cities — El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico — prepared Sunday for a surge of as many as 5,000 new migrants a day as pandemic-era immigration restrictions expire this week, setting in motion plans for emergency housing, food and other essentials.