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Person killed at SH work site
An unnamed worker at a construction site in Spring Hill was killed Monday, November 21. The incident is still under investigation.
Ribbon Cutting
Goodcents held their ribbon cutting for their grand opening atEdgerton’sI-35OntheGoTravelCenterTuesday,Nov.22. The restaurant is the first for the Edgerton area. Mayor Don Roberts said they were a welcome addition to an area that struggles as a food desert. Elevate Edgerton and the Gardner Chamber also attended. Goodcents, formally known as Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas, was founded March 1989 by local entrepreneur Joe Bisogno. They are headquartered in DeSoto, Kansas with over 70 franchises. Staff photo by Lynne Hermansen
Gardner seeks to designate downtown as historic district
City council members approved 29 properties to be part of an agreement with Rosin Preservation, LLC to prepare downtown Gardner for a National Register nomination for the section of Main Street from Elm Street to Center Street to be designated as a Gardner Downtown Historic District.
GEHS state title bid falls just short in double OT
One yard. In the end, it was just those three feet that separated the Gardner Edgerton High School football team from a Kansas 6A State Championship trophy on Saturday at the 6A State Championship Football Game at Welch Stadium in Emporia, KS.
GEHSbandmembers earn high honor
The John Philip Sousa Honor Band is a nationwide organization that sponsors honor bands for Junior High Students. Band students through the 9th grade are eligible to audition for a spot in one of two bands. Kansas hosts the largest event in the nation by far. There were approx. 500 students from across the state of Kansas that auditioned for a spot in one of the bands. The Blue Band is 80 students and the Red band is 100 students.
Debate team travels to Rock Creek
The GEHS Debate team was in action two hours away at Rock Creek this past weekend. Three teams made the trip out there. David Torres and Brinley Enz had some of the toughest competition ending the day at two wins, three loses. Ellie Parks and Maddison Carriger ended with three wins and two loses. The big story is that the novice team of Kate Sanders and Alyx Greene would make some noise in the Open division. The tournament added all Novice to Open But still tracked Novice scores. The team would end with three wins and two loses which would give them first place for the Novice, and good enough for sixth in Open division. This was also enough to qualify Kate Sanders for State. all three teams would acquire enough points to bring home the third-place plaque in sweepstakes. With one more tournament on Dec. 3rd, many students will be fighting for their place at State.
KDWP successfully re-introduce threatened fish species
As election workers tear down and pack up polling stations, and coffee shops bustle with side conversations about the future of The Sunflower State, one smallbut- mighty ?candidate? is quietly entering a race of its own ? a race to re-establish its kind as a thriving species in Kansas waters. And thanks to the aid of Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Fisheries and Ecological Services staff, the campaign of the Plains Minnow is off to a promising start. A native species that was once abundant in the sandy streams and rivers of the Kansas and Arkansas river basins, the Plains Minnow has substantially declined in numbers statewide since 1970. These declines have long been attributed to changes in streamflow volumes and patterns due to groundwater mining and surface water diversions ? such as dams, levees, pumping stations, irrigation canals, or other manmade structures.
Mayor Don Roberts donated five pallets of Gatorade to the Gardner Edgerton School District to keep the Blazers football team hydrated as they got ready for the Kansas 6A State Championship last week
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Public works recognized
Seven Gardner Public Works employees were recognized for their accomplishments at the Kansas City Metro Chapter of the America Public Works Association’s Snow Removal and Equipment Training Expo. Kellen Headlee, public works director, and Mayor Todd Winters presented a trophy to Eric Willard, Public Works Street Maintenance employee, who won first place in the skid steer operations event. Jake Milkey, public works street maintenance employee, placed first in the vendor’s mini excavator event, but was unable to attend.