Photos for July 2009

Photo detail July 30, 2009	Bonner Springs' Lynsey Ostman emerged as a go-to player for the Bravettes last season. After ... July 29, 2009	Wyandotte County Fair July 29, 2009
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Two Wyandotte County 4-H youths show off their goats during the senior showmanship portion of ... July 29, 2009	Blaze Taylor, of Tonganoxie, feeds her swine Tuesday evening at the Wyandotte County Fair. Blaze, ... July 29, 2009	Tayler Miles, of Tonganoxie, trims the coat of her market lamb Tuesday in preparation of ... July 29, 2009
Sidepockets Bar and Grill in Bonner Springs has closed. July 29, 2009	Firefighters work to rescue a victim Saturday during a firefighter training scenario. Four area fire ... July 29, 2009	Jeanne Dunbar July 29, 2009
Film crews tape a dream sequence for a music video at Lake Stop convenience store ... July 29, 2009	Runner takes off from the starting point at the 2008 Tiblow Trot. Proceeds from the ... July 29, 2009	Bridget Addie, right, listens to Ellen Kalousek, left, a Clark Middle School staff member, explain ... July 29, 2009
A cyclist puts spare wheels back in his vehicle toward the end of the Kansas ... July 27, 2009	Cyclists cheered each other on through the finish line on Sunday at the Kansas Track ... July 27, 2009	Local cyclists - and one from as far away as South Dakota - competed on ... July 27, 2009
Shawnee resident Emily Schapker is interviewed by a local television station during the Kansas Track ... July 27, 2009	Jef Bishop, the orchestra teacher at Shawnee Mission Northwest, competes at the Kansas Track Cycling ... July 27, 2009	A sign points the way to the 2009 Kansas Track Cycling Championships on Sunday, July ... July 27, 2009
Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham took time after the game to shake hands, sign ... July 27, 2009	Kansas City goalkeeper Kevin Hartman makes a nice read for a save of a shot ... July 27, 2009	The Los Angeles Galaxy's David Beckham, right, congratulates Landon Donovan after Donovan scored the game-tying ... July 27, 2009
Landon Donovan of the Los Angeles Galaxy breaks away to score the game-tying goal on ... July 27, 2009	The Kansas City Wizards and their fans celebrate after KC took a 1-0 lead in ... July 27, 2009	Kansas City Wizards goalkeeper Kevin Hartman punches the ball clear of the goal during the ... July 27, 2009
Los Angeles Galaxy player David Beckham fires a pass to a teammate in the far ... July 27, 2009	The Cauldron section of the stands was fired up at the start of the game. July 27, 2009	David Beckham emerges from the tunnel, escorted by local youth players, for the start of ... July 27, 2009
The Rush Soccer Club races onto the field to form part of the tunnel of ... July 27, 2009	Fans made signs - some in favor of, and others taunting - David Beckham when ... July 27, 2009	Landon Donovan warms up before the LA Galaxy-KC Wizards game on Saturday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. July 27, 2009
Los Angeles Galaxy star David Beckham was a big draw — even for warm-ups — ... July 27, 2009	Soccer fans arrived early to CommunityAmerica Ballpark on Saturday to watch David Beckham warm up ... July 27, 2009	Longtime Shawnee civic leader and funeral home director Gene Amos died Friday at age 78. ... July 24, 2009
Tubers travel around the Torrent River. July 23, 2009	Tubers take a ride around the Torrent River. July 23, 2009	A young Schlitterbahn visitor slides down one of the 10 mini-slides in the Kinderhaven children's ... July 23, 2009
Schlitterbahn guests hang out in Henry's Hideout Hot Tub Bar. July 23, 2009	Josh Jacobs, at left, and Dylan Ballard enjoy their time during the soft opening of ... July 23, 2009	Members of K.C. Varsity Post 199 have a dogpile after winning the Class A Zone ... July 23, 2009
Virginia Billings, left, Frances Haynes, middle, and Zola Bundy walk around the Bonner Springs Community ... July 22, 2009	Cracker, a 3-year-old long-haired male cat, gets help breathing using a pet rescue and resuscitation ... July 22, 2009	The “Ultimate Destroyer” is a new sandwich at Papa Bob’s BBQ designed to challenge people ... July 22, 2009
Taylor Sharp, of Kansas City, Kan., attempts the “Ultimate Destroyer” eating challenge at Papa Bob’s ... July 22, 2009	Jim Jenkins July 22, 2009	Joy Kromer, a master gardner, visited the Basehor Community Library, with Bill Kromer to give ... July 22, 2009
Holy Angels Pastor Alfred Rockers sprinkles holy water on a tree that was planted in ... July 22, 2009	The Bonner Springs Parks and Recreation soccer team, in green jerseys, hits the field against ... July 22, 2009	A young waterslide rider pulls her own tube after completing a ride down the Bahnzai ... July 16, 2009
Opening of the new Bonner Springs library. July 15, 2009	Opening of the new Bonner Springs library. July 15, 2009	Opening of the new Bonner Springs library. July 15, 2009
Opening of the new Bonner Springs library. July 15, 2009	Just inside the doors of the new library is the computer station, pictured, with 12 ... July 15, 2009	Thirteen-year-old Johnathan Carter reads a book in the new teen area. July 15, 2009
Bonner resident Stephanie Hern browses through a bookshelf on opening day. She said she would ... July 15, 2009	A crowd of onlookers awaits the ribbon-cutting ceremony and the opening of the new Bonner ... July 15, 2009	Kansas City, Kan., Mayor Joe Reardon reads out loud a page from “The Boy Who ... July 15, 2009
Madison Stumbough packs a lunch at a men’s homeless shelter in Minnesota. Ten students recently ... July 15, 2009	Youths with the Bonner Springs United Methodist Church make sandwiches to go into a sack ... July 15, 2009	Bob Harrison July 15, 2009
Area residents explore the new Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton, on its opening ... July 15, 2009	Jeff Boerger, president of the Kansas Speedway, gives a short presentation regarding the Hard Rock ... July 15, 2009	A group of Boy Scouts uses down time to play a game of chess during ... July 15, 2009
Will Katz, director of the Kansas University Small Business Development Center, show Bryson Rexwinkle of ... July 15, 2009	Marla Johnson went the online graduate degree route with Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University, where in ... July 15, 2009	Kansas University offers an accelerated MBA program through its Edwards Campus in Overland Park. A ... July 15, 2009
Personal training students Jessica Seichepine and Jeremy Keller perform a lumbar rotation exercise. Personal training ... July 15, 2009	Shawnee author Carolyn Hall July 15, 2009	For adults going back to school for a secondary or graduate degree, awareness of the ... July 15, 2009
Students at Heritage College in Kansas City, Mo., work on their assignments in one of ... July 15, 2009	U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback speaks at Saturday’s Leavenworth County Republican Party barbecue at VFW Park ... July 14, 2009	Tyler Larison, 7, of Olathe, braces for a flu shot from nurse Elaine Houston at ... July 14, 2009
The ribbon is cut on the opening day of the new Bonner Springs City Library. ... July 13, 2009	Bonner resident Mike Charlson stands amid the wreckage left by an electrical fire in his ... July 9, 2009	Madam Hatter's owner Bonnie Freeland, at middle, cuts the ribbon during a ribbon cutting ceremony ... July 9, 2009
Pictured are, from left and clockwise around the booth, Overland Park resident Suzie Wurtenberger, Overland ... July 9, 2009	A groups waits for their lunch to arrive. Pictured are, from left and clockwise around ... July 9, 2009	Overland Park resident Suzie Wurtenberger tries on an old-fashioned hat in the costume area of ... July 9, 2009
Friends enjoy their first lunch at the new Madame Hatter's Tea Room. Pictured are, from ... July 9, 2009	Henry’s Hideout Hot Tub, pictured, will be one of the many features of Schlitterbahn Vacation ... July 8, 2009	Military working dogs bark as handlers walk by the kennels at the Department of Defense ... July 8, 2009
Jennifer Rockers, left, and Molly Dykman, teachers at Delaware Ridge Elementary paddle a canoe during ... July 8, 2009	Jeff Tinberg July 8, 2009	Ray Cox July 8, 2009
Madame Hatter’s Tea Room owner Bonnie Freeland (center) cuts the ribbon on opening day flanked ... July 8, 2009	John Walker, former pastor of the First Christian Church in Bonner Springs and a member ... July 8, 2009	Members of the Basehor Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 11499 ride on a float during ... July 8, 2009
Madison Epp, 14-year-old Bonner Springs resident (fourth from the left) dances in the 2009 spring ... July 8, 2009	Betty Rehm July 8, 2009	The Lenexa Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying this man, who shortly ... July 8, 2009
The Lenexa Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying this man, who shortly ... July 8, 2009	Arthur Rinehart, who has served as the organist at Shawnee Presbyterian Church for 12 years, ... July 8, 2009	Donna Graf’s infamous and heavily-worn yardstick was encased and also retired during Graf’s retirement party. July 7, 2009
Donna Graf, center, poses with her family — daughter Lindsey Graf, husband Ray and son ... July 7, 2009	Ross Schwisow, Basehor-Linwood strength and conditioning coach, counts down the seconds from his stopwatch as ... July 1, 2009	Basehor-Linwood High School student-athletes and alumni run sprints in the BLHS parking lot on Thursday ... July 1, 2009
Zach Gilbert, left, pulls on the flags of Dakota Gibson during a scrimmage on Friday ... July 1, 2009	Lew Kasselman, Bonner Springs High School football coach, instructs about 25 players who turned out ... July 1, 2009	Trai Warburton hauls in a touchdown catch during a scrimmage at the Bonner Springs Braves ... July 1, 2009
Connor Byers participates in an agility drill on Friday at the Bonner Springs Braves Football ... July 1, 2009	Photo detail July 1, 2009	Photo detail July 1, 2009
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Fireworks light up the sky Saturday night during the 10th annual Bonner Blast. While the ... July 1, 2009	People take advantage of the ice cream and other desserts at the ice cream social ... July 1, 2009	Fireworks were shot off from Shawnee Bluff near the Kansas Highway 7 and Kansas Highway ... July 1, 2009
Members of the audience during the City Band concert stood with their hands over their ... July 1, 2009	Registered nurse Mary Chance works with equipment in one of the new rapid medical rooms ... July 1, 2009	Workers assemble shelving Tuesday in the new library, located at 201 N. Nettleton. The library ... July 1, 2009
Ken Massingill July 1, 2009	Elm Grove Baptist youth pastor Malachi O’Brien, at right, and 15-year-old Lauren Willoughby unpack fireworks ... July 1, 2009	The trumpet section of the Bonner Springs City Band is a combination of young and ... July 1, 2009
Tonganoxie resident Larry Rupe peruses the available stock in a fireworks tent in Bonner Springs. ... July 1, 2009

Point of View

The postal service is cutting back hours at some rural post offices. How often do you go to the post office?

“For my own personal use, I only go a couple times a year to mail gifts, usually around Christmas and family birthdays. At that time I usually buy a couple books of stamps that last for most of the year! For professional use, I go a couple times a month to check our PO Box.”

— Erin Evans

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