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Athletic stars’ fame can be fleeting
By Clausie Smith
November 26, 2008
He was a nice-looking young man — with a modern haircut and clothes — he wouldn’t look out of place with today’s high school seniors. Paging through an old Bonner Springs High School yearbook, an outline of the young man’s achievements took shape, and while he was an outstanding student he was probably more known for his athletic achievements.
Thankful and optimistic, too
By Clausie Smith
November 20, 2008
We are just entering the holiday season and it seems to me that there are a couple of gifts that we all could use. In fact, there is tremendous shortage of both in our modern world. Now, I’m not talking about something that you buy at the store, but something that comes within.
Remembering good, old days at Ottawa University
By Clausie Smith
November 12, 2008
Walking across the campus of Ottawa University, I noted that much has changed, yet it remained familiar and serene.
Doughnuts larded in myth, history
By Clausie Smith
November 6, 2008
For many of us, it is a forbidden food. These luscious treats are addictive and, try as many of us do, they are hard to turn down.
In Norway, they troll for profit
By Clausie Smith
October 30, 2008
In the next couple of days, we’ll see a variety of ghosts, goblins, witches, ghouls and monsters prowling the streets as part of the annual Halloween festivities. However, I doubt that we’ll see many trolls among those seeking treats.
City incorporated 110 years ago
By Clausie Smith
October 23, 2008
Bonner Springs was a thriving community 110 years ago and was struggling to determine its future. There were angry voices in Bonner throughout the fall of 1898 as the possibility of becoming an incorporated city was argued.
Teamwork required in education
By Clausie Smith
October 16, 2008
During the past half century, public education in the United States has changed radically.
Change nothing new for newspapers
By Clausie Smith
October 8, 2008
All I ever wanted to do to make a living was be a journalist.
More of this, that and BSHS football
By Clausie Smith
October 2, 2008
Maybe we should call this column a bit of “this and that.” In the past couple of weeks, I’ve had some answers to a couple of issues discussed in recent weeks.
History shows fashion is fleeting
By Clausie Smith
September 25, 2008
Recently, we attended a 100th birthday party for my wife’s aunt in central Kansas. She is a truly amazing woman who has led a long and fascinating life.

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