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LAWRENCE — For the second year in a row, students from Western Plains High School’s journalism program traveled to Lawrence on Saturday to compete at […]
RANSOM — For the second year in a row, the Western Plains High School student newspaper — the Cat Tracks — has been named the […]
Out of 181 student entries, three Western Plains High School Bobcat journalists placed in the All-Kansas Write-Off Contest, co-sponsored by Kansas Professional Communicators and Kansas […]
On April 7 I hosted a book signing in Moundridge, Kansas. It took place at Sips, which is a new coffee shop in town located […]
MOUNDRIDGE — April 7 will be a special day in Moundridge. It is Easter weekend, and a local author will be in town selling and […]
HAYS — For the second year in a row, journalism students from Western Plains High School traveled to Fort Hays State University to compete in […]
It is that time of the week again. I combed through the pages at Newseum.org looking for something that jumped out at me. And I […]
My mornings generally consist of driving a brief bus route in which I pick 3-4 elementary students, all of which are boys. The number depends […]
Earlier this school year, I took two teaching tests, and I passed them both. However, I still had one to take. Well, the results are […]
TOPEKA — The students of Western Plains High School Journalism were honored Jan. 27 by the Kansas Senate. Sen. Ralph Ostmeyer, of Gove County, presented […]
This week, I decided to wait until Sunday to see what all the newspapers in the country were up to since Sunday is typically the […]
This is the audio from this mornings session of the Kansas Senate in Topeka. The western-Kansas senator, Ralph Ostmeyer, presented a resolution honoring my journalism […]
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