Burns News

Much of the March 8 USD 398 Board of Education meeting involved discussion of education finance and the options on the table for the Peabody-Burns district.

Doing this job for my five regular readers can be a fast paced way to make living.

Following an executive session to discuss personnel, USD 408 Board of Education approved a motion to draft an interlocal agreement with other county school districts to disband Marion County Special Education Cooperative.

Peabody-Burns schools invite district patrons to attend a meeting 7 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church, Peabody.

LaVonne Ammeter went to Florence the afternoon of Feb. 10 to run errands. She went to Peabody Feb.

Reports by Mayor Larry Larsen, City Administrator Mac Manning, Public Works Superintendent Darren Pickens, and Police Chief Bruce Burke all included updates on the completion of a new city shop at Ninth and Olive streets.

Our neighbors in Burns lost an historic structure Friday when the former Barker house at the south end of Washington Street burned to the ground before daylight.

About 50 students and faculty from Peabody-Burns Junior High School spent an hour Feb.

Some of the words were unusual - not words used regularly - as 20 Marion County students vied for the title of county spelling bee champion Feb.

The majestic three-story home built in the late 1880s by J. W. Barker burned to the ground early Friday morning in Burns, leaving nothing but the foundation and stone steps that led to the entrances.

Fire investigator walks down the front entrance steps after peering at the basement rubble for any indications of the cause.

Steven Glover didna t have much trouble explaining why Peabody-Burns High School regularly churns out honor band participants at three different levels: junior high, league honors, and Kansas Music Educators Association honors.

Sometimes the students who are left behind are the ones who seem to be the furthest ahead.

Peabody-Burns preschooler rolling out dough. It was all smiles at Peabody-Burns Elementary School last Friday as students got a hands-on history lesson from Pioneer Living.

When I was a youngster in the 1930s and 40s, the roads were under the townships' government.

Burns United Methodist Church will be assembling a oehealth kitsa to send to Haiti as part of relief efforts to earthquake victims.

In the next few days, the Marion County commissioners could have an answer from the state on whether their latest plan to pay for a new jail will be approved.

The 1974 Banker Award winners are Marvin Warkentine, Burns; Dale Wingerd, Ramona; Oliver Unruh, Hillsboro; Stanley Giesel, Burns; and Mick Summervill, Marion.

Members of USD 398 board of education attended the Marion County Special Education Cooperative board meeting Monday night as a united front with one mission - they want out of the county cooperative.

Peabody police report Jan. 4: Theft of a mailbox was reported. Nine rural mail boxes were located with two mailboxes still having mail in them.