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1. Columbus school board approves staff, salary cuts, other budget measures

   Tuesday Dec 8 | Joplin Globe

   COLUMBUS, Kan. - The Columbus Board of Education has approved staff and salary cuts along with other measures expected to reduce spending by around $750,000. The board on Monday also heard from Scammon Elementary School parents who said they feared budget cuts would result in closing their school.

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2. Area Kansas school districts make Standard of Excellence

   Saturday Dec 5 | Joplin Globe

   ... school in writing. Columbus Pupils in the Columbus School District achieved the Standard of Excellence in reading at Scammon Elementary School in grades three and four and at Central Elementary School in grades seven and eight; and in math at ...

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   Related Topix: Riverton, KS, Galena, KS, Baxter Springs, KS, Columbus, KS, Pittsburg, KS

3. Mike Pound: More than a tall Catholic church

   Sep 22, 2009 | Joplin Globe

   ... her father describe his feelings when, coming home from serving in World War II, he spotted the steeple as he neared Scammon. "He had been wounded and sick with malaria, but he said when he saw that steeple, he knew he was home. I can vouch for that ...

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   Related Topix: Cherokee County, KS, Pittsburg, KS, University of Notre Dame, St. Paul, KS

4. Pedestrian hit by a car in Pittsburg

   Aug 10, 2009 | KOAM

   Pittsburg police say Donna Mansell of Scammon, Kansas was walking north across Centennial Street Monday afternoon when she was struck by a Jeep making a left turn.

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5. Mining history preserved throughout area w/ slide show

   Aug 9, 2009 | Joplin

   Joplin Globe By Roger mckinney Mining led to the formation of most area towns and for about 100 years remained a basis of the area economy. In Pittsburg, Weir, West Mineral and Scammon in Kansas, the miners dug for coal.

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6. Scammon toddler dies after mom runs over in driveway

   Jul 27, 2009 | Joplin Globe

   A Scammon toddler died Saturday when his mother, apparently unaware of his location, ran over him in the driveway with her car, said Cherokee County Sheriff David Groves.

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7. Police say Scammon infant dead after ran over by car

   Jul 27, 2009 | KOAM

   The death of a Scammon infant is being investigating be the Cherokee County sheriff's office.

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8. Cherokee County sales-tax revenue down

   Jul 19, 2009 | Joplin Globe

   ... revenue of $176,716 in the first half of the year, a 5 percent decrease from $186,275 for the same period last year. Scammon's sales-tax revenues were down nearly 11 percent. The revenue total for the first six months of the year was $8,285, ...

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   Related Topix: Cherokee County, KS, Columbus, KS, Baxter Springs, KS

9. Cherokee County sales-tax revenue down

   Jul 19, 2009 | Joplin Globe

   ... revenue of $176,716 in the first half of the year, a 5 percent decrease from $186,275 for the same period last year. Scammon's sales-tax revenues were down nearly 11 percent. The revenue total for the first six months of the year was $8,285, ...

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   Related Topix: Cherokee County, KS, Columbus, KS, Galena, KS, Baxter Springs, KS