May 22, 2013

Board approves new Gilhaus’ contract

A contract approved May 6 between the USD 231 Board of Education and Superintendent Bill Gilhaus, makes several changes including a base salary reduction and a contract extension thru 2016.
A copy of the contract, and Gilhaus’ retirement agreement, was

Maintaining the tradition of charitable giving through federal policy

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas
Guest Columnist
As millions of Americans filed their tax returns a few weeks ago, many took into account how much they had given to charities. According to Giving USA, Americans gave nearly $300 billion in 2011 …

Carpenter signs with Baker

Submitted photo

GEHS senior Ben Carpenter (center) signs a national letter of intent to pole vault for the Baker University track team. Carpenter cleared a season best 14′ 8′’ to place first at the Blazer Invitational April 26. At left is Baker …

State preps for Obamacare implementation

Sandy Praeger
Guest columnist
In five months, the world of health insurance in Kansas will change. On Oct. 1 the federal health exchange marketplace will begin enrolling Kansans (up to age 64) online for health insurance, either through private insurance …

VanDeberghe, Dellinger sign basketball letters of intent

Hayley Dellinger, left, and Shelbe VanDeberghe recently signed basketball lettersof intent. Dellinger will play basketball at Fort Scott Community College, and VanDeberghe will attend Butler County Community College. Submitted photo

Shelbe VanDeberghe and Hayley Dellinger will continue to play basketball  in the Jayhawk East Junior College Conference next season, following stellar careers at GEHS.
They made it official  April 17 signing national letters of intent in front of family and …

Highfill sets hurdle record

Photo courtesy of Janelle Carpenter

Pioneer Ridge Middle School seventh grader Lauren Highfill (center) set a new school record time of 18.2  seconds and placed second at the Wellsville Relays 100-meter hurdles April 24.…

Broncos place third at BFM baseball classic

Using solid pitching and defense, the Broncos varsity baseball team brought back a third place finish from the Butch Foster Memorial Classic in Kansas City last week.
In the opener, Spring Hill defeated Basehor 11-2 but dropped a hard fought …

Mayeske grabs gold at invitational track meet

Senior Matt Mayeske continued his dominance in the hurdling events grabbing gold medals in the 110 and 300 meters events highlighting the Blazer boys effort in a home track invitational April 30.
Equally impressive was senior Ben Carpenter, who cleared …

Blazer softball squad defeats De Soto

The Blazer softball squad celebrated Senior night April 30 splitting a home double header against De Soto.
After a tough 10-9 loss to De Soto in the opener, the Blazers rallied for an exciting 8-7 win in the nightcap.
In …

4 Blazers qualify for national tournament

T.J. Burger, Emilio Fowler, Tyler Norton and Jacob Bonham qualified for nationals in Fargo, N.D. after placing in the top three at the Cadet junior and Freestyle-Greco state tournament in Hutchinson, Kan. May 5. The top three in each division qualified …