June 19, 2013

Prairie Star 4-H

Tucker Davis
Club Reporter
The monthly meeting of the Prairie Star 4-H club was held on Feb. 11, at the Johnson County Fair Grounds. Recreation before the meeting was led by Shay Stamps Lauren Molenda. The meeting was called to …

Prairie Moon 4-H

Maddie Woodard
Club reporter
Congratulations to Prairie Moon 4-H Club members.  Feb. 16 members competed at Johnson County Club Day at Wheatridge Middle School in Gardner.  Club Day is an event where members in Johnson County 4-H clubs can showcase …

Snow castle

Submitted photo by Carol Cole

By Carol Cole
Special to Gardner News
It started out as an igloo.
Instantly became a castle as igloo engineering is way too challenging.
Men and boys tried to tell me how to build it.
Women in their cars smiled, …

Beauty and the Beast

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Sean Grossnickle, son of Byron and Sue Grossnickle, sophomore at Gardner Edgerton High School, had the role of The Prince and The Beast in Christian Youth Theatre’s (CYT) Beauty and the Beast JR.  CYT is located in Kansas City.  The …

Morning Glory

AJ Myers
Club reporter
The January meeting of the Morning Glory 4-H club was held on Monday the 28th. The Gardner Fire Department talked to us about fire safety. The wonderful fire fighters were Justin Ducey, Bill Templeton, and Mike …

GFWC

Juanita Rothaus
Club reporter
The GFWC Athena Club held their regular meeting on Wed, Feb.20, 2013 at the home of Arlene Thompson of Gardner. Co-hostess was Ms. Doris Smith. We are an active Club doing volunteer service in the Gardner …

Club learns quilting to donate to neo-natal unit

Great Plains 4-H

Jessica Gunkel
Club reporter
A quilting camp was held at the Lackman library in Lenexa by quilting project leaders and an art theory leader from the Great Plains 4-H Club.  Jessica and Abby Gunkel hosted the camp which included 4-H …

Local BSA troop adopts two children for Christmas program

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Troop 888 in Gardner adopted two children as part of the Gardner Mayor’s Christmas for Children program. The scouts each contributed money they earned doing chores. They used the money to shop for the gifts. Boy Scout Troop 888 is …

4-H member wins coveted ‘I Dare You’ Award

Zach Nason , of Pairie Village and Jessica Gunkel, of Shawnee were among the winners of the “I Dare You” Leadership Award.  Nason and Gunkel are members of the Great Plains 4-H Club.  They were picked for this award due to their commitment in 4-H, involvement and leadership in community service, and for maintaining leadership roles within 4-H.  Submitted photo

Jessica Gunkel
Club reporter
The “I Dare You” Leadership Award was started by William H. Danforth, founder of Ralston Purina Company in St. Louis, who dared young people to achieve their highest potential and to influence others through lives of …

Mayor’s Christmas Fund

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Members of the American Legion Post 19 in Gardner donated more than $1,000 worth of toys and gifts to the Mayor’s Christmas Fund. Here, the gifts are displayed.…