David Oakes Reporter
Reporter for Eudora News
Recent stories
- Eudora Planning Commission recommends LMH preliminary plat
- May 9, 2008
- Planning commissioners recommend approval of LMH clinic
- ENEA, board reach tentative agreement
- May 8, 2008
- Representatives for the Eudora National Teachers Association and the Eudora USD 491 Board of Education came to a tentative agreement Friday on a teaching contract for the 2008-09 school year.
- Visioning committee discusses survey
- May 8, 2008
- Members of the 2030 Vision committee met Monday night to discuss making a survey that will be sent out to Eudora residents in early June. The random survey, which consists of about 50 questions and focuses on the main issues discussed by the committee during meetings in November and January, will be sent to about 2,100 city utility customers with their bills.
- Fundraiser aims to get new mascot for EMS
- May 8, 2008
- Lee Trimble was eased into the world of fundraising after a great turnout for Project Bucca, wherein her family asked for donations of items for U.S. troops in the Middle East. She now has decided to raise funds for Eudora Middle School, and more specifically, the mascot costume.
- Teacher of the month retiring after 31 years
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2008 Updated 03:00 p.m.
- The students of Nottingham Elementary School kindergarten teacher John Woodward are fully engaged Monday morning as they work in small groups on a math activity. As Woodward visits each group, he takes the time to get down on both knees to talk with them and his assuring voice seems to be a calming presence over the group of students.
- Eudora High School band ends school year on high note
- May 8, 2008
- Eudora High School band director Mac Knight is nothing less than impressed with the solid performance of the Eudora High School band at the State Solo and Small Ensemble Festival.
- Wrapping things up
- May 8, 2008
- The voices emanating from the classroom of Eudora High School Director of Choirs Angela Yarnell are particularly festive, all the while making particularly sure to properly enunciate the word “banana” to affect the Caribbean accent within the Harry Belafonte classic “Day-O (Banana Boat Song).”
- Attorney general honors Eudora High student, resource officer
- May 7, 2008
- AG acknowledges work on DARE program
- Condemnation process begins for wall
- 12:00 a.m., May 1, 2008 Updated 05:51 p.m.
- he Eudora City Council Monday approved Monday a resolution to condemn the Main Street wall. The city must acquire a certified record of ownership and then place public notices in the newspaper for two weeks. A hearing will occur June 23 and the owners will have 30 days to appeal the decision. After the appeals process is finished, the city will be able to make changes to the wall. The whole process should be finished between August and September.
- Judge allows water district to amend complaint
- 12:00 a.m., May 1, 2008 Updated 10:48 p.m.
- The city of Eudora suffered a setback Thursday when Federal Judge David J. Waxse granted an amended complaint for damages to again be included in Douglas County Rural Water District No. 4’s lawsuit against the city.
Recent photos
Kansas Attorney General Steve Six presents an award to Eudora High School senior Michelle Smith for her efforts in bringing the DARE Plus program to Eudora. The Eudora program was the first of its kind in the state, but it has since grown dramatically.
Eudora High School students Hannah Kouri and Ivan Espinosa rap as Eudora High School director of choirs Angela Yarnell urges the rest of the choir to be more enthusiastic during a dress rehearsal for the sixth annual platinum concert.
Eudora High School band director Mac Knight conducts the jazz band Thursday at the Pops Concert.
Nottingham Elementary School kindergarten teacher John Woodward talks Monday with Brooke Kornmueller as fellow students Maddie Jo Underwood, Jacob Boucher, Logan Grauberger and Tristen Brecheisen work on a math activity. Woodward, who was chosen as the Eudora Chamber of Commerce’s Teacher of the Month for April, will retire from teaching after 31 years in the profession.
Eudora High School students Jordan Plaice, Darren nabus, Leslie Brown, Ian Scrimsher, Cecilia Lehman, Hawley Montgomery and Austin Vickers walk to school Friday on Church Street in protest of gas prices. The students will repeat the protest each Friday until school is out for summer.
