GOING UP -- Reid Buttrey goes up for a shot during the junior high Braves game against Lyndon on Monday evening. Buttrey would score three points on the night. The Braves would fall to Lyndon 34-29 in a game that saw the lead change hands three times in the fourth quarter. (Photo by Amber Weeks)
The USD 417 Board of Education discussed the usage of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) funds at their regular monthly meeting on Monday evening, with Superintendent Aron Dody informing the board of the rules and restrictions on usage of the funds. ESSER III funds were approved as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) last March to provide emergency relief funding for public schools during the pandemic and were designed to help schools reopen quickly and safely and to address the learning loss suffered by students during the pandemic. Dody informed the board that the district wished to use the funds for retention bonuses for district staff. The board found this usage of the funds acceptable. Board Member Adam Dirks asked if funds could be used, in part, to help address high food costs for school lunches due to supply chain issues. Dody said that this was not an allowable use of the funds because, while supply chain issues are one of the reasons for rising food costs, they cannot be specifically tied to the pandemic, as well as school lunches being made free due to federal legislation.
Bushong will host its thirrd annual Home of the Brave Celebration from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park. The 101st Airborne Dog Co. Reenactors, a living history and reenactment group, will recreate events from 1941-1945, primarily portraying the U.S. 101st Airborne division.
A clerical error in the Wabaunsee County Clerk’s Office caused a group of candidates for USD 417 Board of Education to be omitted from the Wabaunsee County ballot, according to the Wabaunsee County Clerk Abby Amick.
CANDLELIGHT HISTORY -- Local historical figures helped Council Grove celebrate Candlelight Charm on Saturday, visiting Main Street to help bring the holiday cheer. Pictured (l-r) Jan Kimbrell as Marion Sloan Russell, who traveled the Santa Fe Trail with her brother in 1852 at age seven; Denise Hartman as Eliza Huffaker, wife of Thomas Huffaker and a teacher at the Kaw Mission; Scott Allen as William Becknell, “Father of the Santa Fe Trail” and the first trader to use wagons on the SFT in the spring of 1822; and Sharon Haun as Mamie Dillon Miller, who sparked the idea for a Carnegie Library in Council Grove during a conversation with Andrew Carnegie. Also visiting Council Grove were Andrew Carnegie and his wife Louise Carnegie, portrayed by Dave and Lori May.
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