Deal Of The Week

Deal of the Week – Legacy Fitness Boot Camp 50% OFF

August 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The kids are back in school and it’s time to get into shape. Legacy Fitness Boot Camp in Gardner and Olathe is offering its boot camp at 50% off and it is now just $25 for the first 15 people to sign up. To qualify for the Deal just email legacyfitnesstraining@gmail.com and type code LFT200 and reserve your spot. What is Boot Camp? It is far from your military bootcamp environment. Certified fitness trainer Cory Adams is not going to yell, scream or cuss at you. This class is high paced and fun. Legacy does all different types of training like plyometrics, calisthenic, body weight... [Read the full story]

News

Updated: Madison Elementary student killed in accident

September 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment

A Madison Elementary second grade student is dead after being struck by an SUV on Madison Street. The accident occurred shortly after school let out on Thursday afternoon. Kade Meyer, 7, was attempting to cross Madison Street Thursday afternoon. He stepped into the street between two vehicles stopped on the street in the elementary school pick up line. Public safety officers and paramedics attempted CPR and Meyer was life flighted to an area hospital was he was pronounced dead. According to Ilena Spalding, Gardner Public Safety information officer, Meyer was not struck in the crosswalk. The accident... [Read the full story]

Community Contributors

Gardner Get Fit – Part 2 The Solution

August 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Cory Adams, Gardner’s resident fitness guru. (Did you read last weeks 1st installment The Problem?) So here are some suggestions that I think will maybe start to help you get your kids off the couch and active: 1. Set up a family contest that requires the whole family to compete in events like the Olympics. Make them run around the house or bike around the block. Get creative. 2. On the weekends do a park tour of Gardner or in whatever city you live. Go to each park for 20 min and leave and head to the next one. Here is a link to all the parks in Gardner. http://www.gardnerkansas.gov/parks_facilities/ 3.... [Read the full story]

Opinion

OPINION: Massive traffic jam highlights challenges of overpopulation

August 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Corbin H. Crable chcrable@gardnernews.com And you thought I-35 during rush hour was bad. Chinese media – with the government’s unnecessary blessing, of course – released images of a massive traffic jam on a highway in Beijing earlier this week. Motorists’ cars were at a standstill as road construction crews held up the flow of traffic. The drivers themselves, according to news reports, sat on the shoulder of the road, playing cards and buying noodles from roadside food carts. Have to use the bathroom? Start hiking toward the nearest rest stop or find a tree or bush to disappear behind. Although... [Read the full story]

People

GEHS class of 1990 to reunite

August 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Members of the Gardner Edgerton High School class of 1990 is pictured in the GEHS gymnasium — currently the Wheatridge Middle School gymnasium — during the final week of high school in 1990. Submitted photo The Gardner Edgerton High School class of 1990 will host a class and all-school reunion in October. The class will host a 20 year class reunion during the first weekend of October. All GEHS alumni are invited to mingle starting at 7 p.m. at the Tumbleweed on Oct. 1. Members of the class of 1990 and their families are invited to attend a family day at Celebration Park in the afternoon on... [Read the full story]

News

Updated: Madison Elementary student killed in accident

City of SH considers agreement to protect water rights

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com The city of Spring Hill may sign on to an interlocal agreement governing water usage out of Hillsdale Lake. The lake serves as a drinking water source for Spring Hill, along with a number of neighboring communities and rural water districts. Rory Hale, public works director, told Spring Hill City Council members... Read more of this article

Couples dance the night away at monthly event

Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com No one can say for certain exactly when the tradition started, but Bill Stevens, Edgerton, estimates his band has been playing at the American Legion in Gardner every month for more than 10 years. One couple enjoyed the music during a dance. Staff photo by Danedri Thompson “We played back when Gardner (American... Read more of this article

Things to do: Kiwanis Sept. 1

Kiwanis “Young Children Priority One.” Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and community at a time. Meetings are held the first, third and fifth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 a.m. at 26204 W. 174th St. Read More →