December 2007

Photos for December 12, 2007

Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson speaks to the 2007 annual meeting of the Leavenworth County Development Corp.

Photo by Joel Walsh / Buy a print of this photo

Queen Kayla Oelschlaeger leans over to talk to the feaste's king, Justin Moss, before the start of Friday night's Madrigal Feaste. Sitting at the main table reserved for the Royal Court were the two princesses (left) Katy Kolman and Lydia Thao, Drew Scates, the prince, and Christopher Jordan, the court jester. This was the first year that the event was held at the Tonganoxie Middle School.

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Chieftain Park

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Tonganoxie senior guard/forward Liz Baska drives in for a layup Friday against Eudora at Paola High School. Tonganoxie defeated Eudora, 47-43, in the finals of the Paola Girls Basketball Invitational.

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VFW Park

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Members of this year’s Lawrence Journal-World all-area volleyball team, from left, are: Back row — Emily Bracciano and Tayler Tolefree, Lawrence High; Taylor Manning, Melanie Chaussee and Brooke Carter, Lawrence Free State; and, at far right, Nikki Snider, Eudora; front row — Kara McFarland, Ottawa; and Tonganoxie senior Tracie Hileman, THS co-coach Tiffany Parker, THS senior Sami Franiuk and THS co-coach Brandon Parker.

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THS sophomore Jeff Ross puts a hold on a Wellsville wrestler Saturday at the Eudora Tournament of Champions.

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THS junior Jamie Everett dribbles down the left sideline against St. James Saturday in Lenexa. Tonganoxie lost, 49-40.

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The Tonganoxie girls basketball team is presented with the tophy after winning the Paola Girls Basketball Invitational. The Chieftains defeated Eudora, 47-43, to clinch the title.

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Chrissie Jeannin avoids three Eudora defenders for a layup in Friday at Paola High School.

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Tonganoxie senior guard/forward Liz Baska drives in for a layup Friday against Eudora at Paola High School. Tonganoxie defeated Eudora, 47-43, in the finals of the Paola Girls Basketball Invitational.

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County Human Resources Director Diane Collins plays Mathilda “Tillie” Abeles, the wife of a 19th-century Leavenworth proprietor. The Abeles family donated 13 acres to the Leavenworth Board of Education that is now Abeles Field.

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Acting as local humanitarian Harriet Cushing, Carol McCullough shares her experience creating and maintaining an orphan’s asylum in Leavenworth in the 1860s. McCullough was one of 16 actor-volunteers who performed Friday.

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Carolyn Burton portrays Cathay Williams, the only documented female Buffalo Soldier in the American Civil War. Burton complained of a hip injury that would send her to the Army infirmary and would reveal her true gender.

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Members of the Smith Ladies Aid quilting circle, played by Aileen Seeman, Anna Mary Landauer, Rachel Kelly and Laura Elkins, discuss life on the home front during the World War II era and gossip about local events at the time in Leavenworth.

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Stage manager for the event, Bob Topping, welcomes guests to the second annual Leavenworth County Christmas Open House on Friday at the County Courthouse.