Ever since Platte County R-3 High School Principal Craig Robinson announced his plans to retire last year, I have been meaning to sit down with him and talk about his tenure at PCHS.
But, like a lot of other things on my to-do list that I have been having trouble getting to lately, that didn’t happen. However, I did catch up with him for a bit on the phone this week and we talked about then and now and a little bit of everything in between.
Plaid pants and a mop-top haircut, could this be true? But there was the proof in a black and white photograph. A friend peered out from the pages of his Platte County R-3 High School yearbook.
I took my kids to the Mid-Continent Public Library branch in Platte City the other night, and while waiting on them, I found stacks of old yearbooks on shelves along the west wall. This was a sweet find.
We’ve probably all experienced the consequences of sacrificing quality for price. Whether it’s been in food purchased at the grocery store, repairs made on our home or in other areas of daily life. We want the cheapest price possible, but in making that the sole factor in our decision, it can end up costing more in the long run if we choose a lower quality product. So, even though the construction contract awarded to J.E. Dunn for the community center expansion was about $300,000 above the lowest bid, many of us understand price alone cannot be the only factor.
Believe it or not, I’m pretty good with science. I started college as a biology major before I started working on the school newspaper (and clearly got a bit sidetracked). In high school, I got scholarships based on my test scores in science. In elementary school, it was my favorite subject — especially when we did the yearly units on meteorology.
Drug testing has always been a touchy subject. In 2010, there was discussion in the North Platte School District to do random drug testing. In 2010-11, they did it and hit a couple positives for drugs along the way. In 2011-12 so far, they’ve had zero – and that’s after testing almost 70 percent of what they did in the last school year
A 23-year-old man was arrested Monday after failing to pay for his night in Platte City’s Comfort Inn — but depending on the story he’s told, he could be heading to a military hospital in California. Or, he may have left his U.S. Army post without permission.
“He had been hitchhiking on 92 Highway,” Platte City Police Department Lt. Det. Al DeValkenaere said. “The wife of a retired military person saw a soldier in uniform on the side of the road and gave him a ride to her house.”
The building by Parkville City Hall is unassuming, looking a lot like an old home except for the eye-catching orange logo on a sign outside. Inside, people are working to build homes to better the lives of orphans all over the world.
The Global Orphan Project is an organization devoted to transforming lives, and it is at work on this mission in places like Haiti, Africa, South America and Southeast Asia.
North Platte and West Platte high school seniors took their first steps toward adulthood on Mother’s Day last Sunday. The students at both districts turned their tassels and shared the special day with mothers around the country during graduation ceremonies in Dearborn and Weston.
A new bed and breakfast in Parkville is again a center of controversy after a citizen complaint at the Board of Aldermen’s regular meeting Tuesday.
Downtown resident Maria Sprague addressed the Board about the Romantic Getaway Today, stating she feels it is a “sexually-oriented business or adult-themed hotel.”
Brock Uthe, right, kept a close eye on the balloon that Angelia Dery, 4, center, was blowing up at the Pirates ROCK year-end celebration last weekend at Platte County High School. The event featured plenty of games, food and drinks, and inflatable rides for R-3 students.
The Weston Board of Aldermen held an abbreviated meeting Monday evening, though it was extended by a discussion on how closely one alderman was related to a potential contractor.
Board President Kent Stelljes was absent due to emergency surgery and Alderman Tim Hill only had about one-half hour before he needed to leave for a prior engagement, so the Board rushed to complete part of the agenda. A special meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. May 17 to finish City business for the month.
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