Hamilton County Memorial Day Tribute
This Hamilton County Memorial Day Tribute is brought to you by Scoular. Thank you to the brave and selfless men and women who have gone before us. Thank you for their service and sacrifice.
ARTHUR AESCHLIMAN
CECIL ADKISSON
JIMMY AKERS
JERRY ALEXANDER
THOMAS AMERINE
VERNON ANDERSON
JOHN AVERY
WESLEY BALDWIN
EVELIN BARBER
RAYMOND BARCLAY
GEORGE BARLOW
JESS BARNETT
WILLIAM BARNETT
HUGH BARR
JAMES BARRETT
EARL BAUGHER
SAM BEAN
HAYWARD BEAUCHAMP
THOMAS BEHRENDT
MELVIN BENNETT
HENRY BENNETT
MAX BENNETT, JR.
OSCAR BERNDT
RICHARD BEZONA
ALLEN BLACK
RICHARD BLACK
WAYNE BODEY
MATHEW BOGGS
JOHN BONE
WILLIS BONE
JACK BRADDOCK
JOHN BRADLEY
BARBARA BRAY
MIKE BRAY
JOHN BROWN
L. KENNETH BROWN
JAMES BROWNING
ROBERT BUHRER
PAUL BURKHART
TED BURNETT
ARTHUR BURNS
BOBBY BURNS
JAMES BURNS
BOB BURTON
JACK BURTON
JON CAHIL
CHARLES CARON
CHESTER CARRITHERS
WILLIAM CARRITHERS
JAMES CARTER
KEITH CARTER
KENNETH CARTER
LYNN CARTER
MURRY CARTER
RAYMOND CARTER
EDWARD CARTWRIGHT
RONALD CARTWRIGHT
AUSTIN CAUTHON
CLYDE CAUTHON
EDWIN CAUTHON
H.E. CAUTHON
MITCHELL CAUTHON
EDMOND CAVE
LYLE CHEATUM
ROBERT CHEATUM
DONALD CHERRY
M. O. CLARK
PATRICK CLEARY
LOWELL COCHRAN
E. S. COCKEL
FLOYD COLE
FRANK COLE
AUBREY COLEMAN
GARY COLEMAN
JOHN COLEMAN
LEWIS COLSTEN
DEAN CONARD
JOHN CONARD
LOUIS COOK
WILLIAM COPE
LEO COSPER
BYRLE COURTNEY
WALTER CRAIG
LAWRENCE CRUMLEY
LOVELL CUMMINGS
ARTHUR DARLAND
DENNIS DAVIS
FINLEY DAVIS
RALPH DAVIS
RAY DAVIS
RONALD DAVIS
REX DAVISON
FRED DAY
LEE DAY
RAY DAY
GEORGE DEAN
CARL DEVANEY
DUANE DIKEMAN
ARLTON DODSON
WILLIAM DODSON
ROBERT DREW
JOHN DULIN
ROY DUNAGAN
CECIL DUNN
BOB DUNN (Robert Lee)
BOB DUNN (Robert Arthur)
JOHN EATON
CLARENCE EBERHART
CHARLES EDDY
LOUIS EDDY
ALBERT EDMISSON
DARL ELLIS
MARVIN ELLIS
MURIEL ELLIS
TIMOTHY ELLISON
JAMES ELSTON
JAMES ENGLERT
ROBERT ENGLERT
PAUL EVANS
CLEM EVINS
BARTON EWERS
RAY EWY
RALPH EYER
EUGENE FALLIER
VICTOR FALLIER
EMMETT FAY
JOSEPH FEARNO
JAMES FEASTER
ALBERT FECHT
HARRISON FORD
DANIEL FOREMEN
GEORGE H. FOX
P. C. FRAZEE
CLARENCE FRAZER
DAVID FRAZER
DONALD FRAZER
IVEL FRAZER
OSCAR FRIEND
ELRA FRITTS
GEORGE FULLER
ROBERT GALE, SR.
WILLIAM GAMEL
FRANK GARDNER
LESLIE GARNER
LAWRENCE GARR
BARNEY GARRITY
EVAN GEIGER
ALFRED GERSTNER
ERWIN GILLUM
ALBERT GLASSCOCK
ALBERT GOMSTOCK
MICHAEL GOODWIN
ROLAND GORDON
ARTHUR GOULD
CLIFFORD GOULD
ZENO GOULD
JOHN GRABER
WAYNE GRAGG
CLIFFORD A. GRAHAM
CLIFFORD L. GRAHAM
HAROLD GRAHAM
MARTHA GRANSBURY
CARL GRAVES
CHARLES GRAY
CALTON GRISSOM
CLYDE GRISSOM
GRADY GRISSOM
CALTON GRISSOM, JR.
PATTERSON GRISSOM
DONALD GROPP
FREDDIE GROPP
JOHN GROPP
ROLAND GROSBIER, JR.
BENNIE GUERRERO
MANUEL GUERRERO
RAYMOND GUNN
F. G. HACKER
DELL HALL
WILLIAM HALL
DONALD HAMILTON
ARTHUR HANKINS
WILLIAM HANNA
NEWLAND HARMER
BILLY HARRIS
JAMES HARRISON
CHARLES HARRISON, JR.
JOHN HARSH
DONALD HARTSHORN
LLOYD HARTSHORN
MARCH HARTSHORN
EMRY HASTY
EDGAR HATCHER
FONTELL HATCHER
MICHAEL HAWKINS
ALEX HAYS
LESLIE HAZEN
MATHEW HEADDING
RUSSELL HEFTY
REUBEN HEINLEN
HENRY HEISINGER
GEORGE HELM
JOHN HELM
JAMES HENDLEY
FLOYD HERBIG
MICHAEL HERBIG
ALBERT HERNDON
HARRY HERNDON
HARRY HERNDON, JR.
PRESLEY HERNDON, III
LAWRENCE HERRMANN
EARL HESS
JONATHAN HEWES
JIMMIE HICKS
MELVIN HINKLE
DONALD HOFF
MICHAEL HOFF
WILLIAM HOFF
GUY HOLDEN
DALE HOLDREN
JOHN HOLMES
DONALD HOOK
EIUGENE HOPPE
VICTOR HORNING
CLARK HOUCK
EDWIN HOUCK
GRANT HOUCK
J. D. HOUCK
CHARLES HOWELL
DALE HOYT
RICHARD HUCKINS
WELDON HUGHS
EDWARD HUSER
THEODORE HUSER
ALBERT JAMES
ALVIN JANTZ
HERMAN JANTZ
ROBERT JANTZ
WALTER JANTZ
ARNET JARVIS
ORVILLE JASPER
CHARLES JENSEN
ESAW JIMENEZ
PEDRO JIMENEZ
GILBERT JOHNSON
RUSTY JOHNSON
ROBERT JOHNSON
EMIT JONES
PAUL JONES
DALE JOST
JOSEPH KANE
CHARLES KAUFFMAN
FRANK KENNEDY
DR. JAMES A. KENNEDY
JAMES F. KENNEDY
EDWARD KING
GEORGE KING
ELMO KINSLOW
WILLIAM KINSLOW
RAYMOND KINZIE
JOHN KIRKPATRICK
HERBERT KITTEN
DARREN KLINGE
WALTER KRITZMIRE
JOSEPH KUCERA
AUDREY KULANDER
CARL KURZ
CONRAD KURZ
DONALD KURZ
OLIVER LANE
DARYL LANQUIST
CARL LAROSH
LESLIE LAROSH
ERIC LARSON
BERNARD LAUBACH
HARRY LAUBACH, JR.
CHARLES LAWHEAD
CHARLES LEMONS
JOE LEMONS, SR.
JOE LEMONS, JR.
WILLIAM LEMONS
CHARLES LENNEN
MARION LESLIE
MANUEL LEVENS
DONALD LEWIS
IRVIN LEWIS, JR.
VIRGIL LEWIS
DR. WILLIAM LEWIS
WOODROW LEWIS
ALLEN LIBERTUS
IVIN LIBERTUS
LEROY LIBERTUS
RAYMOND LOHMAN
GEORGE LONG
HARRY LONG
CLIFFORD LOW
O. L. LYNAM
ROBERT MACKEY
SKEETER MALONE
WILLIAM MANNING
DARRELL MARKLEY
KENNETH MARSHALL
A. L. MARTIN
MARVIN MAUNE
JAMES MAXEY
JAMES MAXEY, JR.
JOHN MAXFIELD
JOHN MAYERS
ERMOL MAYS
BERT MCCABE
DONALD MCDONALD
CHARLES MCFADDEN
WILBUR MCGAFFIN
MORRIS MCKEEVER
ARCHY MCKINNEY
ERNEST MCNEILL
WILLIAM MCNEILL
HOWARD MCNITT
WILLIAM MCNITT
MICHAEL MCNITT
FRED MICHEL
ALBERT MILLER
HENRY MILLER
GROVER MILLER
RICHARD MILLER
HORACE MOORHEAD
JOHN MOSER
DAVID MUELLER
LEONARD MUELLER
BENNY MURPHY
BILLY MURPHY
CHARLES H. MURPHY
CHARLES W. MURPHY
TED MURPHY
HARLEY NAIRN
LARRY NANCE
PAUL NEGLEY
CLARENCE NICKERSON
HENRY NICKERSON
JAMES NICKERSON
EVERETT NIELSEN
WAYNE NIELSEN
C. ARTHUR NUCKLES
PHILLIP NUCKLES
ELMER O’BRATE
TONY O’BRATE
THOMPSON OVERTON
WILLIAM OWENS
JOSHUA OWINGS
ROY OWINGS
EDDIE PALMER
STANLEY PARSLEY
LARRY PATTERSON
LOIS PATTON
DR. CECIL PETTERSON
LEE PETTY
ISRAEL PHILLIPS
GEORGE PHILPOTT
STANLEY PING
RANDALL PLANK
WILBUR PLOWMAN
EDWARD PLY
JERALD POPEJOY
MARSHALL PORTLOCK
MARVIN PORTLOCK
DEE POTTER
GEORGE POTTER
EDWARD PRICE
NORVIN PUCKETT
ELMER RAMSEY
D. REDMOND
JOHN REDMOND
CALVIN C. REED
CALVIN H. REED
KEITH REED
RAYMOND REES
HAROLD REEVE
EMIL REHMERS
CHARLES REID
FLOYD REID
WILLIAM REID
CHARLES REIS
LOYD RICHARDSON
GEORGE RICHWINE
WOODROW RILEY
A. RINEHART
EMMETT RINKER
JOSEPH RISHEL
S. H. RODGERS
RAYMOND ROUSE
KENNETH ROYBAL
JOHN ROYSE
I.B. RUNDELL
RAY SALMANS
BOBBY GENE SALTER
RAY SCHAFER
MICHAEL SCHAFFER
W. M. SCHAFFER
EUGENE SCHMIDT
GANO SCHMIDT
HENRY SCHMIDT
RUSSELL SCHMIDT
WALTER SCHMIDT
CRAIG SCHONLAW
JAKE SCHROLL
LLOYD SCHROLL
S. LUTHER SCHROLL
WILLIAM SCHROLL
CECIL SCHWERDFEGER
ELDEN SCHWERDFEGER
JACK SCHWERDFEGER
GENE SCHWERDFEGER
KEITH SCOTT
KENNETH SCOTT
HERSHEL SEAL
HENRY SEALS
WALTER SEALS
WILLIAM SEALS
ELMER SEVEDGE
ROSS SHERWOOD
GEORGE SHIRLEY
PAUL SHIVELY
RALPH SHORTER
CLETUS SIMON, JR.
DELMAR SINGER
KERMIT SINGER
DONALD SIX, JR.
HARMOND SLATE
LEWIS SLATE
ELLIS SMITH
CHESTER SPIKER
WARD E STANLEY
RENOLD STEVENS
LEWIS STEWART
CONWAY STIMATZE
MELVIN STIMATZE
WALTER STIMATZE
LAWRENCE STOFFEL
JAMES SUTHERLAND
WILLIAM SWISHER
JOSEPH SWORDS
JOHN RONALD SQUIRE
JAMES TERRILL
ERLE THAYER
FRED THOMPSON
HAROLD THOMPSON
JOHN THORNBURGH
LOWELL THORNBURGH
ROBERET TODD
JOHN L. TOPE
JOHN R. TOPE
DONALD TRACY
JOHN TRACY, SR.
EUGENE TREXLER
RONALD TRUSSELL
LARAYETTE TUTTLE
CHARLES TYNER
THEODORE TYNER
ARTHUR URTON
JERRY VALENTINE
NORMAN VALENTINE
RAYMOND VALENTINE
RICHARD VALENTINE
BOBBY VANDERPOOL
KARL VENNEBERG, JR
ALBERT VESPER
CLARENCE VESPER
JAMES WALKINSHAW
STEPHEN WALKINSHAW
CLYDE WARD
ELIJAH WARD
EUGENE WARNER
LARRY WARNER
ROLLA WARNER
THOMAS WATKINS
DONALD WECKERLY
HENRY WEDEL
JUNE WELLS
LOWELL WELLS
OVITT WELLS
ARTHUR WESTEMAN
FREDDIE WESTEMAN
WALTER WESTEMAN
CURTIS WHALEY
FRANK WHALEY
LEWIS WHALEY
SAMUEL WHISENHUNT
JOHNNIE WHITE
GEORGE WHITMAN
ROBERT WILLIAMS
DONALD WILSON
HENRY WILSON
GEORGE WINSHIP
J. W. WINSHIP
ARTHUR WOOD
BEN BILL WOOD
HOMER WOODLEY
H. E. WORDEN
WARREN WRIGHT
CLAUDE WORMINGTON
EARNEST YOUNG
NEWS
Cruisin’ Into Car Show - Best Turnout In Ten Years
It was a sunny Saturday morning, chillier than most. The wind was strong and cold but that didn’t stop 58 eager contestants from entering their cars, pickups, and motorcycles in the car show. A total of 17 cities were represented from Southwest Kansas and Eastern... [More]
Coolidge Bridge Opens
The sun was shining on Tuesday morning as the County Commissioners drove to Coolidge to celebrate the ribbon cutting of the new expanded Coolidge bridge. Less than one mile from Highway 50 stands a brand new 4.33 million dollar bridge. The project was one hundred percent financed... [More]
Plunkett Elected to Kansas Angus Association
Aaron Plunkett has been a member of Kansas Angus Association since his start in the commercial cattle business. His dad Richard ran cows. “I remember my dad bought some cows in La Junta and they had babies. I was about 7 years old. He sold me a baby calf and... [More]
Out With The Old: City Wide Cleanup
Is your garage starting to feel more like a storage unit? Does that old recliner in the basement finally need to retire? Are the items that you have been placing in the alley next to your fence in need of removal? We hear you. Whether it’s broken appliances, rusty tools,... [More]
Aguilera Appointed to City Council of Syracuse
2008 Syracuse High School graduate, Luis Aguilera, was appointed to the City Council of Syracuse at the noon meeting on Tuesday. After Joe Thomeczek resigned his position to serve, the seat was vacant. Letters of interest were mailed into the city office. Mayor Blake... [More]
Main Street Market Opens With Limited Hours
Small town thrives on local economy. When a new business opens on Main Street, USA, it is a win. When the meat is sourced locally, processed within sixty miles of our community, it is well worth the investment to trying out new. Add a coffee shop to it and what more could you... [More]
Giving Back To Community Brings Joy
Community thrives when it’s citizens put the people above themselves. Many give by serving on boards, some volunteer as coaches, and sometimes people just decide to give. Two such people, Pat Barrett and Ann Gattis, come to mind. Pat Barrett read an article in... [More]
Honduran Man and Kansas Woman Indicted for Fraudulently Obtaining Custody of an Unaccompanied Alien Child
WASHINGTON — An indictment unsealed yesterday in the District of Kansas charged a Honduran man and Kansas woman for conspiring to submit, and submitting, a sponsorship application with false statements to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office... [More]
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OPINIONS
More love, less hate
Happy Thursday! I am writing this Wednesday morning . When this paper goes out, I need to start on next week’s, the final edition of the year. There won’t be a newspaper for January 1, 2026. The calendar last year left zero room for a break and I am desperately... [More]
Purpose in the Pain
It’s November! It’s a beautiful cool, fall Wednesday morning as I write this. I took a walk with my dogs, chatted with my friend, and coughed. But the cough has been way better! Tuesday was Election Day. The contest for mayor of Coolidge was one many were watching.... [More]
Fruit of the Spirit
October is here! The cool mornings are lovely! Looking forward to cooler afternoons too! Thought I would share some quick updates. My respiratory junk is not wanting to exit this human. Got another round of antibiotics and more breathing treatments. Thankfully I am improving. ... [More]
Where Can God Use You Today?
A long haired shaggy white dog, likely a Great Pyrenees, showed up at our farm last week. After a couple of days, we saw it wasn’t going anywhere. We started to feed it. He let us get closer. What we found was a skinny, malnourished dog with a horrible case... [More]
How Vulnerable Are You?
Thanks for your patience last week. I am still recovering but have returned to the land of the living! I get frustrated with how slow it takes to recover sometimes when really I should focus on the fact that I am recovering. I truly feel like I am getting stronger and then... [More]
Let God
It’s the first week of September. After I get the paper onto stands, we are headed to the state fair. They changed some of the stalling procedures this year for sheep which leaves some unknowns for us. But every year we go, we learn new things. After my irritation and frustration... [More]
Breathing Space
I slipped away for a quick getaway for back to school clothes shopping, visiting family, some good food, and a trip to Barnes and Noble. We left Thursday afternoon and returned Sunday. It was triple digit heat when we left our sheep in good hands to be taken care... [More]
Building Moments and Memories
Another week has passed after the fair but I am still not recovered. Monday is the start of school and I am hoping we get a quick getaway even for one night. I was out of the office on Tuesday while we bred our lambs in Healy, Kansas. We rose early, hooked up the trailer,... [More]
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SPORTS
HI-PLAINS ALL LEAGUE
The Hi-Plains League has announced recipients of all-league basketball honors. The selection process begins when individual coaches submit names. The players are then voted on by the other HPL coaches. However, coaches may not vote on their own players. Syracuse High School... [More]
SHS CHEER TAKES SECOND
Small but Mighty! That is the name high school Head Cheerleading Coach, Marcos Valadez put on the 2024-2025 squad last summer, “We may not have the numbers, but our team has overcome adversity and is always stepping up to the challenge.” Proving this, the Syracuse... [More]
BULLDOGS OPEN FALL SEASON WITH FIRST PLACE FINISH IN GOLF
The Syracuse Bulldogs Ladies Varsity Golf Team took first at their season opener in Stanton County on Tuesday afternoon. They shot a team score of 207 at the Prairie Pines Golf Course in Johnson. The varsity team is Lanee Owens, Bronwyn Lewis, Sammy Schwieterman, Maddy... [More]
LEWIS HEADS TO STATE TRACK
Qualifying members of the high school track team traveled to Hill City Thursday, May 16 to compete in the 2-A regional meet against 15 teams, Ellinwood, Ellis, Hill City, Hoxie, Lincoln, Meade, Medicine Lodge, Oakley, Plainville, Smith Center, Stanton County, Sublette, Thomas... [More]
BULLDOGS TAKE SECOND AT REGIONALS - HEADED TO STATE
The Syracuse High School boys golf team battled breezy conditions on Monday May 13 competing in the 2-A Regional meet on their own Tamarisk Golf Course. Adjusting to windy conditions and competing at home paid off for the Bulldogs Monday, placing second, qualifying... [More]
STATE GOLF RESULTS
State golf on Monday had the Varsity Bulldogs miss playing in the finals as a team by one stroke. They finished seventh out of twelve teams. On Day 1, Brody Keller shot a 92 missing day two by two strokes. Ian Brummett shot a 95, Mason Scott and Johnny TeVelde shot... [More]
JH BASKETBALL WINS
Junior High Boys Basketball A, B, and C teams travelled to Elkhart on Monday, November 21. The A team won 41-34, B team won 26-21, and C team lost to Elkhart 13-20. Head Coach Vance Keller said, “Elkhart was a tough win for both the A and B teams but both grinded... [More]
LADY BULLDOGS BORDER WARS CHAMPIONS!!
The Lady Bulldogs were undefeated during the Border Wars, defeating Eads on Friday, 42-7 and Walsh on Saturday 62-5, bringing their record to 3-1. But the winner wasn’t announced until Tuesday evening. Syracuse Athletic Director Josh Johnson explained, “It came down... [More]
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OBITUARIES
Pauline Fecht
Pauline (Finkenbinder) Fecht passed away at St. Catherine’s Hospital in Garden City, Kansas on Sunday, May 3, 2026 at the age of 94. She was born in Garden City, Kansas, on July 19, 1931, to Paul Harden Finkenbinder and Amy Clyde (Kellum) Finkenbinder, who were long-time... [More]
Marilyn Sue Wright
Marilyn Sue Laird Wright, age 81, of Holly, Colorado, passed away on April 21, 2026, in Lamar, Colorado. Sue was born on August 17, 1944, to Earl and Berma Laird, the third of five daughters. She was united in marriage to Warren Eugene Wright on April 17, 1965, at the... [More]
Eldon Ralph Hubbard
Eldon Ralph Hubbard, 89, of Stockton, Missouri, passed away April 19, 2026, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital in El Dorado Springs, Missouri. He was born July 22, 1936, in Lakin, Kansas, the son of Virgil and Edith (Barber) Hubbard. Eldon was raised in Lakin, where alongside... [More]
Elfriede “Friede” Mitchell
Elfriede “Friede” Mitchell, born Elfriede Kolwe, passed away on April 23, 2026, at the age of 85. She most recently resided in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and was formerly of Midlothian, Virginia, and Amsterdam, New York. Friede was born on July 29, 1940, in a small... [More]
Kenneth Bay
Kenneth W. Bay passed away unexpectedly on April 10, 2026 in Killeen, Texas. He was born November 27, 1951 in Cheraw, Colorado, the son of Elton and Darlene (Quick) Bay. Ken brought warmth and humor to every life he touched and will be sorely missed by all who knew him. Ken,... [More]
Phyllis Howard
Phyllis Ann Howard was born April 21, 1946 to Glenn and Clara (George) Howard at Alva, Oklahoma and passed away April 16, 2026 at 79 years of age. She attended and graduated from Selman School. She received her Bachelor’s degree at NWOSU and her Master’s degree... [More]
Donna Webb
Donna Jean Webb, age 90, of Manter, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 11,2026, at Stanton County Long Term Care Unit in Johnson, Kansas. She was born March 19, 1936, south of Manter, Kansas, in the family home, to Fred Charles and Rhoda Leora (Fender) Kilgore. Donna... [More]
Janet Graber
Janet Renee Graber, age 66, passed away April 12, 2026, at her home in Huntsville, Alabama. An eight-year resident of Huntsville, Janet was born in Syracuse, Kansas in 1959. She was preceded in death by her loving parents, Bob and Norma Graber, and by her dear sister, Terinda... [More]
More Obituaries
- Kent Eddy
- Barbara Jean (Frazer) Patterson
- Ellen Barboza
- Cristina Robinson
- Kathleen Kay Shamburg
- Maria Teresa Pizano
- Robert Darnell
- Patricia Kuban
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