Lois Dikeman
Lois Irene Dikeman
Overland Park, KS - Lois Irene Dikeman passed away at a retirement home in Overland Park, Kansas on November 27, 2019. She was born to Vern Riley and Talitha Beulah McNaught in Pratt, Kansas. She married Darrel Gene Dikeman on October 31, 1948, who preceded her in death. Survivors: daughter, Sandra Annette Parkins; sons, William Cary Dikeman and Darrel Gene Dikeman II; seven grandkids and 13 great-grandkids. Private Family Services were held at the Syracuse, Kansas Cemetery
OBITUARIES
Troy Logan Cartwright
Troy Logan Cartwright, age 60, passed away at his home in Syracuse, Kansas on April 13, 2021. He was born on December 12, 1960 in Tribune, Kansas, the son of Lowell Cartwright and Jan (Peterson) Cartwright. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 11:00... [More]
Salvador Orta Carrillo
Mass of Christian Burial for Holly, Colorado resident,Salvador Orta Carrillo will be held at 10:00 a.m. and Rosary at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 18, 2021, at St. Frances of Rome Catholic Church in Holly, Colorado. Interment will follow in the Holly Cemetery. Visitation... [More]
Ted Sitts
Funeral Services for Holly, Colorado resident, Ted Sitts will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, 2021, at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel with Pastor Paul Floyd officiating. Interment will follow in the Holly Cemetery. Visitation for Ted will be held from... [More]
Gwendolyn Lucille Woods Reid
On Wednesday May 26, 2021, Gwendolyn Lucille Woods Reid, Homemaker, Mother of four, Bookkeeper, Golfer, and Civic Leader passionate about education, passed away following a stroke at the age of 90 in Houston Texas. Gwen was born the eldest of 4 on September 11, 1930 to Ruby (Toland)... [More]
Marilyn “Sissy” Schurtz
Marilyn Jean Schurtz stubbornly went to join her guardian angels on May 28, 2021 - and surely gave them a few choice words on her way through the heavenly gate as they insisted it was time to go. She undoubtedly felt that 92 years was somehow not quite enough time. Born in... [More]
Norman L. Wilson
Norman L. Wilson, 75, Overland Park, KS, passed away Sunday, May 23, 2021, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Services will be held Friday, May 28, 2021, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 11300 West 103rd Street, Overland Park, KS, with Visitation at 10:00 AM and the Memorial... [More]
Mary L. Hart
Mary L. Hart, age 64, formerly of Johnson died Monday, May 17, 2021, at Life Care Center of Colorado Springs in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was born September 19, 1956, in Jacksonville, Florida, the daughter of J.W. and Lora (Waldren) Mitchell. Mary grew up in Jacksonville.... [More]
Francisco David Bustillos
Francisco David Bustillos passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2021 at the age of 71, at the Hamilton County Hospital, in Syracuse, Kansas. He was born on July 10, 1949 in Elterreo, Mamiquipa, Mexico the son of Leopoldo Bustillos Perez and Guadalupe Garcia Martinez. David began his... [More]
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- Francisco David Bustillos
- Yvonne Dorothea (Garrelts) Price
- Emogene (Oliver) Ochs
- Merle Ray Neugebauer
- Margaret Elizabeth (te Velde) Houtsma
- Erica Dawn Schulz
- Judy Grogan
- Troy Logan Cartwright
SPORTS
HS Track
Head coach Steve Navarro said, “The coaching staff has really enjoyed working with this group of kids this year. They have been putting in hard work despite some less than stellar conditions for practice and meets. We are excited to see what they can do now that we are... [More]
SHS SPORTS WRAP UP
Baseball: The Bulldogs faced the Goodland Cowboys at home on Thursday, April 8, losing game one, 2-22 and game two, 1-17. Head Coach Dustin Doze said the Bulldogs really struggled throwing strikes again and they had too many errors. We need to clean things up if we want to... [More]
Spring Sports Start
One year ago, athletes and coaches were beginning practice for their spring sport, some practicing during spring break, others enjoying the break from school. Soon they found out their break was extended a week, some with great joy, others with apprehension. Then came the unfortunate... [More]
SUBSTATE HEARTACHE
Substate began and ended quickly but these Varsity teams left it all out on the court. In heartbreaking last second baskets, our basketball season was over. The boys lost by two points in the last five seconds and the girls lost by three. A wrap up of the season will come in... [More]
HEADING TO SUBSTATE
The SHS Bulldogs faced the 4-A Holcomb Longhorns for the final home game of the season, with the varsity teams unable to win. The boys will be the number three seed in first sub state match up at home, Monday, March 1, against the number 6 seed, Stanton County. This will be the... [More]
Junior High Bulldog Basketball
The Syracuse Jr. High basketball season has come to end following the High Plains League Tournament last Saturday. And what a season it was. It began when Head coach Jeff Mathias resigned from basketball due to his wife Tori’s health concerns. “The kids love... [More]
BOYS TAKE THIRD IN HPL TOURNEY
The varsity Bulldogs have finished the annual High Plains League Tournament and now looking toward the rest of the season. They will travel to Johnson to face the Stanton County Trojans Friday, January 29. Junior Varsity boys and girls will play at 3:45, varsity girls... [More]
HIGH PLAINS LEAGUE TOURNEY BEGINS
Syracuse High School varsity basketball teams began the High Plain League Tournament this week. The Monday Tuesday games were hosted by Stanton County and the Thursday, Friday Saturday games will be in Syracuse. According to Athletics Director, Dan Delgado, this is the... [More]
More Sports
- UNDEFEATED 8-0 BOYS VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM MEETS RIVAL LAKIN THIS FRIDAY NIGHT
- V and JV Bulldogs Sweep Wichita County
- County Wars Tournament Winners
- Bulldogs Travel to Goodland
- All League Football
- All League Volleyball
- Luebbers Statebound
- Junior High Girls Volleyball "A" Team High Plains League Champions
NEWS
The KPRA Rodeo Is Back
The Kansas Professional Rodeo Association (KPRA) rodeo has made it’s return to Syracuse after being absent for nearly ten years. The rodeo, sponsored by the Syracuse Saddle Club, was held at the Hamilton County Fairgrounds June 4th and 5th. A hot Friday afternoon cooled... [More]
KDHE amends travel quarantine list
All of Colorado has been removed from the travel quarantine list! TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has amended its travel quarantine list to include the countries of Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. Several states... [More]
This Memorial Day, We Remember the Fallen
On a cool cloudy Memorial Day in Hamilton County, the reverence for the fallen was crystal clear. The morning began with Rotarians quietly raising flags at many area homes and businesses. If you drove 14 miles to the west on the two lane highway 50 and a mile north... [More]
Where are they now? Retired USMC Sgt. Ralph Shorter
“We don’t talk much about what we saw in Vietnam because it was so terrible. Then, when we returned to the United States, Americans didn’t want us back either. They threw urine and feces on us, called us baby killers. We might as well have... [More]
KDHE amends travel quarantine list
KDHE amends travel quarantine list TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has amended its travel quarantine list to include Maine, 12 counties in Colorado and the countries of Costa Rica, French Guiana, Georgia, Lithuania and the Netherlands.... [More]
Fatal Wreck in Hamilton County
A fatal wreck occured at 1:10 AM on Thursday, May 20, 2021 on K27 South of Syracuse on Milemarker 73 - one mile south of U50 on 27. A Ford F-150 pickup driven by Donovan Seeber, 25, from Syracuse, Kansas, was northbound on K27 and went left of center and collided... [More]
Boil Water Advisory Rescinded for the City of Syracuse
For Immediate Release May 20, 2021 Boil Water Advisory Rescinded for the City of Syracuse, Hamilton County TOPEKA – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has rescinded a boil water advisory for the City of Syracuse water supply system, located... [More]
COUNTY PUTS NEW AMBULANCE TO WORK FOR EMS WEEK
It’s National EMS week. Emergency Medical Services are essential in our county. and we are grateful! “We see people at some of the darkest or hardest times in their life and even though some don’t go the way we would like, others do and it is rewarding,... [More]
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OPINIONS
What's the lesson?
While rushing to get from here to there, my daughter and I ran out of the house, late again! I yelled for her to hurry up and she was so frazzled that as she put the large orange juice jug back in the refrigerator, she left the lid off and put the bottle back on the shelf laying... [More]
Playing Your Cards Right
You know that old saying “If you play your cards right?” Every day I play three games of three card solitaire. They say it helps with strengthening your mind. The sequence matters. If I play the first red eight I see and the cards I need are behind the second... [More]
Emotionally Paralyzed
Have you ever felt emotionally paralyzed and not sure how to go forward? Panic inside? Fear of the future or fear of being stuck? The world we live in today has lots of opportunities to think what’s the point? So much is out of our control. So much is scary or heading... [More]
Labels
Do you remember the Dr. Seuss story The Sneetches? Two groups of sneetches were identical except one group had stars on their bellies. The other did not and therefore were treated poorly. Those without stars allowed someone else’s view of them to dictate their self worth.... [More]
How Do You Influence Others?
Stephen King wrote, “We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why.” Who are you influencing? Good or bad, someone is touched by your life. There are people I intentionally try to influence, like my daughter or her friends. And if I have... [More]
Falling Out Of A Tree
My daughter was climbing a tree and fell. She got a big scrape and it hurt. She cried. We cleaned it up with soap and water and went back in the house to relax a little. I tried to comfort her and then pushed her to move forward because focusing on her wound won’t help... [More]
Good Enough
In the movie Big Hero 6, the main character Hiro is coasting and not achieving his potential. Feeling sorry for himself for having lost his parents and directionless, his brother brings him to his college and introduces him to his professor. The professor engages him in conversation... [More]
Failure?
How do you handle failure? Honestly, I am terrible at it. I spent years with the belief that I was no good versus my decisions were bad. And never once did I see that it was learning experiences. I just saw all the bad and it was mounting. In case no one told you that attitude... [More]
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