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Craig, Steve and Ryan Johnston honored their older brother, Mark, like only three little brothers could — with laughter, tears and no small amount of ribbing.Hugging one another after each one became choked up onstage, the Johnston brothers, all Panorama high school graduates, lead their brother’s...
A community effort led by the Panora Chamber drew hundreds of children and parents to the Panora Community Building Saturday, December 5, to meet with Santa and Friends over pancakes.“I’m going to ask for a new farm set, “ said seven-year-old Carter Young of Yale, as he approached Santa after...
Guthrie County students are on about the same page as those in the rest of the state in whom they support for president, a mock caucus event showed last week.But they tended to support female candidates — Carly Fiorina and Hillary Clinton — more than their peers around the state.The event, held at...
They’re not in Kansas anymore — they’re in Panora.Panorama high school and junior high students will present “Wizard of Oz” this weekend. The audience can expect the traditional musical, but with a few twists.They’ll perform at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the high school auditorium. Tickets will...
It was Tuesday, July 17, 2012.
Tracy Wright remembers it well.
She was standing in front of the mirror, curling her hair, when her obstetrician called.
She stuck her head out of the bathroom door and quietly told her husband, Mike, the news.
Her biopsy was positive for breast cancer.
She was 34...
Mark Johnston has touched numerous lives as an educator at Panorama.Sunday, he got a glimpse of the impact he has made on the lives of not only his students, but family, friends and community members as well.Organizers estimate nearly a thousand people came to the school where Johnston is known as...
It started with a simple Christmas gift.But Lucas Gremler, about 12 at the time, didn’t just put the yo-yo from his grandparents in a drawer after trying a few mostly unsuccessful Walk the Dogs and Loop the Loops.Instead, he started checking out YouTube videos breaking down different yo-yo tricks....
The Panorama Community came together Friday, August 28, to celebrate the new, splendidly green turf, at the high school’s new football stadium.The night started with the Booster Club Membership BBQ where hundreds enjoyed a dinner with the fixings before the first home football game of the season....
It included crayons, Minions and giggles.But the first day of school at Panorama Elementary School started out on a serious note, with the continuing tradition of a flag raising to mark the first day.Mike Arganbright — an Air Force veteran and Veterans of Foreign Wars member — and Robert Laidley —...
Sitting in a colorful classroom inside Panorama Elementary School, Mark Johnston cracks a smile with his wife Danielle, a kindergarten teacher in the building, over a daily text message he receives from a friend.“Some are not appropriate, but those types of things brighten your day and make you...
