Jayhawk Elementary staff and faculty recently surprised their students by setting their own dress up week with the goal of raising morale at the school. One of those days was Secret Agent Day, as shown here, where the staff came dressed as their own version of 007 or Inspector Gadget. Submitted photo

Scene from the intersection of U.S. Hwy. 69 and 152 looking west after a fire started by overhead lines arced and spread east over the highway. Photo by Angela Holt - Linn County News

Grace Naylor works with Jacoby Johnson on her InnoMark marketing business at the Youth Entrepreneur Challenge; she won the event and will represent USD 362 in Manhattan.

Slime and pie were the items of the day at the annual American Heart Association for Finn’s Challenge Fundraiser; $700 was raised with left, PE teacher Mindy Schuler, Principal Nathan Meik and Superintendent Don Epps being the recipients of the pies. The challenge was held last week at Pleasanton USD 344.

Alayna McCarty for Jayhawk. McCarty placed fourth for the Lady Hawks and is the first girl wrestler at Jayhawk Linn to earn a State medal.

Jayhawk Linn’s Rowan Day is ready to battle it out in one of her matches at the State Wrestling Tournament.

Jayhawk Linn’s Tanner Holt fights for a win in a match at the State Wrestling Tournament held over the weekend.

Prairie View’s Kimberlee Eastwood takes on her opponent in a match at the State Wrestling Tournament held over the weekend.

Prairie View’s Parker Schwarz prepares to begin a match at the State Wrestling Tournament this past weekend.

Melisa Bertz, Prairie View vocational-agricultural instructor and FFA adviser, (center) receives a $500 check from Nationwide Insurance during recognition at last Thursday’s USD 362 board of education meeting. Pictured with Bertz are Natalee Bray, state FFA sentinel, and Beth Gaines, executive director of Kansas FFA Foundation, Inc. Bertz is the East Central Kansas region finalist for the state FFA’s Golden Owl award that recognizes agricultural educators for their contributions to helping the next generation of agricultural leaders.