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By Travis [email protected]

A 31-year-old Osawatomie man has been charged with two counts of assaulting a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon following an armed standoff with police Saturday evening.

Josh White was booked in to Miami County Jail that night. He is facing 17 to 36 months in prison depending on his prior criminal record, and a fine of up to $100,000, said Miami County Attorney David Miller.

According to a news release issued by the Osawatomie

Police Department, two per-sons came to the police sta-tion around 9:45 p.m. Satur-day to report that they were concerned about White, who they said was intoxicated and possibly suicidal. He was re-ported to be in his residence at 1746 Main St. and was heav-ily armed.

Family members said he was making threatening com-ments, prompting law en-forcement to be dispatched to the scene. Before the first of-

ficer arrived, it was reported that White fired off rounds in-

side the resi-dence. Upon arrival, the first officers radioed that they were taking fire. On several occasions the man exited the house to

fire additional rounds. No one was injured.

The Miami County Sheriff’s Department and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department were called to assist with the situation. As the neighbor-hood was being evacuated by Miami County tactical officers, a negotiator with the OPD was able to make contact with the subject. He surrendered peacefully after about 15 min-utes, said OPD Assistant Po-lice Chief Bob Butters. As of Tuesday, White remained in Miami County Jail.


Normally, squirrels live a pretty peaceful life. Between gathering food stores and jumping from tree to tree, most days are fairly carefree.

Saturday was not one of

those days.With a sharp eye and steady

hands, hunters from across the region converged on the Osawatomie Elks Lodge for the second annual Squirrel Hunt, an oddball event which has quickly garnered favor and popularity for its nov-elty and unique challenge. And with 24 two-man teams spread across three divisions, there was certainly no short-age of crack-shots to strike fear into the small hearts of agile, tree-dwelling rodents in and around Miami County.

Like last year, the contest used a point system to re-

ward hunters for not just the sheer number of squirrels they bagged, but for accurate headshots as well as dropping male squirrels, too. The team of Jim Dalsing and Quentin Lickteig squeaked by for first place in the adult division, barely beating out returning champs Joe Nighswonger and David Brown. The two teams brought in the exact same number of squirrels totaling the same point value, leaving the deciding tie-breaker up to a final headshot count of 9-8 in favor of Dalsing and Lickteig.


It has been six months since Ryan Crowley was tossed into the deep end and told to swim.

After the unceremoni-ous departure of long-time Recreation Direc-

tor Ron Maring amid a scandalous atmosphere in August, Crowley was

tapped to take the reins, if only temporar-ily. Having previously served as Maring’s assistant for the bet-ter part of about three

years, he was the natural choice to serve as interim recreation director.


Dennis K. Roberts, a dep-uty with the Miami County Sheriff’s Office, was arrest-ed by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation on Friday afternoon.

While KBI officials have

declined to comment on de-tails of the investigation, the Kansas Attorney General’s

office con-firmed Rob-erts has been charged with two counts of battery and two counts of mistreatment of a confined prisoner.

Miami County Un-

dersheriff Wayne Minckley said Roberts has been on administrative leave since

Police Standoff Culminates In ArrestOsawatomie Man Barricades Self In

Home, Opens Fire On Law Enforcement

OSH Staff Stretched Thin By

ReductionsGovernor Plans For Even Fewer Staff

Positions In FY 2012

Feuerborn Raises Concerns

By Dave ranneyKHi news service

TOPEKA — State hospitals for the mentally ill and the de-velopmentally disabled have not replaced many employees who’ve quit or accepted Gov. Sam Brownback’s invitation to take early retirement.

At the same time, the num-ber of patients at the hos-pitals has remained flat or increased.

That means fewer workers caring for more patients.

The governor’s budget pro-posal for the coming fiscal year would allow for 2,298 full-time positions at the five state hos-pitals, or 311 fewer slots than there were in fiscal 2011 and about 100 fewer than the cur-rent fiscal year.

Democratic members of the House Appropriations Com-mittee said this week that the reduced hospital workforce was causing problems.

“At Osawatomie State Hos-pital we have 55 fewer FTE’s (full-time equivalent employ-ees) than we had in the fiscal 2011 budget, and we’re run-ning over (patient) capacity,” said Rep. Bill Feuerborn of Garnett, the committee’s rank-ing Democrat.

Feuerborn said 13 employ-ees at Osawatomie took the administration’s offer of early retirement. Only three of those positions were refilled. The ad-ditional vacancies occurred from people quitting or oth-erwise leaving the hospital’s roster.

Feuerborn’s district includes Osawatomie State Hospital, the largest of the state’s three hospitals for the mentally ill.

The committee, dominated by Republicans, debated four of the five state hospitals’ bud-gets on Monday, approving all

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Hunters Snipe Squirrels During Annual Event

Hunt Raises Funds For Elks

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Osawatomie elks exalted ruler Marc Cochrane added a bit of variety to the menu by fry-ing up some frog legs to accompany the bevy of squirrel gathered by area hunters dur-

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Police Defuse Potentially Deadly SituationRemember The

Importance Of American

HistoryHistory is an important subject of study for

all Americans because it helps to instill patriotism, as the Osawatomie Graphic-

News stated in an editorial in their American Bi-Centennial issue on July 1, 1976. The Osawatomie Graphic-News wrote, “Come Sun-day, this nation’s 200th birthday will be celebrated. A year long ob-servance will con-tinue but July 4th will be the peak of the celebra-tion. For millions of people, the ob-servance is a time of renewal. It is a time to stop and think about the significance of 200 years of free-dom. It is a time to reflect on what has made this nation the greatest example of freedom and abun-dance that the world has ever seen.”

The Osawatomie Graphic-News then argued that studying history was vital to maintaining patriotism, and wrote, “It is time to get out the his-tory books and discover once again why and how the Declaration of Independence was signed.” The editorial then pointed out the dangers of fail-ing to study and appreciate American history, writing, “And yet despite the solemnity of the oc-casion, there will be millions in this country who will let the day pass with out being aware of its significance. For them it will be only a time of re-laxation. The peak of the 200th birthday will come and go and they won’t realize why or how it all happened.”

Studying history leads us to appreciate the sac-rifices of our forebears who worked hard and sac-rificed to give us the nation and community that we have today, which American’s and Osawato-mie’s citizens cannot appreciate unless they study and learn about America and Osawatomie’s rich history and heritage. The Osawatomie Graphic-News editorial stated of those who were not aware of the importance of history, “They won’t realize what happened to the 56 men who signed one of history’s most significant documents for history. Of these signers, consider this: Nine died during the war for independence. Five were imprisoned by the British and treated brutally. Twelve had their homes burned. Seventeen lost everything. No one defected or went back on his pledged word.”

Osawatomie’s founders also literally risked their lives for the freedom of the slaves, and to found the town. Their sacrifices built the founda-tion for the community that we enjoy today, and it is imperative that citizens today study and learn about Osawatomie’s history to help build up civic pride to ensure that the town prospers in the pres-ent and prepares for the future. Our forebears worked to ensure that the town survived through the Bleeding Kansas era of the town’s founding. Successive generations have continued to carry their efforts through wars, droughts, economic downturns, and many other struggles, and a study of their efforts reveals that they were facing many of the same challenges we are today, giving us an example of how todays citizens can work to-gether to build up Osawatomie in the present and prepare for the future.

— Grady Atwater is the John Brown State Historic Site Administrator

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Dear Editor,I am very concerned that long-term

care services have not yet been removed from the Administration’s ‘KanCare’ managed care proposal. I am a Kansas citizen, taxpayer, voter and supporter of persons with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities. I cannot state em-phatically enough that I expect these vital long-term care services to be re-moved from KanCare. It is simply unac-ceptable to conduct such a massive ex-periment on our state’s most vulnerable citizens. The sweeping changes proposed in KanCare to these vital long-term care services are unlike anything ever at-tempted anywhere in the United States.

The Administration has suggested that costs for the DD population are out of control. This is not true. Per-person costs for both long-term care services

and medical services have decreased, not increased. Further, the services that exist for persons with developmental disabilities in our community have been built, from the ground up, as a response to the needs of our community. They have been fine-tuned, over decades, to fit the specific needs of those with intellec-tual and developmental disabilities.

This is something you should be proud of and protect, not something you should allow to be destroyed.

When the Administration’s rationale for including DD long-term care services in KanCare is stripped away by an ex-amination of the facts, what remains? Money. I am increasingly concerned that the Administration’s real reason for re-sisting the removal of DD long-term care services from KanCare is because they have constructed their managed

care proposal in such a way as to count on DD service dollars to help provide for the projected levels of cost savings and profits for insurance companies that will manage the program. This would not be an acceptable reason for subjecting the DD long-term care service system to the potential for harm.

I am watching this issue closely. I ex-pect DD long-term care services to be re-moved from KanCare. Tens of thousands of other Kansans are watching as well. We all believe that you, our leaders, have the power to carve out DD services — if not you, who? Please take any and all ac-tion necessary to remove DD long-term care services from the Administration’s managed care proposal.

Sincerely,Gina RockersOsawatomie

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The usual peaceful calm that settles over Osawatomie was shat-tered when local law enforcement engaged in a tense standoff with an armed gunman in the 1700 block of Main Street on Saturday evening.

Thankfully, the potentially dead-ly situation ended relatively quick-ly and without bloodshed. While we can only speculate as to what pushed Joshua White over the edge, the situation ended as abruptly as it began, and without incident.

The swift reaction and thorough negotiations enacted by members

of the Osawatomie Police Depart-ment, as well as other law enforce-ment agencies including the Miami and Johnson County Sheriff’s Of-fices, ensured not only the safety of surrounding residents, but that of White as well. Without ques-tion, this standoff could have eas-ily taken a turn for the worse, and we’re certainly glad it didn’t.

Like any public entity, the police department receives its fair share of criticism from local residents on a range of issues. But while it’s easy to dole out opinions when something

doesn’t go as we see fit, we should be equally quick to applaud them when everything falls into place ex-actly as it should. This weekend was one such time.

To the men and women who com-prise the Osawatomie Police De-partment, we at the Graphic would like to issue our appreciation for your willingness to step into harms way to protect the residents of this community. Your actions saved lives and helped prevent a bad situation from becoming much worse.

— Editorial Board

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Osawatomie Chamber of Commerce’s4th Annual Home & Business Expo

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Easter Bunny prints start at $5.00. Family Portraits also

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The Osawatomie Cham-ber of Commerce is looking to connect local consumers with area businesses during the third annual Home and Business Expo.

Set for Saturday at the Osawatomie City Audito-rium, the yearly event is al-ready bursting at the seams, said Chamber Executive Director Shelagh Wright. So far 39 area businesses have signed up for the expo, up from 36 last year, and more are practically knocking down the door.

“We’re completely full and the people keep call-ing. That’s a good prob-lem to have,” said Wright, adding that she will find a way to squeeze in as many businesses as is physically possible.

While the expo offers a veritable one-stop-shop for area consumers and a viable promotions opportunity for area businesses, Wright said overall the event ties into the Chamber’s goal of pro-moting the local economy.

“We’re trying to educate people that there are so many goods and services of-fered right here in our own backyard,” Wright said.

“By going and visiting and meeting these people face to face … (businesses) can show these people what they can offer them.”

In its third year, the expo is now a mainstay for a number of area businesses, though there will be a hand-ful of fresh faces in atten-dance this year, Wright said. Classic Wood and Land-mark Restaurant, among others, will make appear-ances, as will a number of local home business vendors. Additionally, many vendors will offer prize drawings, and the Chamber will host a drawing for $15 in Cham-ber Bucks every 30 minutes. Chamber Bucks can be used like cash with any Osawato-mie Chamber of Commerce business member.

Crystal Macek of Macek Photography will also be on hand to snap pictures with the Easter Bunny, as well as family portraits with differ-ent backgrounds to choose from. All proceeds from the photography sales will ben-efit the Osawatomie Rotary Club’s Lake Project.

Free chair massages will be provided by Rejuvenat-ing Massage. All attend-ees will receive a free tote bag provided by Vintage Park, along with a handful of other promotional items. The expo is sponsored by the Osawatomie Graphic, the City of Osawatomie, Vin-tage Park, the Osawatomie Journal, Life Care Center of Osawatomie, Century Link and KWJP 89.7 FM.


Years of neglect and a misguided attempt at odor control have left Osawatomie’s Waste Water Treatment Plant up a creek, so to speak.

The plant’s headworks facility is failing, B.G. Consultants engineer Brian Kingsley informed City Council members Thursday evening, and something needs to be done sooner rather than later.

The problem, he and City Manager Don Cawby explained, lies with the auger-like spiral screen responsible for sifting and lifting solid materials from the waste water as it is processed through the treatment plant. Cawby said the screen is worn and broken in a num-ber of areas, and subse-quent quick fixes have only helped the facility limp along so far.

“For a long time out there we’ve just been Band-Aiding and Band-Aiding,” Cawby informed council members. “We’ve just created some of our own problems here.”

Cawby and Kingsley elaborated, stating that a number of years ago the city made the decision to cover the equipment in

question after area resi-dents complained of the stench emanating from the facility located east of town. What was a short-term fix, though, has turned into a long-term headache, as chemicals rising from the process-ing pits remain trapped beneath the covering, damaging the enclosed equipment.

“ O u r h e a d w o r k s wouldn’t be in this shape it we hadn’t covered them up,” Cawby said bluntly.

To rectify the situation, the city is looking to en-list the services of King-sley and others with his firm to help form a plan of action to address the necessary repairs, which could cost anywhere from $400,000 to $600,000.

While the spiral screen method isn’t the best op-tion available, Cawby said, it would take a mas-sive overhaul to install a new system at the city’s headworks facility, and the cost of doing so would be prohibitively expen-sive. At this point, plans are far from finalized. While officials hope prop-er cost management and financing will help mini-mize the impact felt by community members, Kingsley said there was a possibility the city may need to raise sewer rates in the future to accommo-date the needed repairs.

A l s o d u r i n g t h e City Council meeting, officials:

Heard a report from Kingsley on the state of asphalt repairs for the re-cent street improvement project on Pacific Avenue,

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14th Street and Brown Avenue. Prior testing re-vealed the final asphalt overlay to be unsatisfac-tory, and city officials are demanding improve-ments be made to rectify the error. Kingsley and Cawby said they do not expect new asphalt to be laid until sometime in April, though it could occur earlier if warmer temperatures roll into the region sooner than expected.

Appointed Council-man John Klein to the Miami County Airport Zoning Board of Appeals.

Continued discuss-ing options regarding the city’s yard waste disposal with trash hauler L&K Services. Owner Larry Smith said a potential option would be for L&K to provide a large roll-off container where city residents could dispose of leaves and grass clip-pings. The option is an alternative to curbside yard waste disposal, the implementation of which could raise refuse rates by as much as $3 per household every month. Conversely, the imple-mentation of such a bin would only add 25 to 50 cents to every bill.

Authorized Cawby to sign a revised agree-ment with L&K Services to switch all recycling pickup in Osawatomie to Mondays, as opposed to the current Tuesday/Thursday split pickup across town. L&K plans to send out letters de-tailing the change in the coming weeks.

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For months now, Jenny Weaver has been stor-ing enough dresses in the basement of her Osawato-mie home to open a small boutique shop.

From sequined and satin to strapless and spotted, Weaver doesn’t claim to have everything. However, her selection will hopefully be enough to satisfy the tastes of even the pickiest young girls when she throws open the doors of Osawat-omie High School’s Mac Steele Gymnasium dur-ing the third annual Dress Swap, set from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.

While the event has

seen a number of adjust-ments and tweaks since its first year, the core con-cept is still the same: to make sure every girl looks her best — whether it be during graduation, pro-motion or prom — and to literally make cost a non-issue.

During the two-hour window Sunday, girls in need of a dress for any oc-casion are encourage to stop by, drop off a dress donation if they so choose, and try on a new outfit. Weaver said absolutely no one will be turned away if they are unable to donate for any reason.

“Every year it’s going to get bigger. I think that the word of mouth will get bigger, exchanges of dress-es will get bigger,” Weaver said. “People will realize they don’t have to go out and spend $100, $200, sometimes even $400 on dresses, when we can just exchange them with each other.”

While Weaver has large-ly served as the figure-

head and mouthpiece of the annual event, she said quite a bit of teamwork goes into making it a re-ality. She credited a num-ber of individuals, includ-ing Osawatomie Middle School counselor Amber Bonner, as well as Angie Goodwin, Diana Neal and Crissy Rayl, for helping put on the Dress Swap.

This year’s event will be slightly more simplified than last year, Weaver said, elaborating that they have opted to eliminate various vendor booths and drawings in favor of focusing exclusively on dress exchanges, which she added have seemingly come in by the truckload in recent weeks.

“I’ve probably got 50 dresses just in the last month,” she noted.

Weaver said she is still happily accepting do-nations, though. To do-nate a dress to the ini-tiative, or for more infor-mation about the Dress Swap, contact Weaver at 755-3336.

By Brian [email protected]

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ECKAN, one of eight com-munity action agencies in Kansas, has been in exis-tence since 1966, serving low-income persons in East Central Kansas. ECKAN’s mission is to identify and focus available resources that enable eligible families and individuals to attain critical skills, knowledge and attitudes necessary to achieve self-sufficiency. For more information, visit www.eckan.org, according to the release.

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By Brian [email protected]

Big Brothers Big Sis-ters of Miami County con-tinues to grow and reach more local youths, but the program’s director, board members and volunteers hope the community can help keep the service up and running.

During the past six years, Director Erin Lyon has witnessed the Miami County program grow from 28 children to 127 children, but she’s also watched her paid staff be reduced to just her after the elimination of a case worker and fund develop-ment director.

The program matches “littles” ranging in age from 5 to 17 with adult volunteers in the com-munity who can serve as role models, mentors and friends. The program has even made its way into local high schools, with students serving as role models for children.

Lyon said the program has been very success-ful, but it’s also entirely dependent on donations from the community to op-erate. Supervision, paper work, interviews with the bigs and littles and other tasks all have a cost as-sociated with them, and Lyon has been struggling

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Big Brothers Big sisters of Miami county is prepped to host its annual Bowl For Kids’ sake fundraiser saturday at Olathe lanes. community and business sponsorships are

still needed to generate revenue for the organization.

to keep up with the growth.The national average cost

to keep a little and big suc-cessfully matched for a year is about $1,000, but Lyon has streamlined the Miami County program to get that number down to about $600. Still, that money has been difficult to come by, especial-ly during difficult economic times.

Lyon and Rick Phil-lips, board chairman for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami County, are trying to get the word out about the program’s need. Those looking for ways to help out won’t have to wait long, as the program’s biggest annu-al fundraiser is just around the corner.

The 2012 Bowl For Kids’ Sake is set to take place Sat-urday, and it once again will be at Olathe Lanes. Resi-

dents and businesses can help by choosing varying levels of sponsorship for the event or registering a team to bowl.

For more information, con-tact Lyon at 294-4403.

Phillips said there also is a need for more board mem-bers for the program, and in-terested people also should give Lyon a call.

People can also help by becoming a “big.” Lyon said there is a list of about 20 children right now who need to be matched to a big, and the time spent together doesn’t have to include cost-ly activities.

“When we asked the littles what they want from their big, 98 percent said they just want somebody to hang out with, listen to them and talk with them,” Lyon said.

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From skinning squirrels behind the lodge to cooking up such delicacies as squir-rel pot pie, squirrel biscuits and gravy and fried frog legs — just to add a bit of variety to the menu — there was no shortage of creative cuisine for the hungry hunters to sink their teeth into.

“It tastes like gamey rab-bit,” Elks Exalted Ruler Marc Cochrane stated as he prepped a few items in the kitchen. The winning combination, he said, was to thoroughly clean the squir-rel meat before soaking it in butter milk. “It’s more for the fun of it,” Cochrane added of the novelty.

Elks Treasurer and event coordinator Mike Peace said the second annual event was a clear success. With a strong showing from area hunters, and some registered teams traveling from as far away as Wichita, he figures they must be doing something right. Of the roughly $800 brought in, Peace said about $160 will boost the Elks scholarship fund, while a

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robert Mersman skins a squirrel Saturday morning as hunt-ers begin to trickle in following the osawatomie elks Lodge

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Managing games, pro-grams and activities was what Crowley was pre-pared for, but the full force and responsibilities of managing administra-tive duties — on his own no less — caught him off guard, to say the least. But after a few missteps and learning the ropes, Crow-ley built up his own confi-dence, and gained that of City Manager Don Cawby, so much so that Cawby dropped the “interim” from Crowley’s title, ap-pointing him as Osawat-omie’s next director of the fledgling Parks and Recre-ation Department.

“It’s a big weight off my chest finally,” Crowley said of the news. “Now I can start putting my stamp on things.”

Cawby offered encour-aging words bolstering his decision to name Crowley the head of the city’s new-est department. Touting his experience and con-nections to the commu-nity, as well as his fresh ideas on revamping rec-reation in Osawatomie, Cawby said when the time

came to make the an-nouncement Thursday, the choice was clear.

“Ryan knows the people and knows the programs that need to be done,” Cawby said.

But the path wasn’t laid out from the onset of Crowley’s foray into the position.

During a meeting of the now-defunct Osawato-mie Recreation Commis-sion last fall, commis-sion members and Cawby expressed concerns re-garding whether Crowley fit the mold for the type of individual they were seeking to step in follow-ing Maring’s resignation. While Cawby doesn’t deny having some worries at the time, he said Crowley wasn’t being fairly judged, either.

“He was really not in a position where he could show everything he need-ed to do, and at the same time he was trying to just keep what was going afloat,” Cawby said.

Since then, Cawby has observed Crowley in ac-tion, as he has shown his leadership style over time, and said he likes what he sees.

“I think that I’ve seen his vision now, and it in-

cludes a good range of adult and youth pro-grams,” Cawby said. “I see his ability to cooperate and work with other peo-ple, bring some new ideas to the table. I think we’re going to see some real growth to our programs.”

The one issue that hasn’t cropped up, Crow-ley said, is trust. While some could see his ties with Maring as a red flag, Crowley said that hasn’t been a problem.

“I think everyone seems supportive with the route we’re taking from here, and I think things are now in place to make sure we don’t have issues like that in this or any department in the city in the future,” Crowley said.

Crowley didn’t divulge too much regarding his plans for the near future, but did release a few nug-gets of information. Spe-cifically, he hopes to form a greater partnership with the Miami County Family YMCA to create and grow a range of fitness-focused programs, and he is also exploring the possibil-ity of delving once again into offering adult sports leagues after such offer-ings fell by the wayside about five years ago.

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A number of Osawatomie High School students sub-mitted artistic creations in a variety of mediums for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs Art Contest on Saturday in Gardner. Students from Osawato-mie were sponsored by the Shamrock Club of Paola.

First place: Nicole Camara, Ashley Deleon, Tabatha Diediker, Tayla Richardson and Samantha Ritch (x2).

Secondplace: Hanna Anderson and Megan Higdon.

Third place: Kenny

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Honorablemention: Destinee Howard, Jillian Marcum and Courtney Watts.

Deleon and Diediker will go on to compete in the state level competition, said OHS art teacher Patty Trull. Ritch’s two blue rib-bons, combined with a blue ribbon finish from last year, made her eligible for a $500 G.F.W.C. scholarship, which she could win if she wins at the state competition.

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Fort Scott Community College officials got to show off their two new classrooms in front of a large audience Friday morning during the Paola Chamber of Commerce’s weekly coffee event.

The more than 50 peo-ple who attended the event got the chance to learn more about the Miami County campus of the college, which is based in Fort Scott. The visi-tors heard from Clayton Tatro, president; Buddy Jo Tanck, associate dean; Art Houser, psychology in-structor; and Gary Palm-er, director of development for the Fort Scott Commu-nity College Endowment Association.

The focus of the presen-tation was how the two new classrooms will help keep class sizes small and provide better service to students. There also was discussion about future

plans for growth, includ-ing a science lab that is already framed and ready to be finished if the school can acquire the needed $50,000 to complete the work.

Tatro said the school used federal Recovery Act stimulus funds to build the two new classrooms, which will help accommo-date a growing student population. According to numbers shown dur-ing the presentation, the student head count grew from 618 in the 2005-2006 school year to 838 in the 2010-2011 school year.

Once the science lab is complete, students will be able to take classes at the Miami County cam-pus that they currently have to travel to local high schools to complete be-cause of the needed labs.

Palmer talked about one way residents can help fund the new lab. He men-tioned legislation that al-lows for a tax credit based on a specific percentage of a taxpayer’s contribution made to a community col-lege for capital improve-ments. For example, a $1,000 contribution to Fort Scott Community College would enable the contributor to receive a $600 credit on their Kan-sas income tax, in addi-

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Buddy Jo Tanck (left), associate dean of Fort Scott Commu-nity College, cuts the ribbon Friday in front of the two new classrooms at the college’s Miami County campus in Paola.

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four in line with the governor’s spending recommendations.

“I’m hearing from several employees who are concerned about safety issues and man-datory overtime,” Feuerborn said. “They work eight hours and then they’re told they man-datorily have to work another eight hours. But they’re not paid overtime. They’re given comp time that they have to be given permission to use.”

Feuerborn told KHI News Service he thought the ar-rangement might be a viola-tion of labor laws.

“These are people who are working under a lot of stress,” he said.

Officials at the Kansas De-partment of Social and Reha-bilitation Services said it was legal to require employees to work double shifts.

Feuerborn also said the other state hospitals were not replacing employees who had been fired or quit.

“We have 58 fewer employ-ees at Parsons State Hospital than we did two years ago,” Feuerborn said.

The hospitals are under the broad supervision of SRS, but the individual hospital super-intendents manage each some-what differently.

Parsons State Hospital, for example, has reported that its overtime costs increased 139 percent in the current fis-cal year, which began July 1, 2011.

Budget documents provided to legislators also showed Kan-sas Neurological Institute in Topeka losing 16 full-time po-sitions in the proposed budget for fiscal 2013.

KNI and Parsons State Hos-pital care for people with severe developmental disabilities.

addressing concerns“Across the board, about

a hundred positions at the state hospitals have been lost” in the past year, said Rep. Jerry Henry, a Cummings Democrat.

Henry, echoing concerns he said he heard from hospi-

tal workers, said the facilities were “OK when nobody’s sick or on vacation, or there’s a holi-day. But when somebody is sick or on vacation or there’s a holi-day, we’re in trouble.”

Rep. David Crum, an Augus-ta Republican who chairs the Appropriations Subcommittee on Social Services, told fellow committee members that SRS has been addressing the hospi-tal employees’ concerns raised by the Democrats.

So far, he said, the agency had not requested addition-al funding for KNI, Parsons, Osawatomie or Rainbow Men-tal Health Facility in Kansas City.

The department has asked for an additional $2.4 million — all from the state general fund — for an expansion of the Sexual Predator Treat-ment Program at Larned State Hospital.

The Appropriations Com-mittee has not yet discussed the proposed budget for the Larned hospital.

Crum also said he expected SRS to monitor conditions at the hospitals and report back to the committee later in the legislative session before final budgets are approved.

According to SRS reports, Osawatomie State Hospital last year exceeded its 176-bed capacity one out of every three days; the 91-bed psychiatric unit at Larned State Hospital topped capacity nearly one of every two days.

The populations at KNI and Parsons State Hospital have remained steady.

Crum said his subcommit-tee had postponed a decision on whether Rainbow Mental Health Facility should be re-opened with a 50- or 36-bed capacity.

“I think it would be benefi-cial for us to take a tour of the facility,” he said.

In March 2011, Rainbow reduced its 50-bed capacity to 36 beds after federal in-spectors said the facility was understaffed.

SRS temporarily closed the hospital in November to ad-dress safety concerns raised during a State Fire Marshal’s Office inspection.

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moved to a 30-bed unit at Osawatomie State Hospital that previously was unused because there wasn’t funding to staff it.

SRS plans to reopen Rain-bow this summer. Until then, the hospital continues to op-erate a six- to eight-bed crisis stabilization unit.

After the hearing, Rep. Marc Rhoades, a Newton Republican and chair of the Appropriations Committee, told KHI News Service that he would be inter-ested in exploring the possibil-ity of using part-time workers to reduce the hospitals’ over-time costs.

“It seems there ought to be an opportunity there for people who are trained for this kind of work but who don’t want to work full-time,” Rhoades said. “It would almost be like a temp-agency thing for people who are already trained and live around the hospitals.”

The fiscal 2013 budgets en-dorsed Feb. 20 included:

Rainbow Mental Health Facility — $8.3 million, a $131,000 reduction from cur-rent-year spending;

Osawatomie State Hospi-tal — $29.2 million, a $291,000 reduction from current-year spending;

KNI — $28.6 million, an $802,500 reduction from cur-rent-year spending;

Parsons State Hospital — $25.2 million, a $580,300 reduction from current-year spending.

The proposed budget for Larned State Hospital calls for spending $61.3 million, an increase of $2.1 million.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee is expected to begin its review of the state hospital budgets on Feb. 29.

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The Band of Oz is looking to partner with any number of local organizations for a series of outdoor summer concerts to be held later this year. The concerts will take place in the west parking lot of Osawatomie High School. Any church or other organization interested in hosting an ice cream so-cial in conjunction with these concerts should contact Larry White at 755-4017.

— Staff report

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Matt Lofing and Tanner Foulk could have

packed up their wrestling gear and traveled home from Salina to Osawato-mie on Friday afternoon.

What was the point of watching the remain-der of the Class 4A state wrestling tournament?

Lofing and Foulk had already been eliminated from the tournament after losing both matches in their respective weight class. It was the start of the weekend, and they could have relaxed and spent time with their friends after a long and exhausting season that ended in frustration.

Leaving Salina wasn’t an option for Lofing and Foulk.

They wanted to be there to support Andrew Cannon, the lone wres-tler for Osawatomie who was still alive in the state tournament, albeit in the consolation bracket.

They wanted to be there to give Cannon a high-five for every match he won on his way to what he hoped was a state medal or console him if he lost somewhere along the way.

There were high-fives exchanged after Cannon earned a 6-5 decision over Davey Parker of Cheney in the consolation first round and then when he scored a reversal in the final seconds of the third period in his next match Saturday morning to tie the score at 2-2.

It proved to be a heart-breaking end to Cannon’s run in the state tourna-ment a couple of minutes later when Taylor Miller of Andale pinned him with 18 seconds remain-ing in overtime.

But, Lofing and Foulk were by his Cannon’s side in the bleachers at the Salina Bicentennial Cen-ter, providing him with words of encouragement and patting him on the back to console him on the loss.

The same type of en-couragement was given to Osawatomie’s team-mates at the regional tournament in Fort Scott on Feb. 17.

While all but three of Osawatomie’s wrestlers had to watch much of the second day of action from the stands after they were eliminated from the competition, all of them stayed until the end, screaming from the top of their lungs in the stands as they watched Cannon, Foulk and Lofing battle their way to berths in the state tournament.

“We definitely have good team unity,” Osawatomie coach Matt Higgins said. “They’re there for each other. They put each other first, and you can see that when they cheer each other on at practice or at an event. I think that team chemis-try is going to help us out going forward.”

— David Wolman can be reached at 755-4151 or [email protected].

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SALINA — A few inch-es was all that separated Osawatomie junior Andrew Cannon from keeping his as-pirations alive for earning a medal at the Class 4A state wrestling tournament.

Andale senior Taylor Mill-er slid in for a shot on Can-

non, but his attempt was blocked and Cannon pro-ceeded to apply a front head-lock on Miller. Cannon then got Miller off-balance and was in posiiton for what he thought was a match-ending takedown.

“We were in very good po-sition,” Osawatomie coach Matt Higgins said.

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costly mistake that not only prevented him from earn-ing a takedown, but also al-lowed Miller to pin Cannon with 18 seconds remaining in overtime to end Cannon’s season Saturday.

“We just left our arm out,” Higgins said. “If you leave your arm out, you have to step and hook an ankle, or you’ve got to go to a butt drag or a knee block. He just tried to go behind without doing any of those three steps. He knew he had the takedown. He felt like he had it. But, by leaving his arm, instead of hooking his ankle, the An-

dale kid just hit a fireman’s carry and got him. It was a hard pill to swallow.”

Overtime didn’t appear as if it was going to be a pos-sibility. Miller led 2-0 in the final seconds of the third period, but Cannon scored a reversal with three seconds remaining to tie the score.

The tournament got off to a heartbreaking start for Cannon after he dropped a 4-2 decision to Clay Center freshman Thomas Rickley on Friday morning.

Trailing 2-0 late in the sec-ond period, Cannon scored a reversal with five seconds

remaining to tie the score. That momentum didn’t carry over into the third pe-riod. In fact, it was a period he wish he could do over.

Rickley was awarded one point for an escape with 31 seconds remaining in the third, and then just a few moments later, was awarded another point after Cannon was called for his third cau-tion of the match for a false start on a reset.

The third caution forced Cannon to change his strategy.


It wasn’t a win, but it was progress.

The first time the Osawat-omie boys’ junior varsity basketball team played An-derson County this season, the Bulldogs defeated the Trojans by 14 points.

The same two teams met Feb. 21 in the season finale for both squads, and this time, Osawatomie nearly pulled off a victory. Howev-er, the Trojans were unable to overcome a rough third quarter in a 46-42 home loss.

Osawatomie had a one-point lead at the half, but Anderson County answered with an 18-11 third-quarter run to rally for a 39-33 lead. The Trojans finished the game on a respectable note after they outscored the Bulldogs 9-7 in the fourth.

Morgan Soucie led

Osawatomie with 12 points. Sheldon Booe and Doug Kueser each had six points. Bryce Waggoner had five points. Lake Cuerden con-tributed four points. Jake Allen, Brandon Hall and Alec Varnell each had three.

C-Team

Osawatomie finished the season in a big way as the Trojans outscored Anderson County in every quarter to earn a 39-26 home win over the Bulldogs.

A fast start staked the Trojans to a 9-6 lead after

JV Boys Show Improvement In Season-Ending Loss To BulldogsOsawatomie Loses By Four Points In

Home Game

C-Team Cruises Past Anderson County

Wrestlers Fall Short At StateCannon Ties Match In Final Seconds, Pinned In Overtime As Season Ends

Foulk, Lofing Go 0-2 In Tournament Debut

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osawatomie junior andrew Cannon shoots in on the leg of his opponent during a 138-pound match at the Class 4a state wrestling tournament at Salina. He went 1-2 to earn his first career win at state.

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osawatomie sophomore doug Kueser releases a running jump shot as he is guarded by two wellsville defenders dur-

ing a recent home game.

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Soucie Places Eighth At Big 12 Meet

Osawatomie Graduate Competes In 800-Meter Run

Wins Race In New York City

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Brendan Soucie placed eighth in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 indoor Track and Field Championships.


COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Brendan Soucie knew that he had to put his best foot forward if he were to compete for a medal in the 800-meter run at Friday’s and Sat-urday’s Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Cham-pionships at Texas A&M University.

Of the 12 athletes who competed in the race, five were ranked in the top 20 in the nation while six had finished a race in less than 1 minute, 50 seconds. Still, those statistics didn’t rattle Soucie’s confidence. In fact, the University of Kansas sophomore and 2010 Osawatomie High School graduate used it as motivation.

“I knew I would be run-ning against some of the nation’s best,” he said.

“I had ran against some of Missouri’s kids earlier in the year, and I knew that I could compete with them. I tried to use them as moti-vation, trying to hang with them as much as possible. When they took off, so did I. My goal was to make it to the finals. I would have been upset if I didn’t because that was my goal.”

Soucie attained his goal as he advanced to the finals after placing eighth in the preliminaries with a per-sonal-best time of 1 minute,

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The Central Heights’ boys’ basketball team was in search of answers on senior night after Wellsville made four 3-pointers during the first quarter of its Feb. 21 home game.

An adjustment was made between the first and second quarters by Central Heights coach Rusty Cannady and that change allowed the Vikings to take control on its way to earn-ing a 59-44 victory over the Eagles.

“Our close-outs were a little slow, and our on-ball screen de-fense lacked communication,” he said. “In the second quarter, we adjusted well and forced them to drive into our bigs.”

Sam Leach led a balanced scoring attack with 17 points. Cody Sluder netted 13 points. Jordan Horstick had 12, Adam Seyler had 11, Jimmy Hoskins had four, and Drew Beckwith had two.

That adjustment allowed the Vikings to go on a 17-6 run during the second quarter to rally for a 31-21 halftime lead. Both teams scored 13 points in the third quarter. Central Heights outscored Wellsville 15-10 in the fourth, although Cannady said his squad “got a little careless and selfish in the fourth.”

Those fourth-quarter strug-gles are something Cannady said his squad would work on during practice before this week’s substate tournament

at Fredonia.“It will be fixed,” he said.

Central Heights (17-3) will look to qualify for the state tourna-ment after squandering a dou-ble-digit lead to Burlington in last year’s substate tourna-ment championship. Burling-ton is on the other side of this year’s bracket as the No. 3 seed. Humboldt is the No. 2 seed.

The top-seed Vikings opened play in substate Monday with a resounding 75-29 home victory over eighth-seed Fredonia.

Other statistics weren’t available at press time.

The semifinals will take place Thursday with the cham-pionship set for 7:30 p.m. Sat-urday. Both games will be held at Fredonia High School.

“I am proud of how the kids’ season has gone so far,” Can-nady said. “Now, we play a one-game season, Lose and you’re done. We will take it one game at a time and hopefully it will all work out.”


Katelin Horstick made sure senior night was a spe-cial one for her and the se-nior-laden Central Heights girls’ basketball team.

Horstick scored a game-high 24 points on 10-of-13 free-throw shooting to lead the Vikings to a 47-30 home win over the Wellsville Ea-gles on Feb. 21.

Jennifer Bell contributed five points in her final regu-lar-season game for the Vi-kings, while Whitney Kraus and Cecilia Wuertz each had four points. Brianna Erhart, Maggie Cotter and Megan Swendson each had three points. Sydney Meyer made a free throw.

Central Heights got off to a fast start, gaining a 13-4 lead after one quarter. Both teams scored 10 points in the second quarter to make it 23-14 Vikings at halftime. The Vikings proceeded to create some separation in

the third quarter when it went on an 8-3 run. Cen-tral Heights then finished the game on a 16-13 run in the fourth.

“I thought it was a blue-collar effort by the ladies tonight,” Central Heights coach Scott Lane said. “We went out and did what we had to for the victory. This was senior night, and the seniors made the most of it, especially Katelin Hor-stick, who shot the ball well and hit the boards really hard.”

The game proved to be a preview of a first-round matchup in the Class 3A substate tournament at Fredonia.

Central Heights, the sec-ond seed and defending substate tournament cham-pion, hosted Wellsville, the seventh seed, Tuesday. The winner advanced to Fri-day’s semifinal at Fredonia. The championship is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

Due to a reporter’s error, it was incorrectly reported on page A9 of the Feb. 22 edition of the Graphic that Central Heights wrestler Dustin Asbury had fall-en short of qualifying for the state tournament for the second straight year. He qualified for the state tournament in 2011. The Graphic regrets the error.

Central Heights Contains Wellsville’s 3-Point Shooters After Rough Start

Leach Scores 17 Points In Home Victory

Vikings Adjust In 59-44 Win

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OTTAWA — Kaiden Gra-vatt and Jacob Mitzner had a good showing for the Osawat-omie Kids Club at the Kansas 6-and-under state wrestling championship at Ottawa High School on Feb. 19 with each wrestler coming close to placing in their weight class.

Gravatt, competing at 55 pounds, went 4-2. He started the tournament in dominant fashion needing just 28 sec-onds to pin Colby Rupp of Blue Valley West. The win-ning continued as he earned a 7-3 decision over Cole Cronk of Blue Valley before defeat-ing Deryk Yot of Hoisington by a 6-2 decision in the cham-pionship third round.

Gravatt’s winning streak came to an end in his next match when he lost by an 18-0 technical fall to Zach-ary Wessley of Maize, but he rebounded in his next match to post an 11-1 major decision over Jason Perry of Derby. His tournament run then came to an end in the follow-ing round when he lost a 10-6 decision to Bryson Turner of Burlington.

Mitzner, meanwhile, squeaked out a 9-7 decision over Brett Powell of Baldwin in the first round at 49 pounds

before earning a 10-6 decision over Ethan Kenworthy of Marysville in the champion-ship second round.

Logan Anderson of Empo-ria defeated Mitzer by a 17-2 technical fall in the following round, but Mitzner kept his aspirations for a medal alive with a 6-3 decision over Bryce Guss of Fort Scott.

Mitzner then lost a high-scoring 16-14 decision to Vin-cent Valdez in the next round to end his tournament run.

Osawatomie took 16 wres-tlers to Ottawa for the Ottawa Mat Masters tournament on Feb. 18, and it proved to be a successful showing with 13 wrestlers placing in the top four of their respective weight classes.

Brendon Chrisjohn had little problem in the 14-and-under age division where he cruised to the 120-pound title with two pins and a 6-0 decision over Curtis Rylant of Kansas Young Guns in the first-place match.

Jacob Mitzner (6-U, 49A), Gravatt (6-U, 55), Chance Mitzner (8-U, 52B) and Ethan Upshaw (8-U, 64B) placed sec-ond, while Tynan New (8-U, 46), Jackson Lowe (8-U, 52C), Cody Hazlett (12-U, 100B), Tyler Chrisjohn (12-U, 105B), John Diediker (12-U, 115B) and Kitana Diediker (14-U, 105B) struck for bronze.

Trenton Smith (6-U, 49B) and Noah Newcomb (14-U, 115) also earned medals for their fourth-place finishes.

Others competing for Osawatomie were Kevin Newcomb (6-U, 43), Gavin Young (8-U, 64A) and Aman-da Newcomb (10U, 55).

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52.09 seconds. He went on to place eighth in the final with a time of 1:52.5.

“It was a pretty awesome honor,” Soucie said of plac-ing eighth. “For the finals, I thought, ‘heck, these guys aren’t much better than me.’ I tried to get one or two of these guys and then move up. I was disappoint-ed that I wasn’t able to do so. Still, I scored one point for the team. And, it means that I earned a letter from KU.”

The race was a fitting conclusion to a solid indoor season for Soucie in which he competed in 10 races and won one meet.

That one victory came at one of the largest indoor meets, the New Balance In-vitational in New York City, where he defeated seven other NCAA Division I run-ners on Feb. 4 to earn the first career victory of his collegiate career outside of Lawrence.

“It was a real confidence booster because I took the

lead with 300 meters left,” Soucie said. “That was one of the main turning points of my career, helping me with my confidence and letting me know that I can compete with a lot of people.”

Soucie also had a strong performance at a Feb. 11 meet at the Univer-sity of Arkansas in Fay-etteville, Ark., where he placed fourth with a time of 1:54.3.

“I finally ran a fast time and competed well,” he said.

Soucie will now focus his attention on the outdoor season where he will likely compete in the 800 and 1,500. The Jayhawks will compete in Austin, Texas, and Norman, Okla., before competing in front of their home fans for the Kansas Relays, set for April 18-21 in Lawrence.

“It’s always exciting to run in the KU Relays,” he said. “It’s always a big, prestigious meet. My par-ents will get to watch me, as well as my brothers and sister. It’s always cool to see Tayler run, which is a rar-ity for me.”

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“After the first penalty point, we were going to cut him and then take him down to tie it and then try to ride him out so we can go to over-time,” Higgins said. “When we got the penalty point, we couldn’t do it. We just weren’t on our game that match. Too many mental mistakes. I think he was so amped up and had so much adrenaline that he couldn’t maintain his focus.”

Cannon rebounded from the loss later in the day when he escaped with a 6-5 decision over Davey Parker of Chaney for his first career win at the high school state tournament.

The state tournament didn’t go as well as junior Matt Lofing and sophomore Tanner Foulk had hoped as both wrestlers finished 0-2 in their first appearance at the Salina Bicentennial Center.

Although he had his chances, Lofing was pinned in the second period by De Soto’s Cole Cannon, the eventual state runner-up at 182 pounds. He attempted to

score takedowns on several occasions, but all of his shots were blocked. The only two points he scored during the match were on escapes.

Lofing trailed 4-2 after earning an escape with 20 seconds remaining in a fu-rious first period, but Can-non claimed the momentum after scoring a takedown with two seconds remaining for a four-point lead. Cannon went on to pin Lofing 85 sec-onds later.

Lofing nearly pulled off a furious rally in his next match, but fell to Dalton Clark of McPherson by a 13-7 decision. He trailed 10-4 heading into the third peri-od, but scored the first three points, including a takedown to get to within three points with 1:25 remaining. Clark, though, answered with three straight points of his own to win by six points and end Lofing’s tournament run.

“He had some good shots, he just needed to alternate them,” Higgins said of Lof-ing. “He was doing the same shot, and the other kid was just reading it.”

Foulk, meanwhile, saw his bid for a state title come to a sudden halt in his first match after he was pinned early in the first period by

Jefferson West’s Justin Scott, the eventual state runner-up at 220.

Foulk saw his tournament run come to an end in the fol-lowing match after he was pinned by Andrew Archer of McPherson, although he worked hard to extend the action into the second peri-od. In fact, Foulk was able to earn one point for an escape. The escape cut Archer’s lead to 4-1.

Archer didn’t allow Foulk to get any closer as he added a takedown to increase his lead to five points before he pinned Foulk with 41 seconds remaining in the second.

“It kind of opened his eyes,” Higgins said of Foulk.

A productive offseason, Higgins said, will be the key as to how much Cannon, Lof-ing and Foulk can improve in the individual standings at state next year.

“All three of these kids realized that if the want to get to that next level, and if they want to get on the po-dium next year, they need to be doing summer wrestling, maybe a kids’ club and stay in shape all year,” he said.

Andale won the team title with 99 points.

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osawatomie junior matt Lofing attempts to roll an opponent onto his back during a 182-pound match at the class 4A state wrestling tournament. He went 0-2 in his debut in Sa-

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osawatomie sophomore tanner foulk looks to finish a takedown against a mcPherson op-ponent at the Salina Bicentennial center on Saturday.

one quarter. Osawatomie extended its lead to 20-16 at halftime before using an 11-6 third-quarter run to make the score 31-22.

Varnell played a key role in the third-quarter surge where he scored seven of his team-high nine points. Booe netted all seven of his points in the second quarter. Colin Redifer contributed six points. Wil-liam Arth had five. Brandon Hall added four points, while Tayler Kelly and Andy Cornelius each had three. Cuerden had two.

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MOUND CITY — A four-day hearing in Linn County District Court last week sought to de-termine what damages the city of La Cygne is owed after Linn Coun-ty Rural Water District (RWD) Nos. 1 and 3 failed to comply to contractual obligations to purchase water from the city.

But perhaps even more importantly the ques-tion was why those rural water districts stopped purchasing water at $2.75 per thousand gallons and eventually began paying

$5.90 per thousand from Public Wholesale Water Supply District No. 13 (PWWSD No. 13).

Information supplied at the hearing brought out more information on the decisions made by the water districts.

La Cygne filed the law-suit because the rural water districts had made contracts with PWWSD No. 13 that committed them to buying large amounts of water even though they had con-tracts with La Cygne to purchase water.

The contracts the water districts had with La Cygne had no minimum purchase, while the con-tracts with PWWSD No. 13 did.

RWD No. 1 agreed to a minimum of 3 million gallons per month while RWD No. 3 had a contract for 1.8 million gallons per month.

The process took place

during a time in Kansas when the United States Department of Agricul-ture (USDA) was encour-aging all water-providing entities to have a second source of water.

I n o r d e r f o r PWWSD#13 to get the funds to build a lake and distribution system they had to show the commit-ment of water districts to purchase water from them.

At about the same time, La Cygne was adding im-provements to its water plant so it could provide more water for the rural water districts.

In court, representa-tives of the rural water districts said they were told by La Cygne that La Cygne could not supply them enough water for their districts.

However, La Cygne of-ficials said they had the


MOUND CITY — Com-missioner Mike Page urged the Linn County Commission on Monday to start making the improve-ments on the lift station at the 4-H building because the Republican caucuses would be held there in two weeks.

Building Maintenance Supervisor Terry Ayers gave photographs to the commissioners to show the conditions at the lift station.

Page said the panel needs to be on the outside of the building so that the operator can see what is going on.

“The issue is the liabil-ity about entering a con-fined space,” Page said. “You have to have protec-tion equipment.”

Page explained that if the control panel were on the outside and a rail sys-tem in the unit, a person could pull the pump with-out getting into a confined space situation.

Page said ASC Pumping Equipment, Olathe, had given him an estimate of about $3,900 for a pump, rail system and a hatch.

Page said a jackhammer would need to be used and that it would take three to four hours of fatiguing, dirty work.

“I am concerned about Terry doing the work by himself,” Page said.

The commissioners de-cided to have road crew employees assist if neces-sary and approved up to $5,500 for Ayers to man-age the repairs for the lift station.

Ayers will check and see whether the repairs on the 4-H lift station need to be contracted or completed in-house

In other business, the commissioners:

Approved the fire de-partment spending up to $6,000 for repairing the fire truck that was dam-aged by fire.

Gave permission for Fire Chief Doug Barlet to lend the boat owned by the fire department to the Public Wholesale Water Supply District No. 13.

Approved a permit for burial of fiber optic cable from Peoples Telephone Company, La Cygne, and accepted the $50,000 bond from the company as long as District 1 Road Foreman Danny Morris, would oversee the project. Morris will document ev-erything the contractor, RVW, Inc., Columbus, NB, completes.

Heard a report from County Health Adminis-trator Michelle West and approved the application of three grants.

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MOUND CITY — Emer-gency Management Coor-dinator Doug Barlet told the Linn County Commis-sioners on Monday that he wanted to clarify for the public that the county does have written procedures for a chain of command in case of emergencies.

Barlet said he was ad-dressing the issue because of a letter to the editor in the Linn County News written by a Pleasanton resident who said the county did not have a chain of command

documented and that citi-zens of Linn County should be concerned.

Barlet presented a history of the establishment in June 1994 of the Linn County Emergency Management Agency and the position of the Linn County Coordina-tor through Resolution No. 94-20.

Barlet also provided other documentation of the Linn County chain of command in emergencies and infor-mation from a resolution written in August of 1997 that identified the respon-sibilities of elected officials, the Emergency Manage-ment Coordinator, and the agency itself.

Recently, Barlet and County Commissioner Vicki Leonard attended a Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) meeting where the agency said it wanted to see a resolution that di-rectly states who has the

authority to obligate funds in a disaster in order to de-termine the eligibility to re-ceive reimbursement funds in a Presidentially Declared Disaster Declaration.

Barlet said that while he believed the county’s previous resolutions would suggest that the emergen-cy manager may obligate funds on behalf of the coun-ty to respond to the disaster, it seemed easier to directly resolve the issue by adopt-ing a new resolution that clarified the issue for all concerned.

Barlet said that by asking for this clarification to sat-isfy a FEMA opinion, he was in no way suggesting or in-ferring that Linn County is not or has not been prepared to respond to an emergency within its borders.

The emergency coordina-tor said the dates and in-


MOUND CITY — Linn Valley Mayor Jeanne Dwyer met with the Linn County Commission on Monday to discuss help with work on Ul-lery and 2400 roads.

“I know these are city roads, but I would like to re-quest help with some short places on Ullery Road and up toward City Hall on 2400,” Dwyer said.

Dwyer told the commis-sioners that the east edge of Ullery is crumbling away in places, and on 2400 Road the large amounts of truck traf-fic have caused the road to

have washboard surface at the stop sign.

“There is a lot of truck traf-fic there,” Dwyer said.

County Counselor and Linn Valley City Attorney Gary Thompson told the commissioners that the city annexed those roads so they could provide the law en-forcement that the county was unable to do.

Commission Chair Herb Pemberton said he did not remember it that way.

“We would also get assis-tance from Linn Valley to help with the road,” Pember-ton said.

Thompson said the agree-ment was that the county would help the city and the city would pay for materials.

Dwyer said she did not know how much money was needed for the repairs.

Pemberton told Dwyer the county would look at the roads and let the Linn Valley City Council know.

By roger [email protected]

A Prairie View High School senior was recognized ear-lier this month as a distin-guished finalist in the Pru-dential Spirit of Community Awards, a national program that awards young people for their community service.

Danielle Newton of Linn Valley was recognized for her efforts to teach herself Braille and to help a blind student who was new to Prairie View negotiate the unfamiliar hallways and classrooms. She also helped prepare the classrooms prior to the student’s arrival at the school.

The 18-year-old, who plans

to study psychology after she graduates in May, said the parents of the student made plans to move her to the Prairie View campus during Newton’s sophomore year after they learned of her work.

“Her parents heard that I knew Braille, so she wouldn’t be out of her element,” New-ton said.

One of Newton’s teach-ers, Mary Greiner, said the senior’s interest in helping others with disabilities was established by the time she began middle school.

Newton credits her moth-er, Elizabeth Newton, with instilling in her a sense of duty to help others.

“My mom wants us to try to help other people,” she said.

The student’s interest in understanding the impact of blindness began with her learning Braille. Greiner provided her with books and even purchased a Braille

County Prepping

For Caucus

Page Urges Improvements To Lift Station

Up To $5,500 Approved For Repairs

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Officials Examine Crumbling RoadsDwyer Seeks Assistance

From County

Commission Looking Into Matter

Barlet Clarifies Emergency Chain Of Command

Statements Aimed At Easing Public

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Barlet, Leonard Attend FEMA Training

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PVHS Senior Honored For ServiceDanielle Newton Learned Braille,

Assisted Blind Student

Named Finalist For Prudential Award

Prairie View high School senior Danielle newton of linn Valley was named a finalist for the Pruden-tial Spirit of Community award. the award recog-nizes young people for their service to the local community.

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Lawsuit Prompts HearingEvent Gathers Information To

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RWD Nos. 1, 3 Breach Contracts

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MOUND CITY — Sheriff Barry Walker reported to the Linn County Commission on Feb. 21 about revenues the county would be receiving and the investigation into three recent fires in Pleasanton.

Walker told the commis-sioners the county would be receiving 75 percent of the $95,000 that Tom Patterson had negotiated with the state for his tax obligation for grow-ing marijuana.

Walker said Patterson will be putting $20,000 down and the balance will be due on

Dec. 21.Commission Chair Herb

Pemberton said it doesn’t look right that Patterson only gets probation.

“I have a lot of people call-ing me about it,” Pemberton said.

Commissioner Vicki Leon-ard said she disagreed with the lack of punishment.

Walker said the judge had made the decision that Patter-son was not selling it but was only growing it for himself.

Walker then told the com-missioners that he was get-ting a lot of people to inter-view in reference to recent burglaries and fires.

“We are having a pretty hard time getting anybody to talk to us,” Walker said. “It’s like pulling teeth. They are afraid that the perp will burn their house down.”

Walker said law enforce-ment is getting close to having the cases solved.

County To Profit From Marijuana Bust

75 Percent Of Tax Obligation Will Go

To Linn County

Officials Debate Final Judgement

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water available but the water districts did not have large enough distri-bution lines to serve their customers adequately.

La Cygne was selling water to the districts for $2.75 per thousand gal-lons, which is the price it still charges.

But in 2007, both water districts began buying at least some of their water from PWWSD No. 13.

In July 2007, RWD No. 1 was buying 4.2 million gallons a month from La Cygne, and by Octo-ber it was only purchas-ing 724,000 gallons. The water district began pur-chasing its monthly min-imum of 3 million gallons from PWWSD No. 13 at $3.47 per thousand. After the minimum was reached, the rate went to $2.75 per thousand gallons.

RWD No. 3 water pur-

chases followed a similar pattern. Its monthly av-erage of approximately 3 million gallons dropped to 99,800 in July 2007 as it purchased their monthly minimum of 1.8 million gallons from PWWD No. 13.

In August 2008 , PWWSD No. 13 raised the rates for the mini-mums to the rural water districts to $5.30 per thousand gallons, and in July of 2010, rates were raised again to $5.90 per thousand gallons.

The hearing ended last Friday but the case likely will not be decided until late July or August.

La Cygne City Clerk Gary Mahon said it would take up to 60 days before the court tran-scripts were available to the attorneys. Then the attorneys will have 30 days to offer other information.

After that, the judge will go over the infor-mation and present his decision.

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Pam Cannon that the mapping of the utilities had been completed at the Linn County Park.

Listened to com-ments from Pleasan-ton resident Jim Allen concerning his son and the conditions at the jail. Allen thanked the commissioners for the county’s assistance in getting his son out of the county and sending him for treatment. Allen said the main reason he had come to the meeting is that he is speaking for a friend of his who is in the Linn County jail. The friend, Allen said, says the conditions in the jail are awful, and there’s mold.

“That jail needs to be torn down, once you get mold, it is there forever,” Allen said.

Commission Chair Herb Pemberton said the jail is checked peri-odically for mold.

Heard a request from Deputy Clerk John Copple about what the next step was in the commission looking at public works software. The commissioners asked Copple to sched-ule a meeting with the company for depart-ment heads and com-missioners to attend.

Decided to write a letter from the commis-sion to all department heads requiring that they participate in up-dating job descriptions to current standards.

Learned from Coun-ty Clerk David Lamb that American Medical Response (AMR) had placed an ambulance at the Mound City fire station.

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formation provided in the packet were proof of the county’s efforts for a num-ber of years to be prepared to protect its citizens. Both fire and emergency man-agement have established chain of commands.

Leonard said she was really surprised when she read the letter in the paper and felt that Find-ley had some confusion about FEMA wanting this information.

The commissioners ap-proved the resolution that they had requested County Counselor Gary Thompson to prepare in order to clarify this for FEMA.

The resolution states the county commissioners shall have and retain the power to declare an emer-gency within Linn County. Nonetheless, the emergen-cy management director is also authorized by the com-mission to declare an emer-gency and seek assistance from outside the county.

In the absence or incapac-ity of the emergency man-agement director, this dele-gation of authority shall fall to the assistant emergency management director and then to the sheriff.

The power delegated by this resolution shall in-clude the power to coordi-nate with and contract with other emergency agencies, including FEMA, in the context of an emergency.

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typewriter.One of her first Braille

projects when she learned that a blind student was coming to Prairie View was to type Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” in its entirety. However, she soon realized that effort was too advanced for the student, who also had a cognitive disability.

So Newton looked for other ways to help, includ-ing creating labeling for areas around the classroom, making flash cards and teaching the student to find the girls’ restroom on her own.

She has also worked to

help the student learn tasks such as signing her initials on documents.

“We want her to be as functional in the main-stream world as possible,” she said.

Once she graduates this spring, Newton’s communi-ty service sights have been set even higher. A problem with a state-run mental health hospital has prompt-ed her to get the education she needs to create changes in the system.

“I want to get myself in a position where I can change things,” she said.

Newton is one of six stu-dents in the state to be rec-ognized with the award. She will receive a bronze medal-lion later this year.

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PARKER — Linn County Library District No. 1 of Park-er will be holding a grand opening for its new library building on Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m.

The new building at 224 West Main Street was com-pleted in January and the fin-ishing touches have just been completed.

Library Director Marti Mc-Dougal said drawings will be held and prizes will be given to pre-school children, school-age children and adults.

McDougal said several local authors will be attending and some will have extra copies of their books with them.

Local artists that will at-tend are Judy Tinker, Kevin Gray, and Helen Hertha of Paola and Beverly Knapp of Wellsville.

Refreshments will be pro-vided by the library board and Friends of the Library.

— Charlene Sims

Library Opening Set FOr Sunday

forty-seven high school seniors representing the academic top 10 percent from miami and Linn county schools were honored feb. 22 during a university of Kansas Honors program banquet at Pleasanton High School. those students who qualified for the honor from Jayhawk-Linn included (from left) tess mur-

row, natalie Black and Bailey Sluder.Pleasanton students honored were mason

coffman and melanie Sowards.

univerSity of KanSaS HonorS academic acHievement

Photos by RogeR sims

Prairie view students recognized at the Ku Honors Program were (from left) michaela Solo, Leah Querry, melanie Som-mer, tyler Breedlove, Jacey moreland and Grace Brown. not pictured is danielle newton.

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Jace Roy breaks down an opponent during a 132-pound match in Salina on Saturday.

Jake Bradley holds the leg of a Ulysses opponent during a 182-pound match in Salina.

By DAViD [email protected]

SALINA — Consider-ing the loaded field at 120 pounds at the Class 4A state wrestling tourna-ment, Kaleb Konitzer re-alized that just placing, let alone placing fifth, was a big accomplishment.

“It was pretty tough,” he said. “The third-ranked kid in Kansas went 0-2. He was out the first day. There were four upsets the first day. It was a tough bracket.”

Of course, Konitzer, a sophomore at Prairie View, thought an opportunity to place higher was taken away from him.

There were a couple of non-calls for near-falls that weren’t awarded to him in the consolation semifinals.

With Konitzer trailing Concordia’s Brad Hake 5-2 with less than 40 seconds remaining in the third pe-riod, he applied a spladle on Hake and put him on his back. But, the referee only made a one count be-cause he thought Konitzer didn’t have enough of

Hake’s body pinned to the mat to earn the count.

With Konitzer not awarded any points, coach Walter Vandeventer told him to signal to the referee that he wanted to resume the match in the neutral position, a move which gave one point to Hake for a 6-2 lead.

Konitzer then nearly spun around an exhausted Hake a few seconds later for what he thought was a takedown. Again, it wasn’t counted. Hake proceeded to drive Konitzer to the mat a few seconds later for an 8-2 lead and held on to win by the same score.

“It was pretty close, but I thought I should have got at least three back points,” Konitzer said. “On the first time, I was there for a while. But, it’s not my call, it’s the ref ’s.”

Karma worked in Konitzer’s favor in the fifth-place match when he defeated Jaysten McClure of Maize South by a 2-0 decision.

McClure held Konitzer from behind late in the first period, but much to the dismay of Maize South’s coaching staff, he wasn’t awarded two points for a takedown. Konitzer scored a reversal in the second period for the lone points of the match.

Overall, Konitzer went 4-2 with four decisions.

“I feel like I should have done better than that, but

I’ll take whatever I can get,” he said. “It’s better than what I did last year.”

Prairie View junior Jake Bradley fell one victory shy of placing for the third straight year after going 2-2 at 220 pounds.

Bradley started the tournament in dominant fashion with a first-pe-riod pin of Julius Coats of Tonganoxie.

The tables were turned on Bradley in his next match when he lost by an 18-2 technical fall to Armando Sandoval of Ulysses.

The lone points earned by Bradley came on a takedown in the third pe-riod, but by that time San-doval had a 10-point lead and was well on his way to cruising to the victory.

Bradley kept his tour-nament run alive in his next match when he used a strong third period to cruise to a 7-1 decision over Christian Tavernaro of Fort Scott. He saw his run come to an end in the next round after being pinned by Michael Bird of Mulvane.

Bradley led 3-2 in the second period after earn-ing a reversal, but Bird answered with a reversal of his own before applying a cradle-pin combination on Bradley a short time later for the win.

Jace Roy had set the goal to place for the first time in two years, but he

fell short of that mark in a tough weight class, fin-ishing 1-2 at 132 pounds. His lone win was a 2-0 de-cision over Kevin Kissane of Maize South in the con-solation bracket.

“Jace’s bracket was load-ed,” Vandeventer said. “It was going to take per-fect wrestling to place. He wrestled very hard and gave himself every op-portunity to win. He just came up a little short. I am very proud of him.”

Until this season, Jor-dan Halaquist had never won a match at the region-al tournament. He wasn’t even sure if he was going to come out for his senior year. So, for him to not only win a match at the re-gional tournament, but to also advance to state in his senior year, was a bonus.

Halaquist took full ad-vantage of his first state berth. He didn’t win a medal, but he won a match in his first appearance in Salina, a second-period pin of Drake Ewing of Holton, on his way to fin-ishing 1-2 at 195.

“I couldn’t be more pleased with Jordan,” Vandeventer said. “He had some bumps along the road, but one thing you could always count on was him going hard. He was very happy for the op-portunity to go to Salina as well as he should have been. He wrestled as hard as he could when he got

By DAViD [email protected]

Baylea White is still one year away from being on the receiving end of senior night activities at Jay-hawk-Linn High School, but the junior did every-thing in her power to make sure her senior team-mates were sent off with

a victory.White had her way

against Prairie View as she scrapped for loose balls and had little problem put-ting the ball onto the bas-ket as she finished with a game-high 23 points.

White’s efforts weren’t enough, though.

Prairie View’s ball pres-sure flustered Jayhawk-Linn, and the Buffalos rode the play of their de-fense to turn a two-point deficit after one quarter into a 47-39 road victory Feb. 22.

In boys’ action, Prairie View defeated Jayhawk-Linn 47-39. Other statis-tics were unavailable at

press time.White only had four re-

bounds, including two of-fensive rebounds, but she went to the free-throw line eight times and, overall, shot 9-of-19 on field goals.

“Baylea did a good job of getting open and mak-ing better decisions on shot selections,” Jayhawk-Linn coach Jay Applegate said. “Some of her points also came of offensive re-bounds. Her teammates do a great job of looking for her also. Our early lead came from being patient and playing good half-court defense.”

Tess Murrow contrib-uted seven points. Bailey

Wilson and Emma Har-grove each had four. Shel-by Whitley made a free throw.

While Prairie View used a 13-9 second-quarter run to rally for a 21-19 half-time lead, Buffalo’s coach Kandy Abernathy used the break to get on to her team about raising their inten-sity level.

The speech fired up Prai-rie View as the Buffalos outscored Jayhawk-Linn 26-20 during the second half to earn the victory.

“My team came out like we have been tending to do, playing laxed,” Aberna-thy said. “We were missing easy, easy, give-me shots

and fast-break layups that were definitely hurting us. We came out of the locker room after halftime and started playing like we can play, finishing baskets when we had them.”

Michaela Solo led the Buffalos with 14 points. Melanie Sommer contrib-uted 11 points. Jacey Mo-reland had nine. Grace Brown had six points. Emily Feldman added five while Brittney Diehm had two.

Prairie View (17-3) will be the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A substate tourna-ment at Louisburg. The Buffalos opened play at home Monday and defeat-

ed eighth-seed Anderson County 58-38. The Buf-falos will play Chanute in the semifinals at 6 p.m. Thursday at Louisburg. The championship game set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

Jayhawk-Linn (12-8) will look to advance to the 2A state tournament for the second straight year. The Jayhawks will be the No. 2 seed at the substate tournament at Lyndon. The Jayhawks defeated Prairie Village-Kansas City Christian 30-23 at home Monday. The semi-finals are set for Thursday at Lyndon with the cham-pionship to take place at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Bradley Falls One Win Shy Of Earning

State Medal

Prairie View 24th In Team Standings

Prairie View Girls Overcome White’s 23 Points In WinBuffalos Overcome

Slow Start In 47-39 Win

Substate Tourney This Week

Konitzer Fifth At 120 Pounds At State Wrestlingthere.”

Josh Thoele, also a se-nior, went 1-2 at 160 with a second-period pin of De Soto’s Daniel Goodwin in his first match.

Matt Kellerman, a ju-nior, went 1-2 in his first appearance at Salina with a 6-3 decision over Steven Degollado of Ulysses in the consolation bracket. Dannon Brake also made his debut in Salina where he went 0-2 at 126.

Chaz Epperson bounced back from a first-round loss to pin Bryce Garcia of Maize South in the conso-lation bracket, but lost to

Jonah Lutz of Holton by a 5-1 decision in the next round.

Prairie View placed 24th in the team standings with 26 points.

“Overall, I was not very happy with how we per-formed,” Vandeventer said. “At state, it really isn’t about your skill set. We can execute every move we need to be able to do to be successful. We are in shape. It really comes down to focus and tough-ness. We did not have that with the exception of Kaleb.”

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Osawatomie will celebrate their 50th wedding anni-versary with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. March 10 at the First Baptist Outreach Community Center, 701 W. Brown St., Osawatomie.

Bob Cole and Stanley Deel were married March 10, 1962, at the First Baptist Church in Osawatomie.

Mr. Cole is the son of the late Mike and Helen Cole. He is a retired educator and business owner.

Mrs. Cole is the daughter of Berniece Deel and the late

Delton Deel. She is a retired teacher/administrator.

They are the parents of Doug Cole and his wife Karie of Chanute, Bobbi Ann Darnaby and her hus-band Jerry of Olathe, Wendi O’Rand and her husband Jerry of Girard, Kan., Scotti Brackett and her husband Marcus of Olathe.

They also have seven grandchildren, Trevor and Ashlyn Cole, Gavin and Regan Darnaby, Quinn and Karsyn O’Rand and Masyn Brackett.

Has it really been 18 years since the Rev. Leslie Mur-

phy came to town? In some ways it seems much short-er, but when I consider all that’s happened since then, 18 must be right.

When Leslie first arrived to pastor the Osawatomie First Presbyterian Church, we had no idea that she would become such a dy-namic and positive force in our community. Now, as the Rev. Dr. Leslie King, she is leaving us for another challenge and call in Waco, Texas.

Leslie’s husband, D.J. King, was Walt’s co-worker and our friend and neigh-bor before they married. We saw quite a lot of him back then as Walt helped with various projects on D.J.’s house, just down the road and around the cor-ner. In fact, we were pres-ent at the wedding when Leslie’s father, another Rev. Murphy, announced that “every father thinks of his daughter as a princess and tonight my daughter has married a King.” We’ve

been smiling with them most of the time since.

Their children — Cody, Katie and Claire — are special to me too. That’s not just because they are bright, well-behaved and sociable. I somehow al-ways thought that I would get to watch them grow up and now will do that from a much further distance. Favorite memories center around them, too. They made Halloween more special. They liked my jams and jellies and, some years ago when they were much younger, asked me to come for a sleepover at

their house. When I said, “What about Walt?” Cody answered, “Isn’t he old enough to stay by himself?” Guess not because that sleepover never happened.

When we were ill, Leslie fed us. When they needed firewood, Walt cut some. When they were gone, we watched the house, and when we needed help, we knew they would be here. Members of the First Pres-byterian Church are los-ing their minister. We are losing dear friends and neighbors.

I thought it very special that Leslie would bake and take bread to the sick, visit the lonely and comfort the grieving. I knew that if she were presiding at a fu-neral or other service that it would be personalized because she cared. I won-dered how she found time for her many community activities, not just here but also in Paola. She was a loyal Rotarian, a beloved P.E.O. sister and a found-ing member of the Women in the KNOW that became an integral part of the

Women’s Forum.More than that, she vol-

unteered for projects that needed doing. She was in-jured while playing “don-key ball” but quick to say she would ride again. On those nights when D.J. was announcing or officiating at some sporting event, she would turn into the “all-American mom” and be home with the children, as-suring continuity for them all.

I admired her flowers and her well-kept home but, most of all, I admired and still marvel at the fam-ily spirit she embraces. That sense of family will serve all five of them well as they move on.

Leslie will give her last sermon here next Sunday, March 4. Please, if you see her or any member of the family between now and then, thank them for being a part of Osawatomie and for all they have done. D.J., Leslie, Cody, Katie and Claire, we will miss you all. It won’t be the same with-out you down the road and around the corner.

The Rev. Leslie King Will Be Missed

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Calvary Baptist ChurchJohn 3:6-17 was the Scripture

text for the Sunday sermon by the Rev. Roger Robertson, “No Greater Love.”

The evening Bible studies are on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; the Ameri-can Baptist Women’s Ministries Bible prayer meetings are on Thursday mornings at 9 a.m. Verla Sylva is still leading her exercise classes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 a.m. Next Sunday will be the monthly potluck luncheon following the services.

Library news“Hugo” is the title of the free

movie to be shown at 7 p.m. Satur-day in the Swan Room. The librar-ians will be using craft ideas from the website Pinterest for their Dr.

Seuss program and summer read-ing program and are looking for a number of items such as empty toilet paper cores; clean, colored old T-shirts; wood scraps in 5x7-inch and 8x10-inch sizes and other items. Contact the library for a complete list.

There will be an adult reading and discussion project through March 17, sponsored by the Kansas Center for the Book at the State Li-brary of Kansas. The committee selected “ Our Boys – A Perfect Sea-son on the Plains” by Joe Drape. At the end, those signed up will have a meal followed by the discussion.

At 5 p.m. Thursday, there will be a tweens and teens event with a meal and “Who wants to be a mil-lionaire?” game. On Friday there will be a Dr. Seuss event for pre-schoolers, and starting at 9 a.m. with a third event from 3:45 p.m. for first through fourth graders. Flyers will be sent with the kids

from school. The library has 15 new books for

adults including the newest nov-els from Janet Evanovich, Mary Jane Clark, Jack Higgins and oth-ers as well as children’s books. If you want a specific book or DVD that the library doesn’t have, ask them to look for it on the interli-brary loan.

Anniversary CouplesThose celebrating anniversaries

are Dan and Carolyn Cloughly, Chuck and Sherry Dunlop and Pam and Mark Haupt.

Birthday celebrantsLisa Coss, Leon Dennis, Betty

Patton, T.J. Davis, Ruth Sand-ers, Joy Hogelin, Leonard Gorter, Martha Jagow, Gary Carnersky, Jansen Miller, Brian Hall, Stepha-nie Drury, Paulette Curry, Albert Tibbets and Char Kriskes are cel-ebrating birthdays.

Bellevue University Celebrates Fall/Winter 2011 Degree Conferrals

Walter Henry Lee of Osawatomie received a bachelor of science degree in security management at commncement ceremonies for Bellevue University in Omaha, Neb., on Saturday.

Bellevue University is a recognized national leader in providing post-secondary education opportunities for work-ing adults. A private, non-profit institution, Bellevue Uni-versity serves students at learning sites in three states, as well as worldwide through its award-winning online learn-ing platform.

Miami County Republican PartyThe Miami County Republican Party met at

Beethoven’s Restaurant, Paola, on Jan. 26. Teresa Reeves, chairperson, presided over the meeting.

Janet White, county clerk, was the guest speaker at the meeting. Ms. White discussed the new voting pro-cedures that require the presentation of a valid photo-graphic identification document when voting.

The main focus of the meeting was planning for the upcoming presidential selection caucus that will be held in Miami County and across Kansas on March 10.

The local event will be held at the Paola Middle School with credentialing beginning at 8:30 a.m. Two voting sessions will be held; one at 10 a.m. and the sec-ond at 11:30 a.m.

Future meetings will be held on the fourth Thursday of the month.

A newly developed website can be referenced for fu-ture meeting dates as well as other pertinent informa-tion. Visit us at: www.miamicountyrepublicanparty.com.

Democratic Party MeetsThe Miami County Democratic party met at the

Paola Community Center on Feb. 6. Chairman Doug Walker introduced County Clerk

Janet White who explained new voter ID requirements for this year and those that will become law next year. First time voters will need to show a birth certificate to register in 2013.

All were encouraged to attend the upcoming legisla-tive breakfasts.

For further information, contact Doug Walker at [email protected] or at (913) 731-0100 or on Facebook at Miami County, Kansas, Democratic Party.

The next meeting will be at 7 p.m. March 5 at the Paola Community Center.

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Faith Baptist Church515 Retan Ave., Osawatomie

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“Independent-Fundamental”

St. James Brown Chapel308 S. Oak & Chippewa, Paola

913-294-2900www.stjamesbcame.orgPastor: Nelson R. Gabriel

Sunday Morning Worship ............ 10 a.m.First Fridays (monthly) .................. 7 p.m.Third Sunday Worship................... 3 p.m.

Victory Baptist Church212 East Main Street,

Osawatomie913-755-4678

Pastor: Larry Osborne913-755-6708

Sunday School (all ages)............... 10 a.m.Worship (nursery provided) ........... 11 a.m.Worship ...................................... 6:30 p.m.Wednesday Prayer & Bible Study ... 7 p.m.

Fontana Christian38333 Hedge Lane, Fontana

913-849-3171Pastor: Chris McCullisonwww.fontanachristianchurch.org

Sunday School ................... 9 a.m.Worship ....................... 10:30 a.m.Adult & Youth Bible Study... Sun. 5:30 p.m.

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First Christian ChurchFifth and Brown, Osawatomie

913-755-2196Sunday School .............. 9:30 a.m.Worship ....................... 10:30 a.m.Church Dinner, 3rd Sunday, noon

“Everyone welcome”

La Cygne UnitedMethodist Church

402 Chestnut, La Cygne913-757-2732

Pastor: January KieferPraise............................. 8:45 a.m.Worship ......................... 9:30 a.m.Sunday School ............ 10:45 a.m.

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First Lutheran401 E. Piankishaw, Paola

913-294-3476www.firstlutheran-paola.org

SonShine Pre-School 913-294-5925Worship Saturday....................5:30 p.m.Worship Sunday ..8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.Family Education Hour ...........9:15 a.m.

First United Methodist

504 Pacific Avenue, Osawatomie913-755-4774

Pastor: Gary GoodingSunday School .............. 9:30 a.m.Worship ....................... 10:35 a.m.

ChurCh of Christ

Church of Christ, FontanaPastor: Joe Crook

Worship ..............................9 a.m.Sunday School ............10:15 a.m.

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Trinity Lutheran Church34868 Block Road, Paola

913-849-3344Pastor: Rev. Kurt Rutz

Sunday School & Bible Class .. 9 a.m.Worship (nursery provided) ..... 10 a.m.

Church of Christ105 W. Kaskaskia St., Paola

913-937-0904Contact Mike Weaver, 913-755-2896Bible Study Sunday..........10 a.m.

Call Mary Callaway to place your listing in the church directory – 913-294-2311.

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AvaJeanStevens, 76, Parker, died Feb. 21, 2012, at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola. Services were Monday at the Eddy-Birchard Fu-neral Home in Osawato-mie, (913) 755-2114. Buri-al followed at Cadmus Cemetery. Memorials are to Odyssey Hospice.

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Larry Eugene“Bud” Jackson, 62, Trading Post, Kan., died Feb. 23, 2012, at the Uni-versity of Kansas Hos-pital, Kansas City, Kan. Services were Monday at the Schneider Funeral Home, Pleasanton Cha-pel, followed by burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.schneiderfunerals.com. Memorials are sug-gested to the American Cancer Society.

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Memorials may be made to David L. Dollar Scholarship, Missouri State University Founda-tion, 309 S. Jefferson Ave., Suite 100, Springfield, MO 65806-2211.

➻Aspen, Adyson and Cooper. She kept up with them and all they accomplished over the years, right up until her death.

Her eldest son, David, passed away in 2005, leav-ing behind his wife, Susie, of Springfield, and their chil-dren, David Christopher “Chris” Dollar of Nixa, Mo., and Melissa Anne Gourley of Mountain Grove, Mo. Losing Dave was extremely hard on Gladys. She missed him with all of her heart and never truly overcame the idea that she had out-lived her son. She was also preceded in death by her husband, David Dollar, and a grandson, Donnie.

Over the course of her life, she saw many things, including 16 presidents, beginning with William Howard Taft; surviving The Great Depression and two World Wars; supporting the Civil Rights movement; see-ing Charles Lindbergh fly over Kansas City on his way to St. Louis; and Wyatt Earp’s death. In her spare time, she enjoyed reading, drawing, knitting, china painting and chocolate.

She belonged to Eastern Star and the Retired Kan-sas Teachers Association. She never knew a stranger. She expressed on many oc-casions how thankful she was for the people around her family and friends. She loved them all; her spirit was captivating, and any-one who knew her would agree.

Services were Monday. Arrangements were by Pen-well-Gabel Funeral Home, Paola Chapel, 305 N. Pearl St., Paola, (913) 294-2372.

To leave condolences for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabel-Paola.com.

Gladys Ellen Dollar1910-2012

Gladys Ellen Dollar, 101, Paola, died Feb. 21, 2012.

She was an only child, born in Kansas City, Mo., to Benjamin Harrison Thurman and Mar-vie Brown

Thurman on Oct. 25, 1910. “G,” as she was more com-

monly known, especially to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, show-cased her independent na-ture from a very young age. She lived in Paola most of her adult life, and she sup-ported the community in many ways over the years. During her life, she owned local businesses, provided social services to those in need, was active within the United Methodist Church and worked as a teacher and guidance counselor within the Paola school dis-trict for 25 years before she retired in 1976.

She graduated from the Kansas City Teachers Col-lege before moving on to obtain her bachelor’s de-gree from Ottawa Univer-sity and her master’s de-gree from Emporia State University.

Family was important to Gladys. Surviving are two of her three sons, Don Dol-lar, his wife Ellen Dollar of Springfield, Mo., and their son Michael; and Dale Dol-lar of Osawatomie, his wife Lois, along with his daugh-ter Allison. Gladys adored all of her great-grandchil-dren: Lauren, Megan, Mac, Will, Marley, Escher, Ethan,

Barbara Jean Diviney

1926-2012

Barbara Jean Diviney, 85, died Feb. 26, 2012, at North Point Skilled Nursing in Paola.

Barbara was born March 13, 1926, in Car-rington, N.D., to Archie M. Young and Alma M.

Silvus.Always an independent

woman, Barbara was an accomplished homemaker, a member of Eastern Star, and an avid bridge and dom-inos player. After moving from Liberal, Kan., to Paola in 2005, she volunteered at the Paola Senior Center for several years. She will be missed by her family and her many friends.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Charles and Chester Young, and sister, Kathleen Young Hoff.

She is survived by a son, Ernest M. “Spark” Diviney, and wife Gerri of Paola; a daughter, Patricia K. Di-viney and husband Steve Garrison of Olga, Wash.; grandsons Kirk Diviney (Tracy) and Michael Di-viney (Libby); great-grand-children Ashley, Samantha, Dean, and Alex Diviney of Spring Hill; two brothers, Jack Young (Jean) of Reno, Nev., and Archie Young of Port Orchard, Wash.; and sisters-in-law Veleta Young and Pat Young of Belling-ham, Wash.

Private services will be held. Arrangements are by Penwell-Gabel Paola Cha-pel, 305 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071, (913) 294-2372. To leave condolences for the family online, please visit www.PenwellGabelPaola.com.

ris Sims and Doris Unhg-ericht; nine grandchildren: Janelle, Jamie, Cody, Tyler, Connor, Trenton, Derrick, Kandice and Lindsey; and two great-grandchildren, Nathan and Hank.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Schneider Funeral Home, 319 Chestnut St., Mound City, KS 66056, followed by burial in the Woodland Cemetery. No formal visi-tation is scheduled. Lois will lie in state Wednesday morning until service time at the Schneider Mound City Chapel. Online condo-lences for the family can be left at www.schneiderfuner-als.com.

The family suggests contributions to Hospice Care of Kansas, in care of Schneider Funeral Home, Box J, Mound City, KS 66056.

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Lois Jean Breuel, 77, Mound City, died Feb. 27, 2012, at the Prescott Coun-try View.

She was born Nov. 30, 1934, at Parker, the daugh-ter of Thomas Bert and Evelyn Stringer McCarty. She graduated from Parker High School and attend-ed secretarial school in Wichita.

Lois married Don Breuel on Feb. 14, 1953. She worked as a secretary in the Prairie View schools and later at the Linn County Extension office.

She was a member of the Centerville Commu-nity Church and the Order of Eastern Star. She is sur-vived by her husband, Don of the home; two sons, Greg Breuel and Jackie of Cen-terville and Larry Breuel and Trish of Wellsville; two daughters, Pam Johnson and Jim of Mound City, and Tammy Peterson and Kelly of Stilwell; one brother, Doug McCarty; two sisters, Delo-

Mac Birkmann

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Mac Birkmann, 86, Osawatomie, died Feb. 23, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center.

Mac was born July 12, 1925, in Johnson, Neb., to Edward and Matilda Birk-mann. The family moved to Lincoln, Neb., when he was 10.

At 17 he joined the Navy, and after five years active duty during World War II, he joined the reserves and retired a commander.

Graduating in 1948 from the University of Nebraska with a degree in business, he pursued a career as an insurance agent.

He enjoyed weekly lunch meetings with Navy bud-dies and loved fellowship with his church family.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Adeline Bishop, and a son, Mark.

He is survived by his wife, Darlene of 64 years; a sis-ter, Shirley Rayburn; a son, David; a daughter, Kelly Di-vine. three grandchildren and his first great-grand-child who is expected in March.

Services will be at 11 a.m. today at the Victory Bap-tist Church, Osawatomie. Burial will be 2:30 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Stanley. Arrangements are by Penwell-Gabel Fu-neral Home, Olathe Chapel, 14275 S. Blackbob Road, Olathe, KS 66062, (913) 768-6777. To leave condo-lences, visit www.Penwell-GabelOlathe.com.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contribu-tions to the American Can-cer Society or the American Heart Association.

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Birds of a Feather

The Miami County Birds of a Feather Poul-try Club met Feb. 9 at the Miami County Extension office. Roll call was “What is your favorite call for mom?”

The club T-shirts should be ready by the next meeting. The Miami County poultry show is March 31, and the Linn County poultry show is April 7.

For the program, Ron-nie Sullivan did show-manship with a rubber chicken, the group did an amazing egg maze, a team activity and an exam.

The next poultry meet-ing is March 8.

Ben Wright, reporter

Junior LeadersThe Miami County Ju-

nior Leaders met Feb. 13 at the Miami County Extension office. Roll call was “Name a flavor you think is the ideal for Val-entine candy hearts.” The mixer, a game called the Human Knot, was led by John Stambaugh.

Roll call for the next meeting will be “name your favorite picnic food.” Cate Stambaugh will lead the mixer. Leaders are re-minded to wear green to the meeting. During the program, the leaders will choose the most enthu-siastic participant, and they will get a prize.

The Leader’s Banquet is at 1 p.m. March 4, and all leaders are invited to come. There was a sign-up for the Hospital Auxiliary Bike Rodeo on April 28.

Junior Leaders signed up for Spring Blast Day Camp. It will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. March 21 at the fairgrounds.

During the program, the following Ambassa-dors for the upcoming year were congratulated: Kyle Hendrickson, Mor-gan Laudan, Noah Beets, Tessa Davids and Cate Stambaugh.

There will be an ani-mal care seminar at 7 p.m. Feb. 29 at the Ex-tension office. Region-al Club Days registra-tion is due by March 1 to the Extension office. The next 4-H council meet-ing is at 8 p.m. March 12 at the Extension office. Regional Club Days is March 17 at South Ju-nior High in Lawrence. Project day is March 18 at the Fairgrounds. Spring Blast is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 21 at the fair-grounds. There is a Live-stock Quality Assurance class at 2 p.m. March 22 at the Extension office. Market beef tagging is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. March 23 at the Fair-grounds or from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. March 24. VIP orientation is at 7 p.m. March 27 at the Exten-sion office.Amie Schroeder, Reporter

Parker ThunderbirdsThe Parker Thun-

derbirds 4-H Club per-formed the Cha Cha Slide at County Club Day on Feb. 4 at Pleasanton High School.

The Thunderbirds re-ceived top blue for the dance and will be going on to regionals on Feb 25.

4-h clubs

PaulineCresse, 78, Osawatomie, died Feb. 27, 2012, at her home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Bap-tist Church, Eighth and Brown Sts. in Osawato-mie. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, at the church. Memorials are to the First Baptist Church. Arrangements are by Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home, (913) 755-2114.

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AGRICULTURAL NEWSFARM & RANCH

PUBLIC AUCTION33611 METCALF RD., LOUISBURG, KS

We will sell the following personal property located at the Rutlader Auction Gallery, 33611 Metcalf Rd., Louisburg, KS. Take 69 Hwy. to 335th, go East on 335th 1 mile to Metcalf Rd.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 – 6:00 PMRUTLADER AUCTION GALLERY

View this and other Auctions online at www.wendtauction.comDennis Wendt913-285-0076

23496 Country Rd. 1077, Parker, KS 66072

Bill McNatt913-849-3519

TERMS OF AUCTION: Sales tax will be charged as well as a 5% buyers’ premium. Cash, check or credit card with proper ID. Statements made day of auction take precedence over written materials. All items sell “as-is, where-is & without warranty expressed or implied. Owners or auction company not responsible for accidents, theft or loss of sale items.

OFFICE EQUIPMENT8pc. sectional conference tableLarge oak roll top desk2-Desk lamps2-2 drawer fi le cabinets4 drawer fi le cabinet3-Slide drawer fi le cabinetsLong 2 drawer fi le cabinet2-Offi ce chairsStackable chairs4-Padded lobby chairs2-Metal offi ce tables

HOUSEHOLDReclinerTable w/4 chairsBar stoolsNight standPicnic Time wine basketConair foot spaRival roaster oven

Lots of jewelry (watch sets, necklaces, earrings, bracelets & pins)

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSConsole piano w/benchConcertmate 950 electric keyboard

SHOP EQUIPMENTSenco model PC1010 1/2hp. 1 gal.

air compressorSkil 570 router table topPorter Cable model 7309 laminate

trimmer baseRyobi 10” table sawCraftsman leaf blowerRed Lion model RLX3 cement mixer300 watt halogen fl ood light

POWER SCOOTERPace Saver Passport power scooter

(needs battery)

Invacare Power Chair (works good)

SADDLES & TACK14” Circle Y roping saddle14” Simco roping saddle15” roping saddle16” Wyeth roping saddle13” High back saddle w/breast collar10” kids saddle

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLESEnd table w/slide outParlor game table w/chess &

checkers2-Matching wooden rockers2-Matching small parlor chairsJack Daniels wooden ½ keg12pc. Reed & Barton Silver

Blossoms silverware Set w/boxTriner model #88 scalesOhaus 10 gram scales

Adolph Coors Co., Golden, CO 1873-1973 picture

CURRENCYBills from ChinaSilver dollars (18 & 1900’s)Buffalo nickels, collectible pennies

50+ EAGLE COLLECTION Large brass eagle statue2-Brass eagles on round ball statuesSeveral brass eaglesLots of eagle fi gurines (ceramic

& glass)Eagle picturesEagle touch lampEagle lightEagle knifesWooden eaglesPlatesPlaques

BOOKSThe FlintlockFighters Of The US Air ForceThe Collecting Of GunsThe Complete Handgun 1300 to

presentAmerica’s Colorful RailroadsThe Great GunsTell Me About The BibleBible Stories Misc. Cookbooks Little Wolf & The Thunder Stick Young Hawk Chronicle Of The 20th Century

MISCELLANEOUSOutlaw helmet model T-70PC size XLPlastic truck tool boxFishing equipment & rodsPlano stow away tackle box

WE BUY: E-SCRAP, ALUMINUM, CANS, BRASS, COPPER, BATTERIES,

FARM EQUIP., HEAVY IRON, APPLIANCES, & MORE

Rock’n R AngusPlainville, KS

24th Annual Bull &

Female SaleMonday, March 12, 2012Sale starts @ 1:00 p.m.

at the ranch.Selling 250

Black & Red Angus18 mo. & 2 yr. old bulls

100 Black and RedAngus Fall Yrl Al bred &

Spring open heifersMore Information contact:

Ron Hrabe785.623.8054 mobile

Website: www.rocknrangus.comcatalog online:

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S F FARMS INC.2012 Annual Performance Tested Bull Sale

Sat., March 10TH, 2012

Over 60 head sell yearling and 18 month old bulls:Al sires: SAV Final Answer 0035, Sinclair Net Present Value,

& Genetics by Design 049.Pasture Sires: SF 3199 Bando 1961 1158, SF 2361 Traveler 2121,

SF 209S Traveler 6807 0315, JW R39 New Design 0159,& JF 0749 Final Answer 0935.

Sale Starts at 6 p.m. Complimentary meal starts at 5:00 p.m.

NEW LOCATIONANDERSON COUNTY SALES COMPANYNORTH HIGHWAY 59, GARNETT, KS, 66032

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S F FARMS INC3582 John Brown Road • Princeton, KS 66078

1202 S. MetcalfLouisburg, Kansas

913-837-4300Delivery Available

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Contact us for farm visits!

Maurie BourquinHome: 913-294-4348Mobile: 913-731-4348

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Sale every Friday • 1:00 p.m.

Special Cow Sale Sunday, March 11th • 1:00 p.m.

100 fancy full pairs all ready

consigned.

We can all agree this past winter hasn’t really felt typical

to say the least. In fact, the USDA recently revised its Plant Hardiness Zone Map by moving the zone north.

Mary Knapp, K-State Research and Extension cli-matologist, said, “There is a lot of variability, of course, from year to year. But the USDA has determined that there is enough evidence of a trend for warmer winters that it made this change in the Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Certainly, that was the case during the early part of the winter this year, with Kansas recording one of the warmest Januaries on record,” Knapp said.

But believe it or not, warm winter weather has

its drawbacks. There are a few factors that crop farm-ers need to consider be-cause of the mild winter:

Insect overwintering survival

The absence of extreme low temperatures could allow wheat pests to more readily survive the winter. This could allow them to be-come a problem much earli-er in the year and ultimate-ly build up larger popula-

tions that can have a nega-tive impact on wheat yields. Jeff Whitworth, KSU Re-search and Extension ento-mologist, states that green-bugs and bird cherry oat aphids may be of the most concern. These two insect varieties are often found to be the culprits of the spread of barley yellow dwarf virus in wheat.

“If they overwinter in Kansas, they would be available to start feeding and reproducing earlier, as soon as the wheat breaks dormancy,” he said. Flea beetles, army cutworms, and winter grain mites can be added to the list of poten-tial problems for the same reasons.

The possibility of high-er populations of these

pests in combination with dry conditions could add to higher wheat stress. It is more critical now than ever for wheat farmers to scout their fi elds as soon as the fi rst new growth is ob-served. Producers can also put more selection pres-sure on wheat varieties that show higher levels of resistance to barley yellow dwarf virus to help avoid fall infestations of aphids.

Plant Disease overwintering survival

Leaf rust is a common problem with Kansas wheat. Leaf rust can com-monly get started in the fall but typically dies down dur-ing the cold Kansas winter. But if extreme lows aren’t as harsh as normal (like we

MIAMI COUNTY EXTENSION

Cody SloanAgriculture

Agent

Mild Winter Creates Some Issues For Crop Farmershave seen this winter), leaf rust possesses a greater ability to overwinter and becomes a problem early in the year for farmers. Be-cause of this, wheat farm-ers and consultants need to already be checking wheat fi elds for signs of leaf rust.

“New varieties of crops that overwinter in Kan-sas, such as wheat, alfalfa and canola, will have been developed under environ-mental conditions that ex-isted over the past 10 years, and should be well adapted to the new hardiness zone conditions,” said Jim Shroy-er, K-State Research and

Extension crop production specialist.

But even with this in mind, he adds that produc-ers still need to take the necessary steps to protect their wheat crop from the previously mentioned in-sects and diseases. Fre-quent late winter/early spring wheat inspections in conjunction with selection pressure on crop varieties with elevated levels of re-sistance are essential fol-lowing mild winter weather conditions.

RECORD Osawatomie

Police and Fire

REPORTS Osawatomie High School

Principal Doug Chisam report-ed the purchase or possession of cigarettes or tobacco by a minor and the use and/or pos-session of drug paraphernalia on Feb. 2 at OHS, 1200 Trojan Drive. Law enforcement confi s-cated a glass smoking pipe with marijuana residue.

Doug Singer, Osawato-mie, reported the theft of a Starlight 6x12 single axle tilt trailer on Feb. 7 from 32942 W. Lakeside Drive. The stolen trailer was valued at $800.

Amanda Moon, Osawato-mie, reported the theft of pack-ages of chorizo sausage, beef steak and pork on Feb. 8 from Moon’s Hometown Market, 701 Sixth St. The beef steak and pork were later seized, while the sausage was discovered to have been destroyed. The sto-len items were valued at $16.

Linda Crouch, Osawato-mie, reported the vandalism of a double pane window on Feb. 10 at 1117 6th St., room 219. The

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damage was estimated at $300. Laura Grosskreutz,

Osawatomie, reported the criminal damage of two vehicle tires on Feb. 16 at 1620 Main St. The damaged items were valued at $180.

Jennifer Shaffer, Osawato-mie, reported being the victim of a criminal threat and harass-ment by a telecommunication device on Feb. 17 at 1803 Parker Ave.

Jimmy McRoberts, Osawatomie, reported the burglary and theft of a Garmin NUVI 360w GPS device on Feb. 17 from 424 Ninth St. The stolen item was valued at $430.

Terry Shadduck, Osawato-mie, reported the theft of a 115 horsepower Evinrude starter engine on Feb. 22 from 826 Walnut Ave. The stolen item was valued at $86.

Melissa Bailey, Osawato-mie, reported the theft or loss of a Kansas vehicle license plate No. 968CSY, expiring in March 2012, on Feb. 22 from 500 Wal-nut Ave. The item was valued at $73.

ACCIDENTS Michael Ellison of

Osawatomie was turning into

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the Great Southern Bank ATM in the Eastgate Plaza on Feb. 12 when he struck a pole, damag-ing the front left corner of the vehicle.

Kelly Ortiz of Osawatomie was backing her 2011 Jeep Liberty from a parking stall in front of Casey’s General Store, in the 400 block of Sixth Street on Feb. 15, when she struck the rear passenger side por-tion of the 2000 Buick LeSabre also being backed out by Tina Kapas, Osawatomie.

Evelyn Gabbert of Osawatomie was backing her 2006 Chevy Trailblazer from a driveway at 319 Main Street on Feb. 19 when she struck a legally parked vehicle owned by Jerry Pippin of Osawatomie.

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St. Patrick’s DinnerSaturday, March 17

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AMERICAN HANDYMAN: No jobtoo small! Painting, electrical, dry-wall, plumbing, repairs, installa-tions, wood repair, siding. Call MikeKirk at 913-205-6807.

Lawn Mowing380

LAWN CARE: Residential andEstate mowing & trimming. Weekly

and vacation services. Goff’sQuality Lawn Care, Dan Goff.

913-548-7916.

Misc. Services394

AFFORDABLE BANKRUPTCYEd VanMorlan913-254-7600

Week-end/evening appointmentsavailable. Free consultation.

ARK LAWN Mowing Services ofParker, Ks is offering lawn mowingand small land scaping services

in your area.Call today 913-898-2335.

HANDYMAN LOOKING for work.Roofing and repairs, deck work,painting, cleaning gutters, treetrimming/removal. No job too small,call Kevin Douglas 913-406-5533.

Misc. Services394

WET CARPETS?Water damage clean up.

Call Service First Cleaning913-755-4562

Public Notice605

DIVORCE WITH or without chil-dren $125. Includes name changeand property settlement agree-ment. Free information. Save hundreds. Fast and easy.Call 1-888-789-0198, 24/7, orwww.Pay4Divorce.com.

IF YOU used Yaz/Yazmin/Ocellabirth control pills or a NuvaRingvaginal ring contraceptive between2001 and the present and devel-oped blood clots, suffered a stroke,heart attack or required gallbladderremoval, you may be entitled tocompensation. Call AttorneyCharles Johnson, 1-800-535-5727.

Giveaways607

UPHOLSTERED Swivel rocker.No longer reclines, but in goodshape. You pick up. Paola

785-248-8811

Adoptions620

ADOPTION: LOVING couple wish-es to give love, happiness andsecurity to your newborn. Let’s helpeach other. Can help with expens-es. Donna & Al, 877-492-8546.

Lost Misc.650

LOST RED women’s glove on 2/11at Broadmoor Gym in Louisburg.Small, right hand, suede & nylon.Gift from now deceased friend.Please call Ruth at 913-837-4349.

Found Misc.660

OLDER FEMALE yellow lab mix.Missing bottom front teeth &

wearing a back collar. Found in thevicinity of Crescent Hill Rd & 68Hwy on 2/26.Call 913-557-2037.

Lost Pets670

LOST, MALE neutered black &grey Tabby cat near Waverly Rd. &W. 271st St.. 10 years old, very thinbroken front canine, answers to KitKit. Call 913-557-9379.

MALE YELLOW lab puppy, 15 weeksold. Lost in vicinity of 274th Terrace.Call 913-558-7900. Reward offered.

TERRIER MIX, spayed female.Tan & brown fur. Lost Fridayevening, Feb 24 on Brown Ave inOsawatomie. 913-731-3776

Bicycles706

BICYCLE RECYCLING. Don’t take them to the dump. For

pick up, Call The Bicycle Dr. 913-731-3934 or drop by 34255

Lookout Rd, Osawatomie, Ks.

Hay/Seed733

HAY FOR SALE: Large Roundbales, stored in barn. 913-731-8834.

Household Goods744

BEDROOM SET full size bed, 2night stands, & triple dresser w/mir-ror $150.Oval retro kitchen tablew/leaf & 4 chairs $60. One lg. din-ing room table w/leaf. $30. Shelvingunit/entertainment ctr/book shelfon rollers $40. Mahogany china

cab. w/drawers $50.913-244-1718 or 913-636-0870.

Pets/Pet Supplies756

JACK A BEE puppies. 7 weeks old5 females, 4 males. Has had firstround of shots. Some have thebeagle coloring & others have theJack Russell coloring. 913-961-3222

Steel Buildings761

STEEL BUILDINGS-Save thou-sands, Factory direct, DisountShipping-Ask about clearancebuildings for early spring. 20x20,20x30, More! Call today 866-670-3936.

Items Under $250770

LEATHER WELDING Sleeves2 pair, size large. $15/ea1 w/ bib. 913-755-9073

REGISTERED MALE AustralianShepherd puppy. Out of workingparents, shots & dewormed.

$200 316-841-9586

LouisburgGarage Sales819

SMN VARIETY Sale: Fox Hall,Thursday-Saturday, 9am-6pm. .New Easter supplies, clothes, jew-elry, make up, office, tools, hard-ware, household, area rug-like new& lot of misc items.

Auctions902

AUCTION: 2-Day, March 10-11,Manhattan, KS. New constructionmaterials, police eeizures, kitchencabinets, granite countertops,doors, flooring; vehicles, jewelry;cake store liquidation. For moreinfo visit TotallyAuction.com.

Estate Sales903

24275 NICKLAUS CT, PaolaMarch 8, 9 & 10 8am - 6pm

Antique furniture, antique dishes& glassware, bedroom sets, Mis-sion style Armoir, dining rm sets,Craftsman tools & tool chests,air compressor, socket sets,wrenches & numerous othertools & equipment, bed & tablelinens, small appliances, exer-cise equip, lots of Christmasitems, household items, sleepersofas, books, TV’s & other itemsaccumulated 53 years of marriage.

ManufacturedHomes1143

1986 MODULAR HOME, 27X60.3BR, 2BA w/ fireplace. Electric,heating & AC unit updated 2 yrs.Ready to move. Axles & hitch ontrailer. $8,000 913-757-2622

Homes For Rent1205

2 BR, 1 BA, attached garage.610 E Shawnee, Paola.New carpet, NO pets,

$550/mo + dep.913-980-6018

236th & Nall, Bucyrus. 3-Bed-room, 2-1/2 Bath plus dining room,office & loft. 2-acre lot. Two out-door decks. Wood Burning Fire-place. $1,000 per mo plus utilities.First & last mo. dep req. Must haveemployment & recent renters refer-ences. Call (913) 782-2840 M-F

3-4 BEDROOM home for rent inPaola. 3 Car Garage, Large Lot,close to shopping and parks.Option to utilize in ground pool.

913-731-1058

FOR RENT in LaCygne.Nice 2 BR, central heat/air, deck &

shop. No Pets & Non smoking.$675/mo 913-259-0242

Ask about discount!!

HOUSES for lease & lease optionto buy in Paola, Osawatomie &Spring Hill. 3+ bedrooms available.816-284-8514 for more info.

Osawatomie, 2BR. ALL NEW: Ener-gy Efficient Central Heat, Wiring &Plumbing, hand scraped hickorywood floors, linoleum, paint, Mustsee this one, Ref Req, $695/mo.view pictures at OzHomz.com, 913-731-5296

OSAWATOMIE, 3BR, 2BAFamily & living room, centralair/heat, fire place, fenced yard.$650/mo 913-731-0900

OSAWATOMIE. 3 BedroomStove, refrigerators,& washer/dryer included with w/ central heat/air &

garage. $750/mo + deposit 913-238-4510.

OSAWATOMIE: 2 BR, 1BA. Par-tial unfinished basement. W/Dhookups. Appliances. Nice porch& big yard. Storage Bldg, Offstreet parking. $550/mo &$550/dep. 913.256.6732. LeaveMsg or 404-933-0116. Referencesrequired. Special offer for 1 yr lease.

Homes For Rent1205

PRAIRIE PLACE PATIO HOMES:1-2 Bedrooms. w/d hookups,patios, attached one car garages.Ask about our move in specials.Great Paola location. Call 913-244-1588.E-mail: [email protected].

Duplexes1220

1 BEDROOM DUPLEX:401A South First, Louisburg.

$400/month.Call 816-779-6476 or913-638-9375.

2BEDROOM, 1BA, Lg LR, w/d hook up off kitchen. Section 8welcomed. $625/mo + dep

5 A North 10 st, Louisburg573-374-0362

AVAILABLE IN Louisburg: Twobedroom duplex with central heat &A/C. Washer/dryer hookups. Nopets. Lawn care provided.$650/month, references & securitydeposit required. Shown byappointment. 913-837-3930 or913-963-4982.

SMALL 1 BEDROOM duplex,stove & refrig. 207 W 3rd, Apt EPaola. $375/mo + $200/dep.

No pets. Must have references.913-294-4387

Apartments1225

2 BEDROOM apartments, SpringHill area. Avail now. Water, trashand gas paid. Lease, application

fee and deposit required. No pets.713-410-8307

$99 DEPOSIT SPECIAL!1 to 2 bedroom apartments from$350. Osawatomie.

www.ozrent.com. 755-9885.

DOWN STAIRS Apartment - 2 bed-room, stove, washer/dryer hookup, 1-car garage, 206 W. Miami, Paola.$500 month plus 1 month deposit.913-294-5596.

EXCEPTIONAL LIVING - 2 bed-room, 1 1/2 bath, all appliances inrestored building at Paola townsquare. See to appreciate.$750/mo. 114 S. Pearl. 913-406-5543

PRAIRIE PLACE APARTMENTSLarge 1 & 2 BR apts, w/d hookups,patios, some basement models,attached garage, beautiful land-scape yards. Ask about our movein specials. Great Paola location!Call 913-244-1588 or [email protected].

Apartments1225

QUIET COUNTRY LIVING2BR $575/mo, 3BR $675/mo

Total electric w/ stove & frig. Movein special: 1/3 deposit. Trash &

water incl. 1BR studio, all utilitiespd $500/mo. 311th & SomersetRd. For appt call 816-250-5444

SPRING HILL, 2BR Apt. Stove,frig, washer & dryer incl. Largerooms in quiet residential area.

Call 913-238-5944

Autos1418

CONSIGN YOUR car today. April20 & 21, 2012. Branson Car Auc-tion, Branson, Missouri. 300expected. Call today, 800-355-3063, www.bransonauction.com

SPEED UP YOUR JOBSEARCH WITH THE CLASSIFIEDS!

TURN UNWANTED HOUSEHOLD

ITEMS INTO EXTRA CASH. CLASSIFIED

ADS UNITE BUYERS AND SELLERS EACH

DAY. CALL 294-2311, 755-4151 OR

837-4321 TO PLACE YOUR AD.

28484 OSAWATOMIE ROAD – Immaculate 3-bedroom, 2-bath home on 10 acres, north of Paola. Barn with horse stalls. Pasture, timber, creek, pond. $264,950. Patty Simpson, #1762950

27615 BLOCK ROAD – Come look at this awesome 80-acre tract with very nice house and outbuildings. Great location and blacktop frontage. $400,000. Ken New, #1759558

Sunday, March 4, 1-4 p.m.Stop by any of our open houses or offi ces for a

complete list. Open house information available at wwww.crownrealty.com

102 S. Silver, Paola • 913-557-43331005 W. Amity, Louisburg • 913-837-5155

22332 S. Harrison, Spring Hill • 913-592-2222501 Main, Mound City • 877-795 -4555336 S. Main, Ottawa • 785-242-77002099 E. 151st, Olathe • 913-782-1155

REAL ESTATEREAL ESTATE

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CALL MARY CALLAWAY AT (913) 294-2311

Thursday March 8th 1:00PM

www.WestCentralAuctionCo.com

Land Located NE of Archie, MO. Farm Ground, Home, &

Pasture

Auc�on Held at the Harrisonville

Community Cener Jason Winter, -CAI, AARE, CES

816-884-1987

Acreage Fantastic!Drexel Area5.7 acres w/blacktop road frontage, shared pond, natural grasses, some trees, abundant wildlife, row crops and pasture on 3 sides.

[email protected]

100 W. Crestview Circle, Suite 101, LouisburgDonna Lee

“Boots on the Ground”How far will your realtor

walk with you?Dave Alsbrooks

913-486-4031 • Offi ce [email protected]

B8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2012 M I A M I C O U N T Y C L A S S I F I E D S

MIAMI COUNTY HELP WANTEDHELP WANTEDBLENDED JOBS - Mechanic’s asst &parts packer. Pack and restock partsorders for daily shipping, general shoplabor, truck/construction maintenance,assist lead mechanic on repairs. Hourlywork, rate negotiable on exp.Email:bairproducts @att.net or 913-947-7222

EXPERIENCED CONCRETE FINISHER WANTED

Due to an increase of work imme-diate openings are available forhigh quality, detailed oriented,

skilled finishers with a strong workethic. Upper level advancementpossible. Benefit package avail-able. Pay scale by ability-attitude-

desire. Applications by appt.Goodart Construction, Paola KS

913-557-0044

FULL TIME, Long term employment.Garment company hiring sewers.

Osawatomie location. Call Tues-Thurs10am-2pm for appointment.

913-755-6506

GARDENING. One or two days aweek. References required.

[email protected]

HORSE CARE, light riding, barn& equip care. 5 days a week.Must have riding experience & ref-erences. email: [email protected]

LINN COUNTY is accepting appli-cations for a full time equipmentoperator at the District 1, LaCygneshop. Starting wage will be $10.81- $11.35. Class B CDL will berequired. Applications are availableat the County Engineers office,Courthouse Annex, 306 Main St,Mound City.

LOOKING FOR Part-Time to pos-sible Full-Time Receptionist forhealthcare office. Need personwho is able to multi-task and hasgood people & communicationskills. Hours: 8-6 Mon & Fri and 8-7 Wed; Occasionally Sat.Send Resume to P.O. Box 64,Paola, KS 66071.

LOOKING FOR Temp to PossiblePermanent Full Time Help. Needmulti-talented person able to sellservices to customers, along withassisting in bookkeeping responsi-bilities. Responsibilities willinclude: answering phones, sched-uling, customer questions, con-cerns & complaints, payroll entry,payables, receivables and collec-tion entries. Hours M-F, 9-5. Pleasesend in resumes to: PO Box 188,Paola, KS 66071 or by email [email protected].

U.S. Bank is looking for fulltime self-motivated, reliable

individuals that exhibit aquality work-ethic to joinour 24 Hour Banking andFinancial Sales in ourOver land Park Contact

Center. Apply on line:www.usbank.com,job# 120001461

WATERFLOOD PUMPERSneeded

Must have 5+ years exp.Anderson County, KS

405-641-6538 or 405-810-0900

CASUAL CLASS A drivers wanted.Drive OTR, 53-ft. vans/reefers,.40CPM, $300 orientation pay. Canpass a physical / drug test. CoreCarrier, 888-454-2673. Apply atcorecarrier.com.

DRIVERS: $1,200.00 Orientation Completion Bonus &

make up to .43cpm! CDL-A OTR Exp. Req.

Many routes avail! Call Now!1-888-635-1678

DRIVERS: CDL-A Teams,$5,000.00 Sign-On Bonus! Industry leading Pay, Benefits! 2yrs CDL-A /Hazmat, able to obtain security clearance/passport.

Dyno Nobel Transportation:1-888-598-7259, x19

HOME WEEKLY. Regional andOTR available. Earn top pay andgreat benefits. Call Kevin, 877-325-4996, ext. 211. Owner operatorsalso needed. Central Transporta-tion Services, www.ctsco.com.

“YOU GOT the drive, we have thedirection.” OTR drivers, APUequipped, Pre-Pass EZ-pass,pets/passenger policy. Newerequipment. 100% no touch. 1-800-528-7825.

A GREAT OPPORTUNITY... Advertising Design/Production

We are looking for a Mac Artistto Join our team of Advertising Professionals

This position involves building materials for our daily paper and spe-cial sections to meet daily deadlines. This is a full-time position withsome weekends required. Our environment is professional, fast-paced and requires a positive attitude and the ability to work as partof a team! The successful creative candidate will possess extensiveknowledge of the Macintosh operating system of programs such asIllustrator, In Design, Photoshop, Quark, and Acrobat; excellent com-munication skills, telephone, written, and verbal; typing/keyboardingskills of 45 words per minute with excellent accuracy; and must bedetail-oriented and able to perform multi-tasking under deadline con-straints. We offer a full benefits package, including a health insuranceplan, dental plan, 401k/profit sharing and paid time off.

Employment is contingent on passage of a drug screening andbackground check.

Interested applicants may apply via letter and / or resume, summarizing experience to:

Kim Murphy, Ad Production ManagerSt. Joseph News-Press

P.O. Box 29St. Joseph, MO 64502Fax: (816) 271-8686

e-mail: [email protected] apply in person at the

Advertising Department of theSt. Joseph News-Press at 825 Edmond.

EOE

City of Paola Public Works Department

is accepting applications for

Temporary Full-TimeSummer Labor Positions

Applications will be accepted until March 12, 2012.

Must be 18 years of age and possess a valid driver’s license.

Applications available at:City Hall, 19 E. Peoria, Paola

Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.For further information,

please call 913-259-3620.EOE.

Wastewater Treatment Plant

Operator Class IVThe City of Spring Hill, Kansas is accepting applications for a full-time Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Class VI. KDHE Certifi cation in wastewater treatment is required. This position requires skills in the operation, maintenance, and repair of the wastewater treatment plant, laboratory analysis and testing procedures, sludge press opera-tions and process control troubleshooting. This position also provides additional services in water operations. Two years of similar or related experience is required. A high school diploma or GED is required.

Complete job description and requirements can be viewed online at www.springhillks.com

or obtained at City Hall, 401 N. Madison, Spring Hill, KS 66083. Applications must be submitted to the attention of

Anna-Marie Keena, P.O. Box 424, Spring Hill, KS 66083 by 5 p.m. Friday, March 16, 2012.

Contact Brian Vanderpool 877-901-4311

or email [email protected] set up an interview.

Louisburg Ford has an immediate opening for an experienced automotive repair technician. Rare opportunity for the right person! Above average compensation and benefi ts including medical, dental, paid vacation, matching 401k and uniforms. Candidates must have a minimum of three years experience in dealership diagnosing and repairing current model vehicles. Dealership experience does not necessarily have to be Ford.

Wanted: Automotive Repair Technicians

Are you a people person? Can you effectively communicatecomplex information with customers and serve as a consultant

to their businesses? Do you provide top-notch customer service?

The Liberty Tribune is looking for a sophisticated, energeticperson to sell comprehensive marketing and advertising

solutions to Northland businesses. This position will work witha base of existing customers, but will also rely on extensive

new-business prospecting in search of long-termrelationships with customers.

This challenging position offers comprehensive benefits, paidtime off and a base salary plus commission.

EOE

Send cover letter, resume and salary history to:Matt Daugherty

Liberty Tribune [email protected]

Paola Family PoolPositions Available for Summer 2012

LIFEGUARDSTraining is provided. Strong swimmers preferred.Must be at least 16 years old by May 26, 2012.

CONCESSION STAND ANDADMISSIONS

Friendly, helpful staff wanted. Cash handling skills required.Must be at least 15 years old by May 26, 2012.

Pick up applications at Paola High School or City Hall.Applications must be returned to

Paola City Hall, 19 E. Peoria,by Friday, March 9, 2012.EOE

LAKEMARY JOB FAIRSaturday, March 3

10 a.m-2 p.m.

Interviews that day for:

Evening Shifts, 3-11:30 p.m.in male residential units

Lakemary CenterHuman Resources and Training Building

100 Lakemary Drive, PaolaAA/EOE/Drug Test

of Osawatomie

Life Care Center

1615 Parker Ave.Osawatomie

913-755-4165EOE

Due to recent growth, we have new opportunities for

RNs, LPNs and CNAsFull-time and Part-time Bonus opportunities.

Excellent benefi ts for both FT and PT. Apply within or contact

Amiee Seck, Executive Director, 913-755-4165

[email protected]

113 S. Pearl, Ste. 300,Paola

DIEBOLD APPRAISALSERVICES, INC

Offi ce Manager, Full TimeExperience helpful, but will train the right person. Position requires good computer, phone and organization skills and the ability to work with little supervision.

Fax resume to 557-4462 or email resume: [email protected]

COF TRAINING SERVICES, INC. which is a non-profit organizationdedicated to the provision of supports and services to adults whoare developmentally disabled in Coffey, Osage & Franklin countiesis seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of HUD Coordina-tor. The person selected will be responsible for ensuring all HUD,rentals, accounting, and contracts are kept current with HUD regula-tions. A four year college degree in field of study that is relevant toaccounting/management is preferred. Experience in working withHUD is required. COF Training Services, Inc offers competitivewages, excellent health insurance and retirement benefits. Qualifiedcandidates may submit a cover letter and resume with the namesand contact information of at least three reliable references to theattention of the Controller at COF Training Services, Inc., P.O. Box459,Ottawa, KS 66067 by March 8, 2012.

Wanted: New and

Experienced AgentsFREE In-House TrainingNO Franchise FeesNO Desk FeesNO Monthly FeesNO Administrative FeesNO National Adv. Fees

Louisburg: Doug – 913-837-5155Mound City: Larry – 877-795-4555

Olathe: Peggy – 913-782-1155 Ottawa: Don – 877-276-9605Paola: Gary – 913-557-4333

Spring Hill: Steve – 913-592-2222

www.crownrealty.com

CROWN REALTYWhere you can afford

to be an agent!

CONTACT

LaborersNeeded

Benefi ts available

L&K ServicesApply in person at

510 S. First St., Louisburg, KS 66053or call (913) 837-4637

We can help you fill that posi-tion with the largest circula-tion available in Miami Coun-ty. Call Mary to place yourhelp wanted ad today!

913-294-2311

We can help you fillthat position with thelargest circulationavailable in MiamiCounty. Call Mary toplace your helpwanted ad today!

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REAL ESTATE AUCTIONFriday, March 9, 1 p.m.

13499 W. 1650 Road, Centerville, KS

LAND AUCTION: 55 acres m/l w/3 ponds, 2-car de-tached carport, rural water, septic and electricity. Propert sets back from the road just off 7 Hwy.

Dennis Wendt, Auctioneer/ Agent913-285-0076 • 913-898-3337www.wendtauction.com

Pool Realty, Inc.913-755-6565 888-755-3423

888 Autumn Place, Louisburg, KS 66053Telephone 913-837-3138

*Some age and income eligibility requirements may apply.

Come Experience Senior Living at its Finest!

• Community storm/tornado shelter• Full-size washer/dryer provided• Refrigerator w/ice maker, range w/hood• Garbage disposal & dishwasher• Private entrance on ground level• Front door parking with garden patios• Total electric central heating & air• Covered parking available

• Water, trash & sewer paid!• Cable TV and phone hookups• Community room/clubhouse• Computer lab w/Internet access• Exercise area• Picnic area• Small pets welcome• Planned social activities

ornado shelterd d

• Water, trash &

Receive aSPECIAL PRIZE SPECIAL PRIZE

if you move in by March 5, 2012.

& sewer paid!d h h k&

2-BedroomApartmentsAvailable

• Community storm/t

CALL CALL TODAYTODAY

FOR SALE OR LEASE

Attached homes for sale or lease.

$950 per month.

STARBROOKE subdivision has townhomes with lease rates starting at $1,000 per month.

a 55+ community with Clubhouse in Louisburg

Call 913-780-0702or 816-215-7466

for more information.

Judi at 913-294-4660 or Jim at 913-709-8025

202-B Angela St., Paola, KS 66071

Jim & Judi Branine

©2010. An independently owned and operated member of Prudential Real Estate Affi liates, Inc.

Prudential is a registered service mark of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Equal Housing Opportunity.



409 E KASKASKIA, Paola3BR, 1.5 BA, Owner financed or CFD WAC. $78,000 ($13,000below appraisal) 405-568-9617

3BR/1BA Remodeled farmhouseon 10 acres. New windows, carpet,exterior & interior paint. Detached3 car/garage. Has small pasture ,woods, stream & pond. Close toLouisburg. $164,000 Call Joe913-780-2701.

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