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Assaria Community News by Kay Richter

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SALINE COUNTY,

KANSASIn the Matter of the Adoption

of: J.M.N. Minor ChildCase No. 18-AD-37

NOTICE OF HEARING The STATe of KANSAS To ANy AND All perSoNS who Are or MAy be CoN-CerNeD:You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the District Court of Saline County, Kansas by David benson, for Adoption of the minor child J.M.N., y.o.b. 2012. you are hereby required to plead to said petition on or before the 21th day of September, 2018 at 3:00 p.m. in the Saline County District Court, 300 w. Ash St., Salina, Kansas 67401. Should you fail therein, judgment will be entered in due course upon said motion. bobby J. hiebert #18823 Law Office of Bobby Hiebert, Jr.227 N. Santa fe Ste. 304po box 407 Salina, Kansas 67402-0407 (785) 826-2513

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Remember the following in your prayers this week: The Albrecht Family, Luise Collins, Sara Crum, Henry Diehl, Bob Dye, Rex Echer, Jean Erickson, Jim Heglund, The Heimer Fam-ily, Mary Hill, Easton Isaacson, Max & Lois James, Carolyn Johnson, Chuck & Monette Johnson, The Jore Family, Ja-mie Blackwell-Kempke, Bill Leander, Charles Merrick, Har-vey Morrical, George & Alice Potts, Lois Rundquist, Karen Smith, Eric Trickey, and Jacob Walmsley.

Empty Food Containers are needed by the Salina Food Bank. Please donate your clean empty food containers by bag-ging them up and placing them in the big box in the Good Shep-herd Room and they will be de-livered to the Food Bank. There are also some additional urgent items that are needed please see the Food Bank Newsletter on the bulletin board outside the office for the additional items.

Sunday School Starts, Sep-

tember 9th. The youth Sunday School will resume classes at 9 a.m.

The family of Carolyn John-son will host a casual reception in honor of her 90th birthday on Sunday, September 23, from 11-noon in the Assaria Luther-an Church Family Life Center. She requests no gifts. Cards may be sent to her home at 423 W. Saline #13, Lindsborg, KS 67456.

Carolyn Johnson is under the weather and is temporar-ily staying in Wichita with her daughter, if you would like to send her well wishes there are copies of that address on the bulletin board outside the office please take one for your refer-ences.

Missing Items ~~ There are

a few things that have come up missing, if you have taken or borrowed the round table and chairs from the Good Shepherd Room please return them in a timely manner.

The altar flowers today are in honor of Tony Schmitt’s 80th birthday. Also, please help him celebrate during coffee fellow-ship today as there are cupcakes in his honor.

MANHATTAN - Kansas Farm Bureau’s Political Action Com-mittee, Voters Organized to Elect Farm Bureau Friends or VOTE FBF, has not made any endorsement in the Kansas Governor’s race after Gov. Colyer’s narrow loss to Kris Kobach in the primary election.

“Just as was the case in the recent primary election, we will let our grassroots county members provide feedback and insight to the VOTE FBF board,” Rich Felts, Kansas Farm Bureau president and VOTE FBF chair, says. “We remain a grassroots organization. Endorsement from a former leader who has not been active in the organization for years does not reflect the voice of the current or-ganization. Farm Bureau was formed because our founders firmly believed a unified, collective voice speaks louder than a single individual. That’s certainly true in the multi-candidate nature of politics today.”

County Farm Bureaus and members are currently researching the current field of candidates and each have the opportunity to provide feedback through VOTE FBF’s process.

TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt this week joined the attorneys general of Georgia, Hawaii and Wisconsin in demanding that U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar rescind a recent directive that would have the effect of restricting access to liver transplants performed at the University of Kansas Medical Center and in other areas throughout the country.

The attorneys general believe the HHS directive will unfairly weight access to liver transplant services toward programs in the northeast and west coast and will diminish access to transplant services among rural, underserved and socioeconomically chal-lenged areas of the country by directing organs donated in those areas to the more populous regions of the country.

The bipartisan letter, led by Kansas, specifically asks the Sec-retary of Health and Human Services to rescind a policy direc-tive, announced in July, in which HHS disregarded the years-long work of a body authorized to recommend the policy for distribut-ing donated organs.

Kansas joins in effort to lift recent restrictions on liver transplants

Kansas Farm Bureau has not endorsed in Kansas Governor race

It was a beautiful sunny afternoon in Salina. I was driving down 9th Street with my windows open as the warm August air filtered through my truck. Everything seemed perfect. But then I saw her: a precious little girl, maybe two years old, walking all alone just feet from the bustling traffic. My eyes scanned desperately for an adult, but found none. My foot eased the brake as I passed by, and I could see her little eyes brimming with wonder, impervious to the speed-ing cars. I quickly parked on a side road and walked back towards her, still hoping to find an adult. She was alone. She happily took my hand as we walked back down the road to the nearest house. It was a beautiful reunion of daughter and mother, who hadn’t even realized that her baby was gone.

The Bible says that you and I are like that little girl. Isaiah 53:6 says, “all we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way;” A sheep is defenseless. If it wanders away from the flock, wolves and other predators can easily kill it. I shudder to think of how easily that precious baby girl could have wandered into the road.

There is only one way you and I can make it down the road of life. We’ve got to put our hand into the Master’s hand. Jesus Christ tells us in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” You don’t have to go through life alone. Ask Jesus today to come into your heart, and He’ll walk with you to the end of life’s road.

TOPEKA – Seth Yenni, son of David and Kim Yenni from Lindsborg, received the $1,000 Glenn & Clyde Lindstrom Schol-arship, administered by the Kan-sas Livestock Foundation (KLF). He was one of 22 students awarded a grand total of $23,500 in scholarships through KLF for the 2018-19 school year.

Yenni is a sophomore ma-joring in agri-cultural technol-ogy at Hutchin-son Community College (HCC). He serves as senator in the Student Gov-ernment Association at HCC and is a member of the Collegiate 4-H Club. Yenni also operates his own lawn service business and helps on his family’s farm-ing operation.

This scholarship is awarded to

a student of sophomore level or above attending a Kansas junior or senior college and pursuing a degree in agriculture. Prefer-ence is given to students residing within the boundaries of Unified School District 400 in northern McPherson and southern Saline counties.

KLF was established in 1983 to operate solely and exclusively for charitable, scientific and edu-cational purposes. For informa-tion about KLF’s scholarship offerings or to receive an appli-cation, contact the foundation at 6031 S.W. 37th St., Topeka, KS 66614 or email letty@kla.org.

KLA is a trade organization protecting the business interests of independent ranchers and feeders. Members of the associa-tion are involved in all segments of the livestock industry, includ-ing cow-calf production, back-grounding, cattle feeding, swine, dairy and sheep.

TOPEKA – In a first-of-its-kind decision, the Kansas Su-preme Court on Friday decided that a corporation contracting with a county to operate a coun-ty hospital is an “instrumental-ity” of the county that is covered by the Kansas Open Records Act, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said today.

Bringing finality to a years-long legal dispute, the Supreme Court held that Great Plains of Kiowa County, Inc., which oper-ates the Kiowa County Hospital in Greensburg, is a public agency

subject to the Kansas Open Re-cords Act (KORA). Schmidt said the outcome was not surprising but the legal reasoning adopted by the Court will be helpful in guiding the application of KORA in future situations. The case is the first time the Kansas appellate courts have interpreted a provision of the KORA that defines any “instrumentality” of a public agency to be a public agency itself.

“Great Plains meets the defi-nition of an instrumentality of the county government, which

is a political or taxing subdivi-sion of the state,” the Supreme Court wrote. “Instead of manag-ing the Hospital directly through an elected board, Kiowa County chose to have Great Plains man-age the Hospital. Great Plains thus became the instrumentality for fulfilling the will of the vot-ers of Kiowa County that they should have access to hospital facilities.”

All three courts that ruled on this case – the District Court, the Court of Appeals, and now the Supreme Court – reached the

conclusion that records of Great Plains are public records that may be subject to disclosure. But their reasoning differed significantly. After the Court of Appeals arrived at that conclu-sion using a different rationale, the attorney general became involved in the case to ask the Supreme Court to clarify what legal rule should be applied in similar situations.

Schmidt said he was pleased with the outcome.

A copy of the decision is avail-able at http://bit.ly/2MzE147.

A new scholarship opportu-nity is available for single-par-ent, female law students. Start-ing in September, the Kansas Bar Foundation (KBF) will ac-cept applications for the Equal Justice Scholarship. It is being offered along with eleven other KBF scholarships. The Equal Justice Scholarship will provide one student from the University of Kansas School of Law or Washburn University School of Law with assistance in paying tuition or other costs associated with attending law school.

The Equal Justice Scholar-ship was established by Kath-erine L. “Kathy” Kirk, an at-torney with the Law Offices of Jerry K. Levy PA in Lawrence. Prior to being in small firm practice focusing on Alterna-tive Dispute Resolution (ADR), personal injury, professional negligence, and family law, she served as the first ADR coordi-nator for the Kansas Supreme Court.

Kirk has been an active mem-ber of the Kansas Bar Associa-tion and the Kansas Bar Foun-dation. She served as president of the Kansas Bar Foundation during 2013-14 and chair of the KBF Scholarship Committee from 2014-2017.

During her term as KBF president in 2013, Kirk started making plans to establish a scholarship that would assist a single, female parent. After a career in public education, Kirk became a student herself. She attended Washburn University School of Law and recalls the experience of trying to juggle being a mother and a student.

“Shortly after entering law school, I was facing divorce and the care of three school age children. Several things really boosted my morale and energy.

I was given the chance to be a research assistant. Then, I was honored to receive a scholarship form the women’s law student association. Both things came at times when it meant I could provide extras for my children,” Kirk explained.

Volunteer and community service are important to Kirk. In 2008, she traveled to Jordan for a three-month stay to train judges, lawyers, and other pro-fessionals in civil mediation. As part of the ABA’s Rule of Law Initiative, Kirk was selected for this volunteer project that pro-vided assistance in establishing rules and regulations for the mediation process. One of the requirements for the Equal Jus-tice Scholarship is that the stu-dent is active in community and or law school activities. Kirk stated that service to others pro-vides numerous benefits.

“I grew up in a community and household where volunteer-ism was expected; it was a nor-mal part of life. I have found throughout life that service to others not only enhances and expands my life, it brings great joy. No matter what I have faced that caused stress in my life, reaching out to others has never failed to provide a new perspective. “

Individuals or organizations can contribute to the scholar-ship fund by contacting Anne Woods at 785-861-8838 or at awoods@ksbar.org. Donations can also be made at https://www.ksbar.org/donations/ and then selecting the Equal Justice Scholarship option.

A complete listing of KBA scholarship opportunities can be found at https://www.ksbar.org/scholarships. The deadline to submit an application is Oc-tober 26.

Pastor’s CornerPastor Jeffery A. Quigley - Smoky Valley Baptist

Seth Yenni receives Glenn and Clyde Lindstrom scholarship from KLF

Kansas Bar Foundation offers scholarship for female single-parents

Kansas Supreme Courts rules that corporations contracting with a county to operate their hospitals are subject to open meeting rules

The Swedes men’s soccer team continued their tough non-conference schedule on Tuesday, August 28 with a 5-2 loss to a very competitive Oklahoma City University team.

Bethany fended off a very strong Stars offense for most of the first half. However, in the 37th minute, OCU was able break past the Bethany defense and put one behind the Swedes keeper. The Stars were then able to net one more goal late in the first half to take a 2-0 lead into the locker room.

The Stars utilized that momen-tum in the second half, going on to score three more goals, back-to-back-to-back. However, the Swedes had the final say in the match putting their two goals in

late in the game.One minute after the Stars

scored their final goal of the match, Jack Rhys-Jones, junior midfielder, played the ball up to Braydon Harris, sophomore de-fender, who netted the ball.

Later, in the 83rd minute, Kev-in Sithole, freshman forward, laid one up for Jose Duran, soph-omore midfielder, to poke in.

The Details . . .Michael Wick, senior keeper,

was in the net for the Swedes. He tabbed five saves during the con-test, while the Swedes defense came up with four saves to help him out.

As a team, the Swedes put up 21 shots, nine of which were on target. The Stars had 20 of their own shots, 14 on goal.

Bethany College men’s soccer team falls to Oklahoma City University

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The Smoky Valley High School tennis season is well un-derway. So far, weather condi-tions have not played a huge roll in the schedule.

The varsity squad opened their season with a tournament in Hesston on August 23 and came away with fourth place in team standings. The full list was as follows: 1(t). Buhler, 1(t). Hess-ton, 1(t). McPherson. 4(t). Smoky Valley, 4(t). Abilene, 6. Trinity Academy, 7(t) Maize South, and 7(t). extra players.

In individual action, Kira Haxton captured first place in#1 Singles; Isabelle Wright took 6th place in #2 Singles; Lana Clark and Morgan Bowles finished in fifth place in #1 Doubles; An-

neka Peterson and Avery Dauer took 8th place; Rachel Yenni and Karik Elliott took 7th place in #2 Doubles.

On Tuesday, August 28 the Vikings traveled to Ellsworth and took first place in the tour-nament. Team standings were as follows: 1. Smoky Valley, 2. Ellsworth, 3. Hutchinson/Trin-ity, 4. Central Plains, 5(t). Con-cordia, 5(t). Trego, 7. Lyons and 8. Ellinwood.

The Viking results included Kira Haxton - 2nd place in #1 Singles; Isabella Wright 1st place in #2 Singles; Morgan Bowles and Lana Clark 2nd in #2 Doubles and Rachel Yenni and Karik Elliott 1st place in #2 Doubles.

SV tennis wins Ellsworth tourney