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*Ballots to be mailed out 8A THE OBERLIN HERALD Wednesday, November 16, 2011 *Pantry gets timely donations *Investors started feed yard here (Continued from Page 1A) (Continued from Page 1A) Five changes proposed *City may change rules SUNDAY AFTERNOON, hardware-store owner Joe Stanley looked at items at Dale’s Fish ‘N’ Fun during the annual Business-to-Business tour. The tour helps merchants and their employees learn what the town has to offer. ― Herald staff photo by Cynthia Haynes Touring businesses (Continued from Page 1A) (Continued from Page 1A) Automatic Fuel Injected, 4x4, Locking Front & Rear Diff, MSRP 11,699 401 East B Street • McCook, NE 69001 (308) 345-5200 • 1-800-345-0031 www.devenychryslerjeepdodge.com YAMAHA - HONDA SALE PRICE $ 3,589 Manual Shift, 4x2, MSRP $3,899 2011 Honda Recon TRX250 SALE PRICE $ 5,699 Manual Shift, 4x4, Fuel Injected, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $6,099 2012 Honda Rancher TRX420 SALE PRICE $ 6,399 Electric Shift, 4x4, Fuel Injected, Power Steering, MSRP $6,899 2011 Honda Rancher TRX420 SALE PRICE Automatic, Power Steering, 4x4, Fuel Injected MSRP $7,599 2011 Honda Rancher TRX420 SALE PRICE Automatic, 4x4, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $8,349 2011 Honda Rubicon TRX500 SALE PRICE Electric Shift, 4x4, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $6,999 2011 Honda Foreman TRX500 $ 6,899 $ 7,499 $ 6,399 SALE PRICE Automatic, 4x4, Fuel Injected, IRS Liquid Cooled, MSRP $8,999 2012 Honda Rincon TRX680 SALE PRICE 2012 Honda MUV 700 Side x Side SALE PRICE Fuel Injected, Power Steering, IRS, 4x4, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $9,499 2012 Yamaha Grizzley 700 $ 8,499 $ 11,399 $ 8,799 SALE PRICE 4x4, Automatic, Power Steering, IRS, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $7,799 2012 Yamaha Grizzley 450 SALE PRICE 4x4, Automatic, Locking Front & Rear Diff IRS MSRP $7,999 2012 Yamaha Grizzley 550 SALE PRICE Power Steering, 4x4, IRS, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $8,949 2012 Yamaha Grizzly 550 $ 7,199 $ 7,399 SALE PRICE Fully Automatic, Great for the Kids, MSRP $2,699 2012 Yamaha Raptor 90CC SALE PRICE Fuel Injected SidexSide, 4x4, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $11,499 2012 Yamaha Rhino 700 SALE PRICE NEW 2009 TRX90 $ 2,399 $ 10,999 Fully Automatic, Great ATV for the Young Kids MSRP $2,749 $ 7,999 1 0 % o f f a l l H o n d a a n d Y a m a h a A c c e s s o r i e s 3 0 % o f f a l l F o x Y o u t h a n d A d u l t A p p a r e a l H a t s , T e e s , R i d i n g G e a r , H o o d y s , C o a t s G e t Y o u r A T V R e a d y f o r W i n t e r w i t h a 1 0 % D i s c o u n t o n a M a s t e r A T V T u n e U p $ 2,499 Samway Floor Covering and Furniture “You’ll Love This Store!” 1801 N HWY 83 McCook, NE 69001 Come try out the Osaki OS-4000. Some of the special features of this outstanding chair are the zero gravity and full body massage. Practically perfect for a man after a hard day’s work to relax and enjoy. Full Body Massage tendent Duane Dorshorst. Greg Grafel, co-owner of D&S Grain, and a commission member, said the agency will benefit the whole community, from children to senior citizens, with its programs. He said the recreation program is a positive thing for the community. The commission, said Mr. Grafel, is something the area has needed for a long time. Other Kansas town that already have something like this are more organized and are offering more programs. If the vote passes, he said, the commission will be able to collect tax dollars for 2012 and start using that money in 2013. The commission has named Shane Bird, a high school assistant coach, as interim director to help get things organized. The question on the ballot is “Shall Unified School District No. 294 establish a public recreation system in accordance with K.S.A. Section 12-1924 and following sec- tions, and levy an annual tax not to exceed one mill for and on behalf of such recreation system?” The explanation on the ballot states “A yes vote approves the recreations system. A no vote disap- proves the recreation system.” After discussing the nuisance ordinance covering property inside the city limits, Oberlin City Council members came to a consensus for five changes. The council members held a work session Thursday to discuss the ordinance. At work sessions, council members aren’t allowed to vote or take any action. The proposed changes in- clude: • Requiring more specifics on a complaint. • Being more specific in the let- ter sent to property owners. • A rule that the code enforce- ment officer can’t go out without a complaint and look for viola- tions. • Instruction to the code en- forcement officer to stay on pub- lic property. • A requirement that com- plaints must be made and signed by at least two Oberlin residents 18 or older. a situation where she is looking into back yards for violations. “Has anyone ever received a let- ter personally beside me?” asked Councilman Rob McFee. He said the letter does not provide a description of what the complaint is about. It has a general list of prob- lems, including dirt, rocks, filth, excrement, cans, metal and others. Mr. McFee said he went through the list and he has rocks, dirt, lumber and metal on his property. He said he has a lot of metal on the property that borders U.S. 83, be- cause he bought that shop to use. “I tinker around,” he added. Offensive or disagreeable, said Mr. McFee, is a subjective descrip- tion. To him, he said, a cedar tree might be offensive, and so might bluegrass, because it uses too much water. There was nothing on the letter circled or checked to show what the complaint was about. He said he did mow the weeds on his property, although he had just sprayed them before Mrs. Ackerman had checked on a complaint. Mr. McFee said maybe the letter could include a list, with the things checked that the complaint includes. That way, people will know why they are receiving the letter. Mr. McFee asked if people shouldn’t be able to have dirt on their property. Or rocks? asked Councilwoman Fonda Farr. Everything on this, said Coun- cilman Josh Williby, is subjective. There has to be some common ground. “We could do away with the whole thing,” said Mr. McFee. Mr. Williby disagreed. It would help if the letter was specific, so that it could say, for example, there is a pile of rocks and the owner has 30 days to clean them up. Or they can appeal, added Mrs. Farr. Maybe the complaint needs to have more details on it, said Mayor Riedel. Several businesses, he said, har- bor junk that puts the residential lots to shame, but the city doesn’t want to run businesses out of town. Or people and residences, said Mrs. Farr. The person doing the complaint needs to be specific, said Council- man Rusty Addleman. The code officer, said Mr. McFee, doesn’t need to be poking around on someone’s property. That’s trespassing. “We have trusted her enough to hire her for the position,” said Mr. Williby. Legally, said Mayor Riedel, she can be on a person’s property. The ordinance says she can, said Mr. Hirsch. She can go into a person’s back yard, but not into their house without permission. The code officer needs to con- tinue to have a complaint signed by two people to get the ball rolling, said Mayor Riedel. She doesn’t have free reign. Mayor Riedel said the city admin- istrator is working on the complaint forms. If people want to talk about it, they can come to the council meet- ing on Thursday, Dec. 1, and talk during public comment. lot at 90 percent capacity, pushing through 38,000 to 40,000 head of cattle a year. When the lot got into full swing, he said, it would employ 18 to 20 people. In February 1972, Dabco Inc. from La Salle, Colo., was hired as the general contractor. Nichols Construction Co., an Oberlin firm, was named to put up six metal buildings and supply concrete for the $599,000 project. The Decatur Co-op Association supplied posts. That same month, construction started on the project, with Mr. Willard saying that the lot would be taking cattle by the beginning of July. In April, the yard was 65 percent complete. In June, it started taking cattle from Texas, New Mexico and Loui- siana, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The first load of cattle was shipped from the facility later that year. The animals belonged to Weldon Brooks of Clayton. Five years later, Mr. Nitsch, father of Carol Weibert, bought the yard from the community groups. “We have agreed to purchase all of the 2,590 outstanding shares of the two corporations involved,” said Mr. Nitsch in an article in The Herald. The article said that the original investors who retained their stock realized a healthy profit, as the face value had climbed 150 percent. Mr. Weibert moved here to be- come general manager. In the 40 years since, said Mr. Weibert, technology has changed. It’s easier to retrieve more of the information on the cattle now, al- though the concepts of management haven’t changed that much. Calves come into the yard season- ally, generally in October, said Mr. Weibert. The cattle are then taken to market from March to July and the cycle then starts over. The original investors, he said, had a good idea to build a feed yard here. It has access to an abundance of corn, alfalfa and cattle in the area. Mr. Weibert added that the yard has always purchased the majority of its corn and alfalfa from Decatur County and Red Willow County in Nebraska. “It’s been my privilege,” he said, “to have been here for nearly 35 years.” The yard has customers in more than 30 states, from Hawaii to Vir- ginia. It has been featured in The New York Times, Drovers Maga- zine, Beef Magazine and many others, including one publication in Germany. Just recently, the Catholic Youth Organization from Selden brought in a donation of money and goods. At the end of October, the Sacred Heart Catholic Youth Organization in Oberlin went trick or treating for food. The sponsors and kids were able to gather 700 pounds for the pantry. The pantry seems to have enough peanut butter, Miss Anderson says, but needs jelly. She added that this time of year, the pantry needs baking supplies and meat. They just put an order in to Raye’s Grocery for meat, using cash donations. The pantry has a large freezer, she said, to store meat. People can use the pantry three times a year. Miss Anderson said they are open for distribution from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Anyone who wants to make donations can come any weekday between the same times. Something that is new to the area, said said, is that the Kansas Food Bank will come out once a month to drop off a few items. Last month, said Miss Anderson, they got pota- toes and carrots and were able to hand them out to 46 families with a total of 100 people. The statewide food bank, out of Wichita, is expanding its area, she said. There aren’t any requirements for people to get something from one of these drops. It’s open to any- one who has a little struggle with the food budget or needs extra help. Miss Anderson said she’s not sure when the next food drop will be, but will try to publicize it ahead of time. Craft show has openings for booths Tens spots remain for crafters and other businesses interested in sell- ing their wares at the annual Holiday Craft Show in Oberlin next week. The Decatur County Area Cham- ber of Commerce Holiday Craft Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, at The Gateway. Chamber manager Carolyn Hack- ney said 10 of the 65 spaces are still available. The charge is $25 for a booth. Anyone who’s interested should call the Chamber office at 475-3441 or stop by the Business Entrepreneurial Enhancement Center on Main Street. In addition to the booths, lunch will be served by The Gateway staff and baked goodies from the Cham- ber board will be for sale.
Transcript of 8A The Oberlin herald Touring businesses *City may change ...nwkansas.com/obhwebpages/pdf pages -...
*Ballots to be mailed out
8A The Oberlin herald Wednesday, November 16, 2011
*Pantry gets timely donations
*Investors started feed yard here
(Continued from Page 1A)
(Continued from Page 1A)
Five changes proposed
*City may change rules
SUNDAY AFTERNOON, hardware-store owner Joe Stanley looked at items at Dale’s Fish ‘N’ Fun during the annual Business-to-Business tour. The tour helps merchants and their employees learn what the town has to offer. ― Herald staff photo by Cynthia Haynes
Touring businesses
(Continued from Page 1A)
(Continued from Page 1A)
Automatic Fuel Injected, 4x4, Locking Front & Rear Diff, MSRP 11,699
401 East B Street • McCook, NE 69001 (308) 345-520 0 • 1-800-345-0031 www.devenychryslerjeepdodge.com
Y AMAHA - H ONDA
SALE PRICE $ 3,589
Manual Shift, 4x2, MSRP $3,899
2011 Honda Recon TRX250
SALE PRICE $ 5,699
Manual Shift, 4x4, Fuel Injected, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $6,099
2012 Honda Rancher TRX420
SALE PRICE $ 6,399
Electric Shift, 4x4, Fuel Injected, Power Steering, MSRP $6,899
2011 Honda Rancher TRX420
SALE PRICE
Automatic, Power Steering, 4x4, Fuel Injected MSRP $7,599
2011 Honda Rancher TRX420
SALE PRICE
Automatic, 4x4, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $8,349
2011 Honda Rubicon TRX500
SALE PRICE
Electric Shift, 4x4, Liquid Cooled, MSRP $6,999
2011 Honda Foreman TRX500
$ 6,899 $ 7,499 $ 6,399
SALE PRICE
Automatic, 4x4, Fuel Injected, IRS Liquid Cooled, MSRP $8,999
2012 Honda Rincon TRX680
SALE PRICE
2012 Honda MUV 700 Side x Side
SALE PRICE
Fuel Injected, Power Steering, IRS, 4x4, Locking Front & Rear Diff
MSRP $9,499
2012 Yamaha Grizzley 700
$ 8,499 $ 11,399 $ 8,799
SALE PRICE
4x4, Automatic, Power Steering, IRS, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $7,799
2012 Yamaha Grizzley 450
SALE PRICE
4x4, Automatic, Locking Front & Rear Diff IRS MSRP $7,999
2012 Yamaha Grizzley 550
SALE PRICE
Power Steering, 4x4, IRS, Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $8,949
2012 Yamaha Grizzly 550
$ 7,199 $ 7,399
SALE PRICE
Fully Automatic, Great for the Kids, MSRP $2,699
2012 Yamaha Raptor 90CC
SALE PRICE
Fuel Injected SidexSide, 4x4,
Locking Front & Rear Diff MSRP $11,499
2012 Yamaha Rhino 700
SALE PRICE
NEW 2009 TRX90
$ 2,399 $ 10,999
Fully Automatic, Great ATV for the Young Kids MSRP $2,749
$ 7,999
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Samway Floor Covering and Furniture“You’ll Love This Store!”
1801 N HWY 83 McCook, NE 69001
Come try out the Osaki OS-4000. Some of the special
features of this outstanding chair are the zero gravity and
full body massage.Practically perfect for a man
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tendent Duane Dorshorst.Greg Grafel, co-owner of D&S
Grain, and a commission member, said the agency will benefit the whole community, from children to senior citizens, with its programs. He said the recreation program is a positive thing for the community.
The commission, said Mr. Grafel, is something the area has needed for a long time. Other Kansas town that
already have something like this are more organized and are offering more programs.
If the vote passes, he said, the commission will be able to collect tax dollars for 2012 and start using that money in 2013.
The commission has named Shane Bird, a high school assistant coach, as interim director to help get things organized.
The question on the ballot is
“Shall Unified School District No. 294 establish a public recreation system in accordance with K.S.A. Section 12-1924 and following sec-tions, and levy an annual tax not to exceed one mill for and on behalf of such recreation system?”
The explanation on the ballot states “A yes vote approves the recreations system. A no vote disap-proves the recreation system.”
After discussing the nuisance ordinance covering property inside the city limits, Oberlin City Council members came to a consensus for five changes.
The council members held a work session Thursday to discuss the ordinance. At work sessions, council members aren’t allowed to vote or take any action.
The proposed changes in-clude:
• Requiring more specifics on a complaint.
• Being more specific in the let-ter sent to property owners.
• A rule that the code enforce-ment officer can’t go out without a complaint and look for viola-tions.
• Instruction to the code en-forcement officer to stay on pub-lic property.
• A requirement that com-plaints must be made and signed by at least two Oberlin residents 18 or older.
a situation where she is looking into back yards for violations.
“Has anyone ever received a let-ter personally beside me?” asked Councilman Rob McFee.
He said the letter does not provide a description of what the complaint is about. It has a general list of prob-lems, including dirt, rocks, filth, excrement, cans, metal and others. Mr. McFee said he went through the list and he has rocks, dirt, lumber and metal on his property.
He said he has a lot of metal on the property that borders U.S. 83, be-cause he bought that shop to use.
“I tinker around,” he added.Offensive or disagreeable, said
Mr. McFee, is a subjective descrip-tion. To him, he said, a cedar tree might be offensive, and so might bluegrass, because it uses too much water.
There was nothing on the letter circled or checked to show what the complaint was about. He said he did mow the weeds on his property, although he had just sprayed them before Mrs. Ackerman had checked on a complaint.
Mr. McFee said maybe the letter could include a list, with the things checked that the complaint includes. That way, people will know why they are receiving the letter.
Mr. McFee asked if people shouldn’t be able to have dirt on their property.
Or rocks? asked Councilwoman Fonda Farr.
Everything on this, said Coun-cilman Josh Williby, is subjective.
There has to be some common ground.
“We could do away with the whole thing,” said Mr. McFee.
Mr. Williby disagreed.It would help if the letter was
specific, so that it could say, for example, there is a pile of rocks and the owner has 30 days to clean them up.
Or they can appeal, added Mrs. Farr.
Maybe the complaint needs to have more details on it, said Mayor Riedel.
Several businesses, he said, har-bor junk that puts the residential lots to shame, but the city doesn’t want to run businesses out of town.
Or people and residences, said Mrs. Farr.
The person doing the complaint needs to be specific, said Council-man Rusty Addleman.
The code officer, said Mr. McFee, doesn’t need to be poking around on someone’s property. That’s trespassing.
“We have trusted her enough to hire her for the position,” said Mr. Williby.
Legally, said Mayor Riedel, she can be on a person’s property. The ordinance says she can, said Mr. Hirsch. She can go into a person’s back yard, but not into their house without permission.
The code officer needs to con-tinue to have a complaint signed by two people to get the ball rolling, said Mayor Riedel. She doesn’t have free reign.
Mayor Riedel said the city admin-istrator is working on the complaint forms. If people want to talk about it, they can come to the council meet-ing on Thursday, Dec. 1, and talk during public comment.
lot at 90 percent capacity, pushing through 38,000 to 40,000 head of cattle a year. When the lot got into full swing, he said, it would employ 18 to 20 people.
In February 1972, Dabco Inc. from La Salle, Colo., was hired as the general contractor. Nichols Construction Co., an Oberlin firm, was named to put up six metal buildings and supply concrete for the $599,000 project. The Decatur Co-op Association supplied posts.
That same month, construction started on the project, with Mr. Willard saying that the lot would be taking cattle by the beginning of July.
In April, the yard was 65 percent complete.
In June, it started taking cattle from Texas, New Mexico and Loui-siana, nearly two weeks ahead of schedule. The first load of cattle
was shipped from the facility later that year. The animals belonged to Weldon Brooks of Clayton.
Five years later, Mr. Nitsch, father of Carol Weibert, bought the yard from the community groups.
“We have agreed to purchase all of the 2,590 outstanding shares of the two corporations involved,” said Mr. Nitsch in an article in The Herald.
The article said that the original investors who retained their stock realized a healthy profit, as the face value had climbed 150 percent.
Mr. Weibert moved here to be-come general manager.
In the 40 years since, said Mr. Weibert, technology has changed. It’s easier to retrieve more of the information on the cattle now, al-though the concepts of management haven’t changed that much.
Calves come into the yard season-ally, generally in October, said Mr.
Weibert. The cattle are then taken to market from March to July and the cycle then starts over.
The original investors, he said, had a good idea to build a feed yard here. It has access to an abundance of corn, alfalfa and cattle in the area.
Mr. Weibert added that the yard has always purchased the majority of its corn and alfalfa from Decatur County and Red Willow County in Nebraska.
“It’s been my privilege,” he said, “to have been here for nearly 35 years.”
The yard has customers in more than 30 states, from Hawaii to Vir-ginia. It has been featured in The New York Times, Drovers Maga-zine, Beef Magazine and many others, including one publication in Germany.
Just recently, the Catholic Youth Organization from Selden brought in a donation of money and goods.
At the end of October, the Sacred Heart Catholic Youth Organization in Oberlin went trick or treating for food. The sponsors and kids were able to gather 700 pounds for the pantry.
The pantry seems to have enough peanut butter, Miss Anderson says, but needs jelly.
She added that this time of year, the pantry needs baking supplies
and meat. They just put an order in to Raye’s Grocery for meat, using cash donations. The pantry has a large freezer, she said, to store meat.
People can use the pantry three times a year. Miss Anderson said they are open for distribution from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Anyone who wants to make donations can come any weekday between the same times.
Something that is new to the area, said said, is that the Kansas Food Bank will come out once a month to drop off a few items. Last month,
said Miss Anderson, they got pota-toes and carrots and were able to hand them out to 46 families with a total of 100 people.
The statewide food bank, out of Wichita, is expanding its area, she said. There aren’t any requirements for people to get something from one of these drops. It’s open to any-one who has a little struggle with the food budget or needs extra help.
Miss Anderson said she’s not sure when the next food drop will be, but will try to publicize it ahead of time.
Craft show has openings for boothsTens spots remain for crafters and
other businesses interested in sell-ing their wares at the annual Holiday Craft Show in Oberlin next week.
The Decatur County Area Cham-ber of Commerce Holiday Craft Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, at The Gateway.
Chamber manager Carolyn Hack-ney said 10 of the 65 spaces are still available. The charge is $25 for a booth. Anyone who’s interested should call the Chamber office at
475-3441 or stop by the Business Entrepreneurial Enhancement Center on Main Street.
In addition to the booths, lunch will be served by The Gateway staff and baked goodies from the Cham-ber board will be for sale.
