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Museum curator helped peopleBy ROWENA PLETT

Sta� writer

� e death of Cynthia Blount last week has le� Marion Historical Museum without a director. Blount served as curator for almost 16 years.

“As a board, we send our thoughts and prayers to the family,” museum board president Bill Darrow said. “At scheduled meetings or just stopping by the museum to talk, it didn’t take long for Cynthia to start talking about her kids and grandkids. � ey should know how proud they made her and how much happiness they brought to her.”

Darrow said Blount gave generously of her time. She o� en gave access to the museum outside of regular hours to people doing research. Once, a� er a burial, she volunteered to take the family to the museum, where they could glimpse into stories of the past and information about their loved one.

Darrow said Blount helped with special events a� er hours because it meant bringing more people into the museum.

Blount’s parents, the late Jack Swain and her mother Ella, served at her right hand for years, helping to arrange displays and catalogue museum items, Darrow said.

He said Blount loved interactions with people and their stories.

Board member Gary Ewert said Blount spent time making displays uniform in identi� cation and fonts, making the information easy to see.

He said she kept the museum clean and well lighted.

“She was a great asset,” he said. “She knew if the museum had an item or didn’t have it. She had a lot of knowledge to share with others.”

Darrow said Blount was competent in handling donations.

“She had a steady, con� dent attitude that served her well when dealing with the artifacts that came into the museum,” he said. “She had the knowledge as to how to handle certain old documents or how to set up the lighting for other artifacts. If you asked her, she would always have a reason for doing things a certain way.”

Blount’s daughter, Catherine Forsyth, said her mother’s interest in history began in childhood, when she would visit her grandfather’s downtown shoe repair store and study the surrounding limestone buildings.

“Mother had a passion for history and she liked research,” Forsyth said. “We traveled to various sites she learned about in the Marion County Kansas book.”

Forsyth said her mother volunteered with former curators Phyllis Melton and Lorraine Hadsell before taking over.

As curator, Blount spent much time outside of her regular working hours researching how to preserve antique items of clothing, such as old

PLEASE SEE BLOUNT PAGE 3

Lincolnville business owner faces multiple charges Second man arrested

By OLIVER GOODSta� writer

Gavin Shields, 28, owner of Shields Service and Supply in Lincolnville, faces multiple drug-related charges after being arrested twice in January.

� e charges came a� er Shields allegedly obstructed the apprehension of Tyrone Vondal, 38, of Lincolnville, on Dec. 15, 2015. Vondal was later

arrested in possession of more than $40,000 of Shields’s property.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3, Vondal allegedly forced open a back door at 333 S. � ird St. in Marion and entered the residence.

Vondal was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass, � ve warrants for failure to appear in court, and suspicion of possession of stolen property.

At the time of the trespass, Vondal was alleged to have been in possession

of a 1995 Ford F150, numerous Snap-on tools, and batteries, with a combined value of $43,740, that had been taken from Shields Service and Supply without Shields’s permission.

Having dealt with Vondal several times before, Marion o� cer Duane McCarty said Vondal was acting di� erently from the way he had during past arrests.

“He was real mellow, like he was in la-la land and wouldn’t talk to us,”

McCarty said. “I’ve never seen him like that. He usually � ghts.”

A police report � led by sheri� ’s o� cer Wilma Mueller states that Vondal was suspected of using drugs at the time of the the� of the truck and tools.

McCarty said Marion police informed Shields that they had located his missing truck and tools. He said Mueller also talked to Shields in relation to his stolen property.

Less than 12 hours a� er Vondal was

arrested by Marion police, Shields was arrested by sheri� ’s deputies on suspicion of possession of one gram of methamphetamines, less than one gram of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

According to the o� cial o� ense report, the drugs and paraphernalia were discovered at Shields Service and Supply, 100 W. Main St. in Lincolnville.

Shields also was arrested at that PLEASE SEE SHIELDS PAGE 3

STAFF PHOTO BY OLIVER GOODFlorence � re� ghter Kevin Robinson negotiates the smoky remains of Ed Je� rey’s garage Thursday at the county lake. No one was injured, but Je� rey lost two vehicles to the blaze.

Fire destroys man’s lakeside garage By OLIVER GOOD

Sta� writer

An unattached two-car garage, a Chevrolet S10 pickup, and a Monte Carlo were destroyed by a � re that ignited around 3:30 p.m. � ursday at 12 Random Rd. behind the former King� sher Inn building at Marion County Lake.

Billowing black smoke was visible from miles away but Marion � re chief Mike Regnier said no one was injured in the blaze, including homeowner Ed Je� rey.

Je� rey sat in a folding chair watching the � re destroy his garage as Marion EMS personnel administered oxygen and monitored his condition.

“� e whole building was engulfed and eventually collapsed,” Regnier said. “� e smoke didn’t help Ed’s respiratory problems.”

He said Je� rey was not in the garage when the � re started.

Before the � re subsided, � re� ghters from Marion, Hillsboro, and Florence

pulled apart sections of the garage’s wall paneling to create holes to extinguish � ames.

At one point, several firefighters dodged a falling wall that sat closest to Je� rey’s house.

Regnier said Je� rey’s house, which sat about 10 feet from the smoky inferno, was soaked with water as a precaution, but the � re did not damage the house.

Regnier said the cause of the � re is still under investigation.

‘Dirty’ politics mire council candidates in con� ict

By PHYLLIS ZORNSta� writer

Two contenders for Marion City Council are butting heads over a proposed dumping site for dirt.

Michel Soyez came to Monday’s city coun-cil meeting to address the issue of the city us-ing property adjoining his own as a location to dump dirt.

� e property at the heart of the issue be-longs to John Wheeler, also running for the council.

Soyez’s single issue in the race for city coun-cil is the manner in which the council came to the decision to dump dirt on Wheeler’s prop-erty, he said on Tuesday.

“� is one issue is the whole reason I’m run-ning,” Soyez said.

Soyez contended Monday that if the city puts dirt on Wheeler’s property, as decided two weeks ago, problems with water drainage will result, and Soyez’s home at 327 S. First and his family’s safety will be at stake.

Wheeler contacted Soyez a� er Monday’s meeting and asked to meet with him.

“I told him I’d been happy to do that but he needed to come meet with all of us,” Soyez said.

Soyez said other neighborhood residents

deserve information on how they will be af-fected as well.

Soyez asked city council members whether engineering had been done to � nd out where water would go a� er adding the dirt.

“None of them had done anything,” Soyez said.

City Administrator Roger Holter said Wheeler purchased the land in 2007 with an eye to its future development as a retail and wholesale center.

� e location in question is inside the levy, Holter said.

� e agreement between the city and the de-veloper states the city must do proper contour-ing and distribution of dirt taken there.

Holter said Wheeler also has agreements with local contractors for them to use the site for dirt.

Holter said the city’s calculation of how much water could build up at the site di� ers from Soyez’s calculation. Soyez calculates about double the amount the city calculates.

Nevertheless, until more discussion is held, the city won’t be adding dirt to the site, Holt-er said.

Wheeler could not be reached for comment before deadline.

Districts to merge?

PLEASE SEE SCHOOLS PAGE 5

Legislature could force schools to consolidate to save moneyBy DAVID COLBURN

News editor

Five county school districts could become one in 2017 if a bill in the Kansas legislature proposing statewide consoli-dations becomes law.

House Bill 2504 would save the state $170 million over 10 years if districts in coun-ties with under 10,000 stu-dents were combined into sin-gle countywide districts, pro-ponents claim. Kansas Asso-ciation of School Boards es-timated the state would drop from 286 districts to 132 un-der the plan.

County superintendents beg to di� er about the plan saving money.

“School consolidation in whatever form it takes, does not result in signi� cant savings for Kansas,” USD 410 Superin-tendent Steve Noble said.

Peabody-Burns Superinten-dent Ron Traxson questioned the need for such a change.

“A lot of legislators look at 50 percent of the state budget go-ing to education,” he said. “It’s always been that way. It’s always

taken that amount, and all of a sudden it’s too much?”

� e proposed plan targets reducing administrative costs by merging districts into a sin-gle “realigned school district” with one superintendent and one administrative o� ce for the county. � e realigned dis-trict would take ownership of all school buildings, proper-ty, and equipment, and what wouldn’t be needed would be transferred to the state for sale.

� e bill does not propose closing any schools, Noble said.

USD 408 Superintendent Lee Leiker said he believed it would be impossible for any county district o� ce to take on the work of four others, and that projected savings wouldn’t be realized.

“� e central o� ce sta� at Marion could not take on the business a� airs of � ve districts,” he said. “None of us have ex-tra people in our district o� c-es. We haven’t hired addition-al people, we’ve taken on ad-ditional duties to cover. If you consolidate the � ve district of-� ces into one, it will take more personnel to do that work.”

What would happen to dis-trict boards of education under this plan is unclear.

State may force USDs to merge

Fire destroys lakeside garage

Bizarre crops: Nothing wrong with doing only a piece of a pho-to, but these are awkward pieces

Weak head but nature of sto-ry may demand that

Too many words in head; too big a size disparity between main head and deck. Instead try:

Generally not a good idea to put lead head on left side of page, regardless of direc-tionality of photo

OK, but not as strong a photo as we would like on . Bor-derline not domi-nant because of mass of type at bottom.

Less padding, more size

Page really falls apart in this area. — Butting heads — Way too much type without any sort of entry point— Head at left has too many words Solutions; — Mug of curator— Pull quote for candidates—Another story on page, letting these be layered over 4.5 col-umns at left while ad-ditional story occu-pies 1.5 columns at right

As usual, the obligatory, “pos-itive” story is the poorest per-forming one on the page. Dance (refocused on Rus-sia instead of Hillsboro) prob-ably would have been a bet-ter choice. This could then have gone to the People page. Then again, there really weren’t many alteratives to choose from. Weak runs of stories make for weak pages. I probably would have gone with a standalone fea-ture photo and used the fire as secondary to get a lit-tle more life on the page.

BUTT!

DEAD ZONE

BOTTOM LINE: Page is very lifeless and mechanical as a result.

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Topeka’s cucumber

craziesLook out Marion County — state representative

John Bradford of Lansing wants to combine small local school districts, supposedly to save state government $170 million over the next 10 years.

In place of Marion County’s � ve districts, Bradford’s bill, HB 2504, proposes just one, operating out of one o� ce and with one superintendent. Ownership of all of the county’s school buildings and other assets would shi� to the new “realigned school district.” It’s likely an existing district will be picked to take over the operation of all � ve, running all of them from one location.

� e bill doesn’t propose closing any schools. It’s just more cost-e� ective, Bradford says, to combine the administrative functions of � ve districts into a countywide operation.

Wrapping our minds around millions and billions of dollars is tough for average Joes just trying to get by, but there’s something we do understand: Cucumbers.

So grab a tape measure and head out to the produce section of one of our � ne local grocery stores, and let’s � gure out how much the state is really going to save by combining our local districts, cucumber-style.

You’re looking for 10-inch cucumbers. You need 10 of them. Be prepared for odd stares and glares from other customers, but your task demands that you measure carefully and � ll your quota.

Take those cucumbers home (a� er paying for them, of course), lay them out on a counter, and line them up side-to-side. If you’re a bit obsessive-compulsive, it’s OK to take a few moments to make certain the ends line up. We’re in no rush.

Now take a good look at your cucumbers, all 100 inches of them. � ey represent all the money the state spends in a year on local education. � ey’re green, just like money, so it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine.

For this next step, where we pretend to be Bradford, you’ll need your tape measure again, and a sharp knife. Take one cucumber and cut a slice exactly three-eighths of a inch o� one end. If you possess the dexterity and precision, use a � amboyant ninja-style chop, just like Bradford. Put your trimmed cucumber back in line.

Pick up and hold the remaining slice. Look at it closely, look at all your lined-up cucumbers, then look again at the slice.

Congratulations — you now understand about how much Bradford’s radical proposal will save the state annually. Impressive, isn’t it?

So Bradford and his cronies get their paltry sliver of cucumber, and what do the people of 76 counties forced into countywide districts get in return?

At the very least, uncertainty, confusion, and strife will ensue. Bradford’s bill is far too vague, opening the door to all manner of speculation, including that of school closures and economic decay. We’re familiar in this county with that legacy of consolidation, and who is to say history won’t repeat itself under a one-district model?

We’re accustomed to local boards running local schools for local communities that take great pride in being unique. Past consolidations weren’t easily accepted; how will forced realignment be received?

� ere’s just one sentence in HB 2504 that addresses the fate of local school boards. Plain and simple, it translates as, “School boards? We’ll � gure those out later.” Would we have � ve or one? Who would be represented? What exactly would they control? Trust us, they say. Don’t worry about details that matter. Let’s pass the bill now, and we’ll tell you sometime next year how we’re going to do it, they say.

Let’s be perfectly clear: � is bill isn’t about better education for our children. It’s about the state keeping more of its money to deal with its self-in� icted gunshot wound of disastrous tax cuts that have the state budget hemorrhaging badly and the economy trailing our neighboring states in employment, wages, business establishment, and population growth.

It’s about the disdain the governor and legislators in power have for public education and local control. Because they want people to be able to choose private schools or online education, they’re taking choice and money away from rural communities that want independent public schools.

Consolidation of some administrative functions could make sense. Voluntary consolidation of some or all of our county districts may also make sense at some point. � is bill, cra� ed as it is, doesn’t make sense for anyone other than the state.

Meanwhile, the legislature passed its � rst new law last week, designating Cowley County as the stone bridge capital of Kansas. Perhaps the next one they should consider is designating the statehouse the nut capital of Kansas. It would have to be nuts, because they sure don’t know how to deal with cucumbers.

— DAVID COLBURN

Another Day in the Country

“Can I Help You?”By PAT WICK

© Another Day in the Country

It’s easy, at times, to think that good old fashioned kindness has gone out the window. Ugliness seems to rule the day and rude behavior becomes the norm.

� en something shocking happens.I don’t know how often you fly

somewhere; for me it’s about every six months or so when I make a trek to California. I’ve always loved the little Wichita airport — and I say ‘little’ because it is so much smaller and easier to get around in than the San Francisco or Denver airports.

Usually Denver is a hub and not a destination for me, but the last time I landed in Denver as my drop-o� point, I was shocked at just how far I had to walk to even get to the entrance where I could be picked up.

� at’s a big airport, and it was always a comfort to get back to Wichita with its easy parking and short walks o� and on the concourse.

And then it changed.In June, preparing to � y to California,

we drove up to what used to be our little hometown-style airport and everything was di� erent — even the name.

� ese two hicks from the sticks were lost! How were we to park?

“Just drop me o� ,” I said.“Not in unknown territory,” my sister

said. “I’ll go park, while you check in for your � ight.”

But with construction going on, tra� c snarls, and poor directional signs, she � nally gave up and texted, “Are you OK? I’m heading home.”

When she came to pick me up in August, things were better.

“I � gured out how to park,” she said.All was well again at our favorite airport;

but we still felt a little like strangers.At Christmas, when she pulled up to

drop me o� in front, there were so many other cars dropping o� people that she had to park in the next lane out.

Once the car was stopped I jumped out, closed my door, and began struggling to get my big old suitcase out of the backseat. � e man parked next to us was coming back to get in his car. We were in his way!

Jess and I bolted to hurry with our suitcase extraction when the man smiled and said, “Here, let me help you.”

What? We were expecting him to be impatient because our door was blocking his path. Had we heard right? We were startled. Was he being helpful? Yes, he was!

“Let me help you get those,” he said again, and we both backed away from the door. � is man was so nice. We couldn’t believe it. It was like a Christmas present, cheering me on my way.

Just yesterday, it happened again. We were purchasing a new microwave/

hood combination for my kitchen — who know how things aren’t built to last more than a few years, these days — when the

clerk balanced the machine (which now looked huge in its packing box) on our cart.

“Will you need help with this?” he asked.

It seems that I have a habit of over-estimating my capacity for li� ing and my car’s capacity for holding things.

“No, we can get it,” we replied.Wrong! From the display to the

packaging box this thing had doubled in size, it seemed. However, we shouldered forth to check out and out to the car.

“Let’s put it in the trunk,” my sister said. “Nah, I think it will � t in the back seat,” I countered. (I was wrong but didn’t know it, yet.) My reasoning was that while it might � t easier in the trunk, it would be a heavy haul to get it up and out of the trunk, whereas slipping it o� the higher seat would be a lighter li� . What I hadn’t considered was that the microwave and I would not both � t in through the door opening.

We did get it o� the cart and into the opening and we were stuck when we heard a voice behind us. “Can I help you?” I looked over my shoulder and here stood a couple of guys, smiling, to whom we gladly relinquished our awkward burden. Yes, yes, yes, they could help us and we thanked them profusely.

It’s a grand day in the country, for the helper and the helped, when someone says those magic words — especially with a smile — ”Can I help you?”

City decrees ‘� x or we raze’Freeborn property owners push city

to the limitBy PHYLLIS ZORN

Sta� writer

Either a house on Freeborn Street will get major repairs within 90 days or the city will demolish it.

Marion City Council members held a public hearing and then passed a resolution Monday giving the owners of 118 S. Freeborn one last chance to make repairs.

� e property has been an issue with the city since last October, when police o� cers went to check on the resident, Allen Church, and discovered unsafe conditions.

City Building Inspector Marty Fredrickson told council members Monday night that despite the fact that the property’s owners, Church and Paul and Elaine Morse, attended a meeting in October, Fredrickson could see

no changes in the condition of the property.

“� e foundation is the main concern,” Fredrickson said.

However, the building also has a water leak and is infested with mold.

“� ere is evidence through the window that not only is it leaking, it’s growing mold,” City Administrator Roger Holter said.

Although none of the property owners appeared Monday, Church did send a letter to Holter.

“I intend to make all repairs referred to in your letter to me,” Church wrote.

Church’s letter continued that a needed medical procedure was scheduled for Monday, and postponing it would mean a six to 12-week delay in getting it done.

Council members batted around whether the house could be brought up to code for less than half its $23,000 assessed value. Records show

the land itself is assessed at $6,350.

Councilman Chad Adkins doubted it could.

“I would hate to see him put $10 or $15,000 in it and not meet what he’d have to meet,” Adkins said.

� e owners have 90 days. If the house is not brought into a safe and sanitary condition, it will be demolished.

A dog park for Marion might be in the works a� er Margo Yates, director of Marion/USD 408 Recreation Commission, broached the idea of developing one on the north side of town.

Yates presented council members with information about landscaping and facility needs for dog parks as well

as possible grant sources to develop one.

“I envision this being used by people driving down U.S. 56,” Yates said. “� is is not doggy day care. � at’s why there is a four-foot fence. We don’t want them to drop and shop.”

Although no vote was taken on the dog park idea, council members’ consensus was for Yates to seek more information and report to them at a later meeting.

In other matters, an employee compensation discussion was postponed to the next meeting, and council members heard that Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance rates are going up in 2016.

News February 3, 2016 — Page 3Marion County RECORD — Marion, Kansas

This week is Burn Awareness Week

Community garden idea grows, FFA offers input

EMS calls hit 11-year high

Six calls per week don’t involve transporting patients

By DAVID COLBURNNews editor

Marion County EMS logged 1,172 calls in 2015, the most of any year dating back to 2005, county commissioners learned Friday.

Data reported by EMS interim director Ed Debesis showed 344 calls, an average of about six per week, didn’t involve pa-tient transports. The largest number of those, 259, were calls in which an ambulance arrived on scene but did not take a patient anywhere. There were 46 calls terminated before an ambulance arrived, and 39 instances of stand-by calls.

Debesis said non-transports are an issue everywhere, and that reasons for the calls vary, including responses to car accidents in which no one is injured. People who live alone will sometimes call EMS when routine health issues arise instead of going to a doctor, he said.

“Sometimes the family’s not around and they do have con-cerns,” Debesis said. “I’ve gone to doctors and said, ‘We’ve run this patient 20 times this week, is there anything we can do, can we get something set up to help them?’ Maybe it’s sending home health in, or maybe it’s time for them to not be living alone.”

The number of transfer calls caught commissioner Dan Hol-ub’s eye. EMS had 267 calls in which a patient was transferred, all but a few from one hospital to another.

“Look at all the transfers we have,” he said. “It’s not only the time and money, but you have an ambulance going on a call where they’re not going to transport anyway, and someone may need it somewhere else.”

Commissioners agreed to have Debesis continue as interim di-rector while they conduct a search for a permanent director.

“I would like to have this settled by March 15,” Holub said.Debesis expressed interest in the position.“Let me know when you open it up so I can get my applica-

tion in,” he said.Commission chairman Randy Dallke said he had received

criticism from smaller towns that they were not included in an economic development meeting Jan. 21 held by Marion in con-junction with Hillsboro and the county.

“We’re not leaving them out,” he said. “Right now it’s the peo-ple who spend money who had a meeting. We’re looking at sup-porting everybody. We’re going to have to expand to get every-body included.”

Economic development director Teresa Huffman reported that a problem with a link to the county’s economic development web-site in which browsers were redirected to a site in China appeared to have been isolated to the city of Marion’s computers.

Marion city administrator Roger Holter had demonstrated the errant link at the Jan. 21 meeting.

“I went home and typed it in on my laptop at home, and I didn’t have that on my website,” she said.

Huffman traced the problem to an earlier version of the web-site that used a different name. When the site was changed and the name registration expired, someone else bought the rights to the name, likely with the intent to try to sell it back to the coun-ty at a higher price, she said.

“No one was going to that website,” she said. “The state fixed it. We were not sending people to bogus places.”

Huffman also corrected an error published in the Marion County Record regarding county tourism booklets that feature a Chase County bridge on the cover instead of a Marion Coun-ty attraction.

“I don’t publish it, I just buy an ad in it,” she said. “This is a publication that is from the (Hillsboro) Free Press.”

Huffman said she was working with Mid-Kansas Community Action Program to re-establish an office in Marion County. Com-missioners agreed to consider a proposal to lease available space in the Bowron building, and asked Huffman to develop one.

Representatives of Treanor Architects presented results of lead and asbestos testing conducted on courthouse windows, which commissioners have proposed to repair, along with in-stalling storm windows.

Lead was found in exterior paint samples, and asbestos was found in glazing putty and caulk of about half of the windows tested. Abatement costs will add about $65,000 to the project, now projected to cost between $855,000 and $1.16 million.

Clerk Tina Spencer noted that $400,000 had been budgeted across two years for the project, and that commissioners could choose to take additional money from a multipurpose capital improvement fund.

Commissioners voted to proceed with soliciting bids for the project asking contractors to provide costs for doing the project in stages as well as all at once.

Fires scorch grass in 2 counties

Library gets 4-stars

By ROWENA PLETTStaff writer

Marion City Library has received the four-star award from Library Journal for the second consecutive year.

Marion is one of 12 cities in Kansas to receive a star award and is one of five to receive the four-star rating. The other four-star libraries are in Chetopa, Inman, Lacygne, Neodesha, and Topeka.

Librarian Janet Marler said the rating is based on reports submitted to the Library Journal that include circulation per capita, Internet use, number of programs and people in attendance, and how many visits.

Marler said the library received three-star awards in 2009 and 2013.

“Five stars is the highest,” she said. “That’s our goal.”

By OLIVER GOODStaff writer

Burns and Florence firefighters helped extin-guish a massive grass fire that blackened more than 1,200 acres of native grassland Friday south of the county line.

The fire started at approximately 1:30 p.m. at North West 40th and Haverhill Road and spread to North West 80th Rd. about 12 miles south-west of Burns.

Burns fire Chief Barry Black estimated the blaze to have been almost a mile wide by three miles long. He said 32 Butler County fire units were there, along with five from Burns and two more from Florence.

“Our best guess is that it started in an oil field lease,” Black said. “We think a power line might have arced.”

He said there were no explosions, loss of oil, or equipment of any kind.

“The flames didn’t reach too high but the fire was rolling pretty quickly and the smoke made it hard to see at times,” Black said. “Someone said the wind was driving it about 20 to 28 mph out of the southwest.”

Fire departments lined up their trucks in a standard grassfire formation and sprayed the fire, but ultimately Mother Nature helped fire-fighters extinguish the blaze, he said.

“We fought it about five hours but there were

some natural barriers and the lay of the ground out there helped us,” Black said. “A big draw stopped the head fire.”

He said he could not begin to estimate the amount of water they used on the blaze.

Black commended all the different depart-ments for their cooperation and efforts extin-guishing the fire.

Another grass fire broke out around 9:30 a.m. Monday about two and half miles north of the roundabout on US-77 between Marion and Lincolnville.

When rural Lincolnville resident Rowena Plett drove past the scene, firefighters had not yet arrived, but an orange truck was parked on the shoulder and a man was observing.

“There were little puffs of fire all along a stretch of ditch,” Plett said. “They weren’t that big, and they were all isolated from one another.”

Marion fire department responded first, but Lincolnville and Florence were called.

Marion Fire Chief Mike Regnier said the east wind blew the fire into native grass west of US-77. Flames scorched about 13 acres, but no oth-er damages or injuries were reported.

Regnier said the cause of the fire was un-certain.

By PHYLLIS ZORNStaff writer

Marion-Florence FFA brought in ex-pert help Thursday in planning for a com-munity garden at Marion.

Dave Buckley, an experienced com-munity garden organizer who helped bring to life a Hutchinson community garden, spoke with Marion High School FFA members, school and city officials, extension agents, and community mem-bers.

FFA members are fleshing out their own plans and visions for the Mari-on project. Buckley told them how the Hutchinson community garden project works and how it grew from the seed of an idea to its current fruitful form.

The garden in Hutchinson began about nine years ago and now includes 247,000 square feet of land, Buckley said.

“Not all of it is planted,” he said.The Hutchinson garden project makes

use of corporate sponsorships, donations, and buy—in from various club, school, and community groups.

“We don’t have any sugar daddies, but there are lots of $50 donors,” Buck-ley said.

About 35 adult volunteers are on call for various tasks and students from third grade up participate in working the gar-den.

Only one volunteer has been lost – be-cause he died, Buckley said.

“We don’t stress out our volunteers,” Buckley said.

The project has donated more than 4,000 pounds of produce to schools and Reno County Health Department.

Among the questions audience mem-bers posed were what kind of water the garden uses and how the water is deliv-ered. Well water is pumped into an irri-gation system, Buckley said.

Marion City Administrator Roger

Holter said several McPherson entities are willing to help finance the Marion project.

“They’re out there, but remember that half a dozen $50 birds in the hand are worth more than one large grant pro-posal,” Buckley said.

FFA President Elizabeth Meyer said one thing the FFA is considering is as-signing garden plots to local food bank patrons so they can grow produce to boost their food supplies.

Decisions still to be made include what crops to grow and how many plants, what kind of irrigation system to set up, what the labor schedule will be, and how to organize the labor so that workers are available during summer recess, Mey-er said.

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wedding gowns and dress-es that were stored in boxes at the museum.

“She wanted to do it like other museums did it,” Forsyth said.

Blount also often took photos and documents home to scan

and preserve. Her husband, Richard, made sure she had a good printer and scanner. She would reach out to others to seek identification of people in old photos.

Forsyth said her mother loved community events such as Chingawassa Days and Halloween ghost tours.

Blount instituted a “What is

it?” feature in which every week or so she placed an unusual item in the glass display case in the museum entrance. A sign in front of it asked, “What is it?” Visitors would see it and would find Blount sitting at her desk around the corner and ask, “What is it?” She would explain and then lead them to explore other items on display.

Blount also gets credit for

setting up a genealogy room that includes old class photos and artifacts from the schools in the county, including the many old country schools.

“Cynthia was a special woman who enjoyed, to the fullest, gathering, preserving, and sharing our community’s heritage,” Darrow said. “She will be missed.”

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time on suspicion of obstruct-ing apprehension of a felon, that being Vondal. Sheriff Robert Craft said Shields was alleged to have harbored Vondal from arrest Dec. 15, 2015.

Craft declined to comment on whether Vondal tipped off police about the drugs found at Shields Service and Supply.

However, Craft did confirm that officers collected enough information on Jan. 3 to ob-tain a search warrant in less than 12 hours.

Craft said the nature of Shields’s and Vondal’s rela-tionship was unclear, but he be-lieved they had been acquaint-ed for no more than two weeks before their Jan. 3 arrests.

Craft said it was also unclear if Vondal had been “official-ly” working at Shields Service and Supply.

Shields spent a few days in jail before bonding out, Craft said, then spent about three weeks free before he was ar-rested again Jan. 27 on a bond revocation.

A motion to revoke Shields’s bond was filed Jan. 25 by the county attorney. Documents indicate Shields violated a bond

condition by failing to submit to a urinalysis.

On Sept. 26, 2015, Shields also was arrested on charges of reckless driving and aggra-vated endangering a child. He pleaded not guilty to an amend-ed charge of assault on Dec. 7, 2015.

Shields appeared in court for civil cases three times dur-ing 2015 because he was sued for unpaid debts — once by the Kansas Department of Reve-nue on a tax warrant and once by Central National Bank in a limited action case. He also was sued in small claims court.

Vondal’s criminal history stretches back to a disorderly conduct charge in Aug. 2003. He had a probation revoked Sept. 2004.

In Sept. 2005, Vondal was charged with criminal threat with intent to terrorize and battery causing rude physical contact. That year he also was charged with obstructing legal process, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, as well as theft and renewal of reg-istration of certain vehicles.

As of Friday, both men were in jail awaiting court appear-ances.

City election filings


Marion will have the only formally contested races in the April 5 city elections, with five candidates vying for two at-large council positions.

County Clerk Tina Spen-cer said nine candidates have tossed their hats in the ring for the April 5 city elections in the county.

Marion residents will elect two at-large council seats. In-cumbents Jerry A. Dieter and Melissa Mermis face competi-tion from John Wheeler, Michel Soyez, and Chris Costello.

Hillsboro residents will vote for two ward positions. Both contenders are incum-bents. Brent Diggers has filed for Ward 1 and Byron McCa-rty has filed for Ward 2.

Burns residents have three at-large council positions to be filled and two contenders. Tim Rogers and Ronald Goodwin have filed. The third position would go to a write-in candi-date with the most votes.

To vote by mail, the coun-ty clerk must have the applica-tion by April 1.

The last day to register to vote in these elections is March 15.

Polling sites will be the ball-room at Marion Community Center, Hillsboro United Meth-odist Church, and Burns Com-munity Center.

Dates to vote in advance at the courthouse or by mail will be announced later.

Children are the focus in Kansas for National Burn Awareness week, which began Monday and runs through Sunday.

Safe Kids Kansas and the Office of the State Fire Marshal

aim to focus on reminding parents and caregivers that fire is just one cause of burn injuries to children.

Others include scalding hot water, hot foods and beverages, heating appliances, hot pads

and pans, fireworks, electrical currents, and chemicals.

Safety tips to prevent fires and burns can be found by visiting www.safekids.org or www.firemarshal.ks.gov.

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so dance classes helped them know that we were normal.”

Matlock kept missionary tradition by teaching dance classes not at the college, but out of a local church.

“I actually did [classes] out of one of the churches there, which was huge because where we were at, dancing was a sin,” Matlock said. “So for them to let us do dance classes in their attic was pretty cool.”

Matlock said she is excited to move forward with this new adventure, and that it wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the support of the community, including Mayor Delores Dalke.

“Delores Dalke helped us look for a house when we moved here,” Matlock said. “I told her I taught dance and she said ‘Oh we need a dance teacher here.’”

Matlock said that even though she liked the idea, she was worried about how it would come together.

“When we � rst were even thinking of opening a studio, one of our thoughts was ‘How will we fund this?’” Matlock said. “� en we immediately had Greenhaw Pharmacy and Alisa Schmidt want to sponsor us.”

Hillsboro Community Hospital doctor Alisa Schmidt and Greenhaw Pharmacy co-owner Eric Driggers want to help sponsor the studio, whether it be with the start up or promotion.

Schmidt said that she is supportive of the dance studio in part because of health reasons.

“I think having this studio will be a great asset for Hillsboro,” Schmidt said. “I think it is a great way to get exercise.

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AULNE UNITED METHODIST1405 Pawnee Rd., Marion

Je� Lee, pastorWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:10 a.m. Kids’ sing-along . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. Adult fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m. Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 a.m.

Nursery available for Sunday servic-es.

Tonight — Choir practice, 7 p.m.; Men’s and Women’s Bible study, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday — Ladies Bible study, 7 p.m.

Saturday — Beast Feast, 6:30 p.m., city building.

Sunday — Souper Bowl Sunday, bring soups and paper goods; Sojourners class will have services at 1:15 p.m., Assisted Living, and 2 p.m., St. Luke Living Cen-ter; Youth Super Bowl party at the Entz home.

EASTMOOR UNITED METHODIST105 Eastmoor Dr., Marion

Ross Baker, pastorWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m.Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. Thursday — Les Feldick Bible study, 6:30 p.m. Friday — Quilters, 1 p.m. Monday — Kids for Christ, 3:45 p.m.; Cadette Girl Scouts, 4 p.m. Feb 9 — Quilters, 1 p.m.; Junior Girl Scouts, 3:45 p.m.; Daisy/Brownie Girl Scouts, 6:30 p.m. Feb 10 — Lenten breakfast, Valley United Methodist Church, 7 a.m.; family-friendly Ash Wednesday service, 4 p.m., Wesley Center; traditional Ash Wednesday service, 7 p.m., sanctuary.

FLORENCE CHRISTIAN 334 W. 6th St., Florence

John Branson, pastorSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.Worship service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 a.m.

FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST201 W. 5th St., Florence

Je� Lee, pastorFellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m.Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m.

Church food bank open by appoint-ment.

HOLY FAMILY PARISHRoman Catholic churches in Florence,

Marion, Pilsen, and TampaMass in Florence . . . . . . . . 5 p.m. Saturday,

and 5:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday. Mass in Marion . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 a.m. Friday,

8 a.m. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. Sunday,7 a.m. Tuesday, and noon,

Ash Wednesday. Mass in Pilsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

a.m. Thursday, 10:30 a.m. Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Ash Wednesday.

Mass in Tampa . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 p.m., Friday. Tonight — Altar Server training for

fourth and � fth graders, 4 p.m., Marion; Knights of Columbus, 7 p.m., Marion Activ-ity Center; Parish School of Religion meets, Pilsen and Tampa; Catholic Youth Ministry, 7:15 p.m., Marion Activity Center; Dead-line to bring blessed palms to churches or church o� ce, to burn for ashes.

Thursday — Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, 6 p.m., Marion Activity Center.

Friday — First Friday Devotions.Saturday — First Saturday Devotions;

Catholic Youth Ministry burns palms for Ash Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., Marion Ac-tivity Center.

Sunday — St. Mark’s Altar Society meets after Marion Mass, Marion Ac-tivity Center; Parish School of Religion meets after Marion Mass, Marion Activ-ity Center.

Monday — Women’s study group, 6 p.m., Marion Activity Center.

Feb 9 — Following Christ meets, 7 p.m., Marion Activity Center.

Feb 10 — Ash Wednesday schedule: noon, Marion; 5:30 p.m., Florence; 7:30 p.m., Pilsen; No Parish School of Reli-gion.

MARION CHRISTIAN 140 N. Elm St., Marion

Carl Helm, pastorSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday — Bible study, 9 a.m.

MARION PRESBYTERIAN610 Lawrence St., MarionJeremiah Lange, pastor

Praise team rehearsal . . . . . . . . . . 8:00 a.m.Men’s Chorus rehearsal . . . . . . . . 8:30 a.m.Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship and co� ee after worship.Tonight — Session meeting, 5:30 p.m.,

Jackson House; Christian education for high school and middle school, 6:30 p.m. Christian education for elementary school and adults, 7 p.m.

Thursday — Circles of Marion Coun-ty, 6 p.m.

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN Missouri Synod

320 S. Cedar St., MarionJohn Werner, vicar

Bible class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 a.m.Sunday worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m.Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 a.m. Tonight — Dorcas Valentine’s dinner, 6 p.m. Thursday — Mission projects, 1 p.m. Sunday — Holy Communion; Thrivent meeting after church.

Monday — Vicar Werner’s o� ce hours, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Feb. 10 — Vicar Werner’s o� ce hours, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.; Ash Wednesday service, 7:30 p.m., Our Savior.

VALLEY UNITED METHODIST300 E. Santa Fe St., Marion

Amanda Baker, pastorSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.Co� ee time...................................10:25 a.m.Contemporary worship..............10:45 a.m. Today — Rainbow Riders, 3:30 p.m.; Finance, 6:30 p.m. Sunday — Pot luck following church; Administrative council following pot luck. Tuesday — Bible study, 7 p.m.

OTHER AREA CHURCH SCHEDULES

BURDICK UNITED METHODISTSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m. Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

BURNS UNITED METHODISTWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 a.m. Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

COMMUNITY OF CEDAR POINTSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.

EBENFELD MENNONITE BRETHRENSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m. Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:10 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

EMMANUEL BAPTIST OF MARIONSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:40 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST OF DURHAMSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

FIRST BAPTIST OF PEABODYSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Bible study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m. Willing Workers . . . . . . . . . . � rst Tuesday, 7 p.m. Singspiration . . . . . . . . . . third Sunday, 6:30 p.m.

GOOD NEWS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

GRACEPOINTSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:45 a.m.

HEBRON LUTHERAN OF BURDICKWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.

HILLSBORO MENNONITE BRETHRENSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:40 a.m.

HILLSBORO UNITED METHODISTSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

HOLY TRANSFIGURATION ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN OF HILLSBORO

Christian education . . . . . . . Wednesday, 7 p.m.Vespers. . . Wednesday and Saturday, 6:30 p.m.Prayers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Saturday, 6:20 p.m.Orthros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m.Liturgy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.Catechism class . . . . . . . . Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.

PARKVIEW MENNONITE BRETHREN, HILLSBORO

Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 a.m. and 10:50 a.m.Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:50 a.m.

PEABODY CHRISTIANSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Fellowship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:15 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

PEABODY UNITED METHODISTPrayer group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, 1 p.m. Christian education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:40 a.m. Youth group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 p.m.

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN OF LINCOLNVILLEChristian education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Divine service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

ST. JOHN LUTHERAN OF TAMPAWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 a.m. Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m. Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . � rst and third Sunday

ST. PAUL LUTHERAN OF PEABODYWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 a.m. Sunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 a.m.

STRASSBURG BAPTIST CHURCHSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:45 a.m. Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:45 a.m.

TRINITY LUTHERAN OF RAMONAWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:45 a.m. Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . third Sunday

TRINITY MENNONITE OF HILLSBOROSunday school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.Co� ee time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:20 a.m.Worship service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:45 a.m.

ZION LUTHERAN OF HILLSBOROWorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:30 a.m.

Harders to talk about

300-mile trek Retired Tabor College

professor Judy Harder and her husband Keith will open the spring session of Lifelong Learning at 9:45 a.m. Friday in Wohlgemuth Music Education Center at Tabor.

The program, “Pilgrims on the Journey,” will focus on the couple’s 300-mile walking journey on the Camino de Santiago, an ancient pilgrim path in Spain, in 2015.

� e fee for the session is $5. Lunch is available in the cafeteria for $4.

Smith surprises PEO PEO Chapter DB held its

regular meeting Jan. 18 at Mar-ion Presbyterian Church with 16 members in attendance.

Lois Smith presented a pro-gram titled “Surprise! You Could Be President” and en-couraged members to share their strengths and talent with the chapter.

Committee reports were giv-en and received, and members were reminded that member-ship dues are due by March 1.

Kathy Shockley and Deanna � ierolf were hostesses.

Marion Senior Center

Aulne church group celebrates birthdays

MENUSENIOR CENTER

MARIONmenu subject to change. milk

available with all meals. reserva-tions accepted at (620) 382-2942.

Thursday — Beef stew, cole-slaw, fruit cocktail, brownie, bis-cuit.

Friday — Egg, sausage, and hashbrown bake, mixed vegeta-bles, mu� n, fruited gelatin.

Monday — Meatloaf, baked po-tato, peas and carrots, mandarin oranges and pineapple, oatmeal cookie, whole-wheat bread.

Tuesday — Ham and beans, tossed salad, peaches, pudding, cornbread.

Feb. 10 — Oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans and onions, yellow cake with peanut butter icing, roll.

By JANET BRYANT

Marion Senior Center

An Aulne United Method-ist Sunday school class celebrat-ed birthdays this week by eat-ing at the senior center. � ose with January birthdays includ-ed Jim Hett, Betty Just, Chris-ta Lalouette, Evelyn Hett, and Nora Richter.

Bonnie Sawyer from Mari-on Assisted Living gave a pre-sentation Jan. 27.

Judy � ompson, a veterans representative from Salina, will be at the senior center at 11 a.m. Feb. 9. No appointment is nec-essary.

� e public is welcome to the center Feb. 10 for a presentation given by Edward Jones repre-sentative Chris Hernandez.

People Saving People awards now accepted

Nominations for the 2016 People Saving People award are being accepted now through Feb. 29 by Kansas Department of Transportation.

� e awards recognize per-sons or organizations who ad-vocate safety and have posi-tive e� ects for transportation safety.

Awards are presented in three categories: community leadership and engineering; ed-ucation and information; and enforcement, emergency re-sponse, prosecution and adju-dication.

More information about the awards and nomination forms can be found by visiting www.ktsro.org.

CALENDAROF EVENTS

WEDNESDAY

7 to 9 p.m. — Hillsboro Rec open gym, Hillsboro High School gymnasium.

THURSDAY

7 to 8 p.m. — Hillsboro Elementary School 1st and 2nd grade music program, Hillsboro High School auditorium.

SUNDAY

7 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Florence Fire pancake feed, Florentine Building, Florence.

2 to 5 p.m. — Hillsboro Rec open gym, Hillsboro High School gymnasium.

3 to 5 p.m. —Elementary school and middle school open gym, Marion Elementary School.

5 to 7 p.m. — High school and adult open gym, Marion Elementary School.

MONDAY

Centre Homecoming Week begins.

TUESDAY

Hillsboro High School FFA pancake feed, Hillsboro Senior Center.

Neo-Century Club learns about missions

Twelve members of Neo-Century Club and one guest answered roll-call at a Feb. 1 meeting at Hilltop Manor by answering with an in� uential person in their life and putting a dollar in a bag.

� e program was a show and tell of mission projects.

Devotions were given by Lou Roberts. Shirley Carlson and Marg Christensen were hostesses.

From Russia to Hillsboro, a mission to dance

New studio to open with help of benefactors

By KELSEY UNRUHSta� writer

It’s been years since Hillsboro has had a dance studio, but that will be changing in March.

Krista Matlock, wife of Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church associate pastor Jeremy Matlock, will start o� ering a variety of dance classes starting March 7 in Hillsboro City Hall, and hopes to open a formal studio in June.

Matlock has been dancing all her life, teaching dance on and o� for 6 years, and is � nally getting the chance to ful� ll a lifelong dream.

“I’ve always wanted to own a dance studio since I was a little girl,” Matlock said. “but then life gets busy and you just go in di� erent directions.”

One of those directions included Krista and Jeremy being missionaries in Saransk, Russia.

While in Russia, Matlock and her husband started a college mission at Mordovia University, a decision that helped them get around Russian red tape.

“We had to get student visas to stay because Russia was making it di� cult to get visas for ministry,” Matlock said.

As the only Americans in a town of roughly 300,000 people, Matlock said they gained respect from their community a� er Matlock participated in a college talent show.

“We were having a hard time connecting with the students,” Matlock said. “My husband found out about the show and said to sign up for it.”

Matlock said that a� er the competition, she started teaching dance classes as a free ministry and also to help people get to know who they were.

“We were the only Americans,” Matlock said. “A lot of people were skeptical of us and what we were doing,

“I’ve always wanted to own a dance studio since I was a little girl.”

-KRISTA MATLOCK

Kids need at least 60 minutes of activity a day, and this is one way to get it.

“I’m excited to get to work with her and partner with her so my own girls can dance, and also as a service to the community.”

Driggers, who owns Greenhaw Pharmacy with his wife Tami, also heard about the idea, and was excited to get on board with it as well.

“With three small girls, they’ve always had an interest in doing this but we’ve never had the ability to take them out of town,” Driggers said, “so we are pretty excited for what Krista’s vision with this is.”

Driggers said he wasn’t completely certain how they were going to help sponsor the studio, but were “de� nitely wanting to help somehow with it.”

Studio 23, which Matlock said stands for Philippians 2:3, will occupy the former Marion County Learning Center on Main St. in Hillsboro.

Matlock plans to o� er basic ballet, jazz, technique, tap, boys rhythm, movement, and eventually more specialized classes once Matlock can assess the levels, needs, and abilities of students.

Matlock said her vision includes more than just dance classes for children.

“My hope is once we get the studio open, we can have adult classes like swing dancing and line dancing and fun stu� like that just to get people involved,” Matlock said. “I’d love to do events like daddy-daughter dances or luau events that bring the community out.”

Matlock is also appreciative of the amount of support this endeavor has received.

“I see a lot of opportunities for the community to come together,” Matlock said. “It’s great to see the community excited and so supportive of this.”

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Memories February 3, 2016 — Page 5Marion County RECORD — Marion, Kansas

By JOAN W. MEYERCompiled from newspaper files

10 YEARS AGOFebruary 1, 2006

Vintage 1960s and ’70s rock and roll group, The Guess Who, will be this year’s headliner at the 10th annual Chingawassa Days. The announcement was made Monday evening at the Marion Chamber of Commerce annual dinner.

Jeremy Armstrong of North Dakota was selected Jan. 24 to be chief executive officer of St. Luke Hospital, Living Center, and Home Health Care.

This week’s Marion County Record Athlete of the Week is Shawn Britton. A senior, he took second place in the 275-pound weight class and won two of three matches to help MHS take fourth at the MCAA league meet.

Members of Janet Killough’s creative writing class giving presentations at the Jan. 16 meeting of PEO, Chapter DB were Isaac Guetersloh, Rachel Davidson, Allyson Meador, and Rose Taylor.

Marion Marble and Granite Works received, this week, a certificate for its first dollar of profit under new owner Chris Meierhoff. Chamber members present were Don Noller, Paige Schneider, Melissa Parmley, Dave Mayfield, Jim Hefley, Feebie Holdeman, Doug Regnier, Martin Tice, Lee Leiker, Gene Winkler, Jami Williams, and Kevin Fruechting.

25 YEARS AGOjanuary 30, 1991

Federal census figures show Marion County with a population of 12,888. Population in three communities was provided separately. Hillsboro has a population of 2,704, counting Tabor College students, Marion has 1,906, and Florence, 638.

A combined 75 years of business experience is leaving Duckwall’s store in Marion this Thursday with the retirement of Bill Holmes, manager, who has been with the company since May 1950 and Betty Lee, clerk, since 1956.

Six Marion High School students, Amy Christensen, Jennifer Hanson, Eileen Hett, Kayla Jensen, Sara Mills, and Julie Sellers will compete Saturday in piano regionals at Hesston College.

Marion Cub Scouts held

Central Park as it appeared years ago

Photo FroM robert b. Goodthe original, pristine beauty of a much more heavily wooded Central Park is apparent in this early 1900s photo looking southeast from the park’s original fountain and lily pond. over the years, an elaborate statue at the top of the fountain, an urn and pedestal in an adjacent flower bed, and another urn and pedestal just out of the picture have gone missing, and old-style lighting and benches scattered among trees have been replaced by more mod-ern lighting, playground equipment, a stage and restrooms, thinning out the grove of trees that formerly dominated the setting.

their annual Pinewood Derby contest Monday. First place went to Mitch Kukuk, second to Jack Branson, and third to Jess Brannon. Winner in Judge’s Favorite category was Scott Prior.

Centre High School quiz bowl team took first in the Eisenhower league tournament at Solomon Saturday. Team members include John Rziha, Jolene Hanschu, Mike Svoboda, Jason Lueker, and Diane Rziha.

Marion Kiwanis Club members honored for perfect attendance during Monday’s regular meeting included Alex Case, 34 years; Bill Meyer, 30; Bud Hannaford, 28; Gerry Harris and Leland Heidebrecht, 22; and Roger Morse, 14.


Sniffing out problems will be much simpler with a new arson sniffer device at the county’s disposal. The machine detects the presence of combustible chemicals in ashes for arson investigations. The instrument is provided by Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance representatives Wayne Colle and Mike Mueller.

About 25 patrons and students of the Centre School District presented board members with a petition Monday night calling for the dismissal of Centre High School Principal Glenn Cunningham.

Brad Heerey has been hired as a staff accountant by Peat,

Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Wichita. Heerey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heerey Jr., will graduate from Emporia in May with a BSB degree.

The Farmers & Drovers team leads the 20th annual Marion City Women’s Bowling League handicap tournament following the first week of play at MarBowl Lanes. Vickie Jackson leads in the singles division, all events category, and high 10 scratch series. She also rolled a 225 game, won a free pizza for five strikes in a row, and a patch from WIBC for bowling 100 pins over her average, which is 117.

Edmund C. Arnold of Publisher’s Auxiliary, the newspaper about newspapers, this week recognized the Marion County Record for its typography, design, and page makeup, and was highly complimentary of the newspaper.


A new and ambitious industry is rising that provides for daily egg gathering in the thousands. A good example is that of Mr. and Mrs. Don Fruechting and their three boys at their Aulne farm. Nearby two others, brother James and father J. L. Fruechting, also have large laying house operations. Don Fruechting today has a total of about 8,900 hens in production.

Jean May and Sandy Marler were surprised Friday when a card they had attached to

a helium balloon launched March 10, 1965, was returned January 28, 1966. It came from a boy who found the balloon Jan. 21 in a tree while cutting wood near Silva, Missouri, over 500 miles away.

Jane Wilkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wilkins of Navarre, became the bride of Dwight Gooding, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pegorsch, January 16 at Our Savior Lutheran Church.

The sixth grade at Marion Elementary School will present the operetta “Alice in Wonderland” April 15. Main parts will be played by Marilee McGinness, Brent Colle, Shirley Hamm, Dianne Weber, Sandra Hoover, Henry Bingaman, Teresa Hett, Steve Warkentin, Mike Edmunds, Glen Bartel, Ricky Schwendiman, Randy Perkins, Mike Jackson, Billy Finke, Brad Kimball, Douglas Marler, and Dennis Helmer.

Robert H. Klose was honored with a farewell dinner Jan. 23 at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Klose. Robert left the next day for duty in Germany.


The Marion City Commission this week officially accepted the resignation of Fred D. Allen as city clerk and appointed Hugh M. Gardner as his successor, effective immediately. Allen has resigned in order to accept the position of County Clerk, vacated by the elevation of

Francis R. Roberts to a state position.

Basketball players at Marion High School selected high school girls who will be voted for Queen of Court. The boys chose Margie Bernhardt, Mary Lou Conyers, Kay Navrat, and Nancy Keazer. The student body will select the “Queen” this Friday and she will be presented at the game with Hope on Feb. 17.

Boy scouting in the United States is celebrating its 46th anniversary this week. During 45 of those years, scouting has been active in Marion. The Marion scout troop dates back to 1911 when “10 boys met in Dr. Eye’s office.” Three local boys will receive the Eagle award Monday night. They are Junior Wiebe, Earl Winter, and Michael Seaton.

A junior saddle club was organized Friday afternoon on the Marion Pharmacy balcony. Officers elected were Patty Longhofer, president; Lucinda Hauser, vice president; and Marsha McCartney, secretary-treasurer. The club now has 12 members and anyone 16 or younger interested in horses is invited to attend the next meeting.


Jerry Forney is getting ready to put in a garage at the Rink Livery corner. The building will be remodeled, a new roof put on and a veneer of cement blocks put on the outside. A cement floor will be put down. A general repair business will be done and the place is to be the headquarters for the Gardner-Williamson automobile agency.

Twelve below zero last Monday night. But very quiet.

Harry Rogers presents a revival of the old time masterpiece “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” with home talent, on Wed. Feb. 9. He says he has a Simeon Legree that is the best you ever saw and “A lawyer Marks who has Chas. Chaplin backed off the map.”

The Loveless-Seneker store opened for business last Saturday and old friends and new came to bring their greetings and their patronage. The regular clerks at present are Will Kieferle, Mrs. Anna Blackburn, Fred Oyer and Sam Frazer. Miss Georgia Wakefield, Mrs. Will Kieferle and perhaps others will help on certain days of the week.

There are lots of folks

here who do not realize the magnitude of the egg and poultry business done here by the two produce houses. S.L. Brose of Jensen Produce Co., did a little figuring concerning egg shipments. His company shipped from here last year 57 cars of eggs—more than a car every week for 8,298,000 eggs.


A movement is on foot to have the Postal Telegraph and Cable Co. construct a line from Marion to connect with their main line at Florence and to have an uptown office in this city for the greater convenience of business and others. It is a project which has been mooted more or less for a long time, and would doubtless by remunerative to the company as well as a great convenience to the people.

Mr. B.C. Hastings gives a supper this evening at his cozy residence for the pupils of his department of the city schools.

People who have been delighted with the sight of a little red squirrel playing in the trees east of the stone arch bridge will enjoy that pleasure no more. A great big fellow with no more conception of the beautiful than a Digger Indian, killed that charming little animal recently, with a stone. The heathen are not all in Darkest Africa.

Dr. Coburn is usually a very reliable dentist but he is liable to pull the wrong tooth just now. Reason — baby boy.

The Elgin Hotel which under the genial influence of Mr. and Mrs. Carter has become known far and wide as a splendidly kept house, has also won fame for its recherché social entertainments. And its reputation in this regard was enhanced last Monday evening by a farewell party given in honor of Mr. Dave Jacobs who has been “one of the family” since he has been here in business and who has gone to seek his fortune elsewhere.

Coworkers remember former Hillsboro officer


In some respects, former Hillsboro police officer Jerry Schmidt may have had a tough exterior, but two former co-workers said the 25-year vet-eran was a kind-hearted indi-vidual who had a funny sense of humor.

Schmidt, 75, died Jan. 29 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wich-ita.

Chief Dan Kinning said Schmidt was the assistant chief when he started at Hillsboro Police Department in 1984.

“He raised me and trained me as a young officer,” Kinning said. “He came across as a ruff, gruff cop, but he really had a kind heart, you had to know him to understand that.”

Through their interactions, Kinning came to understand that Schmidt loved his home-town.

Schmidt returned to Hills-boro after serving as a sup-ply sergeant in the Vietnam War. Hillsboro City Council member Byron McCarty hired Schmidt as a police officer af-ter Schmidt returned from his tour of duty.

“I liked Jerry,” McCarty said. “(As the former chief of police), I thought he’d be a good fit be-cause he knew so many people from growing up here.”

Schmidt’s seemly tough ex-terior made some people think that he was mean, but McCa-rty said Schmidt was a “nice guy at heart.”

He said they spent time play-ing cards, talking about their military service, and playing practical jokes on each other and other police officers.

“I think he was stationed around Saigon, but he told me while he was there he never had to shine his boots,” McCarty said. “Since he was a supply ser-geant he just got a new pair out of storage every time his boots got dirty, and it worked.”

McCarty said Schmidt also added a list of numbers to ra-dio police transmissions that had a secret meaning known only to officers.

“While Jerry was stationed at Fort Riley there was a chap-lain that thought the guys were cussing too much, so instead of cussing he had made a list of numbers for certain bad words,” McCarty said. “Well, Jerry brought that with him and we used those numbers. It worked. Nobody knew what it meant except for us.”

Practical jokes that involved calling dispatchers and asking them to run tag numbers on Mickey Mouse, John Travol-ta, and people with long or un-usual names were other mem-ories of Schmidt that McCa-rty shared.

“We had a lot of really good times,” McCarty said. “He was a great guy. He’ll be missed.”

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“There is absolutely nothing in this bill that states how local school boards would be handled,” Goessel Superintendent John Fast said. “Does it mean a superintendent has to work with one board or five?”

Traxson likewise was uncertain.“Do you have five boards and one

superintendent? That’s nearly impossible,” he said.

Money, not educationNoble said the bill does nothing

to consider the educational needs of students.

“What’s lost in this discussion is the impact on kids,” he said. “I think that’s important. All we’re talking about is how much money it will save us. We have to be careful when we have a consolidation discussion that’s not focused on the best interests of kids.”

Centre Superintendent Susan Beeson said the plan could have negative effects on some children.

“It’s almost as if dollars are more important than children in this state,” she said. “I think the financial cost for students who may not be successful or fall through the cracks could be greater than the cost savings any one superintendent could create.”

Beeson said county districts have improved education despite past budget cuts through collaborative programs such as the TEEN learning network and special education cooperative.

“The administrations in our five districts have created the spirit of partnership,” she said. “I am proud to be an administrator of a district in Marion County because there is such a commitment to collaboration and seeing that kids are first.”

Fast noted that the legislature paid

$2.7 million for an efficiency study of state government, and that consolidation was not among the cost saving measures recommended. He suggested that the consolidation proposal masks a bigger financial problem.

“The real issue is that they don’t have a good plan for funding schools yet,” he said. “This may be a distraction over the bigger issue of funding schools, no matter what size.”

Leiker said the push to cut funding for public education could be linked to the legislature’s attempt to divert money and support to private education.

“They’re putting more money into vouchers and to private schools,” he said. “They’re promoting private education and virtual education in spite of public education.”

Traxson said Gov. Sam Brownback has supported such a shift.

“He wants to give more money to go into private schooling,” he said. “Is this really what’s about doing best for public schools, or is it about undermining public schools?”

Community impactWhile acknowledging schools won’t

close if HB 2504 passes and realignment proceeds, superintendents agreed that long-term effects could be serious for some areas of the county.

“The schools in many of our communities are the lifeblood of those communities, particularly in rural Kansas,” Noble said.

Past consolidations in Marion County eventually led to some schools being closed and children bussed to other towns. Closures could have far-reaching effects.

“Any effort to take a school out of our communities will further the cause of having those communities deteriorate

to the point commerce isn’t happening,” Noble said. “Population will dwindle even more rapidly.”

Traxson agreed.“In most all cases, it’s going to be bad

for the smaller communities,” he said. “They’re wanting to save money for the cost of education, but what’s that going to do to the economic stability of smaller communities throughout the state?”

Beeson said local schools are part of local traditions and community identities.

“Those are things we look to that we share over time, and when those are gone you take away a sense of history, a sense of ownership,” she said. “There’s a possibility of creating strife between communities. People at the legislative or government levels honestly don’t have insight into these factors.”

While the idea of mass consolidations has been floated around Topeka in past legislative sessions, Leiker said HB 2504 is getting more serious attention because it has a timeline attached to it.

Several superintendents agreed that consolidation of districts is a decision that should be made at a local level according to community need.

“It has to happen on your own terms,” Traxson said. “If you make that decision it’s a lot easier to live with.”

Traxson said this and other bills are taking local control away from communities and sending public education in the wrong direction.

“Kansas has always been a conservative state, but it’s never been conservative with education,” he said. “We’ve lost the concept of doing what’s right verses whatever the leaders of the parties have said.”

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� ey say absence makes the heart grow fonder. � at seems to have worked to bring Jenna Tajchman and her boyfriend Alex Tro� m to decide to tie the knot.

� ey met when Jenna was a Peace Corp volunteer in Mol-dova and Alex was a Corp em-ployee. � e decision to get mar-ried came when Jenna went to the Philippines and Alex dis-covered he missed her. He vis-ited her, and they decided to set a wedding date.

Jenna joined the Peace Corps in 2007 a� er graduating from Centre High School and Kansas State University. She met Alex, a Moldovan who worked as a safety and security o� cer.

“He gave a presentation to us,” Jenna said. “I was im-pressed with his � uent Eng-lish and thought, ‘� ere’s some-thing special about that guy.”’

She found out he played the harmonica and was in a Mol-dovan blues band that she en-joyed.

In 2009, Jenna returned to the United States and was hired by the United States Agency for International Development to work in agricultural develop-ment in the Philippines.

� ey were married in Mol-dova in May 2011. Jenna said Alex helped plan the hybrid American/Moldovan wed-ding. On that morning, Alex’s family visited their apartment, and Jenna’s family asked them questions about Alex while Jen-na was in an adjoining room. � e parents gave consent to the marriage.

Later, the couple drove around town in a Cadillac convertible. � e civil ceremo-ny took place in a special gov-ernment building set aside for weddings. � e ceremony was in Romanian. Alex and Jenna each had one attendant. Jenna’s attendant was a fellow work-er from Oklahoma who also married a Moldovan and lives in Moldova.

A dinner and dance were held that evening in a restau-rant. Alex joined his blues band, “Still Waters,” in provid-ing the music. Everyone toast-ed the bride and groom.

Alex and Jenna came to Marion later that year for a wedding reception put on by her parents, Joe and Barbara Tajchman.

A� er serving in the Philip-pines a few more months, they went to Tajikistan for two years, where Alex was employed by the U.S. Embassy and Jenna continued to work for USAID in agricultural development. Alex organized events for em-bassy personnel.

In 2013, Alex became a nat-uralized citizen of the United States. Last June, he was at the U.S. State Department in Wash-ington, District of Columbia, to receive a prestigious award for his work in Tajikistan.

“I wanted to shake the hand of Secretary of State John Ker-ry,” Alex said, “but he was out with a broken hip.”

� ey were assigned to Ac-cra, Ghana, in 2015. Ghana is west of Nigeria on the Atlan-tic coast.

Jenna manages the future projects under USAID to in-crease ag production and im-prove child nutrition in north-ern Ghana.

Alex continues to work for the U.S. Embassy. He said his job is to inspect residences of embassy sta� to make sure their houses are secure.

“I have to make sure they have bars on the windows and alarm systems installed,” he said.

� ey enjoy the opportuni-ties their jobs have given them to travel and see how people live in other countries.

“I appreciate the challeng-ing experiences,” Jenna said. “Every country is di� erent and has a di� erent environment to adjust to. It’s a constant learn-ing experience. Every time we move, we get better at it.”

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Shawn Vondenkamp, re-tail o� ce supervisor at Cen-tral National Bank, Marion, said one advantage to a debit card is that there is no fee for cash withdrawn from the lo-cal bank’s ATM.

“If you use your credit card, there are fees for that,” Vonden-kamp said.

� e risk of card fraud is about the same whether the card is debit or credit, Von-denkamp said.

“Hopefully these new chip cards they have now will cut down on fraud,” Vondenkamp said. “Supposedly there’s some-thing in that chip that cannot be counterfeited.”

Don Noller, executive vice president and cashier at Marion National Bank, concurs.

� ieves use credit the� in two main ways, Noller said. One is to use the card number to make purchases. � e other is to steal information to make a new card.

With the chip on the card, thieves won’t be able to make counterfeit cards, Noller said.

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Noller said which card to use

Locals save coins for anything from candy to multiple vacations


Waste it, save it, lose it, or bank it, loose change has great power — purchasing power — and with great power comes great responsibility.

Depending on who’s collect-ing it, that power can lead to realizing a dream, a curious purchase, or a gi� of brother-ly love.

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Cheyenne Sawyer was but a wee 3-year-old, she dreamed of visiting Disneyland in Cal-ifornia.

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She found loose change in between couch cushions, on the street, in vending machines, and other places coins tend to congregate.

“She’s always looking for lit-tle jobs, but due to her age and size, it’s di� cult for her to � nd jobs that pay,” Tabitha said.

Cheyenne soon ran out of space in her handmade dish and upgraded to a � ve-gallon water jug bank.

“She doesn’t pass up any penny on the street,” Tabitha said.

Cheyenne often found

change at the basketball court in Central Park while play-ing basketball with her dad, Tabitha said.

“People get to bouncing around and change falls out of their pockets,” she said. “Cheyenne really did � nd a lot of change there.”

Being avid Disney fans, the entire Sawyer family began contributing to Cheyenne’s dream.

“� e Tooth Fairy helped too,” Cheyenne said.

Tabitha said Cheyenne would collect tooth fairy and birthday money from her older siblings, Rebecca and David.

“I’d say, ‘You wanna go to Disneyland don’t you?’” Chey-enne said.

It was hard for her siblings and parents to resist. Soon Cheyenne had her mother emp-tying out her purse to collect loose change.

Whenever the family found change, they gave it to Chey-enne. In a sense, Cheyenne be-came the family’s keeper of the coins.

“It just kind of became a hab-it for us,” Tabitha said. “Every-thing adds up.

“My grandpa always said

‘� nd a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll have good luck.’ But he said you always had to pass it on to someone else for the luck part to work.”

By the time Cheyenne was 7, she had amassed over $1,000 in change. She said the jug was too heavy to carry, but she called the whole experience “fun and long.”

Her mom and dad helped her pay for the rest of their 2013 trip, which Cheyenne called “awesome.” She even found a few coins while they were at Disneyland.

Cheyenne recently started saving again — this time for two family trips. So far, she has saved about $27.66 for a trip to see Cinderella’s castle at Disney World in Florida.

“I also want to see the hula dancers do their dance with � re in Hawaii,” Cheyenne said.

Penny windfallWhen Lincolnville resident

Christian Czarnowsky was a teen-ager, he inherited almost 5,000 pennies from his step-grandfather.

“Of all the things to leave a 15-year-old boy, I got the pen-nies,” Czarnowsky said. “Most of them were rolled when I got them. � e rest I counted and rolled myself.”

When his task was complete, he had nearly $50 in pennies, which at the time was a small fortune for a 15-year-old.

“I knew that this could be a full tank of gas, or a new video game,” he said.

However, he did what he

STAFF PHOTO BY OLIVER GOODMarion 9-year-old Cheyenne Sawyer recently started saving loose change again to put toward two trips she wants to take with her family. When she was 7, Cheyenne collected about $1,000 for a family trip to Disneyland.

Keep the change, it pays

Debit or credit? Choose wiselyis o� en a matter of personal preference.

“I’ve talked to quite a few people who use their credit card because they get points, and then write one check, once a month,” Noller said.

Vondenkamp said there are circumstances in which a cred-it card is preferable. Some com-panies o� er purchase protec-tion.

Some o� er perks such as rental car insurance.

Gas stations and hotels fre-quently put temporary holds on the card’s balance. � at can create a problem if it’s a deb-it card.

“� at can be frustrating when you’re traveling and have a limited budget,” Von-denkamp said. “� en even if you stay only one night, that can stay on your account for up to three days.”

“� ose kind of holds are strictly up to the merchants,”

Noller said. “I’ve seen them as little as $50 and up to $100.”

Such holds can hit the daily spending limit on a debit card, Noller said.

“Sometimes a credit card will a� ord you more purchase power in a single day,” Noller said.

said any boy his age would have done with the pennies.

“I bought Mountain Dew and Snickers bars at the local Casey’s — all of the Dew and Snickers,” he said. “In the end, it came out to 15 one-liter bot-tles of Mountain Dew, 10 reg-ular-sized Snickers, and one re-ally bad tummy ache.”

Brotherly loveJoe Vinduska of Lincolnville

said he once took advantage of his brother’s interest in collect-ing coins.

“Back when gas was 25 cents a gallon, I’m telling my age here, I bought $2 worth of gas for my car with nickels from my lit-tle brothers old nickel collec-tion,” he said.

Vinduska said he took them from the back of a book where his brother kept them.

“How was I to know that’s where all the really old ones were?” Vinduska said. “Besides, he got to ride in my car. He al-so had a lot of nickels.”

His brother still gets a little “uppity” about the incident at times, he said.

“Little brothers are like that,” Vinduska said. “Oh, I did pay him back. I gave him two pa-per dollars. Some people are never happy.”

“My grandpa always said “� nd a penny, pick it up, and all the day you’ll

have good luck.”TABITHA SAWYER

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A bouquet of Valentine flow-ers can range from about $10 at a grocery store to over $150 from a florist.

A box of chocolates can run a few dollars at a discount store to $880 for 64 personal-ized gourmet chocolates deliv-ered by mail.

What’s a sweetheart to do?How much money to spend

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that can put a dent in anyone’s pocketbook.

Jim Crofoot, owner of West-ern Associates in Marion, said the most he’s spent on a Val-entine’s Day gift is about $50 for flowers.

His brother, Dave Crofoot, said he plans to take his wife to Marion Country Club for dinner.

Some people have spent comparatively large amounts for Valentine’s Day gifts.

“I spent maybe $85 for a large spray of flowers deliv-ered to my wife’s work,” said Chris Hernandez, a financial adviser at Edward Jones. “And I felt broke.”

“I don’t ever recall spending any extravagant amount,” said Shelter Insurance agent Doug Heerey. “It’s always one or both things, flowers or candy.”

Alex Case, owner of Case and Son Insurance, said his top-money Valentine’s gift

The cost of love ... Valentine’s style

By PHYLLIS ZORNStaff Writer

The tax checkoffs found on Kansas income tax forms end up raising serious money for state programs.

Kansas Department of Rev-enue Director of Communica-tions Jeannine Koranda provid-ed information on how much money the tax checkoffs raised over the last five years.

During tax year 2013, Breast Cancer Research garnered 4,026 donors who gave $56,882, Cre-ative Arts garnered 2,166 do-nors who gave $22,135, Home-town Hero garnered 2,731 do-nors who gave $36,150, Meals on Wheels garnered 6,192 do-nors who gave $107,658, Mili-tary Emergency Relief garnered 3,837 donors who gave $59,773,

and Non Game Wildlife gar-nered 6,220 donors who gave $84,350. In total, 25,172 do-nors gave $366,948 to the pro-grams.

However, the amount raised was nearly $80,000 less than the tax checkoff program collected in 2009, when there were fewer checkoff options.

Woodrow Crawshaw, who has offered income tax service since 1969 and in Marion for 19 of those years, said he’s not had a client use a checkoff pro-gram.

“My customers haven’t been using any of them,” Crawshaw said.

He said the advantage of us-ing a tax checkoff program is that the taxpayer might get to

participate in the program be-ing supported.

“It doesn’t impact their re-fund, nor does it affect their tax owed,” Crawshaw said.

He said that in his own household, they fund their charities of choice through the year, but not at tax time.

Crawshaw did offer a bit of tax-time advice.

“Clients really need to take a close look at itemization if they can,” Crawshaw said. “If they can dig up enough, they might get a bigger refund. I always en-courage my clients to not over-look things like medical mile-age, to and from the doctor or medical clinics, medical equip-ment, and such items as crutch-es or walkers.”

Tax checkoffs raise funds for projects

was probably $20, for balloon and candy.

Neva Hett, who works at County Seat, said the priciest Valentine’s gift she’s ever got-ten was the promise ring her husband gave her when they were dating.

There are sweet, inexpensive Valentine’s gifts available.

Megan Thomas, business and yearbook teacher at Mari-on High School, said one high school organization is selling

roses and Crush pop gifts to the student body.

Two student-operated busi-nesses have products available for sale to the public, Thomas said. Nothin’ But Nuts, run by three students, is selling nut

packages for special Valentine’s Day prices and Better Butter Body Butter, run by three oth-er students, offers a Valentine’s special $10 bag of items to pam-per yourself.

By SUSAN MARSHALLStaff writer

When Ann Leppke’s horticulture class decided to sell floral greetings for Valentine’s Day in 2015, Leppke had the perfect delivery option already in mind. With a group of rather gregarious high school boys in the class, she felt good about incorporating a technique she had observed years earlier on a college campus.

“When I was at Southwestern College in Winfield, a local flower shop had a young man dressed as Cupid delivering Valentine’s flowers on campus,” she said. “He was dressed in a one-piece red union suit with wings attached, carrying a bow and arrow and a vase of flowers. What can I say? Some things just stick with you.”

Leppke put together Cupid costumes for several of the boys in horticulture class and they made the Valentine’s Day deliveries.

This year class members are offering cut flowers for Valentine’s Day. Students in the art department have donated greeting cards to the project and a culinary class has made chocolate lips and hearts, which can be added for a nominal fee. Team Cupid will make the delivery with fun and a flourish.

Paul Baatrup and Breanna Lett were trying on Cupid costumes in class Monday afternoon. Neither were

involved in the Valentine’s Day adventure last year. Baatrup thought they would have a good time.

“Yeah, I think I’ll enjoy doing it,” he said. “It should be fun.”

Leppke said, “Breanna is a performer so I know she’ll have a good time with this.”

Leppke said the Valentine project is more of a learning experience than a fundraiser.

“It is more about seeing if we can do this flower thing more than a couple of times a year. The Cupids make it memorable for our customers,” she said. “We want them to think of us when they have floral needs.”

“We cover expenses, with a little left over. Last year our deliveries were limited. We planted Gerbera daisies and red zinnias in hopes of having them ready around Valentine’s Day, but the daisies were early and zinnias were late so it wasn’t a huge success,” she said. “We just delivered them to people like Liz Harder at the central office who is a great greenhouse customer, Ann Jones at the elementary school because she works so hard for those kids, and Luba Holm, because who doesn’t love Luba?”

“We are hoping to have better luck with our timing this year,” she said. “The kids are ready and it should be fun.”

Leppke said she wished more people in Peabody and Burns knew that the greenhouse and

Cupid is in high school and wears a red union suit

staFF Photo by susan Marshallhorticulture students Paul baatrup, center, and breanna lett, right, present Peabody-burns high school chemistry teacher Jennifer svitak with a potted plant from the high school’s greenhouse. the students will be making deliveries for Valentine’s Day dressed in costumes designed by ann leppke.

horticulture students are on site at PBHS.

“I am always amazed at how many people don’t know we exist,” she said. “We take special orders and requests every year and yet there is a big portion

of district patrons that don’t realize we are here.”

She said she is hoping to expand use of the greenhouse for project-based learning experiences for some students.

“I’d like to get a little more into the floriculture area. I have some students very interested in this,” she said. “We’d like to have plants on hand all year that would make great gifts or would fill a need for a local celebration or funeral service.

“With advance notice we can do cut flowers now. I think this has great potential and will help students with business planning, learning about customer satisfaction, advertising, and other facets of working with the public,” she said. “And without a florist in town, we can do it without stepping on anyone’s toes.”

Leppke also would like to expand the horticulture program to include planting fruit trees in the garden area at the back of the gymnasium and pecan trees in an area near the school track.

“And I would love to have a greenhouse totally dedicated to vegetables during winter months,” she said. “This year we have 18 tomato plants that are producing. Nice in January! We tried cucumbers, but they developed a fungus so they had to go. All of this is part of the learning experience for our students.”

In the meantime, Cupids will be out and about on Valentine’s Day distributing bouquets of love from the PBHS horticulture class.

For more information or to place an order, contact Leppke at PBHS (620) 983-2196.


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Marion national bank lost to robinson trucking 0/4 Jan. 27; Central national bank lost to Cardie oil 1/3; Pita 2 won over bye 4/0; sherbowl lanes lost to Pita 1 0/4.

Team highs: robinson trucking, 632 game, 1783 series; Central national bank, 887 handicap game; Pita 2, 2535 hand-icap series.

Men: John Dalke, 202 game, 264 handi-cap game; bill harris, 518 series, 665 hand-icap series.

Women: yvonne burhoop, 201 game, 495 series; Karolyn schlesener, 260 hand-icap game, 662 handicap series.

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hot Flash won over tampa state bank 3/1 Jan. 18; Pizza hut won over Willy J’s 9th lane 3/1; Central national bank lost to new team 1/3; D&J liquor won over Marion Mfg 3/1.

Team highs: tampa state bank, 833 game, 2316 series, 1042 handicap game; hot Flash, 3018 handicap series.

Men: Jack Martin, 220 game, 590 series, 662 handicap series; Mike Woodward, 246 handicap game.

Women: Katy bernhardt, 168 game, 443 series, 230 handicap game, 629 hand-icap series.

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Tabor awarded another grant Tabor College recently re-

ceived a donation of $1,500 from Hillsboro Community Foundation for Tabor’s Signa-ture Campaign to go toward the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts.

� e grant, announced by HCF executive director Cyn-thia Fleming, was made pos-sible by the Hillsboro Area Impact Fund, which is used to enhance quality of life for Hillsboro area residents and is awarded once a year.

Tabor College Vice Pres-ident of Advancement Ron Braun said that $16.3 million has been raised through the campaign, with $11.85 mil-lion to go directly toward the arts center.

Braun said site work for the center could begin as soon as early May.

Area grads make WSU dean’s listWichita State University has

announced the names of more than 2,600 students who were on the fall 2015 dean’s honor roll, including students from Marion County.

� ose from Marion County include Corey Buller of Goes-sel; Jonathan Crouse, Saman-tha Ens, Matthew Klenda, Ben-jamin Loewen, Carter Pank-ratz, Amanda Roble, Grant Schneider, Tessa Simpson, and Lucas Sinclair, all of Hillsboro; Shayla Kline and Edward Ober-meyer, both of Marion; and De-nise Servis of Peabody.

Centre teacher Cindy Wyatt receives award

staFF Photo by roWEna PlEttCindy Wyatt leads a discussion on waterfowl with her sev-enth-grade science class Monday at Centre. she recently was awarded “teacher of the year” by tri-County Chamber of Commerce.

By ROWENA PLETTSta� writer

Tri-County Chamber of Commerce at Herington, which represents communi-ties in Dickinson, Morris, and Marion counties, recently pre-sented Cindy Wyatt of Centre with its 2015 “Teacher of the Year” award.

Wyatt is in her 12th year at Centre and spent the pri-or eight years in the Coun-cil Grove school district. She teaches life sciences in junior high and high school. She is sponsor of National Honor Society and coaches scholars bowl. She was cross-country coach for several years.

Wyatt is an elder in Mari-on Presbyterian Church, where she participates in governing decisions and serves on a nur-turing committee.

� e Centre sta� member who nominated Wyatt praised her for the respect she displays toward students, parents, and colleagues, and described her as caring “very deeply” about kids and people in general.

� e so� -spoken teacher said she felt honored to receive the award.

“I was very shocked but very appreciative,” she said. “I nev-er expected it.”

Forget frogs: kissing hogs is the hot new trend

Centre High School to host Pig Kissing fundraiser

By KELSEY UNRUHSta� writer

� e month of February won’t be “boar”ing for Centre High School stu-dents when they get to witness a Centre school employee kiss a piglet.

� e pig kissing contest is a fundrais-er for the freshman class.

Five sta� members, including counsel-or Jill Day, business teacher Ashley Coir-ier, superintendent Susan Beeson, sci-ence teacher Cindy Wyatt, and agricul-ture teacher Jon Meyer, will have to wait until Feb. 12 to � nd out who “hogged” the most student donations and has to kiss a pig.

Day said that she “thinks” she is hon-ored for the opportunity to participate.

“I’m a farm girl so if I have to kiss a

pig, I’ll do it,” Day said, “but I de� nite-ly want to say I’ve never kissed a pig be-fore, so this would be a � rst. I hope it’s a cute, little one.”

Centre student Grace Peterson will supply the pig, and freshman class spon-sor Morgan Menefee said that “proba-bly whichever lucky little pig she catch-es that morning” will be the one who gets a smooch.

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Avoid mixing 2 and 3 col-umn ads when selling. Try to go with standard sizes that fit together. Otherwise, whole page becomes undesignable.

Huge picture for subject matter, especially when com-pared to tiny photos shoved into previous page. Again, don’t stack pictures atop ads. make this smaller, in col-

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Head way too big; overwhelms head above it. Bigger heads should not go at bottom

Too many words, too much space in head. Needs to be one line only this far down on page.

Very odd page order. This is essentially a second Valentine’s page but with ads for a second Finance page. I think I would have avoided putting any logo on the page and tried to force both Valentines and Finance to jump something to it, so it could be a common jump page for both.

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400 block of S. Madison St.A USD 379 school bus driven by Daniel

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cle non-injury accident that happened at 2:05 p.m. Jan. 19 in the 700 block of Ash St. Patricia Bartel, 75, Hillsboro, was trav-eling south in her 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt, while Erin Fanter, 38, Marion, followed Bar-tel in her 2013 Dodge Durango, and a semi truck was following Fanter. Bartel report-edly began sliding when she attempted to turn left onto F. St. Fanter reportedly tried to stop, but slid into Bartel’s car, pro-pelling it 300 feet past the intersection on the icy road. The semi jack-knifed behind Fanter’s car but did not make contact with either vehicle.

500 block of Adams St.A 2002 Chevrolet Trailblazer driven by

Chad Nowak, 50, Hillsboro, struck an un-occupied 2001 Mazda B23 owned by Dal-ton Iveans of Lakeside, Oregon, when he attempted to avoid an unknown vehicle while making a left turn onto C St. at 2:30 p.m. Jan 19 as he traveled south Adams St. Police said the unknown vehicle did not make contact with any other vehicles. No injuries were reported.

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600 block of Orchard St. Ariel Depler, 23, Hillsboro, jumped the

curb and struck a utility pole in her 2006 Pontiac G6 at 12:45 p.m. Jan. 19 while at-tempting to negotiate an icy curve in the 600 block of Orchard St.

D and Oak Sts.Icy conditions were a factor in a role-

over accident that happened at 8:07 a.m. Jan. 20 on D St. near Oak St. Dermot Mo-rey, 18, of Hillsboro, slid on the ice-covered street, across tra� c, struck the south ditch. The 2000 Chevrolet Blazer rolled over onto its roof damaging a chain link fence owned by the City of Hillsboro. Morey was trans-ported to Hillsboro Community Hospital without any serious injuries. The Blazer, owned by Franklin Morey, of Hillsboro, was towed from the scene.

200 block of Willow Rd.Abigail Funk, 19, of Hillsboro struck an

unoccupied 2014 Ford Focus, owned by the State of Kansas, while she attempted to maneuver a 2002 Chevrolet Silverado, owned by Chadwick Funk, of Hillsboro, on-to Willow Rd. at noon on Jan. 26.

Nighthawk Rd. south of 120th Rd.Shelby Saunders, 19, Maize, reported-

ly was attempting to pick up a cigarette she had dropped in her 2011 Dodge 1500 when the vehicle left the road and struck a ditch at 6:48 a.m. Jan. 23. She was trans-ported by Marion EMS to St. Luke Hospi-tal, and the vehicle, owned by Jared Von-denkamp of Marion, was towed.

190th Rd. west of Mustang Rd.Isaac Hilliard, 25, Hillsboro, lost control

of a 1985 Ford Ranger he was driving due to icy roads at 7:50 p.m. Jan. 19. No inju-ries were reported.

CIVILDIVISION CASES

This information has been � led in civil di-vision of district court.

DomesticGina Rae Mounts vs. Richard Bryon

Mounts, decree of divorce issued Jan. 25.

COUNTY JAILARRESTS AND BOOKINGS

According to jail logs released Friday:

Arrests Jan. 22 through FridayMelissa Tajchman, 23, Marion, commit-

ted by the court Jan. 23.Douglas Gable, 54, Herington, arrest-

ed Jan. 24 by sheri� ’s deputies on a Dick-inson County warrant.

Dillon Wildin, 24, Marion, arrested Jan. 24 by sheri� ’s deputies on a charge of in-direct contempt.

Danielle Hat� eld, 27, Lincolnville, arrest-ed Jan. 26 by sheri� ’s deputies on charges of child abuse and aggravated battery.

Kristopher Wade, 29, Newton, arrested Jan. 26 by sheri� ’s deputies on a charge of probation violation.

Gavin Shields, 28, Lincolnville, arrest-ed Jan. 27 by sheri� ’s deputies on charge of bond revocation.

Stephen Sta� ord, 67, Hillsboro, arrest-ed Thursday by sheri� ’s deputies on a charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

Remaining from previous weeksAndrew Block, 24, Dwight, jailed since

Dec. 20.Westly Brand, 32, Marion, Oct. 27.Cory Brunzell, 22, Clay Center, Jan. 11.Anthony Clubine Jr., 27, Mena, Arkan-

sas, Jan. 22.Denis Dozgic, 26, Clearwater, Nov. 22.Patrick Egan, 59, Burns, Dec. 29.Trevor Fugitt, 21, Hillsboro, June 20.Donald Jackson, 46, Hillsboro, Nov.

10.Denin Likes, 18, Hillsboro, Dec. 21.Austin Pederson, 20, Marion, Jan. 16.Ulric Sampson, 25, Marion, Nov. 3.Christopher Schafer, 23, Durham, Oct.

21.Levi Smith, 33, Emporia, Dec. 14.Stephen Thompson, 52, Herington,

Jan. 22.Tyrone Vondal, 38, Lincolnville, Jan. 3.

CRIMINALDIVISION CASES

This information was the most current on � le in criminal division of district court as of Friday. Information often is not avail-able until more than a week after hearings because journal entries must be checked by attorneys before they are � led. Fines in-clude court costs.

Bree A. Fryman, 413 S. 4th St., Marion, found guilty Jan. 13 of possession of meth-amphetamines; aggravated endanger-ment of a child, possession of drug par-aphernalia, and disorderly conduct dis-missed with prejudice. Sentencing sched-uled for March 9. Separate case of posses-sion or consumption of alcoholic beverage by a minor dismissed with prejudice.

Shannon Lehr, 610 S. Broadway St., Heri-ngton, possession of methamphetamines, sentenced Jan. 13 to 13 months prison term (underlying with probation grant-ed), 12 months probation, $658.

David Eugene Ruhl, 208 S. 11th St., Her-ington, pleaded not guilty Dec. 29 to pos-session of methamphetamines with intent to sell, and possession of drug parapherna-lia; pretrial was scheduled for Jan. 25.

DEEDSRECORDED

These deeds were reported as recorded by the register of deeds. Property address-es come from appraisal records. Agricul-tural property descriptions use common road references derived from appraisal re-cords. All are warranty deeds unless oth-erwise noted.

Sharon K. Grosse to Julia Kay Ensminger, 1377 US-50, Peabody.

Richard E. Good and Karen L. Good to Richard E. Good and Karen L. Good, trust-ees, 219.4 acres southeast of Limestone and 110th Rds.

James W. and Jannette M. Davis to Eck-er-Fulkerson-Slifer Post No. 6958, quit-claim deed, lots 17-20, block 9, Beebe’s Addition, Marion.

Jessica M. Laurin to Garry W. and Shar-lyn R. Dunnegan, lot 17, Echo Lane sub-division, adjacent to Marion County Park and Lake.

Charla J. Wheeler to Ivor D. and Mary E.

Fraizer, lot 1 and north half of lot 2, block 36, Southern Addition, Marion.

Willie E. and Ether M. Campbell to Theo-dore Turk, 229 N. Roosevelt St., Marion.

EMERGENCYDISPATCHES

According to � re and ambulance trans-missions, monitored by the newspaper.

JAN. 268:05 a.m. — Marion � re responded to

Upland Rd. between 210th and 220th Rds. for hay bales on � re.

11:32 a.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transferred an advanced-life-support pa-tient from Hillsboro Community Hospital to Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita.

1:15 p.m. — Florence ambulance was called to the 800 block of Main St. for a person who had fallen and was still on the � oor. After Florence ambulance did not answer dispatchers, Peabody ambu-lance took the call. The patient refused transport.

1:17 p.m. — Marion ambulance trans-ported a woman who had fallen and was complaining of arm pain from Prairie Lane at Marion County Lake to St. Luke. Marion � re was called for lifting assistance.

6:27 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transferred a patient from HCH to Via Christi, Wichita.

8:53 p.m. — Marion � re responded to US-77 highway south of US-56 for a strong natural gas smell. Marion � re advised dis-patchers to call a gas company.

JAN. 273:24 p.m. — Marion ambulance, Mar-

ion rescue, and Marion � re responded to the roundabout at US-56/77 for a vehicle vs. motorcycle accident. A person was transported to St. Luke.

9:04 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance re-sponded to the 300 block of N. Lincloln St. for a woman in her 90s who had fall-en. Hillsboro was then told by dispatch-ers to disregard.

9:42 p.m. — Marion ambulance re-sponded to the 300 block of S. Cedar for a teenager su� ering from a possible over-dose. No transportation was speci� ed.

THURSDAY3:27 p.m. — Marion � re, Florence � re,

Hillsboro � re, and Marion ambulance re-sponded to Random Rd. at Marion County Lake for a � re in an unattached garage. A person was transported to St. Luke.

5:54 p.m. — Florence ambulance re-sponded to the 200 block of W. 10th St. in Florence for a woman in her 90s feel-ing sick. She was transported to Newton Medical Center.

FRIDAY9:30 a.m. — Burns ambulance was

called to the 100 block of S. Nickerson St. in Burns for a woman who had fallen and was complaining of arm pain. After no response from Burns or Florence, Pe-abody took the call. Transportation was not speci� ed.

2:42 p.m. — Burns and Florence � re were called to assist with a large grass � re on North West 75th in Butler County.

SATURDAY3:17 p.m. — Marion � re was called

to the alley between Cedar St. and HRK Warehouse for a gas meter that report-edly had been hit.

6:45 p.m. — Florence ambulance trans-ported a man not able to use his legs from the 100 block of N. Cincinnati St. in Burns to Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital, El Dorado.

6:47 p.m. — Marion � re, Lost Springs � re, Lincolnville � re, Tampa � re, and Tam-

pa ambulance responded to the 400 block of Lumbar St. in Lincolnville for a chim-ney on � re.

7:33 p.m. — Marion ambulance re-sponded to Prairie Lane at Marion Coun-ty Lake for a woman found lying in a hall-way and not breathing. Marion � re was called for lifting assistance.

9:03 p.m. — Tampa ambulance and Lincolnville � re responded to the 600 block of 6th Ave. in Lincolnville for a man in his 70s who fell. He was transported to St. Luke.

SUNDAY11:43 a.m. — Marion ambulance re-

sponded to the 1500 block of E. Lawrence St. for a woman having a possible heart at-tack. She was transported to St. Luke.

MONDAY9:29 a.m. — Marion � re, Florence � re,

and Lincolnville � re responded to a � re in a ditch which spread to an adjacent � eld around two miles north of the US-56/77 and K-150 roundabout.

4:06 p.m. — Goessel � re responded to the 100 block of E. Main St. for a ve-hicle � re.

6:52 p.m. — Marion � re responded to Yarrow Rd. between 200th and 210th Rds. for a stove that was on � re outside of the residence.

10:30 p.m. — Hillsboro ambulance transported a woman who had fallen from the 600 block of S. Ash St. to HCH.

OFFENSES REPORTED

According to o� ense reports released this past week:

SHERIFF

Burglary/criminal damageCharles Knight Jr., 53, Florence, MKC

employee, reported to police that a 12x8 overhead door and coins with a combined value of $586 were taken through forced entry from MKC in Florence between 5 p.m. Jan. 22 and 7:30 a.m. Jan. 25.

Burglary/criminal damagePaula Brom, 54, Edina, Minnesota, re-

ported that a sheet of plywood valued at $50 was taken through forced entry from an abandoned residential structure in the 500 block of W. Main St. in Lincolnville be-tween 8 a.m. Jan. 1 and 2:31 p.m. Jan. 18.

POLICEINCIDENT REPORTS

HILLSBORO

Jan. 24 — A report of someone tamper-ing with a water faucet in the 100 block of S. Lincoln St. was investigated. Reports of a reckless driver, suspicious activity, and a dog-at-large were investigated.

Jan. 25 — A stalled truck blocking US-56 was removed from the roadway with help from Hillsboro � re and city crews.

Jan. 26 — A disruptive spectator at a high school basketball game, two com-mercial alarms, a non-injury accident, and a wayward child were investigated.

Jan. 27 — A report of possible drunk driver on US-56 and identity theft in the 300 block of S. Ash St were investigated.

Thursday — A report of a possible do-mestic disturbance in a vehicle parked in the 200 block of N. Adams St. and a tres-pass complaint in the 400 block of S. Main St. were investigated.

Friday — An attempted scam and a suspicious person were investigated. An abandoned bicycle was picked up.

Saturday — Suspicious activity in the 100 block of S. Ash St was investigated.

MARION

Jan. 25 — Two verbal warnings, one for speeding and one for a brake light out, were issued.

Jan. 26 — A verbal warning for an im-proper turn was issued.

Jan. 27 — A door-to-door salesman was advised to obtain a permit prior to selling. A report of reckless driving was investigated.

Friday — A citation for speeding was issued, three verbal warnings were is-sued— one for headlamp out, one for no tag light, and one for failure to stop at a stop sign.

Saturday — A commercial alarm in the 100 block of Main St. was investigated. A gas leak was investigated.

PEABODY

Jan. 25 — Police took a report of dis-turbing phone calls on a cell phone. O� -cers opened a new drug investigation. Po-lice completed a report on a tra� c stop and documented problems. Police com-pleted a U.S. military records check.

Jan. 27 — Victor Mancilla-Escamilla was cited for speeding and operating a motor vehicle with no driver’s license.

Thursday — O� cers continued to in-vestigate reports of racing on U.S.-50.

Sunday — A report was taken of crim-inal damage to property.

TRAFFICDIVISION CASES

This information was � led in the tra� c division of district court. All � nes include court costs. If no address listed, no address was available on court records.

Chase William Bowman, Merkel, Tex-as, speeding (96 in a 65 mph zone) May 2, $318.

Kylie L. Burhoop, Manhattan, speeding (70 in a 55 mph zone) Jan. 12, $183.

Jordan B. Evans, Wichita, speeding (98 in a 65 mph zone) Nov. 26, $348.

Michelle R. Mazur, Wichita, speeding (74 in a 65 mph zone) Jan. 13, $153.

Cassandra L. Peterson, Springdale, Ar-kansas, speeding (81 in a 65 mph zone) Dec. 6, $189.

Tristan Schmitz, Newton, improper parking Jan. 1, $153.

Duncan E. Whitlock, Topeka, speeding (84 in a 65 mph zone) Jan. 17, $207.


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25 PUBLIC NOTICES(First published in the

Marion County Record, Marion, Kansas,

January 27, 2016)3tIN THE DISTRICT COURT OFmARION COUNTY, kANSAS

In the Matter of the Estate ofAnn Marie Religa, Deceased Case No . 15-PR-49Pursuant to K .S .A . Ch . 59

AMENDED AND REPUBLISHEDNOTICE OF HEARING TO

ADMIT WILL TO PROBATE AND FOR ISSUANCE OF

LETTERS TESTAMENTARYAND NOTICE TO CREDITORS

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:You are hereby notified that on No-vember 23, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Alice L . Toews, exec-utor named in the Last Will and Testa-ment of Ann Marie Religa, deceased, dated October 14, 2015, praying that the Will be admitted to probate and record, that she be appointed as ex-ecutor without bond, and that she be granted Letters Testamentary .The prior published notice did not contain the case caption above giv-en . Therefore, a new notice is hereby given on hearing to admit the will to probate which is scheduled for Mon-day, February 22, 2016 .You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before Febru-ary 22, 2016, at 9:30 a .m . of said day, in the Marion County District Court, at which time and place the cause will be heard . Should you fail, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition .All creditors of the above-named de-cedent are notified to exhibit their de-mands against the estate in the Mar-ion County District Court, 200 S . 3rd Street, Suite 201, Marion, KS 66861, within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of this republished notice under K .S .A . 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as pro-vided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred .Parties involved in litigation in this case will not be required to comply with this notice . Alice L . Toews, PetitionerWilliam L . Brown LCAttorney at Law111 East Sixth Street Newton, Kansas 67ll4Telephone: (3l6)283-5280Attorney for Petitioner M-18-19-20-30454

(First published in the Marion County Record,

Marion, Kansas, January 20, 2016)3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFmARION COUNTY, kANSAS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOF MARION COUNTY, KANSAS Plaintiffsvs . Case No . 15 CV 36Michael Miller, et al Defendants

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALEPUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of the District Court of Marion County, Kansas, in the above

entitled action, will, on the 23rd day of February, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a .m . on said day at Marion County Court-house, in the City of Marion, Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all of the below described real estate situ-ated in Marion County, Kansas, sub-ject only to valid covenants remain-ing with the land, and valid easements of record in use and subject to tax-es and interest which become a lien thereon subsequent to the date of judgment (January 5, 2016), which said real estate is taken as proper-ty of the respective Defendants des-ignated as the owners thereof or as having some interest to claim there-to . Said real estate is to be sold with-out appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale and the respective adjudged liens thereon:CAUSE OF ACTION: 1TAX ID: FLO 0449ALEGAL DESCRIPTION:

Block 37, excluding the West 152 .8 feet thereof, Original Town, City of Florence, and excluding the South 95 .4 feet of the West 18 feet of Lot 13, the South 95 .4 feet of Lots 15, 17, 19 and 21, and the South 95 .4 feet of the East 22 .2 feet of Lot 23, all in Block 37, Original Town, City of Flor-ence, Marion County, Kansas

TOTAL LIENS: $3,000 .71Each of the judgment liens above is further subject to post-judgment in-terest from and after January 5, 2016, and $250 .00 Court costs .WITNESS my hand at Marion, Kansas, this 12th day of January, 2016 . Robert Craft Sheriff of Marion County, KansasATTEST:Jan HelmerClerk of the District CourtSusan C . Robson, SC#14508Marion County Attorney A-17-18-19-30451



IN THE EIgHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICTDISTRICT COURT,

mARION COUNTY, kANSASIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CASE NO . 16 PR 02WILLIAM EARL KEITH,a/k/a WILLIAM E . KEITH, Deceased .

NOTICE OF HEARINgTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Jess Shane Keith, an heir of William Earl Keith, a/k/a William E . Keith, deceased, re-questing:Descent be determined of the follow-ing described real estate situated in Marion County, Kansas:

i . North 19 feet of Lot 104 and all of Lots 106, 108, 110 and 112, Block 4, Billings and Bowers Ad-dition to the City of Marion, Mar-ion County, Kansas (commonly known as 328 N . Lincoln, Mari-on, Kansas) .ii . East 10 feet of Lot 20, and all of Lots 21 and 22, Block 1, Beebe’s Addition to the City of Marion, Marion County, Kansas (com-monly known as 150 W . Main, Marion, Kansas) .

and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death . And that such

property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession .You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before February 10, 2016, at 9:30 a .m . in the City of Marion, in Marion County, Kan-sas, at which time and place the cause will be heard . Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition . Jess Shane Keith, PetitionerBEVER DYE, LCEpic Center301 North Main, Suite 600Wichita, Kansas 67202-4806Telephone: (316) 263-8294Attorneys for Petitioner M-17-18-19-30455




In the Matter of the Estate ofLEWIS GENE HAGEN, Deceased Case No . 16-PR-03(Petition Pursuant to K .S .A . Chapter 59)

NOTICE OF HEARINg ANDNOTICE TO CREDITORS

You are hereby notified that a Petition for Informal Administration was filed in this Court by Coleen Koop, an heir of Lewis Gene Hagen, deceased . You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before Febru-ary 10, 2016 at 9:30 a . m . in this Court, in the City of Marion, Marion County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard . Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition .All creditors of the above named de-cedent are notified to exhibit their de-mands against the estate within four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provid-ed by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be for-ever barred . Coleen Koop Petitioner BROOKENS AND BOEHM, LLCJ . Robert Brookens Sup . Ct . #9757403 E . Main, PO Box 293Marion, KS 66861(620) 382-2133Bob@brookensandboehm .comAttorneys for Petitioner M-17-18-19-30449




PROBATE DIvISIONIn the Matter of the Estate ofJOHN D. SOLOmON, Deceased . Case No . 15 PR 57(Pursuant to Chapter 59, K .S .A .) TITLE TO REAL ESTATE INVOLVED

AmENDED NOTICE OF HEARINgSTATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Ronald M . McDowell, Administrator of the Estate of Tammy Ann Solomon, deceased, requesting:Descent be determined of the follow-

ing described real estate situated in Marion County, Kansas, commonly known as 306 N . Pine, Peabody, Kan-sas and described as follows:

Lots Seven (7), Eight (8), Nine (9) and Ten (10), Block Eighty (80), North Peabody, City of Peabody, according to the recorded plat thereof,

and all personal property and oth-er Kansas real estate owned individ-ually by decedent, John D . Solomon, at the time of his death; and that said property and real estate be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate suc-cession .You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or be-fore the 22nd day of February, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock A .M . with the District Court of Marion County, Kansas, 200 S . 3rd Street, Marion, Kansas 66861, at which time and place said cause will be heard . Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and de-cree will be entered in due course up-on the Petition . RONALD M . MCDOWELL, Petitioner CORNERSTONE LAW, LLC725 N . MainNewton, KS 67114 316-282-7300 FAX: 316-283-9595Attorneys for Petitioner M-18-19-20-30472




PROBATE SECTIONIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFJOEL JAY BASS, DECEASED . No . 16 PR 01Pursuant to K .S .A . Chapter 59

NOTICE OF HEARINgThe State of Kansas To All Persons Concerned:You are hereby notified that a peti-tion has been filed in this court by John Eder, CTFA, Assistant Vice Pres-ident and Senior Trust Administrator for Wells Fargo Bank, N .A ., an inter-ested party in the Estate of Joel Jay Bass, deceased, praying that the for-eign will of Joel Jay Bass, deceased, be admitted to probate and record in this court; that no administration of this state is necessary; that the will be construed; and that the property described in that petition be assigned in accordance with the terms of the will . You are required to file your writ-ten defenses thereto on or before the 16th day of February, 2016, at 9:30 a .m . of such day, in such court, in the City of Marion, in Marion County, Kansas, at which time and place such cause will be heard . Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition .

John Eder, CTFA, Assistant Vice President and Senior Trust Administrator for Wells Fargo Bank, N .A ., Petitioner

By: /s/ David C . BurnsDavid C . Burns #8279Sizemore, Burns and Gillmore, LLC121 E . 5th Street, PO Box 546Newton, KS 67114(316) [email protected] for Petitioner M-17-18-19-30450

Classifieds

Mary RegaladoMary Louise Regalado,

45, of Marion, died Jan. 23 in Wichita.

A memorial service was to be this morning at Cindy’s Family Café, Marion.

She was born Nov. 21, 1970, to Jack and Juiliette (Tarantino) Thorne in Chester, New York.

Regalado was a certified nurse assistant.

She is survived by daughters, Connie French and Rebeca Clay, both of Marion; a son, Joshua Woods of Marion; brothers, Shane Daniels, Shawn Daniels, and John Daniels; and sisters, Jeanitte Tarantino, Carol Bailtimore, Connie James, Yvette Tarantino, Christiane Accordino, and Nadine Reedy.

A memorial fund has been established with Baker Funeral Home, Peabody, to assist with funeral expenses.

Jerry SchmidtFormer Hillsboro police

officer Jerry Schmidt, 75, died Jan. 29 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Hillsboro United Methodist Church. Family will receive guests from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.

He was born Jan. 2, 1941, to Isaac and Kate (Dyck) Schmidt.

Survivors include his wife, Mary (Tootsie) Schmidt of Hillsboro; son, Jeff Schmidt of Augusta; stepsons, Chris Frantz and Mitch Frantz, both

of Hillsboro; brother, Dale Schmidt of McPherson; sister, Mary Jane Janzen of Goessel; and six grandchildren.

He was predeceased by his daughter Kathy Schmidt in 2013.

Memorials to Trojan Booster Club or Hillsboro Police Department.

Ed SiebertEdward E. “Ed” Siebert, 74,

died Thursday at his residence in Marion.

He was born May 3, 1941, to Wilmer and Mildred (Bluhm) Siebert in Hillsboro. He was a graduate of Marion High School.

He was married to Laquetta “Luke” Cunningham on Nov. 10, 1973. He was a plant manager at Lewis and West, Inc. of El Dorado.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Luke, and a daughter, Brenda Siebert.

He is survived by children, Rick Siebert of Allen and Julie Ascencio of St. Peters, Missouri; stepchildren, Charles Reece of Hillsboro and Tracy Garrison of Edmund, Oklahoma; siblings, Richard Siebert of Wichita, Jerry Siebert of Cedar Point, and Karen Regnier of Marion; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Cremation has taken place. A private service will be held in the spring at Marion Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion City Library.

Deaths in memoriamEXPANDED EULOGIES

“In Memoriam” listings are expanded paid obituaries, phrased as the family requests, and may include enhanced information or photographs that might not fit within free death notices.

Cynthia BlountCynthia M. Blount, 60,

passed away suddenly on Jan. 30, 2016, at her residence.

She was born Feb. 10, 1955, at Houston, Texas. She was the daughter of Jack and Ella (Meier) Swain.

On Feb. 14, 1973, she was united in marriage to Richard P. Blount. Their marriage was blessed with four daughters. In 1984, they relocated to Marion. She was a homemaker

and she managed Marion Historical Museum. She also volunteered at Marion City Library. She was a lifetime member of Girl Scouts, and had run day camp for several years.

She was preceded in death by her father, Jack Swain.

She is lovingly survived by her husband, Richard; her daughters, Jennifer Nuessen and husband Marc of Cheney; Sarah Feather and her husband Flint of Conway Springs; and twins, Suzanne

Hubele and husband Thad of Gypsum, and Catherine Forsyth and her husband David of Erie; her mother, Ella Swain of Marion; a sister, Cecilie Swain and her husband Fred Parker of Bella Vista, Arkansas; and 12 grandchildren, Decker, Logan, and Arina Nuessen, Robynn, Brandon, and Ian Solomon, Ariel, Bishop, and Lauren Feather, Rachel and Matthew Hubele, and Amelia Forsyth.

Visitation with family will be held from 5 to 7 p.m.,

Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, at Zeiner Funeral Home, Marion. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb, 4, 2016, at Eastmoor United Methodist Church, Marion. Interment will follow in Marion Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Historical Museum in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion KS 66861. Online condolences may be left at: www.zeinerfuneralhomes.com.

Vernolis SiebertVernolis Fern Siebert, 95,

passed away Jan. 27, 2015, at St. Luke Living Center, Mar-ion.

She was born Feb. 15, 1920, at Lamont, Kansas. She was the daughter of James Dud-ley and Ora Lovetta (Watt) Dillingham. She was a gradu-ate of Hamilton High School and had attended Wichita Business College.

On May 8, 1955, she was married to Rex L. Siebert. This marriage would blend their families to include five children. She worked in the Marion County Treasurer’s Office for 25 years.

Vernolis Siebert

She enjoyed spending time on Diamond X Ranch, where she helped where she could.

She enjoyed her animals. She loved bowling and went to nationals many years. Her favorite past-time was danc-ing; she and Rex shared many dances together throughout their lives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex; her sons, Ronald Breech and Francis Breech; and her brother, Delbert Dilling-ham.

She is survived by her stepchildren, Linda Camp-bell and her husband Bob of Salina; Ladd Siebert and his wife Mary Jo of Eureka, South Dakota; and John Sie-bert and his wife Marianne

of Florence; and 15 grand-children and their families.

A celebration of life ser-vice was held at 2 p.m. Mon-day, Feb. 1, 2016, at Zeiner Funeral Home of Marion, with Pastor Jeff Lee officiat-ing. Inurnment was in Mar-ion Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Central Park or Aulne Unit-ed Methodist Church in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion KS 66861. Online condolences may be left at: www.zeinerfuneral-homes.com.

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PHOTO BY CARISSA SHIELDSCentre’s Dylan Deines scored 15 points Tuesday in a home game against Elyria Christian. Deines scored a career-high 27 points against Elyria in an earlier match-up. Cole Srajer scored 19 points in Tuesday’s game, and Cole Methvin scored 15. Centre boys won against Elyria 70 to 59.

STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID COLBURNMason Pedersen is harassed by a Council Grove defender as he drives the ball across midcourt Thursday during the War-riors’ 60-51 loss to the Braves.

Warriors’ marathon ends with Council Grove losses


High school basketball teams never play � ve games in seven days, but Marion did, closing a madcap schedule re-alignment with losses to Coun-cil Grove on � ursday in Mar-ion.

Weather postponed the start of Centre’s tournament by three days, creating the crunch. Mar-ion teams played three tourna-ment games in four days and then Hillsboro before taking on the Braves.

� e girls hoped to capital-ize on their Centre tournament championship and victory over Hillsboro, but came up short against the Braves, 59-53.

Marion turned an early def-icit into a 10-point lead, 45-35, late in the third quarter, but Council Grove ripped o� a 14-3 run going into the fourth and kept the Warriors at bay the rest of the way.

Coach Kelly Robson was re-luctant to credit the grueling schedule for the loss.

“I really don’t know if � ve games in seven days wears them down mentally and physically,” he said. “I felt like a couple of us weren’t as mentally ‘in it’ to-night as we have been some oth-er times, and against a team like that, everybody’s got to be fully here. � at mental part of it pos-sibly was a wearing factor they weren’t even aware of.”

More challenging, Robson

said, was the type of o� ense Council Grove ran.

“We’ve played a variety of teams, but we haven’t played anybody that has three good ball handlers like this team has,” he said. “� ey got loose from us a few times tonight. I don’t know anybody else who runs something like that in our league.”

Even with the loss, Robson was upbeat about how his team tackled the compacted sched-ule.

“� ey had fun this week,” he said. “� ey love playing bas-ketball.”

A lackluster � rst half put the boys in a hole from which they couldn’t recover, losing 60-51.

� e Warriors led early, but

were outscored 23-10 in the sec-ond quarter, and trailed by as many as 16 in the second half. Marion rallied in the fourth quarter, cutting the de� cit to 7 points, 56-49, with just over three minutes le� , but scored just one basket down the stretch to fall by 9.

“� e biggest problem we had all night was that we were reacting instead of anticipat-ing,” coach Je� McMillin said. “We wasted a lot of the game not playing the way we should play.”

� e Warriors played a sec-ond consecutive game without Tyler Zinn, who became eligible in January, but went down with an ankle injury at Centre.

“� ose changes to the line-up have been tough,” McMillin said. “We spent probably a week and a half adjusting to Tyler getting into the lineup. I can tell we adjusted well having him in the lineup, because once he le� the lineup we were way o� . We’ve just got to realize our margin for error isn’t as big as it was.”

McMillin said the War-riors showed improvement from their loss to Hillsboro, particularly during the fourth quarter.

“I saw a lot more possessions tonight where we were getting ball movement and touching more guys hands,” he said.

7 medals for 7 Warriors

Cougar power

Team takes 3rd at Hoisington

Coming o� � rst and second place � nishes at their previous two tournaments, the War-riors returned to the winner’s podium Friday, scoring 143.5 points to snatch third place and seven top-2 individual � nishes at a Hoisington tournament.

� e Warriors � nished 41 points behind Hois-ington and 21 points behind Goddard.

Individually, Jarrett Johnson, Ezra Darnall,

and Bryce Shults were tournament champions in their respective brackets.

Noah Albin, Remington Putter, Charlie Nor-dquist, and Tyler Palic � nished second respec-tively, and Garret Ho� ner and Adam Kjellin each placed fourth.

Kolten Brewer also took � rst Saturday at a ju-nior varsity tournament in Marion.

“It was awesome to see them in their ele-ment,” Adkins said.

Marion wrestles next at 3 p.m. Friday in a du-al tournament at Onaga.

Heerey Agency sponsors college

scholarshipMarion Shelter Insurance agent Doug Heerey, in col-

laboration with Shelter Insurance Foundation, is spon-soring a $2,000 scholarship to be awarded to a college-bound Marion High School graduate.

Applications will evaluated on multiple criteria, in-cluding academic achievement, educational goals, citi-zenship, moral character, and leadership in school and community events. A committee of high school o� cials and community leaders will select the winner.

A student beginning college this fall may use the schol-arship for tuition, fees, or campus housing.

Heerey Agency partially funds the scholarship.Interested students should obtain an application and

more information by contacting high school counsel-or Mark Felvus, or calling Heerey Agency at (620) 382-3254.

MENUAREA SCHOOLS

CENTREmenu subject to change. fruit, juice and milk

available with every breakfast. milk available with every lunch.

BreakfastThursday — Pancake, syrup.Friday — Toaster pastry.Monday — Banana bread.Tuesday — Breakfast bites.Feb. 10 — French toast sticks, sausage

link.

LunchThursday — Pepperoni pizza, corn, broc-

coli, peaches.Friday — Macaroni and cheese, meatballs,

seasoned peas, baby carrots, sliced bread and jelly (middle and high school), apple.

Monday — Pigs in a blanket, potato wedg-es, broccoli, apple slices, gelatin with juice.

Tuesday — Chicken wrap, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, Spanish rice, corn.

Feb. 10 — Cheese pizza, garden salad, corn, french garlic bread, fruit.

MARIONmenu subject to change. milk, fruit juice, ce-

real, oatmeal bar available for breakfasts. milk available for all lunches. garden fresh salad bar available for middle and high school.

BreakfastThursday — Breakfast sliders or fruit and

yogurt parfait, apple.Friday — Biscuits and gravy or mini waf-

� es, peaches.Monday — Pancakes with fruit topping or

sausage biscuits, apple.Tuesday — Oven-baked omelette or ham

and cheddar country biscuit, pears.Feb. 10 — Orange roll or egg and cheese

bagel, peaches.

LunchThursday — Cheeseburger, sloppy Joe, or

cobb salad (elementary), french fries, garden salad, fruit, tropical fruit.

Friday — Pepperoni pizza, sweet and sour chicken with rice, or popcorn chicken salad (el-ementary), garden salad, roasted vegetables, fruit, blushing pears.

Monday — Cheeseburger, chicken and dumplings, or Italian chef salad (elementary), garden salad, corn, fruit, mandarin oranges.

Tuesday — Chicken strips with Mardi Gras sauce, chicken nachos with white queso, or ta-co salad (elementary), garden salad, Texas pin-tos, fruit, banana orange mix.

Feb. 10 — Chicken patty, � sh patty, or chick-en Caesar salad (elementary), mashed pota-toes with gravy, glazed carrots, fruit, peach-es, hot roll.

County spelling bee

JOHN FAST PHOTOHillsboro Middle School student Mary Elena Heyen (left) won the Marion County Spelling Bee on Jan. 27 at Goes-sel High School. Marion Elementary School � fth-grader, Jaeden McMillan (middle), placed second. Goessel Mid-dle School student Brooke Nafziger took third. Heyen will represent Marion County at the State spelling bee March 5 at Fort Hays State University.

TUESDAY SCOREBOARD

BOYS GIRLS

Hillsboro 67 55Nickerson 56 38

BOYS GIRLS

Elyria 59 53Centre 70 42

BOYS GIRLS

Little River 39 41Goessel 34 69

BOYS GIRLS

Marion 62 45Remington 57 43

BOYS GIRLS

Solomon 49 45Peabody 13 19

Too spaced out

At top of page, use regular page logo, not partial page logo

Scores go above page logo, not below. Local team, not home team, is highlight-

ed white. White extends under team logo

Avoid butting pictures up against ads. Could simply have flipped Col. 1 with Cols. 2 and 3

at bottom left, and flipped Cols. 4 and 5 with Cols. 1 through 4 at top, which also would have helped with directionality of picture.

Head too big and with too many linesNon-standard. Wastes some space but is probably OK. Does not have

to be this way, however.

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By KELSEY UNRUHStaff writer

It’s been years since Hillsboro has had a dance studio, but that will be changing in March.

Krista Matlock, wife of Hillsboro Mennonite Brethren Church associate pastor Jeremy Matlock, will start of-fering a variety of dance classes start-ing March 7 in Hillsboro City Hall, and hopes to open a formal studio in June.

Matlock has been dancing all her

life, teaching dance on and off for 6 years, and is finally getting the chance to fulfill a lifelong dream.

“I’ve always wanted to own a dance studio since I was a little girl,” Matlock said. “but then life gets busy and you just go in different directions.”

One of those directions included Krista and Jeremy being missionar-ies in Saransk, Russia.

While in Russia, Matlock and her husband started a college mission at Mordovia University, a decision that helped them get around Russian red tape.

“We had to get student visas to stay

because Russia was making it diffi-cult to get visas for ministry,” Mat-lock said.

As the only Americans in a town of roughly 300,000 people, Matlock said they gained respect from their com-munity after Matlock participated in a college talent show.

“We were having a hard time con-necting with the students,” Matlock said. “My husband found out about the show and said to sign up for it.”

Matlock said that after the competi-tion, she started teaching dance classes as a free ministry and also to help peo-ple get to know who they were.

“We were the only Americans,” Matlock said. “A lot of people were skeptical of us and what we were do-ing, so dance classes helped them know that we were normal.”



Matlock said she is excited to move forward with this new adventure,

and that it wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the support of the community, including Mayor Delo-res Dalke.

“Delores Dalke helped us look for a house when we moved here,” Mat-lock said. “I told her I taught dance and she said ‘oh we need a dance teach-er here.’”


“When we first were even think-ing of opening a studio, one of our thoughts was ‘How will we fund this?’”

Police officer Jerry Schmidt remembered as tough but kind

Hillsboro residents will vote for two ward positions in the April 5 city elections.

Both contenders are incum-bents. Brent Driggers has filed for Ward 1 and Byron McCa-rty has filed for Ward 2.

Marion will have the only formally contested races , with five candidates vying for two at-large council positions.

Incumbents Jerry A. Dieter

and Melissa Mermis face com-petition from John Wheeler, Michel Soyez, and Chris Cos-tello.

Burns residents have three at-large council positions to be filled and two contenders. Tim Rogers and Ronald Goodwin have filed. The third position would go to a write-in candi-date with the most votes.

Legislature could force consolidation

to save moneyBy DAVID COLBURN

News editor

Five county school districts could become one in 2017 if a bill in the Kansas legislature proposing statewide consoli-dations becomes law.

House Bill 2504 would save the state $170 million over 10 years if districts in coun-ties with under 10,000 stu-dents were combined into sin-gle countywide districts, pro-ponents claim. Kansas Asso-ciation of School Boards es-timated the state would drop from 286 districts to 132 un-der the plan.

County superintendents beg to differ about the plan saving money.

“School consolidation in whatever form it takes, does not result in significant savings for Kansas,” USD 410 Superin-tendent Steve Noble said.

Peabody-Burns Superinten-dent Ron Traxson questioned the need for such a change.

“A lot of legislators look at 50 percent of the state budget go-ing to education,” he said. “It’s always been that way. It’s always taken that amount, and all of a sudden it’s too much?”

The proposed plan targets reducing administrative costs by merging districts into a sin-gle “realigned school district” with one superintendent and one administrative office for

the county. The realigned dis-trict would take ownership of all school buildings, proper-ty, and equipment, and what wouldn’t be needed would be transferred to the state for sale.

The bill does not propose closing any schools, Noble said.

USD 408 Superintendent Lee Leiker said he believed it would be impossible for any county district office to take on the work of four others, and that projected savings wouldn’t be realized.

“The central office staff at Marion could not take on the business affairs of five districts,” he said. “None of us have ex-tra people in our district offic-es. We haven’t hired addition-al people, we’ve taken on ad-ditional duties to cover. If you consolidate the five district of-fices into one, it will take more personnel to do that work.”


“There is absolutely nothing in this bill that states how local school boards would be han-dled,” Goessel Superintendent John Fast said. “Does it mean a superintendent has to work with one board or five?”

Traxson likewise was un-certain.

“Do you have five boards and one superintendent? That’s nearly impossible,” he said.


In some respects, former Hillsboro police officer Jerry Schmidt may have had a tough exterior, but two former coworkers said the 25-year veteran was a kind-hearted individual who had a funny sense of humor.

Schmidt, 75, died Jan. 29 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.

Chief Dan Kinning said Schmidt was the assistant chief when he start-ed at Hillsboro Police Department in 1984.

“He raised me and trained me as a

young officer,” Kinning said. “He came across as a ruff, gruff cop, but he real-ly had a kind heart, you had to know him to understand that.”

Through their interactions, Kin-ning came to understand that Schmidt loved his hometown.

Schmidt returned to Hillsboro after serving as a supply sergeant in the Vietnam War. Hillsboro City Council member Byron McCarty hired Schmidt as a police officer af-ter Schmidt returned from his tour of duty.

“I liked Jerry,” McCarty said. “(As the former chief of police), I thought he’d be a good fit because he knew so many people from growing up here.”

Schmidt’s seemly tough exterior made some people think that he was mean, but McCarty said Schmidt was a “nice guy at heart.”

He said they spent time playing cards, talking about their military ser-vice, and playing practical jokes on each other and other police officers.

“I think he was stationed around

Saigon, but he told me while he was there he never had to shine his boots,” McCarty said. “Since he was a supply sergeant he just got a new pair out of storage every time his boots got dirty, and it worked.”

McCarty said Schmidt also added a list of numbers to radio police trans-missions that had a secret meaning known only to officers.

“While Jerry was stationed at Fort Riley there was a chaplain that thought the guys were cussing too much, so in-stead of cussing he had made a list of

numbers for certain bad words,” Mc-Carty said. “Well, Jerry brought that with him and we used those num-bers. It worked. Nobody knew what it meant except for us.”

Practical jokes that involved calling dispatchers and asking them to run tag numbers on Mickey Mouse, John Travolta, and people with long or un-usual names were other memories of Schmidt that McCarty shared.

“We had a lot of really good times,” McCarty said. “He was a great guy. He’ll be missed.”

Districts to be forced to consolidate?

From Russia to Hillsboro, Matlock on a mission to dance

staff pHOtO by daVId COlburNthis solitary bald eagle perched in a tree near marion Cove at the reservoir sunday had plenty of company last week. Numerous people reported seeing up to 20 bald eagles congregated on the frozen lake from both the dam and off of Cottonwood point.

Out of many, one

Six calls per week don’t involve

transporting patientsBy DAVID COLBURN

News editor

Marion County EMS logged 1,172 calls in 2015, the most of any year dating back to 2005, county commissioners learned Friday.

Data reported by EMS inter-im director Ed Debesis showed 344 calls, an average of about six per week, didn’t involve patient transports. The larg-est number of those, 259, were calls in which an ambulance ar-rived on scene but did not take a patient anywhere. There were 46 calls terminated before an

ambulance arrived, and 39 in-stances of stand-by calls.

Debesis said non-transports are an issue everywhere, and that reasons for the calls vary, including responses to car ac-cidents in which no one is in-jured. People who live alone will sometimes call EMS when routine health issues arise in-stead of going to a doctor, he said.

“Sometimes the family’s not around and they do have con-cerns,” Debesis said. “I’ve gone to doctors and said, ‘We’ve run this patient 20 times this week, is there anything we can do, can we get something set up to help them?’ Maybe it’s send-ing home health in, or maybe

it’s time for them to not be liv-ing alone.”


“Look at all the transfers we have,” he said. “It’s not on-ly the time and money, but you have an ambulance going on a call where they’re not going to transport anyway, and some-one may need it somewhere else.”

Commissioners agreed to have Debesis continue as in-terim director while they con-duct a search for a permanent director.

“I would like to have this settled by March 15,” Holub said.

Debesis expressed interest in the position.

“Let me know when you open it up so I can get my ap-plication in,” he said.

Commission chairman Ran-dy Dallke said he had received criticism from smaller towns that they were not included in an economic development meeting Jan. 21 held by Mari-on in conjunction with Hills-boro and the county.

“We’re not leaving them out,” he said. “Right now it’s the people who spend money who had a meeting. We’re look-

County EMS calls reach 11-year high

Hillsboro council seats to be uncontested in April election

By KELSEY UNRUHStaff writer

Hillsboro city council de-bated the outcome of the Ash St. plumbing project at Mon-day’s meeting.

City administrator Larry Paine said the overall cost for the project would be $25,000, with some extra for unantici-pated expenses.

The project would allow the city to build a sewer line in the alley flowing from 2nd St. to 3rd St., and connect three houses south of vacant lots to the new sewer line.

Paine said that if there were to be problems with the sew-er lines in front of the three houses, the owners would be required to connect to the new sewer in the alley.

“I make a recommendation that you authorize us to move ahead on that project that keeps us from having a building over the top of a functioning sewer line, which is something we do not like,” Paine said.

Council members voiced several concerns during the meeting, including the fact that if the city were to build sew-er lines across private proper-ty, the owners would then be responsible for their mainte-nance.

Mayor Delores Dalke told Paine that she was confused by all of what was entailed with the project.

“I thought I understood all of this before I came here,” Dalke

City moves ahead with sewer project

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Nothing fancy but gener-ally OK, probably the best overall page so far.Main suggestions would be to:— look for more entry points: reefers to stories in-side, pull quotes, glance box-es, mug shots, etc.— add a bit more space (space- line-space, perhaps) between un-related items

A bit spaced out, but nice to see that we rewrote this for Hillsboro rather than just taking the Mari-on version, as we did for Peabody.

This is the most questionable thing on the page. See previ-

ous critique of Marion’s Page 3.

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Last week’s docket stat-ed that Peabody � re was dis-patched at 9:04 p.m. Jan. 23 for a � re alarm going o� . � ey were dispatched at 9:04 a.m.

Look out Marion County — state repre-sentative John Bradford of Lansing wants to combine small local school districts, suppos-edly to save state government $170 million over the next 10 years.

In place of Marion County’s � ve districts, Bradford’s bill, HB 2504, proposes just one, operating out of one o� ce and with one su-perintendent. Ownership of all of the coun-ty’s school buildings and other assets would shi� to the new “realigned school district.” It’s likely an existing district will be picked to take over the operation of all � ve, running all of them from one location.

� e bill doesn’t propose closing any schools. It’s just more cost-e� ective, Brad-ford says, to combine the administrative functions of � ve districts into a county-wide operation.



You’re looking for 10-inch cucumbers. You need 10 of them. Be prepared for odd stares and glares from other customers, but your task demands that you measure care-fully and � ll your quota.

Take those cucumbers home (a� er paying for them, of course), lay them out on a coun-ter, and line them up side-to-side. If you’re a bit obsessive-compulsive, it’s OK to take a few moments to make certain the ends line up. We’re in no rush.

Now take a good look at your cucumbers, all 100 inches of them. � ey represent all the money the state spends in a year on local ed-ucation. � ey’re green, just like money, so it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine.

For this next step, where we pretend to be Bradford, you’ll need your tape measure again, and a sharp knife. Take one cucum-ber and cut a slice exactly three-eighths of a inch o� one end. If you possess the dexterity and precision, use a � amboyant ninja-style chop, just like Bradford. Put your trimmed cucumber back in line.


Congratulations — you now understand about how much Bradford’s radical pro-posal will save the state annually. Impres-sive, isn’t it?

So Bradford and his cronies get their pal-try sliver of cucumber, and what do the peo-ple of 76 counties forced into countywide districts get in return?

At the very least, uncertainty, confusion,

and strife will ensue. Bradford’s bill is far too vague, opening the door to all manner of speculation, including that of school clo-sures and economic decay. We’re familiar in this county with that legacy of consolidation, and who is to say history won’t repeat itself under a one-district model?

We’re accustomed to local boards running local schools for local communities that take great pride in being unique. Past consolida-tions weren’t easily accepted; how will forced realignment be received?

� ere’s just one sentence in HB 2504 that addresses the fate of local school boards. Plain and simple, it translates as, “School boards? We’ll � gure those out later.” Would we have � ve or one? Who would be repre-sented? What exactly would they control? Trust us, they say. Don’t worry about de-tails that matter. Let’s pass the bill now, and we’ll tell you sometime next year how we’re going to do it, they say.

Let’s be perfectly clear: � is bill isn’t about better education for our children. It’s about the state keeping more of its money to deal with its self-in� icted gunshot wound of di-sastrous tax cuts that have the state budget hemorrhaging badly and the economy trail-ing our neighboring states in employment, wages, business establishment, and popu-lation growth.

It’s about the disdain the governor and legislators in power have for public education and local control. Because they want people to be able to choose private schools or online education, they’re taking choice and money away from rural communities that want in-dependent public schools.

Consolidation of some administrative functions could make sense. Voluntary con-solidation of some or all of our county dis-tricts may also make sense at some point. � is bill, cra� ed as it is, doesn’t make sense for anyone other than the state.

Meanwhile, the legislature passed its � rst new law last week, designating Cowley County as the stone bridge capital of Kan-sas. Perhaps the next one they should con-sider is designating the statehouse the nut capital of Kansas. It would have to be nuts, because they sure don’t know how to deal with cucumbers.

— DAVID COLBURN

Topeka’s cucumber crazies

By PAT WICK© Another Day in the Country

It’s easy, at times, to think that good old fashioned kind-ness has gone out the window. Ugliness seems to rule the day and rude behavior becomes the norm.

� en something shocking happens.

I don’t know how o� en you � y somewhere; for me it’s about every six months or so when I make a trek to California. I’ve always loved the little Wich-ita airport — and I say ‘little’ because it is so much small-er and easier to get around in than the San Francisco or Den-ver airports.

Usually Denver is a hub and not a destination for me, but the last time I landed in Den-ver as my drop-o� point, I was shocked at just how far I had to walk to even get to the entrance where I could be picked up.

� at’s a big airport, and it was always a comfort to get back to Wichita with its easy parking and short walks o� and on the concourse.

And then it changed.In June, preparing to � y

to California, we drove up to what used to be our little home-town-style airport and every-thing was di� erent — even the name.

� ese two hicks from the sticks were lost! How were we to park?

“Just drop me o� ,” I said.“Not in unknown terri-

tory,” my sister said. “I’ll go park, while you check in for your � ight.”

But with construction going on, tra� c snarls, and poor di-

rectional signs, she � nally gave up and texted, “Are you OK? I’m heading home.”

When she came to pick me up in August, things were bet-ter.

“I � gured out how to park,” she said.

All was well again at our fa-vorite airport; but we still felt a little like strangers.

At Christmas, when she pulled up to drop me o� in front, there were so many oth-er cars dropping o� people that she had to park in the next lane out.

Once the car was stopped I jumped out, closed my door, and began struggling to get my big old suitcase out of the back-seat. � e man parked next to us was coming back to get in his car. We were in his way!

Jess and I bolted to hurry with our suitcase extraction when the man smiled and said, “Here, let me help you.”

What? We were expecting him to be impatient because our door was blocking his path. Had we heard right? We were startled. Was he being helpful? Yes, he was!

“Let me help you get those,” he said again, and we both backed away from the door. � is man was so nice. We couldn’t believe it. It was like a Christmas present, cheering me on my way.

Just yesterday, it happened again.

We were purchasing a new microwave/hood combina-tion for my kitchen — who know how things aren’t built to last more than a few years, these days — when the clerk

balanced the machine (which now looked huge in its pack-ing box) on our cart.

“Will you need help with this?” he asked.

It seems that I have a habit of over-estimating my capacity for li� ing and my car’s capaci-ty for holding things.

“No, we can get it,” we re-plied.

Wrong! From the display to the packaging box this thing had doubled in size, it seemed. However, we shouldered forth to check out and out to the car.

“Let’s put it in the trunk,” my sister said. “Nah, I think it will � t in the back seat,” I coun-tered. (I was wrong but didn’t know it, yet.) My reasoning was that while it might � t easier in the trunk, it would be a heavy haul to get it up and out of the trunk, whereas slipping it o� the higher seat would be a light-er li� . What I hadn’t considered was that the micro-wave and I would not both � t in through the door opening.

We did get it o� the cart and into the opening and we were stuck when we heard a voice behind us. “Can I help you?” I looked over my shoulder and here stood a couple of guys, smiling, to whom we gladly re-linquished our awkward bur-den. Yes, yes, yes, they could help us and we thanked them profusely.

It’s a grand day in the coun-try, for the helper and the helped, when someone says those magic words — espe-cially with a smile — “Can I help you?”

Another Day in the Country

“Can I Help You?”

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Noble said the bill does nothing to consider the edu-cational needs of students.

“What’s lost in this discus-sion is the impact on kids,” he said. “I think that’s important. All we’re talking about is how much money it will save us. We have to be careful when we have a consolidation dis-cussion that’s not focused on the best interests of kids.”

Centre Superintendent Su-san Beeson said the plan could have negative e� ects on some children.

“It’s almost as if dollars are more important than children in this state,” she said. “I think the � nancial cost for students who may not be successful or fall through the cracks could be greater than the cost sav-ings any one superintendent could create.”

Beeson said county districts have improved education de-spite past budget cuts through

collaborative programs such as the TEEN learning network and special education cooper-ative.

“� e administrations in our � ve districts have created the spirit of partnership,” she said. “I am proud to be an adminis-trator of a district in Marion County because there is such a commitment to collaboration and seeing that kids are � rst.”

Fast noted that the legisla-ture paid $2.7 million for an ef-� ciency study of state govern-ment, and that consolidation was not among the cost sav-ing measures recommended. He suggested that the consol-idation proposal masks a big-ger � nancial problem.

“� e real issue is that they don’t have a good plan for fund-ing schools yet,” he said. “� is may be a distraction over the bigger issue of funding schools, no matter what size.”

Leiker said the push to cut funding for public education

could be linked to the legisla-ture’s attempt to divert mon-ey and support to private ed-ucation.

“� ey’re putting more mon-ey into vouchers and to private schools,” he said. “� ey’re pro-moting private education and virtual education in spite of public education.”

Traxson said Gov. Sam Brownback has supported such a shi� .

“He wants to give more mon-ey to go into private schooling,” he said. “Is this really what’s about doing best for public schools, or is it about under-mining public schools?”

Community impactWhile acknowledging

schools won’t close if HB 2504 passes and realignment pro-ceeds, superintendents agreed that long-term e� ects could be serious for some areas of the county.

“� e schools in many of our

communities are the lifeblood of those communities, partic-ularly in rural Kansas,” No-ble said.

Past consolidations in Mar-ion County eventually led to some schools being closed and children bussed to other towns. Closures could have far-reach-ing e� ects.

“Any e� ort to take a school out of our communities will further the cause of having those communities deterio-rate to the point commerce isn’t happening,” Noble said. “Population will dwindle even more rapidly.”

Traxson agreed.“In most all cases, it’s go-

ing to be bad for the smaller communities,” he said. “� ey’re wanting to save money for the cost of education, but what’s that going to do to the econom-ic stability of smaller communi-ties throughout the state?”


“� ose are things we look to that we share over time, and when those are gone you take away a sense of history, a sense of ownership,” she said. “� ere’s a possibility of creat-ing strife between communi-ties. People at the legislative or government levels honest-

ly don’t have insight into these factors.”

While the idea of mass con-solidations has been � oated around Topeka in past legis-lative sessions, Leiker said HB 2504 is getting more serious at-tention because it has a timeline attached to it.

Several superintendents agreed that consolidation of dis-tricts is a decision that should be made at a local level accord-ing to community need.


Traxson said this and oth-er bills are taking local con-trol away from communities and sending public education in the wrong direction.

“Kansas has always been a conservative state, but it’s nev-er been conservative with edu-

cation,” he said. “We’ve lost the concept of doing what’s right verses whatever the leaders of the parties have said.”

SCHOOLS: Countywide consolidation could save money but harm communities over time

Burns are focus for observance

Safe Kids Kansas and the O� ce of the State Fire Mar-shal aim to focus on remind-ing parents and caregivers that � re is just one cause of burn in-juries to children during Na-tional Burn Awareness Week, which began Monday.

Others include scalding hot water, hot foods and beverag-es, heating appliances, hot pads and pans, � reworks, electrical currents, and chemicals.

Safety tips to prevent � res and burns can be found by visiting www.safekids.org or www.� remarshal.ks.gov.

People February 3, 2016 — Page 3Hillsboro Star-Journal — hillsboro, Kansas

As our amazing mother, Jane Miller celebrates her birthday on February 15th, all of her

children want to let everyone know that she is “Priceless”. Defi nition: Extremely valuable, cherished, prized, rare, treasured, dear, hav-ing value beyond any price. Her three favorite children, Rita, Forrest & Kim (along with their spouses) will host an invitation only “Come and Go“ Celebration

for Jane at Little Pleasures on Feb-ruary 14th where cards only are re-

quested.Jane graduated from Durham High School

in 1944 and married her sweetheart, Duwane Miller, on De-cember 17, 1946. They moved back to Hillsboro, KS from Garden Grove, CA in 1985 where they turned our Grand-parent’s home place into a beautiful orchard, “Miller’s Gar-den of Eat’n”, providing fresh produce and fruit (peaches, apples, pears and plums) to those in the local area for many years.Jane has 3 amazing children and their spouses, 6 hand-some grandsons and 16 beautiful great grandchildren. One Blessed Family!!!If you see Jane out and about in town, take the time to con-gratulate her on this milestone birthday. We are sure she would appreciate it!

Jane Miller of Hillsborois celebrating her

90th birthday(90 years, 32,872 days, 788,928 hours

and 47,335,680 minutes)!

CALENDARoF EVEnts

WEDNESDAY7 to 9 p.m. — hillsboro rec open gym,

hillsboro high school gymnasium.

THURSDAY7 to 8 p.m. — hillsboro Elementary

school 1st and 2nd grade music program, hillsboro high school auditorium.

SUNDAY7 a.m. to 1 p.m. — Florence Fire pan-

cake feed, Florentine building, Florence.2 to 5 p.m. — hillsboro rec open gym,

hillsboro high school gymnasium.3 to 5 p.m. —Elementary school and

middle school open gym, Marion Elemen-tary school.

5 to 7 p.m. — high school and adult open gym, Marion Elementary school.

MONDAYCentre homecoming Week begins.

TUESDAYhillsboro high school FFa pancake

feed, hillsboro senior Center.

Chamber luncheon to be Feb. 9

Hillsboro Chamber of Com-merce luncheon will be at noon Feb. 9 at the Scout House.

Speaker at the luncheon will discuss heart health.

Lunch will be $6 and will in-clude a sandwich, chips, cook-ie, and a drink.

� ose interested in attend-ing are asked to RSVP by Feb. 5.

By DORA UNRUHNorthwest of Durham

correspondent(620) 732-2647

� irteen attended the Senior Citizens meeting potluck din-ner where Lila Unruh was host-ess. Barbara Schmidt of Mari-on spoke about Elder Financial Protection and gave warnings on scams.

Clayton and Betty Wiebe en-tertained Nelson and Bev Wie-be and family for supper. � eir grandson, Jordan, had just re-turned from Montreal, Quebec, a� er spending 6 months doing voluntary service.

Wendell and Linda Wedel

went to the home of Travis and Connie Becker on Wednesday for supper in celebration of Garrett’s ninth birthday.

Roy and Nadine Davis, Tim Davis, Quinton and Dianne Unruh, Katie, and Jessie, and Heath and Tannis Dirks, and Jackson all visited the home of Leonard and Dianne Peachy in Tampa for dinner Sunday.

Tim and Shelia Koehn host-ed a fundraiser dinner on Sun-day. � ose who attended in-cluded Clayton and Betty Wie-be, Mitch and Carol Unruh and family, Titus and Chelsea Koehn, and Marlin and Beth-any Wiebe and family.

Harders to talk about trip at Lifelong Learning

Retired Tabor College pro-fessor Judy Harder and her hus-band Keith will open the spring session of Lifelong Learning at 9:45 a.m. Friday in Wohlge-muth Music Education Cen-ter at Tabor.

� e program, “Pilgrims on the Journey,” will focus on the couple’s 300-mile walking jour-ney on the Camino de Santia-go, an ancient pilgrim path in Spain, in 2015.

� e fee for the session is $5. Lunch is available in the cafe-teria for $4.

MENUsEnIor CEntEr

HILLSBOROMenu subject to change. Milk available

with all meals. Reservations accepted at (620) 947-2304.

Thursday — liver and onions or beef patty, garlic mashed potatoes, copper penny salad, fruit, peanut butter cook-ie, roll.

Friday — lasagna, green beans, tossed salad and pineapple, garlic bread.

Monday — Meatloaf, baked potato, peas and carrots, mandarin oranges, roll.

Tuesday — ham and beans, tossed sal-ad, peaches, pudding, cornbread.

Feb. 10 — Potato tot casserole, butter beets, gelatin cake, fruit, roll.




On Feb. 14, 1973, she was united in marriage to Richard P. Blount. � eir marriage was blessed with four daughters. In 1984, they relocated to Mari-on. She was a homemaker and she managed Marion Histori-cal Museum. She also volun-teered at Marion City Library. She was a lifetime member of Girl Scouts, and had run day camp for several years.


She is lovingly survived by her husband, Richard; her daughters, Jennifer Nuessen and husband Marc of Cheney; Sarah Feather and her husband Flint of Conway Springs; and twins, Suzanne Hubele and husband � ad of Gypsum, and Catherine Forsyth and her hus-band David of Erie; her moth-er, Ella Swain of Marion; a sis-ter, Cecilie Swain and her hus-band Fred Parker of Bella Vis-ta, Arkansas; and 12 grandchil-dren, Decker, Logan, and Ari-na Nuessen, Robynn, Brandon, and Ian Solomon, Ariel, Bishop, and Lauren Feather, Rachel and Matthew Hubele, and Amelia Forsyth.

Visitation with family will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednes-day, Feb. 3, 2016, at Zeiner Fu-neral Home, Marion. A fu-neral service will be held at 1 p.m., � ursday, Feb, 4, 2016, at Eastmoor United Method-ist Church, Marion. Interment will follow in Marion Ceme-tery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Histor-ical Museum in care of Zein-er Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion KS 66861. Online con-

Vernolis siebert


passed away Jan. 27, 2015, at St. Luke Living Center, Marion.

She was born Feb. 15, 1920, at Lamont, Kansas. She was the daughter of James Dudley and Ora Lovetta (Watt) Dillingham. She was a graduate of Hamilton High School and had attended Wichita Business College.

On May 8, 1955, she was married to Rex L. Siebert. � is marriage would blend their families to include � ve chil-dren. She worked in the Mar-ion County Treasurer’s O� ce for 25 years.

She enjoyed spending time on Diamond X Ranch, where she helped where she could. She enjoyed her animals. She loved bowling and went to nationals many years. Her favorite past-time was dancing; she and Rex shared many dances together throughout their lives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex; her sons, Ronald Breech and Francis Breech; and her brother, Del-bert Dillingham.

She is survived by her step-children, Linda Campbell and her husband Bob of Salina; Ladd Siebert and his wife Mary Jo of Eureka, South Dakota; and

boro United Methodist Church. Family will receive guests from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.


Survivors include his wife, Mary (Tootsie) Schmidt of Hillsboro; son, Je� Schmidt of Augusta; stepsons, Chris Frantz and Mitch Frantz, both of Hillsboro; brother, Dale Schmidt of McPherson; sister, Mary Jane Janzen of Goessel; and six grandchildren.


Memorials to Trojan Boost-er Club or Hillsboro Police De-partment.


died � ursday at his residence in Marion.


He was married to Laquetta “Luke” Cunningham on Nov. 10, 1973. He was a plant man-ager at Lewis and West, Inc. of El Dorado.


He is survived by children, Rick Siebert of Allen and Ju-lie Ascencio of St. Peters, Mis-souri; stepchildren, Charles Reece of Hillsboro and Tracy Garrison of Edmund, Okla-homa; siblings, Richard Siebert of Wichita, Jerry Siebert of Ce-dar Point, and Karen Regnier of Marion; 11 grandchildren; and � ve great-grandchildren.

Cremation has taken place. A private service will be held in the spring at Marion Cem-etery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion City Li-brary.

John Siebert and his wife Mari-anne of Florence; and 15 grand-children and their families.

A celebration of life service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Zeiner Funeral Home of Marion, with Pastor Je� Lee o� ciating. Inurnment was in Marion Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Central Park or Aulne United Method-ist Church in care of Zeiner Fu-neral Home, 205 Elm St., Mar-ion KS 66861. Online condo-lences may be le� at: www.zein-erfuneralhomes.com.

DEATHSanD obItuarIEs




She was born Nov. 21, 1970, to Jack and Juiliette (Tarantino) � orne in Chester, New York.

Regalado was a certi� ed nurse assistant.

She is survived by daugh-ters, Connie French and Re-beca Clay, both of Marion; a son, Joshua Woods of Mari-on; brothers, Shane Daniels, Shawn Daniels, and John Dan-iels; and sisters, Jeanitte Taran-tino, Carol Bailtimore, Con-nie James, Yvette Tarantino, Christiane Accordino, and Na-dine Reedy.



o� cer Jerry Schmidt, 75, died Jan. 29 at Via Christi St. Fran-cis in Wichita.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. � ursday at Hills-

dolences may be le� at: www.zeinerfuneralhomes.com.

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Gavin Shields, 28, owner of Shields Service and Supply in Lincolnville, faces multiple drug-related charges after be-ing arrested twice in January.

The charges came after Shields allegedly obstructed the apprehension of Tyrone Vondal, 38, of Lincolnville, on Dec. 15, 2015. Vondal was later arrested in possession of more than $40,000 of Shields’s property.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3, Vondal allegedly forced open a back door at 333 S. Third St. in Marion and entered the residence.

Vondal was arrested on sus-picion of criminal trespass, five warrants for failure to appear in court, and suspicion of posses-sion of stolen property.

At the time of the trespass, Vondal was alleged to have been in possession a 1995 Ford F150, numerous Snap-on tools, and batteries, with a combined value of $43,740, that had been taken from Shields Auto Service and Supply with-out Shields’s permission.

Having dealt with Vondal several times before, Marion officer Duane McCarty said Vondel was acting different-ly from the way he had during past arrests.

“He was real mellow, like he was in la-la land and wouldn’t talk to us,” McCarty said. “I’ve never seen him like that. He usually fights.”

A police report filed by sheriff’s officer Wilma Muel-ler states that Vondal was sus-pected of using drugs at the time of the theft of the truck and tools.

McCarty said Marion po-lice informed Shields that they had located his missing truck and tools. He said Mueller al-so talked to Shields in relation to his stolen property.

Less than 12 hours after Vondal was arrested by Mar-ion police, Shields was arrest-ed by sheriff’s deputies on sus-picion of possession of one gram of methamphetamines, less than one gram of marijua-na, and possession of drug par-aphernalia.

According to the official of-fense report, the drugs and par-aphernalia were discovered at Shields Service and Supply, 100 W. Main St. in Lincolnville.

Shields also was arrested at that time on suspicion of ob-structing apprehension of a fel-on, that being Vondal. Sheriff Robert Craft said Shields was alleged to have harbored Von-dal from arrest Dec. 15, 2015.





Shields spent a few days in jail before bonding out, Craft

said, then spent about three weeks free before he was ar-rested again Jan. 27 on a bond revocation.






In Sept. 2005, Vondal was charged with criminal threat with intent to terrorize and battery causing rude physical

contact. That year he also was charged with obstructing legal process, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, as well as theft and renewal of reg-istration of certain vehicles.


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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFruit, milk, and juice available for

breakfast. Fruit and milk available with all meals.

BreakfastThursday — Whole-grain mu� n.Friday — French toast sticks or ce-

real.Monday — Breakfast sausage pizza,

or cereal.Tuesday — Mini pancakes or cereal.Feb. 10 — Omelette and toast or ce-

real.

LunchThursday — Taco salad, corn, banan-

as, blueberry mu� n.Friday — Deli ham and cheese on

whole-grain bun, criss-cut fries, lettuce toss, sliced peaches.

Monday — Tostada, corn, pears, ba-nana mu� n.

Tuesday — Philly steak on whole-grain hoagie bun, potato tots, fruit cocktail.

Feb. 10 — Cheese pizza, peas and car-rots, lettuce toss, oranges.

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

BreakfastMenu subject to change. Fruit and milk

available with all meals. Fruit and milk avail-able with all meals.

Thursday — Omelette, toast.Friday — String cheese, cereal.Monday — Pancake sausage wrap.Tuesday — Mu� n, string cheese.Feb. 10 — Breakfast pizza.

LunchThursday — Taco salad, corn, strawber-

ries and bananas, blueberry mu� n.Friday — Deli ham and cheese on

whole-grain bun, criss-cut fries, salad bar, sliced peaches.

Monday — Tostada, vegetable bar, pears, cinnamon bun.

Tuesday — Philly steak on whole-grain hoagie bun, curly fries, salad bar, grapes.

Feb. 10 — Cheese and pepperoni piz-za, corn, salad bar, oranges.

MENUSAREA SCHOOLS

HILLSBORO

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMenu subject to change. Milk available

with all meals. Juice available with break-fast.

BreakfastThursday — Hot oatmeal, mandarin

oranges.Friday — Breakfast bites, apricots.Monday — Struesel co� ee cake, cere-

al, applesauce.Tuesday — Cinnamon raisin biscuits,

cereal, peaches.Feb. 10 — Chicken junior strips, bis-

cuit, orange pieces.

LunchThursday — Hero sandwich, sweet

potato coins, peas, applesauce, lettuce and tomato mix.

Friday — Chili, cornbread, celery sticks, cucumbers, pears.

Monday — Crispy � sh sticks, oven-browned potatoes, broccoli, apricots.

Tuesday — Taco burger, corn salsa, steamed carrots, fresh strawberries.

Feb. 10 — Spaghetti and meat sauce, garden salad, pears, rolls, salad dressing.

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

BreakfastThursday — Breakfast sticks, cereal,

fruit bar.Friday — Cherry frudel, cereal, man-

darin oranges, string cheese.Monday — Blueberry wa� e, cereal,

fruit bar.

Tuesday — Breakfast burrito, cereal, pineapple chunks.

Feb. 10 — Biscuit, sausage gravy, ce-real, orange wedges.

LunchThursday — Corn chip chili pie, corn,

fruit cocktail.Friday — Hamburger, baked beans,

carrots, fruit bar.Monday — Country fried steak,

mashed potatoes, applesauce.Tuesday — Taco salad, corn salsa, man-

darin oranges.

PHOTO BY DELBERT PETERSGoessel senior Alicen Meysing tries to get the attention of a teammate in a recent game. Meysing scored a season high 14 points against Sta� ord as the Bluebirds won third place in the Berean tournament last week.

Goessel girls win third at Berean

Boys su� er setback against Moundridge

on FridayBy DELBERT PETERS

Sta� writer

� e Goessel girls set a school record 87 points in the � rst round of the Berean Tourna-ment against Sta� ord, but they could have used some of those points Friday against host Be-rean Academy, losing 39-38.

� e Bluebirds rebounded Saturday, clinching third place in the Berean tournament with a 47-15 win over Central Chris-tian.

A� er dispatching Sta� ord by 54 points, Berean proved to be a much tougher foe.

While Goessel broke out to a 24-17 lead at hal� ime, 33 per-cent shooting from the � eld al-lowed Berean to stay close. A 12-1 run put Berean ahead 29-25, and the teams were tied at 29 going into the fourth quarter.

Goessel’s shooting im-proved, but Berean held a 3-point lead with just seconds le� in the game. A Goessel drive to the basket came up emp-ty, and Alicen Meysing’s put-back basket was too little, too late, as the Bluebirds record-ed their second loss of the sea-son, 39-38.

In the consolation game for third place on Saturday, the Bluebirds defense propelled the team to victory.

Goessel recorded 17 steals for the game and Central Chris-tian only scored two points in the second half, as the Bluebirds coasted to a 47-15 win.

Aleena Cook led the team with 20 points, hitting three

� e Trojans nearly won a nail-biting dual against Council Grove on � ursday at home, and took seventh of nine teams points Friday at a Hoisington tournament.

In � ursday’s dual, each team forfeited three matches. Each team also won four matches, but Coucil Grove got four pins where the Trojans got three pins.

Coach Scott O’Hare said a pivotal moment came when Travis King jumped out to an ear-ly 9-3 lead, but was pinned by his opponent in a “desperation move.”

On Friday at Hoisington, Levi Mendoza placed third. Mac Bartel, King, Jaden Priest, and Dawson Jost placed fourth in their brack-ets. Kyle Horton and Franklin Jost took � � h re-spectively, and Ian Alumbaugh and Lane Flam-ing each placed sixth.

Dawson Jost also took � rst Saturday at a ju-nior varsity tournament in Marion.

� e Trojans wrestle next at 9 a.m. Saturday in a round robin tournament in Lyons.

three-pointers and snagging six steals. Page Hiebert earned 13 points, and Eden Hiebert 11 points.

Goessel was represented on the all-tournament team by sis-ters Page and Eden Hiebert.

� e Bluebirds will be at home Tuesday, then away for four consecutive games.

On the boys’ side, Mound-ridge outlasted Goessel 44-38 Friday in Goessel.

Both teams struggled to score in the early going.

Zach Wiens, Rhett Mak-ovec, and Josh Schmidt kept the Blubirds close, 15-11, until

the Wildcats scored 8 consec-utive points before hal� ime to take a 23-11 lead.

Moundridge built a 34-18 lead, but Wiens led a Goes-sel rally that shaved the de� -cit to 36-31 entering the � nal period.

Moundridge was willing to spread the o� ense and take time o� the clock, e� ectively killing any comeback chance, as they won 44-38.

Wiens led the Bluebirds with 19 points and 10 rebounds. Gri� n dropped in 6 points.

Goessel will have an away game at Elyria on Friday.

National honorsGoessel High School volleyball coach Crysta Guhr and play-er Page Hiebert smile at a re-cent Goessel basketball game after receiving recognition for honors bestowed upon them by MaxPreps, a national web-site covering high school sports. Guhr was named small schools coach of the year for guiding the Bluebirds to a 44-0 and the state championship. Guhr also was Kansas 1A coach of the year. Hiebert was named to the small schools all-America third team. She is a two-time 1A player of the year.

STAFF PHOTO BY DELBERT PETERS

Hillsboro wrestlers compete at home and at Hoisington

Trojans back on track with dual wins over Nickerson

� ere’s nothing quite like the a� erglow of winning to take the edge o� of chilly winter winds, and Hillsboro’s basketball teams felt the warmth Tuesday as they each scored wins over Nickerson.

If the boys thought they might have an easy go of it against Nickerson, 4-9, the Panthers gave the Trojans reason to think twice.

Nickerson was red-hot in the � rst quarter, canning 8 of 11 shots, while Hillsboro was lack-luster, hitting for just 5 of 16. � ree of those shots were 3-pointers, keeping the Trojans close, 19-15.

� e Trojans warmed up in the second quar-ter, limiting the Panthers to 8 shots while scor-ing 17 points of their own to take a 32-31 half-time lead.

Hillsboro took control from there, outscor-ing Nickerson 35-25 in the second half for a 67-56 win.

Preston Loewen had a breakout game, scoring 19 points and hitting three 3-pointers. Darian Ratzla� scored 16, and Austin Cross added 12.

In the girls’ game, the tables were turned, with Hillsboro getting o� to a fast start. Sti� ing de-fense by the Trojans held the Panthers to just 2 baskets in the � rst quarter, including a 6-min-ute stretch in which Nickerson did not score. Hillsboro opened up a 13-4 lead at the end of the quarter.

Hillsboro was even more dominant in the third quarter, pouring in 21 points on 9-of-17 shooting, while holding Nickersen to just 7 points, as the Trojans coasted to a 55-38 win.

Tas Sanchez led the Trojans in scoring with 19 points, followed by Alex Ratzla� with 10.

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January 20, 2016)3tin tHe distriCt Court ofmarion CountY, kansas

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOF MARION COUNTY, KANSAS Plaintiffsvs. Case No. 15 CV 36Michael Miller, et al Defendants

sHeriff’s notiCe of salePUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of the District Court of Marion County, Kansas, in the above entitled action, will, on the 23rd day of February, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on said day at Marion County Court-house, in the City of Marion, Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all of the below described real estate situ-ated in Marion County, Kansas, sub-ject only to valid covenants remain-ing with the land, and valid easements

of record in use and subject to tax-es and interest which become a lien thereon subsequent to the date of judgment (January 5, 2016), which said real estate is taken as proper-ty of the respective Defendants des-ignated as the owners thereof or as having some interest to claim there-to. Said real estate is to be sold with-out appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale and the respective adjudged liens thereon:CAUSE OF ACTION: 1TAX ID: FLO 0449ALEGAL DESCRIPTION:

Block 37, excluding the West 152.8 feet thereof, Original Town, City of Florence, and excluding the South 95.4 feet of the West 18 feet of Lot 13, the South 95.4 feet of Lots 15, 17, 19 and 21, and the South 95.4 feet of the East 22.2 feet of Lot 23, all in Block 37, Original Town, City of Flor-ence, Marion County, Kansas

TOTAL LIENS: $3,000.71Each of the judgment liens above is further subject to post-judgment in-terest from and after January 5, 2016, and $250.00 Court costs.WITNESS my hand at Marion, Kansas, this 12th day of January, 2016. Robert Craft Sheriff of Marion County, KansasATTEST:Jan HelmerClerk of the District CourtSusan C. Robson, SC#14508Marion County Attorney A-17-18-19-30451

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Hillsboro, Kansas, February 3, 2016)1t

offiCial notiCe ofZoning appeals Hearing

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, March 3, 2016, the BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS of the City of Hillsboro, Kansas will consider the following application at 7:45 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Room at City Hall, 118 East Grand, Hillsboro, Kansas.Case No. BZAV2016-04. Tabor College, pursuant to Articles 33 & 34 of the City’s Zoning Regulations, requests a variance of (1) a reduction in the num-ber of required parking spaces relat-ed to the capacity of the center for the arts facility which will include an audi-torium. (2) An extension to the max-imum distance from the building for which off-street parking spaces can be counted in serving the negotiat-ed occupancy load; and, (3) a time deferral in constructing additional parking space areas on the proper-ty zoned as the S-1 College & Institu-

tional District. Legally described as fol-lows: 11.32 acres, All Block 8 and Lots 9-16, Block 9, and All Block 10 and 11 Riesen’s Addition together with adja-cent vacant portion of Jefferson Street and west 1/2 vacated Madison Street. Generally located at 300 block of East B Street between S. Lincoln & S. Jef-ferson Streets.You may appear at this time either in person or by agent or attorney, if you so desire, and be heard on the matter. After hearing the views and wishes of all persons interested in the case, the Board of Zoning Appeals may close the hearing and render a decision. The public hearing may be recessed and continued from time to time with-out further notice.Dated this 1st day of February, 2016.Janice K. Meisinger, SecretaryBoard of Zoning Appeals H-19-30502



offiCial notiCe ofZoning appeals Hearing

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Thursday, March 3, 2016, the BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS of the City of Hillsboro, Kansas will consider the fol-lowing application at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Room at City Hall, 118 East Grand, Hillsboro, Kansas.Case No BZAV2016-03. Jon C. Wiebe of MB Foundation pursuant to Article 33 and 34 of the City’s Zoning Regula-tions, requests a variance to 1. Reduce building setback line on Washington Street from 25 feet to 15 feet. 2. Re-duce the parking ratio from 4 cars per 1,000 square feet to 3 cars per 1,000 square feet. 3. Allow building height of 40 feet. 4. Allow monument sign at the corner of Washington Street and East D Street; and 5. Allow future drive-thru ATM on property that has a zone change hearing scheduled for February 25, 2016. The request is that zoning be changed from CS and R2 to C2 General Business District.Legal Descriptions: Lots 7 & 8, Block 4, Riesen’s Addition to Hillsboro except that portion of Lot 8 taken for high-way right-of-way. Generally located at 200 East D Street.Lot 5 and North 5 ft. of Lot 6, Block 4, Riesen’s Addition to Hillsboro. Gener-ally located at 410 S. Washington.South 45 feet of Lot 6, Block 4, Ries-en’s Addition to Hillsboro. Generally located at 412 S. Washington.You may appear at this time either in person or by agent or attorney, if you so desire, and be heard on the matter. After hearing the views and wishes of all persons interested in the case, the

Board of Zoning Appeals may close the hearing and render a decision. The public hearing may be recessed and continued from time to time with-out further notice.Dated this 29th day of January, 2016.Janice K. Meisinger, SecretaryBoard of Zoning Appeals H-19-30501



offiCial notiCe ofZoning Hearing

(Zoning distriCt CHange)TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED:Notice is hereby given that on Thurs-day, February 25, 2016, the Hillsboro City Planning Commission will con-sider the following change in zon-ing regulations to allow for construc-tion of a new office building for MB Foundation at 7:00 p.m. in the Coun-cil Room at City Hall, 118 East Grand, Hillsboro, Kansas.Case No. Z2016-02. Change of zoning district classification from the CS High-way Service District to the C2 Gener-al Business District. Legal Description: Lots 7 & 8, Block 4. Riesen’s Addition to Hillsboro except that portion of Lot 8 taken for highway right-of-way. Gen-erally located at 200 East D Street.Change of zoning district classifica-tion from the R2 Two Family Dwell-ing District to the C2 General Busi-ness District. Legal Description: Lot 5 and North 5 ft. of Lot 6, Block 4, Ries-en’s Addition to Hillsboro. Generally located at 410 S. Washington.Change of zoning district classification from the R2 Two Family Dwelling Dis-trict to the C2 General Business Dis-trict. Legal Description: South 45 feet of Lot 6, Block 4, Riesen’s Addition to Hillsboro. Generally located at 412 S. Washington.Individuals may appear at the hearing either in person or by agent or attor-ney, if you so desire, and be heard on the matter. After hearing the views and wishes of all persons interested in the case, the Planning Commission may close the hearing and consider a recommendation to the City Council which, if approved, would amend the City’s Zoning Regulations. The pub-lic hearing may be recessed and con-tinued from time to time without fur-ther notice.Dated this 26th Day of January, 2016. Janice K. Meisinger, SecretaryHillsboro Planning Commission H-19-30500

Schoolchildren mix with elders for

birthday celebrationBy pHYllis Zorn

Staff writer

Hillsboro Elementary School kindergartners shook their booties as they shook their bottles Thursday while resi-dents of Parkside Homes en-thusiastically shook their bot-tles as well.

Each bottle contained cream, which the students shook as they energetically danced to rock and roll music, turning the contents into butter. The butter went home with them when they left, to spread on small loaves of bread they’d earlier made with help from Parkside residents.

The 33 little ones were at the center to celebrate Kansas Day. Most of the kindergart-ners turned out in traditional Kansas garb of cowboy hats, boots, straw hats and jeans or prairie dresses. One dressed for the day in a Miss KU Jay-hawk gown.

Besides making healthy bread from Kansas wheat and butter from Kansas cream,

Kids shaking it up for Kansas Day at Parkside Homes

the children brought “Hap-py Birthday, Kansas” books to share with residents.

“Kansas, Kansas, what do you see? I see the state flag look-ing at me,” the books read.

“State flag, state flag, what do you see? I see Topeka look-ing at me.”

Jayhawks, sunflowers, cot-tonwood trees, meadowlarks, buffaloes, box turtles, honey-bees, wheat, and Ike, all state icons, had their own pages in the books.

Before stepping back in-to the school bus for the trip back to the school, the children

formed a big circle to serenade the residents they had partied with, singing “Happy Birth-day to Kansas,” “Home on the Range,” and “We’re From Sun-ny Kansas.”

HES third graders also vis-ited Parkside earlier in the week.

STAFF PHOTO BY PHYLLIS ZORNKindergartners from Hillsboro Elementary School baked bread and made butter Thursday with residents of Parkside Homes to celebrate Kansas Day.

By oliver goodStaff writer

Goessel Elementary School may begin attracting the attention of discerning parents after being ranked No. 1 among Wichita-area schools by Niche.com.

“It’s a wonderful honor, we just heard about it,” elemen-tary principal John Fast said. “It’s my understanding that the website is a national organization that looks at schools primarily by academic merit and parent satisfaction.”

Fast did not know the No. 1 ranking was coming, nor did school officials supply or submit any data to receive the award, he said.

Schools were graded on strength of academics, quali-ty of teachers, diversity, and overall quality of the school. Goessel received an “A” in all areas except student culture and diversity, in which it received a “C.”

“I attribute this achievement to the hard work of our stu-dents, the tremendous commitment of our staff, and out-standing support of our community,” Fast said.

Website ranks Goessel Elementary No. 1 in

Wichita region

JOHN FAST PHOTOHillsboro Middle School student Mary Elena Heyen (left) won the Marion County Spelling Bee on Jan. 27 at Goessel High School. Marion Elementary School fifth-grader, Jaeden Mc-Millin (middle), placed second. Goessel Middle School student Brooke Nafziger took third. Heyen will represent Marion County at the State spelling bee March 5 at Fort Hays State University.

Tabor College recently received a donation of $1,500 from Hills-boro Community Foundation for Tabor’s Signature Campaign to go toward the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts.

The grant, announced by HCF executive director Cynthia Fleming, was made possible by the Hillsboro Area Impact Fund, which is used to enhance quality of life for Hillsboro area resi-dents and is awarded once a year.

Tabor College Vice President of Advancement Ron Braun said that $16.3 million has been raised through the campaign, with $11.85 million to go directly toward the arts center.

“The Center for the Arts of course is the largest part of the cam-paign,” Braun said, “but then there are other parts such as endow-ment, campus enhancements, and our annual fund.”

Braun said site work for the center could begin as soon as ear-ly May.

Local students named to Wichita State University dean’s honor roll

Wichita State University has announced the names of more than 2,600 students who were on the fall 2015 dean’s honor roll, including students from Marion County.

Those from Marion County include Corey Buller of Goes-sel; Jonathan Crouse, Saman-tha Ens, Matthew Klenda, Ben-jamin Loewen, Carter Pank-ratz, Amanda Roble, Grant Schneider, Tessa Simpson, and Lucas Sinclair, all of Hillsboro; Shayla Kline and Edward Ober-meyer, both of Marion; and De-nise Servis of Peabody.

By roWena plettStaff writer

Tri-County Chamber of Commerce at Herington, which represents communi-ties in Dickinson, Morris, and Marion counties, recently pre-sented Cindy Wyatt of Centre with its 2015 “Teacher of the Year” award.

Wyatt is in her 12th year at Centre and spent the pri-or eight years in the Coun-cil Grove school district. She teaches life sciences in junior high and high school. She is sponsor of National Honor Society and coaches scholars

bowl. She was cross-country coach for several years.

Wyatt is an elder in Mari-on Presbyterian Church, where she participates in governing decisions and serves on a nur-turing committee.

The Centre staff member who nominated Wyatt praised her for the respect she displays toward students, parents, and colleagues, and described her as caring “very deeply” about kids and people in general.

“I was very shocked but very appreciative,” Wyatt said. “I never expected it.”

Centre educator wins teacher of the year award

Foundation provides grant for Tabor arts center

County spelling bee

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Megan Thomas, business and yearbook teacher at Mari-on High School, said one high school organization is selling

roses and Crush pop gifts to the student body.

Two student-operated busi-nesses have products available for sale to the public, Thomas said. Nothin’ But Nuts, run by three students, is selling nut

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Matlock said. “Then we im-mediately had Greenhaw Phar-macy and Alisa Schmidt want to sponsor us.”

Hillsboro Community Hos-pital doctor Alisa Schmidt and Greenhaw Pharmacy co-own-er Eric Driggers want to help sponsor the studio, whether it be with the start up or promo-tion.

Schmidt said that she is

supportive of the dance stu-dio in part because of health reasons.

“I think having this studio will be a great asset for Hills-boro,” Schmidt said. “I think it is a great way to get exercise. Kids need at least 60 minutes of activity a day, and this is one way to get it.

“I’m excited to get to work with her and partner with her so my own girls can dance, and

also as a service to the com-munity.”

Driggers, who owns Green-haw Pharmacy with his wife Tami, also heard about the idea, and was excited to get on board with it as well.

“With three small girls, they’ve always had an interest in doing this but we’ve never had the ability to take them out of town,” Driggers said, “so we

are pretty excited for what Kris-ta’s vision with this is.”

Driggers said he wasn’t com-pletely certain how they were going to help sponsor the stu-dio, but were “definitely want-ing to help somehow with it.”

Studio 23, which Matlock said stands for Philippians 2:3, will occupy the former Mari-on County Learning Center on Main St. in Hillsboro.

Matlock plans to offer basic

ballet, jazz, technique, tap, boys rhythm, movement, and even-tually more specialized class-es once Matlock can assess the levels, needs, and abilities of students.

Matlock said her vision in-cludes more than just dance classes for children.

“My hope is once we get the studio open, we can have adult classes like swing dancing and line dancing and fun stuff

like that just to get people in-volved,” Matlock said. “I’d love to do events like daddy-daugh-ter dances or luau events that bring the community out.”


“I see a lot of opportunities for the community to come to-gether,” Matlock said. “It’s great to see the community excited and so supportive of this.”

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said, “but it’s kind of muddled up. I would just hate to own one of those houses there.”

Councilman Bob Watson suggested tabling the issue, but Paine was adamant about getting a vote.

Paine said that the manhole covers already were ordered, and was scheduled to begin at the end of February.

“I want to have the authority to spend that money,” Paine said.

Watson moved to approve the proposal “with the under-standing that we’re examining costs of connecting those three houses to the alley.”

Council members voted to move ahead with the project.Numbers and further action will be decided at the next

city meeting.In other business:City council approved the addition of Corey Unruh to the fire department.

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ing at supporting everybody. We’re go-ing to have to expand to get everybody included.”

Economic development director Tere-sa Huffman reported that a problem with a link to the county’s economic develop-ment website in which browsers were re-directed to a site in China appeared to have been isolated to the city of Marion’s computers.Marion city administrator Roger Holter had demonstrated the errant link at the Jan. 21 meeting.“I went home and typed it in on my lap-top at home, and I didn’t have that on my website,” she said.Huffman traced the problem to an earlier version of the website that used a different name. When the site was changed and the name registration expired, someone else

bought the rights to the name, likely with the intent to try to sell it back to the coun-ty at a higher price, she said.“No one was going to that website,” she said. “The state fixed it. We were not send-ing people to bogus places.”Huffman also corrected an error published in the Marion County Record regarding county tourism booklets that feature a Chase County bridge on the cover instead of a Marion County attraction.“I don’t publish it, I just buy an ad in it,” she said. “This is a publication that is from the (Hillsboro) Free Press.”Huffman said she was working with Mid-Kansas Community Action Program to re-establish an office in Marion County. Commissioners agreed to consider a pro-posal to lease available space in the Bow-ron building, and asked Huffman to de-velop one.

Representatives of Treanor Architects pre-sented results of lead and asbestos testing conducted on courthouse windows, which commissioners have proposed to repair, along with installing storm windows.Lead was found in exterior paint samples, and asbestos was found in glazing putty and caulk of about half of the windows test-ed. Abatement costs will add about $65,000 to the project, now projected to cost be-tween $855,000 and $1.16 million.Clerk Tina Spencer noted that $400,000 had been budgeted across two years for the project, and that commissioners could choose to take additional money from a multipurpose capital improvement fund.Commissioners voted to proceed with so-liciting bids for the project asking contrac-tors to provide costs for doing the project in stages as well as all at once.

emS: Discussion turns to economic development

daNce: Benefactors lend helping hands for studio

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WEDNESDAY, February 3, 2016 — Peabody, KansasVol. 143, No. 19 — 10 pages PLUS SUPPLEMENT http://peabodykansas.com/

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A Marion County RECORD newspaper

O� cial newspaper for Burns, Florence, Peabody and USD 398

Legislature could force school districts

to consolidate to save money


Five county school districts could become one in 2017 if a bill in the Kansas legislature proposing statewide consol-idations becomes law.

House Bill 2504 would save the state $170 million over 10 years if districts in counties with under 10,000 students were combined into single countywide districts, pro-ponents claim. Kansas As-sociation of School Boards es-timated the state would drop from 286 districts to 132 un-der the plan.

County superintendents beg to di� er about the plan saving money.

“School consolidation in

whatever form it takes, does not result in signi� cant sav-ings for Kansas,” USD 410 Superintendent Steve No-ble said.

Peabody-Burns Superin-tendent Ron Traxson ques-tioned the need for such a change.

“A lot of legislators look at 50 percent of the state bud-get going to education,” he said. “It’s always been that way. It’s always taken that amount, and all of a sudden it’s too much?”

� e proposed plan targets reducing administrative costs by merging districts into a single “realigned school dis-trict” with one superinten-dent and one administrative o� ce for the county. � e re-aligned district would take ownership of all school build-ings, property, and equip-

By SUSAN MARSHALLSta� writer

When Ann Leppke’s horticulture class decided to sell � oral greetings for Valen-tine’s Day in 2015, Leppke had the perfect delivery option already in mind. With a group of rather gregarious high school boys in the class, she felt good about incorpo-rating a technique she had observed years earlier on a college campus.

“When I was at Southwestern College in Win� eld, a local � ower shop had a young man dressed as Cupid delivering Valen-tine’s � owers on campus,” she said. “He was dressed in a one-piece red union suit with wings attached, carrying a bow and arrow and a vase of � owers. What can I say? Some things just stick with you.”

Leppke put together Cupid costumes for several of the boys in horticulture class and they made the Valentine’s Day deliveries.

� is year class members are o� ering cut � owers for Valentine’s Day. Students in the art department have donated greet-ing cards to the project and a culinary class

has made chocolate lips and hearts, which can be added for a nominal fee. Team Cu-pid will make the delivery with fun and a � ourish.

Paul Baatrup and Breanna Lett were try-ing on Cupid costumes in class Monday af-ternoon. Neither were involved in the Val-entine’s Day adventure last year. Baatrup thought they would have a good time.

“Yeah, I think I’ll enjoy doing it,” he said. “It should be fun.”

Leppke said, “Breanna is a performer so I know she’ll have a good time with this.”

Leppke said the Valentine project is more of a learning experience than a fund-raiser.

“It is more about seeing if we can do this � ower thing more than a couple of times a year. � e Cupids make it mem-orable for our customers,” she said. “We want them to think of us when they have � oral needs.”

“We cover expenses, with a little le� over. Last year our deliveries were limited. We planted Gerbera daisies and red zin-

nias in hopes of having them ready around Valentine’s Day, but the daisies were ear-ly and zinnias were late so it wasn’t a huge success,” she said. “We just delivered them to people like Liz Harder at the central of-� ce who is a great greenhouse customer, Ann Jones at the elementary school because she works so hard for those kids, and Luba Holm, because who doesn’t love Luba?”

“We are hoping to have better luck with our timing this year,” she said. “� e kids are ready and it should be fun.”

Leppke said she wished more people in Peabody and Burns knew that the green-house and horticulture students are on site at PBHS.

“I am always amazed at how many peo-ple don’t know we exist,” she said. “We take special orders and requests every year and yet there is a big portion of district patrons that don’t realize we are here.”

She said she is hoping to expand use of the greenhouse for project-based learn-

CALENDAROF EVENTS

ThursdayAfter lunch and cleanup at Peabody Senior Cen-

ter, members will make Valentine’s Day greetings for Meals on Wheels recipients and residents at Pe-abody Health and Rehab and Westview Manor. Vol-unteers welcome.

SaturdayServing pancakes, sausage, juice, and co� ee from

7 a.m. to noon, Peabody Community Foundation will sponsor its annual Pancake Day breakfast at Pe-abody Senior Center. Cost by donation. PCF will an-nounce grant winners at 10 a.m.

SundayAnnual Florence Fire Department Pancake Feed,

7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Florentine Building, downtown Flor-ence. Cost by donation.

Peabody-Burns Recreation Commission spon-sors pickup basketball and open weight room for adults from 2 to 4 p.m. each Sunday until March 13. No charge.

MondayPeabody City Council, 7 p.m., Peabody city build-

ing.USD 398 board of education meeting, 7 p.m.,

central o� ce.

TuesdayPeabody Senior Center members will make more

Valentines after the lunch and cleanup. The Valen-tines will be distributed to Meals on Wheels recip-ients and residents of Peabody Health and Rehab and Westview Manor. Volunteers welcome.

Fourth fest committee opens button competition

While winter lingers on in Kansas, Peabody July 4th Celebration Society is already planning for its 95th an-nual celebration. Competition is open for the design that will go on admission buttons.

� e design must � t into a 2 ¼ inch circle and the fol-lowing words must be incorporated into the design: Pe-abody, 2016, and 4th of July, or 4th Fest.

Deadline for submission is March 30. Mail submissions to Peabody July 4th Celebration So-

ciety, P. O. Box 74, Peabody KS 66866. Include the name, address, and telephone number of the designer.

� e winner will receive $25 and four complimenta-ry admission buttons.

Six calls per week don’t involve

transporting patientsBy DAVID COLBURN

News editor

Marion County EMS logged 1,172 calls in 2015, the most of any year dating back to 2005, county commission-ers learned Friday.

Data reported by EMS in-terim director Ed Debesis

showed 344 calls, an average of about six per week, didn’t involve patient transports. � e largest number of those, 259, were calls in which an ambulance arrived on scene but did not take a patient any-where. � ere were 46 calls ter-minated before an ambulance arrived, and 39 instances of stand-by calls.

Debesis said non-trans-

Cupid is in high school and wears a red union suit

STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN MARSHALLHorticulture students Paul Baatrup, center, and Breanna Lett, right, present Peabody-Burns High School chemistry teacher Jennifer Svitak with a potted plant from the high school’s greenhouse. The students will be making deliveries for Valentine’s Day dressed in costumes designed by Ann Leppke.


An unattached two-car garage, a Chevrolet S10 pick-up, and a Monte Carlo were destroyed by a � re that ignited around 3:30 p.m. � ursday at 12 Random Rd. behind the former King� sher Inn building at Marion County Lake.

Billowing black smoke was visible from miles away but Marion � re chief Mike Regnier no one was injured in the blaze including homeowner Ed Je� rey.

Je� rey sat in a folding chair watching the � re destroy his garage as Marion EMS personnel administered oxy-gen and monitored his condition.

“� e whole building was engulfed and eventually col-lapsed,” Regnier said. “� e smoke didn’t help Ed’s respi-ratory problems.”

He said Je� rey was not in the garage when the � re started.

Before the � re subsided, � re� ghters from Marion, Hills-boro, and Florence pulled apart sections of the garage’s wall paneling to create holes to extinguish � ames.

At one point, several � re� ghters dodged a falling wall that sat closest to Je� rey’s house.

Regnier said Je� rey’s house, which sat about 10 feet from the smoky inferno, was soaked with water as a precaution, but the � re did not damage Je� ry’s house.

Regnier said the cause of the � re is still under inves-tigation.

STAFF PHOTO BY OLIVER GOODFire� ghters battle the smoky remains of a garage Thursday at Marion County Lake.

2 vehicles, 1 garage destroyed by � re at lake

EMS calls hit 11-year high

Districts to merge?

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Last week’s docket stat-ed that Peabody � re was dis-patched at 9:04 p.m. Jan. 23 for a � re alarm going o� . � ey were dispatched at 9:04 a.m.

Look out Marion County — state repre-sentative John Bradford of Lansing wants to combine small local school districts, suppos-edly to save state government $170 million over the next 10 years.

In place of Marion County’s � ve districts, Bradford’s bill, HB 2504, proposes just one, operating out of one o� ce and with one su-perintendent. Ownership of all of the coun-ty’s school buildings and other assets would shi� to the new “realigned school district.” It’s likely an existing district will be picked to take over the operation of all � ve, running all of them from one location.

� e bill doesn’t propose closing any schools. It’s just more cost-e� ective, Brad-ford says, to combine the administrative functions of � ve districts into a county-wide operation.



You’re looking for 10-inch cucumbers. You need 10 of them. Be prepared for odd stares and glares from other customers, but your task demands that you measure care-fully and � ll your quota.

Take those cucumbers home (a� er paying for them, of course), lay them out on a coun-ter, and line them up side-to-side. If you’re a bit obsessive-compulsive, it’s OK to take a few moments to make certain the ends line up. We’re in no rush.

Now take a good look at your cucumbers, all 100 inches of them. � ey represent all the money the state spends in a year on local ed-ucation. � ey’re green, just like money, so it shouldn’t be too hard to imagine.

For this next step, where we pretend to be Bradford, you’ll need your tape measure again, and a sharp knife. Take one cucum-ber and cut a slice exactly three-eighths of a inch o� one end. If you possess the dexterity and precision, use a � amboyant ninja-style chop, just like Bradford. Put your trimmed cucumber back in line.


Congratulations — you now understand about how much Bradford’s radical pro-posal will save the state annually. Impres-sive, isn’t it?

So Bradford and his cronies get their pal-

try sliver of cucumber, and what do the peo-ple of 76 counties forced into countywide districts get in return?

At the very least, uncertainty, confusion, and strife will ensue. Bradford’s bill is far too vague, opening the door to all manner of speculation, including that of school clo-sures and economic decay. We’re familiar in this county with that legacy of consolidation, and who is to say history won’t repeat itself under a one-district model?

We’re accustomed to local boards running local schools for local communities that take great pride in being unique. Past consolida-tions weren’t easily accepted; how will forced realignment be received?

� ere’s just one sentence in HB 2504 that addresses the fate of local school boards. Plain and simple, it translates as, “School boards? We’ll � gure those out later.” Would we have � ve or one? Who would be repre-sented? What exactly would they control? Trust us, they say. Don’t worry about de-tails that matter. Let’s pass the bill now, and we’ll tell you sometime next year how we’re going to do it, they say.

Let’s be perfectly clear: � is bill isn’t about better education for our children. It’s about the state keeping more of its money to deal with its self-in� icted gunshot wound of di-sastrous tax cuts that have the state budget hemorrhaging badly and the economy trail-ing our neighboring states in employment, wages, business establishment, and popu-lation growth.

It’s about the disdain the governor and legislators in power have for public education and local control. Because they want people to be able to choose private schools or online education, they’re taking choice and money away from rural communities that want in-dependent public schools.

Consolidation of some administrative functions could make sense. Voluntary con-solidation of some or all of our county dis-tricts may also make sense at some point. � is bill, cra� ed as it is, doesn’t make sense for anyone other than the state.

Meanwhile, the legislature passed its � rst new law last week, designating Cowley County as the stone bridge capital of Kan-sas. Perhaps the next one they should con-sider is designating the statehouse the nut capital of Kansas. It would have to be nuts, because they sure don’t know how to deal with cucumbers.

— DAVID COLBURN

SOMETIMES THIS JOB is a great deal of fun. I was noti� ed this past week that I was being tagged to take on a

mystery involving a Peabody High School class ring. Why? Because it is my job to re-port Peabody happenings. I am not unhap-py about the assignment. I like going on treasure hunts and I read mysteries that end with a strange twist. I think if � e Daugh-ters really wanted to make me happy for my birthday or Christmas, they would buy me a metal detector so I could look for parts of the past wherever I go.

� e Marion o� ce received an email last week from a woman in Derby who had been sorting through some old jewelry that had been in her possession since 1990, when her mother died. She came upon a class ring from 1936. � e stone is missing from the ring and it is tarnished; leading the woman to believe it is not gold. She said the words ‘Peabody High School’ are engraved around the oval area where the stone should be. � ere is a letter ‘S’ inscribed inside the ring and the woman thought it probably belonged to a woman as it is a small size.

� e woman said that to her knowledge no one in either of her parents’ families came from the Peabody area. � ey all were from eastern Kansas, so ownership of the ring was a mystery to her family.

“To sum it up, it is not a valuable ring,” she wrote, “but it could be of sentimental val-ue to this person’s family.” She did some re-search about the Peabody High School class

of 1936 and found that only one person had a last name beginning with the letter ‘S’ — a Bess (Smith) McClarin.

Sure enough, the last issue of Peabody High School Alumni listing alums from 1881 to 2000 includes Bess (Smith) McClarin in the class of 1936. � e alumni book listing also included the date of her death, April 22, 1999.

“On the o� chance that Bess or some of her descendants still live in the area, they might like to have her ring,” the woman wrote. She also included contact information that is available by calling Hoch Publishing at (620) 382-2165. If you or any of your ex-tended family knew Bess or her family, we invite you to contact us and we will put you in touch with the person who may be willing to share part of Bess’s youth with you.

I think that is a great story shared by some folks who have no reason to go to so much trouble. Who would know if they just tossed the thing? Here is your chance to play he-ro if you know Bess (Smith) McClarin or her family members. What a nice thing to share with the family of an early resident in our county.

My six readers and I are hoping for reso-lution to this issue and we are counting on your assistance. We have great faith this mys-tery will be solved and Bess Smith McClarin’s ring will go home to her descendants.

—SUSAN MARSHALL

A cold case we want to solve

Topeka’s cucumber crazies

DAYS OF YOREFROM OUR ARCHIVES

Burn Awareness WeekChildren are the focus in Kansas for National Burn

Awareness week, which began Monday and runs through Sunday.

Safe Kids Kansas and the O� ce of the State Fire Marshal aim to focus on reminding parents and caregivers that � re is just one cause of burn injuries to children.

Others include scalding hot water, hot foods and bev-erages, heating appliances, hot pads and pans, � reworks, electrical currents, and chemicals.

Safety tips to prevent � res and burns can be found by vis-iting www.safekids.org or www.� remarshal.ks.gov.

By maRILYN JONeSCompiled from back issues

10 YEARS AGOFEB. 15, 2006

Citizens from Peabody and surrounding rural area gathered Monday night at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church to hear plans for expansion of Clar-ence Busenitz’s feedlot two miles west of town.

Peabody native Dick Myers is pictured addressing a crowd Nov. 28, 2005, at University of Texas — El Paso. � e event was the unveiling of a commemo-rative box of Wheaties featur-ing the 1966 NCAA champi-onship won by Texas Western College — now UTEP. Myers was a member of that basket-ball team.


Dee Satterlee had the mis-fortune to fall and break her right arm between shoulder and elbow last Friday morn-ing during the winter storm. Her husband Don is getting his arm out of a sling following shoulder surgery.

Larry Watts, local sports-man and mail carrier, was embarrassed by his wife, who rolled a striking 264 at Peabody Lanes — a few more than Lar-ry’s best.

Hollis Ruck died at his home Jan. 29.


S.A. Stovall announced this week that he has sold his insur-ance agency to American In-vestment Company.

Lee Rempel is one of � ve Marion County winners of Bankers’ Awards for outstand-ing work in soil and water con-servation in 1965.

� e city dumpsite, which had seemed settled for sever-al years with the use of the Lit-ton site south of town, has now been reopened and halted, and Lady Bird Johnson can be giv-en the credit.


Jennie Christ, with a large number of her church friends in New York City, each of whom was provided with a telephone,

heard music provided by a band in San Francisco one evening last week.

Mrs. J.W. Stretcher is re-covering a� er several days’ ill-ness.

For Sale: Bourbon Red tur-keys and fawn and white Indi-an Runner Ducks. Mrs. Will Calles, phone 506F4.

125 YEARS AGOJAN. 22, 1891

A Farmer’s Institute will be held in Peabody Jan. 29 to 30 and promises to be very in-teresting. Chancellor Snow of Lawrence University who has been so successful in destroy-ing the chintz bug by inocula-tion, will be here on the 29th and speak on the subject.

J.H. Heath shipped 10 cars of cattle to Kansas City last Friday where he struck a good market.

Capt. Straughten lost a valu-able young horse last week to lock jaw.

By OLIVeR GOOdSta� writer

Burns and Florence � re-� ghters helped extinguish a massive grass � re that black-ened more than 1,200 acres of native grassland Friday south of the county line.

� e � re started at approxi-mately 1:30 p.m. at North West 40th and Haverhill Road and spread to North West 80th Rd. about 12 miles southwest of Burns.

Burns � re Chief Barry Black estimated the blaze to have been almost a mile wide by three miles long. He said 32 Butler County � re units were there, along with � ve from Burns and two more from Florence.

“Our best guess is that it started in an oil � eld lease,” Black said. “We think a power line might have arced.”

He said there were no explo-sions, loss of oil, or equipment of any kind.

“� e � ames didn’t reach too high but the � re was rolling pretty quickly and the smoke made it hard to see at times,” Black said. “Someone said the wind was driving it about 20 to 28 mph out of the southwest.”

Fire departments lined up their trucks in a standard grass-� re formation and sprayed the � re, but ultimately Mother Na-ture helped � re� ghters extin-guish the blaze, he said.

“We fought it about � ve hours but there were some nat-ural barriers and the lay of the ground out there helped us,” Black said. “A big draw stopped the head � re.”

He said he could not begin

Fires scorch native grass in Marion and Butler counties

to estimate the amount of water they used on the blaze.

Black commended all the di� erent departments for their cooperation and e� orts extin-guishing the � re.

Another grass � re broke out around 9:30 a.m. Monday about two and half miles north of the roundabout on US-77 between Marion and Lincolnville.

When rural Lincolnville res-ident Rowena Plett drove past the scene, � re� ghters had not yet arrived, but an orange truck was parked on the shoulder and a man was observing.

“� ere were little pu� s of

� re all along a stretch of ditch,” Plett said. “� ey weren’t that big, and they were all isolated from one another.”

Marion � re department re-sponded � rst, but Lincolnville and Florence were called.

Marion Fire Chief Mike Regnier said the east wind blew the � re into native grass west of US-77. Flames scorched about 13 acres, but no other damages or injuries were reported.

Regnier said the cause of the � re was uncertain.

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Ronnie and Patti Gaines went to granddaughter Brooke’s basketball game in Burling-ton on Jan. 23. � ey attended grandparent’s day at Brooke’s school in Madison on Jan. 25.

Lois Sayers and her daugh-ter, Sandy, went shopping in Wichita Jan. 23. On Jan. 24, Bruce Sayers was a dinner guest of Lawrence and Lois.

Marvin and Sherol Nighten-

gale went to Newton on Jan. 21 to see Don and Twilah Night-engale.

Vernon and Judy Koehn visited Edna Beverly Koehn in the evening Jan. 24. Other vis-itors were Renferd and Wan-da Koehn and Steve and Bar-bara Koehn.

Dalen, Beth, Cody, and Jes-sica Koehn were dinner guests of Renferd and Wanda Koehn and Lonnie on Jan. 24.

Harders to talk about trip

Retired Tabor College pro-fessor Judy Harder and her hus-band Keith will open the spring session of Lifelong Learning at 9:45 a.m. Friday in Wohlge-muth Music Education Cen-ter at Tabor.

� e program, “Pilgrims on the Journey,” will focus on the couple’s 300-mile walking jour-ney on the Camino de Santia-go, an ancient pilgrim path in Spain, in 2015.

� e fee for the session is $5. Lunch is available in the cafe-teria for $4.

MENUSENIOR CENTER

PeaBOdYmenu subject to change. milk available

with all meals. reservations accepted at (620) 983-2226.

Thursday — Bierock casserole, vege-table, fruit, cookie.

Friday — Grilled liver and onions or hamburger patty with cooked onions, mashed potatoes and gravy, vegetable, fruit, wheat roll.

monday — Meatloaf, baked potato, vegetable, fruit, wheat bread.

Tuesday — Ham and beans, cornbread, carrots and celery sticks, fruit.

Feb. 10 — Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, fruit, cake, wheat roll.

By maRGIe wILLIamSWonsevu correspondent

Doni Rogers went to a soup supper at the community build-ing Jan. 23 to help raise money for the museum.

Tootsie Snelling, Denise Lang, and Doni Rogers took Margie Williams to Florence Jan. 13 to belatedly celebrate her birthday.

Janet Cress’s granddaugh-ter, Mina Cress from La Crosse,

Wisconsin, visited her from Jan. 22 to 25.

Bill and Margie Williams went to Wichita Jan. 18 to have lunch with Gary Williams and Gayla Soyez. � ey also had lunch with Gayla Jan. 19.

Lorena Magathan, Anna Voelker, Sue Clough, and Mar-gie Williams met in Florence one day for pie and co� ee.

Burns

Gaineses attend grandparents’ day

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Rogers attends soup supper fundraiser




On Feb. 14, 1973, she was united in marriage to Richard P. Blount. � eir marriage was blessed with four daughters. In 1984, they relocated to Mari-on. She was a homemaker and she managed Marion Histori-cal Museum. She also volun-teered at Marion City Library. She was a lifetime member of Girl Scouts, and had run day camp for several years.


She is lovingly survived by her husband, Richard; her daughters, Jennifer Nuessen and husband Marc of Cheney; Sarah Feather and her husband Flint of Conway Springs; and twins, Suzanne Hubele and husband � ad of Gypsum, and Catherine Forsyth and her hus-band David of Erie; her moth-er, Ella Swain of Marion; a sis-ter, Cecilie Swain and her hus-band Fred Parker of Bella Vis-ta, Arkansas; and 12 grandchil-dren, Decker, Logan, and Ari-na Nuessen, Robynn, Brandon, and Ian Solomon, Ariel, Bishop, and Lauren Feather, Rachel and Matthew Hubele, and Amelia Forsyth.

Visitation with family will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednes-day, Feb. 3, 2016, at Zeiner Fu-neral Home, Marion. A fu-neral service will be held at 1 p.m., � ursday, Feb, 4, 2016, at Eastmoor United Method-ist Church, Marion. Interment will follow in Marion Ceme-tery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Histor-ical Museum in care of Zein-er Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion KS 66861. Online con-

Vernolis Siebert


passed away Jan. 27, 2015, at St. Luke Living Center, Marion.

She was born Feb. 15, 1920, at Lamont, Kansas. She was the daughter of James Dudley and Ora Lovetta (Watt) Dillingham. She was a graduate of Hamilton High School and had attended Wichita Business College.

On May 8, 1955, she was married to Rex L. Siebert. � is marriage would blend their families to include � ve chil-dren. She worked in the Mar-ion County Treasurer’s O� ce for 25 years.

She enjoyed spending time on Diamond X Ranch, where she helped where she could. She enjoyed her animals. She loved bowling and went to nationals many years. Her favorite past-time was dancing; she and Rex shared many dances together throughout their lives.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rex; her sons, Ronald Breech and Francis Breech; and her brother, Del-bert Dillingham.

She is survived by her step-children, Linda Campbell and her husband Bob of Salina; Ladd Siebert and his wife Mary Jo of Eureka, South Dakota; and

boro United Methodist Church. Family will receive guests from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.


Survivors include his wife, Mary (Tootsie) Schmidt of Hillsboro; son, Je� Schmidt of Augusta; stepsons, Chris Frantz and Mitch Frantz, both of Hillsboro; brother, Dale Schmidt of McPherson; sister, Mary Jane Janzen of Goessel; and six grandchildren.


Memorials to Trojan Boost-er Club or Hillsboro Police De-partment.


died � ursday at his residence in Marion.


He was married to Laquetta “Luke” Cunningham on Nov. 10, 1973. He was a plant man-ager at Lewis and West, Inc. of El Dorado.


He is survived by children, Rick Siebert of Allen and Ju-lie Ascencio of St. Peters, Mis-souri; stepchildren, Charles Reece of Hillsboro and Tracy Garrison of Edmund, Okla-homa; siblings, Richard Siebert of Wichita, Jerry Siebert of Ce-dar Point, and Karen Regnier of Marion; 11 grandchildren; and � ve great-grandchildren.

Cremation has taken place. A private service will be held in the spring at Marion Cem-etery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion City Li-brary.

John Siebert and his wife Mari-anne of Florence; and 15 grand-children and their families.

A celebration of life service was held at 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1, 2016, at Zeiner Funeral Home of Marion, with Pastor Je� Lee o� ciating. Inurnment was in Marion Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established for Marion Central Park or Aulne United Method-ist Church in care of Zeiner Fu-neral Home, 205 Elm St., Mar-ion KS 66861. Online condo-lences may be le� at: www.zein-erfuneralhomes.com.

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She was born Nov. 21, 1970, to Jack and Juiliette (Tarantino) � orne in Chester, New York.

Regalado was a certi� ed nurse assistant.

She is survived by daugh-ters, Connie French and Re-beca Clay, both of Marion; a son, Joshua Woods of Mari-on; brothers, Shane Daniels, Shawn Daniels, and John Dan-iels; and sisters, Jeanitte Taran-tino, Carol Bailtimore, Con-nie James, Yvette Tarantino, Christiane Accordino, and Na-dine Reedy.



o� cer Jerry Schmidt, 75, died Jan. 29 at Via Christi St. Fran-cis in Wichita.

A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. � ursday at Hills-

dolences may be le� at: www.zeinerfuneralhomes.com.

‘People Saving People’ nominations being accepted by KDOT

Nominations for the 2016 People Saving People award are being accepted now through Feb. 29 by Kansas Department of Transportation.

� e awards recognize per-sons or organizations who ad-vocate safety and have posi-tive e� ects for transportation safety.

Awards are presented in three categories: community leadership and engineering; ed-ucation and information; and enforcement, emergency re-sponse, prosecution and ad-judication.

More information about the awards and nomination forms can be found by visiting www.ktsro.org.

IN MEMORIAMEXPANDED EULOGIES

Energy assistance application help available

Low-income homeowners can get help applying for federal energy assistance grants.

Appointments � ursday at Hillsboro Senior Center may be arranged by calling (620) 947-2304.

Appointments Feb. 11 at Pe-abody Senior Center may be arranged by calling (620) 983-2226.

The program provides grants to defray heating costs for single-person households with less than $15,312 a year in income.

Each additional person in the household increases the maxi-mum income allowed.

Participants in some oth-er programs may automatical-ly qualify.

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ing experiences for some stu-dents.

“I’d like to get a little more into the floriculture area. I have some students very interested in this,” she said. “We’d like to have plants on hand all year that would make great gifts or would fill a need for a local cele-bration or funeral service.

“With advance notice we can do cut flowers now. I think this has great potential and will help students with business plan-ning, learning about custom-

er satisfaction, advertising, and other facets of working with the public,” she said. “And with-out a florist in town, we can do it without stepping on any-one’s toes.”

Leppke also would like to expand the horticulture pro-gram to include planting fruit trees in the garden area at the back of the gymnasium and pecan trees in an area near the school track.

“And I would love to have a greenhouse totally dedicat-ed to vegetables during winter months,” she said. “This year

we have 18 tomato plants that are producing. Nice in Janu-ary! We tried cucumbers, but they developed a fungus so they had to go. All of this is part of the learning experience for our students.”

In the meantime, Cupids will be out and about on Val-entine’s Day distributing bou-quets of love from the PBHS horticulture class.

For more information or to place an order, contact Leppke at PBHS (620) 983-2196.ems

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ports are an issue everywhere, and that reasons for the calls vary, including responses to car accidents in which no one is injured. People who live alone will sometimes call EMS when routine health issues arise in-stead of going to a doctor, he said.

“Sometimes the family’s not around and they do have con-cerns,” Debesis said. “I’ve gone to doctors and said, ‘We’ve run this patient 20 times this week, is there anything we can do, can we get something set up to help them?’ Maybe it’s send-ing home health in, or maybe it’s time for them to not be liv-ing alone.”


“Look at all the transfers we have,” he said. “It’s not on-ly the time and money, but you have an ambulance going on a call where they’re not going to transport anyway, and some-one may need it somewhere else.”

Commissioners agreed to have Debesis continue as in-terim director while they con-duct a search for a permanent director.

“I would like to have this settled by March 15,” Holub said.

Debesis expressed interest in the position.

“Let me know when you open it up so I can get my ap-plication in,” he said.

Commission chairman Ran-

dy Dallke said he had received criticism from smaller towns that they were not included in an economic development meeting Jan. 21 held by Mari-on in conjunction with Hills-boro and the county.

“We’re not leaving them out,” he said. “Right now it’s the people who spend money who had a meeting. We’re look-ing at supporting everybody. We’re going to have to expand to get everybody included.”

Economic development di-rector Teresa Huffman report-ed that a problem with a link to the county’s economic develop-ment website in which brows-ers were redirected to a site in China appeared to have been isolated to the city of Marion’s computers.

Marion city administrator Roger Holter had demonstrat-ed the errant link at the Jan. 21 meeting.

“I went home and typed it in on my laptop at home, and I didn’t have that on my web-site,” she said.

Huffman traced the problem to an earlier version of the web-site that used a different name. When the site was changed and the name registration expired, someone else bought the rights to the name, likely with the in-tent to try to sell it back to the county at a higher price, she said.

“No one was going to that website,” she said. “The state fixed it. We were not sending people to bogus places.”

Huffman also corrected an error published in the Mari-on County Record regarding county tourism booklets that feature a Chase County bridge on the cover instead of a Mari-on County attraction.

“I don’t publish it, I just buy an ad in it,” she said. “This is a publication that is from the (Hillsboro) Free Press.”

Huffman said she was work-ing with Mid-Kansas Commu-nity Action Program to re-es-tablish an office in Marion County. Commissioners agreed to consider a proposal to lease available space in the Bowron building, and asked Huffman to develop one.

Representatives of Trean-or Architects presented re-sults of lead and asbestos test-ing conducted on courthouse windows, which commission-ers have proposed to repair, along with installing storm windows.

Lead was found in exteri-or paint samples, and asbes-tos was found in glazing put-ty and caulk of about half of the windows tested. Abatement costs will add about $65,000 to the project, now projected to cost between $855,000 and $1.16 million.

Clerk Tina Spencer noted that $400,000 had been budget-ed across two years for the proj-ect, and that commissioners could choose to take addition-al money from a multipurpose capital improvement fund.

Commissioners voted to proceed with soliciting bids for the project asking contrac-tors to provide costs for doing the project in stages as well as all at once.

By OLiVeR GOOdStaff writer

Gavin Shields, 28, owner of Shields Service and Supply in Lincolnville, faces multiple drug-related charges after be-ing arrested twice in January.

The charges came after Shields allegedly obstructed the apprehension of Tyrone Vondal, 38, of Lincolnville, on Dec. 15, 2015. Vondal was later arrested in possession of more than $40,000 of Shields’s property.

At approximately 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3, Vondal allegedly forced open a back door at 333 S. Third St. in Marion and entered the residence.

Vondal was arrested on sus-picion of criminal trespass, five warrants for failure to appear in court, and suspicion of posses-sion of stolen property.

At the time of the trespass, Vondal was alleged to have been in possession of a 1995 Ford F150, numerous Snap-on tools, and batteries, with a combined value of $43,740, that had been taken from Shields Service and Supply without Shields’s permission.

Having dealt with Vondal several times before, Marion

officer Duane McCarty said Vondal was acting different-ly from the way he had during past arrests.

“He was real mellow, like he was in la-la land and wouldn’t talk to us,” McCarty said. “I’ve never seen him like that. He usually fights.”

A police report filed by sheriff’s officer Wilma Muel-ler states that Vondal was sus-pected of using drugs at the time of the theft of the truck and tools.

McCarty said Marion po-lice informed Shields that they had located his missing truck and tools. He said Mueller al-so talked to Shields in relation to his stolen property.

Less than 12 hours after Vondal was arrested by Mar-ion police, Shields was arrest-ed by sheriff’s deputies on sus-picion of possession of one gram of methamphetamines, less than one gram of marijua-na, and possession of drug par-aphernalia.

According to the official of-fense report, the drugs and par-aphernalia were discovered at Shields Service and Supply, 100 W. Main St. in Lincolnville.

Shields also was arrested at

that time on suspicion of ob-structing apprehension of a fel-on, that being Vondal. Sheriff Robert Craft said Shields was alleged to have harbored Von-dal from arrest Dec. 15, 2015.





Shields spent a few days in jail before bonding out, Craft said, then spent about three weeks free before he was ar-rested again Jan. 27 on a bond revocation.






In Sept. 2005, Vondal was charged with criminal threat with intent to terrorize and battery causing rude physical contact. That year he also was charged with obstructing legal process, criminal damage to property, disorderly conduct, as well as theft and renewal of reg-istration of certain vehicles.


Candidates file for city positions

By pHYLLis ZORNStaff writer

Marion will have the only formally contested races in the April 5 city elections, with five candidates vying for two at-large council positions.

County Clerk Tina Spencer said nine candidates have tossed their hats in the ring for the April 5 city elections in the county.

Marion residents will elect two at-large council seats. In-cumbents Jerry A. Dieter and Melissa Mermis face com-petition from John Wheeler, Michel Soyez, and Chris Costello.

Hillsboro residents will vote for two ward positions. Both contenders are incumbents. Brent Driggers has filed for Ward 1 and Byron McCarty has filed for Ward 2.

Burns residents have three at-large council positions to be filled and two contenders. Tim Rogers and Ronald Goodwin have filed. The third position would go to a write-in candidate with the most votes.

To vote by mail, the county clerk must have the appli-cation by April 1.

The last day to register to vote in these elections is March 15.

Polling sites will be the ballroom at Marion Communi-ty Center, Hillsboro United Methodist Church, and Burns Community Center.

Dates to vote in advance at the courthouse or by mail will be announced later.

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ment, and what wouldn’t be needed would be transferred to the state for sale.

The bill does not propose closing any schools, Noble said.

USD 408 Superintendent Lee Leiker said he believed it would be impossible for any county district office to take on the work of four others, and that projected savings wouldn’t be realized.

“The central office staff at Marion could not take on the business affairs of five districts,” he said. “None of us have ex-tra people in our district offic-es. We haven’t hired addition-al people, we’ve taken on ad-ditional duties to cover. If you consolidate the five district of-fices into one, it will take more personnel to do that work.”


“There is absolutely nothing in this bill that states how local school boards would be han-dled,” Goessel Superintendent John Fast said. “Does it mean a superintendent has to work with one board or five?”

Traxson likewise was un-certain.

“Do you have five boards

and one superintendent? That’s nearly impossible,” he said.

Money, not educationNoble said the bill does

nothing to consider the edu-cational needs of students.

“What’s lost in this discus-sion is the impact on kids,” he said. “I think that’s important. All we’re talking about is how much money it will save us. We have to be careful when we have a consolidation dis-cussion that’s not focused on the best interests of kids.”

Centre Superintendent Su-san Beeson said the plan could have negative effects on some children.

“It’s almost as if dollars are more important than children in this state,” she said. “I think the financial cost for students who may not be successful or fall through the cracks could be greater than the cost sav-ings any one superintendent could create.”

Beeson said county districts have improved education de-spite past budget cuts through collaborative programs such as the TEEN learning network and special education cooper-ative.

“The administrations in our five districts have created the spirit of partnership,” she said. “I am proud to be an adminis-trator of a district in Marion County because there is such a

commitment to collaboration and seeing that kids are first.”

Fast noted that the legisla-ture paid $2.7 million for an ef-ficiency study of state govern-ment, and that consolidation was not among the cost sav-ing measures recommended. He suggested that the consol-idation proposal masks a big-ger financial problem.

“The real issue is that they don’t have a good plan for fund-ing schools yet,” he said. “This may be a distraction over the bigger issue of funding schools, no matter what size.”

Leiker said the push to cut funding for public education could be linked to the legisla-ture’s attempt to divert mon-ey and support to private ed-ucation.

“They’re putting more mon-ey into vouchers and to private schools,” he said. “They’re pro-moting private education and virtual education in spite of public education.”

Traxson said Gov. Sam Brownback has supported such a shift.

“He wants to give more mon-ey to go into private schooling,” he said. “Is this really what’s about doing best for public schools, or is it about under-mining public schools?”

Community impactWhile acknowledging

schools won’t close if HB 2504

Business owner arrested on multiple charges

passes and realignment pro-ceeds, superintendents agreed that long-term effects could be serious for some areas of the county.

“The schools in many of our communities are the lifeblood of those communities, partic-ularly in rural Kansas,” No-ble said.

Past consolidations in Mar-ion County eventually led to some schools being closed and children bussed to other towns. Closures could have far-reach-ing effects.

“Any effort to take a school out of our communities will further the cause of having those communities deterio-rate to the point commerce isn’t happening,” Noble said. “Population will dwindle even more rapidly.”

Traxson agreed.“In most all cases, it’s go-

ing to be bad for the smaller communities,” he said. “They’re wanting to save money for the cost of education, but what’s that going to do to the econom-ic stability of smaller communi-ties throughout the state?”


“Those are things we look to that we share over time, and when those are gone you take away a sense of history, a sense of ownership,” she said. “There’s a possibility of creat-ing strife between communi-ties. People at the legislative or government levels honest-ly don’t have insight into these factors.”

While the idea of mass con-solidations has been floated around Topeka in past legis-lative sessions, Leiker said HB 2504 is getting more serious at-

tention because it has a timeline attached to it.

Several superintendents agreed that consolidation of dis-tricts is a decision that should be made at a local level accord-ing to community need.


Traxson said this and oth-er bills are taking local con-trol away from communities and sending public education in the wrong direction.

“Kansas has always been a conservative state, but it’s nev-er been conservative with edu-cation,” he said. “We’ve lost the concept of doing what’s right verses whatever the leaders of the parties have said.”

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First year is learning experience for Peabody-Burns basketball coach

By kelseY unruHStaff writer

� e current school year at Peabody-Burns has seen a round of young, new teachers, including the new head coach of the Lady Warriors.

Scott Bauer, a 2015 graudate of Ta-bor College, was a fresh face to the teaching scene when he started with USD 398 this past fall.

“It has been a learning experience as this is my � rst teaching and coaching job a� er college,” Bauer said.

Bauer said he played football, bas-ketball, golf, and baseball in high school and was on the Tabor College football from 2010 to 2015, which helped guide him to coaching.

As for where he saw himself a� er college, Bauer said teaching was not one of his original options.

“I could have made a list of ten pro-fessions and teaching wouldn’t have

made the cut,” Bauer said, “but life has a funny way of working out, and I couldn’t have found a more perfect profession for myself.”

Bauer, who teaches sixth and sev-enth grade math, and sixth grade sci-ence and physical education, chose the job due to the wide variety of subjects it came with.

“� is [job] opportunity came about with multiple subject areas and it seemed perfect for me,” Bauer said. “It keeps me on my toes, and there’s never a dull moment.”

Bauer said another reason for choosing the job was the opportu-nity to coach basketball, a sport he is passionate about, and to have the same impact on his players that his previ-ous coaches had on him.

“I have had so many great coaches that poured into my life, and now it is my turn to do the same,” Bauer said.

As both a teacher and a coach, Bau-er has adapted similar teaching meth-

ods in both environments in order to get the most out of his students.

“One thing that I strongly believe in both my classroom and on the court is if you don’t have a relationship with your players, they won’t work for you,” Bauer said. “So, one thing I try my hardest at is getting to know my play-ers and build a relationship with each and every one of them.”

So far this season, the Lady War-riors are 2-11, but Bauer isn’t letting this record get him down in his � rst year of coaching.

Bauer said he is looking forward to the second half of the basketball season, and hopes to gain some more wins.

“I have seen so much growth in this team from our � rst practice to where we are at right now,” Bauer said. “We are starting to compete in every game and give ourselves a chance at

the end to win, now I just want to see us start to � nish more of those close ones o� .”

Along with his passion for basket-ball, Bauer will be transferring his love of golf into his time at Peabody-Burns.

“Golf is one of my biggest passions,” Bauer said, “and I will be the assistant golf coach here this year as well.”

Bauer said that his transition into Peabody has been an easy one, thanks to the community, sta� , and students, and that he is thankful for everyone that has helped him thus far.

“Everyone at Peabody has made it very easy,” Bauer said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better group of girls, par-ents, assistant coach, or administra-tion for my � rst year of teaching and coaching.”

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HONOR ROLLarEa schools

peaBodY-Burns mid-dle and HigH sCHool

High honors

seniors — Katelyn benson, brandon Entz, stephanie lewis, Genaka Menjivar, Elena Miccone, cody navrat, april new-fi eld, lillian Partridge, corbin rives, chey-ene shaw.

Juniors — samantha Frye, Mallory har-ris, artin Karsunke, anna lubbers, austin reynolds, Jory rives, Marcus sanders, ni-cole sanders, raegan schreiber, thomas scott, andrew Wedel.

sophmores — chance Elliott, devon Gaines, bailey Penner, bradley sullivan.

Freshman — Max caldwell, tyler Entz, sydney Jantz, breanna lett, hunter Morse, tori Pickens, taylor Wallace.

8th grade— lindsey Frye, Kallie hutchinson.

7th grade— hadley clark, amber cub-bage-Williams, claney Flaming, Kaete Johnson.

6th grade — alex caldwell, Johnathan Glover, McKayla hauck, hunter navrat, Jake Partridge, noal reynolds, sarah spen-cer, Philip young.

regular honors

seniors — harley britton, colton Glenn, Jacob Matz, Joshua Morgan, dakota reyn-olds.

Juniors — Katie charles, cherokee Kinkaid, Jayton scott.

sophmores — adam Frye, Precious Kerr, bryant young.

Freshman — Jadyn burke, sydney hodges.

8th grade — catie black, Morgan Gaines, James Johnson, Maggie Matz, adriana newman, sienna richter, landon rives, lexi schreiber, caleb vancuren.

7th grade — Madyson Foth.

6th grade — conner callahan, Kaleb Eh-rlich, corbin Marple, thomas smith, talyn stahlheber, logan Webster.

MENUarEa schools

Local students named to Wichita State University dean’s honor roll

peaBodY-Burns

menu subject to change. choice of fruit or juice for breakfast. milk available with all meals.

Breakfast

thursday — Mini cinnamon roll.friday — Mini pancakes.monday — breakfast pizza.

tuesday — cereal, fruit, string cheese.

feb. 10 — biscuit and gravy.

lunchthursday — taco salad, whole-grain

corn chips, salsa, refried beans, pineap-ple.

friday — chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, steamed carrots, rosy apple-sauce, whole-grain roll and jelly.

monday — Egg roll, rice, seasoned

peas, mandarin oranges.

tuesday — barbecue beef on bun,

hash brown, baked beans, fresh banana,

royal brownie.

feb. 10 — bean and cheese burrito, re-

fried beans, corn, apple salad, salsa.

Tabor College recently re-ceived a donation of $1,500 from Hillsboro Community Foundation for Tabor’s Signa-ture Campaign to go toward the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts.

� e grant, announced by HCF executive director Cyn-thia Fleming, was made pos-sible by the Hillsboro Area Impact Fund, which is used to enhance quality of life for Hillsboro area residents and is awarded once a year.

Tabor College Vice Pres-

ident of Advancement Ron Braun said that $16.3 million has been raised through the campaign, with $11.85 mil-lion to go directly toward the arts center.

“� e Center for the Arts of course is the largest part of the campaign,” Braun said, “but then there are other parts such as endowment, campus en-hancements, and our annual fund.”

Braun said site work for the center could begin as soon as early May.

John Fast Photohillsboro Middle school student Mary Elena heyen (left) won the Marion county spelling bee on Jan. 27 at Goessel high school. Marion Elementary school fi fth-grader, Jaeden Mc-Millin (middle), placed second. Goessel Middle school student brooke nafziger took third. heyen will represent Marion county at the state spelling bee March 5 at Fort hays state university.

County spelling bee

Foundation provides grant for Tabor arts center

Wichita State University has announced the names of more than 2,600 students who were on the fall 2015 dean’s honor roll, including students from Marion County.

� ose from Marion County include Corey Buller of Goes-sel; Jonathan Crouse, Saman-

tha Ens, Matthew Klenda, Ben-jamin Loewen, Carter Pank-ratz, Amanda Roble, Grant Schneider, Tessa Simpson, and Lucas Sinclair, all of Hillsboro; Shayla Kline and Edward Ober-meyer, both of Marion; and De-nise Servis of Peabody.

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It’s been years since Hills-boro has had a dance studio, but that will be changing in March.

Krista Matlock, wife of Hillsboro Mennonite Breth-ren Church associate pastor Jer-emy Matlock, will start o� ering a variety of dance classes start-ing March 7 in Hillsboro City Hall, and hopes to open a for-mal studio in June.

Matlock has been dancing all her life, teaching dance on and o� for 6 years, and is � nal-ly getting the chance to ful� ll a lifelong dream.

“I’ve always wanted to own a dance studio since I was a lit-tle girl,” Matlock said. “but then life gets busy and you just go in di� erent directions.”

One of those directions in-cluded Krista and Jeremy be-ing missionaries in Saransk, Russia.

While in Russia, Matlock and her husband started a col-lege mission at Mordovia Uni-versity, a decision that helped them get around Russian red tape.

“We had to get student visas to stay because Russia was mak-ing it di� cult to get visas for ministry,” Matlock said.

As the only Americans in a town of roughly 300,000 peo-

ple, Matlock said they gained respect from their communi-ty a� er Matlock participated in a college talent show.

“We were having a hard time connecting with the stu-dents,” Matlock said. “My hus-band found out about the show and said to sign up for it.”

Matlock said that a� er the competition, she started teach-ing dance classes as a free min-istry and also to help people get to know who they were.

“We were the only Ameri-cans,” Matlock said. “A lot of people were skeptical of us and what we were doing, so dance classes helped them know that we were normal.”



Matlock said she is excited to move forward with this new adventure, and that it wouldn’t have happened if it hadn’t been for the support of the commu-nity, including Mayor Delores Dalke.

“Delores Dalke helped us look for a house when we moved here,” Matlock said. “I told her I taught dance and she

said ‘Oh we need a dance teach-er here.’”


“When we � rst were even thinking of opening a studio, one of our thoughts was ‘How will we fund this?’” Matlock said. “� en we immediately had Greenhaw Pharmacy and Alisa Schmidt want to spon-sor us.”

Hillsboro Community Hos-pital doctor Alisa Schmidt and Greenhaw Pharmacy co-own-er Eric Driggers want to help sponsor the studio, whether it be with the start up or promo-tion.

Schmidt said that she is supportive of the dance stu-dio in part because of health reasons.

“I think having this studio will be a great asset for Hills-boro,” Schmidt said. “I think it is a great way to get exercise. Kids need at least 60 minutes of activity a day, and this is one way to get it.

“I’m excited to get to work with her and partner with her so my own girls can dance, and also as a service to the com-munity.”

Driggers, who owns Green-haw Pharmacy with his wife Tami, also heard about the idea, and was excited to get on board with it as well.

“With three small girls,

they’ve always had an interest in doing this but we’ve never had the ability to take them out of town,” Driggers said, “so we are pretty excited for what Kris-ta’s vision with this is.”

Driggers said he wasn’t com-pletely certain how they were going to help sponsor the stu-dio, but were “de� nitely want-ing to help somehow with it.”

Studio 23, which Matlock said stands for Philippians 2:3, will occupy the former Mari-on County Learning Center on Main St. in Hillsboro.

Matlock plans to o� er basic ballet, jazz, technique, tap, boys rhythm, movement, and even-tually more specialized class-es once Matlock can assess the levels, needs, and abilities of students.

Matlock said her vision in-cludes more than just dance classes for children.

“My hope is once we get the studio open, we can have adult classes like swing dancing and line dancing and fun stu� like that just to get people in-volved,” Matlock said. “I’d love to do events like daddy-daugh-ter dances or luau events that bring the community out.”


“I see a lot of opportunities for the community to come to-gether,” Matlock said. “It’s great to see the community excited and so supportive of this.”

Centre High School to host Pig Kissing fundraiser

By KeLseY uNRuHStaff writer

� e month of February won’t be “boar”ing for Cen-tre High School students when they get to witness a Centre school employee kiss a piglet.

� e pig kissing contest is a fundraiser for the fresh-man class.

Five sta� members, in-cluding counselor Jill Day, business teacher Ashley Coirier, superintendent Su-san Beeson, science teach-er Cindy Wyatt, and agri-culture teacher Jon Meyer,

will have to wait until Feb. 12 to � nd out who “hogged” the most student donations and has to kiss a pig.

Day said that she “thinks” she is honored for the op-portunity to participate.

“I’m a farm girl so if I have to kiss a pig, I’ll do it,” Day said, “but I de� nitely want to say I’ve never kissed a pig before, so this would be a � rst. I hope it’s a cute, little one.”

Centre student Grace Pe-terson will supply the pig, and freshman class spon-sor Morgan Menefee said that “probably whichever lucky little pig she catches that morning” will be the one who gets a smooch.

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Megan Thomas, business and yearbook teacher at Mari-on High School said one high school organization is selling

roses and Crush pop gifts to the student body for Valen-tine’s Day. Two student-oper-ated businesses have products available for sale to the public. Nothin’ But Nuts, run by three students, is selling nut packag-

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January 20, 2016)3tIN tHe dIStRICt COuRt OfmaRION COuNtY, KaNSaS

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSOF MARION COUNTY, KANSAS Plaintiffsvs. Case No. 15 CV 36Michael Miller, et al Defendants

SHeRIff’S NOtICe Of SaLePUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of the District Court of Marion County, Kansas, in the above entitled action, will, on the 23rd day of February, 2016, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. on said day at Marion County Court-house, in the City of Marion, Kansas, offer at public sale, and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, all of the below described real estate situ-ated in Marion County, Kansas, sub-ject only to valid covenants remain-ing with the land, and valid easements of record in use and subject to tax-es and interest which become a lien thereon subsequent to the date of judgment (January 5, 2016), which said real estate is taken as proper-ty of the respective Defendants des-ignated as the owners thereof or as having some interest to claim there-to. Said real estate is to be sold with-out appraisement to satisfy said Order

of Sale and the respective adjudged liens thereon:CAUSE OF ACTION: 1TAX ID: FLO 0449ALEGAL DESCRIPTION:

Block 37, excluding the West 152.8 feet thereof, Original Town, City of Florence, and excluding the South 95.4 feet of the West 18 feet of Lot 13, the South 95.4 feet of Lots 15, 17, 19 and 21, and the South 95.4 feet of the East 22.2 feet of Lot 23, all in Block 37, Original Town, City of Flor-ence, Marion County, Kansas

TOTAL LIENS: $3,000.71Each of the judgment liens above is further subject to post-judgment in-terest from and after January 5, 2016, and $250.00 Court costs.WITNESS my hand at Marion, Kansas, this 12th day of January, 2016. Robert Craft Sheriff of Marion County, KansasATTEST:Jan HelmerClerk of the District CourtSusan C. Robson, SC#14508Marion County Attorney A-17-18-19-30451

(First published in the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin,

Peabody, Kansas, February 3, 2016)1t

NOtICe Of aNNuaL meetINgtO Be HeLd fOR

WHIteWateR RIveR WateRSHedJOINt dIStRICt NO. 22

TO: All land owners and legal voters within the boundaries of the White-water River Watershed District No. 22, notice is hereby given that pursuant to Kansas Watershed District Law (Sec-tion 24-1211) on the 16th day of Feb-ruary, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., an annual meeting on the Whitewater River Wa-tershed District No. 22 will be held at the USDA Service Center, 2503 Enter-prise, Suite B, El Dorado, KS.At the above meeting the agenda shall include the following business items:ONE: The directors of the Whitewa-ter River Watershed Joint District No. 22 shall make full and due report of their activities and financial affairs

since their last annual meeting, held on February 17th, 2015.TWO: They shall conduct an election by secret ballot of the legal voters there present of four (4) directors.The newly elected directors shall hold office for a term of three (3) years from date of said meeting. The present in-cumbents or any other land owner are eligible for nomination to the of-fice or director. All persons owning agricultural land within the boundar-ies of said district and at least 18 years of age are eligible to vote in said elec-tion. Only such persons are eligible to vote in said election.THREE: Any other business which could properly come before the group will be considered.In Butler County and all in the state of Kansas. Whitewater River Watershed Joint District No. 22 By: Harry Clayton, PresidentAttest:Dan Fagan, Secretary P-19-30491

(First published in the Peabody Gazette-Bulletin,

Peabody, Kansas, February 3, 2016)1tmaRION COuNtY4tH fIRe dIStRICt

NOtICe Of aNNuaL meetINgPublic notice is hereby given to all per-sons concerned that the annual meet-ing of the Marion County 4th Fire Dis-trict will be held at the Fire District #4 Fire Station, 103 North Sycamore, Pe-abody, Kansas, on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. At the meeting the Board of Directors will render a re-port on the financial condition and the activities of the Fire District.This is an open meeting and the pub-lic is invited to attend.Signed at Peabody, Kansas this 1st day of February, 2016.Jay Cook, PresidentMarion County Fire District #4Deb WindsorClerk-Treasurer P-19-30498

Put at top. See MCR critique.

Nice story — what we should be do-ing in all sports sections, But way, way, way too many words in head. No such thing as 2 line, 6 col head.

Too big for content of picture. Action shot would be better. If not, make mug smaller and combine with pull quote.

Filler. Not local. Too big for content of picture. Butts up against ad. See ear-lier critiques. Needlessly perpetuates notion of execution-at-dawn photos.*

* Bigger heads, fewer words needed. Don’t emphasize non-local angle.

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Don’t butt heads needlessly then leave rest of page completely gray. Make dance head 6 col and move frogs to 4 col beneath it. Again, avoid off-putting references to non-local communities in heads.

Non-traditional approach but ac-ceptable. Compare to much weak-

er HSJ version of same page. No need for partial page logo on second of

two pages and never at top of page, when full page logo should be used

instead (though it wouldn’t be need-ed here for second page). See oth-

er comments on MCR critique.

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