With its unpredictability rival-ing or surpassing that of Kansas’ weather, flu season is underway, and local experts are encouraging area citizens to vaccinate.

“The best way to protect against influenza is to get a flu vaccination every year,” said Jane Sunderland, administrator for Nemaha County Community Health Services.

“Life is busy for many people working, traveling, or going to school,” Sunderland said. “It only takes about 15 minutes to come in and get a flu shot and then be on your way.”

Sunderland and Sabetha Fam-ily Practice physician Dr. Chris-tian Tramp say that a yearly flu vaccination is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control for everyone 6 months of age and older who does not have a con-traindication to the vaccine.

“Infants less than 6 months of age and those with a severe egg allergy should avoid it,” Tramp said. “A person should always check with his or her physician and or nurse administering the immunization.”

While the flu season gener-ally peaks in the United States in January and February, the flu can strike as early as October and as late as May.

That’s why local healthcare providers advise area residents to get vaccinated as soon as pos-sible.

“The flu is unpredictable, and [flu] seasons can vary, and since it takes about two weeks after vac-cination for antibodies that pro-tect against the influenza virus to develop in the body, it is best that people get vaccinated early so that they are protected before in-fluenza begins spreading in their community,” Sunderland said.

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“Mental Health matters…” so goes the saying. KANZA Men-tal Health and Guidance Center believes this and celebrates help-ing the people of northeast Kansas improve their mental health for 50 years in No-vember 2013.

David Elsbury, Kanza’s CEO since 2006, in-vites you to join him in celebrating this landmark event in the agency’s history. This article is one of two that will de-scribe high points in Kanza’s his-tory.

The Center was first formed as the Brown County Mental Health

and Guidance Center in August 1963. The first governing board was formed on May 22, 1962. The plans were to join with oth-er counties, i.e., Nemaha, Do-niphan and Mar-shall counties, to share the costs of fully staffed

clinic staff. The clinic’s first office was lo-

cated on the first floor of the

Father-daughter cooking team Jessica Steele (left) and Kenny Alderfer, of the team We B’ Smokin’, prepares their pork butt for the judges on Sunday, September 29, during the Bikes, Blues and Barbecue event at Sabetha’s Mary Cotton Public Library Park.

Herald photo by Amber Deters

The band Repeat Offenders entertains contestants, judges and tasters on Sunday afternoon, September 29.

Herald photo by Amber Deters

Seth Harrell presents to the judges during the Bikes, Blues and Barbecue Event on Sunday, September 29. The judges came from near and far to judge the pork butt and ribs for the event. Pictured (L-R) are Steve Hiltgen, Deb Storck, Delvin Gross, Gary Huber, Galen Wiltz and Bill Storck. Thirteen barbecuers entered the competition. Winners for the pork butt entries included the following: first place, Sabetha Hardware; second place, Mad Dog’s BBQ; and third place, Nemaha County Border Bandits. Winners for the ribs category included the following: first place, Big Deal BBQ; second place, Sabetha Hardware; and third place, Tacos Boys. The People’s Choice for pork butts went to J&C BBQ. Herald photo by Amber Deters

Motorcycles line the street during the Bikes, Blues and Barbecue event on Sunday, September 29. Approximately 35 motorocycles entered the show. Motorcycle winners included the following: People’s Choice, Bill Hendricks; Old School/Rat, Jerry Grimm; Touring/Bagger, Roger Rison; Custom/Chopper, Jesse Knight; Antique, Scott McGuire; Sports/Metric, Bill Hendricks; Stock, Gary McGuire; Best Paint, Don Kohake. The motorcycles were judged by Jerry Nordas, Joe Hackney and Jesse Knight. Herald photo by Amber Deters

KANZA MENTAL HEALTH AND GUIDANCE CENTER CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY, PART I

Kanza helps people of northeast Kansas improve mental health

The Wesleyan Crossroads Church held a dedication service on Sunday morning, September 29, to dedicate the new church building. According to Pastor Andy Smith and Board Vice Chairman Don Michael, they broke ground on the new church building on June 15, 2011. The first service was held in September 2012, and the entire first floor is now complete.ABOVE: The Wesleyan Crossroads Church is open for visitors during the open house on Sunday, September 29.RIGHT: Don Michael (left) and Andy Smith stand in front of the entrance to the new Wesleyan Crossroads Church building.

Herald photos by Amber Deters

SABETHA WESLEYAN CHURCH HOLDS DEDICATION SERVICE, OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW CHURCH BUILDING

A new era begins for Wesleyan Crossroads Church

By Amber DetersStaff Writer

By Amber DetersStaff Writer

See KANZA, Page 3A

SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS FORMED

LOCAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS SUGGEST FLU VACCINES

District budget group to meet

‘Tis the season for flu vaccinations

Barbecue and burnt rubber

SABETHA BIKES, BLUES AND BARBECUE EVENT DRAWS 13 BARBECUE CONTESTANTS, 35 MOTORCYCLE ENTRIES

For additional photos, see BARBECUE, Page 3A

Sabetha native Sophia Brown-lee, a 2009 graduate of Sabetha High School, recently joined The Sabetha Herald staff as advertis-ing director and special sections editor.

She graduated from the Uni-versity of Kansas in May 2013 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in design.

The knowledge and proficien-cy she gained through her college education, combined with the skills and experience she gained as an intern on The Sabetha Herald staff the summer after her graduation from SHS, make Brownlee a most welcome asset to the Herald staff.

She replaces Nikki McAfee, who has accepted a position with another local business.

Brownlee grew up in rural Sabetha, where she participated in many growth and leadership groups and activities.

In addition to being a long-time member of the Morrill Tip-Top 4-H Club, she participated in the 4-H Venturers program and served as student council presi-dent her senior year at SHS.

Brownlee has continued to participate as an adult sponsor in the 4-H Venturers program since high school and looks forward to continuing as an adult leader on high adventure trips.

“I look forward to bringing a little crimson-and-blue Jayhawk pride to the K-State purple-dom-inated Herald office,” she said about her new job at the Herald. “I’m also looking forward to be-ing involved with the community

Sophia Brownlee

HERALD STAFF WELCOMES SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNA

Sophia Brownlee is advertising director, special sections editor

By Patty LocherStaff Writer

See SOPHIA, Page 3A

With the Prairie Hills school district facing an estimated $2 million budget deficit beginning with the 2015-16 school year, a committee has been formed to thoroughly study the issue and make budget reduction recom-mendations to the USD No. 113 Board of Education.

The District Budget Commit-tee will begin meeting this month, with the first meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the District Office in Sabetha.

This meeting is open to the public, as are all future meetings of the District Budget Commit-tee. However, seating is limited in the meeting room.

Approximately 15 individuals will comprise the committee.

“The administrative team had strong feelings that this commit-tee should not be larger than 20,” said Superintendent Bill Orth. “This would be a workable group for best results.”

Each building will be repre-sented by one site council mem-ber, one teacher and the building principal. The committee mem-bers were selected by each build-ing’s site council.

According to Orth, at the first meeting, background informa-tion will be shared with commit-tee members to ensure everyone has the information needed to continue conversations regarding budget reductions throughout the district.

“We will also discuss the differ-ences between communities and what would be the best practice per community to receive com-munity input,” Orth said.

Orth said this committee will continue meeting on a regular ba-sis as the district moves through the process, which he empha-sized will not be a “speedy” one.

The school board itself will next meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14. This meeting will be held at Axtell High School. See FLU, Page 3A

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BROWN COUNTY SHERIFF'S REPORT

LEGAL NOTICE

(First published in The Sabetha Herald on

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF NEMAHA COUNTY, KANSASCIVIL DEPARTMENT

Midfirst BankCase No. 13CV13

Plaintiff,Court Number:

vs.Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Tammy Curl, et al.Defendants.

Notice Of Sale

Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Nemaha County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Nemaha County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, on October 10, 2013, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate:

All of Lots 4 and 5 and the West 8 feet of Lot 6, in Block 33, City of Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas, commonly known as 605 Virginia Street, Sabetha, KS 66534 (the “Property”)

to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraise-ment and subject to the redemp-tion period as provided by law, and further subject to the ap-proval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com

Richard D. Vernon, SheriffNemaha County, Kansas

Prepared By:South & Associates, P.C.Megan Cello (KS # 24167)6363 College Blvd., Suite 100Overland Park, KS 66211(913)663-7600(913)663-7899 (Fax)Attorneys For Plaintiff(123635) 38-3t

BROWN, NEMAHA COUNTY COMMISSIONS

MISCELLANEOUS NEWSOn Sept. 30, 14 male and four

female inmates were in the Brown County jail. ARRESTS

On Sept. 23, the Brown County Sheriff ’s office conducted a search warrant at 741 Cedar Street in Everest. Charles Allen Mawhin-ney Jr., 39, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana, pos-

session of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia, and Tanya Stecklein, 35, was also arrested on charges of possession of marijua-na, possession of meth and pos-session of drug paraphernalia.

On Sept. 26, Jason Gorrell, 23, of Horton was arrested on a charge of driving while license cancelled suspended or revoked.

On Sept. 29, Matthew Lacey,

21, of Atchison was arrested on a charge of driving under the influ-ence (DUI).

On Sept. 29, Christopher Wil-son, 29, of Horton was arrested on a charge of DUI.

On Sept. 29, Kenneth Coy Jr., 42, of Kansas City, Mo., was ar-rested on charges of DUI, flee and elude law enforcement officer and transport open container.

BROWN COUNTYMonday, September 30: The

board met in regular session at 8 a.m., with Chairman Keith Ol-sen and Commissioners Warren Ploeger and Steve Roberts pres-ent.

The board approved the Sept. 30 month-end claims for a total of $333,438.82.

Horton Mayor Tim Lentz re-ported on the collapse of a wall of an old building in Horton. Chair-man Olsen had offered to waive the fees for the collapsed building materials at the Brown County Transfer Station. Commissioner Ploeger was against the waiving of the fees, as the county has to pay the fee to have the material hauled off. Ploeger explained the material needed to be sorted for the C&D pit and Transfer Build-ing. Olsen stated that District 2 Road and Bridge had offered as-sistance in hauling the materials.

The board approved a motion to waive fees for the hauling of the collapsed building materi-als to the C&D pit of the Brown County Transfer Station.

The board then approved a motion to charge half price, which would be $22, for any ma-terial going through the Transfer Station Building, with Ploeger voting nay.

Betty Kerns, Director of the Hiawatha Senior Citizens Cen-ter, discussed a possible move of the Senior Citizens location in

Hiawatha. Kerns stated that after viewing the new location, the Se-nior Citizens had decided to stay where they have been located in the American Legion Building. Sam Schuetz, as the American Legion representative, also was present for the meeting.

Jefferson County Commis-sioner Richard Malm, represent-ing the Kansas Association of Counties, reported on the map of Kansas that will be located in the renovated Capitol Building in Topeka. Each county has been asked to raise $1,000 to pay for their county’s rock on the map.

Malm also discussed a multi-county meeting on the possible purchase of bulk products such as oil and salt, by a group of counties, to reduce the cost.

County Clerk Debbie Parker reported a violation-of-code let-ter received from the City of Hi-awatha, stating that the county had weeds growing behind the Historical Society’s Train Build-ing on Oregon Street. Parker contacted the Director of the Historical Society and they will take care of the weed problem.

Buried cable permits Nos. 13-05 and 13-06, for United Tele-phone doing business as Century Link, were approved and signed.

The board approved the min-utes of the Sept. 23 meeting.

County Clerk Parker presented the KCAMP Bylaws Agreement. Ploeger said he would like Coun-ty Attorney Kevin Hill to review the agreement.

Brown County resident Heath-er Williams requested that a “bus stop ahead” sign be posted near her home on 210th Road be-tween Mallard and Lynx. Lester Soyland, school bus driver, also was present for the meeting. Commissioner Roberts stated that the sign would be posted.

The board approved the KCAMP Interlocal Agreement.

After reading the KCAMP By-laws Agreement, Commissioner Ploeger stated that the county at-torney did not need to review it.

The board approved Resolu-tion No. 2013-09, which approves the KCAMP Bylaws agreement.

County Clerk Parker reported on the possible options being re-viewed by Broker John Matalone for Brown County Employee In-surance for 2014.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:43 a.m. The next regular meet-ing will be held Monday, Oct. 7.

NEMAHA COUNTYMonday, September 23: The

Board met in regular session at

9 a.m. Chairman Gary Scoby led the flag salute. Present also were Commissioners Tim Burdiek and Dennis Henry.

Road and Bridge/Solid Waste Supervisor Dennis Ronnebaum advised that:

•He had his crews blading roads and hauling rock last week following the rain that the area received.

•The annual bridge inspection through CKEC is complete in Nemaha County and the billing has been submitted.

•John Deere brought a demo patrol to Corning last week.

•Jerry Cox spoke to him about wanting the county to put Bridge L-21 between sections 27 and 34 of Capioma Township back in place.

Debbie Trahan with Computer Information Concepts answered the board’s questions concern-ing the contract with CIC and presented a quote for a hardware update in the amount of $6,914 to make the county’s server com-patible with the CIC system.

The board approved switching the accounting and tax software used by the county from Thomp-son-Reuters to CIC. Chairman Scoby signed the contracts with CIC as presented. The board ap-proved the quote from CIC in the amount of $6,914 to update hardware currently owned by the county.

Melanie Tuttle with Reese and Novelly, P.A., reviewed with the board the 2012 Nemaha County Financial Audit that the firm re-cently completed.

Sheriff Rich Vernon advised that:

•His department had a very busy week this past week.

•They currently are holding 11 inmates in the jail and one in the Jackson County jail.

Jeff Lane with Treanor Archi-tects called to speak to the board about the process that needs to be followed in hiring a Construc-tion Manager at Risk for the new jail project in Nemaha County. County Attorney Brad Lippert, Sheriff Vernon and Sheriff ’s Of-fice Secretary Amy Lierz were also present for this discussion. Lane will send a sample Request for Qualifications that the county can format to their specifications and send out to prospective com-panies to serve as the Construc-tion Manager at Risk.

Brent Teter, Dave Rethman and Jay Watkins with Seneca EMS, Al Haug with Haug Com-munications, and Nemaha

County Emergency Preparedness Director Todd Swart met with the board. Teter stated that Sen-eca EMS is having a very difficult time communicating by radio with Centralia EMS personnel.

Haug advised the board that he feels that adding another repeater in the Centralia area would solve the radio problems that are cur-rently being experienced. Reth-man stated that the Nemaha County Co-op is willing to let the county install a repeater on top of their grain elevator in Centralia. Haug presented the board with two estimates for a repeater sys-tem that would provide the cov-erage needed. One option would cost approximately $30,000 and the other option would cost ap-proximately $13,000.

Haug will perform studies to test the coverage of a repeater placed on top of the grain eleva-tor in Centralia and the coverage of a repeater placed on top of a State tower located at the inter-section of Kansas Highways 63 and 9 east of Centralia. Haug will share the results of these studies with the board and will look into what it would cost the county to have a repeater located at both of the above locations.

Dave Rethman with Seneca EMS reviewed the quotes re-ceived by the county for portable defibrillators.

He advised commissioners on what type of defibrillator would be the best for the county to pur-chase and to install in patrol cars in the county.

The board reviewed, and ap-proved with corrections noted, the minutes of the Sept. 16 meet-ing.

County Clerk Mary Kay Schul-tejans requested a pay raise for Mandy Sudbeck in her office, who has been employed with the county for six months. Following discussion, the board approved increasing Sudbeck’s pay from $11.80 per hour to $12.55 per hour effective Aug. 21.

Road and Bridge Supervisor Ronnebaum returned to show the board pictures of Bridge L-21 that lies between sections 27 and 34 of Capioma Township.

The meeting was adjourned at 3 p.m.

Monday, September 30: The Board was scheduled to meet in regular session at 9 a.m. Minutes were not available at The Herald’s press time.

Minutes for each county are excerpts and unofficial until approved at the next meeting.

NEMAHA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT

CRIMINAL CASES FINISHED (DISMISSAL INCLUDED)

Colton Pevehouse, Highland, charged with possession of alco-holic liquor or cereal malt bever-age by a minor; diversion filed, agreed to pay $296 in fees and costs and comply with all terms of the agreement.

Amanda Marie Bellew, Waka-rusa, charged with possession of marijuana, controlled substance, drug paraphernalia and driving while a habitual violator; diver-sion filed, agreed to pay $1,058 in fees and costs and to comply with all terms of the agreement.

Anthony E. Holman, Sabetha, sentenced for attempted aggra-vated battery to the Secretary of Corrections for 34 months; or-dered to pay $1,397.36 in court costs and fees.

Karen Davis, Wetmore, sen-tenced for giving a worthless check; ordered to pay $285 in costs and restitution.

Ronnie Wewenis, Horton, sentenced for giving a worthless check; ordered to pay $510 in costs and restitution.LIMITED CASES FINISHED

Nemaha Valley Community Hospital vs. John L. Dale and Amber Williams-Dale, Seneca. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $594.39 plus costs and interest.

Nemaha Valley Community Hospital vs. Jean L. Dahl and Kevin Dahl, Seneca. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $939.05 plus costs and interest.

Nemaha Valley Community Hospital vs. Ryan L. Vaughan and Rebecca Vaughan, Centra-lia. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $263.80 plus costs and interest.

Nemaha Valley Community Hospital vs. Rose Marie Clary, Sabetha. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $1,145.50 plus costs and interest.

Nemaha Valley Community Hospital dba Seneca Family Practice vs. Misty L. Blume, Sen-eca. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $665.99 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital, Inc., vs. Alicia L. Conn, Sabetha. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $2,145.64 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital, Inc., vs. Kayla A. Moore, Sabetha. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $575.15 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital,

Inc., vs. Tiffany Gladden, Sa-betha. Judgment for Plaintiff in the amount of $743.05 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital, Inc., vs. Lacey Y. Gorman and Coey Gorman, Sabetha. Judg-ment for Plaintiff in the amount of $652.87 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital, Inc., vs. Marcus L. Gonzalez and Claudie Gonzalez, Sabetha. Judg-ment for Plaintiff in the amount of $376.51 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Family Practice vs. Nickolas Blaske, Sabetha. Judg-ment for Plaintiff in the amount of $224.94 plus costs and interest.

Sabetha Community Hospital, Inc., vs. Serena M. Macasio and John Eppich, Seneca. Judgment for the Plaintiff in the amount of $388.64 plus costs and interest. MARRIAGE LICENSES IS-SUED

Richard L. Werner, Sabetha, 57, and Michelle R. Cattrell, Sa-betha, 45.

Chad J. Hiltibrand, Corning, 23, and Mollie E. Winkler, Corn-ing, 22.

Kirby J. Walls, Centralia, 50, and Wanda E. Kolbek, Centralia, 48.TRAFFIC

Katrina L. Ogden, Sabetha, no child restraint; $156 fine and costs.

Steven W. Durbin, Cocoa, Fla., speeding 75/65; $141 fine and costs.

Glen R Westphal, Albuquer-que, N.M., speeding 75/65; $141 fine and costs.

Dalton N. Becker, Corning, fail to yield right of way; $171 fine and costs.

Kimberly E. Bagwell, Whiting, following too closely; $171 fine and costs.TRAFFIC DIVERSIONS

Austin L. Nider, Pawnee City, Neb., charged with DUI and transporting an open container; diversion filed, agreed to pay $1,046 in diversion fee, fine and costs and comply with all terms of agreement.

Steven D. Jenkins, Sabetha, charged with DUI and failure to dim high beams; diversion filed, agreed to pay $1,046 in diversion fee, fine and costs and comply with all terms of agreement.

Gary R. Haverkamp, Corn-ing, vharged with DUI; diver-sion filed, agreed to pay $1,046 in diversion fee, fine and costs and comply with all terms of agree-ment.

3ARECORDTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Nemaha County Border Bandits cooking team Joan (left) and Gary Akin say they compete in about 10 to 12 competitions each year. The Akins are from Seneca.

Herald photo by Amber Deters

Grimm and Sons barbecue contestants Joshua (left) and Chris Grimm are all smiles. The Grimms set up at the park at 6 p.m. Saturday, and started cooking at midnight.

Herald photo by Amber Deters

The Aberle Brothers team prepares their pork butt for the judges. Brothers (L-R) Nick, Chris and Tim Aberle set up at the park at 4 p.m. Saturday and started cooking at midnight. Herald photo by Amber Deters

Linda (left) and Dan Fries traveled to Sabetha from Fairfax, Missouri, for the Bikes, Blues and Barbecue event.

Herald photo by Amber Deters

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NEMAHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S REPORT

ARRESTSLaura Chavez, 35, of Goff was

arrested on Sept. 19 by Nemaha County Sheriff ’s Office (NMSO) on a Nemaha County Warrant for giving a worthless check. Chavez was released on $275 cash bond on Sept. 20 with a court date of 10 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Richard L. Bagley II, 37, of Centralia was arrested on Sept. 19 by NMSO on a Nemaha County Warrant for giving a worthless check. Bagley was released on $280 cash bond on Sept. 20 with a court date of 10 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Robert J. Gilbert, 53, of Sa-betha was arrested on Sept. 19 by NMSO on charges of driving while suspended, no registration, no liability insurance, and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia. Gil-bert was released on $1,900 surety bond on Sept. 20 with a court date of 10 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Robert A. Meade, 29, of Cen-tralia was arrested by NMSO on Sept. 20 on the charge of disorder-ly conduct. Meade was released on Sept. 20 on $500 cash bond with a court date of 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Brendan R. Bock, 19, of Hi-awatha was arrested by NMSO on Sept. 21 on the charge of posses-sion of paraphernalia and mari-juana. Bock was released on Sept. 22 on $2,500 surety bond with a court date of 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Darrin J. Anderson, 40, of Sen-eca was arrested by NMSO on Sept. 21 on charges of possession of paraphernalia and possession of methamphetamine. Anderson is also in custody on a Nemaha County Warrant on charges of distribution of meth, unlawful use of communication facility, no drug tax stamp, and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Jonette Armintrout was re-leased on Sept. 20 on $1,500 own recognizance (OR) bond with a court date of 10 a.m. on Oct. 16.

Brett Keifer was released on Sept. 20 on $1,500 OR bond with a court date of 11 a.m. on Oct. 16.

Kevin R. Foster, 57, of St. Jo-seph, Mo., was arrested on Sept. 24 by the Kansas Highway Patrol (KHP) on the charge of posses-sion of marijuana. Foster was re-leased on $1,500 surety bond on Sept. 24 with a court date of 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 22.

Dagan Solberg was released on Sept. 24 on $15,000 OR bond with a court date of 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 1.

Anthony R. Newcomb, 22, of Centralia was arrested on Nov. 24 by Seneca Police Department (PD) on a Nemaha County War-rant for distribution of meth-amphetamine, unlawful use of a communication facility and pos-session of drug paraphernalia. Newcomb remains in custody with bond set at $150,000.

Timothy J. Wilson was released on Sept. 25 on $500 OR bond with a court date of 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 30.

Jeremy L. Smith, 28, of Onaga was arrested on Sept. 25 by Sene-ca PD on charges of driving while

suspended, registration violation and no liability insurance. Smith was released on $900 surety bond on Sept. 26 with a court date of 9 a.m. on Nov. 20.

Casey R. Frey, 19, of Morrill was booked into the Nemaha County Jail on Sept. 30 on a Sabetha Mu-nicipal Warrant for failure to ap-pear. Frey was released on Sept. 30 on $265 OR bond with a court date of 4 p.m. on Oct. 24.

Harry E. Henninger, 36, of Goff was arrested on Sept. 28 by NMSO on the charge of driving under the influence (DUI). Hen-ninger was released on Sept. 28 on $1,250 surety bond with a court date of 10 a.m. on Oct. 29.

Josh R. Luzmoor, 24, of Auburn, Neb., was arrested on Sept. 28 by NMSO on the charge of DUI. Luzmoor was released on Sept. 29 on $750 surety bond with a court date of 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 29.

Hugh W. Hochard, 59, of To-peka was booked into the Nema-ha County Jail on Sept. 28 on a Nemaha County Warrant for felo-ny theft. Hochard remains in cus-tody. On Sept. 12, NMSO received a report of a 1991 GMC pickup which had been stolen from a ru-ral area near 168th and C Road. This warrant was issued as a result of that investigation.CASES

Sometime between Septem-ber 2 and Sept. 21, an unknown person or persons damaged six tombstones at the America City Cemetery. Damage estimated at $2,100.

On Sept. 19, NMSO took a report of theft from 1237 116th Road, Seneca. An unknown per-son took a Polaris Ranger without the owner’s permission sometime between Sept. 15 and Sept. 19. Value of loss estimated at $10,000.ACCIDENTS

At 2:46 p.m. on Sept. 18, An-drew J. Nourse, 35, of Harrison-ville, Mo., was traveling west-bound on Kansas Highway 71 just west of L4 Road when his passen-ger tires dropped off of the road-way. As he attempted to get back on the roadway, he overturned and his truck ended up blocking the roadway. He was driving a 1992 Freightliner pulling a trail-er. Damage listed at more than $1,000.

At 11:10 p.m. on Sept. 20, Jenni-fer Matson, 34, of Vermillion was traveling northbound on B Road 1 mile north of Kansas Highway 9 when she struck a deer. She was driving a 2009 Saturn Vue. Dam-age listed at more than $1,000.

At 7:50 p.m. on Sept. 24, Leslie J. Boyce, 36, of Sabetha was travel-ing southbound on W Road just north of 160th Road when she struck a deer. She was driving a 2007 GMC Yukon. Damage listed at less than $1,000.

At 8:52 p.m. on Sept. 26, Law-rence E. Hagemeier, 79, of Bea-trice, Neb., was traveling west-bound on U.S. Highway 36 near H Road when he struck a cow in the roadway. Hagemeier was driving a 2010 Buick 4 door. Damage listed at more than $1,000.

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and being home where I can at-tend events in which my sister Lilly, a sophomore at SHS, par-ticipates.”

Brownlee said she is interested “in all things design, particularly typography, letterpress and paper

goods.”“I also enjoy being outdoors

for any reason – hiking, camping, canoeing, hunting, firearms and more,” she said. “And I love trav-eling, particularly in the West.”

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Children younger than 9 years of age who have never been vac-cinated before require two doses of flu vaccine in the first season during which they are vaccinated.

“Children younger than 9 years who may need two doses of flu vaccine benefit from early vacci-nation to assure that the routine second doses are given before the flu season begins,” Sunderland said.

Both Sunderland and Tramp agree it is a misconception that if a person is vaccinated too early, the immunity will not last through the end of the flu season.

“We used to think that immu-nity waned throughout the win-ter, which led many folks into the practice of holding out until well into the flu season to receive their shot,” Tramp said. “The CDC now recommends receiving your vaccination when it is available in the early fall, because it is now believed that immunity will last throughout the entire season.”

For those for whom the flu vaccine is recommended, there are multiple options available.

The standard, and most com-monly used, trivalent vaccine is designed to protect against the three main flu strains — two type A and one type B — that research indicates will cause the most ill-ness during the flu season.

Another, more recently avail-able, option is the quadrivalent vaccine, which is designed to protect against four flu strains — two type A and two type B.

The CDC does not recom-mend one form over another, but only a small portion of all flu vac-cines available for the 2013-14 flu season will be quadrivalent.

In additional to the traditional flu shot, those ages 2 through 49 with a healthy immune system who are not pregnant, are gener-ally approved to receive the nasal mist vaccine.

How well the vaccine works varies widely from flu season to flu season, because there are so many strains of the virus and the vaccines protect against three or four.

Sometimes the strains chosen for the vaccine are a good match to those strains that end up being prevalent, and sometimes they are not.

“Receiving a flu shot won’t

guarantee that you’ll avoid the flu, but it does minimize your chances and reduces the severity of illness,” Sunderland said.

Sunderland also said that im-munity varies by person, and old-er adults typically have a reduced immune response to flu vacci-nation compared with young, healthy adults.

“This places older people at greater risk of severe illness from influenza,” she said.

To combat this, a high dose of flu vaccine is available for per-sons 65 and older.

“A higher dose of antigen in this vaccine is supposed to give older people a better immune response, and therefore better protection against the flu,” Sun-derland said.

Those in the Sabetha area who want to receive a flu vaccination have many options, including Nemaha County Community Health Services, Sabetha Family Practice and Sabetha Commu-nity Hospital.

Any person wishing to be vac-cinated is encouraged to contact the organization to which they plan to go ahead of time to en-sure they will be able to get vacci-nated and that the type of vaccine they want is available.

At NCCHS, appointments can be made by calling 785-284-2152. Walk-ins at the Sabetha office will be vaccinated without an ap-pointment if a nurse is available.

A number of walk-in flu clin-ics will be offered by NCCHS this fall as well. A clinic is scheduled at the Bern Community Building from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 3. The next Sabetha flu clinic is scheduled to be held from 3 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 10, at the NCCHS office.

At Sabetha Family Practice, appointments are preferred and can be made by calling 785-284-2141. However, walk-ins are wel-come as well.

At Sabetha Community Hospi-tal, flu clinics will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. on the following dates: Oct. 2, Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6.

Additionally, the hospital is partnering with Garrett Country Mart to offer flu clinics at Coun-try Mart from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5.

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Brown County Courthouse. The staff included Dr. Hector Caval-lin, M.D., psychiatrist, and Mrs. Otto Kneisel, office secretary. On Sept. 12, 1966, the Kanza staff was expanded to include Roman A. Mathiowetz, ACSW, clinical social worker.

The center had been open two days per week, and with the ad-dition of a clinical social worker, the schedule was expanded to five days per week.

It is interesting to note that an article published in the Novem-ber-December 1967 edition of Taproots was entitled, “No Magic Here, But Hope.”

It was authored by the Execu-tive Director Roman Mathio-wetz and described the origins of community mental health in northeast Kansas, the Center’s staff and its services. It is inter-esting to note this title is similar to the Center’s mission statement adopted 40 years later in 2007, “Offering hope for a better to-morrow.”

On Aug. 24, 1965, Brown and Doniphan counties joined to form the Brown and Doniphan Counties Mental Health Center and moved its offices to 202-1/2 South Sixth Street in Hiawatha.

On July 24, 1967, represen-tatives of Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha counties met and formed a three-county mental health and guidance center. It was at this point that the name was changed to Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center.

It was operated by a 15-person board comprised of five mem-bers from each county. In 1969 the staff was expanded by adding another clinical social worker.

By the 1970s, the Center’s staff included two part-time psychia-trists, a psychologist, education-al psychologist, clinical social worker and secretary.

Also, in the early 1970s Rich-ardson County, Nebraska used facilities of the Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center to serve its citizens.

In 1976 additional rooms were remodeled to add to the Center’s facilities. The additional rooms provided space for a staff social worker, family therapy, psycho-logical testing, and play therapy for children.

Between 1974 and 1977 the services of Kanza were official-ly expanded to cover Jackson County, and Marshall County was removed to be served by the Pawnee Mental Health Center formed in Manhattan.

Following Dr. Mathiowetz, the Center has had four directors: Ronald Strong, 1978 to 1981; Dub Rakestraw, 1981 to 1984; Bill Persinger, 1984 to 2006; and the present director, David Elsbury.

Over these years, the Center’s staff size had grown from an out-patient clinic of 10 to 12 persons

in the early 1980s to a agency of nearly 60 persons by the mid 1990s as a result of mental health reform in Kansas, a dramatic change in the State’s policy of moving the treatment of persons with mental illness to their home community whenever possible rather than in large institutions.

The Center’s annual budget has grown from less than $100,000 annually to its largest budget to date as of July 2014 of $3,000,000. Kanza is currently a non-profit agency with a volunteer govern-ing board of 14 persons, three from each county and two at-large members, all appointed by their respective county commis-sion.

Kanza’s facilities started as a single office located on the first floor of the Brown County Court House, and in 1990 Kanza built a new 9000-square-foot facility located at 909 S. 2nd Street in Hiawatha to house it programs and services and then promptly expanded it to 11,000 square feet.

In 1993 the Center built a new facility in Holton at 713 Idaho Street to house its outpatient ser-vices, and then in 2004, with the assistance of Brown County, pur-chased and remodeled the Elk’s Building at 2291 Linden Road in Hiawatha to house the expanded community based services to treat adults with severe mental illness and children/youth with serious emotional disorders re-siding in its four county service area.

In the mid to late 1980s, the Center began to open satellite of-fices in Nemaha, Doniphan and Jackson counties to bring the ser-vices closer to the citizens. Prior to the establishment of these sat-ellite offices, clinical staff would drive over the four-county area seeing persons in a variety of set-tings.

Kanza has had satellite offices in a variety of locations over the years. Currently, there are clinical sites located in Nemaha County at the Sabetha Community Hos-pital and the Pioneer Building in Seneca.

In Jackson County, the Cen-ter added office space by renting a portion of the remodeled old community hospital building located at 5th and Kansas Av-enue. In Doniphan County, the Center’s offices are located in the Heritage Building located on the Troy square.

Kanza Mental Health and Guidance Center exists in large part due to the vision and dedica-tion of its Board members, com-munity supporters and the hard work of its leadership and staff members over the years.

In the second article to follow, there will be a description of the staff members of the agency and its services that have developed over the last 50 years.

A local woman has been sen-tenced on the charge of theft by deception from USD No. 113.

Megen Barnes of Sabetha, who was employed as the district’s ac-counting supervisor at the time the crime occurred, was convict-ed of stealing $36,145.12 from

USD No. 113.On Wednesday, Sept. 25, Judge

John Weingart sentenced Barnes to 12 months in prison.

According to Nemaha County Attorney Brad Lippert, that sen-tence was suspended, and Barnes was placed on probation for a pe-riod of 24 months.

Barnes already had paid resti-tution to the district.

COURT UPDATES

Local woman sentenced for theft from USD No. 113

By Amber DetersStaff Writer

Editorial Policy: The opinions and views expressed in submitted columns and letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect those of the The Sabetha Herald staff. Columns and letters submitted must include contact information. Anonymous columns and letters will not be published.

4A OPINION THE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Patty LocherReporter

The Sabetha Herald

Budget reductions are con-versations during every school board meeting in Kansas. These conversations are occurring ev-ery day in USD 113.

A combination of reduction of operating funds and declining enrollment is making finances difficult. Just like a home or busi-ness budget, schools have expe-rienced increases in insurance, fuel, food, utility, supplies and other operating cost increases.

All Kansas schools have re-duced staff, programs, spend-ing on supplies and have moved forward on all types of budget reduction ideas.

What is the biggest issue we face in Kansas public school fi-nance? We have a school finance formula that has been proven to work if funded. At this point, Kansas is not funding the for-mula.

A new study from the Center on Budget Policies and Priorities reports that Kansas reductions in K-12 education funding ranked among the deepest in the nation since 2008.

Although some states have be-gun to increase school funding after the Great Recession, Kansas funding remains far below pre-recession levels when adjusted for inflation.

The CBPP study released by the Kansas Center for Economic Growth said Kansas has cut in-vestment in K-12 schools by 16.5 percent since 2008 when adjusted for inflation, a deeper cut than 44 other states.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a non-parti-san policy research organization based in Washington, D.C.

Although Kansas, like many states, cut education funding when state revenues dropped during the recession, state fund-

ing in Kansas has not been able to recover because of deep cuts in state income taxes.

These tax cuts have limited the

state’s ability to restore education funding even though the state economy is recovering.

Kansas Association of Schools Boards (KASB) estimates that state and local funding for school district general fund and supple-mental general fund budgets are at the lowest point compared to total Kansas personal income since at least the 1970s.

For more information and to read the full report, go to the website at http://www.cbpp.org/files/9-12-13sfp.pdf.

It’s harvest time again. Of course, harvest season may not mean that much to you if you don’t work in agriculture. None-theless, you can learn a lot from those who do – especially in your role as an investor.

Here are a few of these lessons to consider:

•“Feed” your portfolio. Through the proper combination of fertilizers and irrigation, farm-ers seek to maximize the growth of their crops. And if you want to give your portfolio the opportu-nity to grow, you need to “feed” it with the right mix of investments.

This generally means you’ll need to own a reasonable per-centage of growth-oriented ve-hicles, such as stocks and stock-based securities.

Keep in mind, though, that the value of these types of invest-ments will fluctuate, sometimes sharply – and there’s no guarantee you won’t lose some or all of your principal.

•Be patient. Crops don’t grow overnight. Farmers know that they will put in countless hours of work before they see the fruits of their labors.

And they know that, along the way, they will likely experience setbacks caused by a variety of

issues: too much rain, too little rain, insect infestations – the list goes on and on.

When you invest, you shouldn’t expect to “get rich quick” – and you can expect to experience obstacles in the form of bear markets, economic downturns, changes in legislation and so forth.

Continuing to invest for the long term and focusing more on long-term results than short-term success can help you as you work toward your objectives.

•Respond to your investment “climate.” Farmers can’t control the weather, but they can respond to it. So, for example, when it’s been dry for a long time, they can boost their irrigation.

As an investor, you can’t con-trol the economic “climate,” but you can make adjustments. To il-lustrate: If all signs point to rising

long-term interest rates, which typically have a negative effect on long-term bond prices, you may need to consider reducing your exposure, at least for a while, to these bonds.

•Diversify. Farmers face a vari-ety of risks, including bad weather and fluctuating prices. They can help combat both threats through diversification. For instance, they can plant some crops that are more drought-resistant than oth-ers, so they won’t face complete ruin when the rains don’t fall.

As an investor, you should also diversify; if you only owned one type of financial asset, and that asset class took a big hit, you could sustain large losses.

But spreading your dollars among an array of investments – such as stocks, bonds, cash and other vehicles – may help reduce the effects of volatility on your portfolio. (Be aware, though, that diversification by itself can’t guar-antee a profit or protect against loss.)

Relatively few of us toil in the fields to make our living. But by understanding the challenges of those who farm the land, we can learn some techniques that may help us to nurture our invest-ments.

Dear Editor:To Whom It May Concern: This is in regard to the Board of Educa-

tion, our superintendent and our sudden-but-deadly financial crisis. Am I to understand that we hired a consultant to help our elect-

ed Board of Education officials figure out what they like and dislike about our current school structure?

Am I to further understand that we have had to eliminate teaching positions and restructure our middle and high schools due in part to the current budget woes?

I have a great idea! Why don’t we fire the consultant who is helping our School Board with feel-good therapy and fire our superintendent and use the salaries to fund our teachers we lost and pay all those bills that didn’t appear before he did. And if that is not enough money, we could go back to the block schedule.

After all, the reason quoted for regular schedule was so the kids needing a shop class for Community College could fulfill the require-ment, and that ended up being about two or three kids.

As a matter of fact, if our superintendent would take himself and his unwanted big-city ideas back where he came from, we would all probably discover free feel-good therapy.

Joy WilcockSabetha

School district patron disagrees with ‘consultant’

EDWARD JONES FINANCIAL FOCUS

Harvest season offers lessons to investors

USD 113 SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSES BUDGET REDUCTIONS

Reduced operating funds and enrollment affect district finances

Honoring a true hero

There are military veterans. There are war veterans.

And then there are combat veterans, who actually experienced the up-close reality of combat. True heroes aren’t normally movie stars or professional athletes.

True heroes are combat veterans who are “just” men and women who did their part serving our country when asked and wherever sent.

Today, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, it is my privilege to be serving in the military honors funeral detail for a true hero, LeRoy Strahm, a combat veteran of the Pacific Theatre in World War II.

As a proud member of the Second Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps, LeRoy served on Guadalcanal in the South Pacific and invaded Saipan in the Mariana Islands, earning three Battle Stars. In 2006, he received a commemorative medallion from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for his part in liberating the Islands.

LeRoy was proud of his service, his unit and that commemorative medallion, but, typical of veterans forged in combat, he didn’t brag about his service. If you asked him about what he did, he was happy to tell you in as much detail as you wanted. If you didn’t ask, he didn’t volunteer.

When any veteran dies, whether a combat veteran or not, the family has the right to request military honors. In small town rural America, a local veterans organization typically provides those honors.

Here in Sabetha, members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post No. 7285 and American Legion John L. Palmer Post No. 126 normally render those honors.

The post members who are still able and available are becoming fewer and fewer – but because we all hold LeRoy in such high esteem, volunteers easily filled the required slots for his military honors!

Northeast Kansas Commu-nity Action Program is one of four Community Action Agen-cies (CAAs) working to alleviate poverty in America to receive the 2013 Community Economic De-velopment Entrepreneurship and Innovation Award.

The awards, administered by the Community Action Partner-ship, were presented Aug. 29 at the organization’s Annual Con-vention in Chicago to recognize NEK-CAP’s collaborative efforts with the Brown County Healthy Food Coalition.

In order to be selected, the winning projects were evaluated based on their effectiveness in job creation, asset building, and economic impact on low-income communities in three catego-ries: Entrepreneurship, Protégé, and Master Innovator. NEK-CAP Inc.’s support of the Brown County Healthy Food Coalition was selected as a winner in the Protégé category.

The BCHFC project involves more than 30 community agen-cies, businesses and organiza-tions focused on achieving great-er access to healthy foods and healthy life-styles.

“Community Action Agencies are THE go-to organization for helping people, creating jobs and improving communities – and this role increases during chal-lenging economic times,” said Jeanette Collier, Executive Direc-tor, Northeast Kansas Commu-nity Action Program.

“That’s why we supported the extensive collaborative efforts of this program, and we’re proud of the partnership with the Hi-

awatha Foundation for Econom-ic Development, the Community Foundation of Northeast Kansas as well as all of the organizations involved,” Collier said. “Not only has this project been cited as one of the best in the country, but it’s making a considerable positive impact on our neighbors, both financially and personally.”

The Protégé award, created in 2010, honors Community Action Agencies for exemplary leader-ship and innovation in creating change for low-income people and families – specifically in eco-nomic development.

It is part of the Partnership’s Community Economic Devel-opment Exemplary Practice Initiative, funded by the federal Office of Community Services/Administration for Children and Families/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“Despite the fact that CAAs are under increased pressure due to budget cuts and growing re-quests for services, they are still leading the way in terms of novel approaches that are really helping low-income people and commu-nities thrive,” said Stacy Flowers, Director of Community Eco-nomic Development at the Com-munity Action Partnership. “The award winners highlight CAAs’ unique ability to spearhead pro-grams that promote economic security and reduce poverty.”

Based in Washington, DC, the Community Action Partnership provides training and other ser-vices to more than 1,000 Com-munity Action Agencies across America that are helping low-income people and families im-

prove their lives, strengthen their communities and embody the spirit of hope.

For more information, visit

www.communityactionpartner-ship.com or follow the organiza-tion on Twitter at http://twitter.com/CAPartnership.

5ALOCALTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Gene Hillyer, left, congratulates Jeanette Collier, right, Executive Director, Northeast Kansas Community Action Program, as she receives the national Community Economic Development Entrepreneurship and Innovation award in the Protégé category. Hillyer is President of Hiawatha Foundation for Economic Development, Vice President of the Northeast Kansas Community Foundation, and a leadership team member of the Brown County Healthy Foods Coalition.

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Members of the Peru State College Student Senate have an-nounced details of the College’s 93rd Annual Homecoming Pa-rade, which will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, in downtown Peru. The theme for this year’s festivities is “Color Me Bobcat.”

Parade entry forms are avail-able online at www.peru.edu/forms/parade-entry.asp and must be submitted by Monday, Oct. 21. Cash prizes or trophies will be awarded based on those entries that best represent the home-coming theme, though all types of entries are welcome.

The categories are:Floats: First place $150, second

place $125 and third place $100.Decorated Vehicles: First place

$100, second place $75 and third place $50.

Classic Cars: Trophies will be awarded for first through third places.

Participants will be contacted directly with additional informa-tion regarding the route and line-up.

For more information on the parade or any of Peru State’s Homecoming events, contact Student Activities Coordinator Chelsea Allgood at 402-872-2252 or callgood2@peru.edu or Stu-dent Senate at 402-872-2329 or studentsenate@campus.peru.edu.

NEK-CAP INC.’S EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY INNOVATION SUPPORT IS RECOGNIZED

NEK-CAP support for Brown County Healthy Food Coalition receives national award

REGISTRATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR PERU STATE HOMECOMING PARADE

Parade theme is ‘Color Me Bobcat’

The HB3350 model Hydra Bed can carry two large round bales of hay.

Photo courtesy of Triple C, Inc.

Submitted by Jay RussellGeneral Manager, Triple C, Inc.Triple C, Inc., of Sabetha is en-

tering its 30th year in business. In 1983 a revolution in bale handling and feeding began with the intro-duction of the Hydra Bed.

The original flat bed bale han-dler mounts on 3/4- and 1-ton trucks, allowing farmers and ranchers to efficiently and safely transport and feed two round bales by unrolling or dropping them into bale rings.

Today Triple C, Inc., employs 30 people and markets equipment through a network of nearly 100 U.S. dealers.

In addition to the Hydra Bed, Triple C manufactures hydrau-lic supplement feeders, hydrau-lic post hole diggers and the Pro Spear bale bed. The Pro Spear uses two spears that allow the user to move one bale at a time.

In commemoration of the firm’s 30th anniversary, the new 30 Se-ries Hydra Bed was unveiled on Aug. 22 at The Prairie Band Casi-no and Resort near Mayetta. This was the featured attraction on the first day of the two-day dealer ap-preciation event.

Nearly 40 dealerships were in attendance to observe the unveil-ing, and initial response to the modernized bed was very positive according to General Manager, Jay Russell.

“Our goal at the onset of the project was to give the bed a more modern look while maintaining the ruggedness and dependability the Hydra Bed has built its reputa-tion on for the last 30 years,” Rus-sell said. “It was extremely gratify-ing to see our project development team interacting with the dealers directly following the unveiling.”

“The most noticeable improve-ments include a redesigned arm cylinder cover and a dramatically changed headache rack,” Russell added. “The new arm cylinder cover is a formed, bolt-in design and replaces the tread plate section that was previously used. The rear truck window is now protected by louvers replacing the expanded metal previously used. LED light-ing is now standard equipment and incorporates a pair of 15-inch stop/tail/turn lights integrated within the headache rack.”

“We’re optimistic that our cus-tomers will be as pleased with the 30 Series changes as we are,” said Heath Ploeger, a member of the product design team, who also ad-dressed the group demonstrating the SolidWorks drafting software used extensively in the design pro-cess. “The development process extended much longer than I was comfortable with but it was worth

every minute.”The event concluded on Aug.

23 at the manufacturing facil-ity in Sabetha. Galen Ackerman, founder of the company, spoke to the group about his experi-ence designing and building what would become the first Hydra Bed in 1979.

“The original intent was never to manufacture the bed on a large scale,” Ackerman told the nearly 100 people in attendance. “I just wanted a way to handle and feed round bales without giving up my truck bed space to one of the cum-bersome slide-in units that were available at the time.”

He went on to give much of the credit to the early success of the company to his wife, Linda, who insisted they pursue this endeavor when early struggles were present.

He also praised the early ef-forts of Rick McClain. McClain, who passed away earlier this year, provided the manufacturing knowledge that made it possible to consistently provide consistent quality to the consumer.

The third Hydra Bed produced and sold also was on display. It was provided by John Hervey of Sabetha.

Additional presentations in-cluded installation training con-ducted by Randy Broxterman and Tim Winkler.

A plant tour was given by Pro-duction Manager John Suhr. Jay Russell conducted a “Features and Benefits” sales training targeted at equipping the dealer network to better educate prospective cus-tomers while avoiding negative sales techniques.

The event concluded with a catered lunch and a door prize drawing with merchandise pro-vided by Triple C vendors.

“This was the best attended dealer appreciation event in our company’s history.” Russell said. “I was very pleased to have so many people take time out of their busy schedules to celebrate with us. Our employees also did a phenomenal job in preparing for the event and making our guests feel welcome.”

TRIPLE C, INC., OF SABETHA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF BUSINESS

Triple C unveils new 30 Series Hydra Bed in commemoration of anniversary

The Triple C 30th anniversary 30 Series Hydra Bed was unveiled August 22.

Photo courtesy of Triple C, Inc.

YOUTHTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013 · 6A

Morrill Tip-Top 4-H member Karli Millsap demonstrates how to make Strawberry Slushi.

Photo courtesy of Sadie Grimm

Submitted by Sadie GrimmReporter

Morrill Tip-Top 4-H ClubMorrill Tip-Top 4-H Club

would like to welcome new members Craig Perry, Jessica Perry, Payton Michael, Isaac Hartter and Tyler Menold to our 4-H club!

Just what is 4-H? Did you know that 4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization? Head, Heart, Hands and Health are the four H’s in 4-H. They are the four values members work on through hands-on learning experiences.

“Head” stands for managing and thinking; “Heart” stands for relating and caring; “Hands” stands for giving and working; and “Health” stands for being and living!

On Sept. 23, Acting President Jessica Teeter called the meeting to order. Kody Beyer and Amber Menold led the Flag Salute and the 4-H pledge. Roll call was answered by “What is Your Favorite Instrument to Listen To?” and Secretary Lindsay Meyer read the last month’s minutes. Madison Menold led the club in singing “Three Blind Mice.”

It was announced that SBS Insurance agent, Roy Frey, gave a nice donation to the 4-H club, congratulating the members on their 4-H Fair work. Jerome Teeter read the treasurer’s report. Reporter Sadie Grimm sent the report from last month’s meeting to The Sabetha Herald.

The leaders announced that enrollment and participation forms were due and that our club’s nominee for Friend of 4-H was Roy Frey with SBS Insurance. They also announced that 4-H week and officer training is coming up.

Jerome Teeter gave a

Parliamentarian Talk by asking the members to put the meeting in order from Roll Call to Adjournment.

In New Business, Jordan Teeter made a motion for the club to serve the Grimm’s Gardens Appreciation Meal. It was seconded and carried.

Cody Meyer moved that our club have Junior Leaders. This was also seconded and carried.

It was moved that Morrill Tip-Top participate in the 2014 County Swim Party. After some discussion, this motion failed due to the fact that it is held on a Sunday.

After having no further business, we had Officer Elections. The 2013-14 officers are: president, Jessica Teeter; vice president, Jason Millsap; secretary, Lindsay Meyer; treasurer, Jerome Teeter; reporter, Sadie Grimm; council representatives, Jordan Teeter, Ivy Bailey and substitute Addie Huning.

This year we also voted on Junior Leaders, who are: president, Wyatt Beyer; vice president, Jordan Teeter; secretary, Ivy Bailey; treasurer, Kody Beyer; and reporter, Amber Menold.

Recreation Leaders are Norea Menold, Lucas Menold, Tyler Menold, Jake Beyer, Amber Menold, Payton Michael, Addie Huning, Cody Meyer and Craig Perry. Song Leaders are Madison Menold, Kody Beyer, Kate Beyer and Karli Millsap.

Parliamentarians are Sadie Grimm and Lindsay Meyer. Photographers are Kody Beyer, Wyatt Beyer, Cody Meyer, Thadd Menold, Ivy Bailey, Kalya Millsap, Isaac Hartter, Carly Hartter, Jessica Perry and Jared Millsap.

For the presentations of the

evening, Kalya Millsap gave a demonstration on how to make Peanut Butter Cups. Karli Millsap gave a demonstration on how to make Strawberry Slushi. They each handed out “Yummy” samples for us to try!

The announcements were that Oct. 1, the new 4-H year begins! Oct. 6-12 is National 4-H week, and Oct. 15, the county will judge KAP record books. The meeting was adjourned.

The hosts were the Miller and Grimm families. They provided lemonade, Monster cookies and chocolate chip cookies.

Come join us for the next meeting which will be on Oct. 28 at the Morrill Community Building!

It’s always interesting to observe how children earn about money. A nickel is more valuable than a dime because it is bigger! You can buy things if you have a credit card or blank check! Or, just ask grandpa or grandma and you get money for the gumball machine.

Every child eventually learns that these ideas are not true, but instead, learns that money comes through work and is in limited supply.

Learning to manage these resources is an important task, especially as youth enter adolescence. At that time, many are able to earn money through employment, allowances and other sources.

Because they now have income, teens are already making financial choices and developing habits that may stay with them into adulthood.

Especially during early adolescence, decisions related to purchases are often influenced by advertising and peers.

Manufacturers spend a great deal of money to advertise brand-

name products as something they “must have” in order to succeed. Peer pressure and teen fads also impact the choices they make.

As youth progress through adolescence, their future goals will influence decisions about saving or spending, especially if they are planning to save for college. The amount of money that is discretionary – meaning they can spend it as they choose – also affects spending patterns.

Unfortunately, some teens become accustomed to spending nearly all their earned money on luxury items or wants. Problems then may rise in early adulthood, when they cannot afford to continue this level of living.

They may find it difficult to manage necessary expenses on a starting salary – unless they are willing to adjust their standard of living.

While societal influences are strong, research shows that the family is still the primary place where youth learn about money – both the facts and the emotional side of finances.

Parents model financial behavior to their children through their own habits, attitudes and beliefs about money. Parents can help adolescents learn to manage their money by teaching them to plan their spending, set aside money in savings, and take responsibility for paying for some necessities instead of only “wants.”

A combination of relative newcomers and young “veterans” earned top honors with their livestock projects at the 81st Kansas Junior Livestock Show (KJLS), Sept. 20-23 in Wichita.

Local youth Karrie Van Winkle of Corning and Kacey Rieger of Powhattan had six animals placed in the top 10 in their classes.

Van Winkle placed second in class 21, Commercial Ewe Lamb; seventh in class 27, Crossbred Market Lamb; and eighth in class 15, Commercial Ewe Lamb.

Rieger placed sixth in class 43, Chianina Breeding Heifer; eighth in class 9, Crossbred Market Steer; and ninth in class 3, Shorthorn Market Steer.

A total of 716 Kansas youth from 89 counties exhibited 1,457 head of livestock. The show is sponsored by the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA), Kansas State University and the Agri-Business Council of Wichita.

Prior to the Auction of Champions, KJLS presented $20,500 in scholarships to 12 exhibitors. Since the inception of the KJLS scholarship program 20 years ago, a total of 268 exhibitors have been awarded $348,600.

In addition to KLA, K-State and the Agri-Business Council of Wichita, dozens of volunteers help organize and put on the show.

Southeast Community College in Nebraska has released its Dean’s List for the quarter recently completed on the Beatrice, Lincoln and Milford campuses.

Kayla Renyer of Sabetha, Agriculture Business and Management Technology, was

named to the list.To be recognized on SCC’s

Dean’s List, a student must complete at least six quarter credit hours of the term with a minimum grade-point average of 3.5. Classes with a grade of “P” (Pass) do not count toward the six-hour minimum.

Submitted by Taylor Fund Student CorrespondentWetmore High School

For many years, the city of Wetmore and Wetmore Schools have hosted the Spring Creek Festival in conjunction with the school’s homecoming. This annual event has become a tradition and is anticipated by the entire community.

The weather for Spring Creek this year was excellent for all the activities. In the morning, a 5k run/walk for all ages was won by Trent Glick.

Following that was the volleyball tournament, hosted by the KAY Board. The donations from teams who participated in the tournament were put into an account for future KAY activities.

Team “We’re Here to Beat Neil,” consisting of teachers Sarah Smith and Cindy Osterhaus and their spouses, took first place, with team “Sets in the Sand,” featuring Neil Clowe, Chelsie Eisenbarth, Levi Wamsley, Megan Henry, Heath Eisenbarth, Colter Eisenbarth, Brett Myers, Kelsey Henry and Tyler Osterhaus, following closely behind taking second place.

In the afternoon, Tommy Dick’s Bar and Grill hosted a poker run. A hay bale toss, car and motorcycle show, and bingo were also offered to patrons. Fun games entertained younger children.

“I played the dime toss game over and over and finally won a really pretty glass for my mom,” said Raycer Martin, a first grader. “All the games were really cool and I had so much fun!”

The crowning of homecoming royalty took place at 4 p.m., followed by the candidates themselves leading the parade as Grand Marshals. The winners of Homecoming King and Queen this year were Josh Ballenger and Brianna Boden.

The crown bearers, Layla Cochran and Mason McClain, gave the crowns to last year’s winners Dana Kramer and Nick Kiefer, who then crowned Brianna and Josh before the parade began.

Cheer sponsor, Kristi Bradley spoke about the crowning of the candidates.

“It was very interesting to me how they crowned the candidates before the parade this year, but overall I liked it,” she said. “All the candidates looked great and I’m happy for the winners.”

In the parade, the Wetmore Cheerleaders, accompanied by the Cardinal Cuties, performed. The class floats concluded the parade.

A few people expressed their enjoyment in Spring Creek this year.

“My first year attending Spring Creek was a blast,” Senior Ty Howe said. “I enjoyed putting together and riding on my class float!”

“I was so excited to be in the parade and it will be memorable for years to come!” said Angie Hayman, a sophomore at Wetmore.

The week before the Spring Creek Festival, the school’s cheerleaders hosted Homecoming spirit week. This year the days were: Monday, Crazy Hair Day; Tuesday, Favorite Sports Team; Wednesday, Gender Bender Day; Thursday, Freaky Thursday (Dress up like a teacher); and Friday, All Out Red and White Day.

“Spirit Week was a great opportunity for me to get involved and show my school spirit,” said Brittany Hardenberger, a sophomore at Wetmore. “Many people went all out and had a great time with it!”

Each day there was a single winner for being the most spirited. Tyler Foreman won Crazy Hair Day by dying his hair blonde with red and blue streaks, whereas Josh Ballenger won the Favorite Sports Team Day by showing his true team spirit with his KU pajamas.

Aaron Achten won the favor of many during Gender Bender Day, while Trevor Heitz showed his superiority by dressing up like his favorite teacher on Freaky Thursday. Corinne Haverkamp stole the spotlight for All Out Red and White Day.

The Homecoming Dance followed the festivities of the day. This “Glow in the Dark” themed dance was sponsored by the Wetmore Cheerleaders and was held from 8 to 10 p.m. The candidates took the first dance with their parents and the second with each other.

Candidate Raven Sale expressed her thoughts on the night: “I thought this was the best dance Wetmore has put on and had tons of fun. It was exciting to see all my fellow classmates show up and dance the night away!”

When the parents left, the students pulled out their dancing shoes and boogied the night away. During the song “Copperhead Road,” junior Keri Pfrang showed everyone how it’s really done. “I had fun getting my groove on with my friends and teaching my date how to truly dance,” she said.

Miss Bradley expressed her opinion on the night: “The dance was great and very creative this year. I think people really enjoyed the black light theme and everyone pulled together to make it happen. We had a great DJ and it seems like everyone had a good time!”

Submitted by Nathan Knapp and Anna Knapp

Reporters, Stateliners 4-H ClubDo you know any 4-Hers

who like doing record books? We think we already know the answer to that question, so we would like to share some things we’ve learned that make record books worthwhile.

First of all, record keeping must be done all throughout life, so doing them while you are young establishes a good habit for when you really have to do them.

Let’s say you want to be a farmer when you grow up. You’ll need to keep records of what type of seed you planted, whether it was a success or not, and the fertilizer, herbicide, seed cost, equipment and repairs you made.

Good records mean good business, which means better profit. When you are young, your parents usually keep a record or calendar of what you have done, and as you grow older, you learn from their example and begin to keep them yourself.

Then, when you are a farmer and you need to keep your own records, you will already have passed the beginner’s mistakes and know how to keep them diligently.

Keeping records is essential for taxes, business accounts,

job résumés, bank accounts, scholarships and college applications, so learning to keep records while you are young will be a money-saver for the rest of your life.

4-H recently introduced a program called KAP (Kansas Award Portfolio), which has an interview at the higher levels. This also helps prepare the 4-Hers for job and scholarship interviews.

It is always fun to go back over your record books with family and friends and sometimes chuckle at the things you wrote in previous years.

There are even 4-H awards for the top record book in each project in the county. However, though it may not seem like it while you are doing them, a finished record book is the true prize for your hard work. You even include the problems and failures you experienced in your project.

4-H does not look at failures as bad things nor successes as a time to quit, but at both as a chance to do better. That fits perfectly with the 4-H motto, “To make the Best Better.”

Now that record books are finished, it’s time to be thinking of how we can do them better next year.

Morrill Tip-Top 4-H Club elects new officer teams, welcomes new members

4-H CLUB NEWS

FOOD, NUTRITION AND FINANCE

Helping youth learn money management in the home

CHAMPIONS CHOSEN FROM LARGE FIELD OF LIVESTOCK, EXHIBITORS AT JUNIOR SHOW

Rieger, Van Winkle place six entries in top ten

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE HONORS

SCC releases dean’s list

4-H CLUB REPORTERS FEATURE 4-H LESSONS LEARNED

Why 4-H Record Books?

WETMORE HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

Wetmore celebrates Spring Creek and Homecoming

Morrill Tip-Top 4-H member Kalya Millsap gives a demonstration on how to make Peanut Butter Cups.

Photo courtesy of Sadie Grimm

On Tuesday, Sept. 24, the Sabetha High School Volleyball team challenged Royal Valley at home.

The Lady Jays fell in their first match, but came back for a victory during the second match.

First MatchIn the first set the Jays lost 15

to 25, but won the second set 25-15. In the third set Sabetha lost

16-26.“We had troubles stopping

their outside hitters this match, which hurt us,” Coach Julie Kuckelman said. “We came back after losing the first set and had an excellent second set. We then lost the momentum in the third, and we were not able to get it back.”

In the first match Megan Renyer led with 13 attacks, followed by Rhianna Becker with seven. Alexis MacAfee and

Mariah Huneke each had four kills.

Kelli Stallbaumer made 25 set assists and Ashley Meyer had two serve aces.

Meyer also led with 19 digs during the sets, and Becker and Heidi Heiniger each had 11 digs.

Renyer had three solo blocks during the matches.

Second MatchIn the second match Sabetha

defeated Royal Valley in both sets. They won the first set 25-17, and the second set 28-26.

Becker led in kills with 12 kills and Renyer had 7 kills. McAfee and Huneke each had five kills.

Stallbaumer had 26 set assists with one ace during the match. Renyer achieved two aces during the match.

Meyer led with 15 digs, followed by Becker with 14 and McAfee with 8.

Renyer had two solo blocks and three block assists. Stallbaumer also had two block assists.

“Megan Renyer had two solid matches recording 13 kills the first match and seven kills in the second along with some key blocks,” Kuckelman said. “She came up huge for us tonight and I am very proud of her court presence.”

“This win was a total team effort,” Kuckelman said. “We defended Royal Valley and their outside attack much better this match. We really moved the ball around and gave Royal Valley’s defense a lot of different looks. We had a strong attack, both at the net and out of the back

row. The girls were down in the second set, but never got rattled and made some huge plays.”

SPORTSTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013 · 8A

AT A GLANCE

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL

JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL9/28

SHS JV vs. Hiawatha (split),Game 1, 25-21Game 2, 17-25

SHS JV vs. Doniphan West,Game 1, 25-21Game 2, 25-22

SHS JV vs. Immaculata,Game 1, 25-14Game 2, 25-23

SHS JV vs. Riverside,Game 1, 25-10Game 2, 25-11

SHS JV vs. Nemaha Valley, Game 1, 15-25Game 2, 17-25

9/24SHS JV vs. Royal Valley,

Game 1, 21-25Game 2, 10-25

SHS JV vs. Royal Valley,Game 1, 25-23Game 2, 20-25Game 3, 10-25

FRESHMEN VOLLEYBALL

9/24Sabetha Frosh vs. Royal Valley,

Game 1, 18-25Game 2, 25-20Game 3, 15-12

SHS Frosh vs. Royal ValleyGame 1, 11-25Game 2, 10-25

SABETHA MIDDLE SCHOOL

EIGHTH-GRADE FOOTBALL9/26

SMS 8th vs. ACCJH, 30-6

WETMORE HIGH SCHOOL

VOLLEYBALL9/28

Wetmore vs. Jackson Heights,Game 1, 25-16Game 2, 25-16

Wetmore vs. Maur Hill,Game 1, 25-14Game 2, 25-27Game 3, 14-25

Wetmore vs. Bishop Seabury,Game 1, 18-25Game 2, 19-25

9/24Wetmore vs. Blue Valley

Randolph,Game 1, 12-25Game 2, 25-16Game 3, 26-24

Wetmore vs. Troy,Game 1, 25-19Game 2, 25-19

FOOTBALL (CENTRALIA-WETMORE)

9/27Centralia-Wetmore vs. Onaga,

64-7

The Sabetha High School Cross Country team takes first place at the Royal Valley Invitational Thursday, September 26. Both the girls’ and the boys’ teams placed first at the meet.

Photo courtesy of Jennifer Huber

Brianna Gruber captures fourth place overall at the Royal Valley meet Thursday, September 26.

Photo courtesy of Christa Schuette

Kellen Russell takes 17th place at the Royal Valley meet Thursday, September 26.

Photo courtesy of Christa Schuette

Lindsey Aberle finishes in 12th place overall at the Royal Valley meet.

Photo courtesy of Christa Schuette

Senior Ashley Meyer drops down to dig the ball during the match against Royal Valley.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane

This Lady Jay sets the ball during a home match.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane

After having to postpone their meet at Hiawatha last week due to inclement weather, it had been a long time since the Sabetha High School Bluejays cross country team had had a competition. But with beautiful weather this past week, the Jays traveled to Hoyt on Thursday, Sept. 26, to compete in the Royal Valley Invitational meet.

Although they were handicapped by some injuries and illness, the Bluejays ran well against a stiff southerly breeze and brought home first place finishes in both the boys’ and the girls’ categories.

Keegan and Corbin Cox ran well for their team as Keegan took second place in the meet, behind Santa Fe Trail’s Derrick Zaldivar, finishing with a time of 18:32.72, and Corbin finished in third place with a time of 18:39.45.

These two are a pair to watch over the course of this season as they continue to show great mental toughness and grit as they run.

Mitchell Lierz is proving to be an integral part of this team, and he finished in 11th place in the meet at Royal Valley to help keep his team in the hunt for a top place finish. Kellen Russell finished in the top 20 as well when he crossed the finish line in a time of 20:11.56 to grab 17th place.

Tyler Huber ran a strong race and finished 22nd, fourth of his team members, and ran the course in 20:41.14. Noah Krehbiel had been battling some illness as of late but managed to run through it and pick up a 27th place finish, and Nate Niehues breaks out with a 34th place finish to aid his team’s effort.

The Bluejay boys edged out the host school, Royal Valley, by a solitary point, capturing first place in the meet. Brianna Gruber stepped in to take the lead role for the Lady Jays and she took that role to heart, running the course in 17:40.06 and capturing fourth place overall and first for her team.

Miranda Huettner finished in sixth place at Royal Valley as she continues to run with the front of the pack and she completed the race with a time of 17:56.44. Lindsey Aberle finished in the top 15 when she finished in 12th place overall and third for her team to help keep her team in the running to finish near the top.

Maggie Clary was another top 15 finisher, coming in in 15th place overall, and she continues to be a strong competitor. Grace Bailey cracked into the top 25 and finished in the 23rd spot, Geraldine Avila finished 25th, and Lauren Payne crossed the line in 31st place overall. The Lady Jays take first place in the meet, outscoring the second place Royal Valley Panthers 35-41.

In JV action for the boys, Darrin

Wenger finished in fifth place overall with a time of 21:35.46 and was the first of the Bluejay boys to finish. Tyler Hackney ran the course in 22:32.87 and grabbed sixth place overall.

“I am proud of several of our runners who had to step up to the plate on each team due to injuries and sickness,” complimented Coach Schuette.

“I told them before the race that every point is going to matter, so we need to look at each runner in the front of us, and give it all we’ve got. And it worked as we edged out

Royal Valley’s boys by one point,” Schuette continued.

“As for the girls’ team, Brianna (Gruber) stepped up to fill our number one spot this week, while Maggie Clary and Grace Bailey ran out of their minds to be our number four and five runners. I couldn’t have asked for more from either of those two girls,” Schuette concluded.

Sabetha’s next competition will be at the Horton Invitational on Thursday, Oct. 3, beginning at 4 p.m.

Bluejay harriers edge out Panthers to finish first at Invitational

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY TEAM TRAVELS TO ROYAL VALLEY

By Pete SchuetzContributing Writer

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM DEFEATS ROYAL VALLEYLady Jays win at home in second match

By Liz PiersonStaff Writer

It was a warm and breezy evening for some football action last Friday, Sept. 27, with the Bluejays hitting the highway and heading south to take on the Royal Valley Panthers.

The Jays were still looking for a tally in the win column, as was their opponent, and they came out with confidence in their stride and determination in their hearts.

Sabetha struck early and often, on the heels of Kegan Schumann, to snatch the victory out of the Panthers’ paws in dominating fashion with a score of 32-12.

Royal Valley won the toss and elected to receive to start the contest, and the Bluejays brought out their kick-off team, as they would be defending the east goal.

The Panthers began their first drive on their own 23-yard line and after an incomplete pass on the first play of the series, they went to the ground game in an effort to establish a drive.

They fumbled on second down but recovered the ball, and the defense squelched a dive up the middle on third down. Facing fourth and 10 to go, deep in their own territory, the Panthers punted the ball back to their guests.

Schumann cradled the ball in

his arms on the punt return and shinnied down the south sideline, avoiding the Panther defenders. Schumann was one block away from returning the ball to the house, but he could not escape the grasp of the tackler and was brought down on the R.V. 10 yard line.

Schumann would pound out five yards on first down, and three yards on second down to put his team two yards from pay dirt. At 9:10 left in the first period, Schumann found the end zone from two yards out to give his team a 6-0 advantage early.

A procedure penalty pushed the point-after kick back five yards, but Alec Kirwan punched it through the uprights to make the score 7-0.

Panther returner and running back Matthew Bailey showed his moves and speed to return the ball 49 yards on the kickoff, taking the line of scrimmage to Sabetha’s 41.

Bailey would cap off the short drive with a 34-yard touchdown run with 7:43 left in the first quarter to bring his team within 1 point of the Jays. An attempt to gain the lead with a 2-point conversion would fail with an incomplete pass, and Sabetha retained the lead 7-6.

Both teams struggled to

Bluejays tame the Panthers on the gridiron

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM BREAKS LOSING STREAK AT ROYAL VALLEY

By Pete SchuetzContributing Writer

See GRIDIRON, Page 12A

9ASPORTSTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Sabetha High School Lady Jays tennis team was in action last week and had some beautiful weather to play in as the varsity traveled to Hiawatha last Monday, Sept. 23, and the junior varsity had a pair of competitions, one at Hayden on Sept. 24 and another at home against Marysville on Sept. 26.

The Lady Jays continue to be a powerful force in the sport of tennis here in northeast Kansas, and Sabetha had some solid play from their experienced players, as well as from the younger athletes.

At the Hiawatha varsity meet, Nicole Brey represented her team in the No. 1 singles category and she would go 2-1 on the afternoon.

Brey met Marysville’s Madison Williams in her first match of the afternoon, and this one went to the tiebreaker, with Brey coming out on top 7-5.

In her second match, she would tangle with Perry’s Savannah Tubby, and Brey would fall victim to Tubby and lose by a score of 7-2.

Brey would rebound on her final match and come out victorious against Perry’s Harleigh Robertson with a score of 7-2. Brey took second overall in the quad tournament.

In No. 2 singles action, Alexa Menold went 2-1 in her matches but would take first place in a tiebreaker.

Menold lost her opening match, 7-5, in a tiebreaker with Marysville’s Kassie Breshears, but then scorched Perry’s Victoria Nichols 7-1 in round two, before defeating Hiawatha’s Jamie Clary 7-2 in the closing round.

In No. 1 doubles, Courtney Plattner and Jordyn Wells combined forces and went 1-2 on the afternoon, dropping losses to Marysville and Perry before defeating a Hiawatha duo 7-3.

Jena Winkler and Lillian Brownlee represented Sabetha in the No. 2 doubles division at Hiawatha, and this pair went undefeated for the afternoon winning all three of their matches. Winkler and Brownlee won their first match in a tiebreaker over Marysville 7-2, dominating Perry to win 7-1 before blanking Hiawatha in the final match 7-0.

As a team the Lady Jays took second place in the tournament at Hiawatha.

“Our younger girls played amazing,” Coach Deters praised.

“I am especially pleased with the way Lilly and Jena played,” Coach continued. “It was fun to see them play with such excitement and enthusiasm.”

The next varsity contest was scheduled to be at Hayden on Tuesday, Oct. 1, starting at 3 p.m., and then they will turn around and head back to Topeka on Oct.

2 to compete at the Washburn Rural Invitational beginning at 9 a.m.

SHS J.V. Tennis Competes at Hayden, hosts MarysvilleThe Lady Jays JV tennis team

traveled to Hayden last Tuesday and competed well against an athletic Lady Wildcat team.

Sabetha tallied 15 victories and only six losses on the afternoon, with each of the girls playing three opponents from the other team.

Nicole Brey went undefeated for the day, winning her matches 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 in singles action. MacKenzie Garber won her first match of the day but was squeezed out of her final two matches and went 1-2 against the Lady Wildcats.

Sabetha took five doubles teams to Hayden, and two of the five went undefeated in their matches.

The team of Lillian Brownlee and Jena Winkler, and the duo

of Lauren Menold and Erica Tangeman made light work of their opponents and swept the competition in their matches.

Savanna Metzger and Mady McGill teamed up for doubles action and after losing a close opening match, came back and finished with two wins to go 2-1.

Mollie Robinson and Laura Edelman dropped a loss in their opening match but turned things around and won their final two to go 2-1.

Marysville came to the Sabetha courts last Thursday and it was a showdown for the JV teams representing the Bluejays and the Bulldogs.

Lauren Menold won her match 7-5 over Marysville’s Kort in singles competition.

In doubles play, the Lady Jays teams of Shelby Pease and Michaela Strahm, and Abby Manning and Lindsey Chadwell picked up a win during the afternoon.

10A SPORTS THE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Submitted by Laura AberleSabetha High School alumni

Chad Aberle and Dustin Lara, SHS Class of 2012, and Levi Huneke, SHS Class of 2013, are roommates, teammates and now members of the Highland Community College football team that upset Butler Community College in El Dorado for the first time in 35 years on Saturday, Sept. 21, with a score of 23-21. This gives the Scotties a record of 3-2 with a conference record of 2-1.

Notable facts from the Butler Program:

•The last time Highland defeated Butler came on Oct. 28, 2006, a 43-29 victory in Highland.

•Since the 2006 loss, Butler has won the last six games over Highland by an average of 57.5

points, giving up only 10 points.•The last time Highland defeated

Butler in El Dorado came on Oct. 21, 1978, with a score of 12-0.

Since Highland became a conference member in 1996, Butler is 7-0 in games played in El Dorado. The Grizzlies have won those games by an average of 41.6 points.

The victory celebration was short and sweet as the Scotties prepared for Hutchinson Community College this past Saturday.

The three Sabetha players are grateful for the opportunity to play at the next level. To play in such a historical game against Butler is something they will cherish for a lifetime. They are most grateful for the tremendous fan support from the Sabetha community at home games.

Lining up for kick return for Highland Community College are Sabetha High School alumni (L-R) Chad Aberle, No. 17, class of 2012, Dustin Lara, No. 15, class of 2012, and Levi Huneke, No. 42, class of 2013. Photo courtesy of Laura Aberle

THREE SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI PLAY FOOTBALL FOR HIGHLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Aberle, Lara and Huneke help HCC upset Butler Community College

Skylar McAfee is ready to hit at a seventh-grade match against Jeff West Tuesday, September 24. Photo by Classic Images by Duane Tramp

Erica Tangeman prepares to serve during the tennis match Thursday, September 26.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane

Abby Manning follows through on a serve during a tennis match Thursday, September 26.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane

Lady Jays varsity tennis team finishes second at Hiawatha

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS TEAMS COMPETE ON THE COURTS

By Pete SchuetzContributing Writer

On Thursday, Sept. 19, the Sabetha High School junior varsity girls played two different Hayden JV opponents. Due to lightning, play was suspended in some sets. Overall, Sabetha JV won nine matches and lost five matches to Hayden. In singles, Shelby Pease won 6-1 and 4-1, with suspended play. During doubles, Lindsey Chadwell and Abby Manning lost 4-6 and won 6-4. Lauren Menold and Michaela Strahm lost 5-6 and won 6-4. Savanna Metzger and Mady McGill won 6-4 and lost 2-3 in suspended play. Angel Hadacek and Jessica Stallbaumer lost 5-6. Mackenzie Garber and Lauren Herbster lost 3-6. Laura Edelman and Mollie Robinson won 6-2 and 6-1.

Lauren Herbster and Hadacek won 3-0 in suspended play. Garber and Stallbaumer won 1-0 in suspended play.

Each match consisted of one set to six games with no advantage, meaning the next point wins after the score is 40-40.

JV TENNIS COMPETES AT HAYDEN

Sabetha JV tennis girls bring home wins

By Liz PiersonStaff Writer

On Saturday, Sept. 28, the Sabetha Middle School eighth-grade volleyball B-team traveled to the Jeff West volleyball tournament. In the first match the Lady Jays played Santa Fe Trail. They lost their first set 15-25, but came back in the second set and

won 25-19. They played a third set and lost

13-15. During their second match, the girls defeated Holton with the scores of 25-14 and 25-16. In the third round of the tournament, Sabetha played Jeff West. The Jays won the first set 25-7 and lost the second set 19-25. They took Jeff West into a third set and lost 9-15.

Perry Lecompton was their last

match in the tournament, and the Lady Jays won both sets with scores of 25-15 and 25-17. The Lady Jays ended the tournament by placing third with a 2-2 record.

“The girls put together a great tournament this past weekend,” Coach Megan Glick said. “They played hard and with a lot of heart. I’m proud of the girls and the effort they brought to the court.”

SABETHA MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TEAMS HAVE EVENTFUL WEEK

Eighth-grade B team travels to compete in Jeff West tournament

Marissa Peabody watches as teammate Laurel Smith bumps the ball during an eighth-grade match against Jeff West Tuesday, September 24.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane Tramp

By Liz PiersonStaff Writer

Sabetha Middle School Lady Jays face Jeff West at home

11APIGSKIN PICK ‘EMTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

My, how the times have changed! Why I can remember the day when a hunter was only allowed one deer permit a year, and that was not guaranteed. In fact, getting one of those coveted deer permits when I was a young budding hunter was kind of like winning the lottery.

Now I have never won the lot-tery, but I do remember the eu-phoric joy I felt when I drew my first permit at the age of 16. I was relatively clueless about deer hunting at that age, due to the fact that I had never been out in the woods pursuing one, but I did know I held some-thing very valuable in my hand when I received that permit through the mail.

That was a long time ago. Today, thanks to our outstanding deer management by the Kan-sas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the state of Kansas has a deer population that is consider-ably larger than the one we had 40 years ago.

It is so much larger that instead of drawing one permit, such as I did almost 40 years ago, a hunter can end up with seven permits this year. Yes, I said seven!

Now, I must admit that I am not in agreement with this pol-icy that the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks has estab-lished, but it is what it is.

I personally have not had the deer population in my hunt-ing areas that I have had in the past. I think it is due to the fact that these liberal permits that are being handed out like campaign literature have already done their job of reducing the deer herd in our state, and it is time to cut back.

Add to the fact that our herd in this area suffered substantial losses last year due to the Epizo-otic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) that ravaged our deer due to the drought conditions, and we have a reduced herd in our area.

That is just my opinion! I have not done any studies to back that up like the big boys have hope-fully done, but I sure am not run-ning into the deer around here like I have in the past.

What brought all this to my mind is the conversation that I heard the other day between a couple of hunters about a special firearm season that was in Octo-ber.

I questioned them on it and they referred me to the last hunt-ing atlas put out by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and

Parks. Now I knew that there was a muzzleloader season in Sep-tember and after the regular fire-arms season there was an oppor-tunity in January to shoot antler-less deer, but the one in October did not ring a bell.

So, upon further examination, I discovered that on Oct. 12 and 13, there is an antlerless firearms season referred to as the Pre-Rut Antlerless White-tailed Deer Season. It only runs for two days!

This was the first that I have ever heard of this season, and I have no clue what the thinking was behind this new season. Remember, it is for antler-less deer only. So, let us start from the be-ginning.

First off, In order for you as a hunter to

cash in on these seven permits, you must initially have in your possession a permit that allows you to harvest an antlered deer. Only after having one of these permits will you be allowed to purchase any antlerless permits.

A hunter in Kansas can only harvest one antlered deer. Your first antlerless permit will be valid statewide and in all Kan-sas Department of Wildlife and Parks managed areas. The second permit is also good statewide but not on all department managed lands.

The third, fourth and fifth antlerless permits are not valid statewide, and the two main deer management units in our area, 9 and 10, are not available for these permits.

Now the sixth antlerless permit is available only for certain units that do not include us in this neck of the woods. If you are willing to travel and can gain permission from landowners in these other units, you can utilize these extra tags.

Remember that any unfilled 2013 permit may be used during the Extended Antlerless White-tailed Deer Season for the harvest of an antlerless deer in the appro-priate unit for which the permit was allocated. This season runs from Jan. 1-12, 2014.

Be sure to pick up a Kansas Hunting Regulations Summary and read up on all of this before you purchase any tags. It is a lot more complicated than it used to be, and it seems like it changes every year.

Whatever method or permit you choose to utilize, rest assured that there are deer out there to be hunted. Just how many is still up for debate!

12A RECREATION THE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KD-WPT) urge waterfowl hunters who use dogs to be vigilant for the pres-ence of harmful blue-green algae.

Dogs that swim in or drink water affected by a harmful algae bloom (HAB) or eat dried algae along the shore may become seri-ously ill or die.

Blue-green algae are really a type of bacteria called “cyanobacteria,” which occurs naturally in all of our waters. Under the right conditions, the algae can rapidly increase (bloom) and produce toxins.

HABs typically begin in May and can occur through October or later. They generally coincide with longer days and warm water temperatures and often flourish in nutrient-laden waters.

However, dead algae can wash up on shorelines and in marshy areas and persist for long periods – posing a risk to dogs that eat or drink the algae or ingest it while licking their fur.

A HAB may look like foam, scum or paint floating on the water and be colored blue, bright green, brown or red. Blooms can develop rapidly; if the water appears suspi-cious or there is decaying algae on the shore, avoid contact and keep dogs away.

Dogs are usually exposed to the toxins by drinking the HAB-affected water. However, they may still be exposed if they walk on, roll in or eat decaying algae along the shore or retrieve a bird with algae on its feathers.

The signs of illness in dogs usu-ally occur within 30 minutes of exposure and include vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, convulsions, difficulty breathing and general weakness.

If your dog has ingested algae, or has any of these signs after expo-sure, contact your veterinarian im-mediately, as HAB poisoning can quickly lead to death.

People may also become ill after contact with a HAB. Symptoms vary depending upon the type of exposure (e.g., direct contact, ingestion, inhalation) but can in-clude rash, vomiting, diarrhea, fe-ver, sore throat and headache.

If you, or your dog, come into contact with algae, rinse the area with clean, fresh water.

KDHE samples publicly-acces-sible bodies of water for cyanobac-teria when the agency is alerted to a potential HAB.

When a HAB is present, KDHE, in cooperation with KDWPT and other lake managers where appro-priate, responds by informing the public of these conditions.

KDHE does not sample private bodies of water such as farm ponds or livestock watering tanks.

Receive up-to-date lake condi-tions at this Toll Free Number: 1-855-HAB-LAKE (1-855-422-5253).

For information on blue-green algae and reporting potential harmful algal blooms or to report a possible animal exposure, go to the website at http://www.kdheks.gov/algae-illness/algae_advisories.htm.

KDHE CAUTIONS WATERFOWL HUNTERS ABOUT BLUE-GREEN ALGAE

Dogs can become ill if exposed to harmful algae blooms

WILD TIMESby Tim Kellenberger

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establish a drive on their next se-ries and had to punt the ball back to their opponent.

With about two minutes to play in the first quarter and the ball on their own 46, the Jays started a new series after an R.V. punt.

Schumann would grind out eight yards on first down with a dive up the middle, lowering his shoulder and keeping his feet churning.

Michael Baumgartner returned to the lineup after missing the last game with an ankle injury, and on his first two carries, he picked up 10 yards on each and pushed the line of scrimmage down to the Panther 23.

Baumgartner would gain 36 yards on four carries, showing little sign of the effects of the re-habilitated ankle.

With 43 ticks left on the clock, Schumann powered his way into the end zone from one yard out for his second TD of the night. Kirwan’s point-after kick was blocked, but the Bluejays extend-ed their lead to 13-6.

The Panthers began their next series, following the kickoff, near midfield on their own 44. A short gain on first down killed the first quarter, and the teams river-sid-ed their positions on the field to start the second quarter.

The Bluejay defense had a “bend but don’t break” attitude, and the Panthers hammered away at them, slowly moving down the field into Sabetha territory.

The drive ate up more than four minutes of the frame, but the Sabetha defense became very stringy at the right time and stifled the drive to take over on downs on their 22-yard line.

The Bluejays could not get a drive established and had to punt the ball back to Royal Valley, but the Panthers could not penetrate the defense and they, too, were forced to punt.

The Bluejays started on their own 40 with 1:14 left in the half, and they had to go to their hur-ry-up offense if they wanted to punch in another score.

They would go to the air in an effort to control the clock and pick up yardage in big hunks.

But with 47 seconds left in the half, Gaven Schumann’s pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage, and a Panther defender came up with the interception.

Royal Valley began an air as-sault to try to add another score in the half, but Brock Frey inter-cepted a pass on his team’s 10 as time expired, and the Bluejays went to the locker room with a 13-6 lead at the half.

Sabetha was set to receive on the east end of the field to start the second half and after a short return began the drive on their own 28-yard line.

K. Schumann took the hand-off off the left tackle on the first play of the second half, turned on the turbo and went untouched 72 yards to the end zone for the score.

Kirwan’s kick split the sticks and with 11:44 left in the third quarter, Sabetha led 20-6.

Royal Valley started their first drive of the second half on their own 38.

Facing a third down and one on the 47, K. Schumann met R.V.’s Bailey at the line on a dive and stripped the ball out of the running back’s hands to give pos-session back to Sabetha.

B. Frey took up position in the back field as a running back and he would grind out enough yard-age for a pair of first downs in the drive.

But the drive sputtered and stalled, and the Panthers took over on downs with just under six minutes to play in the third frame.

The Panthers went three and out on their next series, and after

a short punt, the Bluejays had a first and 10 on the Royal Valley 46.

With B. Frey and K. Schumann occupying the Panther defense on the ground and gaining good yardage, G. Schumann connect-ed with Jacob Frey for a 15-yard pitch-and-catch and the Jays pushed deeper into Panther ter-ritory.

Facing a fourth down and two on the 18-yard line, K. Schumann stabbed his way through the right side of the offensive line, juked his way through the secondary, and trotted into the end zone with 1:18 left in the third quarter.

This was his fourth touchdown of the night, and although the point-after attempt failed due to a hampered snap, the Bluejays led their hosts 26-6.

Royal Valley had great field position to start their next series, and the Panthers began picking their way up the field.

Ross Strathman had a quar-terback sack on the drive to give the Panthers a third down and 13 to go, but a pass interference call on Sabetha on the next play gave R.V. a first down inside the Blue-jay 30.

At 8:37 of the fourth quarter, Royal Valley fullback Nehemiah Schuetz found the end zone on a three-yard dive up the middle to help close the scoring gap. The 2-point conversion was squelched, and the score was 26-12.

The Bluejays would score for the last time of the night after a 12-play, 74-yard drive that ate up six minutes of the remaining clock.

B. Frey rambled for a huge 32-yard pick up early in the drive, and then punctuated the series with a two-yard touchdown run with 1:50 left in the game.

A high snap on the point-after attempt forced A. Kirwan to run the ball in for the conversion, which was successful, but a hold-ing penalty nullified the run.

The second attempt at the point-after kick, which was a 35-yard kick, narrowly missed its mark, sailing just outside of the left upright, but the Jays led 32-12.

The Panthers drove into Blue-jay territory with less than two minutes to play in the game, but the drive was stopped and the Jays took over on downs.

G. Schumann took a knee to end the game, and the Bluejays defeated the Panthers by a score of 32-12.

“I am very proud of our kids and how they have kept work-ing together,” commented Coach Michael. “Our guys stepped up tonight and executed the game plan.”

K. Schumann had a monu-mental night on offense, logging 174 yards on 23 carries and tally-ing four touchdowns.

B. Frey had 10 carries for 59 yards and a score.

“I liked how we played smash mouth football and were very physical,” Michael praised.

The Jays marked three sacks on the night and they were made by Ross Strathman, Brandon Harrell and Mateo Kirwan, and they had two take-aways with a fumble re-covery by K. Schumann and the INT by B. Frey.

K. Schumann also led his team in tackles with 12, with M. Kir-wan, B. Frey and Treavor Schmel-zle marking six tackles apiece.

“The team did exactly what they said they were going to do and that was, number one – stay together, and number two – put everything together,” Michael concluded.

The Bluejays will face the Santa Fe Trail Chargers at home on Fri-day, Oct. 4.

No. 34 Zach Edelman and No. 56 Eric Meyer prepare to stop this Holton ballcarrier Monday, September 23. Herald photo by Liz Pierson

Trei Harrell runs to daylight during the JV contest Monday, September 23.

Herald photo by Liz Pierson

DEER POPULATION HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN FORTY YEARS!

How many can I shoot?

Submitted by Betty NiehuesNortheast Kansas Stock Garden

Tractor Pullers Northeast Kansas Stock Garden

Tractor Pullers announce the fol-lowing results from the contest at Whiting on Sept. 28:

600-Pound Class: first place, Ethan Wilke of Hiawatha, 74.5, 2.1; second, Clayton Higley of Muscotah, 68.10, 2.9; third, Dylan Gunther of Leavenworth, 68.6, 3.5.

700-Pound Class: first place, Ed Higley of Muscotah, 99.10, 3.0; second, Dylan Gunther of Leav-enworth, 96.2, 2.5; third, Ethan Wilke of Hiawatha, 89.11, 2.5.

800-Pound Class: first place, Toney Meyer of Leavenworth, 130.1, 3.0; second, Morris Thomp-son of Leona, 112.0, 3.8; third,

Dwyane Gunther of Leavenworth, 107.7, 3.6.

900-Pound Class: first place, Jeff Niehues of Sabetha, 114.2, 4.0; second, Brain Higley of Musco-tah, 113.10, 3.6; third, Mike Mel-lenbruch of Hiawatha, 113.8, 3.4.

1,000-Pound Class: first place, Charles Call of Holton, 129.1, 2.6; second, Mike Mellenbruch of Hi-awatha, 129.0, 3.3; third, Jeff Nie-hues of Sabetha, 128.7, 2.8.

1,100-Pound Class: first place, Charles Call of Holton, 141.8, 2.5; second, Brain Higley of Musco-tah, 135.0, 3.2; third, Toney Meyer of Leavenworth, 132.4, 3.2.

1,200-Pound Class: first place, Dwyane Gunther of Leavenworth, 138.0, 3.7; second, Ed Higley of Muscotah, 137.9, 2.5; third, Toney Meyer of Leavenworth, 137.5, 3.6.

NEK Stock Garden Tractor Pullers announces Whiting results

NORTHEAST KANSAS STOCK GARDEN TRACTOR PULLERS NEWS

Lindsey Meyer serves during a junior varsity volleyball match Tuesday, September 24. Sabetha fell to Royal Valley.

Photo by Classic Images by Duane

SABETHA HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR VARSITY VOLLEYBALL PLAYS JEFF WEST AT HOME

JV Jays fall to Royal Valley

JV football team plays Holton at home

COMMUNITYTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013 · Section B

LOOKINGAHEAD

SPECIAL EVENTS

REGULAR EVENTSMONDAY

9:30 a.m., Coffee Hour at Cobblestone Court.

MONDAY & THURSDAY8:30–10 a.m., Coffeehouse

at Morrill Community Building. Free coffee and goodies. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY6 p.m., Bible Study at my

Friend’s house, 1328 Oregon in Sabetha. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY & THURSDAY7:30 p.m., NA-AA-Alanon open

meetings, First United Methodist Church basement.

TUESDAY & THURSDAY9 a.m., Exercise Class at

Cobblestone Court. Free to the public.

SATURDAY6 p.m., Celebrate Recovery

held at NorthRidge Church (284-3564).

SUNDAY7:30 p.m., Too Young to Die

Narcotics Anonymous, held at Midtown Building, First and Main Streets.

FIRST MONDAY OF MONTH7 p.m., CAPS meeting,

basement of Community National Bank.SECOND MONDAY OF MONTH

7 p.m., USD No. 113 School Board Meeting at district office

THIRD MONDAY OF MONTH6:30 p.m., NAMI meeting at

Hiawatha Community Hospital, 400 Utah in Hiawatha. Call 785-742-3989 for information.

7:30 p.m., Quilt Lovers Guild meeting at Seneca Library.

SECOND & FOURTH MONDAY 6 p.m., City Commissioners Meeting at Sabetha City Hall.

THIRD MONDAY OF MONTHNoon to 1 p.m., Sabetha

Hospital Guild meeting (284-1535).

SECOND TUESDAY OF MONTH9 a.m., Sabetha Christian

Women’s meeting at Buzz Café.

SECOND WEDNESDAY OF MONTH

10-11 a.m., Rural Mobile Food Pantry Distribution, Sabetha Community Food Pantry at NorthRidge parking lot.

6:30 p.m., VFW Post 7285 Auxiliary meeting, Sabetha VFW Hall.

7:30 p.m., VFW Post 7285 meeting, Sabetha VFW Hall.

SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF MONTH

7:30 p.m., Women’s Bible Study at United Brethren in Christ, 301 S. 12th Street in Sabetha.

FIRST THURSDAY OF MONTH7:30 p.m., American Legion

Post 126 meeting in room between Sabetha Family Pharmacy and Community Building.

FOURTH THURSDAY OF MONTHCancer support group meeting

at Morrison Speech Clinic in Hiawatha, 7 p.m.

SECOND SATURDAY OF MONTH7:30 a.m., Morrill Men’s

Community Breakfast sponsored by Morrill churches, Old Community Center in Morrill.

8 a.m., Sabetha Lions Club Paper Pick-up. Place newspapers by the curb, tied or in paper bags. No plastic bags, please.

FOURTH SATURDAY OF MONTHRecycling behind Sabetha

Armory. People will be there to help unload between 10 a.m. and noon. Recycling is available 24/7.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5CAPS Race for the Rescues,

Old Sabetha Lake, 9 a.m. Rain day, Oct. 6, 1 p.m.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6Lightning Bugs, Jazz and Big

Band Trio, 2 p.m., 849 F Street, Pawnee City, Neb., Pawnee Coun-ty Arts Council, free will dona-tions welcome.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10Sabetha High School Cross

Country Sabetha Invitational and Fun Run, 4 p.m.

Sabetha Elementary School Fourth-Grade Music Program, 7 p.m. at Sabetha Middle School auditorium.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19“Midwest Market” modern

craft show at Sabetha Event Center, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., will fea-ture large variety of home-based businesses and unique crafts.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31Main Street Trick or Treat in

Sabetha.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7-8

Wetmore High School Musical, 7 p.m.

Submitted by Greg NewlinBrown County

Genealogical SocietyThe Brown County Genea-

logical Society’s September pro-gram, “A Witching Event,” origi-nally scheduled for Sept. 19, had to be postponed due to potential dangerous thunderstorms.

If you have never seen dows-ing, divining or witching done... this is an opportunity to see something quite remarkable and mystic. At 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

12, at the Shelton Cemetery lo-cated 2-1/2 miles north on Gold Finch Road from U.S. Highway 36.

Expert diviner Jill Frese of Manhattan will demonstrate how to locate unmarked graves and even determine how large the person was who is buried there.

Don’t be a scaredy cat, and join us for this free-to-the-public event sponsored by the Brown County Genealogical Society.

Submitted by Linda LehmanReporter, Berwick Home UnitThe June meeting of the Ber-

wick Home Unit was held on June 13th, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. in the Apostolic Christian West Vil-lage Dining Room.

There were nine club members, twenty four Village residents and two other guests present.

The flag salute was recited by those present.

Forrest Jones, accompanied by his wife Margaret, sang two songs.

The program title was “Cook

Once – Feast for a Month.” It was given by Norma Brownlee.

She gave simple techniques of cooking and freezing in small quantities for quick meals later.

Club members had prepared seven different dishes for sam-pling. Everyone was invited to join in and sample the foods.

Recipes for these dishes were given to those in attendance.

A short business meeting was then held.

The August picnic was to be hosted by Gary and Norma Brownlee at their home.

Submitted by Carroll PlattnerBern News Correspondent

The first full week of Fall has brought some nice sunshine as a plentiful harvest of corn and beans begins.

Approximately 30 motorcycles rumbled into town Wednesday, Sept. 25, as the Romeo Riders from Topeka (Shawnee County) visited Bern Wednesday.

Some of the riders even had Bern ties, so this was an extra treat.

October is a busy month. The UMC will have their annual

Soup Supper from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23.

The Bern Fall Festival will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday Oct. 27. Bring all for some great family fun!

The Birthday Luncheon will be Oct. 16 at the Bern Café. De-tails about October’s Mixer are to come soon.

Hope to see you out and about at these community events!

Please drop any news items off at the Library, Café or email crplat@yahoo.com.

NEK-CAP, Inc. (Northeast Kansas Community Action Pro-gram) invites your participation in conducting our organizations tri-annual Community Needs Assessment related to assets, resources, services, policies and needs impacting low-income families and individuals in your county.

All meetings will be held from noon to 1 p.m., with lunch pro-vided. Please RSVP by the date listed, to Linda Grier, at 785-742-2222, ext. 235 or lgrier@nekcap.org.

Please plan to attend at one of the following locations:

Oct. 3 (RSVP by Oct. 1), Nemaha County: Pioneer Build-ing, 209 N. 8th, Seneca.

Oct. 4 (RSVP by Oct. 2), Atchi-son County: Atchison Public Li-brary, 401 Kansas Ave, Atchison.

Oct. 15 (RSVP by Oct. 13), Marshall County: Lincoln Cen-ter, 405 N. 4th, Marysville.

Oct. 16 (RSVP by Oct. 14), Jackson County: Head Start Cen-ter, 130 S. Iowa, Holton.

Oct. 18 (RSVP by Oct. 16), Doniphan County: Community Building, 303 E St. Joseph St., Wathena.

Oct. 22 (RSVP by Oct. 20), Pottawatomie County: Sunflow-

er Room, 612 E. Campbell St., Westmoreland.

Oct. 28 (RSVP by Oct. 26), Jefferson County: Colonial Acres, 8998 U.S. 59, Oskaloosa,

Oct. 29 (RSVP by Oct. 27), Brown County: NEK-CAP Ad-ministrative Office, 1260 220th St., Hiawatha.

Oct. 30 (RSVP by Oct. 28), Ri-ley County: Health Dept. - West Meeting Room, 2101 Claflin Rd., Manhattan.

Nov. 12 (RSVP by Nov. 10), Leavenworth County: Location to be announced.

The Northeast Kansas Commu-nity Action Program (NEK-CAP, Inc.) will hold a low-income election for Area IV (Nemaha and Pottawatomie) for the Multi-County Board of Director’s Low-Income Representative on Oct. 7 and 9 at the South Pottawatomie County polling site.

The Oct. 7 and 9 polling site will be at the NEK-CAP, Inc., South Pottawatomie Head Start Center, 714 Plum Street in Wamego, as well as the NEK-CAP, Inc., Nemaha Sabetha Head Start, 16B Main Street in Sabetha.

On Oct. 8, the polling site will be at the North Pottawatomie County Head Start Center, 817 Leonard in Onaga, as well as Nemaha Seneca Head Start Cen-ter, 209 North 8th in Seneca.

All polling sites will be open from 8:30 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m. on the dates listed.

The election will be for one representative to be elected to serve on NEK-CAP’s Multi-County Board of Directors be-ginning January 2014 for a three-year term.

Absentee ballots are available prior to Election Day at either

location listed above, for persons unable to vote on the scheduled day. Absentee ballots are to be returned no later than 3 p.m. on Oct. 9.

Individuals, residing in the county, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older, and whose household income is below 125 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, will be able to vote.

For more information concern-ing the elections, please contact the NEK-CAP office at 785-742-2222, ext. 240, or 888-904-8159.

Meals and Nemaha County Public Transportation bus is scheduled by calling 785-284-3594. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

If calling after office hours, the answering machine will record your request.

Reservations and cancella-tions for the noon meal should be made prior to 8:30 a.m. of the day on which you wish to eat at the center.

Transportation requests should be made 24 hours in advance, if possible.

Monday, October 7 – Beef stro-ganoff, seasoned noodles, winter mixed vegetables, apple pear jel-lo, chocolate bars, bread.

Tuesday, October 8 – Ham and beans or ham and scalloped pota-toes, stewed tomatoes, fruit salad, ice cream, cornbread muffin.

Wednesday, October 9 – Baked chicken, macaroni and cheese, seasoned peas, coleslaw, fruit cup, bread.

Thursday, October 10 – Pork cutlet, mashed potatoes, red hot apples, tossed salad, ice cream or fruit pie, bread.

Friday, October 11 – Beef stew, cranberry jello salad, banana pudding or cream pie, cheese bis-cuit.

On Sept. 22, the descendents of John and Martha Ellen (Rec-tor) Feek and Walter and Veda (McDougal) Feek met at the Sa-betha Community Building.

Before a bountiful and deli-cious meal, Fred Feek offered Grace.

Present from Sabetha were Donald Feek, John and Carole Feek, Mary Feek, and Fred and Karen Feek.

Present from Nebraska were Al and Norma Montgomery of Falls City, Jack and Lorna Feek of Verdon, and Steve Frazier, Elta May Adamson, Chris Wat-

son and two grandchildren, and Ethel Lee Frazier, all of Omaha.

Attending from elsewhere in Kansas were Richard and Angela Rash of Havensville, Bill and Ju-lia Thompson of Hiawatha, Lynn Rash of Hiawatha, Roger and Darnelle Wilhelm of Fairview, Ron and Kyle Rash of Morrill, and guest Daniel Montgomery.

Hosts were Norma Montgom-ery, Darnelle Wilhelm and Mary Feek.

The afternoon was spent visit-ing and taking pictures.

The 2014 reunion is scheduled for Sept. 28 at the same location.

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Feek Family Reunion held

NEK-CAP, INC., TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT

Assessment looks at impact on low-income families

NORTHEAST KANSAS COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, INC., TO HOLD ELECTION

NEK-CAP, Inc. low-income election date set

‘A Witching Event’ is planned for October 12

BROWN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY RESCHEDULES ‘WITCHING’ PROGRAM

2B COMMUNITY THE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Patricia Ann Cromer, 60, of Hiawatha died Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at Sabetha.

She was born Nov. 22, 1952, at Omaha, Neb., to the late George and Helen (McCauley) Jordan. Raised in Platts-mouth, Neb., she was a member of the Plattsmouth High School Class of 1971.

On June 23, 1991, Patricia married David Cromer at Falls City, Neb. He survives of Hiawatha.

She worked various places in southeast Nebraska and northeast Kansas. She was most recently employed at Vantec, Inc. in Falls City until her health failed in 2012. She was an avid Nebraska fan.

Other survivors include sons, Jeremy Jordan and wife Melanie of Valparaiso, Neb., and Shannon Jordan of Falls City, Neb.; a stepson, Jonathan Cromer and wife Beckie of Falls City; a stepdaughter, April Alice Cromer of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; a brother, Larry Curtis of Omaha; a sister, Cathy Smith of Shawnee, Okla.; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Preceding her in death were her parents; a twin broth-er, Michael Jordan; brothers, Danny and Earl Curtis; and a sister, Mary Foster.

Funeral services were Saturday, Sept. 28, at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City, with Father David Old-ham officiating. Interment was in Steele Cemetery. A Ro-sary was recited on Friday evening at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The family prefers memorials be made to Hiawatha Public Library.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

Donald F. Feldkamp, 74, formerly of Seneca died Fri-day, Sept. 20, 2013, at Aldersgate Village in Topeka.

He was born in Seneca on Aug. 9, 1939, the fourth child and first son of Francis H. and Florence M. Koch Feldkamp. In 1946, the family moved to a farm south of Corning, where Donald grew up and then graduated from Corning Rural High School in 1957.

Donald worked for Wild Willie’s and 7-up Bottling Com-pany for a few years. He then farmed with his father for many years. In 1979, he and his mother moved to Seneca, where he continued to farm until 1981, and then he cared for his mother until 1989.

He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca. He enjoyed playing cards, gardening, woodworking and visiting the coffee shop.

Survivors include three sisters, Evelyn (Joe) Henry of Wetmore, and Marcella (Jim) Hunter and Shirley (Darrell) Steele, both of Topeka; a brother, Robert (Linda) Feldkamp of Topeka; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

Preceding him in death were his father, Francis; his mother, Florence; and a sister, Dolores (Don) Holthaus.

The family visited with friends on Wednesday morning, Sept. 25, prior to the services at 11 a.m. at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. The services were officiated by Pastor Dennis Matthews. The burial was in the St. Pat-rick’s Catholic Cemetery in Corning. The pallbearers were Chad Armbruster, Andy Evans, Terri Godbout, Jeff Henry, Thomas Henry, Farrell Holthaus, Mark Hunter and Matt Klusener. Donations may be made to St. Patrick’s Catho-lic Cemetery or American Diabetes Association, in care of Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

After battling a debilitating illness affecting his brain, Robert “Bob” J. Hannah, 83, succumbed to this illness on Saturday, June 22, 2013, at a care center in Sun City West, Ariz.

He was born Jan. 20, 1930, to parents Locia Jester and Raymond Hannah at Marion, Ind.

In 1953, Bob met Jeanine Gay Newlin when he was stationed at Forbes Air Force base in Tope-ka. Jeanine, the oldest daughter of James C. and Lila Mary Newlin, was a sophomore at Washburn University at the time, and Bob had been initially a blind date set up by her college room mate. Soon after their engagement, he was shipped out of Forbes and heading for Japan.

With little or no time for a stateside wedding, Jeanine’s parents sent her off to Japan, where she married R.J. Hannah on Oct. 16. 1954. It

was during this first tour of duty that their daughter Val-erie Ann was born. Then in 1961 the U.S. Air Force sent Bob to Ohio State University to study geology, which would prepare him for what would be his and Jeanine’s second tour of duty in Japan.

From Japan, Bob, Jeanine and Valerie moved to Florida, then later to the Strategic Air Command Headquarters in Omaha. During his time spent at S.A.C., Bob had as many as 300 men working under him and in 1971 he retired. Following his retirement, he worked for the next 20 years for savings and loan institutions in the Omaha area while living in Bellevue, Neb.

In 1998, Bob and Jeanine left the Omaha area, moving to a new home in Sun City West, Ariz.

Memorial services with military honors were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, in the Chapel at Shepherd of the Hills United Methodist Church in Sun City West. In addi-tion to many of their Arizona friends, family members in attendance joining Jeanine in this memorial tribute were daughter Valerie and son-in-law Tom Smith of Camdenton, Mo.; sister-in-law Judi Newlin Hanna of Universal City, Tex-as; brother-in-law Greg Newlin of Sabetha; brother-in-law J.R. Bailey of Loveland, Colo.; Aunt Lois Newlin Bassett, her son Phil Bassett also of Phoenix, Ariz., and second cousins Bud and Diana Davis of Big Bear Lake, Calif. Di-ana’s mother was Bernice Newlin Lichty, who was born and grew up in the Wetmore community.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

Gary Lee Hedding, 55, of Bern died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at the Nemaha Valley Community Hospital in Seneca.

He was born on Nov. 2, 1957, in Tarentum, Pa., the son of Eugene and Virginia (Smith) Hedding. The family moved to Belleville, Kan., in the early 1960s. Gary attend-ed school in Belleville until 1975. He attended North Cen-tral Kansas Vo-Technical School in Beloit, where he met his future wife, Bonnie Holway.

Gary and Bonnie were united in marriage on Jan. 8, 1977. To this union two children were born, Gene Hedding and Emma (Hedding) Zimmerschied. Bonnie survives of the home.

Gary received a job at the City of Beloit with the Street and Alley Department. In early May 1977 they moved to Beloit. Gary worked for the City of Beloit until Sept. 24, 1990, when he retired due to his illness.

Preceding him in death were his parents; and a sister, Cindy Zachery.

Other survivors include a son, Gene (Sabrina) Hedding of Plainville; a daughter, Emma (Justin) Zimmerschied of Bern; three aunts, Janet Smith of Pennsylvania, Joyce Rob-bins of Concordia, and Ramona Ouellete of Washington, Kan.; two grandchildren, Theoden and Eowyn Hedding.

Memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Bern United Methodist Church in Bern. A memo-rial service also will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the VFW Post in Beloit. Memorial contributions may be given to a fund yet to be designated, in care of Popkess Memorial Chapel, 814 Castle, Seneca, KS 66538. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.popkess-mortuaries.com.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

Patricia A. Lierz, 83, of Baileyville died Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

She was born on a farm northeast of Seneca on Oct. 25, 1929, the daughter of Elmer G. and Josephine Reth-man Stallbaumer. She attended St. Bede’s School in Kelly and St. Patrick’s School in Corning. She helped on the family farm and also did domestic work and took care of newborn babies for local families.

On Sept. 12, 1950, Pat married Henry J. Lierz at St. Patrick’s Church at Corning. They lived and farmed on the Lierz farm until 1961 when they moved to a farm east of Vliets. In 1979 they moved back to the Lierz home place, where they had livestock and a dairy. Pat worked at Annun-ciation School in Frankfort from 1968 to 1971 as a cook. She worked at the USD No. 380 Grade School at Frankfort for 10 years and at the Friendly Neighbor Nutrition Center in Frankfort for 14 years until she retired in 1994. They retired from farming in April 1986 and moved into Bai-leyville. Pat and Henry celebrated their golden wedding an-niversary in September 2000. Henry died Nov. 27, 2010.

Pat was a member of Sacred Heart Church and St. Ann’s Altar Society at the church in Baileyville. She was a former member of Annunciation Church and the Altar So-ciety, where she had served as an officer. She liked sewing, embroidery, cooking and baking. She and her husband en-joyed playing cards with friends.

Survivors include three sons, William (Rex), Kenneth (Pam) and James, all of Topeka; three daughters, Jean (Dan) Wrosch of Onaga, Shirley (Gary) Hulsing of Topeka and Connie Lierz of Baileyville; two brothers, Lawrence “Larry” Stallbaumer of Corning and Gerald Stallbaumer of Topeka; five sisters, Darlene Roeder of Seneca, Jo Ella Ronnebaum of Centralia, Mary Shephard, Diane McCon-naughey and Linda Feldkamp, all of Topeka; eight grand-children; and 18 great-grandchildren.

Also preceding her in death were two daughters, Mary Jo on Aug. 1, 1957, and Elizabeth Louise on April 5, 1963; and two brothers, Donald Stallbaumer on Sept. 7, 1980, and Galen Stallbaumer on Dec. 14, 2004.

The 2 and 7 p.m. rosaries were prayed on Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. The Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Father Ed Oen C.P.P.S. on Sept. 30 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Baileyville. The Eucharistic ministers were Judy Deters, Dale Sudbeck and Tiffany Ronnebaum. Placing of the Pall was done by her children. Gift bearers were Amanda Girard, Angie Stout, Melissa Balthazor, Christie Wartman, Tracy Peters, Renae Stewart and Donna Chamlay. The lector was Elaine Meyer. Carrying Patty to her resting place in the St. Pat-rick’s Catholic Cemetery were Clay Girard, Brent Lierz, Jared Wrosch, David Girard, Scott Wartman, Chad Peters and Tom Nolte. Memorial contributions may be given for COINS for A Cause and St. Patrick’s Cemetery, sent in care of the family.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

Leon Lundy Jr., 46, of Nemaha, Neb., died Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, on Interstate 35 near Guthrie, Okla.

He was born Jan. 16, 1967, at Fremont, Neb., to Danny and Judy (Hall) Lundy. He was raised south of Humboldt, Neb., and graduated from Bern High School in 1985. While attending high school he worked at BEI in Bern.

Danny married Billie Hersh at Sycamore Springs on May 31, 1988, and they were later divorced. He then mar-ried Cheri Haynes Oct. 15, 2002, at Yankton, S.D., and they were later divorced

When he and Billie were married, they made their home in Bern and he worked for Lortscher Agri Service, later moving to Auburn, Neb., in 1990 where he worked for ACI for 10 years. In 2000 he started Danimals at Falls City, Neb. Following the closing of Danimals, he became self-employed as a construction worker and handyman. While living in Auburn, he belonged to the Auburn Jaycees and served as a volunteer fire and rescue squad worker.

Survivors include his parents, Dan and Judy Lundy of Humboldt, Neb.; daughters, Hollie Lundy and husband Lynn of Nemaha, Neb., Heather Johnson and husband Jus-tin of Kingfisher, Okla., and Chelsey Lundy of Kingfisher; and a sister, Candy Graber and husband Chad of Topeka.

Preceding him in death were his son, Danny Leon “Trea” Lundy III in infancy; and grandparents, Leon and Gladys Lundy, and Leo and Erma Hall.

Funeral services were held Saturday, Sept. 28, at Dorr and Clark Funeral Home in Falls City, Neb., with Pastor Gene Rowell officiating. Interment was in Prairie Union Cemetery. The family prefers memorials be made to Fam-ily Choice.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

LeRoy A. Strahm, 93, of Sabetha died Sat-urday morning, Sept. 28, 2013, at a Topeka hospital.

He was born at home in rural Sa-betha to Eli and Minnie (Stoldt) Strahm on May 22, 1920. He en-joyed growing up as an older broth-er to his four sis-ters and working with his parents

on the farm. In 1942, LeRoy joined

the United States Marine Corps as a private first class. After training in San Diego, he proudly served throughout the South Pacific during World War II. He was honorably discharged as a corpo-ral in January 1946. He was a proud charter member of the Sabetha Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Post No. 7285, in which he was an active member throughout his life and served several terms as post commander.

On Oct. 5, 1947, LeRoy married Wilma Walker. Dur-ing 66 years of being happily married, LeRoy and Wilma had two children, six grandchildren, and nine great-grand-children. He worked hard to take care of his family and provide for them by farming and then owning the Strahm Service Station in Sabetha for many years. Wilma survives, residing at Cobblestone Court.

After retirement, LeRoy loved to spend his time fishing, gardening, growing roses for Wilma, cracking walnuts, and spending time with his family.

LeRoy had a strong commitment to his community and the people of Sabetha. In addition to his involvement with the VFW, he served on the Sabetha Cemetery Board, and he was a member of Kiwanis. He also simply loved spend-ing time with the people of Sabetha and making everyone he saw smile.

Preceding him in death were his sisters, Millie Stalder and Ann Fenton.

Other survivors include his son, Don Strahm of Sa-betha; his daughter, Carol Strahm of Manhattan; his sis-ters, Lila Rice and Darlene Drolett, both of Topeka; six grandchildren, Nicki Heiman, Tara Ploeger, Natalie Deters, and Justin, Jamie and Jessica Bauerle; nine great-grand-children; and 12 nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 2, at the Popkess Mortuary in Sabetha. Visitation was from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1. Interment will be in the Sabetha Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Sabetha VFW Memorial Post No. 7285. Memorial contributions can be sent to the Sabetha VFW Post No. 7285, in care of the funeral home, 823 Virginia, Sabetha, KS 66534. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.popkessmortuaries.com.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

Pauline Diana Wood, 87, of Hiawatha and formerly of Fairview died Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 25, 2013, at the Hiawatha Community Hospital.

She was born in Capioma in Nemaha County on April 27, 1926, one of 10 children of Jess G. and Bessie Yount Wood. As a young girl, she moved with her family to Fair-view in 1936, where she attended school and graduated high school with the class of 1946. The Wood family played an important part in the town of Fairview.

She moved to Kansas City, Mo., where she had nurse’s aid training and worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital for 19 years. In 1969, she moved to St. Paul, Minn., to help take care of her sister, Clara, for sometime. She later worked as a nursing assistant at St. Paul Ramsey Hospital, retir-ing April 27, 1988. She later worked at Model Cities Child Day Care for a few years before moving to Hiawatha in 1990. A short time later, she returned to Fairview, where she worked part-time at the Cozy Café for sometime. It was 2005 when she moved to Maple Grove Apartments to make her home until her death.

Pauline was a member of the congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses and attended the Kingdom Hall in Falls City, Neb. She loved to share with others about God’s Kingdom and the good news about the future. She enjoyed playing cards, cooking, music, laughing, going places, fishing, be-ing with family and friends.

Preceding her in death were her parents; brothers, Em-erson Bell, and Norman, Ralph, Jess S., James and Samu-el Wood; sisters, Minnie Bell, Clara Washington and Ruby Bronson.

Survivors include many nieces and nephews; and a host of friends.

Memorial services are planned for 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha. Larry Ches-nut will officiate. Private inurnment will be at Hiawatha Cemetery. The family will meet with friends one hour prior to services. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Pauline Wood Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home, 124 S 7th St., 66434.

The Sabetha Herald 10/2/2013

OBITUARIESPatricia Ann Cromer

(November 22, 1952–September 25, 2013)

Donald F. Feldkamp(August 9, 1939–September 20, 2013)

Robert “Bob” J. Hannah(January 20, 1930–June 22, 2013)

Gary Lee Hedding(November 2, 1957–September 26,

2013)

Patricia A. Lierz(October 25, 1929–September 26,

2013)

Danny Leon Lundy Jr.(January 16, 1967–September 21,

2013)

LeRoy A. Strahm(May 22, 1920–September 28, 2013)

Pauline Diana Wood(April 27, 1926–September 25, 2013)

SABETHA HERALD OBITUARY POLICY: Obituaries printed in The Sabetha Herald are printed for free. The Herald reserves the right to reject or edit any obituary. Families should request the funeral home in charge of arrangements to email obituaries to sabethaherald@sbcglobal.net. Family members may also submit an obituary for some-one who did not live in the northeast Kansas area but for whom there is a local connec-tion. There is a charge for a photo to be printed with an obituary. Families may choose to pay for the obituaries they submit if they want to add extra information about their loved ones or use a special format. The Herald charges the regular display advertising rates for those obituaries.

3BFAITH&MEMORIESTHE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

A fire in 1858 had destroyed much of the city of Leavenworth’s wood structures, and by the time that Abraham Lincoln arrived in the Kansas Territory’s largest city on the Saturday morning of Dec. 3, 1859, most of the burned out buildings had been replaced with more substantial structures built from brick.

There was a stiff northern wind that whistled through on that cloudless day in Leavenworth, while a crowd warmer than the weather had already begun to congregate soon after they learned that the Honorable Abra-ham Lincoln of Illinois was to be in their fair city that morning.

Despite the early hour and warning, preparations were in good order for a reception befit-ting the man, and the cause of which he is such an able and fear-less champion.

It was understood that he would be at the outskirts of the city by noon and that later a re-ception would take place at the Mansion House at 1 p.m. But where was the Mansion House?

The first hotel erected in Leav-enworth was the Leavenworth Hotel built in the fall of 1854 and officially opened for business on Oct. 7, 1854, by George H. Keller and A. T. Kyle.

Standing at the northwest cor-ner of Delaware and Main Streets, this three-story building measur-ing 12 feet by 36 feet was not the only hotel but the most popular.

In a city that was already pro-slavery, Indiana native Keller in-clined more toward the Free-State movement yet still the prosperity of the business thrived solely due to the fact that its guests were of the Pro-Slavery oriented in a city that was predominately the same.

Finally in 1856, Keller’s Free-State inclinations were no longer tolerated, he was first run out of town to Weston, Mo., where he was tried for treason and then sentenced to serve time in prison.

Escaping from jail, he fled to the Nebraska Territory where he remained briefly, and or until the demographics of Leavenworth had changed toward his beliefs. More and more people had moved into this city as well as the territory, bringing with them a theocracy of sorts to make the Kansas Territory a Free-State.

In his absence, the Leaven-worth Hotel had been trans-formed into a prison of sorts by the governing Pro-Slavery Bor-der Ruffians with a man by the name of Beach becoming their appointed landlord in 1857. Once Keller had returned to Leaven-worth, he built the Mansion Inn and Saloon on the southwest cor-ner of Fifth and Shawnee Streets.

There are many “researchers” who are solely inclined on getting their source materials from the internet. This is where my search took a different path, which actu-ally makes this a story within a story.

Leavenworth at this time was

the largest city west of St. Louis with many places for travelers to stay, including hotels, inns and boarding houses.

In Leavenworth’s early history there was the Foster home, which at the time was a large residence built at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Middle Street.

Arriving in Leavenworth in 1857, carpenter John Mc-Cullough Foster built a four-room house, which back then was considered good sized based upon the one-room cabin most pioneers built.

But 10 years later in 1867, he added onto it, using enough Ital-ianate-styled brick to the perim-eter walls plus additional rooms both up and downstairs, which also included a kitchen wing. For insurance purposes, kitch-ens in large homes were usually separate, as they had a tendency to catch fire easily and burn the whole house down.

Many of the plantation man-sions in the south all had separate buildings that were used for the kitchen but were close enough to the main house that food did not get too cold while being trans-ported to the dining room table.

The house at 5th and Middle Streets might originally have been rather modest and simple, until the second phase of addi-tions.

Between the time of the erec-tion of the original structure of four rooms to the late 1800s when it was sold to the cashier of the Leavenworth National Bank Edward Carroll, it was owned by Lucien Scott, the president of the

city’s First National Bank. Scott expanded the home into a

16-room Queen Anne-style resi-dence. Only then did this house receive mansion status from this addition, but when it did occur, it would have been much later than Lincoln’s visit.

My purpose in writing this se-ries has been to bring out more of the detail of Lincoln’s visit to the Kansas Territory. I am not fond of Internet sources, because the information that is fed to it is frankly not always correct a good deal of the time. Regardless of whether it is correct or not, be-cause it is what many people are drawn to, assuming that it is fact.

Originally in researching Lin-coln’s visit to Leavenworth, I found that there was something lacking in many written books on this subject, because the direc-tory for the city at that time did not have a place called the Man-sion House.

Every source I followed said that he was taken to the Mansion House and finally what tipped me off was the construction dates that were not lining up chrono-logically with that of Lincoln’s visit.

Plus a source at the Leaven-worth County Museum acknowl-edged that the Mansion House did not exist, but the establish-ment that Lincoln was taken to was in fact an inn with a saloon at Fifth and Shawnee Streets. It was apparent from that conversation that everyone who has ever done any research into this subject is comfortable in continuing this fallacy without any questions.

A whole new search could be made to learn when this untruth first surfaced and how many publications have told this same story over and over. So how did this happen?

Common sense tells me, that the word “Mansion” plays a key role in this puzzle, because with it being a house or residence, some-where along the way, that part of the Carroll place got added to the Mansion Inn location and we have a third fictitious place called the Mansion House. So it is cor-rect that Lincoln was escorted to his lodgings at the Mansion Inn, but not correct that it was the Mansion House, because that did not exist.

This brings to an end Part VIII of When Abraham Lincoln Came To The Kansas Territory Series. Follow my research in Part IX of this series in February 2014, as I go into more detail of his stay in Leavenworth.

Some research that I have al-lowed to be a part of the above Part VIII came from “Lincoln and Kansas,” by Carol Dark Ayres, published in 2001 by the Sun-flower University Press at Man-hattan, Kan.; Mary Ann Brown of the Leavenworth County His-torical Museum; the Lincoln In-stitute; the Lehrman Institute and some common sense.

In my effort to give all of the details, as this series progresses I am unfortunately going to be uncovering a few more historical discrepancies and negate a few local legends.

Next month follow the Ances-tor Trail when readers return to Part IX of the American Civil War Series. In December 2013, readers will continue with Part VI of the continuation of The Whitman Mission Route’s Lost Diary Entries.

125 Years AgoSaturday morning, October 2, 1888

Mrs. Ira Henderson, of Grand Island, returned Monday to her home after an extended visit with her sisters, Mrs. Jacob Bernett and Mrs. M. W. Kerr. Mrs. Henderson recently visited two sisters near Peculiar, Mo., also spent sev-eral days at Excelsior Springs for her health.

Mrs. Sarah George and daughter, Ada, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ledging-ton, of Ashton, Ill., came Sunday to visit the former’s sisters, Mrs. E. S. Stevens and Mrs. M. C. Kreitzer. They started in their automobile but were compelled to take the train from Omaha on account of the rain. Her son, Warren, will bring the car from there as soon as the weather will permit.

100 Years AgoThursday, October 4, 1913

The Washburn Reporter has formed a stock company and now has a full-fledged office of it’s own with Harry B. Guthrey business manager. The Re-porter is the only college paper in the state with an office of its own.

We have had the pleasure of reading this week, one of the neatest composi-tions we ever saw, written by a pupil of our schools, Emma Robinson, aged 13. The spelling was perfect, the penmanship a model of art and the composi-tion unique, original and charming. We hope Miss Emma will persevere in her literary work. Her teacher is Miss Minnie Branigan.

75 Years AgoWednesday, October 5, 1938

The 60 horsepower boiler for the Nemaha Cooperative Creamery of Sa-betha was received the first of the week and will be installed in a few days. The old boiler will be taken out and shipped to Everest where it will be installed in the Sunflower creamery and the boiler they have new will be sent to Holton where it will be installed in a creamery. The Gas Service Company will install a new gas burner in the Sabetha boiler and have everything ready for the new boiler to be used Monday morning.

Lewis Hilt, chairman of the board of Nemaha county commissioners, said Tuesday the board has no definite plan in view at present as to what disposi-tion to make of the court house problem since the proposed bond election was defeated. The county has a lease with the city of Seneca to use the city hall, but this expires on January 1, 1939.

50 Years AgoWednesday, October 2, 1963

Lyle Brown, district representative for the Prudential Life Insurance Com-pany, announces the appointment of Bob Murchison as the new Sabetha rep-resentative. Mr. Murchison undertook his new duties the first of this week. He formerly was a truck driver. He replaces Glen Stoller as the Sabetha rep-resentative.

Sabetha will be a safer place to live and play thanks to the safety program for 1963-64 school year planned by Chief of Police Ralph E. McCord and sponsored by many local merchants. Chief McCord has enthusiastically started a drive to help Sabetha children learn safety habits. A program of the Safety Council will be made available to every child in Sabetha schools. This consists of new “think-and-do” manuals, which cover the 12 types of accidents which last year caused injury to more than 16-1/2 million children 14 years of age and younger.

The Sabetha Police Department received a letter this week from George Shahan of Denver, Colo., expressing his appreciation for the fine treatment he and a friend received in Sabetha a few weeks ago from the local police. The men were forced to land at the airport on a foggy Sunday on their way to Denver. Officer Roy Branaum drove out to the airport and gave them various information and aid during the day.

25 Years AgoWednesday, October 6, 1988

A Fur Harvester Education Course will be offered for young fur hunters and trappers on Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Greenwood Community Center, located four miles south of Corning on Kansas 63 Highway. All persons born after July 1, 1967, who wish to hunt or trap furbearers or trap coyotes are required to successfully complete a course of this type before a fur harvester license may be purchased.

More than 40 people from Sabetha and Bern were present for the meeting concerning the Sabetha-Bern road on September 28. Stan Remmers, presi-dent of the Sabetha Chamber of Commerce, opened the meeting by stating the concern for the condition of the road and asked the commissioners what their intentions were for repair of the road.

10 Years AgoWednesday, October 1, 2003

As work continues on the Sabetha War Veterans’ Memorial east of City Hall, Shane Schuette and George Droge of Schuette Lawn and Landscape had the fountain at the corner of Main and Eighth streets up and flowing last Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 23. Schuette said adjustments will be made on the fountain on a less windy day. According to Doug Allen, city administrator, work on the memorial hopefully will be completed in time for a Spring 2004 dedication ceremony.

Sabetha native Amy Renyer, daughter of George and Cleta Renyer of Sa-betha, is being recognized for her athletic accomplishments during her years at Washburn University. She is being inducted into the WU Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday, Oct. 25, in Topeka. As an education student at Washburn, Renyer was a member of the Lady Blues basketball team from 1989 to 1993. She finished her career as the sixth-leading scorer in Lady Blues history, now sitting seventh among recent scorers. According to the WU Department of Athletics, Renyer is second on the career rebounding chart with 923, and led the Lady Blues in rebounding her sophomore, junior and senior seasons, av-eraging 7.7 rebounds per game. As a senior, she led the team in steals with 2.0 per game. As both a sophomore and a senior, she led the team in free-throw percentages (.778 and .825 respectively). She was named team all-conference as a senior.

The Kansas Department of Transportation announced Sept. 23 that the project is underway to realign U.S. Highway 75 from approximately one mile south of the U.S. Highway 75/U.S. Highway 36 junction and have it merge back to existing U.S. Highway 75 approximately one mile north of Sabetha. The project will eliminate the current intersections at the U.S. 75 and U.S. 36 junctions.

This photo shows what early-day Leavenworth looked like.Photo courtesy of Greg Newlin

WHEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAME TO THE KANSAS TERRITORY, PART VIII

The Honorable Abraham Lincoln visited Leavenworth in December 1859

The First Lutheran Church of Sabetha will hold Sun-day services at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, at the Rock Creek Chapel at Sycamore Springs.

SYCAMORE SPRINGS OFFERS SERVICES Last 2013 church service is this Sunday

4B RURAL LIFE THE SABETHA HERALD · OCTOBER 2, 2013

Spot-Spraying for Sericea Les-pedeza

Unlike some years, some re-cent moisture has resulted in sericea lespedeza blooming in many areas. Should you spray it?

If you are in a dry area and sericea is not actively blooming, you’re probably better off wait-ing until next year.

If it’s grow-ing well and blooming, the late-bud stage through the bloom stage is a good time to spray sericea lespedeza.

Broadcast or aerial sprays are the most effective, but spot-spraying can be done with small-er areas now.

Make sure you are using a product that can do you some good at this stage, though.

Remedy Ultra and PastureGard can be effective during the early to full bloom stage, but products containing metsulfuron (such as Escort XP, Cimarron Plus, Chap-arral etc.) are often more effective as flowering ends and seed pods appear and begin to fill.

Make sure the product label you choose allows spot spraying and make sure to follow the label recommended rates and other precautions.

Sericea plants can be killed un-til frost, but if pod fill has begun, viable seed will still be produced. Grasslands with sericea lespe-deza infestations should not be grazed or hayed after the sericea has gone to seed.

This will only serve to spread the seed to other areas. If at all possible, keep sericea lespedeza from going to seed.

Tree Planting – in the Fall?

Indeed! Fall can actually be a pretty good time for tree plant-ing.

You don’t have to fight cold soils that may be wet and so oxy-gen deficient in the spring that root growth is inhibited.

Fall soil conditions tend to be much more beneficial to root growth.

A fall-planted tree also tends to be more es-tablished and able to handle summer stress better than a spring-planted one.

As with anything, though, there are exceptions! Some spe-cies don’t produce much root growth in the fall and are better planted in the spring.

These include beech, birch, redbud, magnolia, tulip poplar, willow oak, scarlet oak, black oak, willows and dogwood.

Fall-planted trees will require some TLC as well. For starters, we have to remember that roots are actively growing even though the top is dormant.

Watering may be required through the fall – and even win-ter, if we experience warm spells that dry the soil – to be sure the soil stays moist but not soggy.

Give mulch some thought as well.

It will help minimize moisture loss and slows the cooling of the soil so root growth continues as long as possible.

If evergreens are in your plant-ing plan, make sure they are planted/transplanted earlier in the fall than deciduous plants, as they need at least six weeks before the ground freezes for the roots to become established.

Fall is the season when most horse owners should think of how they can improve their horse pas-tures for the coming year. Some pastures might have been managed well and others not, depending on their management efforts.

Horse pasture improvement and renovation requires some time and patience. However, small changes in your horse pasture management practices can make a signifi-cant improve-ment in your current pasture.

Following are things to be con-sidered in fall horse pasture management:

1) Soil Test-ing: A soil test every 2 to 4 years for soil pH, P, and K is recommended and optimum soil nutrient levels will help horse pasture maintain its performance.

Without testing soils, it would be difficult to determine the precise amount of lime and nutrients to add to the horse pasture. For sam-pling purposes, divide the pasture into areas with uniform soil color and texture as well as similar man-agement histories.

Sample each area separately, us-ing a soil probe, drawing 15 random soil cores at 6 inches deep.

Place samples in a clean plastic bucket, mix them thoroughly, and put wet soil into a sealable plastic bag or dry soil into soil containers.

2) Liming and Fertilizing: Soil pH is one of the most important factors determining pasture health. In gen-eral, the optimum soil pH for plant growth is between 6.0 and 7.0.

In the fall, no nitrogen fertil-izer is generally required because most plant growth slows down due to shorter day length and cooler temperatures. Most cool-season horse pastures in Kansas are either smooth brome or tall fescue. Fall tiller growth is important for these two grass species, as it contributes to the carbohydrate reserves in the crown. Applying phosphorus and potassium based on soil test results this fall is important since these two elements are essential for good winter survival, in particular, potas-sium. In general, if the pasture con-sists of more than 50 percent legume plants, no nitrogen fertilizer at all is required because legume plants fix nitrogen via symbiotic nitrogen fixation process. Including legumes also reduces plant disease incidence and improves horse performance by increasing forage quality.

Therefore, it is important to iden-tify what percentage of legume is present in your pasture. If there are not enough legumes in the pasture, planting legumes via inter-seeding or frost seeding into the existing pasture will improve it.

Caution: Do not plant alsike clo-ver, since it can cause photosensiti-zation, liver damage, and possibly death in horses. 3) Weed Control: Due to potentially harmful or toxic weeds to horses, it is important to control weeds on a regular basis.

Please keep in mind that the best weed control is to have healthy, thick forage stands on your horse pasture via right forage species se-lection, good soil fertility and rota-tional grazing management.

Timing of herbicide application depends on the life cycle of weeds.

For example, annual weeds can be controlled in the spring, whereas, biennial or perennial weeds can be killed by herbicides in the fall and spring.

If herbicides are sprayed on some perennial weeds still actively grow-ing in the fall, herbicides can be

more readily transported into the root system and be more effective at killing the weed than if the her-bicide was applied during the heart of the growing season. An applica-tion during the heart of the growing season may only damage the top growth of the weed, but not kill the plants. For controlling the following perennial weeds, herbicide options include:

•Sericea les-pedeza (Escort)

• C a n a d a thistle (Stinger, Milestone)

• C o m m o n dandelion (2,4-D)

•Curly dock (Banvel)

•Goldenrod (Banvel).

Spraying with 2,4-D would work for most biennial weeds such as bull thistle, common burdock, poison hemlock and musk thistle.

Check labels for grazing restric-tions for any herbicide used. Desir-able legumes will probably be killed or damaged by most herbicides with a waiting interval before replanting.

4) Dragging Pastures with a Chain Link Harrow: To take advan-tage of horse manure as a plant nu-trient source, the pasture should be dragged periodically with a harrow.

Dragging reduces parasite popu-lations by exposing them to air and sunlight. Do this when the weather is hot and dry to ensure that parasite larvae contained in the manure are killed by the sun; otherwise, drag-ging on cool, wet days only spreads out the parasites. Dragging also helps to smooth over areas dug up by horses’ hooves on wet soil.

5) Rotational Grazing: Some horse owners keep their horses at the same paddock pretty much year round without rotating them from one paddock to another.

This continuous grazing system can damage the plants by heavy hoof action, in particular on wet clay soils. Forage plants need to store food reserves in the roots in the fall through winter.

That’s why it is very critical to avoid stress to forage plants by heavy continuous grazing, especial-ly in September. If forage plants do not store enough carbohydrates in the roots, they may not survive over winter when harsh, cold weather occurs with little snow cover. There-fore, it is very important to rotate the horses using several paddocks to maintain healthy plants, good stand persistence, safe environment and healthy horses.

By John SchlageckKansas Farm Bureau

The farm has always been a fer-tile field for producing crops, but it is also an environment rich with learning experiences.

For generations, children who grow up and work with their parents on the family farm have learned valuable skills. While they are learning to sow seeds, cultivate weeds and harvest grains, flowers and vegetables, they are also culti-vating knowledge.

Lessons learned on the farm in-clude math, social studies and vo-cabulary, leadership, not to men-tion cooperation and responsibil-ity. All those skills acquired in a simple field of soil and vegetation? Absolutely.

Tucked away in those vast acres of grass, trees and crops, there’s a living outdoor classroom teeming with lessons on life. Children who learn to till the soil come to un-derstand such basics as distance, depth and height. They learn that the plants that bear our food came from places all over the world – rice from the Far East, wheat from Russia.

They see stems, leaves, seeds, flowers and bulbs in their hands, instead of in a book – an endur-ing way to plant words in their vocabulary.

While growing up on a land whipped by the wind, warmed by the sun and cooled by the stars, youngsters learn to respect their environment. They learn that by caring for this fertile land it will in turn care for them.

Such a valuable learning expe-rience can provide children with the tools likely to influence family and friends to respect the land as well or at least raise their level of awareness.

Youngsters also learn that hope is not wishful thinking of harvest success. Rather, hope is the action of planning and planting seeds. There will be those years when harvest may not occur, but the seeds of hope must be planted if there is even the thought of next year’s bounty.

Learning outside can also be fun. If you don’t think so, ask chil-dren who’ve been on a field trip. They appreciate the opportunity to spend a day in a natural class-room where they can trade fluo-rescent lighting and four walls for blue sky and white clouds over-head.

When given the opportunity to grow grains, flowers and veg-etables, youngsters chart the prog-ress of the plant. They invest in the outcome and that means harvest-

ing their hard work, care and in-vestment.

While encouraging students to consider growing and caring for a small plot with wheat, roasting ears or assorted vegetables, be sure to equip them with youth-sized tools. Remember, they are still youngsters and do not possess the strength, knowledge and wis-dom of an adult.

Suggest themes for young gar-deners. Try a garden theme that appeals to a child’s literal sense, such as an alphabet garden with plants that begin with the letters A to Z.

They could also plant a pizza garden and grow tomatoes, pep-pers and onions. They could visit a dairy farm to learn about the fundamentals of caring for cows that produce the milk that results in cheese on the pizza. Or maybe a visit to a cattle ranch to experience beef cattle that ultimately winds up as hamburger on a pizza.

Direct the children and instill in them that caring for a crop can be an adventure. Have them add excitement to the garden with decorations, including scare-crows, painted stumps and tiles and child-sized benches.

Encourage them to dig in the soil for earthworms. Tell them to pick the flowers – when they’re mature.

Above all, make certain the learning experience is enjoyable. Encourage them to keep a daily journal about each day’s activity.

Take pictures of the learning journey in the field and add them to the journal. Yes, there can be an abundance of lessons to be har-vested in the soil. Take the oppor-tunity to provide such an experi-ence for a child you know.

John Schlageck is a leading com-mentator on agriculture and ru-ral Kansas. Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a life-time of experience, knowledge and passion.

The Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) has awarded grant funds to organizations across the state to promote the state’s specialty crop sector.

Among the recipients of these funds are the Kansas Rural Cen-ter and Highland Community College

The U.S. Department of Ag-riculture (USDA) awarded $239,566 to KDA through the Specialty Crop Block Grant pro-gram. The program is designed to improve the Kansas specialty crop industry, which includes various horticulture products, including fruits and vegetables, turf grass, tree nuts, dried fruits, nursery crops and flowers. KDA then passed the funds along to other groups.

“The financial resources pro-vided from this grant will help

the specialty crop sector of Kan-sas agriculture expand produc-tion, increase education, aware-ness and training, and provide increased opportunities for con-sumers to identify and purchase Kansas products,” said Secretary of Agriculture Dale Rodman. “

The purpose of the Specialty Crop Block Grant program is to promote and increase opportuni-ties for specialty crops.

According to USDA, the Spe-cialty Crop Block Grant Pro-gram, which is administered by the Agricultural Marketing Ser-vices, has awarded more than $293 million since 2009.

The program is part of USDA’s integrated approach to programs and policies that stimulate food- and agriculturally-based com-munity economic development. All 50 states, the District of Co-

lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa and Guam received grants this year, totaling $52 million.

Kansas Rural Center’s “From Tunnel to Table” will receive $34,130, to increase Kansas spe-cialty crop producers’ knowledge of options and decision making criteria needed to incorporate polytunnel solutions on their farms by producing a thoroughly researched polytunnel compari-son and resource guide, farm decision-making tool, and a se-ries of regional on-the-ground workshops that demonstrate the different polytunnel options available.

Highland Community Col-lege’s 2014 Viticulture and En-cology Extension Project will re-ceive $34,750, to help the Kansas grape and wine industry to grow

and improve fruit and wine qual-ity through consultations and educational workshops and make planting grapes more cost and time efficient through the use of a vine transplanter.

Grants were available to proj-ects involving research, nutrition, trade enhancement, food safety and security, pest and disease, education, “buy local” programs, promotion, marketing, more effi-cient and cost-effective distribu-tion systems, environmental and conservational concerns, product development and developing co-operatives.

For more information, visit KDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant webpage at http://agricul-ture.ks.gov/ksda-services/special-ty-crop-block-grant-and-organic-cost-share-grant-programs.

Submitted by Grete OlsenOn Sept. 5, Brown County

farmer Keith Olsen took three different varieties of seed corn (Dekalb, Agri-Gold and Integ-ra) to the Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson.

He had to enter the Dekalb in the Dekalb class, and Integra and Agri-Gold in the other class, since there is no class for the two.

Olsen had to get five ears of corn, all even rounded, straight kernels, long ears, no bug damage on the tip and on the ear, etc., for each seed company.

He and his dad, Claire, went out on Wednesday the day before, and picked 20 ears of each vari-ety to pick five good ears. Then C. Olsen took them down to the Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson to be entered in the contest on Thursday. They were judged on Friday.

K. Olsen said he did not think much of his Dekalb entry, but, he entered it anyway.

He had to go against all the entries in each class. There were 10 seed companies at the state fair: Dekalb, Pioneer, Myco-gen, Garst, Golden Harvest,

Asgrow,Syngenta, and other. Each class had places 1,2,3,4, etc. There was lots of corn at the fair this year.

Brown County Extension Agent Matt Young notified K. Olsen on Friday by text and told him he won in two classes, but Olsen did not believe him.

He placed first in the other class with his Agri-Gold en-try, and first in the Dekalb (the Dekalb entry that he did not like). But the judge liked it, and that is the main thing.

Then Olsen had to compete for Grand Champion with all the first-place winners in each seed company. Lo and behold, K. Olsen’s Dekalb won the grand champion overall. He received a plaque from the Kansas Corn Growers Association and a cash reward for $100.

Each class winner received $15. At least it paid for his gas to get to Hutchinson. Olsen then had to go back to the state fair the last weekend and receive his award from Governor Sam Brownback. He had to tell the governor and the audience “how to go out and pick the right five ears for the

contest.” Olsen was excited to win this

award. But what means more to him was it was the Kansas State Fair’s 100th Anniversary.

Olsen’s Great-Uncle OJ used

to raise and show seed corn at the Topeka State Fair and Kansas State Fair. But he never was this lucky like K. Olsen was.

KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AWARDS GRANTS TO PROMOTE SPECIALITY CROP SECTOR

Local organizations are among recipients

CROPS, SOILS, HORTICULTURESpot spraying, tree planting in fall can be effective

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Management tips for horse pasture in the fall

KANSAS FARM BUREAU’S INSIGHTLearn from the land

BROWN COUNTY FARMER WINS BIG AT STATE FAIR

Keith Olsen earns first place for seed corn varieties

Brown County farmer Keith Olsen, right, who won two awards for his seed corn at the Kansas State Fair, including a grand champion, tells Governor Sam Brownback, left, and the crowd the procedures for picking the right corn.

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DESSERT

Excellent Bean

Casserole

MAIN DISHSIDE DISHFrom the kitchen of:

VELMA ALBIN

Ingredients:Sauté 6-8 slices of bacon and 1 onionAdd:1 can lima beans, drained1 can green beans, drained1 can dark red kidney beans, not drained1 can baked beans, not drained1/2 cup ketchup2 Tbsp. vinegar1/2 cup brown sugar1 tsp. dry mustard1 Tbsp. worscheshire sauce

Instructions:Bake for 1-1/2 to 2 hours at 350 degrees.

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