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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015 • 24 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 75 CENTS
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For unto us, a child is born
Isaiah 9:6
Audry Kebert and Trenton Medlock portrayed Mary and
Joseph during the First Baptist Church of Cherryvale’s
live Nativity scene on Friday night. Several dozen church
members performed a variety of roles in portraying the
characters found in the Bible’s account of Jesus’ birth.
Brett Dietrich, church pastor, said the church has plans
to create a live portrayal of Jesus’ final days for the Easter
season. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
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Merry Christmas from the Montgomery County Chronicle
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Montgomery County Chronicle
Chronicle format changes for Dec. 24, 31 issues
The Dec. 24 and 31 issues of the Montgomery County Chronicle will see a slight change
in style and format due to the holidays.
Because of an earlier press deadline for
the Dec. 24 issue, the edition will contains
news from throughout Montogmery County
on all pages rather than on specific community pages. The same will be true for the Dec.
31 issue, which will be smaller than ususal
due to the publication between two holidays
and because of staff members taking muchdeserved time off from their work.
The Dec. 31 issue will publish on its normal schedule.
This issue (Dec. 24) is the Chronicle’s
Christmas Greeting Issue, which contains
holiday greeting advertisements from local
businesses and firms.
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Jan. 7, 2016 issue.
OBITUARIES
Obituaries are printed in their entirety for a $25 fee. To
submit a paid obituary, contact the Montgomery County
Chronicle at (620) 336-2100 or (620) 879-2156. Or, submit
an e-mail to [email protected].
Calvin Keene
CANEY — Calvin Keene, age 74, passed
away Monday, Dec. 21, 2015, at Jane Phillips
Hospital, Bartlesville, and from there joined his
wife, Donna, in Heaven.
Calvin Lindsey Keene, was born April 8,
1941, in Independence, the first of three children born to Lindsey and Laurayne (Lopp)
Keene. He was raised in rural Jefferson, attending elementary school in Clymore (north and
east of Coffeyville) and graduated from Labette
County High School in Altamont in 1960.
Calvin married Donna Richardson in July
1983.
Calvin enjoyed fishing, racecars, but most of
all spoiling his eight grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
He is survived by his two sons, David Keene
and wife Suzanne of Bartlesville, and Lance
Keene and wife Shelby of Caney; one sister,
Linda White and husband Gene of Ulysses,
Kan.; and one brother Joel
Keene and wife Diane of rural Caney; eight grandchildren, Lindsay, Lauren, Kalle, Grace, Leland, Hayden,
and Savannah, Hunter; and
three great-grandchildren,
Kori, Bentley, and Bristol;
as well as numerous nieces,
nephews, and cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, his wife Donna in 1995, and his step mother, Gwen Brewer.
Graveside celebration of life services will be
held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 23, at Robbins
Cemetery, Dearing. In lieu of flowers, the family requested donations in memory of Calvin Keene to help defray
funeral expenses be left with Potts Chapel.
DEATH NOTICES
Burks Sherwood
INDEPENDENCE — Burks
Sherwood, age 96, of Independence, died Wednesday, Dec.
2, 2015, at Eagle Estates in Independence.
Memorial services will be
held at 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec.
26, 2015, at First United Methodist Church in Independence.
Memorial contributions may
be made to First United Methodist Church or Animals With
Our Love and sent to Zach
Webb Family Funeral Service,
1475 S. 10th, Independence,
KS 67301. Online condolences may be
sent to webbfamilyfuneralservice.com.
Jim Gray
CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale
native James “Jim” Gray, age
88, of Harrisonville, Mo., and
formerly of Prairie Village,
Kan., died Tuesday, Dec. 8,
2015, at Golden Years Care
Center in Harrisonville.
Funeral services were Dec.
12 at Atkinson Funeral Home
in Harrisonville with burial
in Fairview Cemetery, Cherryvale, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to Serenity Care Hospice, 1626 E.
Elm Street, Harrisonville, MO
64701.
Jim was a 1945 graduate
of Cherryvale High School.
Online condolences may be
made to atkinsonfuneralhome.
com.
Arrangements were made
through Atkinson Funeral
Home, 600 W. Wall, Harrisonville, MO 64701.
Potts Chapel of Independence.
Memorials can be made to
St. Jude Children’s Hospital
in Judy’s name and may be
left with Potts Chapel of Independence. Online condolences
may be left to the family at
www.pottsfuneralhome.com.
Stephanie Privitt
CANEY — Stephanie Privitt,
age 43, died Friday, Dec. 18,
2015, from her Caney home,
after a difficult battle with liver cancer.
A graveside memorial service will be conducted at 3
p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 23, at
the Havana Cemetery under
the direction of Potts Chapel of
Caney.
The family requests memorial donations to the Stephanie
Privitt Memorial Fund to help
defray funeral expenses. Donations can be left at the funeral home.
Laura VanTeighen
COFFEYVILLE — Laura
M. VanTeighen, age 83, of
Coffeyville died Wednesday
morning, Dec. 16, 2015, at
Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center.
A Rosary Service will be
at 10 a.m., Monday, Dec. 28,
2015 at Holy Name Catholic
Church with Mass of Christian
Burial to immediately follow
with Father Chad Arnold officiating. Inurnment will be in
Calvary Cemetery.
Friends may sign the register book on Sunday, Dec.
27 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
the David W. Barnes Funeral
Home in Coffeyville. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
at the funeral home. Following
Laura’s wishes cremation has
taken place.
Memorials are suggested
to Holy Name Catholic Church
or Holy Name Catholic School;
contributions may be left with
the funeral home or mailed
c/o David W. Barnes Funeral
Home, 306 N. Cline Road, Coffeyville, KS 67337.
James “Jim” Templeton
COFFEYVILLE — James R.
Templeton Sr., age 85, of Coffeyville died Wednesday, Dec.
16, 2015 at Golden Living Center in Neodesha.
A memorial service will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 22, at FordWulf-Bruns Chapel. The family suggests memorials to the
Coffeyville Animal Shelter and
may be left with the Chapel. To
leave the family a message of
condolence please visit www.
fordwulfbrunschapel.com.
Elsie Mae Fast
COFFEYVILLE — Elsie Mae
Fast, age 94, of Coffeyville died
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015 at
Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center.
A graveside service under
the direction of Ford-WulfBruns Chapel was held Tuesday Dec. 22, at Robbins Cemeteryl.
To leave the family a message of condolence please visit
www.fordwulfbrunschapel.
com.
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Responsibility) students for the month of November. They include (left to right) Layla Manley, Erin
Lopez, Angel Aragon and Brooks Ditmore. (Courtesy photo)
Courthouse employees will
receive 3.5% salary increase
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — County courthouse employees will receive a 3.5 percent pay hike,
thanks to a unanimous vote of the Montgomery
County Commission on Monday.
The salary hike was built in to the county’s
2016 budget, which was prepared during the
summer months. However, commissioners typi-
cally wait until the end of the calendar year to
see how their budget and tax revenue figures
fall as they go into then new budget year, which
begins Jan. 1.
The increased salaries will require slightly
more than $201,000 in additional revenue.
The new salary structure will go into effect in
the next pay period, which begins Dec. 26.
County commission considers
end-of-year spending requests
End-of-year purchases were the norm for
several county departments during Monday’s
Montgomery County Commission meeting.
Commissioners agreed to seek bids for the
purchase of 20 new airpack bottles for the
Montgomery County Rural Fire District #1. Darren Felts, rural fire district supervisor, said the
district anticipates replacing 84 air pack bottles
over a five-year period.
Commissioners also agreed with a recommendation from Jason Clubine, information
technology coordinator to purchase new back-
up drives that will serve as a source of back-up
for all courthouse documents and files.
The two back-up drives will cost $3,675
each – or $7,350 total — and will be purchased
from Midwest Office Supply. Each drive will
contains 16 terabytes.
Commissioners also agreed with a recommendation from Robert Bever, public works
director, to transfer $235,195 from the special
road and bridge fund to the special equipment
fund.
Shirley Smith
INDEPENDENCE — Shirley Smith, age 85, formerly of
Independence died Thursday,
Dec. 17, 2015, in Dickinson,
Texas.
A funeral service was
held Wednesday, Dec. 23, at
Friends Church with burial at
Mount Hope Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to
Friends Church may be sent
to Zach Webb Family Funeral
Service, 1475 S. 10th, Independence, KS 67301. www.
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Waldo “Lee” Cain
INDEPENDENCE — Waldo
L. ‘’Lee’’ Cain, age 92, of Independence died Friday, Dec. 18,
2015 at St. Francis Via Christi
in Wichita, Kan. A funeral service was held
Wednesday, Dec. 23, a the
First Christian Church in Independence. Burial followed in
the Mount Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Potts
Chapel in Independence.
Friends may leave online
condolences at www.pottsfuneralhome.com. The family
has suggested memorials to
the First Christian Church and
contributions may be left at
the Potts Chapel.
Judy Ann Ballew
CHERRYVALE — Judy Ann
Ballew, age 57, of Cherryvale
died Monday, Dec. 14, 2015 at
Coffeyville Regional Hospital
in Coffeyville. A funeral service was held
Monday, Dec. 21 at Potts Chapel in Independence with
graveside services at the Calvary Cemetery in Independence under the direction of
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ST. JOHN HEALTH SYSTEM TO LEASE 10,000 SQUARE FEET FOR RADIOLOGY SERVICES
City of Independence to assume Mercy property
Commission votes 2-1 to accept donation
of Mercy Hospital property, signs letter of
intent with St. John Health System
profession, said the plans to
convert the bulk of the newer
portion of Mercy Hospital into
city offices would involve considerable expense on the part
of city taxpayers — coming at
a time when the community is
St. John’s medical plans in In- experiencing a declining popudependence.
lation and dwindling tax base.
“I have received numerous The lack of a feasibility
phone calls from local citizens study to consider the costs and
who say that a core part of funding streams for the hospiour medical services has to be tal’s conversion into a city ofthat imaging equipment,” said fice complex also left Caflisch
Meier. “There are people who extremely concerned. He said
don’t have the means to drive he had previously asked for in30 miles away for testing.
formation related to a feasibil “I see no reason not to do it ity study but was rebuffed by
(accept the donation).”
Webb and city staff.
In late October, Hog- “Last week, I heard the ansett
joined
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ovation costs
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— MAYOR LEONHARD CAFLISCH
John’s ledmillion overger
sheet.
night. I don’t
However, Hogsett on Thursday understand how that can haprevealed a different tune by pen.”
not only voting in favor of ac- He also spoke about the size
cepting the hospital donation of the hospital building and
but calling out Caflisch for his how it would require perpetuprevious vote.
al funding to operate.
“I would love to understand “From a perspective of
why you have been against space planning, the building
this,” Hogsett said to Caflisch. is grossly oversized for what
“I have had people ask me, we need,” he said. “We’ll be
‘Why is Mayor Caflisch against paying for maintenance larger
all of this.’ To me, it’s worth- than what we need.”
while.”
Caflisch did not dispute the
Caflisch, dealing with a case need for improved office conof laryngitis, took more than ditions, considering the age
15 minutes to present multiple and deterioration of the existreasons for his discomfort in ing Independence City Hall.
accepting the hospital . . . and However, the mayor argued
the plans developed by city that the one-quarter sales tax
manager Micky Webb to relo- devoted to municipal facility
cate city offices to the hospital upgrades had not been fully
property.
utilized. And, discussions to
“The primary commitment make necessary repairs to the
in this proposal is for a city existing City Hall have not mahall, not health care,” said terialized.
Caflisch.
The lack of information
Caflisch, an architect by from city staff left Caflisch
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — The
now-vacant Mercy Hospital
will be owned by Independence city taxpayers and could
be the eventual home to a new
Independence City Hall under a plan that was approved
by a split city commission on
Thursday.
Commissioners Gary Hogsett and Fred Meier voted in
favor of accepting the donation
of the hospital property from
Mercy Hospital; Mayor Leonhard Caflisch voted against it.
On a separate vote, but
with the same result, the commission also agreed to sign a
letter of intent with St. John
Health System, which operates
Jane Phillips Medical Center
in Bartlesville. St. John will
lease 10,000 square feet of the
hospital from the City of Independence as part of the retention of imaging and radiology
services within the hospital
building. The imaging services
include x-rays, MRI and CT
equipment.
Two weeks ago, St. John
announced it would assume
some of Mercy’s services on
Jan. 1, including operation of
a primary care clinic, urgent
care clinic, radiology and imaging services, Mercy Health
For Life fitness center, and
Mercy’s retail pharmacy. St.
John officials have said in previous press statements that
the Oklahoma-based medical
provider envisions having an
emergency department in Independence; however, St. John
has no plans to operate an
emergency department in the
short term (after Jan. 1).
Meier and Hogsett said they
favored the donation of the
hospital property, noting that
the retention of imaging and
x-ray services in the former
hospital was a pivotal part of
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concerned not only about the
donation of the hospital from
Mercy but also the status of
municipal facility repairs.
“If we don’t have the information, how can we make an
educated decision,” Caflisch
asked. “We have not had the
information to justify the donation of a hospital building
that I’m afraid we cannot afford.”
Following Caflisch’s presentation, Hogsett softened his
tone, saying he understood
many of the mayor’s arguments.
“This might not be the ideal
solution,” Hogsett said. “We
might be getting a building
with a lot of white elephants.”
Prior to the commission’s
decision, Hogsett opened the
discussion to reveal the perceived conflict he has with the
medical discussion. Hogsett’s
wife is Dr. Anne Hogsett, who
is an employee of Mercy Health
System and will be joining the
staff of Coffeyville Regional
Medical Center in January.
Questions have been raised in
the Independence community
as to Commissioner Hogsett’s
conflict of interest in the matter, considering he was making
a decision involving a company
that provides employment to
his wife.
However, city attorney Jeff
Chubb said he had conferred
about the question of Hogsett’s conflict of interest with
the Kansas Attorney General’s
Office. Chubb said he received
a response one hour prior to
Thursday’s meeting from the
Attorney General, saying Hogsett could be allowed to vote
on the matter.
Hogsett did.
Citizens speak
Commissioners heard from
several local citizens about
their views on the hospital donation.
Ernestine Farrice of Independence spoke against the
proposal, saying the previous
closed-door discussions and
lack of transparency on the
part of the commission had
created “unearned mistrust.”
She criticized Mercy Health
System for imposing confidentiality agreements that shield-
What is the specific plan for the
Mercy Hospital donation?
n Mercy will donate the hospital building to the City of
Independence. With its own money, Mercy will demolish
the two oldest portions of the hospital, including the “round
tower” portion and the 1920-era building.
n Mercy will provide the City of Independence with
$500,000 to facilitate the City in its conversion of the hospital building.
n St. John Health System, through its Bartlesville-based
provider Jane Phillips Medical Center, will lease about 10,000
square feet of space in the existing hospital for imaging and
x-ray services. St. John Health System will lease the space for
$100,000 per year. The utility and maintenance costs will be
paid by the City of Independence.
n The St. John lease arrangement is for a five-year period, renewable for an additional five years before the conclusion of the first five-year period.
n Although no decision has been made by the Independence City Commission concerning how it will use the remaining space at Mercy Hospital, city commissioners have
been presented a proposal to relocate City Hall to the hospital property. Commissioners also have said they would look
at other uses of the building.
ed discussions from the public.
Mercy also kept other medical
providers from entering the
picture by limiting the potential suitors for Mercy’s services to a single Catholic medical
charity: St. John Health System.
“We Americans have never given in to these kind of
threats,” said Farrice. “Why
should we start now?”
John Vermillion of Independence said he had problems
with the commission’s plans to
use $3 million in bonds as potential healthcare subsidy for
the project. Those bonds have
yet to be presented to the public for a vote.
“We should be protective of
people’s money,” said Vermillion. “And, it should be done
by a vote of the people. That’s
what America is about. It’s not
about a concentrated resolution of the commission.”
Lori Kelley, president of Equity Bank, spoke in favor of
the hospital donation, saying it
would spur healthcare activity
that was sorely needed in Independence.
“By not having a healthcare
decision made, we will frus-
trate the parties involved and
they will eventually walk away
in frustration,” said Kelley.
Charles Barker, a local pastor and member of the USD
446 Board of Education, said
he preferred to have the commission accept the hospital
so that imaging services can
be retained. As a minister,
Barker said he dealt regularly
with people who do not have
the transportation resources
to have x-rays, tests or other
services at medical centers 20
or 30 miles away.
“This is an opportunity to
enter an agreement for people
who have already lost many
services,” said Barker.
Dean Hays of Independence
also spoke in favor of having
the hospital donated. He said
the retention of the imaging
service was vital for the community.
“As I understand it, if we
don’t accept the hospital, then
the hospital property will be
demolished and become a vacant lot,” said Hays. “Let’s not
let these services leave Independence.”
Thank You, Cherryvale!
So many words are coming to mind as we reflect upon this past Saturday’s bake sale, hosted by the Cherryvale Fire Rescue. Thank You,
Thank You, Thank You!!!! Because of the generosity of so many people, our residents got to enjoy a little more this year as we opened presents during our annual pie social. From the bakers to the buyers, it was
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at CNRC and to all our staff who participated by either baking
goodies or by helping to organize all the baked goodies once they
were brought in. THANK YOU to all those in the community who
provided baked goods. THANK YOU to all those who bought
the delicious treats! May God bless all of you and may you all
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OPINIONS
Lots of reasons to recall
Christmas . . . 70 years ago
The World War II feature page by Andy
Taylor that is published on pages A6-A7 in this
edition is a must-read.
Can you imagine the excitement of families
all over this nation as they awaited the soldiers to come home for Christmas for the first
time in four years?
I barely made it myself — born the previous
day, Dec. 24, 1945. So, my mother and I celebrated Christmas in a hospital in Vinita, Okla.
Big deal, you say. And I agree.
My arrival paled when compared to the men
and women, many of them damaged from the
effects of war, arriving on trains in hometowns
everywhere across America.
A year later, movie producer Frank Capra
created a movie about the day before Christmas of 1945
— pulling at
the heartstrings of
theater audiRUDY TAYLOR
ences as he
Off the Cuff
took one fictional day and
made it into a
stirring reminder that life is truly wonderful.
The movie itself was only so-so successful
when it came out. But in the 1970s, it became
a Christmas season favorite for all ages —
whether they they can recall Christmas 1945
or not.
Remember when George Bailey’s brother,
Harry, flew home in a blizzard to celebrate
Christmas with his family and friends in Bedford Falls? I think I know every line in that
movie, perhaps because the whole plot took
place on the day I was born.
As a child, I knew many World War II
veterans. I loved to sit quietly and listen to the
stories they told, when they gathered at our
home for Sunday dinners.
I admired my Uncle Wayne’s Navy tattoo on
his arm. I flinched as Uncle Arnold told about
marching across France in Patton’s army. And,
I inwardly hurt for Uncle Kenny who never
took part in those stories, but chose instead to
walk around the yard, looking in the distant
sky. He was injured in Europe and came home
shell-shocked.
I don’t know where they were as I slept so
peacefully on Christmas Day 1945. But from
what I read in Andy’s story, they were either at
home, or on their way. And, in Uncle Kenny’s
case, he may have been in another type of hospital, recuperating from wounds he received
when two German bullets ripped open his
shoulder.
From what my parents and four siblings
have told me, the whole family was quite
excited at the arrival of another baby in the
family — their final one, by the way.
So, my thoughts bounce around as I think
In the iconic scene from “It’s A Wonderful Life,”
Harry Bailey salutes his older brother, George . .
. “the richest man in the world” . . . on Christmas
Eve 1945.
around that post-war holiday weekend.
Maybe that’s why all the soldiers, sailors,
marines and airmen from World War II remain
my lifetime heroes.
There are so few of them anymore, and I
find that quite sad. But then, the baby in that
hospital turns 70 on Thursday, and there’s not
a day goes by that I don’t thank God for the
freedom I have always enjoyed, thanks to all
veterans’ service.
So, it was no wonder that Harry Bailey flew
that plane from New York City to the tiny hamlet called Bedford Falls to welcome his brother
“back to life.”
That scene was replicated thousands of
times on Christmas weekend 1945.
But, of course, the birth of another baby
2,000 years earlier in the little town of Bethlehem was the reason why the troops wanted
to come home for Christmas at war’s end, and
why Harry and George Bailey stood arm-inarm with their townspeople to sing, “Hark the
herald angels sing, glory to the newborn king!”
It’s also why in the entry to our home, and
on the wall of my newspaper office, are signs
that remind all who enter that … it truly is a
wonderful life!
Merry Christmas, dear readers.
Of the most priceless gift given to mankind
….the most priceless gift
ever given to mankind, and
yet the cost of the gift was
much; God’s salvation for all
who will accept the gift. “For
to us a child is born, to us a
son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.
And he will be called Wonder-
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
Everlasting Father, Prince of
Peace. Of the greatness of his
government and peace there
will be no end.” (Isaiah 9:6-7)
Thank you Jesus for being
that wonderful gift!
Merry Christmas dear
readers!
ful Counselor, Mighty God,
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Season’s
Greetings
OUR THOUGHTS
Our friend . . . Lee Cain
Everything about the Greatest Generation was seen in Lee Cain
Lee Cain lived a life of neighborly leadership, and he did so with
esprit.
He flew missions aboard a B-24
during World War II, stuffing himself into a ball turret where he fired
a machine gun at German fighters.
Cain served in the Kansas House
of Representatives, then spent two
decades as Independence postmaster. Even in his retirement years,
he served a term as a Montgomery
County Commissioner, and then
was associated with Potts Funeral
Chapel for many years. His church
and Masonic affiliations were nu-
merous.
Lee Cain’s was dedicated to others. He was always positive in his
outlook, and loyal to the Independence community.
Lee’s hallmark was his smile and
his dashing appearance. Deeper
than that, his heart was soft and
his word was golden.
He came from the Greatest Generation, and lived a life that will
leave a sad void in our midst.
God bless his wife, Ernie, and all
the family as they grieve the loss of
such a wonderful man.
— Rudy Taylor
In thy dark streets shineth
At some moment this week, all will worship the baby Jesus
This old world is ready for Christmas
this year, perhaps more than ever before.
At a time when terrorism threatens every corner of the globe, the Prince of Peace
is oh-so-needed.
When God came to earth in the form of a
baby, it presented every man and woman,
boy and girl, a promise that is absolutely
incredible — that the rewards of Heaven
are offered to all. And, that going through
this life can be one of joy.
Today, our world seems to embrace selfish hearts and evil ways with religions that
push and pull human beings in a thousand
directions.
Some are based on militant controls of
women, taking away freedoms of choice,
even whom they will marry.
Others are interlaced with politics and
structures of power.
People are actually being killed or hurt
in the name of religion.
That’s why the simple, peaceful thought
of the baby Jesus makes us breathe easy.
All of us who follow Him are emboldened
by His presence in our lives. And, we are
reassured by the concepts upon which
Christianity is based: Love, compassion,
fairness, honesty, loyalty, truth, inclusion
and joy.
Even though church attendance lacks
what it was a half-century ago, there remains hope within each house of worship;
redemption beneath each steeple; unity
among all fellowships; and promises that
will always be divinely honored.
Each year at this time, we all return to
the stable and turn our hearts to worship.
The shopping has ended and the commercial side of Christmas has wound down. All
eyes now sweep the nighttime sky as we
look for the star that proclaimed Jesus’
birth. Cars and pickups have begun to cluster around the houses of our small towns
as families gather for family dinners.
All in all, we’ll celebrate this holy occasion in dozens of ways. And at some moment, in very individual ways, we will worship the baby Jesus.
It might be in singing carols, or just listening to them. It might be when a grandmother bows her head to bless the food,
whether festive or plain.
A long overdue hug from a family member will point to the manger, too.
The joy of Christmas will give us the lift
we all need as we close out this troubled
year.
In truth, the entire world craves what
we’re celebrating, whether they know it or
not.
“O little town of Bethlehem,
“How still we see thee lie!
“Above your deep and dreamless sleep,
“The silent stars go by.
“Yet in thy dark streets shineth
“The everlasting Light,
“The hopes and fears of all the years,
“Are met in thee tonight.
Wishing You A Wonderful
Christmas & Blessed New Year!
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A baby in Bethlehem brought perfection to us all Caney sewer rates
Perfection is a difficult
concept to grasp. Oh, we all
know people who think they
are perfect. Or we’ve turned
a little green with envy when
we see a that “perfect” friend
driving their perfectly new
truck or wearing the perfectly
sized and matched outfit.
But our concept of perfection is based primarily on the
outside. Yet just over 2,000
years ago, in an animal barn
in Bethlehem, perfection,
embodied in a baby, cried out
in the night.
This time of year, my
thoughts continually drift
toward that family that traveled across the desert to
Bethlehem. I wonder if the
uncomfortable Mary became
irritable and told Joseph,
“Stop worrying about the
other donkeys
and just GO!”
JENNY
Or, maybe
she muttered,
DIVELEY
“We could
Pick A Little,
have gone 50
Talk A Little
miles in the
time we’ve
been sitting
here waiting…”
I’m not saying those are the
exact words that came from
my own mouth this weekend
while we were working our
way through Branson, but
something close was definitely
uttered.
Maybe Joseph had thoughts
of high-tailing it and hiding in
a neighboring city until long
after the baby was born. Or
maybe he worried whether
they would have enough money to make the trip and rolled
his eyes when
Mary needed
to make those
frequent
stops.
Perfection
had yet to
arrive in their
very imperfect world. After settling
into a very imperfect animal
barn, Jesus was born, and
the perfection he brought was
given to our world through
grace some 30 years later on
a cross.
No matter how hard I try,
my Christmas decorations will
never be perfect. I’ll always
find something prettier and
wish I had something different. My pie crusts won’t look
like the ones in the magazines, and the cowlick in the
front of my hair will always
need tamed. The bank account will always need a little
more; the scales will need
lower numbers, and my temper will forever kindle a small
fire.
I’m imperfect, and that list
could go on for pages.
But the baby … oh, that
baby brought perfection to
me. He fulfilled prophecy and
my pages of sin are empty,
white and perfect.
Our flawed world will
always try to achieve the
next level of perfection, only
to realize we have yet to get
there. But in the quiet, still,
cool night air this Christmas,
listen for His perfection. It
was delivered to us long ago
in a quiet, desert town called
Bethlehem.
The stockings
were hung by
the chimney
with care . . .
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to likely double as
utility woes mount
City administrator provides advanced warning that local base rates
would need to increase
by $15 per month; final
decision to be made by
council in January
not adequately maintained its
sewage system over the decades, Gress said.
To address the maintenance
of the sewage treatment system, especially the collection
system, Gress has implemented a plan whereby two existing City of Caney employees
will spend a portion of each
week using a jet-rod system to
clean sewer mains. The jet rod
BY ANDY TAYLOR
system injects a high-pressure
[email protected]
CANEY — Sewer rates for stream of water to remove
Caney city customers will like- solids and other debris from
ly have to double in early 2016 the sewer lines. By cleaning
as the City of Caney confronts those lines, the City of Caney
the mounting challenges of its will have a better idea of what
sewer lines and sewer mains
sewer system.
That was the grim-yet-real- are in need of immediate reistic assessment made by city pair. Once the lines are cleaned
administrator Fred Gress at with the jet rod system, a vidMonday’s Caney City Council eo system will be procured to
meeting. No formal proposal help city workers specifically
was given regarding a sewer identify the problem areas.
rate increase at Monday’s “This needs to be part of
meeting; however, Gress said our inspection routine,” said
Gress. “Maintehe would return
to the council in “Believe me: I want to nance is going
to be critical
January
with
a proposal to be the last person on for the future
increase
the this planet who wants of our sewer
system. We can
monthly
base
to raise these sewer put blame on
sewer
rate
from $14 to rates. But, we have no the past but
that’s not going
$29, which is a
choice.”
to help us with
107 percent inour
situation
crease.
— FRED GRESS, city administrator today. We are
“Believe me:
where we are,
I want to be the
last person on this planet who and we are having to fix it.”
wants to raise these sewer In other business transacted
rates,” said Gress as he pre- at Monday’s meeting, the city
sented a preliminary proposal council:
to councilors. “But, we have no • agreed to issue a contract
with the municipal accountchoice.”
The reason for the sewer ing firm Jarred, Gilmore and
rate jolt is because the City Phillips, which is based in Chaof Caney will receive a loan nute, to perform the City of
through the Kansas Depart- Caney’s audit for 2016.
ment of Health and Environ- • agreed to sign a resolution
ment to address key sewer that establishes a petty cash
rates that, KDHE says, require fund at no more than $200.
immediate attention. That loan • were reminded of a spewill require larger payments cial meeting set for 5 p.m.,
at the beginning of the term Monday, Dec. 28 at City Hall to
before being reduced toward amend the City of Caney’s 2015
the end of the loan’s term in budget. Three specific funds
will be amended to conform to
2027.
The key areas that KDHE is budget guidelines before the
requiring the City of Caney to budget year ends on Dec. 31.
address through a consent or- • were presented with a
der is replacement and repair letter from the City of Sedan
of a collapsed sewer main, thanking the Caney Fire Dealso called an interceptor line, partment for its mutual assisin the northern part of the tance in fighting a fire in downCaney community. That proj- town Sedan in November. That
ect itself could cost upward of fire damaged two commercial
properties in the downtown
$850,000, Gress said.
Acceptance of the KDHE Sedan business district.
loan also carries stringent • received a report from city
strings, Gress said. This in- superintendent Craig Evans
cludes a KDHE mandate that about prospects of acquiring
new federal mandates be met uniforms for public works defor sewage treatment and dis- partment employees. Evans
charge. Gress described these said he planned to show a
new mandates as “unwaver- sample of a proposed uniform
at a January meeting.
ing.”
“We have to meet these • heard a report from Ron
mandates. There’s no argu- Wade, interim police chief,
ment with KDHE or the EPA about the eight arrests that
about it. If we don’t meet those were made in recent drug inmandates, we will not have a vestigations. Wade said he appermit to continue the opera- preciated the assistance of the
tion of our sewage treatment Montgomery County Sheriff’s
Department and Coffeyville
system,” he said.
The KDHE loan does not ac- Police Department in those incount for impending repairs to vestigations.
*****
the sewage treatment plant,
located west of Caney on West Present at Monday’s meetSixth Street, or repairs to the ing were city councilors Dan
sewage collection system. Johnston, Zoe Wahl, Kenith
Those two areas are also ex- Butts, Dan Vernon, Thomas
tremely vulnerable because of Burk Jr, and Mayor Chad
their age and condition. Com- Bradford. Absent were counpounding those systems is the cilors Kerry Gorby, Ralph Anfact that the City of Caney has thony and Nathan Byrd.
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I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Christmas 1945 saw
America’s soldiers,
sailors and airmen find
their way back home
I
BY ANDY TAYLOR
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t was deemed the largest
military movement in the
history of the world.
Yet a single bullet was
never fired. No bombs were
dropped. And, a peace treaty
was not needed.
It was the homecoming of
the U.S. troops from Europe and the Pacific Theatre
following the conclusion of
World War II. Under President
Harry Truman’s wish, all U.S.
servicemen and servicewomen whose term of duty was
set to expire would return to
the U.S. mainland in time for
Christmas 1945.
What better Christmas gift
to give to the victorious United
States than to bring home
the men and women who had
been embroiled in a global
fight since December 7, 1941?
However, getting the
more than 3 million soldiers,
sailors and airmen back to
the continental United States
would prove to be a logistical
nightmare that tested every
mode of transportation and
every military commander’s
wisdom to the fullest extent.
The defeat of tyranny and fascism in two hemispheres over
the span of almost four years
was one thing; the movement
of those heroic veterans to
their native shores in the span
of two short months was quite
another.
That’s why the homecoming ceremonies that took place
across the nation 70 years ago
this week were the culmination of the largest movement
of military personnel ever
known. The end result? Millions of families were reunited
with their sons and daughters
under the crisp Christmas air
. . . while tens of thousands of
others mourned silently and
quietly as they dealt with the
loss of their loved ones.
Many others would be
caught in the snarl of trains,
buses, and cabs across the
nation in the final two weeks
of Christmas 1945 — 70 years
ago.
B
y the time autumn
colors had reached the
United States in late
1945, the smoke had literally
cleared from both sides of the
world. A bombed-out European
continent was starting to rebuild . . . while also coming to
realize the shameful atrocities
committed by Hitler’s Third
Reich.
In the Pacific, weary U.S.
sailors who were accustomed
to island hopping were now
mopping up the carnage of
the Japanese empire — incinerated by two atomic bombs
that forever scorched the
Land of the Rising Sun.
In leading a triumphant
United States in its victories
over the Axis powers, President Harry Truman held true
to his goal to return servicemen and servicewomen to the
United States for Christmas.
Such a measure required a
massive military endeavor. It
was called Operation Santa
Claus and Operation Magic
Carpet — a mass movement
of military personnel whose
collective compasses were
pointing toward the U.S.
ports. In his 2010 book
“Christmas 1945,” Matthew
Litt wrote about the Army
and Navy’s valiant attempt to
rush men and women to the
U.S. shores — and ultimately
to their families — before
Christmas. On the weekend
that began on Saturday,
Dec. 22, there were 200,000
servicemen who made it back
to the United States soil but
had yet to reach their homes
and families. Some 150,000 of
those servicemen were holed
up on U.S. ports on the West
Coast. Likewise, 50,000 troops
were in the East Coast ports.
Rail lines were inundated
with requests to get troops to
mainland bases for the eventual discharge of the soldiers
and sailors. Bus services were
overwhelmed. Telegram and
postal services had to operate
with additional help to handle
the sheer avalanche of messages.
To compound the influx
of servicemen and servicewomen, Mother Nature flexed
her muscle by delivering snow
storms through much of the
nation, thereby bringing the
movement of traffic to a near
standstill.
“By Sunday afternoon, De-
The end of World War II in August 1945 was followed by the largest movement of military service personnel in the history of civilization.
Sailors, soldiers and airmen who were giddy with excitement over the war’s end were now heading home in time for Christmas — per
the wish of President Harry S. Truman. (Photo by Library of Congress)
B
cember 23rd, it had become
urle Neely, who has lived
clear to the nation’s port cities
in Coffeyville since 1948,
that they would become temknows well the feeling
porary homes to thousands of
of euphoria when returning
servicemen and servicewomhome from war. When he was
en unable to make it to their
discharged as a tech sergeant
destinations,” wrote Litt.
in the U.S. Army Air Corps in
To those transportation ser- December 1945, he had his
fill of the
vices that
were able
“I got home the day after my military
to move
dad’s birthday. So, my family lifestyle
— and the
the troops,
the sheer
was in the middle of celebrating perils of
volume
it. When I arrived, we celebrated warfare.
of passome more. Then, Christmas Neely was
sengers in
uniform
of four
came the next week. And, we one
was overmechanical
celebrated. In all, I think my
whelming.
crewmen
“Three
family celebrated for about six who flew
aboard
of four
weeks. There was nothing like it.” C-46 and
travelC-47 cargo
ers were
— BURLE NEELY, Coffeyville
airplanes
active
for the U.S.
service
Army Air Corps in the Chinapeople on furlough, or fully
India-Burma theatre.
separated veterans,” wrote
Litt. “Airlines, railroads and
“We flew the ‘Hump’,”
bus companies pressed addiNeely said this week. “That
tional trains, buses and planes was a nickname for the
into service, but their action
Himalayan Mountains. The
failed to alleviate the jams.”
best maps we had at that
time showed the mountains at
So, for many service perabout 5,000 feet. They were
sonnel, a Christmas homeactually 20,000 feet. So, our
coming was either held in
airplanes had to fly through
the comforts of their family
the mountains. We never flew
homes . . . or found in the
over them.”
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and train depots across the
As a low-ranking crewman,
nation.
Neely never had advanced
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Colorado,” he said. “I was
discharged on December 15,
1945, and I got home to my
parents’ farm near Edna on
December 16, 1945. I got
home the day after my dad’s
birthday. So, my family was in
the middle of celebrating it.
When I arrived, we celebrated
some more. Then, Christmas
came the next week. And, we
celebrated. In all, I think my
family celebrated for about six
weeks. There was nothing like
it.”
Direct communication in
late 1945 focused on postcards, letters, and telegrams.
Telephone calls were still a
novelty item, especially in
rural Labette County, where
the Neely family phone was
part of a rural line that was
unreliable.
“I remember postcards
were a penny, and a first-class
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Nor did he know the destination of those missions. In
many cases, he never knew
where the cargo planes were
going — or even where they
were going to land.
“I just took my seat in the
cargo area and didn’t ask
questions,” said Neely. “My
job was to worry about the
aircraft itself. We made sure it
could fly. The destination was
the pilot’s concern, not mine.”
When the war ended in the
Pacific in August 1945, Neely
made the jaunt back to U.S.
bases in the Pacific. Hopes
were high that he could make
a flight to the U.S. mainland.
However, plans changed,
and he joined a troop ship
that made the slow trek from
Japan to San Francisco in 19
days.
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“When we got back to our
home base in Colorado, we
were allowed one free phone
call. My parents got my notes
in the mail that I would be
coming home before Christmas. So, they were expecting
me.”
Seventy years later, tears
still stream down the wrinkled
face of Burle Neely in recalling his homecoming experience. Neely is symbolic of the
millions of soldiers and sailors
who put in their time to fight
tyranny and fascism. They
returned to the United States
as heroic victors — albeit
battle scared and hardened.
They married, raised families,
worked hard and quietly, and
asked for little — except to
live in a country that proved
it could respond to when the
rest of the world faced imminent danger.
For Neely, a stint in the
United States Army Air Corps
was followed by a career with
the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
“When I see what we went
through during the war and
seeing what our country is
facing today, I think it would
do us some good if our young
men and women had to
provide one year of military
service after high school,” he
said. “I think we would be a
stronger nation as a result.”
****
In Caney, seven brothers
gathered around the family
table, prayed for blessings,
and then engorged themselves
on homemade fare. They were
the Kannard brothers — seven of whom who had served
in the U.S. military and had
made it back it their parents’
home in time for the Christmas meal.
In Litt’s “Christmas 1945”
book, the author writes that
the Kannard gathering was
one of the more unusual
homecomings in the United
States because all seven
brothers survived the war . . .
and made it back to Caney in
time to celebrate Christmas.
The seven Kannard broth-
ers in the U.S. military were
Captain Verle, Staff Sergeants
Kenneth, Donald, Leslie and
Richard, Private First Class
Robert, and Technician Fifth
Grade Glen.
Likely bumping into her
uncles around that crowded
table was Karen Taylor, a
niece of the seven brothers
who still resides in Caney.
Taylor was only age 4 at the
time of that Kannard brothers’ reunion and has no
memories of it — other than it
was an occasion that her family would talk about for many
years.
“I was much too young to
remember it, but I know my
family talked about my uncles’
service to their country,”
she said. “It seemed unusual
because seven brothers who
joined the service.”
****
harles Harrington of
Coffeyville knew of no
other town than his
native South Coffeyville when
he joined the U.S. Army.
Imagine his shock when
Harrington, upon joining the
military, found himself amid
total strangers — albeit fellow
Army soldiers — in England
and later in France and Germany.
“When the war was over, I
wanted desperately to come
back home,” he said. “I sustained a non-combat injury
when the truck I was on in
France went off the side of a
road because someone cut us
off on a road. I got thrown off
the truck. So, I was able to
take a troop ship back to New
York City.
“However, some of the
people aboard the ship were
the first U.S. prisoners of war
to be released. They obviously
got the first-class treatment.
While playing cards with
some of my buddies on that
troop ship, I looked across
the room and saw another of
my South Coffeyville friends,
Grayson Davis. He had been
a prisoner of war in a German camp. Think of it: I didn’t
know a soul in Europe, got
on the ship with thousands
C
of other soldiers for a voyage
joy Christmas 1945 in the
home, and there was somewarmth of their hometowns,
one from my hometown of
other servicemen were stuck
South Coffeyville sitting right
in train depots, bus stations
across from me.”
or even on troop ships.
Elder years have taken a
Such was the case of R.J.
toll on some of Harrington’s
Osborn of Independence,
memories of his return home
whose return home was deto Kansas.
layed until March. An ensign
However, he recalls fondly
in the U.S. Navy, Osborn was
the joyous thrill of returning
stuck outside of San Francisco
to the United States.
aboard a troop ship, awaiting
“The military packed those
his final discharge.
troop ships
“We were
full of goodto
“The joy that reigned on down
ies,” he said.
eating our
the day of Christ’s birth K rations,”
“We could go
to the ship
still prevails. In millions said Osborn,
canteen and
laughing at
of homes throughout the the memory
get anything
we wanted:
world, it is multiplied joy of the sailors
pop, ice
munching on
this year, because loved canned food
cream, candy
bars, magafor susteones who have faced
zines . . . just
nance.
death on the field of
everything.
Osborn didn’t
We had been
battle are home . . . and climb out
fighting on
the ship
peace reigns supreme of
European soil
until March
for the first time in many 1946, long
for so many
months that
after much of
years.”
we simply
the fanfare
took advanand wel— H.K. “SKEET” GEORGE
tage of every
come home
Caney Daily Chronicle
piece of candy
celebrations
Dec. 24, 1945
and bottle of
had ended
soda pop. It
just several
was a thrill.”
months prior.
****
Bud Baden of Indepen Ethan Temple of Independence also recalls a belated
dence was among the several
homecoming in his homemillion GIs in Europe who
town. A member of the U.S.
were battle weary and hungry Army Air Corps in the Pacific
by fall 1945. Already having
Theatre, Baden was a serexperienced the end of Eurogeant on an air-sea rescue
pean conflict in April 1945,
team that was responsible
GIs like Temple were awaiting for fishing out downed pilots
their orders to return to the
and their crews in the sharkUnited States in the fall.
infested waters of the Pacific.
For Staff Sgt. Ethan
However, when the war
Temple, it meant going home
officially ended in September
to his hometown of Marion,
1945, he thought his career in
Ohio.
the military had finally come
“I honestly don’t recall
to an end.
much about the trip home
It did not.
except I was able to get home
Baden and his fellow Army
right before Christmas,” said
Air Corps servicemen took
Temple, who spent most of his up quarters at the Atsugi Air
adulthood in Independence.
Base in Japan. Their dormi“I do remember mustered
tory was formerly occupied by
out of service in Indian Point,
Japanese aviation trainees.
Pennsylvania.”
However, on their first days
While many soldiers and
inside the dormitory, fire consailors were able to ensumed the facility, destroying
everything that belonged to
Baden and his fellow servicemen.
“We lost everything except
what we had on our backs,”
he said. “So, we had to rebuild our lives, which meant
rebuilding our documentation
and records. That took quite
a bit of time, because our
discharge was based on how
long we had served. So, we
were among the last to come
home. I personally didn’t get
home until January 1946.”
Baden said he recalls
docking in Tacoma, Wash.,
staying three days on a ship
but getting daily passes to see
Tacoma. He was shipped by
train to Colorado, where he
was mustered out of service
at Fort Logan.
“We then took the train
to Kansas City and stopped
at Union Station,” he said. “I
was a kid from a small town
in Kansas. That Union Station
appeared to me like a massive
structure. It was something to
behold.”
E
uary Smith of Coffeyville
was another war veteran whose Christmas
1945 experience was spent
aboard a ship anchored in a
foreign harbor.
Smith was a helmsman for
a landing craft ship, known
as an LCS, for the U.S. Navy
in the Pacific. He was a late
comer to the war, having
served in the military for the
final two years of the war.
That meant he was going to
have to fulfill his minimum
time requirement for Uncle
Sam, thereby forcing him to
spend Christmas away from
his home.
Home was Checotah, Okla.,
and Smith would not see his
hometown until May 1946.
“I spent Christmas 1945
anchored in a harbor in
Sasebo, Japan,” remembered
Smith. “We were able to get
passes to go ashore, but I
think we spent much of it on
the ship.”
Smith had to spend several
months aboard naval ships
while they made the agonizingly slow trek back to the
U.S. mainland.
“I was on a LCS that traveled no faster than 16 knots,”
he said. “So, it took two
months and one day to get
from Japan to San Francisco.
Of course, we stopped at every island between Japan and
California, including three
days in Hawaii.”
Once anchored outside Los
Angeles, Smith was depressed
to find out that his ship would
have to take another route
home — via Portland, Oregon.
“We went up the coast and
eventually caught a train from
Portland to Oklahoma City,”
said Smith. “From there, I
was able to get home by May
1946.”
I
n Montgomery County, the
first peacetime Christmas
since 1940 proved to be a
boom for local businesses.
And, by the appearances of
the advertisements that appeared in local newspapers,
it appeared that vehicle tires
were at the top of everyone’s
Christmas list.
The Cherryvale Daily Republican of December 1945
shows numerous advertisements for tires — a luxury
item by 1945 as several years
of rationed rubber forced
residents to patch older tires,
drive on bald ones, or do
away with them entirely.
An Otasco store in Cherryvale had a large supply of
tires available for the Christmas season, and local gasoline stations filled the Daily
Republican with ads promoting available tires.
In Independence, the Independence Army Air Field was
at a near standstill. Training for fighter pilots had all
but ended. And, the air field
hosted its final public “field
day” in early December to
showcase the last remaining
warbirds to the public. This
include B-24 and B-17 bombers, and the P-59 fighter and
the P-61 night fighter. AT-6
and C-47 airplanes also were
on display. So many surplus
airplanes were on display
that they stretched from wing
tip to wing tip and filled the
entire tarmac and runway,
according to newspaper accounts.
The airplanes would eventually be scrapped — and the
air field itself would become
the present-day Independence
Airport.
In Coffeyville, local officials
were clamoring to adjust to
the surge of war veterans
to the community. In midDecember, officials stated that
the community needed as
many as 300 new houses over
the course of 1946 to accom-
modate the veteran influx.
The problem confronting
Coffeyville was a lack of building materials — most of which
had been speedily provided
to the war effort from 1941
through 1945.
And, in Caney, the editor
of the local newspaper, H.K.
“Skeet” George, provided
daily coverage of the homecoming celebrations befalling numerous homes across
the community. “Our Boys”
was a daily column on page
1 of each four-page edition
of the Caney Daily Chronicle.
“Our Boys” contained stories
of servicemen and servicewomen who were either home
on honorable discharge or
making a brief stop for the
holidays.
On Dec. 24, 1945, George
wrote an editorial that talked
about the spirit of a peaceful Christmas — something
that the United States had
not experienced since 1940.
In many other countries, war
and hostility had ravaged
an entire generation of the
human race, making Christmas 1945 a rare moment in
modern civilization whereby
the world’s citizenry could
peacefully coexist — albeit
amid rubble and ruin.
The continental United
States was fortunate to have
been spared the catastrophe
of war, George said. However,
the country literally sacrificed
its youngest and bravest men
to take the cause of universal
freedom, he said.
That’s why Christmas Eve
1945 proved to be such a
strong time for mankind, he
wrote. George wrote, “The
spirit of Christmas has a
strong hold upon the human
race — a hold that seemingly
becomes stronger as the years
go by. No other event as the
birth of Christ is so universally celebrated, no other holiday
is looked forward to with the
mingled feeling of reverence
and exuberance as is Christmas.
“Christianity has its scoffers today as it had through
the ages — weak, frail human
beings who blossom, perhaps,
for a day to cast ridicule and
mockery, only to sink forgotten into the dust. But Christianity, and the spirit of Christmas, lives on and on, as only
divine things can.
“Most of us come far short
of reaching into sublime
heights of Christian living that
is possible if only we would
follow the simple teachings
of the One whose birth we
celebrate tomorrow. But we
do know that His teachings
and the example He set during his 33 years upon earth
have caused many millions of
people to try to be better men
and women, and have brought
hope and comfort to a world
that today certainly would be
in blackest agony were it not
for the spirit He has instilled
into the hearts of man.
“True, Christmas is desecrated by commercialism and
wickedness. But equally true
is the fact that most deeds
of human kindness are done
during the Christmas season
than at any other time. The
joy that reigned on the day of
Christ’s birth still prevails. In
millions of homes throughout
the world, it is multiplied joy
this year, because loved ones
who have faced death on the
field of battle are home . . .
and peace reigns supreme for
the first time in many years.”
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Cherryvale students show generosity
Briggs Knight (left) and Ashilyn Rash, third grade students at Lincoln-Central Elementary School,
dumped a box of pennies into a wheelbarrow at the school last Friday as part of a penny drive for
the Cherryvale Food Bank. Students in all grade levels were asked to donate pennies as part of the
school’s annual fundraising effort for the local food bank. More than $1,190 was donated from students in this year’s drive. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Indy’s Alyssa Velasquez qualifies
for state 2-speaker debate meet
INDEPENDENCE — The Independence High School debate squad placed fourth at the
class 4A regional four-speaker
debate tournament in Parsons
on Saturday. The team consisted of seniors Maddy O’Rourke
and Marshall Easter on the
negative side and junior Alyssa Velasquez and sophomore
Anna Howland on the affirmative side.
Sagan Shire, a sophomore,
was an alternate for the team.
While the team missed
qualifying for the four-speaker
state meet, Velasquez did get
enough wins to add her name
to the list of two-speaker state
tournament qualifiers for Independence High School. The two-speaker teams that
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Weight Watchers program
to begin Jan. 6 at CRMC
COFFEYVILLE — Weight Watchers At-Work meetings will
start at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center tentatively at noon
Wednesday, Jan. 6 in the fourth floor conference center. The
At-Work program needs 20 participants before the meetings can
start. As of Monday, there were nine people who signed up for
the program.
Anyone in the community is invited to sign up and attend the
meetings. The cost for the class will be $186 dollars to join for a
17-week program and you can make 3 payments of $62.00 each.
If anyone decides to join, the meetings are held every Wednesday. Weigh-ins will start tentatively around 11:30 a.m. followed
by the meeting at noon for 20-30 minutes. Members can bring
their lunch. The noon-time meeting is just another option for
those who don’t want to attend an evening meeting. Donna Denton will be the Weight Watcher Leader for Coffeyville.
For additional information about Weight Watchers meetings
held at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, contact Ashley Tatman in Community Relations at (620) 252-1576 or email [email protected] or email the Weight Watcher leader Donna
Denton at [email protected].
January are Maddy O’Rourke
and Marshall Easter, Anna
Howland and Alyssa Velasquez, Amanda Trout and Jacob Hogge (both sophomores),
and Ally Driskel and Logan
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CHERRYVALE — Allowing
some young athletes to use the
Cherryvale Community Center
gymnasium free of charge for
school basketball practice already has boosted the number
of paid users.
“It has been very beneficial letting the (Recreation)
Commission use the gym to
practice youth basketball out
here,” said Cherryvale Community Center advisory board
member Brad Hugo. “As a result, attendance by others is
increasing, too.” Hugo also is
a member of the Rec Commission and liaison between the
advisory board and the commission.
The advisory board last
month agreed to allow the Rec
Commission free use of the
gym for basketball season to
see if getting students into the
center might increase awareness of what the facility has to
offer the public.
City clerk/assistant city administrator Hillary Lawrence
is the intermediary between
the city council and the advisory board. She said at the
Dec. 18 advisory board meeting that the new flexible woodlook flooring for the gym is
being shipped on Jan. 11 and
should be installed a week later and ready for use as soon as
installation is complete. A floor
that is more user-friendly than
the existing concrete floor also
should help increase use of the
facility, she said.
“People are out here using
the game room and the gym
whenever we’re open, and
they leave only when the lights
are turned out for the night,”
Lawrence said. Daily use is $1
a person.
The board took actions
2:34 PM
aimed specifically at increasing public use of the community center this winter and beyond:
• Morning access - First,
the board members agreed
to expand open hours from
the existing 5-9 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and Saturday, adding morning hours
from 7 to 11 a.m. Monday
through Thursday for adults
who want to walk for fitness
out of inclement weather. The
community center’s budget
already has enough funds to
hire a morning supervisor for
the facility.
• Free memberships - Second, the advisory board came
out in favor of free individual
and family memberships for
anyone who wants to use the
community center amenities
for the entire month of February, after the new gym flooring
is installed. Those interested
in taking advantage of the free
use must register so the city
can keep track of how many
are using the center and offer them paid memberships
when the free month ends.
The board also discussed the
possibility of offering a buyone-month-and-get-one-free
membership promotion.
• More movies - The advisory board agreed to host quarterly free movies and snacks
at the community center.
Each board member received
a list of movies from which
to choose and will bring back
their preferences to the Jan.
21 meeting. They also can suggest other movies that are not
on the list, Lawrence said.
Board members said they
had a good turnout of about
60 children and adults at the
free showing of “The Polar Express” after the lighted Christmas parade on Dec. 12. They
also said they felt more people
might have come if the movie
started immediately after the
parade, instead of waiting almost an hour. Some lucky attendees took home four train
sets and other door prizes that
night, Sylvia Shaffer said.
• More activities - The
board agreed to look for an
electronic dartboard with safe
tips to make the game suitable
for youth and adult players.
And the Wildcat Extension will
offer a free “healthy snacks”
class in January.
Lawrence said she will
advertise for a new advisory board member, since the
board is down by one. The
board is working on creating bylaws, which will contain written requirements for
board members. One of those
stipulations will be that each
member can have no more
than two unexplained or unexcused absences from meetings
in a calendar year. Two such
absences constitute an automatic resignation. The board
agreed to that some time ago
as a guideline to follow until
bylaws are established.
Hugo said he would like to
recommend John Barnett to
fill the empty chair. Barnett
lives in Cherryvale but works
in Independence, and often
has taken time off work to attend the board meetings even
though he was not a board
member, Hugo said. The Cherryvale City Council makes
board member appointments,
and the matter will be on the
next city council agenda, Lawrence said.
Election of advisory board
officers had been set for September, but the board agreed
to change the election month
to January.
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Science center invites youths to
science-engineering class Dec. 29
INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Science and Technology Center has formed an alliance with the U.S. Bureau of Patents Office in
Denver, Colo., to encourage kindergarten-12th
grade students to explore their interests and
skills in the fields of science and engineering. In accordance with this alliance, next year
ISTC will focus on encouraging students aspiring in these fields to take advantage of this
opportunity through activities provided at or
through the Science Center.
The introductory class of “Imagine It and
Build It” will be Tuesday, Dec. 29 from 1:30 to
3 p.m. at the science center, 125 S. Penn Avenue. Admission is free and supplies will be
furnished. To have enough materials ready and
available, advance notice would be appreciated, but not mandatory. For more information call (620) 331-1999, check out the center’s
Facebook page or stop by the center.
Match Day generates more than $95,000;
proceeds to benefit 22 non-profit groups
COFFEYVILLE — On Thursday, Nov. 12, the Coffeyville
area raised a total of $95,136
for 22 nonprofit organizations
and community funds through
the Coffeyville Area Community Foundation’s Match Day.
Donors gave 198 contributions in the amount of
$63,636, leveraging $30,000
in matching dollars from the
foundation. About $1500 in
prize money was also awarded
throughout the day, “This was the third year for
the Match Day event and the
community support was just
outstanding,” said Janie DeVore Gillis, executive director
of Coffeyville Area Community
Foundation. “We just can’t say
enough about the wonderful
people who come out to support the event.”
Donations were received on
site at the Downtown Perkins
Building from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
and also online for 24 hours.
Prizes for most contributions
went to the Boys and Girls Club
and Coffeyville, and Friends of
Animals. The Midland Theater
Foundation won the prize for
the most board members giving. Coffeyville Friends of Animals won for the most online
donations, with CRMC Foundation and Coffeyville Historical Society also receiving cash
prizes for online donations. Hourly drawings were won
by Boy’s and Girls Club of Coffeyville, Cedar Bluff Camp,
Coffeyville Friends of Animals,
Coffeyville Historical Society,
Coffeyville Public Library, Coffeyville Regional Medical Center Foundation, Junior Advisory Council, and Safehouse
Crisis Center. Other non-profit organizations participating included
Caney Recreation Commission,
Coffeyville Community College
Foundation, Coffeyville Public
School Foundation, Coffeyville
Recreation Commission, Leadership Coffeyville, Children’s
Fund, and Senior Services
Fund.
Delta Kappa Gamma members enjoy Christmas party
COFFEYVILLE — Tau Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma
Society for women educators
met at the home of Carolyn
and Ellis Roberson in Coffeyville Saturday morning for
a Christmas tasting party and
Christmas carol sing-along.
Norma Hamm helped with
hostess duties. Snacks and
recipes were shared.
Singing grace was led by
JoAnn Price. The business
meeting was conducted by
President Carolyn Roberson.
Roll call was answered by giving a favorite Christmas tradi-
tion. In the absence of the secretary, Juliana Wetter read a
report of the November meeting. Concerns of absent members were noted, and a card
signed for one hospitalized.
Coming birthdays were also
noted. Answers were provided
for questions on report forms
to be completed and sent to
the International DKG headquarters.
Cash donations were collected to be given to the Caney
Public
Library.
December
donations will be made to a
charitable cause each year in
a rotation of towns represented by members. Independence
members will choose the recipient for the collection next
year.
Joan Gordon provided song
sheets for the sing-along of
Christmas carols led by JoAnn
Price.
The next chapter meeting
will be at the Coffeyville Sirloin
Stockade on Saturday, Feb. 6,
at 9:30 a.m. Hostesses will be
Iris Alban and Marie Bumgardner, co-chairmen; Betty
Boyd, Nancy McMullen, and
Sandra Ellis.
Who’s ready for Christmas?
Students at Independence’s Eisenhower Elementary School reacted enthusiastically to the question
“Who is ready for Christmas” during a school assembly on Friday. Students finished the final day of the
first semester with a Christms sing-a-long. They also were allowed to wear pajamas as they watched
videos, enjoyed class parties and games. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
When the guns stopped: the Christmas truce of World War I
BY TOM EMERY
The First World War
shocked the world with its
brutality and casualties. But
for a brief time at Christmas
1914, fierce enemies became
warm friends.
During that first Christmas
of the war, men of opposing
armies in Flanders called a
truce that has become the stuff
of legend. While many of the
stories of the cease-fire have
been embellished with time,
the truce stands in contrast to
the nightmarish warfare that
ravaged Europe.
“In some cases, the men
posed for photographs wearing each other’s hats,” said
Doran Cart, senior curator of
the National World War I Museum in Kansas City. “They exchanged cigars and cigarettes,
and drank German schnapps
and British rum to celebrate
the occasion.”
Accounts of the truce vary
widely, and it is apparent that
the truce was celebrated with
different intensity, and with
different length, at various
spots along the lines. Much
of the truce occurred between
Ypres, Belgium and NeuveChappelle, France, and originated when a cease-fire was
called to bury the dead between the lines in “no-man’s
land.”
“That’s how it started,” said
Cart. “It’s certainly not unusual for both sides to request a
cease-fire to take care of the
dead. It kind of grew from
British and German soldiers were united by a harmonious truce — if only for a few hours — in Christmas 1914.
there.”
Some report that German
soldiers cheerily called “come
over here” to their British
counterparts, while others
recall Germans placing small
Christmas trees on top of their
entrenchments on a frosty
Christmas Eve. One British
soldier compared the lit trees
to “the footlights of a theater.”
Multiple accounts note that
German troops began singing
carols, including Stille Nacht,
or “Silent Night.” While some
Allied troops suspected a trap,
many others applauded the
music and responded with
songs of their own. An awestruck British fighter wrote
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As more trees and candles
appeared on the parapets,
British soldiers cheered mightily, including one who recalled
that “I stayed awake the entire
night. And it was a wonderful
night.”
A young Bavarian officer
was one of many who shouted
that a Christmas truce should
be made, and that both sides
should leave their trenches
to approach the other. He recalled that the British eventually agreed, and that “a man
came out of their trenches and
I on my side did the same…we
shook hands a bit cautiously.”
They were joined by others,
and the next day was filled
with intermittent visits in no-
man’s land, where men found
their enemies to be quite engaging. “Many of the Germans who participated in this
were Saxons and Bavarians,
and a lot of them had lived or
worked in England before the
war,” remarked Cart. “There
are examples of soldiers asking about others they knew in
both countries.”
Amid good-natured ribbing
about the other side’s war
efforts, men stood in small
groups, chatting and joking
while exchanging goods. Cart
says that, unlike popular legend, there were no actual
Christmas gifts to each other.
“They didn’t give any real
presents to each other,” he
said. “They traded goods they
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had, but nothing of any military value. Each side was happy to get what the other had.”
Several myths have grown
from what many British soldiers called “the wonderful
day.” An example is that one
or more soccer games were
played along the lines, a recollection that has been challenged in recent years.
“There may have been
some kicking around of a
ball, but I just can’t see any
way that a full-fledged soccer
game could have been played
in no-man’s land,” commented
Cart. “There would have been
so much debris in that area,
which had been a furrowed
farm field. I don’t know that
there would have been enough
space of suitable ground to actually play a real game.”
While the British and Germans are commonly associated with the Christmas truce,
some French and Belgian soldiers also took part. However,
many scholars believe those
armies were in little mood to
celebrate with the Germans,
who had overrun their countries earlier that year and
were accused of various atrocities.
In some areas, the truce
did not end on Christmas Day.
Pockets of opposing soldiers
extended it into December 26,
and in isolated cases, for a
week or more. Commanding
officers on both sides threatened reprisal for the men
involved in the agreement,
though there is no evidence of
any actual punishments. Halfhearted attempts were made
to repeat the truce at Christ-
mas in subsequent years, but
nothing like what happened
that first year.
The 1914 truce became a
sensation in the English press,
and countless British soldiers
recounted the events of the
truce in letters to home and
the papers. “The people back
home were hungry for some
good news,” remarked Cart. “It
had been such a bad year with
the start of this horrific war,
and the story of the Christmas
truce was welcomed by the
press.”
An estimated 8.5 to 10 million soldiers worldwide lost
their lives in the conflict, which
ended in late 1918. Another 20
million were wounded, while
civilian deaths also ran into
the millions.
The holiday cease-fire has
since grown into a global
legend, its story captured in
books and TV depictions. “A
mythology has arisen from
the truce,” said Cart. “There’s
no doubt that a truce actually happened, because many,
many men on both sides wrote
and spoke of it later. But it’s
become much larger than it
probably was.”
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recreations
of the Christmas truce have
been held periodically over the
years at the site, including in
1999. In 2014, diplomats of
various nations joined to commemorate the centennial of the
truce, a remarkable event that
one British soldier said “made
the bitterest of foes friends,” if
only for a little while.
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historical researcher from Carlinville, Ill.
He may be reached at 217-710-8392.
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Shop With A Cop volunteer (and former city commissioner) Jim Falkner helps one of the 162 members of the Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville with packaging and wrapping gifts during Friday’s Shop
With A Cop activity at the Walmart Supercenter. Assisting Falkner is Meagan Rettele, a student at Field
Kindley High School.
Aaliyah Robinson, a fourth grade student from Coffeyville’s Community Elementary School, talks to
Bailey Naden, a membrer of the Junior Advisory Council, after Robinson purchased her Christmas gifts
at the Shop With A Cop activity. Naden joined other JAC members in wrapping presents for the Boys
and Girls Club members who participated in the Shop With A Cop event. (Photos by Andy Taylor)
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BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — Christmas
arrived early — and in ample
volumes — to more than 160
members of the Boys and Girls
Club of Coffeyville during the
annual Shop With A Cop event
at the Walmart Supercenter on
Friday.
Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville members who participated in the club’s student success program, did not post any
discipline referrals so far in the
2015-16 year, and have families that are able to support
the club through memberships
or volunteer assistance were
given a $50 gift card and sent
shopping with the help of police officers, sheriff’s deputies,
firefighters and paramedics.
There were 162 local youngsters who got the chance to
purchase gifts for their friends
and loved ones, maybe sneak
a gift or two for themselves, or
even buy gifts for fellow kids
in need in the Coffeyville community. That makes more than
$8,100 that was spent in the
local Walmart Supercenter.
And, not one youngster left
the event without carrying a
sack filled with gifts — ready
for opening on Christmas
morning.
“This is the highlight of the
year for the Boys and Girls
Club of Coffeyville,” said Griffin Walker, club director.
Walker said qualifications
included enrollment in a student success program. Club
members who had discipline
issues within the club were
prohibited from participating
in the Shop With A Cop event.
“We’re emphasizing academic success and character
development,” said Walker.
“We want to have club members who take their educations
seriously and want to be productive members of society.”
Local emergency personnel
and law enforcement officers
have been participating in
the activity for more than 10
years, he said. The men and
women behind their badges
are glad to donate several
hours around the Christmas
season to help club members
browse items in the store and
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the Walmart Supercenter during Friday’s Shop With A Cop event.
make purchases, Walker said.
“This year, we had several
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Elk City State Park to host
outdoor hike to start 2016
ELK CITY LAKE — Elk City State Park will
open the 2016 calendar with an outdoor hike
on the Squaw Creek Trail.
The hike, which is open to the public, will begin at 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 1 at the Squaw Creek
Trail. Persons who go on the walk should wear
clothing and footwear suitable for the weather.
Dogs are welcome but must be on a leash. Bring
binoculars and cameras for viewing winter waterfowl, including eagles and Kansas wildlife.
This is a free event, but a state park vehicle
license is required. Puchase a one-day pass on
site for $5.
For more information call the park at (620)
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Gingham Aprons FCE enjoys Christmas luncheon
The Gingham Aprons FCE
met at the home of Joanne
Newkirk for their December
meeting with President Joyce
Cox presiding. Nine members and two
guests answered roll call by
revealing their 2015 secret
friends with a Christmas present. The members then drew
names for their 2016 secret
friend. The host, Joanne Newkirk,
gave devotions. Secretary/
treasurer, Sandy Faler, read
the minutes and gave the treasurer’s report. Bonnie Oliver,
council representative, gave
the council report. The vice
president, secretary and reporter books were due to the
council by Dec. 3 for judging. The next meeting will be
Jan. 5, at the Elk City Methodist Church with Bonnie Oliver
hosting. After the meeting was adjourned, the group traveled to
Independence where they enjoyed a Christmas luncheon at
the Vintage Steak House.
— Janet Rau,
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Christmas card contest winners
Winners in Lincoln-Central Elementary School’s Christmas card design contest were announced last
Friday during a school assembly. The annual card competition is sponsored by Community National
Bank & Trust of Cherryvale. One student from each grade level was selected with an outstanding
design and was presented with a savings account from Community National Bank & Trust. The local
bank also donated $1 for every card that was submitted into the contest to the school’s library fund.
This year, the bank gave $372 to the library — representing the 372 cards in the competition. All cards
were presented to residents at the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabiltation Center for the Christmas
season. Earning the awards were (front row, left to right) Reygan Booe, kindergarten; Alexis Romiti,
first rade; Maycee Dean, second grade; (back row, left to right) Steve Pefley, Lincoln-Central principal;
Inez Blackburn, third grade; Allee Martin, fourth grade; Sydney Haynes, fifth grade; Matthew Hooper,
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Regional year-end holiday
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AAA projects nearly 8.1
million people from Kansas
and the seven other regional
states will journey at least 50
miles from home for the yearend holiday period, an all-time
high and increase from the
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year’s largest and longest travel holiday.
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-day travel period is defined as
Wednesday, Dec. 23 through
Sunday, Jan. 3. This year’s is
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though, and still marks the
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the region.
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The national average is under
91 percent.
“Increasing consumer confidence should drive travel volume higher this year, coupled
with the lowest gas prices in
Kansas since 2008, second
lowest since 2004, is giving
people more to spend,” said
Jim Hanni of Kansas AAA.
Nationally, drivers are saving more than $400 million
each day compared to the high
prices paid last year. The Kansas peak price for gasoline in
2015 was paid on July 21, at
$2.67 per gallon. Prices have
dropped nearly $1 since then,
about 32 percent. The last
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average, were this low, was in
2004.
“Besides visiting families
and friends, the most popular
holiday destinations among
Kansas residents, by far, is
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following:
“My sister, Mary Beth, and my
two brothers, Al and Cal, had a
little sister, “Ann.” Ann died in
August, 1953, at the age of 18
months.
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Lady ’Pups finish December with win
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
A determined Lyndon Nunneley drives past a Dewey defender
during Friday’s game in the CVHS Gymnasium. (Photo by Sheri
Thompson)
CANEY — Since a seasonopening loss to Neodesha, the
Caney Valley High School girls’
basketball team has been picking up some steam as it heads
into the holiday break.
The Lady Bullpups earned
their third straight win last
Friday, rolling to a 57-27 home
victory over Dewey (Okla.).
“There are games teams
seem to get in foul trouble and
we did that,” said CVHS girls’
coach Tom Nelson. “It takes
rhythm away from those starters, and you get to see how
your bench responds. Ours
was great. I am very proud of
what they brought. Then we
go back with starters in the
third quarter and play great.
That is a quality of a very good
team. We also really play hard.
Credit to the girls for that.”
Caney Valley rolled off
three straight wins in a fiveday span to close out the first
semester. That came on the
heels of a 40-39 home loss to
Neodesha on Dec. 8. The Lady
Bullpups take a 3-1 record
into the break. Their next action will come on Jan. 5 when
they entertain rival Sedan.
“We are getting better because of the girls’ work ethic
and good attitude,” Nelson
said. “They want to get better.”
Earlier in the week, the
Lady Bullpups took down
Southeast-Cherokee and Oxford on consecutive days. Despite some early foul trouble
on Friday, they continued that
hot run against Dewey.
Caney Valley jumped ahead
14-8 in the first quarter before
taking controlling of things before halftime. The ‘Pups went
on a 14-3 run during the second quarter as they went into
the intermission up 28-11.
Caney Valley put things well
out of reach after the break. A
24-9 spurt in the third quarter
pushed the difference up to
32 at 52-20, forcing a running
clock the entire fourth quarter.
Natasha Sanders had a gamehigh 19 points to lead the way
for the Lady Bullpups. Also
reaching double figures in
scoring were Kyndal McIntosh and Aubrie Owen with 11
each.
Caney Valley 57, Dewey 27
DEWEY (3-4): Jones 2 (1) 0-3 7, Sellers 1
2-3 4, Cleveland 2 0-0 4, Nickerson 2 0-0 4,
Tillman 0 (1) 0-0 3, Bridges 1 0-0 2, Hershock
1 0-2 2, Mo. Richardson 0 1-3 1, Vincent 0 0-0
0, Attererry 0 0-0 0, Me. Richardson 0 0-0 0,
Cole 0 0-0 0, Reese 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 9 (2) 3-11
27.
CANEY VALLEY (3-1): Sanders 8 3-4 19,
Ky. McIntosh 5 1-1 11, Owen 2 7-9 11, K. Nunneley 0 (1) 1-2 4, Lawrence 2 0-1 4, Kulp 0 2-2
2, Cunningham 1 0-0 2, Buoy 0 2-5 2, Roger
1 0-0 2, Yates 0 0-0 0, Ko. McIntosh 0 0-0 0, L.
Nunneley 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 (1) 16-24 57.
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Caney Valley boys offer stiff fight to Bulldoggers
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CANEY — Riding a twogame winning streak, the
Caney Valley High School boys’
basketball team had a chance
to take plenty of momentum
into the holiday break. Unfortunately, the Bullpups had
a tough time slowing down
Dewey (Okla.) in an 87-72 loss
that closed out the first semester last Friday.
“Normally when you score
72 points in a high school
game, you should win those
games,” said CVHS boys’
coach Dan Wall. “Our prob-
lem wasn’t on offense. We just
couldn’t stop them. Dewey is
a very good team. They hit
five threes and got to the free
throw line. We did not guard
them well. We did not keep
our man in front of us, and
when they did drive, we didn’t
get a good defensive rotation.”
The Bullpups continued to
make strides on offense. After turning the ball over 38
times in a 70-39 home loss to
Neodesha on Dec. 8, CVHS had
gradually cut down on those
miscues. In fact, Caney Valley
had a season-low 14 turnovers
against Dewey.
“I’m very pleased with our
turnovers,” Wall said. “We still
had 14 turnovers, but we went
from 38 in our first game to 14
in this game. We are getting
better in that category. We’ve
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Independence’s Zack Schroeder battles a Pittsburg player for possession of a loose basketball while Schroeder gains the assistance
of teammate Levi Kemp. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Bulldogs have work to
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BY BRIAN THOMAS
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INDEPENDENCE — As the
two-time defending champion of the Southeast Kansas
League, the Independence
High School boys’ basketball
team knows it will get every
opponent’s best shot. So despite jumping out to a 20-2
first-quarter lead against Pittsburg last Friday, coach Marcus
Lanning was prepared for a
battle the entire way.
His Bulldogs definitely got
one … and then some.
The visiting Purple Dragons
closed within two points late in
the contest before IHS escaped
with a 69-66 victory to earn
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“It’s nice to be on the other
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think it’s going to be like that
a lot this year. They’re busting their tails and will fight to
the very end. We had a character builder the first two ball
games, and we had another
close one here. I’m not saying we’re there yet, but maybe
we’ve turned the corner on
how to finish a game. It’s not
pretty, but we did finish things
on the winning side.”
With Friday’s win, the Bulldogs continued their amazing
string of wins in league play.
Independence has not dropped
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Stanton earns gold for ’Pups, Indy earns silver medals at Miami meet
BY BRIAN THOMAS
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MIAMI, Okla. — Jackson Stafford,
Conagher Welch and D.J. Kessler all
took second place in their respective
weight classes, sending the Independence High School wrestling team
to a 12th-place finish at the Miami
Wardog Invitational on Saturday.
“We had a very strong performance by the wrestlers that went
to Miami,” said Bulldog coach Zack
Camacho. “We competed hard and
were really executing what has been
taught in practice. I’m really enjoying
seeing these guys grow and perform
at a high level every week. It was
unfortunate that we could only take
seven guys, but I am very happy with
how those guys wrestled.”
Independence finished the day
with 221.5 points for 12th place. Joplin earned the championship with
445.5 points, followed by Pryor with
400 and Cushing 354.5 Other area
teams competing in the tournament
included Caney Valley, 16th place
with 126.5, as well as Field Kindley,
17th place with 55.
The Bulldogs were in title contention in three weight classes as they
made it to the final match in each of
those brackets.
Stafford won his first five matches, including two of those by pin. He
closed out a 5-1 day with a loss to Logan Hammock of Pryor in the final at
145 pounds.
Welch followed a similar path at
152 pounds. He won his first five
matches, including three by decision
and one on a pin against Daichi Ando
of Pryor. He also picked up a win by
injury default. Unfortunately, his run
to a title came up short with a loss to
Zach Porter of Columbus in the finals.
Kessler pinned his first opponent
at 195, which led to four straight
wins. He eventually was pinned by
Locust Grove’s Trent Monk in the final to close out a 4-1 day for second
place.
“Conagher, D.J. and Jackson all
wrestled great until their finals
match when they ran into some
tough competition,” Camacho said.
“They still went and gave themselves
the best possible chance to win, but
they fell short and ended up with second place.”
Three other Bulldogs placed in
the top 10 of their respective weight
classes in the tournament — Kyler
Sanders, 3-1 for third place at 138;
Jeremiah Lawrie, 3-3 for ninth place
at 120; and Cal Bloomfield, 4-2 for
ninth place at 170.
“The other three guys had their
stuff working as well and improved
each match,” Camacho said. “I really
enjoyed seeing Cal winning his last
3 matches. That will help with confidence. Hopefully, he can ride that
into the break and hit it hard in practice.”
After the holiday break, the Bulldogs will host a junior varsity tournament on Jan. 9. They will not return
to varsity action until Jan. 14 when
they travel to Howard for the West
Elk Double Dual against Eureka and
host West Elk.
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
120: Jeremiah Lawrie lost to Ty Paulk, Joplin, 1-10;
lost to Nolan Davis, Pryor, 2-12; pinned by Garrett
Wild, Glenpool, 3:42; pinned Cameron Prieto, Jay, 3:53;
pinned Nate Thomas, Columbus, 5:58; def. Nolan Davis, Pryor, 7-2. Lawrie finished in ninth place in weight
class.
138: Kyler Sanders def. Angel Winstead, Caney Valley, 17-4; pinned Gaven Honeycutt, Grove, 3:28; pinned
by TJ Griffith, Miami, 4:13; def. Dillan Morse, Sallisaw, by
forfeit. Sanders finished in third place in weight class.
145: Jackson Stafford pinned Jacob Dorlac, Tahlequah A, 4:51; pinned Clinton Murray, Wagoner, 0:42;
def. Caden Collins, Miami, by disqualification; def.
Nathan McCauley, Joplin, by forfeit; def. Kale Smith,
Columbus, 7-5; lost to Logan Hammock, Pryor, 0-11.
Stafford finished in second place in weight class.
152: Conagher Welch def. Cody Smith, Field Kindley, 10-6; pinned Daichi Ando, Pryor, 1:10; def. Walker
MIAMI WARDOG INVITATIONAL
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Joplin 445.5,
2. Pryor 400, 3. Cushing 354.5, 4.
Tahlequah A 341.5, 5. Wagoner 340.5,
6. Miami 332.5, 7. Glenpool 331, 8.
Columbus 290, 9. Jay 287, 10. Locust
Grove 282.5, 11. Grove 282, 12. Independence 221.5, 13. Sallisaw 180, 14.
Tulsa East Central 173, 15. Tahlequah
B 155, 16. Caney Valley 126.5. 17. Field
Kindley 55.
Holifield, Cushing, 14-12; def. Dom Vanfleet, Tahlequah
A, 16-11; def. Jake Fuller, Glenpool, by injury default;
lost to Zach Porter, Columbus, 1-9. Welch finished in
second place in weight class.
170: Cal Bloomfield pinned by Gavin Coleman,
Glenpool, 2:57; pinned Dakota Rose, Caney Valley, 1:52;
pinned by Peyton Carmin, Cushing, 1:45; pinned Jacob
Sixkiller, Jay, 1:35; pinned Nick Standingwater, Locust
Grove, 2:19; def. Dalton Henderson, Grove, 9-3. Bloomfield finished in ninth place in weight class.
195: D.J. Kessler pinned Callan Cox, Miami, 1:46;
def. Dalton Hockett, Cushing, 4-2; def. Skyler Hernandez, Grove, 13-1; pinned Stevon Crogan, Pryor, 1:23;
pinned by Trent Monk, Locust Grove, 5:15. Kessler finished in second place in weight class.
220: Kris Gilmore pinned by Kyle Lucas, Tahlequah
B, 0:15; pinned by Bailey Carter, Sallisaw, 0:46; lost to Riley Coffelt, Cushing, by forfeit. Gilmore finished in 16th
place in weight class.
CANEY VALLEY
Another tournament and another
win for Caney Valley’s Zane Stanton
as he took first place at 113 pounds
in the Miami Wardog Invitational.
As a team, the Bullpups finished in
16th place with a score of 126.5.
“This seemed like a repeat of last
week’s performance, except sickness
held a few kids out this week,” said
CVHS coach Jerod Rigdon. “This is
always a nice tournament to see different competition out of state. I think
the kids are ready for Christmas
break. Hopefully, we can get healthy
and motivated for the real part of our
season in January and February.”
Stanton, who had already captured first place at both the Kan-Okla
Invitational and Anderson County Invitational, went a perfect 5-0 on the
day to take the top spot in the tournament. Ranked No. 5 in Class 3-2-1A
for 113 pounds by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association, he pinned
his first three opponents before capturing a 4-2 decision over Von Gray
of Pryor. He finished off the day with
a pin of Tahlequah’s Jacob Lyons and
currently stands at a perfect 15-0 on
the season.
In addition to Stanton, other
Bullpups competing in the tournament included Blake Hollandsworth,
2-3 for seventh place at 152 pounds;
Angel Winstead, 0-4 for eighth place
at 138; Calvin Winstead, 1-3 for
11th place at 132; Dakota Rose, 1-4
for 13th place at 170; Hunter Post,
1-4 for 13th place at 285; and Erik
Moore, 0-6 for 16th place at 145.
Caney Valley will take a few weeks
off before competing in the Burlington Invitational on Jan. 9.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
113: Zane Stanton pinned Treyvan Jackson, Joplin, 1:38; pinned Daion Marshall, Tulsa East Central,
1:40; pinned Caiden Wyatt, Grove, 3:33; def. Von
Gray, Pryor, 4-2; pinned Jacob Lyons, Tahlequah A,
4:36. Stanton finished in first place in weight class.
132: Calvin Winstead pinned by Dylan Wright,
Pryor, 0:25; def. Nate Asbill, Sallisaw, by injury default; pinned by Kyle Luper, Locust Grove, 3:34;
pinned by Garrett Medlock, Tahlequah B, 3:36.
Winstead finished in 11th place in weight class.
138: Angel Winstead lost to Kyler Sanders, Independence, 4-17; lost to Dillan Morse, Sallisaw,
1-16; pinned by Mylynn Evan, Tulsa East Central,
4:21; pinned by Gaven Honeycutt, Grove, 1:06.
Winstead finished in eighth place in weight class.
145: Erik Moore pinned by Jarred Spradlin, Locust
Grove, 1:41; pinned by Cristian Marshall, Cushing,
1:58; lost to Jacob Storment, Sallisaw, 0-5; pinned by
Jackson Beets, Jay, 3:20; pinned by Clinton Murray,
Wagoner, 2:48; lost to Simon Eiseman, Glenpool, by
forfeit. Moore finished in 16th place in weight class.
152: Blake Hollandsworth pinned Tanner Peyton,
Miami, 3:03; lost to Jake Fuller, Glenpool, 3-5; pinned
by Skye Paulk, Joplin, 2:43; pinned by Walker Holifield,
Cushing, 5:21; def. Dom Vanfleet, Tahlequah A, 22-4.
Hollandsworth finished in seventh place in weight class.
170: Dakota Rose pinned by Peyton Carmin, Cushing, 1:30; pinned by Cal Bloomfield, Independence,
1:52; pinned by Gavin Coleman, Glenpool, 1:29; pinned
by Dalton Henderson, Grove, 1:13; def. Jacob Sixkiller,
Jay, 4-0. Rose finished in 13th place in weight class.
285: Hunter Post pinned by Dakota Harrison,
Glenpool, 5:26; pinned by Eric Stepp, Wagoner, 0:22;
pinned by TJ Dry, Unattached, 1:49; pinned by Carlos Aispero, Tahlequah A, 4:46; pinned Gabe Carter,
Grove, 2:29. Post finished in 13th place in weight class.
FIELD KINDLEY
Field Kindley had just two available wrestlers for the Miami Tournament but still made the most of it.
Ryan Tracy took fourth place at
182 pounds, while Cody Smith was
10th at 152.
“We only took two to Miami, but
they wrestled really well,” said
Golden Tornado coach Spencer McGlothin. “Those two young men got
tested, and I was pretty impressed
with the results. Cody is showing a lot of promise considering he didn’t
have wrestling at his last school. He
works hard and you can see him improving from match to match. Ryan
continues to surprise his opponents. I
think a lot of his opponents come off
the mat shell shocked because Ryan
doesn’t have your stereotypical look
of a wrestler. They walk out there expecting a pushover and are quickly
brought back to the real world.”
Tracy finished the day 2-3 overall.
Meanwhile, Smith opened the day
with two losses but went on to win
three of his final four — all of three of
those by pin.
Following the holiday break, Field
Kindley will return to action on Jan.
9 at the Burlington Invitational.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
152: Cody Smith lost to Conagher Welch, Independence, 6-10; pinned by Walker Holifield, Cushing, 3:09;
pinned Daichi Ando, Pryor, 1:37; pinned Jonathan Tyre,
Wagoner, 1:18; pinned Tanner Peyton, Miami, 1:44;
pinned by Tanner Vaughn, Grove, 5:32. Smith finished
in 10th place in weight class.
182: Ryan Tracy pinned Caden Gower, Miami, 0:55;
pinned by Malcolm Rodriquez, Wagoner, 1:06; pinned
Tucker Coble, Columbus, 3:32; pinned by Andrew Gossett, Glenpool, 1:34; pinned by Solomon Garcia, Joplin,
1:41. Tracy finished in fourth place in weight class.
Bulldogs build huge lead, outlast strong push by Purple Dragons
• continued from page B1
son, IHS has now won three in
a row to head into the holiday
break at 3-2 overall and 2-0
in league play. The Bulldogs
will take some time off before returning to the court on
Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Montgom-
Caney Valley
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knock out
Bulldoggers
• continued from page B1
really been working on that.”
CVHS was playing its third
game in five days, picking up
consecutive wins at SoutheastCherokee and Oxford earlier in
the game. Now, following Friday’s loss, the Bullpups head
into the holiday break at 2-2
overall. They will return to action on Jan. 5 when they host
rival Sedan — ranked No. 5 in
Class 2A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
“We are going into the
Christmas break at 2-2,” Wall
said. “We have a lot of work
to do, but the improvement is
there. We just have to continue
to get better.”
Caney Valley’s problem
against Dewey was its inability
to slow down the Bulldoggers
on offense. DHS jumped ahead
25-16 after one quarter and
extended that to 45-33 at the
intermission. CVHS’ best quarter was the third, but it was
only able to cut a point off the
deficit in trailing 62-51.
Three
Bullpup
players
reached double figures in
scoring, including Josh Davis
with 22 points. Davis finished
the game 8-of-11 from the
field and 6-of-8 at the charity
stripe. Also reaching double
figures were Baylor Melchiori
with 19 and Troy Watson 18.
Dewey’s biggest weapon
was Trenton Anderson, who
knocked down 14 shots — one
from three-point range — and
was 6-of-7 at the foul line for
a game-high 35 points. The
Bulldoggers (5-2) also got 18
points from Tyrone Ricks and
14 each from Hunter Hines
and Drew Miller.
Dewey 87, Caney Valley 72
DEWEY (5-2): Anderson 13 (1) 6-7 35,
Ricks 6 (1) 3-5 18, Hines 1 (2) 6-6 14, Miller 3
(1) 5-5 14, Lopez 1 0-0 2, Frye 1 0-0 2, Rippy
0 2-2 2, Thornton 0 0-0 0, Cutler 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Shamblin 0 0-0 0, Phelps 0 0-0 0,
Harrald 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 25 (5) 22-25 87.
CANEY VALLEY (2-2): Davis 8 6-8 22, Melchiori 4 (3) 2-2 19, Tro. Watson 3 (2) 6-9 18,
Gulick 1 2-4 4, Rogers 2 0-0 4, Kastning 1 0-0
2, Richey 1 0-0 2, J. Nunneley 0 1-2 1, Clapp 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 20 (5) 17-25 72.
DEWEY
25 20 17 25 — 87
CANEY VALLEY
16 17 18 21 — 72
ery County rival Field Kindley.
The Golden Tornado (3-2, 1-0)
are the preseason favorite to
dethrone Independence as
league champion.
“The kids have gotten better,” Lanning said. “I told the
guys earlier that I wanted to
see them improve from game
one to game five. We’ve done
that. Now we’ve just got to continue doing that when we come
back in January.”
Friday’s contest definitely
didn’t appear as if it would be
a nail biter at the start of play.
IHS stormed out of the gate
and used a 16-0 run in the final
5:01 of the opening quarter to
open up its largest lead of 20-2.
After playing its most complete quarter of the season, the
Bulldogs saw the opposite before halftime. The Purple Dragons put an end to a nearly sixminute drought with a pair of
free throws early in the second
period and ran off 11 straight
points of their own. Suddenly,
Pittsburg was back in the contest down 20-13 with 3:16 left
in the half. The teams went
back and forth the rest of the
quarter before the Bulldogs
finished with a five-point spurt,
capped off with Jalynn Lawrie’s rebound and putback of
his own free throw miss as the
buzzer sounded.
Leading 27-18 at the intermission, the Bulldogs seemed
to have withstand the Purple
Dragons’ charge and eventually pushed the margin back
into double digits at 51-36
with 1:23 left in the third quarter. Back came Pittsburg once
again, getting back-to-back
three-pointers from Adrian
Scroggins to narrow the gap to
53-42 at the end of three.
The Purple Dragons quickly
got back into the game in the
final period, narrowing the gap
to five, 56-51, on a trey from
Sherrick Rogers with 5:39 to
go. The Bulldogs seemed to
have an answer for each Pittsburg run, but the visitors made
one last push late in the contest. Chase Curtis nailed a trifecta to get the Dragons within
two, 68-66, with 16 seconds to
go.
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With the game on the line,
IHS needed to hold on to the
lead. Yet, the Bulldogs caught
a big break in the closing seconds.
Following a timeout, Independence threw away an
inbounds pass to Pittsburg’s
Marque English, who went in
for what appeared to be the
game-tying shot. But English
missed the layup, and Evan
Kleiber pulled down the rebound for the Bulldogs with
2.9 seconds left. Kleiber made
the second of two free throws,
and the Dragons’ desperation
three-point attempt missed to
help the Bulldogs preserve the
win.
“That’s the best 0-4 team
that I know,” Lanning said. “If
you’re in the SEK, you can’t
think they’re going to come
over here to play a first quarter
and then be done. They fought
to the end. I’m proud of my boys
for being able to withstand that
and come out of here with the
win.”
Lawrie had another big performance for Independence,
finishing with a game-high 28
points. He finished with a double-double as he added 12 rebounds. Also reaching double
figures in scoring for IHS was
Caleb Johnson with 15 points.
Johnson hit three three-pointers in the contest.
The Purple Dragons (0-4,
0-2) had 20 points from English, followed by 14 from Rogers and 13 from Scroggins.
Pittsburg earned wins in the
other two boys’ games on the
evening, winning the junior
varsity contest 62-42 and the
freshman game 64-30.
Independence 69, Pittsburg 66
PITTSBURG (0-4, 0-2): English 7 6-12 20,
Rogers 5 (1) 1-4 14, Scroggins 0 (3) 4-4 13,
Harris 2 5-6 9, Curtis 0 (2) 0-1 6, Turnbull 1 0-0
2, Untereker 1 0-0 2, Wehmeyer 0 0-0 0, Massoth 0 0-0 0, Butcher 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 16 (6)
16-27 66.
INDEPENDENCE (3-2, 2-0): Lawrie 8 (1)
9-17 28, Johnson 1 (3) 4-5 15, Kemp 4 0-0
8, Morton 0 (1) 5-10 8, Pasternak 1 (1) 1-2 6,
Schroeder 0 2-3 2, Kleiber 0 2-4 2, Hayward 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 14 (6) 23-41 69.
PITTSBURG
2
16 24 24 — 66
INDEPENDENCE 20 7
26 16 — 59
Page B3
Confident Chargers overpowered by Frontenac wrestlers
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — It was a
rough night for the Cherryvale
High School wrestling team
in its home debut last Friday.
The Chargers picked up just
two wins on the night as they
dropped a 50-15 dual to Frontenac.
“We came out flat and didn’t
seem to wrestle a full six minutes,” said CHS wrestling coach
Casey Lickteig. “Frontenac was
a tough team that showed up
ready to go. We’re going to use
this as an opportunity to learn
from. You hate to lose, but if
you’re going to, I guess it’s better to do it now and figure out
where we need to be before
February. We are a good group
of wrestlers and even better
men that will continue to improve.”
The Chargers dropped to 2-1
in duals on the season. Just one
day earlier, they picked up a 4536 win at Labette County. Their
other victory came a week earlier at Fredonia, 48-33.
Cherryvale came out victorious in only two weight classes.
Dakota Morrill earned a 13-7
decision over Kooper Loy at
132 pounds. Also, Timmy Allison pinned his opponent at 285
for the other win.
In addition to the varsity
competition, CHS went 1-2 in
junior varsity matches against
Fredonia.
The Charger wrestling team
will take time off for the holiday break but will return to the
mats on Jan. 9 at the Burlington Invitational.
Frontenac 50, Cherryvale 15
106: Eric Spencer pinned by Jacob Beltz.
113: Open
120: Both teams open
126: Micah King pinned by Mason Jameson.
132: Dakota Morrill def. Kooper Loy, 13-7.
138: Seth McQuery pinned by Ishimura.
145: Bo Edens lost to Dillon Roedel, 2-5.
152: Alex VanRooy lost to Brandon Miekus by
technical fall.
160: Zach Yates pinned by Ishimura.
170: Colben Dodson lost to Andrew Mays,
16-20.
182: Matt Douglas lost to Nathan Kaufman,
5-12.
195: Josh Madl pinned by Kyler Taylor.
220: Clay Holloway pinned by Dylan Flora.
285: Timmy Allison pinned Hoesl.
LABETTE COUNTY DUAL
ALTAMONT — One day
earlier, the Chargers had a
successful day in a dual with
Labette County, coming out on
top by a 45-36 score.
Cherryvale won eight of
the 14 weight classes in the
dual. Three of those came by
way of pin — Alex VanRooy at
152 pounds, Colben Dodson at
170 and Josh Madl at 195. Bo
Cherryvale’s Dakota Morrill finds himself in topsy-turvy condition while being put in a hold by Kooper Loy of Frontenac during Friday’s
Senior Night dual in the Cherryvale High School Gymnasium. Morrill lost the match, 13-7. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Edens picked up an 8-6 win at
145. Also, the Chargers won
by forfeit in four other weight
classes.
“The boys won some key
matches and came out on top,”
Lickteig said.
Cherryvale 45, Labette County 36
106: Eric Spencer pinned by Buzzard.
113: Open
120: Open
126: Micah King won by forfeit.
132: Seth McQuery won by forfeit.
138: Dakota Morrill pinned by Parker.
145: Bo Edens def. Smith, 8-6.
152: Alex VanRooy pinned Bruce.
160: Zach Yates pinned by Phillips.
170: Colben Dodson pinned Brock.
182: Matt Douglas pinned by Jones.
195: Josh Madl pinned Snyakorn.
220: Clay Holloway won by forfeit.
285: Timmy Allison won by forfeit.
Lady ’Nado tops Frontenac in non-league bout to improve to 3-2
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
FRONTENAC — During the
early portion of the season,
Field Kindley High School
girls’ basketball coach Nick
Hart has been looking for an
added scoring punch in addition to its top two players, Andre’a Newton and Bri
Rutherford. He found that last
Thursday, which resulted in a
key road win to close out the
first semester.
Rutherford scored 23 and
Newton had 17 points, but
it was the 13-point performances by both Bailey Naden
and Emma Herkelman that
gave the Lady ‘Nado that extra
boost in a 70-57 victory over
Frontenac
“We’re starting to put it all
together,” Hart said. “It wasn’t
four complete quarters all the
way through, but I’m seeing
glimpses of that’s how we’re
going to be this year. I think
we’re on the rise. We needed
this before break to get us going.
“I’ve been telling Bailey
since this summer that she’s
got to look to score this year.
You can’t have a point guard
out there as quick and good as
she is and not have her shoot
or not have her leak out and
get layups. She just needed a
little confidence, and I think
she’s getting there. Emma also
came up big for us with some
big points, and she was solid
on the boards for us. We really
needed them to step up, and
they did that for us.”
Field Kindley closed out
the pre-holiday portion of its
schedule at 3-2 overall. The
Lady ‘Nado, who were coming
off a loss at Pittsburg in their
Southeast Kansas League
opener just two days earlier,
will be off for a few weeks be-
fore returning to the court on
Tuesday, Jan. 5. That’s when
they will make their home debut in an SEK matchup against
Montgomery County rival Independence.
“There’s a lot we still need to
touch on,” Hart said. “There’s
stuff we still need to put in.
We’ve got our foundation now
and a little momentum and
a little confidence going into
break. I know we’re tired from
these long road trips, so it’s
nice to have this break and
then get back to playing basketball.”
FKHS expected a battle
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against Frontenac but instead
took charge early on. Trailing
4-2, Field Kindley went on a
9-0 run to grab an 11-4 lead
and then used another run of
eight straight points to open
up a double-digit edge at 19-7.
The Lady ‘Nado were effective on offense in the opening
quarter by hitting 10 of their
17 field goal attempts. That
slowed down a bit in the second period, which allowed the
Lady Raiders to get back in it.
Frontenac closed the gap
to one, 27-26, on an oldfashioned three-point play by
Emily Merando with 4:28 left
in the half. But Field Kindley
never relinquished the lead
and eventually kicked things
into gear before halftime. In
fact, the visitors exploded on
a 12-0 run in the final 2:13 to
take a 46-31 advantage into
the intermission.
From that point on, FKHS
never let Frontenac get back
in the game. Although the
Lady Raiders got as close as
seven, 52-45, with 2:05 left
in the third quarter, the Lady
‘Nado pushed the margin back
into double digits and then
blew things open in the final
period. Field Kindley scored
10 straight points in the fourth
to lead by as many as 20, 7050, with 5:02 to go.
Herkelman finished the
contest with a double-double.
In addition to her 13 points,
she also pulled down a teamhigh 17 rebounds.
Frontenac (1-2) was led in
scoring by Lauren Hipfl with
14 points, followed by Kaylee
Harper with 13 and Merando
12.
Field Kindley 70, Frontenac 57
FIELD KINDLEY (3-2): Rutherford 8 (2)
1-1 23, Newton 8 1-1 17, Naden 3 (1) 4-6 13,
Herkelman 1 (2) 5-8 13, Rooks 2 0-0 4, Wilson
0 0-0 0, Bernett 0 0-0 0, Bromley 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 22 (5) 11-16 70.
FRONTENAC (1-2): Hipfl 4 6-8 14, Harper
6 1-2 13, Merando 1 (2) 4-5 12, Rhuems 3 0-2
6, Fields 1 2-2 4, Davis 1 1-2 3, Young 1 0-0 2,
Osborn 1 0-0 2, Smalley 0 1-2 1 Peterson 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 18 (2) 15-23 57.
FIELD KINDLEY
24 22 12 12 — 70
FRONTENAC
15 16 16 10 — 57
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Field Kindley boys conclude busy December with road win
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
FRONTENAC — It’s safe to say
the Field Kindley High School boys’
basketball team got more than it bargained for in its non-league matchup
against Frontenac. But instead of
heading into the holiday break on
a down note, the Golden Tornado
found a way to come away with a big
come-from-behind victory.
Trailing much of the contest, including a 10-point deficit early in the
third quarter, FKHS stormed all the
way back and used some clutch free
throws down the stretch to survive
for a 63-59 victory over the Raiders
last Thursday.
“Frontenac didn’t give us an inch,”
said ‘Nado coach Tyler Thompson.
“They made us earn everything and
do it right. It almost cost us because
we got lazy and didn’t do it right the
whole game. Anytime we made a
mistake, they took advantage of it. It’s
hard to be excited, but you’ve got to
remember just how mad I would be if
we had lost. We didn’t play our best,
but a win is a win, especially with our
fifth road game of the season.”
Coming off a hard-fought win in
the Southeast Kansas League opener at Pittsburg two days earlier, the
Golden Tornado closed out the first
semester at 3-2 overall. Field Kindley
will take some time off but will return to the court on Tuesday, Jan. 5,
when it hosts two-time defending SEK
champion Independence.
Although his team picked up a second straight win, Thompson said his
team has plenty of room for improvement in the second semester.
“It’s exciting to see the flashes of
how good we can be,” Thompson
said. “It’s just a little frustrating for
everybody when we have those lulls
where we can’t score or don’t play
good defense. It’s all self-inflicted.
We’ve got to fix that stuff. Moving forward, we’re going to be alright. But I
want to be great, and they want to be
great.”
In reality, the contest didn’t appear
as if it would be much of a battle early
on. The Golden Tornado scored the
game’s first six points and had a 13-8
lead after one quarter of play. Frontenac made sure it was in the game
before halftime, though, and actually
seized control of things in the second
period. The Raiders went on a 12-3
run to grab their first lead and took
a 25-18 advantage into the intermission.
The host team carried that momentum into the second half and got
a steal and layup by Ryan Long to
take its largest lead of the game of 10,
30-20, at the 6:20 mark of the third
quarter.
Field Kindley turned up the defensive pressure, which allowed itself
to run off seven straight points in a
39-second span. Yet, despite grabbing a one-point lead, the ‘Nado
watched the Raiders come right back
with seven straight of their own to regain a 44-38 edge at the end of three
quarters.
“They never quit,” Thompson said.
“In fact, I thought when we finally get
there, we relaxed and they hit us in
the mouth.”
Key to the Golden Tornado comeback was the play of Jawaun Thompson. The 6-2 senior scored 23 of
his game-high 29 points in the second half, including 15 in the fourth
quarter alone. In fact, he scored five
straight ‘Nado points in a span of 32
seconds — with a rebound and putback of his own free throw miss giving FKHS a 57-56 lead with 30 seconds to go.
“He’s a load in there,” Thompson
said. “As athletic as he is, he’s a lot
better around the basket this year.
He worked hard over the summer in
finishing around the rim. It’s the fifth
game, and I think he’s gotten better
each game at scoring inside. Hopefully, he will continue to improve.”
Frontenac responded on an oldfashioned three-point play by Carlos
Herrera with 27.7 left to reclaim a
two-point lead of its own. But in the
closing seconds, Field Kindley made
the plays it needed for the win.
Anthony Swift hit a key jumper
with 19 seconds to lock things up.
Seconds later, FKHS came up with a
clutch steal and found itself in transition. Thompson was fouled and sent
to the line with 2.1 seconds left, sinking both charity tosses for a two-point
lead. After Frontenac turned the ball
over on the inbounds play, Seth Graham sank two more free throws to
seal the wild win for the ‘Nado.
In addition to Thompson, Graham
also reached double figures in scoring for the Golden Tornado with 10
points.
Frontenac (1-3) was led by Long
with 13 points.
Field Kindley 63, Frontenac 59
FIELD KINDLEY (3-2): Thompson 11 7-15 29, Graham 3 (1) 1-2 10, Wilson 4 1-2 9, Swift 3 2-2 8, Holman
2 0-0 4, Logan 1 0-0 2, Vacca 0 1-2 1, Colbert 0 0-0 0,
Morris 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 24 (1) 12-23 63.
FRONTENAC (1-3): Long 4 5-5 13, Coronado 1 (1)
4-5 9, Herrera 3 3-8 9, Mengini 3 2-2 8, Bicknell 2 (1) 0-0
7, Swigart 2 (1) 0-0 7, Young 2 0-0 4, Ginavan 1 0-2 2.
TOTALS 18 (3) 14-22 59.
FIELD KINDLEY
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20 25 — 63
FRONTENAC
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IHS girls await showdown with rival ’Nado to begin January
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — It’s
been an unkind start to Southeast Kansas League play
for the Independence High
School girls’ basketball team.
So the holiday break may be
coming at just the right time
for the Lady Bulldogs, who
dropped to 2-3 overall and
0-2 in league play with a 4332 home loss to Pittsburg last
Friday at the IHS gymnasium.
“Our effort was there, and
we played hard,” said Lady
Bulldog coach Dale Reynolds.
“I was proud of the way we
played all game. We got down
there in the fourth quarter
and fought to the end. We
played with a lot of intensity
there. We just threw the ball
away way too many times. We
just can’t do that. We’ve got to
learn to relax and be patient.
When people pressure us, we
need to understand that we
can find open bodies instead
of just getting rid of it. Some of
us didn’t want the ball in our
hands tonight. We’ll work on
it. We’re still getting our feet
wet, but some of us need to
step up and take the ball when
we need it.”
Independence did the job
on the defensive end, holding Pittsburg to just 12-of-40
shooting (30 percent). The
Lady Bulldogs also got the job
done on the boards with a 3326 overall edge in rebounding.
Yet their demise came at their
own doing with a season-high
32 turnovers.
“We did a good job of limiting them to one shot,” Reynolds said. “We were getting
some turnovers and rebounds,
but then we would get halfway
down the court and throw the
ball away. I thought we played
well defensively all night, but
we can’t continue to hand the
ball back over to them once
we do that. We’ve got to value
our possessions. Right now, it
comes down to confidence in
our ability to handle the ball
and create open looks for us.
It just comes with experience.
As long as the effort is there
night in and night out, we’ll be
okay.”
Pittsburg had a 9-5 lead
after one quarter before Independence had a mini-burst
on the offensive end. The
Lady Bulldogs scored nine of
the first 11 points of the second period to grab a 14-11
advantage midway through
the quarter.
Yet,
turnovers proved costly to the host
team. IHS struggled with the
ball and had just one bucket
the final 4:17. Meanwhile, the
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Dragons closed the half on a
9-2 run to grab a 20-16 lead
at the break.
PHS took control in the
third quarter. Holding IHS to
2-of-12 shooting on offense,
the Lady Dragons used that
defense and turned it into offense as part of a 9-0 run to
push the margin into double
digits.
Pittsburg led by as many
as 16 points, 37-21, with 5:58
to go in the game. Independence was able to make things
somewhat interesting down
the stretch. An eight-point run
allowed the Lady Bulldogs to
get as close as seven at 3831 with 2:49 remaining. The
Dragons would hit some late
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
free throws, though, to lock
things up.
One big difference in the
contest was the free throw
line. The Lady Dragons finished the game 16-of-27 at the
charity stripe, while the Lady
Bulldogs had just four attempts and converted on two
of those.
“They shoot 27 free throws
and we get four,” Reynolds
said. “Our offense is similar to
theirs. We’ve got to drive and
get opportunities. We’re not
turning corners hard enough
and not going in there. We
usually pass it out instead of
being mentally tough enough
to get in there and take it to
the basket.”
No Lady Bulldog players
reached double figures in
scoring, with Paige Hufferd
leading the way with nine
points.
Pittsburg (5-1, 2-0) was
paced by Taylor Muff with 16
points, followed by Ashlee Beitzinger with 10.
After dropping their first
two SEK games, including a
blowout loss at Labette County
on Dec. 15, the Lady Bulldogs
hope to use the holiday break
to their advantage. They return to action on Tuesday,
Jan. 5, with a league matchup
at Montgomery County rival
Field Kindley.
“Our kids are scrappy, and
they’re going to fight,” Reyn-
olds said. “They’re going to
get better. They know they
can play better. I have confidence that we’re going to get
it done. We’re just so inexperienced now. Once we figure it
out, we’ll be a good team. It’s
just going to take some time to
figure it out.”
Pittsburg 43, Independence 32
PITTSBURG (5-1, 2-0): Muff 4 (1) 5-6 16,
Beitzinger 1 (1) 5-8 10, Lord 0 (1) 3-4 6, Casper
1 3-6 5, Kidd 2 0-0 4, Turner 1 0-0 2, Garrett 0
0-0 0, Bollinger 0 0-2 0, Rhue 0 0-0 0, Wilks 0
0-1 0. TOTALS 9 (3) 16-27 43.
INDEPENDENCE (2-3, 0-2): Hufferd 2 (1)
2-4 9, McGrath 1 (2) 0-0 8, Lawrie 3 0-0 6,
Schabel 2 0-0 4, Renfro 0 (1) 0-0 3, K. Smith 1
0-0 2, Marquez 0 0-0 0, Hastings 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 9 (4) 2-4 32.
PITTSBURG
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INDEPENDENCE 5
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Chronicle
Church Directory
WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Jerry D. Davidson,
minister. (620) 778-6575. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Church, 11 a.m. Mailing address for the church: Wayside Christian Church, 508 S. Spring, Caney, KS 67333.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: 908 E. Fourth,
Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 330-0121. Come and worship
with us at New Hope Christian Church, 908 E. 4th.
Sunday School for adults and youths starts 9:30 a.m.,
with coffee and donuts served. Sunday worship service
begins at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will include professors, teachers and students from Ozark Christian College. Find Hope in Christ Jesus at New Hope Christian
Church. Colossians 1:27.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHERRYVALE:
Fourth and Montgomery streets, Cherryvale, KS. John
Chastain, pastor. (620) 336-2440. Sunday School-All
Ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; 2nd
Sunday, Cookie Sunday; 4th Sunday, Fellowship Dinner. Wed. - Family Night - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Free
dinner, 6:30 Youth Group and Ladies Bible Study, Monday - Men’s Bible Study - 6:00 pm.
CHERRYVALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Eric Lang, minister. 319 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2533.
Free coffee and doughnuts on Sunday mornings, 10:15
a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evening
6:30 p.m. Student Service. Love God, Love People,
Serve the World. Go to www.cheryyvalechristian.org.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Gordon Willhite, pastor. 906
Elm Street, Coffeyville, KS. (620) 251-1710. Sunday
Church at Study, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church at Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Church mission: Community-wide
breakfast last Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to 11
a.m.; Game Day on Mondays, 1 p.m.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHERRYVALE: 717 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. (620)
336-3504. David Bennett, pastor. Website: www.
fsbccherryvaleks.com. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6
p.m.; Wed. Night Bible Study & Youth, 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE PRAISE & WORSHIP: David and Renea
Cavaness. 308 N. Liberty, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 3368027. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m.; Morning
Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by Sunday evening worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, go to
www.nlpw.org or send an e-mail to [email protected].
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 108 N. Bradley, Caney,
KS. (620) 879-5604, church number; Rev. Jonathan
Schultz, pastor, (918) 520-9829 (pastor’s cell number);
Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Church, 10 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANEY: 100 E.
Fourth, P.O. Box 141, Caney, Bill Wright, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study, 6 p.m.
9-17-15
TYRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: David Bycroft, evangelist. Box 307, Tyro, KS. (620) 289-4433. Traditional
Worship Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Contemporary Praise/Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Eve.
Worship & Youth Classes, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Youth
Classes, 7 p.m.
CHERRYVALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Jeffrey L.
Owen, 305 E. Main. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
morning worship 10:30 a.m. Call (620) 217-9665 for
other service times. “Come & Dine” free community
meal 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, unless otherwise noted.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Sixtus Ye
Myint, priest. 303 N. Hooker, Caney, KS. Sunday Mass,
11 a.m.; Weekday Masses on Monday, 8 a.m.; Confessions are before Mass; CCD/PSR Classes on Sunday at
9:30 a.m.; Altar Society, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CANEY: Brad Sanders,
pastor. 900 S. Ridgeway, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5220.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship,
10:40 a.m.; Sunday Night Service (during summer),
6:30 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Andrew Heiman, pastor. 202 S. Liberty, Cherryvale, KS.
Parish Hall: (620) 336-2599. All mail and calls to St.
Andrew Parish in Independence, KS: (620) 331-1789.
Sunday Mass, 8 a.m.
CANEY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd
and Vine streets. Worship led by Rev. Tim Black. Adult
& children’s Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship at 11
a.m. Wednesday Kids’ Quest/Prayer Meeting at 6:30
p.m. For more info call (918) 331-6334. Visit caneyopc.
org for more information.
CHERRYVALE CHURCH OF CHRIST: Stan Bryan, minister. North Hwy. 169, Cherryvale, KS. (620) 336-3948.
Sunday Bible Study, 10 a.m.; Preaching, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.
CROSS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CANEY: Joshua
Eaton, pastor. South 75 Highway, Caney, KS (620) 8792839. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Website:
crosspointcaney.com.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: 300 W. 9th
Street (corner of 9th & Willow), Coffeyville, KS; Dr. J.
Dean McNamara, pastor; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;
Sunday Services, 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study, Office “Ivy Room”, 6:30 p.m.; Youth,
“R.C.” Kids, Main Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. Phone:
(620) 251-3980; www.coffeyvillefbc.com.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF INDEPENDENCE: Ryan Carpenter, pastor. 918 W. Chestnut,
Independence, KS. (620) 331-3810. www.fsbindependence.com. SERVICES: Sunday Morning Bible Study
for all ages, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45
a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Night Bible Study/Prayer & Youth, 6:30 p.m.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY OF CHRIST: three
miles north of Dearing, Kan., at the corner of county
roads 3900 and 2600. Pastors are Melissa McIntosh.
Leslie Brooks, and Johnna Hugo. Church school 10
a.m., Worship service 11 a.m. Crossroads is a welcoming congregation to all races, genders and orientations. Phone 620-331-9294.
LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Bill Booe,
pastor. Sunday morning service, 9 -10 a.m. (nursery
available). Sunday school for youth and adults, 10:1510:45 a.m. Other events include Kids Club and Food,
Fun & Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on 1st, 3rd Wednesday
of each month; Bible Study on 2nd Wednesday of
each month; Family Night on 5th Wednesday of each
month. Youth Group meetings at 5 p.m., on 2nd and
4th Sundays of each month. P.O. Box 175, Liberty, KS
67351. Call (620) 330-3432.
CHRIST’S CHURCH AT CHERRYVALE: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday night Bible study at 1000 E. 4th St., Cherryvale. We welcome new friends and returning brothers and sisters back after Pastor Louie Celaya’s period
of recovery. Sunday morning services considered at a
later date. Watch this listing for updates, or call (620)
702-6024 for more information.
CANEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE: Keven
Grigg, pastor, 407 N. Spring, Caney, KS. 620-8792101. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;
Divorce Care, www.divorcecare.org. For events see
our Facebook page and Instagram.
CHERRYVALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 305
W. Third, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2375. Pastor Carl
Ellis. Worship 11:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Preschool is open from September to April.
Nursery is available every Sunday.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OF CANEY: Mike Morris,
minister. 301 N. McGee, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5255.
Morning Worship, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Evening Worship,
Sun., 6 p.m.; Sunday Youth Meeting, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service, 6:30 p.m.; Children’s Church, 1st, 2nd,
3rd & 5th Sundays of the Month.
CANEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Will Kenyon, pastor. 114 N. High, Caney, KS. (620) 879-2648.
Caney United Methodist Church: where God, tradition
and community intersect. Pastor Will Kenyon leads us
in worship at 10:45am which follows Sunday school
at 9:30am. Community meal open to all on the 2nd
and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Come be a part
of living out God’s mission. Reach out and transform
lives by sharing Christ’s love. You matter to God, and
you matter to us.
The cost to have your church listed in
this advertisement is $10 per month. To
have your church listed on this Church
Directory, call Emalee Mikel, ad director
for the Montgomery County Chronicle,
at 1-800-592-7606.
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Cherryvale City Council makes end-of-year decisions
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale City Council on Monday
evening provided the Cherryvale Pubic Library the final
$21,087.93 of the library’s remaining funds for 2015.The
action was one of several endof-year transactions taken by
the council in its final meeting
of the 2015 calendar year.
The library operates independently of the council but
collects its tax revenue through
the City of Cherryvale’s tax
base.
The city council on Monday
also:
• paid Kansas Municipal Insurance Trust $23,190 for the
workers compensation premi-
um for 2016.
• paid Transysytems Corp.,
an Independence-based engineering firm, $21,245.33 for
engineering services related to
the sidewalk grant project to
be built between Lincoln-Central Elementary and the Cherryvale Middle-High School and
from Carson west along Sixth
Street to Liberty at Logan
Retirement reception planned for Cotterill
CHERRYVALE — A retirement reception
will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 29 for Gary Cotterill, a longtime officer of the Community
National Bank & Trust of Cherryvale.
Cotterill will officially retire from his position on Dec. 31.
The retirement reception will be held from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29 at the
Community National Bank & Trust at Liberty and West Main streets. Customers and
friends are invited to attend this come-andgo event.
Park. Goedken said this is half
of the total cost for surveying,
planning and other related engineering services. A Community Development Block Grant,
also known as a CDBG, will refund 90 percent of the money
the city spends on the project.
Sidewalk construction is expected to start in the spring.
• approved cereal malt
beverage
annual
licenses
for the following businesses:
Casey’s General Store, Cherry
Bowl Lanes and Grill, Cherry
Hill Express, G&W Foods, JP
Food and Fuel, Jump Start
and Pizza Hut.
• reappointed the following individuals to positions
serving on committees, boards
and commissions in the city
for another year: Brad Hugo
to the Cherryvale Recreation
Commission for another year;
John Mealy and Jerry Wallace,
planning and zoning commission; Wade Webber, director
Public Wholesale Water Supply District No. 4; and initial
appointment of Hillary Lawrence as alternate for PWWSD
4.
• learned the Cherryvale
Chamber of Commerce will
host its annual membership
dinner and awards meeting at
5:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 18
at the Cherryvale Community
Center. Tickets are $10 each.
The First 100 tickets claimed
for the event are free, with a
limit of two per reservation.
• conducted its annual util-
ity account charge-offs of seriously delinquent “bad debt”
accounts from 2014 on which
there was no action in 2015.
The city adds a 25-percent administrative fee to each delinquent account, and then submits these debts to the State
Set-Off Program in a further
attempt to collect the debts, as
allowed by the State of Kansas. There is no charge to the
city.
• learned City Hall will be
closed to the public for Christmas and New Year observations on Thursday and Friday,
Dec. 24, 25; on Thursday, Dec.
31, and on Friday, Jan. 1. Regular hours resume on Monday,
Jan. 4.
Brown Mansion group to hold membership Churches plan special Christmas services
First Presbyterian Church of Cherryvale
campaign during Twelfth Night event
COFFEYVILLE
—
The
Friends of the Mansion (FOM)
will host a membership drive
at the historic Brown Mansion
on South Walnut Street in Coffeyville.
Visit the Mansion on the
Twelfth Night (12 nights after Christmas) and become a
member of Friends of the Mansion. Entertainment will be
presented by piano students of $20,000 to Save America’s
Meghan Rettele and Kari Van- Treasure’s for the restoration
noster. Don’t miss a chance to of the mansion. They have
see the elegant Mansion still also paid for remodeling of
glowing in her holiday dress.
the maid’s room which is now
The event will be held a working kitchen. This, in
Wednesday, Jan. 5, from 4 conjunction with fundraisp.m. to 6 p.m. Memberships ers throughout the year assist
are $25 for a family member- with sustainability for the orship, $20 for a single mem- ganization.
bership and $5 for a student A recent donation gives
membership.
FOM the capability to adopt
Friends of the Mansion third Saturday tours of the
(FOM) share a dedication mansion to provide docents as
to maintain and restore our tour guides.
historic national treasure. If you are unable to attend
The goal is to preserve the the Twelfth Night and wish
mansion, its collections and to invest financially, mail to:
grounds for both present and Friends of the Mansion, PO
future generations and meets Box 843, Coffeyville, Kansas
the fourth Thursday from May 67337. Contact Wendy Alvey
through October at 7pm.
at (620) 870-4648 or Nancy
Friends of the Mansion Garton at (620) 252-8554 on
(FOM) have contributed over how you wish to help.
Season’s Greetings!
May your holidays be
filled with cheer.
Chiropractic
Arts Center
Dr. David Bumgarner
Chiropractor
509 Maple • Coffeyville
Thanks to all our
customers in the area.
We wish you a wonderful
holiday!
CHERRYVALE — The First Presbyterian
Church at 211 S. Montgomery will host a Christmas Eve worship service at 6 p.m., Thursday,
Dec. 24. The sermon will be titled, “The First Annual
Christmas Celebration,” and the special candlelight celebration will include communion. Pastor John Chastain and the congregation invite
the public to join them at this special time of
worship of the Savior, Jesus Christ.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
CANEY — The public is invited to attend a
special Christmas Eve service to commemorate
the birth of Jesus Christ at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Caney. The Christmas Eve
Mass will be held on Thursday, Dec. 24, at 7
p.m.
Christmas Eve Masses will also be held at St.
Roberts Catholic Church in Sedan at 9 p.m., and
St. Mary’s in Moline at 11 p.m.
Traditional Christmas music will be played
15 minutes before mass begins.
The Christmas Day Masses will be celebrated
on Friday, Dec. 25, at 10 a.m. in Caney, and in
Moline at 8 a.m.
The principal celebrant for all the Holy
Masses will be Father Sixtus Myint, pastor of St.
Mary’s, Moline; St. Roberts, Sedan; and Sacred
Heart, Caney.
The Holy Mass on New Year’s Eve will be
celebrated in Moline on Thursday, Dec. 31, at
7 p.m. Mass will be celebrated on New Year’s
Day, Jan. 1, in Sedan at 9 a.m. and Caney at 11
a.m.
All three churches invite the public to attend
these special masses.
First Baptist Church of Independence
INDEPENDENCE — The First Baptist Church
of Independence, 220 S. Penn., will hold a
Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec.
24.
SEK Audubon Society to hear about bird count
PARSONS — The Southeast
Kansas Audubon Society will
meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan.
5 at the Arboretum in Parsons. A dozen of the best winter
birds of past Neosho County
Christmas bird counts will be
highlighted in a program presented by Edwin Miller and
Andrew Burnett. If inclement weather occurs and travel becomes hazardous, the meeting will be
canceled. The Parsons Arboretum is located at 2004
Briggs Avenue, at the corner
of 21st and Briggs. All persons
who are interested in learn-
ing more about our natural
world are encouraged to join
us for this meeting. Refreshments will be served following
the program. For more information call
(620) 336-2866, (620) 3316847, or (620) 331-7758.
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Cherryvale hotel owner urges
pay hikes for public personnel
Fire chief: Love of community keeps firefighters, emergency workers
from leaving
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — Running
any city department shorthanded places a heavier burden on everyone else, and
increases stress. It also can
affect the quality of job performance and dedication to the
job. Such a situation needs to
be remedied, according to one
Cherryvale resident.
City resident and local hotel owner James Hogben approached the city council during the public forum portion of
the council meeting on Monday night about boosting pay
for the existing police officers,
fire fighters and other vital city
employees in an effort to keep
them once they are trained
and well entrenched in the
Cherryvale community.
Hogben said that in conversations with city residents
over a period of time, he has
discovered two things bring
people to live in Cherryvale:
“Our great schools, and the
quality and performance of
our public safety personnel,
public works department and
responsive city government...If
we want to continue our good
reputation and low crime rate,
we need to be competitive in
compensation of these fine
people who put their lives on
the line and give of themselves
in countless ways,” he said.
He said the City of Cherryvale and its residents and
taxpayers need to remember
the first job of government is
to “provide for the common
defense and promote the gen-
eral welfare.” To make that
possible requires well-trained
police officers and fire fighters
who don’t leave as soon as better pay is in sight.
Hogben asked the city
council to consider raising the
starting wage for police officers and fire fighters to $15
an hour. “We need to attract
and retain police officers and
fire fighters with families, that
will be able to afford to stay
in the community and raise
their families here,” he said
in a written statement to the
council. “I understand that
smaller towns and cities tend
to be entry-level and training
grounds for public safety and
management personnel, but
we need to pay enough to at
least attract, and if possible,
retain them and have them
grow their families here.”
Police chief Perry Lambert
and fire chief Jesse Reed after
the meeting said wages for police now start at $10 an hour
and firefighters start at $9.25
an hour, and both wage schedules make it hard for either
department to compete with
outside agencies.
An Explorer Christmas
Cherryvale Police Explorers raise money through various projects throughout the year, such as the
Christmas Train earlier this month, and then use the proceeds to benefit at least one needy family at
Christmas with toys and a complete Christmas dinner. Here, left to right, are Explorer Amanda Upton,
Cherryvale Police reserve officer Amanda Lambert, Explorer Cody Austin and police chief Perry Lambert. This year, the Explorers are providing Christmas toys and dinner to a family with two adults and
three children. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
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[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale City Council on Monday
approved a trial employee fitness contract with Cherryvale
24HR Fitness, a health center
immediately south of the police station and City Hall.
The council approved a
three-month contract with the
fitness center after discussing
the pros and cons of working
to turn a portion of the Cherryvale Community Center into
a fitness center. Jesse Reed,
fire chief, said a one-year contract with 24HR Fitness would
have cost the city $5,300 if
every city employee chose to
participate and with the city
paying the entire tab. The limited-time contract will cost the
city $18 a month per participating employee.
Cherryvale Community Center advisory board committee
chair Carol Staton said the
advisory board would prefer
the council use the any available funds to purchase fitness
equipment for the center, rather than to spend it at an existing business that would be in
competition with the community center’s fitness center, if
the community center can get
one established.
Staton also said she would
prefer the city ask employees
to pay part of the fee to engage
in a fitness program to ensure
the city isn’t paying for a program that isn’t being used.
And she objected to having
city employees being encouraged to use the fitness equipment during their normal paid
working hours, as opposed to
doing it on their own time.
Reed said the convenience
of having a fitness center so
close to the fire and police
stations would be lost if the
council eventually decides to
establish a fitness center at the
community center. The council tasked Reed
with charting which pieces of
equipment city personnel use
the most at 24HR Fitness during the trial period, and then
to see what purchasing those
pieces for the community center would cost.
“The men and women we
have now who have been here
for any length of time are
here, not because of what they
get paid, but because they are
dedicated and they love this
community,” Reed said. “They
are like me. I’m not here because I get paid a lot: I don’t.
I’m here because I love living
in Cherryvale.”
Hogben said there always
are people who oppose any
tax increase, but those people also are among the first
to complain if no one shows
up or isn’t fast to respond to
emergencies. He said he also
is aware that the city council
is in the process of gradually
increasing taxes to bring funding for the city to the levels it
needs for efficient operation
of city and governmental services, and that he would like to
see pay raises for public safety
personnel, public works and
city government leadership included in that process.
Mayor John Wright thanked
Hogben for his concern and
his proposal, and said Hogben
had given the council ideas to
consider.
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DATEBOOK
WEDNESDAYDEC.23
• The Caney City Library is
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.;
the library will show the movie
“Arthur’s Christmas” starting
at 1 p.m.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
6 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Tag Office will both be closed
today and Friday, Dec.25, in
observance of Christmas.
TUESDAYDEC.29
FRIDAYDEC.25
• Merry Christmas to all,
and remember the birth of Jesus Christ.
• Christmas Day Mass will
be celebrated at 10 a.m. at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Caney.
SATURDAYDEC.26
THURSDAYDEC.24
• The Caney City LIbrary
will show classic Christmas
movies throughout the day.
• Christmas Eve Mass will
be held at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Caney, at 7
p.m. Traditional Christmas
music will be played 15 minutes prior to mass. The public
is invited to attend.
• The First Baptist Church
of Independence, 220 S. Penn,
will hold a candelight Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. The
public is invited to attend.
• The Montgomery County
Courthouse and the Coffeyville
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
MONDAYDEC.28
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Council
will hold a special meeting at
5 p.m. at City Hall, 100 W. 4th
Avenue, to consider amendments to teh 2015 city budget.
The meeting is open to the
public.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8
p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAYDEC.30
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6
p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
THURSDAYDEC.31
• New Year’s Eve -- welcome in the New Year with a
responsible and safe manner.
FRIDAYJAN.1
• New Year’s Day.
• “First Day Hike” at Elk
City State Park Squaw Creek
Trail will begin at 1 p.m; a vehicle permit required or a $5
one-day pass, 1 p.m.
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everyone for making our year such a good one.
Have a joyous holiday season!
open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The Montgomery County
Democratic Central Committee
will hold its monthly meeting
at 12:30 p.m., at 618 Union,
Coffeyville. Call Winnie Jackson at (620) 870-8000 or Carol
Sanders at (620) 879-5434 if
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Mercy Clinic announces
holiday hours, transition
INDEPENDENCE — Mercy
Clinic leaders have announced
several upcoming schedule
changes for the 800 W. Laurel
clinic and its services in light
of the holidays and the pending transition of operations
to St. John Health System.
Changes are as follows:
Mercy Clinic – Primary Care
Services
• Dec. 25-26 – Closed for the
holidays
• Dec. 28-29 - Open regular
hours, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Dec. 30-Jan. 7 - Closed for
training and systems transitions
• Jan. 8 - Clinic will reopen
as St. John Clinic
Mercy Lab & X-ray
• Dec. 24 – Open 7 a.m.-12
noon
holidays
• Dec. 28-29 - Open regular
hours, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Dec. 30-Jan. 7 - Closed for
training and systems transitions
• Jan. 8 - Clinic will reopen
as St. John Clinic
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• Dec. 24 – Open 9 a.m.-12
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• Dec. 28-29 – Open regular
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• Dec. 30 – Closed
• Dec. 31 – Open 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. (Drive-thru only)
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Horticulture Agent
Are poinsettias in your
holiday decorating plans this
year? If so, here’s what you
can do to keep the plants
looking attractive.
Room temperature plays a
key role. To keep poinsettias
looking their best maintain
the daytime room temperature at or slightly below 70
degrees, and the nighttime
temperature around 60
degrees. A consistent indoor
temperature of 75 degrees
or more will accelerate the
decline in floral quality of the
plants. On the other hand,
allowing the temperature to
drop below 55 degrees may
cause premature loss of the
foliage.
Giving the plants plenty
of sunshine throughout the
day is also helpful. When
not being used to decorate
the house, the plants can be
moved close to south-facing
windows where the light
quality is better. Be careful to
maintain a safe distance from
the windows on cold winter
days when the air temperature near to the windows can
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Parsons man wounded in shooting to return to court
Kenneth J. Jones of
Parsons to return to
local court on Dec. 31,
accused of attempted
second-degree murder
BY RAY NOLTING
Parsons Sun
INDEPENDENCE — The
three Coffeyville police officers
involved in shooting a Parsons
man have returned to active
duty without restrictions, according to Montgomery County
Attorney Larry Markle.
Markle would not name the
three officers. The complaint
against Kenneth J. Jones, age
24, accused of attempted second-degree murder, a level
three felony, and aggravated
assault of a law officer, a level
six felony, names the officer involved in that crime as Lucas
Vargas. It is unknown if Vargas
is one of the officers involved in
the shooting, however.
The charges relate to a
Thursday, Nov. 5, incident in
Coffeyville.
At 1:30 a.m. Nov. 5, Coffeyville police responded to the
300 block of West 11th Street to
investigate a report of an individual with firearms. Following
a search of the area, officers
found and attempted to stop
and question Jones in the parking lot behind the 100 block of
West Ninth Street, according to
information released by Coffeyville police at the time.
Jones apparently ran and
officers attempted to deploy a
Taser. At this point, Jones allegedly fired a weapon at a Coffeyville police officer. Officers
returned fire and shot Jones. It
is unknown which officers fired
shots that wounded Jones.
There were no injuries to
officers, and Jones was taken
to Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center for treatment and then
transported by ambulance to a
hospital in Tulsa. The officers
involved were placed on administrative leave pending the
investigation.
Markle said the officers have
since returned to duty.
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation led the investigation
into the shooting. Markle said
he’s still waiting on the KBI to
complete the final review of its
report before sending it to him.
Markle said his office goes
through a procedure when an
officer is involved in a shooting.
First, they look at the original
crime and review the facts and
determine what action to take.
In this instance, the office filed
charges against Jones for allegedly pointing a gun at and
shooting at officers.
The next step is to review
the facts in the KBI report on
the shooting and determine if
the officers were justified in
using deadly force. If they were
not, his office would determine
what course of action to take.
Once he receives the final
KBI report on the shooting, he
will write a report on the case
and send it to the Coffeyville
Police Department, at which
time the public will know the
county attorney’s decision in
the matter.
Markle said he’s seen some
evidence in the case, but not
all of the evidence. He hasn’t
received ballistics reports yet.
Because he doesn’t have all
the information in the case,
he won’t release the names of
the officers or provide other
details, such as the number of
gunshots fired or how many
times Jones was struck.
Some of the evidence he’s
reviewed includes videos made
by cameras either worn by the
officers or mounted on dashboards of the patrol vehicles.
Jones, who remains jailed
on a $1 million bond, will return to court on Dec. 31. Last
week, he appeared in court
in a hospital gown and was
wheeled into court.
The Sun requested a copy
of the probable cause affidavit
in the case, but District Judge
Jeffrey Gossard denied the request, citing the release may
prejudice Jones’ right to a fair
trial and make it difficult to
empanel a jury. The affidavits
are public record in Kansas.
Education KSU veterinarian says winter preparation vital for pets, too chief touts
new ESEA
program
Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson on
Thursday touted the new federal education law that will
replace many of the requirements of No Child Left Behind.
“Overall, we are very excited,” Watson told the board
of the Coalition of Innovative
School Districts. “We see a lot
of flexibility in the law. Every
day we get into it deeper, we
get more excited about possibilities in the law.”
The state education agency
is putting together two panels
to dive into the newest version
of the Elementary
and Secondary
Education Act,
w h i c h
was
recently adopted on
a bi-partisan basis
in
Congress and
Randy Watson
signed
into law
by President Barack Obama.
The new law keeps intact
the annual testing schedule
under No Child Left Behind,
but generally leaves to the
states how much importance
to place on the test scores.
Watson, who began his job
as the state’s education commissioner in 2015, said the
new law removes much of the
authority over education from
the U.S. Secretary of Education and gives it back to the
states.
He also said he sees opportunities under the new state
law to boost early childhood
education.
“The board (Kansas State
Board of Education) is extremely interested in kindergarten readiness. We are going to expand our presence in
early childhood. We see over
the long-term that could be
beneficial,” he said.
He said ESEA won’t be the
major driving force of Kansas
education but will be more like
the “backbone,” he said.
Watson is a native of Coffeyville.
MANHATTAN — While you
are busy prepping your house
and car for winter, a Kansas
State University veterinarian
says don’t forget about the
pets, too. “As temperatures start to
drop, it’s important to help
pets transition into winter,”
said Susan Nelson, clinical
associate professor of clinical
sciences at the university’s
Veterinary Health Center. One of the most important
things to remember if you
have outdoor pets is that they
have adequate shelter, water
and extra food, Nelson said.
Appropriate shelter can be
housing that is big enough for
your pet to move around in,
but not so big that it is going
to lose heat. Shelters also
should face toward the south
or west and have a thick blanket or tarp to block the wind. “Use clean straw or cedar
shavings in shelters instead
of towels and blankets to give
animals something to nestle
in, which helps to insulate
them from the cold,” Nelson
said. “Towels and blankets
get trampled down, making
them ineffective at conserving
heat.” Outdoor pets also will
need a reliable water supply. Nelson said switch the
metal water bowl for a plastic
or heated one so your pet’s
tongue doesn’t get stuck to a
frozen bowl. “Make sure you are going
out frequently to change the
water,” Nelson said. “Animals
can dehydrate just as quickly
in the winter as they can in
the summer if they don’t have
access to fresh water.” Along with plenty of water,
animals will need to consume
extra food. “The extra calories will
help your pet keep itself
warm,” Nelson said. If your indoor pet will be
spending time outdoors or going on walks, consider investing in a coat — especially for
shorthaired dogs — and snow
boots. “The boots will not
only protect a dog’s feet from
sharp pieces of ice, but they
also protect its feet from ice
melt,” Nelson said. “Ice melt
is very irritating to dogs’ feet.
If your dog ingests ice melt
from licking its paws, it can
cause vomiting and diarrhea.”
To avoid this, simply wipe
down their feet and underside
with a wet towel after a walk. To avoid accidental poisonings during the winter, don’t
let your pet drink from street
puddles, as they could contain
antifreeze. According to
Nelson, even a small amount
of antifreeze can be deadly
to pets, so she suggests using
“pet-friendly” antifreeze. Another common source of
poisoning is rat poison. “Rat poisons are more
common in households this
time of year because rats
move indoors,” Nelson said.
“Consider using traps instead,
as some dogs like the flavor
of the rat poison and might be
tempted to eat it. Cats more
commonly get secondary
poisoning from eating dead
rats that have ingested the
poison.” Nelson offers these tips for
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• As a general rule, if it’s
below freezing, don’t leave
your pet outside any longer
than you would be yourself.
“We often see increased cases
of frostbite on pets’ noses,
ears and pads of their feet if
they are left outside too long,”
Nelson said. • Very young and very old
animals cannot regulate their
body temperature as easily
as a mature, healthy animal,
which makes it easier for
them to develop hypothermia. • Never leave your pets unattended in a vehicle during
the winter months, as it can
be just as deadly as the summer. “An enclosed vehicle can
be similar to a freezer, and
temperatures can drop very
low,” Nelson said. • Outdoor cats often use
heat from car engines to
stay warm. Honk your horn
or bang on the hood of your
vehicle before leaving in
the mornings to scare them
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This
story
never
grows
old.
In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the
world should be registered. This was the first registration and was
taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. All went to their own
towns to be registered. Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth
in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he
was descended from the house and family of David. He went to be
registered with Mary, to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver
her child. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in
bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place
for them in the inn.
In that region there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch
over their flock by night. Then an angel of the Lord stood before them,
and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see . . . I am
bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born
this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.
This will be a sign for you: you will find a child wrapped in bands of
cloth and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to
God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom
he favors!”
When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds
said to one another, “Let us go now to Bethlehem and see this thing
that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us.” So they
went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the child lying in the
manger. When they saw this, they made known what had been told
them about this child; and all who heard it were amazed at what the
shepherds told them. But Mary treasured all these words and pondered them in her heart. the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
— Luke 2:1-20
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your family in the same
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Ag department lifts poultry exhibition ban
The Kansas Department
of Agriculture announced on
Dec. 4 that it will be lifting the
ban placed on poultry exhibitions and other events where
birds are gathered or co-mingled.
The Kansas Department of
Agriculture announced Dec. 4,
that it will lift the ban placed
on poultry exhibitions and
other events where birds are
gathered or co-mingled.
The order, signed by Secretary of Agriculture Jackie
McClaskey on June 9, 2015,
was implemented in an effort
to prevent the spread of highly
pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza (HPAI) and protect poultry health in Kansas. Kansas
experienced a positive case of
HPAI in Leavenworth County
in 2015. Secretary McClaskey,
in consultation with Kansas
Animal Health Commissioner
Dr. Bill Brown, lifted the ban
as a result of no new cases of
HPAI in Kansas since March
2015.
While the ban is lifted,
Dr. Brown continues to encourage all poultry owners
to monitor their flocks and
maintain good biosecurity
practices. For additional information about HPAI and the
response efforts in Kansas,
visit http://agriculture.ks.gov/
divisions-programs/divisionof-animal-health/animal-disease-control-and-traceability/
avian-influenza.
KSU professor gives input about interest rate bump
The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Interest rates are now a range of
0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, up from the 0
percent to 0.25 percent range. Eric Higgins, a Kansas State University
professor and head of the finance department, discusses what the interest rate
increases mean for consumers and the
economy. Higgins is the head of the KSU
finance department, von Waaden Chair of
Investment Management. Q. Why is the increase important? A. The 0.25 percent increase in the
federal funds rate represents the first increase in rates by the Federal Reserve in
10 years and it is the first time since the
height of the financial crisis in 2008 that
rates have been set above 0 percent. In
response to the 2008 financial crisis, the
Fed not only kept interest rates near 0 percent, but began an aggressive campaign
of buying treasury and mortgage-backed
bonds. The size of the Fed’s balance sheet
has increased from $869 billion in 2007
to almost $4.5 trillion today. This interest
rate increase is significant as it signals the
beginning of the “normalization” of monetary policy by the Fed. The Fed has a
dual mandate to ensure that the economy
is near full employment and that inflation is kept in check. Recently, the Fed
has been reluctant to increase rates due
to low inflation rates and slow growth in
wages even though unemployment has
been below the Fed’s target rate. With the
recent rate increase, the Fed is signaling
that it believes that wages will be increasing and that the U.S. economy is strong
enough to absorb a rate increase without
damaging economic growth. Q. How will the rate affect individuals? A. In the short run, individuals should
expect to see a slight increase in mortgage and other borrowing rates. Over
time banks also will begin to raise savings
rates as well. In total, the slight increase
in rates will not have a significant impact
on individuals. Interest rates are still near
historic lows. Q. How does the rate increase affect
the economy? A. In the short run, there is likely to be
little impact on the economy and markets
with this recent rate increase as it has
been expected for some time. In the long
run, there are two economic issues to
be concerned with given this recent rate
increase. First, with rates being
so low for a long time, companies — even
those with poor credit ratings — have
had access to very cheap capital. The recent rate increase will likely increase the
interest rate differential between highquality borrowers and low-quality borrowers. This means that those companies
with poor credit will face higher costs and
more limited access to capital. This may
lead to some defaults in the high yield
credit market especially for those borrowers who have been hurt by declining oil
prices. Second, the recent rate increase
will likely push the U.S. dollar higher.
While a higher dollar can help consumers
by making imported goods cheaper, the
higher dollar will mean decreased sales
for businesses with a substantial international presence and can lead to workforce
cuts. Q. What else should we know? A. While this rate increase is significant
and signals a return to a more normal
monetary policy by the Federal Reserve,
the overall monetary policy stance of
the Fed is highly accommodative. Interest rates are still near historic lows and
even though the Fed has stopped its bond
buying programs, it is still reinvesting all
of its interest and principal payments in
treasuries and mortgage-backed bonds,
which keeps its balance sheet at a constant size. The Fed is committed to a very
gradual return to normal monetary policy
and its slow pace of rate increases is unlikely to create any significant economic
disruptions over time.
K-State researcher seeks new ways to battle Johnsongrass
BY KATIE ALLEN K-State Research & Extension
[email protected]
For many agricultural producers, dealing with noxious
weeds can be an irritable part
of daily life, but what if that
noxious weed is a close relative to one of the prominent
crops grown in Kansas and
throughout the United States?
Johnsongrass is a noxious
weed that is closely related to
grain sorghum, and it is seemingly more tolerant to some of
the pests—including insects
and pathogens—that negatively affect grain sorghum.
Michael Smith, Kansas State
University professor of entomology, is part of a new fiveyear, $4.8 million research
project supported by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, which intends to
find genetic material in Johnsongrass that could help fight
the noxious weed and improve
grain sorghum’s tolerance of
these pests.
The coordinated agricultural grant project, titled “Principles underlying the success
of the weedy invader Sorghum
halepense (‘Johnsongrass’) toward its containment and mitigation,” includes expertise in
agronomy, ecology, entomology, genetics, genomics, microbiology, pathology, soil science
and weed science from seven
research institutions across
the country, including K-State.
Smith said the researchers
are examining how Johnsongrass is able to survive in different altitudes, different soil
types, by contact with different pests and pathogens, and
many more angles.
“(Johnsongrass) seems to
survive quite well from year to
year and will sustain populations of, for instance, greenbugs, chinch bugs, fall armyworms, bird cherry oat aphids
and many of the other pests
we have in Kansas,” Smith
said. “You will find these pests
on the plants. Plants will be
alive. Pests will be alive.”
“We want to know how the
Johnsongrass that is surviving
is serving as a reservoir for
pests that could be as dam(Crossword Puzzle solution)
aging or more damaging to
grain sorghum,” Smith continued. “We want to look at the
pests that perhaps feed on the
roots that could be harboring
viruses that affect the crops;
aphid pests will do that. We
also want to know about the
leaf-eating pests and if their
growth is better on Johnsongrass than it is on sorghum.”
So, is there something in
Johnsongrass, genetically, that
affects the pests differently?
The researchers have a place
to start: a diversity panel listing almost 200 different genetic types of Johnsongrass and a
collection of pest populations
from the past growing season.
In the next 12 to 18 months,
Smith and other researchers hope to get a rudimentary
genetic fingerprint of each of
these pest populations to have
a baseline marker to compare
them, such as looking for differences within all the green-
bug populations. Once they
feel comfortable if any differences exist, the next step
would be to test the 200 types
of Johnsongrass and their reaction to each of the insects.
“A lot of diversity exists
in Johnsongrass, because it
is spread all over the globe,”
Smith said. “Specific types
have been collected in all
these different global locations. As you would expect,
each one is going to be different, because it’s had to adapt
to different conditions and different pests.”
“We hope to use the wellknown diversity in Johnsongrass to tell us why some of
these types have survived
better than others, and in our
case, survived pest damage
better than others.”
The researchers aim to find
a genetic marker among these
Johnsongrass types for, say a
chemical or physical factor
that could be added into grain
sorghum, and build more pest
resistance into grain sorghum
hybrids.
In addition to improving
resistance to pests in grain
sorghum, the research could
help the other way by combating Johnsongrass, Smith
said. Finding what makes
Johnsongrass resilient against
pests and some herbicides,
and taking that defense out of
the plant to make it more susceptible, might eliminate it as
a successful, invasive weedy
species.\
Smith said an extension objective is included in the grant
to enhance the knowledge
base for improved cost-effective management decisions
for producers. This involves
partnering with K-State Research and Extension and
other stakeholders as results
become known.
THEME: FINISH THE LYRICS
ACROSS:
1. Southern cuisine pie
6. French lake
9. H or O in H2O, e.g.
13. *”Tell ____ I love her”
14. *”A long, long time ____ I can still
remember how that music...”
15. Cast somebody there
16. Misbehave
17. St. Louis player
18. First American-born saint, Elizabeth
Ann ____
19. *”Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for ____ ____”
21. *”On a dark desert highway, cool
wind in ____ ____”
23. Draft pick
24. $10,000, to a judge, e.g.
25. *”You ___ again”
28. *”You ____ me what I am today”
30. Inventor’s right
35. Burden
37. Color of a bruise
39. *”____ is a sound salvation... cleaning up the nation”
40. Bumpkin
41. “Get ____” (1965-1970)
43. *”Isn’t it a ____. Isn’t it a shame”
44. What a taster does
46. 41st or 43rd president
47. 1970s hairdo
48. Fireplace
50. One-pot meal
52. *”I wanna be loved by you, just
____”
53. *”May the road ____ with you”
55. Use a Singer
57. *”Get this party started on a Saturday night, everybody’s waiting for me
to ____”
60. *”Just a city boy born and raised in
South ____”
64. Killed, as in dragon
65. Go a-courting
67. Dome-shaped dessert
68. *”I’m sitting here, doing nothing
but _____”
69. Another word for Tokyo
70. Did not go out to eat
71. Radio genre
72. “Losing My Religion” band
73. Tears violently
DOWN:
1. Surveyor’s creation
2. Apiece
3. Pleasingly pretty
4. Dutch island in the Caribbean
5. “I love the smell of ____ in the morning”
6. Porcine fat
7. American Gas Association
8. Found in written series
9. Between ports
10. South American monkey
11. Carbon monoxide doesn’t have this
12. *”It’s raining ____, Hallelujah”
15. Finely cut masonry block
20. Certain tides
22. Chihuahua’s cry
24. *”Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth, ____ I’m happy”
25. *”’Cause, baby, you’re a firework,
come on, show’em what you’re ____”
26. Accustom
27. Historic region in northeastern Africa
29. *”Your lips are movin’, tell me do you
think I’m ____”
31. Spanish snack
32. Enlighten
33. TV’s “____ Circus”
34. *”’Cause uptown funk gon’ give it
____ ____”
36. Tiresias in “Oedipus Rex”, e.g.
38. Formerly, formerly
42. *”So take ____ broken wings”
45. *”I’ve got the world on a ____”
49. Charlie Sheen’s diagnosis
51. Man cave’s necessity
54. Waste water pipe
56. What did Jessica Fletcher do?
57. Aquarium organism
58. “Iron horse” track
59. Yamaguchi’s court
60. Accompanied by “gloom”?
61. Bad sign
62. Used when citing a reference
63. Two equal a twenty
64. Scholastic aptitude test
66. “____ to Joy”
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Watch the
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Montgomery
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Chronicle for
a review of the
2015 year!
We wish you a wonderful
Christmas and very Happy
New Year! Thank you for
your past support & we
look forward to serving
you in 2016!
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: The
City of Oswego is accepting applications
for a position with the Public Works
Department. Main duties will be in the
Refuse Department. An application
and a complete job description may be
downloaded from the city website at www.
oswegokansas.com; picked up at the City
Office at 703 5th Street or by calling 620795-4433. The city is an equal opportunity
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NURSES, CNAs, HOUSEKEEPERS:
Oswego Health and Rehab is hiring for F/T
Nurses, CNAs, and housekeepers. Please
apply at 1104 Ohio Street, Oswego, KS or
call 620-795-4429. LC46-tf
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RN: This position is responsible for
providing direct nursing care to residents,
and supervising the day-to-day nursing
activities performed by LPNs and nursing
assistants. Advances the value that
the resident comes first. The employee
values the Community as the residents’
home and works to create attributes of
home and models person centered care.
Education, Experience and/or Training:
• Must possess a Nursing Degree from
an accredited college or university or be a
graduate of an approved RN program.
• Must possess a current active license
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metal, junk cars (running or not), etc. Will pick
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GOLD & SILVER JEWELRY WANTED: Get
more for your broken unwanted gold &
silver jewelry at Uncle Ken’s Coin Shop.
Also buying silver coins and old currency.
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Apartments available at
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Apply at Frogley’s
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BUILDING CODE INSPECTOR POSITION
with City of Council Grove. $28K-$37K
with benefits. Position open until filled.
Drug/alcohol pre-screening required.
Information/application available at City
Hall, 620-767-5417. EOE. (KCAN)
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ELECTRIC LINEMAN: Kiowa, Kansas is
seeking full-time electric lineman. Salary
DOQ. Vocational degree in electricity
preferred. Excellent benefits. More
Information call 620-825-4127. Open
until 12/30/2015. EOE. (KCAN)
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SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed.
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CLEAR VISION WINDSHIELD REPAIR: If
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please leave a message.
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Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 10, 17,
24, 2015)
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CQ50-tfn
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
(Plaintiff)
vs.
Shiana Joy Freeman, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV90I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Four County Mental Health Center
has the following full-time openings in
the Independence/Coffeyville area!
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positions or to apply online:
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Four County is a KPERS employer.
Resumes/applications may also be submitted
in person or mailed to: Human Resources, Four
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Office Help Wanted
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Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer
for sale at public auction and sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
South door of the Judicial Center of the
Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on January
7, 2016, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Lots 5 and 6, Block 9, Solomon and
Waters Addition to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas
commonly known as 1605 W. 6th St.
ALSO DESCRIBED AS:
Lots 5 and 6, Block 9, Solomon
and Waters Addition to the City of
Coffeyville commonly known and numbered as 1605 W. 6th St., commonly
known as 1605 West 6th Street, Coffeyville, KS 67337 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, Sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(179969)
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 17, 24
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Cimeron D. Chastain; John Doe
(Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown Spouse, if
any, of Cimeron D. Chastain; Deere
& Company Credit Union (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV105I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State Of Kansas, to the abovenamed defendants and the unknown
heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns
of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants;
the unknown officers, successors,
trustees, creditors and assigns of any
defendants that are existing, dissolved
or dormant corporations; the unknown
executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees, creditors, successors and
assigns of any defendants that are or
were partners or in partnership; the
unknown guardians, conservators and
trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability;
and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged
to be deceased, and all other persons
who are or may be concerned.
You are notified that a Petition has
been filed in the District Court of Montgomery County, Kansas, praying to
foreclose a real estate mortgage on the
following described real estate:
Lot 31, SOUTHERN HILL ESTATES
SUB-DIV, a part of the Northwest 1/4
of Sec. 10, Township 35, Range 16
East, Montgomery County, Kansas
MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED
AS:
Lot 31, SOUTHERN HILL ESTATES, a subdivision of part of Section
10, Township 35, Range 16, Montgomery County, Kansas, commonly known
as 108 Little Avenue, Coffeyville, KS
67337 (the “Property”)
and all those defendants who have not
otherwise been served are required to
plead to the Petition on or before the
27th day of January, 2016, in the District
Court of Montgomery County,Kansas.
If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon
the Petition.
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no
information concerning the collection of
this debt may be given without the prior
consent of the consumer given directly
to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is attempting
to collect a debt and any information
obtained will be used for that purpose.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(181512)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Kyle Hunt, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV145I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
estate:
North 75 feet of Lots Eighteen (18) and
Nineteen (19), Block One (1), West
End Place Addition to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas,
commonly known as 605 Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337 (the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(182765)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Nathan W. Humphrey and Starla
Humphrey, et al (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV172I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
estate:
All of Blocks 20, 24, 25 and 26,
Original City of Liberty, Montgomery
County, Kansas, commonly known as
524 Circle 3400 Street, Liberty, KS
67351 (the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(184195)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
In the Matter of the Marriage of
COURTNEY DARNELL, Petitioner and
KAYLIN DARNELL, Respondent
Case No. 15 DM 183 C
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State of Kansas to Kaylin Darnell, and all other persons who are or
may be concerned:
You are hereby notified that a Petition for Divorce has been filed in the
Kansas sitting at Coffeyville by Courtney Darnell , praying for a Decree of
Divorce, and you are hereby required
to answer the Petition on or before the
13 th day of January, 2016, in the District Court at Coffeyville, Kan. If you fail
to plead, judgment and decree may be
entered in due course upon the Petition.
Courtney Darnell, Petitioner
Submitted By:
Grady Young, SC #9000
714 Walnut
Coffeyville, Kansas 67337 (620) 251-9000/251-5955-Fax
[email protected]
Attorney for Petitioner
_____________________________
and 24, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF VERNIE S. STALLINGS
Deceased Case No. 15 PR – 43 C
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on December 1, 2015, a Petition was filed in
this Court by Douglas E. Stallings, an
heir of Vernie S. Stallings, deceased,
praying for issuance of Letters of Administration.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 A.M. of
said day, in said Court, in the City of
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause
will be heard. Should you fail therein,
judgment and decree will be entered in
due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the estate within
four (4) months from the date of first
publication of this Notice, as provided
by law, and if their demands are not
thus exhibited, they shall be forever
barred.
DOUGLAS E. STALLINGS, petitioner
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
_____________________________
and 24, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
OF LORETTA JEAN ROBERTS,
DECEASED
Case No. 14 PR-14 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
2nd day of December, 2015, a Petition
was filed in this Court by Vivian Frost
and Deena Testerman, Co-Executors
of the Estate of Loretta Jean Roberts,
deceased, praying for a final settlement
of the estate, approval of their acts,
proceedings, and accounts as Co-Executors, allowance for attorney’s fees
and expenses, determination of the
heirs, devisees, and legatees entitled
to the estate and assignment to them
in accordance with the Will of Loretta
Jean Roberts, deceased.
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock
A.M. of said day in said Court in the
City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place the
cause will be heard. Should you fail
therein, judgment and decree will be
VIVIAN FROST and DEENA
TESTERMAN, petitioners
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioners
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015)
BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE
OF KANSAS
NOTICE OF
FILING APPLICATION
RE: Natural Capital, LLC, Application for a permit to authorize the disposal of saltwater into the Fisher Lease
located in Montgomery County, Kansas.
TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever
concerned.
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified that Natural Capital, LLC has
filed an application to commence disposal of salt water into the Arbuckle formation at the Fisher lease DW1 5122
FSL 4299 FEL; located in Sec. 31, Twp.
32S, R 14E, Momtgomery County,
Kansas, with a maximum operating
pressure of 1000 psig, and a maximum
injection rate of 500 bbls per day.
Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required
to file their objections or protest with
the Conservation Division of the State
Corporation Commission of the State of
Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the
date of this publication. These protests
shall be filed pursuant to Commission
regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application
may cause waste, violate correlative
rights or pollute the natural resources
of the State of Kansas.
All persons interested or concerned
shall take notice of the foregoing and
shall govern themselves accordingly.
Natural Capital, LLC
399 Perry Street, Suite 200
Castle Rock, CO 80104
_____________________________
2015 and Jan. 7, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONT-
GOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
OF ANN F. DATSON, a/k/a A. F. DATSON, DECEASED
Case No. 15 PR-16 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
15th day of December, 2015, a Petition was filed in this Court by Richard
G. Datson, Executor of the Estate of
Ann F. Datson, a/k/a A. F. Datson, deceased, praying for a final settlement
of the estate, approval of his acts,
proceedings, and accounts as Executor, allowance for attorney’s fees and
expenses, determination of the heirs,
devisees, and legatees entitled to the
estate and assignment to them in accordance with the Will of Ann F. Datson,
a/k/a A. F. Datson, deceased.
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock
A.M. of said day in said Court in the
City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place the
cause will be heard. Should you fail
therein, judgment and decree will be
RICHARD G. DATSON, petitioner
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT &
KRITZ
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
_____________________________
2015, and Jan. 7, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
Wells Fargo Bank, NA (Plaintiff)
vs.
Darren Triebel, Emily J. Triebel, et al.
(Defendants)
Case No. 15CV125
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
NOTICE OF
SHERIFF’S SALE
Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County
of Montgomery, State of Kansas, in a
certain cause in said Court Numbered
15CV125, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and
defendant, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at
02:00 PM, on 01/21/2016, at the Main
Door of the Courthouse in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas,
Montgomery County Courthouse, the
following described real estate located
in the County of Montgomery, State of
Kansas, to wit:
LOT 4, BLOCK 3, COUNTY CLERK`S
PLAT OF SUNSET VILLAGE, PART
OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP
33, RANGE 15, MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, KANSAS
Property Address: 625 Tower Drive, Independence, KS 67301, Montgomery
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kan.
Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542
Michael Rupard, KS # 26954
Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis
Office)
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-0255
Fax: (314) 567-8006
Email: [email protected]
Attorney for Plaintiff
_____________________________
2015, and Jan. 7, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP
MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007WFHE1, ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-WFHE1 (Plaintiff)
vs.
MICHAEL EMERSON, et. al. (Defendants)
No. 15CV169
Div. No.
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
NOTICE OF
SHERIFF’S SALE
Sale issued by the Clerk of the District
Court in and for the said County of
Montgomery, in a certain cause in said
Court Numbered 15CV169, wherein the
parties above named were respectively
plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the
undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for
cash in hand at the South door of Judicial Center in Independence in the City
of Independence in said County, on
January 14, 2016, at 2:00 P.M., of said
day the following described real estate
located in the County of Montgomery,
State of Kansas, to wit:
LOT 21, BLOCK 2, NORTHFIELD
SUBDIVISION IN THE CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
KANSAS. Commonly known as 301 N
Parkview, Coffeyville, Kansas 67337
This is an attempt to collect a debt
and any information obtained will be
used for that purpose.
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kan.
SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC
4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Suite 418B Fairway, KS 66205
(913)831-3000
Fax No. (913)831-3320
Our File No. 15-008399/JM

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