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THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 • 24 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 1 INSERT • 75 CENTS
IN THIS ISSUE
CHECKMATE
Cherryvale Chess Club
concludes successful
season at state meet.
See page A6
COUNTY
Commissioners presented plan for discounted
medical services at
CRMC, Labette Health
See page A3
FINDING EGGS
Easter egg hunts
planned in local communities this weekend.
See page A2
SPORTS
IHS boys’ tennis team
opens 2016 season with
home meet.
See page B2
COFFEYVILLE
City commission unable
to debate issue concerning contract with retail
recruitment firm.
See page A9
AREA EVENTS
Little House on the
Prairie Museum to hold
seasonal opening on
April 1.
See page A8
RECOGNITION
Elk City resident, military
veteran Frank Foster
recognized by Kansas
Legislature on Monday.
See page A3
INDEX
Caney .................... B6-B7
Cherryvale ............ A6-A8
Coffeyville..............A9-A11
Classified ads.........B8-B9
Datebook..................... A5
Independence........B8-B9
Obituaries.................... A2
Public notices.............. B9
Sports.....................B2-B5
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Caflisch
continues
to press
for facility
expenses
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — Plans for the future
use of the former Mercy Hospital, which is
now owned by the City of Independence,
remain up in the air based on discussions
from last Thursday’s Independence City
Commission.
At that meeting, commissioner Leonhard Caflisch asked city staff if an updated preliminary budget had been devised
showing the City’s costs for maintaining
the now-vacated hospital property. A preliminary budget was developed and presented in January. At that time, Caflisch
asked for more details showing specific
costs for all aspects of maintaining the hospital.
Caflisch asked
again
last
Thursday if the
preliminary
budget
numbers were final
. . . or complete.
City manager
Micky
Webb
said the budget
would be updated as plans
for using the facility become more evident.
“We still don’t know what’s going to
happen,” Webb said of the facility’s future.
Currently, the lone commitment in the
former hospital is St. John Health System
of Oklahoma, which plans to use the former radiology area (and use the equipment that was donated to St. John by Mercy) for radiological and imaging services.
St. John will lease its space in the former
hospital for $100,000 per year.
St. John’s radiology and imaging department is not yet operational in the facility, pending the completion of the current demolition of two wings of the former
hospital. St. John also will modify certain
areas of the former radiology area for its
use. The former radiology area is located
in an area of the hospital that is not targeted for demolition.
Upon reviewing the city staff’s preliminary budget at last Thursday’s meeting,
Caflisch still argued that the budget did
not show all aspects of maintenance. Missing from the list of services that the City
would have to fund are elevator maintenance, testing and service agreement, as
well as fire sprinkler maintenance and
testing. Concerns about upkeep of the facility’s roof also was missing from the pre-
Former Mercy Hospital,
now owned
by City of Independence,
has only one
confirmed
occupant
• see Commissioner, page A3
The solution to Independence’s healthcare?
A large trackhoe from G&G Dozer of Caney on Tuesday prepared to grab another hefty load of debris from the former Mercy Hospital “round tower” during demolition that continues this week. Two portions of the former Mercy Hospital are being
demolished: the original hospital wing, built around 1920, that was used for administrative offices in recent years and the
iconic round tower wing that was built in the 1960s. Even though the former hospital is now owned by the City of Independence, Mercy Hospital agreed to used its own money to demolish the two oldest portions of the hospital. Also demolished
was the Mercy West Clinic property at 900 W. Myrtle. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Advanced voting available
for Coffeyville city election
COFFEYVILLE — Advanced voting has
begun for the Coffeyville special election
concerning extension of a one-half cent
sales tax for Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center.
While voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 5 to decide whether to adopt the
sales tax extension, voters who are unable
to attend the election on that day can cast
a ballot in advance. Advance
ballot applications are available through the Montgomery
County Clerk’s Office in Independence by calling (620) 3301200.
The April 5 election will ask
city voters whether to continue
a half-cent sales tax to fund
health care and emergency
services provided by CRMC. The tax would
end in 10 years. The sales tax would continue a voter approved, half-cent tax that
was passed by a community vote in 2001.
The funds from the half-cent sales tax were
used to pay bonds for the construction of
a new addition to the hospital. The previous vote called for the sales tax to continue
until 2022 or until the bonds were paid off.
Through sales tax funds and additional annual contributions by CRMC the bonds are
now scheduled to be paid off early; meaning in the summer of 2016.
If the voters approve the sales tax ballot
on April 5, the half-cent tax would not start
until the old tax stops, which is expected to
be this summer. Because the ballot question is for an extension of the existing sales
tax, there will be no additional sales tax increase.
The City of Coffeyville’s total sales tax
rate is 9.5 percent. Of the 9.5¢ in sales taxes for every $1 purchase within
the Coffeyville city limits, 6.5¢
is given to the State of Kansas
for its sales tax collection. That
leaves 3¢ for the City of Coffeyville. Here is a breakdown of
how the 3¢ in local sales taxes
are dedicated:
• 0.50¢ for general purposes; has no expiration date.
• 0.50¢ for capital improvement sales
tax; will expires in June 2029.
• 0.50¢ for USD 445 project; will expire in September 2022 or until bonds are paid
off.
• 0.50¢ for healthcare services; will expire in September 2022 or until bonds for
CRMC are retired,
• 0.50¢ for street sales tax project; will
expire in March 2025; and
• 0.50¢ for transportation projects; will
expire in December 2023.
Election to
decide CRMC
sales tax
extension set
for April 5
Man’s best
friend could
get own park
in Cherryvale BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — One pet
lover’s dogged determination could result in a park
for the community’s canine
residents.
Cherryvale resident Rose
Sisk approached the city
council Monday evening to
ask about the possibility of
using one of the city-owned
vacant lots in town as a dog
park. She said she had spoken to the council last year
about the same request and
had not seen any progress
on the issue, so she thought
she would try again. Sisk said she had read
that Independence is planning to spend a considerable amount to create a
dog park, but she saw no
need to have to spend a
lot of money when the city
already owns adequate
space, and the park would
• see Dog park, page A3
Kansas Senate OKs acceleration of property tax lid
Proposal would limit
property tax increases
imposed by city, county governments
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
TOPEKA — The Kansas Senate on Tuesday agreed to put
faster wheels in a new state
law that applies limits on property tax increases imposed by
local governments.
The Kansas Senate voted 2416 to accelerate the property
tax lid from 2018 to 2017. The
tax lid law was approved by the
Kansas Legislature in 2015.
Voting against the measure
was State Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence; voting in favor of
the bill was State Sen. Forrest
Knox, R-Altoona, whose district
includes the northwest corner
of Montgomery County.
The tax lid will require city
and county governments that
plan to raise the tax levies
above the rate of inflation to During debate on the senseek public approval for that ate floor on Tuesday, senators
narrowly approved an amendincrease through an election.
The 2015 bill provides some ment that exempted emergency
exemptions for the property tax services spending from the lid.
State Sen. Carolyn McGinn, Rlid. They include:
• Costs for new infrastruc- Sedgwick, argued local governments should retain
ture or improvements
control over spendto existing infrastrucing.
ture that is exempt
from property taxa
“I think voters
tion
are smart enough to
know who they vote
• Bond and interest
for back home,” Mcpayments
Ginn said.
• Increases in
taxed property due
The
League
to the end of property
of Kansas MunicipaliLegislative ties and the Kansas
abatement programs
Session Association of Coun • Increases in road
ties each protested
construction
costs
when approved by the govern- the bill, saying that the state
constitution gives authority to
ing body
local governments to decide
• Special assessments
• Judgments levied against for themselves how much —
the municipality or expenses or how little — to assess in the
form of property taxes.
for legal counsel and defense
• Expenditures mandated by One state senator even attempted to put the State of Kanfederal or state law
• Increase in taxed property sas on the same level as local
governments by imposing a cap
due to new construction
The 2016
on state spending. State Sen.
Michael O’Donnell, R-Wichita,
who offered the amendment,
said the Kansas Legislature
should hold themselves to the
same standards they expect
from cities and counties.
“I believe what’s good for the
goose is good for the gander,”
O’Donnell said.
However, other senators disagreed, saying that the State of
Kansas was in a perilous fiscal situation that should allow
lawmakers to decide whether
to raise revenue in the form of
taxes in order to get out of the
budgetary hole. In 2015, the
legislature imposed what some
lawmakers claim was the largest tax hike in state history —
without a tax lid or an inflation-
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Retired Independence school
official seeks Democrat nomination for Kansas Senate position. See page A3
ary cap to guide them.
O’Donnell’s amendment was
later challenged and found
to be out of order, meaning it
could not be voted upon by the
senate.
The property tax lid now
will go to the Kansas House of
Representatives for consideration. It’s unknown if the Kansas House will address the bill
this week, which is the final
week before lawmakers go on
a three-week recess.
Common Core
repeal rebuffed in
Kansas House
The Common Core curriculum standards for English
language arts and math will
remain in Kansas schools, despite an attempt by the Kansas Legislature to repeal those
standards and replace them
with new ones.
• see Legislature, page A3
Page A2
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
DEATH NOTICES
The Montgomery County Chronicle
publishes death notices as a free
service. The death notice contains
only the name of the deceased,
date of death, and time and location
of a funeral and burial service. Further biographical information can
be contained in a paid obituary.
held Monday, March 21, 2016
at the Church of Christ in Coffeyville.
The family has suggested
memorials to the Church of
Christ.
Robert “Bob” George
INDEPENDENCE — Bernard Rommelfanger, age 93,
of Independence died Saturday, March 19, 2015 at Independence Medicalodges.
A Rosary service was held
Wednesday, March 23, at St.
Andrew Catholic Church, after which a funeral mass was
held. Burial was in Calvary
Cemetery under the direction
of Potts Chapel of Independence.
memorials to Saint Andrew
Church or School.
COFFEYVILLE — Robert L.
“Bob” George, age 69, of Coffeyville died at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center on Sunday, March 20, 2016.
Funeral services will be at
10 a.m., Thursday, March 24,
at the Tyro Christian Church.
Burial will follow at Robbins
Cemetery, west of Coffeyville,
under the direction of the David W. Barnes Funeral Home.
memorials be made to the
Tyro Christian Church for
R.O.C.K.S.
Vacation
Bible
School and may be left at the
funeral home or can be mailed
c/o David W. Barnes Funeral
Home, 306 N. Cline Road, Coffeyville, KS 67337.
Delores L. Bump
COFFEYVILLE — Delores L.
Bump, age 86, formerly of Coffeyville, died Monday, March
21, 2016 in Abilene, Kan.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a.m., Friday, March 25,
at the First United Methodist
Church Chapel in Coffeyville.
Burial will follow at Fairview
Cemetery in Coffeyville.
Friends may call from 9
a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday,
March 25 at David W. Barnes
Funeral Home 306 N. Cline
Road in Coffeyville.
Joe Palmer
COFFEYVILLE — Joe L.
Palmer, age 70, of Coffeyville
died Thursday, March 17,
2016 at his home.
A memorial service was
Bernard Rommelfanger
Barbara L. Barker
INDEPENDENCE — Barbara L. Barker, age 87, Independence, died Friday, March 18,
2016 at her home.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, March 23, at Potts
Chapel. Cremation followed
the funeral service. Memorials
may be made to Home Town
Hospice and may be left with
Potts Chapel of Independence.
Julia Ann Davis
COFFEYVILLE — Julia Ann
Davis, age 82, of Coffeyville
died Sunday, March 20, 2016,
at Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday March 23, at FordWulf-Bruns Chapel. Interment
followed at Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Coffeyville.
The family suggest memorial contributions can be made
payable to First Assembly God
Church, Native American Fellowship or Salvation Army. To
leave the family a message of
condolence, visit www.fordwulfbrunschapel.com.
Debra Lynn
“Stamper” Knisley
SOUTH
COFFEYVILLE
— Debra Lynn ‘’Stamper’’
Knisley, age 57, of South Coffeyville, Okla., died at her
home Wednesday, March 16,
2016, after a recent diagnosis
of IV metastic cancer. Funeral services were held
Saturday March 19, at Emmanuel Chapel in South Coffeyville. Interment followed at
Martin Cemetery in Childers,
Okla.
The family suggests memorials be made to Ridin For
the Brand Cowboy Church in
Wann.
To leave the family a message of condolence, visit www.
fordwulfbrunschapel.com.
Thomas Christopher
Roberts
CHERRYVALE — Thomas
Christopher Roberts, age 64,
of rural Cherryvale died Sunday, March 20, 2016, at his
home, surrounded by love and
family. Catholic funeral services
were held Wednesday, March
23, at St. Andrew Catholic
Church in Independence, with
Father Andrew Heiman officiating. A Rosary preceded the
Mass. Inurnment was in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial
contributions
may be made to St. Andrew’s
Catholic Church and sent to
Zach Webb Family Funeral
Service, 1475 S. 10th, Independence, KS 67301.
Services were under the
direction of the Zach Webb
Family Funeral Service, Independence.
Law enforcement apprehends
duo sought in recent burglaries
Over the last several weeks
the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office has been investigating at series of burglaries that
took place in various locations
throughout the county, Sheriff
Robert Dierks said.
On Feb. 11, investigators
executed a search warrant
and were able to recover a
significant amount of stolen
property from a residence in
Coffeyville. Bryan Scott Shamblin was named as a suspect,
and his girlfriend, Amber
Cron, was listed as a person of
interest.
Shamblin was arrested on
a warrant for burglary earlier
last week by the Coffeyville Police Department, and Cron was
taken into
custody on
March 17.
Investigators from
the sheriff’s office
are
suggesting
multiple
charges of
Shamblin
b u r g l a r y,
theft and
criminal damage to property
on both suspects. Suspects
are considered innocent until
proven guilty in a court of law.
Dierks expressed his appreciation to everyone who
assisted in the apprehension
of these suspects. Sheriff Di-
erks said
his office
received
many tips
from the
public on
the whereabouts of
Shamblin
and Cron
and many
of
these
Cron
tips proved
to be helpful. Dierks also said
he appreciated all law enforcement agencies that assisted in
the search. He offered special
thanks to the Coffeyville Police
Department, which apprehended Shamblin.
High-speed chase lands two
in area hospitals with injuries
INDEPENDENCE — A highspeed chase involving a motorcycle that was going in excess
of 130 miles per hour led to
injuries — and the arrest — of
the motorcycle pilot and a passenger.
Sheriff Robert Dierks said
the the pursuit, which was
held on Thursday, March 7,
began
when
Montgomery
County sheriff’s deputies attempted to conduct a traffic
stop of a 2006 Suzuki XRI motorcycle, which failed to signal
at about 12:30 a.m. After failing to stop, deputies initiated a
vehicle pursuit that led them
south on 10th Street from Independence, eventually turning westbound on 58 Road.
Dierks described speeds
during this chase exceeded
130 miles per hour and ended with two occupants being
thrown from the motorcycle
when the pilot tried to negoti-
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Chronicle!
ate a corner on 58 Road near
U.S. 75 highway.
The driver who was later
identified as Justin Lee Barnett, age 27, was flown to a regional trauma center with serious injuries. The passenger
who was identified as Hillary
Von McCutcheon, age 27, was
transported by Independence
EMS to an area hospital with
serious injuries.
Barnett was wanted for
several felony warrants out
of Montgomery County, and is
now facing charges of felony
fleeing and elude, narcotics
violations, and several other
traffic offenses. Von McCutch-
eon was wanted for a felony
warrant out of Montgomery
County.
Dierks said running from
law enforcement was a no-win
situation.
“It’s very dangerous, and
in instances like this, nobody
wins,” he said.
Dierks is hopeful both suspects will fully recover from
their injuries. Dierks commends his deputies for their
work and having to put their
own well-being in jeopardy as
well.
Dierks said all parties were
presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Easter events this weekend
Here is a listing of egg hunts as reported to the Chronicle
Caney Lions Club Annual
Easter Egg Hunt
CANEY — The Caney Lions Club Annual
Easter Egg Hunt will be held promptly at 10
a.m. on Saturday, March 26, near the Caney
Valley High School track. Hundreds of Easter
eggs, each containing either candy or prizes,
will be on the ground which will be divided
into areas according to kids’ ages, toddlers
through 11 years of age. Some of the eggs
will have coupons from local eateries offering drinks, ice cream and food as prizes and
also money and candy provided by others.
The Easter Bunny will be on hand, therefore parents are encouraged to bring their
camera or cell phone to take pictures of their
children with the Easter’s favorite rabbit.
Donuts and juice will also be served courtesy of the Caney Lions Club.
Nancy Moore, Lions president, reminds
the public to attend the event prior to 10
a.m. “At 10:01 a.m. the hunt is over -- it
doesn’t take long for all the kids to gather
their eggs,” she said. Attendees must bring
their own baskets or sacks to gather their
Easter items. There will be no rain date for
the event.
All kids are invited to attend.
Indy’s Easter egg hunt set
for Saturday afternoon
INDEPENDENCE — The annual Easter
egg hunt for kids ages 9 and younger at Riverside Park in Independence takes place at
3 p.m.on Saturday, March 26. Participants
should bring their own baskets.
Egg hunts are by age group:
• 0-1 year - in the park oval blue section
• 2-3 years - park oval orange section
• 4-5 years - park oval red section
• 6-7 years - bandshell purple section;
and
• 8-9 years - bandshell green section.
Gift cards will go to those who find a special note inside an egg. Find the Easter bunny to claim the prizes.
Rain date is 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 27.
Announcements are posted on the City’s
Website and the park’s Facebook page. The
Easter egg hunt is sponsored by the Independence Rotary Club and the Riverside
Park board.
Area kids invited to
VFW’s Easter Carnival
INDEPENDENCE — Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 1186 and its Auxiliary will host an
Easter Carnival from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sat-
urday, March 26, prior to the Independence
Easter Egg Hunt so families may attend both
events.
The carnival will be located in the 100
block of East Myrtle, in front of the VFW on
Myrtle Street, which will be blocked off from
the alley east to 6th street.
All families, both VFW families and nonVFW families, are invited to attend the
event. Parents of children from ages 3 - 12
years old are encouraged to bring their kids
to take part in old-fashioned carnival games.
All children who are within the age limits
will receive a prize.
For more information, contact the VFW
Post 1186 at (620) 331-6010.
Cherryvale nursing
center to hold egg hunt
CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center will host an Easter egg
hunt for children ages 0 through 9 starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 26 at the
nursing home, 1001 W. Main. The hunt for
ages 0-3 starts at 10 a.m.; ages 4-6 start at
10:10; and ages 7-9 seek the colorful plastic
eggs at 10:20.
Participants should bring their own baskets. Winners are those who gather the most
eggs in the time allotted. First- and secondplace in each age category take home not
just the eggs they found, but an Easter basket with candy and toys, as well.
Bring your own baskets
to Lakeside Cedar Lodge
CHERRYVALE — Cherryvale Christian
Church will sponsor an Easter egg hunt for
children ages 0-fourth grade starting at 3:30
p.m. on Saturday, March 26, at Lakeside Cedar Lodge, 5772 CR4800, Cherryvale. Children should bring their own baskets.
Easter egg hunting times are:
• Ages 0-2 at 3:30 p.m.
• Ages 3-5 at 3:50 p.m.
• Grades 1-4 at 4:10 p.m.
Call Eric or Nathaniel at (620) 336-2533
for more information.
Windsor Place Easter egg
hunt set for Friday
COFFEYVILLE — More than 1,000 children are expected to attend the Windsor Place Easter egg hunt in Coffeyville on
Friday, March 25. The hunt will begin at 3
p.m., at the Windsor Place lawn at 2921 W.
First.
Kids are asked to bring their own baskets.
Tot Olympics to be held
April 8 at CCC’s Nellis Hall
The annual Tot Olympics — a wide variety of organizations, ers from southeast Kansas,”
an event for special needs chil- such as Coffeyville Community she said. “Additionally, local
dren, age 2-8 — will be held College athletes and students, nursing homes are invited to
Friday, April 8 at the Coffeyville local high school organizations cheer on the participants.”
Community College, Nellis Hall from the area, and many oth- Gymnasium. The event will be
held from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
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Sylvester Williams, a former
CCC football player and a nose
guard for the 2016 Super Bowl
champions Denver Broncos,
will be on hand at this year’s
What an amazing life Wanda led and what a gift she was to
Tot Olympics.
all who knew her.
Teresa McVey, organizer,
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all who
said this year’s event could see
sent a plant or flowers, gave a card or a donation, shared a kind
up to 75 children and at least
word, a hug or prayer, we say “Thank
100 volunteers.
You.” Your gestures were a blessing and
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comfort to us in our time of sorrow.
We send a special thank you to
the Independence EMS and Jane Phillips
Hospital personnel for your compassion
during a difficult time for us. To Potts
Chapel, thank you for your great care
to all the details and helping to create a
personal and flawless celebration of life
service for such a phenomenal lady.
Thank you to the First Assembly
of God Church for opening the doors
Where Your Family Is Our Family
to your beautiful facility for the service.
Enjoy home cooked meals,
Holding the services at your church held
housekeeping, laundry, personal care
a special meaning to the family. The First Southern Baptist
and medication assistance.
Church for hosting our family following the service. To VFW
Post 1186 Ladies Auxiliary, the American Legion Post 139
24 Hour caring staff
Ladies Auxiliary and the First Southern Baptist Church for
LPN/RN on call 24/7
providing the family with a wonderful meal.
Pastor Ryan, we thank you more than you will ever know.
Let your family be a part of
We pray that even in her physical absence, her bright light
Our family at
will continue to shine in the hearts and in the lives of all who
1354 Taylor Road
crossed her path in our community and in her beloved City of
Independence.
Independence, KS
Thank You
Assisted Living
at
Eagle
Estates
(620) 331-1662
— The family of Wanda Mayo
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Schmidt seeks bid for Kansas Senate Commission delays
INDEPENDENCE — Chuck Schmidt, a
retired Independence school administrator, has officially filed as a Democrat Party
candidate for the Kansas Senate, District
15, which includes most of Montgomery
County and Labette
Counties and all of
Neosho County.
Schmidt recently
retired as superintendent of schools in
Independence. He
is currently working
a part-time interim
position as director
of fiscal and support services in the
El Dorado, Kan.,
Schmidt
school system.
Schmidt,
who
was born and raised on a farm near
Hays, has taught, coached and served
as an administrator in western Kansas,
northeast Kansas and southeast Kansas.
He has also farmed and owned a rental
business. Schmidt has been active in the
Independence community serving on the
Leadership Independence board and as
president of the Chamber of Commerce
Diversity Task Force. He is a graduate of
Leadership Kansas in 2015.
Schmidt said he was seeking the Kansas Senate post now held by incumbent
Jeff King, R-Independence, because of
King’s close policy connections to Gov.
Sam Brownback.
“The team of Brownback/King has
mismanaged the budget and the economy
of this state,” said Schmidt. “Because of
their policies we are in a perpetual budget crisis. They imposed an experiment
on the State of Kansas and citizens have
paid the price for the past four years.
“It is crucial that we replace the people
like Senator King who have enabled Governor Brownback to impose his experiment on Kansans. It is too late for Senator King to change his mind just months
before an election. The damage is already
done and we need new people if we have
any chance of reversing the damage.”
Schmidt said the state income tax cuts
that were approved by the Kansas Legislature in 2012 and 2013 were led by
Brownback and King. As a result of those
income tax reductions, Kansas has a limited pool of revenue, which has caused
reduced funding for education, highways,
social services and basic functions of government.
King’s opposition to accepting federal
money for hospitals has led to the closure
of Mercy Hospital in Independence, which
also has put many other rural hospitals in
the state at risk of closure or downsizing,
Schmidt said.
The Independence man also took exception to Brownback’s and King’s attempt to stack the state courts with judges who will “vote the way they want them
to,” which, he said, threatens the basic
constitutional concept of separation of
powers.
“They will not be satisfied until they
control every aspect of Kansas government,” said Schmidt.
Schmidt and his wife, Mary, live in Independence and have five children and
five grandchildren.
Military vet bestowed legislative honors
Frank Foster of
Elk City saluted for
having served the
United States Navy
in three wars
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
A Montgomery County military veteran with experience
in three wars was given high
honors in both chambers of
the Kansas Legislature, Gov.
Sam Brownback, and U.S. Rep.
Lynn Jenkins on Monday.
Frank Foster, a 94-year-old
resident of Elk City, was given
special commendation by state
officials in recognition for his
years of service in the U.S.
Navy. Foster’s military service
spanned three separate conflicts: World War II, the Korean
War and the Vietnam War.
State Rep. Virgil Peck, RTyro, and State Sen. Forrest
Knox, R-Altoona, were instrumental in having Foster recognized by both chambers of the
Kansas Legislature.
“The number of veterans still living who fought for
American freedoms in World
War II is getting smaller by
the month. Additionally, the
number of Americans who
were willing to give of themselves by serving our nation in
World War II, Korea, and Vietnam was not that large to begin with and it is getting very
Norma and Frank Foster of Elk City stand between Gov. Sam Brownback (left) and State Rep.
Virgil Peck, R-Tyro, in Brownback’s office on Monday. (Courtesy photo)
small,” said Peck. “Therefore,
it is fitting that we bestow special honor today in recognizing
and thanking Frank Foster for
his sacrificial service to help
make this the greatest nation
in modern history.”
Foster also was recognized
by a military legacy that continued into each of his five
children. Frank and Norma’s
eldest son, Michael, served in
the U.S. Army and retired from
the Army National Guard; son
Greg attended the U.S. Naval
Academy and served in the
Navy Reserves; son James retired from the U.S. Army Special Forces; son Charles served
in and retired from the U.S. Air
Force; and their youngest, and
only daughter, Michelle served
eight years in the U.S. Navy.
“When you add it all up,
Frank Foster and his five
children served in the United
States Armed Forces for a total of 129 years,” said Peck.
Frank was joined at the ceremonies by his wife, Norma,
and son Charles Foster and his
wife Daphne.
Legislature OKs property tax lid acceleration
• continued from front page
After nearly three hours of
debate on Tuesday, the Kansas House of Representatives
rejected a proposal to repeal
the Common Core standards.
The vote was 44 yea, 78 nays.
From the Montgomery County
delegation, State Rep. Jim
Kelly, R-Independence, and
State Rep. Richard Proehl, RParsons, voted against repealing Common Core standards.
State Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Tyro,
voted in favor of the repeal.
House Bill 2292 would have
repealed the current standards, effective July 1, 2017,
and it would have required the
Kansas State Board of Education to develop new standards
by that time.
In addition, though, the bill
would have prohibited the use
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of any “federally-provided or
required” set of standards,
and it would have given the
Legislature authority to review
and approve any new standards the state board submits.
Supporters of the bill called
the Common Core standards
an example of federal government meddling in state education policy.
But opponents said repealing the standards would have
put Kansas out of step with the
rest of the nation, and would
have put Kansas students at a
disadvantage when taking college entrance exams that are
designed around the Common
Core.
Senate narrowly OKs
impeachment bill
of state judges
Kansas senators advanced
a bill Tuesday declaring that
state supreme court justices
could be impeached for, lawmakers contend, interfering
too much in the Kansas Legislature’s business.
The Kansas Senate’s vote of
21-19 reflected some misgivings within its Republican supermajority about a proposal
that critics labeled an attack
on the court system’s independence. The measure goes next
to the Kansas House of Representatives, where similar divisions among Republicans exist.
State Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence, voted against the
measure while State Sen. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, voted in
favor of it.
It’s the latest in a series of
initiatives putting Kansas at
the center of a national effort by GOP conservatives to
remake state courts. Those
have included failed efforts to
change how Supreme Court
justices are chosen and a
threat by lawmakers — later
dropped — to nullify the court
system’s entire budget.
Republicans who pushed
the impeachment measure
to first-round approval in the
Senate argued that they’re
providing greater guidance on
the grounds for impeaching
the court’s members and removing them from office. But
it’s the latest initiative from
GOP conservatives in recent
years putting Kansas at the
center of a national effort to
remake state courts.
The Kansas Senate considered the measure on judicial
impeachment after the Kansas
Supreme Court last month ordered lawmakers to increase
the state’s aid to poor school
districts — or see schools shut
down in July. The chamber’s
voice vote advanced the bill
to a final vote Tuesday to determine whether the measure
goes to the House
The Kansas Constitution
has language that currently allows for impeachment of state
officials based on “high crimes
and misdemeanors.” No state
official has faced impeachment since 1930.
vote on discounted
services at hospitals
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — Montgomery County commissioners on Monday gave tentative
support to allowing county
employees to receive medical
services at two area hospitals
at a discounted rate.
However,
commissioners
Larry McManus of Independence and Fred Brown of
Coffeyville chose not to take
a vote on the matter until the
third commissioner, Ryan York
of Cherryvale, could be in attendance at the commission’s
March 28 meeting to offer an
opinion. York was absent from
Monday’s meeting.
Commissioners have joined
Micah Boulanger of Encompass HR Solutions in lowering
the overall costs of healthcare
for county employees. Montgomery County was projected
to spend $4 million in 2016
on health insurance alone for
more than 170 county works.
Boulanger said one way to
reduce healthcare costs was
to negotiate directly with two
of the closest hospitals — Coffeyville Regional Medical Center and Labette Health — on
the costs of medical services
offered to eligible county employees. By negotiating directly with the two hospitals,
the county will receive lower
medical costs as compared to
the PPO, or preferred provider
organization, model, which is
how the county’s health insurance system is now designed.
Boulanger
emphasized
that county employees can
still choose to receive medical
services at whatever hospital or medical clinic is within
their Aetna insurance network. However, the costs of
some services through Labette
Health and Coffeyville Regional Medical Center would be
lower if they choose to receive
them at either facility.
McManus said the commission’s ultimate goals in having
Boulanger negotiate medical
costs directly with the two hospitals were twofold:
• to give county employees
an option for their medical
services, and,
• to keep medical services
as close to Montgomery County
(and within Kansas) as much
as possible.
“The county employees
want a choice; so, we are looking to give them an option ,”
said McManus. “We are looking for a best care. We feel that
between the two hospitals,
they can get the total care they
need . . . or want.”
Because of confidentiality
demands placed on the negotiation process by both hospitals, commissioners could not
divulge the extent of the negotiated costs that were agreed
to by CRMC and Labette
Health.
One Montgomery County
resident spoke in opposition to
the negotiation process. Max
Williams of rural Coffeyville
said he wanted the commission to work exclusively with
Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center rather than bring in the
Parsons-based Labette Health
into the discussion.
“I think it’s a terrible mistake to take Montgomery
County taxpayers’ money and
take it to Labette County,”
said Williams. “After what
has been experienced in Independence with the closing of
Mercy Hospital, I feel we need
to do what we can to keep our
money local. Otherwise, we’re
just chipping away at our one
remaining hospital in Montgomery County.”
Boulanger responded that
CRMC and Labette Health
could stand to gain
Dog park being studied
by Cherryvale officials
not have to be elaborate. About
all that it would need, she said,
is some chain-link fencing and
the grass mowed regularly.
The council discussed the
possibility and guessed an
area about half the size of a
football field would be large
enough for separate areas for
large and small dogs. They
also said such a park would
require more than just mowing to be properly maintained,
and they asked Sisk to look
into what fencing would cost
and to try to determine how
many city residents are interested in a dog park. If there is
enough interest to justify the
additional expense of running
a dog park, there is a stronger
likelihood of the city creating
one, they said.
“We have to look carefully
into this,” city administrator
Joel Pile said Tuesday morning. “If it isn’t done properly
you could end up with a dogfight arena, and no one wants
that.”
He also said he would check
with the City’s insurance carrier about liability issues and
adequate coverage.
Commissioner seeks more
info on facility’s expenses
liminary budget developed by
city staff.
Webb said that under the
lease agreement between the
City and St. John Health System, the City was responsible
solely for the mechanical and
electrical services while St.
John’s responsibility was for
new construction and modifications.
No other commitments have
been made for the remainder
of the former hospital facility;
however, last fall, commissioners were presented with
a plan developed by city manager Micky Webb to relocate
municipal offices into the hospital and build a new fire, police and public works facility
on the grounds where Mercy
currently is demolishing two
wings of the former hospital.
Commissioners have not taken
any action on that proposal.
Mayor Gary Hogsett asked
Webb to continue to monitor
the anticipated costs of the facility.
“I know it’s difficult to put
numbers together because it’s
a moving target,” said Hogsett.
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Opinions
Waving the wheat and saying
‘Mykhailiuk’ are easy during March
Go back 50 years and most
In our own living room, this
college basketball fans were
fast-pace tournament keeps
men. Also, 90 percent of the
us talking about sports, the
players were white, and none
KU Jayhawks, the Shockers
of them came from places like
of WSU, the OU Sooners and
the Ukraine, Mali or the Czech many more.
Republic.
At this writing (Wednesday), KU
Today,
is preparespecially in
ing to meet
a place like
Maryland on
Kansas where
Thursday in
watching
RUDY TAYLOR
the Sweet 16,
basketball
Off the Cuff
so Kathy and
reigns as the
I are wearing
top winterKU shirts and
time pastime,
occupying chairs in front of
fans run the full gamut. An
the TV.
85-year-old grandmother is
just as likely to wave the Jay We cheer like crazy, grouse
hawk wheat as a 19-year-old
about foul calls and grumble
college student.
about the announcers’ innane
babbling.
And, thankfully, the race
barriers are totally gone in
And, as long as there’s a
college sports. That’s a victory familiar team, perhaps from
worth celebrating.
the Big 12 Conference in the
surviving mix, the NCAA tour The presence of television
nament will keep our attenhas helped everyone’s fastion.
cination with March Madness, with most of us clicking
Granted, we all start yawnthrough 100 channels on our
ing once our favorite teams
way to finding ESPN, Fox
get beat, but we’ll still find
Sports, CBS Sports and a
key games to watch until the
dozen others.
Final Four match-ups and the
national championship game
on April 4.
After that, everyone will
glance outside, observe yard
work that begs for attention
and spring training for Major
League Baseball.
And maybe, just maybe,
we’ll be wearing “National
Champs” caps and shirts with
that little crimson and blue
bird strutting in the foreground.
And in the process, we’ll all
learn to spell and say Cheick
Diallo and Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk without giving away our
Kansas accents.
It’s a madness, I’m telling
you.
Of Easter egg hunts and pretty spring dresses
. . . . . enjoying the spring
beauty of redbud trees, forsythia, tulips and daffodils . . .
taking advantage of attending
a citywide garage sales event
. . . watching the fastest kids’
activity on earth -- community
Easter egg hunts . . . listening
to the radio as you work in
the garage . . . watching batting practice of a high school
baseball team . . . not expecting too much and being thoroughly content and happy with
what you get . . . the yumminess of twice-baked potatoes
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
. . . thoughts and excitement
of forthcoming high school
proms . . . when all the groceries have been carried from
the car to the house, items put
away in the proper places and
sitting down for five minutes
to recuperate . . . being able
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
to recite all the U.S. states and
capitals . . . attending church
as a family on Easter Sunday
. . . through Jesus dying on
the cross with all of humanity’s sins on his shoulders, He
was buried, arose and gives us
living hope of eternal life with
him if we only accept Him as
our Savior -- “Praise be to the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus! In his great mercy he has
given us new birth into a living
hope through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
(I Peter 1:3)
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OUR THOUGHTS
The story of belief
In a day when you can’t believe anything . . . comes Easter!
The Easter story remains the backdrop
for all Christians as they remember the
suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus
Christ some 20 centuries ago.
No doubt a myth to many people who
doubt anything that might be viewed miraculous, this three-day event was the pivotal
moment in the history of this world.
True, it sounds unbelievable.
But that’s the wonder of God’s relationship to his people — indeed, even those who
don’t claim such a kinship. The gift of grace
was extended to everyone who embraces
childlike faith and acknowledges a belief
in this greatest gift to humankind — Jesus
Christ.
The entire Easter season is glorious. It reveals God in human form, one who walked
among us, experienced our trials and
showed us a better way to live than anything
we might have legislated or convened in our
own terms.
Following the birth of our Savior in
Bethlehem, it was 33 years later when the
trial, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus
became the rallying point of the Christian
faith. It centers around a God who is alive,
not one carved into stone or written into antiquity.
Easter is a moment in time, one that
plucks the very strings of our hearts. It pulls
us back into believing what we were taught
as children — that Christ arose on the third
day, walked among his friends, and promised never to leave us.
Unbelievable?
Certainly.
That’s why we believe it so intently.
— Rudy Taylor
Fear runs amok
Redefining the Kansas Supreme Court is not smart move
Kansas lawmakers are feverishly trying
to redefine the judiciary in our state, obviously frustrated at recent court decisions
that make them back up and redo some of
their laws (see story on page A1).
The Kansas Senate on Tuesday debated
and passed a roster of infractions capable
of prompting impeachment proceedings
against Kansas Supreme Court justices and
a contingent of people elected to statewide
political office.
Most Republicans voted yes on the impeachment bill, however it is noteworthy
that Sen. Jeff King, R-Independence, opposed it. Sen. Forrest Knox, R-Altoona, voted in favor of the impeachment bill.
Legislators openly tie their ire directly to
the Supreme Court’s mandate that the Legislature return to its education funding formula and make it more equitable for all districts, whether they are rich or poor, rural
or urban. That’s the sticker in their partisan
eyes as they pontificate this issue, making it
sound like the courts must salute the legislative branch of state government.
It is popular for lawmakers to beat up on
the courts, and the lawmakers’ latest proposal will hardly stop the grousing from
their sacred halls.
In a year when state funding of education
begs for an adult approach; when transportation funds are being swiped to bolster the
governor’s general budget; when state services in general are being alarmingly downsized; our Senate and House members are
spending valuable time and effort debating
the inevitable --- that courts run the judiciary; legislators manage the funding and
lawmaking; and the governor administers
state government, working with what he is
sent in the form of laws and appropriations.
Trying to punish Supreme Court justices
for doing their jobs, traditionally in a nonpartisan way, is not the function of the legislative branch.
But when these elected lawmakers gather in Topeka, they turn into a bubble of murmuring, often turning logic into paranoia.
They’ve got much better issues to address
than to set up an affront to the judiciary
which will require millions of dollars to defend, and predictably, lose in every conceivable appeal.
Lawmakers should simplify their purpose, then get on with determining a tomorrow with hope, not a cynical confrontation
with our own Kansas Constitution.
— Rudy Taylor
Hypocrites in Topeka
State legislature has a lot of nerve meddling in local governments
Hypocriscy continues to fly its flag loudly
at the Kansas capitol in Topeka as lawmakers
attempt to inject themselves in the dealings of
local governments.
We have always believed — as do decades
of Kansans before us — that local decisions
are best made by local leaders. That’s why we
choose to elect city councilors, school board
members and county commissioners to handle matters that deal with city services, local
education, and county roads and bridges.
Comes now an attempt by the Kansas Legislature to speed up the rate by which they
will apply brakes to local spending decisions
(see story on page A1). In 2015, the legislature
— in an all-out grab of control of all levels of
government — mandated a property tax lid
on local governments. The law, which would
go into effect on Jan. 1, 2018, would require
a public vote whenever a city or county board
chooses to raise the volume of property taxes
collected above the rate of inflation.
No matter how good the thought of spending controls sounds, the bill was fraught with
problems, namely the elections that would be
required. And, the fact that the bill did not
give clarity to how the elections would be
held in relation to each board’s preparation
of annual budgest caused a lot of frustration
in city halls and courthouses across Kansas.
This week, the Kansas House of Representatives chose to speed up that property
tax lid, mandating it go into effect on Jan. 1,
2017.
So, look for our duly-elected city councilors
and county commissioners to be put on the
hot seat this summer as they prepare their
2017 budgets.
That’s a shame. The local city and county
leaders have a much better feel than state
legisltors concerning the needs of local governments. That’s why our forefathers gave
that spending authority to local governments
when they devised our state constitution
more than a century and a half ago.
It rubs us wrongly to think that the Kansas
Legislature, which has no property tax lid,
has thrust itself in local spending decisions.
Don’t forget: this is the same legislature that
passed the largest tax hike in state history in
2015 . . . because they needed the tax revenue to fill the budget holes left by an unsound
tax policy.
Even when one state lawmaker, State Sen.
Michael O’Donnell of Wichita, this week attempted to even the playing field by asking
that state spending increases be limited
to the rate of inflation, the proposal was not
only shot down, but that legislator was ostracized for even suggesting it.
In Topeka, what is good for the goose is
never good for the gander. That’s why hypocrites abound like a gaggle of geese within
the state capitol.
— Andy Taylor
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CORRECTIONS
OPINIONS
Family Game Night and more
will be our household election
To round out spring break
we invited my husband’s family over for an evening of family
game night. It involved a pile
of board games, a big pot of
spaghetti, and lots of laughter.
Before everyone arrived, I
sat down at the table with my
two sons and nephew for a
warm-up round of “Go Fish.”
During the competition one
of them used a word that just
was a little off color. It wasn’t
anything bad but there are
just words that come out of
the mouths of our little sugar
lumps that make them less
sweet.
So I shook my head and
paused the game. Then I told
the boys that with family coming over, we can’t use some
of the words they sometimes
get away with so for the next
30 seconds they needed to
get all of their bad words out
of their mouths. I don’t think
they would have been more
shocked if I had turned into
a leprechaun. But after that
shock wore off, they were on
for the 30-second spew.
Now, before anybody calls
social services, you should
know that these words aren’t
the kind that are bleeped from
the television. In fact, they are
JENNY
DIVELEY
Pick A Little,
Talk A Little
harmless. But to a 10, 8, and
5 year old, they are vocabulary gold. Most of their words
could be found in the Jeopardy
category, “Things Heard In a
Bathroom.”
The oldest would string together as many words as possible to impress the younger
ones. The middle one would
prepare the words in his head
and just as they were about
to his lips, he would have a
giggle fit and be rendered unable to utter even one. And the
youngest, in an effort to outdo
the oldest, would create his
own words. I’m pretty sure I
heard a “foxtrot” and “niner”
among his speech.
As they were giggling
through their silly strings of
words, I couldn’t help but think
they looked a bit like the current Presidential candidates.
But instead of bathroom humor, they hurl around words
like radical, education cuts,
guns, budget, Obamacare,
conservative, email scandal,
and Wall Street.
The difference is they throw
these words around with hurtful intentions. Nobody gets
tickled and falls over laughing
because of how silly they look.
And the timeframe seems infinite, as it is a guarantee that
even after the next election,
the mud will still fly.
Quite frankly, there were a
few moments that those little
boys seemed more presidential
than any of the current candidates that evening.
Once the potty humor was
out of their systems, they returned to the sweet, kind, wellmannered little boys we love.
I’d like to think that could happen on the national stage, but
that horizon doesn’t seem too
close yet. In fact, it has only
been in this election season
that we have seen the lines
blurred between presidential
speech and little boys bathroom terms.
So today we’re voting for
family game night, pots of spaghetti, pans of brownies, and
words that make us giggle.
Those things won’t solve
the problems of the world, but
for a few hours it sure was the
best thing we elected to do.
PUBLIC FORUM
Commissioner’s father shows
courage by asking questions
Editor:
As most of you probably know, my father,
Jim C. Taylor, Sr., has an adversarial reputation. Being a Coffeyville city commissioner, I felt
I should address my thoughts about it publicly.
Frequently, I hear comments about his political
views, editorial posts, website and road signs.
While many of the remarks are positive (possibly because he is my father), some people suggest that he does more harm than good by publicizing his political views.
It is because of these comments, I have
thought a great deal about whether his views
are positive, negative, needed or not wanted. In
the end, I came to the conclusion that regardless
of whether you agree with him, what he does for
our community is a valuable service. His comments and views make anyone who reads them
think about what is going on in our community.
Without his “adversarial” behavior, there are
many people who would possibly not have any
interest in what is occurring in this city.
A couple of months ago, I was listening to a
“Ted Talk” on NPR, and it featured a four-part
episode on “Courage.” This talk was prefaced
by the following quotation, “What does it mean
to be courageous? Is it an automatic response
or conscious choice? TED speakers examined
the nature of courage and what it takes to risk
everything to do the right thing.”
As I was listening to these stories, I couldn’t
help but think about my dad and his controversial work. Is it possible that his works are courageous? Each of these stories was about the few
who were willing to take a stand and fight for
what they believe is right. They had supporters,
but just as many adversaries. Like the people
in these stories, my father stands up for what
he believes. He cares about this community and
wants others to care as well.
LIke my father, I care about this community.
As a citizen and a commissioner, my goal is to
make the best decisions for our community by
listening to the input from all citizens of Coffeyville.
Jim C. Taylor, Jr.
Coffeyville city commissioner
Former GOP officials: it’s time
to defeat King, Peck and Knox
Editor:
Gov. Sam Brownback is a 30-year career politician who was first elected governor of Kansas
in 2010 and then re-elected in 2014. As gover-
nor, he is entrusted with maintaining and improving the infrastructure of the state.
With the full support of Republican majorities in the House and Senate, including Sen. Jeff
King, Sen. Forrest Knox, and Rep. Virgil Peck,
Brownback implemented extreme state income
tax reductions in 2012 and 2013 for more than
300,000 businesses and individuals. The governor and his supporters said lost revenues
would quickly be replaced because these companies would apply their tax savings to create
new jobs. We have known since 2014 that the
vast majority of those receiving tax cuts did not
create jobs to replace lost revenues despite the
governor’s assurances.
The approach taken by the governor and his
supporters (King, Knox, Peck and others) has
failed miserably. The rate at which jobs are being created is among the lowest in the country,
and for 32 consecutive months, the tax revenues
for every month have been lower than the revenues for that same month a year earlier.
Due to the loss of over $1 billion of lost revenue from these income tax cuts, the governor
and his Republican supporters have been eroding the state’s infrastructure to pay the state’s
daily bills. Over $1 billion has been taken from
the highway fund, and there are plans to reduce
it permanently. Education is underfunded and
being reduced further, rural hospitals are closing, the highway patrol does not have a single
officer in some counties, pension payment obligations are being gambled away and delayed,
the Children’s Fund is being robbed and reasonable tax policies were replaced by the governor’s plan which led to the biggest tax increase
in the history of Kansas in 2015.
Reserve accounts have been drawn down and
long-term bonds, with substantial interest payments, are being relied upon. Consequently, the
state’s bond rating has been lowered twice, and
the state’s debt is at its highest level ever.
Summarily, every single element of the infrastructure, the state’s economy and financial
strength are in worse condition than they were
when Brownback took office. And, Brownback
will not consider changing directions.
The governor does not stand for re-election
this fall, but those who supported his failures
and inflicted this damage to our state do stand
for election. Senator King and Representatives
Knox and Peck need to be replaced in the next
election. Their attempts to distance themselves
from the governor in this election year are too
little too late. The damage is done.
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THURSDAYMARCH24
• The Independence City
Commission meeting will be
held in the Veterans Room at
the Civic Center, 5:30 p.m.
• The Mass of the Lord’s
Supper will be presented at
5:45 p.m., followed by the
Adoration from 6:45 p.m. to
11 p.m., at the Caney Sacred
Heart Catholic Church.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
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.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.; the
Spring Scholastic Book Fair
will be held at the Caney City
LIbrary March 23 through
through Monday, April 4, during regular library hours. All
purchases can be assigned to
your choice of teacher at the
local grade school. The class
with the most amount of dollars by the end of the fair will
be treated to a class party. The
second place class will win a
number of age appropriate
books for their classroom library.
FRIDAYMARCH25
• Good Friday.
• The Montgomery County
Courthouse and the Coffeyville
Tag Office will be closed today
in observance of Good Friday.
• The First Leadership, Independence, will meet.
• The Liturgy of the Word,
Veneration of the Cross, and
Holy Communion will be given at the Caney Sacred Heart
Catholic Church at 7 p.m.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
• The Liturgy of the Word,
Veneration of the Cross, and
Holy Communion will begin at
7 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Caney.
• Windsor Place at 2921 W.
1st in Coffeyville will hold its
annual community Easter egg
hunt at 3 p.m. on the nursing
center lawn. The event is open
to all local children.
• The Cherryvale Ministerial Alliance will host a community Good Friday worship
service from noon to 1 p.m., at
the Assembly of God Church,
corner South Montgomery and
East 4th streets.
SATURDAYMARCH26
• The Caney Lions Club Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be
held promptly at 10 a.m. near
the Caney Valley High School
track, for kids ages toddler
through 11 years old. Be early
for the 10 o’clock start. See
detailed story found elsewhere
in this issue.
• The Independence Rotary
Club and Riverside Park Board
will hold the annual Easter
egg hunt at 3 p.m., in the park
oval area for local children
age 9 and younger. A rain date
will be held at 3 p.m., Sunday,
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• Cherryvale Nursing and
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an Easter egg hunt for children ages 0 through 9 starting at 10 a.m. at the nursing
home, 1001 W. Main.
• Lynn Silver, current Inge
playwright-in-residence, will
present a staged reading of
“Waiting for Elijah” at 12:30
p.m. The reading will include
a cast with several local performers. “Home” will be read
at 7 p.m. with Broadway actress Antoinette LaVecchia
and frequent Inge Festival
performer Joseph Gomez.
Both readings are free to the
public and provided by the
Inge Center for the Arts.
open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• The annual Easter egg
hunt for kids ages 9 and
younger at Riverside Park in
Independence takes place at 3
p.m. See story on page A2 for
details.
• Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 1186 and its Auxiliary
will host an Easter Carnival
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the
100 block of East Myrtle Street
in Independence. See story on
page A2 for details.
•
Cherryvale
Christian
Church will sponsor an Easter egg hunt for children ages
0- fourth grade starting at
3:30 p.m. at Lakeside Cedar
Lodge, 5772 CR4800, Cherryvale. Children should bring
their own baskets. See story
on page A2 for details.
SUNDAYMARCH27
• Easter Sunday -- attend a
church of your choice.
• The William Inge Film
Festival’s free presentation of
the movie “Dark at the Top of
the Stairs” will be held at 1:30
p.m. at the Independence Cinemas.
MONDAYMARCH28
• Montgomery County Commission will meet at 9 a.m. in
the commission chambers at
the Montgomery County Judicial Center in Independence.
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m
TUESDAYMARCH29
8 p.m.
• The Independence Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours will be held at Hugo’s Industrial Supply, 2700 W.
Main, 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAYMARCH30
6 p.m.
• Independence Community College Business Leaders
Spotlight will feature Karen
Carpenter of the William Inge
Theater Festival, at ICC West,
noon.
THURSDAYMARCH31
8 p.m.
FRIDAYAPRIL1
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Cherryvale Chamber of
Commerce will meet at 6 p.m.
at the Cherryvale Community
Center to continue with final
plans for the Cherry Blossom
Festival coming up the first
weekend in May.
• Independence Chamber of
Commerce First Friday will be
held at the Civic Center, 7:30
a.m.
• Little House on the Prairie Museum in Independence
will begin its 2016 season at
10 a.m. See story elsewhere in
this issue for details.
SATURDAYAPRIL2
• Havana Lake Association
will hold a community yard
sale beginning at 7 a.m. at the
lake park, four miles north of
Caney.
• The Montgomery County
Democratic
Central
Committee will hold its monthly
meeting at 12:30 p.m., at 618
Union, Coffeyville.
• Independence Community
Recycling Collection Day, at
the Sanitation Yard, 21st and
Maple, 8 a.m. to noon (held the
first Saturday of the month).
• The Cherryvale Christian
Church, 327 E. Main, will host
the monthly men’s breakfast
at 7:30 a.m.
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Chess club ends successful season Bond refinancing
to save millions
of dollars for City
Local team claims fifth
place overall, third
place in class 3A at
state tournament
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
The Cherryvale High School
Chess Club returned home
from the Kansas Scholastic
Chess Association’s state tournament with a third-place trophy among class 3A teams and
a fifth-place overall trophy.
Held at the University of
Kansas, the state tournament
included the six members of
the Cherryvale High School
Chess Club, who, based on
their finish at the state meet,
concluded their most-successful season in program history.
Cherryvale settled for fifth
place among the 33 schools
in attendance and ended the
meet in third place among
class 3A schools. The local
chess club garnered 15.5 team
points in the final tally, which
was only a point and half behind Thomas More Prep (17.0
points) and one-half point behind Erie (16.0 points).
There were 171 students
who competed in the high
school division of the Kansas
Scholastic Chess Association
with three of Cherryvale’s top
four chess players finishing
in the top 50. They were led
by Nathan Torkelson, whose
score of 4.5 (out of a total possible 6 points) put him in 17th
place overall. Mathew Thornton placed 23rd with a score of
4.0, and Logan Frazier ended
the state meet in 44th place
with a 4.0.
Also representing Cherryvale at the state meet were
Lucas
McPherson
(103rd
place),
Nathan
Cranford
(133rd place), and Jarred Humaciu (149th place).
At a scholastic chess tournament, students competed in
a total of six rounds with one
point awarded for each player’s victory. Therefore, a maximum of six points is awarded
per participant.
A typical chess meet consists of six rounds for each
player. Each player gets thirty
minutes on the clock, leading
to a maximum length of one
hour. Each round the player is
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
Members of the Cherryvale High School Chess Club who competed at the Kansas Scholastic
Chess Association’s state tournament last Saturday were (front row, left to right) Jarred Humaciu, Lucas McPherson, Nathan Cranford, (back row, left to right) Nathan Torkelson, Mathew
Thornton and Logan Frazier. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
paired with someone according to the number of points
scored. A team can consist of
any number of players but the
overall score is based only on
the top four players. A player
can play up to six full hours
of chess at one meet. Does it
happen? It’s not typical, but
some matches can be at their
full length.
In terms of team points, the
top four scores of any team are
used to determine a school’s
team tally.
The chess season stretches from September through
March, making it the longest
season of any scholastic contest in Kansas, said Mike Lewis, chess club sponsor. Lewis
also said the students practice
twice weekly during the season.
“Overall, it was a very good
year for us,” he said. “There
was only one tournament
where we did not finish with a
team trophy.”
Cherryvale captured firstplace trophies at meets at Columbus on Oct. 3, at Chanute
on Nov. 14, at Northeast-Arma
on Jan. 23. The team finished
in second place at a Blue Valley tournament on Oct. 24.
The
team’s
third-place
win in the class 3A division
at the state meet combined
with its fifth-place overall finish among all 33 teams at the
state meet now gives the Charger Chess Club six trophies for
the 2015-16 season.
Co-chess sponsor Tonya
Torkelson transported the
students to the various meets
throughout the year.
“When Ray Turner was getting ready to retire several
years ago, he asked if I would
consider taking the students to
the meets,” said Torkelson. “I
had no idea what to expect but
my role soon became that of
the cheering section. I shared
their successes and defeats. I
felt like we had to attend bigger meets to become more
competitive.”
Four resolutions adopted by
the Cherryvale City Council on
Monday evening are aimed at
retiring three old bond issues
and saving local taxpayers
more than $1 million in interest.
It will also provide the City
of Cherryvale with an more attractive credit rating.
The council agreed to refinance bonds, which had been
issued many years ago to improve the city’s public water
supply system, with a lower
interest rate. The bonds are
now being repaid at a 4.5-percent interest rate. The new
bonds will carry an interest
rate of approximately 2.78
percent, saving the city about
$1,056,000 over the next few
years, said Joel Pile, city administrator.
Pile said the refinancing of
bonds will come with an additional benefit. By complying
with Internal Revenue Service
requirements and obtaining
a credit rating from Standard
and Poor’s financial services,
the City of Cherryvale will
have a stronger standing when
it comes to obtaining financing
for future municipal projects,
Pile said.
In other action on Monday,
the council also approved
spending about $11,000 on a
$360,369 sidewalk installation
project that will stretch along
South Carson Street to connect Lincoln-Central Elementary School and Cherryvale
Middle-High School and along
East Sixth Street from Carson
to Logan Park on South Liberty. The council approved RFB
Construction Co.’s $258,669
bid for the construction of the
sidewalk. The remainder of the
$360,369 total expense comes
from $85,000 for engineering
the project and $20,000 for a
grant administrator. The State
of Kansas will fund $350,000
for the sidewalk project, leaving just $11,000 for the city to
carry.
The council on Monday also:
• chose Ed Kelemen’s bid
of $31,000 from the three
bids received for mowing at
Fairview Cementery this year.
Kelemen’s bid was the middle
bid, with the highest coming in
at $34,000 and the lowest at
$27,500. However, Kelemen is
a local contractor who mowed
for the city last year, and “he
did an excellent job,” councilor
Chad Wickham said. The mowing season this year starts April
4 and runs through the fall.
• announced there are vacancies on three city boards:
one on the library board of
trustees, two on the city planning commission; and one on
the Cherryvale Recreation
Commission. Any city resident
interested in serving on any of
these boards can call City Hall
for more information. That
number is (620) 336-2776.
• issued a proclamation recognizing April 5 as National
Service Recognition Day.
• set its next meeting for 7
p.m. on Monday, April 4.
Ministerial Alliance will
hold Good Friday service
TEAM SCORES: 1. Lawrence 19.0 2. Blue Valley Northwest 17.0 3. Hays-Thomas More Prep
17.0 4. Erie 16.0 5. Cherryvale 15.5 6. Bishop Carroll 15.0 7. Saint Mary’s Academy 15.0 8. Valley
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Blue Valley North 14.0 13. Lawrence Free State
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School (Wichita) 6.0 31. Topeka-Hayden 6.0 32.
Wichita Heights 5.0 33. Altoona-Midway 4.0.
The Cherryvale Ministerial Alliance will host a community Good Friday worship service from noon to 1 p.m., Friday, March 25, at the Assembly of God Church on East Main
Street.
Everyone is welcome to attend, as we remember the death
of Jesus on the cross. There will be two 30-minute times of
meditation, which will include prayer, meditation, scripture,
and time for silent reflection. Attendees can participate in
just one or both segments.
Council addresses burning questions about fires, nuisance violators
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
The Cherryvale City Council addressed two hot topics on Monday: when to burn
yard waste and how to handle
nuisance letters from the City
when wind and other conditions prevent residents from
taking care of brush piles in a
timely manner.
Councilors Lew Forman
Jr. and Chad Wickham asked
what recourse residents and
business owners have when
they receive multiple nuisance-violation notices from
the City after they have tried
repeatedly to get the fire department’s permission to burn
leaves and yard waste.
“I know (fire chief Jesse
Reed) isn’t here and I’m not
trying to throw him under the
bus, but what happens when
a person tries time after time
to get permission from the fire
department to burn and they
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windy or that there’s a burn
ban in effect?” Forman asked.
“And I know for a fact that we
don’t have a burn ban in effect.”
Councilor Randy Wagoner,
Mayor John Wright and city
administrator Joel Pile (Coun-
cilor Don King was absent) all
said wind and drought circumstances should dictate when
residents can burn, and they
all agreed the city ordinance
needs to contain language
that allows for more flexibility,
especially when the length of
time a brush pile exists is the
issue. “Why worry about a brush
pile that’s piled up nice and
neat, just waiting for the right
weather conditions, when
there are places with cars
parked all over the yard? We
have bigger fish to fry,” Wickham said.
They also noted that burning in a fire pit is allowed any
time, even after dark when
other burn situations are not
allowed, and the city’s site
for disposal of yard and tree
waste remains an option when
burning is prohibited.
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CHERRYVALE
Lincoln-Central students named to third quarter honor rolls
Lincoln-Central Elementary School has announced the
names of students who qualified for the third quarter honor rolls of the 2015-16 school
year.
Forman, Layne Harbers, Tatiana Hopkins, Briggs Knight,
Morgan Lasco, Jamaal Mason,
Peyton Modich, Jaspreet Panesar, LiliAnn Whittley.
• Fourth grade: Josephine
Conner, Blaze Forman, Kaden
Hooper, Carley Fox, Zoey Kessler, Josept Lazo-Barahona,
Allee Martin, McKenna Mata
• Fifth grade: Hailey Blake,
Emma Hattan, Katrelle Nar-
All A Honor Roll
• Third grade: Crosby Allen,
Darius Allen, Mason Bruggman, Kinsey Cook, Maria Ellis, Cayden Evenson, Kadynce
cisse, Sydney Haynes, Alivia
Kaiser, Isabella Russow.
• Sixth grade: Audrey Cranford, Wylie DeWeese, Lilly Gillman, Matthew Hooper, Abbi
Mahurin,
Austin Harbers, Grace Stafford, Halle Hosier, Trinity
Koehn, Kolby Hastings, Lauren Hugo, Kelsi Lantz, Kendall
Shepard.
A&B Honor Roll
• Third grade: Ambrielle
Barnett, Shelby Barrager, Inez
Blackburn, Tagg Bond, Jentry
Gass, Ashley Haslett-Medsker,
Emma Holt, Darin McWhorter,
Bryson Monroy, Gram Putman,
Ashilyn Rash, Dontae Sawyer,
Allen Scott, James Sullivan.
• Fourth grade: Dorian
Allen, Maggie Catlin, Chloe
Hansen, Wyatt Lumbley, Lane
Mathes, Darrell Perry, Kara
Wright, Adyson Goodwin, Jesse Graninger, Landen McKinnis, Alek Sierman, Justin Swafford, Clayton Wagner.
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The City of Cherryvale is offering a free “Prepare Kansas”
workshop on storm and emergency preparedness at 7 p.m.,
Monday, March 28 at the Cherryvale Community Center on
South Liberty.
Workshop presenters are
from the KU Wildcat Extension. There is no cost to attend the meeting that will offer
advice on weathering violent
weather and other emergency
situations. Call city clerk Hillary Lawrence at City Hall at
(620) 336-2776 for more information. UMC to hold
Sunrise service
on church lawn
Cherryvale United Methodist Church Sunrise will hold
an Easter Sunrise Service at 7
a.m., Sunday, March 27 on the
lawn of the church at Third
and Labette streets.
A breakfast will follow in
the church fellowship following the sunrise service.
Regular worship services
will be held at 11 a.m.
The public is invited to attend the Easter Day events.
1st Presbyterian
Church to host
Easter services
First Presbyterian Church
at 211 S. Montgomery, Cherryvale, will celebrate the Lenten season with breakfast and
a special service on Easter,
March 27. The church, on the corner
of South Montgomery and
East Fourth streets directly
behind Lincoln-Central Elementary School, extends a
special invitation to come and
worship. “This is a church full
of friendly and loving people,”
Pastor John Chastain said. Easter Sunday morning
starts with a fellowship breakfast at 9:15 a.m., followed by
the service at 10:30. Everyone
is invited.
The church also serves a
free community dinner in the
church gymnasium at 5:30
p.m. every Wednesday.
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CHERRYVALE
AREA TOWNS
Library offers basic Little House on the Prairie preps for 2016 opening
computer classes
Cherryvale Public Library at 329 E. Main will host a 3-part
basic computer class for beginners on three consecutive Tuesday
afternoons, April 5, 12 and 19. Absolutely no prior computer
experience is needed. Each session starts at 1 p.m.
The classes include:
•”How do I turn this thing on?” on April 5. This class covers
the basic parts of the computer, being safe online, and setting up
and using e-mail.
• “Windows on the Computer,” on April 12. This session
teaches how to do searches online, using the Internet to find
information, what Google is and how to “Bing.”
• “Socializing on the Computer,” on April 19, covers playing
games on the computer and online, and using social media sites
like Facebook. Participants with no experience will need to attend Session 1
for sure, but those with limited experience can attend one, two
or all three sessions. Attendance at all three is recommended,
since they build on each other. Each session costs $5.
Call the library at (620) 336-3460 for more details or to register.
LOCAL EVENTS
Chamber meets April 1 to plan festival
Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce will meet at 6 p.m. on
Friday, April 1, at the Cherryvale Community Center to continue with final plans for the Cherry Blossom Festival coming up the first weekend in May. Anyone interested in helping with the celebration is welcome to attend. Call chamber
president Janet Plumley at (620) 330-1884 for more information.
Senior exercise offered at Activity Center
The Cherryvale Senior Citizens Activity Center at 207 E.
Main will offer low-impact exercise classes for seniors at
10 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays starting March 28.
Participation is free.
“A lot of the exercises are done in a chair for the senior
citizens, and it looks like it would be fun,” said Diane Woldum.
Christian Church to host men’s breakfast
Cherryvale Christian Church, 327 E. Main St., will host
the monthly men’s breakfast at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April
2. The breakfasts are held the first Saturday of each month.
The free breakfast is a time of fellowship and food. All
men in the community are invited to come and bring their
sons, fathers, grandsons and grandfathers, uncles, nephews, brothers and friends.
The meal is free. Any donations go to the Cherryvale
Community Food Bank to buy food for the community’s lowincome individuals and families.
Seniors, friends invited to Tuesday bingo
Senior citizens bingo is at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5 and
19, at the Senior Center recreation building, 207 E. Main in
Cherryvale. Anyone can play, and bring a friend.
Bingo meetings are at 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. Cost is $1 for bingo, refreshments, prizes and enjoying time spent with friends.
Call Mary Lumley at (620) 702-6010 for more information.
Citywide cleanup to be held April 22-23
The Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce and City of Cherryvale will sponsor the annual spring citywide cleanup days
on April 22 and 23.
Cherryvale residents can get rid of things setting around
that they don’t want any more, and polish the community’s
image before guests arrive for the annual Cherry Blossom
Festival the first weekend in May.
Little House on the Prairie
Museum announces the opening date for the 2016 Season.
The museum will open at 10
a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2016.
“We are truly looking forward to hosting visitors after
being closed for the winter,”
said LHOTP museum director
Jean Schodorf. “Each year we
are impressed by the distance
our guests travel to experience
the Kansas home of the Ingalls
Family. We have visitors from
all 50 states and numerous
countries around the world.”
Little House on the Prairie Museum is located just off
U.S. 75 between Independence
and Caney. The museum will
be open daily from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Schodorf says bus and
group tours are welcome to
the site by reservation.
Many school groups also enjoy field trips to the museum.
Their visits often include special lessons in the Sunny Side
One Room Schoolhouse.
“We know education budgets are tight,” commented
Schodorf. “We are willing to
work with schools to make
sure students have the opportunity to visit. This year,
we are offering an education
guide for teachers to use in
their classroom, before and after, they visit the museum.”
The entrance to the museum site has been relocated
just north of the former gate.
A new donation box designed
by Shane Vernon of North Star
Metal Works is also in place.
“We truly appreciate the
Among the exhibits at the Little House on the Prairie Museum is the replica of the Ingalls family
cabin that was depicted in the Laura Ingalls Wilder’s novel “Little House On The Prairie.” (Courtesy photo)
craftsmanship and design that
Shane put into our new box.
We were honored to be able to
work with him,” said Schodorf.
“We’ll also have some new signage going in place very soon,
thanks to Thornton Graphics.”
Admission to the museum
is $1.00 for children age 2-17;
adult admission is $3.00. More
information about the museum
and its programs can be found
on the museum’s website
FCE Council makes plans
for upcoming activities
The Montgomery County
FCE Council held their March
monthly meeting at the Wildcat Extension District office in
Independence. Vice President
Carolyn Irving presided. Bonnie Oliver gave the devotions.
Five members answered roll
call by describing their first
automobile. Secretary Carol
Gordon read the minutes. The
treasurer’s report was given
by treasurer Evelyn Russell.
The group finalized plans
for the Spring County FCE
Recognition Day scheduled for
March 23. Upcoming activities
include training for K-State
FCE lessons “Prepare Kansas”
and “Gluten and Your Gut’s
Good Health” on March 22
(snow date – March 24) at the
Southeast Area K-State Research and Extension Facility,
Parsons. “Aging with Attitude
Expo” will be held April 29 in
Pittsburg. “Walk Kansas” will
be held April 3 through May
28, 2016. Area FCE Recognition Day will be held in Fort
Scott in May.
The next council meeting
will be Friday, April 1, at the
Wildcat Extension District office.
— Janet Rau, reporter
Democrat Party members to meet
COFFEYVILLE — The Montgomery County Democratic
Central Committee will hold
its monthly meeting at 12:30
p.m., Saturday, April 2 at 618
Union, Coffeyville. Call Winnie
Jackson at (620) 870-8000,
Jim Miller at (620) 870-1453
or Carol Sanders at (620) 8795434 for more information.
(www.littlehouseontheprairiemuseum.com), Facebook page
or by calling the museum at
(620) 289-4238.
Little House on the Prairie
Museum, Inc. is a privately
owned, non-profit historic site/
museum dedicated to preserving the Ingalls family homestead location in southeast
Kansas. The site was discovered in 1969 and dedicated in
1977.
TCCS students named to
third quarter honor rolls
TYRO — Tyro Community Christian School students qualifying for the third quarter, 2015-2016, honor rolls follow.
• Elementary All-A Honor Roll: Heide Blackert, Andrea
Fitzsimmons, Silas Good, Jaben Heater, Graham Higbie, Isabella
Hudson, Lauren Leoffler, Emma Marshall, Lynnli Melchiori, Avery Vargas, Brenli Welton, Hadley Witwer, Jaxin Wren, Jacob
Youk.
• Elementary A-B Honor Roll: Draven
Anderson,
Jordy
Curtis, Jeremiah Elrod, Sigfrieda Gale, Collier Harp, Hal Higbie, Martin Marshall, Olivia Medsker, Lydia Nunneley, Haylee
Osborn, Nevaeh Partridge, John Savage, Jacob Tucker, Arbrye
Walton, Rayna Witwer, Brody Xanders.
• Jr. High and Sr. High All-A Honor Roll: Katie Base, Kena
Haley, Abigail Medsker, Preston Miller, Rebecca Raybourn, Mary
Savage, Sarah Schwatken.
• Jr. High and Sr. High A-B Honor Roll: Drew Curtis, Andrew Elrod, Paige Harris, Cheyenne Higbie, Summer Koscelney,
Chavela Martinez, Caleb Medsker, Brennan Melchiori, Simeon
Nunneley.
Tyro Christian Church to hold
three Easter worship services
TYRO — The Tyro Christian Church will hold three identical
Easter worship services, the first on Saturday evening, March
26, at 6 p.m. and then on Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. and 11
a.m., March 27. Sunday School classes will be held at 10 o’clock
on Sunday morning.
Staffed nurseries are provided at each service.There will be
no regular Sunday evening service on March 27.
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City commission rejects
debate on retail recruiter
Commission refuses
to resurrect retail
recruitment contract
discussion; issue dies
due to lack of support
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Coffeyville city commissioners on Tuesday did not have
enough support to consider or
debate a proposal calling for
the hiring of a retail recruitment firm.
Two weeks ago, commissioners chose to table a request
from city staff to sign a contract with Buxton Consumer
Analytics at a cost of $125,000
over a three-year period.
Under the proposal, Buxton
Consumer Analytics would assist the city staff, namely city
manager Kendal Francis and
assistant city manager Trish
Purdon, in recruiting prospective retail firms to Coffeyville.
Buxton would also assist the
city staff at various retail trade
recruitment shows in Las Vegas, Chicago, Dallas and Kansas City.
However,
commissioners
decided two weeks ago to delay a vote on the proposal because of questions about funding the three-year contract.
On Tuesday, commissioners
did not have enough support
to bring the proposal back to
the commission for debate.
Under meeting rules, the commission, after tabling an issue,
must chose to return that issue
to the commission for debate.
After the debate, the commis-
sion can choose, if it wishes, to
render a vote on the proposal.
However,
commissioners
were largely mute on Tuesday
about the issue. Commissioner
Marcus Kastler presented the
motion to return the Buxton
proposal to the commission
for consideration. Kastler’s
motion did not gain a second,
and the motion then failed.
Dennis Maher of Buxton
Consumer Analytics was present at the commission meeting to assist with the discussion. The fact that Maher was
brought to the commission
meeting, only to have the proposal discussion denied, bothered Maher.
“So, we (Maher) came to
this meeting for nothing?”
Kastler asked.
Commissioner Jim Taylor
Jr., who was serving as mayor
in the absence of Mayor Craig
Powell, affirmed Kastler’s
question.
“Looks like that’s the case,”
said Taylor. “We appreciate
him (Maher) being here anyway.”
IN OTHER BUSINESS transacted at Tuesday’s commission
meeting, commissioners:
• agreed to vacate a portion of
Pine Street from the north rightof-way of First Street to the north
right‐of‐way of New Street. The
request to close that portion of
Pine Street came as a petition
from CVR Nitrogen Fertilizer.
• agreed to a construction
contract with Bindewald & Associates for sidewalk and driveway replacement on Ninth
Street, from Camden Street to
Hall Street. Bindewald & Associates submitted the low bid
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of $395,012.20 for the project,
which will be partially financed
with a state grant.
On a related note, commissioners awarded a low bid of
$134,572.00 from Bryant and
Bryant Construction Inc., for the
milling and asphalt overlay of
Ninth Street, between Camden
Street and Willow Street, including curb and gutter replacement.
The project will be financed with
revenue from local sales taxes
dedicated to street improvements.
Commissioners also signed
an agreement with TranSystems
Corp., for general civil engineering services related to the projects along Ninth Street. TranSystems Corp., will be paid $11,000
for their engineering services.
• agreed to a contract with
Independent Electric and Machinery Company for repairs on
a boiler feed pump motor at the
electric utility plant for $39,077.
• signed several mayoral proclamations, including one that
declared April as Fair Housing
Month, another that declared
April 5 as a National Service Recognition Day, and a third proclamation that declares March 2228 as the Boys and Girls Club of
Coffeyville Week.
• signed a contract with the
auditing firm Jarred, Gilmore
and Phillips, PA, to perform the
city’s annual audit over a threeyear period. Five other accounting firms applied for the city’s
audit contract.
Jarred, Gilmore and Phillips,
PA, will be paid $12,000 for the
city’s fiscal 2015 audit, $12,250
for the city’s fiscal 2016 audit,
and $12,500 for the city’s fiscal
2017 audit.
• signed an agreement with
the International Union of Operating Engineers and the Fraternal Order of Police concerning
language in the unions’ personnel manual and memorandum of
agreement.
• learned that the City of Coffeyville’s mobile app is now available at iTunes or the Android
store.
• learned that the Coffeyville
Police Department had received
a $9,860 grant to be used for
additional labor required in the
department’s saturation checkpoints to locate impaired drivers.
PLUGS IN AT HOME
and
at home away
Amy Andrews . . . Georgia-based singer to perform in Coffeyville next Wednesday.
‘Sing Into Spring’ concert to
feature musician Amy Andrews
Amy Andrews, acclaimed singer/songwriter
from Decatur, Ga., has found a second “Home
on the Range,” and she is thrilled at the prospect of returning to Kansas for a free primetime concert event – “Sing into Spring” -- at
7 p.m., Wednesday, March 30 in the Spencer/
Rounds Performing Arts Theatre on the campus of Coffeyville Community College. Admission is free.
“I absolutely love Kansas,” said Andrews,
a native of Baltimore who performed at CCC
as part of the humanities series last fall and
the previous spring, “and feel so fortunate to
have had the opportunity to spend over two full
weeks in the Coffeyville region last year – being
part of the humanities program has been one
of the great highlights of being a professional
touring musician, and I mention it nearly every
time I am on stage.”
Andrews, who has a degree in operatic vocal
performance, mixes classics with current hits
and has proven to be one of the most popular
performers on the humanities circuit.
“Audience members regularly come up to me
after performances to ask more about the humanities program, and several school program
directors have asked me for more information
in hopes of creating a similar program at their
institutions,” said Andrews. “It has been an absolutely incredible experience for me to feel like
an artist in residence in Coffeyville and Caney -if I could do it full time, I would certainly make
a go for it.”
Named one of Atlanta’s “rising stars” in
2012, Andrews was initially scheduled to return to Coffeyville for a winter/holiday concert
in December, but was forced to cancel because
of illness.
“I cannot express how upset I was to be sick
that day -- I was so looking forward to that
evening’s performance,” she said. “I really …
wanted to be part of the holiday celebrations.
At any rate, I am thrilled to be coming back in a
few (days) and I look forward to seeing familiar
faces, meeting new folks, and singing some new
music of my own, in addition to popular songs
of old, and plenty of music that will have listeners wanting to sing along.
“I’m always listening to a lot of early soul
music, and intend to play at least a few Motown
hits that will hopefully have people harmonizing from their seats.”
Rotary Club hears status of local
outreaches, funds and services
Tuesday’s meeting of the
Coffeyville Rotary Club involved an update on various
Rotary projects and services.
Bill Lay, president, gave an
update on the Presidential Citation. Lay said the local club
is one of only four clubs in the
District that have qualified for
the Presidential Citation. Debbie Carter gave a club financial report and stated that although final numbers are not
complete it appears the Rotary
Club netted over $22,000 from
this year’s Mardi Gras fundraiser.
She also said the 50-50 pot
was up to $1,900. Club members voted to gave half the
proceeds from the 50-50 pot
to Meals On Wheels whenever
total proceeds reach $1,900.
Ed Keith gave a report on
the foundation and he stated
that the Coffeyville club ranks
Friends of the Mansion
to meet next Thursday
FROM HOME.
Friends of the Mansion will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, March
31 at the Brown Mansion on South Walnut Street in Cofefyville.
This meeting will conduct the election of officers.
Friends of the Mansion share a dedication to maintain and restore the Brown Mansion, a historic national treasure. The goal
is to preserve the mansion, its collections and grounds for both
present and future generations.
Wish to invest financially? Mail to: Friends of the Mansion, PO
Box 843, Coffeyville, KS 67337. Contact Wendy Alvey at (620)
870-4648 or Nancy Garton at (620) 252-8554 on how you wish
to help.
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first in the district among
club’s its size in financial giving. Scott Tatman gave a report on the district. Although
three clubs were lost over the
past year in District 6110,
overall there has been growth
in members.
There was no winner in the
50-50 drawing this week. Next
week’s Rotarian of the day will
be Doug Bell.
CCC rodeo team
performs well at
recent contest
Coffeyville Community College’s rodeo team competed
at the Central Plains Regional
Rodeo at Fort Scott Community College on March 4-6.
Team ropers C.J. Schicke
of Independence and Lane
Reeves of Wann placed second
in the long round with a time
of 5.9 seconds. They posted the
fastest time of the rodeo in the
short round with a blistering
5.3 seconds. Their time of 11.2
on two head won the average
title by almost 2 seconds.
This is C.J. and Lane’s second win of the rodeo season.
They also won the Woodward,
Okla., college rodeo last fall.
The win moves them both to
first place in the heading and
heeling standings of the region.
“There is still more work to
do at the remaining four rodeos,” said Johnny Weil, head
rodeocoach. “But this puts
them in an excellent position
for them to qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo in
Casper, Wyoming.”
The CCC men’s team finished third at Fort Scott behind
Oklahoma Panhandle State
University and Southwestern
Oklahoma State University.
They are currently seventh
in the Central Plains Men’s
Team standings, which is the
highest ranked school from
Kansas.
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COFFEYVILLE
STRATEGIC PLAN TO SERVE AS SCHOOL BOARD’S GUIDE THROUGH 2020
Five-year strategic plan comes to fruition
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
More than one year of study
and discussions concerning
development of a new strategic action plan for Coffeyville
public schools came to fruition
on Monday night.
The USD 445 Board of Education heard more than two
and a half hours of presentations from school principals
and administrators concerning action steps devised in the
development of a five-year
strategic plan, which will
guide the local school board in
planning through 2020.
Development of the strategic plan involved numerous meetings between school
board members, administrators, parents and community
members.
Administrators told board
members that many of the
plans having already been
implemented or are in the
process of being implemented.
Other aspects of the strategic
plan will require the board’s
consideration when the board
discusses preparation of a
budget plan each year.
The strategic plan focuses
on three primary areas:
• Parent-community engagement,
• Academic strength and
student engagement, and
• Facility improvements.
Shown below is a brief summary of the goals that were
presented in each of the three
primary areas.
Parent-community
engagement
The goal of USD 445 is to
develop a marketing and communication plans to increase
parent and community engagement and perception.
The vision of this goal is that
children are more successful
in school when their families
are engaged in their learning. Therefore, the schools
will proactively pursue family
engagement opportunities and
develop effective communication that is timely, two-way
and systematic.
Action step 1: Welcome all
families in the school community. Possible activities include
family orientation transition
night, welcome packets for
families of new enrollees, family engagement events, and
develop FAQ (frequently asked
questions) and Fast Facts that
can be accessible on the district’s website and social media outlets.
Action step 2: Communicate
effectively through two-way
communication. Possible resources include positive phone
calls from teachers to parents,
email blasts, newsletters, social media outlets, positive
and supportive signage. Further plans call for conducting
meaningful
parent-teacher
conferences, and streamline
all school calendars to flow
into one calendar document.
Action step 3: Collaborate
with community by connecting students, families and
staff through civic participation, community services and
expanded learning resources.
Possible activities include creating a partnership between
USD 445 and Coffeyville Community College that emphasizes the college and career
options at earlier grade levels
than high school age. Other
activities include establishment of community mentoring
programs and using all media outlets and social media
resources to educate parents
and families about community-school activities.
Academic engagement
The goal is to emphasize
student
engagement
that
pushes test scores above the
state average in mathematics
in subgroups within five years.
While USD 445 has made
great strides in improving
reading comprehension at all
grade levels, the improvement
of math scores has not seen
similar gains. The reason?
Emphasis on reading was seen
in hiring of additional staff
and enhanced classwork (and
classroom time) on reading resources. Plans call for further
classroom time management
that pushes for more minutes
USD 445 administrators receive contract extensions
All assistant superintendents, principals, and directors were granted extensions
to their jobs contracts by the
USD 445 Board of Education
on Monday.
The board agreed to the
extensions after conferring
about the matter in executive
session, which is closed to the
press and public.
Among the administrators
to have their contracts extended were Michael Speer,
assistant superintendent/business manager; James Elliott,
assistant superintendent/tech-
nology; Jennifer Bright, Community Elementary School
principal;
Jeffrey
Pegues,
Roosevelt Middle School principal; Travis Stalford, Field
Kindley High School principal;
Luke Claar, Field Kindley High
School assistant principal;
James Littleford, Roosevelt
Middle School assistant principal; Tim Heflin, Community
Elementary School assistant
principal; Misty Russell, Community Elementary School
assistant principal; Tom Hawthorne, maintenance director;
Pam Lane, food service direc-
tor; and Griffin Walker, Boys &
Girls Club director.
Monday’s decision was for
contracts only; the board will
consider administrators’ salaries at a later date.
In other business transacted at Monday’s school board
meeting, the board:
• accepted the hiring of
Charley Maggard, high school
custodian; Brandi Wegner,
middle school computer/business teacher; and Darrin Wegner, high school social studies/
physical education teacher.
• accepted the termination
Coffeyville Public Library makes
plans for quilting workshop
Coffeyville Public Library will host “Sharing
Patterns, Sharing Lives: Kansas Quilt Workshop,” a presentation and quilting workshop by
Deborah Divine at 2 p.m., Saturday, April 2 at
the Coffeyville Public Library. Members of the community are invited to
attend the free program, but reservations are
required. Contact the Coffeyville Public Library
at 620-251-1370 for more information and to
sign up. The program is made possible by the
Kansas Humanities Council.
The event will be held in the children’s department. You will need to bring the following
if you wish to complete the needleturn applique that Divine will be teaching as part of the
program: needles, thimble, scissors, straight
pins, pencil, 8- or 10-inch square of muslin or
other background cotton fabric of your choice,
assorted cotton floral, color fabrics (3- fat quarters – a fat quarter is 18”x22” or 4”x4” square
fabrics),cotton thread to match the floral fabric.
Divine will be teaching a needle turn applique
of a heart-shaped design (using the floral or
color fabrics) onto the background fabric.
In the early 20th century, Emporia was home
to a group of innovative quilters that included
Rose Kretsinger, Charlotte Whitehill, and Hannah Haynes Headlee. Today their quilts are
housed in art museums and revered internationally. The presentation will explore Kansas
quilts from this time period. Afterward, participants will make a Kretsinger-inspired quilt
square of their own.
Divine is a researcher, instructor, and quilting historian from Salina.
“Sharing Patterns, Sharing Lives: Kansas
Quilt Workshop” is part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Kansas Stories Speakers Bureau,
featuring presentations and discussions that
examine shared human experiences: innovations, culture, heritage, and conflicts.
Positions open on City of C’ville boards
The Coffeyville City Commission is accepting applications for persons interested
in serving on the following
city boards. The deadline to
receive applications is 5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 6. Appointments will be made at the
April 12 commission meeting.
Applicants must be present in
order to be appointed.
• City planning commission:
This
seven-member
board has one position avail-
able for a three-year term
serving to January 1, 2019. The position is to be filled by
an applicant outside of but
within three miles of the corporate city limits. This board
meets the first Tuesday of each
month at 5:30 p.m.
• Public library board: This
seven-member board has two
positions available for fouryear terms serving to April 30,
2020, and one unexpired term
serving to April 30, 2018. Ap-
plicants must be city residents. This board meets the second
Tuesday of each month at 5:15
p.m.
Applications for board appointments may be picked up
in the City Clerk’s Office, 11
E. 2nd. In addition, or they
are available and can be filed
through the Coffeyville website, www.coffeyville.com. All
applications will be reviewed
by the city commission. We understand…
Commitment
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committed to providing financial solutions
and personalized service to individual
investors.
Jason Rutledge – Financial Advisor
Melissa Unruh – Branch Office Administrator
Teresa Lewis – Senior Branch Office Administrator
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620-331-3850
Jason Rutledge, along with his staff Teresa
Lewis and Melissa Unruh, continue this
commitment to personal service right here in
downtown Independence.
Your local Edward Jones office is ready to
assess your financial needs and develop a
secure plan for your family’s future.
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www.edwardjones.com • member SIPC
of employment of Christiane
Gordon, Community Elementary School custodian.
• agreed to approve the
student handbooks for Field
Kindley High School, Roosevelt Middle School, Community Elementary School, and
the Early Learning Center for
the 2016-17 school year.
per day on mathematic programs. Tiered teaching also
should be enhanced to promote learning that is based on
an individual’s learning levels.
Other plans call for increased supplemental math
resources and anticipated purchase of updated textbooks at
the secondary level.
The administrators also developed action plans to provide
focused efforts on teaching Literacy First strategies, utilize
local experts, and hands-on
learning.
Long-term facility needs
The goal is to implement a
plan to address facility needs
in a fiscally responsible manner that will allow USD 445
to accommodate changes in
enrollment and educational
needs.
Action step 1: Address instructional space and other
ancillary needs at all district
schools. School staff will use
enrollment information and
projections to ensure students
are educated in facilities that
meet their needs.
Possible facility concerns
that could be targeted for improvement are:
• Public entry into Field
Kindley High School, whereby
parents and the public have
access to the entire building
upon entrance,
• Handicapped accessibility
limitations at Roosevelt Middle
School, specifically at the front
entrance, auditorium and
gymnasium,
• Deteriorating parking lots
at Roosevelt Middle and Field
Kindley High School,
• Concerns about usage and
maintenance of the mezzanine
at Field Kindley High School
Gymnasium,
• Aging buildings that are
not adaptable to modern technology.
Among
the
short-term
(years 1-5) facility improvements to be considered include
remodeling of classrooms at
Field Kindley High School,
replacement of the gym floor
at Field Kindley High School,
repair parking lots at Field
Kindley High School, remodel
middle school classrooms, repair parking areas at Roosevelt Middle School, expand
playground area at Community Elementary School, and
have availability of safe rooms
at the Early Learning Center.
Longer-range
improvements (years 6-10) include
remodeling of Field kindly
classroom, replace bleachers
at FKHS gymnasium, continue
remodeling of classrooms at
Field Kindley and Roosevelt
Middle schools, upgrade playgrounds at elementary school
and early learning center,
add additional parking stalls
at Community Elementary
School; replace accordionstyle walls with fixed walls in
team-teaching classrooms.
Other projects on the year
16-20 range include remodeling of classrooms in all school
buildings and consider construction of a new high school
and/or middle school.
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COFFEYVILLE
Hocus pocus! April 1 magic
show will delight audience
Singer/songwriter Dave Hawkins . . . in concert next week at CCC.
The Music of the Carter Family comes to CCC
Coffeyville Community College welcomes,
singer/songwriter, Dave Hawkins to the Spencer/Rounds Theatre on March 29 at 10:30 a.m.
Admission is free.
Hawkins will be performing ‘The Music of
The Carter Family,’ which explores some of the
Carter Family’s famous songs. He also performs
sons inspired by the Carter Family.
Hawkins has been performing and recording
for 40 years. Sharing the stage and studio with
performers such as Peter Yarrow, Arlo Guthrie,
Sam Bush, and even Jethro Tulls in Anderson
makes Hawkins no stranger to performing.
Hawkins has released seven full-length albums and has appeared as a guest artist on
multiple albums. His latest album, “Stripped
Down,” is due for release in spring 2016
wood.
He will be joined on stage
by another award-winning
magician of the International
Brotherhood of Magicians,
Pete Walterscheid. Pete has
been recognized for his own
brand of magic being chosen
as first runner-up as Magician
of the Year 2014 by the Kansas City chapter. He was chosen as one the acts to recently
close the Kansas City FringeFest this past year and is also
a member of the most prestigious Magic Castle.
For more information, contact (620) 251-7888 or pete@
magicbypete.com.
Award-winning
magician
Terry Elton, as seen at the
World Famous Magic Castle in
Hollywood, along with area favorite Pete Walterscheid, will
present an hour-long magic,
mystery, and mayhem show
that promises a lot of comedy
and fun for the entire family.
This one-of-a-kind show
will take place at SpencerRounds Theater on the Coffeyville Community College
campus at 7:30 p.m., Friday,
April 1.
Admission is free. The show
is being sponsored by Coffeyville Community College
Student Government Associa-
tion.
Terry Elton’s unique blend
of Magic and Comedy have
made him a much sought after entertainer for over 25
years. His performances have
been enjoyed by millions of
people and have taken him
all over the United States and
Canada. Winning awards for
his own special brand of magic, The Kansas City Star called
him a “Master of Enchantment.” He’s a member and
performer at the prestigious
Academy of Magical Arts in
Hollywood and can be seen as
an emcee to the World Famous
Magic Castle located in Holly-
Ribbon cutting
set for Garden
Thyme Tea Room
AREA NEWS
The Coffeyville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a
ribbon cutting on Tuesday,
March 29 to honor the grand
re-opening of the Garden
Thyme Tea Room in Coffeyville
with new chef/proprietor Olyvia Jerauld.
The event will be held at 10
a.m., at 805 McArthur Road.
The public is invited to attend.
Coming
This May
in...
Mother’s Day
Promotion - May 4
Our Mother’s Day promotion will print in our Labette Avenue,
which covers Oswego, Altamont, Chetopa & Edna and the
Montgomery County Chronicle, which covers Cherryvale,
Caney and rural Montgomery County, on May 4, 2016. The
ads will be grouped together under a Mother’s Day heading.
Advertisers have the option of running their Mother’s Day ad
the week before on April 27 for half price. The deadline on
this promotion is April 25.
Cherryvale’s Cherry
Blossom Festival - May 4
On May 4, we will run a page for the Cherry Blossom
Festival that features all the activities planned for the
celebration. The schedule will have signature ads under it
for $15 each.
Caney’s Mayfest-May 25
On May 25, we will run a page for the Caney Mayfest and
a schedule of the planned activities. Under the schedule,
we will have signature ads for $15 each.
Graduation Editions
We will again publish pictures of all the Cherryvale
and Caney Valley High School Seniors in our
Graduation Editions. Cherryvale’s seniors will
publish on May 11 this year. Caney's seniors will
publish on May 18. Under each seniors name, we
have a business sponsor. The pricing for that
will be the same - $20 for one sponsorship or
2 for $30. If you have a special senior you want to
sponsor, CALL US NOW! We will also do a
signature page for Coffeyville's graduating class on
May 11 for $15.
For more information, call Emalee
Mikel, Taylor Newspaper Advertising
Director, at 1-800-592-7606!
SEK Senior Services
menus for month of April
Following are the April
menus for the Southeast Kansas Senior Services meal sites
and meal deliveries. Responsibility for compliance with any
dietary restriction rests with
the participant. Wheat bread,
margarine, and 1 percent
milk served with all meals unless otherwise specified. Fruit
is packed in its own juices.
Low sodium bases used in food
production. Menu is subject to
change.
Food taken home is at your
own risk. Food needs to be refrigerated within 30 minutes
of leaving the site. Discard after three days.
Expected donations are
$3.50 (for those 60 years or
older). Consultation with senior services dietitian may be
arranged. To order or cancel a
meal, call your site between 9
a.m. and 12 p.m. the day before.
Friday, April 1: Closed, frozen meal, home delivery only.
Monday, April 4: Chicken rice
casserole, peas, peaches, birthday treat.
Tuesday, April 5: Ham and
beans, pineapple coleslaw,
fresh orange, cornbread/margarine.
Wednesday, April 6: BBQ ribette, mashed sweet potatoes,
country green beans, applesauce.
Thursday, April 7: Closed,
frozen meal, home delivery
only.
Monday, April 11: Chili/
beans, creamy coleslaw, mandarin oranges, crackers/bread.
Tuesday, April 12: Biscuit/
sausage gravy, hard boiled egg,
red applesauce, mini baby carrots, orange juice.
Wednesday, April 13: Fish
wedge/tartar sauce, macaroni/
cheese casserole, broccoli and
cauliflower, peaches and strawberries.
only.
Monday, April 18: Chicken/
dressing with gravy, steamed
broccoli,
cranberry
sauce,
mixed fruit, roll.
Tuesday, April 19: Low sodium hot dog/bun, mashed potato
salad, pea salad, pineapple tidbits.
Wednesday, April 20: Seasoned baked chicken, mashed
potatoes gravy, broccoli, apricots.
only.
Monday, April 25: Grilled
chicken patty/bun, tomato, onion, pickled beet salad, corn,
peaches.
Tuesday, April 26: Sloppy joe/
bun, mixed green salad/dressing, applesauce, baked cookie.
Wednesday, April 27: Sliced
turkey, dressing/gravy, green
beans, cranberry sauce, banana or seasonal fruit.
only.
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Where the redbuds bloom
Chautauqua County opens its doors to
weekend visitors for annual tree tour
The historic Niotaze United Methodist Church stands in the background of
overhanging Redbud limbs. (Photo by Rudy Taylor)
SEDAN — The Sedan Area
Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the Chautauqua County Redbud
tour on Easter weekend, March 2627 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
The spring flowers are early this
year with wild cherry, plum and
redbuds dotting the countryside.
County maps will be available
to visitors, as well as a redbud
seedling for each family to plant in
their yard. The information booth
will be at Floyds’ Market parking
lot under the big flag at Main and
Douglas streets in Sedan. Also available will be a scenic
tour guide with three suggested tours created by Jolynn Reed,
Tallgrass camera and wanderings blogger, with mileage and
features described.
• The View Drive - this is a
20-mile drive past ranches, farms,
rolling hills, over creeks and rocky
dales. This drive will take you past
three historic cemeteries, century
farms, the Grafton community/
schoolhouse, the Loyd Foster home,
vistas of the rolling prairie, down
“Hoot n’ Holler” and back to Sedan. • The Wild, Wild West - This
drive takes participants to one of
the highest point in Chautauqua
County, and once bustling communities.
• Scouting the Lakes and Stars
Drive - everyone is encouraged
to pack a picnic and enjoy a stop
at one of Sedan’s city lakes. See
the Quivera Scout Ranch, Butcher
Falls, The Red Buffalo Ranch. How to attract
purple martins
to be focus of
meeting
Windsor Place At-Home Care…
We provide help to live in your own
home no matter what your age.
Not everyone who needs home care services
is elderly. Stacy Taylor is just one example.
She a young person that could not live in her
own home without help from Windsor Place
At-Home Care. Stacy and her family rely on
us and our self-direct payroll services for:
Reliable Weekly Paychecks
Windsor Place At-Home Care has a history of
consistently delivering WEEKLY paychecks to
caregivers. We have never delayed or missed a pay
check in 18 years!
Simple Record Keeping
Paperwork is kept to a minimum with the state’s
automated time keeping system. We show our
clients everything they need to know about the
state’s easy-to-use program.
Accessible Managers
Windsor Place At-Home Care has a staff of
managers ready and willing to assist clients or
caregivers with any questions or concerns they
might have. They are easily reached by phone or
e-mail.
If you would like more information about Windsor
Place At-Home Care or the services we provide,
please call Susie at (620) 251-1866. We can help
you get the services you need to stay in your own
home.
Windsor Place
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I turned to Windsor Place At-Home Care for help a
number of years ago. I have a caregiver that comes 5
days a week. My parents also serve as caregivers and
are paid through Windsor’s self-direct payroll service. I
get help with meal preparation, housekeeping, laundry,
shopping, and transportation to doctor’s appointments.
Because of Windsor Place At-Home Care, I’m able to
live in my own apartment independently. I’d be lost
without out my caregivers and the assistance of Windsor
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PARSONS — Andrew Burnett will present a program
on purple martins at 7 p.m.,
Tuesday, April 5 at the Southeast Kansas Audubon Society
meeting.
The meeting will be held at
the Parsons Arboretum, 2004
Briggs Ave.
The focus of the program
will be how to attract and
maintain a purple martin colony. Modern management and
attraction methods will be discussed and demonstrated during a multi-media presentation
on the purple martin. The
Southeast
Kansas
Audubon Society invites all
persons interested in learning more about natural world
to join the society at its meetings. Refreshments will be
served following the program. For more information call
(620) 336-2866 or (620) 3316847.
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Sports
Former Pirate cager State-minded ’Dogs open tennis season
named head coach
at Oklahoma State
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
history by a third-year coach.
Also, his .864 winning percent Oklahoma State University ages is tied with legendary
announced the hiring of Brad Kentucky coach Adolph Rupp
Underwood as its new head for the fourth-best start by a
men’s basketball coach on head coach in his first three
seasons at the Division I level.
Tuesday.
Underwood — a member of Underwood put the Lumthe 1984 Independence Com- berjacks in the national spotmunity College NJCAA runner- light with their performances
up team — recently was the in the NCAA Tournament. Afhead coach at Stephen F. Aus- ter knocking off fifth-seeded
Virginia Commontin in Nacogdoches,
wealth in 2014, SFA
Texas. There, he led
had an equally imthe Lumberjacks to
pressive run in this
three straight NCAA
year’s event — beatTournament
aping No. 3 seed West
pearances.
Virginia in the first
“There’s
not
round before sufenough
adjectives
fering a heartbreakto describe how exing one-point loss
cited I am for the
to Notre Dame in
opportunity to coach
Brooklyn, N.Y., over
where some of the
the weekend.
greatest coaches in
At SFA, Unthe history of college
Underwood
derwood
was
a
basketball have cut
their teeth,” said Underwood three-time Southland Conferin an OSU press release. “Okla- ence Coach of the Year as his
homa State has unparalleled Lumberjacks went 53-1 in contradition, history and culture. ference play. He led them to
The fan support, the noise and three-straight regular season
the home-court advantage is and tournament titles. In addiwhat I remember most about tion to conference Coach of the
Gallagher-Iba Arena, and I Year, he also earned the Joe B.
couldn’t be more excited to be Hall Award for the nation’s top
first-year coach, was a finalist
a part of that now.
“I played in Gallagher-Iba for the Jim Phelan Award for
back in the Big Eight days, and top Division I coach and picked
then going back as an oppos- up the Hugh Durham Award
ing coach, I can tell you that for the top mid-major coach.
it’s one of the best venues in Underwood, who was origithe nation. We’re going to have nally from McPherson, Kan.,
a lot of fun, and I’m excited as played basketball at Indepenheck about the opportunity to dence as he helped the Pirates
get to know the community of to a 30-9 mark and runner-up
Stillwater, and the OSU fam- finish at the 1984 NJCAA National Tournament in Hutchinily.”
Underwood will be making son. He was named to the
a return to the Big 12 Confer- NJCAA All-Tournament Team
ence after previously spending after scoring a season-high 30
time as an assistant coach at points in ICC’s opening-round
Kansas State from 2006-12. contest. He averaged 17 points
He was also a player at K-State per game during that season.
under Jack Hartman until his The 52-year-old Underwood
was previously the head coach
graduation in 1986.
During his brief stint at Ste- at Dodge City Community Colphen F. Austin, Underwood lege (1988-92) and Daytona
compiled one of the most im- Beach Community College
pressive starts to any coaching (2003-06). In addition to Kancareer. He posted a record of sas State, he was an assis89-14 at SFA, which tied him tant coach at Western Illinois
with Butler’s Brad Stevens for (1992-2003) and South Carothe most victories in NCAA lina (2012-13).
BY BRIAN THOMAS
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INDEPENDENCE — Coming
off a runner-up finish at the
Class 4A State Tournament a
year ago, the Independence
High School boys’ tennis team
once again heads into a new
season with high expectations.
The Bulldogs return three
players from that squad but
will still be counting on plenty
of younger players as they try
to develop into a championship-caliber team during the
spring season.
“Practice has been going
good,” said IHS tennis coach
Matt Ysusi, whose squad
opened its season on Tuesday
in its own Independence Invitational. “We really have a
wide mix of players and talent
levels this year. I have been
surprised with how much the
younger kids like tennis and
how much they have improved
over the last year when comparing them to summer tennis
or last season.”
IHS had another banner
season a year ago. Not only did
it claim the Southeast Kansas
League title for a third straight
year and 24th time in the last
26 years, but it also went on
to finish as the regional champion. At state competition, the
Bulldogs were in contention
for the title before finishing as
the runner-up.
Three state tournament
qualifiers are back this season,
including Zack Schroeder, Sam
Hilger and Will Schabel. In all,
there are a total of 21 players
are out for the Bulldogs this
season, including two seniors,
seven juniors, four sophomores and eight freshmen.
“Last season was a great
year for Bulldog Tennis,” Ysusi
said. “Winning SEK, regionals and getting second at state
was great. We really didn’t finish it how we wanted, but looking back, I think we appreciate
last year’s accomplishments a
lot.
“I think our postseason experience from our three juniors will be key. Anytime you
have players that have placed
in the top three at state, it really brings a lot to the team.
Not only do our kids look up
to them and compete to get
better, but it also helps our
program in the sense that we
have middle school kids and
younger that want to be just
like them and are working to
get there.”
Schroeder is coming off a
Will Schabel is one of three Independence tennis players who return to the 2016 season after
qualification to the 2015 class 4A state tournament. Schabel competed in the 2016 season opener
at the Ken Brown Courts in Independence on Tuesday. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
33-7 campaign a year ago.
So far in his career, he has
claimed two SEK titles, two
regional crowns and placed
third at state a year ago in
singles. Hilger teamed up with
his brother, Josh, the past two
seasons to win league and regionals twice. At state, they
finished second and seventh in
consecutive seasons, capping
off a 33-8 campaign a year
ago. Meanwhile, Schabel was
the regional runner-up a year
ago and teamed up with Pat
Hardy to take third place at
state as part of a 30-7 season.
“These guys will need to
be huge for us again this year
if we are trying to have the
same success as the past two
seasons,” Ysusi said. “Their
guidance in practice and willingness to get the other guys
better and build depth will be
very important.”
Ysusi said there are other
individuals that he looks to
contribute near the top of the
squad this season, including
Kyle Woods, Jalynn Lawrie,
Chase Tucker, Dan Grice, Cortlan Cox and Logan Payne.
“I think our lack of depth
when compared to last year is
our big question mark,” Ysusi
said. “After you lose three seniors that placed in the top
eight at state, you have some
big holes to fill. I think we have
talent on our team. It will just
be finding who can step up
and fill the void.”
The Bulldogs face another
challenging schedule in 2016.
IHS will host three tournaments, including one on March
28 and another March 31.
It will also compete in other
tournaments at Arkansas City,
Parsons, Goddard, Labette
County, Neodesha, McPherson,
Circle, Campus, Winfield and
Collegiate.
“Our schedule is one of the
best in the state,” Ysusi said.
“It really allows our guys a
chance to play the best across
the state week in and week
out. I really think it is what
gives us an edge when we get
ready for the postseason and
allows younger kids a chance
to develop and play a ton of
matches.”
Independence will seek a
fourth straight league championship at the SEK Tennis
Tournament April 28 in Pittsburg.
“I think our league will continue to be tough,” Ysusi said.
“I remember just a two seasons ago, we had three stateranked teams in our league.
Our main team goal is always
to win SEK, and we talk about
that daily.”
Of course, the ultimate goal
for the Bulldogs is success in
the postseason which includes
the regional tournament May
6-7 in Independence and the
state tournament in Topeka
May 13-14.
“Our team goals are to win
the SEK championship this
year and to win our regional
that Independence will be
hosting,” Ysusi said. “I think
we have the team to do it, but
it again will depend on how
our depth develops. We would
love to be back at state with
a chance to bring home another plaque, but I think our
focus should be on getting better daily and trying to win the
league championship.”
First meet proves friendly to Independence netters
INDEPENDENCE — The
Bulldog tennis team opened its
season by capturing first place
in its own Independence Invitational Tuesday at the Ken
Brown Tennis Courts in Riverside Park.
IHS scored 13 points on
the day to edge out runner-up
Pittsburg with 10. Iola came in
third with nine points, while
Fort Scott and Chanute tied for
fourth with four each.
Independence won two of
the four divisions, including
Zack Schroeder at No. 1 singles, as well as Sam Hilger and
Will Schabel at No. 1 doubles.
“Zack had a good first day
on the courts to start the season,” Ysusi said. “Zack has really improved his serve from
last year and is hitting with
much more pace. He really
handled the elements well and
beat some very good opponents today.
“Sam and Will had a good
day on the courts, and I hope
they can start to gel as a doubles team. They have the talent to be a top team in the
state. Now it is just getting the
chemistry and confidence going.”
Also on Tuesday, Logan
Payne earned second place
at No. 2 singles, while Chase
Tucker and Harlan Milligan
came in third at No. 2 doubles.
“Logan started off his Bulldog tennis career with a great
performance,” Ysusi said. “He
battled from behind in his second match and lost a tough one
in a tiebreaker, but then came
back to win the next two. He
really has a chance to become
a great player as he improves
his technique and footwork.
“Chase and Harlan started
off slow and then really came
on the rest of the day. They
both put in a lot of work in the
offseason, and I can already
see it paying off.”
The Bulldogs are next
scheduled to compete in the
Iola Invitational today. Other
teams participating in that
event include Columbus, Parsons and host Iola.
INDEPENDENCE INVITATIONAL
TEAM SCORES: 1. Independence 13, 2. Pittsburg 10, 3. Iola 9, T-4. Fort Scott/Chanute 4.
IHS RESULTS
No. 1 Singles — Zack Schroeder def. Alex
Combs, Fort Scott, 8-0; def. Colby Works,
Iola, 8-2; def. Trey Kasten, Chanute, 8-0; def.
Logan Benham, Pittsburg, 8-4. Schroeder
finished in first place in division.
No. 2 Singles — Logan Payne def. Jacob
Bailey, Fort Scott, 8-0; lost to Isaiah Fawson,
Iola, 7-8 (4-7); def. Cameron Dietsch, Chanute, 8-1; def. Devin McAfee, Pittsburg, 8-5.
Payne finished in second place in division.
No. 1 Doubles — Sam Hilger/Will Schabel
def. Gorman/Self, Fort Scott, 8-2; def. Heinrich/Key, Iola, 8-3; def. Gilmore/Lund, Chanute, 8-6; def. Menghini/Kangas, Pittsburg,
8-3. Hilger/Schabel finished in first place in
division.
No. 2 Doubles — Chase Tucker/Harlan Milligan lost to Wright/Adams, Fort Scott; def.
Allen/Plumlee, Iola, 8-4; def. Robinson/Ussery, Chanute, 8-7 (7-4); lost to Wilde/Dial,
Pittsburg, 6-8. Tucker/Milligan finished in
third place in division.
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SPORTS
ALL-AREA
WRESTLERS
FIRST TEAM
(By weight)
Eades (106 lbs.)
Stanton (113 lbs.)
Lawrie (120 lbs.)
Champagne (126 lbs.)
McQuery (132 lbs.)
N. Delaney (138 lbs.)
Stafford (145 lbs.)
Hollandsworth (152 lbs.)
Yates (160 lbs.)
McMichael (170 lbs.)
M. Delaney (182 lbs.)
Kessler (195 lbs.)
Holloway (220 lbs.)
Stroble (285 lbs.)
Stellar season gives McMichael top honor
Independence coach puts
five on state mats, thereby
earning high marks
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
It has been about a month
since the high school wrestling
season came to an end in the
state of Kansas. The area experienced plenty of excitement
over the course of the season,
with several individuals making trips to Salina or Hays for
state competition.
For the first time, the Montgomery County Chronicle and
Prairie Star are recognizing
high school athletes for their
performances during the season with the announcement of
the 2016 All-Area Wrestling
Team. The area includes six
schools that compete in wrestling — Independence, Field
Kindley, Caney Valley, Cherryvale, West Elk and Central of
Burden.
The All-Area Wrestling
Team consists of two separate honors — First Team and
Honorable Mention. Since this
is the first time we are recognizing wrestlers, we have
a different format which includes First Team selections
at each weight class, as well
as a general Honorable Mention status for other individuals worth recognizing. We did
this because we have some
weight classes that are thin in
numbers, while other weight
classes have an abundance of
talent.
This whole process was a
challenge but rewarding with
the help of all the coaches. In
all, we have a total of 24 wrestlers that were honored this
season from the area. We also
have selected an area Coach of
the Year and Wrestler of the
Year.
We hope these honors recognize the hard work and dedication all these individuals
provided to the sport.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Zack Camacho
Independence High School
After spending time as an
assistant in the program, Zack
Camacho took over as the head
coach of the Bulldog wrestling
program for the 2015-16 season. It was quite a season for
the first-year coach.
IHS, which returned eight
starters from the previous
season, had a successful dual
season that included a fourthplace finish in the always tough
Southeast Kansas League Dual
Tournament. That set the Bulldogs up for a solid close to the
season.
Independence competed in
the Class 4A Regional Meet
in Columbus. The Bulldogs
had five individuals qualify for
state competition, including
junior Seth Stroble as runnerup at 285 pounds. Also earning spots as a qualifier were
Gabe Eades, third place at
106; Jeremiah Lawrie, third at
120; D.J. Kessler, third at 195;
and Jackson Stafford, fourth at
145.
One week later, those Bulldogs competed in the Class 4A
State Tournament at Salina’s
Bicentennial Center. IHS was
led by Stroble’s fourth-place
finish.
“When you work as hard
as these kids do and don’t get
much recognition, it can be
hard at times,” said Camacho,
a 2005 graduate of IHS who
also coaches soccer and track
SPORTS EDITOR
BRIAN THOMAS’
ALL-AREA
WRESTLERS
featuring high school wrestlers from
the Montgomery County Chronicle
and Prairie Star readership markets
COACH OF THE YEAR
Zack Camacho................................................... Independence
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Lucas McMichael............................................Central-Burden
FIRST TEAM (by weight)
NAME
WTYR
SCHOOL
Gabe Eades.....................106..............SO........... Independence
Zane Stanton..................113..............SO............. Caney Valley
Jeremiah Lawrie.............120.............SR............ Independence
Drake Champagne.........126..............SR...................... West Elk
Seth McQuery................132..............SO.................Cherryvale
Nathan Delaney.............138..............SO.........Central-Burden
Jackson Stafford............145..............JR............ Independence
Blake Hollandsworth.....152..............SR.............. Caney Valley
Zach Yates.......................160..............SR..................Cherryvale
Lucas McMichael...........170..............SR..........Central-Burden
Michael Delaney............182..............SR..........Central-Burden
DJ Kessler........................195..............SR............ Independence
Clay Holloway.................220.............SR..................Cherryvale
Seth Stroble....................285.............JR............ Independence
HONORABLE MENTION (Regardless of weight): Wyatt Anderson, 195, SR, Caney Valley; Jonathan Andrews, 152, SR,
West Elk; Kolvin Berry, 285, JR, West Elk; Cal Bloomfield, 170,
SO, Independence; Colben Dodson, 170, SO, Cherryvale; Bo
Edens, 138, JR, Cherryvale; Micah King, 126, JR, Cherryvale;
Dallas Parker, 113, JR, West Elk; Cody Smith, 152, SO, Field
Kindley; Alexander VanRooy, 152, JR, Cherryvale.
Zack Camacho . . .
Independence High School
head coach finished his first
year as skipper of the Bulldog
mat program
an overall record of 22-17.
Seth McQuery (132 lbs.)
Cherryvale
Lucas McMichael . . . Central-Burden was the number one-ranked wrestler in class 3A-1A at the
170-pound division throughout the 2015-16 season. (Photo by Linda Stephens)
at the school. “I’m really just
fortunate that Independence
wrestling is growing and that
we are really building some
momentum. Overall, it has
been an amazing season with
a great group of men and an
exceptional assistant coach.”
WRESTLER OF THE YEAR
Lucas McMichael (170 lbs.)
Central-Burden
Throughout the entire regular season, Central of Burden’s
Lucas McMichael was considered the top wrestler in Class
3-2-1A at 170 pounds. Although he fell short of a state
championship, it didn’t take
away from a phenomenal senior campaign for the Raiders.
McMichael closed the regular season ranked No. 1 in his
weight class by the Kansas
Wrestling Coaches Association. He suffered his first loss
of the season in the finals of
the Class 3-2-1A Regional
Tournament in Marion.
At state competition, McMichael was impressive to
start by pinning his first two
opponents to land a spot in
the semifinals. His run to the
state title ended with a heartbreaking loss to Lane Moran
of Leon-Bluestem. That didn’t
slow him down, though, as he
bounced back for a win over
DeCatur Community’s Bryson
Wesley to close things out in
third place. He also took third
place at state as a sophomore.
“Lucas’ season was almost
a fairy-tale season,” said Central coach Mike McMichael.
“I say almost because going
into regionals he had an undefeated season, and he received
his first loss in the finals at
regionals. His state tournament started out great with
two wins going into the semis,
where he received his second
loss for the season. This did
not make this young man quit.
He fought back and took third
at the state tournament.”
McMichael closed out his
senior campaign with an over-
all record of 32-2. His Central
career ended with an overall
mark of 124-27, which included four straight years qualifying for state.
During the fall, McMichael
was also a standout for the
Raider football team and was
named All-Area Co-Most Valuable Player for his efforts.
He went 3-2 in state competition and finished his season
at 34-5 overall.
“Zane was in a tough bracket that saw one returning state
placer from last year not even
place this year and a returning state champ get third place
this year,” said Caney Valley
coach Jerod Rigdon.
ALL-AREA FIRST TEAM
Gabe Eades (106 lbs.)
Independence
Jeremiah Lawrie (120 lbs.)
Independence
Despite being one of the
smallest guys in each tournament, Independence sophomore Gabe Eades showed tremendous heart throughout the
season.
The sophomore took third
place at the Class 4A Regional
Tournament in Columbus to
earn his first trip to state competition. He did manage to win
one of his three matches in Salina to finish out the season at
17-15 overall.
Eades was named AllSoutheast Kansas League
Honorable Mention in his
weight class this season.
“Gabe is a very tough wrestler who was JV last year,”
Camacho said. “He has improved every day from the moment he stepped in the wrestling room a few short years
ago. He has an intensity that
has got him very far this year.
I am proud of what he has accomplished.”
Zane Stanton (113 lbs.)
Caney Valley
A year after taking fifth
place in state at 106 pounds,
Caney Valley’s Zane Stanton stepped it up at a higher
weight class this season.
The sophomore, who was
ranked No. 5 at 113 in the final regular-season poll by the
Kansas Wrestling Coaches Associaion, captured fifth place
at the Class 3-2-1A State Tournament in Hays. This came
after he claimed the championship at the regional tournament in Marion.
In just his third year as a
wrestler, Independence’s Jeremiah Lawrie competed at a
high level at 120 pounds.
The senior took third place
at the Class 4A Columbus Regional to land a spot at the
state tournament. There he
picked up a pair of wins in
Salina to close out his season
with a 30-15 overall mark.
He finished the season with a
team-high 64 takedowns.
“Jeremiah has been a pleasure to coach all year and
has really impressed me,”
Camacho said. “Despite only
wrestling in his third year, he
competed at a high level and
really learned what he is capable of. He stayed after practice numerous times to work
on things he felt was holding
him back and really tried to
embrace this tough grind they
go through. I’m so happy that
all the hard work paid off for
him.”
Lawrie was named All-SEK
First Team in his weight class.
Drake Champagne (126 lbs.)
West Elk
In his final season with
the West Elk program, Drake
Champagne had a strong
showing at 126 pounds.
The senior placed in three
tournaments during the course
of the season, including Hesston, Fredonia and Remington.
He would finish just one win
shy of state after coming up
short at the Class 3-2-1A Regional Tournament in Marion.
Champagne closed out his
final campaign at WEHS with
The area was fairly thin at
the 132-pound weight class,
but Seth McQuery put up quite
a fight at 132 pounds in his
first year of wrestling.
McQuery finished his sophomore season at 13-11 overall,
which included a loss to eventual champion Devin Voth of
Fredonia in the quarterfinal
round of the Class 3-2-1A Regional Tournament at Marion.
“Seth is a good kid and
works very hard,” said Cherryvale coach Casey Lickteig.
“It is his first year wrestling. In
a year or two, he will be pretty tough. Seth did a lot of the
grind work and wrestled for us
all year long.”
Nathan Delaney (138 lbs.)
Central-Burden
Central of Burden had three
wrestlers qualify for state, but
one of the biggest surprises
came at 138 pounds with Nathan Delaney.
The sophomore captured
third place at the Class 3-2-1A
Regional Tournament in Marion to land his first-ever state
berth. In Hays, he finished 1-2
in his bracket to close out the
season with a 27-15 overall record.
“Nathan had an exceptional
season this year, placing at
most of our tournaments as a
sophomore,” Mike McMichael
said. “His regional tournament was no different, stepping up and taking third by
dominating a wrestler he had
lost to twice during season.
Although he worked hard, he
was unable to place at state.
He should be very proud of his
season. This young man is a
hard worker, and I am expecting great things out of him in
the future.”
Jackson Stafford (145 lbs.)
Independence
With 36 takedowns and 13
pins on the season, Jackson
Stafford was a solid contributor at 145 pounds for Independence.
The junior qualified for
state by taking fourth place in
his weight class at the Class 4A
Regional Tournament in Columbus. Although he went 0-2
in his bracket at Salina, he still
closed out the season at 27-18
overall.
“I cannot say enough good
things about Jackson,” Camacho said. “His work ethic, at• continued on next page
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SPORTS
Melchiori, Raida
Former
ICC
coach
takes
team
to
WNIT
named to All-TVL
basketball team
KEITHA ADAMS IS HEAD WOMEN’S COACH AT TEXAS-EL PASO
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Thoughtout the season,
Caney Valley High School’s
Baylor Melchiori was a key
contributor to the Bullpup
boys’ basketball team, averaging nearly 20 points per game.
For those efforts, he was made
a
unanimous selection to the
All-Tri-Valley League
Team.
Melchiori was the
lone CVHS
representative to earn
recogniMelchiori
tion by the
league coaches for their play
during the recently competed
season. He was one of six players to earn a unanimous selection, joining Fredonia’s Isaac
Ostrosky and Justin Solander;
Burlington’s Owen Redding;
Humboldt’s Royce Hoepker
and Eureka’s Braden Larcom.
A 5-10 junior guard, Melchiori averaged 19.6 points,
7 rebounds, 1.9 assists and
2.5 steals per game for the
Bullpups. He also knocked
down 36 three-pointers and
shot 39.8 percent from the
floor, while also connecting on
75 percent of his free throws.
In addition to the unanimous picks, also earning First
Team All-TVL were Neodesha’s Colton Cunningham,
Yates Center’s Aaron King,
Eureka’s DeAllen Nelson, Burlington’s Dalton Rankin and
Humboldt’s Rhett Smith.
Four individuals also earned
the votes to be named Honorable Mention All-TVL, including Cherryvale’s Lane Raida.
The 6-1 senior guard led the
Chargers in
scoring and
rebounding at 11.4
points and
5.2 boards
per game.
He was also
second on
the team in
steals with
29 and tied
Raida
for second
in assists with 46.
Other Honorable Mention
picks
included
Fredonia’s
Jared Reed, Humboldt’s Jake
Haviland and Burlington’s
Brogan Nordstedt.
TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
ALL-LEAGUE BOYS’ BASKETBALL
FIRST TEAM
Colton Cunningham
SR
Neodesha
*Royce Hoepker
JR
Humboldt
Aaron King
FR
Yates Center
*Braden Larcom
SR
Eureka
*Baylor Melchiori
JR
Caney Valley
DeAllen Nelson
SR
Eureka
*Isaac Ostrosky
SR
Fredonia
Dalton Rankin
SR
Burlington
*Owen Redding
SR
Burlington
Rhett Smith
SR
Humboldt
*Justin Solander
SR
Fredonia
HONORABLE MENTION
Jake Haviland
SR
Humboldt
Brogan Nordstedt
JR
Burlington
Lane Raida
SR
Cherryvale
Jared Reed
SR
Fredonia
*Unanimous selection
EL PASO, Texas — Although
most eyes are on the NCAA
Tournament, there is a former
Independence Community College basketball coach still going strong with her team in the
postseason.
Keitha Adams (Green), who
was a part of the ICC women’s
basketball program for seven seasons, has directed her
University of Texas-El Paso
squad to the round of 16 in the
Women’s National Invitation
Tournament. The Miners will
host TCU of the Big 12 tonight
at 8:05 p.m. (7:05 p.m. Mountain).
UTEP — 28-4 on the season — has already won a
pair of games in the WNIT in
the opening rounds against
Abilene Christian (66-62) and
Arkansas State (74-68).
Adams, a native of Oxford,
recently reached her 400th
career victory in 20 years as
a collegiate coach. She has
recorded all six of UTEP’s 20win seasons in school history
and is the all-time wins leader
at 274-184. She is responsible
for four postseason bids for the
Miners, including the NCAA
Tournament in 2008 and 2012
and the WNIT in 2014 and this
season.
This season, Adams directed UTEP to its third regular season championship in
the past nine years and was
awarded as 2016 Conference
USA Coach of the Year. She is
the first three-time winner of
that award in C-USA history,
Kyndal
McIntosh
Beth
Hawkins
Jordan
Carinder
Chargers, ’Pups
represented on
all-league squad
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
points per game and tied for
first in steals.
Joining that group on the
All-TVL First Team are Fredonia’s Dakota Corle and Katie
Robinson; Neodesha’s Alyson
Potter; Burlington’s Shelbi
Emling and Kristen Young;
Eureka’s Reagan Boone and
Humboldt’s Makaylah McCall.
Carinder was one of six individuals to be named Honorable Mention by the TVL. The
5-6 senior guard was second
on the team in scoring at 10.3
points per game, while also
averaging 6.5 rebounds, 1.4
steals and 2 assists an outing.
selections for the TVL included Carrie Knickerbocker and
Sophia Rohling of Neodesha;
Regan Norton of Burlington;
Whitney Solander of Fredonia;
and Tilar Wells of Humboldt.
Closing out her career as a
1,000-point scorer, it was no
surprise that Cherryvale High
School’s Beth Hawkins would
get some postseason recognition for her senior campaign.
Hawkins was one of three
area basketball players to be
named to the All-Tri-Valley
League Girls’ First Team, joining Caney Valley juniors Kyndal McIntosh and Kolby McIntosh. Meanwhile, Cherryvale’s
Jordan Carinder was named
Honorable Mention.
Hawkins became just the
ninth player in Cherryvale history — and fifth girl ever — to
reach the 1,000-point milestone for a career. She proved
to be one of the top scorers
in the TVL by averaging 19.9
points per game. In addition,
the 5-4 senior guard recorded
TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
4.2 rebounds, 2.6 steals and
ALL-LEAGUE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
1.9 assists an outing.
FIRST TEAM
JR
Eureka
Kyndal McIntosh, a 5-9 ju- Reagan Boone
SR
Fredonia
nior forward, led the Lady Dakota Corle
Shelbi Emling
SR
Burlington
Bullpups in scoring this season Beth Hawkins
SR
Cherryvale
JR
Humboldt
at 12 points a contest. She was Makaylah McCall
McIntosh
JR
Caney Valley
also tied for first in steals at Kolbi
Kyndal McIntosh
JR
Caney Valley
2.9 per game and was third in Alyson Potter
FR
Neodesha
SO
Fredonia
rebounding with an average of Katie Robinson
Kristen Young
FR
Burlington
5.3 an outing.
HONORABLE MENTION
SR
Cherryvale
A 5-9 junior guard, Kolbi Jordan Carinder
Neodesha
McIntosh was tops on the Carrie Knickerbocker JR
Regan Norton
SR
Burlington
CVHS squad in rebounding at Sophia Rohling
FR
Neodesha
SO
Fredonia
6.2 boards an outing. She was Whitney Solander
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Humboldt
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of punching a ticket to the
NCAA Tournament. Instead, a
66-54 semifinal loss to Old Dominion in the Conference USA
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runner-up finish at the NJCAA
Tournament in 1996.
After two seasons, Adams
made the move up to head
coach and enjoyed an incredible five-year run with the program. She directed the Lady
Pirates to a 28-5 record and
Jayhawk Conference-Eastern
Division crown in 2000. One
year later, her team led the nation in scoring at 94 points per
game. She was named the Jayhawk East Coach of the Year
after the Lady Pirates went
31-2 and finished the regular
season ranked No. 5 in the nation.
Adams left ICC as the alltime winningest coach in program history at 127-37, which
included the back-to-back
conference titles and a 35-1
conference record in her final
two seasons. Since then, she
has moved down to No. 2 on
the career wins list for the ICC
women after Tony Turner surpassed that total in recent seasons. Turner is currently the
men’s basketball coach at ICC.
CCC softball team bows to Allen in doubleheader
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Kolbi
McIntosh
Keitha Adams celebrates Texas-El Paso’s clinching of the Conference USA regular season championship in late February. (Photo courtesy of El Paso Times)
IOLA — Falling to 2-6 in
Jayhawk Conference-Eastern
Division play, the Coffeyville
Community College softball
team dropped both ends of a
doubleheader against Allen on
Tuesday, 8-2 and 9-1.
CCC has now lost 16 of its
last 18 games overall to fall
to 7-31-1 on the season. The
Lady Ravens will be back in
action on Tuesday when they
travel to Parsons for a 2 p.m.
conference twin bill against
Labette.
Coffeyville watched an 11game losing streak come to an
end on March 16 as it split a
pair of home games with Neosho County — losing game one
5-3 before winning the finale
2-0. After that, CCC dropped
both games at Cowley, 7-4
and 13-6, last Friday before
splitting a pair with Montgomery County rival Independence
on Saturday. The Lady Ravens
took game one 3-2 and lost
game two 10-3.
On Tuesday, CCC hung tough
early in the opening game at
Allen. The Lady Ravens led 1-0
and were tied at 2-all in the
fourth inning. That’s when the
Red Devils took control with
two in the bottom half of that
inning, followed by three in
the fifth and two more in the
sixth.
Cortney Brown had two of
Coffeyville’s seven hits in the
contest.
In game two, Allen had control of the game from the start,
with two runs in the first, three
in the second and three in the
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third for an 8-0 edge.
CCC managed just four hits
in the game, including two
from Jordan Sutton.
Coffeyville earned a split of
its twin bill against Independence on Saturday at Byers
Field.
In the game one victory,
CCC overcame an early 1-0
deficit and used a three-run
fifth to earn the win.
Jaycee Forth allowed two
earned runs on nine hits in the
complete-game effort to earn
the win.
Things weren’t as kind for
the host team in game two. Independence jumped ahead 4-0
in the third inning and 6-1 in
the fourth.
Bailey Gray went 3-for-3 to
lead the way for the Lady Ravens at the plate.
All-area wrestling team announced
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titude and leadership are
something to admire and, in
the three years he has been
wrestling at the high school for
me, he has not missed a single practice. I could not have
asked for any more from him
over the course of the season.
Day in and day out, he came
to practice and worked to get
better.”
Blake Hollandsworth (152 lbs.)
Caney Valley
A regional and league
champion, Blake Hollandsworth was a force for Caney
Valley throughout his senior
campaign.
Hollandsworth won the
152-pound weight class at
the Tri-Valley League Meet in
Caney and followed that up by
taking first place at the Class
3-2-1A Regional Tournament
in Marion. That qualified him
for his first-ever appearance at
state. The senior had a tougher time in state, going 0-2 in
his bracket at Hays. That did
not take anything away from
an impressive season that included a 31-16 overall record.
“Blake wrestled very well
after Christmas break,” Rigdon said. “He was wrestling
with a lot of confidence. (At
state) Blake wrestled well but
was not 100 percent physically. It happens, and it was just
bad luck getting sick that particular weekend.”
Zach Yates (160 lbs.)
Cherryvale
Senior Zach Yates made solid contributions at 160 pounds
for the Tri-Valley League
champion Cherryvale Chargers.
Not only did Yates finish
second in his weight class to
earn runner-up at the TVL
meet, but he also placed at
three other tournaments, including third place at the KanOkla, fourth at Carl Junction
and fourth at Halstead.
Yates went down a weight
class this season. A year ago,
he went 19-21 and took third
place at 170 pounds in the TVL
Meet.
This season, he closed out
the season with an overall record of 26-16.
Michael Delaney (182 lbs.)
Central-Burden
One of the biggest improvements in the Central wrestling
program this season came at
182 pounds with Michael Delaney.
A year after qualifying for
state and finishing 25-20 at
170 pounds, Delaney made the
move up a weight class for his
senior campaign. He went on
to claim the Class 3-2-1A regional championship in Marion and had high hopes going
into his final state appearance
in Hays. Although he was unable to place in the bracket,
going 1-2 in the event.
Delaney finished his final
season with the Radiers at
32-8 overall.
“Michael had a great year,”
Mike McMichael said. “He
went into regionals with only
a few losses and came out as
champion. State was a little
more disappointing for him,
going 1-2 for the tournament,
but he was still doing some of
his best wrestling of the year.”
D.J. Kessler (195 lbs.)
Independence
A year after earning AllSoutheast Kansas League First
Team at 195 pounds, Independence’s DJ Kessler was at it
again during his senior campaign.
Kessler earned a spot at the
Class 4A State Tournament
in Salina by capturing third
place in his weight class at the
regional meet in Columbus. At
state competition, he went 1-2
during the event and closed
out his final Bulldog season at
28-12 overall, which included
15 pins. He was named AllSEK Honorable Mention.
“DJ had quite the year and
competed well this season,”
Camacho said. “After a crushing season last year that left
him out of the state tournament after being ranked No.
2 in the state, he bounced
back and made his way back
in his senior year. I believe he
fell short of his goal, but he
still had plenty of success this
year. He competed tough every
match and left it all out on the
mat.”
Clay Holloway (220 lbs.)
Cherryvale
Another key contributor to
Cherryvale’s run to a second
straight Tri-Valley League title, Clay Holloway was the TVL
runner-up at 220 pounds this
season.
His senior campaign proved
to be a successful one. He took
fourth place at the Burlington
Invitational and came in third
at Circle. He later on claimed
third place at the Class 3-2-1A
Regional Tournament in Marion, which landed him a second
straight trip to state competition.
Holloway went on to go 0-2
in Hays, but he wrapped up his
senior campaign with a 20-15
overall record.
Seth Stroble (285 lbs.)
Independence
The heavyweight division
was full of tough competition, but Independence’s Seth
Stroble stood out for his effort
during the season.
Ranked No. 4 in the weight
class by the Kansas Wrestling
Coaches Association, the junior went on to finish as the
runner-up at 285 pounds in
the Class 4A Regional Tournament in Columbus. One week
later, he took fourth place at
state competition in Salina to
close out a 29-6 season, which
included a team-high 21 pins.
“Seth grew a lot as a wrestler this year and competed
very hard all year,” Camacho
said. “Of his five losses, three
were to Keenan Dodd of Parsons, who placed third in the
state tournament. He will
be our only returning state
placer on the team and will
be expected to be a leader on
the team next year. I am very
proud of his accomplishments,
and I expect him to continue to
get better.”
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SPORTS
3 from IHS, 2 from FKHS on all-SEK list Lady Pirates return
to winning ways
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
A unanimous selection, Independence
High School senior Jalynn Lawrie was one
of five area boys to receive postseason
honors by the Southeast Kansas League
coaches for his play during the basketball
season.
Lawrie was named to the All-SEK First
Team and was joined by Bulldog teammate Caleb Johnson as Honorable Mention. Field Kindley had three individuals selected, including Seth Graham and
Jawaun Thompson to the Second Team
and Kamaren Wilson Honorable Mention.
A 6-2 senior forward, Lawrie was the
Bulldogs’ biggest scoring threat all season
as he led the way with an average of 18
points per game. He was also near the top
of every other statistical category, including six rebounds, three assists and two
steals an outing.
Also earning unanimous all-league
selections were Fort Scott’s Kaleb DeLaTorre and Pittsburg’s Dylan Untereker.
Joining them on the First Team were Chanute’s Aaron Haviland and Trey Lind.
On the Second Team were Golden Tornado players Thompson and Graham. A
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Jalynn
Lawrie
Seth
Graham
Jawaun
Thompson
6-3 senior forward, Thompson led the
‘Nado in scoring and rebounding at 11.5
points and 7.5 boards an outing. Graham,
a 5-10 senior guard, was second on the
team in scoring at 10.8 points per game
while also averaging 2.5 assists a contest.
Other Second Team picks were Parsons’ Jacob Almond, Pittsburg’s Marque
English and Labette County’s Klein Ryan.
Rounding things out were Honorable
Mention selections. Johnson, a 6-5 senior
guard, was one of the Bulldogs’ biggest
outside threats from three-point range.
Wilson, a 6-4 junior forward, averaged
8.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.2 blocks
per game for the Golden Tornado.
Pittsburg’s Elijah Harris, Sherrick Rog-
Caleb
Johnson
Kamaren
Wilson
ers and Adrian Scroggins were also picked
Honorable Mention.
SOUTHEAST KANSAS LEAGUE
ALL-LEAGUE BOYS’ BASKETBALL
FIRST TEAM
*Kaleb DeLaTorre
6-1
SR
Fort Scott
Aaron Haviland
5-10
SR
Chanute
*Jalynn Lawrie
6-2
SR
Independence
Trey Lind
6-4
SR
Chanute
*Dylan Untereker
6-4
SR
Pittsburg
SECOND TEAM
Jacob Almond
6-2
SR
Parsons
Seth Graham
5-10
SR
Field Kindley
Marque English
6-4
SO
Pittsburg
Klein Ryan
6-1
SR
Labette County
Jawaun Thompson
6-3
SR
Field Kindley
HONORABLE MENTION
Elijah Harris
5-9
JR
Pittsburg
Caleb Johnson
6-5
SR
Independence
Sherrick Rogers
6-1
SR
Pittsburg
Adrian Scroggins
6-1
SR
Pittsburg
Kamaren Wilson
6-4
JR
Field Kindley
*Unanimous selections
Newton, McGrath, Smith earn all-league honors
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Three area girls were
awarded postseason honors by
the Southeast Kansas League
coaches
for
their
performances
during
the
recently completed basketball season.
Field Kindley
High
S c h o o l ’s
Andre’a NewAndre’a
ton joined InNewton
dependence’s
Kara McGrath on the All-SEK
Second Team. Also, IHS’ Kallie
Smith was named Honorable
Mention.
Newton, a
5-9 senior forward, led the
Lady
‘Nado
in nearly every
statistical category
this season,
including an
average
of
Kara
15 points per
McGrath
game.
McGrath, a 5-6 senior
guard, averaged just under
double figures at 9.9 points
per game and was also tops
on the team in assists at 2.9 an
outing.
Smith, a 5-7 junior forward,
was second on the team in rebounding with 4.3 boards per
game and third in scoring at
7.3 points an
outing.
The
AllSEK
First
Team included unanimous
selections
Anna
Bagshaw of Chanute, Tristan
Kallie
Gegg of LaSmith
bette County
and Taylor Muff of Pittsburg.
They were joined by Ashley
Cook of Fort Scott and Erica
Gartner of Labette County.
In addition to Newton and
McGrath, other Second Team
picks included Ashlee Beitzinger of Pittsburg, Shay Kelly
of Parsons and Madi Rollins of
Chanute.
selections were Madison Cook
of Fort Scott, Jordan Schoenberger of Chanute and Clancie
Sorrell of Labette County.
SOUTHEAST KANSAS LEAGUE
ALL-LEAGUE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
FIRST TEAM
*Anna Bagshaw
SR
Chanute
Ashley Cook
SR
Fort Scott
Erica Gartner
SR
Labette County
*Tristan Gegg
SO Labette County
*Taylor Muff
JR
Pittsburg
SECOND TEAM
Ashlee Bietzinger
SR
Pittsburg
Shay Kelly
SR
Parsons
Kara McGrath
SR
Independence
Andre’a Newton
SR
Field Kindley
Madi Rollins
SR
Chanute
HONORABLE MENTION
Madison Cook
SO
Fort Scott
Jordan Schoenberger SR
Chanute
Kallie Smith
JR
Independence
Clancie Sorrell
SR
Labette County
*Unanimous selection
High winds help Pirates earn 20-15 victory
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — With
the wind howling all game, the
Independence Community College baseball team committed
eight errors in a 20-15 slugfest
loss to Northern OklahomaTonkawa Tuesday at Emerson
Field.
It was the third straight loss
for the Pirates, who dropped
to 14-15 overall. ICC was coming off a rough weekend series
as it lost three of four games
against Fort Scott. Independence has lost seven of its
last eight games overall and
is currently tied with Labette
for sixth place in the Jayhawk
Conference-Eastern Division
at 5-7.
Tuesday’s non-conference
matchup was a wild backand-forth affair all game. ICC
jumped ahead 5-1 after one
quarter, but Northern Oklahoma battled back with six runs
in the top of the second to grab
a 7-5 edge.
Independence came right
back with two in the second
to even the score and then
reclaimed the lead with two
more in the third. Yet, the
Mavericks responded with one
in the fourth, two in the fifth,
three in the sixth and five in
the seventh to open up an 1811 advantage.
That proved to be enough
in the end as the Pirates came
up short for a third straight
game.
ICC lost despite posting
23 hits in the contest. Chase
Brown led the way by going 5-for-6 at the plate, while
Dakota Morse, Spencer Lloyd
and Bryce Walker had three
each. Jordan Payne, Thomas
Solorio, Tristan Ridenour and
Bryson Bell added two each.
The Pirates also finished
the game with nine extra-base
hits, including a pair of home
runs from Brown and another
from Solorio.
Independence was coming
off a pair of losses at Fort Scott
on Saturday, 8-2 and 14-12.
In the opener, the Pirates
managed just four hits all
game and fell behind 5-0 after
three innings.
The bats picked up for ICC
in game two, resulting in 18
total hits. Yet, the Pirates
could not slow down the host
Greyhounds.
Independence
had an 8-6 lead in the sixth inning, but Fort Scott pulled out
the win with three in the sixth,
one in the seventh and four
more in the eighth.
Morse went 5-for-6 at the
plate to lead the Pirates, followed by Brock Zanca with
three hits, and Payne, Solorio,
Jordan Baughman and Britt
Stroth with two each.
The teams opened their
four-game set last Thursday at
Emerson Field, with Fort Scott
taking game one 2-1 and Independence bouncing back in
game two for a 10-9 win.
Fort Scott got all the offense
it needed in the opener with a
pair of runs in the fourth inning. ICC cut the margin in
half with a tally in the sixth but
could not muster up any more
offense, finishing with just six
hits in the game.
Austin Feathers and Payne
had two hits each to pace the
Pirates.
Independence did manage
to salvage a victory in the finale, but it was not easy. Despite leading 6-1 after three
innings, the Pirates watched
that lead evaporate into a 9-8
Greyhound lead in the eighth
inning. ICC did respond,
though, with a pair in the bottom half of that inning, and
Logan Blaine hurled the ninth
inning to pick up his first save
of the season.
The Pirates finished the
game with 17 hits, including
four from Morse, three from
Brown and Stroth, and two
from Zanca.
Dante Richardson was the
victorious pitcher as he tossed
one inning of relief.
Independence will return
to action with another conference series this week against
Kansas City. ICC will host the
Blue Devils today in a doubleheader at 1 p.m. before making the return trip to KC on
Saturday for another 1 p.m.
twin bill.
2518 series, 922 game; 2.
Newton’s True Value, 2450
series, 849 game; 3. Misfits,
2483 series, 845 game; individual highs– Doug Groff,
541/193; Jon Rash, 521/202;
Tom Musgrove, 496/188; Janet
Hoppes, 425/173.
Thursday Mixed Doubles:
1. Uncle Ken’s Coins, 2565 series, 867 game; 2. JM’s, 2550
series, 872 game; 3. Roberson’s Archery, 2396 series,
841 game; individual highs–
Casey Vincen, 567/201; Vinny
McDiarmid, 544/216; Morris
Woldum, 538/201; Stephanie
McDiarmid, 448/158.
111 in the 7th: Stephanie Crain, Dustin Ellis, Tracy
Harper.
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Monday Night Ladies: 1.
Country Gals, 2660 series, 908
game; 2. Gill’s Insurance, 2488
series, 868 game; 3. Kegglers,
2448 series, 853 game; individual highs– Vickie Newman,
486/174; Lisa Hinkle, 443/150;
Misty Hugo, 437/152.
Tuesday Men’s Classic: 1.
SEK Auto Sales, 3264 series,
1109 game; 2. Eddie George
Fencing, 3150 series, 1057
game; 3. B&B Automotive,
3105 series, 1047 game; individual highs– Mike Woldum,
572/224; Art Beye, 556/197;
Ken Gibson, 545/195.
Wednesday Mixed League:
1. Triple “B” Sporting Goods,
ARKANSAS CITY — After
snapping a three-game losing skid over the weekend,
the Independence Community
College softball team has now
chalked up three straight victories.
The Lady Pirates swept a
pair of Jayhawk ConferenceEastern Division games Tuesday, earning 8-7 and 3-1 wins
over Cowley.
ICC moved to 9-9 overall
while evening out its conference mark at 3-3 in Jayhawk
East play.
The Lady Pirates had
dropped three of their previous four games, including
being swept at home against
Labette (7-0 and 12-3) last
Thursday. On Saturday, Independence suffered a 3-2 loss at
Montgomery County rival Coffeyville before bouncing back
for a 10-3 victory in game two
to split the doubleheader.
On Tuesday, ICC used a sixrun fourth inning in the opener to take control of things.
Cowley made things interesting and got back within two at
6-4 heading into the seventh.
That’s when things got wild.
Independence came up with
two big insurance runs in the
top of the seventh. That proved
key as the Tigers struck for
three in the bottom half of the
inning. Fortunately, ICC was
able to hold on to preserve the
win.
The Lady Pirates had 11
hits in the contest and were
led by Beth Cagle, who went
4-for-4 at the plate. Madison
Hussey added two hits.
Heather Breslin allowed
two earned runs on four hits
while striking out six in six innings of work to pick up the
victory.
In the finale, the teams
were scoreless after three innings when ICC got on the
scoreboard with three in the
fourth. Cowley did get one of
those back in the bottom half
of the inning, but that proved
to be all the scoring for both
sides.
Morgan Kornegay had a
pair of hits to lead the way for
ICC.
Gillian Shafe was the victorious pitcher for the Lady
Pirates as she allowed one
earned run on four hits in five
innings of work.
Prior to Tuesday’s games,
ICC was coming off a victory
over Coffeyville in game two of
their doubleheader on Saturday.
Independence
jumped
ahead 4-0 in the third inning
but later put the game away
by scoring one in the sixth and
three more in the seventh.
ICC had 12 hits in the game
— two each from Hanna Harris, Jessie Guentzel, Megan
Scott and Felicia Ruaro.
Earlier that day, the Lady
Pirates came up short in a
one-run loss to the Ravens.
Coffeyville scored all three of
its runs in the fifth inning.
Moriah Kayhill and Kornegay had two hits each for
ICC.
ICC will take the rest of the
week off before returning to
action at home on Tuesday
against Cloud County. First
pitch of the doubleheader is
slated for 2 p.m. at Volunteer
Field.
Ravens’ slump continues as
team loses 7th straight game
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — It was a
rough weekend series for the
Coffeyville Community College baseball team. The Red
Ravens watched their losing
streak extend to seven straight
as they dropped all four games
of a Jayhawk ConferenceEastern Division series against
Kansas City.
After losing a pair at KCK,
10-4 and 9-2, last Thursday,
CCC continued its struggles
with 12-3 and 10-8 setbacks
to the Blue Devils on Saturday
at Walter Johnson Park.
Coffeyville has now lost seven in a row and 10 of its last
12 games to fall to 9-19 overall
and 3-9 in the Jayhawk East.
The Red Ravens return to conference action on Thursday in
a 1 p.m. home doubleheader
against Johnson County. They
make the return trip to Overland Park to face the Cavaliers
at 1 p.m. Friday.
On Saturday, CCC got off to
a rough start as it trailed 4-0
in the second inning. In fact,
the Red Ravens had a tough
time slowing down the Blue
Devils, who scored in six of
the seven innings in game one.
They capped things off with a
five-run sixth that blew things
open.
CCC recorded seven hits
in the contest, including two
from Alan Dunn.
Tyler Murphy suffered the
loss on the mound, allowing
five earned runs on nine hits
in 3 2/3 innings of work.
The Red Ravens were hoping to end their skid in game
two of the doubleheader.
Things looked good early on
as they struck for four runs in
both the first and second innings for an 8-1 advantage.
Back came KCK, though,
with three runs in the third
and three in the fourth to narrow the gap to one at 8-7. The
Blue Devils then grabbed the
lead with a two-run fifth inning and maintained a 9-8 advantage until the ninth inning.
Kansas City added an insurance run in the ninth and held
off Coffeyville in the end.
KCK had a 17-11 edge in total hits for the game. The Red
Ravens were led by Dunn with
three hits, followed by Trent
McMaster and Cole Sanderson
with two each.
The four-game set opened
last Thursday in Kansas City
as Coffeyville dropped both
road games.
In the opener, CCC jumped
ahead 4-0 in the second inning, but KCK came back with
four runs in the bottom of the
second and two in the third
to take the lead. Kansas City
closed out the win by scoring
three in the fifth and another
in the sixth.
Brian Miranda and McMaster had two hits each for the
Red Ravens, who finished with
eight for the contest.
Kansas City carried the momentum of game one into the
finale. KCK took control early
with three runs in the first,
two in the second and two in
the third for a 7-0 edge.
Following this week’s conference games with Johnson
County, CCC will entertain
Connors State (Okla.) in a
single nine-inning contest at 6
p.m. Tuesday at Walter Johnson Park.
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No quorum
forces city
council to
reschedule
meeting
Lack of a quorum caused
the Caney City Council to be
unable to meet for Monday’s
semi-monthly meeting.
Only four of the eight councilors were present at the start
of the meeting; a quorum of
five is required for a meeting
to take place.
Absent from the meeting
were councilors Kenith Butts,
Nathan Byrd, Ralph Anthony
and Kerry Gorby. Present were
Dan Johnston, Dan Vernon,
Zoe Wahl and Thomas Burk Jr.
Also present was Mayor Chad
Bradford.C o u n c i l o r s
agreed to attempt a meeting at
6 p.m., Wednesday due to several pressing issues that need
to be addressed. Details of
the Wednesday meeting were
unavailable for this week’s
publication. A report will be
printed in the March 31 issue
and posted on the Montgomery
County Chronicle’s Facebook
page this week.
The agenda for the Wednesday meeting included:
• hear update on Wark Memorial Park and North Park
playground equipment,.
• consider donation to the
Caney Lions Club for the club’s
annual Easter Egg Hunt and
Mayfest celebration,
• consider proposals from
for the sale of the former
Caney City Library.
• consider approval of resolutions concerning acceptance
of a state loan for the city’s
sewer project.
• consider an ordinance
dealing with removal of dog
wastes from public areas.
Students gave
in-depth look at
Caney history
Top photo: Courtney Ingram, a Caney
Valley student in the Advanced Placement U.S. History class, describes attire
worn by old-timers as she gives a presentation about an alleged River Monster in the lowlands west of Caney. Students in the Advanced Placement U.S.
History class, taught by Amanda Rains,
gave presentations on various aspects of
Caney history during the annual “Night
At The Museum” event on Monday in
the Caney Valley Historical Society Museum.
Bottom photo: Michael Howard (right)
describes historical documents to visitors during the “Night At The Museum”
event on Tuesday. (Photos by Rudy
Taylor)
Citywide yard
sales set for
April 1-2
The citywide yard sale for
Caney will be held Friday and
Saturday, April 1-2, sponsored
by Caney Valley Historical Society.
There will be a $5 fee for
anyone holding a yard sale to
get on the official shoppers’
map. Those interested should
drop by the historical society
office, 310 W. 4th, Caney, to
make arrangements.
Teresa Rau with the Caney
Valley Historical Society said
there will be no central sale in
the City park this time.
Quality
Benning named outstanding speaker
Amber Benning of Caney contributed to the second place finish for the Kansas Wesleyan University Forensics and Debate
team in the school debate sweepstakes at the 25th Annual
Sweetheart Swing, co-hosted at the University of Oklahoma in
Norman, Okla., on Feb. 12-14.
Benning, a senior, finished in third place in the Open Lincoln
Douglas Debate. Benning also was named Outstanding Speaker
for the Tournament.
Stability
USD 436 EVENTS
Planned events at Caney
Valley Jr.-Sr. High School for
Thursday, March 24, through
Saturday, April 2, follow.
• Thursday, March 24: High
school spring pictures and
yearbook groups; JV boys’ golf
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meet at Sedan, 3:30 p.m.
• Friday, March 25: No
school due to Good Friday.
• Monday, March 28: CVHS
boys’ golf at Caney, 12:15 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 29: CVHS
forensics meet at Caney, all
day.
• Wednesday, March 30:
High school spring sports pictures taken.
• Thursday, March 31: Jr.
high spring sports pictures
taken; high school baseball
game at Independence, 4:05
p.m.; high school softball at
Independence, 4:30 p.m.
• Friday, April 1: CVHS fo-
rensics team at Parsons’ meet,
all day; FFA Aggie Days at Fort
Scott, all day.
• Saturday, April 2: CVHS
forensics team at Parsons’
meet, all day.
*****
Following are the scheduled
activities at Lincoln Memorial
Elementary School for Friday,
March 25 through Friday,
April 1.
school due to Good Friday.
• Friday, April 1: Reading
Counts and Students of the
Month assembly.
Thank you to
our Doctors!
Happy
Doctor’s Day –
March 30!
A special thank you
to Janice Shippy,
APRN & all the other
doctors that provide
our residents with
wonderful care.
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CANEY
AREA NEWS
KING, KELLY LEAD PASSAGE OF INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
Bill will allow faster licensure of doctors in multiple states
Jacqueline Horton, Michael Miller
Horton, Miller to exchange
wedding vows in May
Jack and Patty Horton, rural Independence, announce the
engagement of their daughter, Jacqueline Leigh Horton, Tulsa,
Okla., to Michael Clifton Miller, also of Tulsa. He is the son of
Alton and Brenda Miller, Gideon, Mo.
The couple will be married in a 5:30 p.m. wedding on May 14,
2016, at the Tarp Chapel and Gardens, Broken Arrow, Okla.
The bride-elect is a 2002 graduate of Sedan High School, and
a 2006 graduate of the University of Kansas Medical Center. She
is employed as a quality analyst for Ernst Young, Dallas, Texas.
The prospective groom is a 1993 graduate of Gideon High
School, and a 2005 graduate of Oklahoma State University. He is
currently employed as a sales manager for Techstar in Tulsa.
No brown bag lunch for March
The Caney Valley Historical Society’s monthly “brown bag
lunch” has been cancelled for Monday, March 28, due to several
scheduling conflicts. The brown bag lunch will resume in April.
Birthday event planned for Shively
Friends and family of Sarah Shively, Caney, will honor her on
Saturday, April 2, on the occasion of her 80th birthday.
The reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Sacred
Heart Parish Hall.
The family requests only cards and, if possible, your attendance at the reception.
Havana Lake Assoc. to hold sale
The Havana Lake Association will host a sizable yard sale beginning at 7 a.m., Saturday, April 2, at the lake park.
For more information, call (620) 306-1368.
USD 436 MENUS
USD
436-Caney
Valley
breakfast and lunch menus
for Friday, March 25, through
Friday, April 1, follow. These
menus are for Lincoln Memorial Grade School and Caney
Valley Jr.-Sr. High School.
Menus are subject to change.
Salad bar and milk and fruit
choices are offered daily.
school.
• Monday, March 28: (breakfast) French toast/syrup or
cereal, orange wedges, juice,
milk; (lunch) beef and bean
burrito, romaine/tomato, corn,
whole grain chips/salsa (9-12
only), green pepper strips (912 only), applesauce, milk, or
pbj (7-12 only).
• Tuesday, March 29:
(breakfast) Trix bar/yogurt or
cereal, assorted fruit, juice,
milk; (lunch) turkey and
cheese/bun, romaine/tomato
slices, oven fries, graham
snacks (9-12 only), banana,
milk, or pbj (7-12 only).
• Wednesday, March 30:
(breakfast) biscuit/gravy or
cereal, apple half, juice, milk;
(lunch) BBQ beef on bun, sweet
potato puffs, baked beans, oatmeal cookie, whole grain chips
(9-12), pears, milk, or pbj (712 only).
• Thursday, March 31:
(breakfast) mini cinnis or cereal, pineapple, juice, milk;
(lunch) cheese stuffed breadsticks/sauce, garden salad, cucumber slices, pudding (9-12
only), mandarin oranges, milk,
or pbj (7-12 only).
• Friday, April 1: (breakfast) egg and cheese biscuit
or cereal, assorted fruit, juice,
milk; (lunch) country style
beef patty, mashed potatoes/
gravy, steamed broccoli, whole
wheat roll/jelly (6-12 only), apple halves, milk, or pbj (7-12
only).
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TOPEKA — The Kansas Legislature
passed a bill on Tuesday that will strengthen access to healthcare in border communities, such as those in Montgomery County.
HB 2456 would add Kansas to the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, through
which physicians can become licensed to
practice in multiple states.
State Rep. Jim Kelly, R-Independence,
authored the legislation and carried it in
the Kansas House. It passed the House on
a 120-2 on Feb. 17. On Tuesday, State Sen.
Jeff King, R-Independence, carried the
legislation in the Kansas Senate, where it
passed 40-0. If Governor Sam Brownback
signs the bill into law, Kansas will become
the 13th state to enact the Compact.
“The passage of the Interstate Medical
Licensure Compact bill will have a very
positive impact on expanding healthcare
options for rural areas like ours in southeast Kansas by providing greater access to
physicians in rural Kansas, both in person
and via telemedicine,” said Kelly. “The
passage of the Interstate Licensure Compact bill has been one of my goals this session. I am thrilled to see this key piece of
healthcare legislation move to the Governor for signature.”
The compact addresses the doctor
shortage that often occurs in rural areas
near the state line and in communities far
from medical centers. It creates a streamlined pathway for physicians to become
licensed in multiple states, thereby allowing them to treat patients across state
lines in person or through telemedicine.
The compact’s facilitation of new modes of
health care delivery such as telemedicine
is an innovative approach to the increased
healthcare shortages in rural communities that has been endorsed by thirty-one
state medical and osteopathic boards and
numerous physicians.
Under the Compact, physicians will con-
tinue to be required to receive separate licenses from each state where they provide
care to patients. The Compact will also
help promote safety and public protection
by allowing states to share investigative
and disciplinary information and maintain
accountability for physicians who treat
Kansas patients, regardless of whether
they treat them in-person or remotely
with telemedicine. It will not change Kansas’ Medical Practice Act or the existing
pathway to licensure. Compact licensure
requirements exceed those of traditional
licensure to ensure compliance with all
member states’ licensure requirements.
“The Compact provides Kansas with an
innovative tool to solve its health care crisis,” said King. “It will help bring the best
doctors from around the country to southeast Kansas to provide world-class patient
care. I am excited for the opportunity to
help Representative Kelly turn this great
idea into law.”
Contest winners and state convention top writers’ agenda
Kansas Authors Club District 3 officers
met on March 19 at the Coffeyville home
of Barbara Cooper, Ways and Means
chair, to discuss the upcoming District 3
members’ meeting and announcement of
writing contest winners on April 23.
The writing contest closes April 1. Call
Barbara Cooper at (620) 515-4039 about
the poetry contest and call Joyce Long at
(620)515-4039 for more details about the
prose contest.
The April 23 members’ spring meeting
will start at 9 a.m. with a free light continental breakfast, followed by the business
portion of the meeting. That’s when winners of the 2016 District 3 writing contest
will be announced and awards presented.
Winners will be encouraged to read their
entries. Everyone interested in writing
is welcome to attend this open meeting.
Then, everyone is encouraged to stay and
visit over lunch at their own expense.
Dalton Days in Coffeyville are the first
weekend in October this year. Both KAC
District 3 chapters, the Night Writers in
Coffeyville and the Trail Writers in Cherryvale, are asked to supply baked goods
for a bake sale, with proceeds going toward funding the 2017 KAC state convention, which District 3 will host in Coffeyville on Oct. 13-15, 2017. Published writers also will have an opportunity to sell their books at the bake
sale this fall. The officers will inquire
about the cost of booth rental during Dalton Days.
The officers also discussed plans for
the 2017 KAC state convention. Lou-
ise Click, the assistant convention chair,
provided information about the previous
state convention hosted in Coffeyville, and
the information was very helpful.
Friday night of the convention will be
dedicated to youth writers, ages 18 and
younger. Membership chairman Pete Walterscheid, who is a professional magician,
has agreed to do a magic show. Contest
winners will be announced in the youth
category that Friday night, awards will
be presented, and winners will have a
chance to read their entries.
Plans for Saturday and Sunday events,
speakers and workshops during the 2017
convention are still in the planning stages.
There will be no officers’ meeting in
April because of the members’ meeting
and contest awards on April 23.
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Independence
New chief
to be on the
local beat
next week
A Missouri man with veteran law enforcement experience has been hired as Independence’s new police chief.
Jerry Harrison of Monett,
Mo., will begin duties as police chief on Monday, March
28. City manager Micky Webb
said Harrison was chosen from
a field of 29 applicants for the
position, which was vacated
last fall upon the retirement of
Chief Harry
Smith.
Harrison brings
more than
20 years of
military and
law enforcement experience to the
position. He
currently
Jerry
serves
as
Harrison
...
a sergeant
new
police
chief
with
the
Monett Police Department, where he has
been employed for the past 19
years and also served eight
years with the Unites States
Army Reserve as an artilleryman and military policeman.
“Jerry brings not only a
wealth of law enforcement experience to this role, but also a
keen understanding of leadership principles and the importance of a healthy community
relationship — all attributes
that will serve him well as he
leads the day-to-day work of
the Independence Police Department,” Webb said. “He
also is a high-energy individual who comes with fresh ideas
that will position us to grow
and develop our department.”
A native of southwest Missouri, Harrison graduated
from the police academy at
Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) in Joplin in
1997. He also attended Northwestern University’s School
of Police Staff and Command
and, in 2015, earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and an associate’s degree
in Law Enforcement from
MSSU. He has taught courses
in the criminal justice program
at ITT Technical Institute in
Springfield, Missouri, and is
currently pursuing a master’s
degree in Criminology at Missouri State University.
During his time with the
Monett Police Department,
Harrison championed a variety
of special initiatives, including
helping to develop grant-funded programs for enforcement
of traffic safety and Driving
While Intoxicated (DWI) laws.
He participated in the department’s first crash reconstruction team and currently serves
as a member of the Midwest
Association of Technical Accident investigators. He has
earned recognition from the
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization for
his efforts in DWI enforcement
and also served approximately
10 years on Missouri’s Law Enforcement Traffic Safety Advisory Council.
Harrison said he is looking
forward to relocating to the
Independence community to
continue his law enforcement
career.
“Having served the Monett
community for many years, I
am grateful to have an opportunity to make a new home in
Independence and serve this
community as its next police
chief,” he said.
Harrison has one daughter,
Makayla, 17, a high school senior who will begin college this
fall. He describes himself as an
“avid outdoorsman” and enjoys hunting, fishing and water
activities.
The deadline for
submitting a classified
ad is 5 p.m., Monday.
Independence community, give us a
call at (620) 331-9178.
City receives property at prime traffic area
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
A long-standing, vacant convenience store at a prime location in Independence is now
owned by Independence city
taxpayers.
The former Town and Country store at 401 N. Penn is being
donated to the Independence
Historical Museum and Art
Center; the museum intends to
donate that vacant store to the
City of Independence.
Although museum officials
would not divulge the name of
the donor, local property tax
records indicate the property
is owned by Phillip G. Ruffin of
Independence. The property is
appraised at $21,920.
Mayor Gary Hogsett said he
was enthused to see the property have a new life, considering it had been “an eyesore”
for several decades.
The property does have environmental issues because an
underground petroleum tank
was found to have leaked under a prior ownership. The
Kansas Department of Health
and Environment has indicated
that any remediation of polluted soils would be the responsibility of the property owner or
party who owned the property
when the tank leaked its contents.
City manager Micky Webb
said the city taxpayers would
not be responsible for clean up
of any pollutants. However, local funds might be needed for
nuisance issues, such as odors
or blight.
Some remediation of the
property took place in 1998
when the Kansas Department
of Transportation conducted a
geometric project at the corner
of the property. KDOT engi-
The former Town & Country Convenience Store at 401 N. Penn now belongs to the City of Independence following a decision by the
Independence City Commission at its March 17 meeting. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
neers found potential for more
hydrocarbons, or reside leftover from the petroleum products, in the soil.
No commercial development
is planned for the property,
said Webb. A used car lot that
sits on the property has been
deemed illegal and will have to
be removed, he added.
Commissioners chose to demolish the building because it
has little commercial appeal
due to its age and condition.
Rather than rebuild a commercial structure on that property, the property should serve
as some sort of a “welcome
site” for the downtown business district, Hogsett said.
Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the property
as a gift from the museum.
Downtown maintenance
standards will go into
effect on Jan. 1, 2017
Downtown business owners will face minimum maintenance
standards for their commercial properties effective Jan. 1, 2017,
city commissioners agreed last Thursday.
Commissioners have considered the concept of implementing
a minimum maintenance standard for commercial properties in
an effort to minimize the degree of blight and unsightly conditions in the central business district. The new standards merely
require property owners to comply with a minimum set of standards designed by the city commission.
Commissioners have met with downtown business owners on
several occasions for their input.
Commissioners were unanimous in their desire to have minimum maintenance standards for commercial properties. However, Commissioner Leonhard Caflisch said he had concerns
with some aspects of the proposal, such as mandatory annual
inspection in the first year of the program.
He said there should be greater latitude and time on the part
of a city building inspector to allow property owners to make
repairs to their buildings in order to comply with the new standards.
Caflish also had concerns about the implementation of fines,
which are a maximum of $500 per day for non-compliance.
However, offering leniency defeats the purpose of the new
standards, said commissioner Fred Meier.
“It would then seem you would be inspecting buildings at random,” said Meier.
Commissioners did agree to wait until Jan. 1, 2017 to implement the ordinance and spend the remainder of the year notifying property owners of resources and contractors for building
improvements.
Commissioners also directed city staff to devise a recommendation on how to use economic development funds to assist
downtown business owners with commercial property repairs.
Voting against the measures was Caflisch. Hogsett and Meier
cast votes in approval.
In other business transacted
at Thursday’s Independence
City Commission meeting, the
commission:
• took no action on a request from local resident to
drop “Shulthis” from Shulthis
Stadium. The USD 446 Board
of Education previously chose
not to pursue a name change
to the stadium.
“I can’t see renaming it unless someone has another option in mind,” said Mayor Gary
Hogsett.
• agreed to hold a public
hearing on Thursday, May 26
to consider condemnation of
the property at 2905 Regency.
The property, owned by R.J.
Osborn, was damaged in a fire
on Feb. 27. City policy requires
condemnation action on any
fire-damaged structure that
sustain substantial damage.
• agreed to purchase a
used Case Loader-Extende-ahoe backhoe for $54,500. The
trade-in value of a 1979 Case
backhoe would bring the final
price to $50,000. The cemetery will be used for Mount
Hope Cemetery.
• agreed to a recommendation from the Independence
Planning Commission to zone
a tract of land at 524 W. Railroad to M-1 (light industrial).
On a related note, commissioners voted to accept a planning
commission recommendation
to Beachner Grain, the owner
of 524 W. Railroad, to obtain a
conditional use permit so that
a planned grain elevator can
exceed the maximum height
on an M-1 zoned property.
• heard a request from the
Kansas Children’s Service
League to declare April as
Child Abuse Prevention Month.
• gave the go-ahead for
the prospects of creating a
dog park on Park Blvd. Commissioners heard a proposal
from the R-Turn organization,
which has developed a plan
to install a dog park on cityowned property at 704 N. Park
Blvd. Representing the R-Turn
organization were Michael
Ysusi, Ryan Goad and Skyler
Estes.
Deadline for Neewollah logo contest nears
April 4 is the deadline for the Neewollah 2016 logo contest. This year’s theme is
“Neewollah: Be Part of Our World!” The
theme ties to this year’s musical “The Little Mermaid”, a Disney feature animation
based on the classic Hans Christian Anderson story about a curious teenage mermaid
princess.
Artists of all ages are encouraged to use
their imaginations to create an adventure in
Neewollah. Entries for the logo should incorporate the theme and are limited to black
and white drawings with no pencil work so
do not flounder. Designs must be scaled to
the actual size of the button as displayed on
entry forms. Emphasis on symbolism rather
than realism will be a legendary success.
Entries are professionally and anonymously
judged and the winner receives $100 cash
as well as published recognition. Entries
will not be returned and are property of
Neewollah, Inc.
Entry forms are available at http://www.
neewollah.com. Entries must be postmarked by April 4, 2016. Mail forms to: Neewollah, Inc.,/Logo Contest – P.O. Box 311
– Independence, KS 67301. For more information, contact Lori Shaw at lshaw@indycc.
edu.
Speakers announced for First Friday session
The Independence Chamber of Commerce and City of
Independence will present its
monthly First Friday information session at 7:30 a.m.,
Friday, April 1 at the Independence Civic Center.
On the roster for the information presentations will be:
• Barb Beurskens to discuss
the opening day of the Riverside Park and Ralph Mitchell
Zoo,
• Karen Carpenter of the
Inge Center for the Arts to discuss the 35th Annual William
Inge Theatre Festival,
• Don Farthing and Dave
Bannwarth to discuss the Independence Bicycle Club, and
• Jerry Harrison, new Independence police chief.
The monthly information
session is open to the public.
The April 1 event is sponsored
by Independence Family Medicine.
Diabetes Support Group
“Physical Activity & Diabetes . . .
Make a Great Team”
Presenters: Shellie Collins, RN and Joe Hyde
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 * 6pm
The CORE at Labette Health
(Bldg F)
No physician referral needed * Call 820-5171 for more info
1902 S. Hwy 59 * Parsons * www.labettehealth.com
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INDEPENDENCE
Honor rolls announced Enrollment set for St. Andrew preschool, daycare
for Zion Lutheran School
Zion Lutheran School has
announced the names of students who qualified for the
third quarter honor roll.
• Seventh grade: Mariah
Ballinger, Ian Pralle, Ryan
Stoner, John Troutman.
Principal’s Honor Roll
(All A grades)
• Third grade: Samuel
Hale, Tanner Howard, Tanner
White.
• Fourth grade: Eva Thompson.
• Fifth grade: Easton Morris.
• Sixth grade: Alayna Cessna, Sydnee Clubine, Landen
Thompson.
• Seventh grade: Sam Grice.
• Eighth grade: Clever
Christman, Maddison Cochran
and Callie Younger.
• Third grade: Jenna Bates.
• Fourth grade: Abby Cagle,
Adyson Clubine, Lexie Reed.
• Fifth grade: Kelly Newton.
A Average Honor Roll
• Third grade: Ava Morris.
• Fourth grade: Caidi Beaubien.
• Fifth grade: Chris Lewis.
• Sixth grade: Aubree Bainum, James Blex, Karsyn
Webber.
B Average Honor Roll
Parents interested in enrolling their child in St. Andrew
Learning Center Preschool or
Daycare are asked to attend a
meeting on Monday, April 4, at
7 p.m., in the St. Andrew Parish Center Meeting Room. Although there is no obligation
to enroll at this meeting, forms
will be available and parents
are encouraged to enroll early
due to limited space.
St. Andrew Learning Center
offers a comprehensive program of Preschool and Daycare services for children from
3 to 5 years of age. The Center is open year-round from
7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., providing
educational and developmental programs in preparation
for a successful entry into
Kindergarten. The curriculum
Moore to retire as Main Street director
Liz Moore, director of the
Independence Main Street organization since 2012, has announced her retirement.
Moore said this week that
she plans to step down from
her director role in September.
“It will happen by Sept. 1,
but even then I hope to join
these dear folks and our wonderful membership as a volunteer, because I love this organization,” Moore said. “And
whomever the board selects to
carry us further onward and
upward, I will do everything I
can to support the new director.”
The Main Street organization is responsible for several annual events, including
the Thanksgiving-Christmas
event, the Back-to-School
Sidewalk Sales, and the annual Main Street fundraiser in
March.
Here is what
people are saying
about “Images
of America:
Independence” . . .
(Comments taken from reader
reviews at Amazon.com)
“Very pleased with this book purchase. Arrived quickly and I love all
the old pictures. Only thing wrong with it is I’d like more.”
“I received this as a Christmas gift from a long-time Independence
friend. Having grown up in Indy (although I haven’t lived there for 50
years), I found it extremely interesting and well-done! Many memories were refreshed! My appreciation to those who made it possible.
And I highly recommend it to anyone who has an interest in Indy...especially if they have children or grandchildren. A great piece of work!”
“If you live in Independence, Kansas or are from there, this is a
fantastic history resource.”
“Andy Taylor did a fantastic job in creating this new book on Independence, KS. I was happy to see that he concentrated on the people who
lived here and their history rather than just the buildings.”
Purchase your copy of “Images of America: Independence”
at the Montgomery County Chronicle at 108 W. Main in
Independence or place your order through amazon.com.
barnesandnoble.com, or arcadiapublishing.com.
includes a variety of learning
activities in the areas of religion, reading readiness, math,
science, social studies, music,
art, and physical and emotional development within a Christian environment. The Learning Center employs highly
qualified teachers for its preschool program and an experienced daycare director with
many years of experience.
Daycare will be available
from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., beginning May 23 throughout the
summer and on days during
the 2016-17 school year when
school is not in session. During the school year, beginning
Aug. 17, preschool hours will
be from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., followed by daycare from 11 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. Students who will
be 3 years old by Sept. 1 may
enroll in a three-day preschool
plan (Monday-Wednesday) or
a 5-day preschool plan with
or without the daycare option. Enrollment applications
are currently being accepted
for the summer and the 20162017 school year programs.
For further information,
call the school office at (620)
331-2870.
Rubley, Tindle are ICC’s Students of the Month
Independence Community
College students Michaela
Tindle and Brock Rubley have
been chosen as ICC’s February
Students of the Month.
Michaela Tindle is a freshman at ICC from Fredonia. She
is completing her liberal studies degree
at ICC and
with plans
to
study
commercial
recreation
and tourism
management. She
hopes
to
manage and
direct sumTindle
mer camps
for youth. Tindle graduated
high school one year early,
received the ICC Presidential
scholarship, and was named
to the ICC President’s Honor
Roll.
Brock Rubley is a freshman at ICC, from Highlands
Ranch, Colo. Although Rubley
is
proudest of his
ability
to
maintain a
GPA above
the
90th
percentile
throughout
high school
and his first
semester of
college, He
Rubley
continues
to work very hard to develop
on the football field. He was
named to the Vice President’s
Honor Roll last semester, and
On the
sports
beat
he is pursuing a degree in
business administration with
the hopes of continuing his
student-athlete experience at
a four-year university.
The Student of the Month
Award was established by ICC
faculty to recognize full-time
students currently enrolled at
ICC who have exhibited qualities of excellence both in the
classroom and in the community. Students nominated are
dedicated to representing ICC
by being diligent in their studies, being involved on campus,
and by acting as role models to
their peers.
In support of their endeavors, each Student of the Month
will receive a $100 cash award
from the ICC Foundation.
Sally D. Pokorny (center), who is a district court judge for the 7th
Judicial District, will soon be formally inducted into the NONOSO alumnae women’s honor society at Washburn University in
Topeka. Also pictured are Joan Barker (left) of Topeka, a Washburn and NONOSO Alumnae, and Sarah Towle, NONOSO Alumni President. (Courtesy photo)
Former local attorney
earns Washburn honor
A former Montgomery County attorney, Sally D. Pokorny,
who is now serving as a district court judge in Douglas County,
Kan., will be inducted into an alumnae women’s honor society at
Washburn University in Topeka.
Pokorny was inducted into NONOSO, which is taken from
Washburn’s motto, “Non nobis solum,” or “not for ourselves
alone.” The organization recognizes exceptional Washburn
women based on their intelligence, creativity, personality, scholarship, leadership, moral integrity, community involvement and
accomplishment. A formal ceremony will take place on April 9
at Washburn.
Pokorny was a former Montgomery County lawyer and prosecuting attorney, Cherryvale city attorney, and general practitioner for 25 years in Montgomery prior to moving to Lawrence.
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Prairie Star • Montgomery County Chronicle • Labette Avenue
ITEMS FOR SALE
BID NOTICES
WANTED
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
AREA SERVICES
USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE:
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Fridge, Freezers, AC
units, Recliners, Lift chair-918-533-6000 or
620-597-2680.
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DISC FOR SALE: 7 foot, 3-point tandem disc.
Call 620-870-1232 or 620-725-3931. CQ12-1tp
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“IMAGES OF AMERICA: INDEPENDENCE,”
a pictorial history of Independence, is
available for $21.99 (plus sales tax) at
the Montgomery County Chronicle offices
in Caney, Cherryvale and Independence.
Makes a great gift for any event! nc
BIDS ACCEPTED: The Oakhill Cemetery
Board #13 at Chautauqua will accept bids
for mowing and maintenance from March
9 through March 23. Bids must include
proof of insurance. All persons who will be
assisting with the mowing, etc., must be
listed on the insurance, no one under 18
will be accepted. Bid must include list of
equipment to be used. Send bids to: Oakhill
Cemetery #13, P. O. Box 131, Chautauqua,
KS 67334. All bids must be mailed. CQ10-3b
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BIDS FOR MOWING and TRIMMING at
Casement and Greenwood Cemeteries; April
4, for specs contact Sue Kill, 620-725-3951,
[email protected] or Brett Dickens, 620249-6338.
CQ12-2p
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MOWING BIDS: Chautauqua County
is requesting lawn mowing bids for the
Courthouse Complex for the mowing season
of 2016 and 2017 to include: curb to curb
mowing, disposal of natural lawn debris, no
grass left on sidewalks or flowerbeds, edging
without the use of grass killer for the entire
mowing season. Proof of liability insurance
must accompany your bid. Sealed bids will
be accepted until 4:00 p.m. on Monday,
March 28, 2016. Bids will be opened at the
regular commission meeting on Thursday,
March 31, 2016.
CQ12-1tb
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. Phone
(620) 331-4570. tf
LIFEGUARDS
and
CONCESSION
WORKERS: The City of Oswego is now
accepting applications for Lifeguards
and Concession Workers at the City Pool.
Applications are available at City Hall 703 5th St., on the city’s website www.
oswegokansas.com or by calling 620-7954433. The city is an equal opportunity
employer. LA10-tf
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SCHOOL SECRETARY: USD 504 is accepting
applications for the Oswego Junior-Senior
High School Secretary. This is a full-time
position located at our junior-senior high
building. The start date would be Fall of
2016. Application forms and job description
are available at the central office located at:
719 4th St., Oswego KS. Phone number:
620-795-2126. Any interested person
should submit an application to: Douglas
Beisel, Supt. USD No. 504, 719 4th Street,
Oswego, KS 67356. USD 504 is an equal
opportunity employer. LA12-1tc
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EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: Labette county
public works is now accepting application
for equipment operators with starting
salary between $12.37-$13.36 (Range
13-15), depending on experience. CDL
is required. Applications will be taken
until position is filled. Applications can be
picked up at Labette County Public Works
at 901 S. Huston in Altamont or online at
labettecounty.com. Labette County is a drug
free and tobacco free workplace. All new
hires are subject to a drug screening test,
range of motion test, and a physical. Labette
County is an equal opportunity employer. LA12-2tc
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CNAs: We need caring, compassionate,
and enthusiastic people to join our TEAM
at Oswego Health and Rehab! There
are positions available for full time and
part time night shift C.N.A’s! We offer
competitive wages and shift differentials
with the possibility of a sign on bonus! We
are also in need of RN’s on an “as needed”
basis and someone for transportation part
time! Come in and fill out an application at
1104 Ohio, in Oswego! We look forward to
you becoming part of our TEAM! LA12-tf
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Let your hometown newspaper be your
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TRUCK DRIVER: Convoy Systems is hiring
Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the
west coast. Home Weekly! Great Benefits!
www.convoysystems.com Call Tina ext. 301
or Lori ext. 303 1-800-926-6869. (KCAN)
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CLEAR VISION WINDSHIELD REPAIR - If
you need a rock chip repaired, call Paul Stetz
at 620-725-3265. If we can’t answer, please
leave a message.
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SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. CQ1-tfn
MISCELLANEOUS
DAYCARE HAS OPENINGS: For more
information call Carolyn Tomlinson at 620795-2876. LA7-tf
BID NOTICES
MOWING BIDS ACCEPTED: The annual
meeting for Lafayette Cemetery Association
is April 8, 2016, at 5 p.m. Any interested
parties welcome to attend. At that time we
will open bids that were received by April
4, for mowing three cemeteries in the
township. Send bids to Dixie Selter, 505 N.
Montgomery, Sedan, KS 67361. CQ11-3tp
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REAL ESTATE
•OSWEGO, Beautiful and roomy, 2300 sq.
ft., home built in 2005 on 2 acre lot. Attached 2-car garage, plus separate 30x52
garage/workshop/apartment. Large deck
with above ground pool. All appliances
stay.....................REDUCED to$189,900
•CHETOPA, Two bedroom, two bath, all
brick home on corner lots, with 2-carport, floating floors, screen back porch.
Storage building. .REDUCED to $69,900
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Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
Email: [email protected]
AUCTION
Saturday, April 16 at 11 a.m.
WANTED
LAWNMOWING WANTED: Will do
lawnmowing in Caney, experienced. Call
620-870-1310. MC-F12-1tp
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SCRAP METAL: Paying top dollar for scrap
metal, junk cars (running or not), etc. Will
pick up items. Call 918-559-9162. MC-E3-tfnp
HELP WANTED
POOL MANAGER: The City of Sedan is
taking applications for Pool Manager.
Applicants must be certified and are required
to work weekends. All applications must be
returned to City Hall by April 1, 2016, at 4:00
pm. CQ8-6tb
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LIFEGUARD: The City of Howard Swimming
Pool is currently seeking Lifeguards for
the upcoming 2016 season. The Lifeguard
is responsible for ensuring the safety
of swimmers and members in the pool
and surrounding pool area at all times.
Requirements include holding certifications
by the American Red Cross: CPR, AED,
First Aid, and Life Guarding. The Lifeguard
position is a seasonal position. Employment
is from Memorial Day weekend through
possibly Labor Day and must be flexible to
work varying shifts including weekends.
Applications must be returned to Howard
City Office before May 1. Call 620-374-2202
for more information. CQ11-4tb
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MEALS ON WHEELS/FRIENDSHIP MEALS
CENTER MANAGER: in Moline, 10 a.m.1 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Wonderful opportunity
working with older adults. Experience with
food service helpful. Some record keeping.
High school diploma or GED required. Apply
at 110 N. Main (community building) in
Moline or call 620-647-8178. EOE. CQ122b
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As we expand, we are looking for quality
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Located 1/2 mile South of Sycamore,
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7 Acres with highway frontage.
4-Bedroom, 1 1/2
story home, all completely redone. All new paint, floating
floor, island kitchen, bath upstairs and
down, central heat and air up and down
(downstairs air needs work), on natural
gas, rural water, 30x60 metal garage,
workshop.
This home is ready to move into!
Owner moving to town!
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412 Commercial
Oswego, Kansas
CHESNUTT & CHESNUTT
Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
AUCTIONS
Saturday, April 2, at 10:30 a.m.
515 Main St., Parsons, Kan.
At Auction 12 Noon
2.9 Acres on East Main
Stately 2-Story, 5-Bedroom,
2 Full Baths and 2 Half Baths,
Partial Basement, CH/Air
up and down; vinyl siding,
breaker box, 2-car detached
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412 Commercial
Oswego, Kansas
CHESNUTT & CHESNUTT
Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
Four County Mental Health Center
has immediate job openings!
TROTNIC
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• Units Available •
As small as 5x10
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OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
AREA SERVICES
CATHY’S BOOKKEEPING
Payroll Services and General Bookkeeping 20+ years experience
620-249-5424
[email protected]
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TAYLOR TREES, LLC: Tree and Pasture
Clearing, Insured, Chautauqua and
surrounding counties. Call 620-216-0755. CQ7-tfn
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THOMAS TREE SERVICE: Tree trimming,
removal and stump grinding, have chipper,
grapple and bucket truck. Insured. Call for
free estimates, 620-879-2532 or 620-2498773. CQ-T1-tfn
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LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS: in-home
repair and upgrades. We come to you.
620-725-5465, 620-330-0330. www.
lazybearcomputers.com.
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lazybearcomputers.com. CQ1-tfn
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WICKHAM TRUCKING for your rock, sand,
and dirt needs. Call 620-725-3317 or 620249-2867. CQ1-tfn
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MCNOWN TREE CARE
Insured, professional tree trimming,
removal, and clean-up.
FREE ESTIMATES
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
FOR RENT
FOR RENT IN CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532. tf
Apartments available at
Westside Homes, Oswego
Apply at Frogley’s
Gun Shop or call
620-778-2458
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REAL ESTATE
LONGTON: 405 Wyandotte - Three
bedroom, two bath, open floor plan, kitchen
appliances stay, detached four car garage,
walk out patio with fenced in back yard.
New roof in 2015. Total electric home. NEW
PRICE $55,000
HOWARD: 1160 Hwy. 99 - Five acres with
large metal building, out of the city limits
with many uses, access to Elk River, out
buildings. $69,000.
HOWARD: 218 N. Wabash - Nice business
opportunity, 770 square feet retail, business
opportunity, could also be residential for
hunters or weekends. $8,000.
Call Judy Nungesser, Realtor
Faith Realty
Call 620-330-3688
[email protected]
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Bus Mechanic Technician - USD 506
USD 506 Labette Co. is seeking an experienced Bus Mechanic
Technician. Successful candidates will perform preventative
maintenance, diagnosis, service and repair of steering,
suspension, brakes, engines, transmissions, differentials, electrical,
wheelchair lifts, and air conditioning systems. Successful
applicants must be able to work safely, perform part analysis on
damaged parts, and assist in inventory control or other dutues as
necessary. Requires physical exertion and applicants must have, or
be able to obtain, a CDL.
A complete job description is available on the district website.
Applications may be submitted online at
www.usd506.org or picked up at the District Office located at
401 S. High School Street, Altamont, Kansas 67330.
These are entry-level, High School Diploma or GED
needed, no experience required.
• Attendant Care –We have part-time school-based and seasonal
Summer work with children in the Independence area. These
positions all work with patients either in community or school
setting.
• Part-time Drivers – No CDL required, must be 21 years of age.
Visit our website to learn more about
these positions or to apply online:
www.fourcounty.com.
Resumes/applications may also be
submitted in person or mailed to:
Human Resources, Four County MHC,
P.O. Box 688 Independence, KS
67301. Equal Opportunity Employer,
Drug Free Workplace and Bilingual applicants preferred.
Four County Mental Health
Center has the following
full-time openings!
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in person or mailed to:
Human Resources, Four County MHC,
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Bus Mechanic Technician - USD 506
USD 506 Labette Co. is seeking an experienced Bus Mechanic
Technician. Successful candidates will perform preventative
maintenance, diagnosis, service and repair of steering,
suspension, brakes, engines, transmissions, differentials, electrical,
wheelchair lifts, and air conditioning systems. Successful
applicants must be able to work safely, perform part analysis on
damaged parts, and assist in inventory control or other dutues as
necessary. Requires physical exertion and applicants must have, or
be able to obtain, a CDL.
A complete job description is available on the district website.
Applications may be submitted online at
www.usd506.org or picked up at the District Office located at
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(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, March 10, 17
and 24, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF CHARLENE NAN SELLERS,
DECEASED
Case NO. 15 PR-4 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
7th day of March, 2016, a Petition was
filed in this Court by Kristin Schneider,
Executor of the Estate of Charlene Nan
Sellers, deceased, praying for a final
settlement of the estate, approval of
her 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 Charlene
Nan Sellers, deceased.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of April, 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 entered in
due course upon the Petition.
KRISTIN SCHNEIDER, petitioner
HALL LEVY DEVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
____________________________
and 31, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
JAMES ROMINES (Plaintiff)
vs.
DONNA V. HARRIS; et al. (Defendant)
CASE NO. 2016 CV 17C
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS to DON-
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
Page B11
PUBLIC NOTICES
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (‘RFP’)
FOR SALE AND DEVELOPMENT
OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY
The City of Caney, Kansas is seeking proposals for the sale and development of the buildings and land located at 112 North Spring Street
(Tract 1), 116 North Spring Street (Tract 2) and 109 South State Street
(Tract 3). Tract 1 consist of two structures and land, Tract 2 is an undeveloped lot with a concrete pad and Tract 3 is a structure located on
the alley between Spring Street and State Street south of 4th Street
and north of 5th Street. Proposals to be submitted on or before April
15, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Additional information regarding the Property
and the RFP required process may be requested through the office of
the City Clerk at 1-620-879-2772.
City of Caney
NA V. HARRIS; the unknown heirs,
executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees, creditors, and assigns of such
of the defendants as may be deceased;
the unknown spouses of the defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns
of such defendants that is an existing,
dissolved or dormant corporation; the
unknown executors, administrators,
devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of a defendant that
is or was in partnership; the unknown
guardians and trustees of such of the
defendants as are minor or are under
any legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that
a Petition has been filed in the District
Court Montgomery County, Kansas,
sitting at Coffeyville, by JAMES ROMINES and praying for judgment quieting the title to the real estate described
in the Petition.
You are required to plead to the Petition by or before the 27 day of April,
2016, at 9:00 o’clock a.m., in said court,
in the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kansas. Should you fail to
plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.
JAMES ROMINES, petitioner
HALL LEVY DEVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 UNION P.O. BOX 9
Coffeyville, KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Plaintiff
____________________________
and 31, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Aaron J. Adame; John Doe (Tenant/
Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); State of Kansas, Department
for Children and Families f/k/a Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services; Tiffany D. Adame a/k/a
Tiffany D. Easter (Defendants)
Case No. 16CV18C
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
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 28, Block 1, Queen City First
Addition to the City of Coffeyville,
Montgomery County, Kansas
ALSO DESCRIBED AS:
Lot Twenty-eight (28), Block One (1),
Queen City First Addition to the City
of Coffeyville, Montgomery County,
Kansas, according to the recorded
plat thereof, commonly known as 1010
West 4th Street, 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 April, 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)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(164990)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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