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THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 • 22 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 75 CENTS • ALWAYS CLEAN AND NEWSY!
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IN THIS ISSUE
AREA NEWS
Two bodies discovered in
rural Montgomery County
home on Tuesday.
See page A2
TUESDAY HOOPS
Cherryvale varsity boys’
fall to Yates Center; Lady
Chargers devour Lady
Wildcats; teams prepare for
mid-season tournaments
next week.
See page B1-B6
CANEY
City council approves $15
monthly increase to base
sewer rates due to condition, challenges of sewer
system.
See page A6
COFFEYVILLE
City commissioner seeks
to lower purchase limit for
city manager, department
chiefs.
See page A8
KANSAS’ TOP EDUCATION OFFICIAL PRESENTS DETAILS IN COFFEYVILLE
Watson touts
new vision for
public schools
‘Kansas Can’ initiative
to emphasize career
goals for students . . .
and conforming school
curriculum to meet each
student’s career goals
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — When does
Randy Watson, the top education official in Kansas, take
note of an educational community that fails to connect with
students?
Is it when he examines test
scores, graduation rates, or
poverty factors?
Yes to all of the above.
However, he cringes most
when he goes to homecoming
coronation ceremonies.
“I was at a homecoming
coronation at a small school
north of Topeka recently when
the king and queen candidates
were introduced and their
post-graduation plans were announced,” said Watson, who
serves as Kansas commissioner
of education. “All of the contestants said they wanted to go
to college. But not one of them
had a career goal. They all said
they were ‘undecided’ as to
their careers. And, that’s when
it shows me that we’ve got to
connect to these students at an
HOMECOMING
Meet Caney Valley High
School’s winter sports
homecoming royalty.
See page A6
INDEPENDENCE
Community recycling
project to get underway in
February.
See page B7
CHERRYVALE
Architectural firms to tour
local schools, make recommendations for school
board’s consideration.
See page A10
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Caney sewer customers to face
a $15 per month increase to
sewer bills. See page A6
earlier age.”
Watson was in his hometown
of Coffeyville on Monday night
to discuss his “Kansas Can” initiative that seeks to radically
alter the way Kansas’ public
schools teach to students . . .
what students can expect in
their education. The outcomes
of that proposal were approved
by the Kansas State Board of
Education meeting on Tuesday
(see adjacent story). Watson
said he plans to continue pitching his case across the state
about the need to rethink and
redevelop public education in
Kansas schools.
The results of the “Kansas Can” initiative were derived from a series of town
hall meetings Watson and the
Kansas State Board of Education conducted across Kansas
in 2015. Educators, business
owners and community leaders
were asked to provide input at
those meetings as to what they
seek in job candidates. Watson then took that information,
combined it with survey and
demographic information, and
developed a list of recommendations that, if implemented,
would be a departure from the
education culture that thrives
on test score results.
“The schools we have built
for more than 100 years in
Kansas are good for some kids
and some families,” said Watson. “For others, it’s not. We
have to connect to all of those
students.”
The Kansas Can initiative
would put heavy emphasis
on early education programs
and kindergarten readiness.
Randy Watson, Kansas commissioner of education, was in his hometown of Coffeyville on Monday to
confer with the USD 445 Board of Education about the “Kansas Can” education initiative. The proposal
would depart from standard outcomes of education and focus on specific needs for every student. Before assuming the post of Kansas commissioner of education in 2015, Watson served as superintendent
of schools in McPherson, Kan. He is a graduate of Field Kindley High School. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
In many cases, communities
without early education or preschools struggle to advance students in the earliest grade levels.
“No grade level has such a diverse learning range as kindergarten,” said Watson. “That’s
because we have students who
have been in early education or
preschool and can read by the
time they enter kindergarten.
We also have students who have
not been introduced to preschool at all and enter kindergarten with a vocabulary range
of only 100 words. So then you
have an immediate struggle to
educate. You will have students
who can obviously advance to
first grade, but then you have
students whose struggles will
follow them throughout their
grade school years. We have to
change the conversation and
encourage communities to in• see Education commissioner, page A3
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
CANEY — Caney city voters
will go to the polls in the spring
months to decide four positions
for the Caney City Council.
The deadline to file for candi-
dacy for those four positions is
noon Tuesday, Jan. 26. The four
positions that will be decided in
the spring election cycle will be:
• Ward 1: position now held
by councilor Nathan Byrd.
by councilor Ralph Anthony.
by councilor Dan Vernon.
by councilor Zoe Wahl.
If four or more candidates
file for any one of the four po-
Special events in Coffeyville, Independence on
Sunday to commemorate
Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
See page A9, B8
OPINION
Randy Watson offers refreshing vision for schools.
See page A4
INDEX
Caney .............................A6-A7
Cherryvale ............... A10-A12
Coffeyville.....................A8-A9
Classified ads.....................B10
Datebook..............................A5
Independence..............B7-B9
Obituaries.............................A2
Public notices...................... B9
sitions, then a run-off election
will be required on Tuesday,
March 1. The general election
will be held on Tuesday, April
5 with the winning candidates
assuming the oath of office at
the second Caney City Council
meeting in April.
Normally, all city council
positions are two-year terms.
However, the Kansas Legislature in 2015 approved a new
law that moves all local elections (city council, school board,
community college trustees) to
the fall election cycle effective
in 2017. That means the winning candidates in the spring
election cycle — which will be
the final spring elections in
Caney due to the change in state
law — will have to serve a longer term in office as the council positions transition to a new
election timeframe.
Persons interested in filing
for the council elections should
fill out the necessary paperwork
at Caney City Hall.
Chamber’s annual
dinner and awards
meeting is Monday
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The Kansas State Board of Education on Tuesday approved
the outcomes in the Kansas Can initiative. The outcomes, which
were detailed in a discussion by Randy Watson, Kansas commissioner of education, on Monday in Coffeyville, are:
n High school graduation rates
n Post-secondary completion/attendance
n Kindergarten readiness: An essential building block for future achievement and academic success.
n Individual plan of study (IPS) focused on career interest:
This is a roadmap started for students in middle school that includes development of a flexible career focus and an education
plan that is clearly defined, rigorous and relevant to ensure a
successful and efficient transition to post-secondary education
and/or the workforce. Each IPS will include graduation requirements, approved coursework for the student’s educational and
career goals and work-based learning experiences.
n Social/emotional growth measured locally: Social-emotional learning integrated with character development will help
students learn, practice and model essential personal life habits
that contribute to academic, vocational and personal success.
Deadline nears to file for Caney City Council
CELEBRATION
I didn’t see the
State of the
Union address.
I don’t watch
re-runs.
What are the outcomes of
the Kansas Can initiative?
Independence police chief retires
Friends and colleagues said farewell to Independence police chief Harry Smith last Friday afternoon as
Smith retired following more than 30 years with the Independence police force and 40 total years in law
enforcement. The ceremony was held in the Veterans Room at the Independence Memorial Hall. (Photo
by Andy Taylor)
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce
will host its annual membership dinner and awards meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, Jan.
18 at the Cherryvale Community Center.
Tickets are $10 each. The
first 100 tickets claimed for the
event are free, with a limit of
two per reservation. Call City
Hall at (620) 336-2776 for more
details.
Indy to be
center of high
school debate
this week
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — Independence will be the epicenter of
the Kansas high school debate
community on Friday and Saturday as the community hosts
four separate state tournaments.
Because Independence High
School and Independence Middle School will be the sites for
state debate
tournaments
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baters
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naments
a
two-day
span. Local hotels are booked
solid because of the influx of
high school debaters, and local
restaurants have been notified
to expect a spike in food deliveries and food fare.
Two years ago, the Kansas
State High School Activities Association chose Independence
as the site of its 2016 state
tournaments for classes 1A4A, breaking a trend of having
the classes 1A-4A tournaments
and classes 5A-6A in the same
proximity. It also marked one of
• see Debate, page A3
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Thursday, January 14, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
Double homicide victims
near Elk City identified;
investigation continues
OBITUARIES
Obituaries are printed in their entirety for a $25 fee. To
submit a paid obituary, contact the Montgomery County
Chronicle at (620) 336-2100 or (620) 879-2156. Or, submit
an e-mail to [email protected].
Dr. William A. Goins
WISE, Va. — Dr. William A. Goins, 59, passed
away Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 at the Norton
Community Hospital in Norton, Va.
He was in private practice for more than 30
years in Wise, Va., as the
owner and veterinarian in
charge at Wise County Animal Hospital.
He received his bachelor
of science degree from Kansas State University of 1978
and received his doctorate
of veterinary medicine degree from Kansas State University College of Veterinary
Medicine in 1982.
He was a member of the AVMA, VVMA,
NRA, Lions Club of Wise, The Southers Masonic
Lodge 259 AF & AM of Norton, Va., where he
was Past Grand Master, A&A Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry and All Saints Episcopal Church
in Norton, Va.
He was born in Independence, Kan., and
was preceded in death by his parents Sherman
Mack and Shirley Byers Goins.
Surviving are his wife, Rhonda Niebur Goins;
daughter, Kelly Davenport and husband Dr.
Christopher Davenport of Bristol, Tenn.; grandson, Ryan Mark; two brothers, Jeff Goins and
wife Sandy, and Scott Goins and wife Janna of
Cherryvale; a sister, Melanie Blaes and husband
Tom all of Cherryvale; five nephews and nieces;
one grand-niece; and a host of other relatives
and friends.
Masonic services for William Goins were
held Monday, Jan. 11, at the Sturgill Funeral
Home Chapel in Wise, Va. Pallbearers were
Don Earls, Dr. Chris Davenport, Jeff Jesberg,
Brice Jesberg, Nicholas Niebur, Jared Goins,
Grant Goins, and Brent Blaes.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to
the Wise County Animal Control, P.O. Box 570
Wise, VA 24293. Visit www.sturgillfuneral.com
to leave online condolences for the family.
Sturgill Funeral Home of Wise, Va., was in
charge of arrangements.
Tom Harrell
PARSONS — Tom Harrell, age 80, of Parsons
died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016 at the Elmhaven
East Nursing Home in Parsons. Death followed
several years of failing health.
He was born Aug. 16, 1935, in Parsons to
Perry C. and Marguerite (Albertson) Harrell.
He graduated from Parsons High School in
1953 and was active in various sports. He attended Parsons Junior College and Ottawa University, where he played football and baseball.
He graduated from Ottawa University in 1959
and in 1972 he earned a master’s degree from
the University of Kansas.
Tom taught and coached at Oswego High
School from 1959 to 1961, at Osage City High
School from 1961 to 1963, at Leavenworth High
School from 1963 to 1966, at Cherryvale High
School from 1966 to 1985 and at Parsons High
School from 1985 to 1994. He coached football for 25 years and basketball for 35 years.
He also coached golf and his Cherryvale team
received two state championships and his Parsons team one state championship.
He was a member of the
Kansas Coaches Association
and had served as president
of the Tri-Valley League of
Coaches and had received
Coach of the Year honors
in that league. He coached
the 1976 Shrine Bowl after
finishing second in Class 2A
State Football in 1975.
He was an active member of the First Baptist
Church of Parsons and had served on various
committees and as church moderator. He was
a member of the Ottawa University Alumni Association.
He and Diantha Lou Headley were married
on June 6, 1954 and were the parents of two
daughters. On Jan. 1, 1982, he and Donna Davis Giltner were married at the First Baptist
Church in Parsons. She preceded him in death
on March 23, 2013.
Tom is survived by daughters, Marla Schinstock and husband Bill, of Lawrence, Susan
Murphy and husband Jack of Hollister, Mo.,
Kristi Giltner of Parsons, and Jill Head and
husband Russ of Parsons; and son Mark Giltner,
of Parsons. There are five grandchildren: Erin
Patrick and husband Sam of Lawrence, Susan
Schinstock of Wichita, Matthew Christensen of
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Marleigh and Lee Edward
Head of Parsons. His parents and his brother,
Perry Harrell, preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Friday,
Jan. 15 at the First Baptist Church in Parsons
with Riley Cartwright officiating. Burial will be
in Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Carson-Wall Funeral Home
from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday.
Memorials are suggested to the Parsons
Educational Foundation. They may be left at
or sent to the funeral home at Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357. Online messages may be left
at www.wallfuneralservices.com.
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.
be held at 10 a.m., Saturday,
Jan. 16, 2016 at Crystalbrook
Church in Independence.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to the Birde
Family, RE: Tasha Birde, 518
S. 2nd Street, Independence,
KS 67301.
Margaret Walters
David H. Bailey
COFFEYVILLE — Margaret
Walters, age 91, of Coffeyville
died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016 at
her home.
Memorial services were
held Saturday, Jan. 9, at the
First Christian Church in Coffeyville under the direction
of David W. Barnes Funeral
Home.
The family suggests memorials can be made to the First
Christian Church or Harry
Hynes Memorial Hospice; contributions may be left with
the funeral home or mailed
c/o David W. Barnes Funeral
Home, 306 North Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337.
INDEPENDENCE — David H. Bailey, age 78, of Independence
died
Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at his
home. Funeral services were
held Wednesday, Jan. 13, at
the First Presbyterian Church,
Independence. Interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to the First Presbyterian
Church and may be left with
the Webb and Rodrick Chapel
in Independence. To leave the
family a message of condolence, visit www.webbrodrickfuneralhome.com.
Albert Richard Palmer
INDEPENDENCE — Beverly
A. Pittman, age 86, of Independence died Friday Jan. 8,
2016 at Wilson County Medical
Center in Neodesha.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday, Jan. 13, at Webb
& Rodrick Chapel and Crematory. Private burial will take
place in Mount Hope Cemetery
in Independence.
Memorial Contributions in
LONGTON — Albert Richard Palmer, age 85, of Longton
died Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016.
Graveside services were
held Saturday, Jan. 9 at Longton Cemetery in Longton under
the direction of Webb & Rodrick Chapel in Independence.
The family requests memorials to Home Town Health Care
Hospice and memorials may
be left at the Chapel.
Beverly A. Pittman
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INDEPENDENCE — Gilbert
“Gib” W. Cation died Thursday,
Jan. 7, 2016 at Wellsville Retirement Community in Wellsville, Kan.
A memorial service will
be held at First Presbyterian
Church in Independence at 1
p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, followed by burial at Mount Hope
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A rural Elk City couple was found dead in
their home of gunshot wounds on Tuesday afternoon.
Sheriff Robert Dierks said the bodies of Robert and Marla Howard, both age 58, were found
by emergency personnel in their home at 1199
CR 4025 southwest of Elk City on Tuesday afternoon. Both died of gunshot wounds.
Dierks said the Montgomery County Sheriff’s
Department is working the case as a double homicide.
COUNTY COMMISSION
Commission gives the boot to county
emergency preparedness director
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Fred Brown was retained as
county commission chairman
at Monday’s county commissions meeting.
The second meeting of the
calendar year marks the annual reorganization of the
commission, in which appointments and designations are
made.
Brown, who is in the middle
of his second four-year term,
was unanimously chosen to
lead the commission for 2016.
In making their annual
appointments and designations, commissioners denied
the retention of Jim Miller as
county emergency preparedness director. Commissioners
Ryan York and Larry McManus
voted against Miller’s appointment, while Brown voted in favor of the motion.
Miller’s dismissal was made
effective at Monday’s meeting.
In other designations and
appointments made at the
meeting, commissioners chose:
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Daily Reporter.
• Robert Bever, county
public works director; Jason
Clubine, computer department director; Carolyn Muller,
county health department director; Scott Barnhart, environmental health and zoning
director; Shawn Wallis, human
resource director; Dr. Gregory
Mears, county coroner; Paul
Kritz, county counselor; Lavern Strecker, county in-house
auditor.
• county holidays for 2016.
• set their representation on
various committees, including
Southeast Kansas Resource
Conservation and Development, Southeast Kansas Juvenile Correctional Facility, Area
Agency on Aging, and Montgomery County.
• heard a recommendation
from Sheriff Robert Dierks
to deny persons using private vehicles to use their own
lights and sirens en route to an
emergency situation. The issue
was broached when Paul Clifton, a part-time police officer
with the City of Cherryvale,
asked to use lights and sirens
in his personal vehicle when
he is called from his home in
Independence to emergency
scenes in Cherryvale.
Dierks said felt it would be a
COFFEYVILLE — Patricia
M. [Ungles] Stanbrough, age
79, died Monday, Jan. 11,
2016, at Windsor Place, Coffeyville. Graveside celebration of life
services will be conducted at 2
p.m., Friday, Jan. 15, at Sunnyside Cemetery, Caney, under
the direction of Potts Chapel
Funeral Home, Caney. The
memorial register will be open
for signature at the funeral
home from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
daily
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An investigation into the case involves the
sheriff’s department as well as the Kansas Bureau of Investigation. The KBI had its mobile
crime scene investigation unit at the site on
Tuesday night.
More information will be released as it becomes available.
The Howard property is located immediately
east of the Montgomery County-Chautauqua
County line on a county road that is commonly
referred to as the Sedan Shortcut.
bad policy to allow emergency
personnel to use their private
vehicles as a source of transport to emergency calls.
Sheriff says hiring
jail nurse would reduce
liability concerns
Sheriff Robert Dierks on
Monday continued to push for
the county’s new provider for
inmate health care to hire a
nurse practitioner.
Last week, the county
learned that Dierks had
switched healthcare providers
from Advanced Correctional Health (ACH) to TurnKey
Health of Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dierks said changing medical providers will save about
$13,000 per year. TurnKey
Health would charge Montgomery County $170,985.96
per year to maintain the same
level of service as ACH. ACH
now charges $184.662.29 per
year,
However, TurnKey suggests
hiring an additional nurse to
handle other responsibilities
within the jail, such as the
dispensing of medication. The
hiring of a nurse would cost
about $55,000 per year. However, it would reduce the liability on the part of the county
because correctional guards
would no longer be required
to dispense the medication, Dierks said.
“By having our guards dispense the medication, we put
ourselves in a tremendous
amount of liability,” said Dierks. “Our guards aren’t trained
to handle the medication.”
Doug Buckles of the Independence-based
insurance
firm Newkirk, Dennis and
Buckles echoed Dierks’ comments, saying anything that
can be done to shift the liability to another party, such as
TurnKey Health, or reduce liability would help Montgomery
County taxpayers in the long
run.
Dierks also added that inmate healthcare should require trained persons who can
handle inmates and their variety of health issues.
“Healthcare for inmates is
a whole different animal today
than it was 20 years ago,” said
Dierks. “A lot of our inmates
come in to our jail unhealthy.
Actually, we tend to make
them healthy again. But, we
used to have a county health
nurse handle the inmate care.
However, that just won’t work
today because of the nature
and condition of the inmates.”
Commissioners said they
would continue to mull the
proposal to add $55,000 in
healthcare expenses for inmate care.
Commission sticks
to policy concerning
mailbox replacement
County commissioners on
Monday said they would stick
to a policy that prohibits the
county from paying for the
replacement or repair of mailboxes that are downed by the
snow windrows caused by
county snow removal equipment.
Only in the event that a
mailbox is damaged by direct
contact with a county snow
equipment will that mailbox
be replaced or repaired.
However, in all other cases,
the replacement is the responsibility of the property owner.
Repair to mailbox posts will be
done as weather and ground
conditions will allow, said Robert Bever, county public works
director.
Bever said between 20 to
40 mailboxes were affected by
the windrows caused by snow
plows on county roads during
the snow fall two weeks ago.
One person was adamant that
the mailbox be replaced at
county expense, even though
the mailbox itself was not
hit by the county vehicles or
equipment.
“The issue was resolved,
but certainly not to my satisfaction,” Bever told commissioners. “That’s why I’m looking to you to back the current
policy regarding mailbox replacement.”
Commissioners also learned
that county snow removal policy prohibits county vehicles
from removing windrows that
cover entrances to private
driveways.
“The city doesn’t clear off
access to private driveways,
and the state doesn’t clear off
entrances to private drives, so
we shouldn’t either,” said commissioner Ryan York.
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State school board adopts Kansas Can outcomes
TOPEKA — The Kansas State
Board of Education on Tuesday adopted five outcomes for measuring
progress of the board’s new vision.
“Today the board took an important step in putting more focus on
each individual student and less emphasis on standardized testing,” said
Kansas Commissioner of Education
Randy Watson. “These outcomes will
help direct the board’s new vision.”
State board president Jim McNiece
said, “This step is a crucial part in
communicating to schools, legislators
and Kansans how we will measure
our movement and progress of the vision. This is a start, not a finish line.”
Board members and the Kansas
State Board of Education in October
announced a new vision for Kansas
education — Kansas leads the world
in the success of each student.
The Kansas Can initative’s outcomes that will be used for measuring
progress are:
• High school graduation rates,
• Post-secondary completion/attendance,
• Kindergarten readiness: An essential building block for future achievement and academic success,
• Individual plan of study focused
on career interest: This is a roadmap
started for students in middle school
that includes development of a flexible
career focus and an education plan
that is clearly defined, rigorous and
relevant to ensure a successful and
efficient transition to post-secondary
education and/or the workforce. Each
IPS will include graduation requirements, approved coursework for the
student’s educational and career goals
and work-based learning experiences.
• Social/emotional growth measured locally: Social-emotional learning integrated with character development will help students learn,
practice and model essential personal
life habits that contribute to academic, vocational and personal success.
The development of these skills will
play a critical role in achieving the
state board’s new vision.
These measurable outcomes will
help education stakeholders at local, state and national levels monitor
progress and success. The outcomes
will be the basis for establishing
board goals and defining indicators.
The five outcomes were developed
following months of seeking input
from Kansans during community conversations, state board retreats and
discussions with business leaders.
Education commissioner details new vision for public schools
• continued from front page
vest in early education and
preschools.”
Watson applauded the efforts of the Coffeyville school
system to have universal preschool available to all prekindergarten students in the
Coffeyville system. Through
an expansion of the Dr. Jerry
Hamm Early Learning Center,
Watson described the availability of early education resources to all pre-kindergarten students in Coffeyville as
“a beacon” to the rest of the
state.
In the three counties with
the largest urban populations
(Sedgwick, Shawnee, and Wyandotte), no school district has
universal preschool programs.
In those cases, only about onethird of the pre-kindergarten
population takes advantage of
early education programs, he
said.
Watson’s “Kansas Can” initiative also would:
• increase graduation rates,
• increase the percent of
students completing a credential or pursuing post-secondary education,
• decrease the percent of
students who require remedial
coursework when they attend
post-secondary schools, and
• allow local schools to
measure the social and emotional factors that are relative
to student success.
One of the strongest measures in the initiative is Watson’s desire to allow each
Kansas student to have an
individual plan of study that
focuses on a career goal or career interest. That desire is a
wholesale departure from the
educational environment that
strives to educate all students
on paths that steer them toward a college degree. That’s
why high school curriculum
often is described as being
“Regents approved” — meaning it is allowable under the
guidance of the Kansas Board
of Regents, which oversees the
state’s post-secondary education system.
As an illustration, Watson
described students who might
have an agricultural career
goal, such as owning a family farm. If that student wants
to pursue agriculture, then
the curriculum in high school
needs to guide that student
toward agriculture and agribusiness, he said.
“For a student who wants
to return to the family farm
after high school and maybe
own it someday, they need to
have the tools in hand that allow them to be a smart farmer
and agribusinessman,” he
said. “They probably need
courses in vocational agriculture, maybe an introduction
to business class, maybe a
speech and composition class
— so that they can learn how
to articulate about livestock,
crop or pasture management.
They probably don’t need to
learn about Shakespeare or
understand when not to use a
dangling participle.”
Kansas schools also need to
strive to push students to identify a career interest earlier in
their education — perhaps as
early as junior high or middle on solving the unique problems at the local level instead
school, Watson said.
Another key element of the of relying on the state govern“Kansas Can” conversation is ment to dictate the solutions,
the need to push “soft skills” in he said. More than anything,
education curriculum. Those the 21st century education syssoft skills, such as cooperation, tem in Kansas will have to be
more flexible
team
work,
than it ever
dependabil“This change won’t
has in order
ity, reliability,
self
motiva- happen overnight, but to push each
tion, problem it will happen because and every stuto a level
solving skills,
Kansans never back dent
of
success.
etc.,
spoke
loudly
and down from a challenge, He reminded
the board of
clearly among
especially when it
the vision of
business own“Kansas
ers
during comes to our children.” the
Can”, which is
the town hall
— RANDY WATSON,
“Kansas leads
meetings
in
Comissioner
of Education
the world in
2015, Watson
the success of
said.
“We heard it all the time each student.”
from the business community: “This change won’t happen
give us a job candidate who overnight, but it will happen
is reliable, cooperates, is self because Kansans never back
motivated, dependable and a down from a challenge, esteam player,” said Watson.
pecially when it comes to our
To accomplish the goals that children,” he said. “Kansas
Watson presented at Monday’s has great leadership throughmeeting will require a change out its schools. We have top
of thinking on the part of all educators and a robust busistakeholders in education, the ness community. The pieces
education commissioner said. are there, we just have to get
It also will require community them all working together.”
conversations, with emphasis
Debate tourneys come to Indy
ment.
What is the difference bethe few times that a southeast tween a four-speaker and a
Kansas community has ever two-speaker tournament?
hosted a state tournament of In a four-speaker tournaany kind — be it in sports or in ment, schools advance to the
non-athletic events.
state tournament solely by
Roni Burris, IHS debate in- placing as the top two schools
structor and state tournament at a regional tournament held
host, said having Indepen- in December. Each school subdence play host to the larg- mits two teams: one team arest non-athletic state event in gues the merits of the affirmathe state brings
tive side to the
prestige . . . and
State tournaments national high
dollars, too.
school
debate
to include debaters topic while the
“So
often,
southeast Kan- from Independence second
team,
sas doesn’t get
also known as
and Caney Valley the negative
to host state
tournaments
team,
argues
high schools
because of our
against the toplocation. However, this will be ic, or resolution. Those two
a great thing for our school teams maintain their same
system and our community,” stature — either as a proposhe said. “I also pursued hav- nent or an opponent of the
ing Independence serve as the resolution — throughout the
state tournament as a way to tournament.
generate some dollars in our In a two-speaker tourcommunity. I know the local nament, state tournament
hotels have been booked for qualification is based on any
quite some time, and the In- two-person team posting a 50
dependence Chamber of Com- percent or greater win record
merce has already alerted the in at least four tournaments
local restaurants to expect a during the regular season.
lot of activity on Friday and Those teams must have comSaturday.”
peted in the open, or veteran,
There are actually four division of those regular seaseparate tournaments to be son tournaments.
held in Independence: the At the two-speaker tournaclass 4A four-speaker state ment, a team will alternate
tournament, the class 4A two- positions from round to round,
speaker state tournament, the meaning a team may argue the
class 3A-1A four-speaker state affirmative side of the topic in
tournament, and the class 3A- one round, then follow it as a
1A two-speaker state tourna- negative team in a succeeding
round.
All debaters in Kansas study
and argue the same resolution throughout the year. The
2015-16 national high school
debate topic is “Resolved: The
United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance.”
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Burris said the topic has
appealed to teenagers, not
only because of the national
and global scrutiny given to
governmental
surveillance,
data leaks and espionage concerns but also of the amount
of electronic information that
is interwoven with everyday
activities. From the collection
of test scores in school classrooms . . . to the accumulation
of mass data generated with
every credit card and debate
transaction . . . to the ability
for internet browsers to track
and chronicle every advertisement and website that is
Clicked, Liked or Googled . . .
Americans are experiencing a
heightened dosage of data accumulation and governmental
surveillance. That’s where the
job of high school debaters
comes into the fray — to argue the pros and cons of curtailing domestic surveillance
throughout America.
“It’s definitely a topic that
any person can relate — because surveillance in one way
or another has become a part
of our lives,” said Burris.
Independence High School
will not have representation in
the class 4A four-speaker debate tournament but will have
four teams in the class 4A twospeaker tournament. Those
teams include Anna Howland
and Alyssa Velasquez, Maddy
O’Rourke and Marshall Easter, Amanda Trout and Jacob
Hogge, and Logan Bruce and
Ally Driskel.
Caney Valley High School
will be represented at the
class 3A-1A two-speaker debate tournament. Competing
for Caney Valley will be the
teams of Dane Rigby and Kennedy Griffin, Ryan Nelson and
Emily Collier, and Montana
Sterns and Eric Floyd.
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OPINIONS
You’re so right, darling
. . . oh, so right
Somewhere in the stacks of old phonograph heard, performed by some unknown singer. He
records in our attic is a thick and brittle platter probably made 20 such records that day, and
that brings back wonderful memories when I immediately forgot the lyrics soon after he sang
them:
stumble across it.
It was in 1951 that my mother, who loved to “I met a girl the other day who had the
dabble in poetry, sent one of her poems to a sweetest smile.
mail-order recording company in Hollywood. “I’ll bet if you would measure, that smile
I have no idea how much money the company would reach a mile.
required her to send with her
“But all the time I watched
hand-scribbled poem, but it
her, she made me think of you,
was probably enough to buy
“And now I’m broken hearted,
a pair of shoes for herself, or
for what I’ve said to you.
maybe even a new dress.
“You’re so right, darling. And
But this was a personal
I can see it now.
RUDY TAYLOR
dream of my mother, and I well
“You’re so right. Oh, so right.”
Off the Cuff
remember watching her put
It has been 23 years since my
the envelope in the rural mailmother passed from this world,
box in front of our farm and
but I shall always recall those
wish it well toward its destiny in Hollywood.
three precious words, “You’re So Right,” vow It was only a few weeks later that a flat en- ing to myself to say them more often.
velope arrived in that same box, and words So much has been written about saying, “I’m
“Fragile - Phonograph Record,” were imprinted sorry,” and “I was wrong.” They definitely have
on the outside.
resolved millions of personal conflicts.
Mom had made it big, I figured. Somebody in But Mom’s little song rang out a more posiHollywood had recorded a song that she wrote. tive message --- you’re so right. And without
knowing what little conflict might have inspired
We’d now be rich.
her to write it, the song is indelibly etched in my
Or so I thought.
Funny thing, that record. We had no way mind
to play it. Fact is, we had only recently gotten I plan to teach its simple lyrics and melody to
electricity at our house, and we certainly had my grandchildren in the same spirit that they
no luxuries such as a record player. We asked a were taught to me. That way, the little song will
neighbor lady, Kathleen Cleveland, to bring her live on.
phonograph player to our house for the debut She surely was ... so right.
auditioning of Mom’s song, “You’re So Right.”
It was never played outside our living room, (Editor’s note: Publisher Rudy Taylor is still recuperating from knee surgery, but he left the
so obviously, nobody got rich with it.
Today the song is barely audible, what with above column which was printed in this newsthe many varieties of phonograph needles paper in 2004. Rudy hopes to be back at his
dragged through its grooves over the years. But keyboard next week.)
through it all, the words of the first verse can be
Of being agreeable and reading honor rolls
. . . reading the school honor rolls in this newspaper . .
. when all else fails, grab the
peanut butter and jelly . . . remembering the words to your
school fight song . . . brick
floors . . . enjoying a glass of
ice cold “chocolaty” chocolate
milk . . . taking extra time to
notice the detailed beauty in
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
artwork . . . Kansas pastures
filled with frost covered grass-
es . . . being agreeable . . .
taking some time for yourself
and doing something special
. . . the softness and cuteness
of baby quilts . . . welcoming
a new student at school . . .
“Kind words can be short and
easy to speak, but their echoes
are truly endless.” (Mother Teresa)
PUBLIC FORUM
Need for transparency, truths abound in Independence
Editor:
On the national level in political matters, we are use to being fed half-truths, misinformation, and sometimes outright
lies to further one’s agenda or
narrative. Most citizens understand this. We are disgusted
and turned off by such practices and behavior and have
learned to accept this process. What’s most disappointing
to many here in Independence
is that certain past and present officials have sunk to new
lows concerning their lack of
truthfulness and transparency in city and school matters. We had the Stadium debacle,
where we have elected and
hired officials deliberately discount, downplay, discredit and
disparage historical events that
occurred here in Independence.
The events put Independence
on the map and paved the way
for our national pastime to be
played under the lights at all
major league baseball stadiums. The speed at which educated officials tried to run from
the historical significance of
those events was appalling and
shameful. The Big Lie was to
perpetuate the myth that the
stadium would be renovated
and its historical significance
would be preserved. The Stadium would be placed on the National Registry of Places once
renovation was complete. We
all know this was not true. The
July 13, 2015 agenda which
would have informed the public
as to the topics to be discussed
at the school board meeting
concerning the demolition of
the stadium was left off the
USD 446 website. I can imagine
a room full of people taking the
school board to task for voting
to proceed with demolition of
the stadium, when the public
was led to believe otherwise. By deliberately failing to post
your July 13, 2015 agenda you
deprived the citizens the right
to go before an elected board
to voice their concerns. To this
date there has been no accountability to the public that elected
you and that you serve. The
July 13, 2015 agenda shows up
on the USD 446 website on July
29th. My next example concerns
city officials and the Mercy/
City Hall acquisition/renovation. Imagine my surprise as I
open up the Independence Daily Reporter and see the headlines “City looks to renovate
Mercy into new city hall.” Mayor Caflisch has asked for feasibility studies as well as other
pertinent information to help
in the decision making process,
but his request to city officials
for such information has fallen
on deaf ears. The city manager
authorizes a study to convert
the Mercy facility into city hall,
and then tries to slip the unpaid
invoice from the architect firm
for payment past the commissioners. This shows a lack of
honesty, transparency and respect.
When a citizen calls and
questions the way certain city
and school officials operate,
that citizen’s credibility and
factuality are questioned.
If asking for accountability,
transparency, for an honest attempt at being truthful without
legally compromising oneself,
then let me be on the wrong
side of everything that goes on
in Independence. One that is
for protecting and preserving
our historical treasures like the
Booth Hotel and the Union Implement building (both were on
the demolition list) and Shulthis
Stadium the crowning jewel
of Independence that was destroyed because we could, then
let me be on that wrong side of
everything that goes on in Independence. The division, the discord and
lack of trust among the populace concerning said officials
was of your own accord. Government works best when it
strives to be inclusive, not exclusive. Voters will forgive, but not
forget, nor should they.
Louis Ysusi
Independence, Kan.
OUR THOUGHTS
Refreshing vision
Watson brings excitement, new thinking to Kansas public schools
To hear Randy Watson, Kansas commis- year in high school (which is when most high
sioner of education, speak at Monday’s meet- school students tend to drop out of school).
ing of the Coffeyville school board was akin That’s why communities have to take it
to hearing Moses come down from the moun- upon themselves to find solutions for early
taintop with stone tablets in hand.
education resources. It won’t come from the
Kansas has been aching for years to hear Kansas Legislature or Gov. Sam Brownback,
the state’s top education leader give a clear, which tend to shy away from serious education discussions. And, it won’t come solely
concise vision for public schools.
from generous private foundations. It has to
Watson is that person.
The Kansas Can initiative is a bold chal- come from a grassroots effort, which is why
Watson’s presentations carry the
lenge for parents and students, with
weight of a passionate pastor strivheavy emphasis on early education
ing to convert salvation-thirsty sinpreparation and career-goal adners.
vancement by the time a student
Another bright spot about Kansas
reaches middle school.
Can initiative: it provides individual
It’s also a radical cultural shift for
plans of study for every student. If a
the education community, which ofstudents want to be a farmer, then
ten is too rigid in its quest to use test
the curriculum they receive should
scores as a barometer for student
have emphasis on elements of agriachievement.
culture and agribusiness, not classif What Watson is telling Kansans
ical literature. If a student wants to
is that test scores should not be the
sole source for student advanceRandy Watson pursue the fine arts, then why would
they need to learn about postulates
ment. The curriculum system itself
. . . Kansas
and theorems in geometry . . . or
should not be encompassing of all
commissioner
how to balance chemical equations?
students. And, “soft skills” — such
of education
And, obviously, if a student seeks a
as teamwork, cooperation, reliability and maybe even personal hygiene — career in medicine, then his or her studies
should be not only taught but exercised and should rely heavily on science and math.
perfected before a high school senior gradu- That seems to be such a no-duh approach
ates with a diploma.
toward education. But, if there is one thing
During Watson’s visits with Kansas busi- that has happened to public schools in the
ness leaders in 2015, one resounding issue past several decades is a departure from
was heard loudly: businesses want job can- common sense. Standardized testing has
didates whose personality traits carry greater taken over education. Confusing test data, a
weight than their technical smarts. An em- complicated budgeting processing, and a genployer wants a job candidate who can an- erally rigid culture in education have made
swer a telephone without grunting, arrives our public schools into an arena that seems
to work on time, combs his or hair, avoids so uninviting to students and parents. That’s
bringing personal baggage to the workplace, why Watson sees a rock-solid disconnection
doesn’t read Facebook eight hours a day, can between schools, students and parents.
be trustworthy, cooperates well with others, Watson seeks to change the status quo: to
and has a genuine appreciation for receiving tear down the walls that have severed teacha paycheck.
ers from reaching students, to realize that
If those things sound like the virtues that the youngest students deserve more attention
come out of a kindergarten classroom, they and resources, and to create an environment
do — and for good reason. One huge facet of where students are prepared and ready to exthe Kansan Can initiative is heavier empha- hibit some sort of success in their post-high
sis on early education preparation. No single school goals.
class level has a wider diversity of learning One more positive note about Watson’s visit
than kindergarten. The scientific evidence to Kansas towns: it’s making Kansans aware
is vast: a student who enters kindergarten of his job. Few people even know that there
without any preschool or early education re- is a state education commissioner . . . or a
source will have a greater chance of repeat- state board of education that oversees the
ing that grade level or another primary grade outcomes and expectations of public schools.
level. That tends to compound that student’s Such a refreshing approach should be welinability to advance in grade school, eventual- comed in all corners of Kansas.
ly damaging any chances that the student will
— Andy Taylor
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OPINIONS
City life has its perks, but I prefer
the man-buns found at home
City life has always tempted me. When I
was younger I just knew I would end up in the
hustle and bustle of a major U.S. city, battle my
way up the corporate ladder, and spend my
nights eating fancy food and taking in the arts.
Even after missing that path by a mile, I still
wonder what life might be like in a downtown
apartment, city buses, and all kinds of shopping
at my fingertips.
But life led me down, what I now consider, a
better path. I’ve landed in small towns, ranch
style houses, and the only battle I face is the basic battle of
economic survival.
JENNY
Last week my sister-in-law
DIVELEY
and I went to the “big city” of
Pick A Little,
Tulsa. I know it’s considered a
Talk A Little
small town by true city-dwellers but that’s where I find city
life. We ended up on the north
side of downtown which teeters on the edge of
ultra modern, artsy, hippy district and the dangerous, high-crime ghetto.
I parked my dusty, light blue mini-van
among the sleek, black two door cars and held
my head high as we walked into a fancy sushi
restaurant. The decor was sleek, the hostess
looked miserably uncomfortable, and the table
where we were seated was small enough to recall memories of preschool tea parties with my
friends.
But we continued forward and I perused the
menu, only knowing that my main request is
that nothing be served raw. Finally I honed
in on a dish that seemed a bit familiar and ordered it.
While we waited on our food I couldn’t help
but notice the “hipster” vibe that surrounded
me. Men had those popular “man-buns” where
their hair is tied back like I have been doing with mine since junior high. Most of the
women were ghastly skinny and looked as if
they needed to visit the ladies room in order to
smile again. There were lots of beanies, dark
rimmed glasses, beards, and skinny jeans.
My rural, country girl roots were showing as
I furrowed my forehead and stretched my neck
to try to get a whiff of the steakhouse next door.
We finished the meal, which I do have to admit was tasty, although I felt publicly shamed to
have to request a fork instead of the provided
chop sticks that my fingers and brain haven’t
quite mastered. And upon arriving back at
my van in the parking lot that
looked like any other to me, I
found a pretty yellow ticket in
my windshield, reminding me
that nothing in the city is free
and I had failed to pay the
parking fee.
Late that night as we traveled
north toward home, even in the
dark, rainy night, I couldn’t help but see a soft
glow of home up ahead. The slower pace beckoned me. The free parking enticed me. And
the fully cooked beef was just beyond the horizon.
Oh I’m not saying any of these city-types are
wrong in how they live. Even though I crinkle
my nose at some of the strange things I see,
there is a bit of envy that still lives inside because they know something that I haven’t experienced.
But the only skinny jeans you’ll find in our
house are a pair of Wranglers bought at the
feed store. And behind our front door, if you
ever hear the words “man-bun,” just know it
has nothing to do with hair. And for goodness
sake, there’s always a fork, spoon, and a happy
hostess in our kitchen.
So I got my city fix last week and have satiated my appetite for that life for a while. I like
rural Kansas and the life that comes with it, especially the free parking.
During difficult times, gratitude
carries the greatest weight
It’s easy to be thankful when
things are going well, but oddly enough, that’s when we so
often forget to show our appreciation. We’re too busy basking
to bother being grateful.
We all have a sense of entitlement to some degree,
but few if any of us truly deserve the blessings we have.
The Holy Bible states it pretty
plainly: “For all have sinned
and fallen short of the glory
of God.” “The thoughts of man
are evil from their youth up.”
And get this … our sinful nature is inherited, just as we inherit the color of our eyes, hair
and skin!
I reached the conclusion
years ago that quality of life as
we perceive it depends more
on attitude that on circumstance. You’ve seen it yourself:
Give two different people the
same set of adverse circumstances, and you will see one
person become bitter, while
the other rises above it and becomes better. The victor won
because they used the experience as a lesson in how to handle the hard times.
With all of that in mind,
where do we start in our quest
to become less selfish and
more appreciative of our daily
blessings? The Apostle Paul said that
we are to give thanks and find
contentment in all situations,
for God is able to use even the
most dire circumstances both
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DONNA
CELAYA
for our good and to advance
His purpose of spending eternity with His children. So thank God when you
make it to the stop light just as
it turns red; He may have just
saved your life. Thank your
neighbor when they bring you
fresh produce or flowers from
their garden. Thank the Lord
even when your neighbor is
abusive and hateful because
he abhors that you’re a Christian.
Thank your children for
making you worry - and for
teaching you that there is love
so strong it cannot be imagined
by anyone but a parent. Thank
your siblings for teaching you
patience, generosity and forgiveness. Thank your spouse
for accepting you and loving
you, faults and all. Thank your parents for doing such a great job of raising
you – even if they might be the
ones who provided you with
the example of what NOT to
do! Which reminds me that I
might need to call my own kids
and apologize, just in case… And I thank God for it all!
I thank God for being able to
work with the Taylor family to
produce the weekly newspaper
you are reading right now. It’s
a rare privilege to work with
true Christians in a secular
setting. What a difference from
other papers where I’ve been
employed! March 25 marks the end
of my third year here at the
Chronicle and the beginning of
year No. 4, and I have enjoyed
it all.
I want to thank those of
you who have shown kindness, compassion, generosity
and patience during my husband’s convalescence from a
heart attack and quadruple
bypass open-heart surgery a
few months ago. You eased our
worries and showed us love.
What a great gift! Thank you!
You know who you are, and we
won’t forget. I also ask for your prayers
as I recover from surgery to
my right hand. It seems that
30 years of typing stories almost daily have taken their toll
in the form of carpal tunnel
syndrome and a bone spur the
size of a marble that’s dislocating my thumb. Fun times! I will
be out of the office for a couple
of weeks. I hope to be back on
the job the first week of February, barring any complications. So in the meantime, be nice
to Andy, and call him if you
have any story ideas, compliments or complaints. We both
love hearing from you.
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THURSDAYJAN.14
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Independence Chamber
of Commerce Leadership, session 5 to be held.
• The Caney FFA Booster Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. in the Caney
Valley High School vo ag room.
FRIDAYJAN.15
• The Montgomery County
Clerk’s office at the courthouse in Independence will
assist residents of the county
starting today with processing
their Homestead Claim and
Property Tax for Low Income
Seniors. The deadline for processing the returns will be
Friday, April 15. See detailed
story found elsewhere in this
issue.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
SATURDAYJAN.16
• The Caney Construction
Debris Landfill/Brush Dump
is open, weather permitting,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for
the free disposal of accepted
items. There is a fee to dispose
of construction items and debris. Those using the landfill
must show a recent Caney City
water bill to the gate attendant.
• The Music Jam Group
Pickers and Singers will meet
at the Coffeyville Senior Center, 601 Walnut, at 1 p.m., with
the doors opening at noon. Everyone is invited to enjoy an
afternoon of country and gospel music. Those wishing to
sing, play or enjoy are asked
to bring finger foods for a potluck dinner that will be held
from 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. The
group meets on the third Saturday of each month. There is
no admission charge to attend.
SUNDAYJAN.17
• The Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Celebration/Soup Luncheon will be held from 2 p.m.
to 3 p.m. in the Independence
High School Community Room.
A program will follow in the
IHS Performing Arts Center
from 3 to 4:30 p.m. The public
is invited to attend.
• People for Institutional
and
Communal
Harmony
(PINCH) is sponsoring a Martin
Luther King Day Celebration
at 3 p.m., at the First Church
of God in Christ Family Worship Center 2802 W. 1st. Coffeyville. See story elsewhere in
this issue for details.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum will be open for
public viewing from 12:30
p.m. to 2 p.m.
• A 2nd Annual Chili Challenge has been announced by
the Community Mission for
Improved Housing Inc, of Independence. The fundraiser
will be from noon-2 p.m.at the
Church of the Brethren Fellowship Hall, 920 W. Myrtle,
Independence. See story elsewhere in this issue for details.
MONDAYJAN.18
• Most government offices,
post offices and banks will be
closed today in observance
of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Day.
• Cherryvale Chamber of
Commerce’s annual meeting
and dinner banquet will be
held at 5:30 p.m., at the Cherryvale Community Center on
South Liberty Street.
• The Montgomery County
Courthouse and the Coffeyville
Tag Office will be closed today
in observance of the Martin
Luther King Jr. holiday. The
Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners’ next meeting
will be on Monday, Jan. 25.
• The Caney Lions Club will
hold its dinner meeting at 6
p.m. in the Lions Den at the
Caney Valley Recreation Center, 403 E. First Ave.
• The Caney City Council will hold its semi-monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. in the council meeting room in the Caney
City Hall.
• The Valley Victors 4-H
Club will hold its monthly
meeting at the Sycamore
Township Hall at 7 p.m.
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m
THURSDAYJAN.19
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hospitals have the patient
volumes to safely perform
certain surgical procedures. The article quoted
research results related to
primarily orthopedic procedures and having adequate volumes to be safe
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ing at 7 p.m. in the Caney City
Library.
• The Caney Valley Antique
Power Association will hold its
monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in
the CVAPA meeting room.
• The Eva Chapter No. 18
Order of Eastern Star will hold
a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m.
at 2000 W. Laurel, Independence.
• Cherryvale City Council
will meet at 7 p.m., at City
Hall, 123 W. Main.
8 p.m.
FRIDAYJAN.20
6 p.m.
SATURDAYJAN.21
• MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will hold its semimonthly meeting from 9 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. at the Tyro
Christian Church. All mothers
of birth age through kindergarten age children are invited to attend. A supervised
nursery is provided.
8 p.m.
FRIDAYJAN.22
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
SATURDAYJAN.23
• The Independence High
School After Prom bingo fundraiser will be held in the IHS
Cafeteria at 5 p.m. The public
is invited to attend.
• The Can-Kan Dreambuilders will hold its monthly meet-
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CANEY
Council OKs $15 per month sewer rate hike
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Monthly sewer rates paid by City
of Caney customers will go up $15
per month under a revenue increase
plan adopted by the Caney City Council to combat a series of sewer system
woes.
The council voted 7-0 to adopt
city administrator Fred Gress’ proposal to increase the minimum base
fee from $14 per month to $29 per
month, which is a $15 (or 107 per-
cent) hike. Out-of-city residents will
see their monthly base rates increase
by $15 per month — from $20 to $35.
The usage rate will remain unchanged. It remains at $2.00 per 100
cubic set of water for city customers
and $2.35 per 100 cubic feet for noncity residents.
The reason for the sewer rate
hike is because the City of Caney will
receive a loan through the Kansas
Department of Health and Environment to address key sewer rates that,
KDHE says, require immediate attention. That loan will require larger payments at the beginning of the
repayment period and eventually be
reduced toward the end of the loan’s
term in 2027.
The key areas that KDHE is requiring the City of Caney to address
through a consent order is replacement and repair of a collapsed sewer
main, also called an interceptor line,
in the northern part of the Caney
community. That project itself could
cost upward of $850,000, Gress said.
Acceptance of the KDHE loan also
carries stringent strings, Gress said.
This includes a KDHE mandate that
new federal mandates be met for for
sewage treatment and discharge.
At a previous city council meeting,
Gress described these new mandates
as “unwavering.”
“We have to meet these mandates.
There’s no argument with KDHE or
the EPA about it. If we don’t meet
those mandates, we will not have a
permit to continue the operation of
our sewage treatment system,” he
said.
City councilors Danny Johnston,
Kenith Butts, Zoe Wahl, Kerry Gorby,
Dan Vernon, Thomas Burk and Nathan Byrd voted to adopt the sewer
rate proposal at the Jan. 7 meeting.
Councilor Ralph Anthony was absent
from the meeting.
An ordinance detailing the new
sewer rate structure is printed on
page B9 of this week’s Chronicle.
CVHS students, Lincoln teacher
give reports to school board
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Light business was transacted when the USD 436
Board of Education met for its
monthly meeting on Monday.
The board heard a report
from students in Amber Rains’
AP U.S. History class at Caney
Valley High School regarding their recent field trip to
Lecompton, Kan., to view the
Territorial Capitol and learn
more about Kansas history.
The students who spoke to the
board included Michael Howard, Eric Floyd, and Courtney
Ingram.
Ken Eckelberry, Lincoln
Memorial Elementary School
principal, presented third
grade teacher Jessica Neal,
who gave a demonstration
on Reflex Math, Neal spoke
about the advantages of the
new math program and how it
has been effective in her classroom.
The school board also:
• heard concerns from Bill
Ellis, high school principal,
and Ron Oyler, junior high
principal, about the issue of
students who move into the
district during the middle of a
semester. Both principals said
they were looking for solutions to placing those students
where it was most effective for
their education.
• Blake Vargas, superintendent, presented the USD 436’s
new cellphone app that is
available through iTunes. He
also talked about the Superintendent Council retreat to be
held on Friday.
• Vargas reported on various maintenance projects that
have been recently completed.
• met in executive session,
which is closed to the press
and public, for two intervals
totaling 45 minutes to discuss
the status of staff negotiations
and non-elected personnel
matters.
Lewis to sign ‘Footprints in the Dew’ books on Jan. 22
Homecoming royalty
Caney Valley High School seniors Jeremiah Nunneley (left) and Lyric Brooks were named CVHS winter
sports homecoming king and queen during coronation ceremonies on Friday in the CVHS Gymnasium. (Photo by Sheri Thompson)
The Caney Valley Historical
Society will host a book discussion and signing for author
Dale R. Lewis and his newlyreleased book “Footprints in
the Dew: the Life and Times of
Chub Anderson” at 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 22 at the Sandstone
Building, 320 W. 4th, Caney. On Sept. 26, 1970, E.C. Mullendore III, heir to the Cross
Bell Ranch Empire was shot
and killed in his own home. At
the time of his death, E.C. Mullendore held the largest life
insurance policy in the United story in his own words. Based
States. The only person with on scores of photos and hunhim at the time of his death dreds of hours of taped inwas Damon “Chub” Anderson, terviews with Anderson and
who was also shot and wound- other sources, Lewis will share
ed. As a result of mistakes his insight, history about the
made during the investigation, ranch and those involved, exno one has ever been charged periences with Anderson, and
in the murder.
his theories about the crime.
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USD 436 EVENTS
Scheduled
activities
at
Caney Valley Jr.-Sr. High
School for Thursday, Jan. 14,
through Saturday, Jan. 23, follow.
• Thursday, Jan. 14: Jr. high
basketball games, Caney at
Yates Center, 6 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 15: State debate tournament at Independence; high school basketball
games, Caney at Fredonia, 5
p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 16: State
debate tournament at Independence; SEK District Junior
High Band/Choir at Chanute;
high school wrestling meet
at Clearwater; high school
JV wrestling meet at Labette
County High School, Altamonte.
• Monday, Jan. 18: Wilson
County Basketball Tournament
at Neodesha; jr. high basketball games, Fredonia at Caney,
6 p.m.
• Tuesday, Jan. 19: Wilson
at Neodesha.
• Wednesday, Jan. 20: FFA
event at Coffeyville Community
College; Wilson County Basketball Tournament at Neodesha.
• Thursday, Jan. 21: Wilson
at Neodesha; jr. high basketball games at Humboldt, 6 p.m.
• Friday, Jan. 22: KSU Band
Clinic
• Saturday, Jan. 23: KSU
Band Clinic; forensics meet at
Girard; high school wrestling
meet at Eureka.
*****
One event is listed on the
Lincoln Memorial Elementary
School calendar when the site
council will meet at 4 p.m.,
Thursday, Jan. 21.
USD 436 MENUS
USD
436-Caney
Valley
breakfast and lunch menus
for Friday, Jan. 15, through
Friday, Jan. 22, 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.
• Friday, Jan. 15: (breakfast) chicken breakfast sandwich or whole grain cereal,
apple half, juice, milk; (lunch)
sloppy joe on bun, whole grain
chips, baked beans, sweet potato puffs, tropical fruit, milk,
or pbj, choice of fruits and vegetables/tomato wedge.
• Monday, Jan. 18: (breakfast) oatmeal breakfast round
or whole grain cereal, assorted fruit, juice, milk; (lunch)
chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes/gravy, green beans,
whole wheat roll/honey (6-12),
pineapple, milk, or pbj, choice
for fruits and vegetables.
• Tuesday, Jan. 19: (breakfast) cream cheese filled bagel
or whole grain cereal, applesauce, juice, milk; (lunch)
grilled chicken/bun, romaine,
tomato slices, Spanish rice,
seasoned carrots, pears, milk,
or pbj, choice of fruits and vegetables, tomato wedges.
• Wednesday, Jan. 20:
(breakfast) French toast/syrup or whole grain cereal, banana, juice, milk; (lunch) pig
in a blanket, tri tater, broccoli/
cheese, pudding, apple halves,
milk, or pbj, choice of fruits
and vegetables.
• Thursday, Jan. 21: (breakfast) cherry frugal or whole
grain cereal, apple half, juice,
milk; (lunch) taco salad, romaine/tomato, refried beans,
whole grain chips/salsa, whole
grain cinnamon puffs, kiwi,
milk, or pbj, choice of fruits
and vegetables.
• Friday, Jan. 22: (breakfast) breakfast pizza or whole
grain cereal, assorted fruits,
juice, milk; (lunch) cheeseburger, romaine/tomato, sweet
potato fries, peas, whole grain
chips (9-12), peaches, milk, or
pbj, choice of fruits and vegetables.
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CANEY
CVHS students named
to quarterly honor rolls
USD 436-Caney Valley Jr.Sr. High School second quarter
2015-2016 honor rolls were
announced recently by school
administrators.
Checking out the new library
Chris Bannon (right), director of the Caney City Library, confers with Kim Rutter (left), a consultant with the Southeast Kansas Library
System, and Debbie Wood (center), a member of the Caney City Library board of trustees, as the threesome inspect
Lincoln School releases honor rolls
USD 436-Lincoln Memorial
Elementary School students
qualifying for second quarter
honor rolls for the 2015-2016
school year follow.
Principal’s Honor Roll
Second Grade: Fallon Jade
Bracken, Cole Thomas Brake,
Broden Neal Brown, Destiny
Micheal Renee Conard, Garrett Lane Davidson, Haiden
Jo Edens-Ranes, Toran Paige
Firebaugh, Bryton Danielle
Fontes, Kagen Gauge Franklin, Dylan D. Furnas, Karin
Chantel Gisby, Kaylee Dawn
Graham, Naomi Marie Gunn,
Jade McKenzie Jabben, Benjamin Harlan Kenyon, Hayden
Reed Killian, Aaden Grafton
Lane, Landon Dean Long, Zane
Lee Lyons, Madelyn Ann Mills,
Maggy Lynn Moyer, Molly Elizabeth Moyer, Preslee Jaymes
Parks, Bryleigh Paige Rigdon,
Alysa Jade Scott, Lloyd Jackson
Shook, Jade N. Songer, Trinity
JoAnn Thomas, Liam Anthony
Thompson, Lilee Jo Wade, Walter Allen Ward, Seth Eugene
Warriner, Daulton Montgomery
Watson, Kombi Grace Wheat,
Kainin Nate Winstead, Jaxson
Wright, Hannah Marie Wyrick.
Third Grade: Ava May Allan, Taylor Rose Allen, Lilianna Pearl Anderson, Curtis
James Bradley, Logan Wayne
Burnett, Myra Caroline Denny,
Carsen Wade French, Jane Ellen Gilger, Marayah Paige Gulick, Kyndree Jayne Hager, Colt
Ryan Hightower, Tanner Allen
Hobson, Trenton Allen Huston,
Nathan Lane Kaminska, Emery
Elizabeth Keene Jaiden Lee
Kerstetter, Dominique Dean
Layton,
Nickolas
Marcello
Leap, Sarah Martinez, Giovanni DePalma Miller, Jack N.
Murphy, Chloe Mae Owensby,
Brookly Kendran Paulie, Clayton Perkins, Kimberly Ellen
Pond, Jaydon Joseph Reed, Addison Jayne Regis, Chance Van
Riddle, Kole Edward Rigdon,
Jackson Cruz Robinett, Megan
R. Ross, Jadon Daly Rush, Jaycee Kathleen Sanders, Libby
Grace Stapleton, Carson Summers, Adisyn Zandra Thompson, Camden Michael Scott
Weimer.
Fourth Grade: Laramie Rae
Bruce, Elijah Donavin Burk,
Jackie J. Denton, Alena Hope
Gilliland, Aden Blaine Gorby,
Jackson James Griffin, Rya Nicole Hightower, BayLee Nikole
Hollandsworth, Leeza Kate
Hollopeter, Isaiah Malachi Jennings, Kimberly Lynne Owens,
John Porter Pearl, Sarah Jane
Pond, Anna Elizabeth Russell,
Stetson Scout Smith, Harmony N. Songer, Jenna Danielle
Wade, Anna Elaine Washburn,
Garrett Douglas Watson.
Fifth Grade: Bailey Jo Allison, Tye Winter Bird, Hunter
Thomas Britton, Austin Lee
Carinder, Cassidy Cait Comstock, Tyler James Cunningham, Josie Darlene Dean, Jadon
Elliot Doane, Kaitlyn Marie
Gulick, Morgan Mae Hall, Seth
D. Hedges, Emma Hope Henderson, Grace Henderson, Jalissa Renae Jones, Emma Jean
Kaminsky, Astin James King,
Shane Micheal Leap, Talan Dee
McDowell, Maggie Elizabeth
McVey, Paetyn Shaun Parks,
Griffen Clayton Peck, Breanna
Dream Ross, Anna Rose Scimeca, Saige NiKole Scott, Drake
Asher Stapleton, Gavin Stimpson, Dylan Thompson, Talynn
Jo Thornton, Colton Joe Walls.
Sixth Grade: Braiden Eli
Bachman, Jack Lee Daniel Billingsley, Kylar Lee Brandon,
Taylor Elizabeth Browning,
Abbey Grace Davis, Kaleb Joe
DeJear, Cadden Allen Dressel,
Ava Elizabeth Freiberg, Larissa
Leann Gorby, Havana Valyncia
Griffin, Mason Riley Hardison,
Emma Nicole Hockett, Kamryn Paige Kaminsky, Shailee
Jo Lukens, Tyler Denise Merritt, Jayden April Milholland,
Ally Jo Miller, Alexandra Ophelia Marie Nacin, Kari Jean
Perkins, MaKayla Marie Perry
Jones, Johnnie Kathryn Pond,
Justice Marie Ranes, Anthony
Thomas Rogers, Johnna Diane Rosson, Logan Cole Sanders, Hunter Jonathon Scimeca,
Gavin Ray Vaughn, Melanie
Viezcas, Quincie Marie Walls,
Aydenn Lee Waltrip, Peyton Nicole Watts.
Students’ Honor Roll
Second Grade: Dustyn Michael Ray Conard, Bryson Michael Floyd, Devan Mykal Rob-
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Third Grade: Gentry Jason
Bachman, Aralie Elizabeth Mae
Bryan, Serenity Rose Burk, Johanna Maye Eagles, Edward
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Hobson, Gabriel Lee Hockett,
Bella Marie Fribar, Thomas
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Matthews, Alex Fayne Van
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Fourth Grade: Tucker Drew
Garton, Adrionna Rose Hernandez-Moreland, Rope Dale
John, Heidi Marie Keene, Katie
Lee Miller, Moneaquea JoDanyell O’Shields, Hercules Wayne
Iouales Palmer, Conner Ezekial
Rexwinkle, Gage Alexander
Rinck, Karlee Watson, Gabriel
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Fifth Grade: Savannah Rae
Balentine, Jacob Lee Clark,
Colton
Laurence
Gillman,
Brayden Austin Harris, Preston
Edward Jester, Joshua Wyatt
Keene, Garrett Tyler Lukens,
Trey Clyde Newby, Dawson Michael Rees, William Sullivan
Spencer, Brooklynn Pearle Stevens, Erik Wayne Van Zant.
Sixth Grade: Kaden Lane
Blagg, Krymsyn Pryde Clopp,
Dakota Michael Jay Cox, Ethan
Albert Dean, Jacob Allen Ray
DeJear, Bladen Allan Dixon,
Daisy Diane Fesler, Sawyer
Kayde French, Gage Anthony
Grant, Ethan Allen Kaminska,
Marvin James King III, Chase
Andrew Kyser, KayLynn Dawn
McVey, Mason Glenn Moody,
Micheal Dean Reed, Tanner
Duncan Rose, Brec L. Williams.
Superintendent’s Honor Roll
4.0 Grade Point Average
Seventh Grade: Michael
Bradley, Riley Bright, Kaley
Cowell, Kiley Cowell, Elexus
Hallmark, Maggie Henderson, KaraBeth Hollingsworth,
Tucker Killian, Alyssa Moody,
Jacob Owens, Jace ReadyScott, Evie Scoles, Maeli Simpson, Jake Stanton.
Eighth Grade: Cassidy Anderson, Trever Crisp, Jace Kaminska, Eryk Kyser, Vincent
Nacin, Caleb Sanders.
Ninth Grade: Lauren Culver,
Tiffany Egan, Tauscany Griffin, Hannah Hedges, Lyndon
Nunneley, Montana Owens,
BreAnna Paulie, Elizabeth
Rogers, Kaygan Shull, Matthew Simpson, Joshua Sutton,
Abigail Taylor, Jaden Trimble,
Erik Van Schijndel, Trevor
Watson.
Tenth Grade: Kendra Gardner, Chandler Heid, Dallas
Martinez, Ty Messner, Grant
Richey, Zane Stanton, Kaleb
Vining, Joshua Wilson.
Eleventh Grade: Cole Griffin, Colleen Griffin, Michael
Howard, Curstin Kyser, Sydney Moore, Ryan Nelson, Caitlynn Stevenson.
Twelfth Grade: Megan Benning, Lyric Brooks, Emily Collier, Jordan Dodson, Tyler
Frontzak, Ashlynn Grayum,
Kennedy Griffin, Ashlyn Hefley, Kandace Inman, Dane
Rigby, Caleb Scoles, Mitchell
Simpson, Katelyn Vineyard,
Troy Watson.
3.6-3.99 Grade Point Average
Seventh Grade: Bree-Ann
Bertrand, Catalena Comstock,
Mary Cummins, James Davis,
Grady Postrach, Alex Rexwinkle, Alexandra Stephens,
Brooke Thompson.
Eighth Grade: Kloie Clegg,
Mariah Clopp, Saje Cowell,
Zachary Gulick, Keaton Herrmann, Brady Kirchner, Venus
McMahan, Camdyn Melchiori,
James Perkins, Grace Pinkerton, Erin Ritter, Kiersten Spencer, Ruth Todd, Johnathan
Young.
Ninth Grade: Margret Likert, Alexia Peck, Libbi Peck,
Andrew Walls, Courtney Wilson.
Tenth
Grade:
Christian
Cummings, Bailey Dodson,
Will Judd, Samantha Thompson, Lex Ward, Cydni Wilson.
Eleventh Grade: Baylor
Melchiori, Kennedy Nunneley,
Aubrie Owen, Sydney Tucker,
Sadie Wade.
Twelfth Grade: Kaylin Allen, Ryan Bellamy, Tara Blagg,
Cortney Gardner, Jesus Palacios, Natasha Sanders, Heather Strickler.
Students’ Honor Roll
Seventh Grade: Chet Brake,
Destiny Burk, Blake Cashman,
Tyler Cowan, Jessie Gay, Rachel Graham, Jerod Kyler, Rex
Washburn, John Wheatley.
Eighth Grade: Morgan Anderson, Gaige Beam, Andrew
Bowman, Kaia Burdett, Renee Grant, Arianna Gwinn,
Thaddeus Henderson, Stefanie
Hopkins, Bailey Price, Christina Ray, Lilly Reed, Kimberly
Salazar, Alyson Waltrip, Tyler
Wharton, Lani Wilson.
Ninth Grade: Tyron Bradley, Brendon Buoy, Zachariah
Denton, Will Freisberg, Jayme
Gray, Collin Grayum, Trenton
Haberly, Braxton Haughn, Tyler Henderson, Morgan Keene,
Jackie Lafferty, Dakota Rose,
Jenna Rosson, Caitlin Wallace.
Tenth Grade: Andrew Anderson,
Lindsey
Bellamy,
Adam Pinkerton, Sydney Rogers, Tomi Watson.
Eleventh Grade: Jayd Bentley, Victoria Markham, Taylor
McIntosh, Josiah Nunneley, Ciara Reeves, Nathan Wells.
Twelfth Grade: Wyatt Anderson, Jacen Clapp, Josh
Davis, Brycen Gulick, Blake
Hollandsworth, E.J. Maine,
Jeremiah Nunneley, Dalton
Owens, Brittney Postrach,
Selena Rodriguez, Ty Rogers, Zachary Sturgeon, Mary
Wright, Kelsey Wyant.
Volunteers at the Caney ACTS ministry pose before loading dozens of food baskets and Christmas gift baskets that were delivered to
area residents in time for the Christmas season. (Courtesy photo)
Volunteers lift the spirit of giving for Caney ACTS ministry
BY VIRGINIA MORRIS
Caney ACTS Manager
2015 is officially over and 2016 is unfolding before us. During the fall and
winter seasons of 2015 we found ourselves once again in the special season of
Thanksgiving and Christmas season. Like
everyone, we have experienced an increase in the cost of items needed to operate the Caney Pantry. I am not sure if everyone has such special people but we at
Another Chance Thrift Shop (ACTS) have
had so many drop by with food and cash
donations that help make our job easier.
During 2015 several have remembered
us monthly or quarterly. Giving people
at Sacred Heart Altar Society, Wayside
Christian Church, God’s Lighthouse, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Danny and
Norma Scott, Community National Bank
have all been so faithful with either food
or cash donations. During the holidays we
began to see others interested in helping
those less fortunate. In November, Lincoln
Grade School partnered with Arvest Bank
and had a very successful food drive.
In December, Caney Valley Jr.-Sr. High
School also had a food drive that helped
our pantry with canned goods. Thank you
parents for giving from your pantries to
help fill ours. Also thanks to Commercial,
Community National and Arvest banks for
hosting the Angel Tree adoptions and all
the adoptive shoppers.
Amazing people like our local American Legion Post #138 again hosted their
12th toy run which brought in many gifts
to help make our local children smile, plus
they always amaze me with the other donations they so willingly give. Also during
the month of December, so many dropped
by the shop to bless us with gifts that we
in turn can bless our local families. Cessna of Independence, Bud Bridenstine,
Tom and Toni Scimeca, David and Connie
Deal, Frank and Lynnette LaForge, Connie Buster, Bill and Sharon Wiggins, Carol
Benson, Brenda Mackey, Cornerstone
Church and Community Christian Church
were all so giving and so helpful during
this season.
Willing workers are never taken for
granted and might be the biggest help of
all. Karen, Amanda and Jolene, willingly
give their time to help make things special. Deb and John Heady were willing to
run around with a list that kept changing
moment to moment and Brenda Markfort
and Dorothy Bacon spent one day looking
for a certain item we needed to make a
Christmas special to one boy. Love the fact
that I can email a couple of local ladies
and ask them to make Christmas special for one teenager that has never received anything special. Sometimes you
just want a child to know just how special
they are. Other workers are Greg and
Sheila from Greg’s Place that every holi-
day smoke turkeys and hams then call on
friends to deliver these items just in time
for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner.
Special workers to my heart are those
that come each month to make the boxes
for the elderly that are delivered monthly
by the youth at First Assembly. Brenda
Mackey and Bill and Geri Kolb come each
month and have made 623 boxes this
year. When the job gets overwhelming at
Christmas, they call on friends like Mary
Wyrick and the Sherwood family to help.
I never have to worry about the job getting done. The ladies at the thrift shop are
always there to help me. Yvonne Rosson,
Erma Frye, Pam Munday, Susie Vining,
Kelli Crowe, and Suzie Evans have been
there all year keeping things running.
The very special helpers we had during the actual Angel Tree give away will
always be close to my heart. Erma Frye,
Tom and Pam Munday, a willing Girl
Scout, Teri and James Cunningham, Susie Vining, Clint Crowe, Mike Morris and
Cameron Wawrzynaik. Little did we know
that in six short days we would say goodbye to Cam. We know that he brought
love, smiles and Christmas cheer to the
families that he helped by carrying their
food and gifts. Most of all, he had a relationship with the most special person that
makes the Christmas season a reality -our special, willing to love us, amazing,
giving Savior ….. Jesus.
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COFFEYVILLE
Commissioner seeks
limit on procurement
power of city manager
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
A community “branding”
meeting last week that drew
more than 50 participants left
a positive impression on the
Coffeyville City Commission.
However, one city commissioner said he was concerned
that the meeting, which required the City of Coffeyville
to pay $5,000 to a professional
expert, should have been explained more thoroughly to
the city commissioners prior to
authorizing the expert to come
to Coffeyville.
Commissioner Jim Taylor
Jr., said Tuesday while the procurement of nationally-known
branding expert Greg Thomas
fell within the procurement
policy of the City of Coffeyville,
Taylor felt the issue should
have been explained more
thoroughly by city manager
Kendal Francis.
The procurement policy allows the city manager to purchase or acquire services less
than $25,000 without prior
commission approval. The
contract signed by Thomas
and the City of Coffeyville was
for $5,000 — payable in installments of $1,900. While
acquiring Thomas’ services
for the meeting fell within the
city’s procurement guidelines,
Taylor said he wanted the procurement limit to be lowered.
“I support the issued of this
branding meeting, but my issue is the procedure,” said
Taylor. “It’s not that we should
not have done it, it’s that we
didn’t follow our procedures
and talk about it.”
City commissioner Craig
Powell disputed Taylor’s argument, saying the guidelines
were followed thoroughly.
“I think it’s the concept you
are not comfortable with,”
Powell told Taylor. “I don’t
think we need to approve all
expenditures of the city department heads. We need to
get out of the way and let the
department heads do their
business.”
Francis said he followed the
guidelines and made the commission aware of the contract
with Greg Thomas. He suggested that he present a copy
of the procurement policy to
the commission for their input
and guidance — in the event
they want to change it.
Commissioners seemed reluctant to address the matter
further. However, Taylor said
he wanted to address the issue
again at the commission’s next
meeting.
“I’ll probably bring a motion to lower the procurement
limit,” said Taylor. “If it fails, it
fails.”
The community “branding”
meeting that featured Greg
Thomas was designed to give
community leaders an idea of
how to model an “image” or
“brand” for Coffeyville that
could be followed by multiple
organizations, such as the
City of Coffeyville, Coffeyville
Chamber of Commerce, USD
445 schools, Coffeyville Community College, and local businesses.
Commissioner Justin Mar-
tin, who presided at the meeting in the absence of Mayor
Chris Williams, said thought
the branding meeting was a
positive step forward for Coffeyville because it drew such a
large response from the community.
“The interest is there to do
something,” said Martin.
In other business transacted at Tuesday’s Coffeyville
City Commission meeting, city
commissioners:
• approved a second and final reading of a proposed ordinance to create a Community
Improvement District for Niel
Hotel, which is the developer
for the new Holiday Inn Express to be built at 8th and
Northeast streets.
• signed an agreement with
the engineering firm Allgeier,
Martin & Associates for the engineering design of the Acme
Foundry Street Improvement
Grant Project.
• signed an engineering services agreement with SEGA for
air compliance reporting for
the electric utility. • signed a service agreement
with Criswell Engineering for
engineering,
maintenance,
testing and support services
for the electric utility. • agreed to the third year
of a three-year contract with
Poor Boy Tree Service for line
clearance tree trimming for
the electric utility.
• signed change orders for
various aspects of the construction of the New Generation Project being built at the
Coffeyville Industrial Park.
School board to delve into issue
of unlawful sexual relations
The issue of “Unlawful Voluntary Sexual Relations” will
be a discussion at an upcoming issue of the USD 445 Board
of Education meeting.
At the conclusion of Monday’s meeting, board member Trudie Kritz presented
a motion to include the issue
on a future agenda for board
discussion. The motion referenced a state law — K.S.A. 215507 — that focuses on unlawful voluntary sexual relations
involving children.
Voting in favor of having the
issue placed on a future meeting agenda were Kritz, Magan
Martin, Darrel Harbaugh and
Robert Roesky. Opposing the
measure were board members
Jerry Hamm, Denise Gates
and Robert Robson.
In other action at Monday’s
meeting, the board agreed to
hire Calvin Hurford as FKHS
cross country coach.
Chamber of
Commerce
banquet set
for Jan. 28
Holy Name Catholic School named its Catholic R (Respect, Reverence and Responsibility) students for the month of December.
They include (front row, left to right) Serafina O’Connell, Hurley
McFall, (back row, left to right) Alek Plute and Zachary Lowrance.
(Courtesy photo)
Roosevelt Middle School honored its students of the month
and gave accolades to other
students during an all-school
assembly on Jan. 6. (Top photo)
Earning the titles of athlete of
the month, hardest worker and
most improved student were
(first row, left to right) Dylan Romines, hardest worker; Izabelle
Palmer, hardest worker; (second row, left to right) Shawquila Logan, most improved student; Shelby Coons, female
athlete of the month; (back
row, left to right) TJ Turner, male
athlete of the month; Elijah
Ryan, most improved. (Bottom
photo) Named as students of
the month were (left to right)
Jaden Bauer, eighth grade;
Nuhemi Cruz-Thompson, seventh grade; Kyle Jackson, eight
grade; and Nick Naden, seventh
grade. (Photos by Andy Taylor)
CCC to host district FFA contests Jan. 20
Coffeyville Community College will be host to the Southeast Kansas District FFA
Welding, Milk Quality, and
Agronomy contest on Wednesday, Jan. 20. Events will take
place on the Coffeyville Community
College
Technical
Campus and Welding facilities.
The district contest will
bring in about 200 high school
students, who compete in various testing.
The welding contest will
consist of a comprehensive
welding information test and
hands-on welding and cutting
skills. Milk quality contest will
consist of identifying different
types of cheeses, fat content
in dairy products, milk flavor
identification, and a comprehensive dairy information test
among other parts. Agronomy
contest will consist of identification of different seeds and a
comprehensive test.
CRMC renews $25,000 Marketplace Navigator grant
Supported by a recent
$25,000 United Methodist
Health Ministry Fund renewal grant, Coffeyville Regional
Medical Center will continue
to make available a Marketplace Navigator to assist
health consumers enroll in
health coverage. The jointlyfunded effort will permit the
existing navigator at CRMC,
Shannon Uhrmacher, to offer
enrollment assistance to area
consumers and to conduct out-
Holy Name’s top students
Roosevelt Middle School honors top students
The Coffeyville Chamber of
Commerce’s anual Chamber
Meeting and Banquet will be
held at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan.
28 at the Holy Name Catholic
Church Gymnasium.
Tickets for the banquet
went on sale this week. Tickets are $35 per person. A corporate table can be purchased
for $250 for eight people. Reservations are due by
Wednesday, Jan. 20 by calling the chamber office at 807
Walnut, or by calling (620)
251-2550 or email [email protected].
A live auction and silent
auction will be held at the
event. All proceeds from the
annual dinner will go toward
new floor at the Coffeyville
Chamber of Commerce office.
reach and health insurance
literacy education through
September 2016. Consumers
or groups interested in learning more about health insurance options through the federal insurance marketplace
are encouraged to contact
Shannon at 620-252-1554 or
[email protected].
Shannon works as part of the
Cover Kansas project http://
coverks.org, which offers consumer assistance throughout
Kansas under the auspices of
the Kansas Association for the
Medically Underserved.
Coffeyville was one of five
communities to receive an additional year of funding for a
marketplace navigator. In
addition to the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center grant,
the Health Fund recently
awarded a total of $95,000 to
continue navigator programs
at Mitchell County Hospital
Health Systems, Finney County
Community Health Coalition,
Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and Pratt Regional
Medical Center. These renewals continue
work that started in 2014,
when Health Fund grants totaling $150,000 supported
navigators in six Kansas communities. Nearly 800 individuals and families have been
helped by these programs, and
many more learned about im-
portant health insurance basics and how choices related
to deductibles, monthly premiums, co-pays, and exclusions
affect their coverage.
Since its founding in 1986,
the Hutchinson-based United
Methodist Health Ministry
Fund has invested more than
$65 million in work to improve
health, healing, and wholeness in Kansas. More information about the Fund’s initiatives may be found at www.
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Community Elementary School’s top students
Community Elementary School on Tuesday announced its students of the month. One student from each classrooms is nominated
for the monthly award. Students are presented a certificate for the accomplishment.
Kindergarten, first and second grade students who were named students of the month were (front row, left to right) Kaylin Caron,
Kyndra Caron, Jacob Ames, Willow Snoddy, Hadley Powell, Carsten Voss, Madalyn Jarett, Aiden Stultz, Natalie Rex, Brandon Parker,
Dakota Thornbrugh, Thomas Christian, Stephanie Huerta, Tyler Thompson, Zach Roig, Izabella McCartney, Terry Reeder and Emmett Hills. Not pictured: Lianna Sanchez and A’Shariya Edwards. (Photos by Andy Taylor)
Third and fourth grade
students who were
named students of the
month were (front row,
left to right) Bryson Gomez, Riley Wintjen, Alyssa Yeubanks, Keira Wolf,
Zac Becker, Jasmine Wolf,
(back row, left to right) Kiara Jennings, Lydia Phillips, Melanie Rodriguez,
Alex
Martinez-Thomason, Delilah Wright, Hailey Head. Not pictured:
Gisela Rangel.
Fifth and sixth
grade students
who
were
named
students of the
month
were
(front row, left
to right) Krisalyn Wright, Jenna Wasson, TiRick Amos, Jesse
Hall,
William
Smith,
Lane
Burroughs,
(back row, left
to right) Ty
L a n g wo r t hy,
Juana
Francisco -Andres,
Devin Wilson,
Kaylee Potarf
and
Amber
Neas.
PINCH to hold
King Day service
Sunday afternoon
People for Institutional and
Communal Harmony (PINCH)
is sponsoring a Martin Luther King Day Celebration at
3 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 17, at the
First Church of God in Christ
Family Worship Center 2802
W. 1st. Coffeyville.
Vocal groups from local
schools and churches will be
participating in the program.
James Grimmett, Coffeyville
Fire Chief, will be the featured
speaker.
The Nellie Briggins Community Service Award will be
presented to the Rev. Doctor
Virgil Horn and the Rev. Howard Bredesen, founders of the
Blood drive to be held
next Thursday, Friday
Since 1970, January has
been designated as National
Blood Donor Month. This year,
the American Red Cross thanks
all blood donors for helping to
ensure a stable blood supply
for patients in need both locally and across the country.
Every year in the U.S.,
nearly 5 million patients need
blood transfusions. Thanks to
dedicated volunteer blood donors, the Red Cross can help
meet those needs.
The blood supply is particularly vulnerable during
winter months due to inclement weather, seasonal illnesses
and busy holiday schedules.
Appointments to give blood
and help patients in need can
be made at redcrossblood.org
or 1-800-RED CROSS.
The American Red Cross
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• Honorable mention honor roll: Tristan Anderson, Logan Benefiel, Lexus Bennett,
Jashaunte Blunt, Matthew Buchanan, Ethan Camp, Kierstyn
Cowles, Ashlyn Davis, Shalina
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Flanders, Summer Gomez,
Emma Gossard, Shaimara
Hayward, Mark Hooper, Aaliyah Johnson, Catarina Matias Francisco, Lauren Meek,
Hayden Palmer, David Powell,
Andrew Roush, Cre’a Sales,
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Brandon Decker, Colin Dixon,
Emili Gonzalez, Elly Gossard,
Deserea Huston, Dominique
Jones, Paige Kitterman, Coleton
Langworthy,
Jakiia
Logan,
Shawquila
Logan,
Tariq Logan, Nevaeh Mason,
Madelyn McGee Rosenthal,
Ainsley McKellips, Nicholas
Naden, Elayna Newton, James
O’Connor, Izabelle Palmer, Madigan Phillips, Alexis Ragan,
Matthew Redden, Alisa Richmond-Reck, Alejandro Roma’n
Rios, Aaron Rutherford, Rylee
Rutherford, Tamera Rutherford McCullough, Jordan
Shamblin, Isabella Smith, Kylie Speer, Anna Talbot, Amy
Turner, Taylor Vail, Makenna
Walker, Peyton Wells, Emmalee White, Keandra White,
Brayden Yates.
• A Honor Roll: Jadyn Clark,
Nuhemi Cruz-Thomason, Ani
DAlbini-Rexwinkle,
Kevin
Frazier, Anna Hoy, Petrona
Mateo-Alonzo, Adyson Peck,
Aesia Quarles, Cooper Rooks,
Makayla Ross, Kevin Roush,
Jaden Shufeldt.
8th grade
• Honorable mention: Kelsie Allen, Jaden Bauer, Shonase Collins, Ariesse Conley,
Drew Cormier, Alexis Crawford, Gabrielle Elder, Joseph
Eli, Cami Foster, Cassandra
Gilfillan, Garret Hanna, Jessica Hansen, Benjamin Heidelberg, Katelynn Heinz, Kimberly Keighley, Kristi Madison,
Austin Matney, Murran McKellips, Mikayla McNeal-Alvarado, Kyle Miller, Keonah
Morgan, Izaak Palmer, Luis
Portillo, Olivia Roesky, RaeAnna Rutherford-Madl, Jalisea
Seanior, Destiny Smith, Kendall Tosh, Hunter Vail, Aaron
Watson, Devin Wright.
• Honor roll: Madison Adamson, Samantha Bess, Cheryl
Bilby, Owen Carr, Grace Conn,
blood drive in Coffeyville will
be held from 11:45 a.m. to 6
p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21 and
from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.,
Friday, Jan. 22 at the First
Baptist Church, 304 W. 9th.
To donate blood, call 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
or visit redcrossblood.org to
make an appointment or for
more information. All blood
types are needed to ensure a
reliable supply for patients
Individuals who are 17
years of age (16 with parental
consent in some states), weigh
at least 110 pounds and are in
generally good health may be
eligible to donate blood. High
school students and other
donors 18 years of age and
younger also have to meet
certain height and weight requirements.
Collision on U.S. 169 sends
local woman to hospital
COFFEYVILLE — A rearend collision at the SKO Railroad crossing on U.S. 169
highway between Cherryvale
and Liberty left a Coffeyville
man hospitalized with injuries.
The collision took place before 7:30 p.m., Friday night,
according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.
A 2015 Volvo
driven by Teo Manuel Gutierrez, age 38, of Houston, Texas,
was stopped at the railroad
intersection when a 1999 Ford
Contour, driven by Autum Renee Early, age 20, of Coffeyville
struck the Gutierrez vehicle
from behind and overturned.
Early was injured and taken
to Coffeyville Regional Medical
Roosevelt Middle School announces honor rolls
Roosevelt Middle School has
announced the names of RMS
students who attained status
on the second quarter honor
rolls.
organization of PINCH. Essays about Martin Luther
King Day or Doctor King are
being written by sixth graders.
Mark Gard and Soundwave
from Field Kindley High School
will perform two numbers. He
will accompany the congregation on “Lift Every Voice and
Sing”.
Pastor John Dixon will give
the invocation.
A freewill offering is requested.
The community is invited to
attend this event.
For further information
contact Paul S. Price at (620)
870-1862.
Jayden Crawford, Danielle
Deller, Mackey Ditmore, Joshua Ensaldo, Armando Felipe,
Olivia Foulk, Brennden Graham, Ashley Isle, Kyle Jackson, Jeremiah Jeffries, Jemil
Martin, Alek McGinnis, Jacob
Meek, Autumn Mersberg, Angela Miguel-Jose, Elijah Miller,
Clifford Mitchell, Kimberley
Moore, Xavion Neal, Mackenzie O’Connor, Guadalupe
Ramirez, Christian Rodriguez,
Jorge Trujillo, Antoney Turner.
• A Honor Roll: Eli Bell,
Mark Christian, Shelby Coons,
Noah Diver, Halle Herkelman, Larson Hoggatt, Amber
Kendrick, Deja Kuehn, Amelia Maulsby, Havana Moran,
Madeline Murdock, Emma
Pool, Jalisica Rivera, Nicholas Slavin, Emily Swiger, Jace
Swindell, Tate Thornburg, Marissa Vail, Julia Wright, Lacey
Yates.
Center for treatment.
A six-month-old child in the
Early vehicle was not injured
in the wreck, according to a
KHP report.
Gutierrrez also did not sustain injuries.
Both drivers and the infant
child were wearing restraints
when the collision occurred.
CCC faculty
saluted with
‘Redd Handed’
Awards
Coffeyville Community College honored five faculty and
staff members for their extraordinary efforts, outside
of the office, during the 2015
academic year.
Recipients were honored
Tuesday, Jan. 5 and Thursday,
Jan. 7, during in-service training.
“The Caught Redd Handed
Awards were introduced to
show appreciation for all our
volunteers on staff,” said Kris
Adams, CCC marketing director. “Our CCC family embraces
the opportunity to get involved
with our students and our
community, and that is a very
powerful thing.”
Recipients of the awards are
Babs Shepard, student services secretary; Dirk Andrews,
speech instructor; Kevin Hunt,
construction technology instructor; Kim Blaes, executive
assistant to the president; and
Yvonne Hull, director of business and employee skills training.
College to offer community gardening course
Coffeyville Community College is once again offering its popular Community Gardening course.
This course is designed to help with the home culture of vegetables, herbs, small fruits, bedding plants, and fruit and nut
trees. Choosing types of plants, edible landscaping, selecting and
preparing a site, fertilizing and controlling pests, training and
pruning, harvesting and preserving are featured.
The two-credit-hour course will meet every Tuesday and
Thursday throughout the spring semester starting on Jan. 12.
Class times are 10:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. The course will end on
May 6. The instructor is Jodi Eastman, who is the superintendent of grounds at CCC and has taught this course several times.
The course will be conducted at the CCC Greenhouse located
at 410 W. Ninth Street in Coffeyville.
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CHERRYVALE
Architects to take
second look at
school buildings
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
Something’s fishy at Lake Tanko
Crystal Lake Fisheries transportation superintendent Ross Hutsell and driver Wade Grigg of Ava, Mo., released 221 “keeper-size” trout
weighing in at a total of 179 pounds into Cherryvale’s Lake Tanko Tuesday afternoon. Here the freshly released fish roil the water as
they flow from a large plastic tube into the ice-covered lake. The City of Cherryvale also supervised a Nov. 1 trout release at the lake, in
cooperation with the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism’s Community Fisheries Assistance Program. Trout season runs
from Nov. 1 through April 15 each year. Anyone with a valid 2016 Kansas fishing license and trout stamp can try to catch the cold-water
game fish. Hutsell said that once the lake water reaches 70 degrees in late spring, the trout start to die. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Architects from two different firms already toured the
school buildings in both Cherryvale and Thayer, but they’ll
get a chance for a second
glance before submitting bids
on repairs and improvements
to the various school buildings.
Superintendent George Owens told the USD 447 Board of
Education on Tuesday that the
school board will host a special
one-hour workshop meeting
on Jan. 27 to allow HTK Architects from Topeka to tour the
buildings and take more extensive notes concerning potential
upgrades to the buildings. The
board will host another special
hour-long workshop meeting
on Feb. 3 to allow the same
courtesy to PBA Architects of
Wichita. The board of education then will review both bids
at a later regular board meeting and award the job to one of
the architectural firms.
In other business on Monday, the school board:
• learned the district has
sold the old Chevy Cavalier for
$2,100, a price Owens said he
felt was fair for both the school
district and the buyer.
• learned cable television
for each of the 74 classroom
televisions in the school dis-
Principals make ‘wish lists’ known to board
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
Principals in the Cherryvale-Thayer school district
on Monday presented their
lists of most-needed improvements and most-desired new
programs for their respective
schools.
Speaking at the USD 447
Board of Education meeting,
Tim Seibel, Thayer School
principal, said his school,
which has kindergarten-eighth
grades, has a combined fifthand sixth-grade class this year
due to low numbers. The fifth
grade has just four pupils, and
sixth grade has seven.
Seibel said it is harder for
teachers to instruct mixedgrade classes, but there are
too few pupils in grades 5 and
6 for separate teachers. The
class will stay a combined
class for the remainder of the
2015-16 school year, but will
be divided again for the next
school year.
Thayer School also needs a
third-grade teacher and will
need a secretary to replace
Kristy Houston, who moves
to the superintendent’s office
in Cherryvale when board
clerk Karen Conner retires in
March.Advertising for those
jobs will start this week.
A less urgent need is a band
and vocal music instructor,
and a counselor, both of whom
now share their time between
Lincoln-Central
Elementary
School in Cherryvale and
Thayer School, Seibel said.
Scott Lambdin, Cherryvale
Middle-High School principal,
urged the board to consider
adopting some aspect of video
production programs at the
middle-high school.
“I think most of you know
that my first degree was in
radio and television production, and I guess you could say
it’s still a passion of mine,” he
said. “We’ve been missing the
boat by not offering video production classes. We’re one the
few high schools I know of that
doesn’t offer that instruction.”
The school district has access to Cox Cable television
channels 22 for the school
district and 13 for the City of
Cherryvale. Students involved
in the video production classes
would be able to do public announcements, local and school
news broadcasts, they could
record and broadcast school
activities and events, and
producing and airing commercials for local businesses
would bring money into the
program to keep it affordable
for the district, Lambdin said.
He estimated that equipment would cost about $6,300,
and the district would have to
pay another teacher’s salary to
make the proposed program a
successful reality.
Tanya Smedley, LincolnCentral Elementary School
assistant principal, presented
that school’s wish list. She
agreed with Seibel that the two
schools could share a counselor. They also could share an
Charger cheerleaders use ribbons,
T-shirts to spread cancer awareness
Cheerleaders at Cherryvale Middle-High
School, in cooperation with the middle and high
school Student Councils, will sell ribbons and
T-shirts to raise funds for cancer research.
These ribbons and T-shirts will honor those
who had fought, are fighting, or have lost their
battle to cancer. Ribbons will be made from
card stock and hung in the Cherryvale MiddleHigh School Commons Area for viewing by patrons during both home games during the week
of Feb. 15-19.
During half-time of the varsity boys’ game on
Friday, Feb. 19, the cheerleaders will announce
the names of those who are being remembered
and honored in their battle against cancer.
The cheerleaders also are selling T-shirts for
the cancer awareness initiative. T-shirt colors
will be designated for the specific cancer being
battled. Contact Stephanie Groth, high school
cheerleading sponsor, at (620) 336-8100 to
place an order. Ribbons will be $1 each and TShirts are $10 for youth (XS-XL) and $12 for
adult (S-3XL)
Healthy snacks class, new gym floor both postponed
The Wildcat Extension District was scheduled to present
a Health Snacks class free of
charge on Jan. 19 at Cherryvale Community Center, but
that has been postponed. City
Council meeting
moved to Tuesday
Cherryvale City Council will
meet a day later than usual
for its second meeting of the
month, because of the Martin
Luther King holiday. The council next meets at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 19, in the council chamber/municipal courtroom at City Hall.
Hall and the Extension are
working on a mutually available date for the class in February.
Hillary Lawrence, city clerk/
assistant administrator, said
installation of the new flooring
for the gymnasium at the community center also has been
put on hold. It was to have
been installed the week of Jan.
18, but the installation crew
has been delayed on another
job o
ut of state, Lawrence said. The
flooring installation now is
scheduled for the first week in
February.
art instructor, she said.
School board president Joe
Marchant said he has been
teaching Junior Achievement
for the past three years, and
the program those kids most
missed when it wasn’t offered
was art.
“Kids love art. It sparks
their creativity and they really miss it when you take it
away,” he said. “I’d really like
to see us put art back into our
schools.”
trict would cost $740 a month,
an expense that Owens said he
did not feel was justified, since
most teachers who use televised programs as part of their
curriculum already stream the
programs on the Internet instead of using cable TV.
• heard grades 9-12 need
new Social Science textbooks
because those books last were
updated in 2009. It was also
revealed that grades K-8 need
new math books.
• accepted the pending
spring resignations of Harry
Hester as middle school assistant track coach, and Mae
Dodd from food service.
• agreed to hire Ricshonda
Hopkins for the open food service job.
• approved its $8,250,304
budget for 2016-2017, which
is unchanged from this year’s
budget. “We are actually doing
very well if the state continues
to fund us at the same level for
the next two years,” Owens
said. “Some school districts
around us are in real trouble.
Our stability says a lot about
the former school boards and
the former leadership who
worked to put us into a good
position financially.”
• entered executive sessions
to discuss staff and students issues; negotiations issues; and
Owens’s performance evaluation. Executive sessions are
closed to the news media and
to the public. No action was
taken when the board came
back into open session.
The board’s next meeting
will be 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 8
in the Cherryvale Middle-High
School library. All of the board
meetings are preceded by a
workshop at 6:30 p.m.
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CHERRYVALE
First semester honor rolls announced at Cherryvale High School
Cherryvale High School students who qualified for the
second nine weeks 2015-2016
school year honor rolls have
been announced.
Ninth Grade: Jesse C. Addis,
Lauren R. Cannon, Lillias Helt,
MaKayla G. Hurd.
Tenth Grade: Abigail J.
Brooks, Allison Brooks, Levi
Carrico, Colben M. Dodson, John D. Essig, Lauren
E. Hucke, Natalee R. Morris,
Ryan W. Robertson.
Eleventh Grade: Jennifer
R. Bray, Hannah B. Chrisman,
Michael A. Toothman, Angelique J. York.
Twelfth Grade: Quentin L.
Austin, Joseph L. Hammer,
Alexa N. Maulsby, Dexter A.
Queen, Trenton L. Smedley,
Braden K. Snider, Katie L.
Spencer, Zackery L. Steed,
Joshua V. Wright.
Ninth Grade: Abbie L. Adkison, Brent S. Blaes, Daniel A. Carpenter, Gunnar J.
DeWeese, Makaylee N. Forman, Annabel R. Hammer,
Carleigh D. Hughes, Kylee
E. Lang, Anna C. Martin, Lucas C. McPherson, Ashlynn B.
Moore, Garrett M. Novotny,
Jazze J. Reister, Alexandrea
D. Shepard, DeAnna R. Thornton, Ethan P. Tice, Samantha
N. Whittley.
Tenth Grade: Levi K. Barron, Seth A. Carinder, Tyler
P. Cotterill, Nathan W. Cranford, William D. Flatt, Miranda L. Gastineau, Austin T.
Grady, Kolton D. Hall, Gracie
A. Hattan, Kalynn N. LeQue,
McKenzie D. Linn, Nicholas B.
McPherson, Keesha S. Newton, Bryce A. Peterson, Colton
R. Poole, Shannon D. Shepard, Eric J. Spencer, Sarah N.
Steed, Alexus M. Taylor, Shyanne R. Tice, Gage M. Traylor, Kortland I. Verge, KyLee
B. Wagner, Andrew C. Welch,
Hannah P. Wilson, Desiree M.
Wittig, Rachel A. Wright.
Eleventh Grade: Kyra M.
Henry, Dalton A. Holmes,
Jarred Humaciu, Alexis R.
Jones, Kaura L. Julich, Bren-
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King, Emily R. Lattin, Donovan
A. LeQue, Ashton N. Medlock,
Tiffany R. Meloy, Shaeli B.
Rash, Emilee R. Reed, Tyler
D. Sale, Krystian A. Stafford,
Alexander J. VanRooy, Griffin
J. Voorhies, Gavin L. Williams,
Zachary D. Yates.
Twelfth Grade: Tiffany Allison, Ashley R. Bertrand,
Jordan L. Carinder, Ashley D.
Carpenter, Matthew A. Douglas, Ashley J. Engbroten,
Christopher W. Fuller, Beth
A. Hawkins, Kylee J. Housel,
Riley S. Kessler, Joshua Madl,
Allyson T. McGlothin, Frances
J. Myskow, Cooper B. Niemier,
Kelsey R. Phillips, Lane M.
Raida, Tanner G. Raida, Ashton N. Rau, Brenna Robertson,
Jacob M. Robertson, Mathew
D. Thornton, David T. Vannoster, Zachary W. Wood.
CMS releases first semester honor rolls
The
Cherryvale
Middle
School honor rolls have been
announced for the first semester of the 2015-16 school year.
Seventh Grade: Jesse A.
Booe Mary E. Booe, Alyssa M.
Boswell. Aaliyana N. Bryson.
Jairen M. Burns, Maddison M.
Catlin, Cooper D. Crain, Katie N. DeTienne, Cammie M.
Dodson, Colton E. Eytcheson,
Trevor D. Holland, Kolbyn L.
Hooper, Kaydin J. Hougardy,
Cody M. Johnson, Harrison L.
McGlothin, Mariah J. Monroy,
Brody A. Mossberg, PaulinaJune G. Myskow-Rice, Kali M.
Ouellette, Cierrah L. Plummer, Devin Sawyer, Natalie R.
Shepard, Macy G. Snyder, Sabrina M. Trefethen, Gage M.
Vigil.
Eighth Grade: Grady W. Allen, Jacobi M. Barnett, Colton
J. Bond, Trinity L. Campbell,
Caitlin Fosnight, Christopher
W. Gillman, Luke Hale, Piper
E. Hey, Faith D. Holt, Morgan
B. Hugo, Meghan Humaciu,
Zaine J. Lantz, Seth D. Mahurin, Isabelle V. McGhee,
Carson R. Niemier, Allison B.
Poole, Jordan A. Reid, Conner
M. Sierman, Sydney G. Strickland-Broden.
Seventh
Grade:
Harley
E. Allen, Sabrina L. Britain,
Grace A. Day, Camdyn S. Forman, Zoe E. Hansen, Madison
D. Hooper, Hannah M. Kaiser, Makenna Kuehn, Tucker
J. Lang, Trey Leedy, Chet A.
Linn.
Eighth Grade: Colby Austin,
Cord Dodson, Gavin M. Hooper, Kelci E. Sale.
L-C quarterly honor rolls announced
for only
Lincoln-Central Elementary
School has announced its second quarter honor rolls for the
2015-16 school year.
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3rd Grade
• All A Honor Roll: Crosby
Allen, Darius Allen, Shelby
Barrager, Mason Bruggman
Kinsey Cook, Kadynce Forman,
Jentry Gass, Layne Harbers,
Tatiana Hopkins, Briggham
Knight, Morgan Lasco, Jamaal
Mason, Darin McWhorter, Peyton Modich, Bryson Monroy,
Ashilyn Rash, LiliAnn Whittley.
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5th Grade
• All A Honor Roll: Hailey
Blake, Sydney Haynes, Alivia
Kaiser, Isabelle Russow, Ricci
Smith, Lauren Hugo, Christopher Welch.
• A& B Honor Roll: Abrianna Bryson, Lyberti Cartwright,
Hunter Cook, Emma Hattan,
Ethan Starrett, Alexis Vidler,
Aydn Barnett, Hailey Campbell, Natalee Davis, Jackson Knight, Trenton Monroy,
Lainey Traylor, Mallory Valverde, Daniel Vigil, Kylee Vincen, Parker Wickham, Madison Wylie, Skye Blake, Jalena
Bumbico, Karla Eccles, Kolby
Hastings, Kelsi Lantz, Katie
Plumley, Kendall Shepard,
Jayden Wyant.
6th Grade
• All A Honor Roll: Ty Abbott, Morrigan Catlin, Audrey
Cranford,
Christiana
Fosnight, Lilly Gillman, Fisher
Hey, Abigayle Mahurin, Grace
Martin, Grace Stafford, Wylie
DeWeese, Jed Nash, Trinity
Kuehn.
• A&B Honor Roll: Jacob
Bone, Kyra Christmas, Beonka
Lazo Barahona, Kylie Seely,
Sara Blackburn, Tanner Blake,
Menley Gill, Matthew Hooper,
Kayla Laver, Dalton Morrill,
Clifton Sinclair, Austin Hooper, Austin Harbers, Hannah
Meeks, Mylea Paine, Halle Hosier, Gage Putman, Paul Hale,
Tobin Cannon, Reid Marchant,
Riley Plumley, Sydney Hopkins.
Friends plan Jan. 18 game day,
annual Valentine cookie sale
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It’s too cold to play outside,
but it’s very cool to play at the
library.
The Friends of the Cher-
ryvale Public Library at 321
E. Main will host a no-schoolday afternoon of family- and
kid-oriented board games and
card games from 2-4 p.m. on
Monday, Jan. 18, Martin Lu-
Valley Victors
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Please join us for homemade soups,
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Saturday, January 23
Supper 5 to 7 p.m.
$6 per person
Silent Auction ends at 6:30 p.m.
ICC West
2615 W. Main
Independence, Kansas
All proceeds will benefit the
Valley Victors 4-H Club
For more information, call
Jackie Chandler at 620-330-0934
ther King Day. Everyone is
invited to games and refreshments, all free of charge.
The Friends met on Jan. 7
to plan events and activities
for the next several weeks.
The biggest fundraising event
of the Friends of the Library’s
year involves a true labor
of love - baking, decorating,
packaging and selling more
than 240 dozen Valentine
cookies each February. The
Friends sold 2,880 cookies last
year. Because of the steadily
increasing demand for the
freshly decorated cookies,
they’re adding another 20 dozen to that number this year.
Volunteers will launch the
marathon baking project on
Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 8
and 9, frost the cookies as they
cool, and package them. There
is no school on Friday, Feb. 12,
so cookie orders will be ready
for customers to pick up at
the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church community hall on
Thursday, Feb. 11.
They also will be available
for pickup at the library on
Friday and Saturday Feb. 12
and 13 for those who cannot
get them on Feb. 11. Delivery
is available to those who are
unable to pick up their cookies.
There is no need for concern that about the cookies being fresh on Sunday, Feb. 14.
The cookies “keep” well in the
unopened packages, but they
also can be frozen, president
Tammie Logan and treasurer
Cathy Clay said.
Call the library at (620) 3363460 to place cookie orders.
There is no limit on the number of cookies a customer can
order. Cookie prices remain
unchanged at $8 a dozen.
The cookie sales are a fundraising effort to allow the
Friends to assist the library
• see Friends, page A12
Page A12
CHERRYVALE
Joel Pile begins duties as Cherryvale city administrator
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
This week marked the first
day on the job for new Cherryvale city administrator Joel
Pile. The city council hired
him last week to step into the
job left vacant with Travis
Goedken’s resignation that
took effect on Friday, Jan. 1.
Pile was chosen from a
field of more numerous applicants, and he comes to Cherryvale with 11 years of experience as a city administrator
— seven years in Haysville
and four years before that at
Rose Hill.
He started his career in city
right away. It’s
leadership as an
where the rubber
elected city counmeets the road.”
selor at Hazelville,
where he served
Prior to
for one four-year
starting his profesterm. It was then
sional career, he
that he discovered
earned a bachelor’s
his passion for local
degree in political
government.
science at Fort Hays
University in 2000,
“I love small
where he also was
towns, and I love
elected student govlocal government,”
Joel Pile . . . new
ernment president
Pile said. “I have
city administrator
in 1998.
really enjoyed
serving the differ
After his
ent communities. It’s at the
stint as a city councilor, he
local government level where
gained his initial experience
you can get things done and
in city leadership as commuimplement important changes
nity development director at
Rose Hill from 2001-03, then
in the same job capacity at
Haysville from 2003-2004.
He then went on to earn a
master’s degree in public administration at Wichita State
University in 2008, where he
graduated cum laude, with a
3.3 grade point average.
Pile said he and his wife
of 17 years, Diania, and their
10-year-old son, Ben, plan to
move to Cherryvale at the end
of the current school year. The
couple are expecting another
son the end of May, just before
they plan to make the move
to Southeast Kansas. He said
the city council has agreed to
allow him and his family time
to find a house and move after
the baby is born and when
Ben is out of school.
“Diania teaches first grade,
so she needs to finish out the
school year, too,” Pile said.
“She and I have known each
other since we were five years
old, and we were high school
sweethearts. I also have rela-
tives in Cherryvale, Tyro and
Dennis,” Pile said. “They’re
all as excited as we are about
us moving to Cherryvale,
especially with a new baby on
the way. We spent a lot of our
summers camping at Big Hill
Lake when I was a kid, and
we love the area.”
When he isn’t working, Pile
said he enjoys spending time
with his family and extended
family, as well as fishing,
hunting, camping and boating.
Police: 2 more arrested on
drug, burglary charges
Alumni association scholarship
applications now available
Cherryvale Alumni Association has scholarships available for 2016 Cherryvale graduates, post 2016 Cherryvale graduates and
Cherryvale Diploma Center graduates.
To apply for a scholarship, find the appropriate scholarship form on the school’s website at usd447schools.org. Printable scholarship application forms can be found at the
Cherryvale Middle High School Counselor’s
Corner. Scholarship forms can also be found
on Facebook.
Application forms should be completed
and returned to Cherryvale Alumni, Community and Educational Foundation, P.O. Box
65, Cherryvale, KS 67335, by Tuesday, March
1.
Friends makes plans for upcoming events
• continued from previous page
with purchases of books, technology, supplies and building
upgrades and repairs.
The funds this year will go
toward repairing the air conditioning system. The library
spent several weeks of the
summer and the warmer portion of the fall using fans to try
to cool the building. Hot, humid air is conducive to growing mold on paper, “And we
have items here that must be
kept in climate-controlled conditions,” library director April
Read said.
Initial estimates place the
cost of the needed extensive repairs at about $2,500.
The Friends will let bids for
the work in February. Those
wishing to bid on the job can
contact Cathy Clay at 4968
CR5000,
Cherryvale,
KS
67335 for more details. The
group plans to award the job
by the first week in May so the
AC is working by the time hot
weather arrives. The Friends officers and
members also:
• Agreed to postpone replacing the worn indoor-outdoor
carpeting on the library’s exterior front steps until spring.
• Will purchase a checkers
game and a new Chutes and
Ladders ™ game before the
next family game day on Jan.
18.
• Discussed adding lifetime
membership level to the tier of
memberships available now.
The Friends tabled the matter
and agreed to discuss it again
in late summer, before the annual membership dinner and
elections in September.
• Heard from Friends president Tammie Logan that the
Friends meetings and events
are included now on the library’s home page calendar
of events. To find that information, logon to http://cherryvalelibrary.org. • Is open to suggestions for
getting teens and adults more
involved in summer reading.
• Needs bakers paper,
parchment paper or newspaper end rolls to cover tables
while frosting the Valentine
cookies.
Agreed to meet next at 5:30
p.m. on Feb. 4. Everyone interested in helping with any of
the library’s or Friends’ events
and projects is welcome.
*****
In attendance were president Tammie Logan, treasurer
Cathy Clay, secretary Donna
Celaya and member April
Read.
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
Cherryvale Police Department’s continuing investigation into a series of burglaries
has netted two more arrests.
Police Chief Perry Lambert
said his department’s raid on a
house in the 300 block of West
Second Street was thoroughly
planned and he praised his officers on the plan being well
executed. At about 6:44 p.m. on Jan.
6, he and his officers and
Montgomery County Sheriff’s
deputies executed a search
warrant at the residence and
discovered not just items that
appeared to be among those
reportedly stolen from homes
in town, but they allegedly also
discovered narcotics and drug
paraphernalia. Cherryvale police and the
sheriff’s office obtained a second search warrant based on
the officers’ observations and
arrested a man and a woman
residing there. Arrested were
Rodney Laver, age 36; and
Erin Kastraveckas, age 34,
both of Cherryvale. Both suspects are facing
multiple felony charges, including burglary, possession
of stolen property, possession
of hallucinogenic drugs, distribution of stimulants with
1,000 feet of a school, and possession of drug paraphernalia
within 1,000 feet of a school.
These arrests come on the
heels of the late December arrests of three juveniles who
also were charged with burglary. The cases remain under
further investigation. Lambert
said more information will be
released as it becomes available and when his department
is allowed to release it to the
public.
“As I said earlier, this is just
the tip of the iceberg,” Lambert said. “We expect to make
a lot more arrests before this
is over.”
Chapter Chat to review ‘Sugar Cookie Murder’
Cherryvale Chapter Chat book discussion
group will take a close look at nationally bestselling author Joanne Fluke’s who-done-it,
“Sugar Cookie Mystery,” at 6 p.m. on Thursday,
Jan. 21 at the Cherryvale Public Library, 321 E.
Main.
The holidays are icing on the cake for bakery owner Hannah Swensen. Surrounded by
her loved ones, she has all the ingredients for
a perfect Christmas…until murder is added to
the mix.
Attendance at the Chapter Chat discussions
is free and everyone is welcome. Participants
can get copies of the book being reviewed at the
library circulation desk to read in preparation
for the meeting, but they don’t not have to have
read the book to attend the discussions.
Call the library at (620) 336-3460 for more
information on this or any other event or activity at the library.
Cherryvale Youth Fair Dinner Dance set for Jan. 30
The Cherryvale Youth Fair will hold its annual dinner dance on Saturday, Jan. 30 at the
St. Francis Catholic Church Community Center
in Cherryvale.
Dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. Dance to the Rick Cook Band from 8 p.m.
to 11 p.m.
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Cherryvale’s victory hopes denied Lady ’Pups trounce
Erie, Yates Center
Yates Center outpaces
Chargers in fourth period; Chargers drop to 3-5
as team hosts Humboldt
on Friday
Caney Valley improves
to 6-1 with Tuesday
victory; road test at
Fredonia on Friday
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
YATES CENTER 76, CHERRYVALE 69
YATES CENTER (6-3, 1-0): J. King 4 10-12
18, Bruner 2 9-13 13, Holloway 4 4-6 12, Smith
1 (1) 6-6 11, A. King 4 2-2 10, Forsyth 3 (1) 0-0
9, Dillow 0 (1) 0-0 3, Hay. Splechter 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 18 (3) 31-39 76.
CHERRYVALE (3-5, 0-1): L. Raida 7 5-6 19,
Menzer 5 5-10 15, Vigil 3 (2) 0-1 12, Smedley
Cherryvale’s Lane Raida drives past a pair of Yates Center defenders during the first quarter of action
in Tuesday’s game on the Chargers’ home court. Raida led the game with 19 points. (Photo by Andy
Taylor)
2 (1) 0-1 10, Wagner 3 0-0 6, Bennett 2 1-1 3,
Verge 1 0-0 2, Main 0 0-0 0, R. Robertson 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 23 (4) 11-19 69.
YATES CENTER 19 13
17 27 — 76
CHERRYVALE 14 19
17 19 — 69
CHERRYVALE 59,
NEODESHA 51
NEODESHA — Up two
points at halftime, Cherryvale
opened things up after the
break but had to withstand
a late charge before holding
off Neodesha 59-51 in a nonleague matchup last Friday.
“As a coach, you sometimes
get nervous on how your kids
will respond after they don’t
play well like we did (against
Erie),” Rehmert said. “They
responded very well in practice, and it carried over. We
played unselfish basketball
with high energy. That’s fun
to be a part of. It’s always an
electric atmosphere when we
go to Neodesha. I’m proud
of the way these guys fought
through some adversity and
closed the game out.”
The Chargers went ahead
43-34 after three quarters and
saw that margin climb to as
many as 13 at 52-39 with 3:49
remaining. The Bluestreaks
would not go away, though,
and actually got back within
three, 54-51, with 51.5 seconds left. In fact, NHS had
possession of the ball with a
chance to tie things but missed
a three-pointer. Cherryvale
was able to hang on by scoring
the game’s final five points to
pick up the road win.
Smedley knocked down
three three-pointers as part
of a game-high 18-point performance. Vigil added a pair
of treys and put in 17, while
Raida followed with 12.
Colton Cunningham and
Dalton Mitchell recorded 13
points each to pace Neodesha,
with Blake Ivy tallying 10.
CHERRYVALE 59, NEODESHA 51
CHERRYVALE (3-4): Smedley 3 (3) 3-4 18,
Vigil 4 (2) 3-4 17, L. Raida 3 6-10 12, Wagner 2
Second-half effort pushes
’Nado boys to 43-41 win
Field Kindley returns to
top of SEK League standings as team prepares
for Wichita Defenders
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CHANUTE — Life on the
road in the Southeast Kansas
League is never easy, especially when the Field Kindley High
School boys’ basketball team
heads to Chanute. The Golden
Tornado have suffered some
tough losses over the years to
the Blue Comets but managed
to pick up a key league road
win this time around.
Down three at halftime,
the ‘Nado used a strong third
quarter to take the lead and
then held on down the stretch
for a 43-41 victory Tuesday
night.
“This was a good grindit-out win,” said FKHS boys’
coach Tyler Thompson. “It was
another team effort where everyone contributed. Chanute
played really well, and this is
a tough place to win. We feel
fortunate to get this one. Our
defense really tightened up in
the second half and led us to
the win with good team defense.”
The Golden Tornado were
playing their second straight
game without leading scorer
Jawaun Thompson, who will
CANEY VALLEY 66,
YATES CENTER 6
CANEY — Caney Valley’s
defense made things tough for
Yates Center all night long as
the Lady Bullpups cruised to
a 66-6 victory over the Lady
Wildcats last Friday.
“Yates Center is struggling
this year, but we maintained a
good mental focus and physical energy, even once we built
a big lead,” Nelson said. “All
12 players had floor time, and
all really gave us a great effort
and minutes. We seem to eliminate some silly mistakes each
game, and we are improving
with each practice and game.
I was proud of each girl and
their approach to the game.”
CVHS exploded from the
start, leading 24-2 after one
quarter and extending that to
42-4 at the intermission. The
Lady Bullpups shut out Yates
Center 16-0 in the third period
to push the score up to 58-4.
In all, the ‘Pups allowed just
two made field goals by the
Wildcats all game long.
Kolbi McIntosh had 17
points to lead the way for
Caney Valley, followed by Kyndal McIntosh with 13.
CANEY VALLEY 66, YATES CENTER 6
YATES CENTER (1-7): Pringle 2 0-0 4, Rossillion 0 2-2 2, Proph 0 0-0 0, Chrisman 0 0-0
0, Weselok 0 0-0 0, Jimenez 0 0-0 0, Cavender
0 0-0 0, Hegwald 0 0-0 0, Connor 0 0-0 0, K.
Jones 0 0-0 0, M. Jones 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 2 (0)
2-2 6.
CANEY VALLEY (5-1): Ko. McIntosh 6 (1)
2-2 17, Ky. McIntosh 4 (1) 2-4 13, K. Nunneley
2 (1) 0-1 7, Lawrence 1 (1) 0-0 5, Sanders 1 3-4
5, Cunningham 1 2-2 4, Owen 2 0-0 4, Buoy
0 (1) 0-0 3, Kulp 1 0-0 2, Yates 1 0-0 2, L. Nunneley 1 0-0 2, Rogers 1 0-3 2. TOTALS 21 (5)
9-16 66.
YATES CENTER 2
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1-2 5, Menzer 1 1-6 3, Verge 1 0-0 2, Bennett
1 0-0 2, R. Robertson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15 (5)
14-26 59.
NEODESHA (2-4): Cunningham 1 (1) 8-14
13, Mitchell 4 (1) 2-6 13, Ivy 4 2-2 10, Mi. Shinkle 1 (1) 0-2 5, Stover 0 (1) 1-2 4, Canterbury 2
0-0 4, O’Neill 1 0-2 2, Curt 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13
(4) 13-28 51.
CHERRYVALE 12 19
12 16 — 59
NEODESHA
16 13
5
17 — 51
CANEY — Another game
and another victory for the
Caney Valley High School girls’
basketball team, which took
down Erie 58-29 for its sixth
consecutive win.
“We are starting to play together and find some chemistry,” said Lady Bullpup coach
Tom Nelson. “Players are playing to their strengths and filling roles pretty well. I really
like how hard we play, and
we are seeing better results
from our efforts. But we did
let down defensively the last
two minutes of the first half …
more mentally than physically,
just missed assignments. We
have much improvement still
to make, a long way to go and
can’t be at all satisfied, but we
are moving in the right direction.”
Since a season-opening
loss to Neodesha, CVHS has
chalked up six straight wins
to improve to 6-1 overall. The
Lady Bullpups hit the road
on Friday for a non-league
matchup with Fredonia before
returning to the same site next
week to compete in the Wilson
County Classic.
Caney Valley had control of
things from the opening tip,
jumping out to a 13-3 lead after one quarter. By halftime,
the Lady Bullpups had pushed
their lead up to 16 at 32-16
heading into the locker room.
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both ends in the second half.
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CHERRYVALE — Coming
off one of its most impressive
showings of the season, the
Cherryvale High School boys’
basketball team was hoping
that would carry into Tuesday’s Tri-Valley League opener
with Yates Center. Unfortunately for the Chargers, they
struggled down the stretch in
a 76-69 loss to the Wildcats.
“I have to tip my cap to Yates
Center,” said CHS boys’ coach
Aaron Rehmert, whose team
defeated Neodesha last Friday
night. “They kept their composure in the fourth quarter and
made free throws. You’re not
going to win too many games
when the opponent shoots 31of-39 at the line. You simply
can’t put a good shooting team
there that much. We lost composure in the fourth. We have
to do a better job of focusing
on what we can control. The
officiating is something we
can’t worry about, and our
guys did too much tonight. We
addressed that after the game
and will do so again during
practice. There are no easy
ones in the TVL this season.”
The Chargers moved to 3-5
overall and 0-1 in league play
with Tuesday’s setback. They
will remain at home on Friday
to take on Humboldt in a nonleague matchup before traveling to Fredonia next week for
the Wilson County Classic.
Despite trailing 19-14 after
one quarter, Cherryvale hung
tough for much of the contest.
In fact, the Chargers outscored
the Wildcats 19-13 in the second period to go into the intermission up one, 33-32.
The teams continued to
go back and forth after the
break, with CHS maintaining
a slim 50-49 advantage after three quarters. But down
the stretch, Yates Center controlled play and eventually
scored 27 points in the final
period to pull away for the
win.
Four Chargers finished in
double figures for scoring, including Lane Raida with 19
points, Brendan Menzer 15,
Garrett Vigil 12 and Trenton
Smedley 10.
Yates Center (6-3, 1-0) had
five players reached double
figures in scoring, led by Josh
King with 18.
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CANEY VALLEY 58, ERIE 29
ERIE (1-7): Steveson 1 (1) 2-2 7, LaForge 2
2-4 6, Taylor 0 (1) 0-0 3, Gard 0 (1) 0-2 3, Wimp
1 0-0 2, K. Brown 1 0-0 2, Robertson 1 0-0 2,
Cleaver 1 0-0 2, Dillinger 1 0-0 2, McDaniels 0
0-0 0, S. Brown 0 0-0 0, Brant 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
8 (3) 4-8 29.
CANEY VALLEY (6-1): Sanders 4 2-4 10, Ky.
McIntosh 3 2-7 8, Kulp 3 0-0 6, Cunningham
2 2-4 6, Lawrence 3 0-0 6, Buoy 0 (2) 0-1 6,
Owen 2 2-2 6, Ko. McIntosh 2 1-2 5, K. Nunneley 1 3-4 5, Yates 0 0-0 0, L. Nunneley 0 0-0
0, Rogers 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 20 (2) 12-24 58.
ERIE
3
13
4
9 — 29
CANEY VALLEY 13 19
20
6 — 58
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INDEPENDENCE BULLDOGS HAD WON 22 STRAIGHT LEAGUE GAMES BEFORE TUESDAY LOSS
Parsons snaps Indy’s conference win streak
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — Over the past
two years, the Independence High
School boys’ basketball team has
been a force in the Southeast Kansas League. And as the two-time defending SEK champion, the Bulldogs
know they will always get their opponent’s best shot.
IHS suffered a rare league loss on
Tuesday — on its home court no less
— as it dropped a 64-46 decision to
Parsons.
“We just didn’t play defense,”
said Bulldog coach Marcus Lanning.
“When you don’t play good defense,
you’re never going to have a good
offense. Our offense is based on our
defense. We just didn’t play defense
very well, and this is what you’re going to get. We have to fix what we’re
doing right now.”
Tuesday’s setback snapped a 22game winning streak by the Bulldogs
in SEK play. Independence had not
been on the losing side of a league
contest since a 48-43 overtime set- also came to an end on Tuesday as
back at Fort Scott on Jan. 10, 2014. the Bulldogs dropped to 4-3 overall
The streak included a perfect 12-0 and 3-1 in league play. Independence
march through the league a year ago. will try to bounce back on the road
Friday when it visits
It also ended the
Chanute before comBulldogs’
13-game
“Obviously, the
in next week’s
home-court win streak.
league streak was peting
Burlington InvitationIndependence’s
last
loss at the IHS gymna- going to eventually al.
sium came on Dec. 17,
Although the Bullend at some point. I dogs
2013, in a 55-50 setexpected a battle
just hate losing this on Tuesday, the biggest
back to Chanute.
“Obviously,
the game at home. Now difference in the game
was the battle in the
league streak was going to eventually end at we’ve got to go get a paint. Parsons had a
some point,” Lanning couple more on the huge advantage on the
boards, outrebounding
said. “I just hate losing this game at home. road, which is tough 48-23 in the game.
Now we’ve got to go get
to do in the SEK.” “What’s bad is that
a couple more on the
they’re not taller than
road, which is tough to
we are,” Lanning said.
– MARCUS LANNING,
do in the SEK. The kids IHS boys’ head basketball coach “They just had more
know, and they’re as
heart tonight on the
disappointed as I am about this.”
boards. They had a little more want
Since an 0-2 start to the season, on the boards, and that’s frustrating
IHS had been on a roll of late by win- to me. We don’t teach that, and they
ning four consecutive games. But that know better. We have to do a better
job in practice at focusing. When you
do what we did tonight, you’re going
to lose like this.”
With the exception of a brief 3-2
lead early in the contest, the Bulldogs trailed throughout the contest.
Parsons took an 18-13 lead after one
quarter and extended that to nine by
halftime as Dannerick Yates nailed a
three-pointer at the buzzer to go into
the locker room up 28-19.
IHS tried to make a game of it in
the second half. Jalynn Lawrie nailed
a three-pointer to open the scoring
and then knocked down a bucket and
was fouled moments later. On that
play, though, Lawrie went down with
an apparent ankle injury. He later
returned to the lineup for a brief
time.
Tyron Morton knocked down another trey for the Bulldogs to get
them as close as two, 30-28, with
4:21 left in the third quarter. Yet, IHS
could not get over the hump. Instead,
Parsons responded with the next six
points and eventually took a 41-31
advantage into the final period.
Independence got no closer than
seven the rest of the way, while the
Vikings eventually pulled away with
free throw shooting.
Lawrie had 16 points to pace IHS,
while Zack Schroeder added 10.
As for Parsons (6-2, 3-2), Dakolby
Johnson recorded 15 points, followed
by Yates with 14 and Jacob Almond
11.
The Bulldogs were without the
services of starting guard Levi Kemp.
According to Lanning, Kemp was
forced to sit out the game after not
following team policy for an unexcused missed practice.
PARSONS 64, INDEPENDENCE 46
PARSONS (6-2, 3-2): D. Johnson 5 5-8 15, Dan. Yates
2 (2) 4-7 14, Almond 2 (1) 4-4 11, Green 2 (1) 1-1 8, D.
Gress 1 5-7 7, Lee 1 1-2 3, Dav. Yates 0 3-6 3, Dyke 1 1-2
3, Houk 0 0-0 0, Shaw 0 0-0 0, Hutley 0 0-0 0, Barcus 0
0-0 0, T. Gress 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 14 (4) 24-37 64.
INDEPENDENCE (4-3, 3-1): Lawrie 3 (1) 7-10 16,
Schroeder 3 4-5 10, Morton 0 (1) 2-2 5, Pasternak 1 (1)
0-1 5, C. Johnson 1 (1) 0-0 5, Daniels 1 3-5 5, Hayward
0 0-0 0, Kleiber 0 0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-0 0, Satchel 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 9 (4) 16-23 46.
PARSONS
18 10
13 23 — 64
INDEPENDENCE 13 6
12 15 — 46
Cherryvale overwhelms Yates Center but falls to rival ’Streaks
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — In the
Tri-Valley League opener for
both teams, the Cherryvale
High School girls’ basketball
team jumped out to a 22-point
halftime lead and rolled from
there to a 52-19 victory over
Yates Center on Tuesday.
“It was a sluggish game for
us, but we were able to get
done what we needed,” said
CHS girls’ coach David Smedley. “It is always good to get a
win.”
The Lady Chargers bounced
back from a 62-43 non-league
loss at Neodesha on Friday.
Tuesday’s win moved them to
6-2 overall and 1-0 in league
play. CHS will return to action
on Friday when it entertains
Humboldt in a non-league
matchup. After that, the squad
will spend next week competing in the Wilson County Classic at Fredonia.
Cherryvale had little trouble in its league opener with
Yates Center. The Lady Chargers grabbed a 19-7 lead after one quarter and extended
that to 33-11 at halftime. The
margin reached 28 at 47-19 at
the end of three quarters, and
CHS eventually forced a running clock in the final period
by pushing the difference over
30.
Hogge paces IHS swim
team at Emporia meet
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
EMPORIA — Making its
first appearance of the second
semester, the Independence
High School swim team competed at the Emporia Invitational on Jan. 7.
“The boys continue to cut
time due to their hard work
at practice,” said IHS swim
coach Kathy Clapp. “We had
a couple of unfortunate disqualifications in the relays due
to leaving the block early. It is
unfortunate, but it happens.
Hopefully, the swimmers learn
from it and make the appropriate adjustments.
“We have also been able to
start swimming in a couple of
different events because our
endurance is better in the distance events. This helps us as
a team to earn points. I am
proud of the work these guys
are doing and look forward to
seeing how much more time
they can cut this season.”
Leading the way for the
Bulldogs was Nathan Hogge,
who took seventh place in the
100 breaststroke in a time of
1:22.64. The 200 freestyle
relay team of Nathan Hogge,
John Easley, Jacob Mitchell
and Branden Bales earned
eighth place in 1:55.15. Nathan Hogge also placed 10th in
the 200 IM in 2:53.15.
Other Independence results
from Emporia included Mitchell, 11th in the 50 freestyle in
27.22 and 17th in the 100 freestyle in 1:11.89; Bales, 12th in
the 100 freestyle in 1:02.99
and 14th in the 50 freestyle
in 27.79; Jacob Hogge, 12th
in the 200 freestyle in 2:59.96
and 21st in the 50 freestyle in
30.55; Adam Hayse, 12th in
the 100 backstroke in 1:27.93
and 13th in the 200 freestyle
in 3:09.70; and Jordan Ashford, 16th in the 100 freestyle
in 1:11.10 and 19th in the 50
freestyle in 29.82.
Field Kindley also competed
in the Emporia Invitational,
but its results from that meet
as well as Monday’s Turner Invitational in Kansas City were
unavailable as of presstime.
The
Independence
and
Field Kindley swim teams face
a busy stretch on their schedules, starting with today’s Winfield Invitational. Next week,
both squads will travel to Derby on Tuesday and Osawatomie on Wednesday.
EMPORIA INVITATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
200 Medley Relay: Independence (Adam
Hayse, Nathan Hogge, Branden Bales, Jacob
Mitchell), DQ.
200 Freestyle: 12. Jacob Hogge, 2:59.96;
13. Adam Hayse, 3:09.70; John Easley, DQ.
200 IM: 10. Nathan Hogge, 2:53.15.
50 Freestyle: 11. Jacob Mitchell, 27.22;
14. Branden Bales, 27.79; 19. Jordan Ashford,
29.82; 21. Jacob Hogge, 30.55.
100 Freestyle: 12. Branden Bales, 1:02.99;
16. Jordan Ashford, 1:11.10; 17. Jacob Mitchell, 1:11.89.
200 Freestyle Relay: 8. Independence
(Nathan Hogge, John Easley, Jacob Mitchell,
Branden Bales), 1:55.15.
100 Backstroke: 12. Adam Hayse, 1:27.93.
100 Breaststroke: 7. Nathan Hogge,
1:22.64.
400 Freestyle Relay: Independence (John
Easley, Jacob Hogge, Adam Hayse, Jordan
Ashford), DQ.
Beth Hawkins had a gamehigh 24 points for the Lady
Chargers, which included five
three-pointers. Ashton Rau
also reached double figures
with 10 points.
Cherryvale 52, Yates Center 19
YATES CENTER (1-8, 0-1): Pringle 4 3-4 11,
Rossillon 2 1-2 5, M. Jones 1 1-2 3, Chrisman
0 0-0 0, Weseloh 0 0-1 0, Jimenez 0 0-0 0, Cavender 0 0-0 0, Conner 0 0-1 0, K. Jones 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 7 (0) 5-10 19.
CHERRYVALE (6-2, 1-0): Hawkins 4 (5) 1-5 24,
A. Rau 2 6-7 10, M. Rau 2 5-6 9, Reed 1 0-2 2,
Spencer 1 0-0 2, Steed 1 0-0 2, Carinder 1 0-0
2, Hughes 0 1-2 1, Wagner 0 0-1 0, Hucke 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (5) 13-23 52.
YATES CENTER 7
4
8
0 — 19
CHERRYVALE 19 14
14
5 — 52
NEODESHA 62,
CHERRYVALE 43
NEODESHA — A disastrous
first half doomed the Lady
Chargers in their 62-43 loss at
Neodesha last Friday.
“We came out in the first
quarter, and Neodesha got after us,” Smedley said. “They
block shots and attacked us
with their offense, and we got
frustrated. We let that frustration affect our offense, and we
put ourselves in a huge whole.
To the girls’ credit, they kept
playing hard, and we eventually calmed down and started
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ters before Cherryvale finally
made a little push. The Lady
Chargers got within 13, 54-41,
with 2:12 remaining but could
not get any closer the rest of
the way.
Hawkins had 23 points to
pace Cherryvale.
NEODESHA 62, CHERRYVALE 43
CHERRYVALE (5-2): Hawkins 4 (2) 9-11 23,
Carinder 2 (1) 1-6 8, A. Rau 1 4-6 6, M. Rau 2
1-1 5, Reed 0 1-6 1, Hucke 0 0-0 0, Steed 0 0-0
0, Wagner 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 9 (3) 16-30 43.
NEODESHA (5-1): Potter 5 (4) 13-14 35,
Johnson 5 1-2 11, M. Dean 3 0-0 6, Knickerbocker 2 0-0 4, Spurlock 1 0-0 2, Keath 0 2-2
2, Lamendola 1 0-0 2, Rohling 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
17 (4) 16-18 62.
CHERRYVALE 5
7
16 15 — 43
NEODESHA
24 8
16 14 — 62
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Coupled with Independence’s 64-46
home loss to Parsons on Tuesday, the
Golden Tornado have moved back into a
first-place tie atop the SEK standings at
5-3 overall and 3-1 in league play. To do
that, they needed a strong defensive effort
to hold the Blue Comets in check.
Chanute actually led 15-13 after one
quarter and 25-22 at the intermission.
Field Kindley stormed out of the locker
room in the second half by outscoring the
Comets 12-5 in the third period. Up 3430 at the end of three, FKHS made just
enough plays down the stretch to hold on
for the key road win.
Kameron Wilson scored 16 points to
pace Field Kindley, followed by Seth Graham with 12.
Chanute (5-3, 2-2) had 15 points from
Aaron Havilland, while Trey Lind added
11.
FIELD KINDLEY 43, CHANUTE 41
FIELD KINDLEY (5-3, 3-1): Wilson 7 2-4 16, Graham 3 (2) 0-3
12, Myrie 1 (1) 0-0 5, Swift 2 0-0 4, Holman 2 0-0 4, Logan 0 2-3
2, Lewis 0 0-0 0, Vacca 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15 (3) 4-10 43.
CHANUTE (5-3, 2-2): Haviland 3 (2) 3-5 15, Lind 4 3-5 11,
Richards 1 (2) 0-0 8, Manbeck 3 0-0 6, Kimberlin 0 1-2 1, Hernandez 0 0-0 0, Cooper 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (4) 7-12 41.
FIELD KINDLEY 13 9
12
9 — 43
CHANUTE
15 10
5
11 — 41
FIELD KINDLEY 64, PARSONS 56
COFFEYVILLE — Coming off their first
league loss in a 10-point setback to Independence, the Golden Tornado responded
in a big way by holding off Parsons 64-56
last Friday.
“I was very proud of our team effort,”
Thompson said. “All guys suited up played
and gave 100 percent. This was the best
team game we’ve played. It was a lot of
fun to coach.”
Field Kindley found itself in an early
hole down 14-9 after one quarter. Although the ‘Nado whittled away at the
margin, they still found themselves trailing 26-24 heading into the intermission.
The second half was a much different
story. FKHS got it done on both ends of the
floor in the third quarter, outscoring the
Vikings 18-7 along the way. That proved
to be the difference as the Golden Tornado held on down the stretch.
Wilson put in 17 points to pace FKHS,
while Anthony Swift put in 16, Trey Myrie
followed with 12 and Jaylen Logan added
10.
FIELD KINDLEY 64, PARSONS 56
PARSONS (5-2, 2-2): Gress 3 7-11 13, Johnson 2 (2) 2-4 12,
Dan. Yates 4 (1) 1-4 12, Lee 4 1-2 9, Dyke 1 2-2 4, Green 1 2-5 4,
Dav. Yates 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 16 (3) 15-28 56.
FIELD KINDLEY (4-3, 2-1): Wilson 7 3-6 17, Swift 3 (2) 4-6
16, Myrie 3 (2) 0-0 12, Logan 3 4-4 10, Graham 0 6-8 6, Vacca 1
0-0 2, Lewis 0 1-4 1, Holman 0 0-2 0, Colbert 0 0-0 0, Morris 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 17 (4) 18-30 64.
PARSONS
14 12
7
23 — 56
FIELD KINDLEY 9
15
18 22 — 64
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SPORTS
Cherryvale, Caney Valley brace
for Wilson County Classic action
WILSON COUNTY CLASSIC
FREDONIA, KAN.
GIRLS’ TOURNAMENT
Gold Pool
#1 seed: Fredonia
#4 seed: Cherryvale
#6 seed: Leon-Bluestem
BOYS’ TOURNAMENT
Gold Pool
#1 seed: Fredonia
#4 seed: Neodesha
#6 seed: Leon-Bluestem
Blue Pool
#2 seed: Girard
#3 seed: Caney Valley
#5 seed: Neodesha
Blue Pool
#1 seed: Girard
#3 seed: Cherryvale
#5 seed: Caney Valley
MONDAY, JAN 18:
Wilson Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Fredonia vs. Leon-Bluestem
• 7:30 p.m.: (Boys) Fredonia vs Leon-Bluestem
Bateman Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Girard vs. Neodesha
• 7:30 p.m.: (Boys) Girard vs. Caney Valley
TUESDAY, JAN. 19:
Wilson Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Fredonia vs. Cherryvale
• 7:30 p.m.: (Boys) Fredonia vs. Neodesha
Bateman Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Girard vs. Caney Valley
• 7:30 p.m. (Boys) Girard vs. Cherryvale
THURSDAY, JAN. 21:
Wilson Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Caney Valley vs. Neodesha
• 7:30 p.m.: (Boys) Cherryvale vs. Caney Valley
Bateman Gym
• 6 p.m.: (Girls) Cherryvale vs. Leon-Bluestem
• 7:30 p.m.: (Boys) Neodesha vs. Leo-Bluestem
FRIDAY, JAN. 22:
Bateman Gym
• 5 p.m.: (Girls) 3rd/4th place game
• 6:30 p.m.: (Boys) 5th-6th place game
Wilson Gym
• 3:30 p.m.: (Girls) 5th/6th place game
• 5 p.m.: (Boys) 3rd/4th place game
• 6:30 p.m.: (Girls) 1st/2nd place game
• 8 p.m.: (Boys) 1st/2nd place game.
Wilson Gym: Fredonia High School
Bateman Gym: Fredonia Middle School
FREDONIA — Pairings have
been announced for the Wilson County Classic, which will
include basketball teams from
Caney Valley and Cherryvale
high schools.
The WCC is being held at
Fredonia for a second straight
year due to ongoing construction work at Neodesha High
School. Due to the loss of both
Independence and Erie, this
year’s event will have just six
schools and is being split up
into two pools.
On the boys’ side, Cherryvale and Caney Valley are
both in the Blue Pool with Girard. The Bullpups — seeded
No. 5 — will play Girard at
7:30 p.m. Monday at Fredonia Middle School’s Bateman
Gymnasium. The third-seeded
Chargers will play Girard at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bateman
Gymnasium. Cherryvale and
Caney Valley will then meet
at 7:30 p.m. at Fredonia High
School’s Wilson Gymnasium.
The Caney Valley girls are
seeded No. 3 and have been
placed in the Blue Pool with Girard and Neodesha. CVHS will
take on Girard in a 6 p.m. contest at Bateman Gymnasium
and Neodesha at 6 p.m. Thursday at Wilson Gym. Cherryvale
is seeded No. 4 and placed in
the Gold Pool with Fredonia
and Leon-Bluestem. The Lady
Chargers will face host Fredonia at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson
Gym and Bluestem at 6 p.m.
Thursday at Bateman Gym.
All final-round games will
be played on Friday. Matchups will be placed on the final
standings of both pools, with
first-place finishers playing in
the championships, secondplace finishers in the thirdplace games and third-place
finishers in the fifth-place
games.
Independence teams to participate
in Burlington Invitational tourney
BURLINGTON
—
After
spending six years at the Wilson County Classic, the Independence High School basketball teams will face some
tougher competition this year
as part of the Burlington Invi-
tational.
Pairings for the tournament have been announced by
Burlington High School. IHS
will play Paola in first-round
action on both the boys’ and
girls’ sides. Game times for
Tuesday, Jan. 19, are set for
6:40 p.m. for the girls and 8:15
p.m. for the boys at Burlington
Middle School.
Other teams participating in
the tournament include host
Burlington, Labette County,
Iola, Sabetha, Rock Creek, Cair
Paravel girls and Manhattan
JC boys.
Second-round action of the
tournament is set for Friday,
Jan. 22, with the final round
scheduled for Saturday, Jan.
23.
Both Independence teams
currently have 4-3 overall records heading into Friday’s
Southeast Kansas League contests at Chanute.
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INDEPENDENCE — It was
by no means a work of art for
the Independence High School
girls’ basketball team. But
with the game on the line, the
Lady Bulldogs responded in a
big way.
With the game tied in the
fourth quarter, IHS closed the
game on a 16-2 run to capture
a 44-30 home win over Parsons Tuesday night.
“It wasn’t our best game by
far, but we’ll take the victory
and move on,” said Lady Bulldog coach Dale Reynolds. “The
kids persevered and played
hard. Parsons got hot and
made a bunch of threes there
in the third quarter. They hit
a couple and got back in the
game and tied it up. Our girls
came together in the huddle
and said it wasn’t going to
happen. They got after it and
stepped up to do what they
needed to do to get the win.”
Independence won despite
an overall sloppy game by both
teams. Parsons finished with
34 turnovers, yet the Lady
Bulldogs were unable to con-
vert on the offensive end. IHS
led by as many as 13 points,
20-7 at halftime, but could
never deliver the knockout
punch until the game-ending
run.
“We were getting turnovers
and had layups, but we weren’t
hitting them,” said Reynolds,
whose squad finished just
12-of-40 from the floor for
30 percent. “We weren’t hitting layups or our jump shots.
That’s just how basketball is.
You have to focus to get in
there and go strong to the rim.
I think we were 2-of-11 inside the paint in the first half.
When you get that close to the
basket, you’ve got to convert.
We didn’t do that, and it let
them hang around.”
The Lady Bulldogs did manage their second straight win
after blowing out Montgomery County rival Field Kindley
on the road one week earlier.
IHS improved to 4-3 overall
and 2-2 in Southeast Kansas
League action heading into
Friday’s contest at Chanute.
After that, the team will compete next week in the Burlington Invitational.
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“We just need to play,”
Reynolds said. “I think we’re
tired of practicing. Before this,
we had played one game in
about three or four weeks. So
we just need to get out there
and see some opponents. We
also have to understand that
when we play, people are going to bring their best. We
have to bring our best every
night.”
The game was sluggish for
both teams the entire first half.
IHS grabbed a 6-2 lead after
one quarter and held the Lady
Vikings without a point for
10:17. In fact, Parsons had just
10 field-goal attempts while
turning the ball over 21 times
in the first half alone.
Independence could not
take full advantage. Kara McGrath hit a three-pointer to
push the margin up to 10 at
14-4 and then hit another in
the closing seconds to push
the lead up to 20-7 at the intermission.
Instead of putting the game
away, though, the Lady Bulldogs watched Parsons get right
back into it in the third quarter. The Lady Vikings knocked
down five three-pointers in the
third quarter and outscored
IHS 17-8 during that stretch
to get back within four, 28-24,
after three.
Parsons then scored two
quick baskets to tie things up
at 28-all with 7:01 remaining
in the contest.
Independence finally settled
down and took control in the
closing minutes. Rindy Marquez, who recorded a gamehigh 17 points off the bench,
led the way for IHS as she
knocked down a pair of threepointers in the fourth quarter.
She finished with a careerhigh five treys for the game.
Marquez’ trifecta with 2:50
to go pushed the Lady Bulldog
lead up to nine, and Aubree
Lawrie followed with an oldfashioned three-point play to
lock up the win.
Meagan Hizey, who hit a
game-winning three-pointer
in overtime to beat Field Kindley on Friday, led Parsons (3-5,
1-4) in scoring with 11 points.
Shay Kelly, who had 37 points
in that win in Coffeyville, was
held to just seven against Independence.
INDEPENDENCE 44, PARSONS 30
PARSONS (3-5, 1-4): Me. Hizey 2 (2) 1-3 11,
Kelly 2 (1) 0-2 7, Krull 2 0-1 4, Forbes 0 (1) 0-0
3, Folk 0 (1) 0-1 3, Dunlay 0 2-3 2, Mo. Hizey 0
0-0 0, Hicks 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 6 (5) 3-10 30.
INDEPENDENCE (4-3, 2-2): Marquez 1 (5)
0-1 17, McGrath 0 (2) 2-3 8, Lawrie 2 3-4 7, K.
Smith 2 1-2 5, Schabel 0 4-6 4, Renfro 0 1-2 1,
Hufferd 0 1-5 1, J. Smith 0 1-2 1. TOTALS 5 (7)
13-25 44.
PARSONS
2
5
17
6 — 30
INDEPENDENCE 6
14
8
16 — 44
Page B4
SPORTS
Friday heartbreak bleeds over
into Tuesday disappointment;
Lady ’Nado prep for tourney
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CHANUTE — Searching for
its first league win, the Field
Kindley High School girls’ basketball team was expecting a
tough battle on the road Tuesday against Chanute.
The Lady ‘Nado dropped
to 3-5 overall and 0-4 in the
Southeast Kansas League with
a 57-35 loss to the Lady Comets.
“We had a tough night
shooting from the three-point
line but never quit,” said FKHS
girls’ coach Nick Hart, whose
squad will return to action
next week in its own Harold
Thomas Interstate Classic.
“Andre’a (Newton) got us going early, and we had good defensive pressure, but Chanute
is a handful. Their girls are
solid, and we let them jump
ahead in the first quarter. I see
a lot of improvement from the
girls, and thats what matters
right now.”
Field Kindley was coming
off its toughest loss of the season in a 56-55 home setback to
Parsons in overtime. The Lady
‘Nado were in desperate need
of a confidence boost but didn’t
get that against Chanute.
The Lady Comets stormed
out of the gates to a 23-8 lead
after one quarter and continued to hold a comfortable 3016 edge at the intermission.
FKHS never really recovered from that slow start and
still trailed 39-25 at the end of
three. Chanute then put things
well out of reach by outscoring
Field Kindley 18-10 in the final
eight minutes of action.
Newton had a team-high 14
points for the Lady ‘Nado, followed by Bri Rutherford with
11.
Chanute (7-1, 3-1) was
led by Anna Bashaw with 16
points, while Jordan Schoenberger and Madi Rollins both
chipped in 12 each.
CHANUTE 57, FIELD KINDLEY 35
FIELD KINDLEY (3-5, 0-4): Newton 7 0-0
14, Rutherford 4 (1) 0-0 11, Naden 2 0-0 4,
Wilson 1 0-0 2, Herkelman 1 0-0 2, Rooks 1
0-0 2, Bromley 0 0-0 0, Barnett 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
16 (1) 0-0 35.
CHANUTE (7-1, 3-1): Bagshaw 5 6-7 16,
Schoenberger 6 0-4 12, Rollins 4 4-5 12, P.
Kidwell 2 1-2 5, Busse 0 (1) 0-0 3, S. Thompson
0 (1) 0-0 3, M. Thompson 1 0-0 2, Tallent 1 0-0
2, L. Kidwell 1 0-0 2, Bogle 0 0-0 0, Newton 0
0-0 0, Phillips 0 0-0 0, Umburger 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 20 (2) 11-18 57.
FIELD KINDLEY 8
8
9
10 — 35
CHANUTE
23 7
9
18 — 57
PARSONS 56,
FIELD KINDLEY 55 (OT)
COFFEYVILLE — It’s tough
to imagine a tougher way to
lose for the Field Kindley girls
than their heartbreaking 5655 overtime setback to Parsons last Friday.
In that contest, FKHS
grabbed a two-point lead in
the closing seconds of the extra frame on a layup by Bailey
Naden. Yet, the Lady Vikings
responded with a Meagan
Hizey three-pointer from the
corner as time expired to lift
the visitors to the wild win.
“We responded well and
came out with a lot of energy,” Hart said. “We dictated the tempo for most of
the game but didn’t close the
last three minutes out. We
struggled from the free-throw
line and missed some easy layups. Emma (Herkelman) and
Andre’a were fantastic on both
offense and defense. It was a
tough loss, and we’re disappointed, but you have to have
a short memory.”
The loss was especially
tough to swallow considering
Field Kindley controlled much
of the contest. FKHS led 12-9
after one quarter and 25-14 at
the intermission, but Parsons
stormed back and eventually
forced overtime tied at 47-all.
In the extra frame, the Lady
‘Nado again grabbed the lead
with a 6-0 run to go up 53-47
with 1:50 remaining. Parsons
came back, and Hizey tied the
score at 53-all with 38.2 seconds left to even the score yet
again. Naden’s bucket gave
the host team the lead in the
closing seconds, but that only
set up Parsons’ dramatics in
the end with Hizey’s gamewinning bucket.
Newton knocked down nine
shots and was 7-of-13 at the
charity stripe for her teamhigh 25 points. Herkelman and
Naden also reached double
figures with 11 and 10 points,
respectively.
Parsons was led by Shay
Kelly with 37 points.
PARSONS 56, FIELD KINDLEY 55 (OT)
PARSONS (3-4, 1-3): S. Kelly 9 (3) 10-15 37,
Me. Hizey 0 (3) 0-0 9, Spriggs 0 (1) 0-0 3, Krull
1 1-4 3, Dunlay 1 0-0 2, Forbes 1 0-0 2, Deckman 0 0-2 0, Mo. Hizey 0 0-0 0, Folk 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 12 (7) 11-21 56.
FIELD KINDLEY (3-4, 0-3): Newton 9 7-13
25, Herkelman 2 (2) 1-1 11, Naden 3 (1) 1-6
10, Homan 2 3-6 7, Rutherford 0 1-4 1, S.
Rooks 0 1-2 1, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Barnett 0 0-0 0,
D. Rooks 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 16 (3) 14-32 55.
PARSONS
9
5 16 17 9 — 56
FIELD KINDLEY 12 13 11 11 8 — 55
BOYS’ TEAMS
LEAGUE OVERALL
Yates Center
1-0
6-3
Fredonia 0-07-0
Humboldt 0-06-2
Burlington 0-05-3
Eureka
0-05-4
Erie
0-03-5
Caney Valley
0-0
2-5
Neodesha 0-02-5
Cherryvale 0-13-5
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Burlington 75, Neodesha 52
Erie 48, Caney Valley 42
Yates Center 76, Cherryvale 69
Fredonia 80, Humboldt 72
Eureka 57, West Elk 50 (OT)
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Caney Valley at Fredonia
Humboldt at Cherryvale
Eureka at Erie
Baxter Springs at Neodesha
Yates Center at Jayhawk-Linn
GIRLS’ TEAMS
LEAGUE OVERALL
Cherryvale 1-06-2
Caney Valley
0-0
6-1
Fredonia 0-06-1
Burlington 0-06-2
Humboldt 0-06-2
Neodesha 0-05-2
Eureka
0-03-6
Erie
0-01-7
Yates Center
0-1
1-8
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Cherryvale 52, Yates Center 19
Caney Valley 58, Erie 29
Burlington 43, Neodesha 27
Fredonia 50, Humboldt 47
Eureka 49, West Elk 34
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Caney Valley at Fredonia
Humboldt at Cherryvale
Bullpups humbled on own hardwoods
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CANEY — Despite hanging tough the whole way, the
Caney Valley High School boys’
basketball team came up on
the short end of a 48-42 nonleague loss to Erie Tuesday
night.
The Bullpups suffered their
fourth straight loss to drop to
2-5 overall. CVHS will travel
to Fredonia on Friday for another non-league contest. After that, the team will return
to Fredonia next week for the
Wilson County Classic.
Making its final appearance
of a four-game homestead that
stretched back to the first semester, the Bullpups were hoping to pick up their first win on
their home court this season
after dropping their previous
four. CVHS gave itself a chance
the entire way, trailing 16-15
after one quarter and 27-24 at
the intermission.
Caney
Valley
remained
within striking distance down
38-33 at the end of three quarters but could never make a
big charge down the stretch.
Baylor Melchiori and Troy
Watson both knocked down a
pair of three-pointers in the
contest and were the top two
scorers for the Bullpups. Melchiori finished with a gamehigh 14 points, while Watson
came in at 12.
Erie (3-5) was led in scoring
by Cameron Rice with 13 and
Dylan Richwine 11.
ERIE 48, CANEY VALLEY 42
ERIE (3-5): Rice 13, Richwine 11, W. Semrad 8, Beachner 8, P. Semrad 6, Yarnell 2.
CANEY VALLEY (2-5): Melchiori 14, Watson 12, Rogers 9, Davis 4, Gulick 3.
ERIE
16 11
11 10 — 48
CANEY VALLEY 15 9
9
9 — 42
YATES CENTER 79,
CANEY VALLEY 71
CANEY — Melchiori struck
for 33 points, but it was still
not enough for the Bullpups,
who suffered a 79-71 loss to
Yates Center on homecoming
night at CVHS.
The 5-10 junior guard recorded a second straight 30plus scoring performance,
Caney Valley’s Troy Watson finds his way into the shooting lane while pushing past a Yates Center
defender during Friday’s homecoming game in Caney. (Photo by Sheri Thompson)
knocking down 13 shots, including five from long range.
Yates Center jumped out to
a 27-19 lead over Caney Valley in the opening quarter and
extended that to double digits
at 46-35 at the intermission.
The Bullpups tried to hang
tough in the second half, get-
ting within 10 at 61-51 at the
end of three quarters. CVHS
got back within single digits in
the final period but still came
up short as time expired.
In addition to Melchiori, Ty
Rogers also had double figures for Caney Valley with 22
points.
YATES CENTER 79, CANEY VALLEY 71
YATES CENTER (5-3): A. King 4 (4) 3-6 23,
Bruner 8 1-2 17, Smith 1 (3) 4-8 15, J. King 5
0-0 10, Forsyth 4 0-0 8, Holloway 3 0-0 6. TOTALS 25 (7) 8-16 79.
CANEY VALLEY (2-4): Melchiori 8 (5) 2-2
33, Rogers 10 2-3 22, Watson 2 (1) 1-4 8, Nunneley 1 2-2 4, Davis 2 0-0 4, Gulick 0 0-0 0,
Richey 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23 (6) 7-11 71.
YATES CENTER 27 19
15 18 — 79
CANEY VALLEY 19 16
16 20 — 71
Burlington meet proves challenging for area grapplers
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
BURLINGTON — Five Cherryvale High School wrestlers
placed in the top four of their
respective weight class, leading the Chargers to a fourthplace team finish at Saturday’s
Burlington Invitational.
“I was very proud of the
men,” said CHS wrestling
coach Casey Lickteig, whose
squad will next compete in
the Halstead Invitational on
Friday and Saturday. “They
wrestled hard and very smart
throughout their matches. It
was a good weekend of Charger wrestling.”
As a team, Cherryvale re-
LEAGUE STANDINGS
TRI-VALLEY LEAGUE
BASKETBALL
Eureka at Erie
Baxter Springs at Neodesha
Yates Center at Jayhawk-Linn
SOUTHEAST KANSAS
LEAGUE
BOYS’ TEAMS
LEAGUE OVERALL
Field Kindley
3-1
5-3
Independence3-1 4-3
Parsons
3-26-2
Pittsburg 3-24-4
Chanute 2-25-3
Fort Scott
1-3
2-5
Labette County
0-4
3-4
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Parsons 64, Independence 46
Field Kindley 43, Chanute 41
Pittsburg 61, Fort Scott 58
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Independence at Chanute
Pittsburg at Labette County
WIchita Defenders at Coffeyville
Columbus at Parsons
Girard at Fort Scott
GIRLS’ TEAMS
LEAGUE OVERALL
Labette County
4-0
7-0
Pittsburg 4-17-2
Chanute 3-17-1
Independence2-2 4-3
Fort Scott
1-3
2-5
Parsons
1-43-5
Field Kindley
0-4
3-5
TUESDAY’S RESULTS
Independence 44, Parsons 30
Chanute 57, Field Kindley 35
Pittsburg 52, Fort Scott 38
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Independence at Chanute
Pittsburg at Labette County
Columbus at Parsons
Girard at Fort Scott
corded 112 points in the
tournament for fourth place,
finishing behind champion
Burlington at 199.5, Wellsville
171.5 and Silver Lake 154.
Individually, the Chargers
were led by a third-place finish from Alexander VanRooy
at 152 pounds. He finished the
day with a 4-1 record. Also
posting 4-1 marks but placing fourth in their weight class
were Micah King at 126 and
Matthew Douglas at 182. Clay
Holloway and Bo Edens also
took fourth place, with Holloway finishing 3-1 at 220 and
Edens going 3-2 at 138.
Other Cherryvale wrestlers
competing in the tournament
included Dakota Morrill, 2-3
for sixth place at 132; Zach
Yates, 3-2 for sixth at 160; Levi
Barron, 3-2 for seventh at 126;
and Josh Madl, 2-3 for eighth
at 195.
One day earlier, Cherryvale
lost a dual at Chanute by a
score of 46-37.
The Chargers picked up five
wins against the Blue Comets,
including Eric Spencer at 106,
Morrill at 132, Cameron Cannon at 145, VanRooy at 152
and Douglas at 182.
“Chanute is a very talented
ranked 4A team,” Lickteig
said. “In opposition of what
the score reflects. it felt like
a step in the right direction.
Despite giving up 18 points to
open weight classes, our men
were hard-nosed and won a
lot of tough matches giving us
the lead for good portion of the
night. Credit to Chanute for
pulling away at the end, but it
was a great opportunity to see
where we’re at.”
CHERRYVALE RESULTS
126: Micah King pinned Brent Yost, Humboldt, 0:49; lost to Dominick Bailey, Eureka,
5-16; pinned Timmy Nesbitt, Silver Lake, 2:52;
pinned Jesse Ross, Southeast-Cherokee, 1:30;
pinned Mason Jameson, Frontenac, 3:46; lost
to Jacob Jasper, Burlington, by forfeit. King
finished in fourth place in weight class. Levi
Barron def. Timmy Nesbitt, Silver Lake, 12-3;
pinned by Mason Jameson, Frontenac, 0:41;
pinned Brent Yost, Humboldt, 2:12; pinned by
Jacob Jasper, Burlington, 4:15; pinned Jesse
Ross, Southeast-Cherokee, 0:44. Barron finished in seventh place in weight class.
132: Dakota Morrill pinned by Colton
Byram, Jayhawk-Linn, 2:52; def. Ryan Bruce,
Eureka, 9-0; pinned Reese Lehman, Erie, 2:07;
lost to Devin Both, Fredonia, 0-10; lost to
Colton Byram, Jayhawk-Linn, 2-6. Morrill fin-
BURLINGTON INVITATIONAL
TEAM RESULTS: 1. Burlington
199.5, 2. Wellsville 171.5, 3. Silver
Lake 154, 4. Cherryvale 112, 5. Eureka 99, 6. Jayhawk-Linn 96, 7. Iola
78, 8. Burlingame 74, 9. Fredonia
73.5, 10. Frontenac 72, 11. Rock
Creek 69, 12. Southeast-Cherokee
68, 13. Mission Valley 65, 14. Caney
Valley 54, 15. Oskaloosa 51.5, 16.
West Elk 40, 17. Uniontown 38,
18. Anderson County 37, 19. Field
Kindley 36, 20. Erie 23, T-21. Central Heights/Humboldt 20.
ished in sixth place in weight class.
138: Bo Edens pinned Zach Thomas, Oskaloosa, 1:02; def. Timothy Reed, Rock Creek,
3-1; lost to Dalton Dultmeier, Silver Lake, 3-9;
def. Jared Hartzell, Erie, 10-3; lost to Brenden
Ishimura, Frontenac, 1-3. Edens finished in
fourth place in weight class.
152: Alexander VanRooy pinned Timmy
Smith, Uniontown, 2:26; pinned Andrew
Metzger, Mission Valley, 2:41; lost to Blake
Hollandsworth, Caney Valley, 7-10; def. Garrett Thompson, Jayhawk-Linn, 3-2; def. Jonathan Andrews, West Elk, by forfeit. VanRooy
finished in third place in weight class.
160: Zach Yates pinned Mason Harrod,
West Elk, 2:52; pinned by Dagen Goodner,
Humboldt, 2:35; def. Grant Cunningham, Jayhawk-Linn, 7-2; def. Jimmy Louden, Central
Heights, 6-3; lost to Shad Winn, Rock Creek,
3-11; lost to Jordan Ishimura, Frontenac, by
forfeit. Yates finished in sixth place in weight
class.
182: Mathew Douglas pinned Ryan Tracy,
Field Kindley, 2:37; pinned Seth Hegwald,
Humboldt, 1:16; pinned by Tavon Blazek,
Iola, 1:02; pinned Ryan Tracy, Field Kindley,
3:35; pinned by Ben Harvey, Oskaloosa, 2:19.
Douglas finished in fourth place in weight
class.
195: Josh Madl pinned Gavin Miller,
Uniontown, 1:41; pinned by Andrew Garber,
Iola, 1:29; pinned Kayton Grimsley, Central
Heights, 1:34; pinned by Dylan Flora, Frontenac, 0:41; pinned by Jarod Weekly, Wellsville,
4:06. Madl finished in eighth place in weight
class.
220: Clay Holloway pinned Josh Ward,
Rock Creek, 2:58; pinned by Bryce Smith,
Wellsville, 4:40; pinned Nathan Nelsen, Fredonia, 3:00; lost to Jesse Renfro, Silver Lake, 0-3.
Holloway finished in fourth place in weight
class.
CVHS wrestling coach Jerod
Rigdon, whose squad will
compete in the Clearwater Invitational on Saturday. “Our
conditioning looked good for
coming off break.”
The Bullpups finished the
day with two runner-up finishes. Anderson and Hollandsworth both recorded 3-1
records to take second place
at 195 and 152 pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, Dayton
Wade went 3-2 on the day to
earn fifth place at 120 pounds.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
120: Dayton Wade pinned by Robert
Bridgeman, Mission Valley, 0:44; pinned
Trayton Metzler, Mission Valley, 1:27; pinned
Lucas Hatfield, Oskaloosa, 1:37; lost to Scott
Kuhn, Silver Lake, 0-9; pinned Jonathan
Bownes, Jayhawk-Linn, 2:30. Wade finished
in fifth place in weight class.
152: Blake Hollandsworth pinned Cody
Asbury, Central Heights, 0:40; def. Jonathan
Andrews, West Elk, 9-3; def. Alexander VanRooy, Cherryvale, 10-7; pinned by Hunter
Howerton, Silver Lake, 0:51. Hollandsworth
finished in second place in weight class.
195: Wyatt Anderson pinned Mikel Duffy,
Burlington, 1:37; def. Jarod Weekly, Wellsville,
11-5; def. Patrick Shuler, Mission Valley, 8-3;
lost to Andrew Garber, Iola, 2-3. Anderson
finished in second place in weight class.
FIELD KINDLEY
Field Kindley took just four
wrestlers to the Burlington Invitational but still had a strong
showing. The Golden Tornado
recorded 36 points for 19th
place in the final team standings.
“Overall, we did okay coming off of Christmas break,”
said FKHS wrestling coach
Spencer McGlothin. “I think
we still have a ways to go in
terms of shape. We are in a
strange position where I got
some juniors who are in their
first year of wrestling in high
school. They make some silly
mistakes here and there because their wrestling experience is still at the freshman
level. I think if we continue to
work hard, we can close that
gap quickly though. Varsity
has this week off, so it is time
to hit the mat hard.”
The ‘Nado were led by Sean
McIntosh, who went 3-2 for
fourth place at 285 pounds.
Ryan Tracy went 3-2 for
fifth place at 182, while Jack
Stringer was 3-2 for sixth at
285. Also competing was Logan Foster, who went 2-3 to
finish in eighth place at 160.
Field Kindley will take some
time off before returning to
the varsity mats on Jan. 23 at
the Eureka Invitational.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
160: Logan Foster pinned Chris Bell,
Mission Valley, 2:16; pinned by Jared
Miller, Oskaloosa, 0:41; pinned Chris
Grames, Burlington, 3:33; pinned by Jordan Ishimura, Frontenac, 1:40; pinned by
Jimmy Louden, Central Heights, 0:42. Foster finished in eighth place in weight class.
182: Ryan Tracy pinned by Mathew
Douglas, Cherryvale, 2:37; pinned Blaine
Morrell,
Jayhawk-Linn,
1:41;
pinned
Shane Wright, Burlington, 2:21; pinned
by Mathew Douglas, Cherryvale, 3:35;
def. Blake Roberts, Mission Valley, 17-12.
Tracy finished in fifth place in weight class.
285: Sean McIntosh lost to T.J. Lang, Burlington, 0-9; pinned Levi Habiger, Humboldt,
0:57; pinned Keller Snesrude, Burlingame,
1:48; pinned Kaden Niemeyer, Rock Creek,
1:55; lost to Chris Reese, Fredonia, 3-5. McIntosh finished in fourth place in weight class.
Jack Stringer pinned Casey Rhoades, Central
Heights, 0:49; pinned by Kaden Niemeyer,
Rock Creek, 3:53; pinned Hayden Cole, Uniontown, 0:53; pinned Seth Pollett, Burlington,
2:15; lost to Chris Reese, Fredonia, 4-10; lost
to Kaden Niemeyer, Rock Creek, by forfeit.
Stringer finished in sixth place in weight class.
CANEY VALLEY
Although Caney Valley may
have been small in numbers
with just three available wrestlers, it still fared well at Saturday’s Burlington Invitational.
Led by second-place finishes from Wyatt Anderson
and Blake Hollandsworth, the
Bullpups earned 54 points
for 14th place at the 22-team
tournament.
“I felt the three wrestlers
we took exceeded my expectations for the weekend,” said
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Lady Pirates squander lead, fall to Dodge City
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — This
is one loss the Independence
Community College women’s
basketball team may remember for awhile.
Despite leading by 13 points
late in the third quarter, the
Lady Pirates were unable to
hold on down the stretch as
they suffered a heartbreaking 73-72 loss to Dodge City
in Jayhawk Conference action Saturday at the ICC Field
House.
That setback dropped ICC
to 12-5 overall and 3-4 in conference play. The Lady Pirates
were coming off a hard-fought
82-76 victory at Barton just
three days earlier.
Independence will be on
the road the next two weeks,
starting with Wednesday’s
contest at Cowley. Details were
unavailable as of presstime
but will appear in next week’s
paper. On Saturday, the Lady
Pirates will travel to Butler for
another conference matchup.
It seemed as though Saturday’s contest was going to be
an easy one by the way things
started for the Lady Pirates.
Tied at 9-all, ICC opened things
up with a 15-1 run — due in
part to a perfect 4-of-4 shooting to start from three-point
range. By the end of the first
quarter, the host team had a
27-15 advantage.
Although the Lady Conquistadors got into a bit of rhythm
in the second period, the Lady
Pirates appeared to keep them
at bay. ICC’s lead stood at 4035 heading into the intermission, but the team scored the
first nine points of the third
period to regain control at 4935.
In fact, Independence maintained that double-digit lead,
holding a 57-44 advantage
with 1:02 left in the quarter.
That’s when things quickly
went downhill. Dodge City
caught fire from the outside
by hitting three treys in a span
of less than two minutes. With
a 10-0 run, the Lady Conquistadors not only cut into the
margin but eventually took the
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lead at 62-61 with 6:54 to go.
ICC never regained control
the rest of the way. Instead,
DCCC continued its hot shooting, extending its scoring run
to 16 in a row to take its largest lead of seven, 68-61, with
4:49 remaining.
Although the Lady Pirates
tried to hang tough, they could
never overtake the Lady Conqs
in suffering the tough home
loss.
Maressah Milum scored 14
points to pace Independence,
while Simone Costa added 10.
Dodge City (14-3, 4-2) —
coached by former Lady Pirate assistant Mark James —
was led in scoring by Antania
Newton with 26 points. The
Lady Conquistadors also have
two players from Montgomery
County in Field Kindley graduates Alexus Johnson and Blair
Johnson.
DODGE CITY 73, INDEPENDENCE 72
DODGE CITY (14-3, 4-2): Antania Newton
8-19 4-4 26, Kyra Fennell 1-5 6-8 8, Brittany
Leonard 3-6 1-1 8, Fantasia Johnson 3-4 1-3
7, Dasia Johnson 2-4 2-4 6, Ajhania Smith 2-6
0-0 6, Talisha Presley 2-9 1-3 5, Alexus Johnson 1-4 2-2 5, Blair Johnson 0-2 2-2 2, Shelby
Luerman 0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS 22-59 19-29 73.
I NDEPENDENCE (12-5, 3-4): Maressah
Milum 3-8 8-9 14, Simone Costa 3-11 3-6 10,
Elina Berzina 4-8 0-0 9, Jay’Nee Alston 3-11
0-0 8, Sarah Hadjukovich 4-5 0-0 8, Brianna
Jackson-Brewer 3-14 1-2 7, Ja’Vonda Daniels
2-6 0-0 6, Cierra Palmer 2-6 1-2 5, Sarah Bartel
1-1 0-0 3, Syonah Williams 1-2 0-1 2. TOTALS
26-72 13-20 72.
DODGE CITY
15 20
14 24 — 73
INDEPENDENCE 27 13
17 15 — 72
Three-point goals — DCCC 10-23 (Newton
6-10, Smith 2-4, A. Johnson 1-2, Leonard 1-2,
Presley 0-3, B. Johnson 0-2); ICC 7-27 (Alston
2-7, Daniels 2-5, Costa 1-6, Berzina 1-3, Bartel 1-1, Jackson-Brewer 0-4, Palmer 0-1). Rebounds — DCCC 35 (F. Johnson 9); ICC 56
(Milum 14). Assists — DCCC 6 (D. Johnson 4);
ICC 16 (Costa 5). Turnovers — DCCC 17; ICC
17. Total Fouls — DCCC 16; ICC 23. Fouled
out — Jackson-Brewer. Technicals — DCCC
bench.
INDEPENDENCE 82,
BARTON 76
GREAT BEND — Leading
by 12 after three quarters, the
Lady Pirates went on to capture an impressive 82-76 road
win at Barton last Wednesday.
“Our kids played together
and never gave up,” said ICC
women’s coach Leslie Crane.
“The entire team was unified
through the entire game.”
Independence
jumped
ahead 21-13 after one quarter
CCC men split
wins in twin
road contests
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Independence Community College head coach Leslie Crane directs players during a timeout in Saturday’s home battle against
Dodge City. ICC lost the game, 73-72. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
and took a 43-37 edge into the
locker room at halftime. ICC
then opened up a double-digit
advantage by outscoring Barton 22-16 in the third period.
Costa had 17 points to lead
the way for the Lady Pirates,
followed by Brianna JacksonBrewer and Ja’Vonda Daniels
with 14 each and Elina Berzina with 10.
Four Barton players scored
in double figures, led by Jalisa
Jones with 16.
INDEPENDENCE 82, BARTON 76
INDEPENDENCE (12-4, 3-3): Simone Costa
5-11 7-8 17, Brianna Jackson-Brewer 6-10 1-1
14, Ja’Vonda Daniels 4-4 3-4 14, Elina Berzina
3-6 4-4 10, Jay’Nee Alston 3-6 0-2 7, Cierra
Palmer 3-6 0-0 6, Maressah Milum 1-2 2-2 4,
Sarah Hadjukovich 2-4 0-0 4, Olivia Murdock
1-1 0-0 2, Sarah Bartel 1-1 0-0 2, Syonah Williams 0-2 2-2 2. TOTALS 29-53 19-23 82.
BARTON (9-7, 1-4): Jalisa Jones 4-10 8-11
16, Regan Unruh 4-11 5-6 14, Kilee Harris
4-12 2-2 13, Alexus Bryson 3-14 4-8 12, Megan Jirak 2-8 4-4 8, Dominique Baker 2-8 2-2
6, Keneisha Winfrey 2-4 0-0 5, McKinna Kraus
1-1 0-0 2. TOTALS 22-68 25-33 76.
INDEPENDENCE 21 22
22 17 — 82
BARTON
13 24
16 23 — 76
Three-point goals — ICC 5-12 (Daniels 3-3,
Alston 1-4, Jackson-Brewer 1-3, Berzina 0-1,
Costa 0-1); BCC 7-24 (Harris 3-9, Bryson 2-7,
Unruh 1-6, Winfrey 1-2). Rebounds — ICC 41
(Palmer 11); BCC 32 (Jirak 13). Assists — ICC
17 (Costa 4); BCC 7 (Unruh 3). Turnovers – ICC
19; BCC 12. Total Fouls — ICC 27; BCC 22.
Fouled out — Berzina, Harris, Baker. Technicals — none.
LIBERAL — Coming off backto-back wins, the Coffeyville
Community College men’s basketball team was hoping to pick
up some steam as it heads into
the midway point of the Jayhawk Conference season.
Unfortunately, the Red Ravens were unable to keep that
streak going on Saturday as it
dropped an 89-84 decision to
Seward County.
With that loss, CCC fell to 9-8
overall and 2-4 in the Jayhawk
Conference. The Red Ravens
were scheduled to host Allen
on Wednesday, but no score or
details from that contest were
available as of presstime. The
squad will return to action on
Saturday at Pratt.
After making the long trek
west, the Red Ravens were
hoping to continue their winning ways and hung tough most
of the contest. CCC found itself
down just one, 39-38, at the
intermission and stayed within
striking distance much of the
second half.
In fact, Coffeyville stormed
out of the gates after the break
with a 10-0 run that gave the
visitors a 59-49 lead with 12:36
to go. Yet, the Ravens were
unable to hold on to that lead
down the stretch.
The Saints (14-4, 4-3) whittled away at the difference and
eventually got within two, 7573. Seward County tied things
up at 78-all with 1:40 remaining and then took the lead on a
free throw by Charles Beauregard, who had a game-high 28
points for SCCC.
Seward made some key plays
down the stretch to open up a
five-point lead. CCC got back
within two, 86-84, with just
27 seconds to go, but Seward
scored the game’s final three
points to seal the deal.
Lee Reliford had 22 points
to pace the Red Ravens, while
Delano Spencer put in 21 and
Jordan Taylor added 13.
In addition to Beauregard,
Niem Stevenson and Delano
Jones both reached double figures for Seward County with 27
and 17 points, respectively. SEWARD COUNTY 89, COFFEYVILLE 84
COFFEYVILLE (9-8, 2-4): Lee Reliford 8-15
5-7 22, Delano Spencer 6-11 7-11 21, Jordan
Taylor 4-10 2-3 13, Jovan Barksdale 2-9 4-4 9,
Mo Ahmed 2-2 1-2 5, William Jefferson 1-1
3-3 5, Gregory Poleon 2-4 0-2 4, Tedrick Wolfe
0-2 3-5 3, Jailen Gill 1-4 0-0 2, Darrion Strong
0-4 0-0 0. TOTALS 26-62 25-37 84.
SEWARD COUNTY (14-4, 4-3): Charles Beauregard 8-20 11-13 28, Niem Stevenson 1116 5-6 27, Delano Jones 4-12 7-7 17, Mitchell
Packard 4-13 0-0 8, Kris Williams 2-8 0-1 4,
James Byrd 1-2 2-2 4, Marcus Mathieu 0-1 1-2
1, Matthew Lewis 0-0 0-2 0, Delwin Young 0-0
0-2 0, Jeromie Simmons 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 3073 26-35 89.
COFFEYVILLE
38
46 — 84
SEWARD COUNTY
39
50 — 89
Three-point goals — CCC 7-23 (Taylor 3-8,
Spencer 2-4, Barksdale 1-5, Reliford 1-3,
Strong 0-2, Wolfe 0-1); SCCC 3-22 (Jones 2-7,
Beauregard 1-6, Packard 0-3, Stevenson 0-2,
Williams 0-2, Byrd 0-1, Simmons 0-1). Rebounds — CCC 49 (Poleon 10); SCCC 39 (Stevenson 9). Assists — CCC 7 (Spencer 3); SCCC
8 (Beauregard 3). Turnovers — CCC 21; SCCC
10. Total Fouls — CCC 30; SCCC 23. Fouled out
— Wolfe. Technicals — none.
COFFEYVILLE 96,
CLOUD COUNTY 70
CONCORDIA — The Red Ravens earned a second straight
conference win on Jan. 6 as
they blew out Cloud County
96-70.
CCC rolled from start to finish in picking up the win. Coffeyville had a 53-34 advantage
at the intermission after shooting 52.9 percent from the floor.
Coffeyville led by as many
as 32 points in the second half.
The Red Ravens finished the
game 33-of-58 from the floor
(56.9 percent), including 10of-24 from three-point range.
Jovan Barksdale had a
game-high 30 points to pace
CCC, followed by Darrion
Strong with 15, Lee Reliford 14
and Jailen Gill 11.
Leading the way for Cloud
County was Rushun Allen with
16.
COFFEYVILLE 96, CLOUD COUNTY 70
COFFEYVILLE (9-7, 2-3): Jovan Barksdale 10-15 4-6 30, Darrion Strong 5-10 3-4
15, Lee Reliford 4-4 5-7 14, Jailen Gill 4-6
3-5 11, Tedrick Wolfe 3-6 2-2 8, Jordan Taylor 3-10 0-0 7, Delano Spencer 1-3 2-4 4,
Gregory Poleon 1-1 0-0 2, Mo Ahmed 1-1
0-0 2, William Jefferson 1-1 0-0 2, Trayvon
Hards 0-1 1-2 1. TOTALS 33-58 20-30 96.
CLOUD COUNTY (8-9, 1-5): Rashun Allen 5-7 4-4 16, Henry Cornelious 4-11 5-7 13,
Deon Lyle 3-9 0-2 8, Aamahne Santos 3-8 0-0
8, Jesse Patrick 1-3 4-4 7, Alex Martin 1-4 3-4
5, Cardarius Williams 2-4 0-0 4, Duby Maduegbunam 1-6 2-5 4, Demonte Ojinnaka 1-1 0-1 3,
Dejuan Sherman 0-2 2-2 2, Devonte Dixon 0-4
0-0 0, Cherif Fall 0-2 0-0 0, Abe Elder 0-0 0-0 0,
Sterlin Cato 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-61 20-29 70.
COFFEYVILLE 53 43
—
96
CLOUD COUNTY 34 36
—
70
Three-point goals — CCC 10-24 (Barksdale
6-10, Strong 2-5, Taylor 1-5, Reliford 1-1, Wolfe
0-2, Spencer 0-1); CCCC 8-23 (Lyle 2-8, Santos
2-3, Allen 2-2, Patrick 1-2, Ojinnaka 1-1, Maduegbunam 0-3, Dixon 0-2, Sherman 0-1, Martin 0-1). Rebounds — CCC 44 (Wolfe 8); CCCC
32 (Patrick 6). Assists — CCC 12 (Barksdale 3,
Gill 3); CCCC 12 (Santos 7). Turnovers — CCC
18; CCCC 17. Total Fouls — CCC 19; CCCC 20.
Fouled out — Williams. Technicals — Taylor.
IMS boys’ teams on busy pace in January
INDEPENDENCE — Amauryon Farley scored 19 points
and Davion Lewis added 18 to
lift the Independence Middle
School boys’ basketball team
to a 56-16 victory over Iola
Monday at Losey Gymnasium.
This was the first win of the
season for the Bulldogs, who
were coming off a 47-40 loss
at Parsons on Jan. 7. IMS currently stands at 1-1 on the season heading into today’s home
games against Fort Scott. The
team will follow that up with
a trip to Pittsburg on Saturday for the SEK Shootout before returning to Pittsburg for
games on Tuesday.
Against Iola, the Bulldogs
jumped ahead 14-6 in the
opening quarter and extended
that advantage to 26-11 by
halftime. A 21-5 run in the
third period pushed the IMS
advantage up to 47-16.
Also on Monday, the IMS
seventh grade team picked up
a 37-32 win over Iola. In that
contest, the Bulldogs overcame a 26-24 deficit after
three quarters by outscoring
the Mustangs 13-6 in the final
period.
Travareus Wilson recorded
17 points to lead Independence, followed by Darion
Elias with 14.
On Jan. 7, IMS came up
short in eighth grade action
against Parsons. Lewis paced
the Bulldogs with 23 points,
while Jaden McGrath added
10.
The seventh grade team
escaped with a 23-22 victory
over the Vikings. Wilson was
the lone double-figure scorer
for Independence with 11.
MONDAY, JAN. 11
EIGHTH GRADE A
Independence 56, Iola 16
IOLA: Delich 9, Leonard 7.
INDEPENDENCE: Farley 5 (3) 0-0 19, Lewis
7 4-4 18, McGrath 0 (2) 0-0 6, Lang 3 0-0 6,
Jones 2 0-0 4, White 0 (1) 0-0 3, Hayward 0 0-0
0, Chism 0 0-0 0, Dozier 0 0-0 0, Skaggs 0 0-0
0, Rinne 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17 (6) 4-4 56.
IOLA
6
5
5
0 — 16
INDEPENDENCE 14 12
21
9 — 56
SEVENTH GRADE A
IOLA: Bycroft 8, Adams 8, Badders 6, Kaufman
5, Smith 3, Rogers 2.
INDEPENDENCE: Wilson 7 3-4 17, Darion Elias
4 (2) 0-0 14, Paige 2 0-0 4, Johnston 1 0-0 2,
Decker 0 0-0 0, Milligan 0 0-0 0, Jarnagin 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 14 (2) 3-4 37.
IOLA
8
10
8
6 — 32
INDEPENDENCE 13 4
7
13 — 37
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EIGHTH GRADE B
IOLA: Zimmerman 7, Whitney 5, Venter 4.
INDEPENDENCE: Lang 4 0-1 8, Al-Bureni 1
(1) 1-2 6, Hayward 1 (1) 0-0 5, Dozier 2 0-0 4,
Jones 2 0-0 4, Skaggs 1 0-2 2, Rinne 0 2-6 2,
White 0 1-2 1, Metcalf 0 1-2 1, Day 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 11 (2) 5-17 33.
IOLA
5
2
5
4 — 16
INDEPENDENCE 6
7
11
9 — 33
SEVENTH GRADE B
IOLA: Shields 5, Preston 3, Kaufman 2.
INDEPENDENCE: Milligan 2 2-2 6, Grice 2 0-0
4, Korm-Harris 1 1-4 3, Hines 1 0-0 2, Mendoza
0 1-2 1, Gibbons 0 0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-0 0, Moses
0 0-0 0, Oliver 0 0-0 0, Jarnagin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 6 (0) 4-8 16.
IOLA
0
5
0
5 — 10
INDEPENDENCE 4
5
4
3 — 16
THURSDAY, JAN. 7
EIGHTH GRADE A
Parsons 47, Independence 40
INDEPENDENCE: Lewis 10 3-11 23, McGrath 2
(2) 0-2 10, Farley 2 0-0 4, Chism 1 0-0 2, Rinne
0 1-2 1, Hayward 0 0-0 0, Coller 0 0-0 0, Dozier
0 0-0 0, Lang 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15 (2) 4-15 40.
PARSONS: Johnson 28, Williams 12, Pousher
4, Strathe 2, Natt 1.
INDEPENDENCE 9
9
6
16 — 40
PARSONS
10 11
8
18 — 47
SEVENTH GRADE A
INDEPENDENCE: Wilson 4 3-4 11, Johnston 3
1-3 7, Elias 1 (1) 0-4 5, Decker 0 0-1 0, Milligan
0 0-0 0, Paige 0 0-0 0, Jarnagin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
8 (1) 4-12 23.
PARSONS: Smith 8, Woodworth 7, Spriggs 3,
Hickles 3, Marks 1.
INDEPENDENCE 3
5
10
5 — 23
PARSONS
12 2
0
8 — 22
EIGHTH GRADE B
INDEPENDENCE: Jones 4 1-2 9, Lang 4 0-0 8,
Dozier 3 1-2 7, Hayward 1 (1) 0-0 5, Day 2 1-2
5, Al-Bureni 2 0-0 4, Metcalf 1 0-0 2, Skaggs
1 0-0 2, Rinne 0 0-4 0. TOTALS 18 (1) 3-10 42.
PARSONS: C. Hogan 8, Natt 7, M. Hogan 5.
INDEPENDENCE 8
12
8
14 — 42
PARSONS
4
8
9
7 — 28
SEVENTH GRADE B
INDEPENDENCE: Jarnagin 3 0-0 6, KormHarris 1 (1) 0-2 5, Oliver 2 1-2 5, Milligan 2 0-0
4, Pralle 1 1-2 3, Hines 1 1-4 3, Grice 1 0-0 2,
Mendoza 1 0-2 2, Gibbons 0 0-2 0, Moses 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (1) 3-14 30.
PARSONS: McKee 5, Marks 4.
INDEPENDENCE 7
11
9
3 — 30
PARSONS
0
4
2
9 — 15
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SPORTS
CCC women suffer loss against Seward, slip past Cloud County
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
LIBERAL — For the first
time in conference play, the
Coffeyville Community College women’s basketball team
found itself on the losing side
as it suffered a 66-55 setback
to 23rd-ranked Seward County in a Jayhawk Conference
matchup on Saturday.
“Seward has a nice team,
and they played well,” said
CCC women’s coach Emily
Washburn, whose squad beat
Seward County in the semifinal
round of the Region VI Tournament a year ago in Wichita.
“We were very flat and did not
play with energy. They hit big
shots, and we didn’t.”
The loss dropped the Lady
Ravens to 13-4 overall and
5-1 in conference play. CCC
was scheduled to host Allen on
Wednesday (further details to
appear in next week’s paper)
before traveling to Pratt on
Saturday.
Coffeyville grabbed an early
lead but found itself down 1916 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady Ravens hung
tough and trailed by just one,
30-29, heading into the locker
room at halftime.
The big difference proved
to be the third quarter when
Seward County (13-4, 5-2)
outscored Coffeyville 21-10 to
open up a double-digit lead at
51-39. The Lady Ravens never
recovered from there as they
suffered their first conference
loss.
Leading the way for the
Lady Ravens was Jade Carranza, who finished with a
double-double at 12 points
and 12 rebounds.
Also reaching double figures for CCC was Antoinette
Daniels with 10 points.
The Lady Saints were led by
Axelle Bernard with 19 points,
followed by Tiani White with
11, and Clitan de Sousa and
Daniela Galindo with 10 each.
SEWARD COUNTY 66, COFFEYVILLE 55
COFFEYVILLE (13-4, 5-1): Jade Carranza
Pirate men bruised by Dodge City
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — A onepoint halftime deficit turned
into an insurmountable margin in the second half for the
Independence Community College men’s basketball team
Saturday
evening
against
Dodge City. The Conquistadors
led by as many as 22 points in
the second half en route to an
82-68 victory over the Pirates
at the ICC Field House.
“We didn’t make shots and
missed some free throws,”
said Pirate coach Tony Turner. “They were a little more
physical than what we were.
We didn’t stick to the game
plan. We were supposed to
trap down on their post, and
we never did. That kind of left
us vulnerable. Our guys didn’t
battle to the end and kind of
played half defense.”
ICC lost for a second straight
game and the fifth time in its
last six outings as it dropped
to 11-5 overall and 2-5 in the
Jayhawk Conference. The Pirates will spend the next two
weeks on the road, starting
with Wednesday’s trip to Cowley. No score or detail was
available from that contest
as of presstime. Up next, the
squad will travel to El Dorado
for another conference matchup against Butler on Saturday.
Not much went right for
the Pirates against Dodge City,
particularly in the second half.
ICC finished the game 23-of55 from the floor and was
just 5-of-26 from three-point
range.
The teams went back and
forth much of the first half.
Independence had a 20-17
lead following a bucket from
Shawntez Scroggins with 7:34
left in the first half. The Conquistadors ran off nine straight
points to go up six, but the Pirates responded and trailed by
just one, 29-28, heading into
the locker room at the intermission.
After a competitive first
half, things went downhill in
a hurry for the Pirates in the
second half. ICC did manage
to take a quick 30-29 lead just
seconds after the break on a
bucket from David Adeyemo.
That was one of the few bright
spots in the second half for Independence.
Dodge City opened up a
double-digit lead at 50-39
and continued to extend that
advantage. Overall, the Conquistadors used a 42-19 run to
turn that one-point deficit early in the second half into their
largest lead of 22 at 71-49 with
4:36 remaining.
Three ICC players reached
double figures in scoring, including Davauhnte Turner
with 13 points, De’Andre King
12 and David Beasley 11.
The Conquistadors (12-5,
3-3) was led by Josh Boutte
with 21 points. James Newton
— a graduate of Field Kindley
High School in Coffeyville —
followed with 18. Also reaching double figures for Dodge
city were Jamie Rutherford
with 12, and Jamil Hood and
Jonathan Joseph with 11 each.
DODGE CITY 82, INDEPENDENCE 68
DODGE CITY (12-5, 3-3): Josh Boutte 8-9
5-6 21, James Newton 6-13 4-5 18, Jamie
Rutherford 5-7 1-2 12, Jamil Hood 3-8 4-8 11,
Jonathan Joseph 5-8 1-2 11, Lorenzo Dillard
1-3 5-8 7, Jeremy Treaudo 1-4 0-0 2, Mario
Ponds 0-0 0-0 0, Sam Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Matt
Lebegue 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 29-52 20-31 82.
INDEPENDENCE (11-5, 2-5): Davauhnte
Turner 4-11 5-8 13, De’Andre King 4-8 1-2 12,
David Beasley 4-10 2-2 11, Tyrone Riley 2-4
4-4 8, Tate Turner 3-7 2-3 8, Shawntez Scroggins 3-3 1-2 8, Aaron Smith 2-10 2-4 6, David
Adeyemo 1-2 0-0 2, Alex Ennis 0-0 0-0 0, Malike Hart 0-0 0-0 0, Damion Hunt 0-0 0-0 0,
Deon Tripp 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-55 17-25 68.
DODGE CITY
29 53 — 82
INDEPENDENCE 28 40 — 68
Three-point goals — DCCC 4-14 (Newton 2-6,
Hood 1-2, Rutherford 1-2, Joseph 0-2, Treaudo 0-2); ICC 5-26 (King 3-7, Beasley 1-6, Scroggins 1-1, Smith 0-5, D. Turner 0-5, T. Turner
0-2). Rebounds — DCCC 37 (Boutte 10); ICC
39 (Riley 8). Assists — DCCC 12 (Dillard 4);
ICC 5 (Beasley 2, Scroggins 2). Turnovers —
DCCC 9; ICC 16. Total Fouls — DCCC 15; ICC
19. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
BARTON 63,
INDEPENDENCE 46
GREAT BEND — It was a
rough night on the offensive
end for the Pirates in a 63-46
loss at Barton on Jan. 6.
ICC finished the game just
15-of-56 from the floor as it
recorded its lowest scoring
output of the season. Independence trailed 28-20 at the intermission and was outscored
35-26 in the second half.
No Pirate players reached
double figures in scoring for
the game.
Barton was led by Derek
Dorn with 16, followed by
Keith Mack with 13 and Dequandre Dentmond 10.
BARTON 63, INDEPENDENCE 46
INDEPENDENCE (11-4, 2-4): Tyrone Riley 3-3 3-4 9, David Beasley 3-13 0-0 8,
Davauhnte Turner 1-5 3-4 6, Tate Turner 2-6
1-1 6, Aaron Smith 2-8 0-0 6, David Adeyemo
1-6 2-2 4, Shawntez Scroggins 2-2 0-1 4, Malik
Hart 1-2 0-0 3, De’Andre King 0-8 0-0 0, Alex
Ennis 0-3 0-0 0, Damion Hunt 0-0 0-2 0, Deon
Tripp 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15-56 9-14 46.
BARTON (13-3, 5-0): Derek Dorn 2-7 1214 16, Keith Mack 6-11 1-2 13, Dequandre
Dentmond 3-7 4-4 10, Tyrone Acuff 4-8 0-2 8,
Ezekiel Charles 2-8 2-2 7, John Barbee 1-1 1-2
4, Jordan Windholz 1-3 0-0 3, Anthony Smith
1-5 0-0 2, Eddie Hunt 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 20-52
20-26 63.
INDEPENDENCE 20 26 — 46
BARTON
28 35 — 63
Three-point goals — ICC 7-28 (Beasley 2-7,
Smith 2-7, T. Turner 1-4, D. Turner 1-3, Hart
1-1, King 0-6); BCC 3-16 (Charles 1-4, Windholz 1-3, Barbee 1-1, Dorn 0-3, Acuff 0-3,
Mack 0-1, Hunt 0-1). Rebounds — ICC 36 (D.
Turner 6, Riley 6, Adeyemo 6); BCC 42 (Dentmond 12). Assists — ICC 6 (D. Turner 3); BCC
9 (Dorn 4). Turnovers — ICC 13; BCC 11. Total
Fouls — ICC 21; BCC 16. Fouled out — none.
Technicals – none.
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
5-6 2-2 12, Antoinette Daniels 3-10 4-6 10,
Odyssey Trussell 3-8 0-0 8, Chanel Khammarath 1-8 3-4 6, Caletria Curtis 2-5 0-0 6, Alanie
Fisher 2-9 0-0 5, Jasmine Davis 1-2 0-0 3, Desiree Nelson 1-5 0-0 3, Jazmine Torian 1-2 0-0
2, Chantelle Smith 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19-55
9-12 55.
SEWARD COUNTY (13-4, 5-2): Axelle Bernard 9-14 1-1 19, Tiani White 4-10 0-0 11,
Clitan de Sousa 5-6 0-0 10, Daniela Galindo
4-9 0-0 10, Erin Richardson 2-8 1-1 6, Leslie
Speer 1-4 3-4 5, Samm Ashida 1-2 0-0 3, Joanna Grymek 1-3 0-0 2, Neidy Ocuane 0-0 0-0
0, Manuela Fungate 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 27-56
5-6 66.
COFFEYVILLE
16
13
10 16 — 55
SEWARD COUNTY 19
11
21 15 — 66
Three-point goals — CCC 8-22 (Trussell 2-6,
Curtis 2-2, Nelson 1-5, Fisher 1-4, Khammarath 1-3, Davis 1-1, Torian 0-1); SCCC 7-22
(White 3-5, Galindo 2-7, Richardson 1-6, Ashida 1-2, Bernard 0-1, de Sousa 0-1). Rebounds
— CCC 33 (Carranza 12); SCCC 34 (Bernard
10). Assists — CCC 15 (Curtis 4); SCCC 20 (Bernard 8). Turnovers — CCC 23; SCCC 23. Total
Fouls — CCC 9; SCCC 16. Fouled out — none.
Technicals — none.
COFFEYVILLE 63,
CLOUD COUNTY 61
CONCORDIA — It took a
strong fourth quarter, but the
Lady Ravens stayed unbeaten
in conference play with a 6361 come-from-behind victory
over Cloud County on Jan. 6.
“We did not play as well as
we could have, but it is a great
road win,” Washburn said.
“Cloud has a solid team and
was well prepared. I thought
we played a good defensive
game but did not shoot the ball
well.”
CCC trailed 51-46 after
three quarters but rallied
down the stretch by outscoring the Lady Thunderbirds 1710 in the final 10 minutes of
action. Coffeyville had trailed
much of the game, including
19-15 after one quarter and
33-29 at the intermission.
Chanel Khammarath had
a team-high 14 points to lead
the way for CCC, followed by
Jasmine Davis with 11.
Cloud County was led by
Kaley Broeckelman and Erin
Alexander with 14 each, while
Katelyn Thomson put in 12.
COFFEYVILLE 63, CLOUD COUNTY 61
COFFEYVILLE (13-3, 5-0): Chanel Khammarth 6-14 0-0 14, Jasmine Davis 4-8 2-2 11,
Odyssey Trussell 3-6 0-2 9, Alanie Fisher 4-13
1-1 9, Antoinette Daniels 3-7 0-0 6, Desiree
Nelson 2-7 1-2 5, Caletria Curtis 2-7 0-0 4,
Jazmine Torian 1-5 1-2 3, Jade Carranza 1-3
0-0 2, Chantelle Smith 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 2670 5-9 63.
CLOUD COUNTY (11-6, 3-3): Kaley
Broeckelman 5-19 2-2 14, Erin Alexander
5-11 4-4 14, Katelyn Thomson 4-8 0-0 12,
Chelcie Kizart 3-7 2-2 8, Darby Price 3-7 0-0 6,
Gabrielle Figges 2-6 0-0 4, Kristina Farber 1-9
1-2 3, Dahlia Bell 0-0 0-0 0, Cara Flach 0-0 0-0
0, Amaris Jones 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-68 9-10
61.
COFFEYVILLE 15 14
17 17 — 63
CLOUD COUNTY19 14
18 10 — 61
Three-point goals — CCC 6-14 (Trussell 3-4,
Khammarath 2-3, Davis 1-1, Nelson 0-4,
Fisher 0-2); CCCC 6-24 (Thomson 4-8, Broeckelman 2-9, Figges 0-4, Kizart 0-2, Jones 0-1).
Rebounds — CCC 52 (Curtis 7, Carranza 7,
Daniels 7); CCCC 40 (Alexander 11). Assists
— CCC 14 (Khammarath 4); CCCC 16 (Figgers
5). Turnovers — CCC 13; CCCC 10. Total Fouls
— CCC 9; CCCC 10. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
CMS girls’ team bow in defeat to Eureka, 31-28
CHERRYVALE — Despite leading by five
points at halftime, the Cherryvale Middle School
girls’ basketball team fell just short in a 31-28
home loss to Eureka on Monday.
CMS lost for a second straight game as it
dropped to 4-5 overall and 3-4 in the Tri-Valley
League. The Lady Chargers was scheduled to
host Fredonia today.
Against Eureka, Cherryvale jumped ahead
8-2 in the opening quarter and still had a 14-9
edge at the intermission. Although CMS maintained a 22-19 lead after three quarters, the
visitors took control down the stretch, outscoring the Chargers 12-6 in the final period.
Allison Poole had 13 points to lead the way
for CMS, followed by Mariah Monroy with six,
Camdyn Forman four, Isabelle McGhee three
and Christa Boswell two.
Cherryvale did salvage a split of games with
Eureka after winning the B game 31-6.
Harley Allen scored 14 points to pace the
Chargers, followed by Hannah Kaiser with six.
Other scorers included Jairen Burns with four;
Makenna Kuehn, Natalie Shepard and Morgan
Hugo with two each; and Aaliyana Bryson with
one.
Prior to that, Cherryvale split a pair of games
at Galesburg on Jan. 7, with the A team falling
short 26-21.
In that contest, the teams were locked up
at 14-all at the intermission, but the Chargers
struggled to score in the second half, being outscored 12-4 during that stretch.
Monroy had eight points to lead CMS. Also
scoring was Forman with four, Boswell three,
and McGhee, Poole and Burns with two each.
The B team did manage to pick up a 16-15
victory against Galesburg. CMS rallied from an
11-8 deficit at halftime to rally past the host
team.
Alyssa Boswell reached double figures with
10 points, while Burns put in six.
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Church Directory
WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Jerry D. Davidson,
minister. (620) 778-6575. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Church, 11 a.m. Mailing address for the church: Wayside Christian Church, 508 S. Spring, Caney, KS 67333.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: 908 E. Fourth,
Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 330-0121. Come and worship
with us at New Hope Christian Church, 908 E. 4th.
Sunday School for adults and youths starts 9:30 a.m.,
with coffee and donuts served. Sunday worship service
begins at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will include professors, teachers and students from Ozark Christian College. Find Hope in Christ Jesus at New Hope Christian
Church. Colossians 1:27.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHERRYVALE:
Fourth and Montgomery streets, Cherryvale, KS. John
Chastain, pastor. (620) 336-2440. Sunday School-All
Ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; 2nd
Sunday, Cookie Sunday; 4th Sunday, Fellowship Dinner. Wed. - Family Night - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Free
dinner, 6:30 Youth Group and Ladies Bible Study, Monday - Men’s Bible Study - 6:00 pm.
CHERRYVALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Eric Lang, minister. 319 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2533.
Free coffee and doughnuts on Sunday mornings, 10:15
a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evening
6:30 p.m. Student Service. Love God, Love People,
Serve the World. Go to www.cheryyvalechristian.org.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Gordon Willhite, pastor. 906
Elm Street, Coffeyville, KS. (620) 251-1710. Sunday
Church at Study, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church at Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Church mission: Community-wide
breakfast last Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to 11
a.m.; Game Day on Mondays, 1 p.m.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHERRYVALE: 717 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. (620)
336-3504. David Bennett, pastor. Website: www.
fsbccherryvaleks.com. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6
p.m.; Wed. Night Bible Study & Youth, 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE PRAISE & WORSHIP: David and Renea
Cavaness. 308 N. Liberty, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 3368027. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m.; Morning
Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by Sunday evening worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, go to
www.nlpw.org or send an e-mail to [email protected].
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 108 N. Bradley, Caney,
KS. (620) 879-5604, church number; Rev. Jonathan
Schultz, pastor, (918) 520-9829 (pastor’s cell number);
Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Church, 10 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANEY: 100 E.
Fourth, P.O. Box 141, Caney, Bill Wright, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study, 6 p.m.
9-17-15
TYRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: David Bycroft, evangelist. Box 307, Tyro, KS. (620) 289-4433. Traditional
Worship Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Contemporary Praise/Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Eve.
Worship & Youth Classes, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Youth
Classes, 7 p.m.
CHERRYVALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Jeffrey L.
Owen, 305 E. Main. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
morning worship 10:30 a.m. Call (620) 217-9665 for
other service times. “Come & Dine” free community
meal 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, unless otherwise noted.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Sixtus Ye
Myint, priest. 303 N. Hooker, Caney, KS. Sunday Mass,
11 a.m.; Weekday Masses on Monday, 8 a.m.; Confessions are before Mass; CCD/PSR Classes on Sunday at
9:30 a.m.; Altar Society, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CANEY: Brad Sanders,
pastor. 900 S. Ridgeway, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5220.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship,
10:40 a.m.; Sunday Night Service (during summer),
6:30 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Andrew Heiman, pastor. 202 S. Liberty, Cherryvale, KS.
Parish Hall: (620) 336-2599. All mail and calls to St.
Andrew Parish in Independence, KS: (620) 331-1789.
Sunday Mass, 8 a.m.
CANEY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd
and Vine streets. Worship led by Rev. Tim Black. Adult
& children’s Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship at 11
a.m. Wednesday Kids’ Quest/Prayer Meeting at 6:30
p.m. For more info call (918) 331-6334. Visit caneyopc.
org for more information.
CHERRYVALE CHURCH OF CHRIST: Stan Bryan, minister. North Hwy. 169, Cherryvale, KS. (620) 336-3948.
Sunday Bible Study, 10 a.m.; Preaching, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.
CROSS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CANEY: Joshua
Eaton, pastor. South 75 Highway, Caney, KS (620) 8792839. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Website:
crosspointcaney.com.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: 300 W. 9th
Street (corner of 9th & Willow), Coffeyville, KS; Dr. J.
Dean McNamara, pastor; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;
Sunday Services, 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study, Office “Ivy Room”, 6:30 p.m.; Youth,
“R.C.” Kids, Main Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. Phone:
(620) 251-3980; www.coffeyvillefbc.com.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF INDEPENDENCE: Ryan Carpenter, pastor. 918 W. Chestnut,
Independence, KS. (620) 331-3810. www.fsbindependence.com. SERVICES: Sunday Morning Bible Study
for all ages, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45
a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Night Bible Study/Prayer & Youth, 6:30 p.m.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY OF CHRIST: three
miles north of Dearing, Kan., at the corner of county
roads 3900 and 2600. Pastors are Melissa McIntosh.
Leslie Brooks, and Johnna Hugo. Church school 10
a.m., Worship service 11 a.m. Crossroads is a welcoming congregation to all races, genders and orientations. Phone 620-331-9294.
LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Bill Booe,
pastor. Sunday morning service, 9 -10 a.m. (nursery
available). Sunday school for youth and adults, 10:1510:45 a.m. Other events include Kids Club and Food,
Fun & Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on 1st, 3rd Wednesday
of each month; Bible Study on 2nd Wednesday of
each month; Family Night on 5th Wednesday of each
month. Youth Group meetings at 5 p.m., on 2nd and
4th Sundays of each month. P.O. Box 175, Liberty, KS
67351. Call (620) 330-3432.
CHRIST’S CHURCH AT CHERRYVALE: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday night Bible study at 1000 E. 4th St., Cherryvale. We welcome new friends and returning brothers and sisters back after Pastor Louie Celaya’s period
of recovery. Sunday morning services considered at a
later date. Watch this listing for updates, or call (620)
702-6024 for more information.
CANEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE: Keven
Grigg, pastor, 407 N. Spring, Caney, KS. 620-8792101. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;
Divorce Care, www.divorcecare.org. For events see
our Facebook page and Instagram.
CHERRYVALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 305
W. Third, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2375. Pastor Carl
Ellis. Worship 11:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Preschool is open from September to April.
Nursery is available every Sunday.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OF CANEY: Mike Morris,
minister. 301 N. McGee, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5255.
Morning Worship, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Evening Worship,
Sun., 6 p.m.; Sunday Youth Meeting, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service, 6:30 p.m.; Children’s Church, 1st, 2nd,
3rd & 5th Sundays of the Month.
CANEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Will Kenyon, pastor. 114 N. High, Caney, KS. (620) 879-2648.
Caney United Methodist Church: where God, tradition
and community intersect. Pastor Will Kenyon leads us
in worship at 10:45am which follows Sunday school
at 9:30am. Community meal open to all on the 2nd
and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Come be a part
of living out God’s mission. Reach out and transform
lives by sharing Christ’s love. You matter to God, and
you matter to us.
The cost to have your church listed in
this advertisement is $10 per month. To
have your church listed on this Church
Directory, call Emalee Mikel, ad director
for the Montgomery County Chronicle,
at 1-800-592-7606.
INDEPENDENCE
The pond at Independence Community College. (Courtesy photo)
A new fishing hole for Indy
Independence Community College pond now designated a public fishing habitat
Independence Community College has announced
that its pond located on the college’s main campus,
has been designated a public fishing habitat by the
Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism
(KDWPT).
As part of the state’s F.I.S.H. program (Fishing Impoundments and Stream Habitats), ICC will receive
advice from KDWPT for managing plant and aquatic
life in the pond, a nominal lease payment of $100, and
stockings as needed. The first scheduled stocking is
set for October.
“We are going to stock it with channel catfish, but
there are fish in that pond now,” said Ben Neely, fisheries biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife,
Park and Tourism. “I have personally fished that pond
and caught bluegill and bass – it’s a nice pond.”
ICC plans to offer fishing related courses to the public through their Community Links program later this
year.
Anglers wishing to fish the pond are asked to park
in the college’s west parking lot, located near the Pirate water tower.
The pond sits at the north end of ICC’s main campus
at 1057 West College Avenue, between the residence
halls and the gymnasium.
“I think it is wonderful to be able to provide fishing,
not just to our students, but to the community as well,”
said Dan Barwick, college president. “I hope fishing at
the college becomes as popular as disc golf.”
In addition to the pond, ICC has an 18-hole disc golf
course that is open to the public.
“There’s not too many community colleges where
students can live in water-front residence halls and go
fishing whenever they like,” said Barwick.
To learn more about the F.I.S.H. program visit
ksoutdoors.com or www.indycc.edu.
Local recycling effort to begin in February
Recycling will soon be made
available in Independence
under a program developed
through the City of Independence, Independence Chamber of Commerce, and Leadership Independence.
Beginning on Saturday, Feb.
6 (and continuing on the first
Saturday of each month), the
City of Independence will allow
for the free drop off of recyclable materials at the City of
Independence Sanitation Yard
at 21st and Maple streets. The
drop-off hours will be 8 a.m. to
noon.
Lisa Wilson, chamber director, said the idea for local
recycling was broached by
the Leadership Independence
class of 2014, which sought
facts and figures about how
recycling can be brought to
the Independence community.
The concept of a recycling program eventually was taken to
the Independence City Commission. City leaders discussed
the project with officials from
the City of Fredonia, which
has a community recycling
program. The City of Fredonia
opened its doors to the City of
Independence as a partner in
the recycling project, which
culminated in the kickoff effort
on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Recyclable materials gathered at the Independence
dropoff site will be taken to
Fredonia.
A member of the City of Independence sanitation service
will be at the sanitation yard
to make sure residents do not
drop off household garbage
or any other unwanted materials. A list of acceptable and
unacceptable recyclable items
is available in the shaded box
with this story.
Wilson emphasized that the
recycling service will be made
available only on the first Saturday of each month from 8
a.m. to noon.
On a separate matter, the
City of Independence encourages residents to make us of
Montgomery County’s Household Hazardous Waste service at 114 N. Wald. Household hazardous waste can be
dropped off at that location
each on the third Wednesday
INDEPENDENCE RECYCLING
Begins Saturday, Feb. 6
(and continues on the first Saturday of each month)
8 a.m.-noon • City of Independence Sanitation Yard, 21st & Maple streets
What can be accepted?
• Aluminum Cans (flatten if possible)
• Appliances
• Books/Phone Books
• Car & Lawn Mower Batteries
• Cardboard
• Cell Phones
• E-Waste
• Glass Bottles (remove lids)
• Household batteries
• Junk Mail
• Magazines/Catalogs
• Newspapers
• Paper/Shredded Paper/Office Waste
• Plastic Containers (1-7 only, rinse and
remove lids)
• Slick Coated Boxes (cereal, cracker, tissue) • Steel Cans (rinse out & remove lids) of each month from March
through November.
What cannot be accepted:
• Aerosol Can • Aluminum Cat Food Cans
• Bubble Wrap
• Building Materials • Ceramic
• Hazardous Materials
• Light Bulbs • Mirrors
• Packing Peanuts
• Paint Cans
• Paper Plates
• Paper Towels
• Styrofoam
• Tin Foil/Pie Plates • Tires
• Waxed Cardboard
• Windshields
• Wrapping Paper
For more information or to
go schedule an appointment,
call (620) 331-4139.
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Local
theatre
group to
perform
comedy
Montgomery County Theater has announced that they
are in the rehearsal process of
another southern-fried comedy called “The Red Velvet Cake
War.” The production, which
will be held in a dinner-theatre
format at the First Presbyterian Church of Independence,
will be held on Friday, Jan.
29 and Saturday, Jan. 30 with
the doors opening at 6:15 p.m.
dinner will be served at 6:30
and the show will follow.
There will be a special dessert matinee on Sunday, Jan.
31 with doors opening at 1:15
p.m. and dessert to be served
at 1:30 and the show to follow.
Tickets for the evening
shows are $25 each, while
tickets for the Sunday matinee
are $20 each. Five dollars from
each ticket sale will be donated to the Independence Community College Music Department to assist students with
an upcoming trip to Mexico.
Tickets will be available from
Jan. 13-27 at Magnolia Scents
by Design.
The meal will be prepared
by Rick’s Ribs & Barbecue.
Servers will be ICC music students. On the menu is pulled
pork, baked beans, coleslaw,
potato salad, water, tea, coffee
and dessert.
Under the direction of Deborah Sandoval, the two-act
comedy follows MCT Players
successful presentations of the
hit plays “Dearly Departed,”
“Southern Hospitality,” “Dearly Beloved” and “Christmas
Belles.”
“The Red Velvet Cake War”
spins hilariously out of control
in this Southern farce when
the three Verdeen cousins
(Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette) decide to throw
a family reunion on the hottest
day of July, during the middle
of Texas tornado season. Unfortunately, the cousins face
an uphill battle as a neighbor’s
pet devours everything edible
and a high-stakes wager is
made on who bakes the best
red velvet cake.
The cast includes Lois Lessman, Vanessa Dennis, Jeff
Shaw, Lori Shaw, Stacy Near,
Terri Goodner Barbera, John
Freeman, Gary Morrison, Lisa
Weber, Lea Shepard and Geoff
Corle, all from Independence,
and Gloria Leyda of Coffeyville.
Free soup luncheon,
program to honor King
The public is invited to attend a celebration to honor Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. To begin the event a free soup luncheon will be held at 2 p.m.,
Sunday, Jan. 17 in the Community Room at Independence
High School, followed by the
MLK Day program at 3 p.m. in
the Performing Arts Center at
Independence High School.
This celebration honors the
life of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. and highlights his message
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you
doing for others?’”
Special presentations and
readings will be provided by
speakers from various faith
based organizations as well
as from community members.
The Martin Luther King, Jr.
Community Memorial Choir
will be singing as a part of the
day’s program also.
Award presentations will
be given which include the
“Spirit of Unity” award which
is in recognition for a lifetime
of service, cultivating peace
and harmony with all people,
a community member who
has made a significant impact
on the past and present of our
community, and who’s impact
will continue to be felt well
into the future.
The community is encouraged to bring a non-perishable
food item to contribute to the
food drive being held which
will benefit the Independence
Food Basket. A challenge has
been issued to see who can
collect the most food between
the Jefferson and Eisenhower
schools combined, Independence Middle School, Independence High School or the community at large.
Collection containers will
be available at the schools for
students. The community can
bring items to Marvin’s Food
Saver or the Independence
Chamber of Commerce office
throughout the week, or they
can also be brought the day of
the event.
Sponsors of the event are
the Independence Chamber
of Commerce Diversity Task
Force, Quinn Chapel AME and
RSVP Four County.
For more information contact the Independenc,e Chamber of Commerce at (620) 3311890 or Kathy Shepard, RSVP
Four County at (620) 3321954.
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INDEPENDENCE
USD 446 Students of the Month for December announced
USD 446 has announced
the students who were named
Students of the Month for December in a program jointly
sponsored by Community National Bank, the Independence
Reporter, Independence Cinemas, Independence Pizza Hut,
and Sonic Drive-In.
One student from each
school building is nominated
for the monthly award.
At Eisenhower Elementary School, Sarah Foster is
the student of the month. The
6-year-old daughter of Michelle and Andy Foster and
sister to Megan Foster, Sarah
is a first grade student.
Foster’s nomination form
says, “Sarah is a responsible
student who shows up to class
with a great attitude. Sarah is
willing to help others in class.”
At Jefferson Elementary
School, Melanie Williams has
Who has the
best chili in
town? CMIH
competition
will test
best chefs
A 2nd Annual Chili Challenge has been announced by
the Community Mission for Improved Housing Inc, of Independence.
The fundraiser will be from
noon-2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17,
at the Church of the Brethren
Fellowship Hall, 920 W. Myrtle.
Cooks vying for the claim to
making the “best chili in town”
are asked to bring a crock pot
of their chili plus a list of ingredients so that consumers can
avoid food allergies. CMIH will
provide the paper goods, beverages and crackers. Awards
will be presented to first, second and third-place winners at
2 p.m.
The other way to support
the fundraiser is to attend the
lunchtime contest and vote.
There is a suggested donation
of $5.
“We are inviting anyone
who wants to make a pot of
chili,” CMIH President Renita
Butler said. “Come compete or
eat.”
Proceeds will benefit the
organization whose mission
is to serve the Independence
area by helping people of low
income, those with disabilities
and the elderly needing repairs to their homes.
“CMIH had a year that exceeded our expectations,” Butler announced. “We completed
11 projects and acted as advocates for homeowners on four
others. Thank you, everyone,
for your encouragement and
support in 2015.”
For more information about
the chili competition, contact
Dana Hart at (620) 332-9589.
Foster
White
Williams
been named the student of the
month. Williams, age 9, is the
daughter of Ted Munding and
a fourth grade student at Jefferson School.
The nomination form submitted for Melanie says,
“Melanie is a model student
Campbell
who leads by example. She
remains focused at all times.
Melanie is a positive influence,
kind to everyone, and always
helpful.”
Nijah White, age 12, is the
student of the month at Independence Middle School.
Young Professionals group to
hold casino night at Turbo’s
The Young Professionals of Independence will hold a casino
night for local residents in the age 21-40 community.
The event will be held from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan.
28 at Turbo’s Sports Bar and Grill in downtown Independence.
Hors d’oeuvres and giveaways will also be offered.
The event will be held sponsored by Hugo’s Industrial Supply.
For more information, call the Independence Chamber of
Commerce at (620) 331-1890.
The Independence Chamber of Commerce’s 102nd Annual Chamber Meeting and
Banquet will be held at 6 p.m.,
Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Independence Civic Center.
Tickets for the banquet
went on sale this week. Tickets
are $35 per person. A corporate table can be purchased
for $300 for eight people. Corporate tables include reserved
seating and a special gift.
Reservations are due by
Tuesday, Jan. 19 by calling the
chamber office at (620) 3311890 or email [email protected].
The banquet begins with a
silent auction at 6 p.m., followed by a banquet meal at 7
p.m.
Barker.
The nomination form submitted for Zeb states, “Zeb is
most helpful as a Teachers’
Assistant and never complains
about the tasks assigned to
him. Zeb is reliable and trustworthy and loves making
things more efficient. He is always willing to help others in
the classroom.”
Initiated during the 2007
school year, the district-wide
student recognition program
honors one student per build-
ing from kindergarten through
12 grades each month, September through May.
Monthly recipients will receive a student savings account from Community National Bank, single admission
to Independence Cinemas, a
single topping medium pizza
from Independence Pizza Hut,
and a free combo meal from
Sonic Drive-In.
In addition, the students
are treated to lunch by their
school principals.
After Prom Bingo Night set
for Jan. 23 at IHS Cafeteria
The Independence High
School After Prom committee
is sponsoring a Bingo Night on
Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Independence High School Cafeteria, 1301 N. 10th in Independence.
Food concessions will begin
at 5 p.m., Mini Bingo games
for cash prizes start at 6 p.m.,
and the main Bingo begins at 7
p.m. with donated gift baskets
as prizes.
The proceeds are used to
fund After Prom, a schoolsponsored party available to
IHS students and their dates
following Prom.
This late
night event provides a place
to have fun and enjoy each
other’s company in a safe environment.
Tickets for After Prom Bingo are available for a $10 donation in advance or $13.00 at
the door the day of the event.
Advance tickets can be purchased at Magnolia’s Scents
by Design, 106 N. Penn, or at
Independence High School.
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INDEPENDENCE
IHS second quarter honor rolls released
Independence High School has announced its honor rolls for the second
quarter of the 2015-16 school year.
Scholastic Honor Roll
• Grade 9: Evan Carnes, Graci Carr,
Logan Copeland, Jack Edwards, Kaitlyn
Foster, Ashantea Hayden, Ashlyn Hennen,
Jocelyn Howland, Addison Julian, Emily
Loomer, Adeline Mattes, Jasmine McManus, Dara Mendoza, Alexis Mitchell, Nathanial Morrison, Lauren Pasternak, Danesa
Ramos, Sydney Rinck, John Stryker, Molly Thompson, Brooklyn Ward, Montana
Watts, Caledonia Weaver, Taren Westerfield, Anna Wilson, Kylie Wilson-Stover.
• Grade 10: Kathleen Bradshaw, Denton
Brown, Hannah Burnett, Cole Cunningham, Megan Darkis, Lauren Easley, Emily
Jane Fairbank, Tanner Godinez, Jasmine
Hall, Kelvin Heckman, Megan Hendryx,
Annastasia Howland, Kelsie Lane, James
Lingenfelter, Brannen Mayfield, Brian
Murray, Ryan Novotni, Bryan Ramey, Jessica Reed, Shayla Schaper, Trenton Shamblin, Jeb Stafford, Ty Umlauf.
• Grade 11: Richard Axthelm, Robert
Bailey, Karson Ballew, Kason Carroll, Jeremiah Davis-Miller, Chicago Elias, Cory
Janasak, Dylon Leyda, Bryson Linnebur,
Nichole Moses, Austin Mydland, Drew Pasternak, Avery Risner, Shayanne Ross, Ashton Royse, Zachary Shaffer, Robert Skaggs,
Kallie Smith, Colan Snodgrass, Peyton Usher-Pearson, Alyssa Velasquez, Kyle Woods,
Taylor Zamora.
• Grade 12: Morgan Augustine, Jose
Ayla, Branden Bales, Kaylee Bryant, Starla Chrysler, McKayla Clubb, Alexandra
Driskel, Luc Dunn, Haylie Eades, Marissa
Florio, Alyssa Golden, Trevor Gustin, Dalson Hamlin, Lacey Houk, Kristina Johnson, Paige Kyle, Matthew Mason, Kara
McGrath, Jacob Mitchell, Hadleigh Palmer,
Roxana Santos, Mcormick Smith, Noah
Stroble, Austin Villasmil, Breana Ward,
Alex Wesselowski, Simon Westhoff, Tommy
Woods.
• Grade 9: Sarah Bryant, Cassidy Camacho, Meredith Campbell, Katy Chapman,
Alexis Clapp, Libby Davis, Thomas Easter,
Richard Garris, Kamelia Hadipour, Morgan
Mavers, Garrett Muninger, Brayden Smith,
Cedric Smith, Cy Smith, Lanie Stair, Emma
Stoner, Cole Swearingen, Kylie Wilhelm.
• Grade 10: Laura Barwick, Clare Bindley, Terra Daniels, Abby Ewing, Alexander
Gibson, Pauline Gomez, Jacob Hogge, Je-
rod Knight, Erin Latimer, Aubree Lawrie,
Qwynn Marquez, Dusty Owen, Joshua Pralle, Lexis Ramsey, Alexis Rinne, Lyssa Schabel, Garrett Smith, Amanda Trout,
• Grade 11: Bailey Babcock, Alexis Carr,
Avery Chism, Jonathan Coltrane, Cameron
Goodrich, Daniel Grice, Yasna Hadipour,
Zoe Hannah, Samuel Hilger, Corbyn Hugo,
Ashley Johnson, Alex Keller, Levi Kemp,
Cooper King, Rolland Krause, Madeline
Kyle, Rindy Marquez, Andrew Metcalf,
Sean Newland, Braeden Pinkerton, Danielle Rathbun, Jenalyn Reichenbach, Tori
Reyes, Sarah Rigney, Brooklinn Royer, Will
Schabel, Emma Schaper, Zachary Schroeder, Sagan Shire, Robert Skaggs, Jackson
Stafford, Emily Thompson, Danielle Veile,
Emily Wilson.
• Grade 12: Dominic Barker, Brianna
Bradshaw, Sarah Brennan, Logan Bruce,
Cloey Burris, Taylor Chapman, Courtney
Day, Brooke Drumeller, Taylor Dufur, Kennedy Froebe, Amber Gibson, Theresa Grover, Paige Hufferd, Daphne Lin, Reagan
Linn, Maria Madrigal, Eleni McCaffery,
Anna Miller, Madeline O’Rourke, Eric Parker, Nicholas Pierce, Hope Renfro, Courtlynn
Rose, Kyler Sanders, Spencer Sanders, Patrick Schlange, MacKenzie Strycker, Christopher Sutton.
Independence Middle School honor rolls announced
Jefferson Elementary School
administrators have announced
students who have qualified for
the second nine weeks honor
rolls for the 2015-16 school
year. Names of those students
follow.
Third Grade: Luke Benedict, Alexis Brown, Jace Bynum, Matthias Coltrane, Dylan
Cooley, Corban Crowe, Charles
Dashiell, Reece Eytcheson,
Megan Foster, Diana Hernandez, Courtney Jabben, Fiona
Jordan, Toby Lawless, Tatum
Littlepage, Kilian RichmondReck, Rachel Rutherford, Zachary Scott, Jaidlin Sneller, Logan
Sprague, Aaron Tunstall, Joseph Veile, Evan Wolfe.
Fourth Grade: Noah Ayala,
Kyra Barker, Kaden Barnhart, Haven Becker, Bethany
Beshear, Mattel Bromley, Ollie Byrd, Music Clarendon,
Broden Clinchen, Kylee Davis, Naomi Davis, Adriel De La
Cruz, Jayden Dunham, Marianna Durham, Jonathan Fairbank, Solaf Farhan, Madisyn
Fienen, Dusten Fischer-Asgari,
Leo Ford, Ava Gustin, Connor Hayes, Tripp Henderson,
Hadley Hines, Charles Holmes,
Rosie Jasso, Addison Lanning,
Joshua Laurie, Charlee Lemon,
Deamien Lewman, Jayah Logan, Olivia Lyon, Aislyn McCollam, Landon Miller, Kavan
Newsome, Andrew O’Brien,
Ayushree Patel, Priscilla Raschen, Lindsay Reichenberger,
Saxton Renfro, Jayliegh Riedle,
Sadie Rodgers, Kenna Romine,
Addison Rosenhoover, Riley
Salisbury, Jenna Schaper, Abigail Shelton, Hayden Simmons,
Wyatt Small, Emma Spencer,
Ella Swearing, Tyler Turner,
Mallory Waters, Oliver Willett, AarynMarie Wilson, Alexis
Winebrenner, Troy Wren, Truman York.
Fifth Grade: Gunar Allen,
Isabel Ayala, Alexis Bassett,
Alayna Bennin, Kari Bever,
Lauryn Chism, Trenton Diveley, Easton Ewing, Savannah
Groff, Courtney Hemelrick,
Jamason Jarnagin, Marcus
Johnson, Cole Mayfield, Leah
McChesney, MaNiya McPherson, Mason Messenger, Mason Metcalf, Devon Mitchell, Makenzee Monroy, Cindy
Nguyen, Maximilian Puderbaugh, Rylie Reichenberger,
Alexandria Rodriquez, Hayden
Smith, Kasey Smith, Jade Um-
lauf, James Unruh, Abby Veile,
Jordan Wilson.
Bullpup Honor Roll
Third Grade: Tristan AuslerShaw, Sara Bale, Garen Bales,
Brayden Benson, Jessica Bigley, Macoy Birde, Sylvia Bradford, Tannar Buchholz, Jimmie
Bunyard, Kadence Byrd, Laney
Chism, Miranda Clay, Makayla
Cooley, Addison Cope, Carder
Crim, Taylor Day, Kordelle Dee,
Caden Dixon, Devin Dougherty,
Claire Driskel, Jazmin Ellis,
Chloe Estes, Connor Fontes,
Hayden Freimiller, Gabriella
Freitas, Jacen Gaston, Jayci
Hayward, Trinity Henderson,
Esbeidi
Hernandez-Juarez,
Joshua Hogge, James Horning, Gage Hull, Mackenzie
Hurst, Dominic Huskey, Jennisyn Jarnagin, D’asia Jones,
Colton King, Cameron Mavers,
Adison Morse, Lanie Munding, Copeland Musgrove, Kyler
Newsome, Brady Palmer, Caleb Pendleton, Raegan Rosenhoover, Nalijah Schlotman,
Dawsyn Seifert, Francisco
Solano, PrinceCharles Thornton, Brooklynn White, Ranaan
White, Sabryna White, Michael
Williams, Sullivan Wooldridge,
Jayden Worley.
Fourth Grade: Kambree
Acreman, Camron Anderson,
Serenity Barnhizer, Tabitha
Barrager, Asa Becker, Aleigha
Bell,
Alexandrea
Blattner,
Cheyenne Chavez, Claire Cox,
Elodie Dahle, Ryan Darnell, Jacob Devins, Schylur Eli-Jones,
Camdyn Eytcheson, Annabelle
Francoeur, Jared Freeman,
Kayden Frick, Mackenzie Ghering, Adrian Gillespie, Trevor
Goza, Keasia Hadley, Jaxon
Henderson, Abrianna Hiebsch,
Summer Hise, Jackson Hoke,
Carson Holmes, Byon Johnson,
Tionne Johnson, Alexandra
Jones, Shakil Jones, Anastin
Journot, Diamon Kirkland,
Robert Lariviere, DeQuan Lawrie, Cami Lewis, Elizabeth Lewis, Landon McCabe, Madison
McManus, MaKara McPherson, Donald Miles, Scheridan
Penrod, Natalia Robertson,
Lucy Robins, Brooklynn Schroeder, Nikolai Styve, Maximilian
Sutherland, Angel Tempelmeyer, DeLaney Thiessen, Georgia
Wille, Melanie Williams, Naomi
Wilson, Kohen Wright, Harmony Zogg.
Fifth Grade: Emery Birde,
Alaura
Boland, Jenni Bunyard,
Brandon
Burnett,
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Hailey Jones, Kaylee Kirchoff,
Emma Lewis, Logan Loomer,
Allannahha Lornes, Kaylee
Marshall, Gerald Mattes, Jase
Mavers, Molly McGuire, Harley McIntire, Taylie McKlintic,
Topper Meadows, Isaiah Melugin, Michael Miller, Anthony
Paolini, Trenton Pendleton, Talan Rash, Emmi Reister, Chad
Rincker, Karma Roth, Brent
Scammey, James Schroeder,
Aiden Simmons, Austin Sloan,
Tyler Stair, Jazmine Tredway,
Brittany Webb, Tabitha Wilson,
Logan Wood, Brittany Zambrano.
Carnes chosen for USD 446
Quality Teacher of the Month
Sam Carnes has been cho- tirelessly works above and besen as the USD 446 Quality yond the call of duty to ensure
Teacher of the Month for Jan- IHS is a safe and conducive
learning environment for staff
uary.
Carnes, who joined the USD and students.”
446 family in August 2012, is a Announcement of Carnes’
transitional counseling coach selection was made Jan. 6 at
for Independence High School. Independence High School.
No stranger to USD 446 Presenting Carnes with a
schools, Sam is a product of framed USD 446 Teacher of
the Month certificate
the local school syswas Mario Sherrell,
tem. After graduating
IHS pincipal, and
from Independence
Kris
Kippenberger,
High School and InUSD 446 Board of
dependence CommuEducation Adminisnity College, Carnes
trative Assistant. Adgraduated with a
ditionally presented
bachelor’s and mason behalf of Cristy
ter’s degree in social
Martin of Star Lube,
welfare from the Uniwas a gift certificate
versity of Kansas.
to a free oil change.
Carnes will earn
Sam Carnes
Zach Jolly, sales asa master’s degree
sociate with Quality
in school counseling
from Emporia State University Motors of Independence, presented Carnes with the keys to
in the spring 2016 semester.
Carnes’ nomination form a 2016 Ford Fusion.
says, “Sam Carnes is a 2001 Les Puderbaugh of Big
alumni of Independence High Cheese Pizza presented Carnes
School. Upon graduating with with a gift certificate for a
a Bachelors and Master’s de- sandwich or salad and a free
gree from KU, his passion for drink. Brent Littleton of Dairy
the Bulldogs brought him back Queen, presented Carnes with
to Independence as a counsel- a gift certificate for an ice
or. Sam has a heart for chil- cream cake from Dairy Queen,
dren. He’s always working to and on behalf of Diane Fryensure their success. Sam is back, associate of My Town
not only focused on the stu- Media 102.9, a snack bouquet
dent’s academic success but from Twig’s Floral & Gifts, and
also their mental and social- a gift certificate for dinner for
emotional well-being, keeping two from Eggbert’s.
the whole student in mind. The Quality Teacher of the
Sam facilitates focus groups Month recognition program
and has created a new work- was initiated in September
out group to provide students 2006 and is co-sponsored by
with a positive and safe place Quality Motors of Indepenafter school. Sam is a model dence, and My Town Media
educational professional. He 102.9.
Zion Lutheran School students earn honor roll status
Zion Lutheran School in Independence
has announced its second quarter honor
rolls for the 2015-16 school year.
(All A grades)
• Third grade: Jenna Bates, Ava Morris
• Fourth grade: Abby Cagle, Adyson
Clubine, Lexie Reed.
• Fifth grade: Easton Morris, Kelly
Newton.
• Sixth grade: Aubree Bainum.
• Seventh grade: Ian Pralle, Ryan Stoner.
• Eighth grade: None.
A Average Honor Roll
• Third grade: None
• Fourth grade: Caidi Beaubien, Ellie
Kippenberger
• Fifth grade: Chris Lewis.
• Sixth grade: Sydnee Clubine.
• Seventh grade: Sam Grice, Johnathan
Troutman.
• Eighth grade: none.
B Average Honor Roll
• Third grade: Same Hale, Tanner
Howard, Tanner White.
• Fourth grade: Hannah Kippenberger,
Evan Thompson.
• Fifth grade: Cody Kippenberger.
• Sixth grade: James Blex, Alayna
Cessna, Landen Thompson.
• Seventh grade: Mariah Ballinger.
• Eighth grade: Maddison Cochran.
PUBLIC NOTICES
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, Jan. 7, 14 and
21, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Kimberly Hunt , et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15cv177
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S
SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County
of Montgomery, State of Kansas, in a
certain cause in said Court Numbered
15cv177, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and
defendant, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at
02:00 PM, on 02/04/2016, at the Main
Door of the Courthouse in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas,
Montgomery County Courthouse, the
following described real estate located
in the County of Montgomery, State of
Kansas, to wit:
LOT 6 AND THE EAST 10 FEET
OF LOT 7 BLOCK 4 QUEEN CITY
SECOND ADDITION TO THE CITY
OF COFFEYVILLE COMMONLY
KNOWN AND NUMBERED AS 1211
W. 4TH ST.
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kan.
Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542
Michael Rupard, KS # 26954
Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office)
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-0255
Fax: (314) 567-8006
Email: [email protected]
Attorney for Plaintiff
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Jan. 7, 14 and
21, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
Wells Fargo Bank, NA (Plaintiff)
vs.
Melissa S. Campbell, a/k/a Melissa
Shawn Campbell, David B. Campbell, et al., (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV99I
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S
SALE
Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County
of Montgomery, State of Kansas, in a
certain cause in said Court Numbered
15CV99I, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and
defendant, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at
02:00 PM, on 02/04/2016, at the Main
Door of the Courthouse in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas,
Montgomery County Courthouse, the
following described real estate located
in the County of Montgomery, State of
Kansas, to wit:
LOT 15, BLOCK 6, EDGEWOOD
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF COFFEYVILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
KANSAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS
509 WAVERLY WAY.
Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542
Michael Rupard, KS # 26954
Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office)
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-0255
Fax: (314) 567-8006
Attorney for Plaintiff
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Jan. 14, 21
and 28, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
U.S. Bank National Association successor by merger to The Leader
Mortgage Company (Plaintiff)
vs.
Jennifer L. Clark, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV141I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer
for sale at public auction and sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
South door of the Judicial Center of the
Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on February
4, 2016, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Lot 22, Parcel 2, Green Acres P.U.D.,
an addition to the City of Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas,
commonly known as 1711 Halsey
Avenue, Independence, KS 67301
(the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733 / (316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(108388)
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016)
ORDINANCE NO. 2142
AN
ORDINANCE AMENDING
CHAPTER 15 (UTILITIES), ARTICLE
3 (SEWER SERVICE CHARGES),
SECTION 15-303 (RATES), OF THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF CANEY,
KANSAS, PROVIDING FOR RATES
FOR SEWER SERVICE IN THE CITY
OF CANEY, KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
CANEY, KANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section One. That Chapter 15
(Utilities), Article 3 (Sewer Service
Charges), Section 15-303 (Rates),
Subsection (a), of the Code of the City
of Caney, Kansas, be and is hereby
amended as follows:
15-303 RATES
A. For all users or patrons for whom
service is available within the City of
Caney, except for those charged under subsection (b) of this section, the
minimum base rate shall be $29.00 per
month for the billing cycle beginning
January 15, 2016; for all users or patrons for whom service is available outside of the City of Caney limits, except
for those charged under subsection (b)
of this section, the minimum base rate
shall be $35.00 per month for the billing
cycle beginning January 15, 2016. In
addition to the base rate, a usage rate
shall apply at the rate of $2.00 per 100
cubic feet of water usage per month for
customers within the City of Caney and
$2.35 per 100 cubic feet of water usage
per month for customers outside the
City of Caney limits.
Section Two. Except as amended
hereby, all remaining provisions of Section 15-303, including all subsections,
shall remain in force and effect.
Section Three.
This Ordinance
shall take effect upon its publication in
the official City newspaper.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
CANEY, KANSAS, this 7th day of January, 2016.
Chad S Bradford, Mayor
Attest:
Debra Morrison, City Clerk
CLASSIFIED ADS
Page B10
Prairie Star • Montgomery County Chronicle • Labette Avenue
ITEMS FOR SALE
ITEMS WANTED
STORAGE CONTAINERS: 20’ 40’ 45’ 48’
53’ storage containers for sale. Go to
centralcontainer.net or 785-655-9430. (KCAN)
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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
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USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE:
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Fridge, Freezers,
AC units, Recliners, Lift chair-918-533-6000
or 620-597-2680. LC38-13tp
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
ITEMS WANTED
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
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WELDING
SUPPLIES
We honor all Thompson
Bros. Present Leases
TROTNIC
LUMBER & SUPPLY
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
Call or visit our website for working ranches
in a several state area. Let our background
in stocker/ cow-calf production and hunting
properties be of assistance in the sale of your
ranch or your property search.
400+ acres of prime deer hunting,
fishing and grazing.
CROSSTIMBERSLAND.COM
918-287-1996 - OFFICE
620-705-1448 - Ben Allen
HELP WANTED
CNAs: now taking applications for CNAs.
Evening and night shifts available, off every
other weekend. Competitive wages. Apply
in person at Chetopa Manor 814 Walnut
Street or call 620-236-7248. LC2-2tc
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NURSES, CNAS, AND HOUSEKEEPERS:
Oswego Health and Rehab is hiring for
full-time nurses, CNAs, and housekeepers.
Please apply at 1104 Ohio Street, Oswego,
KS or call 620-795-4429. LC46-tf
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CNAS NEEDED: We are expanding and
need CNAs who want to provide person
centered care. We have 8 hour day/
evening shifts and 12 hour night shifts
available. Every other weekend off with
consistent scheduling available. Apply
REAL ESTATE CENTER
www.ksrealestate.com
AUCTION
Sunday, Feb. 20 • 1 p.m.
HELP WANTED
www.mybankcnb.com
Community National Bank & Trust
of Caney is currently accepting applications
for a Part Time Teller/Loan Clerk. The hours
and days worked may vary and may include
working Saturday mornings. Qualified
applicants should have excellent customer
service skills & accurate attention to detail.
Previous teller or cash handling experience
preferred.
Please apply in person or mail your resume
to: Community National Bank & Trust
Attn: Danny Scott, PO Box 67, 501 E. 4th
Caney, KS, 67333 • 620-879-5500
EEO Employer-M/F/Disabled/Vet
online at www.americareusa.net or call
620-725-3153. CQ2-2tb
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PART-TIME CUSTODIAN: Elk County
Building maintenance, is accepting
applications for the position of Part
Time Custodian. Apply at Elk County
Court House. Contact Joe love, Building
maintenance Director, office Phone (620)
374-3520 or by cell phone (620) 2057987. Job Description: This is a Part Time
position 20 hours a week or less, Duties
include Cleaning of Court house Offices,
Bathrooms, Offsite Building Sheriff’s Office
and Extension Office. Successful Candidate
will be able to stand for long periods of
4 bedroom house with
partial basement.
1.4 acres.
Dave Alexander, auctioneer
for Real Estate Center
533 N. Penn
Independence, Ks
620-331-7550
Clayton Farlow, broker/owner
ALL UTILITIES PAID
Belmore Apartments I
525 Plum Street, Chetopa, KS
1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments
Appliances Furnished
HUD/Section 8 Vouchers Accepted
FREE LAUNDRY
Rental Assistance May Be Available to Those Who Qualify
62 and older or disabled households regardless of age
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
620-236-7870
Apartments available at
Westside Homes, Oswego
Apply at Frogley’s
Gun Shop or call
620-778-2458
2 AUCTIONS
Saturday, Jan. 16, at 11 a.m.
Improved Farm: $295,000 ▪ 129 ac w/paved Hwy
54 frontage ▪ 75 ac crop ground ▪ 30 ac timber &
creek ▪ Nicely remodeled home.
Flinthills Pasture: $510,000 ▪ 300 ac ▪ Hunting
▪Fishing ▪ Grazing ▪ 3 Ponds ▪ Metal Building
▪Water Meter
Butler Co. Improved Farm
Productive Farm/Hunting Paradise: $525,000
▪ 160 ac ▪ Nice Pond ▪ Creek Bottom Crop Ground
▪ Hardwood Timber ▪ Rock Creek ▪ 1,836sf house
For more land listings, visit our website
David Sundgren
Realtor, Auctioneer
316.322.5555
www.SunGroupRealEstate.com
Booth Hotel
Independence, Kansas
Located on major highway between
Riverton and Crestline, Kan.,
(4710 SE Altermate Hwy. 69, Galena)
14 Acres M/L, with 3400 sq. ft.
Rancher, beamed ceilings, woodburning fireplace, CH/A, in-ground pool,
home needs TLC, livestock barn, open
metal shed, pond, room to build new
home, nice size pasture, Riverston
School District. Owners have moved!
Come To Buy! Very Desirable Property!
TERMS: 10% down payment sale day,
the balance on or before Feb. 16, 2016,
2015 taxes paid by sellers.
Small amount of personal property:
Maytag Washer and Electric Dryer,
2-Dr. Refrigerator, Dining Room
Table, 6 chairs, Zero Turning Radius
Mower.
****
Saturday, Jan. 16, at 1 p.m.
2 miles North of KOAM TV Tower, then
East 2 miles to 85th, then 1/2 North;
146 Acre Farm and home located South
of Pittsburg on 400/160 Hwy., to NE Star
Valley Rd. (5473 NE 85th St., Weir)
Approx. 90 Acres in Cultivation, 10 Acres
Hay Meadow, remainder wooded with
1/4 mile of live water and abundant deer
and other wildlife. Close to Pittsburg, Joplin, Baxter and Columbus
Older home has new roof and new
kitchen cabinets, older 2-car detached garage on rural water.
Farm Tenant is available to new owner
but is giving possession at closing.
Terms: 10% non refundable down payment sale day, the balance within 30
days of auction. Taxes for 2015 paid by
seller. Possession of buildings at closing, farmland subject to tenants rights.
Hunting land at closing. Very diversified
farm.
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CHESNUTT & CHESNUTT
AUCTIONEERS - REALTORS
Booth Hotel
201 W. Main • Independence, KS
Apartments Now Available.
The extra large apartments feature Jacuzzi
tubs, secure entrances, covered parking, storage
space and on site laundry. Furnished and
unfurnished units are now available.
Call today to schedule a tour
620-331-1704
time, be able to lift up to 50 lbs., be able
to bend stoop or stretch, while mopping
or sweeping floors, come into contact
with chemical used for cleaning, person
protective items such as gloves or hearing
protection will be provided. This position
reports to the Maintenance Director who
may require assistance with construction
projects as the need arises. Elk County is
an equal opportunity employer. Submit
all applications to Joe Love, maintenance
Director at the Elk County Court House.
Starting $9.00. CQ2-1b
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CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy Equipment
Operator Career! We Offer Training
and Certifications Running Bulldozers,
Backhoes and Excavators. Lifetime Job
Placement. VA Benefits Eligible! 1-866362-6497. (KCAN)
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PHARMACY
DIRECTOR:
southeast
Nebraska Critical Access Hospital. Requires
BS Pharmacy, excellent organizational,
customer service and planning skills.
Experience in healthcare pharmacy
management preferred. Competitive
salary, benefits. Apply at www.jchc.us. For
information call HR at (402) 729-6850. (KCAN)
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PLANT/OPS/SAFETY/EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR: southeast
Nebraska Critical Access Hospital. Requires
bachelor’s, excellent organizational,
customer service, planning skills.
Experience: safety management, OSHA,
environmental safety, Homeland Security
preferred. Competitive compensation.
Apply: www.jchc.us. Information: HR (402)
729-6850. (KCAN)
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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
Lori 1-800-926-6869 ext. 303. (KCAN)
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Let your classified advertisement
put money in your pocket!
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.
mjking@
lazybearcomputers.com. CQ1-tfn
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SEPTIC TANKS - Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. 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
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
CQ23-tfn
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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. CQ40-tfn FOR RENT IN OSWEGO: nice 3 bedroom/2
bath mobile home. CH/A, kitchen
appliances. $375/month. 620-795-2471. LC2-tf
FOR RENT
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR RENT IN CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532. tf
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FOR RENT IN CANEY: Duplex, one large
master bedroom, one bath, large sunroom,
large living room, washer/dryer hookup,
lots of cabinets, two walk-in closets,
appliances, garage, fenced. No smoking,
no pets. $550/month, $559/deposit. Call
620-879-2915 or 620-252-8382.
MC-B1-tfnp
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FOR RENT IN OSWEGO: Nice 3 bedroom
home. Central H/A, Stove, Refrigerator
and Garage w/Carport. Deposit Required.
626 Kansas. No Pets Call 795-2653
after 5:30 pm. LC51-tf
BILLING SKILLS IN DEMAND! Become a
Medical Office Assistant! NO EXPERIENCE
NEEDED! Online training can get you job
ready! HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet
needed! 1-888-424-9412. (KCAN)
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HUNTING LAND NEEDED: Pur Hunters
will Pay Top $$$ To hunt your land.
Call for a Free Base Camp Leasing info
packet & Quote. 1-866-309-1507 www.
BaseCampLeasing.com. (KCAN)
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GUN SHOW: JAN. 16-17 SAT. 9-5 & SUN.
9-3 TOPEKA KANSAS. EXPOCENTRE (19TH
& TOPEKA BLVD). BUY-SELL-TRADE. INFO:
(563) 927-8176. (KCAN)
____________________________
Let your classified advertisement
put money in your pocket!
REAL ESTATE
•Oswego -325 Third, 2-BR, 1-BA home
with hardwood floors, attached garage.
Corner lots. Refurbished, remodeled and
ready to move in......................$35,000
•Oswego, - New Listing, 1704 Liberty, Split-level 3-BR with 2.5 BA, ducted
rock fireplace, fenced yard. New roof in
2010, kitchen with solid maple cabinets,
laminate countertops, tile flooring, living and dining room have new hand
scraped laminate flooring, new paint
and wood trim. BR have new carpet,
paint and doors. Master bath remodeled
in 2012....................................$87,900
•Oswego, New Listing, 7 Woodcliffe
Dr., Beautiful and roomy, 2300 sq. ft.
home built in 2005, on 2 acre lot. Attached 2-car garage, plus separate
30x52 ft. garage/workshop/apartment.
Large covered deck, above ground pool.
All appliances stay .......REDUCED to ..
......................................$199,000
Absentee Owners
Ray & Rhonda Zimmer
The Historic
FOR RENT
MO Relay 711
“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer”
LC1-tf
Greenwood Co. Land
AREA SERVICES
Total cost: $28.00
5039 XRay Road, Oswego, Kan.
(1 1/2 miles north of Chetopa)
HELP WANTED
Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
TROTNIC
STORAGE
• Units Available •
As small as 5x10
As large as 20x40
$20 and up
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
•Oswego - 617 Illinois, 3-BR with granite countertops. Deck. Fenced backyard
with storage building ..............$64,900
•Edna - 2-BR 1985 Mobiel Home on 2
lots. CH/A, carport and storage building.
.................................................$8,500
•Chetopa, 413 Plum, 2-BR with large
kitchen, new metal roof, new paint,
1-car attached garage, big detached
workshop.............Reduced to $27,900
•Oswego - 40 Acres with stable,
Late model horse barn with 8 outside-accessible stalls, concrete central fllor, tack room/office area, hay
loft and half bath, at SW corner of
Oswego 40 Acres M/L of fenced pasture.......................................$165,000
•Chetopa, 2474 4000 Rd., 3-BR, 2-BA
manufactured home on 1.8 acres. New
roof, CH/A, 16x16 covered deck, all appliances, handicap accessible, double
garage with 2 carports.............$86,900
•Chetopa, Stately Victorian, on
corner lots, near K-12 schools, Beautiful staircase, new kitchen, extensive
remodeling, CH/A, good roof, carport.........................................$49,900
•Oswego - 8 N. Vermont, 3-BR, 1BA
home with big family room, on approx.
5 acres in west part of town. Features all
hardwood floors, woodburning fireplace
with insert, new windows, late model
CH/A with all new ductwork, good room,
2-car garage, small shop, RV canopy
............................Reduced to $84,900
•Oswego, 11048 US Hwy 59, 10 Acres
with 2-Story home; 4-BR, 2.5 BA, sunroom, approx. 3000 sq. ft. with alarm
system, concrete siding. Pond, workshop 30x62 insulated and finished inside.......................................$274,900
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Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
REAL ESTATE
HOWARD: 338 S. Chestnut - Three
bedroom, one bath, large rooms, hardwood
floors, kitchen appliances stay, large front
porch, corner lot, $19,500.
HOWARD: 218 N. Wabash - Nice business
opportunity, 770 square feet retail.
$8,000.
LONGTON: 405 Wyandotte - 1,770 square
feet, three bedroom, two bath, open floor
plan, appliances less than five years old
stay, new roof in 2015, detached four car
garage, fenced in backyard. $62,000.
WINFIELD: 1319 E. 13th - Open floor
plan, woodburning fireplace, two bedroom
could be three bedroom, one bath, C/H air,
kitchen appliances stay, extra workshop in
detached garage. NEW PRICE $98,900. We
want to SELL!
Call Judy Nungesser, Realtor
Faith Realty
Call 620-330-3688
[email protected]
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has the following full-time openings in
the Independence/Coffeyville area!
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Visit our website to learn more about these
positions or to apply online:
www.fourcounty.com.
Positions are benefit-eligible.
Four County is a KPERS employer.
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 immediate job openings!
These are entry-level, High School Diploma or GED
needed, no experience required.
• Attendant Care –We have Part-time school-based, Home Care
and overnight shifts in Independence. These positions all work
one-on-one with patients in either a community, school or home
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.
Now Has 2 Locations!
205 W. 9th, Coffeyville
(620) 251-2200
East of Dearing, KS
(620) 948-3400
(3 miles east of Dearing or west of Coffeyille Country Club on Woodland Ave.)
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