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Without Mercy: roller coaster ride continues
In appearance in
Independence, Mercy
Health CEO details
reasons for closing
local hospital,
affiliated services
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — An
18-month roller coaster ride
that has left Mercy Hospital’s
employees and patients in a
state of uncertainty came to a
lurching stop last week when
hospital officials announced
the closure of the Independence-based hospital and
emergency room.
Today, another roller coaster journey begins.
Mercy Health chief executive officer Lynn Britton, who
was in Independence on Tuesday to confer with Mercy Hospital employees, said it was
not known this week if another medical provider will fill
Mercy’s shoes once it closes its
hospital and emergency room
on Oct. 10 and its other medical services by Dec. 31. He
said the City of Independence
was taking the lead role in
conferring with area medical
providers about establishing
some sort of medical presence
in the community. Mercy does
not have a direct role in those
discussions, Britton said, oth- larger cities.
er than to provide input and “We had exhausted all paths
opinions when asked by city and possibilities . . . and the
officials.
end of negotiations with CRMC
The City of Independence led us to the difficult decision
has been in discussions with to close.”
several medical providers from Rural health care is going
southeast Kansas and north- through a tumultuous change
east Oklahoma, Britton said. in its economic model, said
Those discussions began af- Britton. Not only is physician
ter Mercy Hospital announced recruitment to rural markets
last week that it ceased nego- a constant struggle, but the
tiations with Coffeyville Re- insurance
reimbursements
gional Med(which inical Center
cludes pay“We had exhausted all
concerning
ments from
paths and possibilities
a possible
Medicaid
affiliation
and Medi. . . and the end of
or partnercare
pronegotiations with
ship.
Begrams)
to
cause those CRMC led us to the difficult all
medidiscussions
cal providdecision to close.”
came to an
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have
unfruitful
decreased
— LYNN BRITTON, Mercy Health CEO
end, Mercy
dramaticalwas left with no other option ly over the years. That leaves
than to close its Independence- charitable hospitals such as
based hospital, Britton said.
Mercy with few options but to
Britton described the factors provide medical care at a fithat led to the closure decision nancial loss.
as a “perfect storm” of situa- “We are receiving less and
tions. This included changes less in the form of Medicaid and
in rural health care, declining Medicare
reimbursements,”
reimbursement rates from in- said Britton. “The Affordable
surance companies and feder- Care Act (commonly known
al programs such as Medicaid as Obamacare) was funded
and Medicare, patient prefer- partly with an anticipated exences, and population shifts in pansion of Medicaid rolls in
rural markets.
each state. In Kansas, we have
“People vote with their yet to see that expansion. So,
feet,” said Britton. “In so many as a charitable institution, we
cases, patients have chosen to still have to treat people when
seek their basic health care in they come through our doors.
However, we have had to provide that treatment at a loss.
Those factors, combined with
the population shifts and patient preference in rural settings, have led us to make this
incredibly difficult decision.”
Last week’s closure announcement was a far cry
from the rallying efforts led
Details about the
Mercy Hospital
closure
• Mercy Hospital’s inpatient
hospital services, emergency
room and ambulatory services will
end on Oct. 10.
• All other affiliated services, including Mercy Primary Care Clinic,
the Cherryvale Clinic, Cancer Center of Mercy, Mercy Health For
Life, Mercy Home Care, and Mercy
Hospice, will be phased out by
Dec. 31 . . . unless another medical provider acquires any one or
all of those non-hospital services.
Attempts are being made to find
other medical providers that can
keep those services open beyond
the Dec. 31 deadline.
Lynn Britton, chief executive officer of Mercy Health, which is
based in St. Louis, Mo., spoke to the media at Mercy Hospital in
Independence on Tuesday. Mercy Hospital will close its inpatient
services on Oct. 10. Other non-hospital services will be phased
out by Dec 31 unless another medical provider will acquire any
one or all of those non-hospital services. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
by Mercy Hospital and its nonprofit foundation more than
three years ago. That’s when
Mercy Hospital announced initial plans to establish a fundraising campaign to construct
a new medical center on a lot,
located east of the Mercy facility, that was vacated with the
demolition of Lincoln School.
So, how has medical care undergone a 180-degree change
in just three years?
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hires Fred Gress as
new city administrator.
See page A6
“Those goals from three or
four years ago were aspirational, but the market forces
today, especially in rural markets like Independence, have
changed dramatically in a
very short period of time,” said
Britton.
The discernment process
The closure of Mercy Hospital is the end result of a
“discernment” process that
studied the hospital’s future
in southeast Kansas. In April
2014, the Sisters of Mercy,
which is the parent owner of
Mercy Hospital, announced it
would separately study the fu-
• Mercy Health plans to continue its plans to raze two portions
of the existing Mercy Hospital. This
would include the original structure built in 1929 and the “round
tower” portion built in 1961.
• The City of Independence is
taking the lead role in contacting
other prospective medical providers who might have an interest in
providing some medical services
in Independence.
• Ambulance coverage will
not be impacted by the Mercy
Hospital closure because the Independence ambulance service
is owned by the City of Independence.
• Some 200 workers are on
Mercy’s payroll in Independence.
All Mercy employees will be given
the option of transfer to available
jobs within the Mercy Health system. Severance packages will be
provided to those employees who
decide to not find employment
within the corporation.
• see Mercy Hosital, page A2
Cherryvale ready for
Hall: more than just a dormitory
arrival of the Big Top Powell
Benefactor tells how new
Placement of circus tents
to be its own spectacle
on Monday morning;
two evening circus
performances planned
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
CHERRYVALE — There’s
a free show at the circus on
Monday morning, Sept. 14,
when Logan Park in Cherryvale is transformed into
Circus City for a day, courtesy
of the Cherryvale Chamber of
Commerce.
The public is invited to
come out to Logan Park between 9:30 a.m and 1 p.m. to
watch the Culpepper and Merriweather Great Combined
Circus erect the brand-new
Big Top and get set up for the
two shows that are to occur on
Monday night. Tour the circus grounds free of charge as
entertainers and animal handlers prepare for their shows,
animals are unloaded, and acrobatic rigging is set up for the
evening’s entertainment.
The walking tour of the
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circus grounds is an opportunity for families, schools and
the rest of the community to
meet and learn all about the
history of the circus and the
circus family, the entertainers,
different species of animals in
the shows and their history,
grooming and veterinary care.
The internationally known
circus is celebrating its 30th
year. It has been featured on
National Geographic’s Explorer television series, Entertainment Tonight, and has been
featured in the Arizona Highways Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago
Tribune, as well as on the A&E
special “Under the Big Top,”
and most recently on a Nickelodeon special on the Nick
News program.
The circus presents two
90-minute performances at 5
and 7:30 p.m. on Monday. This
year’s lineup includes an allstar group of performers and
entertainers, including Miss
Simone and her “breath-taking” single trapeze; Miss Paulina’s big and little prancing ponies; the Arlise Troupe on their
unicycles; Natalie’s American
Eskimo Escapades; Miss Georgia’s display of flexibility to the
extreme; and for the first time,
the Wheel of Destiny and Tight
Rope by the Los Moralitos.
• see Circus, page A2
Today’s
Chuckle
Los Angeles is trying to get
the summer Olympics. The
announcement ceremony included the traditional passing
of the torch and handing over
of the bribe.
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CCC dormitory will be ‘an
environment for academia’
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — Coffeyville Community College rolled out the red carpet
— in iconic school colors, too — in
celebrating the opening of the Dr. Terry
Powell Residence Hall last Thursday.
The new, five-story men’s dormitory,
which is located north of Walker Hall,
replaces the existing men’s dormitory located north of the CCC Student
Union. Those older units were built in
the early 1970s and are targeted for
eventual demolition.
Powell, a Coffeyville native, CCC
graduate and retired radiation oncologist, was present to witness the opening
of the dormitory, which was made possible with a $1 million donatoin from
Powell and his wife Barbara. That gift
marks the single-largest contribution to
CCC in college history.
The total price tag of the new residence hall is about $13 million. Revenue bonds were used to finance the
new building; revenue from dormitory
fees will be used to repay those bonds.
In brief remarks, Powell said the
new residence hall “is much more than
a dormitory, it’s also an environment
for academia.”
Powell, speaking as a retired medical
provider, said studies have shown the
need for students to have ample rest
and good nutrition in order to maintain
a healthy mind for studying. The new
residence hall, complete with its stateof-the-art amenities, will make that
learning environment possible, he said.
The new residence hall, which
can house up to 320 men, was abuzz
with activity on Monday of this week
when the male students moved from
their former dormitory units to the
swank accommodations in Powell Hall.
Upon entering the new residence hall,
the students are confronted with an
entertainment area, which includes a
billiards table (which will soon have
Dr. Terry Powell receives congratulations from Coffeyville Community College trustee
chairman Becky Medley (left) and Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce director Stacia
Meek (right) after Powell cut the ceremonial ribbon to a new men’s dormitory named
in his honor on the CCC campus Thursday morning. Assisting Powell with cutting the
ribbon was his wife Barbara (not pictured). (Photo by Andy Taylor)
the Raven logo emblazoned on the felt),
large-screen televisions, snack vending
machines, and a spacious laundry area
that will serve not only Powell Hall residence but also Walker Hall occupants
(Walker Hall is a female-only dormitory).
The college’s dominant color of red
is found throughout the residence hall,
including on the furnishings inside each
room as well as accents in the entertainment area, security desk, and wall
and flooring colors.
Crossland Construction was the general contractor for the residence hall
construction, which took 13.5 months
to complete.
The new dormitory will make recruiting more lucrative for CCC, said
athletic director Jeff Leiker.
“I know for a fact that we were able
to attract more student athletes this
semester because of the new dormitory,” he said. “The former dorm units
were in such bad shape that it really
detracted from our recruiting efforts.”
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
Montgomery County Chronicle
Mercy officials clarify closures
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.
Harry D. Nelson
INDEPENDENCE — Harry
D. Nelson, age 88, of Independence died Sunday, Sept. 6,
2015 at Mercy Hospital in Independence. Graveside services will be
10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 10 at
Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to V.F.W Post
1186 and may be left with
Potts Chapel of Independence.
Iva E. Simmons
INDEPENDENCE — Iva E.
Simmons, age 87, of Independence died Saturday, Sept. 5,
2015 at Jane Phillips Medical
Center in Bartlesville.
A funeral service was held
Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Potts
Chapel of Independence.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to Cheryl Brewster and left with Potts Chapel.
Eleanor E. Kee
COFFEYVILLE — Eleanor
E. Kee, age 95, died Thursday,
Sept. 3, 2015 at Coffeyville Regional Medical Hospital.
A funeral service was held
Wednesday, Sept. 9 at the Coffeyville First Baptist Church.
Committal services were held
at the Veterans Memorial Patio following the service.
To leave the family a message of condolence, visit www.
fordwulfburnschapel.com.
The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church
and may be left with the Chapel.
Arrangements have been
entrusted to Ford Wulf Bruns
Chapel.
Nettie L. Schaub
INDEPENDENCE — Nettie
L. Schaub, age 97, of Independence died Saturday, Sept. 5,
2015, at Mercy Hospital in Independence. Memorial services will be
held 10 a.m., Saturday, Sept.
12, in Gault Hall at the First
United Methodist Church in
Independence officiating. Inurnment will follow at
Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to
the American Diabetes Association and sent to Zach Webb
Family Funeral Service, 1475
S. 10th, Independence, KS
67301.
CORRECTIONS
A story in the Sept. 3 issue of the Montgomery County Chronicle regarding the upcoming
GermanFest celebration in Independence needs
a clarification. Even though GermanFest is not
a public event this year, the members of friends
of Zion Lutheran Church and School will continue to celebrate Zion’s German heritage with
its annual fundraiser celebration on Sept. 19.
Delinquent real estate tax list
includes $1.85M in unpaid taxes
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
When a property owner
cannot or will not pay their
property taxes, their name appears on a list that is available
to the public.
It’s called the Delinquent
Tax List, and it includes the
names of all Montgomery
County property owners who
did not pay their real estate
property taxes that were due
on Dec. 20, 2014 and May 10,
2015. That list is published for
three consecutive weeks each
August in the official county
newspaper. The Montgomery
County website also contains
the full list of delinquent taxpayers.
Nancy Clubine, county treasurer, said the intent of the list
is not to embarrass property
owners of their unpaid taxes
but to make them aware that
their taxes are due.
Delinquent taxpayers are
required to pay a publication
fee (for each property parcel
contained on that list) in order to defray the costs of that
three-week publication in the
official county newspaper.
Following the publication of
the third and final week of that
list last week, Clubine reported that $1.85 million in unpaid
taxes from 2014 remained on
the books.
Those delinquent taxes are
a concern for local units of
government because they rely
on property taxes as a revenue
for programs and services.
Those local units of government have to calculate a previous year’s delinquent percentage when they build their
budget plans for the upcoming financial year — meaning
that one person’s unpaid taxes
eventually are paid through
additional taxation.
Once the delinquent taxes
are paid, the money is disbursed to the local units of
government whose jurisdictional boundaries involve a
specific property. For example, a homeowner who resides
inside the Coffeyville city limits
pays property taxes for several
taxing entities, including the
City of Coffeyville, USD 445,
Coffeyville Community College,
and Montgomery County. Other
governments who collect taxes
through that Coffeyville property owner’s tax bills include
the State of Kansas, Wildcat
Extension District, Coffeyville
Public Library and Coffeyville
Recreation Commission.
The Delinquent Tax List
does not keep a running tally
of unpaid real estate taxes
from previous years. Clubine
said that information is obtained through the Montgom-
ery County Treasurer’s Office
but is not included on the tax
list.
What happens when a
taxpayer does not pay their
property taxes? After taxes
remain unpaid for three years,
the property is placed on the
auction block in a bi-annual
property auction. Contrary to
public perception, the purchase price of the properties
that are sold at that auction do
not have to include the unpaid
property taxes.
“If the purchase price is
higher than the amount of
taxes that are owed, then we
can deduct the taxes from
the purchase price,” she said.
“However, in most cases, it’s
very difficult to get the taxes
paid when they are sold at an
auction. We often have to wipe
off the unpaid taxes when the
transaction takes place.”
And, when those real estate
property taxes are unpaid and
uncollected, the taxpayers are
the ones who lose, she noted.
“The tax revenue goes to
the local units of government
to pay for services and programs,” she said.
The most recent delinquent
real estate tax list is available at www.mgcountyks.org.
Scroll to the link titled “2014
Delinquent Tax List.”
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ture of its facilities in Independence and Fort Scott.
For Independence, Mercy
officials began discussions
with a fellow Catholic charity,
St. John Health System of Tulsa, which also owns Jane Phillips Medical Center of Bartlesville. Those discussions also
did not come to an agreement,
and the talks between the two
Catholic charities ended in late
2014.
Mercy Hospital then pursued a possible merger with
Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center. Discussions between
the two Montgomery County
hospitals began in the spring
2015 and included the signing
of a letter of understanding,
which is an agreement in principle, in July. The City of Independence also pulled itself
into the discussion by agreeing
to issue $3 million in bonds to
retain some basic health-care
services, such as physician
clinics and possibly an emergency room, in Independence.
However, the discussions
between the two hospitals
ceased last week after CRMC
officials notified Mercy that it
could not find a sustainable,
financially-sound solution to
the CRMC-Mercy affiliation,
said Kim Day, Mercy Hospital
interim chief executive officer
who was involved in those discussions.
“I would not describe those
discussions as going sour, but
I would say CRMC made a solid, strong effort to study this
possible partnership and concluded that it could not sustain
itself financially,” said Day.
What works?
Because of the precarious
nature of health care in rural
markets, communities must
find access to medical care
that fits their geographical
needs, Britton said. Independence’s biggest challenge as
a Mercy Hospital community
was its isolation from other
Mercy campuses and resources, he said.
“Those situations that have
been proven to be viable are
where rural facilities serve as
a spoke to a hub,” Britton said.
“Those models where you can
organize a regional presence
around hubs are viable in rural America. However, if you
have an isolated facility that
does not fit geographically
with a regional hub, then it’s
going to be difficult to make a
viable model.”
Mercy Hospital at 800 W. Myrtle will close on Oct. 10; affiliated
services, such as primary care clinics in Independence and Cherryvale, Mercy Health for Life, the Cancer Center of Mercy, Mercy
Home Health and Mercy Hospice, will close by Dec. 31 unless another medical provider acquires any one or all of those services.
(Photo by Andy Taylor)
Asked if Jane Phillips Medical Center of Bartlesville and
its parent company St. John
Health System of Tulsa would
be a model for Independence
to consider, Mercy officials
said the dynamics are in place
for an inherent regional system.
“It’s obvious that Montgomery County gravitates toward
the south, and we, as an institution, have sent numerous
patients to Bartlesville and
Tulsa,” said Day. “The question is then: what degree of
services can be provided in Independence under a regional
model? That’s something that
will have to be asked by the
community. Whatever is the
solution, it needs to be a rallying point for this town.”
Mercy workers
About 190 employees will
be impacted by Mercy’s impending closure of its Independence hospital and its phase
out of non-hospital clinics and
services. Mercy employees will
be afforded the opportunity
to seek employment at other
Mercy facilities within the corporation. If they chose not to
take employment, they will be
offered a severance package
that includes a base severance
rate plus one week of salary
for every year of service to
Mercy, Britton said.
Britton admitted to the
difficulty in announcing the
closure of Mercy’s Independence-base hospital and other
medical services — namely
because of the hundreds of
employees who have provided
quality care under a Christian
ministry. Mercy established
a presence in Independence
in 1920 under the Sisters of
Mercy, a charitable organization that began medical care
in the United States in 1843.
All of Mercy’s employees have
bought in to the charity’s philosophy of providing benevolent medical care to all people,
he said.
“I cannot imagine what it
has been to live in such uncertainty and ambiguity for
18 months,” Britton said of
the Mercy employees during the discernment process.
“They come to work every day
and provide an exceptional
service, and they go home at
night not knowing their future.
They have my deep respect for
how they have done their jobs.
“The Mercy ministry was
born with those values of mercy, and it will wind up having
those same values in the end.”
The 190 employees of
Mercy Hospital and affiliated
services in Independence and
Cherryvale have a combined
annual payroll of $13 million.
Circus tents to be erected Monday
• continued from front page
These attractions are in addition to the majestic jungle
cats Soloman, Delilah and
Francis, presented by Trey
Key, whose show is guaranteed to have audiences on the
edge of their seats.
All of this occurs to the accompaniment of original music written and composed by
Matt Margucci of Los Angeles.
In addition, the circus offers
inflatables and pony rides for
children, and the circus goodwill ambassador, Skeeter the
clown, will visit businesses in
Cherryvale, Thayer School in
Thayer and Lincoln-Central
Elementary School in Cherryvale, as well as making a
special visit to the Cherryvale
Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center.
More than 100 local school
children will be able to attend
free, thanks to the generosity
of local businesses that purchased kids’ tickets and then
donated them to the chamber
to give out to children. Infants
and toddlers younger than 2
always are admitted free.
Everyone can save money
by buying tickets at a discount
in advance at $6 for children
ages 2-12, and $10 for adults.
Advance tickets are available
in Cherryvale at City Hall,
Peoples State Bank, Community National Bank and Trust,
and the Coffee Cafe; and at
Smithy’s Express in Thayer.
The circus midway box office opens at 4 p.m. on Monday. Tickets at the gate are $7
for kids and $13 for adults.
Shows are at 5 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
For more information, call
chamber vice president Sharon Shoop at (620) 336-2131
or City Hall at (620) 336-2776.
To reserve will-call tickets, call
(866)-BIG-TOP-6
(866-2447676).
Firearms, gun safes stolen from Indy home
The Montgomery County 11 total guns, some of which
Sheriff’s Department contin- are antique and are believed
ues to investigate the theft of to have been heirlooms from
11 firearms and two gun safes Germany, were stolen from a
from an Independence home home at 324 Cement sometime
late Saturday or early Sunover the Labor day weekend.
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the weekend when someone(s)
entered the garage and stole
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looms,” said Dierks. “However, the newer weapons can
be traced because of the serial
numbers provided by the owner.”
Dierks said any information
about the theft of those weapons is encouraged to contact
the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department at (620) 3301000.
Dierks also reminds gun
owners to have all weapons documented and photographed in the event the firearms are stolen.
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MANY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND
Tyro Free Car Show among
biggest gatherings in area
TYRO — One of the largest car shows in
southeast Kansas and northeast Oklahoma will
be held on Saturday, Sept. 12, in Tyro. The 13th
Annual Free Car Show, on the Tyro Christian
Church parking lots and streets, will take place
rain or shine. The event is a ministry of the
church and typically there are 200-300 vehicles
displayed for public viewing.
Car show participants can register from 8
a.m. to 11 a.m. with the first 250 entries receiving free picture plaques. Pictures will be taken
starting at 8 a.m. The trophies will be presented between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m.
The grand door prize will be a 454 motor
with participants only eligible and you must be
present to win. A cash prize will be given to the
best club participation and coming the longest
distance.
The Tyro Christian School will be selling concessions (free coffee until 10 a.m.) featuring a
breakfast of biscuits and gravy until 10 a.m.,
and a barbecue lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Music from the 1950s and ’60s will add to
the ambience of the car show. No alcohol is permitted at the event.
Contest judging is based on the 100 point
system and all vehicles must be able to drive in
to the show.
The classes and divisions will be:
Top three cars stock/original classes: 1900-1954;
1955-1957; 1958-1964; 1965-1999; 2000-up; Mustang
1964-1978; Mustang 1979-up; Nova/Chevelle; Mopar;
Camaro/Firebird 1967-1981; Camaro/Firebird 1992-up;
Corvette 1953-1982; Corvette 1983-up.
Top three cars modified classes: 1900-1954; 19551964; 1965-up; Mustang; Nova/Chevelle; Mopar; Camaro/Firebird; Corvette.
Top three trucks stock/original classes: 1900-1954;
1955-1975; 1976-1999; 2000-up.
Top three trucks modified classes: 1900-1954; 19551975; 1976-1999; 2000-up.
Top three: teenage class, ages 16-19, title owned.
Top one additional classes (for cars/trucks only): special interest (no toy cars); unfinished (must be in primer
or no interior); competition class.
Special trophies will be given for best paint, best
original (1900-1975), best interior, best original (1976up), best engine, best modified (1900-1975), preacher’s
choice, best modified (1976-up), and best of show (top
points overall).
For more information contact Wayne Moon
at 620-515-1968 (cell) or Linda Moon at 620515-2646 (cell) or home at 620-251-2646;
email: [email protected], or call the Tyro Christian Church at 620-289-4433.
Get your motors runnin’ for
Caney’s ‘Shoot the U’ event
CANEY — It’s time to dig out some of your
favorite “golden oldies,” clean up your car and
get ready for Caney’s Annual Shoot the U event
to take place Saturday, Sept. 12 in downtown
Caney. Shoot the U will be celebrating its fourth
annual cruise night having begun in 2012, and
organizers hope for a large turnout of those
wanting to participate in the tradition of dragging main street (which is actually Fourth Avenue in Caney) and turning around, or “shooting the U,” at the west end of the avenue and
proceed back through downtown Caney. “It was
also started to help out local business and to
breathe some life back into Caney,” said Shawn
Ritter, who is one of the main organizers of the
late summer activity.
In addition to having a parade of vehicles and
other modes of transportation, several other activities will take place that evening in connection with the cruise night.
Ritter, who is assisted by his wife Jennifer in
planning the event, said that Community National Bank & Trust employees will be giving
away free cruising novelties, Big G’s Burgers
and More will sell large drinks for $1.00 from
7 to 9 p.m., Manzana’s Mexican Food will be
handing out free samples of churros, Jungle Sno
will host the Brain Freeze Challenge, Commercial Bank will give away free sacks of popcorn
and Arvest Bank will hand out free bottles of
water. The Caney Valley Historical Society will
host its old-fashioned ice cream social by offering homemade ice cream and cake for sale
on the grounds of the Little White Schoolhouse.
They also will be selling chances on a gun raffle.
“Everyone is invited to come to Caney the
evening of Sept. 12 and cruise the avenue. Load
up the family and make plans for a night to remember at ‘Shoot the U’,” said Jennifer Ritter.
Get ready to chill at historical
society’s ice cream social
CANEY —The Caney Valley Historical Society will hold its 7th annual Old-Fashioned Ice
Cream Social on Saturday, Sept. 12, beginning
at 6 p.m. The event is held in conjunction with
Caney’s “Shoot the U.”
The ice cream social will take place at the
society’s downtown museum complex with
homemade ice cream and cake served. Costs
will be $5 for adults and $3 for children under
12.
The museum complex, which features sever-
al different buildings housing Caney and area
artifacts, will also be open for public viewing
that evening.
Joel and Jordan Dodson will be in charge
of providing recordings of music from the 50s
and 60s for listening pleasure.
Those attending the ice cream social are
urged to bring their lawn chairs or blankets
and enjoy the fellowship and watch those
cruising Fourth Avenue during the Shoot the U
event.
Hungry for a stack of hotcakes?
Optimists will fill your tummy!
INDEPENDENCE —The Independence Optimist International will sponsor its annual Optimist Pancake Day from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday,
Sept. 12 at the Wesley Center at the First United
Methodist Church, 6th and Maple streets.
Tickets are $5 each. Tickets are available at
Security First Title, 109 N. 6th; Yerkes & Michels, 208 E. Laurel; or at the door on the day
of the event.
SEK Blue Star Mothers to hold
BBQ dinner, garage sale event
CANEY — The Southeast Kansas Blue Star
Mothers will hold their 5th Annual Barbecue
Dinner and Garage Sale fundraiser during the
100 Mile Highway Sale this weekend, Sept. 1112. The Blue Star Mothers’ sale and dinner will
be held in Wark Park, Caney.
The dinners will be available during the daytime hours both days, For a donation of $6, a
barbecue brisket sandwich, chips and drink
will be sold, or for a $5 donation a hotdog,
chips and drink will be available.
Their garage sale will also be held in the
park, and anyone wishing to make a donation
of sale items can drop them off at the park on
Friday or Saturday mornings, Sept. 11-12.
The Southeast Kansas Blue Star Mothers is
a 501c-non-profit organization of family and
friends of military personnel. They support
military families, active military personnel, veterans, and promote patriotism. The Blue Star
Mothers send Freedom Boxes to troops through
the support of public donations.
The SEK Blue Star Mothers expresses thanks
to all those who have given in the past, and urge
everyone to stop by the park on Sept. 11-12 to
purchase garage sale items and the meals.
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Bargains galore at Kan-Okla
100 Mile Highway Sale event
The 8th Annual Kan-Okla 100 Mile Highway
Sale will be held on Sept. 11-12 with hundreds
— perhaps even thousands — of individuals in
multiple towns holding rummage sales.
Signs and banners help mark the basic sales
route, along Highways 166 and 169 in Kansas
and Highways 60 and 75 in Oklahoma. The
route connects these Kansas towns: Caney, Coffeyville, Dearing, Independence and Tyro. And
these Oklahoma towns: Bartlesville, Copan,
Delaware, Dewey, Lenapah, Nowata and South
Coffeyville.
The sale includes individual garage sales,
citywide yard sales, group sales and more than
30 antique shops. The idea is that people can go
from sale to sale without having to drive too far
between spots.
Group sites are located in various towns, including Caney, Independence, Coffeyville, Copan and Dewey.
For more information about the sale, call
918-534-9937 or go to kanoklahighwaysale.
net, which connects to a Facebook page.
n Caney sales: The Caney Valley Historical
Society will be a part of that event as it sponsors
the local fall citywide yard sales on those same
dates.
The historical society will provide shoppers’
maps, with addresses of sales, at most local
businesses today (Thursday). The deadline to
have your name listed on the shoppers’ maps
was Sept. 9.
For more information about the shoppers’
maps or the 100 Mile Highway Sale, contact the
Caney Valley Historical Society office at 620879-2233.
n Independence sales: Independence will
have more than 80 individual sale sites on
Sept. 11-12. Free maps showing those sale locations will be available at Eggbert’s, 1724 W.
Main; Jump Start, 401 W. Main; Casey’s General
Store, 1305 N. Penn; Half Pints, 1100 E. Main;
Ane Mae’s, 325 N. Penn; and Mikie’s, 1901 N.
Penn.
For more information, contact the Independence Chamber of Commerce at (620) 3311890.
Kansas Authors Club to host
district meeting in Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — Kansas Authors Club District 3 will host its fall general membership
meeting and elections at 10 a.m., Saturday,
Sept. 12 at Sirloin Stockade in Coffeyville.
The officers moved the meeting start time to
30 minutes later than the meetings had been
starting, to allow members and guests a more
relaxed Saturday morning.
Members will elect new officers to lead for
the next two years. Anyone interested in holding office or choosing leaders in the organization should be present.
The meetings start with light refreshments,
followed by business, door prizes, a silent auction of gift-type items, and those who want to
can stay and buy lunch.
All members and anyone interested in writing for fun or profit is welcome to attend the
District 3 meetings. Membership in District
3 and meeting attendance both are free of
charge. Membership in the KAC, $25 a year, is
encouraged but not mandatory. Call president
Joyce Long at (620) 515-4039 for more information.
History, town pride on display
for Elk City Old Settlers Days
ELK CITY — Elk City will celebrate its history
when the community holds its annual Old Settlers Days on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-12.
Both days are filled with family activities,
contests and entertainment.
Events begin on Friday evening with the
Wayne Johnson Memorial Car Show from 5
p.m. to 9 p.m. Registration, which will be held
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., will be $10 per vehicle.
There will be two primary classes, including
car class and truck class. Awards will be presented to the top five in original car/truck and
top five in modified car/truck.
Special awards and classes will include Best
Paint, Best in Show, Peoples’ Choice, Best Club
Participation, top three unfinished class (must
be in primer or no interior) and top three in
special interest class (motorcycles, lawn mowers, four wheelers, doon buggies, etc.).
The crowning of the Old Settlers Days queen
will be held at 6 p.m., Friday, followed by a pie
auction, door prizes, cake walk, game booths,
kids’ inflatable amusements, and a kiddie tractor pull sponsored by the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau.
The Elk City Power of the Past will have a
display at the ball field on Friday evening and
Saturday.
On Saturday, events will begin with a biscuit and gravy breakfast sponsored by the First
Christian Church held at the Elk City Community Building.
The Elk City Old Settlers Days parade will begin at 10 a.m. For entry information, call (620)
627-2697 or (620) 205-8833. Following the parade, free ice cream will be served at the fair
pavilion sponsored by the Webb & Rodrick Chapel and Crematory.
Children’s contests will begin at 11:30 a.m.
and continue until 1 p.m. This includes stick
horse and broom race (bring your own stick
horse), sack races, foot races, land ski races,
three-legged races, find money in the straw
pile, and turtle races (bring your own turtles;
no water turtles or snapping turtles).
Lunch will be served at noon, followed by a
free throw contest, medallion hunt (the finder
of the medallion will receive a $50 prize), and a
barbecue competition. All meat entered in the
competition will be for sale after the judging.
A volleyball tournament begins at 1 p.m., as
will a horseshoe pitching contest and free watermelon sponsored by the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau.
From 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., a garden tractor pull
will be held at the old grade school site. Call
Wilbur Schwatken at (620) 330-7394 for more
information.
The ever-popular free bean feed will begin at
5 p.m. Participants are to bring their own table
service and containers for carry-outs.
The evening events will include entertainment by the Indy Orchestra and Bryan Knowles
of Elk City as well as two different 50-50 jackpot drawings. A talent contest will get under-
Elk City Old Settlers Day
Schedule of Events
Friday, Sept. 11:
• 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Wayne Johnson Memorial
Car Show
• 5:30 p.m.: concession stand opens at the
ball field
• 6 p.m.: Various activities begin, including
crowning of queen, pie auction, door prizes,
cake walk, game booths, kids’ inflatable games,
kiddie tractor pull, and Power of the Past display.
Saturday, Sept. 12
• 7 a.m.-9 a.m.: Biscuits and gravy sponsored
by the First Christian Church to be held in the
Elk City Community Building.
• 10 a.m.: Old Settlers Days parade.
• 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Free ice cream at the fair
pavilion sponsored by Webb and Rodrick Chapel.
• After the parade: Kids’ races at the ball field.
Races include stick horse and broom race (bring
your own stick horse), sack races, foot races,
land ski races, three-legged races, find money in
the straw pile, and turtle races (bring your own
turtles; no water turtles or snapping turtles).
Game booths and kids’ inflatables will also be
open.
• 10 a.m. to 1 p.m: Free cancer screenings will
be held at the Elk City Masonic Lodge, 112 N.
Montgomery.
• Noon: Lunch served at the ball field. Other
events include a free throw shoot, medallion
hunt (clues posted at the ball field) and a barbecue cook off contest ($10 entry).
• 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.: Volleyball tournament ($3
entry), horseshoe pitching contest, free watermelon sponsored by the Montgomery County
Farm Bureau.
• 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.: Garden tractor pull at the
former grade school.
• 5 p.m.: Free bean freed (bring your own
table service).
• 5 p.m: Music by Indy Orchestra and Bryan
Knowles, followed by a talent contest with adult
and youth categories.
• 8 p.m.: Pony pull.
• 9 p.m.: Dance featuring the Back Roads
Band.
way at 7 p.m. with a $15 entry fee for adults
and youths. Call (620) 926-0120 to sign up.
A pony pull will begin at 8 p.m.
Finishing the evening’s events will be a dance
featuring the Back Roads Band at 9 p.m.
The Elk City Masonic Lodge will also hold
free cancer screenings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
Saturday, Sept. 12 at the lodge, 112 N. Montgomery.
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OPINIONS
Finding the bread was easy
once Dad gave me the lecture
Farmers are like newspaper folks. We have
about anything like this around the women
folk.”
terminologies that must pass muster, or else
we cringe.
Crazy women. I guess they just don’t understand boy-and-girl matters, right?
Farmers are now picking corn, not cutting
it.
Then, over the years, I went to sale barns in
Yes, they use the same basic combines that
Parsons, Welch, Dewey and Coffeyville with my
dad. I heard about pregnancy testing, crossthey used to cut wheat back in June, but once
bred cows, weaned calves --- and lots more
they add that corn header, they pick. You
expressions that became second nature to me.
wouldn’t dream of asking a local farmer if he’s
got his corn “cut.”
In our newspaper office, we cringe when
My wife, Kathy, grew up in
somebody calls to say they
need an “article” in the paper,
town so she’s never learned
when they mean an “ad.” But
the proper usage of “cow” and
we take their money anyway,
“cattle.”
smile and appreciate the busi As we drive along a counRUDY TAYLOR
ness.
try highway, I will point to a
Off the Cuff
herd of cattle and refer to ol’
I suppose it’s the same way
Jim Smith’s cows. And, that’s
with picking corn.
okay, which drives Kathy
If you show up at the local
crazy.
elevator with shelled corn in your truck, the
guy weighing it and writing your check doesn’t
“Now there you go,” she will say. “How do
care whether you cut it, picked it or sucked it
you know they’re all cows?”
up with a vacuum cleaner. He just sees corn,
I then go into a lecture, which never makes
and several trucks behind you to get unloaded.
sense, about when it’s okay to call them cows
and when I get really picky about whether
I’m old enough to remember one-row harthey’re calves, heifers, cows or steers.
vesters, and putting ear corn in the crib. From
there it had to be sent through a sheller which
She just shakes her head. “You farmers get
was truly the most dangerous machine known
so darn technical about your cattle,” she will
to mankind.
say.
I remember as a young boy going to a farm
Of course, in the really old days, harvest
sale where the auctioneer announced he was
crews actually gathered corn sheaves into
going to sell “two bred heifers.”
shocks which made a picturesque landscape
setting never to be repeated.
My dad bought them.
As they loaded them into our trailer, I
But I still like today better than the old days.
looked them over and said, “So, where’s the
That’s why watching a farmer pick his corn
bread?”
using modern machinery is so fascinating. It is
a process that holds much history, along with
My dad gave me a quizzical look. “What are
some mighty “picky” terminologies.
you talking about?”
“They said they were bread heifers,” I said.
As for bred heifers, little boys still have fun
I remember him pulling me aside as he
hearing how that all works. And, from what I
hear, women folk seem to have picked up the
tried, without much success, to explain the
major points, too.
bulls and the bees.
Then he cautioned me, “Just never talk
Of pleasant voices on the other end of a telephone
. . . taking a nap when it is
raining and thundering . . .
mopping up the last trace of
gravy on the plate with the last
bite of bread . . . watching and
listening to the rhythms performed by a college drum line
. . . when a community congenially comes together to solve
a major issue . . . Sunday sup-
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
per waffles . . . having a collection of Pez candy containers . .
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
. hearing a pleasant telephone
voice . . . the ability to persist.
. . getting to see the doctor at
your appointed time . . . buying your first home . . . “What
lies behind us and what lies
before us are small matters
compared to what lies within
us.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Postal punctuality?
Postal Clause in the U.S. Constitution has been reduced to a pause
Local postal workers are the first to be
embarrassed by a slowdown in mail service, quite noticeable to this newspaper as
we send our product out to readers.
Fortunately, we are able to provide nextday service to all readers whose zip code
begins with 673. But there is a reason for
such a guarantee — we actually take bundles of our ready-to-deliver newspapers to
23 local post offices in southeast Kansas.
This includes all three Taylor newspapers
which cover Montgomery, Elk, Chautauqua
and Labette counties.
Local postal workers are friendly, caring
and efficient. They will do anything they
know to help get our newspapers out to
readers.
But the big system of USPS — the one
that is stifled with red ink, the one that continues to make policies that run against the
grain of common sense — is a stumbling
block to its own employees.
Newly relaxed standards in mail delivery service have caused USPS employees
to drop their chins and shake their heads.
When they hear about distant deliveries
that take several days, they can only say,
“We’re sorry. It left our post office the day
you mailed it.”
And they are right.
We’re in the same boat with them.
We pay a USPS-qualified company over
$2,000 per year to supply software with
sorting capabilities that place exact zipplus-four addresses on all newspapers.
Before we take them to the post office for
mailing, they are labeled and bagged properly. No doubts remain about their destination.
But if they go outside this region, and
certainly outside the state of Kansas, they
are sent into oblivion, sometimes taking five
to seven days to arrive in readers’ homes.
And, the price we pay continues to go up.
U.S. Congressmen and Senators offer little help with this mess. After all, the USPS
is a private operation, or so they say.
In truth, it is quasi-governmental, and
mail service is a guarantee of the U.S. Constitution in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7.
It is known as the Postal Clause, but it has
been reduced to the Postal Pause.
Members of the U.S. Congress need
to step up and restore mail service to its
original priority. The people of the United
States deserve to know that mail will arrive on time — certainly within reason. Of
all the stupid payments made by the federal
government, it surely would make sense to
offer a subsidy to the delivery of mail to all
Americans.
We can’t say enough good about those
working in local post offices. It is not they
who slow the process. It is their company
that is in trouble, and now making ludicrous slashes in employment benefits, office hours and daily cut-off times that drive
customers to other forms of communication
and delivery.
So, this is a good time to encourage these
local USPS employees and the difficult jobs
they perform.
And, if you live outside this region, it
might a be good time to switch to our eedition which arrives in your home even
before the press stops printing our regular
editions.
— Rudy Taylor
Medicaid expansion?
Mercy Hospital is now a poster child for Kansas’ inaction on Medicaid
Among comments gleaned from Tuesday’s press conference at Mercy Hospital
came this: States that have expanded Medicaid are the ones that have sustainable local health systems.
Meanwhile, the states that don’t — well,
Mercy Independence is now the poster
child for what a lack of Medicaid expansion
can do to a community.
Of course, there are many fingers pointing at culprits this week as we anticipate
the hospital totally closing on Oct. 10. But
none is so suspect as state officials who
feared Obamacare so much that they folded
their arms, refused more than $30 million
in federal set-up funds, and vowed to remain totally opposed to what they believed
was the the devil in disguise.
When companies like Mercy look at the
overall landscape, they’re bound to steer
clear of places like Kansas where wellinformed state leaders often stay hidden.
After all, traditional reliance upon Republican principles will always serve the best
interest of the consumer public . . . right?
Such non sequitur thinking might well
have turned Mercy’s corporate heads away
from Independence, Kansas. After all,
there are other states where they operate
hospitals in a less hostile political environment, resulting in fairer reimbursements
from both private and public sources.
So, as we gather the troops together
and try to formulate the next stage in local
healthcare, we should remind state lawmakers and our governor that they might
well have turned the water red with their
obstinacy.
One thing is for sure: Our way forward
needs to include fixing this statewide void
in sound thinking.
Ask the 190 Mercy employees who today are holding pink slips in their hands.
Remind them that state politics played a
death blow to the jobs they lost.
Sometimes it is embarrassing to be a
Kansan. But today it is more. Living here is
downright unhealthy.
— Rudy Taylor
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OPINIONS
Picture Day at school can be
like Hollywood — or not!
Many school children are planning for a special day this time of year when they wear their
favorite clothes, their parents take a few extra
seconds scrubbing their faces, and everybody
in class lines up for school picture day. Today’s school pictures are nothing like the
photos I see of my parents with
their button-up shirts, lace collars, and curled hair. My son
had his picture taken last week
JENNY
and wore his favorite Nike athDIVELEY
letic T-shirt. Though I really
Pick A Little,
had my eye on the khaki shorts
Talk A Little
and striped polo shirt in the
closet, the T-shirt and athletic
shorts he wore are much more
representative of who he is at 10 years old.
School picture day was always significant
on my calendar in school. I would spend days
planning my outfit, asking my mother to help
me pick out just the right pieces. And we would
wake up extra early that morning so she could
curl my hair or put it in rollers. I sported the
90s “poof bangs” through much of that decade
so that took some extra work and skills of an
artist to get them just right.
The anticipation of getting released from
class to go to the school library and be placed,
one-by-one, on the metal stool while the photographer snapped our picture, was just about
more than I could handle. It was nothing short
of a Hollywood photo shoot in my mind.
But then between school photos each year,
my mother would surprise me by announcing
that after school I was going to the grocery
store to the traveling photographer’s booth
to have my picture taken. Oh, the dread that
filled my soul was deflating. I would come to
our family newspaper office, sweaty from a day
of playing with friends, and she would have a
dress waiting on me to stretch over my sticky,
chubby body. Sometimes she
would even bring the curling
iron to re-poof the bangs.
We would walk through the alley to the grocery store where a
man in brown polyester pants
would be waiting. There was
no metal stool, no friends making faces — just a goofy photographer, his rubber duck and
a big carpet hump to sit on. To this day I can
feel that carpet under my backside as I would
perch up there. It could only be described as
being like a buffalo hide…with a perm.
So, the two experiences were different and
today’s photographers are in a completely different league. Now they truly are like a Hollywood photoshoot, complete with fancy props,
walks in the woods, and resulting slide shows
that cause moms and grandmas across the
world to max out their credit cards.
But we’re still doing school picture day just
like it has always been done, albeit the clothes
have changed a bit. And judging from my son
who took a few extra minutes to scrub his face,
secretly spraying a squirt of hairspray on his
buzzed head, and practicing his picture smile
in the mirror, the anticipation and excitement
of school picture day continues.
PUBLIC FORUM
Moores were key
contributors to
Caney’s culture
Editor:
Robert and Betty Moore
came to Caney to build a medical practice. That they did and
the community benefitted.
They raised a beautiful family in our midst, and they survived and we were blessed.
Families share many things
as do communities . . . both
sad and glad. This we did!
Many stories are now
shared of past “sweet memo-
ries” like when the older men
in the community challenged
the young men to a baseball
game. Thank goodness for
the availability of much sports
liniment and Betty’s massage
between innings. The “older”
men won! But when Doc told
the story it was “better” each
time!
Then they wanted to do
“something special” . . . and
they did!
For the Caney Lions Club
and Caney community, the
Moores provided new community building with a long-need-
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ed Lions Club meeting room
(as the stately lions statues
outside the building show).
But his pride was equalled for
his Caney Bullpups — as symbolized by the Bullpup statues
that stand sentry along with
the lions outside the community building. Many are in better
health and use the building to
achieve that. The community
building has a working gym
and several meeting rooms.
How wonderful to have a
convenient, clean and pleasant place to have a needed
family get-together or a bridal shower, a celebration of a
birthday, or a reunion of longtime singers (The Sound of
Times group). All feel comfortable and enjoy the building . . .
thanks to Doc and Betty!
When the library fund
needed a boost, Doc and Betty
were there. They gave and we
are blessed.
The Moores loved to travel
and went many places. It was
enjoyed. But the “greatest
trip” was the one they made
into our hearts . . . when they
shared so much of themselves.
“Thanks” isn’t enough.
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DATEBOOK
THURSDAYSEPT.10
•
Girls
kindergarten
through 12th grade are invited to attend Girl Scout Sign-Up
Night from 7 to 8 p.m. at the
Cornerstone Church of Caney,
900 S. Ridgeway.
• 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.
• The Caney Garden Club
will hold its monthly meeting
at 2 p.m. at the Caney Historical Society Museum meeting
room.
FRIDAYSEPT.11
• Caney’s citywide fall yard
sales will be held today and
Saturday. See detailed story
found elsewhere in this issue.
Shoppers’ maps will be available at various business locations.
• The Southeast Kansas
Blue Star Mothers will hold
their 5th Annual Barbecue
Dinner and Garage Sale at
Wark Memorial Park, Caney.
See detailed story found elsewhere in this issue.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
* The 8th Annual KAN-OKLA 100 Mile Highway Sale will
be held in southeast Kansas
and northeast Oklahoma.
SATURDAYSEPT.12
• Caney’s citywide fall yard
sales will be held today. See
detailed story found elsewhere
in this issue. Shoppers’ maps
will be available at various
businesses.
• The Southeast Kansas
Blue Star Mothers will hold
their 5th Annual Barbecue
Dinner and Garage Sale at
Wark Memorial Park, Caney.
See detailed story found elsewhere in this issue.
• The 13th Annual Free Car
Show will be held at the Tyro
Christian Church starting at 8
a.m. See detailed story found
elsewhere in this issue.
• Caney’s 4th Annual Shoot
the U event will be held in
downtown Caney starting at 6
p.m. See detailed story found
elsewhere in this issue.
• The Caney Valley Historical Society will hold its 7th annual Old-Fashioned Ice Cream
Social starting at 6 p.m. on
the lawn adjacent to the Little
White Schoolhouse, downtown
Caney. They will be serving
varieties of homemade ice
cream and cake. The charge is
$5 for adults and $3 for children under 12.
* The 8th Annual KAN-OKLA 100 Mile Highway Sale will
be held in southeast Kansas
and northeast Oklahoma.
• Kansas Authors Club District 3 will host its fall general membership meeting at
10 a.m. at Sirloin Stockade in
Coffeyville. All members and
anyone interested in writing
for fun or profit is welcome to
attend.
• The Pickers and Singers
Jam Group (country, gospel
and bluegrass) will meet at
1 p.m. at the Senior Center,
601 Walnut, Coffeyville. This
is a time for anyone who likes
to play, sing or just enjoy the
music to attend. Bring finger
foods for potluck dinner at
3:30 p.m. This group meets
the third Saturday of each
month.
• Independence Optimist
Club Pancake Feed at the Wesley Center, 7 a.m. to noon.
• Cherryvale Men’s Breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. at the Cherryvale Christian Church, 319
E. Main. All men in the Cherryvale area are invited. This
meal and time of fellowship
are free.
SUNDAYSEPT.13
• The Sycamore United
Methodist Church and the Liberty United Methodist Church
will hold a joint worship service at Big Hill Lake, rural
Cherryvale, at 10:30 a.m. A
fellowship meal will follow
the service. Those attending
should bring their own table
service and lawn chairs. The
public is invited to attend.
• Cherryvale Chamber of
Commerce sponsors the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus at Logan Park. Tent raising and tour start at 9:30 a.m.
Two shows under the Big Top
at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets on
sale in advance at Cherryvale
City Hall, Cherryvale banks,
and Cherryvale and Thayer
businesses.
• Montgomery County Commission will meet at 9 a.m., in
the commission chambers at
the lower level of the Montgomery County Judicial Center.
• Truth Project video series at First Southern Baptist
Church, 717 E. Sixth St., Cherryvale. Light supper starts at 6
p.m, followed by the DVD presentation. Meal and meeting
are free of charge.
MONDAYSEPT.14
• The USD 436-Caney Valley
Board of Education will hold
its monthly meeting, which is
open to the public, at 6:30 p.m.
in the board meeting room,
700 E. Bullpup Blvd.
• The Caney Pioneers 4-H
Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7:15 p.m. in the
Trinity Lutheran Church.
• The City of Tyro will hold
its monthly council meeting at
7 p.m. at the Tyro Christian
Church.
• The City of Havana will
hold its monthly council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Havana
City Hall.
• Fawn Creek 4-H Club will
hold its monthly meeting at
the Tyro Christian Church, 7
p.m.
• The Bolton Trailblazers
4-H Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bolton
Church.
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• USD 447 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the
Cherryvale High School library,
700 S. Carson. The meeting is
preceded by a workshop at
6:30 p.m. All board of education meetings are open to the
public.
• USD 445 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m., at the
Riley Education Center at 10th
and Oak streets. The meeting
is open to the public.
• USD 446 Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m., at the
Victor Klotz Service Center,
615 Ellis. The meeting is open
to the public.
• Cherryvale Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor the
Culpepper and Merriweather
circus. Tent-raising and tours
are from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and two shows in the evening
are at 5 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets
are on sale at City Hall and
various businesses around
town.
TUESDAYSEPT.15
• The Can-Kan Dreambuilders will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in the Caney City
Library.
8 p.m.
• Cherryvale Community
Center Advisory Board will
host a public meeting at 7
p.m. to gain public input into
the programs and events they
would like to have at the center in 2016. Individuals and
members of organizations are
welcome.
WEDNESDAYSEPT.16
6 p.m.
THURSDAYSEPT.17
• MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) will meet at the
Tyro Christian Church from 9
to11:30 a.m. for a time of fellowship, devotions, refreshments and special speakers.
All mothers of children, birth
through kindergarten age children, are invited to attend.
8 p.m.
• Cherryvale Community
Center Advisory Board will
have its regular monthly meeting at 1:30 p.m. at the center
to discuss business and the
outcome of the Sept. 15 public
input meeting.
FRIDAYSEPT.18
• The Caney City Library
will show the movie “The Neverending Story.” Check with
the library for starting time.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
SATURDAYSEPT.19
• The 47th Dunham-Swaney
family reunion will be held at
the Elk City Community Building with a shared fellowship
dinner at noon. Those attending need to bring their own table service. Guest and friends
are welcome to attend.
• The Caney City Library
is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
storytime will be held at 10
a.m. and crafternoon will be
held at 2:30 p.m.
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CANEY
A former Caney girl
now living in Fort Scott
was recognized last week
for leading a group of
high school debaters in a
life-saving maneuver on a
teacher.
Dary Toth, daughter of
Travis and Amber Toth of
Fort Scott, is a sophomore
at Fort Scott High School.
Lasts Friday, Toth and a
group
of her
fellow
classmates
w e r e
recognized
for their
courage and
Darby Toth
leadership
at a debate clinic at Blue
Valley High School in late
August.
At that debate clinic,
Toth noticed an assistant
debate coach had passed
out and started turning
blue. Utilizing her first aid
skills learned as a child
during the Caney summer swimming program
and later in a Fort Scott
lifeguard training program, Toth immediately
performing CPR and used
an automated external
defibrillator on the assistant coach. Other students
called 911 and got the attention of a teacher. Once
paramedics arrived, Toth
and the rest of the debaters went into a school library to decompress their
emotions and collect their
thoughts.
She said the skills
learned in lifeguard training helped her in that situation.
“Somebody needed to
do something,” Toth told
the Fort Scott Tribune. “I
just did what needed to be
done.”
Toth said she later
learned the assistant debate coach had sustained
a heart attack but was expected to recover fully.
Toth and her fellow debaters were recognized at
an all-school assembly last
Friday in Fort Scott. They
received applause and a
standing ovation for their
courage and leadership.
“If this isn’t an example
of leadership, I don’t know
what is,” said Fort Scott
principal Shawn Thomas
for a story in the Fort Scott
Tribune.
(620) 879-2156 to inquire
Fred Gress hired as city administrator
New city administrator
takes on budget review;
CPA proposes budget
plan that has a smaller
mill levy increase
than originally
proposed
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Caney’s newest city administrator did not waste a moment in pulling up a chair to
the city council table at Tuesday’s semi-monthly meeting.
Fred Gress, former Parsons city manager and Independence city clerk, accepted
an offer from the Caney City
Council to be the new city
administrator. Gress took his
seat at the council table at
Tuesday’s meeting and immediately immersed himself into
the City of Caney’s business.
Foremost on the list was
a review of the City of Caney
budget for 2016. Approval of
that budget has been delayed
until Thomas Sewell, an Independence certified public
accountant, could review the
budget and make adjustments.
Sewell’s final review and recommendation were released
at Tuesday’s meeting.
At a public budget hearing
in August, several Caney citizens expressed concern about
a proposed 13.5-mill increase
of the City of Caney’s tax rate
for 2016. The proposed in-
Fred Gress, new city administrator, (right) listens to information from Mayor Chad Bradford during Tuesday’s Caney City Council meeting. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
crease, which would raise the
mill levy from 36.5 mills in
2015 to 50.00 mills in 2016,
drew complaints that the budget plan did not incorporate
some level of adjustment in
water and sewer fees, which
typically are warranted whenever repairs or upgrades are
made to the water and sewer
systems. The proposed budget
levied property taxes to fund
the upgrades to the water and
sewer systems.
Following Sewell’s review,
the Independence certified
public accountant recommended a mill levy of 42.065
mills, which despite being a
5.5-mill hike from the 2015
tax levy, was considerably lower than the initial plan, which
called for a levy of 50.00 mills.
Gress admitted that he was
new to Caney’s budget situation but indicated he wanted
to review the matter before
offering his own recommendation. The city council will meet
at 7 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14 to
give final approval to the budget plan. The council has until
Sept. 15 to approve the budget
and have it submitted to the
Montgomery County Clerk for
final certification.
“My immediate impression is that this budget is very
tight,” said Gress. “Your three
primary revenue sources are
Council OKs policy change for
non-city water customers
Consumers of Caney city
water who live outside the city
limits will no longer be subject
to annexation if their water
service is disconnected for 30
days or more.
City councilors on Tuesday
agreed with a recommendation from Mayor Chad Bradford to alter city policy that
calls for annexation of non-city
water customers whose service may be disconnected for a
period of 30 or more days.
Bradford said a water customer who resides outside
the city limits intends to sell
a home. However, the house
has been vacant for more than
30 days. In order to clean the
house, the homeowner wishes
to have water service reconnected. However, city policy
requires the property owner
to face annexation for having
a disconnection of more than
30 days.
Bradford
recommended
omitting the timeframe entirely from city books, thereby
allowing any non-city water
customer to not face annexation due to extended disconnection time. All city councilors agreed.
In other business transacted at Tuesday’s meeting, city
councilors:
• rejected bids for the purchase and installation of a
sound system in the council
chambers at City Hall. The
council received three bids
— ranging from $2,600 to
$5,800. Because of the disparity in the bids, the council opted to reject them and pursue
other options.
Prior to the council’s vote on
the matter, city resident Diane
Whicker encouraged councilors to not spend money on a
sound system.
“If you simply speak up so
that your voices can be heard
by the audience, then I would
see no reason to purchase a
sound system,” she said.
Currently, the council chambers has a sound system. However, a microphone has to be
passed to each councilor and
city staff member whenever
they wish to speak. The microphone connects wirelessly to
one speaker.
In support of the sound system purchase was Caney resident Roy McDaniel, who said
the sound system would allow
him and others a chance to
hear all council business.
Caney resident Ken Eckelberry said he, too, favored the
purchase of a new sound system but noted that a previously announced plan for a sound
system may have been too excessive. That system contained
as many as 10 speakers for the
council chambers.
• heard a request from
Caney resident Keith Rogers to
have a detailed list of monthly
expenditures available for the
public rather than the monthly
lump sum printed on the council agenda.
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“Years ago when I served
on the school board, the board
went through each itemized
check before it was approved,”
he said. “I think it would behoove the city to know where
this money is going.”
Councilors indicated they
are given an itemized list of
checks prior to each meeting.
Mayor Chad Bradford said
he would take Rogers’ request
under advisement.
property taxes, sales taxes
and franchise fees. With a
5.504-mill increase, that’s a
pretty good increase. But, I
would suspect that property
taxes are your major source of
tax revenue.”
Gress, whose salary as city
administrator will be $60,000
per year, is no stranger to municipal government in southeast Kansas. He previously
served as the Parsons city
manager for more than seven
years before resigning in September 2014. A native of Independence, Gress also served
as the city clerk for Independence and previously was employed as a city administrator
in Willard, Mo. He also was a
director of finance for the City
of Fort Scott.
He owned and operated
Arctic Ice & Water Co. in Independence for many years.
Girl Scout Sign-Up Night
scheduled for tonight
Girls, kindergarten through 12th grade, are encouraged to attend the Girl Scout Sign-Up Night tonight, Thursday, Sept. 10,
from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Cornerstone Church of Caney, 900 S.
Ridgeway.
Those interested but who cannot attend the sign-up event, or
for those with questions about Girl Scouts in Caney, can call Connie Henry at (620) 306-1565.
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CANEY
School board to hold
monthly meeting
Several action items will
be considered when the USD
436-Caney Valley Board of Education meets for its monthly
meeting on Monday, Sept. 14.
The meeting, which is open
to the public, will be held at
6:30 p.m. in the board meeting
room, 700 E. Bullpup Blvd.
Board members will decide
to either approve or disapprove the revised version of
the 2015-2016 teachers negotiated agreement; the superintendent’s recommendation for
Danny Beam as a maintenance
worker and also Robin Richey
as a high school secretary.
Information and discussion
items will include the transportation, maintenance, and
building principals’ updates,
and the superintendent’s report concerning the rough
draft of the Strategic Action
Plan; SharpSchool; and “community” website.
Reports from board members will be presented by Darlene Sanders on Tri-County
Special Education and Zach
Ellison on the Caney Valley
Recreation Commission.
Executive sessions will be
called for the topics of personnel and negotiations.
Zombie Walk to include
concert performance
from Edge of Zephyr
The board of directors of
the Caney Zombie Walk have
announced an exclusive appearance of the band Edge of
Zephyr at the Caney Zombie
Walk on Saturday, Oct. 17 at
Wark Memorial Park in Caney. The Caney Zombie Walk has
delighted the public and entertained zombies for years as
they register and get ready to
participate in the walk. This
year’s heavy metal band promises to take the zombie walk to
another level.
Edge of Zephyr will perform
a free concert from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. during the walk’s registration carnival.
Hailing from Bartlesville,
Edge of Zephyr was born from
a love of hard rock and metal
music coupled with a desire to
create melodies in the guitars
and vocals that are lacking
in much of today’s metal music. They spend a large part of
their time composing, touring
and opening for national acts.
Recently, their releases begun
to be broadcast on Oklahoma
radio stations. This up-andcoming band melds a variety
of musical influences into an
incredible signature sound!
The public is invited to join
the hoard for an unforgettable
free concert with musical talents including Brandon Beach,
BJ Lake, Brett Mullins, Dylan
Gomez, and William Harvey. The band will also be on
hand to meet fans, sign autographs, and share their latest
recording.
For more information about
Edge of Zephyr visit their webpage at http://www.reverbnation.com/edgeofzephyr or their
Face Book page at www.facebook.com/edgeofzephyr.
Follow the Caney Zombie
Walk on Face Book, Instagram
and Twitter.
Montana Owens, a freshman at Caney Valley High School, adjusts the streams of paper chains that surround the interior of the Caney
City Library. The paper chains are a sign of success from the summer youth reading program. Each link in the chain represents one book
read by a local youth who participated in the program. There were 3,991 total books read by the 68 children who participated in the
summer program. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Book released about Mullendore murder saga
Author and newspaper columnist Dale R. Lewis will release his book, “Footprints in
the Dew,” during the Western
Heritage Days celebration in
Dewey, Okla., on Sept. 26.
Lewis, who has been writing the book for the past eight
years, says it will make some
revelations about the famous
Mullendore Murder Mystery
that have never before been
aired.
Center-stage in the book is
the late Damon “Chub” Anderson who was with E.C. Mullendore in 1970 when he was
killed at the sprawling Mullendore Ranch located eight miles
southwest of Caney.
Anderson was a fugitive
from justice for many years,
then spent his dying days near
Caney. Anderson passed away
in 2010.
Lewis said he recorded 150
interviews with Anderson during that time. He also intereviewed other people who knew
Anderson and members of the
Mullendore family.
Arvest Bank’s 1 Million Meals project
to provide food to Caney families
Arvest Bank’s 1 Million
Meals initiative challenges
bank associates, customers
and community members to
participate in fundraising efforts and nonperishable food
drives to fight hunger in the
more than 120 communities
the bank serves. The initiative
is needed, as 49 million individuals, including 16 million
children, are identified as food
insecure.
Arvest Bank kicked off the
two-month, bank-wide effort
to provide at least one million
meals to local, hungry families today, and will continue
through Oct. 31. The initiative will conclude just before
Thanksgiving, when donations
are presented to 59 local organizations who feed the hungry
in their communities.
Caney City Library festooned in chains
Arvest Bank in Caney
has partnered with Another
Chance Thrift Shop for the
duration of the initiative. All
donations received will go to
Another Chance Thrift Shop to
provide meals to local, hungry
families. Caney residents can
participate in 1 Million Meals
by dropping off nonperishable
food items or making monetary donations at the Arvest
branch in Caney or calling
(866) 952-9523. Every dollar
raised through 1 Million Meals
provides the equivalent of five
meals for those in need.
Each of Arvest Bank’s 59
recipient organizations was
selected on a local basis.
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1 Million Meals, visit arvest.
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“Footprints In The Dew” focuses
on Damon “Chub” Anderson’s
and the unsolved murder of
rancher E.C. Mullendore, who
was shot and killed at his Osage
County ranch in 1970.
“Chub’s arrest set off a chain
of events that would eventually
send me traveling thousands
of miles across the country,
sleeping in tents or roadside
motels as I pursued the story of
his life,” Dale wrote this week.
“In the course of writing the
book, I have gone through two
cards, three laptop computers,
reams of paper, a camcorder
and several tape recorders.”
The murder of E.C. Mullendore, 32, became one of
the most publicized crimes in
Oklahoma and Kansas history.
The case was recounted for
years in newspapers across
the two states, and in the 1974
true-crime book “The Mullendore Murder Case” by Wall
Street Journal reporter Jonathon Kwitny.
No arrests were ever made
in that murder.
Anderson was Mullendore’s
personal bodyguard and an
employee of the sprawling
Cross Bell Ranch that covered
thousands of acres in Osage
and Washington counties in
Oklahoma and Chautauqua
County in Kansas.
When he died in 2010, Anderson said he would take the
details of Mullendore’s death
with him to his grave. He remained silent about his involvement, but Lewis indicates
Anderson provided details of
Dale Lewis (right) with Damon “Chub” Anderson prior to Anderson’s death in 2010. (Courtesy photo)
the case in his interviews.
Lewis will sign books at
the Western Heritage event in
Dewey, and he will speak at the
noon luncheon.
He also will be in Caney at
the Caney Valley High School
Library to sign books at 6 p.m.
and 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 15.
He will speak about his book at
7 p.m.
For book ordering information, visit: www.originalbuffalodale.com.
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Planned events at Caney
Valley Jr.-Sr. High School for
Thursday, Sept. 10, through
Saturday, Sept. 19, follow.
• Thursday, Sept. 10: Jr.
high volleyball and football
with Fredonia at Caney, 4:30
p.m. and 6 p.m. respectively;
cross country at Girard, 5
p.m.; girls’ golf at Girard, 9
a.m.
• Friday, Sept. 11: Varsity
football, Caney vs. Burlington
at Caney, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 12: Varsity
volleyball tournament at Iola.
• Monday, Sept. 14: JV football, Caney vs. Burlington at
Burlington, 6 p.m.; JV and C
volleyball, Caney vs. Sedan
at Caney, 5 p.m.; girls’ golf at
Parsons, 3 p.m.
• Tuesday, Sept. 15: Volleyball, Caney vs. Neodesha and
and Independence at Neodesha, 4 p.m.
USD
436-Caney
Valley
breakfast and lunch menus
for Friday, Sept. 11, through
Friday, Sept. 18, 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, Sept. 11: (breakfast) mini cinnamon rolls
or whole grain cereal, assorted fruits, juice, milk;
(lunch)( country style beef
patty, mashed potatoes/gravy, steamed broccoli, whole
wheat
roll/honey,
orange
wedges, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables.
• Monday, Sept. 14: (breakfast) oatmeal breakfast round/
yogurt or whole grain cereal,
pineapple, juice, milk; (lunch)
cheesy chicken spaghetti,
• Wednesday, Sept. 16:
Girls’ golf at Eureka, 3 p.m.
• Thursday, Sept. 17: Jr.
high volleyball and football,
Caney vs. Galesburg at Caney,
4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. respectively; cross country, Caney
vs. Parsons at Big Hill Lake,
4 p.m.; girls’ golf at Galena,
3 p.m.; Jostens’ sophomore
class ring meeting.
• Friday, Sept. 18: Varsity
football, Caney vs. Humboldt
at Humboldt, 7 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 19: Varsity
volleyball tournament at Oswego; JV debate tournament
at Coffeyville.
*****
The only scheduled activity
at Lincoln Memorial Elementary School for Thursday, Sept.
10, through Friday, Sept. 18, is
picture day on Friday, Sept.
11.
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Play the Montgomery County Chronicle’s
football contest each week during the high
school football season!
tossed salad/romaine, fresh
baby carrots, whole wheat roll/
honey, applesauce, milk, or
pbj, choice of fruits and vegetables.
• Tuesday, Sept. 15: (breakfast) sausage and cheese biscuit or whole grain cereal,
peaches, juice, milk; (lunch)
BBQ rib on a bun, romaine/tomato, tri tater, seasoned green
beans, apple crisp (6-12), tropical fruit, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables.
• Wednesday, Sept. 16:
(breakfast) whole grain pancakes/syrup or whole grain
cereal, banana, juice, milk;
(lunch) cheese pizza, fresh
garden salad, steamed carrots
graham snacks (9-12), orange
wedges, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables, tomato
wedges.
• Thursday, Sept. 17:
(breakfast) breakfast pizza,
string cheese, or whole grain
cereal, assorted fruits, juice,
milk; (lunch) baked chicken
drumstick, fresh broccoli, savory rice, corn, oatmeal roll,
honey, pineapple, milk, or pbj,
choice of fruits and vegetables.
• Friday, Sept. 18: (breakfast)
breadsticks/sauce
or
whole grain cereal, orange
wedges, juice, milk; (lunch)
sloppy joe/bun, whole grain
chips, baked beans, sweet potato puffs, string cheese (9-12),
pears, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables, tomato
wedges.
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CHERRYVALE
Council to seek P&Z board’s
opinion about zoning issue
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
The Cherryvale City Council
is asking the Cherryvale Planning and Zoning commission
to study a resident’s request
to purchase city-owned land
and have that acreage rezoned
from commercial to agricultural use.
The property in question
is five acres along Catherine
Street, between Front and
First streets. It is now zoned
B2 (business). An anonymous
resident who wishes to buy the
acreage indicated in a letter to
the council that the property, if
purchased, would be rezoned
to A1 (agriculture).
However, that same anonymous individual also indicated plans for erecting a 1,350
square feet house on that
property.
Mayor John Wright expressed concern at allowing
residents to keep horses inside
the city limits, and asked the
council to hold off on a decision
on the sale of five acres until
the planning and zoning board
delves deeper into the issue.
Wright asked the councilors
for their initial thoughts on the
request. Chad Wickham said
Citizens invited to provide input
about C’vale Community Center
Cold treats for parade spectators
Trenton Smedley, a member of the Cherryvale High School football team, delivers popsicles to Thayer youths who watched the Thayer Homecoming Parade last Saturday. Smedley was joined by several
members of the CHS football team in delivering the cold treats to parade spectators. (Photo by Andy
Taylor)
The Cherryvale Community Center Advisory Board will host a
2016 Planning Session at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15 at the Community Center. The board is holding the meeting to get input from organizations and individuals within the city of Cherryvale on what types
of programs, classes and events should be offered during the
2016 calendar year.
Kylie Ludwig of the Wildcat Extension District will discuss
various programs and classes that K-State Research and Extension provides to the public.
Cherryvale Fire-Rescue earns ‘outstanding’ inspection
Reed also expresses
appreciation for city
employees during
August storm, clean-up
ministrative Regulations and
Statutes.
“They review operational
and medical protocol, ambulances and equipment inspection, equipment list, garaging,
call schedule, certification
cards of the technicians, daily
record of ambulance responses, and the quality assurance
program,” Reed said. “They
also performed an audit of
our continuing education program. The board found us to
be well organized and compliant with all regulations and
statutes, and awarded us an
Outstanding Inspection with
zero deficiencies for 2015. I
would like to publicly praise
each EMS technician for working hard and always going the
extra step to ensure we continue to have a top-notch service.”
In other information from
Tuesday’s meeting, Reed said
the department answered
six fire calls in August: three
downed power lines, two motor vehicle accidents and one
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
The Cherryvale Fire-Rescue Department has earned
Outstanding Inspection status
with zero deficiencies for 2015
as the result of its recent state
inspection.
Chief Jesse Reed told the
Cherryvale City council on
Tuesday that the inspections
are to ensure departments are
in compliance with Kansas Ad-
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were “other,” such as no patient found, call cancelled, or
patient dead at the scene.
The largest number of dispatches were seven breathing
problems, 16 percent of the
total number of calls; six falls,
14 percent; and four chest
pain complaints, 9 percent.
Response times continue
to improve, Reed said. EMS
responded within one minute
of dispatch 95 percent of the
time, up from 86 percent last
month; and within three minutes of dispatch every time, up
from 98 percent of the time
last month.
Arrival times also have improved, with crews arriving at
the scene within five minute
of dispatch 93 percent of the
time, up from 74 percent last
month; and within 10 minutes
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95 percent of the time. Only
five of the 44 responses - 11
percent- were to individuals
outside the city limits.
Reed said the community
experienced a short-duration
storm in mid-August with
damaging high winds, resulting in numerous downed
power lines, and large trees
and branches blocking streets
and alleys. With the amount of
damage the community had,
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police department, Montgomery County Rural Fire Department, and city pubic works
employees, Reed’s crews were
able to cover the vast majority
of the power line calls. Public
works employees erected barricades and worked diligently
to remove debris blocking
streets.
“Having departments that
communicate well and work
well together makes my job
easy,” he said. “Thank you to
all involved.”
he wanted input from planning
and zoning commission. Randy
Wagoner said rezoning the
land and allowing the resident
to build a house and outbuildings there would provide a nice
bump in the land’s tax assessment.
In other business, the council:
• heard from public works
director Wade Weber that
most of the damage from fallen
trees and limbs in the Aug. 18
storm that hit the city has been
cleaned up, and his crews are
mowing and carrying on with
their usual tasks. He also proposed cleaning out the old wading pool that now is an overgrown flower patch at Logan
Park, and using it as an area
for new playground equipment
for preschool children.
• named city administrator
Travis Goedken and city clerk
Hillary Lawrence a voting delegate and alternate voting delegate to the League of Kansas
Municipalities.
• heard from Lawrence
that the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus will have two
shows on the evening of Monday, Sept. 14, at Logan Park.
Tickets are on sale now at City
Hall and other locations in
town at a savings below cost of
tickets at the gate. The Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce
is sponsoring the circus.
• received a reminder of the
Cherryvale Community Center
Advisory Board’s public meeting at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 15,
at the community center. The
goal of the meeting is to seek
public input about the events
and programs the public would
like to have at the center.
The council meets next at 7
p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21 in the
council chamber at City Hall.
All council meetings are open
to the public.
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CHERRYVALE
Public invited to
Big Hill Lake for
clean-up project
BY DONNA CELAYA
[email protected]
Big Hill Lake’s Cherryvale
campground children’s playground is in need of some
updates and improvements,
and what better day to tackle
those jobs than National Public Lands Day, from 9 a.m. to
noon on Saturday, Sept. 26.
Mike Lupino of the U.S.
Corps of Engineers said park
employees had to take down
a tire swing at the playground
two years ago and a new one is
on order to replace it. Also on
order is rubber mulch to replace sand at the playground.
“We hope they get here in
time. Regardless, we’ll still
have the work day,” Lupino
said.”
The
Cherryvale
campground’s playground has a
couple of unique features. It
has these big concrete tubes
the kids love to crawl through,
and the tire swing from probably the 1980s, the kind you can
swing on or swirl in circles. It
was deteriorating, so we took
it down and ordered the new
one.”
The concrete tunnels are in
for a new coat of primer and
colorful paint, and the playground sand will need to be
pulled out and replaced with
the rubber mulch. The rubber
mulch will discourage bugs
and spiders, and will be less
abrasive on little hands and
knees, he said.
These are projects for volunteers of just about any age,
and everyone who wants to
help is welcome, including private individuals, scouts, 4-H
clubs or church groups. Volunteers should dress
for the weather, and they can
bring their own gloves, buckets, shovels and rakes, if they
have them. The park will supply some of those items, and
will make sure the volunteers
have plenty of water to stay
hydrated.
Call the park at (620) 3362741 for more details or to
sign up to volunteer.
4-H club makes fall plans
The monthly meeting of the
Happy Hustlers 4-H Club was
held Sept. 2 at the Logan Park
Building in Cherryvale. The
meeting was called to order
by the president, Jordan Cushenbery, and the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge were
recited. Roll call was answered
by telling of your favorite summer activity. There were 11
members and three leaders
present.
Last month’s minutes were
read by Abi Bryson, and Olivia
Saucedo led the club in singing
“Happy Birthday” to members
with September birthdays.
Florence Blaes gave the treasurer’s report and Lily Bryson
gave the reporter’s report. In
the leader’s report, Florence
announced committee signups for next year, reminded
members to collect Best Choice
bar codes and tentatively officer training will be held Nov. 3
at Caney.
Debbie Reilly explained a
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The public is invited to attend
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With outstretched arms, young Cherryvale Charger fans eagerly await high fives from members of the Cherryvale High School football
team during pregame introductions Friday night. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Police patrolling traffic to reduce accidents
BY DONNA CELAYA
fundraiser that Rock Springs
[email protected]
is having to promote 4-H to
people who are not involved An increase in the number
with 4-H. A set of dishes that of minor traffic accidents in
has the 4-H emblem can be Cherryvale over the summer
purchased for Rock Springs to months has spurred the police
use at events they host to vari- department to step up traffic
ous organizations. Jodi Cush- patrols around town.
enbery encouraged 4-H mem- Police chief Perry Lambert
bers to complete their record told the city council on Tuesbooks. The club date to turn day that city residents can exin record books to a leader is pect to see the officers patrolling more diligently than usual
Sept. 19.
Carrie
Cascarano-House in an effort to reduce the numexplained the “Adopt a Grand- ber of fender benders.
parent” program. The club Lambert also said his deagreed they wanted to partici- partment handled 154 calls
pate in this event in December. overall during August, and
Jessica Wood, Abi Bryson, Lily that is fewer calls from the
Bryson and Olivia Saucedo same month in 2013 and 2014.
gave the report for the banner Of the calls the police ancommittee. The banner they swered in August, 18 were
made was titled “4-H Keys to traffic related, second only to
Our Future.” The banner re- the 24 calls his office fielded
ceived a purple ribbon at the for miscellaneous reasons.
Cherryvale Fair, a blue ribbon A breakdown of the remainat the Montgomery County 4-H ing calls shows:
Fair, and a grand champion • 9 domestic disturbances.
ribbon at the Coffeyville Inter- • 8 welfare checks.
• 7 vehicle accidents, none of
state Fair.
Jessica Wood announced them serious.
next month’s meeting agenda • 6 reckless drivers.
and meeting date of Oct. 7 • 5 each: alarms, unknown
at Cherryvale’s Logan Park disturbances, and calls to speak
with an officer.
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The meeting was adjourned • 4 each: criminal damage to
property, and theft.
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Lambert also said he has
fielded numerous calls about
bogus IRS phone calls, a scam
that is being perpetrated all
across the nation. He said
the criminals impersonate
IRS agents and often resort
to threatening the people receiving their calls. He said the
callers use scare tactics. They
often have a good deal of information about the person
they are calling, and will ask
for them to pay taxes they allegedly owe by using a prepaid
debit card or credit card.
“That isn’t how the IRS operates,” Lambert said. “Most
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of call is encouraged to simply
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the call and file a formal complaint.
Lambert also said the Cherryvale and Coffeyville police
Explorers are working together to promote the professional
wrestling match coming to
Cherryvale Community Center
on Saturday, Oct. 24. Tickets
are on sale at City Hall and
other locations around town.
Lambert thanked the community, the fire department,
the rural fire department and
the public works department
for helping clean up after the
violent storm that tore through
Cherryvale on Aug. 18.
Goedken was
a finalist for
Minnesota County treasurer seeks change
of addresses from past year
city position
City administrator Travis
Goedken was a finalist for a
city administration position in
Minnesota.
Goedken was named one of
the four finalists for the city
administration position in Pequot Lakes, Minn. The four finalists were interviewed Tuesday.
Goedken told the Montgomery County Chronicle on
Wednesday that he was not
named administrator of Pequot Lakes.
The administrator’s advertised salary range for the City
of Pequot Lakes is $67,251 to
$88,239.
Pequot Lakes is a central
Minnesota town with a similar
population of Cherryvale.
The 2015 real estate, personal property, oil, gas, 16/20M
truck and watercraft tax statements will be mailed to Montgomery County taxpayers the middle part of November, said Nancy
Clubine, Montgomery County treasurer.
“Our office has numerous statements returned to us each year
due to incorrect addresses,” said Clubine. “If a taxpayer has
moved since November 2014 and hasn’t updated their address,
they need to contact our office. This includes taxpayers with real
estate taxes that are paid by an escrow agent.”
The treasurer’s office is located in the Montgomery County
Courthouse, 217 E. Myrtle, Independence, and the phone number is (620) 330-1100.
School board to meet Monday
The USD 447 Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m.. Monday,
Sept. 14, in the library at Cherryvale Middle-High School, 700 S.
Carson, Cherryvale. A workshop at 6:30 p.m. precedes the regular meeting. All board meetings are open to the public.
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COFFEYVILLE
A new home for
the Raven flock
Male students at Coffeyvilel Community COllege make the trek from the former residence hall
to the entrance of the new Powell Hall during a mass move-in on Monday.
Students unload campus refrigerators, plastic totes and other personal furnishings outside
the front of the new,
five-story Powell Hall, which serves the male student population at Coffeyville Community
Commission OKs change that clarifies tall grass policy
Commissioners learn of discrepancy in city codes
dealing with tall grass, weeds; former commissioner
Jim C. Taylor Sr., chides city staff, city commissioners
for being unfairly targeted
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
In an often heated exchange
with a former Coffeyville city
official, Coffeyville city commissioners on Tuesday considered changes to city laws
pertaining to tall weeds and
vegetation.
Commissioners voted 4-1
for the first reading of an
amendment to a city ordinance concerning tall grass.
Commissioner Justin Martin
cast the lone dissenting vote.
The issue arose when city
staff members investigated
local codes after a complaint
had been lodged with city’s
code enforcement department
regarding tall grass and vegetation on the property of Jim
C. Taylor Sr., who is a former
city commissioner and the father of current city commis-
sioner Jim Taylor Jr. In investigating the codes that could be
applied to the complaint, city
staff discovered two conflicting city ordinances. One code
sets the maximum height for
grass and weeds at 12 inches.
Another code dealing with tall
vegetation sets the maximum
eight at eight inches.
City attorney Paul Kritz recommended an ordinance that
puts the maximum height of
weeds, grasses, “obnoxious”
vegetable growth and underbrush at 12 inches.
City manager Kendal Francis said he wanted a “common sense approach” in the
City’s dealing with violators of
the tall grass and vegetation
codes.
Commissioner Taylor said
he had a few concerns about
the matter involving his father.
He said he felt his father was
being targeted for his tall grass
and storage materials, even
though he said the materials
stored on the elder Taylor’s
property had reduced in volume over the years. “We need
not be worried about stuff in
the background, so to speak,”
said the commissioner.
However, Mayor Chris Williams said he felt the commission needed to take an aggressive stance on tall grass,
weeds and vegetation.
“The bottom line is that we
have let things go on far too
long,” he said. “That’s why
Coffeyville has a negative image.”
The elder Taylor was present at Tuesday’s meeting and
was asked, by his son, his
thoughts on the subject. That
led to a verbal fray between
the elder Taylor and Williams.
The mayor insisted that Taylor
allow commissioners and staff
to air their thoughts without
being interrupted by Taylor.
“Just be nice,” Williams insisted. “You act like a bull in a
PINCH’s annual community
potluck dinner set for Sept. 19
People for Institutional and Communal Harmony (PINCH) will sponsor its Ninth Annual
Community Potluck Dinner.
The event will be held at 5 p.m., Saturday,
Sept. 19, at the Senior Citizens Activity Center,
601 S. Walnut, Coffeyville. The event is open to
the public.
Entertainment will be provided by the Sunshine Band of the First Church of God In Christ
Family Worship Center under the direction of
Mrs. Virginia Walton.
James Grimmett, chief of the Coffeyville Fire
Department and recently the interim city manger for the City of Coffeyville, will be the guest
speaker.
The theme for this celebration is “Continuing
the Dream.” All guests are requested to bring
a favorite dish to share. There will be lots of
good food. Table settings, drinks, and meats
will be provided by PINCH. For more information call Sharon Caulkins at (6200 870-0712 or
Paul S. Price at (620) 870-1862.
PINCH is a sub-committee of the Coffeyville
Ministerial Alliance and was formed after a
two-day Dismantling Racism Workshop that
was held in Coffeyville in May 2004. There
were thirty-nine (39) participants representing
twenty-one (21) organizations (i.e. religious,
business, educational, non-profit, and government) in attendance at the workshop.
PINCH has continued to work on issues of social justice in Coffeyville and a number of people have continued to meet monthly since that
event. PINCH seeks to eliminate the devastating
effects of racism and other forms of discrimination in thhe institutions and community, to
bind up and heal old wounds, and to improve
harmony among all residents of this city.
PINCH has sponsored a number of community programs from its beginning, such as themed
essay contests for school children and forums
for political candidates for political offices.
PINCH is still recruiting new members who
are willing to work to achieve an harmonious
community for all our citizens.
For more information, contact chairman Ken
Winston at (620) 251-4472.
china closet.”
The elder Taylor said he
believed he would be assessed
“tens of thousands of dollars”
in fines and fees for having
tall grass on his property. He
wanted assurances that city
crews would not enter his
property and mow the weeds
and grass. He also said he believed he was being unfairly
singled out by city staff.
He also said there were
dozens of other properties in
Coffeyville with grass conditions that were far worse than
his. Among the properties he
mentioned were some owned
by the City of Coffeyville.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to
amend the ordinance whereby
city action will be required
when tall grass meets or exceeds 12 inches in height.
Commissioner Taylor then
pressed Commissioner Justin
Martin for a reason for his dissenting vote on the matter.
“The way the proposed ordinance was written was too
confusing,” said Martin, noting he would not vote in favor
of an ordinance when the subject matter was unclear.
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COFFEYVILLE
Paola firm to provide steel
for new electrical plant
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
FKHS Athletes of the Week
The Field Kindley Booster Club announces its first crop of Athletes of the Week for the 2015-16 school
year. Announced as Athletes of the Week on Sept. 8 were (front row, left to right) Anabelle Andres,
dance; Madison Giesen, tennis (back row, left to right) Cameron Riley, cross country; Jackson Stringer,
football; Emma Herkelman, volleyball; Jose Villanueva, soccer. The Field Kindley Booster Club supports all 17 athletic programs at FKHS through annual membership sales, concession operations and
’Nado spirit gear sales. (Photo by Beth Conrad)
Former city manager hired in Illinois
COFFEYVILLE — Former
Coffeyville city manager Gary
Bradley has been hired as the
city manager of the City of
Kwanee, Ill.
The Kewanee City Council
voted 4-1 in hiring Bradley.
The councilor who cast the
lone dissenting vote indicated,
according to a story in the Kewanee Star Courier, concerns
about Bradley’s previous personal financial difficulties, including that Bradley had had
filed for personal bankruptcy
twice.
Kewanee is a city of 12,918
residents and located in Henry
County in northwestern Illinois.
Restivo tells Rotarians about social media at CCC
The Coffeyville Rotary Club on Sept. 8 heard
a presentation from Rocky Restivo, director of
digital communications at Coffeyville Community College.
Restivo presented a program about social
media telling Rotarians it should be used as
part of a media mix for business marketing.
Rocky said that 74 percent of all Americans are
on line with 89 percent of on-line users being
between the ages of 18 and 29, 82 percent be-
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
tween 30 and 49, 65 percent between the ages
of 50 to 64, and 49 percent of on-line users are
over 65.
Restivo also told the group that Facebook is
by far the largest of the on-line social media
sites.
Next Tuesday’s meeting will be at the CCC
west wing of the cafeteria and will include
members of the newly formed Interact Club at
Filed Kindley High School.
A Paola, Kan., company will
be paid $588,405 to provide
structural steel for the City of
Coffeyville’s New Generation
electric plant.
City
commissioners
on
Tuesday accepted a recommendation from the engineering firm Burns & McDonnell
to name Doherty Steel Inc, of
Paola as the provider of the
structural steel for $588,405.
Michael Shook, electrical
utility supervisor, said proposals were received from a total
of eight companies to supply the structural steel as designed and specified by Burns
& McDonnell. Central Steel
had the lowest bid ($454,433)
but were disqualified due to
the fact they excluded a large
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center has announcde that
family medicine physician Erica Crew, M.D, will be joining
CRMC Primary Care Center in
Coffeyville, and the Women’s
Health Services Clinic in Independence.
“We extend our gratitude
to Dr. Henry Fronc and Dr.
Jacqueline Woodrum who
provided care to our community while we searched for a
permanent physician. We are
thrilled to welcome Dr. Crew,
who will be a mainstay in
our county, and we anticipate
Church Directory
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.
9-3-15
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.
city easements will allow Tessenderlo Kerly to expand its
operations.
The easements were formerly two streets and an alleyway that were vacated in
1995.
• approved an ordinance to
amend electric utility rates effective Oct. 1.
• approved a cereal malt
beverage license for MKT incorporated located at 1401 W.
11th.
• approved executing an oil
and gas lease with M. B. Holdings.
• approved executing a real
estate sales contract with Ronnie and Carolyn Williams for
property at 110 N. Central.
• Approved executing an oil
and gas lease with M. B. Holdings.
Family medicine doctor joins staff
Chronicle
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.
portion of the bid package.
In other business transacted at Tuesday’s meeting.
• accepted a request from
property owners Kevin and
Jessica Rucker to have a portion of their property, located
on the former Royal Pontiac
car dealership on U.S. 169
highway, deannexed from the
corporate city limits. The former dealership property has
been in the city limits since
2002.
Commissioners
approved
an ordinance that puts the
deannexation process into motion. A public hearing will be
held on Oct. 13.
• agreed to vacate three
easements on the property
owned by Tessenderlo Kerly at
the Coffeyville Resources complex. The vacation of the three
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.
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, starting 9/13/15, 2-4 p.m., www.divorcecare.org. For events see our Facebook page..
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.
her serving patients here for
years to come,” said Mark Woodring, chief executive officer
at CRMC.
Crew is a well-rounded physician who pursued healthcare
first as a nurse, and then later
became a physician. She received her master of science in
community health at the Hofstra University in New York and
finished her residency in family medicine at Kings County
Hospital Center in the state of
New York. Dr. Crew’s specialty
is Family Medicine where she
sees patients from babies to
geriatric adults. She enjoys
working in a setting where she
can truly make a difference
and be a community doctor.
Crew will be moving to
Montgomery County later this
fall and will be serving patients
at the offices located at 801 W.
8th Street in Coffeyville.
FFA Chapter begins year
with Back to School Bash
The Coffeyville FFA Chapter held its annual Back to School
Bash on Friday, Aug. 26 in the agriculture shop with more than
50 FFA members in attendance. Dinner was provided for all
members and there were numerous games along with a scavenger hunt played.
The FFA members discussed upcoming events at the local,
district, state, and national level. It was a great way for new
members to the FFA chapter to meet some of the upperclassman.
Alex Wharry, Coffeyville FFA President, stated, “I enjoyed seeing all the new faces and I’m happy for the Greenhands to get to
know a little about our program at such a fun event.”
The next activity on the Coffeyville FFA Chapter’s schedule
will be a Greenhand Conference on Thursday, Sept. 24.
CPL encourages youths to register
for Library Card Sign-Up Month
Studies show that children
who are read to in the home
and who use the library perform better in school. September is Library Card Sign-up
Month, a time when the Coffeyville Public Library joins
with the American Library Association and public libraries
nationwide to make sure that
every student has the most
import school supply of all – a
free library card.
Resources at the CPL are
available to anyone who has a
library card. Students can turn
to the library for materials,
programs and knowledgeable
library staff that support academic achievement. The library host weekly board game
nights for children and fami-
lies, provides access to computers, wireless internet, state
research databases, and the
resources of over 40 libraries
in SEK.
To get a card at CPL, you
must have two forms of identification: one that has your
current name and address. If
you are resident of Coffeyville
there is no charge, if you out
of state there is $5 per year
charge. Children under 18
must have a parent or guardian come to the library and
sign them up for a card. The
child does not need ID but the
parent must be eligible for a
card (they do not have to open
an account). Children must be
age 5 and in kindergarten to
get a card.
COLLEGES
Local PSU students earn
honors for summer session
Pittsburg State University
has released the honor roll for
the 2015 summer sessions.
To qualify for Dean’s Scholastic Honors, a student must
complete at least 6 semester
hours, receive a grade point
average (GPA) of 3.6000 for
all credit work that semester
and have no grade lower than
a B and no grade of a I in any
course during that semester.
To qualify for All-A Scholastic Honors, a student must
complete at least 6 semester
hours, receive a grade of A in
all credit course work for the
semester and no grade of I in
any course during the semester.
Area students named to the
Dean’s Scholastic Honor Roll
were:
•
Coffeyville:
Elizabeth
Keene, Veronica Fisher.
Named to the All A Scholastic Honor Roll were:
• Coffeyville: Haley Smith.
• Independence: Allison
Chism, Cory Rincker, Jennifer
Schierlman, Tammy Dick.
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Webworms are unsightly,
but Weber says ignore ’em
BY RUDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
The sudden appearance of
webworms in trees is causing
grumbling among southeast
Kansas residents. They are
unsightly, and there’s not a lot
tree owners can do about it.
Jacob Weber, district horticulturalist for the Wildcat Extension District which serves
Montgomery, Labette and
Crawford counties, says they
definitely are ugly … but you
should leave them alone.
“Ignore the webbed nests if
you can,” says Weber who has
been inundated with questions
in past weeks about the onslaught of trees by the worms.
“If you don’t like the ugly
nests, and you have lots of
money to throw away, you can
spray the trees with labeled insecticides when the webworm
caterpillars are just emerging
from the eggs,” Weber said.
There are no preventative
treatments. He said the insecticide application is made
when the caterpillars are
small, and before they have
any significant webbed nests.
However, pesticide treatment Trees throughout southern Kansas have been inundated with
is optional because these in- webworms in recent wees. (Photo by Rena Russell)
sects do not significantly harm
healthy trees — other than the female adult insect (moth defoliation occurs in the fall
their appearance.
phase). Egg nests are about from the second generation of
So, Weber says to save your the size of a nickel and are this insect. Trees covered with
money, and maybe take your- covered with white fuzz (scale webbed nests are not being
self out to eat, or buy some- fragments from the moth’s suffocated, he said --- “they’re
thing special with the money body). Moths do not evolve just plain ugly, that’s all.”
you’ll save.
from the worms. The worms, Fall webworms come and
We b e r
or caterpil- go over the years. “We’ll have
said there “ . . .they’re just plain ugly, lars,
are many autumns when they are
definitely
the
larval not as bad as this year’s infesthat’s all.”
are
more
phase.
tation,” Weber said.
than usual
T h e One caveat: If you’re a com— JACOB WEBER,
numbers
life cycle of mercial pecan grower, you’ll
Wildcat
District Extension Agent
of fall webthe
web- be well advised to control fall
worm nests
worm
is: webworm infestations bethis fall. Their numbers vary beginning with the eggs; egg cause defoliation of the pecan
from year to year. Cycling of hatch to larvae (caterpillars); trees, especially from the first
the insect population is due to then caterpillars to pupae; pu- generation webworms (June),
the cycling of parasitic insects pae to mothers (female moths can significantly reduce nut
that destroy fall webworm egg after mating, lay egg nests and production and nut quality
nests. Cycles are unpredict- the cycle repeats. The adult this year and next year. Many
able, but this year’s peak cycle moths are white.
pecan growers know this and
is an exceptional one.
Weber said defoliation due have been on top of this issue
Fall webworm eggs are laid to webworm feeding is of min- all summer.
on the underside of leaf sur- imal significance for healthy
faces of suitable host trees by trees, especially when the
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SPORTS
’Pups prep
for Wildcat
test Friday;
TVL streak
now 40
• see Bullpups, page B2
Cherryvale seeks
to cool Eureka’s
victory ambition
Chargers rout Humboldt, 46-26, behind
multiple touchdowns
from Raida, Menzer
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CANEY — It’s now 40
wins and counting for the
Caney Valley High School
football team.
That’s how many consecutive
victories
the
Bullpups have posted in
Tri-Valley League action
after they thumped Yates
Center 49-14 in their season opener last Friday.
Caney
Valley
now
takes a 1-0 mark into this
week’s home debut as it
entertains Burlington in
another league matchup.
Friday’s kickoff is set for 7
p.m. at Caney Valley High
School Stadium.
“Burlington will be a
quality opponent,” said
Bullpup coach Criss Davis. “We’ve going to have
to play better football …
that’s for sure.”
The Bullpups are seeking a seventh straight
league championship in
2015. A year ago, they
went a perfect 8-0 in
league play during their
9-2 campaign. They have
not dropped a TVL contest
since Oct. 3, 2008, when
they fell to Humboldt 248.
Last week’s opener
seemed to be a mismatch
on paper, and it certainly
was on the field.
Caney Valley dominated Yates Center on both
sides of the football, out-
Page B1
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
Cherryvale’s Brendan Menzer (#15) avoids a Humboldt tackler while getting blocking assistance from
a fellow teammate during the first quarter of Cherryvale’s season-opening contest against the Cubs
on Friday. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Chargers are hoping for
a another break-loose game
this Friday when the team
hosts the Eureka Tornadoes.
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., at Logan Park Stadium.
Cherryvale enters the contest after having smacked
Humboldt, 49-26, last Friday.
The Chargers’ 26-20 halftime
lead was extended when the
team puts it scoring engines
in overdrive and outpaced the
hapless Cubs by a 20-6 advantage in the second half.
Meanwhile, Eureka looks
to find its first win . . . and its
first touchdown of the season . . . when the Tornadoes
travel to Cherryvale. Eureka
was blanked last Friday by the
Burlington Wildcats, 28-0.
In Friday’s game in Cherryvale, Charger quarterback
Lane Raida scored on three
short scampers while Brendan
Menzer found the end zone
on two possessions. Kortland
Verge also was credited with
a Charger touchchdown in the
third period.
Menzer led the game wit
183 rushing yards on nine
carries while Raida picked up
92 yards on 16 carries on the
Charger turf.
Cherryvale
out
hustled
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• see Chargers, page B3
Bales claims 10th, Gulick wins 11th in varsity cross country race
Independence’s Rindy
Marquez is medalist in
varsity girls’ race
By BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
ALTAMONT — Independence High School’s Branden
Bales took 10th place and
Caney Valley’s Brycen Gulick
came in 11th as both runners
earned medals in the varsity boys race at the seasonopening Labette County Cross
Country Invitational on Sept.
3. Also medaling on the day
was IHS’ Rindy Marquez with
a 15th-place finish in the girls’
race.
Bales landed in the top 10
by finishing the varsity boys’
race in a time of 19:23. Gulick
finished six seconds behind in
the No. 11 spot with a time of
19:29. Meanwhile, Marquez
landed as a medalist with a
time of 24:11.
“Brandon has worked very
hard this year by completing
1,000 miles before the season
started and is in great shape,”
said Independence coach Max
Bradbury. “Brandon started
in the top 20 and worked very
hard to finish in 10th place.
Rindy ran a very strong race
from start to finish. She is very
healthy and strong.
“The varsity boys’ team has
only four runners at this point
and, to place as a team, you
need five runners. The boys
had an awesome race and
ran hard and fast. I was very
pleased with the effort and
drive from each runner. All the
varsity girls had a great run.
• see Cross country, page B3
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well as volleyball matches from Tuesday night.
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SPORTS
Field Kindley’s Smith continues domination in SEK tennis circuit
day to take first place in the
No. 1 singles division of the
Labette County Invitational
on Thursday. Smith picked up
four of the Lady ‘Nado’s five
victories on the day.
PARSONS — It was another
perfect day for Field Kindley High School girls’ tennis
standout Sayaka Smith.
The defending Class 4A singles champion went 4-0 on the
“Sayaka continued her undefeated season,” said FKHS
girls’ tennis coach Aaron
Clark. “Madison Giesen also
recorded a victory. This was
her first career win in the sin-
gles bracket.”
Smith surrendered just two
games all day in her singles
competition. She beat Chanute’s Rebecca Wendt and
Abi Felter of Pittsburg by 8-1
scores, while also shutting out
Haley Page of Labette County
and Alex King of Fort Scott,
8-0.
Also picking up a win in the
tournament was Giesen at No.
Bullpups look to extend league victory streak to 41 games
lot of good things offensively.
We had a good takeaway-giveaway ratio, so I thought we did
a good job of taking care of the
football. Defensively, we’ve got
some things we need to work
on to get better at.”
The Bullpup defense forced
five turnovers in the contest,
picking off three of the five
Wildcat passes. Yet, Davis said
his team had a tough time
bringing runners down during
the game.
“We’ve got to do a better
job defensively,” Davis said. “I
saw some holes I didn’t like.
We’ve got to do a better job of
tackling. We had several tackles for a loss and let them get
• continued from page B1
gaining the Wildcats 401-174
in total yardage. The Bullpups
jumped ahead 13-0 after one
quarter and extended that to
36-0 by halftime.
Leading the way offensively
was Bryce Short, who had 16
carries for 231 yards in the
contest. He scored four touchdowns in the contest on runs
of 2, 39, 2 and 80 yards.
Despite leading by as many
as 43 points midway through
the third quarter, Davis said
his team still has plenty of
room for improvement.
“We had a lot of ups and
downs,” Davis said. “I saw a
away from us.”
That will definitely have
to improve this week as the
Bullpups welcome Burlington
to town.
The Wildcats enter the contest at 1-0 overall and in the
TVL following a 28-0 shutout
win over Eureka on Friday.
In that contest, Burlington
jumped out to a 21-point advantage in the first quarter
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The key in the contest could
be turnovers as both teams
took advantage of opponent’s
miscues last week. Burlington
forced Eureka into three turnovers, including two interceptions.
A year ago, the Bullpups
captured a 48-22 victory over
the Wildcats in Burlington.
Caney Valley has beaten Burlington eight straight seasons
and has not lost to the Wildcats since a 20-17 home setback on Sept. 29, 2006.
Caney Valley 49, Yates Center 14
CVHS YCHS
First Downs
12
7
Total Yards
401
174
Rushes-Yards 36-34938-140
Passing Yards
52
34
Com-Att-Int 2-4-01-5-3
Fumbles-Lost1-1 3-2
Punts-Avg. 0-02-19.5
Penalties-Yards4-35 4-25
CVHS
13 23 13
0 — 49
YCHS
0 0
8
6 — 14
SCORING PLAYS
CVHS — Short 2 run (Melchiori kick)
CVHS — Waltrip 1 run (Kick failed)
CVHS — Short 39 run (Run failed)
CVHS — Griffin 5 run (Run failed)
CVHS — Griffin 3 run (Short run)
CVHS — Melchiori 42 field goal
CVHS — Short 2 run (Melchiori kick)
YCHS — Forsyth 4 run (Tidd run)
CVHS — Short 80 run (Kick failed)
YCHS — Smith 34 pass from Bruner (Run
failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing — CVHS: Short 16-231, Griffin
7-50, Thornton 3-25, Waltrip 5-23, Melchiori 3-23, Henderson 1-0, Richey 1-(-3);
YCHS: Not available.
Passing — CVHS: Thornton 2-3-0 52,
Melchiori 0-1-0; YCHS: Not available.
Receiving — CVHS: Short 1-27, Nunneley 1-25; YCHS: Not available.
2 singles. She took down Madi
Carson of Fort Scott, 8-2, as
part of a 1-3 day.
Jana Vargas and Kayla
Maulsby competed at No. 1
doubles and finished the day
0-4.
Field Kindley will next compete in the Columbus Invitational today. After that, the
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LABETTE COUNTY INVITATIONAL
Team Results: Team scores not available.
Field Kindley Results
No. 1 Singles — Sayaka Smith def.
Rebecca Wendt, Chanute, 8-1; def. Haley
Page, Labette County, 8-0; def. Alex King,
Fort Scott, 8-0; def. Abi Felter, Pittsburg,
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Stewart, Pittsburg, 3-8.
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Kimberlin, Chanute, 1-8; lost to Marlee
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Hutchinson, Fort Scott, 1-8; lost to Ashlee
Beitzinger/Sam Bollinger, Pittsburg, 0-8.
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SPORTS
Chargers devour Cubs,
Cross country teams open season at Altamont prepare for Tornadoes
The Lady Bulldogs ran with a
lot of pride.”
Caney Valley coach Hannah
Beuke said she was pleased
with her team’s performance
for the first meet of the season.
“I was really happy with
the results,” Beuke said. “It
was the first meet for five out
of the six runners, and most
of them set a PR for their 5K
times. Brycen placed 11th in
varsity with a great time of
19:29. Dayton Wade followed
behind him with a strong
pace. I feel like it has been one
of the best starts to a season
that we’ve had in the six years
I’ve coached at Caney Valley.
There are some really hard
workers on the team this year,
and I’m excited to see how
they’ll progress in the weeks
to follow.”
None of the area teams
placed in the team standings
during either varsity race. The
boys’ competition was won
by Girard with 28 points, just
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Fort Scott won the girls’ race
with 28 points, with Girard
coming in second at 40.
Independence took first
place in the junior varsity
girls’ race, led by Jillian Stafford with a third-place finish.
On the boys’ side, Field Kindley came in second behind
Frontenac. Cameron Riley was
the top Golden Tornado runner in a time of 21:42 for fifth
place.
“I was extremely pleased
with my team’s efforts and
results,” said Field Kindley
coach Taasha Viets. “We definitely identified a few things
we need to work on, and
they will be the focal point at
practice next week. Overall,
though, I couldn’t be happier
with their performance”.
Both Caney Valley and Independence will travel to the
Girard Invitational today. Field
Kindley will also compete today in the Fort Scott Invitational.
VARSITY BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1. Girard 28, 2. Pittsburg 31, 3. Galena 88, 4. Southeast-Cherokee 95.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
— 1. Devin
Brooks, Fort Scott, 17:36; 2. Jon Zimmerman, Girard, 17:45; 3. Ryan Hughes, Girard, 18:27; 4. Aaron Yarnell, Erie, 18:35; 5.
Derrick Sumner, Pittsburg, 18:49; 6. Kyler
Newkirk, Girard, 18:58; 7. Conner Southard, Pittsburg, 19:06; 8. Garrett Gant,
Baxter Springs, 19:10; 9. Reece Watson,
Pittsburg, 19:17; 10. Branden Bales, Independence, 19:23.
TEAM RESULTS — Caney Valley: 11.
Brycen Gulick, 19:29; 25. Dayton Wade,
21:26; 33. Jesus Palacios, 23:12; 34. Justin
Ward, 23:17 Field Kindley: No runners.
Independence: 10. Branden Bales, 19:23;
18. Nathan Hogge, 20:36; 24. Jacob Smith,
21:13; 37. Adam Hayse, 24:05.
VARSITY GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1. Fort Scott 28, 2.
Girard 40, 3. Frontenac 56.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS — 1. Cailie
Logue, Girard, 18:28; 2. Cassidy Westhoff,
Fort Scott, 18:59; 3. Jenny O’Bryan, St.
Paul, 20:03; 4. Layne Karhoff, Girard, 21:34;
5. McKenzie Wilks, Pittsburg, 22:01; 6. Jessica Petterson, Frontenac, 22:32; 7. Megan
Hyatt, Labette County, 22:34; 8. Sarah
O’Bryan, St. Paul, 22:36; 9. Paxsten Eads,
Fort Scott, 22:48; 10. Kelsey Carpenter,
Fort Scott, 23:13.
TEAM RESULTS — Caney Valley: No
runners. Field Kindley: No runners. Independence: 15. Rindy Marquez, 24:11; 19.
Abby Dunham, 26:20; 30. Hope Renfro,
28:50
JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS
TEAM SCORES — 1. Frontenac 18, 2.
Field Kindley 59, 3. Independence 86, 4.
Parsons 91, 5. Baxter Springs 118, 6. Galena 123.
TEAM RESULTS — Caney Valley: 20.
Brandon Nielson, 23:50; 31. Zach Denton,
25:02. Field Kindley: 5. Cameron Riley,
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Aiden Charter, 28:52; 62. Jacob Mitchell,
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33:05; 67. Tyler McDow, 33:54.
423 of Cherryvale’s total 456
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of 32 passes for 309 yards. In
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yard on 21 attempts.
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Trevor Raida, Brenan Menzer
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JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS
TEAM SCORES — 1. Independence 25,
2. Fort Scott 32.
TEAM RESULTS — Caney Valley: No
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18. Ally Meek, 28:26; 24. Emma Viets,
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Weaver, 26:25; 9. Dara Mendoza, 26:46;
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IHS tennis teams
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IOLA — With eight team
points, the Independence High
School girls’ tennis team captured first place at the Iola Invitational on Sept. 3.
The Lady Bulldogs took the
top spot just ahead of runnerup Parsons with seven points.
Columbus and Iola tied for
third place in the four-team
tournament with four points
each.
IHS won two of the four divisions in the tournament, including Amanda Trout at No.
2 singles, as well as Emma
Stoner and Alexis Clapp at No.
2 doubles. Meanwhile, Meredith Campbell came in second
at No. 1 singles, while Kaylee
Bryant and Clare Bindley finished third at No. 1 doubles.
Trout went a perfect 3-0
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play with a 2-1 mark but landed first place after the match
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dropped to second based on
the percentage of games won
on the day. Bryant and Bindley
had a 1-2 record on the day at
No. 1 doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS TENNIS
IOLA INVITATIONAL
Team Results: 1. Independence 8, 2.
Parsons 7, T-3. Columbus/Iola 4.
Independence Results:
No. 1 Singles — Meredith Campbell def.
Abbey Peterson, Columbus, 8-0; lost to Abbi
Ford, Parsons, 6-8; def. Bobbi Sinclair, Iola,
8-5. Campbell finished in second place in
division. No. 2 Singles — Amanda Trout def. Emily Newberry, Columbus, 8-0; def. Kelsey
Smith, Parsons, 8-0; def. Chyanne Vaughn,
Iola, 8-1. Trout finished in first place in division.
No. 1 Doubles — Kaylee Bryant/Clare
Bindley lost to L. Kitch/K. Murillo, Columbus,
3-8; lost to E. Gatewood/J. Folk, Parsons, 1-8;
def. T. Smith/J. Tidd, Iola, 8-4. Bryant/Bindley
finished in third place in division.
No. 2 Doubles — Emma Stoner/Alexis
Clapp def. M. White/J. Tedlock, Columbus,
8-2; def. X. Wommack/L. Baldwin, Parsons,
8-1; lost to M. Bycroft/E. Klubek, Iola, 7-8
(3-7). Stoner/Clapp finished in first place in
division.
Indy JV teams have
strong showing
INDEPENDENCE — IHS
won two of the four divisions
at its own Independence Junior Varsity Invitational on
Sept. 1 at the Ken Brown Tennis Courts in Riverside Park.
Kaylee Bryant went a per-
fect 4-0 on the day to win the
No. 2 singles division, while
Amanda Bryant and Bindley
went 3-1 to take the top spot
at No. 1 doubles.
The remainder of the squad
came in fourth place in their
respective divisions, including Chelsea Cushing at No. 1
singles with a 2-2 mark, Clapp
and Stoner at No. 1 doubles
with a 2-2 record, and Grace
Slaton and Danesa Ramos at
No. 2 doubles with a 1-3 mark.
“It was another great day for
Lady Bulldog tennis,” said IHS
girls’ tennis coach Matt Ysusi.
“The girls were able to win two
divisions on the day, and we
gained a lot of experience for
the younger players. I thought
our upperclassmen in Kaylee
and Chelsea got us some much
needed wins on the singles
side by winning a division and
getting two wins in the tough
No. 1 singles bracket. Also, we
had a great day in doubles as
our two teams went 5-3 on the
day in No. 1 doubles. I thought
the girls were aggressive and
played high-percentage tennis
for most of the day.”
The Lady Bulldogs will host
the Independence Invitational
today before hitting the road
to the El Dorado Invitational
on Saturday. They will then return to the Ken Brown Courts
on Sept. 15 for their final home
tournament of the season.
INDEPENDENCE JV INVITATIONAL
Team results: No team scores reported
Independence results:
No. 1 Singles — Chelsea Cushing def.
Kaylee Tigner, Neodesha, 6-1; lost to Megan Thomas, Labette County, 4-6; lost to
Sage Collins, Chanute, 5-6 (5-7); def. Bailey
Jackson, Field Kindley, 6-0. Cushing finished in fourth place in division.
No. 2 Singles — Kaylee Bryant def.
Marianne Jabben, Field Kindley, 6-0; def.
Jessica Bradbury, Labette County, 6-2;
def. Jessica Johnson, Neodesha, 6-0; def.
Jenna Greer, Chanute, 6-5 (7-3). Bryant finished in first place in division.
No. 1 Doubles — Amanda Bryant/
Clare Bindley def. Courtney Jackson/Lauren Roberts, Field Kindley, 6-1; def. Caylee
Jones/Bianca Hernandez, Labette County,
6-1; def. Laura Benavides/Taryn Seely,
Chanute, 6-4; lost to Emily Gatewood/Natalie Benevides, Parsons, 3-6. Bryant/Bindley finished in first place in division. Alexis
Clapp/Emma Stoner lost to Laura Benavides/Taryn Seely, Chanute, 5-6 (2-7); def.
Courtney Jackson/Lauren Roberts, Field
Kindley, 6-3; lost to Emily Gatewood/Natalie Benevides, Parsons, 4-6; def. Caylee
Jones/Bianca Hernandez, Labette County,
6-1. Clapp/Stoner finished in fourth place
in division.
No. 2 Doubles — Grace Slaton/Danesa
Ramos lost to Chelsey Taylor/Grace Haggerty-Mills, Neodesha, 4-6; lost to Victoria
Frolich/Carley Brashler, Field Kindley, 4-6;
def. Raelee Moore/Camri Saye, Labette
County, 6-3; lost to Lauren Baldwin/Xzavea Wommack, Parsons, 1-6. Slaton/Ramos finished in fourth place in division.
Caney Valley’s Jayd Bentley identifies the slope of the green during competition at the Caney Valley Invitational Tournament last Thursday, Sept. 3. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Bullpup golfers earn title on home course
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
CANEY — Five members of the Caney
Valley High School girls’ golf team placed
in the top 10 of its own Caney Valley Invitational on Sept. 3 at the Caney Golf Club.
“The girls reached one of their goals
by winning their home tournament,” said
Lady Bullpup coach Wendy Oyler. “The
girls had a good but not great day of golf.
We are not where we need to be but will
continue to work hard and hopefully play
to our potential.”
Cortney Gardner led the way for Caney
Valley with a 44 to take second place —
three strokes behind champion Reagan
Caney Valley Junior High
and Cherryvale Middle School
were winners in their seasonopening football games last
Thursday.
Cherryvale defeated Neodesha, 20-6, for the Chargers’
first win of the 2015 season.
Meanwhile, Caney Valley was
a 22-6 victor over Humboldt to
earn the Bullpups’ first mark
in the victory column.
Tonight (Thursday), Caney
Valley will host Fredonia while
Cherryvale will host the Humboldt Cubs. Kickoff for each
game is 6 p.m.
Next week’s showdowns
will see Cherryvale travel
to Eureka Caney Valley host
Galesburg.
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — After
posting its first won of the
season at Fort Scott, the Field
Kindley High School soccer
team captured second place
at the Golden Tornado Tournament Saturday at Veterans
Memorial Stadium.
FKHS — now 2-2 overall — closed out the day with
a 6-1 loss to Maize South in
the
championship
match.
Earlier, the Golden Tornado
had thumped Columbus 10-0
in first-round action. Maize
South advanced to the title
game by way of a 10-0 shutout
against Fort Scott.
TEAM
WL
Fredonia 10
Eureka 10
Caney Valley
1
0
Cherryvale1 0
Galesburg0 1
Neodesha01
Humboldt0 1
Yates Center
0
1
Game results from Sept. 3:
Fredonia 30, Yates Center 0
Caney Valley 22, Humboldt 6
Cherryvale 20, Neodesha 6
Eureka 14, Galesburg 0
Game schedule for Sept. 10:
Galesburg at Yates Center
Fredonia at Caney Valley
Humboldt at Cherryvale
Neodesha at Eureka
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Team Scores: 1. Caney Valley 195, 2. Eureka 209, 3. Columbus 245, 4. Caney Valley JV 258, 5. Girard 332.
Individual Leaders: 1. Reagan Boone, Eureka, 41; 2.
Cortney Gardner, Caney Valley, 44; 3. Ashlyn Hefley, Caney
Valley, 50; 4. Jayd Bentley, Caney Valley, 50; 5. Kelsey Wyant, Caney Valley, 51; 6. Kendra Gardner, Caney Valley, 52;
7. MaKayla Jones, Yates Center, 54; 8. Chandler Birkholz,
Eureka, 55; 9. McKinzie Clark, Columbus, 56; 10. Jennifer
Torrey, Eureka, 56.
Team Results: Caney Valley (195) 2. Cortney Gardner
44, 3. Ashlyn Hefley 50, 4. Jayd Bentley 50, 5. Kelsey Wyant
51, 6. Kendra Gardner 52, 15. Paige Price 58. Caney Valley
JV (258) 12. Hannah Hedges 57, 19. Lyndon Nunneley 61,
20. Lizie Rogers 62, 23. Lauren Culver 78.
No further details were
available from Saturday’s
Field Kindley matches at the
time of this story.
In the third place match,
Columbus slipped past Fort
Scott 2-1.
Field Kindley 6, Fort Scott 0
FORT SCOTT — The Golden
Tornado picked up their first
win of the season on Sept.
3 with a 6-0 decision at Fort
Scott.
“The team did awesome,”
said FKHS soccer coach Jayson Etter, whose squad moved
to 1-0 in Southeast Kansas
League action. “The passes
were on point, and the chem-
istry was amazing.”
Field Kindley struck for a
pair of goals in the first half,
including the first from Jeffery
Solis in the 11th minute and
second by Nick Becker in the
21st minute.
Leading 2-0 at the intermission, the ‘Nado put things out
of reach with four more goals
after the break — two by Rafael Magana and one each from
Becker and Bailey Foster.
Nick Porter and Chad McNeil combined to shut out the
Tigers in goal, each recording
two saves. As a team, FKHS
finished with 25 shots on goal,
compared to just four by Fort
Scott.
Field Kindley has 10 days
between games and will not
return to action until Sept.
15 when it visits Montgomery
County rival Independence.
HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER
Field Kindley 6, Fort Scott 0
FIELD KINDLEY
2
4
6
FORT SCOTT
0
0
0
Goals: FKHS (Solis assisted by Villanueva, 11th minute); FKHS (Becker unassisted,
21st minute); FKHS (Magana unassisted,
43rd minute); FKHS (Becker assisted by
Solis, 50th minute); FKHS (Magana unassisted, 52nd minute); FKHS (Foster unassisted, 60th minute). Shots on Goal: FKHS
25; FSHS 4. Saves: FKHS 2 (Porter 2, McNeil
2); FSHS 19 (Martin). Fouls: FKHS 10; FSHS
3. Corner Kicks: FKHS 10; FSHS. Offsides:
FKHS 2; FSHS 0.
CCC volleyball team on 6-game win streak
WICHITA — With a threeset win over the Friends
University junior varsity on
Monday, the Coffeyville Community College volleyball team
extended its winning streak to
six straight.
The Lady Ravens took down
Friends 25-22, 25-18, 25-16,
in a non-league match. Francis Taylor had 12 kills to lead
the way for CCC. Taylor also
shared team-high honors with
Reina Garcia in digs with 10.
Coffeyville was coming off a
perfect 4-0 march through
the Highland Classic over the
weekend at Ben Allen Fieldhouse in Highland.
The Lady Ravens opened
tournament action on Friday
by beating Iowa Central in four
sets, 25-18, 23-25, 27-25, 2523. Later in the day, CCC swept
Southwestern (Iowa), 25-22,
25-19, 25-22.
The team turned around
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The Caney Valley girls’ golf team will
be back in action today (Thursday) at the
Girard Invitational.
’Nado soccer team claims 2nd place at local turf
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
Bullpups, Chargers earn
victories in jr. high action
Boone of Eureka at 41. Also placing in the
top 10 were Ashlyn Hefley, third at 50;
Jayd Bentley, fourth at 50; Kelsey Wyant,
fifth at 51; and Kendra Gardner, sixth at
52.
As a team, the Lady Bullpups claimed
the tournament championship with a
score of 195, well ahead of runner-up Eureka at 209. Columbus came in third at
245, followed by Caney Valley JV at 258
and Girard 332.
The CVHS junior varsity was led by
Hannah Hedges with a 12th-place finish
at 57. Lyndon Nunneley came in 19th at
61, while Lizie Rogers was 20th at 62 and
Lauren Culver 23rd at 78.
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on Saturday and won both of
those matches as well. The
Lady Ravens took down Kansas City in three sets, 25-19,
25-9, 25-11, and then finished
off a perfect tournament by
sweeping Ellsworth (Iowa),
25-17, 25-15, 25-11.
Just prior to the tournament, the Lady Ravens took
on Highland in a conference
match on Sept. 2. CCC had a
hard-fought match but eventually won in five sets over the
Scotties, 17-25, 25-22, 17-25,
27-25, 15-13.
Coffeyville took its six-match
win streak into Wednesday’s
home opener against thirdranked Cowley. The Lady Ra-
vens were 1-1 in Jayhawk
Conference-Division II action
heading into that match.
The Lady Ravens get to take
a little break before returning to action on Sept. 16 with
another home match against
conference foe Fort Scott.
BOWLING NOTES
Cherry Bowl Lanes & Grill
League Standings
Week #3
Monday Ladies League: 1. SMP
#@1, 2454 series, 819 game; 2.
Country Gals, 2454 series 867
game; 3. Lady Bugs, 2441 series,
816 game; individual highs– Vickie
Newman, 508/182; Kristie Tice,
448/180; Ruenae Fowler, 431/163.
This league needs two teams of
four members.
Tuesday Men’s Classic: 1. Woods
Lumber of Independence, 3229
series, 1164 game; 2. B&B Auto-
motive, 3148 series, 1143 game; 3.
Eddie George Fencing of Oswego,
3103 series, 1106 game; individual
highs– Dale Crismas, 644/234/215;
Jonathon Rash, 564/225; Casey
Vincen, 547/202/212.
Wednesday Scholarship Youth,
4 p.m.: Chase Harper, 435; Cooper
Crain, 426.
Wednesday Mixed Doubles: 1.
Crazy Four, 2615 series, 907 game;
2. Misfits, 2510 series, 868 game;
3. Triple B Sporting Goods, 2472
series, 860 game; individual highs–
Jim Chase, 5 30/194; Tom Mus-
grove, 505/199; Jonathon Rash,
493/190.
Thursday Night Mixed Doubles:
1. Gutter Dusters, 2517 series, 902
game; 2. Uncle Ken’s Coins, 2494
series, 862 game; 3. Robertson
Archery, 2428 series, 836 game;
individual highs– Morris Woldum,
624/234/209; Jeremiah Jacobs,
500/172; Jo Boggs, 480/170.
Bowlers of the Week Stars: Vickie Newman, Dale Crismas.
500 Club New Members: Jim
Case, Tom Musgrove.
Page B5
SPORTS
Red Ravens escape
Ellsworth scare,
brace for Fort Scott
Penalties consume
Red Ravens in first two
games of 2015 seasons
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
COFFEYVILLE — It’s hard
to imagine that things can get
much more dramatic for the
Coffeyville Community College
football team after the first
two weeks of the season. But
after two close victories, the
Red Ravens now begin their
quest for a conference championship.
Despite leading by as many
as 29 points in the the third
quarter, the sixth-ranked Red
Ravens held on Saturday, escaping with a 49-48 victory
at Ellsworth (Iowa). Now at
2-0 overall, CCC returns home
on Saturday to entertain Fort
Scott in its Jayhawk Conference opener. Kickoff is set for
7 p.m. at Veterans Memorial
Stadium.
“We played good at times
but are still too inconsistent,”
said Coffeyville coach Aaron
Flores. “Hopefully, we have
learned that we need to play
for the entire 60 minutes of the
ball game. We can’t take plays
off.”
In a lot of ways, the Red
Ravens have been their own
worst enemy so far this season with penalties. Last week,
CCC had 16 penalties for a net
loss of 160 yards. Couple in 20
penalties in a week one victory
over Iowa Western, and Coffeyville has already accumulated 335 yards in penalties
even before the start of conference play.
“We have to stop hurting
ourselves with foolish penalties on both sides of the ball,”
Flores said.
Coffeyville opened the season with an impressive 48-42
overtime victory over No. 3
ranked Iowa Western. In that
game, the Red Ravens rallied
from 21 points down in the
fourth quarter to storm back
for the win.
On Saturday, the table was
turned on CCC … although it
was still able to hold on for the
win.
The Red Ravens seemed to
be in cruise control up 42-13
in the third quarter at Ellsworth. But instead of delivering the knockout punch, they
watched the Panthers storm
back to make things interesting.
Ellsworth scored 35 points
in the final 26 minutes of action, including a three-yard
touchdown run by Xavier
Washpun with just 16 seconds
remaining in regulation to pull
within one. Instead of forcing
overtime, the Panthers elected
to go for the win. The Red Raven defense finally stepped up
to the challenge, holding Ellsworth out on the conversion.
Coffeyville recovered the ensuing onside kick that helped it
preserve the victory.
The Red Ravens got another
big performance fRiley Ferguson, who completed 29-of-44
passes for 353 yards and five
touchdowns. Cedrick Wilson
was his top receiver with nine
catches for 134 yards and two
touchdowns.
After two nailbiters, Coffeyville now prepares for the
start of Jayhawk Conference
action as it welcomes in Fort
Scott.
Flores said his team’s focus
will be up even more this week
with the start of conference
play.
“I think the focus on every
team is to win the conference,”
said Flores, whose squad was
picked second behind Hutchinson in the preseason coaches’
poll. “That starts with our first
test this weekend.”
The Greyhounds enter Saturday’s contest with a 1-1
mark following a 37-6 home
loss to No. 4 Hutchinson.
Fort Scott hung tough until midway through the third
quarter when it trailed 14-6.
That’s when the Blue Dragons scored the game’s final 23
points to take control.
One week earlier, the Grey-
JAYHAWK CONFERENCE
FOOTBALL
LEAGUEOVERALL
Butler
1-02-0
Dodge City
1-0
2-0
Hutchinson1-0 2-0
Coffeyville0-02-0
Garden City
1-1
1-1
Fort Scott
0-1
1-1
Highland 0-10-1
Independence0-1
0-2
LAST WEEK’S RESULTS
Coffeyville 49, Ellsworth 48
Iowa Central 37, Independence 34 (5 OT)
Butler 40, Iowa Western 7
Hutchinson 37, Fort Scott 6
Dodge City 40, Garden City 35
SATURDAY’S GAMES
Ellsworth at Garden City, 1 p.m.
Highland at Iowa Western, 1 p.m.
Independence at Dodge City, 5:30 p.m.
Butler at Hutchinson, 7 p.m.
Fort Scott at Coffeyville, 7 p.m.
hounds had opened the season with a 21-10 victory at
Iowa Central.
“They are very big an
physical on both sides of the
ball,” Flores said. “They have
a number of Division I players
that can make plays. We have
to take care of the ball and
stop hurting ourselves with
selfish penalties.”
This will be the 82nd meeting all-time in football between Coffeyville and Fort
Scott. The Red Ravens have
a 54-24-3 edge in a series
that dates back to 1925. CCC
earned a 56-21 win last year
in Fort Scott and has won the
last five meetings overall.
Saturday’s contest is the
first of back-to-back home
games for the Red Ravens.
CCC will host Montgomery
County rival Independence on
Sept. 19.
COFFEYVILLE 49, ELLSWORTH 48
CCC
ECC
First Downs
24
27
Total Yards
497
51
Passing Yards
353
326
Com-Att-Int
29-45-116-31-1
Fumbles-Lost4-1 3-1
Punts-Avg.
5-37.66-24.7
Penalties-Yards
16-1605-35
COFFEYVILLE 7 28 7
7 — 49
ELLSWORTH
7 6 1619 — 48
SCORING PLAYS
CCC — Veal 1 run (Anctil kick)
ECC — Washpan 5 run (Hildreth kick)
CCC — Wilson 57 pass from Ferguson
(Anctil kick)
CCC — Neloms 19 pass from Ferguson
(Anctil kick)
ECC — Scott 47 pass from Young-Battle
(Run failed)
CCC — Johnson 2 run (Anctil kick)
CCC — Neloms 11 pass from Ferguson
(Anctil kick)
CCC — Onunwor 38 pass from Ferguson
(Anctil kick)
ECC — Jones 37 pass from Young-Battle
(Hildreth kick)
ECC — Safety
ECC — Boone 6 pass from Young-Battle
(Hildreth kick)
CCC — Wilson 11 pass from Ferguson
(Anctil kick)
ECC — Young-Battle 2 run (Hildreth kick)
ECC — Boone 28 pass from Young-Battle
(Kick failed)
ECC — Washpan 3 run (Run failed)
Rushing — CCC: Veal 7-64, Johnson
8-47, Ferguson 7-28, Winfree 1-15, Murphy 4-9, Wright 1-4, Bullock 8-3, Team
2-(-26); ECC: Washpun 31-193, Williams
1-7, Team 1-(-3), Young-Battle 14-(-6).
Passing — CCC: Ferguson 29-44-1
353, Wilson 0-1-0 0; ECC: Young-Battle
16-31-1 326.
Receiving — CCC: Wilson 9-134,
Onunwor 5-91, Neloms 5-40, Winfree
3-31, Wright 3-31, Bullock 4-26; ECC:
Scott 5-125, Boone 7-124, Jones 3-55,
Williams 1-22.
Independence Community College’s KeJuan Daniels, a cornerback from Tulsa, Okla., unsnaps his helmet while walking off the turf of
Shulthis Stadium as members of the Iowa Central Community College football team celebrate a game-ending field goal that lifted the
Tritons to a 37-34 win over ICC in five grueling overtime periods. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
IOWA CENTRAL 37, INDEPENDENCE 34 (5 OT)
Pirates experience sweat, sorrow
ICC Pirates unable to put away
Iowa Central in grueling five overtime loss; team now braces for
road trip to Dodge City
BY BRIAN THOMAS
[email protected]
INDEPENDENCE — With a tough
schedule in the coming weeks, the Independence Community College football
team knew it had to take advantage of any
opportunity it had for a win. That’s why
Saturday’s heartbreaking five-overtime
loss to Iowa Central became that much
more difficult to take.
Despite leading 20-7 at the intermission, the Pirates watched the visiting Tritons storm back before the teams eventually went into overtime. It took five extra
frames before Iowa Central kicker Mark
Malm connected on a 31-yard field goal to
seal a wild 37-34 outcome in the longest
game ever played in ICC football history.
Now the Pirates must try to not only
heal some sore bodies after a long and
grueling game in the heat but also find
some confidence as it hits the road for the
first time Saturday at Dodge City. Kickoff
is set for 5:30 p.m.
“It is always a challenge not to dwell
too much on the last game, especially on
a five-overtime game,” said ICC football
coach Steve Carson.
The Pirates, who went 0-10 a year ago,
were on the verge of snapping an 18game losing streak since early in the 2013
season. That’s what made Saturday’s loss
so difficult to handle.
Independence had a two-touchdown
lead at the intermission after scoring 20
unanswered points in the first half. Yet
Iowa Central stormed back with three
touchdowns in the span of seven plays
late in the third quarter and early into
the final period. Two of those came on
big plays — a 53-yard touchdown run by
quarterback Corey Bertini and a 59-yard
scramble by running back Dyrrah Christon.
“In the first half, we played well as a
team offensively and defensively,” said
ICC football coach Steve Carson. “I felt
good about our chances in the second
half. The third quarter was pivotal in
the change of momentum. We had to go
against the wind, and we kept losing field
position.”
Iowa Central led 28-20 in the closing minute when ICC quarterback Bryce
Gemmel found receiver Kamathi Holsey
for a 15-yard touchdown pass with just 39
seconds left in regulation. Gemmel then
ran in the conversion to tie things up at
28-all and force overtime.
That’s when things got interesting. After more than three hours of action already in near-90 degree temperatures,
the teams were deadlocked through not
just one or two, but three overtime sessions. It wasn’t until the fourth overtime
when Iowa Central broke through on a
10-yard touchdown run by Taylor Sanders. The Tritons missed the conversion,
though, leaving the door open for Independence.
ICC came right back with a 23-yard
scoring strike from Gemmel to Holsey
to tie things up. After three overtimes,
teams are forced to go for two points on
the conversion, leaving the Pirates with
no choice. The conversion run failed, and
the teams would head into a fifth overtime
tied at 34-all.
The Pirates were unable to come
through on their possession in that session, meaning the Triton just needed
Malm’s field goal to lock up the wild-andcrazy game.
“Offensively, we had a turnover and
missed some key opportunities to make
plays,” Carson said. “Defensively, we let
two big plays get away from us, and we
had a bad snap that led to another touchdown and we let them get ahead of us. I
thought we played hard in the overtimes.
In the end, they had the edge on us in
kicking the field goals. We just came up
short.”
Saturday’s contest shattered the previous longest games in ICC football history.
Only four other Pirate games had ever
gone into overtime, and none of those
went farther than one extra frame. Independence dropped to 3-2 all-time in overtime contests.
This week’s opponent, Dodge City, enters with a 2-0 overall record, with both
wins coming on the road. After a 51-21
victory at Ellsworth (Iowa) on Aug. 27,
Dodge City opened Jayhawk Conference
action on Saturday with a 40-35 win at
Garden City.
In its recent outing, DCCC broke open
a 14-all tie at the intermission with 20
third-quarter points and held on down the
stretch for the victory.
Dodge City finished that game with 364
total yards, including 215 on the ground.
Mark Thompson led the way with 32 carries for 201 yards and one touchdown,
while quarterback Tommy Lazzaro completed 12-of-24 passes for 149 yards and
one TD.
“Dodge has some offensive weapons at
their skill positions,” Carson said. “They
throw and run the ball very effectively,
so we will have our hands full. On special teams, they have some weapons that
have returned a punt and kickoff for a
touchdown already this year. So far, their
defense has done a good job in creating
turnovers and scoring on defense.”
This will be the 63rd meeting all-time
between Independence and Dodge City in
football, with the Conquistadors holding a
35-27 edge in a series that dates back to
1952. Dodge City captured a 42-32 victory
at Emmot Field last season and has won
the last two meetings. The Pirates have
actually won the last three matchups between the teams played in Dodge City
IOWA CENTRAL 37, INDEPENDENCE 34 (5 OT)
IOWA CENT.
INDY
First Downs
15
18
Total Yards
396
379
Passing Yards
100
179
Com-Att-Int 7-22-113-36-1
Fumbles-Lost2-1 7-3
Punts-Avg. 7-34.67-31.0
Penalties-Yards6-52 10-47
IOWA CENT.70147000 63 — 37
INDY
7 130 8 0 0 0 6 0 — 34
SCORING PLAYS
ICCC — Christon 12 run (Malm kick)
ICC — Thomas 48 run (Brown kick)
ICC — Gemmel 2 run (Brown kick)
ICC — Gemmel 5 run (Kick failed)
ICCC — Bertini 53 run (Malm kick)
ICCC — Christon 59 run (Malm kick)
ICCC — Bertini 1 run (Malm kick)
ICC — Holsey 15 pass from Gemmel (Gemmel run)
ICCC — Sanders 10 run (Run failed)
ICC — Holsey 23 pass from Gemmel (Run failed)
ICCC — Malm 31 field goal
Rushing — ICCC: Christon 30-237, Bertini 12-42, Sanders 14-27, Sebelius 1-3, Feldpausch 2-0, Scott 1-0, Team
1-(-13); ICC: Gemmel 29-120, Thomas 25-98, Collins 1-2,
Team 1-(-20).
Passing — ICCC: Bertini 7-22-1 100; ICC: Gemmel 1336-1 179.
Receiving — ICCC: Hanson 2-48, Glass 2-27, Scott
3-25; ICC: Holsey 7-107, Smith 6-72.
CCC golfers have strong outing; ICC golf program revived
EMPORIA — The Division II
schools of the Jayhawk Conference met up at the Allen
County Ice Breaker Tournament Sept. 2-3 at Emporia Municipal Golf Course.
Coffeyville Community College’s golf team took two
squads to the event and placed
second and sixth overall in
the 36-hole tournament. The
Red Raven Red team had a
score of 597 to finish as the
runner-up behind Kansas City
A with 587. Allen County took
third place at 621, followed by
Kansas City B at 630, Independence 659 and Coffeyville Grey
663.
“Overall, the tournament
was great for our team,” said
CCC coach Aaron Reeves.
“We held up very well
against KCK, who finished
fifth place in the NJCAA Division II nationals last year.
It was very warm and windy
over the two rounds, and I felt
the guys really handled the
wind very well, particularly on
day two when we fired a 290.
That was the tournament-low
team score over the two days
of competition.”
The Red Ravens had four
individuals shoot 150 or lower
in the two-day event, led by
Jonathan Allen with a 148. Allen had the tournaments-low
individual score of two-under
69 on the second day of competition.
Also finishing strong for
CCC were Conner Antonetti
with a 149 (75-74), as well
as Jeremy McVay (77-73) and
Corey Nichols (76-74) at 150
each.
Independence also competed in the tournament but
counted it as a scrimmage until
it is officially certified through
the NJCAA. The Pirates are
returning to competition this
season after previously dropping the program a year ago.
None of their individual scores
were official and counted towards the final leaderboard at
last week’s tournament.
“For the first outing this
year, I thought was a good
showing,” said Pirate assistant golf coach Tom Tyler. “Logan Taylor shot a 72 -74 and
Keenan Nutt shot 79-71. Caleb
Vowell had a bad first day but
didn’t let it get to him, and he
came back the second day and
shot an 82, so we were really proud of him also. James
Stockton was in his first competitive game in a long time, so
we now know what he needs
to work on. That’s the four
guys we have right now, so
we were pleased with the way
they played.”
The Coffeyville men’s and
women’s golf teams will travel
to Eagle Bend Golf Course in
Lawrence Sept. 14-15 to compete in the Ottawa University
Invitational. Independence is
still working on its schedule
for the fall.
COLLEGE GOLF
ALLEN COUNTY ICE BREAKER
TOURNAMENT
TEAM SCORES: 1. Kansas City A 587, 2.
Coffeyville Red 597, 3. Allen County 621, 4.
Kansas City B 630, 5. Independence 659, 6.
Coffeyville Grey 663.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS — Coffeyville
Red: Jonathan Allen 79-69—148, Conner
Antonetti 75-74—149, Jeremy McVay 7773—150, Corey Nichols 76-74—150, Michael Jones 85-77—162. Coffeyville Grey:
Jesse Bittner 80-85—165, Kelley Seitz
79-86—165, Cade Prewitt 83-83—166,
Jared Sleppy 83-85—168, Hunter Haskell
97-96—193. Independence: No official
scores since it counted as a scrimmage for
the Pirates.
(620) 879-2156 to inquire
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INDEPENDENCE
Halsey, Oakleaf to be given
Neewollah honorary titles
BY ANDY TAYLOR
[email protected]
History revealed in downtown building
When Independence city commissioner and building owner Gary Hogsett began peeling away a
layer of metal sheeting from the facade of his building at 113 E. Main, he was shocked to find a concrete nameplate bearing the name “STANFORD” atop the arched window at the front entrance. Gary
and his wife, Anne, recently acquired the former Security Abstract building at 113 E. Main and started
renovations during the Labor Day weekend. Their plans call for the removal of the metal facade that
has hidden the original architecture for almost 50 years. The Hogsetts plan to restore the building
and have the main floor prepared for potential office space; two second-floor apartments also will be
rehabilitated. The Hogsetts are looking for any photographs showing the original condition of the
Security Abstract building prior to the installation of the metal facade. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
The 2015 Neewollah celebration will include recognition of one of the festival’s
early founders.
Speaking at the First Friday
information session, Neewollah generalissimo John Hamlin announced that Jim Halsey
will return to his hometown to
serve as honorary generalissimo. Halsey, a noted manager
of country music groups and
soloists, was one of several Independence business owners
who, in 1958, revived Neewollah and was instrumental in
bringing headline entertainment acts to the community.
The 2015 festival, set for Oct.
23-31, will include Jim Halsey
Tribute Night on Thursday,
Oct. 29 in which the musical
impresario will be recognized,
Hamlin said. The headline
street act that evening will be
a Tulsa-based duo, Alaska and
Madi, who performed on NBC’s
“The Voice.”
Another honorary designation during the 2015 festival
will go to Paul Oakleaf, an
Independence attorney, longtime Neewollah volunteer and
former generalissimo. Oakleaf
will be recognized as an honorary parade marshal for the
grand parade on Oct. 31. Oakleaf’s appearance will come 25
years after Oakleaf served as
generalissimo in 1990.
“Take Me Out To Neewollah”
is the theme of this year’s festival, a cue from the baseballinspired theme. The popular
musical “Damn Yankees” will
be performed on the Memorial
Hall stage on Oct. 23-25.
Coronation of Queen Neelah
the 74th will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
And, the silliness of the DooDah Parade on Thursday, Oct.
28, will follow the inspiration
of the “Damn Yankees” production with the theme “Those
Damn Doo-Dahs.”
The Kiddie Parade will be
held at 4 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30,
followed by the grand parade
on Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m.
The Oak Ridge Boys, one
of country music’s legendary
quartets, will make a return to
the venue that got their start
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(Photo from Neewollah.com)
in 1975. The Oak Ridge Boys
will perform in concert as the
Neewollah headline entertainment act at 8 p.m., Saturday,
Oct. 31.
Their appearance will come
just one week after the group
is inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame.
Patriotism to be
theme at Jefferson
School for 2015-16
Also at the First Friday
event, Jim Mosely, who serves
as principal of Jefferson
School, talked about the theme
and atmosphere of the school
year. He said patriotism will
be highlighted throughout the
year, with students learning
and understanding the importance of nationhood.
“I was amazed when I started to sing the national anthem
on the intercom one morning
and could heard the students
singing from their classroom
after the third or fourth word,”
said Mosely.
The patriotism theme will
be displayed when Jefferson
parents attend the parent
orientation and open house
on Sept. 10, followed by the
school’s monthly assembly on
Friday, Sept. 11.
Mosely
said
Jefferson
School had 510 students so far
for the 2015-16 enrollment,
and the building is staffed by
57 faculty members.
Mosely, who comes to Jefferson after several years as
vice principal at Independence
Middle School, said he was
ready and eager to get involved in the education of elementary students.
“I really believe we do education right,” said Mosely, who
has been employed in USD 446
for 20 years.
Kerri Peterson, new general manager of Cessna Aircraft
Company’s assembly plant in
Independence, talked about
the company’s community endeavors, including sponsorship of Kids Crew in USD 4467,
the adopt-a-park program at
Riverside Park and Zoo, and
assistance with ongoing renovations of Shulthis Stadium.
Josh Umholtz, publisher of
the Independence Daily Reporter, discussed the newspapers’ sponsorship of a tree
project in the downtown business district.
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INDEPENDENCE
SPIRIT training to forge stronger relationships among diverse populations
Independence
Diversity
Task Force will host a training
event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Saturday, Sept. 19 at the Independence Civic Center. Leading the training will be Rita
Valenciano, conciliations specialist from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Community
Relations Service.
Valenciano recently led a
cultural competency and dealing with allegations of racial
profiling training session for
the Independence Police Department and city administration. She also has conducted
similar training for municipalities throughout the United
States.
The training Valenciano will
conduct on Sept. 19 is SPIRIT
training, which stands for Student Problem Identification
and Resolution of Issues To-
gether. She has led these training events across the nation,
and recently led more than
135 people in this process in
Pittsburg, Kan.
SPIRIT training is described
as problem solving that engages participants in developing
solutions to problems associated with allegations of discrimination, harassment and
hate activities. This process is
used in communities that have
experienced serious problems
and in proactive communities
that want to avoid these problems. The goal is to bring the
community together to grow in
diversity.
The Community Relations
Service offers facilitation to
help communities address
conflicts and tensions arising
from differences in race, color or national origin, and the
training has worked in Ferguson, Mo., and in Baltimore,
two areas that have experienced significant issues with
race relations.
The Diversity Task Force,
an Independence Chamber of
Commerce committee, sponsors the event to promote better relationships between diverse groups. The desire is to
promote unity and diversity in
relationships and community
leadership, and to stimulate
better communication among
the diverse populations in Independence.
Community relations committee members are recruiting
participants from all segments
of the community and hope to
have more than 100 attendees on Sept. 19. Small-group
facilitators will be trained the
day before, and much of the
discussion will be among small
groups facilitated by local the
group leaders under Valenciano’s direction.
Independence citizens are
encouraged to participate. To
register, call Chuck Schmidt at
(620) 330-4576, email him at
[email protected], or
contact any other member of
the community relations com-
Police continue investigation into home invasions
Independence Police Department officers are continuing to track leads into a pair of
home invasions early Sunday
morning in a south Independence neighborhood.
Police chief Harry Smith
said two adjacent homes, one
at 700 S. 5th and the other at
207 E. Edison, were the scene
of home invasions whereby
two African-American males
entered the homes and robbed
the occupants of cash.
“The homes were occupied by Hispanic males,” said
Smith. “In the first incident,
the two black males robbed
the occupants. In the second
situation, the two males forced
themselves inside the homes
where a struggled ensued.
The home occupant was hit in
the head and injured. Howev-
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It’s believed several of the
victims had their hands tied
by the assailants after they entered the house, he said.
No arrests have been made
as of press time. Persons with
information about these cases
are encouraged to contact the
Independence Police Department at (620) 332-1700.
DAR Chapter
to recognize
Constitution
Week
Constitution Week will take
place Sept. 17-23 throughout the nation and will be
observed locally when Independence mayor Leonhard
Caflisch signs a proclamation
commemorating the event this
evening, Thursday. The signing will take place at the Independence City Commission
meeting at Memorial Hall at
5:30 p.m.
The Esther Lowrey Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, urged citizens to
read and understand the Constitution of the United States,
said Gayleen Sullivan, DAR
officer. A resolution was adopted by Congress and signed
into law in 1956 by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower for a
national observance of Constitution Week. The U.S. Constitution was signed into existence in September 1787.
Sullivan said the Constitution is a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their
liberties and freedom and
to ensure those “inalienable
rights” to every American. It
is the oldest document still in
active use that outlines the self
government of a people.
“Today, 228 years later, the
Constitution stands as an icon
of freedom for people around
the world,” said Sullivan.
She said the Constitution in
and of itself cannot guarantee liberty to its people. A nation’s people are responsible
for learning about the right of
each arm of government and
requires that each is accountable for its function. “Therefore Constitution Week is the
perfect opportunity to read
and study this great document
which is the safeguard of our
American liberties.”
Esther Lowry Chapter, DAR,
encourages all citizens to take
time to study the U.S. Constitution.
Historical society
luncheon to be
held noon Friday
The Independence Historical Museum’s monthly luncheon will be held at noon Friday, Sept. 11, in the museum.
The menu is ham and potato
casserole, cole slaw, rolls, ice
cream, coffee and tea.
The program is installation of officers and new board
members.
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SALES & AUCTIONS
BID NOTICE
HELP WANTED
CANEY: Dolly’s 100 Mile Garage Sale, 502 S.
Foreman, Caney. Thursday, Sept. 10 through
Saturday, Sept. 12. Furniture, tools, kids’
yard toys, clothing, dishes, Nascar items,
antique furniture and lamps, antique lamp
frames, wicker, washer, dryer, too much to
list!MC-D36-1tp
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ARCADE & AMUSEMENT PARK AUCTION:
200+ coin operated arcade games,
amusement park rides & restaurant
equipment, etc. Live auction Saturday, Sept.
12 at 10 a.m. Zonkers, 20070 West 151st
Street, Olathe, KS 66061. Online bidding
available. Info/photos. Superauctions.com
714-329-1373. (KCAN)
Caretaker until Sept. 28, 2015. Work will
begin on October 1, 2015.This will include
but not be limited to: marking of graves,
mowing, weed eating, straightening of
headstones, and minor maintenance on
equipment at the Edna Elm Grove Cemetery
and Ellis Cemetery. Sealed bids must be
mailed to Edna Elm Grove Cemetery PO Box
405 Edna, KS 67342 and must be labeled
“sealed bid.” LC36-2tc
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hiring for CNA and CMA on days and nights.
Full Time and Part Time. Benefits available.
Please apply at Oswego Health and Rehab
1104 Ohio. Questions please call Katie
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ASSISTANT CARTOGRAPHER: Labette
County Appraiser’s Office is seeing an
Assistant Cartographer in the Mapping
Department. Full time, starting pay is
$10.78. Duties include daily office work.
Reading legal descriptions, understanding
maps and computer experience is preferred,
but will train if needed. High school diploma
or equivalent. Labett County is an equal
opportunity employer. For application
contact Whitney Strickland at 620-795-2548
ext. 4 or send resume to 501 Merchant
St. Oswego, KS 67356. We will accept
applications through Sept. 25. LC35-4tc
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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: The
City of Oswego has a job opening in the
Public Works Department. Main duties
will be maintaining the parks, watering
and mowing. Out of season duties include
operating and maintaining equipment.
Application and job duties available at
the City Office at 703 5th Street or www.
oswegokansas.com. Mail applications to
PO Box 210, Oswego or drop off at the City
Office. The City is an Equal Opportunity
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OFFICE CLERK: Labette County Clerk’s Office
is seeking an Office Clerk. This is a full time
position with all county benefits including
medical insurance, vacation, sick leave, and
holiday pay. Pay starts at $9.99 per hour.
Computer skills a plus. Position requires
the ability to meet and work with the public.
Applications will be accepted through
Monday, September 21, 2015, and may
be picked up at the Clerk’s Office, Labette
County Courthouse, 501 Merchant, Oswego,
KS 67356; phone 620-795-2138 or 620421-5255. A complete job description is
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The Edna Elm Grove Cemetery is currently
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DRIVERS WANTED: Sedan Floral is currently
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ACCOUNT MANAGER: Sedan Floral is
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customer service and telemarketing skills,
fast and accurate keyboard entry and strong
organizational skills. Qualified applicants
will be responsible for maintaining current
customer base, as well as acquiring new
customers. Applicant must be computer
literate. Experience in sales is preferred, but
not required. We offer competitive pay and
benefit packages including 401K, health
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The First National Bank of Sedan is
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Howard Twilight Manor is
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LEGAL NOTICES
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 10, 17
and 24, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
In the Matter of the Estate of NEVA
O. ACUFF, a/k/a NEVA ACUFF,
Deceased
Case No. 2015 PR 23 C
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR PROBATE
OF WILL AND NOTICE
TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
1st day of September, 2015, a petition
was filed in said court by Stephen Leo
Acuff, heir-at-law, legatee, and devisee
of Neva O. Acuff, a/k/a Neva Acuff,
deceased, praying for the admission
to probate of the will of Neva O. Acuff
a/k/a Neva Acuff dated March 7, 2002,
which is filed with said petition, and for
the appointment of Carol K. Vandervort
as Executrix of said will, pursuant to the
Kansas Simplified Estates Act, without
bond.
You are further advised that the
petitioner in this matter has requested
administration pursuant to the Kansas Simplified Estates Act and if such
request is granted the court need not
supervise administration of the estate
and no further notice of any action of
the Executrix or other proceedings in
the administration will be given except
for notice of final settlement of the decedent’s estate. Should written objections to simplified administration be
filed with the court, the court may order
supervised administration to ensue.
You are hereby required to file your
written defenses thereto on or before
the 6th day of October, 2015, at 9:00
o’clock a.m. of said day, in said court,
in the city of Coffeyville, in Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and
place said cause will be heard. Should
you fail therein, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course on said
petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the said estate
within four months from the date of the
first publication of this notice as provided by law and if their demands are
not thus exhibited they shall be forever
barred.
Stephen Leo Acuff, Petitioner
JOHN R. HORST, P.A.
207 West Fourth Ave.
P. O. Box 560
Caney, KS 67333
(620) 879-2146
Attorney for Petitioner
File No. 2737
S.Ct. #09412
____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 10, 17
and 24, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
Bank of America, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Sherry L. Songer, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV119I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer
for sale at public auction and sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
South door of the Judicial Center of the
Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on October
1, 2015, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Lot 22, Block 1, Queen City Second
Addition to the City of Coffeyville,
Montgomery County, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof, commonly known as 1202 West 4th Street,
Coffeyville, KS 67337 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.Southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(165127)
____________________________
(Published in The Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 3, 10 and
17, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
WELDON GEORGE, Plaintiff
vs.
RESOURCE ROYALTY COMPANY,
DAN M. HAWES, EDRIS ROBERTS,
and the unknown heirs, executors,
administrators, devisees, trustees,
creditors, and assigns of such of
the Defendants as may be deceased;
the unknown spouses of the Defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and
assigns of such Defendants as are
existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors,
administrators, devisees, trustees,
creditors, successors and assigns
of such Defendants as are or were
partners or in partnership; and the
unknown guardians, conservators
and trustees of such of the Defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and the
unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors
and assigns of any person alleged to
be deceased and made Defendants
as such; Defendants
Case No. 2015 CV 29 C
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO THE
DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED AND
DESIGNATED AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that
a Petition has been filed in the aboveentitled Court by Weldon George, praying for a judgment of the following nature, to-wit:
That the Plaintiff is the owner in fee
simple of the following described real
estate located in Montgomery County,
Kansas, to-wit:
The South three (3) rods of Blocks
26 and 27, in the Village of Parker,
Montgomery County, Kansas,
and
Lot 7 and the South one-half (S/2) of
Lot 8, Section 18, Township 35 South,
Range 17 East, Montgomery County,
Kansas,
and praying that the Court enter a decree against the Defendants, and each
of them, if they be living, and if they be
dead, then against their unknown heirs,
executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees and assigns or their unknown
successors, trustees and assigns, reforming the legal description and quieting the Plaintiff’s title in and to the
above-described real property and excluding you and each of you from any
interest in, claim to, or lien upon said
described real property, or any part
thereof, and restraining and enjoining
you and each of you and all persons
holding or claiming by, through or under
you, or either or any of you, from setting
up or asserting any right, title, interest,
estate or equity of redemption, or claim
to or lien upon the above-described real
property and that you and each of you
shall be forever barred and excluded
from any interest in, claim to or lien
upon the said described real property
or any part thereof, and will be forever
barred from setting up or asserting any
right, title or interest or estate in, claim
to or lien upon the above-described real
property or any part thereof and that the
title of the Plaintiff in and to the abovedescribed real property will be quieted
and he be given judgment for the costs
of this action.
YOU ARE HEREBY required to
plead to said Petition on or before the
28th day of October, 2015, at 9:00
o’clock a.m., in the above-entitled Court
in the Courthouse in the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas,
at which time and place said cause will
be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due
course upon said Petition.
Weldon George
JOHN R. HORST, P.A.
207 West Fourth Ave.
P.O. Box 560
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is the official newspaper for legal notices for the following governmental entities in Montgomery County:
Independence Community College
USD 445-Coffeyville
USD 436-Caney Valley
USD 447-Cherryvale
City of Caney
City of Havana
City of Cherryvale
City of Tyro
Caney, KS 67333
(620) 879-2146
Attorney for Plaintiff
File No. 2738
S.Ct. #09412
____________________________
17, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
In the Matter of the Estate of
MARGARET A. BROGHAMMER,
DECEASED
Case No. 15 PR-20 C
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
25th day of August, 2015, a Petition
was filed in this Court by Jane A. Davis, Executor of the Estate of Margaret
A. Broghammer, deceased, praying for
probate of will and issuance of Letters
Testamentary.
You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the
29th day of September, 2015, at 9:00
o’clock A.M., of said day, in said Court,
in the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., at which time and place
said cause will be heard. Should you
fail therein, judgment and decree will
be entered in due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the estate within
four months from the date of first publication of this notice, as provided by law,
and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.
Jane A. Davis, Petitioner
HALL, LEVY, DEVORE, BELL,
OTT & KRITZ, P.A.
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville, KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Aug. 27, Sept.
3 and 10, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., GENERAL
CLAIMS
WILLIAM PEAK AND KATHRYN
PEAK (Plaintiffs)
vs.
Daniel J. Ruggles, Jacquelyn M.
Ruggles, all tenants of the premises,
Rory Barlow et al. (Defendants)
Case no. 2015 CV 129 I
____________________________
3 and 10, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
Kondaur Capital Corporation as
Separate Trustee of Matawin Ventures Trust Series 2014-3 (Plaintiff)
vs.
Terry Davidson, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 14CV154I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on September
estate:
Lot 7, Block 3, North Edgewood Addition to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, commonly
known as 204 South Highland Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337 (the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, Sheriff
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733 / (316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(166102)
____________________________
3 and 10, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Donald Chad Hall, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 14CV182I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO the
above named defendants and all other
persons concerned and the unknown
heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns
of such defendants and all other persons who may be concerned: You are
hereby notified that a petition has been
filed in the District Court of Montgomery
County, Kansas case no. 2015 CV 129
I by William and Kathryn Peak praying
for foreclosure on contracts executed
by defendants Daniel Ruggles, Jacquelyn Ruggles and Rory Barlow and
extinguishment of any claim of interest,
legal or equitable, related to the following described property:
the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of the NW ¼
of the NW ¼ of Section 36, Township
32 South, range 15 East of the 6th P.
M., Montgomery County, Kansas.
You are hereby required to file your
written defenses thereto on or before 7
October, 2015, in said court, in Montgomery County, Kansas. Should you
fail therein, Judgment and decree will
be entered in due course upon such
petition.
Submitted by:
Michael E. Kelly, S. Ct. No. 10438
512 East Fourth St.
Tonganoxie, Kansas 66086
(913) 845-8780
Attorney for Petitioner
estate:
Lots 1, 2, 3 & 4, Block 12, SOLOMON
AND WATERS ADDITION to the City
of Coffeyville, Montgomery County,
Kansas, commonly known as 1401
West 7th Street, Coffeyville, KS 67337
(the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, Sheriff
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(121270)
____________________________
3 and 10, 2015)
____________________________
17, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
CIVIL DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Barry S. Bluitt, et al. )(Defendants)
Case No. 14CV215I
Court Number:
MidFirst Bank (Plaintiff)
vs.
Cristy M. McHenry, et al (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV98I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
estate:
LOT 4, EXCEPT THE NORTH 2½
FEET THEREOF AND EXCEPT THE
SOUTH 5 FEET THEREOF, BLOCK
35, CITY OF INDEPENDENCE,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS,
commonly known as 205 North 11th
Street, Independence, KS 67301 (the
“Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733 / (316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(180914)
NOTICE OF SUIT
estate:
Lot 5, Block 6, Barrett Park Addition
to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kansas., commonly known as
409 West 2nd Street, Coffeyville, KS
67337 (the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(174337)
NOTICE OF SALE
Page B10
Farmers, grain producers invited to Field Day in Columbus on Sept. 18
In an effort to educate farmers
about the growing challenges of field
crops in southeast Kansas, Kansas
State Research and Extension invite
farmers to the Southeast Research
and Extension Center Field Day at
Columbus, Kan., on Friday, Sept. 18.
The event will be held at the Cher-
okee County 4-H Building located at
114 W. Country Road in Columbus.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with
the program beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Coffee and donuts will be furnished
by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce.
Several topics of interest will be
discussed during the morning.
• Soybean Production and Charcoal Rot Control
- Gretchen Sassenrath (KSU Crop Production Specialist)
• Milo, What is the Itch Worth – Dr. Charlie
Wilkens (Executive Extension Ag Economist, KSU)
• Management of Fusarium Head Blight in
Wheat - Doug Shoup (KSU Southeast Area Agronomy Specialist)
The Wildcat Extension District’s intermediate B team that captured third place overall included (left
to right) Cloey Jones, Rylie Reichenberger, Blaine Smith and Danielle Deller. (Courtesy photo)
• Nutrient Requirements for Soybean Production - Dr. Dorivar Ruiz Diaz, (Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management Specialist, KSU)
• Herbicide Resistant Weed Management – Dr.
Dallas Peterson (Extension Weed Management
Specialist, KSU)
• Improving Water Quality Through Implementation of Forestry Practices - Dr. Katy Dhungel (District Forester, Kansas Forest Service)
There will be time for questions
during the presentations. Following the presentations lunch will be
provided by several area sponsors.
Booths will be available to visit with
the sponsors.
For more information, call (620)
429-3849 or email [email protected].
The Wildcat Extension District intermediate A team that won first place overall included (left to right)
Jacob Weber (coach), Kelsey Schaplowsky, Richelle Reichenberger, Ashley Chandler, Taya Maxson,
and Christina Beason (coach).
Wildcat Extension horticulture teams earn high honors at state contest
MANHATTAN — Wildcat
Extension District 4-H youths
from Montgomery, Crawford
and Labette counties earned
numerous honors at the Kansas 4-H Horticulture Contest in
Manhattan, Kan., on Aug. 22.
The
Wildcat
Extension
teams
are
coached by
Jacob Weber
and
Christina Beason.
The contest consisted of plant
identification
(400 points), quality judging
(400 points) and a knowledge
test (200 points).
In the intermediate division,
the Wildcat A team won first
place. Team members included
Ashley Chandler and Richelle
Reichenberger of Montgomery
County and Taya Maxson and
Kelsey Schaplowsky of Labette
County.
The Wildcat B team won
third place in the intermediate
division. Danielle Deller, Cloey
Jones and Blaine Smith of Labette County were on that team
as was Rylie Reichenberger of
Montgomery County.
Individually, six intermediate team members finished in
the top 10. They included:
• Ashley Chandler: third
place,
• Richelle Reichenberger:
fourth place,
• Kelsey Schaplowsky: fifth
place,
• Cloey Jones, seventh place,
•
Rylie
Reichenberger,
eighth place, and
• Taya Maxson, ninth place.
The Wildcat Extension senior division had two teams at
the state contest. The Wildcat
A team placed second and included Tegan Maxson and Shyanne Jones of Labette County
and Allison Bryant and Justin
Ward of Montgomery County.
The Wildcat A senior horticulture team included (left to right) Jacob Weber (coach), Justin Ward, Allison Bryant, Shyanne Jones, Teagan
Maxson, and Christina Beason (coach). The team finished in second place in the senior division.
The Wildcat B team place
sixth overall. The three-member team included David Dush-
er, Ryan Smith and Catherine
Lumley, all of Labette County.
Individually, Jones had the
highest finish among all Wildcat senior team members (second place) while Bryant placed
seventh
overall.
Maxson
earned ninth-place honors.
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