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& Manhattan, Ks
Blue Rapids
Free Press
Vol. 3 Number 33 Thursday, Februay 16, 2012
Employees of DMD in Waterville show off some of the products lines at DMD.
Pictured left to right are: Eruviel Montes, Sam Dummermuth, manager, and Dianne Kenworthy
DMD Expands Waterville Site
Within the last months’
time the Waterville business,
DMD Designs and Graphics,
doubled in size by buying the
next door building.
Owner Dawna Dummermuth
saw the opportunity for
growth when the old grocery
store went up for sale.
Dummermuth said that it was
time to expand and “get a little
elbow room,” as well as
have more space for merchandise.
She envisioned a
bigger work space and a new,
bigger, inviting area for local
customers to shop.
Think back and maybe you
can remember walking
through Harding’s Grocery
store. Well, where you used
to find bananas, you can now
find a variety of clothing and
apparel!
Remember needing a cake
mix or frosting? Well go in
now and you’ll find something
just as sweet in their
new selection of jewelry! At
DMD you can find socks,
signs, and anything in
between.
When you do stop by,
make sure you meet all of
DMD’s team! You can catch
owner Dawna Dummermuth
during the first week of every
month, or stop by anytime to
meet the other three full time
employees. Sam
Dummermuth, manager;
Dianne Kenworthy, and
Eruviel Montes would love to
help you Monday through
Friday from nine to five.
Kourtney Fry and Kim
Heideman also work part
time.
Dianne Kenworthy works with embroidering machine.
Eruviel Montes works with the heat press machine.
BR Library Plans
New Addition
The Blue Rapids library
board was present At last
weeks Blue Rapids City
Council meeting to update the
council on their future plans,
their need for more operating
capital and some history on the
library.
An increase in the library
mil levy will be considered at
budget time. The cost of the
conversion to meet VERSO
requirements is $2675 plus
$750 per year.
Council voted to approve
the library board hiring an
architect to draw some plans
for an expansion.
(Editor’s Note: The board
told the Council they has a
gift from the Marge Lawless
estate to build onto the north
of the building. As the oldest
Library west of the
Mississippi the Library in on
the National List of
Historical Places and the
front of the new addition
must look like the old building.)
1. Clyde Adams from Victor
L. Phillips presented information
on a demo 2011 Case
580SN backhoe/loader to the
council for consideration. No
action was taken. Minihan will
research other dealers and a
special meeting will be called
to approve purchase of a backhoe/loader.
(Editor’s Note: The
Council has another bid and
will meet tonight (Thursday)
in a Special Meeting to consider
the two offers.)
2. The council considered
two bids from United
Insurance Services for the
city’s business insurance package.
EMC submitted a bid for
$12,164 and Berkshire
Hathaway submitted a bid for
$11,373. Council accepted the
bid from EMC.
(Editor’s Note: The
Berkshire bid had conditions
that could raise the cost of
the insurance. The City has
the insurance with EMC now
and the know the price will
stay the same.)
3. The council decided to
contract with Denton Designs
at a cost of $400 to create a
city website.
(Editor’s Note: This is
something the Council has
been considering and would
give citizens access to the
minutes, budgets, financial
records and many other City
documents.)
4. Council performed the
annual review of the personnel
policy and the Wellhead
Protection Plan and voted to
install signs at the three
entrances to the city that say
“Call 911 in the event of a
spill”.
5. Council approved having
Waterville work on our water
main valves at a cost of $40 per
hour for no more than 40 hours
and that work can cease prior
to the 40 hours if the process is
not successful.
(Editor’s Note: The City of
Waterville has a machine
that moves a rusted valve up
and down a little at a time
until it is working properly.
The City needs to have 8 to
10 valves worked on. If they
need to be replaced they will
cost $1,000.00 each.)
6. The council approved the
purchase of Christmas decorations
from Wayne
Manufacturing Company for a
total of $1828.
7. By consensus the council
gave permission to the Blue
Rapids Historical Society to
photograph city employees at
work as part of a grant through
the Smithsonian Institute.
8. President Roepke reappointed
Phil Osborne to a 3year
term on the planning commission.
9. A $5000 budget transfer
from the Water/Sewer/Refuse
bank account to the Utility
Reserve bank account was
approved.
10. A records destruction
certificate destroying non-current
city records as authorized
by K.S.A. 45-211 was
approved.
11. Registrations for Jim
Flower to attend the Kansas
Rural Water Association spring
conference in Wichita and for
Susan Hass to attend the CCM-
FOA spring conference in
Wichita were approved.
12. A transfer of $2000 in
local match funds for Housing
Grant 11-HR-030 from the
general operating bank account
to the housing grant bank
account was approved
13. There was a request
from Don Kotapish for the city
to help pay for the costs to get
electricity from the old Hanna
Plant to his property in the
city’s industrial park. The subject
died for lack of motion.
14. The following contractors
are licensed in the city of
Blue Rapids: Geisler Roofing,
Inc.; Four Seasons, Inc.
The minutes of the January
8, 2012 regular meeting were
approved as amended. Pay
Ordinance 2235 was presented
for approval by Minihan, seconded
by Brake. Pope and
Brake abstained from voting
on the Free Press payment and
the Pope Disposal payment.
Motion carried.
Council members present
were: Amy Bishop, Jon
Brake, Mike Minihan, Jerry
Pope and Bob Roepke. Mayor
Nowak was absent. Bob
Roepke, Council President,
presided
25 Great Truths & Possibly The 5 Best Sentences
GREAT TRUTHS
1. In my many years I have
come to a conclusion that one
useless man is a shame, two is
a law firm and three or more is
a congress. — John Adams
2. If you don’t read the
newspaper you are uninformed,
if you do read the
newspaper you are misinformed.
— Mark Twain
3. Suppose you were an
idiot. And suppose you were a
member of Congress. But then
I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
4. I contend that for a nation
to try to tax itself into prosperity
is like a man standing in a
bucket and trying to lift himself
up by the handle. —
Winston Churchill
5. A government which robs
Peter to pay Paul can always
depend on the support of Paul.
— George Bernard Shaw
6. A liberal is someone who
feels a great debt to his fellow
man, which debt he proposes
to pay off with your money. —
G. Gordon Liddy
7. Democracy must be
something more than two
wolves and a sheep voting on
what to have for dinner. —
James Bovard, Civil
Libertarian (1994)
8. Foreign aid might be
defined as a transfer of money
from poor people in rich countries
to rich people in poor
countries. —Douglas Casey,
Classmate of Bill Clinton at
Georgetown University
9. Giving money and power
to government is like giving
whiskey and car keys to
teenage boys. — P.J.
O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian
10. Government is the great
fiction, through which everybody
endeavors to live at the
expense of everybody else. —
Frederic Bastiat, French economist(1801-1850)
11. Government’s view of
the economy could be summed
up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it. If it keeps
moving, regulate it. And if it
stops moving, subsidize it. —
Ronald Reagan (1986)
12. I don’t make jokes. I
just watch the government and
report the facts. — Will Rogers
13. If you think health care
is expensive now, wait until
you see what it costs when it’s
free! — P.J. O’Rourke
14. In general, the art of
government consists of taking
as much money as possible
from one party of the citizens
to give to the other. — Voltaire
(1764)
15. Just because you do not
take an interest in politics
doesn’t mean politics won’t
take an interest in you! —
Pericles(430 B.C.)
16. No man’s life, liberty, or
property is safe while the legislature
is in session. — Mark
Twain (1866)
17. Talk is cheap...except
when Congress does it. —
Anonymous
18. The government is like a
baby’s alimentary canal, with a
happy appetite at one end and
no responsibility at the other.
—Ronald Reagan
19. The inherent vice of
capitalism is the unequal sharing
of the blessings. The inherent
blessing of socialism is the
equal sharing of misery. —
Winston Churchill
20. The only difference
between a tax man and a taxidermist
is that the taxidermist
leaves the skin. —Mark Twain
21. The ultimate result of
shielding men from the effects
of folly is to fill the world with
fools. — Herbert Spencer,
English Philosopher (1820-
1903)
22. There is no distinctly
Native American criminal
class...save Congress. — Mark
Twain
23. What this country needs
are more unemployed politicians.
—Edward Langley,
Artist (1928-1995)
24. A government big
enough to give you everything
you want, is strong enough to
take everything you have. —
Thomas Jefferson
25. We hang the petty
thieves and appoint the great
ones to public office. — Aesop

Obituaries Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Obituaries
Barbara Allene DeWalt McGahey
Jerry A. Heuer
Jerry A. Heuer, 64, of
Hanover, Kansas, died
Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
at his home in Hanover.
A funeral service was held at
10:30 a.m., Monday, February
Marilyn Burt
Marilyn Burt, 82, of
Washington, KS, died
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
at the Homestead Nursing
Home in Washington.
Visitation was Sunday from
2 until 7 p.m. at Ward Funeral
Richard Samland, Sr.
Richard Samland, Sr., 76, of
Washington, KS, died Tuesday,
February 7, 2012 at the
Washington County Hospital.
A funeral service was held at
Francis Kramer
Francis H. Kramer, 77 of
Frankfort, Kansas, died
Thursday, February 9, 2012 in
southern Brown County.
Francis was born on June 10,
Barbara Allene DeWalt
McGahey, 61, passed away on
February 10, 2012 in Tulsa
Oklahoma surrounded by family.
She was born February 4,
1951 in Blue Rapids, Kansas to
William Arthur DeWalt Sr. and
Bernece Geneva Wilkinson.
Barbara was an avid reader
of True Crime, there probably
wasn't a book she hadn't read
on the subject. Barbara also
enjoyed collecting cobalt blue
glassware, jewelry, going to
thrift stores and attending
Bingo. She had a passion for
13, at the Zion Lutheran
Church in Hanover.
Jerry was born on July 4,
1947 at Odell, Nebraska, the
son of Walter and Elnora
(Kruse) Heuer. He attended
Trinity Lutheran School and
graduated from Hanover High
School. After high school, Jerry
went to Concordia Teachers
College in Seward, Nebraska,
and Lincoln School of
Commerce in Lincoln,
Nebraska. He was employed
doing computer aided drafting.
On October 7, 1972, he was
united in marriage to Nancy
Oswald at Zion Lutheran
Church in Hanover.
Jerry was a member of Zion
Home in Washington. The family
will receive friends from 4
to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
A funeral service was held at
11:00 a.m., Monday, February
13 at the United Methodist
Church in Washington.
Marilyn was born at Haddam
on May 15, 1929, to Clark and
Marie (Dewitt) Burton. She
attended school at Haddam,
graduating from Haddam High
School in 1946. On July 20,
1946, she was united in marriage
to Edwin Burt at
Belleville, KS. They lived at
Haddam until moving to
Washington in 1961.
She and Edwin owned and
operated the Washington Sale
Barn until 1976, when they
11:00 a.m., Saturday, February
11, at the First Baptist Church
in Washington.
Private burial will be in the
Hollenberg Cemetery.
Richard was born July 18,
1935, to Charles and Edith
(Jorgensen) Samland at
Omaha, NE. He was married at
a young age to Ruth Herman
and they were blessed with five
children. They later divorced.
In November of 1982, he was
united in marriage to Ann
Sorce at Harbine, NE. After
their marriage they moved to
Rockland, Wisconsin where
they lived for 24 years before
moving to Washington, KS in
1934 at Onaga, Kansas, the son
of August and Theroda (Haug)
Kramer. He worked for
Goodyear Tire Company.
Francis is survived by his
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dogs. Barbara worked for the
Warehouse Market of Tulsa
until her illness
Barbara had lived in Tulsa
for the last 30 years
Survivors include her husband
Michael McGahey of
Tulsa, Oklahoma, a daughter
and son-in-law (Gina and Pat
Phillips) of Tulsa, and a son
William Stroh of Lincoln,
Nebraska. 6 grandchildren
(Krystina, Justin, Ricky,
Charlie, Austin, Jenny). 4 great
grandchildren (Kristopher,
Lutheran Church, where he
served as church treasurer and
was on the church council.
Jerry was also a minister to the
long term care patients and
shutins, by visiting them and
providing communion to them.
He was on the Highland Haven
Board, Hanover Cemetery
Board, volunteer on the
Hanover Fire Department, former
President of Hollenberg
Friends, and was a member of
the Moose Lodge.
Survivors include his wife,
Nancy Heuer, Hanover; four
children, Debra (Luke)
McLemore, Rochester, MN,
Craig Heuer, Hanover, Sheryl
(Dave) Fugate, Warsaw, IN,
retired. Marilyn was the bookkeeper
for the business. After
retirement, they traveled
throughout the United States.
Marilyn was a member of the
United Methodist Church,
VFW Ladies Auxiliary and the
Red Hat Society. She was a
loving mother and grandmother
and always attended the grandchildren’s
events.
Preceding her in death were
her parents; her husband,
Edwin; a brother, Clayton
Burton; and a grandson, Tyler
Burt.
She is survived by her children,
Joan (Jim) Brabec of
Greenleaf, Beth (Greg) Knedlik
of Paola, KS, Todd (Laurie)
Burt of Washington; sisters-in-
2007.
Richard was a farmer, then
self employed at S & S Truck
Sales in Jansen, NE, worked as
a diesel mechanic for Wehrs
Chevrolet, in Bangor WI where
he retired.
His favorite pastimes were
hunting and fishing.
Survivors include his wife,
Ann, Washington, KS; children,
Richard (Jane) Samland,
Hollenberg, KS, Carol (Rick)
Strunk, Jansen, NE, Sharon
(Harvey) Rosenthal,
Jansen,NE, Debra (Rick)
Santee, Springfield, NE,
Charles Samland, Bennet, NE;
step daughters, Deb (Rod)
sister, Olivia La Blanc of
Albany, Georgia.
No services are planned at
this time.
Padden Funeral Chapel of
Kenneth L. Sells, Agent
Morgan, Timothy, Marcus).
Two sisters (Theola Health) of
Blue Rapids, Ks. and (Myrna
Johansen) of Tulsa. Two
Brothers (William DeWalt and
Mark DeWalt) both of Blue
Rapids, Ks. and numerous
nieces and nephews. Barbara
was preceded in death by her
parents, one daughter (Jennifer
Lynn Stroh), three sisters (Lynn
Stegeman, Karen Merrill,
Jeannie Loree DeWalt).
Services will be held
Thursday February 16th, 2012
at the Methodist Church in
and Darrell (Della)
Schweitzberger, Salina, KS;
two sisters, Kathy (Harlen)
Kruse, Herkimer, KS, and
Lynette (Wilbur) Horman,
Hanover; two uncles, Victor
Heuer and Edwin Leseberg;
aunt, Lorina Leseberg; six
grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren;
thirteen step-greatgrandchildren;
several nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends.
He was preceded in death by
his parents; an infant brother,
Charles Heuer; stepson, Steve
Schweitzberger; and stepgrandson,
Shane
Schweitzberger.
law, Betty Zenger of Haddam,
Doris Ford of Manhattan;
grandchildren, Rachel (Cam)
McVean, Kim (Jerry) Grasso,
J.C. (Pam) Brabec, Heather
(Dave) Meyer, Amy Knedlik,
Clint Knedlik, Amanda (Jay)
Craig, Trevor (Amanda)
Dickson; and great-grandchildren,
Garett, Nathan and
Hannah Edgar, Demetrius and
Maya Grasso, Nora Mae
Brabec, Olivia, Sophia and
Chase Meyer, Lilliana and
Cecelia Craig and James
Dickson.
A memorial fund has been
established in her name and
will be designated by the family.
Contributions may be sent in
care of the funeral home.
Klaus, Crete, NE, Maggie
Brace, Milwaukee, WI; sisters,
Jackie Vincent, Slater, MO,
Loretta Beall, Chandler, TX;
brother, Ron Samland,
Weeping Water, NE; fifteen
grandchildren; two step grandchildren;
and eleven greatgrandchildren.
Preceded in death by his parents,
one brother, Joe Samland,
one sister, Joan VanDorien, and
two grandchildren.
A memorial fund has been
established and will be designated
at a later date.
Contributions may be sent in
care of Ward Funeral Home.
Frankfort was in charge of
arrangements.
Obituaries Continued
on Page 3A
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Blue Rapids, Ks. at 2 p.m. with
a gravesite vigil with the family.
Burial will be at Prospect
Dr. Douglas Stigge
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Ks.
Spain Law Office, P.A.
Phone (785) 363-2723
Darrell E. Spain
Attorney at Law
107 S. Kansas Ave.
Waterville, KS 66548
The City of Blue Rapids is requesting
bids for mowing Fairmont
Cemetery April 1 - October 31,
2012. Return bids in envelope
marked “Cemetery Bid” by 4:30
p.m. Mar. 12 to City Clerk, 04
Public Sq., Blue Rapids, KS 66411.
785-363-7736.
Relay For Life
“Team Mean Jean”
2nd Annual Soup Supper
Blue Rapids
Community Center
Sunday Feb. 19th
4 p.m. - 8 p.m.
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News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012 3A
News
8 Wonders Of Kansas Guidebook Wins Award
The Kansas Sampler
Foundation was recently notified
that their "8 Wonders of
All Your Ag Needs
Kansas Guidebook" won first
place in the North American
Travel Journalists Association
(NATJA) category for travel
book or guide.
Awards went to publications,
travel writers, and photographers
whose work was represented
in print and electronic
media. The competition, now in
its 20th year, honors the "best
of the best" of travel writing,
photography and promotion
that cover all aspects of the
travel industry worldwide.
The "8 Wonders of Kansas
Guidebook" debuted in April of
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Specializing in Multi-Peril Crop Insurance
Agents Linda Linda Schmitz Schmitz
Agent/Owner Inez Plegge
400 Center Street • Oketo, KS 66518
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2011. The 272-page book features
the 216 finalists that were
showcased in the 8 Wonders of
Kansas contests that featured
the 24 most significant things
to see and do in the categories
of architecture, art, commerce,
cuisine, customs, geography,
history and people.
Published by the Kansas
Sampler Foundation,the 6x9"
coffee table/guidebook features
more than 800 photos taken by
photographer Harland
Schuster, Morrill. The book
was written by Foundation
director Marci Penner and
designed by her sister, Liz
(Penner) King. Mennonite
Press, Newton, printed the
book.
Penner said, "The award is
indicative of the first-class job
by our team but it is also a tribute
to the content. It's nice to
see Kansas get recognition for
it's story and for what we have
to see and do."
More than 8,500 books have
been sold. For more information
about the book, go to
www.8wonders.org or call
620.585.2374.
Valley Heights All Stars Announces Summer Musical
For the fifth year in a row,
the Valley Heights All Stars
Youth Theater will once again
be performing a musical this
summer, entitled “Cool Suit” a
spoof of the Emperor’s New
Clothes. This musical has parts
Kenneth L. Livingston, Sr.,
age 80, of Greenleaf, passed
away on Sunday, February 12,
2012 at Blue Valley Senior
Living.
Kenneth was born August
11, 1931 at Frederick,
Oklahoma to Arthur C. and
for 15-18 young people
between grades of…entering
2nd grade next fall and exiting
12th grade this spring.
Rehearsals will be all summer
and commence with the tradition
of performing the first
Annie I. (Wright) Livingston,
Sr. While still young his family
moved to the Los Angeles,
California area, where he graduated
from Huntington Park
High School. He joined the US
Navy in 1951 and served in the
Korean Conflict. He was one
of the Atomic Veterans due to
his ship being involved in
nuclear testing.
After the war he returned to
California where he worked as
a fork lift operator and later in
building maintenance for Toro
Corporation. He married
Christine M (Pearson) Lloyd
on September 9, 1978 at
Phelan, California. They
moved to Greenleaf from
Riverside, California in 1994.
He was a member of Trinity
Lutheran Church, Greenleaf,
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and 5th. There will be a parent’s
meeting May 21 at 7pm at
the Waterville Elementary
school. Auditions for Cool Suit
will be Friday June 1st, preceded
by an Actor’s Workshop
VFW Post 2699 in Marysville
and American Legion Post 273
in Greenleaf.
Survivors include his wife
Christine, a son Kenneth L.
Livingston, Jr. and wife Becky
of Greenleaf, three stepsons;
John E. Lloyd and wife Kristan
of Wildomar, California, Frank
D. Lloyd of Lincoln, Nebraska,
Bill R. Lloyd of Beatrice,
Nebraska, a stepdaughter, Mary
S. Huddleston of Topeka, two
grandchildren, five step-grandchildren
and five step-greatgrandchildren,
a sister, Alma R.
Harrod of Downey, California,
two brothers; Arthur C.
Livingston, Jr. and wife
Marilyn of Downey, California
and Sidney E. Livingston of
Mira Loma, California.
He was preceded in death by
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Blue Valley Seamless Gutters
Replace those old gutters and
downspouts with a new seamless
system from Blue Valley Seamless
Gutters.
May 29-June 1st, run by
Lynette Steele-Coon. Please
direct any questions to Lynette
at lcoon@valleyheights.org or
785/363-2530.
Recycling At Blue Rapids Feb. 18th
The Valley Heights recycling
day is Saturday, February 18th
from 9:30 am to 11:00 am. The
collection trailer will be in Blue
Rapids by the horse barn at the
north side of the fair grounds.
All typical recycled items
will be collected including
paper, cardboard, cans, junk
mail, glass etc. Plastics are
limited to numbers one (1) and
two (2). Please rinse food containers
to reduce odors. Presorting
material allows the line
to move smoothly for everyone.
We thank all our community
volunteers for their dedication
to this effort benefiting the
Valley Heights community.
For more information call Tony
Yungeberg at Valley Heights
Community Education at 363-
2211, Stacy Vermetten at 363-
2030 or Phil Osborne at 363-
7949.
Obituaries______________Continued From Page 2A
Kenneth L. Livingston, Sr.
four brothers; Ralph
Livingston, Richard Livingston
and John Livingston, Howard
Livingston, and a step grandson
Brandon J. Lloyd.
Inurnment Services are
planned for 10:00 am, Friday,
February 17, 2012 at the
Committal Shelter in the
Kansas Veterans Cemetery,
Manhattan, with Military
Honors by the US Navy.
Friends are planning a time of
food and fellowship for 1:00
pm at the Community Building
in Greenleaf.
Memorials are suggested to
the American Heart
Association and may be sent in
care of Terry-Christie Funeral
Home at PO Box 61,
Waterville, Kansas 66548.
Birth Announcement: Raylan Aaron Winslow
Raylan Aaron Winslow was
born at Mercy Hospital in
Manhattan, Ks on February
14, 2012 at 1:57 p.m. weighing
7 lbs 12 oz and 19 ¾ inches
long.
Raylan was born to parents
K’Lynn and Nicholas
Winslow.
Grandparents are Dana
Bishop, Edwin Winslow and
Dennis and Patricia Tilley.
Great grandparents are Bob
and Shirley Bishop, Martha
Winslow, Ken Tilley and the
late Faye Tilley.
Great-great grandparents
are Mona Anderson and
Edwin Holly.
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100.00 for Males
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“Sloppy Joe Dinner”
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NEWS EWS Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Frankfort Community Care Home Takes Resident to WWE Raw
If you would visit the
Frankfort Community Care
Home on Monday evenings,
chances are that you would find
eighty-four year old resident,
Esther Ferris, sitting in her
favorite chair in the lobby
watching All Star Wrestling on
TV. Esther’s passion for
wrestling is no secret to the
staff members at the care home
and when it was announced
that WWE “Raw” was coming
to the Expocenter in Topeka,
employees started making
plans to get Esther to Topeka to
see some of her favorite
wrestlers in person. On
February 3rd Abby Kirk, Lora
Koch and their sons, Sebastian
and Anthony, accompanied
Esther to Topeka to see the first
live performance of wrestling
that any of them had ever seen.
When Abby was asked about
her favorite part of the evening,
she said, “I just enjoyed watching
Esther. Her eyes lit up”.
Esther never dreamed that she
would ever actually be able to
see wrestling in real life and
she was able to see some of her
Two hundred Kansans
attended the Big Rural
Brainstorm at the Meridian
Center in Newton on February
3-4. With an atmosphere of
hope, energy and opportunity,
the goal was to think outside
the box and come up with ideas
that are achievable at the grassroots
level for rural communities.
Those in attendance included
a range of people from small
towns like Woodbine, Olsburg,
Tribune and Goessel to larger
cities like Chanute, Garnett,
Concordia and Oakley to representatives
from small business
favorites, including John Cena,
CM Punk and Kane.
Highlights of the evening
included the women wrestlers
and a tag team match with The
Miz and Kane VS John Cena
and The Truth. Esther was con-
cerned when one of the referees
got thrown over the ropes and
landed hard on the floor. She
said that she couldn’t wait to
watch wrestling the next
Monday night and see if the
same referee was ok and able to
appear on TV. It was an exciting
night for all, with the boys
really getting into all the
yelling and screaming and
everything that goes with being
in an audience at All Star
Wrestling. Esther was happy to
Big Rural Brainstorm Generates Action
Media Release - 02102012 –
1330 Hrs
It is with deep regret the
Marshall County Sheriffs
Offices announces that Francis
H. Kramer, 77 of Frankfort has
been found deceased in south-
By: Tyler Taphorn
Senior Reporter
The Wide Awake 4-H Club
hosted an Appreciation Dinner
on February 5 at the
Achievement Building in Blue
Rapids.
Twenty-six members, three
leaders and numerous guests
attended.
The dinner was hosted in
Marshall County Sheriff’s
Department
Jail Activity Sheet
Week of: February 6, 2012 to
February 12, 2012
Name: Shanek, Robert
Address: Waterville, Kansas
come home with a momento of
the event, a Tshirt with John
Cena’s picture on the front. It
ended up being a fun and late
night for all. The boys fell
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asleep on the way home, but
Esther outlasted them all, staying
awake until she arrived
safely back at the nursing
home.
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Sebastian, Esther and Anthony had a great time seeing their favorite wrestlers.
(Photo courtesy of the Frankfort Community Care Home)
development, state agencies,
housing programs, and the
Board of Education.
During introductions, a
dozen people came forward to
say why they loved their community.
They were followed
by forty PowerUps (21-39 year
olds who are rural by choice)
who introduced themselves
briefly.
Facilitated by Marci Penner,
director of the Kansas Sampler
Foundation based out of Inman,
the format consisted of diverse
breakout sessions, StandUp
reviews, appointments, and
group discussions. There were
no keynote speakers. The group
also experimented with a We
Kan Bank, an inventory of
community needs and those
who could offer service.
On Saturday morning, forty
people came forward to declare
action steps they would take
when they got home. A sampling
of those actions include
starting a community garden
and community foundation,
developing a rural entertainment
network and internship
programs for businesses, and
doing an inventory of
PowerUps.
Penner said, "With these 200
committed Kansans offering
support and ideas to each other,
it is clear that rural Kansas took
a positive step forward with
this event. By the end, there
was no doubt that we are all
together in this challenging yet
exciting work of sustaining
communities."
Those who would like to be
on an e-blast list to help sustain
rural communities should contact
the Kansas Sampler
Foundation at marci@kansassampler.org.
Marshall County Sheriff’s Office Release
ern Brown County. Mr. Kramer
has been missing from his
Frankfort residence since the
3rd Of February 2012. The
Sheriff’s Office was notified by
the Brown County Sheriff’s
Office at approx. 1130 this
honor of the many family
members and friends who help
Wide Awake 4-H members
throughout the year. Club
members baked homemade
rolls that were served during
the potluck dinner. The arts &
crafts members made snowmen
for the centerpieces, which
were also used as door prizes.
Following the dinner, mem-
Date of Birth: 11-08-1958
Charge: 48 Hours
Date of Arrival: 02-10-2012
Date of Release: 02-12-2012
Reason: Time Served
Name: Maez, Jason
Address: Marysville, Kansas
morning [02102012].
According to Brown County
Sheriff’s Office, a farmer near
the 105 St Exit, off Hwy 75,
stated that he found the vehicle
with Mr. Kramer inside. It
appears at this time that the
bers in the County 4-H Days
skit performed followed by the
club chorus that sang “Yankee
Doodle Dandy” and “Home on
the Range.”
During the meeting Ryan
Latta and Robbie Stryker were
installed as new members. The
club also had it’s purple seal
ceremony for 2010-11 club
year.
Date of Birth: 12-28-1976
Charge: 9 Hours
Date of Arrival: 02-11-2012
Date of Release: 02-11-2012
Reason: Time Served
Name: Full, Richard
Address: Moline, Kansas
vehicle was stuck in the mud.
Cause of death was undetermined
at this time, an autopsy
was ordered by the Marshall
County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Dan Hargrave –
Marshall County Sheriff
Wide Awake 4-H Club Hosts Appreciation Dinner
During the program, Wesley
Denton gave a project talk on
“How to Speak Like a
Cattleman” and Addie
Wassenberg demonstrated how
to make simple crafty
Valentines.
The next meeting will be
March 5.
Marshall County Sheriff Jail Report
Date of Birth: 07-24-1989
Charge: DWS
Date of Arrival: 02-12-2012
Date of Release: 01-12-2012
Reason: $365 Cash Bond
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Applicants must be 18 years of age
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News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012 5A
Happy 100th Birthday!!!
By Gene Meyer
Kansas Reporter
TOPEKA — City officials in
Atchison and Lenexa say they
want out of the state’s government
employee pension plan, if
traditional pensions are converted
into worker-managed
retirement plans.
The cities' leaders formally
asked lawmakers to allow them
to offer their workers citysponsored
retirement plans
instead of the proposed Kansas
Public Employees Retirement
System, or KPERS, plan, if
legislators pass House Bill
2545. The measure closes traditional
Kansas pensions to
new teachers and workers
hired beginning in 2014, and
shifts them to worker-managed
plans.
“Traditional pensions are a
big incentive, when you are
trying to recruit people for
municipal service,” said Trey
Cocking, Atchison’s city manager.
“If the state goes to the new,
defined-contribution plan, we
no longer have much incentive
to remain in the plan."
Ironically, Atchison could
switch to some kind of 401(k)style
plan, if it left KPERS, he
said. With 106 employees on
the payroll, the city is not large
enough to support a traditional
pension.
Lenexa's government, which
is four-times larger, also could
switch to a defined-contribution
plan if it left KPERS, said
Leslie Fonseca, assistant city
administrator. That’s because
Lenox has such a plan, which it
offers to its 430 employees as a
supplement to KPERS pensions.
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“We have a warm friendly home like environment that
you feel when you enter the door.”
“Our plan is more competitive
than what the state is proposing,”
Fonseca said.
Lenexa contributes 4 percent
of workers’ salaries to the plan,
and the contribution amount
increases as workers increase
their own contributions.
Kansas’ plan, as outlined in
legislation being studied now,
requires a 6 percent employee
contribution; employers,
whose contributions come
from general fund tax revenue,
pay 1 percent initially, which
increases to 5 percent in eight
years.
But any move to a definedcontribution
plan from a traditional
pension would be
wrenching, said Salina fire
chief Larry Milliken.
“You don’t get rich going
into public service, but you
make a living, and you get a
good retirement,” Milliken
said. “Standing up in front of
people now and saying,
‘You’ve got some great memories
and a career you can be
proud of, but not the retirement'
is going to be quite a
change.”
State legislators in 2011
passed a plan to fix the underfunded
KIPPERS by requiring
taxpayers, beginning Jan.1,
2013, to start accelerating their
contributions, which are used
to pay the employers' shares
that states, cities, counties,
schools and other government
units offer workers.
The plan, in legislation
known as House Bill 2194,
also requires teachers and other
workers to increase their contributions,
so the combined
increases will, by 2033, plug
an $8.3 billion gap that KPERS
calculates would otherwise
exist between its promised
pensions and the projected
assets available to pay those
pensions.
H B 2194 included a third
requirement, which is the one
causing the problems now.
That requirement called for
the creation of a 13-member
KPERS Study Commission
last summer. Members were
told to come up with a more
detailed plan for addressing the
pension plan under funding,
then present that plan to the
2012 Legislature for approval.
Commission members,
headed by co-chairman and
state Sen.Jeff King , R-
Independence, came up with a
plan that, beginning Jan. 1,
2014, would convert the state's
traditional lifetime pension
benefits to retirement savings
accounts that would provide
retirement benefits only as
long as each members' individual
savings lasted.
King and the plan’s supporters
say the changes are needed
to contain the potential risk to
taxpayers associated with
Kansas’ unchecked pension
liabilities, which could crowd
out education, public safety
and other programs, or force
huge tax increases.
A study published in
December by University of
Kansas economist Art Hall
projects that, on its present
course, KPERS spending could
swell the state budget deficits
$225 million to $580 million
by 2023, depending on where
the pension fund sets targets
for investment returns, now 8
percent.
Critics say that design flaws
in King's proposal would cost
$10.9 billion more between
now and 2033 than the original
HB 2194 and that retirement
benefits would be reduced, too.
"That being the case, why
should a more expensive plan
even be given consideration?"
asked Ernie Claudel, a retired
Olathe school administrator,
who often visits the Capitol to
watch pension fund deliberations
and blogs to other retirees
Cutting future retirees' benefits
amounts to short-sighted
economics, Claudel said; the
benefits checks KPERS sends
to 68,000 retirees now represent
more than $77.1 million
going into the Kansas economy.
Kansas legislators need to
consider the Study
Commission's more expensive
plan for either alternative to
survive, said state Rep. Ron
Worley, R-Lenexa a member
of the House Pensions and
Benefits Committee, which
held hearings on the plan
Monday.
It's the law, Worley said.
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News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Marshall County Minutes
February 6, 2012
The Board of Marshall
County Commissioners met in
regular session with Thomas K.
Holle Chairman; Charles R.
Loiseau and Robert S. Connell
members; and Sonya L. Stohs,
County Clerk present.
The meeting was called to
order at 9:00 a.m.
The Board opened the meeting
with the flag salute.
The minutes and agenda
were approved as presented
upon a motion by Charles R.
Loiseau moved, seconded by
Robert S. Connell.
Unanimous.
Custodian Lou Wassenberg
met with the Board to let the
Board know that her part-time
help Beth Kohake gave her resignation
effective February 15,
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2012.
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp met with the
Board. Charles R. Loiseau
moved, seconded Robert S.
Connell to go into executive
session for twenty minutes at
9:03 a.m., at the request of
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp, to discuss
matters of non-elected personnel
with Agency on Aging
Director Heather Ruhkamp
present. Unanimous.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to approve the Home City
Sewer bills and pay them from
the appropriate funds available.
Unanimous.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to approve the following 2011
abatements with a value of
4,811 and a total tax of
$835.49. Unanimous.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Thomas K. Holle
to approve the Neighborhood
Revitalization application for
Precision Truss, Marysville,
KS with the preconstruction
pictures that were provided by
the applicant. Unanimous.
Public Works Administrator
Mike Craig and Public Works
Coordinating Supervisor Larry
Polson met with the Board.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the following purchase
orders. Unanimous.
Murphy Tractor and
Equipment, Topeka, KS for
repairs to loader $992.45-Road
& Bridge fund-P.O. # 107593
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve signing 2011
Annual Noxious Weed
Eradication Progress Report.
Unanimous.
Thomas K. Holle moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the 2012 Marshall
County Annual Noxious Weed
Management Plan.
Unanimous.
Wells Township Trustee
Mike Bailey met with the
Board to discuss vacating ¾ of
a mile of road located between
Sections 16 and 21 of Wells
Township on Utah Road and
asked about making some
roads in the Township minimum
maintenance.
Thomas K. Holle moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to go into executive session for
ten minutes at 10:20 a.m. to
discuss matters of non-elected
personnel with Public Works
Administrator Mike Craig and
BUYING
SCRAP IRON
If you are wanting to save
some money, maybe get an
early start on your garden, and
stretch your gardening season
out, starting from seed indoors
is a good way to do it.
For more information, you
can contact me at the Marshall
County Extension Office by
calling (785) 562-3531, or Email
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Public Works Coordinating
Supervisor Larry Polson present.
Unanimous.
Lloyd Shubkagel met with
the Board to discuss a cemetery
in Waterville Township.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Charles R.
Loiseau to go into executive
session for ten minutes at 10:50
a.m. to discuss non-elected personnel
with County Clerk
Sonya L. Stohs present.
Unanimous.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the following purchase
orders. Unanimous.
Merck, Carol Stream, IL for
private vaccine $669.21-Health
fund-P.O. # 4038
Kansas Correctional
Industries, Lansing, KS for finish
bulk microfilming of old
records and files $2,500.00-
General (District Court) fund-
P.O. # 4087
Marbil Enterprises, Inc.,
Bellville, IL for surveillance
equipment $1,160.99-Special
Law fund-P.O. # 4090
Economic Development
Director George McCune and
Community Development
Coordinator Juanita McCune
met with the Board to give
them a weekly update.
The Board asked that
Economic Development
Director George McCune be
the representative for Marshall
County on the North Central
Regional Planning
Commission Board.
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Charles R.
Loiseau to adjourn at 12:10
p.m. Unanimous. The next
scheduled meeting will be
Monday, February 13, 2012
starting at 9:00 a.m.
It’s About Time To Start Garden Plants From Seed
By Michael Vogt
Marshall County Extension
Agent
The last couple of year’s we
have been starting our garden
plants from seed. We have
started our seed in our basement
with a grow light. We
have had success in the past.
However, last year we struggled
to have plants in good
enough condition to plant and
lost many. So, we moved our
flats upstairs and put them in
the warmest, lightest location
in our house to grow plants
from seed, the dining room.
We did not eat at our dining
room table for two months!
Fortunately, starting plants
from seed is not expensive to
do and you can keep trying if
you fail.
So, this week I want to talk
about what needs to be thought
about before you start raising
vegetables and flowers from
seed.
Growing plants from seed is
by far the cheapest way to buy
annual garden vegetables and
flowers. Starting those seeds
indoors extends the plants’
growing season.
Indoor seeding requires a
kind of reverse thinking,
though. It also requires certain
types of information – starting
with what’s on the seed packet.
For example, a Kansas gardener
wanting to plant leaf lettuce
or a cole crop (e.g., broccoli,
cabbage, cauliflower)
needs to know the local average
date for putting those vegetables’
container-grown transplants
in the garden.
The vegetables are cool-season
fans. According to K-State
Research and Extension, their
average transplant date is April
7 -- although a week later can
be prime time for our area.
Starting with that transplant
date, the gardener can then
count back by the number of
weeks those varieties need to
reach transplant size. Once
seeds sprout, that time period
can vary widely. But, for many
vegetables and annual flowers,
it’s six to eight weeks. The
indoor planting date for leaf
lettuce and cole crops is around
Feb. 11.
In most years, however,
Kansans can still transplant
those crops until mid to late
April – which allows time for
successive plantings. So,
indoor seeding from Feb. 12
into early March can yield
good results, too.
In contrast, many warmthloving
transplants typically
enter the garden during mid-
May. Counting backwards puts
the average indoor seeding date
at about March 24 for peppers
and March 31 for tomatoes.
I mentioned before, we had a
terrible time last year starting
plants from seed. This year, we
built a grow light stand for our
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cool-season crop mix and one
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to show as she demonstrates
how to make and use a
grow light during the Marshall
County 4-H Club Day last
week. We had plants up within
five days. Maybe in the near
future, I will write about how to
make and manage a grow light.
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Classifieds Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Senior Of The Week: Aaron Long
By Jessica Vines
VHHS Journalism
Senior Aaron Long wants to
be in the music industry, but his
job of choice is to become an
athletic team manager or director
because he wants to make
an impact on children’s lives.
Long plans to attend college at
Emporia State University
because, “I know a few more
people there, and I’ve been
there a lot.”
Long is the Son of Misty and
David Long and has three sisters;
Carrie, Kristin, and
Amanda, and one brother,
Jason. “My sister Kristin has
really helped me stay focused
as well as my parents.” states
Long.
One thing that Long has
done that most people haven’t
is served as manager at the
Shrine Bowl. The Shrine Bowl
is an All-Star football game that
features the best players from
sixty-eight school teams in the
state of Kansas. This experience
gave Long a memory that
he will never forget. “I’m the
first Valley Heights team member
to be on the winning
Shriner Bowl team.” The Play
Off Game is an All Star game
that raises money for Shriners
Hospital.
Home Notes
By Susan A. Latta - CEA
Marshall County Extension
Agent
Some men are not good
fathers. So are children any better
off without them in their
lives? The research shows that
Yes they are. Sadly, there are
consequences of the separation
that cannot be completely
avoided.
Single mothers can show
tremendous courage in working
alone to raise their children.
Unfortunately, their heroism
typically goes unrecognized.
Adoptive parents can literally
save the lives of the children
they bring in to their lives.
Stepfathers can make tremendous
sacrifices on behalf of
their stepchildren. However,
these men, no matter how well
intentioned can’t replace the
birth fathers.
Children who are separated
from those who brought them
into the world have a gap in
their hearts that cannot be completely
filled by a remaining
parent, a stepparent, or adoptive
parent. A child’s life is in
three parts: child, father, and
mother. When one is gone, a
part of the child’s life is missing,
and the consequences for
both parent and child can be
harmful.
Young men who are or could
be sexually active should
understand the lifetime impact
on the children who could be
brought into the world. For too
long professionals have sold
the idea to our culture that biological
fathers are unnecessary,
that any loving man (or
woman), would do. As difficult
as it might be for some to
accept, the research shows that
this is not true.
Biology does matter. We
know the impact of father
absence and presence on both
girls and boys. Understanding
why this is true is difficult to
explain because our science is
The Marshall County Arts
Cooperative is opening the doors to
the Lee Dam Center for Fine Art for
a special showing of the exhibit,
“Unmasking Mental Illness.” As an
added incentive, the cooperative is
inviting guests to have lunch while
viewing the display.
“Lunch with the Arts,” the first in
a series of monthly luncheons
scheduled for the center, will be
Friday, February 17, from 11:00
a.m. until 2:00 p.m.
“We want to attract as many people
to the art center as possible,”
said Renee Hoffman, the chairper-
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Long has been the Football
manager for four years, basketball
manager for three years
and track three years. Long has
also been in: FFA one year,
KAYs one year Library
Assistant one year, Band four
years, Vocal/Show Choir three
years, VH Club four years, and
FCA one year.
Long uses a quote that is
from the Bible, which gets him
through the day, “My Belief is
that it’s greater to lose my life
for the sake of the gospel of
Christ than to keep it.” This
quote inspires Long because,
“No matter what the Lord has
in store for my life, He should
get the glory. God could’ve
called me to heaven when I was
born. However, he has a purpose
for me on earth,” says
Long.
Long collects the Left
Behind series of novels, which
are Christian based books
about the end of time. “They
show the earth’s last days
through four kids and adults’
views.”
Long wants to be remembered
as the person who never
wasted his time. “We have a
very short time here on earth.
No one knows where or when
God will take their breath
inadequate.
Being a father is more than
biology though. The word
“father” has to be a verb, not
just a noun. Fathers have to
prove their worth. Children
want their fathers to become
their heroes. Courage is doing
the right thing even if you are
afraid; heroism is putting that
courage to work for a noble
purpose. What could be a more
noble purpose than being a parent
who takes an active role by
nurturing and guiding a young
life?
What does becoming a heroic
father for children mean?
Fathers have to achieve four
outcomes to be seen as a hero
in their children’s eyes. Each
outcome can be summarized by
one word: stability, devotion,
respect, and integrity. Each outcome
is a test that challenges
fathers, especially when they
are separated from their children.
First, stability means having
a respectful relationship with
the child’s mother. When both
parents care about each other,
making that love evident to
their children contributes to
that stability. Even though the
love between parents can sadly
disappear, the love for their
children can endure.
When parents are divorced,
conflict with each other is very
stressful for children. Children
do not want to be used as
pawns in a game or revenge
between parents. Moreover,
they will lose respect for a parent
who demeans the other. A
father who treats the child’s
mother fairly and says only
what is positive about her to
their children takes the high
road that wins the child’s admiration.
Second, devotion means putting
our child’s well being
before our own. This requires a
sacrifice of time to be a part of
a child’s life. It means giving
son for the cooperative’s committee
that oversees the center. “We
thought if we served lunch that
would attract people to view the
exhibit during their lunch period.
It’s a great atmosphere to have a
casual lunch while viewing some
really interesting art pieces.”
The exhibit is presented in collaboration
with Pawnee Mental
Health Services, and it includes a
display of art from Pawnee’s
clients, families, and friends that
reside in ten counties. The exhibit
features more than sixty pieces of
work ranging from paintings to pot-
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away. That being said, we need
to use the time we have to bring
glory to God,” said Long. Long
is very unique in his own way
which makes him different
from other people. “I’m not
tender and nurturing hugs, listening
to a child, and sharing
our feeling in words that children
can understand. By sharing
how we feel, we can give
our children an opportunity for
kindness. Sharing such experiences
shows that we have the
strength to be open, to be a
window not a wall. Devotion
means proving we care.
Third, respect means standing
for something worth teaching.
If you have a child (or can
imagine having one), imagine
the child growing older...then
older, until he or she is late
middle aged. A friend
approaches your adult child
and asks, “When you were
growing up what did you learn
from your father? What did
your father stand for? (The
same could be said for mothers
as well). How would you want
your adult child to respond?
Children who answer the
question positively with an
expression of gratitude reveal
the extent of their respect for
their fathers. We teach the
important things by making
important limits “Treat people
gently!” is a better teaching
limit than “No hitting!” We use
our authority to convey principles
that can last a lifetime.
This means setting fair and
clear limits for children and
enforcing them when necessary.
We accept the burden of
authority that is an important
element in our relationships
with our children. Mothers and
fathers should be friendly to
their children but understand
that having authority means
that they cannot really be their
children’s friends. Real friendship
has to wait until their children
are old enough to be free
of parental authority.
Fourth, integrity means making
our words matter. We have
to think before we speak
because we will be challenged
to be faithful to what we say.
Arts Cooperative to Host Luncheon
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Pancake Supper
St. Mark¹s Episcopal
Church, Blue Rapids, will have
its annual Shrove
Tuesday pancake supper
from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 21 at
the church.
A free-will offering will be
taken.
The menu will be pancakes,
sausage, orange juice and coffee.
A portion of the proceeds
will go toward food programs
in the community.
St. Mark¹s Episcopal is at
Sixth and Lincoln streets.
tery, and it brings attention to the
fact that mental disorders are common
in the United States.
“This is a really unique exhibit
that features a variety of pieces,”
Hoffman said. “We’re exploring
various times to have the art center
open to attract a crowd. We thought
over the lunch hour might be a way
to attract some new clients.”
While viewing the exhibit guests
can enjoy a casual lunch that features
sandwiches, salads, potato
chips, desserts, and drinks. The cost
of the lunch is $5.00.
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afraid to stand up for what is
right,” says Long. “If something
is there that I think is
wrong, I’m going to make it
known.”
Therefore, if we say we will go
see a child’s performance at a
school play we have to be there
no matter how inconvenient it
might be. Excuses do not work
with children because they
view our making commitments
as promises.
The same is true for setting
consequences for misbehavior.
Telling a toddler, “If you throw
your spaghetti on the floor one
more time, we are not going to
grandma’s house this weekend!”
The child throws the
spaghetti on the floor. Now
what? Will we do what we said
we would? We could respond,
“What I just said was a mistake.
Now you have to leave
the table and help me clean up
the mess.” Mistakes are human.
Saying that we made a mistake
or telling children, “I am sorry”
too often though, diminishes
our integrity and the respect
they have for us. Better to
choose our words wisely at the
outset.
Stability, devotion, respect,
and integrity are four outcomes
that are important achievements
for both parents.
Mothers and fathers are likely
to follow different paths in a
common journey to become
heroes in their children’s memories.
Just being a father,
though, does not deserve the
mantle of being a hero. We
have to earn that position in a
child’s mind by making sacrifices,
being there whenever
possible, and showing our love
in many different ways. For
some men that journey is a
rocky road. If so, its difficulty
also provides greater opportunities
for nobility for over coming
fear and earning our child’s
respect and admiration. When
we do, we have passed the test
for becoming a hero in our children’s
eyes.
month,” Hoffman said. “Right
now, we’re in the process of setting
up exhibits for the coming months.
We think this has a lot of potential.”
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Sports Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, February 16, 2012
Blue Rapids Historical Society To Make Community Cookbook
Food plays a very important
part in our history. From the
jerky carried in saddlebags and
the stews cooked over campfires
to microwave dinners.
Memories are strongly influ-
By Gene Meyer
Kansas Reporter
TOPEKA — Kansas road
builders are upset over a proposal
in the state House to
withhold $351 million from
state highway projectsin order
to helpcut state income-tax
rates for families and small
businesses.
“There has got to be a better
way to reduce personal and
corporate income taxes than
taking it out of highway construction,”
said Brian Hansen,
of Dustrol Inc., a major state
highway contractor in
Towanda.
“Kansas legislators in the
last 20 years of highway pro-
A benefit dinner will be held
for the Medina family at the
Valley Heights High School on
February 17th from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. serving Sloppy-Joes,
baked beans, chips, relishes
enced by food. We remember
the potato soup our mothers
made on cold winter days and
the hand cranked ice cream in
the summer. Generations of
families have come together at
grams already have ‘borrowed’
more than $1.5 billion, which
they’ve never paid back,”
Hansen said. “This would decimate
our business.”
State Rep. Richard Carlson,
R-St. Mary’s, this week introduced
a proposed state tax
overhaul plan he and other
House leaders say addresses
problems with a competing
plan proposed by Gov. Sam
Brownback in January. Carlson
is chairman of the House
Taxation Committee.
Both plans propose to reduce
the income tax rates that most
Kansans pay — by as much as
24 percent in some cases —
and to hold Kansas government
and dessert. A free will donation
will be given to the Medina
family. The dinner is sponsored
by the New Hope
Presbyterian Youth Group and
friends of the Medina family.
mealtime to share the details of
their day and celebrate the
important milestones in their
lives. The Blue Rapids
Historical Society is compiling
a cookbook to celebrate the his-
spending growth to no more
than 2 percent annually to
allow further cuts that will
abolish state income taxes
eventually.
Brownback’s plan would
make permanent a temporary
state sales tax increase due to
expire this year and wipe out
home mortgage and other popular
deductions and tax credits
to make state tax codes, in his
words, simpler, flatter and fairer.
Carlson’s plan keeps the
deductions and credits, which
cut taxes for lower-income taxpayers
instead of raising them
slightly as Brownback's plan,
and allows the sales tax
increase to expire on schedule.
The reduced sales tax is at
the root of the road builders'
anger.
The reduction of what originally
was a 1 percentage point
sales tax increase — to 6.3 percent
— passed in 2010, is
tory and heritage of the Blue
Rapids area. If you have any
special recipes, with stories or
pictures, we would love to
include them in this cookbook.
Old recipes handed down,
scheduled July 1 to drop to 5.7
percent. The remaining 0.4 percent,
or about $160 million
annually, would be dedicated
permanently to the Kansas
Department of Transportation,
or KDOT.
But Carlson’s plan calls for
Kansas to keep the first two
years of that money, or about
$351 million, to pay the costs
of tax reduction. KDOT would
get the sales tax money after
that, along with an additional
$50 million yearly until the
$351 million from the first two
years is repaid.
“They get regular funding as
time goes on,” Carlson said
Friday before the plan was
introduced in his committee.
“I’m sure they would prefer it
not be done.”
That is an understatement,
said Kip Spray, president of
Venture Corp., a 40-year-old,
family-owned road building
contractor in Great Bend.
newer tried and true favorites
and those reflecting the different
cultural background of our
community would be greatly
appreciated. Contact Betty
Ball at 785-268-0186 Mary
The Blue Rapids Museum Hosts Valentine’s Breakfast
The Blue Rapids Muesum had a good turn out of their Valentine’s Breakfast.
Betty Feldhausen
Turns 90 On Feb. 25
Betty (Mrs. Clifford)
Feldhausen, formery Betty
McRae of Blue Rapids, will be
celebrating her 90th birthday
on February 25th. For anyone
who would like to send birthday
wishes, her address is:
1655 S. Georgetown, Apt.
#224, Wichita, Kansas 67218.
The Valley Heights
National Honor Society
Will be holding a Carnival
on Sat. Feb. 18th from 7
p.m. - 8:30 p.m. in the
Blue Rapids Gym
Photos by Deb Barrington.
Judy Hiatt of Mommas Treasures & Memories was making jewlery
during the Blue Rapids Museum Breakfast.
$50 Mill Mortgage Deal Won't Bring Quick Relief
By Gene Meyer
Kansas Reporter
TOPEKA — Kansas' $50million
slice of a record national
settlement of mortgageabuse
claims won't offer quick
relief for beleaguered homeowners,
credit experts say.
Even the attorneys general
who helped put the national
$25-billion package together
say it will take a month or more
to determine distribution plans
for the money. It may take as
long as three years to distribute
the promised help, according to
information on a national attorneys
general website,
www.nationalforeclosuresettlement.com.
Five of the nation's largest
home-mortgage companies
agreed to pay the money to settle
allegations of loan-processing
abuses. The money will
help, said Justin Robinson,
education director of the
Consumer Credit Counseling
Service Inc. chapter in Wichita.
"People had good jobs and
were making their mortgage
payments, then they lost their
jobs," Robinson said. "What
we're seeing in Wichita is that
even if they find another job
right away, many don't get the
same pay as before, and it gets
difficult to keep up with the
mortgage."
Homeowners should not
expect immediate relief, and
strict application rules could
slow the process even further.
It may take a long time to
deliver the promised relief if
the process is too rigid, said
Rick Sippel, a Consumer Credit
Counseling Service Inc. counselor
in Salina, who already
works daily to help clients out
of mortgage jams.
Mortgage reduction is timeconsuming
work, and the
lenders' agents he works with
are each handling as many as
100 cases a month, Sippel said.
“It’s impossible to deal with
that many cases now,” Sippel
said.
“I know it would be more
costly, but I would like to see
the lenders spend more money
up front training the people
who are manning the phones
and doing the paperwork to
think on their feet instead of
reading a script on a computer
screen,” he said.
Any help is welcome, said
Kevin Andrews, a mortgage
counseling executive at the
Urban League of Wichita,
where 694 Wichita-area homeowners
last year sought help in
trying to make their mortgages
more affordable.
“When you are upside down
in your home and are unemployed
or under employed, this
helps,” Andrews said.
Realtor John Brocker said
he fears that fully restoring the
financial health of housing
markets may take even longer
than the three years outlined in
the settlement timetable.
“It’s a lot like the crisis in
farmland values we had back in
the 1970s and '80s,” said
Brocker, president of Allen
County Real Estate in Iola and
the Kansas Association of
Realtors.
“Farmland prices didn’t turn
around and start coming back
up until all the farm foreclo-
Adult Open Gym
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Aaron DeWalt goes up for a layup.
Photos by Deb Barrington.
sures we had back then cleared
the market, and that took
years,” Brocker said. “We’re
still deep in the woods, even
though we’re starting to walk
out."
Realtytrac, the Irvine Calif.,
firm that has become the U.S.’
most widely recognized collector
of home foreclosure market
statistics, estimates 996 homes
in Kansas, or one in 1,239, are
in some stage of foreclosure
proceedings and predicts the
number will rise in 2012.
That’s on top of nearly 15,300
homes on the Kansas market
now, which the Kansas
Association of Realtors calculates
is a seven-month supply at
the current pace of sales.
More than 88,000 Kansans
were unemployed last month,
according to the Kansas
Department of Labor, said
Angela Berland, a deputy
director of the Kansas department's
Labor Market
Information Services Division.
Other federal Labor
Department statistics indicate
that almost that many more are
Road Builders Blast a KS House Tax-Cut Plan
Benefit Dinner For
The Medina Family
discouraged workers who temporarily
stopped looking for
jobs or were working part time
or in lower-paying jobs.
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Alice Baker at 785-363-7193
or email
brcookbook@yahoo.com to
contribute recipes.
The Blue Rapids
Chamber Of Commerce
Meets on the 4th Tuesday of Every
Month At The Blue Rapids
Community Center At 7 p.m.
The Public Is Invited To Attend
The Blue Rapids
Museum is accepting
bids for electrical work
and heating/ac.
Contact Pat Osborne 363 7949
or Dee DeMelo at 363 7938.
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VH Junior High Boys Finish 3rd in BVL Tournament
By Coach Gary Bargdill
Valley Heights Junior High
Boys were seated #4 this year
in the Blue Valley League
Tournament. They started the
tournament against #5 seated
Linn Bulldogs on Monday winning
42-26 in Clyde. The
Junior Mustangs were led in
scoring by Logan Woodyard
who had 17 points. Micah
Kenworthy added 10, Anthony
Edwards 6, Jarrett Whitson 5,
and Keaton DeWalt 4.
In the semi-finals on
Thursday the VHJH Mustangs
met the #1 seed Washington
Tigers in Clifton. In a hard
fought battle with several lead
changes throughout the game,
the Mustangs came up short
losing a tough defensive battle
32-29.
In the consolation game on
Saturday, the Mustangs met the
#3 Luckey Cardinals. After
building an 11 point half time
lead of 28-17, the Junior
Mustangs held off a 4th quarter
run by Luckey to win 45-39.
The Junior Mustangs were led
in scoring by Micah
Kenworthy and Logan
Woodyard both with 15 points.
Keton DeWalt had 6, Anthony
Edwards 4, Layton Hartloff 3,
and Jarrett Whitson finished
with 2. Congratulatins to the
boys on their 3rd place finish
and an another exciting season
Anthony Edwards (10) jumps high to take a shot.
Madison Hargrave (23) takes a shot as
the Hanover defense closes in.
Sydney Cartier (22) and Shelby Vermetten (30) work together to keep Hanover’s
Paige Doebele (20) from moving closer to the net.
By Coach Noel
aggressive play, downing the ished with a record of 11-5, with
The JH Lady Mustangs didn't locals by a score of 28-35. their losses coming to Luckey
finish the season the way they In the 3rd place game, the (2), Hanover (2), and
had hoped, struggling to score ladies again found their team Washington (1). Washington
points in the semifinals and drop- trailing to Luckey late, but used a won the BVL Girls title, with
ping an overtime game in the surge of energy in the last 90 sec- Hanover placing 2nd and Luckey
consolation bracket at Clifton. onds to push the game into over- earning 3rd.
Against Hanover in the semitime. Sara Mann hit 2 big The B team finished with a 3-
finals, the girls could only put 28 freethrows to make that possible, 9 record and finished 4th in the B
points on the board, well below but the ladies were unable to fin- tournament hosted by
their season average, and ish the game off, taking 4th by a Washington at mid-season.
Hanover was able to capitalize score of 42-40.
The C team finished with a 2-
on some late freethrows and On the season, the A team fin-
Photos by Deb Barrington.
3 record.
Back Row (Left to Right): Coach Schreiner, Will Yungeberg, Adrian Pishny, Layton Hartloff, Anthony Edwards,
Micah Kenworthy, Garrett Link, Jarrett Whitson and Assistant Coach Bargdill.
Front Row (Left to Right): Manager Jared Oatney, Tanner Chartier, Harrison Blaske, Bryan Yungeberg,
Logan Woodyard, Keaton DeWalt and Manager Quentin Blaske. (Photo courtesy of Ryan Woodyard)
Jarrett Whitson (23) holds on tight to keep control of
the ball.
Kayla Smith (45) takes a shot over the
heads of the Hanover defense.
Keaton DeWalt (32) takes a shot while surrounded by
the Washington County defense.
Jr. High Lady Mustangs Take 4th In BVL Tournament
Brandi Roepke (55) passes the ball to Kayla Smith (45) while surrounded by the
Hanover defense.

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Max Blaske (5) focuses on the net as he gets ready to
take a shot while the Onaga defense closes in.
Drew Mann (35) looks for an opening and scored 16
points for Valley Heights.
Kelsey Potter (24) moves in towards the net as she
scored 11 points for the Lady Mustangs.
Photos by Deb Barrington.
Dylan Parker (35) went up in the 1st quarter for a layup
and also had the winning basket at the end of the game!
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Mustangs Out Run Onaga Buffaloes, 46 - 44
Charles Musil (24) and Dylan Parker (35) work together to try and keep Onaga’s
Riley Falk (15) from getting the rebound
Lady Mustangs
Win Over Onaga
Buffaloes, 58 - 41
Tanner Trimble (10) and Gage Woodyard (00) try to keep Onaga’s Riley Falk (15)
from taking a shot.
Sheldon Kenworthy (30) shoves his was past Buffaloes’
Mitchell Duer (3) on hiw way to the net.