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Publishers <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong><br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, Ks<br />
& Manhattan, Ks<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong><br />
<strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong><br />
Vol. 3 Number 38 Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
New Renovations<br />
The Waterville Opera<br />
House Committee continues<br />
to work towards renovating<br />
the historic theater to make it<br />
accessible to all patrons with<br />
a new elevator, to add new<br />
restrooms, and to give it a<br />
general face-lift. The opera<br />
house continues to host<br />
many events. Some of these<br />
By Jan Pope<br />
In celebration of their 30th<br />
year, Marysville Area<br />
Community Theatre is<br />
announcing a celebration in<br />
conjunction with their annual<br />
fundraiser promoting their<br />
2012-2013 season. Friday, May<br />
18th at the Moose Lodge in<br />
Marysville, the local theatre<br />
group will take a trip down<br />
memory lane following the<br />
theme: “Kick Up Your Heels,<br />
M-ACT is 30!”<br />
Going back to the first show<br />
in their 30-year history,<br />
Oklahoma! in 1983, M-ACT is<br />
hosting a catered barbecue<br />
meal with birthday cake as part<br />
of the 30th Birthday<br />
Celebration. Western attire is<br />
encouraged for those attending.<br />
Also invited will be the benefactors<br />
and 2011-12 season<br />
ticket holders who receive an<br />
invitation to this spring event<br />
as a thank you for their support.<br />
“We thought it only fitting<br />
that we return to our roots with<br />
a western theme,” said M-ACT<br />
president Carla Wolfe.<br />
“Oklahoma! lends itself to a<br />
fun atmosphere with a hometown<br />
barbecue and party, so we<br />
decided to go with it!”<br />
Waterville Opera House<br />
Magic Show, Bob Hope Review, Coming<br />
are youth theater productions,<br />
school plays, adult productions,<br />
traveling performers, weddings,<br />
meetings and more. The<br />
next event is a magic show on<br />
April 14, underwritten by the<br />
Marshall County Arts<br />
Cooperative.<br />
On June 16 the Committee<br />
M-ACT’s Celebration<br />
30th Anniversary May 18th<br />
Entertainment is currently<br />
being planned, but will be sure<br />
to include retrospective performances<br />
of numbers from<br />
past shows. Some means of<br />
recognizing members of casts<br />
of all the shows is being considered<br />
as well. “We figure<br />
everyone will be there to reconnect<br />
with those they shared<br />
shows with,” said M-ACT secretary<br />
Lona Dittmar, “so we<br />
think it would be fun to figure<br />
out a way to have the casts be a<br />
part of our entertainment as<br />
well.”<br />
Music and dancing following<br />
the program will ensure<br />
plenty of time for previous<br />
actors and crew members to<br />
mingle and visit about M-ACT<br />
memories. Close to 600 people<br />
have been involved in the local<br />
theater group’s history. If anyone<br />
has contact with a person<br />
who has been in any past M-<br />
ACT play or musical, please<br />
send their contact information<br />
to Dittmar at<br />
ldittmar67@gmail.com.<br />
Even if previous cast and<br />
crew members cannot attend<br />
the celebration, they can send a<br />
YouTube message of favorite<br />
M-ACT memories and/or<br />
will host the “Bob Hope<br />
Review”. The need help in<br />
bringing this act to the stage<br />
and to continue the efforts<br />
towards the Waterville Opera<br />
House Renovation.<br />
On page 8 of this weeks<br />
<strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> is a schedule of<br />
the underwriting opportunities<br />
available.<br />
“What M-ACT has meant to<br />
me”.<br />
Special commemorative tshirts<br />
are also available for the<br />
30th Anniversary of M-ACT.<br />
These cost $16, or $21 with<br />
shipping and handling for those<br />
not able to attend the event but<br />
would like a memory of M-<br />
ACT’s 30th.<br />
Tickets for the event will<br />
cost $10.00 for adults, $5.00<br />
for children 12 and under while<br />
Preschoolers are no charge. An<br />
RSVP date of May 1st is set to<br />
Wolfe at email address:<br />
cwolfe@marysvilleschools.org<br />
where tickets and shirts can be<br />
ordered. This email is also the<br />
place to request information<br />
about the YouTube messages.<br />
“We are so happy this celebration<br />
will coordinate with our<br />
benefactor recognition and season<br />
ticket holders’ fundraiser,”<br />
said M-ACT treasurer Barb<br />
Buck. “As M-ACT grows<br />
older, the theater group continues<br />
to touch lives, both young<br />
and old, and it will be fun to see<br />
that through the shared memories.<br />
It promises to be a memorable<br />
evening for everyone!”<br />
Two New Businesses Open In Barnes And Waterville<br />
Jeremy and Kylie Milner have open J&K Service, a tire service store at 113 North<br />
Nebraska St. in Waterville. The store is on North Nebraska St. behind the Sutton<br />
IOOF lodge on Commercial St. Jeremy has worked for his father in tire service at<br />
their farm north of Waterville. J&K will sell several brands of new tires including<br />
Cooper Tires, fix flats, oil changes, and do brake work.<br />
City’s Problems With Warning<br />
System May Be Worked Out<br />
The City of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> has<br />
been experiencing problems<br />
with the Fire and Tornado<br />
Warning.<br />
Marshall County received a<br />
$240,330 grant from Homeland<br />
Security Department. The grant<br />
was for all of the cities and fire<br />
department in the county to<br />
purchase new radios and siren<br />
activation equipment.<br />
Part of that grant went to the<br />
City of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> for a new<br />
radio controlled siren activation<br />
decoder which move us<br />
from the broad band to the new<br />
narrow band equipment.<br />
That equipment was<br />
installed a month ago and the<br />
City has been having problems<br />
on a daily basis.<br />
At first the City could not get<br />
the sirens to shut off and then<br />
Swearingen, Botkin<br />
Hired By City To Run Pool<br />
The council reviewed the<br />
applications that were received<br />
for lifeguard, assistant pool<br />
manager, pool manager and<br />
maintenance department.<br />
Bishop moved and Minihan<br />
seconded to hire the following<br />
for lifeguards: Blake<br />
Woodyard, Bennett Bargdill,<br />
Miranda Bargdill, Alexandra<br />
Pishny, Lesley Frohberg,<br />
Payton Arganbright. Minihan<br />
moved and Bishop seconded to<br />
set the wage of all lifeguards at<br />
$6.50 per hour. Motion carried.<br />
Minihan moved and Brake<br />
seconded to hire Dana<br />
Swearingen as pool manager at<br />
$3000.00 for the season and to<br />
hire Gentry Botkin as assistant<br />
manager at $7.25 per hour.<br />
Vote: Yes – Bishop, Brake,<br />
Minihan, Roepke. No – Pope.<br />
Motion carried.<br />
Record of the Proceedings<br />
of the Governing Body City<br />
of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, KS March 14,<br />
2012: Unapproved<br />
The governing body of the<br />
City of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> met in regular<br />
session March 14, 2012 at<br />
7:00 p.m. in the Council Room<br />
of the Community Center.<br />
Council members present were:<br />
Jon Brake, Jerry Pope and Bob<br />
Roepke. Mayor Nowak<br />
presided. Amy Bishop arrived<br />
at 7:06 and Mike Minihan<br />
arrived at 8:50.<br />
The minutes of the February<br />
8, 2012 regular meeting was<br />
approved as amended by<br />
motion and second. Minutes of<br />
the February 16 special meeting<br />
were approved as presented.<br />
Pay Ordinance 2237 was<br />
presented for approval by<br />
Minihan, seconded by Brake.<br />
Brake abstained from voting on<br />
the <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> payment. Pope<br />
moved to approve pay ordinance<br />
2237 and Roepke seconded<br />
the motion. Motion carried.<br />
Kay Hartloff was present to<br />
seek council approval to have a<br />
The Fire Warning is a straight line siren.<br />
The Tornado Warning is a wobble line siren.<br />
they had problems with the<br />
sirens giving out the wrong signal.<br />
After last weeks City<br />
Council meeting the problems<br />
were discussed with Haug<br />
Communications of Seneca and<br />
Marysville.<br />
Apparently, it turned out to<br />
be a problem with the coding.<br />
live band at her residence on<br />
June 9. Council asked her to<br />
speak to all her neighbors, the<br />
band should face south and the<br />
band should stop playing at<br />
midnight. By consensus,<br />
request was approved.<br />
Roepke moved and Brake<br />
seconded to approve new fencing<br />
guidelines within the city’s<br />
zoning ordinance to read as follows:<br />
A. General Provisions –<br />
Item 5 Building Line:<br />
5a Side or Back Line –<br />
Fencing may be constructed at<br />
the property line along property<br />
boundaries. Prior communication<br />
(see paragraph 1) must<br />
take place.<br />
Motion carried.<br />
City discussed a survey project<br />
to survey the entire city<br />
using GPS technology. The<br />
cost possibly warrants the project<br />
being done over a period of<br />
3-4 years and the budget committee<br />
will consider these<br />
expenditures at budget time.<br />
Roepke moved and Bishop<br />
seconded to approve the contracts<br />
between the city and the<br />
State of Kansas Department of<br />
Commerce for grant agreement<br />
number 12-PF-027 to repair the<br />
storm sewer on south Main<br />
street. Motion carried.<br />
(Editor’s Note: This new<br />
storm sewer line will run<br />
from 11th and Main for three<br />
or four blocks north)<br />
Brake moved and Bishop<br />
seconded to approve the<br />
Determination of Level of<br />
Review for grant number 12-<br />
PF-027. Motion carried.<br />
Pope moved and Roepke<br />
seconded to close the Water<br />
Tower Grant bank account and<br />
open a new bank account for<br />
the Storm Sewer Grant.<br />
Motion carried.<br />
No action was taken by the<br />
council in reference to Tony<br />
Duever’s question about when<br />
the city wants to begin construction<br />
on the storm sewer<br />
The City of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> test<br />
the warnings as a noon siren.<br />
One day they will test the Fire<br />
warning which is a straight line<br />
siren and the next day they test<br />
the tornado warning which is a<br />
wobble siren. The City will not<br />
test the tornado warning on a<br />
stormy day.<br />
grant project. Council will discuss<br />
again at April meeting.<br />
Mayor Nowak opened the<br />
following bids for mowing<br />
Fairmont Cemetery:<br />
Scott Chilson $3800<br />
Marlin Harrison $4500<br />
Ray Hass $5200<br />
Brake moved and Pope seconded<br />
to accept the bid from<br />
Ray Hass. Motion carried.<br />
(Editor’s Note: Council<br />
would have taken the lower<br />
bid but Chilson had the contract<br />
in 2000 and did not finish.)<br />
Ordinance 2236, amending<br />
court costs, was presented for<br />
approval with a motion by<br />
Bishop. Roepke seconded the<br />
motion. Motion carried.<br />
Pope moved and Brake seconded<br />
to approve the cost of<br />
materials to replace the façade<br />
at the community center in the<br />
amount of $1043.10 from<br />
Hometown Lumber. The color<br />
Tan was selected. City crew<br />
will install the new façade.<br />
Motion carried.<br />
Minihan moved and Roepke<br />
seconded to approve Rod<br />
Christie as the purchasing<br />
agent for fireworks. Motion<br />
carried.<br />
The mayor will send a letter<br />
to the Department of<br />
Transportation, Representative<br />
Sharon Schwartz and Senator<br />
Mark Taddiken regarding<br />
KDOT’s plan to close Coon<br />
Creek bridge for replacement<br />
and not to construct a shoo-fly<br />
to re-route traffic during construction.<br />
Mayor Nowak signed the<br />
Fair Housing Proclamation and<br />
the Arbor Day proclamation.<br />
Minihan moved and Roepke<br />
seconded to have Chad Parker<br />
prepare the annual treasurer’s<br />
report at a cost of $95 per hour<br />
(approximately four hours).<br />
Motion carried.<br />
On motion, the meeting was<br />
adjourned at 9:02 p.m.<br />
Nicole Jones and Jeremiah Johnson have opened the Barnes Mercantile. The Mercantile will<br />
now carry common grocery items for the local residents. The store will also have room for other<br />
to rent and sell their collectables and goods. The store will also carry antiques owned by Jones<br />
and Johnson and other vendors. The Mercantile is in the same old building on Main St.
Obituaries <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
Obituaries<br />
Reuben L. Boeschling<br />
Reuben L. Boeschling, age<br />
90, of Marysville, passed away<br />
on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at<br />
Community Memorial<br />
Healthcare in Marysville.<br />
Reuben was born near the<br />
Afton Community south of<br />
Hanover on October 20, 1921<br />
to Fredrick H. and Maria E.<br />
“Mary” (Genschorck)<br />
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Boeschling. He attended<br />
Pleasant Valley Country School<br />
north of Waterville. On<br />
December 1, 1946 he married<br />
Louise A. Allerheiligen at Zion<br />
Lutheran Church in Hanover.<br />
Reuben was a farmer and<br />
stockman who lived and<br />
worked in the Afton<br />
Community his entire life.<br />
He was baptized on<br />
November 27, 1921 and<br />
Confirmed on May 31, 1936 at<br />
Afton Trinity Lutheran Church.<br />
He was a member of Afton<br />
Trinity Lutheran Church north<br />
of Waterville and served the<br />
church as President of the<br />
Church Council for twenty-five<br />
years. He had been a member<br />
of the National Farmer’s<br />
Organization.<br />
Reuben is survived by his<br />
wife of 65 years, Louise, four<br />
Mary Esther Poell<br />
Mary Esther Poell, 89, of<br />
Hanover, Kansas, died<br />
Monday, March 12, 2012 at the<br />
Shawnee Mission Medical<br />
Center in Merrian, Kansas.<br />
Funeral Services will be held<br />
at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March<br />
31, 2012 at the Hanover<br />
Mortuary in Hanover, with<br />
Rev. Jill Menard officiating.<br />
Burial will follow at St.<br />
John's Catholic Cemetery in<br />
Hanover.<br />
Mary was born on<br />
November 17, 1922 at<br />
Hanover, the daughter of<br />
Charles and Maude (Hauver)<br />
Harder. She attended the<br />
Hanover public grade school<br />
and high school. Mary was a<br />
resident of Hanover until<br />
November of 2011 at which<br />
time she moved to Overland<br />
Dorothy Landen<br />
Dorothy Landen, 97, of<br />
Marysville, KS, died<br />
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at<br />
the Frankfort Community Care<br />
Home.<br />
Visitation was Sunday from<br />
10 a.m. until 9 p.m. at Kinsley<br />
Mortuary. The family received<br />
friends from 4 to 6 p.m.<br />
A funeral service was held at<br />
10 a.m., Monday, March 19 at<br />
the United Methodist Church in<br />
Marysville. Rev. Dale Lewis<br />
officiated.<br />
Jane Sedlacek played the<br />
organ and sang “Close to<br />
Thee”, “On Eagles Wings” and<br />
“Softly & Tenderly.” The con-<br />
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sons; Dennis L. Boeschling and<br />
wife Wilma of Salina, Larry L.<br />
Boeschling and wife Patty of<br />
Forest Lakes, Arizona, Gailyn<br />
A. Boeschling and wife Sandy<br />
of Clay Center and Rick E.<br />
Boeschling and wife Lisa of<br />
Waterville, by eleven grandchildren<br />
and seventeen greatgrandchildren.<br />
He was preceded in death by<br />
three sisters; Regina Lohse,<br />
Wilhelmina Jorgenson and Lela<br />
Eden.<br />
Funeral services were held at<br />
11:00 am, Wednesday, March<br />
21, 2012 at Afton Trinity<br />
Lutheran Church north of<br />
Waterville with Rev. Dr. Roger<br />
Baskerville officiated.<br />
Congregational Hymns included<br />
“Amazing Grace”<br />
“Beautiful Savior” and “Abide<br />
with Me”, Melinda and Rachel<br />
Park. She was a member of the<br />
Hanover Methodist Church<br />
until its closure. Mary was also<br />
an active member of the<br />
American Legion Auxilliary<br />
until recent years.<br />
Mary and her husband<br />
Gilbert "Box" owned and operated<br />
several businesses in<br />
Hanover until they retired.<br />
After retirement they spent<br />
winters in Mesa, Arizona for<br />
several years and when in<br />
Hanover they enjoyed spending<br />
time with their friends and family.<br />
One of the great joys of her<br />
life was her art. She so enjoyed<br />
painting and working on many<br />
other crafts. Reading novels<br />
was another one of her passions<br />
and she enjoyed attending<br />
events in which her great<br />
gregation sang “The Old<br />
Rugged Cross.”<br />
The pallbearers were Greg<br />
Post, Bill Post, Charles Landen,<br />
Jr., Jason Gose, Andy Post,<br />
Jerimiah Hipp and Keagan<br />
Laflin.<br />
The honorary pallbearers<br />
were Corey Spellmeier, Vicki<br />
Post, Tricia Gose, Jessica Hipp,<br />
June Parks, Margie Hawkins,<br />
Sharon Byrum and Caroline<br />
Komko.<br />
Burial was in the Oketo<br />
Cemetery.<br />
Dorothy was born November<br />
6, 1914 at St. Paul, TX, daughter<br />
of Jacob and Sophia (Belli)<br />
Carpenter. She attended Deer<br />
Creek School north of<br />
Marysville.<br />
On October 19, 1934, she<br />
married James William Landen<br />
at Seneca, KS. They lived most<br />
of their married lives at Oketo.<br />
After James preceded her in<br />
death on January 30, 1983, she<br />
moved to Marysville. In 2010,<br />
she moved to the Frankfort<br />
Community Care Home.<br />
Dorothy was a homemaker<br />
Thank you for all the cards, visits<br />
and especially the prayers.<br />
They helped me through my hospital<br />
stay. Your support is greatly<br />
appreciated by myself and my<br />
family.<br />
Gob Bless,<br />
Loralet Prell<br />
Kenneth L. Sells, Agent<br />
Christie sang duets of “The Old<br />
Rugged Cross” and “How<br />
Great Thou Art”. The organist<br />
was Carol Hood. Casket<br />
Bearers were her grandsons;<br />
Nicolas Boeschling, Aaron<br />
Boeschling, Kirby Boeschling,<br />
Marty Boeschling, Dennis D.<br />
Boeschling and Jacob<br />
Boeschling. Honorary Bearers<br />
were Francis Hanke, Luin<br />
Berger, Leslie Bruna and Mike<br />
Cox. Burial was at Afton<br />
Trinity Cemetery.<br />
Memorials are suggested to<br />
the church and may be sent in<br />
care of Terry-Christie Funeral<br />
Home at PO Box 61,<br />
Waterville, KS 66548.<br />
Condolences may be left at<br />
www.terrychristiefuneralhome.com<br />
grandsons participated.<br />
Mary is survived by her<br />
daughter, Joy Soder and her<br />
husband Norman of Overland<br />
Park, granddaughter, Nichole<br />
Brown and her husband Kevin,<br />
and great grandsons, Alex,<br />
Zachary, and Spencer Brown<br />
all of Overland Park.<br />
She was preceded in death<br />
by her parents and her husband,<br />
Gilbert "Box" Poell, who died<br />
on March 20, 1997, also her<br />
sisters, Velma Harder, Ruth<br />
Justis, and Doris Wolfe, and her<br />
brothers, Charles, William,<br />
Richard, and Robert Harder.<br />
Memorial contributions may<br />
be made to the American Heart<br />
Association and can be sent in<br />
care of the Hanover Mortuary<br />
in Hanover.<br />
but also helped others by working<br />
as a seamstress, doing laundries,<br />
ironings, cleaned homes<br />
and prepared meals.<br />
She was a member of the<br />
Marysville and Oketo United<br />
Methodist Churches, United<br />
Methodist Women, Methodist<br />
Church Circle, VFW Auxiliary<br />
and Hospital Auxiliary.<br />
Dorothy volunteered as a tour<br />
guide at the Pony Express<br />
Museum in Marysville, 25+<br />
year volunteer for RSVP, and<br />
was a greeter at Community<br />
Memorial Healthcare.<br />
Dorothy enjoyed cooking,<br />
sewing, quilting, flowers, going<br />
to the nursing home to help others<br />
play bingo, and spending<br />
time with her family.<br />
She was preceded in death<br />
by her parents; husband; and<br />
three brothers, William,<br />
Charles and Benny Carpenter.<br />
Survivors include one son,<br />
Charles (Ann) Landen, Sr.,<br />
Lyman, SC; two daughters,<br />
Darlene Barnes, Edwardsville,<br />
KS, and Theresa "Teri" (Corey)<br />
Spellmeier, Home, KS; eleven<br />
grandchildren, thirty-three<br />
great-grandchildren, twentyone<br />
great-great-grandchildren<br />
and one great-great-great<br />
grandbaby.<br />
A memorial fund has been<br />
established to the United<br />
Methodist Church, Susan G.<br />
Komen Race for the Cure, or<br />
American Diabetes<br />
Association's Tour de Cure.<br />
Contributions may be sent in<br />
care of Kinsley Mortuary.<br />
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<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012 3A<br />
K-State Zoology Alum Establishes Ice Age Monument<br />
Kansas State University<br />
Spring Newsletter 2012<br />
Kansas State University<br />
alumnus George Callison was<br />
looking for a way to give back to<br />
his hometown – the small town<br />
of <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, Kan.<br />
Drawing on his undergraduate<br />
education in zoology at K-<br />
State – before the Division of<br />
Biology was merged from the<br />
departments of zoology, bacteriology<br />
and botany – and his<br />
experiences thereafter, Callison<br />
is building the Ice Age<br />
Monument in <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> as a<br />
tribute to the era that shaped the<br />
landscape.<br />
The monument is being built<br />
in the community’s City Park<br />
and will depict the glaciers that<br />
once sculpted the land that made<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> an ideal place to<br />
establish a town.<br />
“The town was established<br />
because the glaciers that once<br />
moved through sculpted the<br />
land, creating rapids,” said<br />
Callison, a professor emeritus of<br />
biological sciences at California<br />
State University, Long Beach.<br />
“The rapids on the <strong>Blue</strong> River<br />
created enough of a drop in the<br />
water gradient that the differential<br />
could be used as a hydrostatic<br />
head to power a plant generating<br />
enough energy for a few factories.”<br />
During embryology class at<br />
K-State in 1961, Callison was in<br />
charge of copying the illustrations<br />
at lectures to share with<br />
others in the class. It helped him<br />
develop his artistic skills and<br />
combine them with his appreciation<br />
for the natural world. Since<br />
then, he has spent the majority<br />
of his career designing nature<br />
parks and touring natural history<br />
exhibits. Most recently he has<br />
pursued a retirement career in<br />
fine arts painting.<br />
Those experiences and the<br />
connections he made with various<br />
design and exhibition specialists<br />
have helped him in his<br />
quest to create the Ice Age<br />
Monument. The monument<br />
design includes four concrete<br />
white pylons, the tallest being 16<br />
feet tall to represent the size and<br />
shape of the glaciers. Along with<br />
the pylons are gigantic boulders,<br />
brought down from Minnesota<br />
by the glaciers and deposited in<br />
Kansas. A few of those boulders<br />
are embedded in the pylons to<br />
emphasize the power of the glaciers.<br />
Large illustrated labels tell<br />
of the Ice Age, the great glaciers<br />
and the oldest rocks in Kansas.<br />
In addition, blue and white lights<br />
will shine on the monument at<br />
night to give the pylons the<br />
appearance of ice.<br />
“When things like the ice age<br />
projects are installed in small<br />
communities, they add yet<br />
another feature that helps the<br />
The Valley Heights Booster<br />
Clubs will sponsor their fourth<br />
Donkey Basketball game at the<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> Elementary<br />
Gymnasium on Monday, April<br />
9th at 7:00 PM.<br />
Arrive early! You don’t even<br />
have to cook supper!<br />
Hamburgers / Hot Dogs and<br />
general concessions will be<br />
available at 5:30 PM.<br />
Four teams and their donkeys<br />
will battle it out on the<br />
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court Monday night. First the<br />
Valley Heights seniors will<br />
play against the Valley Heights<br />
juniors. Then the Valley<br />
Heights Alumni will play<br />
against each the Valley Heights<br />
Faculty to prove who’s best!<br />
After 15-20 minute intermission,<br />
the winners of each game<br />
will play each other for the<br />
grand championship.<br />
Plenty of hilarious action<br />
and a huge crowd are expected<br />
at this wild tournament, where<br />
donkeys actually play basketball!<br />
Or do they? This is not<br />
ordinary basketball competition.<br />
Players ride real donkeys<br />
in the game. They do not have<br />
to dribble the ball on the court,<br />
but they do have to be mounted<br />
on the donkey in order to score<br />
a shot. If you’re up for an<br />
evening of hilarious fun and<br />
laughter, there are still a few<br />
tickets remaining!<br />
Senior players include<br />
Kandice Haile, MarE Whitson,<br />
Levi Berger, Tommy Tryon,<br />
Austin Vanalst, Joey Aguire,<br />
Rachel Christie, Alli Pishny,<br />
Emily Bussmann, Kaitlyn<br />
Wilson!<br />
Junior players include<br />
Sheldon Kenworthy, Dylan<br />
Parker, Tanner Trimble,<br />
Brenden Dobrovolny, Jesse<br />
Medina, Morgan Wilkinson,<br />
Kristena Crumbley, Jessie<br />
Zidek & Coach Brian<br />
Kenworthy!<br />
Alumni members playing<br />
include Allen Yungeberg, Roy<br />
Hartloff, Thad Arganbright,<br />
Aaron Dewalt, Chad Parker,<br />
Vicki Hargadine, Dava<br />
Warders, Sonya Smercheck,<br />
Brittani Whiting & Coach<br />
Terry Roepke!<br />
Faculty players are Tony<br />
Trimble, Tony Yungeberg, Alex<br />
Nolte, Adam Schreiner, Adam<br />
Plummer, Jenny Yungeberg,<br />
Marcy Manley, Mandy Hartloff<br />
& Coach Lori Dobrovolny!<br />
Many fans believe it is the<br />
donkeys who are the very pride<br />
of the court and the stars of the<br />
show. The talented and sportsminded<br />
animals are from<br />
Buckeye Donkey Ball of Mt.<br />
Sterling, Ohio, and all of them<br />
know their way around a basketball<br />
court! One of the donkey<br />
teams is comprised of<br />
Beatle Bomb, Super Stupid,<br />
Elvis and Rigor Mortis. The<br />
other team is formed by<br />
Thunder Ball, Snuffy, Kilroy<br />
and Honey Pot… the world’s<br />
buckin’est donkey!<br />
There will be FREE donkey<br />
rides at half-time for children<br />
12 and under!<br />
Advance tickets for the game<br />
are $6 each, and may be purchased<br />
at Hometown Foods in<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, State Bank of<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, Citizens State<br />
Bank in Waterville, and The<br />
Corner Store in Waterville &<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>. Game tickets will<br />
also be available at the door on<br />
game night for $8 each.<br />
Admissions for children 5 and<br />
under are FREE!<br />
All proceeds go to the Valley<br />
Heights Booster Clubs, who<br />
provide financial support for<br />
field trips and general teaching<br />
aides, athletic equipment, and<br />
much more for the Valley<br />
Heights Schools.<br />
Callison hopes the monument<br />
will be completed by the end of<br />
March, with a dedication ceremony<br />
set for 11 a.m. May 19.<br />
The dedication will include ice<br />
age refreshments, such as real<br />
glacier water and items representing<br />
the diets of the woolly<br />
mammoth and saber-toothed<br />
cats.<br />
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community members have pride<br />
in their town,” Callison said.<br />
“When people have pride in<br />
something they tend to respect it<br />
and build upon that pride with<br />
enthusiasm.”<br />
Callison is the initiator, chief<br />
designer, coordinator and<br />
fundraiser for the project and he<br />
credits his education at K-State<br />
for sparking his curiosity about<br />
the history of life and nature on<br />
our planet.<br />
“K-State professors were<br />
instrumental in my having fun,<br />
fascinating and productive<br />
careers as a biology professor at<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> Valley Seamless Gutters<br />
Replace those old gutters and<br />
downspouts with a new seamless<br />
system from <strong>Blue</strong> Valley Seamless<br />
Gutters.<br />
California State University,<br />
Long Beach; a research vertebrate<br />
paleontologist at the Los<br />
Angeles County Museum of<br />
Natural History; a nature park<br />
designer with Ron Yeo, an architect<br />
from Corona del Mar, Calif.,<br />
who is also a fellow of the<br />
American Institute of Architects;<br />
an educator and designer of<br />
touring natural history exhibitions<br />
featuring robotically animated<br />
animals at Dinamation<br />
International Corp. in<br />
California; and currently as a<br />
fine arts painter living in Grand<br />
Junction, Colo.,” Callison said.<br />
Patricia Osborne, Head of the <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> Historical<br />
Society and Museum, helps George Callison, Designer<br />
of the Ice Age Monument in <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, Kan., turn<br />
the first shovel and begin construction.<br />
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NEWS EWS <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
Senior of the Week: Kandice Haile<br />
By Kaitlyn Wilson<br />
VHHS Journalism<br />
“I’m myself, not influenced<br />
by others.” This statement<br />
describes how strong-willed<br />
Senior Kandice Haile lives her<br />
life. The unpressured Haile is<br />
proud that she has never participated<br />
in any harmful activities<br />
and tries to live her life by<br />
“treating others how I want to<br />
be treated and being kindhearted.”<br />
Haile has been in Volleyball<br />
3 years and Basketball 1 year.<br />
She has participated in FFA 2<br />
years, KAYs 4 years, FCCLA 4<br />
years, Art 1 year, VH Club 3<br />
years, and FCA 4 years. Haile<br />
has also been a KAYs National<br />
Officer for 1 year. In her free<br />
time Haile enjoys playing softball,<br />
being a member of 4-H,<br />
Horse Club, and the Berean<br />
Youth Group. She has also<br />
been a part of her church’s mission<br />
trip to Strong Tower<br />
Ranch in St. Louis, Missouri.<br />
Haile was most inspired by<br />
her late Grandpa Ron. “We did<br />
Briana Lynn Bruna of<br />
Hanover and Cory Michael<br />
Jensen of Waterville, have<br />
announced plans for a May<br />
2012 wedding at St. John’s<br />
Catholic Church in Hanover,<br />
Kansas.<br />
Briana is the daughter of<br />
Andrew and Anne Bruna of<br />
Hanover and Granddaughter of<br />
Dean and Mary Ellen<br />
Diederich of Greenleaf and<br />
Wilbur and the late Mary Jo<br />
Bruna of Hanover. She is a<br />
2008 graduate of Hanover High<br />
School and an alumnus of<br />
Washburn University where<br />
she received her BSN degree.<br />
She is currently a nurse at<br />
Jefferson Community Health<br />
Center of Fairbury, Nebraska.<br />
Cory is the son of Rich and<br />
Michelle Jensen of Manhattan<br />
and grandson of Shirley and the<br />
late Robert Jensen and Helen<br />
and the late Earl DeWyke of<br />
Waterville. Cory is a 2004<br />
graduate of Valley Heights<br />
High School and an alumnus<br />
of Kansas State University<br />
where he received his bachelor’s<br />
degree in secondary education.<br />
He is currently a teacher<br />
at Plainville High School.<br />
In case you missed it on that<br />
Facebook thingy, here are the<br />
details. Mike and Theresa<br />
Minihan will host a picking 'n<br />
grinning session at 7 pm March<br />
24 th in their garage at 603<br />
Chestnut in <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>. This<br />
is an all-weather venue. It is<br />
NOT sound-proof by any<br />
means.<br />
Food fare is pretty much<br />
snacking stuff, so bring what<br />
you think might impress others.<br />
Seating and libations are left to<br />
ones own discretion. Music<br />
will be played and wrestled<br />
until we get it right or the last<br />
calloused finger goes home.<br />
Bring what ya' got and enjoy<br />
the evening with old friends<br />
and new alike.<br />
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everything together,” she says.<br />
“My favorite was going to<br />
church with him every Sunday.<br />
The thing I remember most was<br />
the silly way he used to dance<br />
and all the stories he told.”<br />
Haile, who is of Native<br />
American origins, will never<br />
forget her naming ceremony (a<br />
tradition of her Pottawatomie<br />
tribe). “I went into the teepee<br />
at dusk,” says Haile, “did ceremonial<br />
things until dawn, put<br />
on my ribbon dress and<br />
returned to the tent.” Haile was<br />
named Piadasgekwe (meaning<br />
sunray) by her aunt. “In our<br />
culture your family members<br />
name you, not your parents.”<br />
Haile plans on attending<br />
Peru State in Nebraska and<br />
majoring in Criminal Justice.<br />
“I want to become a probation<br />
officer for juveniles.” Haile<br />
says she has always wanted to<br />
help children and would like to<br />
be remembered as a great softball<br />
player who encouraged her<br />
teammates with a positive attitude.<br />
Lee Breasseale puts a new coat of paint on the inside of the Daisy Cream on it’s<br />
way to becoming a Bakery. (Photo by Deb Barrington)<br />
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We have Hill’s Prescription and Science Diet Dog & Cat Food<br />
Boarding and Grooming Services Available<br />
Cory Michael Jensen and Briana Lynn Bruna.<br />
Kandica Haile<br />
Picking ‘N<br />
Grinning<br />
Engagement Announcement:<br />
Briana Bruna and Cory Jensen Have You Read What<br />
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Waterville, KS<br />
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News <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012 5A<br />
News<br />
NSCS Welcomes Tim Laughlin<br />
The National Society Of<br />
Collegiate Scholars Welcomes<br />
Tim Laughlin As A New<br />
Member<br />
Tim Laughlin of Waterville,<br />
Kansas has accepted membership<br />
in The Nation Society of<br />
Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).<br />
“NSCS is more than just a<br />
symbol of academic achievement.<br />
Membership gives students<br />
access to a number of<br />
amazing benefits including<br />
career and networking<br />
resources, scholarships, travel,<br />
and service projects both on<br />
campus and in the community,”<br />
says Stephen E. Loflin, NSCS<br />
Founder & Chief Executive<br />
Office.<br />
NSCS is a member of the<br />
Association of College Honor<br />
Societies and is the nation’s<br />
only interdisciplinary honors<br />
organization for first- and second-year<br />
college students.<br />
Membership is by invitation<br />
only, based on the grade point<br />
The Marshall County<br />
Development Corp/Tourism<br />
meeting was held March 1,<br />
2012 at the Frankfort Elm<br />
Street Apartments at 7:00 pm.<br />
Vice President Bruce<br />
Dierking called the meeting to<br />
order after eating the cheesecake<br />
Ann had promised John.<br />
Brenda S. is keeping the<br />
website up to date, and reminded<br />
everyone to have detailed<br />
information sent to her. She is<br />
also still working on bus trips<br />
she reported that this will take<br />
some time because it has to be<br />
quite detailed.<br />
The Fort Riley Expo is<br />
March 31 from 10 to 3. John<br />
Howard and Bill Oborny will<br />
go down on Friday to set up the<br />
booth. Bill Oborny, Joyce<br />
Stryker, Georgena Lindquist<br />
will man the booth. Bill Oborny<br />
will ask Charlie Weickert and<br />
Sharon Steenson if they would<br />
like to go on Saturday to help<br />
since they helped last year.<br />
John Howard and Brenda<br />
Staggenborg attended the NCK<br />
meeting held in Minneapolis.<br />
Our scavenger hunt was<br />
approved to do in our tent at the<br />
Sampler. We will have a<br />
greeter at the door to pass out<br />
the cards; other exhibitors in<br />
the tent will take turns being a<br />
greeter. We will give away gyp<br />
rocks at Sampler.<br />
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The Big Rural Brainstorm<br />
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with ideas to keep rural Kansa<br />
alive and to help with what<br />
resources are available.<br />
TravelKs is going to an<br />
annual printing with a cost of<br />
$80 per site. Brenda<br />
Staggenborg passed out what is<br />
on the website to be reviewed<br />
and updated, needs to be done<br />
as soon as possible. It was<br />
moved by John Howard to pay<br />
for the 21 entries in the printed<br />
version of TravelKs, Bonnie<br />
Feldhausen second, passed. It<br />
will be published November<br />
2012.<br />
Several museum reports<br />
have been turned in. Georgena<br />
Lindquist will wait to see if<br />
anymore come in before compiling<br />
the data.<br />
Community grant forms are<br />
slow in coming in. Georgena<br />
Lindquist will put an article in<br />
the papers to remind the communities<br />
that they are available<br />
and due April 1.<br />
There was discussion of<br />
using Tammy Brit for a training<br />
session in the fall.<br />
Show and Tell:<br />
Ice Age Monument<br />
Dedication May 19 invite was<br />
read<br />
Waterville is having a Magic<br />
"THANK YOU" to all for the<br />
many prayers, cards, food,<br />
visits & calls since my recent<br />
surgery. It means a lot to live<br />
in a very caring community.<br />
Thanks again,<br />
Roger Terry<br />
Owners: David & Christina Hartsook<br />
Brakes<br />
Tue ups<br />
Exhaust<br />
Engine repair<br />
Farmers Service<br />
125 South Colorado<br />
Waterville, KS<br />
785-363-2581<br />
Full Service<br />
Mechanic On Duty<br />
Services Provided: Gas, Oil Change,<br />
Complete Car Care, Car Wash, Licensed Gun Dealer,<br />
Interstate Batteries, Hydraulic Hoses, Roller Chains,<br />
Oils and Greases<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> Valley<br />
Senior Living<br />
710 Western Ave.<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>, Ks 66411<br />
785-363-7777<br />
“We have a warm friendly home like environment that<br />
you feel when you enter the door.”<br />
Tim Laughlin<br />
The National Society of<br />
Collegiate Scholars, please call<br />
202.265.9000, visit NSCS’<br />
Web site nscs.org, or contact<br />
Tim Laughlin:<br />
Tim Luaghlin<br />
252 W. Commercial St.<br />
Waterville, KS 66548<br />
MCDC March 1st Minutes<br />
Show at the Opera House.<br />
Next meeting will be April<br />
12, 2012 at the <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong><br />
Historical Museum.<br />
Georgena Lindquist, Sec.<br />
PLEASE MARK YOUR<br />
CALANDER: May Meeting<br />
will be May 10.<br />
Dr. Sara Baskerville-Crome<br />
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HEALTH CARE<br />
CHIROPRACTIC<br />
785-562-1900<br />
Eldon and Pat Davis<br />
observed their 25th wedding<br />
anniversary on Feb 15th.<br />
They were married at the St.<br />
Marks Episcopal Church,<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong>. They are the<br />
parents of 7 children, 1<br />
deceased. The couple celebrated<br />
with a cruise to the<br />
Bahamas with Rob and Karen<br />
Swearingen and Dianne<br />
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Waterville 785-363-2641<br />
Roy and Mandi Hartloff<br />
Eldon and Pat Davis<br />
Davis. The family will have a<br />
dinner for family and friends<br />
Sat. Evening. Their children<br />
are Dianne, Karen (Rob),<br />
Lori, Michelle, Robin (Sean)<br />
and Glenna (Kris). The family<br />
requests a card shower for the<br />
Davis's.<br />
Cards may be sent to 208<br />
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News <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
Marshall County Minutes<br />
March 12, 2012<br />
The Board of Marshall<br />
County Commissioners met in<br />
regular adjourned session with<br />
Thomas K. Holle Chairman;<br />
Charles R. Loiseau and Robert<br />
S. Connell members; and<br />
Sonya L. Stohs, County Clerk<br />
present.<br />
The meeting was called to<br />
order at 9:00 a.m.<br />
The Board opened the meeting<br />
with the flag salute.<br />
The minutes and agenda<br />
were approved as presented<br />
upon a motion by Charles R.<br />
Loiseau moved, seconded by<br />
Robert S. Connell. Unanimous.<br />
Agency on Aging Director<br />
Heather Ruhkamp met with the<br />
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Board. Thomas K. Holle<br />
moved, seconded by Robert S.<br />
Connell to go into executive<br />
session for twenty minutes at<br />
9:02 a.m. to discuss matters of<br />
non-elected personnel with<br />
Agency on Aging Director<br />
Heather Ruhkamp present.<br />
Unanimous.<br />
Agency on Aging Director<br />
Heather Ruhkamp informed the<br />
Board that the umbrella that the<br />
Nutrition Site is currently under<br />
will be changing to be called<br />
Aging and Disability Resource<br />
Centers instead Area Agency<br />
on Aging Centers which will<br />
now combine with Medicad<br />
Services. This change will put<br />
more of the tax burden on the<br />
local level as more clients will<br />
be served with no additional<br />
State funds. With these<br />
changes the County is looking<br />
to be forced to increase rates<br />
and limit services that they are<br />
currently offering.<br />
Public Works Administrator<br />
Mike Craig and Public Works<br />
Coordinating Supervisor Larry<br />
Polson met with the Board.<br />
Charles R. Loiseau moved,<br />
seconded by Robert S. Connell<br />
to approve the following 2011<br />
abatement with a value of<br />
14,038 with a total tax of<br />
$2,318.83. Unanimous.<br />
Terry Hughes, Marysville<br />
met with the Board to discuss<br />
his concerns with the County<br />
portion of Intangible Tax.<br />
Charles R. Loiseau moved,<br />
seconded by Robert S. Connell<br />
to approve the Neighborhood<br />
Revitalization application for<br />
Justin and Evangeline<br />
Armstrong, Frankfort with the<br />
preconstruction pictures that<br />
were provided by the applicant.<br />
Unanimous.<br />
Thomas K. Holle moved,<br />
seconded by Charles R.<br />
Loiseau to approve the following<br />
purchase orders.<br />
Unanimous.<br />
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for generator repairs<br />
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for caution tape<br />
$612.40-Emergency<br />
Management Grant fund-P.O. #<br />
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for software maintenance<br />
Valley Heights Golf Schedule<br />
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4/9/12 Frankfort Var / JV Onaga 2:00 PM 12:15<br />
4/13/12 Onaga JV JV Onaga 3:00 PM 1:15<br />
4/17/12 Belleville Rep. Co. Varsity Belleville 11:00 AM 9:00<br />
4/20/12 Nemaha Valley Varsity Seneca 3:00 PM 1:00<br />
4/23/12 Frankfort Var / JV Onaga 3:00 PM 1:15<br />
4/27/12 Valley Heights Varsity Waterville 3:00 PM Dismiss @ 2<br />
4/30/12 Onaga Var / JV Onaga 10:00 AM All Day<br />
5/4/12 Riley County JV Riley 3:00 PM 1:15<br />
5/7/12 Linn Var / JV Washington 3:00 PM 1:30<br />
5/11/12 TVL Meet Varsity Washington 3:00 PM 1:30<br />
5/14/12 Regionals Varsity TBA TBA All Day<br />
5/21/12 STATE Varsity TBA TBA<br />
Fireman’s Appreciation Dinner<br />
Joe Krasny is once again<br />
planning the annual Firemen<br />
and EMT Appreciation supper.<br />
He is contacting potential<br />
donors now for donations to<br />
finance the event. The fifth<br />
annual Fireman's Appreciation<br />
supper will be held<br />
Wednesday,June 20, 2012 at<br />
the Waterville Community<br />
Center., 6:00pm.<br />
Each year Krasny plans this<br />
event as an evening of fellowship<br />
for the people of our two<br />
communities who volunteer to<br />
keep our homes and property<br />
safe from fire danger and catastrophe.<br />
They enjoy a sumptuous<br />
catered meal with the<br />
whole families invited to<br />
attend. The night is capped off<br />
with door prizes and all<br />
remaining money being given<br />
to the local firemen's funds to<br />
use for projects to benefit the<br />
firemen and the EMT's<br />
In just a few weeks the invitations<br />
will be sent to all the<br />
<strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> and Waterville<br />
volunteers to attend the supper.<br />
All donors are also invited to<br />
come to the dinner to observe<br />
for themselves how their donations<br />
are distributed. It is the<br />
generous donations of cash and<br />
prizes that make the evening so<br />
enjoyable for all who attend.<br />
Anyone interested in donating<br />
to this event is urged to call<br />
Joe Krasny(785-363-2532) to<br />
be added to those donating.<br />
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Jon A. and Linda L. Brake, Publishers<br />
Deb Barrington, Advertising, Photographer<br />
Chris Taylor, Page <strong>Layout</strong> and Design<br />
Web site: bluerapidsfreepress.com<br />
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Street Address:<br />
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Mailing Address:<br />
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$3,400.00-Election Reserve<br />
fund-P.O. # 4118<br />
Mail Finance, Chicago, IL<br />
for mail machine lease<br />
$1,090.62-General<br />
(Courthouse) fund-P.O. # 4126<br />
Gall’s LLC, Chicago, IL<br />
for 2 light bars<br />
$899.21-General (Sheriff)<br />
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Ka-Comm, Inc., Salina, KS<br />
for 2 gun mounts<br />
$900.00-General (Sheriff)<br />
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KCAMP, Topeka, KS<br />
for 2012 Liability Insurance<br />
$55,930.00-Liability fund-<br />
P.O. # 4119<br />
Haug Communications,<br />
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for invertor/power supply<br />
$900.00-General<br />
(Emergency Management)<br />
fund-P.O. # 4120<br />
Emergency Management<br />
Director William<br />
Schwindamann Jr. met with the<br />
Board. Charles R. Loiseau,<br />
moved, seconded by Robert S.<br />
Connell to have the Chairman<br />
sign the form to continue to<br />
have William Schwindamann<br />
Jr. serve on the Northeast<br />
Kansas Incident Management<br />
Team. Unanimous.<br />
County Appraiser Janet<br />
Duever met with the Board at<br />
their request to discuss a question<br />
they had on Neighborhood<br />
Revitalization.<br />
County Attorney Laura<br />
Johnson-McNish met with the<br />
Board.<br />
Economic Development<br />
Director George McCune and<br />
Community Development<br />
Coordinator Juanita McCune<br />
met with the Board to give<br />
them a weekly update.<br />
Charles R. Loiseau moved,<br />
seconded by Thomas K. Holle<br />
to approve the vouchers, as presented,<br />
and issue warrants from<br />
the respective funds.<br />
Unanimous.<br />
Robert S. Connell moved,<br />
seconded by Charles R.<br />
Loiseau to adjourn the meeting<br />
at 12:25 p.m. Unanimous. The<br />
next meeting will be Monday,<br />
March 19, 2012 starting at 9:00<br />
a.m.<br />
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Classifieds <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
Classifieds<br />
Senior of the Week: Taylor Kenworthy<br />
By Morgan Wilkinson<br />
VHHS Journalism<br />
Taylor Leeann Kenworthy<br />
lives by the motto, “Life is like<br />
a boomerang, what you give to<br />
life is always returns to you.”<br />
Kenworthy has grown up in<br />
Waterville, Kansas all her life<br />
but has not limited herself to<br />
local experiences. Kenworthy<br />
attended Bates Dance Studio in<br />
Manhattan, Kansas for two<br />
years and attended Footloose<br />
Dance studio in Marysville,<br />
Kansas for six years.<br />
One memory Kenworthy<br />
will never forget is attending<br />
ELCA youth group gathering in<br />
New Orleans in 2009 and will<br />
attend again this summer with<br />
her younger brother Micah.<br />
ELCA is the Evangelical<br />
Lutheran Church in America;<br />
they gather every three years<br />
for Bible study, service, worship,<br />
dances, and tours.<br />
Kenworthy enjoyed this experience<br />
because it was somewhere<br />
she had never been, met new<br />
people from different schools,<br />
and helped victims from<br />
Hurricane Katrina by cleaning<br />
up their communities.<br />
Kenworthy enjoys many<br />
By Michael Vogt<br />
Marshall County Extension<br />
Agent<br />
With the recent warm weather,<br />
many of us are getting anxious<br />
to plant something in the<br />
garden. One of the things the<br />
Vogt Family likes to grow in<br />
the garden this time of the year<br />
is various kinds of lettuce and<br />
spinach.<br />
We are soon approaching the<br />
time to plant lettuce and<br />
spinach. So, I want to talk<br />
about how to grow lettuce.<br />
Though lettuce is most often<br />
planted directly from seed in<br />
late March to early April it can<br />
be started from transplants.<br />
Transplants allow lettuce to<br />
mature earlier so that it escapes<br />
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One thing most people<br />
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She is the daughter of<br />
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When Kenworthy graduates<br />
she plans to get hands-on training<br />
to become a Dental<br />
Assistant. Other dreams<br />
Kenworthy would like to<br />
achieve are opening up her own<br />
photography studio.<br />
Kenworthy stated, “When I<br />
leave Valley Heights I want to<br />
be remembered as someone<br />
who was their self and always<br />
followed her heart.”<br />
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the excessive heat that can lead<br />
to a strong flavor and bitterness.<br />
Seed should be started<br />
four to five weeks before transplanting.<br />
Because transplants<br />
are placed at the same time as<br />
direct seeding, now would be a<br />
good time to begin. Use a seed<br />
starting mix and plant shallow<br />
as lettuce requires light for germination.<br />
A soil temperature of<br />
70 degrees will encourage germination.<br />
However, a cooler<br />
temperature of 55 to 60 degrees<br />
should be used once the plants<br />
emerge.<br />
Time to maturity varies<br />
depending on the type of lettuce,<br />
with leaf lettuce being the<br />
quickest, followed by bibb,<br />
romaine, and buttercrunch let-<br />
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tuce. Head or crisphead lettuce<br />
is the slowest and is least likely<br />
to mature before becoming bitter.<br />
Spacing also varies with<br />
type. Leaf lettuce plants are<br />
spaced 4 to 6 inches apart, buttercrunch,<br />
bibb, and romaine<br />
are set at 6 to 8 inches and head<br />
lettuce should be at least 8<br />
inches apart in the row. If you<br />
plant lettuce by seed, you will<br />
seed heavier and then thin to<br />
the spacing mentioned above.<br />
Lettuce does not have an extensive<br />
root system and requires<br />
regular watering if rainfall is<br />
lacking.<br />
Fertilize before planting<br />
according to soil test. Plants<br />
should also be sidedressed<br />
mother.”<br />
Life in families can bring us<br />
great joy or excruciating pain,<br />
depending upon how well family<br />
relationships are going. A<br />
healthy marriage and family<br />
can be a valuable resource for<br />
helping us endure difficulties<br />
that life inevitably brings.<br />
Unhealthy or dysfunctional<br />
Taylor Kenworthy<br />
In House Training – 1 yr<br />
Leadership Roles:<br />
Secretary/Treasurer for<br />
FCCLA – 1 yr<br />
Soon It Will Be Time To Plant Lettuce<br />
Home Notes<br />
By Susan A. Latta - CEA<br />
Marshall County Extension<br />
Agent<br />
Why are families so important<br />
you might ask? A marriage<br />
and family enrichment<br />
researcher once said that nothing<br />
in the world could make<br />
human life happier than to<br />
greatly increase the number of<br />
strong families. And I agree<br />
with him. Families in all the<br />
diverse patterns, sizes, creeds,<br />
and colors they come in, are,<br />
indeed, the heart and soul of<br />
our society.<br />
Marriage and family are perhaps<br />
society’s oldest and most<br />
resilient institutions. From the<br />
beginning of human life, most<br />
people have grouped themselves<br />
into families to find<br />
emotional, physical, and communal<br />
support. Although in<br />
recent years, social commentators<br />
have predicted the demise<br />
of both marriage and the family,<br />
they not only survive but<br />
continue to change and evolve.<br />
Family structures may vary<br />
around the world, and yet, the<br />
value of “family” endures.<br />
Families are the basic, foundational<br />
social units in society.<br />
Therefore, healthy individuals<br />
within healthy families are at<br />
the core of a healthy society.<br />
It’s in everyone’s best interest,<br />
then, to help create a positive<br />
environment for all families.<br />
This can be a labor of love for<br />
all of our social institutions:<br />
educational institutions, businesses,<br />
human and family service<br />
agencies, religious institutions,<br />
health organizations, literally<br />
everyone involved in the<br />
daily life of a community.<br />
Families are our most inti-<br />
Classifieds<br />
mate social environment. They<br />
are the places where we begin<br />
the vital processes of socializing<br />
our children, teaching them<br />
in partnership with countless<br />
others in the community how to<br />
survive and thrive in the world.<br />
Many marriages are experiencing<br />
difficulties today and<br />
part of the challenge to building<br />
family-friendly communities<br />
is to also build marriage<br />
friendly communities.<br />
Involving fathers in the day<br />
to day life of families is crucial.<br />
Of course, there are countless<br />
single parent families who are<br />
strong and emotionally healthy<br />
in our country.<br />
It is important for communities<br />
to find creative ways to<br />
strengthen and support twoparent<br />
families and make it<br />
possible for fathers to enjoy the<br />
benefits of increased time and<br />
involvement with their children.<br />
Moms shouldn’t have to<br />
carry all the burdens of child<br />
rearing alone. And dads<br />
shouldn’t miss all the wonderful<br />
feelings a parent experiences<br />
watching one’s children<br />
grow and learn.<br />
Sometimes marriages get<br />
lost in all the hubbub surrounding<br />
life. We attend to the children’s<br />
needs. We make the<br />
boss happy at work. But we<br />
often let our own personal<br />
health and well-being slide and<br />
we borrow time and energy<br />
from our marriages to satisfy<br />
other demands in our world.<br />
The problem with this is that a<br />
healthy marriage is at the heart<br />
of a healthy two-parent family.<br />
I am reminded of the saying<br />
“The best thing a father can do<br />
for his children is to love their<br />
when about 1/3 grown.<br />
Sidedressing is done with fertilizers<br />
that have more nitrogen<br />
than phosphorus and potassium.<br />
Use 1/3 cup of nitrate of<br />
soda (16-0-0) or 1/4 cup of a<br />
27-3-3, 29-5-4 or similar fertilizer<br />
per 10 feet of row. The latter<br />
fertilizers are lawn fertilizers<br />
but will work well for sidedressing<br />
as long as they do not<br />
contain weed killers or weed<br />
preventers.<br />
For more information, you<br />
can contact me at the Marshall<br />
County Extension Office by<br />
calling (785) 562-3531, or Email<br />
me with your questions at<br />
mvogt@ksu.edu.<br />
relationships can create terrible<br />
problems that may persist from<br />
one generation to the next.<br />
By working together in our<br />
communities, we demonstrate<br />
the importance of families to<br />
the well-being of the total community<br />
and we contribute to the<br />
happiness of all.<br />
7A<br />
Farrar Corporation<br />
Manhattan, Kansas<br />
Currently accepting applications for<br />
two positions within our company<br />
Machine Shop Tooling/Engineering Manager:<br />
The Machine Shop Tooling/Engineering Manager is responsible for engineering and designing machined<br />
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production, initial machine programming, and machine tool costs. Daily duties include handling the cost<br />
estimating for machine work RFQ’s, supervision of personnel in the tooling department making sure that<br />
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CNC Set-up Programmer:<br />
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The person in these positions must be able to communicate well with all personnel in all areas of the<br />
Company including marketing and production control, quality assurance, human resources, engineering<br />
and maintenance as well as customers and vendors and be willing to assist other department upon request.<br />
Farrar Corporation<br />
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Sports <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Press</strong> - Thursday, March 22, 2012<br />
Valley Heights Hosts St. Paddy’s Forensic Meet<br />
Hannah Edgar, of Linn, practices before she takes her<br />
turn during the competition.<br />
Fourteen schools attended<br />
the St. Paddy’s Tournament at<br />
Valley Heights High school on<br />
Thursday, March 15th. Mrs.<br />
Coon, the VHHS Forensic<br />
Squad, Drama and Speech students<br />
organized and ran the<br />
meet. Over 100 Valley Heights<br />
Community members, teachers<br />
and staff provided judging<br />
expertise and helped to man the<br />
hospitality suite organized by<br />
Rhonda Joseph. This forensic<br />
tournament helps provide funds<br />
for the VHHS forensic team to<br />
compete at over eight meets<br />
and State Champs in Salina.<br />
Out of the 13 TVL schools,<br />
Carolyn “DeVault” Walker, Ken Lamoreaux, David Walker, Joyce “Hale” Haxton, terry<br />
Haxton, Pam Bulson and Claudia Atkinson work on planning the class of 1962’s 50th reunion.<br />
Photos by Deb Barrington.<br />
Valley Heights is one of only<br />
three schools that host a meet.<br />
Rock Creek High school<br />
took first in sweepstakes with<br />
Washington County coming in<br />
2nd and Hanover took 3rd.<br />
Valley Heights is not allowed<br />
to compete at their own meet.<br />
The VHHS squad will come<br />
back from spring break and<br />
compete on Tuesday, March<br />
27th at Linn and then on March<br />
28th at the Mid East<br />
Tournament in Riley.<br />
Class of 1962 Plans 50th Reunion<br />
This Much I<br />
Know Is True<br />
By Frankie Rae Baker<br />
1994-2011<br />
Today, we stand divided.<br />
Our nation-broken into<br />
smaller pieces of a once great<br />
whole. We stand today, not as<br />
American citizens, but as<br />
republicans and democrats,<br />
blue vs. red, brother vs.<br />
brother. We stand, not as a<br />
symbol of unity and greatness<br />
but a symbol of corporate<br />
greed. We stand in wait<br />
of a government, a leader,<br />
that has not and likely will<br />
not come. We stand not as the<br />
United States of America, but<br />
as a segregated country.<br />
United we stood, and broken<br />
and prejudiced we shall<br />
fall. In the absence the revolution<br />
will come, and there is<br />
no doubt, despite peaceful<br />
intentions, there will be violence.<br />
The poor will become<br />
poorer, the wealthy, sucking<br />
life from our economy,<br />
wealthier, and the middle<br />
class will evaporate entirely.<br />
The people of America will<br />
not stand idly by as their children<br />
starve, we have been too<br />
strong and proud a people for<br />
that. The people of America<br />
will rise, and there shall be<br />
turmoil. There WILL be<br />
change, government facilitated<br />
or otherwise, there MUST<br />
be change.<br />
So, I ask you, the future of<br />
America to stand, not as a<br />
young democrat or young<br />
republican, but as the youth<br />
of our great nation, as one<br />
unit working together despite<br />
different opinions and<br />
beliefs, and DEMAND<br />
CHANGE. Demand your<br />
education. Demand your<br />
right to the freedom of<br />
speech and press. Because<br />
change starts with YOU. The<br />
world is a big place, and you<br />
are one person but you have a<br />
voice, BE HEARD. We have<br />
the power to create change,<br />
now we must exercise that<br />
power. I ask you to be tolerant<br />
and accepting of others,<br />
our differences will make us<br />
strong. Defy stereotypes,<br />
understand others, understanding<br />
will lead to the necessary<br />
unity and change. But<br />
things will not be easy, we<br />
must not look upon the issues<br />
with a sense of entitlement,<br />
that has become the<br />
American attitude as viewed<br />
by the rest of the world. We<br />
must not approach this as<br />
arrogant politicians but as the<br />
people’s catalyst, the humble<br />
servants of a nation seeking<br />
reform. We are the youth of<br />
the nation, and we will grow<br />
to be its leaders, and the parents<br />
of future leaders.<br />
This much I know is true:<br />
change will come, nothing<br />
will remain the same, but if<br />
we act now the change may<br />
be for the better, for OUR<br />
better. We must not remain<br />
ignorant to the goings-ons of<br />
our government. We have to,<br />
instead, educate ourselves on<br />
the issues. Take an interest in<br />
your future, before it is<br />
placed in the hands of someone<br />
else.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Benefit Dinner and Auction<br />
Benefit Lasagna Dinner and<br />
Silent Auction for Dale Link<br />
for Medical Expenses.<br />
It will be held on Sat, Mar<br />
24th at the Barnes Firehouse<br />
from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.<br />
<strong>Free</strong> Will Donation<br />
Matching Funds provided by<br />
Thrivent RRC #30307<br />
Sponsored by Barnes<br />
Community<br />
Contact 763-4336 for information<br />
or to donate items for<br />
Silent Auction.<br />
Sheldon Kenworthy and Derek Trimble keep time during the forensics meet.<br />
Girl Scouts Celebrate 100 Years<br />
The girl scouts at the <strong>Blue</strong><br />
<strong>Rapids</strong> Elementary raised the<br />
American Flag March 16th in<br />
honor of the 100 Birthday of<br />
Girl Scouting. All students<br />
gathered around and said the<br />
"Pledge of Allegiance". Troop<br />
Leader is Ashley Swearingen.<br />
Those Girl Scouts participating<br />
are Abby and Bailee Lister,<br />
Adrianna Haines, Seaira<br />
Nordquist, Megan Gray and<br />
Shea Murk. Helping with the<br />
flag ceremony is Kathi Menzel.<br />
Girls Scouts at the <strong>Blue</strong> <strong>Rapids</strong> Grade School raised<br />
the flag as the school said the “Pledge of Allegiance”<br />
to celebrate girl scouting’s 100th birthday.<br />
8A<br />
Waterville Opera House<br />
Where Fiends Meet Friends<br />
Bob Hope Review<br />
June 16, 2012<br />
Underwriting opportunities<br />
PLATINUM...$500<br />
( 10 complimentary tickets )<br />
GOLD...........$250<br />
( 5 complimentary tickets )<br />
SILVER.........$100<br />
(Program Recognition )<br />
BRONZE........$ 50<br />
(Program Recognition )<br />
FRIEND.........$ 25<br />
(Program Recognition)<br />
On June 16 we will host the<br />
“Bob Hope Review”. We<br />
would like to request your<br />
help in bringing this act to<br />
the stage of our grand old<br />
lady, and to continue our<br />
efforts towards the<br />
Waterville Opera House<br />
Renovation.<br />
Joyce Stryker<br />
President<br />
Opera House Committee<br />
785-363-2168