Continued to Page 11 Continued to Page 16 Shenk Schuetz Irvin Laudick The Holton High School softball team has qualified for the Kansas Class 4A-DII state tournament. The photo above was taken yesterday after the Wildcats beat Jeff West for the Rock Creek Regional Tourney Championship. Team members shown are, front row, left to right, Savannah Booth, Emma Howes, Annalyss Phillips, Sarah Bond, Allyson Beard, Abby Martin and head coach John Deitrich. Back row, left to right, assistant coach Brittany Vollenweider, Lau- ryn Moore, Bailey Flewelling, Jewel Lutz, Paige Crouch, Kinleigh Rhodd, Addie Degenhardt, Grace Utz, Abby Boeck- man and assistant coach Colby Wilson. For more information about the softball team, turn to page 6 of this edition. Photo by Michael Powls Volume 151, Issue 40 HOLTON, KANSAS • Wednesday, May 16, 2018 16 Pages $1.00 Serving the Jackson County Community for 151 years THE HOLTON RECORDER Hometown of Bob & Donna Powers Holton Recorder subscribers for seven years. HOLTON, KANSAS SALUTE INSIDE Two area golfers qualify for state tourney! See pages 6. THURSDAY’S FORECAST MOSTLY SUNNY, HIGH OF 85 Look for the complete forecast on page 2. 785-364-2116 • 1110 Columbine Dr. • 785-364-2126 Holton 785-986-6630 Hoyt • 1-866-986-6630 • Wetmore 785-866-4775 www.holtonhospital.com If you are living with pain, our expert rehabilitation staff can help! We offer physical, occupational, and speech therapies. And, you don’t need a provider to refer you for services! We offer extended hours until 7pm daily! – Quality Care Close to Home! By Brian Sanders In many cases, military veterans struggle to find good jobs and housing once their military service is complete. That’s a problem that Phil and Wendy Connor, as the leaders of the Veterans of Kansas firm based in Holton, would like to see eliminated. “We’re here to find quality jobs for quality people,” Phil Connor said during a lunch hosted last week to introduce the firm to area residents. “The military is graduating a lot of quality people — between 300 and 3,000 per month in northeastern Kansas alone. We feel that Kansas deserves a shot at keeping those people here.” Connor, a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, said he found it hard to find a job after leaving the Navy in 1972. Eventually, he would go on to coach men’s sports at the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, where one of his unofficial tasks was “finding jobs for people.” Today, he said, veterans face a situation similar to what the young men he coached were facing in terms of getting a job after their college years were over. “There’s a very good percentage of veterans who come into Kansas and they want to stay here,” Connor said. “But they’re not sure of the job situation, and they’re not sure how to reach their goals.” That’s where Veterans of Kansas comes in, he and Wendy told those in attendance at last Thursday’s in formational lunch at the El Milagro restaurant. The firm’s num ber one priority is getting jobs for veterans, as well as their spouses, partners and families. The firm’s aim is to connect their clients — military veterans — with quality employment through a network of “teammates,” or businesses that work with Veterans of Kansas to find jobs. The Connors also aim to find quality housing for veterans, encourage businesses and industries to come to Kansas to provide jobs and get tax rebates for veterans who choose to stay in Kansas. “We’re hopeful that we’re going to develop clientele with enough businesses that we can find jobs for every veteran that signs up with us,” Connor said. By Ali Holcomb Four longtime staff members at Royal Valley are retiring at the end of the school with a com- bined 89 years of service in the district. Jan Shenk is retiring as a first- grade teacher from RVES. “I’ve taught for the RV district my entire teaching career of 35 years,” Shenk said. “I’ve taught second and third grade, but mostly first grade.” While at RV, Shenk also served on the district inservice council for numerous years. “I’d have to say the biggest change I’ve seen during my years teaching is the use of tech- nology, even at the first-grade level,” she said. “I will truly miss teaching reading to six and seven year olds. The growth they make in their first-grade year is amaz- ing.” Peggy Schuetz has served as a secretary at RVMS for 26 years and is also retiring this year. “I really enjoy being around young people and working with them,” Schuetz said. “The sum- mers off are not a bad deal ei- ther.” Schuetz started working at Royal Valley as a paraprofes- sional in the kindergarten class- room and then as an office aide before working in the middle school office full time as a sec- retary. “I have worked for three dif- ferent principals, and we remod- eled the office area along with new additions to our building through the years,” she said. She said she’ll miss her fellow staff members the most. “They are like an extended family for me, and we all have been through our ups and downs. Also, I will miss seeing the stu- dents and meeting the new fifth graders each year,” she said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time Four set to retire from Royal Valley By Ali Holcomb Heather Hundley will serve as the principal of Royal Valley Middle School next school year after the USD 337 Board of Education approved the contract during a special meeting Sunday. Prior to the RV graduation ceremony, members of the board of education held a special meet- ing to approve several personnel changes. One of those changes includ- ed hiring Hundley to serve as RVMS principal next year fol- lowing the resignation of cur- rent principal John Linn. Linn has served as principal at RVMS since the 2013-14 school year. Hundley is currently the cur- riculum director and assistant principal at Holton Elementary School. In other business, the board approved 2018-19 employment contracts for: * Darlene Sipe, third-grade teacher. * Danelle Hermesch, early childhood special education teacher. * Mallory Deiderich, middle school math teacher. * Russell Hodison, assistant high school football coach. * Charles Nez, assistant high school football coach. * Thomas Broxterman, mid- dle school head track coach. * Trevor Keller, assistant high school boys basketball coach. * Jason Ogden, head middle school and high school wrestling coach. The board also accepted the resignation of Andrew Gower as a middle school math teacher and assistant high school foot- ball coach at the end of the cur- rent school year. Hundley to serve as RVMS principal By Brian Sanders It’s been 75 years since Edwina Pollock — known to friends and family as “Winnie” — graduated from Soldier Rural High School with the class of 1943. This past Saturday, at the school’s annual alumni banquet, Pollock was honored for not missing a banquet in the years since her graduation. “It’s kind of silly, because I never had a reason not to come!” said Pollock of the “award” she received at the banquet, held at Holton’s First United Methodist Church. Pollock said she and her late husband, Wayne, both liked to check in with their old classmates in the years since they graduated and their school was folded into the Jackson Heights district. This year, she attended with her daughter, Janet Trainor, a 1966 graduate of the school. “I think Janet was kind of the troublemaker,” Pollock said of the “perfect attendance award,” which was announced near the end of this year’s banquet. “She had a friend do it… I didn’t have any idea they were going to do it.” During her years at Soldier Rural High School, the former By Brian Sanders The trial of a Hoyt resident charged with sexual crimes involving a 3-year-old girl ended sooner than attorneys said they expected with a pair of guilty verdicts on Tuesday afternoon in Jackson County District Court. Following an hour of deliberations, a jury found Theodore J. Purdy III, 26, guilty on charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in an incident or incidents that reportedly occurred in September or October of 2016. Purdy now faces sentencing on the charges at a June 15 hearing and was remanded to the Jackson County De- tention Center until then on a motion by Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller. Purdy found guilty on charges of rape Business aims to find vets jobs Pollock hasn’t missed a class reunion in 75 years Veterans of Kansas vice president Phil Connor (at right) talked with Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce director Lori Banks (center) and Chamber administrative assistant Ashlee York prior to the Veterans of Kansas infor- mational luncheon last Thursday at El Milagro. Connor said the aim of his firm is to provide quality jobs and housing for military veterans. Photo by Brian Sanders By David Powls Some ongoing facility issues in USD 336 had the full atten- tion of the Holton school board here Monday evening. The board approved a motion to purchase and install 92 new video security cameras as part of a new digital watchdog sur- veillance system. A total of 35 of the new video security cameras will be in- stalled at the new Holton Ele- mentary School and will be paid for with leftover school bond funds, it was reported. A total of 38 of the new video security cameras will be in- stalled at Holton High School and six of the new video secu- rity cameras will be installed at the Holton Middle School. A total of 12 of the new video security cameras will not be mounted at this time and will be available for special events, it was reported. The total cost of 92 video se- curity cameras will be $87,635 from Sound Products, Inc. of Topeka with new school bond funds covering about $43,000 of the cost. Prairie Technology Solutions, Inc. of Elmwood, Neb. bid $120,234 on the new video se- curity cameras. The USD 336 schools have some video security cameras now, which are primarily aimed at entrance doors, it was report- ed. 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The Holton High School softball team has qualified for the Kansas Class 4A-DII state tournament. The photo above was taken yesterday after the Wildcats beat Jeff West for the Rock Creek Regional Tourney Championship. Team members shown are, front row, left to right, Savannah Booth, Emma Howes, Annalyss Phillips, Sarah Bond, Allyson Beard, Abby Martin and head coach John Deitrich. Back row, left to right, assistant coach Brittany Vollenweider, Lau-ryn Moore, Bailey Flewelling, Jewel Lutz, Paige Crouch, Kinleigh Rhodd, Addie Degenhardt, Grace Utz, Abby Boeck-man and assistant coach Colby Wilson. For more information about the softball team, turn to page 6 of this edition. Photo by Michael Powls
If you are living with pain, our expert rehabilitation staff can help!We offer physical, occupational, and speech therapies.
And, you don’t need a provider to refer you for services!We offer extended hours until 7pm daily! – Quality Care Close to Home!
By Brian SandersIn many cases, military
veterans struggle to find good jobs and hous ing once their military service is complete.
That’s a problem that Phil and Wendy Connor, as the leaders of the Veterans of Kansas firm based in Holton, would like to see eliminated.
“We’re here to find quality jobs for quality people,” Phil Connor said during a lunch hosted last week to introduce the firm to area residents. “The military is graduating a lot of quality people — between 300 and 3,000 per month in northeastern Kansas
alone. We feel that Kansas deserves a shot at keeping those peo ple here.”
Connor, a veteran of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, said he found it hard to find a job after leaving the Navy in 1972. Eventual ly, he would go on to coach men’s sports at the University of St. Mary in Leavenworth, where one of his unofficial tasks was “finding jobs for people.”
Today, he said, veterans face a situ ation similar to what the young men he coached were facing in terms of getting a job after their college years were
over.“There’s a very good
percentage of veterans who come into Kansas and they want to stay here,” Connor said. “But they’re not sure of the job situation, and they’re not sure how to reach their goals.”
That’s where Veterans of Kansas comes in, he and Wendy told those in attendance at last Thursday’s in formational lunch at the El Milagro restaurant. The firm’s num ber one priority is getting jobs for veterans, as well as their spouses, partners and families.
The firm’s aim is to connect their clients — military veterans
— with quality employment through a net work of “teammates,” or businesses that work with Veterans of Kansas to find jobs. The Connors also aim to find quality housing for veterans, en courage businesses and industries to come to Kansas to provide jobs and get tax rebates for veterans who choose to stay in Kansas.
“We’re hopeful that we’re going to develop clientele with enough businesses that we can find jobs for every veteran that signs up with us,” Connor said.
By Ali Holcomb Four longtime staff members
at Royal Valley are retiring at the end of the school with a com-bined 89 years of service in the district.
Jan Shenk is retiring as a first-grade teacher from RVES.
“I’ve taught for the RV district my entire teaching career of 35 years,” Shenk said. “I’ve taught second and third grade, but mostly first grade.”
While at RV, Shenk also served on the district inservice council for numerous years.
“I’d have to say the biggest change I’ve seen during my years teaching is the use of tech-nology, even at the first-grade
level,” she said. “I will truly miss teaching reading to six and seven year olds. The growth they make in their first-grade year is amaz-ing.”
Peggy Schuetz has served as a secretary at RVMS for 26 years and is also retiring this year.
“I really enjoy being around young people and working with them,” Schuetz said. “The sum-mers off are not a bad deal ei-ther.”
Schuetz started working at Royal Valley as a paraprofes-sional in the kindergarten class-room and then as an office aide before working in the middle school office full time as a sec-retary.
“I have worked for three dif-ferent principals, and we remod-eled the office area along with new additions to our building through the years,” she said.
She said she’ll miss her fellow staff members the most.
“They are like an extended
family for me, and we all have been through our ups and downs. Also, I will miss seeing the stu-dents and meeting the new fifth graders each year,” she said. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my time
Four set to retire from Royal Valley
By Ali Holcomb Heather Hundley will serve
as the principal of Royal Valley Middle School next school year after the USD 337 Board of Education approved the contract during a special meeting Sunday.
Prior to the RV graduation ceremony, members of the board of education held a special meet-ing to approve several personnel changes.
One of those changes includ-ed hiring Hundley to serve as RVMS principal next year fol-lowing the resignation of cur-rent principal John Linn. Linn has served as principal at RVMS since the 2013-14 school year.
Hundley is currently the cur-riculum director and assistant principal at Holton Elementary School.
In other business, the board approved 2018-19 employment
contracts for: * Darlene Sipe, third-grade
teacher.* Danelle Hermesch, early
childhood special education teacher.
* Mallory Deiderich, middle school math teacher.
* Russell Hodison, assistant high school football coach.
* Charles Nez, assistant high school football coach.
* Thomas Broxterman, mid-dle school head track coach.
* Trevor Keller, assistant high school boys basketball coach.
* Jason Ogden, head middle school and high school wrestling coach.
The board also accepted the resignation of Andrew Gower as a middle school math teacher and assistant high school foot-ball coach at the end of the cur-rent school year.
Hundley to serve as RVMS principal
By Brian SandersIt’s been 75 years since
Edwina Pollock — known to friends and family as “Winnie” — graduated from Soldier Rural High School with the class of 1943.
This past Saturday, at the school’s annual alumni banquet, Pollock was honored for not missing a banquet in the years since her graduation.
“It’s kind of silly, because I never had a reason not to come!” said Pol lock of the “award” she received at the banquet, held at Holton’s First United Methodist Church.
Pollock said she and her late hus band, Wayne, both
liked to check in with their old classmates in the years since they graduated and their school was folded into the Jackson Heights district. This year, she attended with her daughter, Janet Trainor, a 1966 graduate of the school.
“I think Janet was kind of the troublemaker,” Pollock said of the “perfect attendance award,” which was announced near the end of this year’s banquet. “She had a friend do it… I didn’t have any idea they were going to do it.”
During her years at Soldier Rural High School, the former
By Brian SandersThe trial of a Hoyt resident
charged with sexual crimes involving a 3-year-old girl ended sooner than attorneys said they expected with a pair of guilty verdicts on Tuesday afternoon in Jackson County District Court.
Following an hour of delibera tions, a jury found Theodore J. Purdy III, 26, guilty on charges of rape and aggravated indecent liberties
with a child in an incident or incidents that reportedly occurred in September or October of 2016.
Purdy now faces sentencing on the charges at a June 15 hearing and was remanded to the Jackson County De-tention Center until then on a motion by Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller.
Purdy found guilty on charges of rape
Business aims to find vets jobsPollock hasn’t missed a class reunion in 75 years
Veterans of Kansas vice president Phil Connor (at right) talked with Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce director Lori Banks (center) and Chamber administrative assistant Ashlee York prior to the Veterans of Kansas infor-mational luncheon last Thursday at El Milagro. Connor said the aim of his firm is to provide quality jobs and housing for military veterans. Photo by Brian Sanders
By David PowlsSome ongoing facility issues
in USD 336 had the full atten-tion of the Holton school board here Monday evening.
The board approved a motion to purchase and install 92 new video security cameras as part of a new digital watchdog sur-veillance system.
A total of 35 of the new video security cameras will be in-stalled at the new Holton Ele-mentary School and will be paid for with leftover school bond funds, it was reported.
A total of 38 of the new video security cameras will be in-stalled at Holton High School and six of the new video secu-rity cameras will be installed at the Holton Middle School.
A total of 12 of the new video
security cameras will not be mounted at this time and will be available for special events, it was reported.
The total cost of 92 video se-curity cameras will be $87,635 from Sound Products, Inc. of Topeka with new school bond funds covering about $43,000 of the cost.
Prairie Technology Solutions, Inc. of Elmwood, Neb. bid $120,234 on the new video se-curity cameras.
The USD 336 schools have some video security cameras now, which are primarily aimed at entrance doors, it was report-ed.
The board also approved the purchase of 178 new computers
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The Hoyt City Council met in special session on Tuesday, April 10.
Those present were Mayor Debbie Dreasher and council members Nathan McAlister, Lana Dillner and Dustin Brink-man. Council members Farrell Holthaus and Leonard Allen were absent.
Dreasher called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
McAlister made a motion to pay Lamberson Construction no more than an additional $4,000 to remove old tile lines on the community building floor. Brinkman seconded, and the motion carried.
McAlister made a motion to adjourn the special meeting. Brinkman seconded, and the motion carried.
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These photos, taken by Jefferson County sheriff’s officers show the farm pond south of Meriden where the 2005 Chrysler Pacifica belonging to the late Joan Rebar of May-etta was found in recent days. In the top photo, part of the Pacifica could be seen sticking out of the top of the pond; the photo above shows the vehicle being towed out of the pond after it was drained. Rebar, who was reported missing in September 2015, was found inside the vehicle. Photos courtesy Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office
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Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer re-cently signed three transparency bills and issued an executive or-der aimed at increasing govern-ment transparency and account-ability, it was reported.
By signing House Substitute for SB 336, Senate Substitute for Senate Substitute for HB 2386, HB 2642 and issuing Executive Order 18-13, Colyer seeks to build on a number of transpar-ency bills and executive orders put into law since he took over as governor in January.
“Transparency has been and will continue to be a priority for my administration,” Gov. Colyer said. “I appreciate the legislature for passing these critical mea-sures, and I look forward to con-tinued work to increase govern-ment transparency and account-ability for the people we serve.”
The first measure Gov. Colyer signed, House Substitute for Sen-ate Bill 336, amends the statute governing access to information pertaining to children in need of care and child fatalities.
With the signing of this law, the Secretary of the Department for Children and Families may now release the age and sex of the child, date of the fatality, and a summary of any previous reports of abuse or neglect involving the
Auctions advertised in The Holton Recorder qualify to be included in this free auction calendar. Contact Errin at 364-3141, email us at [email protected] or stop by our office at 109 W. Fourth St. in Holton for details.
• Saturday, May 19. Starting at 10 a.m. Real estate auction, held at 207 N. Center St., Pow-hattan (open house 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28). For more information, contact Ash Realty and Auctions at (785) 547-5034.
• Saturday, June 9. Hoffman spring consignment auction. Two miles east of Effingham on U.S. Highway 159. For more information, contact Hoffman Auction Service at (913) 370-0747 or (913) 833-4125.
By Brian SandersThe sentence of a former
volun teer firefighter found guilty of three charges of arson has been corrected in accordance with state law, reduc ing both his jail time and probation period, it was reported Monday in Jackson County District Court.
At a sentencing hearing last Fri day, District Court Judge Norbert Marek sentenced Jacob Grant, 27, of Mayetta, to three consecutive two-year proba-tion periods, each includ ing a 60-day jail sanction, on three charges of arson stemming from a series of grass fires reportedly
set by Grant earlier this year in southwest ern Jackson County.
That sentence was reduced on Monday by Judge Marek, citing Kansas’ “double rule,” which provides that a defendant sen-tenced for multiple convictions can generally only be required to serve a maximum sentence double the length of the sen-tence of the defendant’s primary crime.
Grant’s sentence now has the sec ond probation period run-ning con secutive to the first and the third run ning concurrent to the other two, meaning Grant’s total probation peri od has been
reduced from six years to four years.
Marek also cited a 2000 court case in reducing the amount of jail time Grant will have to serve before being released to proba-tion. Grant was originally given a jail sanction total ing 180 days as a condition of his probation.
According to the order issued Monday, Grant will be released to probation this Saturday, approxi mately 60 days after he was first placed in the Jackson County Deten tion Center on the arson charges.
According to State v. Petz, a trial court “may not increase the
period of time of confinement in the county jail as a condition of probation be yond 30 days by granting multiple probations on a multicount complaint and re-quire a defendant to serve con-secutive 30-day jail terms on each count.”
Grant pleaded no contest to three charges of arson in report-edly setting several fires between Feb. 28 and March 20, while he was a member of the Delia Fire Department. He was originally charged with 13 counts of arson.
Grant has been represented by Holton defense attorney Jason Belveal in the case.
Sentence of ex-fireman convicted in arsons reduced
Gov. Colyer takes action to increase government transparencychild in addition to any DCF rec-ommended services provided to the child.
“This legislation is the cor-nerstone of the many things we have done to be more open and transparent to the public,” said Gina Meier-Hummel, DCF sec-retary. “This measure strikes the correct balance between being sensitive to the need for privacy for families and ensuring that we are being transparent and getting the appropriate information out to the public.”
The second component of House Substitute for Senate Bill 336 changes the disclosure of audio or video recordings made and retained by law enforcement using a body camera or a vehicle camera. Under the previous law, only certain individuals were able to gain access to these re-cordings.
SB 336 expands the list of peo-ple who can request access to the footage to include a spouse, adult child or parent of the deceased. This bill also adds a provision requiring the agency to allow ac-cess to recordings within 20 days after the request is made.
Gov. Colyer also signed the Senate Substitute for Senate Sub-stitute HB 2386, which requires agencies processing applications for employment that include a
license, certification or registra-tion to list not just the qualifica-tions, but also the specific civil and criminal records that would disqualify an applicant from re-ceiving that license, certification or registration.
Additionally, if an individual has a misdemeanor record that would disqualify them, but has not been convicted of another crime five years preceding the application for licensure, the re-cord cannot be used to disqualify the candidate at the end of the five-year period following the satisfied sentence.
This bill is coupled with ex-ecutive order 18-13, which takes the bill a step further, by requir-ing agencies to post offenses that would disqualify a potential ap-plicant prominently on the agen-
cy website.“Executive order 18-13 al-
lows individuals to know what the rules are without having to go searching for it in the fine print,” Gov. Colyer said.
The governor also signed HB 2642, which clarifies and strengthens campaign and elec-tion laws, while also updating the penalties for several violations.
Thursday, May 17*JHES awards assembly.*RVHS finals 3A-3B.*8 a.m. Holton Municipal
Court at Holton City Hall.*11 a.m. Royal Valley classes
dismiss (last day of school).*1 p.m. Jackson Heights class-
es dismiss (last day of school).*4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Re-
tirement reception for Holton educators Sheila Day, Robin Fernkopf, Mary Porter and Nan-cy Lundin. Holton Elementary School commons area, 812 W. Fifth St., Holton.
*6:30 p.m. First annual Pops Concert on the Square, featuring Holton band students in grades 5-12, held on the east side of Jackson County Courthouse. In case of rain, the concert will be moved to the high school gym.
*7 p.m. Northeast Kansas natives Bill Speer and Bill Gil-liland of Atchison County will present history of the commu-nities of Muscotah, Arrington and Larkinburg at the Brown County Genealogical Society’s Research Center, 116 S. Seventh St., Hiawatha.
*7:30 p.m. NEK-CAP Board of Directors meeting, held at
1260 220th St., Hiawatha.*AA meeting in the yellow
annex west of St. Dominic Cath-olic Church at 7 p.m. Use the south door.
*Hours at the JCMA New Hope Center Food Pantry, lo-cated at Fifth Street and Wiscon-sin Avenue in the Holton First Christian Church basement, are from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thurs-days. For more informa tion call 362-7021.
Friday, May 18*Holton 8th grade Worlds of
Fun trip.*3 p.m. WHS regional track
at Mankato-Rock Hills.*8 a.m. Holton AP human ge-
ography testing.*The Jackson County His-
torical Museum, located at 327 New York Ave. in Holton, will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Friday through October. For more information, call the museum at 364-4991.
*Narcotics Anonymous meet-ing from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the library room (room 104) at Evangel United Methodist Church, 227 Pennsylvania Ave. in Holton.
Saturday, May 19*The Jackson County Farm-
ers’ Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on the east side of the Courthouse in Holton.
*2 p.m. Steward-Muddy Creek Cemetery Association annual meeting, held at Muddy Creek Cemetery. For more in-formation, call (785) 286-3365.
*6 p.m. HHS graduation.
Sunday, May 20*Attend the church of your
choice.
Monday, May 21*Jackson County Commis-
sion meeting, 9 a.m. at the Jack-son County Courthouse in Hol-ton. All meetings are open to the public. To address the county commissioners, call the county clerk’s office at 364-2891.
*Last day of school for Hol-ton eighth grade students.
*7 p.m. Holton City Commis-sion meets at Holton City Hall.
*7 p.m. Holton eighth grade promotion.
*The Harvesters Food Group will stop at the Netawaka Com-munity Center, 418 Kansas St. in Netawaka, on every third
Monday of the month.
Tuesday, May 22*Last day of ACE for Holton
students.*6 p.m. Beck-Bookman Li-
brary Board of Directors meet-ing at Beck-Bookman Library.
*The Caregivers Support Group (formerly Alzheimer’s Support Group) will meet every third Tues day of each month from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hol-ton Community Hospital care room. For more in formation, contact Zennie McClin tock at 364-9696 or Amy Spiker at 364-3164.
Wednesday, May 23
*Last day of classes for Hol-ton students.
*Holton Alateen, a fellow-ship of young people whose lives have been affected by al-coholism, meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday in the library room (room 104) at Evangel United Methodist Church, 227 Penn-sylvania Ave. in Holton.
*The Crisis Pregnancy Center in Holton is open every Wednes-day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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OPINION
The photo above of the old Central Elementary School and grounds in Holton was taken by a camera mounted on a drone, it was reported. The Holton school board is studying whether to move the USD 336 headquarters and the Holton Special Education Cooperative headquarters to the newer/north portion of Central, shown at the right side in this photo, and then sell the current district offices at 515 Pennsylvania Ave.
The big morel mushroom shown above was found on the Stephen and Kathy Devlin property near Mayetta recently by their son Josh and his wife Tammy of Topeka. The mushroom measured 8 ½ inches long. Submitted photo___________________________________________________________________
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Wind farms are sprouting up in communities across Kansas and in some cases they have be-come hot-button issues.
Not so, apparently, in neigh-boring Nemaha County, ac-cording to a recent report in the Courier-Tribune newspaper at Seneca.
A proposed wind farm in south Nemaha County - one of Jackson County’s neighbors to the north - is in the late stages of development, representatives of Next Era Energy Resources told Nemaha County Commis-sioners recently. The Courier-Tribune newspaper reported on the meeting.
Nothing is official until an agreement for the purchase of wind-generated electricity is negotiated, but four land agents have been working in the area recently to sign up property owners, associate project man-ager Spencer Jenkins told com-missioners.
The Soldier Creek Wind Farm would generate 300 megawatts of power from 110 to 120 wind turbines, all located in Nemaha County.
“We are very confident” of the wind farm’s development, Jen-kins said.
The company’s site team is exploring properties as far north as the Oneida area in Nemaha County, but the wind farm will primarily be located south of Goff and Corning, in Reilly, Red Vermillion, Wetmore, Har-rison and Neuchatel townships, it was reported.
“Everything is volunteer. It takes landowner cooperation 100 percent,” associate project manager Jeffrey Bryce said.
Because Next Era already has an agreement in place with the county, negotiated in December 2016, it won’t pay property tax-es on the wind farm for the life of the project, it was reported.
Tax legislation that went into effect Jan. 1, 2017 reduces the tax-free time period to 10 years.
Instead, the company offers payments in lieu of taxes. Next Era is currently building a wind farm in Pratt County that will pay the county $1 million annu-ally for the project’s 20-year life span, Jenkins said.
In addition, the company will negotiate road use and road maintenance agreements with the county and affected town-ships.
“Usually we end up upgrad-ing the roads for our own equip-ment, then provide maintenance for the life of the agreement,” Bryce said.
Jenkins estimated the project could be a year or less from get-ting under way.
Next Era is currently in nego-tiations for the purchase of its wind power. Once finalized, the purchase agreement has to be approved by the Kansas Corpo-ration Commission.
An environmental survey is under way on Soldier Creek Wind Farm and internal engi-neering work has started, the Seneca paper reported.
Next Era, which owns six wind farms in Kansas, has more of a “utility mindset” and hopes to stay in the area and operate the wind farm, Jenkins said.
The wind farm would create 15 to 20 jobs that would last for the life of the project. Construction will employ 250 to 300 skilled welders, concrete workers and skilled laborers. The company will hold a job fair.
Land agent Mark Woods said he’s met very little resistance when visiting with property owners.
“Everybody wants to talk about it. They’re excited about the opportunity,” he said.
County commissioners’ reso-lution requires 1,400-foot set-back from property lines for turbines unless neighboring landowners consent. Depending on suitable sites, three to four turbines could be located in a single section.
Plans for wind farmin south Nemaha moving forward
Mary E. EdwardsMay 13, Ascension Sunday
and Mother’s Day, was a cool, quiet morning at Netawaka United Methodist church time. The traffic on the road was very light. The trees that were near-ly bare two weeks ago are fully covered with leaves.
Frederika Mullins was the greeter, Steve Banaka was aco-lyte and offertory usher and Verona Grannell played the re-corded music.
Worship leader Marilyn Bana-ka gave the welcome and an-nouncements. Harvesters Food Distribution will be at 10:30 a.m. on May 21 in Netawaka. Jackson Heights School will be out for the summer soon.
Bob Williamson was added to the prayer list as he is in the hospital. We continue to pray for all those who are sick or in trouble.
The hymn of praise was “When We Are Called To Sing Your Praise.” Other songs were “Jesus, Name Above All Names,” “Cares Chorus” and “Happy The Home When God Is There.”
Pastor Younghwan Won led the congregational prayer and a special litany honoring mothers and other women. This includ-ed scripture from Ruth 1:11-17,
Esther 7:1-4a, and Luke 1:26-38.
The sermon was “Boldness Of Women.” In Bible times, women were not considered to be very strong or very impor-tant. They were thought to be weak and not supposed to have their own thoughts or opinions.
There are several women mentioned in the Bible who were noted for their faithfulness and courageous acts. The three women we remembered in the sermon were Ruth, Esther and Mary, Mother of Jesus.
Ruth was a young widow. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, gave her permission to return to her own family and religion as Naomi had no more sons that Ruth could marry.
The law and custom in that day was for the deceased man’s brother was to marry the wid-ow.
Instead, Ruth chose to stay with Naomi, promising “Wher-ever thou goest, I will go. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God will be my God.”
Esther was a Jew who married King Xerxes and became queen of Persia. When Esther found out the Persian official planned to kill all Jews, she pleaded with the king to save the lives of her people. The king loved Esther
and did as she asked. The wick-ed official was put to death.
Mary, Mother of Jesus, showed great courage and faith when she learned from the an-gel that she had been chosen to give birth to the Messiah. Her reply to the angel was, “I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said.”
God is our Father. He made us in His image. In that image, we see motherhood, friendship and diverse images. We cel-ebrate mothers and all women who show faith, courage, and love and are examples of good for all.
Netawaka United MethodistThe Rural Health Resources of Jackson County, Inc. Board of Directors met on April 25.
Board Vice Chair Bobbi Mc-Grath called the meeting to or-der at 5:30 p.m. Members in attendance were McGrath, Dan Brenner, Mike Mosier, Cathleen Reed, Margaret Pagel, Dr. Erin Locke and Alex Gilliland.
Others in attendance were Carrie Saia, Holton Community Hospital CEO; Bart Kenton and Pam Holaday. Board member Dr. Clint Colberg was absent.
The board approved the March 2018 financial reports and the annual departmental policy and procedure manuals as presented.
Board members continued discussions on the remodel and expansion project and heard presentations from two archi-tectural firms. After discussion, the board approved hiring HMN Architects of Overland Park.
The board discussed tight timelines to meet all require-ments by the end of July with the pending USDA loan appli-cation and approved three docu-ments for the loan application.
The recent loss of the busi-ness’ Health Provider Shortage Area designation (due to a de-cline in those living in poverty in Jackson County) was discussed, as well as the impact that will have on physician recruitment efforts and the loan forgiveness program through the National Health Services Corporation.
Board members voted to
change the date of the July meeting to July 23, at which time, the results of the annual audit, cost report and a current financial feasibility study will be presented.
It was also agreed to change the date of the May meeting from May 23 to May 21 to ac-commodate conflicting sched-ules.
Also during the meeting, board members heard a man-agement update from Saia.
The seventh annual Uncorked event was a huge success, rais-ing $33,500. It was the largest crowd to date.
The hospital is close to signing a contract with a surgical resident for employment after his residency is completed.
The hospital has pushed back its go-live date for its new Athena electronic health record to accom-modate the interface for the 340B drug program.
HCH was notified by Fast Health, a third-party vendor that provides operational and website services, that an unauthorized third party gained access to Fast Health’s web server and acquired informa-tion from certain databases between Aug. 14 and 18, 2017. The informa-tion potentially involved those who applied for a job through the hospi-tal’s website.
Fast Health mailed notification letters to those specifically involved and established a call center to an-swer questions, as well as provide 12-month free identity protection.
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AlfreyCleo Snyder King Alfrey, 79,
Topeka, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
She was born Dec. 10, 1938, in Circleville, the daughter of Walter and Grace Clemetson Snyder. She graduated from Holton High School and Clark’s Business College.
Mrs. Alfrey and her first hus-band owned and operated King’s Laundry and King’s Laundry Equipment Ser vice, retiring in 2001.
She was an active member of Family of God Church, where she served as treasurer and part of the worship team. She was a founding member of KFGB 97.7 FM Upper Room Radio and was involved in several ministry-re-lated activities.
She married Gary King on Feb. 16, 1958. He died Oct. 7, 1999. She married Paul L. Alfrey on July 29, 2000. He survives.
Other survivors include a son, Lonnie King and wife Michele, Como, Colo.; a daughter, Laurie Wayman and husband John, To-peka, and son, Ashley King and wife Sara, Flat Rock, N.C.; step-children, Ron Alfrey and wife Dawna, Tecumseh, Steve Alfrey and wife Karen, Auburn, Dan Al-frey, Topeka, and Pamela Good-man and husband Scott, Merriam; a brother, Milton Snyder, Cir-cleville; and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. In ad dition to her first husband, she was also preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Zada Smith and Joyce Boyle.
Funeral services were held Satur day, May 5 at Family of God Church. Interment followed in Prairie Home Cemetery. Park-erPrice Cremations, Funerals and Receptions is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Family of God Church, 1231 N.W. Eugene St., Topeka, KS 66608; or Topeka Rescue Mission, 600 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, KS 66608.
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WolfeRichard “Dick” Lee Wolfe,
80, Topeka, died Monday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Topeka.
He was born May 16, 1937, in Iowa City, Iowa, the son of Martin H. and Marjorie Fry Wolfe. He gradu ated from Meri-den High School.
Mr. Wolfe spent nine years in the military, first in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1955, then in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1958 and in the U.S. Air Force from 1958 to 1962. He lat er worked for the Topeka Coun-try Club as a greenskeeper, for Wash burn University as chief of groundskeeping services, for Kaw Valley Produce Company, for Capi tal City Inc. as a truck driver and for Payless Distribu-tion Center.
Survivors include two sisters, Yu vonne Wolfe, Meriden, and Karen D. Millenbruch, Hoyt. He was preceded in death by his parents and three sis ters, Lois Bolz, Joyce Meredith and Donna Butrick.
Memorial services with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Satur day at Netawaka Cemetery, with Dr. Jim Mc-Collough officiating. Pen wellGabel Funeral Home of Topeka is in charge of arrangements.
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ACCEPTING BIDSThe City of Circleville will be accepting sealed bids for the property at 601 Butler in Circleville and other
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equipment, please contact Ed Rostetter at 785-924-3783 or Mike Hare at 785-806-9524.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF JACKSON COUNTY,
KANSAS
In the Matter of theEstate ofDorothy Helen RodmanDeceased
Case No. 2018-PR-000018
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State Of Kansas To All Persons Concerned:
You are hereby notified that on April 23, 2018 a Petition was filed in this Court by Angela H. Rodman, Executor of Dorothy Helen Rodman Estate.
All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this Notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. If you have any objections you must file your written objection in ad-vance or you must appear to present your objection.
You are invited to appear and present any evidence, as you may desire to the Court.
Failures to appear could re-sult in the Court granting the relief requested.
Angela RodmanExecutor
Robert E. Duncan, II.Attorney at Law #09242 212 SW 8th Avenue, Suite 202Topeka, Kansas 66603 (785) 233-2265fax [email protected]
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By Sue WichmanAllen and Mary Jo Fernkopf
served as worship assistants on Mother’s Day, May 13, at Circleville United Methodist Church. Helen Farley and Gin-ger Johnson lighted the altar candles to begin the worship service.
Following the announce-ments, lay pastor Charlotte Mil-roy led the opening prayer and the psalter. Barbara Hutchinson read the scripture lesson, Acts 1:1517, 2126 and 1 John 5:913.
The hymns were “Victory In Jesus,” “Come Christians, Join To Sing” and “My Hope Is Built.” David Allen was song leader, using the recorded ac-companiment.
Mary Jo shared a delightful reading about Mother’s Day for the special.
Charlotte’s message was based on the gospel lesson, John 15:917. Life is all about love. Because God loves us, we love each other. God is love.
“God wants us to experience love, to grow in love. Make love your goal, reason and purpose for living.”
Thersa Wade assisted Char-lotte in offering Holy Commu-nion before the service closed with the hymn “Blest Be The Tie That Binds.”
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Reservations for Jack-son Countians 60 years and older and their spouses wishing to eat lunches un-der the Title III-C Nutrition program may be made dai-ly Monday through Friday.
Reservations are to be made through the Jackson County Senior Citizens Office on a first come, first serve basis. Same day res-ervations will be accepted from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. only if reservations are not filled the previous day. Cancella-tions must be made by 9:30 a.m. same day.
Reservations and can-cellations may be made through the Senior Citi-zens Office or by calling (785) 3643571.
Menus listed for the week of Monday, May 21
through Friday, May 25 are as follows:
Monday, May 21: Berry good chicken, baked pota-to, cooked cabbage, baked apples and bread and mar-garine.
Tuesday, May 22: Pork cutlet, baked sweet pota-toes, country vegetables, mandarin oranges and bread and margarine.
Wednesday, May 23: Chicken fajita, tortilla, Spanish rice, lettuce salad, apricots and muffin.
Thursday, May 24: Meatloaf, cheesy hash-browns, California veg-etables, fruit pie and bread and margarine.
Friday, May 25: Tuna salad, pasta salad, cole-slaw, cherry fluff and bread and margarine.
Meals at the Prairie Band Potawatomi Elder Center are served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The menu is subject to change.
The center is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Enrolled tribal members age 50 and older may eat for free. Nonmember se-niors or non-seniors will be charged a fee for meals.
Reservations are re-quired if you are in a large group. The center is locat-ed on K Road, about onehalf mile south of 158th Road. For more informa-tion about the program,
call (785) 9660040.Menus listed for the
week of Monday, May 21 through Friday, May 25 are as follows:
Monday, May 21: Corn dog, tots, carrots and fruit.
Tuesday, May 22: Chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, cucumber sal-ad and fruit.
Wednesday, May 23: Spaghetti, garlic bread, corn and fruit.
Thursday, May 24: Brown bag lunch, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, yogurt, chips and fruit.
Friday, May 25: Fish sticks, side salad, macaro-ni and cheese and fruit.
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Jim and Marjean Shenk en-joyed a short trip to Connecticut to visit Greg Shenk and fam-ily. They enjoyed seeing their grandson, Elijah, doing a violin recital, and their granddaughter, Eden, in a play. They were also very proud of their granddaugh-ter, McKenzie, of Rossville, who received league champion-ship in the discus event.
Betty Bowser accompanied Mike and Grace Bowser to Manhattan on Saturday, May 12, to attend Ethan Holaday’s
graduation from Kansas State University, followed by a re-ception for Ethan at the KSU Alumni Center.
We enjoyed Mother’s Day weekend with some delicious fresh asparagus from the Shenks, and cooked by our daughter, Lori, Saturday evening. The as-paragus was brought to Ronald and me with hamburgers and supper that evening.
On Sunday, Lori joined us for lunch at Vintage Park and en-joyed the visit.
By Ilene DickSunday, May 13, was a beau-
tiful day to celebrate the seventh Sunday of Easter and Mother’s Day. Pastor Howard opened the service at Potawatomi United Methodist Church with scrip-ture and prayer. Laura Schreiber served as acolyte.
It was a joy to learn that Pas-tor Howard’s son, Joe, continues to improve, and that Lisa Clark is walking better. Keep them in your prayers.
The Mother’s Day litany, based on Proverbs 31, was read, followed by the hymn of praise, “Just A Closer Walk With Thee.” Music was provided by Sharon Gabriel on piano and Ann Wilk-ening on guitar.
The living word of God from Isaiah 49:15 was read by Betty Bowser. The birthday song was sung to Leon Daugherty and Marjean Shenk. The hymn of witness was “They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love.”
Pastor Howard and Martha Roush each gave a special per-taining to the celebration of Mother’s Day.
Leon Daugherty and Jim Shenk received the morning of-fering.
Pastor Howard’s chosen ser-mon text was taken from Mark 7:2430, with the title “The Mother Who Changed The World.” The story is about the Gentile mother with the sick child, looking for a miracle for her ill child. When she returned home, she found the child in good health.
All children are children of God regardless of race, color or territory. A miracle happens.
This mother was nameless in the scriptures. A question to ponder is, “How many mothers today are nameless?”
The service closed with the congregational hymn “The Family Of God,” followed by the benediction. Next Sunday’s sermon will be titled “Spirit And The Children Of God.”
Celia Bowser and Betty Bowser spent Monday, May 7, with Alisa Bowser and Parker in Overland Park. They joined Marc and Zachery Bowser for lunch.
WingDorothy A. Wing, 84, died
Tues day, May 15, 2018, at Es-kridge Nursing Home.
She was born Jan. 20, 1934, in Garfield Township near Hol-ton, the daughter of Everett and Clella Plantz Wing. They pre-ceded her in death.
Miss Wing had worked for the State of Kansas for five years before being involved in an ac-cident which left her perma-nently disabled. She had been a longtime resident of Es kridge Nursing Home.
Survivors include two sis-ters, Loretta Montcalm, Winter Haven, Fla., and Carol Hiner, Holton; and a halfsister, Evelyn Turley, Harrison, Ark.
Cremation is planned. Private in urnment will be held in Holton Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the do-nor’s choice and sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1034, Holton, KS 66436.
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SPORTS Monday
SPORTS Wednesday
By Ali HolcombRoyal Valley’s varsity soft-ball season ended Monday after the Lady Panthers fell to Riley County 2-0 in the first round on a Class 3A regional tournament in Sabetha.
“The intensity and the nervous-ness was up a little bit. Everybody was a little more on edge,” said RV head coach Corey Katzer. “The way that the game started, I felt like we were handling the pressure well.”
RV got three quick outs to start the game and had three runners on base in the bottom of the
first, but the Panthers had trou-ble connecting with the ball.
Riley County pitcher Rachel Allen dominated the circle, striking out 11 Panthers in the seven-inning game.
“She was the hardest throw-ing pitcher we’ve seen all year,” Katzer said. “She was close to touching 60 mph.”
Neither team was able to drive in a run, as the score remained 0-0 through the bottom of the sixth inning.
The top of the seventh inning started with a pop up caught by RV catcher junior Alexis Han-cock.
The Falcons then put two runners on base – one by error – before senior pitcher Danielle
Stithem struck out a batter. RV then intentionally walked Riley County’s best batter. Then Ri-ley County’s McKenzie Kruse drove in two runs on a single before she was caught running to second base.
“Up to that point, both teams were playing great defense,” Katzer said. “Junior Emily Al-bright had back to back catches in left field that saved one, if not two runs, in the sixth inning. We played really well defensively other than the one mistakes in the last inning.”
Despite a double by Albright in the bottom of the seventh, the Panthers couldn’t drive in the runs needed to win the game.
“We had several opportuni-
ties to score in the game, but we couldn’t put a bat on a ball,” Katzer said.
Despite the loss, Katzer said Stithem pitched a great game.
“Riley County had a hard time adjusting to Danielle,” he said. “She changed speeds and direc-tions to keep them off balance.”
Stithem had four strikeouts and two walks and only allowed five hits during the game.
The Lady Falcons had five hits in 26 at bats and two RBI over RV’s five hits in 27 at bats.
Including her double, Al-bright had three hits. Hancock and Sophomore Kenzie Ogden also had one hit each during the game.
Odgen stole two bases and
Albright stole one during the regional game, and overall this season, Katzer said the team stole 110 bases.
“I’ve never seen that before,” he said. “We have a lot of that speed and aggressiveness com-ing back next year.”
The loss gave RV a 14-7 overall record this season, and the team included four senior players, Stithem, Morgan New, Paige Ogden and Josie David-son.
“We did not have a lot of kids with varsity experience starting the season,” Katzer said. “We won some games that I thought were going to be really tough. We did some things that the girls should be really proud of. If we
were granted wins by having great kids that worked hard and you didn’t have to worry about doing the wrong things on or off the field, we’d be undefeated.”
Other tournament scores:First round
* Rossville over Hiawatha, 13-3.
* St. Marys over Nemaha Central, 12-2.
* Silver Lake over Sabetha, 10-0.Semi-Finals
* Rossville over St. Marys, 3-0.
* Silver Lake over Riley County, 10-0. Championship
* Silver Lake over Rossville, 4-1.
RV softball edged 2-0 in seventh inning at regional tourney
By Brian SandersRoyal Valley junior golfer
Corey Humpert, shown in the accompanying photo, advanced to the state Class 3A Golf Tournament for the second year in a row with a 14th-place finish at the regional tournament, held Tuesday at Atchison’s B e l l e v u e Country Club.
Panther Head Coach Willie McClane said that even though Humpert struggled on a couple of holes — shooting five over par on Bellevue’s fifth hole — he made up for it on a few other
holes and performed admirably at the regional tournament.
“We play this course twice every year, so it’s not like we’re walking into a course that we don’t know,” Coach McClane said. “But the fifth hole is a difficult one for a left-handed golfer, and he got really flustered with his score.”
However, Humpert was able to recover, shooting par on three of the 18 holes, McClane said.
Also competing at the regional level for the Panthers was senior DJ Kester, who shot 120 to tie for 23rd place in the final match of his high school career.
“DJ did OK,” McClane said. “He finished the season, and I’m glad he was there… He had some good shots throughout the day.”
Sabetha’s golfers dominated the regional tournament, with the Bluejay team coming in well ahead of second-place Nemaha Central. The top two overall teams are able to send six golfers to the state tournament, followed by the next five indi-vidual scorers, it was reported.
Humpert will finish out the season with a shot at the state tournament, to be held at Seneca’s Spring Creek Golf Course. Tee time is at 9 a.m., and McClane said he plans to have Humpert ready to go.
“We’ve played Spring Creek this year at the Big Seven League tournament,” McClane said. “The difference that Corey will have to adjust to is the ‘tee time’ format, as well as the competition.”
ScoringTeam scores: 1. Sabetha 318,
2. Seneca-Nemaha Central 363, 3. Atchison-Maur Hill-Mount Academy 399.
Individual scores: 1. G. Scott (Sab.) 73, 2. J. Burger (Sab.) 78, 3. E. Hammes (NC) 79, 4. D. Pierson (Sab.) 80, 5. (tie) T. Ukele (Sab.) 87, 5. (tie) I. Henderson (MH) 87, 7. R. Lierz (Sab.) 88, 8. R. Funk (MH) 92, 9. (tie) C. Lillie (Hia.) 93, 9. (tie) H. Feldkamp (NC) 93, 11. C. Corby (NC) 94, 12. C. Ukele (Sab.) 95, 13. D. Schmelzle (NC) 97, 14. (tie) C. Bottom (Horton) 98, 14. (tie) C. Humpert (RV) 98.
Other Royal Valley scores: 23. (tie) DJ Kester 120.
RV’s Humpert qualifies for 3A State Golf
By Ali HolcombFive home runs – including a
grand slam – helped the Holton High School softball team punch its ticket to the state tournament after defeating Rock Creek 10-3 and Jeff West 5-2 in a Class 4A-DII regional tournament in Rock Creek yesterday.
“There’s a lot of parts to our team,” said HHS head coach John Deitrich. “The kids have embraced their roles, and some-times they may not get to do exactly what they want to do, but they understand that there’s a greater good. These kids are selfless and have cherished each moment with each other. They like seeing each other have suc-cess.”
The Lady Wildcats, who were seeded first in the four-team re-gional tournament, made their last appearance at the 4A state tournament in 2010.
Holton will compete in the Class 4A-DII state tournament at the Bill Burke Sports Com-plex in Salina, starting Thurs-day, May 24. Brackets are ex-pected to be released later this week.
In the first round of regional play, Holton faced host team Rock Creek, the fourth-seeded team.
Holton was the first to score
in the bottom of the first when sophomore Bailey Flewel-ling drove in one run on a hard ground ball to left field.
Both teams went scoreless in the second and third innings, however, until the Mustangs tied it 1-1 in the top of the fourth on a double.
“Rock Creek is well coached, and we knew they were not go-ing to be a typical four seed,” Deitrich said. “After two in-nings, we were able to settle in and get their pitcher on the rocks a little bit.”
The Lady Cats found their rhythm at the plate in bottom of the fourth inning as freshman Ally Beard hit a solo home run.
Rock Creek’s pitcher Morgan Searle walked senior Annalyss Phillips and sophomore Savan-nah Booth and then sophomore Kinleigh Rhodd was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Flewel-ling drove in all the runners on a grand slam to center field and Holton widened its lead 6-1.
“That blew up the inning for us,” Deitrich said.
The Mustangs kept their bats alive in the fifth and managed to drive in one run.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Mustangs switched pitchers, and sophomore Jewel Lutz, the leadoff hitter, hit a home run.
Sophomore Paige Crouch and junior Lauryn Moore followed with singles, and both scored on a triple by Beard. The Wildcats scored another run on a dropped third strike later in the inning to widen the score to 10-2.
The Wildcats and Mustangs were shut out in the sixth in-ning, and in the top of the sev-enth, Rock Creek managed one more run before Holton took the game to advance to the finals.
“It all comes down to scor-ing,” Deitrich said. “Sometimes you trade a little offense for de-fense.”
During the game senior Sarah Bond threw 130 pitches. Bond had nine strikeouts and five walks, allowing seven hits.
Holton had eight hits in 25 at bat and nine RBI over Rock Creek’s seven hits in 29 at bats and two RBI.
Flewelling had five RBI and went two for three at the plate.
The Mustangs left 11 runners on base and Holton left six.
In the nightcap, Big Seven League foe Jeff West came out with an early 1-0 at the end of the first inning, but it was short lived as Bond and Lutz had back to back home runs in the bottom of the second to give Holton the advantage.
“It’s pretty tough to beat
someone three times in a row,” Deitrich said. “They are well coached, and they do a lot of things well and think outside the box.”
Neither team could drive in a run in the third or fourth in-nings. In the bottom on the fifth, Holton scored two runs on Tiger errors and on a single by Bond.
The Tigers kept swinging in the sixth and scored one run on a ground out to bring the score to 5-2. Holton couldn’t score in the sixth but sealed their win in the top of the seventh on a fly out to right field, a ground out and a strikeout by Bond.
Bond pitched the entire sec-ond game, also. She had six strikeouts and no walks and al-lowed five hits.
“We tried to keep her pitch count low in the first game so we could save her arm for the second game,” he said. “She did the job for us.”
At the plate, Holton had 11 hits in 28 at bats and three RBI.
Phillips had two doubles and a single. Booth had two singles and other players with singles included Crouch, Flewelling, Bond and Lutz.
Deitrich said the support from the Holton community has been tremendous.
Continued to Page 7
Holton softball wins 4A-DII regional, qualifies for state
By Brian SandersFor the fourth straight
year, Holton High School golfer AJ Haussler has qualified for the state play-offs.
Haussler shot an 85 to take ninth place at the Class 4A Regional Golf Tournament on Monday at Atchison’s Bellevue Country Club and earn the right to compete at the state competition for the fourth year in a row — an accomplishment that his father, Head Coach Kurt Haussler, said set a school record.
“I am very proud and happy for AJ in this accomplishment,” Coach Haussler said of his son, who led the Wildcats to a seventh-place overall finish at Bellevue. “He has now medaled in every tournament in the past two seasons and is looking forward to the opportunity to compete one last time for Holton.”
Wildcat junior Ryan Taylor came just a few strokes short of medaling, finishing 19th with a score of 91. Also competing were sophomore Karsen Brandt (34th), junior Andrew Morris (tied for
39th) and and junior Rafe Folk (tied for 44th).
“This was an extremely competitive regional as you can see by the bunched team and individual scores,” Coach Haussler said, noting Topeka-Hayden’s first place finish over Tonganoxie and Basehor-Linwood by one stroke.
Coach Haussler also noted that weather conditions were hot and humid for the first time this season. Still, for the final competition of the year, and throughout the year, he expressed pride in the way the Wildcat golfers competed.
“It has been enjoyable watching this group of young men improve their golf skills, but more important-ly, to see them grow their relationships with each other throughout the course of the season,” he said. “They have rekindled my love and passion for the game of golf with their attitude, energy and togetherness. I’m very thankful and blessed to have this group in my first year as head coach.”
Holton golfer A.J. Haussler is shown above in the middle of this photo with HHS golf coaches, left to right, Brian Meerpohl and Kurt Haussler. Submitted photo
Haussler qualifies for 4A State Golf
for 4th time
Holton sophomore Kinleigh Rhodd (No. 16) is shown above batting against Rock Creek yesterday at the Class 4A-DII Regional Softball Tournament. Holton sophomore Savan-nah Booth (No. 5) is shown running to first base in the Rock Creek game. Holton has qualified for the state softball tournament for the first time since 2010.
Photo by Michael Powls
____________________________________________HOLTON RECORDER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018, PAGE 7
The Wetmore High School track team traveled to Valley Heights High School for the Twin Valley League track meet on Saturday, May 5.
Wetmore’s top performers are listed below.
In the boys javelin, Joel Hutfles took sixth place with a throw of 131’2”.
In the boys triple jump, Cur-tis Bloom took first place with a jump of 40’6”.
In the boys 110-meter hurdles, Joel Hutfles took fifth place with a time of 18.37.
In the boys 1600-meter run, Jonathan Hladky-Bailey took third place with a time of 4:59.67.
In the girls 800-meter run, Alyssa Bloom took fourth place with a time of 2:4522.
In the boys 800-meter run, Austin Smith took seventh place with a time of 2:21.31.
In the girls 3200-meter run, Alena Pfrang took fourth place with a time of 14:44.12.
Girls team scores1. Centralia 100 points, 2.
Valley Heights 97, 3. Axtell 79 points, 4. Hanover 76 points, 5. Frankfort 66 points, 6. Clif-ton-Clyde 47 points, 7. Linn 32 points, 8. Troy 29 points, 9. Onaga 18 points, 10. Blue Val-ley 17 points, 10. Washington County 17 points, 12. Doniphan West 9 points and 13. Wetmore 8 points.
Boys team scores1. Centralia 148 points, 2.
Clifton-Clyde 129 points, 3. Valley Heights 63 points, 4. Frankfort 60 points, 5. Axtell 48 points, 6. Blue Valley 44 points, 7. Linn 30 points, 8. Ha-nover 26 points, 9. Wetmore 22 points, 10. Washington County 14 points, 11. Onaga 10 points and 12. Troy 2 points.
Cards perform well atTVL Track Meet
Here are the week two results at Thunder Hill Speedway from Saturday, May 12.
In the Hobby Stock feature with 12 racers, Tyler Hinrichs from Americus took first place, Kevin Vanlaningham from Bea-trice, Neb. took second place, Larry Bouton from Topeka took third place, Brian Stich from Topeka took fourth place and Troy Baumgartner from Auburn took fifth place.
In the Modified feature with 17 racers, Jordy Nelson from Marysville took first place, Kyle Olberding from Seneca took second place, Clay Money from Penokee took third place, Shadren Turner from St. Joseph, Mo. took fourth place and Ran-dal Schiffelbein from Tecumseh took fifth place.
In the Northern Sport Modi-fied A-feature with 24 racers, Luke Stallbaumer from Tecum-seh took first place, Jaylen Wet-tengel from Topeka took second place, Curtis Dreasher from Hoyt took third place, Aus-tin Charles from Basehor took fourth place and Nicholas Car-
penter from Leavenworth took fifth place.
In the Northern Sport Modi-fied B-feature with 11 racers, Seth Beard from Wichita took first place, Randy Davis from Topeka took second place, Mark Smith from Rossville took third place, Mike Ordonez from Osage City took fourth place and Rick Dreasher from Hoyt took fifth place.
In the Stock Car A-feature with 24 racers, Bryan Rigsby from Topeka took first place, Marvin Griffith Jr. from Holton took second place, Matt Haid from Ozawkie took third place, Kenny Ziegler from Junction City took fourth place and Bran-don Conkwright from Wamego took fifth place.
In the Stock Car B-feature with nine racers, Kenny Ziegler from Junction City took first place, Leif Weyer from Centralia took second place, James Clem from Huron took third place, Carson Masoner from St. Joseph, Mo. took fourth place and Michael Knight from Leavenworth took fifth place.
Thunder Hill Speedway’sWeek Two results given
Kansas State recently cel-ebrated another outstanding ath-letics year on as student-athletes from each of the school’s 16 varsity sports converged for the ninth annual Mark A. Chapman Powercat Choice Awards.
The ceremony resembles the ESPY Awards and includes all team and individual highlights from the past year both on the field and in the classroom. All the performance-related awards were voted on by members of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
Top team honors on the night went to the men’s basketball and women’s track and field squads. The men’s basketball team reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the 12th time in pro-gram history and the first time since 2010. Overall, the team secured a record of 25-12 dur-ing the 2017-18 season.
The women’s track and field squad won its first Big 12 Cham-pionship since 2002 by captur-ing the 2017 Big 12 Outdoor Championships. The program continued to excel through the end of the 2017 season, climb-ing to a ninth-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Champi-onships which marked the third straight top-10 finish for the
program.Dean Wade (men’s basketball)
took Male Athlete of the Year honors after having a highly decorated junior season which included All-Big 12 First Team honors from the league’s coach-es and United States Basketball Writer’s Association (USBWA) All-District VI team.
Nina Schultz of track and field won Female Athlete of the Year after her runner-up finish in the heptathlon at the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also named the 2017 Mid-west Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year by the UST-FCCCA.
Trent Tanking of Holton, a three-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team recipient and 2017 Campbell Trophy Semifinalist was crowned Male Scholar Ath-lete of the Year.
Shaelyn Martin of women’s basketball, a three-time Aca-demic All-Big 12 selection and a 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team honoree, took home top female scholar honors.
KSU’s Female Newcomer of the Year Award was given to Peyton Williams, women’s basketball/volleyball. Williams, like Tanking, has Holton family ties.
At the Silver Lake Class 3A Regional Baseball Tournament on Monday, the host Silver Lake team beat St. Marys 12-4, Riley County beat Royal Valley 17-0 and Council Grove beat Ross-ville 4-2.
Today’s games (Wednesday) will feature Mission Valley vs. Silver Lake at 2 p.m., Riley County vs. Council Grove at 3:30 p.m. with the champion-ship game to follow at 5 p.m.
RV head coach Trent Oliva said an injury to the Panthers’ starting pitcher that occurred in the top of the first inning, when he was batting, got the team off to a shaky start against Riley County.
“Isaac (Neuner) prepared to start the game pitching but was injured during his at-bat in the top of the first,’’ coach Oliva said. “This threw the team into a situation that we weren’t pre-pared for. This led to a long in-ning of Riley County being at
the plate. But don’t take any-thing away from Riley County because they were good at all phases of the game.’’
Coach Oliva said Riley Coun-ty could win the regional and possibly compete for a state baseball championship.
“This year was a learning ex-perience for both the players and myself,’’ first-year coach Oliva said. “We hope to build on it and get more players involved throughout the coming years. We will strive to be competitive each time we take the field.’’
The Panthers finished the sea-son 3-16 overall. There were just two seniors on the team this season – Dillon Smith and Ethan Ashley. Five freshmen, five sophomores and two juniors also were on the young roster.
Panthers with the top batting averages were Isaac Neuner (.487) and Ben Neuner (.356), it was reported.
Tanking, Williamsreceive KSU honors
RV baseball team stopped inClass 3A regional first round
Continued from Page 6The top two teams at each
of the regional Class 4A tournaments qualify for the state competition, along with the top five individual golfers from other teams.
AJ Haussler will bring his HHS golf career to a close at the Class 4A state golf tournament, to be held Monday at Emporia Municipal Golf Course. Tee time is 8:30 a.m.
ScoringTeam scores: 1. Topeka-
Hayden 345, 2. (tie) Tonganoxie 346, 2. (tie) Basehor-Linwood 346, 4. Jefferson West 352, 5. Bonner Springs 367, 6. Kansas City-Piper 375, 7. Holton 382, 8. Spring Hill 388, 9. Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege 393.
Individual scores: 1. P. Stanley (JW) 76, 2. P. Hartsock (SH) 80, 3. (tie) A. McClellan (Tong.) 81, 3. G. Walker (Hayden) 81, 5. (tie) J. Langstraat (BL) 82, 5. (tie) M. Piles (Hayden) 82, 5. (tie) J. Hall (Tong.) 82, 8. N. Sowers (Atch.) 83, 9. AJ Haussler (Holton) 85, 10. (tie) K. Sifford (BL) 86, 10. (tie) A. Appl (Piper) 86, 10. (tie) C. Mickens (JW) 86, 13. (tie) C. Ellis (JW) 87, 13. (tie) A. Logsdon (BL) 87, 13. (tie) M. William (BS) 87.
Other Holton scores: 19. (tie) R. Taylor 91, 34. K. Brandt 101, 39. (tie) A. Morris 105, 44. (tie) R. Folk 107.
Continued from Page 6“Sometimes we go places and
there are three or four people in the stands for the other team, and we have 40. Our fans make noise. We love all the support.”
Other teams that have quali-fied for the Class 4A-DII tourna-ment so far include Wakefield, Galena, Girard, Smoky Valley and Norwich.
Holton’s softball team quali-fied for the state tournament in 2010, 2003 and 1996. During their last visit in 2010, the Lady Wildcats fell in the opening round to Paola 4-0.
HOLTON COMMUNITY THEATREHOLTON COMMUNITY THEATRESUMMER DRAMA
CAMP 2018WHO: Students entering 3rd-6th grade
WHEN: Monday, June 4th-Friday, June 8th from 9:00-11:00 AM
WHERE: Holton High School 901 New York Ave., Holton, KS
QUESTIONS? Please contact Shannon Wittmer, HCT Director, at (785) 364-7685 or email [email protected]
Registration will be taken on a first-come, first-serve basis for up to 50 students. Fee: $50 per student. Registration and payment for camp can be done online at holtoncommunitytheatre.com
and must be completed by May 28 to ensure a spot at the camp.
The fourth-seeded Holton varsity baseball team upset Big Seven League foe Jeff West 4-2 in the first round of the Class 4A-DII regional baseball tourney at the Ozawkie field yester-day but could not get by KC Bishop Ward in the championship game that followed.
Last season, Holton beat KC Bishop-Ward 6-1 to win the regional and qualify for state.
Jeff West was the top seed in the regional yes-terday and had was un-defeated in Big Seven League competition this eason.
KC Bishop Ward de-feated Topeka Hayden 11-8 in the first round of the regional and then beat Holton 7-1 in the championship game.
Details for Holton’s games will be reported in Monday’s edition.
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By Brian SandersLast Wednesday’s Big Seven
League varsity golf tournament was dominated by Sabetha despite the best efforts of Holton and Royal Valley golfers to prepare for post-season play.
Holton senior golfer AJ Haussler was able to place fourth overall.
Haussler, who moved up in the league from last year’s sixth-place league finish to fourth on Wednesday at Seneca’s Spring Creek Country Club, earned first-team all-league honors with his 82 score, according to HHS head coach Kurt Haussler. The top five golfers in the tourna-ment earn first-team all-league.
“AJ didn’t have his best stuff, and he drew a few very tough breaks early in his round, but he showed grit and toughness to accept that those things are going to happen, deal with them in a positive way and stay fo-cused on the next shot and the next hole,” Coach Haussler said.
Both the Holton and Royal Valley golf teams struggled to keep up with the field, with Holton’s 406 total putting the Wildcats in fourth place and the Panthers’ 503 score putting them in fifth.
“As a team, we didn’t play as well as we were hoping,” Coach Haussler said. “But we have an opportunity coming up on
Monday (today).”That “opportunity” for both
the Wildcats and the Panthers is the regional golf tournament, to be held at Bellevue Country Club in Atchison, where both teams have had two opportunities so far this season to play.
Today, Holton will go up against golfers from host school Atchison, Basehor-Linwood, Bonner Springs, 0Kansas City-Piper, Jefferson West, Bishop Miege, Spring Hill, Tonganoxie and Topeka-Hayden in the Class 4A-Division II regional.
The Panthers, meanwhile, will return to Bellevue tomorrow morning, where they will compete in the Class 3A regional with golfers from host school Maur Hill and Sabetha, as well as Hiawatha, Horton, Os-kaloosa, Perry-Lecompton and Nemaha Central.
Individually, Haussler earned a fourth-place finish after winning a play-off with Jefferson West’s Collin Ellis with a par on the first playoff hole.
“I’m very proud of the maturity he has developed over four years of varsity golf and earning spots in the top eight in the past two years,” the elder Haussler said of his son, who racked up a handful of first-place finishes at tournaments earlier this season. “He’s learned that golf is about managing your misses, and he turned a potential 88 into an 82
on Wednesday with his mental approach and ability to deal with adversity.”
Finishing next in line for the Wildcats were junior Ryan Taylor, who finished in 18th place with a 102 score, and junior Drew Morris, who finished 21st with a 109 score.
For the Panthers, Corey Humpert finished just outside the top 10 with a 91, while DJ Kester finished 26th with a 127 score.
ScoringTeam scores: 1. Sabetha 319, 2. Jefferson West 342, 3. Nemaha Central 357, 4. Holton 406, 5. Royal Valley 503.Individual scores: 1. G. Scott (Sab.) 38-33 71, 2. P. Stanley (JW) 43-35 78, 3. J. Burger (Sab.) 39-41 80, 4. AJ Haussler (Holton) 42-40 82, 5. C. Ellis (JW) 39-43 82, 6. D. Pierson (Sab.) 40-43 83, 7. D. Schmelzle (NC) 41-43 84, 8. C. Mickens (JW) 41-43 84, 9. H. Feldkamp (NC) 42-42 84, 10. T. Ukele (Sab.) 40-45 85.Other Holton scores: 18. R. Taylor 54-48 102, 21. D. Morris 55-54 109, 23. K. Brandt 51-62 113, 24. R. Folk 55-60 115.Royal Valley scores: 11. C. Humpert 43-48 91, 26. DJ Kester 63-64 127, 28. C. Rooks 64-70 134, 29. K. Patterson 76-75 151.
(First published in The Holton Recorder, Holton, Kan., on Wednesday, May 9, 2018.)
IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF JACKSON COUNTY,
KANSAS(Petition Pursuant toK.S.A. Chapter 59)
In the Matter of theEstate ofJoanne R. Day,Deceased
Case No. 18 PR 21
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You are hereby notified that on May 4, 2018, a Peti-tion for Issuance of Letters of Administration was filed in this Court by Samuel H. Day, an heir, requesting that he be appointed as Administrator and Letters of Administration be issued, to him.
You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before June 4, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. of said day, in said Court, in the City of Holton, in Jackson Coun-ty, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard.
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By Matt HinesCash feedlot trade early
last week was very light for deferred shipment in a range from $121 to $125 live. Coming into Friday, bids and offers were still some $5 apart with packers buying plenty of inventory in the previous weeks to hold off on nearby purchases. Late Friday, trade finally broke loose at $122 live and $190 to $192 dressed, $4 lower than the bulk of the trade from the previous week, and only light volume reported.
For the week, Friday, May 4 to Friday, May 11, June live cattle were up $1.57, August was down $.65, May feeder cattle were down $1.97, August was down $2.42, May lean hogs were down $1.77 and June was up $1.57. Boxed Beef, Choice was up $2.67 at $230.97 and Select was down $.80 at 208.69.
Compared to last week, steers and heifers sold steady to $2 lower. Fundamentally speaking, feeder cattle demand can only be moderate at this time on all weights of feeders as farmers have turned their attention to the GPS monitors that are making sure the corn rows are straight.
With that segment of buyers on the sidelines for a week or two, that leaves the order buyers from feed yards to come in and gobble up the available supplies of feeders this week. Overall, the positive fundamentals of good beef demand and export sales are encouraging, but packers and retailers will pay close attention to beef sales this weekend with Mother’s Day in the rear view and the Memorial Day weekend coming up soon.
Cattle slaughter last week was estimated at 645,000 head, down 2,000 from the week previous but up 26,000 from last year. Beef production for the week totaled 517 million pounds last week, compared to 522.6 million the week previous and 487.4 million last year. Hog slaughter for last week was estimated at 2,313,000 head, down 14,000 from the week previous but up 47,000 from last year.
The drop in cash trade late Friday fueled the bears’ fire to hit the sell button a little harder to start this week. Although cash is still premium to futures, the pressure continues, as does the talk of more supply to hit this market this summer than we can consume or ship.
Livestock Futures Settlements
Monday, May 14• June live cattle down the $3
limit at $104.62, August down $2.52 at $101.90.
• May feeder cattle down $3.02 at $135.40, August down $3.52 at $140.37.
• May lean hogs down $.05 at $65.25, June up $1.05 at $76.15.
June live cattle are barely holding the higher trend in place since the early April low at $97.07 with support at $104 and resistance at $108. May feeders are now in a lower trend since the end of April and support levels at last week’s low were taken out on Monday. The next support area is from $135 to $134.32, followed by the contact low down at $128.87, with resistance up at $139.30.
May lean hogs expired Monday with June now the front month at a premium of $10 or more and very choppy trade the past couple months. June should find some support from $73 to $72.20 with resistance up at $77.50.
Mixed to friendly report numbers from USDA this past Thursday couldn’t carry through to end last week for the grains. Corn carried the friendliest news, with new crop U.S. stocks projected at 1.682 billion bushels (BBU), compared to this year’s 2.182 BBU, and world stocks down over 35 million metric tons (MMT) to 159.15 MMT.
All other numbers were in line with the pre-report guesses with soybeans friendly and wheat neutral to bearish. The markets are back to trading weather now as Brazil is expected to see some much needed rain on their second corn crop and rains moved through the U.S. Corn Belt. The drought in the Southwest though continues to expand, with seven states now a part of the severe to extreme category.
There was a surprise in Friday afternoon’s commitment-of-traders report, with managed money buying 33,000 contracts of Chicago and 9,400 in Kansas City wheat as prices closed the week sharply lower. Funds are estimated to be long at 212,000 corn contracts, up 26,000 from the last report, and long 127,000 contracts of soybeans, selling 50,000.
For the week, Friday, May 4 to Friday, May 11, July corn
was down $.09¾, December was down $.06½, July soybeans were down $.33½, November was down $.23, July Kansas City wheat was down $.37¾, December was down $.35¾, July Chicago wheat was down $.27½, December was down $.25¾, July Minneapolis wheat was down $.18 and July soybean meal was down $15.10 per ton.
Export inspections for the week ending May 10 were all at or above expectations, except for grain sorghum at only 301,876 bushels with Chinese shipments absent this past week. Corn totaled 61.2 million bushels (MBU), soybeans 25.3 MBU and wheat 14.9 MBU. USDA decreased wheat exports by 15 MBU to 910 MBU with 832 MBU shipped to date and only three weeks left in this marketing year.
Grain Futures SettlementsMonday, May 14• July corn unchanged at
$3.96½, December down $.00¼ at $4.14¼.
• July soybeans up $.14½ at $10.17¾, November up $.09 at $10.23¼.
• July Kansas City wheat down $.08¼ at $5.09¾, December down $.07¾ at $5.54¼.
• July Chicago wheat down $.07½ at $4.91¼, December down $.07 at $5.30¼.
• July Minneapolis wheat down $.03½ at $6.01½, July Soybean Meal up $9 at $387.60 per ton.
The crop progress and conditions report released after the close was bearish with the fall crops catching up to the average pace and winter wheat conditions improved.
Corn planted now stands at 62 percent nationwide, compared to 68 percent last year and 63 percent average and 28 percent emerged. Illinois is at 90 percent and Iowa at 73 per-cent planted with the north still behind normal, Minnesota at 40 percent, South Dakota at 21 percent and North Dakota at 35 percent.
Soybeans are ahead now at 35 percent planted compared to 29 percent last year and 26 percent average and 10 percent emerged. Cotton is at 36 percent planted, grain sorghum is at 32 percent and spring wheat is making good progress now at 58 percent planted.
AGRICULTURE WEEK
By Ali Holcomb A Holton car salesman
loaned his car to a stranger pass-ing through Jackson County last weekend so she could attend her son’s community college gradu-ation in Iowa.
Butch Meyer of Doug Richert Chevrolet was working Satur-day when a Chevrolet Camaro was towed to the dealership af-ter one of its tires blew out just outside of Holton.
The driver – a woman from Edmond, Okla. – was traveling to Council Bluffs, Iowa to sur-prise her son as he graduated from a junior college, Meyer said.
“That tire is extremely spe-cial, and it has to be special or-dered,” Meyer said. “We called around to see if someone else had one and no one did.”
The woman was also recently a victim of identity theft and was traveling with just cash, he said, and was unable to rent a car.
“As I sat there and listened, I finally stepped up and told her to borrow my car,” Meyer said.
“She was shocked. I’m a retired fireman, and when people called us for help, we helped. I felt like she needed help.”
Meyer said he and the woman exchanged phone numbers, and she returned to the dealership Monday afternoon to return his car and to pick up her Camaro with a new tire.
“She was texting me photos of the graduation and her son,” he said. “Everything worked out, and my car was just fine.”
Meyer has worked for a month at Doug Richert. He and his wife, Lorraine, live just out-side Holton.
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By Nancy C. NelsonMeadowlark Extension
District Agent, Family LifeDo you crave sugar? Sugar is hidden in many common foods, and the more you consume, the more sugar you want to have.
By eating or drinking highly sweet-ened products, you become desensitized to sweet-ness in your foods, so it takes more sugar, or more intense sweetness, to satisfy your desire.
The Dietary Guidelines for America recommend getting no more than 10 percent of your dai-ly calories from sugar, or rough-ly 50 grams. To put things into perspective, drinking more than
one 12-ounce can of soda would max out your limit for a day. The American Heart Association rec-ommends about half that amount.
The reason for these limits is that studies show a diet with a lot of sugar increases your risk for developing heart disease, and it can lead to obesity and associated diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cancer. This limit applies specifically to added sugars and not those occurring naturally in foods like fruits and milk.
It is not always easy to find the added sugars in foods and bev-erages. The best place to look is the ingredient label on processed foods. Look for these names: brown sugar, corn sweetener, corn syrup, malt sugar, raw sugar, honey, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice concentrates, molasses, sugar, syrup and sugar molecules ending in “ose” (dextrose, glu-cose, sucrose, etc.).
THE HOLTON RECORDER, WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018, PAGE 9
By David G. HallauerMeadowlark Extension
District Agent, Crops andSoils/Horticulture
Learning to identify poison ivy is vital if you wish to avoid the rash that accompanies expo-sure. Unfortu-nately, poison ivy can make identification difficult be-cause it oc-curs in three forms: an erect woody shrub, a groundcover that creeps along the ground, and a woody vine that will climb trees.
When poison ivy climbs, it forms numerous aerial roots that give the vine the appearance of a fuzzy rope. The leaves of poi-son ivy also vary. Though the compound leaf always has three leaflets, the leaf margins may be toothed, incised, lobed or smooth.
The size of the leaves also can vary, although usually the middle leaflet is larger than the other two. Also, the middle leaflet is the only one with a long stalk; the other two are closely attached to the petiole (leaf stem).
The number of leaves gives rise to the saying, “Leaves of three, let it be!” Poison ivy is often con-fused with Virginia creeper or Woodbine. Each of these vines, however, has five leaflets rather than three.
There are three methods com-monly used to eradicate poison ivy. These include pulling or grubbing out the plants by hand, cutting off the vine and then treat-ing the cut stump or the re-growth and spraying the plants directly. The method used depends some-what on the plant’s growth form.
If the plant is growing as a groundcover, direct spray or grub-bing the plant out is often used. If grubbing, wear gloves and a long-sleeved shirt. The soil must be moist for grubbing to work well. Wash the clothes and your-self immediately after you finish. It might also be a good idea to rinse the washing machine.
If the plant is in the shrub form, direct spray is the most common control method. If the plant is a woody vine that has climbed a tree, the preferred method is to cut the plant off at the base and treat the sprouts after they emerge.
Some triclopyr herbicides also have instructions on treating a freshly cut stump directly. Tric-lopyr (Brush-B-Gon Poison Ivy Killer, Brush Killer Stump Killer) is most often used for poison ivy control. Other herbicides that can be used include glyphosate (Roundup, Killzall Weed and Grass Killer, Nutgrass, Poison Ivy and VineKiller) or dicamba. Poison ivy is tough. Repeat appli-cations may be necessary. (Ward Upham)
Mini Grazing SchoolsThe Meadowlark Extension
District will be conducting a mini grazing school in a series of events throughout the summer of 2018. These “mini” schools will be held in Jackson County and
hosted by Charles and Paul Ken-nedy Farms
The mini grazing school series provides a hands-on experience for those interested in starting or improving grazing management. Grazing school attendees can ex-pect to learn a variety of tools and subsequently choose to integrate the methods that are most suit-able for their particular grazing system.
Additionally, attendees will have the opportunity to work with Kansas State University (KSU) experts along with the lo-cal NRCS Range Conservationist and District Conservationist.
The first of the multi-session series will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22, at the pasture located 3¾ miles south of Kansas Highway 16 on K Road (watch for signs).
Topics will include:• Measure to Manage – using a
grazing stick to measure pasture production
• Pasture Plant Identification• Planning Ahead – a focus on
evaluation of your grazing plan as we head into summer.
The corporate sponsor of the first event is MULTIMIN USA. Representative Shawn Ryan will be speaking about mineral supple-mentation and providing a light meal. Additional sponsorship has been provided courtesy of the Jackson County Conservation District, USDA-NRCS and the Meadowlark Extension District.
For meal count purposes, please RSVP through the Holton office of the Meadowlark Exten-sion District at (785) 364-4125 by noon on Monday, May 21. For further information or questions, contact the office or e-mail Jody Holthaus [email protected] or David Hallauer at [email protected]. All events are open to the public.
Mowing ThoughtsA lot of time gets spent on or
behind a lawn mower this time of year. While you’re taking care of your weekly mowing chores, what’s going through your mind? Many people enjoy mowing be-cause of the time they have to think about things while getting a job done. Have you ever thought much about the actual mowing you are doing?
For example, have you ever thought about the importance
of keeping your mower blades sharp? The whitish cast that you see after you’ve mowed is from mower blades that aren’t sharp enough. It indicates that the blade didn’t cut cleanly, instead shred-ding the ends of leaf blades. As the shredded ends dry out, the lawn takes on a whitish cast.
If you think a dull blade looks bad now – wait a month. As grasses approach maturity and start putting up a seed head, stems become tougher. A dull blade is much more likely to shred rather than cut when grasses get that far along. Under normal use, mower blades should be sharpened every 10 hours of use.
Another observation I’d en-courage you to make and spend some time as you are mowing thinking about is mowing height. Have you adjusted mower height since last fall? What do each of those notches really mean when it comes to actual blade height above the ground surface? Is notch three really three inches, or just a number?
Take some time to make sure you are mowing at an appropriate height for your turfgrass species. While it may not hurt to mow lower for the first mowing or two (it can help speed green up as old/dead grass is removed), return the mowing height to a more normal level after the second cutting at
the latest for a couple of reasons.For starters, a short turf al-
lows light to get to the soil sur-face. Light reaching the soil sur-face encourages germination of warmer season that thrive in our hot, dry summers. If allowed to germinate, conditions are usually perfect for them to out compete our cool season turf species. A thick, healthy turf stand is often our best weed control option.
Second, what you remove above ground affects what hap-pens below ground. As you re-move top growth, roots shrink to feed the plant as it regrows. Turf that is continually cut short will tend to have a reduced capacity root system that can hurt drought tolerance of the stand.
Try to mow frequently enough that you aren’t removing much more than a third of the blade length at any one mowing, trying to keep mowing height in an ap-propriate range for your turfgrass species. Mowing height for stands of Kentucky bluegrass should be in the two to three-inch range. Stay at three to three and a half inches for tall fescue species.
For more information on turf-grass management, your District Extension Office has a number of informational resources available to help. Stop by and check them out or e-mail me at [email protected].
Crops and Soils: Identifying poison ivyBy Jody G. Holthaus
Meadowlark ExtensionDistrict Agent, Livestock and
Natural ResourcesMay is Beef Month! Beef
Month is a time to celebrate the com-m u n i t y of farm-ers and r a n c h e r s who work hard ev-ery day to raise safe and nutri-tious beef that is en-joyed by consumers around the world.
The U.S. beef production system used to be inefficient- cattle were moved around based on the location of grass at any given time.
The first widespread early cattle feed yards in the nation were built by cottonseed oil-mill operators in the 1850s to utilize mill by-products.
Around 1914, due to a drop in the number of cattle, we started feeding cattle at earlier age, which resulted in higher-quality meat.
Now we are exporting beef all over the world. Our top U.S. beef exports markets (in-cluding variety meat) for 2016 (in order):
• Japan: 258,653 metric tons, $1,510 million.
• Mexico: 242,373 metric tons, $975 million.
• South Korea: 179,280 metric tons, $1,059 million.
Top five states that raise cattle and calves as of Jan. 1, 2017: Texas – 12.3 million, Nebraska – 6.45 million, Kan-sas – 6.4 million, California
- 5.15 million, Oklahoma – 5 million.
Top five states for cattle in feedlots with capacity more than 1,000 head as of Jan. 1, 2017: Texas – 2.42 million, Ne-braska – 2.37 million, Kansas – 2.17 million, Colorado – .900 million, Iowa – .600 million.
A large part of the beef industry’s job involves mak-ing sure that beef is safe and wholesome for consumers. Beef Quality Assurance began as an effort to ensure that vio-lative chemical residues were not present in marketed beef.
Originally called “Beef Safety Assurance,” the pro-gram’s early emphasis was on assuring the real and perceived safety of beef.
However, BQA has become much more than a safety as-surance program. Today, BQA programming is expanding with information to help pro-ducers implement best man-agement practices that im-prove both quality grades and yield grades of beef carcasses.
Previous National Beef Quality Audits have sum-marized that the number one leverage point to improve competitiveness and regain market share was to improve beef quality, uniformity and consistency.
Additionally, the sectors that sell beef products indi-cated that improvements were needed in tenderness, palat-ability and a reduction in ex-cess trimmable fat.
Many consumers are fa-miliar with quality grades and may make purchasing deci-sions based on quality grades at retail. But within the con-sumer atmosphere, the term “quality” can be confusing. Consumers and even produc-ers often find it difficult to dis-tinguish between the various and different ways to define “quality” with regard to beef.
FencelineMay is Beef Month!
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12 years. They live just southeast of Holton.
Butch and Lorraine came to Northeast Kansas after he retired from the Salina Fire Department
and Lorraine took a position as part of the Administrative Staff with the Community Health
Care System in Onaga. You may recognize Butch from his time spent at The Floor Project in Topeka.
Butch is also a member of the Topeka Racing Pigeon Club and gets a little anxious during the racing seasons. He and his wife enjoy watching
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Raymond and Debra Korte of Holton are pleased to an-nounce the engagement of their daughter, Stacey Korte, to David Boll Jr., son of Da-vid and Elizabeth Boll of St. Louis, Mo.
Stacey graduated from Wash-burn University with a master’s degree in health science educa-tion and is currently working
at Stormont Vail Health and Washburn University.
David graduated from the University of Tulsa with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. He is currently working at Burns & McDon-nell in St. Louis.
The couple will wed on July 28, 2018, and will reside in St. Louis.
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Members of the Slimmer family recently gathered for a special Mother’s Day meal, which included an opportunity to take a four-generation photo. Family members pictured - as they relate to baby David Julian Garza - include (from left) Don Slimmer, grandfather; Dennis Slimmer, great-uncle; Dorothy Slimmer, great-grandmother; David Julian Garza and his parents Kaycee Slimmer Garza and Dan Garza of Austin, Texas. Not pictured is Gordon Slimmer, great-grandfather. Submitted photo
Marie Marriott ScheidMarie Marriott Scheid of
Holton will celebrate her 95th birthday on Monday, May 28.
Cards can reach her at 223 Vermont St., Holton, KS 66436.
By Jeannie ArnoldMark and Carol Fenton
served as greeters at the door for the Cowboy/Traditional Church service on May 13 at Circleville Christian Church.
Brody Bliss gave a welcome to the congregation. Music was provided by the praise team of Gary Bell, Johnny Lynch, Da-vid Spencer, David Allen, Max Lierz, Shelly Will, Paul and Sue Davault and Kay Hallauer. The prayer for concerns and praises was given by Blair Wagner.
David Allen gave the com-munion meditation and prayer. Communion servers were Don-ald Askren, Lloyd Ladusch Jr., Jeremy Kennedy and John Ray.
The prayer for the offering was given by Ron Parrett. Kay Hallauer provided the lovely piano music as communion was served and the offering re-ceived.
Brody Bliss introduced his friend and fellow worker at MCC, Bobby Randall, who was
our guest speaker today. Ran-dall gave his testimony of be-ing a Christian. His early goal in life was to become a profes-sional baseball player because that was something he was good at in high school.
Randall was drafted by the LA Dodgers where he played in the minor league, then he was signed to the Minnesota Twins and played in the major league. He played for a few years and began to question his identity in life. He told how our identity is not in possessions and riches that can be taken away. Those things do not satisfy us for long.
We need to make our iden-tity Jesus and be accountable to each other. Jesus came to give us life and identity; strength comes from God. Apart from Je-sus Christ, there is no hope. The service closed by church mem-bers singing “I’ll Fly Away.”
In honor of Mother’s Day, each mother was given the gift of a small plant.
By Betty BernritterSunday was May 13 and the
seventh Sunday of Easter at Buck’s Grove Church.
As the recorded music, man-aged by the Ashcrafts, was play-ing the prelude, Mary Ringel brought in the light of Christ.
After announcements, Pastor Charlotte Milroy led the con-gregants in the call to worship, opening prayer and Psalm 1. She read scripture Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 and 1 John 5:9-13.
Hymns sung, led by Donna, were “Victory In Jesus,” “Come, Christians, Join To Sing” and “My Hope Is Built.”
Joyce Immenschuh’s special was a reading and tribute to all mothers, “Being A Mother.”
The gospel reading was John 15:9-17, and Pastor Charlotte ti-tled her message “About Love.”
What is love? A loving person is patient and kind, not jealous or boastful, arrogant or rude, irritable or resentful. A lov-ing person does not rejoice in those things that are wrong but rejoices in those things that are right.
A loving person bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things. If this quality of love ever be-comes yours, it will never pass away. The greatest gift that God has given to us is His love. Therefore, make love your goal, your reason, your purpose for living. Remember God loves you and there is nothing you can do about it.
Pastor Charlotte, with Don-na’s assistance, provided Holy Communion to all. After the of-fertory prayer, Don Boling and Wayne Rieschick were the of-fertory ushers.
The service closed by singing “Blest Be The Tie That Binds.”
In Bible study, church mem-bers are beginning a New Testa-ment study.
By Beverly Ramey NewellOn May 13, Mother’s Day,
the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church congrega-tion opened its worship ser-vice by singing “When Love Is Found.”
The birthdays for May 13 through May 19: Berniece Chadwell, May 13; Jim Mill-er, May 14; Donna Ward, May 17; and Aspen Nelson, May 18.
The anniversary for the week was Mark and Sue Sear-les, May 17.
The concerns were prayers for John and Dorothy Holt’s granddaughter, who has been diagnosed with a rare kidney disease; Daryl and Joy Jep-son’s daughter-in-law, who’s tumors have shrunk; Murel Brandenburgh and Betty Domer’s mother, who is in the hospital with compound frac-tures; Marvin Wilhelm, who had a pace maker put in; and the family of Orval Snyder.
For special music, the chan-cel choir sang “I Have Decid-ed To Follow Jesus.” Those singing were Janet Baldwin, Murel Brandenburgh, Jenny Christman, Betty Domer, An-nie McDowell, Carol Powell, Billie Winsor, Gary Domer, Ron Griffiths, Clifford Hurst, Kevin McDowell and John Wilson. Greg Baldwin direct-ed them while Mary Smith ac-companied them on the piano.
The children’s story was given by Kevin McDowell. He asked the children if they were going to fix lunch for their mothers, being it was Mother’s Day. Their replies were, “No.”
All mothers look after their children with love and kind-ness. Mothers want what is best for their children.
The children passed out flower seeds and a poem to all the ladies in the congre-gation in honor of Mother’s Day.
Linda Lanning read the scripture Ephesians 1:15-23.
The sermon, “The Body,” was given by the Rev. Hyun-Jin Cho. Mothers carry their child in their body. A moth-er’s body has many changes when they are pregnant. Gen-erally, it takes 40 weeks for the birth of a baby.
Jesus’ body suffered when He was crucified on the cross. Jesus died for our sins. We have Jesus’ unend-ing love, just like a child has its mother’s love. We are Jesus’ children and we are here to serve Him.
The closing hymn was “Womb Of Life.”
Those assisting with the service were Linda Lan-ning, liturgist; Mary Smith, organist; John Wilson, song leader; Jill and Tenley Walder, acolytes; and Nick and Karen Nicolay, Larry Miles and Gary Slimmer, usher team.
By Esther L. IdekerThe seventh Sunday of Easter
service on May 13 at Immanuel Lutheran Church was also Con-firmation Sunday, Communion Sunday and Mother’s Day.
Many family members were present to witness the confirma-tion of Grant Amon, Brantley Dohl and McKenzie McMahon. Divine Service 1 was followed with Psalm 47 spoken respon-sively. The opening hymn was “Christ, The Lord Is Risen To-day.”
Elder Tex Manuel II read the first reading from Acts chapter 1 and the Epistle lesson from Ephesians chapter 1. Pastor Mi-chael Van Velzer read the Holy Gospel from Luke 24:44-53. The congregation professed The Nicene Creed. The sermon hymn was verse one and two of “Now Are The Vault Of Heaven As-cending.”
Pastor Van Velzer’s sermon was “The Ascended Lord Je-sus Is With Us Always In His Church On Earth.” After He rose from the dead, the Lord Jesus presented Himself alive to the
apostles, appearing to them dur-ing 40 days and speaking about the kingdom of God. When He ascended to the right hand of the Father, He did not orphan His church, but He fills all things in heaven and on earth and gives gifts to His disciples.
Even now, through His church, He continues “to do and teach,” preaching repentance for the for-giveness of sins even to the end of the earth. Though the cloud hid Jesus from the sight of His disciples then, and He remains hidden from sight even now, He remains with His people through His gospel and sacraments. He comes to us by the word of His apostles, by the promise of His Father and by the power of the Holy Spirit, whom He pours out upon the church, which is His body.
In this holy Christian church, we bless God and worship Christ with joy, for in His church He blesses us with forgiveness, lifts us up in His hands and seats us with Himself “in the heavenly places.” The joy of the past meets the hope of the future.
The offering ushers were To-pher Dohl and Tex Manuel II. The congregation sang the offer-tory.
Pastor Van Velzer then ad-ministered the rite of confirma-tion to the three young persons at the altar. Grant Amon chose Ephesians 2:10 as his confirma-tion verse, Brantley Dohl chose 1 Corinthians 16:13 and McK-enzie McMahon chose Proverbs 1:5.
The Sacrament of the Altar followed with the confirmands and their families communing together. The distribution hymns were “What Is This Bread?” and “Thy Table I Approach.”
Following the prayers of the church, The Lord’s Prayer and the benediction, the service closed with verse three and four of the sermon hymn.
A reception for the confirma-tion class was held following the service. High school gradu-ates Braden Dohl, Tayla Man-uel, Trevor Klahr and Gladys Heitzman will be acknowledged with a reception after church ser-vice next Sunday, May 20.
Kientz Corner
Immanuel Lutheran
Circleville Christian ChurchBuck’s Grove
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CITY OF HOLTON(Published in The Holton Recorder, Holton, Kan., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018.)
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In the top photo, Royal Valley High School seniors (from front to back) Page Simpson, Dillon Smith, Noah Spencer and Masen Spoonhunter are shown entering the school gym Sunday for graduation.
In the photos at left, Shannon Nease (left) and Danielle Stithem (right) shared co-valedictorian duties during commence-ment along with Dillon Smith, who gave the wel-come. Photos by Ali Holcomb
for school staff for a total of $144,028 from Apple Inc., Cuper-tino, Calif., including 129 comput-ers for $69 apiece.
The board also gave the OK for the district to sell a total of 83 mac-book pro laptops to staff, patrons or Apple Inc. for $300 apiece.
The school board is trying to decide what to do with the old, and vacated, Central Elementary School and grounds, following the construction of the new Holton El-ementary School two years ago. At that time, students in grades 3, 4 and 5 were moved from the Central school to the new HES.
The school board has also not de-cided what, if anything, to do with the football stadium retaining wall, located at the base of the front of the stadium, on the north side, below the bleachers.
The top portion of the wall report-edly has moved out about 1 ½ inch-es since a school official noticed it a few years ago. The wall averages about 5 ½ feet in height and is 10 inches wide.
But depending on who you’re talking to, school officials say, the retaining wall has either always looked the same way or it moved sometime in the last several years, raising concern that it could some-day break loose, fall over and hurt someone in the process.
Holton’s football stadium, which faces north, is located on the side of a hill, and it overlooks the football playing field down below and also provides fans with a beautiful view of the countryside and valley below to the north.
The school board is considering whether to move the district office – and the special education coopera-tive office – from the 515 Pennsyl-vania Ave. building to the Central school, since it is believed that the district office may sell faster, and for more money, than the Central school.
The district office building, years ago, was home to an ag implement dealership.
The cost to move the district of-fice and special education coop-erative office has been estimated at about $170,000, it was reported.
The board decided mid-discus-sion on the Central school to save the rest of the discussion for private, executive session.
Regarding the retaining wall, board members said they want to make sure the repair work is need-ed before they committed district funds.
“The wall is angled out,’’ said Bob Davies, superintendent. “Water is running down the hill from be-hind and back behind the wall, and that is believed to be the problem.’’
Davies said the preliminary scope of the wall repair project includes “putting in braces’’ and “putting in a new wall in front of the existing one’’ taking up about four feet in front of the retaining wall that spans about 110 yards in length.
Mike Porter, district mainte-nance director, said the wall had not moved in the past year.
“The wall has drain holes in it but I’ve never seen water drain from the holes,’’ Porter said. “I have seen water draining from cracks in the wall, however.’’
Board member Shelby Patch said she wanted the district to move for-ward with repairs “after we’ve done all of our homework,’’ she said.
Porter said any drainage system found under the bleachers would definitely need to be re-routed away from the retaining wall.
“Let’s find out what is under the bleachers,’’ Porter said.
Board member Allen Arnold said he thought the retaining wall has been in the same condition since the 1960s. Still, Arnold said, “Let’s find out how big of a problem we’ve got.’’
In other business, the school board:
*Accepted the following resigna-tions – Heather Hundley, assistant principal at HES; Melissa Gilliland, special ed speech at HES; Brittany Vollenweider, special ed gifted fa-cilitator; Eryn Coverdale, substitute para at HES; Janelle Wareham, para at HES; Shellby Dunn, special ed para at JHE; Evonda Lierz, spe-cial ed para at JH IRC; Christopher Heineken, special ed para HMS; Jennifer Phillips, special ed para at HMS; Sherri Brunkow, special ed para at Onaga Elementary; Linda Crabill, special ed para at RVMS; Tiffany Menold, special ed para at Sabetha Elementary; Jane Bauerle, special ed para at Sabetha Elemen-tary; Erin Collins, HHS custodian; Randall Bond, HMS and HHS vo-cal music teacher; and Danielle Dasht, HES special ed para and ACE para.
*Approved the following new hires – Conner Bechard, special ed gifted facilitator and HHS head boys basketball coach; Melody Davies, HMS eighth grade English teacher; Laura Mannell, HMS sixth grade science teacher; Nate Cun-ningham, HMS art teacher; Raf-ferty Folk and Andrew Mericks, summer tech help.
*Approved the following trans-fers – Judy Ireland, from HMS English teacher to HES art teacher; Sheyenne Farwell, from Fresh Start teacher to HMS sixth grade English teacher; David Ashcraft, from HMS seminar paraprofessional to HHS at-risk tutor; Trish McAlexander, from HES secretary to HES Title paraprofessional; Lori Jacobs, from HES special ed paraprofessional to Holton PK-12 ESL paraprofession-al; Jolene Purcell, from HES fourth grade teacher to HES preschool teacher; Diana Fate, from HES fourth grade teacher to HES pre-school teacher; and Sherry Glenn, from HES office aide to HES reg-istrar secretary.
*Noted the following retire-ments – Mary Porter, special ed pre-school teacher at HES; Nancy Lundin, HES Title paraprofession-al; and Patti Dean, special ed para at Wetmore.
*Announced the following termi-nations – DeeDee Thompson, HES food service; and Bob McClain, vo-tech bus driver.
*Accepted the donation of a ticket-taking booth from the Holton Lions Club as the club will be dis-banding following this year’s foot-ball season. The Lions asked that the district allow the Lions Club logo to stay in the building as a reminder of the club’s community service.
*Learned that teacher Alex Bartel had received a $1,500 Ag Ed Pro-fessional Development Grant from the Kansas State Department of Education to pay for his attendance, materials, travel and stipend at a summer workshop.
*Regarding summer school – ap-proved Debbie Harshaw as a sum-mer school teacher, Janelle Noel as an HES Jumpstart teacher and Ronda DeLay as an HES Jumpstart para.
*Approved a list of certified staff contract renewals, a list of classi-fied staff letters of employment and a list of coaches, sponsors and pro-gram coordinators.
*Accepted the Parents As Teach-ers program contract for the 2018-
19 school term with Keystone learning cooperative in the amount of $13,600.
*Approved a trip request for FC-CLA students to compete in the National STAR Event Contest and Conference from June 27-July 2 at Atlanta, Ga., but took no action on whether to authorize district funds to help with the expenses.
* Approved a motion to accept a $10,000 grant from Blue Cross/Blue Shield for the Holton Middle School KAYS program. Erika Al-len, sponsor for the HMS KAYS, said the funds would be used to help complete the walking trail – sidewalk that is encompassing the Countryside Park in Holton.
Allen also asked that the school board consider adding an assistant to help her with the program. About 50 students per year get involved in KAYS and its community projects.
*Approved a motion to accept the following expenditures presented by Mike Porter, district mainte-nance director – Excell Concrete, low bid of $10,349, for sidewalk in nature area at HES (Eisenbarth and Lamberson also submitted bids); C.S.M., low bid of $16,860 for walk-in freezer a HHS (Arnold’s also submitted a bid); Lamberson Construction, low bid of $2,963.10 for epoxy on walls in HMS kitchen (no other bid received); Lamberson Construction, $9,128 for epoxy on floors in HHS kitchen (ECS also submitted a bid); C.S.M., $2,350 for fabrication of 30’’x96’’ steel table for HMS kitchen (Stevenson and Muckenthaler also submitted bids); C.S.M., $4,771.57 for gar-bage disposal in HMS kitchen (Ar-nold’s also submitted a bid).
*Learned from Rod Wittmer, HHS principal, that HHS will host an FCCLA district event on Wednesday, Jan. 30 and a forensics district event on Wednesday, Feb. 27. Both events will require the use of most all of the high school rooms and the help of nearly all HHS staff. Wittmer said he would be asking that classes at HHS not be held those two days due to the special events.
*Agreed to a policy change sug-gested by Michael Kimberlin, HMS principal, and Wittmer that any middle school or high school stu-dent qualifying for free or reduced lunches could participate in sports without paying the $30 participa-tion fee (as is allowed now) and also would be given “a sports fee’’ for free admission to all middle school and high school games.
*Approved a motion to sign up the district for some cyber liability insurance with the AXIS company with a $2 million policy limit and a $3,794 annual premium. The dis-trict had some similar insurance with a $50,000 policy limit with about a $550 annual premium, it was reported.
*Approved 2018-2019 school fees and dues for elementary, mid-dle school and high school students and set the following school meal prices – HHS, $1.75 breakfast and $2.80 lunch; HMS, $1.75 break-fast and $2.80 lunch; HES, $1.75 breaksfast and $2.60 lunch; and adults, $2.35 breakfast and $3.85 lunch.
At the meeting, the board also met in executive session seven dif-ferent times for a total of 28 min-utes for personnel, five minutes for a student matter, 20 minutes for business concerns and 14 minutes for teacher salary negotiations.
Back in open session, the board agreed to extend the contract for Supt. Davies through the 2019-20 school term.
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A three-day trial had originally been scheduled for Purdy, but with Miller only bringing two witnesses to the trial and Holton defense attor ney Jason Belveal calling only two witnesses — Purdy and his father — the trial ended on the same day it be gan.
Prosecution witnesses Special Agent James Bridges of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office detective Mark Montague recounted previous interviews with Purdy — and jurors were able to view video recordings of the interviews in court — after it was reported by the grandfather of the 3-year-old girl that Purdy had al legedly molested her as the girl claimed.
On the witness stand, Purdy coun tered that he did not molest the girl, despite having given Bridges and Montague differing accounts in the interviews prior
to his arrest in Octo ber 2016. Purdy claimed on Tuesday that he was bathing the girl and was attempting to clean her up after “an accident.”
Purdy’s father, Theodore J. Purdy II, testified that his son was “uneasy” about changing the diapers of a young girl and had asked for advice on how to handle the girl, the daugh ter of a woman that was living with Purdy at the time of the alleged inci dents.
Purdy also testified that he asked his father for advice because he was afraid to ask his girlfriend how to handle bathing the girl or changing her diaper out of embarrassment that the question may put a strain on their relationship.
After the alleged incident, the girl had gone with her father to the house of a friend in Douglas County, where Eudora police
were contacted after the girl made claims that Purdy had done something to her genital area. Purdy said he was not aware of any possible criminal charges against him until that time.
Eventually, Purdy was called to interview Bridges and Montague and gave differing accounts of what hap pened, which Purdy claimed on the witness stand was the result of the officers wanting him to make certain statements.
He also testified that the different statements stemmed from post-trau matic stress disorder, which he said resulted from his experiences in Afghanistan with the U.S. Marine Corps — a tactic that Miller objected to, saying it amounted to “playing to the sympathies of the jury.”
The alleged victim in the case, now five years old, did not testify in Tuesday’s trial.
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Jermaine Jackson, 33, Topeka, was traveling east on 150th Road near Q Road when his vehicle left the road to the north and en-tered a ravine.
Jackson’s 2000 Honda sus-tained damage to its front and rear bumpers and undercarriage that was listed at more than $1,000. It was towed from the scene.n At 6 a.m. on April 30,
Kolt Kautz, 34, Whiting, was driving north on U.S. Highway 75 near 214th Road when his ve-hicle struck a deer in the road. Kautz’s 2016 Dodge sustained damage to its front bumper and front left quarter panel that was listed at more than $1,000. n At 10 a.m. on May 6,
Scott Kloster, 34, Salina, was traveling south on U.S. 75 near 266th Road when his 2015 Ford struck a turkey in the road. The Ford sustained damage to its driver’s side door and front left quarter panel that was listed at more than $1,000.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has reported the follow-ing arrests:n On May 3, Misty Wakolee,
29, Holton, was arrested on a criminal warrant on a charge of criminal deprivation of prop-erty.n On May 4, Robert
Tichenor, 34, Hoyt, was ar-rested on a criminal warrant on charges of stalking and violat-ing a protection order. n On May 4, Tabitha Smith,
35, Topeka, was arrested on charges of driving while sus-pended and driving while de-clared a habitual violator.n On May 4, Ronald
Shanek, 42, Holton, was ar-rested on charges of possession of a stimulant and possession of illegal drug paraphernalia.n On May 4, Arturo San-
chez-Martinez, 28, Topeka, was arrested on a charge of driving while suspended.n On May 4, Joshua Hahn,
31, Shawnee, was arrested on a traffic warrant from Jefferson County on a charge of failure to appear, a traffic warrant from Jackson County on a charge of failure to appear and on a criminal warrant from Jackson County.n On May 4, Venerarda
Garcia-Perez, 45, Topeka, was arrested on a charge of operat-ing a vehicle without a valid li-cense and providing a fictitious driver’s license.n On May 4, Tracey De La
Cruz, 43, Topeka, was arrested on charges of possession of a stimulant, possession of mari-juana, possession of illegal drug paraphernalia, speeding and covering a license plate with an opaque material.n On May 4, Travis Darnell,
42, Mayetta, was arrested on a criminal warrant from Shawnee County on a charge of failure to appear.n On May 4, Derrick Baker,
42, Topeka, was arrested on a criminal warrant on a charge of failure to appear.n On May 5, James Rob-
ertson, 35, Valley Falls, was ar-rested on a traffic warrant on a charge of failure to appear.n On May 5, Carol Navar-
ro, 41, Horton, was arrested on a charge of driving while sus-pended.n On May 5, Jeremy Finch,
36, Whiting, was arrested on charges of possession of mari-juana and possession of illegal drug paraphernalia.n On May 5, Jeffery Cray-
ton, 24, Kansas City, Mo., was arrested on charges of no liabil-ity insurance and illegal regis-tration.n On May 6, Jerry Tisdale,
63, Wamego, was arrested on a criminal warrant on charges of criminal threat, criminal dam-age to property, theft and crimi-nal trespass.n On May 7, Robert Zlotow
Jr., 39, Junction City, was ar-rested on a charge of driving under the influence.n On May 7, Marqus Moya,
24, Emporia, was arrested on a criminal warrant on a probation violation charge.n On May 7, David Dugan,
54, Hoyt, was arrested on a criminal warrant on charges of for stalking and violating pro-tection order.n On May 8, Andrea God-
frey, 30, Topeka, was arrested on a traffic warrant on a charge of failure to appear. n On May 9, Stacy Rip-
ple, 31, Topeka, was arrested on charges of felony obstruc-tion, possession of illegal drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana and methamphet-amine.
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Report fromthe Sheriff’s
OfficeThe following land transfers
have been filed with the Jackson County Register of Deeds Of-fice, located on the second floor of the Courthouse.
*Transfer on death deed – Sandra K. Studebaker and Da-vid Gilbert, wife and husband, to Michael D. Mitchell, a single person, Susan K, Minner, a sin-gle person, and Shari K. Man-aghan, a married person, Lot 5, Clements First Addition, city of Holton, Jackson County.
*Quit claim deed – U.S. Secretary of Housing and Ur-ban Development to Quicken Loans, Inc., Detriot, Mich., a tract of land in the city of Hoyt in Section 26, Township 9 south, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., commonly known as 10399 S. Rd., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Abraham L. Peters, a single per-son, and Holli D. Dieckman aka Holli Dieckmann and fka Holli D. Dieckmann-Peters, a single person, to Brody P. Bliss and Ju-lie A. Bliss, Lot 3 and west half of Lot 4, Prairie View Estates, Addition No. 1, in the southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 6 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Cale D. Worthington and Hai-ley J. Worthington, husband and wife, to Holli Dieckmann, Lots 15 and 17, Vetter’s First Addi-tion, Colorado Avenue, city of Holton, Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Francis M. Slusser, a single person, to Dirty Boots, LLC, a Kansas limited liability com-pany, by Dawna M. O’Dell and Brian D. O’Dell, Netawaka, land in Section 4, Township 7 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County, also known as 631 W. Fifth St., Holton.
*General warranty deed – Katherine M. Hurd-Holmes aka Katherine May Holmes, a single person, to William J. Heinen and Suzanne F. Heinen, a tract of land in the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*Quit claim deed – William J. Heinen and Suzanne F. Heinen,
husband and wife, to the same as trustees of the living trust in their names, dated Feb. 27, 2002, a tract of land in the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 7 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – James C. Lovvorn and Tamara S. Lovvorn, husband and wife, to Greg Grollmes and Amber Grollmes, land in Section 7, Township 7 South, Range 14 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*Kansas warranty deed – Ed-ward R. Wiss and Cheryl K. Wiss, husband and wife, to the same as co-trustees of the re-vocable trust in their names, dated Feb. 28, 2018, 20 acres in Section 33, Township 9 South, Range 14 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County, commonly known as 9990 J. Rd., Silver Lake.
*General warranty deed – Thelma Maxine Lewis, a single person, to Kermit R. Mick and Shirley Mick, Lot 11, Juniper Drive, Southern Village First Addition, city of Holton, Jack-son County.
*Quit claim deed – Stephen D. Patterson and Donna M. Pat-terson, husband and wife, to the same as trustees of the trust in their names, dated March 10, 2017, land in the northwest quarter of the northwest quar-ter of Section 15, Township 6 South, Range 15 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*Joint tenancy general war-ranty deed – Roger Burdiek and Lucy Burdiek, husband and wife, to Mary C. Johnson, a single person, and John R. Johnson, a single person, 7.36 acres in Section 24, Township 6 South, Range 14 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Roger Burdiek and Lucy Burdiek, husband and wife, to Mary C. Johnson, a single per-son, and John R. Johnson, a sin-gle person, 7.36 acres in Section 24, Township 6 South, Range 14 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
Ann Hodgden, husband and wife, to Clinton L. Harris and Delores Boling-Harris, an undi-vided half interest in and to the south 60 acres of the southeast quarter of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 13 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Kyllikki Hodgden Inman and Tammy A. Inman, wife and hus-band, to Clinton L. Harris and Delores Boling-Harris, an undi-vided half interest in and to the south 60 acres of the southeast quarter of Section 15, Township 7 South, Range 13 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*General warranty deed – Donald E. Wischmeier and Nancy D. Wischmeier, husband and wife, to Dirty Boots, LLC., Lot 12, Block 9, Dakota Avenue, Vetter’s Third Addition, city of Holton, Jackson County.
*Quit claim deed – Sarrah R. Moulin aka Sarrah Moulin, a single person, to Joshua C. Mou-lin aka Josh Moulin, Lots 19 and 20, Westridge Subdivision, located in the south half of the northeast quarter and the north-west quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 7 South, Range 14 East of the 6th P.M., Jackson County.
*Quit claim deed – David Gilbert, a married person, quit claims to Sandra K. Studebaker, all of his interest in Lot 5, Cle-ments First Addition, city of Holton, Jackson County.
Land Transfers
By Jeannie ArnoldJackson Heights High School
Senior Community Service Project Day was held on Tues-day, May 8.
Of the 34 seniors graduat-ing, eight came to the city of Circleville. The others went to either Whiting, Netawaka or Soldier.
At Circleville, the seniors were Evan Fox, Trevor Klahr, Jason Parker, Grace Bowhay, Kate Lierz, Hanna Davault, Garrett Hartman and Tyler Wendorff.
There were also eight adults, Kenny Wykert, Dale and Ilah Rose Askren, Dixie Mannell, Russell Stauffer, Ed Rostetter, Sharon Cochren and Phyllis Shupe, who helped the students get started on the projects for the city, which included painting the recreation club bleachers, pull-ing weeds and mulching plants and trees around the gym.
They were then treated to lunch at the soon-to-open Sun-shine’s Cafe. After a short rest, the students went back to work removing leaves out of home gutters, picking up sticks and raking at the post office and at residents’ homes. All their hard work was greatly appreciated.
Kenny Wykert was in Topeka on Wednesday, May 9 and spent some time with his brother, Bob. They enjoyed a few games of cribbage in the afternoon.
On Friday evening, May 11, Dennis and Barbara Hutchinson went to the Hoyt Community Center to attend the graduation party for family and friends of granddaughter, Kylie Moore. They also attended the gradu-
ation ceremony on Sunday at Royal Valley High School.
Congratulations to Blake Fund for earning her bachelor’s de-gree in Nursing from Emporia State University. Jodi and Dan Shupe attended her capping and pinning ceremony of Friday, May 11 and the graduation on Saturday, May 12.
Bob and I went to Holton on Sunday morning and brought his mom Maxine Lewis to Cir-cleville for church on Mother’s Day. She really enjoyed her time out and visiting with so many people. After taking her home and visiting for a while, we got lunch to go in Holton and came home.
The Circleville Alumni event is coming up on May 26. If you haven’t already done so, please get your reservations in so they can have a head count for the meals.
An upcoming event is the an-nual sausage and biscuits break-fast at the Lodge Hall again this year on Memorial Day morning for a free will offering.
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1 - B E D R O O M APARTMENT: Furnished, deposit required, no pets. 785-364-4676/785-408-3261.
2-BEDROOM HOUSE in Holton. Stove/refrigerator furnished. All appliances including washer/dryer. Carport. (785)872-3486.
2-BEDROOM HOUSE for rent/Holton: 1-Bath, CA/CH, garage, basement, lots of storage. $650/month, $650/deposit. (785)945-6629 or (785)256-5429.
FOR RENT: Furnished, 2-bedroom rural home near Hoyt for your visiting guests. Rent by night, weekend, or week. (785)286-1198 for more information.
FOR RENT: 2-BEDROOM, 1-bath, in Mayetta, attached 2-car garage, no pets/no smoking. (785)305-0705.
NICE COUNTRY APARTMENT: 4-miles south of Holton. 3-bedrooms, nice yard, garden spot, big pond w/fish. Stove/refrigerator, washer. No smoking/pets. $675/month includes gas, electric, water, garbage. $300/deposit. 785-364-6046.
Automobiles
BEAUTIFUL black 2011 Mercedes Class-C all-wheel drive for sale. Lovingly cared for in great condition. 785-305-0549, please leave message.
FOR SALE: 2014 EDGE: Approximately 57,000 miles. Sealed bids accepted until May 21, 2018. Contact Jeremiah Huyett with questions. Denison State Bank, 364-3131.
1990 TOYOTA PICKUP, 4WD, runs good, $2,300/OBO. (785)966-2306 or (785)851-1792.
Miscellaneous
FOR SALE: GAS GRILL, good condition, $85. Also closed-top Burn Barrels, (785)364-6271.
HEDGE POSTS: Various sizes. (785)217-5522 or (785)966-2265.
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Garage Sales
13683 246TH RD (Prairie Lake Road): Friday, May-18, 8am-2pm. Boys clothing 3-12 months, girls clothing 4-6, lots of baby items, armoire, table/4 chairs, wood high chair.
GARAGE SALE: Friday, May 18/Saturday, May 19, 7:30a.m.-4p.m. at 24295 X Road/Holton (Bain House). Kerosene oil lamps; clothes, women’s and plus sizes, men’s; tennis shoes; cleats; boots; small printer; wooden bench; exercise bike; microwave and stand; small fish tank; signature frame. Lots of stuff!
GARAGE SALE: Saturday/May 19th, 8a.m.-12p.m. Kitchen, catering, toys, furniture, and lots of miscellaneous items. 125 E 4th St./Holton (Holton House) in the back.
Employment
HOLTON DAIRY QUEEN is now hiring cooks, cashiers and drive-thru, all shifts. Competitive wages, paid vacation, 401K. Apply in person at 915 W. 4th St./Holton or on our Facebook page.
H O U S E K E E P E R / F R O N T DESK help needed at Super-8 Motel, Holton. Apply in person, 300 S.Arizona Ave.
Furniture
FOR SALE: END TABLES, $10; desk, $30; double-dresser, $30; 2-chairs, $15; lamp, $5; foot stool, $5; pot stool, $20; side table, $20; microwave, $5. (785)969-4023.
SOLID OAK TABLE with three leaves, $400. (785)608-5167.
Lawn & Garden
BULK 100% Decorative river rock. 785-851-0053.
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*The Heart of Jackson Humane Society shelter is located at 414 E. Eighth St. in Holton and is open from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and at other times by appointment. For more information, call 364-5156.
Livestock
3 100-GALLON RUBBERMAID Livestock Water Tanks, $30 each. (785)608-5167.
ANGUS BULLS for sale. Ron Kuglin (785)364-7458.
Wanted
The Heart of Jackson Humane Society is seeking donations of several items for continued operations, as well as more volunteers to walk dogs at the shelter. For more information, call the shelter at 364-5156 or stop by the shelter at 414 E. Eighth St. in Holton.
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Lost & Found
FOUND: Chihuahua, male, 6-to-7-years-old, 7-miles north of Jackson Heights on Q4 Road. Call Banner Creek Animal Hospital, 364-4560.
FOUND: Hound mix, female, 9-to-10-months-old, chocolate w/white on chest. Found 13000 block of 270th Road. Call Banner Creek Animal Hospital, 364-4560.
Appliances
We have appliance parts in stock. Call Jayhawk TV & Appliance at 364-2241.
CHAMPION LAWN now serving Holton area for your lawn weed/fertilizing needs. 785-364-2233.
CHRIS WOLTJE C O N S T R U C T I O N : Specializing in replacement windows, vinyl siding, room additions, decks and any other Interior or Exterior work, large or small. Call for Estimate, 785-633-4429.
EASTSIDE STORAGE, Fourth and Vermont, Holton, (785)364-3404. Storage compartments for rent.
LAURA’S HOUSEKEEPING: 15-years professional experience. Reasonable rates. Will clean once/week or as often as you need. Honest, reliable, thorough. Located in Holton but willing to travel. Call 406-839-8396.
MASTIFF PAINTING: General Construction, building/home repair/maintenance, power washing. No-Job-Too-Small, 30-Years-Experience. Free Estimates. 785-851-0911.
TREE TRIMMING & Removal, aerial equipment, stump removal, free estimates, insured. KCAT Tree Service, 785-305-0295.
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Directs the financial affairs of the organization and prepares financial analysis of operations, including interim and final financial statements with supporting schedules, for the guidance of the General Manager of Tribal Operations and Tribal Council as well as reporting of the Tribe’s overall financial performance. The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the Nation’s financial plans and policies, accounting practices and guiding principles to conduct relationship with lending institutions; the financial community; and the maintenance of fiscal records and the preparation of financial reports. The position is responsible for the supervision over general accounting, property accounting, cost accounting, construction accounting and budgetary controls. Manages and directs all aspects of the Finance Department including the staff and necessary functions of the following: accounting, payroll, per capita distributions, accounts payable, liability insurance, cash management, investment management, grant and contract financial reporting, and clerical. This position will work directly and cooperatively with the Tribal Treasurer to ensure that the Constitutional obligations and responsibilities of the Tribal Treasurer are complied with and met in full. The PBPN is offering a competitive benefits package including: health, dental, vision, life, AD&D, voluntary life, voluntary AD&D, short and long term disability coverage, along with flexible spending accounts, 15 paid holidays, birthday leave, paid vacation, sick leave & 401K!
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FULL-TIME NURSEQuest Services, Inc., a not-for-profit company and equal
opportunity employer, is taking applications for a full-time nurse to serve 18 individuals with intellectual/developmental disabili-
ties in 3 homes in Jackson and Brown counties in Kansas. Transportation provided for travel between two locations.
Hours are flexible; must meet the needs of the individuals.Applicants must have computer and organizational skills,
be a self-motivator and able to multi-task.The job can be demanding, but also very rewarding.
If interested, please contact Gina Pope at 620-208-6181.
USD 336 Holton currently hasthe following job opening:
HIGH SCHOOLASSISTANT SECRETARY10-month position • $11.15 per hr.
Experience using computers and computer programs. Must be able to multi-task. Must have the ability to work in a noisy environment with frequent interruptions. Previous secretarial and bookkeeping experience preferred.
Applications can be picked up at the District Officeat 515 Pennsylvania or from our website:
Help WantedFull time position for Jackson Farmers at the Holton Feed
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Denison Bible Church
By Cindy S. WilliamsMeadowlark Extension
District Agent, Family andConsumer Sciences
Finally, spring/summer has arrived for good now. With the thought of warmer weather comes the thought of getting away for some needed time away. Vaca-tion!
Oh, how we long for the eight-letter word every sum-mer, when millions of us eagerly get away from school and work. We take to the road in cars or recreational vehicles; live on boats; relax on the beach or mountain vacation homes; and go camping.
No matter where we go or what we do, there is a common denominator that runs through all of our summer travels and relaxation – it’s called food!
The “road” to food safety, however, can either be a bumpy one or smooth, depending on what precautions are taken han-dling meals and snacks as we travel this summer.
First, some general rules, while traveling this summer:
• In hot weather (above 90 degrees F), food should never sit out for more than one hour.
• Discard any food left out more than two hours (one hour if temps are above 90 degrees
F).Plan ahead:• If you are traveling with per-
ishable food, place it in a cooler with ice or freezer packs.
• When carrying drinks, con-sider packing them in a separate cooler so the food cooler is not opened frequently.
Pack Safely:• Pack perishable foods di-
rectly from the refrigerator or freezer into the cooler. Meat and poultry may be packed while it is still frozen; it stays colder longer. Also, a full cooler will maintain its cold temperatures longer than one partially filled.
• Be sure to keep raw meat and poultry wrapped separate-ly from cooked foods or foods meant to be eaten raw such as fruits.
• If the cooler is only partially filled, pack the remaining space with more ice.
• For long trips to the shore or the mountains, take along two coolers, one for the day’s imme-diate food needs, such as lunch, drinks or snacks and the other for perishable foods to be used later in the vacation.
• Limit times the cooler is opened. Open and close the lid quickly.
Make this a vacation to re-member because of the memo-ries made, not because everyone was sick from preventable food mistakes.
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Questions, call Mollee Wilkerson at (785) 484-3165 x 255.Equal Opportunity Employer.
Ernest-Spencer Companies is looking for thefollowing position for our Meriden facility:
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HOYT HIGH SCHOOLALUMNI BANQUET
“THE COWBOY”(Yearbooks/Memorabilia/Letters Welcome)
Saturday, May 26, 2018
Mail to: Linda Grindol, Treasurer3004 21st St., Topeka, KS 66617 • 785-246-3589
Alumni and GuestReminiscing Time: 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.Banquet: 6 p.m. ($14.00 per person)
Employment Employment EmploymentHigh school seniors at Jackson Heights and Royal Valley bid farewell to their respec-
tive alma maters this past Sunday at commencement ceremonies. In the top photo, graduating JHHS seniors (from left to right) Dawson Boell, Grace Bowhay, Charlie Burks, Dalton Chartier and Hanna Davault listen to the valedictory remarks of class-mate Braden Dohl during their commencement ceremony. And in the photo above, RVHS senior Zach Schnacker (center) was the lone graduate among members of the Soundsations, which performed “One Call Away” during the school’s commencement ceremony Sunday at the high school gym. Members of the group (shown above) in-cluded (front row, from left) Kenzie Hegemann, Janine Gustafson, Schnacker, Eryn Daugherty, Lily Rooks, (back row, from left) Mary Broxterman, Blake Holte, Bryar Bar-nett and Tanner Holte. Holton High School will hold its graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. this Saturday, it was reported. Photos by Brian Sanders (top) and Ali Holcomb
Family and Consumer SciencesFood safety on the road
By Ali Holcomb A small natural gas leak at
the Burger King restaurant in Holton closed the business for most of the day on Monday, it was reported.
Andrea Pennington, store manager, reported that she no-ticed a slow gas leak by the restaurant’s gas broiler, which closed the business at 8:15 a.m. that day.
Pennington said the business was evacuated until the leak was fixed. Employees were allowed them to return to the restaurant as they waited for gas company workers to inspect the repairs.
“We got a lot of cleaning done today,” Pennington said Mon-day.
The business re-opened at 5:30 p.m. Monday in time for the dinner crowd, it was reported.
Gas leak on Mondayshutters Burger King
By Esther L. HallOn May 13 at Denison Bible
Church, Pastor Tom’s message was titled “But What About Her Needs?” The responsive reading was 2 Kings 4:1-7.
God miraculously gave a woman the help she desperately needed by performing a miracle. We don’t know her name, but we do know she was in need of help and cried out to the Lord. God provided Elisha, a man of God, to tell her what to do.
She had a financial need for a debt that her deceased husband had created. The debtor was knocking on the door wanting what he was owed, or the woman would pay the consequences. He threatened to take her two sons and make them his slaves. That was unthinkable to her, so she sought help.
Elisha asked her what she needed and then told her what she needed to do. Elisha was a rep-resentation of God and she was seeking God through Elisha.
Any of us could find ourselves in a similar situation. We could lose a spouse and find ourselves financially burdened. The law won’t take our kids away to pay for what we owe, but they do expect us to pay our debts. Most mothers will do whatever it takes to take care of her kids and her home.
God provided the woman the help she needed. His resources were and are unlimited and He can provide miracles for us. He knows our every “need” just as He knows all our “wants.” The key is to “ask” the Lord for His help. He wants us to ask Him.
Our “wants” are not as im-portant to Him as our needs, and when we get greedy in our wants, God will stop providing.
We all have needs and God knows and cares about every one of them. We present our needs to Him in faith. If we don’t, we’ll miss out on His blessings. Be thankful for what you have and be good stewards of what God has blessed you with.
Moms should be models of godliness. Our kids watch us more than we think they do; therefore, we should be godly
examples for them. We shouldn’t be afraid to ask the Lord for the help we need. He’s waiting on us to make the first move.
If your mom labored to meet your every need, what do you
owe her? It’s one thing for moms to choose what they want to do, but they shouldn’t be martyred to take care of everyone’s needs. Ask your mom, “What can I do to help you?”
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Edwina Capsey played basketball and was a cheerleader at the school, in addition to her studies.
“That was about it,” she said. “There wasn’t a whole lot you could do back then. The war was on, and we couldn’t really go anyplace be cause there wasn’t any gas or tires.”
After her graduation in 1943, Pol lock moved to Topeka and “jumped around a lot,” working for Mont gomery Ward during the Christmas season, then as a switchboard opera tor for Santa Fe Railroad for a short time before going to work for Sears.
She was working at Sears when, on Feb. 15, 1947, she married Wayne Pollock, who “was just a class ahead of me” at SRHS and had gotten out of the U.S. Army not long before their marriage. Children followed, including Janet and two sons, Dan and Edwin, and the Pollock family moved to the Buck’s Grove area.
“They moved to the farm outside of Soldier when I was two months old,” Trainor said.
In the 1960s, things began to change at the Pollocks’ old school when, early in the decade, students started coming to the school from Havensville. Dan and Janet had al ready graduated from SRHS — in 1965 and 1966, respectively — when talk of consolidating schools began to circulate.
The talk became reality
when, in 1968, Circleville Rural High School students moved over to the Soldier school, Trainor said. The next year, 1969, was the final year for Soldier Rural High School, and that fall, the new Jackson Heights district — comprising Soldier, Circleville, Netawaka and Whiting — was opened.
“I didn’t like it, but you couldn’t do anything about it because they were going to do it anyway,” Pollock said of her feelings about the closure of her alma mater, even though she added she’s pleased with the suc cesses that the new school has had.
Two years after the new Jackson Heights High School opened, Edwin graduated with the class of 1971. He died in
1985, just two days shy of his 32nd birthday.
Winnie and Wayne, meanwhile, continued to maintain their home in the Buck’s Grove area until 2009, when they moved to Holton. Wayne died that December.
Today, Winnie, a spry 92 years young, continues to maintain her home and friendships with former students from her old school, even though she admits she doesn’t have a secret formula for staying as sharp as a tack at her age.
“I’ve always been healthy,” she said.
“That’s good farm living,” Trainor added.
And even though macular degen eration has affected her eyesight to the point where she can’t drive any more, she said, “I can still get around and take care of myself.”
As for the Soldier Rural High School Class of 1943, Pollock said she’s not the last surviving member.
“I’m the only girl, and there’s two boys who are still alive,” she said. “One of them has never come to the reunions, and the other one came when he was able, but he’s in Ari zona now.”
Pollock said she wasn’t the oldest alumnus at this year’s banquet, ei ther. Her brotherinlaw, Claude Ri eschick, who graduated two years ahead of her, was also there.
“We were the oldest ones,” she said.
here at Royal Valley Middle School, but I am excited to start this new chapter.”
In her retirement, Schuetz said she plans to spend more time with her grandchildren and do some traveling.
Darlene Irvin is set to retire af-ter 11 years as the RVMS librar-ian. Irvin taught in the Seaman District for 15 years before she was employed by USD 337.
For the past 10 years, Irvin co-ordinated the spelling bee at the local and county level and also participated in book fairs and reading programs to support lit-eracy.
“I was about halfway through my master’s degree in library sci-ence when this position opened up,” Irvin said. “I was anxious to get into the library and put what I had already learned into prac-tice.”
The loss of library funds has been the most significant change Irvin has observed throughout her career.
“Another change is the one to one technology initiative, whereby all students are issued their own computer,” she said. “Library research has gravitated more towards online resources. And the role of the librarian has changed from finding books to assisting students in searching and narrowing the mounds of au-thentic information on the web.”
Irvin said she’ll miss the day-to-day interaction with the stu-dents the most in her retirement.
“When students come in the library, they reveal a very dif-ferent side of themselves than in the classroom,” she said. “In the quest for a good book, they often share their personal interests or previous experiences. It is won-
derful to know these young peo-ple in that way.”
After 17 years as a middle school teacher, John Laudick is retiring.
Laudick has taught fifth-grade science and health during his ca-reer at RV.
He’s also served as an assistant middle school football coach, as-sistant middle school basketball coach and middle school track coordinator.
“I had heard a lot of good things about Royal Valley,” Lau-dick said of his decision to work for the district.
He said that ever evolving cur-riculum and state standards have been the biggest changes he’s no-ticed during his time at RV.
Laudick said working along-side his fellow staff members each day is what he’ll miss the most about teaching.
The firm provides “teammates” with current resumes of veterans looking for work and matches the job description to an experienced and qualified veteran or transitional mili tary member. The Connors perform background checks on all of their clients, he said.
And while there is no cost for a business to be a “teammate” with the firm, there is a flat $2,750 “finder’s fee” for businesses who hire veterans through the firm. Connor said the fee is far less than what some companies would pay “headhunters” to find good help.
“The last thing we want is for the fee that we charge to stand
in the way of someone hiring a veteran,” he said. “Many businesses are small, and they’re just not in a position to pay the fee. But the evolution is coming.”
That fee, he added, is only paid af ter a veteran is hired and has been employed for 30 days to the employ er’s satisfaction.
“You don’t owe us anything if it doesn’t work out,” Wendy added.
The Connors also seek the best educational options for veterans coming out of the military, although Phil noted that a college degree “does not generate a job,” and that can leave veterans with debt in many cases. As a result, he said, many vet erans are opting to
receive unem ployment insurance.“But it’s turning slowly,” he
said. “The Department of Defense is start ing to realize that millions of dollars that they’re paying in unemployment insurance for veterans is gobbling up money that the military needs for its fundamental mission.”
By finding quality jobs and hous ing for veterans, the Connors hope to reverse that trend.
“We’d love to be put out of busi ness by all veterans getting a job,” Phil said.
For more information, call the Connors at (913) 7049963 or visit www.veteransofkansas.com
