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Reviews Facebook
followers debate Kellys
phone data monitoring
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
TOPEKA Like many Kansans,
followers of the Reviews
Facebook page are having mixed
reactions to the news that state
health officials and Governor
Laura Kelly are tracking the
cell phones of state residents to
determine if the population is
adhering to sequestering mandates set in place to slow the
spread of Coronavirus.
Kelly and Kansas Department
of Health and Environment
Secretary Lee Norman told the
media on Wednesday during a
press conference the tracking
data was being furnished by a
data company that compared
anonymized cell phone GPS
signals from before and after
Kansas started social distancing
measures, and that 45 of Kansas
105 counties had received a
grade of F in the assessment.
Kansas as a whole had received
a C grade, he said.
Kelly said in a separate
press conference on Thursday
the information was publically
available and contained no personally identifiable information.
Kansas is said to be the first
state in the country to admit to
using the data tracking measure,
which has prompted outcries
from privacy and civil rights
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supporters. The company, New
York-based Unacast, acquires
location data from other phone
apps, so it isnt legally required
to notify users that theyre being
tracked.
The news brought a quick
response from privacy groups.
The Kansas Justice Institute, an
Overland Park-based litigation
assistance organization specializing in cases that check government power, urged Governor
Kelly to make details about the
tracking program public.
The COVID-19 pandemic does not justify warrantless
data searches of Kansas residents, and it certainly does
not justify the lack of transparency.
Although the Kansas
Legislature has provided broad
executive powers during emergencies, they are not absolute,
said Sam MacRoberts, general
counsel and litigation director
for the KJI.
Followers of the Reviews
Facebook page responded to our
question on the topic last week
with scattered reactions, but
predominantly of the opinion
the actions constituted an invasion of privacy.
This is a violation of privacy, said Zia Holloway.
Especially if you have location/
privacy settings on your cell
phone already. We have a right
to privacy, national pandemic
or not.
Other commenters questioned
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SBA will be
connection for
business relief
Local businesses upended
by the Covid-19 shutdown can
partner with banks, SBA for help
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
WASHINGTON D.C. No one yet knows the
full economic impact on small businesses
in Anderson County and across the country
from the public sequester enforced by state
and local government over Covid-19 concerns, but those businesses can start sorting
out possible loans, grants and other relief
through the Small Business Administration.
The coronavirus pandemic has created
uncertainty and stress for many American
small businesses. Part of the governments
response to assist businesses during this time
is the recent passage of the Coronavirus Aid,
Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES
Act).
With a massive $2 trillion allocated for
businesses, individuals, federal agencies, and
state and local governments, the Coronavirus
Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES)
Act has been designed to distribute capital
quickly and broadly. According to the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce there are a number
of provisions that impact small businesses.
Heres a breakdown of what you need to
know:
Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program, one of
the largest sections of the CARES Act, is the
most important provision in the new stimulus bill for most small businesses. This new
program sets aside $350 billion in government-backed loans from private banks that
can, in some cases, be converted to grants,
which means that if you meet the requirements you wont need to pay the loan back.
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Pastors plan Good Friday,
Easter services observing
key social distancing
GARNETT The local ministerial alliance is planning
two social distancing religious services for the upcoming observance of Good Friday
and Easter, as the pastoral
members of the area continue
to find ways to bring worshippers together just not too
close together to study the
Word.
A combined pastoral Good
Friday service will be produced and broadcast live at 12
noon April 10 on the Internet.
It can be accessed by searching Facebook for Garnett
Ministerial Alliance.
Easter Sunday services
will be a drive-in event at 8
a.m. April 12 in the Anderson
County High School parking
lot. Area pastors will deliver
the Easter message from a flatbed trailer stage to be visible from vehicles, with audio
broadcast over the low-power
FM channel 99.9 FM.
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Local GOP activist remembered
BY DANE HICKS
SINCE 1865
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Republicans
across the country remembered June Cooper this week as
a party stalwart whose
support for
the
GOP
took her to
the forefront
of
politics
on the state
and national
Cooper
stage.
Cooper
passed away
Saturday at the age of 85.
She was active in Republican
politics for more than five
decades, serving as a local county committeewoman and later
as chairman of the Anderson
County Republican Party. She
held party posts at the district
and state level as well and was
eventually elected to the post
of National Committeewoman,
a functionary position tasked
with developing and promoting
the national Republican Party
platform.
In 2005, Cooper became an
honorary board member of
the Dwight D. Eisenhower
Excellence in Public Service
Series, a specific effort among
Kansas Republicans to locate,
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Reviews 2020 graduation edition still on track
GARNETT Though graduation ceremonies for area high
school seniors may still be up
in the air since the cancellation of classes due to the
Covid-19 public sequester, the
Review is pressing ahead with
the publication of its annual
Step Forward senior graduation section next month.
Its probably more important that we publish that section this year than it has been
any other time since weve
been doing it, said Review
publisher Dane Hicks. This
has definitely been a historic time for their senior year
and I think they need something normal to remember it
by.
The section features photos
and short bios of graduating
seniors from Garnett, Crest
and Central Heights. Hicks
said the Review has set up
Google forms online for students to input their information for the section. The links
can be accessed by students
cell phones, and the paper is
working with area high school
staffs
to obtain
senior photos for
publication.
Local businesses
and organizations
can take part in
the section by purchasing
advertising sponsorships of local
graduates.
The cost is $39
per graduate, with a third free
with the purchase of two.
Links to the form for each
school are available from
their high school offices, or
students can email the review
at review@garnett-ks.com.
Call the Review at (785) 4483121 with questions.
Unemployment benefits available for Covid-19 job losses
TOPEKA Anderson County
residents whove become
unemployed due to the Covid19 public sequester have
options available for unemployment benefits both under
standard Kansas policies and
new options under the federal
CARES Act signed into law to
alleviate the economic impact
of Covid-19.
If youre investigating filing
for unemployment, the Kansas
Department of Labor recommends use of the agencys website as much as possible due to
extremely high phone call volumes at the present time. That
website is: www.dol.ks.gov.
Labor department officials
say the CARES Act will provide an additional $600 to eli-
gible recipients of unemployment insurance and a benefit
to those not traditionally eligible for unemployment insurance such as self-employed
workers, independent contractors, etc. However the details
of those benefits havent been
worked out and filtered down
to state labor departments.
KDOL officials say that information will be forthcoming.
If you are not working or
working reduced hours due to
COVID-19, you may be eligible
for Unemployment Insurance
(UI) benefits. It is designed to
be a short-term assistance program and may be able to help
those whose employment has
been adversely impacted by
the recent sequester.
Below is a list of frequently asked questions from the
Kansas Department of Labor
website for those impacted
by COVID-19. The KDOL will
provide updates regarding any
changes to the availability of
UI benefits as they potentially
occur.
Am I unemployed?
You are unemployed in any
week that you do not work and
any week for which wages are
not payable to you. So, if you
are not working and not being
paid, you are unemployed for
purposes of the UI program.
You may also be considered
unemployed if you work less
than full time and your gross
weekly wages are less than
your determined weekly ben-
Bullets are weird. They only do their job after theyre fired.
efit amount. So, if your hours
and wages have been reduced,
you may also be considered
unemployed.
What if I am receiving sick
leave, vacation leave, or some
other paid benefit while I am
off of work?
If you are receiving paid
leave, it will be considered
wages. If those wages for the
week are more than your
weekly benefit amount, you
will not be eligible for benefits
for that week.
Am I able to work?
To receive UI benefits, you
must be able to work. For
those who are not working due
to COVID-19, KDOL is presumSEE BENEFITS ON PAGE 5A
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NEWS IN
BRIEF
HARVESTERS
There will be a second food
distribution from Harvesters on
April 9th at 2 p.m. at the North
Quonset Hut in Garnett. This is
for Anderson County residents
only who meet income guidelines and did not receive food on
March 26th. There will be another food distribution on April 23rd.
You will need to practice COVID19 precautions which include
staying in your vehicle, only 1
household per vehicle, you will
roll your window up at the check
point and show us your drivers
license. The food will be placed
in your trunk or pickup bed.
SQUARE FAIR CANCELED
The BPW Square Fair and the
Pieces and Patches Quilt Guild
show that were scheduled for
May 9th have both been canceled.
ANDERSON CO. LANDFILL
The Anderson County Transfer
Station will be open to Anderson
County residents only MondayFriday from 7 a.m. – 10 a.m.
Commercial account holders
may use the landfill during normal business hours.
GARNETT PUBLIC LIBRARY
DIGITAL COLLECTION
The library building is closed,
but the digital collection is still
open. The Wi-Fi is on 24/7 if
you need to connect. If you
have never used their online
eBooks and audios, now might
be the time to give it a try. They
have temporarily increased
the monthly borrowing limit on
Hoopla from 5 to 15. Hoopla
has books, audios, movies and
magazines. You will need a
current Garnett Public Library
card to access Hoopla and
Sunflower ebooks. You will
need a State of Kansas Library
card to access RBdigital and
Cloud Library. Tumblebooks
doesnt require any card at all.
For assistance you may email
us at garnettlibrary.yahoo.com,
leave a message at 448-3388
or contact us on Facebook and
we can get you set up to use all
of these services.
Another library service that
your kids can still enjoy is
our StoryWalk on the rail trail
between Park Road and 1st
Street.
If you have items currently
checked out, you may keep
them until we reopen or return
them in one of the book drops.
The good new is that no fines
will accessed on anythng while
we are closed.
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ANDERSON COUNTY COMMISSION
MARCH 30, 2020
Chairman Jerry Howarter called
the meeting of the Anderson County
Commission to order at 9:00 AM
on March 30, 2020 at the County
Commission Room. Attendance:
Jerry Howarter, Present: David Pracht,
Present: Leslie McGhee, Present.
The pledge of allegiance was recited.
Minutes from the previous meetings
were approved as presented.
Road & Bridge
Lester Welsh, Road & Bridge
Supervisor, met with the commission.
He gave an update on county roads.
Solid Waste
Scott Garrett, Solid Waste
Supervisor, met with the commission.
Discussion was held on a policy for
the transfer station to remain open to
the public. Scott would like to open
the transfer station for a shortened
period while allowing dumping. The
Commissioners agreed to open the
landfill to Anderson County residents
only on Monday-Friday 7:00am to
10:00am.
Emergency Management
JD
Mersman,
Emergency
Management Director, met with the
commission. He gave an update on
COVID-19 and the state-wide Stay-atHome order issued by the Governor.
Rural Fire
Mick Brinkmeyer, Rural Fire
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, April 7, 2020
RECORD
Coordinator, met with the commission.
He gave an update on the Welda Fire
Station build and when utilities are
going to be installed.
Abatements and Escape
Abatements B20-185 through
B20-189 and Escape E20-120 were
approved as presented.
Anderson County Court Docket
April 7, 2020
Judge Kevin Kimball
8 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Karlton
VanNorman
9 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Barry L Weber
1 p.m.
Sealed
1:15 p.m.
Sealed
April 8, 2020
Judge Eric W Godderz
9 a.m.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ricky
D Ellis
Patrica Scherren Farifield, et al. vs.
Gordan Blackie
April 13, 2020
Judge Eric W Godderz
4/13/2020
9 a.m.
Dacoda Hunt, Petitioner vs. Ginger
Rose Hunt, Respondent
In the Matter of the Estate of Judith
L Brummel
State of Kansas, ex rel., DCF,
Petitioner vs. Sidney J Coleman,
Respondent
Ann K Myers, Petitioner vs. Joseph
L Myers, Respondent
In the Matter of the Name Change
of Howard Ray Yoder
10:30 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Kevin L. Frazier
State of Kansas vs. Justin Jackson
State of Kansas vs. Justin Jackson
State of Kansas vs. Joshua M
Evans
State of Kansas vs. Joshua M
Evans
State of Kansas vs. James M Prater
State of Kansas vs. James M Prater
State of Kansas vs. Kevin L Frazier
State of Kansas vs. Zachary R
Snapp
11 a.m.
State of Kansas vs. Hunter Wade
Gilbreth
State of Kansas vs. Zackery D
Mitchell
Leslie H Roberts Jr vs. State of
Kansas
State of Kansas vs. Zackery D
Mitchell
Emily Root, Petitioner vs. Brian E
Root, Respondent
1:30 p.m.
Wayne Lagalle vs. Scott Schulte, et
al.
Spencer West, et al. vs. Leroy
Cooperative Association
ACTIVIST…
groom and promote women
into leadership posts in the
local and state parties and to
educate and inspire women to
seek political office.
Cooper said at the time
the goal of the series was
to change the face of the
Republican Party by increasing the Republican women
serving in elected positions
and on public boards and commissions, increasing the number of Republican women who
hold key positions on campaign, political and governmental staffs and increasing
the talent pool for Republican
Party leadership.
She was a walking encyclopedia of Republican facts
and trivia, and massed a
seemingly never-ending litany of stories and experiences, including nearly being hit
by President Gerald Fords
golf ball, and getting national press coverage when she
sprained her ankle at the 1980
Republican convention in
Detroit, MI. Her presence and
experience were often sought
after by candidates and others.
June was committed to
the Republican Party and politics, said Caryn Tyson, 12th
District State Senator representing Garnett. She demonstrated this through her many
years of service at the local,
state, and national levels. She
served with poise and conviction.
Kansas Attorney General
Derek Schmidt said Cooper
provided an example in service for younger generations
of Republicans to follow.
"June was a great friend
whose dedication to our country and to the Republican
Party were unshakeable,
Schmidt said. I will miss
her very much, and I hope
her enduring example of
unabashed citizenship is
adopted by many others
whose lives she touched."
Coopers family planned a
small family funeral service
with a memorial service to be
held at a later date.
spent on payroll costs (excluding costs for any compensation
above $100,000 annually), mortgage interest, rent payments
and utility payments can be
combined and that portion of
the loan will be forgiven.
How do I get a Paycheck
Protection Loan?
Banks are still getting the
program up and running so
check with your local bank to
see if they have the program in
place. Banks that are already
approved SBA lenders may be
quicker to get the loan program
in place.
To learn more about Payroll
Protection Loans read the U.S.
Chambers Guide to Emergency
Coronavirus Loans.
Changes to the SBAs
Economic Injury Disaster
Loans (EIDLs)
Another important aspect of
the CARES Act for small businesses is that it expands eligibility for the SBAs Economic
Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs).
In early March, the SBAs
disaster loan program was
extended to all small businesses affected by COVID-19, but
the CARES Act opens this program up further and makes it
easier to apply. These loans
come directly from the SBA.
These changes include:
EIDLs are now also available to Tribal businesses, cooperatives, and ESOPs with fewer
than 500 employees. They are
also available to all non-profit
organizations, including 501(c)
(6)s, and to individuals operating as sole proprietors or independent contractors.
EIDLs can be approved by
the SBA based solely on an
applicants credit score.
EIDLs that are smaller
than $200,000 can be approved
without a personal guarantee.
Borrowers can receive a
$10,000 emergency grant cash
advance that can be forgiven
if spent on paid leave, maintaining payroll, increased costs
due to supply chain disruption,
mortgage or lease payments or
repaying obligations that cannot be met due to revenue loss-
es.
es and sole proprietors will also
be able to take advantage of the
relaxed NOL limitations.
Businesses that were due to
receive corporate alternative
minimum tax (AMT) credits
at the end of 2021 can instead
claim a refund now, in order to
improve cash flow during the
COVID-19 emergency.
Businesses will be able to
increase their business interest expense deductions on their
tax returns. For 2019 and 2020,
the amount of interest expense
businesses are allowed to
deduct on their tax returns is
increased to 50% from 30% of
taxable income.
Businesses,
especially
those in the hospitality industry, will be able to immediately
write off costs associated with
improving facilities, increasing cash flow.
The government will make
a temporary exception from
the excise tax normally applied
to alcohol, if that alcohol was
used to produce hand sanitizer
in 2020.
Many of these changes will
apply to small businesses all
over the country, so it is vital to
discuss with a tax professional
which can apply to your company.
Changes to paid sick
leave and paid FMLA leave
from the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act
The CARES Act makes small
changes to the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act
(FFCRA) in regards to paid sick
leave, paid FMLA and more.
These changes include:
Paid family and medical
leave (FMLA) under the FFCRA
is capped at $200 per day and
$10,000 total per employee.
Paid sick leave under the
FFCRA is capped at $511 per
day and $5,110 total per employee. This amount drops to $200
per day and $2000 total for sick
leave taken by an employee in
order to care for a family member in quarantine or care for a
child whose school has closed.
Workers that were laid
off after March 1, 2020, but
then rehired, are eligible for
paid FMLA leave provisions
described in the FFCRA immediately instead of needing to be
an employee for 30 days.
Businesses
can
keep
money that they would have
deposited for payroll taxes in
anticipation of refunds from
the Treasury Department for
paid sick leave and paid FMLA
leave outlined by the FFCRA,
including amounts that would
have been refunded later.
SBA..
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How does the program work?
Paycheck Protection loans
will come from private banks.
Currently, the SBA guarantees
small business loans that are
given out by a network of more
than 800 lenders across the
U.S. The Paycheck Protection
Program creates a type of emergency loan that can be forgiven
when used to maintain payroll
through June and expands the
network beyond SBA so that
more banks, credit unions and
lenders can issue those loans.
The basic purpose is to incentivize small businesses to not
lay off workers and to rehire
laid-off workers that lost jobs
due to COVID-19 disruptions.
What types of businesses are
eligible?
The Paycheck Protection
Program offers loans for small
businesses with fewer than 500
employees, select types of businesses with fewer than 1,500
employees, 501(c)(3) non-profits
with fewer than 500 workers
and some 501(c)(19) veteran
organizations. Additionally,
the self-employed, sole proprietors, and freelance and gig
economy workers are also eligible to apply. Businesses, even
without a personal guarantee
or collateral, can get a loan as
long as they were operational
on February 15, 2020.
How big of a loan can I get
and what are the terms?
The maximum loan amount
under the Paycheck Protection
Act is $10 million, with an
interest rate no higher than
4%. No personal guarantee or
collateral is required for the
loan. The lenders are expected to defer fees, principal and
interest for no less than six
months and no more than one
year.
Can these loans be forgiven?
Yes, small businesses that
take out these loans can get
some or all of their loans forgiven. Generally speaking, as
long as employers continue
paying employees at normal
levels during the eight weeks
following the origination of
the loan, then the amount they
Can a business get an EIDL
and a Paycheck Protection
Program loan?
Yes, small businesses can get
both an EIDL and a Paycheck
Protection Program loan as
long as they dont pay for the
same expenses. However, be
sure to check with your financial advisor or lender before
taking both types of loans if
you are not sure of the specifics.
The CARES Act makes
select changes to taxes and tax
policies in order to ease the
burden on businesses impacted
by COVID-19.
Coronavirus Guide for
Small Businesses
Business tax changes
Businesses are eligible
for an employee retention tax
credit if 1.) your business operations were fully or partially
suspended due to a COVID-19
shut-down order; or 2.) gross
receipts declined by more than
50% compared to the same
quarter in the prior year.
Eligible businesses can get a
refundable 50% tax credit on
wages up to $10,000 per employee. The credit can be obtained
on wages paid or incurred
from March 13, 2020, through
December 31, 2020.
Businesses and self-employed individuals can delay
their payroll tax payments.
These payments, the employer share of Social Security tax
owed for 2020, can instead be
deferred and paid over the next
two years. Fifty percent must
be paid by the end of 2021 and
50% must be paid by the end of
2022. (Note: The ability to defer
these taxes does not apply to a
business that has a Paycheck
Protection loan forgiven.)
Businesses that have net
operating losses (NOLs) have
some limitations relaxed. If
your business had an NOL in a
tax year beginning in 2018, 2019,
or 2020, that NOL can be now be
carried back five years instead.
This may improve cash flow
and liquidity for some businesses. Pass-through business-
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, April 7, 2020
REMEMBRANCES
SPRAGUE
Kenneth Sprague, beloved
Father and Brother, was called
to his eternal resting place on
March 29, 2020, ninety years
and
eight
days
after
his birth date
of
March
21, 1930, in
Lone
Elm,
Kansas. Born
to Arzy and
Hazel (Beal)
Sprague
Sprague. He
is preceded
in death by
his parents, wife of forty-one
years, Nancy (Stokes) Sprague,
sisters, Lorene Camp-Webster,
Vera Terrel, and brother,
Harold Sprague. He is survived by his four children; Max
Sprague of LaHarpe, Kansas,
Monique Litherland of Topeka,
Kansas, Myla Ma of Hong
Kong, and Joel Sprague of
Kincaid, Kansas, and four siblings; Opal Furr of Arkansas,
Blanche Ford of Desert Hot
Springs, California, Vernon
Sprague of Lone Elm, Kansas,
and Violet Holt of Lone Elm,
Kansas. He was blessed with
seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren.
Kenneth began a new chapter after becoming widowed by
his first wife and remarried to
Patricia Fail of the Chanute
area. After fourteen years of
marriage in which they resided
in Iola, Kansas, they divorced,
and he moved to Moran, Kansas
until his untimely death.
During that time, Kenneth
started a hobby of woodworking, where he built numerous
benches, shelves, yard ornaments and potted plant boxes
and planters.
Kenneth graduated from
Kincaid High School in 1948.
Kenneth was always talking
about the importance of education. He always wanted to
be a teacher and was curious
about the current education
process and students in gener-
al. He was proud that all four
of his children earned post-secondary degrees, even though
he often stated college ruined
many good ditch diggers by
teaching the habit of sleeping
in.
Kenneth served in the Army
from 1951-1953 in the 320th
artillery support for 508th
infantry of the 82nd Airborne.
While serving, Kenneth later
questioned why anyone would
jump out of a perfectly good
airplane.
He continued the farming
legacy of the Sprague family in
the Southern Anderson county
area. His love for farming has
been passed on to his sons and
their families. He was always
excited and chomped at the
bit to start each season of
the farm, sometimes driving
his sons crazy with what they
deemed as recreational tillage.
Kenneth was very active in
the Lions club organization.
He began in 1960 as a member of the Colony, Kansas club
before transferring to Kincaid,
Kansas. Kenneth was always
striving for perfect attendance and recorded over 40
years as perfect. Within this
organization, he served many
times as an officer in the local
club, where he especially took
delight in being the Tail
Twister during the meetings,
and additionally participated
in District 17KE activities.
Private family services
were held April 6, 2020. Burial
followed in the Lone Elm
Cemetery, Lone Elm, Kansas.
Due to the current restrictions associated with the
COVID-19 virus a public memorial service for Kenneth will
be held at a later date. In lieu
of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the
Kincaid Fair Association and
left in care of Feuerborn Family
Funeral Service. Condolences
may be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
KRAMER
COOPER
MARCH 21, 1930 – MARCH 29, 2020
NOVEMBER 7, 1928 – MARCH 31, 2020.
DECEMBER 7, 1934 – APRIL 4, 2020
June Cooper, age 85, of
Garnett, Kansas passed away
Saturday, April 4, 2020 at
Parkview
Heights,
Garnett.
F a i r y
June Cooper
was
born
December
7, 1934, in
Pine Bluff,
Arkansas.
Cooper
June
was
the
third
of three children born to
Charles Ferdinand Greenwood
and Thelma Denise (Dixon)
Greenwood. Growing up in
Little Rock, Arkansas, June
graduated with the class
of 1952. She then attended the University of Central
Arkansas, Conway. While
visiting family in Rock Port,
Missouri, June met the love of
her life, Jimmy Cooper. They
were united in marriage on
April 1, 1955, in Rock Port.
They were blessed with three
children, Karen, Scott and
Jill. Jim and June were able
to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Married
life began in Rock Port, before
moving to Los Angeles and
then Kansas City in 1957. In
1961, Garnett became their
ultimate home. In her early
years, June worked as a dental assistant, dance instructor,
model, and as secretary. As a
devoted mother, she championed her children throughout
all of their endeavors. She put
the super in Superfan. Her
passion for service led to her
helping establish the Pink
Ladies now known as the
Womens Hospital Auxiliary.
Junes early diagnosis of an
ear condition motivated her
to help establish the Midwest
Ear Institute, Kansas City,
serving as a board member. As
a fiercely devoted Republican,
June served the party at the
3A
County, District, and State levels and was a voting delegate
at four National Republican
Conventions. Her service to
the party culminated with
her election as Republican
National Committee Woman.
She treasured the many friends
and affiliations made through
her work for the party. As part
owner, June served as an officer and director of Patriots
Bank for over 40 years. June
enjoyed golfing, dancing, and
traveling with Jim in their leisure time.
June was preceded in death
by her parents, brother, Benny
Charles Greenwood, and sister, Floy Jean Dietz.
She is survived by her husband, Jimmy of the home;
children, Karen Rumble and
husband, Brad of Gladstone,
Missouri, Scott Cooper and
wife, Terri of Garnett, Jill
Murray and husband, Matt of
Olathe, Kansas; eight grandchildren, Rachelle Gordon,
Kenzie Peace, Kelsey Cooper,
Cameron Cooper, Katelin
Shane,
Carston
Cooper,
Cooper Murray and Gunnar
Murray; seven great-grandchildren. Junes family would
like to acknowledge the tender care and support from the
staff of Parkview Heights, and
a heartfelt thank you to Junes
caregiver and friend, Dorothy
Cameron, whose love and
devotion enabled June to enjoy
more time at home.
Private family services will
be held at this time. A celebration of Junes life is planned
for a later date. Memorials in
Junes memory may be made
to Parkview Heights and sent
in care of Feuerborn Family
Funeral Service, PO Box
408, Garnett, Kansas 66032.
Condolences to the family may
be left at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
W i l l i s
(Willie)
Herbert
Kramer, age
91, Princeton,
Kansas went
to heaven on
March
31,
2020.
He
was
Kramer
born
in
Garnett,
Kansas on November 7,
1928. Willis was married to
Ethel Virginia Robertson on
November 24, 1949. They celebrated 70 years of marriage.
Willis worked a variety of
jobs. He loved to work and
finally retired for the third
time at the age of 85 from Wal-
Mart Distribution.
Willis was a member of
the Zion Lutheran Church in
Vassar, Kansas.
Willis was preceded in
death by his youngest daughter, Tina Elaine Kramer, parents, three brothers, and one
sister. He is survived by his
wife, Ethel Virginia Robertson,
one son, three daughters, nine
grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, one great-greatgrandchild, four brothers, and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Willis wife, Ethel, described
him as a strong, loving, and
gentle man.
Services will be at a later
date.
Why was the stone rolled away?
As we approach Easter the
shadow of the cross looms
large. When they took the
body of Jesus down I can
imagine it being sunset and
shadows were no doubt visible. What a truly foreboding
sight it must have been to his
disciples. Only John stood at
the cross with Mary, Jesus
mother, Marys sister, and
Mary Magdalene. John had
stood with Jesus to the end.
Joseph of Arimathea and
Nicodemus requested permission to bury Jesus. They buried him according to Jewish
burial customs. They laid
him in the garden in a new
tomb and no doubt began to
think about what might lay
ahead. Certainly when someone dies our first thoughts
are usually reflective of the
past remembering different
experiences with that person
but soon our thoughts turn
toward the future and that is
where fear and doubt creep
into our minds. I am sure that
is where John and the women
were at. When they rolled the
stone over the entrance of the
WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL
BY DAVID BILDERBACK
tomb the shadows ceased and
darkness began.
In John 20 we read, Early
on the first day of the week,
while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb
and saw that the stone was
removed from the entrance.
She quickly returned and told
Peter and John and the three
of them returned to the tomb.
John arrived first but did not
go in but Peter upon his arrival went in and saw the burial
cloth. We are told the disciples returned to their homes
but Mary stayed behind weeping.
Two things are important
here, first the stone was rolled
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TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday Fellowship Time 9:30am
Sunday Service 10:30am
Wednesday 7pm
East 6th & Hwy 169, Garnett, KS
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112 W. Sixth Ave., Garnett
(785) 448-3121
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Sunday School 9am
Sunday Service 10:00am
Small Groups 6:30pm
Bible Studies Wednesday 7pm
258 W. Park Road, Garnett, Ks.
(785) 448-3208
Senior Pastor – Jonathan Hall
Childrens Pastor -Sarah Pridey
Jordan Dages – Teen Ministries
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday School 9am
Sunday Worship 10am
Bible Study – Wednesday 7pm
(785) 448-6930
Hwy 31 & Grant, Garnett, KS
KINCAID SELMA UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Worship 9am
Sunday School 10:15 a.m.
709 E. 5th St., Kincaid, KS
Pastor – Bill Nelson
Church Office (620) 439-5773
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ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Worship Service Saturday 5pm
Richmond, KS
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(785) 835-6273
NORTHCOTT CHURCH
Sunday Morning Bible Study 9am
Sunday Worship 10am
12425 SW Barton Rd., Colony, KS 66015
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:30am, Morning Svc. 10:30am
Evening Svc. 6pm
Wed. evening prayer time 6:30pm
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417 South Walnut, Garnett, KS
Reverend Redo Purnell
BEACON OF TRUTH
Sunday Worship Service 10:00am
Hwy 59 & Allen Rd., Richmond, KS
(785) 229-5172
Pastor – Reuben Esh
COLONY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Cross Training 9:45am
Sunday Worship 10:45am
306 Maple, Colony, KS 66015
(620) 852-3200
Pastor – Chase Riebel
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
www.fccgarnett.org
Early Worship 8am
Sunday School (All Ages) 9:15am
Second Worship Service 10:30am
Childrens Church 10am
Nursery Provided
Second & Walnut, Garnett, KS
(785) 448-3452
Chris Goetz, Pastor
Ryan McDonald, Youth Pastor
COLONY COMMUNITY CHURCH
Sunday Worship 9:30am
Sunday School 10:30am
Risen & Rockin Sunday School Service
10:35am
(620) 852-3237
Colony, KS 66015
Pastor – Steve Bubna
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KINCAID
Sunday School 9:30am
Church 10:45am, Eve Worship 7pm
Wednesday Bible Study 7pm
3rd & Osage, Kincaid, KS
(620) 439-5311
Pastor – David Hill
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School 9:15 a.m.
Sunday Worship 10:30am
Bible Study Wed. 10am
Chancel Choir Sun 9am
(785) 448-6833
2nd & Oak, Garnett, KS
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School (All Ages) 10:00 am
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00am
116 N. Kallock, Richmond, KS
(785) 835-6235
WELDA UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Sunday Church School 9:45am
Church Services & Childrens Church 11am
Nursery Available
(785) 448-2358
Welda, KS
Pastor – Bill Nelson
KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAHS
WITNESSES
Sunday Public Meeting 10am
Sunday Watchtower Study 10:50am
Tuesday Ministry School 7:30pm
Tuesday Service Meeting 8:20pm
Thursday Congregation Book Study 8pm
704 Westgate – Garnett, KS
(785) 448-6755
HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Mass: Saturday 5:30pm, Sunday 10am
(785) 448-3846
514 E. 4th, Garnett, KS
Pastor Fr. Daniel Stover
ST. BONIFACE CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday Worship 9am
(785) 835-6273
Scipio, KS
Fr. Gerald Williams
ST. TERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH
Westphalia, KS
Mass: Sunday 11am
Fr. Quentin Schmitz
(620) 364-2416
NEW LIFE BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10am
Sunday Worship 11am, 1:30pm
705 S. Westgate (end of 7th St.)
Garnett, KS
(785) 204-1769
Pastor – Chadd Lemaster
ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH
Emerald (Hwy 31 West of Harris, KS)
Mass: Saturday 5pm
Fr. Quentin Schmitz
(620) 364-2416
COLONY UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Church Services 9:30am
Colony, KS
Parsonage (620) 852-3103
Church Office (620) 852-3106
Pastor – Dorothy Welch
TRUE HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH
Worship Gathering Sunday 6:30pm
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Sunday School 9:30am
Garnett, KS
Church 10:40am
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(785) 448-3947
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1300 & Broomall Rd, Welda, KS 66091
Pastor – Tony Thornton
Garnett – 7th St, W 7 miles, S 3 miles
Pastor – Vernon Yoder
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Sunday Service 11am
Mass Sunday 8am
305 E. 2nd
Greeley, KS
Garnett, KS
(785) 448-3846
(785) 304-9032
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OPINION
Covid-19 no match for The Blitz
Every time I think about the American public being asked to cowboy up for this Covid-19
cause, I cant help but think about the British
during the Nazi bombings of World War II.
The comparison sends a stark realization
that, as they say we aint seen nothing.
We think we have it tough because the government and our peers shame us if we dont
make ourselves publicly scarce right now due
to Covid-19. We think we have it bad because
businesses have shut down or throttled back
to a fraction of their regular productivity. Its
harder, we think, in small towns, because small
town businesses struggle even when times are
good.
Not to downplay this event whether due
to the real threat of the virus or the reaction
by government its certainly the biggest disruption in public life most of us have ever
seen. But the sacrifices of social distancing
are negligible compared to being terrorized by
bombing attacks with each nightfall and the job
of recovering the
bodies of your fam…the sacrifices of
ily and neighbors
social distancing from the rubble of
homes and buildare negligible com- ings every morning
pared to being ter- after. The Blitz
ran an eight-month
rorized by bombperiod
between
ing attacks with
September 1940 and
May 1941, before
each nightfall…
America entered
the war, and while
Hitler was prepping for an invasion of England.
The nighttime bombing raids against London
and other British cities were the result of the
German air forces failure to secure the skies
over England and defeat the Royal Air Force
during the Battle of Britain from July through
September 1940.
From our present-day vantage point and for
most of us who wouldnt be born until decades
after World War II, the scale of the conflict,
particularly in Europe, is difficult to grasp. Our
modern concept of war post 9-11 has evolved
into flash-point face offs with adversaries
who are greatly inadequate by comparison to
Western military might. The threat isnt from
state-sponsored armies funded by a conscripted
national economy and populations held hostage
by political leaders; but instead from cells of
REVIEW COMMENTARY
DANE HICKS, Publisher
a few individuals operating under the radar
inside enemy nations planning everything from
roadside bombs to the release of toxins or
the discharge of nuclear weapons. The clash
of combatants is radically different now than
when the whole of American and other nations
industrial power engaged to produce bullets,
guns airplanes and canned food for war.
So the thought of an entire nations army
bearing down on our shores with the objective
of enslaving us as occupiers, and the fact those
hoards are only 25 miles across the English
Channel, defies modern concept. That was the
reality in Britain in the war years.
The carnage and the economic damage
was immense. Besides destruction and fires
that claimed buildings, homes and structures,
60,000 British civilians were killed and 139,000
wounded. More than two million homes were
destroyed. Historians have estimated the cost
of the damage at 950 million British pounds
per night. It took the nation 15-20 years to fully
rebuild.
Americans and others worldwide facing the
Covid-19 crisis should consider this a test run
for a real emergency. In the same way the
nations of the world amended their thinking
post-World War II to be more vigilant about
national political movements, groupings of
allies with common interests, military buildups, interdictory policy, the lesson from Covid19 is one of preparation and attention to a
different way of thinking about public threats.
Lessons we learn now, both in the scientific and
the political causes impacts of the emergency,
will steel us against the possibility of more serious threats in the future.
Thats an advantage the Brits didnt have.
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Its sickening in this town how people around
this town act. This weekend there was a food
truck from another town parked in a tiny
parking lot. There must have been a half dozen
people getting pizza at a time, standing in each
others faces laughing and talking and carrying
on. No ones doing the social distancing. They
need to do something more because evidently
people are too stuid to following a simple order.
They just dont care, they dont think its going
to happen to them.
In three short months, just like he did with
the plagues of Egypt, God has taken away
everything we worship. God says you want to
worship athletes? I will shut down the stadiums. You want to worship musicians? I will
shut down civic centers. You want to worship
actors? I will shut down theaters. You want to
worship money? I will shut down the economy
and collapse the stock market. You dont want
Kansas $1 billion budget hike reckless
KANSAS LEGISLATURE
CARYN TYSON, 12th District Senate
ture. The bill passed 37 Yes to 2 No votes. I
voted yes. The bill was signed into law.
SB 322 would make permanent the removal of sales tax on vehicle rebates. If the law
doesnt pass by June 2021, then for example, a
new vehicle listing for $30,000 has a rebate of
$5,000 so you would pay $25,000 for the vehicle
but you would pay sales tax on the $30,000. I
offered an amendment to remove sales tax on
all manufacturer coupons. You shouldnt pay
sales tax on money you didnt spend. I voted
yes with 34 Senators. Two Senators voted
no.
Senate Substitute for House Bill 2054 would
allow banks tax breaks on certain loans currently enjoyed by credit unions. It would also
allow credit unions to increase membership.
It passed 29 Yes to 5 No votes. I voted yes.
House Bill (HB) 2595 eliminates the 30-day
delay before state surplus can be sold. I voted
no. Instead of removing the 30 days, there
should be more restrictions. An example is
the private auction of state confiscated deer
antlers. The Minority Leader hosted a private
auction in his office that only allowed two parties to bid on the antlers, the landowner where
the deer died after being poached and Bass
Pro. The bill passed 36 yes to 3 no votes and
was signed into law.
HB 2168 combined SB 225 and SB 409,
increasing bed taxes on nursing homes and
hospitals to get more federal funding. It will
increase the cost to self-payers and health
insurance because insurance companies
will pass the cost to their customers. I voted
against these tax increases. The bill passed
on a vote 33 yes to 6 no votes and was signed
into law.
Legislation 101 Senate Bill (SB) 294, the bill
we are following in these updates, that brings
transparency to your property tax increases,
had a hearing March 16 in the House Tax
Committee. The Committee did not act.
It is an honor and a privilege to serve as
your 12th District State Senator.
Caryn Tyson is Kansas 12 District State
Senator and lives in Parker.
The distant memory of Trump impeachment
On Jan. 20, the United States confirmed
its first case of the coronavirus. The nations
political and media elite obsessed over Mitch
McConnells just-announced resolution governing the impeachment trial of Donald
Trump.
On Jan. 23, China locked down the city of
Wuhan. Cable news in America lit up with
praise for the epic, nay historic, performance
by House impeachment manager Adam Schiff
in the trials opening arguments.
On Jan. 30, the World Health Organization
declared a world health emergency. The U.S.
Senate prepared to vote on impeachment witnesses.
On Feb. 5, the cruise ship Diamond Princess
quarantined thousands of passengers after
a major outbreak on board. Mitt Romney
announced that hed vote to convict Trump
on one of the two counts against him, and the
Senate voted to acquit on both.
Trump closed off travel from China while
the trial was still ongoing, the day after
senators asked their final questions of the
impeachment managers and the White House
defense team. Only two and a half weeks after
the trial, the White House requested $1.25 billion in emergency coronavirus funding from
Congress.
If the trial hadnt ended expeditiously, the
Senate easily could have been still seeking the
testimony of, say, former White House counsel
Don McGahn about the details of the non-firing of special counsel Robert Mueller — at the
same time everyone expected the administra-
Answer: Liquor stores became essential when
people like you and Carrie Nation started sucking up all the money from the taxes on liquor.
You should be patting those liquor stores and
their customers on the back instead of (deleted)
about them.
Contact your elected leaders:
Before the last week of session, the
Governor had signed only one bill into law
that dealt with a cemetery near Wichita, but
that changed.
The Kansas Legislature passed a budget for
2021 that is beyond belief. It contains a $1.2
billion increase in total spending. It increases
the State General Fund (SGF) by over 9%. It is
over-the-top spending in this time of national
crisis.
After thanking the legislature for passing
the budget, the Governor admonished legislators for spending over $100 million more than
she requested, and she requested a lot.
This budgets Billion dollar increase only
allots $50 million for the pandemic and $15
million for emergency equipment.
This budget thumbs its nose at the situation before us. Knowing the state is going to
face a drastic decrease in revenue, less taxes
collected; income tax, sales tax, fuel tax, and
other taxes and fees; knowing taxpayers are
facing unforeseen hardships; knowing funds
will need to be redirected, why would anyone
commit to this budget?
The excuse used to pass it by some was,
maybe it can be fixed when were back in session. Once in law, changes become difficult. I
voted no on this reckless overspending spree
of a budget, Senate Bill 66.
SB 173, the 10-year transportation plan
includes language for new construction, maintenance, and increasing broadband infrastruc-
to go to church to worship me? I will make it
so you cannot go to church. If my people who
are called by my name will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and
forgive their sins and heal their land. Maybe we
dont need a vaccine maybe we need to take
this time of isolation from the distractions of
the world and have a personal revival where we
focus on the only thing that matters- Jesus. Let
us cleanse ourselves so we will be worthy to lead
others on the Christian path.
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
tion to be shifting into wartime footing against
the virus.
In that circumstance, the impeachment
trial obviously would have been immediately shelved, because a discretionary national
crisis cant compete with a real, unavoidable
one. Political melodrama must give way to a
potential public-health catastrophe.
For more than three years, American
national politics has been constantly on a crisis footing over presidential tweets, two-day
controversies, dubious storylines whipped up
by the media and Trumps genuine outrages.
Little of it has been enduring, or nearly as
important as the intense, wall-to-wall attention suggested.
After all the energy devoted to inflating the
Russians into a clear-and-present danger to
the workings of America here on our shores,
that threat has instead proved to be China,
which loosed a virus on the world that has
temporarily crashed the American economy
and shut down much of American life, including elections.
After we spent months pretending that
Trump would somehow be ousted from the
presidency by his own party in the Senate, not
only is he still the president, all people of good
will are rooting for him to perform as ably as
he can in this crisis.
After acting as though we had endless time
and energy to waste on nonsense because the
stakes were so small in what was until the day
before yesterday a time of peace and prosperity, we have been jolted into a period when our
national decisions really matter, and time and
resources are of the essence.
In short, the epidemic has put in stark relief
the pettiness and absurdity of much what has
transpired in our national life since Trump
won the presidency. This crisis is the unmistakable punctuation mark on that post-2016
era and the beginning of something new.
How Trump performs now — finally without
Mueller or impeachment, artifacts of another
time, dogging him — will determine how its
remembered.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
President Donald Trump
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1111
@realDonaldTrump
Senator Pat Roberts
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Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-4774,
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Senator Jerry Moran
2202 Rayburn House Office
Building
Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-6521
2nd Dist. Congressman
Steve Watkins
1205 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C., 20515
(202) 225-6601
12 Dist. Sen. Caryn Tyson
300 SW 10th St. Rm 236-E
Topeka, Ks. 66612 (785) 296-6838
P.O. Box 191 Parker, Ks. 66072
(913) 898-2366
caryn.tyson@senate.ks.gov
5th Dist. Rep. Mark Samsel
300 SW 10th St. Rm 168-W
Topeka, Ks. 66612
(785) 296-6287
Mark.Samsel@house.ks.gov
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free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
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HISTORY
70+ year old clip-on earring found
April 2010 – Coffee Loft opens for business
I paid a visit to my latest
historical archaeological site
and this is the very first artifact I found. Yes, I know, youre
saying Why thats not old.
You can buy these type of earrings yet today. Thats true,
however, where and at what
depth I found this one makes it
at least 70-80 years old.
The origin of clip-on earrings
is relatively recent. Clip-on
earrings, or ear rings for nonpierced ears and often shortened to just clipons, were
not a common item of jewelry until the late 19th century.
(The Victorian Era). Women
during this Victorian period
shunned the idea of putting
holes in their earlobes, but still
wanted to adorn themselves
with earrings.
April 2010
A specialty coffee shop
recently opened on Garnetts
downtown square, and according to owners Mark Powls and
Betts Abraham, business is
hopping. Powls spearheaded
the idea of the Coffee Loft several years ago and Abraham
encouraged him to make his
idea a reality. Powls demolished an aging building on the
south side of the square and
reconstructed a new building
to match the existing architecture of other downtown
structures. Inside the building
are amenities galore including
wifi, coffee drinks, and caf
offerings.
April 2000
Two days after a Sprint official met with county commissioners to discuss the latest
delay in a county Enhanced
911 emergency communications system, county sheriff and ambulance personnel
were scampering around the
Colony area trying to find an
injury accident without proper directions or communications with the reporting property. Dispatchers were unable
to find the reporting partys
name in the phone or rural
directories after the initial call
and responders didnt know
where in the general area they
should look. Incidents similar to this have continued to
plague local emergency work-
DIGGING UP THE PAST
Henry Roeckers
Call (785) 504-4722 for
local archeology information.
In the 1920s both screw back
and spring clip (like this one),
were widely used for the next
40 years, until a resurgence of
popularity of pierced earrings
in the 1960-1980s came about.
Respectfully submitted by:
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31March2020
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as you are taking all necessary
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While not required, employers
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Can I apply for unemploy-
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Potentially, yes. If you have
worked for an employer who
pays unemployment taxes in
the last 18 months, you may be
eligible. We encourage you to
apply. Our staff will determine
whether or not you have sufficient insured earnings to support a claim for unemployment
benefits.
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if my work is closed because of
COVID-19?
Potentially, yes. To receive
unemployment, an individual
generally must be not working and not earning money.
They must be able to work and
must be available for work.
Those impacted by COVID-19
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Because each case must be
individually evaluated, you
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benefits to be certain.
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my hours have been cut by my
employer?
Potentially, yes. There are
three important details: First,
we will want to know why your
hours were cut. If your hours
were cut due to no fault of your
own, then you may be able to
get benefits. Second, how much
are your weekly earnings? If
your earnings for a week are
the same or higher than your
weekly benefit amount, then
you will be ineligible for unem-
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you file an initial claim, we
will let you know what your
weekly benefit amount would
be. Finally, you must also be
physically able and available
for work each week.
What options do I have if I
am a Gig Worker (Uber, Lyft,
Eatstreet, Postmates, Grubhub,
etc.)
Gig Workers are considered
self-employed in Kansas. If you
have worked for an employer
who pays unemployment taxes
in the last 18 months, you may
be eligible. We encourage you
to apply. Our staff will determine whether or not you have
sufficient insured earnings to
support a claim for unemployment benefits.
What if I am a school
employee?
School employees are usually subject to unemployment
insurance disqualification.
However, those provisions
apply only to breaks between
or within terms that are regularly scheduled. If any employee is off work outside of normal scheduled school breaks,
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income they are receiving, if
any.
THAT WAS THEN
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ers as the delay in acquiring
Enhanced 911 for the county enters its third year. The
enhanced system would record
the callers phone number and
map location which could be
passed on to emergency workers. Without the system, when
the caller hangs up, that information is lost.
April 1990
County residents and
other drivers who decide to
drink and drive in Anderson
County will now be forced to
take a breathalyzer test which
has proven almost foolproof.
Thanks to the receipt of a state
grant, the Anderson County
Sheriffs Department now has
use of an Intoxilizer 5,000 and
an Alco-sensor preliminary
test. The Intoxilizer is a computerized machine which can
give an officer an accurate
reading of a drivers alcohol
level without running a blood
test. The preliminary sensor
test is one which officers can
carry with them and perform
while in the field.
April 1980
The Anderson County
Sheriffs office recovered a
dryer that had apparently
been taken from the Park Side
Place low income housing
complex. It was then discovered that another dryer, washer, and an electric range were
also missing. The appliances
had been stored in an upstairs
room and the building had
been locked. All of the units
were still in boxes.
April 1920
Burglars visited Garnett
Saturday night or early
Sunday morning visiting the
office of the Osborn Lumber
Yard, Farrows Store, and
Crawleys Store. It was thought
they also entered the McCabe
Grocery and Rices Grocery,
but nothing was missed at the
latter places. At the lumber
office they got nothing. At
Farrows they got a gun. So far
as could be learned this was
the amount of swag taken. It
is said they visited Welda that
night and got twenty cents in
cash and maybe some goods.
They also visited Colony but
we have learned no particulars
from Colony. The thieves are
thought to be Iola talent.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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John Wilkes Booths last day was our first day.
Hours after one of American historys most infamous assassins breathed his last breath on a farm porch in Port Royal Virgina on April 26, 1865, Isaac Olney
was putting the finishing touches on the first edition of The Garnett Plaindealer in the upstairs of a frame building at the corner of Fourth and Walnut where
The Kirk House now stands. One hundred fifty years later, The Anderson County Review continues to chronicle our town and countys news in the context of a
world that has become increasingly intertwined and whose speed-of-light information connections would have been unfathomable to our first publisher.
As we consider those early days of Anderson Countys first newspaper, we have to do so in the context of what were then current events. Anderson County and
the counties of Bleeding Kansas were still the Frontier of Freedom which gave birth to the Civil War, and though the major battles costing thousands of lives
gave the conflict in the East and South top billing, the tension and conflict at the border of Kansas and Missouri was ever present in our region throughout
the war. Although the Civil War had officially ended a few weeks earlier on April 9 when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomatox, the rage of the war was still
coursing in the veins of Eastern Kansas where the whole thing had really begun about a decade earlier.
Indeed, word had probably only reached Garnett of President Lincolns April 14 assassination not much more than a few days previous and though we dont
know for sure, any enterprising newspaper man would have seen that event as the optimum time to launch his newspaper it was the story of the day, and at
that time the story of the day lived for weeks as opposed to the less than 24 hour news cycle we see today. Booths apprehension and killing by federal troops,
while it happened the same day as the Plaindealers first edition, probably wasnt known by the editor for more than a week. Olneys decision to launch the
Plaindealer was probably affected by a lot of factors, but the prospects for peace and prosperity and the relief that the bloody conflict was coming to an end
had to have made the overall picture in the spring of 1865 seem brighter.
We can imagine that Mr. Olney must have possessed the same frontier spirit as his contemporaries, anxious to cast his lot on the bet of finding the right town
in which his newspaper could thrive and prosper and willing to accept the risks that came with it. It would have made perfect sense for the adventurer of that
day; the filth and congestion of Americas urban centers during the mid 1800s no doubt made able men and women yearn for fresher air, an unobstructed
sunset, the cushion of prairie grass and the promise of a solid and rewarding lifes work ahead.
His last day was our first.
Olney was born in New York in 1825 and had previously spent time in Michigan and edited The Clinton Journal in Henry County, Missouri, before moving to
a now-forgotten town called Hampden in Coffey County to found the Hampden Expositor. Olney was elected county clerk of Coffey County and served the
office during the bitter political contests between Hampden, Burlington and LeRoy over the designation of county seat.
Hours after one of American historys most infamous
now-forgotten town called Hampden in Coffey County
led to the elections of county commissioners, clerks,
Whenbreathed
repeated
in on
Coffey
County
of Hampden
receiving
the official
designation,
knewand
theother
prospects
countyPolitical
politicalintrigue
printing,
assassins
hiselections
last breath
a farm
porchcast
in little hope
to found
the Hampden
Expositor.
Olney was
elected Olney
sheriffs
countyofofficers.
and
population
growth
for
the
town,
commercial
advertising
growth
in
its
business
sector
and
the
golden
chalice
become
a
railroad
stopwere
gone.
He
was
in
Port Royal Virginia on April 26, 1865, Isaac Olney was county clerk of Coffey County and served the office
public consternation have been rooted in Anderson
his mid
30s at the
time, well
into
middle
age
in thoseduring
days, and
he must
havecontests
been concerned
that his time for
realizing
his fortune
wasthe
drawing
short. Rifles
putting
the finishing
touches
on the
first
edition
of The
the bitter
political
between Hampden,
Countys
history
ever since
Pottawatomie
Garnett Plaindealer in the upstairs of a frame building at Burlington and LeRoy over the designation of county
militia was formed to protect us from Missouri pro-slave
But, there
was another
newstreets
little town
nearby
that already
a newspaper
Garnett.
the corner
of Fourth
and Walnut
where
The Kirk
seat. had a county seat designation and which didnt have
raiders
its in our yet
blood,
I think, Sometime,
and Ive seenmost
it play
likely
during
the
fall
of
1864
or
late
winter
of
1865,
Olney
packed
up
his
type
and
his
press
and
landed
here.
He
passed
away
at
the
age
of
40
in
1866
shortly
House now stands.
out in my tenure here in the last 30 or so years over
after launching the Plaindealer, and his wife Delia continued
as proprietor
different
editors
until she sold
it tolike
L.J.construction
Perry in April
When repeated
electionshiring
in Coffey
County
cast little
topics
of1870.
the Cedar Valley Reservoir,
One hundred fifty-five years after John Wilkes Booth
hope of Hampden receiving the official designation,
school bond issues, fights over the Prairie Spirit Rail
The rest
the Reviews
lineage isAbraa complicated
array
of owners,
publishchanged
U.S.ofhistory
with thehistory
murderand
of President
Olney knew
theof mergers, buyouts, expansions and contractions, with literally dozens Trail
to name
only a few.
ers
and
editors
over
the
decades.
Most
all
of
the
papers
with
which
we
were
merged
or
ham Lincoln, The Anderson County Review continues
prospects of
Though financial success
acquiredour
or community
acquired usand
over
yearsthat
were
founded
on thepolitical
basis of
politics,
supporting
to chronicle
thethe
events
shape
it. county
was always
hard to come
one or the other platform of political endeavor as Kansas
made
itself
into
a
state
through
printing, popuby for our predecessor
strife
and might
contrivance.
Every political
in
every locality
As we
consider
those and
earlypolitical
days of Anderson
Countys
lationfaction
growth for
newspapers,
there has
wanted
an
official
organ
to
espouse
its
views
and
sell
its
ideals
to
the
public.
Politicians
first newspaper, we have to do so in the context of what
the town, comrarely been
a shortage of
recognized
early the
arguments
wereand
thenspecial
currentinterests
events. Anderson
County
and value
the of making
mercialtheir
advertisnews. to the public,
because
when
it
came
down
to
election
time,
one
vote
might
be
all
that
it took to win
counties of Bleeding Kansas were still the Frontier of
ing growth in its
the road
to gave
prosperity
Kansas
young
and
burgeoning
communities.
Freedom
which
birth tointhe
Civil War,
and
though
business
sector
Along with that vibrant
the major battles costing thousands of lives gave the
and the golden
public forum was,
And
thats
how
it
went
through
Garnetts
history
in
controversies
over
everything
conflict in the East and South top billing, the tension
chalice become
throughout
our history,
from
railroad
bonds,
city
utility
development,
the
lynching
of
a
black
man from
the
and conflict at the border of Kansas and Missouri was
a railroad stopthe constant
competition
of a former
jail building,
present
over
taxation
and in
everconstruction
present in ourscaffolding
region throughout
the war.
Althoughever
were
gone.fights
He
between
sometimes
as
skirmishes
that
led
to
the
elections
of
county
commissioners,
clerks,
sheriffs
and
other
the Civil War had officially ended a few weeks earlier
was in his mid 30s
many as five newspapers
county
officers.
intrigue
andatpublic
consternation
havewell
been
rooted in Anderson
on April
9 when
Lee Political
surrendered
to Grant
Appomaat the time,
The Eagle-Plaindealer crew, circa 1915. in Garnett at one time.
Countys
history
ever
since
the
Pottawatomie
Rifles
militia
was
formed
totradition
protect us
tox, the rage of the war was still coursing in the veins of
into middle age
Amid that
of
Eastern Kansas where the whole thing had really begun
in those days, and he must have been concerned that his competition there is one anecdote that bears mentionabout a decade earlier.
time for realizing his fortune was drawing short.
ing. Leonard McCalla, Jr., was heir to the editors chair
of The Anderson Countian, one of our predecessors.
Indeed, word had probably only reached Garnett of
But there was another new little town nearby that already The Countian competed vigorously with The Garnett
President Lincolns April 14 assassination not much
had a county seat designation and which didnt have a
Review from the 1920s until the papers merged in
more than a few days previous and though we dont
newspaper yet Garnett. Sometime, most likely during
1956. It so happens that Leonard Jr., became smitten
know for sure, any enterprising newspaper man would
the fall of 1864 or late winter of 1865, Olney packed
with a lass by the name of Margaret Champe, whose
have seen that event as the optimum time to launch his
up his type and his press and landed here. He passed
family had a long history with the Review and at the time
newspaper it was the story of the day, and at that time
away at the age of 40 in 1866 shortly after launching the of their meeting was still partnered with Earl and Harthe story of the day lived for weeks as opposed to the less Plaindealer, and his wife Delia continued as proprietor
ley Knaus in the Countians competitor. Leonard and
than 24 hour news cycle we see today. Booths apprehiring different editors until she sold it to L.J. Perry in
Margaret eloped in 1933 while on a trip with friends
hension and killing by federal troops, while it happened April 1870.
to the Worlds Fair. With the passions that run among
the same day as the Plaindealers first edition, probably
competing businesses in small towns, we have to wonder
wasnt known by the editor for days. Olneys decision
The rest of the Reviews history and lineage is a comhow the dinner table conversations went at the Champe
to launch the Plaindealer was probably affected by a lot
plicated array of mergers, buyouts, expansions and
and McCalla households that year.
of factors, but the prospects for peace and prosperity
contractions, with literally dozens of owners, publishers
and the relief that the bloody conflict was coming to an
and editors over the decades. Most all of the papers with In good times and bad, our historic legacy has been one
end had to have made the overall picture in the spring of which we were merged or acquired or acquired us over
of trust and commitment to our community and to the
1865 seem brighter.
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ing one or the other platform of political endeavor as
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Pillow earns ACHs 2019
Employee of the Year award
Mary
Jo
Pillow,
Rehabilitation
Services
Occupational Therapist, was
recently honored as Anderson
County Hospitals Employee of
the Year for 2019.
Mary Jo is an exemplary
employee that demonstrates
excellent patient care and
receives compliments on her
customer satisfaction regularly.
She has been integral in
the development of the lymphedema program at Anderson
County Hospital and has grown
that program
significantly
this last year.
She is very
caring, and
her patients
recognize her
dedication to
their rehabilPillow itation. She is
a wonderful
team member
and is a local expert in many
areas related to upper extremity dysfunction and lymphedema.
Black receives PSU scholarship
Members of Garnetts Trinity Baptist Church brought their worship
service outside to the parking lot to provide social distancing room
on Sunday under mild temperatures and gray skies. Churches
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 4-7-2020 / DANE HICKS
around the area have cancelled services or seized online broadcast
opportunities since the beginning of the Covid-19 public sequester.
Ridley Black, Colony, is a
Crest High School graduate
and was recently awarded the
Alumni Legacy License Plate
Scholarship at Pittsburg State
University.
Ridleys parents are Angela
Black, Colony, and Seth Black,
Baldwin.
Ridleys major is Bachelor of
Science in Nursing.
Kids Khronicles SERVICES..
This is a continuation of creative writing stories submitted by area
4th, 5th and 6th graders that are published annually in our Creative
Kids Advertising Design and Creative Writing Contest.
The Perfect Birthday
by Emily Sobba
Mrs. Rockers Class
5th grade St. Rose School
Once there was a girl
named Abigail, who was about
to turn 13. Her birthday was
in a week. It was
Saturday night and
Abigail was getting ready for bed.
Abigail got into bed
and fell asleep. She
was having a crazy
dream. Abigail was at
her birthday party. All
her friends were there,
even her little sis. There
was a cake with 13 lay-
ers and there he was, the boy
that Abigail had liked since
first grade. His name was Ray.
Then the music started and
Ray came over to Abigail and
he asked
her to dance
and
she said yes.
They danced
for two songs
and then they
had cake and
danced
some
more, but then
Abigail
woke
up. She was sad
it was over, but she
thought that was the
perfect birthday.
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We will be asking that
everyone stay in their vehicles with their windows
raised, said Stacy Gwin,
secretary at the Garnett
Church of the Nazarene. If
you choose to stay home and
are located within a mile, you
should still be able to turn in
to 99.9 FM and listen to the
service.
Most area churches have
stopped their confined public meetings due to proximity
concerns over the Covid-19
virus, choosing to cancel services or to record them for
online viewing, use live social
media avenues or spread out
and meet outside for services
if the weather cooperates.
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and existing patients.
Needed prescriptions will
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look forward to seeing
you in the office and
getting back to normal.
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Kyle Griffeth and Trustin Hays got in some outdoor work on the roof of Farmers Bank in Garnett last
week, with a great view of the Anderson County Courthouse.
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Cont – The Skinning Tree A novel by G. Dane Hicks
Due to "social distancing" directives in view of the present Covid19
emergency and the fact that many
Review readers are sequestering to varying degrees in their
homes and looking for reading
materials among ways to pass the
time, we are publishing segments
of Review publisher Dane Hicks'
2003 novel "The Skinning Tree"
(Began March 24) over the course
of the next several weeks.
Chapter 2
McKane thought about how
much easier it was to do advance
work like this when you can
speak and read the language. For
the third time that week, he told
himself this jobs not so bad.
He laid the cell phone down
next to him on the bench seat
of his white four-wheel drive
Ford pickup and scratched a few
directions on the pad which he
held against the steering wheel
with his left hand. In a little
more than seven minutes since
Sandy called his house, McKane
had determined the location of
the well, anticipated the route
the authorities would most likely
take to get there, and his own
best vantage point to get a look at
the scene before they discovered
him and ran him off. It was a helluva lot easier than trying to find
your way around An Nasaryia.
Of course the county directory
was a huge help, but McKane had
a little better edge with a map
hed designed himself specifically for use in cases like this. Hed
contacted the regional Resource
Conservation and Development
offices and obtained enough
satellite photography to splice
together a view of Sharon County
into a manageable but still readable size, and on the back hed
spliced together a topographical
map of the county, scaled to the
same proportions as the satellite photo, and laminated them
together back-to-back. The map
was a little bulky and didnt fold
together with the same neatness
of a standard road map, but it was
an incredibly useful tool in determining exactly where something
was, and exactly the best way to
get there. The height of a ridge
or a hidden draw between two
hillsides, and knowing where to
find either one, could make all
the difference in the world in
getting a decent photograph or
not getting one at all.
The county directory also
included landowner names,
property boundaries and telephone numbers. McKane made
two calls from the truck after
identifying the location enroute,
one to the Sharon County dispatchers office and one to Dan
and Molly Halfords house,
whose address had been read
over the police scanner. The dispatcher didnt have any more
information than Sandy did, and
didnt hide her aggravation too
well that a reporter was calling
her while she was trying to deal
with the fluster of the sudden
radio traffic. McKane hated to be
a bother, but not bad enough not
to be.
Dan Halford still wasnt
home and a sheriffs deputy was
waiting there with Ronnie and
his mother until more troops
arrived, but she was able to tell
McKane with a little prodding
where on old Pod Tuckers land
the well was located. McKane
knew if the cops werent already
there sealing off the area, they
probably would be before he was
able to get to the site, so he had to
find another avenue other than
the direct and closest road.
Gridded off in mostly square
mile sections, rural roads in
Kansas were built predominantly on those section lines. But
building and maintaining roads
was and is expensive, so road
engineers and county commissioners determined logical traffic
patterns and reasonable access
for residents via those roads, and
left many of the section lines
platted but never developed into
thoroughfares. Such was the case
with the area that was causing
such a stir in Sharon County on
this Saturday afternoon.
McKanes map showed an oil
well service road that led from
the main gravel road and circled
in close to a ridge east of the
well site. Best as McKane could
tell, the site should be at the
base of the other side of the high
ground, which meant he had to
hike the ridge and hope his estimate of the distance was correct.
The cops would come in the easy
way- taking the road a mile west
on the section line and blocking
traffic along that route. Even if
they sealed the area, McKane
thought, he might have enough
altitude from the ridge to get
some photos of the area with a
telephoto lens.
Headed down the gravel
road he sensed the bridge coming before he could even tell if
there was water in the creek
underneath it. It was a cold,
bare, almost instinctual fear that
gripped him, chilling him cold
all over and giving him the urge
to urinate. He held the wheel
firm and looked straight ahead,
avoiding any chance that a
glance over the side would reveal
water below him, as the rumble from his trucks wheels on
gravel suddenly sung with the
mid-tone pitch of rubber against
the finished surface of the concrete bridge. In less than a second he was on the other side and
his symptoms were gone. Damn,
ridiculous fear, he thought to
himself. It angered him. Just like
it always had.
McKane turned the Ford onto
the service road and into what
seemed like little more than a
thicket of underbrush with a cow
path in-between. He proceeded
slowly at first along the road as it
dug down a short draw into scrub
timber. Soon the Ford climbed
a small hill and opened into a
just-planted cornfield, and just
like his map showed, the service
road hooked on another quarter
mile or so to begin a wrap around
the base of the ridge.
Estimating his location on the
map McKane pulled the truck off
the road, took a brown canvas
backpack from the seat beside
him, grabbed the cell phone and
locked the truck just in case. He
scanned the hillside before him
as he thrust first one then both
arms into the backpack straps.
There was no fence by the roadside, but McKane knew he was
on private property. Oh, well, he
thought, hed be here and gone
before anybody knew. Parting
the first row of tree branches, he
started his ascent up the hillside.
A haze of cigarette smoke
filled the air over Pammys bed
as she lay there flat on her back
and naked except for a twisted
and thread-bare bed sheet which
snaked around her legs and
across her chest. The bedroom
was tiny, and even though Bo
was in the kitchen, she could
hear every word of his cell
phone conversation as he hustled around in only his unzipped
uniform trousers by the kitchen
cabinets, trying to put on his
shirt and talk at the same time.
I was away from the vehicle.
I guess I didnt hear the call,
said Bo Walker as he worked
frantically to button the front
of his khaki-colored sheriffs
deputy uniform shirt. No, no, I
was out with a resident talking
about those house fires… well,
down in Brahman Township,
just off Osage Road. Dammit,
Bo thought to himself. They had
to have a damn body turn up on a
Saturday afternoon when he was
here. Wasnt this the damn luck.
Pammy sauntered out of the
bedroom, stark naked, the cigarette in her right hand glowing
hot on the end as she pulled hard
at it, her bony, sallow cheeks
pulling in from the suction.
Standing in the paint-chipped,
dirty kitchen door with a groggy
but satisfied half-smile on her
face, she pushed her hair back
out of her splotchy, ruddy complexioned face that framed big
but expressionless, green eyes
brighter and prettier no doubt
long ago before the lines began
to creep toward her eyes and
mouth. She was forty-one and
her mileage was all too apparent
even in the softening light of the
afternoon sun.
She pulled hard on the smoke
again, contorting her face as she
did so, and blew in Bos direction
as he stammered around on the
phone, growing more and more
agitated as the dispatcher read
him the riot act. Hed be on the
way in a few seconds, he said,
and was about fifteen minutes
away. He clicked the phone off
with a metallic beep.
I dont work for you, Martha,
you old crank, he snarled at the
inactive phone. He hastily slid
the phone into the holder on his
heavy patent leather utility belt.
Dammit Finished with the
shirt, he flung the belt around
his waist, for a second barreling
out his chest and shoulders as
his arm crossed under the sin-
Notice of Primary Election
(First published in The Anderson County
Review, Tuesday, April 7, 2020)
Deeds
One candidate for County Sheriff
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
One candidate for Township Treasurer &
Trustee in Indian Creek, Jackson, Lincoln, Lone
Elm, Monroe, Ozark, Putnam, Reeder, Rich,
Walker, Washington, Welda, and Westphalia
Township
In compliance with the provisions of K.S.A.
25-204, a Primary Election will be held August
4, 2020. Candidates for the following offices will
be nominated by each political party which has
qualified to participate in the Primary Election:
One candidate for United States Senate
One candidate for United States House of
Representatives, 2nd District
One candidate for State Senate, 12th
District
One candidate for State Representative,
4th & 5th Districts
One candidate for County Commissioner,
2nd & 3rd Districts
One candidate for County Attorney
One candidate for County Clerk
One candidate for County Treasurer
One candidate for County Register of
The following officers will be elected in each
political party which as qualified to participate in
the Primary Election:
One Precinct Committeeman in each
Precinct
One Precinct Committeewoman in each
Precinct
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hereto set
my hand and cause to be affixed my official
seal. Done at the City of Garnett, Kansas this
2nd day of April, A.D. 2020.
Julie A. Wettstein Anderson County Clerk
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Notice to control
noxious weeds
(First published in The Anderson County
Review, Tuesday, April 7, 2020)
GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS
WEEDS
The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314
et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative
action. The weeds declared noxious are: field
bindweed, musk thistle, Johnson grass, bur
ragweed, Canada thistle, sericea lespedeza, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quack grass,
Russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut are
County Option Noxious Weed/Weeds declared
noxious by the Board of County commissioners
of Anderson County. Notice is hereby given
pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to
every person who owns or supervises land in
Anderson County that noxious weeds growing
or found on such land shall be controlled and
eradicated. Control is defined ad preventing
the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.
Failure to observe this notice may result in
the County:
1. Serving a legal notice requiring control
of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five
days. Failure to control the noxious weeds
within the time period allowed may result in
the county treating the noxious weeds at the
landowners expense and placing a lien of the
property if the bill is not paid within 30 days or,
2. Filing criminal charges for non-compliance. Conviction for non compliance may
result in a fine of $100 per day of non-compliance with a maximum fine of $1500.
The public is also hereby notified that it is a
violation of the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to
barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock
or livestock feed unless the feed is fed on the
farm where grown or sold to a commercial
processor that will destroy the viability of
the noxious weed seed. Custom harvesting
machines must be labeled with a label provided
by the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture and must be
free of all weed seed and litter when entering
the State and when leaving a field infested with
noxious weeds. Additional information may
be obtained from the Anderson County Weed
Department or by contacting the Kansas Dept.
of Agriculture, 109 SW 9th, Topeka, KS 66612.
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gle black suspender which
looped his shoulder. He
was a stocky young man
of twenty-four, broad
through the chest and
back and narrow at the
waist, though under the
uniform shirt and the kevlar bullet-proof vest there
was ample flab to go along
with his muscular frame.
With a wide chin and a
solid jaw and his strawberry-blond hair cut into
a tight flattop, Bos reddish complexion and deep
brown eyes made him an
impressive-looking man
in uniform. It was an asset
he traded on as often as he
could.
Damn, dont you
guys get breaks, Pammy
asked, narrowing her eyes
and shaking her head
in protest as she slipped
into a old metal-legged dinette
chair, one of three at a kitchen
table covered with dirty glasses
and dishes, frozen food packages and junk mail. Dont seem
right they expect you work all
the time with no breaks. She
leaned forward and put her bony
elbow on her knee, resting her
forehead on the heel of her hand.
Pammys bleached hair clustered
around the hand and arm she
rested upon. Her voice dull and
gravelly, she was thin the product of methamphetamine use and
a resulting lack of appetite, and
as she leaned forward her pale,
splotchy skin stretched over her
ribs and down to the hip bones
that were visible at the top of
her naked buttocks. On her back,
an amateurish-looking tattoo of
a rose, its old red ink now blurring into its green outline, was
half covered by her hair. Walker
glanced at her as he buckled
the belt. Even in his rush to get
dressed, a sort of satisfied disgust filled him as he looked at
her, like a man stuffed with pork
chops looking at the last one on
the platter.
We get meal breaks, not this
kind of breaak, you moron, he
snarled, tightening the laces on
his boot.
Youre such an ass, she said,
shaking her head. Why are you
such an ass to me? She turned
indignant almost immediately.
I open myself up to you all the
time, anytime you want, and you
always act like an ass after youre
done. Youre an ass, Bo. She had
leaned back on the back of the
chair, her left arm crossed over
her chests, other elbow wresting
on the back of her hand. The
cigarette sat lodged in her half
clasped fingers, a gentle stream
of smoke rising beside her face.
Her green eyes were watery but
piercing, wanting a response
and an argument anything to
engage him.
Now, honey, Bos voice
was sweet and mocking as he
stretched his face into a big false
grin and motioned toward her
with fake concern. She scowled
and turned her head away. Die
off, she grumbled.
He headed for the door without a word of goodbye. Moments
later, she watched from the dirty
storm door window as his white
patrol car with the blue metallic marking Sharon County
Sheriff on the side sped out
from behind the dilapidated old
barn in back of the house and
spun gravel as it headed down
her driveway a short distance to
the unpaved road.
She took another drag on the
cigarette, and dropped her head
to run her fingers through her
hair. Her eyes caught a photo
on top of the television set in
the small living room. It was
a picture of herself in younger, plumper years, with two
little boys about two and three
years of age. It was a photo of a
happier time, before the states
social services agency had decided her kids would be better off
somewhere else. She was tired,
she thought as she exhaled the
smoke. And it didnt even hurt
that much anymore.
Bo watched the little faded
white farm house disappear as
his cruiser crested the hill, a
plume of brown dust following
it like a jet trail in the greening April countryside. Hed be
off in a few hours, he thought.
Maybe hed come back. Maybe he
wouldnt.
Todd Bookmans hands were
moist on the steering wheel as
he swung his patrol car into the
passing lane on the long stretch
of U.S. Highway 59, and as his
speedometer needle touched
eighty he watched the blur of
the gray Dodge disappear to the
right and behind him as the driver pulled to the shoulder of the
road and hit her brakes.
Further back in his rearview
mirror, he could see the flashing
lights of the EMS ambulance as it
headed his direction. He radioed
dispatch again as he slowed to
make the turn off the highway
and on to the gravel road, telling
Martha to relay the location of
the turn again to EMS. A few seconds later he passed the Halfords
house and crossed the county
bridge over the Pottawatomie.
He was concentrating hard,
trying to make sure he ran
through the procedure by the
numbers. The important thing
was to make notification and
stay in communication with
dispatch. Secure the area and
manage and minimize the traffic through it until they could
determine whether a crime had
been committed. Bookman numbered the steps in his head. Hed
screwed up on this kind of thing
before, and it wasnt going to
happen again.
The gate to the field was open
as he passed the old Tucker
place, and he headed through
the old barn yard and down a
slight slope toward the timber.
Emerging a few hundred yards
beyond into a clearing, he could
see the new-looking pole barn,
half filled with last years hay
bales, and a dusty brown pickup belonging to Seth Bryton, a
volunteer first-responder who
lived out this way somewhere.
Nearing the truck, Bookman
could see disheveled boards and
rusty tin sheeting that used to
cover the well. Bryton was sitting in the open door of the pickup a few yards away as Bookman
stopped his patrol car and got
out, eyeing the unrolled cable
that trailed away from the winch
on the front of Brytons truck.
God, Todd, its a mess, Seth
said. He was a medium-built man
in his late thirties, wearing a cap
that said Sharon County First
Responder, a thin pair of rubber
safety gloves in his hand.
Whaddaya got, Bookman
said, taking off his sunglasses
and pushing them into the pocket of his khaki uniform shirt as
he neared.
I went down on the winch,
Seth said, stepping up from the
seat of the pickup, she aint
movin. Shes gone. It looks like
a kid. Batteries in my light are
sorta weak and I cant see very
good, but shes gone. You got a
better light?
In the trunk. Grab it if you
would, and Ill take a look,
Bookman said, motioning
toward his patrol car. At the top
of the hill, the ambulance was
just passing the timber, and was
slowly making its way toward
them.
The two men passed each
other, and Bookman knelt
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THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER
COVID-19 isnt just an Anderson County issue, it is a global issue! Our local
health officer and county leaders are constantly monitoring to ensure that
we can provide the best response for county residents. At this time there
are NO positive cases in Anderson County.
There are many questions regarding the Governors Stay-at-Home order.
Please review the Executive Order 20-16 or visit https://governor.kansas.
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can get the latest information from the Anderson County Fire and Emergency Management Facebook page or contact Emergency Management at
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protect themselves and prevent the spread of COVID-19 by staying home
unless essential needs requires you to travel and refrain from contact with
others. Please only venture out to get food, fuel, pharmacy or other essential needs you require and limit the time and expand the space while
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Social distancing is deliberately increasing the physical space between
people to avoid spreading illness. Staying at least six feet away from other
people lessens your chances of catching COVID-19. You can also protect
yourself by washing your hands often with soap and water for at least 20
seconds and avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed
hands.
If you are experiencing symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of
breath please call your healthcare physician. DO NOT go to a Clinic, Hospital, ER, or Health Department without calling first. Remain at home if you
are feeling these symptoms.
We can get through this but we must stay diligent in keeping good hygiene and practicing social distancing.
Stay safe,
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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down by the edge of the partially covered hole in the ground.
He shined the small flashlight
Bryton had left there into the
darkness. The air inside the well
was cool and damp. The light lit
up the sides of the stone walls,
and what looked like some tree
limbs and a smaller piece of
tin about fifteen feet down. The
obstructions cast shadows as the
light bounced off of them, but
Bookman could clearly make out
two small, bare legs, bent at the
knees and bare footed, near the
top of the debris.
McKane was sweating a little as he reached the top of the
ridge and stopped to catch his
breath. Below him a few hundred
yards away he could hear vehicle engines as they labored over
the grassy path down from the
timber on the hillside a quarter
mile away. Nearby, a large oak
tree caught his eye that sported
several pieces of scrap two-byfours nailed into the side to form
a ladder, which ascended to a
platform high up in the crotch of
three tree limbs. The deer stand
looked like it even had an old
folding chair left in it from some
deer season past, and in a few
moments McKane was sitting in
the chair. This early in the year
the trees were still leafless, and
his vision was fairly clear of the
small valley below him. He could
see the ambulance and two other
vehicles heading below and some
two hundred yards to his right,
and the sound of slamming vehicle doors and faint voices became
apparent. He couldnt see where
they were stopping the vehicles,
but he could tell by the sound of
their engines and their tires on
the ground it was nearby.
The engines of tanks and
trucks made a different sound in
Iraq, struggling under the dust
filters that kept the driving sand
and filth from clogging them up
and stopping them cold. It was
odd the incidental snippets of
sight and sound that would suddenly take him back to the Gulf
War II assignment two years
ago, and even back to the Iraqi
invasion of Kuwait. Kansas was
windy and dusty, but it was nothing like the Road To Baghdad.
He remembered being dirty,
gritty, most of the time, and the
way the sand could permeate a
camera bag even with the lid
shut and clasped, and how hed
started putting all his smaller
equipment in zipable plastic
freezer bags to protect them. It
seemed like such a long time
ago. He ran his thumb along the
inside edge of his wedding ring.
Hed never been able to make
Susan understand much about
the war or what it was like to be
there, and what a buzz it was to
be working in the middle of it all.
He hadnt been able to explain
that unique excitement about
working on this little paper in
this little Kansas town either.
Now he could only make his case
by phone or e-mail.
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He shook his mind back to the
story at hand, and cheered himself for landing a spot so close to
the action below him on his first
attempt. Not bad for a TV washout, he thought to himself as he
climbed down the tree and hiked
off to the right heading down the
hill through the scrubby timber.
Theres no movement and no
pulse. Shes been gone awhile.
Emergency Medical Technician
Larry Thompsons voice echoed
up from the well as he hung, suspended in his rappelling harness,
over the body below him.
Okay Larry, come on up and
let me get some pictures. The
medical examiner ought to be
here before too long, Bookman
said, unbuckling his utility belt
and holster and slipping it off
to the ground. He looked up to
see Sharon County 3 pulling
down the hill. His lingering gaze
at Walkers car as the others
hooked up his harness sent a
message to them, and the conversation around the mouth of
the well got strangely quiet. The
door of his patrol car thunked
shut as Walker stepped toward
the other men. Bookmans first
words were tense.
Bo, is there any security up
on that road?
Nobody up there when I
came down, Walker said defensively, responding to his superiors tone.
Post your unit up there and
keep the rubber neckers out,
please, I dont want any more
traffic around the scene than
we have right now. Bookman
said, turning away. The body language was clear to Walker, and to
those around him.
Walker paused a second.
How bout we send one of the
responders up there, Todd. Im
high angle qualified, I can help
you here.
Id rather have some uniformed presence up on that
road, Bookman said, still not
looking at Walker. KHP will be
here in a little bit to assist.
Walker shot an insulted glance
at Bryton, who was moving the
portable boom for the descent
gear from its position over the
hole so Thompson, now dangling
with his feet a few inches over
the mouth of the well, could step
off. Bryton caught his glance, and
quickly looked away to his work.
Hands on his hips, Walker jutted
out his jaw, looked down at his
feet when he found no support
in the faces of the others at the
scene, and nodded his head as
he silently simmered. Watching
the road was something anybody
could do, and Walker knew why
he was being sent to sit by the
road and do nothing. He turned
and walked back to his unit, his
face flushed with anger but his
voice silent.
Bookman could feel his heart
rate quickening as the boom
swung him over the wells opening. Over his shoulder was slung
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was a larger flashlight he carried
by a handle, an oversized battery
making up the body of the apparatus with a large bulb and lens
on one side. His skin bristled a
little at the cool, moist air around
him as he sunk below the world
of the living.
The legs ended eight inches or so from the ground, their
feet wrapped in the scuffed and
cracked gray leather that used to
be the disciplined, honed black
of military boots. Olive drab
pants followed the body up to
where it bent at the buttocks,
the top half hanging out of view
into the big green trash dumpster behind Margies Dinner Bell
restaurant. A grunt echoed every
now and then off the sides of the
container amid the rummaging
sound of trash being sorted, as
though someone was looking for
something theyd lost. Sitting on
the ground to the right of the
feet, which wiggled to re-establish leverage and balance, was a
faded, dirty green military duffel
bag.
The clanking sound of metal
cans and other debris against
the sides of the metal dumpster
apparently covered the sound of
the van as it pulled up into the
alley. But Israel Tender heard
very plainly the sound of its door
slamming shut. Pushing back
with tight but slim abdominal
muscles and arms, he bounced
from the edge of the dumpster
to a solid footing on the ground
below and turned toward the
vehicle.
Sorry, brother. I didnt
mean to startle you. Reverend
Tinneys voice was soft and
consoling. Have you lost something.
There was a short, hesitant
silence as Tender eyed the form
of the large man. The sun was
setting, but he could plainly read
the church markings on the van
behind him. Tinney was alone,
no weapon within arms reach
that Tender could tell, and most
importantly he wasnt wearing
a badge.
No, sir. I didnt mean no
harm, sir. Ill be on my way,
Tender said, bending to grasp the
strap of the sea bag and keeping
his eyes on Tinney. Of average
height, he was a slender man
with tussled blond hair peppered
with gray that bushed out from
his head, absent the recent training of a brush or comb. His face
was weathered and tight, with a
large, sharp nose and dark eyes.
It was hard to tell just how dirty
his face was, because its lower
half was covered in a four or
five day dark beard. He wore
a dirty green army jacket over
what looked like a gray sweatshirt, and another shirt under
that whose collar emerged, crinkled and stained, from under the
neckband of the sweatshirt. His
hands were dark and soiled.
***To be continued next week
beginning with the remainder
of Chapter 2
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position until April 24, 2020.
Driver must already have a Class A CDL. Position
is subject to drug testing. Applications and job
description are available at the Anderson County
Road Department, 823 W. 7th Ave., Garnett, Ks.
Anderson County is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and position
is Veterans Preference eligible (VPE)
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Anderson County Sheriffs Office
Is taking applications for
2×3.5 and co
Deputy Sheriff
sheriff
The Anderson County Sheriffs Office has two Deputy Sheriff
openings. Must be 21 years old, high school diploma or its
equivalent, and a valid drivers license. No experience starting pay $16.88, certified officer $17.41 and up to a 25%
increase based on experience.
Call (785) 448-5678 for application
or stop by 135 E. 5th Avenue in Garnett.
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with veterans preference laws. 03-2020
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two part-time mower positions. Applications
will be taken until April 28, 2020. Applications
and job descriptions are available at the Anderson County Weed Department,
921 W. 7th Ave., Garnett, Kansas.
Anderson County is an Equal
Opportunity Employer.
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LOCAL
Hicks 100th birthday
Easter is a great time for family baking
Doris Hicks of Garnett will
turn 100 on April 16, 2020.
Please help her celebrate
with a card shower! Her
address is: 105 Park Plaza
North, Apt. 20, Garnett, KS
66032.
Hicks
BPW Square Fair canceled
The organizers of the annual Garnett BPW Square Fair
event have had to make the
difficult decision to cancel.
The coronavirus pandemic
has created such uncertainty
about health and wellness for
us, for the vendors, the customers, etc. We have been in
consultation with our county's
Emergency Management director, and we feel that our safest
approach would be to cancel
the Square Fair for this year.
We are saddened as we have
had this event in our community for the past 46 years or
more, BPW President Bonnie
Deiter stated.
by Teresa Young
Growing up with a mom who
loved to bake and a big family
that loved to eat, I count my
blessings each time I reach for
one of her recipes. This cookie
is the one I always requested
she make for my birthday to
take to school. Its a wonder
any actually made it there! The
only things that kept me from
eating them all were seven siblings, Dad and my classmates.
Dont be fooled by the name
Carrot Cookies. Those that
shy away from them just leave
more for the rest of us! I vaguely remember mom having a
cookie jar but cookies in the
Singer household never made
it there. Heck, most of the time
they went from cookie sheet to
hungry little kids!
Easter brings back wonderful memories and as my daughter Kirsten and I bake cookies
for her brother Drew and treats
for his dog Moose, were making more as I write.
Happy Easter to all! Be
thankful for what were given,
be courageous and kind, stay
healthy and keep the faith.
Carrot Cookies
Mix thoroughly:
cup shortening
cup butter
cup sugar
1 cup mashed cooked carrots
2 eggs
Sift together:
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
tsp salt
Add to sugar mixture
with cup coconut.
Drop 2 apart on lightly greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 400 for 8-10 minutes.
Orange butter frosting
1/3 cup butter
3 cups confectioners
sugar
About 3 Tbl orange
juice
Community News ceases publication
GARNETT Owners of a free
local newspaper announced
their retirement and the closing of the publication last week.
The Anderson County Area
Community News published its
last edition March 31, according to an insert in the publication from owners Vern Brown
and Barbara Thompson.
Some time ago, we began
to discuss what would happen
when we decided to retire,
the statement read. Like most
small businesses these days,
the market for selling is rath-
er limited for papers like this.
We decided that when we were
ready to retire, we would do
just that.
The publication was started as a newsletter in 1997 by
Holderman Printing, a former
Garnett-based printing company, under the name The
Anderson County Advocate. It
expanded to a broadsheet then
changed to a tabloid format and
was sold to Thompson, Brown
and Ed Baldridge of Ottawa in
2001. The name of the publication was changed a number of
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times and at one point it published twice weekly for several
years with a combination free
version once per week. Three
years ago the paper went from
a partial paid subscriber format to free, mailed to rural
routes and available in free
racks in area towns.
The statement said the owners advancing age, general
business conditions and chal-
lenges currently brought about
by the coronavirus helped spur
their decision.
We have also seen many
changes along the way and
have had some great people
work for and with us on the
paper, the statement said. Its
been wonderful to work with
those dedicated people as well
as with the community.
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to
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fun
for
kids to help
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1 cup flour
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 egg
1/8 cup water
Mix flour, peanut butter and
eggs until slightly combined.
Add water a little at a time
until wet enough to roll out as
a dough. Roll out dough and
cut into shapes. Bake at 350
degrees for 15 minutes.
BILDERBACK…
FROM PAGE 3A
away, not to let Jesus out of
the tomb, but to let them in
to see he wasnt there.
In
his resurrection body Jesus
was not limited by time, space
and matter. God wanted to
leave no doubt that Jesus had
been resurrected. Second we
read the disciples returned
home but Mary stayed at the
tomb. Jesus had cured Mary,
a former demonic and she had
been faithful to Jesus since
that time. While she was at
the tomb Jesus appeared to
her. She thought he was the
gardener so she asked him
where they had laid Jesus?
Jesus said to her, Mary and
she immediately recognized
him.
Today some 2000 years later
each of us can have that same
hope but you must believe.
You must believe Jesus when
he said, I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one
comes to the Father except
through me. Do you believe?
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the legality of such action, even
in the face of a declared emergency.
This is a civil liberties violation for sure, sad Angela
Whitcomb Black. If they
want to enforce the order then
enforce it but dont violate my
civil liberties without my consent. Do it legally or dont do it
at all. The State of Kansas and
other agencies are not above
the law pandemic or no pandemic.
Others said once the door
was open to an overt surveillance policy, further big government actions would be easier to enact.
Next they will be putting
shock collars on us, said
Monte Mahan. If this helps
with the cure, Im for it, but
other than that, its an invasion
of privacy.
This is exactly how tyranny works, said Jeff Patterson
First the fear, then what are
you willing to sacrifice for safety? Now its anonymous supposedly, next crisis or suppose
this circles back, then what?
Others said the action was
justified by the government in
the pursuit of public safety.
Kelly was one of a few
governors trying to get ahead
of this, said Phyllis Cobbs.
Privacy vs well-being of our
neighbors and families. Seems
like a no brainer to me.
As long as its only used
during a national or state
emergency and is temporary, no problem, said Adam
Donaldson. But trying to make
a thing of it is bad, coming
from the same people who are
talking about letting criminals
out of jail. Whats the point?