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Lack of interest could doom after-school program
Program will start, but
success depends on
finding more kids
BY VICKIE MOSS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT An after-school
program expected to begin in
January already is facing ques-
tions of its long-term viability.
Just 12 children had signed
up as of Friday to attend the
program, which will be offered
Monday through Thursday
after school from January to
April at the Garnett Recreation
Center. The program needed
at least 20 participants to meet
expenses, and was limited to
Drought
devastates
county
30. Participants are expected to
pay $35 per month for the program, and expenses included
the salary of its director and
snacks.
City commissioners discussed the program at their
Dec. 26 meeting. Commissioner
Preston Peine asked if there
were grants available that could
help pay the $35 monthly fee; he
noted some families that would
benefit the most from the program could not afford the cost.
Garnett City Manager Joyce
Martin said she was not sure
if financing was available, and
said she had heard some families were not enrolled because
the program is available just
Top Stories
of 2012
The biggest story in Anderson
County in 2012 wasnt something that
happened. Its what didnt happen.
Rain.
For the second year in a row a devastating drought had the biggest overall impact on Anderson County. The
drought was responsible for a pathetic
corn harvest, which translated to the
loss of one of the countys largest industrial businesses, the East Kansas AgriEnergy Ethanol plant. Cities and water
districts have announced, or soon could
announce, restrictions on water use.
Local and state leaders, including Gov.
Sam Brownback, recently said water
conservation is reaching a critical point
because of the ongoing drought.
This past year marks the 11th driest
year on record, state weather experts
said. The county is about 9 inches below
average rainfall, ranking it as one of
the worst along with other dry years
like 1956, 1980, 1940, 2003 and 1936. For
two-year deficits, the county still would
rank 11th driest. The driest two-year
period on record for the county was
1936-1937.
The agriculture industry was hit
hardest by the drought. Although the
countys wheat crop fared well in early
summer, it was the only successful crop
in 2012 and wheat is not a major crop
in Anderson County. Of the countys
two major crops, corn and soybeans,
Peine worked as nurse
for students in
USD 365 for 24 years
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GREELEY
A popular
school nurse
was laid to
rest Friday
after
her
unexpected
death from
complications
Peine
from a recent
medical procedure.
Marcia Peine, Greeley, died
Saturday, Dec. 22, at her home.
She was a lifetime resident of
the area and received a bachelors degree in nursing from
Pittsburg State University in
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more people will see its value,
he said.
I can see this being something that will grow slowly. I
just think its a notable program, Peine said.
The program will begin in
January, Martin said Friday
morning. She said the proSEE PROGRAM ON PAGE 3A
District unexpectedly
loses school nurse
BY VICKIE MOSS
A look back at years top
stories finds elected offices,
new school made big impact
BY VICKIE MOSS
four days a week and not five.
Working parents need child
care five days a week, she said.
Although Martin initially
recommended doing away with
the program if fewer than 20
children signed up, Peine asked
if the city could go ahead and
give it a shot. Perhaps once the
program is up and running,
1975.
For the past 24 years, Peine
worked as the district nurse for
USD 365. She was well-known to
students and parents. She also
volunteered in various local
organizations, including 4-H.
Because of the Christmas
winter break, school district
officials could not be contacted
for comment. A representative
of USD 365 said she did not
know how the district would
handle nursing services after
Peines passing. Students return
to school Wednesday.
Peine leaves behind many
relatives including her husband,
Tom Peine; four daughters; her
parents; siblings and other relatives. Funeral services were
Friday at St. Johns Catholic
Church in Greeley.
An obituary can be found on
Page 3A.
Commissioner makes
statement with first vote
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By June, most of the countys corn crop already was devastated.
only soybeans managed to bring a small
measure of success for farmers this past
fall. The corn crop was decimated by the
drought and it was hit hard, early. By
June, between 90 to 95 percent of the
countys April-planted corn had been
destroyed by heat and lack of moisture.
Soybeans, typically more drought resilient than other
crops, saw a
late harvest and
lower yields but
some producers were able to
bring in a small
crop due to some
September rainfall.
The biggest
fallout from two
years with a dismal corn crop
was the closing of the East
Kansas AgriEnergy Plant
in
October.
EKAE officials
said the closing
is temporary,
based on the
scarce supply
and high price
of corn used to
make ethanol
fuel. The plant
could reopen in
2013, but if the
drought continues and corn
prices remain
The former Garnett High School/Garnett Elementary Center was
high, its probdemolished in August when a new school opened.
able the plant
will remain shuttered.
The bad news continues for ranchers,
who likely will face the prospect of culling their herds if the drought continues,
agriculture experts said earlier this fall.
Because of the drought, feed is scarce
for cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. So far, a mild winter could delay
that decision for some livestock producers.
Even grass fields that managed to
survive the lack of water faced another
threat in the summer of 2012 grass
fires. The year brought one of the busiest in recent years for firefighters who
battled a combination of dry fields
and windy weather. An August grass
fire that started in Bourbon County
scorched across southeast Kansas and
consumed about 200 acres in Anderson
County and also spread to Linn and
Allen counties.
The prospect of water restrictions
also remains high headed into 2013.
Cities and water districts very likely will institute some sort of water
restriction if rain doesnt come, and
Gov. Brownback has asked all cities and
water districts to submit their water
conservation plans.
The City of Colony issued a water
warning in August. Residents were
restricted from outdoor or recreational watering, such as watering lawns
or filling swimming pools. In Garnett,
city leaders asked residents to voluntarily reduce water use. That worked
for awhile, city manager Joyce Martin
said as recently as last week, but the
situation is reaching a critical level and
its very likely city leaders will call for
mandatory water curtailment in the
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Blackie votes against
routine approval for
business beer licenses
BY VICKIE MOSS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT What typically is
considered a routine matter
of housekeeping for the City
of Garnett turned out to be
an opportunity for Garnetts
newest commissioner to make
a position statement on beer
sales.
Gordon Blackie was sworn in
as the citys newest commissioner Wednesday, Dec. 26. He was
chosen by Mayor Greg Gwin and
Commissioner Preston Peine
to take over the seat vacated
by Dan Morgan, who moved to
Texas in November. Blackies
initial interview so impressed
the commissioners they opted
against a second round of meetings with candidates making
the first cut.
Wednesdays city commission meeting, the last of the
year, featured a light agenda.
Commissioners were asked to
approve a number of routine
measures including cereal malt
licenses for local businesses
typically a simple matter of
housekeeping that enables those
SEE BEER ON PAGE 3A
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 01-01-13 / Vickie Moss
Gordon Blackie is sworn in by Garnett City Clerk Kristie Kinney as
the newest city commissioner. Blackie was appointed after the resignation of Dan Morgan in November.
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RECORD
NEWS
IN BRIEF
GES PTO SUPPER, AUCTION
Garnett Elementary School PTO
will have a taco salad dinner and
silent basket auction from 5 p.m.
to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, at the
ACJSHS Commons Area.
All
money raised goes back to GES
classrooms. Tickets are $6 for
adults, $3 for kids ages 4-12, and
no cost for children under 3.
TEXAS HOLD EM
Texas Hold Em will be at 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 4, at Garnett VFW
Post.
VFW BREAKFAST SERVED
Garnett VFW will have a breakfast
from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 12. Serving biscuits, gravy,
Belgian waffles, bacon, sausage
and eggs.
MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP
The Garnett Area Ministerial
Fellowship will meet at 9 a.m. Jan.
10, 2013, at Golden Heights Living
Center.
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
Anderson County residents who
want to get National Weather
Service severe weather warnings by phone via the countys
CodeRed system should register
online at www.andersoncountyks.
org, click Public safety/emergency
management, or pick up registration forms at the county annex,
Garnett City Hall, Garnett Library,
Welda Post office, Westphalia Coop, Greeley City Hall, Kincaid City
Hall or Colony City Hall. You must
be registered to receive the severe
weather warnings by landline or cell
phone. For more information contact AC Emergency Management
at (785) 448-6797.
DANCE CLINIC
The ACHS Crimson Dancers will
have a Rock Star dance clinic
from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 5, at the ACHS gym for students in grades K-8. Registration
is from 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the
commons area. For more information call (785) 304-2394.
CARE GIVER SUPPORT
Anderson County Caregiving
Support meets the fourth Monday
of each month from 1-2 p.m. at theSoutheast Kansas Mental Health
Center conference room, 519 S.
Elm St., Garnett. For more information call Phyllis at ECKAAA,
(800) 633-5621.
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ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Commissioners did not
meet this week due to the holiday.
LAND TRANSFERS
Deutsche Bank National Trust
Company Trustee and First Franklin
Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF9 to
Truman Road Corridor Association, Lot
2, Block 44, City of Garnett.
Brenda Hermreck, Brenda A.
Hermreck a/k/a, and Anthony E.
Hermreck to Anthony E. Hermreck and
Brenda A. Hermreck, SE4 8-20-20 less:
beginning 1320 West of SE corner SE4
8-20-20, thence West 660, Thence
North 660, thence East 660, thence
South 660 to POB; and also less: W2
SE4 8-20-20, less beginning 1320 West
of SE corner SE4 8-20-20, thence West
660, thence North 660, thence East
660, thence South 660 to POB; and
also less: E2 SE4 8-20-20, less: beginning at SE corner SE4 8-20-20, thence
West 660, thence North 1320, thence
East 660, thence South 1320 to POB.
Michael R. Spencer and Dana C.
Spencer to Rodney Blubaugh, N2 NE4
32-22-18 and NE4 NW4 32-22-18.
Donna J. Boots and Donna Joan
Boots a/k/a to Bradley S. Boots, NE4
16-22-19 and NW4 East of railroad r/w
and East of road in 16-22-19; and SW4
16-22-19 and E2 SE4 East of railroad
r/w and road in 17-22-19; and S2 SE4
20-22-19 and SW4 21-22-19.
Donna J. Boots and Donna Joan
Boots a/k/a to Stanley C. Boots, W2
SW4 23-22-19 and NE4 and N2 SE4 823-18 and NW4 9-23-18 and NW4 less
South 160 of 30-22-19.
Richard F. Moore and Mary M. Moore
to Remel Inc., SW4 29-19-18 and N2
32-19-18 and SW4 32-19-18 and except
an undivided _ interest in all minerals.
Edward L. Ellington and Nancy J.
Wishing you a
Safe and Happy
New Year! Thank
you to all
our customers.
Pat & Carol Beller
Askins-Beller
Retail Liquor
Corner of 1st & Hwy 59
Garnett
(785) 448-5524
DOMESTIC CASES FILED
Jacob C. Edgerton vs. Amanda
Edgerton, petition for divorce.
Megan Janel Preston vs. Seth
Charles Kress, petition for protection
from abuse.
LIMITED ACTION FILED
City of Garnett vs. Ronald George
Gaston, Jr., asking $202.47.
City of Garnett vs. Jessica Zillner,
asking $423.25.
Westar Energy vs. Andrew Sawyer
and Amanda D. Sawyer, asking
$326.97.
Dillons Corp vs. Janice Lynn James,
asking $444.92.
Keith Devoe, Garnett, December 12,
warrant arrest by law enforcement officer.
Benjamin
Jacobs,
Lawrence,
December 13, warrant arrest by law
enforcement officer.
Gary
Winters,
Leavenworth,
December 17, DWS.
James Finley, Garnett, December 17,
warrant arrest by law enforcement officer.
Jeremy Thomas, Garnett, December
19, warrant arrest by law enforcement
officer.
Milburn Kelley, Garnett, December
19, DWS.
ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
REPORT
Speeding violations:
Amanda Danielle Bures, $175 fine.
Erik D. Jones, $167 fine.
Incidents
A report was made on December 14
of burglary and theft of a welding generator, a drive impact, a chainsaw, deep
well impact, a right angle grinder, an air
grinder, open end wrenches, a flat head/
Phillips screwdriver, a 10 gallon gas can
with kerosene, and a drive ratchet, all
valued at $3,078.87, and occurred on
NW 2150 Road.
Accidents
An accident was reported on
December 14 when a vehicle driven
by Kattya A. Madrid, 17, Garnett, was
westbound on 300 Road at US 169
Highway and failed to yield at the stop
sign. A second vehicle driven by Karen
J. Mackey, 50, Shawnee, attempted to
avoid Madrids car but was struck.
Incidents
A report was made on December
11 of theft of motor fuel of $46 worth
of gasoline and occurred at Caseys
located at 219 W. Park Road.
Arrests
Anthony Benjamin, Colony, December
12, DWS.
Jason Kethal Hermreck, 28, Garnett,
December 21, DWS, bond set at $300.
Max Ansel Hopkins, 19, Garnett,
December 23, liquor purchase by minor,
bond set at $500.
Aaron Arnone, 39, Iowa, December
23, failure to appear x2, bond set at
$700.
new leaders wont be installed
until Jan. 14. Longtime commissioner Dudley Feuerborn,
who served off and on since the
mid 1980s, decided not to run
for re-election, and his post was
won by political newcomer and
retired local educator Jerry
Howarter. County sheriff Jeff
Hupp lost the election to a former department detective he
fired, Vern Valentine. Longtime
yet controversial county attorney Fred Campbell was defeated by Osage County attorney
Brandon Jones, who will split
his prosecutorial time between
the two counties.
At the state level, longtime
House representative Bill
Feuerborn, D-Garnett, lost to
Kevin Jones, a Republican from
Wellsville. Because of redistricting, Anderson County received
a new senator in a position won
by Republican Caryn Tyson.
In addition to Jones, the countys House representation will
include political newcomer and
auctioneer Marty Read, who
won a seat in the southeast corner of the county.
Goodbye, GHS/GEC.
Hello, GES
The 1921 vintage Garnett
High School, which later became
Garnett Elementary School,
was demolished in August as
students prepared to attend
the new Garnett Elementary
School.
A last-ditch effort the save
the old school building failed,
and the community turned out
for a goodbye ceremony at the
school in June after its final
classes that brought back rich
memories for former students
from age 80 to 8. Parts of the
building, such as old lockers
and desks, were auctioned
off to the community. When
wrecking crews descended
on the building in August, a
crowd gathered to watch the
bricks fall. Part of the building, the Ray Meyer Gym and a
couple of attached classrooms,
were saved and remodeled. Its
likely those classrooms will be
converted into district offices,
although a final decision on
that has not been made.
Students attended the new
GES with few issues. Despite
concern about traffic flow,
staff at the school helped make
sure kids were dropped off and
picked up with few issues. State
transportation officials agreed
to build a southbound turning
lane on U.S. 59 at the school,
with construction expected in
2013.
Crime News
Not everyone had a good
year in 2012. That included a
family that for several years
operated a martial arts studio
in Garnett. Brothers Brock and
Phil Moody were arrested this
summer on suspicion of selling steroids from the business
for several years. Brock Moody
also is facing child endangerment charges for allegations
that he gave his teenage son
steroids, telling the youth the
drugs were vitamins.
In June, a young woman from
LeRoy pleaded guilty to killing
her newborn son. Karen Bailey
gave birth to a boy in April 2011
and left the infant in a box in
her car, where he died hours
later. She gave the body to the
babys paternal grandfather
near Colony, and he turned the
body over to law enforcement.
She was sentenced to 13 years
LIMITED ACTION RESOLVED
Kansas Gas Service A Division of
Oneok, Inc. vs. Pamela J. Alexander,
$1,546.53 plus interest and costs.
Saint Lukes Hospital, Inc. d/b/a
Anderson County vs. John L. Olson and
Jackie L. Olson, $567.03 plus interest
and costs.
SMALL CLAIMS RESOLVED
Tim Rasmussen vs. Joe Adams,
$150.00 fine plus $51.50 court costs.
CRIMINAL CASES RESOLVED
GARNETT POLICE REPORT
JAIL LOG
Jacob Wayne Hebach, 19, Garnett,
December 24, failure to appear x2, bond
set at $700.
Cheryl Anne Perez, 21, Garnett,
December 24, DUI 1st conviction, no
bond set.
Brandi Collen Grosdidier, 39,
Windfield, December 26, domestic battery, bond set at $500.
Anastasiya Bogomolova, 20, Garnett,
December 27, warrant arrest by law
enforcement officer x3, bond set at
$1,750.
JAIL ROSTER
Joshua Heubach was booked into jail
on November 5 for a 120-day writ.
John Vaughan was booked into jail on
December 19 for Anderson County, bond
set at $10,000.
Terry McCullough was booked into
jail on December 7 for Anderson County,
bond set at $892.65
Marcus Maley was booked into jail on
December 7 for Anderson County, bond
set at $2,500.
James Justice was booked into jail on
October 18 for Anderson County, bond
set at $10,000.
Michael Roberts was booked into
jail on November 8 for three Anderson
County warrants.
Andrew Holstine was booked into
jail on November 28 for two Anderson
County warrants, no bond.
James Finley was booked into jail on
December 17 for Anderson County, bond
set at $1,000.
Wesley Wilson was booked into jail
on December 14 for Anderson County,
bond set at $10,500.
Mark Brewer was booked into jail
on October 4 for Anderson County, no
bond.
Dustin Young was booked into jail on
October 31 for four Anderson County
warrants.
Connie McCormick was booked into
jail on March 28 for Anderson County for
12 months.
Brandi Grosdidier was booked into jail
on December 26 for Anderson County,
bond set at $500.
FARM-INS
Charles Gibson was booked into jail
on December 17 for Miami County.
Edward Belsanti was booked into jail
on November 30 for Miami County.
Derrick Rowan was booked into jail
on December 17 for Miami County.
Joseph Cain was booked into jail on
December 17 for Miami County.
Joseph Bailey was booked into jail on
December 17 for Miami County.
Justin Cramer was booked into jail on
December 17 for Miami County.
Larry Owens was booked into jail on
December 20 for Linn County.
Jacob Hays was booked into jail on
December 20 for Linn County.
John Simmons was booked into jail
on December 19 for Linn County.
Jacob Matthews was booked into jail
on December 19 for Linn County.
Todd Smith was booked into jail on
December 17 for Miami County.
Michael Meadors was booked into jail
on November 30 for Miami County.
Billy Dillard was booked into jail on
November 30 for Miami County.
Phillip Hale was booked into jail on
December 20 for Linn County.
Michael Morris was booked into jail on
November 30 for Linn County.
Wanita Reeves was booked into jail
on December 10 for Linn County.
Brooke Daniels was booked into jail
on December 19 for Linn County
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coming weeks unless significant rainfall is received.
New Leaders, New School
Other than the drought, two
other significant stories topped
local news in 2012. Through
elections and attrition, many
local leadership posts saw new
faces over the year. A new
elementary school opened in
Garnett, resulting in the demolition of a nearly century- old
building that reminded former
teachers, students and the
community of the times they
shared at Garnett High School/
Elementary Center.
Elections
The change in leadership
began with spring elections in
Garnett. Mike Norman, who
had served more than 23 years
on the city commission, was
voted out of office in favor of
political newcomer Preston
Peine. With Peine on board,
the commission reversed a
number of long-standing yet
controversial laws, included
allowing the sale of liquor on
Sundays, which voters later
approved after a protest petition forced a referendum on the
measure. The commission also
reversed its ban on pit bulls and
rottweilers in favor of a new
aggressive dog ordinance that
doesnt target specific breeds.
Later in the year, commissioner
Dan Morgan resigned to move
to Texas and commissioners
appointed Gordon Blackie, an
engineer and local aviator who
sponsors Christian mission
flights.
The November election also
brought several changes to
local leadership, although those
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Henry A. Yoder and Hannah M. Yoder
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the South 50 of Lots 1, and 1 in Block
13, in the City of Garnett.
in prison.
Also in law enforcement
matters, a woman serving a
year in county jail claimed her
liver cancer meant she needed
a liver transplant at the countys expense. After months of
medical testing and legal juggling, it was determined she
didnt have liver cancer. The
county was stuck with about
$80,000 in medical bills over her
1-year sentence.
Money Matters
Despite a difficult economy,
local governments were able to
keep taxes stable for the most
part. Thanks to a booming oil
industry, Anderson Countys
valuation increased more
than $5 million because of tax
revenue from oil leases. That
meant county commissioners
were able to drop the tax rate
by about 3 mills in 2012. The
good fiscal news continued
for USD 365, which posted a
slightly lower tax rate because
it got state tax credit for building a new school. City commissioners also managed to keep
taxes from increasing by cutting expenses. The city was hit
by big losses in 2012, such as the
loss of utility revenue and taxes
from industries that closed or
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moved, like the ethanol plant.
Governments also looked at
creative ways to save money.
The county asked ambulance
service providers to submit
bids; although the county
agreed to continue to fund its
own service run by the county
hospital, county commissioners said they expect to revisit
the issue in 2013. USD 365 decided to take over its transportation services, ending a longtime
contract with Apple Bus Co.
Anderson County Hospital
officials began an initial quest
to build a new hospital, at first
asking commissioners to place
a question on the November
ballot for more than $26 million for a new building. But
state financial rules wont
allow the county to put itself
in debt more than 3 percent of
its valuation, and the hospitals
proposal exceeded that. ACH
officials went back to the drawing board, hoping for a new
proposal in time for spring elections in 2013.
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PEINE
October 23, 1953-December 22, 2012
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Published January 1, 2013
Marcia Katherine Peine, age 59,
of Greeley, died Saturday, December
22, 2012, at her home.
She was born on October 23,
1953, in Garnett, to Don and Nadine
(Teter) Poss.
She married Tom Peine August
30, 1975, at St. Therese Catholic
Church in Richmond.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Peine, of the home;
four daughters, Monica Peine of
Guymon, Okla.; Marilyn Beckmon
of Overland Park; Leslie Lickteig of
July 6, 1925-December 25, 2012
Garnett; Alaina Peine of Overland
Park; her parents, Don and Nadine
Poss of Richmond; three sisters,
Jeanne Wolken of Merriam; Donna
Zimmerman of Shawnee; Mariann
Moore of Shawnee; three brothers,
Gary Poss of Olathe; Larry Poss
of St. Joseph, Mo.; Doug Poss of
Shawnee, Kansas; and four grandchildren.
Mass of Christian Burial was
Friday, December 28, 2012, at St.
Johns Catholic Church in Greeley,
Kansas. Burial followed at St.
Johns Cemetery in Greeley.
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Published January 1, 2013
Robert Fredrick Certain, age 87,
of Garnett, died Tuesday, December
25, 2012 at Richmond Healthcare and
Rehabilitation Center in Richmond,
Kansas.
He was born on July 6, 1925, in
Garnett,to Fredrick and Katherine
L. (Fellers) Certain.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II from 1943 to 1945.
He married Esther Gordon on
August 30, 1952, in Garnett
He was preceded in death by his
February 27, 1943-December 19, 2012
Harry David Withers, age 69, of
Allen, Texas, formerly of Altoona,
died Wednesday, December 19, 2012
at Centennial Medical Center in
Frisco, Texas.
He was born February 27, 1943 in
Gray County, Kansas, to Albert and
Ethel (Meador) Withers.
He married Peggy Simpson on
September 1, 1968 in Garden City.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, Albert and Ethel Withers;
daughter, Betty Ann Withers; and
one brother, Paul Withers.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy
Withers, of the home; children, Gail
Baker of Perryton, Texas; Daniel
Withers of Jamestown, North
Dakota; Sharon Hopkins of Allen,
Texas; six grandsons; two granddaughters; two great grandsons;
and one great granddaughter on
the way; three brothers, Lawrence
Withers of Copeland, Kansas;
Raymond Withers of Detroit, Texas;
Charles Withers of Detroit, Texas;
and one sister, Alberta Schmidt of
Cyrus, Minnesota.
Funeral services were Saturday,
December 29, 2012, at Verdigris
Valley Christian Fellowship
Church, 215 W. 13th St, Altoona,
Kansas, with burial at Colony
Cemetery, Colony.
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grams expenses will be close
to its revenue, and that will be
watched closely as the program
gets underway. In February,
organizers could try to expand
the program to five days per
week and see how that goes.
Were going to give it a try,
Martin said. We think its a
very important program.
Plans for an after school
program began soon after
enrollment last August. Brad
Yeubanks, city recreation director, worked with Jennifer Keith
of Big Brothers Big Sisters and
Amy Wettstein, a counselor at
Garnett Elementary Center,
to design its parameters.
Wettstein said she realized how
much need there was for an
after school program when she
parents; his wife, Esther Certain;
two sisters, Nora Matthews and
Betty Elkins; and two brothers, Clyde F. Certain and George
Certain.
Survivors include his daughters, Mary Ann Certain of Benton;
Melody Sue Certain of Garnett;
three grandchildren; and a great
granddaughter.
Funeral services will be held at
1:00 p.m., on Wednesday, January 2,
2013, at Feuerborn Family Funeral
Service Chapel, Garnett. Burial will
follow in the Garnett Cemetery.
talked to parents at enrollment.
Many parents at the time were
unsure where their child would
be going after school.
The new program will be
taught by Angie Chitwood and
volunteers. A 30-minute homework segment will be offered
and activities such as games,
crafts, cooking and snacks will
be provided. It will be managed
by the citys recreation department.
Enrollment forms were
sent home with area students
recently and also are available at the Garnett Recreation
Center. Registration will only
be accepted at the rec center at
510 North Lake Road. For more
information, call (785) 448-3023.
The Anderson County Review
online at www.garnett-ks.com
(785) 448-6622
Todd Barnes
CENTLIVRE
April 29, 1930-December 24, 2012
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
Published January 1, 2013
Shizuko I. Centlivre, age 82, of
Garnett, died Monday, December
24, 2012, at Olathe Medical Center.
She was born on April 29, 1930,
in Sasebo, Japan, the daughter
of Hajime and Fuji (Higashijima)
Iwamoto.
She married Clark Centlivre
February 11, 1976, in Garnett. He
preceded her in death.
She was also preceded in death
by her parents; four brothers, and
one sister.
Survivors include her sister,
Shizumi Wallace of Yuma, Arizona;
and friend Harrison Lampkin, Jr.
of Garnett.
Private family services will be
held at a later date.
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businesses to continue to sell
beer from their establishments.
Five businesses were on the list:
two convenience stores, two
restaurants and the Garnett
VFW post. City manager Joyce
Martin recommended commissioners approve liquor licenses
for the convenience stores and
one restaurant, and approve
the VFW request conditionally; a required report for the
VFW had not yet been received
from the state, although it was
expected to come back without problems. The manager of
one of the restaurants does not
live in the city, as required for
the license, so Martin recommended commissioners deny
that request until residency had
been established.
Blackie, who said he is still
learning about city government
and would have lots of questions, said he wanted to make
sure commissioners give the
matter careful consideration.
He brought up a petition filed
by local residents in protest to
a decision by commissioners in
April to allow Sunday liquor
sales.
Theres still a lot of people
who have concerns on this, especially in the churches. I think as
we proceed forward we should
go out of our way to make sure
this is out in front of the public, Blackie said.
Martin and Peine assured
Blackie that great care had been
taken to make sure the Sunday
liquor sales issue was presented
to the public before it was put to
a vote. Many newspaper articles
were written on the issue and a
full-house attended a commission meeting to comment on
the matter. Because of rules for
governing bodies, the commission brought the matter to a
public vote after the petition.
Peine agreed that the public
should have voted on the matter, and the issue passed by a
margin of just 22 votes.
But the question before commissioners last week typically
isnt controversial. It allows
businesses to sell beer during
business hours, not just on
Sundays and not hard liquor.
Still, when it came to a vote,
Blackie voted against it. The
liquor licenses for the convenience stores, one restaurant
and a conditional approval for
the VFW pending a clean state
report were approved by the
other two commissioners, 2-1.
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EDITORIAL
No shock
in higher
electric bills
The Anderson County Reviews
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I hope the city manager and the economic development guy gave each other
chamber gift certificates for Christmas.
That way they can do some local shopping and actually get in tune with what
things you can buy from local businesses and what is available in our town. No
zippers in town? Indeed.
Higher KCPL electric
rates have windmills
to thank
Somewhere, somebody was eventually bound to say it out loud: That
Kansas Renewable Energy Standards
Act, otherwise known as the politicallypowered lifesupport system
EDITORIAL
for the Kansas
windmill industry, was going to
raise your utility
rates.
And in the
same week
state regulators
at the Kansas
Corporation
Commission
announce a
by Dane Hicks,
$33.15 million
PUBLISHER
rate increase has
been approved for KCP&L, BP Wind
Energy heralds the opening of the
$800 million wind farm southwest of
Wichita.
What does it mean for Anderson
County customers of KCPL including
those in the City of Garnett? The same
amount of electricity, the same amount
of environmental impact through coal
and nuclear generation, and higher
prices.
Merry Christmas.
And the timing couldnt be better.
A new recession beckons in 2013 just
in time to meet news of higher electric
rates for KCPLs customers as if news
of the coldest Christmas sales season since the beginning of The Great
Recession in 2008 wasnt enough.
But kudos to KCPL management for
having the moxy to say, out loud and at
the risk of even more ostracism from
the nation and states Green Lobby, that
the Renewable Energy Standards Act is
part of the reason for the increase.
The immense waste of this program has been apparent for years. The
KRESA basically mandates by law that
power companies like KCPL have to
purchase a portion of their generation
from windmills or other renewable
sources. That sounds great if the logic
stops there, but it doesnt.
The untold story and the grand farce
of the windmill industry is that power
companies dont get to shut down any
coal or nuclear production because
they now have wind generated power at
their disposal. Because the wind only
blows when it wants to which makes
wind power haphazard power companies still have to have the same plants,
the same orders for coal, etc., required
to service their electrical grid. None
of their customers wants his kidney
dialysis machine to only work when the
wind blows.
So the mandate to buy wind power
is a guarantee of revenue for the wind
industry, and a guarantee of increased
costs for power companies. Those companies pass that increase along to their
customers, like they did last week.
The increased wind power tax we
will start paying when the increase is
effective is the price we pay for all the
Kansas jobs the wind industry has touted in recent years as new age economic
development.
Ridiculous regulatory mandates
like the Kansas Renewable Energy
Standards Act dont make sense when
times are good, much less in the times
that are coming.
Contact your legislator
President Barack H. Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, D.C., 20500
(202) 456-1414
Fax (202) 456-2461
Hey, you 40 year-olds going on 12. Wake
up and act like adults. You are disgusting. Get off the couch and get a life.
Against the Hagel nomination
BY RICH LOWRY
NATIONAL REVIEW
It has been a bad time for the Republican Party, and
wouldnt you know it? The worst addition to President
Barack Obamas foreign-policy team could well be a
Republican.
Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel is reportedly under
serious consideration to replace Leon Panetta as secretary
of defense. A self-styled foreign-policy realist, Hagel is out
of the mainstream and terminally naive.
It would be one thing if Hagel were merely what he
so often seemed when he was a regular on the Sunday
talk shows — a tiresome purveyor
of conventional wisdom overly
impressed with his own seriousness. That would make him no different than about 90 other senators.
Its that his realism is so profoundly
unrealistic and bizarrely skewed.
At the core of his foreign policy
is disdain for Israel and unquenchable desire to talk to terrorists.
For Hagel, it is forever incumLowry
bent on Israel to take steps to show
its commitment to peace, as he put
it in the midst of a Palestinian suicide-bombing campaign
in 2002. The Jewish state is beset by Hamas, Hezbollah and
Syria on its borders and Iran over its horizon, but somehow
it is Israels commitment to peace that is perpetually in
doubt.
When called on to act against or even simply condemn
Israels enemies (and ours), Hagel was usually the Bartleby
of the Senate and answered, Id prefer not to. He voted
Dear Editor,
This year I have
been
fortunate
enough to have
been involved in
some manner with
several local charities, for example, The Mayors Christmas tree,
Eckans Angel Tree and Spirit of Christmas,
Ministerial Alliance Food Pantry, and saw
numerous other charities collecting items for
persons of need this season.
I was overwhelmed by the generosity I saw.
These gifts were given by persons of all ages.
They gave anonymously with no thanks or recognition expected! – to all of you I say Thanks!
It is people like yourself, doing random acts
of kindness that make
our community a place
Im proud to call home.
If this is something
you were thinking of
doing, but ran out of time, it is never too late!!
The need is always there and someone will
really appreciate the helping hand in their
time of need.
Once again, Thank you, Thank you, Thank
you!!
Graciously,
Greg A. Gwin
Mayor of Garnett
I just want to comment on the people
who have animals outside this winter. Just because your dog has a big
furry coat on him doesnt mean hes
going to stay warm sleeping on the cold
ground when its this cold. That dog has
been out there every night, every day,
howls during the night. Nobody pays
any attention to the poor thing and its
sleeping out on the ground. If you dont
care about you dog find someone who
will take care of it.
This is the quote gun range on Catalpa
Street unquote, responding to the cowardly politically hack who likes to
mouth off in this column. You, sir or
madam, exhibit the worst kind of despicable behavior common to politicians
and news media. To use the deaths of
those precious children in Newtown,
Conn., for your own biased big-mouthed
behavior is disgusting. Young people
who come here are taught about Jesus,
firearm safety and marksmanship.
Comparing this to a murderous insane
madman who murders scores of children is either ignorant stupidity, malicious hate mongering or both. Cowards
like you love the anonymity of columns
like this. Would love to invite you to
Sunday school at 9 or church at 10 on
Sundays. You need help.
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Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
Mayor impressed with gift of giving
against the Iran-Libya Sanctions Act in 2001, didnt vote on
the Syria Accountability Act sanctioning Bashar Assads
regime in 2003, refused to sign a letter urging the European
Union to label Hezbollah a terrorist group in 2006, opposed
designating Irans Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist
organization in 2007 and blocked another proposed bout of
sanctions against Iran in 2008.
To oppose striking Iran militarily for fear that it would
be ineffectual and potentially backfire is one thing. To
oppose sanctioning Iran is lunatic.
Hagel believes that a breakthrough of understanding
with some of the most recalcitrant dictatorships in the
world is always one earnest conversation away. So, he
wanted to talk directly to Hamas, Assad and the mullahs.
The correctness of this policy impulse is nonfalsifiable
because if it doesnt work, its failure is attributed to insufficient effort on our part. If only we talked more and backed
Israel less.
There is much to be said for Hagels warnings prior
to the Iraq War that the conflict would have unintended
consequences. So it did — horrifying ones. But, at the end
of the day, Hagel voted for the war. Then, he opposed the
surge as the most dangerous foreign-policy blunder in this
country since Vietnam.
This combination makes him either a gutless dove or a
foolish hawk, or maybe a little of both. If the war is a historic mistake, dont vote to authorize it. If you have voted
to authorize it, dont oppose the one way to save it from
becoming an utter fiasco.
Its not clear what draws Obama to Hagel. Surely
though, the president can find someone more suitable from
the ranks of his own party. Please, lets have a partisan
appointment for secretary of defense.
Interesting column written by Cleon
Rickel the school board member on
how the schools are so important to the
economy. But I notice nowhere in your
article do you say how much schools
cost the state and the communities. The
most expensive part of state government and some of the stupidest expenses that government ever made. It aint
all gravy, Mr. Rickel.
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Christian Church plans new Sunday school program
Calendar
Jan. 3-county bus to Garnett,
phone 24 hrs. before you
need a ride, 785-448-4410 any
workday; Community Church
Missionary, church annex,
1:30 p.m.; United Methodist
Women, United Methodist
Church fellowship hall, 1:30
p.m.; 7-Cemetery board meeting, city office, 7 p.m.
School Calendar
Jan. 3-Third quarter starts;
middle school basketball at
Jayhawk, 5:30 p.m.; 4-high
school basketball at Marmaton
Valley, 5 p.m.; 7- Jr. Varsity
Scholars Bowl at Crest, 4
p.m.; middle school basketball
at Crest vs. Southern Coffey
County, 5 p.m.; 9- Toddler
group, 6-7 p.m.
Senior Meals
Jan. 4-fish, baby bakers, spinach, wheat bread, fruit cup;
7-BBQ beef, potato wedges,
broccoli, wheat bun, plums;
9-meatloaf, baked potato, winter blend veggies, wheat roll,
pumpkin fluff. Phone 620-8523479 for reservations.
Christian Church
by Mrs. Morris Luedke
Contact (620) 852-3379 or
colonynews@ckt.net
with Colony news.
Darren
and
Rochelle
McGhee sang Mary Did
You Know? at the Dec. 23
Christian Church service. The
children of the church presented the pageant, Just a
Little Christmas.
Mens Bible study will be
postponed for another week;
Prayer and coffee 9 a.m. every
Sunday; Jan. 6-Photos for the
new church directory will be
taken directly after church.
Need all of the church families there that day. Bring
finger food type eats to eat
while waiting to have pictures taken; Jan. 9-Working
Wonders Christian Womens
Council 7 p.m. All women are
welcome; Jan. 13-There will be
a breakfast at 9:30 a.m. A new
Sunday school program entitled Cross Training begins.
Classes are-Nursery (ages 0-3),
Pre-K through first grade, second grade through fifth grade,
sixth grade through eighth
grade, ninth grade through
twelfth grade and an adult
education class. It is a nineweek journey with breakfast
once a month. This particular
session will delve into the five
purposes primarily using passages from Acts. The adults
will go through a shepherding
training.
Several church members
went caroling in Colony
Saturday evening, Dec. 22.
UMC
Scripture presented at
the Dec. 23 United Methodist
Church service was Proverbs
3:9-10 and Luke 2:1-20. Pastor
Leslie Jackson gave the sermon.
The Christmas Eve program was held at 6 p.m.
Library
The regular library board
meeting was held Dec. 18.
Director evaluations will be
completed by next meeting,
Jan. 15. The Summer Reading
Program meeting will be in
February. There should be
more information by next
board meeting.
Around Town
Dec. 15, the children of Mary
Clemans hosted a 90th birthday dinner and open house in
the afternoon at the city hall
community room. Hosts were
her sons Dwight Clemans,
Marshall, TX, Marvin Clemans
and wife Wanda, Derby, Arvin
Clemans and wife Kathy, Iola,
and daughter Bonnie and husband Charles, Concordia. A
private birthday dinner was
served for Mary and all her
relatives at 11 a.m. by the Two
Sisters Catering Service of
Kincaid. Nieces and nephews came from as far as Cary,
Illinois north of Chicago.
At 1 to 4 p.m. an open house
was held. Birthday cake was
served along with refreshments. All had a good time,
and many long time friends
Parker churches celebrate Christmas
Weekend guests (Dec. 22
and 23) of Ed and Mar Jane
OConnor (and Scott) included
Jalene Martin and Abby Razo
and Madden McPeek and Chris
McPeek, Teresa and Chris
Morrow, Kevin and Ashley
Farley and Colin, all of Paola;
Jaclyn and Adam Swearingen
and Caleb of Blue Mound;
Russell and Angie Miller of
Mapleton; Mandy Mundorff,
Megan and Mitch Barton and
Abram of Olathe; Amy Miller
of Osawatomie, Holly Ludwig
of Springfield MO, LuAnne
Farley and Todd Granere of
Iola, Kristen and Alicen Young
of Belton MO, David and Jenny
Miller and Amy and Katie of
Ottawa; and John and Tara
Farley and Lakyn of Ft. Scott.
Chuck and Linda Haverfield
hosted a pre-holiday dinner at
the Parker United Methodist
Church for the HamptonHaverfield
families
on
Saturday, Dec. 22; those attending included Doug and Angela
Marusa, Eagle River AK; James
Hampton and Kathy Hampton,
Lake Hills TX; Bertha Hampton
and son, Duane, Booneville MO;
Greg, Jeannie, Amanda, and
Zac Hampton, Nelson MO; Ron,
Melissa, Chase, Easton and
Kate Hampton, Springfield MO;
Chuck Hampton Jr., Topeka;
Rusty Hampton and Emily
Hampton, Emporia; Madelaine
Hampton, Humboldt; Rex
Stites, Lawrence; Cameron
Hampton, Garnett; Tommy and
Kayla Callahan, Paola; Ron,
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Kelly, Sean Callahan and Ruby,
Osawatomie; Alvin and Rolleen
Stites, La Cygne; Charles
Haverfield, Owen Haverfield,
Chuck and Virginia Hampton
and Marilyn Rhoades, all of
Parker.
Sunday
pre-holiday
Christmas guests of Brad and
Vicki Kerr were Al and Rita
Kerr and Juanita Fann.
Happy Belated Birthday to
Andy Baker on Dec. 12, Nick
and Matthew Robinson on Dec.
20 and Allie Webber on Dec. 21.
Happy Birthday wishes go
out to Julie Workman on Dec.
23, Larry Page and Delanie
Webber on Dec. 24.
Happy Anniversary this past
week to Preston and Kathy
Harrison on Dec. 22.
Special thoughts and prayers
go out to Alyssa Page.
A speedy recovery is wished
to Riley McDougal, who was
admitted to Olathe Medical
Center on Dec. 22.
Church News
Methodist Church: The congregation celebrated the Fourth
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Sunday of Advent; Beth and Joe
Culler lit the Advent Wreath.
Lay-Leader Janice Stahl gave
the Call to Worship from Luke
1. Joe Stolle gave the Opening
Prayer and led the congregation in the Unison Prayer of
Confession. Osee Riggs conducted the Time with the Young
Disciples and the lesson was
titled Heaven is for Real. The
Congregational Hymn was
titled O, Holy Night. Marilyn
Rhoades read the Scripture
Lesson from Hebrews 10:510. Carolyn Dunlop read the
Sermon Text from Luke 1:39-55.
The congregation then joined
together to sing their favorite
Christmas Carols. Candle lighters were Bella Stolle and Will
Caldwell. Greeters were Bob
and Nancy Brownback. Ushers
were Charlie and Carolyn
Dunlop. Pianist and Music
Director was Sue Swonger.
There will be no Bible Study
this week.
A Blood Drive was scheduled for Dec. 26 at the First
Methodist Church in Garnett.
Baptist Church: Pastor
W.R. Workman read scripture
from John 1:36 for the morning service; his message was
titled The Lamb of God. For
the evening service, Pastor
Workman read scripture from
James 4:17 and his message was
titled Christians Should Know
Better.
The congregation gathered
for the Lords Supper following
the evening service on Dec. 30.
Amazing Grace and Full
Gospel Church (Goodrich)
The Childrens lesson was
titled Where Was Jesus Born?
and they read scripture from
Timothy 1:1-5. The Intermediate
Class studied Gods Testimony
of Love and their Memory
Verse was Ephesians 4:17.
Pastor Freda Millers sermon
was titled No Room and scripture was read from Luke 2:1-14
and Revelations 3:20. Christmas
goody bags were passed out
to the adults as the children
received Christmas packages.
Centerville News
Happy Birthday to Paul Jones
on Dec. 29.
Centerville
Community
Church: Hymns and Carols
included Infant Holy, Infant
Lowly, The First Noel, Joy
to the World and Hark the
Herald Angels Sing. The choir
sang, He Became Poor. Pastor
Nancy Snyder-Killingsworths
sermon was titled Coming to
feed the Hungry and scripture was read from John 6:5051.Nancy Lanham and Nancy
Ewing provided music accompaniments.
The congregation gathered
for a Christmas Eve Candle
Light service on Monday evening.
Music and Praise Worship
was celebrated for the Dec. 3o
service.
and relatives visited Mary.
She really appreciated everyone who came and helped her
celebrate her 90th birthday.
Attending were Tammy
Stever, Olive Farrell, Donna
Westerman and RaeLynn,
Cindy McGhee, Betty Ramsey,
Vivian Barnett, Ralph and
Evelyn
Bunnel,
Shirley
McGhee, Steve and Susie
Bubna, Colony; Frank Fuller,
Don and Dorothy Stegman,
Arvin and Kathy Clemans, Bill
and Marjorie Mentzer, Dorothy
McGhee, Peggy Gilliland, Iola;
Janice McCullough, Humboldt,
Dorothy LaRue, Dr Fred and
Charlotte Ingram, John and
Jean Edwards, Chanute; Noma
Sanders, Ron and Pat Olson,
Jim and Lois Carlson. Erie,
Patsy Schultz Thayer, Grace
Spencer Moran, Marty Golden,
Bartlesville, OK, Barbara
Diehl, LaHarpe, Sharon
Lingenfelter,
Burlington,
Bonnie and Charles Sjogren,
Chuck Sjogren, Samantha
Sjogren, Brianna Sjogren,
Concordia, Marvin and Wanda
Clemans, Keil Clemans,
Derby,
Kimba
Sjogren,
Maize, Brent Clemans. Kaden
Clemans. Wichita, Jeff and
Stacey Billingsley, Stephanie
Thompson, Kristin Billingsley,
Joplin, MO, Dwight Clemans,
Marshall, TX, David Clemans,
Minden Mines, MO, Kent and
Karrie Brown, Kansas City,
MO, Joyce Rose, Buchner,
MO, Tom and Cathy Kief, Rick
Clemans. Cary, IL, John and
Carol Best, Pittsburg, Terry
and Carol Best, Gary and Carol
Ann Stephen, McCune. Mary
appreciated everyone who
came and helped celebrate her
90th Birthday and all those
who sent cards or called.
The famous Times Square
ball first dropped on New
Years Eve in New York City
in 1908. the original ball was
lit with 100 incandescent light
bulbs housed in iron and
wood. Todays ball boasts 2,688
Waterford Crystal triangles
illuminated by a computerized
LED System attached to an
aluminum frame!
Happy New Year, health
and happiness to all!
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CALENDAR
Tuesday, January 1
New Years Day
Wednesday, January 2
7 p.m. – Garnett Duplicate
Bridge at the Garnett Inn
7 p.m. – Garnett Saddle Club at
the Garnett Riding Arena
7 p.m. – Colony Lions Club at
Colony Methodist Church
7 p.m. – Kincaid Lions Club at
Kincaid-Selma United
Methodist Church
Thursday, January 3
Winter break ends, classes
resume at area schools
8:45 a.m. – TOPS #247 at the
Garnett Town Hall Center
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Line
dancing at Garnett
Senior Center
5:30 p.m. – 13 Point Pitch and
Carry In Supper at the Garnett
Senior Center; pitch at 6 p.m.
1:30 p.m. – Colony United
Methodist Women at Colony
United Methodist Church
7 p.m. – USD 365 School Board
7:30 p.m. – Delphian Masonic
Lodge No. 44
Friday, January 4
9 a.m. – GES K-2 awards
assembly
10 a.m. – GES 3-6 awards
assembly
GES PTO Supper
5 p.m. – ACHS basketball at
home with Metro Academy
5 p.m. – Crest basketball at
Marmaton Valley
7 p.m. – Texas Hold Em at VFW
Monday, January 7
4 p.m. – Crest JV Scholars Bowl
at home
9 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission at the Anderson
County Annex
9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Friendship
Quilters at the Kincaid-Selma
United Methodist Church
6:30 p.m. – Garnett Lions Club
at Pizza Hut
7:30 p.m. – Kincaid Masonic
Lodge No. 338
Tuesday, January 8
Noon – Rotary International Club
at Garnett Inn and Suites
6 p.m. – City of Garnett at City
Hall
6 p.m. – Alzheimers Support
at Golden Heights
7 p.m. – Legion Bingo at VFW
Wednesday, January 9
Friends of the Prairie Spirit Trail
6:30 p.m. – Garnett Optimist
Club at Mr. Ds Restaurant
7 p.m. – Garnett Duplicate
Bridge at the Garnett Inn
7 p.m. – Garnett Saddle Club at
the Garnett Riding Arena
Thursday, January 10
4 p.m. – Crest Scholars Bowl
at Pittsburg
8:45 a.m. – TOPS #247 at the
Garnett Town Hall Center
12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. – Line
dancing at Garnett Senior Center
5:30 p.m. – 13 Point Pitch and
Carry In Supper at the
Garnett Senior Center; pitch at
6 p.m.
Friday, January 11
4 p.m. – Crest basketball at
home with Altoona
Monday, January 14
9 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission at the Anderson
County Annex
6:30 p.m. – American Legion,
Sons of American Legion at
Garnett VFW
7 p.m. – Kincaid City Council at
Kincaid City Hall
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BY JAMES H. OKEEFE, M.D.
SAINT LUKES
According to the Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 45 percent
of Americans usually make
New Years resolutions. Thirtyeight percent of those resolutions are related to weight. Of
those who make resolutions, 75
percent keep them through the
first week, but six months later,
less than half have stuck to
their pledges.
In 2013, Id like to encourage
you to make your New Years
resolution one you can live
witha healthy keystone habit.
A keystone habit is a fundamental routine that is crucially
important because it has the
power to start a chain reaction,
which can shift other patterns
and eventually transform our
lives.
Keystone habits influence
how we eat, think, play, work,
and live. A keystone habit can
trigger a process that, with
time, can transform everything.
So, pick one of these five keystone habits that is not yet in
your daily routine and resolve
to make it a priority to do this
regularly until it becomes automatic. Eventually, if you can
establish most or all of these
five keystone habits in your
day-to-day routine, your health
and your life will be radically
altered for the better.
Five Keystone Habits
1. Sleep seven to eight hours
nightly.
2. Exercise at least 20 to 30
minutes daily.
3. Eat two colors and one
healthy protein at each meal.
4. Floss and brush your teeth
daily.
5. Think of three blessings
for which you are grateful each
night before dozing off or upon
awakening in the morning.
Food Journaling
If your 2013 resolution is to
lose excess weight, another keystone habit that can be highly
effective is to keep a food diary.
Most people and physicians
assume that the best way to lose
weight is to join a gym, workout
hours daily and closely follow
an extreme diet. Conventional
wisdom holds that only by completely restructuring a persons
daily routine can ones bad habits be reformed.
However, when scientists
looked at the long-term effectiveness of this strategy, they
discovered that this approach
was generally a dismal failure.
Individuals would begin radical diets and strenuous daily
workouts, but after the early
burst of willpower wore off,
they regressed into their old
routines of overeating and prolonged sitting. Trying to make
so many disruptive changes all
at once made it virtually impossible for the program to succeed.
Then in 2009 a prestigious
group of scientists sponsored
by the National Institutes of
Health evaluated a novel
approach to weight loss. They
enrolled a group of 1,600 obese
individuals and instructed
them to simply write down
everything they ate during one
day, at least once per week.
This proved difficult in the
beginning. But with time and
reminders, they started recording everything they ate during one day a week. Eventually,
after the food journaling became
a habit, something surprising
happened. The study subjects
started examining their own
journal entries and noting patterns that astonished them.
Some noticed they were snacking mid-morning on a doughnut, for example, and brought a
healthier alternative to munch
on. Others utilized their journals to alter their meals, so
when it was time for dinner
they had a healthy menu in
mind, rather than mindlessly
driving through a fast food restaurant.
The NIH scientists who conducted the study did not suggest any of these strategies,
they only requested that the
participants write down everything they ate one day a week.
Yet this keystone habitfood
journalingprovided a structure that helped other habits
to flourish. Six months into the
study, the individuals who kept
a daily journal had lost two
times as much weight as those
who didnt keep a food log. Now
thats a healthy resolution that
can get results!
Dr. OKeefe is a cardiologist with Saint Lukes
Cardiovascular Consultants,
which offers cardiology clinics
at Anderson County Hospital in
Garnett.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 01-01-13 / Vickie Moss
Butch Rocker receives a certificate from Mayor Greg Gwin for 40 years of service to the City of Garnett at the city commission
meeting Wednesday, Dec. 26.
Kansas 511 Callers reminded
to select Highways for
road condition info
The Kansas Department of
Transportation reminds travelers that the just-enhanced
Kansas 511 Phone system is
a great resource for holiday/
winter travel information. But
some users who have gotten
used to the previous version
may be having a few adjustment
issues.
To hear road condition and
weather information, users
should select highways and
the route for which they want
information.
KDOT has been informed
that 511 users have been mistakenly requesting transfers to
transit authorities and asking
for road condition information, said Barb Blue, KDOT
spokesperson.
The improvements have
changed the menu structure
and added new information;
however, there is no change for
requesting road condition and
weather information.
We encourage travelers to
call 511 before they travel and
callers to listen carefully to the
new menu. Following the menu
prompts will help callers easily
navigate the system, Blue said.
We understand changes can
cause confusion and we tried to
keep the menu simple and user
friendly.
To access Kansas 511, call
5-1-1 from anywhere in Kansas
or 1-866-511-KDOT (5368) from
anywhere in the U.S.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 1, 2013
LOCAL
Padfield 50th anniversary
To those who help, thank you
In spite of the drought, it
has been a grand year for me
in the field of archaeology. Its
time for me to acknowledge all
those who have supported me
in so many different ways during the year 2012.
My first two thank yous
never change. They are to my
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
and to my beautiful wife Kay
of over 55 years as of Dec. 26,
2012.
Next on my list is Dane
Hicks and all the staff at The
Anderson County Review who
have supported me and made
my weekly column available
for 11 years.
Many, many more thank
yous go to all the wonderful people who have supported
Jr., Juanita Kellerman, Sandy
Stockton, Orville Colel, Bill
Gifford, Jay and Wilma Sloan,
Mary Martin, Margery Hunt,
Sandra Baugher, Dale Yoder,
Terry Schwegman, Paul
Phares, Walter and Dorothy
Lickteig, Richard and Judy
Brummel, Fred and Nancy
Katzer, Jim Sobba, Ron Sobba,
Ona Mae Hunt, Charlie Foltz,
Theresa Rockers, Michael
Rockers, Cecil and Dorothy
Lickteig, Laura Bauman, Lyle
Davison, Larry Heck, Kenneth
and Dorothy Davidson, Don
and Martha Fitzmaurice, Ron
Lickteig, Darwin Hamilton,
Richard and Shirley Roeckers,
Dianne Doran, LeRoy and Zella
Teter and Raymond Kipper.
Other Kansas residents:
by Henry Roeckers
Contact (785) 448-6244
for local archeology information.
me in the field of archaeology
this past year. Your names will
appear in no particular order:
Local residents: Henry
and (the late) Mary Morgan
and family, Dan and Loretta
Coltrane, John and Cheryl
Strobel and family, Tom Wolken,
Gayla Corley, Glen Caldwell
Don and Wanda Henkle, Maize;
Virginia Wulfkuhle (public
archaeologist), Topeka; Bob
Hoard (state archaeologist),
Topeka; Tricia Waggoner,
Topeka; Betty Bettendorf,
Paola; and Jeff and Trina
Volpert, Topeka.
Out-of-state residents: Sam
and Melinda Miller, Macomb,
Mo.; Marvin Butcher, Houston,
Texas, and Richard Kitterman.
Once again, I truly apologize if I have missed anyone in
my thank you list of names.
May our Lord and Savior
bless all you in the coming
year, 2013.
-Henry and Kay
1983: Limestone caves get new look
Jan. 7, 2003
Board members for USD 365
heard reports from teachers
and administrators on the districts pursuit of its educational
goals in preparation for a new
strategy session in February.
District goals are set in the
broadest sense to accomplish
state mandated and educational
outcomes for all public schools,
but individual districts set
their own parameters on how
to accomplish those mandates.
While the May 2002 defeat of
a $16 million bond issue was a
setback for the districts facilities strategies, it was hoped that
revised plans for new school
buildings in the district would
eventually gain voter approval
in coming years.
An Osage City developer will
have an audience with city commissioners next week to discuss the construction of some
20 duplex units on location
in the city. The company had
per hour job in the countys
road department after an ongoing conflict over his county of
residence. After three years
of allowing Young to reside in
Moran until his step-children
graduated from school, the commission decided to take action.
Some criminal damage was
reported to Brummel Farm
Service in Garnett. Apparently
the incident occurred before
midnight Wednesday. The suspects knocked over pallets used
by the agriculture supply firm,
dumped some feed out a bulk
storage unit, and knocked some
plastic crate-like holders out of
the back of a trailer.
Jan. 3, 1983
The abandoned limestone
caves northwest of Garnett
along U.S. 59 could be developed
into useful storage space, but it
would take about $1.5 million to
develop them, according to the
owner of the 100-acre tract of
land that includes the 10 acres
by Vickie Moss
Staff Writer
examined three separate areas
for the possible projects, two
of which were currently zoned
for the duplex-type multi-family
housing and one of which was
not.
Jan. 7, 1993
For the first time in recent
memory, the Anderson County
Commission terminated a county employee for what is says is a
violation of the countys policy
requiring its personnel to live
inside the countys boundaries.
County commissioners terminated Ron Young from his $7.80
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 06-29-2010 / Photo Submitted
Dr. Jerry and Susan Padfield, Garnett, celebrated their 50th
anniversary Dec. 30, 2012.
underground. The ceilings in
the caves are 30 to 40 feet high
and could be developed into
three or four levels. They stay
at a constant temperature of 40
to 50 degrees.
Dec. 30, 1912
Yesterday, about 11 oclock,
Postmaster Vaughn received a
telephone message that a mail
pouch had been found near the
Missouri Pacific track, on the
Daniel Berry farm northeast of
Garnett. It was a letter pouch,
intended for Greeley, and mail
clerk on the train (Sunday
mornings west-bound cannonball) says he threw it off at
Greeley. The pouch had been
cut and torn, and letters and
packages were torn open and
rifled. There was one package
that had contained jewelry, two
rings having been overlooked.
The remains of other packages
were in the sack. How the package got to the Berry farm is a
mystery.
Change the direction we are looking
Isaiah was a prophet to the
southern kingdom from 740 B.
C. until after 701 B. C. The
general theme for the first
part of Isaiahs book is Gods
approaching judgment on the
nation of Judah. The prophet
announces that God will punish
his people because of their sin,
rebellion and worship of false
gods.
But in chapter 9:6-7 the
prophet offers hope as he refers
to the coming Messiah. For
to us a child is born, to us a
son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder and his name shall be called
Wonderful Counselor, Mighty
God, Everlasting Father, Prince
of Peace. Of the increase of his
government and of peace there
will be no end, on the throne of
David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
with justice and with righteousness from this time and forever
more. The zeal of the LORD of
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hosts will do this.
The particular verse that
stands out here refers to the
rule of God. And the government shall be on his shoulder.
In other words God was the
final authority. God had mandated moral laws to live by as
well as providing civil or case
law to govern everyday life. The
Israelites had rebelled and fell
into a life of sin and idol worship. This is a pattern that runs
through the Bible from Genesis
to Revelation. Not much has
changed today. I dont claim to
know the mind of God but his
word clearly states that the government shall be on his (Jesus)
shoulder.
practice political gridlock with
programs that could have devastating effects on business and
families as well as our individual freedoms has only compounded problems.
So what is the solution? God
has said And the government
shall be upon his (Jesus) shoulder. God didnt send an economist or a scientist or a statesman He sent a Savior. The
solution is to LOOK UP.
David Bilderback: A Ministry
on the Holiness of God.
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So what does this mean for
us today with regard to the
critical issues we are faced
with. For some reason we as a
people have decided it is up to
us to shoulder the issues. The
results have been devastating.
Printing money 24 hours per
day hasnt reduced the trillions
of dollars of debt. Taking God
out of the schools, courthouses
and public square seems only
to have created individuals
bent on destroying innocent
people and then themselves.
Electing government officials
who have promised programs
that are counter productive to
a healthy economy and who
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, January 1, 2013
LOCAL
2012: The Year in Review
January
A federal judge denies a
motion by Anderson County
lawyers to dismiss an age and
sex discrimination lawsuit
by former jailer Jerry Slyter,
keeping Slyters Allegations
that he was wrongfully fired
by the county in 2010 alive. City
officials pick Redbud Street as
a place for the new sidewalk
network to cross busy Maple
Street/ Highway 59. Crests
Jayden Bowen is tabbed for
the annual Shrine Bowl. Dave
Brummel catches a 9 pound 1
ounce trout from Lake Garnett
late Christmas Eve. Laurie
Jean Ohl of Westphalia is
named to the Deans honor
roll at Washburn University.
Aaron Lizer and Eric Smith
are elected to the Garnett Area
Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors. Susie and Loren
Sayers are selected as Grand
Marshals for the Anderson
County Fair. New elementary school in Garnett will be
named Garnett Elementary
School after a vote by USD
365 School Board members.
Marcia Phares, a 1988 graduate of Garnett High School, is
named Down Syndrome Guild
of Kansas City Volunteer of the
Year. Mike and Cathy Barnes
of Garnett purchase Rockers
Retail Liquor in Garnett and
change the name to Barneys.
Whitney Hughes takes over
ownership of Salon Connection
in Garnett. A Garnett woman
says a man was hiding in her
garage in the 500 block of East
7th when she arrived home
around 10:30 p.m. tried to abduct
her child when she stepped into
the house for a moment before
returning to retrieve the toddler. New Colony fire station
plans open house to celebrate
new facility. Price of a postage stamp will increase to
45 January 22, and the USPS
has backed away from a plan
announced in 2011 that would
have closed the Westphalia
and Kincaid post offices in
Anderson County. Years after
the City of Garnett was forced
by Union Pacific Railroad into
closing railroad crossings in the
city, two local businesses off 6th
and 5th streets still fight traffic problems with vehicles that
use their properties as a cutoff
to avoid the blocked crossings.
Crest school officials are mum
about rumors that a member
of the schools staff is being
investigated regarding theft
of computer equipment. Mark
Magner, Preston Peine, Randy
Kennard and incumbent Mike
Norman file for the city commission election in April. Kaitlin
Sullins, 3rd grade teacher in
Garnett and Robyn Studebaker,
Family and Consumer Sciences
instructor at Central Heights,
earn Kansas Department of
Education Horizon Awards.
Garnetts new waterline project from Cedar Creek to the
Crystal Lake treatment station, part of a round of shovel
ready federal grants to spur
the economy after the 2008-2009
recession and delayed after a
contractor walked away from
the project last year, is nearing
completion. Longtime ag business fixture Brummel Farm
Service receives the GACCs
Business of the Year award,
and Delton and Janice Hodgson
are honored with the George
Clasen Volunteer of the Year
award at the annual chamber
banquet. Maci Rockers, Ashley
Lickteig, Justin Rockers, Zach
Wilper, Justin Messick, Alexey
Lickteig, Jake Morgan, Hayden
Hermann, Austin Peine, Jacob
Holloran and Abbie Fritz take
part in the annual Knights of
Columbus basketball shooting
contest. Central Heights basketball standout Katelin Horstick
announces plans to attend
Tabor College on a basketball
scholarship. Southern Star Gas
Pipelines Welda District office
donates a 4WD pickup to the
Anderson County Emergency
Preparedness Department.
Fifth grader Harley Maley is the
Greeley spelling bee champion.
Merrick Brown is the winner
of the Central Heights geography bee. Ioalan Daniel Berg
gets 60 days in the Allen County
Jail after pleading guilty to setting five fires earlier in 2011,
one of which burned substantial grasslands and hay bales
in Anderson County. Tia Hunt
and Clay Yoder are crowned
ACHS Queen and King of winter homecoming.
February
Masonic lodges in Parker
and Kincaid award essay contest winners Arli Hendrix,
Trevor Holman and Kyle
Hammond. Delena Butters and
Nathan Schmit win the St. Rose
spelling bee in the K-3 competition. Ten years after an ice
storm that blacked out most
of Anderson County for nearly
a week, damage is still being
found in electrical circuits but
emergency planners are better prepared for weather issues.
Longtime local educator and
high school principal Claron
Cole passes away at the age
of 98. Rodeo star Rope Myers,
formerly of Welda, stars on a
new reality TV show called Full
Metal Jousting, in which horsemen joust just like in the days
of the Knights. Chris Brallier
and Tessa Louk are crowned
king and queen of the Crest
homecoming, Taylor Feuerborn
and Jimmy Hoskins get similar honors at Central Heights.
Laurel Godderz of Colony is
awarded the If I Were Mayor
essay prize by Governor Sam
Brownback. Pat Apple, state
senator from the 12th District,
says meetings attended by
legislators at the Governors
Mansion and now subject to
Open Meetings Law complaints
were above board. Richmond
Community Museums Dennis
Peters shares tips on researching ones family tree at local
museum meeting. Sales tax
collections increase in Garnett
and Anderson County, probably due to a bump in automotive sales. Memberships at
the Garnett Recreation Center
increase 80 percent in January,
and hours at the center will be
starting earlier due to member requests. Central Heights
Vikings are ranked number one
in the 3A State Tournament.
Connie McCormick pleads to
vehicular homicide minutes
before her murder trial begins
in the 2010 car crash that killed
her 13 year-old niece in southern Anderson County. Crest
math Teacher and technology
guru Phil Moody resigns his
post after a tip spurs an investigation about his dealings with
district computer equipment.
Two 17 year-olds, two 16 yearolds and a 13 year-old from
Anderson County High School
head to Teen Court after their
arrest on alcohol consumption
and possession.
March
Both the boys and girls of
the Crest Lancers and Central
Heights Vikings head to the
state basketball tournaments
this year. Brandy Grimes
and Tyler Jumet page for 4th
District representative Bill
Feuerborn in Topeka. Garnett
resident and American Red
Cross volunteer Dustin Dunkin
recounts his work in various
disasters, incluing Hurricane
Irene in 2011. Security measures at Garnetts new elementary school are highlighted
after a school shooting in
Ohio. High prices for gasoline
once again bring Garnett City
Commissioners to discuss use
of golf carts and other unconventional but economical vehicles on city streets. Anderson
County Register of Deeds Sandy
Baugher, county clerk Phyllis
Gettler and treasurer Dena
McDaniel file to retain their
county elected seats in the Nov.
2012 election. Karly Schulte,
a former Central Heights student attending Johnson County
Community College on a softball scholarship, is recognized
for maintaining a 4.0 grade
point average. Former local
resident Bryan Norman wins
first place in the Sportsmans I
kart series in Wichita. Central
Heights boys take third at 3A
state tournament. Local emergency planners are starting a
CERT program (Community
Emergency Response Team)
made of of local volunteers to
be trained in how to assist in an
emergency. Continued high oil
prices make for a boom in new
local well drilling with now double the number of wells as in
1995. Garnett BPW picks Ruth
Lee Hastert as Woman of the
Year, and picks Little Peoples
Learning Center and Garnett
State Savings Bank for business
of the year. A fire at an outbuilding on his property badly
burns local auctioneer Ron
Ratliff. Dr. David Leitch files
for election to the 3rd District
Anderson County Commission
post, and appointee Jeff Hupp
files to retain his office as county sheriff. A record-setting rain
provides some drought relief
for the local area. A local business summit concludes that
Garnett community should
seek to lure former residents
back to the community who
might bring or start businesses
here to provide employment.
More than 100 people attend
a 16th birthday party for the
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail, hosted
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A hot summer kept crowds small for events at the Anderson County Fair. Entries were down for the annual demolition derby, which included
a potentially tragic turn of events when a car was flipped onto its top. The driver managed to escape without injury.
by the Friends of the Trail.
April
Katie Lybarger, Isaac Morrill
and Jasmine White serve as
pages for State Senator Pat
Apple in Topeka. Sister Mildred
of the Richmond Catholic
Church celebrates 75 years
with the Ursuline Sisters. Vern
Valentine, detective with the
Anderson County Sheriffs
Department, enters the race
for sheriff. Connie McCormick
gets a year in jail on charges
she was under the influence
of drugs when she crashed
her car in southern Anderson
County and killed her 13 yearold niece. Rope Myers falls from
Full Metal Jousting, while
local actor Gary Rommelfanger
gets a little camera time on
another realty TV show called
Truckstop USA. Local historian Dorothy Lickeig publishes
a book on Colony history. Carol
Miller of Greeley wins the $500
grand prize in The Anderson
County Reviews annual circulation sweepstakes contest.
Local politicians and county
officials recruit Osage County
Attorney Brandon Jones to
run against Fred Campbell for
Anderson County Attorney,
and Campbell is nominated by
Libertarians to run for the post
in all four counties of the Fourth
Judical District. The nowclosed Irving Primary Center is
offered for sale by USD 365 for
$40,000. Local school officials
continue to worry over what
the state legislature will do to
the coming years public school
finance formula. Preston Peine
beats incumbent Mike Norman
and two others in the race for
Garnett City Commissioner.
Destiny Bowen is selected for
the American Legion Auxiliary
scholarship.
Westphalia
Elementary students Zadie
Smith, Camillie Shilling, April
Powls and Bethany Powls are
acknowledged for their submissions to Music K-8 annual magazine cover contest. Though
the winter was mild, it takes
Garnett city gas customers
through April to really see a difference from burning less gas.
New local liquor store owners
Mike and Cathy Barnes propose
Garnetts ban on Sunday liquor
sales be lifted. Kansas Court of
Appeals turns down an appeal
from Debbie Womelsdorf, convicting of burning down her
house for insurance money in
December 2010. A court appeal
by Don Diebolt, whos land
north of Garnett was seized
under eminent domain laws
for the new school site, ends
up with a lower price than the
school originally was to pay
under a court-ordered appraisal. Anderson County Sheriff
Jeff Hupp fires detective Vern
Valentine, saying he wants to
head off department problems
that will come as a result of
Valentine running against him
in the upcoming elections. One
of four men sentenced in connection with local home invasions in 2009 escapes from
Ottawa County Jail and is the
last to be recaptured two days
later. County treasurers office
asks customers to be patient
while the office works through
its role in a statewide software
switchover in the handling of
vehicle titles and registrations.
Longtime local art teacher
Lois Henry reties after 39 year
career.
Tanner Lickteig fires a pitch during game one of the Anderson County Junior Varsity matchup with
Burlington in March.
May
City
employee
Susan
Wettstein wins a prestigious
award from the state municipal administrative assistants
organization. City commission votes 2-1 over commissioner Greg Gwins opposition
to allow Sunday alcohol sales.
Anderson County Sheriff Jeff
Hupp says even though a 3-year
grant to fund a school resource
officer at Crest and Garnett,
the department plans to continue the program. Garnett saves
$209,000 over next 11 years by
refinancing its debt at lower
rates. Spring rains have cooperated, and the local wheat crop
looks good even though were
still behind in rainfall. Police
recover about $18,000 in property stolen from Westpalia and
Garnett storage sheds. Crests
third grade skills class helps
out Childrens Mercy Hospital
with a Pastries for Patients
fundraiser. ACHS senior Jason
Stoneking signs to play basketball at Fort Scott Community
College. The ACHS track teams
capture both the boys and girls
Pioneer League titles. Leah
Yoder of Welda will attend Girls
State, selected by the Garnett
American Legion Post. Garnett
Public Libray is named th the
Kansas Library Association as
the 2012 Best Small Library in
Kansas. Westphalia, Kincaid,
and some 3,700 other rural
post offices get a pre-election
reprieve from closing after
action by the U.S. Senate.
Kansas legislators inability to
redraw state senate and representative districts ends up forcing the map into the purview of
federal judges and delays when
local office holders and possible challengers can file to run
for state senate and representative offices. Inter-governmental
meeting of city, county, school
districts and hospital give entities a chance to share challenges and suggestions. Garnett
and Anderson County officials
are working on a plan to organize a number of public storm
shelters in the Garnett area in
case of emergency, for those
without basements. Garnett
sets up plan to build sidewalks
along U.S. 59 to meet mandates
of ADA. TJ Huettenmueller
is named Governors scholar.
ACHS alum Peyton Williams
has been awarded a Freshman
Academic Scholarship from
Washburn University. City and
school officials hope to procure
a $15,000 grant to improve the
Prairie Spirit Rail Trail as a
primary means of getting to
and from the new Garnett
Elementary School north of
Garnett. A strong pace for
retail sales tax collection last
winter has continued into the
spring for Anderson County.
Lee Brock Moody, Jr., has
been awarded for outstanding
academic performance at The
Citadel, the Military College
of South Carolina. Thirty local
kids attend a Super Sitter
babysitting clinic sponsored
by the local Farm Bureau.
Problems in the northeast section of Garnett are expected to
be the priority in the development of a 5-year sewer repair
plan now being assembled.
Local churches, tapped to help
provide shelter for nearby residents in Garnett in case of
tornadoes, are concerned about
liability issues.
June
Governor Sam Brownback
gives the Memorial Day address
at the Garnett Cemetery over
the Memorial Day Weekend. All
classes and staff of Garnett High
School will gather for a reunion
and a chance to say goodbye to
GHS this month, as the building is prepared for demolition.
Karen Bailey of LeRoy is found
guilty of her newborns murder. Dudley Feuerborn opts not
to file to retain his District 2
county commission post, and
four challengers file to run. A
coach in Garnetts Girls 14 and
Under softball is banned from
city sports after a fight at the
local ball complex. Organizers
from the American Legion and
VFW in Garnett hope to place a
veterans memorial on the county courthouse lawn. County
attorney Fred Campbell has
trapped three foxes at his home
in Garnett after the intruders start making a meal of his
new geese. A recent survey of
community health needs spearheaded by Anderson County
Hospital and Southeast Kansas
Southeast Multi-County Health
Department shows respondents think mental health
services need to be improved.
Denver Johnston from the
ACHS FFA chapter is elected
to serve as State FFA Sentinel
at the state FFA convention.
Anderson County ends up with
vast changes to its legislative
representation after federal
judges finish with new state
senate and house boundaries.
Area farmers seem generally
pleased with the local wheat
harvest, though corn and soybeans may continue to struggle with lack of moisture. An
increase in the base state aid
for education funding is good,
says USD 365 Superintendent
Don Blome, but even better
is stable district enrollment.
The City of Garnett will look
at restrictions on the number
of garage sales local residents
can have, after businesses complain that too many garages
sales are being held and no
sales tax being paid from them.
Local activist Helen Norman is
named to the Kansas Business
and Professional Womens
Clubs Hall of Fame. ACHS
alum Katelyn Wolken earns a
post on the Baker University
Deans List. County officials
want Connie McCormick,
whos serving a year sentence
in the county jail on a vehicular
homicide conviction, released
because her liver ailments have
cost the county several thousand dollars since her incarceration. Anderson County
Hospitals Runaway Mammas
(Sandee Meyer, Karen Gillespie,
Joey Fager, Hannah Thompson
and Rachel Poss) complete the
Oklahoma City Memorial relay
Marathon. Some locals want
the City of Garnett to reconsider bans on some breeds of
dogs with aggressive reputations. A last-ditch inquiry from
a Kansas City-based apartment
developer apparently comes
too late to save GEC from the
wrecking ball. Local opponents
of Sunday alcohol sales gather
enough signatures to force the
question to an August primary
election vote in Garnett. Some
$93,000 in a court settlement
over KCPL overcharges to the
city of Garnett will go toward
electric equipment upgrades,
city officials say. Anderson
County Commissioners are
doing some comparison shopping to see if its less expensive
to contract the countys ambulance service than to continue
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to fund a county-owned service.
July
Jordan Morton of Colony
registers at GSSB in Colony and
wins the Customer Appreciation
Day drawing sponsored by The
Anderson County Review and
area merchants, winning 6 day
passes to Schlitterbahn Water
Park in Kansas City. City commissioners say four garage
sales per residence in a year is
enough. Continued dry conditions in the area has fire fighters and emergency responders
wary about July 4th celebrations. A local man who is a person of interest in his 16 yearold daughters reported sexual
assault commits suicide hours
after the crime is reported. USD
479 expects a 2 mill increase in
local taxes to fund the district
next year. A weekend rain in
early July may help local soybeans, but analysts say the corn
crop is devastated from heat
and drought. Karen Baily gets
13 years for the murder of her
infant child. County attorney
Fred Campbell says he wants
proof Connie McCormick has
liver cancer and should be
released from her remaining
sentence at the county jail,
something her defense lawyer
has yet to provide. Demolition of
the Garnett Elmentary Center,
formerly know as Garnett High
School, begins. The Garnett Inn
& Suites receives a merit award
from the Kansas Department of
Commmerce during Business
Appreciation Month. Brock
and Phil Moody of Garnett
are charged with distributing
steroids after a months-long
investigation that started last
January, when a family feud
between the two former jujitsu
instructors erupted. Adding
two more commissioners to
the present three Garnett City
Commissioners would cost
$14,000, commissioners are
told after a brief examination
of expanding the commission.
Seven year-old Tucker Nelson
of Garnett placed fourth in the
Las Vegas nationals of arena
dirt bike racing. Anderson
County Hospitals Long Term
Care Center receives a perfect score in evaluation. A
plan being developed by ACH
officials to construct a new
$26.5 million hospital facility
to replace Anderson County
Hospital may be thwarted by
county debt limits. Neighbors
and friends jump in to finish
roofing Kathy Lankards home
in Garnett. Just a year after
a record number of county
Democrats agreed to staff precinct committee posts in their
local party, only a handfuland fewer Republicans- have
re-filed to keep their positions.
Michael Stevens gets 25-life for
sex crimes against his 7 yearold son. Drought conditions
have prompted Garnett officials
to ask residents to voluntarily
reduce their water consumption.
August
ACHS alum and Baker
Univesity student Brittni
Sayers culminates a Florida
internship with a swim with
dolphins. USD 365 will have a
lower tax rate this year due
to some financial benefits from
the new school. With the new
school year coming in weeks,
parents and school staff are
preparing for travel routes to
and from GES with concerns
about minimizing U.S. Highway
59 congestion. Theres a little
less delinquent property tax
owed in Anderson County this
year, but what worries county
treasurer Dena McDaniel is
that more people are falling
further and further behind.
Leizler Oil company, owner
of Garnett Short Stop conve-
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the former Garnett Shell store
with plans to renovate it and
move to the new location before
Christmas. KSU Extension
Agent
Shannon
Blocker
receives an achievement award
from the National Association
of County Agriculture Agents.
Local officials are trying to
total up the economic damage
after officials with East Kansas
Agri Energy announce the
closing of the Garnett ethanol
plant due to drought and high
corn prices. A late night birthday party was apparently the
cause of a fire that damaged
Greeleys only restaurant-bar
hangout, The Greeley Caf.
USD 365 officials plan an alternative school for students with
severe behavioral problems
will be the new tenant at Irving
Primary Center. Voters say yes
287-265 to Sunday alcohol sales
in Garnett. Bill Craig beats
Scott Rogers and Ken Miller
to face Jerry Howarter in the
November District 2 county
commission election. Dr. Dave
Leitch beats Pat Calahan to face
incumbent Gene Highberger in
Dist. 3. ACH officials push back
hospital vote, saying theres not
enough time prior to November
to push the project. Increasing
value of local oil leases means
local governments can lower
some mill levies, a win for residential taxpayers. City officials
will target owners, not breeds
of dogs, in new aggressive animal law. The Colony fire depatment has won a $2,500 grant
from Phillips 66 Gas Company,
which was written by Chuck
Gettler. The ongoing drought
has bumped the number of
grass fires of late. The first days
of school at GES go off without
a hitch and without anticipated
traffic problems.
September
An $8.1 million resurfacing project on 13 miles of U.S.
Highway 169 past Garnett
starts September 6. County
attorney Fred Campbell prevails in a sentencing argument
and gets a sentence of 50 years
against convicted child molester Michael Stevens. Economic
development director Dennis
Arnold tells city commissioners that what hurts local
business recruitment efforts
the most is lack of space for
industry. Former local resident Kelly Modlin, who now
lives in Augusta, will ride
his 1929 Harley-Davidson JD
police edition on the 3,900 mile
Motorcycle Cannonball Run
which ends in San Francisco,
Calif. Fred Tiblow of Richmond
wins The Anderson County
Reviews summer drawing
for a kids John Deere Gator,
sponsored by the Review and
OMalley Equipment in Iola.
USD 365 has approved a plan
to pay bonuses to teachers
for student achievement on
state assessments. The Crest
Lancer football team thumped
Uniontown 58-24 in the first
matchup between the two
schools since 1980. More than
100 Crest graduates and their
guests attend the 105th Crest
Alumni Banquet. The Garnett
Cornstock presents country
artists Thompson Square during the concert on the hill. Scott
Cooper of Patriots Bank is
elected to the Kansas Bankers
Association board of directors.
Golf karts and Gators have
been granted special privilege
to drive on Garnett streets, but
not ATVs, which are judged too
fast and not safe. County commissioners opt to stick with
the county-owned ambulance
service for the time being.
Garnett State Savings Bank
will merge with the Farmers
National Bank of Walnut, Ks.
Cyntia and Christa Hobart, now
Cindy Ecclefield and Christy
Hobart, the first twins born
at Anderson County Hospital,
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turn 60 years old. Former local
residents Tammy Redel and
Stacey Ashley are indicted
by a grand jury for the drugrelated death of Redels son
and Ashleys nephew, Joshua
Auclair, in Garnett in 2011.
Commuters await the opening of U.S. Highway 59 from
Ottawa to Lawrence, under
construction for some 15 years.
Unemployment continued to
drop in the local area and the
state in August, with a jobless
rate of 7 percent in Anderson
County. Anderson Countys
CODE RED emergency telephone notification system will
add winter warnings to its
weather and other emergency
announcements. Continued
business discussions and queries about downtown buildings
in Garnett lead commissioners to ask for an inventory of
downtown vacant buildings.
Garnetts Jere White, former
local business owner and executive director of the Kansas
Corn Growers Association, is
severely injured in an Arkansas
motorcycle accident.
October
Southern Star Central Gas
Pipeline has a $4 million horizontal drilling projet underway
which will connect a number
of Colony gas wells. Seventeen
year-old Leah Yoder is bitten
by a rattlesnake near Mont Ida.
Steve Dial and Jamie Mersman
are elected king and queen of
ACHS homecoming, Bobby
Louden and Josie Fermyn ge
the honor at Central Heights.
The Walker Art Committee has
arranged a local Art Tour highlighting a variety of painters,
metal workers, photographers
and other artists in the local
area with 12 sites featuring 13
artists. Keegan Barnes is the
new Pioneer Seed represen-
Josh DeHoux, far left, talks to Garnett Elementary School principal Krista Hedrick during enrollment
for Quintin Thompson, second from left, with Katy Ludwig at GES. The newly built school opened in
August.
and rainfall, and are blooming.
Crest and Garnett schools see
an enrollment increase after
the start of the school year,
while Central Heights declines
by 30 kids, in large part due
to an incoming kindergarten
class this year with only 25
students. Kyle Hammond and
Brytton Strickler are crowned
Crest homecoming royalty. Eric
ACHS Homecoming King Steve Dial goes in for the coronation
kiss with Queen Jaime Mersman during ACHS fall homecoming
ceremonies.
tative in the area. Richmond
United Methodist Church celebrates its 50th birthday. Sheriff
Jeff Hupp will use new resources from the National Center
for Missing and Exploited
Children to try to determine
the identity of a man found
dead near Garnett in 1973. USD
365 is examining the possibility
of running its own bus service
and dumping its contract with
longtime bus company Apple
Bus. Jere White may face a slow
recovery after hes diagnosed
with extensive brain damage
following his recent motorcycle
crash in Arkansas. Plants and
trees forced into dormancy by
the summer drought are confused by recent mild weather
Jennifer Sibley, Diane Hastert and Tonya Arnett, representing Garnett State Savings Bank as the
Spelling Wizards, won the Garnett Public Librarys Community Spelling Bee as part of the librarys
year-long 100th anniversary celebration.
James gets another 18 years
for his escape from Ottawa
County Jail. A report shows
that Anderson County High
School students trail the state
average on ACT scores. Taxes
and tough talk about candidate
differences dominates the local
political forum sponsored by
Farm Bureau. Garnett volunteer firefighters traveled to local
schools to give programs during National Fire Prevention
Month. Friends of the Prairie
Spirit Trail will turn the Santa
Fe Depot into a Haunted
Library this Halloween, marking the 17th transformation of
the structure into a Halloween
hang-out for trick-or-treaters
since 1996, when the crowd
numberd 120, to 2011 when the
count was 749. The Anderson
County Extension service will
sponsor a meeting on drought
concerns for local farmers
and ranchers in preparation
for winter. Soybean harvest
shows signs of life in Anderson
County. ACHS cross country
team makes cut for the state cc
meet. Central Heights Vikings
defeat district opponent Osage
City 38-13 to win a berth in
the state playoffs. Garnetts
Norma Petrie will display her
artwork at the Works of Art
Gallery at Humboldt during the
month of November. Following
the lead of the Garnett City
Commission, Anderson County
Commisisoners agree to allow
Sunday alcohol sales in unincorporated areas of the county after Sandras Quick Stop
owner Sandra Zook tells the
county Garnetts law leaves her
at a disadvantage since shes out
of the city limits. Employees of
the City of Garnett will get free
use of the Garnett Rec Center,
just like employees of Anderson
County and the county hospital.
November
Garnett City Commissioner
Dan Morgan resigns his city
post and moves to Houston, Tx,
to look for work, after his job at
the local ethanol plant is cut.
Members of the Garnett VFW/
American Legion present a
Flag Etiquette program to area
elementary school children.
James Gilner of Harrisburg,
Pa., and Archie Gilner who
lives in upstate New York, both
say they saw little of Hurricane
Sandy except rain and high
winds. A perilous mini-van
crash involving downed power
lines on K-31 near ACJSHS
produces a little miracle, as
pregnant mom Sarah Stoltzfus
gives birth to her baby. G-Town
running club members Lance
Hedges, Val Foltz, Allison
Carriger, DeEtta Bohling and
Anna Riblett, Janice Chatham,
Leslea Rockers and Mike
Hermreck compete in their first
marathon in Wichita. Local voters pick Jerry Howarter and
Gene Highberger for county
commission posts, Brandon
Jones for county attorney,
Vern Valentine for sheriff
and newcomer Kevin Jones
of Wellsville unseats longtime
5th District Representative Bill
Feuerborn. Anderson County
Commissioners donate $2,500 to
the Garnett Area Paint Project,
organized by the Garnett Area
Ministerial Alliance, to assist
with painting some 60-80 homes
in the county. Walt and Dorothy
Lickteig of Greeley will be this
years grand marshals for the
Garnett Area Chamber of
Commerce Christmas Parade.
Quality Structures, Inc., of
Richmond, wins the Building
of the Year award and two
others during the Heartland
Chapter of the National Frame
Building Associations annual
convention in Branson, Mo. The
City of Garnett will cough up
$15,000 as part of a federal mandate to replace its city street
signs with signs that meet Uncle
Sams specs. Garnett slashes
the price of some of its available industrial lots by $11,000
in hopes of exciting a developer into utilizing one for a new
local business, and talks about
increasing its transient guest
tax to make more money for
its tourism promotion fund. In
testifying at his fathers steroid
distribution and child endangerment hearing, B.J. Moody of
Garnett says his father Brock
Moody told him the drugs he
gave to his son were vitamins.
December
Tanner Erhart leads the
Central Heights Vikings with
14 points in the teams 52-47
basketball season opening win
over Prairie View. The GACC
parade float from the Friends
of the Praire Spirit Trail wins
1st place in the parade float
competition. Students at area
schools say new federal school
lunch guidelines have them still
hungry after lunch. Anderson
County Hospital officials say a
survey presently underway will
help them determine details in
a planned hospital construction
vote later in 2013. Ninety-one
year-old Rev. Bernard Lickteig,
who served local parishes for
some 50 years, is laid to rest at
Greeley. Weather experts say
the drought that has plagued
Eastern Kansas for much of
the past two years is likely
to continue at least through
February of the New Year.
Garnett State Savings Bank
at Colony decorates a memorial Christmas Tree in honor of
cancer patients and for community workers over the years that
have helped the town thrive.
Centerville hosts a downtown
Christmas celebration complete with Christmas train and
Santa Claus, to the delight of
some 75 children who attended.
Applebees in Ottawa, AuBurn
Pharmacy, Barneys Liquors,
Beckman Motors, Bluestem
Farm & Ranch at Emporia,
Caseys, Country Mart, Dairy
Queen, Durangos Mexican
Restaurant, Front Row Sports,
The Anderson County Review,
Garnett True Value Home
Center, Garnett State Savings
Bank, Princeton Quick Stop,
Sandras Quick Stop, Short
Stop, Suttons Jewelry and
Wolken Tire all participate in
the Reviews Great Christmas
Giveaway promotion which
pays $50 weekly prizes and a
$1,000 grand prize in time for
Christmas shopping. Gail and
Debbie Kueser are honored by
Kansas Farm Bureau as one
of the states Top 10 Farm
Families in 2012. Seven locals
apply for the upcoming Garnett
City Commission appointment.
Sidewalk projects completed
so far in Garnett have cost
$129,000, half of which has been
paid by frontage property owners. USD 365 announces it will
start its own bus service, anticipating it can save $125,000 off
the $921,000 proposed contract
by longtime service provider
Apple Bus. A school shooting
in Connecticut that kills 20 children prompts a security discussion at local schools. Anderson
County Hospital and the City
of Garnett are rallying locals
to take part in the Governors
challenge to fight obesity with
a contest for local teams aiming
at weight loss and healthy living. Brandi Buzzard, formerly
of Colony, graduates from the
Kansas Livestock Associations
Young Stockmens Academy.
KCP&L customers will see an
increase in the electric rates
after the utility is granted at $33
million rate increase to cover
costs of federal EPA regulations
and mandates that it buy power
from windmill farms. Garnett
commissioners Greg Gwin and
Preston Peine are so impressed
by appointee candidate Gordon
Blackie that they cancel a second round of interviews and
appoint Blackie to fill the city
commission seat vacancy. A
mysterious and anonymous
angel from the Garnett First
Christian Church is back at
work with gifts to families identified by church staff as in need
during the holidays. Longtime
county historian Dorothy
Lickteig says shell relinquish
her 21-year mantle as head of
the countys historical society.
County attoney-elect Brandon
Jones says hell use some of the
countys $40,000-plus in diversion funds to remodel the county attorney offices in the courthouse, but hopes to donate the
rest to local charities.
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boys A team
What is a watershed Westphalia
posts 4-1 record after 5 games
This year I signed up to
report rainfall as a volunteer
for CoCoRahs (Community
Collaborative Rain, Hail &
Snow Network). Since starting this project, the clouds
decided to turn off the rain.
Now I think that the clouds
have actually forgotten how to
rain. Rainfall at our house,
during the months of August1.44 inches; September-5.99
inches; October-.72 inches and
November-1.20 inches which
equals NOT A LOT OF RAIN!
We truly are in desperate need
of rain.
Have you ever wondered
when rain does drop onto the
earth, where those little raindrops end up? Have you ever
thought of the travels that those
little raindrops do experience;
and that each little raindrop
travels through a Watershed?
In this article, I want to explain
the function of a watershed.
A watershed is an area of
land that drains water toward
a downhill point. The point
can be a stream segment, river,
a lake or pond, or the lowest
place within the watershed
where rain always collects.
Since the movement of water
is directed by gravity, a watershed will be separated from
other watersheds by land with
higher points of elevation. The
best way to remember this is
where water is shed from or
seeps into. Thus, we have a
watershed. We all receive our
water from a watershed and we
all have an effect on the watersheds.
Lets start the cycle. We all
know that rain comes from the
clouds and sprinkles on the
earth, but not all of the rain
soaks into the soil. There is
some that runs off and goes
into ditches or along the streets
and down storm drains. This
water then keeps flowing until
it finally gets to a creek or
stream. All of the creeks and
streams finally flow into a river.
Rivers run into lakes and into
the ocean.
Then there is the water that
soaks into the soil and goes
down into the groundwater.
Several counties in Kansas
have what is called groundwater aquifers.
Aquifers are
naturally formed underground
water storage areas. In times
past, people would try to dig
wells to these aquifers, for their
personal use.
In this Southeastern Area
of Kansas, we have what is
known as the Douglas Aquifer
Considering
Conservation
by Mary Lou Ponder
Linn, Anderson & Coffey
County Buffer Coordinator
which the common depth can
be from 5-400 feet deep. It is a
thin strip that runs through the
middle to eastern side of Coffey
County and the western side
of Anderson County. It then
runs down through the middle
of Woodson County, the western part of Wilson and eastern
sides of Elk and Chautauqua
Counties. This aquifer may
contain high levels of concentrated fluoride.
This is the cycle of a watershed. A watershed is an area of
land that catches rain and snow
and the water drains or seeps
into a marsh, stream, river, lake
or groundwater.
Everyone has an effect on
their watershed. What you do,
whether on the top of a hill or
in the valley, changes a watershed, and in turn affects the
water and its quality. If Green
Joe over-fertilizes his lawn on
the hill, then Jane will find
it in her water in the valley
below.
Take for instance Farmer
Muddle; he plants his crops up
to the river banks. He finds that
his crops have pests. Farmer
Muddle decides that if he doubled up on the strength of pesticides, it would get rid of the
pests quicker. A big rain comes
along, washes the soil and extra
pesticide into the river. Miss
Sally will find soil and pesticide in her drinking water
downstream.
Everyone should learn what
watershed they live in, so that
they know how to keep their
watershed clean and free from
pollution. This way the water
draining from their watershed
will be clean. Everyone, adults
and children, will be insured of
clean, safe water.
In Anderson County, there
are 2 organized watershed districts. They are Pottawatomie
Watershed District and Deer
Creek Watershed District.
These organized watershed districts hold meetings and work
on plans of action in which to
control flooding and improve
the water quality.
One of the responsibilities
that I have, as being the Buffer
Coordinator, is to promote filter strips and riparian buffers
around the edges of fields that
are located along an intermittent or perennial streams, rivers
or other bodies of water. These
fields must have a cropping history of 4 out of the 6 years during the 2002-2007 years (which
will change when the new Farm
Bill gets passed). The grass
filter strips or the riparian buffers (a tree and grass mix) will
assist in absorbing chemicals
and holding soil in place along
the streams and river banks.
The filter strips and riparian
buffers are buffering the water
against soil erosion and chemical run-off. The buffers also
slow water from flooding into
streams and rivers. In turn,
they better the water quality.
Everyone can do their part
to make the water quality better. It doesnt matter where you
live-country or city, we all have
an effect on a watershed area.
It does take all of us to make a
difference.
Information
on
the
Continuous CRP or Buffer
Program-the Continuous CRP
or Buffer Program has been put
on hold until the new Farm
Bill gets passed. As the Buffer
Coordinator, I can still come out
and visit with you about your
concerns. I can still get the field
work done-putting out flags and
gpsing the future buffer(s). But
currently, no NEW Continuous
CRP or Buffer contracts can be
signed. If you are interested
in setting up a field visit with
me (Mary Lou Ponder), please
call the USDA Service Center in
Garnett at 785-448-6323 ext. 3 or
call the USDA Service Center in
Burlington at 620-364-2313 ext.
3. I would be happy to visit with
you on your farm concerns.
Reminder: Grass Planting
Dates are:
Brome- December 1 through
April 15 & August 15 through
October 1
Native-December 1 through
May 15
The Anderson County
Conservation District does have
a custom drill operator that will
drill your grass for you. If you
have any questions please come
in and visit us at the USDA
Service Center in Garnett located at 111 North Maple St. The
phone number for the NRCS/
Anderson County Conservation
District is 785-448-6323 ext. 3.
We will be glad to visit with you
on your concerns and eligibility.
WESTPHALIA – Westphalia
boys basketball season is underway and at the Christmas break
having played 5 games, the B
team is 1-4 and the A team is
4-1.
The B team consists mainly
of 6th grade and 7th grade athletes. The two top scorers at
this point are Austin Adams
averaging 7 points per game
and Korbin Edgecomb with 3
points per game. The boys are
improving with their basketball
skills both individually and as a
team every day – Coach Ball.
Scores of the A games are as
follows:
Vs. Crest
45-8 Win
Vs. M.V.
62-41 Win
Vs. Uniontown
45-41 Win
Vs. Crest
51-18 Win
Vs. Jayhawk Linn 17-37 Loss
The A team consists mainly of 8th grade athletes. The
team is led in scoring by Alan
Keim with 11 pt/game, Micheal
Miller with 8 pt/game, Hunter
Spencer and Trevor McDaniel
average 6 pts./game, and Trevor
Filbrun with 5 pt./game and
Ben Willard at 4.5 pt./game.
This team has played very
well together and keeps improving as the season goes on, said
coach Jeremy Ball.
Ball said the defense the team
plays gives them more opportunities to score at the other end
on offense. This is a concept
that puts them into good situations throughout games.
Trevor McDaniel broke his
arm against Jayhawk and will
not be expected back for the
rest of the season.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
WELLS FARGO BANK, NA
PLAINTIFF
-vsNo. 12CV19
Div. No.
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage
Foreclosure
KENNETH D. BRALLIER SR., et. al.;
DEFENDANTS
NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale
issued by the Clerk of the District Court in
and for the said County of Anderson, in a
certain cause in said Court Numbered 12CV19,
wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the
undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I
will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at the west
door of the courthouse in the City of Garnett in
said County, on January 9, 2013, at 10:00 a.m.,
of said day the following described real estate
located in the County of Anderson, State of
Kansas, to wit:
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE
NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP
22 SOUTH, RANGE 20, EAST OF THE SIXTH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS, THENCE EAST 658
FEET, THENCE SOUTH 400 FEET, THENCE
WEST 658 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF
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east ks chemical
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SAID EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4,
THENCE NORTH 400 FEET TO THE PLACE
OF BEGINNING. Commonly known as 26780
SE 500 Rd, Kincaid, Kansas 66039
This is an attempt to collect a debt and
any information obtained will be used for that
purpose.
Jeff Hupp
SHERIFF OF ANDERSON
COUNTY, KANSAS
SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC
Attorneys for Plaintiff
6310 Lamar- Ste. 235
Overland Park, KS 66202
(913)831-3000
Fax No. (913)831-3320
Our File No. 12-003877/jm
played, Ball said. But I have
no doubt that the guards will be
able to make that adjustment.
Notice to sell Brallier property
(First published in The Anderson County
Review Tuesday, December 18, 2012)
I believe this will put a
bigger work load on the team
in filling the role that Trevor
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