Anderson County Review — March 28, 2023

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March 28, 2023
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Inflation drives local sales tax up 23.5%
With higher prices and
2017 income tax hike,
Kansas awash in cash
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
TOPEKA Spiking retail prices nationwide and a national
inflation rate more than 12 percent higher compared to two
years ago continue to drive
sales tax collections higher in
Anderson County and the rest
of Kansas.
Sales taxes paid on higher
priced goods as well as revenues from Kansas biggest
income tax increase ever in
2017 have driven record revenues into state coffers and
out of the private economy.
Those higher revenues laid the
groundwork for state leaders
agreement to drop the food
sales tax from 6.5 to 4 percent
in January and phase it out
completely next year, though
local sales taxes will still apply.
February sales tax distributions for the state show
Anderson Countys collections
on goods sold in December
2022, remitted to the state in
January and distributed to
local governments in February
rose 23.5 percent over February
2022, and notched a 17.1 percent increase for the first two
months of 2023 compared to
last year.
Rural counties across
Kansas saw similar increases
as consumers paid more for
virtually all products from groceries to vehicles to farm supplies the past year. Though still
more than $1 per gallon higher
than the average $1.86 per gallon in Kansas in February 2021,
no state sales tax is paid on gasoline but a flat 24 per gallon
excise tax is added by the state
to every gallon in addition to
federal excise taxes.
The $141,459 in distributed sales tax funds Anderson
County
received
from
December sales includes the
last taxes collected for the
final bond payments on the
Anderson County Jail, whose
cent sales tax reached its
sunset at the end of December.
Garnetts city sales tax distribution showed a 39 percent
increase over February of last
year at $32,444 and 28.6 percent
ahead for the two months of the
calendar year.
The State of Kansas as a
whole saw an 8.2 percent jump
in sales taxes month to month
in February and 7.2 percent for
the year.
While higher prices have
generated higher sales taxes,
some analysts say its only a
matter of time until inflation
reduces customers desire to
spend. Its already happened in
other states, where state sales
taxes began to decline midyear 2022.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 3-28-2023 / Tax Foundation graphic
SEE INFLATION ON PAGE 2
Davids votes against
Parents Bill of Rights
Passed by the House,
bill would provide more
info, direction from parents
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 3-28-2023 / ANDERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Firemen, their families and area supporters dug in to pancakes
and fixings at the annual Harris Volunteer Fire Department
Pancake Feed fundraiser last week. Proceeds from meals
and placemat advertising go for equipment for the department.
High Court: SPED parents can sue districts under ADA
BY PATRICK RICHARDSON
THE SENTINEL
WASHINGTON, D.C. A United States
Supreme Court decision handed down
Tuesday related to the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) has enormous
implications for parents of special education (SPED students and the State of
Kansas.
In a unanimous decision, the high
court ruled that a deaf student in
Michigan has the right to sue his district for failing to provide him with
qualified classroom aides and
despite awarding inflated grades
refusing to allow him to graduate.
Under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the
student, Miguel Luna Perez, was entitled under federal law to a free public
education that met his needs.
Instead of providing a qualified
interpreter as the law requires
SEE FINDING ON PAGE 8
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
WASHINGTON Second District
Kansas Congresswoman Sharice
Davids voted against major legislation in the U.S. Congress last
week that would have guaranteed
a Parents Bill of Rights and entitled parents and guardians to information and access in elementary
and secondary schools.
The measure passed the Congress
213-208 with all Democrats voting
against. Leadership in the U.S.
Senate, headed by Democrats in
the majority, say the bill will not
receive a hearing there.
The remaining Kansas congressional delegation, Ron Estes (K4),
Jake LaTurner (K2) and Tracy
Mann (K1), all voted in favor of the
bill.
The legislation would have guaranteed parents and guardians the
right to review school curriculum
and required schools to post that
curriculum online, to meet with
their childs teacher at least twice a
year, to review budget information
and inspect books and other materials in the school library. It would
also entitle parents to receive
information
about
violent
activity in their
childs school
and also to know
if there child is
not grade-level proficient in
Davids
reading or language arts by the
end of the 3rd grade.
Other provisions in the bill
would prohibit schools from selling
student information for commercial or financial gain, and would
require elementary school to
obtain parental permission before
changing a minor childs gender
markers, pronouns or preferred
name on school forms, or allowing
a child to change his/her sex-based
accommodations.
Elements of the bill are part of
SEE DAVIDS ON PAGE 2
Cornstock organizers plan
major announcement
Watch area social media starting Wednesday.
1879 vintage Crystal Lake Dam to get 2023 inspection
Historic city lake played
rolls in Garnetts first real
water system, recreation
BY DANE HICKS
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW
GARNETT Crystal Lakes more
than century-old dam will be inspected sometime in April, city manager
Travis Wilson told city commissioners in his weekly city memo last week.
The Kansas Department of
Agricultures Division of Dam Safety
requires larger impoundments to
have dam inspections every three-tofive years. Wilson said he was recently
contacted by the division that Crystal
Lake was due for inspection. Lake
Garnett and Cedar Valley Reservoir
were inspected last year. Wilson said
the inspection needed to be completed by April 30, and that he was in
talks with a contractor to perform that
inspection.
Crystal Lakes history dates back to
1879, when local history books say it
was constructed by local businessmen
and developers by E. S. Hunt and Jake
Askins. It was known in the early
days as Hazel Dell Lake, and later as
Crystal Lake.
J. Q. McAfee, who owned the
Garnett Furniture Factory, eventually acquired the lake and sold it to the
City of Garnett in 1890. It was used
for a number of years as a pleasure
park. Ice was put up in winter from the lake and stored in
a large ice house which was
located about where the water
plant now stands. Skating parties were held in the winter,
and it accounts say it afforded
a wonderful swimming location
in the summer.
City leaders erected a pumping plant to the north of the lake
and a standpipe to hold stored
water some distance farther
north. This standpipe collapsed
and fell in ruins on November
3, 1927. A new water tower was
erected the next year on First
SEE LAKE ON PAGE 7
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 3-28-2023 / Review Archive
Crystal Lake now hosts the citys water treatment and power plants, but was once used
for a municipal recreation spot.
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NEWS IN
BRIEF
EASTER SERVICES
Good Friday service is at First
Christian Church on Friday,
April 7 from 12:10-12:50.
Sunrise Service is at the North
Lake East Shelter House on
Sunday, April 9 at 6:30am. In
case of inclement weather, it
will be held at the Nazarene
Church on Park Road. Both
services are sponsored by
the Garnett Area Ministerial
Alliance and the community is
invited to attend.
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO
Bingo at American Legion Post
48 Garnett will be held every
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
HORSE SENSE MINI-SERIES
A horse sense mini-series will
take place on Tuesday, March
28th from 7-9 p.m. at the Miami
County Fairgrounds in Paola,
Thursday April 13th from 7-9
p.m. at the Douglas County
Fairgrounds in Lawrence and
Tuesday, April 25th from 7-9
p.m. at Neosho Community
College in Ottawa. A wide variety of topics and live demos will
take place. To RSVP call (913)
294-4306.
EASTER EGG DROP
SET APRIL 1
USD #365 will have kindergarten
roundup for The Garnett Church
of the Nazarenes Easter Egg
Drop at the Garnett Industrial
Airport will take place Saturday,
April 1 beginning at 10 a.m. with
inflatables, Easter Egg hunts for
various age groups, music, raffle
prizes and a sack lunch available.
BACKYARD POULTRY
On March 30th at 7 p.m. in the
Garnett Community Building,
Dr. Scott Beyer, KSU Extension
Poultry Specialist will present
Backyard Poultry 101. Topics
including getting the most eggs
from your poultry and best
breeds for production will be
discussed.
UNPLANNED PREGNANCY
Advice & Aid Pregnancy Center
in Overland Park helps women
and their families make an
educated decision about an
unplanned pregnancy by providing evidence-based, medical information about parenting,
adoption and abortion. Call
(913) 962-0200 or visit www.
adviceandaid.com.
DAVIDS…
FROM PAGE 1
the national outcry from parents across the country who
became activated and concerned about what most have
described as progressive
influences exerted on their
children, primarily in public schools. Those concerns
became apparent after parents
viewed and were allowed to
monitor online learning sessions when their kids were
locked out of schools during
the Covid pandemic.
A similar bill is before the
Kansas Legislature this session, among numerous other
state bills being considered
across the country. Democrat
Governor Laura Kelly vetoed
a similar bill last year.
The Review reached out to
Davids office for comment on
her vote, but no response was
received by press time.
INFLATION…
FROM PAGE 1
A report from Bloomberg
News in June of 2022 noted
a number of states among
them Maryland, Connecticut,
Massachusetts as well as
Arkansas and Iowa in the
Midwest where sales tax
collections had declined by at
least 18 percent over the year.
Maryland had seen a decline
in collecdtions of more than 35
percent.
Particularly in rural areas,
sales tax statistics are highly
dependent on big ticket sales,
specifically vehicles.
Sweepstakes Deadline March 31
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, March 28, 2023
RECORD
ANDERSON COUNTY COMMISSION
March 20, 2023
Convene
Chairman Leslie McGhee called the
meeting of the Anderson County
Commission to order at 9:00 AM
on March 20, 2023 at the Anderson
County
Commission
Room.
Attendance: Leslie McGhee, Present:
David Pracht, Present: Anthony
Mersman, Present. The pledge of
allegiance was recited. Minutes from
the previous meeting were approved
as presented.
Freedom of Information
Commissioner Pracht moved and
Commissioner Mersman seconded to
approve resolution 2023-15 appointing a local freedom of information
officer for the County of Anderson,
and providing for the officers duties.
All voted yes. The resolution appoints
the Anderson County Clerk as the
Freedom of Information Officer.
Escape & Abatements
Adds A23-119 through A23-121,
escapes E23-123 through E23-124,
and abatements B23-1669 through
B23-170 were approved as presented.
Adjourn
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 PM
due to no further business.
Land Transfers
David A Short and Susan E Short to
Caldwell Farms Inc.: W2 ne4 23-1920.
Caldwell Farms Inc. to David A
Short and Susan E Short: N2 nw4
24-19-20.
Caldwell Farms Inc. to David A
Short and Susan E Short: BEg at
nwcor ne4 24-19-20, thence running
south 160 rods, thence east 66.62
rods, thence north 37 rods, thence
west 21.62 rods, thence north 123
rods, thence west 45 rods to pob.
Frederick L Cassity and Perry L
Edwards to Perry L Edwards: Lots 11
and 12 in block 6 in south addition to
the City of Garnett.
Frederick L Cassity and Perry
L Edwards to Perry L Edwards:
Beginning 50 feet north of the ne
corner of block 18 in the south addition to the City of Kincaid, thence
north 123 feet; thence west 300 feet;
thence south 123 feet; thence east
to the pob, together with the adjacent e/2 of vacated Osage Street,
more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the se corner
of block 18, south addition to the City
of Kincaid; thence n01511 on the
west line of commercial street to a
point of the ne corner of said block
18 and the pob a distance of 325.00
feet; thence n894146w a distance
of 340.00 feet; thence n001511e to
the south right of way line of Kansas
31 Highway a distance of 102.34 feet;
thence s895101e on said south
right of way line to the west line
of commercial street a distance of
340.00 feet; thence s001511w on
said west line to the pob, a distance
of 103.25 feet.
Carolyn Frazier, Ray Fraizier,
Leslie Turner, Shirley Turner, Robbin
Bennett, Robbin Gates F/K/A, Robin
Gates A/K/A and Martin Bennett to
Dennis C Allen and Kerry Allen: All
that part of nw4 16-22-19 lying west
of railroad & hwy r/w; & all that part of
sw4 9-22-19 lying west of railroad &
hwy r/w less s2 sw4 sw4 sw4 & nw4
sw4 sw4 sw4 all in 9-22-19.
Carolyn Frazier, Ray Fraizier,
Leslie Turner, Shirley Turner, Robbin
Bennett, Robbin Gates F/K/A, Robin
Gates A/K/A and Martin Bennett to
Robbin Bennett: S2 sw4 sw4 sw4 &
nw4 sw4 sw4 sw4 9-22-19.
mph zone, $153.
ANDERSON COUNTY
MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED
James Atzbach and Rebekah Vest
have filled out an application for a
marriage license.
ANDERSON COUNTY
CIVIL CASES FILED
The Kansas Department of
Revenue has filed a Sales Tax
Warrant against Jason R Moss in the
amount of $1,168.68 for unpaid individual income taxes from 2020 and
2021.
ANDERSON COUNTY
CRIMINAL CASES FILED
Stacy Ray Haley has been charged
with possession of drugs, harass by
telecom device, possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of
cockfighting paraphernalia;intent to
use.
Joshua Caddell has been charged
with violating a protection order.
ANDERSON COUNTY ARRESTS
On March 15, Mary Jessica
Jennings, Garnett, was arrested to
serve a court ordered sentence.
On March 15, Josef Wayne Black,
Warsaw, Missouri, was arrested for a
DUI, transporting an open container
and speeding.
On March 16, Rodney Ray Clark,
Piqua, was arrested to serve a court
ordered sentence.
On March 16, Mario Alberto RojasGuillen, Iola, was arrested for failure
to appear.
On March 18, Stacy Ray Haley,
Osawatomie, was arrested for a violation of protection order;stalking order.
On March 18, Rex Allen Hayes,
Kincaid, was arrested for driving while
suspended or revoked.
On March 19, Kevin David GomezBarrios, Kansas City, Missouri, was
arrested for a DUI and operating a
motor vehicle without a license.
On March 19, Jerry Dean Fincher,
Baldwin City, was arrested for a DUI.
On March 20, Christopher Alan Hill,
Garnett, was arrested to serve a court
ordered sentence.
On March 20, Devyn Kathryn Scott,
Garnett, was arrested for two probation violations.
On March 20, Deann Jean Halliday,
Garnett, was arrested for transporting
an open container.
On March 20, David Gordon
Powell, was arrested for driving while
suspended or revoked, operating a
motor vehicle without registration and
vehicle liability insurance required.
On March 21, Mark Cory Miller,
Greeley, Colorado, was arrested for
domestic battery.
On March 21, Georgia Lindsey
Young, Kincaid, was arrested to serve
a court ordered sentence.
On March 22, Dusty Tyler Reynolds,
Lawrence, was arrested for false information concerning an accident and
interference with law enforcement/
obstructing.
On March 22, Christina Renee
Peacock, Chanute, was arrested for
failure to appear.
On March 22, Chance Michael
Cobbs, Garnett, was arrested for duty
Hicks Baby Shower
of driver to give certain informatoin
after accident and wreckless driving.
ANDERSON COUNTY JAIL ROSTER
Giovanna Rodriguez into jail on
March 3, 2021.
Sabre Suire was booked into jail on
November 12, 2021.
Jeffrey Gregg was booked into jail
on July 19, 2022.
Isidro Madrid was booked into jail
on August 12, 2022.
Sean Williams was booked into jail
on August 22, 2022.
Darin Duane Rowden was booked
into jail on December 21, 2022.
Steven Salazar was booked into jail
on December 31, 2022.
Christopher Howey was booked
into jail on January 10, 2023.
Garland White was booked into jail
on February 16, 2023.
Anthony Tomblin was booked into
jail on March 2, 2023.
Georgia Young was booked into jail
on March 7, 2023.
Jennifer McBrearety was booked
into jail on March 7, 2023.
Eric Klotz was booked into jail on
March 10, 2023.
Josef Black was booked into jail on
March 15, 2023.
Mary Jennings was booked into jail
on March 15, 2023.
Rodney Clark was booked into jail
on March 16, 2023.
Deann Halliday was booked into jail
on March 20, 2023.
David Powell was booked into jail
on March 21, 2023.
Christina Peacock was booked into
jail on March 22, 2023.
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 03-28-2023 / SUBMITTED
Kindly join Chelsea and
Keaton Hicks to celebrate the
impending birth of Baby Boy
Hicks on Saturday, April 15th
at 3:00 p.m. at the New Strawn
Community Building, 319 Getz
St, New Strawn, KS.
The couple is registered on
Amazon.
ANDERSON COUNTY
JAIL FARM-INS
Andrew Jessip was booked into jail
on September 8, 2022.
Anthony Conner was booked into
jail on October 13, 2022.
Additional farm
resources to be available
WASHINGTON, The U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) today announced that
beginning in April it will provide approximately $123 million in additional, automatic
financial assistance for qualifying farm loan program borrowers who are facing financial
risk, as part of the $3.1 billion
to help distressed farm loan
borrowers that was provided
through Section 22006 of the
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
The announcement builds on
financial assistance offered to
borrowers through the same
program in October 2022.
The IRA directed USDA
to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct
or guaranteed loans administered by USDAs Farm Service
Agency (FSA) whose operations face financial risk.
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ANDERSON COUNTY
ACCIDENT REPORTS
On March 5, a vehicle driven by
Tyler Lee Kirby, Burlington, was eastbound on K58 Highway and struck
a deer that entered the roadway
approximately .25 miles east from
Barton Road.
On March 29, a vehicle driven by
Cheryl Dawn Middleton, Topeka, was
traveling westbound on K59 Highway
in the area of Arkansas Road when
she struck a deer that entered the
roadway.
ANDERSON COUNTY
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
Jason Lee Mills has been charged
with basic rule governing speed of
vehicles, $183.
Sherrie Denise Brough has been
charged with traveling 75 mph in a 65
mph zone, $153.
Joshua Andrew Marion has been
charged with speeding 65 mph in a 55
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Fried Chicken
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Friday:
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Saturday:
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Steak Dinner
Saturday Breakfast Buffet 7:30-11:30
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, March 28, 2023
KIRKLAND
FEBRUARY 15, 1948 – MARCH 14, 2023
Garry Kirkland, age 75, of
Garnett, Kansas, passed away
on Tuesday, March 14, 2023,
with family at
his side at the
University
of
Kansas
H e a l t h
System St.
F r a n c i s
C a m p u s
in Topeka,
Kansas.
Kirkland
G a r r y
was
born
on February 15, 1948, in
Coffeyville, Kansas. He was the
second of four children born to
Merlin and Beulah (Shelton)
Kirkland. He graduated from
Altamont High School. After
graduation, on November 14,
1967, he enlisted into the Army
as a mechanic. He was sent to
basic training at Fort Leonard
Wood, Missouri, then spent
time in Germany and Vietnam.
He served in the Army until
November 30, 1970.
Garry and Goldie (Marmon)
were united in marriage
on December 11, 1987, at the
United Methodist Church in
Garnett, Kansas. It was love
at first sight. Throughout their
marriage, they raised 13 kids
together. He was a very loving
husband, father, and grandpa.
In 1974, Garry moved to
Garnett, Kansas, dedicating
his life to truck driving for
several different companies.
He spent many years working for Union Gas, as well
as many years of his life to
Dolly Madison Company out
of Emporia, Kansas, retiring
in 2009. In Garrys spare time,
he enjoyed being a mechanic.
Garry never misplaced a tool.
If anyone touched or moved
any of his tools or equipment,
he knew about it and he wasnt
scared to let you know. There
wasnt anything Garry couldnt
fix or do, and if he didnt know
right away how to fix it, it
wouldnt take long to figure it
out. He would help sew, mak-
ing the kids a poodle skirt for a
school program, he would cook,
clean dishes, and LOVED chocolate chip cookies and lemon
meringue pie. Garry had a very
kind soft side to him, always
willing to lend a helping hand
to anyone and everyone day or
night, no matter the situation.
Garry wasnt scared to take it
to the limit or edge on any piece
of machinery. Garry absolutely
loved making people laugh. He
had jokes for days and there
was never a dull moment in
his presence. In the evening,
Garry enjoyed relaxing in his
favorite recliner watching television with the volume all the
way up. Garry care deeply for
his animals, but had a soft spot
for Arthur and Boss.
Garry was preceded in death
by his parents; and his daughter, Sabrina.
He is survived by his wife,
Goldie of 36 years, of the home;
children, Hudson and Zach
Kirkland of the home; Russell
(Steffanie) Kirkland of Garnett,
Kansas; Travis (Lori) Marmon
of Garnett; Missy Larkin of
Garnett; extended family,
Kyle, Cynthia, Wayne, Chris,
Steven, Charlie, Crystal; grandchildren, Kortney (Ty) Ellis of
Pittsburg, Kansas; Matthew
Kirkland of Wamego, Kansas;
Kody, Blade, Britney Marmon
of Garnett, Kansas; and several great grandchildren and
numerous other friends and
family.
Funeral services will be held
at 11:00AM on Friday, March
31, 2023, at the Feuerborn
Family Funeral Service Chapel
in Garnett, Kansas. Burial will
follow in the Garnett Cemetery.
Garrys family will greet
friends at 10:00AM prior to
the funeral service. Memorial
contributions may be made to
the Garry Kirkland Memorial
Fund (for Hudsons college
education) and left in care of
the funeral home. Condolences
may be sent to the family at
www.feuerbornfuneral.com
WIGHT
Joel Leon Wight, 67, of
Garnett, Kansas, passed away
on Sunday, March 26, 2023,
at Richmond Health and
Rehabilitation Center. A visitation will be held from 5:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday,
March 30, 2023, at Dengel &
Son Mortuary, Ottawa, Kansas.
Family and friends are encouraged to post their condolences
and memories on Joels Tribute
Wall at www.dengelmortuary.
com
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OBITUARIES
YOUNG
JULY 9, 1933 – MARCH 20, 2023
Gladys Irene Young, age
89, passed away on Monday,
March 20, 2023 at Parkview
Heights in
Garnett,
Kansas.
Gladys
arrived into
this world
on July 9,
1933,
near
Westphalia,
K a n s a s .
Young
She was the
youngest
child born to Elmer Hirt and
Ethel Wagoner Hirt Woods. She
graduated from Garnett High
School in 1951. On July 22nd
of that same year, she married
Edwin Sandy Lankard at her
parents home near Harris,
Kansas. Five children were
born to this marriage. After
Sandy passed away in 2003, she
married Bob Young in 2005.
They amicably parted ways
in 2012 and remained special
friends until he passed in 2018.
Throughout her life Gladys
was a homemaker and gardener. Many of her early years
were spent raising the kids,
sewing, preparing wonderful
meals, and helping Sandy with
running the farm. During some
of that time, she worked as a
cook along with her mother at
the Anderson County Hospital.
In the springtime, Gladys grew
and loved sharing her flowers
with others. She also had a
long-time tradition of baking
and decorating Christmas
cookies along with making her
peanut-butter fudge. Family
and friends looked forward to
receiving a plate of her special
treats during the holidays.
For many years Sandy and
Gladys owned and operated
Lankards Feed Store until
it was destroyed by a fire.
They rebuilt the business on
Highway 59, sold that building
several years later and then
continued the operation at
their home on 7th Street west
of Garnett until they finally
retired. They loved socializing and playing cards with
friends that both had known
since they were kids.
Gladys was a member of the
hospital auxiliary and volunteered at the ARC Thrift Store.
Most of all, she loved being
an Avon representative which
allowed her to know many people in the community.
Gladys was preceded in
death by Sandy and their infant
son, Michael Dale, in 1962. She
was also preceded in death
by her parents, sister Arvetta
Weber, brothers Harold and
Wayne Hirt, son-in-law Rick
Aitken and many other relatives and dear friends.
Survivors include four
daughters, Marilyn Lankard
of Olathe, Kansas, Sandra
Kueser (Dale) of Richmond,
Kansas, Katherine Austin
(Tim) of Burlington, Kansas,
and Connie Martin (Terry) of
Alma, Kansas. She also has five
grandchildren; Sarah Kueser
(Scott Marker), Amy (Ryan)
Harris, Kelly (Josh) Wrestler,
Kelsey
Lyon,
Amanda
Patterson
(Christopher
Selfridge); three step-grandchildren, Kristin Martin,
Ashley Mullins (Matt), Hannah
Austin; six great-grandchildren, Kahlan Harris, Aiden
Harris, Trey Sommer, Tucker
Wrestler, Hudson Wrestler,
Harlow Wrestler; three step
great grandchildren, Jasper
Malyn, Crew Mullins, Jaimi
Marker (Lucky); one step
great-great grandchild, Lenox
Moungvong; long-time friend
Virginia Anderson and a host
of nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services were
held at 10:00 AM on Friday,
March 24, 2023, at the First
Christian Church with Pastor
Chris Goetz officiating. Burial
was in the Garnett Cemetery.
Gladys family will greet ed
friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00
PM Thursday evening at the
Feuerborn Family Funeral
Service chapel in Garnett.
In honor of Gladys memory, the family has suggested
memorial contributions to the
First Christian Church, Good
Shepard Hospice or Parkview
Heights. Condolences may
be sent to the family at www.
feuerbornfuneral.com
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How is the church formed?
People often wonder how
important it is to belong to
the church? This was never
a question for New Testament
believers. Being a Christian
and belonging to the church
were one of the same. A community of people has always
been at the heart of Jesus ministry. Saved as individual sinners and brought together into
a new community of Gods people. This multi-cultural community, Jew and Gentile, slave
and slave owner, parents and
children, rich and poor we are
told in Acts 2:44 were together and had everything in common. They were not isolated
individuals separated by the
barriers mentioned above but
an assembly of people unified
by Jesus Christ and later on by
his disciples. Through worship
and prayer they became what
God intends us to be.
So what does it mean to
be a Christian? In John 8:12,
Jesus says, I am the light of
the world. Whoever follows
me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light
of life. It is by virtue of this
light revealed to us by the Holy
Spirit that a New Testament
church is born. The early
church realized that the most
powerful way of turning peo-
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BY DAVID BILDERBACK
ples loyalty to Christ was by
loving others with the great
love of God.
If there ever should emerge
in our day such a fellowship,
wholly without artificiality
and free from the dead hand
of the past, it would be an
exciting event of momentous
importance. A society of genuine loving friends, set free
from the self-seeking struggle
for personal prestige and from
all unreality, would be something priceless and powerful.
Jesus issues a new command
in John 13:34, speaking to the
disciples he says, Love one
another. It is by fulfillment of
this command that a community of believers in one locality,
having been drawn together
by their common experience of
the grace of God in Jesus Christ
form the church.
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Why parents are fed up with schools
Gone are the days of cheerily sending our
children off to school and trusting public educators to prepare them for success by focusing
on traditional pedagogy. Pesky fundamentals
such as reading, writing, and arithmetic are
being submerged under a tsunami of cultural
Marxism.
Parents once viewed as the natural
authority figures in their childrens lives
now find themselves largely spectators: locked
out, lied to, and gaslit in a national effort to
secretly gender-transition children in public
schools behind their parents backs. But parents are fighting back.
In at least 6,000 public schools across the
country, children are being encouraged to
inch toward fateful decisions with lifelong
impact, all without their parents knowledge
or consent.
Could these clandestine transition policies
and practices be the reason for the alarming
spike in the number of high schoolers identifying as transgender? The U.S. saw a nearly
five-fold increase in gender transition surgeries for teens from 2016 to 2019 alone. And a new
report indicates that approximately 300,000
adolescents between the ages of 13 and 17 now
identify as transgender.
It is not surprising, then, that disenfranchised parents have finally had it. They are
filing lawsuits from coast to coast to restore
to parents what has always been rightfully
theirs: the authority to parent their own children. The family, after all, predates government and public education itself.
In Foote v. Ludlow School Community,
the parents of two minor children sued a
school district for violating their civil rights
based on a policy at Baird Middle School in
Ludlow, Massachusetts. That policy: secretly
promote and facilitate gender transitions without parental consent.
In this case, both parents had specifically
directed the school not to discuss gender identity with their children. They sued in federal
court for violations of their rights under the
U.S. and Massachusetts constitutions, including their right to religious freedom, familial
privacy, and what the Supreme Court has long
recognized as the fundamental right to direct
the upbringing of ones own children.
One defendant, the superintendent of public
schools, publicly decried the parents concerns
as intolerance of LGBTQ people thinly veiled
behind a camouflage of parental rights. As if
GUEST EDITORIAL
SARAH PARSHALL-PERRY, HERITAGE FOUNDATION
we had any doubt about how trans-happy public
educators feel about nosy parents.
The trial court dismissed the plaintiffs case,
categorizing the middle schools policy as curriculum over which parents would not ordinarily exercise control. But this argument, parroted
by the defendants, cleverly obfuscates the fact
that policies such as these impinge on historically sacrosanct areas of parental authority.
A century of Supreme Court jurisprudence
supports the notion that parents enjoy the fundamental constitutional right to direct the upbringing, health, and education of their children. As
recently as 2000, in fact, the court called it perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized.
The list of similar lawsuits continues to grow.
In the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, another
group of parents has appealed a decision dismissing their lawsuit with similar claims against
Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools.
In the 8th Circuit, parents have appealed the
trial courts denial of their request for an injunction against an Iowa school district policy that
not only facilitates secret social gender transitions but punishes students who dont toe the
party line. Specifically, students face punishment
for misgendering others, defined as intentionally or accidentally us[ing] the incorrect name or
pronouns to refer to a person.
Parental rights suits focusing on secret transition policies have also been filed in state courts in
Wisconsin and California , among others.
The fight has even found its way to Congress.
The Prohibiting Parental Secrecy Policies in
Schools Act , sponsored by Rep. Doug LaMalfa
(R-CA), would withhold federal funding from
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(Name deleted) is a great young preacher at the
Baptist Church thats in the middle of Garnett.
Come and see for yourself. He is really great.
You all need to turn from sin and turn towards
God. Thank you.
I think the Republicans and Mr. Hicks ought to
give people the other side of the story on wind
farms and stop only talking about the negative
of them. The presentation by Mike Thompson
that was paid for by the Republican Party and
the Burnes was one sided and biased. How
about giving the other side of the story for a
change Mr. Hicks? Do all the Republicans feel
the same way you do? Ill bet not. Thank you.
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Weather is a special focus for farmers in Kansas
Perhaps the biggest pastime in spring is
watching the weather. I could be just searching for a nice Saturday to visit a park or
checking to see if I need to carry an umbrella
to the office. For farmers and ranchers, however, spring weather is high stakes and full of
questions.
Will there be enough rain to awaken the
wheat crop and carry it through to maturity?
If there is, will it be too much to prevent planting corn and soybeans? Will there be enough
moisture to grow enough grass for cattle to
graze?
Unfortunately for more than three quarters
of the state right now, the biggest question
is when will the drought break? The northeast corner is the only portion of Kansas not
experiencing a moisture deficiency currently.
More than 40 counties are wholly or in part in
an exceptional drought according to the most
recent report.
Most natural disasters are quick, but a
drought is an open-ended catastrophe that
grinds on day after day. Pictures and video
do little to convey the effects the absence of
water has on those who live through it. At
least with a tornado or flood, you can start
picking up the pieces relatively quickly. With
a drought, youre just left to endure until the
rains return.
Were moving into the height of severe
KANSAS COMMENTARY
GREG DOERING, KANSAS FARM BUREAU
weather season in Kansas. Thanks to the
drought, fire is also a potential hazard in addition to the usual thunderstorms and tornadoes. While we cant prevent severe weather
outbreaks, theres plenty of steps to take in
advance to be prepared.
It starts with developing a good plan while
hoping you never need to implement it. This
can be as simple as a space in a basement with
some bottled water, a battery-operated radio
and some flashlights or candles for storms
capable of producing tornados. Nows a good
time to check those batteries if theyve been
sitting in a stockpile for a while.
For those who dont have a basement, a
windowless room is the next safest place to
ride out a storm. If youre outside, find a
low-lying area, preferably away from trees, to
lie flat and cover your head with your arms.
In the event of a flashflood, immediately
move to higher ground and dont drive through
flooded roadways. The current is capable of
carrying away a vehicle, plus theres all kinds
of potential dangers obscured by the water.
The second step is to be aware of current
forecasts and know when theres potential for
severe weather in your area. The National
Weather Service has a good track record of
predicting when weather systems can go from
normal to life threatening. A watch means
conditions are favorable for severe weather to
develop. Its a reminder to be alert for worsening conditions. A warning is the signal to
implement you plan as quickly as possible.
If watching the weather isnt already part of
your spring routine, nows a good time to add
it to your to-do list so youre prepared to act if
it becomes necessary.
Insight is a weekly column published by
Kansas Farm Bureau, the states largest farm
organization whose mission is to strengthen
agriculture and the lives of Kansans through
advocacy, education and service.
How about you can only compete in female
sports if your birth certificate states youre a
female? Yes, Im talking to you Governor Kelly
and all the others that believe as you do in
things that just arent true and right.
Our country is funding pensions in Ukraine
while the Chinese Communist Party is funding
every grifter in the Biden family with cash.
Americans are getting poorer and sicker while
Joe Biden gets older watching his family get
richer. Shameful.
The mainstream media is beginning to condition Americans about the impending crash
of the U.S. dollar as the likelihood of us losing
our Global Reserve Currency status is looking
increasingly likely. If this occurs, the effect
for the USA will be massive, and not in a good
way either. This kicked into high gear with Joe
Biden removing Russia from the Swift banking
system, which spooked many other countries
into developing plans to exit the use of the U.S.
dollar for trade. Your story on the banking situation in the paper neglected these points and
you are doing your readers a disservice by not
adding this information to the context. Thank
you.
Contact your elected leaders:
President Joseph Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
(202) 456-1111
Governor Laura Kelly
300 SW 10th Ave #241s,
Topeka, KS 66612
(202) 224-6521
email form:
www.governor.kansas.gov
Senator Roger Marshall
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-4774
Senator Jerry Moran
2202 Rayburn House Office
Building
Washington, D.C., 20510
(202) 224-6521
3rd Dist. Congressman
Sharice Davids
Prosecution of Trump reaches point of no return
1541 Longworth House Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C., 20515
(202) 225-2865
How much does a mug shot mean to you?
To Alvin Bragg, it apparently means quite
a lot.
All signs point to Bragg, the progressive
prosecutor in Manhattan, indicting Donald
Trump for his 2016 hush-money payment to
Stormy Daniels.
The old Karl Marx line is that history
repeats itself first as tragedy, then as farce.
This historic first-ever indictment of a former
president of the United States would skip
straight to farce.
First, theres the tawdry and relatively
trivial subject matter. Trump stands accused
by his critics on the left of fomenting an insurrection to overthrow the Constitution and the
criminal offense they are going to get him on
stems from a dalliance with a porn star in
2006.
Then, more importantly, theres the question of the merits. Unless Bragg has something unexpected on Trump, this appears to
be a prosecution in search of a legal theory.
Everything indicates that Bragg is more
interested in subjecting Trump to the humiliations attendant to getting charged (turning
himself in, getting fingerprinted and photographed) and the grinding distraction of
defending himself against a criminal charge
than the cogency of the case itself.
As The New York Times put it last week,
the Bragg case hinges on an untested and
therefore risky legal theory involving a complex interplay of laws, all amounting to a
low-level felony.
In other words, exactly what you want to
indict a former president on.
The difficulty in making a case against
Trump owes to the fact that hush payments are
sleazy but legal. So, the Bragg case involves
12 Dist. Sen. Caryn Tyson
NATIONAL COMMENTARY
RICH LOWRY, King Features Syndicate
the bookkeeping around the payment.
Theres a reason why Braggs predecessor,
Cyrus Vance, passed on the Stormy Daniels
matter. It looked like Bragg was going to pick
up a broader business case against Trump
instead. When the district attorney dropped
that, his progressive supporters were outraged. Now, lo and behold, he has brought
things full circle back to Daniels.
As president, Trump inveighed against his
political enemies and demanded that they
be arrested. This was shameful and disturbing stuff, although, obviously, there were no
arrests.
Alvin Bragg is apparently about to do what
Trump fantasized about, and what the entire
left-of-center universe characterized as an
abuse of power when the Republican merely
mused about it.
The prospective Bragg prosecution is no
different from what would happen if Sheriff
Joe were still in office and somehow found a
way to get an attenuated legal hook into Joe
Biden. How would Democrats feel about that?
An argument in favor of Braggs prospective move against Trump is that Trump is
unique, and uniquely vulnerable to legal
charges. There is something to that, but both
Bill and Hillary Clinton could have been prosecuted and they werent. Same with Richard
Nixon after a Gerald Ford pardon that is now
considered statesmanlike and correct by nearly everyone.
No Democrat should be sure that Biden
isnt implicated in the flow of sketchy money
into his family, and we already know he
violated the law in his handling of classified
documents.
Its not that presidents and former presidents are above the law, but the old norm of
forbearance is appropriate.
We shouldnt want to conduct an experiment in what happens when a presidential
candidate with an intense following, keenly
attuned to potentially unfair treatment, is
subjected to a nakedly political prosecution.
That said, it should be Trumps responsibility not to inflame an already incendiary
situation, but he is. That, though, is another
foreseeable downside of going down this route
with this particular case.
Trumps enemies never gave up on the idea
that the walls are closing in, and theyve
decided, where they have the power, to make
it a reality. Once again, they feel justified in
violating norms in response to Trumps threat
to norms.
As most everyone agrees, a Bragg prosecution will help Trump in the GOP nomination
fight, at least initially. If hes fortunate in his
enemies, the country is not.
Rich Lowry is editor of the National Review.
300 SW 10th St. Rm 236-E
Topeka, Ks. 66612 (785) 296-6838
P.O. Box 191 Parker, Ks. 66072
(913) 898-2366
caryn.tyson@senate.ks.gov
9th Dist. Rep Fred Gardner
State Capitol Room512-N
Topeka, KS 66612
Office: (620) 296-7451
fred.gardner@house.ks.gov
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HISTORY
More finds, including an old
Cracker Jack Box surprise
DIGGING UP THE PAST
#2
#1
Henry Roeckers
Call (785) 504-4722 for
local archeology information.
#3
Even though my digging
days have been limited because
of the weather, I still have managed to find a few artifacts. The
one thing about the present
site is one never knows whether the next artifact you find
will be very old or modern day.
For this week let me share four
examples.
#1 – What! Just an old shard
of dishware. Wait, do you see
the name of BELVA CHINA?
Do you recognize that name?
Neither did I. So that meant
research. Here is what I now
know about this shard. Belva
#4
China was created by artist and
ceramist Kenneth P. Beattie
(1865-1934). Patented Sept. 10,
1925. This shard shown was
from 1926. Belva China wasnt
a huge success by the end of
the 1920s it was discontinued.
There were 25 highly decorated
patterns. Because of its short
run, Belva China is rather
hard to find today.
#2 – Everyone should recognize these. If you said
CRACKER
JACK
BOX
SURPRISES, you are absolutely correct. This is the days
before everything turned to
paper.
#3 – Two more of those little
1 1/4 tall bottles
#4 – Do any of you ladies
remember these? EVENING IN
PARIS perfume bottles. They
could either be worn around
the neck or wrist on a chain.
By the way, this bottle still
has perfume in it. Does anyone
know what year or years these
were used?
Respectfully submited by:
Henry Roeckers. 20March2023
THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW 03-28-2023 / ARCHIVE PHOTO
Circa 2003 – Anderson County High School students Rachel Rockers and David Cox were crowned
queen and king of the ACHS Homecoming.
Maintaining asparagus in the garden
By Maddy Rohr, K-State
Research and Extension news
service
MANHATTAN, Kan. A
Kansas State University horticulture expert said gardeners
who want to promote asparagus spear growth this year
should begin with removing
old ferns.
Cynthia
Domenghini,
an instructor in K-States
Department of Horticulture
and
Natural
Resources,
said asparagus spears begin
emerging early to mid-April
in Manhattan, but earlier in
southern Kansas and later in
northern Kansas.
Asparagus is a perennial
vegetable with three primary
parts: the fluffy top is called the
fern; the crown is the part just
beneath the soil and the roots
extend down from the crown,
Domenghini said. Each spring
new edible spears emerge from
the crown.
Domenghini recommends
removing old ferns by hand,
tilling, mowing or burning,
using caution to not damage
the crown.
Asparagus should be fertilized after harvest, based on a
soil test, she said.
The general recommendations are to apply one-to-two
pounds of 10-20-10 or 11-15-11
fertilizer per 20 feet of row,
Domenghini said. Most high
nitrogen fertilizers such as a
30-4-5, 27-3-3 or something similar are lawn fertilizers but can
be used for this crop as long
as they dont contain a weed
preventer or killer. The should
be applied at pound per 20
feet of row.Water in the fertilizer application with inch of
water.
K-State horticulture expert
Ward Upham said the best
time to control weeds is before
asparagus emerges in early
spring.
A light tilling that is shallow enough to avoid the crowns
will eliminate existing weeds.
Many gardeners like to mix
in organic matter during the
same operation, he said.
Herbicides can be used
before asparagus emerges also.
Upham recommends using a
glyphosate to kill weeds actively growing or mulch to keep
weeds from invading.
No herbicides can be used
during harvest. The end of harvest presents another opportunity. Remove all fern and
spears and apply glyphosate
(Roundup) to control virtually all of the weeds present,
Upham said.
While options are limited after asparagus starts to
regrow, products that contain
sethoxydim can be applied to
asparagus to kill annual grassy
weeds such as crabgrass.
Sethoxydim has no effect on
broadleaves, including asparagus.
Two sethoxydim products available to homeowners
and labeled for asparagus are
Monterey Grass Getter and
Hi-Yield Grass Killer, Upham
said.
Upham and his colleagues
in K-State's Department of
Horticulture and Natural
Resources produce a weekly
Horticulture Newsletter with
tips for maintaining home
landscapes and gardens. The
newsletter is available to view
online or can be delivered by
email each week.
Interested persons can also
send their garden and yard-related questions to Upham at
wupham@ksu.edu, or contact
your local K-State Research
and Extension office.
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Tuesday, March 28
10:00 a.m. – Storytime For
Preschoolers
12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:30 p.m. – American Legion Bingo
6:00 p.m. – City Commission
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday, March 29
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
1:00 p.m. – Duplicate Bridge
Thursday, March 30
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:00 p.m. – 13-Point Pitch & Snacks
6:00 p.m. – Farmers Market Vendors
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
Friday, March 31
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
Saturday, April 1
10:00 a.m. – East Egg Drop @
Garnett Airport
Monday, April 3
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
9:00 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission Meeting
9:00 a.m. – Friendship Quilters
Meeting
3:30 p.m. – TOPS Meeting @
Miracle House
4:00 p.m. – Greeley PTO
6:00 p.m. – Celebrate Recovery
6:00 p.m. – Garnett Lions Club
Meeting
7:30 p.m. – Kincaid Masonic Lodge
No. 338 Meeting
Tuesday, April 4
10:00 a.m. – Storytime For
Preschoolers
12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
5:30 p.m. – Garnett Community
Foundation Board Meeting
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:30 p.m. – American Legion Bingo
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
7:00 p.m. – Garnett Senior Center
Board Meeting
Wednesday, April 5
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
1:00 p.m. – Duplicate Bridge
5:30 p.m. – ACHS Booster Club
Meeting
5:30 p.m. – Garnett Elementary Site
Council
6:00 p.m. – GES PTO Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Colony Lions Club
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Kincaid Lions Club
Meeting
Thursday, April 6
5:30 p.m. – PM Yoga
6:00 p.m. – 13-Point Pitch & Snacks
6:30 p.m. – Historical Society
Meeting
6:30 p.m. – USD 365 Endowment
Association
7:00 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous
7:00 p.m. – USD 365 Board of
Education Meeting
Friday, April 7
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
12:00 – 12:50 p.m. – Good Friday
Service @ First Christian Church
Saturday April 8
6:30 p,m Garnett City Wide Garage Sale
Sunday, April 9
6:30 a.m. – Sunrise Service @
North Lake East Shelter House
Monday, April 10
8:45 a.m. – AM Yoga
9:00 a.m. – Anderson County
Commission Meeting
12:00 p.m. – GACC Board Meeting
3:30 p.m. – TOPS Meeting @
Miracle House
5:30 p.m. – American Legion
Auxiliary Meeting
6:00 p.m. – Celebrate Recovery
6:00 p.m. – Library Board Meeting
7:00 p.m. – American Legion
Meeting
7:00 p.m. – Garnett Housing
Authority Advisory Board meeting
Tuesday, April 11
10:00 a.m. – Storytime For
Preschoolers
12:00 p.m. – Rotary International
Club Meeting
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FROM PAGE 1
Avenue just west of what was
then the Santa Fe Railway, now
the Prairie Spirit Trail.
During July 1890, the city
voted $30,000 for the purpose
of installing a city water system. As the years passed the
supply of water derived from
the city lake was found insufficient to fill the ever-increasing
demand. Consequently a dam
was built on Cedar Creek, a little less than three miles northwest of Garnett.
A new water line was built
in 2010 to bring water from the
Cedar Creek pumping station
to Crystal Lake water plant.
City officials are in the midst
of planning a new water treatment project at the plant to
replace the origination point of
the citys water system.
After graduating from high
school, class salutatorian Dani
(Morgan Sumner) is slated to
study photography at NYU in
the fall and has a summer job
working the third shift at a
small-town chemical factory.
And while her friends (Reese
Witherspoon, Eva Bures) are
readying for college with road
trips and Facebook updates,
Dani struggles with her new
job, a new relationship, and a
serious illness in her family.
When Dani starts wondering if
she should put off school to figure out what she wants to do
with her life, only her eccentric support group of friends
and family can persuade her to
pursue her dreams.
The show is a true comingof-age story full of love, laughter, and heartache. The script
was written by Don Zolidis.
Other cast members include
Kay (Kristen Schmit), Jack
(Camryn Wilson), Grandpa
Otis (Gabe Wight), Aunt Stacy
(Morgan Brown), Chelsea
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Greeley Elementary students participated in hands-only CPR training as part of the Jump Rope for Heart
program that kicked off on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The program and CPR training was taught to
all the students by Melissa Rock, the Youth Market Director for the American Heart Association. Jump
Rope for Heart is part of the P.E. class at Greeley. Pictured: Greeley P.E. teacher, Jake Smith (on left)
participated in the CPR training with 5th and 6th graders Sam Caylor (front), Bentlee Grogan, Ryleigh
Rogers, and Noelle Stinnett.
Area students named
to Emporia State
University honor roll
EMPORIA – Emporia State
University congratulates nearly 750 undergraduates named
to the university honor roll.
Students from this area include:
Austin Crabtree of Colony, Leo
Sheahan of Garnett, Brock
Clifton and Joseph Feuerborn
Senior Center
pitch results
for March
16th & 23rd
On the 16th of March we
had thirteen players for the
evening. The winners are as
follows: Jackie Waddle was
high with 8 of 10 games; John
Walter took the 50/50; Dorothy
Spencer had the most perfect
games with three and Karen
Register took low.
On the 23rd of March we
had 15 players. The results are
as follows: Loydene West had
the most wins with 8 of 10
games; Martha Beachy took
low; Dorothy Spencer won the
50/50 and Jan Wards had the
most perfect games with six.
Please come join us on
Thursday evening at 6 o'clock
at the Senior Center for cards
and snacks. Always room for
one more.
Jan Wards reporting.
(Brooke Galey), Naomi (Hope
Goetz), Chief (Jack Dykes),
Britt (Frankie Williams), Kane
(Parker McCarty), Edna (Faith
Miller), Pearl (Allie Gruver),
Mary (Evie Foltz), Pete (Aleck
Smith), Sally (Bella Foltz), Mr.
Bob Ammundson (Andrew
Peine), Company Lawyer
(Kylie Disbrow), Rory (Zach
Schaffer), Officer Aaronson
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Officer
Miller (Owen Thompson),
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Angela
(Evelyn
Stephenson),and
Jiselle
(Allison Thomas).
Come join us for a night
of
true
entertainment.
Guaranteed to make you laugh
and maybe even cry.
Chemical Bonding will be
presented at Anderson County
Jr/Sr High on Friday, March
31, and Saturday April 1, at
7:00 pm. Tickets are available
at the door and the prices are
$4 for adults and $3 for students. Children under 5 are
free.
Local Emporia State students
named to fall 2022 dean's list
EMPORIA – Emporia State
University congratulates the
nearly 90 undergraduates
named to the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences Dean's List
for fall 2022. Students from this
area include:
Austin Crabtree of Colony,
Kansas
Callie Mongold of Ottawa,
Kansas
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of Richmond and Lizzy Comfort
of Westphalia.
To qualify for the university
honor roll, students earned a
minimum 3.80 semester grade
point average in at least 12
graded hours.
Garnett Public Library
April 2023 Book Discussion
Garnett Public Librarys
book discussion for April 26th
at 7pm, is titled, A Man Called
Ove by Fredrik Backman.
This book is engaging as well
as charming and will leave you
wanting to read more.
Meet Ove. Hes a curmudgeon. He has staunch principles, strict routines, and a
short fuse. People call him the
bitter neighbor from hell. But
must Ove be bitter just because
he doesnt walk around with a
smile plastered to his face all
the time?
Fredrik Backmans novel
about the angry old man next
door is a thoughtful exploration of the profound impact
one life has on countless others, (https://www.fredrikbackmanbooks.com/books/
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fredrik-backman-a-man-calledove.html).
This popular book has been
recently adapted into film
which was released in 2022.
Discussion will be held April
26th at 7pm in the Archer Room
at the Garnett Public Library.
The books are available for
checkout at the library as well
as on the Cloud Library app
and the Libby App. Please join
us and connect through books!
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This spring the Frontier
Extension District will be helping to host an Age Well virtual
learning series on two days in
April and May.
The first session will be held
on April 5th from 10 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. and will include a
presentation on making meals
in minutes. Specifically, it will
focus on healthy portion sized
options that can be made in the
microwave or on the stovetop.
A second presentation that day
will be given by the Kansas
Radon Program on radon gas
and its health effects associated with chronic exposure and
why home testing is needed.
The second session will be
held on May 11th from 10 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. and will include
a presentation on physical
activity. Specifically, it will
focus on building small habits to make physical activity
part of your routine as well as
simple exercises that individuals can do to improve balance.
A second presentation that
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or devices that can help make
life easier. These tools can be
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tasks such as attending to personal care, preparing meals,
completing household chores,
and engaging in recreational
activities.
Registration for the sessions is free and individuals
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receive the link to join. The
same link will be used for both
sessions.
If individuals are unable
to join virtually, there will be
local watch sites available for
those who want to watch the
presentations with others in
their local community. A list
of watch sites can be found by
visiting the link that is listed
above.
There will be a watch site
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the Frontier Extension District
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impact in the Sunflower State.
The case will certainly
have implications in Kansas
for special education students,
ONeal wrote in an email statement. Procedurally, the case
is limited to IDEA, but take a
good look at the facts presented: for years, the Sturgis public
school assigned aides who were
either unqualified or absent
for hours on end. The parents
allege Perez educational progress was misrepresented by the
school, awarding him inflated
grades and advancing him
from grade to grade regardless of progress. The parents
were led to believe their son
was on track to graduate. They
complain because at the 11th
hour, the school denied their
son a diploma. However, they
would likely have had a cause
of action had a worthless diploma been awarded. These facts
mirror what is happening in
public schools all over, whether involving special ed students or not.
Under federal law, students
with disabilities must have
an Individualized Education
Plan (IEP that spells out what
additional help a student is to
receive such as an interpreter, time with a paraprofessional educator, speech therapy,
or other services that the
district is bound by law to provide.
Districts are often reluctant to provide the full range
of services a student might
need because of the added
costs involved, 40% of which
are supposed to be reimbursed
by the federal government.
Legislators say federal funding
has only covered about 15% of
the costs, resulting in a shortfall of about $300 million that
the state has to make up.
Tuesdays ruling related to
ADA clears the way for parents
to sue if districts fail to follow
an IEP.
Mike ONeal said the ruling
is important because in addition to federal law, the Kansas
Constitution enshrines a right
to an appropriate education
and the right to sue for redress.
In Kansas, Section 18 of the
Kansas Bill of Rights in the
Kansas Constitution provides
that All persons, for injuries
suffered in person, reputation
or property, shall have remedy by due course of law, and
justice administered without
delay, ONeal said. The
Court in Perez found remedy to be synonymous with the
term relief in the Code of
Civil Procedure. Also, a plurality of the Kansas Supreme
Court has found there to be
a fundamental constitutional
right to a public education in
Kansas. It is unlikely the Court
intended that promise to be an
empty one.
Dyslexia, which is considered a learning disability
under the ADA, could again
come under scrutiny in
Kansas. Parents of children
with dyslexia in at least two
Kansas school districts USD
229 Blue Valley and USD 233
Olathe have struggled to get
services for their children in
the past.
FINDING…
FROM PAGE 1
Michigans Sturgis Public
School District assigned aides
who were either unqualified
(including one who attempted
to teach herself sign language)
or absent from the classroom
for hours on end.
According to the decision,
authored by Justice Neil
Gorsuch, from age 9 to 20,
the district misrepresented
Perez educational attainment,
awarding him inflated grades
and advancing him from grade
to grade regardless of real education level.
Shortly before he was to
graduate, Perez and his parents were told he would not
receive a diploma but rather a
certificate of completion.
The parents settled an
administrative
complaint
against the district under IDEA
in which the district would pay
for his post-secondary education and sign language instruction.
According
to
the
Washington Times, the family
then filed a lawsuit in federal
court, citing a violation of the
ADA and seeking a financial
award for violating Perezs
rights because they could not
obtain monetary damages
under the first complaint.
The district court and the 6th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled for the district, saying
because he settled under IDEA,
his other case was barred.
The high court reversed that
decision, saying that since the
relief he was seeking under the
ADA was not available under
IDEA, he had every right to
sue for monetary damages that
administrative procedures
under IDEA do not allow.
Implications in Kansas
Attorney Mike ONeal said
the case will have an obvious
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schools that fail to require
parental permission before a
student can change their name
or pronouns at school. The bill
was offered in response to a
lawsuit filed by Aurora Regino,
who is suing Californias Chico
Unified School District after a
counselor allegedly helped her
10 (yes, TEN) year-old daughter secretly transition.
The National Association
of School Principals vocally
backs these policies. It advises
keeping parents in the dark
about their childrens gender
identities and calls on schools
to remind parents that not supporting the rights of transgender students runs contrary
to the values of the school.
Apparently, NASP believes a
schools values trump a parents constitutional rights.
For American educators
bent on quietly transitioning
children, its time to face the
music. So, to battle-weary parents, I say: Play on.
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CLASSIFIED
REAL ESTATE
MELIZA
APRIL 21, 1933 MARCH 25, 2023
Robert Andrew Meliza, Jr.
age 89, of Garnett, Kansas,
passed away on Saturday,
March 25, 2023, at Anderson
County Hospital Residential
Living Center in Garnett,
Kansas.
Bob was born on April 21,
1933, in Iola, Kansas, the son of
Robert Andrew Meliza Sr. and
Leota Ethel (Whitaker) Meliza.
He was married to Franque
Marcene Chilcote on February
3, 1963, in Wichita, Kansas.
As the son of a teacher whose
job took the family to different
locations, he lived in Kansas,
Nebraska, Missouri and
Oregon. Bob graduated from
Walnut Grove High School in
Walnut Grove, Missouri, with
the class of 1951. He attended Kansas State University,
majoring in civil engineering
(1957).
In his life, Bob exemplified
the motto of God, Country
& Family. He served in the
US Army from June 1953 June 1955, with the 548 AAA
Gun Battalion. His unit (an
AntiAircraft division) was first
stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas,
and then Loring AFB (an SAC
defense site) near Caribou,
Maine, the most northeastern
city in the US. He often spoke
of memories and experiences
with the service and the frigid
Maine woods.
On his return home to
Kansas, he worked for the
Kansas State Highway Dept.
(later called the Kansas
Department of Transportation)
from 1955 to 1996 (42 years).
Over the years, his job title
progressed from Engineering
Aide II to Engineering Tech
IV. He worked as a materials
inspector with highway projects, including construction of
the Kansas Turnpike.
Bob was active with many
local organizations in the community. He was an active and
faithful member of the First
Christian Church, where
he had an
impressive
attendance
record. Over
the
years,
Bob served
in various
capacities,
including
Meliza
d e a c o n ,
elder, choir
member, and
Sunday school teacher. He will
be remembered by many as
one of the early church service
greeters. Bob was also active
in the Masonic Lodge, Eastern
Star, Shriners, Scottish Rite,
Genealogy Club, and the
AnARC. Bob held leadership
positions with most of them.
Bob and his wife, Franque,
were founding members of the
local Association of Retarded
Citizens (ARC) for Anderson
County in 1975. His keen interest in the development of this
local organization was due
to the diagnosis of their second child, Holly, with Downs
Syndrome. Over the years, he
was active with state, regional
and local initiatives for ARC,
including the Garnett Thrift
Shop, LakeMary (Paola 1975)
and TriKo.
Other passions and interests
were family and family events,
genealogy searches, travel and
gardening. From the time of
his dads passing in 1953, Bob
took an active role helping his
widowed mother with the 5
younger siblings who were still
at home. Later, Franque and he
spent much time doing whatever it took to promote the welfare of Hollys special needs.
In retirement, they enjoyed
considerable traveling. Many
of their trips were centered
around searching out information for family genealogy, visiting distant cousins, courthouse
and cemeteries. At the time
of his move to ACH-RLC, file
cabinets and boxes of genealogy correspondence with family
were uncovered. Bobs gardening passion was established in
his youth, where he recalled
helping with the large family garden and orchard. Every
location he lived at later sported a large garden where an
abundance of vegetables were
grown for eating, canning
and sharing with friends and
neighbors.
Bob was preceded in death
by his wife, Franque Marcene
Meliza in 2017; infant daughter, Robyn Leota in 1964 and
daughter, Holly Renee in 2020;
parents, Robert in 1953 and
Leota in 1989; siblings, James
Gene Meliza Sr. in 1962 and
Etta Marie Barndt and husband William in 2020.
He is survived by his siblings, Clara Myers of Kansas
City,
Missouri;
Sharon
Stegman of Lawrence, Kansas;
Oliver Meliza and wife Karen
of McClouth, Kansas; Claude
Meliza of Garnett, Kansas; and
Jim Meliza, Jr. of Boise, Idaho;
multiple nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be
held at 2:00 PM on Saturday,
April 1, 2023, at the First
Christian Church in Garnett,
Kansas. Burial will follow in
the Garnett Cemetery. Bobs
family will greet friends from
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Friday
evening at the Feuerborn
Family Funeral Service chapel
in Garnett, Kansas. Memorial
contributions may be made
to LakeMary, First Christian
Church, or ARC and left in care
of the funeral home.
Six arrested last week by KBI in
Miami, Linn county drug operation
PAOLA Last Wednesday
morning, the Kansas Bureau
of Investigation (KBI), the
Miami County Sheriffs Office,
the Linn County Sheriffs
Office,
the
Osawatomie
Police Department, and the
Pleasanton Police Department
arrested six individuals in
Miami and Linn counties for
distribution of methamphetamine and other charges.
The investigation began
in December of 2022, when
the
Osawatomie
Police
Department developed information about area drug sales.
Then, on Wednesday, March
22, between 6 a.m. and 8:30
a.m., KBI agents and investigators executed search warrants
and arrest warrants at a residence in rural Osawatomie,
Kansas, and at two residences
in La Cygne, Kansas. During
the searches, law enforcement
located methamphetamine and
over $12,000 in cash. During
the joint investigation, over 1.5
pounds of methamphetamine
was seized, some of which is
believed to contain fentanyl.
Six subjects were arrested.
Charles Eslick Jr., 49, of
Osawatomie, was arrested for
distribution of a controlled
substance, conspiracy, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, and distribution or
possession of a controlled substance using a communication
facility.
Deanne Burkhart, 55, of
Osawatomie, was arrested for
distribution of a controlled
substance, and possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Julia R. Spears, 50, of
Osawatomie, was arrested for
distribution of a controlled
substance, conspiracy, and
possession of drug paraphernalia.
Bernie E. Stuteville, 60, of
La Cygne, was arrested for distribution of a controlled substance, conspiracy, and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Danny R. Harper, 58, of
Osawatomie, was arrested for
distribution of controlled substance, and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
Cindy M. Ballou, 45, of
Osawatomie, was arrested
during the search warrant for
having outstanding warrants
for driving while suspended
with no proof of insurance.
Following their arrests, the
subjects were each booked into
the Miami County Jail. Formal
charges are pending. All suspects are presumed innocent
until proven guilty in a court
of law.
Also assisting in this investigation were Homeland
Security Investigations (HSI),
the Kansas Highway Patrol
(KHP), the La Cygne Police
Department, the Ottawa Police
Department, and the Paola
Police Department. The investigation is ongoing.
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2003 Dodge Dakota, 155K Miles, 4 Sp.
Transmission
2005 Chevy Silverado 1500 4×4, AT, 219K
Food 5000 Diesel 4440 Hrsl 2/Loader
Joystick Remote
MF 35 Gas 3 Pt. PTO
MF 30 w/6 Ft. Finish Mower
Case 75A w/L610 Loader, 79 Hrs.
Big Tex Flatbed Trailer, 18 Ft. w/Dovetail
2022 Vermeer VS 570 Mixer Wagon,
Righthand Discharge
Haybuster 2640 Round Bale Processer w/
Grain Tank
NH BR780 Round Baler
NH 853 Round Baler w/Monitor
NH 10 Wheel Rake w/Kicker
Hesston 6400 Swather, 14 Ft.
NH 1034 Bale Wagon, 105 Bale
Kuhn 3150 TL Disc Mower
Reese Drum Haymower
Maxilator Bale Accumulator For Skid
Loader
Farm Hand Sq. Bale Accumulator Square Bale Flipper
Farm Hand 6 Sq. Bale Grabber For Front
End Loader
Spray Coupe 220 60 Ft. Boom w/Trailer
JD 7000 4 Row Planter w/Fertilizer
JD 8200 Grain Drill w/Track Eliminators
IH 470 Plowing Disc
Powder River Squeeze Chute
New Panel Trailer w/20 10 Ft. 14 Ga. New
Pipe Panels
New Walk-Thru Gates, 3-10 Ft., 5-5 Ft
Ga. New Pipe Panels
Pickup Cube Feeder
Fuel Tank W/Electric Pump
Calf Catcher for ATV
ATV Cedar Cutter
ATV Trailer
Ford 3-Pt. Heavy Blade
2 Prong 3 Pt. Bale Carrier
2 3-Ton Self Feeders (Rough)
3 Calf Poly Metal Creep
JD 150 Tilting Blade 3 pt.
50/50 3 Sec. Harrow
Pop Up Bale Loader
5 HP Kohler Upright Air Compressor
11 Ft. Alum. John Boat
Lewis Cattle Oiler
Truck Toolbox Black
Red Rear 5 HP Tine Tiller
Husqvarna XT Push Power
Older JD & AC Equipment Manuals
BMB 5 Ft. Mower 3 Pt. w/Blade 6 Ft. 3 Pt.
Lots of Lumber, Various Lengths. 2×4,
2×6 & 2×8
Several Plastic Barrels, 5, 10 & 20 Gal.
2007 Tital Challenger 6×16 Bumper Hitch
Stock Trailer
Tilt Bed 14 Ft. Flatbed Trailer Single Axle
Krause 25 Ft. Disc
Krause 20 Ft. Disc
White 5100 6 Row Planter w/Monitor
New Idea 6100 12 Row Planter w/Monitor
93 Ford Eagle II Sprayer w/55 Booms
ANDERSON COUNTY SHERIFF
2007 Ford Expedition
2015 Ford Explorer
2012 Buick Verano
Hobart Commercial Mixer
w/Attachments
Starcraft 10 ft. Alum Flat Bottom Boat
Generator 3500W
Suzuki 4-Wheeler (parts)
Craftsman 5-ft. Work Table
Shop Vac
Skillsaw
Router
Stihl Weed Eater
Leaf Blower
Pruners
AC Window Unit
Rolling Tool Box
Propane Bottle
Medical Exam Table
2 Stone Horse Saw Horses
20 Ft. Alum. Extension Ladder
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RATLIFF AUCTIONS
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Large – several families at
Quonset Hut, Friday, March 31st
& Saturday, April 1st. Starting at
8:30am. Hoffmans, Blevins and
Schusters.
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Trinity Lutheran Church, 430
N. Grant. April 8, 7:30am-2pm.
Furniture, clothing (all sizes),
books, toys. Breakfast & lunch.
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Alcohol Anonymous meetings. Tuesdays and Thursdays,
7 p.m. 510 S. Oak, Garnett.
(785) 241-0586.
Worlds Largest Gun Show
April 1 & 2 – Tulsa, OK
Fairgrounds. Saturday 8-6,
Sunday 8-4. Wanenmachers
Tulsa Arms show. Free appraisals. Bring your guns! www.
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YARD SALE
Start this yard sale season with the
biggest & best! This huge
multi-family sale March 31st & April
1st starts at 7:30 Quonset Hut will
have everything you didnt know
you needed! Including rare 1968, 69,
70, 71 & 73 Miss Garnett Scholarship Pageant Programs. Gravely walk
behind tractors & attachments,
wood chipper, dining table/chairs,
hutch, desk, dresser, antique mirrors,
antique canning jars….Ball, Atlas &
many more. John Deere & Matchbox
collectables. Clothing in all sizes
from kids to adult xxl -including
K-State. Lots of brand new itemspillows, bedding, towels, home decor, toys and much, much more!
WANTED
GARAGE SALES
FARM & AG
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depoe
Guest Home Estates
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Edgecom
Check out our
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American Walnut – buying
standing timber. Must have 25 or
more trees. Call (916) 232-6781 in
St. Joseph for details.
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Garnett Publishing, Inc.
DENTAL ASSISTANT
Garnett Family Dental is seeking
a chairside dental assistant with
great clinical and communication
skills. This position is full time with
benefits including 401K and paid
vacation. If interested call
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Edgecomb Builders
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Lonnie Edgecomb (785) 204-1580
Warehouse Associate
Freelance Writer/Reporter
In-store
applications
available at 805
North Maple,
Garnett.
Anderson County Landfill
FULLTIME POSITION
Anderson County Solid Waste is accepting applications for a full-time laborer. Duties include: running the Recycle Route, moving the recycle trailer
every week, baling the recycle materials, running a
forklift and upkeep in recycle building.
Hours are Mon-Fri. 7:00-3:30 plus one Saturday/
month 8:00-12:00. Position includes earned vacation and sick time. Applications available at the
landfill located at 25404 NE Nebraska RD, Garnett
KS Questions (785)448-3109.
Anderson County is an Equal
Opportunity Employer and
position is Veterans Preference Eligible (VPE)
State Law K.S.A. 73-201
Happiness is… using your coupons from your sweepstakes
packet to shop with our local
retailers and save!
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Happiness is… returning your
sweepstakes entry by March 31
to the Anderson County Review
for your chance to win! Details
in todays edition.
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Card of Thanks
The family of
Homer Thompson, Jr.,
would like to thank you for
your care, concern and
remembrances during
the last few months.
SERVICES
is looking for full-time CMAs, shift varies, who are
wanting to work with our team.
We offer Health Insurance and Competitive Wages.
If you are interested in this position,
please contact Sandra Johnson
at 785-448-6884
or come by our home
at 806 West 4th, Garnett.
We are excited to meet with you.
Baumans Carpet & Furniture is in search of a fulltime, Mon.-Fri. Warehouse associate. Some sales
experience preferred but will train the right person.
Some Saturdays, occasional lifting up to 100 pounds.
Requires GED or high school diploma, clean driving
record, own transportation.
Pre-employment drug test required.
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Monthly Specials
Rust & Dust Sale
Fri./Sat. April 7-8, 8-4, on Garnett
City Wide Sale Map.
In shop at 25648 SE 500 Rd.,
Kincaid, 1 mile N. of Lone Elm.
Big turquoise mailbox. Usual collection of old things from barns &
outbuildings, hand tools, Snap-On
tolls, old iron things, primitive
and mid-century furniture, tables,
wooden cabinets, baskets, lamps
(electric & kerosene) dishes, old
fruit jars, tin cans, enamelware,
buckets, pots, milk cans, etc.
We buy – stuff from old farmhouses/barns/estates! Dutch
Antiques/Tools/Stereo
Equipment + More. 305-432-1600
Phil-Vintage/Old Clothing (785)
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6th today!
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General Contractor
Custom Homes
Additions
Finishing Trimwork
Remodels
The Anderson County Review is in search of freelance writers
who can write feature stories and cover
occasional straight news assignments.
Some experience preferred but well
train you if youve got the chops. Remote
workers okay most interviews/ research
conducted online, by phone or email. Work
from home or from our office in Garnett.
Pay is by assignment. Must follow schedules
and understand what the word DEADLINE means.
Contact publisher Dane Hicks
at review@garnett-ks.com.
Bank of Greeley
2×4
bank of
Teller/Data
greeley
Processors
Bank of Greeley is hiring for 2
teller/data processing positions, 1 full time, 1 part time.
Part time approximately 20
hrs per week. Competitive
salary based on qualifications and excellent benefits
package.
Please forward resume to Bank of Greeley, P.O. Box
80, Greeley, Ks., 66033, or call (785) 867-2010 to
apply in person. EOE
Garden Gate Greenhouse
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BroccoliCauliflowerCabbage
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Onions & Seed Potatoes
Annuals & Perennials Hanging Baskets
Vegetable Plants.
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Part Time
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Garnett Public Library is accepting
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library
applications
for a permanent part-time
cataloger. Applicants should have good
customer service skills, computer skills
and a love of books. Pick up a
job description and application
at the Garnett Public Library.
E.O.E.
Anderson County Appraisers Office
DATA COLLECTOR/TRAINEE
2×3 and county
Help Wanted: The Anderson County Appraisers
Office
has a job opening at this time. This position
appraiser
will be the data collector and train to become a tech-
nician. Applicant must have a valid drivers license,
high school diploma or equivalent, good math, computer, and communication skills. Attention to detail
is a must. Must be able to attend education classes
as required. Job description and
application available at the County Appraiser or County Clerks
offices. Anderson County is an
equal opportunity employer.
Spring
CONSIGNMENT
AUCTION
Now taking consignments
for April 15, 2023 Sale
Bring your…
tractors farm equipment
vehicles tools boats,
ATVs livestock equipment, etc.
No Household, please
Sale will be held at
7th Street Grocery
22800 1700 Road Garnett, Ks.
2 miles west of Garnett on 7th Street
Yoder Auction
Service
Auctioneers:
Ben Yoder (785) 448-4419
Jr. Miller (620) 200-3007
James Yoder (620) 228-3548
Laverne Yoder (785) 204- 2700
* Consignments will need to be made before
Wed., April 5th to be included in advertising.
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THE ANDERSON COUNTY REVIEW Tuesday, March 28, 2023
SPORTS
Community through news coverage Viking baseball sweeps Northern
Greg Doering, Kansas Farm
Bureau
My phone alerted me to a
four-year-old photo a few days
ago, or rather it alerted me to
a photo taken four years ago
of a newspaper clipping from
decades ago. The clipping was
a photo of a much younger version of me proudly standing
next to a giant pumpkin I had
grown in our garden.
Sadly, that was the peak of
my farming career, but proof
it ever existed was enshrined
in that photo, which was published in the local paper. A
family friend clipped it out,
probably intending to give it to
my parents in short order.
Instead, it got lost for a few
decades, likely resurfacing
when the family friend was
going through a box long ago
stowed away in a closet. Once
discovered, however, it was
put in the mail and arrived at
my mothers house for us to
share a good laugh about the
time I grew the giant pumpkin.
Its a noteworthy family
memory and a great example
of the power of local newspapers and their unique ability
to thoroughly cover their communities. My giant pumpkin
didnt make the front page,
which is reserved for more
serious topics, but it was
important enough to be preserved for decades.
At its best, a community
newspaper is a running dialogue of the area it covers. Its
a family-friendly version of the
town talk in watering holes,
coffee shops and beauty salons.
The latest about all the area
sports teams, board meetings,
letters, announcements and
more is collected and packaged based on what an editor
believes the community needs
to know. Over time, the articles
also become artifacts of what
life was like last week, year or
decade.
Today anyone with a phone
can tap a couple of buttons and
blast a message to the masses.
But that doesnt replace a seasoned reporters intuition or
a veteran editors judgement
on elevating stories that will
resonate within the community. The internet has certainly
given us all options in the who,
what, why and how we get our
news, but local papers are still
the most durable fabric to hold
a community together.
Theyre not perfect by any
means, but your local newspaper is just as important to
a towns sense of itself as the
school, hardware store or area
landmark. In addition to keeping up on current events, readers get a sense of civic pride
by knowing whats going on in
the community. The reach of a
newspaper extends far beyond
its circulation area.
Just the other day I received
ALLEN – The Central Heights
Vikings baseball squad kicked
the season off in impressive
fashion with a two game sweep
against the host Northern
Heights Wildcats.
The opener was a 21-0 shellacking that ended after just 3
innings.
The Vikings scored 4 runs in
the first inning, 5 runs in the
second and then erupted for 12
runs in the third frame to bring
the game to an early ending.
Connor Peel feasted off the
Wildcats pitching, picking up
3 hits in 3 official at-bats, hit 2
homeruns, scored 4 runs, drove
in 4 runs and also walked once.
Ethan Rowan was the only
other Viking with a multi-hit
game. Rowan picked up 3 hits
in 4 at-bats, scored twice and
drove in a run.
Carter Kimball and Luke
Burkdoll each garnered one hit
but each also drove in 3 runs in
the early game.
On the mound, Max
"Insight" is a weekly column
published by Kansas Farm
Bureau, the state's largest farm
organization whose mission is
to strengthen agriculture and
the lives of Kansans through
advocacy, education and service.
DID YOU
KNOW?
United Soybean Board calls for interested
farmer-leaders to Make Your Mark
March 24, 2023 – The United
Soybean Board, which oversees
the funds of the national checkoff, is looking for farmer-leaders from all backgrounds to get
involved on the national board.
It gives you a chance to
work on some of the bigger
ticket topics in the soybean
industry that benefit farmers,
Lance Rezac, USB director
from Onaga, says. You can be
involved with national companies utilizing soybean products, such as Goodyear and
Rust-Oleum. It gives you many
international opportunities, as
well, through checkoff-funded
groups like the U.S. Soybean
Export Council.
The mission of the soybean
checkoff is to create value
for U.S. soybean farmers by
investing in research, education and promotion of U.S.grown soy. Farmer-leaders are
able to influence those investments through service on the
board. The checkoffs current
return-on-investment of $12.34
back to farmers for each dollar invested demonstrates the
checkoffs efficacy in driving
soybean profitability.
According to the United
States
Department
of
Agriculture, which handles the
nomination process, eligible
nominees include soybean producers within the U.S. who own
or share ownership and risk
of loss of soybean production.
Board members are required to
attend the February, July and
December meetings annually
as well as various conference
calls. Leaders volunteer their
time to serve, but are reimbursed for travel expenses and
expenses related to attending
meetings and events on behalf
of USB.
You can put as much into
your service as you want,
Rezac says. The minimum
requirement is three meetings
per year, but if you want to be
more involved, those opportunities exist to be a workgroup
lead or join special committees. You can learn even more
and be more involved in your
industry.
Rezac is familiar with the
range of roles USB offers. He
was elected to the Kansas
Soybean Commission in 2012
and became a USB director in
2017, since serving on the Audit
& Evaluation Committee and
the Demand Action Team in
the Innovation and Technology
priority area. He also took an
active role in USSEC through
USB and was elected Vice
Chair of the USSEC board in
March 2023.
USB service is open to all
individuals without regard to
their protected statuses includ-
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Heights to open the season
a call from a gentleman who
had retired and decided to
trade Kansas winters for the
sunshine in Arizona. Must be
nice. Even though hes no longer a resident, he mentioned
how he stayed connected with
his former town from more
than 1,000 miles away through
the local newspaper.
Despite the distance, hes
still receiving updates on the
births, deaths, weddings, high
school events, city council
meetings and more that local
papers cover. Some, maybe
even all, of that is available
through social media, but good
luck finding it in the same
place day after day or week
after week. A local newspaper
will reliably show up on your
porch, driveway or mailbox.
However, such service
doesnt come cheap. Readers
are being asked to shoulder
more and more of the cost
through subscriptions as
advertisers look elsewhere.
While it might seem like a raw
deal, the value of living in a
community connected through
coverage is a bargain.
ing race, color, national origin,
gender, religion, age, disability,
sexual orientation, marital or
family status, political beliefs,
parental status, or other protected information. KSC works
to ensure that its nominees to
USB reflect the diversity in the
size of enterprise, experience,
methods of production and
distribution, marketing strategies, and other distinguishing
factors that represent Kansas
soybean farmers.
Individuals in Kansas who
are interested in making their
mark on the soybean industry are asked to apply for a
USB director role by April 10.
The interest form is available
at www.kansassoybeans.org/
forms.
Like most volunteer opportunities, you get more out of
being a USB director than you
put into the role, Rezac concludes. Its a worthy time commitment to help promote U.S.
agriculture and spend time
around good people in agriculture.
Cannady earned the start and
pitched 2 innings, allowed one
hit and struck out 6 batters
while walking just one.
Laiken Brockus came on
in relief and pitched the third
inning. He allowed one hit
and struck out a batter in his
inning of work.
The second game of the
doubleheader was much more
competitive, but once again the
Vikings never trailed and won
the contest 4-2.
Peel tallied a pair of hits in
4 at bats and scored a pair of
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runs.
Nich Schultze also tallied 2
hits, driving in 3 runs.
Peel started the second game
on the mound, allowing 1 hit
but did walk 5 batters while
striking out 6 and allowing 2
runs.
Schultze would come on in
relief and pitched 2 2/3 innings.
He didnt allow a hit but did
walk 4 batters.
Cannady pitched the seventh to earn the save. He
allowed one hit and struck out
3.
2 AG FOCUS
Special to the Anderson County Review Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The tractors that changed the world
By Dane Hicks
Years ago I bought a hay wagon
for my draft horses from a guy at
Louisburg who was kind enough to
deliver it to my house. Wed unloaded
the flatbed and put the wheels back on
it and were sipping a beverage as he
looked across my place.
How many acres you got here?, he
asked.
Forty altogether, I replied.
You know what 40 acresll do dont
you?
No, what?
Itll kill ya, thats what itll do. Too
much to work by hand and too little to
afford the equipment to work it.
It turned out there was a third option:
Hire most of it done and be a slave
to someone elses rates and someone
elses schedule. Because, you see, I
was tractorless.
But no more. A 1950 Ford 8N changed
all that.
Leroy
Not that I do much farming (read any
farming) but occasionally nothing
else will do, and besides an 8N looks
like a tractor. It was just a couple of
years newer than my aunts 48 that we
used to haul hay down in the Ozarks.
As a town kid, I didnt realize how
many different kinds of tractors were
out there all I knew was the old Fords
looked the way tractors were supposed
to look.
Fast forward 40 years and Id been half
heartedly shopping for one for some
time, watching auction ads that came
across our desks at the Review and
trying to make a mental note of the
time and date of sales which I knew
Id never make it to anyway. So when
my wife saw one pop up one day on
Craigslist, I decided it was as good a
day as any. By that afternoon I was
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Old tractors need love too. Legends abound of 9N and 8N series Ford tractors found
decomposing on back lots which spring back to life with just a little TLC.
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Realty
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AG FOCUS
TRACTORS…
FROM PAGE 2
the proud owner of a classic piece of
living agriculture history, along with
a blade, a mower and a single blade
plow.
The adventure had begun.
The story of those early Ford tractor
series is as much a story about the
foundations of mechanized agriculture as it is about the Ford brand. The
9N, which preceded the 2N and 8N,
was released in 1939 and was the first
American-made mass produced tractor to use Irish businessman Harry
Fergusons hydraulic three-point
hitch, which revolutionized implement management on the drive system and made the use of attachments
faster and easier to handle. The 8N
followed in 1947 and upgraded the 9Ns
design with more horsepower and an
improved transmission. Along with
the mass-produced 9Ns and later the
8Ns, the combination made for a giant
leap in small farm agriculture which
at the time dominated the agriculture
industry both in the U.S. and abroad.
The immediate success of the 9N
brought the three-point hitch to
become an instant industry standard,
and though the name Ford-Ferguson
was often used, the tractor was officially called a Ford Tractor with a
Ferguson system. The introduction
model sold for $585 and came with rubber tires (not the monster steel treads
on which some of the earlier brands
rolled), three-point hitch, power takeoff and an electric starter.
Notably, my 8N sports a converted 12
volt system from the 6V that was original equipment, as well as a backup
front crank starter option just like an
old Model T Ford with compression
like the T that will break your wrist
if youre not careful.
Some 530,000 8Ns would eventually be
sold. In 2001 it was estimated that half
of the 750,000 9Ns originally sold were
still in use.
But the 1939 handshake deal between
Henry Ford and Harry Ferguson went
south after Ford turned the operation
over to grandson Henry II in 1945,
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when the junior Ford discovered the
N series costs of production had bled
Ford Motor Company to the tune of $25
million over six years. Ford informed
Ferguson the deal was off after orders
were filled for 1947, and Ferguson sued
Ford and others for $251 million for patent infringement and anti-trust, eventually settling nine years later for $9.25
million. Ferguson would eventually
merge interests with Canadas Massey
Harris to form Massey Ferguson.
The N series combined with Fergusons
hitch proved amazingly versatile compared to other tractors of the day,
and that was part of the reason for its
popularity. The hitch design coupled
with the PTO hydraulics allowed better control of implements. Another
advantage was the series compact size.
The U.S. Navy used the 9N aboard aircraft carriers to tow airplanes in and
around tight quarters, nicknaming it
the Moto Tug. The U.S. Army and
Royal Air Force also used it to tow
aircraft. Due to war shortages, rubber
and batteries were in short supply, so
some 2Ns, released in 1942, have steel
wheels and magneto ignition systems
that have only a crank start option.
The Internet is full of N series folklore, but as I taught myself the ins and
outs of 1950s ag technology, I learned
why so many people speak fondly of
these machines.
For starters, the tractor always fires
up if theres gas in it and the ignition
button wire isnt worn through. Make
a mental note of the gasoline system
too: after mowing my horse arena the
first time I parked the 8N thinking
Id put it back in the shed the following day. The rest of the gas of course
drained out of the gravity flow settling
bowl all over the ground because I forgot to turn off the fuel petcock under
the gas tank. The previous owner I
think told me to watch out for that at
least twice. Some things you have to
learn by experience. Anyway, if it has
gas, it starts knock on wood.
And there are the operational peculiarities. I grew up driving stick shifts
either on the floor or on the column,
so imprinted on my brain was the
chronology of vehicular motion:
release the throttle, engage the clutch,
shift, then edge up the throttle while
disengaging the clutch. Not so with the
8N. Four gears, each one moves from
a dead stop. No shifting on the fly, no
matter how much you argue with the
gear shift. Oh, and the clutch is still
on the left.
And forget quick turns. An 8N is
not a bumper car. Throw the steering
wheel hard and arc the front wheels
trying to turn without reducing speed,
and the tractor will just continue to
push those turned wheels whatever
direction you were trying to alter.
Dont worry though, the fence will
probably stop you.
And in my opinion from just limited
use, all these smaller tractors need roll
bars of some kind. Im in the market if
anyone out there sells an aftermarket
fit for an 8N.
The N series Ford tractor is an
example of a pretty good thing that
never really came to an end. Sixty
year-old and older tractors are still
in service out there and lots of them
still. Not to say designs and technology
didnt improve over those years, but
like I said mine always starts.
Those models were replaced in
1953 when Ford introduced its Golden
Jubilee or Ford NAA. It was four inches longer and four inches taller than
the 8N with live hydraulics and an
overhead valve engine, and about 100
pounds heavier at 2,550 pounds. And
there are tons of those earlier models
still around as well.
Like the N series before them,
theyre little pieces of history still
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Understanding and recognizing hardware disease in cattle
By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and
Extension news service
MANHATTAN Anyone who has spent
time with toddlers know that they need to
be watched closely to make sure they dont
put non-food objects into their mouths to
avoid a hazard.
Much like toddlers, cattle also like
to explore with their mouths and sometimes eat objects that they shouldnt, said
the veterinarians at the Kansas State
University Beef Cattle Institute.
Speaking on a recent Cattle Chat podcast, veterinarians Brian Lubbers, Brad
White and Bob Larson discussed the signs
of hardware disease and offered suggestions on ways to manage it once it is suspected to be impacting an animal.
Hardware disease happens when cattle put metal or sharp objects in their
mouth, swallow it and then it gets into one
of their stomach compartments where it
can puncture a hole and move into other
parts of the animals body, Lubbers said.
White said items cattle might inadvertently eat include wires, nuts and bolts.
Sometimes those get into the silage by
accident in the harvesting and ensiling
process.
Lubbers explains that the foreign object
can migrate to other places in the body,
which can cause a significant health risk
to the animal.
When the object moves out of the
stomach it is carrying the bacteria that
was in the digestive tract with it and
that can lead to infections, Lubbers said.
Oftentimes the body develops abscesses
to wall off the disease, but sometimes that
wire can get into the sac surrounding the
heart and lead to an infection.
Larson said cattle with heart trouble
will stand with their elbows out and show
signs of labored breathing. Animals that
show these symptoms need to be evaluated quickly by a veterinarian.
Oftentimes, Larson said this disease is
hard to detect.
For cattle that aint doing right, hardware disease is one of the first things we
suspect when we evaluate them, Larson
said.
Treatment options are limited, said
the veterinarians. However, one way to
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the reticulum
(one of the
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will stick to
Hardware disease can happen when cattle inadvertently eat non-feedthe
magnet
stuff items.
making
it
less likely to
migrate, but it
is better if we can keep them from eating loose metal from inadvertently ending up
these things in the first place, Larson in the silage.
said.
If you are producing your own feed,
He said that there are magnets used magnets in the mill or feeder wagon are
in the feed milling process that keep the recommended, Larson said.
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Dont be fooled by all the moisture Kansas fire season is here
By Maddy Rohr, K-State Research and
Extension news service
MANHATTAN The beginning of the
year has been quiet for Kansas wildfires
after above average moisture in January,
but the trend may not continue into peak
fire season. In previous years, the incidence of fires increased due to the states
ongoing drought, resulting in grass or fuel
loading.
Chip Redmond, the manager of the
Kansas Mesonet, a network of 70 weather
stations throughout the state, said shortterm weather drives fire potential and
determines grasss ability to burn, making
fire season predictions challenging.
Contrary to popular belief, large wildfires in Kansas are usually independent of
long-term drought conditions, Redmond
said. Weather events like a mid-latitude
cyclone — a low pressure system that typically forms east of the Rocky Mountains
and moves across the Plains — typically feature strong winds and provide significant challenges with shifting winds
that make firefighting dangerous and fire
spread nearly impossible to suppress.
Strong, low-pressure systems can be
forecasted 1-2 weeks in advance. Beyond
that, forecasters look at upcoming patterns, Redmond adds.
La Nina (a cooling of ocean surface
temperatures that is often associated with
inland drought) remains the main contributor in the extended forecast despite starting to show signs of weakening, Redmond
said. An active pattern is set to continue
with 1-2 storm systems a week across the
central US. This will be enhanced somewhat by the still persistent impacts of La
Nina.
Redmond said those areas that have
received moisture will likely continue to
see precipitation, which doesnt favor the
central and western parts of the state,
which will remain mostly dry.
The conclusion of fire season is typically considered if or when grasses green
up across the state. This varies by year
and is mostly dependent on soil moisture
and temperatures, Redmond said.
Eric Ward, Kansas Forest Service assistant fire management officer, said fires
occur statewide during the spring, but the
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Most fires in Kansas are caused by
human activity, Ward said. Debris burning, escaped prescribed burn, welding or
cutting in dry grass, dragging chains,
defective equipment. Be especially cautious on any dry breezy day which is
pretty common in a Kansas springtime
before things green up.
Preventing loss due to fires begins with
preparing your property to survive a fire
by clearing brush away from homes, cleaning gutters regularly and having noncombustible siding and roofing material.
In a major wildfire, the fire department will simply not have enough resources to protect every home or property, so
those that can survive on their own have
the best chance, Ward said.
He notes that the Kansas Forest Service
supports the safe use of prescribed fire,
but doing so comes with precautions.
It is a powerful, dangerous tool that
must be used carefully, Ward said.
Those wishing to burn should get train-
ing in how to do so safely, and partner
with neighbors to help each other out and
ensure enough personnel and equipment
are on scene to keep the fire where it is
supposed to be.
Ward suggests checking the fire weather forecast on the local National Weather
Service website to get weather information specific to fire behavior, such as dropping humidity or forecasted wind shifts.
Weather should be checked for the day
of the planned burn, but also for at least
2-4 days after. A number of fires in recent
years occurred when the weather was
okay on the day of the burn but turned dry
and windy a day or two later, and a residual ember was whipped to flame and causes
damage, Ward said.
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Management Program offers resources
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even with recent moisture. People should
have a plan and take proper precautions
to avoid fire starts and limit fire spread,
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Frozen or fresh beef? For taste, consumers say it doesnt matter
By Pat Melgares, K-State Research and
Extension news
MANHATTAN A Kansas State University
doctoral student is reporting results indicating that freezing and thawing beef doesnt
impact consumers eating experience, compared to eating the same product fresh.
Erin Beyer will present her results
during K-States 110th annual Cattlemens
Day, set for Mar. 3 in Weber Hall. Her session Beef Sensory Update highlights the
afternoon program.
There are three studies that Im going
to highlight, looking at the impact of freezing and thawing on meat quality, and the
impact of ground beef color on the purchasing habits of consumers, Beyer said.
Her work included freezing meat cuts,
then thawing them in the refrigerator or
in cold water, then comparing consumers
eating preferences with a similar, fresh cut.
While fresh, never-frozen beef of varying aging times resulted in a juicier product,
the previously frozen product was more tender, Beyer said. Ultimately, freezing beef
does not positively or negatively impact the
(consumers) overall liking of a steak.
A second study still being conducted
compares methods used to thaw frozen beef.
While freezing meat might not impact
the eating experience, the thawing method
does, Beyer said.
That study so far indicates that thawing the meat in a microwave or as part
of the cooking method results in a lower
quality product compared to thawing it in
the refrigerator or in cold water. Beef also
should not be thawed in warm or hot water,
she said.
Ensuring meat is fully thawed before
cooking is not only imperative for food
safety, but also for the eating experience,
Beyer said.
She added that the research gives consumers better information when considering grocery store purchases, or when
storing meat at home.
Beyer, who will complete her doctoral
program at K-State in May, has also conducted a study on how discoloration of
retail ground beef affects consumers purchasing decisions.
As meat scientists, we know ground
beef color is not usually an indicator of
wholesomeness, she said.
But consumers apparently dont see it
that way, according to her research: It
turns out consumers are very picky with
ground beef color and are not swayed to
purchase discolored ground beef even at a
reduced price, Beyer said.
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World Water Day reminds us we can do better to manage resource
By: Jennifer M. Latzke
I have a leaky kitchen faucet right now,
and its causing me all sorts of angst and
guilt.
You see, I live in southwest Kansas. If
you look at a recent U.S. Drought Monitor
map of my state, that big angry dark red
blob in the corner there is us. And that big
angry dark red blob is why a tiny kitchen
faucet drip is causing me angst.
Out here, every drop has to count.
Theres no difference between a leaky
kitchen faucet and someone watering their
sidewalk with a misplaced sprinkler nozzle. Both are irritating wastes of a resource.
We can do better.
World Water Day
March 22nd was the 30th annual World
Water Day. A day that the United Nations
has marked to remind us all that water is
essential to our life on this planet.
No matter where you live, you are facing some sort of water quantity or quality
issue. Here in western Kansas, its drought
and a declining Ogallala Aquifer thats
affecting crop production. Across the globe
in some developing nations, its just simple
access to clean drinking water for families
that wont cause them debilitating illness.
Believe me, as an American, I know
how privileged I am to be able to turn on
my kitchen tap and have a clean, readily
available, source of drinking water even
amid a multiyear drought. Ive traveled to
nations where that was not the case.
Whats frustrating to me is that there
are workable solutions that could help us
ensure this very basic human need is met
for everyone. But we all have to be willing
to give a little to do better for our neighbors
here, and abroad.
Wastewater
Take, for example, Americas wastewater. The EPA estimates that U.S. wastewater treatment facilities process about 34
billion gallons of wastewater every day,
removing nitrogen, phosphorus and other
contaminants before releasing it into local
water bodies.
Upgrading the decades-old equipment in
some municipalities would result in much
cleaner discharged water, but that would
cost money. So, we limp by and hope the
next generation will have the resources to
fix it.
If youre reading this on your farm in
the country, you likely are one of the 20%
of U.S. households that use septic systems
to treat your wastewater. Did you know
theres actually an operational life span for
a septic system? About 10% to 20% of septic
systems fail at some point, due to aging
infrastructure, bad design or improper
use. So, ask yourself: How old is my septic
system?
Wastewater treatment is a critical point
in our water ecosystem. Everyone points
to farm use of fertilizers in algae blooms
and waterway contaminations, but no one
wants to talk about wastewaters role in
them as well.
We can and should do better.
Water conservation
When I think of water conservation, my
first thoughts are of my farmer friends.
Agriculture has taken great strides in
the past 30 years toward making every
drop of water count, using technology and
research.
But we could do better here in the cities, where local regulations or home own-
ers associations discourage commonsense
conservation tools for one reason or another.
I can hear you ask now, How much can
a gallon saved here and there really count
to the whole water cycle? Well, I struggle with those questions myself. There is
a point of diminishing return for every
action, I know. In years past, it was OK to
waste a little here and there in the name of
economic or social benefits.
But Im afraid were past that point.
We need to all learn how to do better by
our neighbors when it comes to our own
water use. Afterall, the Ogallala Aquifer
doesnt stop at the fields boundary, nor
does the Colorado River stop at the state
line. Frankly, the water policy of tomorrow
is going to ask for a lot of cooperation from
of all of us, urban and rural.
As for that leaky kitchen faucet? Itll be
fixed shortly. But until then Im capturing
the drips and using them to water my
houseplants. Its my little action to try to
do better.
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Collecting data off the ranch aids management decisions
By Lisa Moser, K-State Research and
Extension news service
MANHATTAN Tracking devices tell us
everything from the number of steps we
take to the amount of calories we consume
to the hours of restful sleep we get at night,
among other things. That data provides
valuable information to those who are
seeking it.
While the collection mechanisms are
different, tracking data on cattle after they
leave the ranch can offer beneficial information to cow-calf producers, said the
experts at the Kansas State University
Beef Cattle Institute on a recent Cattle
Chat podcast.
One of the best ways to get performance information on the calves after
they leave the ranch is to retain ownership of them through the finishing phase,
said Phillip Lancaster, beef cattle nutritionist.
Lancaster explains that with this
system, the beef producer assumes the
expenses through cattle feeding, and the
cattle are managed as a separate group
than others in the feedyard. Producers can
learn the rate of gain and feed efficiency of
the cattle that are managed that way.
He said electronic identification via
an ear tag allows the cattle to be tracked
through the finishing phase and provides
carcass information post-harvest.
I would want to know the quality
and yield grade scores and ribeye area
post-harvest, Lancaster said. The dressing percentage would also be good to
know.
Veterinarian Brad White said quality
grade is a measure of factors that influence the palatability of the meat, including the amount of marbling (shown as
flecks of fat; the more marbling the more
flavorful the meat is) as well as carcass
maturity, firmness, texture and color. He
said yield grade relates to the cutability of
the carcass, meaning the percent of retail
yield of the four main primal cuts of the
chuck, rib, loin and round. Dressing percentage looks at how the carcass weight
compares to the live weight of the animal
at the time of harvest.
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data, veterinarian Brian Lubbers said
there is some valuable health information
that can be shared by tracking the cattle
through the cattle feeding phase.
I would want to know the morbidity,
meaning when did the calves get sick and
with what disease as well as the mortality, which is knowing what they died of,
Lubbers said.
He added: Cattle that get sick early
in the cattle feeding phase are more of a
reflection of what I can influence with
herd health protocols in my cow-calf
herd.
Lubbers also said it would be helpful to
know how the cattle from the producers
ranch compared to the rest of the cattle on
feed in that particular yard.
While this all is good information for
cow-calf producers to have, White cautioned that retained ownership is not
always a financially viable option.
Retaining ownership greatly changes the producers risk and cash flow if
theyve sold their cattle at weaning in the
past, White said. So, it is important to
have risk management strategies in place
if this is an option that producers choose
to follow.
If retaining ownership in the whole
group of calves is too much risk for a producer, Lancaster offered another option.
For smaller producers or those who
dont want to assume a great deal of risk, a
steer feed-out program is a great option,
Lancaster said.
With this option, producers enter a percentage of their calves into the program
and the cattle are managed in a group
with other cattle. Producers pay the feed
bill through the cattle feeding phase and
are given information about how the cattle perform while live and post-harvest,
according to Lancaster.
If retaining ownership or a feed-out
program are not options, developing a
good relationship with the feedyard personnel will also give you some of the information you are seeking, he said.
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Goal setting for farm and family helps in planning, direction
By Jason Fewell
We often hear motivational and entrepreneurial speakers talk about goal setting. They all stress the importance of
writing down short- and long-term goals
and maintaining a fluid list.
However, taking the time to write
down goals for a farm might get overlooked due to the busy nature of everyones daily lives and all the work there is
to do each day. We should also remember
that unwritten goals are just as important
as written goals.
Sometimes goals can include something as simple as completing daily, weekly, monthly or seasonal tasks that arent
written down but do need to be completed. Other times goals have a much longer
time frame such as a year, a decade or
longer.
These long-term goals are the ones
we think about when we hear someone
talk about goal setting. Goals in this list
may be things like expanding the farm
or ranch, passing it on to another generation, or retiring. Achieving long-term
goals requires achieving many shortterm goals first. They might include paying off debt, hiring dependable and loyal
employees, quitting an off-farm job, or
being profitable each year.
It is important to have a plan in place
and to communicate the plan to family
members, partners, your lender, accountant, attorney, and any other advisers
you use on the farm or ranch.
Keeping everyone informed about
your plans will help you achieve them.
When setting out your plans, list all the
shorter-term goals you need to meet to
achieve the longer-term goal, whatever
that might be. Once that longer-term goal
is completed, you can move on to the
next.
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Long-term goals often center around
finances. It can be hard to achieve these
goals if your financial situation does not
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Discussions with your advisers can help
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alternatives.
Finally, it is important to note that
someone elses goals are not yours. You
need to specify your own desired goals
and develop your own path to reach them.
You might want to retire at a younger
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Alternatively, you may have no intention
of retiring.
Keep in mind that an accident or poor
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Studies reveal cover crops true role in weed control
By: Tom J. Bechman
If you have cover crops in fields going
to soybeans, one reason may be to get
help with weed control. Youve likely
heard cover crops can offer big assistance
against marestail. Maybe youve seen it
for yourself. What about other weeds?
Can you leave residual herbicides out of
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Weve taken a hard look at cover
crops and weed control from several
different aspects with several different weeds recently, says Bill Johnson,
Purdue Extension weed control specialist. Growers want answers to this question: Can cover crops replace residual
herbicides in the burndown application?
For marestail and annual grasses,
you probably can if residue levels are
high. However, for every other weed we
have evaluated, the answer is a definite
no. The good news is that with the active
ingredients evaluated in our research,
there seems to be minimal negative interactions between cover crops and residual
herbicides.
We saw the probability of additive
effects on weed suppression provided by
cover crops plus residual herbicides to
be nearly 100%. The notable exception is
common cocklebur. Full rates of residuals are needed there because residue will
intercept some of the herbicide.
Teasing out truths
Here are several facts about cover
crops and residual herbicides that
Johnson and his team uncovered through
their research:
Termination timing. The earlier
cover crops were terminated, the higher
weed density would be by mid-August if
not controlled by herbicides. Researchers
terminated cover crops two to three
weeks before planting and compared it to
terminating at planting for grasses, giant
ragweed and waterhemp. Weed concentrations later were higher in early-ter-
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minated plots in each case. The largest
number of plants in August were for
waterhemp, followed by giant ragweed
and grasses.
Cool-weather issues. Unfortunately,
herbicide antagonism can be a problem
when spraying in cool weather, Johnson
says. The team documented that cereal
rye sprayed with glyphosate alone died
much faster than cereal rye sprayed with
glyphosate and Acuron. The trade-off,
they discovered, is that residual herbicides are needed for improved weed control.
Biological activity. The theory goes
that more cover crops mean more soil
microbiology, which should mean more
breakdown of herbicides in the soil. The
researchers found mixed results. The use
of cereal rye for three years increased
beta-glucosidase and dehydrogenase
activities by an average of 23% and 76%,
respectively, compared to the fallow control, Johnson reports. That verifies that
there was more soil microbe activity.
However, the increase in soil microbial activity as a result of cereal rye use
did not increase atrazine or mesotrione
degradation. The presence of a reasonable level of cereal rye biomass at the
Pinney Purdue Ag Center trial reduced
the initial concentrations of atrazine and
mesotrione in the soil by 41% and 36%,
respectively, compared to the fallow control.
Help from residual herbicides. The
application of three residual herbicides
at cover crop termination in one trial
provided up to 83% and 95% reduction
in weed biomass compared to termination with two or no residual herbicides,
respectively, Johnson reports.
Cover crops help with weed control,
but we dont pick up control of many
weeds without including residual herbicides in the mix, Johnson concludes.
Thats the bottom line.
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