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Priceless Take One T HURSDAY VOLUME 17, N UMBER 6 T HURSDAY, J ULY 10, 2008 W INNER OF THE K ANSAS G AS S ERVICE E XCELLENCE I N E DITORIAL W RITING 2006 K ANSAS P ROFESSIONAL C OMMUNICATORS P HOTO E SSAY AWARD 2006 K ANSAS P ROFESSIONAL C OMMUNICATORS E DITORIAL AWARD W INNER OF THE K ANSAS P RESS A SSOCIATION A DVERTISING AWARD Judge Wilson’s Redevelopment Decision Will Be Appealed They will be riding high at the Kaw Valley Rodeo Kaw Valley Rodeo Explodes July 24-26 There will be guaranteed unpredictable “EXPOLSIVE” action, “ROCKIN’” sound and a new digital flashing scoreboard at 33rd Annual Kaw Valley Rodeo, July 24, 25 & 26 at Wells Arena in Cico Park, Manhattan during the Riley County Fair. This ProRodeo event is presented by Briggs GMC. PRCA rodeo clown “Boom Boom” Johnson will entertain the crowds each night with his dynamite antics. Performances begin at 8:00 each night, where rough riding cowboys of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) will be challenged by the rank stock from the Rafter H Rodeo Company in bull riding, saddle bronc riding and bareback riding events. Timed event contestants will face the clock with team roping, tie-down roping, steer wrestling and Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) barrel racing. Bullfighters Andy North and Josh Rivinius return to protect the bull riders’ eight-second rides. Rodeo Announcer Dr. Lynn Phillips will cover the action from the crow’s nest. For additional color and pageantry the Prairie Dusters mounted drill team from Phillipsburg will perform at each performance. Each rodeo performance will feature rodeo events for kids! Always a crowd-pleaser, McDonald’s wild and wooly Mutton Bustin’ is open each night to little cowpokes ages 5-7 (no more than 60 pounds). Sign-up begins each night at 6:30 p.m. at the main entrance at the rodeo arena (SW corner). Parent’s signature required! No early sign-ups. For the older wranglers a calf scramble is open to 78 year olds on Thursday night, 9-10 year olds on Friday night and 11-12 year olds on Saturday night. No signup required. The Kaw Valley Rodeo is a participating rodeo in the third Kansas Lottery Championship Rodeo Series. The Kansas PRCA rodeos that make up the membership of the Kansas Association of Rodeo Committees (KARC) encourage all ProRodeo contestants to enter their rodeos and win points for year-end prizes. The Kansas Lottery supports the series. These KARC committees work together to promote rodeo and preserve our American western heritage. Thursday night the Riley County Fair, Kaw Valley Rodeo and the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce are hosting a Military Family Night. The planned event is free entry by ticket only. A picnic will be provided by McAlister’s Deli and Pepsi of Manhattan. Rodeo tickets are compliments of Dick Edwards Ford and Best Buy. Military families are invited to come enjoy the Riley County Fair and ProRodeo! Contact your ISG or CSM to reserve tickets or stop by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Office at 501 Poyntz Ave. to pick up tickets. Call 785-776-8829 ext. 228 for details. Retired and active military personnel are also offered $5 general admission tickets (good for any night) purchased at ITR on Ft. Riley. Thursday night is KIDS NIGHT at the rodeo. Kids (12 and under) get in FREE on THURSDAY NIGHT with non-perishable food donations brought to the rodeo. All donations benefit the Flint Hills Breadbasket. Donations can also be dropped off at the Breadbasket, 905 Yuma or at Dillons West Saturday, July 19 from 9 a.m. to noon. Kids tickets to the Thursday’s performance will be available at those locations as well. The Manhattan Little Apple Optimists will also be giving t-shirts to kids 4-18 years of age. Their promotion of Tobacco Prevention and Health Education supports their mission of “BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN KIDS!” Friday is “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” (TETWP) night at the rodeo. The Kaw Valley Rodeo joins the western rodeo community to raise awareness and funds for the fight against breast cancer! Funds raised by the Kaw Valley Rodeo, including a portion of Friday night’s ticket sales, will benefit the Terry C. Johnson Basic Cancer Research Center at KState. Activities include a balloon launch, t-shirts sales, and passing of PINK collection boots. More information on the center’s work is available at www.kstate.edu/cancer.center PACK IT WITH PINK on Friday! Friday night at 7:00 p.m. the Kaw Valley Special Rodeo will feature area children with special needs pardnerin’ up with cowboys, clowns and rodeo queens to participate in some serious rodeo fun. Unique rodeo events designed for these special cowboys and cowgirls will include a flag race on a real horse and taking an eight-second ride on a handrocked bucking bull. Gentle horses and experienced staff and volunteers from Hope Ranch Therapeutic Riding Center will be lending a hand. www.hoperanchks.org These special rodeos are presented at many rodeos across the country providing an opportunity for contestants to give back to the rodeo communities. Don’t miss this touching event. Additional pre-rodeo activities include the Kaw Valley Junior Rodeo, “The Coolest Rodeo in Town”, Saturday, July 19 at the Manhattan Town Center. Children 10 years and under compete in fun rodeo events. Registration begins at “high noon” (that’s 12:00 noon in cowboy lingo) in center court. FREE rodeo tickets to all participants. Smokey Bear will be there to meet everyone. This Junior Rodeo event is hosted by Midland Exteriors and Affordable Electric. The public is also invited to attend the Kaw Valley Rodeo Fundraiser Auction on Sunday, July 20, 7:00 p.m. at R.C. McGraw’s. The auction will feature silent and live auctions. Area friends and businesses have provided a wide selection of items up for bid. Funds raised assure quality family entertainment during the Riley County Fair and assist in maintaining Wells Arena, providing a safe equestrian facility for 4-H Clubs, the KState Rodeo Team, youth groups and the general public. A special item to be auctioned is a TETWP trophy buckle. Prudential Copeland Company & Realtors, 601 S. 5th Street, Manhattan is the Kaw Valley Rodeo Ticket Headquarters. The ticket headquarter will have general admission and reserve tickets. For ticket information call 785-539-1463. Advanced ticket prices are reserved $8 ($10/gate), general admission $6 ($7/gate) and children 12 and under $3.50 ($4/gate). Rodeo tickets are available in Manhattan-Prudential Copeland Company & Realtors, Dara’s Fast Lanes, RB Outpost, Dillons Stores, Orschlens, Lee’s Western Wear, Manhattan Town; Junction City-Dillons, Orschlens; Wamego-Vanderbilts, Ft. Riley-ITR, Riley-GTB Custom Meats. Group ticket rates available on request. Go to www.rileycountyfair.com for fair and rodeo information. Manhattan Citizens for Sustainable Downtown Redevelopment (MCSDR) and six other plaintiffs announced today that they will appeal the district court decision made last month by Judge Meryl Wilson. Judge Wilson ruled in favor of the City of Manhattan and DialManhattan, LLC. MCSDR’s attorney, Ronald Schneider, filed the appeal on behalf of the plaintiffs. “The appeal does not prevent the redevelopment from progressing,” said Marolyn Caldwell, chair of MCSDR. “However, we did not want to see this case set a precedent for allowing governmental entities to be both developer and zoning decision-maker with no oversight.” MCSDR’s lawsuit alleged that the amendment to the PUD was unreasonable, that City Commissioners had improper ex parte communications and failed to disclose those communications, that City Commissioners prejudged the amendment, and that the City failed to provide for the protest period after the January 7, 2008 Planning Board meeting as provided per state statute. When MCSDR filed the lawsuit their primary goal was to overturn the amendment and cause Dial and Hy-Vee to build a store no greater than 68,000 sq ft in size, rather than a store that eventually could be greater than 98,000 sq ft in size. Judge Wilson’s ruling in favor of the City created different concerns for MCSDR Some utilite work has started in the redevelopment area. and the other plaintiffs. “Judge Wilson’s ruling undermines the quasi-judicial process as our community has come to understand it,” said Debbie Nuss, MCSDR representative. “In effect the ruling says that the decisions of the Planning Board are irrelevant, that community input is not meaningful or important, and that the process can be manipulated so that the ends justify the means.” In filing the appeal, MCSDR hopes that the appellate court will not only overturn the district court ruling, and thus the amendment to the PUD, but that a ruling in their favor will also re-establish the integrity of the quasi-judicial process. Concerned citizens formed MCSDR following the City Commission’s January 2008 decision to approve the amendment to the north end development PUD. Pat Bosco Named Vice President By Cheryl May KSU News Service In a move to gain more efficiency within Kansas State University’s internal reporting structure, Pat Bosco will become the vice president for student life and dean of students July 7. The announcement, from K-State President Jon Wefald and Bob Krause, vice president for institutional advancement and director of intercollegiate athletics, recognizes Bosco’s long history of effective service to K-State. From his days as student body president to the present time — more than 30 years later — Pat Bosco has had a positive impact on Kansas State University, Wefald said. “K-State has long had a tradition of ‘putting students first’ and Pat Bosco has been the lead person in developing many of the programs, activities and administrative areas which support this tradition,” Wefald said. “I am confident he will continue to further develop the importance of our student life programs on and off campus.” “Pat has done an outstanding job as associate vice president for institutional advancement and dean of student life over these past 22 years,” Krause said. “This change in title consolidates all the student life programs under Pat who will report to the president through my office.” In April, Krause assumed additional responsibilities for administering intercollegiate athletics at K-State. This change is one of the ways K-State is maximizing efficiency in institutional advancement. “This move consolidates all of the student life programs into one unit which, among other things, will facilitate planning for the transition of career and employment services and counseling services to Memorial Stadium,” Wefald said. “It also streamlines the direct reporting relationships to Bob Krause which will allow him to better focus his time on institutional priorities and coordinate the various activities of the Alumni Association, the Kansas State University Foundation, athletics, student life and various external university constituencies.” Bosco’s involvement with student recruitment reversed a trend of declining enrollment at K-State during the early 1980s, and his work has sparked unprecedented growth at a time when universities are fighting cutbacks of many kinds, Krause said. He has more than 30 years experience in leadership training, student government advising, campus union programming, residence hall staff training and Greek affairs in both a community college and major university setting. His demonstrated commitment to these areas is expressed in the many keynotes, workshops, conferences and consulting opportunities he engages in each year. Bosco received his doctorate in higher educational administration from the University of Nebraska in 1982; his mas- ter of science in educational administration from Kansas State University in 1973; and his bachelor of science in elementary education from K-State in 1971. As an undergraduate, he served as the Kansas State University student body president from 1970-71. He is a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, Phi Delta Kappa educational fraternity, Order of Omega, and an honorary member of Blue Key and Golden Key national honor societies. Bosco received the 2000 Excellence in Dedication Award from the Kansas City Alumni Club for his quarter century of administrative service to the university. He is also a recipient of numerous service and leadership awards including the Kansas State University Service to Students Award, the Excellence in Dedication Award, and the Alumni Distinguished Service Award from his fraternity. He has served on the board of directors of several national, state and local community volunteer agencies. K-State alumni named a freshman scholarship in his honor, and each spring the College of Education’s department of leadership studies and programs recognizes an undergraduate as the Pat J. Bosco Outstanding Student Leader. He is an associate professor (adjunct) in the department of educational administration and leadership, College of Education, and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of leadership and volunteerism at K-State for the past 20 years. Art Nominations Wanted For Kansas Sampler Contest The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced that they are now taking nominations for art for the next 8 Wonders of Kansas contest. Nominations will be taken through July and can be submitted online at 8wonders.org or sent to 978 Arapaho Road, Inman, KS 67546. Art is the second of eight rural culture elements that will be showcased in the 8 Wonders contests. The architecture contest was completed June 30 and results are posted at 8wonders.org. After a four-month focus on art, the elements of commerce, cuisine, customs, geography, history, and people will each be featured. The overall 8 Wonders of Kansas were announced by Governor Sebelius on Kansas Day, January 29, 2008. Nominations must have physical evidence that is publicly accessible to the public. For instance, a nomination for artist Birger Sandzen would include the Sandzen Gallery in Lindsborg. The nomination description should include reasons why the nominee is unique to Kansas or the midwest. Foundation director Marci Penner said, “We’re not just looking for a great art gallery, for example, but one that can distinguish itself with characteristics that are unique to any other art gallery in the state.” The Inman-based Foundation has long used the eight elements to help see a community with new eyes. The series of contests are designed to educate the public about what there is to see and do in Kansas and to encourage travel. The Soldiers Medal was awarded to Spc. Darrell Dressler July 7 by Maj. Gen. Robert Durbin, commanding general 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, for extraordinary heroism. Dressler rescued two people from a train derailment on Fort Riley May 6, 2007. (Photo By: Spc. Francisca Vega) NEWS 2A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 Obituaries Sally Dickens Sally C. Dickens, 80, of Manhattan died Sunday afternoon, July 6 at her residence at St. Joseph Village in Manhattan, Kan. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease. Mrs. Dickens was born Sarah Jane Cuykendall on May 23, 1928 in Wichita, Kan, the daughter of Murray and Nira (Webster) Cuykendall. She was a graduate of Wichita East High School in 1946 and attended Wichita University. On November 7, 1953, she was married to Ralph A. Dickens in Wichita. She later lived in St. Paul, Minn.; Denver, Colo.; North Little Rock, Ark.; Tarzana, Calif., and Ocean Springs, Miss., while following her husband’s career as a technical writer/editor. Her professional career was in medical administration and included working in both private practices and hospitals. Following her retirement, Mrs. Sally Dickens Dickens and her husband moved from Ocean Springs, Miss., where they lived for 23 years, to Manhattan in 1994. They were married for 51 years until Mr. Dickens’ death in 2005. Mrs. Dickens was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan, where she was active in the church’s Episcopal Church Women (ECW) and the Altar Guild and also volunteered in the church’s Encore thrift shop. She was also a member of the Order of the Daughters of the King, a spiritual sisterhood dedicated to a life of prayer and service. Mrs. Dickens was also a member of the women’s auxiliary of the American Legion and VFW posts in Manhattan. Her hobbies included reading, music and miniatures. Mrs. Dickens is survived by two sons: Patrick M. Dickens and his wife, Anne, of Lafayette, La.; and Michael C. Dickens and his wife, Jodi Williamschen, of Oakland, Calif.; two grandsons: Murray Dickens and Walker Dickens, both of Lafayette, La.; brother-in-law Robert L. Dickens and sister-in-law Marilyn Dickens, both of Manhattan; and cousins Maxine Howard of Gaithersburg, Md., and Deborah Howard of Derwood, Md. The family will receive friends and family during a visitation from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9 at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home in Manhattan. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 10th at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan with The Reverend Thomas Miles officiating. Interment will follow in the Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery east of Manhattan. Online condolences may be left for the family through the funeral home website, www.ymlfuneralhome.com, and at mdickens3@hotmail.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Manhattan. Contributions may be left in care of the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas 66502. Aztec Roofing is a full service roofing company. We will use the best materials for the job and budget; you can rely on us to complete the project to your satisfaction. We have the residential expertise to provide a quality, finished product. We are specialist in hail and storm damage. aztecroofing.com 816-842-0101 e-Mail aztec_1@att.net Sebelius Is The Key Player On Abortion By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Numerous political debates and legal disputes involving abortion providers continue to demonstrate that Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is a key figure in all of them. True, the latest event last week seemed removed from her. A grand jury in Sedgwick County declined to indict Dr. George Tiller, one of the few U.S. physicians performing lateterm abortions. But the grand jury said any indictment of Tiller is unlikely unless legislators rewrite a state law restricting late-term procedures. That raised the question of whether lawmakers should rewrite the law _ and what Sebelius, a strong abortion rights advocate, would accept. Abortion opponents consistently argue the problem isn’t the law but its enforcement. It’s not necessary to take a position on that issue to conclude that Sebelius’ influence is significant. She appoints members of the board regulating doctors. A health department under her direction enforces reporting requirements. She’s appointed the current attorney general, and next year, four of the seven state Supreme Court justices will be her picks. And in April 2007, Tiller attended a reception at Cedar Crest, the governor’s residence, and photos show the two of them shaking hands. Sebelius and her staff say he won the right to have the event in a group’s fundraising auction, but that didn’t lessen abortion foes’ outrage. ``It’s clear that she’s strongly allied politically with Tiller, and there’s no doubt in my mind that she’s going to act to use the power of the governor’s office in any way that she can to protect him,’‘ said Rep. Lance Kinzer, an anti-abortion Olathe Republican. Sebelius and her supporters dis- Discovery Center Open House An open house will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, regarding the Flint Hills Prairie Discovery Center. Members of the public are invited to share ideas for the Discovery Center which will be a focal point in the City’s South End Downtown Redevelopment Area. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. in the Large Assembly Room at Fire Station Headquarters (2000 Denison Avenue). The open house will be conducted by a team of nationally-recognized museum planning experts who are working with the City over the next several months to develop a master plan for the project. The plan will cover the Discovery Center’s mission statement, exhibits, management structure, business plan, and development strategy. To receive future updates about the Discovery Center, visit the City’s website by clicking on the following link and signing up for the Discovery Center In Touch list: http://www.ci.manhattan.ks.us/list.as p. For more information, contact the City Manager’s Office at (785) 5872404 or palmer@ci.manhattan.ks.us. If you do not wish to continue receiving these messages, please unsubscribe by visiting our website at:http://ci.manhattan.ks.us/list.asp? mode=del miss such comments. She said last week that abortion opponents have turned debates about state law into ``wide-based assaults on privacy rights.’‘ (In legalizing some abortions across the nation in 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court cited women’s right to privacy.) ``I have not seen a bill hit my desk in the years I have been governor that hasn’t had serious constitutional questions raised by a whole variety of sources,’‘ she said. This year, Sebelius vetoed a bill imposing additional restrictions on abortion providers and allowing lawsuits against them to block late-term procedures. She vetoed measures requiring additional reporting by physicians in 2006 and 2007, and new licensing requirements for clinics in 2003 and 2005. But it’s not just legislative battles frustrating abortion opponents. The attorney general’s office is pursuing 19 misdemeanor charges against Tiller, alleging he failed to get a second opinion on some lateterm procedures from an independent physician, as required by law. He denies wrongdoing. Abortion opponents believe the attorney general’s office should be pursuing Tiller more aggressively. The case against Tiller was started by former Attorney General Paul Morrison, an abortion rights supporter. Many Democrats believed Sebelius was instrumental in getting Morrison to switch parties to run in 2006, when he ousted Phill Kline, an anti-abortion Republican. When Morrison was forced to resign in January because of a sex scandal, Sebelius appointed Steve Six to replace him. Abortion opponents’ frustration with the attorney general’s office under Morrison led them to pursue a grand jury in Sedgwick County, using a law that allows citizens to circulate petitions to force one to convene. They believed, as Kline did, that Tiller was performing late-term abortions in violation of a state law meant to limit them to medical emergencies. Morrison read the law more narrowly than Kline did _ and the grand jury’s reasoning was in line with Morrison’s opinion. Meanwhile, other agencies have a role in regulating abortion providers. Providers file reports on late-term abortions with the Department and Health and Environment, whose secretary is appointed by the governor. Abortion foes believe physicians should be _ and are _ required by law to give the actual medical diagnosis that warrants an abortion, rather than the statement KDHE allows that a woman’s health faces ``substantial and irreversible’‘ harm if she does not have one. The State Board of Healing Arts licenses doctors and has been accused repeatedly by abortion foes of lax regulation of abortion providers, which it has denied. The governor appoints its 15 members and its former longtime executive director was the husband of a Sebelius aide. And finally, there’s the Supreme Court. The court is hearing two lawsuits over the custody of edited medical records from about 90 patients’ files from Tiller’s clinic and one operated by Planned Parenthood in Overland Park. Kline, now Johnson County district attorney, has copies of Planned Parenthood records. A Shawnee County judge has custody of copies of documents from both clinics. The issue is whether they’re returned to the clinics. Sebelius has appointed three justices since taking office in January 2003. Two more were appointed by her predecessor, Republican Bill Graves, whom anti-abortion groups saw as hostile to them. Because of a mandatory retirement law, Chief Justice Kay McFarland cannot stand for retention this year for another six-year term and will leave office by January 2009. Her replacement will be Sebelius’ fourth appointment. A nonpartisan commission will screen applications and give Sebelius three nominees. But the final choice will be hers _ and it won’t be subject to Senate confirmation, where abortion opponents could raise questions. Thus, it’s not hard to see why abortion opponents believe much of state government is aligned against them. When they look for someone to crack down on abortion providers, they often find someone with a tie to Sebelius. BUFFALO MEAT All natural, No hormones, Grass fed, Low cholesterol. Across from Manhattan Airport www.plumleeranch.com 785-539-2255 We specialize in doing new construction, kitchen and bath remodels, furnace, air conditioner and geothermal installs, water heaters, Northstar water softeners, Pex tubing, galvanized water line change outs, and repairs on all models of furnaces and air condtioners. Call for your free estimate on replacements Since 1942 8838 Quail Lane, Manhat ta n NEWS Letter To The Editor: Editor Back in the 1950’s, Popular Science magazine ran an article about a hydrogen powered tractor, as I recall, it used a little Kerosene to break the water down into hydrogen and oxygen. It was the belief at the time that it would be only a matter of a few years before the hydrogen fuel cell powered not only all of the automobiles and tractors but the homes as well. Hint to inventors, all of that technology is well out of patent and into public domain. Sixty years later, we are still driving vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel. The internal combustion engine was designed over 100 years ago and is still only about 23% efficient, entirely unacceptable with $4 gas. Hydrogen is safer than gasoline yet burns much hotter. Hydrogen vehicles are now fairly common; they have zero emissions, they are the future. Hydrogen is possibly the most common element on the planet and any school kid knows that all it takes to make hydrogen is water and DC voltage. That DC voltage can come from wind, solar, 3A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 biomass, coal, corn, any grain, weeds, etc. It must certainly be a more efficient use of our remaining oil and natural gas than burning them in an inefficient and polluting engine. I have been told that there is enough energy in a gallon of water to propel a car across the country at 65 mph. lets find out. The reason that we as a nation have not embraced hydrogen, let there be no doubt in your minds, is that big coal and big oil have not found a way to monopolize it. The federal government has spent millions to help big oil figure out a way to control the distribution of hydrogen. In the back of my mind I recall that our government has even allowed foreign interests to buy up all of a certain element required for fuel cells. It is my feeling that their big worry is that individuals, tired of high gas prices will stumble onto the fact that hydrogen is the future. In some board room, it most probably has already been decided that they must keep the common man from developing a simple way to harvest and transport hydrogen. They will have determined that the government must find a way to pass legislation that will not allow the common person to work with hydrogen, it may have already been written. They will have decided that in order to pass this legislation, they must create an event that is so devastating that no one can question the government’s actions. They will have decided that the best way to sell this legislation to the people is to create an event that is so abhorrent that no one will question the resulting legislation. What kind of crisis will they create? Perhaps a playground or a school with a convenient garage, owned by a mad scientist, built too close. The resulting explosion will kill many children along with the mad inventor who was working on a hydrogen delivery system. The government will immediately step in and confiscate all computers and documents, the garage and school will be quickly bulldozed to the ground, and a monument erected. The resulting hue and cry will lead to legislation that will bar forevermore the ability of the common man to fiddle with hydrogen, and all those children will have been martyrs. Forevermore, on the anniversary date, we will be reminded about the dangers of hydrogen, and how our legislators have saved us from the crazy inventors and hydrogen technology will be set back another 60 years. Please urge your congressmen to pass immediate legislation that forbids tinkering with hydrogen near schools or churches or public gathering places. This legislation should also require all inventors who work with hydrogen to be registered with the local fire marshal, and require them to adhere to OSHA safety mandates, with hefty fines. This legislation should also contain a generous prize for any inventor who is able to get us into affordable hydrogen power. Perhaps the cities could generate the hydrogen and we would fill up our little hydrogen cars at the fire house, the city makes the money and our taxes lower. Hydrogen is transported all the time in semi’s; with proper care it can be done. The technology is out there to fill a car with water and generate the hydrogen as needed for propulsion. We must accept the fact that there will be a few casualties as we enter the hydrogen age, those who parish from the occasional accident will be heroes, with proper care we can keep those to a minimum. GM is struggling, why can’t they get a multi million dollar grant to build a cheap hydrogen car, or Ford, or Chrysler, or some other AMERICAN owned company? Are American engineers up to this challenge? We must abandon the engine as we know it because it is too inefficient. American citizens will gain from hydrogen but who will lose; big oil, big coal, the banks, all the politicians who are owned by them, the NRC, the electric companies, all the people who make money from our sick children who have been sickened by air pollution. A lot of money will be spent to stop us from using hydrogen fuel cells. Hey, I was right about gambling in Kansas. Remember, years ago I told you the fix was in and that we would get slots in Kansas and there wasn’t a thing you could do to stop it? I’m right about this too. Hydrogen fuel cells are the solution and America can still do it, with your help. Mike Seymour Council Grove Blair And Passarelli Named Directors By Stephanie Jacques KSU News Service John Blair, university distinguished professor of ecology, and Lorena Passarelli, associate professor of molecular biology, have been appointed associate directors of Kansas State University’s Division of Biology. “The addition of Dr. Blair and Dr. Passarelli as associate directors adds outstanding teaching and research achievements, as well as discipline breadth, gender perspective and multicultural diversity to our administrative team,” said Brian Spooner, university distinguished professor and director of the Division of Biology. As associate directors, Blair will focus on faculty development, while Passarelli’s focus will be on student development. “I think having associate directors that cover the breadth of disciplines in biology is really important and I am very excited about being able to represent the ecology and evolutionary biology section of the Division of Biology,” Blair said. “I look forward to helping faculty members as they establish and develop their careers, and being able to contribute to the continued growth of strong research and teaching programs in the division.” “I have been contributing to student development by encouraging the involvement of students in research, so this position expands what I have been doing and allows me to develop new ideas for undergraduate and graduate students to have a richer and broader education,” Passarelli said. Blair joined K-State in 1992. He was named a university distinguished professor in 2006, K-State’s highest faculty ranking. He also serves as the Edwin G. Brychta Professor of Biology. He has been recognized for his teaching with the William L. Stamey Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award from K-State’s College of Arts and Sciences. Blair’s research interests are on the influence of physical and biological drivers on ecological processes and how ecosystems respond to changes in those drivers as a result of human activities. Since 2002, Blair has brought in almost $7 million to KState as the principal investigator for multiple projects, as well as an additional $7 million in collaborative funding as a co-principal investigator during the same time frame. His research work includes serving as principal investigator and project director of the National Science Foundation-funded Konza Prairie Long-Term Ecological Research Program. He also is the principal investigator on collaborative research grants from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Institute for Climate Change Research, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation. Blair has been leading Business Booms In Kansas Oil Town By PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR The Wichita Eagle SPIVEY, Kan. (AP) _ Almost nobody lives here. There is no cafe, no gas station, no bank, no church, no school. But Kansas 42 through town is bustling with traffic, and people come and go from the 10 or 12 businesses scattered around the center of town. Spivey is an oil patch town. It once had all of the things associated with small towns _ a bank, two or three churches, a grade school and a high school. All those things are gone, but the companies that supply materials and services to the oil fields that surround Spivey remain. And others, like Sunrise Oilfield Supply, have chosen to relocate here. That’s because Spivey is more or less in the center of one of the oldest and most productive oilfield areas in Kansas. So getting to customers in the field is easier than it would be from a larger nearby town. That has made Spivey one of the most durable little towns in Kansas history. Founded as a railroad town in 1897, Spivey flourished until the end of the rail boom and the arrival of the Great Depression. After that, it survived because of the discovery of oil. Over the years, the oil industry has had its ups and downs. But the steady production near Spivey has kept the need for oilfield services alive. Marci Penner, executive director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, says Spivey is unique among tiny Kansas towns. There are 55 towns smaller than Spivey _ which has a population of about 70 _ and a few more unincorporated crossroads. Most other tiny towns are simply enclaves of housing filled with people who work in nearby larger towns. ``But Spivey is definitely unique for the scope of its daytime business,’‘ Penner said. The current boom in the oil industry has brought more business for existing service companies in Spivey and opportunities for new ones such as Sunrise, which makes, sells and services compressors. ``Spivey is much closer to the customers we have for our products,’‘ said Jeff Base, who oversees the manufacturing operation for Sunrise. ``So we moved it here from Ness City.’‘ The result is a thriving business at the town’s post office, considerable traffic and activity in town during business hours _ and utter quiet when night falls. Grady Webb is one of the 70 or so people who live in the 37 households in Spivey, which once had a population of 900. He says he loves the quiet and doesn’t mind that he has to drive to Kingman or Attica for the services normally associated with living in town. ``I’m used to it,’‘ said Webb, who has worked in the oilfield business for 30 years and is now one of about 20 employees at Abe’s Oilfield Service. ``It’s not a lot different than living on the farm.’‘ Most of the 200 or so people who work at the oilfield companies in Spivey pack a lunch because there is no place to eat in town. Webb says he goes home to eat unless his job takes him out into the field. ``There’s a little lunch place over at Zenda, but they are only open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,’‘ he said. Marvin Miller has a long history in Spivey. He founded the town’s oldest company, Spivey Oilfield Services, which he sold several years ago. He now owns Jayhawk Supply, another longtime company. Miller doubts that the town will change much as a result of the current boom in oil. He said he thinks there will be enough oilfield activity to sustain the town’s service companies for years to come, but doubts that people will return to live there. the regional planning for the National Ecological Observatory Network, a National Science Foundation-sponsored research plan being proposed to the U.S. Congress that includes K-State’s Konza Prairie Biological Station as a candidate core site for implementing a major new national research and educational program. Blair received his doctorate from the University of Georgia in 1987. Passarelli joined K-State in 2001 and has been recognized with many top teaching and research awards, including being the first recipient of K-State’s Presidential Distinguished Faculty Award for the Mentoring of Undergraduate Students in Research in 2007. She also has received KState’s Commerce Bank Presidential Faculty Award for Distinguished Services to Historically Underrepresented Students, the H. Henley Haymaker Teaching Excellence Award, the William L. Stamey Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Biology Graduate Student Association’s Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award and a Faculty Scholar Award from the Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence. Passarelli currently serves as chair of the College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Diversity and as a member of the editorial board of the journal Virology. She is the principal investigator of active National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Agriculture individual research grants on viral gene regulation and pathogenesis. Her research interests are in molecular virology; specifically, she studies gene regulatory circuits in insect viruses and how insect viruses and Captivating Radio Dramas for the Whole Family! Suspenseful, values-packed discoveries await you in the town of Odyssey-where something new and exciting is always going on. 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I realize Father’s Day is passed, but it seemed timely to get started with the introduction what with all the interest these days in books about fathers, such as Obama’s “Dreams from My Father” and McCain’s “Faith of My Fathers.” I was intrigued by William Bennett’s comment regarding lessons from Faith of My Fathers. He wrote, “And the greatest freedom and human fulfillment comes from engaging in a noble enterprise, larger than oneself. Faith of My Fathers teaches deep truths that are valid in any age-but truths that warrant special attention in our own.” I don’t recall Dad lecturing about noble enterprises, yet as I read Bennett’s comment, it sounded like Dad’s life. So, in this brief writ, I pay honor and respect to my father and share some of the lessons from his life that shaped my life. As I look back down the path along which I meandered, I have a different perspective than that which I had growing up. My dad was a strict disciplinarian and ardent believer in taking personal responsibility for one’s own affairs and the welfare of one’s family. This fact was indelibly imprinted upon my life by an incident that happened when I was about 10. We were a family of eight and lived on a 93acre farm in the Appalachian Mountains. We raised almost all our food. Our clothes were homemade or from the catalogue, often patched, but always clean, at least in the morning. On day a young man showed up in a suit carrying a briefcase. Dad invited him to sit on the porch so I hid under the porch to listen. I got real excited when the young man told Dad he had come to sign him up for a monthly relief check since our cash income was below the 4A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS -THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 Dick Miller line. Dad was silent as the young man expounded on the virtues of the county helping those who were less fortunate. Finally Dad spoke: “Now young man, I appreciate the trouble you went to to come all the way up here, but you must have noticed that my kids are well fed and have on clean clothes. We won’t be needing any help from the county.” My heart sank as the dream of candy and new shoes faded. The young man persisted, but after Dad’s third refusal to sign the paper, I knew a storm was brewing. Finally, I heard Dad get up and say, “Now, young whipper snapper, I have told you three times I don’t need your help. I am going into the house and when I get back, you ought to be gone!” I can only imagine what the young man thought, but stories of mountain men and their shotguns were plentiful. Anyway, I peeked out from under the porch to see the young man leap over the gate and head down the holler at a rather fast gallop! Dad always said God’s first commandment was to take care of what He created. He was recognized more than once for being Conservationist of the Year. Soon after the above incident, a man showed up with an offer to buy our timber. Dad met the man out by the creek and did not invite him in. You see his company had bought my aunt’s timber and stripped the hills in the process until great landslides were everywhere. I vividly remember the man saying, “I will give you a quarter of a cent a foot on the stump.” That sounded good to me, but not to Dad who responded, “Mister, I saw what you did to my sister’s land and I wouldn’t have you set foot on my land for a quarter of a cent a foot!” That was that. We later harvested the mature timber ourselves with Dad operating the sawmill. Dad was an innovator. Mom and the older children ran the farm while Dad self-taught himself and became a graded school teacher, then walked 20 miles to a trade school to become a first class electrician when electricity came to our area. Then one day Dad felt a higher calling from his God and he self-taught himself to be a pastor. There were numerous churches up the various hollers, none able to support a fulltime pastor, so Dad became a “circuit riding, country preacher” in his Model “A”, making the rounds to as many as seven churches every month. His salary was a couple of chickens, or a ham, or a bushel of apples and sometimes a few dollars from the offering plate. Those were tough days but through the lens of my memories, I still see the simple house by the creek with fruit trees all around and smell the pungent sweet odor of the rich soil in Mom’s garden and the excitement of hearing the Model “A” coming up the dirt road meaning Dad was coming home. Maybe he’d have time to play a little ball. Every boy should have a dad who loves him enough to teach him about freedom at any cost and sacrifice when necessary. Dad never lectured on vision, he taught it by his life. Of the six children, one started a successful business after high school, the other five received college degrees followed by successful careers. Regarding sacrifice, I found out after Dad died that he had sold the family farm so my youngest sister and I could finish college. Our little chunk of Prairie is important to me, but the farm Dad sold had been in the family for generations. A great sacrifice. Thanks, Dad. I’ll pass on the lessons. Dick Miller has filed for the House of Representatives District 67. The Free Press is required to place a disclosure on the column “Thoughts From The Prairie” stating that it is political advertising and that it is being paid for by the Publishers Jon and Linda Brake. The Free Press wants to continue running “Thoughts From The Prairie”, it is a way for Mr. Miller to express views that would never be covered by the local media. Elected officials have a tremendous advantageover rival candidates. For two (Representatives) or four (Senators) years Elected Officials are interviewed on radio and in newspapers on events that are going on in Topeka. These interviews are reported as news but they help and promote the official for the next election.( “Thoughts From The Prairie” - A column by Dick Miller, candidate for the Kansas House of Representative District 67, is considered Political Advertising, and as such is being paid for by Jon and Linda Brake, Publishers of the Manhattan Free Press.) loss of friends, reputation, status, power, possessions or, at the extremes, freedom or life." No wonder McCain and Schwarzenegger skipped it. Moderate Republicans like McCain have taken to heart liberals' admonition that Ronald Reagan's appeal had absolutely nothing to do with his conservative philosophy. Don't be like him! You'll lose the soccer moms! Liberals assure us that Reagan won landslide elections because Americans were mesmerized by his sunny disposition and corny jokes. If that's true, why isn't Al Roker president? Ann Coulter McCain: Pump This! Well, I guess we're all pretty relieved we didn't drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge back in 2002. What a disaster that would have been. The vote on ANWR was almost entirely along partisan lines, with all Republicans, except a handful of "moderates," voting for drilling, and all Democrats, except a handful of sane Democrats like Zell Miller, voting against drilling. John McCain opposed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge because he polled soccer moms and found out they were against drilling. They thought it sounded too much like going to the dentist. McCain wanted to ensure that he remained beloved by the two pillars of his base: "centrists" and New York Times reporters. Even Sen. Chuck Hagel voted for drilling in ANWR. But John McCain, "our" candidate, voted against it. I guess we're beginning to see the problem of basing a political platform on the passing fancies of "centrists." These are people who have no opinions because they know nothing about national issues. They're the ones who check the "not sure/no opinion" box on polls regarding the legalization of cannibalism. You can't blame them: They're not being paid to know something about national issues. Those people we call "senators" and "representatives." But now, astronomical gas prices have forced even soccer moms to spend 10 minutes looking at a problem that their leaders were supposed to be thinking about for years. And the soccer moms are saying: Drill! Drill! Drill! Bobby, come down off of there! Stop hitting your sister! Where was I? Oh, yeah ... Drill! Drill! Drill! Consequently, McCain recently switched his position to go along with the centrists. See, that's the downside of having chosen all your political positions by polling centrists: The moment they acquire any knowledge, they'll realize you're an idiot. It's always the same argument. Year after year, the "moderate Republicans" so respected at The New York Times harangue us to dump the Christians, the Ann Coulter conservatives, the Swift Boat Veterans, the "right-wing extremists," the gun-andGod clingers and the fanatical pro-lifers from our party so we can repel every American who voted for Ronald Reagan in order to win the votes of people like Christine Todd Whitman. Yes, by all means let's clear out all that deadwood and pave the way for a 49state landslide! (For the Democrats.) McCain followed the Times' strategy to a T. He called Jerry Falwell an "agent of intolerance." He called the Swift Boat Veterans "dishonest and dishonorable." He has denounced every Christian minister who tries to endorse him. Over the years, McCain has ostentatiously attacked every issue of importance to conservatives and embraced every crackpot liberal idea, including the left's latest plan to exterminate the human race, called "global warming." Two weeks ago, McCain skipped the capitol prayer breakfast in California, instead appearing with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at an environmental event in nearby Santa Barbara. Schwarzenegger's absence marked the first time a governor skipped what has come to be known as "the governor's prayer breakfast." I guess in the world of moderate Republicans an environmental event qualifies as a religious observance. The keynote speaker at the breakfast, Hollywood producer Mark Joseph, quoted a recent cover article in Christianity Today by professors Daniel Taylor and Mark McCloskey that said: "In premodern times, the courage of a leader often had to be physical. In the last 500 years it is more often moral. Moral courage is the ability to do what's right even when it is deeply unpopular, even dangerous. Courage is only found where there is the genuine possibility of loss -- The irony is, the only people McCain can count on to vote for him are the very Republicans he despises -- at least those of us who can get drunk enough on Election Day to pull the lever for him. In fact, we should organize parties around the country where Republicans can get drunk so they can vote for McCain. We can pass out clothespins with his name as a reminder and slogan-festooned vomit bags. The East Coast parties can post the number of drinks necessary for the task to help the West Coast parties. For more information, go to getdrunkandvote4mccain.com. Not being ignorant "centrists," we know what a world-class disaster B. Hussein Obama will be. Meanwhile, the centrists McCain spent years impressing with his outraged denunciations of conservatives, Swift Boat Veterans and Christians will be voting for Obama. They think he's cute. How many times do we have to run this experiment? Taking the advice of Democrats, Republicans ran "moderates" for president in 1944, 1948, 1976, 1992 and 1996. All lost. Republicans also ran a "moderate" for president in 1988, but that was unwittingly -- both to us and, fortunately, to the voters. In other words, in the language of the market, the best tip on "moderate Republicans" is: SELL! PUBLISHED WEEKLY EVERY THURSDAY WINNER OF THE KANSAS GAS SERVICE EXCELLENCE IN EDITORIAL WRITING AWARD Free Press Staff Jon A. and Linda L. Brake, Publishers Jon A. Brake, Editor Linda L. Brake, Advertising Manager Ben Brake, Sports Editor But now, apparently, we have to run the experiment again. This year, moderate Republicans have hit the jackpot. John McCain is the Platonic ideal of a "moderate Republican." To paraphrase Richard Nixon on George McGovern in 1972: Here we have a situation where moderate Republicans finally have a candidate who almost totally shares their views. Now we'll see what the country thinks. 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Box 1191, Manhattan, Ks 66505 E-Mail: jonbrake@kansas.net or freepress@kansas.net 537-8953 GOVERNMENT County Commission Minutes Bob Newsome Alvan Johnson Thursday June 26, 2008 Riley County Commission Minutes Approved as Amended The Board of County Commissioners Of Riley County, Kansas The Regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners met at the Riley County Plaza East Building June 26, 2008 with the following members present: Bob Newsome, Chairman; Alvan Johnson, Vice Chair; Mike Kearns, Member; and Cindy Kabriel sitting in for Rich Vargo, County Clerk. 8:30 Public Comment & Business Meeting Charlotte Shawver, Register of Deeds; Joan Strickler, League of Women Voters; Clancy Holeman, Counselor/Director of Administrative Services; Laurie Harrison, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator; Shelly Williams, Director of Community Corrections; Gary Rosewicz, Assistant County Engineer; and Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer, attended. Harrison said P. Collins brought the Riley County Debris Management Plan to the commission in January. Harrison said the Riley County Debris Management Plan needs to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners, because the President declared Riley County as a disaster area from the tornado. Harrison said this raises the reimbursement from 75% to 80%. Kearns asked if Riley County can do an amendment and if there are any costs to Riley County. Harrison said an amendment can be made and there are no costs to Riley County. Kearns moved to sign the Riley County Debris Management Plan. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Shepek said the State mileage rate reimbursement went up to 50.5¢ a mile. Shepek said by resolution Riley County follows the State rate. Shepek said starting July 1, 2008 Riley County’s mileage rate reimbursement will be 50.5¢. Johnson moved for Riley County to follow the State rate of 50.5¢ per resolution starting July 1, 2008. Kearns seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns said Louis Hargrave said at the north end of Fancy Branch Road people are driving off a culvert trying to turn around. Kearns said Hargrave suggested placing something there so they do not drive off the culvert. Kearns said the commission received an e-mail from naco stating naco has launched two national green competitions for counties. Kearns asked the commission if the REACH Committee and Extension could look into this program. The commission agreed Kearns could ask the REACH Committee and Extension to look into this program. Johnson moved to approve the Sales Order Agreement with Election Systems & Software (ES&S) for election equipment for the Elections Department in the amount of $19,700.00. Kearns seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the Renewal of Online Access Agreement with Charlson and Wilson Bonded Abstracters for the Register of Deeds’ Office. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the Renewal of Online Access Agreement with Alpha Title, LLC for the Register of Deeds’ Office. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the Renewal of Online Access Agreement with the Riley County Genealogical Society for the Register of Deeds’ Office. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Johnson moved to approve a First Addendum to Agreement for Operation of the Riley County Transfer Station with N. R. Hamm Quarry, Inc. Kearns seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Orlin G. & Sharon E. Fritzson Trust (208-34-0-00-03-013.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $139.54. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Mary M. Zoeller Trust (204-18-2-10017-013.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $96.54. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for Mary M. Zoeller (204-18-2-40-05-038.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $200.76. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Zoeller Family LLC (Donald & Mary Zoeller) (204-18-2-60-07-001.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $84.16. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Zoeller Family LLC (Donald & Mary Zoeller) (204-18-2-60-07-007.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $227.70. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Zoeller Family LLC (Donald & Mary Zoeller) (204-18-2-60-07-008.00-0) for tax year 2007 as June 26, 2008. A result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $202.16. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to sign the Real Estate Tax Roll Correction for the Mary M. Zoeller Trust (204-18-2-7004-001.00-0) for tax year 2007 as a result of a Payment Under Protest with the County Appraiser. This results in a decrease in tax dollars of $240.52. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. No action was required on the Ogden Youth Center Line Adjustment, this was for information purposes only. Kearns moved to approve the Adult Services Request for Line-Item Adjustments greater than $5,000.00. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the Juvenile Services Request for LineItem Adjustments greater than $5,000.00. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve a Purchase Authorization for a 2009 Ford Fusion for the Community Corrections Department in the amount of $14,000.00 to be funded by the Juvenile Services Fund. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Johnson moved to approve the minutes of June 23, 2008 as presented. Kearns seconded. Carried 3-0. 8:53 Clancy Holeman, Counselor/Director of Administrative Services Administrative Work Session Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; and Joan Strickler, League of Women Voters, attended. Holeman said Wedel received an invitation to attend a work session for the Konza water and sewer next Tuesday night with the City of Manhattan. 9:10 Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services; Joan Strickler, League of Women Voters; and Scott Miller, KMAN, attended. Shepek presented a CIP, county building, economic development, and ½ cent sales tax update. The commission asked Hobson to replace a window in the CPE building. 9:25 Robert Nall, Information Technology Director Scott Miller, KMAN; Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer; Joan Strickler, League of Women Voters; Craig Cox, Assistant County Counselor; and John Doehling, Riley County Police Department, attended. Nall asked if he could send his staff to KAC training for customer service and supervisor classes. The Board agreed Nall could send staff to the KAC classes, because the classes are not out of state. Nall said we are focused on several internal projects as well as continuing to improve our skill sets. Some highlights of projects and tasks accomplished: 5A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 Mike Kearns 1. Installed Microsoft Office 2007 on all Riley County computers. 2. Biannual computer maintenance on all workstations. 3. Monthly maintenance on all laptops. and also see if we can lock in a flat rate for 3 to 5 years. We are attempting to put a hold on the excessive annual price increases imposed upon Riley County by the software vendors. Nall said he met with the Business Continuity Committee on June 13th, and we have reviewed the draft reports sent to us by Resiliency Solutions. After our review, we have presented the initial draft reports to the department heads for the review of their respective department information. We have asked that the department heads have comments, suggestions or considerations be sent back to the committee by the 27th of June. Nall said Riley County’s Email Spam solution is fully in place and operating normally. Our previous solution was just not able to keep up with the various types of spam. At the time of this letter, a seven day window showed that we had received an approximate 30,000 emails and out of that over 27,000 emails were quarantined due to being spam. Over the last four weeks, we have received nearly 129,000 emails and out of that almost 95,000 of them were classified as spam. Nall said Information Technology has completed over 1,151 work orders in the last 30 days, which is up 730 work orders from the 421 work orders compared to the same time last year. Year to date we have completed 4,639 work orders so far in 2008, which is 2,071 more work orders than the 2,568 work orders from the same time period in 2007. Nall discussed data phones for the Information Systems Department. Nall said the data phones would save his department time and they would be beneficial to some departments. The Board of County Commissioners asked Nall to schedule time on the agenda and bring back more information on the data phones. 9:47 Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer and Bruce McMillan, Bruce McMillan AIA, Architects, P.A. John Doehling, Riley County Police Department; Joan Strickler, League of Women Voters; Scott Miller, KMAN; Gary Rosewicz, Assistant County Engineer; Craig Cox, Assistant County Counselor; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; Brad Schoen, Director of Riley County Police Department; Eileen King, Treasurer; and Gary Grubbs, Riley County Police Department, attended. McMillan presented a Law Enforcement Center (LEC) expansion update. McMillan said information was sent to a construction company in Kansas City to give a full bid take off as the project is now. McMillan said they will look at various options if necessary. Johnson moved to approve a Highway Use Permit with AT&T to cut around existing AT&T cable in order to place a cable deeper for requested road changes per Chuck Heinz, Riley County. Cable to be placed 4’ deep in order to accommodate Riley County request. Kearns seconded. Carried 3-0. Johnson said he was asked about retirement cards for Riley County. 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Manhattan, Kansas Fax: (785)539-2324 GOVERNMENT County Commission Minutes _____from page 5 Monday June 30, 2008 The Board of County Commissioners Of Riley County, Kansas The Regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners met at the Riley County Plaza East Building June 30, 2008 with the following members present: Bob Newsome, Chairman; Alvan Johnson, Vice Chair; Mike Kearns, Member; and Cindy Kabriel sitting in for Rich Vargo, County Clerk. 8:30 Public Comment & Business Meeting Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services; Rod Meredith, Assistant Director of Public Works/Parks Director; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; and Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer, attended. Kearns moved to sign an appointment letter for James Armendariz for an adult appointment to the Joint Corrections Advisory Board, term expiration June 30, 2010 and “Resolution No. 063008-35, A Resolution re-appointing an adult representative to the Joint Corrections Advisory Board” – James Armendariz. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the following warrant vouchers for June 30, 2008: 2008 Budget County General $240,890.28 Juvenile Intake Case Mgr 85.00 Riley Co Juvenile Service2,807.06 Riley Co Adult Services 2,997.80 Solid Waste 141,774.21 County Building 16,480.78 Road & Bridge Cap Project 9.15 RCPD Levy/Op 9,866.82 Landfill Closure 5,825.20 Riley Co Fire Dist #1 16,567.66 Hunters Island Water Dist 647.81 Deep Creek Sewer 415.86 Moehlman Bottoms 459.94 Valleywood Operations 1,019.04 Konza Water Operations 1,090.84 TOTAL. . . . . . . . $440,937.45 Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. Kearns moved to approve the minutes of June 26, 2008 as amended. Johnson seconded. Carried 3-0. The Board of County Commissioners signed a Riley County Personnel Action Form for Larry J. Feldkamp, for a transfer from the Road & Bridge Department to the Parks Department, as a Facilities & Grounds Tech, at a grade 7 step 1, at $13.85 per hour, effective July 1, 2008. 8:41 Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services Administrative Work Session Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; and Bill Felber, Manhattan Mercury, attended. Holeman discussed the Konza sewer project and amended contract with the City of Manhattan. Newsome said Congress is taking money out of the highway fund. The Board of County Commissioners requested Clancy Holeman send a letter to the State Representatives and Senators requesting them to place money back into the highway fund. Holeman discussed pending county projects. Discussion followed on the airport area flooding. 9:25 Larry Couchman, Director of EMS Michelle Rutherford, EMS; Scott Miller, KMAN; Bill Felber, Manhattan Mercury; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters; Laurie Harrison, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator; Clancy Holeman, Counselor /Director of Administrative Services; and Craig Cox, Assistant County Counselor, attended. Couchman presented the Riley County Ambulance 2009 Budget Appropriation Request. 9:30 Press Conference Clancy Holeman, Counselor/Director of Administrative Services; Scott Miller, KMAN; Laurie Harrison, Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; Craig Cox, Assistant County Counselor; Bill Felber, Manhattan Mercury; Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters; Michelle Rutherford, EMS; and Larry Couchman, Director of EMS, attended. Couchman discussed the 2008 Country Stampede that was held June 26, 2008 – June 29, 2008. Couchman said the event was successful considering the weather, construction project, new traffic flow, and attendance. Cox said the Riley County 2008 Tax Foreclosure Sale will be held July 23, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Cox said bidders may register either on-line before the sale or between 8:45 am. – 9:45 a.m. the day of the sale. Cox said a bidder may not be a person who owes any delinquent real estate taxes for 2000 or subsequent years. Hobson presented a construction projects update. Harrison said the U.S. Small Business Administration is offering disaster assistance to Kansas residents and businesses affected by tornadoes and storms in Dickinson and Riley Counties. Harrison said the Choose Snacks To Boost Health KSU News Service Snacks boost energy between meals but need not be a so-called “snack food,” a Kansas State University Research and Extension nutrition specialist said. Snacking isn’t a license to overeat and shouldn´t be considered the same as “grazing,” which may involve multiple helpings from food available over an extended period of time, said Sandy Procter, who also is a registered dietitian and nutrition educator. Skipping a snack to trim calories and lose weight may not be as productive as choosing a health-promoting snack to satisfy hunger - and reduce the temptation to overeat at an upcoming meal, either, said Procter, who offered tips for choosing satisfying snacks that offer health benefits and trimming food costs: * Plan snacks, so as not to be caught empty-handed and with a limited selection at a sports event or vending machine at work that may offer high-cost and/or highly processed foods that offer few nutritional benefits. * Match a snack to activity level, which may require more calories. Active children and adults may, for example, benefit from graham or other whole-grain crackers and peanut butter or half a sandwich and fruit rather than a single apple or orange. * Vary snack choices, rather than choosing the same snack each day. * Look to locally grown seasonal fruits and vegetables for healthful, satisfying snacks. While many consider fruits and vegetables the original convenience foods (because they come with their own wrapper-like peel), some preparation may make them more appealing as snacks. Seeding and cubing (or chunking) and chilling a muskmelon or cantaloupe in a covered, clear glass or other see-through container can make such a snack more appealing, particularly when time is short. * In summer months, choose fruits (such as fresh berries, peaches or plums) and vegetables (such as a crunchy cucumber, celery or summer squash) with a high water content to help replenish body fluids lost through perspiration and other body processes. * If a snack will be eaten away from home, choose foods that travel well. Popcorn is an example. The low-cost, whole-grain snack can be pre-popped, seasoned to taste, and packaged in a resealable plastic bag. Its high volume also makes it a filling snack. * Consider leftovers, such as a single serving of a fruit, vegetable or pasta salad; half a meatloaf sandwich; or a slice of turkey, which all can qualify as a healthy, satisfying snack. * Choose dry cereal (that is not highly processed or sweetened) to eat like a snack mix. * Weigh the value of a soft drink that may quench thirst but add calories with no real nutritional value. * Drink water to replenish body fluids lost through perspiration and other body processes. Tap water is recommended to reduce the environmental impact associated with commercially bottled water. Choosing to use a reusable/refillable water bottle also can reduce environmental impact. * Choose beverages such as milk and 100 percent fruit or vegetable juices that offer health benefits to supplement snacks. * Pay attention to a standard portion or recommended serving size. A one-cup serving of ready-to-eat cereal; one-fourth cup serving of dried fruit; one-half cup serving of fresh, canned or frozen fruit; or a two tablespoon serving of peanut butter each counts as one adult serving. * Buy snack foods (dried fruits, nuts or crackers are examples) in bulk and repackage them as single or snack servings, rather than buying more costly prepackaged single servings. Choose reusable serving containers for fresh or canned fruits, vegetables or leftovers. * Set up a snack station in the home by dedicating a cupboard or pantry shelf for storing non-perishable snack foods and space in the refrigerator for perishable foods. Posting a list of available snack foods in the kitchen also can be helpful for family members. * Popcorn is not recommended for children ages 2 and under because of a potential choking hazard. Choking can, however, be a danger at any age. Many everyday foods - a small bite of raw carrot or broccoli, peanut butter, or barbecue sandwich filling are examples - may pose a threat if eaten too quickly or not 6A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 chewed before swallowing. When snacking, take a break and make time to chew food completely before swallowing it to reduce the risk of choking. Sandy Procter is the state coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) in Kansas, which is based at Kansas State University in Manhattan. More information on food, nutrition, health, and planning and preparing health-promoting foods at home easily and economically is available at local and district K-State Research and Extension offices and on the Extension Web-site: www.oznet.ksu.edu/humannutrition. application filing deadline is August 19, 2008. Harrison said the Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Riley County will be held at the Manhattan Fire Department (enter on the north side of the building), 2000 Denison Avenue, Manhattan, Kansas from 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2008; Thursday, July 10, 2008; and Friday, July 11, 2008. Holeman said the Annual Riley County Legislative Conference was held June 16, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 (noon). Holeman said Senator Mark Taddiken, Representative Richard Carlson, Senator Roger Reitz, Representative Sydney Carlin, and Representative Sharon Schwartz attended the Riley County Legislative Conference. Holeman discussed the results of the Annual Riley County Legislative Conference and the process Riley County goes through to get things introduced to the legislature. 10:02 Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; and Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters, attended. Hobson discussed the projects list. 10:15 Monty Wedel, Director of Planning and Development Work session on revised K-18 Corridor Preservation Overlay Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services; Craig Cox, Assistant County Counselor; Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer; Bob Isaac, Planner; and Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters, attended. The Board of County Commissioners, by consensus, agreed to accept the recommendation to proceed with the process of adoption in accordance with the Strategic Plan Action Program. 10:20 Discuss the Konza water and sewer Leon Hobson, Director of Public Works/County Engineer; Monty Wedel, Director of Planning and Development; Clancy Holeman, Counselor/ Director of Administrative Services; Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer; and Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters, attended. Wedel said he will present what he presented to the Manhattan Urban Area Planning Board on the Konza water and sewer at the City Commission Meeting on Tuesday. 11:00 Johnette Shepek, Budget and Finance Officer Dennis Peterson, Director of Noxious Weed; Charlotte Shawver, Register of Deeds; Cheryl Collins, Museum Curator; Dawn Shoffner, Information Technology Specialist; Bill Felber, Manhattan Mercury; Jan Kruh, League of Women Voters; Clancy Holeman, Counselor /Director of Administrative Services; Monty Wedel, Director of Planning and Development; Kathy Carpenter, Legal Assistant, County Attorney’s Office; John Cowan, GIS Coordinator; Becky Topliff, Court Administrator; Eileen King, Treasurer; Leon Hobson, Director of Public Work/County Engineer; Larry Couchman, Director of EMS; and Rod Meredith, Assistant Director of Public Works/Parks Director, attended. 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Your taxes will be higher than the Commission’s planned Riley County Office Building g skyin scraper. ild Here is the problem: If the Bu County forms a building commisce sion the voters of Manhattan ffi and O Riley County will never vote on ty another City, County or School un District building again. All the Co City, County or School District will have to do is go to the ley PBC Ri and three people will pass it. If you were to ask the County Commissioners today about the PBC or a new Riley County Office Building and Jail, they would tell you that is something they are look at for the future. But, to these Commissioners the future is now. Here is what they have done to and cost estimates date (that we know of): of a new building. 1. They have had one or more meetings with a consultant on 4. They are talking forming a Public Building about a new County Commission. Office Building and a They were told: new Jail. The August 13, a. They can form a Public 2007 minutes quote Building Commission. Commissioner Bob b. They can appoint themNewsome as saying: “It is selves to the PBC. my dream to retain the Courthouse and Carnagie 2. They have been talking with Building and the Courts, the First Christian Church and the Attorneys, and the Jail Crums Beauty College about be the tied together.” purchase of their properties next to the County Courthouse. It is simple, if the Commissio ners appoint a Public 3. They have hired Bowman Building Commission, it will Bowman and Novick Inc., be Bob local Newsome dream and the Architects to study and taxpayers analyze nightmare. space needs, options, y High The Public Building Commis Another statement by Carson was: “The Commissioners may appoint themselves as the governing body of the PBC. In fact, this is apparently common and, in my opinion, practical.” (Minutes of the April 2007 County Commission Meeting on forming a Public Building Commission Perceived Space Needs Commissio ner Newsome said his dream is to retain the Carnagie Building and the Courthouse and Courts, Newsome said another high-rise the Attorneys, and the Jail be it tied together. building for the other offices. Minutes August 13, 2007) (Riley County Perceived Space Needs Last week the Commissio ners talked with Brent Bowman of Bowman Bowman about his proposal to analyze Novick Inc. Architects estimates for the new building.the options, and cost Bowman’s proposal would cost the County $56,864.00. Bowman has already performed a space needs study and analyzed the Christian Church in regards to additional space for Riley County. Bowman discussed the over vation needs of the Courthouse utilization and renoOffice Building with the Commission. Commissioner Mike Kearns asked how extensive of renovations are needed to Bowman said the question the office building. could be answered through further analysis. (Manhattan Free Press August 22, 2007 from Minutes of the Riley County Commission) Alumni Give Record Contr Alumni and friends of Kansas State University contributed a record million to the KSU Foundation $91.5 during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007. This is the second highest giving total in the 63-year history of the foundation. Fiscal year 2007 also saw a favorable investment return of 19.3 percent on the foundation’s endowment fund, which was valued at $335 million on June 30. “We are thrilled to announce ond year of more than $90 our secmillion in contributions for K-State,” said Dennis The PBC sion “Last week the Commissio n “talked” with Greg Vahrenberg, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Mary Carson, Triplett, Woolf, & Garretson consultants all. Carson told the Commissio ners what they wanted to hear: “A PBC (Public Building Commission) may issue revenue bonds to finance public building constructio n and improvements. The bonds of the PBC are paid from revenues the PBC obtains from leasing pubic buildings to cities, counties, school districts and state and federal agencies.” (Manhattan Free Press - April 25, 2007 from Minutes of the Riley County Commission) ibutions To The KSU Fou von Waaden, Austin, Texas, chairman of the KSU Foundation Board of Trustees. “During the final phase of the $500 million Changing Lives Campaign for KState, we want the 47,854 alumni and friends who contributed this year to know that their generosity makes ing impact on K-State’s ability a lastand thrive. We would especiallyto grow like to thank the 8,738 donors who made gifts to K-State for the first time in this past fiscal year.” ndation during the fiscal year, $51.7 million was received in cash, and $39.8 million was committed through pledges and deferred gifts, which will come to the university at a later date. Donors established 195 new scholarships and 7 faculty chairs fessorships. Over the course or proof the Changing Lives Campaign, which began in 2000, a total of 865 new scholarships and 57 faculty chairs and professorships have been established. “K-State is truly honored to have alumni and friends whose loyalty and generosity are unmatched, ” said Jon Wefald, president of The KSU Foundation Labette Kansas State coordinates $42,765.72 University. “Just one-quarter fundraising efforts with alumni, 75 Lane of the unifriends, $36,647.38 versity’s operating budget corporations and foundations 53 Leavenworth $142,850.00 now to encourfrom the state. The remainder comes age private support for 285 Lincoln the benefit of of the $13,587.88 operating budget comes 71 Linn from three Kansas State University. $2,645.00 sources: tuition, grants and 49 County totals: Logan contracts, and $32,642.00 private philanthropic support 50 Lyon given COUNTY: $343,631.66 through the KSU Foundation. 233 GIFT TOTAL NO. OF GIFTS Marion The col$65,012.00 laborative efforts of the donors, 113 Marshall $356,529.50 versity staff and the foundation the uni330 Allen $144,397.00 Mc Pherson Of the $91.5 million total staff are 80 $168,027.38 providing a margin of excellence 521 received Anderson $9,575.00 Meade at K42 $4,345.00 State.” 31 Atchison $19,640.31 Miami 88 $74,118.50 199 Barber $6,057.00 Mitchell 49 $102,889.98 229 Barton $269,170.00 Montgomery $506,715.00 369 209 Bourbon Mercy Regional Health Center $5,365.00 Morris 62 $100,628.60 is capabilities. The additional services 230 Brown seeking original works of $168,743.74 Morton 191 $430.00 enter their 2D, 3D, fiber and art for make it possible for regional 6 Butler jewelry ence and explore $153,196.71 Nemaha upcoming The Art of HeART its 432 $158,716.00 the relationship 221 dents to receive the best quality resi- work in this juried competition. The Chase Care $13,495.00 Neosho Fine Art Exhibition, on between art and health care,” 43 care Best-of-Show $38,435.48 125 Chautauqua display without traveling far from said winner will receive a Lydia $1,545.00 Ness home. 12 November 29 through mid-Febru $17,460.55 Huber, vice 66 $2,000 cash prize, and Cherokee “The exhibition — and the $3,610.41 Norton additional Planning and Developmpresident of 33 $44,651.70 at Mercy Regional. The exhibitionary cam54 Cheyenne ent. “I think $3,881.00 Osage is paign in general — is an innovative prizes will be awarded depending on the 35 $42,435.00 intended to introduce The opening of Mercy Regional’s 168 Clark the number of entries submitted $82,157.90 Osborne Heart way to juxtapose health 51 $7,810.00 in HeART Gallery will have Institute at Mercy Regional, care 41 Clay $91,294.96 Ottawa a very poswhich technology with the fine arts,” and each category. 286 $33,195.92 142 offers interventional cardiac Cloud itive effect on patients, staff said $93,395.00 Pawnee In addition services Richard Allen, president and the 211 $155,402.19 139 Coffey and chief the hospital’s to being on display at environment of healing for residents of the Flint $573,282.89 Phillips 96 Hills and executive officer of Mercy $355,730.11 at Mercy new HeART Gallery, Regional.” 88 Comanche surrounding communities. Regional. invited $3,525.00 Pottawatomie $864,632.99 17 entries will also be exhibited “We want to emphasize 940 Cowley $569,290.00 that our at several The exhibition is part of Entries are due November Pratt 209 $100,526.00 a larger medical professionals are Manhattan businesses in 156 1. Crawford $22,077.00 Rawlins campaign that will begin not only early 2008. Interested artists can visit 137 $2,480.00 www.mer35 academically and scientifica Decatur First-place this and Best-of- cyregional.org $29,098.30 Reno October called The Art and 45 $443,687.33 lly Show winners to download entry 690 Dickinson Science trained, but artists in will be auctioned at forms $186,512.88 Republic their own Mercy 543 of Health Care. The campaign $71,866.88 and learn more. 157 Doniphan Regional’s annual A Dress aims right.” $32,182.00 Rice 98 $49,203.27 the to create awareness about Mercy Regional Health Center 153 Douglas Heart Gala in new and $142,757.40 Submitted entries should Riley $15,847,263.59 14,446 602 expanded services at reflect ceeds benefitingFebruary, with pro- located in Manhattan, Kan. The is Edwards $21,055.00 Rooks Mercy The Art of HeART Care 120heart and vascular bed hospital 36 $12,790.00 Regional, including interventio theme, services 68 Elk employs almost 1,000 $5,825.00 Rush at the hospital. which is open to artist interpretat 57 $2,076.00 25 cardiology, critical/intensive nal Ellis residents ion. from $122,522.56 the local and surRussell “This exhibition is a tremendou 248 $44,188.06 Both professional and amateur care 112 Ellsworth s rounding communities and services, and state-of-the-art $45,348.00 Saline 114 $5,413,297.54 imaging student artists are encourage or way for both new and established supports 1,503 Finney a medical staff of over 100 d to artists to reach $314,886.60 Scott 350 $121,646.12 physian additional audi- cians. 121 Ford $170,945.20 Sedgwick $7,219,448.07 200 3,166 Franklin $36,585.00 Seward 123 $33,810.00 84 Geary $408,975.20 Shawnee $2,544,171.12 472 2,666 Gove $30,142.23 Sheridan Not everyone is happy that 56 $6,950.00 35 Dial will hold a meeting Graham $3,870.00 Sherman Realty has announced that Thursday night groups agreed 20 $10,920.00 42 Grant HyVee on was the need for $8,446.00 Smith will be in the Downtown to talk about the development. 54 $10,999.96 Secondly, the proposed changes 59 collective action when the Gray $91,839.12 to Stafford cultural the PUD will 75 $22,820.00 Redevelopment area. 82 Greeley directly affect the resources of the city threatened $2,482.17 Stanton Here is the e-mail sent out 16 $2,135.00 . City Staff and Dial Realty number 25 of Greenwood by housing the units The $25,705.00 to be added has said organization Monday: MRCPA believes the proStevens 76 $3,900.00 in the past that the largest to the downtown. The plat 50 Hamilton posed change to the North $3,215.00 Sumner building for the $68,340.00 21 Greetings End from rede- HyVee totally eliminates 121 will be between 50,000 and Harper the Preservation velopment $53,070.00 Thomas the planned 60,000 Alliance! This is is a real threat to the char$42,414.93 63 111 Harvey sq. ft. The new HyVee is planning an invitation to acter and housing that would act $176,023.39 Trego $5,212.17 331 preservation of our city. as a to attend a meeting about 25 Haskell start at 80,000 and grow to buffer for the historic $21,300.00 downtown Wabaunsee $31,066.86 55 Instead of restoring and 100,000 redevelopment. residential 213 Hodgeman re-using neighborhood on As many of you will the sq. ft. $4,410.00 Wallace $3,335.00 28 the west side of historic Strausser house, 22 Jackson remember, $86,362.41 Dial 4th street last Washington $49,907.72 The original development February’s proposes to have 186 commit- Preservation Summit 207 Jefferson it moved (or demol- potential and will again limit the $29,196.00 Wichita tee talked about not having brought togeth- ished) 130 $7,707.90 for people 35 a big box er everyone Jewell which to live will make it downtown $29,677.00 Wilson in the Preservation ineligible store. HyVee would be considered $7,430.00 66 —which we all know is a 58 Johnson for tax credits from the $4,768,207.07 a Community to discuss Woodson 5,527 $15,910.00 “big box.” key their top state or federal ingredient in downtown 34 Kansas $4,090.00 Wyandotte $84,824.90 priorities. governme 17 The Manhattan Preservatio 271 Kearny Without tax credits, rehabilitat nt. revitalization. $215,776.50 n Alliance Total $45,405,728.59 One of the things that 44 ion 41,642 Kingman all the will be economica $104,985.68 85 lly unfeasible. Kiowa $4,275.00 21 Hospital Seeking Submis sions For Art Exhibition Opposition Growing To HyVe e In Downtown Redevelop ment District NEWSPAPERS: Newspapers are changing and so are we. For one thing, the Free Press feels the newspaper subscriptions are a thing of the past. Young people will read newspapers, they just may not want to pay for one. Send us an e-mail to efreepress@kansas.net and each a you will receive the Manhattan Free Press twice week for free. The files will be large so dial-up service customers may not want to subscribe. & ASSOCIATES, INC 720 POYNTZ AVENUE MANHATTAN, KS 66502 (785)539-7576 Serving your insurance needs BEST Independent Insurance Agent NEWS Kansas Profile Now That’s Rural By Ron Wilson, director, Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development at Kansas State University. Let´s go to Ocala, Florida and turn on the radio. As we tune in to stations across the radio dial, we come across a program where someone is talking about training, feeding, riding, and caring for horses. It´s the Better Horses Radio program. The host is a man from halfway across the continent in rural Kansas. Thanks to KState Research and Extension Franklin County for this story idea. Ernie Rodina is the district sales manager for Purina Feeds and host of the Better Horses Radio program. This all started when Ernie was growing up in the Kansas City suburbs, when he joined 4-H and found that he enjoyed horses. He got a pony named Red which he rode all the 8A MANHATTAN FREE PRESS - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008 Ernie Rodina - Better Horses Radio Program Ron Wilson time. As he grew, he continued to ride that pony. He remembers saying to his sister, "Do I look too big on this pony?" While he may have outgrown the pony, he never outgrew his love for the equine industry. He enjoyed horses and the western and rural lifestyle. He knew he wanted to work with farmers, ranchers, and horsemen. After graduating from Ottawa University, he worked for Farmland Industries and then had the opportunity to join a management trainee program for Purina Mills. He trained in the rural community of Humboldt, Kansas, population 1,964 people. Now, that´s rural. Ernie moved on up into a management position with Purina where he has been ever since. He serves a territory with more than 30 feed dealers in Kansas and Missouri, including greater Kansas City. His territory goes roughly from St. Joe to Marshall, Missouri; over to Emporia and up to Wamego, Kansas. Ernie and his family live near Ottawa. Ernie says with a smile that his responsibility with the company is to focus on animals with names. In other words, his emphasis is on horses and pets, not the mass numbers of livestock in a feedlot. The key driving element of the business is equine. Ernie says, "When I got started, my goal was that when people heard the word "horse" they thought of Purina Mills and Ernie Rodina." He says, "My job is to sell feed, but if we can help people raise their equine experience to a new level, we win." So Ernie set out to help horse owners. He started saving people´s names from customer meetings so he could send them helpful equine information. Nine years ago, he started sending that information in a trifold brochure. Now that has evolved into a 50-page newspaper which goes to 25,000 people. Ernie began calling this the Better Horses Network. Meanwhile, Purina was sponsoring a weekly radio program called the Horseman´s Radio Weekly. When the host of that program retired, Ernie decided he would try producing his own radio show. Ernie says, "It only took me doing it one time to realize, I needed a partner." So Ernie brought in Dawn Dawson, an accomplished rider from Alma to join him on the show. Ernie says, "I brought her on as a guest and never let her go." Each week Ernie and Dawn interview various guests and tell about current events and tips for improving the horse owners´ equine experience. The program, called Better Horses Radio, has expanded to be carried on stations in Kansas and Missouri, plus as far away as Lexington, Kentucky and Ocala, Florida. Meanwhile, Ernie is involved in special events and horse organiza- tions across the Midwest. His goal has been realized. In 2006, the Kansas Horse Council named Ernie its Equine Ambassador of the Year. But some things don´t change. While out riding recently, he went by his sister and said with a smile, "Do I look too big on this horse?" That´s the type of humor which has made him a successful businessman and fun radio personality. It´s time to leave Ocala, Florida, where we found the Better Horses Radio program coming all the way from Kansas. We commend Ernie Rodina, Dawn Dawson, and all those involved with the Better Horses Network for making a difference by helping horse owners raise their equine experience. Together, they create strong forces for better horses. Kansas Lawmakers Order Analysis Of Imigration Costs TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Legislators failed this year to pass a bill dealing with the growing problem of illegal immigration in the state, but they will try again next year. When they do, they will be armed with an analysis by the Legislative Division of Post Audit, which legislators hope will help them draft a bill that can make it to Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. This year, efforts to deal illegal immigrants started out with strong get-tough plans in the House and Senate, but both chambers watered down the measure after objections by the business sector. A compromise bill died in a negotiating committee, largely because House Democrats refused to back off demands to include criminal penalties for businesses that illegally treat any worker as an independent subcontractor. Rep. Nile Dillmore added language to the budget requiring the audit that will focus on the costs of illegal immigration to the state. The report is expected to be completed during the next legislative session that starts in January. ``Before we decide on fiscal policies that affect economy, shouldn’t we have some idea on what we are doing and what the outcomes might be if we make those changes?’‘ the Wichita Democrat told the Lawrence Journal-World. The audit will try to determine the costs to the state for benefits and services provided to illegal immigrants, the estimated tax revenues from illegal immigrants, and whether the taxes they pay offset the costs of benefits provided. It also will study the effect that illegal immigration has on labor costs and the job market in Kansas. The costs already known to the state include the $175,000 the attorney general’s office says it has paid to defend a law that allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition if they have lived in Kansas for three years, graduated from a high school in the state and seek or promise to seek legal status. Repeated efforts by legislators to repeal the 2004 law have failed. The state Board of Regents says 243 illegal immigrants are receiving in-state tuition. Also failing was a federal court challenge by a group of parents and non-Kansas residents represented by Kris Kobach, a University of Missouri-Kansas City law school professor and Kansas Republican Party chairman. A U.S. District Court judge in Topeka threw out the lawsuit, saying the plaintiffs had no standing because they couldn’t show how they would be harmed. If the law was struck down, they still would have to pay the higher tuition. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal agreed, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Kobach said he’s considering his next move. Jonathan Blazer, a public benefits policy attorney with the National Immigration Law Center, said contrary to popular opinion, many studies have shown that illegal immigrants have a positive effect on the “Watch Out” For New Balderson Film, Teaser Trailer A Big Hit The teaser trailer for Steve Balderson’s new film was launched on YouTube on June 15, 2008, and within two weeks had been viewed over 30,000 times. “I was surprised,” said Steve Balderson, the Kansas-based filmmaker. “A friend called me up and said the teaser trailer had gone viral and was posted on blogs and fan sites all over the internet. It had only been 14 days. I expected maybe a thousand views at the most. I’d never have imagined it was well over 30,000.” To give some perspective, the trailer for BUNKER HILL, made by fellow Kansas filmmaker Kevin Willmott, was launched on YouTube an entire year ago and has been viewed just 1,600 times; the trailer for the Kansas City-shot BONNIE & CLYDE VS. DRACULA was launched eight months ago and has been viewed 5,939 times; and the trailer for Wichita’s 2006 Tallgrass Film Festival has been viewed a meager 277 times. Already fielding comparisons to AMERICAN PSYCHO, Balderson’s new film WATCH OUT is based on the best-selling novel by Dr. Joseph Suglia. It’s the story of Jonathan Barrows, a man who falls in love with himself, literally. He is attracted to his own body, carries out an erotic relationship with a blow-up doll that resembles him, and takes pleasure in rejecting the advances of his many admirers, both male and female. He descends into a world of carnivorous priests and Prozac-popping Polish prostitutes and eventually assassi- Golf Tournament To Help MHS Football The Manhattan High Football Team is having a golf tournament Wednesday, July 30th at Stagg Hill Golf Course. The tournament is a 4man scramble with registration at 8:00 and a 9:00 shot-gun start. The cost is $200 per team and will include golf, cart,range balls, 2 drink tickets and lunch. All proceeds will go to the MHS Football team. Teams interested in playing need to contact Keith Eyestone at (785) 539-7444/ keitheyestone@msn.com, or Lew Lane (785) 537-2918/ coachlane@cmssports.com. nates the world’s most popular popdiva. WATCH OUT stars Matt Riddlehoover (the actor/director and MySpace sensation best known for his award-winning comedy TO A TEE), Peter Stickles (SHORTBUS), B-movie superstar Jeff Dylan Graham, Jillian Lauren, and burlesque sensation Lady Monster. Balderson cast Kansas area actors in major supporting roles: Jon Niccum of the Lawrence Journal World, jazz favorite Betti O., former IFC president Aaron Gnirk, Shelly Jennings, Frank Krainz, Rossana Jeran and Kitty Steffens. “There is a lot of really great talent here,” said Balderson. “It’s just that more often than not, talented people are hard to find. They go into hid- ing. Many talented people in the Midwest often surrender to the narrow-minded, ignorant and prejudice communities we live in. After years of being told their creativity should take a back seat to things like competitive sports, most people give up. But when I find them, I try to encourage them. Our communities should really give the same support and funding to the arts that they give competitive sports. It would be a healthier environment.” Although the story takes place in Benton Harbor, Michigan, “Watch Out” was filmed entirely in Wamego, Kansas in April earlier this year. The unrated and uncensored film is being distributed by Dikenga Films International simultaneously in theatres and on dvd this fall. economy. He said illegal immigrants workers pay more in taxes into the economy than they derive in benefits. ``There is still this myth that is fueling this debate that immigrants are a drain as opposed to an asset,’‘ Blazer said. Some studies, he said, show that they may depress wages in certain labor markets. But, he said, the solution is to provide them a way to attain citizenship so that they are not exploited by unscrupulous employers. He said it was important for states to tread cautiously when trying to enact immigration laws. In Oklahoma, for example, an antiillegal immigration law that took effect last year will cause $1.8 billion in economic losses, according to a study done by the Oklahoma Bankers Association. The losses will be incurred because thousands of workers will leave the state, the study said. 5935 Corporate Drive Just west of the Manhattan Airport in the Tech Park www.auth-florence.com Come Join Our Team!! 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