Caney Mayfest activities abound

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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2016 • 22 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 2 INSERTS • 75 CENTS
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Caney Mayfest activities abound
Carnival rides to begin tonight; Friday concert
set at Wark Park; Saturday activities include car
show, turtle races, 5K run and much more
BY KATHY TAYLOR
kathy@taylornews.org
STATE CHAMP!
Caney Valley senior Troy
Watson finishes high
school golf career as
class 3A state champion.
Page B2
TOMBSTONES
Independence man
intrigued by burial of
notable people at Mount
Hope Cemetery.
Page A12
UTILITY COSTS
Caney Valley school
board looks at assessment of school building
utilities, infrastructure.
Page A9
CANEY — If the rain holds
off, Caney will see a myriad of
activities take place Thursday,
May 26-May 30 for the Mayfest
and Memorial Day weekend.
Mayfest, Caney’s annual festival sponsored by the Caney
Lions Club, will see an abundance of activities and events
mostly held in Wark Memorial
Park or nearby. Nancy Moore,
Mayfest director, reports there
will be things to do and experience for all ages -- kids through
adults. “As long as the weather
is decent, there will be plenty to
do,” she said.
Following is the itinerary for
activities for Mayfest and other
events held May 26-30.
traditional country and gospel.
She has toured throughout the
U.S., Canada and England, and
has opened for Toby Keith, Tim
McGraw and many others. Ac-
companied by her own band,
Jaycee also plays guitar. Her
shows are for the entire family and filled with high energy,
fun and great music. The concert is free of charge thanks to
the sponsorship by Subwayhose
attending the Friday night program may want to bring lawn
chairs for seating in the park.
The concert will be held from 7
to 10 p.m.
The Caney Valley Historical
Society’s 4th Annual Meet and
Greet event will be held from
5 to 7 p.m. in the Sandstone
Building, 4th and State streets.
A light supper will be served for
a $7 donation, and this is a time
for those who are in Caney attending school class reunions,
former and current residents to
congregate, visit and eat.
Although not a part of Mayfest, but held nearby, the 52nd
Annual Delaware Powwow will
be held May 27, 28 and 29, at
the Fred Fall-Leaf Memorial
Campgrounds, south of Caney,
three miles east of U.S. 75 highway on Road 600. The public is
invited to attend.
• see Mayfest, page A3
Thursday, May 26
Toby’s Carnival will set up
rides for Thursday night and
will continue through Friday
and Saturday. Toby’s is a family-owned business with two
separate carnival units, Toby’s
Carnival is based in Marceline, Mo., and Toby’s Legacy is
housed in Arma, Kan.
Friday, May 27
ON THE MOVE
Cherryvale Diploma
Center will relocate to
USD 447 Central Office.
Page A6
PROJECT STATUS
Construction of New
Generation Electrical
Plant in Coffeyville on
schedule and under
budget, commissioners
told.
Page A7
HERO RETURNS
More than 74 years
after his death at Pearl
Harbor, remains of area
sailor returns home for
burial this week.
Page A10
ON TO STATE
Large delegation of
track athletes from
Montgomery County
bound for state track
and field championships;
IHS softball team ready
for state tournament;
Page B4-B6
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Vendors will start setting
up their booths on Friday continuing Saturday. A variety of
food, crafts, business and service booths will be on hand for
the public to purchase different types of items. Booth space
rents for $35 and registration
forms can be obtained at Caney
City Hall.
Friday evening will see a free
concert on the Mayest stage featuring singer/songwriter Jaycee
Lynne from rural Missouri. She
performs a variety of music including contemporary country,
Block party inaugurates CRMC’s new clinic presence
The CRMC Medical Group kicked off its new presence in downtown Independence last Friday with a block party which included free
food, tours of its new clinic (in the former Union Gas Company building) and inflatables for the kids. All medical staff who will work in
the clinic were on hand to visit with local people and explain the healthcare service to be provided in Independence. Six primary practitioners will involve themselves in the Independence clinic: Dr. Erica Crew, M.D.; Dr. Daniel Chappell, M.D.; Dr. Dara Gibson, M.D.; Dr.
Stephen Miller, D.O.; Dr. Sydney Nichols, M.D.; and Nancy Barkley, Nurse Practitioner. (Photo by Rudy Taylor)
Senior meal service’s future unknown York seeks more access
as primary entity files bankruptcy
to LeHunt Cemetery;
Southeast Kansas Area Agency
property owner objects
on Aging assumes senior meal
program; level of donation falls
short of need, official says
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
The future of a meal program for elderly residents who reside in Montgomery County and
other counties in southeast Kansas remains unknown after the entity that manages the program
declared bankruptcy in March.
The Senior Services of Southeast Kansas,
which provides meals to the elderly, filed its
bankruptcy notice in March. The non-profit
agency’s financial assets and liabilities are now
in the hands of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
Wichita.
While the agency’s bankruptcy is being litigated, the meal service has been assumed by the
Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging, also
known as SEK-AAA. Known primarily for disability assessments, employment opportunities
for elderly residents, and health insurance counseling for the elderly, the Chanute-based organization serves nine counties of southeast Kansas,
including Montgomery County.
Today, it is handling meal services for the
elderly. And, the Meals on Wheels program in
Montgomery County is being handled through
transportation services provided by Four County
Mental Health Center until another transportation contractor can be identified.
MEALS SERVED IN MARCH 2016
BY COUNTY
COUNTY
CONGREGATE HOME-DELIVERED
MEALSMEALS
TOTAL
Allen........................... 0............ 700.......... 700
Bourbon................. 121......... 1,340........ 1,461
Cherokee................102..........1,995....... 2,097
Crawford............... 585..........1,883.......2,468
Labette.................. 368..........1,365........ 1,733
Montgomery........ 760.........4,294....... 5,054
Neosho...................... 0.........2,863....... 2,863
Wilson.....................124............602.......... 726
Woodson................... 0............602..........602
TOTAL...............2,060..... 15,644..... 17,704
Source: Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging
While SEK-AAA realizes the importance of
providing meals to elderly residents, it also realizes that it is not in the business of feeding older
citizens.
“We realize the importance of feeding our
elderly population, and that remains our goal,”
said Cindy Lane of the SEK-AAA. “However,
we’re trying to find another contractor that can
effectively manage and oversee this service.”
While the names of the two entities — the Senior Services of Southeast Kansas (SSSK) and the
Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging (SEKAAA) — are sometimes confused, they have different missions. SSSK has been known for its senior meal service and transportation programs
• see Meal service, page A2
Coffeyville Aquatic center to open Saturday
COFFEYVILLE — The Coffeyville Aquatic Center will
open for the summer swim
season on Saturday, May 28,
at 1 p.m. Hours of operation will be 1-7 p.m. daily except Mondays and Thursdays
when it is open until 8. Admission is $3 for ages three
and up; ages two and under
are free.
Mondays are Dollar Night
with all admissions $1 from 5
to 8 p.m. Family Nights are
Thursday when a family of
four is admitted for $5 and
each additional family member is $1.
The party room at the
Aquatic Center is available
for birthdays or other parties,
and the entire facility may be
rented for an after-hours private party. Call (620) 252-6041 for additional information.
Cemetery has become
a place of haunted
myths and vandalism,
says property owner
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
INDEPENDENCE — A landowner whose property surrounds the LeHunt Cemetery
asked county commissioners on
Monday for restricted access to
the cemetery.
Jerry Piatt of Midwest Minerals told the county commission
that he did not favor commissioner Ryan York’s desire to
see the cemetery opened to the
public. The cemetery, located
north of the former ruins of the
LeHunt Cement Plant northwest of Independence, has been
abandoned and neglected for
years but serves as a point of
intrigue because of the various
urban myths that the cemetery
and the nearby cement plant
are haunted.
Piatt said many persons who
want to visit the cemetery have
no connection to the cemetery.
They simply want to view the
area because of its supernatural intrigue.
“It’s mainly a ghostbusters
thing,” said Piatt. “It’s mostly a
curiosity.”
The cemetery is landlocked
from the nearest county road
and requires access through
a series of gates that are controlled by the Montgomery
County Sheriff’s Department
and Midwest Minerals.
The cemetery terrain itself is
one of the most severe in Montgomery County — with high
grass and brush tangled amid
the few remaining tombstones.
Piatt said he believes vandals
have destroyed and desecrated
much of the cemetery over the
past few decades.
“There’s really not much
there to look at,” he said.
Piatt said he feared cemetery
visitors or trespassers would
find their way to the ruins of
the former cement plant, where
deep crevices, hidden holes
and steep embankments would
make it a dangerous place to
be. The property on which the
former cement plant sets is
owned by Midwest Minerals.
“I don’t mind people who
truly want to visit the cemetery
because they have a loved one
buried there, and we’re more
than glad to take anyone back
there anytime they need to go,”
he said.
However, York said the cemetery, even in its present condition, is a public facility and
should be open to the public. He
said one visitor from Texas recently was denied access to the
cemetery and threatened to sue
Montgomery County unless the
cemetery was made available
to the public.
In other business at Monday’s meeting, commissioners
took under advisement a request from Greg Hennen, director of the Four County Mental
Health Center, to allocate the
2017 liquor funds for the center’s drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. Under state
• see County, page A2
Page A2
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
OBITUARIES
Caney mayoral seat to be decided in 2017
Obituaries are printed in their entirety for a $25 fee.
To submit a paid obituary, contact the Montgomery
County Chronicle at (620) 336-2100 or (620) 879-2156.
Or, submit an e-mail to chronicle@taylornews.org.
Ernest Lynn Wint
INDEPENDENCE — Ernest Lynn Wint, age
92, of Independence passed away with his family by his side Monday evening, May 23, 2016.
A celebration of life service will be held at
10 a.m., Saturday, May 28, at the Webb and
Rodrick Chapel in Independence with the Rev.
Melanie Adams officiating. Burial will follow at
Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.
Visitation hours will be held from 9 a.m. to 8
p.m. on Friday, May 27, with the family receiving friends in the evening
from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The family has suggested memorials to the First
United Methodist Church
in Independence. Contributions may also be left at
the Webb and Rodrick Funeral Home.
Ernest was born Aug. 4,
1923, in Independence to
Arthur and Cynthia Wint.
He graduated from Independence High School
and Independence Community College.
Ernest enjoyed music and played the guitar
with his brother, Vernon and friends in a band
called the Stardust Melodeers. They played for
the Amos and Rodrick Funeral Home advertisements on the KGGF radio station. They also
played for area schools and dances, many times
receiving pie and cake for payment. His brothers, Merle and Vernon, preceded him in death.
On May 23, 1948, Ernest was united in marriage to Rosella Ruth Wallace, and the couple
made their home in Independence. Ernest
passed away on the couple’s 68th wedding anniversary.
Ernest began farming with his father. He
was raised on a farm that was settled by his
grandfather, John Miller, in the 1880s. Wint
returned to the family farm during World War
II, expanding the original farm tract. He began terracing, and building ponds and waterways. After their marriage, Ernest and his wife,
Rosella, began a dairy operation with Rosella’s
parents. Ernest erected a special barn for milking, designing the structure with raised stalls
and glass lines that delivered the raw milk into
an adjacent room that held a 400-gallon stainless steel tank. Ernest owned and operated his
own farm and was a dedicated stockman and
diversified farmer for over seventy years. He
raised wheat, corn, soybeans, hogs, chickens
and registered Charolais cattle. He consistently
practiced brush clearing, tree removal, crop
rotation, and no-till farming.
Ernest was a member of the First United
Methodist Church, Farm Bureau, and the
Montgomery County Soil Conservation organization. In 2011, as a landowner who had made
a tremendous impact on conservation practices
throughout the decades, Ernest received the
Ashcraft Award, sponsored by Ashcraft Tire
Company, from the Montgomery County Soil
Conservation district.
Ernest was a dedicated and loving husband,
father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Survivors include his wife, Rosella, of the home;
one son, Dr. Stan Wint and wife, Julie of Gardner, Kan.; and one daughter, Mary Jo Dancer
of Independence. He had three grandsons: Bill
Dancer and wife, Jenn of Little Elm, Texas;
Frank Dancer and wife, Julianna of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and David Dancer and wife, Brittany
of Dallas, Texas. He had five great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for the service will be Bill Dancer, Frank Dancer, David Dancer, Larry Wint,
Matthew Wint, and Michael Wint. Honorary
pallbearers for the service will be Jim Collins
and Justin Atkins.
Webb and Rodrick Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
DEATH NOTICES
The Montgomery County Chronicle
publishes death notices as a free
service. The death notice contains
only the name of the deceased,
date of death, and time and location
of a funeral and burial service. Further biographical information can
be contained in a paid obituary.
Eva J. Smith
COFFEYVILLE — Eva J.
Smith, age 71, of Coffeyville
died Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at
the home of her daughter and
son-in-law in Bixby, Okla.
Funeral services will be held
at 11 a.m., Friday, May 27, at
Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel, 2405
Woodland Ave., Coffeyville; interment to follow at Restlawn
Memorial Park Cemetery in
Coffeyville. Visitation will be held from
noon to 8 p.m., Thursday, May
26, with the family receiving
friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The family has requested
memorials be made payable
to American Cancer Society to
honor her memory. They may
be left with the chapel. To leave an online condolence for the family, visit www.
fordwulfbrunschapel.com
Sherman “Bill” Bromley
COFFEYVILLE — Sherman
“Bill” Bromley, age 83, of Coffeyville died Wednedsay, May
18, 2016 at Windsor Place.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday, May 24, at Fairview Cemetery under the direction of Ford-Wulf-Bruns
Chapel.
The family suggests memorials to Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice and they may be
left with the Chapel. To leave
a message of condolence, visit
www.fordwulfbrunschapel.
com.
Erla Maxine Erwin
COFFEYVILLE — Erla Maxine Erwin, age 95, formerly of
Coffeyville, of Bartlesville died
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at The
Journey House in Bartlesville,
OK.
Graveside services were
held Friday, May 20, at Restlawn Memorial Park under the
direction of Ford-Wulf-Bruns
Chapel.
The family suggests memorials to The Journey Home
3406 SE Kentucky Bartlesville,
OK 74006.
To leave the family a message of condolence, visit www.
fordwulfbrunschapel.com.
Bobbie “Bob”
Gene Metzger
INDEPENDENCE — Bobbie
Gene “Bob” Metzger, age 83,
died Saturday, May 21, 2016 at
his home in Independence.
Graveside services were
held Tuesday, May 24, at
Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence under the direction
of Webb & Rodrick Chapel and
Crematory.
Memorials may be made to
the donor’s choice and may be
left with the chapel.
Lucile Sparrowhawk
INDEPENDENCE — Lucile
(Clark) Sparrowhawk, age 91,
of Independence died Friday,
May 20, 2016 at home.
Cremation has taken place.
A memorial service will be
held at 2 p.m., Friday, May 27,
a the First United Methodist
Church. The family will greet
visitors at the church on Friday, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. in
the church sanctuary.
Memorial
contributions
may be made to the First United Methodist Handicap Church
Bus Fund or The First United
Methodist Church Ministerial
Discretion Fund. Make checks
payable to The First United
Methodist Church and note
which fund you would like to
have your memorial go to. Memorials may be left with the
Webb & Rodrick Chapel, which
is handling arrangements.
Jeanne Williams
INDEPENDENCE — Jeanne
Williams, age 82, of Independence died Wednesday, May
18, 2016 in Independence.
Memorial
services
for
Jeanne will be held at 11 a.m.,
June 11, at the First United
Methodist Chapel in Independence.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Tuesday
House in lieu of flowers if desired. Contributions may be
left at the Webb & Rodrick
Chapel & Crematory. Michael Stephen King
DEARING — Michael Stephen King, age 47, of Dearing
died Wednesday, May 18, 2016
at his home.
Memorial services will be
held at 2 p.m., Thursday, May
26, at the Dearing Christian
Church in under the direction
of David W. Barnes funeral
home of Coffeyville.
The family suggests memorials can be made to the Dearing Rural Fire Department;
contributions may be left with
the funeral home or mailed
c/o David W. Barnes Funeral
Home, 306 North Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337.
Raymond Flaharty
COFFEYVILLE — Raymond
Lee Flaharty, age 79, died Saturday, May 21, 2016 in Bethlehem, Pa.
Mass of Christian Burial will
be at 11 a.m. Friday, May 27,
at Holy Name Catholic Church
with Father Chad Arnold officiating. Burial will follow in
Calvary Cemetery.
Friends may also call on
Thursday, May 26 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m., at the David W.
Barnes Funeral Home in Coffeyville.
The family suggests memorials to Holy Name Catholic
School; contributions may be
left with the funeral home or
mailed c/o David W. Barnes
Funeral Home, 306 N. Cline
Road, Coffeyville, KS 67337.
J.B. Peterson
PARSONS — Former Cherryvale resident J.B. Peterson,
age 78, of Parsons died Friday,
May 20, 2016, at his home.
Funeral services will be
held at 2 p.m., Friday, May 27
at the Carson-Wall Funeral
Home in Parsons with burial
at Mount Hope Cemetery in
Galesburg.
The family will receive
friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,
Thursday, May 26 at the Carson-Wall Funeral Home in
Parsons.
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A story in last week’s Montgomery County
Chronicle in correctly stated that the position of Caney mayor would be decided in the
2016 election cycle.
Instead, the story should have read that
the mayoral position will be decided in 2017.
Caney city residents have until noon
Wednesday, June 1 to file for the four city
council positions, which will be decided in
the fall election cycle. Persons can file for office at Caney City Hall during regular business hours.
Independence woman killed
in vehicle collision on U.S. 169
COFFEYVILLE — An Independence woman
was killed in a two-vehicle collision on U.S. 169
highway near the north entrance to the Coffeyville Industrial Park on Tuesday afternoon.
The Kansas Highway Patrol identifies the
victim as Janice Vineyard, age 67, of Independence.
The patrol’s crash report says Vineyard was
westbound on county road 2800 when she
failed to stop at a stop sign and crossed onto
U.S. 169 highway. A northbound semi tractor
trailer driven by Casey Gordon, age 37, of Tecumseh, Neb., broadsided the Vineyard vehicle
after it failed to make the stop at the intersection. The Vineyard vehicle came to rest in the
median. The semi tractor trailer also continued
to cross the median and into the southbound
lane of U.S. 169 highway before coming to rest
in a ditch on the west side of the highway.
Gordon was not injured in the collision.
Traffic on U.S. 169 highway was detoured
onto adjoining county roads while the carnage
and debris were inspected and removed.
The crash report indicates both drivers were
wearing their seat belts at the time of the collision.
Meal service future remains up in the air
• continued from front page
for the elderly. SSSK also
maintains several meal sites,
including those in Coffeyville
and Independence, as well
as senior citizen hall in Cherryvale.
SEK-AAA, which is not connected to the Senior Services
of Southeast Kansas, has its offices in Chanute, even though
its service territory closely follows that of SSSK.
The greatest challenge confronting SEK-AAA in its delivery of the meal program is the
funding source. Only four of
the nine counties, with Montgomery County being one of
the four, in the SEK-AAA territory provide some sort of monetary stipend in the form of a
dedicated property tax levy.
The remainder of the services’
costs are funded through donations and grants. However,
those cash donations include
the contributions from the
meal recipients themselves.
“Under federal law, we cannot directly charge or assess a
fee to the meal recipients,” she
said. “However, we can suggest a $2 donation that can be
used to defray expenses. The
problem is that we are not getting those donations. It comes
down to the fact that we are
providing a service that does
not have enough revenue to
cover the costs.”
The average donation per
meal has been 65 cents, she
said.
To reduce costs, the meal
program has been reduced
from five days per week to
three days per week. Frozen
meals are prepared for homebound residents on those days
when deliveries are not made,
Lane said.
“We provide three hot
meals and two frozen meals
per week,” she said.
In the month of March,
there were a total of 17,704
meals served to elderly residents in the nine-county region of southeast Kansas. Of
the 17,704 meals that were
served, Montgomery County
had the most (5,054, or 29 per-
cent). Neosho County had the
second most meals at 2,863, or
16 percent.
The majority of the meals
served in Montgomery County are delivered via Meals on
Wheels, according to SEKAAA information.
Bankruptcy records
According to records on
file with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wichita, the Senior Services of Southeast
Kansas lists total assets at
$281,790.92. Total liabilities
are $199,715.26.
Among its list of property
assets are the kitchen, dining
facility, transportation hub
and office at 618 Union in Coffeyville; a dining facility at 710
Chesntnut in Independence;
the Homer Cole Center at 3003
N. Joplin in Pittsburg, a dining
facility at 110 W. Main in Chervale, and a collection of vans,
refrigeration equipment, and
meal packing equipment at 1
West Ash in Chanute.
County hears concerns about cemetery
• continued from front page
law, portions of liquor funds
collected in each county are
devoted to drug and alcohol
control services.
In 2015, Four County provided alcohol and drug counseling services to 434 county
residents. The volume of
uncompensated
treatment
to those residents totaled
$60,935, said Hennen.
On a related note, Hennen also requested the county
commission continue to pro-
vide a yearly stipend to defray
the costs of the uncompensated mental health services
it provides to county residents.
Hennen requested funds totaling $161,757, which, if granted, would represent about 2
percent of Four County’s total
revenue sources.
Hennen gave these statistics
to justify the need for a continued county stipend:
• 3,549 Montgomery County
citizens sought mental health
care in 2015.
• 58.41 percent, or 2,073
residents seeking care also
required medical/psychiatric
levels of care
• 18.25 percent, or 648
residents required urgent/crisis intervention supplies
• Montgomery County citizens’ need of subsidized outpatient therapy and psychiatric medical care for calendar
year 2015 was $404,392.
• Additionally, crisis intervention services for uninsured county residents totaled
$265,505.
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Montgomery County Chronicle
2016 ELECTION
MG County treasurer
seeks re-election bid
Schodorf files for
state house seat
Nancy Clubine, Montgomery County Treasurer since 2004,
has announced her re-election bid on the Republican ticket. If
elected, she will serve a fourth, four-year term as county treasurer.
Clubine has 35 years of experience with the county treasurer
and auto tag offices. She said she strives to
provide customer service and has an open
door policy. Working well with other county
departments is a high priority, she said.
Since becoming county treasurer in 2004,
Clubine has made improvements to better
service to the citizens of Montgomery County.
One of the changes Clubine is planning to
make is to combine the county treasurer and
auto tag offices into one office.
“I feel by having all my staff in one room,
we will be able to better serve the citizens,”
said Clubine.
Nancy Clubine
Clubine is an agent for the State of Kansas,
Motor Vehicle Division. She is responsible for the auto tag offices
in Independence and Coffeyville. There have been many statemandated changes in the auto tag offices since 2012. Changes
continue to be made by the State of Kansas, she said.
She is a member of the Southeast Kansas County Treasurers
Association, Kansas County Treasurers Association, and the National Association of County Collectors, Treasurers and Financial Officers. She is a certified Kansas County Finance Executive
and is continuing county treasurer certification classes through
Fort Hays State University.
Locally, Clubine is a member of the Xi Epsilon Eta Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi, Republican Women of Montgomery County, and
lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars 1186 Auxiliary.
The race for the Kansas
House of Representatives, 12th
District, has drawn another
candidate.
Jean Schodorf, a former
state senator from Wichita
now living in Sedan, is seeking the Democrat Party nomination for the 12th District.
Schodorf, lost her senate seat
in the 2012 elections, is seeking to be the representative
for a district that includes the
western one third of Montgomery County (including portions
of Independence; all of Chautauqua County; portions of
Elk County; the eastern half of
Cowley County; and the southeast corner of Butler County.
Schodorf, who serves as
secretary of the Kansas Democratic Party, filed her candidacy papers on Monday.
Republican Doug Blex of Independence is the only other
candidate who has filed in that
state house race.
The 12th District is now
represented by State Rep. Virgil Peck, R-Havana. Peck has
chosen to seek the Republican nomination for the Kansas
Senate, 15th District.
Political party changes before August
primary election due by June 1 deadline
A new law passed in 2014 by the Kansas
Legislature prohibits members of political parties to switch parties during a period beginning
on the candidate filing deadline (noon on June
1) until the date when the results of the August
primary are certified.
Registered voters who are affiliated with a
party may not file paperwork to change their
party affiliations from June 1 through August
this year.
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CANEY — The Caney City Library was formed
124 years ago by several ladies of the local
Sigourneyan Club. Jump to 2016 and through
the untiring efforts and determination of a
group named Can-Kan Dreambuilders, the current fundraising arm of the Caney City Library,
an open house in Caney’s new library, 211 W.
5th Avenue, will be held this Saturday, May 28.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The public is encouraged to stop by, tour the
library and enjoy some punch and cookies, for
the celebration of the new library which houses a myriad of books, CDs, DVDs, magazines,
public computers, research materials, a whimsically decorated children’s area stocked with
youthful books, and a lovely room for crafting,
programs and other events. The library offers
an annual Summer Reading Program for kids
and teens, plus hosts various Crafternoons,
Story Time on Saturdays, Library Movie Club,
Scholastic Book Fairs, and many other activities.
From its beginning more than a century
ago, the library has been housed in several
locations including Thules Bakery, the post of-
fice, Memphills Meat Market, St. John’s Drug
Store and at Selby’s Jewelry Store. In 1977 a
fire destroyed the library when it was located
in downtown Caney and in 1978 the salvaged
books and supplies were moved to what was
the former Wakeland Grocery Store at Ridgeway and Fourth streets. Last month, the library
moved to its new location, 211 W. 5th Avenue.
The new Caney City Library was made possible with monetary donations by the people of
Caney, surrounding areas, families and friends
all over the United States, said Joyce McDaniel,
Can-Kan officer. It has taken a number of years
of fundraising events, donor gifts, and a state
grant to be able to construct the facility.
The operation of the library is funded
through city taxes and is governed by a board
of directors. It is open Mondays, 12 p.m. to 6
p.m.; Tuesdays, 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays,
12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.;
Fridays, 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.; and Saturdays, 8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Chris Bannon is the current library director.
The public is encouraged to attend the open
house this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Caney Mayfest activities abundant
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Saturday, May 28
Saturday’s activities begin
with the Caney Lions Club 5K
Run starting a 9 a.m. The run
will start at 5th and Hooker (by
the park) and end at the Caney
Valley High School Stadium.
Registration can be found by
going to the website ozendurance.net and click on Caney
Lions. There is a $15 registration fee for adults and a $10
fee for students. Proceeds
from the run will go to support eyeglass purchases for
area youth. Call Nancy Moore
at (918) 397-7226 for more information about the 5K run or
registration questions.
The Mayest Car Show,
headed by Tom Scimeca and
Bill Scimeca, will once again
be held with cars displayed
on Fourth Avenue. There is no
entry fee to participate in the
show, with registration held
from 9 a.m. to noon. Dash
plaques will be given to the
first 80 entries. Special award
trophies will be presented at
3 p.m. For more information
contact Tom at (620) 331-9474
or Bill at (620) 331-9298. The
car show will be held rain or
shine.
For racing enthusiasts, the
Mayest Turtle Races will be
held at the skate park across
the street from Wark Park.
There will be races for different ages, kids through adults,
and you must bring your own
turtle for competition. The
event, sponsored by the Caney
Valley Recreation Commission,
starts at 10 a.m.
The annual Caney Valley Mayest 3 on 3 Basketball
Tournament, chaired by Mitch
Rolls, will be held at the park
basketball courts on Saturday.
This is for co-ed players 13
years and older. Registration
and team warmups will be
held from 9 to 9:50 a.m., and
there is a $10 registration fee
per person. Players will get a
wristband and must have the
band to play. The first round
of games will start at 10.
Rolls said there will also be
other contests, i.e. dunk and
3-point. A variety of prizes
will be awarded. Sponsors
for the event are Commercial
Bank-Caney and Romans Motor Company. An indoor court
will be used if the weather is
inclement. Go to the Caney
Valley Mayest 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament Facebook
page for more information or
contact Mitch Rolls for questions.
Mayest will conclude with a
Teen Street Dance on Saturday
night taking place from 8 to
11 p.m. at the park on Hooker Street. The free dance will
feature several contests with
prizes and will be complete
with a deejay. The dance is
sponsored by Community National Bank & Trust of Caney.
The Can-Kan Dreambuilders will host an open house
at the new Caney City Library
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday with punch and cookies
being served. The public is invited to stop by, tour the new
facility, and see the latest in
what the library offers to everyone.
The Caney Valley High
School Alumni Association
Banquet will be held in the
Lincoln Grade School Gym
watt 6:30 p.m. Doors will open
at 5 p.m. for early visiting.
Reservation letters went out
several weeks ago with the
deadline on May 23.
Monday, May 30
Caney’s Annual Memorial
Day Service will be be held at
11 a.m. in the Veterans’ Memorial Park located across
from Sunnyside Cemetery.
This annual inspiring event
draws a large number of attendees, and if the weather cooperates another large crowd
is anticipated.
For questions or further information concerning Mayfest,
contact Nancy Moore at (918)
397-7226.
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Opinions
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievance.
— FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
Every veteran gets the same
respect as Seaman Pearce
It says volumes about the way Americans
view our veterans when a sailor, killed during the opening attack on the U.S.A. in 1941,
is brought home with full military honors — almost 75 years after his death.
Thanks to DNA testing and dental records,
the remains of Navy Seaman 2nd Class Dale
Pearce arrived home on Tuesday with motorcycle, police, civilian and military guard every
mile of the way. He will be laid to rest on Thursday at rural Dennis (see story elsewhere in this
issue for details).
It is so appropriate that this heart-rendering
event is taking place as we are preparing for
Memorial Day.
All men and
women who
wear
the
American military uniform
RUDY TAYLOR
are honored
Off the Cuff
on this special
day, regardless of their
rank, place of service or branch of military. Our
country equally salutes all its veterans, whether they served in armed combat or in a National
Guard or Reserves unit located in a quiet Kansas town.
Family and friends often gather in front
of American flag-draped coffins to say their
farewell respects to these veterans, and it is a
spine-tingling experience for any of us to share
in these tributes. Seaman Pearce’s service on
Thursday will be so special — because it is normal protocol when it comes to the way we treat
our deceased heroes.
As we drive by area cemeteries this week,
there is a constant lump in our throat as we
view the hundreds of tiny American flags, and
Poignant and simple — a U.S. flag, a vase of
flowers and a military insignia adorn a local veteran’s grave.
the American Legion and VFW markers on all
the veterans’ graves.
The tomb of Dale Pearce which will be the
site of much-deserved pomp and honor this
week, will soon become only one in a multitude,
not only in that location but also in cemeteries
that dot our nation and world.
What a wonderful view this gives us of America, where our political priorities at times wane;
where our economy ebbs and flows; where
our discussions often turn divisive. It is within
such a divergent life experience that we stop in
our tracks each time a deceased U.S. Veteran
passes in a procession, headed to a final resting
place in home-state soil.
We graciously salute Seaman 2nd Class Dale
Pearce, and all those who once raised their
right hands and pledged to defend the Constitution and the people of this grand country.
Let’s make it a thoughtful and appreciative
Memorial Day weekend.
Of the relaxed pace of Memorial Day
. . . lingering at loved ones’
gravesites on Memorial Day . . .
a “catch-all” box at home containing glue, scissors, scotch
tape, paper clips, ruler and a
marker . . . signing up your
kids or grandkids for various
summer rec programs . . . the
aroma wafting throughout the
house of home-fried potatoes .
. . doodling while you are talking to someone on the phone . .
. concerts in the park . . . hearing the clippity-clop sound of
horses hooves on pavement .
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
. . setting aside some time for
personal relaxation . . . learning the ropes in a new job .
. . compliments to the chef
-- whether at home or a restaurant . . . being so good at
your job that you make it look
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
effortless . . . wonderful moments that make you speechless . . . dirty mouths = dirty
hearts. God’s forgiveness to us
is quick and everlasting -- may
we do likewise to ourselves
and our fellow man. “Make a
clean break with all cutting,
backbiting, profane talk. Be
gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as
quickly and thoroughly as God
in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:32)
Chronicle
OUR THOUGHTS
s
It’s best to wait
Uncle Sam should wait a little longer before selling arms to Vietnam
Sometimes the words from news headlines fall off the page.
Other times, they just hang in the air,
causing readers to quiver in disgust.
That surely must be the case this week as
American veterans of the Vietnam War read
the headline, “U.S. lifts ban on selling arms
to Vietnam.”
A total of 2,709,918 Americans served in
Vietnam between 1964 and 1973. It is they
who are hanging their heads today, wondering what the hell their country has done to
them.
But, they’ve felt that way before.
Remember, they came home from Vietnam wearing civilian clothes rather than
military uniforms. That was the order they
received, all realizing that the war had hardened many Americans against the very men
and women who had gone into harm’s way
on behalf of us all.
It was they who came home individually,
not to make a big deal of their service to
America. And, sure enough, nobody held parades, waved flags along streets or met them
in packed armories where television crews
might interview them.
No, they were Vietnam vets. And, for the
past 40 to 50 years, they have worn invisible
uniforms, many of them harboring resentment for the way they were treated — mostly
on both coasts where they embarked and returned.
So, now Vietnam is a new frontier for
trade, and the U.S.A. is doing everything
possible to buy textiles, electronics and other
manufactured goods from the Vietnamese.
But the Vietnamese also want guns and
other munitions made in America. And, after
this week, they’ll apparently get them.
U.S. State Department officials say it will
provide some leverage to make the Vietnamese clean up their human rights violations.
Arms manufacturers know the real truth:
it will strengthen their bottom line profits.
So veterans of that war are seeing red.
As well they should.
Yes, there comes a time when enemies
must patch up their past differences. And,
many American veterans have made trips
to Vietnam to offer friendly hands to those
caught in the web of a horrible war.
But weapons of war, or even guns for
personal protection, should remain on the
embargo list. There is a principle here that
needs to be honored — that Americans will
support its veterans, listen to their concerns,
tend to their mental and physical healthcare
and assist with their pensions until they die.
These men and women are between 60
and 80 now, and it’s time for our political
leaders to step back, salute them and give
the arms buyers in Vietnam a cold shoulder.
Over the past 20 years, this nation has
tried its best to welcome home its Vietnam
veterans with overdue gestures. But all the
goodwill in the world won’t amount to a whit
if we start selling arms to the very country
that killed 58,200 of our greatest heroes.
Give it a few more years, Uncle Sam.
Don’t make money on the memories of our
veterans.
— Rudy Taylor
Volume 131, No. 21 • May 26, 2016
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Independence will
be closed on Monday,
May 30 for
Memorial Day
PUBLIC FORUM
Pharmaceutical industry in need of overhaul
Editor:
I have a major complaint
and want to bring to the attention of the public of a major scam. I hope Congress can
do something about it. That
can only be done by reaching
their constituency.
Have you noticed a huge
jump in your prescription
drug costs the past two or
three years? I have. Luckily, I
don’t take much in the way of
prescriptions but the one I do
take has jumped off the $4.00
list to a whopping new cost. I
asked my pharmacy about it
and they explained their costs
had jumped too. I saw a segment on the cost of prescription drugs on TV last spring
but since it impacts me very
little I didn’t give it more than
a nod. That was wrong!
On the
sports
beat
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COUNTY
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That’s where
you’ll find
sports editor
Brian Thomas!
There’s a great story about
this pharmaceutical scam in
this week’s Time Magazine by
Haley Sweetland Edwards and
I really recommend everyone
who is suffering from sticker
shock at the pharmacy get it
and read it.
And what really brought
the problem home to me was
receiving an e-mail from a
dear friend of mine this week.
Here’s what he says. “I
go in for surgery next Friday to have a stint put in my
left leg. I also am having to
change the medication that
is supposed to suppress my
overproduction of white blood
cells. The trouble is the new
medication they are suggesting costs $2,075 a month.
We can’t afford that and are
trying to get the pharmaceutical company to reduce their
cost.”
That’s ridiculous! We recently heard about the price
gouging scam the pharmaceutical company, Valeant
Pharmaceuticals International, pulled. They were the one
highlighted by the TV story
I saw. They would buy up
patents for unique, lifesaving
drugs, hike their prices and
then watch the profits roll in.
That’s immoral! And Valeant
isn’t alone! Other pharmaceutical companies are doing the
same thing. They just aren’t
doing their price jumps all at
once like Valeant did…which
got them caught! The rest did
it gradually! But they still do
it!
One thing that drives this
greed is the advertising they
use to promote the drugs. You
no doubt have noticed that
every other ad on TV and on
nearly every page of every
magazine we buy, is an ad
for some pharmaceutical or
the other. Keep in mind that
these are only available by
doctor’s prescription so why
advertise them to the general
public?
For example: Note that the
drug Humira’s price (whose
patent is held by AbbVie) was
increased by 138% between
2010 and 2016 and although
it’s patent is due to expire in
December, it has 70 additional
patents on it that will keep it
off the generic market until
2022. So what can we consumers do about it. We’re trapped
if we need the medications.
We can write our congressmen and congresswomen
and insist they do something
about it. We can even e-mail
them. That kind of greed is
pushing Capitalism, which
is already greed driven, into
even deeper greed territory. First I encourage readers
to read that article in Time
Magazine so they get their
facts straight and then write
their congressmen and congresswomen.
Something really needs to
be done about this.
Margie Miller
Coffeyville, Kan.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
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Holding them close is still the busy June events, programs
OPINIONS
desire of any mother’s heart
The day this edition hits the
press we’ll already be knee
deep in planning the next edition. I’ll be working on the advertising bills that go out at the
end of the month. My husband
will be wrapping up the school
year in his office and the boys
are already started in summer activities that will keep us
hopping every day.
But it’s this day that is especially meaningful because our
oldest son celebrates his birthday.
I’ve always loved a May
birthday. Mine is in June,
which is also a good birthday
month, but May birthdays
always seemed cool to me.
Those kids got to celebrate
their special day at the end of
the school year and usher in
the summer, all at the same
time.
This year we celebrated by
taking a couple of friends to
Tulsa to an arcade and will
meet our family at his favorite
Mexican restaurant another
night this week. But for some
reason this year I get a little
choked up every time I look
at him this week. Something
changed this year and though I
know he’ll always be my baby,
I can also see those arms of
independence stretching more
and more every day.
JENNY
DIVELEY
Pick A Little,
Talk A Little
He ended his grade school
career last week. In that same
time frame his superhero
backpack he has carried for
the past three years split right
at the seam as if it ran out of
steam. His feet seem to split
the edges of his tennis shoes
every time I turn around. And
his humor gets a little bit more
grown up every day. It’s a
strange place to be in this no
man’s land between wanting
him to always be my sweet
baby boy and yet hardly able
to contain the joy of watching
him grow.
I guess it is no different than
those years when we put the
stuffed dinosaur away into
storage, taught him to take his
first steps instead of crawl, or
threw away his last sippy cup.
Of course I don’t want him
having dinner with friends
when he is older and still trying to throw back his drink
through a sippy cup. Yet those
cups almost willed themselves
back into my hands.
We are entering some un-
chartered waters with this
pre-teen stage of boyhood in
our house. Already there have
been some rocky places here
and there. He tests his voice
against mine. He understands
more and is gaining his confidence. And my heart isn’t
sure what to feel.
But
I
can promise
him
this, even
in
the
rockiest
spots
of
life, all he
has to do
is
reach
out
and
my hand The birthday boy
will
be
there. It was when he took his
first steps, when he learned
to walk, then run, and it will
be right there as we navigate
these new paths.
So this week as we move
quickly through the hubbub
of work, sports, plays, packing the house, and looking forward to summer, I may have
to take a moment to find my
little boy and rub his 11-yearold head, just because a mama
needs to know she still has him
close by, no matter how old he
is.
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620-336-2761
BY CHRIS BANNON, director
Caney City Library
CANEY — The Caney City
Library will be closed Saturday, May 28 and Monday, May
30 for Memorial Day weekend.
The Can-Kan Dreambuilders
will be sponsoring a public
“Welcoming” from 10 a.m to 1
p.m with refreshments and a
tour of the library on Saturday,
May 28.
Registration has ended
for the Kid’s Summer Reading Program. Due to the new
library, we are able to stay
open during these classes!
Adult Summer Reading sign
up starts June 1. This year
you will receive a card with
10 spaces on it. As you return
books, you will get a punch for
each book read. Once you have
filled the card, you will receive
a small prize and enter your
card into a grand prize drawing of a $25 Amazon gift card.
You can read as many books
as you’d like, and there is no
limit to the amount of cards
you can put in the grand prize
drawing.
Come join us for the coloring craze sweeping the nation!
We provide everything you
need, or you are welcome to
bring your own supplies. It’s
full of fun, relaxation, and fellowship with others and is for
ages 18 and up.
The following is the June
calendar for events at the
Caney City Library:
June 6:- Coloring classes for
adults, starts at 12 p.m., June
6, 13, 20, 27; starts at 12 p.m.,
June 7, from 5-7 p.m.
June 10: Tween/Teen (ages
12-18) starts at 12 p.m.
June 17: Movies-- “Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles 1 & 3,”
starting at 1 p.m.
June 21: Can-Kan Dreambuilders meeting 7 p.m., meeting is open to the public.
June 28: Caney City Library
Board will meet at 7 p.m. in
the library for its monthly
meeting.
Call the library at (620)
879-5341
Indy’s summer reading
kickoff party is June 3 ‘Building Up’
INDEPENDENCE — The summer reading program at the Independence Public Library will begin with a kickoff party at 11
a.m., Friday, June 3.
Coffeyville-based magician Pete Walterscheid will present a
series of magical acts during a show devoted to children and
teenagers. Registration for the summer reading program will
also coincide with the kickoff party.
The summer reading program will have an athletic theme to
coincide with the summer olympic games that will be held in
Brazile later in the summer. “On Your Mark, Get Set, Read,” is
the theme of the summer reading program.
On Thursday, June 9, the KC Wolf, the official mascot of the
Kansas City Chiefs, will be at the library to greet local Chiefs fans
and kids. KC Wolf’s appearance will begin at 11 a.m.
The summer reading program, which is geared for kids age
11-17, will be held June 6 through July 29. Each participant will
have a goal to read at least four books in the eight-week event.
Prizes are awarded to those youths who complete or surpass
their goal.
For more information, contact Brittni Trytek, young adult services, at (620) 331-3030, ext. 107. Or, go to www.facebook.com/
iplteens.
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INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Chamber of Commerce will hold its quarterly
Celebrate Independence luncheon on Thursday, June 2
with the theme “Building Up”
Independence.
The quarterly luncheon will
be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Independence Masonic Lodge, 2000 W. Laurel.
Aaron Heckman of the Montgomery County Action Council
will be the emcee. Speaking at the event will
be Gary Beachner of Beachner
Grain; Scott Mills of Quality
Paint and Body; and Dilip Patel
of Comfort Inn and Suites.
Cost is $10.00 per person;
the meal will be provided by
the Independence Masonoic
Lodge.
Reservations are required
by Monday, May 30 by calling
the Independence Chamber of
Commerce at (620) 331-1890
or emailing chamber@indkschamber.org.
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Church Directory
WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Jerry D. Davidson,
minister. (620) 778-6575. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Church, 11 a.m. Mailing address for the church: Wayside Christian Church, 508 S. Spring, Caney, KS 67333.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANEY: 100 E.
Fourth, P.O. Box 141, Caney, Bill Wright, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study, 6 p.m.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: 908 E. Fourth,
Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 330-0121. Come and worship
with us at New Hope Christian Church, 908 E. 4th.
Sunday School for adults and youths starts 9:30 a.m.,
with coffee and donuts served. Sunday worship service
begins at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will include professors, teachers and students from Ozark Christian College. Find Hope in Christ Jesus at New Hope Christian
Church. Colossians 1:27.
TYRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: David Bycroft, evangelist. Box 307, Tyro, KS. (620) 289-4433. Traditional
Worship Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Contemporary Praise/Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Eve.
Worship & Youth Classes, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Youth
Classes, 7 p.m.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHERRYVALE:
Fourth and Montgomery streets, Cherryvale, KS. John
Chastain, pastor. (620) 336-2440. Sunday School-All
Ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; 2nd
Sunday, Cookie Sunday; 4th Sunday, Fellowship Dinner. Wed. - Family Night - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Free
dinner, 6:30 Youth Group and Ladies Bible Study, Monday - Men’s Bible Study - 6:00 pm.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CANEY: Brad Sanders,
pastor. 900 S. Ridgeway, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5220.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship,
10:40 a.m.; Sunday Night Service (during summer),
6:30 p.m.
CHERRYVALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Eric Lang, minister. 319 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2533.
Free coffee and doughnuts on Sunday mornings, 10:15
a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evening
6:30 p.m. Student Service. Love God, Love People,
Serve the World. Go to www.cheryyvalechristian.org.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Gordon Willhite, pastor. 906
Elm Street, Coffeyville, KS. (620) 251-1710. Sunday
Church at Study, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church at Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Church mission: Community-wide
breakfast last Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to 11
a.m.; Game Day on Mondays, 1 p.m.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHERRYVALE: 717 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. (620)
336-3504. David Bennett, pastor. Website: www.
fsbccherryvaleks.com. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6
p.m.; Wed. Night Bible Study & Youth, 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE PRAISE & WORSHIP: David and Renea
Cavaness. 308 N. Liberty, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 3368027. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m.; Morning
Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by Sunday evening worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, go to
www.nlpw.org or send an e-mail to newlife@nlpw.org.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 108 N. Bradley, Caney,
KS. (620) 879-5604, church number; Rev. Jonathan
Schultz, pastor, (918) 520-9829 (pastor’s cell number);
Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Church, 10 a.m.
CHERRYVALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Jeffrey L.
Owen, 305 E. Main. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
morning worship 10:30 a.m. Call (620) 217-9665 for
other service times. “Come & Dine” free community
meal 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, unless otherwise noted.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Sixtus Ye
Myint, priest. 303 N. Hooker, Caney, KS. Sunday Mass,
11 a.m.; Weekday Masses on Monday, 8 a.m.; Confessions are before Mass; CCD/PSR Classes on Sunday at
9:30 a.m.; Altar Society, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Andrew Heiman, pastor. 202 S. Liberty, Cherryvale, KS.
Parish Hall: (620) 336-2599. All mail and calls to St.
Andrew Parish in Independence, KS: (620) 331-1789.
Sunday Mass, 8 a.m.
CANEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Will Kenyon,
pastor. 114 N. High, Caney, KS. (620) 879-2648. Caney
United Methodist Church: where God, tradition and
community intersect. Pastor Will Kenyon leads us in
worship at 10:45am which follows Sunday school at
9:30am. Community meal open to all on the 2nd and
4th Wednesdays of the month. Come be a part of living out God’s mission. Reach out and transform lives
by sharing Christ’s love. You matter to God, and you
matter to us.
CHERRYVALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 305
W. Third, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2375. Pastor Carl
Ellis. Worship 11:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Preschool is open from September to April.
Nursery is available every Sunday.
CANEY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd
and Vine streets. Worship led by Rev. Tim Black. Adult
& children’s Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship at 11
a.m. Wednesday Kids’ Quest/Prayer Meeting at 6:30
p.m. For more info call (918) 331-6334. Visit caneyopc.
org for more information.
CHERRYVALE CHURCH OF CHRIST: Stan Bryan, minister. North Hwy. 169, Cherryvale, KS. (620) 336-3948.
Sunday Bible Study, 10 a.m.; Preaching, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.
CROSS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CANEY: Joshua
Eaton, pastor. South 75 Highway, Caney, KS (620) 8792839. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Website:
crosspointcaney.com.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: 300 W. 9th
Street (corner of 9th & Willow), Coffeyville, KS; Dr. J.
Dean McNamara, pastor; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;
Sunday Services, 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study, Office “Ivy Room”, 6:30 p.m.; Youth,
“R.C.” Kids, Main Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. Phone:
(620) 251-3980; www.coffeyvillefbc.com.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF INDEPENDENCE: Ryan Carpenter, pastor. 918 W. Chestnut, Independence, KS. (620) 331-3810. www.fsbindependence.com. SERVICES: Sunday Morning Bible Study
for all ages, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45
a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Night Bible Study/Prayer & Youth, 6:30 p.m.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY OF CHRIST: three
miles north of Dearing, Kan., at the corner of county
roads 3900 and 2600. Pastors are Melissa McIntosh.
Leslie Brooks, and Johnna Hugo. Church school 10
a.m., Worship service 11 a.m. Crossroads is a welcoming congregation to all races, genders and orientations. Phone 620-331-9294.
LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Bill Booe,
pastor. Sunday morning service, 9 -10 a.m. (nursery
available). Sunday school for youth and adults, 10:1510:45 a.m. Other events include Kids Club and Food,
Fun & Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on 1st, 3rd Wednesday
of each month; Bible Study on 2nd Wednesday of
each month; Family Night on 5th Wednesday of each
month. Youth Group meetings at 5 p.m., on 2nd and
4th Sundays of each month. P.O. Box 175, Liberty, KS
67351. Call (620) 330-3432.
CANEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE: Keven
Grigg, pastor, 407 N. Spring, Caney, KS. 620-8792101. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;
Divorce Care, www.divorcecare.org. For events see
our Facebook page and Instagram.
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and located the
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city
on Monday agreed
night.
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was originally
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city
about the fire.
storthe value of
said the Coffeyville
dation from
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to sell the two
thick black neighbor child went to the
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partment found
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submit a request
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library then
apartment and
of West Fourth
seeking the purchase
business.
location. The
of 100 block
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was
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said
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former grocery
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noticed the
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the former Caney
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location. That
moved
building behind
children, ages
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when the library State
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library:
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two children
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returned
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Montgomery County Chronicle
Foundation awards scholarships
to C’vale seniors, college students
The Diploma Center virtual school and alternative learning center at 218 W. Main in Cherryvale is
moving to new quarters at the USD447 administrative building, 618 E. 4th, in July. Staff at the Diploma Center are packing now to work around vacations scheduled in June. Here, left to right, are
director Tonya Smedley, with Melissa Niemier and Terri Wagoner. Missing is staff member Joyce
Long. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Diploma Center moving
to USD 447 Central Office
BY DONNA CELAYA
chronicle@taylornews.org
CHERRYVALE – The Diploma Center virtual school isn’t closing; it’s just moving to new
quarters.
While the USD 447 Board of Education is
looking to make improvements to school facilities in the coming year, it also is focusing its attention on the Cherryvale Diploma Center. Now
located at 218 W. Main, the Diploma Center is
being relocated to the USD 447 Central Office
at 618 E. Fourth. The facility also houses the
superintendent and district staff offices. The
school board meeting chambers moved to the
middle-high school library several months ago,
leaving that room vacant. The former board
room is where the Diploma Center will set up
its shop.
“The main reason for moving the Diploma
Center has to do with the budget cuts handed
down from the state,” said Tonya Smedley, Diploma Center director and assistant principal
at Lincoln-Central. “We’re in the process of
packing everything up now and there are boxes
everywhere, but we will be open through June
as we continue to get ready for the move.”
Smedley said she has heard that some people
have said the Diploma Center is closing. Nothing could be further from the truth, she said.
“We are not closing. We’re just moving. With
my job responsibilities both at the Diploma
Center and at Lincoln-Central, it will actually
be a little more convenient for me to go back
and forth between the two. The space is smaller, but we will make do just fine. Most of the
learning done through the Diploma is virtual,
it’s done online, so this isn’t going to be that
great a change.”
Smedley said the Diploma Center will swap
its table-top computers and towers for laptop
models, which take up less space. Students still
are welcome to come to the Diploma Center,
now and after the move.
“There will be a new entrance for us on the
west side of the administration building, and
they’re putting in another parking lot for us,”
she said.
Smedley said the Diploma Center started in
2003 at McKinley School with just two employees: a director and one instructor, Joyce Long.
“Joyce came out of retirement just a couple
of months after the Diploma Center opened,”
Smedley said. “She’s still with us and still doing a great job.” Concurrent with the move,
Long transitions from a salaried instructor to
an hourly employee, said Smedley, who joined
the Diploma Center in the 2008-09 school year.
Movie Night set for Saturday in Indy
ties, which include inflatables,
face painting, popsicles, chalk
art, popcorn, bottled water
and glow bracelets, will begin
at 8 p.m., and show time will
begin at 9 p.m. Persons are
encouraged to bring their own
lawn chairs or blankets for
INDEPENDENCE — The
first free Downtown Movie
Night of the 2016 season will
be held on Saturday, May 28.
“Toy Story” will be shown
on a large screen in the Community National Bank & Trust
parking lot. Pre-show activi-
seating and viewing.
The event is free and open
to the public.
The Downtown Movie Night
is held the last Friday of each
month from May through September.
Coffeyville blood drive nets 85 units
COFFEYVILLE — The Cof- ty Chronicle, and Class LTD
feyville Red Cross blood drive assisted with promoting the
on May 19-20 collected 85 drive.
units of blood, exceeding the The American Red Cross
amount collected in March by and hospitalized patients who
11 units.
need the gift of life are appre This drive honored mili- ciative of all the hero donors
tary veterans, active military, and volunteers.
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donors
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the country are very thankful blood: Dan Reardon, 14 galfor the generosity of the Cof- lons; Craig Lumley, six gallons;
Melvin Collins, four gallons;
feyville community.
Thirty-three local volunteers and Kylie Jarman, one gallon.
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CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Swimming Pool at Logan
Park will be open for the 2016 summer season on Monday, May
30.
Hours of operation are 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., daily.
Admission is $1 per person. A 35-day pass can be purchased
for $30 at the Cherryvale City Hall, 123 W. Main, during regular
business hours.
Cherryvale Public Library makes
plans for Family Big Summer Read
CHERRYVALE
—
Cherryvale Public Library at 329
E. Main is promoting reading
as an activity that whole families can enjoy, culminating in
the Big Summer Read Blowout
Bash at the library on Aug. 19.
“The Family Big Summer
Read is something we are encouraging families to do together, but individuals are just
as welcome and it should be
a lot of fun,” said assistant librarian Tammie Logan.
The Family Big Summer
Read that runs from June 1
through Aug. 19 features free
games, prize drawings, music,
special guests, food and fun for
the whole family. The summer
program is open to everyone,
regardless of age. Register as
an individual or team of at
least three people for the competition, in which participants
choose from several activities
to do either at home or at the
library.
The Family Big Summer
Read includes a reading challenge, team craft days, team
challenge activities, and a special surprise guest and performer. The more activities
individuals or teams complete,
the more chances they have to
win prizes.
For example, to earn a
Reading Club certificate and
candy treat, complete two or
St. Andrew honor rolls announced
INDEPENDENCE — St. Andrew Catholic School has announced its fourth quarter
honor rolls for the 2015-16
school year.
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scholarships, seven memorial
scholarships and six alumni
scholarships funded from gifts
from Cherryvale High School
graduates and friends.
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Thaddeus Lee Owens Memorial Scholarship for a graduating senior, $1,000, Josh Madl;
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CVHS seniors bestowed awards
CANEY — Awards and
scholarships were bestowed
to Caney Valley High School
seniors during an awards ceremony held in the CVHS Auditorium last Thursday, May 19.
During the awards assembly, guidance counselor Brian
Smith recognized the graduating class for having attained
one of the highest volume of
academically superior students in recent memory. Smith
told the seniors and guests
that the class of 2015-16 had
five state scholars (Emily Collier, Cortney Gardner, Dane
Rigby, Caleb Scoles and Mitchell Simpson) and 11 Kansas
Board of Regents Complete
Scholars Curriculum designees (Megan Bennings, Emily
Collier, Cortney Gardner, Kennedy Griffin, Brycen Gulick,
Ashlyn Hefley, Dalton Owens,
Dane Rigby, Ty Rogers, Caleb
Scoles and Mitchell Simpson).
“This marks the most state
scholars and most Regents
Complete Curriculum awards
in a single class than in the
past four combined,” said
Smith.
Other awards and scholarships that were bestowed at
the assembly included:
• Thomas Thomas Davenport Memorial Scholarship:
Mitchell Simpson.
• Caney Valley Alumni Association Scholarship: Mitchell Simpson, Justin Ward.
• Danny and Norma Scott
Family Scholarship: Ashlyn
Hefley.
• Caney High School class
of 1962 scholarships: Jackson
Newby, Natasha Sanders, Justin Ward, Joshua Davis, Emily
Collier, Ashlyn Hefley, Brycen
Gulick, Mitchell Simpson,
Tara Blagg, Kelsey Wyant and
Joseph Adams.
• Caney High School class
of 1965 scholarships: Joseph
Adams, Mary Wright, Jessica
Stewart, Selena Rodriguez,
Lyric Brooks.
• Caney High School class
of 1966 scholarship: Mitchell
Simpson.
Caney Powwow Scholarship: Jacen Clapp, Jackson
Newby.
• Caney Powwow Pendleton
Blanket Award: Jacen Clapp,
Jackson Newby, Joseph Adams.
• Caney Valley Student
Council scholarships: Mitchell
Simpson, Lyric Brooks, Jacen
Clapp, Kennedy Griffin.
• Caney Valley Teachers’
Association Scholarship (seniors who plan to pursue a
career in education): Jackson
Newby, Kennedy Griffin.
• Sam and Hattie Woods
Scholarship: Troy Watson.
• Samuel B. and Hattie C.
Woods Scholarship: Emliy
Collier.
• John E. Brown Memorial
Scholarship: Cortney Gardner.
• Sunflower Association of
Education Office Professionals Scholarship: Emily Collier.
• Four County Mental
Health Center Scholarship:
Tara Blagg.
• Student Council awards
(for seniors who participated
at national or state competitions): (State Farmers Degree)
Justin Ward, Jacen Clapp,
Jackson Newby, Tyler Frontzak); (FFA Southeast Distrit
Speech Contest): Jacen Clapp,
Justin Ward, Tyler Frontzak;
(boys’ golf) Troy Watson, Justin Ward; (girls’ golf) Ashlyn Hefley, Cortney Gardner,
Kelsey Wyant; (band or choir)
Megan Benning, Kandace Inman; (Scholars’ Bowl): Kennedy Griffin, Emily Collier;
(debate) Emily Collier, Dane
Rigby, Kennedy Griffin, Emily
Traw; (valedictorians): Troy
Watson, Cortney Gardner,
Emily Collier; (salutatorians)
Ashlyn Hefley, Kennedy Griffin.
• Kansas Board of Regents
Completed Scholars Curricuum: Megan Benning, Emily
Collier, Cortney Gardner, Kennedy Griffin, Brycen Gulick,
Ashlyn Hefley, Dalton Owens,
Dane Rigby, Ty Rogers, Caleb
Scoles, Mitchell Simpson.
• Kansas State Scholars:
Emily Collier, Cortney Gardner, Dane Rigby, Caleb Scoles,
Mitchell Simpson.
• Coffeyville Community
College scholarships: Joseph
Adams, Jacen Clapp, Jackson
Newby, Tyler Frontzak.
• National Honor Society
memberships: Ty Rogers,
Natasha Sanders, Mitchell
Simpson, Dalton Owens, Dane
Rigby, Selena Rodriguez, Megan Bennings, Tara Blagg,
Lyric Brooks, Justin Ward,
Troy Watson, Jacen Clapp,
Emily Collier, Joshua Davis,
Tyler Frontzak, Kelsey Wyant,
Heather Strickler,. Ashlynn
Grayum, Kennedy Griffin,
Candace Inman and Ashlyn
Hefley.
• Library and Graphic Arts
Awards (seniors who were
used as models or subjects,
or were involved in producing
posters for reading awareness posters that were displayed through Caney Valley
Jr.-Sr. High School): Emily
Collier, Jackson Newby, Natasha Sanders, Blake Hollandsworth, Brycen Gulick, Mitchell Simpson, Cortney Gardner,
Mary Wright, Candace Inman,
Megan Benning, Emily Traw,
Troy Watson and Ashlyn Hefley.
•
FCCLA
participation
awards: E.J. Maine, Emily
Traw, Mary Wright, Jordan
Dodson, Joseph Adams, Joshua Davis, Sydney Raschen,
Blake Hollandsworth.
• Scholars’ Bowl participation: Dane Rigby, Emily Collier, Kennedy Griffin.
•
Debate
participation
award: Jacen Clapp, Kennedy
Griffin, Emily Collier, Dane
Rigby.
• Forensics participation
award: Emily Collier, Dane
Rigby, Emily Traw, Kennedy
Griffin, Jacen Clapp.
• National Speech and Debate Association points recognition: (Degree of Excellence)
Caleb Scoles, Sarah Bannon
and Mitchell Simpson; (Degree of Honor) Levi Soles;
(Outstanding Distinction) Jacen Clapp, Emily Traw; (Degree of Premier Distinction)
Dane Rigby, Emily Collier and
Kennedy Griffin.
• Powerlifting participation
awards: Jesus Palacios, Devon Meise, Bryce Short, Dalton
Owens, Jacen Clapp.
• John Phillips Sousa Band
Award: Megan Benning, Kandace Inman.
•
Band
participation
awards: Caleb Scoles, Ryan
Bellamy, Justin Ward, Kandace Inman, Megan Benings.
•
Choir
participation
awards: Kandace Inman,
Shelby Baker, Lyric Brooks.
• CVHS Office Certificates:
Emily Collier, Lyric Brooks,
Kelsey Wyant, Caleb Scoles.
• Superior Honor Roll: Lyric Brooks, Emily Collier, Kennedy Griffin, Kandace Inman,
Jordan Dodson.
• Principal’s Honor Roll:
Megan Benning, Tyler Frontzak, Cortney Gardner, Ashlynn Grayum, Ashlyn Hefley, Natasha Sanders, Caleb
Scoles, Troy Watson.
• Students’ Honor Roll:
Tara Blagg, Jacen Clapp,
Joshua Davis, Brycen Gulick,
E.J. Maine, Zachary Sturgeon.
• Recognition for state or
national senior champions:
Megan Benning, music; Tara
Blagg,
journalism;
Jacen
Clapp, FFA; Cortney Gardner,
girls’ golf; Ashlyn Hefley, girls’
golf; Kandace Inman, music;
Jackson Newby, FFA: Jesus
Palacios, powerlifting; Bryce
Short, powerlifting; Kelsey
Wyant, girls’ golf.
• Exemplary ACT Score:
Emily Collier.
Outstanding seniors
Caney Valley High School seniors Jackson Newby (left) and
Tara Blagg were named Outstanding Senior Boy and Outstanding Senior Girl during the CVHS Senior Awards Assembly last
Thursday. CVHS teachers nominate seniors for the award.
(Photo by Andy Taylor)
Construction of Coffeyville electrical
plant on schedule, under budget
COFFEYVILLE — City commissioners learned
that construction of the New Generation Electrical Plant at the Coffeyville Industrial Park remains under budget and ahead of schedule.
Commissioners approved several change orders from contractors. However, when pressed
if the change orders was altering the scope or
timeframe of the construction, Mike Shook,
who is the deputy of the city’s electrical utility,
said construction remains unmoved from the
anticipated completion date of Jan. 1, 2017.
The project also is under budget by about
$1.5 million, even though contractors have submitted change orders for unforeseen and unanticipated costs.
In other business transacted at Tuesday’s
meeting, city commissioners:
• approved the final reading of an ordinance
that rezones properties at 1000 S. Gillam and
11 E. 2nd from R-1 (single family residential)
to C-4 (service commercial district) for the purpose of building a new police and fire department facility. The propertiesare located on the
grounds of the former McKinley School.
• issued a proclamation that declared Saturday, May 28 as Poppy Day.
• appointed Vinay K. Kohli, M.D., as a member to the Coffeyville Public Library board of
directors. Kohli resides at 2743 W. Northbrook.
• appointed Verna Sanders, 1203 W. 14th,
Apt. 21, to a three-year term to the Coffeyville
Senior Citizens Advisory Board.
• approved an amendment with the Kansas
National Guard for the 20-year lease of the cityowned National Guard Armory at the Coffeyville
Industrial Park. The lease amendment will not
alter the monthly payment, which is $3,200 per
year.
• met in executive session, which is closed to
the press and public, to discuss personnel.
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Birthday reception to honor Caney’s Dolly Hockett
Dolly Hockett
CANEY — Dolly Hockett of Caney will be
the guest of honor on Sunday, May 29, as
friends and family help celebrate her 90th
birthday.
The come-and-go event will be held in
the Caney Church of the Nazarene, Spring
and Taylor streets, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Dolly said she is blessed to be celebrating her 90th birthday, noting that only
three of her eight children are still living.
She still likes to rattle off the name of
children born to her husband, Turk, and
herself: Gene, Jim, Jerry, Jack, Joyce, Judy,
John and Susie.
“I’ve had my share of losses,” she said,
but she still feels blessed.
“Somebody once told that as long as I
can lift my hands up to my ears, the Lord
will come down to me,” she said.
“I can’t lift them that high anymore —
but he blesses me anyway,”
Dolly retired last year from Good News,
and she previously worked for many years
at Kopco. Prior to that, she and Turk
operated two different service stations in
Caney, and all their children worked there.
Even at 90, Dolly still has a part-time
job taking care of her granddaughter’s
children.
“I’ve worked since I was six-years-old,”
she said. “So, it’s only natural that I keep
on working, even if I have slowed down.”
She makes her home with a son, Jack.
Two daughters, Joyce Anderson and Judy
Bennett, reside nearby.
Her children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren invite everyone to drop by
Sunday for the birthday reception.
Zeta Gamma Sorority enjoys Founders’ Day Dinner
CHERRYVALE — The Zeta Gamma Sorority hosted a Founders’ Day Dinner at
Lakeside Cedar Lodge on April 20, celebrating the 85th anniversary of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. Member of the Xi Epsilon Eta Sorority from Independence were
guests.
Members from the Cherryvale High
School FCCLA Club served the meal that
was catered from Shredders in Parsons.
The Founders Day pledge was read
by Aimee Strickland, and Linda Sale led
grace. Marla Sterling served as hostess for the evening. Guests included past
members of Zeta Gamma: Janice Clubine,
Dorothy Jordan, Wanda Haynes, Judy
Ysusi and Patty Blake.
Kathleen Reynolds presented awards
to the members of Xi Epsilon Eta. Highlights of the past year were ready for each
group by Patty Dick and Rita Mendoza.
Woman of the Year awards were presented by Shelley Cooley to Kathy Johnson
and by Davia Knight to Tonya Smedley.
The Closing Ritual was recited and
members enjoyed socializing. Door prizes were given out by Marla Sterling and
Misty Gill.
Sorority members make plans
for upcoming events
Zeta Gamma Sorority, Cherryvale, met
April 6 in the home of Davia Knight. Roll
call, minutes and communications were
completed. A thank you was read from
Mary Jo Temple and many girls thanked
their secret sisters for Easter gifts. Micah
DeWeese gave the treasurer’s report. The
social committee reported on the baked
potato bar held at the last meeting and
the service committee gave a report on
the meal served at the fire department
and their volunteers.
The business meeting included approving two names for senior scholarships,
donating serving carts to Cedar Lodge for
all their help with the sorority’s activities,
and the upcoming Founders’ Day dinner.
The big discussion was planning the
Father-Daughter Dance on April 16 at
the Community Center. Each member
will bring two dozen cookies or cupcakes
for the food table. Punch will be served
also. Linda Hooper will take photos of the
couples and they can be accessed online.
Tracy Wenino will be the deejay for the
evening. She asked that instead of paying
her, the sorority should donate to the local
food bank.
After the meeting, refreshments were
served by Davia and Aimee Strickland.
Five rituals followed which included:
Pledge Ritual, Marissa Armbruster and
Katie McFarland; Ritual of Jewels, Aimee Strickland; Exemplar, Misty Gill and
Patty Allen; Laureate, Debbie Reilly, Misty
Humaciu; Master, Debbie Reilly, Carol
Wright, Linda Sale, Stella Blanchard and
Penny Lumbley.
Gingham Aprons FCE receives info on healthy living
ELK CITY —The Gingham
Aprons FCE met at the Elk City
Community Building on May
3 for a salad luncheon with
guests. Hostess Jane Osburn
gave the devotions. Ten members and five guests answered
roll call by naming their favorite craft. President Joyce Cox
presided.
Jane Osburn demonstrated a lesson of making burlap
wreaths. Bonnie Oliver pre-
sented the lesson “Gluten and
Your Gut’s Good Health.” Gluten is a protein found in wheat,
rye, barley and some related
grains that can cause sensitivity or intolerance in some
people with a variety of symptoms. If one suspects a sensitivity or intolerance to gluten,
a consultation with a health
care provider should be done
for appropriate testing before
making a dietary change. Jane
Osburn presented information
about the Marlboro Man for
the study goal.
Secretary-treasurer Sandy
Faler read the minutes and
gave the treasurer’s report. Plans were made for selling baked goods at the Elk
City Trades Day on May 14.
Council Representative Bonnie Oliver reviewed Council
report. The Southeast Area
Recognition is May 17 in Fort
Scott. A grant writing workshop is scheduled for May 25.
“Stay Strong, Stay Healthy,” a
strength training for program
for older adults, will start in
Montgomery County on May
24 in Coffeyville. A food preservation class on canning is
planned for June 17. The next meeting will be
June 7 with Janet Rau hosting.
— Janet Rau
Thursday, May 26, 2016
RMS students named
to quarterly honor rolls
COFFEYVILLE — Roosevelt
Middle School has announced
its fourth quarter honor rolls
for the 2015-16 school year.
Rooks, Makayla Ross, Andrew
Roush, Kevin Roush, Aaron
Rutherford, Isabella Smith,
Amy Turner, Makenna Walker,
Brayden Yates
Seventh grade
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mention:
Tristan Anderson, Daniel Aragon, Alexandreah Barmore,
Andre Caulkins, Slater Enloe,
Jaden Erne, Summer Gomez,
Mark Gray, Shaimara Hayward, Mark Hooper, Bobby Irwin, Jukobe Johnson, Aaliyah
Johnson, Darell Jones, Coleton
Langworthy, Brinly Mangan,
Charles Marion, Carmen Matias, Catarina Matias Francisco, Destiney Mayo, Karla
Medina, Lauren Meek, Katelynn Noland, Hayden Palmer,
Alexis Ragan, Kitra Seaton,
Dylan Slaton, Zane Stevenson,
William Stokesberry, Aaron
Talbot, Christina Timmerman,
Brady White, Emmalee White,
Feybiana White-Carrera, Destiny Wren, James Zogg.
• Honor Roll: Lexus Bennett, Ethan Camp, Robert
Campbell, Sandra Cuthrell,
Ashlyn Davis, Brandon Decker, Colin Dixon, Shalina Enloe,
Breanna Flanders, Kevin Frazier, Mackenzie Froelich, Emili
Gonzalez, Emma Gossard,
Deserea Huston, Tariq Logan,
Jakiia Logan, Nevaeh Mason,
Madelyn McGee Rosenthal,
Ainsley McKellips, Elayna
Newton, James O’Connor, Izabelle Palmer, Madigan Phillips,
Matthew Redden, Alejandro
Roma’n Rios, Rylee Rutherford, Tamera Rutherford McCullough, Hannah Samples,
Jordan
Shamblin,
Jaden
Shufeldt, Kylie Speer, Anna
Talbot, Taylor Vail, Peyton
Wells, Keandra White, Alexius
Yeubanks.
• A Honor Roll: Brandon
Burnes, Jadyn Clark, Nuhemi
Cruz-Thomason, Ani DAlbini-Rexwinkle, Elly Gossard,
Anna Hoy, Dominique Jones,
Paige Kitterman, Petrona Mateo-Alonzo, Nicholas Naden,
Adyson Peck, Aesia Quarles,
Alisa Richmond-Reck, Cooper
Eighth grade
• Honorable mention: Kelsie Allen, Mason Bennett,
Miguel Bermudez, Owen Carr,
Drew Cormier, Mackey Ditmore, Gabrielle Elder, Joseph
Eli, Joshua Ensaldo, Cassandra Gilfillan, Jessica Hansen,
Katelynn Heinz, Nolan Horner,
Austin Matney, Murran McKellips, Mikayla McNeal-Alvarado, Clifford Mitchell, Jordan
Mitchell, Keonah Morgan,
Skye Perry, Luis Portillo, Carson Reel-Hawk, Adrianne Robison, Omarion Sales, Jalisea
Seanior, Abbeegail Sterk, Cornelius Trussell, Antoney Turner, Hunter Vail, Aaron Watson,
Theodore Zogg.
• Honor roll: Sara Bess,
Grace Conn, Danielle Deller,
Armando Felipe, Cami Foster,
Olivia Foulk, Brennden Graham, Garret Hanna, Alexis
Hobbs, Jeremiah Jeffries, Kimberly Keighley, Amber Kendrick, Kristi Madison, Jemil
Martin, Alek McGinnis, Jacob
Meek, Autumn Mersberg, Angela Miguel-Jose, Christian
Rodriguez, Olivia Roesky, RaeAnna Rutherford-Madl, Marcavis Shobe, Destiny Smith,
Jace Swindell, Ailie Talbott,
Kendall Tosh, Jorge Trujillo.
• A Honor Roll: Madison
Adamson, Jaden Bauer, Eli
Bell, Samantha Bess, Cheryl
Bilby, Mark Christian, Shelby Coons, Alexis Crawford
Jayden Crawford, Noah Diver,
Halle Herkelman, Larson Hoggatt, Ashley Isle, Kyle Jackson,
Deja Kuehn, Amelia Maulsby,
Kimberley Moore, Havana Moran, Madeline Murdock, Xavion Neal, Mackenzie O’Connor,
Guadalupe Ramirez, Jalisica
Rivera, Nicholas Slavin, Emily
Swiger, Tate Thornburg, Marissa Vail, Julia Wright, Lacey
Yates.
Alumni banquet set
for Saturday in Caney
CANEY — The Caney Valley High School USD 436 Alumni
Banquet is set to take place on Saturday, May 28, in the Lincoln
Memorial Elementary School Gym. The banquet starts at 6:30
p.m. and the doors will open at 5 p.m. for early visiting.
The alumni association awards two $500 scholarships each
year to graduating seniors and those winners will be announced
at the banquet.
A designated person from classes holding special reunions
will be given the opportunity to make a brief comments about
that particular class at the banquet, and election of new alumni
officers for 2017 will also be held.
For questions about the CVHS Alumni Banquet, contact Barbara (Barnett) Bush, alumni secretary-treasurer, at (620) 8795404.
Members of the 2015-16 graduating class from Tyro Community Christian School include (front row, left to right) Maryssa Stukey,
Summer Koscelny, Leah Harris, (back row, left to right) Bayne Mackey, Emilio Martinez, Caleb Medsker, Joshua Klesner and Evangeline Blackert. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Diplomas issued to 8 seniors at TCCS
TYRO — Eight Tyro Community Christian School seniors walked across the
stage and received their high school diplomas in graduation ceremonies held
Friday, May 20, at the Tyro Christian
Church.
The program included the welcome
and prayer by school administrator Terry
Byrd, who then presented various awards
and scholarships. The salutatorian address was given by Summer Koscelny, followed by Caleb Medsker giving his valedictory talk.
Special music was given by the Class
of 2016 as was the presentation of flowers. Debbie Medsker, senior class sponsor,
gave the graduation message followed by
the senior tribute video.
Terry Byrd and Art Peterman, TCCS
board member, presented the Class of
2016 as they received their diplomas. The
program concluded with the blessing and
benediction given by Barbara Blackert,
TCCS faculty member.
The Tyro Community Christian School
Class of 2016 members are: Bayne Mack-
ey, Emilio Martinez, Leah Harris, Joshua Klesner, Caleb Medsker, Evangeline
Blackert, Maryssa Stukey and Summer
Koscelny.
Class colors are sapphire and white,
class flower is the white carnation, and
the class song is “Live on Forever.” The
class scripture verse is “Don’t let anyone
look down on you because you are young,
but set an example for the believers in
speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.” (I Timothy 4:12)
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Independence Bible School grads
Last Thursday was a big day for kindergarten and senior students at Independence Bible School.
They received their certificates and diplomas at promotion and graduation exercises. Kindergarten students for the 2015-16 school year included (left photo, left to right) Mason Bright, Alexander Sherwood, River Arnold, Melody Silva, Rylee Blome and Joshua Hunter. Lavonna Schaper
(standing in back) is the kindergarten teacher. High school seniors to receive their diplomas were
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Caney’s Memorial
BOE examines utility costs Day
Service planned
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
CANEY — Behind the school
classroom walls, below the
lockerroom floors and above
the hallway ceilings is an entire utility universe — electrical conduits, water and sewer
pipes, computer cords, and a
maze of natural gas lines that
collectively provide comfort,
information and illumination
to students and teachers.
However, because that utility village is largely tucked
away from human sight, it
often gets overlooked — and
taken for granted.
On Monday, the USD 436
Board of Education peered behind those walls to get a view
of the current state of utilities.
And, what they learned was
that aging school buildings,
combined with multiple generations of equipment and years
of deferred maintenance, will
require a hefty price tag for
repairs.
The board conferred with
Keven Ward, a public sector
consultant with Trane USA, an
energy service provider. Best
known for their heating and
cooling equipment, Trane also
provides local governments
with a thorough energy and
utility analysis so that problems can be corrected, or, in
many cases, replaced with
newer technology at a savings
to the local governments.
Ward provided an assessment of both Lincoln Memorial
Elementary School and Caney
Valley Jr.-Sr. High School.
What Ward concluded was
that the annual utility costs
at Caney Valley Jr.-Sr. High
School were about $80,300
while utility costs at Lincoln
School were about $38,977.
That translates to about 84
cents per square feet at the
jr.-sr. high school and 66 cents
per square feet at the elementary school.
More importantly, it’s more
than $118,000 per year in
keeping the lights illuminated
and the heating and cooling systems operable for both
school buildings, Ward said.
An assessment of existing
equipment, with primary focus
on heating, ventilation, and air
cooling systems, showed that
more than one half of all of
the existing equipment at both
schools had exceeded their
use expectancy. There are 91
different pieces of equipment
related to the HVAC systems
in both buildings. Of those 91
pieces of equipment, 48 had
exceeded their life expectancy,
Ward said, with some of the
oldest equipment dating back
to 1981.
“What that means is you
have equipment that has been
prolonged to the point that it
needs replaced,” he said.
Lincoln School was built in
1954 but underwent two major renovations: one in 1981
(after fire destroyed the school
gymnasium and library in
1980), and the other in 2000.
Several pieces of the utility system date back to 1981,
meaning they have been in usage for 35-plus years. That’s
anywhere from eight to 10
years longer than the expected
usage of that equipment, Ward
said.
At Caney Valley Jr.-Sr. High
School, which was built in
1973, multiple generations of
HVAC systems dot the school’s
roof top. This includes systems
that date back to two expansions: one in 1980 and the
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Next school year to be
on a five-day week
CANEY — The 2016-17 school year in USD 436 will contain the traditional five-day school week, the USD 436 Board
of Education voted on Monday.
At a special board meeting, the board unanimously approved next year’s school calendar, which conforms to the
state-mandated 174 days (or 1,218 hours) of teacher-student contact.
The school year will officially begin on Thursday, Aug. 18
and conclude on Friday, May 26, 2017. Senior graduation
will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2017.
To those students who are already planning their Christmas vacation, the winter break will officially begin after the
noon hour on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016. Students will return to school on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.
The 2017 spring break will be held Friday, March 10
through Friday, March 17. Students will return to classes on
Monday, March 20.
other in 1991, plus multiple
upgrades ever since.
To make the needed repairs, which also includes
making light and electrical
systems more energy efficient
and making repairs to plumbing systems to improve water
efficiency, could require anywhere from $2.7 million to
$3.4 million, Ward said. That
would translate to payments
of about $235,000 to $285,000
per year on a multiple-year
lease-purchase agreement.
However, Ward emphasized
that the district could expect
energy savings ranging from
$17,000 to $28,000 in the first
year alone of a multiple-year
improvement plan.
Not only could USD 436
save money with improved efficiencies in its utilities but the
district will finally deal with
those utility issues that have
been deferred or delayed for
years, Ward said.
Should the USD 436 Board
of Education consider using
Trane to guide the district
on an electrical performance
plan, then the first repairs
would begin in the summer of
2017, Ward said.
Trane has provided energy
performance services to multiple school districts across Kansas with each district showing
reduced monthly utility costs
and increased savings, Ward
said. Among the districts that
have used Trane’s utility efficiency services and guidance include Parsons, Palco,
Tonganoxie, Concordia, South
Haven, Halstead, Rock Creek,
oxford, Plainville and Southeast-Saline.
The school board took no
action on Ward’s presentation but indicated they would
revisit the issue — as well as
the Trane USA proposal — at
a later date.
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gion Color Guard will present
the gun salute. Recorded music will add to the honored occasion.
Memorial wreaths will be
laid on the veterans’ monuments by Sara Shively, Gold
Star Mother representative,
Terri Wilson representative for
the American Legion Ladies
Auxiliary, and Becky Wheatley, representative of the Blue
Star Mothers Chapter.
The Avenue of Flags will be
in place, weather permitting.
The Memorial Day Service
is one of CAney’s most inspiring and well attended events.
The public is encouraged to
attend and those who wish to
be seated should bring lawn
chairs.
Last year’s event was rained
out, and McBride is hoping for
the weather to be clear enough
to hold the Memorial Day Service next Monday.
Memorial Day Service to be
held at Fairview Cemetery
COFFEYVILLE — A Memorial Day Service will be held at 10
a.m., Monday, May 30 at Coffeyville’s Fairview Cemetery.
The Coffeyville City Band will perform as part of the service.
The public is invited to attend.
Scottish Rite to have dinner meeting
PITTSBURG — All members of the Fort Scott Scottish Rite are
ask to attend the Stated Dinner and Meeting on Thursday, June
2, at the Armstrong Masonic Lodge, 3105 N. Joplin, Pittsburg,
Kan. The social hour begins at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be at 6:30
p.m. and the meeting will start at approximately 7 p.m. Reservations are required, so make reservations by Wednesday, June 1
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finest observances will again
be held as people gather to attend the annual Memorial Day
Service at 11 a.m., Monday,
May 30. The program will be
held at the Veterans’ Memorial
Park south of Sunnyside Cemetery.
Caney American Legion
Commander Dale McBride will
emcee the service, also giving the invocation and benediction. He will introduce the
featured speaker, U.S. Navy
veteran Jim Buterbaugh, a
real estate and insurance
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has served as vice chairman
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The Caney Boy Scout and
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Remains of area sailor killed at Pearl Harbor return home
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
DENNIS — It has been more
than 74 years since Dennis native Dale Pearce lost his life
as a sailor aboard the U.S.S.
Oklahoma on one of history’s
most infamous days.
This week, that journey will
come to a final conclusion as
Seaman Second Class Dale
Pearce’s remains are interred
in his hometown’s cemetery.
Pearce died aboard the
U.S.S. Oklahoma when the
Japanese military opened its
fiery salvo in Pearl Harbor in
what was then a quiet Sunday
morning on Dec. 7, 1941. His
body — and those of hundreds
of his ship mates — have been
buried in a mass grave in a national cemetery in Honolulu,
Hawaii, since the late 1940s.
However, in the past year,
the U.S. military has made efforts to positively identify those
remains and prepare them for
proper burial with full military
honors.
When forensics evidence
by U.S. Department of Defense specialists gave a positive identification to Pearce’s
remains in January, the process began to return the Dennis sailor to his hometown. On
Tuesday, the flag-draped coffin carrying Pearce’s remains
made the trek from Honolulu
to Tulsa International Airport, where family members
accepted the body and made
the somber processional to a
funeral home in Parsons. All
activity at the Tulsa airport
was stopped while the coffin was unloaded from the
airplane and led to a waiting
hearse. Hundreds of airport
guests crowded around the
large windows at the terminal
to watch the somber arrival of
Pearce’s remains.
The hearse carrying the coffin was led by a delegation of
Patriot Guard motorcycle riders as well as representatives
with the Oklahoma Highway
Patrol, which afforded the deceased sailor the honors that
befall any active duty military
personnel who dies in action.
“It doesn’t matter where
they die or how long ago they
die, any active duty U.S. service personnel who dies in action is afforded full honors,”
said Justin Brown, a funeral
director with Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Parsons, which
is handling Pearce’s burial arrangements.
A formal exchange ceremony between the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol and Kansas
Highway Patrol took place in
South Coffeyville, where dozens of people lined U.S. 169
highway and made its slow
A Navy detail removes the casket carrying the remains of Dale Pearce, who was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
on Dec. 7, 1941. Pearce’s nephew, Ralph Pearce of Dennis, watches as the casket moves down the conveyor from a American Airlines
flight at Tulsa International Airport Tuesday morning and is eventually carried to the hearse. (Photo by Ray Nolting/Parsons Sun)
trek through Coffeyville. Kids
and adults carrying banners
and U.S. flags stood silently
as the cortege wound through
Coffeyville, where the sound of
the Patriot Guard motorcycles
could be heard blocks away.
At the last minute, the funeral processional was detoured on K-101 highway
through Edna due to a fatality wreck on U.S. 169 highway. The funeral procession
reached its destination in Parsons shortly after 3 p.m.”
On Thursday, May 26, a funeral will be held at the Faith
United Methodist Church in
Parsons. A funeral cortege
will leave the church around
3 p.m. and travel to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery southeast
of Dennis where Pearce will
be be laid to rest in an area
surrounded by other family members. It’s anticipated
that the full military honors
will include a rifle company,
the playing of “Taps,” and the
presentation of the coffin flag
to a designated member of the
Pearce family.
Pearce’s funeral and burial
on Thursday will fall on his
96th birthday.
Mass burial in Hawaii
Seaman Second Class Dale F. Pearce of Dennis in U.S. Navy
uniform shortly before his death aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma in
Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
Even though Pearce died
in Pearl Harbor, he was never
afforded a proper military funeral. That’s because the removal of the remains of USS
Oklahoma servicemen from
the bottom of Pearl Harbor
was an exhausting effort, lasting well past the war’s end in
1945.
When the U.S.S. Oklahoma
was finally righted in 1943, the
remains of hundreds of sailors were reduced to skeletal
In memory
of those who
gave their lives
to keep us
strong and free.
On Memorial Day we pay special tribute to our veterans, but it is every
day that we benefit from their brave and selfless deeds. God bless those
who made the greatest sacrifice so that we may prosper in freedom.
Following is a list of Caney and area men who died in our nation’s armed
forces in World War I and World War II, The Korean War and the war in Viet
Nam.
•William B. Askren
•Robert H. Barr
•Earl C. Brown
•Ernest B. Brown
•Glenn Brown
•Raymond Carriker
•Frank Chapman
•R.E. Chastain
•Ted Coltharp
•Clifford Bale
•Byron Dannels
•Wallace Eakes
•John D. Ewers
•Fred Farner
•Glen D. Finney
•Richard Goudy
•Fred Gustafson
•Wright B. Hamill
•George Hill
•William Howser
•Clarence Hurst
•Ralph Jackson
•David John
•Jack Jones
•Jay C. Kirby
•Leonard Kittle
•Charles Kleckner
•Joseph Lebow
•S. Gordon Lindsey
•Larry Meloy
•Leroy D. Meloy
•Dean Parsons
•Lester Pearsall, Jr.
•Russell Reed
•Joseph Richey
•Bob Robertson
•Pete Rowland
•Woodrow Sell
•Carl Shafer
•Robert E. Thornton
•Francis Wine
•Gerald Woods
•Gene Wyman
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forms, drenched in the oil and
fuel that filled the hulls of the
ship.
Efforts were made to retrieve the remains. However,
the carnage and debris of the
sunken ship was so vast that
the U.S. Department of Defense finally in 1949 had to
declare the remains as “nonrecoverable.” Whatever remains were found were intermingled with the ship’s debris.
The remains were placed in 61
coffins and buried in a national cemetery in Honolulu.
Back home in Dennis, members of the Pearce family had
to come to grips with Pearce’s
death. Even though he did
not have a funeral, the family would place a tombstone at
Pleasant Hill Cemetery. “Lost
At Pearl Harbor” was the inscription on Dale Pearce’s
granite marker.
An edition of Stars and
Stripes recently chronicled
what happened to the U.S.S.
Oklahoma crew that died in
action. The newspaper wrote:
During the Dec. 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor attack, which
plunged the U.S. into World
War II, many Oklahoma sailors jumped overboard as the
battleship rolled over in about
50 feet of water.
But hundreds were trapped
below decks.
Thirty-two were rescued
by intrepid crews who heard
them banging for help, cut
into the hull and made their
way through a maze of darkened, flooded compartments to
reach them.
Others managed to escape
by swimming underwater
to find their way out. Some
trapped sailors tried to stem
the in-rushing water with rags
and even the board from a
board game. One distraught
man tried to drown himself.
In the months, and years
after the attack, the handling
of the crew’s remains was
plagued by error, confusion
and poor record keeping.
Most of the dead were found
in the wreckage during the
months-long salvage operation, especially after the Oklahoma was righted in 1943,
according to a memo by DPAA
historian Heather Harris.
By then, the bodies had
been reduced to skeletons.
By 1944, the jumbled skeletons, saturated with fuel oil
from the ship, had been buried
as unknowns in two Hawaiian
cemeteries.
Three years later, they were
dug up and taken to a military
laboratory near Pearl Harbor
for attempted identification.
The chief tool then also was
the comparison of the dental
records with the teeth of the
deceased. And 27 tentative
identifications were made, but
they were rejected as incomplete by the authorities.
In 1949, all the remains
were formally declared unidentifiable. And by 1950, they
had been reburied in the National Memorial Cemetery of
the Pacific, often called the
Punchbowl, in Honolulu.
There they rested until last
year.
In April 2015, the U.S.
Department of Defense announced it would use DNA and
forensics testing to exhume
the remains of the U.S.S. Oklahoma at th National Cemetery
in Honolulu and began an effort to positively identify them.
Forensics test kits were provided to family members as a
way to signal a positive trace
of DNA between the sailors
and their remaining kinfolk in
the United States.
There were 388 sailors
killed on the U.S.S. Oklahoma
when it was hit with a barrage of torpedos the Japanese
airplanes on Dec. 7, 1941. So
fierce were the torpedo hits
that the U.S.S. Oklahoma took
that the massive ship capsized in less than 15 minutes
— making it one of the first of
a row of U.S. Navy battleships
to be damaged or destroyed by
the waves of Japanese attacks.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Datebook
THURSDAYMAY26
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8 p.m.
• Independence City Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m.,
at the Veterans Room of Memorial Hall.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FRIDAYMAY27
• Caney’s Mayfest activities
begin today, see detailed ad
and story found elsewhere in
this issue.
• The Caney Valley Historical Society will hold its 4th
Annual Meet and Greet event
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Sandstone Building, 4th and State,
downtown Caney. A light supper will be served for a $7 donation. This is a time for those
who attending class reunions
during the weekend, or residents, to enjoy a relaxing evening of visiting and reminiscing.
• The 52nd Annual Delaware Powwow will be held
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Memorial Day weekend, May
27, 28 and 29, at the Fred
Fall-Leaf Memorial Campground, three miles east of
U.S. 75 highway on Road 600.
The public is invited to attend.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
SATURDAYMAY28
• Mayfest activities in Caney
– see detailed ad and story
found in this issue.
• Caney Valley High School
Alumni Banquet will be held
in the Lincoln Memorial Elementary School Gym at 6:30
p.m. Doors open at 5 p.m. for
early visiting.
• The Can-Kan Dreambuilders will host an open house at
the new Caney City Library
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Punch
and cookies will be served.
Stop by and tour the new facility.
• The first free Independence Downtown Movie Night
of the 2016 season will be held.
“Toy Story” will be shown on a
large screen in the Community
National Bank & Trust park-
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ing lot. Pre-show activities begin at 8 p.m., and show time
will begin at 9 p.m. Persons
are encouraged to bring their
own lawn chairs or blankets
for seating and viewing.
The event is free and open
to the public.
MONDAYMAY30
• Memorial Day holiday.
Most government offices are
closed for the holiday.
• Memorial Day Service
at Veterans Memorial Park,
Caney, across the street from
Sunnyside Cemetery. Service
begins at 11 a.m. The public is
invited to attend.
• Memorial Day Service at
the cenotaph at Mount Hope
Cemetery in Independence, 10
a.m.
• Memorial Day Service
at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville, 10 a.m.
TUESDAYMAY31
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAYJUNE1
Mayfest Car Show
Avenue of Flags
Then let them experience
Mayfest and the Memorial Day
weekend in Caney!
Class reunions and Alumni Banquet
Mayfest at Wark Park
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Spears Manufacturing
Anissa’s Hair Care
Thornton Graphics
Dr. Roger Burch
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City of Caney
Caney Drug
Coffeyville Regional Medical Center
Cornerstone Church
Member FDIC
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THURSDAYJUNE2
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FRIDAYJUNE3
• Caney Valley Antique Power Association’s Pioneer Days,
June 3, 4 and 5, at the CVAPA
grounds, 3 1/2 miles north of
the 4-way stop on Highway 75
in Caney.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
SATURDAYJUNE4
• Caney Farmer’s Market,
downtown Caney, 7 a.m. to
noon or until items are sold
out. Vendors of homegrown
produce and arts and crafts
are welcome.
• The Montgomery County
Democratic Central Committee will hold its monthly meeting at 12:30 p.m., at 618 Union
in Coffeyville.
• The Caney Construction
Debris Landfill/Brush Dump
will be open, weather permitting, from 8 a.m. to noon and
12:30 to 4 p.m., for the free
disposal of accepted items.
There is a fee to dispose of
construction items and debris.
Safari Zoological Park
We extend a welcome to Caney natives
and area residents to visit our community
during Caney’s biggest week of the year!
Fun and festivities await you this weekend!
Community National Bank & Trust
• Deadline is today at noon
to file for candidacy on the
Caney City Council’s four available positions. Filing can be
done at Caney City Hall.
• The City of Caney Landfill
will be open for the free disposal of certain items from
noon to 8 p.m. Must show the
gate attendant a recent Caney
City water bill.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
6 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
Caney, Kan.
Kathy and Rudy Taylor at their back yard at 500 E. 2nd in Caney.
Caney Garden Club features
Kathy and Rudy Taylor’s yard
CANEY — The Caney Garden Club has selected the home of
Kathy and Rudy Taylor for its Yard of the Month Award.
The Taylors’ home, at the corner of 2nd and Bradley, is located on a grassy lot that comprises a half block. They can be
seen every weekend, mowing, trimming, watering and caring
for all the vegetation that surrounds their home.
Kathy has always been a lover of flowers, taking her cues
from memories made while growing up in a beautiful home in
the south part of Caney.
Her mother, Ethel George, taught her the names of flowers,
and she gives Rudy yearly lessons on flower varieties. “We love
working in our yard, and doing different things with our flower
gardens,” Kathy said.
Rudy adds, “It’s our hobby, and it gives us lots of happiness to
see springtime blossom into summer, then change into a colorful
autumn.”
Just for fun, Kathy and Rudy counted their plants last weekend and came up with the following tally:
Counting everything, there are 419 plants occupying space in
the Taylors’ yard and flower beds.
There are 11 mature trees, 10 red-tipped photinia, 11 crepe
myrtle, 12 various species of roses, 8 spirea, 8 holly bushes,
1 yew, 18 nandina, 14 hostas and a sprawling Rose of Sharon
bush.
There are 59 various perennials and 246 various annuals in
their seven gardens. Kathy utilizes all types of hanging baskets
and pots to accentuate their porches, even placing baskets on
their privacy fence and beneath a barn window.
With the exception of a few trees, they have dug or poked
every hole for these plants.
Kathy and Rudy believe that all of us owe it to our communities to practice a certain amount of neatness and pride. That’s
where they start, then they add their love for the colors of nature and plenty of back-breaking work to make it all worthwhile
— and attractive.
“We don’t do it to show off,” Kathy said. “But if our friends
and neighbors get some pleasure from seeing our little corner of
Caney, then that’s really a bonus for everyone — us and them.”
The Caney Garden Club will select its Yard of the Month for
June in the next few weeks.
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
A walk through the cemetery reveals interesting history
Notable burials at Mount Hope Cemetery
include an Academy Award and Pulitzer Prize
winner, Congressional Medal of Freedom
recipient, pioneer doctor, and the creator of
the modern conservative political movement
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
INDEPENDENCE — The
2016 Memorial Day will have
special meaning across the
United States as it falls on the
150th anniversary of the first
national observance of the
holiday, which was initially
known as Decoration Day.
The first holiday in 1866
was held to commemorate the
fallen of both sides of the Civil
War, which ended the previous year.
For George Glines of Independence, the decoration
of loved one’s gravesites not
only is a reminder of their
pasts but also a continuing
reminder of their history.
Glines has done his share of
walking the lanes at Mount
Hope Cemetery to identify the
final resting places of noted
residents.
And, it might amaze area
citizens to know that Mount
Hope serves as the final resting place for a Civil War Congressional Medial Of Honor
recipient, a black physician
whose treatment of a pioneer
family become part of the
lore of the American West,
a NASA rocket scientist who
was awarded the Congressional Medal of Freedom, a
winner of both an Academy
Award and a Pulitzer Price,
and the father of the modern
conservative movement whose
beliefs were often read in a
national political magazine.
Glines has found these
interesting facts about Mount
Hope Cemetery’s noted burials and markers:
• The Veterans Memorial
display contains 61 white
crosses to signify those local
men who died in World War II
and the Korean Conflict.
“You will find some familiar Independence names
there, including Hille, Wuedermann, Rumfelt, Wiggins,
Springer and others,” he said.
“Take a few minutes to read
the names on all of the 61
crosses, and then contemplate
what each of them scarified to
maintain our cherished freedoms and traditions. Never
will it be more apparent that
freedom is never free.”
• George Banks, the Civil
War Medal of Honor recipient, is buried at Mount Hope
Cemetery. He was awarded
the Medal of Honor for valor
during his actions at Missionary Ridge, Tenn. He was a
first sergeant for Company C
of the 15th Regiment of the
Indiana Infantry when his unit
was involved in a pivotal Civil
War battle in November 1863.
Banks is buried about 50
yards from the south entrance
gate, between the two Mausoleums, and about 40 yards to
the west. His grave is adorned
with both the American Flag
and the special blue Medal of
Honor flag. His gravesite is
maintained by local veterans.
• William Inge, winner of
both the Pulitzer Price for
“Picnic” and an Academy
Award for Best Screen Play
for “Splendor In The Grass,”
is buried in the Inge family
plot about 60 yards from the
south entrance and about 30
yards to the east. The gray
Inge family stone is just visible from the asphalt drive.
His modest stone merely
states his name, dates of birth
and death, and the simple
inscription, “Playwright.”
• Dr. George A. Tann is
buried alongside the western
asphalt drive, directly across
from Pizza Hut on North
Penn Avenue. His grave is
marked prominently with a
sign explaining his notoriety
in saving members of the
Charles Ingalls family from
malaria during their brief stay
in Kansas in the late 1860s.
That compassion and medical treatment became part of
the lore of the pioneer days
as depicted in Laura Ingalls
Wilder’s “Little House On The
Prairie” novel.
• Alan C.E. Glines, who was
George Glines’ brother, was
a NASA flight director and
holder of the Congressoinal
Medal of Freedom for the
recovery of the ill-fated Apollo
13 lunar mission in 1970. He
is buried 20 yards east of the
north-south asphalt drive on
a direct line from Mulberry
Street and the Social Security
Administration office. His
tombstone is inscribed with
his likeness and various NASA
designations, including Apollo
11, Apollo 13, space shuttle
flights, plus the Congressional
Medal of Freedom. The medal
is on loan by the family to
the Kansas Cosmosphere in
Hutchinson, Kan.
• William Rusher, who joins
the more famous William
F. Buckley, as the founders
of the modern conservative
political movement, is buried
in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The longtime publisher of
the National Review magazine, which is still published
today, is buried near various
relatives and cousins from
Independence. His gravesite is
located in the Self family plot,
which is best found in a direct
line due east of the Coldwell
Banker Pasternak Johnson
office. His tombstone is a few
steps east of the prominent
U.S. flag pole.
“Mount Hope Cemetery is
filled with a lot of history and
is worth investigating, and
not just on Memorial Day,” he
said. “It’s enlightening and
worthwhile to note the names
and dates on their tombstones, some with names you
might recognize, numerous
graves of Civil War veterans,
with their wartime designations, who helped build Kansas after 1865.”
Glines, an Army veteran,
has visited national cemeteries across the nation and also
toured the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
in France.
More information and
photographs of some of the
famous buried at Mount hope
can be found by typing their
names into a Google search
engine.
The gravesite of Dr. George A. Tann, a pioneer physician, is among the notable burials at Independence’s Mount Hope Cemetery. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
USD 436 salutes retiring faculty, presents service awards
CANEY — Four USD 436
retiring educators with a
combined 113 years of experience in education were
recognized by their peers and
the USD 436 Board of Education during an appreciation
banquet on May 18.
The retiring personnel
were recognized and saluted.
They include (and their individual years of service to USD
436):
• Robin Rolls, Lincoln
School physical education
teacher, 39 years.
• Susan Crowe, Lincoln
School grade school teacher
and Title I coordinator, 38
years.
• Stephanie Rigdon, Lincoln
paraprofessional, 21 years.
• Joline Stromberg, Caney
Valley High School teacher, 15
years.
Each of the four educators
were presented with the ceremonial Teacher’s Apple as
Historical society’s Meet and Greet set for Friday
CANEY — The Caney Valley Historical
Society’s 4th Annual Meet and Greet event
will be held Friday, May 27, from 5 to 7
p.m. at the Sandstone Building, 4th and
State streets, downtown Caney.
The meet and greet is a time for those
in Caney for class reunions held during
the Mayfest-Memorial Day weekend, or local residents to have a place to gather and
enjoy a light meal and spend time visiting.
Home N Sight is different than a nursing home or hospital. Gloria
Noblitt knows that first hand. She has spent the last several weeks at
Home N Sight recovering from a broken leg.
Gloria and her husband, Bruce, had never heard of Home N
Sight until a friend recommended it. They were searching for an
alternative rehabilitation provider that was less institutional and
more personal. That’s exactly what they found at Home N Sight.
So what makes Home N Sight the ideal place to recover from
illness, injury or surgery? There are lots of features/services that are
unique to Home N Sight, but here are just a few that Gloria wanted
to let you know about.
• Patient rooms are private and more spacious.
• The staff is small and consistent which makes it easier for them
to get to know each patient’s needs and preferences.
• The therapy department is on-site making it convenient to
complete daily therapy sessions as prescribed by your doctor.
• Meals are prepared to order at your chosen mealtime. You can
choose the special of the day or make a selection from the
menu.
A personal tour is the best way to experience all Home N Sight has
to offer its patients. If you would like to come for a visit, please call
us at (620) 252-4929.
A $7 donation for the light supper would
be appreciated from those attending.
Organizers are hoping for a large turnout to enjoy an atmosphere of leisure visiting and reminiscing.
a symbol for their loyalty and
service to USD 436.
Numerous other educators were recognized at the
banquet for attaining service
milestones during the 2015-16
school year. They include:
• 40 years: Jeannette
Bellmyer, accounts payable.
• 35 years: Darl Buck, grade
school teacher.
• 30 years: Criss Davis, high
school teacher, athletic director,
and coach.
• 20 years: Terrie Welson,
high school teacher; Paula Rodgers, high school teacher; Kristi
“I broke my leg in April and had to have surgery. I
had to be non-weight bearing for several weeks. That
made it difficult for Bruce to take care of me at home.
A friend from church told us about Home N Sight.
That turned out to be a very good recommendation.
We don’t drive, so the transportation Windsor Place
provides to doctor’s appointments is very helpful.
Home N Sight has been a very good experience. The
food is good and the people are very nice. I will continue to have help from Windsor Place At-Home Care
once I return home.”
– Gloria Noblitt & Husband, Bruce
105 Catalpa Street • Coffeyville, KS
(620) 251-5190
www.windsorplace.net
Magee, district nurse;
and Reva
Shepard,
grade school
teacher.
• 15
years: Joline
Stromberg,
high school
teacher;
Tessie Wren,
elementary
paraprofessional; Kelli
Mills, grade
school
teacher; and
Lynda Rich,
grade school
teacher.
• 10
years: Penny
Gulick, high
school coach;
Brandy
Bailey,
high school
teacher;
Martha Hall,
grade school
secretary;
Angela Purcell, grade
school secretary; Ginger
Comstock,
grade school
teacher; Emily Anderson,
grade school
teacher;
Connie Morris, school
custodian.
Robin Rolls
Susan Crowe
Stephanie Rigdon
Joline Stromberg
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Montgomery County Chronicle
USD 446’s students of the month named Memorial Day Service
INDEPENDENCE — Four
School: Had- kindness towards other stuis the 18-yearUSD 446 students on May 16
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sister to Mari- stated the following: “Paige is
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CANEY — Family and friends are invited
to attend the come-and-go reception to honor
longtime Caney resident Don Fuqua as he celebrates his 90th birthday. The event will be
held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., this Sunday, May 29,
at the Cornerstone Church, 900 S. Ridgeway,
Caney. His actual birthday was May 25.
Hosting the reception will be his children and
grandchildren.
For those who are unable to attend, cards
may be mailed to: Don Fuqua, 400 S. McGee,
#112, Caney, KS 67333.
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Join us for Caney’s best
weekend of the year!
Plan to Join the Fun and Excitement of Caney’s
Mayfest and Memorial Day Weekend!
Thursday, May 26-Monday, May 30
FRIDAY, MAY 27
• Toby’s Carnival will feature carnival rides.
• Craft and food vendors will set up booths in Wark Park.
• Free concert featuring Jaycee Lynne, 7-10 p.m., Wark Park,
bring lawn chair for seating. Jaycee is a singer-songwriter
from rural Missouri who performs a variety of music including
contemporary and traditional country and gospel. She has
opened shows for Toby Keith, Tim McGraw and many others,
and has toured throughout the U.S., Canada and England. The
concert is sponsored by Subway.
• The Caney Valley Historical Society’s 4th Annual Meet and
Greet event will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Sandstone
Building, 4th and State, downtown Caney. A light supper will be
served for a suggested $7 donation. This is an informal gathering
for anyone attending high school reunions, Mayfest activities and
hometown folks to enjoy a time of visiting and a meal.
SATURDAY, MAY 28
• Caney Lions Club 5K Run, starts at 9 a.m. at Wark Park. (To
register go to ozendurance.net and click on Caney Lions).
• Toby’s Carnival continues carnival rides in the park.
• Crafts and food booths will be open in the park.
INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Memorial Day Service will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, May 30 at the cenotaph at
Mount Hope Cemetery. The annual observance is sponsored by
VFW Post 1186, VFW Post 1186 Auxiliary, American Legion Post
139, American Legion Post 139 Ladies Auxiliary and community
volunteers.
The program will include recitation of Lincoln's "Gettysburg
Address” to be given by Liam Jarrell, son of Douglas and Cynthia
Jarrell, followed by the reading of "In Flanders Field" by Jasmine Hall, daughter of Michael and Jessica Hall.
Ken Brown, retired instructor at Independence Community
College, will give the memorial address, which will be followed
by the placement of memorial flowers by members of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Post 139 and VFW Post 1186 Auxiliary.
The Mid-Continent Band will perform musical numbers, and
members of various veterans service organizations will combine
efforts to serve as color guards. Members of the VFW Post 1186
Firing Squad will provide a 21-gun salute, followed by the playing of "Taps."
Flags will be unfurled at 6 a.m., Monday morning at Mount
Hope Cemetery. Weather permitting, 789 total flags will be
erected at that time. Flags will be retrieved at 4 p.m. that day.
In the event of rain, the ceremony will be held in the east 4-H
building.
A free bean feed will be held at the American Legion Post 139,
1531 W. Main, until 3 p.m., Monday.
90th birthday reception to
honor Caney’s Don Fuqua
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THURSDAY, MAY 26
• Toby’s Carnival will set up in Wark Memorial Park and feature
rides and concessions.
• Crafts and food vendors will start setting up booths in Wark
Park.
to be held at Mount
Hope Cemetery
• Mayfest Car Show will be held, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. along 4th Avenue. (No registration fee, dash plaques given
to the first 80 entries, special awards at 3 p.m.).
• Mayfest Turtle Races, sponsored by Caney Valley Recreation
Commission, to be held at the skate park across from Wark Park,
10 a.m., races for all ages. Bring your own turtle. Prizes awarded
to winners.
• 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament to be held on basketball courts
at the park, 13 years and older, registration and warm-ups from
9 a.m. to 9:50 a.m., $10 registration per player. Prizes awarded.
Sponsored by Commerical Bank-Caney and Romans Motor
Company. Go to Facebook page: Caney Valley Mayfest 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament for more information.
• Teen Street Dance, sponsored by Community National Bank
& Trust, will be held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. in the park on Hooker
Street. The free dance will feature various contests, prizes and
live deejay.
• USD 436 Caney Valley High School Alumni Banquet, 6:30
p.m., (doors open at 5 p.m.), Lincoln Memorial Elementary
School Gym.
SUNDAY, MAY 29
• Avenue of Flags (placement of U.S. flags) will set up at
Veterans’ Memorial Park.
MONDAY, MAY 30
• Community Memorial Day Service at Veterans’ Memorial
Park, across from Sunnyside Cemetery, 11 a.m.
CANEY LIONS CLUB
Sponsoring organization of Mayfest 2016 activities
Don Fuqua . . .
90th birthday
was May 25
County announces temporary
closures to two road locations
The following county road locations will be temporarily closed
for construction.
• The Verdigris River Bridge on County Road 4500 between
County Roads 3600 and 3800 will be closed for guardrail work.
• County Road 3400 between County Roads 4500 and 4700
will be closed to widen a box culvert.
The beginning construction date for these repairs is Tuesday,
May 31, and the duration for the construction is 50 working
days.
Family engagement program
set for tonight in Coffeyville
COFFEYVILLE — Families – THE Foundation will meet Thursday, May 26 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Salvation Army, 102
W. 12th, Coffeyville. This is a free program and open to all parents/families. The Montgomery County Health Department will
lead the topic of “Be Good to Your Body” along with The Midwest
Pregnancy Center with fun activities for the parents and children
together. A light meal will be served. Please pre-register by calling My Family 620-330-4850.
The family engagement program focuses on the critical component of high-quality early care and education for children. Engaging families in their children’s growth and learning can
support the healthy social, emotional, cognitive and physical development of young children. These affirmative relationships
also support positive life-long outcomes for children. This project is made possible through a grant of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and is led by the Kansas Coalition for Effective
Family Engagement Kansas Families and Schools Together, Inc.
and the Montgomery County Coalition for Families, Children and
Communities.
All families are encouraged to attend.
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Sports
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
If you have a story tip about a
sports events, send an email
to sports@taylornews.org
HIGHLY-DECORATED CANEY VALLEY SENIOR IS CLASS 3A STATE GOLF CHAMPION
State title punctuates Watson’s career
Younger brother Trevor Watson finishes in
top 10; Caney Valley
ends class 3A state
meet in 7th place
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
SALINA — One year after
finishing as the runner-up,
Caney Valley High School senior Troy Watson had one
mission on his mind … a state
championship.
Much like the rest of his
season, Watson controlled
things Monday at Salina Municipal Golf Course, finishing
two strokes ahead of Ira Kullot
of Syracuse to claim the Class
3A boys’ golf championship.
“Troy spent so much time
and so many hours working
to be a tremendous golf talent with a goal of being a state
champion,” said CVHS coach
Tom Nelson. “It is so satisfying to see a young man work
hard, set goals and achieve
them. I couldn’t be more happy or proud of Troy. He is a
great golfer and a great person. I was very proud of Troy
and was fortunate to be a part
of his journey as a coach. It
was a tremendous four-year
ride that ended the best way
possible. His name is forever
stamped as a state champion.
What an honor for a quality
young man.”
Watson became just the second individual state champion
in the history of Caney Valley
boys’ golf. The only other time
the Bullpups had an individual
champion came in 1962 when
Mike Scimeca captured the
Sand Greens title. He is also
the first individual champion
in the Tri-Valley League since
Jake Morrison of Yates Center won the 2011 Sand Greens
crown.
It was a long day for golfers at the state tournament as
play was delayed nearly 2 1/2
hours due to heavy rains and
strong winds. Yet during the
final tournament of his high
school career, Watson started
state action strong.
The senior had back-toback birdies on holes 7 and
8 and went through the front
nine at even par with a 34. He
remained at even par through
14 holes, which allowed him
to open up a comfortable lead.
Although he double-bogeyed stepped up at different times.”
Hole No. 15, he bogeyed the In addition to Troy Watson,
final three holes to finish the the Bullpups had another solday at four-over par 74.
id performance from Trevor
Kullot finished as the state Watson with a top-10 finish.
runner-up with a 76, followed The freshman shot a 38 on the
by Fredonia’s Justin Solander, front nine and 40 on the back
Thomas More Pre’s Hayden side to finish in ninth place at
Rohr and Sabetha’s Garrett 78 to earn a medal.
Scott each with a 77.
“Trevor played a great fear “There were some great less round at the state tournagolfers at state and that ment for a freshman,” Nelson
said. “He too
course
was
has
worked
set up tough,”
Nelson
said. “It was a tremendous hard in the off“The
greens
four-year ride that season on his
and has
were
tough,
ended the best way game
a very bright
making multiple opportu- possible. His name is future. I was
of how
nities to make
forever stamped as a proud
disciplined
mistakes.
state champion.”
and mature he
Troy
battled
played all day,
through that
— Tom Nelson,
even in the
the entire day
Caney Valley golf coach
playoff holes.
and deserved
He displayed a
to win the indilot of confidence and competividual state title.”
It was the culmination of tive spirit. He played smart
an amazing senior season yet aggressive and finished
for Watson, who had already strong.”
claimed his fourth straight The top four scores acTVL title and third straight counted for the team’s total
regional crown. In all, he won in the standings. That includnine of his 10 tournaments ed Brandon Wilson with a 94
this season.
(47-47) and Justin Ward with
Of course, Watson got the a 104 (53-51). Rounding out
chance to celebrate his cham- the Bullpup participants were
pionship alongside his fellow Trent Thornton (47-58—105)
Bullpup teammates after the and Kaleb Vining (53-57—
squad qualified for state as 110).
a team with a second-place “Brandon Wilson brought
finish at the regional meet a in his best score of the season
week earlier in Caney.
in the biggest tournament,”
Caney Valley took seventh Nelson said. “That says a lot.
place overall in the final team Plus he is only a sophomore.
Trent pulled his game together
standings with a score of 350.
Tri-Valley
League
rival on the backside, dropping 11
Fredonia won its first state strokes. Justin was his consischampionship in program his- tent self scoring-wise, and Katory with a 329 — five strokes leb had four or five holes give
ahead of runner-up Hesston him trouble. But each did give
with 334. Sabetha came in their best effort, that I know
third at 335, followed by Ster- for sure. The course and conling at 338, Cheney 341 and ditions played very tough, and
Syracuse 342. Rounding out they all gained a lot of valuthe field behind CVHS were able experience. So it was a
Thomas More Prep at 352, very productive and quality
Atchison-Maur Hill Mount day for our golf program.”
353, West Franklin 360, Ells- Nelson said the state tourworth 362 and Osage City 371. nament capped off a success “At the state tournament, ful season for his Bullpup
the guys did play well score- squad.
wise on the biggest stage of “I was proud of how they
the season, and I am proud of represented our school so
them for that,” Nelson said. well all season and at state,”
“We had a goal of top five and Nelson said. “The state tourfell only a few strokes short nament was a quality day for
of that. This was a good sea- Caney Valley Golf. They were a
son, and the guys stayed really pretty tight group, and it was a
consistent over the course of good way to send out our two
the season and different guys seniors, Troy and Justin.”
A state title has eluded Caney Valley High School senior Troy Watson, as pictured at a tournament earlier in May, until Monday, when a round of 74 gave him the class 3A state title. (Photo by
Andy Taylor)
Fredonia’s team title was
the first boys’ golf championship by a TVL school since
Yates Center won the Sand
Greens crown in 2010. In
all, current members of the
league have now accounted
for 14 state championships in
the sport, including four from
Caney Valley (1961-63, 1983),
three from Humboldt (1976,
1979, 2002), three from Erie
(1984, 1986, 1995), two from
Cherryvale (1972-73) and the
one from Yates Center.
CLASS 3A BOYS STATE
GOLF TOURNAMENT
TEAM SCORES — 1. Fredonia 329, 2. Hesston
334, 3. Sabetha 335, 4. Sterling 338, 5. Cheney
341, 6. Syracuse 342, 7. Caney Valley 350, 8.
Thomas More Prep 352, 9. Atchison-Maur Hill
Mount 353, 10. West Franklin 360, 11. Ellsworth
362, 12. Osage City 371.
INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS — 1. Troy Watson,
Caney Valley, 74; 2. Ira Kullot, Syrcause, 76; 3.
Justin Solander, Fredonia, 77; 4. Hayden Rohr,
Thomas More Prep, 77; 5. Garrett Scott, Sa-
betha, 77; 6. Matt Percy, Central Heights, 77; 7.
Will Kullot, Syracuse, 77; 8. Nick Schissler, Sterling, 77; 9. Trevor Watson, Caney Valley, 78; 10.
Jacob Mrkwa, Fredonia, 78; 11. Colton Massey,
Larned, 78; T-12. Quinton Porter, Norton/Owen
Gartner, Sedgwick, 79; T-14. Matt Mowry, Cimarron/Jake
Huffaker,
Southeast-Saline,
80; T-16. Grant Brenneman, Hesston/Zach
Schissler, Sterling/Conner Epple, Sabetha/
Tanor Walker, Chaparral, 81; T-20. Justin Fugitt,
Cimarron/Austin Hampton, Cheney/Sam Sowers, Atchison County, 82.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS — Caney Valley: Troy
Watson 34-40—74, Trevor Watson 38-40—78,
Brandon Wilson 47-47—94, Justin Ward 53-51—
104, Trent Thornton 47-58—105, Kaleb Vining 5357—110.
Bound for collegiate ranks, Watson appreciates ‘awesome career’ at CVHS
being awarded my first-place
medal, I was just overjoyed
and happy to share this mo SALINA — At any level of
ment with my family, coach
competition, an athlete must
and teammates.”
step up his or her game to
reach the level of a champion. Watson shot a four-over
par 74 on the day to take the
Caney Valley High School
championship — two strokes
golfer Troy Watson was well
ahead of Syracuse’s
aware of the chalIra Kullot. He
lenge of reaching
became the second
that ultimate prize,
Caney Valley boy
especially after
to ever win a state
finishing as a state
championship in
runner-up just one
golf, matching the
year earlier.
accomplishment of
“My expectation
Sand Greens chamwas to win state,”
pion Mike Scimeca
Watson said. “Anyin 1962. He also bething less would
came the first state
have been a big
champion in the
disappointment to
Troy Watson . . .
Tri-Valley League
me.”
to play at Kansas since Jake Morri There was no
Wesleyan Univer- son of Yates Center
disappointment in
won the 2011 Sand
sity in 2016-17
the end for Watson
Greens title.
to close out the most
“Closing out my last year
decorated career in Bullpup
with a state title was wonderhistory. The senior went out
ful,” Watson said. “That was
on top as he was declared the
my goal ever since I started
Class 3A champion after a
high school. So to be able to
first-place finish in the state
win it once is something I’ll
tournament Monday at Salina
always be able to remember
Municipal Golf Course.
and cherish.”
“I actually realized I won
Watson was in control
state after I looked at the
much of Monday’s state tourbig scoreboard and scanned
through everyone’s scores and nament. The senior had backto-back birdies on holes 7 and
saw that I had the lowest,”
8 and went through the front
Watson said. “My reaction
nine at even par with a 34. He
when I won was relief and a
remained at even par through
little disappointment at first.
14 holes, which allowed him
The last couple of holes I
to open up a comfortable
really struggled, so I was unlead.
happy I couldn’t have pulled
Although he double-booff a dominant last perforgeyed Hole No 15, he bogeyed
mance. But later on, after
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
the final three holes to finish
the day at four-over par 74.
“I wanted to go into this
round and keep my mistakes
at a minimum,” Watson said.
“I thought if I played smart
and stayed out of trouble I
would have a great shot at
winning. Through 14 holes
I did that and was playing
well. The last couple of holes
I stumbled, but I had a big
enough cushion to maintain
the lead and win.”
Watson’s senior campaign
was dominant from start to
finish. With the exception of
a second-place finish at the
Field Kindley Invitational, the
senior took the top spot in all
the remaining tournaments
on this year’s squad. He won
seven of eight regular-season
crowns, including a record
fourth straight Tri-Valley
League championship. He
followed that up by winning a
third straight regional crown
before taking his first ever
state championship.
“I actual planned to win
every golf tournament this
season, but I fell just a bit
short on that,” Watson said.
“However, this was by far the
best season for me. We had
a lot of success this year as a
team.”
Now that he has completed
his CVHS career, Watson
plans on attending Kansas
Wesleyan University in Salina
on a golf scholarship. He now
hands off the leadership role
in the Bullpup program to
his brother, freshman Trevor
Watson, who captured ninth
place at the state tournament.
As a team, the ‘Pups took
seventh place in Class 3A.
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“My favorite memories
were the tournaments where
we had a lot of team success
and everyone played well,”
Watson said. “I got to play
with my younger brother who
is a freshman this year. My
brother got ninth place as a
freshman. I thought he did
a great job, and I was very
proud of him and the way he
played.
“I have been able to have
an awesome career at Caney
Valley. I credit a lot to my
coach, Mr. (Tom) Nelson, who
everyday sought to make me
better and to help me improve
in what ways he could. He
is a great coach and person.
We got along very well which
helped my success in golf.
Throughout my career, my
teammates always believed in
me and always helped to keep
my head up in the tournaments I didn’t win. And that
was special because they
always gave me that extra bit
of confidence that I needed.”
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SPORTS
OPENING-ROUND STATE TOURNAMENT IS TONIGHT AGAINST WELLINGTON
IHS Bulldogs advance to state tournament
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
ALTAMONT — Building an
eight-run lead in the fifth inning, it was just a matter of
time before the Independence
High School softball team was
going to end 15 years of frustration. And when the Lady
Bulldogs capped off an 11-6
victory over Chanute in the
championship game of the
Class 4A-Division I Altamont
Regional last Wednesday, they
had punched their ticket to
state for the first time since
2001.
“We talk about one game at
a time,” said IHS coach Dale
Reynolds, whose squad had
defeated Montgomery County
rival Field Kindley 8-1 in the
semifinal earlier that day.
“They really wanted to get to
state, but we had to focus on
Coffeyville first and then Chanute after that. This group of
kids pushes each other. It took
the entire team to get through
and fight their way to state.”
Independence earned its
fourth straight victory to improve to 17-5 overall. The
Lady Bulldogs advanced to the
Class 4A-Division I State Tournament, which was scheduled
to begin today at the Bill Burke
Complex in Salina. IHS had a
first-round matchup against
Wellington (17-5) set for 7
p.m. A full preview of the Lady
Bulldogs’ state softball trip appears elsewhere in this edition.
The Lady Bulldogs trailed
early on at 1-0 following a
Chanute home run in the second inning. But IHS responded with a pair in the bottom
half of the inning on Morgan
Mavers’ home run. The team
opened things up with a fourrun third for a 6-1 edge.
Although the Comets (1111) got a run back in the fifth,
Independence put the game
out of reach with a four-run
bottom half of the inning. That
gave the Lady Bulldogs plenty of cushion at 10-2, which
came in handy after Chanute’s
power came through against
with a grand slam in the sixth.
IHS recovered from that
with another insurance run
in the bottom of the sixth and
then finished things off to
clinch the regional championship — the seventh in program
history.
“It was back and forth in the
first part,” said Reynolds, who
got a celebratory dousing by
his team following the victory.
“They hit a home run to go in
the lead, and then we hit a
home run ourselves. We were
able to widen the margin out.
We gave up a grand slam, but
it didn’t really affect us. We
were still confident and were
able to close the door there in
the seventh inning.”
Independence had an 11-7
advantage in total hits for the
game. Aubree Lawrie was
3-for-3 at the plate to lead the
way, while Hannah Burnett
added a pair of hits.
Mavers went the distance
in the circle for IHS, picking up the win after allowing
six earned runs on seven hits
while striking out three.
CLASS 4A-DIVISION I REGIONAL
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Independence 11, Chanute 6
CHANUTE (11-11): Jackett (cf) 1-3 0, K. Thompson (2b) 0-4 0, Walker (ss) 0-4 0, M. Thompson
(c) 1-4 1, S. Thompson (1b/p) 1-2 1, Donovan
(rf) 2-3 1, Stipp (3b) 0-1 1, Hartwig (lf/1b) 2-3 2,
Schoenhofer (p) 0-1 0, T. Thompson (lf) 0-1 0.
TOTALS 7-26 6.
INDEPENDENCE (17-5): Burnett (ss) 2-3 2,
Q. Marquez (rf) 1-3 1, R. Marquez (cf) 1-3 1, Day
(3b) 0-2 2, Schabel (2b) 1-3 2, Mavers (p) 1-4 1,
Schaper (lf) 1-4 1, Veile (dp) 1-3 0, Lawrie (c) 3-3
1. TOTALS 11-28 11.
CHANUTE
010 014 0 — 6
7
2
INDEPENDENCE 024 041 X — 11
11
0
Representing Independence High School in the class 4A regional softball tournament last Thursday were (front row, left to right)
Hannah Burnett, Qwynn Marquez, Shayla Schaper, Morgan Mavers, Kelsie Lane, (back row, left to right) Lyssa Schabel, Kylie Wilhelm, Courtney Day, Aubree Lawrie, Rindy Marquez, Danielle Veile, Sydney Rinck and Katy Chapman. (Courtesy photo)
run in the fifth, but the Lady
Bulldogs put the game away
with two more in the sixth.
Burnett had three hits to
lead the way for Independence, followed by Qwynn
Marquez and Courtney Day
Indy belts ’Nado, 8-1,
in semifinal game
A four-run first inning set
the tone for the Lady Bulldogs’
in their 8-1 semifinal victory
over rival Field Kindley.
“We got a four-run lead and
quit attacking the ball,” Reynolds said. “We played well, but
you’ve got to give Coffeyville
credit. They played well. When
we got that four-run lead, we
stopped attacking. We did
what we needed to do to win
the game. It was good to get
that out of the way, get the win
and advance to the finals.”
Lyssa Schabel was the victorious pitcher for IHS, allowing
one earned run in the complete-game effort.
IHS led 4-0 after one inning
and extended that to 6-0 after
four. Field Kindley got its only
with two hits each.
Bailey Naden suffered the
loss for Field Kindley, allowing
six earned runs on 11 hits in
six innings of work. The Lady
‘Nado finished their season at
3-17 overall.
CLASS 4A-DIVISION I REGIONAL
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINAL
Independence 8, Field Kindley 1
FIELD KINDLEY (3-17): Cox (lf) 1-4 0, Naden (p)
1-2 0, Homan (ss) 2-2 0, Rooks (1b) 0-3 0, Reardon (rf) 0-2 0, Dixon (c) 0-2 0, Matney (cf) 2-3
0, Turner (2b) 0-3 0, Leedy (3b) 0-2 0, Pfohl (ph)
0-1 0, Smith (cr) 0-0 1. TOTALS 6-24 1.
INDEPENDENCE (16-5): Burnett (ss) 3-4 3, Q.
Marquez (rf) 2-3 1, R. Marquez (cf) 1-2 2, Day
(3b) 2-4 1, Schabel (p) 1-4 1, Mavers (2b) 1-2 0,
Schaper (lf) 1-2 0, Veile (1b) 0-3 0, Lawrie (c) 0-3
0. TOTALS 11-27 8.
FIELD KINDLEY
000 010 0 — 1
6
3
INDEPENDENCE 401 102 X — 8
11
0
Highs, lows experienced during 2016 season
State tournament appearance will complete
head coach Dale Reynolds’ career as
Independence softball coach
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
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team has experienced its
highs and lows this spring.
The high included a schoolrecord 13-game winning
streak to open the season.
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point of the season in a fivegame skid that watched the
Lady Bulldogs drop to second
place in the final Southeast
Kansas League standings.
IHS is back on an upswing
at just the right point of the
season. By clinching the
regional championship last
week, the Lady Bulldogs are
set to compete at state for the
first time in 15 years.
Independence — the No.
5 seed in the bracket — will
take on No. 4 seed Wellington
(17-5) in a quarterfinal contest of the Class 4A-Division
I State Softball Tournament.
The game is set for 7 p.m.
Thursday on Field A of the
Bill Burke Complex in Salina.
“You don’t like to lose,”
said IHS coach Dale Reynolds,
whose squad will make its
first state appearance since
2001. “We lost to good teams
during that stretch. We lost
to a Riverton team that made
the state tournament in 3A.
Pittsburg improved as the
season went along and played
well against us here. We go
to Fort Scott and play them
two close games there. We
were still playing well at the
end of our losing streak, and
we finally got back on track
against Parsons. We were
on a mission from that point
on, and the girls took care of
business.”
IHS heads into the state
tournament a winner of four
straight games. Not only did it
close out the regular season with an SEK sweep over
Parsons, but it also won both
of its games at the regional
tournament in Altamont last
week — beating Montgomery
County rival Field Kindley 8-1
in the semifinals and Chanute
11-6 in the championship.
This is the seventh state
appearance ever in Lady Bulldog softball history but the
first in 15 years. Previously,
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and Fort Scott. There are
they were regulars at state
some tough teams in there,
with appearances in the Class
but I don’t feel like there isn’t
5A Tournament six times in
anybody we can’t compete
an eight-year period from
with. We’re going to go face
1994-2001. It will be their
Wellington, and hopefully
first-ever appearance in the
we’ll be on top and head into
Class 4A rankings.
“Early on, we were going to the semifinals.
state quite a bit there,” Reyn “You can only take it one
olds said. “We talked about
game at a time, and as you
getting our tradition back up
go, there are less and less
and going to state every year.
teams,” Reynolds said. “We’re
The girls took that to heart.
in unchartered territory for
Hopefully, this is the start of
these kids. Some of these kids
that. We didn’t get a league
weren’t even born yet the last
banner on the wall this year,
time we went to state, and
but we did that get regional
many of them were infants.
title. You can’t ever take these They have no idea what IHS
situations for granted. Now
state softball is about. They’re
that we’re going to state, you
going to start a new tradition
have to take advantage of it.
now. The last time we were
That drives you to
there was 2001,
get back year in
and that was the
“I feel like
and year out.”
time we’ve
the program only
ever won a game.
Wellington
is way better One of the girls
advanced to state
we’ve made
by claiming its rethan when I said
history all year, so
gional titles by way
took over, and lets go make hisof a 3-1 victory
tory again. We’re
over Winfield in
that’s very
going to go out
the title game. The
important.” there to try to win
Crusaders earlier
beat Mulvane 15-5
— Dale Reynolds, a state title. We’re
in the semifinal
IHS softball coach in the elite eight so
to speak, and now
round. They will
we want to go take
be making their
first appearance at state since it. It’s going to be a fun ride.”
1995.
Wrapping up the year at
“It looks like they have a
the state tournament will be a
special moment for Reynolds,
couple of pitchers and some
who announced earlier this
good hitters,” Reynolds said.
spring that this would be his
“It will be a dog fight. The 4-5
last season at the helm of the
game is usually the best game
of the tournament because it’s team.
two evenly matched teams.
Reynolds returned to the
That’s kind of what I expect
program as an assistant
out of it. We’ll see what hapduring the 2001 campaign
pens. We’re not going there
that included the team’s only
just to go. We’re going out
state tournament victory
there to try to make some
and a fourth-place finish.
noise. We want to go out and
He has been head coach the
win that first one.”
past seven seasons. The win
over Chanute in the regional
The winner of that conchampionship moved him into
test is guaranteed two more
second place on the all-time
games in the tournament on
IHS wins list with an 83-59
Friday, starting with a semificareer mark.
nal matchup against the winner of top-seeded Kansas City- “We try to go every year,
Piper (18-2) and No. 8 seed
but these kids are a great
Pratt (10-10). The other half
group of kids,” Reynolds said.
of the bracket includes No. 2
“It’s tough to leave these kids,
Spring Hill (18-3) against No.
but it’s something I have to
7 Baldwin (14-8), and No. 3
do. They’re a good group, and
Augusta (18-4) against No. 6
they will keep succeeding. It
Eudora (16-6).
would be great to step out on
a high note like this. The first
Semifinals are set for Friyear I came back into the proday at 11 a.m. on both fields.
gram was 2001, so it’s kind
The third-place game will
of a book end thing. The first
take place at 1 p.m. on Field
year we went to state and my
B, with the championship
last year we’re going back to
slated for 2 p.m. on Field A.
state. It’s kind of a neat thing
“Two-time defending state
for me, but it’s about these
champion Augusta is back,”
kids. I feel like the program is
Reynolds said. “Kansas Cityway better than when I took
Piper is always good. Spring
over, and that’s very imporHill won, in my opinion, the
tant.”
toughest regional with Paola
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Thursday, May 26, 2016
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SPORTS
Indy, ’Nado tracksters bound for state
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
WINFIELD — Field Kindley
High School’s Kamaren Wilson qualified for state in three
events to lead area athletes in
the Class 4A Regional Track
Meet last Thursday at Southwestern College.
Wilson took third place in
all three of those events, including the 110-meter hurdles
in 15.09 seconds, the 300-meter hurdles in 41.45 seconds
and the long jump with a leap
of 21-7 1/2.
“Kamaren had a great
meet,” said FKHS coach Jeremy Neuenschwander. “I only
let him jump twice in the long
jump. He finished third at regionals but has the third best
jump in state overall. At state,
he will take all six jumps. I am
pretty sure he has a 22-foot
plus jump in him and will contend for a gold medal.”
Wilson accounted for all
three of the Golden Tornado’s
state-qualifying performances
at regionals. Meanwhile, Independence was able to qualify for state in four different
events.
Independence qualified in
two different relays. The girls’
4 x 100 team of Nichole Moses, Kylie Wilson-Stover, Tyana
Carter and Graci Carr won the
regional championship with a
first-place time of 50.26 seconds. The girls’ 4 x 400 relay
team, which included the same
crew, came in fourth place at
4:15.86.
Individually, the Bulldogs
were led by Zach Shaffer and
Graci Carr in the 100-meter
dash. Shaffer, who just missed
out qualifying in the 200 with
a fifth-place finish, took fourth
place in the 100 in 11.39 seconds. Carr also slipped into
a qualifying spot by earning
fourth place in the girls’ race
in 13.14 seconds.
“Overall, it was a good day,”
said IHS coach Carl Boldra.
“We do not take as many as
some teams to regionals because we go by qualifying standards that the state sets, so not
as many kids participated as
other teams. The athletes that
were there represented our
school and community very
well. If you only look at qualifiers, you might think it was not
a good day, but we also had a
young man in James Lingenfelter run his personal best in
the 1600 and 3200. I am very
proud of him for working hard
all year an reaching for his
goals.
“Graci qualified in a very fast
regional in the 100 but missed
Vacca settles
for 11th place
on class 4A
state links
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
Representing Independence HIgh School at the class 4A state track and field championship in Wichita this weekend will be IHS
track athletes (front row, left to right) Tyana Carter, Graci Carr, Zachary Shaffer, Nicole Moses, Kylie Wilson-Stover, (back row, left
to right) Diamon Johnson, Courtlynn Rose, Jessica Reed, Lauren Pasternak. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
out in the 200. Zach qualified
in the 100 and missed out in
the 200 also. He had been sick
for about two weeks. Our girls
4 x 100 team won the regional
at a best time this year. The
same girls squeaked in the 4 x
400 and will have to keep improving to qualify for the finals
in this event.”
Independence and Field
Kindley both struggled in the
team standings. The FKHS
boys took 11th place with 18
points, with IHS coming in
15th with 6. On the girls’ side,
it was Independence that took
11th place with 20 points,
while Field Kindley was 15th
with 3.
“We had some bad luck
and near misses at regionals,” Neuenschwander said.
“Tamia Mims and Kevin McDaniel both suffered knee contusions in the high hurdles.
Tamia was able to run the 100
and finished fifth in the finals,
and Kevin was able to finish
and qualified for the finals. We
tried Kevin in the 4 x 100 relay and the pain was too much
for him, so he was a scratch
for the 110 finals and the 300.
Looking at his times from the
last two meets, he definitely
would have qualified for state
in the 300 and contended for
a medal. He was very disappointed but realizes that he
had a very good season. He
was the SEK champion and
is also a junior, so he will be
back.”
Abilene captured the regional boys’ championship
with 104 points, just ahead
of runner-up Andover Central
Kamaren Wilson is Field Kindley High School’s lone representative to the class 4A state track and
field championship. Wilson will compete in three events: the 110 meter hurdles, the 300 meter hurdles, and the long jump. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
at 78. The girls’ title went to
Andover Central with 128, followed by Towanda-Circle with
83.
The Kansas State High
School Track and Field Championships are scheduled for
Friday and Saturday at Wichita State University’s Cessna
Stadium.
CLASS 4A REGIONAL TRACK MEET
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Abilene 104, 2. Andover Central 78, 3. Wichita Collegiate 61, 4.
Towanda-Circle 56, 5. Parsons 42, 6. El Dorado
39, 7. Winfield 36, 8. Rose Hill 26, 9. Mulvane 24,
10. Chapman 23, 11. Field Kindley 18, T-12. Wellington/Augusta 16, 14. Wichita Trinity 13, 15. Independence 6.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
110 Hurdles: 3. Kamaren Wilson, 15.09; 8. Kevin
McDaniel, 17.52 (prelims).
300 Hurdles: 3. Kamaren Wilson, 41.45.
4 x 100 Relay: 10. Field Kindley (Jaylen Logan,
Victor Herring, Kamaren Wilson, Kevin McDaniel), 46.26.
Long Jump: 3. Kamaren Wilson, 21-7 1/2.
Shot Put: 14. Sean McIntosh, 39-10.
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
100: 4. Zach Shaffer, 11.39.
200: 5. Zach Shaffer, 23.36.
1600: 11. James Lingenfelter, 5:00.39.
3200: 8. James Lingenfelter, 10:44.2.
Shot Put: 10. Max Jones, 41-5.
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Andover Central 128,
2. Towanda-Circle 83, 3. El Dorado 60, 4. Abilene
47, 5. Augusta 40, 6. Chapman 31, T-7. Wichita
Trinity/Labette County 26, 9. Mulvane 25, 10.
Rose Hill 22, 11. Independence 20, 12. Wichita
Collegiate, 18, 13. Wellington 15, 14. Winfield 8, 15.
Field Kindley 3, 16. Parsons 1.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
100: 5. Tamia Mims, 13.4.
Long Jump: 12. Karrington Turner, 14-5 3/4.
Triple Jump: 6. Karrington Turner, 31-4 1/2.
Shot Put: 18. Amy Zogg, 28-3.
Discus: 17. Amy Zogg, 77-4.
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
100: 4. Graci Carr, 13.14; 9. Lauren Pasternak,
13.79 (prelims).
200: 6. Graci Carr, 27.19; 7. Kylie Wilson-Stover,
27.83.
400: 9. Kylie Wilson-Stover, 1:05.42.
4 x 100 Relay: 1. Independence (Nichole Moses, Kylie Wilson-Stover, Tyana Carter, Graci
Carr), 50.26.
4 x 400 Relay: 4. Independence (Graci Carr,
Nichole Moses, Tyana Carter, Kylie Wilson-Stover), 4:15.86.
Long Jump: 10. Courtlynn Rose, 15-2 3/4.
Triple Jump: 7. Courtlynn Rose, 31-0 1/2; 10.
Mackenzie Strycker, 29-9 1/4.
Javelin: 6. Mackenzie Strycker, 93-2; 7. Taylor
Chapman, 93-0.
ULYSSES — Southeast Kansas League golf champion Logan Vacca had high expectations of himself heading into
this week’s Class 4A State
Tournament. Just one year removed from a third-place finish at state, the senior wanted
to close out his career as one
of the top golfers in the state of
Kansas.
In his final appearance as
a
member
of
the Field
Kindley
golf team,
the senior
shot
a
round of
78 to take
11th place
Monday
at BentLogan Vacca
wood Golf
Course.
“In my mind, he is a champ
to me,” said Golden Tornado
coach Mike Peck.
Vacca was the top performer for a ‘Nado team that finished as the SEK and regional
runner-up behind Chanute. On
Monday, FKHS had a score of
363 to take 10th place overall.
Hays won its first state championship since 1996 with a
score of 312 — three strokes
ahead of runner-up Rose Hill
at 315. Wichita Collegiate was
third at 318. SEK champion
Chanute was fifth at 352.
On a warm day with slight
breezes in Ulysses, Vacca finished four strokes behind
champion Clete Carlson of
Chanute with a 74. Cooper
Spears of Wamego was the
runner-up with Parker Austin
of Rose Hill coming in third at
75.
Vacca had a rough start to
the day with two double-bogeys and three bogeys on the
front side to record a 43. He
picked things up on the back
side, finishing with a 35 on the
final nine holes to earn a state
medal.
“The front side, he had a
rough day,” Peck said. “Most
guys might give up, but that
not what Logan is made of. He
fought back and he was two
under on the first eight holes
on the back side and ended up
with a bogey on 18. That made
him one under on the back
side.”
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’Pups unable to punch ticket to state tourney; season ends at 12-10
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
HARPER — It took just one
inning to doom the Caney Valley High School softball team
in the semifinal round of the
Class 3A Harper Regional
Tournament.
The Lady Bullpups surrendered seven runs during a
costly third inning and went
on to drop a 10-3 decision to
top-seeded Leon-Bluestem last
Thursday at the Harper Sports
Complex, ending their season
with a 12-10 overall mark.
“We had one bad inning,”
said CVHS coach Jerod Rigdon. “Otherwise, it’s a good
3-3 game. It’s hard to end such
a good season based on one
bad inning, but at this point
in the season, it takes seven
complete innings to win these
games against good teams.”
Caney Valley was the No.
5 seed in the bracket but was
coming off a 4-3 quarterfinal
win over host Anthony/Harper-Chaparral one day earlier.
Meanwhile, Bluestem — a
future member of the Tri-Valley League effective the 201617 school year — went on to
capture the regional championship with a 5-4 victory over
Cheney in the title game later
that day. Cheney reached the
final by way of a 1-0 semifinal
win over Douglass.
Bluestem heads into this
week’s Class 3A State Tournament in Manhattan with a
21-2 overall record.
The Lady Bullpups actually
jumped out to the early lead in
the semifinal contest. Kennedy
Nunneley came in to score the
team’s first run in the top half
of the first for a 1-0 edge.
CVHS maintained that onerun edge until the bottom half
of the third when things went
downhill. The Lady Lions exploded for seven runs during
that inning to grab a lead they
would not relinquish.
Caney Valley tried to keep
things close. In the fourth inning, Paige Price tripled and
eventually came in to score.
One inning later, Selena Rodriguez led off the fifth with a
double and scored to get CVHS
back within four at 7-3.
That’s as close as the ‘Pups
would get, though. Bluestem
responded with two in the bottom of the fifth to extend the
lead and then put the game
away with another tally in the
sixth.
The Lady Bullpups man-
aged just three hits in the contest.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL SEMIFINAL
Leon-Bluestem 10, Caney Valley 3
CANEY VALLEY (12-10): K. Nunneley (c) 1-3 1,
Allen (3b) 0-2 0, Wade (p) 1-2 0, Price (ss) 0-3 1,
Raschen (1b) 0-3 0, Cunningham (lf) 0-3 0, Rodriguez (dp) 1-3 1, Kyser (cf) 0-3 0, Buoy (2b) 0-3
0, Thompson (rf) 0-0 0. TOTALS 3-25 3.
LEON-BLUESTEM (20-2): Stiger (rf) 1-3 1,
Bevan (2b) 1-4 2, Jurgins (p) 1-2 2, Nixon (ss) 1-3
1, Burch (cf) 1-3 1, Boline (c) 0-2 1, Bolander (1b)
2-3 1, Haney (3b) 0-3 1, Fisher (dp) 0-4 0. TOTALS 7-27 10.
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Caney Valley slips
past Chapparal, 4-3
In the postseason, the Lady
Bullpups needed to play some
of their best ball of the season.
They did just that in regional
quarterfinal action, knocking off host Chaparral 4-3 last
Wednesday.
“We played error-free ball
on defense,” Rigdon said. “We
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just didn’t manufacture runs
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The game was scoreless until the third inning when CVHS
put the first run on the board.
The Lady Bullpups added two
in the fifth and another in the
sixth to open up a 4-0 edge.
Things got interesting down
the stretch. Chaparral (10-11)
ended the shutout with a run
in the bottom of the sixth before getting two more runs in
the seventh to get within one.
CVHS was able to hold on in
the end to earn the quarterfinal win.
Neither team did much at
the plate, recording four hits
each.
In other regional quarterfinal action, Douglass downed
Elk Valley 9-0 and Cheney
rolled past Belle Plaine 16-0.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL
SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINAL
Caney Valley 4, Chaparral ?
CANEY VALLEY (12-9): K. Nunneley (c) 0-4 1,
Allen (3b) 1-4 0, Wade (p) 0-3 0, Price (ss) 1-3 0,
Cunningham (lf) 0-3 1, Raschen (1b) 1-3 0, Rodriguez (dp) 0-3 0, Kyser (cf) 0-1 2, Buoy (2b) 1-2 0.
TOTALS 4-26 4.
CHAPARRAL (10-11): Ummel 0-3 1, Albright 1-4
0, Dodgen 1-4 0, Mathes 0-3 0, Stolsworth 0-3 0,
Menhusen 1-3 0, Shelton 1-2 1, Foley 0-2 1, Profitt 0-2 0. TOTALS 4-26 3.
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Indy’s Lexi Carr earns pair of bronze medals at state swim meet
Hadleigh Palmer wanted to
cut time. The 200 and 400 free
relays both cut time. The 200
free relay accomplished their
goal and made finals. Lexi not
only placed top eight but got
third in both of her events. I
was extremely proud of all six
of the girls who swam.” Independencde competed
in a total of six events at state
competition, while Montgomery County rival Field Kindley
also participated in three relays.
The highlight of the weekend was the performance of
Carr in both her events. Carr
made the finals in the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.94 seconds in the prelims. She fol-
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
TOPEKA — In its first year
as a program, the Independence High School girls’ swimming team definitely made
quite a splash.
Led by a pair of third-place
finishes from Lexi Carr in the
50 and 100 freestyle races, the
Lady Bulldogs took 20th place
overall at the Class 5-4-3-21A Girls’ State Swimming and
Diving Championships over
the weekend at the TopekaCapitol Federal Natatorium.
“The girls had goals,” said
IHS coach Haley Marchant.
“The relays wanted to make
finals, Lexi Carr wanted to
place in the top eight and
lowed that up by going 24.97
seconds in the finals to take
third place.
She wasn’t done there. She
also made it to the finals in
the 100 freestyle with a time
of 55.29 seconds and then
stepped things up even more
in the finals. There, she finished in a time of 54.57 seconds to once again take third
place.
The junior actually qualified for state individually in
four different events but was
allowed to participate in a
maximum of two.
Palmer competed in the 100
backstroke but missed out on
the finals by taking 28th place
in the prelims with a time of
1:10.78. She went into the
event seeded 25th after earning a spot with a qualifying
time of 1:09.33 earlier this
season at the Emporia Invitational.
In the relays, the Lady Bulldogs’ top performance came in
the 200 freestyle. After earning a spot in the finals with a
time of 1:50.67 in the prelims,
IHS — which included Dara
Mendoza, Ellen Unruh, Palmer and Carr — finished in 11th
place with a time of 1:50.29.
The other two relays were
unable to get into the finals.
The Lady Bulldogs finished
19th in the 400 freestyle relay
in 4:11.87 and was 24th in the
200 medley relay in 2:16.08.
Field Kindley was unable to
get into the final of its three
relay events at state.
The 200 medley relay took
17th place in a time of 2:07.19.
The 200 freestyle relay was
22nd overall in 1:55.35. Meanwhile, the 400 freestyle relay
came in at 26th in 4:23.07.
Independence finished the
meet with 44 total points for
20th place. Blue Valley Southwest claimed the state championship with 312 points, followed by Bishop Miege in the
runner-up spot with 249. St.
Thomas Aquinas took third
at 191, followed by Kapaun
Mount Carmel at 183 and
Maize South 145.
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TEAM SCORES: 1. Blue Valley Southwest 312, 2.
Bishop Miege 249, 3. St. Thomas Aquinas 191, 4.
Kapaun Mount Carmel 183, 5. Maize South 145,
6. Bishop Carroll 124, 7. Wichita Trinity 108, 8.
Newton 102, 9. Great Bend 91, 10. McPherson
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Wichita Collegiate 45, 19. Maize 45, 20. Independence 44, 21. Topeka West 39, 22. Wichita
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Shawnee Heights 26, 25. Winfield 24, 26. Topeka-Hayden 19.5, 27. Lenexa-St. James 10, 28.
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FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
200 Medley Relay: 17. Field Kindley (Madison
Giesen, Courtney Jackson, Meaghan Rettele,
Lauren Roberts), 2:07.19.
200 Freestyle Relay: 22. Field Kindley (Ryan
Liddell, Courtney Jackson, Lauren Roberts,
Meaghan Rettele), 1:55.35.
400 Freestyle Relay: 26. Field Kindley (Tieraney Thornburg, Lauren Roberts, Courtney
Jackson, Meaghan Rettele), 4:23.07.
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
50 Freestyle (Prelims): 3. Lexi Carr, 24.94.
100 Freestyle (Prelims): 4. Lexi Carr, 55.29.
100 Backstroke (Prelims): 28. Hadleigh Palmer, 1:10.78.
200 Medley Relay: 24. Independence (Hadleigh Palmer, Alexis Clapp, Karson Ballew, Ellen
Unruh), 2:16.08.
200 Freestyle Relay: 11. Independence (Ellen
Unruh, Hadleigh Palmer, Dara Mendoza, Lexi
Carr), 1:50.29.
400 Freestyle Relay: 19. Independence (Dara
Mendoza, Ellen Unruh, Hadleigh Palmer, Lexi
Carr), 4:11.87.
50 Freestyle: 3. Lexi Carr, 24.97.
100 Freestyle: 3. Lexi Carr, 54.57.
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The senior closed out a successful final season at FKHS.
Not only did he claim the SEK
individual championship, but
he also took third place at regional competition.
Vacca was not the only
‘Nado golfer to earn a medal
at state. Cameron Becker finished in an eight-way tie with
a score of 80 but managed to
take 19th place. He shot a 39
on the front side and 41 on the
back nine to close out the season.
“He had a good front nine,”
Peck said. “He hit the back
nine and was playing really
good golf for five holes, and
then he hit a wall. He had a
bogey, double bogey, bogey.
We have to wait to play 18,
and we had a talk. He dug
deep to par his last hole. The
last hole is a par 3 over water
145 yards with very little room
of mistake. I am very proud to
have two top-20 finishes in the
state of Kansas.”
Also competing for the
Golden Tornado in the state
tournament were Eric Wright
(49-49—98), Austin Peck (5057—107) and Nick Porter (5860—118).
Independence had just one
representative at state tournament this season. Alex Wesselowski, who was one of the top
five golfers from non-qualifying teams at the regional tournament in Chanute, was part
of a five-way tie for 51st place
with an 88 (42-46).
“Alex played decent out
there,” said IHS coach Dave
Harlin. “He had a couple a
couple of bad shots that he
found some trouble on that
cost him several strokes on
his first nine. His second nine
was much better. I was very
pleased with most of his round
out there.”
CLASS 4A BOYS STATE
GOLF TOURNAMENT
TEAM SCORES — 1. Hays 312, 2. Rose Hill 315,
3. Wichita Collegiate 318, 4. Wamego 323, 5. Chanute 332, 6. Burlington 340, 7. Andover Central
341, 8. Kansas City-Piper 346, 9. Buhler 350, 10.
Field Kindley 363, 11. Goodland 364, 12. De Soto
367.
INDIVIDUAL MEDALISTS — 1. Clete Carlson,
Chanute, 74; 2. Cooper Spears, Wamego, 74; 3.
Parker Austin, Rose Hill, 75; 4. Marcus Willey,
Abilene, 75; 5. Trey McCrae, Hays, 75; 6. Ryan
Elder, Wamego, 76; 7. Jordan Bulcock, Paola, 76;
8. Jack Larsen, Wichita Collegiate, 76; 9. Payton
Ruder, Hays, 77; 10. Pete Carney, Andale, 77; 11.
Logan Vacca, Field Kindley, 78; 12. Daniel Lee,
De Soto, 78; 13. Colton Sorlie, Wichita Collegiate,
78; 14. Andy Burger, Winfield, 78; 15. Peyton
Austin, Rose Hill, 79; 16. Eric Pahls, Kansas CityPiper, 79; 17. Aaron Meyer, Andale, 79; 18. Ryan
Walker, Rose Hill, 79; 19. Cameron Becker, Field
Kindley, 80; 20. Ian Trebelcock, Wichita Collegiate, 80.
TEAM RESULTS — Field Kindley: Logan Vacca 43-35—78, Cameron Becker 39-41—80, Eric
Wright 49-49—98, Austin Peck 50-57—107, Nick
Porter 58-60—118. Independence: Alex Wesselowski 42-46—88.
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Chargers, ’Pups send delegation to state track meet
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
ERIE — One week after
claiming the Tri-Valley League
championship, the Caney Valley High School boys’ track
team captured more hardware
last Friday as regional champion.
The Bullpups slipped past
TVL foe Humboldt to earn first
place at the Class 3A Regional
Track Meet. In the process,
CVHS also claimed four regional event titles as it prepares for the upcoming state
meet.
Caney Valley recorded 90
points for the top spot in the
meet. It was followed by Humboldt with 84, Wellsville 74
and Galena 63. Cherryvale tied
Fredonia for fifth place with
45 points.
Leading the way for the
‘Pups was Tyler Watts, who
claimed first place in both the
boys’ 110-meter hurdles in
15.31 seconds and 300 hurdles in 42.59 seconds. Watts
was also a part of two statequalifying relay teams. The 4 x
400 relay — which also included Jesus Palacios, Cole Griffin
and Billy Cowan — won the
regional title in 3:34.49. Meanwhile, the 4 x 100 relay team
that included the same crew
took fourth place in 45.23 seconds.
Cowan and Brycen Gulick
also qualified individually in
two events. Cowan was second
in the 200-meter dash in 23.15
seconds and third in the 400 in
52.33. Gulick was the runnerup in the 3200-meter run in
10:41.5, while taking third in
the 1600 in 4:46.06. Gulick
was also a member of the runner-up 4 x 800 relay team that
finished in 8:58.14. That group
included Palacios, Ty Messner
and Josh Wilson.
The Bullpups had two more
state qualifiers on the boys’
side — Jacen Clapp with a
second-place finish in the shot
put at 43-7 3/4 and Griffin the
100-meter dash with a fourthplace time of 11.67 seconds.
Cherryvale qualified for
state in six boys’ spots at the
regional meet.
Ian Pearson finished as the
runner-up in both the high
jump with a leap of 6-0 and
the triple jump with a mark
of 42-7. Brendan Menzer was
the runner-up in the 100-meter dash in 11.48 seconds,
just ahead of teammate Seth
Carinder in third at 11.64.
The Chargers also qualified
in two relays — the 4 x 100
(Dexter Queen, Cardiner, Trevor Raida and Menzer) in third
place at 45.05 seconds and
the 4 x 400 (Raida, Chance
Main, Carinder and Menzer) in
fourth place at 3:35.87.
On the girls’ side, Caney
Valley took seventh place in
the final team standings with
28 points, while Cherryvale
was 14th with 9. Wellsville
won the regional championship with 91 points, just ahead
of runner-up Neodesha at 88
and Jayhawk Linn 70.
Kyndal McIntosh was the
top performer for the Lady
Bullpups in the meet, breaking
her own school record in the
javelin with a first-place throw
of 136-8. Her sister, Kolbi McIntosh, came in third in the
300-meter hurdles in 51.43
seconds. Also qualifying for
state with fourth-place finishes were Sydney Rogers in the
high jump with a leap of 4-8
Representing Caney Valley High School at the class 3A state track and field championships are CVHS boys’ team members (front
row, left to right) Jacen Clapp, Chandler Heid, Ty Messner, Jesus Palacios, Cole Griffin, (back row, left to right) Joseph Adams (manager), Josh Wilson, Erik Moore, Bryce Gulick, Billy Cowan, Tyler Watts and Ryan Atherton. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
and Lizzie Rogers in the pole
vault at 8-6.
Cherryvale’s girls had just
one state qualifier this season
as Taryn Rash came in fourth
in the 100-meter dash in 1364
seconds.
The Kansas State High
School Track and Field Championships are set for Friday
and Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the campus of Wichita
State University.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL (BOYS)
BOYS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Caney Valley 90, 2.
Humboldt 84. 3 Wellsville 74, 4. Galena 63, T-5.
Fredonia/Cherryvale 45, 7. West Franklin 40, 8.
Jayhawk Linn 24, 9. Riverton 20, 10. Leon-Bluestem 19, 11. Southeast-Cherokee 16, 12. Eureka
14.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
Cherryvale High School’s qualifiers to the class 3A state track and field championships include
Taryn Rash (front row), and (back row, left to right) Seth Carinder, Ian Pearson, Chance Main and
Brendan Menzer. Not pictured: Trevor Raida and Dexter Queen. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
100: 4. Cole Griffin, 11.67.
200: 2. Billy Cowan, 23.15; 5. Cole Griffin, 23.80.
400: 3. Billy Cowan, 52.33; 14. Chandler Heid,
59.3.
800: 5. Ty Messner, 2:11.84; 7. Brycen Gulick,
2:13.52.
1600: 3. Brycen Gulick, 4:46.06; 12. Josh Wilson,
5:28.87.
3200: 2. Brycen Gulick, 10:41.5; 12. Brandon
Nielsen, 12:19.06.
110 Hurdles: 1. Tyler Watts, 15.31; 8. Ryan Atherton, 18.32 (prelims).
300 Hurdles: 1. Tyler Watts, 42.59; 11. Ryan
Atherton, 46.25 (prelims).
4 x 100 Relay: 4. Caney Valley (Tyler Watts, Billy
Cowan, Jesus Palacios, Cole Griffin), 45.23.
4 x 400 Relay: 1. Caney Valley (Tyler Watts, Jesus Palacios, Cole Griffin, Billy Cowan), 3:34.49.
4 x 800 Relay: 2. Caney Valley (Jesus Palacios,
Ty Messner, Josh Wilson, Brycen Gulick), 8:58.14.
High Jump: 8. Erik Moore, 5-6.
Pole Vault: 6. Chandler Heid, 11-0; 12. Grant
Richey, 8-6.
Long Jump: 14. Erik Moore, 16-1.
Triple Jump: 15. Erik Moore, 33-10 1/2.
Shot Put: 2. Jacen Clapp, 43-7 3/4; 5. Ben
Thornton, 42-3 1/4.
Discus: 8. Jacen Clapp, 118-0; 12. Sidney Smith,
98-9.
Javelin: 6. Ben Thornton, 138-1; 14. Sam Freisberg, 115-7.
CHERRYVALE RESULTS
100: 2. Brendan Menzer, 11.48; 3. Seth Carinder,
11.64.
200: 9. Trevor Raida, 24.13 (prelims); 11. Seth
Carinder, 24.32 (prelims).
400: 6. Dexter Queen, 54.43.
300 Hurdles: 5. Ian Pearson, 43.18.
4 x 100 Relay: 3. Cherryvale (Dexter Queen,
Seth Carinder, Trevor Raida, Brendan Menzer),
45.05.
4 x 400 Relay: 4. Cherryvale (Trevor Raida,
Chance Main, Seth Carinder, Brendan Menzer),
3:35.87.
High Jump: 2. Ian Pearson, 6-0; 7. John Essig,
5-6.
Long Jump: 7. Chance Main, 19-4 1/2; 8. Kortland Verge, 19-4.
Triple Jump: 2. Ian Pearson, 42-7; 5. Chance
Main, 41-4.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL (GIRLS)
GIRLS’ TEAM SCORES: 1. Wellsville 91, 2. Neodesha 88, 3. Jayhawk Linn 70, 4. Humboldt 46, 5.
Fredonia 44, 6. Southeast-Cherokee 38, 7. Caney
Valley 28, 8. Erie 25, 9. West Franklin 24, 10. Galena 23, T-11. Leon-Bluestem/Eureka 20, 13. Central Heights 17, 14. Cherryvale 9, 15. Northeast-
Arma 8, 16. Riverton 7.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
100: 10. Tomi Watson, 14.45 (prelims).
100 Hurdles: 5. Aubrie Owen, 17.41; 7. Autumn
Brewer, 18.19.
300 Hurdles: 3. Kolbi McIntosh, 51.43; 5. Aubrie
Owen, 53.02.
4 x 100 Relay: 7. Caney Valley (Tara Blagg, Tomi
Watson, Bre Paulie, Kandace Inman), 55.37.
High Jump: 4. Sydney Rogers, 4-8; 9. Emily
Collier, 4-2.
Pole Vault: 4. Lizzie Rogers, 8-6; 7. Aubrie
Owen, 8-0.
Triple Jump: 9. Tara Blagg, 30-1 1/2; 11. Kyndal
McIntosh, 27-8 1/2.
Shot Put: 8. Kolbi McIntosh, 30-5.
Discus: 7. Brittany Lay, 92-6; 9. Kolbi McIntosh,
84-4.
Javelin: 1. Kyndal McIntosh, 136-8; 15. Brittany
Lay, 80-6.
CHERRYVALE RESULTS
100: 4. Taryn Rash, 13.64; 5. Kelsey Phillips,
14.00.
200: 6. Kelsey Phillips, 29.15; 10. Taryn Rash,
30.47.
1600: 6. Kylee Lang, 6:12.02.
4 x 100 Relay: 6. Cherryvale (Jazze Reister,
Maddison Moore, Kelsey Phillips, Taryn Rash),
54.98.
Caney Valley High School girls’ track athletes (left to right) Kyndal McIntosh, Sydney Rogers and
Kolbi McIntosh will compete at the class 3A track and field championships on Friday and Saturday. Not pictured: Lizzie Rogers. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
IHS BULLDOGS FINISH BASEBALL SEASON AT 12-10
Hits hard to find for Independence in regional title game
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
ALTAMONT — A late-season run had the Independence
High School baseball team
thinking big … as in a trip to
the state tournament. Unfortunately, those dreams were
dashed in the championship
game of the regional tournament.
The Bulldogs did not record
a hit until the seventh inning
and dropped a 6-1 decision to
Chanute last Friday afternoon
in the Class 4A-Division I Independence Regional.
“The boys had a solid regional,” said IHS coach Marcus Lanning. “They played all
3 phases in both games. We
had a couple bad innings in
the finals, but the boys played
hard all tournament.”
Independence — seeking its
first state tournament appearance in nearly two decades
— closed out its season with a
12-10 overall record.
“I’m proud of the season
the boys put together,” Lanning said. “The program is
headed in the right direction.
The seniors really stepped up
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Meanwhile, Chanute captured the regional title as it
improved to 15-6 overall. The
Blue Comets will be making
their first appearance at state
since 2006 as they open up action in the Class 4A-Division I
State Tournament today in Salina.
Despite being host of the
event, the Bulldogs were
forced to move the semifinal
and championship games to
Labette County High School after heavy rains made Emerson
Field in Independence unplayable.
After a solid 9-6 victory
over Labette County in the
semifinals last Thursday, the
Bulldogs had a tough time getting anything going against
Chanute. IHS went without a
hit the first six innings. Luc
Dunn broke up the no-hitter
by leading off the seventh with
a single. That eventually led to
the Bulldogs’ only run of the
game
Of course by then, Chanute
had already taken charge of
the game with a pair of threerun innings in the third and
sixth.
Starting pitcher Dalson
Hamlin took the loss for the
Bulldogs after allowing four
earned runs on eight hits in 5
2/3 innings of work.
CLASS 4A-DIVISION I REGIONAL
BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Chanute 6, Independence 1
INDEPENDENCE (12-10): Pralle (cf) 0-3 0,
Mason (ss) 0-1 0, Hamlin (p) 0-2 0, Sprague (c)
0-3 0, Dunn (1b) 1-3 0, Welch (dh/p) 0-3 0, Elias
(rf/3b) 0-1 0, Kleiber (rf) 0-2 0, Kemp (lf) 1-3 0,
Snodgrass (ph) 0-1 0, Tucker (pr) 0-0 1. TOTALS
2-22 1.
CHANUTE (15-6): McMillan (cf) 1-2 2, Richards
(3b/p) 2-4 2, Miller (ss) 1-3 0, Manbeck (p) 2-4 0,
Fiscus (lf) 1-2 0, Holmes 0-3 0, Friederich (c) 1-3
0, Kimberlin 0-3 0, Ellis (rf) 1-2 2. TOTALS 9-26 6.
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Bulldogs put away
Labette County, 9-6
Dunn allowed two earned
runs on three hits while striking out six in leading the
Bulldogs to a 9-6 semifinal
win over Labette County last
Thursday.
IHS jumped ahead with a
four-run second inning. Although LCHS scored three in
the top of the third, the Bulldogs responded with three of
their own in the bottom half of
that inning and never looked
back.
LCHS made things interesting in the seventh with three
runs, but IHS held on for the
victory and a spot in the title
game.
Independence won despite
finishing with just four hits in
the contest.
CLASS 4A-DIVISION I REGIONAL
BASEBALL SEMIFINAL
Independence 9, Labette County 6
LABETTE COUNTY (5-16): Russell (lf) 2-4 1,
Anderson (cf/p) 0-4 1, Strynger (3b) 1-2 1, Ryan
(ss) 0-1 1, Baker (c) 1-3 0, Gaiger (2b) 1-3 1, Walters (p) 0-2 1, Dean (1b) 0-2 0, Foster (rf/cf) 0-4
0, McDonald (ph) 0-0 0. TOTALS 5-25 6.
INDEPENDENCE (12-9): Pralle (cf) 0-3 0, Mason (ss/2b/ss) 1-2 1, Hamlin (2b/3b/2b) 0-3 0,
Sprague (c) 0-4 0, Dunn (p) 0-1 0, Welch (dh) 1-2
2, Elias (3b/p) 1-3 2, Kleiber (rf) 0-2 1, Kemp (lf)
1-1 2, Edwards (pr) 0-0 1, Land. Ewing (cr) 0-0 0.
TOTALS 4-21 9.
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Golden ’Nado end
season winless
INDEPENDENCE — Field
Kindley closed out a winless
season with a 10-0 loss to
eventual champion Chanute in
the semifinal round of the regional tournament last Thursday at Emerson Field.
Played in steady rain showers, FKHS could generate
no offense at the plate as it
watched its season come to a
close at 0-20 overall.
Chargers’ season halted by Galena
GALENA — A rocky season came to an end
for the Cherryvale High School softball team
last Wednesday as it suffered a 14-1 loss to Galena in the quarterfinals of the Class 3A Erie
Regional.
The Lady Chargers — seeded No. 6 in the
bracket — closed out the season at 3-18 overall.
No further details were available from that
contest as of press time.
Galena went on to finish as the regional runner-up after losing to Riverton 3-0 in the cham-
pionship game. Prior to that, the third-seeded
Lady Bulldogs earned a 12-2 victory over host
Erie in the semifinal last Thursday.
In other quarterfinal action, SoutheastCherokee shut out Northeast-Arma 1-0 and
Erie thumped Neodesha 10-0. Riverton went on
to beat Southeast 18-3 in the other semifinal
game.
Riverton, with a 21-2 overall record, advanced to the Class 3A State Tournament,
which gets underway today in Manhattan.
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SPORTS
Galena prevails over ’Pups
in regional baseball finale
Caney Valley,
Cherryvale hold
epic game in
semi-final battle
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
GALENA — Just one win
stood in the way of the Caney
Valley High School baseball
team’s quest for a state tournament appearance. Unfortunately, that victory was tough
to come by for the Bullpups,
who suffered a 12-2 loss to
Galena in the championship
game of the Class 3A Galena
Regional last Thursday.
“We made a lot of mental
mistakes,” said Caney Valley’s
interim baseball coach Criss
Davis. “They did a good job
of playing fundamental baseball. We just didn’t make the
routine plays. You can’t keep
a team from scoring when you
give them that many opportunities on the bases.”
The Bullpups closed out
the spring season with a 13-9
overall record.
“I want to credit our boys
for making it to the championship game,” Davis said. “They
played very well just to put
themselves into this position.
At the end, there’s only gonna
be one happy team. Unfortunately, that team wasn’t us.”
After an emotional nineinning victory over Montgomery County rival Cherryvale in
the semifinals, CVHS fell into
a hole early in the title game.
Galena (16-7) struck for three
runs in the first inning and
maintained that lead into the
third inning.
That’s when Caney Valley
got on the scoreboard with a
pair of runs to narrow the gap
to one. The Bulldogs came
right back with four in the bottom half of the inning to take
control of things.
Galena then put things out
of reach with one in the fourth
and four more in the fifth to
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Baylor Melchiori went a
perfect 3-for-3 at the plate for
the ‘Pups, while Riley Kyser
added a pair of hits.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Galena 12, Caney Valley 2
CANEY VALLEY (13-9): Melchiori 3-3, Kyser 2-3, Anderson 1-3, Sutton 1-3, Simpson 1-3,
Stanton 1-2.
GALENA (16-7): Individual statistics not available.
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Caney Valley
outpaces Cherryvale
in extra innings
Locked in a scoreless tie
through eight innings, Caney
Valley came up with three
clutch runs in the ninth inning to knock off top-seeded
Cherryvale 3-1 in the regional
semifinals last Thursday.
“Talk about a pitchers’
duel,” Davis said. “Both pitchers threw extremely well. We
were able to get a few big hits
there in the ninth inning to get
the win.”
For the Chargers, it was a
tough way to wrap up the season as they closed things out at
12-9 overall.
“The game was well played
by both teams,” said Cherryvale coach Andy Beshear.
“Colben (Dodson) changed
speeds and located the ball
well. He and Baylor Melchiori were good on the mound.
Baylor threw high fastballs
that we had a hard laying
off of. When a pitcher has 18
strikeouts, the offensive team
isn’t putting pressure on the
defense. We had a couple of
chances to score the winning
run, but Caney made plays to
keep us scoreless.
“A lot of younger players had experience in varsity
games. All of our pitchers will
be back next season. Our players will work this summer and
improve for next season.”
Cherryvale actually had a
7-2 edge in total hits, but neither team could plate a run
until the ninth.
Kyser led things off with a
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single for the Bullpups. That
was followed by consecutive
walks to Bryce Short and Wyatt Anderson to load the bases. Josh Sutton followed with
a two-run double to break the
tie, and Anderson came in to
score on a wild pitch.
The Chargers didn’t go
down quietly in their final atbat. Zack Steed had a base hit
and stole second. He scored
on Ryan Robertson’s single to
center field. Yet, that’s all CHS
could muster as its season
came to an end.
Melchiori was the victorious pitcher, striking out 18
Charger batters while scattering seven hits and walking
just two. Dodson suffered the
loss despite allowing just one
earned run on one hit while
striking out six in 8 1/3 innings
of work.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
SEMIFINAL
Caney Valley 3, Cherryvale 1
CANEY VALLEY (13-8): Kyser (lf) 0-4 1, Melchiori (p) 0-2 0, Short (c) 0-3 1, Anderson (1b) 0-2 1,
Sutton (dh) 2-4 0, Simpson (ss) 0-4 0, Nunneley
(cf) 0-3 0, Stanton (2b) 0-3 0, Haberly (3b) 0-3 0,
Bellamy (rf) 0-0 0, Rose (cf) 0-0 0. TOTALS 2-28
3.
CHERRYVALE (12-9): Verge (2b) 0-4 0, Raida
(ss) 0-4 0, Addis (c) 3-4 0, Dodson (p) 0-4 0,
Steed (1b) 1-3 1, Vigil (lf) 1-4 0, Robertson (cf) 1-4
0, Poole (rf) 1-4 0, Morrill (dh) 0-2 0, Raida (lf)
0-2 0, Novoty 0-0 0. TOTALS 7-35 1.
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Bullpups pound
Vikings, 10-3,
in quarterfinal
Despite trailing by two runs
early, the Bullpups stormed
back to blow out NortheastArma 10-3 in quarterfinal
action of the regional tournament last Wednesday.
“We did a good job of putting the bat on the ball,” Davis
said. “A lot of good things happen when you do that. We did
some good things offensively.”
A two-run homer in the first
inning gave the Vikings (10-11)
the lead, but the fourth-seeded Bullpups came back to tie
things up at 2-all after three
innings. Eventually, CVHS took
control, putting things well out
of reach with four in the fifth
inning and four more in the
sixth.
CVHS had 13 hits in the
contest, including three from
Short and two each from Kyser, Anderson, Mitchell Simpson and Jeremiah Nunneley.
CLASS 3A REGIONAL
BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
QUARTERFINAL
Caney Valley 10, Northeast-Arma 3
NORTHEAST-ARMA (10-11): Individual statistics not available.
CANEY VALLEY (12-8): Short 3-4, Kyser 2-3,
Anderson 2-4, Simpson 2-3, Nunneley 2-4, Sutton 1-3, Haberly 1-2.
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Orange Crush claims 2nd place at Pittsburg
A baseball team comprised of players from Independence and Cherryvale placed second at a
tournament in Pittsburg last weekend. At that tournament, the Orange Crush age 9 and under
team finished with four wins and one loss, the lone defeat coming in a 12-4 setback to Buck Commander of Fort Scott. Earlier in the tournament, the team defeated The Wolfpack of Carthage,
Mo., 7-5; the Riverton Thunder, 10-9; the Webb City Cardinals, 16-0. In the semi-final game, the
Oragne Crush faced the Riverton Thunder again and came through a hard-fought 7-6 victory in
extra innings. Members of the team who competed at the tournament were (bottom row, left to
right) Nick Curley, Easton Beardsley, Kellen Lanning, Brock Sanders, (second row, left to right) Eli
Montee, Brady Palmer, Isaiah Pollard, Jimmie Bunyard, Peyton Modich, (back row, left to right)
coaches Marty Palmer and Jimmie Bunyard Sr. Not pictured: Ethan Small and JD Veile. The team
previously participated in tournaments in Tulsa and Bartlesville. (Courtesy photo)
CCC is represented at NJCAA
Women’s Golf Championships
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
— Two members of the Coffeyville Community College
golf team competed in the NJCAA Women’s Golf Championships last week at LPGA International.
Tournament action was
scheduled
last
Monday
through Thursday, but inclement weather forced the final
round of play to be cancelled.
CCC was represented by
Julia Dierker, who shot a 266
(94-87-85) to finish in a tie for
51st place overall. Meanwhile,
Cheyenne Musser tied for 75th
place with a 286 (90-94-102).
Dierker and Musser both
earned spots at nationals
by placing in the top 10 at
the Region VI Tournament
in Hutchinson. Dierker, who
qualified for a second straight
year, took fifth place in the region, while Musser was seventh.
Daytona State captured the
team championship with a
three-round
total of 876
— 25 strokes
ahead
of
r u n n e rup
Seminole State.
McLennan
took
third
place
with
Dierker
909.
This
was Daytona State’s eighth
national championship — the
most by any women’s golf program in the NJCAA.
The Falcons also had the
individual
champion as
they
were
led by Ji Sun
Kang
with
a three-day
total of 207.
That proved
to
be
12
strokes better than both
Roanna TomMusser
linson of McLennan and Katie
Veale of Daytona State, who
shared the runner-up spot at
219. Her total of 207 was also
the lowest three-round score
in the tournament’s history,
breaking the previous record
of 209 set by Redlands’ Sarah
Schooner in 2012.
NJCAA WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS
TEAM SCORES — 1. Daytona State 876, 2.
Seminole State 901, 3. McLennan 909, 4. Tyler 966, 5. Iowa Western 980, 6. Redlands 985,
7. Western Texas 1001, 8. Mesa 1016, 9. Murray
State 1021, 10. Des Moines Area 1047, 11. Pima
1082, 12. Wallace State 1083, 13. Barton 1088, 14.
Rend Lake 1093, 15. John A. Logan 1105, 16. Sandhills 1163, 17. Otero 1221.
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS — 1. Ji Sun Kang, Daytona State, 207, T-2. Roanna Tomlinson, McLennan/Katie Veale, Daytona State, 219; 4. Nichada
Satasuk, Seminole State, 220; T-5. Gianti Mahardhika, McLennan/Damla Bilgic, Iowa Western, 223; 7. Peerada Piddon, Barton, 224; T-8.
Kaye Kwon, Daytona State/Josefine Garton,
Seminole State, 226; T-10. Cynthia Bounleutay,
Seminole State/BoYoung Park, Tyler/Cristine
Lee, Daytona State, 227; T-13. Sena Ersoy, Iowa
Western/Sarah Harrison, Seminole State, 229;
15. Claire Becker, Daytona State, 232; 16. Lydia
Traylor, McLennan, 233; T-17. Desiree Hong,
Pima/Savannah Moody, McLennan, 234; 19.
Anya Anders, Tyler, 235; 20. Orakorn Thirayatorn, Dodge City, 236.
TEAM RESULTS — Coffeyville: T-51. Julia Dierker 94-87-85—266; T-75. Cheyenne Musser
90-94-102—286.
BOWLING NOTES
Cherry Bowl Lanes & Grill
League Standings
End of 2016 Regular Season
Bowler of the Year: Jo Boggs, lady; Ken Gibson, man.
Wednesday 8/9 No Tap League: high scoring
team, Sandbaggers, 831; high handicap team,
Janet’s Team, 921; high lady, Vickie Newman,
264 game; Lesslie, Diana’s, 654 series; high
man, Ray Buss, 286.
Thursday Mixed Playoff: 1. Uncle Ken’s Coins,
2477/864; 2. Roberson’s Archery, 2369/824.
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Draper competes at Junior Olympic Championships
Jordan Draper of Bedford, Texas, flies high during one of her recent gymnastics competitions.
Draper and her team recently placed first in the nation at the 2016 Level 10 Junior Olympic Championships held May 8 in Fort Worth, Texas. Draper also placed 15th individually, her highest allaround score this season. She competes on bars, beams, floor and vault. She will be a senior in
high school next year, and she is the granddaughter of Marthena Draper of Caney.
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CHERRYVALE: Rummage sale 9 a.m.-2
p.m. Saturday, May 28 at Big Hill storage
unit 119 on S. Olive, Cherryvale. Lots of
miscellaneous.
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COLUMBUS: city-wide rummage sale will
be Saturday, June 4. Maps may be picked
up at Casey’s, Apple Market, Quick Shop,
Daylight Donuts and FastMart in Columbus.
For more information call 620-674-2335.
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INDEPENDENCE
Large, one-day yard sale
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
2712 Fairway Drive
Landon & Jenny Diveley
Several furniture items including a leather
sofa, leather loveseat, recliner, two stationary
chairs with ottomans, custom made nursery
changing table with deep drawers. Other
items include outdoor basketball goal,
indoor double basketball shooting game,
John Deere ride-on toy tractor, John Deere
ride-on toy Gator (both need new batteries),
many decorating items in excellent
condition, kitchen items, plus many, many
more items! Watch for full ad next week
with additional list of items! CQ21-1tnc
GOLD & SILVER JEWELRY WANTED: Get
more for your broken unwanted gold &
silver jewelry at Uncle Ken’s Coin Shop. Also
buying silver coins and old currency. Phone
(620) 331-4570.
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USD 504 OSWEGO
U.S.D. 504 is accepting applications for the
following vacant positions:
• Service Valley Charter Academy: Part-Time
Kitchen Aid
• Transportation: Part-Time and Full-Time
Bus Drivers
• Oswego High School: K.A.Y. Club
Coordinator, Assistant Football Coaches (2),
Assistant Girls Basketball Coach, Head Golf
Coach and Assistant Track Coach
• Oswego Junior High School: Head
Basketball Coach and Head Volleyball
Coach.
Any interested person should submit an
application to:
Douglas Beisel, superintendent
719 4th Street
Oswego, KS 67356
Application forms are available at our
website at usd504.org and at the Central
office located at 719 4th Street, Oswego, KS,
Telephone 620-795-2126. USD 504 is an
equal opportunity employer.
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ELEMENTARY TEACHER: USD 504 is
currently accepting applications for 5th-8th
Elementary Teacher with an emphasis in
English Language Arts and Social Studies at
our Service Valley Charter Academy building.
This position is for the 2016-2017 school year.
Individuals interested in this position should
submit the following:
1. Application
2. Resume’
3. Cover Letter
4. Unofficial Transcripts
5. References
6. Copy of license or date you expect initial
license for new teachers.
Any correspondence should be sent to:
Douglas Beisel, superintendent
719 4th Street
Oswego, KS 67356
Application forms are available online at
usd504.org and also at the central office
located at 719 4th St., Oswego, KS Phone
620-795-2126. U.S.D. No. 504 is an equal
opportunity employer LA21-1tc
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CITY MAINTENANCE: City of Mound
Valley is seeking qualified applicants for
full-time maintenance position. High
school diploma or GED as well as a clean
drug and alcohol pre-employment test is
required. Experience in small systems water
and waste water treatment preferred, but
will train the right applicant. Successful
applicants must be willing to be licensed/
certified in those areas after hire. Wages are
commensurate with experience. Contact
City Hall at 620-328-3411 or city clerk at
620-714-0414 for other information.
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COOK, DISHWASHER, SERVERS: Evening
line cook and dishwasher. Servers, both
daytime and evening, full time and part
time. Benefits based on hired status.
Application available at www.flintoak.com/
Info/jobs, or Flint Oak, 2639 Quail Rd., Fall
River, KS 67047, 620-658-4401, email:
sstephens@flintoak.com.
CQ20-3b
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FOOD TRANSPORTER: for Meals on
Wheels/Friendship Meals delivering noon
meal to Longton and Moline sites from
Howard kitchen. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.1 p.m. from Howard; 10 a.m.-noon from
Longton. Need own vehicle. Mileage paid. Apply at 148 N. Wabash, Howard or 406
Kansas, Longton. EOE.
CQ21-2b
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LABORER: City of Sedan is accepting
applications for a full-time general laborer.
Applicants must be 18 years of age, possess
a valid driver’s license, a high school
diploma or equivalent, and be in good
physical condition. Wages are dependent on
qualifications and experience. City benefits
include BC/BS health insurance, paid
vacation, sick leave, and KPERS retirement
plan. To obtain an application, contact City
Hall at 111 E. Cherokee, Sedan, KS 67361,
or call 620-725-3193. Applications will be
accepted until June 3, 2016. City of Sedan
is an EOE. CQ21-1b
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WELDING
SUPPLIES
TROTNIC
STORAGE
ITEMS FOR SALE
USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE:
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Fridge, Freezers, AC
units, Recliners, Lift chair-918-533-6000 or
620-597-2680.
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CHICKENS FOR SALE: Two months old, $3
each. For more information call 620-7782017, Oswego. LA20-1tc
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“IMAGES OF AMERICA: INDEPENDENCE,”
a pictorial history of Independence, is
available for $21.99 (plus sales tax) at
the Montgomery County Chronicle offices
in Caney, Cherryvale and Independence.
Makes a great gift for any event! nc
ITEMS WANTED
SCRAP METAL: Paying top dollar for scrap
metal, junk cars (running or not), etc. Will
pick up items. Call 918-559-9162.
MC-E3-tfnp
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REAL ESTATE
•OSWEGO, New Listing, 504 6th, Rock
House, 2-BR, 1-BA, corner lot, woodburning fireplace, new roof, CH/A, large 2-car
detached garage.............ONLY $39,900
•HALLOWELL, Former church school,
with new metal roof, CH/A, rural water,
kitchen, 2-BA, lots of carpet, In Excellent
Shape.......................................$44,900
•CHETOPA, 8th & Maple..................
............................REDUCED to $64,900
•PARSONS, 515 E. Main, 5-BR, 2-story
home, all new windows, basement CH/A,
2-car detached garage...REDUCED to ...
........................................$97,900
• CHETOPA, 1023 Walnut, 2/3-BR,
hardwood floors, 2-car detached garage,
50x30x12 metal building.........$62,900
•pictures/weather/radar
@ chesnuttauctioneers.com
HELP WANTED
DRIVERS: Class A CDL Home Time? Weekly,
Casual, OTR Paid Driver Benefits | Orientation
Bonus. www.DriveTransLand.com. Call 800234-5710.
MG-A21-2tb
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TRUCK DRIVERS: Convoy Systems is hiring
Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the
west coast. Home Weekly! Great Benefits!
www.convoysystems.com Call Tina ext. 301
or Lori ext. 303 1-800-926-6869. (KCAN)
___________________________
LIFEGUARDS: The City of Oswego is now
accepting applications for Lifeguards at
the City Pool. Applications are available at
City Hall - 703 5th St., on the city’s website
www.oswegokansas.com or by calling 620795-4433. The city is an equal opportunity
employer.
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OSWEGO HEALTH AND REHAB
At Oswego Health and Rehab, we’re always
looking for professional who share our
commitment to excellence in health and
rehabilitation services to join our team.
Positions currently available include:
F/T night shift Nurse
We offer competitive wages! Apply in
person: 1104 Ohio, Oswego or online at
www.oswegohealthandrehab.com.
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TEACHER: Coffeyville Public Schools is
currently accepting applications for a Lead
Teacher at the USD 446 Early Learning
Center. This position requires an associate’s
degree or higher. Pay commensurate on
education and experience. Apply online at
www.cvilleschools.com. Coffeyville USD 445
is an E.O.E.
MG-U21-1tb
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REAL ESTATE CENTER
www.ksrealestate.com
AUCTIONS
ALTAMONT • 207 Huston Ave.
Thursday, June 2 • 6:30 p.m.
3 bedroom, 2.5 bath ranch
house. #8409
COFFEYVILLE • 501 S. Willow
Sunday, June 5 • 3 p.m.
5 bedroom, 1 1/2 story home.
Also, 10 acres M/L at CR 3900
between CR 2400 and CR
2600. Offered from 501 S.
Willow. #8410
COFFEYVILLE • 1837 CR
3900, SOUTH OF DEARING
Saturday, June 18 • Noon
3 bedroom, 2 bath home
with 8+ acres. #8253.
533 N. Penn
Independence, Ks
620-331-7550
Clayton Farlow, broker/owner
HUD Broker
Check our Listings!
chesnuttauctioneers.com
412 Commercial
Oswego, Kansas
CHESNUTT & CHESNUTT
AUCTIONEERS - REALTORS
Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
Email: chesnutt@chesnuttauctioneers.com
Apartments available at
Westside Homes, Oswego
Apply at Frogley’s
Gun Shop or call
620-778-2458
LC1-tf
AUCTION
Tuesday, June 14 at 12 noon
at Tract 1. Then shortly afterwards at Tract 2.
240+ACRES FARM LAND
Tract 1. 1 1/4 Mile West of 15000 Road and Wallace Road, Oswego. W/2 NE/4 6-33-21,
Labette County, Kansas. 80 Acres with 76 in Cultivation. Owner retains Landlords share
of wheat crop. Weather permitting the Tenant will plant soybeans.
Tract 2. 160 aces located 14 Mile West of Wallace Road on 14000, Oswego. E2 NW/4
and W/2 NE/4 of 8-33-21, Labette County, Kansas. 135 Acres in Cultivation now. 40%
Corn Crop to Buyer.
Terms: 10% down payment sale day, balance within 30 days. Merchantable Title guaranteed.
Jerry Chesnutt & Cody Chesnutt, Sellers Agents/Auctioneers
AERIAL PHOTO: chesnuttauctioneers.com or 15000auctions.com
Classified ads will get results!
BASKETBALL COACHES WANTED
Unified School District 286 is now accepting
Total
cost: positions
$40.00for the
applications
for the following
2016/17 school year:
Junior High: Head Boys' Basketball Coach
Senior High: Assistant Girls' Basketball Coach
Applications can be obtained at the
District Office at 302 N. Sherman in
Sedan, KS. For information contact
Kati Sears at 620-725-3187 or fax
620-725-5642.
Ellsworth County Medical Center, Ellsworth KS
is seeking new clinical staff members to join their
team. Four full-time nurses, one PRN nurse, one
Certified Nursing Assistant full-time and two
Laboratory Techs are needed (one full-time and
one PRN). If qualified and looking for a great
place to work check out our openings and apply
online at: www.ewmed.com.
10:00 AM, Saturday, May 28th
533 S Curtis, Welch, OK
REAL ESTATE: 2 Story Frame Home – 2,832± Square
Feet – Built in 1914 – 12 Rooms Total, 5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths
– Ceiling Fans & Fireplace – Central Heat & Air – Covered
Front Porch – Covered Balcony Decks – 14’x26’ Covered
Patio – Gazebo & Deck – Frame Storage Building – Privacy
Fence – 2015 Taxes $448.64 –
PERSONAL PROPERTY: Assorted Antique Furnishings
– Bookshelves – Wall Mirrors – Chandeliers – Stained Glass
Lamp Shade – Decorative Items of All Descriptions – Porcelain Figurines – Pottery – Collector Glass Items – 15+ Glass
Paperweight Collection – Kitchen Collectibles – Old Magazines – Art & Antique Reference Books – Antique Dresser Set
– Ladies Hats & Hat Boxes – Costume Jewelry – Jewelry
Boxes – Dolls – Glassware – Cookware – Microwave – Holiday Decorations – LARGE Assortment of Ornate Decorative Architectural Items! Pillars, Trim, Etc – Building
FULL of Wrought Iron Yard Items – Bolts of new Fabric &
Upholstery Material! – 90’s Cadillac Sedan Deville for
Salvage –
PLEASE NOTE: Mrs. Jennings had done a lot of remodeling and redecorating on this home! There are boxes full of
new household items she intended to use in this home. We
Have Boxes and Boxes and Boxes of Merchandise – Come
See What We Find! It’s Gonna Be Fun!
This Auction is Being Offered in Conjunction With
Stafford Auction & Realty, Inc.
David Stafford (501) 384-5352 Gary Cooper
J.B. Robison Auctioneers
Photos Available Online
We honor all Thompson
Bros. Present Leases
TROTNIC
LUMBER & SUPPLY
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
• Units Available •
As small as 5x10
As large as 20x40
$20 and up
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
25th ANNUAL DEWEY ANTIQUE SHOW
SATURDAY, JUNE 4 • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
WASHINGTON COUNTY FAIR BUILDING
1109 S. Delaware St. - Dewey, Okla.
Sponsored by: Antiques and Collectibles Association
Over 107 Booths, Dealers from 6 States
Great variety of items and prices: jewelry, western, pottery,
furniture, advertising, glass, textiles, retro country, paper,
toys, radios and much more!
Position Available
Looking for: Adult Attendant Care Staff.
Nights and Weekends
Starting Pay
$10.00 per hour
For More Information visit: www.lcmhs.com
or call Natasha Purcell, Human Resources Coordinator
at 620-421-3770 or 800-303-3770
www.lcmhs.com
Four County Mental Health
Center has the following
full-time openings!
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Visit our website to learn more about these
positions or to apply online:
www.fourcounty.com.
Positions are benefit-eligible.
Four County is a KPERS employer.
Resumes/applications may also be submitted
in person or mailed to:
Human Resources, Four County MHC,
P.O. Box 688 Independence, KS 67301. Equal Opportunity Employer, Drug
Free Workplace and bilingual applicants preferred.
Four County Mental Health Center
has immediate job openings!
These are entry-level, High School Diploma or GED
needed, no experience required.
• Part-time Drivers – Agency vehicle and training provided. No
CDL required, must be 21 years of age with good driving record.
• Attendant Care –We have Crisis Stand-By/Transport and Home
Health positions available. These positions all work one-on-one
with patients either in community home setting and involves
transporting patients.
Visit our website to learn more about
these positions or to apply online:
www.fourcounty.com.
Resumes/applications may also be
submitted in person or mailed to:
Human Resources, Four County MHC,
P.O. Box 688 Independence, KS
67301. Equal Opportunity Employer,
Drug Free Workplace and Bilingual applicants preferred.
Thursday, May 26, 2016
FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE
FOR RENT IN EDNA: Country living
3 bedroom, 1 bath, CH/A home in the
Edna area. Asking $500/month. For more
information call 620-870-1296. LA21-tf
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APARTMENT
FOR
RENT
NEAR
CHAUTAUQUA: 2 Bedroom, 1 bath, Washer
and dryer, range, refrigerator, All utilities
included. $650/month plus deposit. 620725-3770 - if no answer, leave message. CQ20-2tb
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FOR RENT IN CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532. tfn
ALTAMONT: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 living
rooms, heat/air, patio, basement, detached
garage with/eff. apart., out buildings on 1
acre with optional 5.9 acres. Contract/deed
12% down, by appointment only. 620-7845839. Do not inquire at house. LA21-tf
Bill to: Wanda Longon, P.O. Box 112,
Altamont, KS 67330
REAL ESTATE
MOLINE: 309 N. Biddle. Wow! It comes
completely furnished! Appliances stay
including washer and dryer. Bonus room
used by an artist with high ceiling and sky
light windows. Second art studio is in the
backyard where the flower gardens are
located. $25,000.
LONGTON: 405 Wyandotte. Three
bedroom, two bath, open floor plan, kitchen
appliances stay, detached four car garage,
walk out patio with fenced in back yard.
New roof in 2015. Total electric home. NEW
LOWER PRICE $48,000
HOWARD: 1160 Hwy. 99. Five acres
with large metal building, out of the city
limits with many uses, access to Elk River,
out buildings. $69,000.
Call Judy Nungesser, Realtor
Faith Realty
Call 620-330-3688
jnung@sktc.net
CQ19-tfn
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SOLD
Call or visit our website for working ranches
in a several state area. Let our background
in stocker/ cow-calf production and hunting
properties be of assistance in the sale of your
ranch or your property search.
400+ acres of prime deer hunting,
fishing and grazing.
CROSSTIMBERSLAND.COM
918-287-1996 - OFFICE
620-705-1448 - Ben Allen
AREA SERVICES
THOMAS TREE SERVICE: Tree trimming,
removal and stump grinding, have chipper,
grapple and bucket truck. Insured. Call for
free estimates, 620-879-2532 or 620-2498773 (cell) or 918-214-3361 (cell). MC-T18-tfn
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TAYLOR TREES, LLC: Tree and Pasture
Clearing, Insured, Chautauqua and
surrounding counties. Call 620-216-0755. CQ7-tfn
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MCNOWN TREE CARE
Insured, professional tree trimming,
removal, and clean-up.
FREE ESTIMATES
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
CQ23-tfn
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LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS: in-home
repair and upgrades. We come to you.
620-725-5465, 620-330-0330. www.
lazybearcomputers.com.
mjking@
lazybearcomputers.com. CQ1-tfn
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WICKHAM TRUCKING for your rock, sand,
and dirt needs. Call 620-725-3317 or 620249-2867. CQ1-tfn
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CLEAR VISION WINDSHIELD REPAIR: If
you need a rock chip repaired, call Paul Stetz
at 620-725-3265. If we can’t answer, please
leave a message. CQ40-tfn ___________________________
SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. CQ1-tfn
DON’T BE LATE!
The deadline for placing
a classified ad is 5 p.m.,
Monday!
FLINT OAK - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
APRIL 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
(Membership not Required) - Closed Monday and Tuesday
June 2nd - Chicken Buffet - $14.95
Featuring Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Vegetable,
Roll, Salad and Dessert, Coffee or Tea
June 25th - Summer BBQ & Fireworks
All Day Event Ticket - Includes, BBQ/Ice Cream Social,
one drink ticket, Fireworks show, unlimited shooting from
2:00pm to 6:00pm. Saturday afternoon on sporting clay
course, bank fishing on Center Lake, pool, plus games
All Day Event $45.00 Non-Members / $40.00 Members
BBQ/Ice Cream Social and Fireworks only ticket pricing is;
$25.00 Non-Members / $20.00 Members
Montgomery County Chronicle
THEME: GARDENING 101
ACROSS
1. “Sisterhood of the Traveling
____”
6. Pavlova’s step
9. Southeast Asia food staple
13. Fire starter
14. “My ____ Private Idaho,”
movie
15. Red Cross supply
16. Indian soldier in British
Army, historical
17. CSI evidence
18. U in UV
19. *Climber support
21. *Light recommendation for
some plants
23. Computer network acronym
24. Green stroke
25. Olympic chant
28. Cry like a baby
30. Depletes
35. X-ray units
37. *Organ of photosynthesis
39. Nary a soul
40. Doing nothing
41. Reduce pressure
43. Tolkien villains
44. Spy’s other name
46. Judo gym
47. Same as Celt
48. *Cross between plant
varieties
50. They don’t mix with water
Answers to this week’s puzzles
Page B9
CROSSWORD PUZZLES
52. Hi-____ graphics
53. Demeanor
55. Black and white sea bird
57. *Homemade fertilizer
61. *Without synthetic chemicals
65. Driver’s 180
66. Roswell debris?
68. Speedily
69. Alley cat
70. Game day appetizer
71. Zwiebacks
72. Annoyingly slow
73. Ensign, for short
74. Corset bones
DOWN
1. Attention grabber
2. Copycat
3. Back of neck
4. Chatroom agitator
5. First U.S. space station
6. *Where peas live
7. Barley bristle
8. Big mess
9. Auction off
10. ____ and crafts
11. Buddhist teacher
12. Yemen’s neighbor
15. Brunei’s ruler, e.g.
20. Altogether
22. Beehive State native
24. Stone’s Oscar winner
25. Dickens’s ____ Heep
26. Lamentably
27. Impromptu
29. *Garden intruder
31. Pippin’s last name, “The
Hobbit”
32. More painful
33. Cry of surrender
34. *Cabbage Worms and
Potato Beetles
36. One way to prepare Ahi
38. *Popular apple
42. ____ bear
45. Soliciting of a bribe for a
church office
49. Bad-mouth
51. Glucose and fructose, e.g.
54. Chopin’s composition
56. On the fritz
57. Intersection of two arcs
58. Hahn or von Bismark
59. Fogginess
60. Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat,
____, Love”
61. “My bad!”
62. Org. with a mission
63. Rotten and stinky
64. ____pit
67. Ice-T on “Law & Order:
SVU”
Reservation required for all activities - 620-658-4401
Fall River, KS www.flintoak.com
D
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Lavender Landscapes Nursery
Large Selection of Trees • Shrubs
• Grasses • Garden Vegetables
• Pottery • Birdbaths • Concrete Urns
• Fountains • Annuals & Perennials,
Hanging Baskets
Memorial Day Planters
Now Has 2 Locations!
205 W. 9th, Coffeyville
(620) 251-2200
East of Dearing, KS
(620) 948-3400
(3 miles east of Dearing or west of Coffeyille Country Club on Woodland Ave.)
New & Used • Antiques • Furniture • La-Z-Boy Recliners
Landscape Rock, Mulch & More – Just in Time for Your Spring Planting!
Lavender Landscapes Nursery
14076 Hwy. 59 (3/4 mile north of Jct. 59/160)
Altamont, KS • (620) 784-9985
Hours: Wed.-Sat. 10-6, Sun. 1-5
“Together We’ll Grow!”
Page B10
PUBLIC NOTICES
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 26, June
2 and 9, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
IN THE MATTER OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF
BEVERLY A. HERRING, Deceased
Case No. 16 PR 26 I
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on May 12,
2016, a Petition for Issuance of Letters
of Administration was filed in this Court
by Dorothy McMillan, an heir, praying
that she be granted Letters of Administration for the Estate of Beverly A. Herring, deceased.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before June 16,
2016, at 9:00 a.m. of said day, in this
Court, in the City of Independence,
Montgomery County, Kansas, at which
time and place the cause will be heard.
Should you fail, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course upon the
Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the estate within
four months from the date of first publication of this Notice, as provided by
law, and if their demands are not thus
exhibited, they shall be forever barred.
Dorothy McMillan, petitioner
Lattin Law Offices, Chartered
Robert W. Lattin
120 W. Main
P. O. Box 396
Independence, KS 67301
(620) 331-8070
lattin@terraworld.net
Attorney for Petitioner
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 26, June
2 and 9, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF MONROE KENDALL ROBERTSON, A/K/A MONROE K. ROBERTSON, DECEASED
Case No. 12 PR-39 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
18th day of May, 2016, a Petition was
filed in this Court by Sherry Arlene Stevens and Cathey Elaine Alani, Co-Executors of the Estate of Monroe Kendall
Robertson, a/k/a Monroe K. Robertson,
deceased, praying for a final settlement
of the estate, approval of their acts,
proceedings, and accounts as Co-Executors, allowance for attorney’s fees
and expenses, determination of the
heirs, devisees, and legatees entitled
to the estate and assignment to them
in accordance with the Will of Monroe
Kendall Robertson, a/k/a Monroe K.
Robertson, deceased.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 21st
day of June, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock A.M.
of said day in said Court in the City of
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause
will be heard. Should you fail therein,
judgment and decree will be entered in
due course upon the Petition.
SHERRY ARLENE STEVENS AND
CATHEY ELAINE ALANI, petitioners
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT &
KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioners
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 26, June
2 and 9, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JAMES O. TAYLOR, DECEASED
Case No. 16 PR-13 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on May
17, 2016, a Petition was filed in this
Court by Mary Virginia Taylor, heir at
law and Executor named in the Last
Will and Testament of James O. Taylor,
deceased, dated April 16, 2007, praying for Informal Administration to Admit
Will to Probate.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before June 21,
2016, at 9:00 o’clock A.M. of said day,
in this Court, in the City of Coffeyville, in
Montgomery County, Kansas, at which
time and place the cause will be heard.
Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be
entered in due course upon the petition.
MARY VIRGINIA TAYLOR, petitioner
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT &
KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 19 and
26, 2016)
RESOLUTION 2015-2016-5
Cherryvale Recreation Cmsn.
WHEREAS, the Cherryvale Recreation Commission currently operates
with a levy authority of 2 mills; and
WHEREAS, the Cherryvale Recreation Commission has determined that
the tax currently being levied is insufficient to operate the recreation system;
and
WHEREAS, the Cherryvale Recreation Commission pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 12-1927,
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Montgomery County Chronicle
has requested the school district to authorize an increase in the current levy;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT No. 447, MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, KANSAS:
Section 1. That the maximum annual mill levy for the Cherryvale Recreation Commission system be increased
to 3 mills in the year 2016-2016 and
thereafter.
Section 2. That this resolution be
published once each week for two
consecutive weeks in the official newspaper of the taxing district pursuant to
K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 12-1927 (b).
Section 3. That the tax levy authorized by this resolution may be made
unless a petition requesting an election
upon the proposition to increase the
tax levy, signed by at least five percent (5%) of the qualified voters of the
taxing district, is filed with the county
election officer within 30 days following the date of last publication of the
resolution. In the event a valid petition
is filed, no such increased levy shall be
made without such proposition having
been submitted to and having been
approved by a majority of the voters of
the taxing district voting at an election
called and held thereon.
ADOPTED by the Board of Education of Unified School District No. 447,
Montgomery County, Kansas, this 9th
day of May, 2016
Jo Neuburger, member
Mark Torkelson, member
Joe Marchant, member
Randy Studebaker, member
John Potthast, member
Gina Booe, member
ATTEST: Karen S. Conner, board clerk
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 12, 19
and 26, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Kansas CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Samantha Sprague a/k/a Samantha
J. Sprague; Timothy Sprague; John
Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe
(Tenant/Occupant); United States of
America, Department of the Treasury-Internal Revenue Service; United States of America, Department of
the Treasury-Internal Revenue Service; Unknown Spouse, if any, of Samantha Sprague; Unknown Spouse,
if any, of Samantha Sprague; Unknown Spouse, if any, of Samantha
Sprague ; Unknown Spouse, if any,
of Samantha Sprague (Defendants)
Case No. 16CV30C
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State Of Kansas, to the abovenamed defendants and the unknown
heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns
of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants;
the unknown officers, successors,
trustees, creditors and assigns of any
defendants that are existing, dissolved
or dormant corporations; the unknown
executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees, creditors, successors and
assigns of any defendants that are or
were partners or in partnership; the
unknown guardians, conservators and
trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability;
and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged
to be deceased, and all other persons
who are or may be concerned.
You are notified that a Petition has
been filed in the District Court of Montgomery County, Kansas, praying to
foreclose a real estate mortgage on the
following described real estate:
Beginning at a point 1343.55 feet East
and 416 feet North of the Southwest
Corner of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township
34, Range 16 East of the 6th P.M.,
thence North 208 feet, thence East
447.84 feet, thence South 208 feet,
thence West 447.84 feet to the Point
of Beginning, Montgomery County,
Kansas, subject to any part thereof in
road right-of-way., commonly known
as 2486 Freedle Lane, Coffeyville, KS
67337 (the “Property”)
and all those defendants who have not
otherwise been served are required to
plead to the Petition on or before the
22nd day of June, 2016, in the District
Court of Montgomery County,Kansas.
If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon
the Petition.
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no
information concerning the collection
of this debt may be given without the
prior consent of the consumer given
directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is
attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that
purpose.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(173760)
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 12, 19
and 26, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
U.S. Bank National Association, as
Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation Mortgage PassThrough Certificates Series 2006RF2 (Plaintiff)
vs.
Carol Powell aka Carol Lynn Beyen,
Carol Powell , et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV7I
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S
SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County
of Montgomery, State of Kansas, in a
certain cause in said Court Numbered
15CV7I, wherein the parties above
named were respectively plaintiff and
defendant, and to me, the undersigned
Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand at
02:00 PM, on 06/09/2016, at the Main
Door of the Courthouse in Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas,
Montgomery County Courthouse, the
following described real estate located
in the County of Montgomery, State of
Kansas, to wit:
LOT 18, CANEY PLAZA SOUTH
ADDITION TO THE CITY OF CANEY,
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS.
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kan.
Respectfully Submitted,
Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542
Michael Rupard, KS # 26954
Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis
Office)
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555
St. Louis, MO 63141
Phone: (314) 991-0255
Fax: (314) 567-8006
Email: mrupard@km-law.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 19, 26
and June 2, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Peter Ellenstein, Unknown Spouse
of Peter Ellenstein, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 16CV29
K.S.A. 60
Mortgage Foreclosure
(Title to Real Estate Involved)
NOTICE OF SUIT
THE STATE OF KANSAS to: Peter
Ellenstein and Unknown Spouse of
Peter Ellenstein, Defendants, and all
other persons who are or may be concerned:
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED:
That a Petition has been filed in the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, Case No. 16CV29 by Wells
Fargo Bank, N.A. , praying for foreclosure of a mortgage executed by Peter
Ellenstein on 03/29/2002 and recorded
in Book 517 Page 246 in the real estate
records of Montgomery County, Kansas, related to the following property:
LOT 14 AND THE SOUTH 15 FEET
OF LOT 15, BLOCK 66, ORIGINAL
CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
AND THE SOUTH 20 1/2 FEET OF
THE EAST 33 FEET OF THE NORTH
45 FEET OF LOT 15, BLOCK 66,
ORIGINAL CITY OF INDEPENDENCE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
KANSAS.
You are hereby required to plead
to the Petition on or before June 29,
2016 in the court at Montgomery County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due
course upon the petition.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (KEPCo),
headquartered in Topeka, is a not-for-profit generation and
transmission utility serving the wholesale electric requirements
of its nineteen member rural electric cooperatives in Kansas.
KEPCo receives 13MW of hydroelectric power from the
Western Area Power Administration (WAPA). Every fifth year,
KEPCo is required by WAPA to submit an Integrated Resource
Plan (IRP). The IRP is a written evaluation of KEPCo’s range of
power supply alternatives, including new generation capacity,
power purchases, energy conservation and efficiency,
environmental impacts, and renewable energy resources, to
provide economical and reliable service to KEPCo’s nineteen
WAPA requires that KEPCo solicit public comment as part of
the IRP process. Accordingly, KEPCo invites comments or
suggestions pertaining to the power supply alternatives
mentioned in the above paragraph to be e-mailed to
kepcoirp@kepco.org. Comments will be accepted from
June 1, 2016 thru July 15, 2016. After the comments have been
evaluated and incorporated, KEPCo will post the completed IRP
on its web site (www.kepco.org).
NOTICE TO BORROWER: If you
wish to dispute the validity of all or any
portion of this debt, or would like the
name and address of the original creditor, you must advise us in writing within
thirty (30) days of the first notice you
receive from us. Otherwise, we will assume the entire debt to be valid. This
is an attempt to collect a debt, and any
information obtained will be used for
that purpose.
Shawn Scharenborg, KS #24542
Michael Rupard, KS #26954
Dustin Stiles, KS #25152
Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis
Office)
12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555
St. Louis, MO 63141
(314) 991-0255
(314) 567-8006
Email: mrupard@km-law.com
Send Court Returns to: Kansas@kmlaw.com
Attorney for Plaintiff
This firm is a debt collector and any
information we obtain from you will be
used for that purpose.
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 19, 26
and June 2, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
U.S. Bank
(Plaintiff)
National
Association
vs.
Lori K. Boots, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV165I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand, at
the South door of the Judicial Center
of the Courthouse at Independence,
Montgomery County, Kansas, on June
9, 2016, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Beginning 787.71 feet East of the
Northwest corner of the S/2 of the
SE/4 of Section 7, Township 35,
Range 14, thence East 225 feet to the
center of the drainage ditch; thence
Southwesterly down said drainage
ditch to the center of Mud Creek;
thence Northwesterly up the center of
said Mud Creek to a point 787.71 feet
East of the West line of said S/2 of
SE/4 of said Section 7; thence North
to place of beginning, Montgomery
County, Kansas.
MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED
AS:
Beginning 787.71 feet East of the
Northwest corner of the S/2 of the
SE/4 of Section 7, Township 35,
Range 14, thence East 225 feet to the
center of the drainage ditch; thence
Southwesterly down said drainage
ditch to the center of Mud Creek;
thence Northwesterly up the center of
said Mud Creek to a point 787.71 feet
East of the West line of said S/2 of
SE/4 of said Section 7; thence North
to place of beginning, Montgomery
County, Kansas. Less and except any
part thereof in street, road or highway.,
commonly known as 1566 CR 1425,
Caney, KS 67333 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.Southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(168242)
____________________________
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 19, 26
and June 2, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Cimeron D. Chastain, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV105I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to
the highest bidder for cash in hand, at
the South door of the Judicial Center
of the Courthouse at Independence,
Montgomery County, Kansas, on June
9, 2016, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Lot 31, SOUTHERN HILL ESTATES,
a subdivision of part of Section 10,
Township 35, Range 16, Montgomery
County, Kansas, commonly known
as 108 Little Avenue, Coffeyville, KS
67337 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.Southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, Sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
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(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, May 19, 26
and June 2, 2016)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JOHN J. “STONEY” HOWARD,
Deceased
CASE NO. 2016 PR 11 C
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR PROBATE
OF WILL AND NOTICE TO
CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
13th day of May, 2016, a petition was
filed in said court by Julia Stockover, as
an heir-at-law, legatee, and devisee of
John J. “Stoney” Howard, deceased,
praying for the admission to probate of
the will of John J. “Stoney” Howard
dated December 2, 2002, and Codicil
No. 1 to Last Will and Testament dated
March 10, 2016, both of which are filed
with said petition, and for the appointment of John R. Horst, as Executor of
said will, pursuant to the Kansas Simplified Estates Act, without bond.
You are further advised that the
petitioner in this matter has requested
administration pursuant to the Kansas Simplified Estates Act and if such
request is granted the court need not
supervise administration of the estate
and no further notice of any action of
the Executor or other proceedings in
the administration will be given except
for notice of final settlement of the decedent’s estate. Should written objections to simplified administration be
filed with the court, the court may order
supervised administration to ensue.
You are hereby required to file your
written defenses thereto on or before
the 14th day of June, 2016, at 9:00
o’clock a.m. of said day, in said court,
in the city of Coffeyville, in Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and
place said cause will be heard. Should
you fail therein, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course on said
petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the said estate
within four months from the date of the
first publication of this notice as provided by law and if their demands are
not thus exhibited they shall be forever
barred.
Julia Stockover, petitioner
JOHN R. HORST, P.A.
207 West Fourth Ave.
P. O. Box 560
Caney, KS 67333
(620) 879-2146
Attorney for Petitioner
File No. 2780
S.Ct. #09412
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