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Clowning Is Serious
Fun for Ken Gillespie
Teachers Make A Difference
One looks back with appreciation
to the brilliant teachers, but with
gratitude to those who touched our
human feelings. The curriculum is
so much necessary new material,
but the warmth is the vital element
for the growing plant and for the
soul of the child.
Carl Jung
The Lesson Plan
Former Olathean Ken Gillespie, aka “Dizzy the Clown” is
internationally known in the“Circus World”. His sister Leigh
Allen, owns Leigh’s School of Dance in town.
By Steve Baska
Senior Contributing Editor
Ken Gillespie, also known as
"Dizzy the Clown," is a former
Olathean who has been a volunteer
clown for the Shriners and also a
contract clown, meaning he gets
paid for his work.
Ken lived in Olathe from about
1966 to 1972. His sister, Leigh
Allen, of Olathe, owns Leigh’s
School of Dance, and he has an
aunt, Cheryl Smith of Olathe. Ken's
clowning started in 1974 with the
Shriners in Kansas City, Kansas.
When Gillespie, his wife and their
children moved to Minot, North
Dakota in 1980, he continued his
clown work and Ken still lives
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Since kindergarten, the staff
at Abraham Lincoln and Thomas
Edison Elementary Schools in Daly
City, California, had seen the results
of my mother's alcoholic outrage.
In the beginning, my teachers
gently probed me about my paperthin, shredded clothes, my offensive
body odor, the countless bruises and
burns on my arms, as well as why I
hunted for food from garbage cans.
One day my second-grade teacher,
Ms. Moss, demanded a meeting with
the school principal and pleaded
with him to do something to help
me. The principal reluctantly agreed
to intervene. The next morning
mother and the principal had a
private meeting. I never saw Ms.
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The art of life lies in a constant
readjustment to our surroundings.
Okakura Kukuzo
It was just an ordinary day. The
children came to school on buses;
there was the usual hubbub of
excitement as they greeted each
other. I looked over my plan book
and I never felt better prepared to
face the day. It would be a good day,
I knew, and we would accomplish a
lot. We took our places around the
reading table and settled in for a
good reading class. The first thing on
my agenda was to check workbooks
to see that the necessary work had
been completed.
When I came to Troy, he had
his head down as he shoved his
unfinished assignment in front of
me. He tried to pull himself back out
of my sight as he sat on my righthand side. Naturally, I looked at the
incomplete work and said, "Troy,
this is not finished."
He looked up at me with the most
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Saluting OUr VETERANS
Decorated Veteran Miguel Encinias
Dies at 92; Fought in 3 Wars
‘The Santa Fe New Mexican
newspaper, Feb 24, 2016
By Robert Nott
From Steve Reist
Miguel Encinias, a Las Vegas,
N.M., native who fought in
three wars and received three
Distinguished Flying Crosses, the
second-highest decoration for valor
in combat, died peacefully in his
sleep Saturday. He was 92.
His son and daughter said he died
of natural causes in an Albuquerque
nursing home.
One of New Mexico's most
decorated war veterans, Encinias
served in World War II, the Korean
War and the Vietnam War and
was a former prisoner of war. He
later helped oversee the creation Miguel Encinias, in three wars
of the World War II Memorial in received 3 Distinguished Flying
Washington, D.C.
Crosses, was POW.
"He was a very quiet, humble man believed in.'"
who didn't speak much -- unless he
Encinias was born April 8, 1923,
had to give a speech," said Ralph the youngest of 16 children. As a teen
Arellanes, whose father and uncles he delivered the Las Vegas Daily
grew up with Encinias in Las Vegas Optic newspaper and also boxed.
in the 1930s. "He never spoke ill His daughter, Isabel Encinias, said
of the Germans or the Japanese her father was a movie buff who
or anybody he fought. As he said, would box for money and then use
'They were just defending their his winnings to go to the cinema.
country and fighting for what they
The Grand 20th Annual
Carl Messer Chili Feed
Fundraiser
Will Be March 30 at the Olathe
American Legion -5 p.m.-7p.m.
It's time again to make plans to
attend the 20th Annual Carl Messer
Chili Feed. The Morning Optimists
along with the Olathe American
Legion invite you to attend the
event on March 30. The American
Legion, 410 E. Dennis Ave., will
open its doors at 5:00 p.m. The chili
supper has been an annual event for
20 years and has been the site for
many "old settlers" to catch up with
friends and neighbors.
The exceptionally fine chili
recipe has been handed down in the
Messer family. Some of the oldest
attendees might talk about their first
taste of the chili at another location
in downtown Olathe.
A separate fund raising event is
being done this year by Boy Scout
Troop 85. They will have desserts
available for a donation (you will
want to try their Dump Cakes made
in cast iron Dutch ovens).
The troop will assist the Legion
and the Morning Optimist with
clean-up! Funds raised by the
Morning Optimist are used to
support various Olathe youth
focused
organizations/activities.
The American Legion share is
used for their Veterans Assistance,
Wounded Warrior Fund and various
Youth Programs i.e.: Boys’ State,
Cadet Law, Oratorical contest.
Tickets are available from
Morning
Optimist
members,
American Legion members, Boy
Scout Troop 85 and at the door
for $7.00. A community event for
everyone, March 30, 5 pm to 7 pm
at the Olathe American Legion, 410
E. Dennis Ave., Olathe!! See you
there. -/-
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The Lost Art of Political Discussion
By Cristina Parra Walker
Go to your local coffee shop.
Open your ears. Listen closely. I bet
you hear conversations about what
children and families are doing,
upcoming sporting events, and of
course, local happenings. How many
of you hear a political discussion?
This past week, I sat at the coffee
shop down the street and just
listened. I came to the sad conclusion
that the fine art of a good political
discussion is dying a quick death.
If there are debates taking place,
they are probably like the short and
muted whisper I overheard last time
I went to get my haircut. You’ll not
be caught dead talking about right to
life, same-sex marriage, much less
trade relations or foreign policy. The
only somewhat political discussions
center around what I call “fluff.”
“Fluff” includes all those
conversations which just fill the air
but ultimately don’t really mean
anything. Sadly, these conversations
are not based on substantive
materials. They float through the air
like a cloud and disappear minutes
later, never to be remembered
again.
Instead of finding out what our
Cristina Parra Walker
future officials believe we want to
quibble and debate about “fluff. --Why does Donald Trump always
look angry? How old is Bernie
anyway? Why is Ben Carson so softspoken? Where did Hillary get that
pantsuit? --- In the end, who really
cares? I am much more concerned
about how the candidates would
operate and manage the big issues;
especially those pertaining to our
economy and homeland security.
Years ago when I was in college
my friends and I would gather
on Friday nights to socialize and
actually debate the issues. There were
many nights when we vehemently
disagreed. We covered the left, the
right and everything in between.
Our group was a great microcosm of
the USA - - - Christians and atheists,
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Know Your Love,
Know Your Money
From Ed and Karmalene Roche
April 4th is Strategy, LLC’s five
year anniversary. The founders
decided to celebrate by helping those
in need. Join the celebration, and
more importantly, the movement,
with Strategy to end hunger in our
lifetime.
The team at Strategy is inviting
the Olathe community to help as
they co-host a Stop Hunger Now
Hal Linden in Over the Moon
Famous as Barney Miller, NYC PD
is Hysterical at The New Theatre Restaurant
New Theatre Restaurant
Running Over the Moon
until April 24 - Great Fun
Julian Brown
should be spent on. People that are
in a relationship owe it to each other
to learn each others financial values
in order to avoid conflict from
purchases. It is very easy to become
upset when you learn of a purchase,
particularly if it is expensive, that
you do not feel is worth the money.
So, how is this avoided?
The answer is simple. Talk to
each other about what importance
you put on money, what types of
things you like to buy, and how
Salvation Army
Serves People All Year
By Donovan Bowman
Those familiar seasonal sounds
- musical hand bells and coins
clanking into a small kettle - came
and left with the holidays. But the
Salvation Army, and the families it
serves, are still here with us.
William and Catherine Booth, the
couple who preached on the streets
of London before founding the
Salvation Army more than 150 years
ago, saw the need to reach people
whom the established ministries
disregarded. These were social
outcasts; mostly poor, sometimes
homeless. The first Army chapter
formed in the United States in 1880,
and has only grown since.
The Salvation Army Women’s
Auxiliary of Olathe, Kansas, was
organized in 1986. Its express
purpose is to “assist with the Army’s
activities in the community, both
financially and materially.” Its 20
present members are volunteers.
Its structure consists of a board of
officers, and regular members, all
bound by its by-laws.
The most familiar of the
Auxiliary’s programs, and its most
important fundraiser, is the annual
Thanksgiving
Luncheon
each
GIVE A HELPING HAND
WITH STRATEGY
Meal - Packaging Event at Indian
Creek Community Church Activity
Center on Monday, April 4th, 2016,
from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Help reach the goal to package
10,152+ meals. It may sound like
a lot, but with enough volunteers
anything is possible! Bring all your
employees, friends, neighbors,
family, and people that you know.
The more, the merrier. This will
be a great hands-on opportunity to
change lives.
Everyone is also invited to join
helping cover the cost of the meals
packaged: it’s only 29 cents per
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Don’t Miss It !
By Julian Brown
Relationship Therapist
In the life of two people that love
each other, no issue will cause more
drama than money. In our society
money is an essential and limited
resource.
How we spend it is almost as
important as how much we save and
each of us has differing opinions on
where the money should go.
Money also has a mystique about
it which causes people to avoid
talking about it, as if the money
itself will make good decisions on
how it is used.
These deep seated beliefs and lack
of communication are a perfect
catalyst for conflict which, if dealt
with better, could be completely
avoided.
Every person has their own view
on the value of money and what it
STOP HUNGER NOW
WITH STRATEGY
I was a big fan of Barney Miller
for many years, a ‘70s sitcom of
NYC cops in a precinct office, with
hilarious Hal Linden, so it was fun
to get to see the Emmy and Tony
Award Winner in person. He acts
like he is still 45. He is, in fact, 84.
Sadly, due to exhaustion, “Happy
Days” TV show lead, Marian Ross,
in her 80’s, had to cancel, but her
replacement, filled in admirably.
Over The Moon
Starring Hal Linden as George
Hay, with Carmen Roman as
Charlotte Hay,Lois Markle as Ethel,
Charles Fugate as Howard, Seth
Macchi as Paul, Ashley Pankow
as Eileen, John Rensenhouse as
Richard Maynard, Cheryl Weaver
as Rosalind at the New Theatre
Restaurant, 9229 Foster, Overland
Two Horses
Author Unknown
Major Mark Martsoff of the Olathe
Salvation Army with Donations
November, now in its twentyseventh year. But behind the
event is several months’ worth of
preparation. Auxiliary members
meet with business owners and
managers, to seek donations of
the food products, services, cash
donations, and volunteers needed
to stage the event. Additional
donations of home made goods,
plush animals, and home decorations
are offered for sale as well.
The Luncheon is held in the
auditorium of the local Army’s
Just up the road from my home is
a field, with two horses in it. From a
distance, each horse looks like any other
horse. But, if you stop your car, or are
walking by, you will notice something
quite amazing.
Looking into the eyes of one horse
will disclose that he is blind. His owner
has chosen not to have him put down,
but has made a good home for him. This
alone is amazing. If you stand nearby
and listen, you will hear the sound of
a bell.
Looking around for the source of the
sound, you will see that it comes from
the smaller horse in the field.
Attached to the horse's halter is a
small bell. It lets the blind friend know
Hal Linden
Park, KS 66212. Call 913-649SHOW (7469).
Carmen Roman, did a stellar,
hearty trouper job of coming in
with short notice. I think I liked her
better than what Ms. Ross might
have done.
The premise of the story is that
where the other horse is, so he can
follow.
As you stand and watch these two
friends, you'll see that the horse with
the bell is always checking on the blind
horse, and that the blind horse will
listen for the bell and then slowly walk
to where the other horse is, trusting that
he will not be led astray.
When the horse with the bell returns
to the shelter of the barn each evening,
it stops occasionally and looks back,
making sure that the blind friend isn't
too far behind to hear the bell.
Like the owners of these two horses,
God does not throw us away just
because we are not perfect or because
we have problems or challenges.
He watches over us and even brings
others into our lives to help us when
we are in need. Sometimes we are the
blind horse being guided by the little
ringing bell of those who God places in
our lives. Other times we are the guide
horse, helping others to find their way.
Good friends are like that. You may
not always see them, but you know
they are always there. Please listen for
my bell and I'll listen for yours, and
remember, be kinder than necessary
- everyone you meet is fighting some
kind of battle.
Live simply,
Love generously,
Care deeply,
Speak kindly.
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Masters of the Hug
You Probably Have
Heard Already
BlackBob Library Flooded
If you are a library lover or book
nut like me you probably already
know our Blackbob Branch Library
suffered a big disaster March 2.
A water main broke under the
bathroom section and water broke
through the floor and flooded the
inside with eight inches of possibly
contaminated water.
I went over there a few days
later and there were ServiceMaster
trucks everywhere. I spoke to folks
there briefly. They weren’t letting
anyone in except workers in hard
hats.
I forgot mine, but did see
folks carrying out armloads of
paperbacks, books and other
materials from the lowest shelves.
It seemed like they could try to dry
some out, but that is a ton of work.
A worker told me that there was
too much fear of books coming in
contact with sewer water and that
could mean disease.
Another worker told me they
were scanning the covers of all
that was being discarded so that
items could be reordered if thought
necessary.
I hope this is insured and feel
it probably is. I did not know that
the libraries are now operated
under the auspices of the City of
Olathe, so maybe now the deeper
pockets of the taxpayers will be
paying for more space and other
improvements.
There were consultants brought
in earlier to discuss improvements,
more space, maybe an additional
site or total remake of the downtown
library. We’ll have a complete
story done by Steve Baska, our star
freelancer later.
Real Estate News
The Gardner Chinese restaurant
on the south side of Old 56 has
closed abruptly. ** I didn’t know
the Olathe School District owns a
site at 119th and Renner. That has
to be worth a fortune now. Great
investment. ** The Perfume shop
in the Devonshire Center has closed
after being open just a few months.
** It appears the Burlington Coat
outlet is here to stay for a while
anyway. They must be the only
business that did well in the Great
ill-fated Mall of Great Falls.
Gazette Humor
From Steve Reist
Three blondes are sitting by the
side of a river holding fishing
poles with the lines in the water.
A game warden comes up behind
them, taps them on the shoulder
and says, “Excuse me, ladies, I’d
like to see your fishing licenses.”
“We don’t have any,” replied the
first blonde.
“Well, if you’re going to fish,
you need fishing licenses,” said the
game warden.
“But officer,” replied the second
blonde, “we aren’t fishing.
We all have magnets at the end
of our lines and we’re collecting
debris off the bottom of the river.”
The game warden lifted up all the
lines and, sure enough, there were
horseshoe magnets tied on the end
of each line.
“Well, I know of no law against
it,” said the Game Warden.
“Take all the debris you want.
And with that he left.
As soon as the game warden
was out of sight, the three blondes
started laughing hysterically.
“What a dumb Fish Cop,” the
second blonde said to the other
two.
“Doesn’t he know that there are
steelhead trout in this river?”
Dementia Cure May Be
Just Five Years Way
Treatment for dementia needs to
be targeted at sub-types of disease,
experts said.
By Laura Donnelly,
Health Editor
As he steps down as chairman of
the World Dementia Council, Dr
Dennis Gillings says he is optimistic
that the first cure to halt or reverse
the disease is on the horizon.
A cure for dementia could be
found within five years, the leader
of the global council on the disease
has said.
Dr. Dennis Gillings, outgoing
chairman of the World Dementia
Council, said recent scientific
progress had surpassed his
expectations, with two potential
breakthroughs now on the horizon.
In an interview with The Daily
Telegraph, he was "optimistic" that
treatments which could remove the
plaques in the brain associated with
dementia, and those to unscramble
the
neural
tangles
which
characterize the disease might be
developed as soon as 2020.
Dr. Gillings, appointed by David
Cameron, to create the global council
in 2013, said "great strides" had
been made in improving scientific
understanding of dementia and of
the gaps in research.
Olathe Garden/Civic Club News
From Joan Shriver
The Olathe Garden & Civic club
will meet April 19th at 12:30PM
at the home of Kim Pegel's home
located to 12924 S. Summit
St., Olathe. Kim will lead us in
creating our own Hypertufa. This
is an outdoor project, so dress
accordingly. Public is welcome.
Please call Joan Shiver at 913-4923566 if you're not a member and
wish to attend.
Changes
The Department of Transportation says that in the last
twenty-five years airplane travelers
have lost four inches of leg room
and 1 1/2 inches of seat width. No
wonder we feel so cramped.
In Colonial Times
Marriages only lasted an average
of 12 years due to death in bearing
children, diseases of all kinds,
farming accidents, Indian attacks.
They are lasting even fewer years
now with all the divorces.
Gazette Humor
From Dale Applebaugh
My 50-something friend Nancy
and I decided to introduce her
mother to the magic of the Internet.
Our first move was to access the
popular "Ask Jeeves" site, and we
told her it could answer any question
she had. Nancy's mother was very
skeptical until Nancy said, "It's
true, Mom. Think of something to
ask it." As I sat with fingers poised
over the keyboard, Nancy's mother
thought a minute, then responded ,
"How is Aunt Helen feeling?"
March 15, 2016
Gazette Humor
Obituaries
A 65 year old woman had a heart
From
Chuck Kurtz
attack and was taken to the hospital.
While on the operating table she “View from the Midwest Blog.
had a near death experience.. See blog for detailed obituaries.
Seeing God, she asked "Is my time
up?"
March 2016 Obituaries
God said, "No, you have another Bradfield, Denice Darlene
33 years, two months and 18 days (Waitzmann)
to live."
Burns, Bryan D.
Upon recovery, the woman Chaffee, Myron
decided to stay in the hospital and Roe, Genevieve “Jenny” Geraldine
have a Face-lift, liposuction, breast Summers, Shirley Mae
implants and a tummy tuck. She
even had someone come in and February 2016 Obituaries
change her hair color and brighten Baca-Johnson, Patricia M. “Pattie”
her teeth! Since she had so much (Pierre)
more time to live, she figured she Bosworth, Paul Henrich
might as well make the most of it.
After her last operation, she was Bullers, Finn M.
released from the hospital. While Eichman, Paula Gay
crossing the street on her way home, Enochs, Barbara
Foreman, William Danny
she was killed by an ambulance.
Arriving in front of God, she Harris, Marianne
demanded, "I thought you said I Hayes, Gerald Patrick
had another 33 years? Why didn't Hunt, Robert K. “Bob”
you pull me from out of the path of Jaremko, Erika Michelle
the ambulance?"
Evan A.
God replied, "I didn't recognize Knaus,
Knoop,
M. Colleen
you!"
King, Jerome Crandall
Kunkel, Wilbur “Glenn” Jr.
Veterans
As veterans of a long-forgotten Lawrence, Brent Allen
war, we are dissappointed in what Martinek, Matthew Curtis
has happened to the country we Monroe, Kenneth L.
love so much.
Owen, John Michael
Such saddness from where we Pitts, Kenneth “Pete”
were and it appears where we are Roe, Joe Dale
going. Our criminal justice system Taylor, Connor Reed
isn't broke, it just doesn't work.
The supreme court is a joke. The Tader, DeLoris “Dee”
constitution is a vague document Wilkes, Betty Jane
that isn't visited often. Justice is Wright, Janet
directly proportional to income and Yocum, Jessee
Please see
status.
Check out the recent decision on www.viewfromthemidwestblog
"stolen valor". The VA is horrible, for complete obituary.
nonresponsive, and fairly antiveteran. Congress is in perpetual
Gazette Humor
gridlock.
Attacks on police, religion, and From Dale Applebaugh
the family unit have one common We telemarketers know we're
thread. Attorneys. They control universally loathed. Still, some
this country and are destroying people are quite pleasant on the
it. We are collapsing internally. phone. One day I called a number
Imploding. Attacking the very and asked to speak with Mr.
structures that once made this Morgan. The woman who answered
country great. Political Correctness explained that he no longer lived
is the chilling name of the game.
Where are you John Wayne and at that address, but she did have a
number where he could be reached.
Ronald Reagan?
Scott Harris Olathe I thanked her, rang that number, and
was greeted with, "Good morning,
CarePrayerConcern
Highland View Cemetery."
Carol Rubsam, Stan Hughes,
Frank Furstenberg, Jr; Betty
Spring Chores
Hougland, Joyce Nicely, Jim
Time
for
the pre-emergent to
Silvers, Ken Kassen, Helen West,
Roger LaRue in Good Sam, Sara stop the hordes of weeds you will
Abramovitz, Rosalyn Douglass, always and surely get if you don’t
put this down now. ** Get ready to
Shirley Allenbrand, Karen Walter.
Beth Zebley, Aaron Watkins, Jessee open the pool if you have one. See
Yocum family, Scott Alexander, what you will need. ** Plan where
you’re going or what you’re doing
Bill Adams.
for Spring Break ** Get advice
Gazette Humor
on tree, plant or bush trimming.
** Get lawnmower tuned up. **
My wife and I have been married Spring Cleaning in the House.
for over 46 years. Our lives are ** Put out the Easter Eggs. **
totally in sync. For example, at the Raise up the storm windows **
same time I got a hearing aid, she See if air conditioner really made
stopped mumbling.
it through the winter, uncover it.
See if it will cool. Or be sorry. **
Think about what needs touch-up
Deadlines
The next Gazette issues will be , painting. ** Uncover plants from
Apr. 1, Apr. 15 April 29. Deadlines winter protection, but remember
are one week prior. Call 782-1133 we could still have a freeze in
for ad and news information. We this chaotic, unpredictable Kansas
love to hear from you. We will weather. ** Curse that you bought
skip three weeks after the March 11 a snowblower, but we got no snow
worth blowing. I did.
paper due to Spring Break.
Five Choices
You’ll Regret Forever
One Fix for Growing
Airport Lines:
More Dogs
Always Lock Your Car
By Kelly Yamanouchi
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
TSA passenger screening canine,
Jo, patrols the checkpoint waiting
area. Jo is trained to sniff out
explosives and the components
that make them.
At the Atlanta airport, officials
think one solution could be more
screeners like Miley, Jo and
Dougie.
They are part of HartsfieldJackson International’s five-dog
squad of four-legged security
screeners, and general manager
Miguel Southwell thinks having
more could help speed the flow and
hold down rising wait times.
“Either additional inspectors or
additional canine units - we need
those right now,” Southwell said.
“I believe we could use about
four to five more canine units or
the equivalent in the number of
employees.”
The specially trained dogs patrol
lines at screening checkpoints,
sniffing for explosives or potential
bomb-making
ingredients
on
passengers and their carry-on
bags.
Their presence gives the
Transportation Security Administration a form of expedited
screening, as passengers scrutinized
by dogs might be able to keep their
jackets or shoes on or leave their
laptops in bags to speed the line.
In addition, the dogs bring “a
degree of comfort and security”
to passengers, said TSA’s Atlanta
canine lead, Anthony K. Jones.
“Those dogs are very sharp,”
agreed Caterina Angerami, of
Norcross, adding that she thinks
using canines for expedited
screening is “a great idea.”
40th
Ted Stilwell,PhD
Grace Moody
Rev.Carl Erwin
Rev. Carl Erwin
Ted W. Stillwell
David Chartrand
Callon K Morgan
Cliff Ball
Uriah Heep
Gary DeVault
Philip R. Johnson
Inspired by Philip R. Johnson (1932-2016)
March 15, 2016
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Loved your article about Harry
Truman and Nick and Lucy Della
Vale (the small People).
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Keith: I went to Foody's tonight
and the wife and I had great Bacon,
Lettuce, Tomato sandwiches. I
told Frank that I saw their ad in
the Gazette and he spoke well of
you. I told Frank you were one
of Olathe's finest persons. I just
thought I would pass that along.
Have a good day.
Name Withheld
Al Sharpton recently said that if
Donald Trump is elected President
of the United States, he is moving
out of the United States. Do you
suppose Sharpton would bless us
even more and totally renounce
his United States citizenship and
pay all of the taxes he owes to
various governmental units before
he leaves?
Bill L. Lenexa
A “consumation devoutly to be
wished.”
Just read your March 1 issue of
the Gazette! Boy, it has developed
into a FIRST CLASS paper! How
do you get all those articles, ads,
etc. I can't imagine. There is
clearly something in each issue for
everyone.
Keep up the great work!
S.R., Olathe
By Robert Parrish MacLean
The Dow Jones Industrial
Average is around $17,000 (record
highs), corporate profits are at
record levels, the deficit is down
60 percent (When the present
administration took office the
deficit was one-trillion, 412 billion
dollars. This year it is 426 billion
dollars.), gas prices are low, health
insurance is cheaper and more
available than ever, car insurance
is cheaper, the top one percent
are starting to pay a little more of
their fair share, we have relative
peace and lots of prosperity (at
least for some), the government is
still operating, none of the terrible
things that have been predicted
have happened, Osama Bin Ladin
is dead, the business overhead for
Social Security last year came in
at under two percent (The private
sector can’t touch that efficiency
with a ten-foot pole), and the
Republican candidates for president
are giving us entertainment better
than any sit-com on television.
Can you honestly believe that
Board Approves
June 7 Bond Election
The Olathe Board of Education
unanimously voted to move forward
with a $156 million bond election at
its meeting March 3. Registered voters
who live within the Olathe School
District boundaries will be able to vote
in a June mail-in election that would
help the district address its growth,
safety and security, technology, and
aging facility needs.
“We continue to experience enrollment
growth and with that growth comes
the need to provide adequate
learning spaces for our students,”
Chief Financial and Operations
Officer John Hutchison said. “We
feel a strong sense of responsibility to
our students, our staff, our families
and taxpayers to make sure we provide
enrollment relief for two of our middle
schools, while at the same time
addressing our aging facility, safety
Romney Condemns
Trump As Phony
and a Fraud
Quote of the day.
"My accomplishments as Secretary
of State? Well, I'm glad you asked!
My proudest accomplishment in which
I take the most pride, mostly because
of the opposition it faced early on, you
know. the remnants of prior situations
and mind-sets that were too narrowly
focused in a manner whereby they may
have overlooked the bigger picture, and
we didn't do that, and I'm proud of that.
Very proud. I would say that's a major
accomplishment."
Hillary Clinton 11 March 2014
Could someone please tell me what she
just said? And she is running for President?
It does beat “argle, bargle.”
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By David Stockman
Now that’s a screaming case of the
pot calling the kettle black if there ever
was one. Mitt Romney has lashed out
at The Donald for being a “phony and
fraud”, but consider this. During his
16-years at Bain Capital, fully onefourth or $600 million of the firms
cumulative $2.5 billion of profits
were scalped from companies which
went bankrupt soon after Mitt and his
partners got out of town with the loot.
No wonder the American voters did
not believe him when he claimed to be
the “job creator”!
Yes, the GOP establishment’s
putative “jobs” candidate from 2012
was never really a businessman at all.
He was an LBO strip-mining artist
who rode the first Greenspan Bubble
to riches between 1987 and 2000. Yet
in the overwhelming share of the 77
investment deals he superintended
during that period, he left behind
financial cripples, zombies and Chapter
Eleven bait.
I documented this in depth in a
chapter of the Great Deformation
called “Willard M. Romney And The
Truman Show Of Bubble Finance”.
The portion excerpted in Newsweek
In October 2012 honed-in exactly
on Romney’s phony claims and is
reprinted below:
Bain Capital is a product of the
Great Deformation. It has garnered
fabulous winnings through leveraged
speculation in financial markets that
have been perverted and deformed by
decades of money printing and Wall
Street coddling by the Fed. So Bain’s
billions of profits were not rewards for
capitalist creation; they were mainly
windfalls collected from gambling in
markets that were rigged to rise...
Except Mitt Romney was not a
businessman; he was a master financial
speculator who bought, sold, flipped,
and stripped businesses. He did not
build enterprises the old-fashioned
way-out of inspiration, perspiration,
and a long slog in the free market
fostering a new product, service, or
process of production.
Instead, he spent his 15 years raising
debt in prodigious amounts on Wall
Street so that Bain could purchase the
pots and pans and castoffs of corporate
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Marco Rubio and Donald Trump
actually sparred over the relative
size of each other’s genitals? And
on nationally televised debates?
Ted Cruz bleated about Bengahazi
while
Congress
has
taken
meaningless votes to repeal ACA.
Our World Has Changed
My own political views solidified
in 1964 when Republican Barry
Goldwater ran for president. His
views were considered extreme
and far to the right at the time. For
those views, he was beaten badly.
But, my ideology was his. And, it
hasn’t changed hardly an iota since
then.
But in those intervening 52 years,
Goldwater’s party has moved so
far to the right that I have to find
someone who is a super, far-left,
bleeding heart, Che Guevaraloving liberal to look anything like
the conservative I became (and
still am) 52 years ago. My party is
not my home anymore. Even the
Democrats have moved far to the
right. Right now, we’re all right ...
so what’s wrong?
In their book It’s Even Worse
Than It Looks, Thomas Mann and
Norman Ornstein wrote, “The
Republican Party has become an
insurgent outlier - ideologically
extreme; contemptuous of the
inherited social and economic
policies; scornful of compromise;
unpersuaded by conventional
understanding of facts, evidence
and science; and dismissive of
the legitimacy of its political
opposition.”
“The burden is on the GOP
because they are currently the major
source of our political dysfunction.
No happy talk about bipartisanship
can obscure that reality. Unless
other voices and movements arise
within the Republican Party to
change its character and course,
our dysfunctional politics will
continue.” Thomas Mann
I’ve been waiting for someone
to come along to change things. I
fear it’s not this election cycle. I
really don’t believe any candidate
for president on either side is fit for
the job. Where are the statesmen?
Where are the people who will
look at the pertinent issues and act
on them for the sake of the futures
of our children? Where are the
team builders. Where are leaders
who are not raging white-water
rapids but are like mighty rivers,
smoothly flowing, inexorably to
their destiny, the sea? It seems
we just have storms and troubled
waters, literally and on the political
scene. -/-
and security, and technology needs.”
Projects withinhis bond proposal
would touch every school in the district
and will not increase the mill (tax) rate
currently levied to pay off bonds.
Major projects of the bond election
include land and construction for
an additional middle school and
additions and renovations to a few
schools to accommodate a growing
population; additional safety and
security enhancements; additional
student technology devices and
updated infrastructure, audio visual
equipment and telecommunications;
and aging facility projects including
replacements of asphalt, flooring,
roofing, HVAC, gym and auditorium
repairs and more. It will be a mail-in
election due June 7.
Additional information will be
available on the district website in the
coming weeks. -/-
Daylight Robbery
in Olathe
America, leverage them to the hilt,
gussy them up as reborn “roll-ups,” and
then deliver them back to Wall Street
for resale—the faster the better...
The waxing and waning of the
artificially swollen LBO business has
been perfectly correlated with the
bubbles and busts emanating from
the Fed—so timing is the heart of the
business.
In that respect, Romney’s tenure says
it all: it was almost exactly coterminous
with the first great Greenspan bubble,
which crested at the turn of the
century and ended in the thundering
stock-market crash of 2000-02. The
credentials that Romney proffers as
evidence of his business acumen, in
fact, mainly show that he hung around
the basket during the greatest bull
market in recorded history.
-/-
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A friend’s daughter was drop-
ping off her son at her child care
place very quickly, she said later.
She was actually inside only five
minutes she said.
When she came out of the
building someone had gotten into
her unlocked car and was sitting
in the front seat going through her
purse.
She screamed while running
toward the car. The thief scrambled
out and into a waiting get-away
car.
Please folks, let’s start locking
our cars even if it’s only for what
we think will be a few minutes.
The police came and she gave
them a license number she had
scribbled down. Of course, the
plate was stolen and that did no
good.
Now, the perpetrators have her
identity from her wallet and purse
and what credit cards she carried.
She now faces months of agony
trying to unscramble the mess
resulting from someone stealing
who you are and what you have.
It takes so little effort to lock
your car; start doing it!
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Other Sheep
Ministries
The Need
While watching a Hallmark movie
a youth at the orphanage told the
doctor, "If you really want to help
I could use a bucket of water." Dr.
Gary Marsh went to a place where
Mother Teresa was in charged. He
asked what he could do to help.
Mother Teresa declared, "Right now
you can take out the garbage." He
had gone to be a doctor." He learned
a lesson from what. Do what your
hands find to do. On the other hand
one person can't do it all. It is better
for ten persons to work than one
person do ten jobs.
We were told in the ministry to
be careful about getting involved in
things that someone else could do
and then we could do a better job
doing what God has called us to do
and be where people need us most.
Rev. Carl D. Erwin
Moses in the Old Testament, was
so overloaded with responsibilities
that it took men to hold his hands
up so God could bless. His fathering
law reminded him he needed help.
So he appointed others to groups
to care for them. The apostles
appointed people to care for tables
(the physical needs) so they could
take care of the Spiritual needs.
Remember, you don't pay
ministers to serve. You support
them so they will have the time
and energy to reach those who
need encouragement, wisdom and
spiritual insight.
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By RJ Thesman
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Now that spring is bursting with
color and texture, it’s time for more
outside activities. Learning to build a
garden together is a fun opportunity
to teach our children about healthy
food.
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of my favorites is Territorial Seed
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Spend an evening planning the
garden. If you planted perennials
last year, remind the children where
those are planted and when to begin
looking for blooms. Make a big
chart of last year’s plants and the
ones you want to grow this year.
Pay attention to color and texture,
because design also spreads to the
garden. You can help your children
learn about placement, height and
the proper soils.
What if you don’t have a plot of
Know Your Love...
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you manage your money. This
conversation will probably bring to
light a lot of differences, but it will
also show many similarities. Some
important questions to ask are: What
types of things do you like to buy?
How much money should go into
savings? What types of bills do we
have and how important are they?
Are we going to pool our money or
keep our money separately?
Now that you have this information,
talk about the differences and try to
come up with a compromise on each
issue. For example, if your loved
one really likes to buy expensive
model cars every week, perhaps
the regularity of this purchase can
be reduced to every other week to
help save money. Or, if your loved
one prefers to keep all their money
under their pillow, and you prefer
to keep it in the bank, perhaps you
can keep half at home and half in
the bank.
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Immediately after that, things
went from bad to worse. I was forced
to live and sleep in the downstairs
garage, ordered to perform slavelike chores, and received no food
unless I met my mother's stringent
time requirements for her demands.
Mother had even changed my
name from "David" to "It," and
threatened to punish my brothers if
they tried to sneak me food, use my
real name or even look at me.
The only safe haven in my life
were my teachers. They seemed
to always go out of their way to
make me feel like a normal child.
Whenever one of them showered
me with praise, I cherished every
word.
If one of my teachers brushed up
against me as he or she bent over
to check on my assignments, I
absorbed the scent of their perfume
or cologne. During the weekends,
as I sat on top of my hands in the
garage and shivered from the cold,
I employed my secret weapon. I
closed my eyes, took a deep breath
and tried to picture my teacher’s
face. Only when I visualized my
teacher’s smile did I begin to feel
warm inside.
But years later, one Friday
afternoon, I lost control and stormed
out of my fifth-grade homeroom
class. I ran to the bathroom, pounded
my tiny red fists against the tiles and
broke down into a waterfall of tears.
was so frustrated because for months
I could no longer see my saviors in
my dreams. I desperately believed
their life force had somehow kept
me alive. But now, with no inner
strength to draw upon, I felt so
hollow and alone inside. Later that
afternoon, once my peers scurried
from the classroom to their homes
or the playgrounds at hypersonic
speeds, I dared myself and locked
my eyes onto my homeroom
teacher, Mr. Ziegler. For a fragment
of time I knew he felt the immensity
of my pain. A moment later I broke
our stare, bowed my head in respect
and turned away, somehow hoping
for a miracle. Months later my
prayers were answered. On March
5, 1973, for some unknown reason,
four teachers, the school nurse and
the principal collectively decided
to notify the authorities. Because
of my condition, I was immediately
placed into protective custody.
But before I left, the entire staff, one
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your apartment or an area outside
your front door, the container garden
is perfect. Some nurseries offer
classes to help customers learn how
to design container gardens. Each
child can have his own pot with a
favorite vegetable or flower.
When new life begins to break
through the soil, it’s exciting for all
of you. And eating fresh veggies
or clipping flowers to decorate the
house is always a big plus.
RJ Thesman is the author of The
Reverend G books. Thesman lives in
Olathe with her son and an elderly
cat. She enjoys gardening, reading
and cooking. Her website and blog
address is: www.rjthesman.net.
Other helpful websites include:
StartingOverSingle.com; GWHope.
org; DivorceCare.org.
Compromise is vital in these
situations because if one person
feels they are not being treated fairly
they will lash out and create conflict
within the relationship. Each person
contributes to the relationship and
has a right to feel fulfilled with
their purchasing. In order to ensure
harmony in a relationship it is vital
that each person has a feeling of
control in the financial planning on
spending. If financial confidence in
each other is lost the relationship is
sure to decline rapidly.
So let’s make sure every
individual in the relationship has
as much ownership as they want
in financial decisions. This type of
understanding and cooperation will
improve your bond together and will
likely improve communication in
other aspects of life. Money is a vital
part of any couple’s time together.
Manage it correctly and you will see
immediate improvements in almost
every aspect of your relationship.
by one, knelt down and held me. I
knew by the look on everyone's
faces that they were scared. My
mind flashed back to the fate of Ms.
Moss. I wanted to run away and
dissolve. As a child called "It," I
felt I was not worth their trouble.
As always, my saviors sensed my
anxiety and gave me a strong hug,
as if to form an invisible shield to
protect me from all harm. With
each warm body I closed my eyes
and tried to capture the moment for
all eternity.
With my eyes clamped shut, I
heard one of my teachers gently
whisper, "No matter the outcome,
no matter what happens to us, this
is something we had to do. As
teachers ... if we can have an effect
on one child's life ... This is the true
meaning of our profession."
After a round of good-byes, I stood
paralyzed - I had never in all my life
felt such an outpouring of emotion
for me. And with tears streaming
down my cheeks, I promised the
staff at Thomas Edison Elementary
that I would never forget them and I
would do my best to someday make
them proud.
Since my rescue, not a single day
has passed that I have not thought
about my saviors. Almost 20 years
to the day, I returned to Thomas
Edison Elementary and presented
my teachers with the very first
copies of my first book, A Child
Called "It," which was dedicated
to them, and was published on the
20-year anniversary of my rescue,
March 5, 1993.
That evening my teachers sat in
the front row of a capacity-filled
auditorium, as I fulfilled my lifetime
dream of making my teachers feel
special. I looked at them, with tears
now running down their faces,
and said, "As a child I learned
that teachers have but one goal: to
somehow make a difference in the
life of a child.
In my case it was four teachers,
my school nurse and my principal
who fought and risked their careers
to save the life of a child called 'It.'
I cannot, nor will not, ever forget
their courage and their conviction.
Twenty years ago I made a promise
to my teachers.
And tonight I renew my vow. For
me it is not a matter of maintaining
a pledge to those who had an effect
on my life. For me, it is simply a
matter of honor."
Dave Pelzer
Reprinted from Chicken Soup
for the Soul
Hello its me again with some
SPRING BREAK! Yes, the time has
finally come when students get 13
days off of school to go on vacation,
do things with family, or even stay
home and relax. Who knows, there
are many things to do. My family
however, is going to Arizona to
see the World Champion Royals
spring training and the Grand
Canyon, even a couple of my
friends are going to Arizona, now
that’s awesome.
Ever been to the Grand Canyon?
This canyon, being 270 miles in
length, 18 miles in width, and over
one mile deep, is one of the US’s
most popular tourist attractions.
Despite it being huge and all, is
not the longest, widest, or deepest
canyon in the world. This was
formed long ago by both water and
science, well erosion. Some rocks
found at the bottom of the canyon
have been found to be more than two
billion years old. Ruins and artifacts
Gabriel Pro, Age 14
in the area reveal that humans first
inhabited the area more than 12,000
years ago. If you wanted to camp
overnight in the Grand Canyon, you
can, you just have to get a permit.
I think that would be incredible but
yet scary.
Everyone knows the Royals,
World Series Winners, will have
spring training games all week. I
am going to the games on Sunday
and Monday. I cannot wait to go and
see them play and see about having
a second year in a row win for the
World Series, I’m calling it right
now. The Sporting’s home opener is
also soon; sadly I’ll miss it because
of my vacation but I know it’ll be a
whole lot of fun. Have a great spring
break!
Until Next Time!
I’m Gabriel Pro
Peeple, the Notorious
"Yelp for People" app,
KDOT is ramping up Phase 2
construction on I-35 from Santa
Fe St. to 151st St. beginning the
second week of March through the
beginning of September (weather
permitting.)
Here is a basic look at the tentative
schedule and major lane/ramp
closures expected:
Week of March 14th
Daily lane closures (9 a.m. to 3
p.m.) southbound from 119th St. to
151st St.
Northbound traffic on I-35 will be
unaffected
Saturday March 19th
Southbound entrance ramp from
Santa Fe St. to I-35 will be closed.
Emergency vehicles will be able
to use this ramp in emergency
situations.
Saturday March 26th
Northbound I-35 traffic will be
moved to the southbound side of
I-35. The northbound entrance ramp
from Old Hwy 56 and the northbound
entrance ramp from Santa Fe to I-35
will be closed August 17th.
Tentative date to return traffic to
original configuration is September
2nd. KDOT advises that the
schedule is tentative and weather
could impact the timeline.
By Brian Mastroianni
CBS News
Peeple via Facebook
It generated controversy and
criticism when word of it first
broke back in October, even though
Peeple, a people-rating mobile app
that's been described as like "Yelp
for people," hadn't launched yet.
Now, after a number of tweaks to
the concept, the people-rating app
finally launched today.
Peeple is available to download
for free for iPhones or iPads. The
app -- which is not affiliated with
the popular review site Yelp -- was
created by two friends in Calgary,
Canada, and allows users to rate other
users in three categories: personal,
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The idea is to provide "a reference
check for the people around us," the
creators say on their website. "The
Peeple app allows you to better
choose who you hire, do business
with, date, become your neighbors,
roommates, landlords/tenants, and
watch, teach, and care for your
children."
However, the idea of people
posting "reviews" of their neighbors,
coworkers, dates and others
prompted outrage from critics who
saw its potential for abuse as an
outlet for bullying or cyber revenge.
It became a hot topic on social media,
where the prolific tweeter Chrissy
Teigen wrote, "In an age where both
truth and gossip on the Internet can
literally ruin lives, this #peeple app
is horrible AND scary."
Perhaps in response to that round
of criticism last fall, the Peeple app
going public today will not allow
users to rate others without their
permission. Reviews will only be
published with the consent of the
person being reviewed. A user can
also hide his or her negative reviews.
In addition, users must post under
their real names, to help encourage
civility and accountability.
That being said, a planned future
paid subscription option -- the "truth
license," co-creator Julia Cordray
told the Calgary Herald -- will allow
users to access every review, even
those that are hidden.
Obviously, this future feature will
generate plenty of controversy on
its own, but for now, the Peeple that
is out now is much tamer than what
was originally planned. The "truth
license" is being planned for an
April release, Cordray said.
Gazette Humor:
Good News for Frank!
From Joan Shriver
Two 90-year old guys, Leo and
Frank, had been friends all of their
lives. When it was clear that Leo
was dying, Frank visited him every
day. One day Frank said “Leo, we
both loved playing softball all our
lives, and we played all through
High School. Please do me one
favor: when you get to Heaven,
somehow you must let me know if
there's softball there.”
Leo looked up at Frank from his
deathbed and said, “Frank you've
been my best friend for many years.
If it's at all possible, I'll do this favor
for you.”
Shortly after that, Leo passed on.
A few nights later, Frank was
awakened from a sound sleep by
a blinding flash of white light and
a voice calling out to him, “Frank,
Frank!”
“Who is it?” asked Frank sitting
up suddenly. “Who is it?”
“Leo, it's me, Leo.”
“You're not Leo, Leo just died.”
“I'm telling you, it's me, Leo”
insisted the voice.
“Leo! Where are you?”
“In Heaven,” replied Leo. “I have
some really good news and a little
bad news.”
“Tell me the good news first,” said
Frank.
“The good news,” Leo said, “is
that there's softball in Heaven. Better
yet, all of our old buddies who died
before us are here, too. Better than
that, we're all young again. Better
still, it's always springtime, and it
never rains or snows. And best of
all, we can play softball all we want,
and we never get tired.”
“That's fantastic,” said Frank “It's
beyond my wildest dreams! So
what's the bad news?”
“You're pitching Tuesday.”
Kansas Dept of
Transportation
Affecting Driving in Area
Carly Eschliman Honored
Olathe DAR's
Good
Citizen Scholarship
From Anne Seitz
The Olathe Daughters of the
American Revolution Award was
presented on Saturday, March 5, to
Carly Eschliman from Olathe South
High School.
This year's focus question was "
Of Our Rights and Freedoms, Which
Would You Select and Why?" Carley
chose the right to happiness because
she believes all people come to this
country searching for happiness.
She read her essay to much applause.
Carley belongs to the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes and is planning
to attend Cornell University. Other
winners in attendance with their
families were Madelyn Culotta from
Olathe Northwest and Darsika Desai
from Olathe North. Our winner has
also won the state contest and will
go to the district competition and
then maybe to national. Thanks
to Janis Miller for organizing the
Good Citizen Award contest for the
chapter.
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Olathe Receives Elite Rating
for Fire Protection Service
The City of Olathe has attained
the highest rating possible for
fire protection service according
to the Insurance Services Office
(ISO), who recently designated
Olathe a Class 1 community
based on its independent rating
system for assessing the quality
and effectiveness of municipal fire
protection.
Gazette Cartoon Humor
March 15, 2016
Self-control:
STOP BUGGING ME
AGES: 3 to 12
MATERIALS: Yarn, paper, jar
SKILLS TAUGHT: Self-control
Think of these creatures as pet
peeves. They are fashioned from
yarn strips that are gathered and tied
in the middle; the bugs can then be
stored in a jar for easy access. These
critters offer children an expressive
alternative to yelling, kicking or
punching their way out of conflict.
When a child feels she is being
annoyed, she hands her antagonist a
bug instead of lashing out. Families
may want to establish guidelines, as
bugs can soon infest a home. And
for a positive variation, add butterfly
wings to some bugs and giving them
out when someone has been helpful
or kind.
WEAVE A STORY
AGES: 4 and up
MATERIALS: Ball of yarn
SKILLS TAUGHT: Communication,
talking in groups
Even bashful kids will get caught
up in this party game. The group
forms a circle, and the first speaker
- holding the end of the ball of yarn
- begins a conversation on a subject
of interest to everyone: Are action
figures actually dolls? Was Simba
responsible for his father's death?
As others join in, the ball is passed
and the yarn unwinds. Keep in mind
that everyone must talk. This is a
rule that encourages shy players to
speak up and others to pipe down.
Eventually, the unraveling strand
of yarn forms a web, a woolly map
of the flow of conversation. Once
the web is woven, the group gets
a new challenge (but don't let the
players know this is coming): They
have to unweave the web, letting
the growing ball of yarn determine
who speaks next. For a challenging
variation, try collaborating to tell
a story as you weave your web; as
you untangle it, tell another "yarn."
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Imperfect Parenting
Are the expectations we set for
ourselves realistic?
One reason being a parent is hard
is that no one tells you you're doing
a good job. And when you're doing
three jobs, it's easy to feel that none
of them is being done the way you
would like. When we were children,
we thought our parents were all
powerful.
Even though we discovered they
weren't, we may feel as though we
should be. We sometimes have the
idea that being a good mother means
making life perfect for our children,
and if something seems wrong, we
blame ourselves.
Go Easy On Yourself
But these feelings are not realistic.
You're not all powerful, and you
don't have control over everything.
So go easy on yourself. One thing
is certain: You're doing things better
than you think you are. And you're
certainly doing them the best you
can.
Time For Yourself
Most important of all, take some
time for yourself. Whether it's an
hour or an evening, do it! If you
can't afford a babysitter, have an
exchange with a friend or neighbor.
Take a walk, get a manicure, read a
good book - whatever it is that will
help you feel like YOU.
Grace’s Goodies
Many recipes are ones used by 69 year
long Olathe resident, Grace Armstrong
Moody, (Mother, Grandmother, Great
Grandmother, Aunt, Sister and Dear Friend)
over the years and fondly remembered by
her family and friends as some of their
favorites.
Grace learned to cook from her mother
while living on the farm as a girl in
Columbus, Kansas, and continued to cook
for her husband, Edward, former Olathe
Mayor, and their daughters Ann, Charlene
and Alice.
She has entered and won several Grange
cookie, pie and cake contests. Her pies have
been known to bring up to $140 at a charitible auction.
Grace Moody
Nest Egg
This clay eggshell is just the thing
for storing coins, trinkets, or tiny
keepsakes.
CRAFT MATERIALS:
Balloon
Self-drying clay
Butter knife
1. Inflate a balloon until it's about
4 inches in diameter.
2. Mold a fist-sized ball of selfdrying clay around three quarters of
the balloon, leaving the top open.
3. Use a butter knife to give the
clay a cracked edge.
4. Once the clay begins to set, pop
and remove the balloon.
5. Allow the egg to harden
completely before using it.
Dyed Eggs
Play with the premise that oil and
water don't mix to produce patterns
even the Easter bunny couldn't
copy.
CRAFT MATERIALS
Eggs
Newspaper
Teacups and spoons
Food coloring tablets or paste
Vinegar
Vegetable oil
Paper towels
1. Boil one dozen eggs for each
dyer.
2. Spread out lots of newspaper
to protect the work surface. Then
gather up one teacup for each color
and a big spoon for each cup.
3. Dissolve the tablet, or dab of
paste, in a cup of hot water mixed
with 1/4 cup vinegar. Add several
drops of oil to some of the cups.
4. Let the eggs cool, then dip to
your heart's content. Try dipping an
egg first in an oil-less dye, and then
in one with oil. (The dye won't stick
where the oil touches.)
5. Let each egg drip on a white
paper towel, and you've got
homemade place mats for Easter
morning breakfast.
Tips: Regular food coloring tablets
work great and are readily available,
but food coloring paste from cake
supply stores will produce richer,
darker colors.
Salvation Army
Everybody Reads
The GAZETTE
Olathe Parks & Recreation
Spring Break activities
Spring Break is right around the
corner. Olathe Parks & Recreation
offers a variety of full-day and
specialty camps to help keep kids
active. Spring Break options are
available for registration online.
Nurse’s
Association.
Layettes
are put together once a month or
offices at 420 East Santa Fe in sometimes more often, as needed,
Olathe. For those who cannot afford year round.
an admission ticket, other supporters Disposable diapers, purchased
- individuals, businesses, and with some of the funds from the
organizations - purchase, then donate Thanksgiving Luncheon, are the
extra tickets for their use. After the mainstay of each package. Each
luncheon is closed, dinner is served layette also contains clothing,
that evening to the residents of the blankets, a crib sheet, baby powder,
Salvation Army Family Lodge next lotion, shampoo, and sometimes
door. Over 550 tickets were sold in a toy or book, depending upon
2015; at least half of the proceeds availability. The total packages
go directly to the Olathe Salvation consist of two slightly different
Army to support programs year versions: one type for boys, one
for girls, mainly distinguishable
round.
Another
Women’s Auxiliary by the outfits included in each.
function is assisting with the Included are pajamas, onesies,
distribution of government com- socks, caps, and bibs. Some of these
modities. Commodities Day is are donations from other church or
scheduled every other month from service organizations. And some of
February through October. Auxiliary the Women’s Auxiliary members
members, along with community combine their fondness for garage
volunteers, assist clients through “sailing” with helping these new
the process, from check-in through mothers by purchasing gently-used
helping carry items out to the car. baby clothes at garage or estate
And the clientele is not limited to sales.
Olathe. Qualifying residents of In addition to these group
Johnson County, including those projects, the women in the Auxiliary
in Merriam, Shawnee, Overland volunteer to help in the Army’s
Park, Spring Hill, Edgerton, and Olathe offices as needed. They
Gardner can come in for these non- might direct incoming calls at the
reception desk, or maybe fill orders
perishables.
Perhaps the Auxiliary’s least- at the local food pantry. They often
visible project involves layettes. assist in the Christmas Family
These bundles of supplies for Adoption program, or sometimes,
newborns are destined for new simply listen patiently. They know
mothers all over Johnson County. that those families are still with us.
The Women’s Auxiliary members
gather the supplies, then assembles
and packages them into neat units for
distribution by the Johnson County
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Let's us all pray for a little rain.
Trees are budding with leaves and
blossoms. Should there be a cold
snap, there will be little or no fruit to
harvest and the fruit that does make
it will be high priced. Because it has
been a very warm winter our soil
structure has not received a deep
freeze that kills insects and pushes
worms down to create a permeable
soil texture that improves good
root beds for the next crops to be
planted. Should the lack of moisture
continue, gardens will require a
system of watering the plants.
My many friends and family
overseas are appalled by the lack
of civility and courtesy that is being
spread by those who wish to be our
next President. Issues are not being
discussed or spelled out as to how
they would propose their ideas to
Congress and the Senate. The name
calling and nastiness is worse than it
should be on a playground.
This must not be shown or
verbally heard or displayed by those
wishing to ask for our vote to run the
America that many have given their
all to make great. Let's stand strong
to protect what we have and not let
it be torn apart by those who have
shown a lack of ability to govern
this great nation.
College basketball has been great
this year. The Big 12 has shown
that it can be almost any body's
game on any body's court. Kansas
Jayhawks took the championship.
The number one team in the Big 12
has a good chance in the final four.
Let's pull for them. Perry Ellis has
scored in all games to rank in 12th
place for all K.U. players since the
beginning. The after-game tribute
by the graduating seniors was
touching as each senior on the team
paid tribute to parents, coaches and
others who played important roles
in their lives.
Humans can't see ultraviolet
light, right? Wrong! While it's true
that the lenses in our eyes filter out
UV light, so that we don't normally
see it, folks with no lens in one
or both eyes are able to see these
wavelengths as pale blue or pale
purple light. Artist Claude Monet
has this ability.
The construction of the Olathe
Medical Center improvements is
moving along nicely. The new-born
babies ward is progressing well and
the cardiology wing is well into
the planning stages. The two new
cardiovascular surgeons now give
us 17 new doctors. Parking has
been a big problem for patients and
employees. Those of us who have
a need to visit the hospital must be
patient for a few more months or
maybe a couple of years.
The Health Fair on March 5th
had a good turnout with about 75
registrations and 65 to 70 children
who went through the one-shot
eye screening program where
15 children were found to need
additional eye care.
The Olathe North Spanish teacher
was a big help to the Spanish
speaking people. A big thanks to the
American Legion. Don't forget the
Messer Chili Feed at the American
Legion on March 30.
The construction work on Cedar
Street has been going on for most
of the winter. There is a lot of under
ground line, such as water, sewer
and cable for Google and AT&T.
Those of us in the neighborhood
have wished they would finish the
necessary work before they start the
surfacing of Cedar Street.
Size Wise: The diameter of the
Moon is less than the width of the
continental United States.
Some cats make a soft, chattering
sound, often accompanied by a silent
or muted "meow." They usually do
this when frustrated by seeing prey
that they can't pounce on, such as a
bird hopping outside a window.
Time For Some Fun: In the
Yukon, Heritage Day usually
coincides with the annual Yukon
Sourdough
Rendezvous
in
Whitehorse. Focusing on life in
the late 1890’s, during the Yukon
gold rush, this multi-day festival
celebrates Yukon's culture and
heritage with contests, ice sculptures,
and other fun activities.
What is an Alberta Clipper? This
rapidly moving storm is named after
a type of fast-sailing, 19th-century
ship, the clipper. The weather system
originates east of the Canadian
Rockies (usually in Alberta) and
often crosses the U.S. border into
the northern plains and midwest. An
Alberta Clipper typically doesn't
produce much snow, but it can bring
very cold air and gusty winds.
Who Knows?
He who knows not, and knows
not he knows not. He is a fool; shun
him.
He who knows not, and knows he
knows not. He is simple; teach him.
He who knows, and knows not he
knows. He is asleep; wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he
knows. He is wise; follow him.
Small though Affection's gifts
may be,
Still treasure them within thy
heart;
For they will yield a joy to thee,
When those thou lov'st, are far
apart.
Hugh Hutton 1858
GAZETTE
Lock Your Car
Principals Named for
Three Olathe High
Schools for 2016-17
School Year
From Maggie Kolb
A new group of principals has
been determined, after a long tenure
of principalship comes to an end at
the conclusion of the 2015-16 school
year. After numerous years in the
district, Olathe South Principal Phil
Clark, Olathe Northwest Principal
Gwen Poss and Olathe North
Principal David Morford will retire.
“We are grateful to our retiring
high school principals for their
years of leadership and success
in running outstanding high
schools,” Superintendent Marlin
Berry said. “We are thrilled to add
three individuals to the principal
leadership team in Olathe. All three
individuals are strong instructional
leaders, have a passion for kids and
will promote high expectations for
student achievement.”
an outstanding staff, great students
and a supportive community,”
Herman said. “We will build on
the traditions of Olathe North's rich
history and enable the opportunities
for our students’ success."
Herman received his bachelor’s
degree in education from Emporia
State University and his master’s
degree in school leadership from
Baker University. He began his
career as a social studies teacher and
coach at Olathe North from 1999
to 2008 and worked as an assistant
principal at Pioneer Trail Middle
School from 2008-2009. He started
his current position in 2009.
A belated wish for 2016, “May you have
as much fun as you can,
before someone makes you stop.
Jason Herman has been chosen
as principal of Olathe North High
School. Principal David Morford
will retire at the end of the school
year. Herman currently serves as
assistant principal and athletic
director at Olathe North.
"I’m excited and appreciative for
the opportunity to work with such
Avoiding Tax Scams
Most people dread this time of
year; the time when you do your
taxes and find out what you owe to
the United States Treasury. It’s also
a big time of year for con artists who
want to use your anticipation of tax
money against you and rip you off.
There are several scams out there
to look out for, but the good news
is that with a little knowledge and
common sense, you can keep from
becoming a victim.
Phishing email scams have
gotten very popular in recent years.
It works like this. You receive an
official-looking email from someone
claiming to be from the IRS. They tell
you that you have a refund coming
and to go to a certain web page to
enter your personal information so
you can receive money. If you go
there and do as they say, you’ll get
ripped off. The IRS already has your
personal information; they don’t
need to get it from you again. They
will not email you or call you. If
you see an email like this, forward
it to phishing@irs.gov. If you think
you’re owed money, go to the IRS
web site and click on “Where’s my
refund?”
Perhaps the most crucial thing to
be aware of is that, ultimately, you
are responsible for what goes on
your tax returns.
The best case scenario is to not
owe or be owed anything when
April 15 comes around. If you don’t
have to pay or receive any money
from the IRS, it means that you
don’t owe anything, and you haven’t
let the government use your money
interest-free for one year. Stay on
top of your taxes in your quest for
real wealth-building!
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Indian Creek Library closed
indefinitely due to flooding
Olathe’s Indian Creek Branch
Library (12009 S. Black Bob Rd.)
is temporarily closed due to a water
line break. Patrons are asked to use
the library’s downtown location
(201 E. Park St.) until clean-up and
repairs are complete. A temporary
materials return is located near the
northeast corner of the Indian Creek
Library parking lot.
Materials can also be returned at
the library in the Olathe Community
Center and other drop off locations
in the city.
It is not known how long clean-up
and repairs will require. The library
regrets any inconvenience and
appreciates patron understanding.
Gazette Humor
Looking over the log book kept
by the computer support staff
at my office, I noticed several
entries stating the problem
was PICNIC. I asked one of
the technicians what PICNIC
meant. He laughed as he told me
it meant "Problem In Chair, Not
In Computer.
University. He began his career as
a language arts teacher in 2001 and
has also served as an administrative
intern, curriculum coach and
International
Baccalaureate
Coordinator in his career.
Olathe South
Clint Albers is the new princiipal of
Olathe South High School.
Chris Zuck is the new Principal of
Olathe Northwest High School
Jason Herman is the new Principal
of Olathe North High School
Are you in debt? Have you gotten
into the vicious cycle of using credit
to purchase things you need today
only to find that after you pay your
credit card bills you have no money
to buy gas/food/necessities, which
causes you to use credit again to see
you through the rest of the month?
• You are forced to learn money
management skills. Using credit
doesn't teach you to manage your
money, it teaches you how to juggle
your bills. With cash only, you need
to plan in advance for each day/
week/month. If you buy a new coat
and eat out four times this week,
will you still be able to afford gas to
get you to work next week?
• You will learn the value of a
dollar. With credit or debit cards,
a quick swipe will get you a $4
latte and you won't even notice the
money you have just parted with.
With a hundred dollars on hand
for this week and a need for gas,
groceries and allowances, every
dollar counts.
• You will actually save money.
Aside from a few perks that come
with using a credit card, unless you
pay your balance in full each month,
you are losing money to interest
charges and worse, over limit or late
fees.
• You will be in charge. Using
credit puts you at the mercy of
creditors and lenders. They set the
interest rate, they set the payment
rate, and they send reports to the
credit bureaus. Paying with cash
allows you to be in charge of your
finances.
There is no doubt that switching
to a "cash only" spending plan
is hard; the first few months will
probably be the worst. However,
with a positive attitude and a large
dose of creativity, you will wonder
why you ever fell into the credit
trap.
Take the Next Step
• Remove the credit cards from
your purse or wallet and put them in
a desk or dresser drawer.
Source: www.stretcher.com
Olathe Northwest
Olathe North
Chris Zuck has been chosen to lead
Olathe Northwest after Principal
Gwen Poss retires at the end of
the year. Zuck currently works as
an associate principal at Shawnee
Mission North High School.
“I’m honored and privileged
to have the trust of district
administration to continue the
excellence at Olathe Northwest,”
Zuck said.
Zuck received his bachelor’s
degree
in
English/secondary
education from Rockhurst University
and his master’s in education from
MidAmerica Nazarene University.
He received his certificate in school
leadership from Baker University
and is currently working on his
educational doctorate from Baker
March 15, 2016
Clint Albers has been chosen to
lead Olathe South when Principal
Phil Clark retires at the end of
the year. Albers currently serves
as assistant principal and athletic
director at Olathe South.
I am truly honored to have been
selected as the next principal of
Olathe South High School and am
thrilled to be a part of the bright
future of such a storied and traditionrich school,” Albers said. “I feel
extremely fortunate to have had such
a wonderful experience working
with the amazing staff, student body,
and school community since joining
the Falcon Family. The possibilities
for Olathe South are endless. In my
new role, I look forward to working
with all stakeholders as we continue
to grow the incredible experience
and school that is Olathe South.”
Albers received his bachelor’s
degree in physical science from Fort
Hays State University. He received
his master’s degree in education
administration from Fort Hays State
University as well. He started his
career as a physics and chemistry
teacher in Hays, Kansas in 1999.
He served as assistant principal
and athletic director at Hays High
School from 2003-2014 before
taking on the job at Olathe South.
Celebrate Olathe
Spring Fling
Mark your calendar for a night
filled with spring fun at Celebrate
Olathe – Spring Fling, on Friday,
March 25 at the Olathe Community
Center, 1205 E. Kansas City Rd.
The schedule includes:
• 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. - free
games, activities, face painting,
and crafts. The first 500 kids will
decorate bags to hunt eggs. 6:15
p.m.- kids ages 0-11, will be divided
by age group and invited to hunt for
their share of 10,000 eggs hidden
throughout Stagecoach Park.
Park at Olathe North High School
and take the free shuttle to the
Community Center.
Mahaffie Offers Living
History Activities for
Spring Break
From Erin Vader
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and
Farm, 1200 Kansas City Rd., will
offer living history activities on
Thursday, March 17, Friday, March
18, and Saturday, March 19.
Visit the Mahaffie House, see
what is cooking on Mrs. Mahaffie’s
cookstove, visit the blacksmith,
play 19th Century games, and take
a stagecoach ride. Horse powered
plowing activities are planned to get
the fields ready for planting. Horse
powered planting of the annual
spring wheat crop is scheduled
Saturday, March 19. All activities
are dependent on weather and
ground conditions. Regular daily
admission is $7/adults, $5/kids ages
5-11 including all activities. Olathe
residents receive $2 off admission
with proof of residency.
Winter hours for the Mahaffie
Stagecoach Stop and Farm are:
Monday through Friday from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., and Sunday from noon to
4 p.m. Weekend activities include
visiting the Mahaffie House on
Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
and 2:30 p.m. Sunday house visits
are available at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30
p.m. Details, including a schedule
of spring events, are available at
Mahaffie.org or by calling 913-9715111.
Beware of CART SCAM:
A lady went grocery-shopping at
a local mall and left her purse sitting
in the children's seat of the cart
while she reached something off a
shelf. Wait till you read the whole
story!
Her wallet was stolen, and she
reported it to the store personnel.
After returning home, she received
a phone call from the Mall Security
to say that they had her wallet and
that although there was no money
in it, it did still hold her personal
papers.
She immediately went to pick up
her wallet, only to be told by Mall
Security that they had not called
her. By the time she returned home
again, her house had been broken
into and burglarized.
The thieves knew that by calling
and saying they were Mall Security,
they could lure her out of her house
long enough for them to burglarize
it.
March 15, 2016
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University School of Education
are collaborating with two Olathe
middle schools on a wind turbine
project.
More than 260 seventh-graders
and 10 teachers from California
Trail and Indian Trail middle schools
have been working with each other
via Skype to develop blades of a
wind turbine.
The students will finally meet
one another in person — along
Lock Your Car
Why Men Are Just
Happier People
What do you expect from such
simple creatures?
Your last name stays put.
You can wear a white T-shirt
to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a
water park.
Car mechanics tell you the
truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to
another gas station restroom
because this one is just too icky.
with engineers from Exxon and
Honeywell and MNU students —
and have an opportunity to actually
test their turbines to see how much
voltage the turbines generate this
Friday.
The project’s culminating event
took place Friday, March 11 at
the Cook Center on the campus of
MNU.
The FIRE project is a STEM
initiative that utilizes technology as
a pathway for student-engineered
learning.
The project was made possible
by a grant from the Olathe Public
Schools
Foundation Women’s
Giving Circle.
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Pray for Jason Armstrong
who is taking 7 boys under 13 to
Royals Spring Training by car.
Gazette Humor
When an eighty-year-old woman
was asked if there were to be
candles on her cake, she responded
curtly, "No, it's a birthday party, not
a torch lit procession."
~~~~~~~~~
Sue and her best friend Inez were
discussing the upcoming dance
at the retirement center. "We're
supposed to wear something that
matches our husband's hair," said
Inez, "so I'm wearing my gray wool
dress." "Oh my," said Sue. "I'd
probably better not go...."
My 60-year-old mother-in-law,
completing two years of wearing
orthodontic braces, was in the
office having them adjusted. As
she sat in one of the waitingroom chairs, the teenager next to
her looked at my mother-in-law
in astonishment. "Wow," he said.
"How long have you been coming
here?"
~~~~~~~~~
As a professor at the Air Force
Institute of Technology, I taught
a series of popular courses on
software engineering. The program
was highly competitive and difficult
to get into, but one student made
our decision whether to accept
him quite simple. When asked to
fax over his college transcript, the
student told me, "Well, I would,
but it's the only copy I have."
~~~~~~~~~
Abigail,
my
five-year-old
granddaughter, was visiting from
New Jersey on a school break.
She was having a wonderful
time exploring my house, and
was fascinated by some old glass
doorknobs. "Nanny," she exclaimed.
" you have such a rich house! Richer
than ours." "Why do you say that?"
I asked. You have a beautiful new
house." "But" she replied, "we don't
have diamonds for doorknobs."
My husband has been slow to
learn the art of selecting gifts. After
I made some hints, he gave me a
lovely necklace. He was proud that
the wrapping paper he had picked
was just right. Printed on it were
the words: "Thank you for making
my life richer, Thank you for being
my inspiration, Thank you for
being my best friend," Then I saw
the last line: "Thank you for being
my bridesmaid."
~~~~~~~~~
A mess officer was bugged
because too much bread was being
left over. Some of the soldiers
complained that it was too hard. The
mess officer said, "If Napoleon's
troops had that bread, they'd have
eaten it down to the last crumb."
A young soldier said, "I believe
that, sir. But it was fresh then!"
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Olathe’s Oldest Newspaper
Bass Pro Shops
offers FREE family
activities for Easter
From Courtney Robinson
WHAT: Families are invited to
celebrate <a href=http://www.
basspro.com/easter/>Easter
at
Bass Pro Shops</a> this spring by
enjoying FREE photos with the
Easter Bunny, crafts for the kids and
an old-fashioned Easter egg hunt.
This free family Easter event is
hosted at 76 Bass Pro Shops stores
across the U.S. and Canada from
Saturday, March 19 – 27*
One of the nicest collections of
Gently Used
Collectibles and Curios, Etc
305 S. Webster
Spring Hill, Ks
913-592-2400
M-F 9:30a.m.-5:30pm;
Sat 9:30-5pm;
Sun Noon to 5
The Easter Bunny is a favorite
holiday symbol for many children,
and families are invited to bring the
kids to their nearest Bass Pro Shops
store to have their FREE 4x6 photo
taken with the Easter Bunny.
WHEN: FREE family photos with
the Easter Bunny
Saturdays and Sundays, March 1920 and 26-27, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Monday-Thursday, March 21-24, 6
p.m. – 8 p.m.
Friday, March 25, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
FREE old-fashioned Easter egg
hunt for kids ages 2 – 10
Saturdays and Sundays, March 1920 and 26-27, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
at the store’s main entrance. Hunt
starts promptly at 2 p.m.
FREE crafts for kids
Create an Easter door hanger:
Saturday and Sunday, March 19-20,
1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Make a bunny bookmark: Friday,
March 25, 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Create a tree stump bunny box:
Saturday and Sunday, March 26-27,
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.
While supplies last; crafts may
vary.
WHERE: Bass Pro Shops
throughout North America
*Note: Not available at Bass
Pro Shops locations in Toronto,
Ontario and Moncton/Dieppe, New
Brunswick stores Friday, March 25
or Sunday, March 27.
Gazette Humor:
One of our patients wasn't
taking any chances. Prior to her
operation, she taped notes to
her body for the surgeon: "Take
your time," "Don't cut yourself,"
"No need to rush," "Wash your
hands." After surgery, as I helped
the patient back into her bed, we
discovered a new note taped to
her. It was from the doctor, "Has
anyone seen my wristwatch?"
Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.
2016 Summer Camp
Registration now open
Registration is now open for
Two Trails and Black Bob Summer
Camps offered through Olathe
Parks & Recreation. Campers ages
5 - 12 will swim, enjoy weekly field
trips, play games, and more. *Fiveyear-olds must have completed
kindergarten.
• Register for camp by the week.
You choose the week(s) that fit your
needs.
• Registration includes a 50
percent fee to reserve your spot.
The remaining fee is due two weeks
before camp starts.
• Register early; space is limited
to 60 campers each week, per
location.
Meet Ruger: the American
dog who put 150 African
poachers out of business
March 15, 2016
Olathe’s Best Fishing Event
The Free 35th Annual
Kids’ Fishing Derby
Joe Pruett, President
This greatest of all kids’ event in
Olathe will be on Saturday, June
18th at 7:30 a.m. Put that on the
family calendar as I am sure it has
become a family tradition for many
of you. Lots of donated free stuff
from Olathe merchants, the City
of Olathe, area service clubs and
others.
750 youth participants and 1,200
adult spectators attended. We
always say get there early to get to
your favorite spot. This is part of
the essential nature of the quality of
life... real Americana. Enjoy it!
Life-Long Olatheans
Home is Where the
Harmony Begins
Spring is upon us and the real
estate market is booming. If you
have been thinking of selling your
home, now is the time. There are not
enough houses on the market for all
of the people wanting to buy. We
have been reporting this trend for
the last seven months and it doesn’t
show any signs of slowing.
To ensure that your home will
have a quick sale we have listed a
few do’s to help you prepare:
DO Declutter closets – you are
going to be moving anyway; pack
up things you will not be using. A
prospective home buyer wants to
see the size, depth and space in a
closet. It is hard to tell when it is
packed full.
DO Declutter rooms – We all love
our Nick-Knacks but a prospective
buyer needs to be able to picture
their own things in a home. If there
are too many family photos and
treasures sitting out, it is harder for
them to visualize themselves in the
home.
DO a thorough cleaning inside
and out. The outside appearance of
your home as a prospective buyer
arrives is very important. Trim
bushes, clear away leaves, make
your home shine.
DO touch up chipped paint.
Steve Hougland
Steve Hougland & Susan Lowe
It is not unusual in many areas
of the city for homes to sell in
the first day or two. The process
is frustrating if the buyer keeps
missing opportunities because he
is not prepared. A few suggestions
to make the buying experience less
frustrating are:
DO Get preapproved
DO Be clear with your Realtor
what you are looking for.
Number of bedrooms/bathrooms,
size of yard, subdivision, floor plan
are just a few things to discuss clearly
with your Real Estate Professional.
DO
move
quickly
when
scheduling to view a home. If you
are wanting to move into a highly
sought after area, be prepared to
look the moment a house comes on
the market. It may not be there by
that evening when you get off of
work.
DO take notes when viewing
homes. It is surprising how quickly
you can confuse features in different
homes when viewing three or four
at a time.
As always, we would love to
help you with all of your real estate
needs. If we can be of service in any
way, please contact either of us at
the numbers listed below.
Check Out Some of Our NEW Listings
Montana. When Parker scours animal
shelters for her next dog-in-training,
she looks for unadoptable, hard-tohandle dogs.
“Bad dogs have an overwhelming
desire to bring you things,” she said.
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“Dogs love telling you what they know.
They have an inability to quit.”
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It’s that inability to quit that draws
5+/Acres,
Louisburg, Kansas
Parker to “bad” dogs such as Ruger.
3 Bed/3Bath Horse Lovers Dream
“These dogs have an unrelenting
drive,” she said. “For a dog that doesn’t
stop, you can train that dog to bring you
things.”
Parker, a conservation biologist and
trainer of detection dogs, admits that
“bad” dogs don’t make great pets. Their
personalities, however, are perfect for
conservation work.
Ruger was born on the Blackfeet
Reservation in Montana. His owner
shot his littermates, and Ruger escaped.
He was taken to a nearby animal shelter
Olathe receives elite rating for
where he was found by a dog trainer
fire protection service
who alerted Meg’s organization.
The City of Olathe has attained
Ruger is now the first anti-poaching
dog in Zambia. He lives right next to the highest rating possible for
South Luangwa national park where fire protection service according
animals are being poached, snared and to the Insurance Services Office
trafficked out of the park.
(ISO), who recently designated
He’s responsible for finding elephant Olathe a Class 1 community
ivory, rhino horns, bush meat, based on its independent rating
other wildlife contraband, guns and system for assessing the quality
ammunition.
Ruger and a handler inspect a vehicle. and effectiveness of municipal fire
protection.
From Drudge Report
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Contact Steve Hougland at 913-449-9920
or Suzy Lowe at 913-927-3416
Olathe Receives Elite Fire Rating
By Michele C Hollow
Ruger is a ‘hero’ responsible for
dozens of arrests who has convinced
many skeptics of his detection skills.
Ruger, a three-year-old Labrador
retriever/German shepherd mix, has a
keen nose, and is put to use sniffing out
ivory, guns and ammunition. See him
in action.
Ruger is a bad dog, and that’s why he
does his job so well. Just ask Megan
Parker, the director of research at
Working Dogs for Conservation in
The Lesson Plan
Bo Peep and His Sheep
pleading eyes I have seen in a child
and said, "I couldn't do it last night
'cuz my mother is dying."
The sobs that followed startled
the entire class. How glad I was
that he was sitting next to me. Yes,
I took him in my arms and his head
rested against my chest. There was
no doubt in anyone's mind that Troy
was hurting, hurting so much that
I was afraid his little heart would
break. His sobs echoed through the
room and tears flowed copiously.
The children sat with tear-filled
eyes in dead silence. Only Troy's
sobs broke the stillness of that
morning class. One child raced for
the Kleenex box while I just pressed
his little body closer to my heart. I
could feel my blouse being soaked
by thoseprecious tears. Helplessly,
my tears fell upon his head.
The question that confronted me
was, "What do I do for a child who
is losing his mother?" The only
thought that came to my mind was,
"Love him ... show him you care ...
cry with him." It seemed as though
the whole bottom was coming out
of his young life, and I could do
little to help him. Choking back my
tears, I said to the group, "Let us say
a prayer for Troy and his mother."
A more fervent prayer never floated
to heaven. After some time, Troy
looked up at me and said, "I think I
will be okay now." He had exhausted
his supply of tears; he released
the burden in his heart. Later that
afternoon, Troy's mother died.
When I went to the funeral parlor,
Troy rushed to greet me. It was as
though he had been waiting for me,
that he expected I would come. He
fell into my arms and just rested there
awhile. He seemed to gain strength
and courage, and then he led me to
the coffin. There he was able to look
into the face of his mother, to face
death even though he might never
be able to understand the mystery
of it.
That night I went to bed thanking
God that he had given me the good
sense to set aside my reading plan
and to hold the broken heart of a
child in my own heart.
Sister Carleen Brennan
Reprinted from Chicken Soup
for the Soul
New Theatre
Gazette Humor:
When an eighty-year-old woman
was asked if there were to be candles
on her cake, she responded curtly,
"No, it's a birthday party, not a torch
lit procession."
~~~~~~~~~
Sue and her best friend Inez were
discussing the upcoming dance at the
retirement center. "We're supposed
to wear something that matches our
husband's hair,"said Inez, "so I'm
wearing my gray wool dress." "Oh
my," said Sue. "I'd probably better
not go...."
a travelling theatre troupe, headed
up by patriarch Linden and his
matriarch wife are struggling hard
to stay in business.
Television is beginning to replace
live theatre. There is a lot of
comedy sprinkled through the story,
lots of comedic situations, doubleentendres, great dialogue. You have
to listen intently. The jokes are all
there.
It is the early 1950’s in Buffalo,
New York, where they are currently
performing a comedy and drama in
rotation. Things get very confused.
That is where the comedy flows
forth, in tidal waves.
There are longstanding family
disagreements, conflicts, affairs,
and misunderstandings that have
festered for a long time, but the
family keeps on despite their many
problems. As you know The Show
Must Go On.
It was amazing to see 84 yearold Linden do the physical comedy
he had to do. Falling onto couches,
slumping over railings for seven or
eight minutes.
The players are involved in a few
ISO’s
Public
Protection
Classification
(PPC)
program
recognizes the efforts of communities to provide fire protection
services for citizens and property
owners. A community’s investment
in fire mitigation is a proven and
reliable predicator of future fire
losses. Insurance companies use
PPC data to help establish fair
premiums for residential and
commercial fire insurance.
Of the more than 48,000 fire
protection areas across the country,
only 132, or 0.49 percent, have
a Class 1 ISO rating. There are
only seven Class 1 communities in
Kansas.
Olathe is one of only 38 fire
departments to hold the distinction
of a Class 1 ISO rating and
accreditation by the Commission of
Fire Accreditation International.
“Achieving a Class 1 ISO rating
for our community is a significant
accomplishment that recognizes the
City’s efforts to provide first rate
fire protection for our residents and
business owners,” said Fire Chief
Jeff DeGraffenreid.
Olathe has held an ISO Class
3 rating since 2002. Since that
time, the Olathe Fire Department
instituted major changes including
investment in fire apparatus,
firefighters, and the implementation
of the Johnson County Fire Service
Automatic Aid Agreement. That
agreement improves efficiency
because it allows the closest unit to
respond to emergencies regardless
of city boundaries.
ISO’s
evaluation
program
includes 10 classifications, with 1
being the highest and 10 being the
lowest. The rating evaluates fire
department capabilities including
community
risk
reduction,
emergency communications, and
the water supply.
DeGraffenreid
credited
the
Johnson
County
Emergency
Communications
Center
for
excellent dispatch and tracking
services, and both the City of
Olathe and WaterOne for their
investments in maintaining reliable
and pressurized water supplies.
The City of Olathe takes great
pride in the quality of water we
produce for our customers. It’s
satisfying to know that our water
is safe and reliable and that it also
contributes to fire reduction and life
safety,” said Public Works Director
Mary Jaeger.
Olathe property owners should
check with their insurance providers
to ensure they are receiving the lowest
rates for fire loss insurance based on
the new Class 1 designation, which
goes into effect April 1, 2016.
Congratulations to the Olathe Fire Chief & Department
love trysts and the furious resulting
hard feelings. Linden even gets a
fellow actress pregnant and has a
hard time extricating himself from
that.
The more intense comedy begins
when the hapless troupe learns that
a savior is on the way. Frank Capra
(It’s a Wonderful Life) needs a
replacement for the injured Ronald
Coleman and needs a troupe to
make a movie with him. He is
scouting for the actors now and will
evaluate a bunch of them.
So, the group tries to put on its
best performance of all time for
Capra who will be in the audience
that night. This is where all the
comedy gets a chance to go wild.
Our guests, long-time friends,
Dean and Carole Hutcheson, were
laughing at the jokes and gags and
thoroughly enjoyed the comedy as
much as we did.
We also thought the dinner fare
was some of the best we have had
there. I always say this, but this
was exceptional. Everything, in my
mind, was perfect.
The first course consisted of a
mixed green salad with choice of
creamy butter milk dressing or
poppy seed vinaigrette.
The buffet included white roughy,
flat iron beef and buttermilk fried
chicken. Featured were risotto
carbonara and pulled pork.
Additional dishes were sweet corn
and zucchini, rigatoni pasta arezzio,
spinach au gratin, half mashed
potatoes, romas modiga, polenta
and street-side bakery with fresh
baked delicious breads of eight or
ten varieties.
This really funny show runs
through April 24. It is then replaced
by Beau Jeste with Cindy Williams
and Eddie Bekka. Then, Chicago is
after that.
New Theatre can be reached at
913-649-SHOW. It is located in
the center with the Microcenter
Store North of 95th and Metcalf,
Northwest corner. Enter their
parking lot off Foster, one block
to the west of Metcalf, go north,
theatre is on your right with huge
parking lot.
We love the New Theatre
Restaurant and feel it is the best
overall entertainment and dining
value in all of Kansas City.
You very rarely see empty tables.
And the food is always excellent
and the shows, Broadway running
musicals, comedies and dramas, are
top rated extremely professionally
produced in a beautiful theatre.
March 15, 2016
Smoke Alarms
The Smoke Detectors in your
home - Do you know how old they
are?
Most people know that they should
test their alarms regularly for proper
function, such as responsiveness,
loudness, and signaling any other
interconnected units in the house.
Most people also know that all
batteries need to be changed on a
regular basis to maintain safety.
Fresh, strong batteries can save
your life in the event of a power
outage or emergency.
But did you know that the age
of your smoke detector is also
an important factor to consider?
Many smoke detectors have a
useful life of only 8-10 years.
After that it is possible for the
electronic components to become
undependable, even unpredictable
and erratic in their function.
No one likes a false alarm,
especially in the middle of the
night!
(Why do they always seem to
happen then?) I often hear reports
like: “We have a smoke detector that
is acting up. We already changed
the batteries, but we had another
false alarm soon afterwards.” My
response is usually: “How old
The Lost Art ...
Yes, I know we all have a friend
or family member who cannot
discuss political issues with us
without erupting in a volcanic way
and leaving a mess for us to clean
up. (I’m not talking about those
folks. Leave them out of it.) This is
only for the level-headed friends in
your life.
When you speak, be informed,
calm, respectful and gracious but
don’t be silent. That is the worst
thing you can do. If we are truly a
country founded on freedoms, in
particular our freedom of speech, we
must stop worrying about offending
others and in a tone of genuine
kindness, just share what we have
learned.
How many people do you
know who watched each and
every debate? I bet not many. Are
you overwhelmed by the overcommunication of the media and the
vast array of candidates still in the
running? Is it annoying you? Have
you gotten to the point of tuning it
out?
Don't tune it out. Choose to get
informed and get involved in a
healthy debate!
Check out Project Vote Smart
at www.vote-smart.org. The site
includes a massive factual database
on politicians. This site exists to
meat lovers and vegans, drinkers
and non-drinkers in all kinds of
shapes, colors, and sizes.
Each time we met, we talked about
the issues. Not with the mindset
that we would actually change
someone’s opinion but with the goal
of knowledge and understanding.
We really listened to each other and
truly attempted to understand our
opposing viewpoints (even if we
did not agree with them). Our meetings gave me something
vitally important – a true sense of
understanding issues and candidates
without the limelight and glamor of
internet ads, TV debates and media
spin.
Where do you get your
information? There are a few tools
to do some personal research of
your own. They do not include the
candidates own advertisements,
signs or bumper stickers. Even the
news has a tendency to take only
snippets and soundbites in their
political analysis. My favorite form
of research comes from getting
out of our comfort zones and after
watching a debate spending time
discussing the events with friends
over a cup of joe.
Clowning
there.
Ken recently told the Gazette
more about his clown hobby.
Q: What exactly do you do as
a clown? Do you have a set act
or skit that you perform during
appearance?
A: Yes, I do birthday parties
where I have one skit, and then I
do the Shrine Circus where I have
another act. For birthday parties,
I do a magic show with child
participation and balloon sculpting,
and sometimes I take along a face
painter. There are also about four or
five other clowns in Minot that help
me when I need it.
Q: Where do you perform
mostly? In what setting and for
what audiences?
A: I perform mostly in my North
Dakota region. My calendar is
pretty full with working at fairs and
festivals. I also perform at Sunday
brunches at the Minot Air Force
Base and have done that for 34
years.
Q: Why do you do clowning?
What do you enjoy about it?
A: I love working with the
children. I have a bunch of bicycles
that I ride in parades. One is 16 feet
long, a real crowd pleaser. I turn the
wheels sideways up onto the curb.
Being a clown probably brings me
more joy than the kids get. But older
people love to see clowns work also.
I just love to show off. I used to get
in trouble in school for clowning
around, but now I get paid for it.
Stop Hunger
meal. $29 = 100 people fed! The
more donated, the more that can be
packaged, and more lives will be
impacted!
About The Movement
Stop Hunger Now is driven
by the vision of a world without
hunger. Their mission is to end
hunger by providing food and lifechanging aid to the world’s most
Dizzy The Clown
Q: How and why did you start
in the clown business?
A: My dad was a Shriner with
a Harley Davidson motorcycle in
the motor patrol. I wanted to be
in the motor patrol, but it was too
expensive and you had to paint your
Harley a pepper red. A clown came
up to me one day when I was there
and told me I could be a clown and
that it would only cost $8 in makeup
and that I could come up with my
own costume. I told everyone I did
not have a clown name yet and they
asked me what people called me
in high school. I said they called
me Dizzy because I like the jazz
musician Dizzy Gillespie and they
said that was a great clown name.
Q: Does clowning have any
other purpose than to bring joy to
people?
A: Yes, I have visited hospitals
vulnerable people and creating
a global promise to mobilize the
necessary resources. They provide
meals through feeding programs
operated by partner organizations
in developing countries that support
education, improve students’ health
and nutrition, address gender
inequalities, stimulate economic
growth, fight child labor, and are
part of the movement to address
global issues. You can support Stop
Hunger Now. Go to http://events.
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are your smoke detectors?” Their
answer is nearly always the same—8
to 10 years old or OLDER!
Here
is
my
personal
recommendation which I try to
follow in my own home. Keep track
of the age of your smoke detectors
and plan to change all of them at the
same time, at least every 10 years.
You will be glad you did.
And remember, keep safety
first. Always, immediately respond
to your smoke alarms even if you
think it may be a false one. You
only have seconds to respond to a
true emergency before it becomes a
tragedy.
If I can help you with any of your
home repairs, please give me a call
at 913-636-9190.
Around The House Home Repair,
LLC is a professional handyman
service owned and operated by Joe
Huddleston of Olathe, Kansas.
inform on all the candidates and
all the issues. They back up their
unbiased opinions by having a board
that is balanced. No one can join the
Project Vote Smart board without a
political opposite. It appears to be
a good source that focuses more on
facts and issues. Vote Smart gathers
keyword searchable information on
issues, candidates positions on the
issues, who gives money to whom
and ratings from over 200 special
interests.
I know I’m not your mother, but
I feel compelled to remind you to
stop staring at signs that just spell
a candidate's name and start getting
some real information. Imagine
participating in a healthy debate
with your friends and actually
knowing what you’re talking about.
After all, freedom of speech tastes
really good with that skinny vanilla
latte, doesn’t it?
Cristina Parra Walker is a wife,
mother, writer and artist living
in Olathe, Kansas. She is a first
generation Cuban American with
a degree in communications and
a minor in writing from Loyola
University in Maryland. She also
spent time living in the United
Kingdom and South Africa. See
more at www.cristinawalker.com.
and talked with people when they
were sick to try to help them feel
better. Since I am also an ordained
minister, I have prayed with people.
I am the hospital representative for
my temple in Grand Forks. I also
do appearances as Santa Claus. I
worked at our downtown merchants
and at Christmas parties as Santa,
and I also have a Santa show on TV
here in Minot where kids come sit
on my lap and read their letters to
Santa. The show airs on Saturday
mornings in the Christmas season.
Q: Is there training to be a
clown?A: There are clown schools
and camps run by the World Clown
Association. People can get more
information at www.worldclown.
com, or at www.shrineclowns.com,
or at http://minotshriners.com.
Q: What is your connection to
Olathe?A: I left Olathe when I was
one year old. My dad had been at
the Olathe Naval Air Station. We
moved to Minot and my dad became
a fire chief there when an Air Force
base was built there in 1956. I grew
up there and went to Minot High
School. Then in high school my
girlfriend and I ran away to Kansas
City when I was a senior and she
was a junior. We went on the train.
I worked in a trophy shop on Troost
street. My uncle found us and made
us call my parents. But we stayed
there for 14 years and I worked for
a gas company and then at Levitz
Furniture in Lenexa, and then I
was a firefighter and paramedic in
Lenexa. Then we moved back to
Minot.
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Gazette Humor:
All In A Letter
A young monk arrives at the
monastery. He is assigned to helping
the other monks in copying the old
canons and laws of the church, by
hand.
He notices, however, that all of the
monks are copying from copies, not
from the original manuscript.
So, the new monk goes to the Old
Abbot to question this, pointing out
that if someone made even a small
error in the first copy, it would never be
Folks At The Market
picked up!
“Some of the nicest you will
Som
In fact, that error would be continued
ever meet”
in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, "We have been
copying from the copies for centuries,
but you make a good point, my son."
He goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are held as archives,
in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the Old Abbot.
So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He sees him banging his head against the wall
and wailing.
"We missed the R! We missed the R!"
His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
With a choking voice, the old Abbot replies,
"The word was ... CELEBrATE.” (With the emphasis on the letter
R being left
out.)
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A Publication Of Olatheans, By Olatheans, For Olatheans for 40 Years
A Gazette Feature Column
March 15, 2016
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Greta Lundy
Greta Lundy, a junior at Olathe
Northwest High School, has earned
perfect score of 36 on the ACT.
Nationally, while the actual number
of students earning a composite
score of 36 varies from year to year,
less than one-tenth of 1 percent of
students taking the ACT earn a top
score.
“Greta has achieved this high
score through a combination of hard
work and preparedness through her
rigorous course of study at Olathe
Northwest,” Principal Gwen Poss
said. “Greta is a well-rounded
student who not only excels in the
classroom but through her activities
at school. She is representative of
the outstanding student body at
Olathe Northwest.”
Greta is a student in the
animation strand of the 21st
Century e-Communication program
at Northwest. She is involved in
Scholar’s Bowl and is a candidate
for National Honor Society. It was
the first time she had taken the
ACT.
Olathe North Senior
Tristan Musick Finishes
Third in Kansas
Class 6A Bowling
By Taylor Eldridge
Special to The Kansas City Star
To win big at the Kansas Class
6A bowling tournament in Wichita
at Northrock Lanes on Thursday, it
was going to take a record-setting
performance.
Considering the team and individual
records at the state tournament were
set on Thursday, Olathe North senior
Tristan Musick was satisfied with his
733-pin series that gave him a thirdplace finish.
It capped a sterling four-year career
for Musick, which included a team state
championship his freshman season and
four medals at the state tournament
with three Top-10 finishes. Musick,
who has signed to bowl for Newman
University in Wichita, was runner-up
his sophomore year.
“It doesn’t get any more competitive
than this,” Musick said. “Four years
ago, if you shoot a 730, you had people
bowing down to you. You shoot it here
and you take third. But I was pretty
happy with how it came out.”
Other area medalists in the boys
tournament included Olathe East’s
Brody Reichle (694, ninth), Lawrence’s
Triston Decker (691, 10th) and Shawnee
Mission West’s Caleb Harrison (661,
19th). Holmes won the individual title
with her series of 672.
The area had six medalists on the
girls side with Lawrence’s Holly Evans
(656, fifth) and Olathe North’s Chye
Reiste (654, seventh) finishing in the
Top 10.
Olathe North had the best team finish
across the boys and girls competitions,
as its boys finished fifth and the girls
came up 4 pins short of a team trophy
in fourth place with a score of 2,463
pins.
Read more here: http://www.
kansascity.com/sports/high-school/
article63920842.html#storylink=cpy
Other than my grandfather, my
very first contact with police was
in Clinton, Oklahoma, when in
the 5th & 6th grade, working as a
paper delivery boy, I got up at the
crack of dawn in any weather and
delivered my papers, and then went
to school. I remember rushing
through my tasks with my reddish
brown Cocker Spaniel puppy
"Ginger" following me on my paper
route and then to school, she stood
by and then home – Ginger was my
best and most faithful buddy. One
damp foggy morning I found one of
my gas station customers had been
burglarized, door glass shattered.
I flagged down a police officer,
reported the crime, interviewed, and
I went on my way. I never knew any
more about that burglary, cleared or
not, but the officers always waived
at me after that as I delivered my
papers. I thought it was cool that
they recognized me. I also made
trips to the KCKs PD for visits with
my grandfather with my Cub Scout
Troup led by our Den Mother, my
mother. I proudly would introduce
my grandfather who had founded
the "KCK youth bureau," he always
had time for us. Other than that, I
didn't see much of him, he would
come by the house for a few minutes
once in a while or we would go by
his, but never for very long.
In movies there's sinister scary
music for unhappy scenes, exciting
music for exciting scenes and happy
music for happy scenes. In real
life, real time, real events inside or
outside, there's no accompanying
music. Only the sounds of what's
going on around you, what's live
or worse, traffic & train sounds,
sirens, common noise of your
surroundings. In a cops life, the
same but additionally the sounds of
the constant crackling police radio,
screams, yelling, fear, the injured,
the grieving and not frequently...
gunshots. No music.
I have heard all my life that
"some cops never had to draw their
gun during their career." While I
know it's true for some, it's hard to
believe as I did on occasion when
I was in uniform and many times
when I was working investigations.
It's nothing to brag about but it's part
of the job, and in some incidents it's
called survival.
It was normal on some search
warrants, burglary calls and some
arrests to have your weapon in
hand. Although a good shot with
a handgun, my weapon of choice
was the shotgun. I came very close
to shooting a few at close range,
and during my career I did have to
shoot one or two. A threesome of
bad guys who were shooting at us
in Independence, Missouri, while
assigned to DEA, one was hit; and
the Metcalf State Bank Robbery
was another. A residential search
warrant in Olathe was very close;
and on another I was dispatched to
an assist the officer call with one
of my district officers near Desoto.
A farmer had a .22 Cal rifle aimed
Ed Hayes in his office in
the early 1970’s
directly at Patrolman Bob Basore
with bad intentions. Upon arrival,
out of the car with shotgun in hand,
I warned the man IF he didn't drop
his weapon he would die, and he
probably would have. He paused,
knew IF he pulled the trigger he
would be toast. It would have been a
good shoot as shootings go. This guy
was arrested but charges were later
dismissed by the Sheriff. Nothing
wrong was done on our part with
the incident, and dropped charges
were never explained to us. I didn't
like it but that was the way it was.
A seasoned officer who pays
keen attention in his or her district
becomes very aware of the
surroundings and people, friendly
or not. They know day and night,
people, local cars, businesses and
buildings and business people. They
know what’s down the side streets
and alleys, they know some of the
crooks, and in addition some "just
know things." And some "have the
nose" which adds to that 6th sense
some cops have.
In regard to the Metcalf State
Bank robbery of 1968, an article on
that incident in the 8/15/14 Gazette
can be read on line by going to www.
jocogazette.com. I was interviewed
a few months ago for a documentary
film produced on that robbery soon to
be released with one of the robbers,
Henry Floyd Brown. Brown who is
now frail and in his 80's said he was
firing out of the apartment, and not
at anyone in particular.
On that day you would not have
been able to prove that to me. I have
pictures of half of the sliding door
either open or shot out. I emptied a
box of 00 buck shotgun shells into
that apartment, and as I remember,
through the sliding glass door.
Brown disagrees but as badly as he
was wounded and carried out on a
stretcher, he couldn't have known.
That 00 went somewhere into that
apartment and I had a detective and
a news reporter standing behind me.
A good friend of mine, Detective
David Slade, now deceased, was
handing me shells as fast as I could
reload and shoot them. A local news
guy was leaning over my shoulder,
mike in hand, reporting the action
on live radio. He laughed when
I said, “John you’re going to get
shot screwing around here.” I don’t
remember what his response was
but he was laughing nervously. -/-
March 15, 2016
Olathe District
Students
Receive Honors
Page 11
North, Northwest Excel
at National Dance
Alliance Championships,
North Culinary Crew Wins 1st
from Jim Bradford
The Olathe North and Olathe
Northwest high school dance teams
placed in the top-five in several
different categories of the National
Dance Alliance Championships in
Orlando, Fla. last weekend with the
Olathe Northwest team bringing
home a national championship.
The Olathe Northwest team won
the large varsity team competition
and earned the NDA Innovative
Choreography Award. With the
win, the Ravens qualified for the
international competition where
Kendall Michaels, Jake Weller, Chef Mike Chrostowski, Bailee Cochran, Kayla Trenary, Ashleigh Hagen, Chef Phil Shaw,
Kelly Armstrong, Jose Rios-Rico, Lainie Richards and Ben Boehm. These are the first place winners of the Culinary and
Management competition for the 2016 Kansas ProStart Invitational.
The Olathe North Dance Team, the Eaglettes, came home with two top-three finishes and also received the National Dance Alliance
Sportsmanship Award in Orlando, FL. From left to right 1st Row: Kylie Dillon (Senior Leader), Ashton Thomas (Captain), Hannah
McCartney, Erika Fiscus (Senior Leader), Lorin Prather (Senior Leader), Tiera Baskin, Mikayla Schmitz (Co-Captain), Kalei Porter.
2nd Row: Ellie Miller, Madison Ramon, Linsey Rogers, Sydney Summers, Jimera Brock (Junior Lieutenant), Abby Falkner, Emily
Krieg, and McKenna Cain.
Gazette Humor
severity of the shit storm that's
From Diane Hart
coming.
* Denny's has a slogan, 'If it's
A Few Ponderables
* The location of your mailbox your birthday, the meal is on us.'
shows you how far away from … If you're in Denny's and it's
your birthday... Your life sucks!
your house you
can be in a robe, before you start
* If I make you breakfast in bed,
looking like a mental patient.
a simple "Thank you" is all I
* My therapist said that my need… not all this, "how did you
narcissism causes me to misread get in my house" business!
social situations. I'm pretty sure
* The pharmacist asked me my
she was hitting on me.
* My 60 year kindergarten birthday again today… Pretty
reunion is coming up soon and sure she's going to get me
I'm worried about the 195 lbs. something.
I've gained.
* I always wondered what the job * I can't understand why women
application is like at Hooters.. Do are okay that JC Penny has an
they just give you a bra and say, older women's clothing line
named, "Sag Harbor".* I think
"here fill this out..."?
* The speed in which a woman it's pretty cool how Chinese
says "nothing" when asked people made a language entirely
out of tattoos.
"What's wrong?" is
inversely proportional to the
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The Olathe Northwest team won the large varsity team competition and earned the National Dance Alliance Championships
Innovative Choreography Award in Orlando, Florida. (Sorry, we tried desperately to get the names but to no avail. Gazette)
they would compete against two
other top U.S. teams and two top
Japanese teams.
The Ravens dance team also took
fourth in large varsity pom and
the large varsity jazz competition.
They received the NDA Unleashed
Award from the judges and placed
in the top-three in the NDA Grand
Champion category.
They were one of 12 teams to win
the NDA Sportsmanship Award.
The national championship marks
a fifth straight year in which the
Ravens won a national title.
The Olathe North dance team, the
Eaglettes, came home with two topthree finishes and also received the
NDA Sportsmanship Award. The
Eaglettes took second in the large
varsity jazz competition and received
the
Innovative
Choreography
Award. They took third in the large
varsity pom competition and won
the NDA Unleashed Award in the
category.
Olathe North Culinary Team
Wins Kansas
ProStart Invitational
The Culinary Arts program,
housed at Olathe North High School,
soared once again at the ProStart
Kansas
Invitational.
Culinary
student teams took first and third
place; the management team first
place and two Olathe students
placed first and third in the edible
centerpiece category.
This year marked the 11th straight
year that Culinary Arts has won
first place at the ProStart Kansas
Invitational.
The students on the Amalgamation
Culinary Team will go on to represent
the Olathe Public Schools and
the state of Kansas at the ProStart
National Invitational April 30May 2 in Dallas. The state winning
student teams are:
Culinary Team Amalgamation,
First Place: Ashleigh Hagan (team
lead), Olathe North; Kendall
Michaels, Olathe Northwest; Jacob
Weller, Olathe North; Kayla Trenary,
Olathe North; and Bailee Cochran
(team alternate), Olathe North.
Culinary Team Phoenix, Third
Place: Mariah Spalding, Olathe
North (team lead); Gabielle Krump,
Olathe North; Jenaea Toumberlin,
Olathe South; Lanycoia Hipsher,
Olathe North; and Mazie Francisco
(team alternate), Olathe North.
Management Team, First Place:
Kelly Armstrong, Olathe Northwest
(team lead); Jose Rios-Rico, Olathe
North; Ben Boehm, Olathe North;
and Lainie Richards, Olathe North.
Edible Centerpiece Category:
Oscar Cardoza from Olathe North
took first and Tristen Kremer from
Olathe North took third place.
Olathe Schools Excel at Science
Olympiad Regional Tournament
Three Olathe high schools and
three Olathe middle schools placed
in the top 10 at the Science Olympiad
Regional Tournament last week
at Johnson County Community
College.
California Trail Middle School
won the middle school division,
medaling in 21 of the 23 events.
Oregon Trail Middle School placed
fifth and Indian Trail Middle School
placed seventh.
Olathe North High School took
second in the high school division,
medaling in 20 of the 23 events.
Olathe South High School placed
sixth and Olathe East High School
placed seventh.
Gettya Selected as Sea
Life Aquarium Young
Environmentalist
Irene Gettya, a second grader at
Sunnyside Elementary, was selected
as a Sea Life Aquarium Young
Environmentalist.
Students
from
across
the
Kansas City metro area applied
to be a Sea Life Aquarium Young
Environmentalist by creating a
video or drawing. Gettya was one
of 11 chosen.
The
Sea
Life
Young
Environmentalists are students,
ages 6-10 years old, selected to
help with conservation messages
throughout the year and participate
in fun activities at the aquarium.
Six Students Win Optimist
International Foundation
Oratorical Contest
Andrea Vandenbark of Olathe
South High School and Henry
Cannon of Olathe East High School
won the Optimist International
Foundation Oratorical Contest
sponsored by Olathe Noon Optimist
Club.
The top three finishers receive
medals and a small monetary
award.
The winners were:
First place (girls) — Andrea
Vandenbark, Olathe South High
School
Second place (girls) — McCauley
Hollis, Olathe East High School
Third place (girls) — Christie
Allison, Olathe East
First place (boys) — Henry Cannon,
Olathe East
Second place (boys) — Nick
Aaronson, Olathe East
Third place (boys) — Aidan Massey,
Oregon Trail Middle School
Competition now moves to a zone
competition with student winners
from surrounding area clubs. In
April, a district competition is
held, and one boy and one girl are
awarded a $2,500 scholarship each.
One winner of the Kansas District
Oratorical Competition will move
on to compete with student winners
from the seven-state Southwest
region for a $5,000 scholarship.
The winner of the regional
competition will compete the
following day in the World
Oratorical Championships to be held
at St. Louis University. Scholarships
will be awarded to the top three
with winners receiving scholarships
valued up to $15,000.
Gazette
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Miguel Encinias
When the family's fortunes declined
during the tail end of the Great
Depression, he joined the New
Mexico National Guard in 1939
at the age of 16. He wasn't alone
-- many of his peers did the same
thing.
"The reason for the rush to
join was that the battalions were
predominantly Hispanic ... from Las
Vegas, Albuquerque and Socorro
... almost 100 percent Hispanic,"
Encinias said in a 2001 interview
for the University of Texas Voces
Oral History Project.
Following the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor in December 1941,
Encinias, knowing there was a big
demand for pilots, applied for the air
cadet academy and was accepted.
He recalled in that 2001 interview
that "All the time I was in training
I never met another pilot who was
Hispanic."
After his plane was shot down over
Northern Italy in 1944, he said, he
also was the only Hispanic prisoner
at Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany.
By that time he had flown some 40
missions against the Germans and
shot down three enemy aircraft in
combat. He and other prisoners
used Red Cross rations to bribe
the guards for radio parts which
they used to build a radio and learn
what was going on during the war.
Encinias joked that because of that
radio the prisoners knew about the
invasion of Normandy before the
Germans who held them.
Encinias was interviewed about
his 15 months of captivity at Stalag
Luft 1 by Tom Brokaw, who profiled
the New Mexican in The Greatest
Generation Speaks, Brokaw's sequel
to his best-seller The Greatest
Generation.
The camp was liberated by
Russian troops in April 1945.
After the war, Encinias attended
Georgetown University, where
he earned a bachelor's degree in
political science. He later got the
equivalent of a master's degree at
the Institute of Political Studies in
Paris. Encinias was so proficient in
French that he was asked to teach
the language at the U.S. Air Force
Academy.
He married Jeanine Henrietta
Blondel, a native of France, in 1963,
and had one son and three daughters
with her.
When the Korean War broke
out in 1950, Encinias served as an
F-86 Sabre jet pilot and flew over
100 missions, once again getting
shot down at least once. This time,
however, an American helicopter
crew rescued him from behind enemy
lines. He remained in the Air Force
and served as an adviser in Vietnam
in the early 1960s, accompanying
Vietnamese Air Force pilots on
missions. He recalled once taking a
Vietnamese soldier for a low-level
flight along a swampy area where
the passenger was "sitting in the
back with a shotgun shooting Viet
Cong."
Encinias retired from the Air
Force as a lieutenant colonel in 1971
and returned to New Mexico, where
he earned a doctorate in Spanish
literature at The University of New
Mexico. He also wrote several
books, including a novel based on
the life of Spanish explorer Don
Juan de Onate. His daughter said he
lived two lives: "One in the military
and one afterward."
In a 2006 interview with The
New Mexican, Encinias said he
kept volunteering to fight "to prove
something to myself. ... I said to
myself that I was only good enough
for war, so I made a career out of
it."
His son, Juan-Pablo Encinias,
said his father realized "it was a very
special cause he was fighting for.
He felt very strongly about serving,
especially in World War II, and felt
it was a just cause no matter what
the price.
"He almost never spoke about
his combat experience. My father
really did not seem that scarred by
the wars. He was a tough-minded
person who kind of accepted that as
part of life and was not taken aback
by it."
Nevertheless, when Encinias was
interviewed for the University of
Texas Voces Oral History Project
about his wartime experiences,
he got choked up remembering
the atrocities Russian soldiers
committed against German women
when the country was liberated
from the Nazis. "They were so
defenseless," he said.
In the mid-1990s, President Bill
Clinton asked Encinias to serve on
the World War II Memorial Advisory
Board to help build the World War
II Memorial in Washington, D.C.
When that memorial finally opened
in 2004, Encinias was the only
living veteran on the board to attend
the ceremony, where he spoke.
In addition to his Distinguished
Flying Cross honors, during his
career Encinias was awarded two
Purple Heart medals and 14 Air
Medals, his children said.
He is survived by his wife, two
of his daughters, his son and four
grandchildren.

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