We learned after the paper went to press that google had pictures of

An Eagle Named ‘Freedom’
Not just your usual bird story
From Jerry Walter
Freedom and I have been together
eleven years this summer. She came
in as a baby in 1998 with two broken
wings. Her left wing doesn't open all
the way even after surgery. It was broken in four places. She's my baby.
When Freedom came in, she could
not stand and both wings were broken. She was emaciated and covered
in lice. We made the decision to give
her a chance at life, so I took her to
the vet's office. From then on, I was
always around her.
We had her in a huge dog carrier
with the top off, and it was loaded up
with shredded newspaper for her to lie
in. I used to sit and talk to her, urging her to live, to fight; and she would
lie there looking at me with those big
brown eyes.
We also had to tube feed her, which
went on for 4-6 weeks, and by then she
still couldn't stand. It got to the point
where the decision was made to euthanize her if she couldn't stand in a week.
You know you don't want to cross that
line between torture and rehab, and it
looked like death was winning.
She was going to be put down that
Friday, and I was supposed to come
in on that Thursday afternoon. I didn't
want to go to the center that Thursday,
because I couldn't bear the thought of
her being euthanized; but I went anyway, and when I walked in everyone
was grinning from ear to ear.
I went immediately back to her
cage; and there she was, standing on
Freedom, the eagle with her owner
who saved her from certain death.
her own, a big beautiful eagle. She
was ready to live. I was just about in
tears by then. For her, and for me, that
was a very good day.
We knew she could never fly, so the
director asked me to glove train her.
I got her used to the glove, and then
to jesses, and we started doing education programs for schools in western
Washington.
We wound up in the newspapers, radio (believe it or not) and some TV.
Miracle Pets even did a show about
us.
In the Spring of 2000, I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
I had stage three, which is not good
(one major organ plus everywhere),
so I wound up doing eight months of
chemo. Lost my hair - the whole bit. I
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Kids Will Be Kids
A perspective on today’s and yesterday’s kids
By Joanne LaCerte
From generation to generation, kids'
customs, values and favorite things
inevitably change. For instance, when
I was a kid, radio, movies and record
players were big and provided most of
our entertainment. Nowadays, television, computers, Smart phones, etc.
are all the rage. While I was watching the news recently, it was reported
that 17 million children under age 13
now have their profiles on Facebook.
I found that statistic to be rather overwhelming. And, it surprises me that
modern parents allow their youngsters
to do it.
- What Kids Like The 2012 Kids Choice Awards in
March was a slimy, but educational,
event. Slimy due to the Nickelodeon
Network's kid famous green slime.
And educational because it gave parents a glimpse into today's kid culture
- or at least what the sponsors and Hollywood marketers dream it to be.
Now in its 25th year, the Kids Choice
Awards honor actors, athletes, musicians and movies that are voted by
the kids as their favorites. Fortunately,
the parents may exhale a sigh of relief
that Alvin and the Chipmunks - Chipwrecked outvoted the latest Twilight
series movie as kids favorite. After
all, the Chipmunks remain wholesome
and never seem to disappoint moviegoers.
However, some other kid choices
will give parents pause. For example,
Justin Bieber isn't exactly a great role
Danny Bonaduce of The Partridge
Family and singer Justin Bieber.
model for today's young people. Ever
since he was 13 or 14, he has been cavorting around as if he is a young Casanova, often being seen with girls in
their early teens. As of late, he's been
having a serious affair with Selena
Gomez. Well-known as a sex symbol,
young girls scream at the sight of him.
No doubt, he will pack Sprint Center
when he performs there on October
26th.
- Kids of Yesterday When I was very young, Shirley
Temple was definitely making headlines and was adored by young and
old. Especially during the depression,
Shirley's movies helped to bring a
little happiness to many people who
were going through tough times. She
was the highest-paid star in Hollywood and her mother never let her out
of her sight. (She sat right behind the
director during the filming of every
movie she made.) Margaret 0'Brien
came along after Shirley, and was one
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Olympic Gold Medal Winner Shannon Vreeland from Overland Park,
Kansas. Her swim team set an Olympic record for the Women’s 4x200
Relay of 7 min., 42.92 seconds.
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Dr. Marvin and Sally Wollen celebrate their 60th Wedding Anniversary
August 17. They will spend the day
surrounded by children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Congrats, Doc and Sally! May you spend
many decades more together.
Doc Wollen was once honored as Mr.
Olathe for all of his service work but
is better known as Santa Claus to a
host of Olatheans that grew up in the
school system. Celebrating with Doc
and Sally will be their daughters Cathy
Maxwell of Richmond, VA, Terri
Wilke of Lawrence, KS, and Tammi
Watkins and her husband Darryll of
Olathe along with their grandchildren
Chelsea and Daniel Maerzluft, Andrew Maxwell, Samantha and Diego
Leon, Ashley and Parker Watkins,
and Ally Wilke. Also in attendance
will be their first great-grandchild
Trinity Sencindiver.
PEOPLE ASK
Why Carry a Gun?
Author Unknown
My old grandpa said to me 'Son,
there comes a time in every man's
life when he stops bustin' knuckles
and starts bustin' caps and usually it's
when he becomes too old to take an
ass whoopin.'
I don't carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being
killed.
I don't carry a gun to scare people.
I carry a gun because sometimes this
world can be a scary place.
I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real
threats in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I'm evil.
I carry a gun because I have lived long
enough to see the evil in the world.
I don't carry a gun because I hate the
government.
I carry a gun because I understand the
limitations of government.
I don't carry a gun because I'm angry.
I carry a gun so that I don't have to
spend the rest of my life hating myself
for failing to be prepared.
I don't carry a gun because I want to
shoot someone.
I carry a gun because I want to die
at a ripe old age in my bed, and not
on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow
afternoon.
I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy.
Doc Marvin and Sally Wollen
I carry a gun because, when I die and
go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy
I don't carry a gun to make me feel
like a man.
I carry a gun because men know how
to take care of themselves and the ones
they love.
I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate.
I carry a gun because unarmed and
facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate.
I don't carry a gun because I love it.
I carry a gun because I love life and
the people who make it meaningful to
me.
Police protection is an oxymoron.
Free citizens must protect themselves.
Police do not protect you from crime,
they usually just investigate the crime
after it happens and then call someone
in to clean up the mess.
I carry a gun because God gave me
the Right to do so; it is inalienable.
A LITTLE GUN HISTORY
In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953,
about 20 million dissidents, unable to
defend themselves, were rounded up
and exterminated.
-----------------------------In 1911, Turkey established gun con
Germany established gun control in
1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of
13 million Jews and others who were
unable to defend themselves were
rounded up and exterminated.
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First Aircraft Carrier
Landing 101 Years Ago
From Rich Gates
One hundred years ago in San Francisco Eugene Ely invented naval aviation.
One hundred years is a very long
time. Yet in the hierarchy of modern
marvels, the ability to recover and
launch aircraft from the deck of a
moving ship stands out as one of our
signature accomplishments.
This just goes to show you: some
tricks never grow old.
Naval aviation was invented one
hundred years ago, on January 18,
1911, when a 24 year-old barnstormer
pilot named Eugene B. Ely completed
the world's first successful landing on
a ship. It happened in San Francisco
Bay aboard the cruiser USS Pennsylvania, which had a temporary 133foot wooden landing strip built above
her afterdeck and gun turret as part of
the experiment.
Ely accomplished his feat just eight
years after the Wright brothers made
their first flight at Kitty Hawk. His
aircraft was rudimentary: a Curtiss
Model D "Pusher" biplane, equipped
with a 60 hp V-8 engine that gave the
aircraft a 50 mph airspeed.
To get a sense of how simple it was,
behold a contemporary replica of Ely's
1911 Curtiss Pusher that was built to
celebrate this 100th anniversary. But
back then, innovation was afoot. Ely's
Curtis Pusher had been fitted with
a clever new invention called a tailhook.
The idea was to quickly halt the air-
Full sized replica of Curtiss Pusher, first
plane to land on a ship at sea.
First aircraft carrier, the USS Langley,
built in 1922.
craft after landing by using the tailhook to catch one or two of 22 rope
lines, each propped up a foot above
the deck and weighted by 50-pound
sandbags tied to each end, strung three
feet apart along the Pennsylvania's
temporary flight deck. Mark J. Denger
of the California Center for Military
History has written a tidy biography
of Eugene Ely which narrates the his(Continued on Page 9)
How Much To Tip These Days?
By Steve Baska
USA TODAY reports rising anger
and confusion over tipping workers
these days.
"The rage you encounter over tipping
is incredible," says Steve Dublanica, a
former waiter and author of Keep the
Change: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to
Become the Guru of the Gratuity.
What to give to whom causes confusion, guilt and anger that is heightened by what he calls "tip creep" - the
expanding number of workers seeking extra bucks for their services. He
even saw a tip jar at a newsstand in a
Pennsylvania mall.
Anderson, who also has worked in
the service industry, is not averse to
laying down 20% for a competent
server or a couple of dollars daily for
a hotel housekeeper. But now "I see
people tipping stewards and stewardesses," he says. "I don't know if it's
unsophisticated fliers or what."
A server may make $2-$3 hourly in
the USA ($2.13 is the federal minimum hourly wage for tipped workers); a hotel housekeeper, minimum
wage ($7.25 an hour) unless unionized or senior. (Unionized housekeepers in large cities may make $15-$20
an hour.)
Valet parkers, bell staff and others
rely on tips to pay the rent.
What to tip
Here are some tipping guidelines
from Steve Dublanica, author of Keep
the Change:
Bell staffer: $2 a bag (tip only the person who brings bags to your room)
Cab driver:15%-20%
Doorman: $1 for hailing a cab
Hotel housekeeper: $2-$5 a night,
Server: 18%-20%
Skycap: $2 a bag
Sometimes tips are set into a fare.
More U.S. restaurants include a service charge, even for small parties.
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Didn’t Know That
Local History - How Our Towns Got Their Names
Written by Ted W. Stillwell
The Reverend Thomas Johnson, a
Virginian and slave owner arrived
in Kansas back in 1829 to establish
the Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission, located near Shawnee Mission
Parkway and Mission Road. Between
1829 and 1858, he developed a training school and an experimental farm
for the Shawnee people. When Kansas
became a territory, Johnson served as
president of the territorial council and
a leader in the 1855 legislature. Although he was in sympathy with the
South, he did not condone secession
and remained loyal to the Union during the Civil War. Johnson was killed
by an assassin’s bullet in the doorway
of his home in 1865.
Three Greater Kansas City residential districts – Mission, Mission Hills,
and Mission Woods – are named for
the historic Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission. Way back in 1985, the
affluent Mission Hills community,
with a population of 4,130 at the time,
ranked second in the state in per capita
income. Johnson County, Kansas is respected as the most successful neighborhood of the metropolitan area.
The City of Shawnee was named in
honor of the Shawnee people, whose
reserve in Kansas was located south
From Bill Jacobs
Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission in North
Johnson County and
Thomas Johnson, its
founder. He was assassinated in the doorway
of one of the buildings.
of the Kansas River in a strip about
25 miles wide and extending 150
miles west from the Missouri border.
Thomas Johnson suggested the name
of Shawnee for the county in which
he lived, however, the powers-thatbe named his county Johnson, and the
name Shawnee was given to the county where the state capital is located at
Topeka. The word Shawnee means
“southerner”.
The Shawnee Indians had been driven from their eastern homes by the
Iroquois and the white man. Today,
they live near the Grand Lake of the
Cherokee in Northeast Oklahoma.
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The Clothesline
A Nostaligia Piece
They called them the good old days?
The clothes always smelled good
when dried in the fresh air. (I have
yet to find a dryer sheet to duplicate
the fresh smell of open air... even if it
was tainted by the "stockyards down
the road".
Remembering Mom's Clothesline
There is one thing that's left out. We
had a long wooden pole (clothes pole)
that was used to push the clotheslines
up so that longer items (sheets/pants/
etc.) didn't brush the ground and get
dirty.
You have to be a "certain age" to appreciate this one.... (But you YOUNGER ones can read about "The GOOD
ol' days"!)
I can hear my mother now..... THE
BASIC RULES FOR CLOTHESLINES:
(If you don't even know what clotheslines are, better skip this.)
1. You had to hang the socks by the
toes... NOT the top.
2. You hung pants by the BOTTOM/
cuffs... NOT the waistbands.
3. You had to WASH the clothesline(s)
before hanging any clothes – walk the
entire length of each line with a damp
cloth around the lines.
4. You had to hang the clothes in a
certain order, and always hang
"whites" with "whites," and hang them
first.
5. You NEVER hung a shirt by the
shoulders - always by the tail! What
would the neighbors think?
6. Wash day on a Monday! NEVER
hang clothes on the weekend, or on
Sunday, -for Heaven's sake!
7. Hang the sheets and towels on the
OUTSIDE lines so you could hide
your "unmentionables" in the middle
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Your Personal Alarm System
The stated reason may be so that international visitors know something extra is the custom, but many customers
"don't see this inclusion in the menu's
fine print and actually tip another 15%
to 20%," says traveler Ken Perry, 67,
of Columbia, Tennessee. Same for
with that blank line for tips on hotel
room service bills, which typically already include a gratuity and delivery
charge.
Tipping expert Steve Dublanica
says tipping “will always make your
life easier when you travel,” and is “a
personality test” that exposes whether
you're mean-spirited or generous.
Phelps, 54, is a tipper and a generous one, who hands chips to dealers in
Vegas after a win. But he says it can
cost $22 now just to get him and his
family to hotel rooms ($2 for the valet
parker, $10 to the person who takes
multiple bags from the car; $10 to a
second person who ferries the bags
to the room). "Too many people have
their hands out," he says.
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From Jan Clark
Put your car keys beside your bed at
night. Tell your spouse, your children,
your neighbors, your parents, your
Doctor's office, the check-out girl at
the market, everyone you run across.
Put your car keys beside your bed at
night.
If you hear a noise outside your home
or someone trying to get in your house,
just press the panic button for your car.
The alarm will be set off and the horn
will continue to sound until either you
turn it off or the car battery dies.
This tip came from a neighborhood
watch co-ordinator. Next time you
come home for the night and you start
to put your keys away, think of this:
It's a security alarm system that you
probably already have and requires no
installation. Test it. It will go off from
most everywhere inside your house
and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with
the button on the key fob. It works if
you park in your driveway or garage.
If your car alarm goes off when someone is trying to break into your house,
odds are the burglar/rapist won't stick
around. After a few seconds, all the
neighbors will be looking out their
windows to see who is out there and
sure enough the criminal won't want
that. And remember to carry your keys
while walking to your car in a parking
lot. The alarm can work the same way
there. Maybe it could save a life or a
sexual abuse crime.
Another hint - My mom suggested to
my Dad that he carry his car keys with
him in case he falls outside and she
doesn't hear him. He can activate the
car alarm and then she'll know there's
a problem.
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Class Reunions
You are cordially invited to a reunion for all students who attended
Hilltop Elementary School from
1952 through 1965.
The reunion will take place at
Morning Grange Hall 23910 W. 191
Steet in Spring Hill, Kansas, 66083,
on Saturday, September 15 beginning
at 2:00 p.m.
It will be lots of fun seeing everyone and catching up on all the news.
Come join us and meet up with your
old friends and classmates.
We would like to see you all there.
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Short Shots
Brady Bunch redux will be coming
out soon on CBS, story has Bobby
Brady, from original show a divorced
dad with a new family, second wife
who has her own kids. Both respective exes are in cast. ** 86% of major
media coverage of Romney has been
negative. ** Colin Powel’s son to run
for DC Mayor. ** Pres Obama approval rate on Aug 1 was 44%. **
Caeser’s Palace in Vegas will open a
$17 million, 524 item buffet, items
like made-to-order choc. Souffle’
Breakfast will be $20, lunch $25,
dinner $40. ** As stupid as they are,
Ann and I are enjoying the new Dallas drama series on TBS. The greed
and envy, backstabbing and deceit, if
it weren’t so deplorable, is almost ridiculous.
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JC Old Settlers
Days Entertainment
September 6, 7, 8
Sheila Reitmeyer, secretary of Johnson County Old Settlers says Saturday night, Sept. 8 headliner music
act will be country music entertainer
Trent Tomlinson who was in Manhattan at the Big Country Stampede last
year.
His songs include One Wing in the
Fire, Drunker than Me, Just Might
Have Her Radio On, The McClaymonts have cancelled. The opening
band for Saturday is Last Chance
Flight, a little bit of everything music and they are local. This is Larry
Campbell and Friends Band.
Friday is still the headliner Double
Vision, a tribute to Foreigner, 80’s
rock. The opening band is Last Child
which does tribute to Aerosmith, a
80’s music group.
The jail is done with its construction and so the carnival will be back
to its original location.
Parade entries are open now, cost
is $50 for commericial and politicians. See the website which is
www.johnsoncountyoldsettlers.com
for details.
Back to its original parade route.
August 15, 2012
Gazette Humor
Blonde’s Dog
From Diane Hart
A blonde was walking her dogs
when a man walking in the opposite direction says "oh my, you have
such beautiful dogs. What are their
names?"
The blonde replies "Well, the taller
one is Timex and the shorter one is
Rolex."
The man responds "Huh.. that's interesting.. why did you name them
such names?"
The blonde sighs and shakes her
head "Everyone keeps asking me the
same thing... duhh, what else can you
name your watch dogs??"
JCCC Honored
Johnson County Community College is again one of the best colleges
in the nation to work for, according to
a survey conducted by The Chronicle
of Higher Education.
JCCC was recognized as such in
four categories: professional/career
development programs; facilities,
workspaces and security; job satisfaction; and work/life balance. The
college was also recognized as a great
college to work for in 2009, 2010 and
2011.
Tid Bits
80 million believe in UFO’s in USA.
** Don’t forget your baby, put lunch,
brief case, wallet, something in back
seat to remind you. ** Another curse
I got, prozopagnosia, can’t recall
faces. One of 50 of us have this to
some extent. 60 Minutes. ** Sugar
as addictive as cocaine says Dr. Robert Lustig in breakthrough study of
this USA curse. Big links to cancer.
We eat 130 pounds of sugar per year
on average. ** Sorry, but I have to
change the channel or mute it whenever Maria Antonia comes on. ** Did
Channel 5 fire everyone or what, it
looks like I am traveling, staying in
a motel and watching St. Louis or
Denver TV?
Gazette Hello To:
OMC Cardio Rehab nurses and
specialists Helen, Kim, Michelle,
Sue, Carly, Julia, rehab patients Dixie, Ralph P, Wanda, Ford, Tom P,
Rick, Paulette, Charles, Claude, The
Chief (Bill) , The Coach (Jim) , Kelly,
Chuck. **Bill and Emily Adams **
Pokey and Robert Hall. **
Briefs
If you love salads and have never
pigged out at the Olathe Hen House
Salad Bar (across street west of our
east Wal-Mart on Blackbob) Ask to
meet their local hostess and community treasure, Aunt Shirley. ** Didn’t
know former OSHS basketball coach
O’Dell has survived pancreatic cancer for 3 years, lives in FL. ** The
Great Mall Red Lobster has closed,
new one near the Olathe Olive Garden, new strategy for the chain that
owns both. ** Schlotsky’s selling donuts. ** Our Tuesday Morning moved
to 136th near State Line.
Kelly, Susan, Ice Cream
Regis Philbin retired Kelly kept it
going and now is moving from CBS
to Fox 4 at 10 a.m. weekdays. Live
with Kelly. ** Congrats to area’s
newest PA, Susan, with Olathe Cardiology, Ste 450 Bldg 2 OMC, lots of
work, but she did it. ** New ice cream
store going in next to Santosh Reddy
at Medicine Store on Santa Fe.
Facebook Tragedies
Facebook is getting lots of US high
school teachers in trouble with their
students. Get smart, teachers, don’t
give in to this dumb decision process
of chatting it up with your students.
One innuendo after another is leading
to lots of sexual relationships, ruining
lives. Turns the teachers into sexual
predators, registered sex offenders.
And long prison terms. Never has a
happy ending.
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the cards and flowers to:
Betsy Tudor, Bob & Carrie Hoehn,
Rick and Paula Marriott, Ina Kay and
Charlie Zimmerman, Teresa Bohi,
Russel & Juanita Turner, Sherry &
Gary DeVault, Rebecca Thesman,
Olathe Ford Outlet crew, Joe Van
Houtan, Ken & Joyce Roberts, Sherm
& Doris Olson, Deacons of First
Presbyterian Church, Jeri & Steve
Ginie, Larry & Anita Smith, Bob
Butts & Jan Leinbach, Robert Parrish MacLean, Louise & Ben Klier,
Rick Nichols, Uncle Carl Armstrong,
Judy & David Teel, Betty Miller, Bob
and Dee Millbern, Olathe Noon Rotary Club, The Olathe Historical Society, Oscar & Mary Smith, Dean &
Carole Hutcheson, Jack & Lois Bernard, Vera Williams, Susan & Roger
Spears, Sara Abramovitz, Paul Hunting, Gene & Thryrza Olson, Richard
& Barbara Sandberg, Mary Poppins,
Jim & Beckye Steele, Lynn & Bonnie Greene, Lyndon & Lynn Ketterman, Marv & Pat Gretencord, Joanne
& Harry LaCerte, Anna, Carolyn,
Carmen, Christie, Bobbie and Larry
at Merit Bank, Mike & Maggie Martinie, Steve & Vicki Baska, Dave &
Mary Cheney, Dr Cory Koch, Dr Gary
Morsch, Nancy Baldwin, Joe Van and
Lynette, Alice Smotherman, The Reverends Mark and Elise Hawke, Dale
Applebaugh, Kent & Janet Fox. Dave
& Sandy Lundgren, Tom Marsh, Bill
Treu, Juliano Betancourt Poticas Batista Frondizi Del Toro.
Smoke Alarms Save
Mother and Children
On August 2, an Olathe resident
called 911 reporting a house fire at
16601 West 147th Terrace. A mother
and two young children were sleeping in the residence when the home’s
smoke alarms alerted them to the fire.
When firefighters arrived, smoke had
filled the residence. It took firefighters about 10 minutes to control the
fire.
Olathe fire investigators have determined the cause of the blaze to be
careless disregard of smoking materials. Damage is estimated at less than
$10,000. No injuries were reported.
Briefs
Airline to avoid, Alaskan, don’t seem
to maintain planes well, Megabus,
would avoid, too many recent crashes, wonder about their tires. ** Randy
Travis, country music DWI super star,
found naked on hiway, had 10 top #1
songs, stumbling now. ** Congrats to
Sporting KC soccer team beating Seattle Sounders to win Lamar Hunt US
Open Championship, at Live Strong
stadium in front of 19,000 fanatics.
Stay off I-35 for now used Pflumm,
Antioch, Quivira mess at I-435. 127th
good four lane to go east west.
Johnson County Old Settlers
Arts & Crafts Booths
Old Settlers Flower Show
The very popular arts and crafts
shows and flower shows bring thousands of participants, vendors and
visitors. To learn more about and get
applications for these two events during the Sep. 6,7,8 Johnson County
Old Settlers, see the web site at www.
johnsoncountyoldsettlers.org
There is a space available for two
food booth at the Arts & Crafts Fair,
call 782-5254 for details, Jay or Justin Lang. One Park Street 3-day food
booth, non-profit. Commercial booth
spaces still avail, web site has all pricing info. Parade entries, call Sheila at
782-5551. Deadline approaching fast,
see web site
Don’t Buy Ash Firewood
Check it for Beetles
Under the Bark
Ash trees cut for firewood most
likely have the ash killing beetles.
The beetles hatch out and then work
their way to your or your neighbors’
ash trees. Ask the sellers what kind
of wood it is. They can always lie,
of course, but if not sure, don’t buy
it, folks. If you do, you’ll be helping
spread an unstoppable ash tree killing
epidemic.
OCTA Season
Tickets Now On Sale!
This is your last chance to get 20122013 Season Tickets at last year's
prices!
Effective 9/1/2012, our season ticket prices go up to $65. However, if
you purchase your season ticket now,
we're offering our 2012-2013 season
tickets at $55. Next seasons tickets at
this season's prices!
Season tickets will be on sale every
night of I Love You, You're Perfect,
Now Change 782-2990
2012-2013 Season:
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now
Change
Aug 10-26, 2012
Much Ado About Nothing
Oct 19- Nov 4, 2012
Moonlight and Magnolias
Feb 1-17, 2013
Man of La Mancha
Apr 5-21, 2013
Crimes of the Heart
June 7-23, 2013
Coming Up Next...
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare
Directed by David Martin
Cast:
Benedick - Justin Speer
Beatrice - Christina Schafer Martin,
Claudio - Ed Fogel Hero - Erika
Crane Ricketts Don Pedro - Jeremy
Riggs, Don John - Richard Burt
,Leonato - Charles Christesson
Dogberry, - Peter Leondedis
Verges - Tracy Fox Borachi,o - Derrick Freeman Conrade, - Michael
Juncker Antonio, - Bill Bergman
Margaret/Messenger/Boy - Jackie
Coomes Ursula - Vanessa Harper
Sexton/Friar Francis - Mike Haskin
Balthazar/First Watchman - Mark Allen Johnston Seacoal/A Lord - Don
Leonard
PRODUCTION DATES:
October 19, 20, 21*, 26, 27, 28*, Nov
2, 3, 4* 2012 Fridays and Saturdays
New Theatre Coming Up
8/29 to 11/4/12 Cheers Shelly Long
in Social Security*** 11/8-1/20/13
for Happy Days Marion Ross in The
Games’ Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays ** 1/23/13-3/31/13 M*A*S*H
Mike Farrell in On Golden Pond **
4/3/13-6/16/13 LaVerne & Shirley’s
Cindy Williams in Weekend Comedy. ** 6/20-8/25/13 The Buddy Holly Story, back from last year, one of
most popular shows, call 649-SHOW
for tickets and mention the Gazette,
please.
Two Movies We Enjoyed
Little or no cussing, no sex play,
no explosions, good for kids, grandkids ** Journey 2 – The Mysterious
Island by Jules Verne with Michael
Caine, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock),
Josh Hutcheson, pretty preposterous, but we enjoyed it. PG ** Big
Miracle where Drew Barrymore and
John Krasinki save trapped Alaska
whales, is predictable, but touching
story, PG.
Squibs
Today 32 million adults in US live
alone (population 310 million), in
1950 only 4 million in population of
125 million. ** Hoping our Olathe
Downtown Streetscape really improves the looks of town, and not
another disaster like Urban Renewal.
** New Tesla (scientist who pioneered AC current) electric car gets
300 miles to a charge, 0-60 mph in
5.2 seconds, but how much do they
cost. Think running the high energy
useage auto A/C would drain the batteries super fast and leave you powerless.
Recycle
Old
Electronics
FREE
Olathe has free e-waste recycling
drop-off for residents at the Household Hazardous Waste facility, 1420
Robinson. Recycling is available by
appointment.
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Wed.-Fri.
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sat.
(except 2nd Sat. of the month)
Call 913 971-9311.
Items accepted are:
Televisions, CRT monitors, computers, laptops, printers, scanners, small
electronics (15 lbs or less) including
VCRs, keyboards, etc.) and small accessories. Not accepted: smoke alarms
(most are slightly radioactive).
LeEtta Felter
LisaVaughan
Keith E. Johnson,
Publisher
Jim Burditt
gmail.com
On the Web jocogazette.com
August 15, 2012
Letter to the Gazette
While I certainly want to wish Keith
Johnson the best going forward as he
recovers from open heart surgery, I
must respectfully disagree with him
when he describes this publication
as a newspaper. It is not. Indeed it is
many things - a vehicle for advertising, a source of "entertainment" (for
lack of a better term) and to a much
lesser extent need-to-know information, a forum for opinion and discussion of the issues of the day - but it is
not a newspaper in the true sense of
the word.
O.D. Smith's well-done "autobiography" in the July 16 edition of Johnson's County Gazette mentioned
three newspapers that specifically
served the Olathe area in years gone
by, The Johnson County Democrat,
The Olathe Mirror and The Olathe
Daily News. Suffice it to say that the
discriminating reader would never
confuse any of them with The Gazette.
Rick Nichols
Leavenworth, KS
Editor’s Note: Gee Whiz, you coulda
fooled us. It lines a bird cage just like
a newspaper. Serves as a painter’s
drop cloth in a pinch. Wraps fish well.
We have always thought for the last
34 years that when we drove to work
each day it was to a newspaper office.
Get well wishes
I am an avid reader of the Gazette
and appreciate the articles and updates. I want to wish you the best
Keith in your recovery. I didn't realize you had some past health issues
and am so glad to have read you are
doing well. Didn't know how to reach
Ann, but wanted to apologize to her
for asking her assistance on an old
grade school picture I was trying to
find; I assume this was in the midst of
you being sick. I wanted her to know
I was sorry I called and checked in to
see if she had found my picture. It
was no big deal. Glad you are doing
great and thanks for The Gazette.
Patti Schuman
Find a Local Economical Guy
Avoid the Bigs
Stay completely away from the big
time high advertising volume plumbers you hear of. Find a local guy
who will do a great job for a modest fee. These big time plumbers have
to charge an arm and a leg to cover
their overhead, sometimes charging
twice what a local small time guy will
charge.
They have to pay for all that huge
Yellow Page advertising, expensive
TV and radio, the cruises they take
their employees on and more and
they’re gonna soak you. No pun intended. A neighbor just used a ‘full
page plumber” and I wish he had
asked me to recommend someone
reasonable. Some people just like
getting “soaked”.
Olathe Trail Riders Dance
Bob Millbern says public invited to
Aug 18 (8-11pm) event with entertainment from country music’s Dale
Reese from the Ottawa Kansas Opera
and Outlaw Country Band. Located
at 167th and Blackbob in southeast
Olathe, BYOB.
Hi Keith - Do you remember my telling you about having a friend in FL
who had been stationed here during
the time the Naval base was here
back in the 40's? Well, I sent him
Cliff Ball's column a month or so ago,
and also called Mr. Ball to tell him
about my friend. Anyway, to make a
long story short, they conversed over
the phone and Jack (my friend) said
that Mr. Ball was 14 when he was
stationed here and that he was a water
boy for the crew building the naval
air station at that time. He said Mr
Ball also worked in an ice cream shop
in Olathe, so he probably bought an
ice cream cone from him back then.
Small world!!! Wonder if Cliff Ball
will write something for your paper
about his conversation with Mr. Mac
Neil? Time will tell.
Thanks Diane Hart
Dear Gazette
Origin of Left & Right...
I have often wondered why it is that
Conservatives are called the "right"
and Liberals are called the "left."
By chance I stumbled upon this verse
in the Bible: The heart of the wise
inclines to the right, but the heart of
the fool to the left." Ecclesiastes 10:2
(NIV)
Thus sayeth the Lord. Amen.
Can't get any simpler than that.
and now for a Spelling Lesson...
The last four letters in American........
..I Can
The last four letters in Republican...
..I Can
End of lesson. Test to follow in November, 2012.
Pat H.
City of Olathe Seeking
Artist Submissions
From Erin Vader
The City of Olathe is currently accepting artist submissions for the
Olathe Community Center Art Project. Olathe is building a state of the
art community center at Kansas City
Road and Ridgeview Road. The
72,000 square foot structure will be
completed in 2014. Leopold Gallery
is the art consultant for the project.
The Call is open to artists in Kansas
and the Kansas City area, and is open
to all art media. The postmark deadline for submissions is September 29,
2012. Please visit www.OlatheKS.
org/CommunityCenter for more information on the guidelines and submission process.
Recent Deaths
Charles Geiss, retired USAF Lt. Col.,
50 WW II B-17 bombing missions
over Italy, Germany, sold real estate.
** Frances Irene Marks, 91, very active 1st Christian Church, skilled artisan, ** Carol F. Chiville Lynn, 67,
H&R Block manager, Chief Mom in
Charge. *** Robert “Bob” Matthew
Toplikar, 90 worked Delco and GM
Leeds plant, WW II vet. **
Johnson’s County Gazette
Olathe’s Paper
Page 3
A Look At The Olathe Real Estate Market
Ask Your Local Expert,
Char MacCallum
Real Estate Group
Olathe’s Hometown
Real Estate Firm
“Buying or selling a premier property demands premier experience.”
Char has the knowledge and skill,
combined with a friendly approach
that leads to your successful real
estate transactions. When you work
with Char, you work with the industry’s top professional, and one of the
most respected names in Olathe.
Question: I want to sell my house but
I can’t afford to fix it up and paint it
so that it looks good for showings? I
also don’t have good furniture to fill
the empty rooms and some of my furniture I do have is not that good looking but I can’t afford to replace it to
sell my home. Is there any solution
that I can afford to help me sell my
home?
Answer: Your first showing is online
and so that first impression is huge.
The Char MacCallum Real Estate
Group has a StyleDesigner product
that potential buyers can change the
color of the walls, textures of the
countertops, and even the type of
flooring with just a click. This tool
allows potential buyers to actually
change the way your home looks online to meet their personal taste with
the click of a mouse. Want green
walls? Done. New tile floor or Granite Countertops? No problem. With
this innovative approach to marketing online, buyers are sure to make
your house their dream home.
We also have an option for Virtual
Staging by using the latest 3D rendering technologies, we are able to take a
photo of an empty room and then fill it
full of beautiful furniture & accessories. Our virtual staging team can add
designer couches, tables, rugs, lamps,
TV's, draperies and many other items
to make the home look like a million
dollars. This allows potential buyers
to get their creative juices flowing,
because they can use this interactive
tool to see what the home may look
like if they were to move in.
Question: I am hearing that this is the
best time to buy and sell a home, can
you tell me why when I keep hearing
that the economy is still bad?
Answer: Great question. The experts
are looking to the future for those
improvements, here is what Capital
Economics recently stated: “Recent
strong upward momentum in house
prices may not be sustained for much
longer. But we are encouraged that
confidence in the house price outlook
Tony Otrosko Sends Humor
to jocogazette
Hi, Keith
“We are glad to hear that all is well
with your post operative recovery!
Keep positive thoughts, alwaysKeith!
To cheer you up I thought I would
send you my old favorite:”
Wives Can Talk
It was Sunday, College football play
off season, the church services ran
way past the normal time and the elderly gentleman was trying to speed
home (over loud protests from his
frightened wife) to avoid missing as
little of the game as possible.
As we all know, Murphy's law will
always get you! The police officer
pulled him over and noticed that the
driver did not have his seat belt on.
So, starting with the speeding question the driver stated that he did not
speed to which his very religious
wife told the officer that she was very
frightened by her speeding husband
and turning to her now angered husband told him that lying was a sin.
The officer, next, told the by now
enraged husband that for the lie he
would also issue him a ticket for not
is improving, with consumers expecting prices to rise further over the next
year. And, driven by investors attracted by record-low valuations, rockbottom interest rates and low yields
on other assets, there is an underlying
improvement in housing demand underway.” We know that the demand
for housing is rising as those that did
their short sales two years earlier are
now able to buy again. We are also
seeing the attitudes towards the value
of home ownership changing, per Dr.
Robi Ludwig. “We’re seeing a psychological shift. We’re realizing that
a home doesn’t solely equate to financial return or measure only to a mortgage amount. Instead the home is the
emotional center of our lives, and it
remains a critical component of who
we are. The feeling you get when you
step through your front door or pull
into your driveway is indescribable
and priceless and the same holds true
for our children who crave stability.
While I know that financial hardships
during the recession clearly have impacted many households, it is clear
that the emotional value of a home is
still strongly recognized.” What this
means is this is a great time to get into
the market at the bottom of the price
points and historically some of the
lowest interest rates we have ever experienced. Because of the shut down
of new construction starts and slow
down of the resale housing industry, we are moving towards a serious
shortage of housing by 2015.
New Closing data: Today more
than ever you need an expert in the
market to help you make wise decisions when buying or selling. Call
The Char Team and let us help you
make sense of this market. Expert
help isn’t expensive, it’s priceless.
Call us at 913-782-8857 or go to
www.Char4Homes.com or www.findkansascityrealestate.com
To search the real estate market, go
to www.findkansascityrealestate.com
and get email listings as they come
on the market.
Call me today at 913 782-8857.
Char MacCallum, President
Char MacCallum Real Estate
Group, Inc
Char@Char4Homes.com
913-782-8857 Office
913-782-9429 Fax
Search For Homes on your Mobile
Phone by Text: 87778 and enter code:
CHAR Serving Southwest Kansas
City in Johnson and Miami County
(Some of this information and
comments came from Swanepoel
Trends Report.)
wearing his seat belt. The husband replied that he always wore his seat belt
and had taken it of to exit the car to
speak with the officer. The wife piped
up once more and told the officer that
she begged her husband to buckle
up in case his speeding resulted in a
crash. Hearing his wife's latest disclosure the irate man started to yell
at her to keep quiet and not to tell the
officer any more facts. When the officer asked the wife if her husband always yelled at her in this fashion she
replied: " No, only when he has been
drinking"!
Gazette Humor
Kids In Church
From Bob Gingrich
3-year-old Reese : Our Father, Who
does art in heaven,Harold is His
name. Amen
I’m Okay
A little boy was overheard praying:
'Lord, if you can't make me a better
boy, don't worry about it. I'm having
a real good time like I am.'
Olathe, KS - 15084 S. Blackbob Rd. - 913 764-BANK
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Johnson’s County Gazette
Olathe’s Very Own Newspaper
August 15, 2012
Other Sheep
Ministries
By Rev. Carl Erwin
Loss or Gain
In the world, people gamble by losing to try to gain this world's goods.
Many times people end up in bankruptcy, losing all. In the Christian life,
we give ourselves to Christ to gain
salvation, sanctification and heaven,
as a bonus. A song says, "Let me lose
myself and find it Lord in Thee!" The
Bible says, "He that loses his life for
my sake will find new life!" Jim Elliot
and others died as they gave their lives
to Christ on a missionary call to Auca
at the hands of its warriors. Today a
thriving Church of Jesus Christ exists
among the Auca Indians.
"What shall it profit a man if he gains
the whole world, but loses his soul," or
"What will a man give in exchange for
his soul?" This is not just about things,
but life itself.
One person had the choice of becoming a physician or a minister of
God's Word. He decided that as a doctor, sooner or later, he would lose each
patient. But as a minister, his influence would have eternal value, help-
Rev. Carl Erwin
ing people to prepare for heaven. So
he chose to make less money and gain
people for salvation and heaven.
Another person who had a doctor's
practice decided to give up a thriving practice to go to the mission field
with a low income. He wrote a book,
"This Pair of Hands," telling the world
how God used him to help people who
needed help and many had no way of
getting help.
Jesus declared, "I am the Way, the
Truth and the Life." "The things of
earth will grow strangely dim in the
light of His glory and grace." A song
says, "My house (church) is full, but
my fields (places to serve) are empty.
Won't you go and work for me today?"
Don't lose the best to gamble and get
the worst.
Exp. Sep. 30, 2012
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R.Ph; Leo Shalinsky,R.Ph.
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Tips for Protecting Your Trees
From Erin Vader
Olathe City Public Relations
A little watering can save your very
valuable tree. Don’t let them die on
your watch. Trees do not naturally
grown here except along creek and
river banks where water is almost
always available. So, enable them to
survive by watering around the drip
line, for several hours at a trickle, so
it soaks in. Some folks use root feeders that are long pipes that can be
stuck down into the ground.
The heat and drought have wreaked
havoc on landscapes across the city.
The Olathe Parks and Recreation Department fields numerous inquiries
about how homeowners can protect
one of the most expensive pieces of
their landscape, trees.
Rick Spurgeon, City of Olathe Arborist, suggests the following for residents wanting to protect their trees:
Don’t depend on your irrigation system. Most residential systems are
not effective at allowing the water to
soak into the ground and get to the
deep roots of trees. Turf and trees
have different needs. Daily, shallow
turf watering can actually kill your
trees.
Think low and slow. Run your hose
on a low setting at the base of your
tree for 3-4 hours every 10 days. Another idea is to drill holes in a 5 gallon bucket, set along the base to the
drip line (the canopy) of the tree and
fill, do this a few times every week or
so a couple of days a week.
Aerate your trees. Many homeowners
aerate their yards on a regular basis,
but neglect their trees. The soil needs
to be broken up around the tree to allow oxygen and water to flow to the
root system properly. Turf aeration
DOES NOT aerate the trees. Trees
need aeration over one foot deep.
Don’t over water. Just as important
as low and slow watering every few
days, remember that watering everyday can also cause stress. Space out
your watering, but make sure the water
is soaked down deep, not just muddy
on top.
Mulch. Adding a good layer of
mulch around your tree will help insulate the roots and conserves water.(Do
not cover the trunk with mulch, It will
kill the tree eventually) Spurgeon also
suggests that residents consider trees
for fall planting that are either native
or adaptive to the area and our weather. A few suggested drought-hardy
trees include Bald Cypress, Chinquapin Oak, Swamp White Oak.
“Many times homeowners worry
about their grass and not their trees in
drought situations,” said Spurgeon.
“What is important to remember is
that you can have brand new grass
in as little as two weeks, but in many
cases it takes 80 years to replace a tree
lost to conditions like we are experiencing.”
SENIORS FOR ROMNEY,
KIDS FOR OBAMA
There's more of a generation gap than
gender gap for president.
In a national USA TODAY/Gallup
Poll, most 65-and-older seniors support Romney while young adults under
30 back Obama by almost 2-1.
The 18-percentage-point difference
in their presidential choices is one of
the electorate's biggest demographic
divides, and it helps define campaign
strategies for both sides, USA TODAY
reports.
Though still backing him, younger
voters have lost some of their ardor
for Obama, while seniors have become significantly more engaged than
in 2008 on behalf of the 65-year-old
Romney - and they are much more
likely to vote.
Senior citizen Ireton-Hewitt finds his
granddaughter's point of view exasperating.
"Their big thing is Obama is going to
lower the interest rates on their college
loans," he says, noting that he worked
his way through college and graduate
school without borrowing a dime.
Hello, it’s me again with some awesome experiences to share with you.
School starts, I think next week, so
better do some last second things that
are fun such as, go to a museum, go to
the lake, spend time with family, etc. I
recently went to the World War I museum and may I say it was totally awesome to see a museum dedicated to the
First World War.
If you go to the WWI Museum make
sure to see every single centimeter of
it, because, as I said, it was extremely
awesome. Make sure, while you are
there, you go to the top of Liberty
Memorial. It is awesome because you
can see the whole city from there. The
tower is 217 feet high! Make sure you
walk across the glass bridge and see all
the Poppies. There are 9,000 Poppies,
and each represents 1,000 combatant
deaths during WWI. Overall, and I
can’t believe I’m saying this, but that
Mark Your Fall Calendars Now for
Upcoming Mahaffie Events
From Erin Vader
Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm
Historic Site, 1200 Kansas City Road,
announces the 2012 Fall Calendar of
Events. The featured fall event is the
Wild West Show and Bullwhacker
Days on Saturday September 22 and
Sunday September 23. Experience
performances from Annie Oakley, the
Whip Guy, and enjoy lots of hands on
activities for kids such as roping and
gold panning. New this year is Wicked
Liars: Fire Eating, Sword Swallowing
and Juggling. Enjoy a Cowboy Baseball Game using 1860s rules on Saturday and a youth rodeo and mutton
busting on Sunday.
Other special events include Grandparents Day on Sunday September 9,
Fall Home School Day on Thursday
September 13, and Cemetery Tours
on Thursday October 11, Friday October 12 and Saturday October 13. This
year, Cemetery Tours feature stories
of Olathe during the Civil War. Tour
tickets go on sale Wednesday, August
1 and can be purchased in the Heritage
Center during regular business hours.
Tickets are $5/adults and $4/kids ages
5 to 11. Join Mahaffie on Saturday,
October 20 for Tiger Cub Scout Day
highlighting Fall Harvest activities,
and Saturday, October 27 for the third
Trick or Treat OFF the Street event.
Winter events include a Santa Breakfast on Saturday, November 24,
Christmas Open House on Saturday,
December 1, and a Holiday Tea on
Sunday, December 9. For more information about Mahaffie special events,
visit www.mahaffie.org.
HOMELESS
DONATION METERS
AP reports that in Lawrence, Kansas,
the city government has begun using
special "donation meters" downtown
as an alternative to giving spare change
to panhandlers. The city installed six
donation meters downtown in June.
The donation meters are used parking
meters with a special paint scheme.
The spare change raised by the meters
goes to programs to fight homelessness.
The city collected about $51 from the
meters during the most recent 30-day
collection period. The money went to
the Lawrence Community Shelter.
Loring Henderson, director of the
shelter, says the meters are a positive
way to try to help the homeless, and
that the shelter doesn't support panhandling.
Cathy Hamilton, executive director
of Downtown Lawrence, Inc., says
more work may need to be done to
make people aware of the meters.
Blonde Joke
A blonde is in the bathroom and her
husband shouts: "Did you find the
shampoo?"
She answers, "Yes, but I'm not sure
what to do... it's for dry hair, and I've
just wet mine."
is 9,000,000 deaths of soldiers during the war. You can also learn about
trench warfare, and how the Allies
fought on one side and the enemies
fought on the other. In the middle was
called No-Man’s-Land because there
were a lot deaths and destruction between the trenches.
Overall, I think the Museum is a must
see item to put on your summer bucket list if you can’t make it this year.
If you go to the museum I hope that
you enjoy it as much as I did, and you
should definitely take your children or
grandchildren. Also, don’t forget to
buy a souvenir at the gift shop.
Well I hope that you all enjoyed your
summer because I know that I enjoyed
mine.
See you next time!
Sincerely,
Gabriel Pro
KC INNOVATIONS
Are we encouraging our children to
be creative in a business sense? They
might invent something that makes
them rich, or at least provides a good
living.
The KC Star reported recently that
Kansas City has a booming tech startup community. "A growing group of
entrepreneurs is working on apps for
tablets and smartphones. Others are
developing services and devices, including ones that keep a remote eye on
an aging relative and offer a new type
of pacifier that gets premature babies
on the right feeding track.
Tuesday Morning has
moved to Stateline Station
From Matt Galvin
We've moved our North Clairborne
Road location to Stateline Station.
If you shop this store, then we have
exciting news, new arrivals at a new
location! Aisle after aisle, find more
unique home accessories and gifts you
love at drastically discounted prices.
We've just restocked, so don't miss our
newest Tuesday Morning.
Arrive early for the treasure hunt because many closeout items are limited
in quantity and the first ones there find
the best selection.
Operation Lifeline
Available to Those in Need
From Erin Vader Olathe
With the continuation of extreme
temperatures, the Olathe Police Department reminds the public of its
Operation Lifeline program. The program enlists community volunteers to
make daily telephone calls to retired
and self-care individuals who don’t
have anyone available to check on
them regularly. If a volunteer is unable to make telephone contact with
a program participant, a police officer
is dispatched to the residence to check
on the individual.
Individuals who would like to participate in the program must meet the following criteria:
• Live within the city limits of Olathe
• Have no family members living
in the immediate area to do regular
check-ins
• Be able to provide Olathe Police
Department access to residence in the
event of an emergency.
Operation Lifeline is free of charge.
Additional information is available by
contacting the Community Outreach
Unit at 971-7500.
Horse Shoe Pitching at OSet
Terry Talley says Annual Johnson
County Old Settlers Horseshoe Pitching in Olathe, begins 10 a.m. Saturday
Sep 8 at Waterworks Park, off S. Harrison at Sheridan, go east to the park,
can’t miss it. Everyone welcome, $10
entry fee, juniors free, all money paid
out, trophies for juniors.
For more information call 9123-5490342. Rain or shine. See ya there.
now thru Sep 15, 2012
August 15, 2012
The Four Rules of Love
Some people never felt loved as children, and they worry that they will be
unable to express the love they feel for
their own kids. They realize they need
to learn techniques to demonstrate that
love.
If you felt loved as a child, you're
fortunate. Your love just naturally
flows from you to your children. With
your busy schedule, managing work,
home and family, however, perhaps
you wonder if you're really tuning in
to the love needs of your children.
1. TIME One effective way to maintain contact with your child is to set
aside 15 minutes each day when you
shed your parenting role and agenda,
letting your child be the boss. Sit on
the floor to play with your toddler or
preschooler; play games or help your
six- to 12-year-old with a school project or hobby; go with your adolescent
to buy a CD.
2. WORD POWER Be aware of the
Johnson’s County Gazette
power of your words. "How you talk
to your children can make them your
allies rather than your adversary," says
Nancy Samalin, author of LOVING
YOUR CHILD IS NOT ENOUGH
(Penguin). Here's Samalin's example:
"Your child comes home from school
mad. 'I'm angry. My teacher yelled at
me today.' Don't say, 'She must have
had good reason.' Instead clarify,
'Your teacher yelled at you? That must
have been embarrassing.' Magically,
your child feels understood and loved.
Your child knows you're on his side.
Now, you can get to the heart of the
matter."
3. EMOTIONS "Be patient with emotions. It's not the end of the world when
your child expresses an emotion," says
John Gottman, Ph.D., author of THE
HEART OF PARENTING: RAISING AN EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT CHILD (Simon & Schuster).
"By giving each of your child's emotions a name, whether anger, fear, disappointment, sadness or joy, you miraculously help your child regulate the
emotion."
4. LOVE AND LIMITS Realize you
can express love and limits at the same
time. Stopping your child from misbehaving may cause him distress in the
short run, but in the long run, setting
reasonable guidelines for behavior
gives the message that you have the
interest and energy to care.
Source: www.familyfun.com
Come Into My Kitchen
is a long-time column presented by the
Kansas City Star. On
March 23, 1970, the
Star ran the following
article about Gazette
Publisher Keith Johnson’s mother, Muriel
Johnson. It includes
some of her favorite recipes from the
1960s. We know she
would love to share
them with you, so
here they are again, 42
years later. She died in
1990 at 85 and was a
fabulous cook.
Apricot Jam is the filling for Mrs. R. T. (Muriel) Johnson’s sweet rolls. From the basic dough,
she also makes bran rolls.
(KC Star Photo)
She Guides Food They Eat
From Garden to Cooking Pot
Olathe’s Hometown Community Newspaper
Returning to Work
As you find your way as a mother
and a working woman, other employed
mothers will be your best teachers.
And what they'll probably tell you is
this: "If you find a good childcare provider, you'll do anything to keep her
because she's so valuable."
It's natural to feel uneasy or sad
about your baby's closeness to that
warm, nurturing provider you worked
so hard to find. Working mothers who
look back on the first year, however,
tend to feel that being with other people was a positive for their child. You
have introduced another person into
your infant's life who cares about him
and is happy to see him. And babies
still know who their parents are and
are fondest of them.
It's also natural to worry about returning to that other big part of your
life: your job. There's often a honeymoon period when everyone wants to
see pictures and talk about the baby.
But that ends, and you’re supposed to
be back to "normal."
It may help to talk to your boss - before
Blue-Jean
Book Bag
This quick sewing project makes it
a cinch to turn old jeans into a rugged
book bag.
CRAFT MATERIALS:
Pair of jeans
Scissors
Sewing machine or needle and thread
Cotton belt
1. Zip the jeans and turn them inside
out. With a pair of fabric scissors (a
parent's job), cut off both jean legs 3
inches from the crotch. Set aside. Next,
fold the cutoff jeans, matching up the
side seams as you would to press front
and back leg pleats.
2. Using a sewing machine (or a close,
even hand stitch), sew closed each leg
opening 1 inch from the cut edge. Trim
the denim 1/2 inch from the stitching.
3. Turn the jeans right-side out. For a
handle, thread a cotton belt through the
belt loops and tie the ends together.
you return - about your job duties and
schedule. Listen to other employed
women and their stories of combining
work and family life. Draw on several
ideas and suggestions, rather than trying to find a single, perfect role model.
Also look for books on the topic.
Finding Balance
Both at home and at work, balance
your demands and resources. Look at
the demands on your time and the resources you have to handle them - your
partner, family, friends, money. What
can you delegate? What can you skip?
You don't always have to do things as
your mother (or your pre-baby self)
did.
Focus on the good things in your life,
not just the conflicts. So much of what
you read about working mothers emphasizes stress. You rarely see quotes
like: "Before I had kids, I wasn't as patient at work. But I've learned a lot of
patience from my children." Women
also say that negotiation skills learned
from work help them at home.
Source: www.ivillage.com
Crafty Lunch Sack
Show off chic cafeteria style with this
easy-to-make -- and easy-to-wash -lunch bag.
CRAFT MATERIALS:
Old pair of pants
Fabric scissors
Sewing machine or thread and needle
Cord
Patches, paint or buttons
1. To begin, cut a 12- to 16-inch section from a pant leg. Fold over a 1/2inch strip around the top and sew it
down to create a casing.
2. Through an opening left in the casing, thread a 3-foot length of cord and
knot the two ends together.
3. To form the bag's bottom, cut another piece of fabric from the pants,
about 1/2-inch larger than the leg's
circumference. Turn the leg inside out
and sew the two pieces together.
4. Customize the bag with patches,
fabric paints or buttons.
Source: www.familyfun.com
By Carol Phaneuf (A Member of the Star’s Staff)
What’s in the garden often ends up in the cooking pot at the R.T. Johnson
home, 9629 High Drive, Leawood. An enthusiastic gardener, baker and cook,
Mrs. Johnson cans and freezes home-grown vegetables for later use in her
favorite recipes.
Rolls have been her specialty for 30 years. The versatile dough may be
made into bran rolls for dinner or sweet rolls for morning and afternoon coffee gatherings. Mrs. Johnson often freezes the baked sweet rolls without the
icing and jam filling.
“After the rolls are thawed, fill, glaze and warm them in the oven,” She said.
”Reheating frozen baked goods such as cakes, cookies and rolls gives them a
much fresher taste.”
“I would advise any woman who wants to learn to bake bread to begin in the
summer when the temperature is about 90 degrees,” she commented. “Having the proper warmth for the rolls to rise is a problem.”
“I make rolls on the same day as I do my other baking and set the covered
rolls on top of the oven to rise.”
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have three children and four grandchildren (now 7)
Mrs. Johnson is a member of the College Club of Kansas City.
Tamale casserole is a recipe friends request most often. The homemaker
said onion pickles are practical to make in the winter because onions, the
main ingredient, are available. She uses home-canned tomato juice in the
aspic recipe.
“Vinegar, sugar and lemon gelatin really make a difference in preparing the
tomato aspic,” Mrs. Johnson commented. “It never has a glue-like taste and
it enhances the flavor of entrees.”
asic Roll Dough
B
1 medium large potato, peeled.
Water.
½ cup sugar.
1 package granulated yeast.
1 cup flour.
2 egg yolks or 1 whole egg.
2 teaspoons salt.
½ cup margarine.
Cut potato in small pieces. Cover with water, cook until soft, and mash.
Add enough water to make 3 cups liquid; cool mixture to lukewarm. Add
yeast, sugar and flour, mix well. Cover bowl with tea towel and set in warm
place until bubbles form on top, about one hour. Add egg yolks or whole egg,
margarine and salt. Blend well. This makes 4 cups of dough. Divide batter
evenly in two large bowls. Using yolks gives the dough a more yellow color,
but makes no other difference.
weet Rolls
S
Half of basic dough recipe.
2 cups flour.
½ cup confectioners’ sugar.
1 tablespoon light cream.
Apricot, pineapple or orange jam.
Add 2 cups flour to dough, stir in thoroughly. Cover and let rise in warm
place until dough is light. Place on floured board, roll out to ½-inch thick.
Spread dough with margarine, fold over and roll out to original shape. Repeat
this step three times; this will make rolls flakey and tender. Cut in strips ½
inch by 5 inches. Wind strips around the finger, spiraling the dough somewhat. Tuck end underneath the roll. Place on greased cookie sheet, cover and
let rise in warm place until light. Bake at 350 degrees until lightly brown,
about 15 minutes. Remove pan from oven, place a teaspoon of jam in center
of each roll. Lightly ice rolls with glaze made by mixing powdered sugar and
cream. Heat rolls before serving. Makes 20.
Cataracts
The American Academy of Ophthalmology reports that cataracts are one
of the most common causes of vision
loss, especially as people age. A cataract, a clouding of the eye's lens, develops slowly. While a cataract may
not need to be removed right away,
surgery is the only treatment.
According to the AAO, one or more
of these symptoms may progress over
time:
-Increased difficulty seeing at night
or in low light.
-Painless cloudy, blurry or dim vision.
- Seeing halos around lights.
- Sensitivity to light and glare.
- Yellowed or faded colors.
- Brighter light needed for reading
and other activities.
- Frequent changes in eyeglass or
contact lens prescription.
Lisa Vaughan
- Double vision in one eye.
To determine if you have cataracts,
contact your ophthalmologist. Only a
dilated eye exam can determine the
presence of cataracts.
EyeCare America, the public service program of the Foundation of the
American Academy of Ophthalmology, provides eye care through volunteer ophthalmologists at no cost. To
check if you qualify for a free medical eye exam, visit EyeCare America’s
Referral Center website at www.eyecareamerica.org.
Lisa Vaughan is a freelance writer
who lives in Olathe.
Hope 4 Single Moms
by R.J Thesman
Sometimes you just have to improvise. My son struggled during the junior high years – who doesn’t? So I
tried to find as many interesting and
entertaining activities as possible.
Sometimes we agreed on a movie or
a concert; other times we found a new
place to eat.
One beautiful autumn day, we decided on a picnic. I had worked all
day and wasn’t going to come home
and fry a chicken. My son was zapped
from school, and even the dog seemed
to need fresh air.
So I rummaged through my coupon
drawer and found a buy-one-get-onefree meal from Sonic. Off we drove in
the old pickup. We ordered our hamburgers, fries and drinks then drove to
one of the lovely parks in Lawrence.
All three of us jumped in the back of
the pickup. The dog, of course, ate any
scraps we gave him including pickles
and lettuce. Leaves were just begin-
ning to turn their rust-colored shades
while a soft breeze blew in from the
lake. Cicadas sang their raucous chorus, and the dog wagged his tail in delight. We were the only people at the
park on that gorgeous evening, so it
was the perfect time for my son to unload about his day.
I forgot about dirty laundry, the magazine article that needed revisions and
my schedule for the next day. We all
relaxed and just enjoyed the moment.
Our little family made it through another day with the sweet memory of a
pickup picnic.
R.J. Thesman lives in Olathe with
her son and an elderly cat. She enjoys
gardening, reading and cooking. Her
blog is: stayinginhope.blogspot.com
and her website is:www.rjthesman.
net. Other helpful websites include:
singlemom.com; momsense.com; DivorceCare.org.
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Why It Doesn't Work That Way
Easy Come, Easy Go - If it's not an
amount of money you think twice
about spending in the first place, it's
not an amount of money you'll think
twice about saving either. In other
words, while theoretically small,
single-expense savings over a long
enough period of time really add up.
In practice, each transaction lacks critical mass (sufficient dollar volume to
be meaningful) and will most likely be
absorbed and spent on other equally
trivial items. Even if you do cut out
that daily cup of Joe, I'll bet that your
$3 daily savings will simply morph
into an additional pizza topping or an
extra video rental on the weekend.
It'll Never See the Inside of a Bank
Vault - Who banks and invests $3 at
a time? Again, the critical mass isn't
there to make this approach pragmatic. Even if you manage to actually squirrel away that $3 savings each
and every day, few have the discipline
to continually invest it until the end
of time. What happens the next time
you're caught short and need twenty
bucks to pay the paper boy on a Saturday morning? Most of us will dive
into the coffee savings piggy bank on
the kitchen counter without giving it a
second thought. Get real!
Denial Is Denial - Not only is the
cup-o-coffee savings plan impractical,
but this type of approach is sometimes
more painful than a realistic approach,
particularly if you deny yourself one
of life's little pleasures day in and day
out, only to find, as I contend, that
you have nothing to show for it in the
end. Psychologically, each act of denial (each instance of doing without)
makes its mark, regardless of the size
of the sacrifice. In this way, a daily
sacrifice might in fact be more painful, not less, than making a single,
fundamental lifestyle decision. If
nothing else, reminding yourself every
day that you're sacrificing something
greatly increases the chance that you
won't stick with it for the long haul.
Ever been on a diet?
Source: www.stretcher.com
The Value of Networking
Whether you're looking for a job or
not, networking is important. Why
does it matter?
According to the New York firm BH
Careers International, eighty percent
of all available jobs don't make it to
job boards or the classifieds. Landing
a position, therefore, is far more likely
to be accomplished through word-ofmouth. That means who you know and
who knows you are paramount to your
career.
Whether you are content in your current job, actively looking elsewhere,
have not had a job in years, or are
working on getting your very first position, networking is important. You
never know when you will need to call
on your contacts, or when they may
have a lead on an exciting new opportunity.
The Round-the-Clock Approach
True or False:
1. If you already have a job, there's no
need to network.
2. Networking is only done at formal
business get-togethers.
3. You can't network successfully
if you've never had a job or haven't
worked for awhile.
The answer to all these questions is
"false." You should always be networking, no matter what your current job
status. If you think of every place you
go as an opportunity to meet people,
whether it's for business or pleasure,
you will expand your network seamlessly and have resources to tap when
it's time to make your move. Your current job status doesn't matter.
Contacting former colleagues,
friends, and family and arranging
face-to-face meetings may be the core
of networking. But so are the serendipitous contacts you make standing in
line for stamps, mingling at a tenants
or neighborhood meeting, or striking
up a conversation with the person at a
fundraiser or on the next treadmill in
the gym.
Source: www.aarp.org
It's Not the $3
Cup of Coffee
“A smile is contagious.”
“Success is a journey,
not a destination.”
Think WOW – Wise Outdoor
Watering: 5 Simple Ways to Save
Water this Summer
From Erin Vader
1. Minimize water waste. Up to
fifty percent of the water applied to
lawns is wasted due to overwatering, runoff, and evaporation.
2. Water efficiently. Water early
in the morning, avoid watering
on driveways and sidewalks, use
soaker hoses, and consult an expert
for advice on in-ground sprinkler
systems.
3. Grass-cycle. Cut it high, and let
it lie. Grass clippings provide good
moisture and nutrients to your lawn.
4.Harvest rainwater. Look for ways
to manage rain water on your property, by redirecting downspouts to
drain into gardens, or a rain barrel.
5. Grow native. Plants that are native (naturally found) in the area
are adapted to the normal rainfall
amounts, so you won’t have to water them.
What a Great Buffet
The dedication of a memorial benchfor Cale Miller will be on the Veterand Day Celebration the 11th of November this year. The memorial bench
is located north of the water fountain
in the Veterans Memorial Park.
The Olathe Trail Riders will hold a
dance the 18 of August from 8 p.m. to
11:00 p.m. Price is $10.00 per person,
BYOB. The band is Outlaw Country
featuring Dale Reese.
The classes of 1950, ‘51, ‘52 will
have a reunion the 6th of October at the
Olathe Trail Riders on 16680 Lackman Road. Send $20 (per couple) to
Hazel Hendrix at 13941 W. 151 Terr.,
Olathe, Kansas 66062. Anyone wishing to join the party may do so. John
Fitzwater and Bobby will provide the
music. Food will be catered.
School is about to start. Are you
ready? Dental, eye and other doctor
appointments should be made before
school starts. Parents, make sure physical exams for sports must be done by
a reputable doctor. Too many problems are discovered too late, after they
have begun playing. Vaccinations are
not to be neglected for the young and
teenage boys and girls.
Recently I visited Iola, Kansas,
where my family lived until we went
to France. It’s a nice little country
town. My daughter picked up a collection of historical picture cards that
reminded me of the effort that was
made by the Olathe image committee.
In Iola, it is the Historical Society that
publishes and sells the cards. An idea
for the Olathe Historical Society - we
don’t have a good choice of Olathe
post cards.
As we approach the presidential
election, the question of popular vote
versus the Electoral College comes up
again. Let’s put the vote to the public
on this important subject. It’s unfair
that only a few states can select our
president.
Health care for people in rural areas must be considered by the state by
working out a program to ensure that
people have not over a one hour trip to
a doctor’s office or a clinic for emergencies.
It’s true that fewer people are reading today and more of the population
is watching T.V. and spending hours
on the computer or other electronic
amusements. Then we ask ourselves
why we are getting fat and have all
sorts of health issues. By reading a
book or magazine article, when the
chapter is finished we can get up and
move around and then go back to
reading. It’s not much exercise but at
least we are not glued to the screen listening to all the commercials. Perhaps
we’ll read something that will inspire
us to exercise!
The nation’s first transcontinental
railroad line was completed in the
Spring of 1859 when the ceremonial
Golden Spike was driven into the
tracks at Promontory Point, Utah.
Today the ball point pen is a standard writing instrument that is in the
school kits for students all over. The
idea of the pen originated in 1888 by
John Land. Ink was a problem, either
too thin or too thick. It regained life
in 1935 as many different manufacturers tried to produce a pen that would
work and not leak. In October of 1945,
the Gimbels Department Store in New
York sold 10,000 pens for $12.50 each
on opening day. They were not satisfactory. The Papermate Company introduced the Bic, or as some countries
call it, the Biro, in 1952. This low cost
instrument replaced the old ink wells
and pens that many people in the ‘20s
and ‘30s used to learn penmanship.
The pencil became popular because
of the ink spills and general messiness
of ink pens. But, as ball points were
perfected they became the main writing instrument for us. But not in the
Soviet Union. They never really perfected good ball point pens.
Many parents are wondering how
they can afford to pay for a continuing education for their children after
high school graduation. The following list can help. A recent recipient of
the Olathe Noon Lions Club Scholarship was asked how she found out
about the club. Her answer was that
her counselor told her to look through
a file drawer and pick out those she
thought would be of interest. She sent
40 requests and received seven nice
scholarships. There are many scholarships available that are not found easily and you must ask for them. And,
they must be asked for by November
of this year for next year.
Scholarship Search
http://www.wiredscholar.com
The Princeton Review
http://www.princtonreview.com
College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com
FastWeb
http://www.fastweb.monster.com
FreSch:The Free Scholarship
Search Service
http://www.freschinfo.com
College NET
http://www.collegenet.com
Black Excel
http://www.blackexcel.org
Scholaraid http://www.studentadvantage.com/scholaraid
You may need to sign-in and register at these sites, but the services
are free. Carefully check out the sites
that charge for their services because
a scam may be involved. Two sites to
help you with scams are: http://www.
finaid.org/finaid/scams.html and
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/sixsigns.html.
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trol. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million
Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
-----------------------------China established gun control in 1935.
From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
-----------------------------Guatemala established gun control
in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000
Mayan Indians, unable to defend
themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
-----------------------------Uganda established gun control in
1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
----------------------------Cambodia established gun control in
1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend
themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
----------------------------Defenseless people rounded up and
exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million..
-----------------------------You won't see this data on the US
evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.
Guns in the hands of honest citizens
save lives and property and, yes, guncontrol laws adversely affect only the
law-abiding citizens.
Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!
The next time someone talks in favor
of gun control, please remind them of
this history lesson.
With guns, we are 'citizens'. Without
them, we are 'subjects'.
During WW II the Japanese decided
not to invade America because they
knew most Americans were ARMED!
The purpose of fighting is to win.
There is no possible victory in defense.
The sword is more important than the
shield, and skill is more important
than either.
The final weapon is the brain.
All else is supplemental.
The GAZETTE
Life-long Olathe resident, devout Christian
and retired Hallmark Executive reminisces
about Olathe.
You missed a wonderful life experience if you never attended school in
an old one-room school house. Almost
all of them are gone today. They were
spread all across rural America. As the
population of our country’s farming
regions declined, schools were consolidated and most of our one-room
schools became history.
In 1933, when I was five years old,
I started in the first grade at Waverly
School. Waverly was seven miles
straight west of Olathe and was taught
by Doris Moore, who was not many
years out of her own teens. She later
married Ray Barlow who owned Barlow Van Lines in Olathe. The total enrollment at Waverly in 1933 was thirteen students spread over eight grades.
Six families had children at Waverly
that year. They were the Barthols,
Lawrence, Hay, Jacob, Keegan and
Ball families.
The school building and the facilities were quite primitive. In the winter, the building was heated by a large
wood-burning stove placed in the center of the room. There was no electricity or inside plumbing. The girls and
the boys had their own outdoor toilets
much like the ones that they had at
home.
Miss Moore was a good, patient,
qualified teacher. We all liked her, especially her first graders; Billy Kegan
and me. Once there was a loud thunder storm with lots of lightning strikes
around the school building. Miss
Moore let the two of us sit up by her
until the storm was over.
Today we hear a lot about large class
sizes. This was never a problem in
one room school houses. It was rare
to have more than two or three at any
grade level.
I consider it a genuine blessing that
I was able to start my public education
in a one-room school with a very fine
teacher.
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Quick Grabs
From Matt Galvin
The locally-owned Athens Grill in
Olathe will have menu items will include Greek salads, chicken or beef
Döner sandwiches with grilled vegetables, cured black olives, feta cheese,
tomatoes and tzatziki sauce, along with
pastitsio, and souvlakia sandwiches.
** Met Peter the owner of the new
Athens Grill and he seemed like a really nice guy, should open this month
at 115 S. Clairborne and S. Rogers Rd
north of FAA. Source KC Star
Trampolines
From Matt Galvin
Driving Lesson for Kids
Under the category of "What would
your child do?", the Associated Press
reported recently that a 12-year-old
girl passenger in a pickup truck in
New Jersey took over driving the truck
when her grandpa died at the wheel.
Grandpa told young Miranda that he
did not feel good. Then she heard his
head hit the driver's side window. He
had just died of a heart attack.
"Then Miranda realized the car was
speeding up and drifting toward the
side of the road. She undid her seat
belt and tried to call 911 on her cellphone but she wasn't getting any service.
She then climbed underneath the
steering wheel and pressed her hand
on the brake... She then wedged her
right foot under her left and pressed
on the brake as hard as she could.
"I was going to put it in park and I
thought we were going too fast," she
said. "I thought it would do the fish
tail or flip over."
Instead she grabbed onto the steering wheel and tried to find a place
where she could force the car to stop.
She then steered it off the road into a
field.
Her mother said "Miranda always
watches what people do while driving a car, so she knew to head for the
brake."
Perhaps this is a good reminder to
teach children as young as 10 or 12
how to drive in case of emergency?
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helped us get started in
our first Culver’s
Restaurant.”
Culver’s of Olathe
Gazette ads really
make the phone ring
at the Outlet
Olathe Ford Outlet
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Rusty’s Carpet Cleaning
710-1344
(perverts & busybodies, y'know!)
8. It didn't matter if it was sub-zero
weather... clothes would
"freeze-dry."
9. ALWAYS gather the clothes pins
when taking down dry clothes! Pins
left on the lines were "tacky"!
10. If you were efficient, you would
line the clothes up so that each item
did not need two clothes pins, but
shared one of the clothes pins with the
next washed item.
11. Clothes off of the line before dinner time, neatly folded in the
clothes basket, and ready to be
ironed.
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IRONED???!!
Well,
that's a whole
Heritage
Christian
Academy
Hires
OTHERWarren
subject!W. Rogers III
Heritage Christian Academy (HCA),
aChrist-centered Pre-K through Grade
12 college preparatory school with
campuses in Olathe and Overland
Park, Kan., has hired Warren Rogers
III for the role of director of development. Rogers assumed his responsibilities July 9.
Rick Lukianuk, president of HCA,
says the fiscal vitality of HCA is important to the positive economic and
community impact it makes in South
Johnson County. The development position was created to help position the
academy for growth and strengthen its
relationship to the community. Luki-
Missing Kitty
National Trampoline Entertainment
Centers in Chandler, Ariz., wants to open
a Cosmic Jump trampoline entertainment
center at 12025 S. Strang Line Road,
Olathe, in late September. The 25,000square-foot center will feature trampoline recreation and include After Dark
events with black lights, Dodgeball, Nerf
Dart Tag Battles, and a trampoline “Slam
Dunk” basketball court. The centers target
ages tweens and teens but they have a special trampoline area for ages 7-and-under.
“Grownups walk in and want to jump so
we say 18-months to 80,” said Amanda
Stewart, chief operating officer. She said
the centers tend to hire only honor students who can serve as role models.
Cosmic Jump will take the former Michaels space. The retailer relocated in
Olathe several years ago.
Source KC Star
Indy
Has anyone seen our cat?
He is a 1 1/2 year old Orange
Tabby, and he disappeared
Sunday (8-4-12) morning in
the Havencroft area (144th &
Sunvale). He had a blue collar with a red heart name tag
with our number on it. He is
neutered, not microchipped.
His name is INDY and our
phone number 913-780-6525.
His owner is a young boy who
got him when he was a kitten
last year after losing our other
cat to cancer. We sure miss
him and can't imagine what
happened to him.
anuksays that Rogers is well-suited
for the position.
Why Go to Church?
By Cliff Tatham And Elise Hawke
If you’re spiritually alive, you’re
going to love this! You’re spiritually dead, you won’t want to read it.
If you’re spiritually curious, there is
still hope! A Church goer wrote a
letter to the editor of a newspaper and
complained that it made no sense to
go to church every Sunday.”I’ve gone
for 30 years now,” he wrote, “and in
that time I have heard something like
3,000 sermons. But for the life of me,
I can’t remember a single one of them.
So, I think I’m wasting my time and
the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all.
This started a real controversy in the
“Letters to the Editor”column, much
to the delight of the editor. It went
on for weeks until someone wrote
this clincher: “I’ve been married for
30 years now. In that time my wife
has cooked some 32,000 meals. But,
for the life of me, I cannot recall the
entire menu for a single one of those
meals. But I do know this... They
all nourished me and gave me the
strength I needed to do my work.If my
wife had not given me these meals, I
would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for
nourishment, I would be spiritually
dead today!” When you are DOWN
to nothing... God is UP to something!
Faith sees the invisible, believes the
incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND
our spiritual nourishment! All right,
now that you’re done reading, send it
on! I think everyone should read this!
When Satan is knocking at your door,
simply say, “Jesus, could you get that
for me?”
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closed Sep. 8 for Old Settlers, then Open Wednesdays and
Saturdays through September and Saturdays Oct. 6, 13,
20. Not Open
any Wed. in October.
Folks At The Market
Jaclyn
Jaclyn Bell has been at The Hairem for five years this month. She is very
grateful to her many clients for her success over the past five years. Her specialties include: blow-outs long hair; color, especially reds; color correction;
hi-lites; perms and pedicures. If you need to freshen up your style, book your
appointment today with Jaclyn at The Hairem 829-1260. They are at 119th and
Strangline Road, near Zio’s and AMC 30 Cinema. They welcome walk-ins, but
appointments are recommended. Guys and kids are welcome, too!
Portrait by Shantel
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
Questions? Contact Ina Kay Zimmerman
913 829-5800 prior to registration day.
Ralph Dennis Is Honored On His Birthday
Olathe’s Friendliest Market Place
Beginning June 6
Dennis
Entertainment
Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Onions
, Baked Goods
Peaches, Sweet Corn,
Squash
One of our most popular citizens and former teacher and Olathe North, Ralph
Dennis, was honored by a few of his hundreds of friends. Pictured are are Wayne
Newson, Ron Dougan, Charles Losh, Gene Gifford, Glen Bollinger, Tom Cooper, Walter Howell, John Cooper, Raymond Rider, Dave Earl, Calvin Price,
Mary Brandt, Cliff Ball, not pictured Branden Otto. Old 56 and Mary Brandt
provided the cake and ice cream/
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Johnson’s County Gazette
Kids
Garage Door Openers
Garage door openers are a convenience that many have now come to
take for granted. However, openers
are like many other devices. They
need periodic maintenance.
For example, the safety sensors near
the floor on either side of the door
should be kept clean, free of obstructions, and properly aligned. When
working properly, the sensors are to
keep the opener from allowing the
door to close on something in its path.
Unfortunately, it’s really easy for a garage to become dirty or cluttered with
items that become a hazard to the sensors and a danger to their wires.
Also, you’ll want to be sure your
opener remains properly adjusted.
Openers have four main adjustments.
The downward travel should be set to
allow your door to completely close
and rest at the floor without excessive
pressure remaining on the travel arm.
Too much pressure on the drive system
can cause your opener’s gears to wear
out and require gear replacement.
The upward travel should be set to
allow your door to reach its maximum
height without pulling the door beyond where it would be normally if
there was no opener. Again, too much
pressure can cause both the opener and
the door mechanism to need repair too
soon.
The downward travel pressure setting should be adjusted so that the
opener will automatically reverse if
the door is obstructed. Too much pressure can cause the safety system to be
compromised. Too little pressure may
result in “false alarm” reversals.
The upward travel pressure setting
should be adjusted so that the door
will stop its travel if too much effort is
required to lift the door. This protects
the opener and the door mechanism if
something about the door breaks or
becomes misaligned. Again, a pressure set too high can cause the safety
system to be compromised. Too little
pressure may result in “false alarm”
stops.
Be sure to consult your owner’s
manual on how to properly maintain
your opener, how to make the adjustments mentioned, and how to keep on
top of other important adjustments and
information.
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.
Olathe’s Very Own Newspaper
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of the most talented starlets I've ever
seen. Her mother was always close at
her side. Both lost their popularity as
they entered adulthood. From 1959
to 1963, Dennis the Menace was a
popular series on television. Jay North
played Dennis, the brat who was always pestering his neighbor. Because
he was typecast, his faltering career
led to depression and addiction. Another brat, Danny Partridge (Danny
Bonaduce), of the 1970s series. The
Partridge Family, had problems similar to North's. He later said, “I was an
extraordinarily ill-mannered young
man." Susan Dey poured a glass of
milk on his head during filming one
time. Bonaduce now co-hosts a morning show on a Los Angeles radio station.
Speaking of "brats," remember the
1980s film, St. Elmo's Fire? A group
of teenagers that made up the cast
of that movie was dubbed The Brat
Pack. If my memory serves me well,
they were: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore,
Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald,
Emelio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, Judd
Nelson and Anthony Michael Hall.
Only two or three of them grew up to
be super stars.
Elizabeth Taylor was by far the
greatest (and most beautiful) legendary super star to have been a child star.
Her transition from child actress to
adult actress was unprecedented. I can
barely imagine her as ever having been
a "kid." She was first seen in Lassie
Come Home, which starred Roddy
MacDowell, another talented young
actor. Both were about the same age
and remained close friends for life,
but were never romantically involved.
The movie that was instrumental in
establishing Taylor as an outstanding
actress was the four-star-rated film,
National Velvet, in which she played
an adolescent girl who posed as a male
jockey. Also in the film was Mickey
Rooney who fared quite well in the
Andy Hardy chain of movies.
Both Taylor and Rooney had multiple
failed marriages.
- What Is a Normal Kid? Famous kids ultimately miss out on
things that are highly important during the growing-up years. And sadly,
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they usually become spoiled and demanding. While watching CNN News,
I learned from a survey that the "mostspoiled kids live in:
1. New York City, New York
2. Brooklyn, New York
3. Miami, Florida
4. Tulsa, Oklahoma
The least-spoiled kids reside in:
1. Madison, Wisconsin
2. St. Paul, Minnesota
3. Indianapolis, Indiana
4. Columbus, Ohio
I can't help but believe that Kansas
kids should fall into the latter group. It
would be interesting to find out.
- Balance the Playing Field Kids will tend to embrace whatever
they are most exposed to. It's really up
to the parents to try to be good role
models, as well as to expose their kids
to good role models in their community and elsewhere. If you ask a fiveyear-old who he or she wants to be
like, the choice will probably be a parent or maybe a teacher. Tweens often
choose someone their age, like Selena
Gomez, who was voted Favorite TV
Actress at the Kids Choice Awards.
I love hearing about an individual
who is making a difference, and heard
about one on NBC Nightly News. Deborah King, a dedicated teacher, is creating an oasis of education in Harlem,
a mostly black district in New York.
Her philosophy is that a good school
can turn any kid around! And, she is
doing just that. Her students excel in
math, reading, science and more. The
kids can build their own curricula and
most of them read fifty books a year!
I say "BRAVO"!! All kids should be
so lucky.
M - F 10:45 a.m. to
9:00 p.m.
Fri. 10:45 a.m. to
10:00 p.m.
Sat. 7:30 a.m. to
10:00 p.m.
Olathe writer
Joann LaCerte
Aircraft Carrier
Eagle
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missed a lot of work. When I felt good
enough, I would take Freedom out for
walks. Freedom would also come to
me in my dreams and help me fight the
cancer. This happened time and time
again.
Fast forward to November, 2000, the
day after Thanksgiving. I went in for
my last checkup.
I was told that if the cancer was not
all gone after eight rounds of chemo,
then my last option was a stem cell
transplant. Anyway, they did the tests;
and I had to come back Monday for
the results. I went in Monday, and I
was told that all the cancer was gone.
The first thing I did was get up to
Sarvey and take the big girl out for a
walk. It was misty and cold. I went to
her flight and jessed her up, and we
went out front to the top of the hill.
I hadn't said a word to Freedom, but
somehow she knew.
She looked at me and wrapped both
her wings around me to where I could
feel them pressing in on my back (I
was engulfed in eagle wings), and she
touched my nose with her beak and
You Didn’t Know...
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The city of Lenexa was, named for
an Indian princess, “Lenexa,” who
was the wife of Blackhoof, a Shawnee chief. In recent years, Lenexa has
called itself the “Spinach Capital” and
commemorates the designation with
an annual celebration. Their community has been around since 1859.
Merriam, Kansas, was first known
as Campbellton, for J. M. Campbell,
one of its earliest residents. However,
in 1881 when they applied for a post
office, the name was changed to Merriam for the man who obtained the
railroad line through town.
Downtown Overland Park, the largest city in Johnson County, is situated
on a ridge 136 feet higher than the
highest point in Kansas City. W. B.
Strang, the man who built the interurban train line from Kansas City
through Overland Park to Olathe (The
Strang Line), got credit for naming the
town that could look down on Kansas
City. The town of Overland Park dates
back to about 1910.
A younger community, Leawood,
was named for Oscar G. Lee, a retired
police officer, who was a big real estate investor in the neighborhood.
Prairie Village was named by the
J.C. Nichols Co., the developers who
also developed and named the Country Club Plaza.
Prairie Village in 1951, with a pop-
stared into my eyes, and we just stood
there like that for I don't know how
long. That was a magic moment. We
have been soul mates ever since she
came in. This is a very special bird.
On a side note: I have had people
who were sick come up to us when we
are out, and Freedom has some kind
of hold on them. I once had a guy who
was terminal come up to us and I let
him hold her.
His knees just about buckled and he
swore he could feel her power course
through his body. I have so many stories like that.
I never forget the honor I have of
being so close to such a magnificent
spirit as Freedom.
But they that wait upon the Lord
shall renew their strength; they shall
mount up with wings as eagles; they
shall run, and not be weary; and
they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah
40:31
Cancer is a strange cell.
You can go along for years in remission and then one day it pops its head
up again. If you ever have it you may
never be free of it. Pray for the day
there will be a permanent cure.
ulation of 2,500, grew rapidly to become the eighth-largest city in Kansas in just twenty years. Since 1971
however, the population has declined
somewhat.
The name Prairie Village was simply
a descriptive choice by the developers.
Fairway is relatively young also, in
1938, J. C. Nichols bought 133 acres
in Eastern Johnson County and he
planted hundreds of trees to beautify
the new housing development. Nichols named the area Fairway, because
of its proximity to the then existing
golf clubs at Old Mission and Mission
Hills.
Those who laid out the town of
Desoto in 1857 named it after the famous Spanish adventurer, Hernando
De Soto.
The railroad station and nearby community of Stanley were named for
Henry M. Stanley, the journalist who
found the Scottish-born David Livingston, the great explorer-missionary
in Africa – “Dr. Livingston, I presume.” I bet-cha didn’t know that.
Ref: 1001 Kansas Place Names by
Sondra Van Meter McCoy and Jan
Hults.
In cooperation with Johnson’s County Gazette, Ted W. Stillwell is available to speak before any club, church,
civic, senior, or school groups.
To reach Ted W. Stillwell send e-mail
to teddystillwell@yahoo.com or call
him at 816-252-9909.
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toric day:
On the morning of January 18, 1911,
Eugene Ely, in a Curtiss pusher biplane specially equipped with arresting hooks on its axle, took off from
Selfridge Field (Tanforan Racetrack,
in San Bruno, Calif.) and headed for
the San Francisco Bay. After about ten
minutes flying north toward Goat Island (now Yerba Buena), Eugene spotted his target through the gray haze –
the Pennsylvania.
Ely's plane was first sighted one-half
mile from the Pennsylvania's bridge at
an altitude of 1,500 feet, cruising at a
speed of approximately 60 mph. Now
ten miles out from Tanforan, he circled
the several vessels of the Pacific Fleet
at anchor in San Francisco Bay.
The aeroplane dipped to 400 feet as
it passed directly over the Maryland
and, still dropping, flew over the West
Virginia's bow at an height of only
100 feet. With a crosswind of almost
15 knots, he flew past the cruiser and
then banked some 500 yards from the
Pennsylvania's starboard quarter to set
up his landing approach.
Ely now headed straight for the ship,
cutting his engine when he was only
75 feet from the fantail, and allowed
the wind to glide the aircraft onto the
landing deck.
At a speed of 40 mph Ely landed
on the center line of the Pennsylvania
deck at 11:01 a.m. The forward momentum of his plane was quickly retarded by the ropes stretched between
the large movables of sand that had
been placed along the entire length of
the runway.
As the plane landed, the hooks on the
undercarriage caught the ropes exactly
as planned, which brought the plane
to a complete stop. Once on board the
Pennsylvania, sheer pandemonium
brook loose as Ely was greeted with
a bombardment of cheers, boat horns
and whistles, both aboard the Pennsylvania and from the surrounding
vessels.
Ely was immediately greeted by his
wife, Mabel, who greeted him with an
enthusiastic "I knew you could do it,"
and then by Captain Pond, CommandChic-Fil-Controverss-A???
Should a company owner hide from
expressing his political opinions, or
should he risk boycotts?
Fast food chicken company owner
Dan Cathy is taking the heat for saying he supports traditional marriage of
one man and one woman, and for donating money to the Family Research
Council, which some gays have called
a "hate group" against them. So now
Chic-Fil-A is at the center of the gay
debate, and what constitutes hate.
A recent Wednesday was Chick-fil-A
Appreciation Day, created by former
presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who was incensed by protests
after Cathy told the Baptist Press his
company supports "the biblical definition of the family unit." There were
long lines at Chick-fil-A's across the
nation as patrons queued up to support
the chain as well as the right to free
speech, AP reported.
"This a huge challenge for companies
(and) brands today. We are one country
divided by politics," says marketing
World War II vintage aircraft carrier,
USS Forrestal.
ing Officer of the Pennsylvania. Then
it was time for interviews and a few
photographs for the reporters. Everything had gone exactly as planned.
Pond called it "the most important
landing of a bird since the dove flew
back to Noah's ark."
Pond would later report, "Nothing damaged, and not a bolt or brace
startled, and Ely the coolest man on
board." (Note: Safety first! Ely used
an inner-tube for a life preserver!) After completing several interviews, Ely
was escorted to the Captain's cabin
where he and his wife were the honored guests at an officers luncheon.
While they dined, the landing platform was cleared and the plane turned
around in preparation for takeoff.
Then the Elys, Pond and the others
posed for photographs. Some 57 minutes later, he made a perfect take-off
from the platform, returning to Selfridge Field at the Tanforan Racetrack
where another tremendous ovation
awaited him. Both the landing and
take off were witnessed by several
distinguished members of both U.S.
Army and Navy, as well as state military officials.
Ely had successfully demonstrated
the possibility of the aircraft carrier.
Indeed, the US Navy's first aircraft
carrier, the USS Langley, was commissioned in 1922, eleven years later.
But Ely didn't live to witness the milestone; he died just a few months after
his historic flight, on October 11, 1911,
when he was thrown from his aircraft
during a crash at an air show. But 100
years ago, he merged the power of naval warships and aviation in ways that
remain cutting-edge, even today.
consultant Laura Ries. "Coming out
strongly on one side or the other is hitting the third rail of branding." A company should be true to its values but
also has to consider the consequences
before engaging in controversy, Ries
says.
As a general rule, its religion and
politics that can get consumers into
a lather. "It's like talking at a dinner
party," she says.
The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes gay unions,
urged a boycott when General Mills
and Starbucks came out in favor of
same-sex marriage.
Even with potential repercussions,
some companies and executives
openly support gay rights. Washington United for Marriage, a coalition
opposing a ballot measure that would
invalidate a gay marriage law in that
state, has announced that Amazon.
com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife,
MacKenzie, will donate $2.5 million
to its cause.
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Dates to Remember:
From Diane Gossage
August 17-19 – Kansas District
Optimist Convention – Crown Royal
Plaza – 95 & I-35
September 6,7,8 114th Johnson
County Old Settlers, Parade, Food,
hundreds of commercial, food, crafts
booths, carnival, see ad this issue
September 22-23 – Wild West Days
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September 22-29 – Deaf Awareness
Week – Exhibition Game at T-Bones –
Great Chili Fest at Great Mall
October 5 – Olathe District Schools
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Blonde’s Dog :
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The blonde replies “Well, the taller
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Johnson County
Genealogical Society
Welcomes Visitors
From Caitlin Trujillo
This year marks the 40th anniversary
of the Johnson County Genealogical
Society’s founding. The Genealogical
Society— which still retains some of
its original members from its founding
in1972 — is dedicated to providing its
members with the resources necessary
for conducting genealogical research
on local, national and global scales. It
is holding special events throughout
the year in honor of this anniversary.
Since the Genealogical Society’s
inception ,technology has made huge
strides. The society is sharing these
new tools with its members. It has
established its online presence with
its website atjcgsks.org as well as its
Facebook page. Additionally, it has
sponsored a variety of events, including road trips to the Midwest Genealogical Library in Independence, Missouri for tours and research time, and
the National Archives in Kansas City.
This year's annual seminar, 'A Day
of German Research' with Dr. Roger
Minert from Brigham Young University, will be held on Saturday, October
27th at the Ritz-Charles in Overland
Park. For more information regarding
registration and location, check out
the society' website.
The society meets every fourth Saturday at 10a.m. at the Central Resource
Library. Meetings are free and open to
all visitors who wish to attend.
Recent Deaths
Charles Geiss, retired USAF Lt. Col.,
50 WW II B-17 bombing missions
over Italy, Germany, sold real estate.
** Frances Irene Marks, 91, very active 1st Christian Church, skilled artisan, ** Carol F. Chiville Lynn, 67,
H&R Block manager, Chief Mom in
Charge. *** Robert “Bob” Matthew
Toplikar, 90 worked Delco and GM
Leeds plant, WW II vet. **
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In summer many Olatheans visit
Colorado's Rocky Mountain National
Park in the northwest part of the state,
next to the city of Estes Park. Thousands hike in the park without realizing the dangers, although rare, from
mountain lions and bears. This true
story below from a wildlife website
is of lion that killed a small boy who
was hiking ahead of his family. Lessons can be to stick together and carry
pepper spray and a knife.
"...In 1997, 10-year-old Mark David
Miedema was killed by an 88 pound
adult female cougar shortly after 4:30
pm while returning from a hike to
Cascade Falls on the North Inlet Trail
on the west side of Rocky Mountain
National Park, Colorado.
Mark had raced ahead of his family on the well-traveled trail in order
to see if animals had eaten the peanuts
he had left on the trail on the way up.
Mark was only 3-4 minutes ahead of
his parents, but he was out of their
sight; his family arrived to see his feet
and legs extending onto the trail from
adjacent brush.
The cougar attempted to drag him
away before fleeing. Mark died from
choking on his own vomit, not from
his wounds from the attack. Mark had
tried to fight the cougar, and had
scratches on his face and puncture
wounds on his face, neck and scalp.
The lion ran off and was killed at 8:00
p.m. by a professional lion tracker
with dogs. The lion was pregnant with
three fetuses.
The trail follows the edge of Summerland Park, a meadow where elk
and deer graze and is a classic area for
mountain lions to hunt."
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