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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 • 24 PAGES • 2 SECTIONS • 75 CENTS
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Wilson Medical
Center to acquire
Cherryvale clinic
IN THIS ISSUE
Hoffmeister, Knight to
remain as physician assistants; Empson to serve as
clinic medical director
SPORTS
Jason Brown named new
head football coach at
Independence Community
College
See page B1
CHERRYVALE — Mercy officials have announced an agreement with Wilson Medical Center (WMC) for the transfer of its
Cherryvale clinic by the end of
this year.
Under the agreement, WMC
will assume the Cherryvale operations Jan. 1, 2016, and continue to offer primary care, lab
and X-ray services at the 203
W. Main location, with providers
Marc Hoffmeister, PA-C, and Davia Knight, PA-C.
Dennis Shelby, chief executive
officer of Wilson Medical Center,
said his organization is looking
forward to providing continuous
primary care to Cherryvale and
the surrounding communities,
with a seamless transition of
the Cherryvale Family Medicine
Clinic.
“We are blessed that Marc
Hoffmeister and Davia Knight
will be joining our team, along
with their staff, to continue providing the quality care they are
known for in the community,”
Shelby said.
Shelby noted the Cherryvale
Family Medicine provider-based
clinic will provide the same level of care it has brought to the
COFFEYVILLE
County commission approves employment incentive for new industry: MJD
Products.
See page A12
CANEY
Caney Valley High School
debate team earns berth
to national tournament in
June 2016
See page A5
INDEPENDENCE
Marvin’s Food Saver given
special shopping cart to
assist special needs
persons
See page B8
CHERRYVALE
Cherryvale High School
band invited to perform at
Branson, Mo., venue
See page A7
Voices of the season
More than 50 Independence residents demonstrated their musical talents in a concert of Christmas
carols and other holiday melodies during the 25th Annual Carols and Canapes Concert at the Independence Historical Museum and Art Center on Sunday afternoon. The concert, sponsored by the
Monday Music Club and the Music Club Singers, featured one dozen carols and classic holiday songs.
(Photo by Andy Taylor)
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Independence city commissioners clarify use of $3 million in
bonds for healthcare discussion.
See page B8
Listening
For A
Remedy
ONGOING COVERAGE OF THE
CHANGING MEDICAL SCENE IN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
area the past 24 years. Wilson
Medical Center, based in Neodesha, can provide other needed
health care services for patients,
such as mammography, diabetes
education, wound care, surgical
care, rehabilitation therapy, inpatient and swing bed care, all
of which are stepping stones to
improving patients’ health. Hoffmeister and Knight plan to continue to provide stable primary
care services to Cherryvale and
the surrounding communities,
he said.
“I appreciate and want to
thank Mercy for their establishment and support of primary
care services in Cherryvale over
the past 25 years,” Hoffmeister said. “Davia (Knight) and I
are excited that we will be able
to continue services at our current location as we partner with
Wilson Medical Center. We both
have been impressed with the
staff and administration at Wilson Medical as they assist us
• see Cherryvale clinic, page A2
State forester evaluates condition of Caney’s trees
SPORTS
Cherryvale varsity boys’,
girls’ teams sweep Southeast-Cherokee; Caney Valley teams defeats Oxford;
Independence Bulldogs
gain road victories
Stories start on page B1
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INDEX
Caney .............................A5-A6
Cherryvale ....................A7-A9
Coffeyville................ A10-A12
Classified ads.....................B12
Datebook..............................A6
Independence........... B8-B11
Obituaries.............................A2
Public notices....................B11
Sports...............................B1-B7
Today’s
Chuckle
I saw a gift giving guide
that suggested men give
their wives bathroom scales
that connect with the internet. Next year, I wonder
what they think I should
give my divorce attorney.
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State tree expert provides tips on upkeep,
longevity of dwindling
stock of mature trees in
Caney’s city parks
BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org
CANEY — Keeping trees
healthy, especially those located on City of Caney property, was the focus of a tour led
Monday by state forester Tim
McDonnell.
The Caney City Council and
city administrator had requested McDonnell’s assistance in
his role as Community Forestry
Coordinator for Kansas State
University.
City
administrator
Fred
Gress and council members
Zoe Wahl and Kenith Butts accompanied McDonnell, along
with local tree contractor Joe
Thomas.
They walked across Wark
Memorial Park, and McDonnell assessed all the trees, taking note of diseased trunks and
limbs. Overall, McDonnell said
there was no immediate danger with any of the remaining
oak trees falling and damaging
people, property or vehicles --the key reason why such trees
often are removed.
He said hypoxylon canker
was the primary disease which
has caused city officials to remove 8 to 10 trees from the
Wark park.
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE
Independence’s first community orchard project to have
initial planting next Tuesday.
See page B9
McDonnell said hypoxylon appears on limbs and branches
and is not considered lethal to
humans. But over time, entire
portions of a tree can die from
this disease. Such trees can be
trimmed or pruned, and eventually totally removed.
McDonnell said the city has
done a good job of caring for
its park trees, and he was impressed with the chainsaw artwork which was formed from
trunks of those trees already
removed.
He looked at small trees
and large ones, noting that city
crews should always be careful with weed-eaters when
they trim grass. Also, he urged
use of mulch around trees to
retain moisture.
Gress said he would work
with the council to make a
diagram of all public areas in
Caney, then determine where
new trees should be planted.
They also toured the North
Park, Veterans Park, Sunnyside Cemetery and a vacant lot
at 9th and Foreman that has
been donated to the city for the
purpose of building a city park.
McDonnell said new trees
can be obtained without cost
by working through Kansas
State University or the Westar
Green Team.
Kansas State University forester Tim McDonnell points to rotting bark on a small tree in Wark Memorial
Park --- a typical malady of Kansas trees. He said most problems with trees in this region come from
too much water, then drought. Pictured with McDonnell is councilor Kenith Butts, tree contractor Joe
Thomas and councilor Zoe Wahl. On the right is City Administrator Fred Gress. (Photo by Rudy Taylor)
“I
recommend
planting
small trees,” he said. “They are
easier for volunteers to plant,
and they will actually outgrow
the larger trees you might buy.”
Gress said he will get back
with McDonnell once a diagram is made of specific areas
where trees need to be planted.
Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville: big, bold, aggressive
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
COFFEYVILLE — The director of the
Boys and Girls Club of Coffeyville used
three words to describe the club’s activities for the 2015-16 school year: big, bold,
aggressive.
Griffin Walker, Boys and Girls Club of
Coffeyville director, spoke to the USD 445
Board of Education on Monday about the
club’s activities for the school year, which,
he said, has taken a dramatic change of
course since its earliest days.
“We are no longer considered a day
care,” Walker said. “Our after-school activities focus on three things: academic
success, good character and citizenship,
and healthy choices. I even created the
motto — “Big, Bold and Aggressive” —
because that’s how we intend to address
these three areas of focus.”
The Boys and Girls Club has instituted
a new reading empowerment program
called KidzLit, which is designed for students in kindergarten through third grade.
It’s a program that introduces word com• see Boys and Girls Club, page A3
Page A2
OBITUARIES
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Heather (Barron) Fosnight
CHERRYVALE — Heather A. (Barron) Fosnight, age 40, of Cherryvale passed away unexpectedly in Clarksville, Tenn.
Heather Ann Fosnight was born Jan. 28,
1975 in Independence, the daughter of Andy
Barron and Debbie (Birdsong) Barron. She
lived her entire life in Cherryvale and attended
Cherryvale schools. She received her GED and
later attended Independence Community College.
On June 25, 1999 in Miami, Okla., she was
united in marriage to Ron Fosnight and he survives at the home.
Heather always had a smile and a big
heart for her many family
and friends. She loved and
adored her grandchildren.
She will be remembered as
an excellent wife, mother
and grandmother.
At the time of her death
she was working as a clerk
at Dollar General in Cherryvale. She had also worked
as a certified nurse’s aide.
Survivors include her husband Ron of the
home; parents, Andy and Debbie Barron of
Cherryvale; children Elizabeth Linnebur of
Cherryvale, Hanna Linnebur of Cherryvale,
Nikki Fosnight of Cherryvale, Dalton Fosnight
of Fredonia; siblings Joey Barron of Coffeyville,
Chris Barron of Cherryvale, Melissa Wilson of
Augusta, Kan.; and grandchildren Sarah, Ryatt,
Karsyn and one on the way.
She was preceded in death by her maternal
grandparents Lloyd and Doris Birdsong, paternal grandmother Opal Barron and brother,
Adam Barron.
Celebration of life funeral services will be
held 11 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 19, at Wickham
Family Funeral Home, 216 E. 4th, Cherryvale,
KS 67335. Friends may sign the register book
from noon until 8 p.m. Friday with the family
receiving friends from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Interment will be held in Harmony Grove
Cemetery north and east of Cherryvale.
Memorial remembrances are suggested to
Hannah’s House or Safe Haven and they may
be mailed or left at the funeral home.
Jeannie O’Neal
INDEPENDENCE — Jeannie O’Neal, age 81,
of Independence passed away Friday evening,
Dec. 11, 2015, at Medicalodge Nursing Home in
Independence with her family at her side.
Jeannie O’Neal was born Nov. 2, 1934 in Independence, the daughter of Jack Kenworthy
and Norma (Jones) Kenworthy.
On Sept. 12, 1952 in Parsons, Kan., she was
united in marriage to Don O’Neal. He preceded
her in death on Jan. 2, 2007.
Jeannie went back to
school at age 38 and got her
teaching degree. She was a
school teacher at Independence Bible School for many
years.
She was a child evangelist, homemaker which she
loved sewing quilts and oil
painting.
She wanted to
be remembered for being a
good Christian woman, prayer warrior, proud
of being a mother and proud to be Mrs. D.W.
O’Neal. Family was everything to her and what
family wasn’t God was.
Survivors include four daughters, Sandee
O’Neal of Garnett, Kan., Brenda Lea O’Neal of
Thayer,, Linda Smith of Broken Arrow, Okla.,
Leona Moeller of West Des Moines, Iowa; four
sisters, Charlotte Sisseck of Copan, Peggy Cunningham of Altamont, Bonnie Cunningham of
Altamont, Suzie Harper of Newton, Kan.; three
brothers, Tony Kenworthy of Melrose, Kan.,
Jim Kenworthy of Independence, Melvin Kenworthy of Riley, Kan.; six grandchildren, Jean
Jessen, Julie Hammer, Jaime Herrman, Philipp
Herrmann, Ashley Moeller, Austin Moeller; six
great-grandchildren, Peyton Jessen, Gavyn
Jessen, Bryce Peterson, Kyra Christmas, Annie
Hammer and Owen Hammer.
She was preceded in death by an infant son,
Timmy O’Neal; two brothers, Orville (Ray) Kenworthy, Jack Kenworthy; and her parents.
Celebration of life funeralservices were held
Monday, Dec. 14, at Wickham Family Funeral
Home, 216 East 4th, Cherryvale. Interment was
held in Spring Hill Cemetery south of Parsons.
Memorial remembrances are suggested to
the Independence Bible School, and they may
be left or mailed to Wickham Family Funeral
Home.
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service. The death notice contains
only the name of the deceased, date
of death, and time and location of a
funeral and burial service. Further
biographical information can be contained in a paid obituary.
Jesse John Keeny
CANEY — Jesse John
Keeny, age 30, of Caney died
Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 at his father’s residence in Niotaze.
Cremation has taken place,
and a memorial service will be
held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Dec.
19, at the First Baptist Church
in Sedan. Inurnment will be
at the Greenwood Cemetery in
Sedan at a later date.
The family has suggested
memorials to the American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Kansas Chapter. Remembrances can be left in
care of the Dickens Family Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas,
Sedan, KS 67361.
To view the obituary online
or leave a message for the
family please go to www.dickensfuneral.com. Dickens Family Funeral
Home of Sedan is in charge of
arrangements.
Virginia Dot Potter
INDEPENDENCE — Virginia
Dot Potter, age 82, formerly of
Independence, died Saturday,
Dec. 12, 2015 at her home in
Bartlesville.
A graveside service honoring her life will be held at
1 p.m., Thursday Dec. 17, at
Mount Hope Cemetery.
The family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes
Association and may be left
with the Chapel.
To leave the family a message of condolence please visit
www.pottsfuneralhome.com.
Martha (Ogle)
Humphreys
INDEPENDENCE — Cherryvale native Marsha Humphreys, age 68, of Independence died Wednesday, Dec. 9,
2015 at her home in Independence. A memorial service
was held Saturday, Dec. 12,
2015 at the Potts Chapel in
Independence.
Potts Chapel of Indpendence handled funeral arrangements.
Max L. Hedges
ELK CITY — Max L. Hedges, age 87, lifetime Elk City
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Montgomery County Chronicle
resident, died Monday morning, Dec. 14, 2015, at home
surrounded by family.
Funeral services will be 1
p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, at
Webb & Rodrick Chapel and
Crematory. Burial will follow
at Oak Hill Cemetery in Elk
City.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be left with
the chapel.
James R. Bartholomew
SOUTH COFFEYVILLE —
James Russel Bartholomew,
age 59, of South Coffeyville
died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015
in Bartlesville. A memorial service was
held on Sunday Dec. 13 at
Gibbs Hall, 207 W Broadway,
South Coffeyville, under the
direction of Ford-Wulf-Bruns
Chapel of Coffeyville.
The family suggests memorials to help defray the costs of
the funeral as well. To leave
the family a message of condolence, visit www.fordwulfbrunschapel.com
Martha Roseann
Splechter
COFFEYVILLE
—
Martha Roseann Splechter, age
76, died Wednesday, Dec. 9,
2015. Services were held
Friday, Dec. 11, 2015 at First
Assembly of God, Coffeyville
under the direction of FordWulf-Burns Chapel.
Memorials to be given to
First Assembly of God, Cof-
feyville.
To leave the family a message of condolence please visit
www.fordwulfbrunschapel.
com. Olga Heaven
COFFEYVILLE
—
Olga
Jewel Heaven, age 92, of Coffeyville died Tuesday, Dec. 8,
2015 at Windsor Place.
Funeral services will be
held at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Chapel at 11 a.m., Dec. 17 with
the Rev. Dr. V.O. Horn and Rev.
Leonard Thomas officiating;
interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Coffeyville.
To leave the family a message of condolence, please visit www.fordwulfbrunschapel.
com.
Tad Randall Brockman
CANEY — Tad Randall
Brockman, age 54, of McPherson, Kan., and formerly of
Wichita, died Friday, Dec. 11,
2015, at his home in McPherson. A graveside service will take
place at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec.
19, at the Sunnyside Cemetery
in Caney under the direction
of Potts Chapel Funeral Home,
Caney.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made
to the Tad Brockman Memorial Fund in care of Stockham
Family Funeral Home, 205
North Chestnut, McPherson,
KS 67460.
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8 arrested following drug
investigations in Caney
CANEY — Caney interim
police chief Ron Wade reports
that eight arrests have been
made in Caney, all within four
days of each other, and at four
different locations. He expects
all the subjects will be charged
with various drug charges.
Wade announced that officers with the Caney Police Department and the Montgomery
County Sheriff’s Office executed three drug search warrants
simultaneously on Friday, Dec.
11. Wade said that due to the
fact that all three residences
were located in Caney, it was
vital that all search warrants
were executed at the same
time. The residences were located at 215 E. Fourth Street,
205 E. Fifth Street and 207 S.
Fawn Street, all in Caney.
Interim Chief Wade stated
that his officers have been
conducting an extensive investigation on all three residences
for the past month and were
able to come up with enough
evidence to obtain search warrants for the residences.
Wade said during the
search of the residence of
215 E. Fourth Street, officers
located a large quantity of
methamphetamine and drug
paraphernalia. There were
seven adults and two juveniles
at that address at the time the
search warrant was executed.
At the 205 E. Fifth residence, there were three adults,
and officers also located methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia at that location.
Five subjects have been
arrested and transported to
the Montgomery County Department of Corrections and
booked into jail on the following charges:
Stephen Dewitt Dorman, a
51-year-old white male; Kenneth J. Martin, a 33-year-old
white male; Patricia D. Mellen, a 42-year-old white female; Cortney Sue Hawthorne,
24-year-old white female and
Keith A. Dolihite, 21 years old,
white male.
Wade said he expected the
subjects to be charged with
possession of methamphetamine with intent to sell; possession of marijuana; possession of drug paraphernalia;
and no drug tax stamp.
On Monday, Dec. 14, Wade
and his officers of the Caney
Police Department executed
drug search warrants at 405
E. Third Ave., Caney, resulting
in three more arrests of three
males.
Wade stated his officers
have been conducting an investigation with the United
States Postal Service in reference to drugs being transported through the United States
Mail being delivered to the 405
E. Third location. On Dec. 14,
Caney police officers and the
United States Postal Service
asked the Montgomery County
Sheriff’s Office to have its drug
canine check two packages
for the presence of narcotics.
The sheriff’s department K-9
showed alertness on the packages and the police department then obtained a search
warrant for the 405 E. Third
residence.
During the search at the
location, officers located approximately five pounds of
marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Wade said there were
three adults at the residence
at the time of the execution of
the search warrant which resulted in the arrests of Johnny
Leroy Ausler, a 54-year-old
black male; Mark Randell Mallett, a 26-year-old white male;
and Mathew Van Brown, a
23-year-old white male. They
were transported to the Montgomery County Department of
Corrections and booked into
jail.
The interim police chief
stated he expected the subjects to be charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell; possession of drug
paraphernalia; and no drug
tax stamp.
Wade said the above investigations are still on-going indicating that further charges
and arrests are pending upon
completion of the investigations.
Wade expresses his thanks
to Montgomery County Sheriff
Robert Dierks for allowing his
agency to assist in the investigation, along with the United
States Postal Service.
Anyone with information
regarding these events, or any
other crimes, can contact the
Caney Police Department at
(620) 879-2141. Callers can
remain anonymous.
Cherryvale clinic to be acquired by WMC
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with this transition.”
Hoffmeister and Knight especially expressed appreciation of the patients they have
had the privilege to serve.
They, along with WMC, are
pleased that Dr. Chuck Empson will continue his role as
clinic medical director.
The Wilson Medical Center
Foundation also announced it
had received a medical equipment donation from Mercy.
Existing equipment within the
Cherryvale clinic will be donated to the foundation and
retained for the clinic’s use.
This generous donation will
assist the Cherryvale Family
Medicine Clinic with providing
continuous care to the community,” said Janice Reese,
WMC Foundation Director. “
The transaction reflects the
culmination of Mercy’s evaluation process to identify new
providers to assume its services in Independence and
Cherryvale. In October, Mercy
transitioned its home health
and hospice services to Home
Town Healthcare, based in
Fredonia. Last week, Mercy
signed a formal, non-binding
letter of intent with St. John
Health System/Jane Phillips
Medical Center to assume
outpatient services in Independence, including Mercy’s
primary care clinic, Health for
Life fitness center, lab and imaging services.
More information on Wilson Medical Center and tours
of the facility are available by
calling 620-325-2611.
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Boys and Girls Club has ‘big, bold, aggressive’ plans for 2015-16
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prehension and story enrichment through many activities. Each of the students in
the program reads one book
per week, which is in addition to their
reading
Shop With A
requireCop project
ments
at
the school
to be held
level.
on Friday
O t her
activities
at Walmart
at the Boys
Supercenter
and Girls
Club
are
academically focused while
also inspiring fun and creativity, he said.
Walker said many of the
Boys and Girls Club’s activities
are held in the newly renovated James Tyeska Youth Activities Center, which is now open
following a $1.5 million renovation. More than $15,000 in
new equipment was either
donated or purchased for the
facility, which includes tutors
and teen mentors who assist
the youth in their after-school
projects.
Walker said one of the key
highlights of the Boys and
Girls Club of Coffeyville was
the Shop with A Cop project,
which will be held on Friday,
Dec 18 at the Walmart Supercenter. Approximately 164 kids
will receive $50 gift cards and
be assisted in their shopping
by local law enforcement and
firefighters. More than $8,900
was raised through fundraisers and local donations to help
with the project.
Walker also said the recent
Coffeyville Christmas Parade
saw 89 local youths take part
in the Boys and Girls Club
float.
In other business transacted at Monday’s school board
meeting, the board:
• discussed the upcoming
2016 Kansas Legislature session with State Sen. Jeff King,
R-Independence, who also
serves as the Kansas Senate
President. King said the session will likely be dominated
by plans to develop a new education finance formula. Kansas public schools are now on
a two-year block-grant fund-
ing system, which expires next
year.
• held lengthy discussion
about the recent education
goals set forth by Randy Watson, Kansas commissioner
of education. Watson, a Coffeyville native and Field Kindley High School graduate, has
presented several statewide
forums to reveal his vision for
education in the next decade.
The overriding goal for
Watson and the Kansas State
Board of Education is to push
Kansas toward being the national leader in student success.
• accepted the resignation
of Murray Zogg, Field Kindley High School head football
coach and FKHS teacher at the
end of the 2015-16 school year
(see separate story on page
B1).
• agreed to hire Zogg as an
assistant coach of the recently-completed middle school
wrestling season. Hired as an
assistant coach of the high
school wrestling program was
Evan Hurford.
• accepted the Site Councils
for the following schools (Field
Kindley High School) Marlyce
Peck, Sarah Hoy, Darla Thornburg, Doug Mund, KaKisha
Johnson, Angie Naden, Debbie Jackson, LeeAnne Housley,
alternation student council
member; (Roosevelt Middle
School) Melanie Sortore, Ali-
sha Gravel, Mike Peck, Sarah Hoy, Kasey Hoggatt, Kari
Palmer, Lee Ann Rexwinkle,
Selena Meek, Carrie Redden,
Angela Jaimez, Debra Jackson, Ed Rutherford, LaToya
Logan,
Darla
Thornburg,
Ashley Gossard, Paul Bauer,
Carol Swiger; (Community Elementary School) Erin Lee,
Allison Pryor, Donna Gilstrap,
Anita Soles, Jordon Gullick,
Doug Mund, Heather Turner,
Carissa Slavin, Jessica Herring, Amy Magana, Smantha Marrit, Krystan Koehn;
(Early Learning Center) Amy
Magana, Aleisha Weimer, Jody
Shadwick, Esther Cuevas, Tamara Brinker, Robyn Tatman.
Detour options announced
for 10th Street bridge project
The stockings
were hung by
the chimney
with care . . .
The Montgomery County Public Works advise the public that
the Box Culvert Replacement Project that has a section of 10th
Street closed is scheduled to be completed in spring 2016.
The following are the detour routes options to be used during
this time:
• The all paved route from Independence to Coffeyville is from
10th Street turning east onto County Road 4000 (College Avenue), then south onto County Road 4500, then east onto County
Road 3400, then south onto County Road 5100.
• The gravel road route around the mile section is from start
of the 10th Street closure and going to the west on County Road
3200, then south on County Road 3700, then east on County
Road 3000, which will take you back to 10th Street.
Be aware that due to weather, time, and volume of traffic on
the gravel detour route there are times there will be potholes,
traffic delays, and the road maybe closed for maintenance work
during this project.
Any questions about construction or other routes, please contact Robert Bever, public works coordinator, at (620) 330-1170.
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OPINIONS
Touching Mrs. Mosler’s tree
made it glow for all to ‘see’
dusk, as her lights would oscillate on and off.
When I was a kid at Altamont in the midKnowing the basic room layout, I could tell
1950s, there was a distant neighbor who was
that she might be fixing supper in the kitchen,
rather wealthy — at least we all thought so.
or maybe listening to the radio in the living
She was totally blind and her husband was
room, or folding clothes in the laundry room.
legally blind but still drove from his house to
his downtown store each day.
I rather imagine there were thoughts of security when the Moslers built their new home.
I delivered milk and eggs to her house once
But mostly, I think they wanted their neighbors
a week, and I would watch from a block away
to know that life was good,
where we lived to make sure
active and full. She didn’t want
her kitchen light was on. Then
to cook a meal in an unlighted
I’d trudge off to make the dekitchen, or open the front
livery and collect my 25 cents.
door with darkness over her
I would knock on the back
shoulder, or sit quietly in her
door and Mrs. Mosler would
RUDY TAYLOR
beautiful living room without
open it, asking me to come
Off the Cuff
two table lamps thoughtfully
inside where I would place her
turned on so others could see
milk and eggs in the refrigerathe the glow.
tor. She usually invited me into
the living room to show me something she had
When she hosted a houseful of friends
made, or introduced me to guests.
or family, she could manually turn on room
lights, and the whole house was illuminated.
But it was fun to watch the Mosler home
from afar, because even though she was blind,
I remember her making soft ornaments to
the lights appeared to go on and off on a rotat- place on her Christmas tree, and she would
ing routine.
tell visitors, “Run your fingers along the tree
limbs so you can get my view of the tree.”
Electricians planned it that way when the
house was built, even back in the early 1950s.
A more beautiful Christmas tree I never saw
Electric-eye switches made sure Mrs. Mosler
--- or felt.
walked into a lighted room as she moved
That was 60 years ago, and the Moslers
about the spacious house. I always found it
passed from this life many years ago. They
fascinating that she would want the lights on
probably never realized how they inspired a
as she entered a room.
young boy with their dedication to something
so simple — light.
But then, that’s the nature of light, isn’t it?
Nobody wants to walk in total darkness, even
I think of their plight anytime I reach to
when trained to do so.
turn on the lamp in my office, realizing that
nobody much will notice, and it really isn’t
She apparently wanted the world to know
needed for me to do my newspaper work.
that all was well in the Mosler home, and that
she was busily moving from room to room, do But I want my neighbors to see from afar,
ing some mighty work that God had assigned
and know that all is well in this little newspaher.
per office.
I remember sitting on our front porch and
Mrs. Mosler taught me that.
watching in the late afternoon, just before
Journalists are nerds, but we
try to keep a straight face
Newspaper
people
are
quirky. We talk about our state
conventions and meetings like
we’re gathering with dignitaries and royalty but in reality,
we’re nerdy, stressed out, frazzled, usually a little grumpy,
and can always be found with
antacids in our pockets.
It could be the black ink that
is surely sooting up our lungs.
Or maybe it is the constant,
sweat inducing fear of our next
mistake that will follow us in
black and white.
This week, I looked at my
classified advertisements and
just about jumped for joy because this is week 50 in the
year. Some calendars even
carry teeny-tiny numbers on
each week, which I have always only associated with classified advertising coding. Is
there any other reason for it to
be included on the calendar?
But this is exciting for newspaper people because in two
weeks, we get to start over and
begin counting down our next
52 editions.
And at the end of church
service this week, I was watching the announcements scroll
JENNY
DIVELEY
Pick A Little,
Talk A Little
across the screen, analyzing
the fonts, as I do every week.
Yes, I listen to the sermon but
it does help me focus if I’ve
identified the font before we
get to the first point.
But among this week’s video
announcements I noticed that
on certain letters were little
points at the top. The capital
“M” sprouted two little horns
at the top and I couldn’t help
but nudge my fourth-generation editor mother and say,
“Look at the devil horns on that
M!” Yes it was a little nerd-fest
right there in the pew.
Our ears perk at the sound
of a siren that could be miles
away. Just last week there was
considerable “action” at one local house with police cars from
all over the county in the street
and handcuffed people sitting
in the yard. My parents drove
by twice, the second time with
OUR THOUGHTS
Donald Trump
Does America really want a clown as its next Commander-In-Chief?
At a time when the U.S.A. desperately needs direction, it is not a time for the
clown antics that Donald Trump is providing.
He is profane, loose with facts, full of
himself, unpatriotic, unkind and incapable
of finishing a sentence.
Wearing such a repugnant robe, one
might think he would find no favor with
voters. But the opposite is true — he is
hugely popular.
There is no doubt that the American
people are turned off by national leaders
who seem determined not to work together
for the common good, but looking to Donald Trump as the antidote is an exercise in
comical futility.
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
. letting your kids help with
preparing the holiday meals
(measuring, pouring, folding
napkins, setting the table, etc.)
. . . save every receipt for every gift you buy (just in case) . .
. forgetting the diet during the
holidays . . . remember the police officers, emergency personnel and others who have to
work on Christmas Day -- give
Montgomery County needs to focus its future in pulling together
It has been reaffirming to watch the
people of Montgomery County over the past
year.
They have lost much, yet they have kept
the faith within their souls, and fought to
keep the elements of rural society which
they love so much
More than anything, they remain hopeful, having faced many challenges over the
past decade: Loss of population, depleting
jobs, declining tax bases and deteriorating
retail communities.
Through it all, Montgomery Countians
have clung to morality, family values and a
sense of community that keeps them hopeful.
When Amazon.com and Southwire
closed their doors; when the oil industry
started its layoffs; and when Mercy closed
its hospital in Independence, the oxygen
was literally sucked out of our towns.
But as always, strong Montgomery County people keep breathing. The pulse of our
countywide community hasn’t missed a
beat. And, while chins definitely have done
some quivering, they remain held high.
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
them a small gift or at least a
verbal thank you . . . peace
on earth starts in your own
heart . . . the best Christmas
greeting ever: “The angel said,
‘Don’t be afraid, Mary. God is
honoring you. Look! You will
conceive and give birth to a
son, and you will name him
Jesus. He will be great and he
will be called the Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will
give him the throne of David
his father. He will rule over Jacob’s house forever, and there
will be no end to his kingdom.’
“ (Luke 1:30-33)
New concepts are being pondered and
fresh ideas are being injected into the veins
of our neighborhoods. And, our people
have patiently observed the political processes — local state and national — and
quietly made vows to elect better leaders.
With these building blocks in place, the
people of Montgomery County are lining
the tarmac, waiting for someone to give
them permission to take off.
That clearance will come, not from city
halls or the courthouse, and certainly not
the state capital or White House. It will
come from next-door neighbors, church
friends, teachers, coaches, healthcare
professionals and all others who feel the
charge and know the road forward.
As we move into the Christmas and New
Year holidays, it is an opportunity for all of
us to call a time out — to relax the rhetoric
and rebuild our alliances with one other.
We remain can-do Montgomery Countians.
The future is ours to claim.
— Rudy Taylor
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Volume 130, No. 50 • December 17, 2015
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The can-do spirit
the window down, just to see if
they could smell anything.
Now I’m not saying anything about our small towns in
particular but the fact is most
days there is an odor in the
air. Some days it is fertilizer
that has been recently spread
on a field and some times it’s a
skunk that has left it’s mark on
all of the downtown businesses. I’m not sure what they were
seeking with their sniffers on
that second time through but
in true newspaper fashion, we
were using all of our senses.
And of course with our particular newspapers, we are a
family business, so the quirks
and frazzles come right with us
to Christmas dinner. We definitely have our focused time to
enjoy, laugh, and share in that
special family time.
But at some point, our inky
fingers get twitchy and we
have to at least throw out Public Television topics for discussion and let our nerdy egos be
soothed. It’s just part of the
business . . . and the family.
And if we had video announcements, the letters surely wouldn’t have horns.
Of evening journeys to view Christmas lights
. . . buying groceries for
Christmas
breakfast
and
Christmas dinner . . . giving
a wave of “thank you” when
someone lets you in the line of
Christmas traffic . . . remembering your time-honored
traditions during the holidays
. . . enjoying the sound of
Christmas carols being sung in
church . . . the fun of watching kids getting their pictures
taken with Santa Claus at the
mall . . . loading the family
in the car and taking a night
drive to look at the Christmas
lights around town . . . the joy
of giving, loving, helping and
assuring during Christmas . .
We hope to see a turn toward reason as
election year 2016 approaches. With 318
million citizens in our nation, surely there
is a leader who can give us hope for a better tomorrow, without turning us into the
world’s laughing stock.
Do we really want this gold-plated star
of casinos, sky scrapers and reality TV?
If so, we have dropped ourselves into a
low, low ebb of national leadership.
We’re praying that the next year of this
dreadful campaign will find a higher road
for America’s presidential campaign to
travel.
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CANEY
School board discusses
legal issues concerning
property near rec center
BY ANDY TAYLOR
Earning medals at the National Speech and Debate Association district qualifying tournament
in Coffeyville last Saturday were (front) Kennedy Griffin, (back row, left to right) Emily Collier,
Ryan Nelson and Dane Rigby. The Griffin/Rigby team won first place overall, thereby qualifying
the duo for the NSDA’s national tournament in June 2016. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Rigby, Griffin bound for
national debate tourney
A Caney Valley High School debate team
earned gold medals and a berth to a national
tournament while another CVHS team finished in the top five at the National Speech
and Debate Association district qualifying
tournament in Coffeyville last Saturday.
The team of seniors Dane Rigby and Kennedy Griffin won first place overall with a
sterling 6-0 record, thereby advancing the
local team to the NSBA’s national tournament in Salt Lake City next June.
At each NSBA district tournament, the top
team teams advance to the national meet.
Finishing in fifth place was the team of
senior Emily Collier and junior Ryan Nelson,
who ended the district meet with a 3-2 record.
By virtue of the two teams’ performance
at the district tournament, Caney Valley fin-
ished in second place in the sweepstakes
points.
CVHS debaters are wrapping up their
season. On Saturday, debaters will compete
at the class 3A-1A four-person regional debate tournament on Friday and Saturday in
Halstead, Kan. Competing at the meet will
be Cheney, Caney Valley, Halstead, Hutchinson-Trinity, Whitewater-Remington, and
Wichita-Independent.
The top four teams at each regional tournament will qualify for the state tournament, which will be held Jan. 15-16 in Independence.
The Rigby/Griffin and Collier/Nelson
teams have each qualified for the state twoperson debate tournament, which also will
held in conjunction with the four-speaker
debate tournament in January.
of pollution or contamination
from those tanks. The remediation was completed in 2000.
The Caney Valley Recreation Commission made the
request that USD 436 acquire
the vacant gas station lot and
deed it to the commission for
the purpose of expanded parking. The reason? State law
forbids recreation commission from owning real estate,
which is why the commission
sought the school board’s help
in acquiring the property.
The board sought the opinion of its legal counsel, Caney
attorney John Horst, and KDHE’s legal counsel regarding
the liability imposed upon USD
436 should it acquire the nowvacant property.
The board conferred about
the matter in executive session, which is closed to the
press and public. No action
was taken.
In other business transact-
USD 436 Board of Education met behind closed doors
Monday to discuss the possible
acquisition of an abandoned
gasoline station property that
could be used for additional
parking at the Caney Valley
Recreation Center.
Two years ago, the school
board was approached about
the prospect of purchasing the
former Kerr-McGee gas station
property at McGee and Robert
Moore Boulevard. The property, now owned by Dickie Rolls,
was razed in 1990. Three underground petroleum storage
tanks were removed in 1995.
Kerr-McGee Corp., which was
the owner of the property at
the time the tanks were removed,
sought
assistance
from the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment’s
Underground State Tank Trust
Fund to remediate any traces
Christmas Eve service set at Sacred Heart
The public is invited to attend a special Christmas Eve
service to commemorate the
birth of Jesus Christ at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Caney. The Christmas Eve
Mass will be held on Thursday,
Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
Christmas Eve Masses will
also be held at St. Roberts
Catholic Church in Sedan at 9
p.m., and St. Mary’s in Moline
at 11 p.m.
Traditional Christmas music
will be played 15 minutes before mass begins.
The Christmas Day Masses
will be celebrated on Friday,
Dec. 25, at 10 a.m. in Caney,
and in Moline at 8 a.m.
The principal celebrant for
all the Holy Masses will be Father Sixtus Myint, pastor of St.
Mary’s, Moline; St. Roberts, Sedan; and Sacred Heart, Caney.
The Holy Mass on New
mission members present
at the Dec. 9 meeting. Other
commission members in attendance were Tony Chaffin,
Zack Ellison and Kristi Denny.
Commission member Janice
Shippy was absent.
At the meeting, director
Brett Anderson reported on
the youth basketball program.
He talked about the new jersey and basketball that were
obtained through a grant from
ConocoPhillips. The youth basketball games begin Jan. 2.
Other
topics
discussed
were:
• the plans of the manners/
ethics class which will be in
January (and another class in
February if needed),.
• the progress on bids for a
storage closet,
• and the plans of trying
to do a drive-in theatre at
the ball diamonds during the
This January, during National Blood Donor Month, the
American Red Cross encourages people to roll up their
sleeves to give blood to help
maintain a sufficient blood
supply for patients.
In so doing, blood drives
will be held in two towns in
Montgomery County, Caney
and Cherryvale. Caney’s blood
drive will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 5, from noon to 6:30
p.m. at the Caney Recreation
Center, 403 E. First. The
American Red Cross will set
up in Cherryvale on Monday,
Jan. 11, from 2:15 p.m. to 6
p.m. at the First Presbyterian
Church, 211 S. Montgomery.
warm weather months.
• The board was informed
of the possible project of new
lighting at the ball diamonds
and thoughts of how extensive
that project could be.
• Anderson also informed
the board of the annual Kansas Recreation and Park Association conference which
would be coming up in early
February.
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Year’s Eve will be celebrated in
Moline on Thursday, Dec. 31,
at 7 p.m. Mass will be celebrated on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1,
in Sedan at 9 a.m. and Caney
at 11 a.m.
All three churches invite the
public to attend these special
masses.
Donations, awareness sought
for Nat’l Blood Donor Month
Buoy is newest rec commission member
The Caney Valley Recreation Commission welcomed
its newest commission member when it met for its monthly
meeting on Dec. 9.
The commission welcomed
C.W. Buoy, who will be the City
of Caney’s appointee to the
commission. Buoy replaces
John Rodriguez, who resigned
his commission post several
months ago.
Buoy was one of four com-
ed at Monday’s meeting, the
board:
• accepted the retirement
notices of Susan Crowe asTitle
I teacher and Stephanie Rigdon as paraprofessional, both
at Lincoln Memorial Elementary School. Rigdon and Crowe
will retire at the end of the
2015-16 school year.
• recognized the CVHS girls’
golf team, which claimed the
2015 class 3A-1A state golf
title in October.
• heard reports from building principals.
• accepted the donation of
various computer devices from
a donor who wishes to remain
anonymous.
• agreed to sell two of the
older buses within the USD
436
transportation
fleet.
Those buses along with various pieces of school equipment
will be sold through the Purple
Wave auction service.
Since 1970, National Blood
Donor Month has been observed in January to not only
honor blood and platelet donors, but also to help increase
donations during the winter
months. Maintaining a sufficient blood supply for patients is difficult at this time of
year because extreme winter
weather and seasonal illnesses
often impact donor turnout.
The Red Cross encourages
eligible blood donors to resolve
to give blood regularly, beginning in January. Donors with
all blood types are needed, especially those with types AB,
O, B negative and A negative.
A blood donor card or driver’s
license or two other forms of
identification are required at
check-in. Individuals who are
17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states),
weigh at least 110 pounds and
are in generally good health
my be eligible to donate blood.
High school students and other
donors 18 years of age and
younger also have to meet
certain height and weight requirements.
To make an appointment to
donate blood at either of the
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north of Copan.
At that time the 32-yearold, whose name has not been
released pending notification
of next of kin, was driving a
1997 Ford Aerostar van when
she hit a guardrail causing the
vehicle to depart the roadway
approximately 100 feet before
coming to rest off the shoulder
of the roadway. The woman
was then ejected “an unknown
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DATEBOOK
CANEY
THURSDAYDEC.17
• The Independence High
School choral concert will be
performed at 7 p.m. in the IHS
Performing Arts Center, free of
charge. The public is invited to
attend.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to
8 p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the
public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
FRIDAYDEC.18
Representing Caney Valley High School at the Southeast District FFA Speech and Food Contest at
Fort Scott last Friday were (front row, left to right) Clara Reese, Tiffany Egan, Caitlyn Stevenson, (second row, left to right) Tyler Frontzak, Jaden Trimble, (back row, left to right) Justin Ward, Jacen Clapp
and Christian Cummings. (Courtesy photo)
FFA speech contest sees 3
from CVHS advance to state
Several Caney Valley High
School FFA members attained
high honors at the Southeast
District FFA Speech Contest
held on Dec. 11 at Fort Scott.
In the senior division,
Caney Valley had three FFA
members finish in the top five.
They included Jacen Clapp,
second place; Tyler Frontzak,
third place; and Justin Ward,
fifth place. All three will advance to the state competition
in May.
Clapp spoke about biomass
energy while Frontzak spoke
about agriculture disconnect
epidemics. Agriculture drone
usage was the topic presented
by Ward.
In the freshmen speech con-
test, Caney Valley claimed the
top two medals. Tiffany Egan,
who spoke about the future
food shortages in the world,
finished in first place overall
while Jaden Trimble was the
silver medalist. Trimble spoke
about team roping.
Christian Cummings placed
fifth in the sophomore speech
division. Cummings’ speech
was about aquaculture.
In the junior division, Clara
Reese claimed 18th place with
a speech on feral hogs. Caitlyn Stevenson finished in 16th
place with a speech about responsible pesticide usage.
At the district contest,
freshmen speeches are to be
two to four minutes in length
while sophomores can present prepared speeches in the
three- to five-minute length.
Juniors speeches are four
to six minutes while seniors
present speeches in the six- to
eight-minute range.
*****
Several Caney Valley FFA
members competed at the
Kansas Beef Expo Judging
Contest in Hutchinson last Friday.
Andrew
Anderson
was
the second-high individual
in the judging contest while
Caney Valley had a team place
fourth overall. Team members
were Andrew Anderson, Jake
Keene, Rhett Newby and Jackson Newby.
Top Dogs at Lincoln School
Kindergarten and first grade students at Lincoln Memorial Elementary School are being saluted
through a new recognition program: Top Dogs. One student from each kindergarten and firstgrade classroom is nominated by teachers for the weekly honor.
Top Dogs for the week of Nov. 30-Dec. 4 include (left to right) Keira Acker, Addalyn Parker, Luke
Wade, Bre Huston, and Elijah Blagg. Not pictured: Molleigh Kaminska.
• The First Baptist Church,
100 N. Montgomery, in Cherryvale will present a live drivethrough nativity titled “Come
to the Light” from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. The public is urged to attend. See detailed story found
elsewhere in this issue.
• The Caney City Library
will show the movie “The Empire Strikes Back” at 3:30 p.m.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Last day of school for USD
436 students and staff before Christmas Break. School
will not be in session Dec. 25
through Jan. 4, 2016. Students
will return to regular class
schedules on Tuesday, Jan. 5.
• Classes dismiss at noon for
all students, teachers and staff
in Cherryvale-Thayer, and will
resume on Monday, Jan. 4.
SATURDAYDEC.19
is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
storytime will be held at 10
a.m.
• The Caney Landfill is open
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to discard leaves, brush, tree limbs
in the brush dump free of
charge. There is a feee to dispose construction items and
debris. Bring recent water bill
to show the gate attendant.
• The Assembly of God
Church, 305 E. Main, Cherryvale, will host its community
Come and Dine free meal at 5
p.m. The December meal is a
week early to avoid conflicting
with the Christmas weekend,
and the free meal is open to
anyone who wants to come.
Unless they plan to bring a
large group, guests do not
need to RSVP or contact the
church ahead of time. • Deadline for choosing angels from the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Angel tree and getting the
unwrapped gifts back to the
nursing home. • Cherryvale Fire Department’s bake sale at 10 a.m.
at the fire station, to benefit
Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Donations
of cash and baked goods welcome.
SUNDAYDEC.20
• The Tyro Christian Church
will hold its annual Christmas
Candlelight Service at 6 p.m.
in the church auditorium. The
service will include special
music, videos and other creative elements to celebrate the
birth of Jesus Christ. The public is invited to attend.
MONDAYDEC.21
Top Dogs for the week of Dec. 7-11 include (left to right) Noah Branham, Hadley Fields, Keith
Ellison, Audrey Regis, Layne Denny, and Arley Keene. (Courtesy photos)
• The Caney City Council will hold its semi-monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. in the meeting room at Caney City Hall.
• Today is the deadline for
Montgomery County taxpayers to pay their first half of
2015 real estate, personal
property, 16/20 truck, gas, oil
and watercraft taxes. Taxes
can be paid at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Independence or the Coffeyville
Auto Tag office.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• First day of winter (winter
solstice) for Central Standard
Time.
• Cherryvale City Council
meets at 7 p.m. in the council chamber/municipal court
room at City Hall, 123 W. Main.
The public is welcome. Enter
through the police station.
• Montgomery County Commission will meet at 9 a.m., in
the lower level of the Montgomery County Judicial Center
in Independence.
TUESDAYDEC.22
Board will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. at the library.
open from 12 noon to 7 p.m.;
the library will host “Kids
Make and Take” Day from
noon to 7 p.m.
8 p.m.
• Cherryvale Nursing and
Rehabilitation Center will host
its annual pie sale and Christmas party at 2 p.m. Family
and friends of the residents
are invited. RSVP to Tara Hougardy at (620) 336-2102.
• Happy Hustlers 4-H club
will bake and decorate cookies at 2 p.m., at the St. Francis
Xavier community hall to give
in appreciation to the Cherryvale police and fire-rescue
personnel.
• Night Writers, a chapter of
Kansas Authors Club District
3, will host its Christmas party
at 4 p.m. at Sirloin Stockade
on 11th Street in Coffeyville.
The club will treat members
and their guests to free snacks
and beverages. Those who
wish to eat supper may do so
at their own expense.
WEDNESDAYDEC.23
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.;
the library will show the movie
“Arthur’s Christmas” starting
at 1 p.m.
6 p.m.
THURSDAYDEC.24
• The Caney City LIbrary
will show classic Christmas
movies throughout the day.
• Christmas Eve Mass will
be held at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church, Caney, at 7
p.m. Traditional Christmas
music will be played 15 minutes prior to mass. The public
is invited to attend.
FRIDAYDEC.25
• Merry Christmas to all,
and remember the birth of Jesus Christ.
• Christmas Day Mass will
be celebrated at 10 a.m. at the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Caney.
• Merry Christmas! For unto
us a Child is born! Look for
the rare Christmas-night full
moon, and hope for it to shine
on the breast of new-fallen
Christmas snow!
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CHS band to perform
at Branson in April
Large volume of high
school boys’ basketball
players necessitates formation of a C team
BY DONNA CELAYA
cherryvale@taylornews.org
The Cherryvale High School
Band has been invited to perform at Branson On Stage
Live! in Branson, Mo., in April.
Tonya Torkelson, the Cherryvale Middle-High School
music instructor, informed the
USD 447 Board of Education
on Monday that she had sent
audition materials to the Branson On Stage Live! selection
committee, which reviewed
the video and audio submission and then issued an invitation for the band to perform
at one of the theatre venues in
Branson this spring.
Details of the trip are forthcoming and will be presented
to the school board at a later
meeting.
The school board also approved the formation of a
boys’ high school basketball C
team, due to the large number
of students participating in the
sport this year. After 12 practices, the total basketball program has 27 players and three
managers, which is enough for
the formation of a third team.
The board hired Adam Salee
as C team coach. Salee has
in the past been an assistant
coach.
The board also:
• tabled purchase of a new
end-zone camera for use dur-
ing football games.
• tabled an inter-local
neighborhood
revitalization
agreement with the city and
the county, pending a completed review by the city’s attorneys.
• renewed its insurance coverage through Jim Gill agency,
with a premium of $8,000 less
than last year’s. Board clerk
Karen Conner said the district
is eligible for lower rates this
year because of its good record last year.
• agreed to have PBA Architects of Wichita; and Horst,
Terrill and Karst Architects of
Topeka conduct walk-through
inspections of the district’s facilities. The two firms then will
offer proposals on costs to do
full building audits.
• agreed to allow administrative staff to destroy old
health, immunization and other vital records for students
who graduated more than five
years ago.
• entered separate executive sessions, which are closed
to the public or news media, to
discuss non-elected personnel
issues, and teacher contract
negotiations. No action was
taken after either closed session.
The board of education
meets next at 7 pm. on Monday, Jan. 11 in the high school
library. All board meetings
are preceded by a workshop
at 6:30 p.m., and all meetings
are open to the public. Call superintendent George Owens
for more information at (620)
336-8130.
Santa Claus makes a whistlestop appearance
The Christmas Train rolled through Cherryvale on Dec. 12, offering a chance to ride the rails for one-hour trips with Santa and Mrs. Claus.
Jolly Old St. Nicholas and Mrs. Claus listened to Christmas wishes and took time to have their pictures taken with passengers on the
Christmas train. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Local church to display live nativity scene Friday
“Come to the Light,” a drivethrough living nativity, will be
presented on Friday, Dec. 18,
at the First Baptist Church,
100 N. Montgomery, in Cherryvale, said Brett Dietrich, senior pastor of the church. The
event will be held from 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m., and there is no admission charge.
The Christmas program will
be presented by a live cast of
Bible characters and animals
set in nine scenes staged on
the grounds surrounding the
church.
“ ‘Come to the Light’ is our
Christmas gift to the community,” Dietrich said. “This event
will allow our guests to experience the story of the birth of
Jesus Christ, from the angel
visiting Mary, to the visit from
the wise men to honor Jesus.”
Scenes include the Angel
Appears to Mary; the Journey
to Bethlehem; No Room at the
Inn; Jesus is Born; the Angel
Visits the Shepherds; the Wise
Men See the Star; the Shepherds Visit Jesus; Wise Men
Visit Jesus; and concludes with
“Do You Have Room for Jesus
Jack-knifed semi blocks U.S. 169 highway on Saturday
BY DONNA CELAYA
CHERRYVALE — A jackknifed 18-wheeler blocked
highway traffic on the edge
of town for more than three
hours on Saturday evening,
Dec. 12, but no one was hurt
in the incident.
Cherryvale police chief
Perry Lambert said his squad
car had just started moving,
all lights flashing, leading the
Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce lighted Christmas pa-
rade on Saturday, when he
received a call that a semi and
trailer had tipped over and
were blocking traffic on U.S.
169 immediately west of Main
Street’s commercial plaza in
Cherryvale.
“We had everyone tied up in
the parade except one patrol
officer, so I sent him out there
to direct traffic until the rest
of us could get there to help
him,” Lambert said. “He did
a great job of making sure no
one got hurt in a situation that
otherwise could have been
much, much worse. When a
semi and trail jack-knife it’s
very dangerous. You can’t see
them until you are right up on
them, and at highway speeds,
that can have some pretty terrible results.”
Lambert said Cherryvale
Fire-Rescue and Montgomery
County Rural Fire, stationed
in Cherryvale, also responded to the scene and assisted
with traffic until wreckers
could clear the highway of the
downed vehicle.
“The driver of the semi
spoke no English,” Lambert
said. “That was just one of the
things he will have to explain.
According to the Department
of Transportation, semi drivers have to be fluent in English. So we had to use a translator to get out of him exactly
what had happened.”
The driver, through the
translator, said he discovered
he was low on fuel, missed his
turn onto Main Street from the
highway, and was attempting
to turn his rig around on the
highway when his wheels left
the firm surface and sank into
the soft gravel shoulder, causing his trailer to tip and block
the entire width of the southbound lanes of the highway.
Lambert said it took a KHP
officer more than an hour to
arrive from Coffey County, the
closest officer on duty that
night; and about 80 minutes
for a tow truck to arrive from
Chanute.
“Don’t ask me why they
didn’t call for a closer tow
truck, but they didn’t for some
reason,” Lambert said.
That tow truck driver determined his rig could not right
the semi and trailer without
assistance, and he called for
a second tow truck, which arrived about two hours later,
Lambert said. Between the
two wreckers, they managed
to right the semi and trailer
and clear the highway for traffic. The highway was blocked
for more than three hours, he
said.
A highway patrol spokesperson said a trooper was sent
to the scene to direct traffic
until the truck could be pulled
from the mud and an inspection completed to ensure the
semi was safe to be on the
highway.
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will interact with the scenes’
characters
performed
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church members and friends.
“Our guests will be able
to drive slowly through the
scenes or park and walk from
scene to scene,” said Dietrich.
“We invite families to bring
their children to be wowed by
the whole event. Our friends
can fill their cars and drive by
to catch the full splendor of Jesus’ birth this Christmas.”
For questions or information about the drive-through
nativity, contact Dietrich at
(620) 779-3825 (cell).
Cherryvale Police
Explorer training
now under way
Cherryvale Police Department has five young adults
ages 14-20 enrolled in the Police Explorers Academy, but
the training also is useful for
part-time Officers in Training,
reserve officers and full-timers
who need the continuing education hours.
Training and classes are at
5 p.m. every Wednesday in the
council
chambers/municipal
court room adjacent to the police station at City Hall, 123 W.
Main.
“There are Police Explorer
competitions. I want ours to be
ready to compete, and there’s
no doubt they would win,” police Chief Perry Lambert said.
Anyone ages 14-20 interested in joining the Police Explorers Academy program, or
adults already involved in law
enforcement and who need
the additional training hours
should call the police station at
(620) 336-2400 for more information.
There is no charge for Cherryvale’s Explorer members or
members of the Cherryvale
police or fire departments to
participate in this training program. Members of other police
and fire departments that participate when a special speaker is conducting trainings help
pay to bring those special instructors to the program, Lambert said.
Christian Church
to host men’s
breakfast Jan. 9
The Cherryvale Christian
Church at 319 E. Main in Cherryvale invites the all men to the
monthly Men’s Breakfast at
7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 9. The men’s breakfast normally is on the first Saturday
of each month. The January
breakfast was pushed back a
week to avoid conflict with the
New Year’s holiday weekend.
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CHERRYVALE
Cherryvale FFA members who competed at the Southeast District FFA Contest include (back row, left
to right) Natalee Morris, Colben Dodson, Trenton Smedley, Cade Addis, MaKayla Hurd, Hannah Chrisman, (front row, left to right) Allison Bryant, Kylee Lang, Jessica Wood, and Abbie Adkison.
Food Science B Team members included (back row, left to right) Jacqui Wilson, Abby Brooks, Dalton
Vail, Jaida Essig, Ryan Robertson (front row, left to right) Sarah Steed, Maddi Moore, Airon Coats,
Lauren Cannon, and Lauren Hucke.
FFA members tested on speech, food science knowledge
The Cherryvale High School
FFA Chapter traveled to Fort
Scott Community College to
compete in the Southeast District food science and speech
contests last Friday. The chapter came home successful with
bringing home medals from
both contests.
The chapter had members
from each grade compete in
the prepared speech contest.
Members included Abbie Adkison, Kylee Lang, Natalee
Morris, Jessica Wood, Allison
Bryant, Colben Dodson, and
Trenton Smedley.
Trenton Smedley was the
lone member to earn a top 10
medal, as he placed seventh
overall in the senior division.
Three members competed in the extemporaneous
speech contest. These three
represented the chapter well
as MaKayla Hurd finished in
fifth place, Hannah Chrisman
finished in eighth place, and
Cade Addis earned 12th place.
The food science teams also
brought home medals. The A
team finished in eighth place,
with Ashley Bertrand placing
10th overall. Other members
of the team included Kayla
Hightower,
Gage
Traylor,
Trevor Raida, Clay Holloway,
and Ethan Tice. The B team
came home with a first place
plaque by beating out 15 other
teams. Ryan Robertson and
Sarah Steed also faired well
as Ryan placed second overall,
while Sarah received seventh
place. Other members of the
team included Lauren Hucke,
Jacqui Wilson, Abby Brooks,
Maddi Moore, Dalton Vail, Airon Coats, Jaida Essig, and
Lauren Cannon.
— Jordan Carinder, reporter
The Cherryvale Food Science A Team included (left to right) Ethan Tice, Clay Holloway, Kayla Hightower, Ashley Bertrand, Trevor Raida, and Gage Traylor.
Library to host 2-day
Star Wars marathon
Members of the Cherryvale Food Bank received the canned goods collected by the Cherryvale High School FFA Chapter. Members of
the food bank and chapter include Louise Grove, Charlie Blanchard, Timmy Allison, Dalton Hestand, Gage Traylor, Cade Addis, Dayla
Griffin, Taryn Rash, Rami Basham, and Bill Ott. (Courtesy photo)
In celebration of the release of “Star Wars VII, The Force
Awakens,” the Cherryvale Public Library at 329 E. Main will host
a two-day movie marathon of the earlier “Star Wars” movies. Beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 18, the library will show
“Star Wars IV: A New Hope,” which lasts 125 min, followed at
about 4:10 p.m. by “Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back,” a
127-minute flick. Then at 6:15 p.m., the library will show the last
movie of the night, “Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones,” which
runs for 142 minutes. The library will remain open until the end
of the third movie at approximately 8 p.m.
The marathon continues at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19, with
“Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith,” which runs for 139 min.;
followed at about noon by the “Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi,”
134 min.
The first in the Star Wars series of movies is not being shown
because the film was not well received by the public, and critics
said it adds nothing to the saga.
Everyone is welcome and admission is free. Make plans to see
all of the movies, or just come view the ones time allows. Call the
library at (620) 336-3460 for more information.
Free clothing store to
Food donation shows FFA chapter’s leadership outreach close for remodeling
The Cherryvale FFA Chapter
sent their chapter officer team
and Greenhand officer team
to Pittsburg to compete in the
Southeast District Leadership
School on Nov. 13. Both officer
teams competed in an opening
ceremony and an information
test with other district officer
teams. The chapter team also
competed in parliamentary
procedure during the day.
The Greenhand team had an
overall finish of seventh place.
Kylee Lang won Master Ritual
Treasurer for the Greenhand
team. The chapter team also
finished seventh place overall.
Allison Bryant brought home
Master Ritual Secretary.
The Cherryvale FFA Chapter also gave back to the com-
munity with their annual Harvest Ball. The Harvest Ball
was spent with a hayrack ride,
bonfire, and chili feed. Members spent a couple of days
carving pumpkins, and the
pumpkins were judged that
night. Categories included
scariest, funniest, cutest, and
overall.
The purpose of the Har-
vest Ball was to collect canned
goods to give to the Cherryvale
Community Food Bank. With
this event the chapter was
able to donate two containers
full of canned goods. These
items will come in handy at
the food bank as we near the
holiday season.
Jordan Carinder, reporter
Fire dept. seeks grants for equipment
BY DONNA CELAYA
Cherryvale
Fire-Rescue
has received the city council’s
permission to seek two grants
worth $163,000 to be used to
purchase SCBA underwater
rescue equipment and an automatic pulse machine for cardiopulminary resuscitation.
Fire chief Jesse Reed on
Dec. 7 told the Cherryvale
City Council the $13,000
auto-pulse
grant
through
the national program Assistance to Firefighters requires
no matching funds, and the
$150,000 SCBA grant through
Kansas Revolving Assistance
Fund, a state program, requires just a 5-percent match
in funds, so if the department
receives the grant, it will cost
the city $7,500.
Reed said Cherryvale FireRescue has applied jointly
with Independence Fire Department twice in the past
and the grant application was
denied both times. He said he
since then has taken a grantwriting course and will write
both grants for Cherryvale
only.
He also reminded the city
council that the fire and EMS
crews will host a bake sale
starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19. The sale ends
when the supply of baked good
is sold out. Proceeds will go to
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Reed said.
He said the department responded to seven fire calls in
November, including three
motor vehicle accidents, three
EMS calls, one fire alarm, one
carbon dioxide alarm and one
grass fire.
The department also responded to 35 EMS calls involving 40 patients. Of those
35 calls, 18 required transporting patients to a hospital
in the area, and four of those
were taken either by helicopter or by another agency that
responded as a second-unitout medical responder. The
other 17 calls were patient refusals.
Reed said EMS responded
within one minute of dispatch
74 percent of the time and
within three minutes every
time. They arrived on scene
within five minutes 88 percent
of the time and within 10 minutes 89 percent of the time.
Five of the 35 runs were to
scenes outside the city limits,
requiring longer arrival times.
The free clothing store at
Main and Labette streets in
Cherryvale, with its tables
stacked high and racks crowded now with free clothing and
household goods, will undergo
a complete face lift while it
is closed the last week of December and for the months of
January and February.
The
United
Methodist
Church plans to close the little
store for two or three months,
execute a complete remodel,
and then reopen it as the Cherryvale Clothes Closet in March.
As a conventional thrift store,
it charge nominal prices for
items it has, up to this point,
given away free. Truly indigent people and families recuperating from house fires or
the death of bread winners in
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CHERRYVALE
Chamber adds
incentive for
involvement
BY DONNA CELAYA
The greatest concern the
Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce board of directors is
facing right now is dwindling
participation in chamber meetings and fewer volunteers to
work on planning and executing chamber functions, even
as those functions continue to
receive enthusiastic public response.
A press release from the
chamber states that fewer volunteers are shouldering heavier responsibilities and starting to feel overwhelmed and
overburdened. And the problem also is impacting leadership: the board of directors is
down to five, when the number
should be nine.
Without the vital work of
volunteers, numerous chamber-sponsored events - such
as Cherry Blossom Days, the
lighted
Christmas parade,
and
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tions along Main Street - could
disappear, the release stated.
In an effort to encourage
membership and boost attendance at the Chamber of
commerce annual meeting
and membership dinner on
Monday, Jan. 18 at the Cherryvale Community Center, the
chamber is giving away the
first 100 tickets to that dinner
and awards meeting. There is
a limit of two free tickets per
registration.
The Business of the Year and
Volunteer of the Year awards
are presented at this dinner
meeting, and nominations are
being accepted now.
City administrator Travis
Goedken said to call City Hall
at (620) 336-2776 to register for the annual dinner and
awards meeting, to nominate
individuals and businesses for
the awards, or with questions
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The Cherryvale High School choir went a’caroling in downtown Cherryvale on Monday morning, Dec. 14. Here, they regale the staff at
the Diploma Center with “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” Not pictured are music instructor Tonya Torkelson who led the chorus, while
her husband, Mark Torkelson, a member of the USD 447 Board of Education, accompanied them on the guitar. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Fire-rescue to host Angel Tree bake sale Saturday
Cherryvale Fire-Rescue personnel will host a bake sale to
benefit a host of silver-haired
angels. “We want to make sure
each resident at Cherryvale
Nursing and Rehab has a present to open at Christmas,” fire
chief Jesse Reed said. The bake sale starts at 10
a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at the
fire station and runs until all
of the baked goods are sold.
Proceeds from the bake sale
will be used to purchase Angel
Tree gifts for the nursing home
residents. Dec. 19 also is the deadline
for claiming an angel orna-
ment from the tree in the nursing home’s lobby, purchasing
gifts and returning them to the
nursing home. The gifts should
be unwrapped and include the
angel ornament from the tree
to ensure the gifts get to the
correct recipients.
Then residents will receive
their gifts at the annual Christmas Pie Social and Christmas
party at 2 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 22. The party is open to
residents’ family and friends,
and the community. Make reservations through activities director Tara Hougardy at (620)
336-2102.
Friends organization seeks carpet installer for library steps
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Caroling in downtown Cherryvale
The Friends of the Cherryvale Public
Library on Dec. 3 agreed to continue to
try to find someone who can install new
indoor/outdoor carpet on the library’s
front steps, learned 784 adults and children attended the Book-n-Treat at Halloween, and tabled discussion of the annual Valentine cookies until the January
meeting.
They also agreed to participate in the
lighted Christmas parade and to distrib-
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The Friends meet next at 5:30 p.m.
on Thursday, Jan. 6, at the library, 326
E. Main. Anyone interested in helping
purchase materials promote the library’s
programs that help defray the cost of
improvements to the building and various projects can join. Membership is $5
a year for individuals, $2 for student in
Kindergarten through college, $10 for
families, $20 for businesses, $50 to become Bookworm Benefactors, and $75 or
more to become Carnegie Cohorts.
Call Friends president Tammie Logan
at the library, (620) 336-3460, for more
information.
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Estes encourages college savings gift this holiday season
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WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Jerry D. Davidson,
minister. (620) 778-6575. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Church, 11 a.m. Mailing address for the church: Wayside Christian Church, 508 S. Spring, Caney, KS 67333.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: 908 E. Fourth,
Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 330-0121. Come and worship
with us at New Hope Christian Church, 908 E. 4th.
Sunday School for adults and youths starts 9:30 a.m.,
with coffee and donuts served. Sunday worship service
begins at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will include professors, teachers and students from Ozark Christian College. Find Hope in Christ Jesus at New Hope Christian
Church. Colossians 1:27.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHERRYVALE:
Fourth and Montgomery streets, Cherryvale, KS. John
Chastain, pastor. (620) 336-2440. Sunday School-All
Ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; 2nd
Sunday, Cookie Sunday; 4th Sunday, Fellowship Dinner. Wed. - Family Night - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Free
dinner, 6:30 Youth Group and Ladies Bible Study, Monday - Men’s Bible Study - 6:00 pm.
CHERRYVALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Eric Lang, minister. 319 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2533.
Free coffee and doughnuts on Sunday mornings, 10:15
a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evening
6:30 p.m. Student Service. Love God, Love People,
Serve the World. Go to www.cheryyvalechristian.org.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Gordon Willhite, pastor. 906
Elm Street, Coffeyville, KS. (620) 251-1710. Sunday
Church at Study, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church at Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Church mission: Community-wide
breakfast last Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to 11
a.m.; Game Day on Mondays, 1 p.m.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHERRYVALE: 717 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. (620)
336-3504. David Bennett, pastor. Website: www.
fsbccherryvaleks.com. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6
p.m.; Wed. Night Bible Study & Youth, 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE PRAISE & WORSHIP: David and Renea
Cavaness. 308 N. Liberty, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 3368027. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m.; Morning
Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by Sunday evening worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, go to
www.nlpw.org or send an e-mail to newlife@nlpw.org.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 108 N. Bradley, Caney,
KS. (620) 879-5604, church number; Rev. Jonathan
Schultz, pastor, (918) 520-9829 (pastor’s cell number);
Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Church, 10 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANEY: 100 E.
Fourth, P.O. Box 141, Caney, Bill Wright, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study, 6 p.m.
9-17-15
TYRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: David Bycroft, evangelist. Box 307, Tyro, KS. (620) 289-4433. Traditional
Worship Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Contemporary Praise/Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Eve.
Worship & Youth Classes, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Youth
Classes, 7 p.m.
CHERRYVALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Jeffrey L.
Owen, 305 E. Main. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
morning worship 10:30 a.m. Call (620) 217-9665 for
other service times. “Come & Dine” free community
meal 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, unless otherwise noted.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Sixtus Ye
Myint, priest. 303 N. Hooker, Caney, KS. Sunday Mass,
11 a.m.; Weekday Masses on Monday, 8 a.m.; Confessions are before Mass; CCD/PSR Classes on Sunday at
9:30 a.m.; Altar Society, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CANEY: Brad Sanders,
pastor. 900 S. Ridgeway, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5220.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship,
10:40 a.m.; Sunday Night Service (during summer),
6:30 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Andrew Heiman, pastor. 202 S. Liberty, Cherryvale, KS.
Parish Hall: (620) 336-2599. All mail and calls to St.
Andrew Parish in Independence, KS: (620) 331-1789.
Sunday Mass, 8 a.m.
CANEY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd
and Vine streets. Worship led by Rev. Tim Black. Adult
& children’s Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship at 11
a.m. Wednesday Kids’ Quest/Prayer Meeting at 6:30
p.m. For more info call (918) 331-6334. Visit caneyopc.
org for more information.
CHERRYVALE CHURCH OF CHRIST: Stan Bryan, minister. North Hwy. 169, Cherryvale, KS. (620) 336-3948.
Sunday Bible Study, 10 a.m.; Preaching, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.
CROSS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CANEY: Joshua
Eaton, pastor. South 75 Highway, Caney, KS (620) 8792839. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Website:
crosspointcaney.com.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: 300 W. 9th
Street (corner of 9th & Willow), Coffeyville, KS; Dr. J.
Dean McNamara, pastor; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;
Sunday Services, 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study, Office “Ivy Room”, 6:30 p.m.; Youth,
“R.C.” Kids, Main Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. Phone:
(620) 251-3980; www.coffeyvillefbc.com.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF INDEPENDENCE: Ryan Carpenter, pastor. 918 W. Chestnut,
Independence, KS. (620) 331-3810. www.fsbindependence.com. SERVICES: Sunday Morning Bible Study
for all ages, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45
a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Night Bible Study/Prayer & Youth, 6:30 p.m.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY OF CHRIST: three
miles north of Dearing, Kan., at the corner of county
roads 3900 and 2600. Pastors are Melissa McIntosh.
Leslie Brooks, and Johnna Hugo. Church school 10
a.m., Worship service 11 a.m. Crossroads is a welcoming congregation to all races, genders and orientations. Phone 620-331-9294.
LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Bill Booe,
pastor. Sunday morning service, 9 -10 a.m. (nursery
available). Sunday school for youth and adults, 10:1510:45 a.m. Other events include Kids Club and Food,
Fun & Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on 1st, 3rd Wednesday
of each month; Bible Study on 2nd Wednesday of
each month; Family Night on 5th Wednesday of each
month. Youth Group meetings at 5 p.m., on 2nd and
4th Sundays of each month. P.O. Box 175, Liberty, KS
67351. Call (620) 330-3432.
CHRIST’S CHURCH AT CHERRYVALE: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday night Bible study at 1000 E. 4th St., Cherryvale. We welcome new friends and returning brothers and sisters back after Pastor Louie Celaya’s period
of recovery. Sunday morning services considered at a
later date. Watch this listing for updates, or call (620)
702-6024 for more information.
CANEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE: Keven
Grigg, pastor, 407 N. Spring, Caney, KS. 620-8792101. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;
Divorce Care, www.divorcecare.org. For events see
our Facebook page and Instagram.
CHERRYVALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 305
W. Third, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2375. Pastor Carl
Ellis. Worship 11:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Preschool is open from September to April.
Nursery is available every Sunday.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OF CANEY: Mike Morris,
minister. 301 N. McGee, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5255.
Morning Worship, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Evening Worship,
Sun., 6 p.m.; Sunday Youth Meeting, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service, 6:30 p.m.; Children’s Church, 1st, 2nd,
3rd & 5th Sundays of the Month.
CANEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Will Kenyon, pastor. 114 N. High, Caney, KS. (620) 879-2648.
Caney United Methodist Church: where God, tradition
and community intersect. Pastor Will Kenyon leads us
in worship at 10:45am which follows Sunday school
at 9:30am. Community meal open to all on the 2nd
and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Come be a part
of living out God’s mission. Reach out and transform
lives by sharing Christ’s love. You matter to God, and
you matter to us.
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Field Kindley’s top students
Field Kindley High School has announced its Renaissance students for the month of December.
One boy and one girl from the freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior classes are chosen for
the monthly honor. (Photos by Beth Conrad)
Freshmen: Sydney Coons and Ethan
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CCC trustees OK purchase
of new football uniforms
New football jerseys and
pants will be purchased for
the Coffeyville Community College football program after
the existing jerseys and pants
have outlived their use, college
trustees said.
Trustees agreed to accept
a $31,684.40 bid from Jock’s
Nitch for the purchase of 160
sets of uniforms (80 for home,
80 for away) from Adidas. Nike
and Under Armor also provided bids through Jock’s Nitch;
however, Adidas provided the
lowest bid.
The existing jerseys are four
years old and are getting to the
point where they are outdated
and needing attention, said
Linda Moley, CCC president.
“Much like all our clothing,
the jerseys and pants typically
don’t last beyond four years,”
she said. “They are in need of
replacement.”
Adidas made available a bonus bid for a third set of uniforms for about $6,700, which
would be about 50 percent
off the full price for 80 sets of
jerseys and pants. However,
trustees chose to accept Moley’s recommendation to purchase the two sets of uniforms.
“I think two sets is plenty,”
she said. “There are four different color combinations that
the team can use, including
red jerseys with white pants,
white jerseys with red pants,
all red uniforms, or all white
uniforms.”
Asked if other community
college football programs in
Kansas have more than two
sets of uniforms, athletic director Jeff Leiker said he knew
of only one college, Hutchinson, with more than two sets
of uniforms.
“For the most part, most
programs have only two sets of
uniforms: for home and away,”
he said.
In other business transacted at Monday’s meeting, the
CCC trustees approved a bid
of $10,166 from Village Tours
and Travel for the transport of
track athletes to the National
Indoor Track and Field Meet in
North Carolina.
FFA chapter earns high honors
at district speech contest
Several Field Kindley High quired time length, ranging district speech contest was the
School FFA members were from two to four minutes to district food science competiamong the top speakers at the freshmen to six to eight min- tion. Field Kindley was represented by Hailey Grififn, who
Southeast District FFA Speech utes for seniors.
Contest held in Fort Scott last Held in conjunction with the placed sixth overall.
Friday.
In the junior class division,
two FKHS members were
among the top three in the division: Krissy Isle, first place,
and Tracer McClellan, third
Juniors: Courtney Jackson
Seniors: Denice Gonzalez-Garcia
place.
and Christopher Ewy
and Logan Vacca
In the freshman division,
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overall.
Also representing Field
Kindley at the speech contest
The Field Kindley High Ariel Yager, FKHS debate national tournament in June were Nathan Hayes and Alex
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County commission OKs incentive for new Coffeyville industry
BY ANDY TAYLOR
give a maximum of $30,000
to MJD Products if they meet
specified payroll numbers at
the end of each calendar year.
Aaron Heckman, Montgomery
County Action Council director, emphasized that Montgomery County would allow
for the distribution of money
to the company only it meets
its specified payroll. Montgomery County’s maximum contribution to the program would
be $30,000, or $6,000 per
year for five years.
company, which is a metal
fabrication industry, plans to
increase its payroll from three
to 30.
The City of Coffeyville has
created an economic development package in the form of a
forgivable loan if MJD Products meets its payroll goal.
Montgomery County commissioners on Monday added to
the economic incentive trough
by allowing for an employee
inducement. In this program,
Montgomery County would
INDEPENDENCE — Last
week’s announcement that a
Parsons-based
manufacturing company would relocate to
Coffeyville drew support from
county commissioners Monday in the form of an economic
incentive.
MJD Products of Parsons
announced last week it was
acquiring the former Dixon
Industries building at the Coffeyville Industrial Park. The
Heckman said MJD Product
initially sought help from its
home base in Parsons. However, Parsons city officials were
unable to locate a building
with the square footage needed to accommodate MJD’s anticipate growth. That’s when
MJD Products’ ownership contacted the City of Coffeyville
and MCAC about prospects of
relocating to the Coffeyville
area.
“We were fortunate to have
an empty building that met
FINANCING AS
LOW AS
MJD’s square footage concerns,” said Heckman. “We
did not proactively solicit their
business, nor did we poach
them from Labette County.
MJD tried to find a location
within Parsons for its services
but simply could not locate any
such property.”
Heckman said the City of
Coffeyville was also seeking
annexation of the former Dixon Industries property so that
the derived tax revenue can
benefit city services.
Heckman said most of the
anticipated skills needed for
MJD’s increased payroll would
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taxpayers that the first half of the 2015 real estate, personal property, 16/20M truck, gas, oil and watercraft taxes
are due by Dec. 20. Due to Dec. 20 being on a Sunday, the
deadline has been extended until Monday, Dec. 21.
The taxes are payable at the county treasurer’s office at
the courthouse, Independence, or at the Coffeyville Auto
Tag Office, 807 Maple St., or by mail. A postmark of Dec. 21
will be accepted.
For information contact the Montgomery County Treasurer’s office at (620) 330-1100.
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Commissioners Larry McManus and Fred Brown were
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Brown also said the news of
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Coffeyville students
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LAWRENCE, Kan. — The
names of more than 1,250
candidates for degree from
the University of Kansas this
fall — representing 50 Kansas
counties, 41 other states and
territories, and 18 other countries — have been announced
by the University Registrar.
Because KU conducts only
one formal commencement
ceremony each year, many of
these graduates will return
Sunday, May 15, 2016, for the
university’s spring ceremony.
However, some schools and
programs conduct fall recognition ceremonies.
Among the undergraduate
and graduate degrees from
Coffeyville who were conferred
for the fall semester were Katie
Honas, bachelor of arts in psychology and sociology minor;
Kristina Thompson, bachelor
of arts in speech-languagehearing and psychology minor.
Hamrick honored by
ESU School of Business
EMPORIA, Kan. – Jessika
Hamrick of Coffeyville was
among 80 students honored
during the School of Business
Fall Scholarship Reception and
Beta Gamma Sigma Initiation
at Emporia State University.
Beta Gamma Sigma is the
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Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is
the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the
world can receive in a business
program accredited by AACSB
International. A total of 10 students were inducted.
Hamrick, a senior business
administration, was inducted
into Beta Gamma Sigman and
honored as a scholarship recipient.
Area students win
honors at debate meet
SALINA, Kan. — The Kansas
Wesleyan University Debate
and Forensics team traveled
to Lawton, Okla, to compete in
the Cameron University Christmas Classic tournament on
Dec. 4-5, against college and
university debate teams from
Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas,
and Kansas.
By claiming 15 of the prized
nutcracker awards, the Kansas Wesleyan team won first
place overall in the school
sweepstakes competition.
In Parliamentary Debate,
the duo of senior Amber Benning and junior Alex Vore,
both of Caney, tied for first
place Open Division.
Page B1
SPORTS
ICC names new football coach
ICC football coach Jason
Brown’s primary duty
this week was hitting the
recruiting trail in Kansas
BY ANDY TAYLOR
It was only two years ago that Field Kindley High School head
football coach Murray Zogg (holding trophy) led the FKHS
football team through the class 4A state playoffs, culminating
with an appearance in the class 4A state championship game.
On Monday, Zogg officially resigned his football coaching duties in Coffeyville after the 2015 team finished with a disappointing 0-9 record. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Zogg decides to
hang up whistle
at Field Kindley
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
squad in 2010. The Golden
Tornado advanced to the
COFFEYVILLE — Field
state playoffs in each of
Kindley High School is in
Zogg’s first five seasons with
search of a new football
the program. In 2013, the
coach after the recent resig‘Nado advanced to their
nation of Murray Zogg.
first-ever state champion The Golden Tornado
ship game before falling to
closed out the 2015 season
Buhler to finish as the Class
at 0-9 overall. That came
4A runner-up.
just two years after they
Since that run to the title
finished as the Class 4A
game, FKHS has struggled
runner-up.
over the past two seasons.
Zogg’s decision wasn’t as
One year after going 3-7,
much based on his team’s
Field Kindley went 0-9 durlack of success this past
ing the recently completed
season but more with a dif2015 season — the team’s
ference of opinions between
first winless campaign since
him and the FKHS adminis1997. The Golden Tornado
tration.
missed the postseason for
“I resigned because the
the first time since 2007 and
administration said they
will take a 12-game losing
thought they needed to
streak into the 2016 season.
make a change,” Zogg said.
Zogg, who attended CCC
“When I asked them why
and Brigham Young Uniand what have I done that
versity, started his coachmade them lose faith in
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my leadership, they would
High School, where he was
not give me a reason. They
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then, in not these exact
head wrestling coach from
words, told me that our rise
1997-2000. From there, he
to glory in 2011-13 was not
was an offensive line and
because of me but the kids
offensive coordinator at Cofthat were in the program.
feyville Community College
Once I heard this, I knew it
(2000-06) before becoming
was time for me to leave, so
the head football coach at
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INDEPENDENCE — Jason
Brown, new football coach at
Independence High School,
didn’t waste any time hitting
the recruiting trail.
Just one day after being formally announced as the skipper
of the Pirate football program,
the new coach was meeting
area high school coaches and
players in hopes of landing recruiting in what will be a busy
month for Brown. High school
seniors football players can
begin signing their letters of
intent on Feb. 4.
“I’m going to be gone this
week, hitting all of the high
schools and getting to know
the coaches and players in the
region,” said Brown, who was
announced as the ICC football
coach at a press conference on
Sunday. “I want to be able to
get out and meet as many people this week before schools
begin their Christmas break.
Then, I’ll be back at it in January. It’s going to be a very busy
month for me.”
Brown comes to ICC after
having served as offensive coordinator and assistant head
coach at Garden City Community College. Prior to that
Brown was immersed in the
world of California football —
both in the high school and
college ranks. The California
native served as head coach at
Compton Community College
from 2007-09.
Brown inherits an ICC squad
that won only two games last
season, but thinks that he can
turn that around and believes
it begins with recruiting disciplined players.
“We have hit the ground
running, as far as that goes,”
said Brown. “I truly believe
that quality young men will
want to come play for us once
they hear who we are and
what our plans are moving forward.”
His first connection to Kansas came in the early 1990s
when he was recruited as
Jason Brown (left) smiled broadly when he was announced as the new football coach at Independence Community College on Sunday afternoon. Brown’s first decision was the hiring of Jason Martin
(right) as defensive coordinator. Both Brown and Martin come to Independence after having had assistant coaching stints at Garden City Community College. Both men also have considerable experience in the high school and college ranks in California. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
a quarterback at Fort Hays
State University. His coach at
Fort Hays at that time was Jeff
Leiker, who later would have
sterling career as head coach
at Coffeyville Community College. Leiker now serves as athletic director at CCC.
“At that time, I drove to
Hays, Kansas, from California
— and had never been east of
Denver, Colorado, in my life,”
said Brown. “I came to Hays,
didn’t know a soul, and started
my relationship with Coach
Leiker that continues even today.”
After graduating from Fort
Hays State University, the
Lakewood, Calif., native became a member of the Kansas
City Chief’s practice squad and
played for the Chicago Rush
and Bakersfield Blitz of the
Arena Football League.
That’s when he returned to
California and coached in the
high school and college ranks,
where he had 18 players eventually move up to NFL status.
Brown did make one announcement to his ICC staff:
Jason Martin has been hired as
defensive coordinator. Martin
was on Garden City’s coaching
staff where he served as the
secondary coach and national
recruiting coordinator.
“Coach Martin will play an
integral role in recruiting for
us,” said Brown. “He has an
eye for talent and knows precisely the kind of players I am
looking for to help turn this
program around.”
Like Brown, Martin is a California native and has his roots
deep in California community college and major college
football. Prior to being on the
coaching staff at Garden City,
Martin was an assistant coach
at UCLA. Martin’s brother, Demetrice Martin, is UCLA’s assistant head coach for defense.
“I can tell you this about
the Jayhawk Conference, it’s
known throughout the country,
which why I think players will
want to come here to play,”
said Martin. “When it comes
to recruiting players for upper-level college and even the
pros, you can’t help but mention the teams in the Jayhawk
Conference. Combine the Jayhawk Conference schools with
the teams we play each year
from Iowa, there’s not a game
where you don’t play either a
national championship contender but also a bowl team
and a conference champion.
This is among the top conferences in the nation, and I’m
ready to make Independence a
part of the conversation.”
Local swimmers seek speed improvement
BY BRIAN THOMAS
EL DORADO — Through the
first few weeks of the season,
the Field Kindley and Independence swim teams have been
working on cutting down their
individual times. Now with the
holiday break here, the squad
will get some more practice
time as they try to build things
for the second semester.
On Friday, the teams competed in the El Dorado Invitational — Field Kindley taking
seventh place and Independence finishing in eighth. Newton won the meet, followed by
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“I thought several did
great dropping their previous
best times,” said FKHS swim
coach Tracey Childress. “We
still have a lot of room for improvement. We will need to
work really hard over Christmas Break to get our times
down where they need to be.”
Independence swim coach
Kathy Clapp, whose squad
competed three times in the
span of six days, said she continues to see steady improvement.
“Despite the busy schedule
of the week, the boys continue
to improve and cut time in certain events,” Clapp said. “They
are getting stronger and building endurance. Fortunately,
we have a break now until
Jan. 7. We plan to use this
practice time to work on little
things like starts and turns,
which will help us to improve
and continue to work on building our endurance.”
Field Kindley competed
in four events at the meet,
including a team-best fifthplace finish in the 50 freestyle
by Christopher Ewy. He also
earned a state consideration
time in the 100 freestyle with
a sixth-place mark of 55.75
seconds.
FKHS placed eighth in the
200 medley relay in 2:07.08
and was ninth in the 200 freestyle relay.
Independence was unable
to crack inside the top 10 of
any race. The 200 medley relay team captured 10th place
in a time of 2:15, while Nathan
Hogge was 10th in the 100
breaststroke in 1:23. Meanwhile, the 200 freestyle relay
took 11th in 1:52.55, and Hogge was 11th in the 200 IM in
2:55.67.
Other Bulldog performances
included Jacob Mitchell, 13th
in the 50 freestyle in 27.31 and
20th in the 100 freestyle in
1:13.34; Adam Hayse, 13th in
the 100 backstroke in 1:27.51
and 18th in the 200 freestyle
in 3:14.15; Sean Neyland, 14th
in the 100 butterfly in 1:45.12;
Branden Bales, 15th in the
100 freestyle in 1:03.87 and in
the 50 freestyle in 27.45; and
Jacob Hogge, 19th in the 200
freestyle in 3:27.62 and 23rd
in the 100 freestyle in 1:18.20.
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SPORTS
Road games
victorious for
Lady ’Pups;
team to host
Dewey squad
BY BRIAN THOMAS
OXFORD — For a second
straight night, the Caney Valley
High School girls’ basketball
team picked up a road win.
This time, the Lady Bullpups
dominated from the opening
tip as they took down Oxford
49-17 on Tuesday.
“Defensively, we were better, and we didn’t have as
many lazy fouls,” said CVHS
girls’ coach Tom Nelson. “Offensively, we are getting a little
better each night and learning patience. I see good things
happening, and I am proud of
the girls and their work ethic.”
The Lady Bullpups, who
earned a 53-39 win at Southeast-Cherokee on Monday, improved to 2-1 on the season.
Caney Valley will wrap up the
first semester on Friday when
it entertains Dewey (Okla.) in
its final game before the holiday break.
Caney Valley had control
of Tuesday’s contest from the
start. The Lady ‘Pups outscored Oxford (1-4) 16-4 in the
opening quarter and extended
that lead to 23-9 by halftime.
A 15-3 run by Caney Valley in
the third quarter eventually
put the game well out of reach.
Kolbi McIntosh led the way
for CVHS with 11 points, including a three-pointer. Natasha Sanders also reached
double figures in scoring with
10.
Caney Valley 49, Oxford 17
CANEY VALLEY (2-1): Ko. McIntosh 3 (1)
2-4 11, Sanders 5 0-0 10, Ky. McIntosh 4 1-3
9, Owen 2 2-2 6, Cunningham 2 0-0 4, L. Nunneley 0 (1) 0-0 3, K. Nunneley 1 0-0 2, Buoy 1
0-0 2, Rogers 1 0-0 2, Kulp 0 0-0 0, Yates 0 0-0
0, Lawrence 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 (2) 5-9 49.
OXFORD (1-4): Norris 0 7-14 7, Cook 1 1-2
3, Vaughn 1 0-0 2, B. Metz 0 2-2 2, K. Metz 1
0-0 2, Gaither 0 1-2 1, Ives 0 0-0 0, Hiten 0 0-0
0, Talbert 0 0-0 0, Zimmerman 0 0-1 0. TOTALS
3 (0) 11-21 17.
CANEY VALLEY 16
7 15 11 — 49
OXFORD
4
5 3 5 — 17
CANEY VALLEY 53,
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE 39
CHEROKEE — Leading by
just four points at halftime,
the Lady Bullpups used a 15-4
run in the third quarter to take
control for a 53-39 victory at
Southeast-Cherokee on Monday.
“There were times where
I saw us play really well and
kind of put some things together,” said Nelson, whose squad
picked up its first win after a
40-39 home loss to Neodesha
in its Dec. 8 opener. “I’m still
trying to figure out where our
chemistry is at and what group
plays better together. So far,
all I’ve learned is what couple of groups don’t play well
together. We show flashes of
things that I know we can do.
We made some nice little runs
and then we’ll just quit executing and do our own little thing
for a little while. When we’re
all on the same page, we play
pretty well.”
CVHS trailed only briefly
at 2-0 to start the game and
went on a 13-3 run to take a
six-point lead at the end of one
quarter. The Lady Bullpups
struggled to grab complete
control as they had a 20-16
advantage heading into the intermission.
The second half was a different story. Kyndal McIntosh
scored the first six points out
of the locker room as part
of a 15-0 Caney Valley run.
CVHS led 39-20 early in the
fourth quarter before watching Southeast close the gap
to eight, 44-36, with 2:41 remaining. That’s as close as the
game would get, though, as the
‘Pups closed things out for the
win.
Kyndal McIntosh had 14
points to pace Caney Valley,
followed by Kolbi McIntosh
with 13.
Caney Valley 53, Southeast-Cherokee 39
CANEY VALLEY (1-1): Ky. McIntosh 6 2-2 14,
Ko. McIntosh 6 1-9 13, Buoy 0 (3) 0-0 9, K. Nunneley 1 (2) 0-4 8, Sanders 1 2-2 4, Owen 1 0-2
2, Cunningham 1 0-0 2, Kulp 0 1-2 1, Rogers 0
0-0 0, Lawrence 0 0-1 0. TOTALS 16 (5) 6-22 53.
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE (0-4): Ulery 1
(1) 5-8 10, Jackson 1 (2) 1-2 9, Bitner 1 4-5 6,
Martin 1 4-4 6, Buffington 0 5-6 5, Jenkins 0
3-4 3, Vinson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 4 (3) 22-29 39.
CANEY VALLEY 13 7 15 18 — 53
SOUTHEAST
7
9 4 19 — 39
Cherryvale boys dominate second half
Team finishes hectic
December calendar with
30-point win over
Southeast-Cherokee
BY BRIAN THOMAS
CHERRYVALE — Coming off
its first win of the season, the
Cherryvale High School boys’
basketball team made it two
in a row on Tuesday with a
convincing 79-49 victory over
Southeast-Cherokee.
“I’m very proud of the effort of our team,” said Charger coach Aaron Rehmert. “I
thought we played hard on
both ends more consistently
throughout the game. I was
very pleased with our third
quarter. We talked about not
letting off the gas at halftime,
and we didn’t. I think we outscored them 23-8 in that third
quarter, and that all started on
the defensive end. That’s how
we wanted to enter the break.
I’m excited about getting better these next two weeks as we
prepare for league play.”
With that win, CHS closed
out the first semester with a
2-3 overall record. The Chargers went 1-2 last week at the
Wildcat Winter Classic in Yates
Center, finishing it off with a
64-6 win over Altoona-Midway
to claim seventh place.
On Tuesday, Cherryvale
put together its most complete game of the season. Despite being tied at 14-all after
one quarter, the Chargers got
things going before halftime,
outscoring the Lancers 23-13
in the second period for a 3727 edge at the intermission.
The host team went on to
blow things out in the second
half. A 23-8 run in the third
quarter extended the Chargers’ lead to 60-35, and they
went on to coast from there to
the victory.
Lane Raida had a gamehigh 25 points to lead the way
for Cherryvale. He finished the
game with 10 buckets and was
5-of-8 at the charity stripe.
Also reaching double figures
in scoring were Brendan Men-
zer with 17, Trenton Smedley
15 and Jacob Wagner 12.
Southeast-Cherokee (2-3),
which was coming off a 59-56
home loss to Caney Valley on
Monday, was led by Sam Holsinger with 11 points.
Cherryvale returns to action
on Jan. 5 as it travels to Erie.
Cherrryvale 79, SE-Cherokee 49
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE (2-3): Holsinger 5 1-1
11, Valdivia 0 (2) 3-4 9, Jackson 2 4-6 8, Burdette 1 (1) 2-3 7, Trejo 1 (1) 1-2 6, Hendricks
0 (1) 0-0 3, Craddock 1 0-0 2, Paasch 1 0-0 2,
Gideon 0 1-2 1, Long 0 0-0 0, Fenimore 0 0-0
0, Hunt 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Burns 0 0-0
0, Thompson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (5) 12-18 49.
CHERRYVALE (2-3): L. Raida 10 5-8 25, Menzer 4 (1) 6-7 17, Smedley 5 5-7 15, Wagner
6 0-1 12, J. Robertson 2 0-0 4, Vigil 1 0-0
2, Verge 0 2-2 2, Main 0 1-2 1, Bennett 0
1-2 1, T. Raida 0 0-0 0, R. Robertson 0 0-0
0, John 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28 (1) 20-29 79.
SOUTHEAST
14 13 8 14 — 49
CHERRYVALE
14 23 23 19 — 79
CHERRYVALE 64,
ALTOONA-MIDWAY 6
YATES CENTER — The
Chargers picked up their first
win of the season on Dec. 11
as they thumped Altoona-Midway 64-6 in the seventh-place
game of the Wildcat Winter
Classic.
“In a game like that, we
had to focus on some things to
get better at and go execute,”
Rehmert said. “Our focus was
boxing out every possession
and being in great defensive position every play. We
did that at times, but we still
aren’t there yet. I thought we
had some guys play very well
off the bench these last few
games. Some of them are really fighting for minutes and it
shows. I love to see kids competing.”
Cherryvale dominated from
start to finish, leading 17-4 after one quarter before shutting
out the Jets 33-0 in the second
period to take a 50-4 edge into
the intermission.
Raida had 13 points for
CHS, followed by Kortland
Verge with 11 and Menzer 10.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
SEVENTH-PLACE GAME
Cherryvale 64, Altoona-Midway 6
CHERRYVALE (1-3): L. Raida 5 3-3 13,
Verge 5 1-1 11, Menzer 5 0-0 10, R. Robertson 3 2-5 8, John 4 0-0 8, Vigil 2 2-3 6, J.
Robertson 2 0-0 4, T. Raida 1 0-1 2, Wagner 1 0-2 2, Main 0 0-0 0, Smedley 0 0-4
0, Bennett 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28 (0) 8-19 64.
ALTOONA-MIDWAY (0-4): Carter 1
1-2 3, Sade 1 0-0 2, Phillips 0 1-5 1, Cay-
Cherryvale’s Jacob Wagner extends his reach above the arms of Southeast-Cherokee’s Sam Holsinger
during Tuesday’s game in the Cherryvale High School Gymnasium. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
lor 0 0-1 0, Euller 0 0-0 0, Huffman 0
0-0 0, Krasowski 0 0-0 0, Bayer 0 0-0 0,
Catterson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 2 (0) 2-8 6.
CHERRYVALE
17
33 0 14 — 64
ALTOONA-MIDWAY
4 0 02 — 6
MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY
53, CHERRYVALE 47
YATES CENTER — Cherryvale suffered a third straight
loss to open the season with a
53-47 setback to Marais des
Cygnes Valley in round two of
the Wildcat Winter Classic.
“I thought we played better on both ends of the floor,”
Rehmert said. “We seemed
to value the ball more and
limited our turnovers. Defensively, we still just haven’t got
32 minutes of tough, gritty defense like we need. We gave
up several offensive rebounds
to MDCV in the fourth quarter,
which ultimately led to defeat.”
CHS rallied from a 15-11
deficit after one quarter to
eventually even things up at
36-all at the end of three quarters. MDCV outscored Cher-
ryvale 17-11 in the final period
to pull away for the win.
Menzer had 14 points to
pace the Chargers, while Verge
put in 11 and Raida added 10.
CONSOLATION BRACKET
Marais des Cygnes Valley 53, Cherryvale 47
CHERRYVALE (0-3): Menzer 7 0-0 14, Verge 1
(3) 0-0 11, L. Raida 4 2-2 10, Smedley 2 0-0 4,
Main 1 1-2 3, Vigil 1 0-0 2, Wagner 1 0-3 2, R.
Robertson 0 1-2 1. TOTALS 17 (3) 4-9 47.
MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY (1-1): Patterson
5 (1) 8-13 21, Cannon 4 (2) 0-1 14, Criqui 0 (3)
0-0 9, Patterson 2 1-2 5, Allen 1 0-1 2, Sowers
0 2-2 2. TOTALS 12 (6) 11-19 53.
CHERRYVALE
11
10 15 11 — 47
MDCV
15
8 13 17 — 53
Lady Chargers survive battle on home court
BY BRIAN THOMAS
CHERRYVALE — Although
it was far from a masterpiece,
the Cherryvale High School
girls’ basketball team went
into the holiday break with another victory.
The Lady Chargers overcame a sluggish start to outlast
Southeast-Cherokee 39-31 in a
non-league matchup Tuesday
night.
“Southeast came out and
played a slow game,” said CHS
girls’ coach David Smedley.
“They made us work hard and
defend for extended periods of
time. I thought my girls did a
decent job of staying patient,
and we were finally able to get
a few shots to fall and secure
the win.”
The Lady Chargers were
coming off a third-place finish
at last week’s Wildcat Winter
Classic in Yates Center. With
Tuesday’s win, CHS closed out
the first semester of action
with a 4-1 overall mark. Cherryvale will take some time off
for the holidays before returning to play on Jan. 5 at Erie.
Cherryvale
found
itself
down 4-3 after a slow first
quarter but finally picked up
the action before halftime.
Cherryvale outscored Southeast 16-8 in the second period
to grab a 19-12 advantage at
the break.
The Lady Chargers pulled
away after the break, using a
15-6 run in the third quarter
to extend their lead to 34-16.
Although the Lady Lancers cut
into that margin in the final
period, CHS had more than
enough to lock up its fourth
win in five tries.
Beth
Hawkins
knocked
down three three-pointers as
part of a game-high 18 points
for the Lady Chargers.
Southeast-Cherokee
(0-5)
was led by Bailee Ulery with
10 points.
Cherrryvale
39,
Southeast-Cherokee
31
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE (0-5): Ulery 2 (1) 3-4
10, Bitner 4 0-0 8, Jackson 1 (1) 0-0 5, Buffington
finishing strong at the basket,
so we were getting misses instead of makes. I really felt the
girls let that bother them, so
we continued to play sluggish.
We were lucky to only be down
four at the half. What I was
most proud of is we kept fighting. Down 10 with four minutes to go in the fourth, and we
get the game tied with 20 seconds to go. In the final couple
of possessions, they were able
to make a play and the ball just
rimmed out for us.”
Sedan had leads of 13-11
after one quarter, 22-18 at the
intermission and 36-26 at the
end of three periods. Cherryvale made things interesting by going on a 15-5 run to
start the final quarter to tie the
score. But the Devils made the
plays down the stretch to earn
the win.
Hawkins had 26 points to
pace the Lady Chargers.
Cherryvale’s Emilee Reed (#3) and Michelle Rau (#32) attempt to remove the basketball from the
clutches of Southeast-Cherokee’s Julie Martin during a scramble on the Cherryvale High School hardwoods Tuesday night. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
1 3-5 5, Martin 0 2-4 2, Hartman 0 1-2 1, Jenkins
0 0-0 0, Vinson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 8 (2) 9-15 31.
CHERRYVALE (4-1): Hawkins 3 (3) 3-4 18,
Carinder 1 (1) 2-3 7, Wagner 2 0-1 4, A. Rau
0 4-6 4, M. Rau 2 0-0 4, Reed 1 0-0 2, Hucke
0 0-1 0, Steed 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 9 (4) 9-15 39.
SOUTHEAST
4
8 6 13 — 31
CHERRYVALE
3
16 15 5 — 39
CHERRYVALE 69, SOUTHERN
COFFEY COUNTY 46
YATES CENTER — The Lady
Chargers controlled things
from start to finish in a 69-46
victory over Southern Coffey
County in the third-place game
of the Wildcat Winter Classic
on Dec. 11.
“It is tough to play back-toback nights after losing a close
game,” said Smedley, whose
squad was coming off a 44-41
loss to Sedan one night earlier
in the tournament. “The girls
came out and did what they
needed to. We were able to
score and maintain a comfortable lead all night long.”
Cherryvale led 15-7 after
one quarter and 30-18 at the
intermission.
Hawkins hit 12 shots in the
contest, including five from
long range, as part of a gamehigh 31-point effort.
THIRD-PLACE GAME
Cherryvale 69, Southern Coffey County 46
Reed 2 (1) 2-2 9, A. Rau 0 (1) 6-6 9, Carinder 1
(2) 0-0 8, M. Rau 2 1-2 5, Steed 2 0-0 4, Spencer 1 0-0 2, Wagner 0 1-2 1, Hucke 0 0-0 0,
Wilson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 15 (9) 12-15 69.
SOUTHERN COFFEY COUNTY (2-2): Lyons
3 14-20 20, Deal 2 1-2 5, Emmons 2 1-2 5,
Alumbaugh 2 1-2 5, Kasprzak 1 1-2 3, Stone
0 (1) 0-0 3, Meats 0 2-4 2, Harvey 1 0-0 2, Hegwald 0 1-3 1, Falls 0 0-2 0, Lehman 0 0-0 0, Hall
0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (1) 21-37 46.
CHERRYVALE
15
15 21 18 — 69
SOUTH. COFFEY 7
11 12 16 — 46
SEDAN 44, CHERRYVALE 41
YATES CENTER — Despite
trailing by double digits in the
fourth quarter, the Lady Chargers made a late comeback
before falling short to Sedan,
44-41, in the semifinal round
of the Wildcat Winter Classic
on Dec. 10.
“It was a game that we
struggled from the beginning,”
Smedley said. “We weren’t
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Sedan 44, Cherryvale 41
Carinder 1 (1) 1-2 6, Reed 1 1-5 3, Wagner 0
2-2 2, A. Rau 0 2-11 2, M. Rau 1 0-0 2, Steed 0
1-2 1, Hucke 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 7 (4) 15-34 41.
SEDAN (3-0): Unruh 4 7-8 15, H. Williams
3 (1) 1-7 10, Roggow 1 (1) 2-4 7, Sims 1 2-8 4,
Hurt 2 0-2 4, Miller 0 (1) 1-2 4, A. Williams 0 0-0
0, Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (3) 13-31 44.
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SPORTS
Dodson is medalist at Carl Junction meet
Cherryvale wrestlers
defeat Fredonia in
Friday night dual
BY BRIAN THOMAS
CARL
JUNCTION,
Mo.
— Colben Dodson captured
second place at 170 pounds
to lead the Cherryvale High
School wrestling team to a
ninth-place finish at the CJ
Classic on Saturday.
The Chargers had 103
points on the day for their
ninth-place spot. Seneca won
the title with 379.5, followed
by Webb City in second place
at 182.
“We did pretty well,” said
CHS wrestling coach Casey
Lickteig. “We didn’t take a
full squad. Only five wrestled,
but we placed all five to take
ninth as a team. We like going
to this tournament because we
get to see a lot of quality wrestlers that we normally won’t
throughout the season. We
take these tough matches and
use them as preparation for
ones ahead.”
Dodson was the top overall
performer in the tournament
for Cherryvale. He won his
first four matches by pin over
Christian Applewhite of TulsaBishop Kelley (0:52), Jordon
Rogers of Webb City JV (2:58),
Ethan Schepers of Carl Junc-
tion (3:24) and Lance Hymer
of Seneca (5:21). He closed
out a 4-1 day in second place
following a narrow 5-4 loss to
Hunter Value of Webb City.
Also having a solid showing
in the tournament was Alex
VanRooy, who went 4-1 at 152
pounds to bring home third
place. Micah King (1-3) and
Zach Yates (3-2) both finished
in fourth place at 126 and 160
pounds, respectively. Meanwhile, Christian Thornton took
sixth place at 182 with a 2-3
mark on the day.
The Cherryvale wrestling
team is scheduled to compete
at Labette County this evening
before hosting Frontenac in a
dual on Friday. The Chargers
will also host their own junior
varsity invitational on Saturday to wrap up the first semester.
CJ CLASSIC
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Seneca 379.5, 2. Webb
City 182, 3. Monett 174, 4. Nevada 156.5, 5.
McDonald County 146.5, 6. Ladue 131.5,
7. Tulsa-Bishop Kelley 123, 8. Carl Junction
116.5, 9. Cherryvale 103, T-10. Diamond/
Labette County 85, 12. Webb City JV 49, 13.
Seneca JV 46, 14. Tulsa-Bishop Kelley JV 21,
15. McDonald County JV 13, 16. Monett JV 4.
CHERRYVALE RESULTS
126: Micah King def. Kyle Cody, Ladue,
by major decision, 10-2; lost to Dawson Stephens, Seneca, 4-6; pinned by Tyler Church,
Carl Junction, 1:43; lost to Dawson Stephens,
Seneca, 2-7. King finished in fourth place in
weight class.
152: Alex VanRooy pinned Cody Hanson,
Nevada, 1:24; pinned by Kendal Whited, Ladue, 1:28; pinned Timber Bowers, McDonald
County, 0:29; def. Colin Elias, Tulsa-Bishop
Kelley, 8-2; def. Desmond Hill, Monett, 3-2.
VanRooy finished in third place in weight
class.
160: Zach Yates pinned Jack Stieferman, Tulsa Bishop Kelley JV, 2:45; pinned
Jesse Brummit, Webb City, 0:38; def. Isaac
McLaughlin, Diamond, in sudden victory,
15-13; lost to Taylor Cook, Seneca, by major
decision, 3-16; lost to Andrew Eschenhiemer,
Tulsa-Bishop Kelley, 4-11. Yates finished in
fourth place in weight class.
170: Colben Dodson pinned Christian Applewhite, Tulsa-Bishop Kelley, 0:52;
pinned Jordon Rogers, Webb City JV, 2:58;
pinned Ethan Schepers, Carl Junction, 3:24;
pinned Lance Hymer, Seneca, 5:21; lost to
Hunter Vanlue, Webb City, 4-5. Dodson finished in second place in weight class.
182: Christian Thornton pinned by Jordan Bailey, Seneca, 0:10; pinned Carrington
Reed, Ladue, 1:06; pinned Jesus Ocampo,
McDonald County, 1:55; pinned by Owen
Gray, Webb City JV, 1:33; pinned by Jarren
Taylor, Webb City, 0:23. Thornton finished in
sixth place in weight class.
FREDONIA DINNER DUAL
FREDONIA — One day before the CJ Classic, the Chargers beat Fredonia 48-33 as
part of the Fredonia Dinner
Dual last Friday.
“It was a good team victory,” Lickteig said. “We had to
make some last-minute changes to the lineup to benefit the
betterment of the team, and
it paid off. We had to wrestle
up some weights and keep
matches close on the ones
that we knew would be tough
to stay ahead in points. It also
showed the boys an important
lesson on how everyone on
the team matters because you
never know when you might
be called up. I was very proud
of their effort.”
Cherryvale won eight of the
Swimmers to return to the tank in January
• continued from page B1
ous time,” Clapp said. “They
also won their heat by .03 seconds. It was a great race.”
Both squads will take time
off for the holiday break before returning to the pool on
Jan. 7 at the Emporia Invitational.
EL DORADO INVITATIONAL
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Newton, 2. Derby, 3.
Winfield, 4. El Dorado, 5. Rose Hill, 6. Wichita
Trinity, 7. Field Kindley, 8. Independence.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
200 Medley Relay: 8. Field Kindley A
(Dylan Cruse, Austin Peck. W.J. Housley,
Christopher Ewy), 2:07.08.
50 Freestyle: 5. Christopher Ewy; 11.
Dylan Cruse; 16. Will Hoy.
100 Freestle: 6. Christopher Ewy, 55.75;
14. Will Hoy; 16. Dylan Cruse.
200 Freestyle Relay: 9. Field Kindley A
(Will Hoy, Dylan Cruse, W.J. Housley, Christopher Ewy). INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
200 Medley Relay: 10. Independence A
(Adam Hayse, Nathan Hogge, Branden Bales,
Jacob Mitchell), 2:15.00.
200 Freestyle: 18. Adam Hayse, 3:14.15;
19. Jacob Hogge, 3:27.62.
200 IM:11. Nathan Hogge, 2:55.67.
50 Freestyle: 13. Jacob Mitchell, 27.31; 15.
Branden Bales, 27.45.
100 Butterfly: 14. Sean Neyland, 1:45.12.
100 Freestyle: 15. Branden Bales, 1:03.87;
20. Jacob Mitchell, 1:13.34; 23. Jacob Hogge,
1:18.20.
200 Freestyle Relay: 11. Independence
A (Nathan Hogge, Sean Neyland, Branden
Bales, Jacob Mitchell), 1:52.55; 20. Independence B (Jacob Hogge, Jacob Smith, John
Easley, Adam Hayse), 2:14.96.
100 Backstroke: 13. Adam Hayse, 1:27.51.
100 Breaststroke: 10. Nathan Hogge,
1:23.00; 18. Sean Neyland, 1:41.59.
BONNER SPRINGS
INVITATIONAL
BONNER SPRINGS — The
200 freestyle relay team finished in a time of 1:58.08 to
take fifth place and lead Independence at the Bonner
Springs Invitational on Dec. 9.
IHS also took seventh place
in the 200 medley relay in
2:14.95. The Bulldogs earned
top-10 finishes in six other
races, including sixth place
by Bales in the 100 freestyle
(1:02.86) and the 400 freestyle
relay (5:40.38).
“The boys swam well in
Bonner Springs,” Clapp said.
“We were only able to take six,
and they competed against
much larger schools. Teamwise, we finished fourth out of
six teams, but we were thrilled
with the results. Individually,
we are improving as well.
Branden turned in a great 50
free time, and Nathan Hogge
swam a solid individual medley.”
BONNER SPRINGS INVITATIONAL
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
200 Medley Relay: 7. Independence
(Adam Hayse, Nathan Hogge, Branden Bales,
Jacob Mitchell), 2:14.95.
200 Freestyle: 11. Adam Hayse, 3:12.46.
200 IM: 8. Nathan Hogge, 2:59.70.
50 Freestyle: 8. Branden Bales, 27.18; 9. Jacob
Mitchell, 27.44; 14. John Easley, 33.15.
100 Freestyle: 6. Branden Bales, 1:02.86;
13. Jacob Mitchell, 1:13.01; 15. Jordan Ashford, 1:18.65.
(Nathan Hogge, Jordan Ashford, Branden
Bales, Jacob Mitchell), 1:58.08.
100 Backstroke: 10. Adam Hayse, 1:26.24.
100 Breaststroke: 9. Nathan Hogge,
1:24.37.
(Jordan Ashford, Jacob Smith, John Easley,
Adam Hayse), 5:40.38.
14 matches on the night, including four by default. Scoring wins on the mat during the
dual were Levi Barron over
Isaac Jennings at 120 pounds,
Bo Edens over Kaylee Grogan
at 145, Yates over Mason Claiborne at 160 and Dodson over
Sawyer Baker at 182. FREDONIA DINNER DUAL
Cherryvale 48, Fredonia 33
106: Eric Spencer lost to Connar Burgess.
113: Dalton Hestand-Vail lost to Kyler Pryor
by injury default.
120: Levi Barron def. Isaac Jennings.
126: Micah King won by default.
132: Dakota Morrill lost to Devin Voth.
138: Cameron Cannon won by default.
145: Bo Edens def. Kaylee Grogan.
152: Alex VanRooy lost to Logan Sherman.
160: Zach Yates def. Mason Claibourn.
170: Andrew Welch won by default.
182: Colben Dodson def. Sawyer Baker.
195: Matt Douglas lost to Lane Hawley.
220: Clay Holloway won by default.
285: Timmy Allison lost to Chris Reese.
Former CCC
coach hired
as assistant
at Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Former
Coffeyville Community College
and recent University of Tulsa
assistant football coach Matt
Mattox has been announced
as the new offensive line coach
and running game coordinator
at the University of Texas.
His hiring was announced
by Texas head coach Charlie
Strong on Saturday.
“Obviously this is one of
the greatest institutions in the
United States, and it’s the football capital
of the world
being
in
the state of
Texas,” said
Mattox in a
statement released by the
u n i v e r s i t y.
“Getting an
opportunity
Matt Mattox
to be here
and coaching
at The University of Texas, I’m
very honored and very excited
to get here and get to work.
“Having played in Kansas,
but then also being able to play
in Texas and recruiting down
here, I know the type of athletes that are being recruited
here and the type of talent that
comes from the state. I know
the tradition that’s here at The
University of Texas, and I’m
just looking forward to getting
a chance to put my mark on
that.”
Pending approval by the
University of Texas System
Board of Regents, Mattox is
expected to receive a threeyear contract worth $550,000
per year.
A native of Holton, Mattox spent six seasons at the
junior college level, including
one season as offensive coordinator at CCC. His offensive
unit averaged 28.8 points and
370.2 yards per game during
the 2012 campaign that saw
the Red Ravens finish at 6-4
overall.
Prior to his one season in
Coffeyville, he was also the
offensive line and tight ends
coach at Butler Community
College for five seasons, helping lead the Grizzlies to four
conference titles and a pair
of national championships in
2007 and 2008.
Mattox started his coaching career at the University of
Houston. In the past three seasons, he has worked at Eastern
Illinois, Bowling Green and
last season at Tulsa.
Caney Valley’s Ty Rogers (left) rejects a field goal attempt by an
Oxford ball handler during Tuesday’s contest at Oxford. (Photo by
David Jackson)
’Pups push win tally
in road contests,
prepares for Dewey
BY BRIAN THOMAS
OXFORD — One night after
capturing its first win of the
season in thrilling fashion, the
Caney Valley High School boys’
basketball team earned a second straight win as it pulled
away in the fourth quarter to
beat Oxford 50-41 Tuesday
night.
The Bullpups — now 2-1
overall — were coming off a
wild 59-56 win over Southeast-Cherokee Monday night.
In that contest, Baylor Melchiori knocked down a threepointer with just three seconds
to go to lift CVHS to its first victory.
Caney Valley will try to
make it three straight wins
on Friday when it closes out
the first semester with a nonleague home contest against
Dewey (Okla.).
The teams were locked in a
battle from the start. CVHS led
14-12 after one quarter and
30-26 at the intermission. Yet,
the Bullpups could not shake
the Wildcats, who narrowed
the gap to just two, 38-36, at
the end of three quarters.
Caney Valley finally got the
upperhand in the final period.
With the help of a 12-5 run,
the ‘Pups pulled away to secure a second road win in as
many days.
Troy Watson had a gamehigh 22 points to lead the
Bullpups,
including
three
three-pointers.
Melchiori,
who hit the big shot in Monday’s victory, followed with 15
points, while Ty Rogers added
10.
Oxford (3-2) was led in
scoring by Kaleb Hunt with 12
points and Tyler Vaughn 10.
Oxford 50, Caney Valley 41
CANEY VALLEY (2-1): Tro. Watson 3 (3)
7-12 22, Melchiori 2 (3) 2-3 15, Rogers 4 2-3
10, Davis 1 0-0 2, Tre. Watson 0 1-2 1, Nunneley 0 0-0 0, Kastning 0 0-0 0, Gulick 0 0-0 0,
Richey 0 0-0 0, Messner 0 0-0 0, Clapp 0 0-0 0.
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TOTALS 10 (6) 12-22 50.
OXFORD (3-2): Hunt 5 2-2 12, Vaughn
4 2-5 10, Clements 1 4-6 6, Reuter 1 1-3 3,
Mitchell 0 3-4 3, Eichelberger 0 3-5 3, Perrin
1 0-0 2, Shimkus 1 0-2 2, Silhand 0 0-1 0. TOTALS 13 (0) 15-28 41.
CANEY VALLEY 14
16 8 12 — 50
OXFORD
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CANEY VALLEY 59,
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE 56
CHEROKEE — Baylor Melchiori’s three-pointer with just
three seconds remaining lifted the Bullpups to a thrilling
59-56 road win at SoutheastCherokee on Monday.
“He’s a big-time player,”
said Dan Wall, who picked up
his first win as CVHS boys’
coach. “He has a lot of talent
and really played well. I looked
at him, and I knew he was going to take the shot at the end
there. He was very very confident, and he plays with a lot of
confidence.
Caney Valley was coming off
a 38-turnover performance in
a 70-39 home loss to Neodesha
on Dec. 8. This time around,
the Bullpups were able to cut
that down to 20 against the
Lancers.
“That’s still too many, but
we cut it almost in half,” Wall
said. “We really worked on
ball handling and handling the
press. I think it showed. There
was a lot more confidence in
the guys, and they were really
looking for one another. I’m
just really proud of my team.
They really executed so much
better in one week.”
The game went back and
forth much of the way. Caney
Valley had a 29-26 lead at the
intermission and still led 46-43
at the end of three quarters. In
the final period, there were six
lead changes.
Southeast had a 54-53 edge
with 2:12 to go when Melchiori converted an old-fashioned
three-point play to give the
‘Pups a 56-54 edge. The Lancers tied things up in the final
minute, but CVHS had one last
shot. That’s when Melchiori
put in the game-winner in the
closing seconds. The host team
had one last attempt to force
overtime but turned the ball
over to secure the CVHS win.
Melchiori hit 11 shots —
four from long range — to post
a career-high 29 points. Watson also reached double figures with 14.
Caney Valley 59, Southeast-Cherokee 56
CANEY VALLEY (1-1): Melchiori 7 (4) 3-10
29, Watson 1 (3) 3-4 14, Nunneley 3 1-2 7,
Rogers 2 2-2 6, Davis 0 2-2 2, Kastning 0 1-2
1, Richey 0 0-0 0, Gulick 0 0-0 0, Clapp 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 13 (7) 12-22 59.
SOUTHEAST-CHEROKEE (2-2): Jackson 5
8-12 18, Fenimore 1 (2) 2-3 10, Valdivia 2 (2)
0-0 10, Trejo 3 1-4 7, Thompson 1 4-6 6, Burdette 1 2-4 4, Paasch 0 1-2 1, Holsinger 0 0-0
0, Wilson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (4) 18-31 56.
CANEY VALLEY 14
15 17 13 — 59
SOUTHEAST
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SPORTS
Upset-minded Indy unable to shock top-ranked Hutch
BY BRIAN THOMAS
HUTCHINSON — To knock
off the No. 1 team in the country, the Independence Community College men’s basketball
team was going to have to put
together its best performance
of the season. For 35 minutes,
the Pirates did just that and
had the game tied in the closing minutes.
ICC was outscored 11-1
down the stretch as it came
up short to Hutchinson, 6658, in a Jayhawk Conference
matchup Saturday night at the
Hutchinson Sports Arena.
“I thought we played a great
defensive game,” said Pirate
Lady Pirates
end December
with loss to
Hutchinson
BY BRIAN THOMAS
HUTCHINSON — Coming off
a tough home loss to Garden
City one week earlier, things
weren’t going to get any easier
for the Independence Community College women’s basketball team facing one of the top
teams in the country over the
past few seasons.
The Lady Pirates hung tough
for three quarters but eventually suffered a 76-62 loss to
eighth-ranked Hutchinson Saturday night at the Hutchinson
Sports Arena.
“We did a nice job of covering their shooters, but our
interior game really hurt us,”
said ICC women’s coach Leslie Crane. “I thought our effort
was very good. We couldn’t get
any easy buckets from inside
or down the floor, and that hurt
us. Brianna (Jackson-Brewer)
and Simone (Costa) gave us
good solid defense and scoring. Right now, we are struggling to find our third scorer.”
Independence dropped to
10-4 overall and 1-3 in the
Jayhawk Conference as it
heads into the holiday break.
The Lady Pirates will be off until Jan. 2 when they entertain
16th-ranked Seward County in
another conference matchup
at the ICC Field House.
ICC needed a total team effort to knock off the Dragons.
Simone Costa and Brianna
Jackson-Brewer led the way
for the Lady Pirates with 20
and 18 points, respectively.
Unfortunately, the rest of the
team struggled to score consistently and shot just 7-of-28
from the floor. As a team, Independence was 21-of-56 from
the floor, including 4-of-13
from three-point range with
17 turnovers.
The Lady Pirates had an
early 5-4 edge, but Hutchinson grabbed control with six
straight points and used a 16-4
spurt to go up 20-11 at the end
of one quarter of play. ICC tried
to hang tough, trailing 32-24
at the intermission, but the
Dragons pulled away after the
break. HCC led by as many as
17 points at 70-53 and eventually captured the double-digit
win.
Hutchinson (13-1, 3-1) beat
Independence for the 10th
consecutive time. The Blue
Dragons are 10-0 at home
this season and have not lost a
game at the Sports Arena since
2009 — a stretch of 127 consecutive home victories.
Kirea Rogers recorded a
team-high 17 points to pace
HCC, followed by Inja Butina
with 16, Kyla Williams 11 and
Lakin Preisner 10.
Hutchinson 76, Independence 62
INDEPENDENCE (10-4, 1-3): Simone Costa
7-13 4-6 20, Brianna Jackson-Brewer 7-15 3-3
18, Maressah Milum 3-7 2-4 8, Abby Shelton
2-6 4-4 8, Jay’Nee Alston 2-7 0-0 5, Elina Berzina 0-4 3-4 3, Sarah Bartel 0-2 0-0 0, Ja’Vonda
Daniels 0-1 0-0 0, Cierra Palmer 0-0 0-0 0,
Sarah Hadjukovich 0-0 0-0 0, Syonah Williams
0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-56 16-21 62.
HUTCHINSON (13-1, 3-1): Kirea Rogers 6-7
5-7 17, Inja Butina 6-8 2-3 16, Kyla Williams
2-4 7-10 11, Lakin Preisner 3-11 4-6 10, Daisha Terry 2-3 2-2 6, Taylor Stahly 2-10 0-0 6,
Mandy Madden 2-4 0-1 4, Ralena Phillips 1-3
1-2 3, Shayla DeGarmo 1-4 0-0 3. TOTALS 2554 21-31 76.
INDEPENDENCE 11
13 18 20 — 62
HUTCHINSON 20
12 21 23 — 76
Three-point goals — ICC 4-13 (Costa 2-4,
Alston 1-4, Jackson-Brewer 1-3, Berzina 0-1,
Daniels 0-1); HCC 5-17 (Stahly 2-8, Butina 2-3,
DeGarmo 1-2, Preisner 0-4). Rebounds — ICC
27 (Milum 7); HCC 38 (Rogers 7). Assists — ICC
12 (Costa 6); HCC 12 (Butina 5). Turnovers —
ICC 17; HCC 16. Total Fouls — ICC 29; HCC 25.
Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
coach Tony Turner. “We battled the whole game. We were
tied with three minutes left in
the
game
with
the
ball. We are
getting better, but we
are playing
in a tough
league. Every game, you have
to bring your best effort.”
Independence has dropped
three straight games in conference play to fall to 10-3 overall
and 1-3 in the Jayhawk Conference. The Pirates will take
the next weeks off for the holiday season
before returning to
the
court
on Jan. 2
at
home
against
Seward County at the ICC
Field House.
The Pirates hung tough
much of the way against the
conference-favorite
Blue
INDY
PIRATES
Dragons. ICC trailed 35-29 at
the intermission but watched
Hutchinson strike for the first
nine points of the second half
to open up a 15-point lead at
44-29 with 15:28 to go.
ICC did not go away, though.
In fact, the Pirates made a serious run and eventually tied
the game at 57-all on a bucket
from Tate Turner with 4:31 remaining.
Independence could never get over the hump, while
Hutchinson eventually took
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individual highs– Connie Johnson, 426/162;
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charge with its late-game run.
The visitors stayed in the
game despite shooting just
23-of-60 from the floor (38.3
percent) and 7-of-15 from the
charity stripe. ICC did hold a
43-36 edge on the boards but
committed 22 turnovers.
Tate Turner was the lone
double-figure scorer for Independence as he finished the
game with 12 points, including
a pair of three-pointers.
Hutchinson (15-0, 4-0),
which moved just one win
away from 1,700 all-time victories in the program’s history,
had a game-high 23 points
from Bashir Ahmed. Akbar
111 in the seventh.
Wednesday Night Mixed League: 1. The Misfits, 2589 series, 914 game; 2. Crazy Four, 2473
series, 889 game; 3. Triple ‘B’ Sporting Goods,
2472 series, 833 game; individual highs– Jonathon Rash, 692/254; Doug Groff, 559/212; Tom
Musgrove, 505/175.
Thursday Mixed Doubles: 1. Cheryl’s Salon,
2728 series, 922 game; 2. Roberson’s Archery,
2517 series, 870 game; 3. J&M’s, 2489 series,
877 game; individual highs– Jeremiah Jacobs,
555/214; Morris Woldum, 532/198; Jo Boggs,
480/178; Vickie Newman, 471/188.
Hoffman
points.
followed
with
10
Hutchinson 66, Independence 58
INDEPENDENCE (10-3, 1-3): Tate Turner
5-14 0-0 12, David Beasley 3-8 2-3 9, Aaron
Smith 3-9 1-3 8, Davauhnte Turner 2-6 3-4 7,
Tyrone Riley 3-5 0-1 6, Devin Ferguson 2-4 1-1
5, Alex Ennis 2-4 0-2 4, Damion Hunt 2-2 0-0 4,
De’Andre King 1-5 0-0 3, Shawntez Scroggins
0-1 0-0 0, Deon Tripp 0-1 0-0 0, David Adeyemo 0-1 0-1 0. TOTALS 23-60 7-15 58.
HUTCHINSON (15-0, 4-0): Bashir Ahmed
6-15 11-12 23, Akbar Hoffman 4-11 2-6 10,
Samajae Haynes-Jones 4-12 0-0 9, Keanu Pinder 3-9 3-4 9, Shakur Juiston 3-5 0-0 6, Jawan
Emery 1-1 1-2 4, Moataz Aly 1-2 1-3 3, Larry
Dennis 0-0 2-2 2, Tyler Kohl 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS
22-56 20-29 66.
INDEPENDENCE 29
29 — 58
HUTCHINSON
35
31 — 66
Three-point goals — ICC 5-20 (T. Turner 2-4,
Smith 1-5, Beasley 1-5, King 1-3, D. Turner
0-2, Riley 0-1); HCC 2-14 (Haynes-Jones 1-3,
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CCC women take down
Garden City, prep for
Colby in January bout
BY BRIAN THOMAS
GARDEN CITY — A dominant second quarter kept the
Coffeyville Community College
women’s basketball team perfect in Jayhawk Conference
play. The Lady Ravens outscored Garden City 26-6 during that stretch to pull away en
route to a 70-57 victory over
the Lady Broncbusters Saturday night.
With that win, CCC improved to 11-3 overall while
staying unbeaten in conference action at 3-0. The Lady
Ravens will be off the next
few weeks during the holiday
break but will be back in action on Jan. 2 when they host
Colby in a 1 p.m. contest at
Nellis Hall.
Coffeyville trailed much of
the first quarter, including a
15-12 deficit at the end of 10
minutes of play. That’s when
the Ravens kicked things into
gear before halftime as they
went into the locker room up
38-21 at the break.
CCC maintained its doubledigit advantage much of the
second half. Garden City did
manage to get within seven,
64-57, with 1:34 remaining
but never got any closer.
Four Coffeyville players
reached double figures in
scoring — Alanie Fisher with
13, Caletria Curtis 12, Jazmine
Torian 11 and Chanel Khammarath 10.
Garden City (9-6, 3-1) was
led by Shala Dobbins with 22
points, while Donasia Scott
added 11.
Coffeyville 70, Garden City 57
COFFEYVILLE (11-3, 3-0): Alanie Fisher
6-11 0-0 13, Caletria Curtis 5-7 2-3 12,
Jazmine Torian 5-13 1-2 11, Chanel Khammarath 4-14 2-2 10, Antoinette Daniels 4-6 0-2 8,
Odyssey Trussell 2-8 1-2 6, Desiree Nelson 2-5
0-0 6, Jade Carranza 0-0 2-2 2, Jasmine Davis 0-1 2-2 2, Alex Arline 0-0 0-0 0, Chantelle
Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Lauren Anderson 0-0 0-0 0,
Patriece Dodson 0-0 0-0 0, NaQari Harris 0-0
0-0 0, Taylor Rowland 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-66
10-15 70.
GARDEN CITY (9-6, 3-1): Shala Dobbins
6-16 10-12 22, Donasia Scott 5-7 1-2 11, Jenna Classen 2-5 3-3 9, Jaymie Bernbeck 2-5 3-4
7, DaRae Lewis 2-4 1-3 5, Dominique Maxwell
1-4 0-0 3, Kavita Akula 0-7 0-0 0, Leon’Dra
Hawkins 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 18-48 18-24 57.
COFFEYVILLE
38
32 — 70
GARDEN CITY
21
36 — 57
Three-point goals — CCC 4-13 (Nelson 2-3,
Trussell 1-4, Fisher 1-3, Khammarath 0-3);
GCCC 3-13 (Classen 2-4, Maxwell 1-2, Akula
0-7). Rebounds — CCC 36 (Carranza 10);
GCCC NA. Assists — CCC 8 (Khammarath 3);
GCCC NA. Turnovers — CCC 9; GCCC NA. Total
Fouls — CCC 19; GCCC NA. Fouled out Carranza. Technicals — none.
Cosper, Razorbacks can be
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FIeld Kindley High School graduate and
former Coffeyville Community College basketball player Devin Cosper will likely get camera
time in front of a national television audience
on Sunday afternoon.
Cosper is a member of the University of Arkansas women’s basketball team, which will
play the Texas Lady Longhorns on Sunday,
Dec. 20 in Oklahoma City, Okla. The game
is part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge and will
Devin Cosper
tipoff at 1:30 p.m. The game will be aired on
the FS1 network.
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in the 2015-16 season. In last week’s game against Oral Roberts
University, Cosper, a starting guard for the Lady Razorbacks,
had 34 minutes of game time and finished with 13 points, which
was her season-high point output. Arkansas won the game, 6550.
Arkansas is 3-7 thus far in the 2015-16 season.
As a freshman at Coffeyville Community College, Cosper led
the Jayhawk Conference in scoring and as named an NJCAA AllAmerican.
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’Nado boys survive Pittsburg scare
Field Kindley concludes December schedule with non-league
bout at Frontenac tonight
BY BRIAN THOMAS
PITTSBURG — Every time the Field
Kindley boys’ basketball team made a
run, Pittsburg seemed to have an answer
in Tuesday’s Southeast Kansas League
opener. That left Golden Tornado coach
Tyler Thompson sweating it out until the
end.
Field Kindley — the preseason favorite
to win the SEK — had just enough in the
tank at the end of the game to hold off the
Purple Dragons 56-52.
“I definitely tried to raise my level, and
they raised theirs,” Thompson said. “They
responded very well. It’s not that we
played so much better … we just did the
little things better. You could see the look
on their faces that they were into it more
tonight and wanted it more. They came
here knowing how important a win was.
“To be honest, it would have ruined my
Christmas break if we would have lost this
one. I would have been thinking about it
the next two or three weeks until we play
another league game. I’m ecstatic to come
over here and get a win on the road.”
Field Kindley was coming off a sixthplace finish at last week’s Ike Cearfoss
Classic in Richmond. The ‘Nado improved
to 2-2 overall but, more importantly, are
1-0 in league play. FKHS closes out the
first semester on Thursday as it travels to
Frontenac for a non-league matchup.
“We certainly want to build off this,”
Thompson said. “We don’t want to go
backwards and go into a break with a bad
taste in our mouth. A loss kind of takes the
wind out of your sails and maybe slows us
down a bit. We definitely want to keep the
momentum going into the break.”
FKHS never trailed the entire contest
but still was unable to put the game away.
Leading 31-25 at the intermission, the
Golden Tornado seemed to have control of
things in the third quarter, using a 9-1 run
to take their largest lead of 40-26.
Pittsburg came right back with 12 unanswered points to get within two before Field Kindley closed the third period
strong to take a 46-40 lead.
It remained nip and tuck the final quarter as well. Pittsburg got within one at 4645 and still trailed by just two, 52-50, with
1:29 to go. FKHS came up big at the free
throw line to extend the difference to five,
but the Dragons still wouldn’t go away.
Field Kindley led 55-52 with just 16.6
seconds left when Zach Holman missed a
pair of free throws. That opened the door
for Pittsburg, but the Dragons couldn’t
take advantage as it turned the ball over.
Seth Graham split a pair of free throws
on the other end to make it a two-possession game and seal the deal for FKHS.
Graham finished the game with 21
points, including four three-pointers, to
lead the way for Field Kindley. Jawaun
Thompson also reached double figures
with 15.
Field Kindley 56, Pittsburg 52
FIELD KINDLEY (2-2, 1-0): Graham 1 (4) 7-8 21, Thompson
7 1-4 15, Wilson 2 0-0 4, Vacca 2 0-0 4, Swift 1 2-4 4, Holman 1
1-4 3, Colbert 0 (1) 0-0 3, Logan 0 2-2 2. TOTALS 14 (5) 13-22
56.
PITTSBURG (0-3, 0-1): Harris 3 9-12 15, English 4 4-8 12,
Untereker 1 4-4 6, Scroggins 1 3-4 5, Rogers 2 0-0 4, Wehmeyer 0 (1) 0-0 3, Butcher 0 (1) 0-0 3, Turnbull 1 0-0 2, Curtis 1
0-0 2, Massoth 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (2) 20-28 52.
FIELD KINDLEY 17
14 15 10 — 56
PITTSBURG
9
16 15 12 — 52
IKE CEARFOSS CLASSIC FIFTH-PLACE GAME
KC METRO 48, FIELD KINDLEY 41
RICHMOND — The Golden Tornado
finished the Ike Cearfoss Classic in sixth
place following a 48-41 loss to Kansas
City-Metro Academy Saturday afternoon.
“We saw a lot of good things, but there
are definitely still some things we need to
improve on,” Thompson said. “It’s not the
outcome we wanted, but moving forward,
we gave ourselves something to build off
of.”
FKHS had the upper hand early on as
it took a 9-5 lead after one quarter and
maintained an 18-15 advantage heading
into the intermission.
The second half was a much different
story for the ‘Nado. Field Kindley had a
tough time generating its offense in the
third quarter as it was outscored 16-5 by
the Mavericks. That proved to be the difference in the end as FKHS had a tough
time cutting into that margin by game’s
end.
Thompson had a game-high 18 points
FIELD KINDLEY
GOLDEN ’NADO
to lead the way for FKHS, followed by
Graham with 15. Graham knocked down
all five of the team’s three-pointers.
IKE CEARFOSS CLASSIC
FIFTH-PLACE GAME
KC Metro 48, Field Kindley 41
FIELD KINDLEY (1-2): Thompson 8 2-8 18, Graham 0 (5) 0-1
15, Vacca 1 1-3 3, Swift 1 0-0 2, Lewis 1 0-0 2, Wilson 0 1-2 1,
Colbert 0 0-0 0, Morris 0 0-0 0, Logan 0 0-0 0, Holman 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 11 (5) 4-14 41.
KC METRO (10-3): McCullough 4 5-9 13, Volz 5 2-5 12, Unruh 2 (1) 2-4 9, Starr 2 1-2 5, Stamatis 0 (1) 0-0 3, Janssen 0
2-2 2, Kanaga 1 0-0 2, Ross 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 0-0 0, Hall 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 15 (2) 12-22 48.
FIELD KINDLEY 9
9 5 18 — 41
KC METRO
5
10 16 17 — 48
FIELD KINDLEY 55, CENT. HEIGHTS 42
RICHMOND — Coming off a first-round
loss to Spring Hill, Field Kindley picked
up its first win of the season on Dec. 10
as it beat host Central Heights 55-42 in
a consolation-bracket contest at the Ike
Cearfoss Classic.
“We took some steps in the right direction,” Thompson said. “We still have a
lot of things to work on, but we definitely
made strides in a lot of areas. I’m really
proud of the guys. The key to the game
was when our defensive intensity picked
up. It made a huge difference and led to a
lot of easy baskets for us.”
The Golden Tornado led throughout
much of the contest, including 16-14 after one quarter and 31-24 at the intermission. FKHS pushed the margin into
double digits in the third quarter at 43-30
and never looked back from that point on.
Leading the ‘Nado with 14 points was
Kameron Wilson, while Thompson put in
12 and Logan Vacca added 10.
CONSOLATION BRACKET
Field Kindley 55, Central Heights 42
FIELD KINDLEY (1-1): Wilson 6 2-2 14, Thompson 6 0-0 12,
Vacca 3 4-4 10, Holman 3 0-0 6, Lewis 2 1-4 5, Swift 2 0-0 4,
Graham 1 0-0 2, Colbert 1 0-0 2, Logan 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 24 (0)
7-12 55.
CENTRAL HEIGHTS (0-3): Brown 2 (6) 3-6 25, Percy 0 (3)
2-2 11, Seyler 2 0-1 4, Thompson 1 0-0 2, Masingale 0 0-0 0,
Burroughs 0 0-0 0, Shields 0 0-0 0, Hampton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 5
(9) 5-9 42.
FIELD KINDLEY 16
15 12 12 — 55
CENTRAL HEIGHTS
14 10 612 — 42
Lady ’Nado can’t stop Flaton-led Purple Dragons
Field Kindley bows to
Pittsburg, 61-44; team
finishes in fifth place at
Ike Cearfoss Classic
BY BRIAN THOMAS
PITTSBURG — As the Field
Kindley High School girls’ basketball team opened Southeast
Kansas League play Tuesday
at Pittsburg, it saw a familiar
face on the opposing bench.
Former coach Eric Flaton,
who led the Lady ‘Nado to a
state tournament appearance
just two years ago, helped
direct his new Lady Dragon
squad to a 61-44 victory over
FKHS.
“It was obviously an emotional game for our girls,” said
Lady ‘Nado coach Nick Hart.
“Pittsburg is a good team.
They can shoot and beat you
in and out. It’s the little things
like rebounding that hurt us.
You’ve just got to be consistent
all the way around. I know
the girls fought hard, but we
got tired. We’re going through
some growing pains right now.
We’ll learn from all this.”
Field Kindley, which was
coming off a fifth-place finish at last week’s Ike Cearfoss
Classic in Richmond, dropped
to 2-2 overall on the season
and 0-1 in SEK play. The Lady
‘Nado will wrap up the first
semester on Thursday as they
travel to Frontenac for a nonleague contest.
Hart said his team quickly
learned how high the intensity
was for league play on Tuesday.
“I think some of them realized pretty quick that it’s a lot
different than playing in the
Central Heights tourney,” Hart
said. “You have to step up your
level of play in this league. You
better be ready to go every
night, or you are going to get
knocked off.”
Flaton spent three seasons
at Field Kindley, leading the
Lady ‘Nado to a 37-24 overall record. That included an
SEK title and the program’s
first trip to state in 29 years in
2014.
FKHS was hoping to get a
victory over its former coach
in the league opener. For the
better part of three quarters,
the Lady ‘Nado hung tough
against the Lady Dragons.
Pittsburg had a 27-18 advantage at the intermission,
but Field Kindley went on a
six-point run in the third period to narrow the gap to five,
29-24, at the 5:49 mark. The
Dragons quickly responded
with six straight of their own
to extend the margin into double digits at 40-28 by the end
of the quarter.
FKHS got as close as nine
in the final period before Pittsburg exploded for seven points
in a 36-second span to lead by
16. The margin reached as
many as 19 late in the contest.
Two players reached double
figures in scoring for Field
Kindley, including Andre’a
Newton with 19 points and
Bri Rutherford with 18. Emma
Herkelman had a team-high
10 rebounds for the Lady
‘Nado.
As for Pittsburg (4-1, 1-0),
Taylor Muff had a doubledouble with 21 points and 13
rebounds, while Ashlee Beitzinger recorded 12 points.
Pittsburg 61, Field Kindley 44
FIELD KINDLEY (2-2, 0-1): Newton 7 5-8
19, Rutherford 5 (2) 2-2 18, Rooks 1 2-2 4,
Naden 0 3-6 3, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Herkelman 0
0-0 0, Bromley 0 0-0 0, Bernett 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (2) 12-18 44.
PITTSBURG (4-1, 1-0): Muff 8 (1) 2-2 21,
Beitzinger 1 (1) 7-8 12, Garrett 2 (1) 0-0 7,
Casper 1 4-9 6, Lord 0 (1) 2-4 5, Wilks 1 (1) 0-0
5, Bollinger 1 2-2 4, Turner 0 1-2 1, Rhue 0 0-0
0, Kidd 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 14 (5) 18-27 61.
FIELD KINDLEY 12
6 10 16 — 44
PITTSBURG
18
9 13 21 — 61
FIFTH-PLACE GAME
FIELD KINDLEY 43,
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RICHMOND — Field Kindley
got things done on the defensive end, shutting down Osage
City for a 43-24 victory in the
fifth-place game of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic on Dec. 11.
“It wasn’t pretty,” Hart said.
“We’re just a team that’s going
to struggle to score all year. If
we can’t get out in transition
or feed the ball into Emma
or Andre’a, we’re going to go
through long droughts. We’ve
got guards that are really fast,
and we can throw it and let
them go. We’ve just got to finish.”
The Lady ‘Nado started fast,
using their transition game to
get up 18-10 after one quarter.
After that, it was a struggle to
put points on the board. Fortunately, FKHS got the job done
defensively to hold the Indians
in check.
FKHS led 23-13 at the intermission and 32-20 after three
quarters. The Lady ‘Nado put
the game away with an 11-4
run in the final period.
Rutherford had a gamehigh 24 points for Field Kindley.
FIFTH-PLACE GAME
Field Kindley 43, Osage City 24
FIELD KINDLEY (2-1): Rutherford 11 2-3
24, Newton 4 0-0 8, Herkelman 2 1-2 5, Turner
1 0-0 2, Naden 1 0-2 2, Bromley 1 0-0 2, Wilson 0 0-0 0, Barnett 0 0-0 0, Rooks 0 0-0 0,
White 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 20 (0) 3-7 43.
OSAGE CITY (1-3): Orender 0 (3) 2-6 11,
Lynch 3 1-6 7, Serna 1 0-0 2, Gill 1 0-0 2, Bolyard 1 0-0 2, Klofkorn 0 0-0 0, Crawford 0 0-0
0, Otterness 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 6 (3) 3-12 24.
FIELD KINDLEY 18
5 9 11 — 43
OSAGE CITY
10
3 7 4 — 24
FIELD KINDLEY 30,
CENTRAL HEIGHTS 28
RICHMOND — The Lady
‘Nado earned their first win of
the season on Dec. 10 with a
30-28 victory over host Central Heights.
Despite leading 16-7 at the
intermission, FKHS had to
hold on down the stretch to
preserve the win.
Herkelman recorded 14
points to lead Field Kindley in
scoring.
CONSOLATION BRACKET
Field Kindley 30, Central Heights 28
FIELD KINDLEY (1-1): Herkelman 2 (3) 1-2
14, Newton 4 0-2 8, Rooks 2 0-0 4, Homan
1 0-0 2, Rutherford 0 2-2 2, Wilson 0 0-0 0,
Naden 0 0-0 0, Bromley 0 0-0 0, Barnett 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 9 (3) 3-7 30.
CENTRAL HEIGHTS (0-3): Markley 3 3-5 9,
Cotter 3 2-2 8, Clancy 2 2-2 6, Sheldon 1 1-2 3,
Davis 1 0-0 2, Bell 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 10 (0) 8-11
28.
FIELD KINDLEY 4
12 4 10 — 30
CENT. HEIGHTS 3
4 8 13 — 28
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SPORTS
IHS wrestlers claim 2nd at Anderson County; Stroble is champion
BY BRIAN THOMAS
GARNETT — With nine of
its 12 wrestlers placing in the
top four of their weight class,
Saturday’s run through the
Anderson County Invitational
was definitely a successful one
for the Independence High
School wrestling team.
The Bulldogs, led by a firstplace finish from Seth Stroble
at 285 pounds, recorded 210
points on the day to finish as
the tournament runner-up behind Santa Fe Trail.
“What a great weekend for
Independence Wrestling,” said
IHS coach Zack Camacho. “Everyone on the team improved
this past week and wrestled
at a high level. I’m proud of
how hard they are wrestling
and how bad they want it
right now. This is also the first
time in a while that we had a
crowd behind us cheering for
everyone wrestling. What really made it special was being
in the top two all day competing to win the tournament as a
team. We lost to a very tough
Santa Fe Trail team who is
ranked No. 1 in 4A.
“Overall, I just hope this
continues to build excitement
around the program and that
the guys truly believe that they
can compete with the best
wrestlers in the state. We just
cannot be satisfied with this,
even though it was quite the
accomplishment. Our goals
are much bigger than this, and
I need them to want more and
to continue to improve.”
Following Santa Fe Trail
and Independence in the team
standings were Frontenac
with 165, Osawatomie 129.5,
Jayhawk Linn 102, Blue Valley
Southwest 99, Royal Valley 91,
Anderson County 76.5, Iola 64,
Parsons 63, Caney Valley 62.5,
Erie 52, Southeast-Cherokee
43.5, Central Heights 37 and
Uniontown 31.5.
Leading the way for the
Bulldogs on Saturday was
Stroble in the heavyweight
class. He went a perfect 5-0
on the day, including pins in
each of his first four matches
against Colton Toney of Iola
(3:13), Gage Jones of Erie
(0:15), Keesis Potts of Royal
Valley (0:24) and Tim Duncan of Osawatomie (0:35).
He closed out his perfect run
with an 8-3 decision over Jake
Hastings of Santa Fe Trail.
Although Stroble was the
only individual champion for
Independence in the tournament, the Bulldogs still had
plenty of success. Three wrestlers took second place in their
weight class, including Gabe
Eades, 3-2 at 106 pounds; Jeremiah Lawrie, 4-1 at 120; and
Ricky Pando, 3-1 at 182. Earning third place were Jackson
Stafford, 4-1 at 145; Conagher
Welch, 4-1 at 152; D.J. Kessler, 3-2 at 195; and Kris Gilmore 3-2 at 220.
Also competing for IHS in
the tournament were Aaron
Medlock, 3-2 at 160 for fourth
place; Kyler Sanders, 3-2 at
138 for fifth place; Robert
Skaggs, 1-4 at 170 for eighth
place; and Cole Swearingen,
2-2 at 132 for ninth place.
Independence will next
compete in the Miami (Okla.)
Dual Tournament Friday and
Saturday.
ANDERSON COUNTY INVITATIONAL
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Santa Fe Trail 217, 2.
Independence 210, 3. Frontenac 165, 4.
Osawatomie 129.5, 5. Jayhawk Linn 102, 6.
Blue Valley Southwest 99, 7. Royal Valley
91, 8. Anderson County 76.5, 9. Iola 64, 10.
Parsons 63, 11. Caney Valley 62.5, 12. Erie
52, 13. Southeast-Cherokee 43.5, 14. Central
Heights 37, 15. Uniontown 31.5.
Lady Bulldogs open SEK League
with 59-31 loss to Labette County
BY BRIAN THOMAS
ALTAMONT — This wasn’t
exactly the way the Independence High School girls’ basketball team wanted to open
Southeast Kansas League play.
SEK preseason favorite Labette County proved to be too
much on Tuesday as it rolled to
a 59-31 victory over the Lady
Bulldogs at Harrison Gymnasium.
“I thought we played well at
times tonight, but overall we
are still young and have some
work to do to get better,” said
IHS girls’ coach Dale Reynolds.
“I’m confident in our kids.
They will continue to grow and
get better every day. We just
missed some shots tonight that
we need to hit and shoot some
that are presented to us. We
will get back to work at practice.”
The Lady Bulldogs suffered
a second straight loss to fall to
2-2 overall and 0-1 in the SEK.
They were coming off a thirdplace finish at last week’s Ike
Cearfoss Classic at Central
Heights High School in Richmond.
Independence found itself in
a hole from the start, trailing
14-5 after one quarter of play.
By halftime, the deficit had
grown to 20 at 38-18.
Things only got worse for
IHS in the second half. Labette
County (4-0, 1-0) bumped its
lead up to 56-24 at the end
of three quarters and cruised
from there to the win.
Kara McGrath knocked
down three three-pointers as
part of a 12-point effort to lead
Independence.
Tristan Gegg recorded a
game-high 23 points for the
Lady Grizzlies, followed by Erica Gartner with 12.
Labette County 59, Independence 31
INDEPENDENCE (2-2, 0-1): McGrath 0 (3)
3-4 12, Hufferd 0 (2) 0-0 6, Renfro 1 2-2 4, Marquez 0 2-2 2, K. Smith 1 0-0 2, Lawrie 1 0-0 2,
Rose 1 0-0 2, Hastings 0 1-2 1, Schabel 0 0-0 0,
Keller 0 0-0 0, Daniels 0 0-0 0, J. Smith 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 4 (5) 8-10 31.
LABETTE COUNTY (4-0, 1-0): Gegg 4 (4)
3-4 23, Gartner 2 (2) 2-2 12, C. Sorrell 3 3-5 9,
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11-17 59.
INDEPENDENCE 5
13 6 7 — 31
LABETTE COUNTY
14 24 183 — 59
THIRD-PLACE GAME
INDEPENDENCE 51,
WEST FRANKLIN 32
RICHMOND — After a slow
start, the Lady Bulldogs turned
things up and rolled to a 51-32
victory over West Franklin in
the third-place game of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic on Dec. 11.
“In the first quarter, we
came out and weren’t focused to play,” Reynolds said.
“But the second quarter, we
talked about a few things and
spread the lead up a little bit.
We ramped it up in the second
half. The girls came out, responded well and got the victory. It was great to come out
of here with a second win in
the tournament.”
The teams were knotted at
9-all after one quarter and remained tied at 13-all with 3:22
left in the half. That’s when
Independence went on an 8-0
run to take the lead into the
intermission.
That momentum carried
into the second half for the
Lady Bulldogs, who pushed
their lead up 38-22 by the end
of three quarters. IHS led by as
many as 23 at 49-36 midway
through the final period.
Kallie Smith had 12 points
to lead Independence, with
Courtlynn Rose adding 11.
THIRD-PLACE GAME
Independence 51, West Franklin 32
WEST FRANKLIN (2-2): Flory 5 2-2 12, Ba.
Shaffer 2 1-6 5, Rogers 2 1-2 5, Dyer 0 4-8 4,
Hoyt 1 0-0 2, Harmon 1 0-0 2, Br. Shaffer 0 1-3
1, Noyons 0 1-2 1, Ecord 0 0-0 0, McCurdy 0
0-0 0, Milliken 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (0) 10-23 32.
INDEPENDENCE (2-1): K. Smith 5 2-8 12,
Rose 3 5-6 11, McGrath 2 (1) 2-2 9, Schabel 3
1-2 7, Lawrie 2 1-2 5, Renfro 1 2-2 4, J. Smith 1
1-2 3, Marquez 0 0-0 0, Hufferd 0 0-2 0, Keller
0 0-2 0, Hastings 0 0-2 0, Daniels 0 0-0 0, Ewing 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17 (1) 14-30 51.
WEST FRANKLIN 9
4 9 10 — 32
INDEPENDENCE 9
12 17 13 — 51
KANSAS CITY-METRO 54,
INDEPENDENCE 40
OSAWATOMIE — Despite
jumping out to a quick 10-point
lead, the Lady Bulldogs struggled offensively much of the
contest in a 54-40 semifinal
loss to Kansas City-Metro in
the semifinal round of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic on Dec. 10 at
Mac Steele Gymnasium.
“We just couldn’t hit shots,”
Reynolds said. “We had opportunities but couldn’t get the
shots to fall. We kind of made
some bad decisions and turned
the ball over at bad times. The
effort was there, and I can’t
fault that. We played hard the
whole game. It just wasn’t our
night.”
IHS stormed out of the gate
to a 13-3 lead following a steal
and bucket from Lyssa Schabel. KC Metro responded with
the final eight points of the
period, though, to narrow the
margin to two. The Mavericks
took control before halftime,
using a 10-2 run that eventually led to a 26-21 edge at the
intermission.
Although the Lady Bulldogs
would not go away, getting
within two at 30-28 midway
through the third quarter, they
eventually ran out of gas. Metro extended its lead to 41-31
at the end of three quarters
and never let IHS back within
eight the rest of the way.
Metro went on to capture
the tournament title with a 5950 victory over Spring Hill last
Friday.
McGrath led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring with 13 points.
Kansas City-Metro 54, Independence 40
KANSAS CITY-METRO (7-2): Hunter 5 (1)
7-11 20, Spani 5 6-9 16, Car. Ream 2 (2) 6-6 16,
Lynch 0 2-2 2, Sutcliffe 0 0-0 0, Cam. Ream 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (3) 21-28 54.
INDEPENDENCE (1-1): McGrath 2 (2) 3-4
13, Hufferd 1 (1) 4-8 9, Marquez 0 (2) 0-0 6,
Schabel 3 0-0 6, Renfro 1 0-0 2, K. Smith 1 0-0
2, Lawrie 1 0-0 2, Daniels 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 9 (5)
7-14 40.
METRO
11
15 15 13 — 54
INDEPENDENCE 13
8 10 9 — 40
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
106: Gabe Eades pinned Jeremy Boone,
Blue Valley Southwest, 2:26; pinned Colton
Allen, Erie, 1:53; pinned by Christian Davis,
Santa Fe Trail, 4:26; def. Jacob Boone, Blue
Valley Southwest, 6-4; pinned by Christian
Davis, Santa Fe Trail, 1:10. Eades finished in
second place in weight class.
120: Jeremiah Lawrie def. Ethan Ashley,
Royal Valley, by major decision, 13-3; pinned
Dayton Wade, Caney Valley, 1:15; pinned
James Clement, Osawatomie, 3:53; def. Kevin
Herbstritt, Jayhawk Linn, by ultimate tiebreaker, 6-5; lost to Tyler Kester, SoutheastCherokee, 2-6. Lawrie finished in second
place in weight class.
132: Cole Swearingen pinned by Kooper
Loy, Frontenac, 0:54; lost to Rees Lehman,
Erie, by technical fall, 0-15; pinned Quinn Hill,
Blue Valley Southwest, 1:36; pinned Calvin
Winstead, Caney Valley, 4:03. Swearingen finished in ninth place in weight class.
138: Kyler Sanders pinned Cole Denny, Anderson County, 3:14; pinned Angel Winstead,
Caney Valley, 4:16; pinned by Jared Hartzell,
Erie, 5:14; pinned by Zach Glynn, Blue Valley Southwest, 0:18; def. Brenden Ishimura,
Frontenac, by major decision, 12-2. Sanders
finished in fifth place in weight class.
145: Jackson Stafford pinned Brandon
Lewis, Jayhawk Linn, 1:35; pinned Ruben
Rodriguez, Erie, 1:01; pinned Matt Chichura,
Blue Valley Southwest, 3:25; lost to Cody
Hazlett, Osawatomie, 4-5; def. Tommy Joles,
Uniontown, by major decision, 11-2. Stafford
finished in third place in weight class.
152: Conagher Welch pinned Blake Hollandsworth, Caney Valley, 2:37; pinned Jarret Brumback, Southeast-Cherokee, 0:30;
pinned Tyler Metcalf, Parsons, 0:21; pinned
by Brandon Miekus, Frontenac, 5:32; pinned
Colin Koger, Santa Fe Trail, 2:45. Welch finished in third place in weight class.
160: Aaron Medlock pinned Skyler Haviland, Erie, 1:18; pinned Garrett Cunningham,
Jayhawk Linn, 0:38; pinned Layne Watkins,
Santa Fe Trail, 3:20; pinned by Andrew Mays,
Frontenac, 2:38; lost to Jordan Ishimura,
Frontenac, 8-13. Medlock finished in fourth
place in weight class.
170: Robert Skaggs pinned by Nathan
Kaufman, Frontenac, 4:18; pinned by Nathan
Hodges, Osawatomie, 3:11; pinned by Dylan
Misener, Parsons, 2:23; def. Preston Allen,
Central Heights, by injury default; lost to Kasey Dixon, Frontenac, 3-10. Skaggs finished in
eighth place in weight class.
182: Ricky Pando pinned Isaiah Levy,
Anderson County, 1:00; pinned Brec Furst,
Central Heights, 1:08; pinned Tavon Blazek,
Iola, 4:46; lost to Jacob Box, Royal Valley, 4-8.
Pando finished in second place in weight
class.
195: D.J. Kessler lost to Andrew Garber,
Iola, in tiebreaker, 1-4; pinned Gavin Miller,
Uniontown, 0:58; pinned Kyler Taylor, Frontenac, 2:23; lost to Ethan Dean, Santa Fe Trail,
6-10; pinned Blake Garrison, Royal Valley,
1:54. Kessler finished in third place in weight
class.
220: Kris Gilmore pinned by Trent Moore,
Santa Fe Trail, 2:49; pinned Chandler House,
Iola, 1:00; pinned Jacob Linnebur, Erie, 0:44;
pinned by Gabe Forrestt, Santa Fe Trail, 1:49;
pinned Dominic Sutton, Anderson County,
1:46. Gilmore finished in third place in weight
class.
285: Seth Stroble pinned Colton Toney,
Iola, 3:13; pinned Gage Jones, Erie, 0:15;
pinned Keesis Potts, Royal Valley, 0:24;
pinned Tim Duncan, Osawatomie, 0:35; def.
Jake Hastings, Santa Fe Trail, 8-3. Stroble finished in first place in weight class.
Caney Valley’s Zane Stanton wins
gold medal, Wade settles for 5th
GARNETT — Caney Valley High School finished in 11th place out of 15 teams at the Anderson County Invitational on Saturday. CVHS
recorded 62.5 points for the day.
“We had some kids home with sickness and
other school obligations, so we only took six
kids,” said Bullpup coach Jerod Rigdon. “To finish as well as we wanted team-wise was a challenge.”
The ‘Pups were led on the day by Zane Stanton. Ranked No. 4 in Class 3-2-1A by the Kansas
Wrestling Coaches Association, Stanton went a
perfect 5-0 to take first place at 113 pounds.
He won his first two matches by pin over Toby
Wiggins of Southeast-Cherokee (1:14) and Kitana Diediker of Osawatomie (1:36). He followed
that up with a pair of wins by technical fall over
Blue Valley Southwest’s Wyatt Driskell (16-1)
and Jayhawk Linn’s Trenton Compton (15-0)
before earning a 12-2 decision over Riley McDaniel of Frontenac to claim the top spot.
“Zane wrestled a solid match in the finals,”
Rigdon said. “His work on top is very steady,
and he really wears kids down with the pressure he applies on top.”
Dayton Wade went 3-2 at 120 pounds to earn
fifth place, while Blake Hollandsworth was 3-2
at 152 for sixth place. Also competing were Angel Winstead, ninth at 138; Calvin Winstead,
10th at 132; and Erik Moore, 11th at 145.
“Dayton did a good job wrestling at 120 for
the first time,” Rigdon said. “Blake is right on
the edge of being really good. The Winstead
brothers improve every time out.”
Caney Valley will close out the first semester
on the mats Friday and Saturday at the Miami
(Okla.) Dual Tournament.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
113: Zane Stanton pinned Toby Wiggins, Southeast-Cherokee,
1:14; pinned Kitana Diediker, Osawatomie, 1:36; def. Wyatt Driskell,
Blue Valley Southwest, by technical fall, 16-1; def. Trenton Compton,
Jayhawk Linn, by technical fall, 15-0; def. Riley McDaniel, Frontenac,
by major decision, 12-2. Stanton finished first place in weight class.
120: Dayton Wade pinned by Kevin Herbstritt, Jayhawk Linn, 0:41;
pinned by Jeremiah Lawrie, Independence, 1:15; pinned Ethan Ashley,
Royal Valley, 5:03; pinned James Clement, Osawatomie, 1:07; pinned
Clint Center, Southeast-Cherokee, 2:04. Wade finished in fifth place in
weight class.
132: Calvin Winstead pinned by Colton Byram, Jayhawk Linn, 3:25;
pinned by Dalton Misener, Parsons, 0:42; pinned Zach Wilper, Anderson County, 1:42; pinned by Cole Swearingen, Independence, 4:03.
Winstead finished in 10th place in weight class.
138: Angel Winstead pinned by Jared Hartzell, Erie, 2:52; lost to
Cole Denny, Anderson County, by major decision, 5-14; pinned by Kyler Sanders, Independence, 4:16; pinned by Zach Glynn, Blue Valley
Southwest, 0:22. Winstead finished in ninth place in weight class.
145: Erik Moore pinned by Dillon Roedel, Frontenac, 0:57; pinned
by Bailey Moore, Southeast-Cherokee, 0:43; pinned by Shiloh Sutton,
Anderson County, 1:10; def. KW Hale, Frontenac, 9-2. Moore finished
in 11th place in weight class.
152: Blake Hollandsworth pinned by Conagher Welch, Independence, 2:37; def. Tyler Metcalfe, Parsons, by technical fall, 19-4; pinned
Jarret Brumback, Southeast-Cherokee, 0:50; pinned Cody Asbury,
Central Heights, 0:44; pinned by Tyler Chrisjohn, Osawatomie, 1:39.
Hollandsworth finished in sixth place in weight class.
Page B7
SPORTS
CCC men fall to
Improved IHS team derails Grizzlies Garden City, drop
record to 7-7
INDY’S SEK LEAGUE VICTORY STREAK EXTENDED TO 20 GAMES
BY BRIAN THOMAS
ALTAMONT — When it
comes to the Independence
High School boys’ basketball
team, the Southeast Kansas
League seems to bring out its
very best.
Two-time defending champions of the league, the Bulldogs extended their SEK winning streak to 20 games on
Tuesday with an impressive
75-60 road win over Labette
County at Harrison Gymnasium.
“The kids played really hard
and really shot the ball well,”
said IHS boys’ coach Marcus
Lanning. “We played defense
well in the second half. We
created offense from our defense and got the ball to the
open man. We played very unselfish and are starting to understand each other’s role. We
need to have two solid practices and are looking forward to
our first and only home game
before winter break.”
After an 0-2 start to the
season, with close losses to
Osawatomie and Kansas CityMetro Academy, the Bulldogs
picked up their second straight
win. They were coming off an
impressive 56-30 victory over
Central Heights in the seventhplace game of the Ike Cearfoss
Classic in Richmond.
3 col x 5.75”
IHS — now 2-2 overall —
moved to 1-0 in league play
heading into Friday’s home
opener against Pittsburg. The
Bulldogs have now won 20
consecutive SEK games, including a perfect 12-0 march
to the league title a year ago.
In fact, Independence’s last
league loss was a 48-43 overtime setback at Fort Scott on
Jan. 10, 2014.
The Bulldogs trailed 17-14
after one quarter of play on
Tuesday before picking things
up before halftime. IHS outscored LCHS 18-12 in the second period as it grabbed a 3229 edge at the break.
In the second half, Independence
spent
its time opening up its lead.
A 21-13 run
in the third
quarter had the Bulldogs’ advantage up to 53-42. IHS went
on from there to close out the
double-digit win and extend
its streak in league play.
Jalynn Lawrie had a gamehigh 23 points to lead the
way for Independence, followed by Caleb Johnson with
20. Johnson had four of the
team’s eight three-pointers in
the contest. Levi Kemp also
reached double figures for the
Bulldogs with 15 points.
Labette County (3-1, 0-1)
was led by Javon Reliford
and Klein Ryan with 20 points
each.
rout of Central Heights in the
seventh-place game of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic on Saturday.
“The kids came out and
were able to knock down shots
from the outside,” Lanning
said. “We continued to play
really good defense all four
quarters.
I
think the difference was
that we got
a lead and
we actually kept it going. We
didn’t let them get back in it.
We put our foot down on the
pedal, and there was no let
up.”
IHS hit four of its first six
three-pointers in building a
21-12 lead after one quarter.
By halftime, the Bulldogs had
connected on six treys to boost
their lead up to 31-18. Independence led by as many 31,
forcing a running clock in the
final period.
Independence finished the
game 9-of-24 from three-point
range. Lawrie had a teamhigh 15 points, while Johnson added 11, including three
treys.
INDEPENDENCE
BULLDOGS
Independence 75, Labette County 60
INDEPENDENCE (2-2, 1-0): Lawrie 6 (1)
8-14 23, Johnson 4 (4) 0-0 20, Kemp 5 (1) 2-8
15, Schroeder 0 (1) 3-4 6, Morton 1 3-4 5, Pasternak 0 (1) 0-2 3, Kleiber 1 1-2 3, Hayward 0
0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-0 0, Satchel 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
17 (8) 17-34 75.
LABETTE COUNTY (3-1, 0-1): Reliford 0
(6) 2-2 20, Ryan 5 (1) 7-10 20, Dean 4 1-1 9,
Back 1 2-2 4, Brader 0 2-2 2, Russell 1 0-1 2,
Gatewood 1 0-0 2, Newell 0 1-2 1, Rexwinkle
0 0-0 0, McNickle 0 0-0 0, Anderson 0 0-0 0,
Nibarger 0 0-0 0, Walters 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12
(7) 15-20 60.
INDEPENDENCE 14
18 21 22 — 75
LABETTE COUNTY 17
12 13 18 — 60
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Independence 56, Central Heights 30
INDEPENDENCE (1-2): Lawrie 6 (1) 0-1 15,
Johnson 1 (3) 0-0 11, Morton 3 1-2 7, Schroeder 0 (2) 0-0 6, Pasternak 0 (2) 0-0 6, Kleiber
1 2-2 4, Hayward 0 (1) 0-0 3, Kemp 1 0-0 2,
Satchel 1 0-0 2, Kendrex 0 0-0 0, Hadley 0 0-0
0, Edwards 0 0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13
(9) 3-5 56.
CENTRAL HEIGHTS (0-4): Brown 3 (1) 3-5
12, Percy 3 (1) 0-2 9, Dunnivan 0 (1) 0-0 3, Burroughs 1 0-0 2, Hampton 1 0-0 2, Seyler 0 2-4
2, Masingale 0 0-0 0, Shields 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Gardner 0 0-0 0, Oshel 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 8 (3) 5-11 30.
INDEPENDENCE 21
10 18 7 — 56
CENTRAL HEIGHTS
12 6 57 — 30
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INDEPENDENCE 56,
CENTRAL HEIGHTS 30
RICHMOND — The Bulldogs picked up their first win
of the season, knocking down
nine three-pointers in a 56-30
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OSAWATOMIE — After an
emotional loss to Osawatomie
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game two with a 47-44 setback to Kansas City-Metro in a
consolation-bracket contest on
Dec. 10.
“This game was better than
our last game … that’s for
sure,” Lanning said. “We had
balanced scoring and really
just ran out of gas. The team
we played we were at a disadvantage inside and we were
able to withstand that. We did
what we could to stop them inside, and they couldn’t do anymore. They had to go outside.
That’s where we got our lead.
We just couldn’t hold on down
the stretch.”
The Bulldogs trailed 15-12
after one quarter but came
back to grab a 33-29 edge at
the intermission. The second
half was a struggle on the offensive end. After scoring just
two points in the third quarter,
IHS could not muster enough
down the stretch and came up
just short.
Lawrie posted 16 points to
pace IHS, followed by Johnson
with 11.
Kansas City-Metro 47, Independence 44
KANSAS CITY-METRO (9-3): Volz 6 2-4 14,
McCullough 3 2-5 8, Janssen 2 (1) 0-1 7, Hall 0
(1) 4-5 7, Ross 0 (1) 2-4 5, Unruh 1 2-2 4, Starr
1 0-0 2, Stamatis 0 0-0 0, Davis 0 0-0 0, Kanaga
0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (3) 12-21 47.
INDEPENDENCE (0-2): Lawrie 4 (2) 2-5 16,
Johnson 3 (1) 2-2 11, Kemp 0 6-8 6, Hayward
1 (1) 0-0 5, Kleiber 2 0-1 4, Pasternak 1 0-2 2,
Schroeder 0 0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 11 (4)
10-18 44.
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14 6 12 — 47
INDEPENDENCE 12
21 2 9 — 44
BY BRIAN THOMAS
GARDEN CITY — Heading
into the season, the Coffeyville
Community College men’s basketball team was one of the
favorites to finish at the top
of the Jayhawk Conference
standings. Three games into
conference play, and the Red
Ravens are left scratching
their head.
CCC dropped to 0-3 in Jayhawk Conference play on Saturday as it suffered a 78-70
road loss to Garden City. The
setback was especially frustrating as the Ravens led by
seven at the intermission only
to be outscored 50-35 in the
second half.
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has
already
faced a challenging schedule.
In addition to Saturday’s loss
to Garden City, CCC dropped
a hard-fought decision to
Hutchinson — the co-favorite
in the conference with Coffeyville — and Dodge City, both
of those games at home.
The Red Ravens head into
the holiday break at 7-7 overall. They will take a few weeks
off before returning to action
on Jan. 2 at home against Colby. Tip-off is slated for 3 p.m.
at Nellis Hall.
CCC seemed ready to get its
first conference win of the season as it built a 35-28 halftime
lead against the Broncbusters.
But it was not meant to be
as the Ravens could not slow
down Garden City (11-4, 3-1)
in the second half.
Delano Spencer had 13 points
to lead the way for Coffeyville,
followed by Delshon Strickland with 12.
As for Garden City, it was
led by Jamar Gilbert with 17
points. JT Bennet and Diontae
Jones followed with 13 points
each, while Josh Fleming added 11.
Garden City 78, Coffeyville 70
COFFEYVILLE (7-7, 0-3): Delano Spencer
3-11 6-9 13, Delshon Strickland 4-11 2-4 12,
Jovan Barksdale 3-8 2-2 9, Jailen Gill 3-4 3-4
9, Jordan Taylor 3-4 1-2 8, Tedrick Wolfe 3-4
0-0 6, Gregory Poleon 3-5 0-0 6, Lee Reliford
2-4 1-1 5, William Jefferson 1-2 0-0 2, Mo
Ahmed 0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS 25-53 15-24 70.
GARDEN CITY (11-4, 3-1): Jamar Gilbert
4-8 8-11 17, JT Bennet 4-10 5-6 13, Diontae
Jones 6-9 1-2 13, Josh Fleming 4-10 2-2 11,
Zach Beard 2-6 2-2 7, Jabar Ray 3-6 0-0 6,
Gage Loy 2-6 0-0 5, Brandon Jones 2-5 0-0
4, Antorian Moore 1-2 0-0 2, Aaron Ray 0-0
0-0 0, James McNeal 0-0 0-0 0, DeVonde Livingston 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-62 18-23 78.
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Three-point goals — CCC 5-16 (Strickland
2-6, Spencer 1-5, Barksdale 1-2, Taylor 1-2,
Reliford 0-1); GCCC 4-17 (Loy 1-4, Fleming
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— CCC 33 (Spencer 7); GCCC NA. Assists
— CCC 15 (Spencer 6); GCCC NA. Turnovers
— CCC 21; GCCC NA. Technicals — none.
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Felts responds to legal opinion
regarding Waters of the U.S. edict
A legal opinion issued Monday by the U.S.
Government Accountability Office concludes
the Environmental Protection Agency broke the
law using illegal social media and lobbying efforts to advocate for the Waters of the U.S. rule.
“This finding confirms what we’ve suspected,
that EPA is willing to bend and break the rules
to expand its jurisdiction, it is very disheartening to know that an agency would conduct itself
in such a manner,” said Kansas Farm Bureau
President Rich Felts, a Liberty farmer. “We are
thankful the courts are also recognizing limits
to EPA’s and the Corps of Engineer’s authority,
issuing a stay on implementation of the rule. Now, it’s time for Congress to take action to
ditch this rule once and for all,” Felts added.
Felts joined the American Farm Bureau in
praising U.S. Senate Environment and Public
Works Chairman Jim Inhofe for asking GAO to
conduct the investigation. Farm Bureau on the
state and national level has from the beginning
of notice of the measure, initiated a campaign
to ‘Ditch the Rule’ because of its massive overreach of federal authority.
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City commission
clarifies intent
of $3M bonds
Commission presented
petition from people
seeking an emergency
department in
Independence
BY ANDY TAYLOR
Rachel Villasmil (far left) with her mother, Gina Hosey, stand with the new Caroline’s Cart that was made available to Marvin’s Food Saver
in Independence. Also pictured are Frankie Haney (third from left), Marvin’s assistant store manager, and Tamara Wood (second from
right) and KC Henneke (far right), both of whom serve on Rachel’s Works board of directors. Rachel’s Works strives to provide iPad devices to non-verbal, special-needs children and their families as well as provide Caroline’s Carts to retailers. (Photo by Reese Richardson)
CART FOR SPECIAL-NEEDS INDIVIDUALS MADE AVAILABLE AT MARVINS’S FOOD SAVER
Caroline’s Cart project removes shopping barrier
BY ANDY TAYLOR
The ability for special needs, disabled
and elderly persons to shop for groceries
has been made easier with the help of
a local organization and a local grocery
store.
Rachel’s Works, an Independencebased organization that provides iPad
devices to families of non-verbal, specialneeds children, has extended its resources with the purchase of a special-needs
shopping cart for Marvin’s Food Saver in
Independence. The new shopping cart,
which is valued at $1,200, is loaned to
Marvin’s Food Saver as a way to make
accessibility available to special-needs
individuals. The cart resembles an
ordinary cart but has a large seat for an
adult and be pushed. “Not only will this benefit families
with children with special needs but also
elderly people who can’t walk throughout
the store,” said Gina Hosey of Rachel’s
Works. “Families can push them as they
get groceries. It is accessible for specialneeds adults as well.”
For Hosey, the ability for special-needs
persons to shop for groceries has personal emphasis. Her daughter, 15-yearold Rachel, has Down’s Syndrome and
has only begun to communicate with
her family and others in the past several
years with the aid of an iPad device. The
use of those iPad devices for non-communicative children spurred Hosey to
start Rachel’s Works as a non-profit organization. The purchase of the specialneeds shopping cart is an extension of
Rachel’s Works, said Hosey, and shows
that the organization desires to create
greater accessibility for handicapped or
special-needs individuals.
“This cart definitely opens the door
for persons who have been unable or
reluctant to shop because of their condition,” said Hosey. “I know from personal
experience that my husband and I used
the cart last week for the first time. It
was the first time we were able to take
our daughter with us without having to
push her in a wheelchair and also push
a grocery cart. With the use of Caroline’s Cart, our shopping experience was
tremendous. We gave the cart a good test
drive.”
Caroline’s Cart is a North Carolinabased organization that makes specialneeds carts available to retailers across
the nation. The organization works with
Technibilt in the production and distribution of the carts.
Hosey said the Marvin’s Food Saver in
Independence is one of two retail stores
in southeast Kansas that offers a Caroline’s Cart to special-needs customers. At
the Independence store, the cart can be
obtained from its storage place near the
customer service counter.
Meanwhile, in Montgomery County,
Rachel’s Works continues to raise funds
and collection donations for the purchase
of more special needs carts as well as
the iPad devices that allow non-verbal
children to learn how to communicate.
Rachel’s Works is under the Coffeyville
Community Foundation, which is a
501c3, tax deductible organization.
Through the foundation, persons can
provide tax-deductible contributions.
Go to www.coffeyvillefoundation.org for
more details.
Independence city commissioners last Thursday clarified
the use of $3 million in bonds
that had been discussed as an
incentive for healthcare services in the community.
Speaking at their commission meeting, Mayor Leonhard
Caflisch and Commissioner
Fred Meier detailed how the
$3 million bonds came into
existence. Meier said the $3
million was initially sought as
a gap to cover a disparity in
proposed merger of Coffeyville
Regional Medical Center and
Mercy Hospital. Those discussions took place during the
summer — at the same time
when the commission was
preparing its 2016 budget
plans. Initial plans called for
the City’s mill levy, also known
as a tax rate, to increase by
4.6 mills in 2016 as the start
of a 20-year payment of the
bonds (meaning that the City’s
mill levy would have to show
about 4.6 mills dedicated solely toward bond payment).
However, those merger
discussions between the two
entities failed to reach a conclusion. The city commission
had to build its 2016 budget to
reflect the use of the $3 million
in bonds — even though the
bonds had never been issued.
Since then, consideration
has been given toward using
$3 million in other aspects of
healthcare in Independence,
even though no firm decision
has been made by the commission on how those dollars
would be spent.
That still leaves the City’s
mill levy for 2016 showing a
dedicated tax for bond repayment. Caflisch said if the commission chooses to not use the
$3 million for healthcare, that
dedicated tax that was initially
targeted for bond repayment
would be devoted toward repayment of other debt within
the City of Independence.
Thursday’s meeting only
touched upon the current
healthcare situation briefly.
That’s because Commissioner Gary Hogsett was absent
from the meeting due to illness. Commissioners said they
would address other healthcare matters when he returns
to the commission table this
week. The meeting will be held
at 5:30 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at the Veterans Room in
the Independence Memorial
Hall.
In other aspects regarding healthcare at the commission’s meeting last Thursday,
commissioners:
• were informed of a petition bearing the names of
more than 165 area citizens
seeking the establishment of
an emergency department or
emergency room in Independence.
A presentation letter signed
by Brett Smith indicated the
petition signers were concerned about the lack of an
emergency department since
the closure of Mercy Hospital
in October.
• heard concerns from Independence resident Don Farthing, who suggested that the
city commission proceed with
plans to acquire the now-vacant Mercy Hospital in hopes
that existing imaging and xray equipment in that building would be used by St. John
Health System.
• heard a request from Independence resident Andy
Taylor, who suggested that the
commission impanel a citizen
task force to study the possibility of creating a hospital tax
district as a way to fund permanent healthcare solutions
in Independence.
• heard concerns from Jon
Risner of Independence concerning the need for an advanced urgent care in the Independence community.
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BY DONNA CELAYA
The 37 Miracles Project
hopes to provide food this
Christmas season to 37 families in Montgomery and Wilson
counties. Right now, there is
enough in donations to meet
just half of those needs.
The project started in 2014
as a ministry of New Life Baptist Church in Independence,
where Wayne Campbell attends services. Campbell also
is employed by USD 447 in
Cherryvale and Thayer. Campbell said the original goal was
to provide food certificates
worth $100 each during the
Christmas season to 37 families in Montgomery and Wilson
counties. Last year, the project
gave 18 families food certificates for $100 and met some
other needs as well. So far this
year, the 37 Miracles Project is
on track for 15 or 16 food certificates, he said. “I have been asked why we
are giving food certificates, as
opposed to food baskets or donating to the pantries,” Campbell said. “My answer is about
empowerment. People should
be able to go to the store and
get what they want for their
Christmas meal, or use the
food certificate to help them
through the month. Being able
to buy their own food with the
food certificate may also free
up funds for them to buy presents for their children. It could
very well be the blessing they
were waiting for. Also, I enjoy
all the different reactions I receive when I knock on someone’s door and present them
with this surprise blessing.”
At this time, Campbell’s
peers at Cherryvale schools
and New Life Baptist Church
nominate families to receive
these certificates, but anyone can nominate a family
using the messaging system
on the church’s Facebook
page at https://www.facebook.
com/37miracles/
If there are more nominations than available certificates, the order the nominations were received will
decide, with those in Montgomery County counted first,
then Wilson County. Campbell
said there is no hard and fast
rule about who can be nominated other than there being
a legitimate need, and the recipients must be residents of
Montgomery and Wilson counties.
Monetary donations can
be sent to: New Life Baptist
Church, c/o 37 Miracles Project, 2515 S. 10th Street, Independence, KS 67301.
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Cemetery fence
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commission told
BY ANDY TAYLOR
Mayor Leonhard Caflisch presents certificate plaques to brothers Jacob Hogge (center) and Micah Hogge for their collective work in
improving Riverside Park and the Ralph Mitchell Zoo to fulfill an Eagle Scout requirement. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Commission congratulates Eagle Scout candidates
Two Independence brothers were recognized at last Thursday’s Independence
City Commission meeting for their volunteer efforts to improve Riverside Park and
the Ralph Mitchell Zoo.
Jacob Hogge and Micah Hogge, both of
whom are fulfilling requirements for their
Eagle Scout projects, were given certificates of appreciation from Mayor Leon-
hard Caflisch. The mayor noted that Micah Hogge scrubbed, power cleaned and
sealed all wooden railings and platforms
at the zoo. Meanwhile, Jacob Hogge built
new trash can enclosures for the zoo, water sealed the lumber and assisted city
staff in placing them into position. He also
painted the metal cans to give them a better appearance.
The Hogge name is synonymous with
the local Boy Scout troop as older brothers Jonathan, Brendon and Nathan have
all three attained their Eagle Scout award
and also have been given previous recognition by the city commission.
Jacob and Micah are members of the
Independence Boy Scouts, Troop 6.
Initial repairs to a portion
of the Mount Hope Cemetery
fence has led to a 40-feet section being removed due to its
deteriorating state, city commissioners learned last Thursday.
Commissioners heard a report from Sean Clapp of Heckman and Associates regarding
the section of retaining wall
at Mount Hope Cemtery that
feel when city crews began
an initial repair of that wall.
Clapp said an examination of
the wall showed no reinforcement at its base. Continued
pressure from the west side of
the wall caused the wall to list
to almost 40 degrees before it
finally gave way and fell during the initial set of repairs last
week.
The problem isn’t just the
40-feet section of wall but also
another adjacent cent of stone
fence that is listing about 30 to
40 degrees, Clapp said.
“It’s ready to go,” commissioner Fre Meier said of the
fence’s eroding condition.
Commissioners agreed to
Plans advance for 2nd Astra Arts Festival
Events for all ages and artistic tastes
will run morning-to-night during the
next Astra Arts Festival in Independence.
Members of the festival’s board of
directors looked over ideas and tentative plans when the board met Tuesday,
Dec. 8 at Big Cheese Pizza. Those present were President Lea Shepard, Don
Farthing, Ann Crow, Bruce Peterson,
Liz Moore, Mary Mani, Mike Flood, Ray
Rothgeb and April Nutt.
The festival will be June 30-July 4,
2016. It will be the city’s second Astra
Festival, which was first staged in July
2014 and is planned to be an everyother-year event.
Locations across town will be used,
including performance spaces, classrooms, churches, the library, downtown stores, the museum, historic
homes and Riverside Park. The events
will begin as early as 10 a.m. and occur throughout the days and evenings.
Negotiations and contract work are
under way with headliner acts. Other
projects will include free concerts,
writer workshops, fine art demonstrations and exhibits, children’s activities,
art and literature “crawls,” poetry,
stage performances and other forms of
creative expression. Soon, an updated
Web site and Facebook page will be reactivated for ongoing news and festival
developments.
“It’s not too early to get involved,”
Shepard said. “We would love to hear
from volunteers who would like to join
our committees. We are also accepting
tax-deductible donations to help fund
what is sure to be an exciting week
that will draw visitors from throughout
the region.”
For more information, Shepard can
be contacted at (620) 332-4477.
Astra is a designated tax-deductible,
non-profit organization. Checks made
payable to Astra Arts Festival can be
sent to Astra, P.O. Box 374, Independence, KS 67301.
More than 1,000 pounds of food donated through ICC effort
Independence Community
College concluded its annual
food drive with a small reception in the academic building
Friday morning.
Over the course of two
weeks, the college successfully
collected over 1,000 pounds of
non-perishable food.
“The amount of generosity
in this community never ceases to amaze me,” said Dr. Dan
Barwick, college president.
“We always strive to collect
more food than the previous
year, and this year was no exception.”
While the college received
donations openly during the
course of two weeks, food was
accepted as admission to the
men’s and women’s basketball game, a winter choir concert, and one night of the play,
Three Sisters.
All of the food was donated
to the Community Access Center in Independence, where it
weighed in at 1,040 pounds.
Independence Community College faculty and staff collected more than 1,000 pounds of non-perishable food. (Courtesy photo)
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have city crews install structural backfill to the wall for
stabilization. They also agreed
to examine a similar wall near
the swan and duck pond at
Ralph Mitchell Zoo for structural stability.
The stone fence around
Mount Hope Cemetery was
built as a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project
during the 1930s.
In other business at Thursday’s meeting, commissioners:
• learned that a residentialgrade generator at City Hall
had fallen into disrepair and
could not longer be service.
That generator totally expired
last week, requiring city officials to make buy a commercial grade generator.
• agreed to hold a public
hearing at 5 p.m., Wednesday,
Dec. 23 to consider final budget amendments to the City of
Independence’s 2015 budget,
which expires on Dec. 31.
• approved a new lease for
the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter #980 for use
of the chapter’s building at the
Independence Airport.
• agreed to receive bids on
Jan. 14, 2016 for 14-inch water main construction at 8th
Street, between Sycamore and
Parkhurst streets. That water
line has failed in recent years,
which has caused a bottleneck
in the water distribution system.
Orchard project
to have initial
tree planting
The Independence Community Orchard project will have
its initial planting of trees next
Tuesday, Dec. 22 at the northeast corner of 17th and Walnut
streets.
Gary Hogsett, city commissioner, is organizing the volunteer-driven orchard project,
which will begin at 3 p.m. Volunteers are needed for the initial planting of 20 fruit trees.
Volunteers are asked to bring
shovels and wear appropriate
footwear as the ground could
be wet and muddy.
The initial planting was to
have taken place on Tuesday,
Dec. 15. However, heavy weekend rains delayed the planting
until next Tuesday, Dec. 22.
Tim McDonnell, a state forester, is working with Hogsett
on the community orchard
project.
Hogsett invites local citizens
into the tree project. For more
information, contact Hogsett
at (620) 779-0233.
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INDEPENDENCE
Young entrepreneurs tested on business projects
Students in Laura McClure’s
Entrepreneurship class at Independence High School on
Thursday learned the results
of a business project that required the students to create,
implement and deliver a business product.
Through
the
Junior
Achievement of Independence,
the students’ projects — and
their awards that followed —
showed them how well their
projects were received by a
panel of local judges, all of
whom are members of the Independence business community.
McClure’s students were divided into four teams, each of
which had to design and deliver on a business project. The
teams included the Bulldogs of
10th Street, The Elite, The Go
Getters, and The Pound.
The Go Getters were presented the award of Best
Company after their product,
Bulldog sun visors, were sold
to Bulldog sports fans. The
company sold 154 of the 165
visors, which allowed the team
to make a 176 percent return
on its original investment.
Street
• 3rd Place Salesperson: Daniel Grice, The Pound
• Best Essay from Go Getters:
Michael Whitson
• Best Essay from The Pound:
Dani Berry
• Best Essay from The Elite:
Cooper King
• Best Essay from Bulldogs
of 10th Street: Liandria King.
About $5,000 in cash prizes
were awarded by the Junior
Achievement of Independence
in the awards ceremony.
Drew Demo (far left), representing Junior Achievement of Independence, stands with members of The Go Getters, which was picked as
the Best Company in an entrepreneurship competition at Independence High School. Team members include (left to right) Bailey Babcock, Ryan Novotni, Darrius Scott, Michael Whitson, Max Hulse, Jeb Stafford and Jeremiah Lawrie. Not pictured: Lyssa Schable, Aubree
Lawrie and Andy Engman. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Each member of the Go Getters company was provided a
$50 gift card as their reward.
Team members included Aubree Lawrie, Bailey Babcock,
Lyssa Schabel, Michael Whitson, Jeb Stafford, Jeremiah
Lawrie, Ryan Novotni, Andy
Engman and Max Hulse.
Other awards presented at
the ceremony included:
• Best President: Aubree
Lawrie, Go Getters
• Best Vice President: Bailey
Babcock, Go Getters
• Best Vice President, Finance
Officer: Marie Alliston, The Elite
• Best Vice President, Marketing Officer: Lyssa Schabel- Go
Getters
• Best Vice Preisdent, Production Officer: Jeremiah LawrieGo Getters
• Best Vice President Human
Resources Officer: Cory Janasek,
The Elite
• Best Webmaster: Ryan Novotni, Go Getters
• 1st Place Salesperson: Darrius Scott, Go Getters
• 2nd Place Salesperson:
Clare Bindley, Bulldogs of 10th
ICC accepting applications for TEDx event in 2016
Independence Community College
is now accepting applications and
nominations for speakers and presenters for the TEDxICC event scheduled
for April 29, 2016.
Innovative speakers with fresh topics and pioneering ideas are encouraged to submit their applications online. The theme for the TEDxICC event
is “Rethinking Tomorrow.”
“We want to reach out to all the
talented and progressive-thinking
individuals, many of whom already
visit our campus on a regular basis to
take advantage of programs like the
FabLab, Innovation Club, and Business
Leaders Spotlight,” said Dr. Dan Barwick, ICC college president. “We want
to recruit those innovative and entrepreneurially minded individuals to become of a part of this historic event.”
In November, ICC became the first
community college in the state of Kansas to be awarded a TEDx event.
TEDxICC will be hosted at Memorial Hall in Independence, Kansas and
will feature 13 different presentations,
including slots designated for high
school-aged presenters.
“We want to encourage speakers of
all ages to submit their ideas and presentations,” said Barwick. “Great ideas
are not limited by age.”
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to “Ideas Worth Spreading”. It
started in California as a four-day con-
ference 30 years ago and has grown to
support its mission with multiple initiatives. The popularity of TED event has
grown exponentially with social media.
Local events affiliated with TED are
designated “TEDx” which precedes the
local event – TEDxICC.
Individuals
interested
submitting proposals to present at TEDxICC
should fill out the online application
form located at www.indycc.edu.
KU confers
degrees to
local students
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The
names of more than 1,250
candidates for degrees from
the University of Kansas this
fall — representing 50 Kansas
counties, 41 other states and
territories, and 18 other countries — have been announced
by the University Registrar.
Because KU conducts only
one formal commencement
ceremony each year, many of
these graduates will return
Sunday, May 15, 2016, for the
university’s spring ceremony.
However, some schools and
programs conduct fall recognition ceremonies.
Among the undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Independence who conferred for
the fall semester were Thomas
Henderson, bachelor of general studies in history and classics minor; Kayla Schabel, Juris Doctorate; Derek Schmidt,
doctor of juridical science.
PUBLIC NOTICES
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 10, 17,
24, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., CIVIL
DEPARTMENT
Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC
(Plaintiff)
vs.
Shiana Joy Freeman, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV90I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of an Order of
Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the
District Court of Montgomery County,
Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of
Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer
for sale at public auction and sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, at the
South door of the Judicial Center of the
Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on January
7, 2016, at 2:00 PM, the following real
estate:
Lots 5 and 6, Block 9, Solomon and
Waters Addition to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas
commonly known as 1605 W. 6th St.
ALSO DESCRIBED AS:
Lots 5 and 6, Block 9, Solomon and Waters Addition to the City of Coffeyville
commonly known and numbered as
1605 W. 6th St., commonly known as
1605 West 6th Street, Coffeyville, KS
67337 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the aboveentitled case. The sale is to be made
without appraisement and subject to
the redemption period as provided by
law, and further subject to the approval
of the Court. For more information, visit
www.southlaw.com.
Robert Dierks, Sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)
245 N. Waco, Suite 410
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
(179969)
_____________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 17, 24
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Cimeron D. Chastain; John Doe
(Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Unknown Spouse, if
any, of Cimeron D. Chastain; Deere
& Company Credit Union (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV105I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State Of Kansas, to the abovenamed defendants and the unknown
heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns
of any deceased defendants; the un-
known spouses of any defendants;
the unknown officers, successors,
trustees, creditors and assigns of any
defendants that are existing, dissolved
or dormant corporations; the unknown
executors, administrators, devisees,
trustees, creditors, successors and
assigns of any defendants that are or
were partners or in partnership; the
unknown guardians, conservators and
trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability;
and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged
to be deceased, and all other persons
who are or may be concerned.
You are notified that a Petition has
been filed in the District Court of Montgomery County, Kansas, praying to
foreclose a real estate mortgage on the
following described real estate:
Lot 31, SOUTHERN HILL ESTATES
SUB-DIV, a part of the Northwest 1/4
of Sec. 10, Township 35, Range 16
East, Montgomery County, Kansas
MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED
AS:
Lot 31, SOUTHERN HILL ESTATES, a subdivision of part of Section
10, Township 35, Range 16, Montgomery County, Kansas, commonly known
as 108 Little Avenue, Coffeyville, KS
and all those defendants who have not
otherwise been served are required to
plead to the Petition on or before the
27th day of January, 2016, in the District
Court of Montgomery County,Kansas.
If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon
the Petition.
NOTICE
Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §1692c(b), no
information concerning the collection
of this debt may be given without the
prior consent of the consumer given
directly to the debt collector or the express permission of a court of competent jurisdiction. The debt collector is
attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that
purpose.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Blair T. Gisi (KS #24096)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(181512)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Kyle Hunt, et al. (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV145I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
estate:
North 75 feet of Lots Eighteen (18) and
Nineteen (19), Block One (1), West
End Place Addition to the City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas,
commonly known as 605 Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337 (the “Property”)
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(182765)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
DEPARTMENT
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (Plaintiff)
vs.
Nathan W. Humphrey and Starla
Humphrey, et al (Defendants)
Case No. 15CV172I
Court Number:
NOTICE OF SALE
estate:
All of Blocks 20, 24, 25 and 26,
Original City of Liberty, Montgomery
County, Kansas, commonly known as
524 Circle 3400 Street, Liberty, KS
www.Southlaw.com.
Prepared By:
SouthLaw, P.C.
Mark Mellor (KS #10255)
Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 684-7733
(316) 684-7766 (Fax)
(184195)
_____________________________
and 31, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
In the Matter of the Marriage of
COURTNEY DARNELL, Petitioner and
KAYLIN DARNELL, Respondent
Case No. 15 DM 183 C
NOTICE OF SUIT
The State of Kansas to Kaylin Darnell, and all other persons who are or
may be concerned:
You are hereby notified that a Petition for Divorce has been filed in the
Kansas sitting at Coffeyville by Courtney Darnell , praying for a Decree of
Divorce, and you are hereby required
to answer the Petition on or before the
13 th day of January, 2016, in the District Court at Coffeyville, Kan. If you fail
to plead, judgment and decree may be
entered in due course upon the Petition.
Courtney Darnell, Petitioner
Submitted By:
Grady Young, SC #9000
714 Walnut
Coffeyville, Kansas 67337 (620) 251-9000/251-5955-Fax
seklaw@seklaw.org
Attorney for Petitioner
_____________________________
and 24, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF VERNIE S. STALLINGS
Deceased Case No. 15 PR – 43 C
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on December 1, 2015, a Petition was filed in
this Court by Douglas E. Stallings, an
heir of Vernie S. Stallings, deceased,
praying for issuance of Letters of Administration.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 A.M. of
said day, in said Court, in the City of
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause
will be heard. Should you fail therein,
judgment and decree will be entered in
due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the estate within
four (4) months from the date of first
publication of this Notice, as provided
by law, and if their demands are not
thus exhibited, they shall be forever
barred.
DOUGLAS E. STALLINGS, petitioner
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
_______________________________
and 24, 2015)
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF LORETTA JEAN ROBERTS,
DECEASED
Case No. 14 PR-14 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
2nd day of December, 2015, a Petition
was filed in this Court by Vivian Frost
and Deena Testerman, Co-Executors
of the Estate of Loretta Jean Roberts,
deceased, praying for a final settlement
of the estate, approval of their acts,
proceedings, and accounts as Co-Executors, allowance for attorney’s fees
and expenses, determination of the
heirs, devisees, and legatees entitled
to the estate and assignment to them
in accordance with the Will of Loretta
Jean Roberts, deceased.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock
A.M. of said day in said Court in the
City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place the
cause will be heard. Should you fail
therein, judgment and decree will be
entered in due course upon the Petition.
VIVIAN FROST and DEENA TESTERMAN, petitioners
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioners
CITY OF CANEY
(Published in the Montgomery County Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015)
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING FOR AMENDING THE 2015 BUDGET
The governing body of the City of Caney will meet at 5:00 p.m., Monday, Dec. 28 at the Caney City Hall
Complex for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed
amended use of funds. Detailed budget information is available at City Hall and will be available at this
hearing.
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INDEPENDENCE
Tax dispute between Cessna, county gov’t revealed at meeting
Dispute dates back to failure to accurately transfer
ownership of Cessna Learning Center; Cessna seeks
property tax refund of more than $53,000
BY ANDY TAYLOR
INDEPENDENCE — An
oversight on the transfer
of ownership of the Cessna
Learning Center at Independence Community College has
led to a tax squabble between
Cessna Aircraft Company and
local governments.
County commissioners on
Monday learned about the
ownership transfer matter and
vowed to get it cleared up as
quickly as possible.
The issue dates back to
1996 when the City of Independence, as part of an economic incentive package to locate Cessna Aircraft Company
to the community, agreed to
issue industrial revenue bonds
(IRBs) for the construction of
the Cessna Learning Center
on the ICC campus. Under the
terms of the IRBs, the City of
Independence was the title
owner of the learning center.
Ownership was to be transferred to ICC upon retirement
of the IRBs in 2006. Cessna
Aircraft Company was to pay
any real estate taxes due on
the improved property.
Through collective oversight on the part of Montgomery County, the City of Independence and ICC, the land
was not deeded back to ICC
in late 2006. As a result, tax
statements were issued to the
City of Independence, by virtue
of being the title owner on the
building. Cessna Aircraft Company has paid the property
taxes since 2006.
Cessna finally figured out
what was happening and
brought the matter to the attention of the City of Independence and ICC earlier this
year.
Cessna has sought the refund of property taxes paid
for years 2011-14 (state law
allows only for a three-year
refund). Cessna AIrcraft has
taken the issue to the Kansas
Board of Tax Appeals for approval of the refund.
Aaron Heckman, director
of the Montgomery County
Action Council, told commissioners on Monday that he has
learned of Montgomery County’s objection to Cessna’s tax
refund request — even though
Montgomery County is not
contesting Cessna’s claim to a
refund. Cessna Aircraft, ICC
and the City of Independence
are asking Montgomery County to withdraw its objection.
“In terms of economic development, this sends out
mixed signals,” said Heckman.
Montgomery County’s objection has to do with the way
Cessna Aircraft filed its objection with the state tax appeals
board, said Charlotte ScottSchmidt, county clerk. Cessna
cited “grievance” instead of
“clerical error” in its refund
claim to the state board. There
is a difference in how state
law defines “grievance” versus
“clerical error” in a claim of a
tax refund, she said, which is
why Montgomery County objected to the refund claim.
“The states does not consider this a clerical error,” said
Scott-Schmidt.
County commissioners said
they hoped all sides could
come to an agreement soon
and that Cessna Aircraft could
be afforded its property tax rebate for a matter that should
have been handled correctly in
2006.
In the meantime, the property transfer of ownership of
the Cessna Learning Center
has taken place. In June, the
land was officially deeded to
Independence Community College, which, by virtue of its
non-taxable status, would not
have to pay property taxes on
that facility.
If the property tax refunds
are granted to Cessna Aircraft since 2011, the company
would be refunded more than
$53,000.
Christmas brass
Sixth-grade band members from Independence Middle School shined their brass and belted out a series of holiday melodies during
a Christmas concert last Thursday night at Losey Gymnasium. Among the musicians photographed were french horn players (left to
right) Morgan Andrews, Keely Cline, Chelsea Herrera, tuba player Hannah Fairbank and baritone Tyler Mallotte. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Looking for a
last-minute
Christmas gift?
Andy Taylor’s “Images of
America: Independence” —
a pictoral history of
Independence, Kansas — will
make a great gift for any
person who has an interest
in local history.
Only 21.
$
99
(sales tax not included)
Here are some of the reader reviews about “Images of America: Independence” (taken
from Amazon.com):
“Very pleased with this book purchase. Arrived quickly and I love all the old pictures. Only thing
wrong with it is I’d like more.”
“I received this as a Christmas gift from a long-time Independence friend. Having grown up in Indy
(although I haven’t lived there for 50 years), I found it extremely interesting and well-done! Many
memories were refreshed! My appreciation to those who made it possible. And I highly recommend
it to anyone who has an interest in Indy...especially if they have children or grandchildren. A great
piece of work!”
“If you live in Independence, Kansas or are from there, this is a fantastic history resource.”
“Andy Taylor did a fantastic job in creating this new book on Independence, KS. I was happy to see
that he concentrated on the people who lived here and their history rather than just the buildings.”
Buy it at the Montgomery County
Chronicle offices in Independence,
Caney or Cherryvale. Also available
at Walgreen’s in Independence!
Note: author Andy Taylor will be in
the Montgomery County Chronicle office
in Independence (108 W. Main) from
8 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec. 19 to
sign copies of his book!
Classified Ads
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Prairie Star • Montgomery County Chronicle • Labette Avenue
ITEMS FOR SALE
HELP WANTED
STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR SALE:
20’ 40’ 45’ 48’ 53’ Storage containers
centralcontainer.net or 785-655-9430. (KCAN)
_____________________________
BEAGLE PUPS FOR SALE in Oswego. Call
620-778-1269.
LC48-3tp
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USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE:
washers, dryers, stoves, fridge, freezers, AC
units, recliners, Lift chair-918-533-6000 or
620-597-2680.
LC38-13tp
_____________________________
FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Seasoned oak,
pecan and mixed firewood for sale - $55/
rick. Call 620-205-9823. CQ49-2tp
_____________________________
“IMAGES OF AMERICA: INDEPENDENCE,”
a pictorial history of Independence, is
available for $21.99 (plus sales tax) at
the Montgomery County Chronicle offices
in Caney, Cherryvale and Independence.
Makes a great gift for any event! nc
911 DISPATCHER: The Labette County
Emergency Communications Center is
accepting applications for a full time Public
Safety 911 Dispatcher. A Public Safety
911 Dispatcher answers all emergency
911 calls, and dispatches Police, Fire and
EMS personnel/equipment to emergency
situations throughout the county. It takes
a special person that can work well under
high stress situations, and works well in a
team environment. Applicant must pass
a drug screening, and have a high school
diploma or a GED. Basic computer and
communications skills are a must. Position
starts at 12.61 an hour and averages 40
hours a week. Experience preferred but not
required. Full time employees are eligible
for full benefits, step increases starting in
six months, health and dental insurance,
paid holidays, sick & vacation time. For any
further information please contact Brandy
Grassl or Krystal Huggard at 620-795-2565,
to obtain a 9-1-1 Dispatch application and
job description visit www.labettecounty.
com. Only a 9-1-1 Dispatch application will
be accepted. Labette County is an EOE. LC49-2tc
_____________________________
VEHICLE AUCTION
RN: This position is responsible for
TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
providing direct nursing care to residents,
You are hearby notified that Vail’s and supervising the day-to-day nursing
Automotive, 2262 13,000 Rd Oswego, activities performed by LPNs and nursing
KS 67356, will hold a public auction on assistants. Advances the value that the
DECEMBER 23,2015 at 10 a.m. for the resident comes first. The employee values
following vehicle:
the Community as the residents’ home
YEAR: 1995
and works to create attributes of home and
MAKE: CHEVROLET
models person centered care.
MODEL: 1500
Education, Experience and/or Training:
VIN#: 2GCFK29K6S1144258
• Must possess a Nursing Degree from
For all expenses of the bill, storage and an accredited college or university or be a
publication for this vehicle.
LC49-2tc graduate of an approved RN program.
• Must possess a current active license to
practice as a RN in this state.
• Previous experience as a supervisor in a
hospital, long-term care community or other
related health care facility. Previous geriatric
SCRAP METAL: Paying top dollar for scrap
nursing experience desired.
metal, junk cars (running or not), etc. Will
• Knowledge of nursing and medical
pick up items. Call 918-559-9162.
practices and procedures, as well as laws,
MC-E3-tfnp
regulations, and guidelines governing long_____________________________
term care.
GOLD & SILVER JEWELRY WANTED: Get
Physical or Mental Demands:
more for your broken unwanted gold &
This position is classified as Medium
silver jewelry at Uncle Ken’s Coin Shop. Also
Work for physical exertion requirements.
buying silver coins and old currency. Phone
Medium work involves lifting no more than
(620) 331-4570. tf
50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting
or carrying of objects weighing up to 25
pounds. Full time night shift (10:30 p.m-7
a.m.) including every other weekend.
LC50-2tc
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CENTER MANAGER: Longton Meals
on Wheels/Friendship Meals - 10 a.m.- EARN $500 A DAY: Insurance Agents
1 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Wonderful Needed. Leads, No Cold Calls. Commissions
opportunity working with older adults. Paid Daily. Lifetime Renewals. Complete
Experience with food service helpful. Some Training. Health & Dental Insurance. Life
record keeping. High School diploma or License Required. Call 1-888-713-6020.
(KCAN)
GED required. Apply at 406 Kansas Ave. in
_____________________________
Longton or call 620-642-6861. EOE.
CQ49-2tb ELECTRIC LINEMAN: Kiowa, Kan., is seeking
full-time electric lineman. Salary DOQ.
_____________________________
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT: The City
of Oswego is accepting applications for a
position with the Public Works Department.
Main duties will be in the Refuse
Department. An application and a complete
job description may be downloaded from
the city website at www.oswegokansas.com;
picked up at the City Office-703 5th St.; or by
We honor all Thompson
calling 620-795-4433. The city is an equal
Bros. Present Leases
opportunity employer. LC43-tf
_____________________________
NURSES/CNAs: Oswego Health and Rehab
is hiring for F/T Nurses and CNAs. Please
LUMBER & SUPPLY
apply at 1104 Ohio Street, Oswego, KS or
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
call 620-795-4429. LC46-tf
VEHICLES
ITEMS WANTED
HELP WANTED
WELDING
SUPPLIES
TROTNIC
HELP WANTED
FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE
ADOPTIONS
Vocational degree in electricity preferred.
Excellent benefits. More Information call
620-825-4127. Open until 12/30/2015.
EOE. (KCAN)
_____________________________
TRUCK DRIVER: Convoy Systems is hiring
Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the
west coast. Home Weekly! Great Benefits!
www.convoysystems.com Call Lori 1-800926-6869 ext. 303.
(KCAN)
FOR RENT IN OSWEGO: Nice 2 bedroom
mobile home. CH/A, kitchen appliances.
$375/month. 620-795-2471. LC46-tf
_____________________________
FOR RENT IN CANEY: Duplex, one large
master bedroom, one bath, large sunroom,
large living room, washer/dryer hookup, lots
of cabinets, two walk-in closets, appliances,
garage, fenced. No smoking, no pets. $550/
month, $559/deposit. Call 620-879-2915 or
620-252-8382. MC-B48-tfn
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FOR RENT IN SEDAN: House for rent just
outside of Sedan. All appliances Included,
3 bedroom, 1 bath, small outbuilding, gas
heat, rural water, $400/month. Call 620550-1273. CQ49-3b
_____________________________
620-252-8382. MC-B48-tfn
_____________________________
620-252-8382. MC-B48-tfn
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FOR RENT IN CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532.tf
bedroom, two bath, 1,436 square feet,
open floor plan, kitchen appliances stay,
hardwood floors, CH/A, fenced back yard,
covered deck, swimming pool. $43,000.
Call Judy Nungesser, Realtor
Faith Realty
Call 620-330-3688
jnung@sktc.net
CQ50-tfn
ADOPTION: Hoping to be a mom. Lots of
love to give. Financially secure. Expenses
paid. Email Rachel.adoption.2015@gmail.
com or Call/Text 917-603-3154.
(KCAN)
_____________________________
ADOPTION: Two professionals with hearts
full of love who will cherish a baby. We are
your perfect choice as parents. Expenses
paid. Christina and Michael (877)-2981945.
(KCAN)
_____________________________
Did you know these classified ads will appear
in three newspapers that cover more than four
counties of southeast Kansas?
REAL ESTATE
400+ acres of prime deer hunting,
fishing and grazing.
AREA SERVICES
THOMAS TREE SERVICE: Tree trimming,
removal and stump grinding, have chipper,
grapple and bucket truck. Insured. Call for
free estimates, 620-879-2532 or 620-2498773. CQ40-tfn
_____________________________
LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS: in-home
repair and upgrades. We come to you.
620-725-5465, 620-330-0330. www.
lazybearcomputers.com.
mjking@
lazybearcomputers.com. CQ1-tfn
_____________________________
SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. CQ1-tfn
_____________________________
WICKHAM TRUCKING for your rock, sand,
and dirt needs. Call 620-725-3317 or 620249-2867. CQ1-tfn
_____________________________
MCNOWN TREE CARE
Insured, professional tree trimming,
removal, and clean-up.
FREE ESTIMATES
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
CQ23-tfn
_____________________________
CLEAR VISION WINDSHIELD REPAIR: If
you need a rock chip repaired, call Paul Stetz
at 620-725-3265.If we can’t answer, please
leave a message.
CQ40-tfn _____________________________
HAIL DAMAGE REPAIR: SheaDeeLea’s
Painting - Interior and Exterior, Residential,
Commercial, Farm and Ranch. Free
Estimates. Call Jessica Gebers at 620-5620622.
CQ31-tfn-eow1/3
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Classified ads will get you results!
_____________________________
HOWARD: 218 N. Wabash - Nice business
opportunity, 770 square feet retail. $8,000.
LONGTON: 405 Wyandotte - 1,770 square
feet, three bedroom, two bath, open floor
plan, appliances less than five years old stay,
new roof in 2015, detached four car garage,
fenced in backyard. $62,000.
WINFIELD: 1319 E. 13th - Open floor
plan, woodburning fireplace, two bedroom
could be three bedroom, one bath, C/H air,
kitchen appliances stay, extra workshop in
detached garage. $107,000.
HOWARD: 643 E. Adams, Howard - Two
Mulberry Estates
RENT AS LOW AS $50
RENT BASED ON INCOME
1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS
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On-Site Laundry
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Community Room
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625 Mulberry, Chetopa, KS
Call 417-437-8146
KS Relay #711
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provider and employer.
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HUNTING LAND: Our Hunters will Pay Top
$$$ To hunt your land. Call for a Free Base
Camp Leasing info packet & Quote. 1-866309-1507. www.BaseCampLeasing.com. (KCAN)
_____________________________
Classified ad deadline: 5 p.m., Monday
Call or visit our website for working ranches
in a several state area. Let our background
in stocker/ cow-calf production and hunting
properties be of assistance in the sale of your
ranch or your property search.
CROSSTIMBERSLAND.COM
918-287-1996 - OFFICE
620-705-1448 - Ben Allen
TROTNIC
STORAGE
• Units Available •
As small as 5x10
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$20 and up
OSWEGO • (620) 795-2414
Apartments available at
Westside Homes, Oswego.
Apply at Frogley’s
Gun Shop or call
620-795-2801.
LC47-tf
REAL ESTATE
• Montana Road - “Motivated Seller”
3-BR, 2-BA ranch style on 3.5 acres
fence. All new wiring, roof, central air,
siding, windows, floating floors, oversize
2-car garage.........................$129,500
•Oswego, 2-BR with all hardwood
floors, corner lots, 1-car attached garage, ample deck and fenced backyard.......................................$37,500
• Chetopa Car Wash, Location, Location, Main Highway, Downtown, Only
Car Wash In Town...................$18,000
• Chetopa Motel, 6-Units on US highway, remodeled, new metal roof, new
heat and air............................$47,900
• Chetopa, Classic Tudor-style former
filling station on main highway downtown, most recently used as an antique
shop. 3-Bays, fireplace, concrete parking
lot. Adjoining office location or small
shop on mail street, next to Post Office,
close to everything downtown. Four
1-BR rental cottages behind above, new
paint......................................$49,900
•pictures/weather/radar
@ chesnuttauctioneers.com
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Check our Listings!
chesnuttauctioneers.com
412 Commercial
Oswego, Kansas
CHESNUTT & CHESNUTT
AUCTIONEERS - REALTORS
Oswego................795-2365
Jerry.....................236-7348
Cody.....................795-2298
Email: chesnutt@chesnuttauctioneers.com
Office Help Wanted
Must have good computer skills, be
very good with numbers and very
organized. Full time employment.
Contact Fred Raybourn at
620-758-2283. Western Feed Mills,
Cedar Vale, KS

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