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PRAIRIE
DEC. 16, 2015
SALUTE
Dale and Barbara
Clubine
Moline
Longtime
Prairie Star
subscribers
Kansas Sampler
Festival will
be no more
The Kansas Sampler Foundation has announced that the longtime
Kansas Sampler Festival will end after 2017.
Community leaders from Sedan
have attended and participated in
this event for a number of years.
The festival began in 1990 at the
farm of the late Mil Penner and his
daughter, Marci, near Inman. It included booths for about 30 places included in the newly published Kansas
Weekend Guide.
Since then, it has grown to include
representatives from more than 150
Kansas communities who share with
festivalgoers things to see, do, hear,
taste, buy and learn across the state,
according to a news release.
Marci Penner, director of the
Kansas Sampler Foundation, said in
a statement the festival has helped
people see the state has much to offer, and the foundation now hopes to
progress toward other activities.
Since 1998, host communities
have been selected for the festival.
In 2016 and 2017, the festival will be
hosted by the city of Winfield.
Penner and assistant director
WenDee LaPlant recently visited Elk
and Chautauqua counties on a statewide tour.
Christmas
greeting edition
coming next week
Next week’s Prairie Star will carry lots of “greeting ads” from businesses, organizations and individuals who simply want ot say “Merry
Christmas.”
This longtime tradition of this
newspaper is a convenient way for
advertisers to give a holiday greeting
to their customers and friends and
not miss anyone.
So, watch for next week’s edition
which will be printed and distributed
on the Prairie Star’s usual schedule.
STAR
E-EDITION
Working cowboy honored for ‘rodeo wreck’
By Frank J. Buchman
Truly, he’s the unsung hero of
ranch rodeo.
Temperatures were hovering at
32 degrees with bawling cows standing in three inches of recent rain, now
with a thin layer of ice on top, as the
“real champion” reflected about the
biggest “headline story” that hasn’t
made the newspapers until now.
The 900 momma cows Bruce
Beeman cares for on the ranch near
Grenola in Elk County were begging
for winter dinner from the Hard Luck
Cowboy award winner at this year’s
World Championship Ranch Rodeo in
Amarillo, Texas.
“I don’t really think it’s much of
anything to be all that proud about.
But, I guess they gave the title to me,
because I landed so hard when I got
off, after making the whistle on my
ranch bronc in the first go-around of
the rodeo,” explained Beeman, about
tokens presented at the conclusion of
the four-day Working Ranch Cowboys
Association yea-end finals.
“The wreck must have looked
worse than it really was. I was out of
shape, landed wrong, lit on my wrist,
and knocked some ribs out of place.
I was able to pop them back in, and
get on my second bronc, and get him
ridden,” the tough cowboy humbly
detailed.
“If my crash landing getting off
that bronc was the worst thing that
happened, fortunately nobody else
got hurt much at the rodeo this year,”
Beeman conjured.
While Beeman modestly, yet
gratefully accepted those rodeo accolades and certain fellow cowboys’
sympathetic nods, the real accomplishment of the all-around cowboybronc rider went unacknowledged.
Riding with “the Hall boys” for 13
consecutive years at the prestigious
ranch rodeo finals, Beeman has made
26 consecutive qualified rides in the
ranch bronc riding.
Unofficially, actually it is official,
Bruce Beeman of the Broken H Ranch
and H Cross Cattle team from Bourbon County is the Champion Bronc
Rider in the 13-year average of the
World Championship Ranch Rodeo.
“Oh, I’ve just been lucky,” the humility shows again, as Beeman looked
back over his admirable, and most
enviable world ranch bronc riding
career, unmatched in that championship arena.
“I’ve been fortunate to draw
right, the kind that could be ridden,
and add points to our team score,”
Beeman again downplayed achievement.
The 74-points Beeman marked
on his first bronc this year, a high
jumping, kicking blue roan, topped
that evening’s performance scores.
Then, Beeman’s 70-points bronc ride
ranked ninth in the second performance of the second go-round.
“I’ve never won the bronc riding
event at the ranch rodeo finals, but
I’ve placed in the top end several different years,” the cowboy remembered.
And, he admitted, “Just because
I’ve made qualified rides on 26 finals broncs doesn’t mean I can’t get
bucked off. I don’t like to keep track
of that, but there have been some rodeos that I didn’t make the whistle. I
try to forget those, and make sure I
ride the next one.”
Don’t get the idea Beeman is “just
a bronc rider.” He’s an all-around
cowboy as verified by his team’s
standings in the event averages at the
recent World Championship Ranch
Rodeo.
With working ranch cowboys
Doug Hall, Cliff Hall and Lucas Littrell
Bruce Beeman of Grenola rides a Harry Vold bronc named Dusty Valley to a score
of 77 points, in the second go-round of the 2013 rodeo at Amarillo.
(Photo from the Working Ranch Cowboys Association.)
joining Beeman, the Broken H Ranch
& H Cross Cattle team concluded the
rodeo averages fifth in the wild cow
milking event, and ninth in the team
penning event.
“Our team has never won the
world finals rodeo, but we’ve been
second twice, I really can’t remember all of our placings, usually up
there pretty good. We’ll win it next
time, or for sure the one after that,”
Beeman predicted.
Further proof of Beeman’s true
cowboy versatility, he was honored
as the Top Hand at the World Championship Ranch Rodeo in 2005. “That
was a pretty big deal for me, my family and the team,” Beeman appreciatively conceded.
However, regardless of how good
any cowboy is, that old adage: “There
never was a horse that couldn’t be
rode, nor a cowboy that couldn’t be
thrown,” generally comes to haunt
one at some point.
Story continued on Page 7
Hoyts of Longton receive extension award
Rolling Prairie District Extension Agent Richard Fechter presented the 2015 Extension District Appreciation Award to Jack and Velva Rae
Hoyt at the Rolling Prairie District Board Meeting
on Dec. 9 in Sedan. The Extension Appreciation
Award is presented annually to a “friend of Extension.”
Awardees may be either an individual or married couple that has made outstanding contributions and provided support to the Extension programs in a county or district.
Jack and Velva Rae have made many contributions to the Elk County and Rolling Prairie District
Extension programs.
Both of them served on the Elk County Extension Council and were board members prior to the
formation of the Rolling Prairie Extension District.
In fact, Jack was on the Elk County Extension
Board for seven years and served as Chairman for
six years.
Velva Rae has served as an Elk County Extension Board member for six years and was the Secretary of the board three of those years. The Rolling Prairie District started in July 2008 and Velva
served as Secretary of this board from 2008 until
April 2015.
Jack and Velva Rae are regular contributors
to the Elk County 4-H Livestock Premium Sale and
have participated in the Extension Bus Trip for
many years.
Velva Rae is currently a member of the Rolling
Prairie District FACS Program Development Committee.
In addition, Velva Rae is Secretary of the Longton Free Fair Association and both she and Jack
devote countless hours each year to making the
Longton Free Fair a success.
Jack and Velva Rae Hoyt accept award from Richard
H. Fechter, District Extension Agent.
Sedan celebrates with traditional parade
Despite the unseasonably spring-like weather, Santa and Mrs. Claus made their arrival in Sedan last weekend, visiting
kids and area residents after the downtown Christmas parade. Several businesses were also open for the day. The winner of this week’s Sedan Bucks from the Sedan Area Chamber of Commerce was Millie Spires who won $100 on her entry
at Floyd’s Market. See story on Page 2 of today’s Prairie Star with all the details.
(Photo by Reta Gardner)
‘Delilah’ is always
a show stopper
Santa thrills kids with weekend visits
Santa made several stops last weekend as he prepares for his final arrival on
Dec. 24. He was in downtown Sedan for their parade, and he is shown above in
Grenola talking with Serenity Bahr and other local children.
(Photo by Cristen Futhey-Bahr)
PHOTO AT RIGHT
This little Mini named Delilah, a happy
resident of Rainbow Meadows Ranch
south of Sedan, made a big hit at last
weekend's Christmas event in Winfield.
Ranch owner Karen Everhart said Delilah and three other Minis are looking
for new homes. Karen and David Everhart can be contacted at 620-725-3402.
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Newspaper folks are nerds,
but we try to keep a straight face
It’s no secret in our house that I’m a news
junkie. I watch morning news, evening news
(twice), and the nightly news.
When I was
younger, I would groan when Dad would flip
the channel to what we refer to as “talking
heads,” but I find myself now flipping to those
same channels and soaking up the 24 hour
news cycle.
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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.
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a full day to arrive in Colorado and begin their coverage.
Then they stayed, conducted
interviews, and we all knew
the names of the victims,
could
miles away.
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police
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faces
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will
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longer
matter.
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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
of this land, and we should at least learn about
senses.
it.
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thatparticular
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us, it is
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medical insurance. So stop fretting.
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additional staff just to handle the paperwork.
But there may be advantages once the ACA
fully kicks in.
If it works as efficiently as Medicare does,
Americans (under 65 and uninsured) will like
it. Easy-to-access internet exchanges will give
citizens options they never had before. And,
like Medicare, they will find it pays the medical
bills in one-payer fashion.
So, maybe it’s time to accept the basic
premise that the Affordable Care Act is the law
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Dec. 16, 2015
PRAIRIE STAR
insurance reform law. You can still hate it if
you wish, but at least you will know the facts
involved in its coverage: http://www.aarp.org/
health/health-care-reform.
If the AARP turns you off, try your own
brand.
But let’s all take shots of learning before
the end of 2013.
The treatment will help, even if it stings.
— Rudy Taylor, publisher
EDITORIAL OPINION
Aren’t we better than this?
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— Rudy Taylor, publisher
We hope
to see a turn
toward
reason
as Showmanship;
ship
and Goat
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of Champions
on Mon-
Sept. 18, 2013
PRAIRIEHSTAR
Thank you to the Sedan Police and the city crew
for handling traffic.
The Boy Scouts led the parade with the
flags; stopping to give the flag salute to the
United States of America, followed by prayer
offered by Rev. John Warring of the First Christian Church of Sedan. The Sedan Jr/Sr High
Band was a welcome addition to the parade
with the drums, music, and flag girls adding color and spirit; thanks to director Rosie
Sweaney.
Sedan
Area
Economic
Development
(SAEDC) featured a nativity scene and a cowboy Santa on their float driven by Diana Clanton; Anita Vignapiano and Dale Boswell were
dressed in colorful Christmas attire and walked
in the parade.
Then came the Sedan Methodist entry, one
of the 18 local Ministerial Association churches
spreading love, faith and hope throughout the
year. The mule was driven by Myra Creel, on
board were Pastor Cathy Cole, Secretary Alice
Hawkins and UMW president Lillian Roosevelt.
Jonathan Cude and Sixto drove Harold Carpenter’s horseless carriage. First place winner
was the First Baptist Church of Sedan’s float
theme of “Jesus is the Sweetest Gift” with an
invitation to attend the Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 6 p.m. on Dec. 24.
Sedan Public Library entry “Sit Down, Put a
the Sedan Public Library.
First National Bank of Sedan had an entry
driven by Kate Stettler with Trish Roudybush
and children decorating a Christmas tree in the
back. Bill and Peggy Sproul drove their red 65
Chevrolet pickup with grandson Johnnie riding
in the back.
The Chautauqua Baptist Church had a manger scene built with hay on a trailer pulled with
a tractor that included Joseph, Mary and Baby
Jesus (Lear family) and several angels, shepherds and wise men. The float won second
place and everyone is invited to the children’s
musical play “Christmas is for Giving” on Dec.
20.
Clark Sanders loaned the trailer for the
Chamber float and the Sedan Business Women’s Club helped sponsor the Sedan Library
float.
The Sedan Area EMS ambulance and a Sedan Fire Truck driven by Fire Chief Elroy Smith,
with wife Joan and grandchild led the way for
the Sedan Area Chamber of Commerce float.
Santa was riding in an antique wicker sleigh
from Maine; owned by Reta Pipher. Driver Dale
McCoy had spent a lot of time, cleaning, painting and restoring the beautiful sleigh.
Santa parked at Floyds’ parking lot to greet
the children and hand out treats from the
Chamber and Floyds’ Market.
Contact Julie at the Prairie Star office if you’d
like to run a greeting ad in next week’s edition.
She will need to get it by Monday at noon.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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and
Sheep
public is welcome and encourShowmanship; William Young,
aged to support the event by
Market Lamb, Breeding Ewe
bidding on livestock at the live
and Sheep Showmanship.
auction. Participants typically
From Severy, Trystan Hiluse the money earned from
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selling these animals to help
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fund their college educations
From Moline, Jarrett Wiland to purchase next year’s
son, Comm Doe Kid and Goat
livestock projects.
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County,
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Cheyenne, Sierra and Daniel won
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and
spirit of
Christmas.
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The First National Bank Christmas Open House will be
Tuesday, Dec. 23. Stop by all day for cookies and coffee!
FNB will close at noon on Thursday, Dec. 24 and will be closed
Friday & Saturday, Dec. 25 & 26 for Christmas. We will also be closed
Friday & Saturday, Jan. 1 & 2 for New Years.
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PRAIRIE STAR
AREA DEATHS
Leon Smith
Evertt Leon Smith, age 87, of Sedan,
passed away Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015 in Sedan.
He was born Jan. 9, 1928 to Evertt Adam
Smith and Violet Lee (Straight) Smith in rural
Wauneta. Leon attended Spring Creek School
until 8th grade before graduating from Sedan
in 1945.
After high school Leon enlisted in the
United States Air Force serving his country
during the Korean War. He served four years
before being honorably discharged.
On July 10, 1949 he married LaDonna Ford in Wichita. They
lived in Winfield where Leon was beginning his career as an automobile mechanic. They moved to Sedan in 1960 where Leon
worked at the Chevrolet garage, then owned and operated his
own mechanic shop for many years.
Leon was a member of the First Christian Church in Sedan,
was Rural and City Fire Chief in Sedan for more than 20 years,
was an accomplished woodworker, he also enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, and gardening.
Leon is survived by his wife of 66 years, LaDonna Smith of
the home in Sedan; three sons, Dennis Smith and wife YuIn of
Newport News, Va., Steve Smith of St. Joseph, Kan., and Mike
Smith and wife Nancy of Webb City, Mo.; two daughters, Charlene Burns of Sedan and Teresa Pape and husband Gragg of Stillwater, Okla.; two sisters, Margaret Thompson of Coffeyville and
Eva Lee Seaton of Coffeyville; one brother, Jimmie Smith of Hill
City, Kan.; thirteen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild.
Leon was preceded in death by one grandson Aaron Smith
and his parents.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 at the First
Christian Church in Sedan, with Pastor John Warring officiating.
Cremation followed the service and a private family inurnment
will be held at Greenwood Cemetery at a later date.
The family has suggested a memorial to the First Christian
Church of Sedan and those remembrances can be left in care of
the Dickens Family Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361.
To view the obituary or leave a message for the family please
go to www.dickensfuneral.com.
Dickens Family Funeral Home of Sedan is in charge of arrangements.
Jesse Keeny
Jesse John Keeny, age 30, of Caney, passed away Friday,
Dec.11, 2015 at his father’s residence in Niotaze.
Jesse was born May 5, 1985 in Syracuse, N.Y. to Christopher
E. Keeny and Dorina Rose (Powers). He attended the Sedan and
Caney schools.
Jesse worked as a machinist assistant at JCPump in Coffeyville at the time of his death, where he has worked for the
past two years.
Jesse enjoyed welding, body work, and also fishing.
Jesse is survived by his father, Christopher E. Keeny of Niotaze; one brother, Joshua Keeny and wife Bonnie of Niotaze;
maternal grandparents, Frank and Kathleen McCorkle of Sedan;
many cousins and other family members.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Dorina Rose Powers, one brother, Christopher D. Keeny, and his grandparents.
Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be
held Saturday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in
Sedan with Pastor Mark Davis officiating. 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 and those remembrances can be left in care of the Dickens Family Funeral Home,
209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 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.
Joan Turner
Joan (Carroll) Turner, 82, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 9,
2015. She was born in Fort Scott, Kan. She was a homemaker
and also worked at Villa Maria Nursing Home, Mulvane, Kan., as
a Dietary Aide.
She is survived by her children Leo (Burma) Turner of Robinson Creek, Ky., Ronald (Rhonda) Turner of Derby, Tammy (Robert) Williams of Wichita, Robert (Jeanetta) Turner of Neodesha,
and Toney Turner of Wichita; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters Phyllis (Frankie) Sustarsic of Pittsburg, Kan.,
and Debbie Hood of Nevada, Mo.; as well as many other family
and friends.
She was preceded in death by her mother Vena Mae (Davis)
Jones and brother Larry Davis.
Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015, at the
Longton United Methodist Church, 200 W. Fifth, Longton, Kan.
Baker Funeral Home Valley Center handled arrangements. Condolences may be left with the family at www.bakerfhvc.com.
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Elk Falls UMC invites area
residents to Christmas services
have lost loved ones, many
times the thoughts of happiness and gatherings do not mix
with the feelings they are experiencing. You are not alone.
Others are going through those
same emotions.
The Elk Falls United Methodist Church will be hosting a
Blue Christmas Service to help
mend broken hearts and spirits. We cordially invite everyone to attend on Sunday, Dec.
The holidays are a won- 27, at 5 p.m. at the Elk Falls
derful time of the year…well, Methodist Church. It is a sersometimes. For families who vice you won’t want to miss.
The Elk Falls United Methodist Church invites the public to attend their brunch and
Christmas program on Sunday,
Dec. 20. The brunch will be in
the fellowship hall at 8 a.m. and
following the brunch, church
will commence, with the children having their Christmas
program proclaiming the birth
of Baby Jesus! Welcome to anyone who would like to attend.
Catholic churches plan
Christmas Masses
The public is invited to attend a special Christmas Eve
service to commemorate the
birth of Jesus Christ at St. Roberts Catholic Church in Sedan
at 9 p.m., and St. Mary’s in Moline at 11 p.m., on Thursday,
Dec. 24.
Christmas Eve Masses will
also be held at the Sacred Heart
Catholic Church in Caney.
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
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.
Blue Christmas service
will offer comfort for all
Are the holidays - particularly Christmas - a struggle
for you? Do brightly wrapped
packages, Christmas trees,
holiday parties, holly and the
scent of pine, unending upbeat
carols in shops and malls and
holiday food everywhere bring
pain rather than joy to your
life? You aren’t alone. This
time of year is a challenge and
beyond for many people in our
communities.
If this describes you, your
family or friends, you are invited to attend Blue Christmas
at Sedan United Methodist
Church on Tuesday, Dec. 22, at
7 p.m.
During the service, familiar
songs will be sung, comforting things will be read, candles representing our sorrows
and our hopes will be lit and
prayers will be offered. Hosted by Sedan United Methodist
Church and Dickens Funeral
Ask Jack
Home, the service is for persons of all faiths and all beliefs.
People find the holiday season stressful for many reasons:
the loss of a loved one recently
or years ago; job loss; financial
setbacks; divorce or separation; health issues; spending
the holidays away from family
and friends.
Whatever your struggle,
you’re encouraged to attend
the Blue Christmas service.
“I’ve offered these services
for many years in part because the holidays have been a
struggle for me, too. The Blue
Christmas service can help
us to recognize our hurts, to
reach out to others in sorrow
and perhaps kindle a bit of
hope,” said Pastor Cathy of Sedan UMC.
The
United
Methodist
Church is located at 302 N.
Chautauqua in Sedan.
By Jack Newcomb, Advancing
Rural Prosperity
If you haven’t yet visited
with your financial advisor,
you are just about to run out
of time to make any significant
decisions regarding your 2015
taxes. If you’re like most people, taxes aren’t something to
be thought about until it’s time
to file the tax return, however,
by then it’s too late to do anything except to pay what you
owe.
The time to make decisions that will impact “what
you owe” is before Dec. 31.
Of course there are still a few
things, such as funding an IRA,
that you can delay until April
15 but for the most part, the
end of the year is the deadline.
Personally, while it’s something
that should have my attention
all year long, I tend to not give
it much thought until about
October. I usually mark my
calendar to have a short meeting with my accountant in the
fourth quarter, then, I still have
time to take advantage of some
strategies that will save me tax
dollars later.
I have many clients who
are careful how they spend
their money, and they sometimes question whether they
should spend money to consult
with their accountant. However, I can tell you from experience that those same people
have saved themselves thousands of dollars in taxes based
on the advice from a two hundred dollar consultation. It’s
typically money well spent.
You still have time to prepay for items you need, or to
buy a vehicle or equipment for
your business, but it’s always
best to know for sure how it
will impact your taxes before
making that decision.
ARPI provides business
and
community
coaching
throughout Kansas. If you have
a business question for Jack,
his phone is 620-249-2108 or
email him at jack.newcomb@
totelcsi.com. You can also visit the ARPI website, www.advancingruralprosperity.com.
The Sedan Fire Department ladder truck was happy to lend a helping hand to do some flag pole maintenance in downtown Sedan on
Monday morning, Dec. 7. (photo by Julie K. Beckley)
Friendship Meals
Thursday, Dec. 17 - Ham,
sweet potatoes 4 oz., cauliflower in cheese sauce 4 oz., applesauce gelatin salad, cranberry
swirl cake, roll.
Friday, Dec. 18 - Chicken
pot pie, cole slaw 4 oz., apricots r oz. gelatin 4 oz., (biscuit).
Monday, Dec. 21 -Chicken
fried steak, mashed potatoes/
gravy 4 oz., combination salad
4 oz., salad dressing, pears 4
oz., gingerbread .
Tuesday, Dec. 22 - Ham
chowder, three-bean salad,
pineapple 4 oz., applesauce
cake, crackers-2.
Wednesday, Dec. 23 - Turkey salad on bun, lentil and
black bean soup 4 oz., cracker-1, corn relish 4 oz., strawberries 4 oz..
Choice Day Dec. 30; Christmas Holiday Dec. 24-25
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Weekday noon meals are
served, delivered or available
for takeout. Frozen meals are
available for weekends. Area
congregate meals sites include
Cedar Vale - People’s Place,
620-758-2675 (Also delivering to Sedan, Peru, Niotaze,
Chautauqua and Elgin); Grenola - Grenola Senior Citizen’s
Center, 620-358-3601 (Also delivering to Cambridge and Burden); Howard - Howard Senior
Center, 620-374-2200; Moline
- Moline Community Center,
620-647-8178; and Longton
- Longton Senior Center, 620642-6861.
Please make reservations
for your meal 24 hours in advance.
The recommended contribution for assessed participants is $3 for those 60 and
above.
Meal cost for those under
60 is $4.75.
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PRAIRIE STAR
Blue Devil News
Students from Mrs. Beason’s Kindergarten class
share the kind deeds they are currently working
on.
By Linda Mays
Sedan School Star Students
this week are sophomores Megan Brown and Dakota Halderman. Megan is a member of
the cheerleading squad, yearbook and many other organizations. Megan also painted
some excellent graphics in our
hallways over the summer.
Dakota is a member of the football, basketball and baseball
teams, as well as is involved in
several other activities. Thanks
for being student leaders at
SHS!
Sedan School Star Students are Dakota Halderman and Megan Brown.
Carolyn Williams is Sedan’s Guidance Counselor. She
meets with each elementary
class every week. The elementary classes have been talking
about random acts of kindness.
Each student was to focus on
completing different acts and
then report back the following
week. Mrs. Beason’s kindergarten class is sharing some of
the kind deeds. To finish the
project, each class has an appreciation gift they will share
with teachers and paras, which
will be delivered the week be-
fore Christmas vacation.
Thursday, Dec. 17, the junior high basketball teams play
at Cedar Vale. On Friday, the
elementary classes will have
Christmas activities. That evening the high school basketball
teams play Cedar Vale/Dexter
at home. Come cheer on the
teams starting at 4 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18 is the end of
the first semester. There is no
school Monday, Dec. 21 through
Monday, Jan. 4. School starts
back Tuesday, Jan. 5.
Sedan Business Women gather for
annual Christmas party
Everyone was in a Christmas spirit as the Sedan Business Women met at the Sedan
Senior Center for their annual
party. The tables had been
decorated by the senior citizens with additional touches
added by the hostesses Beverly
Aiken and Sue Kill. The smell
of hot spiced cider added to the
setting.
President Ellen Rushing
called the meeting to order
followed with the pledge and
reading the Club Collect. Secretary Sue Kill called roll with
the following members answering by telling their favorite
Christmas song: Hazel Spire,
Vera Miller, Joyce Julian, Reta
Pipher, Mariellen Appleby, Ellen Rushing, Nona Ross, Beverly Aiken and Sue Kill. Melodee
Wolfe made a brief appearance
and gave members a sprig of
mistletoe tied with a red ribbon.
After the minutes were
read and approved and the
treasury report accepted, Corresponding Secretary Nona
Ross read a thank you from the
Emmett Kelly Museum for our
monetary donation in memory
of long time SBW member Ruth
Sturges. Ruth had been a member of Business and Professional Women/Sedan Business
Women for almost 60-years
and was our Grand Matriarch.
Ellen reported on the Sedan
Christmas Parade and told
about the float which represented the Sedan Library and
Sedan Business Women. This
float won third prize.
Members brought cookies
for refreshments and our cookie exchange which were served
along with hot spiced cider and
coffee. While everyone was enjoying the tasty treats Beverly
led in a game called Test Your
Musical Memory of Songs of
the Season followed by reading
of “The True Story of Rudolph
the Red Nosed Reindeer.” She
then tested their memory again
by asking questions about How
Well Do You Know Santa’s
Hoofed Helpers?”
A white elephant gift exchange was enjoyed with everyone receiving nice gifts. A
comment was made that no
one had actually received a
white elephant. Hum, maybe next year! Members filled
a plate with an assortment of
cookies to take home and enjoy.
The Jan. 11 meeting will be
at the Green Door with Melodee Wolfe as hostess.
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THANK YOU
The downtown
merchants would
like to recognize and
thank Sue Kill for
all she does all year
round. The Christmas
parade last Saturday
was a great success.
Nice job in keeping
people shopping
local. This is a
wonderful start to a
new tradition
in Sedan!
Mary, Red Buffalo
Sedan, Kansas
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Touching Mrs. Mosler’s tree
made it glow for all to ‘see’
When I was a kid at Altamont, there was a distant
neighbor who was rather
wealthy — at least we all
thought so.
She was totally blind
and her husband was legally
blind but still drove from his
house to his downtown store
each day.
I delivered milk and eggs
to her house once a week,
and I would watch from a
block away where we lived to
make sure her kitchen light
was on. Then I’d trudge off to
make the delivery and collect
my 25 cents.
I would knock on the
back door and Mrs. Mosler
would open it, asking me to
come inside where I would
place her milk and eggs in
the refrigerator. She usually invited me into the living
room to show me something
she had made, or introduced
me to guests.
But it was fun to watch
the Mosler home from afar,
because even though she was
blind, the lights appeared to
go on and off on a rotating
routine.
Electricians planned it
that way when the house was
built, even back in the early
1950s. Electric-eye switches made sure Mrs. Mosler
walked into a lighted room
as she moved about the spacious house. I always found
it fascinating that she would
ful of friends or
want the lights on as
family, she could
she entered a room.
manually turn
But then, that’s
on room lights,
the nature of light,
and the whole
isn’t
it?
Nobody
house was illuwants to walk in total
minated.
darkness, even when
I
rememtrained to do so.
ber her making
She apparently
soft ornaments
wanted the world to
to place on her
know that all was
Off the Cuff
Christmas tree,
well in the Mosler
RUDY TAYLOR
and she would
home, and that she
tell
visitors,
was
busily
moving from room to room, doing “Run your fingers along the
some mighty work that God tree limbs so you can get my
view of the tree.”
had assigned her.
A more beautiful ChristI remember sitting on our
front porch and watching in mas tree I never saw --- or
the late afternoon, just before felt.
That was 60 years ago,
dusk, as her lights would oscillate on and off. Knowing the and the Moslers passed
basic room layout, I could tell from this life many years
that she might be fixing supper ago. They probably never
in the kitchen, or maybe listen- realized how they inspired a
ing to the radio in the living young boy with their dedicaroom, or folding clothes in the tion to something so simple
— light.
laundry room.
I think of their plight
I rather imagine there were
thoughts of security when the anytime I reach to turn on
Moslers built their new home. the lamp in my office, realBut mostly, I think they wanted izing that nobody much will
their neighbors to know that notice, and it really isn’t
life was good, active and full. needed for me to do my
She didn’t want to cook a meal newspaper work.
But I want my neighbors
in an unlighted kitchen, or
open the front door with dark- to see from afar, and know
ness over her shoulder, or sit that all is well in this little
quietly in her beautiful living newspaper office.
Mrs. Mosler taught me
room without two table lamps
thoughtfully turned on so oth- that.
ers could see the the glow.
When she hosted a house-
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this winter and thanks to Flora
and the neighbors they always
came to my aid. My poultry
doesn’t seem to appreciate the
wet weather either. I’m already
ready for spring.
Thanks to Gypsy’s Rob, the
plastic down at the greenhouse
is now organized. It takes
much less space and leaves
more room for plants. We have
been transplanting aloe plants
and should have one for anyone who needs one. They are
handy in case of burns or small
cuts or scrapes.
We finally got the outside
lights up and running. The
inside decorations are a different story. They always take
longer at our house. It involves
moving furniture, rearranging
electric cords and figuring out
ways to hang things without
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Moline Shining Star 4-H Club prepares
for the holiday season with fun activities
Rodeo cousins honored at Copan banquet
A gaggle of cousins who are active in the junior rodeo circuit were honored last Saturday night at the
Copan Family Rodeo Association banquet. Seven cousins of the Hartness family were recognized with
buckles and saddles for their efforts in the 2015 season. They include (left to right) Trent Crawford,
Presley Davis, Piper Davis, Olivia Bracken (squatting), Rance Gorby, Jewel Crawford and Fallon Bracken.
Fallon, Olivia, Piper and Ranch attend Lincoln Memorial Elementary School in Caney while Trent and
Jewel attend Sedan Elementary School. Olivia, age 4, came home with a finalist buckle. The rodeo sport
has been a tradition in the family, and this set of cousins is looking forward to the start of the 2016
season next April. (Photo by Chelsea Bracken)
Elk Falls News
Over here in Elk Falls our
little Stone Soup tradition continues with good attendance.
Last week we had three kinds of
soup in addition to everything
else. Jane Fry brought vegetable beef, I brought taco soup
and Pat Cunningham brought
one of his interesting and tasty
concoctions. Thursday noon at
the Elk Falls Senior Center is
the location; bring your appetite and a smile and join us.
I called and had a nice visit with Margery Cunningham
where she is staying with her
son Michael in Tulsa. She continues to walk a mile a day,
even though she said during
this wet few days they had a
little snow. She also has gotten
new glasses and a new haircut.
We may not be able to recognize her when she comes home
in the spring.
John Collins and Everett
Van Dorn took a road trip to
New Mexico and returned with
a trailer load of agate. John is
very pleased with the quality of
the stone.
On Saturday previous long
time resident Ed Hiebert came
to Elk Falls bringing with him
his 91-year-old mother. His
mother continues to maintain
her own home in Hillsboro.
Beki Eck prepared a welcome
lunch for Ed and it was served
at the home of Boyd and Kay
Koehn.
This weekend Beki Eck
attended the Christmas party held by her friend Karen
Rankin at her home at Havana
Lake.
Boyd and Kay Koehn attended the EMS Christmas par-
By Gloria Jones-Wolf
ty hosted by Ken Mitchell.
Jim and Sherry Tuggle
traveled to Goddard to see
their twin grandsons perform
in their Winter Concert. Both
grandsons had a solo performance.
I had a gathering of shining
faces at my door this weekend.
Zach and Laura Fry, their children Nethra and Rubin and
their houseguest from Brazil,
Mariana Zucchi, had a big basket of Christmas cookies and
Christmas greetings. On that
warm evening they were walking around town and sharing
cookies and good cheer. Small
town America is a place where
you can still safely do that.
Stop by and share the Elk
Falls experience with us, you
are always welcome.
Grafton Community Meeting
By Katie Walton
The monthly meeting of the
Grafton Community was held
on Saturday, Dec. 12, at the
schoolhouse. The schoolhouse
had been beautifully decorated
with the Christmas theme by
Charlene Sturges and Don and
Lorene Selter.
President
Dixie
Selter called the meeting to order by ringing her little school
bell. Business was attended to
and Dixie lead the group in the
Pledge of Allegiance. Mitchell
Foster lead the prayer.
Great food was enjoyed by
everyone as well as great conversation.
After the meal, Sharon
Payne read from the school
bible that has remained there
since 1927. She read from St.
Luke Chapter 2 ,verses 1-14.
The birth of Christ.
Following the reading, the
gift exchange was conducted
by Dixie. Everyone had brought
a for either a man or woman.
With the help of her two elves,
Logan Lukins and Austin Patterson, the gifts were delivered
to everyone. It was a fabulous
evening enjoyed by all those at-
Howard Happenings
I am thankful that the snow
man didn’t roll this far east in
Kansas. Sherri and Curt sent
me pictures yesterday evening,
taken through the windshield
of their pickup. They had a lot
of wet snow, high winds and
power outage. My preference
would be none of the above. I
had a text message from her at
11:30 this morning, and power was out again at that time.
My apartment is all electric,
except for my hot water heater.
If we have an outage, I guess I
could go in the furnace room,
take a chair and a flash light
and “wait it out.” A little heat
is better than none at all, and I
have a gas grill, so actually the
odds are in my favor!
There was an account on
the news about a woman being arrested for hitting her
domestic partner with a ball
bat over a disagreement about
their Christmas lights. I had to
laugh...Fred and I had a few
“discussions” about our Christmas lights, but we didn’t get
out the ball bat. Some things
just take on a new persona
than others, I guess.
While it was raining yesterday, Mr. Frisky was taking advantage of the soft ground and
was digging up his stash that
he had saved “for a rainy day.”
He was sitting up straight and
tall and munching away. It
made sense to me...I feel the
same way about cookies or
candy in the jars on the counter. Sometimes it doesn’t make
any sense to save them.
Rochelle and Derek Cookson had one of the “fun-est”
pre-Christmas parties last Saturday night. How blessed am I
that I still get invited, and also
blessed that I am able to go.
There was good friends, good
tending.
Our next met be on Saturday, Jan. 9, at 6:30 p.m. It will
be our annual Pancake and
Eblskiver supper.
Those attending the December meeting were Don and
Lorene Selter, Sharon Payne,
Charlene Sturges, Dixie Selter,
Logan Lukins, Austin Patterson, Nancy and Chris Patterson, Dale and Katie Walton,
Ruth and Jim Lane, Sally Sturges, Kathy and Mike Chamberlin, and Alma and Mitchell Foster. See you in January.
By Jo McDonald
food and lots and lots of laughter!
I was the recipient of a love
gift from my ex-son-in-law,
Mark Cookson. He gave me a
bag of fresh caught crappie fillets. It doesn’t get much better
than that! He is still near and
dear to my heart.
Tonight is the grade school
children’s Christmas program
and tomorrow night the Jr.
High and High School students
will have theirs. I so enjoy going to these events.
I have some more Christmas gifts to wrap, so I better
get at it before I talk myself
into doing something else.
Remember those that are
not as fortunate as you -- and
thank our Maker for all the
blessings that are bestowed
upon us.
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The Moline Shining Star
4-H meeting was called to order on Dec. 6 at 12:30 p.m.
There were 19 members, three
Cloverbuds, three leaders and
14 parents in attendance.
Minutes were read and
approved from the November
meeting.
In Communications, Secretary Caleb Walker read a letter
that was received from the Angel Tree.
Treasurer’s report was given by Haley Hogan.
Brooklyn Hilton reported
on the recent Council meeting.
The Valentine’s dinner will be
held on Feb. 13 with advance
tickets selling for $20; $25 at
the door. All 4-H members are
encouraged to sell tickets. Club
Days on March 5 will now feature an awards ceremony. Club
days will be held in Sedan.
Alanna Walker reported
that two articles had been submitted.
Leader Carla Hilton reviewed upcoming events:
• Members are encouraged to consider projects for
Club Days and consider group
activities such as gavel games
and model meetings. Members
are also encouraged to look at
membership in requirements
and awards in order to plan
and prepare for the coming
year.
• Livestock committee update was provided
• Jan. 15 - a Club leadership conference will be held in
Wichita
•Jan.12-KAPtrainingon
record books
• Beef Expo will be held
next week in Hutchinson
• Feb. 14-15 - Citizenship
in Action for ages 13 and up
• Feb. 27 - Lady Wildcats
Day in Manhattan at 3 p.m. –
deadline is Jan. 15
Discussion was held regarding club t-shirts. More
shirts are needed due to new
member joining the club. Options were ordering more shirts
from last year for new member
s or ordering new ones. Motion
was made and carried to have
new shirts for the year.
Discussion was held regarding club days activities.
Motion was made and carried
for club to conduct a model
meeting.
There was no old business
to discuss.
In new business, the club
Rylan Hilton (top photo) gives “5 Tips for Showing a Pig,” and Trystan Hilton (bottom photo) shared about the Cuts of a Meat Goat
at the recent Moline Shining Stars 4-H meeting. (photos by Angela
Allen)
voted to donate $50 to the Angel Tree.
Tristan Hilton gave a talk
on Cuts of a Meat Goat.
Rylan Hilton gave a talk on
5 Tips for Showing a Pig
London Hilton gave a talk
on In Vitro fertilization of Goats
Brooklyn Hilton gave a talk
on the benefits of attending the
Kansas Leadership Forum
Song leader Angel Voitlander chose “She’s a Grand
Old Flag.”
A Christmas party featuring bingo and gift exchange
Grafton Ramblings
This past week has been
a busy time for many going to
school and church activities,
shopping and getting ready for
Christmas.
Don and Lorene Selter
were guests of Ronnie and
Marcia Hale at Garber, Okla.,
Tuesday evening to Friday. Besides going shopping in Enid
they visited with Brittney and
Harper and on Thursday evening they visited Gary and Jennifer White at Enid before returning home Friday.
Monday Dale and Katie
Walton were in Wichita for
maintenance of their truck and
shopping, and back to Wichita
Friday for medical appointment, and on Saturday they
were at Frontenac to help Brianna Green celebrate her 13th
birthday.
Sally Sturges had a busy
and fun week starting with
playing Bridge Tuesday at
Shelly Buck’s with Jane Mead-
ows, Mary Simpson, Nancy
Floyd, Alice Hawkins and Dee
Farris. On Wednesday Charlene Sturges, Sally and I attended the Naomi lunch at the Episcopal Church which is always
a pleasant time visiting besides
the good food. On Friday Sally
was in Wichita and had lunch
and a visit with Cindy Raymon
and Lynne Black Margolis. She
finished the week attending the
Christmas dinner at the Episcopal Church Sunday evening.
Mike and Kathy Chamberland traveled to Carthage, Mo.,
Thursday evening to attend a
concert and dinner by the Carthage High School Show Choir
where Geoffrey Hargrave is
a member. Others attending
were his family, Brian, Regan,
Zachary, Emma and Molly
Hargrave and Bob and Connie
Caldwell of Lenexa, Kan.
Thursday evening Mitchell
and Alma Foster met Jan Rich
and Jane Rich in Wichita for
were chosen as the recreation
activity. Chili and cinnamon
rolls were enjoyed by all.
Parliamentarian Tip on
parliamentarian
procedure
was provided by Brooklyn Hilton.
Canned goods were collected for the local food bank.
Additional canned goods to be
collected at the January meeting.
Next meeting will be held
at the Hornet’s Nest on Jan. 3
at 5:30 p.m.
Meeting adjourned.
By Dixie Selter
dinner. The women then attended the Cornerstone Bible
Church Christmas Coffee. Jan
was the guest speaker for this
event.
John, Sherry and Vera Miller attended the Sedan girls
basketball games Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday at Yates
Center in which Amy Miller
played. Following the game
Friday night Ray and Brenda
Weaver of Independence joined
them and they all traveled to
Manhattan and spent the night.
On Saturday they first attended
the reception for Melissa Miller before her graduation from
K-State and were joined there
by Scott and Mary Ann Hills.
Others attending the graduation were Justin, Andrea, Dakota and Rance Crawford of
Winfield, Diane Loux of Wichita, and Josh, Amanda, Brooke
and Remy Webb of Kanoplis,
and from Sedan were Jim, Sam
and Gemma Miller and Glen,
Judy and Ty Riggs.
Sunday afternoon Vera,
Jim, Sam and Gemma attended
the band and vocal concert at
the Sedan High School.
Sunday dinner guests of
Frank and Sandi Adcock were
Lisa Adams of Plains, Kan.,
Katherine Mullendore, Jill
Gray, Jake Mills and Zane Mills
who is home from UCLA for his
Christmas break.
Chris, Nancy and Austin
Patterson and Logan Lukens of
Wichita returned home Sunday
evening after finishing their
deer hunting the last several
days while they were guests of
Charlene Sturges.
Granny Melodee Wolfe
and the employees of Green
Door had a fun time Sunday
evening at their Christmas party and gift exchange.
That’s it for this week.
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Lady Patriots prepare to take on
Raiders at home opener
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Sedan High School’s Haley Williams (5) and Taj Smith (22) try to trap Lebo’s Maddie Smith, right, during
Friday’s girls’ championship game of the Wildcat Winter Classic in Yates Center. The Lady Devils won
their second straight tournament title with a 58-42 victory over the Wolves. (photo by Andy Taylor)
Lady Blue Devils continue
reign at Wildcat Winter Classic
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
YATES CENTER — For a
second straight year, the Sedan
High School girls’ basketball
team is champion of the Wildcat Winter Classic.
The Lady Devils capped
off their run on Friday with an
impressive 58-42 victory over
Lebo in the title game of the
tournament.
“It was a great tournament
for our girls,” said SHS coach
Lance Jeffers. “This team is
seeking its own identity. There
is a lot of talent on this team
that hasn’t gotten the exposure
yet. They’ve been waiting for
their time to show it, and they
are getting their chance.”
Not only did the Sedan girls
improve to 4-0 overall with
the win, but they also landed a
spot in this week’s Kansas Basketball Coaches Association
rankings. The Lady Devils are
currently ranked No. 7 in Class
2A by the KBCA heading into
Friday’s home opener against
Cedar Vale/Dexter. That will be
the final contest before the holiday break.
“It was good for us to come
out and compete and play hard
the night after we had a tough
game with Cherryvale,” Jeffers said. “We play really well
in spurts. Then we go through
another phase where we get
lackadaisical. Going forward,
we are gonna have to cut down
turnovers and get better at
knocking down free throws.”
Sedan used its defense to
take control from the start. The
Lady Devils grabbed a 17-5
lead in the first quarter and
maintained that double-digit
edge at 30-18 heading into the
intermission. Although Lebo
would not go away just after
the break, SHS finally delivered the knockout punch in the
fourth quarter with a 16-11
spurt.
Haley Williams led Sedan
with 12 points, while Jessica Roggow and Braylee Unruh had 11 each. Roggow and
Unruh were named to the
All-Tournament Team.
Sedan also had five individuals land on the All-Academic
Team in the tournament, including Unruh, Haley Williams,
Alexis Williams, Grace Davis
and Alyson Hurt.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sedan 58, Lebo 42
SEDAN (4-0): H. Williams 2 (2) 2-3
12, Roggow 4 (1) 0-0 11, Unruh 2 7-13 11,
Smith 4 1-2 9, Hurt 4 0-0 8, Sims 1 1-2 3, A.
Williams 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-0 2, Davis 0 0-0
0, Rhodes 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 (3) 11-20
58.
LEBO (2-1): Crupper 6 4-7 16, Tackett 2 4-7 8, Reeves 2 (1) 0-2 7, Sullivan 1
4-6 6, Moore 1 (1) 0-2 5, Smith 0 0-1 0,
Krueger 0 0-0 0, McArthor 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
12 (2) 12-25 42.
SEDAN
17 13 12 16-58
LEBO
5 13 13 11-42
SEDAN 44, CHERRYVALE 41
YATES CENTER — It was
another close battle between
Sedan and Cherryvale in the
semifinals of the Wildcat Winter Classic. The Lady Devils got
the upperhand for a second
straight year.
Unruh’s layup in the final
minute gave SHS the lead for
good as it locked up a spot in
the title game with a 44-41 victory over the Lady Chargers.
“It seems like every year
we play each other in the
semifinals or finals … and the
winner of it ends up winning
the tournament,” Jeffers said.
“Until the last two years, despite us having great teams, we
couldn’t get past them. After
three years of Cherryvale stopping us from winning the tournament, it was nice to knock
them off the last two years. It
was a game that was plagued
by fouls and poor foul shooting.”
Sedan seemed to have control much of the contest, leading 13-11 after one quarter,
22-18 at the intermission and
36-26 at the end of three quarters.
Cherryvale would not go
away, though. Lady Charger Beth Hawkins nailed a
three-pointer with less than
30 seconds to even the score
at 41-all. Just moments later,
Sedan broke the press, and
Hurt found Unruh for a layup
to regain the lead. Cherryvale
missed a bucket on the oth-
er end, and the Lady Devils
grabbed the board. Roggow
added a free throw to seal the
three-point win.
Unruh had 15 points to lead
the way for Sedan, followed by
Haley Williams with 10.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
SEMIFINAL
Sedan 44, Cherryvale 41
CHERRYVALE (2-1): Hawkins 4 (3)
8-12 25, 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.
CHERRYVALE 11 7 8 15-41
SEDAN
13 9 14 8-44
SEDAN 37, MARAIS DES
CYGNES VALLEY 35
YATES CENTER — The
tougest game in the tournament for the Sedan girls came
in their opener as they had to
escape with a 37-35 victory
over Marais des Cygnes Valley.
“We got in foul trouble,
and we didn’t adjust to the
way they were calling fouls,”
Jeffers said. “We kept fouling.
We played more zone in this
game than we had played in
three years. It’s just something
we haven’t done in the past. As
the game wore on, we just got
tighter and were playing not to
lose.”
The game came down to
the wire despite the Lady Devils leading by double digits at
the intermission at 22-11.
The second half was a
struggle as MDCV narrowed
the gap to five at 28-23 at the
end of three quarter and continued to whittle the difference
in the final game. Fortunately,
Sedan was able to hold on to
preserve the victory.
Leading the way for the
Lady Devils was Unruh with 17
points, while Roggow put in 10.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
Sedan 37, Marais Des Cygnes Valley 35
MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY (11): Sleweling 6 2-8 14, Goodrich 1 9-11 11,
Werner 1 3-4 5, Cannon 1 1-2 3, Deery 1
0-1 2. TOTALS 10 (0) 15-26 35.
SEDAN (2-0): Unruh 5 (1) 4-5 17,
Roggow 0 (2) 4-6 10, H. Williams 3 0-3 6,
Smith 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 10
(3) 8-14 37.
MDCV
6 5 12 12-35
SEDAN
15 7 6
9-37
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
MORAN — A 5-of-24 performance at the charity stripe
doomed the West Elk High
School girls’ basketball team
on Friday as it suffered a 33-29
overtime loss to host Marmaton Valley in final-day action of
the Marmaton Valley Preseason Tournament.
“The girls played hard,”
said Lady Patriot coach Marty
Koop. “We struggled at the free
throw line. We will keep working and getting better each
game.”
WEHS went 0-3 in the
three-day tournament to drop
to 1-3 overall on the season.
The Lady Patriots will close
out the first semester of action
on Friday when they entertain Central of Burden in their
home opener.
West Elk found itself in an
early hole in the tournament finale against Marmaton Valley.
The Lady Patriots trailed 13-6
after one quarter and 20-15 at
the intermission. Yet, WEHS
whittled away at the margin,
narrowing the gap to 23-21 at
the end of three quarters.
The visitors eventually
knotted things up at 27-all at
the end of regulation, but they
could not get over the hump
in the extra frame as they
dropped their third straight
decision.
Brooklyn Hilton was the
lone double-figure scorer for
West Elk as she finished with
11 points.
As for Marmaton Valley (22), MacKenzie Tynon led the
Dec. 16, 2015
way with 14 points.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
Marmaton Valley 33, West Elk 29 (OT)
WEST ELK (1-3): Hilton 5 1-4 11,
Wiseman 3 2-10 8, A. Lampson 1 1-5 3,
Bellar 1 0-0 2, Woods 1 0-0 2, Barker 1 0-3
2, Wolfe 0 1-2 1, Gillespie 0 0-0 0, Z. Lampson 0 0-0 0, Olsman 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12
(0) 5-24 29.
MARMATON VALLEY (2-2): Tynon 6
2-2 14, Drake 3 3-4 9, Storrer 0 4-6 4, Newman 0 3-7 3, M. Brooks 1 0-6 2, S. Brooks
0 1-2 1, Stevenson 0 0-6 0, Knavel 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 10 (0) 13-33 33.
WEST ELK
6 9 6 6 2-29
MARMATON VALLEY 13 7 3 4 6-33
NORTHEAST-ARMA 62,
WEST ELK 34
MORAN — Despite being
tied after one quarter, the Lady
Patriots had a tough time keeping up with Northeast-Arma in
a 62-34 loss in game two of the
Marmaton Valley Preseason
Tournament.
The game was tied at 10-all
following the first eight minutes
of action, but the Lady Vikings
took control before the break.
Northeast outscored West Elk
19-6 in the second period to
grab a double-digit lead at 2916.
WEHS never recovered
from that point on, falling behind 45-25 at the end of three
quarters before being outscored 17-9 in the final period.
Ashley Lampson had 10
points to pace West Elk.
Northeast-Arma had a
game-high 19 points from
Jaycie Polhlopek, followed by
Kelsea Choate with 11, and
Autumn Walker and Madison
Walker 10 each.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
Northeast-Arma 62, West Elk 34
WEST ELK (1-2): Lampson 3 4-5 10,
Wiseman 1 4-9 6, Hilton 2 2-5 6, Barker 3
0-2 6, Bellar 2 1-4 5, Woods 0 1-4 1, Gillespie 0 0-0 0, Wolfe 0 0-1 0, Hurt 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 11 (0) 12-30 34.
NORTHEAST-ARMA (2-1): Polhlopak
3 (3) 4-4 19, Choate 2 (2) 1-2 11, A. Walker
2 (1) 3-4 10, M. Walker 5 0-0 10, Johnston
3 0-1 6, Toms 0 (1) 0-0 3, Watson 1 1-2 3,
Bualle 0 0-0 0, Roberson 0 0-0 0, Zunes 0
0-0 0, Wyland 0 0-0 0, Ruth 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 16 (7) 9-13 62.
WEST ELK
10 6 9 9-34
NORTHEAST 10 19 16 17-62
OLPE 92, WEST ELK 43
MORAN — Coming off a
season-opening win at Cedar
Vale/Dexter, the Lady Patriots
ran into a tough opponent on
Dec. 8 as they suffered a 92-43
loss to Olpe at the Marmaton
Valley Preseason Tournament.
Olpe went into the contest
ranked No. 7 in Class 2A according to the latest Kansas
Basketball Coaches Association
poll. The Lady Eagles showed
just how good they were immediately, jumping out to a 29-6
after one quarter and extended
that to 61-20 by halftime.
Kylie Hurt had a team-high
nine points to lead West Elk.
Ole was led in scoring by
Colleen Smith 22 points, followed by Brianna Vogts with
21 and Kelsey Hendricks 13.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
Olpe 92, West Elk 43
WEST ELK (1-1): Hurt 2 (1) 2-2 9,
Wiseman 3 2-4 8, Barker 3 2-4 8, Lampson
2 3-5 7, Bellar 2 0-1 4, Wolfe 1 2-2 4, Hilton
1 1-2 3, Gillespie 0 0-0 0, Woods 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 14 (1) 12-20 43.
OLPE (2-0): Smith 10 2-2 22, Vogts 9
3-4 21, Hendricks 6 1-2 13, Davis 1 (2) 0-0
8, Miller 4 0-0 8, J. Cole 3 0-0 6, McDougald 2 0-0 4, Klumpe 2 0-0 4, Barnard 2 0-0
4, H. Cole 1 0-0 2, Duncan 0 0-0 0, C. Cole
0 0-0 0, W. Cole 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 40 (2)
6-8 92.
WEST ELK
6 14 13 10-43
OLPE
29 32 21 10-92
Patriot JH girls overtake CV/Dexter teams
DEXTER — Coming off
its first loss of the season, the
West Elk Junior High girls’
basketball team bounced back
to capture a 24-21 road win at
Cedar Vale/Dexter last Thursday.
WEJH swept the evening’s
action as it also captured a
16-6 win over CVD in the junior
varsity contest.
“I was very proud of both
teams,” said coach Chris Haag.
“The girls played hard and executed at crucial times in both
contests.”
In the varsity game, the
Patriots trailed 8-4 after one
quarter and 10-7 at the intermission. The second half was a
much different story as WEJH
pulled within one, 14-13, after
three quarters before taking
control in the final quarter by
outscoring the Spartans 11-7.
Madelyne Koop was the
top scorer for West Elk with
10 points. The WEJH varsity
squad improved to 3-1 on the
season.
Up next for West Elk will be
a home matchup against South
Haven on Thursday.
JUNIOR HIGH GIRLS BASKETBALL
VARSITY
West Elk 24, Cedar Vale/Dexter 21
WEST ELK: Koop 4 2-2 10, Cookson
1 3-4 5, Hines 1 2-4 4, Beougher 1 0-0 2,
Lynam 1 0-0 2, Town 0 1-6 1, Wiseman 0
0-1 0, Helms 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 8 (0) 8-19
24.
CEDAR VALE/DEXTER: Leonard 2
(1) 1-2 8, Mathis 2 1-2 5, Warburton 2 0-0
4, Dale 1 0-0 2, Meyers 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 8
(1) 2-4 21.
WEST ELK 4 3 6 11-24
CVD
8 2 4 7-21
JUNIOR VARSITY
West Elk 16, Cedar Vale/Dexter 6
WEST ELK: Town 2 1-4 5, Warren
2 0-0 4, Beougher 1 1-2 3, Hare 1 0-2 2,
Helms 1 0-0 2, Jad. Allen 0 0-0 0, Lynam 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 7 (0) 2-8 16.
CEDAR VALE/DEXTER: Potter 1
0-0 2, Warburton 1 0-0 2, Randall 1 0-0 2,
Thompson 0 0-4 0, Boatman 0 0-0 0, Kelley 0 0-0 0, Dale 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 3 (0) 0-4
6.
WEST ELK 3 4 6 3-16
CVD
0 0 4 2-6
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After that, the team was
host to its own tournament on
Nov. 21 with Edna, Cedar Vale/
Dexter and Oxford.
Sedan started tourney play
with an 18-11 loss to Edna.
Maddie Signer had five points
to pace the Devils.
“The players hustled and
played good defense,” Williams
said. “We could not get the ball
to drop in the hoop.”
SJH bounced back later in
the day with a 26-7 win over
Oxford.
“The ladies found a better
shooting hand to get their first
win,” Williams said. “They relaxed and just played the game
with hustle.”
Williams had eight points,
including a three-pointer, to
lead the way for Sedan. Phoenix Davis followed with six
points, while Heaven Mayfield
finished with five.
Sedan followed that win
up with back-to-back losses to
Flinthills (21-4) on Nov. 23 and
Caldwell (23-15) on Dec. 3.
Signer had the team’s only
points for SJH against Flinthills.
“Shooting only 16 percent
hurt our players on the scoreboard,” Williams said. “The
ladies are getting better on
defense and rebounding. We
need to improve on the offensive side of the court.”
Sedan had a tough time
shooting again in its game
against
Caldwell.
Mayfield knocked down a late
three-pointer to lead the way
with nine points.
“It is hard to win ball games
when your shooting is lacking,”
Williams said. “We only shot 17
percent and were 0-of-8 from
the free throw line. We had
plenty of opportunities to score
but could not get ball to drop
in the hoop. However, I feel
like our defense and rebounding was pretty good against
Caldwell, who had pretty tall
players. Our posts are getting
quicker at boxing out and rebounding.”
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BURDEN — After back-toback losses, the Sedan Junior
High girls’ basketball team
picked up a needed win last
Thursday as it downed Central
of Burden 25-7.
“I tell my players all the
time to have a goal of improving their performance every
practice and every game,”
said SJH girls’ coach Sandi Williams. “We improved
our shooting percentage and
played smarter defense that
helped win the game. I’m hoping the ladies will see that hard
work pays off.”
The Devils, who moved to
2-4 overall, were led by Izzy
Joslin with eight points, followed by Caitlin Williams with
five. Sedan returns to action on
Thursday as it takes on Cedar
Vale/Dexter.
SJH opened the season on
Nov. 19 with a 32-8 loss at West
Elk.
“We had a hard time getting into the flow of the first
game,” Williams said.
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PRAIRIE STAR
Sedan men capture
tournament title
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
YATES CENTER — Trailing
by three at the intermission,
the Sedan High School boys’
basketball team turned things
up in the second half to capture a 62-51 victory over Lebo
in the championship game of
the Wildcat Winter Classic last
Friday.
With that win, the Blue
Devils not only improved to 4-0
overall on the season, but they
also earned their first tournament title in Yates Center since
2011.
“We once again got ourself in a hole and got into foul
trouble,” said SHS coach Lance
Jeffers. “But we competed and
made plays in the second half.
Right now our team is a work
in progress. Going forward, we
are gonna have to improve on
the defensive end. Offensively,
we have the ability, but being so early in the season, we
struggle to find any rhythm.
That will come once we get
more reps and get comfortable
with each other. The defensive
side is where we need to improve.
“Although winning the
tournament is not one of our
ultimate goals, it’s nice to do
something that hasn’t been
done in a few years. Last time
we won it was 2011, so these
seniors were eighth graders.
We never really talked about
it, but we all knew they weren’t
going to accept anything less
than a championship.”
Sedan entered last week
ranked No. 7 in Class 2A according to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. With
three wins and a tournament
title, the Blue Devils moved up
a couple of spots in this week’s
poll to No. 5. They will close
out the pre-holiday portion of
their schedule on Friday when
they entertain Cedar Vale/Dexter in the home opener.
SHS struggled in the first
half of all three tournament
games, trailing in the second
quarter of each of those contests. Yet, the Blue Devils once
again found away to pick up
the win.
Lebo (2-1) led 13-12 after
one quarter and 25-22 at the
intermission of Friday’s championship game. But the Devils
stormed back in the second
half by getting the job done
on both ends of the court. SHS
outscored the Wolves 18-12 in
the third period to take a 40-37
edge. It then pulled away down
the stretch with a 22-14 run in
the final period to close out the
double-digit victory.
Three players scored in
double figures for Sedan, including Alex Perez with a
game-high 21 points. Noah
Chee followed with 18 points,
which included a pair of
three-pointers, while Kiefer
Brewer put in 10. Chee, Perez
and Brewer were each selected
to the All-Tournament Team.
Perez was also named to
the All-Academic Team with
fellow Blue Devil Drew Lampson.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Sedan 62, Lebo 51
SEDAN (4-0): Perez 7 7-8 21, Chee 5
(2) 2-3 18, Brewer 5 0-0 10, Uhls 3 2-2 8,
Walker 2 1-2 5, Jeffery 0 0-0 0, Kaminska 0
0-0 0, Burger 0 0-0 0, Mays 0 0-0 0, Smilko
0 0-0 0, Lampson 0 0-0 0, Shaw 0 0-0 0.
Sedan’s Kiefer Brewer plays tough defense against a Lebo player
during the first half of the Wildcat Winter Classic boys’ championship game Friday night in Yates Center.The Blue Devils captured their
first tournament title since 2011 as they took down the Wolves 6251. (photo by Andy Taylor)
TOTALS 22 (2) 12-15 62.
LEBO (2-1): Ott 5 6-11 16, Doudra
5 1-4 11, Vannocker 1 (2) 0-0 8, Holmes
2 (1) 1-2 8, Taylor 2 0-0 4, Smith 1 0-0 2,
Crouch 1 0-0 2, Gould 0 0-0 0, Davies 0 0-0
0, Baldwin 0 0-0 0, Rich 0 0-0 0, Riley 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 17 (3) 8-17 51.
SEDAN
12 10 18 22-62
LEBO
13 12 12 14-51
SEDAN 58, HARTFORD 51
YATES CENTER — Facing
the seventh-ranked team in
Class 1A-Division II, the Blue
Devils had a battle on their
hands before pulling away in
the fourth quarter for a 58-51
victory over Hartford in the
semifinal round of the Wildcat
Winter Classic.
“The game was a battle,” Jeffers said. “They are a
high-quality team. It was good
for us to be in a game like that.
We made free throws down
the stretch, and that’s a sign of
mental toughness.”
Sedan found itself in a 12-6
hole after one quarter of play
before it came back to even the
score at 21-all at halftime. The
Jaguars (1-1) hung tough with
the Blue Devils and regained a
33-31 edge at the end of three
quarters. SHS finally kicked
things into gear in the fourth
quarter, exploding for 27 points
as it rallied for the win.
Chee knocked down two
three-pointers and was 9-of-11
at the free throw line as part
of his game-high 19-point performance. Perez also had two
treys en route to his 15 points,
followed by Kylar Walker with
11 and Brewer 10.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
Sedan 58, Hartford 51
HARTFORD (1-1): Majors 8 2-5 18,
Dan. Kistner 5 4-7 14, Fowler 3 (1) 1-3 10,
Thomas 0 (2) 0-0 6, Kemmer 1 1-2 3, Iuerd
0 0-0 0. TOTALS 17 (3) 8-17 51.
SEDAN (3-0): Chee 2 (2) 9-11 19,
Perez 2 (2) 5-6 15, Walker 4 (1) 0-0 11,
Brewer 4 2-2 10, Urls 1 0-0 2, Burger 0 1-2
1, Jeffery 0 0-0 0, Smilko 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
13 (5) 17-21 58.
HARTFORD 12 9 12 18-51
SEDAN
6 15 10 27-58
SEDAN 75, MARAIS DES
CYGNES VALLEY 52
YATES CENTER — The fi-
nal score definitely didn’t reflect how much of a fight the
Blue Devils had in round one of
the Wildcat Winter Classic. Sedan rallied from an early-double digit deficit and eventually
pulled away in the second half
for a 75-52 win over Marais
des Cygnes Valley.
“We got down 10 early, and
then we just got our offense
going,” Jeffers said. “We didn’t
play very well in the first quarter on either end, but we still
went into halftime up three.
That pretty much sealed the
deal there. We had a good third
quarter and played pretty solid
defense. We got the tempo going a lot faster. The good thing
about these guys is that they
just want to win, so they share
the ball really well. It’s a lot of
fun when nobody cares who
scores and they just go out and
play.”
MDCV shocked Sedan early
as it grabbed a 14-5 lead after one quarter. The Devils got
things going with a 21-9 run in
the second period to grab a 2623 advantage at the intermission.
That provided the spark
SHS needed for the second
half. The Devils carried that
momentum and extended the
lead with a 21-11 spurt in the
third quarter for a 47-34 lead
and rolled from there to the
win.
Perez had a game-high 23
points, including three trifectas. Brewer followed with 14
points, while Chee put in 13.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
Sedan 75, Marais Des Cygnes Valley 52
MARAIS DES CYGNES VALLEY:
Patterson 6 (3) 1-2 22, Cannon 2 (3) 4-4
17, Ch. Allen 1 5-6 7, Sowers 1 2-5 4, Co.
Allen 1 0-0 2. TOTALS 11 (6) 12-17 52.
SEDAN (2-0): Perez 4 (3) 6-7 23,
Brewer 6 2-5 14, Chee 4 (1) 2-2 13, Walker
4 0-0 8, Jeffery 3 1-2 7, Smilko 1 3-4 5,
Burger 0 (1) 0-0 3, Uhls 0 2-2 2. TOTALS
22 (5) 16-22 75.
MDCV
14 9 11 18-52
SEDAN
5 21 21 28-75
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Miller leads the Patriots to
win over Marmaton Valley
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
MORAN — Cade Miller
scored 20 points to lift the West
Elk High School boys’ basketball team to a 43-37 victory
over host Marmaton Valley to
salvage the final game of the
Marmaton Valley Preseason
Tournament on Friday.
“We started the game really sluggish,” said WEHS
boys’ coach Dave Miller. “We
just couldn’t seem to get stops
and run our offense. We finally grabbed the lead late in the
third quarter and held on for
the win.”
The Patriots, who had
dropped their first two games
of the tournament to Olpe and
Northeast-Arma, found themselves down 12-7 after the first
quarter. Fortunately, West Elk
was able to cut into the margin
and got back within three, 2118, heading into the intermission.
WEHS started to get things
going in the second half. Outscoring the Wildcats 9-5 in the
third quarter, the Patriots were
able to take a 27-26 lead into
the final eight minutes of action. During that fourth period,
West Elk took charge and eventually held on for the six-point
win.
Cade Miller knocked down
nine buckets, including a
three-pointer, en route to his
game-high total. He added five
assists and six steals to lead the
way for the Patriots. William
Silvey also reached double figures in scoring with 10 points.
Meanwhile, John Heinen and
Karsten Walker led WEHS in
rebounding with seven each.
With Friday’s win, West Elk
improved to 2-2 overall on the
season. The Patriots will close
out the first semester on Friday
when they host Central of Burden in their home opener.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
West Elk 43, Marmaton Valley 37
WEST ELK (2-2): Miller 8 (1) 1-3 20,
Silvey 5 0-0 10, Heinen 4 0-0 8, Walker 2
1-2 5, Gomez 0 0-0 0, Hurt 0 0-0 0, Johnson 0 0-0 0, Young 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19 (1)
2-5 43.
MARMATON VALLEY (0-4): Newman
6 4-6 16, Boyd 2 (1) 1-2 8, Hall 1 2-2 4,
Wilson 2 0-1 4, Elliot 0 (1) 0-0 3, Wise 1 0-0
2, Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (2) 7-11 37.
WEST ELK
7 11 9 16-43
MARMATON VALLEY 12 9 5 11-37
NORTHEAST-ARMA 60,
WEST ELK 40
MORAN — Trailing by double digits in the first quarter,
the Patriots could never recover in a 60-40 loss to Northeast-Arma on Thursday at the
Marmaton Valley Preseason
Tournament.
“We fell behind early 14-2
but pulled back within six at
26-20,” Miller said. “It was
downhill after that. We just
couldn’t stop their offense.”
WEHS trailed 14-6 after
one quarter and 32-20 by halftime. Things didn’t get any better in the second half as the Patriots trailed 50-27 at the end
of three periods.
Josh Johnson knocked
down a pair of three-pointers as part of a team-high 14
points for the Patriots.
Northeast-Arma (3-0) was
led by Troy Howard with 21
points, while Ethan Snider put
in 12.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
Northeast-Arma 60, West Elk 40
WEST ELK (1-2): Johnson 4 (2) 0-2
14, Miller 1 (2) 0-0 8, Walker 1 (1) 1-2 6,
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Branch Bank of Howard State Bank
Silvey 1 (1) 0-0 5, Gomez 1 1-2 3, Heinen 1
0-0 2, Cannon 1 0-0 2, Hurt 0 0-0 0, Young
0 0-0 0. TOTALS 10 (6) 2-6 40.
NORTHEAST-ARMA (3-0): T. Howard
0 (7) 0-0 21, Snider 2 (1) 5-6 12, Shadden
4 1-2 9, M. Howard 0 (2) 0-0 6, Oliver 2 1-2
5, Mills 1 (1) 0-2 5, Baker 1 0-2 2, Cleland
0 0-2 0. TOTALS 10 (11) 7-16 60.
WEST ELK
6 14 7 13-40
NORTHEAST
14 18 18 10-60
OLPE 38, WEST ELK 25
MORAN — Despite playing a solid game on defense,
the Patriots could not muster
up enough offense in a 38-25
loss to Olpe last Tuesday at the
Marmaton Valley Preseason
Tournament.
“Defensively, I can’t complain,” Miller said. “We competed. The boys did what I
asked of them, and we held a
pretty good team to 38 points.
Offensively, we had our struggles. We turned the ball over
23 times, and you can’t do that
against an opponent of Olpe’s
caliber.”
The Patriots trailed just
4-2 after one quarter but found
themselves down double digits
at 18-8 heading into the intermission.
WEHS picked things up a
bit in the second half but still
trailed 30-18 after three quarters and could never make a
serious run.
Heinen led the Patriots
with a team-high nine points
and seven rebounds.
MARMATON VALLEY PRESEASON
TOURNAMENT
Olpe 38, West Elk 25
WEST ELK (1-1): Heinen 4 1-2 9,
Johnson 1 (1) 0-0 5, Silvey 2 0-0 4, Walker
0 (1) 0-2 3, Gomez 1 0-0 2, Miller 1 0-2 2,
Hurt 0 0-0 0, Cannon 0 0-0 0, Young 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 9 (2) 1-6 25.
OLPE (2-0): Mercer 4 0-0 8, D.
Schmidt 4 0-4 8, Scheidegger 4 0-0 8,
Smith 2 2-2 6, Pimple 2 0-0 4, R. Schmidt
0 2-2 2, Beeman 1 0-0 2, Nuessen 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 17 (0) 4-8 38.
WEST ELK
2 6 10 7-25
OLPE
4 14 12 6-38
WEJH struggles against CV/Dexter
DEXTER — Down by nine
points at halftime, the West Elk
Junior High boys’ basketball
team found itself on the down
side of a 37-23 loss to Cedar
Vale/Dexter last Thursday.
This was the second
straight setback for the Patriots, who dropped to 2-2 overall. WEJH will next play host to
South Haven on Thursday.
West Elk trailed 10-6 after
one quarter and 17-8 at the intermission. The Patriots never
made a serious run in the second half as they trailed 25-15
at the end of three quarters.
Devin Loudermilk had a
team-high seven points for
West Elk.
WEJH also dropped the
junior varsity contest against
CVD 19-13.
JUNIOR HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL
VARSITY
Cedar Vale/Dexter 37, West Elk 23
WEST ELK: Loudermilk 2 3-6 7,
Moreno 2 2-7 6, Jackson 1 2-5 4, Ware 0
2-5 2, Hanks 1 0-0 2, Riggs 1 0-0 2, Walker
0 0-2 0, Black 0 0-0 0, Bryan 0 0-0 0, Hebb
0 0-0 0, Usry 0 0-0 0, Hernandez 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 7 (0) 9-25 23.
CEDAR VALE/DEXTER: Henderson
8 2-5 18, Artherton 2 (1) 1-3 8, Criss 1 (1)
2-2 7, Rock 1 0-0 2, Myers 0 1-2 1, Helph-
ingstine 0 1-2 1, Eischens 0 0-0 0, Casebolt 0 0-0 0, Hand 0 0-0 0, Potter 0 0-0 0,
Vaden 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (2) 7-14 37.
WEST ELK 6 2 7 8-23
CVD
10 7 8 12-37
JUNIOR VARSITY
Cedar Vale/Dexter 19, West Elk 13
WEST ELK: Hanks 3 0-0 6, Bryan 1
2-6 4, Usry 1 0-2 2, Black 0 1-2 1, Bahr
0 0-0 0, Hebb 0 0-0 0, Hafemann 0 0-0 0,
Law 0 0-0 0, White 0 0-0 0, Hernandez 0
0-0 0, Riggs 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 5 (0) 3-10 13.
CEDAR VALE/DEXTER: Eischens 3
0-2 6, Helphingstine 3 0-0 6, Vaden 2 0-0 4,
Potter 1 1-2 3, Casebolt 0 0-2 0, A. Priddy
0 0-0 0, Holt 0 0-0 0, Bragg 0 0-0 0, Rock 0
0-0 0, Wedman 0 0-0 0, J. Priddy 0 0-0 0,
Killman 0 0-0 0, Hand 0 0-0 0, Gibson 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 9 (0) 1-6 19.
WEST ELK 2 0 2 9-13
CVD
2 5 8 4-19
Cowboy...continued from page 1
“It was just a couple of days
after we got back from the finals where they’d named me
Top Hand, we were gathering
steers out of a pasture. I was
on a colt, he’d never been
any trouble, never bucked in
his life. We’d been completely
around the section, and all of
a sudden that booger cut loose
and threw me sky high,” Beeman relived that bad day now
with a sense of humor.
“A cowboy helping us accused me of not telling the
colt I was a ‘Top Hand,’ or he
wouldn’t have bucked like that.
I said, I was showing the colt
my trophy buckle as I was flying through the air, but it was
upside down, and that darn
horse couldn’t read it,” Beeman’s lookback continued.
Little consolation for that
escapade, Beeman continued,
“I still don’t know what spooked
the colt that day, but now he’s
a really good horse, has never
bucked again, or even shown
any indications. My girls ride
him all of the time.”
Growing up horseback
working cattle near Hamilton
in Greenwood County, Beeman has worked for several
outfits in his four decades, but
“always ended up back in the
Flint Hills.”
Putting his profession to
sport, Beeman has been an
enthusiastic ranch rodeo contestant since beginning of the
competitive events in the Midwest.
“I rode lots of colts, always
been a ranch cowboy, but never did compete in other rodeos
much, except a few jackpots.
I really like the ranch rodeos though, it’s what I do for a
living put to a test with others who are like me, working
ranch cowboys,” Beeman evaluated.
“It’s our vacation going to
the ranch rodeos, seeing our
friends, the other cowboys and
their families become like part
of our family,” he added
Regardless of his nonchalant attitude, Beeman has always been hard to get on the
ground if his mount tries to
pitch. “Dr. (Bryan) Barr, the
veterinarian there at Emporia,
had a horse bucking off every-
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body that tried to break him.
Doc asked if I wanted to try the
bronc, and of course I was a
cowboy, young and dumb, and
was anxious to ride him.
“That horse never ever
bucked with me, didn’t even
think about it, and turned out
to be a great horse. I tried and
tried to buy him from Dr. Barr,
before I finally got him,” Beeman enthusiastically recalled
one of hundreds of horses he’s
trained.
However, the most-capable cowboy insisted, “I don’t
take colts anymore, haven’t for
several years now. With a thousand cows to look after, in addition to three times that many
summer grazing cattle, I keep
busy. On top of having a family, going to ranch rodeos, and
keeping up with everything
else.”
Married to his wife Stefanie, 17 years, the couple has
two daughters: Katy, 11, and
Avery, five. “My family is a big
help with the ranch work, too,
and the girls ride in some local
saddle club events,” Beeman
said.
Admitting the Hall-Beeman
ranch rodeo team (whichever ranch combinations they’re
representing) doesn’t go to as
many rodeos as in the past, the
competition adrenalin is still
there. “We pick and choose
more now, go to the bigger
ones, a dozen or so, those we
like the best. But, we’re always out to win, for sure qualify for the ranch rodeo finals in
Amarillo,” Beeman said.
What about his bronc riding scoresheet? “My team
members’ think I definitely
ought to at least go for 30-qualified world rodeo finals ranch
bronc rides, so that’s the objective, win one, and have the top
team, too,” The cowboy said.
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Final tournament match finds
success for Lady Raiders
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
CALDWELL — After three
straight losses to open the
season, the Central of Burden
High School girls’ basketball
team finally found itself on the
winning side of things.
The Lady Raiders outscored Caldwell 12-2 in overtime to capture a thrilling 4232 victory over the Bluejays in
final-round action of the Border Queen Tournament.
“We grew up a little this
weekend,” said Central girls’
coach Leland Hill. “The kids
played hard throughout the
weekend.”
The Lady Raiders had
dropped their first two games
of the tournament, including
51-6 to Norwich on Dec. 8 and
44-23 to Argonia last Friday.
They salvaged the final game
of the tournament as they improved to 1-3 overall.
“We played as well as a
young team could,” Hill said.
“Before the game, we talked
about execution. The girls did a
great job of breaking Caldwell’s
press. The girls used that to
their advantage and built a little bit of a lead in the first half.
Caldwell made a run at us late
third quarter and early fourth.
We knew they would. But the
kids just buckled down and got
the fast break going late in the
fourth. They also stepped it up
on the defensive end and came
up with a couple of really nice
steals. The next thing we knew
we were going into overtime.
The kids won the game at the
free throw line in overtime.”
Despite finishing just 15of-30 at the charity stripe for
the game, the Lady Raiders hit
them when they counted most,
going 8-of-10 during the extra
frame.
“I couldn’t be more proud
of any other group of kids,” Hill
said. “They just did the little
things to win the ball game. It
was great to see with such a
young group of kids.”
The teams went back and
forth much of the contest. Central led 13-5 after one quarter
before Caldwell battled back
within three, 17-14, at the intermission. The Bluejays used
a 10-5 run in the third quarter to grab a 24-22 edge, but
the Lady Raiders came back to
even the score at 30-all at the
end of regulation.
Shannon Mannon, who
was named to the All-Tournament Team, had a game-high
16 points while also leading
the team in assists and steals.
Rylee Liebau followed with
nine points. Meanwhile, Saydi
Loewer recorded a team-high
11 rebounds with four blocked
shots.
Central will close out the
first semester of action on Fri-
Central of Burden junior Cody Pippitt, right, defends against Norwich ball handler Chad Allender (13)
during their boys’ basketball game in the Border Queen Tournament last week in Caldwell. (photo by
Michelle Koppelmann)
Bluejays prove too much to handle
at Border Queen Tournament
Central of Burden senior Saydi Loewer (35) looks for an open teammate as she is guarded by a Norwich player during their contest
last week in the Caldwell Border Queen Tournament. (photo by
Michelle Koppelmann)
day as it travels to West Elk.
couldn’t get anything to fall.
We outrebounded them, 19 of
them on the offensive boards,
and forced them into 20 turnovers. We just couldn’t get it
to fall through. Next time, I’ll
bring a roll of quarters … maybe that’ll help.”
Argonia led throughout the
contest at 9-3 after one quarter
and 21-15 at the break. Central struggled after the break,
ARGONIA 44,
allowing Argonia to go on a
CENTRAL-BURDEN 23
17-7 run to put the game out of
CALDWELL — Down by reach.
six points at halftime, the Lady
Rylee Liebau had a teamRaiders could not hang with high 11 points to lead the way
Argonia in the second half of for Central.
a 44-23 loss in day two of the
BORDER QUEEN TOURNAMENT
Argonia 44, Central-Burden 23
Border Queen Tournament last
ARGONIA (1-2): Tracy 1 (4) 3-6 17,
Friday.
Vineyard 6 2-5 14, M. Gaddie 2 (1) 0-0 7,
“We got into foul trouble Booker 1 (1) 0-1 5, Thompson 0 1-1 1, A.
and had to switch a few things Hammond 0 0-1 0, C. Hammond 0 0-0 0,
around,” Hill said. “It caused Schulte 0 0-0 0, Lacey 0 0-0 0, Fitch 0 0-0
0, Rhea 0 0-0 0, Marin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 10
some confusion and, when (6) 6-14 44.
that happens, you have menCENTRAL-BURDEN (0-3): R. Liebau
tal breakdowns. We also had a 4 3-4 11, S. Mannon 1 2-6 4, Williams 0 (1)
0-0 3, Loewer 0 3-6 3, C. Mannon 1 0-0
hard time finding the bottom of 2, McCallister 0 0-0 0, W. Liebau 0 0-0 0,
the basket. We only shot 15 per- Thiel 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 6 (1) 8-16 23.
cent for the game. We grabbed ARGONIA 9 12 17 6-44
rebound after rebound and just CENTRAL 3 12 7 1-23
BORDER QUEEN TOURNAMENT
Central-Burden 42, Caldwell 32
CENTRAL-BURDEN (1-3): S. Mannon 4 (1) 5-9 16, R. Liebau 4 1-5 9, Loewer
2 3-7 7, C. Mannon 1 4-6 6, W. Liebau 1
2-2 4, McCallister 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0,
Thiel 0 0-1 0. TOTALS 12 (1) 15-30 42.
CALDWELL (1-3): S. Schmidt 5 0-3
10, Stuewe 4 1-3 9, Kar. Schmidt 2 0-0
4, Blake 1 2-6 4, Ward 0 (1) 0-3 3, Kat.
Schmidt 1 0-1 2, Strnad 0 0-0 0, Ohnemiller
0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (1) 3-16 32.
CENTRAL
13 4 5 8 12-42
CALDWELL
5 9 10 6 2-32
Longton Happenings
The Kansas Buffalo Association 26th annual sale was
a huge success. Price were
really good and I am so happy
for our ranchers. Average prices were bull calves, $1,594,
heifer calves $1,370, yearling
bulls $2,008, yearling heifers
$1,841, two year bred heifers
$2,115, two year bulls $2,379.
Our next sale is Saturday, Dec.
3, 2016, in Salina.
Happy 12th Birthday to
our grandson, Brayden. He
took three friends to Dartwarz
and out for pizza. Dartwarz
is a place where the boys can
have nerf gun wars. A perfect
birthday for a 12 year old boy
who loves nerf guns and loves
to play with those who share
that love. Grammy and papa
are still trying to deal with the
fact that he is in middle school,
now 12, hard to believe. Love
you Brayden!
Lyric had her first grade
program, Toys, at Eisenhower
Elementary in Independence
on Monday, Dec. 7. It was a
darling program and Lyric had
a speaking part as Rag Doll
2. Ever helpful Lyric realized
that Rag Doll 1 wasn’t saying
her next line, so Lyric, being
six inches taller than her, proceeds to tap her on the top of
the head to remind her. This
from the girl who couldn’t remember why she got in trouble
at school the other day. When
I asked her why, she thought
a minute and then said, “I just
don’t remember, it is like a
drone looking and not finding
it’s target.” It took me a minute to realize she was comparing the drone to her brain not
remembering. I think I am in
over my head.
If you didn’t see the movie “Coat of Many Colors” produced by Dolly Parton, you
really missed a great movie. It
should be rebroadcast over the
Christmas season. Although not
a Christmas movie, it gives the
story of Dolly Parton’s life and
how faith guided their family
through their circumstances.
It also describes in more detail the story behind the song
“Coat of Many Colors.” My favorite lyric from that song is,
“They didn’t understand it and
I tried to make them see, one is
only poor if you choose to be.
It is true we had no money but
I was rich as I could be in my
coat of many colors, my mama
made for me.”
Another great sports week
for our house, the Kansas City
Chiefs after beginning the season 1-5, defeated the San Diego
Chargers 10-3. With .02 seconds remaining, they broke up
a pass in the end zone to win.
This is their seventh straight
win, making them the top wild
card team by being in the fifth
spot in the AFC Playoffs ranking.
Wichita State is hitting their
By Pauline Ramsey
stride by defeating UNLV 56-50
and #25 Utah 67-50 in a soldout crowd of 15,000 at Intrust
Arena. This winning streak is
largely due to Fred VanVleet
being back in the lineup. Great
to see our freshmen stepping
up, too. The Utah win makes
Wichita State second in the nation in consecutive home wins.
Utah is the team that broke our
35-0 undefeated record last
year so the win felt especially
good.
During these two hectic weeks before Christmas,
please take time to remember
the reason for the season. The
birth of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus Christ. Be aware of those
in need around you and do
what you can for them.
Have a blessed week!
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By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
CALDWELL — Trailing by
just four points at halftime,
the Central of Burden High
School boys’ basketball team
struggled in the third quarter and eventually suffered a
57-40 loss to host Caldwell in
final-day action of the Border
Queen Tournament on Saturday.
“We played good in the first
half,” said Raider coach Dave
Whitehill. “But we came out
cold in the third quarter.”
Central hung tough early in the contest. The Raiders
trailed 16-13 after one quarter
and 29-25 at the intermission.
But the host Bluejays took control of action in the third quarter, outscoring Central 12-4 to
open up a double-digit lead at
41-29. That proved to be too
much of a hole to overcome for
the Raiders as they closed the
tournament with back-to-back
losses.
Sam Jackson had a teamhigh 12 points to lead the way
for Central, which dropped
to 1-3 overall on the season.
Dustin Handlin, who was limited to five points in the contest,
still led the Raiders in scoring
during the three-day event
with 33 points and was named
to the All-Tournament Team.
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Ward, followed by 17 from Kyler Bruey.
The Raiders close out the
pre-holiday portion of their
schedule on Friday when they
travel to Howard to take on
West Elk.
BORDER QUEEN TOURNAMENT
Caldwell 57, Central-Burden 40
CENTRAL-BURDEN (1-3): Jackson
2 (2) 2-2 12, Jimenez 3 2-4 8, Lawson 3
1-2 7, Handlin 2 1-1 5, Koppelmann 0 (1)
2-5 5, Pippitt 0 (1) 0-0 3, Williams 0 0-0 0,
Firebaugh 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 10 (4) 8-14 40.
CALDWELL (2-2): Ward 4 (3) 5-7 22,
Bruey 5 (1) 4-8 17, Rice 1 (1) 2-2 7, Volavka 1 (1) 0-0 5, Feely 1 2-2 4, Brown 0 2-2 2,
Dierking 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (6) 15-21 57.
CENTRAL
13 12 4 11-40
CALDWELL 16 13 12 16-57
ARGONIA 53,
CENTRAL-BURDEN 40
CALDWELL — Handlin had
a double-double with 10 points
and 10 rebounds, but the Raiders came up on the short end of
a 53-40 loss to Argonia in second-day action of the Border
Queen Tournament on Friday.
“Argonia jumped out to
a nine-point lead in the first
quarter,” Whitehill said. “We
fought the rest of the game to
catch up.”
Central was digging out of
a hole from the start of the contest. The Raiders trailed 12-7
after one quarter and 30-17 by
halftime. Things went downhill in the second half as Argonia outscored Central 16-6 in
the third quarter to open up a
46-23 score. Although Central
outscored Argonia 17-7 in the
final period, it was not enough
to come back for the win.
Argonia was led in scoring by Seth Hemberger with
20 points, followed by Kolten
Koerner with 19 and Trevor
Pierce 11. AHS went on to go
3-0 in the event to claim the
Border Queen Tournament
championship.
BORDER QUEEN TOURNAMENT
Argonia 53, Central-Burden 40
CENTRAL-BURDEN (1-2): Handlin 3
(1) 1-3 10, Lawson 3 (1) 0-0 9, Jimenez
3 1-2 7, Firebaugh 3 1-4 7, Donley 0 4-4
4, Koppelmann 1 0-1 2, Jackson 0 0-0 0,
Pippitt 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
13 (2) 7-14 40.
ARGONIA (3-1): Hemberger 5 10-13
20, Koerner 7 5-8 19, Pierce 4 3-7 11, Handlin 1 0-2 2, Dolley 0 1-2 1, Head 0 0-0 0,
Basinger 0 0-2 0, Haxton 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
17 (0) 19-34 53.
CENTRAL 7 10 6 17-40
ARGONIA 12 18 16 7-53
CENTRAL-BURDEN 54,
NORWICH 43
CALDWELL — Coming off
a 54-point loss in their opener, the Raiders picked up their
first win of the season on Dec.
8 with a 54-43 decision over
Norwich in the Border Queen
Tournament.
“The boys really had a
pretty good night,” Whitehill
said. “Our defense intensity
was a lot better than against
Sedan. We still turned the ball
over way too much, but we will
work on that. Our shots were
falling, but we still need to
work on moving the ball and
their defense around.”
Central led throughout the
contest, including 14-9 after
one quarter and 29-21 at the
intermission. Although the Eagles cut a point off the deficit
in the third quarter, the Raiders still led 42-35 and went on
from there to post their first
win.
Handlin had a game-high
18 points to lead the way for
Central, followed by Jackson
with 14. Cody Jimenez recorded a team-high 14 rebounds.
As for Norwich (0-1), it was
led by Nick Kyle with 15 points.
BORDER QUEEN TOURNAMENT
Central-Burden 54, Norwich 43
NORWICH (0-1): Kyle 2 (2) 5-6 15,
Logan 4 0-0 8, Roe 2 2-3 6, Doll 3 0-0 6,
Allender 2 0-0 4, Bartel 2 0-0 4, Kraus 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 15 (2) 7-9 43.
CENTRAL-BURDEN (1-1): Handlin 6
(1) 3-5 18, Jackson 4 (1) 3-4 14, Jimenez
2 2-4 6, Koppelmann 1 (1) 0-0 5, Pippitt 1
(1) 0-0 5, Lawson 0 (1) 0-1 3, Williams 0 (1)
0-0 3, Donley 0 0-0 0, Firebaugh 0 0-1 0.
TOTALS 14 (6) 8-15 54.
NORWICH 9 12 14 8-43
CENTRAL 14 15 13 12-54
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McMichael,
Berry find
championship
seatings from
weekend
invitational
By BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
HESSTON — A pair of area
high school wrestlers won
championships on Saturday
at the Hesston Swather Invitational, including Central of
Burden’s Lucas McMichael at
170 pounds and West Elk’s Kolvin Berry at 285.
Both individuals were key
in their team’s success in the
tournament — Central finishing in sixth place with 77
points and West Elk taking seventh with 74. Chaparral captured the team championship
with 167 points, followed by
Marion with 151.5, Nickerson
145, Lyons 133 and Hesston
99. Following Central and West
Elk in the final team standings
were Leon-Bluestem with 65,
Halstead 53, Remington 50,
St. John Military and Stafford
39, Hillsboro 36, Smoky Valley
33.5, Wichita Independent 33
and Cheney 24.
“We had another good
weekend,” said Central coach
Mike McMichael. “We didn’t
place as many, but all our
wrestlers had a good showing.
Overall, it was a good weekend
for our young men.”
Kevin Weber, West Elk
coach, had his squad on the
mats for the second time in
three days after hosting a double dual with Erie and Fredonia on Thursday.
“All of the Patriot wrestlers
competed well,” Weber said.
“They represented themselves
and the team very well.”
Lucas McMichael — the
top-ranked wrestler at 170
pounds in Class 3-2-1A according to the Kansas Wrestling
Coaches Association — had another strong showing on Saturday for Central. He pinned his
first two opponents of the day,
including Lane May of Remington (1:09) and Easton Ryser
of St. John Military (1:03). He
had a battle on his hand in his
final match but earned a 6-4
double-overtime decision over
Lane Moran of Leon-Bluestem
to finish in first place.
Berry had a similar run
to the title at 285 pounds, although he pinned all three of
his opponents. That included
Daylan Fell of Leon-Bluestem
(0:48), Jaden Slinger of Chaparral (1:01) and Joseph Williams of Nickerson (0:51).
West Elk’s Dallas Parker,
who is ranked No. 5 in Class
3-2-1A at 113 pounds, went
3-1 on the day to take second
place. Also placing for the Patriots was Drake Champagne,
who went 2-2 for fourth place
at 126 pounds.
In addition to McMichael,
Central had two other individuals place on the day, including
Michael Delaney in third place
at 182 with a 3-1 mark and Nathan Delaney in fourth place at
138 with a 3-2 record.
West Elk’s wrestling team
will close out the first semester on Friday as it competes in
the Marion County Dual Tournament in Marion and Hillsboro. Central has completed
its pre-holiday portion of the
schedule and will be off until
Jan. 9 when it travels to the
Herrington Invitational.
West Elk High School’s Kolvin Berry stands at the top of the podium
after taking first place at 285 pounds in the Hesston Swather Invitational on Saturday in Hesston. Berry went a perfect 3-0 on the day in
his weight class to win the championship. (courtesy photo)
HESSTON SWATHER INVITATIONAL
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Chaparral 167, 2. Marion 151.5, 3.
Nickerson 145, 4. Lyons 133, 5. Hesston
99, 6. Central-Burden 77, 7. West Elk 74,
8. Leon-Bluestem 65, 9. Halstead 53, 10.
Remington 50, 11. St. John Military 39, 12.
Stafford 39, 13. Hillsboro 36, 14. Smoky
Valley 33.5, 15. Wichita Independent 33,
16. Cheney 24.
CENTRAL RESULTS
120: Jacob Haws pinned by Aldo Escobar, Chaparral, 4:23; pinned Craig Fee,
Remington, 1:23; pinned Cayden Brandt,
Halstead, 1:39; pinned by Oscar Jaime,
Lyons, 0:56.
138: Nathan Delaney pinned Javier
Zimmerman, Unaffiliated, 0:20; pinned
Hunter emerson, Hesston, 3:41; pinned
by Logan Shocklee, Stafford, 2:30; pinned
Josh Peterson, Smoky Valley, 1:30; pinned
by Travis King, Hillsboro, 4:24. Delaney finished in fourth place in weight class.
145: Hunter Rierson pinned by Matthew Adams, Unaffiliated, 0:15; pinned by
Dylan Stewart, Nickerson, 0:13.
160: Pake Stephens pinned Ethan
Chandler, Wichita Independent, 1:46;
pinned by Estin Overton, Chaparral, 1:24;
pinned Vince Fulghum, Leon-Bluestem,
3:47; pinned by Zane Nichols, Nickerson,
4:20.
170: Lucas McMichael pinned Lane
May, Remington, 1:09; pinned Easton
Ryser, St. John Military, 1:03; def. Lane
Moran, Leon-Bluestem, 6-4 in double overtime. McMichael finished in first place in
weight class.
182: Michael Delaney pinned Christian Walls, Unaffiliated, 1:30; lost to Cody
Clarke, Lyons, by major decision, 6-19;
pinned Franklin Jost, Hillsboro, 2:29;
pinned Charlie Nordquist, Marion, 1:40.
Delaney finished in third place in weight
class.
195: Josh Snook pinned Eldon Srader, Halstead, 1:29; pinned by Cody Curl,
Nickerson, 5:25; pinned Garrett Burr, St.
John Military, 4:45; lost to Horacio Martinez, Remington, 2-4.
220: Brian Andrew pinned by Dawson
Hillman, Cheney, 0:18; pinned by Michael
Rodriguez, St. John Military, 0:16.
285: Justin Lambert pinned by Jaden
Eslinger, Chaparral, 0:20; pinned by Daylan Fell, Leon-Bluestem, 0:27.
WEST ELK RESULTS
113: Dallas Parker pinned Hazen
Benton, Leon-Bluestem, 0:29; pinned
Chandler Latteman, St. John Military, 0:24;
pinned Caleb Farmer, Remington, 1:06;
lost to Chris Goans, Lyons, 11-16. Parker
finished in second place in weight class.
120: Owen Anderson pinned by
James Mauch, Smoky Valley, 0:11; pinned
by Cayden Brandt, Halstead, 2:41.
126: Drake Champagne pinned Carter Wingfield, Hesston, 1:17; pinned by
Tanner Asper, Chaparral, 3:58; pinned Casey Shinkle, Remington, 0:49; pinned by
Jarrett Johnson, Marion, 2:05. Champagne
finished in fourth place in weight class.
145: Chase VanDegrift pinned Caleb
Moscati, St. John Military, 4:09.
152: Mason Harrod pinned by Jacob
Gentler, St. John Military, 3:11; pinned Jared Rahe, Marion, 3:00; pinned by Miguel
Gerber, Chaparral, 1:43.
160: Jonathan Andrews pinned
Shane Bishop, Smoky Valley, 0:52; pinned
Tanner Sipes, Stafford, 4:50; lost to Remington Putter, Marion, by major decision,
3-13; pinned by Zane Nichols, Nickerson,
3:50.
195: Moriah Gillespie pinned by Adrian Gerber, Chaparral, 0:42; pinned by
Horacio Martinez, Remington, 2:46.
285: Kolvin Berry pinned Daylan
Fell, Leon-Bluestem, 0:48; pinned Jaden
Eslinger, Chaparral, 1:01; pinned Joseph
Williams, Nickerson, 0:51. Berry finished in
first place in weight class.
WEST ELK DOUBLE DUAL
HOWARD — With a limited
number of wrestlers, West Elk
dropped a pair of duals to Erie
and Fredonia at home on Dec.
10.
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suffered a 42-27 loss to Fredonia. Including an earlier trip
to Burlington, WEHS currently
stands at 0-7 so far this season
in duals.
“I thought that the kids
wrestled well, but we had too
many open weights to win
the duals,” Weber said. “They
showed improvement from the
first matches in Burlington the
week before and also showed
more toughness than we had
last year. Hopefully, we will
continue to improve throughout the year.”
Going 2-0 on the night for
the Patriots were Parker at
120 pounds and Berry at 285.
Champagne (132), Chase VanDegrift (145), Jonathan Andrews (152), Mason Harrod
(160) and Moriah Gillespie
(195) all split their two matches. Also competing was Owen
Anderson, who went 0-2 at
113.
WEST ELK DOUBLE DUAL
Erie 39, West Elk 24
106: Both teams open.
113: Owen Anderson lost to Colton
Allan, 12-16.
120: Dallas Parker won by forfeit.
126: Both teams open.
132: Drake Champagne pinned by
Rees Lehman.
138: Open.
145: Chase VanDegrift pinned by Jared Hartzell.
152: Jonathan Andrews pinned Ruben Rodriguez.
160: Mason Harrod pinned by Skyler
Haviland.
170: Open.
182: Both teams open.
195: Moriah Gillespie pinned Cade
Cooper.
220: Open.
285: Kolvin Berry pinned Jacob Linnebur.
Fredonia 42, West Elk 27
106: Open.
113: Owen Anderson pinned by Kyler
Pryor.
120: Dallas Parker def. Isaac Jennings, 16-11.
126: Drake Champagne won by forfeit.
132: Open.
138: Open.
145: Chase VanDegrift won by forfeit.
152: Jonathan Andrews pinned by Logan Sherman.
160: Mason Harrod won by forfeit.
170: Open.
182: Both teams open.
195: Moriah Gillespie pinned by Lane
Hawley.
220: Both teams open.
285: Kolvin Berry pinned Chris Reese.
Sedan youth basketball kicks
off at Caney tournament
CANEY — Sedan’s boys’
youth basketball teams competed in the Winter Kickoff
Tournament on Saturday.
Both teams started the day
with pool play before moving to
bracket play in the afternoon.
The fifth grade team lost
three games, however gained
experience by playing All-Star
teams from around southeast
Kansas and northeast Oklahoma.
The fourth grade team
came out of pool play ranked
first by beating SEK Warriors
and Dewey handily. The first
round of bracket play brought
on a win over Caney, sending
the fourth grade team to the
championship game against
the Parsons Vikings All-Star
team. This was the first true
test and was a close game until the end. The crowd cheered
and sang the Sedan Fight Song
after the victory.
Members of the fifth grade
team are Justus Norris, Koda
Blankinship, Luke Campbell,
Cody Nation, Chris Hessert,
Trent Crawford and Levi Dowell. The squad is coached by
Brent Norris and assisted by
Chelsie Bane.
The fourth grade team
consisted of Triston Wade, Jeremiah Prince, Elisha Walters,
Clayton Smith, Lyndon Sears,
Easton Minor, AJ Floyd and
Martin Shipley. That squad is
coached by Crystal Wade and
assisted by Chelsie Bane.
The trip was made possible by many donations from
the community, including Dr.
James
McDermott,
Floyds
Supermarket, Farm Supply,
Economy Manufacturing, Hessert Farms LLC., Jones Reality
and Heartland Internet. Items
purchased with the donations
included new team uniforms,
team socks, water bottles and
entry to the tournament.
Blue Devil teams sweep
Wildcat Winter Classic
The Sedan High School boys basketball team secured the Wildcat Winter Classic title, making this the
first tournament championship since 2011. Complete tournament details are found on page 7 of this
edition. Team members from the tournament are (front row) Nick Mays, Jaden Jeffery, Joanthan Smilko,
Noah Chee, Alex Perez, Billy Barnett; (back row) Elliott Miller (manager), Curtis Williams (manager),
Alex Burger, Drew Lampson, Brandon Shull, Kiefer Brewer, Jaden Uhls, Kylar Walker, and Dillon Kaminska. (photo by Cynthia Hills)
Elk County
Wrestling
Club
competes
at Emporia
trourney
EMPORIA — For the first
time this season, the Elk County Wrestling Club took to the
mats as it competed in the
Gene White Memorial Tournament on Sunday.
Eight wrestlers from the
squad placed in the tournament, led by Creyo Koop in first
place. Emery Mills and Boedy
Murphy came in second place,
while Trystan Hilton and Sawyer Ferguson were in third.
Also placing in fourth were
TJ Mills, Evan Coble and Tyler
Moore.
The Elk County Wrestling
Club is coached by Chad Koop,
Damian Murphy and Rob Coble. The squad includes kids
ranging from kindergarten to
the 12th grade.
Up next, the ECWC will
compete in a tournament in
Coffeyville on Saturday.
The Lady Blue Devils continue to hold the title from the Wildcat Winter Classic in Yates Center. Complete tournament details are found on page 6 of this edition. Team members at the tournament are
(front row) Jessica Roggow, Amy Miller, Braylee Unruh; (back row) Kalee Rhodes, Aly Hurt, Grace Davis,
Haley Williams, Alexis Williams, Justi Sims, Taj Smith, and Maddie Burton (manager). (photo by Cynthia
Hills)
Brett and Katy Dickens, owners
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Classified Ads
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Dec. 16, 2015
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Montgomery County Chronicle
Prairie Star • Montgomery County Chronicle • Labette Avenue
ITEMS FOR SALE
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
FOR RENT
REAL ESTATE
ADOPTIONS
STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR SALE:
20’ 40’ 45’ 48’ 53’ Storage containers
centralcontainer.net or 785-655-9430.
(KCAN)
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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
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FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Seasoned oak,
pecan and mixed firewood for sale - $55/
rick. Call 620-205-9823.
CQ49-2tp
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“IMAGES OF AMERICA: INDEPENDENCE,”
a pictorial history of Independence, is
available for $21.99 (plus sales tax) at
the Montgomery County Chronicle offices
in Caney, Cherryvale and Independence.
Makes a great gift for any event!
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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
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RN: This position is responsible for
providing direct nursing care to residents,
and supervising the day-to-day nursing
activities performed by LPNs and nursing
assistants. Advances the value that the
resident comes first. The employee values
the Community as the residents’ home
and works to create attributes of home and
models person centered care.
Education, Experience and/or Training:
• Must possess a Nursing Degree from
an accredited college or university or be a
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
nursing experience desired.
• Knowledge of nursing and medical
practices and procedures, as well as laws,
regulations, and guidelines governing longterm care.
Physical or Mental Demands:
This position is classified as Medium
Work for physical exertion requirements.
Medium work involves lifting no more than
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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EARN $500 A DAY: Insurance Agents
Needed. Leads, No Cold Calls. Commissions
Paid Daily. Lifetime Renewals. Complete
Training. Health & Dental Insurance. Life
License Required. Call 1-888-713-6020.
(KCAN)
_____________________________
ELECTRIC LINEMAN: Kiowa, Kan., is seeking
full-time electric lineman. Salary DOQ.
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
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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
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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 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 CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532.
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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)
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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.
VEHICLES
VEHICLE AUCTION
TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hearby notified that Vail’s
Automotive, 2262 13,000 Rd Oswego,
KS 67356, will hold a public auction on
DECEMBER 23,2015 at 10 a.m. for the
following vehicle:
YEAR: 1995
MAKE: CHEVROLET
MODEL: 1500
VIN#: 2GCFK29K6S1144258
For all expenses of the bill, storage and
publication for this vehicle.
LC49-2tc
ITEMS WANTED
SCRAP METAL: Paying top dollar for scrap
metal, junk cars (running or not), etc. Will
pick up items. Call 918-559-9162.
MC-E3-tfnp
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GOLD & SILVER JEWELRY WANTED: Get
more for your broken unwanted gold &
silver jewelry at Uncle Ken’s Coin Shop. Also
buying silver coins and old currency. Phone
(620) 331-4570.
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HELP WANTED
CENTER MANAGER: Longton Meals
on Wheels/Friendship Meals - 10 a.m.1 p.m., Monday-Friday.
Wonderful
opportunity working with older adults.
Experience with food service helpful. Some
record keeping. High School diploma or
GED required. Apply at 406 Kansas Ave. in
Longton or call 620-642-6861. EOE.
CQ49-2tb
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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
calling 620-795-4433. The city is an equal
opportunity employer.
LC43-tf
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NURSES/CNAs: Oswego Health and Rehab
is hiring for F/T Nurses and CNAs. Please
apply at 1104 Ohio Street, Oswego, KS or
call 620-795-4429.
LC46-tf
WELDING
SUPPLIES
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
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LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS: in-home
repair and upgrades. We come to you.
620-725-5465, 620-330-0330. www.
lazybearcomputers.com.
mjking@
lazybearcomputers.com.
CQ1-tfn
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SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. CQ1-tfn
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WICKHAM TRUCKING for your rock, sand,
and dirt needs. Call 620-725-3317 or 620249-2867.
CQ1-tfn
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MCNOWN TREE CARE
Insured, professional tree trimming,
removal, and clean-up.
FREE ESTIMATES
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
CQ23-tfn
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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
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HAIL DAMAGE REPAIR: SheaDeeLea’s
Painting - Interior and Exterior, Residential,
Commercial, Farm and Ranch. Free
Estimates. Call Jessica Gebers at 620-5620622.
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PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES • PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 2, 9 and 16, 2015
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, KAN.
In the Matter of the Estate of
J D TODD, Deceased
Case No. 15 P 18
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this County by
Wynona L. Todd, requesting descent
be determined of Kansas real estate
and other property owned by the decedent at the time of death, and that such
property, and all other property, real or
personal, owned by the decedent at the
time of death be assigned pursuant to
the laws of intestate succession.
You are hereby required to file your
written defenses thereto on or before
Dec. 28, 2015, at 9 a.m., of said day, in
said Court, in the City of Sedan, in Chautauqua County, Kan., at which time and
place said cause will be heard. Should
you fail therein, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course upon said
Petition.
Wynona L. Todd, Petitioner
MARLA FOSTER WARE
PO Box 246
Howard, KS 67349
(620) 374-2236
Attorney for Petitioner
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 2, 9 and 16, 2015
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELK
COUNTY, KAN.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
ROBERT J. MASON, Deceased.
Case No. 15-PR-18
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court by Lois
Mason, an heir of Robert J. Mason, deceased, praying for the determination
of the descent of decedent’s property,
real and personal, or interests therein,
owned by the decedent at the time of
death; and you are hereby required to
file your written defenses thereto on or
before Dec. 30, 2015, at 10 a.m., of said
day in said court, in the City of Elk City,
in Elk County, Kan., at which time and
place said cause will be heard. Should
you fail therein, judgment and decree
will be entered in due course upon said
petition.
Lois Mason
Petitioner
Terry L. Cikanek
CIKANEK LAW OFFICE
P. O. Box 517
Stockton, KS 67669
(785) 425 -6731
Attorney for Petitioner
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 16, 2015
BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION
COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF KANSAS
NOTICE OF FILING
APPLICATION
SM Oil & Gas, Inc. (KCC License
#35116) is filing a UIC/Application for
two Injection Wells (Form U-1) with the
Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC)
to inject produced salt water into their
Fulsom B #1 INJ well (API #15-01927534-00-00) located exactly 4,620’
FSL, 1,840’ FEL and also their Fulsom B
#2 INJ well (API #15-019-27535-00-00)
located exactly 5,080’ FSL, 2,460’ FEL,
both being in Section 17 - T33S - R10E,
Chautauqua County, Kan.
The proposed maximum injection
rate is 800 barrels per day per well. The
proposed maximum injection pressure
is 600 PSI per day per well. The proposed water injection formation is the
Wayside Sandstone located at approximately 1,510’ below ground level (Estimated Sub-Sea is -473’) for each well.
No other wells will be utilized for injection/disposal unless approved by the
KCC. Several wells may be ultimately
utilized in this project.
All persons interested should take
notice. Information about this application can be obtained through the KCC at
(316) 337-6200 or at the contact person
listed below.
Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required
to file their objections or protests with
the Conservation Division of the State
Corporation Commission of the State of
Kansas within thirty (30) days from the
date of this publication. These protests
shall be filed pursuant to Commission
regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application
may cause waste, violate correlative
rights or pollute the natural resources of
the State of Kansas.
All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing
and shall govern themselves accordingly.
SM Oil & Gas, Inc.
P. O. Box 189
Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070
(918) 440- 6512 (Cell)
(620) 725-3200 (Office)
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 16, 23 and 30, 2015
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELK
COUNTY, KANSAS
In the Matter of the Estate of
PAUL FIKAN, Deceased
Case No. 15 PR 19
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this County by
John Gregory Barnhart, requesting descent be determined of Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time
of death, and that such property, and all
other property, real or personal, owned
by the decedent at the time of death be
assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.
You are hereby required to file your
written defenses thereto on or before
Jan. 6, 2016, at 10 a.m., of said day, in
said Court, in the City of Howard, in Elk
County, Kan., at which time and place
said cause will be heard. Should you fail
therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said Petition.
John Gregory Barnhart, Petitioner
MARLA FOSTER WARE
PO Box 246
Howard, KS 67349
(620) 374-2236
Attorney for Petitioner
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 16, 2015
Advertisement for Bids
City of Howard, Kansas
Water System Improvements
– Phase I
BG 15-1154E
Sealed Bids for the construction
of the Water System Improvements –
Phase I will be received by the City of
Howard at City Hall until 11:00 a.m. on
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 at which
time the Bids received will be publicly
opened and read. The Project consists
of replacement of aging water infrastructure consisting of the following approximate major quantities of work:
1. 8” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
374 Lin. Ft.
2. 8” Fusible PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
326 Lin. Ft.
3. 6” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
8,777 Lin. Ft.
4. 6” Fusible PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
439 Lin. Ft.
5. 4” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
15,740 Lin. Ft.
6. 4” RJ PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
293 Lin. Ft.
7. 2” PVC Class 200 Waterline (In Place)
2,858 Lin. Ft.
8. 2” RJ PVC Class 200 Waterline (Directional Bore)
260 Lin. Ft.
9. Service Assembly
215 Each
10. Gate Valve
64 Each
11. Fire Hydrant
32 Each
Bids will be received for a single
prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump
sum and unit price basis, with additive
alternate bid items as indicated in the
Bid Form.
The Issuing Office for the Bidding
Documents is: Drexel Technologies,
10840 West 86th Street, Lenexa, KS
66214, 913-371-4430 Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the following:
1. City Hall, 110 N Pine, Howard,
KS (620) 374-2202
2. BG Consultants, Inc, 2508 W
15th Ave, Emporia, KS (620) 343-7842
3. BG Consultants Inc. www.bgcons.com
4. Drexel Technologies www.drexeltech.com
Bidding Documents may be viewed
and ordered online by registering with
the Issuing Office at www.drexeltech.
com. Following registration, complete
sets of Bidding Documents may be
downloaded from the Issuing Office’s
website as “zipped” portable document
format (PDF) files. The cost of printed
Bidding Documents from the Issuing
Office will depend on the number and
size of the Drawings and Project Manual, applicable taxes, and shipping
method selected by the prospective
Bidder. Cost of Bidding Documents and
shipping is non-refundable. Contract
Documents will be shipped only if the
requesting party assumes responsibility for all related shipping charges.
Non-refundable corporate, certified, or
cashier’s checks shall be made payable
to Drexel Technologies. The date that
the Bidding Documents are transmitted
by the Issuing Office will be considered
the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of the
Bidding Documents will not be available
from the Issuing Office. Additional assistance is available at distribution@
drexeltech.com .
A pre-bid conference will be held
at 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday,
January 12th at City Hall, 110 N Pine,
Howard, KS. Attendance at the pre-bid
conference is highly encouraged but is
not mandatory.
Bid security shall be furnished in
accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
All persons awarded and /or entering into contracts with the Owner shall
be subject to and required to comply
with applicable county, state and federal
provisions pertaining to nondiscrimination, labor standards, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
on public contracts. The project is being
partially funded by the following: (1)
Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant Program managed by the
Kansas Department of Commerce, and
(2) USDA Rural Development utilities
loan and grant program. Attention of
bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and Federal prevailing wage rates to be paid under the
contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility,
Section 109 and E.O. 11246. Minority
Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), and
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBE) are encouraged to submit bids for
this work. The Owner reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and to waive
any irregularities therein.
Richard Clark
Mayor, City of Howard
December 16th, 2015
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 16, 2015
Advertisement for Bids
City of Howard, Kansas
Water System Improvements
– Phase II
BG 15-1252E
Sealed Bids for the construction
of the Water System Improvements –
Phase II will be received by the City of
Howard at City Hall until 2:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, January 19th, 2016 at which
time the Bids received will be publicly
opened and read. The Project consists
of replacement of aging water infrastructure consisting of the following approximate major quantities of work:
1. 8” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
4,242 Lin. Ft.
2. 8” RJ PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
800 Lin. Ft.
3. 8” Fusible PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
441 Lin. Ft.
4. 6” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
10,483 Lin. Ft.
5. 6” RJ PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
1,226 Lin. Ft.
6. 6” Fusible PVC C-900 Waterline (Directional Bore)
370 Lin. Ft.
7. 4” PVC C-900 Waterline (In Place)
4,669 Lin. Ft.
8. 2” PVC Class 200 Waterline (In Place)
3,224 Lin. Ft.
9. Service Assembly
187 Each
10. Gate Valve
81 Each
11. Fire Hydrant
22 Each
Bids will be received for a single
prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump
sum and unit price basis, with additive
alternate bid items as indicated in the
Bid Form.
The Issuing Office for the Bidding
Documents is: Drexel Technologies,
10840 West 86th Street, Lenexa, KS
66214, 913-371-4430 Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the following:
1. City Hall, 110 N Pine, Howard,
KS (620) 374-2202
2. BG Consultants, Inc, 2508 W
15th Ave, Emporia, KS (620) 343-7842
3. BG Consultants Inc. www.bgcons.com
4. Drexel Technologies www.drexeltech.com
Bidding Documents may be viewed
and ordered online by registering with
the Issuing Office at www.drexeltech.
com. Following registration, complete
sets of Bidding Documents may be
downloaded from the Issuing Office’s
website as “zipped” portable document
format (PDF) files. The cost of printed
Bidding Documents from the Issuing
Office will depend on the number and
size of the Drawings and Project Manual, applicable taxes, and shipping
method selected by the prospective
Bidder. Cost of Bidding Documents and
shipping is non-refundable. Contract
Documents will be shipped only if the
requesting party assumes responsibility for all related shipping charges.
Non-refundable corporate, certified, or
cashier’s checks shall be made payable
to Drexel Technologies. The date that
the Bidding Documents are transmitted
by the Issuing Office will be considered
the Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of the
Bidding Documents will not be available
from the Issuing Office. Additional assistance is available at distribution@
drexeltech.com .
A pre-bid conference will be held
at 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday,
January 12th at City Hall, 110 N Pine,
Howard, KS. Attendance at the pre-bid
conference is highly encouraged but is
not mandatory.
Bid security shall be furnished in
accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.
All persons awarded and /or entering into contracts with the Owner shall
be subject to and required to comply
with applicable county, state and federal
provisions pertaining to nondiscrimination, labor standards, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
on public contracts. The project is being
partially funded by the following: (1)
Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant Program managed by the
Kansas Department of Commerce, and
(2) USDA Rural Development utilities
loan and grant program. Attention of
bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and Federal prevailing wage rates to be paid under the
contract, Section 3, Segregated Facility,
Section 109 and E.O. 11246. Minority
Business Enterprises (MBE), Women Business Enterprises (WBE), and
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
(DBE) are encouraged to submit bids for
this work. The Owner reserves the right
to reject any and all bids and to waive
any irregularities therein.
Richard Clark
Mayor, City of Howard
December 16th, 2015
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day at 10 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the First Christian
Church in Sedan. Ladies from
all denominations are invited
to join us for a time of prayer.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on
Dec. 16, 23, and 30, 2015
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELK
COUNTY, KANSAS
SITTING IN HOWARD
IN THE MATTER OF THE
ESTATE
OF:
CARLA
DEANNE
WALLER-SCHAUBERGER, Deceased
Case No. 15PR20
Cookies and Snacks! What
could be better? Please stop by
the Farm Bureau Insurance office in Sedan the week of Dec.
14-18. There will be refreshNOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PER- ments and door prizes. Debbie
SONS CONCERNED:
and Teresa would like to wish
You are hereby notified that a Peti- everyone a wonderful holiday
tion has been filed in this Court by Kurt
Schauberger praying that descent be season and a Merry Christmas.
determined to the following described
real estate situated in Elk County, Kansas:
Northeast Quarter (NE/4) Section
12, Township 31 South, Range 9 East of
the 6th P.M., Elk County, Kansas
and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of her death, and that
such property and all personal property
and other Kansas real estate owned by
decedent at the time of her death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate
succession.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before January
13, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the Elk
County District Court sitting at Howard,
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.
Kurt Schauberger, Petitioner
Jeffrey A. Chubb (#9915)
EMERT, CHUBB & GETTLER, LLC
204 East Laurel - P. O. Box 747
Independence, KS 67301
(620) 331-1800 / (620) 331-1807 - fax
jchubb@sehc-law.com
Attorneys for Petitioner
Peru City
Council
This information was taken from the
minutes and submitted by Barbara Rinck.
The City of Peru held it’s regularly
scheduled meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3,
at 7 p.m. Members of the council present
were Heath Joslin, Donna Wolfe and Jack
Myers. Employees present were Art Sullivan, Brandy Hopkins, Barbara Rinck and
Mayor Greg Joslin.
The clerk read the minutes from the
previous meeting. Donna Wolfe motioned
to accept the minutes and Jack Myers seconded it.
Treasurer Brandy Hopkins gave
the financial report with receipts totaling
$9,248.77 and expenses of $11,544.06.
Heath Joslin motioned to accept the report
and Donna Wolfe seconded it.
The council tabled the discussion of
purchasing a lawn mower for the park. Art
Sullivan updated everyone on the FEMA
project.
Heath Joslin motioned to pay bills and
Donna Wolfe seconded it. Heath Joslin
motioned to adjourn; Donna Wolfe seconded the motion.
Several items were
held from this
week’s edition.
They will be printed
in their entirety
next week!
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The First Baptist Church of
Moline will hold a Candlelight
Service on Dec. 24 from 6-6:30
p.m. The public is invited to
join in this special service.
Are you from the UK?
Would you like to meet up with
other Ex-Pats in the Southeast
Kansas area once a month?
If interested call Jean at 620374-2489.
Would you like to help the
Chautauqua County Animal
Shelter dogs but volunteering
your time is out of the question? Sponsor a dog! Sponsorship is $10 a month. Sponsor
a month or more. Sponsor one
dog or several. Your donation
will help pay for dog food and
vetting bills if needed. Mail or
stop by Sedan City Hall at 111
E. Cherokee, Sedan, KS 67361
or Paypal cqshelter@yahoo.
com
SKIL Gathering will be
Dec. 18 at Sedan SKIL/Sedan
Senior Center, 124 E. Main in
Sedan from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sharon Taylor will be making
jewelry and all materials will
be provided to make your own
Hometown Healthcare of
jewelry. For more information Sedan will hold a Foot Care
call Diana Clanton at 620-725- Clinic the first Thursday of
3990.
each month from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
at their office 105 E. Main. DiaThe Sedan knitting and betics are welcome. Please call
crocheting group will not be 620-758-5082 for an appointmeeting in December. The next ment.
meeting is Jan. 18 from 1-4
p.m., weather permitting.
During this season of giving, you are encouraged to
“Give Something That Means
Something” by donating blood
at the upcoming Blood Drive
on Monday, Dec. 21 from 2-6
p.m., at the Cox Community
Building, Howard. Please call
1-800-RED-CROSS or visit the
website at redcrossblood.org
to schedule your appointment.
The City of Howard trash
pick up schedule for Christmas
and New Year will be:
Thursday pickup will be
Tuesdays, Dec. 22 and 29.
Friday
pickup
will
be Wednesdays, Dec. 23 and
30.
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meetings are held at 7 p.m.,
Friday nights at the Epiphany
Episcopal Church which is located at 309 W. Elm in Sedan.
It is an open meeting for anyone who would like to know
more about a new way of life.
For more information call
Keith at 620-330-6538 or Katrina at 620-216-0391. There
is no longer a Tuesday meeting
being held in Sedan.
The Elk County Recycling
Trailer will be in Grenola from
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and then
in Moline from 11 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Music Jam Group Pickers
and Singers will meet at the senior center in Coffeyville, 601
Walnut, on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Music starts at 1 p.m., but the
building opens at noon. This
will be the Christmas event so
everyone is encouraged to enjoy an afternoon of country and
gospel music. Those wishing to
play, sing or enjoy are asked to
bring finger foods for a potluck
dinner that will be held from
3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. This group
meets on the third Saturday of
each month.
The Sedan Tuesday Men’s
Prayer Breakfast meets at
Granny Wolfe’s Green Door
Cafe at 7 a.m. The speaker
Dec. 22 is Bob Miller. Refreshments to follow.
Community Women Prayer
Warriors meets every Wednes-
PUBLIC NOTICE
Published in the Prairie Star on Dec. 16, 2015
Assisted Living
at
Eagle
Estates
Where Your Family Is Our Family
Enjoy home cooked meals,
housekeeping, laundry, personal care
and medication assistance.
24 Hour caring staff
LPN/RN on call 24/7
Let your family be a part of
Our family at
1354 Taylor Road
Independence, KS
(620) 331-1662
Gregg Theater
in Sedan now
playing
The Good
Dinosaur
Rated PG
Friday, Saturday
and Sunday
8:00 p.m.
$5 Adult $3 Child
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Business Directory for the Prairie Star
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For all of your Residential,
Commercial, and Roll-off needs
374-2525
Howard Housing Authority
134 E. Washington # A • Howard, KS 67349
620-374-2386
Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5 p.m.
Equal Opportunity Housing
Openings for 1, 2, and 3 bedroom!
Going somewhere?
Ride with Us!
Your going is
What keeps Us going.
Elk County General
Public Transportation
620-374-3068
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137 S. Wabash • P.O. Box 218
Howard, KS 67349
620-374-2707
SATAX@SKTC.NET
FAMILY PODIATRY
209 N. 6th Street • Independence, Kansas
620-331-1840
Medical & Surgical Treatment of All Foot Problems
Harold J. Sauder DPM
Barry E. Wesselowski DPM
Jeffrey D. Hogge DPM
Arthritis • Bunions • Hammertoes • Warts • Heel Pain • Plantar
Fascitis • Ingrown Toenails • Diabetic Wound Care • Joint Pain
• Diabetic Shoes • Orthotics • Non-Healing Wounds
Julia Fechter, DVM
540 South Pennsylvania
P.O. Box 1236
Howard, KS 67349
620-374-2424
Emergency 620-205-7777
juliafechter@att.net
1370 US Hwy 160
Moline, KS 67353
Sunday: 11 a.m-2 p.m.
Monday: Closed
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-9 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-10 p.m.
620-647-6030
countywiderefuse@gmail.com
Marvin J. King • Field Service Tech
LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS
In Home Computer Repair & Upgrading
Offering Remote Assistance & Maintenance
565 Road 28 • P.O. Box 202 Niotaze, KS 67355
Business: (620) 725-5465
Cell: (620) 330-0330
Website: www.lazybearcomputers.com
Email: mjking@lazybearcomputers.com
Howard Twilight Manor
Nursing Home
849 E. Washington
Howard, KS 67349
620-374-2495
In-Line
chiropractic
121 West Main
Sedan, KS 67361
620-725-3005
8 a.m.-3 p.m., Monday
through Friday, or also
available by appointment
Shannon Simmons DC, CKTP
ACKARMAN HARDWARE
AND LUMBER CO.
• Hardware
160 East Main
• Lumber
Sedan, KS 67361
• Building Materials
• Paint
(620) 725-3103
• Gift Shop
ESTABLISHED 1879
BRACKEN
Dump Truck Service, LLC
Our hearts
belong to our
residents!
Caring
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Caring
HEARTS....
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Find us on Facebook!
1258 State Highway 99
Howard, KS
620-374-2349
Open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
7 days a week!
• 24 hour fuel center with
credit card •
Providing
home health
services for
south central
and southeast
Kansas
Cedar Vale
Gas
Groceries
Prairieland Veterinary Services
Mixed Animal Practice
Andrea Arbuckle, DVM
www.prairielandvet.com • 620-647-6080
1378 US Hwy. 160 • Moline, KS 67353
Snacks
CALL AND ASK ABOUT OUR
MONTHLY SPECIALS!
1704 W. MAIN
INDEPENDENCE, KAN.
620-758-5082
email: info@hometownhealthcare.net
MCNOWN TREE CARE, LLC
Insured, Professional:
Trimming, Removal, Clean-up
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
Free Estimates and
Reasonable Rates
Carter Auto Parts
319 W. Main
Sedan
(620) 725-5607
NO MONEY DOWN • FREE
ESTIMATES • Commercial
and residential • insured
• bonded 29 years of
www.southroofing.com experience
DANA DENTON
doublec@sktc.net
P.O. BOX. 305
117 NORTH MAIN
MOLINE, KS 67353
620-647-3607
FAX 647-3331
Charley P. Stettler Painting
Commercial & Residential
Drywall Finishing &
Wallpaper
620-725-3175
cell 620-515-6045
403 N. Douglas, Sedan
Dick Jones, Broker ~ 620-725-5730 or 620-249-7871
FAMILY MARKET
8 a.m. to 6 p.m. M-F
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sat.
Closed Sunday
102 N. Wabash
Howard, KS 67349
620-374-2270
Full line of groceries including
dairy, produce, meat, canned
goods, breads & cereals, frozen
items, baking needs and more!
Vision Cards Accepted
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DAN’S CONSTRUCTION
Providing High Speed Internet
No Data Limits and
No Contracts!
Heartland
Internet
JASON PLECKER
BROOKE MEDILL PRAY
P.O. Box 96
Sedan, KS 67361
620-249-0809
heartlandinternet@yahoo.com
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P.O. BOX 188
203 E. RANDOLPH
HOWARD, KS 67349
620-374-5028
FAX 374-5029
Melodi Jones - 620-249-7708
102 E. Main
Dana Denton - 620-205-8154
Sedan, Kansas 67361
Kim Jones - 620-249-0696
www.jonesrealtyinc.com
Mark Jones - 620-249-9305
Serving Rural
America
P & J Quick Mart
ALL FORMS OF
INSURANCE
109 N. Chautauqua, Sedan, Kansas 67361
620-725-5100
cqhat@hotmail.com
Locally Owned, Locally Operated
Designs Unlimited
COMPUTERIZED EMBROIDERY
“Your Garments & Gifts
Personalized by Us”
Dorinda & Chris Carlson
620-515-0706
P.O. Box 622 Howard, KS 67349
BATSON’S DRUG
8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. M-F
Pharmacist: Julie Perkins
Your health is our business.
102 N. Wabash, Howard
620-374-2265
Bulk and Bottle Service
Tank Rentals
Diana & Charlie Stroble
620-642-7002
Charlie’s Repair
Longton, Kan.
Sunny Acres
Fast,
Friendly,
Affordable
P.O. Box 7
Severy, KS 67137
888-736-2364
Allen & Nancy Barker
TRI-STAR PROPANE INC.
Individual and Business
Tax, Insurance,
Accounting and Payroll
Services, E-file
620-374-2707
137 S. Wabash
Howard, KS, 67349
krliebau@sktc.net
Pleasing People Since 1972
To advertise in the Prairie Guide
for only $30 per month,
call 620-725-3176!