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Emergency
department
proposed
IN THIS ISSUE
SPORTS
Commitment for emergency department
would require taxpayer subsidy, construction
of new medical facility in Independence
Kessler, Dodson, Stanton
are local gold medalists at
Kan-Okla Classic.
See page B1
CANEY
BY ANDY TAYLOR
chronicle@taylornews.org
Major sewer line problem
deemed emergency priority by state agency; sewer
rates to increase to pay
for repairs, replacement
of line.
See page A6
CHERRYVALE
Christmas parade, Santa
Claus train, other holiday
events set for Saturday.
See page A8
The spirit of the season
COFFEYVILLE
Flying ace Field Kindley of
Coffeyville posthumously
enshrined in Arkansas Military Veterans Hall of Fame.
See page A7
INDEPENDENCE
“Do not be frightened” by
changes in Independence’s
medical scene, local physician says at First Friday
information session.
See page A11
CANEY
Little Miss/Mr. Christmas
named in Caney.
See page A6
COUNTY
Commissioners agree to fill
revenue shortfall in auto
tag office.
See page A2
INDEX
Caney .............................A6-A7
Cherryvale ..................A8-A10
Coffeyville......................B7-B9
Classified ads.....................B12
Datebook..............................A7
Independence........ A11-A14
Obituaries.............................A2
Public notices....................B11
Sports...............................B1-B6
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INDEPENDENCE — Parsonsbased Labette Health on Monday officially proposed creation
of a medical emergency department in Independence, with
the City of Independence using
$3 million in bonds to fund the
construction or placement of
that emergency department in
the community.
The formal presentation
of Labette Health’s proposal,
which was held at a special
meeting of the Independence
City Commission on Monday,
represents another change in
the ever-evolving nature of
medical coverage in the Independence community since the
closure of Mercy Hospital.
No action was taken following a two and a half hour discussion between Labette Health
officials and the city commission. However, commissioners
said they would discuss the
matter in depth at their next
Mercy, St. John ink letter concerning medical services
Mercy’s 19-month discernment process now
concluded; St. John Health System to assume
several medical services effective Jan. 1
INDEPENDENCE — Mercy
and St. John Health System
have finalized a non-binding
letter of intent to formally transition several outpatient health
services in Independence. A definitive agreement is expected
to follow in the coming weeks.
The agreement brings to
closure Mercy’s 19-month discernment process to secure a
new health care provider in the
Independence community.
Under the agreement, St.
John will assume operation of
Mercy’s local primary and specialty care clinic, diagnostic lab
and radiology services, pharmacy and the Health for Life
community fitness facility, ef-
fective Jan. 1, 2016.
“We are thrilled to bring
this long process to conclusion
with the right partner for this
community,” said Kim Day, interim leader for Mercy Independence. “We are confident
that St. John will maintain high
standards for quality care in Independence that is sustainable
for the long term.”
St. John Health System is a
not-for-profit Catholic health
care system based in Tulsa,
Okla., and operates Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, along with facilities in
Claremore, Owasso, Broken
Arrow, Pawhuska and Sapulpa,
Okla., and Sedan, Caney and
Coffeyville in southeast Kansas.
St. John is sponsored by Ascension Health, the nation’s largest
Catholic and nonprofit health
system.
Rob Poole, director of operations for Jane Phillips, said
his organization is committed
to rebuilding a strong primary
care service in Independence.
“Primary care is the necessary foundation for all health
care services in any community,” Poole said. “St. John and
Jane Phillips will work diligently to provide high quality,
consistent primary care here in
Independence and build from
there.”
Poole also said St. John plans
to offer providers in a rotation
of specialties, including cardiology, general surgery, ENT (ear,
nose and throat), OB/GYN and
orthopedics. St. John’s assumption of Mercy Clinic will allow
the Cancer Center of Kansas to
continue operation of its treatment center in its current space
in that facility, Poole said.
The longer-range vision, he
explained, calls for the establishment of an advanced urgent
care practice on campus, which
would offer care by certified
emergency physicians using
comprehensive diagnostic technology.
“We will start carefully and
build bit by bit to bring the community a full-range of health
care services and manage their
daily needs,” Poole said. “We
have been serving southeast
Kansas in various capacities for
the past 21 years. We are here,
and we’re not going anywhere.”
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ONGOING COVERAGE OF THE
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regularly scheduled meeting,
which will be held at 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday, Dec. 10 in the Veterans Room at Memorial Hall.
Among the key highlights of
Labette Health’s proposal:
• Labette Health would establish a non-profit association
to “manage, govern, protect,
preserve, establish, own, operate, and maintain its assets to
provide emergency and other
healthcare services” to the Independence region.
• The association would be
governed by a seven-member
board. Three of those members
would be appointed by the Independence City Commission.
Three others would be appointed by the board of Labette
Health. The seventh member
would be the chief executive
officer of Labette Health, who
would serve in an ex-officio position.
• The association’s emergency department in Independence
would include a minimum of
five emergency department
treatment rooms, CT and x-ray
imaging, laboratory, and any
other equipment and resources
that are conducive to the operations of an emergency depart• see Labette Health, page A3
Cherryvale city chief
accepts Iowa post
Departing city administrator lists accomplishments, challenges during tenure in Cherryvale
BY DONNA CELAYA
cherryvale@taylornews.org
CHERRYVALE — The City
of Cherryvale will seek a new
leader in City Hall following the
resignation of city administrator Travis Goedken on Monday.
Goedken announced at Monday’s City Council meeting that
he will leave his local post on
Jan. 9 to assume the position of
city administrator of Humboldt,
Iowa, a community of about
5,000.
“There are mixed emotions
that come with this decision,”
Goedken said after Monday
night’s city council meeting.
“My family and I have been
here for more than two years.
We’ve been your neighbors and
we’ve made some good friends.
I can’t say it’s easy to leave, but
moving up in a person’s career
often means moving away, and
that’s the case here.”
The council and Goedken
spent 10 minutes behind closed
doors in executive session,
which
is
closed
to
the press
and public.
After
returning
to
open
session,
the council voted to
“regretfully” accept
Goedken
Goedken’s
resignation
as city administrator.
The councilors and the mayor all expressed their regrets
that Goedken will be departing,
and then Lew Forman cracked,
“Goedken is gone-kin,” drawing laughter from all around
the room.
“I can just see that will be
the headline this week,” Goedken responded with a chuckle.
• see Goedken, page A3
Making a list
Savannah Couch, age 3, of Parsons, was initially a bit shy in presenting Santa Claus with her Christmas
wish list, but she eventually gave Santa an earful of wishes during her visit to Riverside Park and Zoo
for the Christmas In The Park festivities on Saturday. Hundreds of parents and children were at the park
and zoo to enjoy what the Riverside Park and Zoo and the FORPAZ (Friends of Riverside Park and Zoo)
put together for a beautiful evening of holiday songs, lights and cookies. (Photo by Reese Richardson)
Page A2
COURTHOUSE NEWS
OBITUARIES
Bernice
Augustine-Keplinger
“Homer” Edward Scott Sr.
CANEY — “Homer” Edward Scott Sr., lifelong
resident of Caney, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in
Bartlesville, Okla. Homer was born Feb. 1, 1927, in Caney to
Wiley R. and Ethel (Shafer) Scott. He had three
brothers: John, born in Dewey, Okla.; Wiley,
Bartlesville; Charles, Coffeyville; and a sister,
Lucille Bright, Minnesota.
Homer married Evelyn
Jackson in 1948 and they divorced later. Homer married
Caroline Cooper Thiele on
May 28, 1976, and they built
a home and family together.
He worked as a truck driver, first for Harvey’s Trucking for four years, then the
next 25 years for Coffeyville
Packing.
After working another
eight years for Judd Value, Homer retired in
1988. But with a family as large as his, Homer stayed busy and active. He enjoyed fishing,
camping, playing pitch and was a longtime
member of the Caney Church of Christ.
Homer is survived by his loving wife, Caroline Virginia, of the home; nine children, Evelyn
Kay Anderson, Homer Scott Jr., Bill Scott and
wife Sandy, Tommy Lee Scott and wife Linda,
Janice Sue Finney and David, Dale Ray Scott,
Carol Weaver and Chip, Tom Thiele and Bobby
Thiele; as well as one brother, John Scott and
Ruth Ann; sister-in-law Elizabeth Scott and
son-in-law Jerry Cook.
Homer was further blessed with 33 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren and 17 greatgreat-grandchildren.
Homer is preceded in death by his parents;
three siblings, Lucille Bright, Wiley Scott and
Charles Scott; and two children, Janice Voris
and Jim, and Gina Marie Cook.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Dec. 8,
2015, at the Davis Family Funeral Home Chapel
in Dewey, Okla., with Chip Weaver officiating.
Services are under the direction of Carter
Davis and the Davis Family Funeral Home. Online condolences and remembrances may be
shared with Homer’s family at www.DavisFamilyFuneralHome.com.
CHERRYVALE
—
Bernice
AugustineKeplinger, age 85, of Cherryvale passed away
on Sunday Dec. 6, 2015 at St. Francis Via Christi Hospital in Wichita. Cremation has taken place per her wish.
Private services will be with Wickham Family
Funeral Home, 216 E. 4th, Cherryvale. Burial
will be at St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Cherryvale. She was a member of the St. Francis
Xavier Catholic Church.
Bernice was born April 24, 1932 in Hoisington, Kan., to August and Anna (Hickel) Gerstenkorn. She has been a Cherryvale resident
since 1946 when her family moved from Dodge
City, Kan. She graduated from Cherryvale High
School in 1950.
Bernice married Bill Augustine on Dec. 2,
1950 in Cherryvale; four children were born to
this union. They were divorced in 1980.
She worked at Automotive Controls Corporation in
Independence for 20 years,
retiring in 1995. Bernice
married Roy Keplinger on
Feb. 17, 1995. He preceded her in death, passing in
2009.
She is survived by her
wonderful children and
spouses, Anita Augustine,
Eagle Rock, Mo., Susan Howard and husband
Kip of San Diego, Calif., John Augustine and
Fran of Centennial, Colo., and Wayne Augustine of Big Fork, Mont. Bernice has three loving grandchildren: Shawn Augustine and wife
Alisha of Brighton, Colo., Lindsey Hallgren and
husband Erice of Harker Heights, Texas, and
Clay Augustine of Centennial, Colo. She was
also blessed with two great-grandchildren,
Cameryn and Samantha Hallgren of Harker
Heights, Texas. Bernice is also survived by one sister, Lucille
West of National City, Colo.; two sisters-in-law;
and several nieces and nephews.
Bernice was preceded in death by two brothers, Leon Gerstenkorn and Bernard Gerstenkorn; one infant daughter; and two infant sons.
Memorials may be made to the Cherryvale
Fire Department or to the Cherryvale Public
Library and they may be left or mailed to the
funeral home.
Commission to fill revenue
gap for auto tag office
Shortfall filled partially
by elimination of one
position, discovery of
$15,000 in unspent
money in fund
BY ANDY TAYLOR
INDEPENDENCE — A need
to dip into the county’s general fund to pay for an $8,000
shortfall in the Montgomery
County Auto Tag Office for the
remainder of the 2015 calendar year drew a split vote of
the Montgomery County Commission on Monday.
Commissioners voted 2-1
to allow the county’s general
fund to pay for the shortfall;
commissioner Ryan York voted against the measure while
commission chairman Fred
Brown and commissioner Larry McManus approved it.
The need to fill a revenue
shortfall for the Montgomery
County Auto Tag Office was
made at the request of county
treasurer Nancy Clubine, who,
last week, had to lay off one
employee in the Independence
auto tag office because of the
Sarah Elizabeth Brown
COFFEYVILLE — Sarah
Elizabeth Brown, age 67, of
Coffeyville, died Saturday, Dec.
5, 2015 at the University of
Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.
A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, Dec.
12 at the First United Methodist Church in Coffeyville.
Flowers may be delivered
to David W Barnes Funeral
Home at 306 N. Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337. Memorial funds may be offered to
Grace Fellowship Church or
First United Methodist Church;
contributions may be left with
the David W. Barnes Funeral
Home, 306 North Cline Road,
Coffeyville, KS 67337.
Friends may call on Friday,
Dec. 11 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home. The family will
receive friends on Friday from
5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the First
United Methodist Church, 304
W. 10th St. in Coffeyville.
Bruns Chapel.
The Coffeyville VFW Post
1022 and American Legion
Post 20 provided military rites.
INDEPENDENCE — Flora
M. Inman, age 84, of Independence died Thursday, Dec. 3,
2015 at Coffeyville Regional
Medical Center.
Funeral services will be
held 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11,
at the First Christian Church
in Independence with burial
to follow in Mount Hope Cemetery in Independence.
Friends may register on
Thursday, Dec. 10 from noon
until 7 p.m. with the family receiving visitors from 5 p.m. to
7 p.m. at the chapel. Memorial
contributions may be made to
the First Christian Church and
may be left with the chapel.
CANEY — Longtime Caney
resident Dennis Ernest, age
61, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2015,
after a battle with cancer.
A memorial service will be
held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec.
12 in the Walker-Brown Funeral Home Chapel in Bartlesville.
Cremation
arrangements are under the direction
of Walker-Brown Funeral
Home.
Flora M. Inman
Harold Loyd Cain
DEARING — Harold Loyd
Cain, age 86, formerly of
Dearing died Saturday, Dec. 5,
2015 at the Chetopa Manor in
Chetopa.
Graveside memorial services were held Wednesday, Dec.
9, at Robbins Cemetery under
the direction of Ford-Wulf-
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CANEY — Veda Kilmer, age
95, of Caney died Wednesday,
Dec. 2, 2015.
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held Saturday, Dec. 5, at the
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asked Clubine to shut down
the Coffeyville office. However,
Clubine balked at the request,
saying the Coffeyville office not
only collects taxes from automobile registrations but also
serves as a collection point for
property tax payments.
Francis said the City of Coffeyville could have space available for governmental offices
once the remodeling of the
Coffeyville City Hall was completed. At that time, he would
be interested in talking to the
commission about locating the
auto tag office — or any other
governmental service and program — to those offices.
“We would like to partner
with the county,” said Francis.
“As we look to next year and
look to ideas for improving our
services, maybe we (the City
of Coffeyville) can help with
a building for the auto tag office.”
Commissioners also held a
discussion with representatives of the Montgomery County Appraiser’s Department, the
Montgomery County Emergency Preparedness Office and the
GIS Office concerning 911 addressing procedures.
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Independence. revenue gap.
Clubine said the total shortfall was about $23,000. However, she was able to locate
$15,000 in a particular fund
in her auto tag office budget
that could be used to plug the
revenue hole. That amount of
money would still leave her office $8,000 short to complete
the calendar year.
York reiterated his previous
concern that the county’s general fund revenue should not
be used to fund services provided by the State of Kansas
(auto tag offices are functions
of the State of Kansas).
“State is pushing this off
on us and you (Clubine) are
just stuck in the middle,” said
York in Monday’s commission
meeting. “However, we, as a
county, are shrinking in population and we are shrinking in
tax base. Government needs to
mimic us.”
On a related note, commissioners heard from Kendal
Francis, Coffeyville city manager, about his desire to see
the Coffeyville auto tag office
retained in Coffeyville. At a
commission meeting more
than two weeks ago, York
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Former Mercy emergency dept. director assumes post at Labette Health
A familiar face in local medical care
has been hired by Labette Health to head
a project for creation of an emergency
department in Independence.
Dr. Melinda Allen, who had served as
director of emergency services at Mercy
Hospital prior to its closure in October,
was introduced at Monday’s special
meeting of the Independence City Commission.
Based on her years of experience
in emergency departments not only at
Mercy but also at Coffeyville Regional
Medical Center, Allen spoke of the need
to have an emergency department in Independence.
“It’s simply a question of life or death,”
she said. “Americans view emergency
medical care as an essential service,
along with law enforcement, fire and
rescue services.”
She said national studies have shown
that emergency department closures
have the greatest impact on seniors and
low-income patients — two population
groups whose medical conditions typically warrant more emergency care.
She said a recent national study
showed a 15 percent increased risk of
death from heart attacks, acute stroke,
sepsis infection (when harmful bacteria
enters the blood stream) for a patient
who was impacted by an emergency department closure. That same study concerning emergency department closures
showed a 10 percent increased risk of
death overall for those less than 65 years
of age.
Allen emphasized that the emergency
department was merely a stabilization
center. It would not serve in the place of
a conventional hospital.
“In the ER, I can take the patient, stabilize them, initiate the fluids and initiate the antibiotics and get that patient
on the road toward tertiary care elsewhere,” she said. “That’s why I chose
to go with Labette Health, because I feel
the administration truly and sincerely
wants to bring quality healthcare to the
Independence community.”
Allen resides in Caney with her husband, Bill Cullins, who is the chief administrative judge of the 14th Judicial
District.
Dr. Melinda Allen
Labette Health proposes emergency department in Indy
• continued from front page
ment.
• Labette Health would extend its existing hospital license into the yet-to-be-named
association so that proper and
legal licensing could be guaranteed in the emergency department.
• The City of Independence
would obligate its $3 million in
bonds, previously discussed in
other medical proposals, solely for the purpose to construct
or place an emergency department on behalf of the association. The City of Independence
would retain ownership of that
facility while the operations
would be leased to the association.
• Labette Health would obligate up to $500,000 in excess
of the $3 million in city bonds
for the project.
• Labette Health would fund
all operational losses of the
emergency department facility in excess of $500,000. That
means the City of Independence, through the proposed
non-profit association, would
be obligated to guarantee no
more than $500,000 per year
for 15 years as a stop-gap
measure to curtail operational
losses. If that $500,000 ceiling
limit is hit, then 100 percent of
the financial risk shifts to Labette Health.
Brian Williams, Labette
Health chief executive officer,
emphasized that off-campus
emergency departments typically are not “profit centers”
for medical providers. In fact,
most emergency departments,
regardless of their ownership,
tend to lose money. Why then
would Labette Health propose
an emergency department
when
prevailing
business
models show it to be a financial risk?
“Because I believe our staff
knows we can do it,” said Williams confidently. “This (Independence) is our only market.
We have to be successful in
what we do because we do not
have 130 other markets across
the nation to tap into.”
Parsons-based
Labette
Health, like other medical providers in the region, is looking
to tap into the Independence
market as a way to boost traffic in its own medical center.
However, Williams and other
Labette Health officials said
the reason they are pursuing
an emergency department in
Independence also has to do
with the increased volume of
emergency department traffic
at the Parsons hospital ever
since the closure of Mercy
Hospital in early October (see
adjacent story).
Additionally, activity in Labette Health’s Independence
primary care clinic and urgent
care, located in a commercial
office building at
Sixth and Laurel streets, has
increased tremendously —
leading Williams to propose
construction of a new clinic facility in Independence regardless the outcome of its emergency department proposal.
“My utmost concern is to
construct a new clinic for Independence because our existing facility simply can’t hold
the demand,” he said. “However, what I need to know
from the city commission is if
it wants to partner on creating
an emergency department. If
so, then that will make a difference in whether Labette
Health seeks a one-acre tract
for a new clinic or whether it
needs more land to include a
clinic, emergency department
. . . and have room for additional growth.”
Commissioners had plenty
of questions about the proposal, all of which was discussed
openly in public session. Williams was joined by other Labette Health officials at the
commission table to discuss
the proposal and the City of
Independence’s financial obligations.
Commissioner Fred Meier
appeared reluctant to dedicate
the City’s tax funds and limited debt capacity to a medical project that poses financial
risks.
“It’s going to cost us money .
. . a lot of money . . . down the
road,” said Meier.
Meier also noted that other
medical providers, namely
St. John Health System, Coffeyville Regional Medical Center, and Mercy Hospital, have
said that an off-campus emergency department could not be
supported in Independence.
He asked why those medical
providers believe an emergency department cannot work
while Labette Health believes
it can.
“Can this proposal be successful?” Williams asked rhetorically. “I can’t give you a
guarantee. But, we’re putting
the full weight and force of Labette Health behind it.”
Williams said one of the provisions in the proposal allows
a departure clause, where, after the third year of the emergency department, Labette
Health and the association can
chose to sever its relationship
and revert the facility solely to
a clinic and urgent care. The
City of Independence would
still own the facility. However,
the financial risk would be
reduced — if that would be
the decision of the governing
board.
However, if that provision
is not enacted after the third
year, then the emergency department would be required
to remain open through the
duration of the 15-year agreement, he said.
Mayor Leonhard Caflisch
had concerns and questions
about how the $3 million in
bonds, which have not been
officially issued, could be used
for the project . . . and if those
bonds would require voter approval before they are issued.
He also asked attorney Tim
Emert, who was present at
Monday’s meeting in absence
of city attorney Jeff Chubb, to
explore how the bonds that
have been discussed in earlier
medical proposals, would differ for the Labette Health proposal.
Commissioner Gary Hogsett
also had questions about the
proposal, noting the costs associated with it. He hinted at
appointing a citizen task force
to explore the proposal. He
also questioned the timeframe
for creating an election in
which city voters might have a
say on how the bonds could be
used.
However, Meier indicated a
desire to move ahead on the
discussion.
“I think we need to make a
decision ourselves very soon
— good, bad or ugly,” he said.
Commissioners agreed to
discuss the matter at Thursday’s commission meeting.
Because discussion during
the meeting revealed that the
City of Independence would
be responsible for erecting an
emergency department on behalf of Labette Health and the
unnamed association, it rules
out consideration for using the
now-closed Mercy Hospital as
a site for that emergency department. The Independence
City Commission two weeks
ago voted to continue discussions with Mercy Health System for the donation of the
now-closed hospital to the City
of Independence. City officials
have indicated the newer portions of the hospital could be
converted into municipal offices, thereby replacing the
nearly 100-year-old City Hall
at Sixth and Myrtle streets.
Mercy officials have indicated
it would provide some funds to
assist the City of Independence
with that conversion. The Montgomery County Chronicle has learned of
a non-compete clause that
Mercy has required in its negotiations with the City of Independence, whereby the City
could not use the former hospital for medical services that
could compete with St. John
Health System, the Oklahomabased medical provider that
is assuming some of Mercy’s
primary clinic and imaging
services in Independence effective Jan. 1, 2016.
Other facets of the proposal
that were discussed at Monday’s meeting:
• Dr. Melinda Allen, former
emergency department director at Mercy Hospital, has
been hired by Labette Health
to coordinate the emergency
department project in Independence.
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• Level 5....................................................................................................... 6.9 percent
(stable with no resources anticipated, except topical or oral medications, prescription)
Physician: recent ER data shows increased
traffic, higher severity level of illnesses
The recent closure of Mercy Hospital has
had a profound impact on emergency services
at Labette Health, a Parsons-based hospital.
Speaking at Monday’s special meeting of the
Independence City Commission, Dr. Michael
Farris, director of emergency medicine, presented statistics showing emergency department traffic since Mercy Hospital closed its
local hospital and emergency department in
early October.
Emergency department patients are graded
on the Emergency Severity Index (ESI), which
is a scale of 1 to 5 with level 1 being the most
severe while level 5 being the least severe. The
level of severity is based on a patient’s degree
• Labette Health, through
its hospital in Parsons, is allied with Freeman Health System, which is based in Joplin,
Mo. Freeman Health System
is initiating a physician training program whereby 150
medical students would come
to Freeman for further study
and practicum not only in Joplin but also allied facilities in
Parsons and perhaps Independence.
“This would be a great
training ground for the hiring
of new physicians,” said Williams.
Caflisch ‘embarrassed’
by legal maneuver prior
to Labette Health’s
proposal presentation
At
Tuesday’s
meeting,
Mayor Leonhard Caflisch exclaimed embarrassment at a
legal situation that raised its
head in the minutes leading up
to the meeting.
It’s still unclear what was
at the core of the legal situation. However, Caflisch said
city commissioners had received a letter from attorney
Frank Forbes, who represents
of medical condition, or acuity. Farris said the
Labette Health had noticed their daily average
acuity for levels 1 through 3 (which would be
medium to most serious medical condition) rose
from 55 percent to almost 60 percent since Oct.
9. The most serious medical condition (in levels
1-3) now occupy more than a majority of their
daily emergency department traffic.
“What we have seen since the Mercy Hospital closure are two things: more people coming to the emergency department, and they are
bringing with them more serious medical conditions that require more immediate response
from our existing emergency department staff.”
the City of Independence in
the healthcare discussions,
advising the commission as
to whether Labette Health’s
proposal should be discussed
openly or in executive session. While the letter was not
disclosed during the meeting,
Caflisch said Forbes advised
that the proposal should be
discussed openly because it
does not fit within the privileges for an executive session,
which is closed to the press
and public. Forbes’ letter was
presented to the commission
immediately before it gaveled
into session.
Previous commission meetings with all other medical
providers had been held in
executive session in order to
protect the negotiations and
confidential data of medical
providers’ financial condition.
At Monday’s meeting, all details, including aspects of the
usually-confidential Letter of
Intent, were openly discussed.
“I am embarrassed,” said a
red-faced Caflisch upon reading Forbes’ letter.
Attorney Tim Emert, who
was filling in for city attorney
Jeff Chubb, paused the meeting so he could confer private-
ly with Caflisch and the legal
counsel from Labette Health.
Once
the
commission
learned that the negotiations,
based upon Forbes’ recommendation, should be discussed openly, commissioners
began a discussion but not before city manager Micky Webb
placed his cellular telephone
on the commission table.
“Is someone on the telephone?” Caflisch asked.
“Yes. Frank Forbes is on the
phone,” said Webb.
“Why is he even a part of
this discussion in open session,” responded Caflisch.
“Okay, I’ll turn it off,” Webb
said, after which he removed
the telephone from the commission table.
Brian Williams, Labette
Health chief executive officer,
said it wasn’t customary to
have negotiations discussed
openly. However, in the spirit
of transparency and openness,
he was willing to air the negotiations openly.
“I’m not afraid to hang my
laundry,” said Williams with a
laugh. “I guess I’ll just hang it
in the front yard instead of the
back yard.”
Goedken to assume post in Iowa
• continued from front page
Part of the reason Goedken,
who is an Iowa native, chose to
apply for the city post in Humboldt is that it is much closer to
both sides of his family.
“Here, we’re nine hours
away from my wife’s parents
and mine,” he said. “Humboldt
is just three hours from them,
and family is important.”
He said his wife, Tara, and
sons Logan, age 4, and Hunter,
age 2, also have mixed emotions about moving and starting anew in a strange community.
“When we asked Logan, he
just said ‘no,’” Goedken said,
laughing. “He really likes it
here. We all do, and I’d be
lying if I said we won’t miss
Cherryvale.”
He said he hopes he has left
some big shoes for his successor to fill, citing the financial
stability his tenure has brought
to the City of Cherryvale. He
said he was proud that he was
able to show the council a way
to bring a halt to the practice
of transferring funds from
the water and sewer funds to
finance other uses and thus
depleting emergency money in
those vital utility funds.
“It would have been nice to
have had more time to help
Cherryvale become even more
financially stable, but I think
we made a good start, and
hopefully the person who replaces me will continue along
that path,” he said.
Goedken said he also is
proud of the City of Cherryvale,
during his tenure, obtaining
the grants needed for installing new sidewalks between
Lincoln-Central
Elementary
School and Cherryvale MiddleHigh School and the schools
and Logan Park.
Concerning regrets, Goedken said he is sorry he won’t
be in the community to continue to push the Cherryvale
Community Center to the point
of self-sustainment.
“I saw all of the hard work
volunteers put into that building to get it to this point, and I
really had hoped to be here to
see it successful and well used
by the community,” he said.
He also said getting the new
rubberized floors installed
should give use of the building
a big boost, as will allowing
the Recreation Commission to
use the gyms free of charge
for basketball practice for athletes in the younger grades,
and hosting adults’ classes
and programs provided by the
Wildcat Extension office.
“Most of all, I and my family
wish the best for Cherryvale,
and I personally ask that the
community look for the good
in the person the council hires
to do the job I’ve been doing
for the past couple of years,”
he said. “Whether you look for
the good or the bad in a person, you will find it.”
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Let’s hope Santa is savvy with
the tech whispers of today
We have only one pre-school grandchild
“Mama’s going to have a baby and I want a
little sister … not a brother!”
who is still in the Santa mode, so we’re
making the best of it. What joy children create
Santa raised his frosted eyebrows on that
when they stand in line to see the local version
one, but nodded his head anyway.
of Santa Claus, nervously memorizing a list of
When it comes to babies-in-arms — their
gifts they hope he will bring them.
parents are so eager to get that first picture
I watched a little girl climb on Santa’s lap in taken with Santa Claus. Then the time comes
and this big, scary-looking guy reaches out his
a local store, and before whispering in his ear,
arms and the baby screams like a hyena.
she carefully looked in all directions to make
sure nobody would hear her.
Let’s face it — getting
A toddler at the bank sat on
accustomed to Santa Claus
takes some time, and at least
Santa’s lap to get his picture
one good screaming session in
taken. And when it came time
the bank or fire station.
to get down, he wouldn’t let
RUDY TAYLOR
go. The little tike obviously
I’m married to a Christmas
Off the Cuff
had more stuff to talk about
season connoisseur, which I
— and sticking to the jolly old
vastly enjoy. We like to hear
man seemed a good idea.
carols sung on the town
square; watch parades of every size, all of
My own grandson, age 5, can talk for five
them equally corny but totally joyful; and
minutes about what Santa might bring him. I
we look forward to get-togethers of church
hope Santa can translate the electronic talk of
friends, family and company employees.
today, because the little boy’s list is outside my
realm.
We will attend at least one candlelight
He rattles off terms like Xbox 360, Avengers service in our local church, reminding
us of the true meaning of Christmas, and
Titan, Imaginext, Star Wars BB8 and anything
that says Leap Frog at the top, except don’t get we’ll spend more than we really should
on grandkids who make lists we don’t
baby stuff.
understand.
I glance at his mother and say, “Would he
like a ball glove?”
Our family plans a full get-together this
She smiles and says, “Sure, Dad … a ball
year, and we’re looking so forward to that.
We’ll laugh, dine and celebrate, always
glove will work. But remember, he’s only five.”
acknowledging the real meaning of the season.
My problem is that I grew up in a different
time when every kid knew exactly what he
And in the meantime, this old
or she hoped to get for Christmas. It was
newspaperman will listen and watch intently
narrowed down to one toy, clothing item, book
as the little ones gaze in awe at the standard
or maybe a new basketball.
bearer of downtown celebrations, firehouse
lines of children and lots of whispering about
So, watching and listening to kids as they
wants and wishes that they will share only
relate their multiple wishes to Santa Claus
with Jolly Ol’ Saint Nick.
makes me smile and wonder what the heck
they’re talking about.
Yes, Christmas-time’s a coming!
I did hear one little girl tell Santa Claus,
Of Angel Tree adoptions and holiday cookies
thoughts during the Christmas season: . . . giving the
gift of encouragement and
support during the Christmas
season . . . place a big red
candle on the kitchen table
and light it every evening
during family suppertime . . .
grade school students having fun making homemade
Christmas gifts in their classrooms . . . the joy of several
family members or friends
getting together for a Christmas cookie baking session . .
. enjoying the beauty of store
KATHY TAYLOR
Life’s Little Lifesavers
Christmas decorations while
shopping . . . listening to some
“jazzy” Christmas music while
eating in a restaurant . . . inviting a friend or relative, who
doesn’t have a church home,
to a special Christmas service
. . . watching the Christmas
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”
. . . be a generous Christmas gift giver and receiver .
. . giving yourself the gift of
living in peace, forgiveness
and acceptance . . . adopting a child from a community
angel tree for gift giving . . .
“Our hearts grow tender with
childhood memories and love
of kindred, and we are better
throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child
again at Christmas-time.” -Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Volume 130, No. 49 • December 10, 2015
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OUR THOUGHTS
Overcoming fear
“Let’s not be frightened” . . . wise words from Independence doctor
Perhaps the wisest challenge we’ve
heard regarding the healthcare crisis at
Independence came from a physician, Dr.
Anne Hogsett, M.D.
“Above all, let’s not be frightened,” she
confidently told an Independence Chamber
of Commerce gathering.
We couldn’t agree more.
The whole community needs to move
forward with a bit of a swagger.
Consumers need to patronize local stores
and shops, and everyone in the area should
look for the new possibilities in healthcare
which have already been adjusted to make
up for the longtime presence of Mercy Hospital.
Healthcare in Montgomery County has
changed mightily in the past two decades,
and even bigger changes will take place in
the future.
What we can do is control our own responses, and seek new avenues that will
lead us to reasonable and workable healthcare relief.
In today’s Montgomery County Chronicle
alone, you will read about a major proposal from Labette Health to partner with the
City of Independence to provide 24-hour
emergency care. That concept will be the
subject of an Independence City Commission meeting today (Thursday) at 5:30 p.m.,
and we would anticipate action on whether
to move forward with it.
Wilson County Medical Center made a
major announcement this week, too, with
their plans for advancing healthcare in
Montgomery County.
St. John Health Alliance is continuing a
good portion of the nuclear medicine and
imaging services previously offered by
Mercy, and they will retain a major clinical
presence in the Independence community.
Then there’s Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center, an acute hospital with a plethora of
specialists and physicians in attendance.
They will operate a women’s health clinic
in Independence offering services that are
rare for a small community.
So, yes, the hospital is gone, and so is the
historic name of Mercy.
But mercy itself survives in Independence, Kansas. It actually is more complete
than before, and offers plenteous opportunities for growth and expansion.
We see more hope today than we did a
month ago.
And, assuming the community doesn’t
get bogged down in nostalgia and trying to
make the “good old days” into our roadmap
for healthcare, there is actually light at the
end of this tunnel.
Frightened?
Not for a minute.
— Rudy Taylor
Welcome, MJD Products
Coffeyville opens door to Parsons-based manufacturer
Tuesday’s announcement that the Coffeyville Industrial Park will be the home
to MJD Products should come as welcome
news to Montgomery County (see page B8).
After being hit with the losses of two major industries and a major medical provider
in the past year and a half, it’s refreshing to
hear that an industry — even a small one
like MJD — is willing to sink its roots in
Montgomery County.
With three current employees, the Parsons-based company is obviously “small”
by most standards. But, the company —
aided with a trove of various tax and industrial incentives developed by city and county officials — has aspirations of growing to
30 employees in several years. CEO Chris
Alexander, who spoke at Tuesday’s Coffeyville City Commission, is no stranger to
Coffeyville. And, we see him as the type of
company owner who not only is answering
the telephone for sales calls but is unafraid
to work the late hours to make sure products are packaged, shipped and delivered
to customers.
A stain of elbow grease on the company
owner’s shirt sleeve makes us smile.
Everyone should be devout apostles of
the small business philosophy in Montgomery County. Yes, Montgomery County
has been helped over the years by several major industries. But, it is the small
companies like MJD Products that provide
community loyalty, community support and
community longevity. One only has to look
at the decisions by Mercy Health System,
Amazon.com, and Southwire Inc., as examples of how bottom-line-driven, corporate
thinking can tear apart communities. Decisions are made away from Montgomery
County. Top corporate leaders rarely visit
the local turf. And, taxpayers or employees
who have extended their wallets and their
labors for their companies end up feeling
short changed . . . perhaps even abused . . .
by hard-ball tactics.
We encourage city and county leaders
to continue the push to recruit and retain
smaller companies. The brotherhood of
small business stretches across the entire
county. That’s one virtue that can unite all
people in Montgomery County . . . and perhaps rebuild our economy.
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DATEBOOK
Indy couple takes 100th trip to theme park
If Independence residents trips, that makes 35,600 toHarold and Bette Baden have tal miles, which is about one
a home away from home, and a quarter trips around the
it would have to be the Sil- globe.
ver Dollar City theme park in
Branson, Mo.
Mother-daughter
They have been there 100
times — literally.
get major surprise
And, Harold has the docuat Brooks concert
mentation to prove it.
The Badens were consid- The hottest ticket in Kansas
ered Silver Dollar City VIPs as this week are Garth Brooks
they made their 100th visit to concert tickets in Wichita.
the theme park last Saturday. Shelby Demo and her mothThe
couple
er,
Belinda
has been visitDavis,
both
ing Silver Dolof
IndepenANDY TAYLOR
lar City since
dence, didn’t
My Montgomery
1965,
when
care
where
County
the
theme
they sat in the
park was only
spacious Infive years old
trust Center
and
when
in Wichita to
Branson, Mo.,
view country
was just a dot on the Ozark music’s top-selling star last
road atlas.
weekend. They were just hap “We always made it a goal py to be among the thousands
to visit Silver Dollar City when to enjoy Brooks’ sellout conour kids were younger,” said cert.
Harold. “We just grew to really For Demo and Davis, secenjoy it — even after the kids tion 212 was their destination.
grew up and became adults. And, with the number 212 on
We try to go three or four your ticket stub, you can also
times each year.”
expect to be sitting in the nose Even though Harold is a re- bleed section.
tired accountant, he still holds Imagine Demo’s and Davis’
true to the craft of numerically surprise when, upon arriving
organizing their periodic trips at their seats, they were conto Silver Dollar City. Harold fronted by concert staff. They
provided me with a spread- asked the Independence pair if
sheet that details each of the they would like front-row tick100 trips to the theme park ets.
since 1965.
That’s a great offer, they
And, his spreadsheet also thought, but what’s the catch?
details the mileage between The mother-daughter duo
Independence and Silver Dol- looked at each other skeptilar City. He calculates that it’s cally and sought more infora 356-mile round trip. At 100 mation from the concert staff
THURSDAYDEC.10
• The Chamber of Commerce Leadership Independence will hold its session IV
meeting.
• A community Christmas
dinner will be served at St.
Andrew Parish Center from
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Independence.
• The Caney City Library
will sponsor USD 436 Day at
the Scholastic Book Fair at the
library -- teachers will get a
20% discount.
• The Caney FFA Booster
Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. in the Caney
Valley High School vo ag room.
• The Caney Garden Club
will hold its monthly meeting
at 2 p.m. in the Caney Historical Museum.
• The Caney City Library is
open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• The Caney City Rec Center
will be open to the public from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8
p.m.
• The Caney Valley Historical Museum is open to the public 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Bette and Harold Baden were honored at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Mo., last weekend for having made their 100th trip to the
theme park. (Photo by Silver Dollar City)
employee.
After explaining how Brooks
likes to “plant” concert goers
in his venues to maximize the
concert experience, Davis and
Demo accepted the no-stringsattached offer. They gave
up their tickets in the upper
reaches of the Intrust Center
and made their way literally to
the front row — the best seats
in the house.
How close were Davis and
Demo to Brooks?
“If I wanted to, I could have
reached out and touched his
boots,” Demo said.
Demo excitedly flashed the
change-of-seat location to
her friends on Facebook and
snapped several photographs
showing her proximity to
Brooks.
“I still can’t believe it happened,” Demo said. “I think we
were just at the right place at
the right time. We weren’t doing anything to get the attention of the concert staff member. We were just a mother
and daughter who wanted to
enjoy the show.”
SATURDAYDEC.12
• The Shopping With Santa
Christmas Event” will be held
at USD 436 Lincoln Memorial
Elementary School from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., in the gym. Many
vendors and artisans will be
selling items for Christmas.
See detailed story found elsewhere in this issue.
• Santa arrives by train at
the SKO Depot on North Depot
street, and the public is invited
to ride the Christmas train at
10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Tickets, $10 a person, are sold
at City Hall and Community
State Bank. Children ages 5
and younger who can ride on
an adult’s lap for the duration
of the one-hour train trip can
ride for free. • Cherryvale will host its
annual lighted Christmas parade starting at 5:30 p.m. at
the corner of Carson and East
Main, and ending at the Community Center on South LIberty. There, the free movie “The
Polar Express,” will start at 7
p.m., along with free popcorn
and candy canes. Everyone is
invited.
• “Carols and Canapes” will
be presented at the Independence Historical Museum and
Arts Center at 1:30 p.m.
• Nostalgia Night at the Independence Cinemas, 7 p.m.
The movie “Elf” will be shown
free of charge and the event is
sponsored by FirstOak Bank.
Okay, world and neighbors, say it together … ‘be kind’
Every morning I drop my
10-year-old son off at school,
we go through the same routine. It used to be a kiss on the
cheek, then it changed to his
hand turning into a high five,
and now it’s just a vigorous
wave. We always say “I love
you! Have a good day!” And
off he goes into the big world
without me there to help him
along.
But as I pull away each day
and check in my rear view that
he has made it safely in the
doors, two words go through
my head: be kind.
That’s a double sided statement. I’m willing him to be
kind to others, show them
compassion, extend grace,
and love when nobody else
will. But I’m also begging this
big world to be kind to him in
return. Show him that same
compassion and grace when
he fails, and love him through
it all.
Last week as I watched
JENNY
DIVELEY
Pick A Little,
Talk A Little
the national news coverage
of the horrific attack in San
Bernardino, those two words
continued moving through my
mind.
Be
kind…be
kind….be
kind….
And quite honestly, I wasn’t
sure where to apply those
words at that moment. I have
no answers or solutions to
the problems we are facing
as a country, and we all need
to run away from people who
do claim to have all of the answers. The people who committed these horrible crimes
have turned against humanity and I am pretty sure that
“being kind” wouldn’t have
changed their plans.
Still, those words were
haunting me and as I waded
through my news feed on social media, I knew where we
could apply those two simple
words. Be kind … to each other.
We all have different opinions on guns, religious freedom, presidential candidates,
and what kind of toilet paper
to use. Lifetime friendships
and strong families are broken because of these different
views which are not respected
by the other person.
So I’m looking in my rear
view mirror this week and
those simple words continue
to roll through my mind. Be
kind.
Be kind in the parking lot
even when someone cuts in
front of you. Be kind at the
grocery store when your feet
are tired, the lines are long,
and the customer in front of
you starts digging out 50 coupons.
Be kind on social media
when hurtful things are so
easy to share, say, and do as
we hide behind the computer
screen. Be kind on the basketball court even when the people wearing black and white
stripes make a call with which
you disagree.
And, be kind to those faces
you see every day under your
roof, for those are the people
whose kindness in return
makes a happy life.
There are truly no easy answers to the problems of this
world. It gets louder and more
hostile every day. The hateful words shouted across the
airwaves solve nothing. And
those who are truly hurting
get quieter. The solutions are
multi-faceted, mind boggling,
and may never be seen.
I just feel that in our own
little networks of life, we can
solve a few of our own problems by simply being kind.
MONDAYDEC.14
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• The USD 436-Caney Valley
Board of Education will hold
its monthly meeting, which is
open to the public, at 6:30 p.m.
in the board meeting room,
y700 E. Bullpup Blvd.
• The USD 446-Independnece Board of Education will
hold its monthly meeting,
which is open to the public,
at 7 p.m., at Riley Education
Service Center, 10th and Oak
streets.
• The USD 445-Coffeyville
open to the public, at 6 p.m., at
Klotz Service Center, 615 Ellis,
in Coffeyville.
• The USD 446-Cherryvale
open to the public, at 7 p.m., at
the district office, 618 E. 4th,
Cherryvale.
• The Caney Pioneers 4-H
Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7:15 p.m. in the
Trinity Lutheran Church.
• The City of Tyro will hold
its monthly council meeting at
7 p.m. at the Tyro Christian
Church.
• The City of Havana will
hold its monthly council meeting at 7 p.m. in the Havana
City Hall.
• Fawn Creek 4-H Club will
hold its monthly meeting at the
Tyro Christian Church, 7 p.m.
• The Bolton Trailblazers
4-H Club will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. at the Bolton
Church.
open from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
is open to the public 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• The Independence High
School jazz band, concert band
and wind ensemble will present a free concert at 6 p.m. in
the IHS Performing Arts Center. The public is invited to attend.
• Montgomery County Commission will meet at 9 a.m., in
the lower level of the Montgomery County Judicial Center
in Independence.
TUESDAYDEC.15
• The Independence school
district orchestra program,
fifth grade through high school,
will present a free concert at 7
p.m. in the Independence High
School Performing Arts Center.
The public is invited to attend.
• The Can-Kan Dreambuilders of the Caney City Library
will hold its monthly meeting
at 7 p.m. in the library.
• The Caney Valley Antique
Power Association will hold its
monthly meeting at 7 p.m. in
the CVAPA meeting room.
• The Eva Chapter No. 18
Order of Eastern Star will meet
at 7:30 p.m. at 2000 W. Laurel
in Independence.
p.m.
• The Independence Chamber of Commerce’s Business
After Hours will be held at
Community National Bank &
Trust, 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAYDEC.16
p.m.
THURSDAYDEC.17
• The Independence High
School choral concert will be
performed at 7 p.m. in the IHS
Performing Arts Center, free of
charge. The public is invited to
attend.
p.m.
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CANEY
Sewer line breakdown will warrant rate increase
State mandates Caney sewer customers
to shoulder a $6.34 increase in rates
to replace century-old sewer main
BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org
CANEY — While most Caney
residents were enjoying turkey
and preparing for the Christmas holidays, Caney city and
state officials were scurrying to
resolve a sewer line emergency
in the community.
Those plans were revealed
at Monday night’s Caney City
Council meeting where City
Administrator Fred Gress reported that a long segment of
sewer main in the north part of
Caney will require immediate
fixing.
“There are no options on this
one,” said Gress. “The KDHE
has told us to get it fixed and do
it now. They have waived a lot
of the bureaucratic steps that
these projects usually require.”
Gress said the line runs along
Rose Street from North Main to
the west, to a point outside the
city limits, then traverses rural property to the wastewater
treatment plant located west of
town on 6th Street.
Gress said a Wichita company, Utility Maintenance Con-
tractors, was brought in for
one day, and they ran cameras
through the line which revealed substantial collapsing
and sewer flow restrictions.
At some junctures in this
process, UMC crews were able
to clean the sewer mains, but
the collapsed lines caused the
KDHE to flag the project as an
emergency.
Portions of this line are over
a century old, Gress told the
council, especially where the
line crosses under the South
Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad tracks.
“It will be expensive to cross
the railroad,” said Gress, noting that it will require a steel
sleeve more than 200 ft. long.
The portion of sewer line
to be replaced or repaired in-
volves a loop through the north
end of Caney. While there is
also a south loop on this system, Gress said it’s the north
end that the KDHE has deemed
an emergency and must be
fixed.
The painful part will be that
city taxpayers must borrow up
to $850,000 to get the lines
back to a state of efficient flow.
That’s the amount the council
approved for the emergency
loan through the state, although it may be less, depending upon bidding and how the
project transpires.
The state-mandated increase will take Caney’s basic
sewer rate from its present
level of $21.57 per month to
$28.01 — an approximate increase of $6.34 per month.
This will require a debt payment annually of around
$65,000 to $70,000.CC
The KDHE is allowing the
city to amend one of its existing loans to accommodate this
emergency construction.
The council was already in
the process of planning major
improvements at the wastewater treatment plant itself,
and Gress said that remains a
major issue. But the north loop
of sewer line comes first and
must be fixed.
The council’s approval of an
engineering agreement with
Allgeier-Martin and Associates
in Joplin will move the project
forward. This is the engineering company that designed the
plant some 40 years ago.
“This didn’t come overnight,” said Gress. “It’s been
coming for a number of years.
Again, we have no options but
to fix it.”
City’s water connection
to Chautauqua County
moving forward
The City of Caney’s longawaited connection to the
Chautauqua County water district is finally moving forward.
This proposed project has
been delayed for several
years, city administrator Fred
Gress told city councilors Monday night.
He has completed the first
draft of the Emergency Action
Plan for the state of Kansas,
and will now meet with Chautauqua County officials.
The eventual hook-up to
the rural water district will
provide Caney with access to
water during extreme drought
conditions only. Otherwise, the
valve will remain closed.
In the same project, a muchtalked-about water meter will
be installed at the Timber Hill
Lake located north of Nio-
taze which is Caney’s current
emergency source for water.
The project will be financed
with a $290,000 grant.
In other business at Monday’s Caney City Council meeting:
• The Caney Volunteer
Fire Department was granted
approval to purchase a cell
phone-based paging system
for approximately $1,200,
with another $1,000 to be paid
next year.
• Gress said the state forester will visit Caney next Monday, Dec. 14, to look at city
parks, rights-of-way and trees
in general.
He will hold a short meeting at 1 p.m. in the city council
room, and anyone interested
may attend.
Christmas shopping event set
for Saturday at Lincoln School
The winners of the Little Miss Christmas and Little Mr. Christmas 2015 contest were revealed prior to the Caney Christmas Parade,
Thursday evening, Dec. 3. Pictured, left to right, are: runner-up Brently Martin; Little Mr. Christmas 2015 Elijah Kelly; Little Miss
Christmas 2015 Alainys “Lani” St. Clair; and runner-up Farrah Jackson. The contest, based on a penny-a-vote, was sponsored by the
Can Kan Friends of the Caney City Library. Proceeds from the contest will go toward the new Caney City Library. (Photo by Kathy
Taylor)
Little Miss/Mr. Christmas winners announced
Winning the Little Miss Christmas and
Little Mr. Christmas 2015 are Alainys
“Lani” St. Clair, 6 years old, daughter of
Crystal Morris, and Elijah Kelly, age 5,
son of Tina Kelly. Runners-up were Farrah Jackson, 5, daughter of Jacob and
Shelby Jackson, and Brently Martin, 4,
son of Dustin and Brittany Martin. The
winners were announced Thursday evening, Dec. 3, prior to the Caney Christ-
mas Parade.
The winners were awarded prizes,
and all contestants received goodie bags
from the Can-Kan Friends of the Caney
City Library, sponsors of the contest.
Other contestants in the contest were
Gavin Raines, Joshlynn Frank, Casey
Manning and Michael Ferguson.
The contestants got to ride on a float
in the Caney Christmas Parade that
evening, as well as light the community Christmas tree near the Little White
Schoolhouse in downtown Caney.
Proceeds from the penny-a-vote contest will go toward the new Caney City
Library now under construction. Event
organizers thank the contestants, their
families, and community for supporting
the contest.
USD 436 MENUS
USD
436-Caney
Valley
breakfast and lunch menus
for Friday, Dec. 11, through
Friday, Dec. 18, follow. These
menus are for Lincoln Memorial Grade School and Caney
Valley Jr.-Sr. High School.
Menus are subject to change.
Salad bar and milk and fruit
choices are offered daily.
• Friday, Dec. 11: (breakfast) breadsticks/sauce or
whole grain cereal, orange
wedges, juice, milk; (lunch)
macaroni and cheese, meatballs, peas, baby carrots,
whole wheat roll/honey, apple
halves, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables.
• Monday, Dec. 14: (breakfast) apple frugal or whole
grain cereal, pears, juice,
milk; (lunch) cheesy chicken
spaghetti, tossed salad/romaine, fresh baby carrots,
whole wheat roll/honey, applesauce, milk, or pbj, choice of
fruits and vegetables.
• Tuesday, Dec. 15: (breakfast) sausage pancake/syrup
or whole grain cereal, applesauce, juice, milk; (lunch) BBQ
rib on a bun, romaine/tomato
slices, tri tater, green beans,
cherry crisp (6-12), banana,
milk, or pbj, choice of fruits
and vegetables.
• Wednesday, Dec. 16:
Snowball & Party
Dresses (in Junior sizes)
@Suzy Q in The Ruffled Roost
Third and Vine streets • Caney
(breakfast) whole grain blueberry waffles/syrup or whole
grain cereal, banana, juice,
milk; (lunch) pepperoni pizza,
fresh garden salad, seasoned
carrots, graham snacks (912), mandarin oranges, milk,
or pbj, tomato wedges, choice
of fruits and vegetables.
• Thursday, Dec. 17: (breakfast) biscuit and gravy or whole
grain cereal, assorted fruits,
juice, milk; (lunch) baked
chicken drumstick, fresh broc-
coli, corn, savory rice, oatmeal
roll/honey, peaches, milk, or
pbj, choice of fruits and vegetables.
• Friday, Dec. 18: (breakfast) chicken breakfast sandwich or whole grain sandwich,
orange wedges, juice, milk;
(lunch) sloppy joe on bun,
whole grain corn chips, baked
beans, sweet potato puffs, celery sticks (9-12), pears, milk,
or pbj, tomato wedges, choice
of fruits and vegetables.
If you haven’t finished your
Christmas shopping, you will
have the opportunity to do
during the “Shopping with
Santa Christmas Event” to be
held this Saturday, Dec. 12,
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Lincoln Memorial Elementary
School in Caney. Those attending should use the north door
to the gym (Taylor Street side).
A number of vendors and
artisans will be on hand to
sell their items: Essential
Oils, Amy Dowd, Mary Kay
with Tucker Bees Honey, Pat
Knotts, Thirty-One Bags - Leslie Brown, Tastefully Simple
- Ronda Cowan, Origami Owl Sandra Freidline, Purses/Magnet Jewelry - Ron, Pampered
Chef, Anita’s Prettiest (fashion jewelry), Bling & Things
Boutique - Leanne Robinson,
Wooden Toys/Crochet - Jerry
Lowrance, Blankets, Aprons,
Etc. - Sue Gillis, Pink Zebra Angela Lowrey, Porter Signs Carolyn Porter.
Also Tupperware - Heather Simmons, Scentsy - Holly
Denton, Snowmen Etc. - Sheila Carinder, Pocket Knives,
Dream Catchers - Beth Graham, Crafts by Wilma Rogers,
Wreaths and Small Christmas
Trees - Lana Graham, Handmade Wood Crafts - Betty
Delacruz, Jamberry - Stacey
Hughey, and several other
booths.
The Can-Kan Dreambuilders of the Caney City Library
will be serving concessions of
chili and vegetable soup plus
tea or water for $4 plus packaged snacks for $1.00. The
group’s famous Elliott pecans
will also be for sale.
Santa Claus will make an
appearance and parents may
bring their own cameras and
take pictures of their children
with him from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Planners for the “Shopping
with Santa Christmas Event”
are Ronda Cowan and Sandra
Freidline. This is the first year
for this shopping occasion
from Caney and area vendors
at the grade school, and Cowan and Freidline are hoping
for it to grow and continue in
the future.
The public is encouraged
to stop by Lincoln Elementary
and do some Christmas shopping on Saturday.
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CANEY
School board will
meet next Monday
The USD 436-Caney Valley Board of Education will see a
somewhat routine agenda when it meets at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 15.
The board will either approve or disapprove the responsible selling of school bus #9, bus #6 and two lots of equipment
through the website PurpleWave. They will also act on the anonymous donor’s gift of computer devices to the school district.
The information/discussion portion of the meeting will include
recognizing the CVHS girls’ golf team who placed first in the state
tournament, plus go over the reports submitted by the building principals, transportation/maintenance and superintendent.
Reports will also be given by board member representatives to
Tri-County Special Education and the Caney Valley Recreation
Commission.
Executive sessions, which are closed to the press and public,
will be held on the topics of personnel, and also a preliminary
discussion in relation to the acquisition of real property.
The consent agenda will be routine in approving the minutes
of the Nov. 9 school board meeting; bills, salaries and financial
statements; and the retirement of Susan Crowe as the Title I
teacher.
The monthly meeting is held in the board room at 700 E.
Bullpup Blvd., and is open to the public.
AREA TOWNS
4-H club celebrates Christmas season
Members of the Caney Pioneers 4-H Club rode on a float during the Caney Christmas Parade held last Thursday night. This parade has
become one of the largest in the area and always draws a good number of bands, floats and other entries. (Photo by Rudy Taylor)
USD 436 EVENTS
Planned activities at Lincoln Memorial
Elementary School for Friday, Dec. 11,
through Friday, Dec. 18, follow.
• Friday, Dec. 11: Hat Day at school.
• Tuesday, Dec. 15: Big Bash Party, 2 to
3 p.m.
• Thursday, Dec. 17: Lincoln Site Council will meet at 4 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 18: End of second nine
weeks; Reading Counts/Students of the
Month Assembly, 2:30 p.m.
*****
Scheduled events at Caney Valley Jr.-
MONTGOMERY
COUNTY
Sr. High School for Thursday, Dec. 10,
through Saturday, Dec. 19, follow.
• Thursday, Dec. 10: Caney jr. high basketball games at Fredonia, 6 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 11: CVHS debaters at
Fort Scott meet; FFA event at Fort Scott.
• Saturday, Dec. 12: CVHS debaters at
Fort Scott meet; CVHS wrestlers at Anderson County tournament.
• Monday, Dec. 14: High school basketball games at Southeast Cherokee, 5 p.m.;
jr. high basketball games at Humboldt, 6
p.m.
• Tuesday, Dec. 15: High school basketball games at Oxford, 4 p.m.
* Thursday, Dec. 17: Jr. high basketball
games at Neodesha, 6 p.m.
• Friday, Dec. 18: Regional debate
tournament at Independence; high school
wrestling meet at Miami, Okla., 9 a.m.;
high school basketball games with Dewey
at Caney, 6 p.m.
• Saturday, Dec. 19: Regional debate
tournament at Independence; high school
JV wrestling meet at Cherryvale; high
school wrestling meet at Miami, Okla.
U.S. Navy Lt. Andy Talbott, a Sedan High School graduate, speaks
to SHS students during an assembly on Monday. Talbott is a pilot
with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels flight demonstration team. (Photo by Rudy Taylor)
Chronicle
Church Directory
WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Jerry D. Davidson,
minister. (620) 778-6575. Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Church, 11 a.m. Mailing address for the church: Wayside Christian Church, 508 S. Spring, Caney, KS 67333.
NEW HOPE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: 908 E. Fourth,
Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 330-0121. Come and worship
with us at New Hope Christian Church, 908 E. 4th.
Sunday School for adults and youths starts 9:30 a.m.,
with coffee and donuts served. Sunday worship service
begins at 10:30 a.m. Guest speakers will include professors, teachers and students from Ozark Christian College. Find Hope in Christ Jesus at New Hope Christian
Church. Colossians 1:27.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CHERRYVALE:
Fourth and Montgomery streets, Cherryvale, KS. John
Chastain, pastor. (620) 336-2440. Sunday School-All
Ages, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship, 10:30 a.m.; 2nd
Sunday, Cookie Sunday; 4th Sunday, Fellowship Dinner. Wed. - Family Night - 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm - Free
dinner, 6:30 Youth Group and Ladies Bible Study, Monday - Men’s Bible Study - 6:00 pm.
CHERRYVALE CHRISTIAN CHURCH: Eric Lang, minister. 319 E. Main, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2533.
Free coffee and doughnuts on Sunday mornings, 10:15
a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday evening
6:30 p.m. Student Service. Love God, Love People,
Serve the World. Go to www.cheryyvalechristian.org.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: Gordon Willhite, pastor. 906
Elm Street, Coffeyville, KS. (620) 251-1710. Sunday
Church at Study, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Church at Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Church mission: Community-wide
breakfast last Saturday of every month, 8 a.m. to 11
a.m.; Game Day on Mondays, 1 p.m.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF
CHERRYVALE: 717 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan. (620)
336-3504. David Bennett, pastor. Website: www.
fsbccherryvaleks.com. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;
Sunday Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6
p.m.; Wed. Night Bible Study & Youth, 6 p.m.
NEW LIFE PRAISE & WORSHIP: David and Renea
Cavaness. 308 N. Liberty, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 3368027. Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m.; Morning
Worship Service is at 10:30 a.m. Sunday Youth Meeting
starts at 5:30 p.m., followed by Sunday evening worship at 7 p.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting and Bible
Study will be held at 7 p.m. For more information, go to
www.nlpw.org or send an e-mail to newlife@nlpw.org.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH: 108 N. Bradley, Caney,
KS. (620) 879-5604, church number; Rev. Jonathan
Schultz, pastor, (918) 520-9829 (pastor’s cell number);
Sunday School, 9 a.m.; Church, 10 a.m.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF CANEY: 100 E.
Fourth, P.O. Box 141, Caney, Bill Wright, pastor. Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Worship Service, 10:30
a.m.; Wednesday Adult Bible Study, 6 p.m.
9-17-15
TYRO CHRISTIAN CHURCH: David Bycroft, evangelist. Box 307, Tyro, KS. (620) 289-4433. Traditional
Worship Service, 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School, 10 a.m.;
Contemporary Praise/Worship, 11 a.m.; Sunday Eve.
Worship & Youth Classes, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Youth
Classes, 7 p.m.
CHERRYVALE ASSEMBLY OF GOD: Pastor Jeffrey L.
Owen, 305 E. Main. Sunday school 9:30 a.m.; Sunday
morning worship 10:30 a.m. Call (620) 217-9665 for
other service times. “Come & Dine” free community
meal 5 p.m. on the fourth Saturday of each month, unless otherwise noted.
SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Sixtus Ye
Myint, priest. 303 N. Hooker, Caney, KS. Sunday Mass,
11 a.m.; Weekday Masses on Monday, 8 a.m.; Confessions are before Mass; CCD/PSR Classes on Sunday at
9:30 a.m.; Altar Society, Wednesday, 7 p.m.
CORNERSTONE CHURCH OF CANEY: Brad Sanders,
pastor. 900 S. Ridgeway, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5220.
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Morning Worship,
10:40 a.m.; Sunday Night Service (during summer),
6:30 p.m.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CATHOLIC CHURCH: Fr. Andrew Heiman, pastor. 202 S. Liberty, Cherryvale, KS.
Parish Hall: (620) 336-2599. All mail and calls to St.
Andrew Parish in Independence, KS: (620) 331-1789.
Sunday Mass, 8 a.m.
CANEY ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 2nd
and Vine streets. Worship led by Rev. Tim Black. Adult
& children’s Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Worship at 11
a.m. Wednesday Kids’ Quest/Prayer Meeting at 6:30
p.m. For more info call (918) 331-6334. Visit caneyopc.
org for more information.
CHERRYVALE CHURCH OF CHRIST: Stan Bryan, minister. North Hwy. 169, Cherryvale, KS. (620) 336-3948.
Sunday Bible Study, 10 a.m.; Preaching, 11 a.m.;
Wednesday Bible Study, 7 p.m.
CROSS POINT BAPTIST CHURCH OF CANEY: Joshua
Eaton, pastor. South 75 Highway, Caney, KS (620) 8792839. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 a.m. Website:
crosspointcaney.com.
COFFEYVILLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH: 300 W. 9th
Street (corner of 9th & Willow), Coffeyville, KS; Dr. J.
Dean McNamara, pastor; Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.;
Sunday Services, 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wednesday,
Adult Bible Study, Office “Ivy Room”, 6:30 p.m.; Youth,
“R.C.” Kids, Main Church Social Hall, 6:30 p.m. Phone:
(620) 251-3980; www.coffeyvillefbc.com.
FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH OF INDEPENDENCE: Ryan Carpenter, pastor. 918 W. Chestnut,
Independence, KS. (620) 331-3810. www.fsbindependence.com. SERVICES: Sunday Morning Bible Study
for all ages, 9:30-10:30 a.m.; Worship Service, 10:45
a.m.; Sunday Evening Service, 6 p.m.; Wednesday
Night Bible Study/Prayer & Youth, 6:30 p.m.
CROSSROADS COMMUNITY OF CHRIST: three
miles north of Dearing, Kan., at the corner of county
roads 3900 and 2600. Pastors are Melissa McIntosh.
Leslie Brooks, and Johnna Hugo. Church school 10
a.m., Worship service 11 a.m. Crossroads is a welcoming congregation to all races, genders and orientations. Phone 620-331-9294.
LIBERTY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Bill Booe,
pastor. Sunday morning service, 9 -10 a.m. (nursery
available). Sunday school for youth and adults, 10:1510:45 a.m. Other events include Kids Club and Food,
Fun & Fellowship at 6:30 p.m. on 1st, 3rd Wednesday
of each month; Bible Study on 2nd Wednesday of
each month; Family Night on 5th Wednesday of each
month. Youth Group meetings at 5 p.m., on 2nd and
4th Sundays of each month. P.O. Box 175, Liberty, KS
67351. Call (620) 330-3432.
CHRIST’S CHURCH AT CHERRYVALE: 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday night Bible study at 1000 E. 4th St., Cherryvale. We welcome new friends and returning brothers and sisters back after Pastor Louie Celaya’s period
of recovery. Sunday morning services considered at a
later date. Watch this listing for updates, or call (620)
702-6024 for more information.
CANEY CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE: Keven
Grigg, pastor, 407 N. Spring, Caney, KS. 620-8792101. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday Worship,
10:30 a.m.; Youth Group, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.;
Divorce Care, www.divorcecare.org. For events see
our Facebook page and Instagram.
CHERRYVALE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: 305
W. Third, Cherryvale, Kan. (620) 336-2375. Pastor Carl
Ellis. Worship 11:00 a.m., Sunday School for all ages,
9:45 a.m. Preschool is open from September to April.
Nursery is available every Sunday.
FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD OF CANEY: Mike Morris,
minister. 301 N. McGee, Caney, KS. (620) 879-5255.
Morning Worship, Sunday, 10 a.m.; Evening Worship,
Sun., 6 p.m.; Sunday Youth Meeting, 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service, 6:30 p.m.; Children’s Church, 1st, 2nd,
3rd & 5th Sundays of the Month.
CANEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: Will Kenyon, pastor. 114 N. High, Caney, KS. (620) 879-2648.
Caney United Methodist Church: where God, tradition
and community intersect. Pastor Will Kenyon leads us
in worship at 10:45am which follows Sunday school
at 9:30am. Community meal open to all on the 2nd
and 4th Wednesdays of the month. Come be a part
of living out God’s mission. Reach out and transform
lives by sharing Christ’s love. You matter to God, and
you matter to us.
The cost to have your church listed in
this advertisement is $10 per month. To
have your church listed on this Church
Directory, call Emalee Mikel, ad director
for the Montgomery County Chronicle,
at 1-800-592-7606.
Blue Angel pilot
returns to hometown
to speak to students
BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org
SEDAN — U.S. Navy Lt.
Andy Talbott visited his hometown of Sedan on Monday,
walking the hallways at Sedan
High School where he graduated, and addressing a packed
auditorium of grades 6-12 students.
Talbott and two fellow pilots with the Blue Angels flight
demonstration team flew from
their home base in Pensacola,
Fla., to Bartlesville then drove
to Sedan.
They also brought their
flight maintenance officer. All
four of the officers visited with
students, staff and friends at
the high school on Monday
morning.
“It seems like only yesterday
that I sat right where you’re
sitting today,” said an appreciative Talbott who graduated
from SHS in 2002.
“When I walk these hallways, nothing has changed …
and that’s good,” he said.
Talbott said his purpose in
flying home was to help give
a spark to students, making
them want to do something
good with their lives.
“You’re not too young to
aspire to greatness,” said Talbott, adding that he was only
four years old when he first
remembers wanting to fly airplanes.
“Whatever your interest,
you can have dreams and try
to achieve them,” he said.
He asked students to tell him
what they hope to do after
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high school. Answers ranged
from being a farmer to a canine officer to becoming a U.S.
Marine.
Talbott
said
students
shouldn’t worry if they haven’t
yet chosen a career. “You’ll
probably change your minds
many times before you’re an
adult,” he said.
A member of the Blue Angels for the past two years,
Talbott said he enjoys his work
and considers it a privilege to
represent the U.S. Navy in
flight demonstrations and air
shows.
He has most recently served
as an F/A -18 Strike Fighter
pilot and continues to get promotions and assignments that
stretch his long-time piloting
skills that started in his hometown where he became a pilot
while still in high school.
Talbott served two deployments in the Mideast where he
flew from a carrier in his F/A
18 Strike Fighter.
There are 16 Blue Angels
officers including the five primary pilots of the blue-andyellow FA-18 jets.
His mother, Reta Talbott
of Sedan, sat on the front row
during Monday’s program,
and she has traveled to view
many of his air shows. His father, Tony Talbott, resides in
Wichita.
Talbott went through a
leadership philosophy with the
student — one that he follows
as a Naval officer and pilot.
He used the tight formation
philosophy of the Blue Angels
to make comparisons to students and their lives.
Pointing to his fellow pilots,
and a maintenance officer, he
said, “We don’t do this alone.
We’re a team.”
He emphasized the goals of
hard work, surrounding yourselves with good people, closing doors on drugs and alcohol
and developing a winning attitude.
“In life, we all rely on each
other,” he said.
Many of Talbott’s hometown
friends attended the assembly.
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CHERRYVALE
Christmas arrives in Cherryvale
with train rides, parade, movie
Santa Claus will announce his presence with
a train whistle instead of his traditional sleigh
bells Saturday when he makes a naughty-ornice checkup run to Cherryvale.
Cherryvale police Sgt. Shannon Plumley said
Santa will arrive aboard a train at the SKO depot, courtesy of the Cherryvale Police Explorers, Watco Inc. and Heart of the Heartland nonprofit railroad museum in Corona, Kan.
The public can ride the train with Santa and
his helpers for an hour-long Christmas journey at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday,
Dec. 12. Santa will be listening to children’s
gift wishes, and local volunteers from the Trail
Writers writing club, City Hall and the Friends
of the Cherryvale Public Library will be aboard
the train in person to read “The Polar Express.” Tickets are $10 for each passenger regard-
Truly exemplary
The Grand Lodge Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Kansas and Fortitude Lodge 107 in Independence surprised two individuals with special awards last Friday. Presenting the award to Cherryvale
Middle-High School’s “Exemplary” teacher Leigh Ann Griffin (center) were Lodge 107 Master Pat
Tucker on the left and treasurer Jerry Allison. Cherryvale High School’s “Exemplary” award student,
senior Trenton Smedley, was not available for the presentation. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Ministerial Alliance invites public
to Christmas program on Sunday
The
Cherryvale
United
Methodist Church at North Labette and West Third streets
will host the Cherryvale Ministerial Alliance’s “Bringing
Our Gifts to the Manger,” a
program of Christmas carols,
Christmas anthems, poems,
readings and stories, starting
at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13.
“Just as the Wise men
brought their gifts to the man-
Holiness Church
to host Christmas
program, dinner
ger, we can each bring our
gifts to Jesus,” said UMC Pastor Carl Ellis.
Everyone is invited. Re-
freshments follow the free
program, and any donations
will go to assist the Cherryvale
Food Bank.
Presbyterians host free soup supper
The First Presbyterian Church in Cherryvale hosts a free
soup supper for the public at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the
church, corner of Montgomery and East Fourth streets, immediately south of Lincoln-Central Elementary School.
“When we first started we had about 50 people, and it has
kept growing since then,” said Pastor John Chastain. “We are
up to more than 100 people a lot of the time, and everyone is
welcome to come and join us.”
For more information, call (620) 421-0541.
Come and Dine meal set for Dec. 19
The Assembly of God church at 305 E. Main, Cherryvale, inThe Bible Holiness Church, vites the community to the monthly Come and Dine free meal at
606 E. Park St., Cherryvale, 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19.
will host a Christmas program The monthly meal normally occurs on the fourth Saturday of
and Christmas dinner on Sun- each month, but was moved up a week because of the Christmas
day, Dec. 13. weekend. The normal schedule resumes in January.
The morning worship ser- The free meal is a time of fellowship and food, open to anyone
vice with the special Christ- who wants to come. Unless they plan to bring a large group,
mas program begins at 10:45 guests do not need to RSVP or contact the church ahead of time
a.m. Children need to be at the at (620)336-2356. They don’t need to be members of the church,
church by 9:45 a.m. for Sun- and there are no income requirements or guidelines.
day school to prepare for the
program. Adult Sunday school
also starts at 9:45 a.m.
Barbara Forman, a church
member, said the children in
the Christmas program are
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children newborn through age 5 who sit on
their parent’s or grandparent’s lap for the duration of the trip can ride for free.
In addition to hearing Christmas wishes at
the SKO depot on South depot STreet, jolly old
St. Nicholas also will appear at the Cherryvale
Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in the afternoon. Then in the evening, he will ride in the
Cherryvale lighted Christmas parade that starts
at 5:30 p.m., making its way past the grade
school and City Hall, through the downtown retail district, and ending at the Cherryvale Community Center. Once at the community center, everyone is
invited to a free showing of the family-friendly
Christmas classic movie, “The Polar Express.”
The movie starts at 7 p.m. Free popcorn, bottled water and candy canes will be provided.
Library group to offer walking tacos
to warm parade spectators’ palates
BY DONNA CELAYA
Finding the perfect spot and
waiting for the lighted Christmas lighted parade to start
can work up an appetite, and
the Cherryvale Public Library
has the solution to that dilemma. Library volunteers will
be selling walking tacos from
a spot in front of Newton’s
Hardware starting at 4 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12. The parade
starts at 5:30 p.m.
Friends of the Library vol-
unteers also will be handing
out candy canes and information about the Book Buddies
book and video home-delivery
program for shut-ins and folks
recuperating from illnesses
and surgeries. Book Buddies is
a free service provided by the
Friends of the Library.
The parade route starts at
the corner of South Carson
and East Main streets, makes
its way west on Main to Liberty, and then turns south, ending at the Cherryvale Commu-
nity Center.
There, the City of Cherryvale will treat everyone to a
free showing of the Christmas
classic family movie, “The Polar Express,” along with free
popcorn, bottled water and
candy canes for the kiddies.
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CHERRYVALE
Council awards bank Fire-rescue dept. to host Angel Tree bake sale Dec. 19
Everyone invited to
celebrate with nursing
bid, tables employee home
residents Dec. 22
wellness proposal
BY DONNA CELAYA
The City of Cherryvale will
continue to bank with Community National Bank and Trust
in Cherryvale.
The city council on Monday
awarded the bid to CNB under
an agreement for a three-year
term and alternate interest
rate.
The council also issued a
general request for engineering qualifications for future
projects, and
entered Montgomery County’s pictometry agreement
in hopes that it will eventually lead to establishing a geographic information base for
Cherryvale, according to Hillary Lawrence, city clerk.
The council agreed to the
community center advisory
board’s request to let the
Cherryvale Recreation Commission use the gymnasiums
at the community center free
of charge for the duration of
the basketball season. Coaches have had to stack practices
one after the other in the facilities already used for practice. The use of the community
center should allow for earlier
practices for younger players, the council learned. Practices will occur during normal
hours when the center already
is open, and teams will switch
to half-court practices if members of the community show
up wanting to play basketball.
City administrator Travis
Goedken said city residents
can pay a $10 monthly mem-
bership fee added to their water bills, if they prefer, or they
can pay that fee by separate
check or cash. Those who do
not want a membership can
try out the facility by paying a
$1 daily fee each day they use
it.
The council also tabled establishing an employee wellness program in partnership
with Cherryvale 24HR Fitness
next door to the police station, pending more in-depth
information from the city’s
insurance carrier concerning
liability and workman’s compensation if an employee were
to suffer an injury while using
the fitness facility.
Leaf pickup sticking
to original schedule
Cherryvale
city
crews
skipped over some areas of
town when rain made picking
up leaves nearly impossible
and moved on to the regular
schedule when things dried
out again.
Public Works director Wade
Webber told the city council
on Monday evening that city
crews will go back over those
areas where residents and
businesses were skipped during the wet weather so that
all of the leaves are disposed
of before the weather worsens
this winter.
Webber also said his crew
handled water main and sewer line repairs in November,
and replaced some valves that
• see Leaf removal, page A10
BY DONNA CELAYA
Cherryvale Fire-Rescue personnel will host a bake sale to
benefit a host of silver-haired
angels.
“There are other Angel
Trees in town for children,
and those seem to be better
supported than the one at the
(Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation) care center has
been,” fire chief Jesse Reed
said. “We want to make sure
each resident at Cherryvale
Nursing and Rehab has a present to open at Christmas.”
The bake sale starts at 10
a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19, at the
fire station and runs until all
of the baked goods are sold.
Proceeds from the bake sale
will be used to purchase Angel
Tree gifts for the nursing home
residents.
Dec. 19 also is the deadline
for claiming an angel ornament from the tree in the nursing home’s lobby, purchasing
gifts and returning them to the
nursing home. The gifts should
be unwrapped and include the
angel ornament from the tree
to ensure the gifts get to the
correct recipients.
Then residents will receive
their gifts at the annual Christmas Pie Social and Christmas
Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center administrator Tammie Hawkins and Tillie, a nursing
resident’s pet peekapoo dog, survey the remaining angels on the Angel Tree in the lobby. Each angel
ornament contains the gift wish list of a resident at the nursing home. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
party at 2 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 22. The party is open to
residents’ family and friends,
and the community. RSVP to
activities director Tara Hougardy at (620) 336-2102 or
by e-mailing activities@cherryvalecarecom.
As Christmas nears, Angel Tree deadlines also loom
BY DONNA CELAYA
The deadlines are almost
here for bringing gifts back to
the Angel Tree locations where
the givers obtained angel or-
naments listing gift wishes for
needy children in the community, and for elderly residents
of the local nursing home.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 is the
deadline for taking the bagged,
unwrapped gifts to the box beneath the Angel Tree at G&W
Foods in Cherryvale. And Saturday, Dec. 19, is the deadline
for dropping off unwrapped
gifts with the angel tree ornament wish list at Cherryvale
Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center’s Angel Tree. Those who took ornaments
from the trees with the intention of providing gifts but have
discovered they cannot do so,
for whatever reason, should
return the ornaments to the
trees from which they were
taken so that those recipients
will not be left without gifts
this Christmas.
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with an interest in writing to
join them as they explore the
various genre and encourage
each other to keep on writing.
The group meets at 6:30
p.m. on the first Tuesday of
each month. The next meeting
will be a New Year’s party on
Jan. 5 at the Cherryvale Public
Library, unless a different location is announced closer to
that date. The chosen topic for
Jan. 5 is “new beginnings.”
The members take turns
reading from the projects they
have written according to the
chosen topic, from their newly
published books or poems, or
from other books, manuscripts
or poems they have written or
are working on, and they share
tips on getting published, and
entering and winning contests.
The 10 members and guests
who attended the Dec. 1 meeting exchanged “upcycled” and
“regifted” Christmas gifts, and
they learned Cherryvale High
School art instructor Casey
Lickteig has agreed to bring
some of his students to a Trail
Writers meeting to see if any
of them have an interest in illustrating book covers or children’s books.
Membership in Trail Writers is free. The club is a
branch of Kansas Authors
Club, District 3. Members do
not have to join KAC D3, which
costs $25 a year, but KAC publishes members’ submissions
in its newsletters, presenting a
streamlined route to becoming
a published poet or author.
For more information, call
president Joyce Long at (620)
515-4039.
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CHERRYVALE
Large number of youth
basketball players puts
demands on gym space
BY DONNA CELAYA
Almost half of the entire
student population in grades
4-6 have signed up for youth
basketball this season.
That degree of enthusiasm
is fairly rare. Even more rare
is finding the space to accommodate the young athletes and
their practice schedules.
The Cherryvale Recreation
Commission, which coordinates youth basketball programs in Cherryvale, spoke
about the space issue at its
Dec. 3 meeting.
The Cherryvale Middle-High
School Gym and the LincolnCentral Elementary School
Gymnasium are used by high
school and junior high school
athletes, leaving the grade
schoolers with practice times
after the middle and high
school students finish. Gymnasium space at the First Presbyterian Church is also used for
overflow practice locations.
“We’re talking about kids
who are younger and should
have an earlier bedtime, so
they need a place where they
can practice earlier in the
evening, instead of having to
wait until the older athletes
are finished,” said recreation
commission director Taniena
Whittley.
The recreation commission agreed to have its newest
member, Brad Hugo, ask the
Cherryvale Community Center
Advisory Board to allow the
Rec. Commission coaches and
players to use the gymnasiums
at the community center either
free of charge or at a dramatically reduced price.
Coaches would reserve
practice time like anyone else,
by calling City Hall, chairman
Todd Kessler said.
On a related note, the recreation commission has joined
a new league, the Tri-Valley
League for its young basketball players. Tri-Valley League
also includes Fredonia, Caney,
Neodesha, West Elk, Sedan
and Oklahoma Union.
“There are lots of benefits to
our kids with this new league,”
Whittley said. “There are more
sixth-grade teams so they will
get to play a lot more.”
Actual games start on Jan.
2, meaning the teams will play
a shorter, more packed schedule of games in a two-month
season, she said.
Team members also will be
sporting new reversible jerseys. The players will not take
the jerseys home with them.
Instead, coaches are responsible for cleaning them and then
distributing them on game
days.
Whittley also said the recreation commission needs
four officials to officiate the
games. Officials must be at
least 18 years old, and everyone she has contacted has
been booked already, she said.
Anyone interested in officiating the games should contact
Whittley at (620) 330-7573 or
at Lincoln-Central Elementary
School, (620) 336-8140.
In other business at its Dec.
3 meeting, the recreation commission:
• discussed refurbishing
the old tennis courts at Lake
Tanko and making them usable again. The commission
plans to seek grants to help
defray the expense.
• agreed to erect no-parking signs along one side of
South Galveston Street after
the new parking area is completed. Signs cost in the ballpark of $15 each. Commissioners said they are concerned
that children dashing between
parked cars to get to and from
the ballpark and playground
equipment on opposite sides
of the road could be seriously
injured or worse.
• unanimously agreed to
spend up to $500 for about five
tons of gravel to stop erosion
in the parking area surrounding the ball park adjacent to
Lake Tanko.
• will add a director’s evaluation to the bylaws at Whittley’s suggestion.
• will review and update the
commission’s bylaws, constitution and policies.
• discussed and tabled the
topic of providing a telephone
stipend for Whittley, who uses
her personal call phone to
transact commission business.
“I get calls and texts all day,”
she said.
• learned a responsible
party or parties is sought
to run the concession stand
during basketball and baseball seasons. Call Whittley for
more details. “With two gyms,
we will need two concession stands and people to run
them,” she said.
• learned of an opening for
a good groundskeeper for the
Lake Tanko ball park in the
summer. The groundskeeper would not have to mow,
but would be responsible for
minor repairs, maintenance,
some setup and cleanup at the
park.
Christmas bells are ringing
Pupils in grades kindergarten, first and second grades at Lincoln-Central Elementary School in Cherryvale presented their Christmas
concert on Wednesday evening. Here, members of the first-grade class sing a song during a rehearsal that involves jingling the bells
each of them holds. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
Christmas season
also is time for
increased crime,
fake currency
BY DONNA CELAYA
Christmas brings out the
best in most people, and the
worst in some.
Cherryvale
police
chief
Perry Lambert said law enforcement agencies all over
Kansas are reporting a rise in
the number of burglaries and
counterfeit currency, not to
mention identity theft.
Christmas, the season to be
jolly, also is the season to take
extra precautions to ensure it
stays merry and bright.
“Lock your homes and cars
so that burglars and thieves
can’t get in and take your
things,” Lambert advised.
“This is the time of year when
people are handling more
money than normal, and there
is counterfeit money circulating all over southeast Kansas.
Look carefully at every large
denomination bill you get, regardless of where you get it.”
The police department is
working with other agencies
in southeast Kansas and have
identified a probable suspect
responsible for passing the local counterfeit money, he said.
Committee to advise free gym usage
for youth basketball practices
BY DONNA CELAYA
As long as the Cherryvale
Recreation Commission uses
the Cherryvale Community
Center for youth sports practices during open hours and
agrees to switch to half-court
practices to share the courts
Leaf removal
on schedule
• continued from previous page
had caused water pressure to
drop to a trickle for some city
residents, “and some had been
like that for years,” he said.
City
clerk/assistant
city
manager Hillary Lawrence
said Lake Tanko was stocked
with trout early in November,
and they’re fair game for anyone with a fishing license and
a trout stamp.
She also said the community center is preparing to offer
monthly classes and programs
through the Wildcat Extension
office free of charge to city residents, starting in January. She
said she is preparing a schedule that will be available soon
for anyone interested in participating in the free classes.
The only cost associated with
some of the classes will be for
materials used by the participants. Call City Hall at (620)
336-2776 for more information.
with the public, they shouldn’t
have to pay the usual fees to
rent the gym during basketball
season.
That was the Cherryvale
Community Center advisory
board’s unanimous decision
on Dec. 4. The recommendation was the result of a discussion and a vote prompted by
a request from one of its own
board members, Brad Hugo,
who also is the newest member
of the recreation commission.
The advisory board also
learned the recreation commission will supply its own
equipment and balls. Using its
own equipment and practicing during hours already open
to the public will save the city
from having to pay an employee extra to open and close the
facility and the locked equipment room.
The advisory committee’s
recommendation was to go before the Cherryvale City Council on Monday, Dec. 7. The
council’s decision is in a related story in this issue of the
Montgomery County Chronicle.
The advisory board also
took time on Dec. 4 to look at
the new movie screen that has
been installed in the smaller
gymnasium just in time for the
free showing of the Christmas
movie, “The Polar Express,” on
Saturday evening, Dec. 12.
“There’s some pretty positive buzz about the activities
coming up on Saturday and
about the free movie out here
at the community center,”
Hugo said.
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INDEPENDENCE
“LET’S NOT BE FRIGHTENED” ABOUT HEALTHCARE OPTIONS, SAYS DR. ANNE HOGSETT
Commissioner, doctor see hope for local healthcare future
BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org
Issues surrounding healthcare in Independence were
given some tag-team treatment during the First Friday information session. The
monthly event was sponsored
by the Independence Chamber
of Commerce and the City of
Coffeyville.
All three city commissioners were joined by city manager Micky Webb in addressing the medical situation. City
Commissioner Gary Hogsett
was joined by his wife, Anne
Hogsett, M.D., in describing
the ongoing changes to the
medical scene.
The Hogsetts’ high energy
presentation was intended to
clear up misinformation about
the Mercy Hospital closure,
the donation of certain hospital assets to the City of Independence, and how the medical community will continue
to function — even without a
hospital.
“Why small hospitals close”
introduced the program with
Dr. Hogsett pointing out these
key reasons:
• There are now fewer patients in these hospitals. Hogsett said the way physicians
treat patients has changed
considerably in the past two
decades, and one result is that
fewer of them are being admitted into a hospital.
• Everyone in the medical
field is experiencing declining
reimbursement from Medicare. This issue continues to
get worse, and local hospitals, healthcare practitioners
and local pharmacies take the
brunt of the losses.
• Growing regulatory burdens from government make it
extra difficult for small hospitals. Even the State of Kansas
with its stand against Medicaid expansion has become a
factor.
• Populations in rural states
are declining.
• Local hospitals must pay
considerable amounts to pay
for emergency room calls
when patients have no insurance.
Specifically about Mercy
Independence, the Hogsetts
said the 2011 tornado that hit
Joplin and totally destroyed
St. John’s Hospital required
corporate Mercy to dedicate
billions of dollars to rebuilding the new Mercy Hospital in
Joplin, and that placed other
Mercy hospitals in the area
with a lower priority.
But Dr. Hogsett also offered a reason that made the
chamber crowd squirm. “Independence did not use their
hospital as much as they could
have,” she said.
“When we don’t use the
hospital, we’re not going to
have it,” Dr. Hogsett said.
In the past 20 years, only 17
percent of Independence residents received hospital services at Mercy, she said.
From Dec. 1, 2014 to August 3, 2015, there were 5,398
emergency department visits, Hogsett said, and 5,204 of
those were non-emergencies.
In truth, they could have been
handled by Urgent Care centers, such as now serve Independence in two different locations.
“We have an Independence
paramedic who can start IVs
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for day-to-day illnesses.
Last year, only 194 of those
emergency departments visits
resulted in admittance to Mercy Hospital, Hogsett said.
Dr. Hogsett rifled through
the healthcare facilities in
Independence that were not
in the community two years
ago. She talked about Labette
Health and its urgent care
center and clinic. She touted
Labette Health in Parsons as
the only stroke center in this
area.
She said Wilson Medical Center, which is based in
Neodesha, has a growing clinic in Independence.
Coffeyville Regional Medical
Center continues to operate a
women’s clinic and a physician’s clinic, and its hospital in
Coffeyville offers state-of-theart healthcare, hospitalization
and specialty clinics.
She herself will complete
her duties as a clinic physician
at the Mercy Physicians Clinic
in Independence on Dec. 18,
then will begin Jan. 1 working
for Coffeyville Regional Medical Center.
And, St. John Health Alliance will continue its presence
with a primary care clinic,
imaging services, a pharmacy
and the exercise center located on North Penn in Independence. A nuclear medicine
facility will continue to serve
all doctors and medical facilities in the area. (See separate
story in this edition).
All in all, the Hogsetts made
a unified call to citizens of
Independence: “Let’s not be
frightened by healthcare options,” she said.
Then it was Commissioner
Gary Hogsett’s turn to discuss
the donation of specific buildings and equipment to the City
of Independence by Mercy.
In essence, three buildings located on the south end
of the former hospital and on
the west side will be razed by
Mercy.
That will leave the newest
portion of the hospital building
to be used for other purposes.
Hogsett said he wrestled
with the decision, which was
made Nov. 24, to accept the
hospital property, noting that
if the city had not accepted
it, the entire complex would
be torn down per Mercy’s demand.
“As an engineer, I hate to
see buildings torn down, especially like this one that is
worth well over $12 million.”
Plus, Mercy will give the city
$500,000 to help with necessary renovations and remodeling. St. John will pay rent
(approximately $100,000 per
year) to the city for use of the
buildings it needs for imaging
services and other purposes.
While commissioners are
considering turning portions
of the property into city offices, then may add another
structure to house fire, police
and EMS services, that decision has still not been made.
He emphasized that the
property being donated by
Mercy to the City of Independence can be used for anything the commission chooses.
Hogsett also made a big
point about the $3 million that
has become the center of controversy.
He said the initial plan to
form an alliance with Coffeyville Regional Medical Center would have required some
type of investment by Independence to make the proposal
happen. That’s when the commission voted to issue bonds
in the amount of $3 million
which would be repaid by taxpayers over a 20-year period.
Problem is — the CRMC deal
didn’t happen, and the $3 million figure has been bantered
around as though it actually
existed.
“The three-million dollars
simply doesn’t exist,” said
Hogsett.
Still, even though the bonds
were never issued, the repayment schedule has already
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He said the longterm picture of the existing current
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INDEPENDENCE
A two-wheeled journey from the North Pole
The 34th Annual A.B.A.T. E. District #3 Toy Run stretched the distance of Park Boulevard on Saturday,
where 123 motorcyclists helped usher in the CHristmas season with toy and food donations. A con-
voy of motorcycles, led by Santa Claus, made the trek from Riverside Park to the Kansas Food Bank on
Pecan Street, where toy and food donations were dropped off. (Right photo) Not only did the toy run
involve adults but it also included children, including Ember Kinser (left) and sister Virginia Kinser,
both of Edna. (Photos by Reese Richardson)
Holiday cheer
spreads through
Independence
on Saturday
Brass instruments,
holiday melodies
Not only did warm sun peer through the
windows of the Stich Shelter House on Saturday afternoon but the air was also warmed
with the sounds of low brass — courtesy of
the annual TubaChristmas concert. Led by
Bridget Carson, the concert featured a total of seven tuba players who performed a
series of Christmas carols, including “Hark
the Herald Angels Sing” and “Jingle Bells.
The concert featured types of tuba, including the euphonium, baritone and bass tuba.
Performing for the annual concert were
(left to right) Kylee McCoy, Eric Rutherford,
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INDEPENDENCE
14 IHS sophomores chosen for First Leadership class
Fourteen
Independence
High School sophomores have
been selected to participate
in the 2016 class of the First
Leadership program, sponsored by the Independence
Chamber of Commerce.
The year’s participants include Hannah Burnett, daughter of Danny and Amy Burnett;
Cortlan Cox, son of William
Cox and Joanne Smith; Terra
Daniels, daughter of Terry
and Robyn Daniels; Abby Ewing, daughter of Adam and
Kristi Ewing; Jacob Hogge,
son of Jeffrey and Rosanne
Hogge; Jerod Knight, son of
Bill and Emmi Knight; Erin
Latimer, daughter of Tom and
Cindy Latimer; Aubree Lawrie,
daughter of Valerie and Kyle
Davis and the late Kirby Lawrie; Qwynn Marquez, daughter
of Paul and Sharon Marquez;
Joshua Pralle, son of Eric and
Elizabeth Pralle; Lyssa Schabel, daughter of Shawn and
Lori Schabel; Shayla Schaper,
daughter of Andrew and Teresa Schaper; Jeb Stafford, son
of Mary Ellen Stafford and the
late John Stafford; and Amanda Trout, daughter of Terry
and Tonya Trout.
First Leadership is designed as a “mini version” of
the Chamber’s adult program,
Leadership Independence, and
offers four educational sessions annually to high school
sophomores who are selected
through an application process. The objective of the
program is to encourage and
develop leadership through
awareness of self, community,
and state.
Themed “Leadership Discovery,” the program begins
Dec. 9 with an orientation session. The first class session on
Burnett
Cox
Jan. 18, “Team Building,” will
feature members participating in a ropes course activity
at HelmZar Challenge Course
in Tulsa. Additional sessions
planned include “Community
Overview: Exploring Independence,” “Get Well, Get Fit,
Get Happy;” and “Career Discovery.” The group will also
participate in a community
service activity at the Independence Historical Museum and
Art Center, as well as a class
project to benefit the commu-
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nity. Graduation ceremonies
will take place in April.
The program is coordinated by a volunteer board
of directors who include Lori
IHS music group to perform concerts next week
The Independence High
School Music Department will
present three separate con-
certs next week, all to be performed in the IHS Performing
Arts Center. Admission to the
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The first concert will be
held on Monday, Dec. 15, at 6
p.m., and will feature the high
school band program. The jazz
band will perform followed by
a combined performance of
the concert band and the wind
ensemble. The bands are under the direction of Erin Shelton and her assistant Richard
Harper.
The second concert will feature the school district’s orchestra program, and will take
place on Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 7
p.m. The concert will include
all aspects of the orchestra
program starting with the fifth
grade and progressing up to
the high school level. All of the
orchestras are under the direction of Jami Kleinart.
The third and final concert
on Thursday, Dec. 17, at
7 p.m., will showcase the choral program at IHS. The choral program is under the direction of Larry Annable and
the choirs are accompanied by
Dana Aitken and Sarah Johnston. The program will feature the mixed chorus, Indy
Ensemble and concert choir. A
highlight will be a sing-along
by the audience and concert
choir of many favorite holiday
songs.
Graduates of the concert
choir and Indy Ensemble who
have sung under the direction
of Annable will have the opportunity to join the choirs onstage to help sing “Carol of the
Bells,” “A Parting Blessing”
and the concert finale “Silent
Night/O Holy Night” featuring
Annette Craig on the flute.
The IHS music directors extend an invitation to the public
to attend and enjoy the three
nights of seasonal concerts
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Teresa Smith in Independence is spearheading an effort
to make sure older folks who are in nursing homes and assisted living centers feel the love this Christmas with gifts of
their own.
The group that has organized this Adopt a Grandparent
for Christmas campaign for the past five years are all independent Mary Kay beauty consultants who match the donations with their own money to make sure everyone gets
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for a resident, she said. For more information or to arrange to make a donation,
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beans, cake, tea and coffee.
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INDEPENDENCE
Food donations
accepted at
14 locations
The Kansas Food Bank
is accepting food donations for the holiday season
through Dec. 17.
Food items can be taken
to any one 14 locations in
Independence: Ane Mae’s,
Big Cheese Pizza, Independence Chamber of Commerce, Independence Daily
Reporter, City Hall, Commercial Bank, Community
National Bank & Trust, Equity Bank, FirstOak Bank,
Marvin’s Food Saver, Pizza
Hut, Quality Motors, Quality Toyota and Woods Lumber Company.
Gray named
teacher of
the month for
USD 446
John Gray, music instructor at Eisenhower Elementary
School, has been named the
Quality Teacher of the Month
in USD 446.
Gray began his education career in 2006 as a student teacher during the spring
semester at Wichita Heights
and Lawrence Elementary
Schools. Upon receiving his
teaching certification, he became the
drama,
music and
speech instructor
at
Parsons Middle-High
School
and
the
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John Gray
music director at
St. Patrick’s School in Parsons.
In August 2011, Gray became the director of choral
activities at Coffeyville Community College. Gray joined
the USD 446 family in August
2015 as the music instructor at Eisenhower Elementary
School for kindergarten-second grade classes.
Gray graduated from Parsons High School, received
his associate of fine arts from
Coffeyville Community College
and his bachelor of arts from
Wichita State University. He
received his master of arts degree from Southwestern College.
Gray’s selection as the
teacher of the month was
made Wednesday, Dec. 2. Gray
was presented with a framed
certificate on behalf of the USD
446 Board of Education.
Les Puderbaugh of Big
Cheese Pizza presented Gray
with a gift certificate for a
sandwich or salad and a free
drink. Diane Fryback, associate of My Town Media 102.9,
presented Gray with a snack
bouquet provided by Twig’s
Floral & Gifts, a gift certificate
from Star Lube for a free oil
change, a gift certificate for
dinner for two from Eggbert’s,
and a gift certificate for an ice
cream cake on behalf of Brent
Littleton of Dairy Queen.
Jeff Edwards, sales associate with Quality Motors of Independence, presented Gray
with the keys to a 2016 Dodge
Dart.
The nomination form submitted for Gray by his peers
and students states, “John
always has time for others.
He often has things to share
before my class goes into music. The kids are so excited to
see him. He isn’t afraid to try
new things. John loves teaching, and he is willing to take on
big challenges like the music
program, character trait assemblies and other projects.
He wants each and every one
of his students to succeed.
We love how he speaks to our
class. The students absolutely
love going to music.”
The Quality Teacher of the
Month recognition program
was initiated in September
2006 and is co-sponsored by
Quality Motors of Independence, and My Town Media
102.9.
USD 446 announces students of the month
the Robert Allen benefit. Sar- to Inde Four students from Inde- an eighth grade student at for Sarah
ah always arrives at school pendence
pendence schools were rec- Independence Middle School s t a t e s ,
with a good attitude and a Cinemas,
ognized as the November stu- and the daughter of Severina “ S a r a h
smile.”
has dilia single
Gonzalez and Ruben Trujillo.
dents of the month.
Initiated during the 2007 t o p p i n g
The Student of the Month Trujillo’s nomination form g e n t l y
school year, the district-wide m e d i u m
program is jointly sponsored said “Scarlet is very pleasant w o r k e d
student recognition program p i z z a
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honors one student per build- from Inthe Independence Reporter, work. She is kind to everyone out
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Free throw
line proves
unfriendly
to ’Pups
BY BRIAN THOMAS
sports@taylornews.org
CANEY — For the past five
seasons, the Caney Valley High
School girls’ basketball team
has dominated its matchup
with Neodesha. That came to
an end in Tuesday’s season
opener.
Dismal free throw shooting proved to be costly to the
Lady Bullpups by game’s end
as they suffered a heartbreaking 40-39 loss to the Lady
Bluestreaks.
“I hate to say it, but we played
a lot like I expected us to play
for our first game,” said Caney
Valley
g i r l s ’
Caney Valley
c o a c h
girls bow to
T o m
Nelson,
Neodesha,
w h o s e
40-39, in seasquad hit
just eight
son opener
of its 26
s h o t s
from the charity stripe in the
contest. “Right now, we’re not
executing within our offense
very well yet. Now we’re a better shooting team than that.
Free throws … that can’t happen. We win that game easy
going away if we just hit some
free throws. We missed 13 at
halftime and probably missed
that many more in the second
half. It was poor.
“I knew rebounding would
plague us, and it cost us. Even
at the end of the game, if we
just rebound and secure the
ball. We didn’t execute very
well down the stretch, but
that’s kind of expected this first
game. We have some kids that
we don’t have to like it, but we
have to take ownership of that.
We’re going to get a lot better. We have a lot of potential.
That’s the first game, but it’s a
long journey. We’ll be fine.”
The loss snapped the Lady
Bullpups’ 11-game winning
streak over Neodesha, which
dated back to the start of the
2010-11 campaign. Caney Valley dropped to 0-1 overall as
it prepares for a busy stretch
of games before the holiday
break. CVHS will next have
back-to-back road games at
Southeast-Cherokee on Monday and Oxford Tuesday before
closing out the first semester
at home on Dec. 18 against
Dewey (Okla.).
• see Caney Valley, page B2
SPORTS
GOLD MEDALISTS INCLUDE KESSLER OF INDEPENDENCE, DODSON OF CHERRYVALE, STANTON OF CANEY VALLEY
Chargers among top dogs at Kan-Okla
BY BRIAN THOMAS
CANEY — A year after winning its first-ever Tri-Valley
League championship, the
Cherryvale High School wrestling team started the new
season on the right foot as it
captured third place at the 16team Kan-Okla Classic Saturday in Caney.
“Overall, we had quite a few
boys that made it to the finals,”
said Charger coach Casey Lickteig. “We finished third overall
as a team. Being the first tournament of the year, you never
really know where you’re at
until you just go wrestle. But
overall, we had great effort. It
was a nice tournament for us
because we got to see some
good competition and start to
find out what kind of shape we
were in. Regardless of places,
I was very proud of how hard
we wrestled throughout the
day.”
Cherryvale finished the day
with 138.5 points to finish in
third place behind Shawnee
Heights with 217 and Bartlesville 161.
The Chargers were led by
Colben Dodson, who won the
championship at 170 pounds.
Dodson pinned all five of his
opponents on the day, capped
off with a win over Parsons’
Dylan Misener that locked up
first place.
Two CHS individuals came
in as runner-up in their respective weight classes, including
Dakota Morrill at 132 and Alex
VanRooy at 152. Morrill went
3-1 on the day, with a pair of
wins coming by pin. VanRooy
pinned his first four opponents
in his class and finished his
day at 4-1 on the mat.
Cherryvale had four individuals place third at the KanOkla, including Levi Barron
at 120, Micah King at 138, Bo
Edens at 138 and Zach Yates
at 160. Also placing in the
tournament were Matt Douglas, fifth at 182; Clay Holloway,
fifth at 220; and Josh Madl,
sixth at 220.
The Chargers are scheduled
to compete in the Fredonia
Dinner Dual on Friday. After
that, they will split squads on
Saturday for the Carl Junction
(Mo.) Invitational and the Field
Kindley Junior Varsity Tournament.
CHERRYVALE RESULTS
113: Dalton Hestand-Vail pinned by Treyton Compton, Jayhawk Linn, 1:18; pinned by
Freddy Maisberger, Shawnee Heights, 0:58.
120: Levi Barron lost to Tyler Kester,
Southeast-Cherokee, by technical fall, 3-18;
pinned Jonathan Bownes, Jayhawk Linn,
1:32; pinned by Kevin Herbstritt, Jayhawk
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Linn, 2:37; pinned Isaiah Anguiano, Shawnee
Heights, 5:27. Barron finished in third place in
weight class.
126: Micah King pinned Brent Yost, Humboldt, 0:45; pinned Matthew Morgan, Uniontown, 0:25; pinned Isaac Jennings, Fredonia,
1:39; pinned by Case Wathke, Shawnee
Heights, 0:42; def. Corbin Russell, Pittsburg,
by technical fall, 17-2. King finished in third
place in weight class.
132: Dakota Morrill pinned Austin Bertie, Field Kindley, 1:02; pinned Logan Brede,
Shawnee Heights, 3:40; def. Rees Lehman,
Erie, 23-15; pinned by Colton Byram, Jayhawk
Linn, 1:43. Morrill finished in second place in
weight class.
138: Bo Edens def. Tristan Stanart, Bartlesville, 10-3; pinned Triston Gardner, SoutheastCherokee, 4:47; def. Michael Parker, Labette
County, 8-4; lost to Joe Jones, Bartlesville,
4-14; pinned by Chase Reynolds, Shawnee
Heights, 0:42. Edens finished in third place in
weight class.
152: Alex VanRooy pinned Turner Dent,
Jayhawk Linn, 0:16; pinned Josh Wisely,
Uniontown, 0:16; pinned Tristan Weaver,
Shawnee Heights, 5:32; pinned Cody Smith,
Field Kindley, 3:32; pinned by Spur Wood,
Bartlesville, 3:01. VanRooy finished in second
160: Zach Yates lost to Tre Munoz, Shawnee Heights, 4-17; pinned Grant Cunningham, Jayhawk Linn, 2:36; pinned Austin Yeubanks, Field Kindley, 2:09; pinned Quinton
Mason, Independence, 1:09; pinned Aaron
Medlock, Independence, 1:54. Yates finished
in third place in weight class.
170: Colben Dodson pinned Jacob
Marlow, Humboldt, 0:51; pinned Conagher
Welch, Independence, 5:19; pinned Cal
Bloomfield, Independence, 0:39; pinned Matt
Brungardt, Erie, 0:52; pinned Dylan Misener,
Parsons, 3:08. Dodson finished in first place in
weight class.
182: Matt Douglas pinned by Jarrod
Tayrien, Bartlesville, 3:40; pinned by Ryan
Tracy, Field Kindley, 3:49; pinned Blaine Ross,
Uniontown, 3:49; pinned Marissa Patterson,
Shawnee Heights, 1:14. Douglas finished in
fifth place in weight class.
220: Clay Holloway pinned Blake Buoy,
Bartlesville, 1:12; pinned by Wyatt Anderson,
Caney Valley, 4:18; pinned Josh Madl, Cherryvale, 5:12; lost to Chandler House, Iola, 3-6.
Holloway finished in fifth place in weight
class. Josh Madl pinned by DJ Kessler, Independence, 3:09; pinned Brandon Barrager,
Field Kindley, 3:59; def. Brett Nation, Jayhawk Linn, by injury default; lost to Chandler
House, Iola, 4-6; pinned by Clay Holloway,
Cherryvale, 5:12. Madl finished in sixth place
in weight class.
INDEPENDENCE
Independence scored 105
points to take fourth place in
the Kan-Okla Classic on Saturday.
“Overall, we wrestled well,”
said Bulldog coach Zack Camacho. “It was good to see what
we need to work on going into
our second tournament. We
had a couple kids at a weight
class higher than what they
will be later this year, and we
also had another wrestler out
working on grades. We get that
all situated, and we should be
a much tougher team.
“One thing I noticed is that
Cherryvale’s Colben Dodson (holding water bottles) shares a laugh while resting for a match during
the Kan-Okla Classic on Saturday. Dodson was the gold medalist at the 170-pound division. (Photos
by Sheri Thompson)
Iola’s Colton Toney. He came
up just short of a sweep after
falling to Keenan Dodd of Parsons in his final match to settle
for second place.
Conagher Welch bounced
back from a loss to open the
day and went on to win his
final four matches for third
place at 170.
Also placing for IHS in the
tournament were Jackson
Stafford, fourth at 145; Aaron
Medlock, fourth at 160; Gabe
Eades, fifth at 106; Jeremiah
Lawrie, fifth at 120; Quinton
Mason, sixth at 160; and Cal
Bloomfield, seventh at 170.
The Bulldogs will next
travel to Garnett on Saturday
to compete in the Anderson
County Invitational.
KAN-OKLA CLASSIC
TEAM STANDINGS
1. Shawnee Heights ......217
2. Bartlesville ...................161
3. Cherryvale ............... 138.5
4. Independence ............105
5. Jayhawk Linn ................ 95
6. Parsons ........................... 68
7. Field Kindley ................. 66
8. Caney Valley.................. 59
9. Iola.................................... 57
10. Erie ..............................54.5
11. Uniontown .................. 47
12. Fredonia ....................... 31
13. Pittsburg....................... 28
14. Labette County ......27.5
15. SE-Cherokee ............24.5
16. Humboldt .................... 24
170: Conagher Welch pinned by Colben
Dodson, Cherryvale, 5:19; pinned Matt Brungardt, Erie, 4:58; pinned Jacob Marlow, Humboldt, 0:21; pinned Cal Bloomfield, Independence, 2:07; pinned Damon Ward, Shawnee
Heights, 3:34. Welch finished in third place in
weight class. Cal Bloomfield pinned by Matt
Brungardt, Erie, 0:45; pinned Jacob Marlow,
Humboldt, 0:48; pinned by Colben Dodson,
Cherryvale, 0:39; pinned by Conagher Welch,
Independence, 2:07; pinned Dakota Rose,
Caney Valley, 3:48. Bloomfield finished in
seventh place in weight class.
195: Rich Garris pinned by Brett Yeagley,
Shawnee Heights, 0:54; pinned by Gavin Miller, Uniontown, 0:46.
220: DJ Kessler pinned Josh Madl, Cherryvale, 3:09; def. Brett Nation, Jayhawk Linn,
by forfeit; pinned Brandon Barrager, Field
Kindley, 2:10; def. Wyatt Anderson, Caney
Valley, 4-3; pinned Tristan Killman, Shawnee
Heights, 3:09. Kessler finished in first place in
weight class.
285: Seth Stroble pinned Levi Habiger,
Humboldt, 0:19; pinned Chris Reese, Fredonia, 0:14; pinned Sean McIntosh, Field Kindley, 0:45; def. Colton Toney, Iola, by disqualification; lost to Keenan Dodd, Parsons, 9-15.
Stroble finished in second place in weight
class.
INDEPENDENCE RESULTS
106: Gabe Eades pinned by Connar Burgess, Fredonia, 5:49; pinned Logan Smith,
Field Kindley, 4:53; lost to Barrett Stickman,
Shawnee Heights, 7-19; pinned Colton Allan,
Erie, 0:00; pinned Joe Hobbs, Labette County,
3:36. Eades finished in fifth place in weight
class.
120: Jeremiah Lawrie pinned by Kevin
Herbstritt, Jayhawk Linn, 0:00; lost to Isaiah Anguiano, Shawnee Heights, 2-11; def.
Noah Schaper, Bartlesville, 7-2; def. Jonathan
Bownes, Jayhawk Linn, 10-4. Lawrie finished
in fifth place in weight class.
132: Cole Swearingen pinned by Colton
Byram, Jayhawk Linn, 1:00; pinned by Dalton
Misener, Parsons, 1:30; pinned by Calvin Winstead, Caney Valley, 3:30; pinned by Jonny
Trinidad, Bartlesville, 2:33.
138: Kyler Sanders lost to Jared Hartzell, Erie,
8-12; pinned Angel Winstead, 2:40; pinned by
Chase Reynolds, Shawnee Heights, 1:34.
145: Jackson Stafford pinned Dillon Aikins, Humboldt, 0:25; pinned Mason Claibourn, Fredonia, 0:27; pinned Brandon Lewis,
Jayhawk Linn, 6:00; pinned by Jake Patterson, Shawnee Heights, 4:57; lost to Bryant
Messerli, Bartlesville, 2-5. Stafford finished in
fourth place in weight class.
160: Aaron Medlock pinned by Dagen
Goodner, Humboldt, 2:40; pinned Devin Aiello, Iola, 0:28; pinned Skyler Haviland, Erie,
0:58; pinned Austin Manley, Bartlesville,
5:00; pinned by Zach Yates, Cherryvale, 1:54.
Medlock finished in fourth place in weight
class. Quinton Mason pinned Grant Cunningham, Jayhawk Linn, 2:58; pinned Austin
Yeubanks, Field Kindley, 2:08; lost to Tre Munoz, Shawnee Heights, 4-10; pinned by Zach
Yates, Cherryvale, 1:09; lost to Austin Manley,
Bartlesville, 1-13. Mason finished in sixth
these guys have a lot of heart.
They kept going every match,
and I am excited to keep seeing them improve each week.
We were proud of everyone
that wrestled. We had guys
that were unattached and still
winning big matches, and we
had guys get us big wins after
losing for a good part of the
match. That is what it takes …
never giving up and wrestling
until the last whistle.”
The Bulldogs were led by
a first-place finish from DJ
Kessler at 220 pounds. Kessler went a perfect 5-0 in his
weight class, capped off with
a pin of Shawnee Heights’
Tristan Killman in his final
match, to take the title.
Seth Stroble also had a
strong day. He pinned his first
three opponents before winning by disqualification over
Mossy Oak
Muck Boots
FIELD KINDLEY
Led by third-place finishes
by Cody Smith and Ryan Tracy, Field Kindley took seventh
place with 66 points at the
Kan-Okla Classic.
“I thought we wrestled really well for a team that only
had two wrestlers with any
high school experience on it,”
said FKHS wrestling coach
Spencer McGlothin. “I was excited to see some of our young
men step up to the challenge.
There are three wrestlers that
really stuck out in my mind.
Two freshman, Titus Woodward and Anthony Yeubanks,
both brought the heat and
performed well for their first
high school tournament. Cody
Smith also performed well
under tough conditions and
managed to battle through to
a third-place medal.”
Smith went 2-3 at 152
pounds to take third place,
while Tracy went 3-2 at 182
to land the third spot in the
• see Kan-Okla, page B2
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NO
NO
5'4"- 5'10" 5'0" & under
5'0"- 5'3"
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
STD
NO
NO
NO
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11- 6'2"
Hazelnut
Hazelnut
Hazelnut
Hazelnut
Saddle
Saddle
Saddle
Sable
Saddle
Saddle
Saddle
Cashmere
Palomino
Palomino
Sterling
Sterling
Sterling
Sterling
Orion
Orion
Orion
Toast
Orion
Orion
Orion
Indigo
Admiral
Admiral
Comforter
PR-501L-26D
PR-501T-28D
Medium
Large
Tall
375 Lb.
500 Lb.
500 Lb.
500 Lb.
3
Independent
Copper
Copper
Copper
Copper
Havana
Havana
Havana
Havana
Havana
Havana
Fern
Evergreen
Scarlet
Scarlet
Scarlet
Scarlet
Vino
Vino
Vino
Vino
Vino
Vino
Caramel
Cabernet
Island
Island
Island
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
NO
3
5
Head Rest Cover
3
5
31
3
5
31
3
5
31
3
4
31
3
4
32
4
32
Comforter
Capri
Monarch
PR-502
PR-200
PR-355M
PR-355L
PR-359M
Wide
Medium
Medium
Large
Medium
Large
700 Lb.
325 Lb.
375 Lb.
375 Lb.
375 Lb.
375 Lb.
4
32
2
4
32
Monarch Monarch Plus Monarch Plus
3
5
32
3
5
5
PR-359L
3
5
31
3
4
31
4
32
32
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
Button
Seam
Seam
Seam
Seam
YES
Arm Covers
3
5
31
Chaise Seat
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Give Mom and Dad
the Gift of Independence
with a Lift Chair!
YES
YES
YES
Battery Back Up
32.5"
34.5"
38"
Overall Width
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
30.5"
31.5"
32.5"
34.5"
34.5"
34.5"
38.5"
38.5"
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
41"
45"
31"
32"
YES
YES
34"
34"
32"
42"
44"
45"
Overall Height
39"
40"
42"
44"
47"
40"
42"
44"
48"
47"
41"
42"
44"
41.5"
43"
21"
23"
20"
Width Between Arms
19"
20"
21"
23"
23"
23"
27.5"
27.5"
29.5"
33"
20"
21"
23"
21"
23"
19.5"
21"
27"
7"
27.5"
23.5"
16 Deg.
23"
20.5"
22"
20"
21.5"
28.5"
29"
5.5"
7"
29"
28"
25"
16 Deg.
23"
24"
15 Deg.
24.5"
32"
33"
24"
100 Deg.
100 Deg.
100 Deg.
174 Deg.
174 Deg.
170 Deg.
Floor to Top of Seat
18"
Seat Depth
19"
18.5"
Seat to Top of Back
Back Angle Reclined
24"
30"
5.5"
31"
25"
26"
16 Deg.
23"
18"
19.5"
25"
6"
29"
23.5"
16 Deg.
23"
22.5"
22"
28.5"
7"
27.5"
24"
15 Deg.
22"
20.5"
27"
6"
27.5"
22"
16 Deg.
Floor to Top of Back Reclined
21"
25"
6.5
26"
Floor to Front Edge of Seat Raised
Floor to Top of Foot Rest Reclined
Back Angle Closed
19.5"
19.5"
22.5"
Seat to Top of Arm
Floor to Back Edge of Seat Raised
Seat Angle Raised
18 Deg.
23"
23"
19.5"
21.5"
27"
6"
27.5"
24"
15 Deg.
23"
7"
27.5"
23.5"
16 Deg.
23"
20.5"
22.5"
28.5"
22.5"
29"
25"
23"
21"
24"
18"
22"
30"
5.5"
16 Deg.
19"
29"
6"
22"
30"
7"
19.5"
20.5"
29.5"
6"
5.5"
28"
23"
16 Deg.
23"
22.5"
27.5"
27"
23"
16 Deg.
23"
21.5"
7"
27"
22"
16 Deg.
21"
18.5"
28"
27"
27"
12 Deg.
18.5"
7"
31"
26"
23"
21.5"
27"
7"
31"
18 Deg.
29"
24"
25"
16 Deg.
22"
16 Deg.
23"
23"
32"
32"
32"
33"
36"
32"
32"
33"
36"
39"
35"
33"
33"
33"
33"
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
115 Deg.
110 Deg.
110 Deg.
110 Deg.
110 Deg.
110 Deg.
110 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
145 Deg.
150 Deg.
135 Deg.
140 Deg.
140 Deg.
140 Deg.
140 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
Foot Rest Angle Closed
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
90 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
Foot Rest Angle Opened
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
180 Deg.
160 Deg.
176 Deg.
176 Deg.
176 Deg.
176 Deg.
21"
22"
26"
Distance Required from Wall
Reclined
17"
17"
17"
18"
19"
17"
17"
18"
19"
20"
11"
17"
18"
17"
18"
42"
43"
44"
Extension reclined from Back of
Seat to end of Foot Rest
38"
39"
42"
43"
45"
39"
42"
43"
45"
45"
40"
43"
43"
43"
43"
YES
YES
YES
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
YES
3 Yrs.
1 Yr.
NO
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
NO
NO
YES
YES
NO
NO
Life Time Warranty, Chair Frame,
Lift Frame, Recline Mechanism
Warranty on Electrical Parts
Pro Rated Years 4 Thru 7
Warranty on Mechanical Labor
Warranty on Electrical Labor
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
2 Yrs.
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
2 Yrs.
2 Yrs.
2 Yrs.
2 Yrs.
YES
YES
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
Removable Back Option Available
YES
YES
Smart Tek System Standard
YES
YES
Customizable
YES
YES
3 Yrs.
1 Yr.
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
3 Yrs.
2 Yrs.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
1 Yr.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
6 Mos.
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
NO
NO
YES
Left Hand Control Option Available
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Extra Pocket Option Available
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
Heat & Massage Option Available
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES-T21
NO
Far Infrared Heat Option Available
NO
NO
YES-T21
YES-T21
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
Foot Rest Extension Option
Available
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
5'4"- 5'10"
NO
Straight Lift Option Available
User Height (suggested)
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES-T21
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
NO
NO
NO
NO
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES*
YES*
YES*
YES*
YES*
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
5'0" or under
5'0"- 5'3"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
6'3"- 6'8"
5'0"- 5'3"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
6'3"- 6'8"
6'3"- 6'8"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
5'4"- 5'10"
5'11"- 6'2"
Palomino
Hazelnut
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Palomino
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Autumn
Admiral
Admiral
Sterling
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Admiral
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Cornflower
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Copper
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Evergreen
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Spring
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Scarlet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Cabernet
Rosewood
Rosewood
Rosewood
Rosewood
Rosewood
Pearl
Pearl
Pearl
Pearl
Pearl
Chestnut
Chestnut
Chestnut
Evergreen
Cabernet
Copper
Comforter
PR-501M-26D
Wide
375 Lb.
3
Standard Fabrics
Fabric Options
Back Type
Palomino
Palomino
Admiral
4
6
YES
4 Pillow
YES
Warranty on Mechanical Labor
PR-510
Medium
4
32
YES
Seam
YES
Warranty on Electrical Labor
Large
YES
Seam
YES
Warranty on Electrical Parts
PR-505L
4
32
YES
3 Pillow
Arm Covers
Extension reclined from Back of
Seat to end of Foot Rest
Medium
YES
3 Pillow
Battery Back Up
Seat Angle Raised
PR-505M
4
32
YES
Biscuit
Floor to Top of Foot Rest Reclined
Comforter
PR-501S-23
Tall
375 Lb.
Recline Positions
Small
YES
Seam
Width Between Arms
Comforter
PR-501T
Large
375 Lb.
Weight Capacity
MaxiComfort
PR-505S
4
32
YES
Button
Head Rest Cover
Comforter
PR-501L
Medium
375 Lb.
MaxiComfort
Jr. Petite
YES
Biscuit
VALUE SERIES
Comforter
PR-501M
375 Lb.
MaxiComfort
PR-505JP
3
Limited
YES
Biscuit
COMFORTER WIDES
Comforter
Small
375 Lb.
MaxiComfort
Medium
4
32
Comforter
300 Lb.
300 Lb.
MaxiComfort
PR-506
Large
4
32
Comforter
PR-501S
300 LB
MaxiComfort
PR-756L
Medium
32
Comforter
Comforter
375 LB
MaxiComfort
PR-756MC
4
0
Comforter
300 Lb.
375 Lb.
MaxiComfort
2
32
Relaxer
Jr. Petite
375 Lb.
3
3
4
32
Relaxer
PR-501JP
250 Lb.
3
4
6
Space Saver
Comforter
Medium
375 Lb.
3
4
Transfer
COMFORT ER SERIES
PR-906
Medium
375 Lb.
375 Lb.
3
5
31
Royal
Size
PR-451
Medium
375 Lb.
3
5
Model Number
PR-752
Medium
375 Lb.
3
31
MaxiComfort
Cloud
PR-751TY
Large
Medium
375 Lb.
5
31
MAXICOMFORT
Regal
PR-410
PR-643
Medium
3
5
31
Chaise Seat
Windsor
Winston
PR-747
Large
375 Lb.
3
Fabric Options
Milwaukee Mossy
Oak Heated Jacket
SIGNAT URE SERIES
Pioneer
PR-401L
375 Lb.
Standard Fabrics
Back Type
Cambridge Williamsburg
Medium
Recline Positions
Hazelnut
Scarlet
Sterling
Autumn
Cornflower
Spring
Warehouse Pledge
Rosewood
Pearl
Custom Colors
See Lead Time #2
All items are
stocked in store.
915 N. Penn
Independence, KS
(620) 331-4900
www.woodslumber.com
Brisa™
Lead Time #1: 2 Business Days**
Black Onyx
Buckskin
Hollyhock
Night Navy
Available on PR-505M & PR-756M
Fabric Codes
Copper ............. PCO
Sterling............. PST
Scarlet .............. PSC
Hazlenut .......... PHA
Island ................ TIP
Palomino .......... MPA
Admiral ............ MAD
Evergreen......... ME2
Cabernet .......... MC2
Pearl ................. APE
Saddle .............. VSD
Orion ................ VOR
Havana ............. VHA
Vino .................. VVI
Chestnut........... VCN
Spring ............... ASP
Autumn ............ AAU
Cornflower....... ACF
Rosewood ........ ARW
Coffee Bean Distressed
Saddle
Brisa
Velvet
Black Onyx .............UBO
Buckskin .................UBS
Hollyhock ...............UHH
Night Navy .............UNN
Coffee Bean ...........UCB
Distressed Saddle...USA
Cashmere ......... BCA
Caramel ............ BCL
Fern .................. BFE
Indigo ............... BIN
Burgundy
Crossover fee applies.
Cream
Galaxy
Pine
Black
Velvet
Cashmere
Indigo
Fern
Caramel
Toast
Sable
Crossover fee applies.
Far Infrared Heat Option Stock
TENTE D
PA
Bronco
Crypton
Burgundy ...............BBU
Cream .....................BCR
Galaxy ....................BGA
Pine ........................BPI
Black .......................BBK
Toast ................. KTO
Sable................. KSB
Golden Technologies strives to ensure our
Warehouses are stocked at all times with the
models and fabrics shown and designated by the
Warehouse logo. In the event that a particular
model and/or fabric is not available in a dealer's
designated warehouse, Golden will work with the
dealer to find that product in another warehouse
and ship within 24-48 hours per our current freight
policy***. No customization, alterations, accessories
or special orders are allowed on these chairs. Same
day shipping may be available on select models if
ordered by 2:00 p.m. EST. Contact Customer Service
for details.
Lift chair models that are not part of the Warehouse
program. This includes non-Warehouse models with
standard fabrics; quick-ship Brisa fabrics; and crossover
fabrics. This also includes accessories such as left hand
control placement, heat & massage, upgraded fabrics,
extra pocket and fabric protectant. Upcharges will apply.
All lift chair models that are ordered with limited
edition fabrics, Crypton, Customer's Own Material
(COM), custom built chairs and non quick-ship Brisa
fabrics. The COM lead time begins from the time the
fabric is received at the Golden manufacturing facility.
Upcharges will apply. The following models have a 30
day lead time in all fabrics if not listed as Warehouse
stock: PR643, PR410, PR506, PR451, PR906 and PR502.
*Straight lift option must be set at our factory prior to shipping for these models.
**Lead Time does not include transit time.
***Lead Time quotes are based on receipt of order by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Complies with UL 73
and CSA C22.2 No. 68
Listing # E112417
Sizes may vary depending on fabric, filling material, upholstery or carpet thickness. All measurements are taken with the model on
a concrete floor using levels and metal rulers.
Literature is current at the time of printing. Golden Technologies reserves the right to make changes to the product or literature at
any time.
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Page B2
SPORTS
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC • YATES CENTER, KANSAS
Lady Chargers bury Hartford
in tourney’s opening round
BY BRIAN THOMAS
YATES CENTER — Holding
Hartford to just one field goal
in the final three quarters, the
Cherryvale High School girls’
basketball team cruised to a
52-17 victory in first-round
action of the Wildcat Winter
Classic on Tuesday.
“The girls came out and
played hard,” said Lady Charger coach David Smedley. “We
weren’t always as efficient as
we needed to be, but they did
keep playing hard. I am proud
of their effort.”
With that win, Cherryvale
not only improved to 2-0 on
the season but also advanced
into the semifinal round of the
tournament. The Lady Chargers will play defending tournament champion Sedan — a
37-35 winner over Marais des
Cygnes Valley — at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday.
CHS jumped out to a 20-11
lead after just eight minutes of
action. That’s when the Lady
Chargers turned up the defensive intensity. CHS outscored
Hartford 14-1 in the second
period to extend its lead to 3412 by halftime.
That trend continued in the
second half. Hartford knocked
in a rare field goal in the third
quarter, but Cherryvale expanded its lead even more
to 46-15 at the end of three
quarters. With a running clock
in the final period, the Lady
Chargers went on to roll into
the semifinals with a 35-point
win.
Beth Hawkins had 12 points
to lead the way for the Lady
Chargers, followed by Ashton
Rau with 11.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
CHERRYVALE 52, HARTFORD 17
CHERRYVALE (2-0): Hawkins 3 (2) 0-0 12,
A. Rau 4 3-4 11, M. Rau 3 3-4 9, Reed 1 4-5 6,
Carinder 0 (2) 0-0 6, Wagner 2 2-2 6, Wilson 1
0-0 2, Hucke 0 0-0 0, Spencer 0 0-0 0, Steed 0
0-1 0. TOTALS 14 (4) 12-16 52.
HARTFORD (1-1): Schroeder 2 (1) 0-3 7,
Bolen 0 4-6 4, Wilson 2 0-1 4, DeMers 1 0-0
2, Senn 0 0-0 0, Gould 0 0-0 0, H. Metcalfe 0
0-0 0, S. Metcalfe 0 0-0 0, Andrews 0 0-0 0,
Holmes 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 5 (1)
4-10 17.
CHERRYVALE
20 14 12 6 — 52
HARTFORD
11 1
3 2 — 17
CHERRYVALE 63,
RIVERTON 40
RIVERTON — A 28-point
second quarter gave the Lady
Chargers a comfortable lead
as they rolled past Riverton,
63-40, in the season opener
last Friday.
“As a coach, I wasn’t for
sure what to expect on how
we would perform,” Smedley said. “I knew that the
girls would play hard, but I
just wasn’t sure how well we
would play. I have several new
faces that are having to learn
how to play together, so we
needed to play that first game
to get started. It was a typical
first game. There were times
that we weren’t too bad. Then
there were times that I wasn’t
very happy with our play.
Overall, the girls kept playing hard, and we were able to
keep extending our lead. I am
very happy with the win.”
Cherryvale led 21-13 after
one quarter but blew things
open before the break. A 28-8
run during the second quarter
gave the Lady Chargers a 4921 edge at the intermission.
Hawkins posted a gamehigh 30 points, which included
five three-pointers and a 7-of8 performance at the charity
stripe. Rau added 16 points for
the victorious Lady Chargers.
CHERRYVALE 63, RIVERTON 40
CHERRYVALE (1-0): Hawkins 4 (5) 7-8
30, A. Rau 3 (1) 7-10 16, M. Rau 4 0-0 8,
Carinder 1 3-4 5, Reed 0 (1) 0-0 3, Hucke 0
1-2 1, Spencer 0 0-0 0, Steed 0 0-0 0, Wagner 0 0-0 0, Wilson 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 12 (7)
18-26 63.
RIVERTON (0-1): Patterson 1 (5) 1-4 18,
Turley 2 2-3 6, Weaver 0 (1) 1-5 4, Adams
2 0-0 4, Williams 1 0-0 2, Edwards 0 2-4 2,
Greninger 0 2-2 2, Qualls 1 0-0 2, Gum 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 7 (6) 8-18 40.
CHERRYVALE
21 28 12 2 — 63
RIVERTON
13 13 8 6 — 40
Kan-Okla sees Cherryvale near the top,
three gold medalists from area schools
• continued from page B1
weight class.
Other FKHS wrestlers that
placed in the tournament included Sean McIntosh, fourth
at 285; Woodward, fifth at
195; Yeubanks, sixth at 138;
Jackson Stringer, sixth at 285;
Logan Smith, eighth at 106;
Cyrus Alobaidi, eighth at 126;
and Austin Bertie, eighth at
132.
The Golden Tornado will
take some time off before
heading to the Miami (Okla.)
Dual Tournament Dec. 18-19.
FIELD KINDLEY RESULTS
106: Logan Smith pinned by Barrett Stickman, Shawnee Heights, 0:30; pinned by Gabe
Eades, Independence, 4:53; pinned by Connar
Burgess, Fredonia, 0:58; pinned by Joe Hobbs,
Labette County, 2:22; pinned by Colton Allan,
Erie, 3:28. Smith finished in eighth place in
weight class.
126: Cyrus Alobaidi pinned by Daniel
Sheets, Bartlesville, 5:47; pinned by Trevor
Compton, Jayhawk Linn, 0:24; pinned by
Corbin Russell, Pittsburg, 4:26; pinned by
Brent Yost, Humboldt, 5:38. Alobaidi finished
in eighth place in weight class.
132: Austin Bertie pinned by Dakota Morrill, Cherryvale, 1:02; pinned by Rees Lehman,
Erie, 0:54; pinned by Logan Brede, Shawnee
Heights, 1:32; pinned by Calvin Winstead,
Caney Valley, 1:16. Bertie finished in eighth
138: Anthony Yeubanks pinned by Joe
Jones, Bartlesville, 1:09; pinned Seth Chavez,
Parsons, 4:08; pinned Jackson Cone, Iola, 0:45;
pinned by Jared Hartzell, Erie, 1:05; pinned Michael Parker, Labette County, 1:05. Yeubanks
finished in sixth place in weight class.
152: Cody Smith pinned Rogan Bruce,
Labette County, 5:17; lost to Tyler Metcalf, Parsons, 4-10; pinned Timmy Smith, Uniontown,
0:30; pinned by Alex VanRooy, Cherryvale,
3:32; pinned by Spur Wood, Bartlesville, 0:31.
Smith finished in third place in weight class.
Heath Williams pinned by Spur Wood, Bartlesville, 0:48; pinned by Blake Hollandsworth,
Caney Valley, 1:30; pinned Issac Tyler, Pittsburg, 4:30.
160: Austin Yeubanks pinned by Tre Munoz, Shawnee Heights, 1:30; pinned by Grant
Cunningham, Jayhawk Linn, 2:24; pinned by
Quentin Mason, Independence, 2:08; pinned
by Zach Yates, Cherryvale, 2:09.
182: Ryan Tracy pinned Blaine Ross,
Uniontown, 1:42; pinned Matt Douglas, Cherryvale, 3:49; pinned by Jarrod Tayrien, Bartlesville, 6:00; pinned by Tavon Blazek, Iola, 2:27;
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pinned Brady Colvin, Parsons, 3:12. Tracy finished in third place in weight class.
195: Titus Woodward pinned by Zach Wellman, Bartlesville, 0:51; pinned Kurston Hutchcraft, Jayhawk Linn, 3:23; pinned Cade Cooper,
Erie, 0:37; pinned Gavin Miller, Uniontown,
1:15; pinned by Tyler Watson, Pittsburg, 0:22.
Woodward finished in fifth place in weight
class.
220: Brandon Barrager def. Brett Nation,
Jayhawk Linn, by forfeit; pinned by Josh Madl,
Cherryvale, 3:59; pinned by DJ Kessler, Independence, 2:10.
285: Sean McIntosh pinned Chris Reese,
Fredonia, 3:25; pinned Levi Habiger, Humboldt, 0:17; pinned by Seth Stroble, Independence, 0:45; pinned Jackson Stringer,
Field Kindley, 0:47; pinned Ethan Shuman,
Shawnee Heights, 0:37. McIntosh finished in
fourth place in weight class. Jackson Stringer
pinned by Keenan Dodd, Parsons, 2:40; pinned
Bob Muse, Labette County, 3:24; pinned Max
Hickok, Bartlesville, 0:52; pinned by Sean McIntosh, Field Kindley, 0:47; pinned by Ethan
Shuman, Shawnee Heights, 1:55. Stringer finished in sixth place in weight class.
CANEY VALLEY
Zane Stanton went a perfect
5-0 at 113 pounds to capture
first place and lead Caney Valley to an eighth-place team
finish in the Kan-Okla Classic.
“We wrestled about like I
expected,” said CVHS wrestling coach Jerod Rigdon.
“That first one out of the gate
is always tough, especially
for kids who haven’t wrestled
for nine months. Conditioning
was, and always is, a factor
this early, but our technique
needs to improve in a few areas.”
Stanton pinned his first
three opponents before beating Shawnee Heights’ Freddy
Maisberger by decision (16-2).
He closed out his day with a
win over Laif Jones of Bartlesville by injury to take the top
spot in his weight class.
Also performing well for the
Bullpups was Wyatt Anderson,
who went 3-1 on the day to
finish in second place at 220
pounds. Other individuals who
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placed for Caney Valley were
Dayton Wade, fifth at 113;
Blake Hollandsworth, fifth
at 152; Calvin Winstead, seventh at 132; and Dakota Rose,
eighth at 170.
The Bullpups will head to
Garnett on Saturday to compete in the Anderson County
Invitational.
CANEY VALLEY RESULTS
113: Zane Stanton pinned Izayah Houk,
Uniontown, 0:26; pinned Kylor Pryor, Fredonia, 1:54; pinned Sethe Lorenz, Bartlesville,
1:06; def. Freddy Maisberger, Shawnee
Heights, 16-2; def. Laif Jones, Bartlesville by
injury fault. Stanton finished in first place in
weight class. Dayton Wade pinned by Laif
Jones, Bartlesville, 1:10; pinned Nick Shasteen,
Jayhawk Linn, 0:14; pinned Hunter Green,
Labette County, 0:45; pinned Sethe Lorenz,
Bartlesville, 2:20; pinned by Treyton Compton, Jayhawk Linn, 3:55. Wade finished in fifth
132: Calvin Winstead pinned by Dalton
Misener, Parsons, 3:35; pinned Cole Swearingen, Independence, 3:30; pinned by Colton
Byram, Jayhawk Linn, 0:56; pinned by Jonny
Trinidad, Bartlesville, 5:59; pinned Austin Bertie, Field Kindley, 1:16. Winstead finished in
seventh place in weight class.
138: Angel Winstead pinned by Chase
Reynolds, Shawnee Heights, 1:10; pinned by
Kyler Sanders, Independence, 2:40; pinned by
Jared Hartzell, Erie, 1:09.
145: Erik Moore pinned by Bryant Messerli, Bartlesville, 2:31; pinned by Tommy Joles,
Uniontown, 2:29; pinned by Ruben Rodriguez,
Erie, 3:00; pinned by Jeremy Wingate, Bartlesville, 3:48.
152: Blake Hollandsworth pinned Issac
Tyler, Pittsburg, 0:17; pinned Heath Williams,
Field Kindley, 1:30; pinned by Spur Wood,
Bartlesville, 1:11; def. Rogan Bruce, Labette
County, 5-3; lost to Tristan Weaver, Shawnee
Heights, 2-4. Hollandsworth finished in fifth
170: Dakota Rose pinned by Damon Ward,
Shawnee Heights, 1:01; pinned by John Emmerson, Uniontown, 1:27; pinned by Dylan
Misener, Parsons, 0:30; pinned Josh Harris,
Bartlesville, 1:43; pinned by Cal Bloomfield,
Independence, 3:48. Rose finished in eighth
220: Wyatt Anderson pinned Blake Buoy,
Bartlesville, 2:21; pinned Clay Holloway, Cherryvale, 4:18; lost to DJ Kessler, Independence,
3-4; def. Tristan Killman, Shawnee Heights,
3-0. Anderson finished in second place in
weight class.
285: Hunter Post pinned by Gage
Jones, Erie, 1:55; pinned by Colton Toney,
Iola, 3:03; pinned by Ethan Shuman, Shawnee Heights, 1:09.
Caney Valley junior Kyndal McIntosh (#10) found stiff competition with Neodesha ball handler Alyson Potter during Tuesday’s game in Caney. Both players were the high-point earners for their teams.
McIntosh had a team-high 12 points for the Lady Bullpups while Potter, a freshman, scored 12 points
for the Lady Bluestreaks. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
Caney Valley unable to overcome
free throw woes, falls to Neody
• continued from page B1
“I like the fact that we have this game, take
the rest of the week off and then have three
games before Christmas,” Nelson said. “I think
this is a team that you will see a vast improvement. I feel good about our team. We’re going to be fine. We’ve just got to keep plugging
away.”
The Lady Bullpups trailed nearly the entire contest, including 18-11 after one quarter.
Caney Valley hurt its own cause with poor free
throw shooting. The Lady Bullpups hit just one
of its first 11 charity tosses, which set the tone
for the entire game.
Despite those struggles, the host team hung
tough and made things interesting in the second half. Down 21-19 at the intermission,
Caney Valley managed to even the score at 28all after three quarters.
Neodesha regained a five-point edge early in
the final period, but back came the ‘Pups. In
fact, Kyndal McIntosh hit a pair of free throws
with 3:49 to go to give CVHS a 35-34 edge — its
first lead since it was 4-3 early in the contest.
Kolbi McIntosh converted a steal into a layup
on the next possession to push the CVHS lead
up to three points with 3:13 to go. But Caney
Valley could not close the deal.
Neodesha narrowed the gap to one on a
bucket by Kelsi Keath and regained the lead on
a pair of free throws by Alyson Potter with 1:17
to go. Caney Valley reclaimed the advantage on
a bucket by Natasha Sanders with 24 seconds
left but couldn’t hold on down the stretch.
Potter missed a field goal attempt, but
Neodesha’s Sophia Rohling pulled down the
board and put it back in to give the visitors the
lead with 12 seconds remaining. After a timeout, Caney Valley turned the ball over, giving
the ‘Streaks possession with 3.3 ticks to go. But
Neodesha turned the ball back over just past
midcoast. Although the time ticked down to
nothing, the officials gave Caney Valley one last
shot and put 1.6 back on the clock.
The ball came in to Kyndal McIntosh, but her
shot was blocked as time expired to seal the
Lady Bullpups’ fate.
“When we had the three-point lead, we just
lost our mind,” Nelson said. “That’s our youth.
We don’t have someone that wants to control
the ball yet or take ownership of that and get us
settled. We’ll get there. We panicked, and that
gave them an opportunity. You’ve got to give
credit to them. We gave them a window, and
they took advantage of it.”
Kyndal McIntosh had 13 points to lead Caney
Valley, followed by Sanders with 10.
In junior varsity action, Caney Valley won,
40-21. Ally Cunningham and Madi Lawrence
led the JV Lady Bullpups with 10 points each.
NEODESHA 40, CANEY VALLEY 39
NEODESHA (2-1): Potter 4 4-6 12, Lamendola 4 2-6 10, Johnson 2 2-5 6, Knickerbocker 1 (1) 1-5 6, Rohling 2 0-0 4, Keath 1 0-1
2, Dean 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 14 (1) 9-23 40.
CANEY VALLEY (0-1): Ky. McIntosh 3 7-14 13, Sanders 5 0-3
10, Nunneley 2 (1) 0-1 7, Ko. McIntosh 3 0-0 6, Cunningham 1 0-2
2, Buoy 0 1-2 1, Owen 0 0-4 0, Rogers 0 0-0 0, Lawrence 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 14 (1) 8-26 39.
NEODESHA
18
3 7
12 — 40
CANEY VALLEY
11
8 9
11 — 39
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SPORTS
Charger boys lose to
Hartford in tourney’s
opening round
BY BRIAN THOMAS
YATES CENTER — Although
the result was much closer, the
Cherryvale High School boys’
basketball team came up on
the short end of a 65-64 loss to
class 1A’s Hartford in openinground action of the Wildcat
Winter Classic on Tuesday.
“We definitely got better,”
said Charger coach Aaron
Rehmert. “We certainly have
a ways to go yet. Defensively, we have to get better and
faster. Our ball pressure has
to improve. Offensively, we
still turn the ball over far too
often. I thought we moved the
ball well at times. There was
a stretch in the fourth quarter where their point guard
dribbled by us and scored or
created something about three
times in a row, which killed us.
We know it’s going to be a battle every night, and we have to
bring intensity to practice to
improve.”
The loss to the Jaguars
dropped Cherryvale to 0-2 on
the season. CHS returns to action on Tuesday in the consolation bracket of the tournament
as it takes on Marais des Cygnes Valley — a 75-52 loser to
Sedan.
Cherryvale, which was coming off a 58-36 loss at Riverton
last Friday, fell behind early
once again as it trailed 15-8
after eight minutes of action.
That’s when the Chargers
kicked things into gear, outscoring Hartford 24-14 in the
second period to grab a 32-29
edge at the intermission.
The teams went back and
forth in the second half. Hartford regained a 46-43 advantage after three quarters, but
Cherryvale would not go away.
Unfortunately for the Chargers, they fell one point short
by game’s end.
Brendan Menzer had a
team-high 18 points to lead
the way for Cherryvale. Lane
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Raida also reached double figures in scoring with 16.
Tournament action will conclude on Friday with the final
round. The Chargers will play
in either the fifth- or seventhplace game that day against
either Yates Center or AltoonaMidway.
WILDCAT WINTER CLASSIC
HARTFORD 65, CHERRYVALE 64
CHERRYVALE (0-2): Menzer 4 (2) 4-10 18,
L. Raida 7 2-2 16, Main 4 0-2 8, Verge 1 (2) 0-0
8, Wagner 3 0-0 6, Vigil 2 0-2 4, R. Robertson
1 0-0 2, Bennett 1 0-0 2, Smedley 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23 (4) 6-16 64.
HARTFORD (1-0): Fowler 5 (2) 5-7 21, Dan.
Kistner 6 7-9 19, Majors 2 8-12 12, Thomas 0
(2) 1-2 7, Kemmerer 2 0-2 4, Ikerd 1 0-1 2, Dal.
Kistner 0 0-1 0, Shank 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 16 (4)
21-34 65.
CHERRYVALE
8
24 11 21 — 64
HARTFORD
15 14 17 19 — 65
RIVERTON 58,
CHERRYVALE 36
RIVERTON — It was a
rough start to the season for
the Chargers as they suffered
a 58-36 loss to Riverton —
ranked No. 9 in Class 3A according to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association
preseason poll.
“I can’t imagine a tougher
team in our area to start the
season with,” Rehmert said.
“We were outmatched and
outsized in every position. Riverton is a really good team. I
told the team after the game
that I learned one thing about
our team … We didn’t give up.
We battled in the second half,
and the effort was still there
despite the deficit.”
Cherryvale trailed 28-6 after
one quarter and 42-11 at the
intermission.
RIVERTON 58, CHERRYVALE 36
CHERRYVALE (0-1): Menzer 2 (1) 0-4 7,
Wagner 3 1-2 7, Smedley 2 0-2 4, R. Robertson 1 2-2 4, Bennett 2 0-0 4, Main 1 1-9 3,
Verge 0 (1) 0-0 3, Vigil 1 0-2 2, L. Raida 1 0-0 2,
J. Robertson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 13 (2) 4-21 36.
RIVERTON (1-0): Weaver 5 (1) 0-0 13,
North 5 3-5 13, Brown 4 4-6 12, Smith 3 (1)
0-0 9, Deckard 0 (2) 0-0 6, Allen 2 1-4 5, Miller
0 0-1 0, Lansford 0 0-0 0, Zutiak 0 0-0 0, Williams 0 0-0 0, Riggin 0 0-0 0, Mestas 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 19 (4) 8-16 58.
CHERRYVALE
6
5
16 9 — 36
RIVERTON
28 14 16 0 — 58
’Pups trounced in Wall’s debut
Neodesha explodes
in second half to put
sizable gap on Caney
Valley scoreboard
BY BRIAN THOMAS
CANEY — This was not the
script Dan Wall had in mind for
his coaching debut at Caney
Valley High School.
The Caney Valley boys
committed 38 turnovers and
struggled from start to finish
in a 70-39 home loss to Neodesha in their season opener on
Tuesday.
“We had 38 turnovers, and
that’s really a lot,” said Wall,
who has coached for five decades and racked up more
than 550 career victories at
the high school and college
level. “We’ve got a lot to improve on. Hopefully, we can
keep our heads up and keep
working. The worst thing you
can do is to let this game get to
you and discourage you. We’ve
got to come out and keep
working hard. We’ve just got
to take care of the ball better.”
The Bullpups — 0-1 on the
season — will spend the rest
of the week preparing for a
busy stretch before the holiday
break. Caney Valley returns to
the court on Monday at Southeast-Cherokee and follows that
up one day later with a trip to
Oxford. Caney Valley wraps up
the first semester on Dec. 18 at
home against Dewey (Okla.).
“We want to get back out
there on the court,” Wall said.
“We need some practice. We’ll
get better and keep improving. That’s the most important
thing right now.”
Not much of anything went
right for Caney Valley in its
season opener. Not only did the
Bullpups turn the ball over 38
times in the contest, but they
also shot just 16-of-41 from
the floor for 39 percent and
were a dismal 5-of-16 at the
free throw line.
The Bullpups tried to hang
tough early in the contest.
Josh Davis got the ‘Pups on the
board in the opening seconds
Caney Valley’s Josh Davis (#33) bangs his arm against the head of a Neodesha rebounder during
Tuesday’s game on the Caney Valley hardwoods. (Photo by Andy Taylor)
at 2-0, but it was their only
lead the entire way. Neodesha
had a 10-9 lead but ran off the
final six points of the first period to go up seven.
The Bluestreaks turned up
the heat in the second period, converting turnovers into
points. Neodesha ran off eight
straight points to push the
margin into double digits. Michael Shinkle hit a three-point-
CMS girls’ team opening 2015 roundball season
CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Middle School girls’
basketball team placed second
at the Cherryvale Invitational
Tournament last Saturday.
The
Chargers
defeated
Thayer, 37-23, in the opening
round before bowing to Mound
Valley in the championship
contest, 40-10.
In the first game, Allison
Poole and Mariah Monroy led
the Chargers with 10 points
each.
Camdyn Forman scored five
points, followed by four points
from Jairen Burns and Christa
Boswell. Isabelle McGhee and
Harley Allen each added two
points.
Against Mound Valley, Cher-
ryvale had two points each
from Faith Holt, Jairen Burns,
Camdyn Forman, Isabelle McGhee and Allison Poole.
On Monday, the Cherryvale
Middle School defeated Fredonia, 21-18, in the A game.
Camdyn Forman led the Charger with nine points, followed
by four points each from Allison Poole, Isabelle McGhee
and Mariah Monroy.
The high spot of the night
game in Cherryvale’s 30-26
overtime victory over Fredonia
in the B game. Jairen Burns
led Cherryvale with 10 points,
followed by seven points from
Hannah Kaiser, six points from
Harley Allen and five points
from Alyssa Boswell.
er for the ’Streaks just before
the halftime buzzer to extend
the margin to 13, 33-20, heading into the locker room.
Things quickly turned ugly
for Caney Valley in the second
half. Neodesha opened on a
16-2 run that watched its lead
grow to 27 at 49-22 midway
through the third quarter. The
margin grew to 30 points early
in the fourth period, resulting
in a running clock the remainder of the contest.
No Bullpup players reached
double figures in scoring as
Troy Watson led the way with
eight points.
Neodesha (1-2) was paced
by Cody O’Neill with 20 points,
followed by Colton Cunningham with 13.
NEODESHA 70, CANEY VALLEY 39
NEODESHA (1-2): O’Neill 10 0-1 20, Cunningham 3 (2) 1-2 13, Mitchell 3 2-4 8, Canterbury 2 (1) 0-2 7, Linn 3 0-1 6, Mi. Shinkle 1
(1) 0-0 5, Ivy 2 0-0 4, Stover 0 (1) 0-0 3, Quinn
1 0-1 2, Santiago 1 0-0 2, Curt 0 0-0 0. TOTALS
26 (5) 3-11 70.
CANEY VALLEY (0-1): Tro. Watson 2 (1) 1-2
8, Davis 3 1-2 7, Richey 3 1-2 7, Melchiori 1 (1)
0-0 5, Gulick 2 0-1 4, Clapp 2 0-2 4, Messner 1
0-0 2, Kastning 0 1-2 1, Vining 0 1-2 1, Nunneley 0 0-3 0, Rogers 0 0-0 0, Tre. Watson 0 0-0
0. TOTALS 14 (2) 5-16 39.
NEODESHA
16 17 23 14 — 70
CANEY VALLEY
9
11 13 6 — 39
Red Raven football team
finishes at #14 in final poll
The Coffeyville Red Ravens are ranked 14th in the country in the final NJCAA football poll of the 2015 season. The
poll was released on Tuesday. The Red Ravens finished 8-3 overall on the season including a 4-3 mark in Jayhawk Conference games.
Northwest Mississippi finished the year ranked #1 and
Snow, Utah is #2.
In the Jayhawk Conference, Butler ended the season at
#5 with a 9-2 record. Dodge City ended the season ranked
#11 at 9-3.
KSHSAA announces locations for
sub-state basketball, regional wrestling
Field Kindley High School
will serve as one of eight host
schools for Class 4A-Division
I sub-state basketball tournaments during the current season, as announced recently by
the Kansas State High School
Activities Association.
That tournament is scheduled for March 3-5 at StonerMcClure Gymnasium in Coffeyville. In addition to Field
Kindley, the girls’ and boys’
sub-state tournament will in-
clude Chanute, Independence
and Labette County.
Both Cherryvale and Caney
Valley have been assigned to
the Class 3A Sub-State Tournament in Neodesha. The
first round of that tournament
will be played on Feb. 29 and
March 1 at home sites before
shifting to Neodesha for the
girls’ and boys’ semifinal and
championship rounds March
3-5. Other teams participating
in that sub-state will be Erie,
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Riverton and Southeast-Cherokee.
Also last week, KSHSAA released its assignments for regional wrestling tournaments,
which are scheduled for Feb.
19-20.
In Class 4A, Independence
and Field Kindley will compete
in the Columbus regional that
will include Anderson County,
Burlington, Chanute, Columbus, Fort Scott, Frontenac,
Iola, Labette County, Louisburg, Osawatomie, Paola, Parsons and Prairie View.
Caney Valley and Cherryvale will compete in one of
the Class 3-2-1A regional tournaments in Marion. Joining
them in that regional will be
Canton Galva, Central-Burden,
Chase County, Douglass, Erie,
Eureka, Flinthills, Fredonia,
Halstead, Herington, Hesston,
Hillsboro, Humboldt, Jayhawk
Linn, Leon-Bluestem, Marion, Moundridge, Pleasanton,
Remington, Southeast-Cherokee, Uniontown, West Elk and
Wichita Independent.
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SPORTS
DESIREE NELSON LEADS COFFEYVILLE WITH 16 POINTS IN VICTORY OVER DODGE CITY
Lady Ravens claim pair of conference wins
BY BRIAN THOMAS
COFFEYVILLE — Coming off an upset
win over nationally-ranked Hutchinson,
the Coffeyville Community College women’s basketball team improved to 2-0 in
Jayhawk Conference play with a 76-58
victory over Dodge City Saturday at Nellis
Hall.
The Lady Ravens won their third
straight to improve to 9-3 overall. CCC
was scheduled to close out its non-conference slate on Tuesday with a home game
against Carl Albert State (Okla.) before
heading to Garden City on Saturday for
another conference matchup.
Coffeyville grabbed control of Saturday’s contest early on, taking a 22-14 lead
over the Lady Conquistadors (10-2, 1-1)
after just one quarter. CCC continued to
expand its lead and pushed it into double
digits at 42-31 by halftime.
The Lady Ravens put the game out of
reach after the break. A 17-12 spurt in
the third quarter had the margin up to 16
at 59-43, and it was smooth sailing from
that point on for the host team.
Caney Valley High School graduate Desiree Nelson had a team-high 16 points to
lead the way for Coffeyville, followed by
Alanie Fisher with 11 and Chanel Khammarath 10.
COFFEYVILLE 76, DODGE CITY 58
DODGE CITY (10-2, 1-1): Antania Newton 7-9 3-4 20,
Alexus Johnson 4-14 2-4 11, Rachel Slattery 4-6 1-4 9, Talisha
Presley 4-8 0-0 8, Kyra Fennell 1-2 2-2 4, Dasia Johnson 2-8 0-0
4, Ajhania Smith 1-5 0-0 2, Amber Espinosa 0-1 0-0 0, Brittany
Leonard 0-1 0-0 0, Shelby Luerman 0-0 0-0 0, Fantasia Johnson 0-1 0-2 0, Blair Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-57 8-16 58.
COFFEYVILLE (9-3, 2-0): Desiree Nelson 4-8 4-4 16, Alanie
Fisher 5-9 1-2 11, Chanel Khammarath 4-9 2-4 10, Odyssey
Trussell 1-6 6-6 8, Jazmine Torian 3-8 0-0 6, Caletria Curtis 2-3
2-4 6, Jasmine Davis 2-6 0-0 4, Jade Carranza 2-7 0-0 4, Antoinette Daniels 2-3 0-2 4, Chantelle Smith 0-1 3-4 3, Alex Arline
0-1 2-2 2, NaQari Harris 1-2 0-0 2, Lauren Anderson 0-0 0-0 0,
Patriece Dodson 0-2 0-0 0, Taylor Rowland 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS
26-66 20-28 76.
DODGE CITY
14 17 12 15 — 58
COFFEYVILLE
22 20 17 17 — 76
Three-point goals — DCCC 4-19 (Newton 3-5, A. Johnson 1-6,
Smith 0-3, Presley 0-2, D. Johnson 0-1, Leonard 0-1, B. Johnson 0-1); CCC 4-16 (Nelson 4-8, Trussell 0-3, Fisher 0-2, Khammarath 0-2, Dodson 0-1).
COFFEYVILLE 62,
HUTCHINSON 58
COFFEYVILLE — Despite trailing by
eight after one quarter, the Lady Ravens
pulled off a big upset to open conference
play as they knocked off fourth-ranked
Hutchinson 62-58 on Dec. 2 at Nellis Hall.
The Lady Dragons went into the contest perfect on the season at 10-0 and
were the defending national runner-up.
But CCC had some things up its sleeves to
pull off the big conference win.
Down 22-14 after one quarter, Coffeyville started to whittle away at the
margin, getting within six, 33-27, at the
intermission. The big stretch came in the
third quarter as CCC outscored Hutchinson 22-11 to take a 49-44 edge of its own.
The Lady Ravens were able to hold on
down the stretch to preserve the win.
Khammarath had a game-high 20
points to lead the way for the Lady Ravens. Jasmine Davis followed with 14,
while Fisher added 13.
COFFEYVILLE 62, HUTCHINSON 58
HUTCHINSON (10-1, 1-1): Taylor Stahly 5-10 0-1 13, Kirea
Rogers 2-8 6-8 10, Lakin Preisner 3-10 3-3 9, Kyla Williams 3-5
2-2 8, Inja Butina 1-6 4-4 6, Daisha Terry 1-2 2-2 5, Shayla DeGarmo 1-2 0-0 3, Mandy Madden 1-2 0-0 2, Ralena Phillips 1-2
0-0 2. TOTALS 18-47 17-20 58.
COFFEYVILLE (8-3, 1-0): Chanel Khammarath 8-14 1-2 20,
Jasmine Davis 6-9 2-2 14, Alanie Fisher 4-10 4-5 13, Odyssey
Trussell 2-8 1-2 6, Chantelle Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Desiree Nelson
1-1 0-0 2, Jazmine Torian 1-6 0-0 2, Antoinette Daniels 1-4 0-0
2, Caletria Curtis 0-2 1-2 1, Jade Carranza 0-1 0-0 0, NaQari
Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Alex Arline 0-0 0-0 0, Lauren Anderson 0-0 0-0
0, Patriece Dodson 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor Rowland 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS
24-56 9-13 62.
HUTCHINSON
22 11 11 14 — 58
COFFEYVILLE
14 13 22 13 — 62
Three-point goals — HCC 5-17 (Stahly 3-8, DeGarmo 1-2,
Terry 1-1, Preisner 0-3, Butina 0-2, Phillips 0-1); CCC 5-14
(Khammarath 3-6, Trussell 1-4, Fisher 1-4). Rebounds — HCC
25 (Rogers 6); CCC 37 (Torian 8). Assists — 13 (Butina 5); CCC
12 (Fisher 4). Turnovers — HCC 20; CCC 19. Total Fouls — HCC
16; CCC 16. Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
Local swimmers on busy pace to start season
BY BRIAN THOMAS
Coffeyville’s Delshon Strickland, a 6-4 freshman from Minneapolis, Minn., guides the ball downcourt during CCC’s game against
Dodge City on Saturday. (Photo by Chuck Reed)
Red Ravens start
league schedule
with two losses
BY BRIAN THOMAS
COFFEYVILLE — It was a
home-sweet-home return to
Coffeyville for James Newton,
and a not so nice outcome
for the hometown Red Raven
men’s basketball team.
The Field Kindley High
School graduate scored a
team-high 21 points to lift
his Dodge City Conquistadors
to an 86-75 victory over Coffeyville in a Jayhawk Conference contest last Saturday at
Nellis Hall.
With that loss, the Red Ravens fell to 0-2 in conference
play. CCC bounced back on
Tuesday with a 102-67 nonconference home win over
Carl Albert State (Okla.) to
improve to 7-6 overall. Details
from that contest
will appear in next
week’s edition.
Coffeyville will
close out the preholiday
portion
of its schedule on
Saturday when it
travels to Garden
City for another
Jayhawk Conference matchup.
The Red Ravens
trailed from start to finish, including as much as a 17-point
deficit during the first half. But
they closed the half on a 21-6
run that narrowed the gap to
just two points, 41-39, as the
teams went into the locker
room at the break.
CCC could never get over
the hump, though, in the second half. Meanwhile, the Conquistadors would take charge,
outscoring the Red Ravens 4536 after the break.
Leading the way for Coffeyville was Delshon Strickland with 29 points. Delano
Spencer added 20.
Newton had a big game for
the Conquistadors (10-2, 2-1),
going 8-of-16 from the floor,
including three three-pointers,
as part of his 21-point effort.
ford 1-2 1-2 3, Jordan Taylor 1-3 0-0 2, Gregory Poleon 1-2 0-0 2, Mo Ahmed 1-1 0-0 2, William Jefferson 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 28-64 12-23
75.
DODGE CITY
41 45 — 86
COFFEYVILLE
39 36 — 75
Three-point goals — DCCC 6-18 (Newton
3-7, Rutherford 1-3, Treaudo 1-2, Hood 1-1,
Dillard 0-5); CCC 7-20 (Strickland 3-10, Barksdale 2-3, Spencer 2-2, Strong 0-4, Taylor 0-1).
Rebounds — DCCC 35 (Boutte 10); CCC 34
(Wolfe 11). Assists — DCCC 15 (Dillard 8); CCC
9 (Spencer 3). Turnovers — DCCC 9; CCC 11.
Total Fouls — DCCC 18; CCC 26. Fouled out —
Wolfe, Jefferson. Technicals — none.
HUTCHINSON 82,
COFFEYVILLE 77
COFFEYVILLE — Up by as
many as 10 points early in the
second half, the Red Ravens
had top-ranked Hutchinson
on the ropes. Unfortunately,
they could not hold on down
the stretch in suffering an 8277 loss to the Blue Dragons at
Nellis Hall on Dec. 2.
CCC had a
33-29
advantage
at the intermission
and eventually expanded the margin to 10 at 59-49
around the midway
point of the second half. Hutchinson would not go
away, though, and
cut into the margin
down the stretch. CCC maintained a one-point lead with
five minutes to go before the
Blue Dragons closed the gap
on a 15-9 spurt to finish things
off.
Coffeyville’s top scorer was
Darrion Strong, who had a
game-high 21 points. Spencer
had 17 points, while Strickland follow with 11 and Jordan Taylor tacked on 10.
COFFEYVILLE — It’s still
early in the season, but the
Field Kindley and Independence high school boys’ swimming teams went against each
other in a head-to-head dual
Monday at the FKHS pool.
The Golden Tornado finished the meet with 100
points, compared to 79 by the
Bulldogs.
“I felt we did pretty well
for the second meet of the
season,” said FKHS swim
coach Tracey Childress. “We
still have room to improve on
starts and turns. They are all
working really hard.”
IHS coach Kathy Clapp said
she liked what she saw from
her squad.
“The Independence swimmers looked great,” Clapp
said. “We are still working on
getting into shape for some of
the more challenging events.
We don’t have athletes ready
to swim in the 200 IM, the
Butterfly or the 500 just yet.
Our schedule this week is
challenging with four meets in
nine days. That doesn’t allow
for much time to practice to
build endurance.”
Field Kindley won six of the
10 events in the meet, including all three relays — the 200
medley in 2:07.81, the 200
freestyle in 1:51.77 and the
400 freestyle in 5:16.22. Individually, three ‘Nado swim-
mers led the way, with W.J.
Housley taking first place in
the 200 IM in 3:01.89, Christopher Ewy in the 50 freestyle
in 24.68 seconds and Christopher Ramsey in the 500 freestyle in 9:13.81.
Independence swam shorthanded in some events but
still had success. Branden
Bales took first place in a pair
of events, including the 200
freestyle in 2:35.98 and the
100 freestyle in 1:02.36. Adam
Hayse was first place in the
100 backstroke in 1:29.63,
while Nathan Hogge led the
way in the 100 breaststroke in
1:23.60.
The Bulldogs were scheduled to compete in two more
events this week, including the
Bonner Springs Invitational
on Wednesday. Both IHS and
Field Kindley will compete in
the El Dorado Invitational on
Saturday.
FIELD KINDLEY DUAL
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Field Kindley 100, 2. Independence 79.
200 Medley Relay: 1. Field Kindley A
(Dylan Cruse, Austin Peck, William Housley,
Christopher Ewy), 2:07.81. 200 Freestyle: 3.
Christopher Ramsey, 3:16.02.
200 Intermediate: 1. W.J. Housley, 3:01.89.
50 Freestyle: 1. Christopher Ewy, 24.68; 2.
Dylan Cruse, 26.68; 3. Will Hoy, 27.15.
100 Freestyle: 2. Will Hoy, 1:02.61; 3. Jaxon King, 1:10.97; 5. Asa Sterk, 1:12.94.
500 Freestyle: 1. Christopher Ramsey,
9:13.81.
200 Freestyle Relay: 1. Field Kindley A
(Will Hoy, Dylan Cruse, William Housley,
Christopher Ewy), 1:51.77; 3. Field Kindley B
(Drake Hayden, Jaxon King, Asa Sterk, Austin
Peck), 2:09.55.
100 Breaststroke: 2. Austin Peck, 1:31.81.
(Will Hoy, William Housley, Dylan Cruse,
Christopher Ewy), 4:21.36; 2. Field Kindley B
(Drake Hayden, Asa Sterk, Jaxon King, Austin
Peck), 5:16.22.
200 Medley Relay: 2. Independence A
(John Easley, Nathan Hogge, Branden Bales,
Jacob Mitchell), 2:22.86; 3. Independence B
(Adam Hayse, Jacob Hogge, Sean Neyland,
Jordan Ashford), 2:28.40.
200 Freestyle: 1. Branden Bales, 2:35.98;
2. Jacob Hogge, 3:02.13.
50 Freestyle: 4. Jacob Mitchell, 27.34; 5.
Nathan Hogge, 29.07; 7. John Easley, 33.78.
4. Jacob Mitchell, 1:12.82; 6. Jordan Ashford,
1:15.64.
200 Freestyle Relay: 2. Independence
A (Nathan Hogge, Sean Neyland, Branden
Bales, Jacob Mitchell), 1:58.23; 4. Independence B (Adam Hayse, Jacob Smith, Jacob
Hogge, Jordan Ashford), 2:18.50.
100 Backstroke: 1. Adam Hayse, 1:29.63;
2. John Easley, 1:54.49.
100 Breaststroke: 1. Nathan Hogge,
1:23.60; 3. Sean Neyland, 1:40.65.
400 Freestyle Relay: Independence A (Adam
Hayse, Jacob Hogge, John Easley, Jordan
Ashford), 5:43.87.
EMPORIA INVITATIONAL
EMPORIA — Ewy earned
a state-consideration time as
he took second place in the 50
freestyle at the season-opening Emporia Invitational on
Dec. 3.
As a team, the Golden Tornado took fourth place behind
Derby, Emporia and Wichita
Collegiate.
Independence
came in fifth, followed by
Wichita Independent in sixth.
“Everyone did well considering it was the first meet,”
Childress said. “I am very optimistic about this season going
well with several newcomers
CCC RED
RAVENS
DODGE CITY 86, COFFEYVILLE 75
DODGE CITY (10-2, 1-1): James Newton
8-16 2-2 21, Josh Boutte 7-13 2-3 16, Lorenzo
Dillard 2-9 10-15 14, Jamie Rutherford 2-6
8-10 13, Jamil Hood 3-10 6-6 13, Jonathan
Joseph 3-3 0-0 6, Jeremy Treaudo 1-2 0-0 3,
Sam Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Matt Lebeque 0-0 0-0
0. TOTALS 26-59 28-36 86.
COFFEYVILLE (6-6, 0-2): Delshon Strickland 10-21 6-7 29, Delano Spencer 7-18 4-9
20, Tedrick Wolfe 3-4 1-3 7, Jovan Barksdale
2-3 0-2 6, Darrion Strong 2-9 0-0 4, Lee Reli-
HUTCHINSON 82, COFFEYVILLE 77
HUTCHINSON (13-0, 2-0): Akbar Hoffman
7-15 2-6 20, Bashir Ahmed 5-14 6-10 17, Keanu Pinder 6-9 4-7 16, Samajae Haynes-Jones
5-10 3-4 14, Shakur Juiston 6-7 0-1 12, Tyler
Kohl 1-2 0-0 2, Jawan Emery 0-1 1-2 1, Moataz
Aly 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 30-59 16-30 82.
COFFEYVILLE (6-5, 0-1): Darrion Strong
9-20 2-2 21, Delano Spencer 6-12 2-2 17,
Delshon Strickland 4-11 0-0 11, Jordan Taylor
4-6 1-1 10, Jailen Gill 4-6 0-2 8, Jovan Barksdale 2-9 0-0 5, Tedrick Wolfe 1-3 0-0 2, Gregory Poleon 1-3 0-0 2, Trayvon Hards 0-0 1-2 1,
Lee Reliford 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 31-70 6-9 77.
HUTCHINSON
29 53 — 82
COFFEYVILLE
33 44 — 77
Three-point goals — HCC 6-15 (Hoffman
4-8, Haynes-Jones 1-4, Ahmed 1-2, Pinder
0-1); CCC 9-31 (Strickland 3-7, Spencer 3-7,
Strong 1-7, Barksdale 1-6, Taylor 1-3, Wolfe
0-1). Rebounds — HCC 43 (Ahmed 10); CCC
35 (Wolfe 8). Assists — HCC 15 (Haynes-Jones
6); CCC 13 (Strong 7). Turnovers — HCC 17;
CCC 15. Total Fouls — HCC 13; CCC 24. Fouled
out — Poleon. Technicals — none.
CCC soccer program gains three from Field Kindley
Three Field Kindley High School soccer players last week signed letters of intent to compete with
the men’s and women’s soccer programs at Coffeyville Community College for the 2016-17 seasons.
Signing their letters of intent were (left to right) FKHS seniors Nick Becker, Marlene Medina and Rafael Magana-Gonzalez. Viewing the letter signing was FKHS soccer coach Jayson Etter. (Photo by
Beth Conrad)
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to the team this year. They are
showing great promise.”
Independence was making
its first appearance as its own
squad after spending the last
seven years in a cooperative
agreement with Field Kindley.
Clapp said she saw promise
from her team in its first outing of the season.
“Due to multiple circumstances, we were only able to
take half of the team to the
meet,” Clapp said. “As a team,
it is impossible to compete
with only five swimmers. Individually though, I was proud of
what these kids did. Brandon
and Jacob Mitchell both improved on their fastest times
from last season tremendously. They also both stepped up
and swam strokes in the medley relay that they have never
swam before in competition.
I appreciate the leadership
roles they are taking on this
season. The new swimmers
also turned in great performances for their first competition.”
Ewy finished the 50 freestyle
in a time of 24.88 seconds.
Also finishing second was the
Field Kindley 400 freestyle relay team that closed out with
a time of 5:12.80. The Golden
Tornado also took third in the
200 freestyle relay in 2:04.31
and fourth in the 200 medley
relay in 2:07.57.
Bales was the top performer for Independence as he took
sixth in the 200 freestyle in
2:30.37 and eighth in the 100
freestyle in 1:02.82.
EMPORIA INVITATIONAL
TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Derby, 2. Emporia, 3.
Wichita Collegiate, 4. Field Kindley, 5. Independence, 6. Wichita Independent.
200 Medley Relay: 4. Field Kindley (Dylan
Cruse, Austin Peck, W.J. Housley, Christopher
Ewy), 2:07.57.
200 Freestyle: 11. Chris Ramsey, 3:10.04.
50 Freestyle: 2. Christopher Ewy, 24.88; 7.
Dylan Cruse, 26.93; 11. W.J. Housley, 27.29.
100 Freestyle: 7. Will Hoy, 1:02.62; 12.
Jaxon King, 11:11.78; 14. Asa Sterk, 1:14.90.
(Dylan Cruse, Will Hoy, W.J. Housley, Christopher Ewy), 1:47.40; 8. Field Kindley B (Chris
Ramsey, Austin Peck, Jaxon King, Asa Sterk),
2:04.31.
100 Breaststroke: 8. Austin Peck, 1:32.36;
10. Colvin Gibson, 1:57.86.
(Will Hoy, Dylan Cruse, W.J. Housley, Christopher Ewy), 4:12.73; 7. Field Kindley B (Chris
Ramsey, Austin Peck, Asa Sterk, Jaxon King),
5:12.80.
200 Medley Relay: 7. Independence
(John Easley, Jacob Mitchell, Branden Bales,
Jordan Ashford), 2:24.63.
200 Freestyle: 6. Branden Bales, 2:30.37.
50 Freestyle: 10. Jacob Mitchell, 27.27; 15.
John Easley, 32.33; 16. Jordan Ashford, 32.76.
13. Jacob Mitchell, 1:12.32; 16. Jordan Ashford, 1:15.96.
200 Freestyle Relay: 11. Independence
(John Easley, Jordan Ashford, Branden Bales,
Jacob Mitchell), 2:07.94.
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Bulldogs slip in tourney’s opening round
humble Pirates;
team now 10-2
IKE CEARFOSS CLASSIC • OSAWATOMIE, KAN.
Independence to face
Kansas City-Metro Academy tonight; final game
to be Saturday
BY BRIAN THOMAS
OSAWATOMIE — Despite
some foul trouble in the first
half, the Independence High
School boys’ basketball team
seemed to have control of
things in Monday’s season
opener, leading Osawatomie
by as many as 12 points midway through the final period.
Yet, the foul situation doomed
the squad down the stretch,
resulting in three players fouling out, and that would prove
costly by game’s end.
The host Trojans rallied all
the way back and got a rebound and putback by Noah
Cole at the buzzer to cap off a
49-47 come-from-behind victory over the Bulldogs in opening-round action of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic at Mac Steele
Gymnasium.
“It was a good game besides the foul trouble,” said
IHS boys’ coach Marcus Lanning, whose squad had a 4331 advantage with 4:44 left in
the contest. “Honestly, there
were kids I wanted to watch
just to give them an idea how
fast the game is. I didn’t want
to throw them into a tight
game, but they had to grow
up pretty quick because of our
foul trouble. The bottom line is
we cannot get in foul trouble
like that. We’ve just got to be
smarter on the defensive side.
I know it’s the first game, but
as long as we learn from it,
we’ll be okay.”
The Bulldogs were the defending tournament champions and had captured the title
in two of the past three years.
In fact, Independence had won
its last three regular-season
tournament titles and claimed
seven championships since
2011, including five in a row
at the Wilson County Classic.
Now 0-1 overall, IHS returns to tournament action
today (Thursday) as it takes
on Kansas City-Metro Academy in a 7:30 p.m. contest
at Osawatomie High School’s
Red Gym. KC-Metro suffered a
62-52 loss to Osage City in another quarterfinal contest. The
scene shifts to Central Heights
High School in Richmond for
the final round on Saturday
as the Bulldogs will play in either the fifth- or seventh-place
game against Field Kindley or
Central Heights.
“Right now, we want to go
2-1 in this tournament,” Lanning said. “That’s our goal
right now. We’re not going to
win this tournament, but we
can go out there and improve
and pick up a couple of wins.
I don’t expect us to be at our
best yet, but we need to make
the best of each opportunity
we get.”
It was tough for either team
to get into a flow much of the
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contest as a total of 57 fouls
were called. In fact, 32 of
those were called in the first
half, with 19 of those against
Independence. That resulted
in six Bulldog players being
placed on the bench with three
fouls each.
But, amazingly, IHS found
itself down by just two, 21-19,
at the intermission. The third
quarter appeared to be the
stretch in which Independence
took control of the game. The
Bulldogs got into a flow offensively and ran off nine straight
points, including conventional three-point plays by Levi
Kemp and Jalynn Lawrie. The
team closed the quarter on a
five-point spurt to take a 3828 edge into the final period.
Lawrie was a force for the
Bulldogs as he finished the
game with a career-high 27
points on 10-of-17 shooting
from the floor. The senior was
one of three Bulldog players
that fouled out in the fourth
quarter.
“We knew going in that he
would step up and play well,”
Lanning said. “He’s a pretty
strong player. It’s tough to
slow down a kid like that. It
obviously hurt us when he
went out, but we have to learn
to play without him in situations like this.”
Independence
had
a
12-point edge before Osawatomie started to chip away. In
fact, the Trojans 16 of the next
18 points to take a two-point
lead with 29.5 seconds left.
IHS tied things up on a driving
shot by Drew Pasternak, setting up the wild ending.
After Osawatomie called
timeout, Trojan Trevor Ballou
put up a shot that missed. Cole
came down with the rebound
and went right back up for the
bucket, just beating the final
buzzer to send the Bulldogs to
a heartbreaking defeat.
“We did a great job in the
third quarter, but you can’t
really look at that,” Lanning
said. “You’re going to look at
the last couple of possessions
where we weren’t rebounding
the ball or not executing down
the stretch. We’ve just got to
do better than that. I know
this is new to some of the guys.
We’ve just got to learn how
to execute better down the
stretch.”
In the other half of the
bracket played Monday in
Richmond, Spring Hill beat
Field Kindley 53-52 in overtime, while West Franklin took
down host Central Heights 5640.
IKE CEARFOSS CLASSIC
FIRST ROUND
Osawatomie 49, Independence 47
INDEPENDENCE (0-1): Lawrie 10 7-16 27,
Kemp 3 1-1 7, Pasternak 1 2-3 4, Schroeder
0 (1) 0-0 3, Johnson 1 0-0 2, Morton 0 2-5 2,
Kleiber 1 0-1 2, Hayward 0 0-0 0, Kendrex 0
0-0 0, Pralle 0 0-2 0. TOTALS 16 (1) 12-28 47.
OSAWATOMIE (1-1): Manes 4 5-6 13, England 3 (1) 3-7 12, Ballou 2 8-9 12, Richardson
0 (2) 1-5 7, Cole 1 2-8 4, Joeckel 0 1-2 1, Shadden 0 0-3 0, Hiersche 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0,
Bradley 0 0-0 0, Badders 0 0-0 0, Bauman 0
0-0 0. TOTALS 10 (3) 20-40 49.
INDEPENDENCE 10 9
19 9 — 47
OSAWATOMIE
7
14 7 21 — 49
Former Red Raven sprinter
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Andre De Grasse, Coffeyville Community College men’s track
member in 2013-14, officially signed a professional running deal
with Puma last Friday.
Puma, an athletic shoe manufacturer, also sponsors running
legend and Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt, who is targeted to retire in 2016.
De Grasse, a student athlete at the
University of Southern California, was
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of going pro, but wanted to finish schooling and find out his worth in the professional world. While working with USC
coach Caryl Smith–Gilbert, De Grasse
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De Grasse is working towards the
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Ore. From there he plans to prepare for
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the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de
Janiero, Brazil.
De Grasse, a Canadian citizen, won conference and national
sprint titles while at Coffeyville. He also claimed NCAA division
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the summer, where he finished in third place in the 100 meter
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INDEPENDENCE — After
watching its 10-game win
streak come to an end, the Independence Community College men’s basketball team
suffered a second straight loss.
The Pirates dropped a 76-70
overtime decision to Garden
City on Saturday to drop to 1-2
in Jayhawk Conference action.
Garden City avenged an earlier 70-67 loss to the Pirates
on Nov. 12 at the Broncbuster
Shootout in Garden City.
The teams were locked in a
battle the whole way through.
ICC led 27-26 at the intermission before Garden City tied
things up at 61-all at the end
of regulation.
In the extra frame, the
Broncbusters had the upperhand, outscoring the Pirates
15-9 during that stretch to
lock up the win.
Independence High School
graduate Tate Turner had a
team-high 23 points for the Pirates, followed by Davauhnte
Turer with 16 and Aaron
Smith 11.
ICC, which had started 10-0
for the first time in 10 years,
has now dropped consecutive
games in conference play —
both at the Field House. The
Pirates close out the first semester of action on Saturday
when they travel to Hutchinson to take on the top-ranked
and unbeaten Blue Dragons.
GARDEN CITY 76,
INDEPENDENCE 70 (OT)
GARDEN CITY (9-4, 1-1): Josh Fleming 1019 12-15 35, Diontae Jones 1-5 7-8 9, Jamar
Gilbert 2-6 3-7 8, JT Bennet 3-6 1-2 8, Antorian Moore 2-5 0-0 4, Caleb Tramp 0-2 4-6 4,
Brandon Jones 1-3 0-0 3, Gage Loy 1-5 0-0 2,
Jabar Ray 1-3 0-0 2, Aaron Ray 0-0 0-0 0, Zach
Beard 0-1 0-0 0, James McNeal 0-1 0-0 0, Tykei
Hallman 0-0 0-0 0, Devonde Livingston 0-0
0-0 0. TOTALS 21-56 27-38 76.
INDEPENDENCE (10-2, 1-2): Tate Turner
6-15 10-12 23, Davauhnte Turner 6-11 2-5 16,
Aaron Smith 3-11 3-5 11, Tyrone Riley 2-6 3-6
7, De’Andre King 2-6 2-2 7, David Beasley 0-1
2-5 2, Damion Hunt 1-4 0-0 2, Deon Tripp 1-2
0-0 2, David Adeyemo 0-0 0-0 0, Devin Ferguson 0-1 0-0 0, Alex Ennis 0-2 0-0 0, Malik
Hart 0-1 0-2 0, Shawntez Scroggins 0-3 0-2 0.
TOTALS 21-63 22-39 70.
GARDEN CITY
26 35 15 — 76
INDEPENDENCE 27 34 9 — 70
Three-point goals — GCCC 6-17 (Fleming
3-5, Bennet 1-3, Gilbert 1-2, Jones 1-2, Loy
0-2, J. ray 0-2, Tramp 0-1); ICC 6-21 (Smith 2-8,
D. Turner 2-5, T. Turner 1-4, King 1-3, Hart 0-1).
Rebounds — GCCC 63 (Jones 14); ICC 34 (Riley 9). Assists — GCCC 13 (Gilbert 4); ICC 5 (T.
Turner 2). Turnovers — GCCC 9; ICC NA. Total
Fouls — GCCC 37; ICC NA. Fouled out — Gilbert, Moore. Technicals — none.
COLBY 65,
INDEPENDENCE 62
INDEPENDENCE — For the
first time this season, the Pirates found themselves on the
losing side of the scoreboard,
falling at home to Colby 65-62
on Dec. 3.
That setback put an end to
ICC’s 10-game win streak to
open the season.
The Pirates struggled offensively throughout the contest,
shooting just 19-of-52 from
the floor. ICC trailed 28-20
at the intermission but made
things interesting in the second half. The Pirates stormed
all the way back and trailed by
just three in the closing sec-
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COLBY 65, INDEPENDENCE 62
COLBY (9-3, 2-0): Brian Starr 5-13 7-11 18,
Layton Leydig 5-6 0-0 13, Justin Cuthbertson
2-4 6-7 11, Michael Vos-Otin 3-7 0-0 8, Hassan
Attia 2-5 1-3 5, Ahmed Ismail 2-4 0-0 4, Tyriq
Gunnels 1-2 2-5 4, Zachary Motley 1-3 0-0 2,
Cole Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Spencer Tubbs 0-0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 21-44 16-26 65.
INDEPENDENCE (10-1, 1-1): Davauhnte
Turner 8-10 1-3 19, David Beasley 5-15 3-7 16,
Aaron Smith 2-9 7-8 13, Tyrone Riley 4-6 4-4
12, David Adeyemo 0-1 2-2 2, Devin Ferguson 0-0 0-0 0, Tate Turner 0-3 0-0 0, Alex Ennis
0-1 0-0 0, Damion Hunt 0-1 0-0 0, Shawntez
Scroggins 0-0 0-0 0, Deon Tripp 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 19-52 17-24 62.
COLBY
28 37 — 65
INDEPENDENCE 20 42 — 62
Three-point goals — CCC 7-11 (Leydig 3-4,
Vos-Otin 2-3, Cuthbertson 1-2, Starr 1-2); ICC
7-26 (Beasley 3-8, Smith 2-7, D. Turner 2-4,
King 0-6, T. Turner 0-1). Rebounds — CCC 37
(Ismail 9); ICC 37 (Riley 4). Assists — CCC 6
(Starr 2, Gunnels 2); ICC 8 (D. Turner 4). Turnovers — CCC 17; CCC 11. Total Fouls — CCC
23; ICC 23. Fouled out — Starr, Attia. Technicals — none.
INDEPENDENCE 84,
CLOUD COUNTY 73
CONCORDIA — The Pirates
chalked up their 10th straight
victory to open the season with
a 84-73 decision over Cloud
County on Nov. 30 at Arley
Bryant Gymnasium.
“It was a great way to start
the conference season,” Turner said. “I thought we played
together and played hard for
40 minutes.”
The Pirates picked up the
conference win despite trailing by double digits in the first
half. The second half was a
much different story. Down
38-32 at halftime, ICC opened
on a 9-2 run to take its first
lead of the game at 41-40.
From there, the Pirates continued to expand their advantage
and led by as many as 14 at
75-61 with about five minutes
remaining.
Five players scored in
doubles figures for Independence, including Riley with 19
points, Smith 16, Tate Turner
and Beasley 12 each, and
Davauhnte Turner 10.
INDEPENDENCE 84, CLOUD COUNTY 73
INDEPENDENCE (10-0, 1-0): Tyrone Riley
6-12 7-8 19, Aaron Smith 5-8 4-6 16, Tate
Turner 3-6 6-8 12, David Beasley 4-11 3-4 12,
Davauhnte Turner 2-7 6-10 10, Devin Ferguson 3-4 0-2 6, De’Andre King 1-6 0-0 3, Damion Hunt 1-1 0-0 2, Shawntez Scroggins 1-4
0-0 2, David Adeyemo 1-3 0-0 2, Alex Ennis
0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 27-64 26-38 84.
CLOUD COUNTY (7-4, 0-1): Aamahne Santos 7-13 0-0 16, Deonte Ojinnaka 5-10 2-2 15,
Cardarius Williams 6-9 0-1 12, Devonte Dixon
4-8 0-0 9, Dejuan Sherman 3-6 0-1 7, Duby
Maduegbunam 2-5 1-2 7, Jesse Patrick 1-4
0-0 3, Henry Cornelious 1-5 0-0 2, Alex Martin
1-3 0-0 2, Rashun Allen 0-1 0-0 0, Cherif Fall
0-0 0-2 0. TOTALS 30-64 3-8 73.
INDEPENDENCE 32 52 — 84
CLOUD COUNTY 38 35 — 73
Three-point goals — ICC 4-14 (Smith 2-5,
King 1-5, Beasley 1-2, D. Turner 0-1, T. Turner
0-1); CCCC 10-22 (Ojinnaka 3-4, Maduegbunam 2-5, Santos 2-4, Dixon 1-3, Sherman 1-2,
Patrick 1-1, Martin 0-2, Allen 0-1). Rebounds
— ICC 50 (Riley 14); CCCC 30 (Williams 9). Assists — ICC 14 (D. Turner 3, Smith 3); CCCC 18.
Turnovers — ICC 15; CCCC 15. Total Fouls —
ICC 15; CCCC 28. Fouled out — Dixon, Ojinnaka. Technicals — Williams.
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SPORTS
Spring Hill
ruins ’Nado
tourney title
opportunity
BY BRIAN THOMAS
RICHMOND — Up by nine
points at halftime, the Field
Kindley High School boys’ basketball team appeared on its
way to win No. 1 of the 201516 season. The second half
was a much different story.
The
Golden
Tornado
watched Spring Hill rally in the
second half before coming up
short in a 53-52 overtime loss
to the Broncos in first-round
action of the Ike Cearfoss Classic on Monday.
“We played good in spurts,
but in crunch time and down
the stretch, we had poor decision making that really cost
us,” said
Golden
Field KindTo r n a d o
ley boys to
c o a c h
T y l e r
face Central
ThompHeights in
son. “It
was a lot
second round
of
little
tonight
things
that added up to cost us the game.”
That loss sent the ‘Nado —
picked to win the Southeast
Kansas League — to 0-1 on the
season. Field Kindley dropped
into the consolation bracket of
the tournament and will next
take on host Central Heights
in today’s second round set for
8 p.m. The Vikings suffered a
56-40 loss to West Franklin
in another first-round contest
Monday. Spring Hill and West
Franklin will meet in an earlier semifinal contest.
On the other side of the
bracket in Osawatomie, results
of Monday’s games included
Osawatomie slipping past Independence 49-47, and Osage
City downing Kansas City-Metro Academy. Osawatomie will
meet Osage City in a semifinal
matchup, with Independence
taking on KC-Metro in a consolation bracket game.
The final round of the tournament will take place on Saturday. Field Kindley will play
for either fifth or seventh place
against Independence or KCMetro. Those games will be
played in Richmond.
“The silver lining is to take
what we learned about ourselves from game one and get
better,” Thompson said.
Although FKHS trailed by a
point, 11-10, after one quarter,
it seemed to gain control of the
contest just before halftime.
The Golden Tornado outscored
the Broncos 20-10 in the second quarter to take a 30-21
advantage into the intermission.
Things were a little tougher for the ‘Nado on the offensive end after the break.
Spring Hill held Field Kindley
to single digits in scoring both
the third and fourth quarters.
The Broncos cut the difference
down to five, 39-34, at the end
of three quarters before eventually knotting things up at 48all at the end of regulation.
Unfortunately, FKHS did not
have enough in the end as it
came up one point short in the
extra frame.
Field Kindley was led in
scoring by Anthony Swift with
13 points, including a pair
of three-pointers. TeVaughn
Lewis and Kameron Wilson
added 10 points each.
Spring Hill (2-0), which
opened with a 55-50 home win
over Eudora last Thursday,
had 14 points each from Trey
Heinrich and Ivan Hughes. KJ
Powell also put in 11 for the
Broncos.
SPRING HILL 53, FIELD KINDLEY 52 (OT)
SPRING HILL (2-0): Heinrich 4 (1) 3-8 14,
Hughes 6 2-3 14, Powell 1 (2) 3-4 11, Hodge
2 (1) 1-3 8, Towles 1 (1) 0-0 5, Ewing 0 1-6 1,
Myers 0 0-0 0, LaPlante 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 14 (5)
10-24 53.
FIELD KINDLEY (0-1): Swift 3 (2) 1-2 13,
Lewis 2 6-7 10, K. Wilson 5 0-2 10, Graham 2
(1) 2-3 9, Thompson 4 0-1 8, Vacca 0 2-4 2, Colbert 0 0-0 0, C. Wilson 0 0-0 0, Holman 0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 16 (3) 11-19 52.
SPRING HILL
11 10 13 14 5 — 53
FIELD KINDLEY
10 20 9 9 4 — 52
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Lady Bulldogs’ reveal tenacious defense
Team forces 41 turnovers in 57-11 victory;
Independence to face
Kansas City-Metro
Academy
BY BRIAN THOMAS
OSAWATOMIE — Forcing
a total of 41 turnovers in the
contest, the Independence
High School girls’ basketball
team had a successful start
to the new season. The Lady
Bulldogs took control early
and rolled from there to a 5711 victory over Osawatomie in
first-round action of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic on Monday
night at Mac Steele Gymnasium.
“We came out and played
hard and got after them,” said
IHS girls’ coach Dale Reynolds. “We knew going in that
turnovers probably would win
this, so we ramped it up on defense. Our press did a good job
of creating turnovers, and we
got good opportunities to score
and made the most of it. I am
really proud of the way we executed.”
The Lady Bulldogs are the
two-time defending champions in the tournament, beating Montgomery County rival
Field Kindley each of the past
seasons in the title game. At
1-0, their pursuit of a third
straight crown continues today when they take on Kansas City-Metro Academy in a
semifinal contest set for 6 p.m.
today (Thursday) in Osawatomie. KC-Metro captured a
54-14 win over Osage City in
another first-round contest
Monday in Osawatomie.
bracket, with games played at
Central Heights High School in
Richmond, today’s semifinal
game will include Spring Hill
against West Franklin. Spring
Hill beat Field Kindley 46-33,
while West Franklin was victorious over host Central Heights
41-29.
The final round of the tournament is scheduled for Friday in Richmond. IHS will play
in either the third-place game
at 6:30 p.m. or the championship at 8 p.m.
“We’re the two-time defending champions, and it’s the last
time we’ll be playing here, so
we want to go out and defend
our championship,” Reynolds
said. “We have a big one on
Thursday with a tough team in
Metro. They’re always tough
and always have good players.
They’re traditionally a good,
hard-nosed team. We’re going to have to outwork them to
win this game.”
The Lady Bulldogs set the
tone for Monday’s opener with
their defense. Not only did
they force Osawatomie into 41
turnovers, but they also limited the Lady Trojans to just
3-of-25 shooting (12 percent).
It was the fewest amount of
points allowed by an Independence girls’ team since a 60-8
win over Wichita Defenders in
the 2008 Harold Thomas Interstate Classic in Coffeyville.
Osawatomie was coming off
a 61-6 home loss to Burlington
on Friday, so Independence
was determined to take control early on with its pressure
defense. Despite a slow first
few minutes, the Lady Bulldogs eventually kicked things
into gear, scoring 15 straight
points to go up 17-3 after one
quarter. IHS continued to roll
in the second quarter and extended its lead to 36-8 by halftime.
Although defense set the
tone for Independence, it also
had a solid night on the offensive end. The Lady Bulldogs
finished the game 18-of-35
from the floor, including 6-of14 from three-point range.
“We have a lot of good
shooters on this team,” Reynolds said. “If they just have
confidence in their ability, we
can shoot with anybody we
play. You can’t key on just one
person. We have a lot of good
shooters that can open and
make it. I was pleased with
the way we worked it inside,
and when we didn’t have it, we
kicked it outside. We’re also
attacking the basket. That’s
one of the things we’ve been
wanting to do this year.”
The Lady Bulldogs led 57-8
after three quarters as the entire final period was played
with a running clock.
Three IHS players finished
with double figures in scoring,
including Rindy Marquez with
14 points, Lyssa Schabel 13
and Kallie Smith 10.
INDEPENDENCE 57, OSAWATOMIE 11
INDEPENDENCE (1-0): Marquez 2 (2) 4-5
14, Schabel 1 (3) 2-2 13, K. Smith 3 4-6 10,
Lawrie 2 3-4 7, Hufferd 2 1-2 5, Renfro 0 (1)
0-0 3, Keller 1 1-2 3, Rose 1 0-0 2, McGrath 0
0-1 0, Ewing 0 0-2 0, Hastings 0 0-0 0, Daniels
0 0-0 0, J. Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 12 (6) 15-24
57.
OSAWATOMIE (0-2): Hendrickson 1 (1) 1-2
6, Wallace 0 3-4 3, Johnson 1 0-3 2, Wendt 0
0-2 0, Hay 0 0-0 0, Shippy 0 0-0 0, Roth 0 0-0
0, Block 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 2 (1) 4-11 11.
INDEPENDENCE 17 19 21 0 — 57
OSAWATOMIE
3
5
0
3 — 11
Lady Pirates unable to overcome Garden City hex
BY BRIAN THOMAS
INDEPENDENCE — Early in the
season, the Independence Community
College women’s basketball suffered a
one-point overtime loss at Garden City.
The Lady Pirates were hoping the conference matchup would turn out a bit
different.
Instead, ICC found itself on the short
end again in a 75-69 Jayhawk Conference setback Saturday at the ICC Field
House.
The Lady Pirates saw their conference mark fall to 1-2, which included
a loss at Cloud County earlier in the
week. ICC currently stands at 10-3
overall heading into Saturday’s contest
at Hutchinson. That will be the final
game for the team prior to the holiday
break.
Garden City captured a 77-76 victory over Independence in the Broncbuster Shootout on Nov. 13.
ICC got off to a slow start against the
Lady ‘Busters on Saturday but recovered with a 10-2 run. That gave the
Lady Pirates an 18-16 advantage at the
end of the first quarter.
Independence had a tough time
getting its offense going in the second quarter. Meanwhile, Garden City
snagged control and went into the
locker room ahead of ICC 37-30.
The Lady Pirates needed a strong
performance in the second half and
got one from Brianna Jackson-Brewer.
The sophomore ran off the final 14
points of the third quarter to get the
squad within five, 55-50, and then continued that run into the final period. In
all, Jackson-Brewer scored 17 consecutive points for ICC and finished with
a game-high 29 on 13-of-29 shooting
from the floor.
Unfortunately, Jackson-Brewer’s effort wasn’t enough for the Lady Pirates
in the end. ICC would fall just short by
game’s end in suffering a second conference loss in three games.
GARDEN CITY 75, INDEPENDENCE 69
GARDEN CITY (8-5, 2-0): Shala Dobbins 7-23 12-18 26,
Jaymie Bernbeck 5-11 2-2 13, Donasia Scott 2-6 6-8 10,
DaRae Lewis 4-8 1-1 9, Kavita Akula 2-7 2-2 8, Dominique
Maxwell 3-3 0-2 6, Jenna Classen 0-0 2-2 2, Leon’Dra
Hawkins 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-58 25-35 75.
INDEPENDENCE (10-3, 1-2): Brianna Jackson-Brewer
13-29 3-4 29, Elina Berzina 2-5 5-5 9, Maressah Milum 2-6
4-8 8, Abby Shelton 1-5 5-6 7, Jay’Nee Alston 2-7 1-2 5,
Cierra Palmer 1-3 2-2 4, Sarah Bartel 1-1 0-0 3, Simone
Costa 0-3 2-2 2, Syonah Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Ja’Vonda Daniels 0-2 0-0 0, Sarah Hadjukovich 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-64
22-29 69.
GARDEN CITY
16 21 18 20 — 75
Three-point goals — GCCC 3-11 (Akula 2-7, Bernbeck 1-2,
Dobbins 0-2); ICC 1-13 (Bartel 1-1, Jackson-Brewer 0-4,
Alston 0-4, Daniels 0-2, Costa 0-1, Shelton 0-1).
INDEPENDENCE 98, COLBY 37
INDEPENDENCE — Scoring the
game’s first 20 points, the Lady Pirates
cruised to a 98-37 conference win over
Colby on Dec. 3 at the ICC Field House.
ICC hit nine of its first 10 shots in
building a 31-10 lead after one quarter. Independence was especially lethal
from long range, hitting eight of its
first 11 three-pointers as its advantage
grew to 60-16 by halftime.
Four Lady Pirate players reached
double figures in scoring, including
Ja’Vonda Daniels with 21, JacksonBrewer and Cierra Palmer 12 each,
and Maressah Milum 10.
INDEPENDENCE 98, COLBY 37
COLBY (4-8, 0-2): Amber Perryman 2-8 3-4 7, Aubrey Thomas 3-11 0-0 7, Janea Dennis 3-12 0-0 6, Clara
Schwartz 2-3 0-0 6, Mackenzie Curry 1-7 2-2 5, Kyra Tucker
1-7 1-2 3, Shawn Baker 1-2 0-0 3, Hanna Herman 0-0 0-0 0,
Gillian Muniz 0-4 0-0 0. TOTALS 13-54 6-8 37.
INDEPENDENCE (10-2, 1-1): Ja’Vonda Daniels 7-12 2-2
21, Brianna Jackson-Brewer 5-8 0-0 12, Cierra Palmer 5-6
2-2 12, Maressah Milum 4-6 2-2 10, Anjo Battle 3-5 0-0 9,
Jay’Nee Alston 2-4 2-2 8, Syonah Williams 4-7 0-0 8, Simone Costa 2-3 1-1 6, Abby Shelton 2-4 0-0 4, Sarah Hadjukovich 2-4 0-0 4, Sarah Bartel 1-6 0-0 3, Destiny Pead 0-0
1-2 1, Elina Berzina 0-2 0-0 0, Olivia Murdock 0-0 0-0 0.
TOTALS 37-67 10-11 98.
COLBY
10 6
9 12 — 37
Three-point goals — CCC 5-25 (Schwartz 2-3, Curry 1-6,
Thomas 1-4, Baker 1-1, Tucker 0-4, Dennis 0-3, Perryman
0-3, Muniz 0-1); ICC 14-25 (Daniels 5-8, Battle 3-3, Jackson-Brewer 2-5, Alston 2-4, Costa 1-2, Bartel 1-2, Berzina
0-1). Rebounds — CCC 12 (Dennis 4); ICC 54 (Milum 6).
Assists — CCC 4 (Four with one each); ICC 29 (Costa 7).
Turnovers — CCC 16; ICC 13. Total Fouls — CCC 10; ICC 10.
Fouled out — none. Technicals — none.
Field Kindley girls unable to gain victory in opening round
BY BRIAN THOMAS
RICHMOND — A 9-0 run by
Spring Hill to open the third
quarter proved to be too much
for the Field Kindley High
School girls’ basketball team
to overcome. The Lady ‘Nado
dropped their season opener
on Monday as they suffered a
46-33 loss to the Broncos in
first-round action of the Ike
Cearfoss Classic at Central
Heights High School.
“They all played hard,” said
Nick Hart, who was making
his first appearance as Lady
‘Nado basketball coach. “Some
of them were still nervous, but
all-in-all it was a great effort. I’m pleased with how we
fought through a tough shooting night and shared the ball.
We had a six-minute stretch
to start the third in which we
failed to score, and that was
the difference in the game.
Spring Hill caught fire from
deep in the third quarter and
scrapped after rebounds. We
will need to do a better job on
the boards on Thursday. I’m
confident in the group of girls
we have this year, and we will
bounce back.”
At 0-1 overall, Field Kindley
will return to Richmond today
to compete in a consolationbracket contest against Central Heights. The Lady Vikings
suffered a 41-29 loss to West
Franklin in another openinground matchup. The other
contest set for Thursday in
Richmond will be a semifinal
matchup between Spring Hill
and West Franklin.
bracket played in Osawatomie, Independence thumped
Osawatomie 57-11, while Kansas City-Metro Academy rolled
past Osage City 54-14. Independence and KC-Metro will
meet in the semifinal round,
while Osawatomie and Osage
City face each other in the consolation bracket.
The final round of the tournament will be played Friday
in Richmond. Field Kindley
will be playing for either fifth
or seventh place.
Field Kindley trailed 8-5
midway through the opening
quarter against Spring Hill
but scored seven of the next
10 points to take a 12-11 lead
after eight minutes. The Lady
‘Nado continued to hang tough
before halftime and went into
the locker room trailing by just
three, 23-20.
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proved to be the early portion
of the third quarter. Spring Hill
ran off the first nine points to
open up a double-digit lead at
32-20. The Broncos outscored
the ‘Nado 19-7 in that period
to lead 42-27.
Andre’a Newton was the
lone double-figure scorer for
Field Kindley as she finished
with 15 points.
Spring Hill (2-0), which
opened the season last Thursday with a 40-22 win over
Eudora, had a team-high 11
points from Savannah Leaton.
SPRING HILL 46, FIELD KINDLEY 33
SPRING HILL (2-0): Leaton 5 1-X 11, Delker
1 (1) 4-X 9, Waddle 2 3-X 7, Hitchens 0 (2) 0-X
6, Jones 1 3-X 5, Hoffman 0 (1) 0-X 3, Miller
0 (1) 0-X 3, Goff 1 0-X 2, Lovetinsky 0 0-X 0.
TOTALS 10 (5) 11-XX 46.
FIELD KINDLEY (0-1): Newton 7 1-X 15,
Rutherford 4 1-X 9, Herkelman 0 (1) 1-X 4,
Homan 0 (1) 0-X 3, Wilson 0 2-X 2, Turner 0
0-X 0, Naden 0 0-X 0, Meek 0 0-X 0, Bromley 0
0-X 0, Barnett 0 0-X 0, Rooks 0 0-X 0, White 0
0-X 0. TOTALS 11 (2) 5-XX 33.
SPRING HILL
11 12 19 4 — 46
FIELD KINDLEY
12 8
7
6 — 33
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Commission seeks final budget for City Hall project
Commission expresses
concerns about scope, price
of City Hall renovations; Dec.
22 meeting will decide final
renovation budget figure
BY ANDY TAYLOR
City commissioners have set their
next regularly scheduled meeting on
Dec. 22 to impose a final budget for
the remodeling of Coffeyville City Hall
and construction of a new fire station.
Commissioners and city manager
Kendal Francis on Tuesday held a
lengthy discussion concerning the
status of the municipal building
renovation project. Commissioners
were adamant that a final budgeted
figure be created as a guide for city
staff and contractors. Commissioners
indicated they have received numerous questions and comments from
citizens in the past several weeks regarding the scope of remodeling . . .
and the price tag that is attached to
it.
However, commissioners were
also emphatic that the current temporary offices are not suitable for city
staff or local citizens.
“We can’t leave our police department in a snack bar at the hospital
and leave City Hall offices in trailers,”
quipped Mayor Chris Williams about
temporary police offices now located
at Coffeyville Regional Medical Center and municipal offices in mobile
units at the USD 445 Early Learning
Center.
Francis presented information at
the behest of commissioner Justin
Martin and Craig Powell showing an
estimated cost of renovations. A local contractor was procured to help
Francis create a price per square foot
for remodeling and new construction.
Estimated
construction
costs
will be between $145 and $150 per
square foot. With 11,500 square feet
in the existing City Hall, estimated total renovation costs will be between
$1.6 and $1.8 million — which falls
in line with the preliminary budget
plans set by Francis in August.
However, the City of Coffeyville
has spent $3.2 million thus far in the
renovations at City Hall as well as
the renovations of the James Tyeska
Youth Activities Center, Coffeyville
Public LIbrary and the Perkins Building.
The total comprehensive renovation and construction cost presented
by Francis to the commission at an
August meeting was $9.7 million.
Commissioners
had
concerns
about the collection of a dedicated
sales tax for municipal building renovations. Their concerns were based
on a shrinking population base, due,
in part, to the elimination of two major companies in Coffeyville in the
past year.
Commissioner Jim Taylor, Jr., who
has questioned the scope and costs
of the renovation and construction
plans since he took office in April
was absent from Tuesday’s city commission meeting. He is expected to
be at the Dec. 22 meeting, at which
time the commission will decide a final budget figure to be used for the
remainder of the municipal building
project.
Should City workers be required to live within Coffeyville? Pros, cons debated
Martin proposes change
to employee policy
regarding residency
requirement
BY ANDY TAYLOR
A proposal to require future
City of Coffeyville employees to
live within the Coffeyville city
limits drew strong reactions
at Tuesday’s Coffeyville City
Commission meeting.
Commissioner Justin Martin
proposed that future City employees would be required to
live within the city limits rather than the current employee
residency boundary, which is
the Coffeyville school district.
City policy now dictates that
the city manager live within
the Coffeyville city limits. By
state law, the commissioners
themselves have to live within
the Coffeyville city limits.
Martin said requiring future
employees to live within the
city limits would guarantee
that the Coffeyville community
benefits from those workers’
employment with a taxpayersupported government.
The issue of having city employees live anywhere within
USD 445 while the city manager and city commissioners
have to live within the Coffeyville city limits has to do
with fairness, Martin said.
Martin emphasized that his
proposal only concerned future new hires for the City of
Coffeyville. It would not impact
existing city staff.
Kendal Francis, city manager, expressed concern about
the proposal, noting that it
would limit an already-reduced pool of available employees for various municipal
jobs.
However, Martin contended Francis had no argument
about reduction in employee
availability.
“This only concerns future employees,” said Martin.
“When they come in for the
interview, they will be told
what the employee residency
requirement. If they want to
work for the City of Coffeyville,
they will have to know upfront
that they have to live within
the Coffeyville city limits.”
Francis said if the residency
requirement is approved, it
will require the City of Coffeyville to renegotiate its contracts with various employees
unions within the city government. Those unions have
already sought an expansion
of the employee residency
boundaries. However, Francis
said he has balked at that request. In fact, the City of Coffeyville’s position is to seek a
smaller employee residency
boundary.
However, there has to be
some pragmatic approach toward employee residency requirements, Francis reminded
the commission.
Mayor Chris Williams took
issue with Martin’s suggestion,
saying it would keep highlyqualified employees who live
outside the city limits from
pursuing municipal jobs. He
said Martin’s proposal would
also prohibit potential employees who might want to raise
livestock on rural property
from pursuing city positions.
Commissioner Marcus Kastler also opposed the proposal,
saying that the commission
was confronted with deeper issues than employee residency
policies.
“I think we have other
things on our plate to worry
about,” said Kastler.
Commissioners took no action on Martin’s proposal.
In other business transacted at Tuesday’s meeting, city
commissioners:
• approved cereal malt
beverage license renewals
for 2016 for the following local businesses: American Legion Post #20, 911 W. 12th;
Casey’s General Store, 104 N.
Cline; Casey’s General Store,
1311 W. 11th; Hillcrest Golf
Course, 1509 N. Cline; Hong
Kong Delight, 915 W. 11th; J
Ross Bar B Que, 302 E. 8th;
K&S Oil, 705 W. 11th; K&S Oil,
1610 W. 8th; MKT Incorporated, 1401 W. 11th; Phelps Hog
Heaven, 511 W. 11th; Phillip
Jump Start/AKAS, 512 Northeast; Pizza Hut, 1612 W. 11th;
Sunshine #11, 1308 W. 8th;
Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1863
CR 5300; and Westside Lanes,
2300 Woodland.
• identified the preferred
vendors for fiscal 2016 for the
purchase of various chemicals
for the city’s water treatment
plant.
• adopted a change order
for the construction contract
with Muller Construction for
the completion of the Fresno
Street reconstruction project.
The change order increases the contract amount by
$89,414.60.
• approved a change order
in the amount of $57,945.96
to finalize support services
with Criswell Engineering for
the City of Coffeyville’s electric
utility for fiscal 2015.
• approved a change order with Doherty Steel in the
amount of $23,416.16 for
blasting and coasting of interior surfaces in the change
air ducts that will be used in
the construction of the City of
Coffeyville’s New Generation
Electric Plant.
• agreed to a hold a public
hearing to consider amendments to the 2015 City of Cof-
feyville budget, which will
expire at the end of the year.
Six specific funds will be discussed at the hearing at 6:30
p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 22 to hear
the public’s concerns about
amending
the
maximum
spending authority in those six
funds.
World War I flying ace Field E. Kindley, for whom Coffeyville’s high school is named, is pictured in this
1918-era photograph. (Courtesy photo)
Flying ace Field Kindley posthumously
enshrined in Arkansas military hall
BY ANDY TAYLOR
Hall of Fame, which is located
in Little Rock, Ark.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. —
Kindley, who operated a
Field Kindley’s name is synonmovie theater in Coffeyville
ymous with Coffeyville. Howwhen America entered World
ever, it’s also widely known in
War I, earned hero status by
the state of Arkansas, where
gaining 12 aerial victories
the former Coffeyville man’s
against the Germany air corps
name is also heralded.
during World War I. He had
Field Kindley, whose name
the fourth-most aerial victoadorns the high school in Cofries of any combat aviator in
feyville, was among America’s
the Allied forces in Europe.
top air aces during World War
Because of his 12 offiI. In November, Kindley was
cial aerial victories, Kindley
posthumously honored by his
earned the Distinguished Sernative state of Arkansas with
vice Cross, Bronze Oak Leaf
induction into the Arkansas
and the British Flying Cross.
Military Veterans Hall of
Not only was he honored
Fame.
by having Coffeyville’s high
Kindley, who was a native
school named in his honor but
of Gravette, Ark., was one of
also was feted in his native
one dozen Arkansas natives
Arkansas.
to be in the 2015 class of the
A city park in Gravette
Arkansas Military Veterans
is named for Kindley. He is
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buried in his hometown of
Gravette, where the local
museum is located in the
Kindley’s boyhood home.
Kindley Air Force Base,
also known as Kindley Field,
a World War II airfield in
Bermuda, was named in his
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the Philippines, a small auxiliary airstrip on Corregidor.
Kindley’s personal effects are
on display at the Arkansas Air
Museum in Fayetteville, Ark.
A Sopwith Camel F-1, said
to be Kindley’s and claimed to
be the only surviving Camel
in the United States, was used
during the filming of “The
Blue Max,” released in 1966,
and is currently on loan to the
Aerospace Education Center
in Little Rock, Ark.
Kindley’s career was short
lived. In 1920, he died in a
crash at Kelly Field near San
Antonio, Texas during a demonstration flight for General
John J. Pershing. A control
cable snapped on the airplane
that Kindley was flying. The
airplane stalled and fell from
an altitude of 100 feet, killing
him instantly.
News of Kindley’s tragic
death was told in newspapers
across the nation as he was
one of the U.S. military’s bestknown combat aviators.
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COFFEYVILLE
Parsons
company
to move to
Coffeyville
MJD Products is purchasing
the RSI Building, formerly Dixon Industries, in the Coffeyville
Industrial Park and will be
moving their manufacturing
business to Coffeyville in January.
Currently located in Parsons, MJD Products provides
custom parts, sub-assemblies
and assemblies to area original equipment manufacturers.
“We began production in
the spring of 2013 and specialize in stainless and carbon
steel as well as aluminum,”
stated Darren Alexander, MJD
owner. “In 2015 we installed
a laser cutting machine which
has created a space issue and
the need for a larger facility.”
MJD Products currently
has three employees and anticipate increasing to 30 when
they are in full operation with
the primary focus being on
sheet metal and welding technicians. A press brake is being
manufactured in Austria for
installation in the new location
and will give the company the
ability to manufacture larger
final assemblies. They also
plan to expand into three dimensional design, engineering
and fabrication.
Kendal Francis, Coffeyville
city manager, said city officials were contacted by Alexander to discuss his relocation
to Coffeyville from Parsons in
October. Since then, Francis
and Alexander have worked
with the Montgomery County
Action Council, Coffeyville
Area Chamber of Commerce,
Coffeyville Community College
and Montgomery County to
make the relocation possible.
“We worked diligently to
demonstrate how Coffeyville
could be a good fit for his rapidly expanding business,” said
Francis.
Trish Purdon, assistant city
manager, told Coffeyville city
commissioners on Tuesday
that MJD Products was provided an economic development incentive package that
included a $22,500 forgivable
loan, (which could go up to
$33,750 if all new employees
are local residents), an economic development electrical
rate structure, and a fee waiver for building permit costs or
any tap fees associated with
the relocation.
The forgivable lan incentive
is structured so that if the company is annexed into the city
limits, the rate increases from
$500 to $750 per employee.
The company is evaluating annexing into the city limits, but
has not made a final decision. If they do not annex into the
city, MJD’s incentive will be
capped at $22,500 (assuming
100 percent local residency for
employees) with the minimum
being $15,000 if employees
are not local.
“Based on the average salary of these jobs and residency
of these new employees, city
staff has determined that the
City will recoup this incentive
in sales tax revenues alone
within the 10-year period,”
said Purdon.
Roosevelt Middle School recognizes students
Roosevelt Middle School last week recognized its students of the month and also honored other students
for improvement in various fields. (Left photo) RMS students who were named students of the month include (left to right) Elly Gossard, seventh grade; Ashley Isle, eighth grade; Matthew Redden, seventh grade;
and Jace Swindell, eighth grade. Other honors were bestowed to RMS students (right photo, left to right)
William Stokesberry, Most Improved; Christian Rodriguez, Athlete of the Month; Kylie Speer, Athlete of the
Month; Jaden Ernie, Hardest Worker; Lacey Yates, Hardest Worker; and Will Jones, Most Improved. (Photos
by Andy Taylor)
CPR recertification class planned Leadership Coffeyville to
Coffeyville Community College is offering a CPR Recertification course from 8:30 a.m.
to noon, Saturday, Dec. 19 in
room 206 of the Coffeyville
Technical Campus.
For more information, contact Yvonne Hull at (620) 2527550, ext. 27 or stop by the
technical campus located at
700 Roosevelt to register.
Registration for this CPR
Recertification class ends on
Dec. 16.
Brown Mansion candlelit tours announced
The elegant Brown Mansion
on South U.S. 169 highway in
Coffeyville will hold candlelit
tours for the public at the following times:
• Sunday, Dec. 13: 6 p.m. to
8 p.m.,
• Monday, Dec. 14: 6 p.m. to
8 p.m.,
• Wednesday, Dec. 16: 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.,
• Monday, Dec. 21: 6 p.m. to
8 p.m., and
• Wednesday, Dec. 23: 6
p.m. to 8 p.m.
Admission is $5 per person.
All room at the historic
Brown Mansion are beautifully decorated by local businesses, organizations and individuals. More than 35 trees
are displayed throughout the
mansion.
Address changes need to be reported to county treasurer
Montgomery County residents have now received their
tax statements in the mail,
however Nancy Clubine, county treasurer, said her office
has had a large amount of the
statements returned due to in-
correct addresses.
Clubine said if a Montgomery County taxpayer has not
received their tax statement
and has moved since November 2014, to contact the county treasurer’s office in order to
update their address. This includes taxpayers with escrow.
The Montgomery County
Treasurer’s office phone number is 620-330-1100.
graduate class of 2015
Leadership Coffeyville will graduate the class of 2015 on
Thursday, Dec. 17 at the Sleep Inn. Graduation will start at 6
p.m., and the public is welcome to attend. The class will be addressed by Terry Beeson who was recently
inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Beeson has a long
history as a successful linebacker for teams from the high school
to professional levels. He also has several years of coaching experience and served as athletic director at Coffeyville Community College before opening his insurance business. Beeson will
address the class on the importance of community and making a
difference in the environment in which you live, work and play.
Since 1987 Leadership Coffeyville has been focused on developing leaders who make a difference in their community, work
place and families. Class members include Trisha Purdon (City of Coffeyville),
Maggie Johnson (Cherokee Casino), Larry Semmell (Community
State Bank), Aron Potter (Coffeyville Community College), Kris
Adams (Coffeyville Community College), Kenneth Esaw (Veterans Workshop), Justin Doane (Four County Mental Health), Leslie Ewy (Parents as Teachers), Jared Dobbins (John Deere Coffeyville Works), and Chelsey Beavers (USD 445). Tickets are available for $15. To purchase, contact Yvonne
Hull at (620) 252-7550, ext. 27 or email hull.yvonne@coffeyville.
edu by Dec. 15.
Senior citizens to benefit from
Adopt A Grandparent project
BY DONNA CELAYA
There’s an effort under way
to make sure senior citizens in
Coffeyville who no longer able
to live on their own are not
forgotten at Christmas.
Leticia Johnson of Coffeyville is spearheading the
Adopt a Grandparent at
Christmas project for residents of Medicalodges and
Windsor Place.
“I’m working on getting a
head count to make sure none
of these seniors is without a
gift,” she said. “People who
want to donate to help can give
any amount; a $25 donation
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party. This is something we
all - volunteers and senior citizens - really look forward to.”
Watching out for those less
fortunate is not new to Johnson. In addition to leading
this mission of generosity and
compassion, she also works at
a domestic violence shelter. To
contact her, look on Facebook
at the Adopt a Grandparent
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Two-year-old Hayden Harley and his little sister, Layken Harley, spent a few minutes posing with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus at the Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce office on Dec. 5. The children’s parents are Heather and Aaron Harley of east Texas and now of Coffeyville. (Photo by Donna Celaya)
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STATE NEWS
Schmidt backs use of
naturalization test as a
‘learning tool’ in schools
integrate this sort of learning
with the days on the calendar
already set aside for interactive civics engagement by professional organizations and
with the schools – Constitution
Day (Sept. 17), Bill of Rights
Day (Dec.15), Law Day (May
1) or the state-established
Celebrate Freedom Week for
example. The naturalization
test can be the thread that ties
together these various activities into a more cohesive and
effective whole.”
Noting that there is a national movement to require
administration of the naturalization exam, Schmidt said,
“The concept that the country
would be well-served by applying to all the same measure
of basic civic knowledge we insist upon for new immigrants
strikes me as eminently sensible. We should combat the natural human tendency to take
for granted that which comes
easily – such as citizenship for
those of us born to it. A ready
way to do so is to hold us to the
same standard for knowledge
as those who choose to join
our citizenry. I would welcome
the opportunity to work with
interested parties to develop
this concept.”
Attorney General Schmidt’s
full remarks to the Board of
Education can be found here:
http://1.usa.gov/1m8ThmS .
TOPEKA – Attorney General
Derek Schmidt today asked
the State Board of Education
to integrate the naturalization
test administered to all new
U.S. citizens into civics education in Kansas.
“I sometimes reflect on how
much we demand of those
who wish to become American
citizens by their own choice,”
Schmidt said. “In many ways,
it is more than we demand of
those of us fortunate to have
been born to citizenship. The
nature of citizenship is not always fully understood or appreciated by those to whom it
came without effort.”
Schmidt’s recommendation
included two components: An
incentive-based system that
encourages schools to use administration of the naturalization test as a tool to promote
civic learning and a renewed
effort to encourage interaction and information exchange
between students and Kansas
civic leaders.
“These recommendations
should be developed through
collaboration between the
Kansas Board of Education,
educators, school administrators, Kansas Department
of Education staff and other
interested individuals and organizations throughout the
state,” Schmidt said. “One natural starting place would be to
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BUSINESS & FARM
Tests seek
nutrient
availability
within soil
BY JERI GEREN
Crop Production Agent
Wildcat Extension District
Soil testing can be a great
way to get an idea of the nutrients available, or deficient,
within the soil. When it comes
to certain nutrients, there are
many factors that can affect
their ability to be taken up by
a plant.
Phosphorus: The availability of phosphate at any time
is very small compared to the
entire amount of phosphorus
that is present within the soil.
Phosphate is largely tied up as
iron and aluminum phosphate
minerals in acid soils and as
calcium phosphates in high pH
soils. Organic phosphorus is
another form of phosphate in
most soils. Soil testing is used
to predict the probability of
crop response to an application of fertilizer from the contribution of both organic and
mineral phosphate (Franzen &
Gerwing, 1997).
Potassium: Just like phosphorus, available potassium in
the soil is also much smaller
than the total amount. In many
soils, such as those composed
partially of illite clays, large
amounts of potassium are
“fixed” between the clay interlayer spaces and are relatively
unavailable to plants. Generally available potassium comes
from the potassium that that is
attached to the surfaces of clay
and organic matter.
Calcium and magnesium:
These nutrients are available
in large amounts in soils that
range from slightly acidic to
more basic pH. Liming to increase pH also increases calcium, magnesium or both
depending on the limestone
source. In a typical well-limed
soil, there may be thousands
of pounds of calcium and hundreds to thousands of pounds
of magnesium.
Sulfur: Sulfur is made available through the decomposition of organic matter, the
presence of sulfides, gypsum
(calcium sulfate) and other
sulfate minerals as well as
natural and industrial sulfur
emissions deposited with rainfall. Sulfur is mobile in the soil,
and its presence or absence
may be temporary depending
on the year and the soil minerals.
Micronutrients: Many micronutrients become available through a combination
of organic matter breakdown,
weathering of native soil minerals and pH. Iron, manganese,
zinc and copper availability is
decreased with increasing pH.
Availability of molybdenum is
increased by high pH. Boron
availability is linked to organic
matter, clay content and soil
pH.
Having a greater understanding of the nutrients within the soil will not only help
to more efficiently meet yield
goals, but it may also help to
save on fertilizer costs in the
long run.
If you have questions or
would like more information,
call me at the office (620) 3312690 or email me at jlsigle@
ksu.edu, or visit the Wildcat
Extension District website at
www.wildcatdistrict.ksu.edu.
Report: agricultural land-use value increasing
BY JOSH COLTRAIN
Crop Production Agent
Wildcat Extension District
The good news: according
to the Kansas Division of Property Valuation, agricultural
land is worth quite a bit more
than last year. That also happens to be the bad news. Why?
Property taxes on agricultural
land are calculated based on
these figures and with commodity prices being relatively
poor, higher costs are not ideal.
How much of an increase?
In southeast Kansas, the agricultural land use value is 17
percent higher in 2015 than
it was in 2014. These are on
a county-by-county basis and
the lowest county increase in
Southeast Kansas is Labette
County at a little under 11.5
percent while the highest increase will be for Chautauqua
County at over 28 percent. For
reference sake, the statewide
average is 16.3 percent higher. The nine regions of state
vary greatly with ranges from
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average of Federal Land Bank
interest rates and the county
average agricultural property
tax. Since it is the divisor in
the equation, the larger the
capitalization rate, the lower
the agricultural use value.
For cultivated land, which
is subcategorized into dry and
irrigated categories, the agricultural use value is based
upon an inherent land productivity potential by soil type.
To estimate this, the state estimates several factors on a
county-by-county basis. One
important one is the Soil Rating for Plant Growth (SRPG)
developed by the Natural Resource Conservation Service
(NRCS) which provides a numerical rating for all soil types
without factoring management practices into the rating. Along with this rating, the
county crop mix, yields, prices,
production costs, and landlord
shares of crops and expenses
are factored into the equation.
For grazed land, which is
subcategorized into native
and tame classifications, the
value of productivity is based
on the grazing index assigned
to each soil type. Also included
in the equation are pasture estimates are rental rates, gross
rental income, and expenses.
So, why are the values increasing? In an effort to minimize large shifts in the agricultural use values, eight year
moving averages of estimated
landlord net income are included in the calculation. This
basically means that one good
(or poor) year doesn’t move
the calculation as much as it
would in calculating simple
averages. The stretch of rela-
tively good years of the recent
past are now factoring into the
equation which has increased
the values.
With higher agricultural
use values, land property taxes could be higher. Hopefully,
landowners can prepare for
these higher costs and budget
accordingly. If you have questions or would like more information, please call me at the
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AREA TOWNS
Fire erupts in downtown Sedan business block
Preliminary investigation
leads officials to believe
fire was caused by electrical problems
BY RUDY TAYLOR
rudy@taylornews.org
This photo of the burning commerical block in downtown Sedan was taken via a drone piloted by Kim Jones.
SEDAN — Fire erupted in
two downtown Sedan buildings last Wednesday, Dec. 2,
leaving the Otasco store owned
by Mike Burns in total ruin.
Fortunately,
firefighters
contained the fire to those two
structures, avoiding any significant damage to In Line Chiropractic and the Chautauqua
County History and Genealogical Society Museum located on
the east and west sides.
Fire Chief Elroy Smith said
the fire broke out around 3
p.m. in the 300 block of West
Main. Calls for mutual aide
were made to surrounding
towns, and 23 firefighting
units came from Cedar Vale,
Caney, Tyro, Havana, Moline,
PUBLIC NOTICES
(Published in the Montgomery County
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 3 and 10,
2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS
IN THE INTEREST OF: T.J.D.S., child
under 18 years of age. YOB: 2013
NOTICE OF HEARING
Case No. 13 JC 66 I (C)
Pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2237
TO: Denotra Smith and any known
and unknown parents and or grandparents and all other persons who are or
may be concerned.
You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court alleging
that the child named above is a Child In
Need of Care. The Court may find that
the parents are unfit by reason or conduct or condition which renders the parents unable to care properly for a child,
the conduct or condition is unlikely to
change in the foreseeable future, the
parental rights of the parent should be
terminated, and a permanent custodian
should be appointed for the child.
A hearing on the petition is scheduled
for 9:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 18. At the
hearing, the Court may issue orders
relating to the care, custody and control
of the child. The hearing will determine
if the parents should be deprived of
their parental rights and right to custody
of the child.
The parent(s), and any other person having legal custody are required
to appear before this Court on this date
and time shown, or to file your written
responses to the petition with the Clerk
of the District Court prior to that time.
Failure to respond or to appear before
the Court at the time shown will not prevent the Court from entering judgment
as requested in the petition, finding that
the Child is a Child in Need Of Care, removing from the child from the custody
of parent, parents or any other present
legal custodian until the further order of
the Court, or finding the parents unfit,
and entering an order permanently terminating the parents’ parental rights.
An attorney has been appointed
as guardian ad litem for the child: Dan
Reynolds. You have the right to appear
before the Court and be heard personally, either with or without an attorney.
The Court will appoint an attorney for
any parent who desires an attorney but
is financially unable to hire one. The
Court may order one or both parents to
pay child support. An attorney has been
appointed for you: Patrick Martin.
Date and time of hearing: December 18, 2015, at 9:30 a.m.
Place of hearing: Independence
Judicial Center, 300 E. Main, Independence, KS 67301.
Nancy S. Jones
Clerk of the District Court
_______________________________
Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 10, 17
and 24, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
In the Matter of the Estate of
VERNIE S. STALLINGS
Deceased Case No. 15 PR – 43 C
NOTICE OF HEARING AND
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on December 1, 2015, a Petition was filed in
this Court by Douglas E. Stallings, an
heir of Vernie S. Stallings, deceased,
praying for issuance of Letters of Administration.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 A.M. of
said day, in said Court, in the City of
Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause
will be heard. Should you fail therein,
judgment and decree will be entered in
due course upon the Petition.
All creditors are notified to exhibit
their demands against the estate within
four (4) months from the date of first
publication of this Notice, as provided
by law, and if their demands are not
thus exhibited, they shall be forever
barred.
DOUGLAS E. STALLINGS, petitioner
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioner
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Chronicle on Thursday, Dec. 10, 17
and 24, 2015)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN., SITTING
AT COFFEYVILLE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF LORETTA JEAN ROBERTS,
DECEASED
Case No. 14 PR-14 C
NOTICE OF HEARING
THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL
PERSONS CONCERNED:
You are hereby notified that on the
2nd day of December, 2015, a Petition
was filed in this Court by Vivian Frost
and Deena Testerman, Co-Executors
of the Estate of Loretta Jean Roberts,
deceased, praying for a final settlement
of the estate, approval of their acts,
proceedings, and accounts as Co-Executors, allowance for attorney’s fees
and expenses, determination of the
heirs, devisees, and legatees entitled
to the estate and assignment to them
in accordance with the Will of Loretta
Jean Roberts, deceased.
You are required to file your written
defenses thereto on or before the 5th
day of January, 2016, at 9:00 o’clock
A.M. of said day in said Court in the
City of Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas, at which time and place the
cause will be heard. Should you fail
therein, judgment and decree will be
entered in due course upon the Petition.
VIVIAN FROST and DEENA TESTERMAN, petitioners
HALL LEVY DeVORE BELL OTT & KRITZ
815 Union, P. O. Box 9
Coffeyville KS 67337
(620) 251-1300
Attorneys for Petitioners
KANSAS
Independence, Coffeyville and
Chautauqua Rural Fire Department.
“Everyone pitches in when
there’s a downtown fire,” said
Smith. “I think the firefighters
did a great job of keeping the
fire from spreading to other
buildings.”
Included in that block are
both local banks --- the First
National Bank of Sedan and
Bank of Sedan. Neither was
damaged.
Smoke
billowed
across
the community throughout
the night and into Thursday.
Clean-up has now begun by
the owner.
Smith said the estimated
damage was $65,000.
The Kansas Fire Marshal’s
office said the fire appeared to
start from electrical problems.
Statewide
Kansas
festival
to come
to an end
The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced Monday that
the long-time Kansas Sampler
Festival will come to an end
after being hosted in 2016 and
2017 in Winfield.
Foundation director Marci
Penner said, “The festival has
been a tremendous event for
the whole state and has helped
people see that Kansas has a
lot to offer. It’s exciting to now
think of the festival as part of
a progression in helping share
w h a t
Independence
there
is
to
was once a
see and
venue for Kando. We
h a v e
sas Sampler
s o m e
Festival
ideas
f o r
what is next and will start that
conversation in January.”
In 1990, the late Mil Penner
and daughter Marci Penner
held a book-signing party on
the family farm near Inman.
About 30 places included in
the new Kansas Weekend
Guide came to promote under
one tent. When a thousand
people attended this event on
a cold November day, it was
clear that the public wanted to
know more about Kansas day
trips. The event was given a
name and the Kansas Sampler
Festival was born. It was held
for seven more years on the
Penner Farm.
The festival went on the
road in 1998 as host communities were chosen for a twoyear stint through a rigorous
application process. Pratt was
the first to organize the traveling event followed by Ottawa,
Independence, Newton, Garden City, Concordia, Leavenworth, Liberal, and Wamego.
Winfield will have the honor of
hosting the final two years.
“We could not have continued the festival without the
amazing commitment of local
host organizers and volunteers. They have taken such
good care of the festival and
given it a special flair in each
location.” Penner said.
WenDee LaPlant, assistant
director, came to work at the
Kansas Sampler Foundation
after serving as local festival
director in Garden City. She
said, “I love how the festival
has been great for the smallest
towns and large ones, as well.
It’s brought towns together
from every part of the state.
It has helped make Kansas
explorers out of the public.
It’s always such a happy, positive weekend. It’s sad to see it
come to an end but exciting to
think of new possibilities.”
Representatives from more
than 150 communities will
meet in Winfield’s Island Park
on May 7-8 2016 to share what
there is to see, do, hear, taste,
buy, and learn in Kansas.
For more information go to
www.kansassamplerfestival.
com
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ITEMS FOR SALE
“IMAGES OF AMERICA: INDEPENDENCE,”
a pictorial history of Independence, is
available for $21.99 (plus sales tax) at
the Montgomery County Chronicle offices
in Caney, Cherryvale and Independence.
Makes a great gift for any event! nc
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STORAGE CONTAINERS: 20’ 40’ 45’ 48’ 53’
storage containers. centralcontainer.net or
785-655-9430.
(KCAN)
____________________________
PIANOS: Final week! Save big during
our Sounds of the Season Sale now thru
December 12. Over 160 pianos on sale
including grand, vertical, digital, and player
pianos as low as $49/month. Hurry in to
Mid-America Piano, Manhattan. 800-9503774, Preview sale at: www.piano4u.com. (KCAN)
____________________________
FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Seasoned oak,
pecan and mixed firewood for sale - $55/
rick. Call 620-205-9823.
CQ49-2tp
____________________________
USED APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE:
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Fridge, Freezers, AC
units, Recliners, Lift chair-918-533-6000 or
620-597-2680. LC38-13tp
ANIMALS / PETS
BEAGLE PUPS FOR SALE in Oswego. Call
620-778-1269. LC48-3tp
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
_____________________________
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. tf
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
VEHICLES
HELP WANTED
PUBLIC SAFETY 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
Looking for someone who needs
school diploma or a GED. Basic computer and
housekeeping and cooking. Excellent
communications skills are a must. Position
local references. Call 620-515-1268.
starts at 12.61 an hour and averages 40
MC-R49-1tp
hours a week. Experience preferred but not
____________________________
required. Full time employees are eligible
CENTER MANAGER: Longton Meals
for full benefits, step increases starting in
on Wheels/Friendship Meals - 10 a.m.six months, health and dental insurance,
1 p.m., Monday-Friday. Wonderful
paid holidays, sick & vacation time. For any
opportunity working with older adults. further information please contact Brandy
Experience with food service helpful. Some
Grassl or Krystal Huggard at 620-795-2565,
record keeping. High School diploma or
to obtain a 9-1-1 Dispatch application and
GED required. Apply at 406 Kansas Ave. in
job description visit www.labettecounty.
Longton or call 620-642-6861. EOE. CQ49com. Only a 9-1-1 Dispatch application will
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be accepted. Labette County is an EOE. ____________________
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The City of Oswego is accepting applications
_____________________________
for a position with the Public Works
EARN $500 A DAY: Insurance Agents
Department. Main duties will be in the
Needed. Leads, No Cold Calls. Commissions
Refuse Department. An application
Paid Daily. Lifetime Renewals. Complete
and a complete job description may be
Training. Health & Dental Insurance. Life
downloaded from the city website at www.
License Required. Call 1-888-713-6020. oswegokansas.com; picked up at the City
(KCAN)
Office-703 5th St.; or by calling 620-795_____________________________
4433. The city is an equal opportunity
ELECTRIC LINEMAN: Kiowa, Kansas is
employer. LC43-tf
seeking full-time Electric Lineman. Salary
_____________________________
DOQ. Vocational degree in electricity
NURSES and CNAs: Oswego Health and
preferred. Excellent benefits. More
Rehab is hiring for F/T Nurses and CNAs.
Information call 620-825-4127. Open until
Please apply at 1104 Ohio Street, Oswego,
12/30/2015. EOE.
(KCAN)
KS or call 620-795-4429. LC46-tf
_____________________________
_____________________________
TRUCK DRIVER: Convoy Systems is hiring
CHILDREN’S CASE MANAGER: If you
Class A drivers to run from Kansas City to the
enjoy working as part of a team, desire to
west coast. Home Weekly! Great Benefits!
expand your knowledge, find rapid change
www.convoysystems.com Call Lori 1-800exhilarating, are proactive and pride yourself
926-6869 ext. 303. (KCAN)
on fidelity, this is your job! Busy mental
health facility seeking to add a Children’s
Case Manager to our program. The position
requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a Human
Services related field or combination or
education and experience. This is a full time
position with benefits. Qualifying candidates THOMAS TREE SERVICE: Tree trimming,
must be able to pass background check, removal and stump grinding, have chipper,
motor vehicle report, and drug/alcohol grapple and bucket truck. Insured. Call for
screening. Interested individuals can send a free estimates, 620-879-2532 or 620-249cover letter and resume to Labette Center for 8773. CQ40-tfn
Mental Health, Inc., Human Resources, P.O.
____________________________
Box 258, Parsons, Kansas, 67357, or email LAZY BEAR COMPUTERS: in-home
to Natasha@lcmhs.com EOE LC48-2tc
repair and upgrades. We come to you.
following vehicle:
YEAR: 1995
MAKE: CHEVROLET
MODEL: 1500
VIN#: 2GCFK29K6S1144258
For all expenses of the bill, storage and
publication for this vehicle. LC49-2tc
HELP WANTED
Mulberry Estates
RENT AS LOW AS $50
RENT BASED ON INCOME
1 BEDROOM APARTMENTS
for Seniors & Disabled Households
On-Site Laundry
Central Heat & Air
Community Room
Water, Sewer & Trash Paid
625 Mulberry, Chetopa, KS
Call 417-437-8146
KS Relay #711
This institution is an equal opportunity
provider and employer.
AREA SERVICES
AREA SERVIES
FOR RENT
MISCELLANEOUS
620-725-5465, 620-330-0330. www.
lazybearcomputers.com.
mjking@
lazybearcomputers.com. CQ1-tfn
____________________________
SEPTIC TANKS: Sold and installed. Contact
Roland Meisch at 620-374-2556. CQ1-tfn
_____________________________
WICKHAM TRUCKING for your rock, sand, and
dirt needs. Call 620-725-3317 or 620-2492867. CQ1-tfn
_____________________________
MCNOWN TREE CARE
Insured, professional tree trimming, removal,
and clean-up.
FREE ESTIMATES
Home: 620-725-4038
Cell: 620-249-1891
“When Experience Counts, Count on Us!”
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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 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
____________________________
FOR RENT IN CANEY: Houses for rent in
Caney. Two and three bedrooms, carports
and storage sheds. No pets. Call 620-8792532.tf
Celebration - ONLY $49.99. ORDER Today
1-800-492-0784 mention offer 47222FNH
or www.OmahaSteaks.com/santa62. (KCAN)
____________________________
GUN SHOW: DEC. 12-13. SAT. 9-5 & SUN.
9-3 AT THE TOPEKA KANSAS EXPOCENTRE
(19TH & TOPEKA BLVD.). BUY-SELL-TRADE.
INFO: (563) 927-8176. (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)298-1945. (KCAN)
____________________________
OUR HUNTERS WILL PAY TOP $$$ TO
HUNT YOUR LAND. Call for a Free Base
Camp Leasing info packet & Quote. 1-866309-1507 www.BaseCampLeasing.com.
(KCAN)
____________________________
Do you have a truck, car, motorcycle,
unicycle, bicycle, boat, RV, wagon, cart, or
any other vehicle you wish to sell? Place
your advertisement in this newspaper. Call
Emalee Mikel at 1-800-592-7606 to place
your vehicle advertisement.
FOR RENT
Apartments available at
Westside Homes, Oswego.
Apply at Frogley’s
Gun Shop or call
620-795-2801.
LC47-tf
FOR RENT IN CANEY: Duplex, one large
master bedroom, one bath, large sunroom,
large living room, washer/dryer hookup, lots
of cabinets, two walk-in closets, appliances,
garage, fenced. No smoking, no pets. $550/
month, $559/deposit. Call 620-879-2915 or
620-252-8382. MC-B48-tfn
_____________________________
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
____________________________
FOR RENT IN OSWEGO: Nice 2 bedroom
mobile home. CH/A, kitchen appliances.
$375/month. 620-795-2471. LC46-tf
____________________________
FOR RENT NEAR OSWEGO: 3-BR, 1 1/2 BA,
CH/A, washer/dryer, cookstove, detached
double garage plus storage. No indoor
pets. Northeast rural Oswego, $600, deposit
required. 620-429-7219.
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Pleasant Valley in Sedan is growing and needs
dedicated and caring people to grow with us.
We are looking to fill some of the following positions:
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LONGTON: 405 Wyandotte - 1,770 square
feet, three bedroom, two bath, open floor
plan, appliances less than five years old stay,
new roof in 2015, detached four car garage,
fenced in backyard. $62,000.
HOWARD: 338 S. Chestnut - Three
bedroom, one bath, large rooms with
hardwood floors, kitchen appliances stay.
$19,500.
WINFIELD: 1319 E. 13th - Open floor
plan, woodburning fireplace, two bedroom
could be three bedroom, one bath, C/H air,
kitchen appliances stay, extra workshop in
detached garage. $107,000.
HOWARD: 643 E. Adams, Howard - Two
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
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berm home, 2-BR, 2-BA, rural water,
trees, 2 ponds.....................$164,900
•Oswego, 3-BR, 1-BA, new roof new
carpet all new paint, CH/A, hardwood
floors in bedroom..................$45,900
• Edna, 2-BR, mobile home on 2
lots, CH/A, carport and storage building...........................................$8,500
• Chetopa, 2-BR, new metal roof, new
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• Labette City, 3-BR, 2-BA, double
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barn......................................$49,900
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We currently have the following part-time
positions in Home Healthcare open:
· Home Health Attendant - Will work with individuals in need of home
health services. Must be 18 years of age or older; possess demonstrated
interpersonal skills; have effective verbal and written communication
skills; have the ability to work with elderly and disabled persons;
possess the ability to react effectively in a wide variety of human service
situations; and pass pre-employment screens. Must be able to work
independently and as a productive member of a team. Current State of
Kansas certification for Home Health Aid or Certified Nurses Aid helpful,
but not required.
· Home Health Aide - Will work with individuals in need of home health
services. Must be 18 years of age or older; possess demonstrated
interpersonal skills; have effective verbal and written communication
skills; have the ability to work with elderly and disabled persons;
possess the ability to react effectively in a wide variety of human service
situations; and pass pre-employment screens. Must be able to work
independently and as a productive member of a team. Current State
of Kansas certification for CNA required. Home Health Aid certification
helpful, but not required.
Visit our website to
learn more about these
positions or to apply
online: www.fourcounty.
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mailed to: Human Resources, Four County MHC, P.O. Box 688
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Workplace and Bilingual applicants preferred.
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(3 miles east of Dearing or west of Coffeyille Country Club on Woodland Ave.)
New & Used • Antiques • Furniture • La-Z-Boy Recliners
AUCTION
Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10:30 a.m.
6246 CR 4500 Neodesha, Kan.
SOLD THE FARM! - Owner Went to Texas
2009 New Holland T60A Tractor, 620 Loader, 520 Hours; 1983 Kubota B7200 W/Loader,
4’ Cutter, 830 Hours, ‘98 Ford 4 X 4, Ext Cab, 178K; Fimco Sprayer; Arc 182 Stik Welder;
Arctic Cat; Baja Doodle Bug, New; Frigidaire Upright Freezer; 1000 Watt Chicago Generator; Sweb Er Bbz; Fiberglas Picnic Table; 1000# Roller; Storage Building; JD 3 Pt Rotary
Hoe; JD Rake; 3 Pt Disk; Weedeater Oln Wheelsaw; 100 Steel Posts; Craftsman Mower;
300 Gal Dsl Tank On Stand; Echo Chain Saw; Elec Sharpener; New Battery; Saw, 4 Cycle,
Brush Blade, Tiller; Pattern Back Chair; RCA Stereo; Craftsman Roll Around Tool Box; Vise;
Drill Press; Bench Grinder; Belt/Disk Sander; 10” Delta Bench Saw; Upright Air Compressor; Rock Auger 9” And 12” Decorative Wind Mill; Ph Digger; 5’ Tiller, 3 Pt; 3 Pt Blade;
5’ Cutter; 3 Pt Bale Spear; Grinder; New Exerciser; 32” Color TV; Work Bench; Amish
Heater; Oil Heater, New; Indian Nite Light; Stuffed Racoon; Craftsman Seats; German
Knife; Wolf Picture On Tin; Small Ice Box; Treaddmill; Metal Figurines; New Exercise Bike;
Chop Saw; Weedeater; Honda 4 Wheeler; 100Os Of Nails; 16’ Trailer, New; 25’ Fiberglas
Ladder; New Intek Pump; Lumber: New 4 X 4S, 10’; Christmas Tree, Rotates, Light; Winchester Gun Safe; Sprayers; Shop Vac; Elec Start Husqvarna Mower, Kohler Engine, .22
Rifles, Single Shot, Chipmunk; .243 Rifle; Lots Of Shells 20S and 12S; Antique Buggy;
Bud Light Slot Machine; Mini 14; Flower Pots; Wishing Well Waterfall; **** Colt Navy
Commemorative Pistol, 1 Of 500; Number 173, .45 Caliber, Gold, New In Box
****; AR 15, .223, Harris Bifold , 30 Round Clip, Bump Fire! ; Sega Attack Shotgun,
3-31/2 Mag Loads, 2-10 Round Clips, .12 Gauge; Ruger Min 14, .223 Caliber; Dpmsar15,
.308; Remington 1100, .20 Gauge; Henry .22 Lever Action; Remington Bbl 30.06 4 X 12
Nikon Scope; Spinning Targets; Gun Targets; Cench Clay Target Slings; Turkey Decoy;
1000 .223 Shells; 150-223 Shells; 100 223 Shells; .243 Shells; Shotgun Slugs; .22 Mags;
30.06 Bushnells; .308 Shells; Camo Net, Carrying Case; Cannon Gun Safe; Gun Rests;
.22 Shorts; Twin Cut Power Saw; Central Pneumatic Contractor Series Nail Gun; Craftsman 14.4 Watt Drill; Wood Bit Set In Box; Craftsman Mitre Saw, Electric, Saw Blades;
Work Bench W/Vise; Game Call Coyotes; Lots More, All Like New!!!
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