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be displayed. Various community members will read a book to children in attenThe Marion City Library dance. The library also will is accepting letters to Santa debut the new gaming sysClaus through Dec. 12. Children can drop off let- tem it acquired through a grant from the Institute of ters inside the library, 101 Museum and Library Library St., during regular Services. Minors will need business hours. Library parental permission to staff will make sure Santa access the system. Permisreceives the letter and sion slips will be available writes back. Library hours are 10 a.m. at the open house. The library also will disto 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. play the Chromebooks that Tuesdays, Wednesdays and were purchased this year to Fridays; and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m support the students attending USD 398. Saturdays.
Guests are welcome to gather around a bonfire and enjoy hot drinks as part of the evening’s activities. Admission is free and donations to the youth group will be accepted. Directions to “Night in the Barn” are as follows: from Goessel, three miles north on Kansas Highway 15, four miles east on 150th, three-fourths mile north on Falcon. From Hillsboro, four miles south on Indigo, three west on 150th, threefourths mile north on Falcon. For more information, call 620-386-0709.
Open house to cap ‘Night in the Barn’ TEEN group to library celebration set for Dec. 20-21 meet via phone The Tabor Mennonite Peabody Township Library board is hosting an end-of-year open house from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 13. “This will be the final event in our ‘Year of Celebration,’” said Rodger Charles, director. “All through 2014 the library has celebrated its 140th anniversary and also celebrates the last 100 of those years as a Carnegie Library.” At the open house, 78 books for children and young adults that the library received through a Libri Foundation grant will
Youth Fellowship will present its annual living nativity “Night in the Barn” from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 20 and 21. Assembled in the barn of Maynard Knepp and Carol Duerksen between Goessel and Hillsboro are the llama that gives kisses, the big cow with her little calf, the sheep wearing bells, and the donkeys that share their love of people—and other creatures. The come-and-go event will feature perspectives from the innkeeper and a shepherd, and Christmas carols.
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Susan Marie Unruh, 56, of Gypsum passed away at home on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014. Susan was born in Salina on June 21, 1958, to the late Leo A. and Sarah (Bastron) Curnutt. On May 5, 1984, she married Gene Ray Unruh at First Baptist Church in Salina. Susan worked for Kennedy, Berkley, Yarnevich, and Williamson as a legal secretary for 31 years. She was an active member of First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Gene Unruh; daughter, Ashley Thompson, and her husband, Lucas, of Lawrence; son, Ryan Unruh, of Overland Park; sister, Janette (Bachofer) Jury, and her husband, David, of Salina. She was preceded in death by her father, Leo A. Curnutt; her mother, Sarah (Bastron) Curnutt; brothers, Richard and Raymond Bachofer; sister, Melva (Bachofer) Meier; nephew, Donald Dinneen; and sister-in-law, Debbie Unruh. Visitation was held Tuesday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home with family present from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Graveside service took place at 10 a.m. at Valley View Memorial Cemetery in Roxbury. Funeral service will be held at First Baptist Church in Salina at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 10, with Pastor Kevin Hazelton officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 843 Lewis Avenue, Salina, Kansas 67401, and Hospice of Salina, 730 Holly Lane, Salina, Kansas 67401. To send online condolences, visit www.carlsonfh.net or on Facebook.
The Technology Excellence in Education Network will hold its regular monthly meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, via a phone conference to be initiated from the USD 410 central office at 416 S. Date, Hillsboro. For more information, call Lena Kleiner at 620-8770237.
GES musicians to perform Dec. 15 The K-5 students of Goessel Elementary School will present their Christmas program at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, in the GES gymnasium. Students in kindergarten through grade three will present “Christmas Time Memories,” with songs about snow, toys, food and celebrating the New Year. The fourth and fifthgrade choir will present Christmas choral pieces. The K-5 choir will lead the audience in “Away in a Manger” and “Joy to the World.” Marcia Brubaker is the K-5 music teacher. Choirs are accompanied by Rebecca Miller and Karen
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Durham Christmas scheduled Dec. 13 A Christmas celebration in Durham begins at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, at the community center. Hot dogs and a variety of treats will be served. Other highlights include entertainment and Christmas sacks for children.
BIRTHS Landon Loewen Jeremy and Dionne Loewen of Hillsboro announce the birth of their son, Landon Clay Loewen, born Oct. 28 at Newton Medical Center. He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and was 21 inches long. Welcoming him home
were Jaeten, 5, and Broden, 4. Maternal grandparents are Clyde and Sharon Jost of Hillsboro and great-grandmother Alice Jost of Hillsboro. Paternal grandparents are Charles and Mary Loewen of Hillsboro.
DEATHS n BENA M. JANKE, 91, of Marquette, a retired employee of Argus Observe in Ontario, Ore., died Nov. 30 at Riverview Estates in Marquette. A private family graveside service was Dec. 4 at Canton Township Cemetery. She was born April 1, 1923, to John Oliver and Mary Louise (Wining) Gee at Butler County near El Dorado. On May 1, 1943, she was married to Herbert Janke, who predeceased her. Survivors include sister Joyce Preston of Marquette; brother William Gee of Ft. Dodge and nieces and nephews.
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Memorials may be made to Riverview Estates or the Neurofibromatosis Foundation and sent in care of Olson’s Mortuary, 139 N. Main St., Canton, KS 67428, n JERRY DEAN SCHROEDER, 75, of rural Goessel, and a retired Engineer of 45 years with AGCO died Dec. 6 at his home. The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 11, at Tabor Mennonite Church, Goessel, with pastors Phil Schmidt and Rosie Jantz officiating. He was born April 27, 1939, to Edward and Frieda Schmidt Schroeder at rural Goessel. On Dec. 13, 1959, he was married to Darlene Voth, who survives. Other survivors include daughters Denise and husband Rick Woelk of Goessel and Jennifer and husband Harold Stultz of rural Hillsboro; brother Dennis Schroeder of Goessel; sisters Analene Klassen of Goessel and Vera Flaming of Dallas, Ore.; sister-in-law
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SENIOR SCRIBBLES HILLSBORO SENIOR CENTER We are playing Bingo Dec. 10 and on Dec. 11, we will have a jam session. We hope you can join us for that. We will have footcare Dec. 16, and those interested should call for an appointment. Haris Zafar of Wichita will be here at 11:15 a.m. Dec. 17 for hearing checks. Our Christmas dinner is Dec. 19, and we are sorry, but there are no more places available. However, meals can be picked up or delivered, but we need to know by Monday, Dec. 15. We will also be closed Dec. 25 and Dec. 26 for the Christmas holiday. For those who would like a frozen dinner for Dec. 26, let us know by Dec. 19. We have meal tickets available that make great gifts for loved ones. Volunteers are still needed to help from 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. in the kitchen. Anyone who volunteers will get their meal free the day they work. Anyone who can spare a day or two each month is encouraged to let us know. We hope everyone is staying well during these colder days. Thank you for supporting the center. For more information or to volunteer, call 620-947-2304 or stop by the senior center, 212 N. Main St. The center is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. —Brenda Moss, director WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10 Meatballs, lima beans, spinach salad, pears, oatmeal & raisin cookie, roll, milk. THURSDAY, Dec. 11 Roast pork, gravy, sweet potato, mixed vegetables, pineapple cake, roll, milk. FRIDAY, Dec. 12 Fish or chicken strips, macaroni and cheese, carrots, Jell-O with fruit, roll, milk. MONDAY, Dec. 15 Hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, gravy, succotash, applesauce, cake with frosting, milk.
TUESDAY, Dec. 16 Egg casserole, biscuit, sausage gravy, fruit crisp, orange juice, milk. WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 Hamburger, bun, pickles, onions, potato wedges, coleslaw, carrot and celery sticks, pineapple, milk.
of it. Of course, like every year, it will work out. December birthdays will be celebrated this month on Thursday, Dec. 11, and we will also have Frank and Helen Nachtigal share with MARION SENIOR CENTER us on being active through Looking back to Thanksvolunteering. giving Day, I realize how We will have Dinner with thankful we are for our volthe Doctor. Randolph unteers who deliver meals, WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10 Whitely will join us for play our daily table grace Turkey tetrazzini, peas, peach lunch Dec. 17, and present crisp/ice cream, garlic bread. and come in to set up the Dec. 11 another interesting prodining room tables and dish Roast beefTHURSDAY, and gravy, roasted redgram focused on the senior up lunch. skin potatoes, steamed broccoli, Jellyears. We became a coffee meet- O cake, whipped topping, whole wheat roll, milk. We will have the grade ing place on Dec. 2. Several FRIDAY, Dec. 12 school preforming at the women who grew up in Chicken enchiladas, refried beans, letsenior center Dec. 12 and Marion and went to Marion tuce salad, fruit, milk. Dec. 15 Dec. 15. High School needed a place Ham loaf, MONDAY, scalloped potatoes, green The kids will be here to meet. They ate lunch with beans, onions, fruited gelatin, before lunch so make a brownie, whole wheat roll, milk. us and stayed to visit. TUESDAY, Dec. 16 reservation and come down Clayton Hamm celeOven-fried chicken, pasta salad, carearly. brated his 80th birthday rots, fruit cocktail, wheat roll, milk. The center is beautifully WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 with us on Dec. 3, providing Roast pork, gravy, sweet potatoes, decorated and we are going ice cream cups for us. His mixed vegetables, pineapple cake, to be happy to have the Tour daughter, Shirley Riffel, wheat roll, milk. of Lights finish here. joined Clayton and Wanda The school is furnishing for lunch. PEABODY SENIOR CENTER a bus and driver and they After lunch Gerry HenThe countdown to will start picking particiderson and Keith Allison Christmas is on, and I’m pants up at 6:15 p.m. at the started the season with already on the “behind” side center. From there it will go to Peabody Care Center and then Westview. entry of restitution hearing. The probation fee of $60. The court They will then tour the court ordered the defendant shall waived the court-appointed-attornot be required to pay restitution ney fees in this matter. The court lights of Peabody and end in this matter due to the fact that ordered the defendant to serve 48 up at the center for hot the victim did not fill out and rehours in the county jail for every turn a victim’s impact statement. positive drug/alcohol test, refusal to chocolate and snacks. This Nov. 26, Leslie W. Coker, journal submit, or admission of usage. The is always an endearing time entry of disposition hearing. The defendant was ordered to refrain of celebration and we court ordered the defendant to be from the use of alcohol or drugs, encourage volunteers to furheld in the custody of the Marion and submit to a blood, breath or County sheriff until June 20, 2015, urine test upon request of a Court nish cookies and help with to be concurrent to his Marion Services officer or law enforcement county traffic case and the defenofficer. The defendant was ordered guests. dant’s Sedgwick county case. The to complete 20 hours of community Everyone is also weldefendant shall be given credit for service work and can buy back at $7 come to tour with the bus— time served from Oct. 10, 2014. The an hour. The defendant was orjust arrive at 6:15 p.m. at the court ordered the defendant shall dered to complete a drug/alcohol be allowed to participate in work evaluation and follow all recomcenter. release if given that option in Sedg- mendations, at his own expense. The local board meeting wick County. Upon the defendant’s The court ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws is Dec. 15, and the Marion release from custody, the defenand ordinances. dant’s sentences shall be complete County Senior Board meetNov. 26, Amy Marie Donelson, and probation shall be terminated. ing will Dec. 19 in Marion. journal entry of conviction and senFurther, the court ordered the deWe will be closed Dec. 25 fendant to pay any additional court tencing. The court found the defendant guilty of one count of giving a and Dec. 26 to spend time appointed attorney fees as deterChristmas music. We sang the first verse of several Christmas carols, because “everyone knows one verse,” Gerry told us. Join us on Senior Center Day, Dec. 17. We will be entertained by the MHS singers after lunch. — Janet Bryant, director
PUBLIC RECORDS DISTRICT COURT Criminal Austin Lee Aumiller arraignment at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 22. Hunter Marie Aumiller arraignment at 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Nikki Jo Bell status hearing and arraignment at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Donald A. Brixey Jr. motion hearing at 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Cory Allen Brunzell pre-trial conference at 10 a.m. Jan. 5, 2015. Lance Carter bond appearance at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 9. Evan James Click diversion status check at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 17. Justin Croft plea hearing at 10 a.m. Dec. 10. Douglas Bryant Eden pre-trial conference at 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Kyle Fistler pre-trial conference at 10 a.m. Dec. 10. Doyle E. Furrer Jr. bond appearance at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Eliseo Garcia Jr. pre-trial conference at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Brandon Alan Hayes arraignment at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Andrea D. Hendricks jury trial at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 8, 2015; sentencing at 10:45 a.m. Jan. 14, 2015. Kendra J. Henry preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Jan. 7, 2015. Mindy Sue Herpich arraignment at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Jennifer Lynn Humphrey status hearing at 10 a.m. April 6, 2015; jury trial at 8:30 a.m. April 23. Sarah A. Kallansrud pre-trial conference at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15.
John Kasper jury trial status hearing at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15, 2015. Lyle Lee Ledford motion hearing to revoke probation at 1:45 p.m. Dec. 9. Shannon Thomas Lehr preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Dec. 17. Kevin L. Lemon bond appearance at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 17. Donald Dean Litherland Jr. arraignment at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Wanda Luttig arraignment at 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Charles W. Matthews bond appearance at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Andrew Logan Meier pre-trial conference at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 9. Stephen A. Mumford preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Dec. 17. Kyle Reese Nuckles preliminary hearing at 10 a.m. Dec. 17. David Nunn status hearing at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 9. Austin Pedersen first appearance at 10 a.m. Jan. 7, 2015. Lucas Tullis plea hearing at 10:45 a.m. Dec. 22. Gordon Mitchell Walker arraignment at 10 a.m. Dec. 15. Bridget Lea Williams pre-trial conference at 10 a.m. Dec. 22. Frank James Wilson arraignment at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 9. Ashli Nicole Witten plea hearing at 1:15 p.m. Dec. 22. Ty Lane Wood arraignment at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 15. Caleb Patrick Woodcox bond appearance at 9:45 a.m. Dec. 22. Nov. 26, Cody L. Fistler, journal
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mined by the court. Nov. 26, Jordan Brundage, journal entry of restitution hearing. The court ordered the defendant is responsible for restitution in the amount of $4,000 to be joint and several with defendant in another Marion County juvenile case. Nov. 26, Kendall Hein, journal entry of sentencing. The court found the defendant guilty of one count of possession of a hallucinogenic drug and sentenced the defendant to a controlling sentence of 30 days in the custody of the Marion County sheriff. The court placed the defendant on supervised probation with Court Services for 12 months, subject to all standard terms and conditions, and the following special conditions: the defendant was ordered to pay court costs and surcharge of $158 and a
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Miracle n The Mabee grant of $1 million should move Tabor’s fine arts center from dream to reality.
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ongratulations goes to Tabor College— and all of Marion County, really— upon the announcement that the Mabee Foundation in Tulsa, Okla., will be awarding the college a $1 million grant toward the construction of the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts. The gift will enable the long-awaited project to move forward more quickly than most people imagined it could. Groundbreaking could occur next May and the project could be completed by August 2016. This facility has been a dream at Tabor College for well over 30 years, and it will be a tremendous gift to the entire county once its doors are opened. We salute the hardworking folks at Tabor who have managed to raise $12.8 million of the $16.2 million goal of the Signature Campaign—easily the largest fundraising effort in college history. Here’s to more Christmas miracles this holiday season. —DR
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LETTERS Same-sex marriage offends God Regarding the front-page Free Press article of Dec. 3 about Marion County issuing the first same-sex marriage license, it says Chief Judge of the 8th Judicial District Michael Powers said judges have an obligation to follow the law. The very next paragraph clearly states that not all of the judges are in agreement regarding the topic of samesex marriage. That has become a problem in our country—instead of following laws that some may not agree with, they issue decrees on what they personally want or feel, from judges, Congress, president on down. Apparently, some do not want to uphold the law as quoted in Article 15, Section 16, of the Kansas Constitution, then it goes into the different courts fighting over the issue, which is really a non-issue since the law says it is illegal. Back to the point regarding same-sex marriage—a euphemism for homosexual “marriage”—it is simple: It is wrong. It says so in the book of the Law of God recorded by Moses. Leviticus 18:22, “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman, It is an abomination.” Very clear, very suc-
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cinct. Anyone can understand this. But there are many more verses on this subject written in God’s book in case there are any more questions. In Genesis 1, God blessed the man and the woman and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply. Two men (or two women) can never reproduce themselves by any orifice in their body. It will not happen and that is basic anatomy and plain fact. Also very clear regarding homosexuality is God’s judgment against it. Sin is still sin, no matter what you call it—gay is a happy, clean word that has been used now to refer to an abomination, so those who practice it can feel OK about it. It is not OK, and God’s judgment will follow on our country if we mock the supreme court of heaven. Linda Eden Peabody
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’ve never been a big fan of TV’s “The Amazing Race.” Quite frankly, it really makes me nervous. And I don’t particularly like feeling anxious. That’s my least favorite part of traveling; so, obviously, I FREE FALLING would not be a good conBob Woelk testant on the show. Like the rest of the people in the Hillsboro and Tabor College communities, I have been watching the show this season in order to closely follow the progress of Adam Dirks and his new bride Bethany Hamilton. For those who may have been living in a cave for the past decade or so, Bethany is a professional surfer who had her arm bitten off by a shark in her native Hawaii. She and Adam met and fell in love. Somehow they were chosen to participate in the contest in which pairs race around the globe chasing the million-dollar first prize. So far, Adam and Bethany are doing well. They have won three legs of the race and are in the final four. They have won $10,000 each and trips to Bali and Sweden. Adam, as well as all the Dirks boys, was a student in my English I and English III classes. He was always polite and personable, a really nice kid, but he was not someone who would stand out in
a crowd. He was a bit of a pipsqueak as a freshman. By the time he was a senior, however, he had dramatically altered his physique by piling on muscles in the weight room. He eventually went on to complete a strong football career at Tabor. Several times on the show, Adam has demonstrated his resourcefulness by excelling at tasks during detours in the race. This was especially evident on the last episode. When he and Bethany were required to attach a sidecar to a motorcycle in the Philippines, he went right to work. I seem to recall something that he and his brothers welded bicycles together back in their Hillsboro days to create tall contraptions that they rode on the streets. Later in the show, he needed to walk behind an ox in order to plow a rice paddy. He mentioned that he had done some plowing in Kansas, but it was always with a tractor. The Soulsurfers, as the couple is known, are squeaky clean, and I think that is a large part of their appeal to the show’s audience. Bethany has shown that her lack of an arm has not been much of a hindrance, and that has likely also earned her admiration from viewers. They are humble, too. And that can’t hurt. I get the sense they are enjoying their travels and each other. n See Woelk, Page 5A
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grew up in a Catholic home, in a family that went to midnight mass every Christmas Eve, back when it was still held at midnight. Year after year, I was one in a long line of kids wearing white robes and silver pipe cleaner halos grasping tiny candles, marching up the aisles of the church toward the alter, where we would form rows in front of the packed church and sing “Away in a Manger.” To and from mass, I sat in the backseat with my head pressed against the window, searching the black sky in furious silence for that small red glow. I always hoped to see it, but was also a little nervous—afraid we wouldn't get home in time to fall asleep before Rudolph’s hooves touched down. (We made it every year.) One specially selected gift was opened on Christmas Eve and the rest would wait until Christmas morning, after Santa Claus set them out in their unwrapped glory under our Christmas tree.
I still get that feeling when Christmas comes around. From the first ornament stocked onto store shelves before Halloween to the last left-over peanut butter ball at New Year’s, I feel like a kid in the backseat, searching for the red light in the sky. I wasn't raised in a home with resources for a lot of gifts. But we always had them. And I don’t remember every present I got, just a few that linger years later. But I remember the anticipation. Gifts have always been a part of my Christmases. Even more so as I learned how to give them. Losing the heart of Christmas seems to be a collective fear. I’m just not convinced that every other beautiful part of the holiday needs to be dismissed on a quest to preserve the real meaning. If we’re going to wait around for the world to change it’s view of Christmas, it’ll be a long haul. It starts inside each home, like all solid things should, in spite of distractions. I love presents. I love food. I love Christmas cards. I love singing “Away in a Manger.” I love wide eyes on Christmas morning. I love “The Charlie Brown Christmas” special and “It’s a Wonderful Life.” I love Santa Claus and believing in the magic of believing. If you’ve seen the “Polar Express,” you know what I mean when I say I still hear the bell. I love Christmas. No doubt that Christmas is glitzy. We do put too much emphasis on expensive n See Plett, Page 5A
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his past weekend was a great week for me for watching basketball: the Trojans and the JayPARTLY hawks. NONSENSE The high school boys’ Joel Klaassen game with Nickerson was special for me. This year’s squad is very young and lacking in varsity experience. It showed during the game, but as the game extended into one overtime and then two overtimes, it became apparent to me the team gained the experience it needed to finish the job in fine fashion. I believe the lights are on now for future games. I recorded the Jayhawks’ big comeback against Florida and watched it when I got home from the high school games. n If you haven’t read the letter to the editor by Corey Maddux of Hillsboro in last week’s Free Press, it’s definitely worth a second look. He writes eloquently about the benefits of shopping with local merchants and how this fits together with “community.” We know many of you keep your Free Press issue until the next one arrives, based on our audit. But in case you didn’t keep it, the letter is available on our website, if you have the Internet. Go to the website and click on Opinion/Letters to read it, or click on “Read This Week’s Issue” to use digital edition and go to Page 4. n A very important event is coming to Hillsboro Jan. 8. Please check the ad on Page 16A of this issue. The event is titled “Thinking Outside of the Big Box.” n I don’t know about you, but to complete a job around the house, I always need one more thing from the store— after I have purchased what I think I will need. n Old equipment makes it hard to find parts. Take electric toothbrush replacement brushes, for example. I used to be able to go to the local pharmacy or Alco and pick them up. Not so anymore. I know they are available online, but I would rather get them here. n Are you a stacker or do you deal with stuff as it comes and then file it or throw it away? I have never mastered this area. n Looking forward to going to the Cotillion to see Mike Finnigan and the Phantom Blues Band this month with friends. The Cotillion has been on Wichita’s west side forever. It was where I saw the New Cristy Minstrels and Paul Revere and the Raiders back in the day. n This is the second column I have written for this week. The first one I wrote was mistakenly deleted from the server. It is just as well, as I wasn’t feeling good about it anyway. No one will ever know, as it is gone forever. It was just a pile of words. When I worked at the Wichita Sun back in the 1970s, someone wrote a letter to the paper expressing that the more we wrote the less it meant. That may be the case here. If you wish to share your comments or ideas, my email address is joel@ hillsborofreepress.com.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 n HILLSBORO FREE PRESS The Signature Campaign is the largest fundraising project in Tabor’s history. n from Page 1A “The Signature Camfor the new facility and the paign is an ARTS camannual fund, which covers paign,” Glanzer said, operational needs. referring to the acronym for “There is still a lot of ‘attracting students, retainwork to be done,” Braun ing students, transforming said. “We are up to the chal- students and sending stulenge knowing that the dents’ into the world. “The majority of this campaign is Signature Campaign will behind us.” help make this happen.”
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eral of which also surfaced a year ago. Councilor David Loewen, who was not on the council then, asked if the city could establish a general fund that wouldn’t require each utility to be “self-insured” separately. He said it is unlikely that all four utilities would go down at the same time. Paine said state law requires that each utility have its own reserve. Mayor Delores Dalke asked if the reserve could be put in a budget “lockbox” that would prevent future councils from spending the cash for other needs—as has happened in the past. Paine said a city council is authorized to oversee all of the city’s assets, and to use them in the best interest of the city, regardless of past decisions. Councilor Bob Watson said he felt it is necessary to increase cash reserves, but perhaps not to the extent recommended by Standard and Poor’s. Rather than 120 days, he said, “Maybe we ought to think about 30 days to start with.” Paine said having adequate cash reserves “is in my mind one of those elements...that makes government work a lot like business.” But Councilor Shelby Dirks challenged the notion, noting that most businesses, because of the economy, don’t have the revenue to designate sufficient funds for cash reserves. It has forced some businesses to grow their cash reserves by cutting expenses instead.
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I have nowhere near the experience Adam and Bethany have as world travelers. I have been to Europe four times with EF Tours groups (Insert shameless commercial plug here: We are planning a trip for summer 2016. Contact me if interested). I have been in a jam or two overseas. I am much easier to get along with when my itinerary runs smoothly. Of course, anyone who flies knows that almost never happens. So, I am impressed with how calmly the couple copes with obstacles. As soon as this season of “The Amazing Race” is
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electronics and toys. And Lord knows we do overindulge. But what else happens during this materialistic nightmare? We spend more time with family. We read the Christmas story. We hang lights and spend evenings driving around to find the best displays. We watch our kids transform into Mary, shepherds and donkeys in church programs. We sing Christmas carols. We send cards and buy gifts for angel trees.
“My question is, what expenses have we cut to offset some of these increases (in utility operations),” Dirks asked. “We’re not extravagantly spending on things,” Paine replied. “We’re not doing crazy stuff. We’re doing what the public is expecting us to do to provide basic services.” Loewen noted that property taxes and utility rates are the primary sources of revenue for the city. He said the impact of each varies in different situations. He cited property renters and property owners as an example. Paine closed the conversation by restating his intention for opening it. “What this is on the agenda for, is for us to discuss it, to walk away, and then come back either next meeting or the meeting following and say, ‘All right, Larry, this is what we’d like to do.’” Other business In other business, the council: n approved Ordinance 1257, which adjusts the monthly surcharge for recycling from $2.12 per household to $2.26, which is what McPherson Area Solid Waste will be charging the city. n approved an offer to sell Lot 11, Block 1 in the Willow Glen housing development to a buyer who intends to build a house on the property. The parcel is one of several donated to the city several years ago by the developers. n approved routine amendments that allow the city to make accounting adjustments to the 2014 city budget. The amendments cannot affect the mill levy.
over, I will probably be done watching the show. I’m just not that into it. But, as long as Adam and Bethany are still in the running, I will be tuning in each Friday night (or, more truthfully, recording it on my DVR so I can watch it later, commercial free). So far, the family has been tight-lipped about the outcome, despite the fact that the show is taped, and the winners have already been determined. I still want to wish Adam and Bethany luck, however. I hope they take the top prize. But, considering they live in Hawaii and genuinely care for each other, it seems to me they already have everything they could wish for.
I can’t help but love Christmas for what it is. For ALL of what it is. Baking, singing, eating, praying, giving, playing, and yes…gifting. We center it on the reason for the season, but still appreciate the other symbols that come with the celebration. The ones sung by candlelight or show up in a child waiting for Santa’s visit. I also occasionally enjoy the ones topped with whipped cream or a fat red bow. I can’t be convinced there’s not enough room for all of it under the tree. Because I love Christmas.
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may be in the minority, but I really enjoy making all of the holiday candy and cookies that are popular this time of year. I like melting SPICE UP chocolate in my douYOUR LIFE ble boiler and coatLindsey ing everything from Young peanuts to pretzels, I enjoy mixing up batches of peanut brittle, and I love making peppernuts. The only problem with all this Christmas-time baking and candymaking is that it can eat up a lot of time, and for many, having hours to spend in the kitchen isn’t feasible (a longer Christmas break is one of the few perks of being a teacher). It’s also tough to incorporate little ones into holiday cooking when you’re dealing with melted chocolate and molten corn syrup. This week’s recipe takes care of both of those issues. It’s a bit of a take on the classic Rice Krispie treats, but it integrates chocolate (which you know I love). These come together incredibly
quickly, so if you have about 10 or 15 minutes to spend in the kitchen, you can make a batch of no bake chewy cookies and cream bars. This recipe comes from a blog called “Picky Palate.” (You can find the post at http://pickypalate.com/2011/03/17/no-bakechewy-cookies-and-cream-bars/.) This one was so simple that I didn’t change anything outside of using the generic brand of double-filling sandwich cookies rather than regular Oreos, and I used mini marshmallows instead of large ones because they were cheaper. They still turned out great. *** No Bake Chewy Cookies and Cream Bars Ingredients 16 ounces chocolate sandwich cookies 5 cups large marshmallows 4 tablespoons butter Directions Crush the sandwich cookies in a food processor or place the cookies in a re-sealable bag and crush with a rolling pin. Line an 8x8-inch pan with aluminum foil.
Put the marshmallows and butter in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Microwave it on high for 11⁄2 to 2 minutes. You want the marshmallows to be nice and puffed up and the butter to be melted. Dump the crushed cookies into the marshmallow mixture and stir until the ingredients are well-combined. Transfer the mixture into the lined pan. Let set up for at least 10 minutes (mine were still pretty sticky—you might give them longer), and cut and serve. *** These were good, especially for so little effort, and I hear Santa likes these, too, in case the kids are wondering. With all of the activities and craziness of this time of year, this might be a nice way to give your family some treats and get to actually spend time with them, too. When not helping husband Joey with newspaper work, Lindsey teaches speech, debate and forensics at Haven High School. She can be reached at lindseyclarion@gmail.com.
Keep pets in mind when cold returns Dan Kinning said pets are just as susceptible to hypothermia and frostbite as Milder temperatures humans. have returned in recent “It goes by the dog,” Kindays, but local officials are ning said. “How long is the asking residents to take dog’s hair, what is the breed, extra precautions when and does the dog get exerfrigid weather returns to make sure their four-footed cise? If the elements are too severe, then it isn’t good for family members are safe them.” and warm. Kinning said the city of Marion County Sheriff Rob Craft said a good rule of Hillsboro has a statute against cruelty to animals. thumb with animals is to “Along with providing make sure they have shelter fresh, unfrozen water, it is as well as food and water. important to have a dog“In the wild, (animals) house for them that is kept will find shelter out of the cold and wind, so I think we off the ground so it doesn’t lose heat to the ground,” he need to provide that, too,” said. he said. “If we are going to Kinning also recomtake control of these animended filling the doghouse mals, we need to provide with hay or blankets, espethose essentials.” cially if it isn’t insulated. Hillsboro Police Chief
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himself as a pet lover, said he keeps his dog inside when it’s very cold outside. No matter what the temperature is, all three law enforcement officials agreed that windchill can threaten a pet’s life. In addition, exposed skin on their noses, ears and paw pads can quickly freeze and suffer permanent damage, Kinning added. In Goessel, City Clerk Jennifer Whitehead said she isn’t aware of problems with pets being mistreated. “My suggestion for citizens would be if it is at all possible, keep pets inside and only let them out when necessary,” she said. “If someone has outdoor pets they absolutely can’t have inside, then they need to provide them with proper shelter and some kind of bedding to help keep them warm.” Some companies sell heaters that would help. Old blankets that are no longer being used can also make a big difference.
If dogs are kept in a pen, Kinning suggested the pen have a roof and tarp around the sides so wind doesn’t blow into the pen Marion Police Chief Tyler Mermis said if a person is cold outside, then their pet is cold outside, too. “Some people might think their animal is just a dog or just a pet, but what they don’t understand is those pets in extreme cold snaps suffer, too,” he said. “The best thing for any pet owner to do is buy the proper shelter or keep an animal inside when it is cold.” Mermis said he gets more calls during the summer months than in the winter, but if someone sees a pet suffering, he encourages the person to call his office. “Some people will leave their pets outside when they go to work, and it might be only 7 degrees,” he said. “How miserable that is for an animal.” Mermis, who described
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TC men earn first KCAC win BY JANAE
REMPEL
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Micah Allen drives the lane for two of his career-high 35 points during the Trojans’ season opener against Nickerson. The Trojans prevailed, 73-61, in two overtimes.
Trojans win in double overtime BY
DON RATZLAFF
The Free Press
Fueled by 35 points from Micah Allen, the Hillsboro boys overcame an 11-point second-half deficit to defeat Nickerson in double overtime, 73-61, in the season opener at Brown Gymnasium. “I just can’t say enough about the guys,” coach Darrel Knoll said. “Everybody came in and did their job, and it resulted in a big team win.” The Trojans started the game strong, struggled through the middle two quarters, regrouped in the fourth quarter, then played their best basketball of the night when it counted most. With Allen scoring every point, the Trojans jumped to a 9-0 lead three minutes into the contest and still led, 11-4, at the first break. But the Panthers picked up their full-court pressure early in the second period, scoring six unanswered points off three Trojan turnovers to pull within 1412. Nickerson tied the game at 17 and built a 29-25 lead by halftime. Josh Funk scored off a rebound 30 seconds into the third quarter to cut the lead to two points, but the Trojans didn’t score another field goal until Allen managed one with
1:19 left in the period. It pulled the Trojans to within 42-35, but Nickerson led at the end of the quarter, 44-38. The outcome looked bleak when the Panthers built a 42-31 lead with 2:03 left in the period. But two baskets by Allen and three free-throws from Preston Loewen cut the lead to 42-38 before Nickerson scored a late basket for a 44-38 lead as the quarter ended. With Hillsboro trailing 46-39 early in the final quarter, a 10-footer by Allen at the 4:53 mark seemed to prime the team for a final run. Austin Cross hit a free throw, Allen sank a deep three and Cross scored an old-fashioned three-point play to pull Hillsboro into a 48-48 tie midway through the period. Nickerson took a 52-50 lead with just under 3 minutes left. Neither team scored again in regulation until David Dick tied the game at 52 on a layup off a feed from Allen with 1:02 to play. In the first overtime, Nickerson grabbed the momentum early with two free throws and a threepoint basket for a 57-52 lead in the first 45 seconds. Allen responded with a three-pointer with 2:43 to play, cutting the lead two. Neither team scored until n See Trojans, Page 8A
The Tabor College men’s basketball team earned its first conference victory Saturday over Friends, having dropped a three-point loss to Southwestern earlier in the week. Friends—It was a tale of two halves in the Bluejays’ 73-64 victory Saturday. Tabor trailed the Falcons at halftime, 27-26, having shot 45.5 percent from the field (10-22). But the Bluejays outscored Friends by 10 in the second half, aided by 60-percent shooting from the field (12-20), including 70 percent from three (710). “I felt like in the first half we were just running our offense and that was it,” coach Micah Ratzlaff said. “We weren’t getting any transition buckets, any easy buckets. Everything was kind of a grind, and it seemed like nobody was going hard. “In the second half, I just thought we were aggressive. I thought our shot selection was good, but at the same time, I thought everybody that shot it really had confidence.” Tabor took its first lead, 8-6, when Malik Brooks fired off back-to-back threes less than three minutes into the game. The teams traded
baskets, but Friends regained the advantage. Trailing 19-14 after a Falcon three, Tabor drew within two when Brooks made his third three of the night. John Jedneak chipped in a second-chance basket and two free throws, then Dewayne Biggs scored a three-point play sandwiched between two Falcon turnovers to push the score in favor of Tabor, 24-21, with 2:35 left in the half. A threepoint play by the Falcons at the end of the half gave Friends a one-point advantage at the break. The teams traded scores until Brooks scored eight straight points, including two threes and a coast-tocoast basket after a steal. When Chance LeBlanc drained a three, Tabor led, 42-34. Biggs hit a three that pushed the margin to double figures, 47-36, and the closest Friends got after that was within five. Brooks made his sixth three-pointer of the night with 2:30 to go for a 65-55 score, and Tabor held on down the stretch for the nine-point victory. “We were 7 for 10 from the three in the second half, so we shot 70 percent from the three,” Ratzlaff said. “That was huge for us. We weren’t getting a whole lot of post touches because
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Malik Brooks scores two points for Tabor during the first half against Friends Saturday. Brooks scored a game-high 22 points in Tabor’s 73-64 victory over the Falcons. they were in zone, so you’ve got to hit shots. “It was a good team win, and even though it was ugly, we’re excited about it.” Brooks led all scorers with 22 points. Biggs added
17 and Jake Arck 12. Southwestern—Tabor lost to the undefeated Moundbuilders, 67-64, Thursday. Southwestern claimed an n See Bluejays, Page 8A
Tabor women lose overtime game A sign of what was to come, the fast-paced game began with a steal followed The Tabor College by a basket by Friends’ women’s basketball team Kayla Mollere, the game’s split their games against leading scorer with 14 two ranked KCAC oppopoints, 11 rebounds and five nents last week. Friends—Victory over the steals. But although the Falcons No. 9 Falcons was within took an early lead, Tabor reach, but Tabor came up just short in overtime, 59-57. surged with 10 straight points for their largest marTabor struggled against gin of the night at 10-4. Friends’ stifling 3-2 zone. Friends took the lead The Falcons grabbed 14 with a burst of eight. steals and scored 32 points Mikaelyn Dick closed the off of 27 Tabor turnovers. gap to 24-22 at halftime with “We just made multiple a three-pointer as time mistakes early in the game expired. that led to layups for them “We got really sped up,” off of turnovers,” coach Shawn Reed said. “So it was- Reed said. “They’re very athletic and so you have to n’t just that we turned it give them credit for that, but over, it was turnovers that we have to find people that led to easy baskets for can play more calm in that. I them.” thought as the game went Reed said Friends is the along, that happened to a best defensive team Tabor degree, but we have to do has faced this season. “They’re not very tall, so that from the beginning.” Friends burst out of the you think you can get it inside, but they just collapse locker room with a string of eight unanswered points and then they go back out before Zuercher narrowed and they collapse and they the gap to 32-28 with back-togo back out,” he said. “You back threes. Tabor closed to have to use fakes and try within 42-41 when Taylor and get into the lane in difJanzen scored a secondferent ways, and we just chance basket at 7:11. passed the ball around the n See Tabor, Page 8A perimeter a lot.”
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Tonisha Dean scores two points during the second half Saturday against Friends. Dean led the Bluejays’ rebounding effort with 10 rebounds in Tabor’s 59-57 overtime loss to the Falcons.
Ratzlaff’s 32 points boosts Hillsboro over Nickerson BY
DON RATZLAFF
The Free Press
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Alex Ratzlaff scores off a steal during Hillsboro’s game against Nickerson Friday. Ratzlaff was the Trojans’ leading scorer with 32 points in Hillsboro’s 61-35 win.
Led by a 32-point performance from Alex Ratzlaff, the Hillsboro girls led from start to finish in a 61-35 victory over Nickerson in the season opener Friday at Brown Gymnasium. It was a matchup between teams that had near-opposite success a year ago. The Trojans made it to state while the Panthers failed to win a game. Even so, coach Nathan Hiebert was concerned about offense after losing twothirds of his scoring to graduation. Ratzlaff, one of two returning starters, stepped up big time with a careerhigh scoring performance that nearly matched the output of the visiting team. “Alex was great,” Hiebert said. “She didn’t force things, she rebounded well, she hit a couple from the outside, she took it to the rack. I was pleased with
how she played.” Ratzlaff scored 14 points in the first quarter as the Trojans rolled to a 19-4 lead by the time it ended. By halftime, Hillsboro bumped the margin to 17 points at 3316. Hillsboro was never in danger in the second half, and led by as much as 41-18 in the third quarter when freshman Abby Sechrist scored her first high school point on a free throw at the 4:05 mark. By the end of the period, Hillsboro led, 44-25. Hiebert cleared his bench when the Trojans pushed their margin to 53-30 with 5:02 left in the game. “I was really pleased with our girls tonight,” Hiebert said. “Nickerson’s zone really packs it in, so I was worried that we would shoot a lot of quick outside shots. “Our best runs were because of our defense—we got turnovers, we got easy buckets. I was really pleased
with how that went.” For the game, the defense contributed to 32 Panther turnovers, which led to 22 Trojan points. Nickerson managed only 23 percent shooting from the floor. Hiebert said his most pleasant surprise of the night was putting up 61 points in the opener. “When you lose almost 70 percent of your scoring, you kind of wonder who is going to put it in the hole,” he said. Ratzlaff led the way with 11-of-26 shooting from the floor, including a pair of three pointers, and hit eight of 10 free throws. But Hiebert got production from several others, including Allison Weber, who scored eight points including two threes. Mesa Merrell chipped in seven and Brooklyn Wiens add six points with a pair of threes. For the game the Trojans shot 30 percent from the floor.
Hiebert said a convincing win was a confidence builder for his relatively inexperienced team. “Sometimes if you play someone really challenging, that can put a damper on things for a new team,” he said. “I was glad for how the schedule worked out this year because I think it gave us a good, positive game before we go to the Moundridge tournament.” Coming—Hillsboro will face some stiff competition this week at the Moundridge Preseason Tournament. The Trojans begin at 4 p.m. Tuesday against Lyons, a team that finished as the Class 3A state runner-up to Hesston a year ago. The Lions blew out Ellsworth, 58-18, in their Friday opener. Hillsboro will take the court at 4 p.m. Thursday against Inman (0-1), then will play Moundridge (1-0) at 7 p.m. Friday in the final round-robin game.
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Marion wrestlers Warriors open with loss at SES first at Burlington BY JANAE
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The Marion wrestling team claimed first place in their season opener at the Wildcat Duals in Burlington Friday. “I was very pleased with the way we wrestled for the first time out,” coach Chad Adkins said. “We definitely made some mistakes that we will fix but looked pretty good. We lost some matches that we won’t lose later in the year.” Marion defeated West Elk in its opener, 57-17, then won over Circle (64-12) and Central Heights (59-21) before losing to Blue Valley North (40-33). Marion concluded the day with a 48-35 victory over the host school in the first-place match. Two Warriors earned perfect, 5-0 records. At 113 pounds, sophomore Jarrett Johnson won by fall over Central Heights and by a 13-9 decision over West Elk. Johnson also won three matches at 120 pounds: by major decision, 10-0, over Circle, by fall over Burlington and by a 30 decision over Blue Valley North. Junior Remington Putter won matches by fall over Central Heights, Circle and Burlington and took two forfeits at 160 pounds. Six Warriors came away with 4-1 records. Foreign exchange student Maximillian Gerlach took four forfeits and lost by fall to Circle at 106 pounds.
Sophomore AJ Cogdill took two forfeits at 120 pounds and went 2-1 at 113 with two forfeits and a loss by fall to Blue Valley North. At 145 pounds, freshman Corbin Wheeler won by fall over Central Heights, Circle and Burlington, took one forfeit, then lost a 12-7 decision to Blue Valley North. At 170 pounds, senior Zac Dvorak won by technical fall, 15-0, over Central Heights, and by fall over Circle and Burlington. He took one forfeit and lost by fall to Blue Valley North. Senior Adam Janzen lost an 8-6 decision to Central Heights at 182 pounds, and won by fall over Circle, Burlington and Blue Valley North. He took one forfeit. At 220 pounds, senior Kyle Palic lost by fall to Central Heights, then won by fall over Circle and Burlington. He took two forfeits. Two Warriors claimed 3-2 records on the day. At 138 pounds, sophomore Bryce Shults won by fall over Central Heights and Circle, then lost by fall to his Burlington opponent. He won by fall over West Elk, then lost an 11-7 decision to Blue Valley North. Freshman Tyler Palic lost by fall to Central Heights at 195 pounds, then won by fall over Circle. He lost by fall to Burlington, took a forfeit, then won by fall over Blue Valley North. n See Marion, Page 9A
Trojans split duals at Minneapolis BY
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The Hillsboro wrestling team opened its season Thursday with a split of dual matches at Minneapolis. Hillsboro defeated Halstead in its opener, 54-29, then lost to the host team, 60-30. Three Trojans came away with 2-0 records, winning one match on the mat and one by forfeit. Senior Jon Carey took a forfeit at 132 pounds against Minneapolis and won a match by fall at 138 pounds against Halstead. Junior Levi Mendoza dominated his match at 182 pounds against Halstead, winning by fall in just over one minute. He took a forfeit versus Minneapolis. At 120 pounds, Tristan Donalson took a forfeit against Minneapolis and defeated his Halstead opponent, 9-6. Sophomore Travis King received two forfeit wins. Three Trojans came home with 1-1 records in varsity competition. Senior team captain Jesse Meier dominated his Halstead opponent at 170 pounds before suffering a tough loss to a returning state placer from Minneapolis. “Missing most of last year due to injury, it will take some time for Jesse to return to form,” coach Scott O’Hare said. “Although he took a tough loss, it was the type of match he needed at this point in the season to expose things that he needs to work on.” Sophomore Tyson Reimer won by fall against Halstead at 152 pounds before being pinned by the defending Class 3-2-1A state runner-up from Minneapolis at 145 pounds. Sophomore Nathan Simhiser, wrestling at 195 pounds, took a forfeit against Halstead before losing by fall to Minneapolis. Sophomore Austin Welch lost a junior-varsity match by fall against
Minneapolis and accepted a forfeit for the team at 285 pounds against Halstead. Freshman Ryan Bradford took a forfeit at 126 against Halstead and won a junior-varsity match against Minneapolis by decision. Five Trojans are still looking for a first win after opening night. Mack Bartel, a freshman, lost two tough matches at 113 pounds. “He did some nice things and showed a lot of heart in both matches,” O’Hare said. Canton-Galva freshman Ian Alumbaugh lost at 145 pounds against Halstead and at 138 pounds to Minneapolis. “Ian showed a tremendous amount of grit, continued to battle tough in both matches,” O’Hare said. “I expect good things from him as we continue to get his technique to match the high level of his work ethic and competitive spirit.” Austin Morgan, also a newcomer from CantonGalva, lost two hard-fought matches. Junior Franklin Jost lost both of his matches by fall at 220 pounds. “He looked good coming out in both matches, but got into some trouble when he got out of position and was never able to recover,” O’Hare said. The Trojan coach said he was pleased overall with his team’s performance on opening night. “Some of our more experienced guys looked good for their first time in competition this season,” he said. “Our younger wrestlers and newcomers did some nice things. Their lack of experience certainly showed, but I was very happy with the attitude, effort, determination and competitive spirit of everyone.” Coming—The Trojans will compete in their first tournament when they travel to Hesston Saturday. Matches begin at 9 a.m.
With five new starters taking the court, the Marion boys’ basketball team’s youth was apparent in a 5931 loss to a tall and talented Southeast of Saline squad Friday. “Before the game, I told them that ‘I don’t care that we’re the smaller team; I don’t care that we’re the younger team, or the less experienced team. What I do care about is if we aren’t the hardest working team,’” coach Jeff McMillin said. “For the first half, I think that we hung in as well as we could with good effort and good intensity. I think we were competitive.” It took time for both offenses to get going, as neither team scored the first 2:38 of play. Nicholas Stuchlik scored the game’s first three points, and when Bret Voth made a basket, Marion held a 5-1 advantage. But the Trojans took the
lead less than a minute later with a three-pointer, the first of eight Trojan threes on the night. Aided by three more baskets behind the arc, SES enjoyed a 19-9 advantage at the end of the first period. “We wanted to take away what they really wanted to do: get the ball inside,” McMillin said. “They hit a lot of threes. They took what we were challenging them to do—shoot it outside rather than let them get inside—and they did fairly well.” The Trojans hit two more threes in the second quarter, but Marion drew within 2519 after Dylan Pippin made a second-chance basket and Stuchlik followed with two free throws. The first half ended with the Trojans leading, 29-21. Plagued by turnovers— JANAE REMPEL / FREE PRESS Marion had 24 in the game Mason Pedersen drives downcourt during the second half against a stifling Trojan at Southeast of Saline Friday. Pedersen scored five points full-court press, the in Marion’s 59-31 loss. n See Warriors, Page 8A
Marion girls fall to Trojans, 48-25 ter ended with the Warriors in front, 15-10. But Marion cooled from there, settling for outside shots instead of driving inside. Leading 17-12 after Kourtney Hansen scored, Marion stalled. Turnovers and missed scoring opportunities contributed to a 10-0 Trojan run to end the second quarter, giving Southeast of Saline a 22-17 halftime advantage. “We got a few shots to go in the first quarter, and then we started thinking we can make everything from out there, and we didn’t even try to get it inside anymore,” coach Kelly Robson said. “Then we started to miss a few, but we still didn’t try to get it inside, and we still missed. So we didn’t get to the free-throw line because we weren’t attacking the goal inside.” The third quarter saw more of the same. Kirsten Hansen hit a free throw to open the third quarter, but from there, the Trojans scored nine unanswered points for a 31-18 margin by the end of the third period. JANAE REMPEL / FREE PRESS With 6:13 left to play, Kirsten Hansen draws a foul during the third quarter at Kirsten Hansen scored Southeast of Saline Friday. She made one of two shots Marion’s first field goal from the charity stripe and scored three points in Marion’s since the second quarter. 48-25 loss. Although Warrior scoring opened scoring with a basket just 20 seconds in, and The Marion girls’ basket- when Julia Hall fired off ball team opened the 2014-15 back-to-back baskets 9 seconds apart, Marion led 6-2. season with a 48-25 loss at Bailey Robson drained two Southeast of Saline Friday. The Warriors started the three-pointers in a 27-second span, and the first quargame strong. Erika Hess
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increased in the final period, Southeast of Saline outscored Marion 17-7 and held a double-digit advantage the rest of the way. “Defensively, we were better in the zone,” Robson said. “We couldn’t handle Erica Montgomery pretty clearly in man-to-man.” The Trojans’ leading scorer, Montgomery scored nine of her game-high 17 points in the fourth quarter to add to her 12 rebounds. “I just thought we were too passive,” Robson said. “I think we’re an OK shooting team, and I’ve told them that, but I think we settled too much tonight. “But we did get off to a really good start. I was really pleased with that.” Marion shot 22.7 percent from the field (10-44). Bailey Robson led the Warriors with eight points. SES, meanwhile, shot 46.2 percent (18-39). Coming—Marion (0-1) was scheduled to open the Marion Classic Tuesday against Peabody-Burns. The Warriors will face Berean Academy Friday at 4 p.m. The tournament will conclude Saturday. Girls’ action is scheduled to begin at noon and will culminate in the championship at 6 p.m.
TC swimmers qualify 5 for nationals BY JANAE
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The Tabor College swim teams competed in the Jayhawk Open Saturday at the University of Kansas. “This weekend was a big step forward for us,” coach Nate Duell said. “The team has begun to realize its potential and what it means to be a college swimmer. “Many of the lessons that we needed to learn early on have been learned, and we are poised for a great second half of the season.” Two women and two men recorded nationalqualifying times in five events. Whitney Livesay placed second in the 400 individual medley in a nationalqualifying ‘B’ time of 5:07.50, while Sammie Norton finished fifth in the 50 freestyle in an automatic national-qualifying time of 25.69. Norton also turned in a ‘B’ qualifying time in the 100 freestyle. Tanner Sechrist won the 400 individual medley in a
national-qualifying ‘B’ time of 4:29.17, and Cody Smith won the 50 freestyle in a national-qualifying ‘B’ time of 22.48. Swimmers with national-qualifying consideration or ‘B’ times may compete in those events as long as they have earned an automatic qualifying time in another event. Additional meet results are as follows. For the women, Kelly Smith, Angela Smith, Livesay and Norton placed first in the 200 freestyle (1:47.05), while Sarah Schulte, Phylicia Don, Liz Janssen and Tessa Downs placed second (1:57.80). Norton, Angela Smith, Livesay and Kelly Smith won the 400 medley relay (4:28.66). Schulte, Angela Smith, Livesay and Norton won the 200 medley (2:03.43), and Downs, Kianna Hinerman, Don and Janssen placed second (2:18.39). Angela Smith won the 100 breaststroke (1:17.46) and Downs placed second
(1:29.57). Kelly Smith, Livesay, Angela Smith and Norton won the 800 freestyle (8:49.21). Livesay was second in the 200 butterfly (2:31.01) and Don third (2:51.76). Norton, Angela Smith, Kelly Smith and Livesay were second in the mixed 400 freestyle (4:04.24), and Schulte, Hinerman, Janssen and Downs were third (4:28.20). Kelly Smith was third in the 100 butterfly (1:08.72), and Don was fourth (1:15.62). Angela Smith was third in the 200 breaststroke (2:51.13), while Kelly Smith was fourth in the 500 freestyle (6:06.16). Livesay was fifth in the 200 individual medley (2:22.58) and Downs sixth (2:49.79), while Janssen placed seventh in the 50 freestyle (29.61) and Hinerman eighth (30.98). Janssen was sixth in the 100 freestyle (1:04.84) and Hinerman seventh (1:08.33), while Schulte was eighth in the 200 back-
stroke (2:33.25). Norton was 10th in the 100 backstroke (1:06.44) and Schulte 11th (1:10.13). For the men, Adam Walsh, Brett Magee, Ben Dorsett and Smith took first in the 200 freestyle (1:31.31). Sechrist won the 200 individual medley (2:04.33). Dorsett, Magee, Walsh and Sechrist won the 800 freestyle (7:52.92). Magee, Walsh, Sechrist and Smith won the 400 medley relay (4:02.15); and Magee, Walsh, Smith and Dorsett won the 200 medley (1:46.26). Dorsett was second in the 50 freestyle (23.03), Magee third (23.04) and Walsh fourth (24.11). Magee won the 100 freestyle (51.32), Dorsett placed second (51.34), Walsh third (53.41) and Smith fourth (1:04.70). Sechrist, Magee, Dorsett and Smith won the mixed 400 freestyle (3:29.31). Coming—Tabor will next be in action at Nebraska Wesleyan January 9-10.
Holmes qualifies for NAIA marathon at Southwestern 28 minutes, 20 seconds exceeded the automatic qualifying time of 1:30:00. Hannah Holmes qualified for the NAIA marathon She also broke Tabor’s by running a half marathon school record set by Brielle Lund at 1:29:06. at Southwestern Friday. “Hannah is a very dediHolmes’ time of 1 hour,
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cated athlete who puts in a lot of miles year round,” said cross country coach Eric Schwab. “She is having her best year ever this year. She ran a very smart and disciplined race, and it paid
off for her. It is nice to see her be rewarded for all of her hard work.” Holmes will run a full marathon during the national outdoor track and field championship in May.
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AREA HOOPS ROUNDUP against Central Christian Friday. The girls won, 57-34. Shelby Makovec scored a game-high 18 points. Ally Basore and Summer Espinoza each added 10. The boys, meanwhile, lost 73-61. Cole Srajer led the attack with 21 points. Nathaniel Engler and Dakota Stimpson each added 12. The Cougars will participate in the Herington tournament this week. Goessel—The Bluebirds split two games with Inman Friday in their home-
opener. The girls won, 44-35. Goessel shot 43 percent from the field (19-44) and was led by Alicen Meysing with 13 points. Page Hiebert added 12. The boys lost, 66-48. Goessel shot 36 percent from the field (14-39). Lawton Makovec led with 18 points. Zach Wiens added 12. Goessel was scheduled to play Central Christian Tuesday in the Bluebird Classic. They will play Burrton Friday. The girls will play at 7 p.m., followed by the boys at 8:30 p.m. The
championships will follow Saturday at 5:30 p.m. (girls) and 7 p.m. (boys). Peabody-Burns—The Warriors split two games with Chase County Friday. The girls lost, 59-17, and the boys won, 70-64. The Warriors will compete in the Marion Classic this week. After facing the host school Tuesday, Peabody-Burns will play Berean Academy Thursday. The girls will play at 7 p.m. and the boys at 8:15 p.m. The championships will be played Saturday at 6 p.m. (girls) and 7:30 p.m. (boys).
that on the fly.” Mason Pedersen and Jacob Baldwin scored backn from Page 7A to-back baskets in the third Warriors scored just 10 quarter, but SES widened points after that. McMillin the gap to 41-25 heading into said the Warriors’ youth the final quarter. was reflected in their inabilThe Trojans capped a 7-0 ity to make adjustments run with their seventh three during the game. before Voth scored with 6:15 “We tried several things to go. From there, the to break the press, but we Trojans fired off 11 unandidn’t adjust,” he said. “We swered points before didn’t adjust to do what we Pedersen hit a three-pointer. needed to do and get into the Voth added a free throw for right spot, and process. We the final 28-point margin. were having trouble doing “As the game wore on,
the athleticism and the size and the experience wore on us a little bit, and our focus waned a lot, but for our first game with a lot of young, new faces, it wasn’t completely lacking of what I was looking for,” McMillin said. McMillin praised the Warriors for pulling down 26 rebounds, including 10 by Nicholas Stuchlik and nine by Bret Voth. Marion shot 36.7 percent from the field (11-30). Voth led with 13 points and was
one rebound away from a double-double. Three Trojans scored in double figures, including a game-high 22 points by Easton Montgomery. Coming—Marion (0-1) was scheduled to open the Marion Classic Tuesday against Peabody-Burns. The Warriors will play Berean Academy Friday at 5:30 p.m. The tournament will conclude Saturday with boys’ action beginning at 1:30 p.m. and concluding with the championship at 7:30 p.m.
kets, then Loewen hit four straight free throws. When Cross scored with 1:50 to n from Page 6A play, Hillsboro led 70-61 and cruised to the 12-point win. Allen tied the score with a “I thought down the pair of pressure free throws with 11.8 seconds left. A last- stretch we came together,” Knoll said. “I was really second shot by Nickerson missed the mark and set up impressed with our competitive spirit. There in the the second overtime. middle of the third quarter, This one belonged entirely to the Trojans. Loe- we could have thrown in the towel. But we found ways to wen hit a three-pointer 12 continue making plays. seconds in to set the tone. “Austin did a nice job of Allen added a pair of bas-
cleaning up boards, I thought Dave did a great job on defense,” he added. “Micah did a really nice job of playing strong and attacking the basket and being a good leader.” Allen’s 35 points came on 11-for-22 shooting from the floor, including three of five three-pointers. He made 10 of 17 free-throws. Loewen, playing in his first varsity game, contributed 11 points to finish as second-high
scorer. As a team the Trojans shot just under 44 percent for the night (21-48). Hillsboro forced 18 Panther turnovers but committed 24. Coming—Hillsboro will play next week at the Moundridge Preseason Tournament with games against Lyons (0-1) at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, against Inman (1-0) at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, and against Moundridge (10) at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
30, after Andrew Thomas scored, Southwestern fired back nine unanswered points to reclaim the lead for good. Twice, Southwestern led by as many as 11 points, the final time being, 53-42, with 8:26 left to play. Tabor chipped away at the lead, drawing within 5349 when Thomas made a basket. After Southwestern extended it to 57-49, Dewayne Biggs and John Jedneak combined for eight Bluejay points to
Southwestern’s one over the next 2:34 to bring Tabor within 58-57. Tabor was within one twice more, the final time at 63-62 with 28 seconds left. Thomas scored with 11 seconds left for a 66-64 margin, and Southwestern added a free throw. A Tabor threepoint attempt at the buzzer missed its mark. Tabor shot 40.3 percent from the field (25-62), while Southwestern shot 36.7 percent (22-60). The Bluejays committed 15 turnovers to
Southwestern’s nine. Two Bluejays turned in double-double performances. Thomas led the team in scoring with 19 points and 11 rebounds. Jedneak added 17 points and 10 rebounds. Arck chipped in 12 points. Coming—Tabor (1-1, 3-8) will host the University of Saint Mary (2-0, 8-2) Thursday at 8 p.m. and will travel to McPherson (1-1, 47) Saturday at 7 p.m. The Spires are receiving votes in the coaches’ Top 25 poll.
Dean tied it at 57 with a free throw with 1:00 left to play. Friends scored again at the 31-second mark, and after a Tabor turnover, the Bluejays were forced to foul. Twice, Tabor was unable to secure a defensive rebound, and after Friends’ third miss on the front end of a one-and-one, Wilgers came down with the ball. Her half-court lob at the buzzer hit the backboard but missed its mark. “I thought we played really hard, but that’s not enough because they’re going to play really hard,” Reed said. “You have to play really smart, and we did not make smart basketball decisions on offense, and that led to 27 turnovers and poor shot selection. Those two things are pretty critical.” Tabor shot 35 percent from the field (21-60). Janzen led with 10 points. Dean grabbed 10 rebounds. Southwestern—Tabor defeated the No. 17 Moundbuilders Thursday, 62-48. The Bluejays held the
upper hand in the turnover category for the game, forcing 19 Moundbuilder turnovers, which they turned into 24 points. Southwestern, meanwhile, forced 12 Tabor turnovers, but gained only three points from them. Southwestern scored the game’s first six points, but Tabor followed with a string of 11 unanswered, capped by a three-point basket by Hannah Willems at the 11:59 mark. Aside from an 18-18 tie, Tabor held the lead the duration of the first half and took a 27-23 advantage into the locker room at the break. While the Moundbuilders had the higher shooting percentage in the first half, making 10 of 19 attempts (52.6 percent) compared to 32 percent for the Bluejays (8-25), Tabor scored 11 points off 11 Moundbuilder turnovers, compared to zero points off eight turnovers for Southwestern. The teams battled to a 29-29 tie in the opening
minutes of the second half, but from there, Kayla Wilgers capped a 7-0 Tabor surge with a three that put the Bluejays in front, 36-29. The Moundbuilders fought to a 40-40 tie but never took the lead. The Bluejays then enjoyed a 154 run capped by a two-point basket by Sam Short off a turnover that gave them their first double-digit lead, 55-44, with 4:02 left in the game. Tabor maintained a double-digit cushion the rest of the way. Tabor shot 39.6 percent from the field (21-53), compared with 40.5 percent for Southwestern (17-42). Taylor Janzen led Tabor with 13 points. Mallory Zuercher grabbed 10 rebounds and scored nine points. Sam Short and Kaleigh Troxell also chipped in nine points each. Coming—Tabor (1-1, 5-7) will host the University of Saint Mary (1-1, 2-7) Thursday at 6 p.m. The Bluejays will travel to McPherson (1-1, 2-10) Saturday at 5 p.m.
Canton-Galva—The Eagles opened their season with a sweep of Elyria Christian Friday. The girls won 33-28. Keana Haydon led the effort with 12 points. The boys, meanwhile, won 49-25. The Eagles will compete at the Goessel tournament this week. After opening with a second meeting with Elyria Christian Monday, Canton-Galva will face Little River Friday. The girls will play at 4 p.m. and the boys at 5:30 p.m. Centre—The Cougars split their season opener
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early lead, but a Malik Brooks three-pointer put Tabor in front, 12-11. A 6-1 Bluejay surge extended Tabor’s lead to 1812 when Jonathan Gibson scored, and Tabor built to its largest lead of the night, 27-20, after consecutive baskets by Jake Arck. Tabor took a 29-25 lead into intermission. With Tabor in front, 35-
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Trailing 47-46 after a Wilgers three, Tabor regained the lead when Tena Loewen scored with 2:47 to play. But Friends jumped in front with a basket 37 seconds later. With just under one minute left in regulation, Loewen grabbed an offensive rebound, scored and was fouled. She completed the three-point play to put Tabor in front, 51-49, with 57 seconds remaining, but Friends tied it with a basket 16 seconds later. A Tabor attempt missed its mark, sending the game into overtime. Friends took a quick, 5551, lead, but Kaleigh Troxell hit a three-pointer, and Loewen followed with a second-chance basket that put Tabor in front, 5655. But in a critical turning point after a Falcon miss, the Bluejays came up empty on three consecutive shots. Friends scored, then
COLLEGE BASKETBALL KCAC BASKETBALL MEN
Southwestern Saint Mary Ottawa Bethany (24) Bethel McPherson Tabor Friends Kansas Wesleyan Sterling
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Results for Saturday, Dec. 6 Tabor 73, Friends 64 Saint Mary 88, Kansas Wesleyan 59 Bethany 88, Ottawa 80 Bethel 78, McPherson 80 Southwestern 81, Sterling 79 (OT) Results for Thursday, Dec. 4 Southwestern 67, Tabor 64 McPherson 104, Bethany 101 Friends 93, Kansas Wesleyan 54 Ottawa 71, Sterling 63 Saint Mary 81, Bethel 64
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Results for Saturday, Dec. 6 Friends 59, Tabor 57 (OT) Kansas Wesleyan 85, Saint Mary 67 Ottawa 73, Bethany 63 Bethel 69, McPherson 64 Sterling 60, Southwestern 55 Results for Thursday, Dec. 4 Tabor 62, Southwestern 48 McPherson 74, Bethany 68 Friends 86, Kansas Wesleyan 46 Saint Mary 52, Bethel 45 Ottawa 67, Sterling 56
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CENTRAL KANSAS BOYS League Overall W L W L Halstead 0 0 1 0 Hesston 0 0 1 0 Hillsboro 0 0 1 0 Larned 0 0 1 0 Sterling 0 0 1 0 Haven 0 0 0 1 Hoisington 0 0 0 1 Lyons 0 0 0 1 Kingman 0 0 0 1 Nickerson 0 0 0 1 Pratt 0 0 0 1 Smoky Valley 0 0 0 1 Results for Friday, Dec. 5 Hillsboro 73, Nickerson 61 (2 OT) Halstead 45, Remington 38 Hesston 76, Buhler 71 Larned 63, Pratt 57 Sterling 58, Berean 56 Abilene 73, Smoky Valley 55 Central Plains 49, Hoisington 37 Ellsworth 47, Lyons 39 Hutch Trinity 55, Haven 53 Clearwater 46, Kingman 44
HHS 73, Nickerson 61 (2 OT) Dec. 5 at Brown Gymnasium Nickerson (0-1) 4 25 15 8 (5) (4)—61 Hillsboro (1-0) 11 14 13 14 (1) (16)—73 NICKERSON: B. Berridge 13, A. O’Toole 10, C. Casey 15, A. Engelland 1, B. Stewart 9, J. Lehman 5, C. Jordan 8. Totals: 25-63 (5-17) 6-21 61. HILLSBORO: E. Werth 3, G. Knoll 2, D. Dick 6, A. Cross 6, B. Vogt 6, J. Funk 4, P. Loewen 11, M. Allen 35. Totals: 21-48 (7-16) 24-42 73. Rebounds: Nickerson 35, Hillsboro 48 (Knoll 2, Dick 2, Cross 12, Vogt 3, Funk 5, Allen 17, Team 7). Assists: Nickerson 9, Hillsboro 12 (Werth, Knoll, Dick 2, Cross 2, Funk, Allen 5). Steals: Nickerson 14, Hillsboro 9 (Cross, Vogt, Loewen, Allen 6). Turnovers: Nickerson 18, Hillsboro 24 (Werth 2, Knoll 2, Dick, K. Miller, Cross 4, Vogt 2, Funk 2, Loewen 3, Allen 7). Total fouls: Nickerson 32, Hillsboro 19. Fouled out: Berridge, Engelland, Jordan, Knoll.
CENTRAL KANSAS GIRLS League Overall W L W L Haven 0 0 1 0 Hesston 0 0 1 0 Hillsboro 0 0 1 0 Kingman 0 0 1 0 Lyons 0 0 1 0 Pratt 0 0 1 0 Sterling 0 0 1 0 Halstead 0 0 0 1 Larned 0 0 0 1 Hoisington 0 0 0 1 Nickerson 0 0 0 1 Smoky Valley 0 0 0 1 Results for Friday, Dec. 5 Hillsboro 61, Nickerson 35 Hesston 54, Buhler 38 Haven 61, Hutch Trinity 52 Remington 55, Halstead 32 Kingman 59, Clearwater 15 Abilene 51, Smoky Valley 25 Central Plains 57, Hoisington 31 Lyons 58, Ellsworth 18 Pratt 51, Larned 34 Sterling 51, Berean 22
Hillsboro 61, Nickerson 35 Dec. 5 at Brown Gymnasium Nickerson (0-1) 4 12 9 10—35 Hillsboro (1-0) 19 14 11 17—61 NICKERSON: A. Evans 11, B. Herrman 1, K. Garnder 2, S. Jackson 2, M. Atkinson 1, D. Ortiz 5, S. Mader 10, T. Davis 3. Totals: 10-43 (4-12) 11-18 35. HILLSBORO: A. Sechrist 1, M. Merrell 7, T.
Proffitt 1, D. Heinrichs 1, R. Kaufman 1, B. Wiens 6, A. Weber 8, C. Linnens 2, E. Weisbeck 2, A. Ratzlaff 32. Totals: 21-70 (616) 13-22 61. Rebounds: Nickerson 37, Hillsboro 45 (Sechrist, Merrell 2, Franz, Proffitt 4, Heinrichs 4, Kaufman 2, Wiens 2, Weber 2, Linnens, Weisbeck 3, Ratzlaff 12, Team 11). Assists: Nickerson 6, Hillsboro 11 (Sechrist, Proffitt 6, Heinrichs, Kaufman 2, Weber). Steals: Nickerson 8, Hillsboro 23 (Sechrist, Merrell, Proffitt 4, Heinrichs 3, Kaufman, Wiens, Weber 2, Linnens 3, Ratzlaff 7). Turnovers: Nickerson 32, Hillsboro 17 (S. Unruh, M. Franz 4, Proffitt 2, Heinrichs 4, Ratzlaff 6). Total fouls: Nickerson 19, Hillsboro 18. Fouled out: Schweizer.
HEART OF AMERICA BOYS League Overall W L W L Bennington 0 0 1 0 Canton-Galva 0 0 1 0 Inman 0 0 1 0 Moundridge 0 0 1 0 Ell-Saline 0 0 1 0 Berean Acad. 0 0 0 1 Hutch Trinity 0 0 0 1 Marion 0 0 0 1 Remington 0 0 0 1 Sedgwick 0 0 0 1 Results for Friday, Dec. 5 SE-Saline 59, Marion 31 Canton-Galva 49, Elyria 25. Haven 61, Hutch Trinity 52 Inman 66, Goessel 48 Moundridge 50, Little River 38 Halstead 45, Remington 38 Bennington 62, Lincoln 30 Sterling 58, Berean 56 Ell-Saline 61, Sedgwick 51
SE Saline 59, Marion 31 Dec. 5 at Southeast of Saline Marion (0-1) 9 12 4 6—31 SE Saline (1-0) 19 10 12 18—59 MARION: M. Pedersen 5, P. Heidebrecht 2, D. Pippin 2, B. Voth 13, N. Stuchlik 5, J. Baldwin 4. Totals: 11-30 (1-11) 8-11 31.
HEART OF AMERICA GIRLS League Overall W L W L Moundridge 0 0 1 0 Remington 0 0 1 0 Sedgwick 0 0 1 0 Bennington 0 0 1 0 Canton-Galva 0 0 1 0 Berean Acad. 0 0 0 1 Ell-Saline 0 0 0 1 Hutch Trinity 0 0 0 1 Inman 0 0 0 1 Marion 0 0 0 1 Results for Friday, Dec. 5 SE Saline 48, Marion 25 Canton-Galva 33, Elyria 28 Moundridge 51, Little River 14 Sedgwick 36, Ell-Saline 30 Goessel 44, Inman 35 Sterling 51, Berean 22 Remington 55, Halstead 32 Haven 61, Hutch Trinity 52 Bennington 44. Lincoln 27
SE Saline 48, Marion 25 Dec. 5 at Southeast of Saline Marion (0-1) 15 2 1 7—25 SE Saline (1-0) 10 12 9 17—48 MARION: Ko. Hansen 4, Ki. Hansen 3, E. Hess 2, B. Robson 8, J. Hall 6, K. Herzet 2. Totals: 10-44 (2-7) 3-8 25.
WHEAT STATE BOYS League W L Peabody-Burns 0 0 Wakefield 0 0 Rural Vista* 0 0 Elyria Christian 0 0 Centre 0 0 Goessel 0 0 Little River 0 0 Solomon 0 0
Overall W L 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 *Hope/White City
Results for Friday, Dec. 5 Central Christian 73, Centre 61 Inman 66, Goessel 48 Peabody-Burns 70, Chase Co. 64 Moundridge 50, Little River 38 Wakefield 50, Sylvan-Lucas 47 Sacred Heart 60, Solomon 51 Canton-Galva 49, Elyria 25 Rural Vista, DNP
WHEAT STATE GIRLS League W L Centre 0 0 Goessel 0 0 Wakefield 0 0 Rural Vista* 0 0 Elyria Christian 0 0 Little River 0 0 Peabody-Burns 0 0 Solomon 0 0
Overall W L 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 *Hope/White City
Results for Friday, Dec. 5 Centre 57, Central Christian 34 Goessel 44, Inman 35 Chase Co. 57, Peabody Burns 17 Canton-Galva 33, Elyria 28 Moundridge 51, Little River 14 Sacred Heart 23, Solomon 22 Wakefield 46, Sylvan-Lucas 42 Rural Vista, DNP
BOWLING HILLSBORO MONDAY (Dec. 1) Team results ASAP, 2-2 High game: Kathy Woelk.........................163 High series: Kathy Woelk ........................447 HCH&C, 2-2 High game: Ken Johnson........................167 High series: Ken Johnson .......................436 Hillsboro State Bank, 1-3 High game: Jessie Frantz .......................179 High series: Jessie Frantz.......................526 State Farm, 3-1 High game: Karen Benda ......................167 High series: Karen Benda.......................464 Real Estate Center, 2.5-1.5 High game: Peni Ens...............................190 High series: Peni Ens ..............................453
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Thierolf named to honor roll Emporia State H-Back Connor Thierolf has been named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.00 grade point average over a minimum of two semesters. A Marion High School graduate, Thierolf is the son of Grant and Deanna Thierolf.
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Nowak signs for Cowley softball Hillsboro High School senior Bradli Nowak signed a letter of intent Friday to play softball next year at Cowley Community College in Arkansas City. Nowak was a first-team selection at catcher for the All-Central Kansas League team this past spring. She hit .420 with a team-high seven home runs and 47 runs batted in. As a sophomore, Nowak was a second-team pick and she received honorable mention as a freshman. Seated with her are parents Barb and Chad Nowak. Behind them is HHS head coach Stephanie Sinclair, flanked by Nowak’s summer team coaches Steve Rorebeck (left) and Kurt Heincker.
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Paige Craney, Hillsboro High School freshman, holds the book that contains the poem “Nation’s Pride” that she wrote and submitted for a student poetry-writing contest sponsored by The America Library of Poetry.
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Arthur Thornhill of Marion (top) and Zayne Haslett of Hillsboro square off in the Age 6 & Under division at the Hillsboro takedown Tournament Saturday at Brown Gymnasium. Zayne came back to defeated Arthur, 12-8. This year’s 16th tournament drew 230 wrestlers between the ages of 4 and 12 from 23 wrestling clubs from around the state.
HHS student’s poem picked Kids wrestling tournament draws 230 participants and families to Hillsboro for publication “I’ve always liked the military, and I like what they do,” Paige said. “I’ve Hillsboro High School always loved how they’re freshman Paige Craney received a surprise this fall respected, and I thought they do so much for us, and with the notification that a sacrifice so much for us, I poem she had written for a wanted to give back to them student contest has been as much as they give to us.” published in a collection The result was “Nation’s called “Accolades.” Pride,” the poem she “I just wanted to try it out and see if it would work, entered in the contest. “I wrote the poem for so I did it,” she said of her people who lost family memdecision to participate in bers—the soliders who went the program sponsored by away and never came The America Library of home,” she said. Poetry. Craney said it took her Craney heard about the about a week to write the project as an eighth-grader poem, and then she tested it in Terry Bebermeyer’s English class. It was a differ- with friends and family members. ent kind of challenge for “I kept writing it until it her. would sound right,” she “I kind of would play said. “I’m actually really around with words, but I wouldn’t show them to any- impressed with how it turned out.” one,” she said. “I thought, According to The well, I’m kind of good at America Library of Poetry, using words to get through to people, so I just thought it less than one out of five poems entered are accepted would work.” for publication. The comOne of her challenges pany rewards the top three was deciding what to write poems from each of four age about. categories—spanning ages 3 “At first it was kind of through high school. hard to see what would Craney said her poem work,” Craney said. “Then I thought, let me think about nearly won the “Editor’s Choice” award. what to write.” “I was just happy I got She decided to write about the people who volun- in,” she said. “I didn’t expect to win anything.” teer for military service. Craney has already subHer older brother, Jacob, is mitted a poem for next in the National Guard and year’s contest. has served overseas in “It was called ‘Fallen Kuwait, Iraq and Angels,’ after the book here Afghanistan. He currently in the library,” she said. “It is stateside, working in was kind of similar to that.” Kansas in the oil industry.
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Nation’s Pride by Paige Craney Behind the facade of our big egos we constantly do hide And pride of five letters is only that, just pride And some will even tell you pride comes before a fall From life we have been learning from before we learned to crawl All we have is our pride, The main thing, which we will never hide. We raise our flag so high You can see our pride in our sky. Pride is why we are alive Pride struck the pose; the bugle hailed And bid them stand a little taller — “Chest out!” They’d fought their battles years ago you know, Standing up together with a rank of Men that did us proud.... And through attrition in the numbers brought, The annual tears, comfort always came in One evergreen line: We Shall Remember Them
Some 230 wrestlers representing 23 wrestling clubs from around the state competed at the 16th annual Hillsboro Takedown Tournament Saturday at Robert C. Brown Gymnasium. The tournament, open to wrestlers from age 4 to 12 years, included 28 from the Hillsboro Wrestling Club and about 15 others from Marion. “The tournament ran pretty smoothly,” said Scott O’Hare, director of the tournament and the local wrestling club. “I am very proud of our club
members for the work they put into this event. “The wrestlers competed hard, the coaches have worked hard to get them prepared to compete, and the parents have done a great job supporting the wrestlers and getting things in line to run an event like this for our wrestlers,” he added. O’Hare, who is head coach of the Hillsboro High School wrestling team, said he was pleased to give so many youth in Hillsboro an opportunity to compete in the sport. “Win or lose, we want
Marion
major decision, 10-1. At 152 pounds, freshman Garrett Hoffner took a forfeit, then won by fall over Circle. He lost by fall to Burlington, West Elk and Blue Valley North. Freshman Jarret McLinden went 1-4 at 285 pounds. He won by fall over Central Heights, then lost by fall to Circle,
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Two Warriors went 2-3. At 132 pounds, sophomore Noah Albin took a forfeit, then won by fall over Circle. He lost to Burlington and West Elk by technical fall and to Blue Valley North by
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Elcon, 1.5-2.5 High game: Judy Penner.........................175 High series: Judy Penner ........................504 Central National Bank, 3-1 High game: Elizabeth Hill........................176 High series: Joyce Medley ......................443 The Dudes, 1-3 High game: Dakota Miller........................175 High series: Dakota Miller .......................510
Team standings W L Elcon............................................36.5 ....12.5 State Farm ....................................35 .......17 ASAP ............................................27 .......25 The Dudes ....................................25 .......27 Real Estate Center.......................23 .......23 HCH&C .......................................22.5 ....29.5 Hillsboro State Bank ...................21.5 ....30.5 Central National Bank.................17.5 ....34.5 Top scores - women Individ. hi game (scratch), Peni Ens ............190 Individ. hi series (hdcp), Jessie Frantz ........526 Top scores - men Individ. hi game (scratch), Doug Sisk .........178 Individ. hi series (hdcp), Dakota Miller.........510
our wrestlers to continue to learn the basics of the sport, to compete hard, to give their best effort, and most importantly, to learn to enjoy the sport of wrestling while showing great sportsmanship,” he said. 16th annual Hillsboro Takedown Tournament
Hillsboro results 6 & under: Maddox Hefley, 0-3, fourth; Kyson O’Hare 0-3, fourth; Phoenix Fickes, 1-2 third; Bishop Talbott, 0-3, fourth; Jackson Kleiber, 11, second; Hitch Soyez, 2-1, second; Aaron Hein, 1-2, third; Abilene Frye, 03, fourth; Hudson Rogerts, 0-3, fourth; Zayne Haslett, 2-1, third; Sutton Redger, 2-0, first. 8 & under: Cooper Helfey, 3-0, first; Wyat Soyez, 2-0, 1st; Anthony
Burlington, West Elk and Blue Valley North. Adkins said it will be important for the team to build stamina. “We need to continue working on our wind,” he said. “Five matches the first night out wore us out. “I am excited to see what the year will bring for us.” Coming—Marion will compete at the Hesston tournament Saturday. Matches begin at 9 a.m.
Fickes, 1-1, second; Baron Talbott, 0-2, third; Layne Clark, 3-0, first; Dallas Whorton, 0-3, fouth; Landon Dye, 1-2, third; Scout Redger, 1-2, third; Angus Duell, 0-3, fourth. 10 & under: Tristen Dye, 2-1, second; Camden Padgett, 3-0, first; Garrett Helmer, 2-1, second; Caulin James, 12, third; Tristan Rathbone, 1-2, third; Connor Padgett, 2-0, first; Lane Rogers, 0-2, third. 12 & under: Jordan Bachman, 2-1, second.
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fendant to write a letter of apology to the Peabody Police Department and provide a copy to the Marion County attorney’s office. The court further ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Nov. 26, Kenneth C. Jost, journal entry of sentencing. The court found the defendant guilty of one count of possession of drug paraphernalia and sentenced the defendant to a controlling sentence of 60 days in the custody of the Marion County sheriff. The court placed the defendant on supervised probation with Court Services for 12 months, subject to all standard terms and conditions and the following special conditions: the defendant was ordered to pay court costs and surcharge of $158, a probation fee of $60, a booking fee of $45, KBI lab fee of $400 and court-appointedattorney fees of $675. The court ordered the defendant to serve 48 hours in the county jail for every positive drug/alcohol test, refusal to submit, or admission of usage. The defendant was ordered to refrain from the use of alcohol or drugs, and submit to a blood, breath or urine test upon request of a Court Services officer or law enforcement officer. The court ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Nov. 26, James B. Williams, journal entry of conviction and sentencing. The court found the defendant guilty of one count of disorderly conduct and sentenced the defendant to a controlling sentence of 10 days in the custody of the Marion County sheriff. The court placed the defendant on immediate unsupervised probation for six months. Said probation is subject to all standard terms and conditions and the following special terms: the court does not make a domestic violence designation in this matter. The court ordered the defendant to meet one time with the Court Services officer to set up a payment plan. The defendant was ordered to serve 48 hours in the county jail for every positive drug/alcohol test, refusal to submit or admission of usage. The court ordered the defendant to pay court costs and surcharge of $158, a booking fee of $45, a fine of $200, and the court ordered the fine shall be suspended as long as the defendant successfully completes probation and court appointed attorney fees as determined by the court. The court further ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Nov. 26, Terri Lynn Benson, order of dismissal. Nov. 26, Kristopher Michael Wade, journal entry of sentencing. The court sentenced the defendant to a controlling sentence of 90 days for one count of use/possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia, in the custody of the Marion County sheriff, and a controlling sentence of 30 days for one count of criminal trespass. Said time shall be consecutive. The court ordered the defendant shall be given credit for time already served. The court placed the defendant on supervised
probation with Court Services for 12 months, to begin upon the defendant’s release from Harvey County Jail. The court ordered the defendant shall contact the Court Services officer within 48 hours of his release from custody. Said probation shall be subject to all standard terms and conditions, and the following special conditions: the defendant was ordered to pay court costs and surcharge of $158, a probation fee of $60, a booking fee of $45, a KBI lab fee of $400 and court-appointed-attorney fees as determined by the court. The court ordered the defendant to set up a payment plan with Court Services. The court ordered the defendant to serve 48 hours in the county jail for every positive drug/alcohol test, refusal to submit, or admission of usage. Should the defendant deny usage and the specimen require positive laboratory confirmation, he may be made to serve an additional 48 hours in jail for failing to be truthful with the supervising officer. The defendant was ordered to refrain form the use of alcohol or drugs, and submit to a blood, breath or urine test upon request of a Court Services officer or law enforcement officer. The defendant was ordered to not enter any establishment whose primary source of income is from the sale of alcohol. If this is a matter of his employment, and he works in an establishment that sells alcohol, he can only do so for work purposes. The defendant was ordered to complete 20 hours of community service work. The defendant shall have to contact with the victim, Darryl D. Thiesen. The defendant shall follow all conditions of the Court Services program. The court ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Nov. 26, Miranda Ann Barnett, probation order. The defendant was sentenced to a controlling term of 20 months with the secretary of Corrections and placed on supervised probation with Community Corrections for up to 18 months for mandatory drug treatment for up to 18 months. The defendant is to meet with the Community Corrections officer within 48 hours of her release from Ford County. Probation may transfer if defendant is in good standing. Defendant is allowed to have contact with her codefendant, Jerrod McKenzie. The defendant is to follow all rules of her supervising officer and complete 40 hours of community service work. She was ordered to not enter any establishment whose primary source of income is from alcohol. The defendant was further ordered to submit to random blood, breath or urine testing upon the request of her Community Corrections officer or any law enforcement officer. The defendant was ordered to follow all recommendations of the alcohol/drug evaluation that was completed Oct. 23. The defendant is to notify the intensive supervision officer of changes in employment, residence and phone number. The defendant was ordered to submit to DNA registration and be responsible for all costs associated with registration. The defendant was ordered to serve 48 hours in the Marion County Jail for every positive drug/alcohol testing, refusal to submit, or admission of
usage. Should the defendant deny usage and the specimen require positive laboratory confirmation, she may be made to serve an additional 48 hours in jail for failing to be truthful with the supervising officer. The defendant is to obey all local, state and federal firearms restrictions. The defendant must pay the following amounts: $193 in court costs; $120 probation fee; $400 KBI lab fee; $200 DNA fee; $100 BIDS fee; $45 booking fee and $300 SB 123 fee. Attorney fees were waived in this matter. Nov. 26, Jerrod Albert Mckenzie, probation order. The defendant was sentenced to a controlling term of 20 months with the secretary of Corrections and placed on supervised probation with Community Corrections for up to 18 months for mandatory drug treatment for up to 18 months. The defendant is to meet with the Community Corrections officer within 48 hours of his release from Ford County. Probation may transfer if defendant is in good standing. Defendant is allowed to have contact with his codefendant, Miranda Barnett. The defendant is to follow all rules of his supervising officer and complete 40 hours of community service work. He was ordered to not enter any establishment whose primary source of income is from alcohol. The defendant was further ordered to submit to random blood, breath or urine testing upon the request of his Community Corrections officer or any law enforcement officer. The defendant was ordered to follow all recommendations of the alcohol/drug evaluation that was completed Oct, 23. The defendant is to notify the intensive supervision officer of changes in employment, residence and phone number. The defendant was ordered to submit to DNA registration and be responsible for all costs associated with registration. The defendant was ordered to serve 48 hours in the Marion County Jail for every positive drug/alcohol testing, refusal to submit, or admission of usage. Should the defendant deny usage and the specimen require positive laboratory confirmation, he may be made to serve an additional 48 hours in jail for failing to be truthful with the supervising officer. The defendant is to obey all local, state and federal firearms restrictions. The defendant must pay the following amounts: $193 in court costs; $120 probation fee; $400 KBI lab fee; $200 DNA fee; $100 BIDS fee; $45 booking fee and $300 SB 123 fee. Attorney fees were waived in this matter. Nov. 26, Kara D. Druse, journal entry of sentencing. The court sentenced the defendant to a controlling sentence of 60 days for Count 1 in the custody of the Marion County sheriff and a controlling sentence of 30 days for Count 2, said time shall be concurrent. The court placed the defendant on supervised probation with Court Services for 12 months, subject to all standard terms and conditions, and the following special conditions: the defendant was ordered to pay court costs and surcharge of $158, a probation fee of $60, a booking fee of $45 and court-appointed-attorney fees as determined by the court. The court ordered the defendant to serve 48 hours in the
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county jail for every positive drug/alcohol test, refusal to submit, or admission of usage. The defendant was ordered to refrain from the use of alcohol or drugs, and submit to a blood, breath or urine test upon request of a Court Services officer or law enforcement officer. The court ordered the Court Services officer can request the defendant complete a drug/alcohol evaluation and follow all recommendations at her own expense, if deemed appropriate. Further, the court ordered the supervised probation can convert to unsupervised after six months or terminate early, at the discretion of the probation officer. The court ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Domestic Tara N. Barnett vs. Kerrick Matthew Wilhelm, contested hearing at 2:15 p.m. Dec. 10. Katelyn Renea Croft, petitioner vs. Lucas D. Hoskinson, respondent, hearing at 3 p.m. Dec. 10. Erin Michele Mader vs. Michael Eugene Mader, hearing at 3 p.m. Dec. 10. David Paul Schneider vs. Jennifer Jo Schneider, contested hearing at 9 a.m. Dec. 12. Clinton W. Hanna vs. Rebecca Sue Hanna, uncontested hearing at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 22. Christopher M. Novak vs. Stevi E. Novak, dismissal at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 22. Pamela Sue Herzet vs. Christopher Ryan Hamm, uncontested hearing at 9:30 a.m. Dec. 22. Kansas Department for Children and Families, et al., petitioner vs. Jason R. Richmond, respondent, pre-trial conference at 1:15 p.m. Jan. 5, 2015. Cristy Gail Miller vs. Jeff Allen Miller, status hearing at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 5, 2015. Nicholas Wynne Abramowich, petitioner vs. Valeree Hett, respondent, dismissal at 1:45 p.m. Jan. 5, 2015. Shelly Schale vs. Steven Schale, contested hearing at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 2, 2015. Social Rehabilitation Services, petitioner vs. Tony E. Cady, respondent, contested hearing at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12, 2015. Sept. 29, Department for Children and Families vs. Robert Enrique-Alexander Zampieri, petition for reimbursement. Oct. 30, Daniel Catlin II vs. Tonia Lisa Lewis, petition for divorce. Nov. 21, Krystle D. Strong, petitioner vs. Charles W. Matthews, respondent, protection from stalking. Hearing at 2 p.m. Dec. 10. Nov. 26, Social Rehabilitation Services, et al., petitioner vs. Keith Tincher, respondent, the contempt proceedings were dismissed without prejudice to re-filing and the $150 cash bond posted shall be forfeited and applied to this case. Dec. 1, Elizabeth M. Hiebert vs. Timothy L. Hiebert, decree of divorce. Dec. 2, Jennifer Newell, petitioner vs. Kenneth L. Newell, respondent, agreed order regarding protection from abuse. Dec. 3, State of Kansas ex rel Department of Social Rehabilitation Services, petitioner vs. Hollee Reynolds, respondent, contempt proceedings were dismissed without prejudice to re-filing and the
cash bond of $232.83 was forfeited and applied to the case. Probate Nov. 24, in the matter of the estate of Carl E. Riggs, journal entry granting informal administration. Nov. 26, in the matter of the estate of Edwin J. Root Jr., order admitting will to probate. Dec. 1, in the matter of the estate of Marjorie B. Berry, decree of descent. Civil Bradley Scott Shaw vs. Kansas Department of Revenue, status hearing at 10 a.m. Jan. 6, 2015. Dale N. Peterson vs. Ron Banks, et al., pre-trial conference at 10 a.m. May 5, 2015; jury trial at 9 a.m. July 27, 2015. Small claims Dec. 3, William Hoyle Sr. vs. Gavin Shields, journal entry of default judgment against defendant in the amount of $562.50. Traffic Sept. 5, Raheem Qayshawn Melton, speed, $153 fines and fees. Sept. 6, Craig A. Hacker, speed, $240 fines and fees. Oct. 9, Stephanie Suzanne Johnson, speed, $183 fines and fees. Oct. 11, Timothy Sean Harmon, speed, $231 fines and fees. Oct. 11, Kimberly Diane Klein, speed, $153 fines and fees. Oct. 15, Roxana Elizabeth Peraza, speed, $213 fines and fees. Oct. 18, Mark H. Vinduska, failure to yield at stop or yield sign, $183 fines and fees. Nov. 3, Steven R. Shrock, failure to wear seat belt, $10 fines and fees. Nov. 7, Seiha Kan, speed, $303 fines and fees. Nov. 16, Allie B. Archer, following another vehicle too closely, $183 fines and fees. Nov. 16, Joseph Michael MacDonald, speed, $195 fines and fees. Nov. 19, Jordan M. Becker, speed, $231 fines and fees. Nov. 23, Jena Lynn Dick, speed, $207 fines and fees. Marriage licenses Larry Lynn Lago, Peabody; Stephanie Lynn Ax, Peabody. MARION CO. REGISTER OF DEEDS Nov. 21, Virginia R. Schulz Living Trust, by trustee, to Steve R. Jonas, husband, and Carol N. Jonas, wife, TRD, Lot 4, Block E, Eastshore Development, Marion County. Nov. 24, David N. Ferren, husband, and Judy A. Ferren, wife, to The David N. & Judy A. Ferren Revocable Trust, QCD, S37 1/2’ Lot 163, all Lot 164, Range 5, Original Town, St. Francis City, commonly called Burns. Nov. 24, Kay Peterson, also known as Carolyn Kay Peterson, by power of attorney, and John E. Peterson, husband, to John E. Peterson, MIN, mineral interest in NE4 15-17-4. Nov. 24, Jennifer R. Hess, executor to Colton M. Jeffrey and Helen L. Bernhardt, EXEC, S8’ Lot 3, all Lot 4, N17’ Lot 5, Block 40, Southern Addition, Marion. Nov. 24, Ricky J. Miller, husband, and Kathleen M. Miller, wife, to Shelby L. Dirks, husband, and Melissa A. Dirks, wife, WD, part E2 E2 NE4 9-21-2. Nov. 24, David J. Oborny, husband, and Sandra S. Oborny, wife, to David J. Oborny, husband, and Sandra S. Oborny, wife, WD, part S2
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n TOP PHOTO: Pictured holding the checks they received are: Brad Penner representing the Goessel Ministerial Alliance; Jackie Rice with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Marion County; Anna Krause from Marion Community Christmas; Ashley Gann from FACT; Susan Jantzen representing the Hillsboro Area Ministerial Association, and Rodger Charles with the Peabody Association of Churches. Behind them are (from left) Kim Abrahams from Route 56 Classic Cruisers; Tom Koslowsky and Ken Johnson from the Sons of the American Legion; Mike Sechler, representing ABATE, and Gary Andrews with the Sons of the American Legion.
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Prepare your car for the official arrival of winter P reparing your car for harsh winter temperatures before they strike is a great way to ensure your vehicle will be able to handle the year's coldest months. Both new and old cars need maintenance during this season. Following the car care tips below will help to keep your vehicle running at its peak from now until spring. n Check the tires. Snow, sleet and slippery roads mean you will rely on your tires during the winter more than any other time of the year—so make sure they are up to the task. Check your tires for correct cold weather air pressure and have them rotated. Inspect the condition of your tire’s tread. This can be achieved by performing a simple test. Place a penny on its edge in the tread groove with Abraham Lincoln upside down. If you see the top of Lincoln's head, your tire treads are worn down and you should replace your tires.
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Terry Clover, 61, Peabody, public intoxication, disorderly conduct, direct contempt. New arrests Christopher Swartz, 28, Hillsboro, failure to appear, Linn County warrant. Kimberly Kline, 51, Marion, reckless driving, failure to maintain a single lane, failure to comply with traffic regulations in a construction zone, driving left in no-passing zone, failure to yield right of way in a construction zone. Charles Matthews, 32, Marion, violation of protection from abuse order, possession of paraphernalia. John Drow, 46, Marion, possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana. Shannon Lehr, 32, Herington, possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia. Kendra Henry, 39, Marion, possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, aggravated child endangerment. Bradford Cody, 28, Hillsboro, possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia, driving while suspended, transporting an open container. Stephen Mumford, 38, Marion, possession of methamphetamines, possession of paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, aggravated child endangerment. Mickelle Swartz, 36, Hillsboro, failure to appear, Peabody Municipal warrant. Benjamin Reiswig, 22, Hillsboro, driving under the influence. John Hernandez, 53, Kansas City, driving under the influence, driving while license revoked, no insurance. David Shiplet, 54, Marion, court commit. Keevan Hein, 36, Durham, driving while suspended, no insurance. Accidents At 6:20 p.m. Nov. 20, Matthew Ryan Stuchlik, 29, Topeka, was driving a 2014 Kia Forte southbound on U.S. Highway 56/77 when he struck and killed a deer that came out of the west ditch. Deputy Duane McCarty investigated. At 3:30 p.m. Nov. 24, Benjamin Ray Reiswig, 22, Hillsboro, was driving a 1993 Pontiac Bonneville eastbound in the 1400 block of 260th when he lost control of the vehicle, entered the south ditch and rolled over. Deputy M.E. Ottensmeier investigated. At 7:10 p.m. Nov. 24, James T. Dingler, 45, Council Grove, was driving a 2015 Ford Taurus northbound on U.S. Highway 56 at mile post 313. The vehicle hit a deer when it ran into its path. At 6:47 a.m. Dec. 1, Krystal Daun Mendez-Campos, 30, Burns, was driving a 2015 Ford Escape west on 30th when a coyote ran in front of the vehicle. The coyote was hit with the passenger side front lower bumper, breaking the plastic cover. Deputy Derek L. Fetrow investigated. At 10:15 p.m. Dec. 1, Mitchell Craig Unruh, 35, Durham, was driving a 2008 Dodge Caravan westbound on 330th near Diamond. The driver fell asleep, went left of center into the south ditch hitting the embankment, then hit a utility pole, flipped end over end and rolled one time landing right side up in the south ditch facing south. The driver had his seat belt on and was uninjured. Deputy D. McCarty investigated. At 6 a.m. Dec. 2, Linda Sue Peters, 61, Hillsboro, was driving a 2014 Buick Enclave eastbound on 180th when she struck a deer that came out of the north ditch. The deer took off running. Deputy D. McCarty investigated. At 11:50 a.m. Dec. 2, Phillip Lee Baldwin, 64, Florence, was driving a 2000 Chevrolet 1500 north on Marion Street, Florence. He arrived at the intersection about the same time as Tiffany Marie Bialek, 28, Florence, who was driving a 2003 Ford F150 east on 7th Street. The front center of her vehicle hit the driver’s side rear corner of the Chevrolet. Jeremy Bialek, 34, and Brooklyn Bialek, 2, were passengers in the Ford vehi-
debris that can get caught in your vehicle’s air filter. The air filter can be easily inspected and cleaned or replaced it if necessary. Doing so will help your car run more efficiently and may even prevent larger problems from occurring in the future. n Prepare a winter survival kit. Even the best planning can’t prevent a winter accident. If you find yourself stranded on the side of the road, a winter
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BILL’S SMALL ENGINE & AUTO REPAIR This same test should be done in several tread grooves across the tire. n Clean your fuel injector. When the temperature reaches its lowest, you want to know your engine will still operate efficiently. Using it in your vehicle can improve your car’s fuel efficiency, power, throttle
response and emissions. It also helps your car start quickly, idle smoothly and operate in winter’s coldest weather. n Check your fluid levels. Check your brake, coolant, power steering, transmission fluids and windshield washer fluid levels regularly during the
winter months. Clear visibility is imperative during the winter months, and windshield fluid can be heavily used. It is a good idea to have a bottle in your trunk to ensure safe driving conditions. n Clean the air filter. The winter season sees the roadways littered with
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Dr. Andria Fetterman, a faculty member in South University Savannah’s School of Pharmacy, encourages people to use their pharmacist as a resource for information about everything from prescription medication to lifestyle changes. something as mild as a little stomach discomfort or drowsiness, but knowing what to expect will help you handle any potential side effects. “Also, knowing what to expect could keep you from blaming any new, unrelated symptoms on your medication.” You should also ask how
long it will take for your medication to make you feel better. Fetterman said most antibiotics should have you feeling better in three to five days, but an anti-depressant may need to be in your system for three weeks before you begin to feel its effects. If a prescription medicine doesn’t seem to be working in the proper time frame, you should let your doctor know. Remember that sudden discontinuation of some medications, without proper professional
advice, can be costly to your health. n How long should I take an over the counter medication before I call my doctor? Over-the-counter medicines can provide relief for a number of ailments, but sometimes you need to see a doctor either for a prescription or a correct diagnosis of your symptoms. Fetterman said your pharmacist can help guide you when you’re not sure if it is time to see a doctor. n See Questions, Page 15A
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he holidays are upon us and, as is typical with the last gasps of fall’s balmy days having come to a close, our neighborhood is alight with outdoor activities that are much more pleasant in warmer temperatures. The least of which is certainly not decorating the outside of one’s home for Christmas. With the predicted forecast for a cold front for late Thanksgiving weekend, many of our neighbors were taking advantage of the 60 degrees that had been granted to our area on Saturday afternoon. Plastic bins were pulled from their THE WAY I ‘C’ IT nesting places and strings of lights were stretched out on many driveways in the Michele Longabaugh attempt to rest them from their hopeless tangles. Oddly, no matter how perfectly they were stored the previous year they somehow end up in an unrecognizable knot of lights. We did not succumb to our neighborhood “peer “ and our outdoor lights stayed secured in their bins in our attic garage. This is unfortunate as the predicted cold front arrived and in its brisk and windy glory. No matter, the lights were put up in the face of the wind and chill. It happens. We actually spent most of Saturday running errands and making final preparations for Thanksgiving. All our children were home and my parents flew in from North Carolina. My husband's folks will also came for dinner on Thursday as well as various other relatives and friends. Thirteen in all. We made a grocery run. We made beds and made some closet space in the guest rooms for holiday visitor’s attire. By the time Saturday evening came, I was happy to plant my butt in my chair in the family room and prop up my weary feet. I chatted with my husband about what else we may need to do as we watched a little television. As I turned my head to look at him a glimmer of blue light caught my eye through a small opening between the slats of the blinds in the window. It took a moment n See Support, Page 16A
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According to Aldina, Judy Klein said, “‘We have something for you here. Lloyd Schultz said to give this to Ray.” When he first saw the antique in their home, “I just was overwhelmed. I loved Grandpa so much, it just was so special.” Ray was a young boy when he and his boyhood family—which included seven children—traveled to Hillsboro to celebrate Christmas with Grandpa Suderman that year. “In the 1930s, the Franz family lived in McPherson and were in hard times,” Ray recalled. “Grandpa Suderman invited our family to a pre-Christmas gift shower at the store, which consisted of food, underwear, candy and so forth. “In his store he had an old German music box, I call it,” he added. “I still remember where he placed it—right across from the shoe department, up on the shelf.” Ray said he isn’t sure how his grandfather came to possess the musical tree stand that was made in Berlin. But the “music box” has stirred a lot of memories from those times. “We got together ordinarily the Sunday right during Christmas—or it might have been Christmas Day,” he said. “We came from McPherson. The aunts and uncles all came. “We had gotten such meager gifts at home,” he added. “But I had an uncle who didn’t have any children, Uncle Herb. They lived at Elmo and were wealthy farmers. They gave us a steam engine that really worked, complete with track. You could put a match to it and it would light—it ran on alcohol. It blew our minds.” Ray said he and Aldina are grateful to receive the musical tree stand, but are sorry they haven’t been able to thank Schultz for sending it to them. “They didn’t tell me what Lloyd’s address is, or anything—I have no idea,” said Ray, who is hoping a Free Press reader might be able to help him out. In the meantime, he added, “The music box continues to play. Christmas blessings to all.”
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Cooperative Grain & Supply and the Ampride stores in Hillsboro and Marion distributed checks Friday totaling $5,444 to four food banks in the CG&S service area. For the sixth consecutive year, CG&S was able to double its contribution to the food banks through the Feed Our Communities program sponsored by the Land O’Lakes Foundation, based in Minnesota. Pictured above are (from left): Lyman Adams, CG&S general manager; Norma Kline, representing the Marion County Food Bank in Marion; Mary Steketee, treasurer of Main Street Ministries in Hillsboro; Jennifer Stegman, MSM director; Ron Sommerfeld, Canton Ministerial Alliance; and Jim Enns, chair of the CG&S Board of Directors. Not represented in the photo is the Tabor Mennonite Church food bank, Goessel. Since 2004, CG&S has participated in the Land O’Lakes Helping Rural Communities program, resulting in donations totaling $57,742 — $22,480 to food banks and the rest to various other community programs.
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“A pharmacist can give you advice on how quickly you should see symptom relief with an over-thecounter medication,” said Fetterman. “Many times, people will treat themselves too long with over-the-counter medicine or will switch from one product to another looking for relief, and many times don’t go to a physician when they need to.” n How do I manage my condition? “When someone leaves the doctor’s office after a diagnosis, they may be scared or shell-shocked,” Fetterman said. “There may be questions about medication or daily management that they didn’t think to ask. That’s where a pharmacist can help.” Fetterman used Type 2 diabetes and high blood
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Rain turns some roads into ‘sea of water and mud’ Dallke said it seems that sub-surface road bases that District 2 resident John have built up over years by Siebert came to the Marion adding gravel simply have County Commission meet- disappeared in the water left standing because ing Monday to talk about ditches need cleaning. the condition of Yarrow Dallke questioned Road following the weekwhether roads could be end’s soaking rain. properly rebuilt without Siebert said the base of the road is “disappearing in first removing inches of surface dirt. a sea of water and mud,” Commissioner Dan but his complaint wasn’t Holub said a few roads, the only one commissionsuch as Remington, have ers had heard. withstood the water beThe three commissioners said they received many cause they have been properly crowned and have complaints over the weekadequate ditches. end about roads becoming Commission Chairman impassible, apparently due Roger Fleming said road in part to a soft grade of graders will get in as soon gravel that grinds to powas they can to work the der under traffic. roads, but more rain is foreSeveral patrons joined in saying the muddy condi- cast for the coming week. Road and Bridge Directions are the worst they’ve tor Randy Crawford said seen in their lifetimes. graders will do no good by From reports, rainfall varied from about 1 inch in simply pulling dirt with gravel turned to powder the southern part of the county to about 2 inches in from the ditches back onto the road. the northern part. But the He agreed with Dallke weather stayed cloudy and that the surface of dirt with cool, compounding powdered rock now on the drainage problems. roadways needs to be Commissioner Randy
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stripped away and replaced with 2-inch gravel. Crawford said part of the problem is that farmers are using bigger equipment and trucks that grind down the roads quicker. The commissioners asked Crawford to check with farmers who might have erosion ditches or places they might fill in with old road dirt. Crawford said many farmers might want to cooperate by having the county spread road dirt to be worked into the top soil of fields. The commissioners asked Randy Frank, Emergency Management director, to investigate if Marion County might be eligible to receive federal disaster funds for roads because of the rain. Other business After a five-minute executive session for trade secrets with Diedre Serene, county health administrator, the commissioners said they have decided to make a proposal to St. Luke Hosn See County, Page 15A PATTY DECKER / FREE PRESS
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Must farmers be chemists? cals, just like a doctor would for a sick patient. The farmer’s next step File this under the headwould be to call a chemical ing of, who would have ever self, smiling and thinking, “Ah, that can’t be happenthunk it? applicator who would come ing. What’s he writing about to the farm and apply the What I’m referring to is the notion that today’s farm- now?” designated herbicide or Read on. ers need a prescription and insecticide. This additional Some environmentalists a degree in chemistry to help would subtract from remain mighty concerned apply herbicides, insectithe farmer’s bottom line. cides and fertilizers to their about the plant food, bug If you’re thinking this and weed control methods land in order to grow and may be a bit extreme—could our farmers use today on produce the food we eat be, however, it’s a safe bet their wheat, corn, beans, every day. vegetables and other crops. we will see farmers losing About this time, you’re the use of more and more probably chuckling to your- They’re also concerned about chemical residue and chemicals. It happens every year. how application exposure Today, some chemicals affects them and their felare being lumped into the low human beings. As technology continues restricted-use category. This removes them from the to improve, the tools producers require to grow food hands of the general farming public. Some of these fall under closer scrutiny. chemicals will never be Some clamor louder for used again. stricter control or even It seems every year there elimination. Others already believe pesticide use should are more stringent requirebe by prescription only. ments for applicators who Here’s an example. apply chemicals. Farmers Say a farmer has a corn must plan ahead and take borer problem. If these radi- part in the development of cal environmentalists sucnew rules and regulations ceed, the producer might that will strongly impact have to call in a specialist to the way they grow our food look over the problem. Once in the future. the situation is diagnosed, the government specialist John Schlageck is a leading would write the food grower commentator on agriculture a prescription for chemiand rural Kansas.
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With all the leaves off our trees we both have a perfect view of the backs of n from Page 14A each other’s homes. I remember the first time I for my brain to sort out saw them. I commented what I was seeing. “Hey!” I exclaimed. “My then to my husband about how pretty they were—blue, lights are up!” My husband looked puz- my favorite color—and he told me they had strung zled for a second, then them up with me in mind. turned his head to follow I have called them “my my gaze. “They sure are!” he con- lights” every year since. They have put them up four firmed as soon as he regisyears in a row now and they tered what I had been never cease to comfort me. looking at. The way I see it, those You see in December 2010, 10 months into my bat- lights are a beautiful tle with stage IV cancer, the reminder. They remind me neighbors behind us wanted of what I have been through. They remind me of to do something kind and the love and support of othencouraging for me, knowers. They remind me of the ing how sick I had been. They thought it might cheer joy of the season. They remind me that the me if they decorated their Christmas Spirit is alive deck just for me with and well...like me! Christmas lights.
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his holiday season the mantra to shop locally is stronger than ever with impending changes in the local economy. Economic development officials and other organizations say buying at local retail stores allows the community to remain selfsufficient. Clint Seibel, Hillsboro’s economic development director, said it’s all about unity. “I try to buy all (ser-
vices and merchandise) in Marion County before I go anywhere else,” he said. “Our sales tax pays for our infrastructure—roads, bridges, other services. If we buy out of county, we end up paying for their roads, bridges and infrastructure. “Then we drive all the way back here and pay for ours, too.” Teresa Huffman, director of Marion County Economic Development, agreed with Seibel. Although Huffman said she doesn’t know how much
people buy locally, she does know the impact of doing so. “Some people are very aware of the advantages to our communities by shopping local and they will continue to shop local as much as they can—and some people will never have that level of awareness.” Keeping people here Huffman cited the Marion Ace Hardware Store as an example. “The new hardware store has made a huge impact on the community and
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Jones said he has done a lot of research on the subject. “(Consumers) may be paying a little more at the register to shop at home, but are they looking at the other costs associated with going elsewhere?” he asked. The IRS standard mileage rate is 56 cents per mile, which includes factors such as gasoline and wear and tear on a vehicle. For a round trip to Hillsboro from Marion, the cost is $11.20, Newton is $18.48 and Wichita is $32.48. “If someone drives to Wichita, they have to be saving over $32 at the register to get back even with shopping at home,” he added. “Also, we can’t forget the two hours just sitting in your car.” Hypothetical Using Carlsons Grocery ads a hypothetical example, Jones said each full-time employee is offered free health insurance. “This is a big deal, but if enough people are driving out of town to buy groceries then the revenue at
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GROSSMUTTERS PEPPERNUTS Harriet Suderman, Hillsboro
BAKED CARROTS Sandi Shoemaker, Burns 1 lb carrots, pared & sliced 1/4 in. 1/3 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup boiling water
Place carrots in 1-1/2 qt casserole. Melt butter in a small saucepan; stir in sugar, salt & cinnamon. Add water and blend well. Pour over carrots, cover and bake at 350 for 1-1/2 hours.
3 eggs 2 cups sugar 2 3/4 c flour 1 tsp. anise extract In large mixing bowl beat eggs and sugar at medium speed for 15 minutes. Reduce speed and slowly add flour and anise. Mix until well combined. On a lightly flowered board shape dough into ropes 1/2 inch in diameter. Chill one hour. Slice ropes into 1/2 inch lengths. Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 6-8 min. Cookies will harden upon standing. They are best if they are allowed to age.
WHITE CHRISTMAS PIE Harriet Suderman, Hillsboro
I have been serving this dish at Thanksgiving and Christmas for over 40 years and is my most requested dish. ENJOY! 1/2 c sugar 1/4 c flour 1 envelope unflavored geletine (1 Tbsp.) 1/2 tsp. salt Flo Rahn, Hillsboro 1 3/4 c milk 3/4 tsp. vanilla 3 egg whites 1/2 c raisins 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar 1 c water 1/2 c sugar 1/2 c shortening 1 envelope Dream Whip 1 tsp. cinnamon cloves and nutmeg 1 c moist shredded coconut Combine ingredients in saucepan and gently boil for 5 min. Cool. Add: Blend sugar, flour, gelatine and salt thoroughly in saucepan. Gradually stir in milk. Cook 2 c flour 3/4 tsp flour over medium heat until mixture boils, stirring constantly. Boil one minute. Place pan in cold 1/2 tsp baking powder Nuts if desires water. Cool until mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Blend in flavorings. Carefully fold into a meringe made of egg whites, cream of tartar and sugar. Gently fold in Lightly grease the grids of the preheated waffle iron. Drop batter by tablespoons in center of each section. Close lid and bake for 1 to 1 1/2 min. Use fork to remove. Sift pow- one envelope prepared Dream Whip, dered sugar over cookies or lightly glaze with icing. I have used finely grated zucchini or car- one cup moist coconut. Place into cooled 9� pie shell, sprinkle with moist coconut. Chill several hours until set. Serve cold. rots in batter.
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MICROWAVE CARAMEL CORN Harriet Suderman, Hillsboro 1 c brown sugar 1 stick margarine 1/4 c white corn syrup
1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 3-4 quarts popped corn
Combine brown sugar, margarine, corn syrup and salt in 1 1/2 to 2 quart measuring bowl. Bring to boil in microwave, then cook on full power for 2 min. Remove from microwave and stir in soda. Put popped corn into brown grocery bag. Pour syrup over corn. Close bag and shake. Cook in bag on high in microwave for 1 1/2 min. Shake and cook another 1 1/2 min. (May need another 1 1/2 min.) Pour into pan and allow to cool.
NO BAKE HOLIDAY ENERGY COOKIES Harriet Suderman, Hillsboro 1 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 cup Karo syrup 1 cup sugar 4 cups corn flakes 1 tsp. vanilla Dissolve the sugar in the Karo syrup and bring to a boil. Stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Add to flakes and blend with a large fork. Drop onto wax paper with spoon.
Delicious topped with crushed strawberries or raspberries.
COLORADO PEACH COBBLER Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons all purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg 4 cups sliced peeled fresh peaches Topping 1 cup sugar 1 cup all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup cold butter 1 egg, beaten ice cream optional In a bowl, combine sugar, flour and nutmeg. Add peaches, stir to coat, pour into a greased 11x7x2 baking pan. For topping, combine sugar, flour, baking powder and salt; cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Stir in egg, spoon over peaches. Bake 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until filling is bubbly and topping is golden. Serve hot or cold with ice cream if desired. Makes 8-10 servings.
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RANCH PASTA SALAD Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro
CHEDDAR CHICKEN SPINACH Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro 1 ½ cups uncooked spiral pasta ½ cup mayonnaise cup milk ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon dried basil 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed 1 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken 1 ½ cups (6 oz) shredded cheddar cheese, divided Cook the pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, milk, salt and basil. Stir in the vegetables, chicken and 1 cup cheese. Drain pasta; stir into vegetable mixture. Transfer to a greased 1 ½ quart microwave safe dish. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Cover and microwave on high for 4-5 minutes or until heated through and the cheese is melted. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Makes 4 servings
APPLE CREAM CAKE Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro 1 package (18 ¼ oz) yellow cake mix 3 cups sliced peeled tart apples ½ cup chopped walnuts ½ cup sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 cup heavy whipping cream Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream, optional Prepare cake batter according to package directions; pour into a greased 13x9x2 baking dish. Combine apples, walnuts, sugar and cinnamon; spoon over batter. Pour cream over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired. Makes 12-15 servings
GREAT PUMPKIN DESSERT Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin 1 can (12oz) evaporated milk 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 4 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 1 package (18 ¼ oz) yellow cake mix ¾ cup butter, melted ¾ cup chopped walnuts Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream In a mixing bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Transfer to a greased 13x9x2 baking pan. Sprinkle with cake mix and drizzle with butter. Top with walnuts. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream. Makes 12-16 servings.
3 cups uncooked tricolor spiral pasta 1 cup chopped fresh broccoli florets ¾ cup chopped seeded peeled cucumber ½ cup seeded chopped tomato 1 bottle (8oz) ranch salad dressing ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. In a large bowl, combine the pasta, broccoli, cucumber and tomato. Drizzle with salad dressing; toss to coat. Sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Makes 8 servings.
TURKEY BROCCOLI HOLLANDAISE Sheryl Wright, Hillsboro 1 cup fresh broccoli florets 1 package (6 oz) stuffing mix 1 envelope hollandaise sauce mix 2 cups cubed cooked turkey or chicken 1 can (2.8oz) french fried onions Place 1 inch of water and broccoli in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-8 minutes or until crisp-tender. Meanwhile, prepare stuffing and sauce mixer according to package directions. Spoon stuffings into a greased 11x7x2 baking dish. Top with turkey. Drain broccoli; arrange over turkey. Spoon sauce over the top; sprinkle with onion. Bake uncovered at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until heated through. Makes 6 servings.
TURKEY MACARONI BAKE 2 cups cubed cooked turkey 1 ½ cups uncooked elbow macaroni 2 cups (8 oz) shredded cheddar cheese, divided 1 can (10 3/4 oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted 1 cup milk 1 can (8 oz) mushroom stems and pieces, drained ¼ teaspoon pepper In a large bowl, combine the turkey, macaroni, 1 ½ cups cheese, soup, milk, mushrooms and pepper. Pour into a greased 2qt baking dish. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until macaroni is tender. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Makes 6 servings.
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HILLSBORO FREE PRESS n WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014 11B
3995 11”x8.5”, hardcover, 192 pages, more than 2,000 photos honoring Marion County veterans.
3495 Regular Price $34.95 Hundreds of reader contributed photos of early Marion days, 112 pages, 10” x 7.5” hardcover, Vol. 1.
1995 Set Reg. Price $12.95
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A complete history of the influence of the Low German language throughout the world.
A primer on the spelling of the Low German language. Reuben Epp’s research is amazing.
Get both books for $10.00
Give a gift they can open again & again!
Any book shown here +tax is just $10 Now through Dec. 19, 2014
3495 Hundreds of reader contributed photos of early Marion days, 112 pages, 10”x7.5”, hardcover, Vol. II, Sesquicentennial edition.
3995 Regular Price $39.95 A book about crisis, courage and commitment during and after the March 7, 2004 fire which destroyed the Hillsboro MB Church. Hardcover, color photos, 9x12.
3495 Reg. Price $34.95 Hundreds of reader contributed photos of early Hillsboro days, 112 pages, 10”x7.5”, hardcover.
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12B HILLSBORO FREE PRESS n WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014
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A Christmas shopping promotion! All purchases must be made at Marion County retail merchants
Here’s how it works: Save your receipts on purchases you make from Marion County retail merchants between Nov. 26 and Dec. 31 and be rewarded with a chance to win $500, $300 and $200 in Free Press Bucks that can be spent like cash at Marion County businesses listed on bucks. You will receive 1 ticket for every $50 in receipts you can show from multiple or single purchases you have made A single receipt can be worth no more than 10 tickets total. To obtain the tickets, simply go to the Marion Chamber of Commerce (203 N. Third, Marion) or Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce (111 W. Grand, Hillsboro) ofďŹ ces to exchange your original receipts for tickets. The receipts will not be returned. The prize winners will be announced in the Wednesday, Jan. 7 Free Press by the three numbers drawn for First, Second and Third Places. Just bring in your matching ticket with the winning number to claim your prize. Merchants: There is nothing for you to do but say thank you and give great customer service. The Free Press bucks you accept from the winners are good on your account at the Free Press. If the amount is larger than your invoice, the difference will be paid back to you in cash. Your receipts from Marion County businesses may be exchanged for tickets per the rules below to be included in the drawing. Purchases are reqested but no purchase is required to participate. If a ticket is requested one will be given without evidence of receipts. 1. Entries of receipts entrants have collected from purchases made from Marion County merchants are due at the Hillsboro or Marion Chamber of Commerce offices no later than Dec. 31, 2014. Marion Chamber is located at 203 N. Third and Hillsboro Chamber is located at 111 West Grand. Receipts must be from purchases made on or after Nov. 26, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2014. Entrants are responsible for making copies of receipts, as original receipts must be submitted. Receipts must contain dates from Nov. 26, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2014. 2. Must be at least 18 years of age to enter. 3. Contest begins Nov. 26, 2014. Entrants will receive one ticket per $50.00 of receipts turned in. Maximum number of tickets per single receipt is ten (example:
vehicle, farm equipment, major appliance). There is no limit to the number of receipts each person can bring in to exchange for tickets. Dual tickets will be provided, one retained by the shopper and one retained by the chamber to be placed in the drawing. You need not fill out your name and address on the tickets as the winning numbers will be printed in the Free Press in the Jan. 7, 2015 issue which is how the winning numbers will be claimed. 4. Receipts must be from a Marion County retail business during the designated dates to qualify. Must be for durable goods. 5. Winning numbers will be announced in the Free Press on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015. Decisions made by the Free Press are final. Winners may claim their prizes by bringing the winning tickets to the Hillsboro Free Press, 116 S. Main, Hillsboro, KS 67063. 6. Employees of Kansas Publishing Ventures, LLC and their immediate families are not eligible to win.