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The Class 1A Scholars Bowl championship team enjoys the spoils of victory after escaping a four-way tie to win the top prize at the tournament hosted Saturday at Centre High School. Pictured are (from left) Coach Wes Schmidt-Tieszen, Aaron Woelk, Benedikt Heyl, Gentry Thiesen (captain), Zach Wiens, Erin Brubaker, Alicen Meysing and assistant coach Andrew Voth. After multiple high finishes in years past, it was the first state title for a Goessel team under Schmidt-Tieszen’s tutelage.

Smarts and resilience / BY

DON RATZLAFF

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The margin couldn’t have been much closer, but Goessel High School won the Class 1A Scholars Bowl championship Saturday at Centre High School. Members of the team are seniors Gentry Thiesen (captain),

Aaron Woelk and Erin Brubaker; juniors Zach Wiens, Alicen Meysing and Benedikt Heyl. The state title was the first for Goessel under long-time coach Wes Schmidt-Tieszen, although Goessel teams have been perennial high finishers during his long tenure.

The win brought tears to Schmidt-Tieszen, who congratulated his team for staying in contention, staying on an even keel and never letting down. Schmidt-Tieszen called this year’s squad “the loosest team I have ever had,” likely alluding to how well the team responded to

Goessel High School wins the Class 1A Scholars Bowl state championship

adversity and pressure. With the day winding to a close, championship round finalists Macksville and DownsLakeside were sporting 1-3 and 2-3 records, respectively. Goessel, Satanta and Rolla each were 3-2 and Leavenworth-Immaculata was 2-2.

When Immaculata defeated Macksville in the final match of the championship round, the outcome created a four-way tiebreaker situation. To determine a champion, the judges scrambled to look at headto-head records between the four n See Smarts, Page 5A

Goessel 8th grader wins county spelling title The Goessel eighthgrader claimed the title of Marion County Spelling Bee You can bet Edel Miller champion Feb. 11 by has renewed appreciation for the word “appreciation.” spelling it correctly in a

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Edel Miller smiles after judges confirm that she spelled the championship word “appreciation” correctly to win the county title.

showdown with fellow finalist Kennedy Fahey, a seventh-grader from Marion, at the annual competition hosted this year by Centre. Twelve rounds and 136 words after the opening word “yes,” the two girls were the last contestants standing from the original field of 20—four spellers from each of the five school districts. In the final face-off, Edel spelled “celestial” correctly and Kennedy responded with “visual.” After Edel was perfect on “bandana,” Kennedy nailed “recluse.” The 15th round proved to be the game-changer. After Edel mastered “meager,” Kennedy slipped on “en route,” which opened the door to Edel’s victory. Edel, Kennedy and thirdplace finisher Daylon Kingsley, a Goessel sixth-grader, each received a plaque for their achievement. As the Marion County champion, Edel will represent Marion County at the Sunflower Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 7 in the Beach/Schmidt Performing Arts Center on the Fort Hays State University camn See Goessel, Page 14A

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Gina Schaefer’s two-story home on West Santa Fe Street shows the damage caused by a fire that began Friday late afternoon. Efforts to put out the blaze lasted 18 hours with three community fire departments participating.

Fire destroys Marion house despite effort of firefighters BY

PATTY DECKER

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A house in Marion was destroyed by fire late Friday afternoon, even though more than 30 firefighters from Marion, Florence and Hillsboro spent 18 hours fighting the blaze. According to Marion

Fire Chief Mike Regnier, the last truck didn’t leave the scene until 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The two-story home was owned by Gina Schaefer at 321 W. Santa Fe, and was unoccupied when the fire started, except for two cats that perished in the flames,

he said. One unconfirmed report noted that the fire was started by a faulty space heater on the lower level, but Regnier said the incident is under investigation. “The (Kansas) Fire Marshal was here,” he said, but n See Fire, Page 13A

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$29 per couple. Attendees may enjoy lunch in the Tabor College cafeteria after the session at the discounted price of $4. For more information, contact Miriam Kliewer, director, at 620-947-0294 or miriamkliewer@tabor.edu.

Barb Smith and Gayla Ratzlaff, certified Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) preparers, are offering free tax help to people who generally make $53,000 or less, persons with disabilities and the elderly to file HHS FFA pancake federal and state returns. To make an appointment, feed is Feb. 21 call the Marion County The Hillsboro High Department on Aging at 620- School FFA will host its 382-3580 annual pancake feed from 6 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. Palestine Christians 21, at Old Towne Event Center. first spring topic Members will serve allyou-can-eat pancakes with The plight of Palestinian Christians will sausage and drink for a suggested donation of $5. be the topic at the first spring session of Lifelong Learning at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Huelskamp to stop Feb. 20, in the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center on in Hillsboro Feb. 19 the Tabor College campus. U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp Larry Nikkel, former will meet with Marion president of Tabor, and Tim County constituents at 4:30 Sullivan, U.S. Mennonite p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in Brethren Southern District the Hillsboro Civic Center, minister, will talk about 118 E. Grand. their recent trips to Israel Huelskamp is seeking to and their increased concern hear from constituents and for Palestinian Christians. answer their questions “The complexity of the about his work representing Israel-Palestine issue is the First District in beyond anything I have ever Washington, D.C. encountered,” Nikkel said. “The plight of the Christian Relay planning Palestinians is truly heart breaking. They are hated by meeting is Feb. 24 Jews and totally ignored by The next planning meetother Palestinians.” ing for the 2015 American The public is welcome to Cancer Society Relay for attend all Lifelong Learning Life of Marion County is sessions and may register at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the door. Fees are $5 per ses6:30 p.m. in the St. Luke sion or $15 per semester or Hospital basement.

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GES music program planned for Feb. 19 Dr. Seuss Day planned at library K-5 students from Goessel Elementary School will present a music program at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 19 in the GES gymnasium. The title of the program is “New World: Musical Adventures and Life Lessons.” Songs are based on helping others, freedom, wandering and joy. Songs for grades two through four are inspired by cultures such as Africa, Haiti, India and China. Kindergarten and firstgraders will sing favorites such as “Yellow Submarine,” “You Are My Sunshine” and “It’s a Small World.” Fifth-grade songs include “Movin’ Right Along, “We Go Together” and “Turn the World Around.” Students will sing in small groups and use choreography. The fifth-grade band, directed by Scott Taylor, will perform pep-band style songs and some from musicals. K-5 choirs are directed by Marcia Brubaker and student teacher Shelby Unruh. The community is invited to the performance.

Burns Church plans winter conference Burns Countryside Church is having its winter Bible Conference at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, and 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 22. The conference theme is “Ministering One to Another,” featuring James Clark, president of Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary. The church is 1.5 miles northwest of Burns on 20th Road. For more information,

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Fundraiser slated for Jason Allison The Florence and Aulne Methodist churches are having a soup supper fundraiser from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1, to benefit the Jason Allison family. The event will be at the Florence Methodist Church and is by free will donation. Jason was diagnosed

with ALS in October 2014. All proceeds from the fundraiser will go to Jason and his family. For those unable to attend, donations may be sent to Attn: The Jason Allison Family at Florence Methodist Church, 201 W. Fifth St., Florence, KS 66851.

Library sets Feb. 18 for soup fundraiser The Hillsboro Public Library soup luncheon fundraiser will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, in the Civic Center. Proceeds help fund book purchases for the library.

SENIOR SCRIBBLES HILLSBORO SENIOR CENTER We had a great turnout for our Valentine’s Day dinner Thursday, and a great jam session. We hope to have a great turnout again. After the noon meal on Monday, we will have games and fellowship. Bingo is Wednesday after lunch and on Friday, Feb. 20, is “Show and Tell.” Our birthday dinner is Monday, Feb. 23. We hope others will join us soon at the center. A breakfast fundraiser is planned from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28.

The meal will include waffles and Hillsboro sausage for $6. It will be a good meal and a lot of fun, and we hope to see you for breakfast and fellowship. For those who want to volunteer one or more days, we would like having you. Please let us know if you can help from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Anyone who helps will get their meal free that day. We have great fellowship and a lot of fun. We are always looking for program ideas, too. Programs can range from music and crafts to quilting, trips and more.

BIRTHS Mary, Lily and Levi Wray arrive Dec. 8 Aaron and Lisa Friesen Wray of Wichita announce the birth of triplets, Mary Layne weighing 5 pounds, 15 ounces; Lily Ann weighing 5 pounds, 4 ounces; and Levi Glenn weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces, all born Dec. 8. Grandparents are Larry and Judy Friesen of Wichita and JaLayne Wray and Kevin and Fran Wray of Howard.

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Great-grandparents are Shirley Nelson of El Dorado and Calvin and Betty Friesen of Wichita. Aaron is a physical therMARION SENIOR CENTER apist assistant in the We had great participaWichita Public Schools and tion for “Wear Red Day” on Lisa was a consulting dieti- Feb. 6. The nationally recognized event is in its 12th cian in Wichita. year, and sponsored by the American Heart Association. The idea is in raising awareness of heart disease as it affects women. Keith Allison came with

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PUBLIC RECORDS DISTRICT COURT Criminal Braylon Marquis Allen-Stovall, first appearance, 9:45 a.m. Feb. 23. Joseph Bauer, arraignment, 1:15 p.m. March 10. Xavier Michael Calahan, first appearance, 9:45 a.m. Feb. 23. Melinda Dougherty, status hearing, 10 a.m. March 4. Douglas Bryant Eden, status hearing, 1:15 p.m. Feb. 18. Kyle Fistler, bond appearance, 9:45 a.m. March 2. Erminio M. Guerrero Jr., preliminary hearing, 10 a.m. March 18. Hartney Eugene Hummer Jr., status hearing rescheduled to 10 a.m. March 10. Malachi Lee Hunsucker, preliminary hearing, 10 a.m. March 4. Patricia A. Igleheart, first appearance, 9:45 a.m Feb. 23. Christopher D. Janzen, preliminary hearing, 10 a.m. March 18. Lyle Lee Ledford, sentencing, 2 p.m. March 23. Joyce E. Loomis, bond appear-

ance, 9:45 a.m. Feb. 23. Charles W. Matthews, arraignment, 10 a.m. March 2. Donald J. Miller, pre-trial conference, 1:15 p.m. April 15; jury trial, 8:30 a.m. May 21. Tyson R. Owens-Green, first appearance, 1:15 p.m. Feb. 18. Michael W. Pearson, plea hearing, 10:45 a.m. Feb. 23. Robert Marshall Potts, first appearance, 9:45 a.m. Feb. 23. Andrew Michael Schaefer, status hearing, 9:45 a.m. March 2. Joshua Jack Smalley, arraignment, 10 a.m. March 16. Levi Jason Smith, arraignment, 1:15 p.m. March 10. Johney R. Strotkamp, sentencing, 2:45 p.m. Feb. 18. Lucas Tullis, sentencing, 1:15 p.m. Feb. 18. Melanie Veach, status hearing, 10 a.m. March 10. Angela E. Vogelman, first appearance, 9:45 a.m. Feb. 23. James Wullenweber, status hearing, 1:15 p.m. Feb. 18.

devotion at about noon each Wednesday. We will have Bingo n from Page 2A Thursday, Feb. 19, so come a total red sweatshirt attire. and play with us. We have a He also won the non-exisprize basket full of goodies, tent prize. so no need to bring anyJudy Thompson, a thing— just come and enjoy. Veterans Service represenThe Senior Center tative at Salina, was at the Marion County board meetcenter Feb. 10. She said she ing is Friday, Feb. 20 at needed clients in order to Durham. If you are wanting keep coming every other to go, let someone at your month. center know. Government commodiOur monthly business ties were unloaded and meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 24. boxed up Feb. 11. We always are excited to Vickie Kaempfe was in have you come and eat with charge of the crew boxing us. Our meals are $3.15 for up items, which included seniors 60 and older, and Jackie Hett, Shirley Bowers, only $5 for all others,which Evelyn Jewett, Harlow is still quite the bargain. Warneke and Bill Kaempfe. Call and leave a message We welcomed Hilltop at 620-983-2226 if you would Manor residents to the cen- like to reserve a meal if we ter, also on Feb. 11. are not there. The residents came espeWe are located at 106 N. cially for the musical proWalnut, and would like othgram by Gerry Henderson ers to come see us. and Keith Allison. —Ruth Lott, director Come join us Feb. 25 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 when Renae Riedy, Marion Ash Wednesday-Lenten Devotion County home extension from Jim Pohlman: Grilled chicken breast w/cream gravy, baked bread agent, will give the prodressing, vegetable, fruit, wheat gram. bread, milk. For more information, THURSDAY, Feb. 19 Spaghetti with sauce, tossed salad call 620-382-2942 or stop by with dressing, garlic bread, cake, the center at 309 S. Third St., fruit, milk. Marion. FRIDAY, Feb. 20 — Janet Bryant, director Baked fish, macaroni & cheese, veg-

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PEABODY SENIOR CENTER Today starts the first of seven Lenten devotions to be held each Wednesday after the midday lunch until Easter. These are wonderful devotions that help us to remember the time leading up to the death and resurrection of Christ. Pastor David Ragland will speak on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18 and Pastor Jim Pohlman will be speaking on Wednesday, Feb. 25. If you are unable to join us for lunch, we still encourage you to join us for the

ton LoriAnn Krause, status hearing, 1:15 p.m. April 22. Jan. 5, Social Rehabilitation Services vs. Tony E. Cady, respondent, order modifying income withholding order to $100 for past due support. Feb. 6, Gina A. Schaefer, petitioner vs. Edwin M. Klenda, respondent, protection from abuse. Hearing, 10:15 a.m. Feb. 25. Feb. 11, Kenneth L. Newell vs. Jennifer Newell, decree of divorce. Probate In the matter of Joyce Hamburger, status hearing, 9:30 a.m. Feb. 23. In the matter of the estate of James C. Donahue, status hearing, 9:30 a.m. April 22. Feb. 11, in the matter of the estate of Verna Epp, journal entry of final settlement. Small claims Marion County Emergency Medical Services vs. Travis B. Novak, hearing, 1 p.m. March 4. Traffic Nov. 17, Travis Dwayne Friesen, failure to wear seat belt, $10 fines and fees. Dec. 31, Joseph A. Green, speed, $153 fines and fees. Jan. 14, Christopher Grant Robbins, speed, $195 fines and fees. Jan. 16, Terryrose Anna Jami-

son, speed, $210 fines and fees. Jan. 16, Jacob Gerard Wrobel, speed, $189 fines and fees. Jan. 30, William J. Frohnapfel III, speed, $201 fines and fees. Feb. 2, Jericho G. Jarvi, speed, $153 fines and fees. Feb. 4, Aharon Brent Geddis, speed, $201 fines and fees. Fish and game Dec. 13, Travis James Henck, violation of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism laws, first conviction, $208 fines and fees. Marriage licenses Eric M. Bear, Tampa; Kira N. Peacock, Tampa. John Armstrong, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Jessie Perry, Hillsboro. MARION CO. REGISTER OF DEEDS Feb. 6, Edward E. Siebert, husband, and Laquetta R. Siebert, wife, by power of attorney, to Donald R. Hett, trustee, and Dawn D. Hett, trustee, WD, W2 NE4 14-20-3. Feb. 9, Sarah E. Bunn, wife, and Gavin C. Bunn, husband, to Sarah E. Bunn, wife, and Gavin C. Bunn, husband, QCD, part SW4 19-19-1. Feb. 9, Diane S. Robie to Diane S. Robie Revocable Trust, MIN, NE4 27-22-4. Feb. 9, Jo Dee Zuschek to Jo Dee Zuschek, trustee and Mark A.

Zuschek, trustee, WD, undivided 1/2 interest in NE4 11-17-4. Feb. 9, Joseph J. Sklenar to Dustan Schoenthaler, husband, and Barbara J. Schoenthaler, wife, WD, lots 12 and 13, Wildin’s Addition, Marion County Park & Lake. Feb. 11, Lynn Penner, husband, and Elva Penner, wife, to Cody L. Penner, husband, and Callie J. Penner, wife, WD, S860’ E2 W2 E2 SW4 27-19-2. Feb. 12, Glenn A. Langenegger, husband, and Daytha Langenegger, to Mary Ellen Langenegger, cotrustee and Glen A. Langenegger, co-trustee, QCD, part of SE4 SW4 33-22-5 (undivided 1/6 interest). Feb. 12, Gary D. Langenegger to Mary Ellen Langenegger, cotrustee, and Glenn A. Langenegger, co-trustee, QCD, part of SE4 SW4 33-22-5 (undivided 1/6 interest). Feb. 12, Gregory C. Langenegger, husband, and Zeola Langenegger, wife, to Mary Ellen Langenegger, co-trustee, and Glenn A. Langenegger, co-trustee, QCD, part of SE4 SW4 33-22-5 (undivided 1/6 interest). MARION COUNTY SHERIFF Jail roster, Feb. 6-13 Curtis Curry, 25, Wichita, probation violation. n See Records, Page 13A

DEATHS n THELMA MAY BARTEL, 82, died Feb. 10 at Kidron Bethel in North Newton. The memorial services was Feb. 14 at the Bethel College Mennonite Church in North Newton. Burial was at the Bethel College Mennonite Church Columbarium. She was born May 2, 1932, to Albert C. and Rosina (Gaeddert) Bartel at Hillsboro. Survivors include brother Lewis Clark Bartel of Albuquerque, N.M., and nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Bethel College Mennonite Church, and sent in care of Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114. n HELEN CARMICHAEL, 103, of Lindsborg, died Jan. 30. The service was Feb. 4 at Bethany Home Chapel, Lindsborg. Burial was at Elmwood Cemetery. She was born March 3 in

to Rodney and Etta (Lewin) Jenkins at Lindsborg. On Aug. 21, 1935, she was married to Ralph Carmichael, who predeceased her. Survivors include daughters Suzanne Thole of Marion and Mary Carmichael of Paola; sisterin-law Eloise Pinkham of Olathe; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church or Bethany Home and sent in care of Christians Funeral Home, 103 N. Washington, Lindsborg, KS 67456. n WILLIS ROY GOERZEN, 84, of rural Newton, who was employed at Graber Plumbing and Heating in Newton for 42 years, died Feb. 12 at his home. The service will be at 11 a.m. Feb. 16 at Tabor Mennonite Church, 891 Chisholm Trail Road, Newton, with pastor Phillip Schmidt officiating. Burial will be at Tabor Mennonite Cemetery. He was born May 3, 1930, to Jake and Sarah Schroeder Goerzen at

Goessel. On Sept. 9, 1951, he was married to Thelma Unruh, who survives. Other survivors include children Venita and husband Darrel Schroeder and Bryan Goerzen, all of rural Newton; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and sister Alice and husband Leroy Funk of Goessel. Memorials may be made to Bethesda Home and sent in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home, P.O. Box 96, Goessel, KS 67053.

Holyrood. She was born July 13, 1944, to Earl and Helen (Katzenmeier) Durr at Ellsworth. Her husband, Grant Long, predeceased her. Survivors include sister Joan White of Holyrood and nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church and sent in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Marion, KS 66861.

n MARILYNN J. LONG, 70, formerly of Holyrood, and employed as licensed nurse practioneer at Wesley Medical Center’s surgery department, died Feb. 9 at her Marion Reservoir home. A memorial service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, at Zeiner Funeral Home, 205 Elm St., Marion. Burial will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter Lutheran Cemetery,

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etable, fruit, wheat bread, milk. MONDAY, Feb. 23 Hamburger on bun, lettuce, tomato, onion, potato wedges, creamy coleslaw, fruit, milk. TUESDAY, Feb. 24 Turkey pot pie, fruit, milk. WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 Ash Wednesday-Lenten Devotion from Pastor David Raglund: Grilled liver and onions or beef patty with cooked onions, mashed potatoes with gravy, vegetable, mixed fruit, wheat roll, milk.

Jan. 23, Joseph Lee Habluetzel, 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 a period of six months. Said probation is subject to all standard terms and conditions and the following special terms: 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, and a fine of $100. Said fees shall be paid in full within 90 days. The court further ordered the defendant to obey all federal, state and city laws and ordinances. Domestic Zeth Dee Thornhill, petitioner vs. Sherri Lynn Hess, respondent, dismissal hearing, 1:15 p.m. March 2. Kansas Department for Children and Families, et al., petitioner vs. Jason R. Richmond, respondent, status hearing, 1:15 p.m. March 11. Benjamin Lee Krause vs. Shas-

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t was refreshing to observe the Marion County Spell Bee again this year. There’s something special about being among students who care about spelling and think it’s worthwhile to excel at it. We work in a profession that cares deeply about words—how they are used, the nuance they carry and especially how they’re spelled. Accuracy is the cornerstone of good journalism. That means not only getting the facts right, but spelling the words right, too. Granted, we fail at both endeavors from time to time; when it comes to spelling, it’s usually because of carelessness in the rush to meet deadlines, not because we don’t care. One of our fears in this age of texting and Twitter is that correct spelling is taking a hit. We understand why the abbreviated forms are compelling in those outlets, but we hear from teachers and professors that the habit is carrying over into formal writing, too. Young people, please know: Few things smack more of unprofessionalism in the workplace than careless spelling. So, Marion County Spelling Bee participants, lead on. You’ve already got an edge in the game. —DR

Few ideas surfacing for budget solution

or some reason, the atmosphere seems to be changed slightly in the Capitol this week, perhaps because the rescission budget was passed and signed by the governor. Now we can move on to the regular budget issues for 2016 and 2017. The budget hole is large for 2016, and if anyone has a good idea how to fill the CAPITOL gap, they are keeping pretty quiet. To me, it seems fairly apparent that given the budget IDEAS imbalance, taxes will eventually be raised. Don If so, the question is which taxes and how Schroeder much. A quick review of the budget has the gap between revenues and anticipated expenditures around $650 million. Most of our general fund expenditures are for education and social services. So the challenge is to come up with a plan that reduces spending or increases revenues, or both. Other talk is about how long the session will be to find the right combination. We hope that combination is found early, but no one knows how long it will really take. It depends on how much everyone is willing to compromise. Changing the voting dates for city and school elections has suddenly become a hot topic. A bill was introduced into the Senate late last week and was quickly put on the calendar for a hearing. It is SB 171 and includes several provisions, but the primary ones are to move the voting dates from spring to fall and to make those elections partisan if there is budget authority. Both schools and cities have budget authority, so they would become partisan elections. Sometimes it is difficult to find someone to run for those positions now and it seems this would only make it more difficult. Secretary of State Kobach is again asking the Legislature to allow him prosecutorial power over voter irregularities, or attempted voter fraud. We were asked to do this a couple years ago but did not allow it at that time. The attorney general is the appropriate place for those prosecutorial actions to occur. Another bill gaining attention is a bill abolishing the death penalty. As odd as it may seem, the primary motivation to do this is that keeping someone incarcerated for long periods of time is less expensive than going through the myriad appeals and hearings before someone is actually executed. Talking points used to be, and still are, that some individuals are known to have been executed that were innocent. Even though there are several on death row, no one has been executed in Kansas for many years. A hearing in the Utilities and Telecomm Committee was on a bill that stiffens the penalties on calling and texn See Capitol, Page 5A

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ife is precious. It is delicate and tough all at the same time, but it can be taken from you in a moments notice without warning. I was working in Hillsboro office a few AS I SEE IT weeks ago when I received a call from my Joey Young wife, Lindsey, saying that her mother was going into surgery and that she didn’t know much more than that. My mother-in-law wasn’t scheduled for surgery, so the news was startling and upsetting. When we got to the hospital, she was out of surgery and was going to be fine, although they kept her in the hospital for three days because of the serious nature of her situation. What she thought was the flu actually turned out to be a rare issue with her veins. She formed a few clots near her stomach, and they had to put seven stints in that area. It’s not preventable and isn’t hereditary. It just happens to some folks. The doctor said if she would have toughed it out, figuring it was a bad case of the flu, she could have died. When I heard that news, I realized how quickly life can be altered.

I have always prided myself in never going to the doctor, and even went without medical insurance for a few years when I was younger because I felt I was indestructible and never got sick anyway. When I got married, that started to change—at least the insurance portion—but I had never really changed my attitude about going to the doctor or getting regular checkups. I still don’t get sick often, and I don’t plan on being more careful with my activities, but the fact that what seemed like a bad case of the flu could have cost my mother-in-law her life has changed a few things for me. Listening to Lindsey would be a good start. If she thinks I should venture into the doctor’s office, I suppose I should probably listen, but also breaking the “tough it out” mentality on everything. Some things warrant a trip to see the doctor, clearly. I have been blessed with wonderful in-laws. Some just say that, but I mean it. I would have been crushed if the news would have gone the other way last week. Since things didn’t take a turn for the worst, I will just pray for a quick recovery for her and promise I will be more open to going to the doctor in the future.

Our children need advocates

little more than two weeks ago, Gov. Brownback announced a 1.5 percent allotment affecting all public schools in the state for this budget year. This cut, manLIPSTICK dated by Gov. & PEARLS Brownback without need for legislative Malinda Just approval, takes $28.3 million from Kansas schools, equating to $38,000 for Unified School District 410. And that’s just the first wave. The Legislature approved a delay of capital outlay state aid money, resulting in a $75,000 deduction from USD 410’s current budget. To top off the bad news, another bill currently vying for approval would change the formula for calculating local option budget state aid funding, further reducing this year’s budget by $69,000. Potential cuts for USD 410 total $182,000 this year. That’s a lot of money for the remaining four months of the fiscal year. This news is disheartening to me. I am just starting out on the education journey with my children. Our oldest is only a first-grader. The other two are still at home. Our family has a long time to be immersed in the school system. The education of my children is extremely important to me. And if I’m entrusting my children to the school system, I want them to be valued. It’s time to weigh educational poli-

tics less by the bottom line, and more by my children, our children, our friend’s children, neighbor’s children, church children, grandchildren. I’m not advocating for overspending or demanding state-of-the-art facilities or equipment. But I am insistent that these children—these people—need a voice. Children are valuable. They have hopes and dreams for the future. They have excitement for learning. They have unique interests and hobbies. Children matter. To start, here are 11 outstanding reasons to support public education in Kansas: April loves stories—especially fairy books—and adores center time at school. She wants to be a farmer when she grows up. Jared has a weighty high school schedule, of which he enjoys math, principles of engineering, computer integrated manufacturing and robotics. In his spare time he participates in outdoor activities including fishing, hunting and trapping. He also likes to spend time with his friends. He plans to pursue engineering as a career. Anna is an outgoing and friendly young lady who has the ability to make anyone feel welcomed. Her favorite subject is reading and she enjoys spending time with friends and working on crafts. Owen is a budding artist. He also enjoys physical education class at school. Legos are one of his favorite pastimes, but he also likes to play on the n See Just, Page 5A

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didn’t have to ask my wife if she would “Be Mine” on Valentine’s Day since she broke her PARTLY arm—she is NONSENSE mine 24/7 now. I didn’t Joel Klaassen know doing laundry was so complicated. I thought you just threw it in the washer and hit the on button. Cooking has been pretty easy since a lot of good food from some very nice people has already come our way. It has been a heating up process for the most part. I did grill some burgers that I thought could be for several meals but after the third time I will be finishing them off myself. n X-rays show the bones are lined up straight but not quite together and there is quite a bit of bone to fill in as there is more than one break. Most broken bones heal in about six weeks. We are told we are looking at eight to 10. May isn’t that far away, is it? n With the passing of Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina, I was thinking about Brian Stucky’s book, “Hallowed Hardwoods,” which has a two-page spread on Smith in the Topeka High School gymnasium a few years back. He was in town for an award and Brian was lucky enough to catch him in Topeka for an interview. I believe the book is now out of print, after two printings, but you can ask to see mine if you are interested in reading it. n We generally watch KU basketball games on delay. Sometimes I check the score online to know if I should relax or gnash my teeth. Saturday I didn’t look ahead and had the feeling it would turn out OK, which it did. n It is always fun to meet with the Hillsboro Middle School yearbook club and this year was no exception. The exercise for the day last Friday was to come up with the cover art for the book. They had all agreed on the theme and what elements the cover would have for art. Then the students were instructed to come up with their own idea in whatever program they were comfortable working with. Some of them were using Web-based programs I had never heard of and were able to come with some amazing looks. The trick was being able to save them in a format that would work with our software. Once every idea is submitted, the winner will be chosen. n This is definitely not the winter to be living in Boston. I saw there was so much snow that trucks with heating elements were being brought in to melt the snow to make room for more white fluffy stuff that was yet to come. n Here’s a quote I like: “When I was young and foolish I hated Helvetica almost as bad as Futura. Now I have come to realize that Helvetica is like a ball peen hammer. You can’t beat it for the right use.” —LOYD FORD, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE LAKE NEWS IN CALVERT CITY, KY. If you wish to share your comments or ideas, my email address is joel@ hillsborofreepress.com.

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very now and then, I like to attempt to do something to appear like a normal, adult, domesticated human being. Certain things come easily. I enjoy cooking and baking, so I threw myself headlong into creating new and different varieties of cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies. Other things, like cleaning, are a bit more difficult to embrace. Still others, left unchecked, turn into obsessions. At the beginning of December, wondering what to get for a friend who already has everything, the bright idea struck me. Well, that might be a bit of an understatement. Said idea crept slowly out of the shadows, ran up behind me, and whacked me a good one upside the noggin. “I’ll knit him a hat,” said my mouth, as my brain flopped around uselessly in protest. I’ve taken random stabs at learning to knit and crochet before. I finally conceded defeat when I saw that all of the afghans I attempted to crochet tended to assume the shape of a capital A as they neared completion, and that no amount of fringe could correct that. As for knitting, I knew that the pointy ends of the needles were supposed to do wonderful, miraculous things with yarn and magically create sweaters. Easy, right? Even the A-line problem of crochet would be OK, since hats are supposed to get smaller at the top, aren’t they? Armed with a ball of yarn and some of my mom’s old knitting needles, I scoured the Internet for a pattern I could handle. In other words, something that only said knit and purl. It then occurred to me that I should maybe refresh my mind (in other words, learn how) on what, exactly, knit and purl were and how I should go about using the pointy ends to make the yarn do them. Hooray for YouTube. Off I went, knitting and purling like crazy. So crazy, in fact, that I had to start over a few times before I got the hang of making them go

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ting while driving. While it is difficult to put an actual number on how many injuries and fatalities are caused by cell phone use while driving, the number seems to be significant, perhaps as many as 25 percent or more of all vehicle wrecks. As a preventable cause of accidents, that is pretty high. I do not know if the bill will be worked and passed out of committee, but suspect it will be at some point. It really comes down to personal responsibility and additional laws may help remind people of the dangers, especially of texting and driving. Miss Rodeo Kansas spent the day at the Statehouse. Abbey Pomeroy, from Hesston, was installed as the new Miss Rodeo Kansas the first of the year. We are all proud she is a central Kansas native and will do well representing the western way of life. Things are certainly starting to pick up speed and it is becoming more challenging to track everything that is happening. Because of that, feel free to contact me at don.schroeder@house.ks.gov, or call 785-2967500 if you have questions on an issue. Rep. Don Schroeder represents District 74, which includes much of the southern half of Marion County.

Lemon cookies can fix any sour mood

n a rare evening where Joey and I were sitting at home in front of the TV, we found ourselves watching an episode of “Lidia’s Italy” on SPICE UP PBS’s Create chanYOUR LIFE nel. Lindsey After watching Young host Lidia Bastianich make a batch of lemon ricotta cookies, I could feel Joey’s eyes on me. “Would you please make those,” he asked, trying hard to give me sad puppy dog eyes. “I’ll give it a try,” I said. And then a few months passed. I had some ricotta left over from making pierogies, so I decided it was time to give them a shot. As Joey bit into the first one, he declared they were worth the wait (although I have the distinct impression I may not be able to get away with waiting another several months to make the next batch). You can find the original recipe on Lidia’s blog at

together like the supposedly easy directions told me to. Another lesson learned: just FEARLESS because FARM FRAU somebody on the Internet Shana says it’s easy, Thornhill doesn’t mean it will be easy for YOU. Still another lesson: when a pattern says knit in the round, straight needles don’t work. Knitting in the round for the first time should always be supervised by a competent adult, possibly with a first aid kit. As the hat neared completion, I was beset with worry. Was it time to get smaller? Why wasn’t it getting smaller by itself like the afghans had? Eek! Double pointed needles? What am I supposed to do with those? After much muttering and many replays on YouTube, I finally finished the hat with n from Page 4A a sigh of relief, and not a litNintendo Wii and games on tle pride. I knitted that! Me! the Kindle. When he grows By myself ! up, he wants to join the milTo admire its glory, I tried the hat on. It sat on my itary and be mayor of the town. head like a wilted flower, Rebecca (aka REEEhardly the epitome of usebecca according to my own fulness and masculinity Miss J) likes math. She’s that it was intended to be. involved in basketball, volPanicking, I wondered how leyball, track, choir and to shrink acrylic. I briefly BIGS at school. Outside of contemplated making school, she likes to sew, another one, but by that read, complete do-it-yourtime, the knitting had self projects and watch infected me. I planned to movies. She also loves make everyone their own spending time with her special hat. I didn’t have friends and family. time to make a whole new Tyson’s favorite subject one! Finally, I cinched the is science. He enjoys eating bottom with some elastic, and my intrepid hubby gave dinner with his family and likes to play football and it the manly OK. basketball. He wants to be a From then on, there was no stopping. I kept plugging famous football player when he grows up. along with big needles and Rylie loves writing and super bulky yarn. I tried art. Her hobbies include slightly more difficult patplaying piano, watching terns. Then, giddy with my movies and playing with newfound talent, I tried an friends. She currently easy lace hat for my niece. This one had more letters in wants to be a librarian and n See Thornhill, Page 11A a singer when she grows

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http://lidiasitaly.com/recipes/detail /1082. I doubled the vanilla to make my version. *** Lemon Ricotta Cookies Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup butter, room temperature 2 large eggs 8 ounces ricotta, drained well 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 teaspoons lemon zest 2 1/4 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder pinch salt 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 cups confectioner's sugar Ingredients Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Cream together the butter and sugar, beating on high speed for a couple minutes. Add the eggs and beat to combine. Add the ricotta, vanilla and lemon zest and beat the mixture again. Add in the flour, baking powder and salt and beat until just combined. Drop the dough in heaping tablespoons on baking sheets. Bake for about 20 minutes, rotat-

up. Colby’s favorite subjects are reading and math. He likes to play golf and tennis and he is very good at figuring out how things work. He wants to be a P.E. teacher when he grows up. Emily enjoys her opportunity to spend time observing a first grade and a middle school classroom, as she plans to major in elementary education and minor in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) or special education. She participates in cross country and track, and plans to compete in those sports in college. Though she admits she doesn’t have a lot of free time, she loves to read, watch movies, hang out with her family and scrapbook. Frank enjoys math. He likes to play sports and guitar, as well as spend time with friends. He wants to be a coach, teacher or a professional athlete when he grows up. Right now, Jessi’s favorite subject is math, though it used to be science when she was learning about the body and plants. Her hobbies include drawing, writing poems and observing the chickens at her family’s farm. She would like to be a doctor someday, specializing in delivering babies and taking care of soon-to-be moms. She plans to fund her education by earning scholarships. Yes, these children are valuable. Yes, they have dreams. Yes, they have plans. So as a community—as a state—let’s say yes to helping them get there.

ing the pans halfway though the bake time, until the cookies are golden and set. Remove to a wire rack to cool. When the cookies are cool, whisk together the lemon juice and confectioner’s sugar. You want a mixture thick enough to adhere to the cookies when you dip them in. Add a little water if the mixture is too thick or a little more sugar if it’s too thin. Dip the tops of the cookies into the glaze, let the excess drip off and then place the cookies on the wire racks to let the glaze harden. Once the glaze is hardened, store the cookies in an airtight container. *** These were a big hit with everyone who tried them. If you’re a fan of lemon, you’ll like these cookies, too. And while you could wait a few months to try this recipe, I wouldn’t recommend it (and neither would Joey). 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.

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A nine-point swing in the third quarter proved to be pivotal as Hillsboro dropped a 46-41 decision to Kingman Friday at Brown Gymnasium. The Trojans seemed to be in control of their destiny in the first half, establishing a 12-10 lead after one quarter and a 24-21 advantage by halftime. “I thought we played really well in the first half,” coach Darrel Knoll said. “They got a couple of open looks on us, but we played well.” But the Trojan team that started the third quarter didn’t look like the team that had battled hard in the first half. The Eagles scored the first eight points of the period, and by the end of it, Hillsboro was trailing, 3832. “We came out in the third quarter and had a couple of good looks we didn’t make, then we gave up too many second rebounds in a row,” Knoll said. “It should have been a one-and-done for them. “Then we had a couple of turnovers, and I couldn’t get a timeout fast enough,” he added. “I was trying to

get it, but I wasn’t awarded the timeout.” The Eagles expanded the lead to 42-34 with 3:53 left in the game. The Trojans tried to swing momentum their way, but turnovers, missed shots and lack of rebounding undermined their effort to achieve a comeback victory. “At least we battled down the stretch,” Knoll said. “We had chances. Even at the end, we kept it at a couple-of-possessions game. We just couldn’t make the baskets down the stretch.” Allen scored 10 points, all in the first half, to lead his team. Austin Cross added nine in the paint and Elias Werth scored nine from long distance. Hillsboro slipped to 9-8 on the year and 3-5 in the CKL. Kingman improved to 8-9 and 5-3. Hoisington—Hillsboro’s fourth-quarter rally ran out of gas about 21⁄2 minutes too at soon as the Cardinals held off the Trojans, 51-43, Feb. 10 at Hoisington. After Austin Cross scored the game’s first basket on a nice inside feed by Josh Funk, Hillsboro soon fell behind. The Cardinals n See Hillsboro, Page 7A

The Tabor College men’s basketball team continues to lead the KCAC race after defeating Kansas Wesleyan and Bethany last week. Bethany—The Swedes came into the contest just one game back in the standings, but the Bluejays nailed down an 81-71 victory to remain alone atop of the KCAC. The Swedes, a team coach Micah Ratzlaff described as the “most explosive offensive team in our conference,” average more than 47 percent shooting from the field, but Tabor limited Bethany, to just 39.1 percent on the night (27-69). “We were really, really solid defensively for the most part,” Ratzlaff said. “We gave them really tough looks when they shot the ball—or they just took tough shots. I don’t know if it was us or them. I’m just proud of our guys digging down and getting stops on the defensive end.” Tabor took an early 9-4 lead, thanks to seven points from Lance Carter, but Bethany used a 10-2 run to take their largest lead of the

game, 14-11, on a Cody Harris dunk at 13:49. Following a 21-21 tie, the Bluejays scored on six consecutive possessions to take a 37-24 lead, thanks to threes by Chance LeBlanc, Jaylon Sims, Dewayne Biggs and JT Nemit. The Swedes closed the gap to five, and Tabor held a 41-34 lead at intermission. Tabor shot 58.6 percent from the field in the first half (17-29), and Ratzlaff said his team was getting good looks at the basket but he was not pleased with the 11 turnovers the Bluejays tallied by halftime. Andrew Thomas scored the first four points of the second half to put Tabor’s lead at 45-34. Then Malik Brooks scored 18 of Tabor’s next 21 points, giving Tabor a 66-51 lead with a trey at the 7:14 mark. The Swedes trimmed the lead to 72-63 with a three with 3:05 to go, but Tabor reclaimed a 12-point lead with a Thomas dunk and a Carter free throw. With an 8-2 run, Bethany drew within 77-71 with 37 JANAE REMPEL / FREE PRESS seconds left, but four Andrew Thomas dunks the ball to give Tabor a 26-18 lead Bluejay free throws sealed over Kansas Wesleyan Thursday. Thomas led the Bluejays n See Tabor, Page 7A with 29 points and 11 rebounds in Tabor’s 88-79 win.

TC women roll past Coyotes, Swedes sively, allowing Bethany to score only four points the rest of the half. The Tabor College “(Bethany) got to the women’s basketball team won two games last week to rim, and I think they scored remain alone atop the KCAC three baskets in the paint standings with a 13-3 confer- pretty early, and we had no help defense, and we weren’t ence record. Bethany—Tabor shot the rotating,” Reed said. “Then ball well in its 69-31 victory we got on them a little bit and the help got a lot better.” Saturday, making 48.1 perLoewen ignited an 8-0 cent of its shots from the surge before Bethany scored field (25-52). at 7:34. From there, Loewen “I thought offensively, scored a traditional threethat’s probably the best we’ve played against a zone point play, which was the start of 10-0 run, putting this year,” coach Shawn Tabor in front, 28-12. Reed said. “It started off rough, both the beginning of Zuercher scored Tabor’s the game and in the second final five points of the half for a 33-14 lead at intermishalf, the beginning, but in sion. the first half in particular, “The defense got a lot our post passing was really better,” Reed said. “The good. We got the ball to the rebounding was better. We middle of the zone (and) were able to find some holes got some nice things offensively. Erin Maxwell did and gaps.” some nice things in the first It took time for Tabor to half offensively to keep us find its rhythm, especially going. I thought she played on the defensive end. Tena really well off the bench.” Loewen and Tonisha Dean Tabor shot 50 percent gave the Bluejays a 5-0 lead, from the field in the first JANAE REMPEL / FREE PRESS but Bethany tied the game with an 8-3 run. Following a half (13-26), while Bethany Tena Loewen eyes the basket early in the game at shot 28 percent (7-25). Bethany Saturday. Loewen led all scorers with 11 points in 10-10 tie at 12:28, Tabor turned up the heat defenn See Bluejays, Page 14A Tabor’s 69-31 win. BY JANAE

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Marion boys’ comeback effort falls short at Ell-Saline three with two treys to increase Ell-Saline’s lead to The Marion boys’ furious seven. The teams traded scores, and Ell-Saline had second-half comeback fell an 18-9 lead at the end of five points short in a 45-40 one. loss at Ell-Saline Friday. The Cardinals increased The game’s leading scorer, Ell-Saline’s Brandon it to double figures, then Voth and Jacob Baldwin Clark, made his presence contributed to a 7-2 run that known early and often, put Marion within 24-16. exploding for 10 first-quarBut a 7-0 Cardinal run, ter points and 19 by halftime, which contributed to a including five points from Clark, left Marion trailing 31-18 Cardinal lead at the 31-16. Mason Pedersen half. scored to bring the halftime But after some halftime score to 31-18. adjustments, Marion got After halftime, the back in the game, outscorWarrior defense limited ing the Cardinals 22-14. Clark to just six points, and “We tried to identify Marion also found success things at halftime that we with its press. needed to change, kind of “We pressed more than like a game-plan redo,” we ever have in one half, coach Jeff McMillin said. “We set it out real plain and probably, as much as we have all season combined,” simple like we always do and (the guys) took to it and McMillin said. “We were able to get them maybe out they realized that this is of their rhythm a little bit.” what we need to do. (We) Marion used a 7-2 run to had some good stuff going cut the margin to 33-25 when on in the second half, but Pedersen scored off a unfortunately we had too turnover. Pedersen added big of a hole to overcome.” The Warriors fell behind two more baskets in the period, which ended with from the start, 6-0, before Nicholas Stuchlik scored at Ell-Saline in front, 37-29. With the Marion press the 3:37 mark. Then, Clark forcing turnovers, Stuchlik sandwiched a Bret Voth

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and Pedersen scored backto-back baskets to trim the lead to 39-33, and by the time Voth made a three and Pedersen scored, Marion was within 41-38 with 2:31 left. But when Marion shots missed, Ell-Saline scored twice, extending its lead to 45-38 with 1:29 to go. Pedersen added Marion’s final two points at the charity stripe, and the comeback effort fell short. “We didn’t get pushed around, and we played on an equal level, I think, as far as physicality, in the second half,” McMillin said. “The kids did a great job adjusting in the second half and realizing what we needed to do and doing it.” Clark led all scorers with 25 points. Pedersen led Marion with 14 points. Voth added 10. Moundridge—For a time, it appeared Marion had a chance to defeat Moundridge for the first time since joining the Heart of America league in 2010. But in the end, a shorthanded Warrior squad lost, 52-30. Marion played without Nicholas Stuchlik and

Zachary Stuchlik, as well as Jack Schneider, who was still benched with an injury, giving coach Jeff McMillin seven athletes at his disposal. The Warriors could not buy a basket in the first quarter, making not one field goal in 11 attempts. On the other end of the court, the Wildcats also struggled, making three of 15 shots. Thanks to two free throws each from Voth and Baldwin, Marion trailed only 6-4 at the end of the first quarter. The Wildcats warmed up in a hurry, though, making every field goal they attempted in the second quarter. Aside from three turnovers, the Wildcats scored on every trip down the court to score 22 points in the period. Marion, meanwhile, had tied the game at 6, and later trailed, 10-8, when Nathan Baldwin scored with 5:49 left in the half. From there, Moundridge forced back-toback-to-back turnovers, which fueled the start of an 18-5 run to end the second quarter. By halftime, the

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MHS wins Chase County tourney led the way by winning their respective weight classes. The Marion wrestling Janzen won the 182team won the Chase County pound championship with tournament among an 11an 8-5 decision over Kody team field with 1171⁄2 points Collins of Doniphan West. ahead of El Dorado (1121⁄2) After a first-round bye, and Wamego (109). Janzen won his next two “We didn’t wrestle very well but fought hard to get it matches by fall to reach the finals. done,” coach Chad Adkins Palic won the 220-pound said. weight class by defeating Seven Warriors earned Mulvane’s Jacob Baker in medals. Seniors Adam Janzen (33-4) and Kyle Palic the finals. In a round-robin

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bracket, Palic faced each of the other four wrestlers competing in that weight class. Max Gerlach (28-11) took second at 106 pounds. Following a bye, Gerlach gained wins by default and 1-0 decision before losing by fall in the finals. Jarrett Johnson (113, 288) and Noah Albin (126, 9-13) each placed third with 3-1 records. Bryce Shults (132, 25-12) and Tyler Palic (195,

26-13) placed fourth. “We need to work this week on some things with our technique,” Adkins said. “The guys will be ready to go this weekend at regionals.” Coming—Marion will compete at the Class 3-2-1A regional hosted by Fredonia Friday and Saturday. Friday’s matches are scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Saturday’s matches will begin at 11 a.m.

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Garrett Daugherty gains distance from Saint Mary’s Josh Whittaker to win the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:33.54 at the KCAC indoor track and field championships. Daugherty also won the mile in a national-qualifying 4:18.16 and anchored the 4x400 and 4x800 relays.

Additional men’s events placing fourth through sixth and earning all-KCAC honThe Tabor College indoor track and field team orable mention were: Mueller, fifth in the 600 competed in the KCAC (1:25.66); Oree Johnson, championships at Kansas sixth in the 60 (7.25); State Friday and Saturday. Richert, sixth in the 800 The Bluejays won five (2:03.02); and Shawn gold medals and numerous Johnston, sixth in the 35all-KCAC performances by pound weight throw (45-9). placing in the top three. Meanwhile, for the For the men’s team, Garrett Daugherty won the women, Hannah Holmes won the 5,000-meter in mile in a national-qualifying time of 4:18.16 which set 18:40.79, surpassing her previous indoor record by a new meet record. He also won the 1,000-meter (2:33.54). nearly 50 seconds and narrowly missing the national As the anchor in the 4x400 relay, Daugherty came qualifying mark. Holmes placed third in the 3,000 from behind to win the (10:52.82). event, with teammates Jessica Samuel, Ashton Caleb Blue, Bret Mueller Kroeker, Paula Young and and Keith Francis (3:26.47). Sarah Hagen placed third in Richert, Francis, Tyler the 4x400 with a time of Parrish and Mueller fin4:16.90, setting a new Tabor ished first in the men’s disindoor record. tance medley relay Women placing fourth (10:40.80). through sixth and earning Placing second for the all-KCAC honorable menmen were: Avery Franz in tion were: Jessica Samuel, the triple jump (44-31⁄4) and sixth in the 400 (1:02.47); Blue in the 400 (51.09). Young, Kroeker, Kelly Tyler Entz was third in Gomez and Katey Whitesell, the high jump (6-31⁄4), and fifth in the distance medley Trenton Parrish was third relay (13:46.23); and Kroeker, in the pole vault (12-51⁄2). fifth in the high jump (4-73⁄4). Josh Richert, Tyler Coming—Tabor will comParrish, Mueller and Daugherty placed fourth in pete in a last chance meet at the 4x800 relay in a national- the University of Nebraska Friday. qualifying time of 7:56.83.

early in the third quarter to tie the game at 26. A minute later, Grant Knoll tied the n from Page 6A game at 28 with 5:39 left in went on a 13-2 run to lead by the third quarter. But four consecutive turnovers by nine with 1:39 left in the the Trojans enabled the period. Hoisington pushed Cardinals to push the lead the lead to 15-5 soon after. to 35-28. But Micah Allen hit The margin grew to nine back-to-back threes—the points before Knoll scored first with 37.2 seconds left on a drive to the basket with and the second one at the buzzer—to cut the lead to 16- five seconds left, then added a bonus free throw that cut 11 at the first break. the lead to 40-34 at the Hillsboro pulled to break. within 16-15 early in the Two quick baskets by second quarter, but back-toSeth Owen, Hoisington’s back three-pointers helped fuel the Cardinals to a 26-22 bulky 6-foot-2 post player, pushed the lead to 10 points lead at intermission. again. Over an ugly threeCross and Allen scored

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minute stretch that followed, Hillsboro outscored the home team 4-0—all on free-throws. Braden Vogt then hit a three and Allen added two more free throws to cut the margin to 43-41 with 2:38 to play. Unfortunately, Hillsboro would be shut out the rest of the way. A string of three turnovers mixed with three missed shots short-circuited a happy ending for the Trojans, who made only one of 12 shots during the quarter. “I thought we competed hard down the stretch, but some things didn’t go quite our way with those turnovers at the end,” coach

Darrel Knoll said. “It wasn’t like we weren’t trying to make a play, we just didn’t get it made.” Allen led all scorers with 20 points and Cross added nine. Steffan Dolecheck led Hoisington with 13. The loss dropped Hillsboro to 9-7 and 3-4 in the CKL, while Hoisington improved to 7-9 and 2-5. Coming—Hillsboro was scheduled to play at Haven 10-6, 4-3) Tuesday, then will host Hesston (14-2, 7-0) Friday at 7:30 p.m. The regular season ends the following Tuesday with games at home against Sterling (10-6, 4-3).

Andrew Thomas dunk and basket by Lance Carter gave the Bluejays a 10-point lead. n from Page 6A “We got lost on the boards a couple times,” the win. “I thought we did a really coach Micah Ratzlaff said. “I thought that hurt us early, good job of no letdown on the defensive end,” Ratzlaff but we got a hold of ourselves, started hitting some said. “In the first half, they shots. The stuff we worked got loose in transition and on looked really good early, they got, obviously, easy layups and dunks, but other spread their zone out.” With Tabor leading, 28than that, they didn’t get 19, the Coyotes used a 6-0 very many easy looks. Big run to close the gap and cut game, and just a good team it to one with a trey with win.” just 28 seconds left. Kyle Brooks led all scorers with 20 points. Carter added Baker hit a three that gave 15, Biggs 13 and Thomas 10. Tabor a 32-28 margin at Kansas Wesleyan—Tabor intermission. Kansas Wesleyan tied the defeated the Coyotes 88-79 Thursday. In the teams’ first game at 36, and by the time the Coyotes made their fifth meeting, it took overtime three in six minutes, Kansas for Tabor to win, 72-69. The lead changed hands Wesleyan led, 49-45. “The beginning of the at the start. Malik Brooks second half was really drained three threes in the game’s first seven minutes, scary,” Ratzlaff said. “We came out a little bit cold. We even completing a fourwanted to try to get Andrew point play after drawing a foul on a trey that put Tabor the ball, but it’s tough. That’s why people run in front, 14-8. After that, an

zones, so that you can’t get it inside.” Four points from Thomas tied the game at 49, and the teams locked heads at 52. Then, a 10-1 Bluejay run, including eight points from Thomas, put Tabor in front, 62-53 with 9:02 to go. The Bluejays increased their lead and enjoyed a 7763 margin when Chance LeBlanc scored at 4:18. Ratzlaff credited a defensive change as making the difference in the game. “I thought our zone was the difference-maker in the game,” he said. “They were hitting threes and they kind of slowed down a little bit, but then they were getting to the free-throw line every single possession because we couldn’t stay in front of them, so we switched to a zone just like they run. I don’t even know if I subbed anybody much after that because that group really said ‘Hey, let’s lock down.’ They did a great job.”

The Coyotes narrowed the margin to nine before Thomas responded with a dunk that pushed the lead to 79-68. Tabor maintained a double-digit lead until the final second, as Kansas Wesleyan nailed a threepointer to trim the final margin to nine. Thomas led all scorers with 29 points. He also had 11 rebounds. Carter scored 14 points and Brooks and Jake Arck each scored 11. “I thought Andrew played really tough tonight,” Ratzlaff said. “I didn’t take him and Lance out the whole second half. “I thought the guys did a good job of bearing down and just playing well together in the second half.” Coming—Tabor (13-3, 1611) will host Sterling (8-8, 1314) Thursday at 8 p.m. before wrapping up the regular season with a home game against Ottawa (8-8, 15-10) Saturday. Game time is 7 p.m.

we missed so many shots early, and that just carried. We didn't get any good shots n from Page 6A from there on because Wildcats led, 28-13. nobody wanted to be the one “We came out feeling to miss the shot.” pretty good and then the The teams played evenly lack of making shots in the through the third quarter. first quarter, I think, contin- Moundridge gained eight ued to carry on,” McMillin points from the game’s leadsaid. “Nobody wanted to be ing scorer, Colton Frazer, really aggressive offensively, while Marion gained five and I think that we had a from Mason Pedersen. The lack of confidence because Wildcats led, 38-23, at the

end of it. Moundridge increased its lead in the final quarter, outscoring Marion, 14-7, to lead by 22 in the end. “This was probably our worst focus game that we've played all season,” McMillin said. “Even though we've lost a lot of games, (and) we haven't been successful on the scoreboard, there haven't been a whole lot of times when I’ve been disap-

pointed with their play, but I was disappointed with their play tonight, and we've got to change that. That can't be a norm.” Frazer led all scorers with 23 points. Jacob Baldwin led the Warriors with 13. Coming—Marion (2-6, 414) was scheduled to host Sedgwick Tuesday and will travel to Sedgwick for a rematch Feb. 24.

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Hillsboro used a late rally to pull off a 42-41 upset of Kingman Friday at Brown Gymnasium. The Trojans, who came in at 7-9, trailed the 12-4 Eagles at halftime, 24-19. The home team came out with more intensity in the third quarter and pulled to within 30-29 by the end of it on baskets by Tara Proffitt and Darcy Heinrichs in the final 37 seconds. Kingman was leading 36-31 when Alex Ratzlaff hit a three-point shot on the wing with 3:46 left in the game. She added a second three at the 2:57 mark and a two-point basket at 2:15 to give Hillsboro a 39-36 lead. But with a little over a minute left in the game, Kingman battled back to take a 41-39 lead. The teams exchanged possessions a couple of times before Ratzlaff drained a three from the top of the key with 3.5 second to play to put Hillsboro ahead 42-41. Kingman got off a final shot as time ran out, but Ratzlaff partially blocked it as the Trojans nailed down the win. Hillsboro enjoyed a 9-6 lead in the first quarter when Rebecca Kaufman scored at the 2:03 mark, but the Eagles finished with a 5-0 run to take an 11-9 lead at the first break. The Trojans’ scoring drought continued through the second period before Ratzlaff scored on a drive to the basket that cut Kingman’s lead to 16-11. That margin held until halftime, with the Eagles taking a 2419 lead into the locker room. “We knew we would be meeting some good teams near the end of the season these games,” coach Nathan Hiebert said. “The thing I was most proud of, until these last couple of

weeks, I don’t think that we’ve come out and fought for a win.” A key to the win was some timely zone defense that helped limit the Eagles to 31 percent shooting (1548) from the floor. “They’ve shot better in the past and didn’t shoot as well tonight,” Hiebert said of the Eagles. “I thought they rushed a little bit.” Ratzlaff led Hillsboro with 25 points and Proffitt added nine as the Trojans improved to 8-9 for the year and 5-3 in the CKL. Kingman dropped to 12-5 and 45. Hoisington—Hillsboro rallied late in the game to claim a 43-39 victory Feb. 10 at Hoisington. The ending was ideal, but the start may have been the ugliest of the season. The Trojans committed eight turnovers in the opening period and made only one of three shots to trail 9-3 at the first break. More significant, the team’s primary scorer, Alex Ratzlaff, picked up her second foul a mere 2:22 into the contest, turning her into a spectator for the rest of the quarter. Ratzlaff was back on the floor as the second quarter began, and scored her first points with a pair of free throws at the 5:14 mark. But she quickly picked up her third foul—and a return ticket to the bench— with 4:25 left in the half. In all, Ratzlaff sat out 10 minutes of the 16-minute half. Even so, the Trojans trailed the Cardinals by only four points (18-14) at intermission, thanks to Hoisington’s 5-for-23 shooting. “I told the girls at halftime I don’t know that we could play worse and be behind by only four,” coach Nathan Hiebert said. “There’s something posin See Trojans, Page 11A

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The Hillsboro wrestling team managed five top-four finishes at a competitive Central Kansas League tournament Saturday at Hoisington. As a team, Hillsboro placed fifth among the nine league schools that offer wrestling. Finishing ahead of the Trojans were Smoky Valley, who claimed the league title with 180 points, followed by Hoisington (179.5), Pratt (156) and Lyons (102). Hillsboro, which tallied 74 points, was followed by Hesston (58), Halstead (53), Larned (33) and Nickerson (26.5). “This was as competitive as any tournament we have attended this year and probably as solid as the league tournament has been since we started with this format,” coach Scott O’Hare said. “Almost every weight class had a number of solid wrestlers vying for a league championship and many weights had a lot of depth, where any number of kids could have earned medals any given day.” The Trojans top-four performances included second place finishes by Jon Carey (4-1), who lost in sudden victory at 132 pounds, and Nathan Simhiser (3-1) at 195 pounds. Finishing third for Hillsboro were Jesse Meier (4-1) at 170 pounds and Levi Mendoza (4-1) at 182 pounds. Travis King (2-3) placed fourth at 126 pounds.

Also competing for Hillsboro were: Mack Bartel (0-5), sixth at 106 pounds; Tristan Donaldson (0-5), sixth at 120; Ian Alumbaugh (3-2), fifth at 138; Tyson Reimer (2-3), fifth at 145; Franklin Jost (1-4), fifth at 220; and Ryan Stepanek (0-5), sixth at 285. “I thought our guys competed pretty well,” O’Hare said. “We were definitely more prepared and looked better than last weekend. Although we still have a few wrestlers holding themselves back with lack of confidence and mental toughness, I thought overall we battled pretty well.” Coming—Hillsboro will travel to Russell Friday for the two-day Class 3-2-1A regional tournament. Also in the field are Beloit, St. Johns, Bennington, Canton-Galva, Ellsworth, Southeast of Saline, Halstead, Herington, Hesston, Hoisington, LangdonFairfield, Lincoln, Lyons, Minneapolis, Moundridge, Osborne, Russell, Sacred Heart, St. John’s Military Academy, St. John-Hudson, Stafford and Sterling. The top four finishers in each weight class will qualify for the state tournament Feb. 27-28 in Hays. “We really need to focus on cleaning up on some technique and getting more aggressive with finishing things,” coach Scott O’Hare said. “We will take some time to discuss match strategy to make sure we win the close matches when something is on the line.”

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to miss shots, which means we were going to miss shots. We were just scared of almost everything we were doing, and you just can’t play a game like basketball scared.” Ell-Saline scored first, but Bailey Robson tied the game, and two free throws from Kourtney Hansen put Marion in front by two. The Warriors led the duration of the first half. The first quarter was a back and forth battle until Marion gained distance, 12-7. Marion led, 14-11, by the end of the period. Neither team scored in the first three minutes of the second quarter. The teams traded blow for blow, and the half ended with Marion in front, 21-18. The Warriors used a 7-3 run after halftime to take their largest lead of the night, 28-21, at the 4:12 mark. Then things took a turn for the worse. With Marion struggling to get anything going offensively, the Cardinals ended the period with a 9-0 run, taking the momentum and the lead, 30-28. “They threw a long pass that I thought we could come up and get, and we didn’t come and get (it),”

Robson said. “Not only did we not come and get it, but we let somebody get behind us, and then they got that layup for their lead. “That just kind of describes the whole night. Some of us were out there trying to pressure hard, and some of us were too scared to make a mistake, and by being scared to make a mistake, we made a mistake, and that cost us in that spot.” After yet another EllSaline score, Julia Hall broke Marion’s scoring drought with a basket that brought Marion within 3230. Trailing 34-30, Marion outscored Ell-Saline 6-1 to take a 36-35 lead when Erika Hess made a pair of free throws with just 59 seconds left. Ell-Saline jumped in front with a basket with 36 seconds to play. Marion committed turnovers on its next two possessions, and Ell-Saline increased its lead at the free-throw line. “Obviously we had a chance in this game,” Robson said. “We thought this was one that we could get in the victory column and we just didn’t. They’re pretty discouraged, but somehow they have to find

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Tabor baseball sweeps Northwestern innings, he gave up three hits and two runs (none earned), while walking one The Tabor College baseball team continued its win- batter and striking out five. Tabor followed with a 7-3 ning ways by sweeping a victory in Game 2. This four-game series with time, the Bluejays built a 6-0 Northwestern (Iowa), a lead over four innings, highteam receiving votes in the NAIA preseason Top 25 poll. lighted by the fourth inning The series began Friday in which Tabor used three with a doubleheader. Tabor hits and an error to score four runs. won Game 1, 9-2. The Northwestern scored two Bluejays trailed, 2-1 after runs in the fifth, Tabor three innings before securing the lead for good with a added its final run in the sixth on a Sigg home run, six-run, four-hit fourth and Northwestern scored inning which included a once more in the seventh. three-run home run by Alex Couch and Manny Michael Baca as well as an DeLeon were both 2-for-3 atRBI triple by Jerrik Sigg. bat. Couch had one RBI. Tabor added two runs on two hits in the bottom of the DeLeon hit a double. Russell Longworth (2-0) sixth. Baca was 3-for-4 at-bat was the winning pitcher. with three RBIs. Sigg also Over five innings, he gave had a double. Dustin Hurlbutt was the up four hits and two runs (none earned). He walked winning pitcher. Over five

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no one and struck out three batters. Tabor gained a 4-2 win in Game 1 Saturday. The Bluejays scored all four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning before Northwestern brought two home in the top of the seventh. In the sixth inning, Tanner Bell drove in two runs with a single and Brent McClure had an RBI single. Colton Flax hit a sacrifice fly. Jean Acevedo (2-0) was the winning pitcher. In seven innings, he gave up four hits and two runs (both earned), while walking one and striking out five. Tabor completed the sweep with a 10-2 win in Game 2. The Bluejays led 3-0 after two innings. Northwestern added a run in both the fourth and sixth

innings before Tabor used two hits and three errors to score seven runs in the bottom of the sixth. The inning included an RBI single by Sigg and an RBI double by Bell. Couch went 2-for-4 with four RBIs. David Renteria (1-0) was the winning pitcher. Over four innings, he gave up four hits and one run (unearned) while walking four and striking out four. Coming—Tabor (8-0) is slated to travel to Oklahoma City for three games this weekend. Saturday’s opponents include MidAmerica Nazarene, a team receiving votes in the NAIA Top 25 poll, and No. 16 Oklahoma City University. The Bluejays will face Oklahoma City a second time in a nineinning game Sunday.

Bluejays swim in last chance meet student-athletes, and I stand amazed at what they have The Tabor College swim done thus far with their teams completed the regular gifts.” Women’s team members season at the Oklahoma with national-qualifying “A” Baptist - Saint Gregory’s last chance meet Friday and cut times included Kelly Smith in the 50 and 100 Saturday. freestyle and Sammie The Bluejays swam 37 Norton in the 100 freestyle. personal bests, set 22 new Earning “B” cut times school records and made 11 were: Kelly Smith in the 200 new national cut times. “"It was an unbelievable freestyle and the 400 individmeet in what has been a sur- ual medley, Norton in the 200 freestyle and Whitney real first season of the proLivesay in the 100 freestyle, gram,” coach Nate Duell 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle said. “The swimmers have far surpassed my goals and and 200 individual medley. All five of the women’s expectations for year one. relays set new school “God has blessed me records, as did Livesay in with a wonderful group of the 200 freestyle, 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly; Kelly Smith in the 100 freestyle and 400 individual medley; Sammie Norton in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke; and Angela Smith in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke. Meanwhile for the men, Brett Magee earned a “B” cut time in the 50 freestyle. All the men’s relays but

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one set new school records, as did Magee in the 100 freestyle and 200 freestyle; Tanner Sechrist in the 200 freestyle; and Adam Walsh in the 100 breaststroke. Tabor graduates one senior, Elizabeth Janssen. “(She) has been a dream for a first-year coach,” Duell said. “Without her leadership and influence, I'm not sure we would have grown as a team the way we have.” Coming—Ten Bluejays will compete in the NAIA national championship March 5-7 at Oklahoma City Community College. Bluejay women competing at nationals include: Livesay (five relays, 100 butterfly); Norton (five relays, 50-, 100-, 200 freestyle); Sarah Schulte (200 medley relay); Angela Smith (five relays); and Kelly Smith (all relays but 200 medley, 50-, 100-, 200 freestyle). Men competing at nationals include: Ben Dorsett (five relays); Magee (five relays, 50 freestyle); Sechrist (400 medley relay,

800 freestyle relay, 400 individual medley); Cody Smith (200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay, 50 freestyle); and Walsh (five relays). OBU - Saint Gregory’s Meet Feb. 13-14 50-yard freestyle Women: 9. Kelly Smith 25.71, 10. Sammie Norton 25.74, 19. Liz Janssen 29.04, 20. Kianna Hinerman 30.50. Men’s time trial: 4. Brett Magee 22.70, 5. Adam Walsh 22.82, 6. Ben Dorsett 22.83. Men: 26. Ben Dorsett 23.17, 32. Brett Magee 23.74. 100-yard freestyle Women: 8. Kelly Smith 56.42, 9. Sammie Norton 56.68, 10. Whitney Livesay 58.04, 18. Liz Janssen 1:04.97, 19. Kianna Hinerman 1:09.04. Men: 16. Brett Magee 50.31, 17. Adam Walsh 50.62, 20. Ben Dorsett 51.07, 22. Tanner Sechrist 52.77. 200-yard freestyle Women’s time trial: 2. Kelly Smith 2:06.36, 3. Whitney Livesay 2:06.81. Women: 6. Sammie Norton 2:06.26. Men: 5. Ben Dorsett 1:55.46. 100-yard backstroke Women: 6. Sarah Schulte 1:08.58, 7. MacKenzie Bilbrey 1:11.33. Men: 7. Adam Walsh 58.32, 9. Brett Magee 58.64. 200-yard backstroke Women: 7. MacKenzie Bilbrey 2:30.76, 8. Sarah Schulte 2:31.45. 100-yard breaststroke Women: 8. Angela Smith 1:15.01, 10. Kianna Hinerman 1:29.95. Men: 9. Adam Walsh 1:03.52. 200-yard breaststroke Women: 4. Angela Smith 2:42.21, 5. MacKenzie Bilbrey 2:48.79. 100-yard butterfly Women: 3. Whitney Livesay 1:02.40, 7. Tessa Downs 1:15.52. Women’s time trial: 2. Whitney Livesay 1:02.78. 200-yard individual medley Women: 5. Whitney Livesay 2:20.48, 6. Angela Smith 2:23.33, 7. MacKenzie Bilbrey 2:34.53, 8. Tessa Downs 2:43.24. Men: 8. Adam Walsh 2:05.25, 9. Tanner Sechrist 2:07.47, 10. Ben Dorsett 2:10.80. 400-yard individual medley Women: 1. Kelly Smith 5:05.17, 2. Angela Smith 5:08.52. Men: 7. Tanner Sechrist 4:37.21. 200-yard freestyle relay Women: 3. Tabor 1:44.85, 5. Tabor 1:56.37. Men: 4. Tabor 1:30.33. 400-yard freestyle relay Women: 2. Tabor 3:52.33, 3. Tabor 4:28.72. Men: 4. Tabor 3:25.47. 800-yard freestyle relay Women: 2. Tabor 8:27.21, 4. Tabor 8:37.61. Men: 5. Tabor 7:45.52. 200-yard medley relay Women: 3. Tabor 1:59.69, 4. Tabor 2:15.17. Men: 6. Tabor 1:44.05. 400-yard medley relay Women: 2. Tabor 4:19.46, 3. Tabor 4:51.96. Men: 4. Tabor 3:57.54.

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TC softball 2-3 in first outing The Bluejays then lost, 62, to No. 5 Oklahoma City and finished the day with an The Tabor College softball team opened the season 8-0 loss to Our Lady of the Lake, a team receiving votes with two wins and three in the NAIA preseason Top losses at the Cowtown Classic in Texas Friday and 25 poll. Saturday, Tabor began Saturday. with an 8-1 loss to No. 11 Friday began with a 9-5 Belhaven. The Bluejays had victory over No. 18 seven hits in the game and University of HoustonVictoria. The Bluejays used scored their only run in the 13 hits and two errors in the top of the sixth inning. Tabor completed the outwin, taking the lead from the start with a five-run first ing with an 8-5 victory over Texas Wesleyan. The Rams inning. After Houstonscored two runs in the first Victoria tied the game by inning, but Tabor tied the the sixth inning, Tabor game with a pair of runs in scored four runs in the top the third. The Rams led, 4-3 of the seventh.

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after four innings, but Tabor used a four-run fifth inning to take the lead for good. Each team added a run in the sixth inning. Kellyn Holt and Sara Vela went 2-for-4 at-bat. Holt hit a triple. Vela hit a double and had two RBIs. Madison Tracy also doubled. Marilee Burge was the winning pitcher. Over seven innings, she gave up eight hits and five runs (four earned). She walked four batters and struck out two. Coming—Tabor (2-3) will compete at the Oklahoma Baptist tournament Friday and Saturday.

Insanity here, there, everywhere

technical foul I had ever given after the opening tipoff. As the Hutchinson SIDELINE player preSLANTS pared to shoot the Joe Kleinsasser technical free throws, the Winfield coach yelled, “So, is that all (the guff) you’re going to take tonight?” It was insane. However, after saying that, the coach stopped yelling and sat silently on the bench the rest of the game. It was amazing. But temporary insanity is the only explanation for his behavior at the start of the game. All of which brings us to the recent Super Bowl decision by the Seahawks to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, with one of the strangest coaching decisions I’ve witnessed as a sports fan. Rather than run the ball from the 1-yard line in the last 30 seconds with Marshawn Lynch or quarterback Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll decided to spring a surprise by throwing a short pass over the middle.

It seemed like an odd call to me and I wasn’t alone. Twitter blew up with all kinds of sports talk show hosts and former football players second-guessing the decision to pass the ball. You could argue that Carroll’s decision got New England coach Belichick off the hook. Because if the Seahawks had scored, Belichick would have been left to explain why he failed to use his two remaining timeouts in order to save some precious time for his offense in the last minute of the game. Ian O’Connor on ESPN.com wrote: “Instead of notarizing his standing as Belichick’s equal, Peter Clay Carroll made the dumbest and most damaging call in Super Bowl history.” That assessment is harsh, but it’s not without some merit. A lot of things can go wrong with a pass over the middle from the 1yard-line. The quarterback can get sacked or stripped of the ball. “And he can get outsmarted by an undrafted rookie out of West Alabama,” wrote O’Connor. Of course, a running back can also fumble, so there are no

different.” Moundridge increased its lead to 18-2 to start the n from Page 8A second quarter, but then the confidence in themselves.” Warriors found a spark. Kourtney Hansen led Kirsten Hansen drained a Marion with 15 points. three-pointer that ignited an Moundridge—The 11-0 Warrior run. Kourtney Warriors got off to a slow Hansen contributed six start in Tuesday’s 46-31 loss points to the rally, including to the fifth-ranked Wildcats. a basket that brought the The Wildcats’ leading Warriors within 18-13 with scorer, Ashley Holler, 3:01 left in the half. opened scoring with a threeMoundridge increased pointer, and Moundridge its lead to 11, but Kourtney built to an 8-0 lead. Marion Hansen scored the final two managed only one basket in baskets of the half to bring the period, made by Marion within 25-18. McKenzee Remmers at the “The girls hung in there, 2:43 mark. From there, with and I was really proud of Marion shooting 1-for-11 in them for doing that,” the opening quarter, the Robson said. “We got it back Wildcats increased their to seven at halftime. We lead to 14-2 by the end of it. really thought maybe we “I thought we had OK could get someplace from shots in the first quarter, there, and then we let them they just didn't go in,” coach stretch it back out again.” Kelly Robson said. “Then Kirsten Hansen cut the they started to go in. margin to four with a three Sometimes coming to a difto start the third quarter, ferent gym just is a little bit and Marion trailed, 27-23,

when Bailey Robson scored at 3:33. Moundridge scored its only three field goals of the quarter in succession at the end, though, to enjoy a 34-23 lead at the end of three. Holler extended the Wildcats’ lead with a threepoint play before Kourtney Hansen scored two baskets to cut the deficit to 10 with 4:34 to play. That was the closest Marion got, however, and the Warriors fell by 15. Holler led all scorers with 16 points. Kourtney Hansen led Marion with 14. “We know Moundridge is a very good team,” Robson said. “They've only lost two this year, and their two losses are to really good teams, so we knew this was going to be a difficult game for us.” Coming—Marion (2-6, 612) was scheduled to host Sedgwick Tuesday before traveling to Sedgwick for a rematch Feb. 24.

et me apologize in advance to any sane coaches who may be reading this column. But then, if you are as sane as you claim, why are you reading this column? When I officiated basketball, officials often joked that coaches are temporarily insane during games. Of course, most coaches are reasonable, rational and allaround good people before and after games, but during games their behavior is borderline insanity. Many years ago, as I walked onto the court at Hutchinson Sports Arena for a high school basketball game, a Winfield High School assistant coach said, “You may have to give our (head) coach an early one (technical) tonight. He’s not in a good mood.” Huh? That sounded odd. Turns out the assistant was right. The game was barely a minute old and the score was something like 4-2 when I heard the Winfield head coach yelling, “That’s a terrible call.” After another trip up and down the court, the coach resumed yelling, “That’s terrible!” That was enough for me, so I assessed the quickest

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AREA HOOPS ROUNDUP Canton-Galva—The Eagles lost two games at Remington Tuesday. The girls lost, 50-26. Zoe Unruh led the Eagles with 10 points. The boys lost, 57-47. Canton-Galva then lost twice at Hutchinson Trinity Friday. The girls lost, 38-21. Enns led the Eagles with 11 points. The boys lost, 50-45. The Eagles were scheduled to host Bennington Tuesday and will host Goessel Friday. Centre—The Cougars split games at Rural Vista Tuesday. The girls won, 4432. Shelby Makovec and Shelby Pankratz split top scoring honors with 14 points each. Lotti Benning had 11 rebounds. The boys lost, 55-43. Centre won one and lost one at Wakefield Friday. The girls won, 57-25. Shelby Makovec scored a gamehigh 19 points. Lotti Benning added 15 points and 17 rebounds. The boys lost, 53-27.

The Cougars will host Chase County Friday. Goessel—The Bluebirds swept Peabody Tuesday. The girls won, 50-13. The Bluebirds shot 42 percent from the field (21-50). Page Hiebert scored a game-high 16 points. The boys won, 5957, despite weathering a fourth-quarter Warrior rally. Goessel shot 44 percent from the field (23-52). Zach Wiens led the team with 30 points and 10 rebounds. Lawton Makovec added 23 points. Goessel split two games with Solomon Friday. The girls won, 54-33. Four Bluebirds scored in double figures, led by Aleena Cook with 12, Eden Hiebert and Alicen Meysing with 11 apiece and Page Hiebert with 10. The boys lost, 65-33. Lawton Makovec led the team with nine points. The Bluebirds were scheduled to host Udall Tuesday and will travel to Canton-Galva Friday.

Peabody-Burns—The Warriors lost two games at Goessel Tuesday. The girls lost 50-13. Nine of the Warriors’ points came from the charity stripe, as Peabody-Burns made just two field goals in 36 attempts. Rylie McDowell led the team with four points. The boys lost, 59-57, despite outscoring Goessel 17-11 in the final quarter. The Warriors shot 47 percent from the field (24-51), led by Braxton Kyle with 18 points. Kornelius Skotaam added 15, and Junior Edmondson 12. The Warriors then split games with Elyria Christian Friday. The girls lost, 43-32. The boys won, 5544. Kornelius Skotaam led all scorers with 16 points. Braxton Kyle added 13 points and Austin Reynolds 10. Peabody-Burns was scheduled to host Little River Tuesday and will play at Moundridge Friday.

SCORECARDS COLLEGE BASKETBALL KCAC BASKETBALL MEN

KCAC W L

Overall W L

Tabor Saint Mary Bethany Friends Southwestern Ottawa Sterling McPherson Bethel Kansas Wesleyan

13 12 11 9 8 8 8 5 3 3

16 20 19 12 18 15 13 9 9 5

3 4 5 7 8 8 8 11 13 13

11 7 8 15 9 10 14 19 19 23

Results for Saturday, Feb. 14 Tabor 81, Bethany 71 Saint Mary 84, Friends 69 McPherson 91, Southwestern 81 Sterling 81, Kansas Wesleyan 50 Ottawa 75, Bethel 61 Results for Thursday, Feb. 12 Tabor 88, Kansas Wesleyan 79 Bethany 69, Friends 54 Ottawa 80, McPherson 73 Bethel 67, Sterling 56 Saint Mary 82, Southwestern 76

KCAC BASKETBALL WOMEN

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Overall W L

Tabor Southwestern Kansas Wesleyan Friends Ottawa Sterling Bethel Saint Mary McPherson Bethany

13 12 11 10 10 8 6 5 3 2

17 18 19 18 14 11 9 8 4 3

3 4 5 6 6 8 10 11 13 14

11 8 8 10 12 16 16 17 24 25

Results for Saturday, Feb. 14 Tabor 69, Bethany 31 Southwestern 76, McPherson 68 Kansas Wesleyan 58, Sterling 47 Ottawa 61, Bethel 60 Saint Mary 68, Friends 65 Results for Thursday, Feb. 12 Tabor 53, Kansas Wesleyan 38 Friends 71, Bethany 62 Ottawa 70, McPherson 61 Sterling 84, Bethel 63 Southwestern 78, Saint Mary 51

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CENTRAL KANSAS BOYS League Overall W L W L Hesston 8 0 15 2 Pratt 7 1 9 7 Larned 5 3 12 5 Haven 4 4 10 7 Sterling 4 4 10 7 Kingman 5 3 8 9 Hillsboro 3 5 9 8 Halstead 3 5 5 12 Lyons 3 5 7 10 Smoky Valley 3 5 5 11 Hoisington 2 6 7 10 Nickerson 1 7 2 14 Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Kingman 46, Hillsboro 41 Smoky Valley 59, Halstead 51 Hesston 53, Haven 34 Lyons 58, Hoisington 40 Larned 63, Sterling 55, OT Pratt 64, Nickerson 43 Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Hoisington 51, Hillsboro 43 Sterling 44, Halstead 41 Hesston 64, Lyons 38 Kingman 59, Haven 47 Nickerson 50, Smoky Valley 45 Larned 45, Pratt 40

Kingman 46, Hillsboro 41 Feb. 13 at Brown Gymnasium Kingman (8-9) Hillsboro (9-8)

10 12

11 17 12 8

8—46 9—42

KINGMAN: J. Claycomb 2, C. New 3, B. Bradshaw 11, L. Adelhardt 7, W. Carson 11, T. Garrison 10, P. Maloney 2. Totals: 20-48 (214) 4-8 46. HILLSBORO: E. Werth 9, G. Knoll 2, D. Dick 3, A. Cross 9, B. Vogt 2, J. Funk 4, P. Loewen 2, M. Allen 10. Totals: 17-36 (6-18) 1-4 41. Rebounds: Kingman 24, Hillsboro 20 (Werth, Knoll 2, Dick, Cross 3, Vogt, Funk, Loewen, Allen 6, Team 4), Hoisington 28. Assists: Kingman 8, Hillsboro 13 (Werth 2, Knoll 4, Dick 2, Vogt 2, Funk, Allen 2). Steals: Kingman 10, Hillsboro 6 (Werth, Knoll, Cross, Funk, Allen 2). Turnovers: Kingman 8, Hillsboro 15 (Werth 2, Knoll 4, Dick, Cross 2, Vogt, Loewen 2, Allen 3). Total fouls: Kingman 11, Hillsboro 12. Fouled out: None.

Hoisington 51, Hillsboro 43 Feb. 10 at Hoisington Hillsboro (9-7) Hoisington (7-9)

11 16

11 12 9—43 10 14 11—51

HILLSBORO: E. Werth 2, G. Knoll 5, A. Cross 9, B. Vogt 6, J. Funk 1, M. Allen 20. Totals: 14-35 (5-17) 10-13 43. HOISINGTON: B. Donovan 1, S. Owen 9, T. Specht 2, S. Dolechek 13, C. Crawford 5, G. Dolechek 6, C. Wright 10, R. Broeder 5. Totals: 20-46 (2-8) 9-20 51. Rebounds: Hillsboro 24 (Knoll 2, Dick 4, Miller, Cross 6, Vogt, Funk, Loewen, Allen 5, Team 3), Hoisington 28. Assists: Hillsboro 6 (Werth, Knoll, Dick 2, Loewen, Allen), Hoisington 10. Steals: Hillsboro 3 (Werth, Cross, Vogt), Hoisington 6. Turnovers: Hillsboro 15 (Knoll 2, Dick 2, Vogt 3, Funk, Loewen, Allen 6), Hoisington 9. Total fouls: Hillsboro 19, Hoisington 16. Fouled out: Cross.

CENTRAL KANSAS GIRLS League Overall W L W L Hesston 8 0 17 0 Lyons 7 1 15 2 Pratt 6 2 13 4 Sterling 6 2 13 4 Hillsboro 5 3 8 9 Kingman 4 4 12 5 Hoisington 4 4 7 10 Smoky Valley 4 4 5 11 Haven 3 5 9 8 Halstead 2 6 5 12 Larned 0 8 2 15 Nickerson 0 8 0 17 Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Hesston 40, Haven 26 Hillsboro 42, Kingman 41 Lyons 61, Hoisington 28 Pratt 71, Nickerson 17 Smoky Valley 41, Halstead 36 Sterling 63, Larned 30 Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Hillsboro 43, Hoisington 39 Sterling 59, Halstead 19 Hesston 48, Lyons 40 Kingman 48, Haven 40 Smoky Valley 52, Nickerson 25 Pratt 53, Larned 44

9, A. Demel 3, E. Harmon 9, M. Jones 14. Totals: 14-46 (2-4) 9-12 39. Rebounds: Hillsboro 27 (Sechrist 5, Franz 2, Proffitt, Heinrichs 4, Kaufman, Linnens, Ratzlaff 4, Team 9), Hoisington 27. Assists: Hillsboro 6 (Sechrist, Franz, Heinrichs, Weber 2, Linnens), Hoisington 7. Steals: Hillsboro 8 (Sechrist, Proffit, Heinrichs 2, Weber 4), Hoisington 6. Turnovers: Hillsboro 14 (Sechrist 2, Franz 2, Proffitt 2, Heinrichs, Weber, Linnens 2, Ratzlaff 4), Hoisington 15. Total fouls: Hillsboro 16, Hoisington 12. Fouled out: Ratzlaff.

HEART OF AMERICA BOYS League W L Berean Acad. 7 1 Bennington 7 1 Hutch Trinity 6 2 Sedgwick 4 3 Moundridge 3 4 Ell-Saline 3 4 Remington 3 5 Inman 2 6 Marion 2 6 Canton-Galva 1 7

Overall W L 15 3 14 3 9 9 6 10 10 6 8 8 7 10 4 13 4 14 8 9

Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Ell-Saline 55, Marion 40 Bennington 60, Berean 51 Hutch Trinity 50, Canton-Galva 45 Moundridge 65, Remington 50 Sedgwick 47, Inman 39 Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Moundridge 52, Marion 30 Remington 57, Canton-Galva 47 Berean 67, Sedgwick 40 Ell-Saline 49, Inman 42 Hutch Trinity 49, Bennington 46 Berean 51, Chase Co. 32 (Feb. 9)

Ell-Saline 45, Marion 40 Feb. 13 at Ell-Saline Marion (4-14) Ell-Saline (8-8)

9 18

9 12 10—40 13 6 8—45

MARION: M. Pedersen 14, P. Heidebrecht 1, B. Voth 10, N. Stuchlik 6, J. Baldwin 9. Totals: 15-41 (2-6) 8-11 40. Rebounds: Marion 23 (Z. Stuchlik 1, Pippin 3, Voth 3, N. Stuchlik 9, J. Baldwin 7). Assists: Marion 4 (Pedersen, Heidebrecht 2, J. Baldwin). Steals: Marion 6 (Pedersen 2, Pippin, Voth, J. Baldwin 2). Turnovers: Marion 10 (Pederson 4, Voth, N. Stuchlik, J. Baldwin 4).

Moundridge 52, Marion 30 Feb. 10 at Moundridge Marion (4-13) Moundridge (9-6)

4 6

9 10 7—30 22 10 14—52

MARION: M. Pedersen 5, P. Heidebrecht 1, D. Pippin 3, N. Baldwin 4, B. Voth 4, J. Baldwin 13. Totals: 9-40 (1-3) 11-15 30. Rebounds: Marion 19 (Pederson 2, Heidebrecht, Pippin 4, Voth 4, J. Baldwin 8). Assists: Marion 5 (Pedersen, Voth 2, J. Baldwin 2). Steals: Marion 6 (Heidebrecht 2, Pippin 2, J. Baldwin 2). Turnovers: Marion 17 (Pederson 4, Heidebrecht 3, Pippin, N. Baldwin, Voth 4, J. Baldwin 4).

HEART OF AMERICA GIRLS League W L Moundridge 8 0 Remington 7 1 Hutch Trinity 6 2 Berean Acad. 5 3 Bennington 3 5 Inman 3 5 Canton-Galva 2 5 Marion 2 6 Sedgwick 1 6 Ell-Saline 1 7

Overall W L 15 2 13 4 11 7 12 6 10 7 8 9 8 9 6 12 7 10 6 10

Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Ell-Saline 41, Marion 36 Berean 56, Bennington 44 Hutch Trinity 38, Canton-Galva 21 Inman 37, Sedgwick 16 Moundridge 42, Remington 37 Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Moundridge 46, Marion 31 Remington 50, Canton-Galva 26 Sedgwick 44, Berean 33 Hutch Trinity 40, Bennington 30 Inman 34, Ell-Saline 24 Berean 54, Chase Co. 46 (Feb. 9)

Ell-Saline 41, Marion 36 Feb. 13 at Ell-Saline Marion (6-12) Ell-Saline (6-10)

14 11

7 7 8—36 7 12 11—41

MARION: Ko. Hansen 15, Ki. Hansen 3, M. Mermis 4, E. Hess 4, B. Robson 4, J. Hall 4, E. Meyer 2. Totals: 14-40 (1-5) 7-14 36. Rebounds: Marion 22 (Remmers, Ko. Hansen 7, Ki. Hansen 3, Mermis, Hess, Robson 2, Hall 4, Meyer, Herzet 2). Assists: Marion 8 (Ko. Hansen 2, Ki. Hansen 3, Mermis, Hess, Meyer). Steals: Marion 12 (Ko. Hansen, Ki. Hansen 6, Mermis 3, Hess, Hall). Turnovers: Marion 25 (Remmers, Ko. Hansen 2, Ki. Hansen 2, Mermis 4, Hess 7, Hall 7, Meyer, Herzet). Total fouls: Marion 20. Fouled out: Robson.

Moundridge 46, Marion 31 Feb. 10 at Moundridge Marion (6-11) Moundridge (14-2)

2 14

16 11

5 8—31 9 12—46

MARION: Remmers 2, Ko. Hansen 14, Ki. Hansen 6, M. Mermis 1, B. Robson 4, J. Hall 4. Totals: 14-40 (2-9) 1-5 31. Rebounds: Marion 26 (Ko. Hansen 7, Ki. Hansen 3, Mermis, Hess, Robson 8, Hall 5, Herzet). Assists: Marion 6 (Ko. Hansen 3, Ki. Hansen, Hess, Hall). Steals: Marion 7 (Ko. Hansen 3, Ki. Hansen, Mermis, Hess, Hall). Turnovers: Marion 17 (Remmers 2, Ko. Hansen 4, Ki. Hansen, Hess, Robson 3, Hall 6). Total fouls: Marion 16, Moundridge 14. Fouled out: None.

WHEAT STATE BOYS Solomon Wakefield

League W L 7 0 6 1

Overall W L 13 4 15 3

Little River Peabody-Burns Rural Vista* Goessel Elyria Christian Centre

3 3 3 2 1 1

3 3 4 5 6 6

9 6 8 6 3 2

8 11 9 11 14 15

*Hope/White City

Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Solomon 65, Goessel 33 Peabody-Burns 55, Elyria 44 Wakefield 53, Centre 27 Little River 55, Rural Vista 23 Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Goessel 59, Peabody-Burns 57 Wakefield 57, Solomon 47 Little River 46, Elyria 40 Rural Vista 55, Centre 43

WHEAT STATE GIRLS League W L Goessel 7 0 Centre 6 1 Rural Vista* 5 2 Elyria Christian 4 3 Solomon 3 4 Little River 2 4 Wakefield 1 6 Peabody-Burns 0 6

Overall W L 14 3 14 2 9 7 10 7 6 11 2 15 3 15 3 14 *Hope/White City

Results for Friday, Feb. 13 Goessel 54, Solomon 33 Peabody-Burns 55, Elyria 44 Centre 57, Wakefield 25 Rural Vista def. Little River Results for Tuesday, Feb. 10 Goessel 50, Peabody-Burns 13 Centre 44, Rural Vista 32 Elyria 44, Little River 19 Solomon 56, Wakefield 44

BOWLING HILLSBORO MONDAY (Feb. 2) Team results HCH&C, 4-0 High game: Dwight Johnson...................223 High series: Dwight Johnson ..................566 Hillsboro State Bank, 0-3 High game: Virginia Martens ..................167 High series: Virginia Martens..................460 State Farm, 1-3 High game: Karen Benda ......................183 High series: Karen Benda.......................444 ASAP, 3-1 High game: Kathy Woelk.........................180 High series: Kathy Woelk, Bob Woelk ....483 Elcon, 4-0 High game: Dennis Penner.....................203 High series: Dennis Penner ....................519 The Dudes, 0-4 High game: Clint Seibel...........................194 High series: Clint Seibel ..........................523 Central National Bank, 4-0 High game: Joyce Medley.......................163 High series: Joyce Medley ......................458 Real Estate Center, 0-4 High game: John Dalke...........................145 High series: John Dalke ..........................398 Team standings W L Elcon............................................66.5 ....17.5 State Farm ....................................50 .......30 ASAP ............................................42 .......42 Real Estate Center.......................41 .......43 HCH&C .......................................40.5 ....43.5 Hillsboro State Bank.....................35 .......49 Central National Bank ..................31 .......53 The Dudes ....................................29 .......55 Top scores - women Individ. hi game (scratch), Karen Benda .....183 Individ. hi series (hdcp), Kathy Woelk..........483 Top scores - men Individ. hi game (scratch), D. Johnson........223 Individ. hi series (hdcp), D. Johnson ............566 MARION GUTTER-DUSTERS (Feb. 4) Team standings W L Robinson Trucking ......................60.5 ....27.5 Marion National Bank...................54 .......34 Cardie Oil ......................................48 .......40 Central National Bank ..................46 .......42 SherBowl Lanes..........................45.5 ....42.5 Team results Cardie Oil 3, SherBowl Lanes 1 Robinson Trucking 3, Central Nat’l Bank 1 Marion Nat’l Bank 4, Bye 0 Top scores Team scratch game, Robinson Trucking ....794 Team scratch series, Robinson Trckg .....2,167 Team hdcp game, Central Nat’l Bank......1,075 Team hdcp series, Cardie Oil...................3,013 Men’s scratch game, Charlie Svoboda.......179 Men’s scratch series, Martin Holler.............469 Men’s hdcp game, Mervin Lare...................233 Men’s hdcp series, Devin Hamm ................616 Women’s scratch game, Danyal Hamm .....186 Women’s scratch series, Janell Holter........496 Women’s hdcp game, Shawn Voth .............240 Women’s hdcp series, Janell Holter............661 MARION MONDAY NIGHT (Feb. 2) Team standings W L Willy J’s 9th Lane..........................57 .......31 Hot Flash.......................................50 .......38 D&J Liquor ....................................49 .......39 Marion Mfg....................................49 .......39 Tampa State Bank........................46 .......42 Momma & Her Boys.....................46 .......42 Central National Bank ..................45 .......43 Team results Central Nat’l Bank 4, Blind 0 Momma & Her Boys 3, Willy J’s 9th Lane 1 Marion Mfg. 4, Hot Flash 0 D&J Liquor 3, Tampa State Bank 1 Top scores Team scratch game, Willy J’s 9th Lane. .....899 Team scratch series, Willy J’s 9th Lane...2,480 Team hdcp game, Momma & Boys ........1,101 Team hdcp series, D&J Liquor ................3,074 Men’s scratch game, Mike Woodward ........241 Men’s scratch series, Ron Kreutziger .........597 Men’s hdcp game, Mike Woodward............272 Men’s hdcp series, Don Druse....................667 Women’s scratch game, Whitney Rudolph.188 Women’s scratch series, Kathy Bernhardt..489 Women’s hdcp game, Whitney Rudolph.....262 Women’s hdcp series, Whitney Rudolph ....690

Hillsboro 42, Kingman 41 Feb. 13 at Brown Gymnasium Kingman (12-5) Hillsboro (8-9)

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KINGMAN: A. DeWeese 2, S. Smith 16, B. Bangert 10, S. Bangert 8, M. Theis 5. Totals: 15-48 (4-15) 7-15 41. HILLSBORO: T. Proffitt 9, D. Heinrichs 4, R, Kaufman 2, C. Linnens 2, A. Ratzlaff 25. Totals: 17-43 (6-20) 2-5 42. Rebounds: Kingman 31, Hillsboro 26 (Sechrist 2, Proffitt 4, Kaufman, Weber, Linnens 5, Ratzlaff 6, Team 6). Assists: Kingman 9, Hillsboro 8 (Sechrist, Proffitt, Kaufman, Heinrichs, Weber, Ratzlaff 3). Steals: Kingman 9, Hillsboro 7 (Proffit, Weber, Linnens, Ratzlaff 4). Turnovers: Kingman 19, Hillsboro 22 (Sechrist 2, Merrell 2, Proffitt 6, Heinrichs, Kaufman 2, Weber 2, Linnens, Ratzlaff 5, Team 1). Total fouls: Kingman 12, Hillsboro 13. Fouled out: None.

Hillsboro 43, Hoisington 39 Feb. 10 at Hoisington Hillsboro (7-9) Hoisington (7-9)

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HILLSBORO: A. Sechrist 2, M. Franz 2, T. Proffitt 14, D. Heinrichs 4, R, Kaufman 3, A. Ratzlaff 18. Totals: 16-40 (4-12) 7-8 43. HOISINGTON: K. Schremmer 4, J. Pedigo

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Hilliard signs for Tabor football Hillsboro High School senior Justus Hilliard signed a letter of intent Wednesday to play football this fall for Tabor College. Seated with him are parents Brenda and Gary Hilliard. Behind them are Lance Sawyer (left), HHS head football coach, and Mike Gardner, TC head coach. Hilliard was named to the Central Kansas League first team as a defensive back and received honorable mention as a running back. In his senior season he stepped into the quarterback role for the first time, rushing for 1,024 yards and 15 touchdowns and passing for 784 yards and seven touchdowns. Hilliard averaged just over 200 yards total offense per game. Defensively, he led the Trojans with four interceptions for 81 yards return yards and one touchdown. He was second in total tackles with 58.

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it. Instead of K2 P2, it said funny things like SSK, P2tog, and SKW. Back to YouTube I went. By now, I was getting faster, and thought I might have time to make one for myself. The siren song of lace tickled my needles, and I set off on a pattern for a lace beanie. I kid you knot (haha), the angels sang. I got lace! I can understand this! Wow! Then some well-meaning friends persuaded me to join Ravelry, the online knitting and crocheting community. New worlds of possibility opened for me, and they didn’t need to include the word easy. Off I went. Now it wasn’t enough to try new patterns, I wanted

of the Trojans’ 11 points to close the gap to 28-25 by quarter’s end. As the fourth quarter began, Ratzlaff scored Hillsboro’s next nine points, including a three-point basket at the 4:18 mark that gave the Trojans their first

lead of the night at 33-32. Ratzlaff picked up her fourth foul shortly thereafter and returned to the bench. Hoisington responded with a three-point basket, but senior guard Tara Proffitt matched it nine seconds later to put Hillsboro back on top. When the

to try more yarns. Good old Red Heart just wouldn’t cut the mustard anymore. Off I went to the yarn shop. I’ll admit it, I’m dangerous in there. At this rate, I’ve got enough projects in my queue to last me till next Christmas. Must knit faster. Even my hubby doesn’t mind. He says he’d rather I spend money on yarn that I can put away in a box than on critters that we have to keep feeding. And his head stays nice and warm too, which can’t hurt. So, if at first you don’t succeed—or even if you make a terrible mess of something—try, try again. Maybe something will strike you just right and you’ll have a brand new talent. Gotta run for now. I really need to finish that last scarf so I can start a new shawl.

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Cardinals scored with 3:01 to go, Proffitt hit a key shot at the 2:00 mark for a 39-37 lead. Ratzlaff returned to the game at that point, but her scoring skills weren’t needed this time. Darcy Heinrichs hit a huge basket on an inbounds play with 58 seconds left for a 41-37 lead.

1332 40th, Peabody, KS - An 8.8 Acre Ranchette. Features great country home, brome hay fields, cable horse pens, barn with tack room, pole shed & shop. The good 3 bedroom, plus full basement house, shows the best in well-planned remodeling with outstanding care & upkeep. The total package can’t be any better! See www.leppke.com for pictures. Call 620-947-3995 for a personal viewing appointment. PRICE: $189,000.00

FEATURED LISTINGS 116 N. Madison, Hillsboro Cute 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath home located close to schools. Main floor includes eat-in kitchen, living room with hardwood flooring, 2 bedrooms, full bath & laundry area. Full, unfinished basement. Screened in porch, detached garage plus a shed in back. Composite shingles only 5 years old & updated windows. Great starter home or rental! $65,000.00 702 S. Lincoln, Hillsboro Just the right place for your family! More space than meets the eye, this house includes 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, main floor laundry, kitchen, dining and living room. The partial basement family room or bedroom with egress window expands the living space. Quiet neighborhood and a spacious back yard. Come see to appreciate a good home at an affordable price! $79,000.00 229 WEST 5th, FLORENCE, This wonderful, 9 room, well-kept, historic house is ready to become the home of the next appreciative individual or family. It combines grace and elegance, simplicity & a regal air. Each of the 4 floors, from the native stone basement to the large storage attic, feature an open SE corner turret space & view. The 1st & 2nd floor are connected by an eye-catching, original staircase. You’ll love the hardwood floors, built-in etched glass bookcase alongside the working fireplace, built-in china cabinet & more. See www.leppke.com for pics! PRICE: $93,500.00

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Goessel faces $20,638 cut this spring BY

CYNTHIA GOERZEN

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The Goessel school board heard during its Feb. 9 meeting about more cuts in K-12 education being proposed by Gov. Sam Brownback and the Kansas Legislature. The board heard that $20,638 likely will have to be chopped out of the current school year’s budget. That would be in addition to cuts that have already been made. Superintendent John Fast said weighted funding for low-income school districts might be discontinued. Goessel is considered a lowincome school district. Fast said there is talk of public schools having to apply for block grants; the grants would be connected to student success rates. But no one seems to know what that success rate would be or how it would be measured. The board noted that the state cut teachers’ paychecks by 1 percent, beginning Jan. 1. That action was taken by the state, not by local school boards. The board also noted there is a state bill that would limit negotiation discussions with teachers strictly to salary. The board noted that the legislature is proposing up to 70 percent in tax credits for private schools. Board chair Dan Miller said, “It appears that there is a dismantling of public education.... We need to promote public education.... What can we do to be involved in our own destiny? It will take all of us.” The board also discussed the bill introduced in the Legislature to

move school board elections to fall instead of spring, which would make school boards politically partisan boards. Board members said that is not in the best interest of the community or the students. They also noted that new board members would be joining at an inconvenient time in the school budget year. As it is now, new board members join in the summer when they have time to begin understanding the budget and other board issues before the school year begins. Joining other schools in voicing opposition to the election date change proposal, the school board adopted a resolution against fall elections. They voted to send an email to the state regarding that matter. Fast said that more than 100 other schools had already passed a resolution. Fast said he plans to provide more information for the public to help them understand the situation. Other business In other business, the board: n heard a teacher presentation from Curtis Guhr, who is the high school health, physical education, and driver education teacher. He also coaches basketball and track. Guhr showed a clay model he had made of the human skeletal system, and he showed a model that a student is making. Each student in one of his classes is making a model, and Guhr said they named their models. He said the “hands-on” opportunity helps the students understand. “It’s been really enjoyable,” Guhr

said. Miller affirmed him: n commended Guhr for his leadership as chairman of the school’s wellness program. n heard from Scott Boden, junior/senior high school principal, that the response by students and teachers to the new classrooms has been positive. “Students appreciate the additional space,” he said. n heard from Boden that the new access control entry system at the high school is in operation and is working smoothly. n heard that the old shop will likely be dismantled by the end of the month. n learned that paint booth ventilation is still in progress in the new construction/remodeling project. n learned that the grade school students will see the Wichita Children's Theater production of “Miss Nelson is Missing” Feb. 27. The trip will be paid for mostly with box-top money. n heard that the grade school music program will be Feb. 19. n heard of numerous high school activities that were coming up. n discussed required testing. Boden said some challenges and frustrations have surfaced. He hopes all the testing technology will work. n heard from Boden that school improvement day on Jan. 19 “was very productive.” Guhr provided training for first aid that day. n heard that school counselor Janna Duerksen provided training for state assessments tests, and there

CORRECTION Heidi Lee-Ryder’s name was misspelled in the Hillsboro Middle School honor roll that appeared in last week’s issue.

ALEEN RATZLAFF

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really enjoy it,” Yoder said. Other business In other business, the board: n reviewed a draft of the 2015-16 calendar. Action will be taken at the March meeting. n approved a resolution asking the Kansas Legislature to make no changes in local school board elections. A bill is being considered that would move elections to November and make them partisan. n reviewed a revised vehicle-replacement plan for this year that would involve fixing the mini-bus, which needs a new engine, rather than purchasing a new bus. n appointed Carla Harmon as the USD 410 Food Service representative. n accepted the resignation of Amy Plett, middle school secretary. n approved a temporary employment status work agreement for John McMinn as mechanic oncall. n heard from Noble regarding the Coalition of Innovative Districts, which gives a percentage of districts freedom and flexibility from some state regulations in order to improve student achievement. One example Noble cited could be using ACT rather than state assessments. “I don’t want to doubletest students,” he said. Noble said he planned to talk with district teachers about CID and possibly bring a proposal back to the board for a vote.

The impact on USD 410’s budget of Gov. Sam Brownback’s recently announced school funding cuts took center focus at the Board of Education’s Feb. 9 regular meeting. “This is an adversarial governor toward public education,” Superintendent Steve Noble said about Brownback’s management of the state’s finances. The worse-case scenario, Noble said, would result in $182,000 in cuts and delayed payments for the current fiscal year for USD 410. The cuts will diminish the district’s projected operating reserves, Noble said, and likely require significant budget changes for 2016. Noble said the goal would be to make those reductions in equipment and supplies rather than cutting personnel. On a brighter note, Title 1 teacher Ellynne Wiebe and principal Evan Yoder presented Lexia Reading Core5, a new intervention strategy being used at Hillsboro Elementary School. “I see it as an enhancen See Cut, Page 13A ment for what we already have (in the current reading program),” Yoder said, adding that the intervention was implemented about two weeks ago. Designed to meet benchhonor a Kansas music stu“However, only the high- marks for the Common dent can receive,” said Julia est-ranking 15 musicians of Core, the program provides Miller, vocal music instruceach voice-part judged at individualized instruction tor at Marion. the KMEA area competivia the computer for 47 HES The competitive process tions, which included over students, kindergarten to be selected began with 2,000 (auditioning students), through fifth grade. South Central KMEA audiqualify to perform in the “It seems like the kids tions at Andover Central KMEA All-State Choir,” High School in November. Miller said. Kjellin, along with 800 Not only was Kjellin the other students in the region, only Marion vocalist to be were asked to perform selected, he was one of only selected music for a panel of three students in the 10judges, who then ranked school Heart of America each voice part based on the league to receive the high student’s performance. honor, making him one of Adam Kjellin, MHS junior From this ranking, 160 the best 64 tenors in the musicians advanced to sing Harris, Molly Hess, Quinton state of Kansas, according Hett and Kjellin—were in a district-wide choral to Miller. selected to perform with 160 workshop. Five students As a member of the state from Marion High School— of the best singers in south choir, Kjellin will particicentral Kansas Dec. 6. Nathan Baldwin, Shyla pate in three days of rehearsals led by nationally recognized conductor Brad Holmes, director of choir programs at Millikin COURTESY PHOTO BY DALE WIENS University in Decatur, Ill., during the KMEA state conGoessel High School students Zach Wiens, Leighton Wagvention Feb. 26-28 at ner and Lauren Hiebert performed at the Class 1A regional Century II in Wichita. piano contest in Lindsborg Feb. 7. Wiens and Wagner reThe concert will be at ceived 1 ratings and will move on to the state contest at 1:15 p.m. Feb. 28 in the concert hall. Tickets are $7 and Wichita State University Feb. 14. The piano instructor is Cynthia Goerzen from Goessel. School music department will be handled through support was provided by Scott Taylor. WichitaTIX.

Kjellin picked for KMEA All-State Choir Adam Kjellin, a junior at Marion High School, is among 256 students selected from a field of more than 2,000 to perform later this month in the Kansas Music Educators Association AllState Choir. “All-State is the highest

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GHS pianists compete at regionals

HHS senior earns a ‘1’ at regionals Hillsboro High School senior Claire Heyen received a “1” rating at the Regional Piano Festival at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Feb. 7. Heyen has qualified for the state festival Feb. 21 at Wichita State University.

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things, the family is asking the public for help. “We wore one coat when n from Page 1A we left and the rest of our no determination was made clothes were in the house,” she said. on how or what started the Her son has a size 32-inch fire. waist and 34 to 36-inch inNothing was left inside seam. He is 6 feet 4 inches the home, but the roof and tall, she said. walls were still standing, Schaefer’s daughter Regnier said. wears a size 7 in pants and Schaefer had a metal medium shirts, skirts and roof, which Regnier said dresses. trapped the heat inside “I have a 29-inch waist causing excessive damage. “It made (putting out the and 34-inch inseam,” she said. fire) much more difficult,” T-shirts can be a men’s he added. medium or woman’s large. In the aftermath She said she also likes longSchaefer said there was nothing left and that every- sleeved T-shirts. “I am almost 5 feet 10 thing was lost in the fire, ininches tall and wear a size 5 cluding two cats that were considered members of the in jeans,” she added. Regarding furniture or family. COURTESY PHOTO other items, Schaefer said it “Thank God a couple of These Hillsboro FFA members competed in the Job Interview and Ag Communications career development events Feb. will need to wait until they boys went in the yard and 6 in Arkansas City: (from left) SaRae Roberts, Kyle Unruh, Jordyn Siebert, Riley Loewen and Hannah Bartel. heard our two pomeranians find a new place to live. “Everything is up in the and two chows barking outair, and (the fire marshal) side,” she said. won’t let me go into the They grabbed them and house yet,” she said. took them to safety . Siebert prepared a 60-secthank-you letter. Unruh Job Interview contest. Five members of the Schaefer said her insurSchaefer said she found Contestants had to prepare placed third overall and will ond video and Loewen Hillsboro High School FFA ance company has its own out later from firefighters advances to the state compe- designed a poster. and submit a cover letter chapter participated in the that if those boys hadn’t got investigator covering the The topic for the event tition. Roberts placed ninth. Job Interview and Ag Com- and resume prior to the bases. was the global food system. the dogs, they would have Hannah Bartel, Jordyn munications career develop- event. “Becky Walsh, my State likely succumbed to the Bartel placed seventh Siebert and Riley Loewen At the contest members ment events in Arkansas Farm agent, has been wonsmoke, which was blowing completed a job application, competed in the Ag Commu- overall, Jordyn was second City Feb. 6. derful,” she said. “Everyin that direction. individually and the team interviewed with a business nications event. Bartel Kyle Unruh and SaRae body that has been in or The family had just been placed second overall. wrote a press release. person and then wrote a Roberts participated in the around the house told me on the road about 30 minutes Friday afternoon when it’s just a shell and that the supporting wall is all that’s Schaefer said she got a call much use. The sale was Community College since n approved the 2015-16 left.” on her cell phone. A friend scheduled for Feb. 14. Goessel has students school calendar. Teachers Until something like this asked where she was, what n heard a Marion involved at both schools. had been given an opportuhappens, Schaefer said, she she was doing, and if she n from Page 12A County Special Education nity to give their input. Fast However, Hutchinson’s knew her house was on fire. didn’t realize she could lose would be time Feb. 11 for spring break likely will be a Cooperative report from said they preferred a twoeverything in a matter of “A lot of people were state assessment planning. board member Kelly week later. week break at Christmas minutes. talking to me the night of n heard that Gayle Voth instead of a week and a half. Booton. He said the MCSEC the fire,” she said, “and it’s n approved agriculture “I can’t believe how will be ending her long education items for disposal board reviewed the audit Spring break will be the much stuff I need to think all a big blur. “So many career as Kinder Haus prereport and some schools had phone calls, texts, messages of and will need,” she said. by sale. Fast said the ag same time as other Marion school teacher. Rachel some para changes. department is planning to County schools because of Thankful on Facebook—my mind was Boden will become the new special education. n heard from board assign prices for some Schaefer said she is spinning. I couldn’t answer teacher and is looking into a member Darla Meysing that anybody.” Fast said he tried to coor- items, and some would be thankful to all the firemen, different location for the sold by silent auction. Some there were no changes with dinate schedules with emergency medical personAll gone preschool. The Learning Consortium. items were old and showed Newton and Hutchinson nel and volunteers. Gina, and her two chil“I think all the firefightdren, Andrew, 20, and Elizaers from Marion, Florence beth, 14, only have a few and Hillsboro are heroes,” articles of clothing left. came to rest on its passenger side. Howdeshell, was parked in the insurance. Jana Dalke, 37, Jessi Dalke, 11, Eli Goessel High School parking lot Jessica Pankratz, 25, Hillsboro, she said. “They couldn’t She said she hasn’t Dalke, 10, and Emery Dalke, 7, were when it was hit by a 1995 Ford F15 abuse of a child, battery. save my house, but they started itemizing the conpassengers in the vehicle. Deputy Richard Pope, 31, Newton, pro- pickup driven by Jordan O. n from Page 3A made sure the fire didn’t go tents of her home yet beTravis Wilson investigated. Schmucker, 16, Moundridge, who bation violation. At 10:02 p.m. Feb. 11, Cassanleft the location. After finding a Jack Hill, 66, Atlanta, mistreatChris Lieder, 25, Wichita, probacause she is trying to accept anywhere else.” dra Linn McPhail, 19, Marion, was different parking space, he came ment of a dependent adult. tion violation. Anyone interested in dowhat happened to her. driving a 2001 Pontiac Grand Am back to make a report. Deputy Accidents Shane Mascareno, 45, Heringsouthbound in the 1300 block of InTravis Wilson investigated. At 4:15 p.m. Feb. 3, Andrea M. nating clothes or offering “We got some toiletries ton, court commit. digo at a high rate of speed. She At 8:15 p.m. Feb. 7, Twilla F. Jones, 27, Chapman, was stopped Jean Luc Taylor, 23, McPherson, other help is encouraged to (Monday), and I am plancame up behind a 2014 Mini on U.S. Highway 56 at Falcon in the Baker, 73, Lincolnville, was driving court commit. ning to get a few outfits this contact Lori Kelsey, Marion Cooper driven by Kathy L. Woelk, driving lane in a 2006 Saturn Ion. a 2009 Smart Fortwo northbound Melinda Dougherty, 26, Flo56, Hillsboro, and started to pass James Dean Navrat, 67, Lehigh, on U.S. Highway 56 at milepost rence, conspiracy to aggravated postmaster, or Denise Crabb week,” she said. while reading messages on her was driving a 2012 Nissan Versa 310. A white passenger vehicle battery, theft. at St. Luke Hospital. But other than those few phone. She didn't see a northcoming up behind Jones. He didn't went to pass, and as there was

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Richard Litton, 29, Wichita, probation violation. Ashley Kelly, 24, Dodge City, rape, sodomy, exploitation of a child. Mari Belifuss, 27, Florence, disorderly conduct, battery on law enforcement officer. Marcus Devore, 32, Winfield, failure to appear. Joseph Jones, 21, Park City, court commit. Kenneth Newell, 47, Marion, rape, aggravated indecent liberties, housed at McPherson County Jail. New arrests Zackery Bruce, 21, Marion, possession of marijuana. John Hodge, 30, Marion, possession of marijuana, no insurance, driving restrictions. Todd Redger, 34, Lehigh, driving while suspended, illegal tag. Maricella Lopez, 27, Louisville, Ky., driving while suspended, illegal tag. Chase Hanson, 20, Olathe, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia. Cody Riffel, 23, Woodbine, failure to appear for court commit. Malachi Hunsucker, 18, Newton, rape. Douglas Eden, 32, Peabody, violation of a protection from abuse order, criminal trespass, stalking, assault, disorderly conduct. Cyle Wilson, 21, Marion, court commit. Kendall Hein, 40, Marion, driving under the influence. Beretta Janzen, 18, Marion, possession of paraphernalia. Daniel Kyle, 52, Florence, driving while suspended, no proof of

realize her vehicle was stopped and as he attempted to maneuver around, she turned left in front of him and the vehicles hit in the intersection. Sierra Jones, 3, was a passenger in the Saturn. Deputy M.E. Ottensmeier investigated. At 12:01 a.m. Feb. 4, Amber Renee Litton, 30, Peabody, was driving a 2003 Toyota Camry northbound on Locust Street when a deer came out of the west ditch and ran into the rear passenger door of the vehicle. Deputy Travis Wilson investigated. At 7 p.m. Feb. 6, a 2008 Ford Edge, owned by Justin Wayne

other southbound traffic in the area, it clipped the front fender and door of the first vehicle as it re-entered the northbound lane. The white vehicle did not stop. Deputy M.E. Ottensmeier investigated. At 3 p.m. Feb. 8, Dale B. Dalke, 41, Hillsboro, was driving a 2007 Ford EC3 van south on Indigo near 70th. As the vehicle went over the bridge, the driver heard a pop and thinks the trailer came loose, sending the vehicle onto the shoulder of the road. The driver over-corrected twice sending the vehicle back into the west ditch where it

bound vehicle approaching as she started to pass, then turned into the vehicle ahead of her, pushing both vehicles off the roadway into the ditch. Bryce L. Woelk, 58, was a passenger in the Mini Cooper. Deputy M.E. Ottensmeier investigated. Offenses Sometime between 10 p.m. Jan. 27 and 4 p.m. Jan. 28, $140 was taken from a residence on 6th Street in Florence. Between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Feb. 11, 50 gallons of unleaded gasoline were taken from a location on Lawrence in Durham.

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guarantees. To his credit, Carroll took the high road and assumed full responsibility for the call, but that doesn’t make it any less insane. Carroll is not the only smart guy to have done some really dumbfounding things. O’Connor said: “Pete Carroll, the successor to Dick Clark as the world’s oldest teenager, got all silly and reckless at the worst possible time.” Speaking of insane, how do you explain the Chiefs beating both New England and Seattle during the season? And how was Foot Locker able to receive better publicity than any of those who spent millions of dollars advertising during the Super Bowl? O’Connor said Seattle’s Chris Matthews “had never caught an NFL pass yet was making like Jerry Rice all night. Matthews had a job working at Foot Locker when Seattle called him. You know, like Kurt Warner had a job stocking groceries at a Hy-Vee before he won his ring with the Rams.” It’s insane!

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The top three spellers in the Marion County Spelling hold the plaques they received after the conclusion of the contest. Pictured are: (from left Kennedy Fahey, runner-up; Edel Miller, champion, and Daylon Kingsley, third place

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pus. The 20 contestants for the county spelling bee emerged through local bees in each of the elementary/middle schools in the five districts. The top two finishers earned a spot in the lineup, and the thirdplace finisher served as an alternate.

Following are the school representatives: Centre: Tyson Chizek, eighth grade; Jensen Riffel, seventh grade; Austin Ebaben, sixth grade; Dillion Knepp, sixth grade; Devin August, alternate; Tanner Wiggans, alternate. Goessel: Logan Sterk, fifth grade; Ben Olson, fifth grade; Edel Miller, eighth grade; Daylon Kingsley, sixth grade; Logan Webster,

long after that, coach Shawn Reed began clearing his bench. n from Page 6A Tabor led by as many as 40 and won by 38. Bethany scored the first Loewen led all scorers two points of the second with 11 points. Zuercher half, but back-to-back basadded 10. kets by Loewen and Kansas Wesleyan— Zuercher pushed Tabor’s Tabor’s stifling defense carlead to 37-16. Tabor led, 42-20 ried the Bluejays to a 53-38 when Kayla Wilgers scored off a turnover, and Bethany win over the Coyotes scored at the 13:27 mark, but Thursday night. With the Coyotes just one the Swedes did not score game back in the conference again for the next five minstandings prior to the game, utes. Meanwhile, Tabor used a 10-0 run to build a 52- the win kept the Bluejays alone at the top with a 22 lead with 8:47 to go. Not

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record of 12-3, while Kansas Wesleyan fell to 10-5. “That was the best defensive game that I have been a part of for 40 minutes,” coach Shawn Reed said. “That was just a lockdown effort. To hold them to 38 points on their home court is fantastic, and it says a lot about our team’s effort and their communication and just their discipline for that entire time. And (the Coyotes) have a lot of offensive weapons. That’s a good offensive team.” In the teams’ first meeting this season, Tabor won, 82-73, in double overtime. That night, Kansas Wesleyan played without their leading scorer, Jenna Farris. “She did not play the first time,” Reed said. “She was sick, and so that was hard for us (tonight) because she’s their leading scorer, a very good player, and we hadn’t had a look at her. A lot of (her team-high 12 points) came in the second half, and I thought we did a pretty good job on her early, maybe late got a little tired.” In what turned out to be a low scoring first half, Tabor limited the Coyotes to just three points in the first 11 minutes, and used an 8-0 run to build a 12-3 advantage when Tena Loewen scored at 9:18. From there, Kansas Wesleyan outscored Tabor 12-4, leaving the Bluejays clinging to a narrow, 16-15 lead with 3:11 left in the half. Tabor led, 20-17, at halftime. Kansas

Wesleyan shot just 27.3 percent in the first half (6-22), while Tabor shot 37.5 percent (9-24). After the break, the Coyotes tied the game at 22. But Tabor turned up the heat with a 20-5 run. Kayla Wilgers contributed eight points to the surge, and six Bluejays scored during that stretch. By the time Wilgers drained a three, Tabor was firmly in control, 42-27, with 5:22 left in the game. “In the second half, we sputtered a little early and then we really found something offensively—one of our plays—that worked, and we just kind of rode that,” Reed said. “Then that opened up some other things for us.” The margin remained in double figures the rest of the way. Tabor led by as many as 17 points and cruised to the 15-point win. The Bluejays shot 42 percent from the field (21-50). Wilgers led all scorers with 14 points. Tonisha Dean added 12. Tabor scored 24 points off 22 Coyote turnovers. Coming—Tabor (13-3, 8-4) will host Sterling (8-8, 11-16) Thursday at 6 p.m. and will conclude the regular season by hosting Ottawa (10-6, 1412) Saturday at 5 p.m. “We’ve got two games at home against two quality opponents in Sterling and Ottawa,” Reed said. “We’ll have to be ready to go for both of those. We’ve got a one-game lead with two to play, and we’ll see what happens.”

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New leadership bringing new vision munity, through our democracy, make a bold and suslot can change in one tained statement for year, but for the city change.” Literally, in one day, of Marion, the transHeitschmidt said the winds formation has affected the of change ushered in a magoverning body and all dejority shift in council mempartments. bers. According to Todd Heit“Beyond these great schmidt, Marion’s first-year councilors taking charge, mayor, last year’s growth was centered around “signs we saw a ballot of choices unequalled in local elecof progress.” “Those signs have grown tions for decades and far exceeding the numbers of to full blown energy and candidates in the region,” synergy as witnessed and he added. articulated at a recent Among the high points Chamber of Commerce meeting with guest speakers in 2014, Heitschmidt included: from BTI Energy, Greensn completion of street burg,” he said. projects; According to one of the n opening of Ace Hardspeakers, the city was deware; scribed as having a strong n opening of Subway; energy that everyone could n completion of be proud of. “That renewed energy in fundraising for Central Park restrooms and entercommitment, action and tainment pavillion; sense of community truly n completion of the Jex began with the elections in April of 2014,” Heitschmidt Addition sewer lines; and n city’s reserves ending said. “We witnessed a comhigher than projected. Probably the biggest conMARION cern in 2014, he said, is the deterioration of the existing waterlines and streets. Efforts by the city staff in 2014 has culminated in WHAT’S INSIDE two major announcements USD 408 .................Page 3B in the past few weeks, Butler Com. College .....Page 4B Heitschmidt said. “The first was the deciBusiness capsules .....Page 6B sion by Dollar General to lo-

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the form of a budget review and development process that was not previously experienced by the governing body, administration and department heads. “Unfortunately, the review revealed that some projections of the past may have been slightly over optimistic, resulting in a re-examination of each department’s staffing and business model,” Heitschmidt said. But to the credit of all involved, that renewed “energy and synergy” quickly moved to the forefront. Heitschmidt said actions FREE PRESS PHOTO took place to ensure the traThe city adopted a simplified design for its highway signs jectory for the future was during 2014, as part of the city’s new outdoor marketing clearly anchored in fiscally campaign. responsible stewardship of cate a new store in the city’s added message to the citithe assets entrusted to govindustrial park, and the sec- zens they serve. ernment. “The teams’ commitment ond, a new aerial sprayer in “This spirit of cooperato deliver on this expectathe area, who will be locattion and ownership at all ing his base of operations at tion has been amazing and levels resulted in an imwas demonstrated in things proved path that has rethe Marion Airport. like the recent 24/7--365-day sulted in almost a $1 million “And led by the newly seated Marion City Council, website work order creation improvement over the inisystem and the January the winds of change tial projections from the began—a strong and imme- launch of the first curbside adopted budget,” he said. recycling program in the diate expectation of local “Energy and synergy of county. government is a business the governing body then Realistic assessment that exists to serve the citimoved to creating a sustain“Like every solid busizens emerged,” he said. able plan for the future,” he Along with the council’s ness focused on customer said. “For the first time, a efforts, Heitschmidt said all service, a realistic assesslong-term, comprehensive ment of all resources had to planning process created by the municipal employees were asked to shelve behav- be completed early on,” the community for the comHeitschmidt said. iors of the past and define munity was undertaken.” For the city, this took on ways to deliver a valueThe visioning project is

“That renewed energy in commitment, action and sense of community truly began with the elections in April of 2014. We witnessed a community, through our democracy, make a bold and sustained statement for change.” —MAYOR TODD HEITSCHMIDT

seen as an ongoing process with actions initiated along the way to support the wants and needs of citizens by providing a safe, secure, faith-based community that affords the future generations a solid foundation for success and growth, according to Heitschmidt. “While true synergy of n See Vision, Page 2B

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thought has changed the way the governing body leads the community,” he said, “we will continue to analyze each aspect of the organization and community at an individual level.” In doing so, the city can ensure a solid return on the investment is achieved for each taxpaying citizen. “Government’s responsibility first and foremost is to provide a safe and secure community,” he added. Police department The Marion Police Department made significant strides in moving law enforcement from a reactive organization to a proactive organization during the fiscal year. “This cultural shift in the methodology resulted in increased cases while lowering the overall operating costs of the department by

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A crew from Hett Construction pours concrete to replace a block of Third Street near the Marion County Courthouse in early 2014. This project was one of several projects the city took on during the year to improve local infrastructure. 7.5 percent,” Heitschmidt said. “Through their actions, the police have become the premier law enforcement agency in the county based on overall cases for the year.” Heitschmidt said the city’s police department exceeded all other agencies by more than 25 percent. The efforts of the police department was led by the K-9 team of Sgt. Michael Stone and his dog, Legion, logging more than 90 cases for the year, Heitschmidt said. “Their dedication made a very real and impactful deterrent to illegal substance use and trafficking in the county and surrounding region,” he added. “This has been an amazing accomplishment when considering the team is a new relationship with only eight months together and Legion’s young age of 1 year old.” Accidents have been reduced as well because of the increased traffic ordinance enforcement efforts, he said. Non-injury accidents are

down 26 percent from the 2012 levels, and down to 31 from 42 just two years ago. Based on this revised patrol regiment, the police department has increased traffic-related citations by 124 percent and reduced vehicle operating expenses by 18 percent, he said. “Most encouraging is the growth in community-wide engagement in the sharing of information and community policing activities,” Heitschmidt added. “Logged police interaction with citizens with regard to sharing of actionable information has increased from 11 in 2012 to 71 in 2014. “An amazing 600+ percent increase that has resulted in the successful execution of multiple search warrants,” Heitschmidt said. The impact on illegal substance and alcohol use in the community was dramatic, Heitschmidt said, resulting in 92 arrests for the year as compared to 22 in 2012. Public works The public works and utilities in 2014 took on

some of the largest and most extensive projects in Marion’s recent history, according to Heitschmidt. While providing support for infrastructure improvement projects such as street projects and the Jex sewer project, the teams worked with developers to allow some long-awaited projects to be completed. “The Homestead Affordable Housing Victory Plaza project and the September 1 remodel projects crossed the finish line and are now rapidly filling with new tenants,” Heitschmidt said. “Based on the success and mutual support by the municipal team and the developer, Homestead Affordable Housing will be increasing its involvement and support by taking over the September II facility.” In addition, there are plans for the development of an additional project with the USD 408 Building Trades class lead by Lucas King. Electrical department The city’s electrical department has received n See Growth, Page 5B

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ne of the sustained goals at the Unified School District 408 Marion-Florence during 2014 was producing a quality education for students while supporting the staff ’s efforts to meet those needs. According to Superintendent Lee Leiker, probably the greatest highlight last year was the “outstanding job” that teachers and students did and continue to do. National ranking Marion High School was ranked in the top 500 nationally from more than 100,000 schools. “Recognized by Newsweek magazine as one of the top high schools in the nation last year was a phenomenal accomplishment for our district,” Leiker said. “We ranked 131st in the nation for schools with a high level of at-risk students (and 339th overall). “This is a credit to our teachers working hard with students, and students responding to that and doing their best.” Newsweek based its ranking on a combination of standardized test scores, graduation rate, student-tocounselor ratio, enrollment data and the socioeconomic demographics of the students. In recognition of the honor, Leiker said the entire staff was acknowledged at halftime during a recent basketball game. “Everyone (at USD 408) is important to us, and everyone makes a difference to the lives of students,” Leiker said. “That’s what was so special about (the honor). It took everyone to make it happen.” Only five other schools in Kansas ranked in the top

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500 Newsweek list. Four of those schools were in the Kansas City area and one was in Lawrence. “We were the smallest school and had the highest at-risk population,” Leiker said. Marion High School also scored high marks with Niche.com. The Niche rankings included academics, health and safety, student culture and diversity. Opportunities in 2014 Leiker said USD 408 has maintained staff stability. “We have very little change in our staff,” he said. “They are the best people in their field at any level, but

teachers, especially, do a great job for our children.” The city of Marion was also making changes in 2014, he said. “A goal of ours for a long time has been to have a partnership with various entities in town,” Leiker said. City Administrator Roger Holter and Mayor Todd Heitschmidt, he said, have both made this easy. “They realize entities working together become a stronger group in accomplishing things,” he said. As 2014 came to a close, Leiker said he is glad to continue working with the city and expanding goals in 2015.

“St. Luke Hospital is another great entity. “It’s an exciting time because of the cohesiveness we have with these various employment agencies in our community,” he said. Another partnership Butler Community College has formed a partnership on the USD 408 campus, using a classroom and office area. “It’s been a great deal and (BCC) has been wonderful to work with,” Leiker said. “We hope for this to be a long-term partnership.” One of the advantages of having the community college close by is that Amy Kjellin, BCC site director, can talk with the students. “This partnership started in 2014 and is carrying over into 2015,” he said. “We want to keep it going because it is another one of those things that is tremendously beneficial to the students.” Even though the high school still has engineering, English and business classes in the Hill Building, which is where BCC is housed, Leiker said there was still enough room for both. “There was a natural area for office space attached to a classroom,” he said. Concerned about losing BCC’s presence in Marion, Leiker said an offer was brought to the college and it was willing to take a chance. “It worked out great,” he said. Tabor College in Hillsboro also formed a partnership with USD 408 for its swim program, Leiker said. Rusty Allen, Tabor’s athletic director, and Nathan Duell, swim coach, have both been good to work with. “We are also trying to

work out something with the city of Marion by expanding use of how our pools are used with the summer program,” he said. Leiker said Holter and Gene Winkler, also helping with the food program, “did a great job of getting this off the ground.” Facilities, vehicles Leiker said the district’s facilities are in good shape. “I think we have some of the finest facilities in Kansas for a school our size, and we continue to show our facilities to outside groups that hear about us,” he said. Leiker said it’s a good testimonial for USD 408. “When I know our facilities are being talked about outside of our community, and people are willing to travel several miles because they have an interest in doing something in their community, it says a lot for the district,” he said. Leiker said the facilities are in good shape because of the staff. “We have always tried to maintain our (buildings), because in my opinion if we get behind, it is almost impossible to catch back up,” he said. “It is much easier to maintain the facilities.” Leiker said the district’s vehicles are aging.

“Hillsboro (school district) understands, too, the value of parking buses and other school vehicles inside will make them last longer,” he said. The goal has been to take care of the fleet so the district can maximize use. Depending on the budget, and what the greatest needs are, Leiker said the district might consider trading in a couple of buses for new ones. “We should know more in May,” he said. Other new things In the area of technology, Leiker said the district purchased Chromebooks for all students in fifth through 12th grade. “Everyone has a Chromebook, which was started in the 2014-15 school year,” he said. “It took a big chunk (of money), but we decided we could buy them.” Leiker said students are doing a “great job” taking care of them. The Chromebook allows students to access assignments and complete homework while off network. “They can be utilized without Wi-Fi so students can work on homework,” he said. “We are enhancing the educational experience with technology and we will conn See Schools, Page 5B

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but rarely did we use all of them,” she said. “It’s definitely more crowded, but so far it has worked fine for what our needs are.” In addition to finding another location, Kjellin said she is happy to know the city of Marion has found a buyer for the Bown-Corby building. “BCC had a great relationship with the city, too,” she said, “They worked with us, but part of the arrangement was BCC held responsibility for maintenance of the building.” Depending on the year, she said, repairs might be required for the roof, sewer, air conditioning units and issues. Over the past three years, the changes in enrollment and BCC usage wasn’t in balance with the space, risk or liability, Kjellin said. Highlights Kjellin said this is the second year students have benefited from SB 155 funding in the state legislature. “What makes this a great thing for students is they are able to take the CNA class without having to pay tuition,” she said. “The only thing will be fees, saving them and their families more than $400.” In addition, school districts have an opportunity to request funds for students able to acquire a license in certain credentialed fields, she said. “It’s a reward for the schools where a student attends.” One of the new things BCC is doing is accessing more video conferencing technology, she said. “This technology will make more courses available to students (outside Marion County) without having to drive to Marion as

much.” The video conferencing program BCC is using is zoom.us, she said. The product is similar to Skype, but Skype is more for video chatting. “Zoom.us, from my experience has better picture quality and has the ability to record to share on your screen,” she said. For example, if a teacher is giving a lecture and wants to use PowerPoint, but still talk to students, she could be visible in the picture box, but whatever students are looking at would still be on the screen, Kjellin said. “It is more interactive and a great tool for businesses to use,” she said. The program has a lot of applications, including for staff meetings between Marion and Council Grove. “I have used it to conduct brief interviews with potential teachers quite a lot,” she said. With most math sections online, the program aids the teacher with students at Peabody-Burns and White City high schools as well as adult students. “(Students) are not just out there and completely on their own,” she said. “They can call in and see him or if they have questions, he can help them. These students didn’t have to drive over to Marion, but could call from their own home, sort of like virtual office hours.” Continuing presence Kjellin said BBC’s strongest presence is in Marion County and with the high schools. “But, we also want to be able to continue offering classes to people who want to work toward their degree and need night classes,” she said.

It surprises Kjellin when the CNA classes don’t fill up when there’s such a high demand for CNAs in the marketplace. A CMA class will begin Feb. 24 and a CNA course is being offered at the end of May. “We will be pushing hard to get that class full so we have a good class in filling CNA positions (around the county).” As for the CNA program, Kjellin said she believes there will always be a need for them. Many programs require students to be CNAs before they even apply to the nursing program, she said. For many students, the community college is the best option. Kjellin said it would be exciting to find students who took college credits while in high school or came through the Butler/Marion facility with a CNA and went on. “So many people wouldn’t be where they are today if they hadn’t started at the community college level,” she said. A lot of small towns like Marion and Council Grove don’t have the education options that are here, she said. BCC has a website course schedule which lists classes offered in Marion. Those classes are listed under “Butler of the Flint Hills” and shows everything. Those interested in learning more can visit butlercc.edu. “It really is fortunate that BCC found a way to stay in Marion and offer options,” she said. “We are here to help people get started and on their way to meeting their educational goals.”

will be moved from the elementary school to the middle school. “The middle school was seventh and eighth grade, and now it will be sixth, seventh and eighth grade,” he said. “The timing is right for this, and we believe the education just matches better.” One innovative program that will continue as it has is Lucas Kings’ industrial arts class. Leiker said King and his students will be doing a remodel this spring on the house across the street from the school’s wood shop. “Lucas King does a good job and he has a strong program,” he said. Megan Thomas, business, computers and yearbook teacher at MHS, is another example of a strong hire for the district, Leiker said.

“We do our own yearbook in-house,” he said. “We do all the design and she then sends it out for binding.” In addition, Thomas and her students do all the printing of programs for all activities. “This is a great learning experience for our students,” he said. “It teaches them responsibility, a skill, the importance of deadlines, accuracy and creativity.” Financial challenges It will be a unique spring for all schools in Kansas, as well as schools in Marion County, Leiker said. “We all suffer from some of the same dilemma, which is declining population in Marion County and across the state,” he said. Fewer students mean fewer dollars, which creates a challenge for schools.

The crews, he said, have also undertaken a project to revamp the outdoor marketn from Page 2B ing campaign for the city. recognition regarding sev“The crews are currently eral underground service 80 percent complete on the installations, Heitschmidt launch of the new logo and said. available services billboards The department also rethroughout Marion and ceived “exceptional praise” Chase County,” he said. from the installation comMore improvements are pany for the solar field proj- also being discussed and ect in the city’s industrial made possible through suppark for Spur Ridge Vet port and cooperation with Clinic. the Marion Advancement “A major accomplishCampaign and the Marion ment for 2014 was the certifi- County Power Ups group. cation of the Marion Levee “Central Park is and will system from (the Federal always be the showcase part Emergency Management of our city,” he said. “With Agency),” Heitschmidt said. the funding secured for the “While like most public restroom and stage project, works projects, it is not construction has already glamorous, but results in di- begun on this wonderful adrect benefits to our citizens dition to Central Park.” in safety and security.” Completion is expected Because of those efforts, before Chingawassa Days the residents and busischeduled the first full nesses located in the valley weekend of June. portion of town are proEconomic development tected, and not required to Synergy and energy are insure their property not more apparent than in through the National Flood the economic development Insurance program. activities, and according to

Heitschmidt, momentum is the key factor driving the city’s economic development activities in 2014. “Retail trade began our initial growth with the very successful launch of the Marion County Ace Hardware store in our business park,” he said. “Our national franchise for Subway opened exceeding expectations and projections. “These two companies led the way for continued growth which is coming together with the commitment to come to our community from the Dollar General corporation.” Heitschmidt said it was with “extreme gladness” the city shared in the effective succession plan put into place for the transition of ownership of the hometown pharmacy. Because of the energy and synergy in the community, the successful transition of Butler Community College to a new location was realized. “The move will better

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tinue to do that.” Even with technology, Leiker said he remains proud of the fact the district has been able to maintain its music and fine arts program. “It is important to us even as (finances) get more difficult,” he said. At Marion Elementary School, Leiker said Justin Wasmuth, principal, and the teachers there have been doing a lot of hands-on learning. “Utilizing the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program, gives students visual learning,” he said. “This is an important part of education.” Sixth-graders moving Leiker said for the 201516 school year, sixth-graders

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MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 5B “The state is in a very UR EOPLE AKE T APPEN difficult position with huge challenges, and certainly a part of that will be school funding and the state’s obligation to it,” he said. Leiker said he believed Gov. Sam Brownback initiate some cuts in K-12 education that will affect Marion schools. “But our goal here is not to worry about that near as much as worrying about the daily success of our kids,” he said. “The governor’s allotment is to take $42 per student at this point for current year base state aid per pupil.” Although funding is a concern, Leiker said, the district is more concerned about the job it is doing for its students. “In 2015, we want to continue to support our staff and to meet the needs of students.”

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BUSINESS PROFILES We thank the businesses of Marion that took the time to share their profiles with us in this publication. You are the lifeblood of the community. AMPRIDE Address: 1225 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3269 Website: www.cgsmc.com Email: llegg@cgsmc.com Year opened: In June 1999 Cooperative Grain & Supply purchased this location. About us: We offer gasolines, diesels, snacks, fountain drinks, food service, gift cards, milk, pop beer, ice, lottery. We have Hunts Bros Pizza. We are locally owned and have local accounts that are billed locally, keeping all money in Marion County. News from 2014: We have just completed a small remodel at the south side of the store. Included in this is F-Real milk shake machines. We also offer several large selections of fountain drinks including crushed or cubed ice. Looking to 2015: We have

several ideas regarding the lay of the store and some exciting new offerings we are working on. We will continue to optimize our Hunt Bros. Pizza sales and expand our CG&S card holder customer base. Owner: Cooperative Grain & Supply Employees: 8-10 Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. 7 days a week ANIMAL HEALTH CENTER OF MARION COUNTY Address: 119 S. Coble, Marion Phone: 620-382-8800 Web: ahcmc.com Email: ahc119@hotmail.com Year opened: 1996 About us: We are a full-service veterinary hospital for pets, cattle, horses, goats, sheep and more. We service Marion County as well as clients from surround-

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ing counties. We have three veterinarians on staff with a combined 25+ years of experience. Owner: Jessica Laurin, DVM Hours: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday ARLIE’S COLLISION SPECIALISTS, LLC Address: 130 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2480 Email: Mbodyshop@sbcglobal.net Year opened: 2003 About us: We offer complete collision repair from minor dings and scratches to major collision, including frame and uni-body frame repair. We also offer automotive glass repair and replacement. We work with all insurance companies. All of our work comes with a lifetime guarantee on paint and labor, parts according to manufacturer’s warranty. News from 2014: We experienced tremendous growth and many changes in the shop, including renovating a new office space that includes a waiting area where customers can enjoy free coffee and Wi-Fi while waiting. We expanded shop space to include two more work bays for technicians. We upgraded our estimating system, allowing us to do most estimates at the curb while interacting with the customer and speeding up the estimating process. We established a relationship with a major car rental company where they will drop off and pick up rental cars from our shop, freeing the customer from having to drive out of town to get a rental. Looking to 2015: We look forward to continued growth, adding another technician. Training for technicians will involve aluminum substrates, electronic diagnostics, and continued paint and refinish certifications. Owners: Arlie and Gina Overton, Don and Becky Esch Employees: 8 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday by appointment only.

AUNT BEE’S FLORAL & GARDEN CENTER Address: 1201 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3030 Year opened: 2007 About us: We offer fresh florals for all occasions, as well as plants, balloons, candy, gift baskets, gifts for all ages, bedding plants, garden seeds, lawn and garden chemicals, grass seed, fertilizer, clothes, jewelry, purses, scarves We are a Fertilome dealer and an official Teleflora florist. More than 30 years of combined experience in floral design. We plan to continue quality services and products at an affordable price. Owner: Wendy Youk Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Open extended hours in spring and during the Christmas season.

Josh remain available to meet your legal needs in Marion County and surrounding counties. Bob is in Marion daily, and also in Hillsboro on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Josh is in Marion Monday through Thursday and in the Hillsboro office on Fridays. BRUNNER CONSTRUCTION CO. Address: 228 S. Lincoln, Marion Phone: 620-382-3327 or 785965-268 Email: tudyb@sbcglobal.net Year opened: 1976 About us: For more than 30 years we have been general contractors offering complete construction for residential and commercial building projects, providing the full range of expertise, from planning and start-up to completion. Always priced competitively and striving to ensure your satisfaction. No job is too small or too large for our talented carpenters. Free estimates upon request. Looking to 2015: We will continue to offer the same top-ofthe-line craftsmanship in all our work to guarantee customer satisfaction. Owners: Irvin Brunner family Hours: Our crew normally works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but call anytime to discuss your project with Tudy Brunner or Art Stroda.

BEARLY MAKIN’ IT ANTIQUES Address: 308 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-6393 (Marion Ogden), 620-382-6311 (Dennis Maggard) Website: bearlymakinitantiques.com. Give us a “Like” on our Bearly Making It Facebook page. Year opened: 1994 About us: We offer furniture, primitives, structural, glassware, miscellaneous. Looking to 2015: Continue to serve customers as always. Check out our website. BUTLER COMMUNITY Owners: Marion Ogden, COLLEGE, MARION Dennis Maggard Address: 701 E. Main, Hill Employees: 5 Building, Marion Store hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 620-382-2183 or by appointment any other Web: butlercc.edu day. Email: akjellin@butlercc.edu Year opened: 1976 BROOKENS & BOEHM, About us: Butler of Marion is ATTORNEYS AT LAW a community site of Butler Address: 403 E. Main, Community College, offering Marion; 109 S. Main, Hillsboro general education courses, allied Phone: 620-382-2133, health programming, non-credit Marion; 620-947-5951, Hillsboro and high school concurrent Email: bcoffice@sbcglobal.net classes in Marion County. We Year opened: 1946 in Marion, offer full-service advising, testing 1956 in Hillsboro and business office services for About us: Our general pracBCC students, whether taking tice is focused on the needs of classes at our site, online or conour small-town and rural clients. current. In 2014 we moved from We assist in small business forthe historic Bown-Corby Building mation, wills, trusts, estate plan- to the Hill Building on the camning, probate, civil litigation, pus of Marion High School, criminal and traffic matters, where our night classes, studio elder law, tax preparation and art courses and allied health other general civil matters. classes have ample room for the News from 2014: We educational experience. changed our name to more accuLooking to 2015: We will conrately reflect who we are. tinue to strive to provide quality Looking to 2015: Bob and educational experiences in

Marion County and full schedule of classes at the Marion site. Employees: 4 Hours: 8 a.m. to 9 pm. Monday to Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday CARDIE OIL TIRE & SERVICE CENTER Address: 1001 Batt St., Marion Phone: 620-382-8630 Web: cardieoil.com Year opened: Cardie Oil Inc. has been in operation since 1939. Our new tire and service center opened in Marion in 2008. About us: We specialize in tires and light service, including tires, brakes, alignments and full-service oil changes. We offer a full line of passenger, light truck, agricultural and commercial tires. We are branded as a Mobil 1 Lube Express and offer a full lineup of Mobil products and lubricants. We are an independent tire dealer with tires available from all manufacturers. We also fill propane bottles of all sizes. Looking to 2015: Our skilled employees and state-of-the-art equipment will allow us to provide professional and honest service. Owner: Owned and operated by Cardie Oil Inc. Employees: 3 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday; plus expanded hours during harvest. CARLSON TV & SATELLITE Address: 430 S. Cedar, Marion Phone: 620-382-2985 or 630382-2187 Year opened: 1958 About us: We started strictly as TV and radio repair. In the early 1960s we went to sound systems; in the 1980s we installed and repaired the big satellite dishes; in the 1990s we installed the home own cable system at Parkside Homes in Hillsboro. In 1995 we took on being a Direct TV dealer. We worked for Flint Hills doing Direct TV until 2011. When they lost their dealership we went back in as a dealer. In December 2010 we moved to 1111 E. Main and expanded our selection of TVs. We moved back to our present location in 2012. Owners: Gary Carlson. Employees: 1 Hours: 9 a.m. to noon and 1

MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 7B p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. CARLSONS’ GROCERY INC. Address: 1121 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2985 Year opened: 1991 Web: carlsonsgrocery.com Email: carliga@att.net About us: We are a full-service grocery store, proudly serving the community for more than 20 years. We feature fresh meat and produce, an outstanding deli featuring daily specials and freshly smoked meats, and bakery. We also offer propane exchange, DVD rental and utility payments through Western Union. We can also take care of your catering needs. Looking to 2015: Watch for new updated remodel to better serve you. Owners: Greg and Mitch Carlson. Employees: 35 Hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday

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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK Address: 231 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2129 Web: centralnational.com Year opened: 1884 (bank) About us: Central National Bank has been providing Kansans with sound financial advice since 1884. We are dedicated to providing the quality service that makes our customers and the communities we serve successful. In the 21st century, Central National Bank embraces its strong heritage and strives to be the financial resource of choice for the Hillsboro community. New in 2014: Central National Bank has bank locations in 22 Kansas and Nebraska communities. Central National Bank opened its newest location in Great Bend in fall 2014. In October, the bank celebrated 130 years of service to Kansans. Customers were treated to special promotions as well as customer appreciation events CASE & SON throughout the year, in celebraINSURANCE INC. tion of this great milestone. Address: 220 E. Main, Marion Central National Bank has a Phone: 620-382-2106; 800strong commitment to the local 262-6293 economy. In 2014, it began a Web: caseandson.com program called Circles® of Email: caseandson@sbcMarion County Micro Loan global.net Program, which enables borrowYear opened: 1868 ers to rebuild credit history. About us: Case & Son InsurCentral National Bank also made ance is the oldest continuous a $20,000 contribution to the business in Marion County and Tabor Signature Campaign in may be the oldest continuous addition to committing to an family-run business in the state. additional $7,500 contribution The current owner is the fifth over the next three years. generation of the Case family to Looking to 2015: Central run the business and there has National Bank continues to stay never been any ownership outon the forefront of technological side the Case family. We are an advancement with mobile apps independent agent representing and various online services. many companies and offer a full Central National Bank is also line of property/casualty insurproud to continue our relationance, including home, auto, ship with, and support of, Tabor farm, business and life. We also College and staff members welspecialize in bonds. come all opportunities to further Looking to 2015: We will the education of youth. As look to serve our existing cusalways, the bank will offer CD tomers by rounding out accounts specials throughout the year, as and offering package discounts well as home loans and other to customers who keep two or consumer and commercial loan more lines of insurance with our products. agency. We also look forward to Owners: Central National adding new clients to our Bank is family-owned. Ed C. Rolfs agency by offering them supeis the third generation of the rior coverage at competitive Rolfs family to serve as chief rates. executive officer. (He was preOwner: Alex H. (Casey) Case, ceded by his grandfather Ed W. president; Lori Fruechting, cusRolfs and his father Ed J. Rolfs). tomer service representative. Employees: 9 at the Marion Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., bank.

Hours: Lobby, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Drivethru, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday ATM locations: 24-hour walkup, 231 E. Main CENTRAL PARK ANTIQUES Address: 111 Lakeshore Drive; 330 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-381-3483 Year opened: Moved to Marion in 2008; previous location in Kechi opened in 1992. About us: We offer quality antiques, collectibles and gifts, home decor and gardening items. News from 2014: Like many businesses in Marion, we experienced the slow economy. But we have weathered this setback and are continuing to forge ahead, working to be a quality business for Main Street in Marion. Looking to 2015: We are hoping for an increase in customers and sales. Owners: Delmar and Nadine Iseli Employees: 3 Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and available by appointment anytime.

THE COPPER SHED Address: 5 miles south, 1.5 miles west of Marion on 140th St. Phone: 620-382-2041 Year opened: 1976, by Ern and Lucille Hett About us: The Copper Shed specializes in handmade metal sculptures made right in our barn workshop. We feature antiques and unique crafts displayed in room settings. We do custom orders—your design or ours. Bus tours welcome. Looking to 2015: We have lots of garden items and bird baths and other outdoor items. We are buying your unwanted antiques and collectibles—a handful, roomful or houseful. We have two buildings to tour, stocked full of unusual decorator pieces. Although wheat, windmills and sunflowers are our specialty, we are always designing new pieces to keep up with the trends. Owners: Dwight and Julie Nelson Hours: Open year-round; call for hours or appointment

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COUNTRY INN MOTEL Address: 1305 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2147 Year opened: 1998 About us: We offer clean, quiet, comfortable rooms at a very reasonable rate. Most rooms have refrigerators and microwaves. All rooms are exterior entrance with cable TV. We offer handicapped-accessible rooms and weekly rates. We’re all about hometown hospitality. Owners: Earl and Tina Hancock Employees: 3 Hours: Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.; after hours, call 620-381-1666.

CUTTING EDGE DECKS Address: 403 N. Roosevelt, Marion Phone: 316-621-1280 Email: jaredbs73@gmail.com Year opened: 2014 About us: We build the customer’s dream deck, focused solely on using the Trex brand family of decking products, the best brand name on the market. Looking to 2015: In 2015 we look forward to helping the residents of Marion County build their own personal backyard getaway. Call or email us to set up your individual Trex design consultation. Once we have an idea what you want, we can work up an estimate to fit your budget. Feel free to check out www.trex.com to get an idea of what we might create for you. Owner: Jarod Sardou Employees: 2 Hours: 24/7

COUNTY SEAT DECORATING CENTER Address: 130 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3300 or tollfree 888-382-3300 Web: countyseatdecor.com Email: D&J LIQUOR STORE jw@countyseatdecor.com Address: 1202 E. Main, Year opened: 1978 Marion COUNTRY DREAMS About us: County Seat Phone: 620-382-2410 BED & BREAKFAST Address: 2309 Clover, Marion Decorating Center has served COOPERATIVE Marion County and beyond since Phone: 620-382-2250 or tollGRAIN & SUPPLY 1978. We have a large selection free 1-800-570-0540 Address: 320 S. Third, Web: countrydreamsbedand- of hardwood flooring, ceramic Marion; headquarters at 135 N. tile, natural stone, carpet, vinyl breakfast.com Main, Hillsboro flooring, luxury vinyl tile, Email: Phone: 620-382-2263, MarCountertops made with quartz, countrydreamsbb@gmail.com ion; 620-947-2917, Hillsboro. granite, solid surface and lamiYear opened: 1992 Web: cgsmc.com nate and window treatments. About us: A beautiful home Email: ladams@cgsmc.com We specialize in ceramic/stone designed to serve as a modern Year opened: 1966 bed and breakfast, a private lake tile design and installation. Year opened: 1966 and 480 acres of scenic beauty in Custom showers, complete with About us: Cooperative Grain the remarkable Flint Hills await benches and niches, are not only & Supply handles grain, fertilizer, you at Country Dreams Bed and for their aesthetics, but also to seed, chemicals, fueling stations Breakfast. Our five guest rooms create handicap accessibility. for gasoline and diesel, bulk fuel have private baths, a view of the Professional design and delivery and has Ampride Cowner/employee installation is as picturesque lake and country stores in Marion and Hillsboro. critical to our business as the decor. Several large common News from 2014: We added a areas are available for meetings products we sell. We also pro300,000-bushel McPherson grain and family gatherings, including vide professional carpet and bin at our Hillsboro site to make an all-season sunroom, which upholstery cleaning using Bane1798 Upland Rd. total storage in Hillsboro at offers a cozy place to visit, relax, Clene equipment. MARION 1,593,000 bushels. We also News in 2014: We continued and enjoy the sunsets. Evening 405 Orchard Dr. added to our dry-fertilizer storto add new products to our meals and group dinners are HILLSBORO age in the industrial park. At our available upon request. showroom to keep up with curHillsboro and Marion Ampride rent trends and meeting cusTelevision, Wi-Fi, refrigerator 224 Santa Fe HILLSBORO stores, we added F’real tomer needs. and microwave are available to Milkshake machines to our food guests. A family-style country Looking to 2015: We look 407 S. Date line. breakfast is served in the dining forward to another successful HILLSBORO Looking to 2015: We hope to room. A new composite deck year serving our valued cuspaint the Hillsboro elevator and has been added outside the din- tomers. FOR AVAILABLE SIZES add additional dry-fertilizer stor- ing room, overlooking the lake. Owners: Brad and Jeannie CALL: age in the industrial park. Also, If you enjoy fishing, we have two Wildin 620-382-5550 in fall CG&S will be celebrating Employees: 2 bass boats with trolling motors its 50th annual meeting. Hours: Our hours are 9 a.m. available. The lake is wellor 620-947-0184 to 5 p.m. Monday through stocked with bass, crappie, Roger & Cynthia Fleming Friday; 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday. bluegill and catfish.

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Year opened: 1999 About us: We are a full-service liquor store with a large selection of beer, wine, spirits, miniatures, mixers and much more. We have a reputation for having the lowest prices in the area with the greatest selection around and great service to our patrons. Looking to 2015: We will continue to provide the greatest selection of products, lowest prices every day and the best service anywhere. Owner: Jeannie Vinduska Employees: 6 Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 7:30 p.m., Sunday. Open summer holidays.

DOWN ON THE CORNER Address: 162 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-381-1577 Email: krazykrochetlady@gmail.com Year opened: 2007 About us: In our retail shop we offer knitting and crocheting hooks, needles, patterns, yarn, buttons embroidery floss and supplies. We offer knit and crochet lessons and assistance as needed. We also hand knit and crochet baby items, scarves, mittens, hats, slippers and much more. Looking to 2015: We will continue to increase our yarn inventory, and are adding many specialty yarns. Owner: Karen Ehrlich

Employees: 1 full time, 1 part time Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS Address: 314 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3899; fax: 877-222-1265 Web: edwardjones.com Email: chris.hernandez@edwardjones.com Year opened: 1999 About us: We offer stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities, insurance, IRAs, certificates of deposit, 401K Rollovers and 529 plans. Looking to 2015: We look to continue helping individual

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investors reach their long-term goals, and provide predictable income streams for retirees. Owner: Chris Hernandez, AAMS financial adviser Employees: 2 Hours: 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; by appointment evenings and Saturday FARM BUREAU FINANCIAL SERVICES Address: 1122 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3350 Email: Agents, coleen.koop@fbfs.com and andy.stone@fbfs.com; office manager/sales associate, emma.tajchman@fbs.com Year opened: 1984 About us: Farm Bureau Financial Services was developed more than 70 years ago to serve the needs of Farm Bureau members. FBFS is a multi-line insurance company. We offer coverage for many items, including homes, autos, large and small farms, business, health and long-term care. We also offer investment options, including IRAs, mutual funds and annuities. We also offer strategies to help you pass assets to you families or charities with the goal of preserving your assets. For a review of your current insurance or financial situation, stop by our office and visit with one of our agents. News from 2014: We added a new agent to our team after the retirement of Steve Kill in 2013. Coleen Koop has been an agent 1 with Farm Bureau for 1 ⁄2 years.

She brings 20+ years of banking experience and five years of financial planning experience to her role as a Farm Bureau agent. Emma Tajchman joined the staff as office manager in January 2014. They join Andy Stone, an agent in the Marion office for the past 11 years. Andy has been with Farm Bureau for 12 years. Looking to 2015: There have been many challenges in the insurance landscape of Marion County over the past few years, with many people looking to new options for their insurance. We would encourage you to stop by our office or give us a call to see what Farm Bureau can do for you. We want to get to know you—your needs, concerns and priorities—so we can best insure what is important to you. Employees: 2 agents, 1 office manager Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; closed noon to 1 p.m. FLAMING’S PLUMBING, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING Address: 113 S. Second, Marion Phone: 620-382-2181 Web: flamingsinc.com Year opened: 1973 About us: We offer service and installation of plumbing, heating and air-conditioning equipment for residential and commercial businesses. News from 2014: We had many great geothermal projects combining 83 tons worth of cooling in dirt, one of which was a commercial project in Salina

totaling 43 tons of cooling. This has been our largest install to date. Looking to 2015: Doing much the same as last year with high efficiency geothermal equipment. Owners: Merle Flaming and Eva Flaming Pankratz Employees: 11 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday FLINT HILLS CLAY WORKS Address: 126 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-7620 Email: Lbyer@eaglecom.net Year opened: 1980 About us: We process and distribute specialty clays in nine Midwestern states. Our primary focus is to supply the material needs of artists and craftsmen as well as school and university art departments. We use 30 different types of clay mined throughout the Midwest and prepare several dozen blends of various colors, textures and firing ranges. We sell through a network of 10 distributors as well as direct to customers. Our goal for 2015 is to provide exceptional service to each customer. Owner: Les Byer Employees: 3 FLINT HILLS EMBROIDERY Address: 113 N. First, Marion Phone: 620-382-2126 or 620382-2616 (fax) Web: flinthillsemb.com Email: holly@westernassociates.com, dave@westernassociates.com Year opened: 1993

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MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 9B About us: Flint Hills Embroidery is a 34 multi-head embroidery shop. Logos can be embroidered on anything from caps, shirts and jackets to suitcases. Owners: Dave and Jackie Crofoot Employees: 6 Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday FLINT HILLS GOLD Address: 210 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2544 Year opened: 1986 About us: We make custom white and yellow-gold jewelry and can reuse any gold or stones that a customer has, or we can supply them. We do all repair, including ring sizing, chain soldering and stone setting, and jewelry restoration in our shop. We sell fine gold and sterling silver jewelry with diamonds or colored stones. Looking to 2015: We are continuing our commitment to helping you with your unique jewelry needs. We appreciate your patronage the past 29 years and look forward to many more years to come. Owner: Beverly Schor Employees: 1 Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday. We can stay open later with an appointment. G&J VIDEO Address: 426 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2115 Email: geno@eaglecom.net Year opened: 1980 (built building at 426 E. Main)

About us: We video special events such as weddings, parties, school games. We run MCTV Channel 22 on local cable. Owner: Gene F. Winkler Employees: 1 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday GALLERY 101 OF THE FLINT HILLS Address: 106 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2622 Web: gallery101flinthills.com Email: jan@gallery101flinthills.com Year opened: 2010 About us: We are a showcase for local artists’ work and art sales. Individual art instruction in drawing, painting and printmaking for children and adults. Owner: Jan Davis Employees: 0 Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday; or by appointment. GAMBINO’S PIZZA Address: 114 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3821 Year opened: 1987 About us: We offer family dine-in or order out and friendly and prompt service. Our menu includes pizza, sandwiches, salad bar and other Italian dishes. Looking to 2015: We want to continue serving our faithful customers and try to improve our service. Owners: Jay and Judy Smith Employees: 5 Hours: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday through Thursday; noon to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday

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GREAT PLAINS COMPUTERS & NETWORKING Address: 324 E. Main, Box 234, Marion Phone: 620-382-2006 Web: gpcn.net Email: tech@gpcn.net Year opened: 1998 About us: GPC&N provides outsourced IT support for government and business. We specialize in local and county government service. We also service the home PC and networking market as well as computer sales. We have a network IT support professionals that bring added expertise to our services. Owner: Lloyd Davies Employees: 3 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday HAIR CORNER Address: 162 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-381-4034

Year opened: 2007 About us: Family hair-care salon offering haircuts, styling, color and permanent waves. Retail supplies. Owner: Betty Stenzel, hair stylist Hours: By appointment Wednesday through Friday

title is important to the sale and purchase of your home. Your title insurance policy is your assurance that the home you are buying is protected from any title problems now and down the road. News in 2014: We now have the very latest in leading-edge computer technology to

HANNAFORD ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. Address: 222 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2130 Email: rhannafo@stewart.com and hanorder@stewart.com Year opened: 1871 About us: We provide abstracts of title and title insurance for homeowners and mortgage lenders. We also provide real estate closings for your transaction. Why do you need title insurance? For most Americans, our home is the single largest financial investment we ever make. Having a clear

enhance the real estate transaction for you. We have the only complete set of title records other than the Marion County Courthouse. Looking to 2015: We will continue to be dedicated to providing our customers the very best of service. This year we will be celebrating our 144th year of

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Marion County and what a privilege it was to help them find that perfect home. It was exciting to be able to share with these new families that schools in Marion County have been recognized as top schools in the state and nation. We also added HEEREY REAL ESTATE, LLC a new agent in 2014: Jay Address: 401 E. Main, Marion Christensen. Phone: 620-382-3569 Looking to 2015: Heerey Real Web: heerey.com Estate is looking forward to Email: lori.heerey@sbcanother great year. We will conglobal.net tinue to serve folks with Year opened: Opened in integrity and honesty and to 1983. Ownership and name work diligently for sellers and changed to Heerey Real Estate in buyers. If you have never talked 2009. with us about our services and About us: Heerey Real Estate what we have to offer, make it a is a full-service real estate agency point to do so in 2015. that strives to make the process Owner/broker: Lori Heerey of buying and selling as Employees: 4 smoothly as possible. We specialHours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. durize in residential real estate in ing the week; evenings and the Marion County area. Heerey weekends by appointment. Real Estate lists and sells the majority of real estate in the HETT CONSTRUCTION immediate Marion area. In fact, Address: 1212 E. Main, we sell the majority of Marion Marion real estate listed by other comPhone: 620-382-2236 or 620panies as well. We also serve the 382-7711 surrounding communities in the Year opened: 1979 county, including Marion County About us: We do commodiLake, Hillsboro, Peabody, ties building and concrete conLincolnville and Florence. Lake struction. We haul and spread properties are one of our special- dirt and gravel. ties. Auctioneering services for Owner: Dave Hett land, residential and commercial Employees: Fluctuates seaproperties are also available. We sonally, 10-15 are a member of the Flint Hills Hours: All the time! MLS and you can find us at both heerey.com and realtor.com. We HISTORIC ELGIN HOTEL also offer high end virtual tours Address: 115 N. Third, for properties when appropriate. Marion News from 2014: A great Phone: 620-382-3200 or 620year for Heerey Real Estate. We 382-6734 saw new families come into Web: marionelgin.com

Email: sherry@marionelgin.com Year opened: 2009 About us: The Historic Elgin Hotel is a fully restored 1886 hotel. We offer an elegant ballroom, ideal for wedding receptions, dances, dinners and parties. Our conference room is perfect for group meetings or small gatherings. Our bed-andbreakfast, located on the second floor, has five rooms, a parlor, dining room and kitchen, all restored and decorated in 1800s decor with modern comforts, including Wi-Fi. We offer a home-cooked breakfast and friendly atmosphere. Owner: Jim and Nan Cloutier Employees: 1 Hours: Vary.

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our automatic printer computer board. Looking to 2015: Hoping to give the same great service to all of our customers. Owners: Dave Crofoot, Jim Crofoot, Employees: 6 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

Owner: Jeff Cady Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

KARSTETTER & BINA, L.L.C. Address: Marion office, 426 E. Main; McPherson office, 100 W. Kansas Ave., Ste. 201 Phone: Marion office, 620382-2186; McPherson office, 620241-8800 HRK WAREHOUSE Web: kklawoffices.com Address: 100 N. Roosevelt, Email: kklaw@ks-usa.net Marion Year opened: 1974; Brian L. Phone: 620-382-2430 Bina has been a partner since Year opened: 1983 2013. HOPPY LINE, About us: HRK offers our cusAbout us: Our firm is dba WESTERN GRAPHICS tomers a variety of merchandise. engaged in the general practice Address: 124 E. Main, Marion We carry furniture, box springs, of law. No matter what your sitPhone: 620-382-3742 mattresses, tools, toys, knives, uation, you can count on us for Web: westernassociates.com swimming and boating supplies, sound legal advice. From solving Email: info@westernassocifishing and sports equipment family problems to complex busiates.com and a variety of general merness matters, you’ll always have HOLDEMAN’S Year opened: 1956 chandise. Customer service is the us on your side to help you BARBER SHOP About us: Having been in the best product we offer. through it. We handle the folAddress: 412 E. Main, Marion screen-printing business since Looking to 2015: Our goal is lowing legal matters: wills, Phone: 620-382-3750 or toll1987, and having tackled many to continue serving our cusestate planning, trusts, living free 1-800-455-3750 challenges, Western Graphics has tomers’ needs and wants with trusts, guardianships, conservaAbout us: I am in my 61st the expertise to produce jobs to the best service and products we torships and adoptions. Trial/litiyear as a registered barber in the accommodate any customer. Our can offer. We look forward to gation: personal Injury state of Kansas. I am in charge of family oriented background adding to our furniture inven(automobile or other accident my office, and the customer is makes us aware of the importory. We will continue supportcases), property damage, crimithe boss. tance of each order. Whether it ing the local charities and nal and related matters. Owner: Bill Holdeman would be a single shirt order fundraisers and hope to have Commercial law: corporations, wanting to recognize an individ- many more years in this commu- limited liability companies, colHOMESTEAD SENIOR ual in some special way or an nity. lection of accounts, banking, RESIDENCES - MARION organization needing a large Owners: Bernice Beach Debtor/Creditor bankruptcy. Real Address: 1500 E. Main, quantity for a special event, we Employees: 2 estate matters: title examinaMarion have the capabilities of making Hours: Winter hours are 9 tions and real estate closings. Phone: 620-382-2606 this happen for our customer. a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Domestic law: divorce, child cusWeb: homesteadks.org We are very proud of the equip- Sunday; summer hours are 9 a.m. tody and child support. Nursing Email: hsrmarion@homement technology we have at to 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, home negligence; mediation; steadks.org Western Graphics. Having a Sunday municipal law; school law. Year opened: 2013 MHM Screen printer able to Looking to 2015: We look to About us: Affordable senior imprint up to seven colors, JEFF JIRAK CONSTRUCTION continue our track record of perhousing community serving the makes our niche in the screenAddress: 706 N. Cedar, sonalized legal services to our Marion County area. printing market at top levels in Marion entire clientele. We feel we are the industry. We also have a Phone: 620-382-3976 more than just a law firm, we try manual shirt and cap printer for Year opened: November 1992 to be part of the community and our printing needs. Western About us: We are a general involve ourselves more each day Graphics can print four-color building contractor, residential in each aspect of the community. process, can personalize or num- and light commercial turn-key Owners: Tim R. Karstetter ber your item as well as fulfill projects. We do new construcand Brian L. Bina your needs to simply “print some tion and remodeling, wood and Employees: 3 (not including AT AW items for your event.” We also steel frame buildings. the owners) can offer individual poly-bagOwner: Jeff Jirak Hours: Marion, 8:30 a.m. to ging for customers who may Employees: 1 full-time, 2 4:30 p.m. Monday and require this need. Our in-house part-time Wednesday; 8:30 a.m. to noon art department can reproduce Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. MARION OFFICE your logo, design art from your JERRY CADY AGENCY McPherson office, 8 a.m. to 5 MON.-FRI. 9-5 • (CLOSED NOON-1) ideas or conceptually make a Address: 104 N. Fifth, Marion p.m. Monday-Friday. 403 S. MAIN • 620-382-2133 design for your event or organiPhone: 800-974-2990; 620zation. Our staff is knowledge382-3282 LALOUETTE LAW, LLC HILLSBORO OFFICE able in printing. Our sister About us: Specializing in crop Addresses: Marion, 206 E. TUES. ~ WED. ~ FRI. 9-5 (CLOSED NOON-1) company, Flint Hills Embroidery, and hail insurance. Main; Hillsboro, 111 S. Main 109 S. MAIN • 620-947-5951 allows us to also offer embroiLooking to 2015: Our goal is Phone: 620-947-0261 or 877dery to our customers. We have to continue to offer quality 651-4916 (toll free) a top-notch graphics department insurance products while mainWeb: lalouettelaw.com that can produce conceptual art, taining our commitment to Email lori@lalouettelaw.com or reproduce supplied art for our always provide the best service Year opened: 2010 imprinting needs. possible to each and every cusAbout us: Lalouette Law News in 2014: We upgraded tomer. offers a full range of legal serv-

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News from 2014: Major renovation of the units and common area. Looking ahead to 2015: Residents now have access to the unity and common area, flatscreen TV with stereo for movie night, potluck dinners and bingo activities. Owner: Homestead Affordable Housing Inc.; 785364-0110. Employees: 1 Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 11B ices, many only found in larger cities, while providing the individualized and personal attention you get from a small-town environment. Lori L. Lalouette, owner/attorney, is a Marion County native who grew up on a ranch in Florence and graduated from Marion High School in 1989. Lori earned dual degrees from Wichita State University in 1995, a B.S. in biology and a B.G.S in chemistry, computer science and psychology. After working as a computer systems engineer for 12 years, Lori earned a Juris Doctoral degree from Washburn University School of Law, where she graduated in the top 15 percent of her class in May 2009. Lalouette Law practices in a variety of legal areas including: divorce and child support/custody; adoption; wills, trusts and probate; estate and long-term care planning; criminal/traffic and DUI defense; bankruptcy; debt collections; employment and discrimination law; civil litigation/personal injury; real estate law; agriculture law; corporate/business law; Social Security disability and Workers Compensation. Lori also serves as the city attorney for Lincolnville and Lehigh. News in 2014: Lori was elected as county commissioner, District 1, representing Hillsboro, Lehigh and Durham, in November. Office hours will be the same in 2015 with Lori simply working her hours around her duties as county commissioner. Looking to 2015: Call us for a free initial consultation for all your legal needs. We look forward to assisting you. Owner: Lori Lalouette Employees: 3 Business hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Other hours by appointment.

medical equipment for both rental and purchase. We also have a Kodak picture-printing machine, a full line of Hallmark cards, Giftware and toys for tots. News in 2014: Ownership of the building passed from Marlin and Debbie Buchholz to Traci Lanning. Looking to 2015: We will continue to offer personal service and competitive prices to the residents of Marion and all surrounding areas. Owner: Traci Lanning Hours: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday LTJ,LLC ELECTRICAL SERVICES Address: 426 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-7890 Email: linco@eaglecom.net Year opened: 2001 About us: We provide our commercial, industrial and residential customers with electrical services, voice/data and TV cabling. We have Block & Associates certified / licensed electricians as well as certified system installers for the low-volt services we provide. Looking to 2015: We are looking forward to providing the services we handle for our customers. We will continue to better our staff in specific training and certifications that will allow us to keep up with the ever-changing technologies. As in the past we will continue to promote continuing education for our technicians. Owner: Lin Slifer, president MARION ASSISTED LIVING Address: 200 Eisenhower Drive, Marion Phone: 620-382-3000 Email: marional@sbcglobal.net Year opened: 2004 About us: Assisted living; 24hour assistance available, three meals a day. Maintenance, housekeeping and laundry provided. Medication monitoring or administration. Employees: 12 Hours: 24/7

LANNING PHARMACY Address: 217 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2135 Year opened: 1978 About us: We became a franchised Healthmart pharmacy in 1984 along with 1,500 other stores across the nation. This allows us to be able to purchase more merchandise in different MARION AUTO SUPPLY departments. As a full-line pharAddress: 115 E. Main, Marion macy, we accept most all major Phone: 620-382-2149 insurance plans, including MediWeb: napaonline.com care D plans for seniors. We have Email: mdreg@sbcglobal.net been offering flu shots for the Year opened: 1961 past couple of years and will About us: We are now a continue to do so in the future. NAPA auto parts store that also We offer a full lime of durable offers tractor parts. We mix

paint, custom make hydraulic hoses 1/4-inch to 1 inch. We are a Holland Grill dealer, and are now an authorized U-Haul dealer with a variety of types and sizes of trucks. Owners: Mike and Doug Regnier Employees: 3 Hours: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday MARION COUNTY FARM BUREAU Address: 1122 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2972 Web: marioncountyfb.com Email: marionfb@kfb.org Year opened: 1951 About us: An agriculture advocacy organization. Hours: Office open Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

MARION DRY CLEANING & LAUNDRY Address: 107 S. Second, Marion Phone: 620-382-2611 Year opened: January 2004 About us: We offer dry cleaning for clothes, drapes, alterations and laundry services. Owners: Billy and Donna Rosiere Hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; closed Saturday and Sunday. Laundry is open 24/7. MARION HOUSING AUTHORITY Hilltop Manor Address: 1501 E. Lawrence, Marion Phone: 620-382-2218 Email: marionhousing@sbcglobal.net Year opened: 1971 About us: We provide oneand two-bedroom apartments with a preference for the elderly/handicap. All apartments are furnished with appliances, carpet, central heating and air. Laundry facilities are located in the office building. We also have activities for residents. Employees: 3 Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to noon Thursday and Friday

Email: sales@marionmanufacturing.com Year opened: 1979 About us: We design and fabricate custom manufacturing equipment, specializing in metal forming equipment. We also offer a full-service machine shop. Owners: Allan Richmond, David Richmond, Tim Richmond and Jackie Palic Employees: 17 Office hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday MARION MARBLE & GRANITE WORKS Address: 159 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2660 Year opened: 1877 About us: Caring service, quality products. All memorials lettered in our local facility. Looking to 2015: We will remain focused on customers’ desire for quality memorials and caring service. Owners: Chris and Kathy Meierhoff Employees: 3 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturday

ture, commercial, consumer and all types of real estate, including home loans. For the investor, we offer certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts and saving accounts. Personal and business checking accounts are available for your daily needs. A Visa check card can be used with all personal transaction accounts. There is an ATM in our entry way for your 24-hour cash needs. Safe deposit boxes are available to store your valuables. Employees: 5 Hours: Lobby- 9 am to 3 pm Monday-Friday, closed on Saturday, Drive-thru- 8:15 am to 4:00 pm Monday-Thursday, 8:15 am to 5:00 pm Friday and 8:15 am to noon Saturday. MARION PRESCHOOL Address: We are located in Marion Elementary School, 1400 E. Lawrence Phone: 620-382-6014, ext 1739 Email: ewertela@usd408.com or beeryles@usd408.com Opened: January 1999 About us: Marion Preschool is for children ages 3-5. We have funded spaces for income eligible, tuition funded community or special education placements. We have morning session from 8:15 to11:35 and afternoon session from 12:15 to 3:35. Morning sessions are served breakfast and lunch, afternoon sessions are provided lunch and a snack. All meals are served family style. We offer a preschool curriculum consisting of: (1) Animated Alphabet: teaches letter sounds and sign, research based and developmentally appropriate; (2)

MARION COUNTY HOME CARE Address: 535 S. Freeborn, Marion Phone: 620-382-3690 Web: slhmarion.org Email: janet.herzet@slhmarion.org Year opened: 1979 About us: Marion County MARION NATIONAL BANK Home Care provides in-home Address: 302 E. Main, Marion health-care services. Home Phone: 620-382-2109 Health is covered by Medicare, Web address: Medicaid and private insurance bankwithmnb.com with qualifying criteria for the Email: jhefley@marionnaclient. Services include skilled MARION tionalbank.com, dnoller@marinursing, physical therapy, occuMANUFACTURING INC. onnationalbank.com pational therapy and speech Address: 201 S. Coble, Year opened: 1905 therapy. Services for attendant Marion About us: Marion National care and homemaker are availPhone: 620-382-3751 Bank offers full-service banking. able through the Senior Care Act Web: marionmanuWe offer loans for any worthand private pay. The agency has facturing.com while purpose including agricula telephone emergency response system that can be installed through a telephone line. The agency has mastectomy products and fittings available through an appointment with a certified mastectomy fitter. Looking to 2015: We plan to increase awareness of services that are available to assist with health care in the home at a reasonable cost or no cost. We look (1 gal.) #RTU1EXT to provide services to our customers in all of Marion County. Owner: Hospital District No. 1, Marion County, doing business as St. Luke Hospital & Living Center, Marion County Home Care Employees: 9 115 East Main, Marion • 620-382–2149 • mdreg@eaglecom.net Hours: Office, 7:30 a.m. to www.napaonline.com 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Services provided seven Supplying Marion and surrounding areas with quality parts days a week.

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Growing with Mathematics: Math curriculum encompassing all preschool math development, coordinating to the kindergarten math curriculum; (3) Handwriting Without Tears: Teaches letter formation and strengthens fine motor skills for many later skills; (5) PATHS: Twiggle the Turtle teaches kids about their feelings and how to handle them in positive ways; (6) Diversity: Children “visit” different countries and learn about the traditions, animal life and customs. Study is completed with ethnic food experience and a presenter that has traveled there; (7) Health/ safety: Nutrition is taught at meals as teachers discuss foods, heath benefits and eating healthy; lessons on safety throughout the year include bus, street, playground, fire and home safety; (8) Picturing America: children experience American art through observation and make connections through art activities; (9) Creative Curriculum: Our base curriculum that is wrapped into all others. This provides an assessment tool by which the school readiness is assessed. Parents choose individual goals

for their child for the staff to focus on. Volunteers from the community enhance our preschool, such as the foster grandparent program. Community volunteers enhance services, provide role models, and promote collaboration in the community. Parents, grandparents and others are encouraged to become involved in the program through volunteering in the classroom, attending parent meetings and policy council. Volunteers are encouraged to continue that involvement after their child has moved on in school. An application fair is planned for 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. April 2 in Room 307 at Marion Elementary School. MARION SEPTEMBER HOUSING Address: 1500 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2606 Year opened: 1987 About us: Social Security, disability, low-income housing, meals on wheels, public assistance, grocery delivery, pharmacy delivery, home health assistance. Owner: Janis Cook, Topeka

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Employees: Cheryl and David Silhan, managers Hours: 24-hour service MARION WELLNESS CENTER Address: 110 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2697 (business); 620-382-6725 (cell) Web: marionwellnesscenter.com Email: info@marionwellnesscenter.com Year opened: 2007 About us: Marion Wellness Center is a 24/7 fitness center for all ages. The facility has 36-plus equipment stations in a climatecontrolled environment that is equipped with TV and a stereo system. All equipment is commercial grade and includes cardio, weight machines (selectorized and free weights) and fitness balls/band/steps. Owner: Lori LalouetteCrawford Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week (access by keycard)

About us: We are offering products made from alpaca fiber. Alpacas are sheared once a year. Products offered include blankets, rugs, scarfs, mittens, hats, purses, alpaca fiber soap, sweaters, coats, socks, stuffed teddy bears, horses, lions, etc.; yarn, rovings, slippers; selling Keeper of the Light Cheerful Giver various candles, candle lanterns, room air infusers, etc. Owner: Jeff and Laurie Methvin. Employees: 4 part-time Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Also open by appointment. Hours to expand this summer; look for future advertisements of extended summer hours.

MILES BY DESIGN SALON, SPA AND BOUTIQUE Address: 906 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-7940 About us: Our mission is to provide Marion County and the surrounding areas with a clientMELINDA’S HOME AWAY focused experience. Our team FROM HOME CHILDCARE aspires to deliver superior cusAddress: 202 S. Freeborn, tomer care with a progressive Marion learning environment. We offer Phone: 620-382-2476 a full array of luxurious salon, Year opened: 1993 spa and nail services, as well as About us: I am a licensed Redken products, CND, clinical child-care professional providing skincare, Mirabella makeup and a home-away-from-home atmos- boutique items. phere. I care for children from News from 2014: Services birth on up. I have had many include all hair services for the hours of training through the entire family, manicures, nails, past 22 years, including CPR, first pedicures, ear piercing, cusaid and SIDS, which I keep curtomized facials, fruit acid facial rent. I serve nutritional meals peels, makeup application, spray and snacks at no extra cost. I tan, stand-up tanning booth, offer a healthy environment full-body waxing and individual where children can learn to play and couple massage. We also with others in a positive atmoshave added a boutique featurphere. We color, play, make ing clothing, jewelry, scarves and crafts, celebrate holidays and accessories. have fun with different activities Looking to 2015: We plan to and plenty of toys. A fenced continue our education to bring shaded big backyard with swing the newest styles, trends and sets, a slide and a huge sandpile, techniques in all areas, and probasketball, bikes and trikes help vide the best guest experience release their energy. we possibly can. Looking to 2015: Possible Owner: Karen Miles openings for school-age children Employees: 5 after school, when school Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m resumes in the fall. Monday through Thursday; 8 Owner: Melinda Schroeder a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 2 Employees: Self p.m. Saturday. Hours: 7 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. PRAIRIELAND METHVIN’S PRAIRIE OAK PARTNERS INC. ALPACA FARM STORE Address: 902 N. Cedar, Address: 626 E. Main, Marion Marion Phone: 620-381-4117 Phone: 620-382-3794 Email: Web: jeffmethvin@yahoo.com prairielandpartners.com Year opened: November 2013 Email: acooper@plpjd.com

Year opened: 2008 About us: PrairieLand is a John Deere agriculture equipment dealership specializing in large ag, turf and integrated solutions products. PrairieLand has nine stores in south central Kansas and more than 250 employees. News from 2014: PrairieLand maintained a strong business position. Owners: Doug Neufeld, Loren Balzer, Darrell Pankratz, Marc Conrady, Tom Conrady, Bill Wall, Dan Cammick, Joe Pavlovsky Employees: 276 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday RHINO WASH Address:1501 Sandstone, Marion Phone: 913-708-8297 Web: KansasRhinoWash.com Year opened: 2011 About us: Rhino Wash started in August 2011. We offer a self-serve bay that includes tire cleaner, engine degreaser, a foam brush and much more. We also offer a fully automatic touch-free car wash that’s open 24 hours a day, seven days a week which features Turtle Wax and Simonize chemicals to provide you with the ultimate clean. Hours: 24 hours a day, seven days a week SANDERS ELECTRIC Address: 607 S. Lincoln St., Marion Phone: 620-382-2427; 620381-0851 (cell) Year opened: 1989 About us: We do new and update old residental and commercial electrical work. News from 2014: We were awarded the renovation project of electrical work for the former September Apartments and also the new construction of the 20unit Homestead Senior Living, both completed in late fall. Owners: Harvey and Betty Sanders Employees: 5 to 8 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m Monday through Saturday SARDOU CARPENTRY, R&L CREATIVE CARVINGS, THE OUTDOORS INN BED & BREAKFAST Address: 25 Jerome St., Marion Phone: 620-382-3228 (cell) 620-382-6667

Web: rlcreativecarvings.com Email: rl76blue@aim.com, or LJSardou@gmail.com About us: Sardou Carpentry was started in 1973 as a licensed contractor doing remodeling and new construction. In recent years, we have specialized in bath and kitchen remodels. We build decks and docks, and do door and window replacements. To further expand Sardou Carpentry’s skills and services, we added a business in 2002 called R&L Creative Carvings. It specializes in custom-carved rustic furniture, cabinets, entry and screen doors and miscellaneous decor, in addition to doing chainsaw carved sculptures and custom personalized products. We also do chainsaw carvings on trees at people’s homes. In 2005, we opened The Outdoors Inn Bed & Breakfast at the Marion County Lake to provide lodging for people in a comfortable atmosphere and to enjoy the lake and our unique carvings on display. The Outdoors Inn offers single-room or full-house rental. A continental breakfast is served along with evening snacks. Guests have access to kitchen and laundry use. We also rent canoes and proved fishing equipment. Owners: Richard and Linda Sardou Employees: 2-6 (as necessary) Hours: Sardou Carpentry, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; R&L Creative Carvings, on demand; The Outdoors Inn, 24/7 year round SEW WHAT QUILT SHOP, LLP Address: 125 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2020 Web: "Like" us on Facebook: Sew What Quilt Shop, LLP Email: sewwhatquiltshop@yahoo.com Year opened: 2010 About us: We offer area quilters and travelers a pleasant place to shop for fabric, notions, patterns and books. News from 2014: Participated in Row by Row Experience, a nation-wide shop hop. Looking to 2015: We look forward to offering more classes and a wider selection of services. Owners: Jan Meisinger, Carol Riggs, Paula Perry Employees: 3 Hours: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Thursdays 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Summer hours open six days a week from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Closed Sundays.

MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 13B SHELTER INSURANCE Address: 422 E. Main St., Marion Phone: 620-382-3254 or 800838-3254 Web: shelterinsurance.com/dheerey Email: dheerey@shelterinsurance.com Year opened: The MFA Mutual Insurance Co. began operations Jan. 1, 1946. The company’s name was changed to Shelter Insurance in 1981. Shelter has been serving Marion County and the surrounding areas with a local agent since 1979. About us: Headquartered in Columbia, Mo., the Shelter Insurance group of companies is a leader in the industry, providing customers with exceptional insurance and financial products and service. Since opening our doors in 1946, we have become one of the most successful and financially sound regional insurance groups in the country. The insurance products we provide are specifically designed to best suit you, and include protection for your home, life, car, farm, business and more. News from 2014: Rhonda Hett has joined the agency as a licensed property and casualty staff member. Agent: Doug Heerey Employees: 2 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, or by appointment

Our bowling teams are always looking for bowlers. This March, once again we will host Big Brothers Big Sisters. If you would like to join please go to their website. SherBowl Lanes has its own Facebook page, so give us a look. Willy J’s 9th Lane is very family oriented. Bring your family in to eat our customer favorites— cheeseburgers, fries, beer-battered fries, chicken strips and chicken strip salad. Or try our new sandwiches, such as Philly Cheesesteak or Chicken Bacon Swiss. We serve soda and 3.2 malt beverages. We have a pool table, and several games along the inside of the bar, and hope to add a shuffle board game for more fun. Something new in the plans is making the arcade into a party room for birthday parties. Thursday night is Poker Night, which starts at 7:30 p.m. As of January, every other Thursday we are holding lessons for line dancing. Willy J’s offers catering services for any special occasion, significant birthday/retirement parties, class or family reunions, and holiday parties. With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, we hope to have the City of McPherson Band playing their bagpipes and drums. This is a great show, with fantastic music. We’re also hoping to have a Cream Canned Dinner or Mountain Oyster Fry in the upcoming months. We want to SHERBOWL LANES & be your “go to” place for food, WILLY J'S 9TH LANE SPORTS drink and entertainment. BAR News in 2014: Willy J’s has Address: 131 S. Thorp, hosted several dances by live Marion (south of Ampride) bands: classic rock genre, Soul Phone: Call 620-382-2630, Preachers from Salina; country text 620-381-4248 (Please leave genre, The Matt Engels Band your name and number so we from Wichita and the Classic can return your call.) Cowboys. We have had homeWeb: Facebook under Willy town groups such as Minus Six J’s 9th Lane Sports Bar and and DJ’s Red Beerd from Lehigh. Arcade; Facebook under If you enjoy karaoke, Lizard Skin SherBowl Lanes from Abilene is great entertainEmail: ment. Our large-screen TVs prosherbowllanes@yahoo.com or vide more sports television sherbdona60@yahoo.com entertainment. Year opened: SherBowl Lanes Looking to 2015: Our goal at in November 2003; Willy J’s 9th Willy J's/SherBowl Lanes is to Lane, September 2008. provide a great place for food, About us: At SherBowl Lanes drink and entertainment for the we offer family fun for all ages. residents of Marion County. The We have eight lanes with autochanging of our arcade room matic scoring. Our USBC sancinto a birthday-party room will tioned leagues are Monday and allow children and parents a priWednesday nights. Open bowlvate place to have a great time. ing to the public is Friday and We hope to add Friday night Saturday nights. For your child’s specials, such as Mega Burrito, to next birthday ask us about our our food lineup. Willy J’s 9th party packages. Upon request Lane also has its own Facebook we also offer Black Out Bowling. page. Check in for current news.

Owners: William and LaDonna Sherbert Employees: 4-6 Hours: Willy J’s—5-10 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday; 5-11 p.m Friday; and 5 p.m. to midnight Saturday. Kitchen opens at 5:30 p.m. Closed Sunday and Tuesday. SherBowl Lanes—League nights, Monday and Wednesday; open bowling nights Friday and Saturday. Parties after 5 p.m. SHIP-SHAPE ROOFING & PAINTING Address: 530 S. Cedar, Marion Phone: 620-382-3192; (cell) 316-650-4635 Year opened: 2001 About us: We do all types of roofing, exterior painting, tree cutting, hanging gutters. Owner: David Shiplet Employees: 3-6, depending on the task at hand Hours: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. SIGNATURES SALON Address: 416 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2347 Year opened: 1999, by Callie Jones; bought by Kristin Ebaben in June 2012. About us: We are a full-service salon, specializing in color, perms, haircuts and all nail services. Looking to 2015: Wonderful customer service and new and longtime clients. Owner: Kristin Ebaben Employees: 4 Hours: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Friday (some days vary). Some Saturdays by appointment. SPUR RIDGE VET HOSPITAL Address: 901 N. Industrial, Marion Phone: 620-381-2100 Web: spurridge.com Email: vet@spurridge.com Year opened: 2009 in Marion About us: Our veterinary practice was established in 2004 with the goal of providing the community with a source for excellence in animal health care across a wide range of species. We offer first-class services for small animal, equine, and food animal. Our services are complemented by our friendly staff and small-town values. News from 2014: We continue to offer additional services in-house such as boarding, grooming and farrier service. Throughout the year, we will

continue to show our clients and patients the value of preventive care exams. Pets are often suffering from diseases that go unnoticed without a thorough physical exam. Regular health care is so much more important than just getting vaccinated. Looking to 2015: Spur Ridge is pleased to announce veterinarian Chris Cox has joined the practice. Dr. Cox has a diverse interest in all species, and looks forward to making this area his home. Owner: Dr. Brendan Kraus, DVM Employees: 8 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday STATE FARM INSURANCE Address: Marion, 822 E. Main; Hillsboro, 144 N. Main Phone: Marion, 620-3823363; Hillsboro, 620-947-5900 Web: statefarm.com Email: becky.walsh.c2v3@statefarm.com Opened: State Farm was founded in 1922 by retired farmer George J. Mecherle. Becky Walsh Agency opened in 1991. About us: State Farm offers automobile, homeowners, renters, health, life, banking and financial services. The team consists of agent Becky Walsh and licensed staff members Kris Pschigoda in Hillsboro 37 years and Amy Rowles in Marion seven years. Looking to 2015: To provide policyholders with quality service. Owner: Becky Walsh Employees: 2 Hours: 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Evenings and Saturdays by appointment. STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL Address: 300 E. Santa Fe, Marion Phone: 620-382-3142 Web: marionvalleyumc.org Year opened: 2001 About us: Stepping Stones is an important ministry of Valley United Methodist Church. Stepping Stones provides a loving environment for learning basic preschool skills with a Christian curriculum. Looking to 2015: Our mission is that children will learn about God’s love for them and their family through our biblically

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based curriculum. They will find church a loving and safe place where God is real and connected to their daily lives. The students will learn how to work and play together and have their first learning experience be a positive one. Skills necessary to be successful in school will be integrated into Bible stories that teach faith lessons. Students will grow intellectually, emotionally, spiritually and socially. Owner: Valley United Methodist Church Employees: 1 plus volunteers Hours: Morning class 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday

substitute. I offer a well-rounded education with a strong foundation of the basics. Looking to 2015: I will continue to update and refine my methods and lessons to improve the quality of education I offer. Owner: Michele Regnier Employees: 1 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday (Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 4/5-year-old classes; Tuesday, Thursday: 3-year-old classes).

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ST. LUKE HOSPITAL & LIVING CENTER Address: 535 S. Freeborn, Marion Phone: 620-382-2177 Web: slhmarion.org Email: Many available on website Year opened: Marion Hospital opened in 1907 and became St. Luke in 1952, and began operating independently ST. LUKE in 2004. AUXILIARY SHOPPE About us: St. Luke facilities Address: 404 E. Main, Marion consist of the hospital, St. Luke Year opened: Dec. 29, 2005, Living Center, Marion County to support St. Luke Hospital and Home Care and St. Luke Medical SUBWAY Living Center. Clinic. Our mission is to enhance Address: 1111 E. Main, About us: Our goal is to assist people’s lives through personal Marion the St. Luke Foundation, plus care, quality service and ethical Phone: 620-382-2682 provide and support for people practices. We strive to provide Year opened: 2014 in need of help, such as families our patients with specialists and Owners: Jessica Lauren, with foster children and families diagnostic equipment on site to Mitch Carlson, Greg Carlson, that are having difficulties. We keep health-care needs convenLinda Carlson also support the Ministerial ient and close to home. Services Employees: 13 Alliance with certificates, the include general and cataract surHours: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Head Start program and the gery; physical, occupational and Sunday through Thursday; 7 a.m. Marion County Special Education speech therapy; digital mamto 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Cooperative. All of our merchan- mography, ultrasound, MRI, CT dise is donated. We have somescans, Dexascans and general xSUNSHINE COUNTRY thing for everyone, of all ages. rays; cardiology; cardiac and pulPRESCHOOL Clothes, toys, glassware, seamonary rehabilitation; and Address: 520 S. Third, Marion soned merchandise, small appliophthalmology. Phone: 620-382-2450 ances such as toasters, mixers, Owner: Hospital District No. Email: mdreg@eaglecom.net irons, vacuum cleaners. Right 1, Marion County. Year opened: Opened as a now we have our winter wear Employees: 129 day care and preschool in 1998; for clothing. But in March we Hours: Business office is 7 became a preschool in 2000 will take all winter clothing off a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through About us: I have a bachelor’s the floor and put out spring and Friday. Emergency services are degree in education with a summer. provided 24 hours daily. minor in early childhood educaOwners/employees: We are tion. I have classroom experience operated by the Auxiliary board ST. LUKE INTEGRATED at both the kindergarten and and have more than 50 volunHEALTH CARE second-grade levels, and as a K-6 teers to operate the store. Address: 921 E. Main, Marion

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Eric Gunderson, a member of Love & Theft, the featured band at last summer’s Chingawassa Days Saturday night concert, performs for the crowd. Chingawassa Days has developed a tradition of bringing in well-known groups. Phone: 620-382-2998 Year opened: 1995 About us: I offer massage therapy in a clinical setting. This includes Swedish massage, chair, sports, pregnancy, warm stone and reflexology. News in 2014: A new office location in Tampa the third Saturday of every month was added in June. Looking to 2015: Continuation of services with flexible hours. Owner: Carol Wituk Employees: (self) Hours: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday; Saturday by appointment.

ST. LUKE MEDICAL CLINIC Address: 537 S. Freeborn, Marion Phone: 620-382-2033 Web: slhmarion.org Year opened: 2014 About us: St. Luke Medical Clinic was formed in June 2014 as the former St. Luke Physician Clinic and Marion Family Physician's Clinic combined their providers and services into one practice. We offer care for children of all ages, and adults in all stages of life. Owner: St. Luke Hospital Employees: 15 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Walk-in

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STRAUB INTERNATIONAL Address: 601 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2188; tollfree 877-382-2188 Web: straubint.com Email: mbartel@straubint.com Year opened: Aug. 1, 1995 About us: We are a full-line Case IH agriculture equipment dealership. We have seven store locations in Kansas that offer equipment sales, service and parts. We also are a selling dealer for Whirlpool, Amana and Kitchen Aide appliances. We provide delivery, installation and service for the customers that purchase their appliances through our store. Our other short-line inventories includes Great Plains, Land Pride, Trimble, Crustbuster, Holland Grills, Coastto-Coast carports and a full line inventory of Ertl toys. News from 2014: Change has been a part of life at Straub’s and we are proud of what we have accomplished in the past year. Recently, we were excited to celebrate 70 years in business, as well as the fifth birthday of our Pratt dealership. New additions, product extensions and innovations from Case IH—such as the MagmumRow Tractor— continue to demonstrate dedication to the leadership in the global and North American industry. Straub’s continues to strengthen, especially with the addition of a new 55,000 squarefoot store in the Wichita market. Also, we have added dozens of heavy-duty service vehicles, delivery and transport trailers, dynamometers, forklifts and other specialty tools needed for the highly technical equipment produced industry wide. We also are pleased with our updated and improved website, which now includes convenient links to weather, markets and the industry blog posts. Updated online parts and equipment search engines improve accuracy and ease of use. Finally, we have energized an exciting presence on Facebook. Check us out! Looking to 2015: We are optimistic for how our future will benefit your business. Recently, we added to our “next generation team” of family members in the business. The future holds many opportunities for the agricultural industry and, in particular, the agricultural

MARION STATE OF THE CITY n FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 n 15B dealership industry. Straub is in a leadership position in the fastemerging multiple-dealership marketplace. Our company will fill in with many resources and talented personal that should allow us to capitalize on these opportunities well into the future. Many areas of Kansas and the Midwest are finally recovering from crippling drought-like conditions and moisture levels are promising for the future crop yields. Kansas agriculture continues to grow, innovate and move forward. We wish you a safe harvesting and planting season, and we look forward to being your partner for 2015 and beyond. Owner: Straub family and shareholders Employees: 10 full-time, 2 part-time Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; summer hours, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. We also have an after-hours phone for those unexpected breakdowns that happen after hours. Call 620-382-5441; there will be a $25 charge for all call-backs after normal business hours; this service runs year round. On Saturday, our hours run from 8 a.m. to noon. SUPERIOR WINE & LIQUOR Address: 1240 Commercial, Marion Phone: 620-382-8470 Year opened: 2006 About us: Superior Wine & Liquor is a full-service store. Our customers enjoy the coldest beer in town; on Wednesdays wine is 10 percent off. We have counsel-

ing for weddings and parties for your full needs on alcohol. Fine wine selection for everyone. Owners: Laura Yates and David Yates Employees: 2 Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 7 p.m. Sunday; open summer holidays

is one of the few banks in Marion County still locally owned. We offer the full range of banking services: checking, savings, time deposits (CDs), consumer, commercial and real estate loans, escrow services, credit and debit cards, Internet banking, new touch screen drive-up ATM (Marion), night depository, safe deposit boxes. News from 2014: We are SWAN’S REFRIGERATION offering a new checking account & AIR CONDITIONING product called “Secure Address: 313 S. Fourth, Checking.” When you enroll in Marion this account, you get (1) unlimPhone: 620-382-2598 ited check writing, (2) unlimited Year opened: 1975 Internet banking, (3) Mastercard About us: I service refrigeradebit card, (4) eStatements, (5) tors, freezers, ice machines, air cellular phone protection, (6) conditioners, furnaces, I install identity-theft protection. new Bryant heating and cooling Another highlight was that systems, residential and commer- added Megan Suffield as a partcial. time teller in the Marion office. News from 2014: Thanks to Looking to 2015: Our all our customers, for allowing us friendly, courteous officers and to help them in the past year. staff will continue to provide the Looking to 2015: Striving to excellent service to our cusoffer our customers the most tomers in 2014 that they have efficient Bryant heating and been used to since 1901. cooling systems to help offset Ownership: Tampa State the high energy bills. Bankshares Inc. Owner: Paul Swan Employees: 16 Employees: Self Hours: (Tampa) 9 a.m. to Hours: 8 a.m to 5 p.m. noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; (Marion) 8:30 TAMPA STATE BANK a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday Address: 1100 E. Main, through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to Marion; 326 Main, Tampa noon Saturday Phone: 620-382-8811 Marion; 785-965-7210 Tampa TC’S WHAT NOT SHOP Web: tampastatebank.com Address: 901 E. Main, Marion Email: tampa@tampastatePhone: 620-382-2014 bank.com Web: Facebook - TC’s What Year opened: 1901 Not Shop About us: Tampa State Bank Year opened: 2007

About us: We are always adding new items pretty much on a daily basis, some new and some old. We have homespun decorations for your all rooms in your home. Beautiful quilts, candles incense, oils and oil burners. All kinds of neat little knickknacks to decorate with. Of course, we still have KSU and KU. Tons of new jewelry, purses, wallets and the “hippy” shirts, jackets and purses are still one of our top sellers. We are blessed to have wonderful renters all with their own idea of what is cool, so it keeps our selection fresh and fun. One thing I love is the custom pet tags, leashes and collars. If you don’t find just the right one we can order it for you. When you are gift-giving, if you can’t find just the right item we have gift certificates that make it even more fun. Owner: Theresa Carroll Employees: 15 Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day. TRACE OF COPPER Address: 1216 Commercial Drive, Marion Phone: 620-382-2099. Year opened: 1985 About us: We offer Kansasmade metal art made with brass, copper and steel. Custom orders have become a big part of the business. Retirement, anniversary and graduation gifts are made to be personalized with names and dates. Looking to 2015: We will be incorporating a new line of products with more of a lodge look to it.

Owner: Tracy Hett Employees: 2 Hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m. to noon Saturday TRIPLE R HAULING Address: 217 N. Coble, Marion Phone: (Kim) 620-382-7802; (Wally) 620-382-7080 Email: lynn2volts@yahoo.com Year opened: 2001 About us: Our company offers custom step-deck hauling in more than 27 central states. Items hauled include heavy equipment, military equipment, farm machinery, agricultural products and specialty equipment such as milling, roll-form equipment and windmill parts. We haul specialty and emergency loads, and offer ramp use, bridges and tarps if needed. Owners: Wallace and Kim Ross Employees: 3 Hours: 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday UNIQUE DESIGNS Address: 111 N. Fourth, Marion Phone: 620-382-3153 Year opened: 1984 About us: I am in our 31st year as a hairdresser, making people look and feel beautiful. We carry these retail products: Matrix, Redken, Scruples, Pravana, Bosley. Owner: Amy Gillett Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday as early or late as needed.

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DDS Employees: 4 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Friday WAGON WHEEL EXPRESS Address: 202 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3544 Year opened: 2011 About us: We have charbroiled burgers, fresh-cut fries, Hand-squeezed limeades and lemonades. We offer many sandwiches, such as Philly steaks, Reuben, Fresno melt, and chicken-fried steak to name our most popular ones. We offer specialty salads as well. Smoked ribs every Saturday and fried sides. Also ice cream and shakes, malts and sundaes. Owner: Keith and Sherry Hess Employees: 6 part time Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday. WEBSTER AUTO SERVICE Address: 106 W. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-2108 Web: Facebook Email: webasinc@att.net Year opened: 1953 About us: Complete automotive repair, including light trucks. Everything from oil changes to engine and transmission replacement. Serving all of Marion County. Looking to 2015: Looking forward to continuing to offer great service and options to our customers with automotive and

tire services. Owner: Barry J. Allen Employees: 5 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday WESTERN ASSOCIATES Address: 124 E. Main, Marion Phone: 620-382-3742 Web: westernassociates.com Email: info@westernassociates.com Year opened: 1956 About us: We offer an everexpanding line of promotional and fundraising items. With our in-house screen printing and embroidery services we are able to supply goods and services in a timely manner. Our longevity in the business also allows us to offer a wide range of specialty items at exceptional prices. We have local salespeople available to help you promote your business, school or organization. We also have salespeople located throughout the United States. Owners: Dave Crofoot, Jim Crofoot, Pam Bowers, Kevin Gardner Employees: 70 Hours: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday WIENS HOME CONSTRUCTION & REPAIR Address: 407 S. Lincoln, Marion Phone: 620-382-3754 Email: wiensphoto@yahoo.com Year opened: 1996 About us: We do some new home construction, but the majority of our time is spent on

remodeling and repair. No job is too small and we strive to do the job right and to satisfy the customer. We have a variety of window, door and siding options available to fit every remodeling need and budget. Having built six log homes, we have experience dealing the log homes, including repair and maintenance. Looking to 2015: We would like an opportunity to visit with you about your home maintenance and construction projects. Garage door problems? Give us a call. Owners: Gerald and Jan Wiens Employees: 2 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday

ily groups and weddings. I am always looking for sportingevent requests and would like to expand my nature and wildlife photography into the corporate world. Owner: Gerald Wiens

WINTER CONSTRUCTION CO. Address: 2102 180th, Marion Phone: 620-382-2468 Year opened: Started working construction in 1966; in 1972, established Winter Construction Co. About us: We offer all construction, all new and remodeling jobs. No job is too small or too large, from foundation to roofs and everything in between. News from 2014: Chris Sprowls joined Winter ConWIENS PHOTO struction Co. 20 years ago and Address: 407 S. Lincoln, Todd Winter has worked for the Marion company for 10 years. Both Phone: 620-382-3754 employees are experienced, talWeb: wiensphoto.com ented builders. Our goal is to Email: always please our customers and wiensphoto@yahoo.com do quality work. Year opened: 1983 Looking to 2015: Our goal is About us: Gerald offers four to continue to offer the best areas of photography: (1) Nature workmanship and customer servand wildlife, with archival ice. We will help design your images of a variety of sizes ready new home or remodeling jobs to hang on your wall. (2) Youth with customer satisfaction. sports “action” photography, Owner: Earl and Joan Winter. photographs of kids (and adults) Employees: 2 participating in sporting events. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are very few sports I have Monday to Friday. Available anynot photographed, give me a time for phone calls. call. (3) Senior portraits and family groups, specializing in onZEINER FUNERAL HOME location and outdoor Address: 205 Elm St., Marion photographs. (4) Weddings. Phone: 620-382-2112 Looking to 2015: I would like Email: zeinerfuneralhome@to expand senior portraits, fameaglecom.net

Facebook: facebook.com/ pages/Zeiner-Funeral-Home/ 389493527772342 Year opened: Our business has served Marion County since 1888. About us: We offer funeral/memorial services, excellence in embalming, cremation

902 N. Cedar, Marion 620-382-3794 Toll Free 800-530-5776

www.prairielandpartners.com

MARION COUNTY LAKE This 153-acre lake was placed on the National Register of historic places in 2002. A bronze statue memorializing the Kansas men who worked on conservation projects during the Great Depression years was erected in Sept, 2004. Marion County Lake holds R the state record for spotted bass and is fully stocked by the KS Division of Wildlife and Parks. • Fishing (Channel, Walleye, Flathead Catfish, Saugeye, White, Largemouth, Spotted Bass, Wipers & Crappie)

• Boating - 2 Ramps • Swimming Beach • Bait & Tackle

• Climate Controlled Lake Hall • Restrooms & 3 Shower 2 • Camping 1 Grounds 4 • RV Hookup • Playground • CCC Museum

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Home to one of ONLY THREE HEATED DOCKS IN KANSAS!

Open year round!

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and pre-arranged services, video tributes for families and a selection of caskets, vaults, urns and related merchandise. Owner: Ty R. Zeiner Hours: On call 24 hours a day; office hours 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, Saturdays by appointment.

An outstanding recreation & beauty spot in Central Kansas

Special 2015 Events

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