B4 Saturday, November 24, 2012
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Smoking turn signal should be fixed Dear Tom and Ray: I have a 1998 Ford Explorer. A few days ago, I had the left turn signal on and suddenly, it just stopped blinking. Then a very faint, almost imperceptible wisp of smoke came out of the steering column. I think I smelled a burnt-toast odor. The smoke and odor disappeared in about a second, leaving me wondering if I had imagined it all. A while later, the turn signal started working again. Am I going to end up being one of those people stranded on the side of the highway watching their car go up in flames?
Car Talk
Tom and Ray Magliozzi Please help! My boyfriend insists that this is serious. But for me, it’s really easy to ignore the problem (if it IS a problem), because it’s working fine again now. — Judy TOM: Well, just to be on the safe side, I wouldn’t wear any flammable fabrics for a while. And avoid using hair spray before getting into the car. RAY: It’s potentially dan-
gerous, Judy. The smoke is coming from your multifunction switch, which is the switch operated by your turn-signal stalk. It often controls several things, like the windshield wipers and, in some cars, the headlights and high beams, too. TOM: Yours is arcing. When the two metal contacts of the switch no longer make firm contact — because they’re corroded or they’re worn down — the electricity will “jump” across the connection in the form of a spark. RAY: And we all know that where there’s spark, there’s — uh, sometimes
fire, eventually. So, WILL your car definitely turn into a rolling barbecue grill? No. But CAN it, based on this problem? Yes. Definitely. TOM: Plus, you know what the problem is, and you know what the solution is — a new multifunction switch for a couple of hundred bucks from the dealer, or probably less from an independent shop. So why not just be safe and take care of it, instead of having to drive with one hand on the wheel and one hand always on a venti iced coffee, which you can use to douse any sudden flames?
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DORIS E. GORDEN, DECEASED CASE NO. 2012-PR-43 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on November 13, 2012, a petition was filed in this Court by Debra J. Gamache praying that descent be determined of the following real estate situate in Allen County, Kansas. South Half of the Northeast Quarter (S1/2 of NE1/4), Section Twenty (20), Township Twenty-four (24), Range eighteen (18), and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death; and that such property and all personal property and other Kansas
real estate owned by decedent at the time of death be assigned persuant to the terms of a Valid Settlement Agreement filed with the petition. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before December 11, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. in the District Court, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said Petition. Debra J. Gamache Petitioner William N. Lacy Attorney for Petitioner 111 S. State P.O. Box 202 Yates Center, KS 66783 (620)625-2145 (11) 17, 24 (12) 1
Public notices (First appeared in The Iola Register, November 10, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE SECTION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA B. BOYD, DECEASED. No. 2012PR42 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on November 2, 2012, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary under the Kansas Simplified Estates Act was filed in this Court by ROBERT A. BOYD and MARK A. BOYD, heirs, devisees and legatees, and Executors named in the Last Will and Testament of VIRGINIA B. BOYD, deceased. All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. ROBERT A. BOYD, Petitioner MARK A. BOYD, Petitioner Lisa A. Veselich, KS Bar No. 16997 Husch Blackwell LLP 4801 Main Street, Suite 1000 Kansas City, Missouri 64112 Telephone: (816) 983-8000 Facsimile: (816) 983-8080 ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER (11) 10,17,24
(First published in the Iola Register, November 17, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF VIEVIE M. TEAGUE, DECEASED CASE NO. 12PR14 NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL SETTLEMENT STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Robert Edward Jewell, Executor of the Will of the decedent, praying for final settlement of said estate. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 11th day of December, 2012, at 8:30 a.m., of said day in said Court, in the City of Iola, Allen County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition. Dated this 14th day of November, 2012. Robert Edward Jewell, Executor LAW OFFICE OF CLYDE W. TOLAND, LLC 103 East Madison Avenue, Suite B P.O. Box 404 Iola, KS 66749 PHONE: 620/365-8006 Attorney for Petitioner (11) 17, 24 (12) 1 (First published in The Iola Register November 17, 2012) IN THE DISTRICT OF ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS
WWII letter found ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) — A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it. The postcard was sent July 4, 1943, from Rockford, Ill., to sisters Pauline and Theresa Leisenring in Elmira. Their brother, George Leisenring, was stationed at Rockford’s Medical Center Barracks at Camp Grant, an Army post during World War II. The postcard reads in part, “Dear Pauline and Theresa, We arrived safe, had a good
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trip, but we were good and tired.” Elmira’s Star-Gazette newspaper reported the postcard arrived last week at the family’s former home, where a different family now lives.
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