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Nine hundred bicyclists with Biking Across Kansas rolled into Goessel Wednesday, June 10.

BAK is an annual event occurring the first full week of June.

This year they started in Johnson City and completed their ride at Louisburg. This was the first time the route came and made an overnight stop in Goessel.

The cyclists were riding in from Sterling that day, with many completing the 54 miles long before noon. The cyclists found the town ready for them.

At the fire station the junior high youth had walking tacos and Keith’s Grocery store had grilled sausage burgers. Elsewhere through town, bicyclists found homemade ice cream, funnel cakes, frozen fruit cups, lemonade and, of course, the Branding Iron was serving burgers and fries for them.

The museum was open early and many cyclist took time to tour it and learn about the early immigrants to the community.

For supper, the area Mennonite churches provided grilled chicken, homemade salads and

BAK route through Marion County.

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Bikers with tents set up camp on the GHS football field while others found indoor comfort in the air-conditioned gym.

The breakfast sandwich team, (from left) Barb Banman, lead GHS cook; GES cook Sandra Duerksen; teacher and coach Curtis Guhr, and teacher and coach Zana Manche, prepare to feed the morning masses.

Sunday night deluge brings flooding Reports of 4 to 6 inches of rain Sunday night resulted in flooding around Marion County. At left is some suspicious low-cloud activity that preceded the event early Sunday evening. By morning, five homes in Peabody had to be evacuated as Doyle Creek overflowed its banks, according to Randy Frank, Marion County Emergency Management director.

Frank said Monday afternoon that he hoped the residents could re-enter their homes by the end of the day. In the right photo, even deer took the high road as water crossed Kanza Road southeast of Hillsboro. Below, the overflowing South Cottonwood River made a lake out of farm ground two miles south of Hillsboro along Indigo Road.

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20, at the Harvey House Museum.

The menu will include fish and mountain oysters, with many salads, side dishes and desserts.

Donations for the meal will be used to support the museum.

Everyone is invited for an evening of good food and good conversation with neighbors, according to Edna Mae Robinson, FHS treasurer.

from October 2005 to April 2007. He serves with Bravo Battery 1/161 FA out of Abilene.

The 35th Infantry Division Band is under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer Stephen J. Patterson.

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several family events during the Memorial Day weekend, May 23-24.

Some of the events Ron and Dora (Duerksen) included family pictures at Unruh of rural Durham the farm, anniversary cake recently celebrated their HILLSBORO and attending church 60th wedding anniversary.

FARMERS MARKET together Sunday morning.

They were married June June 18—Parkside Homes Many of the grandchildren 1, 1955, at Alexanderwohl will be serving smoked KDOT plans detour Mennonite church, rural provided special music chicken and sides. including a song from their Goessel. for roundabout Look for the Hillsboro Farmers wedding.

Market from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every The Unruhs made their Kansas Department of Thursday at Memorial Park. Your An anniversary dinner at home northwest of Durham Transportation officials will patronage is appreciated. Questions Prairie Oaks Lodge located where they have been farmabout the market should be directed begin construction on a in the Flint Hills rounded to Lena Hall at 947-3506. ever since their marFlint Hills Garden roundabout at the intersec- ers out the weekend. riage. tion of US Highway 56/77 The couple’s children Their children, grandTour slated June 27 and Kansas Highway 150.

Zion Church plans include Brenda and huschildren and great-grandAll U.S. Highway 56 trafThe sixth annual band Jim Enns of Hillsboro, children gathered for Sunday family day Flowers in the Flint Hills fic will be detoured to Kansas Highway 256.

Garden Tour is from 8:30 Vacation Bible School Eunice was a secretary a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June Sunday Family Fun Day is Hillsboro couple to at USD 410-Hillsboro for 26 27. The tour features rural planned from 9 a.m. to 2 Girl Scouts plan celebrate 69 years years and later served the and city locations. p.m. June 28 at Zion For more information, Lutheran Church, 106 N. movie in the park Raymond R. and Eunice Hillsboro Senior Center for 15 years. call Marion City Library at Lincoln, Hillsboro.

(Janzen) Matz of Hillsboro The Girl Scouts of The couple has four chil“Camp Discovery” is for 620-382-2442. are celebrating their 69th Kansas Heartland are spondren Rick and Ruth of the entire family and wedding anniversary . soring the movie, “Big Hero includes snacks, lunch, stoThey were married June Wichita, Ray and Pat of 6,” at 9 p.m. Friday, June 19, National Guard to Olathe, Reg of Hillsboro and rytelling, games, music, 22, 1946, at Hillsboro. at the Scout Hut, Hillsboro Eydie and Mike Fellows of crafts and Bible challenge. perform in Marion Memorial Park.

Raymond was owner of Newton; six grandchildren For more information or Matz Upholstery for 61 The event is the Girl The Kansas National and six great-grandchilto RSVP to Pat Nuss, 620years and also a rural mail Scouts’ way of thanking Guard 35th Infantry Dividren.

947-1519. carrier. sion Band from Olathe will Marion County and city of Hillsboro for their support. present a concert at 7 p.m.

Admission is free. In case Picnic on the Lawn June 23 at the Performing haw was born in McPherof inclement weather, the Arts Center on the campus Reception set for set for Saturday son County July 6, 1925, and movie will be shown at of Marion High School.

Greenhaw birthday grew up on a farm north of Parkview Church.

Admission is free to the The Florence Historical Canton.

For more information, public.

Society is having its 17th The family of Pauline She and her late husChris Barlow, MHS band call Amy Ayers at 785-827annual Picnic on the Lawn Greenhaw, Hillsboro, is band, Donald E. Greenhaw, from 5-7 p.m. Saturday, June director, played in the band 3679. planning a come-and-go raised their two sons in reception from 2-4 p.m.

Canton, where they owned Sunday, July 5, in honor of and operated the Greenhaw her 90th birthday.

Drug Store and soda founThe reception will be in tain. They relocated and the lower-level community room at Park Village Apartments, 1 Park Ave., HillsCome-and-go for boro.

Steve and Lou Greenhaw Boese’s 90th Home has a new address...be a part of our unique community. and family, and Dennis and The family of Edmah Pat Greenhaw and family, Boese of Newton invites will be reception hosts. well-wishers to a come-andPauline (Wain) Greengo reception marking her 90th birthday from 2:30-5 I wish to thank everyone p.m. Sunday, June 21, in the for all the cards, flowers, Bethesda Home chapel in Goessel. n Resident directed care gifts, phone calls, and Born June 22, 1925, Boese visits I received after my n All private rooms has lived in Marion County fall and surgery. for many years with husYour thoughtfulness will n Short-term rehab options band, Irvin. Their daughalways be ters are Nancy Schmidt and n Independent Living remembered.

Janell Hawk.

Durham couple celebrates 60 years

Debra and husband Lon Hiebert of Peabody, Mark and wife Barb Unruh of Durham and Warren and wife Anita Unruh of Tampa; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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opened the original Greenhaw Pharmacy in downtown Hillsboro Jan. 1, 1969.

For those who are unable to attend the July 5 reception but want to share a congratulatory message, the honoree’s phone number is 620-947-3235 and her mailing address is 1 Park Ave., Apt. 104, Hillsboro, KS 67063.

Duplexes Available!

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Also, a special “Thank you” to Parkside Homes for their excellent care.

After two months in the hospital and rehab, it is great to be back home.

Doris Crowther

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Join us this Sunday at the Hillsboro Elementary School Grace Community Fellowship Sunday School: 9:15 am Worship Service: 10:30 am

620-947-0202 • Pastor Adam Utecht 110 N. Main - Hillsboro OFFICE HOURS: Monday CLOSED Tues/Wed/Thurs: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday CLOSED

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Jeni Smith - Scentsy Kansas Cosmosphere Kansas City Chiefs Football Kansas City Royals Baseball Lanning Pharmacy Marion Auto Supply Marion Country Record Marion County Hardware Marion Die & Fixture Marion Dry Cleaning Marion Manufacturing Midway Motors Newman Outdoor Supply

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SENIOR SCRIBBLES HILLSBORO SENIOR CENTER We want to thank everyone who attended the Hillsboro Farmers Market Thursday and had a meal.

We served about 125 people even with the rain, and we are blessed to have the support for our Senior Center.

We have a lot of expenses and we are grateful for donations. It was a big help.

To keep our center open, donations are important.

Anybody who would like to contribute can receive a receipt for tax purposes.

Memorials in the center’s name may also be made, if that is a person’s wish.

Join us soon for a meal and stay for one of the programs, too.

Volunteers are needed for the Meals on Wheels delivery program. If interested, please call.

For more information or to volunteer, stop by 212 N. Main St. or call 620-947-2304 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Hope to see you soon.

—Brenda Moss, director

n ALVIN H. GOERTZ, 96, owner of Al’s Garage in Lehigh, died June 3 at Bethesda Home, Goessel.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, June 20, at Tabor Mennonite Church, rural Newton.

Visitation with family is from 6-8 p.m. Friday, June 19, at Miller-Ott Funeral Home, 303 E. Main, Goessel.

He was born May 19, 1919, to Henry and Martha Goertz on a farm near Walton. On June 15, 1944, he was married to Ethlyn Wiebe, who predeceased him April 29, 1978. On April 2, 1983, he was remarried to Marie Ediger, who predeceased him in 1999.

Survivors include children David Goertz of Chandler, Ariz., Edith and husband Vern Schultz of Osseo, Minn., Grace and husband Gary Hagen of Minnetonka, Minn., and Becky and husband Howard Allison of Newton; brother, Richard Goertz of Missouri; six grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Bethesda Home, Gideon’s International or Tabor Mennonite Church and sent in care of MillerOtt Funeral Home, P.O. Box 96, Goessel, KS 67053. n MARY J. OVERTON, 70, died June 10 at Pine Village of Moundridge. The service was June 13 at Spring Valley Mennonite Church, 1089 29th Ave., Canton.

She was born May 23, 1945, to Fred and Mary (Meerian) Wolf at Grinnell.

On Aug. 16, 1965, she was married to Alan E. Overton, who survives.

Other survivors include

children Brenda and Don Stovall of Halstead, Arlie and wife Gina Overton of Marion, Cathy and husband Dean Keyes of Rush Springs, Okla., Keith and wife Erica Overton of Jenks, Okla., and A.J. and wife Amanda Overton of Halstead; siblings Melvin Wolf of Grinnell, Luetta Kaiser of Hays, Rich Wolf of Denver, Colo., Daryl Wolf of Monument, Bernice Rueschhoff of Angelus and Duane Wolf of Grinnell and grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Spring Valley Mennonite Church and sent in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 920 E. D St., Hillsboro, KS 67063. n ANDREW “ANDY” PLETT, 90, a farmer of Goessel, died June 7 at Bethesda Home in Goessel.

The memorial service will be at 7 p.m. June 29 at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, 1304 N. Kansas Highway 15, Goessel.

The graveside service was June 12 at Alexanderwohl Cemetery, Goessel.

He was born Oct. 11, 1924, to C.E. and Elisabeth

Fast Plett at Lehigh. On Sept. 22, 1951, he was married to Elva Schmidt, who survives.

Other survivors include daughters Edith and husband Mike Carr of Williamsburg, Va., Ethel and husband Rod Wedel of Newton, Susan and husband Thomas Krehbiel and Marcia and husband Karl Brubaker, all of Goessel; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Mennonite Central Committee and sent in care of Miller-Ott Funeral Home, 303 E. Main, P.O. Box 96, Goessel, KS 67053, in charge of arrangements. n LAQUETTA RAY (LUKE) SIEBERT, 77, of Marion, and a waitress at Kingfisher’s Inn, died June 6 at Bethesda Homes, Goessel.

Services are pending and will be at a later date.

She was born Sept. 26, 1937, to Helen (Peck) and Floyd Cunningham at Oklahoma City, Okla. On Nov. 10,

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a great success!

Without these donors, Chingawassa would not be possible. Please give these businesses, organizations, and individuals a standing ovation by supporting their business. They are supporting your community, so get out and support them! And thanks to all of you who made it out to enjoy the events and festivities. YOU are who we work for!

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We want to extend our SINCERE APPRECIATION to these donors who made

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Carlson's Grocery Central National Bank City of Marion Cummins Central Power Eagle Communications Hett Construction Hillsboro Free Press Marion Chamber of Commerce Marion County Record Marion Kiwanis Club Marion National Bank Panzer Chiropractic PrairieLand Partners Smith Chiropractic & Acupuncture St. Luke Hospital & Living Ctr Tampa State Bank Western Associates

and Julie Ascencio of St. Peters, Mo.; sister Sue of Oklahoma City; 11 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the Marion City Library, 101 Library St., Marion, KS 66861.

Lunch Specials

WEDNESDAY, June 24 Pork roast, baked potato, sour cream, green beans w/onions, angel food cake w/fruit, milk.

THURSDAY, June 25 Hamburger/bun, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, potato wedges, coleslaw, marinated green beans, peaches, milk.

FRIDAY, June 26 Baked fish or pork chop, mashed potatoes, sauteed zucchini & squash, apple crisp, roll, milk.

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1973, she was married to Ed Siebert, who survives.

Other survivors include daughter Tracy and husband Lynn Garrison of Edmond, Okla., son Charles and wife Cindy Reece of Hillsboro, Rick and wife Kelly Siebert of rural Allen

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n RONALD LEE FUNK, 62, former co-owner of Funk’s Supply Inc., died June 12 at Salem Home in Hillsboro.

The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 18, at First Mennonite Church at Grand and Ash streets, Hillsboro.

Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Zeiner Funeral Home, 902 E. D St., Hillsboro. Burial will be at Haven of Rest Cemetery.

He was born Jan. 1, 1953, to Allen and Leona (Wiens) Funk at Hillsboro. On Nov. 7, 1981, he was married to Donna Sherbert, who survives. He also is survived by sons Ryan and wife Leigh of Dodge City, Jason and wife Tiffany of Hillsboro, and Josh of Marion; five grandchildren; brother Lester and wife Donna of Hillsboro; sister Jeanette and husband Dan Schaefer of Hillsboro; 15 nieces and nephews and relatives and friends.

Memorials may be made to Marion County Toy Run in care of Sons of American Legion Post 366 or First Mennonite Church of Hillsboro, and sent to Zeiner Funeral Home, 902 E. D St., Hillsboro, KS 67063, in charge of arrangements.

RAILCAR DONORS ($250 and Up) Atmos Energy Carlson’s TV Casey’s General Store, Inc. County Seat Decorating Center D&J Liquor EBH Engineering Flamings Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Fleming’s Mini Stor-All Hannaford Abstract & Title

J&K Car Wash Marion Die & Fixture Mattress Haven of McPherson Midland Farm Services/Scully Partners Midway Motors Rod’s Tire Shelter Insurance The Lumberyard Webster Auto Service

PETE’S PALS ($100 and Up) Animal Health Center Arlie’s Collision Specialist Auto House Brookens & Boehm LLC Cardie Oil CiboTech Laboratories, LLC Community Foot Clinic of McPherson, Dr. Trent Timson Coop Grain & Supply Edward Jones, Chris Hernandez Emprise Bank Farm Bureau Financial Services, Andrew Stone & Coleen Koop Flint Hills Clayworks

Gambino’s Pizza Heerey Real Estate Hillsboro Ford Hillsboro True Value Hardware Jarvis Fix-It Karstetter & Bina Marion Auto Supply Marion Marble & Granite Michael & Judy Powers Newton Medical Center State Farm Insurance, Rebecca Walsh, Agent Subway Village Geek - McPherson

Other Jim Baker Kenny Nienstedt

Dale & Pat Smith

Trace of Copper

Wien’s Construction

THANK YOU from the Chingawassa Committee: Clayton Garnica, Misty Hett, Margo Yates, Dave Crofoot, Davy Hett, Danny Sherbert, Jeff Richmond, Terry Jones, Jenna Brunner, Brent Cleeton, Matt Powers, Kodi Panzer, Jenna Meyerhoff

onald Lee Funk, former coowner of Funk's Supply Inc., passed away June 12, 2015, at Salem Home in Hillsboro. He was born at Salem Hospital in Hillsboro, Kansas on January 1, 1953 to Allen and Leona (Wiens) Funk, the youngest boy of six children.

While still at Hillsboro High School Ron worked part time with his father at Allen Funk's refrigeration, then gradually as the business grew, the job became full time. Later the business was renamed Funk's Supply, Inc. Ron enjoyed working throughout the community of Hillsboro, and Marion County. He valued his customers, and always thought of them as friends. In 1999, Ron was proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Funk's Supply's Inc. Ron attended Hillsboro High School where he participated in football, basketball, and track and graduated with the Class of 1971. He loved attending reunions when he could and continued to be a constant fan of the Hillsboro High School Trojans, watching and cheering at games, even traveling out of town for that big win.

In his younger years, Ron thoroughly enjoyed attending Kansas State football games where he would meet up with friends and have a great time. He never lost his love for football, especially KSU and collected all kinds of K-State memorabilia. He also enjoyed bowling, water skiing, snow skiing, softball and riding roller coasters, a thrill he shared with his boys. He always wanted front row seat with arms in the air.

On November 7, 1981, Ron married Donna Sherbert of Marion, and they were blessed a few years later with sons, Ryan, Jason, and Josh. A caring father, Ron's love for his sons was evident in the attention he gave them, the time he spent with them, and his continuous interest in their activities. He enjoyed woodworking and was very creative, often building the boys whatever they asked for.

Ron was a Charter member of Sons of American Legion Post #366. He served as a commander for four years. He and other SAL members were instrumental in building the Scout House in 1992 in Memorial Park. In 1993, he and another member were approached with the idea of an annual Marion County Toy Run. With Ron's assistance, SAL Post #366 joined ABATE OF KS District #9 and Classic 56 Cruisers, to bring the children of Marion County toys at Christmas. This year's Toy Run in November will be the 22nd year.

When his mother entered Salem Home, he would make frequent trips to visit her and play dominoes. He was an uncle that all of his nieces and nephews could rely on at any given moment.

As his health issues increased, he entered Salem Home where he was an avid bingo player and enjoyed talking to the staff, other residents and their families. As complications set in, Ron was unable to leave his room.

Ron will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. He leaves behind his three sons; Ryan and his wife Leigh of Dodge City, KS; Jason and his wife Tiffany of Hillsboro, and his son Josh of Marion, along with five grandchildren, Faith, Lily, Elyssa, Kayden and Rylin, His brother Lester and his wife Donna of Hillsboro; and sister Jeanette and her husband Dan Schaefer also of Hillsboro, along with fifteen nieces and nephews, relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Delbert and Larry, a sister Joyce, two grandchildren and one nephew. Visitation is Wednesday 6-8 p.m. at Zeiner Funeral Home in Hillsboro. Memorial Service will be held at 11 am, Thursday, June 18, 2015, at First Mennonite Church in Hillsboro. Inurnment at Haven of Rest Cemetery.

Memorial donations and contributions can be made to Marion County Toy Run c/o Sons of American Legion Post #366 or First Mennonite Church of Hillsboro, in care of Zeiner Funeral Home, 902 East D, Hillsboro, KS, 67063.

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Trust or bust n A pre-harvest soaking reminds us that we can make our plans, but our future is in other hands.

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hether it’s extreme drought or, like this weekend, far too much rain at the wrong time, we are reminded again how much we can’t control not only the weather, but our plans, our livelihood and our future. With most of Marion County knocking on the door of what looked to be a very promising wheat harvest, the timing of Sunday night’s deluge couldn’t be more disheartening. At this writing, it’s too early to know if the rain is done or what effect it will have on the harvest once farmers are able to bring it in.

Rural communities are tied to the fortunes of ag producers. Our livelihood rises and falls with theirs. We stand together before a Creator who loves us but asks us to our trust in him for our well-being. —DR

Longest session is reaching conclusion

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he legislative session finally appears to be ending. Legislators will be happy to return to normal life and jobs as wheat harvest is beginning in the southern parts of the state and my farm friends are anxious to get to it.

Last weekend House members were off on Sunday but the Senate worked Sunday CAPITOL afternoon. The Senate passed a tax proposal that included sales and other taxes IDEAS and was quickly shot down by the House Don without even taking a vote.

Schroeder The major issues the House had would have required adding back some of the charitable deductions and taking out a significant increase in sales taxes.

There also were policy pieces in the proposal to which several objected.

The governor wants to continue increasing sales and consumption taxes in an effort to drive down income taxes.

The issue is that sales taxes put a proportionately larger burden on people making less money than on someone with higher income, and this is a major shift in tax policy away from the more balanced traditional sources. n See Capitol, Page 5

LETTERS Was job awarded on performance?

A recent job opening for Marion County assistant to Road and Bridge Supervisor Randy Crawford had three applicants. The job was awarded to Larry Cushenberry.

Was Mr. Cushenberry selected for this position based on his excellent work performance or as a reward for being Lori CrawfordLalouette’s election treasurer and the lead person for her campaign for county commissioner?

Just asking, as many other people in District 1 would like to know.

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or the past three years Lindsey and I have taken a week out of our busy schedules and embarked on a journey to better our company and learn from our peers.

AS I SEE IT This year’s excursion is coming soon as we will Joey Young hit the road for Columbia, Mo., for the International Society of Weekly Newspaper Editor’s Conference on Wednesday, June 24, through the end of the week.

We take a pile of newspapers to show off and get critiqued from experts from all over the world.

No matter how many times we have participated in the process, I can never get over the fact that journalists from all over the world are reading about our small communities right here in southcentral Kansas.

I have always enjoyed the critiquing and challenges we receive from our friends and colleagues as it makes us a better organization and makes the newspaper stronger every time.

This year the Hillsboro Free Press will be reviewed by folks from New Mexico, Georgia, Iowa, Colorado and Mississippi during the official critique session, but I plan on approaching a few people from Canada, Australia, Washington, D.C., and Minnesota to look at it also.

There are few times where publishers

and editors from all over the world gather in one place to help better each other.

One of the best experiences we have had was meeting Tim and Mary Waltner from Freeman, S.D., and discussing the many shared connections we have with them. Mary spent some time in Newton when her dad taught at Bethel College.

What a small world.

They have taught us a lot about being better journalists and are always so friendly.

Outside of the great connections, I have always been a big advocate of continuing education and bettering yourself in your industry. If you get a chance to do something in your field, I really encourage you to do so. I am sure whatever your field, there are opportunities for you to meet with others and learn.

My experiences with ISWNE and the Kansas Press Association have helped us improve the paper, and the time has been well worth the headache of being behind when we got back.

So I apologize in advance if I am slow getting an e-mail or phone call back to you next week. If you need something quickly call the office. I will get back to you when I can, but know that I am doing something to make our product better for the future. Hope you can understand.

Joey Young is majority owner and publisher for Kansas Publishing Ventures, which produces the Free Press and other publications.

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This grant will help purchase Volley-lite volleyballs, which will be used in our youth volleyball camp and league. These balls weigh 25 percent less to help players develop early skills with less fear of impact.

We are pleased that the Hillsboro Community Foundation approved our grant application because we feel this validates our goals, which is to improve the quality of opportunities we offer to our area youth as well as the people who supThe Hillsboro Recreation port them in their endeavors.

Commission would like to Thank you again for thank the Hillsboro Comyour support! munity Foundation for Douglas E. Sisk awarding a $500 grant to the HRC director HRC volleyball program.

Grant will help volleyball program

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A little dirt never hurts emiotics.

Definition: The study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation.

In other words, learning lessons from the world around us.

LIPSTICK Definitions are always & PEARLS descript. By formal stateMalinda Just ment, they set boundaries between elements of vocabulary. They try to make things clear.

But sometimes definitions can be too wordy and convoluted. They can send you on a trip through the dictionary, looking up word after word to make sense of one definition.

Kind of like being the daughter-inlaw of a farmer.

Over the years, I’ve started to remember the names of specific fields—Franz Bottom, Aulne Field, The South 80— with a vague sense of how to get there.

But pile on a detour to an obscure field location to avoid a mud pit? Well, that’s where it gets convoluted.

I had my kids and supper for my husband loaded in our mini van. I had directions by landmark for the new roads from my mother-in-law. I had the sense of adventure only uncertainty can bring. And in my effort not to mess up and get lost, I overshot the field and got stuck.

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My Sienna (that deep-down wishes it was a farm truck) got stuck in the muck and mire of a low-lying road—the exact portion of the road I was supposed to avoid by taking the detour.

Semiotic analysis No. 1: Always make sure you have clear directions, otherwise you just might end up in a mess.

My effort to put pedal to the metal in a forward motion didn’t work. I tried to reverse it, but to no avail. We were stuck.

Out came my trusty cell phone with minimal reception (low-lying bog, remember?) and I placed a call to my husband. He eventually answered his phone and he and his dad came to our rescue.

After a little more experimentation and a high-centered van, the duo drove back to the farm for the tractor and some chain.

Semiotic analysis No. 2: As I watched my husband and my father-in-law work to get us out of that muddy, stinky mess, I was reminded how important it is to have help during tough circumstances.

Last month I shared a very personal struggle in a public way. Even though I knew it was time to share, it was still hard to submit my thoughts without having any idea of how the public would respond.

In the initial days after publication, I had several people reach out and share their own struggles with depression. But n See Just, Page 5

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HOW TO CONTACT OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES n President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C. 20500.

(620) 665-6138, Hutchinson office; or 785309-0572, Salina office. E-mail: available through website, huelskamp.house.gov.

n U.S. senators Jerry Moran, 4 Russell Courtyard, Washington, DC 20510 Phone: 202-2246521. Fax: (202) 228-6966. E-mail: go to moran.senate.gov, click on “Email Senator Moran.”

Pat Roberts, 109 Hart Bldg., Washington, D.C. 20510. Phone: 202-224-4774.

Fax: 202-224-3514. E-mail: go to roberts.senate.gov, click on “Email Pat.”

n Governor Sam Brownback, Capitol 300 SW 10th Ste. 2125, Topeka, KS 66612. Phone: 785296-3232. Fax: 785-368-8788. E-mail: governor.ks.gov (website).

n U.S. representatives Tim Huelskamp (Dist. 1), 126 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515-1601. Phone:

n State representatives Don Schroeder (Dist. 74), 708 Charles St., Hesston 67062. Phone: 620-327-4427

n State senator Rick Wilborn (Dist. 35), 1504 Heritage Place, McPherson, KS 67460. Phone: 620242-4355. Topeka: 785-296-7354; richard.wilborn@senate.ks.gov .

(home), 1-800-432-3924 (work); E-mail: don.schroeder@house. ks.gov.

John Barker (Dist. 70), 109 E. 1st St., Abilene 67410. Phone: 785-263-4704. Email: John.Barker@house.ks. gov. House switchboard (in session): 785-296-0111. n County commissioners Lori Lalouette-Crawford (Dist. 1), 311 W, Arbor Court, Hillsboro, 67063. Phone: 620-947-0261 (work) or 620-381-0637 (cell). Email: lori@lalouettelaw.com.

Daniel Holub (Dist. 2), 1953 240th, Marion, 66861. Phone: 620-924-5753.

Email: dan-navord@hotmail.com.

Randy Dallke (Dist. 3), 504 E. 9th, Peabody. Phone: 620-983-2978.

ast week I made the biggest mistake of my humble writing career by stating that PARTLY postage had NONSENSE gone up 3 Joel Klaassen cents for both first-class mail and for post cards. That actually did happen at the previous increase, but not this time.

I have no idea where I got that. I must have been on narcotics. Wait. I was on narcotics when I wrote that, and with my left hand and without my brain. n I should explain my reference to narcotics. I recently had my right shoulder surgically repaired for rotator-cuff damage and bone spurs. Thus the need for the narcotics.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not a big fan of pain medications. They all make me ill and feel lousy.

Luckily for me, within four days I was off of them.

There is both good and bad with that in that I haven’t had a full night’s sleep since I quit taking them. Actually, I didn’t sleep all night with them either. n Using my left hand to eat instead of my right has proved to be the most difficult challenge thus far. The worst has been eating peas and corn with a fork, which I don’t know how to do well.

There are a few other things that are quite difficult as well, but I won’t get into that here. n I was looking in my backpack last week for a jump drive I couldn’t find. It was the backpack I used when I flew to Bend, Ore., last month to see Dan and Katie.

I was surprised to find a 3/4-inch wood chisel that had made it through security three times on that trip.

Why it was in there in the first place I have no idea. I guess it fits in with the TSA failing to find objects 95 percent of the time. n The patient told the doctor that it hurt when he lifted his arm above his head. The doctor said, “Don’t do that. n I mentioned that a big obstacle is trying to type with my left hand. I didn’t realize how right-handed I really am. I wrote most of this column by using Siri on my phone to email these morsels of nonsense to myself. Then cut and paste. n One more thing about the surgery. If I thought I was going to die soon, I would not have done it. But since I think I’ll be around for a while, I need my arm to do things around the house.

My left arm is acting up a bit up a little bit too now, so I at least need one good arm. n I was told on my follow-up visit that I can’t drive a vehicle until July 14—a total of six weeks. And I will be in a sling for six weeks, too. I think I know what I will be doing this summer. n I am liking DirecTV more and more. If you miss a showing and forgot to record it, you have three days to watch it on demand. There are tons of shows available on demand, including past TV series and the like.

Plus you can record up to five shows at a time. n If you wish to share your comments or ideas, my e-mail address is joel@ hillsborofreepress.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 n HILLSBORO FREE PRESS

Summer has changed Chai coffee cake fits to a ‘tea’ since ‘the olden days’

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s a child, when I would help my mom prepare dinner, I was often the one who brewed up a pitcher of iced tea.

We drank a lot of SPICE UP tea at our house, and YOUR LIFE I still get excited Lindsey about getting a large Young glass of iced tea— even in the winter.

Hot tea, on the other hand, has never been my favorite. The only kind of hot tea I truly like is chai. If you’ve never had it, chai tea has a lot of nice spices that remind me a lot of pumpkin pie. It’s also great iced with a little bit of milk.

Knowing how much I like it in a glass, I was excited to try a recipe that features this tea in its ingredients list. This recipe comes from the Oregon Chai company website. You can find it at http://www.oregonchai.com/recipes/desserts/oregonchai-apple-pie-coffee-cake. I doubled the cinnamon and vanilla in mine.

Also, if you don’t want to buy chai concentrate, buy some tea bags of it and brew it very strong for use

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uried deep in the mists of time, perhaps just after the primordial soup and before the Paleozoic grilled cheese sandwich, there existed something I like to call childhood.

My offspring, having not yet received education including geological time periods, refer to this era as simply “the olden FEARLESS days.” They often ask me if things were FARM FRAU really in black and white, like the pictures, and seem disappointed when I explain we Shana didn’t have photographs, we just used Thornhill rocks to peck images onto other rocks.

At least, that’s what I think all of those eye rolls are.

Their favorite question this time of year is what I, their ancient matriarch, did on my summer vacations when I was slightly less venerable than I currently am. Of course, I have to actually dredge through the sediment of memory to remember what I actually did. At the time, it seemed like quite a lot.

A typical day in June began with making sure I closed the windows at the precise second the thermometer hit 80.

If we weren’t running the A/C (yes, I know, our cave was quite modern), we made the most of the cool night air and tried to save it for the heat of the day.

After that, the details get hazy. I remember eating lots of peanut butter or cold sausage sandwiches, and making sure there was enough sun tea. My mother was constantly trying to get me to clean my room, with much the same results I’m currently achieving with my kids. After Aunt Melba gave us an Atari, I’d have to spend a little time each day honing my Asteroids or Pitfall skills.

Afternoons were usually spent at the town pool with the neighbor kids. We’d hop on our bikes, ride across town, and perfect our lobster impressions. Sunscreen in those days seemed more useful to mask the odor of sweaty kid than as an actual UV inhibitor. We’d take as much loose change as we could muster, so we could buy candy bars out of the refrigerator or ropes of red licorice as long as our legs.

When we’d had enough of the pool, we’d head home for some roller skating around the neighborhood, or find some run-over toads to squish with our bike tires. Every now and then, we’d get in a crabapple fight with the boys down the street. Let me tell you, those things hurt.

Eventually, we’d mosey home for supper, and maybe get to watch “MacGyver” afterward. If Menno had been harvesting, sometimes there was a wheat truck to play in.

Then, a little more bike riding until the streetlights came on and our parents hollered at us to come home and get to bed.

The only set time I can remember is 1 p.m., when the pool opened. Everything else just fell into place whenever it wanted to. Parents really weren’t part of the equation until supper. They knew what you were up to, and with whom. Everybody in town knew who you were and who

in this recipe.

*** Chai Apple Pie Coffee Cake Ingredients 1 1/4 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 cup butter 1/3 cup chai tea concentrate 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Topping: 1/2 cup flour ½ cup, plus 2 tablespoons brown sugar 5 teaspoons butter 2 cups apples, peeled and diced into half-inch cubes 1/4 cup chai tea concentrate Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and butter and mix until the mixture is crumbly.

Add the tea, egg and vanilla and beat until well-combined.

Spread the mixture into a 8x8inch greased pan.

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For the topping, mix the flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar and three tablespoons of the butter until it’s crumbly.

In a small saucepan, saute the apples in the other two tablespoons of butter for two to three minutes.

Add the tea, cover and let it cook down for another two to three minutes.

Spread the topping over the batter in the pan and then spoon the apple mixture over the top of that and sprinkle with the remaining brown sugar (I used more than two tablespoons to cover it nicely).

Bake for about one hour or until a toothpick comes out with only moist crumbs. *** This was actually a recipe I tried on my students first (they’re always willing guinea pigs), and they gave it a big thumbs up. It has great flavor and pairs especially well with a nice cup of tea—hot or cold.

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.

Youth Adventure draws 13 students BY

DON RATZLAFF

The Free Press

The third annual Hillsboro Youth Adventure drew the largest number of participants yet with 13 seventh- and eighth-graders on board.

The purpose of the event is for students to have fun and gain a better understanding how city government helps keep the community functioning.

“Fun is the primary requisite,” City Administrator Larry Paine said about the program, which is patterned after one in Great Bend. “At the same time, we’re teaching what we n See Thornhill, Page 13 must do on a day-to-day basis.” reconciliation bill passed After drawing six particWednesday leaving the tax ipants to the program’s package to fund the budget debut in 2013, and 11 last n from Page 4 the only remaining legislasummer, organizers were tive piece.

Wednesday evening pleased with record numAs I write this, all the tax ber this year. stretched into Thursday morning as the tax proposal and budget pieces will be in HYA is co-sponsored by place once the Senate finwas brought to the House the city of Hillsboro and floor. The bill included some ishes work later today. If Families And Communities anything goes wrong, we policy issues that have not Together Inc. as a way to could potentially be back at strengthen the bond had legislative hearings as between youth and their well as large sales and other square one. Where we go tax increases. That particu- from there is undetermined hometown. if the last piece fails to fall Participating this year lar bill, 2109, narrowly were Austin Rempel, Jared passed the Senate but failed into place.

Thank-you for your com- Janzen, Aidan Unruh, by a large margin in the Ethan Plenert, Noah Bartel, munication, and patience, House the first time with me and the Legislature Landon Roberts, Bryce through, but was revived Rader, A.J. Driggers, Olivia for a second try. After pass- in general. It can be tiring Jury, Thelma Wilson, Seth ing what is known as a and we all would like to be Flaming, Charlie Major and trailer bill, 2109 passed with back home to our normal the minimum 63 votes. A lives, but it is still an honor Logan Oborny.

Full agenda trailer bill is a cleanup for to serve the great people of After an 8 a.m. breakfast the primary bill, which in central Kansas. of doughnuts and orange this case was the tax projuice at city hall, the stuposal, 2109.

Rep. Don Schroeder repredents formed two groups There have been meetsents District 74, which and rotated between activings with everyone from the includes much of the southity stations led by members governor on down. Not to ern half of Marion County. say that everyone is unanimous in our opinions, but a HOMETOWN WORD SEARCH number of legislative memG I G R E Y M R E V O D I V A D L U Z B bers hope that at least part E O D I O S T A N H E R D F G R X Y A T of the 2012 tax cuts are T L Q V U B R K S A O D H R B I E H B S rolled back, starting the M A R G A R E T W H I T T E M O R E E S process of incrementally reducing taxes rather than Y F T M N O Y R L R J Z I D H E R X V G R E T N I W N I T R A M N E M U L E G E going over a cliff.

R G R B L P S J I M F A N R D D N H V O However, no rollback U U E W L R H T H Y E R C I O B B M F R occurred and the primary C T D E K A F I B R Y R E C I W A K V G increase to taxes was added T Z A D L S C H L W X R R R X G H H Q E on sales. A few other items, R O E M M H I K O E T U G E X L R E K M taxpayer amnesty, guaranA M R C O Q F R B T P E I M L X J T V S teed payments by LLCs, and U B J N N Q R K R E R P M I A L D A H T a 50-cent tax on cigarettes E O L T T A G E Z S A X V N O P G R X O among others, were also T R E F L X B C A Y I R H G G V X A B N included in the bill and the S G U L P L H N Q U O X B T N F O N G E trailer bill.

N L M W A V D A A R O N D O U G L A S E There was also a proviH U A C U Z O M D Z Q P Q N S Z C Y R W sion included to require a O M S T E M A R I J A N A G R I S N I K vote on property-tax J P K N S K R A P N O D R O G E N P A N increases beginning in 2018.

Kansas Artists and Authors: Part 1 While the idea is worth AARON DOUGLAS JOHN STEUART CURRY exploring, the manner in ALBERT T. REID LUMEN MARTIN WINTER which it was inserted into BLACKBEAR BOSIN MARGARET WHITTEMORE the bill was poor. It was DAVID OVERMYER MARIJANA GRISNIK inserted as a floor amendFREDERIC REMINGTON PHIL EPP ment in the Senate and had GEORGE M. STONE ROBERT MERRELL GAGE GORDON PARKS SAMUEL J. READER no hearings of any kind GUTZOM BORGLUM STAN HERD during this legislative sesSVEN BIRGER SANDZEN sion. That type of side-step- HENRY WORRALL This is the first in a three part series on artists and authors that are ping the legislative rules should not occur, but major- from Kansas. This week you will find some of the visual artists. Puzzle ity vote determines the fate. created by Gary Ewert. Solution: Page 12.

Finally, a reconciliation bill is something necessary to allow the legislative staff to correct errors, such as punctuation and misspellings, in any legislation that has been passed. The

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TOP: Landon Roberts prepares to scoop some compost dirt with the city’s back hoe during the third Hillsboro Youth Adventure.

LEFT: Olivia Jury is ready to drop a water ballon from the electric department bucket at a target 40 feet below her as Todd Helmer supervises. of the city crew who work in those areas.

Chaperoned by organizers Paine and Clint Seibel from the city and Ashlee Gann from FACT, the first stop was a tour of the city’s wastewater-treatment and water-production plants.

From there, the groups went to the city shop grounds on the north edge of town for activities hosted by the street and electric departments.

Under the instruction of street staff, students had the opportunity to move dirt in the compost site with the city’s backhoe and front-end loader.

Electric staff took each participant about 40 feet in the air with the extension

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after those first moments, the affirmation waned.

I wanted to talk about it.

I wanted to engage others with my story. But instead I found myself feeling isolated in my vulnerability.

I didn’t feel right in seeking out those conversations because it felt like I was trying to promote myself and my column. And I lived in that isolation for a couple weeks...and guess where

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arm of the bucket truck to drop water balloons at a target on the ground.

For lunch, the students met Mayor Delores Dalke at the Pizza Hut, where they received information about the city and could ask the mayor questions about her job and city government in general.

From there, the two groups took on activities organized by the police department at police headquarters and by the fire department at Memorial Park.

Seventh-grader Austin Rempel spoke for many of

his fellow adventurers by identifying the tour of the waste-water treatment plant as the oddest stop, mostly because of the odor, and the water-gun shoot-out at the police headquarters as the most fun.

“It was a lot of fun,” he said of the day.

As part of the program, this year’s participants will get together with past participants for an alumni bowling party.

Paine said the gathering is one more way to strengthen the tie between students and their community.

that decision sent me. Right into low-lying muck.

It took getting the van stuck, coupled with a recent sermon I heard, to recognize that asking for help in the middle of a trial is an important component of healing.

There’s no way I could have gotten the van out without help. My husband took over, sacrificing clean skin (seriously, it was so very muddy) to connect the

van with the tractor. And that’s what happens when we decide to walk other people through trial.

Sometimes calls for help are ignored. Sometimes the reception isn’t great. But sometimes, you find people willing to walk through a muddy mess to help you through.

Let’s be those people.

Let’s be honest, humble and vulnerable. Let’s be willing.

And let’s get dirty.

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 n HILLSBORO FREE PRESS

Hurlbutt drafted by Oakland A’s

BY JANAE

REMPEL

The Free Press

Sometimes extraordinary things happen during the ordinary routine of every-day life.

Tabor College pitcher Dustin Hurlbutt was getting his vehicle’s oil changed Wednesday when he learned he had been drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 16th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

“I was actually watching it on Twitter,” Hurlbutt said.

“When I saw my name pop up, I was in shock for a second. I was with my mom, and I showed her. She was excited for me, and I was excited. It was an unbelievable feeling.”

Tabor’s right-handed ace, Hurlbutt was the 488th overall pick on Day 3 of the draft, making him the highest draft selection in school history.

Two other Bluejays have been drafted: pitcher Jacob Webb was selected in the 18th round by the Atlanta Braves last year, and catcher Tyson Kendrick was drafted in the 49th round by the Detroit Tigers in 2010.

Hurlbutt said he has until July 17 to sign a contract, adding that it is his intention to sign.

Beginnings Hurlbutt played little league baseball as a child, and baseball soon stood out as his favorite.

“I always loved base-

ball,” he said. “I played all sports, but I knew baseball was my favorite sport when I was younger.”

He continued playing throughout high school. In addition to pitching, he saw time at shortstop and second base.

Upon graduating from Field Kindley High School in 2011, Hurlbutt walked on at the local community college in his hometown of Coffeyville, Kan., to continue playing ball.

At Coffeyville, he focused solely on pitching. He admits he missed the hitting aspect of the game.

“I was a hitter, too,” he said. “That’s something I miss, that I wish I could’ve done, was hit, but I was always a better pitcher than a hitter I guess.”

He pitched at Coffeyville for two years before transferring to NCAA Division II Northeastern State University.

But before he ever saw time on the mound, Hurlbutt underwent Tommy John surgery in October 2013 and was sidelined for 14 months.

When the school year was over, Hurlbutt said it was time to make a change.

“I didn’t think that was the right school for me,” he said. “I knew (Tabor coach) Mark (Standiford) liked me from the year before, and so I ended up talking to him.

He gave me a scholarship to play for him, and so I went

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Here’s the story in my dad’s own words.

“The local 4-H club had a basketball SIDELINE tournament SLANTS coming up, and since Joe Harold (an Kleinsasser older brother) was a pretty good athlete, and I could also play a little, they asked us to join the club.

“That sounded like fun, especially since we didn’t know what we were getting into. We attended a few meetings and discovered one other catch—we had to

REMPEL

The Free Press

The Peabody swim team hosted a triangular Saturday. Peabody placed second with 433 points behind Lindsborg (625) and ahead of Abilene (345).

Peabody will travel to Lindsborg Saturday.

Peabody Meet

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Dustin Hurlbutt became the third baseball player in Tabor College history to be drafted when he was selected in the 16th round by the Oakland Athletics in the First-Year Player Draft last week. to Tabor.”

Year at Tabor Coming off surgery was difficult at first.

“At the beginning of the season, I was still a little nervous about throwing,” he said. “Whenever I got out there at Tabor, everybody had confidence in me.

“I started off the season really well, and my arm started to feel great and so I went from there. Everything worked.”

Hurlbutt recorded 10 wins and three losses during his 2014-15 campaign as a Bluejay, posting an n See Pitching, Page 7

A one-of-a-kind Father’s Day tribute he scandal won’t go down in history like Deflategate or the Black Sox scandal, but my dad (Walt Kleinsasser) ’fessed up to a scandal of sorts when he was a young boy.

My dad died earlier this year at age 92. Lest you think it’s inappropriate for me to share this story now, I can assure you that my dad would laugh like only he could. Besides, he shared this story in his family memoirs. If ever a scandal can be humorous, this is Exhibit A. It’s hard to say 4-H and athletic/academic fraud with a straight face, so I won’t even try.

Peabody second at home swim meet

have a 4-H project.

“No sweat. Dad had bought three pigs to raise for butchering so we decided that we could claim that raising them was our ‘project.’

“I guess we decided we could easily cheat a little in filling out forms regarding feed, etc. A slight problem developed. One of the pigs was a runt, and one had a softball-size hernia on its belly.

“No sweat. Who would ever know?

“All went well and we even won the basketball tournament.

“One beautiful spring day I saw two cars pull into the yard. This time there

was lots of sweat because it was the 4-H leader and the club members making the rounds to see the various projects.

“My back was to the wall and I became a believer of, ‘Be sure your sins will find you out.’

“We led the group to the pigpen, and it was a sorry sight. A trough with slop in it and three pigs as described above. The leader was kind enough to point out the nutritional value of slop and then they soon left.

“Needless to say, that brought a fast ‘whoa’ to our 4-H experience.”

My dad liked sports, but I don’t know that he excelled n See Tribute, Page 11

Saturday, June 13 100-meter freestyle Girls 9-10: 3. Janessa Sutton 2:09.78.

Boys 9-10: 1. Lukas Spencer 3:24.56.

Girls 11-12: 2. Kallie Hutchison 1:28.68, 5. Hadlye Clark 1:55.56, 6. Mya Winter 1:59.99.

Boys 11-12: 4. Julian Craig 2:05.72.

Girls 13-14: 2. Kayla Page 1:37.99, 3.

Breanna Lett 1:41.60, 6. Shannan Clover 2:18.66.

Boys 13-14: 4. Zach Stephey 1:20.47, 8. Jordan Anderson 1:48.05, 9. Max Caldwell 1:56.05.

Girls 15-18: 5. Mallory Harris 1:30.58, 6.

April Newfield 1:32.03, 7. Mackenzie Young 1:32.75.

Boys 15-18: 2. Nicholas Preheim 1:09.75.

100-meter medley relay Girls 8 & under: 2. Fancy Reynolds, Addy Gann, Madelynn Hutchison, Adyson Winter 3:31.93.

Boys 8 & under: 2. Luke Partridge, Christopher Spencer, Andrew Reynolds 2:51.42.

Girls 9-10: 2. Lexi Davis, Janessa Sutton, Wylda Brown 2:00.93.

Boys 9-10: 1. Thomas Craig, Alex Young, Lukas Spencer 2:21.28.

200-meter medley relay Girls 11-12: 2. Kallie Hutchison, Lexi Schreiber, Madyson Foth 3:32.48, 4. Mya Winter, Sarah Spencer, Kaete Johnson, Hadlye Clark 3:57.60.

Boys 11-12: 1. Josh Bergman, Julian Craig, Philip Young, Noal Reynolds 3:49.14.

Girls 13-14: 2. Sydney Hodges, Breanna Lett, Adriana Newman, Shannan Clover 3:41.72.

Boys 13-14: 2. Zach Stephey, Max Caldwell, Jordan Anderson 2:59.16.

Girls 15-18: 2. Kayla Page, Mackenzie Young, Mallory Harris, April Newfield 3:03.25.

Boys 15-18: 3. Nicholas Preheim, Austin Reynolds, Jefferson Glover 2:39.53.

25-meter butterfly Girls 8 & under: 2. Madelyn Hutchison 43.18, 5. Addy Gann 47.95.

Boys 8 & under: 4. Christopher Spencer 37.19, 7. Luke Partridge 1:03.74.

Girls 9-10: 2. Lexi Davis 22.88, 4.

Janessa Sutton 33.90, 7. Wylda Brown 46.79.

Boys 9-10: 1. Jefferson Glover 24.14, 3.

Thomas Craig 37.86, 4. Lukas Spencer 41.65.

50-meter butterfly Girls 11-12: 5. Kallie Hutchison 55.24, 6. Madyson Foth 1:02.69, 7. Kaete Johnson 1:10.63.

Boys 11-12: 2. Philip Young 55:46.

Girls 13-14: 4. Kayla Page 51.47, 5.

Sydney Hodges 56.91, 6. Adriana Newman 1:00.10.

Boys 13-14: 5. Jordan Anderson 45.84, 6. Zach Stephey 53.26.

Girls 15-18: 3. Mallory Harris 43.56, 7.

Mackenzie Young 48.56, 8. April Newfield 49.43.

Boys 15-18: 3. Nicholas Preheim 32.64, 5. Austin Reynolds 36.46.

25-meter backstroke Girls 8 & under: 4. Madelynn Hutchison

43.38, 5. Fancy Reynolds 43.43, 8. Addy Gann 47.82.

Boys 8 & under: 4. Christopher Spencer 37.38, 7. Luke Partridge 41.56.

Girls 9-10: 4. Janessa Sutton 31.80, 6.

Wylda Brown 34.93.

Boys 9-10: 1. Jefferson Glover 26.30, 2.

Alex Young 34.37, 3. Thomas Craig 38.61.

50-meter backstroke Girls 11-12: 5. Kallie Hutchison 53.10, 6. Hadlye Clark 57.27, 7. Mya Winter 1:01.27.

Boys 11-12: 3. Julian Craig 1:03.70, 5.

Noal Reynolds 1:05.27, 6. Josh Bergman 1:05.61.

Girls 13-14: 4. Sydney Hodges 49.34, 5.

Kayla Page 52.92, 9. Shannah Clover 1:19.64.

Boys 13-14: 5. Zach Stephey 47.21, 7.

Jordan Anderson 50.54, 8. Max Caldwell 58.53.

Girls 15-18: 5. April Newfield 48.17, 6.

Mallory Harris 48.77, 7. Mackenzie Young 49.77.

Boys 15-18: 2. Nicholas Preheim 39.66.

25-meter freestyle Girls 8 & under: 4. Madelynn Hutchison 38.89, 6. Addy Gann 45.81, 8. Fancy Reynolds 53.84, 9. Adyson Winter 1:16.92.

Boys 8 & under: 4. Christopher Spencer 29.50, 10. Luke Partridge 44.89, 11. Andrew Reynolds 50.79.

Girls 9-10: 1. Lexi Davis 19.38, 7.

Janessa Sutton 25.10, 11. Wylda Brown 29.89.

Boys 9-10: 1. Jefferson Glover 20.50, 2.

Thomas Craig 28.22, 3. Alex Young 29.27, 6.

Lukas Spencer 42.71.

50-meter freestyle Girls 11-12: 1. Kallie Hutchison 36.75, 8. Hadlye Clark 42.60, 10. Lexi Schreiber 52.45, 11. Mya Winter 52.50, 12. Kaete Johnson 53.56, 13. Madyson Foth 55.08, 16.

Sarah Spencer 1:13.39.

Boys 11-12: 3. Philip Young 41.67, 6.

Noal Reynolds 46.66, 8. Julian Craig 55.81, Josh Bergman 58.63.

Girls 13-14: 5. Kayla Page 41.66, 6.

Sydney Hodges 42.99, 7. Adriana Newman 43.44, 8. Breanna Lett 43.89, 12. Shannan Clover 1:04.99.

Boys 13-14: 5. Zach Stephey 35.19, 10.

Jordan Anderson 42.72, 12. Max Caldwell 52.61.

Girls 15-18: 6. Mallory Harris 39.24, 7.

Mackenzie Young 40.78, 8. April Newfield 42.20.

Boys 15-18: 3. Nicholas Preheim 30.99, 7. Austin Reynolds 32.14.

25-meter breaststroke Girls 8 & under: 2. Addy Gann 43.94, 3.

Madelynn Hutchison 46.59, 7. Adyson Winter 1:35.83.

Boys 8 & under: 2. Christopher Spencer 35.41, 6. Luke Partridge 59.58.

Girls 9-10: 1. Lexi Davis 26.24, 7. Wylda Brown 44.39.

Boys 9-10: 1. Alex Young 31.41, 2.

Lukas Spencer 38.88, 3. Thomas Craig 39.25.

50-meter breaststroke Girls 11-12: 5. Lexi Schreiber 59.13, 7.

Madyson Foth 1:04.74, 8. Sarah Spencer 1:05.58.

Boys 11-12: 1. Philip Young 53.91, 2.

Josh Bergman 1:03.53, 3. Julian Craig 1:04.00.

Girls 13-14: 3. Breanna Lett 52.41, 5.

Adriana Newman 53.16.

Boys 13-14: 5. Max Caldwell 53.42.

Girls 15-18: 3. Mallory Harris 48.28, 4.

Mackenzie Young 48.13, 7. April Newfield 57.28.

Boys 15-18: 3. Nicholas Preheim 42.39.

100-meter free relay Girls 8 & under: 2. Addy Gann, Adyson Winter, Fancy Reynolds, Madelyn Hutchison 3:53.89.

Boys 8 & under: 3. Christopher Spencer, Andrew Reynolds, Luke Partridge 2:36.66.

Girls 9-10: 1. Lexi Davis, Wylda Brown,

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Five Trojans named Class 3A all-state Five members of Hillsboro’s Class 3A runner-up softball team received Allstate softball all-state recognition from the Kansas Softball Coaches Association.

Named to the first team were Madison Klein as an infielder and Bradli Nowak as the designated player.

Both players shared duties at catcher and second base during the season.

Named to the second team were Julie Sinclair as a pitcher, Emily Jost in the outfield, and Allison Weber as a utility player. Weber pitched and played third base for Hillsboro.

All five girls are seniors.

Hillsboro swim team finds success at Marion meet

BY JANAE

REMPEL

The Free Press

The Hillsboro swim team won the Marion meet Saturday with 8611⁄2 points.

Herington finished second (392) and Marion third (1861⁄2). “‘Wow!’ does not even begin to describe the numbers that we saw on Saturday,” coach Stephanie Moss said. “We not only had swimmers compete to an ‘all blue ribbon’ result, but we saw amazing drops in times across the board. This is just a fantastic group of hard working young people who are both supporting and challenging each other to victory.”

Hillsboro will swim at

Lindsborg Saturday.

Marion Meet Saturday, June 13 100-yard freestyle Girls 9-10: 1. Ainsley Duell 1:42.38, 2.

Hannah Utecht 1:43.86, 3. Katie Rempel 1:44.33.

Boys 9-10: 1. Connor Padgett 1:29.20, 2.

Tristen Dye 1:45.80, 3. Joshua Diener 1:59.36.

Girls 11-12: 1. Megan Bechtold 1:19.45, 2. Macy Priest 1:20.07, 8. Malorie Hein 1:44.96.

Boys 11-12: 1. Caleb Diener 1:17.54, 2.

AJ Driggers 1:17.74, 3. Frank Wichert 1:18.90.

Girls 13-14: 1. Jenna Hinerman 1:10.39, 2. Eva Noble 1:11.21, 4. Katie Evans 1:18.23.

Boys 13-14: 1. Shepard Stang 1:02.41, 3.

Caleb Rempel 1:13.53, 4. Josiah Driggers 1:30.62.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 1:05.21, 3.

Madison Sheppard 1:11.85, 4. Kianna Hinerman 1:12.11.

Boys 15-18: 2. Travis King 59.15, 3.

Franklin Jost 1:00.18, 4. Jonathan Hinerman 1:01.81.

100-yard medley relay Girls 8 & under: 1. Lauryn Vogt, Sophia Utecht, Sophia Dye, Talia Jost 1:52.83, 4. Gabi Sibayan, Ruthie Paulus, Quinlyn Funk, Daisy Klein 2:42.65.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Colton Rempel, Lincoln Wichert, Gavin Priest 1:47.65, 3. Seth Driggers, Jake Sibayan, Easton Shahan 2:34.23.

Girls 9-10: 1. Trudy Hein, Emma Noble,

Katie Rempel, Savannah Shahan 1:33.77, 3.

Hannah Utecht, Ainsley Duell, Melonie Galvan, Jerusalem Driggers 1:49.42.

Boys 9-10: 1. Tristen Dye, Camden Padgett, Connor Padgett 1:31.49, 3. Landon Dye, Adrian Unruh, Joshua Diener 1:44.93.

200-yard medley relay Girls 11-12: 1. Emersyn Funk, Megan Bechtold, Macy Priest, Emily Paulus 2:57.11, 4. Sarah Paulus, Ellie Noble, Malorie Hein, Shaylinn Vogt 3:45.11.

Boys 11-12: 1. Frank Wichert, Caleb Diener, AJ Driggers, Duncan Duell 2:47.53, 2.

Carson Linnens, Grayson Ratzlaff, Austin Rempel, Deon Weeks 3:29.31.

Girls 13-14: 1. Millie Sechrist, Jenna Hinerman, Eva Noble, Katie Evans 2:31.25.

Boys 13-14: 1. Tucker Moss, Shepard Stang, Caleb Rempel, Josiah Driggers 2:34.81.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost, Kianna Hinerman, Madison Sheppard, Abby Sechrist 2:19.87.

Boys 15-18: 1. Franklin Jost, Jonathan Hinerman, Jaden Priest, Travis King 2:07.31.

25-yard butterfly Girls 8 & under: 1. Lauryn Vogt 24.88, 4.

Sophia Utecht 31.04, 5. Sophia Dye 34.52.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Gavin Priest 24.36, 2.

Colton Rempel 28.93, 3. Lincoln Wichert 32.13.

Girls 9-10: 3. Katie Rempel 23.88, 4.

Savannah Shahan 23.98, 5. Emma Noble 27.10.

Boys 9-10: 2. Joshua Diener 26.24, 3.

Camden Padgett 28.23, 5. Landon Dye 31.83.

50-yard butterfly Girls 11-12: 1. Macy Priest 46.48, 5.

Malorie Hein 53.05, 6. Sarah Paulus 59.09.

Boys 11-12: 1. Frank Wichert 44.32, 2. AJ Driggers 45.29.

Girls 13-14: 1. Eva Noble 34.67, 3. Katie Evans 40.69, 5. Sarah Diener 45.80.

Boys 13-14: 1. Caleb Rempel 35.66, 2.

Shepard Stang 39.53, 4. Tucker Moss 42.02.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 32.04, 2.

Madison Sheppard 34.76, 4. Abby Sechrist 42.16.

Boys 15-18: 2. Franklin Jost 30.79, 3.

Jaden Priest 31.34, 4. Travis King 31.85.

25-yard backstroke Girls 8 & under: 1. Lauryn Vogt 26.10, 3.

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Duncan Duell swims the 100-yard freestyle in the boys’ 11- and 12-year-old division at Marion Saturday. He was disqualified in that race but later anchored the winning 200 medley relay with teammates Frank Wichert, Caleb Diener and AJ Driggers (2:47.53).

Duell finished third in the 50-yard backstroke (45.09) and the 50-yard breaststroke (51.18), and fourth in the 50-yard free (37.23).

Talia Jost 29.67, 4. Sophia Dye 30.34.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Gavin Priest 29.96, 3.

Colton Rempel 32.56, 4. Lincoln Wichert 32.59.

Girls 9-10: 2. Savannah Shahan 23.50, 3.

Trudy Hein 24.19, 7. Hannah Utecht 27.78.

Boys 9-10: 2. Landon Dye 24.48, 5.

Adrian Unruh 30.30, 6. Joshua Diener 30.67.

50-yard backstroke Girls 11-12: 3. Emersyn Funk 45.82, 5.

Sarah Paulus 55.88.

Boys 11-12: 1. Frank Wichert 43.79, 2.

Carson Linnens 51.08, 4. Grayson Ratzlaff 59.52.

Girls 13-14: 1. Millie Sechrist 39.72, 2.

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Boys 13-14: 1. Tucker Moss 39.96, 3.

Duncan Duell 45.09, 4. Josiah Driggers 46.37.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 33.99, 4. Abby Sechrist 39.76, 5. Kianna Hinerman 41.73.

Boys 15-18: 2. Franklin Jost 33.07, 3.

Brodie Rathbone 35.13, 4. Travis King 35.45.

25-yard freestyle Girls 8 & under: 1. Lauryn Vogt 21.03, 4.

Talia Jost 26.96, 5. Sophia Dye 27.54, 9.

Sophia Utecht 30.39, 14. Quinlyn Funk 36.04, 17. Daisy Klein 43.38, 18. Gabi Sibayan 47.57, 19. Ruthie Paulus 48.91.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Gavin Priest 18.83, 2.

Colton Rempel 22.18, 4. Lincoln Wichert 23.30, 6. Seth Driggers 29.25, 9. Easton Shahan 31.73, 10. Jake Sibayan 38.40.

Girls 9-10: 2. Savannah Shahan 18.64, 4.

Trudy Hein 19.06, 5. Ainsley Duell 20.74, 6.

Katie Rempel 20.93, 10. Hannah Utecht 22.84, 13. Jerusalem Driggers 24.21, 14. Emma Noble 25.22, 21. Melonie Galvan 37.62.

Boys 9-10: 1. Connor Padgett 15.65, 2.

Tristen Dye 18.70, 5. Camden Padgett 20.18, 6. Joshua Diener 21.45, 7. Landon Dye 22.25, 9. Adrian Unruh 25.59.

50-yard freestyle Girls 11-12: 1. Macy Priest 35.23, 4.

Megan Bechtold 36.29, 7. Emersyn Funk 38.20, 8. Emily Paulus 40.48, 11. Malorie Hein 48.05, 12. Sarah Paulus 48.12, 13. Ellie Noble 48.84, 18. Shaylinn Vogt 1:04.76.

Boys 11-12: 1. AJ Driggers 34.32, 2.

Caleb Diener 34.72, 3. Carson Linnens 35.51, 4. Duncan Duell 37.23, 6. Grayson Ratzlaff 43.24, 10. Austin Rempel 45.16, 12. Deon Weeks 59.54.

Girls 13-14: 1. Jenna Hinerman 32.20, 4.

Eva Noble 33.61, 5. Katie Evans 34.46, 7.

Millie Sechrist 35.81, 9. Sarah Diener 37.14.

Boys 13-14: 1. Shepard Stang 30.21, 2.

Caleb Rempel 33.06, 3. Tucker Moss 34.30, 4.

Josiah Driggers 40.89.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 28.62, 2.

Madison Sheppard 31.14, 5. Kianna Hinerman 32.72, 6. Callie Linnens 32.76, 8. Abby Sechrist 33.60.

Boys 15-18: 2. Travis King 26.42, 3.

Franklin Jost 26.56, 4. Brodie Rathbone 27.69, 5. Jonathan Hinerman 27.90, 6. Jaden Priest 28.29.

25-yard breaststroke Girls 8 & under: 1. Lauryn Vogt 26.79, 3.

Sophia Utecht 32.56, 4. Sophia Dye 34.40.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Lincoln Wichert 29.83, 2. Gavin Priest 29.89, 4. Colton Rempel 30.34.

Girls 9-10: 2. Emma Noble 23.85, 5. Trudy Hein 31.43, 7. Savannah Shahan 33.31.

Boys 9-10: 1. Connor Padgett 20.15, 2.

Camden Padgett 23.89, 4. Tristen Dye 24.34.

50-yard breaststroke Girls 11-12: 1. Megan Bechtold 43.06, 4.

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USD 410 board cuts five supplemental positions ALEEN RATZLAFF USD 410 Board of Education decided at its June 8 meeting to eliminate five supplemental positions for the 2015-16 school year.

Those positions include Hillsboro High School assistant volleyball coach, HHS assistant boys’ basketball coach, weight room supervisors for fall and winter, and FCCLA sponsor.

The board made its decision based on quantitative data presented by Superintendent Steve Noble.

In May, Noble initially recommended terminating eight positions. Following board discussion at that meeting, he said he would conduct research to aid in the decision-making process.

At the June meeting, Noble brought a revised recommendation based on attendance in HMS/HHS extracurricular activities over the past two years. He also shared results from surveying principals of league

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high schools about the number of assistant coaches employed.

“Most (schools) have at least what we have and many have more (coaches),” Noble said.

“Comparing to our league schools is fine, but we need to look at what’s best for us here,” said board member Rod Koons.

Koons also raised whether equity in offerings for boys and girls should be a consideration.

Noble said a review of expenditures revealed dollars in the budget to offset cost-savings initially anticipated with cutting eight positions.

Noble said teachers and personnel were asked to look for ways to save in their areas.

“They’ve gone above and beyond,” Noble said. “It’s been a lot hard work by everybody.

Eddie Weber, board president, said overall cost savings, when possible, could

also be a factor.

“Just because we have the money doesn’t mean we need to spend it,” Weber said.

In its 6-1 vote, the board approved the list of supplemental contracts that included three initially considered for elimination: HMS assistant football coach to be filled by Demetrius Cox; HMS/HHS assistant track coach to be filled by Don Ratzlaff; and HMS/HHS spring weight room supervisor to be filled

by Lance Sawyer.

Board member Kim Klein voted no.

Noble said he plans to review attendance in activities again next year as well as conduct a cost analysis per participant and consider possible qualitative benefits for participants.

Teresa Bernhard, district kitchen manager, presented findings from a food service cost analysis she conducted.

One consideration for 2015-

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Safe Routes to School shows concrete progress

n See USD 410, Page 9

Workers for Vogts-Parga Construction were pouring curbing in the 600 block of East A St. last week, the first leg in the $250,000 Safe Routes to School project, which features a 6-foot sidewalk from Hillsboro Elementary School on the side of town to near Trinity Mennonite Church on the west side of town.

AREA SCHOOLS HONOR ROLLS Marion High School has released its honor roll for the second semester of the 2014-15 school year while Marion Middle School has released its end of year honor roll.”

To attain “high honors,” a student must attain a grade-point average of 4.0 to 3.75, for “regular honors,” 3.74 to 3.5, and for “honorable mention,” 3.49 to 3.0. An asterisk (*) denotes a 4.0 GPA. MARION HIGH SCHOOL Second semester honor roll High honors Seniors: *Jacob Baldwin, *Samantha Davies, *Julia Hall, Raleigh Kroupa, *Madison Stephen.

Juniors: Sydnee Baldwin, Reann Hamm, *Elizabeth Meyer, *McKenzee Remmers, *Baily Robson, Courtney Williams.

Sophomores: *Nathan Baldwin, *Aidan Cairns, *Falon Crawford, *Shelby Felvus, *Cade Harms, Marissa Jacobson, *Paige May, *Taylor May, *Shonda Ratzloff, Grace Vinduska.

Pitching n from Page 6

earned-run average of 3.16 over 881⁄3 innings of work.

Opponents batted .225 against him. He gave up 38 runs (31 earned) and struck out 106 batters.

He ranks among the top 50 nationally in four categories: 10th in batters struck out, 15th in wins, 16th in batters struck out per nine innings (10.8) to lead the KCAC, and 47th in hits allowed per nine (7.13).

He threw one completegame shutout.

This year, Hurlbutt received NAIA All-American honorable mention. In addition, he was a first-team All-KCAC selection and named KCAC Co-Pitcher of the Year.

“I just stay focused on each batter, each pitch,” Hurlbutt said. “I don’t get too far ahead of myself. I don’t really think about the outcome, I just think about each pitch and what I need to do to get the batter out.”

Hurlbutt and the Bluejays earned their fourth-consecutive regularseason Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title with a 22-6 record. Tabor won its second-consecutive conference tournament championship to advance to

Freshmen: *Devin Hamm, Kourtney Hansen, *Allison Hett, *Kyle Pierce, *Lindsey Sigel, Carley Stapleford, *Zachary Stuchlik, *Corbin Wheeler, *Colin Williams.

Regular honors Seniors: Breanna Doyle, Shayla Kline, Trevor Kruse, Seth Snelling, Bradley Stone, Bret Voth, Kaylie Waner.

Juniors: Alexa Boyd, Erika Hess, Emily Schneider, Nicholas Stuchlik.

Sophomores: Tyler Arocha, Kaitlyn Christensen, Emily Hague, Devin Regnier, Ethan Thornbro.

Freshmen: Megan Bailey, Courtney Herzet, Samantha Richmond, Logan Waner.

Honorable mention Seniors: Sheridyn Arterburn, Dylan Carpenter, Nathan Cyr, Braden Fahey, Quinton Hett, Tyler Neufeld, Kyle Palic.

Juniors: Wesley Dicks, Kirsten Hansen, Shyla Harris, Kirsten Herzet, Brittany Hett, Adam Kjellin, Kayla Kroupa, John Lind, Karen Nordquist, Morgan Radtke, Colleen Steele.

Sophomores: Noah Albin, Garrett Alleven, Victoria Boyd, Emily Davies, Peyton Heidebrecht, Molly Hess, Daniel Hinton, Jarrett Johnson, Lydia Kinman, Mason Pedersen, Taylor Pontious, Seth Savage.

Freshmen: Madison Coleman, Jacob Crabb, Meggan Frese, Jade Lammon, Jessi Lewman, Austin

Neufeld, Tyler Palic, Corin Parmley, Whitney Rudolph, Jackson Schneider.

MARION MIDDLE SCHOOL End of year honor roll High honors Eighth-grade: Christian Becker, Corrina Crabb, Drew Helmer, Emmy Hess, Eli Hett, Luisa Junqueria, Samantha Kelsey, Noah Kukuk, Jarred Rahe, Michaele Regnier, Larry Zieammermann, Maria Stuchlik Destiny Boudbreaux, Colton Mercer.

Seventh-grade: Cade Alleven, Chloe Burkholder, Shelby Cairns, Matthew Christiansen, Aubrey Craig, Kennedy Fahey, Hunter Helmer, Lillian Lundy, Cassandra Meyer, Grace Overton, Maggie Vinduska, Cameron White, Bethany Grimmett, Emily Hutchison.

Regular honors Eighth-grade: A.J. Arterburn, Joeb Corona, Jenna Helmer, Elizabeth Schaefers, Tori Stults, Hap Waddell.

Seventh-grade: Luke Dawson, Alli Hett, Amethyst Larson, Cheyanne Lewis, Grace Winter.

Honorable mention Eighth-grade: Alissa Adame, Joey Nickel, Charlie Nordquist, Rebecca Sawyer, Braydin Sippel.

Seventh-grade: Peyton Ensey, Koby Hett, Madeline Larson, Luke Lanning, Jazmin Lewis.

Goessel board fetes school bus driver for 20 years service BY

CYNTHIA GOERZEN

The Free Press

The Goessel school board presented a plaque to Rannie Schmidt, a longtime school bus driver, during its June 8 meeting.

Schmidt is retiring after 20 years of driving for the district.

“I thoroughly and sincerely love the children,” he said. “It has truly been a joy and an honor.”

Schmidt said he appreciated the support from John Fast, superintendent and elementary school principal, as well as parents.

Fast said besides driving, bus drivers spend many enth in the NAIA Coaches’ the NAIA Opening Round hours in meetings, first-aid postseason Top 25 poll. tournament. training and safety. Schmidt “This was one of the best said he appreciated the Tabor then won the teams, if not the best team, training, and he did use it in Bellevue (Neb.) bracket to I’ve played for, talent-wise,” an emergency situation. punch its ticket to the he said. “Mark Standiford Avista-NAIA World Series Fast also mentioned was a great coach. He put for the second time in as Schmidt’s dedication when guys in the right positions many years. This year, the his bus broke down along and made it work.

Bluejays went 1-2 at the “We really came together World Series, ending the as a team, not just on the season with an overall field, but off the field as record of 54-12. well. Everybody got along Hurlbutt contributed to Tabor records for single sea- with everybody, and that son wins (54) and strikeouts made winning games a lot (474). The Bluejays rank sev- easier and a lot more fun.”

the Interstate. Another bus was sent to transport the students back to Goessel.

But Schmidt and his wife, Meribeth, stayed with the broken-down bus the whole night until it could be moved.

Schmidt’s years of service preceded his bus-driving days to the years when he was a member of the school board. He said he was on the board during the time that the district made the transition from country schools to a unified school district.

The board approved the following supplemental contracts, some new and some continuing: high school scholars bowl, Wes SchmidtTieszen, with Andrew Voth assistant; junior high Quiz Bowl, Donna O’Neill; forensics, Sherri Sells; high school play director, Donna O'Neill with Andrew Voth assistant; activities director,

Brian Lightner; band, Scott Taylor; choir, Andrew Voth; cheerleading coaches, D. J. Freeman and Gretchen Schrag; concessions, Ryan Hoopes; FCCLA sponsor, Beth Ratzloff; FFA sponsor, Zana Manche; yearbook, Kacie McGee; freshman class sponsor, Sherri Sells; sophomore class sponsor, Donna O’Neill; junior class sponsor, Kacie McGee; senior class sponsor, Wes Schmidt-Tieszen; high school student council sponsor, Patrick Loganbill; junior high student council, Chad Lindeman; art, Kacie McGee; elementary SIT chair, Sheri Janzen; junior high SIT chair, Brittany Hiebert; high school SIT chair, Crysta Guhr; PDC and QPA chair, Janna Duerksen.

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Health dept. to move to electronic records

BY JERRY

ENGLER

The Free Press

Marion County’s burden of storing boxes of county health records in limited storage space may soon be relieved by switching to electronic rather than paper records.

The Marion County Board of Commission approved Monday that the health department apply for about $17,000 in state sharing funds administered through Wichita State University for a Patagonia computer electronic records system.

Department administrator Diedre Serene said fears expressed by Commissioner Dan Holub about saddling the county with greater expense while still requiring paper space were not quite justified because the system would do away with paper space and added labor after two months of setup.

Currently, the records are part of a general concern that the county is running out of space to store records.

Health insurance providers will be able to access the system for quicker payments to

patrons, Serene said.

Marion County may partner with Franklin County for training, and with Harvey County for larger population operation.

Serene said Marion County files will be kept confidential to concerned parties.

Road plans Road and Bridge Director Randy Crawford said his crews are busy monitoring road closings and washouts across the county due to heavy rains.

Nevertheless, he has been able to put together plans for hard surfacing roads in 2016 and 2017. In 2016 he is planning for a $561,456 road hard surfacing budge with $223,200 for road oil and $338,256 for build-X surfacing.

In 2017 he is planning for a $485,425 hard-surfacing budget with $292,450 for build-X and $192,975 for road oil.

The 2016 budget would include four miles on Limestone from 290th to 330th, 18 miles on 290th from Diamond to Wagon Wheel Road, three miles on Marion Reservoir Pawnee Road, nine miles on Kansa Road n See County, Page 13

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BAK takes a break in Marion After leaving their overnight stop in Goessel, the 900 bicylcists on the Biking Across Kansas tour were served by a water stop in Hillsboro sponsored by the Hillsboro Museum Board, then moved on to Marion for a nutrition break. In the top photo, Linda Carlson, Kevin Fruechting and Margo Yates (from right to left) serve hot burgers to the riders. Once refreshed, the bicyclists headed for their next overnight stop in Council Grove.

300 people turn out for Hillsboro car show Kinning said.

Car show participants The threat of rain didn’t came from as close as Hillsstop 30 car enthusiasts from boro, Marion and Canton to entering this year’s 17th an- further locations including nual Route 56 Classic Cruis- Newton, McPherson, Moundridge, Hesston, Sterers Show Saturday at Memorial Park in Hillsboro. ling, Herington, Hope, Salina and Wichita.

Weather didn’t dampen One entrant was from attendance either with more than 300 spectators on hand, Missouri.

For Lowell Unruh of said Pat Kinning, a Route 56 Sterling, and his 1928 Ford club member.

Each year, proceeds from Roadster, the trip to Hillsboro offered him a chance to the registration fees go to show off his car’s national the Marion County Toy championship.

Run, which provides toys “I have toured seven for families at Christmas, states and participated in 11 shows (with this vehicle),

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PATTY DECKER

The Free Press

Marion County FIREWORKS NOTICE Fireworks may be discharged in Marion County: • Outside city limits • Private property only • Marion County Lake (inside Lakeshore Drive) • NOT at Marion Reservoir June 27 8:00 am to 11:00 pm June 28 through July 2 8:00 am to 10:00 pm July 3 & 4 8:00 am to Midnight July 5 8:00 am to 10:00 pm Retail Sales require a $50 permit and a $500 cash bond.

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winning a national championship,” he said.

Unruh said the Roadster’s engine is rare, too, because so many of them were destroyed in nitro cars “Ford only made 300 of these engines,” he said. “It is 700 horsepower.”

Mark Franklin of Salina is a repeat entrant with his 1928 Rat Rod. A rat rod, according to Mark’s father, Mick, is a car built out of other car parts.

“The frame is from tubing, the engine is from an old race car and the rearend is from a 1993 Thunderbird,” Mick said.

Route 56 Classic Cruisers results Top 10 cars: 1. Ron Herbel, Marion, 1958 Chevy Delray; 2. Buck Martin, McPherson, 1953 Ford Custom. 3.

Mark McVicker, McPherson, 2004 Chrysler Crossfire; 4. Don Graves, Hutchinson, 1955 Chevrolet station wagon; 5. John Brown, Hutchinson, 1940 Chevrolet sedan delivery; 6. Bill Scholl of Abilene, 2005 Dodge 1500 Daytona; 7. Bub and Linda Lovelady of Marion, 1953 Chevy sedan delivery; 8. Galen Chizek of Lehigh, 2003 Chevy 50th anniversary Corvette; 9.

Bob Barb, Warsaw, Mo., 1967 Pontiac GTO; 10. Larry Smith, Newton, 1997 Chevy Camaro Z28, 30th anniversary edition.

Ray Abrahams Memorial: Richard Dirks, Hillsboro, 1931 Ford Model A. Dave Unruh Memorial/Under 21: Brian Haden, Hope, 1974 Chevy Nova.

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Hillsboro council to replace old slide USD 410

and available for sale July 1. n approved resignation of Tanner Lacy as HES n from Page 7 lunch supervisor.

16, she said, is to add an à la n approved work agreecarte option for high school ment for hourly wage students. adjustment from $9 to $9.90 Noble reported plans to for Jessica Fine as HMHS consolidate the offices for secretary. the HMHS buildings. All n approved contracts for administrative offices Jerry Hinerman as business would be moved to former manager and board clerk, HMS office space, which, he Brad Just as technology said, should help facilitate director and Lori Soo Hoo collaboration. as coordinator of Parents as Renovation can be done Teachers. under $15,000, he added. n approved health insurNoble also updated the ance contribution of a board on the Safe Routes to $1,000 deductible single-covSchool project and the HES erage health insurance preplayground renovations. mium for administrators, At the meeting, Noble PAT coordinator and all awarded plaques to three qualified classified employboard members who conees. clude their terms of service n approved Fee at the end of June: Deb Geis Insurance Group from for 15 years; Eddie Weber Hutchinson as Workers’ for 14 years and Chad Compensation Insurance Nowak for six years. provider for 2015-16 at a cost Tim Kaufman and Jared of $21,864.

Jost will join the board in n approved building July. Noble said a person is handbooks for HES and interested in the open posiHHS. Noble said he didn’t tion, and the board can entertain that option in July. have the HMS one ready yet, but didn’t anticipate any Other business substantive changes.

In other business, the n approved purchase of board: recycled shredded mulch, n approved the 2015-16 master contract for USD 410 flextile fabric and tuff timber borders from Athco for certified employees after the HES west playground at meeting in executive sesa cost of $43,189, which sion for 20 minutes. The includes freight. contract had been ratified Noble announced the by teachers earlier that board will have a special afternoon. meeting at 11 a.m., Wednesn approved disposal of the rental property at 508 E. day, June 24, to decide on property, liability and stuA St., which will be listed with the Real Estate Center dent insurance.

ment with the city, but did ask that the old slide be The Hillsboro City Coun- replaced, according to City Administrator Larry Paine. cil at its June 2 meeting Sisk said the old approved the purchase of a new slide to replace “the old “humpty” slide does not meet safety requirements slipper slide” at Memorial for playgrounds. It does not Park. have a transition zone of at Doug Sisk, recreation least 2 feet from the top of director, said the new slide will be 8 feet tall and 16 feet the ladder to the slide, and the rails on the side of the long and will be purchased from to Mir-acle Recreation slide are not tall enough.

The council voted unaniEquipment Co. for $7,648. mously to replace the old The action was taken in response to an accident with slide, but several expressed disappointment about losthe old slide that injured a ing a piece of equipment child. The parents did not that has been a favorite of request a financial settle-

children for generations.

“I bet if you took a poll of the kids, most of them would want to keep it,” Councilor Bob Watson said.

“I hate to replace the old one. My grandkids like it.”

The money for the new slide wil come out of the city’s Special Parks Fund.

Special meeting The council met in a special meeting May 26. The first 30 minutes was an executive session regarding personnel. No action was taken when the public session resumed.

The only other agenda

item was Paine’s report on the city’s Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance plan. He said the cost of the plan will be increasing by 3.2 percent.

In lieu of the council’s decision not to raise the salaries of city workers, the council accepted Paine’s recommendation to add $500 to each employee’s plan to offset deductibles, as was done a year ago.

The council approved the mayor’s appointment of Sisk and Annette Klamm to the Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Curtis Guhr, Crysta Guhr, Ryan Hoopes, Garrett Hiebert and Joni Smith. n from Page 7 After-school program were approved: cross counThe board discussed the try, Brian Lightner; head after-school program. Fast football, Garrett Hiebert; said “the after-school proassistant football, Jacob gram here at the school is Gouvion; head volleyball, really needed. It helps keep Crysta Guhr; assistant volfamilies in the district.” leyball, Zana Manche; head ASP director Susie Shipp boys’ basketball, Curtis told the board the cost for Guhr; assistant boys’ basket- students is according to ball, Chad Lindeman; head income: $6 a day for those girls’ basketball, Ryan who pay the full school Hoopes; assistant girls’ bas- lunch price, $2.50 for those ketball, Zana Manche; golf, who pay a reduced price, Chad Lindeman. and $1 a day for those who The following junior high receive free lunches. coaching positions were However, those fees are not approve: head football, Chad sufficient to keep the proLindeman; assistant footgram running and might ball, Ryan Hoopes; head vol- need to be increased. leyball, Patrick Loganbill; Shipp said, “I believe in assistant volleyball, this program.... Parents Brittany Hiebert; head boys’ want to keep it.” She said basketball, Garrett Hiebert; snacks have been healthy, assistant boys’ basketball, fresh fruit. Although Shipp Patrick Loganbill; head is applying for grants for girls’ basketball, Todd supplies and snacks, grant Weeks; assistant girls basmoney across the state of ketball, Brittany Hiebert.

Kansas “has been nearly The following junior high wiped out.” and high school track Board member Maynard coaches were approved: Knepp said, “This commu-

nity is extremely supportive,” if it knows about a need, it will support it.

Other business In other business, the board: n accepted an anonymous $400 gift to be used as follows: $100 for first grade, $100 for second grade, $100 for art and $100 for the music department. n noted the generosity of the Goessel Ministerial Alliance for the “major donation” for school supplies. “That helps a lot of families in need,” Fast said. n discussed a computer upgrade for the elementary school lunch program. The auditor told Fast it is time to upgrade the system, but complimented Fast and Denise Nickel for their accuracy with the outdated program. n approved new computers for the elementary computer lab for kindergarten through third-graders. n discussed purchasing a bus. Fast said the last bus purchase was in 2009. Fast will look at buses, along

with bus drivers Diana Schmidt and Morris Ewert. n heard that Rachel Boden plans to teach preschool classes three mornings a week. n heard Marion County Special Education Cooperative board representative Kelly Bootton report the coop board had met numerous times with many executive sessions. He said Sherri Sells resigned from MCSEC and accepted a junior high position at Goessel. n voted to replace the tile in the elementary school after hearing from Fast that enough money remains from the building and remodeling project to do so.

The tile in the elementary school was installed when the school was built in 1958. n made plans to repair the running track, noting that nothing has been done to it since 2008. Enough money remains in the bond n from Page 8 project to cover the $3,500 Class Winner: Randy C. Hamilton, cost. The project will patch Canton, 1978 Corvette Indy Pacer car. high-wear areas and fix Club Choice: Jim Martin, Hutchcracks, clean the surface, inson, 1941 Willys Coupe. and stripe the lanes.

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MONDAY, June 29 Smothered pork chop, lima beans, carrots, Jell-O w/fruit, oatmeal cookie, roll, milk.

TUESDAY, June 30 Baked chicken, baked sweet potato, green beans, strawberries & bananas, frosted cake, roll, milk.

MARION SENIOR CENTER Those of us involved in the workings of the senior center know that strange things go on here. Earlier this month, Sue Clough, who often closes up, remarked about a beeping noise coming from a storage closet.

One day when she and Gayla Ratzlaff were here they heard the beeping. An old fire alarm on a shelf.

They could not turn it off, smother it or crush it. They called the police who have answered other odd calls from here. Mystery solved.

No more beeps.

We thank Harlow Warneke for grilling burgers June 5 for us.

Joan Meyer shared the annual letter she gets from Belgium thanking American troops for the D-Day victory.

We are hosting the county board Friday, June 19. Come join us June 24 for a program which was rescheduled.

Iralee Barnard, Dickinson County, has written a book about native grasses and will share that informa-

tion. tions at 620-983-2226, or stop To make a reservation, by at 106 N. Walnut. call 620-382-2942, or stop by July menus are available.

309 S. Third St., Marion.

Meals are $3.50 for those — Janet Bryant, director 60 and older and $5.25 for all others. It’s a real bargain in WEDNESDAY, June 24 today's world.

Barbecued chicken tenders, corn obrien, sweet potato fries, peach —Ruth Lott, director

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THURSDAY, June 25 Sloppy joes, coleslaw, watermelon, milk.

FRIDAY, June 26 Chicken & cheese enchiladas, refried beans, dessert, milk.

MONDAY, June 29 Liver & onions or hamburger patty, potato, carrots, fruit, wheat bread, milk.

TUESDAY, June 30 Spaghetti w/meat sauce, salad, fruit, wheat bread, milk.

crumble w/whipped topping, whole wheat roll, milk.

WEDNESDAY, June 24 THURSDAY, June 25 Homemade chicken & noodles, green Mushroom hamburger steak, baked potato, creamed peas w/onions, pineapple pudding, wheat bread, milk.

REAL ESTATE & PERSONAL r FRIDAY, June 26 Pulled pork on bun, baked french 3 BR fries, tossed green salad, frosted gela2 Bath tin poke cake, milk.. on Corner MONDAY, June 29 Lot Beef tips w/noodles, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, seasonal fresh fruit, whole wheat roll, milk.

PEABODY SENIOR CENTER Thanks to everyone who came to our hamburger and hot dog cookout. It was a huge success. We had a good time being entertained by McKinney Sisters, along with great fellowship.

Our birthday dinner is June 17. Come join us.

Sarah Carter of Angels Care Home Health June 18 after our indoor picnic. She plans to discuss hydration, fitness and eating which seems appropriate with the picnic venue.

Brunch is at 9:30 a.m.

Friday, June 19. The menu includes a breakfast casserole, cinnamon roll or blueberry coffee cake and coffee.

Randolph Whitely, a medical doctor, is giving a presentation June 24 during “Lunch with the Doctor.”

Call for meal reserva-

PUBLIC AUCTION Offering for sale at Public Auction, located at 400 Grandview, (Army Natl. Guard), Newton, KS on:

SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015 AT 9:00 A.M. ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES Walnut Columbia Victrola with crank & extra needles; 1950 Coke machine; 1960 Pepsi machine; Coke & Pepsi collections; lg. collection of Marlboro items; DeLaval cream separator; sausage stuffer; grinder; rug beaters; old floor sweepers; 4 - wooden school desks with front bench; dbl. & single wash tubs; cast iron water heater; 2 - table top 1950’s TV’s; egg beaters; dishes; Shawnee; Royal Copley; Pachinko games; 50’s - 80’s board games; 2 - candy bar machines; radios; books; children’s books; old toys; Tonka toys; Dolls of all Nations; old pictures; primitives; sheet music; numerous old items; washer; dryer; loveseat; end tables; jewelry; printer trays; print blocks; lamps; 2 - new garden windows; 4 - new 36” shower stalls; many boxes of items unseen; & more…

LARRY & SHERRY KAUFMAN NUEHRING, SELLERS VAN SCHMIDT, Auctioneer/Real Estate 7833 N. SPENCER RD., NEWTON, KS 67114

620-367-3800 or 620-367-2331 TERMS: Cash day of sale. Statements made day of sale take precedence over advertised statements.

Schmidt Clerks & Cashiers / Lunch provided by: K&B Catering www.hillsborofreepress.com Farmer’s National Company (402) 496-3276

PROPERTY Real Estate sells at NOON followed by car

Thursday, June 20 • 10 am Property of Mary A. Talkington

Location: 500 Elm St., Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: Here is the home you have been looking for!!! Built in 1995, this one-owner home has been well maintained and is move in ready.

With 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, you will enjoy all of the space and modern updates. Not to mention your own master suite with lots of closet space. The home has an attached carport plus a 24x15 garage/workshop. There will also be a nice assortment of personal property items. Don't miss this one, come and take a look, you will be glad you did!!!!

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 500 Elm St., Cottonwood Falls, Kansas 66845 DESCRIPTION: This 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom ranch style home has been well taken care of and is ready for you to move right in!!! The home was built in 1995 and has a total of 1,568 sq. ft. Included is a master suite that has lots and lots of closet space. There is CH/CA and a circulated hot water system throughout the home. Located on a nice 90 x 117 corner lot with mature landscaping, the home has a nice front porch and a big back deck. This home is double insulated for energy efficiency. There is also an attached carport plus a 24x15 detached garage/workshop.

REAL ESTATE TERMS: Earnest money deposit of $3,000.00 due day of auction at signing of contract. The balance is due at time of closing on or before July 23, 2015 at which time buyer will receive appropriate deed. Title insurance fees and closing fees of the title co are split 50/50 between the buyer and seller.

2015 taxes will be prorated to the date of closing. Property is not sold subject to financing. All financing arrangements must be made prior to the auction.

All information has been gathered from Chase Co. sources and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. All statements day of auction take precedence of advertisements. This property will be sold "as is" in it's present condition. You, the buyer make your own inspections and rely on your own knowledge. Sellers and Auction Company do not make any assumptions or warranties.

VEHICLE: (Will sell after the Real Estate which will sell at Noon): 2005 Chevy Malibu MAXX LS, Auto, V6, PW/PL, AC, Cruise, Approx: 79,822 mi; FURNITURE: White Oak 3 pc Bedroom Set; Game/Poker Table w/ Felt Top & 4 Matching Upholstered Chairs; Floor Lamp; Table Lamps; Day Bed; White Oak Vanity & Chest of Drawers; TV Stand; Cane Bottom Chairs; Earth Tone Floral Divan; End Tables; 2 Orange Platform Rockers; Round Hall Table; Brown Casual Rocker; Magazine Rack; Rocking Chair; Bookshelf; Copper Lined Smoking Table; Drop Leaf Table & Chairs; Bookcase; Coffee Table; Metal Shelving; Kitchen Table & Metal Chairs; Wicker Rocking Chair; ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES * HOUSEHOLD * TOOLS & YARD MISC. PERSONAL PROPERTY TERMS: Cash, approved check or credit card with 3% processing fee on all credit card transactions. All statements made day of auction take precedence over advertisements. Owners and auction company not responsible for accidents or theft. Nothing removed until settlement has been made.

Rick Griffin, Auctioneer/Broker Cell: 620-343-0473

Office: 305 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, Ks. 66845 Phone: 620-273-6421 • Toll Free: 866-273-6421

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PERSONALrPROPERTY GUNS & TRAINS sell at 10 AM

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Saturday, June 27 • 9 am Property of Jeanette Palermo and the late Kain Palermo Location: 371 Spring St., Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845 AUCTIONEER’S NOTE: You won't want to miss this auction! Kain was a talented musician, who played with such bands as the Door's, Ronnie Dio and Richie Blackmore Rainbow groups, and was a craftsman as he and Jeanette remodeled several homes over the years and collected unique antiques. Over the years, their collection has accumulated and includes items from New York, to LA to Cottonwood Falls. Kain also enjoyed collecting and building model trains and airplanes. This is only a partial listing, as it will be a large, large auction. We will run 2 rings for most of the day, bring a friend to help you bid!

Auction will start with Tools and Antiques.

Guns will sell at 10:00 AM, followed by the model trains.

VEHICLES: 1992 Ford Aerostar XL (needs power steering work); 1961 Ford Delivery Truck, as is; 1958 Brown 40-ft Aluminum Semi Box Trailer; GUNS: Remington Brand M1911 A1 U.S. Army, .45-cal Semi-Auto Pistol, No. 964050; Volunteer Enterprises Commando Mark III Semi Auto, .45-cal Tommy Gun Look-a-like; (These first 2 guns have sellers name engraved on them.)

Remington Wingmaster Model 870 Pump, 12ga, V396640V; Browning Nomad I Bow; 760 Pumpmaster Pellet Gun; MODEL TRAINS & AIRPLANES: (This is a large collection, trains are primarily O-scale and HO-scale, there are complete cars and kits, from wood to brass, along with lots and lots of train parts, books, manuals and items for scaled towns. There are approx. 500 model train cars, engines & kits, of which 10+ are brass passengers cars and kits. There are also model planes and kits, still in the box with many extra parts, including gas motors, decal sets and misc parts.)

MUSICAL ITEMS: Fender Jazz Bass Blue Guitar w/Case; Upright Bass x2 (not in playing cond) with Bow x2; WM Anderson Upright Piano; Baldwin Pump Organ; Rock-n-roll Records and 8-Tracks; Tone Cabinet Model DR-20; Sansui AV Surround Stereo Receiver RZ-8305AV; Marantz Model 4100 Console Amplifier; Weaver Organ & Piano Co Pump Organ; Bongo Drum; Slingerland Snare Drum; Sears Silvertone Console Player; Dual 1019 Turntable; Sankyo Super-8; AKAI CR-80D 8-Track Player; Sunn 2000s Amp; Large Concert Quality Speaker System with Rolling Amp, 8+ Box Speakers; JBL Speakers; Music Books; Posters; Magazines, etc.; TOOLS & MISC: Grizzly Table Saw; Belt Sander; Reliant 18" Wood Band Saw; Reliant 12 Speed Floor Drill Press; Reliant 8" Jointer; Grizzly Floor Model Belt Sander; DeWalt 7730 Radial Arm Saw; Wood Stock Shop Fox 7" Mini Planer Moulder W1693; Foley Belsaw Planer-Molder; Chicago Floor Fan; Chicago 12" Compound Slide Miter Saw; Craftsman (Drill, Router, Belt Sander, 16-gal Wet Dry Vac, 12" Table Saw); Craftsman (Wrenches, Double Box End, Open End Crow Foot, Swivel Flex Sockets, Socket Sets, Flathead Sockets, Break Over Bars, Ratchets, Ext Bars, Hand Drill, Gear & Bearing Puller); Craftsman Carry Tool Box; Schauer 10-amp Battery Charger; Craftsman Swivel Bench Vise; Chicago 4"x24" Belt Sander; Central Machinery Dovetail Fixture; Shallow Well Pump, 3/4-hp; Pacer Pump, 3.5-hp B&S; plus much more!

ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES: Reverse Oval Glass Painting; Upholstered Wing Back Chair x2; Ornate Oak Wall Clock; Solid Oak Chairs; Duncan Phyfe Coffee Table; Pink Morse Super-Dial Sewing Machine; Vintage Rotary Dial Phones (Multiple Colors); Concrete Planter & Yard Art; Oak Dresser w/ Glass Pulls; Co-Latitude by D-G Co Chicago; 7-Up Wooden Soda Crate, Emporia, KS; Los Angeles Times Sign; plus much more!

Real Estate to be sold at Auction on Saturday, August 8, 2015 NOTE ABOUT THIS REAL ESTATE: This property will be sold at auction on Saturday, August 8, 2015. There will be no showings of the property until after June 27 auction. Open House dates will be Sunday, July 12 and Saturday, July 18 from 2 - 4PM. This 2 1/2 story Limestone home built in 1907 with 4,963 sq ft of living area is a one-of-a-kind property that rarely comes on the market. Make sure to save the date for this one!!!!!

Rick Griffin, Auctioneer/Broker Cell: 620-343-0473

In office: Nancy Griffin Heidi Maggard

Chuck Maggard Auctioneer/Sales Cell: 620-794-8824

chita, 1930 Ford Model A. Best Other Truck: Curtis Hartman, Herington, 1971 Dodge D 100.

Best GM Truck: Warren Unruh, Newton, 1987 Chevy S-10.

Best Ford Truck: Greg Wolff, Herington, 1955 Ford pickup.

Best Antique: Willis and Joan

Derksen, Newton, 1926 Ford Roadster.

Best Rat Rod: Mark and Kim Franklin, Salina, 1928 Franklin.

Best High Performance: Lowell Unruh, Hesston, 1928 Ford Roadster.

Best Classic: Joe Smilely, Newton, 1957 Chevy Belair.

Best Other: Mick and Dody Franklin, Salina, 1947 Hudson Club coupe.

Best Mopar: Fred Gilmore, Sterling, 1970 Plymouth Cuda.

Best GM: Jim Dush, Hillsboro, 1973 Chevy Nova.

Best Ford: Calvin Dirksen, Moundridge, 1969 Ford Mustang.

Best of Show: Bill Snyder, McPherson, 1932 Ford Victoria.

Office: 305 Broadway, Cottonwood Falls, Ks. 66845 Phone: 620-273-6421 • Toll Free: 866-273-6421 In office: Nancy Griffin Heidi Maggard

Chuck Maggard Auctioneer/Sales Cell: 620-794-8824

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Garage Sales Living Estate sale. 3rd House East of Pizza Hut, Hillsboro. Fri. June 19 3-7pm and Sat. June 20 9am-Noon. Some furniture lots of misc. 24-1tp Huge Garage Sale. 613 S. Main, Hillsboro.

Fri. June 19, 4-8pm and Sat. June 20, 8amNoon. Vintage & retro items, tools, twin beds, antique buffet, chest of drawers, entertainment center, list goes on & on. 241tp Country Inn Motel, 1305 E. Main, Marion.

Sat. 7am-? Household items, some antiques, books, a little bit of everything. Indoors if rain. 24-1tc 2 Family Sale. 404 Arbor St., Marion. Sat. 6-20, 8am-? Lots of household & misc. items. 24-1tp

Lost and Found Lost: 3-500# heifer calves with yellow ear tags. Last seen by 110th and Goldenrod, southwest of Hillsboro. If seen, call 316217-5625. 24-1tfree

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homemade pie and ice cream. The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum provided a potato bar, bierrocks and cherry moos.

That evening two bands played for the visitors, The Book of JEBB and the Flannelbacks. The visitors also had the privilege to

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in any of them. However, he was the oldest fossil playing intramural basketball at Tabor College on the Faculty Fossils basketball team.

We played endless hours of catch or shot hoops together. We also broke a lot of basement windows in our home because of errant throws. Somehow he never acted upset about it. He’d just fix the window and we’d resume playing.

Eventually, my dad took up running when Tabor basketball Coach Norm Holmskog informed him

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Emersyn Funk 51.19, 5. Ellie Noble 52.57.

Boys 11-12: 1. Caleb Diener 43.95, 2.

Grayson Ratzlaff 50.31, 3. Duncan duell 51.18.

Girls 13-14: 1. Jenna Hinerman 41.75, 4.

Sarah Diener 48.93, 7. Millie Sechrist 50.47.

Boys 13-14: 1. Shepard Stang 40.01, 2.

Tucker Moss 43.63, 3. Caleb Rempel 45.72.

Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 41.08, 2.

Kianna Hinerman 41.79, 6. Abby Sechrist 43.45.

Boys 15-18: 3. Jaden Priest 38.17, 4.

Jonathan Hinerman 38.20, 5. Travis King 39.29.

100-yard free relay Girls 8 & under: 1. Talia Jost, Sophia Dye, Sophia Utecht, Lauryn Vogt 1:44.56, 5.

Quinlyn Funk, Daisy Klein, Ruthie Paulus, Gabi Sibayan 3:59.02.

Boys 8 & under: 1. Gavin Priest, Lincoln Wichert, Colton Rempel 1:29.96, 3. Seth Driggers, Jake Sibayan, Easton Shahan 2:32.68.

Girls 9-10: 2. Katie Rempel, Hannah Utecht, Trudy Hein, Savannah Shahan 1:27.63, 4. Emma Noble, Melonie Galvan, Ainsley Duell, Jerusalem Driggers 1:37.92.

Boys 9-10: 1. Connor Padgett, Camden Padgett, Tristen Dye 1:13.52, 3. Landon Dye, Joshua Diener, Adrian Unruh 1:34.35.

200-yard free relay Girls 11-12: 1. Megan Bechtold, Emily

have a special guest drop by, Captain Kurt Von Goessel (aka Brian Stucky) dressed in his ship’s captain outfit, telling the story of Goessel’s founding.

About 500 of the bicyclists slept on the gym floors and the remainder camped in tents on green spaces around the high school.

The next morning, breakfast was served by our high school clubs start-

ing at 5:30. By 7:30 nearly all of the bicyclists had pulled out of town, beginning their 75-mile ride to Council Grove Thursday morning.

Many of the bicyclists expressed appreciation for the hospitality they experienced in Goessel. The Biking Across Kansas group was invited by Mayor Dave Schrag, pastor Linda Ewert, and Superintendent John Fast.

A committee of about 20 community members planned all the food and events while they were in town.

that the following spring, his aerobics class would run the 13-mile road, and asked if he would want to join them.

In his memoirs, dad wrote: “I started running immediately and in fall I felt I was ready. The problem was no one else was.

“I waited two weeks and finally went and ran it by myself. Two weeks later another fellow wanted to run it, so I went with him.

On Nov. 9, my 53rd birthday, I ran it again. That got me started and I have been running ever since.

“I have run over 14,000 miles, including many races from three to 15 miles, five marathons, one 52-mile

run and two triathlons. I was never a great runner, but was one of the top three in Kansas in the 50-and-over category.

“My most satisfying 10K was getting first place in the River Run in Wichita, beating a fellow that won five gold medals in the World Masters Track Meet. It is true that he was a sprinter rather than a long-distance runner, but still a fantastic athlete.”

My dad also tried some crazy and illegal dives at the Hillsboro swimming pool, even into his 70s and 80s. One time a kid complained to the lifeguard that one dive in particular was illegal, according to pool rules.

The lifeguard, to her credit said, “Tell you what, when you’re his age, we’ll let you do it too.”

Dad, I miss you, but I’m sure proud of you.

Paulus, Emersyn Funk, Macy Priest 2:31.45, 5. Ellie Noble, Shaylinn Vogt, Sarah Paulus, Malorie Hein 3:31.33.

Boys 11-12: 1. Carson Linnens, Deon Weeks, Austin Rempel, Grayson Ratzlaff 3:01.60.

Girls 13-14: 1. Eva Noble, Millie Sechrist, Katie Evans, Jenna Hinerman 2:14.45.

Boys 13-14: 1. Caleb Rempel, Josiah Driggers, Tucker Moss, Shepard Stang 2:21.94.

Girls 15-18: 1. Abby Sechrist, Kianna Hinerman, Madison Sheppard, Sonja Jost 2:04.88.

Boys 15-18: 1. Brodie Rathbone, Jaden Priest, Franklin Jost, Travis King 1:49.55.

100-yard individual medley Girls 9-10: 1. Ainsley Duell 1:54.08, 2.

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Boys 9-10: 1. Connor Padgett 1:41.59, 2.

Tristen Dye 1:57.50, 4. Camden Padgett 2:07.09.

Girls 11-12: 1. Megan Bechtold 1:32.04, 3. Macy Priest 1:32.76, 5. Emersyn Funk 1:40.13.

Boys 11-12: 1. Frank Wichert 1:33.72, 2.

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Girls 15-18: 1. Sonja Jost 1:16.37, 3.

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Boys 15-18: 2. Travis King 1:13.49, 3.

Franklin Jost 1:14.40, 4. Jaden Priest 1:19.11.

John Fast, superintendent of schools in Goessel, has participated in nine Bicycling Across Kansas tours. After his work as a coordinator was complete Thursday morning, he rode with the group to the Missouri border.

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Janessa Sutton 1:35.00.

Boys 9-10: 1. Jefferson Glover, Lukas Spencer, Thomas Craig 2:01.72.

200-meter free relay Girls 11-12: 2. Kallie Hutchison, Lexi Schreiber, Hadlye Clark 3:03.23, 4. Kaete Johnson, Sarah Spencer, Mya Winter, Madyson Foth 3:55.51.

Boys 11-12: 2. Noal Reynolds, Josh Bergman, Julian Craig, Philip Young 3:44.64.

Girls 13-14: 2. Sydney Hodges, Adriana Newman, Breanna Lett, Kayla Page 2:59.32.

Boys 13-14: 3. Zach Stephey, Max Caldwell, Jordan Anderson 2:48.30.

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Girls 15-18: 3. Mallory Harris, April Newfield, Mackenzie Young 2:46.40.

Boys 15-18: None.

100-meter individual medley Girls 9-10: 1. Lexi Davis 1:59.55.

Boys 9-10: 1. Jefferson Glover 2:11.30, 2.

Alex Young 2:56.45.

Girls 11-12: 3. Lexi Schreiber 2:17.17, 4.

Kaete Johnson 2:20.17, 5. Sarah Spencer 2:58.59.

Boys 11-12. 1. Philip Young 1:59.57, 2.

Josh Bergman 2:29.44.

Girls 13-14: 4. Breanna Lett 1:51.13, 5.

Sydney Hodges 1:57.54, 6. Adriana Newman 1:57.97.

Boys 13-14: 5. Jordan Anderson 1:49.66, 7. Max Caldwell 2:04.39.

Girls 15-18: 3. Mallory Harris 1:40.52, 5.

April Newfield 1:46.67, 6. Mackenzie Young 1:48.12.

Boys 15-18: 1. Nicholas Preheim 1:21.00.

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Ria Vos is the dairy maiden of Chase County.

She loves her cows; she knows each by name. They know their name, and if she calls one by the wrong moniker, that cow scowls at her.

It might sound farfetched, but it’s fact.

In “cowboy country,” the Flint Hills of Kansas, dairies are few, and numbers decline annually. Vos Dairy at Cedar Point is the only remaining dairy in Chase County.

Yet, Ria Vos has the greatest respect among cowboys, and all who have crossed paths with her, been to “her” dairy, or even are vaguely aware of her dedication to, and knowledge of, “milking cows.”

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Ria Vos is most rousing in her objectives for her industry.

“I’ve come a long ways, but I’m always setting higher objectives,” she said.

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That might be true, but when I accomplish something here that somebody said could never be done, I set my goal even higher, and will accomplish it, and more, too.”

Growing up in South Africa, Vos said, “My dad managed a 250-cow dairy, so I’ve always been involved in the dairy industry, and have always loved the business.”

When safety concerns forced her family to the Netherlands, the dairy was dispersed. Vos couldn’t foresee career opportunities in the dairy industry, so she

always anxious to give tours and explain the operation to youngsters, and anybody who is interested,” Vos said.

“These cows can teach people, especially youth, more about living, responsibilities, and appreciation than I can, or even more than a formal education.”

Sometimes these kids she hires to help, do play around more with the cows than get the work done.

“That’s OK, she said.

“They’re still learning, and becoming better people.

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When Ria Vos checks her Holsteins, they immediately gather around for personal attention. “My cows get their feelings hurt if I call one by the wrong name, just to tease them,” the Chase County dairy operator insisted. my own forage, and also have some pasture for my heifers and dry cows,” she said.

With a Farm Service Agency loan, she was able to make improvements to the facilities.

“I came to America with nothing, and now I own a dairy herd and a farm,” she said.

Herd improvement has been foremost in objective from the beginning.

“This was a commercial herd when I started, but I knew it didn’t cost any more to milk good cows than average cows. I started acquiring top registered Holsteins, used the bottom cows as recipients to carry embryos from my top cows. This way I’m getting higher producing, higher quality registered cows quicker.”

The grade-A dairy features registered black and white Holsteins, with 70 cows in production at the present time.

The double-four Herringbone milk parlor is more than 50 years old, but works fine for the dairy maiden.

decided to pursue alternatives.

“I enrolled in horticulture at college, and received my degree, but that just didn’t fit me. I loved milking cows, so I transferred into the dairy science curriculum to get another degree,” she reflected.

When Vos graduated from college, dairy opportunities were limited in South Africa and the Netherlands for what she really wanted to do, so Vos responded to a job offer in the United States.

“Chuck Magathan needed a herd manager for his Silver Creek Dairy,” she said. “I came here in 2001, was going to check it out for two weeks, but Chuck hired me, and I stayed. I’ve been here ever since.

When Magathan decided to sell out in 2008, Vos bought part of his herd, and added the cows to the herd she’ was developing.

“I lease the facilities here from Chuck, and help him with his farming operation,” said Vos, who is 37.

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“I’m always concerned about cleanliness, sanitation, and milk quality, so I have healthy cows with low somatic cell counts,” she said.

Unlike many agriculture operations with modern conveniences, the dairy business is unchanging in required dedication of management. Cows must be milked twice a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Vos is always there.

“During certain seasons, when planting, baling hay, harvesting, helping Chuck with his farming, I may not milk at the exact same time every day, but I don’t miss,” she said. “I take care of my cows.”

Because dairies are far and few between, milk pickup can be a problem for some operations.

“I’ve had to buy a bigger bulk tank,” Vos said. “But, I’m fortunate the Dairy Farmers of America truck from Hillsboro comes by every other day, to pick up my milk that goes to Wichita or Kansas City.”

Voss is optimistic about the future of her dairy.

“There continues to be a place for small herds in the industry to keep working to improve cows’ genetics for larger operations.

“The cows here are getting better all of the time, so demand should continue to increase for my bulls, for the embryos, and for selling herd replacements,” she added.

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County Relay for Life seeking canned food for weights The ACS Relay For Life of Marion County is collecting canned food to use as luminary weights.

After the event, the food will be distributed to food banks in Hillsboro, Marion, Peabody and Goessel.

Ten-ounce to 16-ounce can sizes are preferred.

Drop-off locations through Oct. 8 are St. Luke Hospital, 535 S. Freeborn St., Marion, and Kessler Kreations, 112 S. Main St., Hillsboro. Last year’s event included about

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They said the bees would be active from April to September, but become inactive in preparation for winter during the October-November deer-hunting season when young, predominantly disabled, persons are allowed with activity centering in the eastern end.

Department business The commissioners approved a road and bridge transfer fuel bid for $16,860 for 5,000 gallons of diesel and 3,000 gallons of unleaded gasoline from Cooperative Grain & Supply of Hillsboro over a competitive bid of $16,899 from Cardie Oil at Tampa.

Emergency Medical Services Director Brandy McCarty said ambulances in both Florence and Marion are operating now with repair costs of $10,000.

She recorded 116 ambulance calls for May, including 29 transfers, seven cardiac, 33 medical emergency, one standby, two motor-vehicle accidents, 10 falls, 27 no transfers, six 1022 and one other.

Bud Druse, director of noxious weed, household hazardous waste, transfer station and recycling said large musk thistles growing in areas they’ve seldom been before are common with this year’s abundant rainfall. He said he and his crews have had limited time to spray the thistles because frequent rains have enable them only to put in four full

days.

Druse said recyclable waste is becoming a larger part of the waste stream, already totaling 158.03 tons for the first five months of the year when the collection for all of 2014 totaled 227.65 tons. The recycling total for May alone was 53.82 tons.

Economic Development Director Teresa Huffman said she has been elected treasurer of Southern Kansas Economic Development headquartered in Wichita, which administers the Marion County microloan program.

Huffman said she hopes the state will reallocate other development funds through South Central Kansas Economic Development District to make sure they are used because some agencies don’t take time to service them so they remain dormant.

She said efforts to host trail riders at Florence appear likely to increase participants from outside the county.

Ty Wheeler, director of Kansas Legal Services, again asked commissioners for $4,000 in the 2016 budget to help with legal cases such as physically abused persons with low financial abilities who need separation from abusive partners.

Commissioner Lori Lalouette, also an attorney, said Wheeler’s program is also important to keep children from harm.

reading list that has barely been touched? Who did their other chores today?

Does Mom or Dad have time to do them and get caught up? What do you mean, you’re bored?

At this point, I think I need a vacation from summer vacation. It’s only halfway through June, and I have a whole new sympathy for Rocky Balboa. Some days are like going the distance with Apollo Creed

AND Ivan Drago both ganging up on you.

Some days, it takes a conscious effort to let go and relax. I don’t remember ever having to drag myself out of bed on a summer day back in prehistory. Maybe that’s the gift I can give the kids this summer—to take care of scheduling the right things at the right times so they don’t have to either.

And maybe, just maybe, we’ll go fishing.

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from 200th to 290th, and 14 miles on 190th from Goldenrod to Remington.

The 2017 budget would include 10 miles from Marion to U.S. Highway 50 on Sunflower, 0.5 mile on Hillsboro Industrial Road or Jade, 12 miles from Hillsboro to U.S. Highway 50 on Indigo, 14 miles in the Peabody area on Nighthawk Road from 60th to 200th, and five miles in the Peabody area on Old Mill Road from 10th to 60th.

Requests from patrons The commissioners considered a request by Jirak Farm on 290th to lower the speed limit from 55 to 45 going past the farm because of the mix of slow-moving farm equipment and highspeed auto traffic.

The commissioners said they probably wouldn’t able to do it with the high cost of signage, considering other businesses that might request the same thing.

The commissioners gave permission to Bill and Candy Vinduska to locate about 12 hives of honey bees for their honey production business at the former county landfill southwest of Marion. The Vinduskas agreed to locate the hives in a more heavily wooded area away from other activities in the southwest corner of the landfill grounds.

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Spur of the moment plans are almost unheard of, and definitely viewed with trepidation. Even flexibility has to be planned for, made allowances for, depending on how much it impacts existing schedules.

At their age and being farm kids, biking into and across town isn’t an option.

So, the mom taxi lurches into motion, trying to make the most of every trip.

Of course, being in constant contact increases friction. It doesn’t take long before the whining turns into teasing, and teasing into fighting. Fighting expands to include everyone in earshot.

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