February 27 28, 2016 (32)

50 to know

Progress 2016

B

Stories of everyday people who define community

The Ottawa Herald

Page 2

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Coop manager combines indoor with outdoor experience

By AMELIA ARVESEN Herald Staff Writer

When his grandfather refused to sell him the family farm, Clark Wenger found himself gleaning from a new side of agriculture.

“When I graduated college, I took a job in public accounting and I really felt like a caged animal,” he said. “I had spent my entire working career to that point outside in the elements. All of a sudden I was stuck behind a desk. I really hated it, but I stuck it out.”

Wenger, 45, Lenexa, used his degree from Kansas State University to serve as a public accountant for six years in Hutchinson where he audited grain cooperatives.

That was until he found a career as the chief financial officer of the Ottawa Coop, which brought him back to farm ground.

About three years ago he became the local cooperative’s general manager.

“I’ve been in agriculture my whole life,” Wenger said. “My dad owned a feed mill when

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald

The Ottawa Cooperative’s office, 302 N. Main St., stands tall behind Clark Wenger. The general manager has been working with the local cooperative for about 17 years, after he switched his career path from auditing grain cooperatives out of Hutchinson to an executive position at the Ottawa Cooperative.

I was growing up so I helped him. My grandpa farms, so I started working for him when I was 10 years old.”

Farming practices as well as the genetics of seed varieties have changed drastically in Wenger’s lifetime, he said. Kansas farms are currently in a transition

period because they are getting passed down generations, he said.

“You’ve got the older generation that’s been doing it a long time, but now maybe they brought in their kids or their grand kids and they maybe want to do some things differently,” he said.

Keeping up with

younger generations, changing practices and new regulations is a constant educational process, he said. The cooperative’s 75 employees are cross-trained to interact with close to 5,000 customers, he said. Coming to work is like coming home to his second family.

“We’re an important piece of the equation for the food production in the world,” Wenger said.

“I know we’re just the Ottawa Coop in one little

area, but we affect a lot of people.”

Back in 2001, Wenger was part of the Ottawa Coop team that purchased several locations from the Farmers Cooperative Association formerly located in Lawrence. Today the cooperative yields 14 locations, according to the website.

“That transaction ended up tripling the size of the Ottawa Coop,” Wenger said. “So that was a pretty big undertaking, but it was inter-

esting to work through that process and see it all come together.”

Overall, the number of cooperatives have decreased because some have joined forces.

They’re becoming fewer but they’re becoming larger, Wenger said.

Outside of working in Ottawa, Wenger’s 13-yearold daughter and 11-yearold son keep him busy. In a few weeks, the Wengers plan to head to Colorado for snow skiing. Wenger said being a farm kid, the outdoors were a large part of his childhood. He said he grew up hunting, fishing and visiting the mountains.

From behind his big, wooden desk in his office at the Ottawa Coop, Wenger said he knows now that his grandfather — who taught him to drive and haul grain — was setting him up well for his career when he wouldn’t let him buy the farm.

“I am behind a desk; however, I do get to venture out,” he said. “We have a lot of locations and I spend a lot of time out in the field.”

Human resource manager grew career, stayed in Ottawa

By JOHN HAWKS

resource generalist for office support. In 2009, Harris said she was promoted to human resource manager for Kalmar, a position she has held since.

While she admits that making everyone happy can be a difficult part of the job, Harris said

Herald Staff Writer

meeting people within the business group.

That involvement led to her working at United Way, serving as co-chairperson, chairperson, and a board member for several years.

A lifelong resident of Ottawa, Harris continued dedicating her time and expertise to the Franklin County community when, in 1994,

she became involved with the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce after completing the Franklin County Leadership program.

The experience gained at Our Own Hardware continued to serve her well after the company’s closing in 1998. Kalmar Industries, then called Ottawa Truck, hired Harris as a human

Christy’s Market antiques

Your Source For Antique, Vintage, Collectible and Repurposed

Something new every day!

Christy Lund owner/ operator

503 N. Main St., Ottawa, KS 66067

nize the benefits of being a part of the Franklin County community as well.

“I was born and raised here, and because of the chances I received to grow in different career options, I stayed in the community,” she said.

We’re Growing...

With a commitment to quality!

All Tire Brands Available Ottawa’s only Nitrogen Station!

Antique, Vintage, Repurposed

Mon., Wed. thru Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sun. 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

r Aaron Bien, Owne

785-242-4098

Not your average taNNiNg saloN Fabulous Results & Great Customer Service

Mon.- Thur.

Friday Saturday Sunday

hours

A Terrific Tanning Experience

What to expect

Sheri Harris has a good handle on what it takes to do secretary and management work.

In fact, she has a lifetime of experience behind her.

Her secretarial career began Harris early on, she said, even before graduating from Ottawa High School. “I was not involved in activities during high school as I chose to have part time jobs. During my junior year, my typing teacher told me about an opportunity to work part time in the office at Cedar House Nursing Home,” Harris recalled. “My senior year I only needed a few credit hours, which allowed me to go to school in the morning and work as secretary to the administrator in the afternoons.

I continued in this job after graduation for several years.”

After seizing the opportunity to work at Cedar Nursing, Harris was hooked. From there, she went on to work at Our Own Hardware, a company she stayed with for 18 years, from 1980 to 1998.

“During the time I was at Our Own, I worked in several positions. I began my career in data entry and was promoted to lead in the area,” she said. “I later applied and received a position as a customer service representative.

After several years in the department, I was promoted to customer service supervisor. In 1990, Our Own decided they wanted a human resource manager onsite and provided me the training to fill the position.”

Along with following her passion, Harris saw to her community’s growth, as well as her own professional growth.

She said she became involved with a local personnel association,

the rewards outweigh the stress. “I believe the most rewarding part of the job is being involved in the changes within the organization and the opportunity to work for a global company,” she said.

Harris said she hopes that others will recog-

9 a.m.- 8 p.m.

9 a.m.- 7 p.m.

9 a.m.- 6 p.m.

1 p.m.- 6 p.m.

closed on major holidays

Beautiful and Clean Environment

DID YOU KNOW?

Great Selection of Tanning Lotions and Accessories

Differences in shop repair estimates and insurance estimates are common. A lower estimate may not include all necessary work or updated parts or prices.

If you are unsure why one estimate is different from another, feel free to ask your customer service representative at your repair shop. Verify that your repair shop will be using original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts.

www.bieniesbodyshop.com

The Fine Art of Tanning...

119 S. Main St. • Ottawa, KS 66067 www.sunstudiotan.com • 785-242-4485

• $5 Off Tanning/Sunless Tanning • Get a FREE tanning lotion starter kit *while supplies last

One Coupon Per Customer

Expires 3/19/2016

• $10 Off Color Hair Service or $5 off hair cut (with Mandy Howard only) Call for an appointment One Coupon Per Customer

Expires 3/19/2016

Body

We work with all Insurance Companies, Complete State-of-the-Art Equipment, Expert Frame Straightening, Baked Refinish System, ICAR, StandOX Refinish Certified

Mechanical

A/C Service, Full Mechanical & Full Tire Service, Area’s Only Hunter Hawkeye Alignment System, ASE Certified Master Mechanic

126 N. Poplar • 785-242-4082 • 785-242-1741

Check Monthly Specials

The Ottawa Herald

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Page 3

City clerk loves close-knit, progressive community

By CLINTON DICK Herald Staff Writer

She sees first-hand the kindness of the community.

Tammy Jones has worked for the City of Wellsville for eight years, two of those as the city clerk, managing everything from water bills, cemetery plots and court fines, to prepping for city council meetings twice a month and going through her first election cycle.

By having a close connection to the city, she sees how the community behaves.

“I see how everyone tends to come together for people who have major illnesses,” Jones, 50, Wellsville, said. “We’ve had a teacher who had cancer, we had a young boy who (suffered from) seizures and everybody did a GoFundMe for his dog. If anybody needs help, you pretty well can guarantee you are going to get it from this community. They are very giving and a close-knit community and that is what they pride themselves on.”

And Jones takes pride in the strides the city has made in her tenure. Offering online bill pay as of the first of the year and upgrading the city’s water meter system in the future are two technological advancements that have benefited both the city staff and their customers, she said.

“We’ve made lots of changes which is kind of exciting,” Jones said. “We are doing online bill pay now, which we didn’t have.

Our software systems (have been updated).

We are moving toward the electronic meter reading.

“We are finally in the 21st century,” she continued with a laugh.

“That was the biggest complaint from our customers was that they wanted to pay online. We were the only people they wrote a check to.”

The road to becoming city clerk was daunting at times for Jones.

When she started in April 2014, she had the task of filling the shoes of Donna Layton, who had previously worked at the city for 30 years.

“It was intimidating because there was a lot to learn,” Jones said.

“Even the time we were

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald

Tammy Jones, Wellsville city clerk, smiles in the city council chambers at City Hall, 411 Main St., Wellsville. Jones has been the city’s clerk since April 2014. training, there’s no way you can learn everything in that amount of time and (Donna) told me you couldn’t. She said there are things I was just going to have to learn along the way, ask questions and make phone calls. She said, ‘That’s what I had to do.’”

And that rang true, she said.

“I was up here training 20 hours, helping take water bills, doing court, helping Donna with anything she needed,” she said. “I kind of got my foot in the door. When she decided to retire, I came up here full time.”

Not that Jones wasn’t already familiar with the community. She had previously worked as the police department and court clerk before her full-time city gig.

Away from Wellsville’s City Hall, 411 Main St., Jones loves being outside in the warm weather, as well as cooking and baking.

Noting with a laugh that she isn’t interested in stepping away from her current position to do so, she would love to have her own bakery someday.

“I love to bake, and I love to cook,” she said. “If anybody has a birthday here, I’m the one making the cake because I just love finding new recipes and cooking and bak-

National Church Residences Cedar Square

affordable

Senior Living Independent apartment living for age 62 and over Studio floor plans One-bedroom floor plans Rent based on income Emergency call system

Community / game room Service coordinator Now Accepting 55+ and Up *For Limited Time Only

Cedar Square Apartments 1550 South Cedar Ottawa, Kansas 66067 Phone 785-242-8110 www.nationalchurchresidences.org

Call us to learn more!

ing.

“I think what Wellsville needs next is a little coffee shop with baked goods.”

She has also been active in volleyball, playing in leagues at the Ottawa Community Recreation Center/ Goppert Building, 705 W. 15th St., Ottawa, and sand volleyball at South Beach Cove, 1608 S. Main St., Ottawa, with her husband, Mike, who works in IT for The Purple Guys in Kansas City.

She has three children — Ashley Farley, Paola; Megan Reed, Wellsville; and Ryan Reed, rural Richmond.

In the rest of her free time, Jones and her husband love to travel to warm, sunny spots across the globe. Last year, for her 50th birthday, the couple visited Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, she said.

“Now that we don’t have any kids at home, we like to save up and travel,” Jones said.

“We like the sand, the

beach and the water.

Cold weather, though, is out.

“You won’t see me in Colorado,” she said with a laugh. “I’ve never been skiing my whole life.”

a w a t t O The mission of USD 290 Ottawa Public Schools is to nurture a safe, cooperative environment that values students, staff, and the community and that ensures all students master the skills necessary to be productive citizens and reach their maximum potential.

Our vision is that all students graduate from Ottawa High School college and career readyhave the knowledge, skills, and behaviors to hold life sustaining employment.

To reach that vision the district curriculum is aligned with state standards in all curricular areas. Each curricular area is revised on a regular basis. We have committees that include teachers and administrators who follow a curriculum calendar in the revision and adoption process. Professional development for all staff is provided on a regular basis to support research-based changes in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

The Ottawa School District integrates technology into the curriculum. Learning is a hands-on, minds-on, fully engaged activity in our district. SMART Boards are in every classroom to enhance learning. Technology labs, iPads, and laptops are used extensively at the elementary and middle level. Ottawa High School recently adopted a 1:1 initiative.

Every student at the high school has a Chromebook as part of Cyclone Connect. We will expand our 1:1 initiative at OMS in the fall of 2016.

On April 7, 2015 USD 290 patrons approved a bond of $63,160,000. This was based on the recommendation by the facilities committee, charged with reviewing and defining a course of action to update our school buildings. Work included in the bond is a new elementary school, safety and security upgrades to all schools, repurpose the current Eugene Field building to be used for programs currently housed in district modular units. District mechanical and electrical systems will be upgraded as part of the bond project. Ottawa High School will get a new Career Technical Education Center, new science wing (with 6 classrooms and labs), new administrative offices, upgrades throughout the building, and the jewel of the project will be a performing arts center. Please visit our website for updates www.usd290.org .

1404 S. Ash • Ottawa, KS 66067 785-229-8010 •Fax 785-229-8019

The Ottawa Herald

Page 4

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Graphic design leads Pomona resident to nuclear power

By KATE SHELTON Herald Staff Writer

Scott Bolley doesn’t have a typical office job as a graphic designer.

He does his work inside a nuclear power plant.

Bolley, 44, Pomona, is a media and communications specialist for Wolf Creek Generating Station, 1550 Oxen Lane, Burlington, where he has more responsibilities than a typical graphic designer, he said.

“You just look at the place and think, ‘This isn’t going to be your typical graphic design job,’” Bolley said.

“In that environment, we have to communicate between the many divisions so you have to make sure everybody is aligned and there’s a common message. I do videography, photography and the layout and design of some of the posters you’d see on-site.”

In high school, Bolley said he was more of a traditional artist, where he did painting, airbrushing, woodworking and a lot of drawing.

But mock interviews

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald Herald

Scott Bolley, 44, Pomona, poses Monday evening. Bolley is a media and communications specialist for Wolf Creek Generating Station, 1550 Oxen Lane, Burlington. He’s been at the nuclear power plant for three years, he said. in high school steered his mind in a different direction, where he met the president of Patterson Advertising in Topeka.

“I realized I wouldn’t be able to make a living as a true artist. Painting is not going to pay the bills unless I would have been some phenom but I wasn’t so I saw graphic design was going to help me pay the bills and it allowed me to be an artist on my own.”

Later that summer, Bolley worked up the nerve

to ask that same president for an internship.

“I said, ‘You don’t have to pay me. I just want to come in and get experience and see what happens. I’ll change the trash. I don’t care.’ He didn’t make me change the trash out, but he did let me come in and do an internship for the summer.”

The internship sparked a 13-year stint with Patterson Advertising, which mostly designed advertisements to go into newspapers,

Bolley said. Bolley worked during the summers in his first years while he was in school at Highland Community College, Washburn University and Emporia State University.

In 2002, he was able to open his own advertising agency, which opened the door for his current position at Wolf Creek, he said.

One of his contacts at the advertising agency was a photographer, who was also a trained chemist, he said, and who had just gotten a job at Wolf Creek as a

chemist. The chemist later transitioned into a media specialist position because of his photography background and left after nine years but not without telling Bolley first.

Bolley took the position at the nuclear power plant simply because it presented a new challenge and allowed him to broaden the exposure of things he normally wouldn’t have been able to see or do, including meeting big names in the nuclear industry.

In addition to his normal duties, Bolley

takes on a new role as a containment coordinator during outages when the plant refuels and brings in nuclear fuel rods, he said.

“I kind of put my duties as a designer on the shelf and I work in there helping the coordination of equipment in and out,” he said. “You oversee everything from scheduling to safety and communication between groups.

“If you would have told any artist, they were going to help refuel a nuclear power plant, that would have been like [over their head].”

In his free time, Bolley tends to return to his artistic roots where he spends time doing videography, photography and drawing with his children, Micas, 10, and Naomi, 5, and wife Bobbi.

“I draw a lot with my kids but not as you traditionally would draw,” he said with a smile. “I draw with crayons a lot with them and try to help steer them toward things they have a real interest in drawing.”

Working friendships don’t die, says long-time volunteer

By AMELIA ARVESEN

the Handicapped, Ottions, Bienhoff’s love she said. Now with chiltawa Area Chamber of of the community is dren in their 40s and a Commerce and Faith apparent in her volgranddaughter away at Lutheran Church. unteerism on other school in Florida, she The hands of Carla “Ottawa just really boards including the said they have found a Bienhoff are always at quickly became home,” Elks, Kansas Elks new way to care for the work. she said.

Training Center for community’s youth.

“My mom always told Eight years ago, me that Bienhoff’s nephew who idle hands played football at Otwere the tawa University started devil’s Moon Ridge - Plush or Firm bringing his friends workshop over for supper, she and mine said. Over the years, the never get SALE Queen weekly dinner around idle,” she PRICE Set her big, oak table has said. brought a total of 24 BiBienhoff players with whom she enhoff, Moon Ridge - Plush or Firm $1129 Regular Price still keeps in touch.

60, Ottawa, stays oc“My nephew said, ‘I cupied cross stitching Regular Regular forget a lot about coland quilting, serving Twin to Full $ King $ with a cruise With retirement on $ Alaska Regular SALE Price QueenSet Price Price lege, but coming here on various community Set her 45th Set PRICE to celebrate the horizon, Bienhoff Set SALE SALE SALE for supper is not one of boards, cooking supper $ $ $ wedding anniversary PRICE said she has plans to PRICE PRICE them,’” she said. “When for Ottawa University next year. start her bucket list $1129 Regular Price you get that much football players and Even though she with parachuting and adrenaline and guy hor- traveling to national writing grants at COF makes an effort to Regular Regular Regular Twin $ Full $ King $ mones around the table Training Services. parks as top items along leave town for vacaPrice Price Price Set Set Set you just kind of sit back The Oxford, NebrasSALE SALE SALE $ $ $ HURRY IN! FOR INCREDIBLE PRESIDENTS DAY PRICE PRICE PRICE ka, native has called Ot- and let the conversation Hadley Acres - Plush or Firm go wherever the convertawa home for 32 years MATTRESS SAVINGS! sation goes. They have now. Since moving to been a lot of fun.” town for her husband’s SALE Queen HURRY IN!them FORher INCREDIBLE PRESIDENTS DAY She calls career, Bienhoff has PRICE Set Hadley Acres - Plush or Firm “football boys”MATTRESS and they held jobs as a clerk at Moon Ridge - Plush or Firm SAVINGS! call her “Aunt Carla,” Franklin County Disshe said, adding that trict Court, at local law SALE Queen SALE Queen PRICE she makes it to every firm Gleason & Doty for Set $1149 RegularSetPrice PRICE home and away foot15 years, as a teacher at Regular Regular $1129King Regular Twin $ Full $ ball game. She said she Neosho County CommuRegular $ Price Price Price Price Set Set$1149 RegularPrice Set greatly values the connity College, and now a Regular Twin King $SALE SALE SALE Full $ $ $ $ $839 Regular nections. project manager at COF Price Price 1079 Price Set 1449 Regular SetS. Main Set King • 785-241-9059 Regular Regular PRICE PRICE Regular205 PRICE Twin $ Full SALE SALE $$ $ SALE $ “I’m really impressed Training Services for Price Price Price $ PRICE PRICE PRICE Set Set Set with the younger genthe last 12 years.

SALE SALE SALE $ $ $ PRICE PRICE PRICE erations coming up in “I can’t say I’ve had a the community because job that I didn’t enjoy.

HURRY IN! FOR INCREDIBLE PRESIDENTS DAY that’s what it needs to I’ve enjoyed different Hadley Acres - Plush or Firm HURRY IN FORMATTRESS INCREDIBLE MATTRESS SAVINGS! SAVINGS! survive is those people aspects of all of them,” Earn $100 per year up to $1,000 to step forward,” Bishe said. “...Working Queen year up to $1,000 Earn $100 per enhoff said. “I think a PRICE friendships if they’re off your next bed!**SALE Set Queen Sets Starting off your next bed!** of it is that they’re good ones, they don’t ORlot SAVE Plus, enjoy other program benefits!!

Queen Sets Starting as low as hometown kids, which is die.”

Plus, enjoy other program benefi Price ts!! as low as 0000 Street Address •$1149 City,Regular ST 00000 neat to see that they’re “As a matter®of fact, $1074 **Redemption on $999+ purchase after 120 days. May earn on multiple qualifying beds at once. on a Serta Adjustable Mattress Set* **Redemption on $999+ purchase after 120 days. MayRegular earn on Full multiple qualifying beds at once.

Regular Twin King a Serta® Adjustable Maximum redemption of $1,000 on $1,999+ purchase.

Valueof ofreward reward reduced by 50% sticking around Mattress and Set* Mr. Doty is bringing Girl on $969 $1099 $1499 Regular 000.000.0000 Maximum redemption of $1,000 onSet $1,999+ purchase. reduced PriceValue Set Priceby 50% Price Set for twin or full size.

Part of registration includes customer agreement to receive marketing for twin or full size.

Part of registration includes customer agreement to receive marketing ® to me ® this ® investing in the commuSALE SALE SALE Scout cookies $ $ $ ® ® iSeries any mattress set between February 3, 2016 – February 29,3, 2016 receive your and receive your communications *Purchase any Serta iComfort or*Purchase or iSeries mattress set between February 2016 –and February 29, 2016 Serta® iComfort in exchange for earning rewards. you opt out marketing communications in exchange for earning rewards.IfIfPRICE you opt out of of marketing PRICE PRICE In South Ottawa of either a free spring (Same size as the mattress purchased) or up ed to $400 a qualified Serta adjustable choice of either a free standard boxchoice spring (Same sizestandard as the box mattress purchased) or up to $400 off a qualifi Sertaoffadjustable nity.” afternoon,” she contincommunications you will loose your points after 60 days. foundation. Savings offers on thevary adjustable foundations willand vary are by model and size andwith are available only with the Motion communications you will loose your points after 60 days. foundation.

Savings offers on the adjustable foundations will by model and size available only the Motion 309 W. 23rd St. ® ™ Bienhoff has a youthued.® II and Motion Signature™ adjustable Perfect II and Motion Signature adjustable foundation models.

Maximum $400 appliesadjustable only to King size adjustable View our class schedule at Business Hours: Perfect foundation Maximum $400 savings applies only savings to King mattress sets thatstreak includesmodels. twoof Twin XL adjustable foundation pieces.

Offer available only atsize participating retailers in the United In South Ottawa •Monday-Friday 9 to 6 her own As scout mattress sets that leaders includes twofor Twin XL adjustable foundation pieces.

Offer onlytoatprevious participating retailers in the United with any States and ful the District of Columbia.

This offer mayavailable not be applied purchases and cannot be combined JAZZERCISE.COM/FINDACLASS States the District of Girl Columbia.other Thisoffer. offer may notprohibited bedoesn’t applied to hesiprevious Void where by law.

See store purchases for details. and cannot be combined with any and she her and daughter’s “Just West ofEarn $100 • Saturday 9 toup 5 to $1,000 per year other offer. Void where prohibited † by law. See store for details.

Offer appliestate only toto single-receipt purchases. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal try newqualifying things.

Scout troop years ago, Sirloin Stockade” Appointments † monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo off your next bed!** OR SAVEpurchase and equal OfferBienhoff applies onlyand to single-receipt qualifying purchases.

Noshe interest will be charged on promo Last spent her husQueen Sets Starting period until promo is summer paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may 785-242-4446 Plus, enjoyWelcome other program benefits!! monthly payments are required tothan initial promo purchase amount equally by the number of months inpurchase. promo Regular as low as beequal higherAnniversary minimum payment that would divided be required if the purchase was a non-promotional a the week camping with band discovered how min. purchase may apply $1074 period until promo is paid in full.

The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may www.messengershomefurnishings.com account terms apply to non-promotional purchases.

For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Special Edition ** Redemption on $999+ purchase after 120 days.

May earn on multiple qualifying beds at once family in South Dakota’s rewarding it was to be on a Serta Adjustable Mattress Set* be higher than the minimum payment would cardholders be requiredshould if theseepurchase non-promotional purchase.

Regular Charge isthat $2. Existing their creditwas cardaagreement for their applicable terms.

Subject to credit Maximum redemption of $1,000 on $1,999+ purchase. Value of reward reduced by 50% min. purchase may apply FOR for twin or full size. Part of registration includes customer agreement to receive marketing approval. purchases.

Black Hills. around younger people, account terms apply to non-promotional For new accounts: Purchase *Purchase APR isany 29.99%; Minimum Interest So Comfortable You’ll Serta iComfort or iSeries mattress set between February 3, 2016 – February 29, 2016 and receive your communications in exchange for earning rewards. If you opt out of marketing of either a free standard box spring (Same size as the mattress purchased) or The Best Buy Seal othercredit licensedcard materials are registered Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should seeandtheir agreement for theirchoice applicable terms.

Subject to credit communications you will loose your points These after 60 days.

Never Count † up to $400 off a qualified Serta adjustable Queen Plush Set foundation. Savings offers on the adjustable foundations will vary by model and size and are available only with the Motion certification marks and trademarks of Consumers Digest Again.™ You’ll approval.

Perfect II and Motion Signature adjustable foundation models. Maximum $400 savings applies only to King size adjustable So Guys Comfortable Communications, LLC, used under license. For award Herald Staff Writer

PRESIDENTS

869

$

DAY PRESIDENTS MATTRESS SALE

869

839

1079 $ 839

739

DAY MATTRESS SALE

839

739

400

799

$869 799 www.jazzercise.com 1099 1499

$

769 1099 739

969

SALE 699

$1074

699

PR

1099 1169

8391499

769

Center Name

FREE BOXSPRING

1169

$

BOXSPRING

$ UP TO UP TO $400 OR SAVE

1449

839

DAY 699 DAY SALE MATTRESS

MATTRESS

1169

1079

PRESIDENTS PRESIDENTS 969

FREE FREE BOXSPRING

1449

1099

799

M

$

769

1099

FREEFREE FREE FREE FREE FREE Delivery Set-Up Removal

Plus, Huge Discounts on all 2015 Close-Out Models!

400 Delivery Set-Up Removal 0%$INTEREST YOUR OFFER HERE 60Sleep Months The You Need Plus, Huge Discounts on all

UP TO ®

®

599 Harlan's

®

®

®

™

FREE The Sleep You Need FREE GUARANTEED Delivery Set-Up Car & Truck Repair, LLC. GUARANTEED Anniversary Family Owned & Operated $399 $769 The Sleep You Need GUARANTEED $

Offer valid for new customers only or those who have not Never Count These attended in six months or longer. Auto payment registration Guys Again.™ Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equalrequired. Other restrictions may apply. Visit your local center for monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo details.

Expires 00/00/00. period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may mattress sets that includes two Twin XL adjustable foundation pieces. Offer available only at participating retailers in the United

The Best Buy Seal and other licensed materialsvisitareConsumersDigest.com. registered information, certification marks and LIMIT trademarks of Consumers Digest 2 PER CUSTOMER Communications, LLC, used under license. For award information, visit ConsumersDigest.com.

States and the Districtofof $1,999 Columbia. This offer may not beyour applied to previous purchases and cannot be combined with any on purchases or more with America’s Mattress credit other offer. Void where prohibited by law. See store for details. card between 2/10/16 - 2/16/16. 60 equal monthly payments required. †

Foxfield - Firm

Queen Set

www.americasmattress.com SALE PRICE

be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Subject to credit Lowell - Plush approval.

The Best Buy Seal and other licensed materials are registered certification marks and trademarks of Consumers Digest Communications, LLC, used Queen under license. For award Set information, visit ConsumersDigest.com.

Removal

min. purchase may apply

SALE PRICE

404 W. Wilson

FREE

AM-GR126813

Special Edition

So Comfortable You’ll Never Count These Guys Again.™

6679-16-0216

$599 Regular Price $969 Regular Price www.americasmattress.com The Sleep You Need GuaranteedKs refers66067 to your overall satisfaction with the comfort level of the product and is subject to the terms and conditions found in your local store and the manufacturer’s individual product warranty.

Ottawa, Twin Set

$469 $

299 AM-GR126813

Regular Price SALE PRICE

Full Set

$569 $

899 $ 379785-242-3091 599 Regular Price SALE PRICE

King Set

$

Regular Price SALE PRICE

Queen Plush Set

Full $ $789 Regular Price Set 849 SALE $ $ www.americasmattress.com

Twin Set

699

PRICE

739

Regular Price SALE PRICE

King Set

$1149 Regular Price SALE $

949

PRICE

599

$

LIMIT 2 PER CUSTOMER

6679-16-0216

on car

AM-GR126813 6679-16-0216 The Sleep You Need Guaranteed refers to your overall satisfaction with the comfort level of the product and is subject to the terms and conditions found in your local store and the manufacturer’s individual product warranty.

The Sleep You Need Guaranteed refers to your overall satisfaction with the comfort level of the product and is subject to the terms and conditions found in your local store and the manufacturer’s individual product warran

Foxfield - Firm

The Ottawa Herald

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Page 5

Local Artist follows ‘life for the day’ philosophy

By JODIE GARCIA Herald Reader Engagement Editor

She was 5 years old.

Her oil painting of a bear won a blue ribbon at the Cheyenne County Fair. And in that moment, Nell King knew she wanted to be an artist.

“I still have it,” she said of her winning piece.

King’s mother was an oil painter, too, she said, recalling memories of painting in her mother’s studio as a child.

These days, King, Lawrence, still paints with oil. She does miniature paintings, as well as creates jewelry from found objects and sketches with charcoal.

In her paintings, King tends to gravitate toward Kansas landscapes.

“I can’t get away from them,” she said. “I just think you have to paint what you know and love.”

And King knows Kansas. Born and raised in St. Francis, King attended and gradu-

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald Herald

Nell King, 51, Wednesday, poses inside the Plaza Cinema Memorabilia Museum, 209 S. Main St., Ottawa. King is now a marketing specialist at The Herald. ated from Kansas State University in 1987 with a degree in fine arts.

After graduation, she moved to Lawrence and worked odd jobs there.

She spent a few years in St. Louis, Missouri, designing coupons for ValPak, and in a print shop in San Rafael, California, before returning to Kansas in the mid-1990s.

King then got into the newspaper industry,

working for newspapers in western Kansas and, for the past 10 years, The Ottawa Herald. At The Herald, she specializes in marketing for events, job recruitment and more.

“I really like my job here and being involved in all aspects of events,” she said, adding that she also enjoys the challenge of finding new ways to help customers through social media platforms.

Outside of work, King is involved in various organizations in Ottawa and Lawrence, including serving as chairwoman of the Third Saturday committee of Ottawa Main Street Association, board member of the Franklin County Convention and Visitors Bureau, board member of the Social Media Club of Lawrence and a member of the PBR Book Club and Thieves Guild Art in Lawrence.

“You have to do your community service. You have to do your part,” she said.

She also puts her artistic skills to use

at the Plaza Cinema, helping create displays in the theater’s Movie Memorabilia Museum.

Part of King’s work at the museum — which features collections of props, costumes, scripts, posters and original signed photos — is to take a piece of memorabilia and craft a display around it.

With her personal art, King said her goal is to start doing shows. She’s previously shown pieces in Garnett, at Ottawa’s Carnegie Cultural Center and at the Jazzhaus, a music venue in Lawrence.

Right now, she’s working on a series

of charcoal sketches featuring people of Lawrence. Some of her recent jewelry projects have included necklaces made from antique keys, scissors and green plastic Starbucks splash sticks.

“Every time I see something, I think of something to use in art,” she said. “You start to see everything as part of an art project.”

When she’s not working on her art, King enjoys spending time with family: she has a 12-year-old daughter, Madeleine, and a 25-year-old daughter, Cheyenne, who teaches in Myanmar.

She also enjoys taking in the Lawrence art and music scenes with her boyfriend, Steve Dahlberg.

King’s philosophy in life, she said, is to live for the moment.

“I believe you need to just live for the day.

That’s the only way to be happy,” she said.

“Don’t worry about tomorrow. Do what you can today.”

Natural disaster spurs passion for DCF worker

By KATE SHELTON Herald Staff Writer

When she was a sophomore in high school, Laura Harris found her calling in life.

After a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Managua, NicaraHarris gua, in 1972, Harris was able to travel to the Central American country with a group from her Pennsylvania high school.

“I had that experience and I just saw a lot of devastating situations and how it impacted people’s lives,” Harris said. “I think that probably kept me going in the direction I always thought about.

“Growing up, I always wanted to help people.

I think that was always kind of my nature.”

Harris, 59, Ottawa, is now a social work supervisor at the Kansas Department of Children and Families office in Ottawa, 2231 S. Elm St. She said she oversees seven social workers — who investigate allegations of child abuse and neglect and other family issues — and two human service assistants in two offices, one in Ottawa and the other in Osawatomie in Miami County.

“I enjoy the job I have,” Harris said. “I like assisting the social workers and developing their skills and helping them process their interactions with families and looking at options

and resources for families with the ultimate goal of trying to prevent the removal of children.

Unfortunately, that does happen at times.”

Before Harris started at the DCF office, she came from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, to Ottawa University to attend school.

“I thought my mother was trying to get rid of me out of state,” Harris said with a laugh. “I threw the brochure back at her and said, ‘What are you trying to do? Get me out of state?’ and the next thing I can remember is I was out here.”

During her time at Ottawa University, she did her field placement at the Ottawa Social and Rehabilitation Services office, now DCF, she said. The day after she graduated in 1979, she started her career in social work at the same office.

“I have a lot of experience and a lot of knowledge and I think my initial supervisor, Carol Sandstrom — she was

Affordable Senior Housing Independent Living

for ages 62+

• 1 Bedroom • On Site Manager • Service Coordinator • Utilities Included in Rent • Expanded cable at reduced rate

• Smoke Free • Income Based Rent • Laundry Facilities • Noon Meal Available • Friendly Atmosphere • Lots of Activities

Sunflower Plaza Tower Cindy McCullough

Your Hometown Tire Solution

enjoys working on the goose eggs and has sold many eggs in the past at craft shows and other places in the area. She hopes to work on an os-

REALLY. COMFORTABLE.

With the industry’s smoothest ride, most comfortable seat and an operator station designed to erase fatigue and help you stay productive, a Grasshopper zero-turn mower lets you relax and enjoy the ride.

ASK ABOUT

www.andersontirestore.com

ZERO%

FINANCING*

DEALER NAME 1234 Main St. 3313 Nebraska Terr • Ottawa• (785) 242-1463 Anytown 1111 E. 23rd St •555-5555 Lawrence • (785) 843-2676 (555)

The best tires, best price & best service...

• New & Used Tires • Tire Repair • Farm Implements, ATVs, Tractors & more

trich egg, which would take a substantial amount of time, after she retires.

“They’re beautiful, really.”

www.McConnellMachineryCo.com

Offering all major brands including

* WAC. See store associate for details. © The Grasshopper Company

Finch, Covington & Boyd is pleased to welcome BreAnne Poe.

integrity. experienCe. exCellenCe. With Franklin County roots dating back to 1869, Finch, Covington & Boyd strives to serve the legal needs of our community with integrity, experience and a commitment to excellence. We are pleased to continue that tradition with the addition of BreAnne Poe to our team of experienced local attorneys. BreAnne works primarily in the areas of family law and mediation, including divorce, parenting plans, child support, spousal maintenance and guardianships. Call us anytime we may be of service to you and your family.

101 West Second Street | Ottawa, Kansas 66067 | www.fcbkansas.com

Call us today at 242-6400

(785) 242-6655 • Fax (785) 242-6180 701 S. Poplar • Ottawa, KS Sunflower@keymgmt.com www.KeyMgmt.com

from this community and she passed away unexpectedly in 1992 — was a real mentor to me and taught me a lot,” Harris said of why she has stayed for nearly 40 years. “I guess it was something I wanted to continue on.”

When she’s not helping families in the community, Harris enjoys doing work around the house and especially outside, including pick-

ing up leaves and similar tasks, she said. She also hopes to pick back up an old hobby — decorating Pysanky eggs, also called Ukrainian Easter eggs — when she retires, she said.

The process is a lengthy one, lasting anywhere from two to 20 hours, she said. The process begins with penciling a design on the full or drained chicken, goose or ostrich egg, she said. Once the design is finished, all the areas remaining white or the color of the egg are then coated in beeswax, where it’s then dipped in dye starting with lighter colors. To preserve the color, the egg is dipped in one color, then coated in beeswax in the areas which are to remain that color. The process is repeated until the design and colors are achieved, she said. The beeswax is then melted off and the egg is covered in polyurethane.

Harris said she really

EQUAL HOUSING

OPPORTUNITY

The Ottawa Herald

Page 6

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Assistant fire chief balances time with local duties

By CLINTON DICK Herald Staff Writer

The best days are the ones when you get thank you’s, Tim Matthias said. But in the fire fighting business, sometimes it is hard to forget the bad days.

“You always hope you remember the good ones,” he said from his office at Ottawa’s Fire Department, 720 W. Second St. “It just seems like you don’t. Back in December 1991, we had a family of four at Ninth and Lincoln (in Ottawa) who passed away. I just happened to be off duty at home. I lived in town at the time, and I was just right there with the fire trucks when they pulled in. I ended up finding all four of them.

“I wasn’t married and didn’t have kids at the time. It bothered me, but I could tell it bothered guys who had kids worse. I couldn’t imagine what it would do to me now.”

Ottawa’s assistant fire chief now has two kids — Eli, 14, and Emily, who turns 11 this April — with his wife of 16 years, Janet. Both children are in the West Franklin school district where Matthias serves as the school board president.

He noted his family is active in sports, 4-H, hunting and fishing.

He also stays busy as the treasurer and local cemetery board member of Greenwood Township, where he and his family live south of Pomona.

But he also has what he considers his second family — the close-knit group of those who serve as firefighters, a profession he has been involved with locally since he started at the Ottawa Fire Department in 1990. “(My favorite part is) the family atmosphere,” Matthias, 46, said.

“When you do spend 24 hours at a time, it’s almost like a family and you have to give a little and learn to get along with people. Even being in the position that I’m at now, you don’t get that group adhesiveness. I miss that, being part of the group. The friendships and the family atmosphere we have here, and it is not just here at the fire department, it is everywhere.”

Matthias left Ottawa for Lawrence in 1997, he said, and returned in 2003. He has been the assistant fire chief for two years, and a member of the governor-appointed Kansas Fire Service Training Commission for about a year. He serves on the 12-member board as a representative of the Kansas Fire Marshall’s Association.

Whether it is the

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald

Tim Matthias, Ottawa assistant fire chief, poses in front of a fire engine at the Ottawa Fire Department, 720 W. Second St., Ottawa. Matthias, 46, Greenwood Township, has been the assistant fire chief for two years, as well as a member of the West Franklin school board for five years, the past two as board president.

fire department or his district’s schools, Matthias said it is important to see the big picture, which isn’t always easy.

“When you’re a parent and a school board member, you have to remember what hat you wear when you are sitting at the school board table,” he said.

“Sometimes that is hard. You want to fight for your children, but you have to really look at it as the district as a whole. Same way (at the fire department). You want to fight for your department in budgets or whatever, but you have to step back at times and look at the big picture as the City of Ottawa and not just the fire department, and that is hard to do.”

This marks his fifth

year on the West Franklin school board, the past two of which he served as board president.

One thing he hopes to see in the future for West Franklin schools is expansion of career and skill opportunities.

Students deserve that chance, even if it means sending them to other schools in the area, he said.

“The thing I want to see in my tenure is expanding our careers, whether that is us doing it on our own or there’s been talk about when Ottawa gets their career program up and going with their bond and everything that there could be a possibility of sending kids here for added opportunities,” Matthias said. “Personally, it doesn’t really

Dangerous Toys

bother me sending kids to wherever, whether that’s in Ottawa or Osage or wherever. We ought to give them that opportunity to get that added skill.”

As for the fire department, upgrades in technology have been a big addition at the station.

The department now has iPads that can be used in the station and out at a fire scene for investigations, he said.

Training hours every year are also a big part of the process for firefighters. The Ottawa Fire Department logged 4,700 hours of training as a whole this past year, he said referring to 2015.

“I think we do a really good job in training for our department,” Matthias said. “That is probably one of the highest number of hours we’ve had. It’s not always about the number of hours, but it does give you a gauge to how much activity is going on.”

As for the future, Matthias said he has applied for the position of fire chief for the department, now open due to the retirement of Jeff Carner, who previously had the position for 17 years.

“If I get it, great, if I don’t, great,” Matthias said. “I love what I do. I think with Chief Carner retiring, definitely there is going to be change. Hopefully all of it is positive. Whoever the chief will be, you’ve got to take a look at the department and see what needs to

be changed. If I would happen to get it, I would like to start traditions and have more family stuff. (I want this to) be a place the family wants to come to. I want our firefighters to want to come to work, not have to come to work.

“I think the best days are when people say ‘thank you’ and ‘we appreciate what you do.’ Those big calls you won’t remember forever, but it is the little thank you’s and every once in a while somebody will drop by a card.”

Spring is around the corner!

Now is the time to enjoy the smell of rain and flowers.

Shouldn’t your home smell as fresh?

Call Now!

Get 15% off* plus free carpet protector!

’s Service Stan Cleaning 785-893-1611

Over 31 years experience

*Not good with any other discount. $50.00 minimum.

Building relationships, one project at a time

Small Engine Parts and Service

Mowers, Chain Saws, Trimmers, Generators 424 S. Main Ottawa, KS 66067

785-242-2300 Tues. - Sat. 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

We’re glad to be a part of this community!

Bringing Recreation To

LIFE

www.orcottawaks.org

Full Gym Indoor Walking Track Exercise Equipment

Pass Card Fees 785-242-1939 Goppert, 705 W. 15th www.orcottawaks.org

Adult Passes (ages 12-59)

Senior Passes (ages 60+)

Child Passes (ages 6-11)

30 passes @ $1.75 = $52.50 90 passes @ $1.50 = $135.00

30 passes @ $0.75 = $22.50 90 passes @ $0.50 = $45.00

30 passes @ $0.75 = $22.50 90 passes @ $0.50 = $45.00

daily Hours:

(children ages 5 and under are free)

MON. - FRI. 6:30 A.M. - 8 P.M. • SAT. 8 A.M. - 3 P.M. • SUN. 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.

With over 50 years of building relationships, communities and families, our clients trust us to deliver safe, quality projects that stand the test of time.

The Ottawa Herald

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Page 7

Camp director helps staff, participants grow

By JOHN HAWKS Herald Staff Writer

The most rewarding thing about James Rickner’s job is setting up opportunities for people to succeed, he said.

“Whether it’s youth, adults, staff; it’s great to be a part of their story and help them grow in a positive way,” Rickner, site director at Camp Chippewa, said.

Camp Chippewa, a United Methodist Camp and retreat center at 2577 Idaho Road, Ottawa, became a part of Rickner’s life early on while he was growing up in Humboldt. “I grew up camping here since I was 8 or 9 years old. I camped here through my freshman and sophomore year in high school,” he said.

At that point, Rickner said, sports became a big priority, and his time at the camp took a backseat. Little did he know, he would soon return.

Rickner played football for one year at Fort Scott Community College, then transferred to Ottawa University. Rickner, who spent a lot of

Photo by John Hawks/The Ottawa Herald

James Rickner is a site director at Camp Chippewa, a United Methodist Camp and retreat center at 2577 Idaho Road, Ottawa. time around horses in middle and high school, took up a seasonal position at the camp as a horse wrangler while attending OU. “The horses are really where my heart’s at. I started out as a wrangler, I worked a year or two on maintenance, then moved through

the ranks. The Moores (Becky and Clancy), they were really instrumental, working underneath them and understanding the camp,” he said.

“Then, as the opportunity came up, I took over as site director.”

After graduating from Ottawa University with a bachelor’s degree in

business and biology, then returning the following year to secure his MBA, Rickner felt confident coming into his position as Camp Chippewa site director, but he was quick to point out the support he enjoys from camp staff.

“I’m over the site, as far as the programming and

site facilities. However, I’ve got a great team that does a lot of great things and makes me look good,” he said. “It’s really the team atmosphere that creates the great environment that we do.”

While the rewards to directing the camp are many, Rickner does face daily challenges. “Time management. Making sure that you are putting in enough, but not letting the job overtake your personal life,” he said. “It’s really easy: you wake up and walk out the door and there’s the work. [That] isn’t a bad thing, but it can also be challenging, trying to balance personal and professional life.”

Rickner talked about his goals for the camp, saying he’s always look-

ing for ways to spread the word about it. “I’d like the camp to get more involved in the local community and for it to grow,” he said.

“One of the things we’ve always heard is that the camp is one of the best well-kept secrets of the county. So, I’d like it to not be a well-kept secret.”

For those aspiring to manage a camp, Rickner offered two pieces of advice he said he learned from experience.

“I’d tell them don’t quit five minutes before the miracle,” he said, adding, “In this industry, you’re going to wear a lot of hats. Just make sure you always stay humble and graceful, not only to those around you, but to yourself.”

Melvern native finds calling in Waverly church

By KATE SHELTON Herald Staff Writer

In 1954, while he was in the United States Army stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, something changed for Daryl McNabb.

“The Lord called me into the ministry,” McNabb, 82, Waverly, said.

Two McNabb years after being drafted, McNabb got out of the military and went to Bob Jones University in South Carolina for eight years and began pastoring a church in the Palmetto State for four years. He then decided to return to Kansas.

“The church at home, here in Waverly, called me and I’ve been there since 1964,” McNabb said. “And they haven’t run me off yet.”

McNabb is the pastor of Peniel Bible Church, 2771 Trefoil Road NE, Waverly, where he spends most of his busy days with his wife of nearly 63 years, Donna.

McNabb explained the name of the church with “pen” in Hebrew meaning face, and the suffix “-el” as the first two letters of the name, Elohim, another name for God, McNabb said.

Put together, the word, “peniel” means the face of God. “The purpose of our church is to bring people face to face with God,” McNabb said.

In addition to Sunday services with a congregation of about 40 people, the church also puts on church camps every year in June, the couple said. The camps initially started by bringing children to Lone Star Lake near Lawrence for a couple of nights, McNabb said.

But it has grown to more than 90 children each summer.

“The Lord opened up the door for the property we have now,” McNabb said. “Then

we started building our camp building, then two dormitories and a shower building. Then ultimately, we built our church building. It’s all out there north of [Waverly].”

The church offers three camps — a beginner’s camp for children kindergarten through second grade, a primary camp for children third through sixth grade and a senior camp for seventh grade children through high school, the McNabbs said. On the rural grounds, the campgrounds offer swimming, capture

the flag games, horseback riding, hay wagon rides, cart rides behind the draft horse, Pete, rope swings, baseball fields and the 230-foot “world’s greatest waterslide,” they said.

“All the kids love it,” Donna McNabb said.

“They think it’s the greatest waterslide they’ve ever been on.”

McNabb added, “What’ve we done, is on one of the hills at the creek — Rock Creek runs through our camp — we took a tractor and a blade and dug a ditch,” he said. “We covered the ditch with old, used carpet and

A Professional Team to serve you with experience, competence & integrity • Tax Planning and Return Preparation • Management Consulting • Small Business Services • Auditing • Financial Statements • Quick Books Consulting • Business Valuation 234 S. Main • Ottawa • 242-3170 www.agc-cpas.com

then we put this black plastic on top of the carpet and we pump water out of the creek to the top of the hill.

We have kids go to the top of the hill and we use dishwater soap and they come down the hill hiking.”

When church services aren’t happening and it isn’t summertime, the McNabbs stay busy with visiting old friends, family, including their three daughters, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren with one on the way, or even helping out members of the church, they said.

When asked why McNabb has stayed in one place for more than 50 years, he smiled.

“I feel it’s God’s will for me to be there,” McNabb said. “I’ve told the church when they

feel my time is up, all they have to do is let me

know and I’ll do something else.”

302 N. Main, PO Box 680, Ottawa, KS 66067 1888-242-5170 www.ottawacoop.com Committed to environmentally friendly farming practices servicing all the local farmers needs! Offering: Soil Sampling, Crop Scouting, Variable Rate Application, Custom Application, Grain Storage and Marketing, Fertilizer, Seed, Chemicals, Fuel, Feed, Tires, Batteries, Oil, Grease & Financing Options.

Need a Tow? Give Us a Call!

ANDY’S WRECKER And REPAIR Repair Hours M-F 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

225 W. Wilson

Ottawa

(785) 242-7249

EXPERTS IN POST FRAME BUILDINGS Garages ▪ Hobby Shops ▪ Agricultural ▪ Equestrian Free Estimates Free On-Site Consultations

SERVICE ▪ QUALITY ▪ DURABILITY ▪ STRENGTH      

#1 in Quality #1 in Customer Service Engineered More Lumber Fully Licensed & Insured 5 YR Workmanship Warranty

Ask About Your Exclusive KANSAS FARM BUREAU Member Discount!

Specializing in Complete Post Frame Buildings

www.qualitystructures.com

800-394-6988

The Ottawa Herald

Page 8

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Gallery director talks heritage, future art exhibits

By CLINTON DICK Herald Staff Writer

He planned, designed and dreamed of his own art gallery. And then the dream came true.

In December 2014, Randy Endicott was named the gallery director at the Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main St., Ottawa, and for the past year, he has brought new exhibits and artists to the brick building in Ottawa’s City Park.

“All my friends were saying ‘Randy, this is your dream job,’” Endicott said of getting the position. “‘This is what you’ve wanted to do since you were 10.’ I had a lot of friend and family support, and they said they would do some serious prayer work for me.”

And the prayer work paid off.

Endicott recalled going into the interview not knowing what to expect, but his vision for the future of the Carnegie was impressive.

“I used to come to Ottawa many times and the [Carnegie] was never open,” he said.

“It was only open on Fridays and Saturdays, and I was going, ‘Well it is kind of silly to only be open two days and not let people know the Carnegie is open.’

“So, in my job interview that day, I presented a whole year of exhibitions of what I wanted to do with contacts and year’s worth of work with calendars and dates of how it would run. And they’re like, ‘Wow, this kid understands what he’s doing.’ About four people applied for the job that I know of, and on the interview day only one showed up. That was me.”

Endicott, 39, Quenemo, put his plan into action. Over the past year, several art exhibits have come to the Carnegie featuring both local artists and artists from as far away as California and Michigan, he said.

“First you do all the research on the background of [the artist’s] artwork and what they do,” Endicott said.

“Then you sit there and contact them. You send them little e-mails saying ‘I like this piece and this piece.’ I’m always looking for new artists and new art that fits what I’m going for.

“That was the hardest thing to learn was to see what Ottawa likes and what Ottawa is in to. I quickly learned not to do things on a football day,” he continued with a laugh.

And plenty of new exhibits are just around the corner.

The “Emerging Artists of Franklin County — School Districts Art Exhibit” is set for 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

March 3, and the “SciFi/ Comic Book Art Exhibition” will run April 9 — May 27, both at the Carnegie. He noted a few big plans for the Sci-Fi exhibit, including hopefully getting a brigade of stormtroopers from “Star Wars” to make an appearance.

“I’m working on mixed media and sculptural this year,” Endicott said. “For this coming exhibition, I’m making a big Starship Enterprise, and a lifesize Batman statue. For the native show this coming year, I’m work-

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald

Randy Endicott, gallery director at the Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main St., Ottawa, poses Feb. 16 with his 2006 acrylic work “For They Shall Be Comforted” during his own art exhibition, “A Retrospective of the Past, Present and Future,” which was on display through Feb. 26. Endicott said idea for the piece, which has only been shown four times, came to him in a dream.

ing on some figurines and statues.”

Endicott’s family heritage comes from the Lac Seul Ojibwe of Ontario, Canada,

his original home. His father played a large part in his love for art — especially acrylics, portraiture and figure drawing.

“When I was little, my dad had us do an art challenge,” Endicott said. “[My dad] said, ‘Pick something that is really a challenge for you.’ So I chose the Canadian dollar bill, which has portraiture and is very colorful. I sat there and drew it up 8x10 and it got bigger and bigger because of all the detail in it. Ever since then I’ve been hooked on drawing and painting. I love designing things, especially for the Carnegie.”

Endicott, who has had his own exhibitions in areas such as Kansas City and Battle Creek, Michigan, said he hopes to establish the Carnegie as the official art gallery of Ottawa in the future, he said.

Suffron Glass Co Since 1945

Glass & Aluminum Products Insulated Glass Replacement Automotive • Residential • Commercial

(785) 242-2515

425 S. Walnut Ottawa, KS 66067 M-F 8 a.m.-Noon, 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Sat. 8 a.m.-11 a.m.

Bill’s Auto Repair 1818 Stafford Rd. Ottawa, KS 66067

785-255-4551 “The Best For Less”

MEET YOUR COMFORT MATCH

with our high efficiency Arcoaire furnaces.

DaveWebb Webb of Webb RealtyRealty has Dave ofWebb Webb&&Associates/ Associates/ Webb been in the auction business since the mid-1980s has been in the auction business since the and mid has performed hundreds of auctions for many satisfied 1980’s and has performed hundreds of auctions clients, throughout the Midwest & Canada. Auctions many real satisfied havefor included estate,clients, personalthroughout property, andthe benefit Midwest &auctions Canada. included real forAuctions numeroushave charities. estate, personal property, and benefit auctions Appraisals • Auctions for numerous charities.

Real Estate & Personal Property

Phone 913-681-8600

Call Today For a Quote!

Appraisals • Auctions www.dlwebb.com • Stillwell, Property Kansas 66085 Real Estate & Personal Phone: 913-681-8600

YOURwww.dlwebb.com NEWS. YOUR WAY. Stilwell, Kansas 66085 www.ottawaherald.com

Since 1983 102 S. Walnut • Ottawa, KS • 785-242-9273 • www.adamsonbros.com

The Ottawa Herald

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Page 9

Love of technology leads Richmond resident to Neosho county community college position

By KATE SHELTON Herald Staff Writer

Roots are what brought Marie Gardner to Franklin and Anderson counties.

And that’s where she decided to plant her own.

Though a native Kansan, Gardner, 44, Richmond, moved throughout the state as a child because her stepfather was a pastor, she said.

After transplanting those roots to different areas and graduating from Baker University summa cum laude in a short three and a half years, Gardner landed at Anderson County JuniorSenior High School, 1100 KS-31, Garnett, where she began to teach computer and math courses, she said.

“We’ve been living [at our current house in Richmond] just over 16 years,” Gardner said. “When my son was one month old, we moved on Halloween day. It was a Sunday and we had a baptism service in the morning and then in the afternoon, we moved. It was great fun,” she recalled with a laugh.

Gardner said she chose Garnett for her first teaching job because the location was close to her relatives in Colony. Her mom grew up in the small Anderson County town and her grandparents – her grandpa being John Charles Hetzel, who lettered in football, basketball and track and was inducted into the Ottawa University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1991 — farmed just outside of town, she said.

From there, Gardner transitioned to Neosho County Community College’s online campus, where she has been dean of the online campus for almost six years, though she’s been with the college for more than 20 years, she said.

“The technology side has always been a part of who I am so it just seemed kind of a natural fit to transition into online,” Gardner said.

Today, Gardner holds many responsibilities and she handles most of them with the click of a mouse.

“A lot of people think of the online campus and think of our online courses that we offer at Neosho,” Gardner said.

“In addition to that, we also have hybrid courses, which is sort of a blend of being in the classroom faceto-face with being online.

“The online campus represents about 1/3 of the credit hour production for Neosho County, for the whole college. It’s a significant portion so it’s kind of obvious that people think of the classes.”

Gardner schedules the course sections, hires adjunct professors for classes and administers the college’s portal, Inside NC, where both stu-

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald Herald

Marie Gardner, 44, poses inside her office on the Neosho County Community College Ottawa campus, 900 E. Logan St. Gardner is the dean of the online campus. Gardner has worked for the college in various posititons for more than 20 years.

dents and instructors can access class information, email, and also pay their bills and enroll online, she said.

“That’s how we deliver all of our online classes but all of our courses, whether they’re face-to-face or online or hybrid, have course shells so they have pages,” Gardner said.

“I work with our departments like financial aid and the business office and registration to ensure all of our services for students we are doing online so the student can access

it,” she continued.

“It doesn’t mean the student can’t come in to campus, it’s just the convenience. We have students that are out of the state ...or even overseas in the military and they have access to all of those resources as well.”

In her free time, with what little she has working on a doctoral degree through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she likes to attend school activities for her children, son Coyd and daughter Cyla, in the Central Heights school district, she said.

“That’s a big chunk of time right there,” she said referencing their many activities in both the high school and middle school.

When she’s not attending school events, Gardner enjoys making greeting cards, rubber stamping and making candles — a hobby she inherited from her mother.

Gardner also enjoys mystery novels and TV shows such as “Rizzoli and Isles.”

She also is a community leader for the Golden Achievers 4-H club in Richmond, served previously on the PTO as president and treasurer for many years, and is the chairperson for the staff parish committee at her church, Richmond United Methodist Church, she said.

Neosho Community College_LCD12.indd 1

3/27/12 8:39 AM

Comprehensive Treatment Services Comprehensive Treatment Services Comprehensive Treatment Services

25955 West 327th Street Paola, Kansas 66071

To schedule an appointment

913-557-9096

 Adult, Adolescent, Child & Family Counseling  Adult, Adolescent, Child & Family Counseling  Adult, Adolescent, Child & Family Counseling  Medication Management for Children & Adults  Medication Management for Children & Adults  Medication Management for Children & Adults  Parent/Child Interactive Therapy  Parent/Child Interactive Therapy  Parent/Child Interactive Therapy  Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)  Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)  Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)  Alcohol & Drug Evaluation and Treatment  Alcohol & Drug Evaluation and Treatment  Alcohol & Drug Evaluation and Treatment  Psychological Testing (ADHD, IQ, court referred)  Psychological Testing (ADHD, IQ, court referred)  Psychological Testing (ADHD, IQ, court referred) 25955 West 327th Street 2537 Eisenhower Road 25955 West 327th Street  24‐hour Crisis Management Services  24‐hour Crisis Management Services 2537 Eisenhower Road  24‐hour Crisis Management Services Kansas66071 66071 Ottawa, Kansas 66067 Paola,Paola, Kansas Ottawa, Kansas 66067  Assessment & Referral for Inpatient Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Illness  Assessment & Referral for Inpatient Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Illness  Assessment & Referral for Inpatient Treatment of Acute Psychiatric Illness  Case Management Services for Adults &Youth  Case Management Services for Adults &Youth To schedule an appointment  Case Management Services for Adults &Youth To schedule appointment To schedule an anappointment To schedule an appointment  Consultation/Education Services Including Mental Health First Aid  Consultation/Education Services Including Mental Health First Aid  Consultation/Education Services Including Mental Health First Aid 913-557-9096 785-242-3780 913-557-9096

OFFICE HOURS After Hours Crisis Services After Hours Crisis Services Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. www.laytoncenter.org Monday Thursday 8:00 a.m. to1-800-241-1266 8:00 p.m.

Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. www.laytoncenter.org

OFFICE HOURS

www.laytoncenter.org

OFFICE HOURS

785-242-3780

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Friday 8:00 a.m. to1-800-241-1266 5:00 p.m.

Celebrating 10 Years of Our People & Our Service

Our People and Our Service are What Makes the Difference!

Seven Cedars was established in 2006.

The Seven Cedars name comes from the fact that there are 7 large, well over 100 year old cedar trees in our front yard.

We are your one stop shop!

–– Plaschka & Kramer Liquor –– –– Princeton Quick Stop ––

Hwy 59, Princeton, KS 6 1/2 miles South of Ottawa

785-937-2061

Jan. 2006 - Purchased Plaschka & Kramer Liquor Store Spring 2006 - Initiated Sunday Liquor Sales Dec. 2006 - Purchased Princeton Quick Stop Summer 2007 - Connected the two stores Fall 2007 - Introduced the area’s first Walk In Beer Cave Spring 2008 — Introduced the area’s first Walk In Cigar Humidor Summer 2008 - Seven Cedars Pizza is rolled out Spring 2012 - Added Purina Feed

The Ottawa Herald

Page 10

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Millennial publisher brings new perspective to position

By JODIE GARCIA Herald Reader Engagement Editor

He’s the first Ottawa Herald publisher in the millennial generation, but a little “old school” at the same time.

“My millennial status helps give me a new perspective on how my peers are consuming media in the modern world,” Tommy Felts, current managing editor and soon-to-be editor and publisher, said. “That said, I personally still more closely identify with the traditional print product and value the benefits unique to readers holding the physical newspaper in their hands.”

Felts is set to become editor and publisher March 7.

The 33-year-old was raised on a hog farm near Liberty, Kansas.

He graduated from Texas A&M UniversityCommerce in 2004, where he studied journalism and political science.

Felts joined The Herald as a paginator in 2005, moving up the ranks to designer and then managing editor in

File photo/The Ottawa Herald

Tommy Felts, 33, will be The Ottawa Herald’s new publisher March 7. He has been the newspaper’s managing editor since 2009.

2009.

He said he relies on a strong team of people, each with their own talents and strengths.

“The trick is to surround yourself with good people and trust

them,” he said. “I’m not perfect. They’re not perfect. But together, our strengths outweigh our weaknesses.”

At The Herald, Felts has led the news team to five consecutive

sweepstakes awards from the Kansas Press Association and three Burton W. Marvin enterprise reporting awards from the William Allen White Foundation at the University of Kansas.

He was also one of only two Kansans named to Editor & Publisher magazine’s top “25 Under 35” in 2014.

Jeanny Sharp, departing Herald publisher, called Felts an “old soul,” adding that his maturity beyond his years is a benefit in terms of strategizing and long-term planning.

“I think that helps him have a clearer vision,” Sharp said.

She said Felts has good news judgment and can see the big picture, balancing the community’s interests with the need to generate income.

“I think he also has

an innate curiosity that’s important when you’re in the business,” she said.

Sharp called Felts focused, personable, a creative problem solver and very articulate.

Felts said he favors direct communication, whether it’s with his staff or a member of the community.

“Rarely is communication aided by silence,” he said. “That’s why I always urge people to let us know if they have a question or concern. I can’t promise they’ll get the response they want, but that direct communication will help better our service.”

Appraiser appreciates Ottawa more after time away

By JOHN HAWKS

bership and fundraising committees [as chairman] this year.

For Hepner, it’s all about connecting with like-minded people to serve the community.

“I enjoy the camaraderie, the fellowship, people that are my

Herald Staff Writer

Family and community are two things that Wade Hepner prizes above all else, and it took leaving the Franklin County area for work for him to find that out.

“My thoughts at that time were, ‘I want to go conquer the world and get out of Ottawa,’” he recalled, thinking back to his college days at Ottawa University. “And then, after I got out into the world, I realized that conquering the world wasn’t what I wanted to do anymore, and that Ottawa had about everything that I needed. Growing up here, I took a lot of it for granted, but after I was away and came back, I realized that the qualities of Ottawa were very important to me.”

A lifelong resident of Ottawa, Hepner came back to work as a real estate appraiser with his father at Hepner Appraisals, a job that he has come to love for different reasons.

One is the out-of-office experience.

“As a real estate appraiser, you do spend some time at your computer, but a lot of time is spent out in the field.

You get to view houses, meet people, have conversations with people about their houses and what they’ve done to them,” he said, noting the delight he takes in interacting with all kinds of people.

“It’s a funny business because you can go from a $300,000 house at nine o’clock, and at nine forty-five you can be at a $30,000 house, which is something I’ve always liked.”

A second reason, on a more personal level, are the people Hepner gets to work with.

“I’m very blessed to be able to work with a really good friend and my father [Jim] every day,” he said, smiling.

“I try not to take that for granted, because it is easy to do. Dad has

age going through the same stuff with work and family and everything,” he said. “[I have] lots in common with them. They all have similar focus in service, and fellowship. It’s just a lot of fun.”

Professional, Friendly Family Service

CA Photo by John Hawks/The Ottawa Herald

Wade Hepner is a lifelong resident of Ottawa and real estate appraiser at Hepner Appraisals, Ottawa.

taught me a lot about being respectful to everybody, no matter their house, their situation; you just be polite, be respectful and do your job. Work hard, have a good work ethic.”

Outside of his family and Hepner Appraisals, Hepner is a driving force in the Ottawa Rotary Club.

“That’s the best thing I have going, outside of my family,” he said. “I really enjoy the Ottawa

Rotary Club. Right now we’ve got an awesome

RSWELL UTOMOTIVE, INC. 2146 S. Elm • Ottawa, KS • 785-242-6360 carswellautomotive.com

Eat Franklin

group. It’s a mix of County’s Best Pizza young professionals, mid-career people, and Served up by a few that are just into www.edwardjones.com Franklin County’s retirement. It’s a great mix. There’s a lot of enBest Server thusiasm to do service work.”

And with a motto of “Service Above Self,” club members’ enthuwww.edwardjones.com siasm for service work www.edwardjones.com is something Hepner is • Hours 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Every Day excited about, he said.

• Lunch Buffet Mon-Fri 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Hepner, who was the club’s president last 208 S. Main • Ottawa • 785-242-TIME (8463) year, is serving on memwww.edwardjones.com

What's important to What's important to you?Let's Let's talk.

What's important to you? talk. www.edwardjones.com

What's important to you? Let's talk.

VOTED BEST PIZZA FOR 9 YEARS!

Ryan J Henningsen Financial Advisor

Ryan J Henningsen 502 S Cedar Ottawa, KS 66067 .

Financial Advisor 785-242-1088

www.edwardjones.com Ryan J Henningsen 502 S Cedar Financial Advisor .

Ottawa, KS 66067 502 S Cedar 785-242-1088 Ottawa, KS 66067 785-242-1088 www.edwardjones.com www.edwardjones.com .

you? Let's talk.

Ryan J Henningsen Financial Advisor .

What's important to you? Let's talk.

502 S Cedar Ottawa, KS 66067 785-242-1088 www.edwardjones.com

Member SIPC

Arlie Sawyer “Best Server”

Free Delivery All Day!

Member SIPC

Ryan J Henningsen Financial Advisor .

502 S Cedar Ottawa, KS 66067 785-242-1088 www.edwardjones.com

Let Us Rock You!

Member SIPC 3557 Hwy. 59 • Ottawa Member SIPC 785-242-3070 www.bonesrocks.com Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Closed Saturdays from Nov. thru March Member SIPC

It’s not too early to start planning those spring landscape projects!

Check out our large selection of landscape rocks and mulch.

The Ottawa Herald

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

Page 11

New Carnegie educator lives artistic, faith-filled life

By CLINTON DICK Herald Staff Writer

Art has played a big role in her life since she was a kid. Now, she is helping implement her knowledge into the local community.

Leigh Hanson, 43, rural Wellsville, was named the Ottawa Community Arts Council education director Feb. 1, and has wasted no time setting up opportunities for locals to get involved.

“I want to see this art club that we have grow,” she said. “I would like all the kids that don’t have something to do and are just wandering the streets have a place they can come. I would love for every middle schooler and high schooler to know that they have a place to go after school where they can be creative and let their talent grow.”

And that place is the basement of the Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main St., Ottawa, where free art classes meet every week. The first and third Thursdays of the month are for older kids (sixth through 12th grade) and second and fourth Thursdays are for younger kids (kindergarten through fifthgrade).

“I will be teaching most of those classes,” Hanson said. “We have great supplies and it is free to the community.”

A makerspace is also on the way for the Carnegie’s basement, she said. The space will allow anyone interested to come in and get creative.

“It is not in operation yet,” Hanson said. “I will be volunteering hours to spend with that. [The makerspace] is for anyone, adults and kids, to come and just be independently creative. It is linked to the library, so if someone wanted to learn how to sew, hopefully there will be a sewing machine there and we can teach them to sew.

They are hoping to get a 3D printer donated as well. They’ve already gotten computers donated and we are trying to get those up and running, so that is very exciting.”

As education director, Hanson is in charge of supplies, lesson plans and incorporating art history and principles into her teachings. Her goal is to make sure children are getting a good foundation for art, she said.

Hanson also oversees OYAA! (Ottawa Youth Arts Alliance), and said she plans to implement the STEAM program (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Math) into art classes. “[We will] bring in artists once a month who talk about how their art uses all of those things,” she said.

“The kids will get to do an activity involving that. Hopefully it will get them going with their post-high school careers and continuing into one of those careers that will benefit our community.”

Away from her position, Hanson loves spending time with her family. They make time for a wide range of interests, including trap shooting, hunting, soccer, their church

Photo by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald

Leigh Hanson, 43, rural Wellsville, stands outside the Carnegie Cultural Center, 501 S. Main St., Ottawa, with a portrait of her family. Hanson was named the Ottawa Community Arts Council art education director Feb. 1, and will take on several education projects in the Carnegie’s basement.

youth group at Ottawa’s Grace Gospel Church, and running their farm outside of Wellsville.

Her husband, Jerad, works as a police officer in the traffic unit in Overland Park.

They have four children — Caleb, 18; Carmen 16; Collin, 14; and Chris, 13. Caleb, Carmen and Collin all go to Ottawa High School, and Caleb will attend Pittsburg State University for an auto diesel degree. Chris will be an eighth grader at Ottawa Middle School next year, she said.

All of her children are very involved with Spanish Club as well as Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), she said.

If there’s one sport that the Hansons love, it is soccer. The family loves playing together,

and Jerad played in college, she said. Collin plays and practices every day, and he played at the varsity level for the Cyclones this year as a freshman.

Both Leigh and Jerad want to organize a competitive soccer team locally to play in the Heartland Soccer Association in Kansas City, she said. They want Ottawa’s soccer program to grow.

“We are interested in putting together a competitive U14 team ourselves next year,” Hanson said. “All the kids who love soccer, after sixth grade they pretty much have to go find a club in another town, which is what we did. We went to Lawrence. A lot of people go to Blue Valley, Olathe and Rush, which there are enough kids to where

we should be able to put together a good team [in Ottawa].”

While Ottawa’s art and soccer programs will be growing, so will Leigh and Jerad’s family. They will soon be adopting two new members into their family from a foster care program. The two boys, ages 13 and 11, were Leigh’s neighbor’s grandchildren, she said.

“It is difficult and it has its challenges, but it is a good situation because they knew us and they had played with us at different times,” Hanson said.

In her free time, Hanson does artwork, mostly for gifts, she said, as well as meeting with other moms at 8 a.m. on Mondays at First Assembly of God in Ottawa to pray for school children, administrators and teachers.

She noted that those interested in registering for the free art program, teaching art

classes at the Carnegie, and/or support a competitive Ottawa soccer

program can contact her by email at jlhanson6@hotmail.com

O O K R S C FLOOR COVERING A name you can trust!

Family Owned & Operated

636 N. Main St. Ottawa, KS 785-242-4153

The franklin counTy developmenT council & The oTTawa area chamber of commerce

working together to improve the ottawa & Franklin County eConomy

AIR CONDITIONING & HEATING Residential & Commercial • Service & Installation

allseasons-ac-heat.com

You Are Like Family to Us!

Reach the FCDC/Chamber Offices

By Calling: (785) 242-1000 or

by E-Mailing John Coen, President/CEO Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce john@ottawakansas.org

Licensed Mechanical Contractor

Insured & Bonded

Let Our Family Service Your Family’s Heating & AC System

785-242-2602 913-780-0076

Tom Riederer, Interim Executive Director, FCDC tom@thinkfranklinco.org

The Ottawa Herald

Page 12

Weekender, February 27-28, 2016

IT’S OFFICIAL RMH is getting a $7 million Emergency Department expansion

Coming Summer 2017

mprove Improve Improve the Improve the way the way way the youyou move. you move. move. you move Dr. John Bradley

Dr. Sara Cross

Dr. Sean Fulton

Dr. Dustin Keffer

Dr. Arman Saber

Dr. Todd Schott

Dr. Grady Thiemes

Board Certified Emergency Medicine Physicians

RMH Emergency Department

Growing To New Heights

WNOW without NOW without without a physician’s NOW a physician’s awithout physician’s referral! a physician referral! referr

No need No to wait! need Noto need wait!to wait!No need to wait!

Now you Now can be you Now treated can you beby can treated a be Physical Now treated by you aTherapist Physical by can a be Physical Therapist treated Therapist by a Physic even before even you before even visit your before you physician. visityou your even visit physician. your before physician. you visit your phy

Your Physical Your Physical Therapist Your Physical Therapist Can Therapist Help YourCan Physical YouHelp With: CanYou Therapist Help With: You With: Can Help

Dizziness/Vertigo Dizziness/Vertigo Dizzine Arthritis Arthritis Arthritis Dizziness/Vertigo Arthritis Pain Shoulder Shoulder Pain Pain Shou Fitness/Health Fitness/Health Fitness/HealthShoulder Fitness/Health Stroke Stroke Stroke S Knee PainKnee Pain Knee Pain Knee Pain RMH Cancer Care Balance Balance Balance Ba Pelvic Floor Pelvic Rehabilitation Floor Pelvic Rehabilitation Floor Rehabilitation Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation A Collaboration between Ransom Memorial Hospital and Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sprains, Strains Sprains, & Sprains, Fractures Strains & Strains Fractures & Fractures Sprains, Stra Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Osteoporosis Osteoporosis

To receive Toareceive personalized To receive a personalized care a personalized experience To receive care experience care a from personalized experience the from the care fromexperie the Gollier Gollier Rehabilitation &•Rehabilitation Wellness & Center, Gollier Wellness & Rehabilitation Wellness call Center, Center, call & Wellness call C 1301Rehabilitation S.Gollier Main Street Ottawa, KS 66067 • 785-229-8203

785-229-8343 785-229-8343 785-229-8343 785-229-8343

Close toClose home.Close toClose home. totohome.

Close yourClose Close to heart. your totohome. heart. your Close heart.to your www.ransom.org www.ransom.org www.ransom.org www.ransom.org 785-229-8200

www.ransom.org

901 S. Main Stree 90 Gollier Rehabilitation Gollier Rehabilitation Rehabilitation & Wellness Gollier & Wellness Rehabilitation Center & Wellness CenterCenter & Wellness Cent Ottawa, KS 66067 Ot