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Affidavit: Witnesses say stabbing suspect was covered in blood By AMELIA ARVESEN Herald Staff Writer
An Ottawa man who was stabbed multiple times thought he would not survive. Donald Brett Jones, 36, asked Franklin County detectives on the way to the hospital to pray because he did not want to die Mastel from his wounds reportedly inflicted by an acquaintance the evening of April 18, according to a recently obtained arrest affidavit. The man accused of stabbing Jones appeared with his attorney for a status conference Monday morning in Franklin County District Court, 301 S. Main St., Ottawa. Benjamin Francis Mastel, 35, Ottawa, was charged with one count of aggravated battery, or feloniously and knowingly causing great bodily harm or disfigurement, after he was apprehended about 4:30 a.m. April 19 in the 400 block of South Ash Street. Mastel’s appointed attorney, Craig Cole, requested more time Monday to obtain and review all police records in the matter. Mastel’s next court date was set for 9 a.m. May 23. Mastel asked Cole if he would visit him in the jail this week, before commenting that he did not like Cole. District Magistrate Judge Kevin
L. Kimball suggested Mastel submit the issue to the court in writing. Mastel remains on a $250,000 bond in the Franklin County Adult Detention Center, 305 S. Main St., Ottawa. The arrest affidavit written April 20 by a Franklin County detective details allegations, but not facts, from interviews that led law enforcement to believe Mastel was the suspect. Names of witnesses have been redacted from the document by the court. Jones told law enforcement Mastel had been in and out of Jones’ trailer home several times on April 18, which he said was not unusual. Jones said he was sitting in his recliner while Mastel packed items into a bag behind him, then put his arms over the top of the chair, hit him in the head and stabbed him in the chest. Jones said then something was put over his face, but he scrambled into the kitchen opposite Mastel, who was blocking the shut front door, according to the arrest affidavit. An individual, later identified in the document as living across the street, entered the trailer to get between the two men after hearing loud noises coming from inside. Jones was able to escape to a car parked outside and was driven by someone to Ransom Memorial Hospital, 1301 S. Main St., Ottawa, according to the arrest affidavit. See stabbing, Page 3
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Ryan Cobbs, Ottawa High School principal and future district assistant superintendent, fist bumps Hannah Maxwell as she walks across the stage Saturday evening during the school’s graduation ceremony. The Ottawa High School Class of 2016 had 142 graduates.
Ohs graduation speakers encourage endurance through life challenges By AMELIA ARVESEN Herald Staff Writer
As great as high school was, Dakota Tucker said he struggles to believe that it’s as good as life gets. Under a pale blue sky Saturday night, 142 graduating Ottawa High School seniors in red caps and gowns listened to parting words from two classmates,
Dakota Tucker and Allison Sanford, who spoke of the past four years and the years to come. “We found a place full of strange people saying strange things that could only be fully defined using the Urban Dictionary,” Tucker said. “We found happiness and heartbreak, success and failure, but most importantly, we found ourselves.” Tucker reflected on good
memories, such as screaming in the student section at basketball games, dancing at homecoming and prom as well as the friends he met along the way. He encouraged his peers to see their own potential and to not let go of their dreams, despite what future critics might say. See OHS, Page 5
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Braves’ online graduate: ‘I’m finally here’ By JOHN HAWKS Herald Staff Writer
“I knew that if I just kept knocking classes out, that eventually this day would come,” said Lowell Bush, recently re-enlisted Army Reserves soldier and respiratory therapist stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas. Bush is a 2016 graduate of Ottawa University’s online undergraduate program, and traveled from Texas to attend his class’s graduation ceremony Saturday at
Ottawa University’s Kansas City, Kansas campus, 4370 W. 109th St., No. 200, Overland Park. “I’m 40, finally checking off this chapter to earn my degree, and I’m excited,” Bush said. Born in Greenville, Mississippi, Bush had trouble with traditional college, opting instead for a military career, which began in July 2000. “I took the ASVAB, and they told me I could pick what I wanted. I had the pick between a dental hygienist or a respiratory
therapist. Respiratory therapist had the higher signing bonus,” he laughed. “I didn’t know what respiratory was.” However, his attraction to the medical field was no accident, Bush said. “My mom is in the medical field, she’s a phlebotomist. I used to be a candy-striper, go to work with my mom and pass out things. I had always been around the medical field.”
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Lowell Bush, Fort Bliss, Texas, tours the Ottawa University residential campus, 1001 S. Cedar St., Ottawa. Bush was one of 267 undergraduate students to obtain a degree through OU’s online degree program this year, and traveled from Texas to attend the graduation ceremony See BRAVES, Page 5 on OU’s Overland Park campus Saturday, 4370 W. 109th St., No. 200.
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Obituaries WILMA IRENE SPRINGER Wilma Irene Springer, 94, Ottawa, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016. Graveside funeral services are set for 10 a.m., Friday, May 13, 2016, at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. The family plans to greet friends 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday May 12, 2016, at Lamb-Roberts Funeral Chapel, Ottawa, Kansas. She was born Dec. 15, 1921, in rural Ottawa, Kansas, the Springer daughter of G.B. Nelson and Dorothy Augusta (Pohl) Nelson. Wilma graduated from Ottawa High School with the class of 1939. She completed her R.N. certification from Newmans in Emporia, Kansas. She worked at Grant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, Kansas. She was an active member of Calvary Baptist Church, Ottawa. She volunteered for Awanas and was a Sunday school teacher. She was a wonderful cook, who was very hospitable and loved having company. On Aug. 7, 1948, Wilma was united in marriage to Melvin D. Springer in Onaga, Kansas. Lowell and Louise shared 59 years of loving marriage together. Melvin preceded her in death Jan. 25, 2008. Louise is also preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Maxine Stephens, Dorothy Ann Nelson; and a brother, Ned Nelson. Surviving family includes a daughter, Beth Nelson and husband, Lloyd, of Ottawa; grandchildren, Megan Rodina and her husband, Nick of Peoria, Arizona, Aaron Nelson and his wife, Pamela, of Ottawa, Katie Barrow and her husband, Troy of Holton, Kansas, Hannah Wooten and her husband, Erick, of Ottawa; six greatgrandchildren, Emma Rodina, Aidan Rodina, Ryan Barrow, Breann Barrow, Austin Wooten, Bren Wooten; and many nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Grace Gospel Church or Gideons International c/o Lamb-Roberts Funeral Homes, P.O. Box 14, Ottawa, KS 66067. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.lamb-roberts.com
Deaths TERESA ROCKERS Teresa Rockers, 91, Greeley, passed away Sunday, May 8, 2016, at her home. Funeral mass are set for 10 a.m. Friday, May 13, 2016, at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Scipio. Family plans to greet friends following a rosary 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. She was born Jan. 31, 1925, in Greeley, the third of four children born to Mike L. and Stella E. (Steinbacher) Rockers.
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Joseph D. “Joe” Alexander, 90, Lane, Kansas, passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday, May 4, 2016. Visitation was 6 p.m. Alexander to 8 p.m. Monday, May 9, 2016, at Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home. Services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Lane United Methodist Church, Lane, Kansas. Cremation is set to follow with burial at a later date. Joe was born Oct. 6, 1925, at his family home in Lane, Kansas, the youngest of James William Sr. and Susan Rose (Horn) Alexander’s four children. He attended school in Lane, graduating from Lane High School with
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Mike Shay, 89, passed away peacefully Friday, May 6, 2016. A rosary is set for 4:30 p.m. Shay and visitation 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at Penwell–Gabel Paola Chapel. Funeral Mass is slated for 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at the Divine Mercy Parish Catholic Church 555 W. Main St. Gardner, Kansas. Burial is planned in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Paola, Kansas.
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the class of 1942. He then served in the U.S. Army in World War II, and is a Purple Heart recipient for his service in Europe. Joe had been acquainted with Katherine E. “Katy” LaFollette while growing up in Lane, but really got to know her at Cameron Institute church camp. They soon became a permanent pair, and even though Joe was a WWII veteran, he had to get written permission from his mother to marry Katy on his 20th birthday, Oct. 6, 1945. Joe and Katy were married nearly 70 years prior to Katy’s passing in February 2015. They first lived in Lane and had two children, Loretta Sue, and Richard Eugene. Joe worked as an electrician, installing electricity in many Franklin and Anderson County homes.
After that he worked for Franklin County, then studied and did TV and radio repair in the early 1960s. He and Katy served several years in 4-H, where he taught about electricity. Joe and Katy moved to Katy’s family’s farm northwest of Lane in the late 1960s. He farmed and drove bus for Lane School/Central Heights, eventually driving for a total of 20 years. Joe was active in the Lane VFW, acting as quartermaster for many years and commander for several years. He served on the Lane Fair board for several years, as well as the transportation division of the Council on Aging’s Meals on Wheels program. Joe and Katy did most things together, like the Old Kodgers CB club, where his call sign was Alley Cat,
and Katy’s was Katydid. Joe and Katy were very much in love, and were rarely apart. If you saw one, you saw them both, until she passed last year. Joe was preceded in death by his parents; his daughter Loretta Sue (Alexander) Payden in 2010; his wife Katherine E. (LaFollette) Alexander in 2015; and two greatgrandchildren. Joe is survived by his son Richard Alexander and daughterin-law Pamela of Lane, Kansas; his son-in-law Darrell Payden of Enid, Oklahoma; eight grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and five great-greatgrandchildren, along with other family and friends. Memorials to the Lane Senior Center may be sent in care of Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box 430 Osawatomie, KS 66064.
Born to Andy Richard and Eva Lena (McMahan) Shay of rural Edgerton, Kansas, Aug. 26, 1926, he was united in marriage to Janice Enola Leah Baily Oct. 18, 1950, at Edgerton Catholic Church. They established a farm in rural Paola, Kansas, where he continued his passion for farming and livestock while serving on many agricultural boards throughout his 70-year career. Mike valued faith and family above all. He was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Church in Gardner, Kansas. He centered his life around his loving wife and eight children: Rick and
Susie Shay, Ron and Joan Shay, Mary and Dave Green, Tom Shay, Paola, Kansas, Janie Montgomery and John Pollock, Rantoul, Kansas, Jo and Don Sherwood, Pleasant Hill, Missouri, Lisa and Jon Wilson, Osawatomie, Kansas, and Michelle and Bart Enyart, Olathe, Kansas; 28 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren. He enjoyed gardening. He was known for raising watermelon that he sold and donated to Ursuline Academy, Holy Trinity School, Sacred Heart School, Paola football teams, Wellsville School and football team, and the KU soc-
cer team. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Retus Shay, JC Shay, and Don Shay; sister, Mary Ellen Shay Calvin; and grandson, Jason Grandon. The family suggests contributions be made to Holy Trinity Catholic School, Paola, Kansas or to the Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Gardner, Kansas. To leave a special message for the family online, please visit www. PenwellGabelPaola. com Arrangements are being handled by Penwell–Gabel Paola Chapel 305 N. Pearl St. Paola, Kansas.
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Williamsburg overhauling sewer system By AMELIA ARVESEN Herald Staff Writer
Groundwater is infiltrating Williamsburg’s sewer system, but the mayor is thankful it’s not the other way around. An overhaul of the system is underway to reduce sewage backups and rainwater seepage of the wastewater treatment facilities, Jon Horne, Williamsburg mayor, said. “When we get a heavy rainfall we have some issues with groundwater getting into the system causing our system to bypass,” Horne said. “So basically, wastewater doesn’t make it to the facilities properly.” Residents could see their wastewater fee swell in coming years to finance the updates. Evaluation of the deterioration began last fall after the city received notice from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), he said. Recommended improvements in the report include relining the existing sewer pipe to seal joints and cracks where water and plant roots gain access. “Once this wastewater project is done, the city of Williamsburg will have strong utility structures in place,” Horne said. The rehabilitation is projected to cost $2,872,000, with the city’s portion at $20,000, according to a KDHE report. A U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for $1,352,000 along with a Community Block Development Grant for $500,000 covers more than half the cost. The remaining sum will come from a $1,000,000 loan the city committed to paying off in 40 years, according to the project report. Williamsburg residents could see their monthly wastewater rate surge up $15 — from $30 to $45 — before March 2018, Horne said. He said the city council is slated to discuss the fee raise this summer, when they figure out how and if to break up the increase. “Nothing is concrete because the council hasn’t decided it, and it’s not my decision to make, but the anticipated time frame would be right after the first of the year,” Horne said. The fee already increased last year, he said, from a longstanding rate of $20 to $30 in order to finance the project. Horne said the wastewater system’s flaws are not obvious to the typical observer, which is why crews were scheduled to send a video camera through the pipes Monday. The footage could provide city leaders more data to inform decisions on design plans. Willia msbu r g’s wastewater travels to a stabilization lagoon,
located less than a mile west of the city. The flow eventually discharges to Mill Creek by way of the East Branch of Tequa Creek, the KDHE project report said. Horne said the city switched from a mechanical system to a lagoon system in the mid-90s, when the wastewater fee was about $14 per residence. He said the project was the last major rehabilitation to the facilities. However, he said the city about five years ago used a Community Block Development Grant to lay new PVC to replace cast iron water pipes. While no wastewater is backing up in basements, Horne said, engineers tout the entire rehabilitated system’s lifespan should be between 50 and 75 years. Without expanding the system, the current wastewater collection, pumping and treatment facility capacity will reportedly meet the needs of Williamsburg today and in the future. The incorporated community in southwest Franklin County has experienced little growth and little decline in population since the 1900s, hovering today at about 387 people, according to the project report. It is expected to remain stable for at least 30 years. Horne said those few hundred residents should not expect any major interruptions in service, as crews attempt to minimize impact. Environmental impacts mentioned in the project report could include construction noise and some erosion of exposed soil. No endangered or threatened species were identified in the city-owned area, the project report said. About 35 miles directly east of Franklin County, Louisburg is undergoing a similar undertaking in reverse. The city in Miami County instead is switching to a mechanical system, in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement over communities served by sewer lagoons, according to information from the Louisburg City Council. Louisburg is one of five large communities facing the decision to upgrade or replace a discharging lagoon system, according to information cited to the KDHE. Up to 800 municipal and commercial lagoons exist in Kansas, according to the information. Williamsburg’s mayor said citizens with questions can call City Hall or visit the city’s Facebook page for updates. Council meetings, when leaders could discuss the project, take place 7:30 p.m. the first Monday each month at City Hall.
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Daily Report Hospital Notes Admissions • Friday through Sunday: None. Dismissals • Friday: Connie Weber, Richmond. • Saturday: Chelsea McComb, Ottawa. Births • Friday through Sunday: None.
Franklin County Jail Sheriff’s Department Arrests • 2:49 p.m. Friday, Franklin County Adult Detention Center, 305 S. Main St., Alan Hassenplug, 32, homeless, on Franklin County warrant for probation violation. • 5:58 p.m. Friday, I-35 at milepost 197, Sony Uk, 29, Emporia, on suspicion of driving while suspended after being stopped for a traffic infraction. • 6:49 p.m. Saturday, Seventh and Eisenhower streets, Christopher Stephenson, 33, Rantoul, on suspicion of distribution/possession of methamphetamine, possession of depressants, felony interference with law enforcement, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while suspended, and no proof of liability insurance after being stopped for a traffic infraction. • 9:02 a.m. Sunday, 400 block of K-68, Dennis Ybarra, 33, Pomona, on suspicion of domestic criminal damage to property. Police Department Arrests • 4:40 p.m. Friday, 1400 block of South Elm Street, Danielle Thacker, 27, Ottawa, on suspicion of making a domestic-related criminal threat. • 5:31 p.m. Friday, 1300 block of South Beech Street, an 11-year-old Ottawa boy on suspicion of disorderly conduct and battery on a law enforcement officer after an altercation with a family member. • 6:21 p.m. Saturday, 400 block of South Locust Street, Joshua Searing, 28, Ottawa, on suspicion of disorderly conduct after causing a neighborhood disturbance for the second time. • 9:50 a.m. Sunday, Franklin County Adult Detention Center, 305 S. Main St., Chanda Birkhead-Hillhouse, 53, Ottawa, on a City of Ottawa warrant. 3:46 p.m. Sunday, 400 block of South Ash Street, Richard Sielet, 30, Ottawa, on an active Douglas County warrant.
Sheriff’s Department News Incidents • 7:55 a.m. Friday, rural Franklin County, a 12-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted by a known family member. The investigation is ongoing. • 10:06 p.m. Saturday, Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center, 226 S. Beech St., Ottawa, a detention center officer reported being bit by an inmate. Thefts • 5:45 p.m. Saturday, 1500 block of Delaware Road, Pomona, a 48-year-old Pomona man reported a burglary and theft of several items from his garage. Accidents • 7:38 a.m. Friday, 1400 block of U.S. 59, Princeton, a 2007 Chrysler Sebring driven by Julie Heck, 31, Garnett, was northbound in the 1400 block of
U.S. 59 when it struck a 1999 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Tabitha Wicks, 18, Princeton, after the Monte Carlo pulled out from a gas station into the Sebring’s path, according to a sheriff’s report. No injuries were reported. • 9:13 p.m. Saturday, 100 block of Monroe Street, a 1994 Ford Thunderbird driven by Teresa Snow, 48, Pomona, was southbound on Monroe Street when Snow was unable to brake and the Thunderbird struck a fence. No injuries were reported. • 11:52 a.m. Sunday, 2300 block of Cloud Road, a 1996 Toyota Tacoma driven by Daniel Detwiler, 33, Lane, was westbound on Cloud Road when it struck a 2015 Toyota RAV4 driven by David Haas, 61, Richmond, as the Rav4 was pulling out of a driveway onto Cloud Road, according to a sheriff’s report. No injuries were reported.
Police Department News Incidents • 11:24 p.m. Sunday, 100 block of East Park Street, a 37-year-old Ottawa woman was taken into protective custody after attempting to harm herself. Thefts • 10:34 a.m. Saturday, 300 block of South Ash Street, a 56-year-old Ottawa man reported an unknown suspect used his personal information to purchase items. Accidents • 2:52 p.m. Saturday, K-68 and I-35, Mike Staworski, 45, Branson, Mo., reported his vehicle hit a small piece of metal in the roadway as he went under the I-35 bridge on K-68. Damage was estimated at more than $1,000.
Wellsville Police Department News • Wednesday: West Sixth and South Elm streets, traffic complaint; 300 block of West Fourth Street, check welfare; 600 block of Main Street, harassment; 600 block of Walnut Street, special assignment. • Thursday: 200 block of Downey Drive, motorist assist; K-33 and Riley Road, motorist assist; 400 block of South Elm Street, battery; 200 block of Downey Drive, harassment; 300 block of South Elm Street, medical call. • Friday: 500 block of Maple Street, battery; 500 block of Maple Street, arrest. • Saturday: K-33 and Ninth Terrace, traffic complaint; 800 block of Main Street, traffic complaint. • Sunday: 400 block of Main Street, check welfare; 200 block of Benton Drive, ordinance violation and warrant arrest; 200 block of Downey Drive, suspicious activity and juvenile complaint; 1000 block of Poplar Street, motorist assist.
Fire Calls Ottawa Fire Department • 12:30 a.m. Sunday, 903 N. Poplar St., firefighters responded to a brush fire in the alley. No damage recorded and the cause was not determined, according to a report. • Firefighters responded to 12 medical calls Wednesday through Sunday.
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Another witness interviewed by a detective said she tried to enter the residence through the front door, but somebody was pushing it shut. She said after the other individual intervened, Mastel jumped off the porch not displaying a weapon and wiped both his arms covered in blood as if he was washing them off. She said Mastel used explicit words to say that he had killed Jones. A third witness said Jones ran to her and screamed, “He got me in the kidney.” She said he could not use his left arm and bent to his left side at the waist. She said Jones repeatedly asked where he was and what had happened. She said Jones was transported to the hospital in the backseat of a car. A man was later interviewed by a detective about Mastel’s wherabouts before he was located hours after the incident. The man said Mastel was “white as a ghost” when he came to his house. He said Mastel asked him to take him to Walmart, but he said no. He said he took him instead to an Ottawa residence. “I did but I did not
have a choice,” he said to the detective, as documented in the arrest affidavit. The man said on the way to the Ottawa residence, Mastel tried to give him a brown and stainless steel knife about five inches long when closed, shaped to look like an SKS rifle, according to the arrest affidavit. The man said Mastel said he thought Jones was a “cop” because he had not done any time in jail. He said Mastel told him he stabbed Jones in the face and neck. At least two witnesses interviewed by detectives said they saw Mastel holding his hand under his shirt that was saturated with blood. Officers visited several residences searching for Mastel, according to the arrest affidavit, before finding him about 4:30 a.m. April 19 in the 400 block of South Ash Street. When detectives attempted to interview him, Mastel said he did not want to to talk without an attorney present. But his words from a jail call 3:55 p.m. April 19 were recorded. “I wouldn’t feel bad if he died,” Mastel said, noting he anticipated time in prison, according to the arrest affida-
vit. Mastel was convicted in Franklin County District Court in November 2010 on domestic battery and criminal threat charges, and again in January 2011 on drug charges, according to court documents. He served time in state correctional facilities in El
Dorado and Hutchinson from February 2011 to January 2013, according to Kansas Department of Corrections records. Amelia Arvesen is a Herald staff writer. Email her at aarvesen@ottawaherald.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AmeliaArvesen.
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Negative outlook More than a mood swing The outlook for the Kansas economy is negative. This is not just the opinion of “liberal media” or “media elitists” or “Democrats and their friends in the media” as Gov. Sam Brownback likes to say. It is the assertion of Moody’s Investors Service, the independent international credit rating agency whose assessments have dramatic effects on bond sales, interest rates possible, and overall attention of investors for anything the state might offer. Of late, there has been an increase of debt for sale. Last week, after examining this legislative session’s lackluster attempt at cobbling together a budget, Moody’s was compelled to downgrade the outlook on Kansas. As reported in the Topeka Capital-Journal: “By continuing to balance its budget with unsustainable nonrecurring resources, including pension underfunding, it is accumulating large and expensive long-term liabilities that it will be paying off for a long time,” the rating agency said. Moody’s also noted the income tax reductions were part of the blame for the state’s financial problems as the agency also changed its outlook from stable to negative for the $2.1 billion Kansas Department of Transportation bonds. The same negative assessment was placed on some Kansas Development Finance Authority bonds. Investors recognize negative bond ratings as an indication further downgrades could be possible. Moody’s report wasn’t all negative, however. The firm suggested “sustained revenue growth or expenditure cuts leading to structural balance in state finances” and “demonstrated path to sounder funding of pension plans” could swing the outlook back to stable. Positive doesn’t appear possible in the near term. Bailey Childers, executive director of the National Public Pension Coalition, said: “This will be the third time Kansas’ bond ratings have been downgraded since 2012 in part because the state has consistently failed to pay its fair share. … We hope that Gov. Brownback and other politicians will realize the consequences of their failed policies and start investing back into the people of Kansas, which will help put the state’s budget back on the right track.” That comes from another non-liberal media type expert. For his part, Brownback this week said blame for the dwindling revenues is the bad economy in rural Kansas. “We’ve got a lot of financial strain that’s going to be continuing just because of oil and gas, and agriculture in particular, because that has property tax implications to it,” he said. The governor’s spokeswoman, Eileen Hawley, was quoted in the Capital-Journal as saying: “We must continue our efforts to control spending which is most affected by the growing costs of Medicaid and education funding, which together account for more than 63 percent of the state’s budget.” Moody’s isn’t distracted by such explanation. It simply looks at structural balances of budgets, and the accounting gimmicks in play. Bills aren’t being paid, debt is increasing — and there is no solution on the table for next fiscal year either. Moody’s had no choice but to label Kansas’ future as “negative.” It isn’t an opinion; it’s recognition of the facts as Topeka presents them. — The Hays Daily News Guest editorials are published to offer readers a variety of opinion. Views expressed are not necessarily those of The Herald or its editor.
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All eyes on Brownback’s pen this week Well, this is the week, probably, that we find out whether the most dramatic, important bills of the 2016 legislative session are signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback. These are the bills that will impact how Kansans live and deal with each other, and, by the way, assemble a cash-short budget for a year in which the state is cash-short. Reasons for that shortage are, of course, the 2012 tax cuts the Legislature had little interest in reversing, even for those widely criticized LLCs, owner-operated businesses and, of course, farmers. It is that shortage that is one reason, for example, lawmakers passed to the governor a bill that will shorten from 36 months to 24 months a key welfare measure, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which is a federally funded program that the state doesn’t spend a dime on. It’s essentially a few hundred dollars a month so that the poorest of Kansans can eat and live indoors and feed their children. And, there’s the step therapy program, estimated to save the state and its Medicaid (we call it KanCare here) contractors about $10 million a year. Basically, it’s a stutter step, prescribing cheaper medications for the poor and those with largely psychological or behavioral illnesses, and not moving them to expensive prescriptions for at least 30 days (in case the less expensive work), saving the contractors hundreds of dollars per patient. Don’t forget the sale of the assets of the Kansas Bioscience
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Authority, probably $25 million worth, which will shut down one of the state’s premiere and apparently successful efforts to assist high-tech and bioscience expansion in Kansas, a source of high-paying jobs and medical research that has focused development in Kansas, of all places, not somewhere you can see an ocean. Oh, and the delay of at least a year repaying about $97 million in employer (that’s the state) payments to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, on behalf of mostly educational system employees. The delay in repaying that borrowed money is supposed to bridge a revenue gap for which there is no apparent fix. Sales tax revenues for the Kansas Department of Transportation? That’s all over, and while the governor can single-handedly just not make $185 million in sales tax transfers to KDOT in the remainder of this fiscal year and next, that $185 million results in more than $553 million of projects (including federal and other funds) not being put out for bid. It’s a big week ahead, some ugly choices being made on
behalf of Kansans, and the real problem — from just operating state government, but also politically for legislators who stand for re-election this fall — is that it doesn’t appear that it will get better next year, and maybe the year after with a governor who opposes raising taxes on business. Maybe the bills that the governor will consider signing this week would seem a little less dramatic if they fixed anything but the budget shortage. If there were a plan — which probably should have been started last year or the year before — that was designed to “downsize” government, or make it more economical or streamlined, this week’s bill signings would seem a little less discouraging. But that didn’t happen, and now legislators are going to stand for re-election with not much to show their potential voters. Oh, a few bills are worth touting. You don’t have to brand sheep and goats anymore. You can finally get a way to sue a neighbor who flies drones over your backyard when you are sunbathing. A little something, but it’s like prom night dinner when your date tells you to look at the chicken dishes and stay away from the steaks. Just a little disappointing, or a lot disappointing ... We’re wondering how legislators campaign on a session with those results. Martin Hawver is the publisher of Hawver’s Capitol Report. Visit his website at www.hawvernews. com
Dead industry? RIP, you whippersnappers We all know the newspaper industry is dying — and we know this, of course, because the media and pop culture, known for their Kardashian-esque solid judgment and deeply fact-focused assertions, tells us so. Which is why my observation at the recent Kansas Press Association convention was so ironic. You would have expected that there, in the mortuary gathering of what used to be my industry, the sounds of the rattling of bones and the creaking of coffins being laid asunder would be solely and ruefully mixed with nothing but the latching of crypt lids and the fastening of rusty iron locks on ivy-covered mausoleum gates. Instead, I heard the joyful sounds of gurgling infants and the laughter of play — they were evidence of, dare I say (italic) procreation (end italic) within this industry of decay and impotence? Yes, there are children — children in the newspaper business. I’m reminded of my fellow Missourian and coiffure icon Mark Twain’s response when word circulated that he had recently succumbed — “The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” When I say “children,” I’m being almost literal. But literally speaking, they’re kids in their 20s, 30s — if you just turned 53 and have been putting pen to paper for over 30 years in this business, they seem like children. Why, our own Greg Doering from Garnett is news editor of the Manhattan Mercury; Joey Young’s just topped 30 and running the Clarion and Hillsboro papers; Tommy Felts is, I’ll bet, the first publisher of The Ottawa Herald to sport a mohawk, Travis Mounts, Jason Jump, Zach Ahrens at the Topeka Capital Journal — all of them youngsters mowing grass and taking names at newspapers in their towns.
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What gives? Don’t these kids know the party’s over? Don’t they understand the rest of the world is tweeting and snapping and surfing and posting and that nobody needs newspapers anymore? And yet, I watched them — heading to and from instructional seminars, trading stories with their contemporaries about what works at their papers and what doesn’t; talking about the “fun” of capturing a particular story or photo; the importance of telling stories about what their city council is doing; talking about being rung out by a reader over missing a story or boycotted by an advertiser because of some stance the paper took in their small town. Odd ... Why would readers or advertisers still get their britches in a knot about what the newspaper does, if the newspaper business is dead and doesn’t matter? Strange ... an industry whose obituary has been codified in the bits and bytes of popular virtualdom has a bunch — and I mean a bunch — of young people working in it who could certainly just as easily go somewhere else to some other career. Smart ones too — they have smartphones and Facebook pages and websites and snap-thingys ... all that. From Galena to Garden City; small towns and larger towns; they’re covering their communities and doing things no one else can do with the same compe-
tence and professoinalism — and audiences and advertisers are still buying. A dead industry? Note quite. Did you know more people now read more content from more newspapers than ever before? No kidding. Newspaper websites lead the world in consumed news content. The problem is that for the first 10 years of the Internet, our industry fell over backwards trying to give our product away online — and now we seem surprised to find out people would rather read it for free than pay for it. Go figure. But these young kids aren’t afraid of fixing the problem. They’re hammering out and publishing more stories faster, with better photography and even video, transforming their small town newspapers into micro media centers that combine online speed and worldwide reach with the for-the-record permanence of ink on paper; something that can’t be changed or revised or fiddled with no matter who hacks the website. It’s not all rainbows and butterflies by any stretch — we’re still in a cruddy economy and we have more competitors — just like every other business large or small. Larger papers in bigger towns have bigger problems holding revenues, and most times they’re the worst about giving away their content for free, but they’re not alone in their struggle. Everyone from Walmart to Amazon to the local pool hall is trying to find more ways to fund their survival, and newspapers are no different. But I like those odds a lot better knowing our industry is attracting and keeping young blood. Newspapers dead? All these kids think that’s greatly exaggerated. Dane Hicks, is president of Garnett Publishing, Inc. Email him at dhicks@garnett-ks.com
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ABOVE: Sydnee Krueger, student activities coordinator and Patty Hall apartments manager for Ottawa University, receives her Master of Arts in Education at OU’s 151st commencement Saturday morning at Fredrikson Chapel on the OU campus, 1001 S. Cedar St., Ottawa.
Photos by John Hawks/ The Ottawa Herald ABOVE: Soon-to-be-graduates practice their simultaneous handshaking and diploma-holding moves during the processional of Ottawa University’s 151st commencement Saturday morning at Fredrikson Chapel on the OU campus, 1001 S. Cedar St., Ottawa.
BRAVES: ‘I’ve tried school in the past, but this online program, it engaged me’ (Continued from Page 1)
Bush has had a good experience in the military, he said, but met educational obstacles that hindered his upward advancement. “I’d escalated up the scale and obtained my highest level of respiratory [certification] … I just knew I wanted to do more. I wanted more autonomy, to make more decisions,” he said. “I chose to try and do a Physician’s Assistant program.” After applying several times and being placed on the alternate list, Bush knew he needed a degree to boost his chances, he said, not only in the military but beyond.
“I always knew that obtaining this degree would be beneficial. It opens up more doors that I can apply for civilian programs, because most of the programs I had investigated, you have to have a bachelor’s,” he said. Bush heard of Ottawa University through some of his coworkers, he said. After making the decision to enroll in spring 2014, Bush found a much better online learning experience than in the traditional classroom, he said. “I’ve tried school in the past, but this online program, it engaged me a lot more. I was having to read more, having to get into the threads of [collaboration] with my classmates,” Bush
said, noting that the larger opportunity for contribution to his classes was appealing. “When I was in the classroom, I could learn the information, but hardly contribute. This forced me to contribute a lot more,” he said. “I thought, ‘Man, I’ve got to be getting old because I’ve got more to talk about.’” Bush brought his whole family to witness the graduation ceremony, he said, including his three children. “Education is very important to our family. To see a milestone like this, I want to be able to share this with them. They’re young right now, and this might inspire them to fulfill their goals. I feel like this is a great adven-
ture for them.” For anyone thinking of trying online education for themselves, Bush had advice and encouragement. “I would tell them, they can do it, as long as you stay dedicated.” he said. “Try it out by taking one class, see how you like it, get your computer skills up. If they aren’t familiar with writing papers and things like that, there are a lot of tools that can assist them.” Though he is looking at master’s programs and considering pursuing a doctorate in the future, for now, he is simply happy to have reached his goal. “It’s breathtaking for me. I’m finally here”
OHS: Students, principal speak about moving on to new beginnings (Continued from Page 1)
“If we only dreamed within the constraints of what is real, then is it really dreaming at all?” he said. Sanford, who spoke first, said while she knows challenging times are ahead, it’s worth the fight. She recalled words she interpreted as life advice from trigonometry teacher Chuck Tilman, who responded to a student suggesting the class quit working on a difficult assignment for the day. “No, you do not get to give up in life just because things get hard,” Sanford said, quoting her teacher. “You find a new way to solve the problem and you keep going.” “I don’t think that Mr. Tilman thought he was giving insight to a bunch of tired teenagers and we certainly did not become math enthusiasts overnight, but this lesson stayed with me in particular for a long time because this is one of the lessons that is worth carrying with us no matter what we do next.” Mistakes were inevitable, Sanford said, mentioning procrastination on projects and neglect of library fees. “But what’s really important isn’t that we made these mistakes or had these experiences, but rather that we choose to learn from them,” she said. Whether her peers are headed to a four year university, community college, technical training, the military or the workforce, she encouraged them to change their world for the better. “Class of 2016, I wish
you much more than luck in life,” Sanford said. The hour-long ceremony continued with the presentation of honors students, followed by all seniors walking across the stage. Their families clapped, shouted and craned to take photographs. The final speaker of the evening, before singing the high school’s Photos by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald alma mater, was principal Ryan Cobbs. ABOVE: Dakota Tucker addresses the packed bleachers “Four years ago we at Steve Grogan Stadium Saturday evening during the came together as a group Ottawa High School graduation ceremony. “They didn’t of students with uncer- tell me there’d be this many people here,” Tucker joked at tainty about what life at the beginning of his speech. OHS would be like and a brand new principal trying to find his way,” Cobbs said. “Today it is only fitting that those of us who came in together get to walk away together.” Cobbs will begin his new post as the school district’s assistant superintendent July 1. “Each and every one of you is getting ready to start a journey, one that will change you forever,” he said. “That journey is life. Some of you have already start- ABOVE: Beau Lynch gets a hug after Saturday evening’s ed, some of you can’t Ottawa High School graduation ceremony at Steve Growait to start and some gan Stadium, 1120 S. Ash St., Ottawa. of you are scared to death.” He left his students by inspiring them to draw their own maps to greatness. The 2016 senior class gift also was announced: a $1,500 donation for a statue at the front of the school to complement the renovations beginning October. Amelia Arvesen is a Herald staff writer. Email her at aarvesen@ottawaherald.com. Follow her on Twitter at @AmeliaArvesen. ABOVE: Serenity Elser fist pumps towards the crowd while being recognized as gradutating with cum laude honors Saturday evening at Steve Grogan Stadium.
ABOVE: Allison Sanford smiles at her classmates during her graduation speech Saturday evening at Steve Grogan Stadium.
ABOVE: Makayla Zeeck makes a face for a picture from the audience as she walks across stage to receive her diploma Saturday evening during the Ottawa High School graduation ceremony.
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Son wants to peek into mysterious envelope DEAR Readers: I’ve stepped away from my column for a week while I put the finishing touches on my new book, which will be published in the fall. Please enjoy these “Best Of” columns in my absence. I’ll be back with your fresh questions and answers next week. DEAR AMY: About 18 months ago, my mother handed me an envelope marked: “Open Upon My Death.” While it seemed consistent with her penchant for high drama, I didn’t think much of it and put it away in a drawer. I recently came across the envelope, and it has been gnawing at me. I have not had the best relationship with my mother, but I maintain that I have been a good son. She has been hard on me, at times cruel. That is not just my perception. It is pretty much universally agreed upon by my family. I have tried to talk with my parents, but they prefer to let sleeping dogs lie. The funeral arrangements for both my parents have been worked out. They had me sit with them at a funeral home a few years back. They even have written their obituaries. I doubt the letter has anything to do with arrangements. I now have the very real feeling that the letter might be her final drop-kick to me
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after she’s gone. It would be especially hurtful, because I would have to deal with it for the rest of my life. I have been debating opening the letter, visiting a therapist to get an opinion, or asking my mother about the contents. I doubt that the last choice would do much good. They are in their 80s, and this might be too much to confront them with. I have promised myself that I can hold my head high whatever it says, although that might be difficult. I am inclined to open the letter in front of her, but I run the risk of isolation. What should I do? — Torn (Over) Letter DEAR Torn: You have the right to your own peace of mind. Your parents could have chosen to leave the letter in their home, with their lawyer or in a safedeposit box; their choice to leave this with you as a ticking time bomb is like something out of a Dickens novel. Find a therapist. My instinct is that you should either go
ahead and read the letter, or bring it to your parents and ask them directly about its contents. But you should do so only if you are convinced that you can handle the consequences without much help from them. Obviously, this letter could contain some fairly benign issues. If, however, it does disclose some sort of bombshell, you will then have to decide whether to confront your parents about its contents. This would be much easier to navigate with the support of a counselor. — February 2007 DEAR AMY: I am the nanny of two 10-year-old girls this summer, and I am concerned with comments they have made about their looks. Both are normalsize, healthy girls with regular bodies, but I have heard them say how fat they think they are at least five or six times. One time one girl complained about her “big belly,” and the other said, “I need to work out soooo bad; I’m so fat.” Amy, these girls are 10! I always tell them that they are beautiful girls and are a healthy size. I am wondering if this is the proper way to handle this kind of talk, or what I could possibly do to make these girls believe that they are not fat. I do not want them to suffer the same
self-esteem issues so many women (including myself) face. — Wondering in Illinois DEAR Wondering: You are right to be concerned about this, and you are responding to these girls just as you should. You can help further by exposing them to positive girl role models, rather than the stick-insect pop tarts and cultural “icons” currently in vogue. If your summer charges haven’t yet started the “Harry Potter” books, now would be a good time to read J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” (1998, Scholastic) with them. The Hermione character is one that any 10-year-old girl should emulate. Adolescent girls should be encouraged to be smart and creative problem-solvers, not miniature workout queens. Obviously, let a parent know what you’re observing. Unfortunately, the girls might be re-creating talk that they hear at home. Emphasize that the content of their character is always going to be the most important thing to you. They’re watching and learning from you all the time they’re with you. — July, 2007 Email Amy Dickinson at askamy@ tribune.com, follow her on Twitter @askingamy or “like” her on Facebook.
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Credit card gets new deal Dear Heloise: I recently lost a credit card and I closed the account. This card had several prearranged payments automatically deducted each month. I had to call each company and advise it of the new credit-card number, which is quite time-consuming. To avoid this hassle in the future, I have designated a specific credit card to be used solely for automatic payments, and I leave it at home in a secure place. — Gloria W., via email Gloria, it can be a real hassle to go through this. I have a card that I use only for online purchases. Your hint is a good one. Keep another card to use only for automatic payments, and don’t carry it with you. — Heloise Dear Heloise: After fumbling around on my key fob for the store scan tag again (Heloise here: the little plastic, key-chain-size cards for customer rewards or loyalty programs), I unloaded the key ring and loaded all the tags facing the same direction and in alphabetical order. So much easier now to find the correct store’s tag! — Allison C., via email Dear Heloise: When I moved to Texas, I discovered my local practice of “community pans” or “pass it forward pans” (pif-pans) was unknown here. The hint is to save on disposable dishware. When taking a dish where it is inconvenient to get the dish back, use a dish you don’t want back. The recipient then uses it when he or she is taking food to someone. We had several pifpans circulating in our former neighborhood. I pick up generic baking dishes and pans at yard sales and thrift shops. They usually don’t cost any more than a one-use aluminum-foil pan, and they can be passed along again and again. And it’s fun when a pif-pan you put into circulation finds its way back to you with a casserole in it! — Heidi I., Fort Worth, Texas Heidi, I love it! I, too, have some “don’t need back” pans and casserole dishes. However, I love the idea that your pif-pan came back home! — Heloise
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Dear Readers: Today’s sound off is about caulk or silicone waste. A reader wrote: “As homeowners for many years, we’re always doing some kind of fixing of something. Every year there’s a trip to the hardware store for caulk or silicone. It gets used and capped for the small odd job and then stored on a shelf for the next job. “But every time we go to use it, it’s dried up, so we throw it away (waste of money). Back to the hardware store (waste of time). Why can’t they produce a half-size cartridge to fit our
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standard caulk guns?” — Bruce and Diane B. in New York I feel your pain, and you are not alone. I found many “minicaulking” guns on the Internet. Spend a little time, and I think you will find what you are looking for. Also, visit a local “mom and pop” hardware store, and I bet they can help you. There are many hints to prolong the life once the cartridge is opened. There are a lot of variables: When is the next job? Where to store it? Some hints to consider: Wait until you have multiple jobs. Check with neighbors to see if they could use your leftovers. Finally, see about donating unused portions to onsite builders or the Habitat builders. — Heloise Dear Heloise: I tried your recent hint on using baby shampoo to remove eye makeup. The shampoo didn’t begin to remove the makeup. It doesn’t work on mascara or eyeliner. However, for years I’ve used baby oil (which is just mineral oil), and it removes every trace easily. — Linda C., via email Linda, are you wearing waterproof mascara and eyeliner? Instead of a half-and-half solution, use undiluted baby shampoo. Yes, baby oil or mineral oil does work, but if you wear contacts, remove them first. Thanks for writing. — Heloise Dear Heloise: I use wooden cutting boards. What’s the best way to remove any odors that might be lingering before I put them away? I feel like you’d be the best “goto” person for this! I use many of your hints that have been printed in our Houston paper. Thanks, and keep them coming! — Victoria M. in Houston Thank you for your letter, Victoria! The best way to remove smells like onion or garlic from wooden cutting boards is to sprinkle the board with salt and rub the surface with a cut lemon or lime. Let sit 10-15 minutes, then wash with warm, soapy water and air-dry. — Heloise Send a money-saving or timesaving hint to Heloise, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 782795000, or you can fax it to (210) 435-6473 or e-mail it to Heloise@Heloise.com. I can’t answer your letter personally but will use the best hints received in my column.
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Ottawa track breaks school, KCAC records By The Herald Staff
WICHITA — The Ottawa University track teams had two KCAC champions, broke two school records and set a meet record in the seasonending KCAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Thursday and Friday in Wichita. Sophomore Bryanna Music was a KCAC champion in the hammer throw and shot put. She broke her own KCAC mark and tied her school re-
cord in the hammer throw. Tyler Hooks paced the men by taking second in the hammer throw and bettering his school record. Hooks also earned KCAC honors in the discus (seventh) and in the shot put (sixth). The top eight individuals received All-KCAC honors. The women finished sixth, while the men were ninth. The women’s 3,200 relay finished sixth. The 400 relay took fifth. Jordan Calderwood took
Strawn sets two school records By The Herald Staff
WELLSVILLE — Wellsville High School seniors Zach Strawn and Bryce Smith had top performances in their final home track meet Friday in the Redbud Classic. Strawn set two school records while Smith set a personal-best mark and placed in two field events. Those two athletes paced the Wellsville boys to fourth place with 45 points. Strawn set a school record in the 400-meter race and tied the 200 mark. He won both races. Strawn has the top time in 3A in the 400. Last season, he was the state runner-up in the event. Smith won the discus with his best performance of his career and took sixth in the shot put.
third in the (1,500) and fourth in the 800. Chisholm Branscum was fifth in the 800. Alicia Johnston-Merriman tied for fourth in the pole vault. Laura Yancey finished third in the javelin. Sarah Dains took fifth in the 400. The men’s 3,200 relay finished eighth. Zach Smith placed fourth in the men’s javelin. Brendan Barnes was eighth in the 400.
Yancey (javelin), Music (shot put/hammer) and Calderwood (marathon) will compete in the 2016 NAIA national meet starting May 25 in Gulf Shore, Alabama.
Women Hammer throw — 1, Music, 173-7 (KCAC, school record). Shot put — 1, 44-0.75. Javelin — 3, Yancey, 134-2; 9, Hasenkamp, 100-4. Pole vault — 4, Johnston-Merriman, 9-0.25. 3,200 relay — 6, OU (Calderwood, Branscum, Walker, Hill), 10:03. 400 relay — 5, OU (Johnston-Merri-
man, Wood, Campbell, Dains), 51.86. 1,600 relay — 8, OU (Branscum, Calderwood, Hill, Walker), 4:20. 1,500 — 3, Calderwood, 5:09. 800 — 4, Calderwood, 2:23; 5, Branscum, 2:26. 400 — 5, Dains, 1:00. Men Hammer throw — 2, Hooks, 148-5 (school record). Discus — 7, Hooks, 125-3. Shot put — 6, Hooks, 45-7.75. Javelin — 4, Smith, 171-5. 3,200 relay — 8, OU (Smith, Knigge, Siegle, Krueger), 8:22. 400 — 8, Barnes, 55.34. 1,600 relay — 9, OU (Krueger, Siegle, Smith, Knigge), 3:37.
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Caleb Pearson took second in the pole vault. Senior Sadie LaMay led the girls as she placed in three events (100, shot put and 400 relay). Sophomore Grace Newhouse scored in two events. Wellsville competes Thursday in the Pioneer League meet in Garnett.
Boys Shot put — 6, B. Smith, 48-0. Discus — 1, B. Smith, 154-8. Long jump — 4, See, 19-8; 5, Hosford, 19-6. Pole vault — 2, Pearson, 12-6. 400 — 1, Strawn, 49.31 (school record). 200 — 1, Strawn, 22.35 (tied school record). Throwers relay — 4 Well (T. Smith, B. Smith, Purdham, Savage), 51.28. Girls 100 — 4, LaMay, 13.1. Shot put — 4, LaMay, 35-9; 5, Newhouse, 35-4. Javelin — 4, Newhouse, 10810. Discus — 4, Baska, 98-4. 400 relay — 3, Well (LaMay, Manes, Graniewski, Hudson, 52.82. Photo by Greg Mast/The Ottawa Herald
Duos pace OHS at Piper meet By The Herald Staff
OVERLAND PARK — Ottawa High School’s Brock Reed and Blake Jensen along with Seth French and Kasey Spigle have battled each other in their events all season. Those duos gave Ottawa top finishes in the shot put, discus and 800-meter events Friday in the Piper Invitational. French won the 800, just ahead of Spigle. Reed finished second in the shot put and discus, while Jensen was fourth and third.
Ottawa competes Thursday in the Pioneer League meet at De Soto.
Boys 400 — 3, Jackson, 53.16. 800 — 1, French, 2:03; 2, Spigle, 2:04. 1,600 — 5, Lutz, 4:48. 110 hurdles — 7, Bellinger, 17.94. 400 relay — 3, Ottawa, 45.99. 1,600 relay — 3, Ottawa, 3:36. Pole vault — 6, Smith, 9-0. Shot put — 2, Reed, 49-10; 4, Jensen, 42-8. Discus — 2, Reed, 134-10; 3, Jensen, 124-7. Girls Long jump — 7, Ferguson, 145.25. Triple jump — 5, Lane, 3010.25.
Falcon boys golf finishes second By The Herald Staff
The West Franklin High School boys golf squad had three place in the top nine Friday to pace the Falcons to a runner-up finish at Lamont Hill in the home tournament. West Franklin shot a
348 for the second-place finish. Austin Gilkey took second with an 82. Cody Renfro had an 88 to finish eighth. Nick Streeter took ninth with an 89. Others were Andy Welton, 89; Wyatt Lamson, 91, and Colin Downey, 91.
Ottawa High School freshman outfielder Allina Kerns puts down a sacrifice bunt in last week’s sweep of Louisburg in Ottawa. The Cyclones close out the regular season 4:30 p.m. today at Paola.
Miller heads to NJCAA meet By The Herald Staff
IOLA — It has been a whirlwind two years for former Ottawa High School track standout Aaron Miller at Allen County Community College. The Wichita State University signee ends his ACCC career
May 17-19 at the NJCAA meet in Levelland, Texas. Miller is part of two school records. He owns the 800-meter mark at 1: 53.18 minutes, which ranks in the top five in the nation. He also anchors the 3,200 relay, which owns the top time in
the nation at 7:35.79. The 800 relay finished third at indoor nationals. Miller was selected the 2016 Most Valuable Athlete for the men’s track team. He was the athlete of the month for March.
Middle school track Ottawa Middle School Frontier League Eighth grade Boys (10 points, ninth) Discus — 6, Elias White, 118-5.5. Sprint medley — 3, OMS (Peyton Lee, Cordell Gardenhire, Jayden Porter, Daidrien Aho), 1:58.27. 400 — 7, Aho, 58.65. 200 — 7, Aho, 27.1. Eighth grade girls (29 points, eighth) 800 — 7, Samantha, 3:00. 1,600 — 6, Ainsley Curry, 6:41. 400 relay — 5, OMS (Jessica Krueger, Kristen Shaffer, Olivia Bayer, Alexis williams), 57.03. 800 relay — 2, OMS (Krueger, Bayer, Isabelle McCarty, Williams), 2:03.05. Medley relay — 3, OMS (Williams, Shaffer, Victoria Velez, McCarty), 2:09.82. High jump — 7, Shaffer, 4-4. Long jump — 5, Shaffer, 14-9; 7, Velez, 14-2.5. Shot put — 4, Theresa Bruna, 34-4. Seventh grade girls (42 points, sixth) 100 — 1, Summer Spigle, 13.4. 200 — 1, Spigle, 28.3. 400 — 2, Spigle, 1:05.05. 400 relay — 7, OMS (Hannah Leadbetter, Maddison Soman, Madison Brooks, Savannah Sims), 59.72. 800 relay — 5, OMS (Leadbetter, Lynd-
say Ware, Brooks, Sims), 2:10.23. Medley relay — 4, OMS (Ware, Brooks, Leadbetter, Spigle), 2:14.91 Shot put — 4, Jaine Johnson, 30-4. Discus — 6, Johnson, 72-6. Seventh grade boys (53 points, fifth) 100 — 4, Dante Jung, 13.55. 400 — 7, Ethan Janssen, 1:03.46. 800 — 4, Toby McCurdy, 2:33.; 6, Josiah Jahn, 2:39. 1,600 — 3, Jahn, 5:21. 400 relay — 7, OMS (McCurdy, Janssen, Matthew Powell, Michael Hartley), 56.46. Medley relay — 2, OMS (Powell, Harley, Jung, McCurdy), 2:01.42. Long jump — 1, Jung, 17-9.5 (Seventh grade boys record) Shot put — 4, John Gorton, 33-5. Discus — 1, Nikolas Reimer, 114-6; 5, Gorton, 92-0. Wellsville Middle School Pioneer League Seventh grade girls (92 points, second) 100 — 6, Reese, 14.31. 200 — 2, Ogden, 29.46. 400 — 1, McDaniel, 1:07; 5, Ross, 1:16. 800 — 2, Troutman, 2:58; 4, Overman, 3:10. 1,600 — 1, McDaniel, 6:00; 6, Ross, 6:51. 100 hurdles — 2, Ogden, 17.95; 6, Re-
ese, 19.38. 800 relay — 1, WMS (Reese, Ogden, Troutman, McDaniel), 2:03. Medley relay — 6, WMS (Troutman, Doles, Reese, Overman), 2:19. Long jump — 1 Ogden, 14-1.25; 4, McDaniel, 13-6. High jump — 2, Troutman, 4-2. Discus — 4, Chapman, 71-7.5. Shot put — 5, Doles, 29-2.5. Eighth grade girls (91 points, third) 100 — 3, Winters, 14.15. 200 — 4, Winters, 29.5. 400 — 2, Cunningham, 1:07; 3, Winters, 1:09. 800 — 2, Elliott, 2:52; 3, Rogers, 2:55. 1,600 — 3, Rogers, 6:23. 3,200 — 6, Martin, 16:00. 100 hurdles — 5, Elliott, 19.83; 6, McCoy, 20.79. 800 relay — 1, WMS (Rogers, Cunningham, McCoy, Winters), 2:01. Medley relay — 2, WMS (Rogers, McCarty, Cunningham, McCoy), 2:10. Pole vault — 2, Elliott, 6-0. Long jump — 4, Elliott, 13-10.5. High jump — 2, McCoy, 4-4; 5, Cunningham, 4-0. Discus — 1, Delgado, 94-7.5; 2, Ewing, 87-3. Shot put — 6, Delgado, 29-10.75.
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Eugene Field student treated to wrestling memories of a lifetime By KATE SHELTON
Photo courtesy of Chris Conner
Herald Staff Writer
Eli Conner, a first-grader at Eugene Field Elementary School, smiles after nabbing WWE’s Cesaro’s shirt at WWE Smackdown at the Sprint Center in Kansas City May 3. Conner traveled to Dallas for Wrestlemania in April but missed the event due to severe dehydration. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley heard about the incident and offered Conner ringside tickets to Smackdown.
They’d been to a handful of World Wrestling Entertainment shows before but this was one was different. It was one of WWE’s biggest nights. Wrestlemania. In Dallas. After becoming severely car sick on a taxi ride to AT&T Stadium, Eli Conner, a first grader at Eugene Field Elementary School, passed out and was rushed by ambulance to a Fort Worth hospital, two hours before the show he’d just traveled more than eight hours to see. “That was kind of our vacation we planned out for the whole year,” Chris Conner, Eli’s father, said. “We got there Friday and then Sunday was the day of the show. He woke up not feeling
too well but still wanted to push through. “There was a Walmart across the street [from the
stadium] and that’s where I went right away to get him some water. At this point, I was thinking ‘Just
forget it. He’s not feeling well.’ I could tell. He was pale as a ghost. We ran inside and I was carrying him and that’s when he threw up one more time and looked at me and ...his eyes rolled back in his head and it was scary.” See WWE, Page 10
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Statistics Temperatures Friday’s high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Friday’s low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Friday’s record high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88, 1916 Friday’s record low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 1944 Saturday’s high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Saturday’s low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Saturday’s record high . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92, 1934 Saturday’s record low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31, 1989 Sunday’s high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Sunday’s low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Sunday’s record high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92, 1918 Sunday’s record low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33, 1917 Precipitation Precipitation 7 a.m. Mon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.52 Friday’s record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.90, 1998 Saturday’s record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.66, 2007 Sunday’s record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.60, 1940 Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.52 Monthly average .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.43 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.59 Sunrise/Sunset Sunset Tonight . . . . . . . . . . . . Sunrise Wednesday . . . . . . . . . Sunset Wednesday . . . . . . . . Sunrise Thursday . . . . . . . . . . . Sunset Thursday . . . . . . . . . . .
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Custard, steakburgers added to Ottawa’s menu Photo by John Hawks/The Ottawa Herald
Freddy’s employee Adam Rasdall points Jeff Wiedner, Ottawa, toward the ketchup while a cardboard cutout of the restaurant chain founders’ father Freddy Simon gives a smiling thumbs up in the background at Freddy’s’ “soft opening” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at 2121 S Princeton St., Ottawa. Patrons were treated to free food at the soft opening a day before the restaurant’s regular opening today. “It’s an opportunity for us to practice our service on our new neighbors in Ottawa, while giving them a taste of what Freddy’s is bringing to the city,” Valerie Faust, director of social media and project development at Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, said.
Coming events Tuesday, May 10 ■■VFW Bingo: 7-9:15 p.m., VFW Post No. 5901 Ottawa, 3599 Old U.S. 59, Ottawa.
A’Kiyrah, age 8
Wednesday, May 11 ■■Sillet & Watson Country Music: 11 a.m.- noon, Ottawa Senior Center, 130 S. Main St., Ottawa.
A’Kiyrah is an active child who loves being around her friends. She loves to be active by dancing and participating in gymnastics. In fact A’Kiyrah can do back flips and keep up with the best of them. Her favorite class in school is Art; with painting being a favorite activity. A’Kiyrah also enjoys reading and considers it to be something she is really good at. She is also proud of being in the Nutcracker play in the past. A’Kiryah takes pride in working hard and earns an allowance. She would do well in a family that has time to spend with her, is patient and willing to give all the love and support she needs. To learn more about adoption visit www.adoptkskids.org or call 877-457-5430. A’Kiyrah’s case number is: CH-6577.
■■Grief Share Group: 6:30-8 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 203 E. Fourth St., Ottawa. ■■Rural Water District No. 4 Board Meeting: 7-8 p.m., Rural Water Dist. 4 Franklin County, 1506 Old Highway 50, Williamsburg.
Thursday, May 12 ■■Arlene Butts Piano: 11 a.m.noon, Ottawa Senior Center, 130 S. Main St., Ottawa. ■■Rimfire Accuracy
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OHS student scores an ‘impromptu’ victory By JOHN HAWKS Herald Staff Writer
Ottawa High School senior Allie Sanford wouldn’t have seen herself competing in the forensics impromptu speaking two years ago. “I did not want to do impromptu speaking, but I was not going to have time to do another event, and Ms. Flax made me, two years ago,” Sanford said. “I got first place at that tournament.” But today, she stands as a 4A KSHSAA state forensics champion, the first forensics champion OHS has seen in recent memory. “Mr. Graf [assistant principal, OHS] said he thought [I] was the first,” Sanford said of her forensics state championship. The daughter of Jarrod and Margret Sanford, the unassuming four-year veteran of forensics competitions celebrated an underdog victory at the state tournament last Saturday. Barely qualifying for state with a second place win in Iola in early February and sitting seventh place going into the semi-final round of the state tournament, Sanford was nobody’s pick to win. Angie Flax, OHS language arts instructor and forensics coach, explained the unusual nature of Sanford’s win. “Your scores all day long are cumulative. She was sitting seventh in the semifinals, so she moved two spots to get into finals,” Flax said. “You don’t typically see movement like that. “Going into finals she was sitting fifth place. That’s,” Flax said, pausing, “That’s almost, I would say, impossible, to move from fifth up to first place.” Sanford had a bitter loss fueling her desire to win, though. “I had gotten really close to being the state champion in impromptu two years ago,” she said. “I was runner up.” On Saturday, the time came for Sanford to draw her topic and prepare her speech. “When you draw a topic that you identify with well, putting the speech together isn’t a
Did you know? Forensics tournaments are structured in the order of three preliminary rounds and one final round, with only the top six competitors of the three preliminary rounds advancing to the finals round. For each round, competitors draw three topics and select one, and are given five minutes to prepare a five-minute speech over the topic to present before judges, using no supporting materials.
Photo by John Hawks/The Ottawa Herald
Allie Sanford poses inside Ottawa High School last week in front of a forensics display. Sanford is the first forensics champion Ottawa High School has seen in recent memory, and possibly the first ever, according to several school officials.
Photo courtesy of Angie Flax, USD 290
Allie Sanford, wearing a purple dress, stands with fellow competitors moments before her impromptu speaking championship win is announced at the 4A KSHSAA state forensics tournament April 30 at Washburn Rural High School, 5900 SW 61st St., Topeka. problem. The part that people would think would be difficult is actually not the difficult part,” she said. “The hardest part, I think, is getting the
courage [to go], because you get to choose when you want to go. Trying to get the courage to go and start the timer, that’s the hardest part.”
Sanford drew the topic “reality TV,” she said. “Which was absolutely … you’ve got to understand, she has this crazy, weird fascination with the show ‘Survivor,’ and she somehow tries to work that into everything that she does,” said Flax, noting Sanford even included the reality TV series in a formal class research paper. “So when her ballot came in for finals, and I looked down and saw her topic, I’m like ‘you’ve got to be kidding me.’ There are three judges in the final round, and she literally got a perfect score, one, one, one,” Flax said. “I think what set me apart from second place … [second place] gave a speech that was very inspirational, very deep; it was about his family coming from China,” Sanford said. “I tried to also give a moving speech, but I made [the judg-
es] laugh to start off with. I think making them laugh put them at ease.” Sanford explained impromptu speaking is often looked down on in the world of forensics. As competitors memorize nothing beforehand, speakers in other disciplines see impromptu as easier than other competitions. “People think is not as challenging. Obviously, once you get to the state level you see that it is very difficult and very pressured,” she said. “[I] think it’s the most amazing event in forensics. In five minutes, you can empower an entire room of people, or you can lose it all. That pressure, and the power of what five minutes can do, is why we keep coming back to doing impromptu.” Though she is set on attending the University of Kansas, which lacks a forensics program, Sanford got to deliver one last speech Saturday evening at Ottawa High School’s graduation ceremony. In the days leading up to the graduation speech, Sanford assured everyone she planned to prepare words before taking the stage. “This has been a whole thing, I’ve been warned that I cannot stray off-script.”
WWE: Phone call from wrestler most memorable moment, student says (Continued from Page 9)
After being pumped with fluids through an IV, Eli was released eight hours later, and the Conners were headed back to Ottawa without seeing the crown jewel of their trip. But that wasn’t the end. About a week later, Eli got a phone call from someone he never expected. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley was on the line. Foley heard what happened in Dallas after another WWE wrestler, Titus O’Neil, gave Eli a Twitter shoutout saying, “Prayers are up for this little guy! Stay strong, keep fighting and keep the faith!” Foley called to check up on Eli to make sure he was feeling better and Eli was starstruck, Chris said. The two talked about the history of wrestling in Kansas City and their favorite matches of all time, Eli said. “I said Mick Foley versus Randy Orton was my favorite match of all time,” Eli said describing a 2004 match. “He said that was his favorite match and Randy Orton’s. “He [also] said he would get us some tickets for Smackdown.” And the tickets were “really good,” Eli said. On May 3, Chris and Eli went to WWE Smack-
More wwe recognition In addition to the phone call from Mick Foley, the Twitter shoutout from Titus O’Neil and ringside tickets to WWE Smackdown in Kansas City, Eli also got to meet a Kansas City painter, Rob Schamberger, who paints WWE portraits and has his own show, Canvas 2 Canvas, on the WWE Network. “He heard about the story and he messaged me on Facebook and invited me and my son to his studio in Kansas City and he hooked Eli and I up with a bunch of artwork,” Chris Conner said as Eli pulled out a white folder full of portraits. “He heard about it and said he was real sorry about what happened.” Eli has portraits of many different wrestlers including Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, Hulk Hogan, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar and Chris Jericho.
that at all, but to show that they care, too,” Chris said. “This is something he’s passionate about. To see that they care and doing this was awesome. You can’t really put a price tag on that.” Out of everything that has happened in the past month, Eli said the phone call from Foley
was the most memorable part “Because Mick Foley, he was one of my favorite wrestlers.” “We got a lot of memories now, man,” Chris said to Eli. Kate Shelton is a Herald staff writer. Email her at kshelton@ottawaherald.com Follow her on Twitter at @kshelton323
Photo courtesy of Chris Conner
Eli Conner, a first-grader at Eugene Field Elementary School, poses with WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns May 3 during WWE Smackdown at the Sprint Center in Kansas City. Eli and his father, Chris, were gifted ringside seats from WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley after Eli passed out hours before Dallas’ Wrestlemania he traveled to see. Reigns is Eli’s favorite wrestler.
down at Kansas City’s Sprint Center, where Foley hooked them up with front-row, floor seats for the father-son
duo to see some of the biggest stars up close. During the show, Eli was able to get pictures with some of the wres-
tlers and also nabbed Cesaro’s shirt he threw into the crowd, Chris said. “I think the coolest thing about all of this is with him, he cares so much about wrestling and the fact that they were kind of able to return the favor, because they didn’t have to do
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Anderson County Hospital, Saint Luke's Health System Registered Nurse Position in our Med/Surg department on night shift available.
Apply online at www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org/jobs We Hire Only Non-Tobacco Users. EOE. Help Wanted COF Training Services, Inc., A non-profit organization providing services to individuals with disabilities, is seeking a full time Residential Clerk in our Ottawa Office. Applicants should have an interest in working with individuals with disabilities. A good driving record, valid Kansas drivers license and a high school diploma/GED are required. Must be able to pass background checks. CNA/CMA preferred. COF offers competitive wages and excellent benefits to include medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, KPERS, paid holidays and paid time off. Apply at: 1516 N. Davis Ave., Ottawa, KS 66067 COF is a drug free and tobacco free workplace. Pre-employment and random drug/alcohol testing is required. To learn more about COF Training Services, please visit our website: www.cofts.org. Equal Opportunity Employer.
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ECKAN is accepting applications for Director of Planning
This position in located at the ECKAN Central office in Ottawa, Kansas. The Director of Planning coordinates agency activities related to grant proposals and project development. BA degree in public administration, business or the social sciences. Salary plus agency benefits. A complete job description and applica tion is available at www.eckan.org (job listings) 785-242-7450, ext. 7100. EOE/MFHV Help Wanted ECKAN is seeking to hire a part-time
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MACHINE OPERATORS ORDER ENTRY CLERK
Stouse, Inc., a specialty printing company in the Gardner area listed as one of the Top 20 Area Manufacturers, is looking to fill full time positions with energetic individuals. Machine Operators: We will train aggressive self-starters with machine experience or individuals looking for a new career. The position requires a minimum of a high school diploma, some college a plus. Order Entry Clerk: We are looking for candidates experienced in Microsoft Windows environment in data entry process. This position requires good organization, communication skills, and ability to work in a busy office. High school graduate a must, some college a plus and 2 years experience in office setting. We offer a competitive benefit and wage package which includes profit sharing.
Call Fran or Pete (913) 764-5757 or send your resume to: pmadrigal@stouse.com
Stouse, Inc.
Human Resources Dept. 300 New Century Parkway New Century, KS 66031 Drug Free/EEO Employer
Legal Notices (First Published May 5, 2016) (Last Published May 10, 2016) To Vicki Buttel: Contents of storage unit #17, 2638 Kingman Rd., Ottawa KS will be disposed of on 5/20/16 to satisfy debt you owe of $320.
(Published May 10, 2016) BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS NOTICE OF FILING APPLICATION RE: R & D Oil, LLC., Application for a permit to authorize the injection of saltwater into the Roberson Lease located in Franklin County, Kansas. TO: All Oil and Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever concerned. You, and each of you, are hereby notified that R & D Oil, LLC. has filed an application to commence the injection of salt water into the Squirrel formation at the Roberson Lease I-1 4292 FSL 4292 FEL; located in the Sec. 8, Twp. 18, R 21E, Franklin County, Kansas, with a maximum operating pressure of 550 psig, and a maximum injection rate of 100 bbls per day. Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protest with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas. All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly. R & D Oil, LLC 36 Kings Arms Rd. Little Rock, AR 72227
Legal Notices (First Published May 3, 2016) (Last Published May 17, 2016) MILLSAP & Singer, LLC 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT The Bank of New York Mellon, Case No. 16CV46 as Trustee for CIT Mortgage Court No. Loan Trust 2007-1 Plaintiff, Title to Real vs. Estate Involved James Ferguson aka James L. Ferguson, Jane Doe, John Doe, Pursuant to and Cindy L. Ferguson, et al., K.S.A. §60 Defendants NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Franklin County, Kansas by The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee for CIT Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1, praying for foreclosure of certain real property legally described as follows: THE WEST 53 1/2 FEET OF LOTS 32, 34 AND 36, BLOCK 61, IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS PARCEL #: 087-360-0-20.22.012.00 Commonly known as 313 E 2nd Street, Ottawa, KS 66067 (“the Property”) MS174122 for a judgment against defendants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Franklin County Kansas will expire on June 13, 2016. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff. MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) By: Tiffany T. Frazier, #26544 tfrazier@msfirm.com Garrett M. Gasper, #25628 ggasper@msfirm.com Aaron M. Schuckman, #22251 aschuckman@msfirm.com 612 Spirit Dr. St. Louis, MO 63005 (636) 537-0110 (636) 537-0067 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MS 174122.353749 KJFC MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
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Students gather for Eugene ‘Field’ Day Photos by Clinton Dick/The Ottawa Herald
ABOVE: Eugene Field Elementary students have fun shaking a parachute with balls on top Monday afternoon during Field Day at the school, 720 S. Tremont Ave., Ottawa. RIGHT: Gavin Seaton, Eugene Field Elementary first grader, makes a face while passing the ball to his teammate during a game Monday afternoon at the school’s Field Day. Students rotated from classroom to classroom to enjoy an afternoon of games. Normally, the event is outside, but due to weekend rain the Field Day stayed indoors. Legal Notices
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(First Published May 3, 2016) (Last Published May 17, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS NATIONSTAR No. 2016-CV-000030 MORTGAGE LLC Div. No. PLAINTIFF -vsK.S.A. 60 BRIAN CARNEY, et. al.; Mortgage DEFENDANTS Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Franklin, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 2016-CV-000030, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the West steps of Old Court Building in the City of Ottawa in said County, on May 26, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following described real estate located in the County of Franklin, State of Kansas, to wit: THE SOUTH 17 FEET OF LOT 26 AND ALL OF LOTS 28 AND 30, IN BLOCK 11, BOWLES, SHELDON AND TOPPING'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF OTTAWA, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF Commonly known as 810 North Oak Street, Ottawa, Kansas 66067 This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Jeff Richards SHERIFF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway - Suite 418B Fairway, KS 66205 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 16-008909/jm
(First Published April 26, 2016) (Last Published May 10, 2016) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA No. 2015-CV-000125 PLAINTIFF Div. No. -vsK.S.A. 60 KAREN FLENKER, et. al.; Mortgage DEFENDANTS Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Franklin, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 2015-CV-000125, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the west steps of Old Court Building in the City of Ottawa in said County, on May 19, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following described real estate located in the County of Franklin, State of Kansas, to wit: ALL THE FOLLOWING REAL ESTATE: THE SOUTH 155 FEET OF THE E1/2 OF OUT LOT 9 ON EAST "D" STREET, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 27 FEET FOR HIGHWAY RIGHT OF WAY, IN THE CITY OF POMONA, FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT, THEREOF. Commonly known as 427 E Franklin St, Pomona, Kansas 66076 This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Jeff Richards SHERIFF OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, KANSAS SHAPIRO & KREISMAN, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 4220 Shawnee Mission Parkway Suite 418B Fairway, KS 66205 (913)831-3000 Fax No. (913)831-3320 Our File No. 15-008651/jm
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Kelly Smith directs students at Lincoln Elementary’s annual Effort Party Friday, 1102 N. Milner St., Ottawa. Students are given tickets for trying their best on state assessment tests, which they can then spend to participate at different activity stations, said Smith, who is retiring this year after 10 years of facilitating the Effort Party and 30 years of teaching.
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