8 Greeley County Republican • Tribune, Kansas • Wednesday, December 18, 2019

��������������������TEN YEARS AGODecember 16, 2009

Elementary students kicked up their heels during the finale of the annual Christmas program Wednesday evening in the auditorium.

Preschool students are Trinity Albers, Jaxson Brandl, Joseph Klassen, Evelyn Maldonado, Kashen Nelson, Robert Rayas, Valentin Villalobos, Jariath Yanez, Kaylie Bockwinkel, Carson Luebbers, Isaac Schneider, Clay smith, Julianna Tarango, and Karlyn Woelk.

The Day home on Broadway was selected as the house of the week in the Pride Committee’s Christmas decoration contest.

Honor our athletes: donate now to the Championship sign engraving.

This week’s winner in the drawing for $250 in Greeley County Bucks is Janette Crotinger.

Sub-zero weather hit Greeley County this past week with the temperatures dropping to minus 9 on Wednesday morning and minus 11 on Thursday. The high on December 8 reached only 10 degrees. The weather station reported 0.75 inches of snow and 0.06 inches of moisture Dec. 6. However, the high on Sunday was 59 degrees before another cold front dropped the temperature to 6 degrees.

The Jackrabbits took 2nd place in the Scott City tournament. They lost in the finals to Wichita Sunrise after beating Scott City 37-31 on Friday.

The Lady Rabbits took 4th place in the Scott City tournament.

Mildred Waldren and Joan Smith enjoyed refreshments and music at the Museum open house Sunday. Angie Smith Robson provided accordion music for the event.

++++TWENTY YEARS AGODecember 15, 1999

Longtime Greeley County resident Mrs. Rose Bishop passed away at Greeley County Hospital on Monday evening, December 13, 1999.

Trina Kleymann was presented a ten year certificate for her work at FSA by board member Geraldine Tuttle.

The Tribune Jackrabbit boys basketball team, coached by Matt Engel, won the consolation bracket at the Scott city tournament held Dec. 8-11.

The Jackrabbits started two seniors, Dual Schneider and Travis Peter, and three sophomores, John Krayca, Shea Stewart and Trent Peter. Coming off the bench were juniors Evan Firner, Kenton Mangan and Jarod Appelhans along with sophomore Joe Colletti.

At the Scott city Invitational Tournament held Dec. 8 - 11, the Tribune High School girls, coached by Stan Shafer, won one and lost two games for sixth place.

Playing for Tribune were seniors Kelcey Moser, Wendi Moritz, and Stephany Graham, junior Brittany

Baber, sophomores Trista Moritz, Tricia Sloan, Kellie Strutt and Candi Hoffman and freshmen Jentri Dixon and Jordan Young.

++++THIRTY YEARS AGODecember 14, 1989

The Kool Kids Choir presented a Christmas Concert December 7. Members are Jenifer Brunswig, Tabitha Fetty, Ashley Morgan, Alex Nutt, Kinsey Schneider, Cori Woelk, Mark Kingsley, Matthew Christian, Kristina Briggs, Crystal Firner, Christina Peter, Blake Allen, Robby Montoya, Nick Nemechek, Melody Beedy, Joy Briggs, Amy Govert, Skyler Olson, Allison Thon, Terra Woods, Cortlandt Ingram, Matt Seba, Ryan Thon, Lance Woods, Jennifer Haworth, Josie Martinez, Sarena Tarman, Daniel Fetty, Justin Hamann, Heath Hild, Christy Hoffman, Amy McFarlane, Kendall Shafer, Angela Smith, and Heather Stasser.

The Progressive Club enjoyed a Christmas dinner. Some of those attending were Shirley Dixon, Annalee Hampton, Kandee Klein, Adel Kail, Geri Linder, Georgia Epp, Ruth Lawson, Luella McDonald, Lois Sloan and Thelma Trigg.

Having their pictures taken with Santa on the Library lawn Saturday were Adam Miller, Kera, Denton, and Dorsey Martin, and Meagan Epp.

++++FORTY YEARS AGODecember 13, 1979

There were 37 from a variety of business houses and offices at the retail sales workshop conducted Thursday evening by Larry Hendrix, of Garden City, Southwest Kansas area specialist in community development, at the courthouse of Tribune.

Chris Hildenbrand was elected president of the Tribune Rotary club for the year 1980-81, Monday evening. He will replace Jerry Shepherd in July 1980. Additional officers chosen were Richard Vester, president-elect; Taylor Neuschwander, vice-president and program chairman; David Gailey, treasurer; and Charles Elliott, secretary.

Rabbit Tales, a page in the Greeley County Republican, written by the GCHS journalism class, featured the Greeley County Republican and staff with stories written by Kass Kuttler and pictures taken by Jennifer Vogt, in the December 13, 1979 issue.

++++FIFTY YEARS AGODecember 11, 1969Bryan Brunswig, senior

football back of Tribune, was named on the Dist. 2 all-star first team by the Topeka Daily Capital. Brad Schneider, Jackrabbit end, and Chuck Nutt, senior quarterback, made the honorable mention list.

Larry Steele of Tribune was one of six from the 567th Rotary district chosen on the group study exchange team, which will be in Japan in April and May.

The Horace Community card party will be held in the Horace Community Building Saturday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m.

Five seniors from Tribune and Principal Paul Thomas were in Manhattan, December 4, concerning the transition from high school to college at K-State University’s 18th annual principal/ counselor/ freshman conference. Seniors pictured were Lissa Rowe, Warren Kuttler, Becky Trigg, Cheryl Schmidt, and Cindy Hutchins.

Moisture, mostly in the form of snow, fell Thursday and Friday in Greeley County.

++++SIXTY YEARS AGODecember 10, 1959

The weather continued rather warm this week; 17 degrees was the low and 70, the high.

Two women’s and four men’s basketball teams played in the PTA fund-raiser, which earned over $200.

Members of Bernie Nemechek’s team were Floyd Kleymann, Irl Pierce, Dale Taylor, George Egbert, and Marion Harper. On Ben Richardson’s team were Harvey Voth, Leslie Kail, Paul Shafer, Maurice Foster, and Robert Dean Hopkins.

Mrs. Harry Trigg’s team included Shirley Lantz, Wanda Smith, Mildred Foster, Verna Harris, Hazel Woodley, Glenna Farmer and Jennie Woelk. Women on a team coached by Charles Farmer, Jr. were Margaret Moser, Joan Smith, Irma Coupland, Peggy Kleymann, Helen Kleymann, Jerry Tyrell, Joy Sawyer and Melba Monroe.

On John Shafer’s team were N. B. East, Charles Harris, Cyril Kleymann, Cy Higgins, Ernie Nemechek, Marion Harper, Ken and Virgil Beougher. The opposing team included Stanley Leaf, Lyle Griffin, Clyde Day, Scott Tyrell, Bob Troutman and Calvin B. Mitchell.

++++100 YEARS AGO December 1919

Mrs. Abner Hart resigned her school in the Pearson district, and Art Pearson has been employed to finish the term.

Robert Sleigh and Chas. Beach are scheduled to open a real estate office in Leoti.

Louisa Theresa Herzog, was born near Coldwater, November 10, 1890. She was married to Harry Ridlen, July 30, 1919. She died Dec. 10, 1919, at Great Bend, where she had undergone surgery.

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WALKED SEVENTY MILES TO FIGHT AND REMAINED TO FARM—By John R. Lenray

Gleaned from 1923 Greeley County Republican

By Nadine CheneyNov. 22, 1923--There was

to be big doin’s at Tribune. Greeley County had arrived at that point in the development of civilization where a county seat fight was necessary. T.P. Tucker was in Goodland 70 miles away. He craved to see that fight and maybe to fight some himself. That was in 1888. A county seat fight was a top liner in amusement circles in those days. Tucker preferred to be in Tribune when the show started. There was no artificial means of transportation for Tucker because he was without funds. Maybe one side or the other would supply fighting equipment when he got there, or he could have a right good time just looking on. Consequently, he strolled

over.Tucker was impressed

with the neighborhood. Tribune and Horace 2 miles west were good towns in those days and down into the early “Nineties.” He decided to stay. Barbering was his means of making a living. He opened a shop where anybody could be shaved or have his hair cut during two days a week. If a fellow cared for tonsorial work on off days he looked around town for Tucker who threw down the shovel or tied the team, according to what he was doing at the time, and led the way to his one-chair barber shop.

HELPED MOVE TOWNS—He was a good barber. Many a customer, who had been shaved in New York and Chicago, after experiencing the soothing influence of Tucker’s razor, asked why he wasted his time in a place like that. But Tucker had his eyes on

opportunities that would pay better than the best shop location on Michigan Boulevard or Fifth Avenue in the big towns.

When he came to Tribune he worked outside of barber shop hours at whatever came to hand. After a while he acquired a team and did hauling about town and during dry seasons between Tribune and Granada, Colorado, 55 miles away. The barbering business did not flourish when Tucker was away but he soon reduced the accumulated whiskers when he came back. After he was 22 years old he went to school two years. Then came the dry seasons of ’93, ’94, and ’95 folks in Horace and Tribune decided the grass looked greener around Holly, Colorado, and they moved over, 42 miles. Houses were loaded on wagons and taken along. Tucker helped in the moving.

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The Tribune Jr. High girls won games this past week against Leoti and St. Francis. On Tuesday at Tribune, the A girls won 23-20, and against St. Francis on Thursday, Dec. 12, the A girls won 18-13.

Against Leoti Jadyn Mangan hit 8 first half points from the field for a 10-6 Tribune lead. Jadyn continued her shooting with 9 in the second half for the 23-20 Tribune win.

“The girls played with so much hustle and effort against Leoti,” remarked Tribune coach Jordan Stewart. “Jadyn played really well for us and hit a high percentage of her shots, but they all played hard and really wanted to win. We were rebounding and passing the ball well and

played awesome defense! In the fourth quarter we did struggle with their press. We need to be more patient and work on getting a good inbounds pass to the open player. I was very excited for the girls to get this win!”

Against St. Francis Iliany Yanez, Jadence Stewart and Annabelle Schneider all hit from the field in the first period for a 8-6 lead. The Jackrabbits didn’t score in the second period and the game was tied 8-8 at the half.

Jadyn hit three field goals in the 3rd period and Taittum Bain and Stewart each hit one for a 18-9 lead. The Jackrabbits again went cold in the final period but managed to hold on for the 18-13 win.

Jr. High girls win against Leoti and St. FrancisJr. High Girls Box Score

Tribune “A” vs. LeotiDec. 9, 2019

Tribune— 4 10 16 23Leoti— 5 6 12 20Tribune—Name FG2 FG3 FT F TPTaittum Bain 1 0 2/0 5 2Iliany Yanez 0 0 0 0 0Jadence Stewart 1 0 1/0 1 2J. Valenzuela 0 0 0 4 0Jadyn Mangan 7 1 3/0 3 17Dani Chavez 1 0 1/0 2 2Total 10 1 7/0 15 23Leoti— Total 7 0 17/6 15 20

Jr. High Boys Box ScoreTribune “B” vs. Leoti

Dec. 9, 2019Tribune— 5 10 17 18Leoti— 4 20 30 34Tribune—Name FG2 FG3 FT F TP Sam Wright 0 0 0 0 0Joel Lira 0 0 2/0 0 0Jesus Chanez 1 3 0 2 11Logan Harris 0 0 0 1 0Eli Sherer 2 0 2/1 4 7Kevin Alvarez 0 0 0 2 0Josh Valenzuela 0 0 0 0 0Nolvin Mancia 0 0 0 1 0Total 3 3 4/1 10 18Leoti—Total 16 0 9/2 8 34

Jr. High Boys Box ScoreTribune “A” vs. Leoti

Dec. 9, 2019Tribune— 9 14 19 25Leoti— 12 16 23 36Tribune—Name FG2 FG3 FT F TPBrodey Grubb 0 4 0 1 12Bryson Bjorklund 0 0 0 1 0Max Whitham 1 0 8/4 2 6Eli Sherer 0 0 2/0 0 0Kevin Alvarez 0 0 0 2 0Kasen Felty 0 1 2/0 4 3Nolvin Mancia 0 0 0 0 0Lincoln Shafer 2 0 0 4 4Total 3 5 12/4 14 25Leoti— Total 13 1 12/7 12 36

Jr. High Boys Box ScoreTribune “A” vs. St. Francis

Dec. 12, 2019Tribune— 16 35 45 51St Francis— 0 8 12 18Tribune—Name FG2 FG3 FT F TPSam Wright 0 0 0 1 0Joel Lira 0 0 2/1 0 1Brodey Grubb 1 0 0 1 2Jesus Chanez 1 1 0 0 5Bryson Bjorklund 2 2 0 1 10Max Whitham 3 0 1/0 3 6Eli Sherer 1 0 2/0 1 2Kevin Alvarez 0 0 0 0 0Kasen Felty 2 0 2/1 1 5Nolvin Mancia 0 1 0 0 3Lincoln Shafer 4 3 0 1 17Total 14 7 7/2 9 51St. Francis— Total 5 2 5/2 6 18

Jr. High Girls Box ScoreTribune “A” vs. St. Francis

Dec. 12, 2019Tribune— 8 8 18 18St. Francis— 6 8 9 13Tribune—Name FG2 FG3 FT F TPTaittum Bain 1 0 8/1 2 3Iliany Yanez 1 0 4/1 2 3Jadence Stewart 2 0 3/0 1 4J. Valenzuela 0 0 0 2 0Jadyn Mangan 3 0 0 4 6A. Schneider 1 0 0 0 2Dani Chavez 0 0 1/0 0 0Total 8 0 16/2 11 18St. Francis— Total 6 0 5/1 14 13

The Jr. High girls - Dani Chavez, 35, Jadence Stewart, 14, Iliany Yanez, 12, Taittum Bain, 11, and Jadyn Mangan - leave the floor after their win against St. Francis.

In games this past week the Tribune Jr. High boys’ A and B teams both lost to Leoti on Monday, Dec. 9 and both teams won against St. Francis on Thursday, Dec. 12. The games were played at Tribune. The Jackrabbit A team lost to Leoti 25-36 and the B team lost 18-34. In the A game, the Tribune boys trailed 9-12 after one period of play. Brodey Grubb and Kasen Felty both hit first quarter threes. Brodey hit another 3 in the second period as Tribune pulled to within two points 14-16 at the half. With two more 3s by Grubb and 5 points by Max Whitham, Tribune trailed by 2 points with 1:20 remaining in the game, but the Indians dominated the final minute of play and won 36-25. “We didn’t shoot the ball well at all,” remarked Tribune coach Kyle Shafer. “Our defense played well, but we were only 4 of 12 from the line. The key is getting out early. If we score well the 1st quarter, our confidence soars.” In the B game Tribune led 5-4 after one period, but

the Indians controlled the rest of the game for their 34-18 win. Jesus Chanez led the Tribune scoring with 11 points and Eli Sherer scored 7. Against St. Francis, the Jackrabbit A team dominated from the start with a 16-0 first quarter lead. Lincoln Shafer hit 6 first quarter points, Max Whitham 4, Bryson Bjorklund 4 and Brodey Grubb 2. Lincoln and Bryson led the 2nd period scoring with each hitting two 3-pointers for a 35-8 lead at the half. Tribune led 45-12 after three periods before letting the second string finish the game. Shafer led the Tribune scoring with 17 points. Whitham scored 6 and Jesus Chanez and Kasen Felty both scored 5. The Jackrabbit B team dominated the Indians in their 38-11 win. Nolvin Mancia led the Jackrabbits scoring with 10 points; Joel Lira scored 9. “We played well against St Francis,” remarked coach Shafer. “It’s nice to get a win. We needed it. We did not turn the ball over much against St Francis, and we

did a lot more scoring on transition.” The Jr. High A team, which has only one 8th grader on the starting lineup is 3-5 on the season. “We will probably have the #4 seed next week in the NWKL league tournament next Thursday and Saturday at Atwood,” remarked Shafer. “With the way we have improved, we can scare some folks.”

Jr. High boys’ basketball teams lose to Leoti and win against St Francis

Bryson Bjorklund shoots a 3.