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Obituaries

• A Child’s World Day Care Center, Inc., Oskaloosa, 785-863-2161• Abate of Kansas, Inc.–Perry, 785-597-5140• Accomplished Health and Wellness, 785-608-5848• Assured Title of Northeast Kansas Oskaloosa, 785-863-2224 • Bank of McLouth, 913-796-6133• Bank of Oskaloosa, 785-863-2267• Barnett Funeral Home, 785-863-2020, www.barnettfamilyfh.com• Bernie’s–Perry, 785-597-2323• Bogard Body & Welding–McLouth, 785-331-7604, www.bogardbodyandwelding.com• Casey’s General Store–McLouth, 913-796-6173• Casey’s General Store-Oskaloosa, 785-863-2578• Casey’s General Store-Perry, 785-597-5919• Cathy’s Style Shop, 785-863-2671• City of McLouth, 913-796-6411, www.cityofmclouth.org• City of Perry. 785-597-5163• City of Oskaloosa, 785-863-2651• City of Winchester, 913-774-2922• Colonial Acres: Antiques, Guesthouse & Event

Center–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2631, www.colonialacres.info• Courtney’s, LLC–McLouth, 913-796-6198, www.courtneysllc.com• Crooked Post Winery–Ozawkie, 785-876-9990, www.crookedpostwinery.com• Dailey Ag, LLC–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2011• Daniels Excavating, LLC,–McLouth, 913-796-6388• Davis Publications, Inc., 785-863-2520• Denison State Bank, 785-484-3322• Environmental Pest Control–Perry, 785-286-2375• Exceptional Advertising Specialties, Inc.– Ozawkie, 785-484-3700, www.easpromos.com• F.W. Huston Medical Center–Winchester, 913-774-4340

Jefferson County Area Chamber of Commerce

• A Child’s World Day Care Center, Inc.,

2019 OFFICERS President – Kim Everley, City of McLouth • Vice president – Dave Taylor, Taylor Insurance • Secretary – Gigi Perry, Winchester Hardware/Monogramming

Treasurer – Stephanie Spencer, CPA, S2 Accounting & Tax Service

• First State Bank & Trust–Perry, 785-597-5151, Member FDIC

• Floors-N-More–Oskaloosa, 785-574-1500• FreeState Electric Coop–McLouth, 913-796-6111• Friends of Hospice of Jefferson County– 785-806-6668• Giant Communications, LLC, 785-362-9331• Gravel Road Goodies–Valley Falls, 785-231-7508, www.gravelroadgoodies.weebly.com• Hamm, Inc.–Perry, 785-597-5111• Harker Insurance & Real Estate– McLouth, 913-796-6614• Harwood, Paster Melinda, 785-840-8882• Highland Community College–Perry, 785-597-0127, www.highlandcc.edu• Holland Eye Clinic, PA–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2000• JCN–Winchester, USD #339, 913-774-2000• Jefferson County EDC- Honoray Member 785-403-0781• Jefferson County Historical Society, 785-863-2070• Jefferson County Home Health & Hospice– 785-403-0025• Jefferson County Humane Society, 785-945-6600• Jefferson Hill Vineyards & Guest House– 913-796-6065, www.jeffersonhillvineyard.com• Kansas Insurance–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2261• Kansas Secured Title, 785-863-2042• Kansas Spray Foam Insulation, LLC, 785-331-3626, www.kssprayfoaminsulation.com• King’s Construction–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2534• Mary’s Christmas–Festival of Trees–McLouth, 913-796-6921• Masterfarm Liquor Store, LLC–McLouth, 913-796-6168• McAfee Henderson Solutions, Inc., 785-863-2647, http://mhs-eng.com

• McLouth Auto Body, LLC, 913-796-2190• McLouth Country Harvest Apple Market, 913-796-2291• McLouth Flower Loft, 913-796-6310, www.mclouthfl owerloft.com• McLouth Kiwanis Club, 913-796-6950• McLouth Public Library–913-796-2225, http://mclouth.mykansaslibrary.org• McLouth USD #342, 913-796-2201• Midwest Concrete Materials, Inc., Lawrence/Oskaloosa, 785-843-1688• Molly Harmon Photography, 785-760-7773, www.mollyharmonphotography.com• Murrfi eld Farm–McLouth, 913-796-6213• Mutual Savings Association–Oskaloosa, 785-863-2205, www.mutualwave.com• Neil Mullikin-Edward Jones, 785-354-7180, www.edwardjones.com/neil.mullikin• Oskaloosa Animal Clinic, 785-863-3275• Oskaloosa Chiropractic, 785-863-2334 www.oskaloosachiropractic.com• Oskaloosa Lumber Company (King City Lum-

ber), 785-863-2229• Oskaloosa Rural Housing Development, Inc.,

785-863-2118

• Oskaloosa USD #341, 785-863-2539• Perry Carpet Shack, 785-597-5110• Perry-Lecompton USD #343, 785-597-5138• Perry-Lecompton Farmers Market, 785-218-7328• Perry Pride, 785-218-7328• S2 Accounting & Tax Services, LLC–Oska-

loosa, 785-863-2118• Taylor Insurance, 785-863-2631• The Center Place, 785-863-2637• The Willow Domestic Violence Center– Oskaloosa/Lawrence, 785-330-3595• Town & Country Real Estate & Auction, 785-863-3322• Winchester Hardware & Gigi's Monogramming, 913-774-4506• Winchester Public Library, 913-774-4967, www,winchesterlibrary.org

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The Board of Trustees named Deborah Fox as the 44th presi-dent of the institution after a nationwide search was com-pleted in the spring of 2019. President David Reist retired at the end of June after 38 years with Highland Community Col-lege, 17 years as president. Fox, a native of Kansas, most recently served as director of business operations and man-agement for USD 446, Indepen-dence. Previously, she served Highland Community College as the vice president of finance and operations for 14 years and as an assistant dean of regional instruction for 3 years. She holds a master of science in educational administration with an emphasis in higher education from Fort Hays State University and an MBA in gen-eral administration from Pitts-burg State University. Board of Trustee Chair Thom-as Smith said of the board’s choice, “we felt Deborah inter-acted well with the campus and its constituents. She is a great fit in the community and knows HCC having spent 14 years as Highland’s vice president of finance and operations.” Fox told HCC employees, “I am thrilled to return to HCC. I’ve been in education adminis-tration for over 25 years with 17 of those years at Highland. It’s an exciting time to be a Scottie and I am grateful to be a part of it.” “I’ve been meeting new peo-ple on campus and connecting with familiar faces. My first goal is to listen to the needs of our campuses and see how we can

HCC welcomes DeborahFox as 44th President

address those in combination with strategic goals for growth,” she said. Goals for growth include expanding the successful online and technical programs as well as continued growth on the Highland campus and regional centers. “Highland’s technical pro-grams are successful, and these are areas where job growth nationally is high. Highland is positioned to help students and employers in the region be prepared,” she said. “Retiring President Reist and his cabinet have a great strate-gic plan in place, and we’ve seen tremendous growth in our technical programs, namely at our Atchison Technical Center. Deb was here when we started forming that partnership and will be able to lead us and con-tinue that trend,” added Tom Smith, HCC BOT Chair.

Deborah Fox

Kickapoo Tribe water rights act in Congress U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – member of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs – and U.S. Rep. Steve Watkins (KS-02) recently introduced the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Agreement Act. Dating back to the 1970s, the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas has worked to achieve water secu-rity for its livelihood and that of its members. After a decade of negotiations between the tribe, state and federal entities, the state, and tribe reached a settle-ment in September 2016, deter-mining the various elements of the Tribal Water Right. The Kickapoo Tribe in Kan-sas Water Rights Settlement Agreement Act approves the tribe’s water right, establishes the administration of the right by the state as the senior water right in the Delaware River basin, and provides no funding for future water storage proj-ects. Federal law requires such settlements involving tribes to be affirmed by Congress. “I recognize and appreciate the extensive time and effort the Kickapoo tribe and the state of Kansas have committed over the past decade to reaching this agreement,” said Sen. Moran. “Last Congress, we made signif-icant progress on advancing this legislation that would finally provide Kickapoo vital water security for its reservation and residents, and I will continue working with my colleagues to get this across the finish line.” The Kickapoo reservation encompasses 30 square miles in Brown County and is comprised of 1,600 members, 400 of whom live on or near the reservation.

by Ron Wilson, DirectorHuck Boyd NationalInstitute for Rural

Development Let’s go to a retirement home in Illinois where a contractor is using a highly sensitive bed bug detection system. This system is self-propelled, 100% natural, highly accurate in detecting bed bugs, and when it’s done, it just might climb up on your lap and lick your face. This detection system is a dog. John and Jina Kugler are the founders of this business known as Bug Hounds LLC. John grew up at Lebanon where he enjoyed hunting dogs. He met Jina in school and they later married. K-State drew John and Jina to Manhattan. She studied educa-tion and became a teacher and is now a school counselor in Wamego. John is a manager of a public facility in Topeka. One day a bed bug surfaced in his facility, so he arranged for a pest control company to come clean out the problem. The company brought in a dog as a locator. “I was skeptical,” John said. After he saw the dog work suc-cessfully, he was convinced that this was a service which others could use. After lots of research, he and Jina began their own business to offer this service, called Bug Hounds LLC. “We are not exterminators, we’re locators,” John said. “How-

ever, we have expanded our locating business to include Convectex heat treatment equipment rental.” The Kuglers have trained dogs with an amazing knack for locating bed bugs by scent. Their lead dog is a beagle named Beddy with an amazing sense of smell. Beddy has 300 million olfactory receptors. The part of her brain devoted to ana-lyzing smell is 40 times that of a human. This enables Beddy to be able to smell out a bed bug at

any stage, whether egg, nymph, or adult. Bed bugs need to feed on human blood. They got their name because a bed was a great source for them to find human contact, but chairs or other personal contact items are also common hosts. In other words, bed bugs can be anywhere there are people. Bug Hounds enables anyone to locate the bed bugs for treatment. The company website de-scribes their service as “discrete and accurate bed bug location for businesses and individu-als.” “The huge advantage of the dogs is to pinpoint exactly where the bed bugs are,” Jina said. Otherwise, a person could spend thousands of dollars on wasted treatments. When assisting a customer, the Bug Hounds crew would typically go into a customer’s home or business after hours and walk the facility with a dog and a tap stick. Tapping the stick can disrupt bed bugs, causing them to emit even more scent. The dogs are trained to alert by stopping or pawing at the site of the bed bugs. These amazing dogs are 95% to 98% accurate. In some cases, Bug Hounds will contract with a place of business to do repeat, regular screenings. Bug Hounds has been hired by pest control com-panies to locate bugs, but they work with anyone. Bug Hounds serves private residences also. Having a clean house is no protection against bed bugs. The pests will go wherever there are people. “We’ve found bed bugs in cluttered houses, and we’ve found bed bugs in really nice and clean places,” John said. An adult female averages laying 500 eggs. Bug Hound’s business has taken them as far away as Illinois and Oklahoma City. Son Jayson has now joined the company, along with three more dogs. The dogs need con-stant training, which they love. “We’ve tripled our business,” John said.

John and Jina Kugler and son Jayson use dogs to find bed bugs.

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John and Jina Kugler, Bug Hounds LLC

DARLENE MARUSKA Darlene Mae Maruska, 84, formerly of Perry, died July

8, 2019, at Kelly House North in Meriden. She was born Dec. 10, 1934, in Phillip, S.D., the daughter of Ray-mond E. and Anna L. Knuth Jacobs.

She served as postmaster of the Perry Post Office for many years before her retirement. She was married to Law-rence Maruska Aug. 5, 1950, in Plattsmouth, Neb. They di-vorced. She was married to Calvin Williams in Lawrence. He preceded her in death. Survivors include one broth-er, Larry Jacobs, Boring, Ore.; a son, Michael Maruska, Os-

kaloosa; two daughters, Gail Cappella, Mantua, N.J., and Kaye Sullivan, Marstons Mills, Mass.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Douglas J. Maruska, June 14, 1975. Private burial will be at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Perry. Barnett Family Funeral Home, Oskaloosa, is assisting the fam-ily with arrangements.

ISABEL ADAMS Isabel Elizabeth (Cook) Ad-ams, 81, Meriden, passed away Saturday, July 6, 2019. She was born February 21, 1938, in Meriden, Kansas, the daughter of Perry and Ellen (Sneegas) Cook. Isabel married Eldon K. Adams on October 31, 1956, in

Topeka, KS. He survives. Other survivors include their children: Debra Adams, Chris-topher Adams (Kirsti Petesch), Amy (William “Bill”) Mitchell, Brian (Stacie) Adams and Vicki (Jason) Dressler; 15 grandchil-dren and 13 great-grandchil-dren. Funeral services were July 15 at Parker-Price Cremations, Funerals & Receptions. Burial was at Meriden Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Jefferson County Friends of 4-H or Ronald Mc-Donald House or Alzheimer’s Association all sent in care of the funeral home, 245 NW Independence Ave., Topeka, KS 66608. To read the full obituary or message for Isabel’s fam-ily, please visit www.Parker-PriceFH.com.

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