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THE DISPATCHJUNE 13, 2012 | SHAWNEE, KANSAS | VOL. 9, NO. 21

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The Shawnee Police Department and the Johnson County Sher-iff’s Office will be con-ducting a sobriety and driver’s license check-point in Shawnee from Friday evening through the early morning hours Saturday.

Motorists can expect to be briefly detoured through the check-point, which will be set up at an undisclosed location.

Anyone suspected of being intoxicated will be subject to a series of sobriety tests.

Drivers who are im-paired will be arrested.Drivers without a valid driver’s licenses will be ticketed.

Go online to shaw-needispatch.com for results of the check-point operation and other developing news stories.

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This week, the Kansas Depart-ment of Health and Environment provides tips on keeping safe while you’re swimming this summer.

Q: What sorts of dangers do we need to watch out for when swim-ming?

A: Every year, thousands of Americans get sick with recreation-al water illnesses, which are caused by germs, chemicals or harmful al-gal blooms. And nationally, every day, two children younger than the age of 14 die from drowning.

Q: What are the best ways to pro-tect against drowning?

A: First, make sure that everyone knows how to swim and older chil-dren and adults know CPR. In the water, keep swimmers safe by using life jackets for younger or weaker swimmers, and provide continuous, attentive supervision even if there is a lifeguard.

Q: If we have a pool at home, how do we keep everyone safe while

we’re not using it?A: Prevent access to the water by

installing and maintaining barriers (four-sided fencing and weight-bearing covers) and by using locks or alarms for windows and doors.

Q: What about illness? How should we protect against that?

A: Prevention requires swimmers to take an active role in protecting themselves and other swimmers. Don’t swim when you have diar-rhea; don’t swallow any water you are swimming in; shower before swimming and wash your hands after using the toilet or changing diapers.

Q: How can I make sure my kids aren’t spreading illness?

A: Parents of young children should remember to wash their children before swimming (espe-cially their rear ends), check dia-pers every 30 to 60 minutes and take your kids to the bathroom ev-ery 30 to 60 minutes.

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Wellness program to explore diabetes, hormones link

A free wellness program focusing on the link between diabetes and hormones is scheduled for noon July 18 in the KU MedWest Community Room, 7405 Renner Road.

Dr. Kurt Midyett of the University of Kansas Hospital will lead the program, “How Hormones Affect Diabetes.” Regis-tration is required.

To make a reservation or obtain more information about this and other well-ness programs offered by The University of Kansas Hospital, call 913-588-1227 or visit www.kumed.com/bewell.

SM North junior placesthird in yearbook contest

Shawnee Mission North High School junior Kristin Enyart recently earned third place in the 2012 Yearbook Design Contest sponsored by Jostens and Adobe.

Kristin’s design showcased SM North’s spring play, “Little Shop of Hor-rors.” It was chosen as a top placeholder among 350 submissions.

For her win, Kristin will receive a Kindle Fire.

SMNW grad gets degreein aerospace engineering

Lauren Peterson has graduated from the Daytona Beach campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a bachelor of science in aerospace engi-neering and a minor in mathematics.

In July, she will begin Air Force naviga-tor training in Pensacola, Fla.

Peterson formerly attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School.

Correction

In the cover story for last week’s issue of The Dispatch, the school that Blue-jacket-Flint Elementary sixth-grader LukeGoff attends was incorrectly identified. A clarification also needs to be made to the story: A district would forfeit its federal and state reimbursement for the meal if a student chooses not to take a fruit or vegetable with lunch.

FAMILY IN THE SPOTLIGHTA family of English stonemasons will be the focus of a new exhibit at Monticello Community Historical Museum. Please see page 13.

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ON THE COVERWHAT IN THE WORLD do they do without the Web? Clockwise from top, Tom Steele prefers riding his Harley and spending time with fam-ily, Andra Gonzalez likes sewing and in-person chats, and Viola and Truly Ernest Schlupp, foreground, said cards trump computers.

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CANCER SURVIVOR Kelly Greiner, captain of the Birthday Candles relay team, is looking forward to the Relay for Life of Shawnee this Friday and her 50th birthday in September.

Shawnee Relay for Life sheds light in cancer fight

“More birthdays.”That American Cancer Society slo-

gan inspired the name of the new team Kelly Greiner formed for the Relay for Life of Shawnee.

“I’ll be 50 in September,” said Grein-er, captain of the Birthday Candles. “Last year, I found out I had cancer right before my 49th birthday.”

Twenty-two teams involving 221 participants have signed up for this year’s all-night relay, which will be-gin at 6 p.m. Fri-day at Swarner Park. Greiner is thankful to be one of those who will kick off the American Cancer Society fundraiser with a survivors’ lap.

“My cancer treatment end-ed in February, so this sounded like a good idea,” said Greiner, who recruited her 12-member team by emailing friends in Shaw-nee and Lenexa.

Greiner was pronounced can-cer-free during a recent follow-up examination. But in the wake of her battle, she has re-solved to help others — including fu-ture generations — avoid the disease. Greiner has two sons, Justin, 30, and Drew, who will celebrate his 26th birthday on the opening day of relay.

According to the American Cancer Society, half of all men and a third of women in the United States will de-velop cancer in their lifetimes. But Greiner didn’t suspect cancer could be the culprit when she began suffer-ing from low back pain, shortness of breath and other symptoms last year.

“It’s one of those things where you think to yourself, ‘I’m getting old. I’m gaining weight,’” she said. “But the key is that symptoms that last longer than two weeks are not normal.”

Eventually, doctors diagnosed Greiner’s condition as primary peri-toneal cancer, marking the start of her medical ordeal. Treated like an ovar-ian cancer patient, Greiner underwent surgery at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kan., and che-motherapy at the hospital’s outpatient cancer treatment center in Westwood.

Now she’s looking forward to more birthday and more relays.

The fundraising goal for this year’s Relay for Life of Shawnee is $80,000, of which nearly $7,000 had been raised through last week by the NIC Inc. team of Olathe

The fundraising leaders heading into the homestretch, the NIC em-ployees had set out to raise just $1,500 through pledges and fundraising events, said Al Reynolds, director of

tax and financial analysis for the gov-ernment website hosting firm.

“But we blew through that,” Reyn-olds said. “We’ve always had a culture of giving back.”

And NIC employees have been es-pecially motivated about the relay due to personal experiences some of them have had with the disease.

Kim Frazier, a business analyst for NIC, was diagnosed with breast can-cer on a Thursday in October 2005. On the following Monday, she underwent the first of eight surgical procedures resulting from the cancer. She also

endured radiation and aggressive chemotherapy . But she survived.

“When I talk about it seven years later, it still brings tears to my eyes,” Frazier said. “The first thing I thought when I was diag-nosed was that I was going to die. I equated the C-word with death. I’ve learned so much since then. But the thing that scared me the most was my kids not having a mom.”

Frazier was 41 and had 9-month- and 3-year-old daughters when she was diagnosed. Her best friend, Ingrid Maehl, learned she had breast cancer five months lat-er. On her nightstand, Maehl keeps a photo of herself, Frazier and two other friends. It reminds her of the impor-tance of working toward a cancer cure.

“They say it’s one in eight women who will have breast cancer,” Maehl said. “I have a picture of four women, and three of them had breast cancer.”

And one died, Maehl said.Janiece Yonke of Shawnee said can-

cer took two of her grandparents and afflicted several aunts and uncles. So she, too, takes the fight for cures per-sonally. Yonke has chaired the Shaw-nee event the past two years, is cap-tain of a relay team and led individual fundraisers last week with more than $3,200 in donations.

During this year’s relay, a candle will be lit in memory of Yonke’s grand-mother Lois Corbin, who died after a second bout with cancer in 2003.

“When they light those candles and have that silent lap, there won’t be very many dry eyes,” Yonke said.

But that’s not to say Relay for Life events are somber affairs, said Camille McClain, a member of the Shawnee Business Community relay team.

McClain, who has been involved in several relays, said the participants celebrating more birthdays bring a spirit of camaraderie and resolve.

“Cancer survivors have the best at-titudes because attitude has played such a big part in their recovery,” she said. “They’re fighters.”

By Rob [email protected]

SHOW SUPPORTThe public is encouraged to attend

the Relay for Life of Shawnee, a benefit for the American Cancer Society set for 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday at Swarner Park, 63rd Street and Lackman Road.

Admission is free to the relay, which will begin with opening ceremonies and a survivors’ lap. The relay teams will then begin walking, with at least one mem-ber of each team on the track until the event’s conclusion.

After dark, there will be a luminaria ceremony, in which candles will be lit inside sand-filled bags, each bearing the name of a person touched by cancer.

The event also will include a silent auction, food and games.

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CALENDARTo submit a calendar item, send by email to [email protected]. Dead-

line is noon Friday before publication. There is no charge. For future events or more information about listings, see our online calendar at shawneedispatch.com/events.

6/13 | Wednesday• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce Weekly Summer Networking Group, 7:30 a.m., Edward Jones Invest-ments, 5725 Nieman Road, Suite D

• Sizzlin’ Summer Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., June 13-16, Metcalf South Shopping Center, 9635 Metcalf, Overland Park

• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce membership lun-cheon, 11:30 a.m., Shawnee Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive. Program will include Shawnee Tomorrow gradu-ation and announcement of Betty Charlton Scholarship winner.

6/14 | Thursday• Shawnee/Lenexa Chapter of Business Network Inter-national meeting, 7 a.m., First Watch, 11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway

• Theatre in the Park presents “Sweeney Todd,” 8:30 p.m., Theatre in the Park, 7710 Renner Road

6/15 | Friday• Shawnee Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Shawnee Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive,

• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road

• Friday Films, 1 p.m., Shawnee Civic Centre, 13817 Johnson Drive

• Shawnee Relay for Life, 6 p.m., Swarner Park, 63rd Street and Lackman Road


6/16 | Saturday• Shawnee Farmers’ Market, 7 a.m., Shawnee City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive

• Winesong at Riverfest, 4 p.m., Riverfest Park, 33440 W. 79th St., De Soto


6/17 | Sunday• Theatre in the Park presents “Sweeney Todd,” 8:30

p.m., Theatre in the Park, 7710 Renner Road

6/18 | Monday• Shawnee Mission Optimist Club, noon, First Watch, 11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway

• Vacation Bible School begins, 6 p.m., Reformed Pres-bysterian Church of Shawnee, 6835 Pflumm Road

• Shawnee Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Shawnee City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive

6/19 | Tuesday• Biz 2 Biz Connections, 8 a.m., Edward Jones Invest-ments, 5725 Nieman Road, Suite D

• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting, 8:30 a.m., Barley’s Brewhaus, 16649 Midland Drive

• Shawnee Kiwanis Club, noon, First Watch, 11112 Shaw-nee Mission Parkway,

• “An Intro to Wellness for the Cancer Survivor,” 4 p.m., Kansas City Cancer Center-Shawnee Mission, 9301 W. 74th St.

• Kaw Valley Chorus rehearsals, 7 p.m., Basehor United Methodist Church, 18660 158th St.

6/20 | Wednesday• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce Weekly Summer Networking Group, 7:30 a.m., Edward Jones Invest-ments, 5725 Nieman Road, Suite D

• Shawnee Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Power Play, 13110 W. 62nd Terrace

6/21 | Thursday• Shawnee/Lenexa Chapter of Business Network Inter-national meeting, 7 a.m., First Watch, 11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway

• Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees meeting, 5 p.m., Johnson County Community College, 12345 College Blvd.,

6/22 | Friday• Great Lenexa BBQ Battle, 5 p.m., Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park

• Theatre in the Park presents “Legally Blonde,” 8:30 p.m., Theatre in the Park, 7710 Renner Road

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• 6 by 6: Ready to Read Early Literacy Spaces. Drop in through Aug. 31 with your preschooler and use a picture book to explore activities that enhance children’s pre-reading skills.

• Read to a Dog, 10:30 a.m., June 19. Children 5 through 12 can practice their reading skills reading to specially trained Pets for Life dogs.

JOHNSON COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY

6305 LACKMAN ROAD, 913-715-2550

• “Bill Owens: Suburbia,” a 1960s and ’70s photo exhibit continues through Sept. 1.

• Summer Arts Program, 10 a.m.-noon June 15. Drop-in art activities for children 4 to 8. Today’s theme: Popsickle-stick art. $3 per child, $2 for members.


• Pop ’n Play, 9-11 a.m. June 27. Drop-in activities for 9-month- to 3-year-olds. $1 per child, or free for members.


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• Summer on the Farm, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursdays and

Saturdays through Aug. 11, with the exception of June 23. Interpreters will help visitors experience summer-time on a 1920s Shawnee farm. $3 per adult, $1 per child 5-17, free for children under 5. Reservations required.

• Garden Party, 10 a.m.-noon June 23. An afternoon of teacakes, crafts and games for young ladies, mothers and grandmothers. $18 per person, $15 for members. Reservations required.

WONDERSCOPE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

5705 FLINT ST., 913-287-8888

• Wonderpalooza: Okee Bokee Brothers, 10:30-11:30 a.m. June 15. Free with museum admission.

• Come Sign with Me Story Time, 10:30-11:30 a.m. June 21. Children can learn sign language and hear a story every third Thursday. Free with museum admission.

• Come Sign with Me Story Time, 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 19. Children can learn sign language and hear a story every third Thursday. Free with museum admission.

• Wonderpalooza: Sugar Free Allstars, 10:30-11:30 a.m. July 17. Free with museum admission.

MONTICELLO COMMUNITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM

23860 W. 83RD ST., LENEXA, 913-667-3706

• Pancake Breakfast, 8-11 a.m. June 16. Enjoy pancakes and see a new short-term museum display on the Gar-rett family. Donations accepted.

• Field trip to Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 2. Reservations requested at least one month in advance.

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BRIEFLYCancer survivorwellness program set

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 | 5 JESSICA PTAK and her horse, Kaycee, dem-onstrate their jumping skills during the Mill Creek Pony Club Horse Trials last month. Ptak has been riding and participat-ing in eventing competitions since she was a youth.

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SMNW grad hopes to reach Rolex eventing competition

Jessica Ptak, 19, has been riding horses for as long as she can remem-ber — and even before that.

“I’ve been on horses forever,” she said, noting that her horse-enthusiast parents would let her sit on the back of their horse as a toddler — while safely holding her, of course. “I’m sure I thought it was awesome. I mean, I don’t remember, exactly. But obvi-ously I liked it enough, because here I am today.”

Ptak today is the winner of a num-ber of awards for the horse trials, or eventing, she has been participating in since she was 13. With the help of her horse, Kaycee, Ptak in May won first place at the preliminary level of the Mill Creek Pony Club Horse Trials. Last year she earned the Grand Prix Award, which included a $1,000 prize toward furthering her riding training, and was named Preliminary Na-tional Champion at the U.S. Pony Club Champion-ships.

“There (are) so many different phases in it that it requires so much from you and your horse; so much trust, so much ath-letic ability from both of you,” Ptak, who graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest in 2011, said of why she likes competing. She is now a pre-nursing major at Kansas State University. “And then the adrenaline, also, from the cross-country course is something you don’t experience other places.”

Ptak began taking riding lessons on her mom’s horse, Raffy, when she was 5, got involved in showing horses through the 4-H Club when she was 7 and began riding new horse Kaycee — bought by her parents so that the fam-ily could have a second horse to ride

trails on — at age 9. She joined the Mill Creek Pony Club at 10.

The eventing, which has been fund-ed over the years by both Ptak and her parents, has allowed Ptak to travel throughout the Midwest and Ken-tucky and Georgia. Eventing involves three phases of competition over two to three days: a dressage, or train-ing, phase, where the horse and rider are judged on their ability to execute certain riding movements; the cross-country phase that includes 25 jumps; and the show jumping phase.

“She’s had to really work hard and lots of hours in the saddle and all kinds of awful weather,” said mom, Michelle Ptak. “She’s got some natural talent and then she applies dedication and she’s got a very strong work ethic. So it’s cool to see her be able to be suc-cessful at something she really loves.”

Ptak said she won’t be participat-ing in eventing for awhile, however — Kaycee, who is 20 years old now, suf-fered injuries to two ligaments in his front right leg after a recent competi-tion in Oklahoma. He’s spending his days recuperating at Twin Mill Farm, a boarding stable in western Shawnee. Ptak said it’ll be “six months before I can really start riding again,” and she even had to withdraw from a competi-tion in Colorado scheduled earlier this month.

Despite this setback, Ptak said she and Kaycee plan to come back strong next summer. Her ultimate goal is to compete in the top dog, or horse, of all eventing competitions: the Rolex Kentucky Three Day Event, a four-star competition featuring competitors in the top of the field. This is a dream she’s had since she was in elementary school, when a family vacation includ-ed a stop at the Kentucky Horse Park. That’s where the Rolex is staged each year.

“I’m going to be at this level some-day,” Ptak promised herself at the time.

Kaycee, who Ptak said has “a really cool personality,” won’t be along for that ride when and if it happens — Ptak said he’s “too old” to withstand that level of competition.

For now, she said, when it comes to eventing, “he seems to enjoy it.”

By Melissa [email protected]

BRIEFLYShawnee student earns place on President’s list

Carley Hamilton of Shawnee was named to Oklahoma Baptist Univer-sity’s President’s Honor Roll for the spring 2012 semester, the university announced this week.

Hamilton is a senior studying early childhood education.

SMNW grad receives Legacy scholarship from Mizzou

Jake Gipple of Shawnee recently received the Mizzou Alumni Legacy Scholarship and the Engineering De-

partmental Scholarship at the Univer-sity of Missouri.

The two scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen based on a number of factors, including academic record, as well as school and extracurricular involvement.

The Shawnee Mission Northwest High School 2012 graduate also re-ceived the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation’s Leadership Award, one of two awarded annually to high school seniors for academic achievement and leadership in their schools and across the community. The award includes a scholarship to the university of their choice underwritten by U.S. Bank.

There (are) so many different phases in it that it requires so much from you and your horse; so much trust, so much athletic ability from both of you.”

— Jessica Ptak, SMNW Class of 2011 graduate

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The boring ’20s

To the editor:I am so disappointed with this

new version of Old Shawnee Town. It is not unique like the old version, which was based on 100-year-old his-tory.

This 1920s version is so common, one can receive the same effect by just driving through any town in the surrounding area. It is shameful how this old Midwestern town is being modernized instead of reminding everyone of our roots. Even today’s children still play “Cowboys and In-dians” versus pretending to survive the Great Depression.

I would also like to know what hap-pened to all the antiques that were

donated to Old Shawnee Town. My grandmother donated a dress to help bring this old town to life. Where is it now?

I, along with many other people, felt greatly disappointed when we attended Old Shawnee Days. It is shameful to say, but the rides and free concerts are the only things that really interested the children and adults. The only ones who benefited from this project were the vendors.

Since now there is little public interest in Old Shawnee Town, we might as well have the carnival at the grocery store parking lot. At least then, we are supporting our local grocery stores.

Diana Gruver,Shawnee

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I’ve been playing bachelor for a week now, and I guess about the best I can say about the experience is that it’s a mixed blessing.

The wife flew back to Virginia last week to help our youngest daughter move into a new home. I had a few of what pass for com-mitments in these days of diminished responsibility — i.e., retirement — so I stayed behind.

(Her experi-ence reminded me of much that I dis-like about air travel. She was booked on a flight through Dallas-Fort Worth and was supposed to land at Dulles International Airport at 9:30 p.m. Unfortunately, the weather that day in the Dallas area was bad, so the plane was held on the ground in Kansas City for several hours. Instead of taking off at 3:30 p.m., it was more like 6:30 p.m., and the delays only multiplied after that, the end result being that she land-ed sometime after 3 in the morning.)

But back to the topic at hand. I’ve always considered myself a fairly self-sufficient person and so, truth be told, I was sort of looking forward to having the house to myself for a few days.

I can’t claim to have acted all that re-sponsibly once I was on my own. The first thing I did was to stop by my fa-vorite barbecue joint on the way home from the airport and pick up some ribs for dinner. I also got some real potato chips (you know, the kind fried in ac-tual grease, not the so-called “healthy” variety) and some ice cream.

Let the record show that I paid for

my excesses with a restless, exhaust-ing night. My diet has since returned to something pretty close to what it was when she was doing the cooking.

I have managed to keep the home fires burning, so to speak, without ac-tually setting anything on fire except

the charcoal in the grill out back.

The garden, such as it is, is flourish-ing, and I’ve hooked up the drip irriga-tion system to the faucet so everything stays watered. Mind-ful though I am of all the perils that may yet lie in wait, the tomatoes so far ap-pear to be thriving. All the plants have lots of little toma-toes, which I take as a harbinger of big to-matoes later on.

Work is progress-ing on my current home-improvement project, some new furniture for our bedroom. The headboard needs only a few more coats of shellac and the final rubbing, then all that will remain is to lug it up the stairs and install it.

The evenings have been quiet, with no need to debate or discuss what to watch on television.

In a way, I remind myself of a car-toon I saw years ago in The Saturday Evening Post or Collier’s or one of those long-defunct magazines.

A big dog, a Great Dane or some similar breed, was chasing a sports car as two women watched. One said to the other, “Don’t worry. He wouldn’t know what to do with it if he caught it.”

I guess I’ve had about enough of this single life. The house is too quiet.

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Sawyer’s bid, Donohoe’s exitamong deadline day surprises

Rep. Brett Hildabrand was a Mer-riam Republican last Thursday night, when new maps for Kansas’ state leg-islative districts were released by a panel of federal judges given the redis-tricting task the Legislature could not accomplish.

Now, Hildabrand is a Shawnee Republican running for a new 17th District state House seat.

As part of the redistricting effort, Hildabrand explained, he was drawn out of his old 23rd District, which covered part of Shawnee. Instead, he went to bed Thursday in a new 24th District, which does not in-clude any of Shawnee but does include portions of Overland Park and Mis-sion — areas Hildabrand was unfamil-iar with. So he moved.

“The maps came out at about 10:30 Thursday night, and I was in a leas-ing office in Shawnee at 10 the next morning,” said Hil-dabrand, who will face Re-publican Jason Lieb, chair of the Lenexa Chamber of Com-merce, in the Aug. 7 primary.

And that wasn’t the only surprise the noon filing dead-line for state offices brought.

Neal Sawyer, a Ward 2 Shawnee City Councilman, filed as a Republican for the 18th District state representative’s seat currently held by John Rubin, also a Shawnee Republican. Milack Talia of Shawnee filed for the seat as a Demo-crat.

In another surprise move, Rep. Owen Donohoe, the Re-publican incumbent in the 39th District, withdrew his candidacy Monday.

As the noon deadline ap-proached, Donohoe said he had recruited a Republican to file for the seat, which represents much of western Shawnee. The only candidate for the seat listed on the Kansas Secre-tary of State’s website at the time was Marlys Shulda, a Shawnee Democrat. But Charles Macheers and Stephanie Meyer, two Shawnee Republicans, got in before the deadline.

Donohoe, a House Taxation Com-mittee member, declined to discuss reasons for his withdrawal before in-forming acquaintances of his decision.

“I let only my wife know Saturday and my daughter Sunday,” he said.

In other filing news, Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, R-Shawnee, got an op-ponent in the 10th District. She will face Tom Wertz, a Lake Quivira busi-nessman, in the August primary. Mark Greene, a Shawnee Democrat, also filed for the seat.

Pilcher-Cook said significant voter confusion could be created by the new Shawnee House districts drawn by the judges. But she said she was thankful

for the court’s decision to keep the city of Shawnee within one state Sen-ate district — something she fought for as an intervenor in the redistrict-ing case.

The judges’ decision left candidates wishing to file only a day and a half to determine which of the four U.S. con-gressional districts, 125 state House

districts, 40 state Senate dis-tricts and 10 state Board of Education districts they and potential opponents were in. And most voters still don’t know what districts they now reside in.

But according to Johnson County Election Commis-sioner Brian Newby, vot-ers should be able find out

within the next two weeks by going to jocolection.org and plugging their ad-dresses into a search function.

Newby said he was glad the judges assigned the redistricting task got it completed in time to retain the June 11 filing deadlines. Had they not, the

August primaries for state and U.S. congressional races might have had to be pushed back. That would have meant two August primary election dates, because the county charter says primary elec-tions for county offices must take place on the first Tues-day in August.

The last-minute redistrict-ing decision left plenty of room for confusion and criticism, however.

Rep. Rubin, who was involved in the redistricting case as an attorney, said House redistricting created 25 districts that do not include an incumbent and

23 districts including two sit-ting House incumbents.

Rubin remained the sole incumbent in the 18th Dis-trict, which was left entirely within Shawnee city limits after the redistricting effort carved Lake Quivira out of the district.

Here’s what happened with other Shawnee House

districts:• Rep. Kelly Meigs, R-Lenexa, was

the incumbent in the old 17th District. She was moved into the new 23rd Dis-trict, which retains a portion of south-ern Shawnee but now includes a high-er percentage of territory in Lenexa. Dave Pack, a Lenexa Democrat, also filed for the seat Monday.

• The new 17th District includes part of Shawnee and Lake Quivira. It included no sitting House incumbents until Hildabrand moved there.

• The 38th District continues to in-clude a small portion of far western Shawnee. But incumbent Anthony Brown, R-Eudora, was drawn out of the district and is now in a new 10th District along with another House in-cumbent. David Anderson, R-De Soto; Willie Dove, R-Bonner Springs; and Pete Henderson, D-Basehor, are run-ning for the 38th District seat.


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In 1812, a group of English textile workers known as Luddites destroyed new laborsaving equipment threaten-ing their livelihoods.

Two hundred years later, the term “Luddite” survives, with a broader definition as one opposed to techno-logical changes such as the Internet.

According to internetworldstats.com, only 21 percent of the North American population does not use the Internet — meaning no email or Face-book, no Skyping or surfing. Statistics for Northeast Kansas were not avail-able. But a search using old-fashioned means identified a few residents of the region doing without modern commu-nication advances for reasons ranging from financial to philosophical.

Tom Steele, 67, of Basehor said he steers clear of the Internet due to con-cerns over privacy and his own tem-perament.

“I go to the library once in a while and fiddle on their computer,” the re-tired grocery hauler said. “If I get mad there, I won’t tear it up. But if I had a laptop at home, I’d probably throw it.”

During one brief period after an employer stopped mailing pay stubs, Steele recalled, he began using a com-puter at work to access payroll data.

“You had to change your password every 30 days, and the third time you hit the wrong button it would kick you out,” he said. “I finally said, ‘Heck with it, I’ll go to the bank for the informa-tion.’”

But even if computers were hassle-free, Steele would have little use for them.

“As far as people paying their bills by Internet, that’s about the dumbest thing going,” he said. “Someone got hold of my wife’s Social Security num-ber, and we ended up having to put a credit lock on.”

Being able to see grandkids live on Skype would be “cool,” Steele ac-knowledged, adding that he could “see a whole world of advantageous things, like genealogy, you could look up on the computer.”

“But it just doesn’t fit my category,” he said. “My daughter and son-in-law use their smartphone to find out what

restaurants are closest to them and how many calories are in this or that. I say, ‘Just go eat.’”

According to Steele, he has an “an-tique” cell phone, which doesn’t text or take photos. And he’s dreading the day the battery wears out, forcing him to upgrade.

“I just have no interest or patience for stuff like that,” Steele said. “I’d rather ride my motorcycle, work in the yard and spend time with my family.”

Andra Gonzalez, who lives at the Bluejacket Lodge Apartments in Shaw-nee, said she prefers to communicate the old-fashioned way — through let-ters, landline or face to face.

While working on one of the 100 lap robes she donates each year, Gonzalez chatted recently with neighbor Cena Burge, who rued the fact she could no longer afford Internet service. Burge, a Christian Scientist, said she especially missed online church programs and the ability to look up things like reci-pes.

“If I need a recipe,” Gonzalez said, “I go to the library and find a cookbook.”

A retired nurse, Gonzalez used to use a computer in the clinic. But she doesn’t miss the learning curves asso-ciated with annual updates of the op-erating system — “It used to be called Windows,” she said.

Like Steele, Gonzalez also has secu-rity concerns. Her son’s bank accountwas tapped to the tune of several thou-sand dollars by a hacker, she said.


Residents without Internet access can still get most information they desire from public agencies. But as the offline population dwindles and online communication tools proliferate, the data gap between those with and without computers is widening.

That means some information is now provided by request only, and some isn’t available at all to those without computers or smartphones.

“Individuals who do not have access to a computer can request information from their school or at the district office, and a paper copy can be provided,” said Leigh Anne Neal, the Shawnee Mission school district’s associate superintendent for communications.

But recognizing the scope of the computer-savvy public it serves, the district has “focused on moving our communication paperless where we can, but retaining printed options that go out more broadly on a limited basis.”

Delivered to every home in the district three times a year, “Inside: Shawnee

Mission” is an example of the district’s effort to keep patrons apprised of news and events via hard copy. Examples of data exclusive to those with Internet or texting capabilities include board meeting agenda packets and school emergency and weather alerts.

Gordon Davis, an information specialist with the Johnson County Area Agency on Aging, said it relies on frequent mailings and telephone conversations to keep the county’s computerless seniors informed about support services it provides.

“But in today’s world, certain publications and certain information are now only available online,” he said.

That sends many people to the library, where staff can help patrons access online information and, better yet, teach them how to use computers, Davis said. But despite the fact that computers could open whole new worlds for seniors largely confined to their homes, many decline to adapt by dint of resources or resistance to change, he said.

For others, “the library has become the

place for people to test something like the Internet, Facebook or ebooks” and then purchase it for home use, said Kim Beets, director of the Bonner Springs City Library. It offers 24 computers with public Internet access.

The Johnson County Library system offers 362 computers with Internet access across its 13 branches, said Marsha Bennett, community relations manager. Job seekers are among the many patrons the computers attract, she said, because many employers now accept online applications only.

In addition, most state forms required to qualify for and remain on unemployment are completed online.

People of all ages and income levels rely on the Bonner Springs library’s computers, Beets added. And that information fuels the library’s own communications policy.

“We continue to do a lot of our traditional print stuff, marquee signs, word of mouth,” she said. “There’s probably not anything we put online that we wouldn’t communicate by other means.”

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But Gonzalez’s main reason for re-maining offline, she said, is that “there are better things to spend time and money on.”

Viola Schlup, who lives east of Bald-win City, said she hasn’t needed any innovations since marrying Truly Ernest Schlup and moving to a new home decades ago.

“We had a refrigerator, a black-and-white TV and an inside bathroom,” Viola said. “No, I take that back. I still had to beat a path until I got pregnant with our first child and we moved to a house with a bathroom.”

Truly Ernest, 83, and Viola, 71, don’t have the Internet or even cable or sat-ellite dish for television reception.

“We get (channels) 4, 5 and 9, which is more than we need,” Viola said. “I

do have a cell phone in case I go out and have a breakdown. But as far as the Internet, we don’t need it, don’t want it, not going to get it.”

The Schlups prefer to spend their free time playing cards, watching a lit-tle TV and playing with their Pomera-nian, Tinkerbelle.

“My children all have the Inter-net, and I think it’s good for the right things,” Viola said. “But take all these men who think they’re talking to 14-year-olds who are actually talking to detectives. That destroys families.”

Like one of the Schlups’ children, Michael Repp of Nieman Chiroprac-tic in Shawnee uses the Internet in his business. But like older Luddites, Repp said he didn’t like the interpersonal di-rection of modern communication.

“I don’t tweet or Facebook, and I don’t have an iPhone,” Repp said. “I’m ‘so 29 seconds ago’ — which, by the way, is my least favorite commercial slogan.”

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Luddites

New director has helped city make quantum tech leap

Shawnee’s new information tech-nology director joined the city as a network manager in 1999, when there wasn’t much of a network to manage.

Mel Bunting, promoted May 28 to succeed recently retired IT director Jerry Doherty, said Shawnee had only three computers with Internet access in 1999. And connecting to the web was achieved through a slow, dial-up system.

The city didn’t have a wide area net-work either, meaning there were no computer connections between mu-nicipal buildings when Bunting joined the IT staff as its second member. But that was rectified a year later, and in the dozen years that have followed, Shawnee city government became more and more wired — and wireless.

“I realized (Shawnee) had a late fo-cus on IT when I started here,” Bun-ting said. “But you come in with the mind set that it’s an opportunity to grow and build.”

Today, Bunting supervises an eight-member department responsible for maintaining 1,500 devices (10 times more than in 1999) and 68 servers (compared to 10 in ’99) that run more than 20 software programs to handle 100 terabytes of data each month.

Designed to connect the city’s 271 employees with that data, one another and Shawnee’s 63,000-plus residents, the system includes five websites that receive 65,000 page views a month and a program that processes more than 700,00 emails (55,000 legitimate and 650,000 spam) monthly.

“We don’t directly service the pub-lic. But we serve our users, who pro-vide those services to the community,” Bunting said. “So this is a rewarding job from that context. But there is also a lot of responsibility.”

In addition to keeping the system up, Bunting keeps pace with the as-tonishingly fast pace of change. For

instance, he noted, “Apple began tak-ing pre-orders for the iPad in 2010, and they’re already on their third genera-tion of iPad.”

According to Bunting, Shawnee has embraced mobile devices such as iPads and smartphones during the past couple of years. Currently, he said, about 80 are being used by employees in departments such as police, parks and public works who spend much of their workday in the field.

In contrast to small handheld devic-es, the mainframes Bunting began his career working with had disc drives as big as dishwashers, he recalled.

Bunting, 51, has 32 years of expe-rience in his field, having spent the 1980s and most of the ’90s in banking and health insurance IT positions in Topeka, where he is from.

Now Shawnee residents, Bunting and his wife, Trisha, have two grown children. Bunting is a 2010 graduate of the Shawnee Tomorrow Leadership Program and is now working toward a master’s degree in business admin-istration with a concentration in man-agement information systems.

“Mel is a skilled professional with extensive experience,” City Manager Carol Gonzales said. “I have a tremen-dous amount of trust in Mel’s ability to move the city’s IT department in the right direction.”


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Perceptive Software study idea prompts council debate

Ray Erlichman, a resident who at-tends and blogs about Shawnee City Council meetings, proposed during the governing body’s June 11 meeting the creation of a volunteer “lessons learned task force” to determine why Lenexa was able to lure the Shawnee headquarters of Perceptive Software.

One lesson Erlichman might have learned: Don’t suggest a city task force be led by the man who challenged the mayor during a recent, hotly contest-ed campaign.

Erlichman suggested the group be led by Eric Jenkins, who, in addition to falling to Mayor Jeff Meyers in April, served on the Shawnee Planning Com-mission for 21 years and participated in lessons-learned evaluations during careers with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the military.

Erlichman said he was not suggest-

ing the independent task force be formed “so we can hang somebody by the neck or kick somebody in the head.” He said the goal would be to find out what Shawnee officials did right and wrong “so if we have a situ-ation like this going forward, we have something to look back on.”

Ward 1 Councilman Dan Pflumm said he thought the task force was “a great idea.” But Mayor Meyers and Ward 3 Councilman Jeff Vaught said the city already had a group qualified to evaluate the situation: the Shawnee Economic Development Council.

“Our team is on it; they’re on it 100 percent,” Vaught said.

Vaught added that beyond himself and Meyers, both of whom spoke out in the media following June 1 reports that Perceptive Software was moving, everyone else — including Jenkins — had remained silent on the issue.

And then things got ugly.“I’m a little upset about being called

out at a City Council meeting,” Jenkins said after approaching the podium.

Jenkins added that Erlichman had made it clear he was not proposing a “gotcha” task force, aimed only at faulting city officials for the loss of roughly 700 jobs.

“I have the credentials” to lead the task force, Jenkins added, directing his comments toward Vaught. “And that kind of disrespect is unacceptable, sir. ... You made a fool of yourself and the City Council.”

At that point, Vaught asked Jenkins, “How much experience do you have in economic development?” And when Jenkins didn’t give a direct answer, Vaught repeatedly said, “Answer the question. Answer the question.”

Eventually, Jenkins answered “30 years,” referencing his work with FEMA.

“Really?” Vaught responded. “I’ve seen your resume. That’s not econom-ic development.”

The heated exchange continued as Vaught asked Jenkins why anyone should not expect the proposed task force to play gotcha. During the recent mayoral campaign, he said, “every-thing was gotcha. You set the gotcha tone.”

Eventually, Meyers gaveled the pair down, and Ward 3 council member Michelle Distler asked if the city was, indeed, planning to evaluate the loss of Perceptive Software.

Meyers said a city evaluation would proceed after July 11, when Lenexa is expected to divulge all the incentives it used to attract the company.

Distler suggested that the City Council might want to review the city’s evaluation and then determine whether further evaluation is needed. That ended formal discussion of the issue without a motion.


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De Soto school district will work with firm on enrollment, boundary study

The De Soto school district is taking the guesswork out of projecting enroll-ments and determining boundary lines.

On Monday, school board members approved 5-0, with Randy Johnson and Angela Handy absent, a contract for up to $53,700 with RSP & Associates, a planning firm based in Overland Park, for enrollment and boundary studies.

This is the first time the district has worked with an outside source to con-duct the studies. Previously, district staff had conducted studies based on census data and housing developments in Johnson County, said Alvie Cater, district spokesman.

“To be honest, it was just our best guess,” Cater said.

The enrollment study, which will begin in July and take five to six weeks, will offer projections for the next 10 years, Cater said, allowing the district to more effectively plan. The boundary study is expected to begin about six weeks after completion of the enroll-ment study, he said.

Of major concern now, Cater said, is middle school enrollment. Last school year, Lexington Trails Middle School, with about 300 students, had less than half the enrollment of the district’s other two middle schools.

“Looking at the middle school num-bers, we know something needs to be done,” Cater said.

Enrollment in the district is expect-ed to increase next school year by 2 percent.

Cater said a more reliable bound-ary study should also help to limit the number of times boundary lines are re-drawn. In the past, that’s happened al-most annually. Between 1994 and 2010, the district built a new school almost every year, prompting new bound-ary lines and meaning some families changed schools up to “four to five times,” Cater said.

“And so, moving forward, the board of education and the district wanted to be able to get solid information or re-liable data that helps us better project our enrollment and makes better use of our school capacities,” he said.

Cater said a boundary study

wouldn’t necessarily result in the need to redraw boundary lines. If it does, however, the district would schedule public forums beforehand, he said.

“So that parents can see the data,” Cater said, “and at least have a voice in the process.”

Also on Monday, after an execu-tive session, the board unanimouslyapproved a 2 percent salary increasefor district administrators and classi-fied employees, which include those insecretarial and maintenance positions,among other support positions.

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If you’re heading to the new wine-tasting event Saturday in De Soto, you won’t find wines that taste exactly like your favorite Napa Valley cabernet or Argentinian malbec.

However, organizers say, that isn’t a bad thing.

The event, called Winesong at Riv-erfest, will feature all Kansas wines — with 14, or more than half, of the state’s 23 vineyards expected to be represent-ed. Instead of the typical liquor-store best-sellers, you’ll find grape varietals such as Seyval, Vignole, Chambourcin, Cynthiana and Concord.

“Don’t try and compare it, they’re not the same,” said Michelle Meyer, who, along with her father, Les Meyer, owns Basehor’s Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery. “You can’t compare ap-ples to oranges. We are growing dif-ferent kinds of grapes in this region.”

Do expect quality, though, Meyer said. Most Kansas vineyards grow French-hybrid grapes, and a number of the represented wineries, includ-ing hers, have won national awards for their products.

Tony Kugler, who owns Kugler’s Vineyard in rural Lawrence, earned a bronze medal at the National Norton Wine Festival in St. Louis for his Cyn-thiana a few years ago. Being small can be an advantage when it comes to making wine, Kugler said. It’s easier to monitor and control the qualities that make good wine, such as sugar and ph-levels.

Winesong at Riverfest attendees will be able to try multiple wineries’ versions of the same varietal — which can be a good way to narrow your fo-

cus at an event that includes too many choices to try in a day.

And unlike many mainstream tast-ing events where large wineries send representatives across the country, the person filling your glass during Winesong at Riverfest may well be the person who grew the grapes and cre-ated the wine themselves.

“You will learn a lot, especially if you’ve never patronized or visited re-gional wineries,” Meyer said. “They (winemakers) want you to be as ex-cited about it as we all are.”

The city of De Soto is organizing the event, with profits going to the De Soto Rotary Club.

City Administrator Patrick Guil-foyle, himself a wine-lover, said he en-visioned the event to attract outsiders to De Soto’s relatively new Riverfest Park — a regional park overlooking the Kansas River that features, among other things, a natural amphitheater for concerts — and to help boost busi-

ness for Kansas wineries.A new law should make the event

more worth winemakers’ time, too, Guilfoyle said. As he laid plans for Wi-nesong at Riverfest, Guilfoyle worked with area legislators to pass a new law allowing the wineries to sell wine by the bottle at the event and future events like it. Until now, they might travel hundreds of miles for such an event with no way to sell any wine to festival-goers.

Guilfoyle said he hoped the event would help more people share his ap-preciation of Kansas wine, which he began to hone a few years ago after his first visit to a Kansas winery.

“I have to admit, I went into the winery with a little bit of an ignorant, snobby attitude,” he said. “I was blown away by what I experienced.”

Guilfoyle said comparing main-stream wines to Kansas wines is kind of like comparing cola to Dr. Pepper.

“It’s different, but it is equally re-

freshing, equally good,” he said. “Andyou need to drink it for its own intrin-sic, unique value.”

— Lawrence Journal-World features reporter

Sara Shepherd can be reached at 785-832-7187.

By Sara [email protected]

Festival to feature samplings from 14 of the

state’s 23 vineyards

File photo

Pep Solberg, pictured in 2008, lifts up the canopy on some vines to reveal clusters of grapes at BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard and Winery, located about four miles southwest of Eudora.

IF YOU GOWinesong at Riverfest is planned

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KEITH GARRETT looks at a photograph of his great-great grandfather Uriah Garrett, who along with his three brothers will be the focus of an exhibit that opens Saturday at the Monticello Community Historical Museum.

Pancake breakfast to kick offGarrett family museum exhibit

The Garretts, a family of English stonemasons who engraved their names in local history, will be the fo-cus of an exhibit at Monticello Com-munity Historical Museum.

The exhibit will kick off in conjunc-tion with the Monticello Community Historical Society’s pancake breakfast, set for 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the museum, 23860 W. 83rd St., Lenexa.

The exhibit, which will remain on display for at least a month, was largely the work of historical society and two Garrett family members, Keith Garrett and Bertha Cameron.

Cameron, who co-founded the soci-ety in 1988, is a great-granddaughter of the first Garrett to settle in Monticello Township. Samuel Garrett arrived in 1849, married into the Shawnee tribe and farmed on the 800 acres near pres-ent-day 47th Street and Kansas High-way 7 that his family was allotted by treaty.

Keith Garrett is a great-great-grand-son of Samuel’s brother Uriah Garrett and the great-grandson of William Garrett, who founded Garrett’s Gro-cery in Shawnee in 1913.

“But we wanted to include all four of the brothers, all of the family, includ-ing today’s generations that still have businesses in the area,” Cameron said.

Garrett’s Grocery, destroyed in a 1985 New Year’s Day fire, is no longer part of Shawnee’s commercial land-scape. And neither is the Hickory Stick, a barbecue place that Keith’s uncle Bill Garrett ran for years on Nieman Road.

But near the spot where the Hickory Stick stood, Bill’s son Jeff Garrett now operates Garrett’s Bar, 6505 Nieman Road. And a few blocks north, at 5703 Nieman Road, stands Bob Garrett In-surance, a longtime Shawnee business founded by a descendant of Sam and Uriah Garrett’s brother Jack.

Uriah, Jack and the fourth brother, Elias, came from Devonshire, England, to Monticello Township in 1858 with their parents, Edward and Elizabeth Garrett.

Shortly thereafter, Jack and Uriah Garrett, perhaps with help from their brothers, built wagon master DickWilliams’ famous stone house, whichstood along a branch of the Santa FeTrail near present-day Shawnee Mis-sion Parkway and Nieman Road.

The Garrett brothers also built the Monticello schoolhouse in 1865 and ahome for Samuel Garrett’s family in 1876. Today, that home is the center-piece for Garrett Park on 47th Street between K-7 and Monticello Road.

The 1876 Garrett house was built near an earlier stone home, which wastorn down in the 1940s, and the fam-ily’s first area residence, a log cabin. According to Cameron, a stone fromthe cabin’s foundation will be amongartifacts in the museum exhibit. Oth-er artifacts will include masonry and farming implements. In addition, the exhibit includes several old familyphotos and letters, a wooden box Sam-uel Garrett kept important belongings in and an old account book with en-tries he neatly penned.

Though Samuel Garrett was trainedas a stonemason like his father andbrothers, Cameron said, the NativeAmerican land that his family was al-lotted made him a farmer and stock-man first and foremost. In 1863, he also became one of the original incorpo-rators of the Tiblow Ferry at BonnerSprings. And like his friend, Dick Wil-liams, he was a land surveyor and con-ducted freight wagons on the Santa FeTrail, Cameron said.

Samuel Garrett died in 1891, fouryears after failing health prompted him to move to Chetopa, a town on the Kansas-Oklahoma border where one of his daughters lived. At the time heheaded south, some of the Monticello Township farmland was sold and the remaining 260 acres was passed on toSamuel’s son Frederick Garrett.

Upon Frederick’s death in 1929, his youngest son, Edward “Babe” Garrett, took over the farm. Babe, who was Ber-tha Cameron’s father, died in 1991, atwhich time most of the remaining 260 acres were sold. But Cameron and twosiblings still own a piece of the farm.


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Keep an open mind to Kansas wines

If you’re heading to the new wine-tasting event Saturday in De Soto, you won’t find wines that taste exactly like your favorite Napa Valley cabernet or Argentinian malbec.

However, organizers say, that isn’t a bad thing.

The event, called Winesong at Riv-erfest, will feature all Kansas wines — with 14, or more than half, of the state’s 23 vineyards expected to be represent-ed. Instead of the typical liquor-store best-sellers, you’ll find grape varietals such as Seyval, Vignole, Chambourcin, Cynthiana and Concord.

“Don’t try and compare it, they’re not the same,” said Michelle Meyer, who, along with her father, Les Meyer, owns Basehor’s Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery. “You can’t compare ap-ples to oranges. We are growing dif-ferent kinds of grapes in this region.”

Do expect quality, though, Meyer said. Most Kansas vineyards grow French-hybrid grapes, and a number of the represented wineries, includ-ing hers, have won national awards for their products.

Tony Kugler, who owns Kugler’s Vineyard in rural Lawrence, earned a bronze medal at the National Norton Wine Festival in St. Louis for his Cyn-thiana a few years ago. Being small can be an advantage when it comes to making wine, Kugler said. It’s easier to monitor and control the qualities that make good wine, such as sugar and ph-levels.

Winesong at Riverfest attendees will be able to try multiple wineries’ versions of the same varietal — which can be a good way to narrow your fo-

cus at an event that includes too many choices to try in a day.

And unlike many mainstream tast-ing events where large wineries send representatives across the country, the person filling your glass during Winesong at Riverfest may well be the person who grew the grapes and cre-ated the wine themselves.

“You will learn a lot, especially if you’ve never patronized or visited re-gional wineries,” Meyer said. “They (winemakers) want you to be as ex-cited about it as we all are.”

The city of De Soto is organizing the event, with profits going to the De Soto Rotary Club.

City Administrator Patrick Guil-foyle, himself a wine-lover, said he en-visioned the event to attract outsiders to De Soto’s relatively new Riverfest Park — a regional park overlooking the Kansas River that features, among other things, a natural amphitheater for concerts — and to help boost busi-

ness for Kansas wineries.A new law should make the event

more worth winemakers’ time, too, Guilfoyle said. As he laid plans for Wi-nesong at Riverfest, Guilfoyle worked with area legislators to pass a new law allowing the wineries to sell wine by the bottle at the event and future events like it. Until now, they might travel hundreds of miles for such an event with no way to sell any wine to festival-goers.

Guilfoyle said he hoped the event would help more people share his ap-preciation of Kansas wine, which he began to hone a few years ago after his first visit to a Kansas winery.

“I have to admit, I went into the winery with a little bit of an ignorant, snobby attitude,” he said. “I was blown away by what I experienced.”

Guilfoyle said comparing main-stream wines to Kansas wines is kind of like comparing cola to Dr. Pepper.

“It’s different, but it is equally re-

freshing, equally good,” he said. “Andyou need to drink it for its own intrin-sic, unique value.”

— Lawrence Journal-World features reporter

Sara Shepherd can be reached at 785-832-7187.

By Sara [email protected]

Festival to feature samplings from 14 of the

state’s 23 vineyards

File photo

Pep Solberg, pictured in 2008, lifts up the canopy on some vines to reveal clusters of grapes at BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard and Winery, located about four miles southwest of Eudora.

IF YOU GOWinesong at Riverfest is planned

for 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday at Riverfest Park, 33440 W. 79th St. in De Soto. There will be a tent in case of rain.

Tickets are $15 and can be pur-chased in advance at winesongatriv-erfest.com or at the gate. Attendees must be at least 21.

Admission includes 10 sampling tick-ets and a souvenir wine glass. Wine will be available to purchase by the bottle. The event also will feature a number of area artists, as well as appetizers and live music.

Participating wineries are:• BlueJacket Crossing Vineyard and

Winery, Eudora• Davenport Orchards and Winery,

Eudora• Holy-Field Vineyard and Winery,

Basehor• Jefferson Hill Vineyard and Winery,

McLouth• Kugler’s Vineyard, Lawrence• Middle Creek Winery, Louisburg• Nighthawk Vineyard and Winery,

Paola• Renaissance Cellars, St. Marys• Rowe Ridge Vineyard and Winery,

Kansas City, Kan.• Somerset Ridge Vineyard and

Winery, Paola• Stone Pillar Vineyard and Winery,

Olathe• Wine Barn Winery and Vineyard,

Kansas City, Kan. • Wyldewood Cellars, Paxico• White Tail Run Winery, Edgerton


experiences I’ve ever experienced, because junior year we finished third and made a goal right there in the off-season we’d put ourselves in a posi-tion to win,” Johnson said.

Coach Van Rose has coached hun-dreds of runners since he’s been the coach at SM Northwest. This year’s girls team was not carried by one star runner, but the closeness of this group helped propel the Cougars to earn the Class 6A state championship.

“They just kept getting better and better,” Rose said.

Since the beginning of last summer, Johnson worked hard in the mornings on her stride to attempt to become a solid runner. It paid off for her with a 12th-place finish in 15:14.40 seconds at Rim Rock Farm in 2011.

Johnson’s short, efficient stride al-lowed her to become an effective run-ner. She will be a member of the cross-country and track and field teams at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville this fall. If her SM North-west career is any indication, Johnson will be a steady force for the Bearcats for years to come.

“I think she has such an even per-sonality,” Rose said. “No big highs, no big lows just really steady. I didn’t have to tiptoe around her; we knew what Jessica was going to be like every single day.”

Steady soccer forceAlthough soccer coach Todd Boren

saw the potential of Johnson as soon as she stood on the pitch her freshman year, she was not much of a stat sheet stuffer. Boren used her flexibility on the soccer field to make her an effi-cient player during her three years on the team.

“She was able to play a wide variety of positions and play all of them well,” Boren said.

During her senior season, while se-curing the 12th and final letter of her high school career, Johnson took on a much larger role for the Cougars. Mainly playing in the midfield, John-son became more of an aggressor, es-tablishing herself as one of SM North-west’s key offensive and defensive contributors.

“You always knew what you were going to get out of her,” Boren said. “You always knew it was going to be a quality performance.”

With a 9-8-1 campaign for her senior year, SM Northwest ended its season with a 3-0 loss to Blue Valley North-west in the first round of regionals.

But for Johnson it was a difficult way to end it, with a partial tear in her ACL that slowed her down throughout the season.

Still, contributions to the soccer program will not be something forgot-ten anytime soon.

“Her emotions never came into play a whole lot, on the field or off the field,” Boren said. “She stepped on the field, practiced her game and always worked hard.”

Big-time turnaroundDramatic change would be an un-

derstatement for the Lady Cougars basketball team over the past four sea-sons as a program.

When Johnson arrived at SM North-west, she had every intention of com-peting at the highest level on the bas-ketball court.

But a freshman season filled with frustration only panned out to a 2-19 record for the Cougars.

After a coaching change halfway through her time at Northwest, John-son and the Cougars saw a dramatic turnaround in her a final go-round. In fact the 16-7 record in the senior sea-son added up to a combined winning total greater than all of the first three seasons put together.

Johnson trusted the system imple-mented by coach Jeff Dickson, who took over the program two years ago.

“He put in a lot of time and that made us want to put in time and make us better,” Johnson said. “He also made us relaxed on the court and we really came together as a team. He really cares about all his players, and that’s why we we’re able to be so successful, because we could see his passion.”

Having that comfort in their coach allowed the Lady Cougars to advance all the way to the 6A state tournament in March, something that would have been unimaginable by senior players that had seen the struggle to rise to the top place in the state.

Johnson was one of the key players for SM Northwest, and Dickson real-ized early on that she was an invalu-

able piece to the puzzle.“Jess is so unselfish and works so

hard and never complains,” Dickson said. “By her being the wonderful per-son she is and conducting herself the way she always has, it made it hard for anyone else to ever complain about the work expected or the discipline we asked out of the girls.”

That unselfishness allowed Johnson to involve many of her teammates in the success-filled senior season.

Dickson said that she does all the little things and that most people don’t notice. She’s fundamentally sound, meaning she’ll set the screen, take the extra pass, take the charge or do all the non-glamorous things to help a team win.

Johnson and the Cougars’ success continued through the sub-state tour-nament and into the state tournament.

The Cougars dropped a difficult game against Maize, 51-31, in the first round. But after everything Johnson had gone through in her basketball career, just getting a chance to go to the state tournament was a victory in itself.

As she now moves on to the next step of her life, Johnson will have plenty of memories and has left an im-print that won’t be soon forgotten by the Cougar community.

“She made it all look easy,” Dickson said. “And that may be her biggest ac-complishment because, trust me, none of it came easy to her. That level of success only comes from the hardest work and the most dogged determina-tion.”


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his pivotal choices, made with fishing in mind. Communications, Scanlon reasoned, would allow him to hone his speaking skills and “represent my sport and my sponsors most effective-ly.”

At KU, he roomed with a few friends next to a local bar, where people- watching entertained on weekends. But every year, come late spring, he’d disappear until early fall.

Scanlon continued tournament fish-ing after college, starting a landscap-ing company — so he could make his own schedule — and relying on tour-nament winnings to cover the entry fees of the next event. In addition to seeking sponsorships, Scanlon still puts the boats he wins — he’s earned three thus far, valued at up to $45,000 each — for sale online.

At 26, Scanlon fished his first tour-nament under the banner of the sport’s preeminent governing body, B.A.S.S. It was a Central Open event at Lake Lewisville in Texas. Success again pre-sented itself early, as Scanlon placed second, finishing just one pound shy of first place and nearly qualifying for the annual Bassmaster Classic on his first attempt.

By the end of Scanlon’s Central Open run, he found himself in sixth place in the standings, one spot out from qualifying for the Elite Series, the highest level of tournament com-petition. But Scanlon caught a break when the angler ahead of him declined the invitation, giving Scanlon the final berth on the big stage, which receives coverage on ESPN2.

Then, this April, Scanlon won his first Open event, at Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo. His 49.4-pound fin-ish accomplished what he just barely missed out on in his first B.A.S.S. tour-nament: qualifying for the Feb. 2013 Bassmaster Classic.

Some rookie season.•••

Scanlon entered the final day of that tournament in fourth place, using a Strike King 6XD chartreuse Sexy Shad crank bait to reel in the day’s second-heaviest total and vault himself to first place.

But it takes little time to realize that

what may work one day doesn’t guar-antee success on another. Not even hours of fishing shows or volumes of guidebooks can replace time on the water.

“These fish don’t always read the same books we do,” Scanlon said.

One little change makes all the difference, he continued, dunking a crank bait in front of Lone Star Lake’s dam. Before fishing a new spot, he’ll study old fishing reports and navigate Google Earth images of the body of water until he can finally take off in his Nitro.

Scanlon knows the nuances of his craft and has the latest equipment, from a pair of shallow-water anchors to keep still on windy days to fish find-ers that meticulously detail the depth, vegetation, temperatures, baitfish and their pursuers — all in views from straight down to that of the boat’s pe-riphery.

But what makes the difference, Scanlon said, is an ability to read the water better than the average week-end warrior. The water’s color can determine what color of lure will be most effective; schools of baitfish can provide a glimpse at what the fish are eating. Pieces of cover and brush are also hot spots.

“They’re opportunistic,” Scanlon said. “Like if you’re in your living room, you’re going to sit on the couch, not stand in the middle of the room.”

On the front bed of Scanlon’s boat a half dozen fishing poles bake in the sun, each outfitted with different lines

and lures from which Scanlon will al-ternate to send his bait to varying de-grees of depth. When he pulls a fish out of the water, like the bass that lat-er assaults his top-water rubber frog along the bank of a western cove, he hangs around to see what else lurks beneath. Oftentimes, he said, anglers won’t realize just how many bass can be found in one area.

Scanlon continues to test the bank with his frog, a BOOYAH Pad Crash-er, which he pops along the surface, taunting what he hopes will be a hun-gry giant.

Soon enough, there’s a splash.“Holy cow!” Scanlon says, “I see

that bass. That fish back there pretty

much told us we want to stay here.”It’s a game. And like any sport it is

won with strategy and technique. Likeguiding a frog along a still surface nearthe bank, or sending a crank bait intothe wind, where it will, with hope, meet an opportunistic bass waiting for the current to bring it lunch.

“You just go out and look for cluesand hope they tell you something,” Scanlon said.

•••At the Toledo Bend battle, the fifth

of eight Elite Series events this year, Scanlon didn’t have his best showing,placing 79th with a total of 16.8 poundsof fish caught.

Scanlon’s first Elite Series appear-ance, a 45th-place, 31.9-pound perfor-mance, has still been his best and net-ted him $10,000 in winnings.

On Sunday, Brent Chapman, an angler 12 years Scanlon’s senior and himself an alum of Shawnee Mission North, would win his first Elite Se-ries tournament with a commanding83.3-pound haul. A Lake Quivira resi-dent, Chapman has fished nearly 200 tournaments with four first-place fin-ishes and 28 top-10 appearances. The Elite Series win, just one month shy of his 40th birthday, added another mile-stone to a career that has seen Chap-man bring in more than $1.3 million intournament winnings.

In February, Chapman — now in thelead of the Bassmaster Angler of theYear points race — will fish his 12th Classic while Scanlon makes his debut

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in the event, which will be fished at Shreveport, La.’s Red River.

His first full year still in progress, Scanlon’s 10 B.A.S.S. tournaments have so far produced one first-place finish and three top-10s with more than $86,000 in earnings. It’s an im-pressive start, a pace no doubt setting Scanlon up for a promising career.

Between the eight Elite Series tournaments and three Central Open tournaments, entry fees total nearly $50,000, all of which Scanlon is cov-ering primarily through cash earnings, flipping boats won along the way and recently selling his landscaping busi-ness.

Scanlon said his participation in Central Open events sometimes draws the ire of less-seasoned anglers seeking to follow his path to the Elite Series, but the each tournament rep-resents another chance to sustain a young career rather than an opportu-nity to play big fish in a small pond.

“They don’t have what I have at stake,” he said.

Financing his career, Scanlon said, has been his biggest challenge thus far — which isn’t to say fishing against nearly 100 of the sport’s finest isn’t it-self a tall task. You fire up your motor on the first of at least three eight-hour days on the water, seeking to master the lake and its hot spots, read its con-ditions and negotiate around scores of experienced anglers, each with their

own souped-up systems and precise fish-finding technology.

“It’s a humbling sport,” he said. “I was given a dose of reality after fish-ing awhile. Ups and downs and a lot of disappointments.”

Out on Lone Star Lake, Scanlon awaited a curveball. The seventh Elite Series tournament, to be held on a “mystery lake” four days after the June 21-24 event in LaCrosse, Wis., along the Mississippi River, would be revealed that afternoon.

He had hoped it would not be what it would indeed become: Lake Michi-gan on June 28-July 1.

As the sun spilled down on Lone Star Lake, Scanlon pulled in a three-pound largemouth, held it for a mo-ment and tossed it back into the 195-acre lake.

He had half-expected Lake Michi-gan — with a surface area of 29,000 square miles — to be the mystery lake, so he had already imagined navigating a body of water that swallows you like the ocean does, where heavy white bass and wipers can intercept your bait, stealing precious time and energy from the pursuit. A lake whose entry fee doesn’t include the installation of extra bilge pumps and drift socks for safety and utility.

Three days just won’t be enough to break down the lake like most on the trail.

The tournament will be won on smallmouth bass, Scanlon said, fish that put up an even greater fight than their relatives.

“I think my biggest challenge may be ahead of me,” Scanlon said.


Scanlon


THE FIGHT NEVER ENDS when bringing in a largemouth bass, like this one Casey Scanlon hooked at Lone Star Lake last month. Scanlon, 28, has been fishing competitively since he was 15.


SCANLON’S BIGGEST CHALLENGES have included securing enough sponsors. Entry fees for the 11 tournaments Scanlon will fish this year exceed $50,000.

SHAWNEE MISSION STRIKE KINGSWhen Casey Scanlon joined the Bassmaster Elite Series this year, that made for two

local Anglers on the circuit. Scanlon, an SM Northwest alum, joined Brent Chapman, an SM North alum, among the sport’s top anglers.

Casey Scanlon• Birthdate: 6/2/1984• Hometown: Lenexa• B.A.S.S. Tournaments: 10• First-place finishes: 1• Top-10 finishes: 3• Total winnings: $86,737• Bassmaster Classic appearances: Feb. 2013 will be first

Brent Chapman• Birthdate: 7/6/1972• Hometown: Lake Quivira• B.A.S.S. Tournaments: 197• First-place finishes: 4• Top-10 finishes: 28• Total winnings: $1,361,941• Bassmaster Classic appearances: 11

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By Ryan McCarthySpecial to The Dispatch

Qualifying for the Junior College World Series is an accomplishment very few programs in the country get to experience every season.

The Shawnee area not only had five athletes competing in Grand Junction, Colo., between May 26 and June 2, all are SM Northwest alumni.

One of them, Iowa Western Com-munity College pitcher Jake Thomp-son, has spent two years in the JUCO World Series since being in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Last season, the Reivers fell short, finishing in third place, but this year was a different story.

After dropping its first game to San Jacinto, their eventual opponent in the final, Iowa Western CC squeaked out a nail biter in the championship game, winning 6-5 with a ninth-inning rally against San Jacinto. The Reivers’ five- game win streak finished the most successful season in program history.

“We didn’t give in and after we got on a roll in the World Series, we just kept it going,” Thompson said. “We weren’t about to go home without that trophy.”

Thompson took the mound against Western Nevada on May 28 and put

together a solid six-inning perfor-mance, including four hits and three runs in his worked innings.

Throughout his high school career, Thompson was a flamethrower try-ing to blow everybody by with his low 90s fastball. Now he’s developed more control of his game, especially his breaking ball pitches.

“It’s not about strikeouts, it’s about keeping your pitch count down, get ground balls, get quick, easy outs and keep your defense off the field as long as possible so they can get you runs,” Thompson said.

For his career as a Reiver, Thomp-son notched an 18-3 record and helped lead them to six consecutive appear-ances at the JUCO World Series. Thompson will look to have a chance for the front part of the rotation at Western Kentucky next fall.

However, Thompson was not the only former Cougar at the event. Adam Giacalone, a recent draft pick of the Milwaukee Brewers, also made an appearance with the Neosho County Community College ball club.

The NJCCA All-American was in-strumental in getting the Panthers to their second appearance in Grand Junction, Colo. Like his first year in Chanute, Giacalone finished with re-markable numbers at the plate, includ-

ing a .396 batting average. He also led the team in their 49-16 season with 12 home runs and 59 RBIs.

“We went 1-2, but the experience there was amazing with the fans,” Gia-calone said. “We were a big family, so to just spend two weeks together was awesome.”

Another SM Northwest alumni, Nick Feighner, transferred in this season for Neosho and instantly be-came one of the principal contributors for the team, including starting all 55 games he appeared in. Feighner bat-ted .299 on the season with four home runs and 20 RBIs and said he enjoyed his time at Neosho and found himself renewing his passion for the game.

“If I could go back in high school and pick where I wanted to go, I defi-nitely would want to go there right out of high school,” Feighner said.

Former teammates of Feighner and Giacalone were also on the Panther lineup this season. Matt Milner ap-peared in 22 games with a batting av-erage of .214. Jacob Walters also had a redshirt year in Chanute.

Through all the ups and downs, the former Cougar athletes enjoyed being on the biggest stage possible before moving on in different directions in their baseball careers.

“It was great to see everybody from back home and be in that setting,” Thompson said.

Contributed photo by Michelle Gress

CLAYTON HENNING, a Shawnee native who was an outfielder for St. Thomas Aquinas, was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 11th round of the 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft last week. Henning was a second-team 5A All-State selection this year.

Henning MLB-bound

Five Shawnee athletes star in JUCO series

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BRIEFLYMill Valley to hostwrestling camp this month

A former Olympic champion wrestler and team coach, Steve Fraser, is bring-ing his U.S. Camps system to Shawnee for a World Class Wrestling Camp at Mill Valley High School from June 25-28.

Sam Hazewinkel, a 2012 U.S. Olympic Team member, 2012 Olympic Trials champion and two-time U.S. Nation-als champion, will be one of two camp clinicians. He also is a three-time World Team Trials runner-up and four-time NCAA All-American at the University of Oklahoma.

Hazewinkel will be joined by Rob Her-man, the head Greco Roman coach at the U.S. Olympic Education Center and a member of the U.S. Olympic Team’s coaching staff.

Herman received the award for U.S. Wrestling Coach of the Year from 1992-1996 and was a member of the U.S. World Team in 1982, 1983 and 1985. Herman earned the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in 1983 and a silver medal at the World Cup in 1984. He also has four U.S. Nationals Greco Roman titles.

The first three days of the camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the final day will take place from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Wrestlers can sign up for the camp at uscamps.net or by contacting Jag-uars head coach Travis Keal at [email protected].

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ABOVE: THE CHORUS helps move the action along in between scenes. RIGHT: SWEENEY’S DAUGHTER, Johanna (Taylor Harvey), ponders how she can get out of an unwanted marriage.

IT’S A SHAVE-OFF between Sweeney and his rival Adolfo Pirelli (Anthony Francisco), left.

INSPIRED BY the return of his barber razors, Sweeney plots his murderous revenge.

MRS. LOVETT (Pam Sollars), left, admits to making “the worst pies in London” to lead character Sweeney Todd (Robert Hingula), otherwise known in the Stephen Sondheim-penned musical as “the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.” Performances of “Sweeney Todd,” which last weekend kicked off Theatre in the Park’s summer season, will continue Thursday through Sunday.

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Found Pet/Animal FOUND Dog - Young female German Shepherd showed up Sunday, June 2nd near 183rd & Leavenworth Rd. Please call or text to 913-709-7770

Auction Calendar

WOODWORKING EQUIP.ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES

AUCTIONSat., June 16, 2012 - 10AM

Louisburg, KS 66053Detrixhe Realty & Auction913-642-3207, 913-624-4644www.auctionsbyphil.com

ESTATE AUCTIONSat., June 23rd - 9:30AMDouglas Co. Fairgrounds

2110 Harper, Lawrence, KSSELLER: HAROLD HOWARD

ESTATE & OTHERSElston Auction CompanyMark Elston 785-218-7851www.KansasAuctions.net

ESTATE AUCTIONSun., June 24th - 10AM

1106 Rhode IslandLawrence, KS

SELLER: RAYMOND F. BARLAND ESTATE

Elston Auction CompanyMark Elston 785-218-7851www.KansasAuctions.net

Auctions

AuctionBob Jackson Estate

Large CommercialWoodworking EquipmentAntiques & Collectibles

Sat., June 1610AM

Intersection of KS69& KS68 Hwys, Westof Louisburg Ford

Louisburg, KS 66053Wood & Working Equip: native woods: lathes, joint-ers; table saws: trim & mold cutter; Delta Miter saw; belt sanders; routers; hole-saw; elect. planersWoodworking & Shop Tools, Stain Glass Equip., Appls., Furn., Misc: Kenmore win-dow AC; Magic Chef refrig-erator, china hutch, and much more. Antiques, col-lectibles: 4’x4’ glass dis-play cases; grain pricing board; tin animated toys: Red Skelton collection.Fishing and Camping: 4hp Chrysler boat motor; reels Many items too numerous to mention.

Cash or approved check5% Buyer’s Premium

Detail list at:www.auctionsbyphil.com

25 yrs Experience -All Types of Auctions

Phil Detrixhe -Auctioneer/Detrixhe Realty & AuctionOverland Park, KS 66212

913-642-3207913-624-4644 (cell)

[email protected]

LIVING ESTATE AUCTIONSat., June 16th - 10AM4450 Stafford Terrace

Wellsville, KSHwy K33 to 7th St.,

W thru town to auction2 rings to run

NH TN55 & NH TC33D Trac-tors, 4-Trailers, Artic Cat, 3pt Equip, Tools, 2 Sheds.1973 Mossman Golden Era Guitar, Salzard Violon, 12 Guns, Knives & Jewelry.Coins, Autographed Base-balls, Antiques, Collecti-bles, Furniture, Household

Forest & Dorothy Laughlin, Owners

Branden Otto, Auctioneer785-883-4263

www.ottoauctioneering.com

Auctions

Welding Shop Equip. & Supplies

AuctionSat., June 16, 10AM

18504 Stranger RoadLeavenworth, KS 66048

From Leavenworth take Ei-senhower Rd. west 6 miles to County Rd 29 go south 1 mile to Stranger Rd & go left or east to sale site.

Over 50 Yrs of AccumulationMcNeely Steel

Excess InventoryReduction

Trailers & SuppliesPaint Booth & Supplies3 Phase & Singlee phase

Shop EquipmentFarm Supplies

Bolts-Nuts-U bolts-Misc.Hardware

Misc. items & suppliesAuctioneers Note: This is a 50 year accumulation of equipment & supplies that are no longer needed. This is a very large offering of shop equipment & sup-plies, so be on time. It will be a very long day & this is a partial list - Bennie

For pictures go to:www.kansasauctions.

net/phillips or www.phillipsauctioneers.com

Terms: 7% Buyers pre-mium, Cash, Charge, Check; TELECHECK will be used to verify checks. Not responsible for accidents. Statements made day of sale take precedence over all printed material. Re-freshments will be served.

Auctioneers:Ben Phillips & Assoc.

913-727-6622Bennie Phillips 913-927-8570

Clerks:A. Phillips, P. Arevalo,A. Waller, M. Phillips

Estate Sales

Estate Sale211 Arch

Leavenworth, KSJune 21, 22, & 23

9 amHand quilted quilts (30), Vintage linens, area rugs, Large selection of dolls, buggies, children’s dishes, clothes, Vintage Christ-mas ornaments, Byers carolers, Iron baby bed, Oil lamps (old), some minatures, wicker furni-ture, riding mowers (2), sterling, vintage books (military history & children’s), Bissman wal-nut bedroom set, dining set, china cabinet, Ebon-ite peer mirror (7’ by 10’, mirror is 54” wide x 75” tall, large mirrors, rope beds, Harker chine, tea carts, tools, primitives, coke trays (old), table & floor lamps, Walnut cor-ner cupboard & 2 smaller cupboards, possum belly, Hoosier style cabinet, Refirgerator, W/D, gas range, porcelain, depres-sion, crystal, old metal trucks, duck decoys, cookie jars, stoneware, clocks (French), Cuckoo, other. Lots & lots of misc.

Sale by Denneys1-913-547-0584

Cleaning

Housecleaning. Reliable rates. lots of exp. depend-able, trustworthy. Please phone Kim at 816-590-1450

Banking

BANK TELLERFull Time position availa-ble at Shawnee location of First State Bank.

Teller or cash handling experience required.

Fax resume to(913) 268-7598

Equal OpportunityEmployer

Computer-IT

Applications Developer, Sprint Nextel Corp. Re-quires Actuate Report De-sign and True Information experience. Resumes to: www.sprint.com/careersReq # 125184BR EOE

Drivers-Transportation

SubstitutesNeeded for rural

newspaper routes for LeCompton & Tonganoxie

areas.

Reliable person & vehicle a must. Will Work early

morning hours from 1AM-6AM. Must have a

valid driver’s license and insurance needed.

Contact Perry at 785-832-7249

ExecutiveManagement

Executive DirectorThe KCK Housing Author-ity seeks qualified candi-dates for Executive Direc-tor. To apply submit a let-ter of interest and de-tailed resume,on or before June 29, 2012

to: Anne McDonaldSearch Committee

P. O. Box 171811Kansas City KS 66117

To learn more visit our website: www.kckha.org

EOE M/F/H

General

JanitorialArea Service Route Rep

Will service restroom deodorizers in the Kan-sas City area. Must drive personal vehicle. 6 days per month.

Call 800-537-1376 &dial extension 628

to leave a voicemail.www.KBS-Clean.jobs EOE

Healthcare

Dental AssistantFull-Time Position

Haskell Health CenterFull-time Dental Assistant position available at the Haskell Health Center, Dental Clinic. Experience preferred. Hours of opera-tion: Mon. - Fri., 8am - 5pm.

Applications must be madethrough the website:www.USAJOBS.gov

For additional information call 785-832-4805.This position is in a

Tobacco-Free Environment.Equal Opportunity Employment

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785-832-1000.

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All packages include AT LEAST 7 days online, 2

photos online, 4000 chracters online, and one

week in top ads.

Days in print vary with package chosen.

Healthcare

PA or NPLooking for Fulltime PA or NP for rural Critical Ac-cess Hospital, ER and fam-ily clinic. Position is very autonomous. Exceptional working cond. Kansas li-cense required, start ASAP! Exp. preferred but will train right candidate.

Resume or apply to:Human Resources

Fax: 913-774-3366 oremail [email protected]

F.W. Huston Medical Center408 Delaware

Winchester, KS 66097Ph: 913-774-4340

www.jcmhospital.org

PhlebotomistFull-Time- Lawrence, KS: Quest Diagnostics, the nation’s leading provider of diagnostics testing and services, seeks can-didate to perform veni-puncture, capillary and prep specimens, & COC collections. Will also ob-tain billing information & stay current w/billing procedures, 1 year exp, data entry skills & must have HS Diploma or GED.

Join us on our journey. Please apply to

Job ID 3700696 at www.questdiagnostics.com

EOE.

Manufacturing &Assembly

Traffic Manager3-5 yrs logistics exp.

Visit our website, www.krafttool.com,

for a more detailed job description andrequirements.

Office-Clerical Office Assistant needed for Bolz Insurance. Hours will be M-F 8-5. No experience necessary but insurance li-cense or office experience would help. Please drop resume at Bolz Insurance at 3502 Westridge Drive Lawrence, Kansas 66049. Any questions or concerns can contact (800) 400-4336.

Recreation andSports

LIFEGUARD: SUMMER HELP WANTED! Full time sum-mer position at the Tall Oaks Christian Camp, at Linwood, KS, needed as soon as possible. Go to our website www.talloaks.org- click on job opportunities at home page for informa-tion and application form. Call 913-301-3004 for more info & to set up interview. Person must be a fit for Christian Camp atmos-phere and be a fully certi-fied lifeguard. A person who is a trained and expe-rienced Challenge Course Instructor might be con-sidered as well.

Need an apartment?Place your ad at

ljworld.com or email [email protected]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2012 | 21Trade Skills

MACHINE OPERATORSStouse Inc., a specialty printing company in the Gardner area listed as one of the Top 20 Area Manufacturers, is look-ing to fill full time posi-tions with energetic indi-viduals who want to be machine operators. We will train aggressive self-starters with ma-chine experience or indi-viduals looking for a new career. The position re-quires a minimum of a high school diploma, some college a plus. We offer a competitive ben-efit & wage package which includes profit sharing. Call Fran Rumans at 913-764-5757 or send your resume to: [email protected]

Stouse, Inc.Human Resources Dept.

300 New Century ParkwayNew Century, KS 66031

Drug Free/EEO Employer

Warehouse-Production

ProLogistixJobs Available

KS City, KS LocationForklift OperatorsAll Shifts Available

www.prologistix.com816-452-5978

Duplexes

3BR, 2 bath, W/D, 1 car gar-age, on bus route, 2903 - 05

University Dr. $900/mo. Avail. Aug. 1st. 785-841-9646

Bonner Springs

2BR apt., quiet 4-plex, 226 E. 3rd St. FP, fully equipped kitchen, W/D. $525/mo. 3 person max occupancy. No dogs. Call 913-208- 0009

2BR, 1 bath duplex, 1 car garage, W/D hookup, $725/ mo. + $725 deposit. Mow-ing included. No pets. Call 913-441-3724, 913-620-4444

Tiblow Village Aptsin Bonner Springs

Spacious 1BR Apts.Save money on utilities!! Units are all elect. & water is included in rent price. Lighted parking, on-site laundry, & pool. 1BRs start at $445/mo. To see a unit today - call 913-441-6108!

De Soto

2 & 3BR DeSoto homesavail. W/D hookup, CH/CA, more. No pets. $700/mo. & up. Year lease. 913-585-1211

Area Open Houses

Fri., June 29, 5PM

25124 Linwood RdLawrence, KS

2BR, 2 bath ranchon park like setting.

Real Estate sells 7pmOpen House

June 13, Wed 5-8pmJune 18 , Mon. 5-8pmEstate items sell 5pmPhotos/termson Web

LINDSAY AUCTION SERVICE913-441-1557

www.lindsayauctions.com

Baby & ChildrenItems

ExerSaucer has colorful pond theme and is a 3 in 1 activity center for 0-24 mo (playmat, exersaucer, and activity table). Very clean - like new! $60. Call 785-633-6705.

Baby & ChildrenItems Ocean Wonders Space-Saver Swing, promotes comfort w/soothing swinging motion & calm-ing vibrations. includes 6 different songs. Birth to 25 lbs. Retails for $75. asking $25. 785-633-6705

Sleigh Style Glider Rocker and Ottoman features a clean, white finish and beige microfiber spot-cleanable cushions. Very clean-like new! $100. Call 785-633-6705.

Furniture

Beautiful Twin over Full sized Futon Bunk Bed from NFM. Black metal frame with wooden posts in cherry finish. Twin mat-tress included. Paid over $300. price is $70. 913-744-8137.

Blue Sofa, slightly cat-scratched, but other-wise in good condition, free! You haul it away, you can have it. Call 785-842-3078.

Downsizing. Vintage 60s-Harvest Trestle Table 72x35 - 1-Bench 64”, 1 Host Chair, 3 Side Chairs- $500. Tea Cart w/drop leaves-$225.- Cabinet 41x21x38 Dry Sink Effect Bi Fold doors w/ 2 shelves $125. Quality Wood-Antique Har-vest tone- One owner. Will sell separately, please call 785-766-9978

Miscellaneous

Carrier, Older model hard-shell rooftop carrier for cargo or luggage - Free. 785-832-0296

Music-Stereo

Entertainment Center,Maple-like wood, TV open-ing, with glass doors on top with lights. Shelves be-low with doors, $185. Ex-cellent condition. Please call 913-721-3360

Flute, Selmer Beginner’s flute, with case, $75. Please call 913-721-3360

Genuine German Violin,with case and bow. Excel-lent condition, $550. firm. 785-842-2126

Sports-FitnessEquipment

Football Equipment, Mill Valley Youth football hel-met, pads, pants, $50. 913-955-7095

Golf Clubs, in bag and golf club sleeves. one Ladies RH and one men’s LH -both As Is. $70 each or best offer. 913-422-1242

Upright Piano, standard Wurlitzer piano stool, Good practice piano, $65 or best offer. 913-422-1242

Bonner Springs

Garage/ Estate SaleFriday, June 15,

Saturday, June 16, 9am-5pm,

442 Park Drive,Bonner Springs, KS(1/2 block west of

Lions Park)Items: recliners, love

seat, queen size bed-room sets, twin bed, cof-fee table, end tables, kitchen table with 4 chairs, hutch, Kenmore sewing machine in cabi-net, stereo/ radio in cab-inet, desk, shop vac, TVs, TV stands, commode, walkers, transfer bench for bathtub, dishes, household items. GREAT BARGAINS! ALL MUST GO!

HUGE 4 family Yard Salewith over 60 years

accumulation

Friday & SaturdayJune 15 & 16

7-3pm

13816 Stilwell RdBonner Springs

Call for questions 913-488-1045

Vintage items, tools, plumbing, crafts and woodwork, furniture,

kitchen and household items, linens, farm items,

lawn and garden and a whole lot more.

Bonner Springs Huge Antique Sale

June 14,15,169:00AM to 3:30PM2113 W. 120th St.Leawood, KansasNO EARLY SALES

NeighborhoodGARAGE SALES12 NEIGHBORS

SATURDAY JUNE 16th 8-2P.M.

168th & Evans RdDirections: South of

166th State Ave to Evans Rd, go west 2 blocks to 168th St.

Antiques, lots of Furni-ture, Patio Furniture, Coke Machine-works, MM collectibles, White Washer and Dryer Ped-estals for frontloaders, Gymboree clothes size 8 boys and girls, Nordic Trac, Weight machine, Softball equipment, Indooor Basketball equipment, Foosball ta-ble, Clothes, Lots of household and misc. Tools, Craftsman radial saw, lathe, nice Ann Tay-lor skirts sz 4-8, Com-puter desk, Harley pipes, free dirt bike tires, dirt bike boots size 13, parts cleaner, motorcycle hel-mets, marble slabs gray 70 yrs old, 3 concrete deer.

Kansas City

GARAGE SALEWed, Thurs, Fri.

June 13, 14, 15, 201210920 Winchester Dr.Kansas City, Kansas

2 blocks off Hutton & Donohoo Road

Girls’ baby clothes: size 0 to 18 months; Boys’ clothes: size 4 to 7; other baby items;children’s toys, Women and Mens’ clothing, tires size 13 and size 18, Air Hockey Table, 8 chair Dining Room set with china cabinet and buffet, TV’s, Kitchen Items, Household Items.

Shawnee

Moving salegood prices,fri. june 15Sat june 16

9am-?23509 W 77nd Terrace

Shawnee 66227

Charter Oak bedroom set, Ethan Allen sofa, book-

cases, daybed, and misc. Call 913-645-7942for information

RV

5th Wheel 2005 Sierra by Forest River, One Owner, 32ft., 2 slides, No smoking, pets or kids. Excellent cond. Air Ride hitch, $18,000. Extra hitch for boat on back. 785-748-0810/785-760-3108

Cedar Creek 2001 - 25’ 5th wheel, 2 slides. Nice! $8,500. Call 913-369-3766.

Fleetwood 2002Revolution 40C, 330 HP Cummins ISC Diesel en-

gine, 2 slides, $32,000.Email [email protected]

785-538-9245

Keystone 2004 Springdale 5TH Wheel 26.5’ Slideout with Lots of UPGRADES and EXTRAs!! Clean Condi-tion. Please call and leave a message. $13,000. 785-917-1881

Isuzu SUVs

Isuzu 2002 Rodeo 4X4-119K, Automatic, V6. Silver exte-rior, gray cloth interior. Power windows Power locks. Cruise control. Roof rack. Tinted windows. Steel wheels. After market stereo. Extremely clean ve-hicle. Well maintained. Very sharp! $5,200 Call 785-979-1079

Antiques-Classic T-Bird ‘67 4DR., Landau, 105,000 actual miles, $6,000. Ozawkie area. 816-591-0604

Cars-Domestic Dodge 2007 Caliber SXT,$8,495. Needing a good family car or just starting out. Features: 1 owner, 76k miles (mostly highway), rated 24 city/29 highway MPG, FWD, clean and well maintained, new tires within year, power doors & locks, cruise, Manual transmission. 785-691-9908 or [email protected]

Mercury 2008 Grand Mar-quis GS, 31K, like new, All offers considered. 913-788-0111

2002 PONTIAC FIREBIRD PRICED to SELL FAST!80,800 miles, 2Dr, V6 Coupe, T-tops, alarm

system, transferable ext. warranty. Excellent

maintenance record.Ex. Pewter paint, black leather and NEW tires. Call to arrange appt.

Serious inquires only Cashier’s check only

913-319-9366 can email pictures:

[email protected]

Pontiac 1994 Grand Am for $1200/offer. It has 194,752 miles & is in running order. The power steering pump needs replaced and there is a minor tick in the en-gine. There is also some cosmetic damage to the vehicle. The car come with power locks, power steer-ing, power windows, & CD player. 785-917-0642

Cars-Imports ACURA 2005 TL, 66,000 mi-les, excellent condition, one owner, blue-tooth, GPS, & satellite radio. Priced at $16,500. 785-271-5166

Trailers Beautiful newly renovated 2006 Dutchmen trailer: sleeps ten, 12 foot slide, newer tires, awning, new paint and curtains, water-saving faucets, queen bed, four rear bunks, reupholstered couch and dinette sleep two each. Appliances, & heat/air work great. $12,000. Make an offer! 785-409-8131

Motorcycle-ATV Suzuki 1981 GS650L,4cylinder, 40mpg. Excel-lent shape! New battery, carburetor redone, good tires. $1,400 or offer. 785-691-5326

Sport Utility-4x4 Chevrolet 2009 Tahoe LTZ, 4WD, 29,700 miles, white, leather, DVD, navigation, sunroof, warranty, excel-lent condition, $12,700. [email protected]

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Shawnee

(Published in the Shawnee Dispatch, Wednesday, June 13, 2012)

CITY OF SHAWNEE,KANSAS

Sealed Proposals will be re-ceived from Bidders by the City of Shawnee, hereinaf-ter referred to as the Owner, at the office of the City Clerk at Shawnee City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas, until 10:00 A.M., Friday June 29, 2012 at which time, the bids received will be opened and publicly read for all materials, supplies, tools, equipment and perform all necessary labor, to provide cable locating services as outlined in these Contract Documents. Bidders will be notified of the results within fourteen (14) days of the date set above for bids to be received. The Con-tract shall be awarded by the Governing Body of the Owner at the sole and com-plete discretion of such Governing Body. The City

of Shawnee reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive infor-malities or irregularities in bids.

Contract documents may be obtained from www.questcdn.com. Con-tract documents may be downloaded for a non-refundable fee of $10.00 by inputting Quest project number 2109070 on the Project Search page on the Quest website. Contact QuestCDN.com at 1-952-233-1632 or info@ questcdn.com for assis-tance with free member-ship registration and downloading the contract documents. Paper copies of the contract documents are available for a non-refundable fee of $25.00 per set from Shaw-nee City Hall, Public Works Codes Division.

Each Bidder shall file with their bid a cashier’s check, certified check, or bid bond drawn on an acceptable bank in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid. Bid Bonds will be returned to the unsuccessful Bid-ders, with the exception of the second qualifying Bid-der, at such time as their bids are rejected.

All Bidders shall verify that they have considered all written addenda. Any writ-ten addenda issued during the time of bidding shall be covered and included in the bid. There will be no clarifi-cations or exceptions al-lowed on the Bid. Bids are for a total bid package based on estimated on-call services for a twelve (12) month period.

Each bid shall be made on a printed Proposal form in-cluded with these docu-ments. Bids shall be sub-mitted in sealed envelopes and shall be marked “2012 Cable Locating Services Contract”. An officer of the firm making such Proposal shall properly execute all Proposal forms. Bids re-ceived after the time and date above specified shall be returned, unopened, to the Bidder.

CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS________

(First published in the Shawnee Dispatch, Wednesday, May 30, 2012)

THE JOAN BARBARA MROZ TRUST, UTA DATEDDECEMBER 10, 2002

NOTICE TO CREDITORSPURSUANT TOK.S.A. 58a-818

TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED:

1. You are notifiedthat Joan Barbara Mroz died on March 14, 2012.2. The decedent was the Grantor of the Joan Barbara Mroz Trust, uta dated De-cember 10, 2002.3. The Co-Successor Trus-tees are Deborah L. Presley and Nancy Joan McKean. They may be contacted through the office of the Trust’s attorney below.4. The Co-Successor Trus-tees have the power to pay the outstanding debts of the decedent from the trust property upon receipt of proper proof of the debts.5. In accordance with K.S.A. 58a818, creditors of the de-cedent must present claims for such debts to the co-trustees in writing within the later of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of no-tice, or thirty (30) days af-ter receipt of actual notice if the identity of the credi-tor is known or reasonably ascertainable by the Co-Successor Trustees. If a creditor fails to present such claims to the Co-Successor Trustees within such prescribed time period, the creditor will be forever barred as against the Co-Successor Trustees and the trust property.6. Claims should be submit-ted to the Trustee’s attor-ney, Joseph P. Perry, Perry and Trent, LLC, 13100 Kan-sas Avenue, Suite C, Bonner Springs, KS 66012.

Deborah L. PresleyCo-Trustee

Nancy Joan McKeanCo-Trustee

Joseph P. Perry #09296Perry and Trent, L.L.C.13100 Kansas Avenue,Suite CBonner Springs, Kansas 66012Phone: (913) 441-3411Fax: (913) 441-3656Attorney for the Trust

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