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THE ONAGA HERALDONAGA JOURNAL, Established May 9, 1878ONAGA DEMOCRAT, Established October 1, 1885ONAGA HERALD, Established April 1, 1890
ONAGA, POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, KANSAS 66521(USPS 408-500)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2013Vol. 123, No. 29
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Kocher Twins Selected Homecoming Royalty Pott. County EmergencyPersonnel Work LogisticalWay Through FAD Drill
During Onaga’s homecoming halftime ceremonieslast Friday evening a first at Onaga High Schoolbecame history. The Queen and King are sisterand brother, the Kocher twins, Keyanna andBranson Kocher were crowned 2013 Homecom-ing Royalty. They are the childen of Bruce and AnnKocher of Onaga. In the Royal Court, from left to
right, Crown bearer Master Titan Eisenbarth, EmilyRoggenkamp, Queen Keyanna, Kori Meyer, Joce-lyn Marten and Crown bearer Emmarsyn Fordham.In back, 2012 King Thomas Eisenbarth, MattRezac, King Branson, Tyler Murray, Lane Minihanand 2012 Queen Raegan Hermreck.
This accident, involving only one vehicle, belong-ing to Larry Honig, 77, of Onaga occurred in thedriveway of the Farmer’s Cooperative on Satur-day morning. Apparently Mr. Honig was attempt-ing to turn into the driveway to the scales at theCoOp when his tandem wheels both droppedoff of the culvert, causing the truck to lay over
Grain Truck Rolls Over; Driver Okay
on its side. The tarp over the soybeans held mostof the load in the truck bed, but a grain vacuumwas called in to remove the grain from the truckand off of the ground. The truck was uprightedseveral hours after the accident. Mr. Honig wasnot injured, but some damage was done to thetruck.
by Mark PortellDetection of a foreign ani-
mal disease in the area wouldcreate a logistical challengefor emergency personnel,Pottawatomie County offi-cials learned last week.
Participating in a simulatedforeign animal disease (FAD)drill Wednesday and Thurs-day, October 9-10, emer-gency officials went throughthe motions of dealing with amyriad of unforeseen compli-cations.
“It was a learning experi-ence,” Chris Trudo, PottCounty emergency manage-ment director, told countycommissioners Monday.“Due to the cost, they prob-ably won’t do it again for sev-eral years, but we all learneda lot; everything it takes todeal with the situation.”
The simulation scenarioinvolved a suspected in-fected animal out of Alabamadiscovered at Kansas StateUniversity. A 1.5-mile radiusof the campus was declaredimmediately as an “infectedarea,” while a “quarantinedarea” extended to a six-mileradius, encroaching into Pot-tawatomie County.
“It was a functional exer-cise, meaning we did every-thing but move equipmentand people,” Trudo said.There were about 200 “play-ers” involved from stateagencies, Riley and Potta-watomie Counties, and Kan-sas State University.
In Pott County, emergencypersonnel were tasked withclosing roads and setting up24-hour checkpoints to pre-vent potential spread of thedisease; recruiting fire-fight-ers for decontamination; anddiverting incoming livestockto alternate sites.
“We even had to deal witha suicidal rancher whothought his herd was goingto be destroyed,” Trudo said.
Besides emergency man-agement, Pott County de-partments participating in the
two-day exercise includedpublic works, health, sheriffand GIS, Trudo said.
“The big thing we took outof it is we’re probably not go-ing to have the people tohandle it if it ever does oc-cur,” he said.
In other business Monday:• Jim Jenkins, assistant
public works director, re-ported the deck on the newWilson Creek Bridge onWestmoreland Rd. waspoured last week.
With guard rails and ap-proaches still to be com-pleted, the bridge northwestof Westmoreland should becompleted by mid-Novem-ber, Jenkins said.
Jenkins also said the roadbed on Vineyard Rd. north ofU.S. Highway 24 should becomplete this week andready for asphalt overlay.
Commissioners GaryYenzer and Stan Hartwich,however, questioned the wis-dom of paving before allow-ing the road to go through afreeze-thaw cycle to improvethe base.
“When we built the fire sta-tion over there we didn’t wantto pave it until after the firstwinter to get a good base,”Yenzer said.
“We’ve got a pretty goodbase on Vineyard,” Jenkinsnoted, and commissionerssaid they would leave thedecision to the public worksdepartment.
• Hartwich, the county’srepresentative to the FlintHills Regional Council, saidthat agency is expected todecide this Friday whether ornot to move forward with aproposed visitor center at theintersection of Interstate-70and K-177, south of Manhat-tan.
“At the last meeting I toldthem not to expect much outof Pottawatomie County,”Hartwich said. “We’ve gotenough things to fund our-selves.”
• Commissioner PatWeixelman said he was go-ing to ask the sheriff’s depart-ment to patrol and issue tick-ets to motorists violating the20 mile-per-hour speed limitalong Say Rd. from MissileBase Rd. to Kaw Valley Rd.
The commission imple-mented the reduced speedlast year to improve thesafety of youngsters walkingto Wamego Middle School.
“From what I hear, the big-gest abusers are the schoolbuses going 30 or 40 milesper hour,” Weixelman said.
County DemocratsTo Meet
The Pottawatomie CountyDemocrat party will be meet-ing Thursday, October 17 atat the Emeral Diner in St.Marys at 7:00 p.m.
The speaker will be StateSenator Laura Kelly (18thDistrict), current ranking Mi-nority Member of the KansasSenate Ways and MeansCommittee, Public Healthand Welfare committee andLegislative Post Audit com-mittee. She will address is-sues critical to Kansas dur-ing the coming year.
The Kansas Governor’sCouncil on Fitness recentlyappointed Karen Matson asPhysical Activity Championfor Pottawatomie County.
Physical Activity Champi-ons across the state are ad-vocating for local residents tobe more active and are pro-moting physical activity andits benefits to individuals,community groups, busi-nesses, schools andchurches in their communi-ties.
Karen Matson is theWellness Coordinator at thePottawatomie County HealthDepartment. She coordi-nates the Chronic DiseaseRisk Reduction Grant fromKansas Department of Healthand Environment.
The Governor’s Council onFitness is launching the GetActive Kansas! Campaign to
Matson Appointed Physical ActivityChampion for County
help Kansans realize the ben-efits of physical activity andto take action to increasephysical activity among allKansans. The kick off for thisinitiative is Saturday, October19. County residents are in-vited to join this initiative byparticipating in at least 30minutes of physical activitiesmost days of the week foradults and 60 minutes of dailyphysical activity for children.“There are many optionsavailable for physical activitysuch as walking, jogging, us-ing exercise equipment, play-ing with your children, walk-ing the dog, gardening orpushing a lawn mower” saidKaren Matson, Physical Ac-tivity Champion for Pottawat-omie County. “The goal of theinitiative is to get Kansansmore active most days of theweek.”
Completing their 2013 vol-leyball season, the Jr. Highvolleyball squad entered intothe Oregon Trail League vol-leyball tournament seeded4th and ended up 4th. Elevenschools belong to the leagueso the teams were placed inthree pools with the winner ofeach advancing into the tour-nament bracket and thefourth team by KSHSAA pointdifferential rule.
The Buff’s squad had arecord of 2-1 coming out ofpool play, defeating #9 seedTroy 25-7, 25-11 and #10seed Doniphan West 25-22,25-15. Their only loss camefrom #3 seed Frankfort withscores of 20-25, 25-18, 19-25.
After computing the pointdifferential Onaga went intothe tournament bracket, with
their first opponent being #1seed B&B. The Jr. Buffsplayed tough lost 19-25, 23-25.
This loss put the Buff’s inthe consolation bracket toface Frankfort for the secondtime. Again with quality playby the squad, the scoreboardwas not in their favor with theJr. Buffs losing in two sets 17-25, 21-25. This left the girlsplacing 4th for the tourna-ment and a season record of11 wins and 5 losses.
Scoring points by matchwere the following squadmembers: vs Troy – JazmineSauvage 6 points, KinziMcLaughlin, 1, Katey Wil-helm 8 (3 aces, 1 tip), CarleyWilhelm 13 (3 aces, 1 tip),
Jr. High Girls Take 4th In OTLVolleyball Tournament
Continued on Page 3
Ensley Serves AsSilver HairedLegislator
Ruth Ensley Kunz ofOnaga recently returnedfrom Topeka where she par-ticipated in the 30th AnnualKansas Silver Haired Legis-lature as a delegate from Pot-tawatomie County. The orga-nization, established by theKansas Legislature, consistsof inviduals, aged 60 andolder, elected by their peersto develop bills and resolu-tions that are of interest toKansas senios and theirfamilies.
The 2013 Kansas SilverHaired Legislature consid-ered and recommeded legis-lation pertaining the Depart-ment of Wildlife, Parks andToursim, Property Taxes,Medical Marijuana; and Se-nior Assistance Funding.
“The activities of the KSHLhave evolved into an impor-tant Senior Advocacy force inKansas,” stated DonWoodard, Shawnee Countydelegate and Speaker of theKSGL. “We strice to speakfor Kansas seniors of allneeds and purposes.”
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Barby Norman Chans, 73,of Onaga, died Saturday, Oc-tober 12, 2013 at St. FrancisHospital in Topeka.
He was born January 12,1940, the son of Barney andEthel Brown Chans. Hegraduated from WashburnVocational High School inChicago in 1958.
Barby was a machinist forthe Stewart-Warner Corpora-tion for over thirty-five years,and later for Camcraft for tenyears. He and his wifemoved from the Chicagoarea to Waterville about thir-teen years ago, then toOnaga about three yearsago.
Barby was a member ofthe Catholic Church, and anavid cameraman, boater andCB radioman.
He married Linda F.Greenstreet on July 24, 1982at the United Methodist
Church in Salem, Wisconsin.She survives, of the home.
Barby was preceded indeath by two brothers, Byron“Buddy” Chans, and ArlandChans, who died in infancy,and a sister, Patricia Tunis.
Other survivors includetwo daughters, ElizabethDice and husband Shawn,Onaga, and KatherineChans, Fosston, MN; threegrandchildren, Marcus,Cheyanne and Grace Dice;and two nieces, KimberlyHughey and Lori Johnson.
Funeral services will be10:00 a.m. Friday, October18th at the First Congrega-tional UCC in Onaga. Burialwill follow in the Onaga Cem-etery. Barby will lie in stateThursday at the Chapel OaksFuneral Home in Onagawhere family and friends willmeet from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.Memorials are suggested tothe Barby Chans MemorialFund, to be used to help withfuneral expenses, and maybe sent in care of the funeralhome, P.O. Box 312, Onaga,66521. On-line condolencesmay be made atchapeloaksfuneralhome.com
Barby Norman Chans
On Wed. Sept. 25 I hadcataract surgery on my lefteye. It went real good, fer in-stance, tha next mornin, Iturned on tha light in our bath-room and couldn’t believehow bright our blue towelswere! Mon. Oct. 7th I had erdone to tha right eye, and thareceptionist noticed my birth-day was tha next day, andsaid “happy birthday ahead.”I had some fun confusin herwith my idee of how old I am.Ya’ll see, I were born Oct. 8,42, so on Oct. 7, 43, I’d beenaround 365 days, so I wereactually 1 year old on tha 7thbut we celebrated my birth-day on tha 8th.
So if I were 1 year old theday before my birthday in 43,I’d have been 2 years old onOct. 6th in 44. If that were thaway we counted our years, Iwere actually 71 about 87days before my birth date,when ya’ll figure in about 16leap years. It gets confusin,even fer me, and I don’twanta age any faster than Iam anyways, so I’ll keep oncelebratin my age on tha 8thof Oct.
There’s at least 3 folks Iknow that share my birthday,Kate, Jennie and Deanie.There’s more but I caint re-member who they are.
Anniversaries are alwayscelebrated on their date, andit only make sense to do so. Iwonder sometimes abouthow I ramble on with uselesstrivia as I git older and I listento some of tha guys I playpitch with, and hope I don’tgit that bad, and I worry thatsometimes I’m already thatbad!
Back to tha eye surgery,they told me not ta lift nomore than 25 pounds fer aweek and Paulette has beenlike my shadow, every time Ido somethin she says “is thatmore than 25 pounds?” I fi-nally got tired of hearin it andtold her “they made that rulefer the average person.” Justfer instance I know a ladywhat had tha same surgery,with tha same limitations andshe caint weigh more than110 pounds, soakin wet! I re-member a Supervisor whatseen me struggle ta git a rollof fabric on my machine andhe said “lets weigh that”these rolls weren’t ta weighover 85 pounds, this oneweighed 235! A limit of 25 aintin my realm, but I did (mostly)listen to Paulette. Rules isrules and we should followem, but sometimes they’re alittle over tha line.
How about some Historicaltrivia? These may, or may notbe fact, but interestin. Didya’ll know tha sayin “God will-ing and the Creek don’t rise”were in reference to theCreek Indians and not a bodyof water? It were written byBenjamin Hawkins in tha late18th century. He were a poli-tician and Indian diplomat.While in the south, Hawkinswere requested by tha Presi-dent of the U.S. to return toWashington. In his response,he wrote, “God willing and theCreek don’t rise.” Becausehe capitalized the word“Creek” it is deduced that hewere referring to the CreekIndian tribe and not a bodyof water.
One more: bet you didn’tknow this! In tha heyday ofsailing ships, all war shipsand many freighters carriedcannons. Those cannonsfired round iron cannon balls,and It were necessary tokeep a good supply near thacannon. How did they keepthem from rolling around thedeck? The best storagemethod devised was asquare-based pyramid withone ball on top, restin on fourrestin on nine, which restedon sixteen. So, a supply of 30cannon balls could bestacked in a small area rightnext to the cannon. But therewere a problem....how to pre-vent tha bottom layer fromsliding or rolling from undertha others. Tha solution wasa metal plate called a ‘Mon-key’ with 16 round indenta-tions. However, if this platewere made of iron, tha ironballs would rust to it. The so-lution to the rusting problemwas to make ‘Brass Mon-keys.’ Few folks realize thatbrass contracts much moreand faster than iron whenchilled.. So, when the tem-perature dropped too fast, thebrass indentations wouldshrink so much that the ironcannonballs would comeright off the monkey; Thus, itwas literally, ‘Cold enough tofreeze the balls off a brassmonkey.’ (All this time, ya’llthought it were an improperexpression, didn’t ya?)
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Saddle Club HoldsArena Night
The saddle club has beenriding in the Onaga RodeoArena about twice a month,this past summer.
Oct.11th, they met and hada brief meeting about theirnext adventures. Sadie andSophie Bosse began ridingthe spotted pony theBallentine familyowns.Bridgett Turner brought thepony and two others, so chil-dren would have a pony toride. Bridgett also brought aguest, who might become afuture member.
Suzy Parthemer, ToddBoswell, Jack Attaway, andAlan Gilchrist also broughttheir horses. The arena hadbeen worked to perfection byAlan Gilchrist, so the footingwas excellent.
The next arena nightshould be October 25th.
For those wishing to jointhe fun events the saddle clubdoes, please contact one ofthe listed members.
Linda Price, Reporter
Local NewsConnie Twiss of Chicago,
IL, arrived last Sunday tospend a few days with hermother Marcella Fairbanks.Connie left Thursday to returnto her home. Marcella wasvery upset Sunday nightwhen I called as she had justgotten bad news concerningher granddaughter.
Elmer and Betty Haug areproud to say they celebratedtheir 51st wedding anniver-sary on Saturday. Congratu-lations, guys, that is some-thing to brag about.
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Belinda Ames 3 (2 kills),Kendal Krohn 6 points v sDoniphan West – scoring 1point were Jazmine Sauvageand Kinzi McLaughlin, KatelyWilhelm 6 (1 ace), CarleyWilhelm 7 (4 aces, 1 kill),Bethany Eisenbarth 7 (1 kill),Belinda Ames 4 points ( 2aces, 1 tip, 3 kills) and KendalKrohn 4 (2 aces, 1 kill) vsFrankfort Kendal Krohn 10points (2 aces), KateyWihelm 7 points (1 ace, 1 kill),Jazmine Sauvage 5 (2 aces),Carley Wilhelm 4, BethanyEisenbarth and Martina Miller3 each, and Belinda Ames 3served points (2 aces, 1block) vs B & B KendalKrohn 7 points (3 aces),
Onaga Fire Chief Jake Linck spent a portion of his morning, last Thursday, showing the children atOnaga Head Start the interesting things on this truck. He talked about October being fire safety month,which included what to do in case of an overnight fire, planning to get out and meet somewhere awayfrom the house and other safety rules. These students probably didn’t grasp a lot of what he said, but hehad already been at the grade school and they were old enough to understand it.
Jr. High Girls Take 4th In OTLVolleyball Tournament
Continued from Page 1Katey Wilhelm 8 points (2aces, 1 tip), BethanyEisenbarth 3 served points,Belinda Ames 2 points (2kills), Carley Wilhelm 2 points(1 ace) and tallying 1 pointeach were Jazmine Sauvageand Kinzi McLaughlin vsFrankfort Kinzi McLauglinand Jazmine Sauvage 1each, Katey Wilhelm 4 (1ace, 1 tip), Carley Wilhelm 4points (1 ace), Kendal Krohn4 (2 aces, 1 kill) and BelindaAmes with 4 points(2 aces, 1tip, 5 kills).
Additional roster teammembers were: RebeccaGilchrist, Katelynne Ross,Katelyn VanDonge and EmilyRonnebaum. Final results forthe tournament bracket sawCentralia place 1st, B & B2nd, Frankfort 3rd and Onaga4th.
September 26, 2013Mayor Terry Force called
the September Wheaton citycouncil meeting to order at7:00pm in the City Park Shel-ter. Present were MichaelRidder, Roger Magnett, RexGreen, Scott Kufahl, CindyPedersen, City AttorneyNorbert Marek, Mayor Forceand City Clerk Sallie Force.Also present was Kay Ziet.
Copies of the Agenda,minutes of the last meeting,Treasurer’s Report and list ofbills to be paid were distrib-uted.
After review, RogerMagnett moved to accept theminutes of the last meetingas printed. Scott Kufahl sec-onded the motion. The mo-tion carried.
The Treasurer’s Reportwas presented. Bills totaling$1,737.01 were submitted.After review Scott Kufahlmoved to accept theTreasurer’s Report and paythe bills. Roger Magnett sec-onded the motion. The mo-tion carried.
Community Input:Kay Ziet reported that the
committee formed to orga-nize the Independence DayCelebration for 2014 hadseveral fund raisers in theworks to raise money for the2014 Independence Day Cel-ebration. The first will be aFall ATV trail ride on October13th at 3:00p.m. with awiener roast to be held in theZiet back yard after the ride.Those not wishing to partici-pate in the ride may attendthe wiener roast with a freewill donation. Contact Kay at785-207-5023 to make res-ervations. They also have atrap shoot scheduled for Oc-tober 27th. They are alsoselling a car magnets.
Old Business:City Clerk Sallie Force
clarified that Scott Kufahl andCindy Pedersen were in at-tendance at the meeting midAugust to set up the commit-tee. The City Council at thistime turned all IndependenceDay Celebration activitiesover to the new committee.
City Code EnforcementOfficer. Mayor Force spokewith the Onaga City PoliceChief about this issue. Afterdiscussion among the CityCouncil, it was decided topursue other options. Attor-ney Marek will talk with an-other person as a possiblealternative and report back
next month.New Business:The City received informa-
tion about a seminar forWastewater Lagoon mainte-nance. Mayor Force will seeto it the City of Wheaton hasa representative at this semi-nar.
Hosfelt Paving contactedthe City of Wheaton to offertheir asphalt laying services.The City would be respon-sible for prep work includingdigging down and layinggravel in the area. It wasnoted that at this time the lo-cal gravel pit is unable to pro-vide the right kind of gravel.Mayor Force and RogerMagnett will check on a fewspots in need of repairaround town to see if this isfeasible.
October 5th is the County’sfree dump day.
October and Novembermeetings fall on Halloweenand Thanksgiving respec-tively. It was agreed to movethe October meeting date toThursday October 24th at7:00p.m. and the Novembermeeting to Wednesday No-vember 27th at 7:00p.m. inthe Wheaton Center cafete-ria.
City Christmas soup lunchwas discussed. More discus-sion will take place at theOctober meeting. The tenta-tive date will be SaturdayDecember 21st with the CityCouncil meeting on FridayDecember 20th at 7:00p.m.
Having no further businessRoger Magnett moved to ad-journ. Michael Ridder sec-onded the motion. The mo-tion carried, the meeting wasadjourned at 7:35p.m.
Wheaton City Council Meets
Local News Itemsby Helen Rose
Neva Handley returnedhome last Thursday after vis-iting her sister CarmaJohnson in Ft Collins, CO.She also visited Jan andKevin Olsen in Strasburg,CO.
Mr. and Mrs. SteveLarimore of Salem, MO,spent several days last weekwith Lydia Larimore to be withher on her birthday.
Ruth Kunz attended thesoup supper at the SeniorCenter Saturday evening.Then on Sunday morning shedrove out to Fairview forbreakfast.
Laclede Newsby Sharon Bairow-Riffey
The KAFCE Meeting washeld in Colby Kansas earlierthis past week. Those whoattended from PottawatomieCounty were JaniceGoehring, Joyce Blanka,Natha Manges, LindaOverkamp, Pat Weishaar,Virginia Rezac, DoreneHoward, Colleen Buden-bender, Don and SharonRiffey. At the Tuesday ban-quet, Don and I accepted theHeart of FCE award in honorof Mom. Several of Mom’sfriends she grew up with inPottawatomie County cameup and introduced them-selves. They were NormaPerine Falwell and ElaineBarr Wilson who are mem-bers in other counties.
Dean and Joyce Blankawent on from Colby to seeShawn and Shawna Blankaand the boys in St Francis,Kansas for a few days.
Jim Brinkman is backhome and doing better aftersurgery.
David and Katie Burketook Sheila to the WamegoHigh School football game soshe could see her grandsonAaron Burke in halftimeshow. Sheila also got to seeher granddaughter KaylaBurke.
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Legal NoticeIN THE DISTRICT COURT
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Lot 214 in the Original Town-site of Wamego, PottawatomieCounty, Kansas, commonlyknown as 205 Spruce, Wamego,KS 66547 (the “Property”)
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The alfalfa weevil, one ofthe most well-known anddevastating pests to agricul-ture, can cause serious de-foliation in alfalfa during thespring, if not treated in atimely manner. Producersmight have difficulty sprayinginsecticides timely in thespring, as spring alfalfa wee-vil activity can be intense fora period of three to six weeks,and spring weather is unpre-dictable.
Researchers at KansasState University are evaluat-ing an alternative treatmentstrategy that consists ofspraying insecticides on al-falfa in the fall, followed by aspring application. Adult wee-vils become active in alfalfafields in the fall where theyfeed, mate and start layingeggs in alfalfa stems, saidJeff Whitworth, K-State Re-search and Extension ento-mologist.
We re not trying to elimi-nate the weevils in the fall,Whitworth said. We re justtrying to reduce egg laying sothat it will help out in thespring.
In addition to Whitworth,the research team at K-Stateincludes Alysha Soper, re-search assistant, and HollyDavis, insect diagnostician.The study began in the fall of2012 to determine if a fall in-secticide application signifi-cantly reduced spring infes-tations of the alfalfa weevil,and if so, what fall applica-tion timing would be most ef-fective.
Understanding alfalfa wee-vil behavior is helpful in un-derstanding the reasoningbehind this study. The alfalfaweevil is a univoltine insect,Whitworth said, which meansthere is one generation pro-duced each year. The wee-vils produced in the spring,from mid-March to mid-May,leave the alfalfa fields for themost part when temperaturesget around 85 degrees Fahr-enheit (85 F).
The alfalfa weevil can es-pecially harm the first cutting,but the effects often tran-scend that first cutting tocause reduced quality andgrowth. Those weevils thataren’t destroyed in that firstcutting will leave alfalfa fieldsand go to cooler and shadierplaces. A few stay in leaf lit-
ter in fields, Whitworth said,but most will come back inthe fall to lay eggs aroundmid-October. The eggs, andsome adult weevils, will over-winter inactively on the plantand in the leaf litter. Anytimethe temperatures get above48 F though, the weevils be-come active and continuelaying eggs until tempera-tures cool again.
In the fall of 2011,Whitworth said chemicalcompanies came up with reg-istered insecticide fall appli-cation, which complied withthe Kansas Department ofAgriculture. It was too late in2011 to test the fall applica-tion, so in 2012, the K-Stateresearch team put together astudy to see if spraying adultsin the fall would reduce springinfestation.
The researchers startedthe fall insecticide applica-tions two weeks after detect-ing the first adult weevil. Thefirst application last year wasOct. 9, the second on Oct. 23,the third on Nov. 6 and thefourth on Nov. 20. Theyevaluated alfalfa for weevilsthis spring on April 5 and April12.
Results showed that thethird application had less al-falfa weevils per stem com-pared to the other applicationdates.
From a statistical stand-point, Nov. 6 (insecticide ap-plication) showed signifi-cantly reduced infestation inthe spring, Whitworth said.
Although they were statis-tically reduced, Whitworthsaid from a practical stand-point they were not reducedenough to prevent significantdamage if not treated in thespring. He said producersshould keep in mind thatmost conventional synthetic-organic insecticides providetwo to three weeks residualactivity, and knowing this ishelpful in determining themost effective applicationtime to delay egg laying andeggs from hatching.
The findings are prelimi-nary, based on one year ofstudy, but the researchersstudied large plots of alfalfafrom six different fields. Theresearchers will continuestudying this fall and evalu-ate again in the spring of2014.
K-State Evaluates Fall Applicationsto Combat the Alfalfa Weevil
For the first time last weeka touch of fall filled the earlymorning air. With the comingof fall and approach of win-ter, it’s fun to recall sometime-tested weather sayings.
Many of the followingweather signs were collectedfrom farmers and ranchersacross the state. It seemsthere is very little peoplewould rather talk about thanthe weather.
So let’s talk weather.During the winter season,
strong northerly winds indi-cate snow and sometimes ablizzard within 24 hours.Southerly winds are a sign ofdry, warmer weather.
When cattle stand in a linewith their backs toward thenorthwest, you can figure ona heavy, driving snow.
Dense fog at dawn is asign of clearing skies by mid-morning.
The absence of birdsaround water denotes an ap-proaching storm.
White, fluffy, small cloudsare a sign of fair weatherahead.
Odors become easier todetect just before rain. Highpressure usually traps odorslike a lid due to air density,while lowering pressure re-leases odors.
When you see lightning inthe north, rain is likely within24 hours.
When distant sounds ap-pear louder, rain is usually onthe way.
Rising smoke is a fair-weather sign. When you seesmoke going downward orshowing very little rise, rainis likely.
Birds perch more before astorm because the low baro-metric pressure makes itmore difficult for them to fly.When you see hawks circlinghigh in the sky, this is a fairweather sign.
When frogs begin to croak,look out for rain.
Hens and other barnyardfowl pick at themselves – oil-ing their feathers – just be-fore a rain.
Lots of dead skunks on theroad mean plenty of moistureis on the way. Another goodsign of approaching wetweather is the aggravation ofcorns, bunions or arthritispains.
These signs are surpris-ingly accurate because theyare based on generations offarmers, ranchers and otherpeople who have observedcyclical changes in theweather.
There is plenty to be saidfor the folk wisdom of ourancestors. They watched andcharted weatherpatterns for generationsrather than just a few hoursor days. It’s fun to hear theirconclusions handed downfrom one generation to thenext, and anyway, whatwould we have to talk aboutif not for the weather?
INSIGHT – Weather talkBy John Schlageck,
Kansas Farm Bureau
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The Onaga Herald, Thursday, October 17, 2013 Page 5
10/16/2003 – 10 years ago
PFC Travis Fager, PFCCorey Ross and PFC Bran-don Ross all of Aberdeen,Maryland, spent the weekendin Onaga visiting relativesand friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Holder,Kyle Gardner and friend,Betty and his daughter, Mel-issa, of Longmont, Colorado,and Wayne Florence wereSaturday afternoon visitors ofDeanie Fager. Mrs. Holder isthe former Vickie Florence.They were here for the Flo-rence reunion.
Linda Eldridge of Miller,Missouri, Mary Jane McGuireof Carrollton, Missouri, andAlice Smith of Waverly, Mis-souri were a week ago Sun-day guest of their aunt, Mrs.Ruby Bolls.
Derrick Dodson of Wichitaspent Saturday and Sundaywith his grandfather andgreat-grandmother, Jim
Labbe and Marjorie Labbe.Other visitors were Mr. andMrs. Jeff Dodson of Wichitaand Rodney Labbe of FortWorth, Texas.
Mrs. Judy Turner of St.Marys and Myrtle Teske werein Westmoreland lastWednesday on business.
10/13/1988 – 25 years ago
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Ladner,Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Ladnerof Topeka and Mr. and Mrs.Laurence Krohn of ruralBlaine arrived home Satur-day evening from an eightday trip to the New Englandstates.
1988 Homecoming Roy-alty candidates are LindaBettencourt, Kim Hefty,Rochelle DeChant, KellyMcNally, Scott McAlexander,C.J. Kocher, Jeff Cornelius,and Ted L. Graf.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Kolter-man of Phoenix, Ariz. spent
Friday afternoon with Mr. andMrs. Harry Honig.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rileyand Ray Pierson of Topekaand Frank Pierson of Junc-tion City spent Thursday withMrs. Dorothy Brimer.
Gail and Emry Kittrell ofTopeka and Marjorie Millerwere a week ago Wednes-day dinner guests of DaleMiller.
10/20/1963 – 50 years ago
The Farmers CooperativeAssociation elevator andfeed mill in Onaga is nearingcompletion, and EugeneHarter, local manager of thenew firm announces thisweek that they have startedhandling grain. Paul Hartwichis credited with bringing in thefirst load of milo, a 298 busheljag; he was followed by Jesseand Hal Falkenstien with a200 bushel load of milo.
Mrs. C.E. Harder,
Hanover, Mrs. Ruth Justis,Beatrice, Nebr. and MissVelma Harder, Waterville,were Sunday guests of Mr.and Mrs. Bill Harder and fam-ily.
Dinner guests of Mr. andMrs. Melvin Handley lastMonday evening were Mrs.Maggie Grossnickle, Mrs.Blanche Myers, and MissGarland Myers.
Mrs. Minor Stallard and Mr.Henry Randall were Sundaydinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Stallard and daugh-ters and celebrated the birth-day of Carol Stallard.
Mrs. Alice Miller was aSunday dinner guest of Mr.and Mrs. Earl McCrumb.
10/21/1943 – 70 years ago
R.P. Buzbee sold his WhiteEagle Filling Station last Fri-day to Herman Kocher, whotook possession of the sameon Monday.
Some interesting thingsdeveloped in the countypopulation statistics. For in-stance, Mill Creek townshiphas more dogs listed thanany other township in thecounty, including Wamegowith twice the population. IsOnaga a haven for straydogs, or do our citizens cravecompanionship more thanour county neighbors?
Mrs. Tom Brown enter-tained Tuesday in honor ofher little daughter’s first birth-day. Those present were Mrs.Lester Brimer and RaeCharlene, Mrs. Clifford Labbeand Frank, Mrs. HaroldRichards and Barbara, Mrs.Lester Falk, Mrs. RussellSchwab, Mrs. Claude Hooverand Mrs. Brown and Sherry.
The following went to Kan-sas City on Tuesday to join agroup of blood donors: EarlGrossnickle, Earl Needham,Carl Holmgren, Joe Zenner,Fred Donahue, Lester Irwinand Dale Lefebvre. WaltTeske drove them down.
Misses Anna Louise andSusie May Ogg of Topekaspent the week end at theO.D. Ogg home.
Buck’s GroveChurch News
by Betty BernritterMary Ringel lighted the
candles as the services atBuck’s Grove began on Oc-tober 13, 2013, the twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost.Donna Ashcraft led the con-gregation in singing , “This ismy Father’s World,” Softlyand Tenderly,” and “Are YeAble.” Trevor Ashcraft was incharge of the recorded ac-companiment.
Lay Minister JoyceImmenschuh read the scrip-ture from Jeremiah 29:1:4-7and 2Timothy 2:8-15. ThePsalter reading was Psalm66:8-12.
The title of Joyce’s mes-sage was “Gratitude”.
There are some things weneed to think about when itcomes to gratitude. Gratitudepleases God. Complaining isan enemy of gratitude. Itshows that we’ve forgottenGod’s goodness. When wecomplain about our life, itseems we’re really saying toGod, “I’m not satisfied with allyou’ve done for me.” Grati-tude takes effort. Gratitudeis a virtue and all virtues re-quire effort. Do you think it’seasier to fall into the habit ofcomplaining, or the habit ofbeing thankful?
We can develop a habit ofgratitude. Begin each daywith a prayer of thanksgiving;end each day praising Godfor the good things he hasdone for us.We need to taketime today, and every day, togive thanks to God. We re-ally are the most blessedpeople in the world.
Don Boling and WayneRieschick collected the offer-ing before the service closedwith “Come Oh Lord.”
Bible study was held im-mediately after the service.
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Local News Itemsby Helen Rose
Callie Suzanne Rogers,daughter of Jeff and MicheleRogers of Locust Grove,Oklahoma, is engaged tomarry Alan Eugene Perkins,son of Gene and KatePerkins of Howard, Kansas,on October 25, 2013. Callieis a 2006 graduate of LocustGrove High and Alan is agraduate of West Elk High.
Rogers Engaged to Marry Perkins
Alan Perkins—Callie Rogers
Both are graduates of North-eastern State University witha Bachelor’s degree in Sci-ence. They will reside inGlenpool, Oklahoma, whileAlan continues to work forOneOK, and Callie continuesto work for Saint Francis Hos-pital and works toward aBachelor ’s of Science innursing at ORU.
Denise Paulsen enjoyedher breakfast Sunday morn-ing at the Fairview SchoolHouse.
George and DorothyHaskin spent most of lastweek in K.C. where Dorothyhad back surgery in the St.Luke hospital.
I just found out Mary Liebis in the Onaga Hospital andwould love to have friendsvisit. I went over Friday to visither and Neil. Also got to visitMark for a few minutes whenhe showed up to visit hismother.
If you see Jim Kocheraround town you’d bettercheck the buttons on his shirtto see if he popped any offFriday night when his twingrandchildren Branson andKeyanna won King andQueen at the football game. Ithought that was a pretty
good deal.Rose Marie Clements ac-
companied her daughterDebbie Paulsen to the wed-ding reception for Kelsey Har-ris and Matt Page, which tookplace at the Community Bldgon Saturday night. Kelsey isa grandniece of Rose Marie.
Kent Lefebvre of Cincin-nati, OH, was a Thursday af-ternoon visitor of DeanieFager. He came to Onaga toattend the funeral of LoreneLefebvre of Havensville. Kentreturned to his home on Fri-day.
Theresa Rieschick of Sol-dier took her mother RoseMarie Clements to TopekaThursday for her eye appoint-ment and to do a little shop-ping later.
Josh Kaster of Alta Vistawas a Saturday visitor of Ruthand George Kunz and ofcourse Ruth fixed somethinggood for him to eat.
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Wheaton NewsSaturday morning Sherry
Graf was in Atchison to attendLillian Graf ’s volleyballgames. Ted, Jolleen, Lillianand Sherry met Brian,Miranda and Annie Force andMatt, Heather, Sydney andParker Holthaus and they allattended the K-State-Baylorgame in the afternoon. TheTed Graf’s were Saturdayovernight guests of Sherry,Brian, Miranda, and Annie.
Joe Harder, Dan and ErinBaum and Makayla, Austynand Chloe and Taylor andBailey Starns and Ellie at-tended the Fairview breakfaston Sunday. Later in the day,Erin Baum and Bailey Starnsand Lincoln and MontyMeyerkorth and Joe Harderparticipated in the ATV/UTVpoker run. Tracy Meyerkorthwas helping with the pokerrun.The families attended theweenie roast at the Zeit homein the evening.
Karen spent the weekendin Branson Missouri with sev-eral other ladies from thebank. They returned home onMonday.
Starting the week off witha rainy chilly day. Guess thefarmers wanted rain, but notright now, but as you all know,we take what we get.
I was so glad to see my oldfriends Martha and LeeBettencourt at LoreneLefebvre’s rosary Tuesdayevening. Martha seems to bedoing very well after her scarybattle with cancer.
Maurene had a nice Mon-day afternoon visit with hergranddaughter Brandi Fitzand son Brandin of Soldierbefore we had our usualMonday night skipbo cardgame at RedBud. Don’t knowif the weather will let us gotonight or not. Hope so as Ido like to play cards once inawhile.
Tuesday evening Maureneand I ate supper at the localcafe before we attended thevisitation for LoreneLefebvre. Sandy will suremiss her mother as they weretogether all the time espe-cially after Bob passed away.
Thursday night was ourusual hamburger night out at
the bar. We ate with Carl andBarbara, and Mary andGerald. Had a nice time butstill got home too early. Longnights ahead of us. Whatwould we do without TV?Thursday was a beautifulday. Come to think about it,most of the week was nice.
Sarah and TatumEisenbarth took me toWamego Friday to see myeye doctor. Tatum wanted togo to McDonalds so that iswhere we ended up. In theafternoon I went to the hos-pital to visit my dear old friendMary Lieb who has beenthere for a few days. MarkLieb also came to visit so itwas a nice visit. Mary wantspeople to come visit her, soif you have time, please do. Ialso visited Neil who was verymuch interested in a footballgame. He says he may gethome on the 28th.
Saturday was a real goodday for the Bishop family.Terri Starkebaum of Rossvillemarried her best friend SethMoore. It was a very nicesimple wedding, receptionand dance. Debbie and herfriend Jamie McMullin tookme. Their music sure mademe want to dance but my footsaid NO.
I went to church Sundayand then went to the store tovisit with Loretta for awhile.Later in the day Debbie calledand wanted me to go for aride with her. We took flow-ers to Jimmie’s grave andthen went on to Corning tovisit the grave of DottieEisenbarth. Coming homewe drove by my old homeplace. It was such a nice dayfor a drive. I enjoyed it verymuch. Now I have been writ-ing for hours but I am almostdone. The weeks just go bytoo darn fast.
I’ll stop for now. You all takecare and don’t forget to buyyour treats. Halloween will behere before you know it. Halfthe month is already gone.Did you see that young girlwin $100,000 on Price IsRight this morning? Boy, thatshould get her started outright in life. Too bad morepeople don’t have a chancelike that, huh?
Many area farmers are finished with their soybeans and have moved on to harvest their corn. Harvestcontinued throughout the weekend, but a brief shower overnight on Sunday put a hold on it. Here, AlanFischer finishes a patch of corn, on Saturday, but soon moved to another terrace to complete the field.
Thursday, October 10 wasthe final night of competitionbefore the Jr. High volleyballteam headed into their leaguetournament.
First up for the Lady Jr.Buffs was Wamego, and thesquad won by scores of 25-16, 25-9. Scoring pointswhile serving were the follow-ing players: Belinda Ames 9(2 aces, 1 kill), Carley Wil-helm 8 (3 aces), KendalKrohn 7 (3 aces), Katey Wil-helm 3 (3 aces, 2 tips) andtallying 2 points were BethanyEisenbarth ( 2 aces), MartinaMiller (1 ace), and JazmineSauvage.
Up next for the Jr. Buffswas Centralia. Taking the firstset 25-23, Centralia cameback to take the final two sets23-25, 13-25.
Tallying points during theirserve and volleys wereMartina Miller 5, Carley Wil-helm 4 (1 ace), Kendal Krohn4, Bethany Eisenbarth 3 (1tip), Jazmine Sauvage 3 (1kill), Katey Wilhelm 2 (1 ace,
2 kills), Belinda Ames 2 (1ace, 5 kills) and KinziMcLaughlin with 1 point. Thiscompleted regular seasonplay for this squad with arecord of 9 wins and 2 losses.
J.V. action saw the Buffstake 3 sets in both contestsand came up short on thescoreboard at the final whistleblow after some fine hustleplay.
First up was Wamego, whowon the best of three, 25-21,18-25, 13-15. Scoring for thisgroup while serving wereMolly Minihan 3, KatelynneRoss and Katelyn VanDonge8 each, Grace Linck 2,Rebecca Gilchrist, and JewelFiehtner 2.
Again in three tight sets theJr. Buffs were defeated byCentralia 25-21, 19-25, 10-15. This contest was lead inscoring by Rebecca Gilchristwith 10, Katelyn VanDonge 6,Katelynne Ross 3, GraceLinck 2 and EmilyRonnebaum 1. This finalizedthe season for this squad whohad a 4-7 record. Additionalmembers of this squad were:Danielle Lawson, GraceDice, Danielle Harmon andCassidy Willard.
Onaga Hosts Regular SeasonVolleyball Finale
• Weixelman also ques-tioned why a burned-outhouse on K-99 at Louisvillehad not been demolished andremoved.
Since the house is withinthe Louisville city limits, it’s acity issue unless it becomesa health hazard, according toRobert Reece, county admin-istrator.
“It needs to be taken careof before winter, as far as I’mconcerned,” Weixelman said.
Co. CommissionContinued from Page 1
Two Injured InATV Accident
Two young men, TravisFalk and Andrew Zenger,both of Wheaton were injuredwhen the all terrain vehicleson which they were drivinggot too close, their knobbytires caught, and causedthem both to flip.
Onaga EMS andWestmoreland and Wheatonfire departments were dis-patched to the scene wherethe two refused medical treat-ment, but were later taken toCommunity Hospital. Falkwas reported to have beentaken to Topeka for furthertreatment.
School MenusOct 21 – 25, 2013
Breakfast
Mon: Teacher Workday, NoSchool
Tues: Cereal & GranolaBar, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Wed: Breakfast Pizza,Fruit, Juice, Milk
Thurs: Sausage Gravy &Biscuit, Fruit, Juice, Milk
Fri: No SchoolLunch
Mon: Teacher Workday, NoSchool
Tues: Corn Dog, BakedBeans, Romaine Lettuce,Tomato Juice, GrahamSnack, Peaches, FruitChoice (9-12), Milk
Wed: Country Fried Steak,Mashed Potatoes, Corn, HotRoll, Apple Wedges, FruitChoice (9-12), Milk
Thurs: Enchilada Casse-role, Cooked Carrots, Olives,Celery, Banana, StrawberryCake, Fruit Choice (9-12),Milk
Fri: No School
Local NewsJean “Gipson” Gray of To-
peka, twin sister of Jean“Gipson” Corcoran ofShawnee for almost 69years, passed away Saturdayin Topeka. She was themother of Julia, Russel, An-drew and Martin. She was thesister of Jean, Rachel, andtwin brothers Bill and Bob.Joan was a grandmother ofmany and a very good friendof Hazel Wyss.
Dorothy Cline of RedBudaccompanied her daughterTeresa Harris of Centralia tothe wedding of her great-niece Terri Starkebaum inRossville on Saturday.Dorothy’s daughter NancyHolloway and children ofMayetta met family at thechurch.
Dorothy Cline has beenvisiting Mary Lieb almost ev-ery day this past week. Dor-othy and Donna Bryan at-tended the rosary and funeralof our dear friend LoreneLefebvre Tuesday night andWednesday.
What’s more important?Saving money or payingdown debt? Experts say ide-ally you should be doing both.But according to a recent sur-vey, some Americans don’tearn enough to do both, soeight in 10 Americans arechoosing to pay down debt.
As of August 2013, Ameri-cans are $11.15 trillion indebt. Of that, $853 billion isin credit cards alone, an in-crease of 14% over last year.
How can you keep creditcard debt from rising? Usethese four-letter words tokeep your credit card debtunder control.
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* HIGH: Got a card with ahigh interest rate? Pay off thatcard first, even if other creditcards have larger debt. And,if you can, double, triple orquadruple that minimum pay-ment. The amount of debtdoesn’t matter when you arepaying a hefty interest rate.
Money Matters
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Area Church Directory
ST. PAUL'S LUTHERANCHURCH-LCMSDuluth
Interim Pastor
Rev. Rick TwenhafelSunday School ............ 9:15 a.m.Sunday Worship ....... 10:30 a.m.
Holy Communion 2nd & 4th SundaysLadies Aid .... First Wed. Monthly
NEW HOPE LUTHERANCHURCH, ELCA
Rev. Russ Glaser, Interim PastorWorship Service .......... 9:00 a.m.Sunday School ............ 9:00 a.m.
Holy Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday
CATHOLIC CHURCHES Father John Reynolds
St. VINCENT dePAUL, OnagaSunday Mass ... Sun. 10:00 a.m.
St. BEDE'S, KellySaturday Mass ............ 6:00 p.m.
St. PATRICK'S, CorningSunday Mass .............. 8:00 a.m.
St. COLUMBKILLE, BlaineFather Pat Sullivan
Saturday Mass ............ 6:00 p.m.
Confession 1/2 hour prior to Massat all parishes
HAVENSVILLE CHRISTIANRev. Ora Martindale
Bible Class .................. 9:30 a.m.Worship Service ........ 10:30 a.m.
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY1st Wednesday ........ 6-7:00 p.m.Other Wed. ......... 7:30-8:30 p.m.
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Morrill & Janes BankOnaga Member FDIC
Onaga HardwareBecause We Care About Your House
Chapel Oaks Funeral HomeOnaga – Holton – Hoyt
SOLDIER GROUP MINISTRYUNITED METHODIST CHURCHES
Charlotte Milroy, PastorLay Speakers
Joyce Immenschuh/John HeftyBucks Grove ............... 9:00 a.m.Circleville Worship .... 10:00 a.m.Soldier Worship ........ 11:00 a.m.Sunday School........... 10:00 a.m.
FELLOWSHIP BAPTISTCHURCH
Rev. Eugene Jennings313 East 4th Street - Onaga
Sunday Service:Bible Study(all ages) ... 9:30 a.m.Worship ..................... 10:30 a.m.Evening Serv. .............. 6:00 p.m.Youth Group-Wednesday.... 5:30
Bob's Service Tire & OilComplete Automotive Repair Service
CONGREGATIONAL U.C.C.Rev. Tyrone Sweeting
Sunday Worship .......... 9:00 a.m.Wed Night School ......... 6:00 p.m.
Conversion Place Open2nd and 4th Fri. & Sat. each month
ST. LUKE LUTHERANCHURCH, LCMS
129 Railroad St.-Wheaton Rev. Terry DeGiovanni, Pastor
Saturday Serv. ............ 6:00 p.m.Sunday School ............ 8:45 p.m. Adult Bible Class ........ 9:00 a.m.Worship Service ......... 10:00 a.m
Holy Communion 2nd & 4th Sunday
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHPat Fail, Pastor
Bible Study Wed.................7:00pm Sunday School...................9:30am Worship Service..............10:30am
112 W. 4th St. Onaga
DENISON BIBLE CHURCHRev. Maurice Hime
Sunday School ............ 9:45 a.m.Worship Service ........ 10:55 a.m.Sunday Evening .......... 7:00 p.m.
CIRCLEVILLECHRISTIAN CHURCH7701 254th Rd, Circleville
Minister Tim AhlgrenSunday School.................9:15 amWorship ServicesTraditional ....................... 8 amCowboy ......................9:15 amModern ..................... 10:45 am
COWBOY COUNTRY CHURCH113 E. Hickory Street –Louisville
Pastor: Dan Biedenbender
Sunday Church Service .... 7 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study .... 7 p.m.Saturday Night Round-Up ..7 p.m.Jubilee – 1st Saturday monthly 7 p.m.
Havensville Newsby Stacy Pinick
Juliavina Ellis’s nephew,Gary Ellis visited her Sunday.They went to Onaga wherethey enjoyed lunch togetherthen did some grocery shop-ping.
Betty Myers and MarilynRobbins helped at the SeniorCenter soup supper Saturdayevening.
Marilyn Robbins and BettyMyers attended LoreneLefebvre’s visitation Tuesdayevening at the CatholicChurch in Onaga.
Marilyn Robbins and BettyMyers attended the funeralservice for Lorene LefebvreWednesday at the CatholicChurch in Onaga.
Betty Myers met herdaughter, Cindy Shaw Thurs-day in St. Marys. They en-joyed lunch together then didsome shopping. Later theywatched the volleyball gamebetween St. Marys andNemaha Valley. Cindy’sgranddaughter and Betty’sgreat granddaughter was oneof the players on the NemahaValley team.
Mike and Stacy Pinick at-
tended the visitation forLorene Lefebvre Tuesdayevening at the CatholicChurch in Onaga.
Mike and Stacy Pinick at-tended a wedding party andsupper to celebrate the wed-ding of Turk and ChrisCampbell Saturday eveningat the home of Gid Dyche Jr.in Topeka.
Stacy Pinick was a Fridayvisitor of her parents, Daleand Dorothy McDougal.
Delvin Winfough visitedLavena Winfough Saturday.They enjoyed lunch togetherat the local café.
After church Sunday Ger-ald and Mary McDougal en-joyed lunch together at thelocal café.
Dale and Dorothy McDou-gal were Sunday afternoonvisitors of Gerald and MaryMcDougal.
Saturday evening Geraldand Mary McDougal were inRossville where attended thewedding of Terry and SethMoore. Terry is Mary andGerald’s great niece.
Gerald and Mary McDou-gal attended LoreneLefebvre’s funeral Wednes-day at the Catholic Church inTopeka.
Kent Lefebvre from Cincin-nati, Ohio, Allen and JoyceBaldwin from Phoenix, Ari-zona arrived Tuesday nightfor Lorene Lefebvre’s funeral.Judi Garvey-Lefebvre ofCentennial, Colorado arrivedWednesday morning to at-tend the funeral of LoreneLefebvre.
Many nieces and nephewsfrom far and near paid theirrespects to their Aunt LoreneLefebvre this week. She willbe missed.
Thursday Kevin Lefebvre,Sandy Blow and KentLefebvre enjoyed lunch to-gether.
Kent Lefebvre left early Fri-day morning to return hometo Cincinnati, Ohio.
Local NewsIsabel Sophia McKinsey,
daughter of Daniel and SarahMcKinsey, was baptized atthe St. Paul Church in Duluthon Sunday. After the cer-emony all the McKinsey fam-ily and many friends were in-vited to the home of Daniel,Sarah, Isabel and big sisterKatelyn for dinner and a bigday of visiting and having agreat day together. PastorRick Twenhafel and familywere also guests for the day.The late Grandma Joye Plattwas sadly missed by all.
Gloria Falk drove toWamego today (Sunday) towatch Carter Falk play foot-ball.
Local News Itemsby Helen Rose
Lois and Leon Ratcliffjoined their family Rod andPam Davis and their familiesStephanie, Lawrence andBrandon Walker and othersto drive to Olsburg on Satur-day to tour the PumpkinPatch. Lois said they had avery good fun time. On Sun-day the family went to churchin Manhattan and then hadlunch in Wamego.
Titus and Titan Eisenbarthof Soldier spent Friday nightat the home of Jesse andJeanette Eisenbarth andfamily. Their very good friendUncle Thomas was homefrom college and they love tospend time with him. Titanwas in the Homecoming cel-ebration.
The Jesse Eisenbarth fam-ily spent Saturday in Senecawatching Bethany play volley-ball in the tournament. OnSunday Jeanette and Michaelworked at the concessionstand at the Cory sale northof town. Their 4-H group wasin charge of food.
I couldn’t get ahold ofMarsha Bergman when Icalled, but when I called Markand Pam Kufahl I found outwhy. Marsha and her sisterVerlene McNally were both atthe Kufahls’ for their eveningmeal. At least I had a niceconversation with Mark.
Last Saturday Kenny andGloria Falk drove to Staffordto attend the Octoberfestwhere their granddaughterTaylor was singing in thestage entertainment. Otherfamily attending the outingwere Kevin and Lori Fortinand family; Rodney and JulieFalk and family; and Nicoleand Robert Cooper. Later inthe day the group was joinedby Myron and Wilma Falk atthe home of Bruce and
Sharon Falk to enjoy theirevening meal. On Sunday,several of the group touredthe Hutchinson Salt Mines.
Donna Bryan spent Mon-day in Seneca watching hergranddaughter EmilyRonnebaum play volleyball.Then on Thursday, shewatched the game here inOnaga. Friday night Donnaand Ed took in the footballHomecoming game.
Saturday night Donna andEd Bryan attended the Har-ris/Pagel wedding receptionat the Community Bldg. OnSunday they spent the day atthe Cory sale.
Renae Hay and daughterMegan of Buena Vista, CO,arrived at the home of HazelWyss on Saturday for a fewdays of visiting.
Carl and Barbara Bishophad a very busy weekend.They drove to Manhattanearly Saturday morning tomeet Crystal Mayobre andher boys. They were to spendthe day at the zoo to celebratethe birthday of Leland who isBarbara’s youngest grand-son. Later in the afternoonthey drove back to Rossvilleto attend the wedding of TerriStarkebaum and Seth Moore.Sunday they spent the day atthe Cory sale northeast oftown.
Thursday evening Carl andBarbara Bishop; Mary andGerald McDougal; MaureneBarnes; and Helen Rose hada family get-together at thebar.
Doug and Sharon Jeanner-et of Seneca and SonjaSuther were Sunday visitorsof their mother Norma.
Visitors of Lorraine Schle-gel this past week were Mr.and Mrs. Jeff Sims and fam-ily of Flush; Mr. and Mrs. JackSchlegel; Mr. and Mrs. BenSchlegel; and Mr. and Mrs.Jim Schlegel.
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All Terrain/Utility Vehicle Poker Run Successful
HAPPY50TH
BIRTHDAY!
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Josh andfriends.
We LoveYou BM!
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Sunday afternoon was a beautiful day for the ATV/UTV poker run held to benefit the Wheaton Inde-pendence Day celebration. Ten vehicles partici-pated in the poker run, which consisted of a 38-mile ride in northern Pottawatomie and southernMarshall counties. The ride started at 3:00 andconsisted of four stops along the route: the Du-luth church, Lillis church, and the corners of 24thand Parallel Roads and Clear Creek and LoneTree Roads. The final card in the five-card studhand was dealt at the Gary and Kay Zeit resi-dence, where a weenie roast and bonfire were
held following the ride. Many people who weren’table to enjoy the ride still came to join the groupfor the bonfire festivities. Randy Kufahl ofWheaton won the poker hand with three Jacks.The top two hands were kind enough to donatetheir winnings back to the celebration fund. Har-vest activites likely kept several vehicles from be-ing able to participate in the ride, but the commit-tee hopes to hold another ride in the spring. Sev-eral more fundraisers are being planned, includ-ing a clay pigeon trap shoot October 27 and a NewYear’s Eve card party.
The foodstamps havebeen re-placed by
garnered $4.5 million infraudulent sales, and of thathe pocketed $1.4 million in“profit.” That store had alarger sales volume than amodern chain grocery storein a more urban county 40miles away.
The second store robbedtaxpayers of $800,000, atleast. His store was a realfood outlet, and some of theEBT business was on thelevel in that period. Oneowner seemed very contrite,and was described as beinghelpful to authorities. Never-theless, his fine was said tobe set at $250,000. Each ofthe owners could receive upto five years in prison, and betold to pay back money theystole. Some 16 frequent cus-tomers were also rounded upand face sentencing and re-payment schedules.
At the end of the article,which was very long bytoday’s newspaper stan-dards, one of the investiga-tors, county deputy HeathBache, was quoted as say-ing: “If we’re doing $6 millionin four years with just twobusinesses, what’s Atlantadoing? What’s Macon do-ing?” Bache said he thoughtit was a national and stateepidemic, the reporter wrote.
No kidding. To compare forperspective, Atlanta is somelarger than Kansas City; Ma-con is about the same sizeas Topeka.
What broke the story isthat one night in the summerof 2010 in the wee hourssomeone saw four small chil-dren wandering around a littletown unattended. Sum-moned deputies, including
Electronic Benefit Transfercards that ended checkoutlane shame, supposedly, andhelped users buy virtually ev-erything else in the store non-welfare recipients enjoy.Fast, private, plastic. Prettynifty.
But wait. There’s more.The EBT magic failed to pre-vent fraud.
In Georgia in September Iwas visiting my mother. Onemorning the daily MaconTelegraph displayed a top-fold, Page One lead storyabout a food stamp fraudcase in a central Georgia ru-ral county fraught with pov-erty, a low tax base and fewerthan 10,000 folks, some ofwhom are afflicted by drugabuse and unfit and/or ab-sent parents.
The operators of two tinystores, one described as alegitimate grocery, and theother as a 12-foot-by 16-footmetal structure similar tobackyard tool sheds wereboth found guilty of foodstamp fraud between 2006and 2011, and from 2009 toearly 2011. Sentencing wasscheduled for this fall.
The total amountsskimmed from the taxpayersin that time by the stores andtheir customers was right at$6 million. Some storescharge a 50 percent fee tomake the illegal transactions,but the two in Wilkinson of-fered better rates, and someregular customers woulddrive 100 miles for the break.One owner was said to have
Bache, found the childrenand then their mother whowas high on methamphet-amine. There was no food inher double wide trailer home.She said she had left her EBTcard at a store where she hadused it to borrow money. Thattriggered the investigation,which alone took more thansix months before the courtprocesses began.
This story breaks my heartfor what has happened to myAmerica. If this is routine in abackwoods, recently Chris-tian and hard-working ruralcounty, I have to echo thedeputy. What then is going onamong the 320 million of therest of us?
Senior CenterMenus
Oct 21 – 25, 2013
Mon: Tater Tot Casserole,Stewed Tomatoes, Biscuit,Plums, Dessert, Milk
Tues: Roast Pork, SweetPotatoes, Cauliflower, WheatRoll, Jello/Fruit, Milk
Wed: Birthday Dinner–Oven Fried Chicken, MashedPotatoes & Gravy, GreenBeans, Wheat Roll, Cake, IceCream, Milk
Thurs: Swiss Steak, PotatoWedges, Peas, Wheat Roll,Applesauce, Milk
Fri: Meatloaf, Baked Pota-toes, Carrots, Wheat Bread,Fruit Cocktail, Milk
Activities
Mon: Health NurseTues: Onaga busWed: Bill to sing; Birthday
DinnerThurs: Bingo @ 1:00
Opinions...by Joe Harder
Opinions are a lot likebacksides...Everyone hasone. Here are a few of mine.
Locally the football playersand community will need afew years to become whatthey were in Onaga’s haydayof winning.
It is my belief that the newcoach, Mike Wilhelm will gainthe respect of his players, andmay, therefore, be able to leadOnaga back to its winningways. Some may like him,some may not, but I’m bettingthey will respect him at somepoint in their young lives, as Idid my coaches. The playershave come along as a team.It’s not important that they likethe coach, it’s important thatthey learn to do what he says,if they do and progress isn’tmade, then it’s on the coach.
They are still making mis-takes that cost them dearly ingames. The boys lost 13-62this past week to a pretty goodteam from Riverside HighSchool (Wathena). Onagafumbled the ball seven times,4 in the first quarter. That canbe corrected. I’m sure thatwas addressed in the Buffa-loes’ practice on Monday.
The Buffs are pretty inex-perienced in the defensiveback line so we tend to getburned pretty easily. We’reyoung and small so we don’tlike to hit hard or even be hithard, but maybe somedaythat will change too.
A good coach can makeplayers better. A great coachcan get kids to do things theynever imagined possible.
We’ll see what kind of coachWilhelm will be, but mymoney is on him being morethan just good. He’s learningfrom an excellent coach, as-sistant coach Tim Kite, an-other who knows about re-spect and love of the game.
I was asked if I was goingto Cottonwood Falls on Fri-day. My response, “I wouldn’tmiss it.” I support the Buffsand I hope we have a goodshowing of community folksat the game on Friday.
I would be remiss if I didn’tat the very least mention thevolleyball and cross country
teams, both of which arehave successful seasons.
The OHS girls’ volleyballteam has a season record of11 wins and 13 losses. Theyare 5 and 6 in the Twin ValleyLeague.
The OHS cross countryteams have been runningwell and are expected to bein the top teams in the TVLmeet at Centralia today,Thrusday, Oct. 17.
My wish for each competi-tors is to compete with dedi-cation, on and off of the field,court or course. Give all youhave and you will be winners.