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Researching genealogy, though potentially time-consuming, can uncover some interesting family history. For more about what area residents have learned about their ancestry and tips on how to research, see pages 10 and 11.

Putting together the family tree

puzzleLinda Losier of Bonner Springs holds a photo album includ-ing an image of her great-great-great-grandfather (on right) proudly displaying his Congressional Medal of Honor from the Civil War on his jacket. To find information about her this grandfather and other family members, Losier has used

resources like the genealogy books on the shelves next to her at the Kansas Room in the Bonner Springs City Library. Read

more about Losier’s genealogy experiences on page 13.

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Monthly Mayor’s forum

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Bonner Springs Mayor Clausie Smith’s monthly public forum for September will be rescheduled from Wednesday, Sept. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 3, due to a conflict.

The forum will be held at its regular time and location, 6-7 p.m. at a study room in the Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave. The Mayor will be available to discuss local resident issues or questions.

The mayor’s forums usually take place the last Wednesday of the month, ex-cept during holidays, and the next forum is Wednesday, Oct. 31.

Annual bike show raises nearly $3,000 for local family

Kobi’s Bar and Grill’s 20th annual bike show Saturday, Sept. 15, raised $2,880 for the Lucas family of Bonner Springs.

Jason Lucas and his wife were in a motorcycle accident in May in Kansas City, Kan., causing Lucas to have his leg amputated. Proceeds from Saturday’s event were given to the family to help cover medical bills and other expenses. Vicki Kobialka, owner of Kobi’s, said the bar and grill, 113 Oak St., would continue to take donations on the family’s behalf.

Kanrocksas dates announced

Kanrocksas Music Festival organizers have announced the dates and ticket prices for next year’s festival at Kansas Speedway.

Festival organizers announced today that the festival would return June 28-29, 2013. The festival, organized by MMF LLC, went on hiatus after its inaugural event in the summer of 2011 largely due to construction at the Speedway.

Organizers said they would continue to expand the festival with big name acts, added amenities and trending tech-nological features. The inaugural event included headliners Eminem and Muse, along with national and local musicians representing many genres of music.

Organizers also announced an early bird ticket package of $125 for both days and free camping, available for purchase starting at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21, only at Kanrocksas.com. The early bird tick-ets are available for a limited time. Once they are sold out, advanced tickets will become available for purchase. The full-price tickets are $190 for both days and $50 for camping.

The festival will make future an-nouncements on its website, at face-book.com/Kanrocksas and on Twitter at @Kanrocksas.

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BONNER SPRINGS AREA REPORT

High Low Precip. 9-11 89 62 .00 9-12 87 67 .00 9-13 75 54 .40 9-14 71 53 .00 9-15 74 49 .00 9-16 74 55 .00 9-17 78 57 T Year-to-date rainfall: 20.06”

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Lawn destroyed by the drought? Don Crim, Master Gardener for the Wyandotte County K-State Re-search and Extension Office, shared some tips on lawn care in light of the drought.

Q: Is my yard dormant or dead?A: If you have not watered your

lawn and your lawn does not show any green with recent rains and cooler temperatures, it is probably dead. Look for green in the crown of individual turf plants.

Q: What can I do if it is alive but is thin or has brown patches?

A: You want to overseed it by mid-October. First, spray for weeds and close mow the area. Water the lawn if it hasn’t rained recently, then rent a verticut. Verticut the area to be seeded in two directions, and rake up the debris. Then seed with a 90 percent fescue/ 10 per-cent bluegrass mixture, three to

four pounds for every 1,000 square feet. Fertilize with a low phospho-rus (0-3 percent) fertilizer, and wa-ter within 24 hours.

Q: How do I care for the lawn af-ter overseeding?

A: Water at least once a day until the seed germinates (five to 10 days for fescue, up to 14 days for blue-grass). Mow grass after it gets to 3 inches, and fertilize again in No-vember.

Q: What if the lawn is completely dead?

A: Renovate it. Take the same steps as overseeding, but you can scalp the lawn before verticut. Seed at a rate of six to eight pounds per 1,000 square feet. Don’t try to reno-vate the entire yard in one year.

Q: What do I do if I have zoysia grass?

A: Don’t do anything yet; zoysia should be replanted in the spring.

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Watering in the early morning hours around 10 a.m. Randy Fitzgerald, Lawrence who works for Low Maintenance Lawn care, waters a yard in the morning trying to limit the amount of water he uses as the days heat and winds will dry things out quickly.

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Animal rescue group reflects on recent growth

With a facility of their own and community volunteers at the ready, Bonner Animal Rescue’s organization has grown in leaps and bounds during the past year.

The not-for-profit group, which also is known as BAR, secured a fa-cility to provide an animal shelter, worked with the city to create a coop-erative relationship to find homes for unclaimed, impounded cats and dogs, and is becoming known as a source for people who want to adopt a pet.

“As a volunteer organization, we want to make sure that as we move on, there’s more volunteers to take our place and help it grow and become a big part of the community,” said Janet Crouch, BAR spokesperson.

Bonner Animal Rescue was founded in 2010 by Lisa Bruce, Susan Dean and Darla Hicks with the goal of helping save unclaimed stray cats and dogs from euthanasia. They quickly real-ized the need for the organization was greater than they believed, and they created a pet foster care network with several volunteers.

But the greatest growth has oc-curred in the last nine months.

Late last year, they negotiated with veterinarian Paul Slyter to move into extra space at his clinic, Bonner Springs Animal Care Center, on what they thought would be a temporary basis.

Almost immediately, they learned a Bonner resident had accumulated 27 dogs and 72 cats, and they used their new space to find homes or other lodging for eight of the dogs and 45 of the cats.

“We weren’t sure what to do af-ter that, but when (Slyter) came in and saw our work ethic and what we would do … he realized it would be a win-win,” Crouch said.

So they agreed to use the space as a permanent home and obtained a state shelter license in February. This sup-ported their efforts to work with the city as it considered changing its ani-mal control policies early this year.

The city now transfers all un-claimed, impounded animals to BAR once they have been held by the city for the requisite number of days. That means most pets would be euthanized only by court order or due to disease. Crouch said of 34 unclaimed dogs so far this year, only three had to be eu-thanized, and of 80 unclaimed cats, 12 were euthanized.

BAR also helps the city publicize impounded pets, networking through Facebook and Petfinder and the city’s website.

“We have had huge success in re-uniting impounded dogs and cats with owners, not only from Bonner Springs but also from other communities in the metro,” Crouch said.

A total of 129 cats and 58 dogs have come through or stayed at BAR’s shel-

ter since the start of the year. Every pet brought into the shelter is vaccinated, checked for heart worms (dogs) and FIV/Leukemia (cats), spay/neutered, dewormed and flea treated. They also get a health check before being adopt-ed.

“We make little to no money off our adoptions fees,” Crouch said. “All of our funds come from fundraisers and the generous donations of our spon-sors and community supporters.”

The next fundraiser is Saturday,

Sept. 22.The group also is working on con-

struction of the Clayton McCulley Me-morial Kennels and Dog Park at their facility in honor of McCulley, a BARvolunteer who was killed last May in acar accident.

“It’s very exciting and very reward-ing to see what we’ve accomplishedjust in the last nine months, and it’s exciting to think what we would be if the community rallies and sticks withus,” Crouch said.

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Volunteer Makenzie Breidenthal pets Tia, a cat awaiting adoption, after filling a food bowl for the cats at Bonner Animal Rescue’s shelter, 104 Forest St. Tia and several other cats are let out to play while their cages are cleaned.

District to purchase internet filter

A new internet filter will help Bon-ner Springs-Edwardsville USD 204 move forward with any future policies regarding the use of social media at the district’s schools.

The Board of Education Monday ap-proved the use of $44,072 to purchase a filter system to help protect the dis-trict from spam emails as well as con-trol what websites students and teach-ers can access.

Ken Clark, district director of tech-nology, told the school board that the district once had a filter, but it was the victim of budget cuts about four years ago. The district’s current system blocks social media and other web-sites either for everybody or for no-body. Blocking certain websites forces high school students to do research for classes on negative topics that may be blocked from home, which hurts those who don’t have internet access at home.

The district also often has been the victim of spam email in recent years,

Clark said, and had been placed on a “blocked” list by the district’s internet provider.

Clark recommended the district use capital outlay funds to purchase an internet filter appliance and service, which would generate reports of any students or faculty trying to reach in-appropriate websites.

While some services were charg-ing up to $83,000, Clark found that a company called Edgewave, which now owns the I-Prism filter service the dis-trict formerly used, was offering a dis-counted service for $44,072.50, a price that would remain the same for five years.

In other business, the board:• Heard from Superintendent Rob-

ert VanMaren that the district was to receive school report cards and state assessment scores on Wednesday, Sept. 19. Watch bonnersprings.com and future editions of The Chieftain for more.

• Appointed Ray Cox as Vaughn-Trent representative

• Adopted the K-2 Reading Street program.


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9/20 | Thursday• Edwardsville Kiwanis Club meeting, 6:45 a.m., Sisters Restaurant & Bar, 11657 Kaw Drive, Bonner Springs

• Morning Steppers, 7:30 a.m., Edwardsville Community Center, 696 S. Third St., Edwardsville, 913-441-3707

• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

• Open gymnasium, noon, Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

9/12 | Friday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road, Shawnee, 913-422-5700

• Basehor-Linwood Parents as Teachers Fitness Fun Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Basehor Elementary School, 15602 Leavenworth Road, 913-724-1038

• Open gymnasium, 10 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

9/22 | Saturday• Go Dog Go walk for Leavenworth County Humane Society, 8:30 a.m., Basehor-Linwood High School, 2108 N. 155th St., Basehor

• 2012 Kansas City Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Kansas City Renaissance Festival fairgrounds, 628 N. 126th St.

• Bonner Springs NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, 7 p.m., Bonner Springs High School, 100 Mcdanield St, 913-422-5121

9/23 | Sunday• 2012 Kansas City Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Kansas City Renaissance Festival fairgrounds, 628 N. 126th St.

9/24 | Monday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

• Bonner Springs Rotary Club meeting, 11:45 a.m., Twist-ers Grill and Bar, 13100 Kansas Avenue, 913-667-3700


• Edwardsville City Council, 7 p.m., Edwardsville City Hall, 690 S. Fourth St., 913-441-3707

• Bonner Springs City Council, 7:30 p.m., Bonner Springs City Hall, 205 E. Second St., 913-422-1020

9/25 | Tuesday• Morning Steppers, 7:30 a.m., Edwardsville Community Center, 696 S. Third St., Edwardsville, 913-441-3707



• Kaw Valley Chorus rehearsals, 7 p.m., Basehor United Methodist Church, 18660 158th St., 913-724-2077

9/26 | Wednesday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010


• “How Do I?” drop-in technology help, 6 p.m., Basehor Community Library, 1400 N. 158th St., Basehor, 913-724-2828

• WOW! (The Word on Wednesdays) Program, 6:30 p.m., Basehor United Methodist Church, 18660 158th St., Basehor, 913-724-2077

• Candidate forum in Leavenworth, 7 p.m., Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N. Fifth St., Leavenworth

9/27 | Thursday• Edwardsville Kiwanis Club meeting, 6:45 a.m., Sisters Restaurant & Bar, 11657 Kaw Drive, Bonner Springs

• Morning Steppers, 7:30 a.m., Edwardsville Community Center, 696 S. Third St., Edwardsville, 913-441-3707



9/28 | Friday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road, Shawnee, 913-422-5700

• Basehor-Linwood Parents as Teachers Fitness Fun Fridays, 9:30 a.m., Basehor Elementary School, 15602 Leavenworth Road, 913-724-1038


9/29 | Saturday• 2012 Kansas City Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m., Kansas City Renaissance Festival fairgrounds, 628 N. 126th St.

9/30 | Sunday• 2012 Kansas City Renaissance Festival, 10 a.m., Kansas City Renaissance Festival fairgrounds, 628 N. 126th St.

• Schwinn Family Reunion, 1 p.m., Schwinn Produce Farm, 17624 Santa Fe Trail, Leavenworth.

10/1 | Monday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010

• Bonner Springs Rotary Club meeting, 11:45 a.m., Twist-ers Grill and Bar, 13100 Kansas Avenue, 913-667-3700


• USD 204 Board of Education, 7 p.m., District Office, 2200 S. 138th St., 913-422-5600

10/2 | Tuesday• Morning Steppers, 7:30 a.m., Edwardsville Community Center, 696 S. Third St., Edwardsville, 913-441-3707



• Empower Kidney Disease Class, 4 p.m., Providence Medical Center, 8929 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kan.

• Kaw Valley Chorus rehearsals, 7 p.m., Basehor United Methodist Church, 18660 158th St., 913-724-2077

10/3 | Wednesday• Walkie Talkies, 8 a.m., Bonner Springs Community Center, 200 E. Third St., 913-422-7010


• Bonner Springs Mayor’s Forum, 6-7 p.m., study room, Bonner Springs City Library, 201 N. Nettleton Ave.

| ON THE AGENDA |Bonner Springs City CouncilWORKSHOP – TBAREGULAR MEETING – 7:30 P.M.MONDAY, SEPT. 24CITY HALL, 204 E. 2ND ST.WORKSHOP

• Personnel policy change – holiday pay for permanent part-time employeesCOUNCIL MEETING

• Citizen ConcernsCONSENT AGENDA

• Minutes of the Sept. 10 meeting

• Claims for city operations

• Public Housing Authority claims

• DeGoler request for reserved parking space in city lot

• ATMOS utility relocation agreement at 122nd Street and Riverview AvenueREGULAR AGENDA

• Accept 2011 audit

• Acceptance of final payment to Little Joe’s Asphalt

• Personnel policy change – holiday pay for permanent part-time employees

• City manager’s report

• Council items

• Mayor’s report

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Richard F. “Bud” Caster, 78, of Bonner Springs, KS passed away Sept. 7, 2012.

Bud was born on Oct. 10, 1933 in Kansas City, KS to Forrest F. and Helen T. (Hurr) Caster. He attended Turner High School and served in the Navy during the Korean War. Bud retired from Jones Truck Line.

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Riemer (Steve), Guy D. Caster, &Steven B. Caster; 7 grandchildren; 6great-grandchildren; sister, SharonMasuch; and brother, Robert Caster.

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AARON LEWIS (left) and Tessa Newberry were crowned Bonner Springs High School’s Homecoming King and Queen Friday during halftime of the Braves’ homecoming varsity football game.

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|REMEMBER WHEN |10 Years Ago: Sept. 19, 2002

Joseph Scherer was named as the new mayor of Basehor.

Tony Kile was spokesman for a group of students who asked the Bon-ner Springs City Council to build a skateboard park.

Bonner Springs High school home-coming king and queen candidates were: Stephen Babcock, Michael Cook, Devin Pino, Jon Van Maren and Aaron Weathers, king; Amanda Gar-cia, Kathy Yates, Jill Gardner, Kacey Twist and Lindsey Stanbrough, queen.

The Wyandotte County Historical Museum held a reception for profes-sional artist Ernst Ulmer.

25 Years Ago: Sept. 17, 1987

Pastor Peter Eggebrecht was named as the new minister at the Edwards-ville Christian Church.

The USD 458 (Basehor-Linwood) Board of Education rejected a request to hold a non-binding referendum on the issue of combining Basehor and Linwood High Schools.

The Bonner Springs-Edwardsville Chamber of Commerce planned its monthly membership coffee at the Greeley Gas Co.

Kay Cee Mills, Laurie Spaur and Jes-sica Arnett were named seventh grade

cheerleaders at Pioneer Jr. High.


Basehor High School set an enroll-ment record with a total of 116 stu-dents. The previous record was 90 in 1960.

The Bonner Springs Insurance Agency, owned by Ben White, was sold to W. F. Rehm.

Bonner Springs High School cheer-leaders were: Carol Finley, Mary Chamberlain, Barbara Papa, Sandy Carter, Gayla Chambers and Adalain Carter.

Glenn Price was elected president of the Bonner Springs Lions Club. Ce-cil Baum was the first vice president.


W. W. Anderson purchased a new stallion that weighed 2,100 pounds.

The J. D. Kuhn Store was showing its new line of fall clothing including rust-proof corsets.

The Chieftain published an editorial endorsing Arthur Capper for gover-nor. Capper was a Topeka newspaper editor and publisher.

Henry Mund reported growing a stalk of corn that was 15-foot-8 inch-es tall. One ear of corn was 14 inches long.

Basehor City Council holds brief monthly meeting

The Basehor City Council meet-ing was brief on Monday night, with no unfinished or new business on the agenda.

Council members passed the con-sent agenda, which included the ap-proval of minutes, treasurer’s report, payment to Springsted Incorporated Financial Advisory Services and an agreement to defer building permit fees on residential development only until the first occupancy permit is is-sued.

The council’s next work session will be 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1 at the City Hall Council Chambers, 2620 N. 155th St.

Leadership development class seeking applicants

The Southern Leavenworth Coun-ty Leadership Development Class is seeking students to fill its 2012-13 class, which starts Wednesday, Sept. 26.

The group, a joint effort between the Tonganoxie and Basehor cham-bers of commerce, prepares citizensto focus on developing competen-cies and skills to meet the challenges facing the community and region. It encourages students to be leaders in business, politics and volunteer orga-nizations. Classes are monthly and run September through May and include trips to the Leavenworth CountyCourthouse, the statehouse in Topekaand the Lawrence Journal-World. Formore information or to apply, go tobasehorchamber.org

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Without a doubt, it is one of my wife’s favorite expressions. She will enter a room that is untidy and quick-ly express “this place looks like the wreck of the Hespres.” It is an all-pur-pose expression, because she also uses it to describe herself when she looks at her hair and it isn’t up to her standard.

She’s not alone in comparing a mess to the Hesprus. George Harrison wrote a song in which he claimed that get-ting older was like the “wreck of the Hes-prus.” There is a now-defunct Irish rock band that used the phrase as its name. Knowing my opinion of heavy metal music, if I had listened to them I might have thought it was “the wreck of the Hes-prus.”

As a kid I remember that it was a popular phrase, and it usually meant that it was time to get things cleaned up.

No one seems to know why the phrase came into popular use except that it described a disaster. What was really illuminating is that no one knows what the wreck of the Hesprus looks like since the Hesprus probably never existed. It comes from an epic poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about an imaginary naval disaster.

In all probability, Longfellow got his inspiration from “the great blizzard of 1839.” Apparently, the blizzard struck fast and savagely causing 40 ships to be sunk including the Wiscassel whose sinking and demise is similar to the Hesprus. The poem was published in a volume in the early 1840s entitled “Ballad and Other Poems.” Longfellow used real landmarks such as reef “Nor-man’s Woe” near Gloucester, Mass.

I read the poem and I found it to be fascinating and to contain a great les-son in human nature. The Hesprus was a clipper ship at a time when the maritime industry was extremely im-portant. In the 1830s, railroads were just coming into use. The road systems weren’t very good and the fastest way to travel, if available, was by water.

As is the case in most 19th century poetry, there is a les-son. The captain of the schooner decided to make a winter voy-age which was ex-tremely dangerous in those days. Being a bit arrogant, he does not heed the advice of an experienced

seaman who warms him that he thinks a serious storm is coming. In addition, the captain takes his young daughter along for company.

Of course, a serious storm hits with icy rain, extremely cold temperatures, and the rough seas struck the ship. To protect his daughter, he wraps her in his heavy coat and lashes her to the mast head. Much of the poem is the little girl asking questions of her fa-ther, but he doesn’t answer because he is dead. The ship strikes the rocks at Norman’s Woe and breaks apart. The next day a fisherman discovers the girl’s body and the poem ends with a prayer that others not strike the reef. Probably Longfellow got his inspira-tion for the fate of the child since af-ter the 1839 storm the body of a young woman, lashed to a mast head, washed up on shore.

I would imagine that within a few years “the wreck of Hespres” will be another obsolete phrase, joining many others that represent a time long gone on the dusty shelves of a changing lan-guage.

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Public invited to Bonner farm for Alpaca Days

In the past few years, Brian and Sha-ron Heimes have made a considerable change in lifestyle, from suburbia-dwelling physicians to alpaca breeders on a 106-acre farm.

Just west of Bonner Springs, the couple has founded their “early retire-ment plan,” which they call Manna Meadows, with a herd of 31 alpacas — cousins to the llama and native to South America. The Heimeses plan to open their farm to the public Sept. 29 and 30 for Alpaca Days, an effort of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Associa-tion to educate the community about the relatively new and growing alpaca fiber industry.

Brian Heimes spent his early years on a farm, but his family moved to the city when he was 10.

“Never thought I’d go back; never looked back when we moved to town,” he said.

The couple and their daughters were happily living in Lenexa until 2000, when they visited some friends who lived in the country. They got a “bug” to move to a more country-like setting and soon bought land north of Kansas Highway 32 at 166th Street and Metro Av-enue.

About the same time, Bri-an Heimes was watching infomer-cials late one night and ran across one about alpacas.

“And I thought ‘Those are really cool,’” he said.

So they spent 10 years visiting al-paca farms, learn-ing about alpacas and “falling in love” with the animal, as Sharon says. In their research, they learned about a growing demand for alpaca fiber, which can be used much like sheep’s wool but is considered to be softer.

The animals were first commer-cially imported to the United States in 1984, and now there are about 160,000 registered in the country. There are a few other small alpaca farms in the area, including Kaw Valley Alpacas

in Tonganoxie, which also will open for Alpaca Days.

The Heimeses moved to their property perma-nently about three years ago and bought nine alpac-as. Through addi-tional purchases and breeding, they now have a herd of 31. Just seven acres of their farm is dedicated to the alpacas, so there

is room to grow, although they think if the herd grows beyond 50 animals, they would need to hire more help.

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at Manna Meadows. They didn’t domuch to promote the event last year but they were surprised at the turnout.

“It was so neat because so many people in the community came and thanked us for having this event for the community,” Sharon Heimes said.

Brian continues to work as a physi-cian at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., as they grow their herd and discover other country distractions — for Sharon, a hen house with 14 hensand a rooster, and, for Brian, five bee-hives, something he learned about in his youth but never thought he’d beable to put into practice. The prod-ucts of both will be available at AlpacaDays.

These side hobbies remind themwhy they called their farm MannaMeadows. In addition to it being acombination of the names of their daughters — May and Anna — the couple say they often are reminded of the biblical interpretation of the word.

“We consider this a gift from God,getting to do this,” Sharon Heimessaid.

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BRIAN HEIMES feeds some female alpacas Friday on his farm west of Bonner Springs. Heimes and his wife, Sharon, began raising and breeding the animals on their 106 acres two years ago and next weekend will open their farm to visitors for National Alpaca Farm Days.

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Tonganoxie barbecue team to be featured on TV show

Not much could distract Truebud BBQ from its pedal-to-the-metal quest to become the top competitive barbe-cue team in the country.

However, pitmaster Tim Grant of Tonganoxie says, getting on TV is worth taking one weekend off.

Grant and Boyd Abts of Eudora, the team’s leaders, announced this week they’ll be one of three Kansas City area teams appearing on Season 4 of BBQ Pitmasters. Filming will take place at the American Royal Barbecue, the weekend of Oct. 6 in Kansas City, Mo., though the Pitmasters teams will compete against each other instead of in the Royal.

“That’s always been in the back of our minds — it’d be really cool to be on Pitmasters,” Grant said Friday (via cell phone en route to Pine Bluff, Ark., for the Smoke on the Water Arkansas Championship barbecue contest).

Grant and Abts have been cooking all over the United States nearly ev-ery weekend since February, amassing enough wins to maintain top-10 status in the Kansas City Barbeque Society’s 2012 Team of the Year points chase.

That’s partly why Pitmasters picked them, said Ron Simon, executive pro-ducer for the Destination America network.

“We need people who have proven they know how to barbecue,” Simon said in an email. “This means they need to be award-winning on the bar-becue circuit or recognized as the best by the community in local rankings year after year.”

Simon added that teams also have to be camera-friendly and comfortable “putting their reputation on the line on national TV.”

Pitmasters Season 4, which begins airing in November on Destination America, will focus on regional bar-becue, Simon said. In the Kansas City episode, contestants will aim to cook the best Kansas City style ’cue.

Truebud will be up against Pellet Envy, led by Rod Gray of Leawood, and the Grinders Team, led by Kansas City, Mo., metal-sculptor and restau-rant owner Jeff Rumaner, who goes by STRETCH. Pellet Envy was Kan-sas City Barbeque Society Team of the Year in 2009. STRETCH isn’t on the competitive circuit, but he’s a pro at backyard “swine and dine” parties and his restaurant is a Kansas City fa-vorite.

Grant said he’s confident he and Abts can cook anything Pitmasters puts in front of them. But he does have a preference — the category Truebud won Team of the Year in last year would be nice.

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The Unified Government of Wyan-dotte County and Kansas City, Kan., and the Kansas City Area Transporta-tion Authority broke ground Wednes-day, Sept. 19, on a multi-million dollar Transit Center at Indian Springs, 47th and State Avenue.

Unified Government officials said in a news release that the $4.5 million Midtown KCK MetroCenter would make transferring and waiting for bus connections more comfortable and convenient, and it also would help spur economic development through-out the corridor. When the transit center opens in August 2013, it will accommodate eight buses, and will be built to allow a future expansion to ac-commodate 12 bus bays if needed.

The transit center improvements include an 11,000 square foot facility that will feature the following:

• A substation for the Kansas City, Kan., Police Department’s midtown unit, providing a constant security presence.

• The Area Agency on Aging will relocate from 82nd & State Avenue to the new transit center.

• A Transit Community Space that will be available for community meet-

ings and activities.The Midtown Metro Center and a

new Downtown Transit Center at 7th and Minnesota, on which construction began earlier this summer, are part of the new State Avenue/KCK Connex Line. The line will travel along a 14-mile transit route that begins at 10th and Main in downtown Kansas City, Mo., travels through downtown KCK and ends at Village West at 109th & Parallel Parkway.

With construction of the Transit Center underway, Unified Govern-ment officials also are moving ahead with plans to move city offices out of Indian Springs and tear down the mall. Unified Government operations are the only thing still open in the mall.

The Neighborhood Resource Cen-ter will move in early 2013 from Indian Springs to 4953 State Ave., the site of a closed U.S. Post Office. Half a doz-en employees will be relocated there, including Liveable Neighborhoods; Code Enforcement; Rental Licens-ing; Building Inspection; Demolition; and Business Licensing. The Indian Springs Mall buildings are to be razed in February 2013. The Unified Govern-ment solicited redevelopment propos-als for the site earlier this year and currently are reviewing them.

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Area residents trace their family treesCelebrities’ adventures in tracing

family history have been documented on the television show “Who Do You Think You Are?”

Although area residents don’t get as much assistance as the stars on the show, some have found success trac-ing their ancestry and helping others in better understanding theirs.

Linked to the Declaration of Independence?

Ben Myers sits at a table in his home, family photos and documents dating back to the 1800s at his fingertips.

He was born in 1928 in Jewell Coun-ty in north-central Kansas before mov-ing to Nebraska after his father’s death the next year.

His grandmother, Emma Josephine Morris, helped raise him and his sib-lings with his mother. Emma’s father, Philip R. Morris, who lived in Illinois, served during the Civil War.

Philip’s great-great uncle?Robert Morris, one of the signers of

the Declaration of Independence, My-ers says, according to what his grand-mother had told him.

His son, Gary Myers, has been re-searching the family’s history for four years and hasn’t yet connected the dots to Robert Morris, but did find 1860 census information from Num-da, Ill., just northwest of Chicago, that listed Philip R. Morris and Ben’s grandmother. Other documents indi-cated Philip died in Lake Providence, Miss., near Vicksburg, during the Civil War while serving as a corporal in the 95th Illinois Infan-try, Gary said.

“It’s a work in progress,” Gary said of research-ing family history. “I don’t know that it ever ends, hon-estly.”

Gary, a 1966 Tonganoxie High School graduate now living in Centra-lia, Mo., has traced his family roots to New York through his research. He said some records require extra work, such as a census from 1840 or earlier. He said the name of the head of house-hold is listed with tick marks for other members of the family and marks to indicate whether there were slaves in the household. He also found records in which black residents were free or slaves.

“I think it’s good to understand our past and where we came from and have a recognition of that,” he said.

Completing a baby bookRichard Wellman was filling out his

first son’s baby book in 1965 when he realized he didn’t have all the informa-tion he needed.

He didn’t know his grandparents’ names.

“They were deceased before I was

born,” Wellman said. “That was kind of the beginning.”

Since then, Wellman has traced his family roots most recently to farm-steads in Jefferson County — land near what is now Wellman Road, named after his great-grandfather Harrison Wellman.

Wellman, who is a history research volunteer at the Baldwin Public Li-brary, has researched through cen-sus records, the Internet and other documents to map out his family’s branches. He discovered that his fam-ily settled in Kentucky before moving to Iowa before they were states. His family moved to Kansas the year it be-came a state — 1861.

Wellman, who also is a member of the genealogy societies in Douglas and Jefferson counties, has indexed several years of births, deaths and marriages in Baldwin. For the Jefferson County Genealogy Society, he is editor of the group’s newsletter.

He said the availability of informa-tion has changed dramatically since he started researching his ancestry, espe-cially with resources available online.

Helping record historyMore than 20 years ago, Beth En-

loe started volunteering at the Bonner Springs Library where she was sorting through old photos and other records in an effort to organize pieces of Bon-ner Springs history.

While volunteering at the library, Enloe had a conversation with two women disagreeing about where a former Bonner Springs business stood years before.

A couple of weeks later, she uncov-ered information about the business through newspa-per articles.

Since then, she’s been indexing vi-tal statistics from 1896 to the pres-ent with informa-

tion gleaned from the Bonner Springs Chieftain newspaper.

Enloe, who has an interest in her own genealogy, said the index allows library visitors to gather information, such as birth and death announce-ments, about family members.

“Oh yes,” Enloe said. “People use it all the time.”

Grandmother’s talesAs a young girl, Carrie Kirk heard

stories from her grandmother about her childhood. Born in Leavenworth County, Kirk’s grandmother was the daughter of immigrants.

“It think that kind of got me started,” Kirk said about her interest in geneal-ogy. “Although I must say I didn’t do it for 40 to 45 years.”

She’s now been researching for more than 40 years and recently re-turned from a trip to New York vis-iting museums and cemeteries re-searching descendants.

Research has helped her trace her ancestry to Germany. Her great-grandfather, Klaas Klinkenberg, had five sons. He didn’t want his sons to be “cannon fodder in Germany,” so they left for America in 1871, Kirk said. She said her great-grandfather had to prove he had served in the military before being granted permission to leave.

Kirk, who lives in Overland Park, has done work to help others search history. She volunteers for the Base-

hor Historical Museum Society andhas indexed the Fairmount Townshipfederal censuses from 1870-1940 andstate censuses from 1865-1925.

She also volunteers at the NationalArchive in Kansas City, Mo.

Last week, a woman who was bornin England wanted to see the passen-ger list from when she came to Ameri-ca in 1946. Her parents met in Englandwhile her father, an American soldier,was serving during World War II.

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It’s a work in progress. I don’t know that it ever ends, hon-estly.”

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Kirk said the woman was listed on the first sheet of that ship’s passen-ger list, Kirk said, with her mother and brother. Her father already had returned to the U.S. They also discov-ered draft registrations for the wom-an’s grandfather for World War I at the National Archive.

“She left very happy,” Kirk said.

Part of American historyMarsha Bennett has researched her

family’s genealogy as a way to connect to American history.

“I like American history and I kind of want to know how our family fit into that picture,” she said, “find out how we fit into the whole scope of American history.”

Bennett, who is community rela-tions manager at Johnson County Library, said trac-ing her family’s history has uncov-ered interesting findings.

A great-grand-father owned a meat and poultry shop and then, ac-cording to a later census, was a saloon keeper in St. Louis. A second cousin has an engraved silver tray that the mayor of St. Louis gave to her great-

grandfather. In addition, her grandfa-ther ran a restaurant, as did her father. Family members on her mother’s side generally were carpenters and wood-workers.

“It’s that trickle-down thing,” Ben-nett said. “It’s in-teresting to find out what their occupa-tions were.”

Her mother’s family came to America from Swe-den, while her fa-ther’s side has its

roots in Germany. Bennett said a great-grandfather on her mother’s side came to New York with $5 in his pocket.

“You couldn’t come unless you had a place to live or a job,” Bennett said.

Her great-grandfather and his im-mediate family had a job lined up withfamily in Redwing, Minn. From there,his family moved to the Kansas townof Cleburne, in Riley County.

Connecting the dots to native coun-tries can come with some extra work.In Sweden, “son” was added to thelast name of a man’s son. For example,Lars would be the father’s name andLarsson the son’s last name, Bennettsaid.

“It can be very time-consuming,”Bennett said about genealogy re-search. “I can see why more peopledo it when they’re retired. Computersand online databases make it so mucheasier and more addictive.”

Ancestry CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10A

How to get started on your genealogical journey

Finding out more about your fam-ily’s genealogy can be an exciting adventure, but where does a person begin?

Here are some pointers from area genealogists.

Getting startedWhen researching your family’s

history, it’s best to start with recent history and work further into history.

Carrie Kirk, who does volunteer work for the Basehor Historical Mu-seum Society and the National Ar-chive, said people should begin re-search at home.

“The first thing you need to do is kind of familiarize yourself in your own home,” she said. “You might have some old newspaper clippings, obituary notices, letters from rela-tives.

“Look around; see what you’ve got.”

Researchers should then contact relatives to inquire about any infor-mation they might have.

Another resource is census statis-tics, Kirk said. Census information is taken every five years — U.S. Census

information in years ending in zero and Kansas statistics in years ending in five. Libraries are good resources for gathering census information, she said.

Documentation also is key, Kirk noted. Write down what day you found specific information and where it was found. Documenting when any conversations took place and with whom also are important, she said.

Joining a genealogy society also can be beneficial.

“You mix with people who do this all the time,” she said.

Online resources, such as ancestry.com, can be helpful, but some Internet sites include misinfor-mation, Kirk said.

Don’t get discouragedInformation can be found in

droves, and then there can be a road-block.

“There’s a piece missing,” Rich-ard Wellman said. “You may go five years before you find that piece that fits. It’s really a challenge to keep working on it.”

But Wellman, who volunteers at the Baldwin City Library and is a member of genealogy societies

for Douglas and Jefferson counties, has found plenty of family history through the years.

Kirk has had similar experiences.“It’s a never-ending job,” she said.

“Every time you find the answer to a puzzle, you have two more questions you have to find.”

Reaching out to libraries, histori-cal societies and even courthouses for records can be a big help. Kirk said she’s found people to be helpful, and striking up conversations with those local people can translate into more leads.

And that can mean answering a burning question or finding a miss-ing piece to the puzzle.

Utilize your resourcesThe Johnson County Library can

provide visitors plenty of genealogy assistance, said Marsha Bennett, pub-lic relations manager for the library.

The Central Resource Library, 9875 W. 87th St. in Overland Park, has more than 20 genealogy volun-teers. For more information, contact the library at 913-826-4600 or go to jocolibrary.org/genealogy.

Across the state line is another re-source: the National Archives, 400 W. Pershing Rd. in Kansas City, Mo.

Its phone number is 816-268-8000.Here’s a listing of other local re-

sources:

Leavenworth County• Tonganoxie Public Library, 303

S. Bury, 913-845-3281.• Tonganoxie Community Histori-

cal Society, 201 W. Washington. For genealogy questions, contact Laurie Walters at 913-796-6373.

• Basehor Community Library, 1400 158th St., 913-724-2828.

• Basehor Historical Museum So-ciety, 2812 N. 155th St., 913-724-4022.

Douglas County• Baldwin City Library, 800 Sev-

enth St., 785-594-3411.• Douglas County Historical Soci-

ety, at the Watkins Community Mu-seum of History, 1047 Mass., in Law-rence, 785-841-4109.

Wyandotte County• Bonner Springs City Library, 201

N. Nettleton Ave., 913-441-2665.• Wyandotte County Historical

Museum, 631 N. 126th St., Bonner Springs, 913-573-5002.

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19045 255th St. $349,950

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20511 Golden Rd. $299,950

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22165 171st St. $349,950

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16321 Stillwell Rd. $244,95019909 Parallel Rd. $124,950

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24429 Sandusky Rd. $279,000

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Karlon Stephen (right) of Stephen’s Orchard in Bonner Springs presents a basket of honey to Gov. Sam Brownback Thursday, Sept. 13, at the Kansas State Fair. Karlon and her husband, Walt, had 15 entries in the fair, 12 of them honey products and the rest apple products. The couple won nine first, three second and three third place ribbons, including the Govenor’s gift basket, and they won Grand Champion Apple for the second year in a row. Watch for more about the Stephens and their fair ribbons in an upcoming issue of The Chieftain.

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Genealogy buff loves to dig through her family’s roots

For Linda Losier, the allure of gene-alogy is all about the discovery.

“It’s like a big puzzle solving all this, where people come from and who’s connected to who,” the Bonner Springs resident said.

Losier began her genealogy work in early 1980s, when researching re-quired a bit more effort: going to li-braries and the Church of Latter-Day Saints’ family history centers, looking at microfilm, and doing a lot of mail-ing to courthouses for birth and death certificates.

“There was a lot more figuring out where the right place was to go, and who to contact for the right informa-tion,” she said. “So it was a little harder back then, but it was just as much fun when you got something in the mail that kind of sparked you on or gave you another clue of where to go or who to contact.”

Thankfully, a great-aunt had also been researching the family history and passed it along to Losier. Then she got a computer and got on the In-ternet, where she found a wealth of information.

Among subscription websites, she recommends ancestry.com, to which she has her own subscription.

“That’s probably my favorite; for me, that one probably gets me the most bang for my buck,” she said.

For free research sites, she recom-mends kshs.org, familysearch.org, her-itagequestonline.com and findagrave.com.

Losier recommends making use of local libraries, who often have a library edition of genealogy website research. The Bonner library has a library edi-tion of Heritage Quest, which Losier said is useful because it provides cen-

sus records, one of the best resourcesfor genealogy, and periodicals and town information.

As far as books go, Losier recom-mends “The Handy Book for Gene-alogists,” which lists state and county courthouses and the kind of recordsthey have. Local libraries often havethe most information about area com-munities, said Losier, who volunteersat the Bonner Sprigs Library and most often works in the Kansas Room,which is specifically for local historyresearch.

She also recommends talking torelatives; she wished she had record-ed the stories of her great-aunts and great-uncles.

Losier has been able to trace her fa-ther’s family back to the mid-1600s in the United States and back to the early1700s for her mother’s family.

“I’ve never tried to research outsideof the United States,” said Losier, whoknows her father’s family came from the British Isles, while her mother’sancestors were mostly German. “It’sone of those things that I’m not quite sure how to cross over the ocean tofigure out where they’ve come from over there.

“And some of them have very com-mon names. My dad’s grandfather was a Jones — a John Jones. It’s like, howdo I find him?”

She hasn’t found any famous ances-tors in her research, though she’s beentrying to substantiate one of her great-great-grandmother’s claims that shewas related to James Blaine, twice asecretary of state in the late 1800s whoone time ran for president.

“I’ve never been able to make thatconnection,” she said. “It was herclaim that she was related to him, but I’ve never been able to prove it.”


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FOODLIVING LETTUCE

Just because a greenhouse shelters produce from the elements doesn’t mean hydroponic farming is easy.

That’s one of the first myths that Ryan Eddinger would love to dispel. While you can control variables, the downside is that you must control them — and the balance is tenuous, more of a sterile science project than a backyard garden.

“We’re in control of everything,” Eddinger said. “With hydroponics, if you screw up, you find out real fast. You don’t have any buffer.”

Eddinger and his wife, Caroline, op-erate Two Sisters Farm — named for their two daughters, 10-year-old Stella and 8-year-old Sophia — at their home in rural Lecompton.

The Eddingers specialize in “living lettuce,” full heads sold with roots at-tached.

Theirs is the only commercial farm in the area specializing in hydropon-ics, or soilless growing, and their let-tuce has been catching on in Douglas and Johnson counties since their first harvest this spring.

When researching farming options, the Eddingers were looking for some-thing for all four seasons.

“We looked around at what people weren’t doing, too,” Caroline said. “Nobody was doing this, and so there’s a market for it.”

Eventually Ryan, a full-time public defender for the Kansas Court of Ap-peals, and Caroline, who just started her own CPA firm, would like to farm full-time. Until then, there are late nights, early mornings, 16-plus-hour days and some much-appreciated help from neighbors.

“It’s been insane,” Ryan said.

Delicate balanceThe Two Sisters greenhouse is light

and pristine. Rows of richly colored heads of lettuce — from yellow-green to wine red — pop against the bright-white walls and growing trays.

There’s lettuce in all stages, from sequin-sized sprouts to lush, leafy, ready-to-harvest red bib and romaine.

An irrigation system carries fertil-izer-laced water to each plant, deliv-ering moisture and nutrients to roots while emerging leaves get sunlight through the greenhouse’s translucent covering.

Ryan tinkered with an old air condi-tioner to fashion a system that keeps the water solution from getting too hot. To keep the climate from getting too hot, fans draw air through a “wet wall” at one end of the greenhouse. In the winter, propane heat will keep it warm.

He monitors everything daily.A climate-control slip, pH imbal-

ance or bug infestation could wipe out an entire crop.

Pros and consHydroponic gardening started get-

ting interest about 15 to 20 years ago, said Jennifer Smith, the horticulture extension agent for K-State Research and Extension in Douglas County.

“The general idea was that because you’re not using soil you can grow things in a smaller space,” she said, “and it was kind of an interesting dis-covery that we can grow things with-out soil.”

Smith said that while hydroponics may enable farmers to grow produce with less space, it can be labor-inten-sive to maintain the correct balances. Also, she said, some people argue that food grown in dirt has more flavor.

Ryan said he believes that’s true

with foods such as tomatoes (he pre-fers dirt-farmed heirloom varieties, hands down). However, he doesn’t think that’s the case with lettuce, which is a decidedly different type of crop.

“I’ll never grow another head of let-tuce in the dirt,” he said.

Hydroponic growing enables him to leave roots on, which keeps the lettuce — a vegetable that’s notoriously prone to wilting — flavorful and crunchy longer with no preservatives.

Hydroponic lettuce can mature weeks faster than outdoors, and the controlled environment also enables Two Sisters to keep its crops pesti-cide- and herbicide-free.

Plus, if Two Sisters is able to drum up enough customers, the Edding-ers will be able to afford to run their greenhouse year-round, providing Lawrence with lettuce grown just a few miles away all winter long.

“That’s one of the best things about local; it’s going to be fresh,” Ryan said. “The more local the better.”

Growing customersRight now, Two Sisters’ living let-

tuce is sold at several Lawrence gro-cery stores and restaurants, plus a cou-ple of restaurants in Johnson County.

The Eddingers sell at Lawrence’sCottin’s Hardware Farmers Market onThursdays and the Downtown Over-land Park Farmers Market on Satur-days — usually with the “two sisters”themselves up at 4 a.m. and in tow.

The family likes interacting withcustomers, hearing feedback and hav-ing the people who buy their lettucesee their faces and know their names,Ryan said.

Monday morning, he was harvestingand boxing up lettuce that he or Caro-line would personally deliver to Law-rence restaurants that day or the next.T.K. Peterson, the Oread’s executive chef, 1200 Oread Ave., started order-ing Two Sisters lettuce this spring as part of a larger effort to incorporate more local produce in his restaurants.

In addition to quality food, Peterson simply agrees with supporting local farmers, he said: “You do it more just because it’s the right thing to do.”

— Lawrence Journal-World Features reporter Sara

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STEPHEN MONTEMAYORSPORTSUSE #BONNERSPORTS ON TWITTER TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION

At any given time of the day, Twitter and Facebook can be a party — only the blinds are wide open, and the whole neighbor-hood (and well, well beyond) can see inside.

Nowhere is this more evident, and potentially problematic, than among high school student ath-letes and student bodies at large.

In a matter of seconds, a stu-dent can knock out several tasks at once: fire off a hateful/profan-ity-laced/homophobic/drug-or-alcohol-referencing tweet while also drawing the attention of parents/administrators/authori-ties and perhaps sinking his or her chances at a scholarship offer from a college program.

Think this is just tough talk, a lame attempt at playing Scruff McGruff on a high horse?

Before he joined Bonner Springs in 2011, Lucas Aslin was head football coach at Garden City Community College. As someone who recruited athletes from all over the country, Aslin has firsthand knowledge of what college coaches make of ugly social media conduct.

On one hand, Aslin once actu-ally had a kid from Florida, with whom he had only conversed on Facebook, make a commitment to join his program. Now, that isn’t the norm. Not even close. What’s far too common, Aslin said, are the potential offers he had to hold onto after just a few minutes looking at Facebook or Twitter pages.

One day, Aslin would be blown away by a kid’s highlight film, ready to offer him a scholarship. The next, when he saw a drug- and profanity-laced profile more befitting a bathroom stall?

“No way I’m signing that kid,” Aslin said.

This is not written to single out high school students, but to serve as a reminder that what we share online is permanent, lodged somewhere in the dark recesses of the web. Once we hit ‘Send,’ it’s out of our hands. We don’t get to choose how it gets consumed, or when it can come back to bite us.

Don’t tweet yourself off the team

Please see COLUMN, page 18

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Jump start to the season

File photo by Stephen Montemayor/Staff

ON FRIDAY, BONNER SPRINGS TRAVELS TO PIPER, another high octane Kaw Valley League offense that portends an early-season shootout.

Braves 3-0 entering big league game at Piper

In defeat, Bobcats turn focus on district playBy Stephen Montemayor

[email protected]

SHAWNEE — Stretch zone read. Stretch zone read.

Basehor-Linwood football coach Steve Hopkins repeated the phrase in the chill of an empty stadium at Mill Valley High School, repeating it as only would a coach who had seen his opponent run all over his team with it.

Mill Valley senior quarterback Sky-ler Windmiller scored six touchdowns — five on the ground — the bulk of which came on fake handoff keeper plays, as the Jaguars (2-1) defeated the Bobcats 47-6 on Friday.

Windmiller finished with 167 rush-ing yards on 22 carries, and completed 8-of-13 passes for 187 yards — includ-ing a 24-yard second-half touchdown pass to senior L.J. Hatch.

“This was a rout,” Hopkins said. “Tonight we didn’t compete well enough against an excellent team. Now, are we good enough to bounce back and play better this coming Fri-day? That’s going to be the question.”

For the first time in a while, Base-hor-Linwood starts the season 1-2, los-ing consecutive games to league op-ponents with high voltage offenses. In recent seasons, the Basehor-Linwood vs. Mill Valley game decided the Kaw

Valley League. “Anytime you win like this, it’s big

for your team confidence-wise,” Mill Valley coach Joel Applebee said. “But seriously, our goal is to play our best football by week nine. Each week is going to be a test for us.”

Since losing its home opener 42-21 at Class 6A Manhattan, Mill Valley has outscored its first two KVL opponents 103-13.

This year’s showdown with Base-hor-Linwood continued Mill Valley’s separation from the pack and reaf-firmed this year’s Bobcats’ focus on

Please see BOBCATS, page 19

By Corey ThibodeauxContributing Writer

After Friday’s Homecoming game at David Jaynes Stadium, the Bonner Springs football team could have tal-lied up all the missing points from the scoreboard while considering the night an aberration.

Instead of trying to forget the some-what lackluster performance, Bonner Springs (3-0) left with heads and fists high after defeating Bishop Ward (0-3), 23-7. This game could have easily been 46-7 if the Braves wanted, but there was hidden satisfaction that

came through in coach Lucas Aslin’s grin.

“I love it,” he said. “I take away a win, I take away guys played hard.”

This game, Aslin told his players, reminded him of last week’s major up-set in college football when Louisiana-Monroe stunned No. 8 Arkansas. Ar-kansas, if everything went as planned, should have won. They simply had the better team, but football doesn’t al-ways work like that.

As the Braves found themselves with a mere 7-0 halftime lead against the struggling Cyclones, the players learned that a superior team does not

show up and win just because it is ex-pected. Effort, focus and execution are all part of the process, and it took a while for Bonner Springs to find them.

“We came in thinking this was an easy win, which is why we didn’t score as many points as we did,” junior run-ning back Jared Knerschield said. “In the second half, we got it in our hearts and minds that we were going to go out there and beat them, and we did.”

Part of the low-scoring first half could have also been because the Braves weren’t on their normal game

Please see BRAVES, page 19


Staff Report

At the Bonner Springs Invitational, the Braves cross-country team weath-ered the absence of its team captain by setting a new record on the girls side and seeing a vintage performance from one of its boys.

In all, 25 Class 2A-6A schools com-peted in the annual event, including the Braves and Basehor-Linwood.

Basehor-Linwood placed 10th out of 17 boys teams and 11th out of 16 girls teams at the meet. Meanwhile, the Braves placed 15th in the boys race and 14th in the girls race.

Basehor-Linwood sophomore Quinnlyn Walcott placed 19th with a time of 16:12.57 to lead the girls and junior Luke McGowan notched the Bobcats’ top boys score with a time of 17:53 to place 37th.

Bonner Springs junior Austin Schul-er placed 20th with a time of 17:20 — the best time by a Bonner Springs boys runner since Brooks Ballou.

“His 17:20 and 20th place were im-pressive early in the season,” Bonner Springs boys coach Bill Downing said.

The boys were without team cap-tain T.J. Kimbrough-French, who has been nursing a foot injury in recent weeks. Still, 10 of the 12 Braves boys to run notched personal records.

Braves senior Mandy Ballou placed 35th on the girls side with a 16:44 for a new Bonner Springs record.

Bonner Springs will next compete in Ottawa on Saturday, and Basehor-Lin-wood will travel to the West Franklin Invitational on Thursday.

Braves volleyball comes up short against Lansing

Bonner Springs volleyball fell to Lansing (23-25, 19-25, 19-25) to drop to 4-11 on the season. The Braves are now 1-2 in league play after last week’s vic-tory on the road against Piper.

Bonner Springs returns to play at 8 a.m. Saturday at Tonganoxie.

Bonner Springs soccer forces draw, but still winless

Bonner Springs boys soccer remained winless after a 4-0 defeat against Lansing on Monday. The Braves are now 0-5-1, having forced a draw against Bishop Ward on Thursday.

Against Bishop Ward, Jacob Kraus scored two goals and the Cyclones con-ceded an own goal to tie the match.

Bonner Springs returns to play at 6 p.m. Thursday against Perry-Lecompton.

Bobcats soccer tops Sumner 3-0

Basehor-Linwood boys soccer im-proved to 3-5 after a 3-0 victory against Sumner Academy on Monday.

Trey Kincheloe, Sammy Seaton and Jared Kenton each scored goals for the Bobcats, who added two second-half goals to a 1-0 halftime lead.

“I thought we passed the ball around better than we have all year and col-lectively we played hard and worked together to pull out the win,” Basehor-Linwood coach Austin Knipp said.

The Bobcats returned to practice with high expectations ahead of Wednes-day’s road match at Mill Valley, the results of which can be found online.

Photo by Stephen Montemayor/Staff

BLHS SENIOR HALEY STALLBAUMER finished with a 17:54.96 at the Bonner Springs Invita-tional Saturday at Wyandotte County Park.


BSHS SENIOR MANDY BALLOU set a Braves record with her 16:44 run at Saturday’s Bonner Springs Invitational.

CROSS-COUNTRY

Bobcats, Braves run in loaded Bonner Invite

ONLINE: Find more photos from the Bonner Springs Invitational and stay tuned for this week’s results.

BRIEFLY


By Stephen [email protected]

Spend 34 years coaching anywhere, you’re bound to encounter the occa-sional down season. So it is for Bonner Springs tennis coach Bill Scott, whose new-look girls team has experienced fits and starts this year.

“I’ve probably had four or five years like this,” Scott said. “You’ve just got to bite the bullet.”

Gone from this year’s incarnation is all but junior Hannah Hunt, who notched only limited varsity experi-ence a year ago.

A familiar face in the program, miss-ing last year, is back, though, and has brought encouraging returns since being paired with Hunt as the Braves’ No. 1 doubles team. Since spending her junior season away from the team, senior Sammy Ricci-Weller is back for a final year. Though signs of rust inevitably surface, Ricci-Weller co-authored a surprising chapter in this season’s narrative all within her first match alongside Hunt on Saturday.

Paired together for the first time at Saturday’s Mill Valley Jaguar In-vitational, Ricci-Weller and Hunt had the task of debuting against one of the state’s best teams. Jessie Alex-ander and Zoe Larson of Blue Valley — ranked by coaches in the Class 5A top-five all season — opened the tour-nament against Ricci-Weller and Hunt Saturday, and would be in for a sur-prise.

The Braves were able to force Alex-ander and Larson into sending numer-ous lob shots, which Hunt put away at the front of the net. By the end of the match, Ricci-Weller and Hunt forced a tiebreaker before walking away with a surprise victory. The two team cap-tains were unable, however, to avenge a weekend loss against Maranatha Christian Academy’s Megan Bowlin and Bailey Kroening, falling 8-2 at Bonner Springs on Monday.

The Braves lost the dual meet over-all 6-3, including a victory by No. 3

doubles Alexus Tendick and Cassie Stock against Gionna Eden and Nata-lie Marmon 8-5. Over time, Scott has grown accustomed to sending at least a few boys and girls tennis players to state each year. That appears more dif-ficult a task this season with a greener girls team, one that Scott said is with-out many year-round players.

“I’m looking for multi-sport girls who know what it means to compete and hustle,” he said.

Missing from summer weekly ten-nis nights are many of the girls team members, who often instead pick up a racket for the first time in awhile just before the season.

That, and the turnover between last season and this one, had Scott hedging expectations for the Braves this year.

“I didn’t think we had a prayer,” Scott said. “And then we upset the Blue Valley girls.”

Scott thinks that victory may allow Ricci-Weller and Hunt to grab a slot at regionals. For Ricci-Weller, who said she wanted to end her senior tennis season with a bang, the upset victory also had her adjusting expectations.

“My goal coming into this year was just to have fun,” she said. “Now that it is going this way, state is in my sights.”


BSHS JUNIOR HANNAH HUNT is the Braves’ No. 1 singles and doubles player, alongside senior Sammy Ricci-Weller. The two upset Blue Valley in their first match together on Saturday.

GIRLS TENNIS

Hunt, Ricci-Weller emerge as Braves’ top doubles team


BSHS SENIOR SAMMY RICCI-WELLER returned to the Braves after a year away, and now has her sights set on state.

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Think high school students are the only ones to sink themselves online? Aslin said he also does his homework on potential assistant coaching hires.

“The interview process is a 10-minute to an hour, one-shot type of deal,” Aslin said. “Facebook is an accumulation of years and you can look back and see things that can help gauge what type of person you think someone is, good or bad.”

And earlier this month, the offi-cial Twitter account of the Kansas City Chiefs had to tweet a public apology for its author’s corre-spondence with a fan. Whomever had Twitter duties for the Chiefs account that day sent a direct mes-sage to a fan telling them to “get a clue.” The fan then shared the mes-sage online, where it suddenly went viral, egging the face of the Chiefs’ account.

The great thing about social media is its ability to enhance and build communities. At the Chieftain and Sentinel, we use Twitter and Facebook to both share our sto-ries and to also provide real-time updates and photos from sport-ing events. Social media has also allowed you, the reader, to join the conversation, to report your own

scores and share your own obser-vations and photos. That’s why early this year we started using the hashtags #BasehorSports and #BonnerSports: to allow anyone using that hashtag to contribute to a feed of area sports news, and for others to find an easy way to get that same information.

Like anything that can be used, social media can be abused. Unfortunately, the banter between rival schools — especially leading up to sporting events — doesn’t always stay respectful.

Such talk before the Aug. 30 Basehor-Linwood vs. Tonganoxie boys soccer match, which would feature altercations both on the field and in the stands, seemed to signal storm clouds on the horizon for that evening.

Basehor-Linwood boys soccer coach Austin Knipp, speaking after the Bobcats’ 9-0 victory against Immaculata last week, said he reminds his players that what they post becomes permanent, and to keep in mind whether what they plan to post is something they couldeasily explain to a coach or parent.

“I think the main thing is if you’re questioning that I would say something or your parents would say something about it, it probably shouldn’t be on there,” Knipp said.

That college coaches are out there, hoping your conduct online matches your play on the field, should add extra incentive.

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BLHS SENIOR BRANDI STAHL led the Bobcats with seven kills and an ace during their victory against Bishop Ward on Tuesday. Basehor-Linwood is 3-0 in league play.

VOLLEYBALL

By Stephen [email protected]

When Basehor-Linwood volleyball coach Amy Irvin chose to field three freshmen on this year’s varsity roster, she figured one of two things would happen.

Either her four seniors and two ju-niors would be distant toward the new blood, or they’d mesh into a team ca-pable of capturing the league crown that just eluded it last year. The lat-ter has the Bobcats 3-0 in league play, with sights firmly set on that goal.

“My upperclassmen have been amazing in knowing that (the fresh-men) belong there,” Irvin said. “The team wouldn’t be the same without them. The same thing with my un-derclassmen — they know the upper-classmen are the leaders of the team. They know they have to push hard if they want to maintain their positions.”

With a tough road match on the horizon next Tuesday at Mill Val-ley, Basehor-Linwood earned a third-straight Tuesday night league victory in straight sets against Bishop Ward (25-12, 25-21, 25-19).

Basehor-Linwood cruised to an ear-ly victory in the first set, taking a 20-5 lead before sealing it at 25-12 when a Cyclones serve sailed out of bounds.

The Bobcats saw production from freshmen Madi Osterhaus and Jamie Weible. Osterhaus notched six kills on 16 attempts and added two blocks — senior Jamie Johnson and Saman-tha Rutherford each also added two blocks. By night’s end, Weible led the team with seven digs. The final two sets against Bishop Ward were played much tighter, with each team trading ties and lead changes from the outset. The Bobcats finally broke open the logjam with four-straight points to go

up 18-14. Basehor-Linwood allowed the Cyclones to pull within 22-21 be-fore scoring the set’s final three points.

The third set began similarly until Bishop Ward got out to an 8-5 lead, its largest advantage of the night. Basehor-Linwood turned it around soon, though, reclaiming the lead off an error by Bishop Ward, and gaining its biggest lead of the set at 13-9. The Cyclones wouldn’t challenge the Bob-cats’ lead from that point. Sophomore Abbey Mellies added six kills on 10 attempts and three blocks. Junior Al-lison Heinen recorded three kils, and senior Haley Waters had four digs.

Irvin said the Bobcats have let up after commanding opening set per-formances at times this year, allow-ing opponents to claw back in ensuing sets. But she said a practice schedule rife with simulated pressure scenarios continue to have the girls battle ready.

“If we lose a game, it won’t be due to lack of talent,” Irvin said, an echo of sentiments expressed at the beginning of the season. “It will be due to lack of focus, lack of intensity, lack of drive, really, to put away our opponent.”

Added senior Brandi Stahl, who led the Bobcats with seven kills and one ace: “We just kind of let go a little bit. It will help us in practice, especially for next week.”

By next week, Stahl was again refer-ring to Mill Valley, although it doesn’t take much to get Basehor-Linwood up for Tuesday night league play.

“All of us feel more pressure on Tuesday night league games,” Irvin said. “You know it’s make it or break it every Tuesday night.”

Basehor-Linwood will travel to play in the Louisburg Invitational at 9 a.m. Saturday before going to Mill Valley for a league match at 6 p.m. on Tues-day.

Intensity picks up on Tuesday nights


plan. Aslin said that the team wanted to work on certain packages, and it didn’t necessarily translate to good plays on the field.

Junior quarterback Jordan Jackson threw an early interception and the ground game couldn’t break off the outside. The offensive penalties didn’t help either.

The third quarter went back to the usual playbook.

The Braves opened up the second half with six inside runs, ending in a 17-yard Jackson touchdown.

The Braves scored on their next two drives while the rock-solid de-fense forced multiple three-and-outs. At that point, Aslin gave younger play-ers some varsity experience, which ex-plains the sloppy end to the game.

Other than the final touchdown in garbage time, the Braves defense showed no resistance, and senior line-backer Matt Call and junior lineman

Austin Goodin helped make the Cy-clones’ running attack useless.

Jackson had a sub-par night throw-ing the ball, but had 69 yards and two scores.

Knerschield found 146 yards on the ground, most coming in huge chunks in the third quarter.

This game was the type of grimy game that makes good teams better, but looking ahead for Bonner Springs is daunting because there will be little room for error.

“The next three games are a Mur-derer’s Row for us,” Aslin said.

This week is at Piper at 7 p.m. Fri-day, followed by home games against Mill Valley (2-1) and Basehor-Linwood (1-2), last year’s league champion.

In the Kaw Valley League, Bonner Springs is at the top because it hasn’t lost a game, but can’t play as it did Fri-day and expect to defeat those teams.

The coaches and players know this. Aslin is looking forward to practice.

“The great thing is you come out with a good win and you can learn from it,” Aslin said. “Then I can start yelling at them this week and they have to listen.”

district play as its path to success.“Everything we do will be pointed

toward districts,” Hopkins said. “Kaw Valley League’s over, so we’re focused toward districts.”

Basehor-Linwood actually forced a turnover-on-downs deep in its own territory on Mill Valley’s first posses-sion after senior Caleb Hiss swatted down a Windmiller pass in the end zone. But taking over at the 3-yard-line proved too tall a task as the Bob-cats were forced to punt out of the end zone on third down to avoid a safety.

The Jaguars built an early 14-0 lead off two Windmiller runs. These weren’t your one-yard QB keepers, ei-ther.

Windmiller put Mill Valley up 7-0

with a 27-yard score on the team’s second possession, and later carried both times on a short two-yard scor-ing drive set up by the first of senior Blake Miles’ two interceptions.

For all the inevitable talk that will follow Windmiller’s performance, equal parts praise will be owed to Mill Valley’s defense, which held the Bob-cats under 150 yards.

“Mistakes hurt us and they hurt us,” Hopkins said.

Basehor-Linwood senior Tanner Garver was picked off three times and completed 6-of-16 passes for 87 yards. Mill Valley got to Garver for four sacks and limited the Bobcats’ rush-ing attack to just over three yards per carry.

Applebee called Miles and senior Tim Thomas the “players of the game” after Miles’ pair of interceptions and Thomas’ penchant for bringing down Garver in the backfield.

Basehor-Linwood senior Drew

Potter, who led the Bobcats with 89 rushing yards, scored his team’s only touchdown on a three-yard run in the second quarter.

Mill Valley carried a 26-6 advantage into the half and came out firing again in the third quarter, when Windmiller found Hatch to put the Jaguars up 33-6 just three minutes into the second half.

Basehor-Linwood made a run at getting back on the board on its ensu-ing drive. Facing fourth-and-7, Garver completed an eight-yard pass to senior Ben Johnson to keep the drive alive. Johnson would finish with a team-high four receptions for 65 yards.

But three penalties doomed the drive — a chop block, false start and holding call well away from the ball —

and set up a fourth-and-20 the Bobcatscouldn’t convert.

Finally, Mill Valley backup quarter-back Ty Bruce capped the evening’sscoring by carrying all eight plays of a71-yard scoring drive … punctuated bya stretch zone read.

Basehor-Linwood will try to re-group by Friday when it travels to Lan-sing. Mill Valley will also hit the road,continuing league play at Tonganoxie.

Late in the game, Basehor-Linwoodjunior Gage Wiser went down with aleg injury and had to be carted out ofthe stadium.

Wiser being the Bobcats’ only kick-er, Hopkins hosted tryouts this weekfor who will kick off against the Lionsat 7 p.m. on Friday.


Bobcats


Braves

9/20 | Thursday• Basehor-Linwood cross-country at West-Franklin Invitational, 4 p.m.

9/21 | Friday• Basehor-Linwood football at Lansing, 7 p.m. (Live broadcast on basehorinfo.com)

• Bonner Springs football at Piper, 7 p.m. (Live broad-cast on bonnersprings.com)

9/22 | Saturday• Basehor-Linwood volleyball at Louisburg Invitational, 9 a.m.

• Bonner Springs volleyball at Tonganoxie Invitational, 8 a.m.

• Bonner Springs cross-country at Ottawa Invitational, 9 a.m.

• Bonner Springs girls tennis at Wildcat Invitational, 9 a.m.

9/24 | Monday• Basehor-Linwood boys soccer vs. Piper, 6 p.m.

• Bonner Springs girls tennis at Leavenworth, 3:30 p.m.

• Bonner Springs boys soccer at Gardner-Edgerton, 6 p.m.

9/25 | Tuesday• Basehor-Linwood girls golf at Santa Fe Trail Invita-tional, 3 p.m.

• Basehor-Linwood volleyball at Mill Valley, 6 p.m.

• Bonner Springs volleyball at Turner, 6 p.m.

9/26 | Wednesday• Bonner Springs boys soccer at Topeka Seaman, 6 p.m.

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Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net

for pictures!!

cart; ATV 25 gal 12V 2-wheel sprayer; camo clothing; camping items; Conn. Valley Arms Black Powder .50 cal. gun; fishing supplies; Braunfels turkey fryer(new); homemade electric sausage grinder

Tools & HouseholdMantis tiller; Pacific 212cc gas power-washer;16 sp. drill press; 14 in. metal/wood band-saw; Craftsman Tools: 5.5 hp. 25 gal. 110V upright air-compressor, table-saw, sliding compound miter saw, 19.2V 4 piece kit, scroll saw, hand/grinder w/bits; belt/disc sander; Delta 8 in. sander/1x42 in. & bench grinder; air hose w/reel; (NEW)Haul-Master hitch receiver & Badland 3000lb winch; DeWalt: 4 in. grinder, 18V cordless drill & DW933 variable jigsaw; Rigid cordless wet/dry vac.; Snapper snow-blower; Homelite trash-pump; router & table; pneumatic tools; drill bit sets; forstner & hole saw kits; shop ta-bles; 10 ft. metal insulated garage door w/opener; electrical supplies; hand tools; bar & angle clamps; hardware/bolts/screws; metal shelving; HOMELITE METAL SIGN; Roman chairs; Sealy couch; swivel rocker; queen bed; chests; end ta-bles; Hotpoint refrigerator & electric stove; Maple table/matching chairs; Weslo & Spate Mate exer-cisers; kitchen décor; fruit jars; 10,000+ baseball cards; numerous items too many to mention!!!

Seller:Marion C. Strickland

Auction Note: Name brand & well-kept items & most

items are near new!!!Concessions:

Happy Trails Chuckwagon

Auctioneers:ELSTON AUCTIONSHome (785-594-0505)Cell (785-218-7851)

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Please visit us online at www.KansasAuctions.net/

elston for pictures!!

Banking

Branch Supervisor

Bonner Springs

Are you eager to deliver first class customer service the first time?

- Can you find solutions when others can only see problems?

- Can you manage many things at the same time and remain self-motivated?

- Do you enjoy selling value added services to your customers?

If you can answer “Yes” to these questions, Un-ion Bank & Trust may have an opportunity ide-ally suited for you. To review this position online or complete an online application, please visit our careers page at www.ubt.com.The candidate selected for this position will re-ceive $1000.00 signing bonus payable after 6 months of employment.

We Offer:- A fun and energetic en-vironment

- Potential to experience unlimited training and career development

- A competitive salary and benefits package

All personal, employ-ment, and financial ref-erences will be checked

Equal OpportunityEmployer

Computer-IT Enterprise Services Tech-nical Support Engineer II,Sprint Nextel Corp., Over-land Park, KS. Requires Tealeaf v8.3, jboss 5 and ATG Dynamo. Resumes to:www.sprint.com/careersReq # 127376BR. EOE

Construction “Can You Dig it?” Heavy Equipment School. 3 week training program. Back-hoes, Bulldozers, Excava-tors. Local Job Placement Asst. VA Benefits Ap-proved. 2 National Certifi-cations. 866-362-6497

Drivers-Transportation

CDL Driver needed for local deliveries, warehouse, and forklift. We will also train the right person. Good benefits. Call 913-829-3300

General

Midway Wholesale

Midway Wholesale is looking for two people with experience in man-agement or sales to work in our Lawrence office. The qualified candidates will be self-starters, or-ganized and dependable with excellent customer service skills. We are a distributor of building materials with eight branches in Kansas and one in Nebraska. We offer GREAT benefits including life & health ins., paid personal leave & holi-days, 401(k) and profit sharing. If you would like to work for a great com-pany take your resume to 2711 Oregon, Lawrence, KS 66046. EOE

Duplexes 2 Bdrm, remodeled duplex, single-car garage, all new appliances, w/d hook-ups. $600 deposit, $675 rent + utils. 9199 W 24th. No pets. 785-979-7812

Basehor Near New Large 3BR townhome 2.5 bath, 2 car, Lawn care & snow removal provided. Avail Oct 1. $1,150/mo.+ utils. Call 785-456-4145/ 913-927-1713

Bonner Springs

3BR, 1! bath newer home, 711 Morse, new carpet. Avail. now. $995/mo. De-posit & Refs. 913-845-3273

River City Rentals2 Bedroom 1.5 bath

Townhouses w/attached garage, $805 per month

913-422-7368

Antiques Solid wood butcher block with legs. 31” H, 30” W,30 L. Call 785- 840-6858 to view.

Lawn, Garden &Nursery Tall bearded Iris. 50+ varie-ties. Many award winners. 913-244-9727 or email [email protected]

Music-Stereo Harwood Spinet Pianowith bench & music.

Excellent condition. $600. Private party 913-775-0445

Basehor

Estate Sale

Fri-Sat, Sept 21-22

8:00 - 5:00

20319 163rd St.Basehor, KS

Furniture, antiques, dishes, cookware, linens,

and misc.

Bonner Springs Basehor

Yard Sale

Fri-Sat8-5 Friday, 8-3 Saturday.

23221 155th St.Leavenworth County.5 miles North of FireStation in Basehor.

Tons of Baby Clothes and toys, Steiff andcollector Bears, couple of antique dolls. Crocks and granite wear. Vintage toys and trucks. Furniture. Books, adult and kids. Antiques, quilttops, old linens. Teacher resource mate-rials. Bricks. Lawn Edg-ing, Patio Table, Compo-ster. New games and puzzles, stock up for Christmas. Lots of treas-ures.

De Soto

Big Country Garage & Barn Sale

Sept. 21 & 228am-4pm.

No early birds -we have a gate!

8915 Edgerton Road(Directions: 1/2 mile north of K10 on Edgerton Rd. 2 miles west of De Soto, 5 miles east of Eu-dora. (stone castle on the hill come spend the day shopping!)

Antiques: 4 oak claw foot chairs, camel back trunk, iron hospital bed, picture frames, 109 piece retro aqua dishes, 12 place setting of Apple Blossom by Sango (Japanese), 8 pcs. of Jewel tea, 2 sets of wheat pattern dishes, many other antique dishes, dolls, hats, and books. Misc. books, clothes, glass and gar-den tools, trailer equal-izer hitch

Tonganoxie

Estate Sale

20085 178th Street,Tonganoxie

Sept. 20-228AM-3PM

Furniture, dishes, books, LP, tapes, jewelry, every-thing must go.

Need to Sell a Car?Place your ad at

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Tonganoxie Neighborhood

Garage Sale(includes

Moving sale)

Thur, Fri. SatSept. 20, 21, 22

8-5 Thur Fri8-12 noon on sat.

18942 Green RoadTonganoxie KS

any 913-683-8368from Tonganoxie on county 5 (Tongie rd -

5-1/2 miles NE.from County Shop 4 way stop 1-1/2 miles south.

Watch for signs.

Thomas Kincade pictures still in boxes,lots of misc.

children to adult clothing,going out of business

gift basket sale

2 air conditioners,lots of everything...

Cars-Imports Nissan 2000 Quest SE white (170,000 miles) Loaded, looks nice & runs great, must see. Front & rear A/C, gray leather, al-loy wheels, AM/FM w/rear contl $4,995. 913-620-5000

Motorcycle-ATV Genuine 2008 Stella 150cc Scooter with Cozy Sidecar. This is a 2 cycle with 4 speed transmission. Great around town vehicle. No worries about sand, oil or water on the road with 3 wheels!!! Daily driver to school, starts everytime!! Comes with lap cover for cold weather and half case of oil. $4800/offer. 785-218-4772

Sport Utility-4x4 Ford 2004 Explorer Ltd.AWD, 3rd row seating, leather, sunroof, fully equiped, 52K miles, mint condition. $12,500. 785-542-1642/785-393-2612

GMC 2006 Envoy SLT, 4WD, Beige color, Fully Loaded, Power everything, Sunroof, Heated leather seats, V6 Inline motor, 96,000 miles, good condition. Call or text 785-331-6063/email [email protected] for more info or to come see.

Truck-Pickups Toyota 2009 Tacoma pickup. SR5, Pre-Runner, Double Cab, V6, Automatic, 6 ft. Bed, Local One Owner, 45,850 miles, Excellent Shape, $22,500.00, Dealer Financing Available. 785-691-8918

Vans-Buses Dodge 1997 Grand Caravan SE, V6, 3.8 L - no rust or dents. Has 4 leather cap-tain chairs (seats 7), rear air conditioning, dual slid-ing doors, power door locks and windows, and luggage rack. It has 163,000 miles on it. Asking $2700. Priced below Kelley Blue Book value ($3421 to $4446). Call 840-5182.

Shawnee (Published in the Shawnee Dispatch, Wednesday, Sep-tember 19, 2012)

CITY OF SHAWNEESummary of Ordinance

No. 3040

On the 10 day of Septem-ber, 2012, the Governing Body of the City of Shaw-nee, Kansas passed Ordi-nance No. 3040 PROVIDING FOR THE CHANGING AND REZONING OF CERTAIN TRACTS OF LAND IN THE CITY OF SHAWNEE, KANSAS, FROM PI (PLANNED INDUS-TRIAL) ZONING DISTRICT TO CH (COMMERCIAL HIGH-WAY) ZONING DISTRICT, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH AND AMENDING THE ZON-ING DISTRICT MAP INCOR-PORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE SHAWNEE MUNICIPAL CODE.

A complete text of the Ordi-nance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at the office of the City Clerk or at www.cityof shawnee.org.

The undersigned hereby certifies as prescribed by KSA 12-3007 that the fore-going Summary of Ordi-nance No. 3041 is legally ac-curate and sufficient.

Dated: September 10, 2012

CITY ATTORNEY/s/ Ellis Rainey,Assistant City Attorney

________

(Published in the Shawnee Dispatch, Wednesday, Sep-tember 19, 2012)

CITY OF SHAWNEESummary of Ordinance

No. 3041

On the 10 day of Septem-ber, 2012, the Governing Body of the City of Shaw-nee, Kansas passed Ordi-nance No. 3041 to Sections 5.52.010 and 5.52.020 of the Shawnee Municipal Code regulating Pawnbrokers and Precious Metal Dealers to incorporate by reference updated provisions of Chapter 16, Article 7, Regu-lation of Pawnbrokers and Precious Metal Dealers, of the Kansas Statutes Anno-tated.

A complete text of the Ordi-nance may be obtained or viewed free of charge at the office of the City Clerk or at www.cityof shawnee.org.

The undersigned hereby certifies as prescribed by KSA 12-3007 that the fore-going Summary of Ordi-nance No. 3041 is legally ac-curate and sufficient.

Dated: September 10, 2012

CITY ATTORNEY/s/ Ellis Rainey,Assistant City Attorney

________

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Accounting

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Clean, Fill Dirt913-724-1515

No Job Too Big or Small

Int. & Ext. RemodelingAll Home Repairs

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Fredy’s Tree Servicecutdown• trimmed• topped

Licensed & Insured.14 yrs experience.

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Drury PlaceLive More Pay LessWorry-free life at an

affordable price1510 St. Andrews

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druryplace

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Insurance Work Welcome785-764-9582

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Siding & WindowsFREE Estimates(785) 749-0462

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and your pet.Call Calli 785-766-8420

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Taking Care of Lawrence’s Plumbing

Needs for over 35 Years(785) 841-2112

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12th & HaskellRecycle Center, Inc.

No Monthly Fee -Always been FREE!Cash for all Metals

1146 Haskell Ave, Lawrence785-865-3730

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Lonnie’s Recycling Inc.Buyers of aluminum cans, all type metals & junk vehi-cles. Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-4, 501 Maple, Lawrence.

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lonnies

Unsightly black streaks of mold & dirt on your roof?

Mold/Mildew on your house?

Is winter salt intrusion caus-ing your concrete to flake?

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Water, Fire & SmokeDamage Restoration • Odor Removal • Carpet Cleaning

• Air Duct Cleaning •One Company Is All You Need and One Phone Call Is All You Need To Make

(785) 842-0351

Lawn, Garden &Nursery

ROCK-SOD-SOIL-MULCH

1783 E 1500 Rd, LawrencePineLandscapeCenter.com

Find us on FacebookPine Landscape Center

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Moving-Hauling

Haul Free: Salvageable items. Minimum charge:

other moving/hauling jobs. Also Maintenance/Cleaning

for home/business, inside/out plumbing /

electrical & more. www.a2zenterprises.info

785-841-6254

STARVING ARTISTS MOVING15yr. locally owned and

operated company.Professionally trained

staff. We move everyth-ing from fossils to office

and household goods. Call for a free estimate.

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starvingartist

Music Lessons

PIANO LESSONSLearn to play 30-50

songs in the first year with Simply Music!

Keys of Joy785-331-8369

Karla’s Konservatory785-865-4151

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Painting

Int/Ext/Specialty PaintingSiding, Wood Rot & Decks

Kate, 785-423-4464www.kbpaintingllc.com

Supplying all yourPainting needs.

Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for

over 25 years.Locally owned & operated.Free estimates/Insured.

HomeImprovements

JASON TANKINGCONSTRUCTION

New Construction Framing, Remodels, Additions, Decks

Fully Ins. & Lic. 785.760.4066lawrencemarketplace.com/

jtconstruction

RenovationsKitchen/Bath Remodels

House Additions & DecksQuality Work

Affordable Prices(785) 550-1565

[email protected]/tic

Insurance

Serving individuals, farm-ers & business owners

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kansasinsurance

Landscaping

Low MaintenanceLandscape, Inc.1210 Lakeview Court,

Innovative Planting DesignConstruction & Installationlawrencemarketplace.com/

lml785-550-5610

Plan Now For Next Year• Custom Pools, Spas &

Water Features• Design & Installation

• Pool Maintenance(785) 843-9119

midwestcustompools.com

FOUNDATIONREPAIR

Mudjacking, Waterproof-ing. We specialize inBasement Repair &Pressure Grouting.

Level & Straighten Walls & Bracing on wall. BBB.

Free Estimates Since 1962Wagner’s 785-749-1696

www.foundationrepairks.com

Garage Doors

• Garage Doors• Openers• Service• Installation

Call 785-842-5203or visit us at

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General Services

785-856-GOLD(4653)Jewelry, coins, silver,

watches. Earn money with broken & Unwanted jewelry

NOT Your ordinary bicycle store!

Guttering Services

JAYHAWK GUTTERINGSeamless aluminum gutter-ing. Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned. Insured. Free estimates.

785-842-0094jayhawkguttering.com

Heating & Cooling

“Your Comfort Is Our Business.”

Installation & ServiceResidential & Commercial

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rivercityhvac

Air Conditioning/& Heating/Sales & Srvs.

Free Estimates on replacement equipment! Ask us about

Energy Star equipment & how to save on your utility bills.

Roger, Kevin or Sarajane785-843-2244

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scotttemperature

Electrical

For Everything ElectricalCommitted to Excellence

Since 1972Full Service

Electrical Contractorwww.quality-electric.net

Get Lynn on the line!785-843-LYNN

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lynncommunications

EmploymentServices

Office* Clerical* AccountingLight Industrial* Technical

Finance* LegalApply at eapp.adecco.com

Or Call (785) 842-1515BETTER WORK

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adecco

Temporary or Contract Staffing

Evaluation Hire, Direct HireProfessional Search

Onsite Services(785) 749-7550

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express

Events/Entertainment

Eagles LodgeBanquet Room Available

for Corporate Parties, Wedding Receptions,

FundraisersBingo Every Friday Night

1803 W 6th St.(785) 843-9690

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Financial

All Your Banking NeedsYour Local Lawrence Bank

Flooring Installation

Artisan Floor CompanyHardwood Floor Installation,

Refinishing and RepairLocally Owned, Insured,

Free Estimates785-691-6117

www.artisanfloorcompany.com

ADVANCED SYSTEMSBasement & foundation repairYour hometown company

Over three decades785-841-0145

mybasementiscracked.com

Concrete, Block & Limestone Wall Repair, Waterproofing

Drainage SolutionsSump Pumps, Driveways.785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

Child Care Provided

Full service preschool &licensed childcare center for

children ages 1-12. Open year-round, Monday- Friday,

from 7 am to 6 pm

Cleaning

Janitorial ServicesBusiness-Commercial-Industrial

HousecleaningCarpet Cleaning

Tile & Grout CleaningThe “Greener Cleaner”

Locallly OwnedSince 1983

Free Estimates785-842-6264

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Computer/Internet

Computer Running Slow? Viruses/Malware?

Troubleshooting? Lessons?Computer Questions, Advise? We Can Help — 785-979-0838

Concrete

CONCRETE INC.Your local concreteRepair SpecialistsSidewalks, Patios,

Driveways, Waterproofing, Basement, Crack repair

888-326-2799 Toll Free

Decks & Fences

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Auctioneers

BILL FAIRAND COMPANYAUCTIONEERS

SINCE 1970 800-887-6929

AutomotiveServices

Bryant Collision RepairMon-Fri. 8AM-6PM

We specialize in Auto Body Repair, Paintless DentRepair, Glass Repair,& Auto Accessories.

[email protected].

lawrencemarketplace.com/bryant-collision-repair

Buying Junk &Repairable Vehicles.Cash Paid. Free Tow.

U-Call, We-Haul!Call 785-633-7556

Dale and Ron’sAuto Service

Family Owned &Operated for 37 Years

Domestic & ForeignExpert Service

630 Connecticut St785-842-2108

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For All Your Battery NeedsAcross The BridgeIn North Lawrence

903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922lawrencemarketplace.com/

battery

Tires, Alignment, Brakes,A/C, Suspension Repair

Financing Available785-841-60501828 Mass. St

lawrencemarketplace.com/performancetire

Westside 66& Car Wash

Full Service Gas Station100% Ethanol-Free Gasoline

Auto Repair Shop- Automatic Car Washes

Starting At Just $3 -2815 W 6th St | 785-843-1878lawrencemarketplace.com/

westside66

Carpet Cleaning

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.Your locally owned and

operated carpet andupholstery cleaningcompany since 1993!

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only 785-842-3311

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kansas_carpet_care

Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery clean-ing. Carpet repairs & stretching, Odor Decontamination, Spot Dying & 24 hr Water extraction.

www.doctor-clean.com785-840-4266

Carpet Cleaning

Bird Janitorial & Hawk Wash Window Cleaning.

• House Cleaning• Chandeliers

• Post Construction• Gutters • Power Washing

• Prof Window Cleaning• Sustainable Options

Find Coupons & more info:lawrencemarketplace.com/

birdjanitorialFree Est. 785-749-0244

TOKIC CONSTRUCTIONDrives, Flatworks, Patios,

Walks. FREE EstimatesServing JO, WY & SE LV

913-488-9976

Rich Black Top SoilNo Chemicals

Machine PulverizedPickup or Delivery

Serving KC over 40 years913-962-0798 Fast Service

Chim-Chiminee Sweeps& Air Duct Services

Fireplaces, w/b stoves, inserts, air ducts, dryer vents cleaned.

Over 25 yrs exp. No-Mess,Free est. 913-724-1957

BUDGET TREESERVICE, LLC.

913-593-7386Trimmed, Shaped, Removed

Shrubs, Fenceline CleanedNo Job Too Small Free Est. Lic.

& Ins. 913-268-3120www.budgettreeservicekc.com

Chris Tree Service20yrs. exp. Trees trimmed,

cut down, hauled off.Free Est. Ins. & Lic.

913-631-7722, 913-301-3659

Interior/ExteriorPainting

Quality Work Over 20 yrs. exp.Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

PAINTING913-963-9633

Prof. contracting since 1975

RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER& Handyman needs

small work.Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Licensed Electrician, Basehor

Looking for small-med. jobsCeiling fans, light fixtures,

Basement finishes, etc.913-709-7173

Aquatech SeamlessGuttering

Proven Leaf guardsPopular Colors availableFree Est. 913-634-9784

www.GUTTERMYHOME.com

DECK BUILDEROver 25 yrs. exp.

Licensed & InsuredDecks, deck covers, per-golas, screened porches,

& all types of repairsCall 913-209-4055

for Free estimates or go toprodeckanddesign.com

Steam Carpet Cleaning $30/rm. Upholstry & spot removalResidential, Apts, Hotel,Etc.785-817-3558, [email protected]

www.carpetcleaning.com

Cleaning

Electrical Foundation Repair

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