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Vol. 4 Number 16 Thursday, October 25, 2012 

Open To Traffic... 

The new US 77 highway bridge is now open. 

Work has started on the demolition of the old bridge. 

US 77 Highway Bridge 

Now Open To Traffic 

As of 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, 

October 24, the new US-77 Big 

Blue River Bridge is now open to 

traffic in Marshall County. 

In addition, the reconstructed K-9 

and K-77 intersection is now open 

to traffic. Traffic will be directed the 

remainder of the day through the project 

work zone via a flagger and pilot 

car operation as crews continue to 

complete the traffic switch. 

Demolition of the original bridge 

still needs to be completed along with 

pavement striping, clean up and fin- 

ishing work on the entire project. 

Thus, there will still be some lane 

closures as crews complete this 

project work. The entire project is 

scheduled to be completed by late 

December 2012. 

Valley Heights... “Service Above Self” 

By: Jerrika Chase 

An international organization that 

combats hunger, provides clean water, 

improves health and sanitation, fights 

against polio, and supports education. 

Wouldn’t you want to be a part of this? 

This organization called Rotary 

International, has 34,000 clubs worldwide 

that provides service in the community, 

in the workplace, and around 

the globe. 

The Marshall County Rotary club 

that includes many members, “John 

Bergkamp, Don Potter, Don Musil, 

Gator, Lyle Brooks, Chad Parker, 

Brice Porter, Terry Carter, Richard 

Coleman, Allan Minge, Terry Blazer, 

Mark Rowe, and Phil Osbourne, states 

Don Potter, member and high school 

principal. I know there’s more but 

that’s all I can think of at this 

moment.” The club gathers every 

Thursday at noon for their weekly 

meeting, and on some Wednesday’s to 

have lunch at local diners such as Blue 

Valley Cafe, Country Inn. On the 3rd 

Wednesday of the month they meet at 

the high school. Rhonda Joseph, FACs 

teacher, has been serving the Rotary 

club for 5 years now along with 

her job she has this extra duty, “It usually 

costs around $125 to pay for all 

the food. All of my classes help in 

preparing the meal and the room, and 

students in my seminar help me serve 

the meal.” stated Joseph. 

“Owning a business in grocery I am 

exposed to the community and I feel 

the need to give back to them.” states 

Gator, owner of Gator’s Hometown 

Foods. Some ways Rotary gives back 

to the community include, taking tickets 

at school athletic events, trash pick 

up along the highway, fair events, 

Barnyard Boogie, and donating to 

Rotary International. Joing Rotary is a 

big deal because you are making 

a commitment to give back to the 

community. 

Pulling a golden coin out of his own 

pocket, Gator explains as you become 

a member to Rotary you receive a gold 

coin that is stamped with their motto 

“Service Above Self” and their 

emblem the wagon wheel, which represents 

both civilization and movement. 

The back of the coin includes 

the 4-way test, this is the things we 

say, think, or do. Those 4 questions 

include; Is it the truth? Is it fair to all 

concerned? Will it build good will and 

better friendships? Will it be beneficial 

to all concerned? 

Gator, who has been a member of 

Rotary since 1984 joined rotary 

because, “I liked that they were polio 

free.” Gator feels this way because 

he’s always wanted to fight back 

against a disease. Unlike Gator, Dave 

Vermetten has just recently became a 

member. He became a member of 

Rotary because “Kenny Steinfort actually 

invited me to one of their meetings, 

and I just loved what they were 

all about. They’re passionate, and are 

very involved in the community.” 

Members of the organization think 

it’s great for anyone who is willing to 

do things for their community. If you 

would like to join Rotary some helpful 

hints would be to get involved in your 

own community, and talk to some of 

the people listed above. This organization 

is for men and women and can be 

anyone willing to help out. 

Valley Heights 

Receives State Honor 

By Jessica Flower 

Valley Hights High School 

By scoring the highest in our region 

on the 2011 State Reading and Math 

Assessment at the 11th grade level, 

Valley Heights received a Certificate 

of Merit as part of the 10th Annual 

Challenge Award on October 5, 2012. 

“Valley Heights has received this 

award in one particular academic 

area,” states Principal Don Potter, “but 

never two.” According to Potter the 

Mustangs were one of thirty-two 

schools from across the state of 

Kansas that has received two or more 

awards. “It is a tremendous accomplishment; 

it shows a lot of effort by 

teachers, students, and parents.” 

The scores from the class of 2013’s 

reading and math assessments were 

calculated and that’s how we were 

able to receive the award. Valley 

Heights students scored higher than 

the data from previous state test 

KAY Club Helps 

African Country 

By Morgan Wilkinson 

Valley Heights High School 

Already having a relationship with 

the Republic of Malawi in south 

east Africa through Radford 

University, finding an Area Project 

that fit the international theme chosen 

at KAY Leadership Camp by area 

presidents including VH President, 

Kelli Jacobson was a breeze for the 

Valley Heights KAY club. 

“We decided Malawi because we 

already had a relationship with the 

group,” stated Jacobson. Last year the 

KAY club sent money to help build an 

outside kitchen in Malawi. They also 

made small books about Kansas and 

our school. These books were sent 

National Friends of Libraries 

Week in October 21-27th. The 

Waterville Friends of the Library held 

their first meeting Thursday Oct 18, 

2012 at the Library. The WFL was 

established on March 7th 2012, with 

the approval of the Waterville Library 

Board. We believe the library is the 

perfect place to spend quality time, 

meet friends and to just hang out. We 

have sponsored refreshments for 

meetings and one author signing. And 

we are happy to report that between 

results indicated we should have making 

this an uncommon accomplishment. 

“I feel great, and I’m proud of 

everybody that was involved in it,” 

states Potter. 

A dinner to recognize Valley 

Heights and other schools that were 

nominated for the award has been 

scheduled for Wednesday, November 

14, 2012 at the Junction City Middle 

school. “I don’t know if our school 

will be attending, it depends on what 

the schedule looks like and what meetings 

are planned,” says Potter. 

“By receiving this award, your 

school stands as an excellent sample 

of one that believes all children can 

learn, expects them to do so, and gives 

them an opportunity to demonstrate 

their substantial abilities,” states 

Charles Volland, Chairman of 

Confidents in Kansas Public 

Education Task Force. 

with education students from Radford 

University to use last summer when 

they went to help and teach in Malawi. 

VH members discussed possible 

activities and decided to write to pen 

pal letters to Malawi students. They 

gathered on October 16th to write the 

letters on their iPads. Each member 

told a little bit about their families, 

hobbies, sports, and animals. Dixie 

Talbot, Advisor stated, “This project 

seemed like a great idea for the 

KAY club because the students in 

Malawi are learning English. Also 

mail is very much valued in Malawi 

and our letters will become a prized 

possession to each one of them.” 

Friends Of Libraries 

Is October 21-22 

dues and two book sales held on 

Nickel Day and Planes, Trains and 

Automobile Day, the WFL has raised 

over $900.00 for the library. We have 

received a Wish List of items that 

would make the library more enjoyable 

for everyone and will work to 

achieve that. We hope everyone will 

join the WFL; forms are available at 

the library and make a nice memorial, 

or gift. Feel free to leave suggestions 

at the library for what you would like 

to see done at your Waterville library. 

Mustang Motors Opens 

Colby and Jenni Heinen have opened Mustang Motors in 

Waterville. The buisness is located on US 77 on the east side of town. 

Mustang Motors will feature Quality Used Cars, Window Tinting 

and Truck Acc. The hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday thru Friday. 

The phone number is 785-363-2600, Cell 785-562-7200. (Photo by 

Deb Barrington)

Obituaries Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, October 25, 2012 

Valley Heights All School Play 

Struggles, difficulties, hardships, 

metaphorical bumps in 

the road – all plays have them 

but what matters is how the 

problems are handled, which is 

what can truly make or break 

the show. Problems vary from 

whether the materials can be 

acquired for the props, to when 

to have practice, to even the 

simple things like an actor forgetting 

their script. So, what 

about Valley Heights all school 

play this year? Is the production 

of Cooking Can be Murder 

Luke Kent Savage 

Luke Kent Savage, age 6, 

went to be with his Lord 

Monday evening, October 15, 

2012. 

Luke had battled several illnesses 

in his short life and 

overcame all of them. He 

received a heart transplant and 

beat lymphoma and had a great 

attitude toward life through it 

all. Luke loved life and inspired 

everyone that met him. Luke 

was born October 6, 2006 in 

Kansas City, the son of Darrel 

and Kim Ohlde Savage. 

James Clifton Henderson 

James Clifton Henderson 79, 

of Washington Township, 

passed away Friday, October 

19, 2012. Jim passed to the 

next level driving a Model A 

Ford with everything running 

perfectly and his prized 

aahoogah horns leading the 

way. He was a member of the 

Model A Ford Club of America, 

the Dayton Buckeye Model A 

Club and antique cars were his 

favorite pastime. 

Born in Long Beach, CA to 

parents, Archibald and Gladys 

(Martz) Henderson, they soon 

moved to Hannibal, MO. He 

attended Hannibal High 

Ester E. Ferris 

Esther Eileen Ferris, 84, of 

Frankfort, KS, died October 19, 

2012 at the Frankfort 

Community Care Home. 

A funeral service was held at 

10:00 a.m., Monday, October 

22, at Padden Funeral Chapel, 

Frankfort. Rev. Norma Jeane 

Miller officiated. 

Jane Sedlacek played the 

organ and sang “Old Rugged 

Bonnie Mayhew, 86, formerly 

of Marysville, KS, died 

October 18, 2012 at a Nebraska 

City, NE, nursing home. 

Visitation will be Monday, 

October 22, from noon until 9 

p.m. at Kinsley Mortuary, 

Marysville. 

A funeral service will be held 

at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, October 

23, at the United Methodist 

Church, Marysville. Rev. Dale 

Lewis will officiate. 

The pallbearers will be 

David Mayhew, David Leach, 

Greg Bothwell, Roland 

Mayhew, Matthew Macrow 

experiencing such obstacles? 

Are they conquering these 

demons? Go-to-person for allthings-play, 

Director Lynette 

Coon, gives us a glimpse of the 

‘recipe’ used to ‘knock-off’ 

obstacles that are regularly 

‘dished-up’ during the production 

stages. 

With over 30 students 

involved in Cooking Can be 

Murder, organizing everyone’s 

schedule for practices is one of 

the most daunting obstacles 

taken on by director Coon, 

Luke was a kindergartner at 

Topeka Lutheran School. He 

had previously attended Logan 

Preschool. Luke was a member 

of Faith Lutheran Church in 

Topeka. Luke joined in heaven 

his two grandfathers, Jerald 

Savage and Rodney Ohlde. He 

is survived by his parents, 

Darrel and Kim of Topeka; a 

brother, Dalton Savage and a 

sister, Mackenzie Savage; 

paternal grandparents, Glenn 

and JoAnn Mills of 

Washington, Kansas and his 

School, Hannibal LaGrange Jr. 

College and graduated from 

Culver Stockton College in 

Canton, IL. The day after graduation 

he was employed by 

Gardner-Denver Co. (Cooper 

Industries) and retired after 22 

years. He also worked for 

Mosier Fluid Power and Eagle 

Equipment until permanently 

retiring. 

Jim is survived by his wife, 

Nancy (Hull); son, Richard and 

his wife, Julia of Lubbock, TX; 

daughter, Laura and her husband, 

Shawn of Battle Ground, 

WA; daughter, Lee Ann of 

Kettering, OH. He has three 

Cross” and “Go In Peace.” 

The pallbearers were Bob 

Myers, David Ferris, Dennis 

Ferris and Don Arnold. 

Burial was in the Frankfort 

Cemetery. 

Esther attended Frankfort 

Schools. She helped her parents 

with Bill’s Greenhouse growing 

flowers and arranging for 

special occasions. 

and Mitchell Dowding. 

The honorary pallbearer will 

be Jerry Gellinger. 

Burial will be in the 

Marysville Cemetery. 

Bonnie was born February 6, 

1926 at Marysville, KS, daughter 

of James and Gladys 

(Mitchell) Bothwell. 

On April 4, 1942, she married 

Dale A. Mayhew at Home, 

KS. 

She resided in Oketo, 

Marietta, Marysville, 

Louisville, KY, Abilene, KS, 

and Nebraska City, NE. 

She worked at Community 

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“There have been some 

absences during practice which 

has caused us to have to recast 

some parts.” But Coon has not 

let this issue affect the production’s 

advancement, “We are 

progressing very well, stated 

Coon. We have been able to run 

the play all the way through, 

which we have not always been 

able to do at this point in previous 

years. Compared to other 

plays we’ve done in the past, 

this one is going well, but I 

don’t want to jinx it by saying 

maternal grandmother, Carol 

Ohlde of Linn, Kansas. 

Luke is also survived by Dan 

and Kris Hargrave, Waterville, 

and many aunts, uncles, 

cousins and friends. Luke and 

his family formed the "Luke 

Squad" during the Heart Walk 

and he was the "Heart Child" at 

the Heart Ball, both sponsored 

by the American Heart 

Association. Luke had an 

incredible love for life and 

made a lifelong impact on 

everyone he touched. 

granddaughters, Kaylee Nan 

Henderson, Kelsi Marie 

Henderson and Morgan Cole 

Kennedy. He is also survived 

by his older brother, William of 

Hannibal, Mo and niece, 

Patricia. 

The fabulous care at Hospice 

of Dayton brought his life back 

to us temporarily and we are 

thankful for the kindness and 

excellent care. Hospice of 

Dayton is a non-profit organization 

at 324 Wilmington 

Avenue, Dayton, OH 45420 

and will receive our support 

permanently. 

Our thanks to the Centerville 

In her ealy years she was 

active in Sunday School at the 

Frankfort Methodist Church 

and had perfect attendance for 

twenty years. She loved to read 

and enjoyed pets, most of all 

Chihuahuas and was a World 

Wide Wrestling fan. 

She grew up in the Frankfort 

Community. She lived in 

Washington state in the 1960’s 

Cleo Yuvonne “Bonnie” Mayhew 

Marysville, United Dairy, 

Marysville Telephone and was 

owner of Bonnie’s Florist. 

She was a member of the 

Legion Auxillary for almost 30 

years. She was on the School 

Board for Bommer School and 

on the Deer Creek Cemetery 

Board. 

Bonnie enjoyed oil painting, 

working with flowers, loved to 

read, embroidering tea towels 

and collected over 2000 dolls. 

Survivors are sons, Jim 

(Pattie) Mayhew, Abilene, KS, 

and Tanner (Leah) Mayhew, St. 

Joseph, MO; and daughter, 

Sheri (Roger) Dowding, 

Kenneth L. Sells, Agent 

that it’s better.” 

Coon invites all to see for 

themselves on November 8th 

and 9th at the Waterville Opera 

House starting at 8 p.m., with a 

special invitation to all VHHS 

All School Play alumni to 

attend the performance on the 

9th preceded by a Mexican dinner 

at the Waterville Grade 

School. A third performance 

will be offered on November 

10th at 2 p.m. 

Funeral services were held 

Friday, October 19, 2012 at 

10:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran 

Church in Topeka. He lied in 

state Thursday from noon – 

8:00 p.m. at the Davidson 

Funeral Home. Memorial contributions 

may be made to 

Topeka Lutheran School and 

sent in care of the Davidson 

Funeral Home. Luke's story is 

told on Caringbridge.org, site 

name lukesavage. Online condolences 

may be made at 

davidsonfuneral.com. 

Police Department, 

Washington Township EMS for 

late night advice and staying 

with us until Jim was safely 

admitted to Kettering Medical 

Center. They were always 

available when we needed help 

with mobility during his various 

stages of Parkinson’s. 

His body has been donated to 

Wright State University 

Anatomical Gift Program. 

Memorial services will be held 

at a later date in the Midwest at 

Greenwood Cemetery, Blue 

Rapids, KS. 

and 70’s then returned to 

Kansas living in the Blue 

Rapids and Frankfort community. 

She was preceded in death 

by her brothers, Howard and 

Ronald. 

Survivors include her sisterin-law, 

Betty Ferris, Frankfort. 

Memorial to Meadowlark 

Hospice and Frankfort Church. 

Nebraska City, NE; Brother: 

Gary Bothwell (Beverly) of 

Topeka. 

six grandchildren, fifteen 

great-grandchildren, one greatgreat-grandchild, 

six stepgrandchildren 

and eight stepgreat-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death 

by her parents; husband, Dale; 

grandson, Jason Tanner 

Mayhew; Sister: Genevieve 

Fincham, daughter-in-law, 

Bobbie Jo Mayhew; sisters-inlaw, 

Zelma, Correne, and Ada; 

and brothers-in-law, Everett 

and Roy. 

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News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, October 25, 2012 3A 

Fair Grounds... 

The old sheep barn at the Marshall County Fair Grounds in Blue Rapids was demolished last Tuesday evening. 

The Fair Board has plans to remove the hog barn and then replace the two buildings with new construction. 

VH Bullying Project 

In every school there are situations 

of bullying; it is our job 

not to stand by but to stand up 

for the people who are getting 

bullied. To help students understand 

this point, Valley Heights 

High School actively participated 

in a nationwide Anti-bullying 

week October 1st through 

5th to stomp out bullying in 

schools. “I think Anti-bullying 

week is a very positive thing, it 

informs students how to act in 

situations and possibly brighten 

people’s day,” said Bailey 

Boucek, so. “I think a lot more 

people will think about what 

they do before they do it; I will 

definitely think before I speak 

and pause before I post.” 

To kick off the week, teachers 

greeted students at the 

school entrance handing out 

ribbons and magnets that 

encouraged student to act on a 

positive manner. Continuing to 

encourage supportive behavior 

teachers and staff members 

sponsored a week-long Acts of 

Kindness box, otherwise 

known as the A’ok box. 

Students could recognize other 

students for positive behavior 

by dropping their name into the 

box. The celebration continued 

on Tuesday when teachers preformed 

skits written by 

Councilor Barbara Buck showing 

how bullying can occur. 

These skits also helped students 

realize just what bullying 

behavior looks like. 

Another way to end bullying 

is to get to know people and 

identify commonalities. This 

was accomplished by mixing it 

up at lunch. Students and teachers 

were randomly seated and 

assigned questions to ask of 

one another. To show support 

against bullying, students 

dressed in white shirts on 

Wednesday, and on Thursday 

every English class wrote Ten 

Guiding Principles to guard 

against bullying. The week 

ended on Friday with several 

students and groups of students 

being rewarded for their participation 

with pizza parties and 

certificates for the purchase of 

pizza. 

In addition to the nationwide 

Anti-bullying week activities, 

Pam Lauer’s seminar completed 

their quarterly Random Acts 

of Kindness event. “Several 

years ago students in my seminar 

class decided to perform a 

good deed each quarter,” states 

Lauer a Valley Heights teacher. 

This year the quarterly good 

deed of baking, decorating, and 

giving away cupcakes incidentally 

landed during Anti-bullying 

week. Each seminar student 

donated supplies and spent 

seminar time preparing the 

treat that was distributed to all 

high school students and staff. 

“I feel that doing random acts 

of kindness such as this helps 

the students learn to work 

together and it builds stronger 

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bonds among the students in 

seminar class,” stated Lauer. 

Kristena Crumbley, senior seminar 

member and leader of this 

quarter’s random act of kindness 

said, “It shows that we are 

being kind and not excluding 

people. We were able to give 

everyone a cupcake and not 

leave anybody out. It felt really 

good to see the reactions of the 

students. I like helping people 

and our whole anti-bullying is 

all about treating other people 

right and not excluding them 

and this showed that we don’t 

want to do that.” 

Valley Heights wants to 

highlight the fact that bullying 

is wrong. “I think having Antibullying 

week is very important; 

it effects the whole school 

environment and learning is 

just so much better without bullying,” 

says Barbra Buck, 

school counselor. What teachers 

said they hope for as a result 

of this week is for students’ 

actions to be influenced by the 

activities. “I don’t think we 

taught anything students didn’t 

already know, but I think we 

threw them some facts that they 

need to remember such as 

pause before you post and just 

think before you act,” said 

Buck. 

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Former State Auditor Joins Task Force 

By Gene Meyer 

Kansas Reporter 

FAIRWAY — Two years 

ago, Kansas Legislative Post 

Auditors told Brian Pekarek 

how they thought the tiny north 

central Kansas school district 

he led could cut expenses by 

$232,000 a year. 

Now Petarek has been 

named to a state task force to 

help all of Kansas’ 286 school 

districts find similar ways to 

streamline their spending so 

that more of their funds end up 

in classrooms. 

Kansas Gov. Sam 

Brownback appointed the Iola 

Michael Vogt 

Marshall County Extension 

Agent 

With the low drought 

induced yields, producers 

should consider soil testing 

their fields this year. 

Especially on fields that were 

planted to corn because there 

could be higher levels of residual 

nitrogen. 

Farmers should think about 

sampling their fields while 

weather conditions are mild. 

Soil testing is a low cost way 

of putting on the proper amount 

of nutrients, that way you don’t 

over fertilize and waste money, 

or under fertilize and reduce 

your yields. 

Emphasizing the need to soil 

test on a regular basis is a summary 

of ten years of soil sample 

results in Marshall County. 

71% of all the agricultural 

soil tests required lime. 

55% of the agricultural 

soil tests required additional 

phosphorous. 

Less than 1% required 

additional potassium. 

90% required additional 

nitrogen, which is no surprise. 

However, you do want to apply 

the right amount of nitrogen, or 

you might waste it. 

We are seeing more 

fields requiring sulfur and zinc. 

Soil tests are relatively easy 

to take. Follow these procedures: 

Use a soil probe, (the 

Extension Office has one you 

Unified School District 257 

superintendent to the 

Governor’s School Efficiency 

Task Force following criticism 

that only business executives 

and accountants were named to 

the panel three weeks ago. 

Two years ago, as leader of 

the smaller Clifton-Clyde 

Unified School District 224, 

Pekarek and the school board 

there volunteered for a performance 

evaluation by the 

state auditors as part of an earlier 

effort to see how Kansas 

schools might cut overhead and 

send that money to classroom 

instruction. Only six other dis- 

can borrow), coring device, 

pipe, auger, trowel, spade, 

knife, or other tool to collect 

slender cores of soil samples to 

a total depth of 6” to 8” for a 

routine soil test. For a profile 

nitrogen soil test, you will need 

to take two samples, one that is 

6” to 8”, and one that is 16” to 

18” in depth at each location, 

and place in separate plastic 

buckets. 

For reduced-tilled/notilled 

fields – a split sample 

from the top 6 or 8 inches (i.e. 

0 to 3 inches and 3 to 6 inches) 

is encouraged to assess pH and 

nutrient stratification near 

the surface. 

Using a zigzag pattern, 

collect 10 to 20 soil cores every 

40 acres. 

Collect cores from areas 

of similar soil type and crop 

history. 

Dump cores from each 

40 acre set into a plastic bucket 

or tub, and mix throughly. 

Remember, if you are doing a 

profile soil test, you will use 

two buckets. One bucket will 

be used for the top soil sample 

and the other bucket will be 

used for the sub soil sample. 

Place 1 pint of mixed 

soil in the soil sampling bag 

that is provided to you 

from the Extension Office 

and label it. Do not dry the soil 

sample artificially. 

Take it to the Extension 

Office so that it can be sent to 

tricts similarly volunteered. 

The audit found that Clifton- 

Clyde could save as much as 

$232,000 a year in operating 

expenses, primarily by putting 

more students in partly filled 

classrooms and eliminating 

departments with low enrollment. 

Kansas statutes make it an 

official policy to aim to spend 

no less than 65 percent of state 

school money on programs and 

projects that involve actual 

classroom instruction. But 

determining exactly what constitutes 

classroom instruction 

needs to be the first order of 

Soil Test After A Drought 

the K-State Soil Testing Lab. 

Make sure you can answer 

some questions about the 

field’s cropping history, fertilizers 

applied, and the tests that 

you would like to have run. 

In about a week, we will 

receive the results of your 

fields, and I will make the soil 

test recommendations. 

The cost of the soil test will 

depend on which soil tests you 

would like to have run. 

The routine soil test, which 

tests for soil pH, phosphorous, 

and potassium, costs $6.50 per 

sample, plus a charge for 

postage. 

A routine soil test plus 

organic matter and profile 

nitrogen test will cost $10.50 

per sample, plus a charge for 

postage. 

If you would like to test for 

sulfur and zinc, we have an irrigation 

soil test that tests for 

everything mentioned above 

plus sulfur and zinc for $15.50 

per sample. 

I recommend profile nitrogen 

test for crops that will be 

planted to corn and milo. Also, 

if you are in the EQIP or CSP 

conservation program, you will 

need to have the routine plus 

nitrogen test. 

We can run other tests for 

zinc, sulphur, organic matter, 

chloride, cyst nematode, and 

soil texture to name a few. 

Soil tests should be taken 

on a field at least every four to 

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business for the task force, 

Pekarek said Thursday. 

“We have to ask how they 

came up with that 65 percent 

number and what’s in it,” he 

said. 

Task force members are 

scheduled to meet Nov. 9 in 

Topeka. Brownback, meanwhile, 

has also opened an 

online portal on the official 

state website where Kansans 

can anonymously post suggestions 

for curbing perceived 

spending abuse or increasing 

spending efficiency. 

five years, 

unless you have a high yield. 

Then you may want to test a 

little more often. 

Once the soil sample is 

taken, you should send or 

deliver the soil to a reputable 

soil testing lab. 

In the Extension Office, all 

the soil tests go to the K-State 

Soil Testing Laboratory, and all 

results and recommendations 

are based on years of research 

conducted by Kansas State 

University. There are differences 

in soil testing lab results, 

but K-State’s Soil Testing 

Laboratory has a national reputation 

for its accuracy. 

Remember, soil testing doesn’t 

cost, it pays, and soil test 

results are no better than the 

sample collected in the field. 

For more questions about 

soil testing, contact me at the 

Marshall County 

Extension Office at (785) 

562-3531 or E-mail me at 

mvogt@ksu.edu. 

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Valley Heights 

Cross Country 

Ends Season 

By Lexi Hartloff 

Valley Heights High School 

The Valley Heights Cross 

Country Team had a successful 

TVL meet with four medalists 

followed by meeting adversity 

at Regionals. 

DeAndra Woodyard, 7th, 

Adrian Pishny, 8th, Taylor 

Doner, fr., and Blake 

Woodyard jr., medaled at the 

TVL meet in Onaga on October 

11th. Medaling 9th place at 

TVL, although not improving 

her time, Doner ran the 2 and a 

half mile in 19:23:27. Doner 

felt, “I did pretty good considering 

I placed 9th. I did better 

than other meets because I 

pushed myself harder at practice 

which gave me endurance 

at the meet.” 

The two junior high runners 

don’t have the chance to medal 

at every meet, but at this meet 

they did in the junior high category. 

Pishny ran the two mile in 

16:05 and received a medal, as 

well as Woodyard who ran her 

mile in 6:49. Woodyard said 

that, “I could have pushed 

myself harder, and done better, 

but I was fighting heart burn 

because I drank milk before I 

ran.” 

Meeting adversity at 

Regionals in Leonardville on 

October 20th the Cross 

Country team had no medalists. 

Increasing their times from 

TVL, there will be no runners 

advancing to the State 

Tournament. The team didn’t 

run as good, in comparison as 

they did in the TVL meet. 

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Dave’s Body Shop and R&K Service 

Windshields 

Paintless 

dent repair 

Spray-in 

Bedliner 

Contact 

Dave or Keith 

562-2338 562-3336 

Come on out for a free estimate at 

742 Pony Express Hwy. 

west of Marysville 

Owners: David & Christina Hartsook 

Tree Planting... 

HOME NOTES... 

Susan A. Latta - CEA 

Marshall County Extension 

Agent 

Halloween, like many other 

holidays, is largely focused 

around sweets. This makes it a 

little harder on parents who are 

trying to promote a healthy 

lifestyle within their family. 

So, this year, instead of giving 

out candy, try to focus on 

healthier treats that are just as 

fun for your kids and other trick 

or treaters. These items could 

include granola bars, fruit 

leathers, 100% juice boxes, 

sugar-free gum/candy or snack 

packs of pretzels, crackers, trail 

mix, raisins, etc. 

Unfortunately, some of these 

items could cost more than 

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Motorcraft oil and filter change, rotate and inspect four 

tires, inspect brake system, test battery, check air and cabin 

filters, check belts and hoses. Top off all fluids. 

Offer valid with coupon. Taxes extra. Expires 60 days 

from 10-12-12. 

Dick Edwards Ford Lincoln Mercury 

7929 E. Highway 24, Manhattan, 785-776-4004 

Brakes 

Tue ups 

Exhaust 

Engine repair 

Farmers Service 

125 South Colorado 

Waterville, KS 

785-363-2581 

Full Service 

Mechanic On Duty 

Services Provided: Gas, Oil Change, 

Complete Car Care, Car Wash, Licensed Gun Dealer, 

Interstate Batteries, Hydraulic Hoses, Roller Chains, 

Oils and Greases 

Blue Valley 

Senior Living 

710 Western Ave. 

Blue Rapids, Ks 66411 

785-363-7777 

“We have a warm friendly home like environment that 

you feel when you enter the door.” 

Family and friends of the late Jerry Weis planted a tree Friday in the Blue Rapids 

City Park. Jerry was a well known business man and contributed to the City and 

organizations. Shown here are daughter Stephane Besel, wife Verina Weis, daughter 

Jennifer Walker and Jennifer’s two sons Carson and Jackson Walker. 

candy, so watch for sales. 

With the high volume of 

children many households see 

at their doorstep on Halloween 

low cost treats are often desirable. 

There are numerous 

Halloween toys that can be 

given away in place of candy. 

These items can be found for a 

reasonable price at local dollar 

stores or party stores. 

Non-candy Halloween treats 

less expensive than most candy 

include: 

Stickers 

Spider rings 

Temporary tattoo 

Glow in the dark bouncy 

balls 

Pencils 

These non-candy items may 

be viewed as a special treat not 

only because they are different 

from the child’s multiple pieces 

of candy, but also because they 

engage the child in an activity 

and can be a source of continuing 

entertainment. 

Other ways to promote a 

healthy lifestyle with your family 

at Halloween are to: 

Feed your child a nutritious 

meal before they go trick or 

treating so they are not hungry 

while collecting candy. 

Encourage your children to 

wait until they get home from 

trick or treating to start eating 

their candy. (Parents should 

inspect treats before children 

eat them). 

Limit the number of treats 

your child can have each day 

(let your children know ahead 

of time the limits and reasons 

for those limits.) 

Keep the candy out of reach 

so your child has to ask for the 

candy (if they remember). 

Have your child eat the treat 

along with something nutritious 

such as a glass of milk or 

apple slices. 

Use the candy for craft projects, 

such as a haunted house 

similar to a gingerbread house. 

Some dentists will buy the 

candy back and kids can get 


Dr. Sara Baskerville-Crome 

ALTERNATIVE 

HEALTH CARE 

CHIROPRACTIC 

785-562-1900 

some spending money from the 

candy that they collected. 

By following these trick or 

treating tips your family is sure 

to have a happy and nutritious 

Halloween. 

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Thursday, & Friday 

Mondays & 8:30 Thursdays AM - 5:30 9 a.m. PMto 

5 p.m. 

600 Sharp, Blue Rapids 

785-363-7755 Located at 1124 - Answering Pony Express phone Mon.-Sat. Highway 

Marysville, Kansas 

Route 77 Corner Stores 

Blue Rapids 785-363-7364 

Waterville 785-363-2641 

Roy and Mandi Hartloff 

Holiday Cash? 

Blue Rapids United 

Methodist Church 

Soup Day - Nov. 6th 

Serving 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. 

Chili, Veg. Beef, 

Potato, Chicken Noodle 

Relishes, Dessert, Drink, 

Free Will Offering 

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Mustang Motors 

5A 

Need some extra cash for the holidays? Cambridge 

Place is looking for some C.N.A’s for PT weekend 

shifts and a PT night shift. Apply at Cambridge Place, 

1100 N 16th St, Marysville, Ks., or contact Deb 

Schwindamann at 785-562-5321, we’d be happy to 

visit with you about the opportunities we have available. 

Blue Valley Health Care is an EOE. 

2004 Chevy Avalanche 

4 x 4 Z71 132,000 miles 

$11,700.00 

Closed 

500 East Main 

Waterville, Kansas 

Owners: Colby and 

Jenni Heinen 

Phone:785-363-2600 

Cell 785-562-7200 

Yungeberg Drug will 

be closed Sat 10-27 

Cindy’s Country Inn 

420 South Colorado 

Waterville, Ks 

785-363-2192 

Daily Specials 

Tuesday - Sunday 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

Thursday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. Breakfast Only 

Friday & Saturday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. 

Terry-Christie 

Funeral Home 

308 West Walnut, Waterville 

785-363-2627 

“A Personal Approach to Service at a Very 

Personal Time.” 

www.terrychristiefuneralhome.com


Marshall County Minutes 

October 15, 2012 

The Board of Marshall 

County Commissioners met 

in regular adjourned session 

with Thomas K. Holle 

Chairman; Charles R. 

Loiseau and Robert S. 

Connell members and Sonya 

L. Stohs, County Clerk present. 

The meeting was called to 

order at 9:00 a.m. 

The Board opened the 

meeting with the flag salute. 

The minutes and agenda 

were approved as presented 

upon a motion by Charles R. 

Loiseau seconded by Robert 

S. Connell. Unanimous. 

County Treasurer Linda 

Weber met with the Board to 

present the 2012 Investment 

Report and the balancing 

reports for the 2011 tax year. 

Custodian Lou 

Wassenberg met with the 

Board to discuss the timer 

replacement on the 

Courthouse generator. 

Commissioner Connell 

informed her that B & W 

Electric, Hanover have a 

replacement timer and will 

install it for $350.00. 

Foley Equipment Machine 

Sales Representative Joe 

Schmidtlein met with the 

Board to discuss the purchase 

of a new grader. 

Public Works 

Coordinating Supervisor 

Larry Polson met with the 

Board. 

Charles R. Loiseau 

moved, seconded by Robert 

S. Connell to approve the 

following purchase order. 

Unanimous. 

Newman Signs, 

Jamestown, ND for 500 

white delineators $1,450.00- 

Road & Bridge fund-P.O. # 

107157 

Thomas K. Holle moved 

seconded by Robert S. 

Connell to approve the 

Dane’s Automotive 

Stop in and see us for all your 

welding supplies and tires. 

All Automotive Repairs. 

Your Drop and Lock Hitch Dealer 

324 E. Front St., Waterville, Ks 

785-363-2143 

November 1: Breastfeeding Class, 

6:30-8:00 PM, Contact - Michelle 

Luppen, (785) 268-0025. 

November 7: 55PLUS Lunch Bunch , 

12:00 Noon - Jerry Coleman, Director, 

Community Medical Equipment, Community 

Memorial Healthcare: “Wanting 

40 Winks: Treating Sleep Apnea.” 

November 15: La Leche League 

6:30-8:00 PM, Contact - Michelle 

Luppen, (785) 268-0025. 

November 22: Clinic closed for 

Thanksgiving holiday. 

November 29: Meadowlark Hospice 

Bereavement Support Group , 

4:30-5:30 PM. 

November 29: Loss of Child Grief 

Support Group , 7:00-8:00 PM. 

Unless otherwise noted, programs are held 

in the South Plaza Conference Room. For 

more information about classes/programs, 

please call (785) 562 -2311, or visit our web 

site at www.cmhcare.org. Thanks. 


1920 Center St, Marysville, KS 

785-562-5000 

For more information about 

CMH specialty services, please 

call (785) 562 -4459. 

SALES AND SERVICE 

OF ALL MAKES 

AND NEW TIRES 

Neighborhood Revitalization 

application for Keystone 

Investments, Marysville, KS 

with the preconstruction pictures 

that were provided by 

the applicant. Unanimous. 

Charlie Friedrichs, 

Marysville met with the 

Board to inform them that 

the Moderate Income 

Housing grant application 

was not accepted. 

Public Works 

Administrator Mike Craig 

met with the Board to present 

the following steer tire 

bids. 

BAT Tire, Frankfort, KS: 

DynaTrac - $1,427.34 

Mike’s OK Tire, 

Marysville, KS: BF 

Goodrich - $1,689.28 

Public Works 

Administrator Mike Craig 

recommends the BF 

Goodrich tires from Mike’s 

OK Tire, Marysville, KS 

because he prefers to purchase 

a better brand name 

tire for steer tires on equipment. 

Thomas K. Holle moved, 


Connell to approve the recommendation 

and purchase 

the BF Goodrich tires from 

Mike’s OK Tire, Marysville, 

KS in the amount of 

Jim Daninghaus 

785-799-5643 

Baileyview, KS 

Jeff Cook 

785-564-2173 

Hanover, KS 

FIELDMEN 

Dave Bures 

Auctioneer 

402-239-9717 

Odell, NE 

Greg Anderson 

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Dusin Enterprises, Inc. 

203 Commercial, Washington, Ks - 325-2379 or 1-800-491-2379 

Store Hours: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri. 9:00 - 5:00 - Thur. 9:00 - 7:00 - Sat. 9:00 - 1:00 

Pope Disposal, Inc 

Since 1977 

BUYING 

SCRAP IRON 

$1,689.28. Unanimous. 

Economic Development 

Director George McCune 

and Community 

Development Coordinator 

Juanita McCune met with the 

Board to give them a weekly 

update. They also informed 

the Board that the Kansas 

Housing Corporation is no 

longer funding the HOME 

rehabilitation grant program 

any longer. 

Thomas K. Holle moved, 


Connell to approve the following 

purchase order. 

Unanimous. 

Mike’s OK Tire, 

Marysville, KS for 4 BF 

Goodrich tires $1,689.28- 

Road & Bridge fund-P.O. # 

107159 

Charles R. Loiseau 

moved, seconded by Thomas 

K. Holle to approve the 

vouchers, as presented, and 

issue manual warrants from 

the respective funds. 

Unanimous. 

Robert S. Connell moved, 

seconded by Charles R. 

Loiseau to adjourn the meeting 

at 11:55 a.m. 

Unanimous. The next scheduled 

meeting will be 

Monday, October 22, 2012 

starting at 9:00 a.m. 

Competitive Pricing per ton for scrap 

iron. 

SMITTY’S 

785-736-2964 

Axtell, Kansas 

Trevor Lundberg 

785-770-2271 

Frankfort, KS 

Commercial & Residential 

Hauling 

For Blue Rapids and 

Waterville 

785-363-7537 Jerry Pope, Owner 

For Sale 

Tractor 8N 

Mower 5’ (brush hog) 

7’ Blades, 2 Way Dirt Scoop 

$3,000.00 for all) 

Marvyn Weeks 

785-363-7960 

HUGE YARD SALE 

D. Roche Fencing, Inc. 

Farm • Commercial • 

Residential 

Don & Deb Roche 

Quality Fencing Since 1980 

Thrift 

Shop 

6A 

We're pulling it all out of storage, years of stuff, 

items from the closed Adam's Attic store. Furniture, 

books, collectables, paintings, johnboat, large doghouse, 

xmas items, etc. One day only, Saturday, 

October 27th. 8:00 - 5:00 

132 W. Elm, Waterville. 4 blocks north of the 

Corner Store Gas station on Hwy 77. 

ddeBoer LANDCARE COMPANY 

785-562-6519 

Derek deBoer 

Owner, Landscape Designer, Arborist 

Services available: 

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Patio and retaining wall construction 

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Occupational Therapy 

Crist & Pieschl Physical Therapy 

McKinley Speech Services 

Rehabilitative services: By 

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Lawson- Orthopedics 

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CT Scans: M-F 

Sonograms: M-F 

Echo: By appointment 

Mammograms: -F M 

CVE: Mon/Thu 

MRI: Tues/Fri 

EEG/Sleep Study 

Pulmonary Testing 

6 

Ruggle- Audiology 

Tyndall- Cardiology 

Devine- Urology 


13 


Baker- Cardiology 

Thompson- Cardiology 

Pease- ENT 


20 


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Bedros- Nephrology 


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News 

Barack Obama’s Top 10 Apologies 

By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. and 

Morgan Lorraine Roach 

The Heritage Foundation 

A common theme that runs 

through President Obama’s 

statements is the idea the 

United States must atone for its 

past policies, whether it is 

America’s application of the 

war against Islamist terrorism 

or its overall foreign policy. At 

the core of this message is the 

concept that the U.S. is a 

flawed nation that must seek 

redemption by apologizing for 

its past “sins.” 

On several occasions, 

President Obama has sought to 

apologize for the actions of his 

own country when addressing a 

foreign audience—including 

seven of the 10 apologies listed 

below. The President has 

already apologized for his 

country to nearly 3 billion people 

across Europe, the Muslim 

world, and the Americas. 

The Obama Administration’s 

strategy of unconditional 

engagement with America’s 

enemies combined with a 

relentless penchant for apology-making 

is a dangerous 

recipe for failure. The overall 

effect of this approach has been 

to weaken American power on 

the world stage rather than 

strengthen it. 

1. Apology to France and 

Europe (“America Has 

Shown Arrogance”) 

Speech by President Obama, 

Rhenus Sports Arena, 

Strasbourg, France, April 3, 

2009. 

So we must be honest with 

ourselves. In recent years 

we’ve allowed our Alliance to 

drift. I know that there have 

been honest disagreements 

over policy, but we also know 

that there’s something more 

that has crept into our relationship. 

In America, there’s a failure 

to appreciate Europe’s leading 

role in the world. Instead of 

celebrating your dynamic 

union and seeking to partner 

with you to meet common challenges, 

there have been times 

where America has shown arrogance 

and been dismissive, 

even derisive. 

2. Apology to the Muslim 

World (“We Have Not Been 

Perfect”) 

President Obama, interview 

with Al Arabiya, January 27, 

2009. 

My job to the Muslim world 

is to communicate that the 

Americans are not your enemy. 

We sometimes make mistakes. 

We have not been perfect. But 

if you look at the track record, 

as you say, America was not 

born as a colonial power, and 

that the same respect and partnership 

that America had with 

the Muslim world as recently 

as 20 or 30 years ago, there’s 

no reason why we can’t restore 

that. 

3. Apology to the Summit 

of the Americas (“At Times 

We Sought to Dictate Our 

Terms”) 

President Obama, address to 

the Summit of the Americas 

opening ceremony, Hyatt 

Regency, Port of Spain, 

Trinidad and Tobago, April 17, 

2009. 

All of us must now renew the 

common stake that we have in 

one another. I know that promises 

of partnership have gone 

unfulfilled in the past, and that 

trust has to be earned over time. 

While the United States has 

done much to promote peace 

and prosperity in the hemisphere, 

we have at times been 

disengaged, and at times we 

sought to dictate our terms. But 

I pledge to you that we seek an 

equal partnership. There is no 

senior partner and junior partner 

in our relations; there is 

simply engagement based on 

mutual respect and common 

interests and shared values. So 

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I’m here to launch a new chapter 

of engagement that will be 

sustained throughout my 

administration. 

The United States will be 

willing to acknowledge past 

errors where those errors have 

been made. 

4. Apology at the G-20 

Summit of World Leaders 

(“Some Restoration of 

America’s Standing in the 

World”) 

News conference by 

President Obama, ExCel 

Center, London, United 

Kingdom, April 2, 2009. 

I would like to think that 

with my election and the early 

decisions that we’ve made, that 

you’re starting to see some 

restoration of America’s standing 

in the world. And although, 

as you know, I always mistrust 

polls, international polls seem 

to indicate that you’re seeing 

people more hopeful about 

America’s leadership. 

I just think in a world that is 

as complex as it is, that it is 

very important for us to be able 

to forge partnerships as 

opposed to simply dictating 

solutions. Just to try to crystallize 

the example, there’s been a 

lot of comparison here about 

Bretton Woods. “Oh, well, last 

time you saw the entire international 

architecture being 

remade.” Well, if there’s just 

Roosevelt and Churchill sitting 

in a room with a brandy, that’s 

an easier negotiation. But that’s 

not the world we live in, and it 

shouldn’t be the world that we 

live in. 

5. Apology for the War on 

Terror (“We Went off 

Course”) 

President Obama, speech at 

the National Archives, 

Washington, D.C., May 21, 

2009. 

Unfortunately, faced with an 

uncertain threat, our government 

made a series of hasty 

decisions. I believe that many 

of these decisions were motivated 

by a sincere desire to protect 

the American people. But I 

also believe that all too often 

our government made decisions 

based on fear rather than 

foresight; that all too often our 

government trimmed facts and 

evidence to fit ideological predispositions. 

Instead of strategically 

applying our power and 

our principles, too often we set 

those principles aside as luxuries 

that we could no longer 

afford. And during this season 

of fear, too many of us— 

Democrats and Republicans, 

politicians, journalists, and citizens—fell 

silent. 

In other words, we went off 

course. And this is not my 

assessment alone. It was an 

assessment that was shared by 

the American people who nominated 

candidates for President 

from both major parties who, 

despite our many differences, 

called for a new approach— 

one that rejected torture and 

one that recognized the imperative 

of closing the prison at 

Guantanamo Bay. 

6. Apology for Guantanamo 

in France 

(“Sacrificing Your Values”) 


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Speech by President Obama, 

Rhenus Sports Arena, 

Strasbourg, France, April 3, 

2009. 

Our two republics were 

founded in service of these 

ideals. In America, it is written 

into our founding documents as 

“life, liberty, and the pursuit of 

happiness.” In France: 

“Liberté”—absolutely—“egalité, 

fraternité.” Our moral 

authority is derived from the 

fact that generations of our citizens 

have fought and bled to 

uphold these values in our 

nations and others. And that’s 

why we can never sacrifice 

them for expedience’s sake. 

That’s why I’ve ordered the 

closing of the detention center 

in Guantanamo Bay. That’s 

why I can stand here today and 

say without equivocation or 

exception that the United States 

of America does not and will 

not torture. 

In dealing with terrorism, we 

can’t lose sight of our values 

and who we are. That’s why I 

closed Guantanamo. That’s 

why I made very clear that we 

will not engage in certain interrogation 

practices. I don’t 

believe that there is a contradiction 

between our security 

and our values. And when you 

start sacrificing your values, 

when you lose yourself, then 

over the long term that will 

make you less secure. 

7. Apology before the 

Turkish Parliament (“Our 

Own Darker Periods in Our 

History”) 

Speech by President Obama 

to the Turkish Parliament, 

Ankara, Turkey, April 6, 2009. 

Every challenge that we face 

is more easily met if we tend to 

our own democratic foundation. 

This work is never over. 

That’s why, in the United 

States, we recently ordered the 

prison at Guantanamo Bay 

closed. That’s why we prohibited—without 

exception or 

equivocation—the use of torture. 

All of us have to change. 

And sometimes change is hard. 

Another issue that confronts 

all democracies as they move 

to the future is how we deal 

with the past. The United States 

is still working through some 

of our own darker periods in 

our history. Facing the 

Washington Monument that I 

spoke of is a memorial of 

Abraham Lincoln, the man who 

freed those who were enslaved 

even after Washington led our 

Revolution. Our country still 

struggles with the legacies of 

slavery and segregation, the 

past treatment of Native 

Americans. 

Human endeavor is by its 

nature imperfect. History is 

often tragic, but unresolved, it 

can be a heavy weight. Each 

country must work through its 

past. And reckoning with the 

past can help us seize a better 

future. 

8. Apology for U.S. Policy 

toward the Americas (“The 

United States Has Not 

Pursued and Sustained 

Engagement with Our 

Neighbors”) 

Opinion editorial by 

President Obama: “Choosing a 

Better Future in the Americas,” 

April 16, 2009. 

Too often, the United States 

has not pursued and sustained 

engagement with our neighbors. 

We have been too easily 

distracted by other priorities, 

and have failed to see that our 

own progress is tied directly to 

progress throughout the 

Americas. My Administration 

is committed to the promise of 

a new day. We will renew and 

sustain a broader partnership 

between the United States and 

the hemisphere on behalf of our 

common prosperity and our 

common security. 

9. Apology for the Mistakes 

of the CIA (“Potentially 

We’ve Made Some 

Mistakes”) 

Remarks by the President to 

CIA employees, CIA 

Headquarters, Langley, 

Virginia, April 20, 2009. The 

remarks followed the controversial 

decision to release 

Office of Legal Counsel memoranda 

detailing CIA enhanced 

interrogation techniques used 

against terrorist suspects. 

So don’t be discouraged by 

what’s happened in the last few 

weeks. Don’t be discouraged 

that we have to acknowledge 

potentially we’ve made some 

mistakes. That’s how we learn. 

But the fact that we are willing 

to acknowledge them and then 

move forward, that is precisely 

why I am proud to be President 

of the United States, and that’s 

why you should be proud to be 

members of the CIA. 

10. Apology for 

Guantanamo in Washington 

(“A Rallying Cry for Our 

Enemies”) 

President Obama, speech at 

the National Archives, 

Washington, D.C., May 21, 

2009. 

There is also no question that 

Guantanamo set back the moral 

authority that is America’s 

strongest currency in the world. 

Instead of building a durable 

framework for the struggle 

against al Qaeda that drew 

upon our deeply held values 

and traditions, our government 

was defending positions that 

undermined the rule of law. In 

fact, part of the rationale for 

establishing Guantanamo in the 

first place was the misplaced 

notion that a prison there would 

be beyond the law—a proposition 

that the Supreme Court 

soundly rejected. Meanwhile, 

instead of serving as a tool to 

counter terrorism, Guantanamo 

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Guantanamo likely created 

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Thursday, October 25, 2012 

KSU Sports Photos 

The extra point by Anthony Cantele (10) after Collin Klein rushed from the one yard line making the score 31 - 7. 

Adam Davis (55) and Arthur Brown (4) puts the rush on WV’s Smith. 

Chris Harper (3) takes a pass from Klein down to the 35-yard line. 

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West Virginia’s Milan Puskar Stadium in the third-quarter as K-State (right) gets ready to kick off after another touchdown. 

KSU’s Sophomore Jonathan Trumand (21) stops the run at mid-field. 

Collin Klein (7) goes up the middle for another K-State FIRST DOWN. 

K-State’s Ryan Mueller (44) goes high and disrupts Smith’s pass. 

K-State Runningback John Hubert (33) follows his blockers.

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Kansas State’s Meshak Williams (42) tackles West Verginia’s Geno Smith on eht one-foot-line. 

Collin Klein (7) hits Tyler Lockett for the 1st touchdown on the night. 

Wildcat John Hubert (33) breaks a tackler for more yardage. 

Ty Zimmerman (12) takes his man out of bounds, stops the run short of a 1st down. 


Travis Tannahill (80) picks up 10-yards on this play.


Kansas State 52 - Iowa State 14 

KSU’s Quarterback Collin Klein (7) takes the ball in for another K-State touchdown. Look at the wall that the K-State line puts up. 

One of the few times John Hubert was stopped. 

Kansas State defends the quarterback. 

KSU’s John Hubert (33) goes around left end. 

Collin Klein (7) drops back for a pass, Klein hit 19 of 21 passes in the K-State victory. 

Anthony Cantele (10) hits a field goal for the first 3 points of the game. 

Photos by Jon A. Brake

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