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Blue Rapids, Ks 

& Manhattan, Ks 

Blue Rapids 

Free Press 

Vol. 4 Number 2 Thursday, July 21, 2011 

Fair Week In Blue Rapids 

What a week! 

The Marshall County Fair 

hit Blue Rapids at the same 

time as a big Kansas Heat 

Wave. 

Even with the hot weather 

the Fair Grounds have been 

full of people every night. 

The Parade had many 

entries and lots of folks 

showed up to watch. 

2011 Demolition 

Derby Winners 

Super Smasher Todd 

Oehm 

Fullsize 

1st Dawson Dittmer 

Linn 

2nd Kurtis Dittmer 

Linn 

3rd Denton Dittmer 

Linn 

4th Ethan Scheele 

Linn 

5th Dylan Dittmer 

Linn 

6th Todd Oehm 

Marysville 

7th Brian Faught 

Effingham 

8th Trent Schaefer 

Clifton 

9th Jacob Cohorst 

Marysville 

Compact 

1st Leon Rumsey 

Washington 

2nd Kenny Jamison 

Delphos 

3rd Michael Chandler 

Washington 

4th Bj Wilcox 

BR 

5th Kurt Hayman 

Linn 

80’s 

1st Ethan Scheele 

Linn 

2nd Dylan Dittmer 

Linn 

3rd Denton Dittmer 

Linn 

2011 Figure 8 

Winners 

Fullsize 

1st Todd Oehm 

Marysville 

2nd Levi Jenkins 

Waterville 

3rd Lance Leis 

Marysville 

4th Tim Fritzson 

BR 

5th Kristen Bigham 

BR 

6th Derek Swearingen 

BR 

7th Dan Smerchek 

Waterville 

8th Frank Nietfeld 

Marysville 

Compact 

1st Shannon Swearingen 

BR 

2nd Leon Rumsey 

Washington 

3rd Jordyn Rumsey 

Washington 

2011 Ag 

Mechanics Results 

Small Project 

Construction 

Ag Mechanics Class 

waterer Riley County 

74 

Ag Mechanics Class 

panels Riley County 

73 

Intermediate Project 

Construction 

Devon Griffee 

tilt trailer Valley Heights 

81 

Dillon Tittle 

bunk feeder Riley County 

70 

Team Results 

Riley County 217 

Valley Heights 81 

Tricia Schmitz added something to the Marshall County Fair Parade with this colorful outfit. 

Faces At The Marshall County Fair 

Avery Bishop Dason Hill Lydia Wessel 

Jennifer Schneider Hattie Gros Emmett Risdon 

Another good 

crowd showed up 

for the Demolition 

Derby on Saturday 

night. 

Fair Photos by 

Deb Barrington 

Linda Brake 

Jon A. Brake

NEWS EWS Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, July 21, 2011 

2011 Clounty Wheat Plot Results 

The 2011 Marshall County 

Wheat Crop is in the bin and so 

is the wheat from the Marshall 

County Wheat Plots. 

This week I am pleased to 

announce the results from the 

2011 Marshall County Wheat 

Plot. 

We planted the County 

Wheat Plot on cooperator 

Richard Holthaus’ field on 

October 16, 2010. 

We no-till drilled the wheat 

into soybean stubble left by last 

year’s soybean crop at the rate 

of 120#/acre of seed. Part of the 

fertilizer was put on as a starter 

fertilizer, and the rest was topdressed 

in March. We harvested 

the plot on July 2, 2011. 

Obituaries 

David Specht 

David L. Specht, age 82, of 

Randolph, passed away on 

Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the 

Clay County Medical Center in 

Clay Center. 

Dave was born April 19, 

1929 at the family farm near 

Winkler to Edward H. and 

Florence M. (Eversmeyer) 

Specht. He graduated from 

Randolph High School in 1947 

and from Westmar College in 

LaMars, Iowa in 1952. Upon 

Graduation he joined the US 

Air Force and served until 

1956. On December 6, 1953 he 

married Alyce Jean Reed at 

We had stripe rust, tan spot, 

leaf rust, and some wheat head 

scab in the plot that had affected 

most of the wheat varieties 

in the plot. Wheat head scab 

arrived to affect the wheat plot 

the last week of May and into 

early June. The plot was hailed 

on in early June. 

This wheat demonstration 

plot had 14 wheat varieties and 

blends from K-State and private 

seed companies. 

The wheat plot averaged 

48.1 bushels per acre. Everest, 

was the top yielder, followed 

by 2137 and AgriPro Post Rock 

respectively. 

The results of the 2011 

Marshall County Wheat Plot 

Rigel - Sedivy Reunion 

Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 

the Blue Rapids Community 

Center. 

Attending were: Kenneth 

Rigel, Las Vegas , Nevada; 

Sister Teresa Rigel, 

Concordia, Ks. ; Milo and 

Elvira Rigel, Green, Ks.; 

Carolyn and Chet Meyer, 

Manhattan, Ks.; Kay 

Nugent and Clarence 

Loren 

Wilborn 

Loren A Wilborn, 50, died 

Tuesday, July 12, at Manhattan, 

Kansas. 

A funeral service was held 

3:00 p.m., Friday, July 15, at 

the Ward Funeral Home in 

Greenleaf. Sister Marilyn Wall 

officiated. 

Burial was in the Greenleaf 

City Cemetery. Pallbearers 

were Ed Henry, Deb Hanson, 

Clint Jones, Sheila Bolejack, 

Carolyn Pinnick and Ronny 

Carillo. 

Loren was born in Jackson 

County, Missouri on November 

13, 1960 to Adolphus and 

Margaret (Clark) Wilborn. He 

Cohorst, Marysville, Ks.; 

Frank and Laura Rigel, 

Larry and Connie Nugent, 

Helen Johnston, Matthew 

Nugent all of Blue Rapids. 

A special musical performance 

was given by Matt 

Nugent, Blue Rapids for the 

Rigel-Sedivy Reunion. 

Family and friends gathered 

to escape the heat before the 

Clay Center. Dave returned to 

the Winker area and farmed 

until his retirement. 

Dave was a life-long member 

of the Fancy Creek Zion 

United Methodist Church 

where he served in many 

capacities including being a 

church delegate to the conference. 

He had been a member 

of the Manhattan Gideon’s 

Camp since 1978. He was 

active in the Riley County 

Farm Bureau, serving two 

terms as president and had been 

very active promoting 4-H 

including being a project 

leader. 

Survivors include his wife 

Alyce Jean, two sons; Ken 

resided at KNI until he was 23. 

In 1983 he moved to Twin 

Valley Development Services 

in Greenleaf. Loren worked in 

the workshop at Greenleaf, and 

at Master Teacher in 

Manhattan, collating and packaging 

educational materials. He 

liked to dance, attend church 

services and make friends. He 

looked forward to his birthday, 

and going to White Memorial 

Camp. 

Loren enjoyed participating 

in the Special Olympics. He 

was a cowboy at heart and 

loved to listen to Shania Twain. 

He is survived by brother, 

Marc Wilborn of Kansas; sister, 

Sally Wilborn Klang of Texas; 

5 nieces and many special 

friends. 

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are in the table below. 

In analyzing this table, the 

columns that will interest most 

people will be the test weight 

column, moisture percentage 

column, and bushels per acre 

column. 

We must be careful when 

comparing yields because the 

Marshall County Wheat 

Demonstration Plot is not a 

replicated plot like at K-State’s 

many experiment fields and 

stations. However, I think this 

information will give producers 

an idea of how these varieties 

performed in Marshall County, 

and which varieties to watch 

for in the Wheat Performance 

Yield Books, which will be in 

parade and enjoy the entertainment. 

Matt began performing, 

playing guitar, with his 

uncle , Kenny Rigel and 

cousin, Eddie Rigel, of Las 

Vegas, Nevada. They performed 

in the band “Trick 

Riders: which performed 

several years ago in Blue 

Rapids before the parade 

Specht of Randolph, Ed Specht 

and wife Dana of Delphos, 

three daughters; Nonie Nicklas 

and husband Bradley of 

Helmetta, New Jersey, Mary 

Desai and husband Gautam of 

Tinton Falls, New Jersey and 

Joan Tash and husband Andrew 

of Goddard. He is also survived 

by a sister, Florence 

Alwin of Washington, Ks, a 

brother, Lowell Specht of Blue 

Rapids, by seventeen grandchildren 

and one great grandchild. 

He was preceded in death by 

both parents and by seven 

brothers and sisters; Ruth, 

Daniel, Rudolph, Gene, Glenn, 

Esther and Clement. 

A memorial fund has been 

established to Twin Valley 

Endowment Fund. 

Albert Wiechman 

Albert H. Wiechman, age 94, 

of Linn, passed away Tuesday, 

July 19, 2011 at the Linn 

Community Nursing Home in 

Linn. Albert was born August 

11, 1916 the son of John H. and 

Emma B. (True) Wiechman at 

their rural home north of 

Greenleaf. A complete obituary 

will follow later. 

Funeral services are planned 

for 10:00 am Friday, July 22, 

2011 at Bethlehem Lutheran 

Church, West of Greenleaf. 

Kenneth L. Sells, Agent 

the Extension Office in August. 

I would like to thank everyone 

who donated seed: AgriPro 

Seed Company, Ruetti Seeds of 

Frankfort, Westbred Seed 

Company, and especially to 

Richard Holthaus for hosting 

the wheat plot for the twelfth 

year. 

For more information, contact 

the Marshall County 

Extension Office (782) 562- 

3531, or to 

download a copy of the 2011 

Marshall County Wheat Plot 

Results go to 

www.marshall.ksu.edu. 

Next week, I will have the 

results of Chris Bargmann’s 4- 

H Wheat Plot. 

and at the Marshal County 

Fair. Matt has performed 

solo, for several civic 

organizations in the area. 

Much of the music Matt 

performs was written by 

himself. He performs using, 

piano, organ and guitar. He 

also performs songs by 

artists such as the Doors, 

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash 

Funeral Services are planned 

for 10:00 am, Monday, July 18, 

2011 at the Fancy Creek Zion 

United Methodist Church 

Northwest of Randolph. Burial 

will be at the Fancy Creek Zion 

Cemetery next to the church. 

Viewing will be Sunday from 

Noon until 8:00 pm at Terry- 

Christie Funeral Home in 

Waterville with Dave’s family 

receiving guests from 4:00 

until 6:00 pm at the funeral 

home. Memorials are suggested 

to the P.E.T Project and may 

be sent in care of the Funeral 

Home. 

Condolences may be left on 

line at www.terrychristiefuneralhome.com 

Contributions may be sent in 

care of Ward Funeral Home, 

Washington. 

Burial will be at St. Peter’s 

Lutheran Cemetery South of 

Barnes. Viewing will be from 

noon until 8:00 pm, Thursday, 

at Terry-Christie Funeral Home 

in Waterville where his family 

will receive guests between 

6:00 and 8:00 pm. There will 

be a Prayer Service following 

the visitation at 8:00 pm. 

Memorials are suggested to 

either the Linn Community 

Nursing Home or to the 

Bethlehem Lutheran Church 

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News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, July 21, 2011 3A 

Community Theatre Opens This Week 

The Marysville Area 

Community Theatre will present 

Joseph and the Amazing 

Technicolor Dreamcoat 

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday 

at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 

p.m. The performances will be 

held in the Marysville High 

School auditorium. 

“I’m really looking forward 

to opening night,” said Wayne 

Kruse, the show’s director. 

“For some reason I’m really 

anxious to see how audiences 

will respond to this show. It’s 

such a fun show with really 

neat music, high energy dance 

numbers, and fantastic singers. 

This is one of the most talented 

groups of people with whom 

I’ve had the pleasure of working. 

It’s been an amazing summer.” 

Written by Tim Rice with 

music by Andrew Lloyd 

Webber, the musical takes a 

humorous look at the Biblical 

story of Joseph as found in the 

book of Genesis. The show 

uses a narrator, played by Pat 

Breeding, to tell the tale of 

Joseph, portrayed by Tim 

Laughlin, and his eleven jealous 

brothers. Annie Acosta, 

Brian Cook, Hayden Crist, 

Nick Fehr, Nick Gordon, Jerry 

Horton, Gabe Jespersen, Bryan 

Kracht, Alex Laughlin, Matt 

Oliver, and Jenny Thayer- 

Wood portray the brothers. 

As the show opens, Joseph’s 

father, Jacob – played by Peter 

Muraski – gives his favorite 

son a multi-colored coat. 

The Cast members of the Community Theatre were in Waterville last week singing for the crowd. 

Valley Heights School 

Calendar Adjusted 

The Board of Education, at 

their regular July meeting, 

voted to adjust the school calendar 

for the 2011-12 school 

year. The adjustment is a 

result of the negotiations 

process between the Board 

and the Valley Heights 

Education Association. It 

also reflects the need to 

reduce budget due to the legislature 

cutting support for 

public schools yet again. The 

calendar adjustment removes 

9 days from the calendar and 

at the same time, lengthens 

the school day by 15 minutes 

per day. The first day of class 

Joseph’s brothers are jealous of 

him for his coat, a symbol of 

their father’s preference for 

him, and sell Joseph as a slave 

to some passing Ishmaelites, 

portrayed by Megan Oldehoeft 

and Kim Rusche, who take him 

to Egypt. 

In Egypt, Joseph is the slave 

of Egyptian millionaire, 

Potiphar, played by veteran 

community theatre performer, 

Vic Blecharczyk. When Mrs. 

this year will be August 25th 

and the last day will be May 19, 

2012. The school day will start 

at 8:05 and dismiss at 3:35. 

The original calendar had 

school starting August 18th and 

dismissing May 23rd. Last 

year’s school day started at 

8:15 and dismissed at 3:30. 

The Board anticipates a savings 

of over $20,000 with this 

adjusted calendar. This agreement 

between the Board and 

the VHEA is for one year only. 

At the conclusion of 2011-12 

school year, the agreement 

reverts back to the 2010-11 

contract agreement. 

Potiphar, played by Jess Price, 

makes advances, Joseph spurns 

her. In the confusion, Potiphar 

overhears, barges in, sees the 

two together – and jumps to 

conclusions. Joseph is thrown 

in jail. While there, he helps 

two prisoners, portrayed by 

Pam White and Carla Wolfe, 

interpret their bizarre dreams. 

Later, the Pharaoh, played by 

Lynn Hartter, is having dreams 

that no-one can interpret. 

With this calendar adjustment, 

enrollment and other 

important dates have been 

altered. Official enrollment 

will be August 15th and 16th 

but all buildings will be open 

for regular business on 

August 1st. Parents can 

enroll their child at their convenience 

if the scheduled 

enrollment dates are not suitable. 

Please visit the Valley 

Heights website at www.valleyheights.org 

for all relevant 

information including school 

calendar, supply lists and 

enrollment information. 

The Topeka Capital-Journal, 

580 WIBW, and The Big 94.5 

Country are running a monthly 

“Celebrating all things 

Kansas!” poll for the 150th 

anniversary of Kansas’ statehood. 

They say: “In a state that has 

so much to offer, we’re eager to 

devote the remainder of this 

sesquicentennial year to the 

things that make Kansans 

proud or full or happy or 

healthy.... 

At the close of each month, 

results will be tabulated and the 

top vote-getters published each 

month on the cover of The 

Capital-Journal’s Midway section 

- as well as being featured 

on AM 580 WIBW, The Big 

94.5 Country and here on the 

Kansas Best 150 website. 

Locals Win June C-J Poll 

For June: 

Best FFA Chapter 

1. Valley Heights 

2. Mission Valley 

3.Onaga High School 

4. Seaman High School 

5. Lawrence High 

Best Farm Structure 

1. Morton Construction Inc. 

2. Chris Gross Construction - 

Holton 

3. K Construction- Alta Vista 

4. Orscheln Farm & Home 

5. Valley Heights 

Best Sale Barn 

1. Manhattan Commission 

Company 

2. Rezac Livestock 

Commission 

3. Holton Livestock 

Exchange 

Obama Will Reduce US To European Welfare State 

By Betsy McCaughey 

Congress’s next fact-finding 

mission should be to the 

cramped living quarters of 

most Europeans, who also cannot 

afford modern conveniences. 

The lower standard of living 

in Europe should serve as a 

warning that the United States 

must avoid becoming 

“Europeanized.” In fact, the 

spendaholics in Congress 

should take a close look at the 

plight of Europeans before raising 

the debt ceiling. 

America’s rapid increase in 

government spending over the 

past three years risks pushing it 

from a highly productive market 

economy to a Europeanlike 

welfare state. To see what 

that change would mean to the 

typical American household, 

just look across the Atlantic. 

The average American home 

is nearly twice as big as the 

average Western European 

home (1,875 square feet vs. 

976 square feet), according to 

the Swedish think tank Timbro. 

Even taking into account larger 

family size, Americans have 

nearly twice as much living 

space. 

Amazingly, even poor 

Americans, defined as the bottom 

12 percent, have more liv- 

ing space than the average 

European. 

Americans also enjoy more 

labor saving devices, according 

to the Timbro study’s authors, 

economists, Frederik 

Bergstrom and Robert 

Gidehag. Every American 

household (99 percent) owns a 

vacuum cleaner, but only half 

of Italian households do. In the 

U.S., at least 4 out of every 5 

households own clothes dryers 

and microwaves. In France and 

Germany these are rare luxuries, 

owned by fewer than 1 out 

of every 5 households. 

Poor Americans are far more 

apt to have microwaves, 

clothes dryers, and air conditioners 

than the average 

European. 

Why can’t the French, 

Germans, Italians, British, 

Dutch, and Spanish have spacious 

homes and modern appliances? 

There are two reasons. 

First, in these countries, 

government spending consumes 

half, or nearly half of all 

the wealth produced. 

In France, government 

spending consumes 52 percent 

of (GDP), in Italy 49 percent, in 

the most other European countries 

above 45 percent. The 

government spending supports 

welfare programs, guaranteed 

Hearing of Joseph’s dreaminterpreting 

abilities, he orders 

Joseph to be brought in and the 

king tells him of his dream 

involving seven fat cows, seven 

skinny cows, seven healthy 

ears of corn, and seven dead 

ears of corn. 

Joseph interprets the dream 

as seven plentiful years of 

crops followed by seven years 

of famine. An astonished 

Pharaoh puts Joseph in charge 

GOVERNMENT CONSUMES 42% OF THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR 

OBAMA’S PRESIDENCY BEGINS 

health care, parks, and other 

public programs. But it leaves 

less for families to spend on 

what they choose. 

That fact dampens the 

incentive to work, Europeans 

clock fewer hours, retire in 

their 50s, or stay home altogether, 

taking advantage of 

welfare programs. The result is 

dramatically lower productivity 

per capita than in the United 

States. 

The French economy produces 

less than three-quarters 

the goods and services per 

capita that the U.S. economy 

produces. Voila! - France’s 

lower standard of living. 

of carrying out the preparations 

needed to endure the impending 

famine, and Joseph 

becomes the most powerful 

man in Egypt, second only to 

the Pharaoh. 

Back home, the famine has 

caught up with Joseph’s brothers, 

who express regret at selling 

him. They hear Egypt still 

has food and decide to go there 

to beg for mercy and to be fed. 

Joseph gives them handfuls of 

That could happen here, if 

the government spending binge 

of the last three years is not 

halted. Throughout all of 

American history, government 

spending never reached 40 percent 

of GDP except once - during 

World War II - when the 

nation was fighting for its survival. 

Nothing today justifies 

government consuming 40 percent 

of what we all produce 

going to work. 

Yet in every one of the last 

three years, that 40 percent 

danger line has been crossed, 

largely because of a surge in 

federal spending. to a shocking 

24 to 25 percent of GDP, up 

from the customary 18 to 20 

percent. Add in state and local 

spending, and government programs 

now consume 42 percent 

of GDP. 

We are on the road to 

Europeanization. And this is 

before the costly new entitlements 

created in the Obama 

health law go into effect in 

2014. 

Many Republicans in 

Congress are demanding that 

federal spending be capped at 

18 percent to 20 percent of 

GDP as the quid pro quo for 

raising the debt ceiling. 

Capping spending is essential 

to halt America’s descent. 

food and sends them on their 

way, but plants a golden cup in 

the sack of his brother 

Benjamin. When the brothers 

try to leave, Joseph stops them, 

asking about the “stolen cup.” 

The other brothers beg for 

mercy for Benjamin, imploring 

that Joseph take them prisoner 

and set Benjamin free. 

Seeing their selflessness and 

penitence, Joseph reveals himself 

and sends for his father. 

The two are reunited for a 

happy conclusion. 

Others in the production 

include Ashley Miller, 

Cheyenne Williams, Joy 

Kramer, and Mandy Cook 

The show also features a 

Children’s Chorus made up of 

eighteen local youth: Adilee 

Gordon, Anna 

Cohorst, Bella Lott, Catherine 

Kee, Chance Hight, Clara Kee, 

Emma Scheiber, Ian Cook, 

Jack Lott, Jacy Butler, Joe 

Jespersen, Kayenta Fry, Sam 

Jespersen, Shea Kramer, Sierra 

Linkugel, Sydney Grauer, 

Tabitha Wright, and Telesha 

Gordon. 

The musical is directed by 

Wayne Kruse with musical 

direction by Tam Gordon. Pat 

Breeding, Carol Owen, and 

Jess Price choreographed all of 

the songs. 

Tickets may be purchased at 

the Marysville Chamber of 

Commerce office or by contacting 

Barb Buck at 785-337- 

2562. Tickets may also be purchased 

at the door. 

4. Farmers and Ranchers - 

Salina 

5. Marysville Livestock 

Best Implement Dealer 

1. Heritage Tractor 

2 KanEquip Inc. 

3. Bruna Implement 

4. Concordia Tractor 

4. Tarwater Farm & Home 

Supply - Topeka 

Best Feed Elevator 

1. Farmers Co-op Manhattan 

2. Tarwater Farm & Home 

Supply - Topeka 

3. Wildcat Feeds 

4. Beattie COOP 

4. Perry Milling 

This is only a part of the poll. 

Unfortunately, Republicans 

control only one house of 

Congress, enough to halt a deal 

but not to make a deal. 

The president is trying to 

scare the nation with untrue 

threats that any delay in raising 

the debt ceiling will endanger 

Grandma’s social security 

check. 

Worse even, he falsely 

claims that his approach to 

deficit reduction is “balanced.” 

Increasing taxes to support, and 

normalize, higher federal 

spending is not balanced. It 

would be a radical departure 

from the fiscal policy that has 

boosted America’s living standard 

far above Europe’s. 

Obama has questioned the 

ethos of American exceptionalism. 

But he cannot contest 

America’s exceptional standard 

of living. Americans produce 

more and get to keep more of 

what they produce. Europe . . . 

it’s a nice place to visit. But 

Americans don’t want to live 

like Europeans. 

Betsy McCaughey is a former 

lieutenant governor of 

New York State and chairman 

of DefendYourHealthCare.com

News Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, July 21, 2011 

News 

The Grand Champion... 

Maggie Schotte, Marysville, (right) won three Grand Champion ribbons in the swine competition at the Marshall 

County Fair Sunday. 

KSU Donors Set Fundraising Record 

In the midst of a down economy 

and challenging fiscal 

times, alumni, friends and corporate 

partners of Kansas State 

University have demonstrated 

their commitment and escalated 

their philanthropic support 

of K-State to new heights, contributing 

$107 million to the 

university through the KSU 

Foundation during the fiscal 

year that ended June 30, 2011. 

This figure sets a new record 

in fundraising activity in the 

67-year history of the foundation, 

surpassing the previous 

record of $99.5 million in fiscal 

year 2008. 

“K-State’s alumni and 

friends are unmatched in their 

dedication and generosity,â€ 

said Lee Harris, Leawood, 

chairman of the KSU 

Foundation Board of Trustees. 

“This achievement is a testament 

to the 44,712 alumni and 

friends who contributed this 

year. Their generosity is deeply 

appreciated.” 

We’re proud to say the university 

has donors from every 

county in Kansas, all 50 states 

and the District of Columbia,” 

said Fred Cholick, president 

and CEO of the KSU 

Foundation. “We’re also grateful 

for our supporters abroad. 

K-State received contributions 

from people in 16 other countries 

â€” including Canada, 

Japan, Turkey, Germany and 

the United Kingdom â€” which 

illustrates the impact the university 

has across the globe.” 

Of the $107 million total, 

$67 million was received in 

cash, real estate or appreciated 

securities, and $40 million was 

committed through pledges and 

deferred gifts, which will come 

to the university at a later date. 

These figures represent a total 

increase of $17 million from 

the previous year. Also of note 

are four gifts of $5 million or 

more and nine gifts between $1 

million and $5 million the university 

received in fiscal year 

2011. 

“This is a new milestone for 

Kansas State University, one 

that illustrates the outstanding 

collaborative efforts of the 

donors, university staff and the 

foundation staff,” said Kirk 

Schulz, K-State president. 

“Just one-quarter of the university’s 

budget now comes 

from the state,” Schulz said. 

“The remainder of the budget 

comes from three sources: 

tuition, grants and contracts, 

and private philanthropic support 

given through the KSU 

Foundation. This new landmark 

in fundraising will have a 

great impact on students, faculty, 

facilities and technology at 

K-State, both immediately and 

in the future. There is no question 

that this level of support by 

the K-State family will assist 

the university in our quest to be 

recognized among the top 50 

Kansas Board Requested More School 

Funding Than Members Realized 

By Gene Meyer 

KansasReporter 

TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas 

State Board of Education members 

this week that a sightunseen 

budget request they 

voted last week to send to the 

governor will cost at least $50 

million more than they estimated. 

No matter, said board chairman 

Dave Dennis of Wichita, 

because what board members 

believed was a $525 million to 

$550 million requested 

increase, now grown to $604.5 

million, never was realistic. 

“We all recognize the legislature 

won’t come up with 

another $600 million,” Dennis 

said. “But state statutes say that 

this is what the level should be 

and we believe it is our duty to 

ask for what the law requires. It 

was a symbolic vote.” 

Kansas currently is spending 

about $3.1 billion, or slightly 

more than half its $6 billion 

current state general fund 

budget to support kindergarten 

through 12th grade education 

in the state. Actual spending, 

including federal and local 

government help not counted in 

the general fund numbers typically 

runs about three times 

larger. 

The biggest part of the state 

general fund expense is providing 

$3,780 per pupil in base 

state aid. Kansas statutes currently 

set that base aid for the 

year that began July 1 at 

$4,012, but legislators cut $232 

per pupil to help balance the 

state’s budget. 

public research universities.” 

Philanthropic contributions 

to K-State are coordinated by 

the KSU Foundation. The foundation’s 

staff works with university 

partners to build lifelong 

relationships with alumni, 

friends, faculty, staff and students 

through involvement and 

investment in the university. 

Total numbers of donors and 

dollar amounts by Kansas 

county include: 

Allen, 74, $249,860; 

Anderson, 46, $16,180; 

Atchison, 74, $20,373; 

Barber, 45, $16,408; 

Barton, 329, $846,554; 

Bourbon, 54, $7,070; 

Brown, 150, $464,807; 

Butler, 387, $416,658; 

Chase, 42, $19,142; 

Chautauqua, 19, $2,555; 

Cherokee, 33, $22,933; 

Cheyenne, 40, $5,405; 

Clark, 29, $219,821; 

Clay, 278, $108,976; Cloud, 

171, $149,834; 

Coffey, 81, $161,799; 

Comanche, 23, $9,015; 

Cowley, 172, $347,808; 

Crawford, 89, $26,300; 

Decatur, 31, $10,222; 

Dickinson, 360, $220,875; 

Doniphan, 69, $34,987; 

Douglas, 458, $139,046; 

Edwards, 40, $26,640; 

Elk, 22, $3,430; 

Ellis, 188, $738,425; 

Ellsworth, 79, $56,350; 

Finney, 301, $535,273; 

Ford, 199, $200,344; 

Franklin, 168, $32,510; 

Geary, 395, $280,851; 

Gove, 40, $55,282; 

Graham, 21, $12,900; 

Grant, 35, $9,160; 

Gray, 58, $94,880; 

Greeley, 17, $4,564; 

Greenwood, 62, $34,585; 

Hamilton, 30, $11,695; 

Harper, 39, $107,135; 

Harvey, 257, $208,572; 

Haskell, 48, $37,225; 

Hodgeman, 26, $6,080; 

Jackson, 138, $105,083; 

Jefferson, 116, $43,355; 

Jewell, 54, $26,269; 

Johnson, 4,884, $5,425,393; 

Kearny, 46, $56,115; 

Kingman, 64, $122,197; 

Kiowa, 24, $5,500; 

Labette, 57, $26,746; Lane, 

35, $20,338; 

Leavenworth, 270, $99,345; 

Lincoln, 56, $13,003; 

Linn, 29, $2,385; 

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Logan, 30, $125,415; 

Lyon, 264, $250,650; 

Marion, 98, $1,208,270; 

Marshall, 241, $329,703; 

McPherson, 366, $472,212; 

Meade, 35, $7,045; 

Miami, 208, $580,818; 

Mitchell, 177, $118,667; 

Montgomery, 157, $55,214; 

Morris, 122, $109,861; 

Morton, 3, $40; 

Nemaha, 219, $202,320; 

Neosho, 102, $68,413; 

Ness, 56, $81,817; 

Norton, 52, $21,780; 

Osage, 159, $30,115; 

Osborne, 61, $24,495; 

Ottawa, 98, $30,522; 

Pawnee, 106, $169,373; 

Phillips, 148, $103,727; 

Pottawatomie, 779, $716,028; 

Pratt, 119, $304,777; 

Rawlins, 42, $9,950; 

Reno, 512, $343,401; 

Republic, 115, $56,395; 

Rice, 203, $269,648; 

Riley, 8,411, $17,747,945; 

Rooks, 59, $25,225; 

Rush, 23, $2,980; 

Russell, 80, $53,852; 

Saline, 907, $3,454,466; 

Scott, 94, $164,692; 

Sedgwick, 2,439, 

$7,613,852; 

Seward, 59, $46,980; 

Shawnee, 1,914, $2,617,598; 

Sheridan, 26, $13,605; 

Sherman, 47, $8,430; 

Smith, 58, $15,300; 

Stafford, 87, $22,805; 

Stanton, 17, $3,305; 

Stevens, 35, $2,985; 

Sumner, 111, $57,967; 

Thomas, 107, $57,511; 

Trego, 26, $8,387; 

Wabaunsee, 189, $49,162; 

Wallace, 18, $1,385; 

Washington, 117, $66,529; 

Wichita, 37, $47,975; 

Wilson, 51, $7,400; 

Woodson, 27, $7,920; and 

Wyandotte, 283, $254,911. 

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Sink, Gordon & Associates 

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NEWS EWS Blue Rapids Free Press - Thursday, July 21, 2011 

By Jagadeesh Gokhale 

The Cato Institute 

President Obama’s dire 

alarms over the approach of the 

federal debt ceiling, and subsequent 

calls for $4 trillion in 

debt reductions over 10 years, 

are starkly lacking key ingredients: 

substance and coherence 

as to what such a fiscal package 

should contain. 

House Republicans, by contrast, 

have a program for longterm 

economic stewardship — 

Cut, Cap and Balance — that 

would deliver much larger savings 

than anything the president 

has put on the table. 

Before appreciating why such a 

program would be better, one 

must consider why a deal to 

achieve $4 trillion in savings 

over the next decade — whatever 

its contents — would be 

insufficient. 

Given the weak economy, 

budget savings of $4 trillion 

will not be implemented immediately, 

but will be back-loaded 

with a multiple-year lag. 

However, estimates made by 

the Social Security and 

Medicare trustees and actuaries 

suggest that those two pro- 


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grams face cumulative, inflation-adjusted, 

long-term (75year) 

fiscal gaps totaling $39.2 

trillion. This implicit debt will 

accrue interest and grow larger 

over time. The cumulative 

interest cost of that shortfall 

over 10 years, under a conservative, 

inflation-adjusted interest 

rate of 2.9 percent per year 

(the rate used by the Social 

Security actuaries), amounts to 

$13 trillion — implying that 

not making any fiscal adjustments 

for the next 10 years will 

increase the budgetary imbalance 

to $52.2 trillion. Thus, 

scheduling a heavily backloaded 

reduction of those costs 

by just $4 trillion through 2020 

is unlikely to improve the federal 

government’s fiscal condition. 

The alternative to increasing 

the debt limit without sufficiently 

large spending reductions 

will amount to kicking the 

deficit can ahead, to just 

beyond the 2012 elections. 

These are conservative estimates, 

because they include 

only shortfalls in entitlement 

programs and assume that the 

recent health care reform (the 

Levels To Continue To Rise 

Tuttle Creek Lake water levels 

have risen thirteen feet 

above normal pool, an elevation 

of 1088.0 feet above sea 

level. This has resulted in all 

boat ramps being inundated. 

With care, boaters may still 

launch off of the maneuver 

areas, but they are cautioned 

that maneuver room will be 

limited. In addition, underwater 

obstructions from courtesy 

dock anchor posts and ramp 

curbs may not be visible. 

Other closures include the 

swimming beach and a few 

low-lying primitive campsites 

in Tuttle Creek Cove Park and 

some interior park roads in 

Stockdale Park, Spillway State 

Park and the Tuttle Creek ORV 

Area. 

Lake users can anticipate 

continued high water for the 

foreseeable future, until the 

record flooding on the Missouri 

River subsides. There will be 

other closures as Tuttle Creek 

Lake continues to rise. They 

may include the access road to 

the Blue Valley Yacht Club 

(elev. 1089.0), the Mill Creek 

crossing on Blue River Hills 

Road near Stockdale Park Road 

(elev. 1089.5), the boat ramp 

parking lot in Tuttle Creek 

Cove Park (elev. 1091.5), the 

access road to the Riley County 

Fish and Game Association’s 

Wee Bear Lodge (elev. 1093.0) 

and access to the primitive 

campground in Tuttle Creek 

Cove Park, (elev. 1096.0). 

Reflections 

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Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act of 2010) 

will appreciably reduce 

Medicare’s net unfunded obligations. 

But these estimates 

exclude the sizable increases in 

non-entitlement shortfalls and 

increases in future state 

Medicaid costs resulting from 

health care reform — not to 

mention the fact that Congress 

is likely to strike the proposed 

future reductions in Medicare, 

as it has routinely done for 

decades. 

Thus, for a 10-year, $4 trillion 

budget deal to significantly 

reduce the nation’s long-term 

fiscal imbalance, we will have 

to stick to fiscal discipline well 

beyond 2020, which means not 

enacting new unfunded entitlement 

benefits or rapidly 

increasing spending. The fate 

of the 1990 Budget 

Enforcement Act, which was 

abandoned as soon as budget 

surpluses emerged, does not 

bode well for a similar deal 

now unless it is accompanied 

by constraints against reversals 

by future Congresses — constraints 

that the Cut, Cap and 

Balance program would introduce. 

In order to prevent lawmakers 

from initiating new entitlement 

(or “investment”) programs 

with inadequate funding 

schemes, those constraints 

should be an integral part of the 

next budget deal. And such a 

budget process constraint 

should itself be protected from 

repeal except through a large 

supermajority in Congress. The 

political price of voting for tax 

increases to fund new benefits 

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would dampen lawmakers’ 

enthusiasm to expand entitlements 

— in contrast to the 

adoption of the Medicare prescription 

drug benefit in 2003 

or last year’s health care 

reform, where lawmakers were 

shielded from the political 

costs of actually paying for the 

new programs. 

The alternative to increasing 

the debt limit without sufficiently 

large spending reductions 

will amount to kicking the 

deficit can ahead, to just 

beyond the 2012 elections. 

We’ll then tolerate fierce campaigns 

soliciting support for 

liberal and conservative visions 

of a long-term budget fix. 

Chances are, however, that a 

polarized electorate won’t yield 

an unambiguous mandate for 

the direction of fiscal adjustments 

beyond 2012. 

President Obama is exhorting 

legislators to swallow bitter 

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medicine now because doing so 

will only become more difficult 

as the 2012 election draws 

closer. But had he seized the 

pro-budget-reform momentum 

generated by his own Simpson- 

Bowles deficit reduction commission 

last year, things may 

have turned out better for him 

politically and for the nation 

economically. Now we may 

remain in the current policy 

limbo until after next 

November, caught between the 

irresistible force of entitlement 

spending and the immovable 

object of Republican opposition 

to tax increases. 

Along the way, we’ll 

increase the debt limit, one 

back-loaded bit at a time, without 

much prospect of avoiding 

an even larger fiscal calamity 

down the road. Maybe it’s time 

for the one sure way of curing 

this disease: to shred and discard 

the federal credit card by 

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Jagadeesh Gokhale is a senior 

fellow at the Cato Institute, 

member of the Social Security 

Advisory Board, and author of 

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at Policy Options University of 

Chicago Press (2010). 

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I know how to get into this thing. The eyes have it. Looking for a win. 

Yes, I have been having fun, why? Go with the grain, go with the grain. Hot? You think it’s hot? 

Beyond Cake And Ice Cream: Myths About Aging 

Forget that over-the-hill 

party ware. Landmark birthdays 

signal a gift of time. 

Our population is living 

longer. The average life 

expectancy at birth for someone 

born in the U.S. in 1900 

was 47 years, according to 

2006 data from the U.S. 

Department of Health and 

Human Services National 

Center for Health Statistics. In 

1950, average life expectancy 

reached 68 years, and, by 2006, 

average life expectancy had 

climbed to 78 years, with men 

averaging 75 years and women 

averaging almost 80 years of 

age. 

The more than 30 years of 

added life expectancy at birth 

reflect a mix of biology and 

culture, but are not always perceived 

positively, said Debra 

Sellers, K-State Research and 

Extension specialist on aging 

and adult development. 

Many in our culture associate 

aging with losses, rather 

than viewing each year as an 

opportunity, said Sellers, who 

explained the importance of 

separating commonly perceived 

myths about aging from 

reality: 

Myth # 1: If you live long 

enough, you’ll surely get 

Alzheimer’s. 

Sellers’ response: Living 

longer can increase vulnerability 

for Alzheimers disease, but 

not every older adult will end 

up with this diagnosis. There 

are other reasons that may 

cause a person to experience 

confusion or memory loss, such 

as poor nutrition or depression, 

and these may be modifiable. 

The bottom line? Many people 

are able to enjoy their later 

years without signs of dementia 

or Alzheimerâs disease. 

Myth # 2: Older adults are 

grouchy. 

Sellers’ response: Our personalities 

are largely established 

by mid-adulthood, and 

that means that a grouchy or 

otherwise disagreeable young 

person will likely retain that 

personality trait throughout his 

or her lifespan. 

 

$100,000 in Tuttle Creek WRAPS 

Cost Share Funds 

WHO: Washington & Marshall County Livestock Producers 

(All livestock species included) 

WHAT: A meeting with featured speakers from K-State 

Livestock & Watershed Management, will highlight actual 

solutions to common problems faced by livestock producers, 

including alternative watering and feeding possibilities that 

improve water quality. 

WHEN: Tuesday, July 26, 5:30 pm - Supper provided prior 

to meeting. 

Map shows priority areas and livestock cost share areas in red. 

WHERE: St. Monica/St. Elizabeth Catholic Church Hall, 

1007 East Avenue, Blue Rapids, KS 

WHY: Apply for cost share on site. Experts available to as- 

 

farm site maps & plats. 

RSVP by Friday, July 22 

Washington, 785-325-2121 or Marysville, 785-562-3531 

QUESTIONS: Call Mary Howell at marshallcofair@gmail. 

com, 785-562-8726 or Barbara Donovan at donovanmn@ 

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POSSIBLE PROJECTS: 

of feeding areas, access roads, alternative water development, 

constructed wind breaks, piped through dams, tanks 

below dams and fencing. 

The bottom line? Growing 

older doesn’t mean that an individual 

will turn into a different 

person. 

Myth # 3: Aging is negative, 

and means giving up things that 

you enjoy. 

Sellers’ response: The effects 

of aging can push older adults 

to make choices, but making 

choices is part of life at any age 

and the choices need not be 

negative. 

While some choices can be 

related to losses due to the natural 

aging process, such as 

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changes in vision, hearing or 

memory, many adults report 

balancing such losses with 

gains and new opportunities 

and report a sense of wellbeing 

in their mid-70s that is 

greater than a sense of wellbeing 

felt at a younger age. 

In reporting such findings, 

Sellers tells the story about 

Larry, whom she met a few 

years ago, while waiting for her 

husband to register at a regional 

auto race track in northeast 

Kansas. 

In striking up a conversation 

U.S.D. 498 

VALLEY HEIGHTS 

2011-12 

August 

September 

5 Labor Day - No School 

2 End of 3rd Qu.-Dismiss Noon 

5-8 Elementary P/T Conf. Week 

17 Last Day - Dismiss Noon 

18 Building Level Workday 

Prof. Development 

Staff Work Day 

2:00 PLC Early Dismissal 

Noon Dismissal for Students 

School not in session 

No School for elementary 

School in session 

with him, she learned that he 

also had come to race, and 

would be driving a red 2006 

Chevrolet Corvette with a sixspeed 

manual transmission. 

Larry led the field in the first 

session, but, when Sellers 

asked if he had plans to participate 

in any other of the day’s 

sessions, he indicated that heâd 

head home to Missouri, saying, 

â€œat 90, you can’t quite do 

what you’ve always done. 

Larry had made a choice, 

said Sellers, who noted that he 

had established his priorities, 

but knew when to set limits. 

The bottom line? Aging is a 

natural life process, said 

Sellers, who emphasized the 

need to be proactive and make 

choices to take advantage of 

the gift of time. 

In the U.S., in 1900, only 

four percent of the population 

reached the age of 65 or older; 

in 2000, 12 percent of the population 

was age 65 or older, 

and, in 2050, 21 percent of the 

population is expected to be 

age 65 or older. 

172+ 6 = 178 

June 2012


Cars Crash At Fairgrounds Demoliton Derby 

This is how you are to back up. 

This car is dead in the water. 

Now the whole evening is just a blur. 

Three car pile up just off US 77. 

These drivers are crazy, I’m getting out of here. 

Help Celebrate 

Kansas-150 Years 

at the Historic Waterville 

Opera House 

Country Music 

Sunday, July 31 - 2:00 pm 

Admission Free 

With Donation 


Photos by 

Deb Barrington 

It’s just another day at the office. 

Valley Heights Classroom Supply List 

2011-2012 

Kinder-prep thru Sixth Grade 

Kinder-Prep 

1 1 FULL SIZED BOOK BAG 2 2 Elmer’s glue 

1 1 Prang or or Crayola Watercolors 1 1 container of of Antibacterial wipes (girls bring) 

1 1 box box small zipper baggies (girls bring) 1 1 box box (or (or refill pkg) baby wipes (boys bring) 

1 1 box box large zipper baggies (boys bring) 1 1 box box of of Kleenex 

Change of of clothes to to be be kept in in book bag bag 6 6 large glue sticks 

Kindergarten 

2- 24 count crayons backpack (no wheels) 4 – large glue sticks 

2 –large beginner pencils 1 large box Kleenex 1-spiral notebook (wide rule) 

1-pocket folder 1 pkg colored pencils Boys-1 box snack zip-lock baggies 

Girls-1 box quart zip-lock baggies 1 bottle of school Glue Boys-1 pkg. baby wipes 

Girls-1 pkg. disinfecting wipes 

First First Grade Grade 

1 1 24 24 count count crayon crayon 2 large glue 2 sticks large glue sticks 2 boxes Kleenex 2 boxes Kleenex 

Small Small school school box box 12 yellow pencils 12 yellow pencils 2 large erasers 2 large erasers 

1 1 pkg. pkg. eraser eraser tops tops colored pencils colored pencils wide ruled spiral notebook wide ruled spiral notebook 

1 1 pocket pocket folder folder back pack (no back wheels) pack (no wheels) 

Girls-1 Girls-1 pkg. pkg. baby baby wipes wipes Boys-1 pkg. disinfecting Boys-1 pkg. wipes disinfecting wipes 

Second Grade 

2 large glue sticks 2- large erasers 1-pkg. eraser tops 

12 ct yellow #2 pencils 24-count crayons small school box 

2 boxes Kleenex colored pencils wide rule spiral notebook 

3 pocket folder backpack (no wheels) highlighter 

Girls-small pkg. dry erase markers Boys- 1 pkg. baby wipes 

Girls 1 box quart zip-lock baggies Boys 1 box gallon zip-lock baggies 

Third Third Grade 

12 12 pencils Small Small box box of of crayons 2 2 boxes boxes Kleenex 

Big Big pink pink eraser Colored pencils Quart size size Ziploc bags-girls 

Elmer’s glue glue bottle Markers Gallon size size Ziploc bags- bags- boys boys 

2 2 glue glue sticks sticks Loose Loose leaf leaf wide wide ruled ruled notebook paper paper Baby Baby wipes/Antibacterial wipes wipes 

Pencil box box or or pencil case case 2 2 folders with with pockets Hand Hand sanitizer- optional 

Fourth Grade 

School Scissors 2 glue sticks Colored Pencils 

Eraser 1 ream white printer paper 2pkgs. Wide-lined loose leaf 

1”3-ring binder 3 boxes Kleenex notebook paper 

Homework Folder box of Crayons 12-No. 2 pencils (no mechanical) 

Fifth Fifth – – Sixth Sixth Graders Graders 

School School Scissors Scissors 1” 1” 3 3 Ring Ring Binder Binder 1 Spiral 1 Spiral Notebook Notebook *Colored Pencils 4 Pocket Folders 

*Colored *Box of Pencils 24 Crayons *Box 4 Pocket of 24 Crayons Folders 

1 1 Composition Notebook Notebook Eraser Eraser *3 *3 Boxes Boxes of Kleenex of Kleenex 

12 12 No. No. 2 2 Pencils Pencils *2 Glue *2 Glue Sticks Sticks *1 ream *1 ream of white of white printer printer paper paper 

*2pkgs *2pkgs Wide-Lined Wide-Lined Loose Loose Leaf Leaf Notebook Notebook Paper Paper Pencil Bag (with 3 holes to insert in binder) 

Pencil *All Bag (with starred 3 holes consumable to insert in binder) supplies will be shared with other students. 

Note to Parents: Consumable supplies will be replenished throughout the year. The 

teacher will notify you if your student needs to replace supplies. 

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It looks like the cars at the Marshall County Fair Demolition Derby are coming right at you, oh, they are.


Marshall County Minutes 

July 11, 2011 

The Board of Marshall 

County Commissioners met in 

regular adjourned session with 

Charles R. Loiseau, Chairman; 

Robert S. Connell and Thomas 

K. Holle 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 Robert S. 

Connell moved, seconded by 

Charles R. Loiseau. 

Unanimous. 

Agency on Aging Director 

Heather Ruhkamp met with the 

Board to present the following 

bids for painting the interior of 

the Helvering Center and making 

some minor wall repair and 

new flooring in the kitchen. 

Painting: 

Knott Painting, Marysville, 

KS - $3,920.00 if 2nd coat 

needed it will be .35 per square 

foot 

Flooring: 

Dusin Enterprise, 

Washington, KS - $4,624.96 

for tile flooring for the kitchen 

Thomas K. Holle moved, 

seconded by Robert S. Connell 

to approve the bid from Dusin 

Enterprise, Washington, KS in 

the amount of $4,624.96 for 

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 

new flooring in the Helvering 

kitchen. Unanimous. Agency 

on Aging Director Heather 

Ruhkamp will come back with 

more information on the Knott 

Painting bid next week. 



to approve the following purchase 

order. Unanimous. 

Dusin Enterprises, 

Washington, KS for Glaud 

porcelain tile for kitchen at 

Helvering Center $4,624.96- 

Agency on Aging fund-P.O. # 

3947 

RSVP Director Joni 

Spellmeier met with the Board 

to give her 2012 budget request 

in the amount of $15,000.00 

which is the same as the 2011 

budget. 



to approve the vouchers, as presented, 

and issue manual warrant 

from the respective funds. 

Unanimous. 



to approve the following purchase 

orders. Unanimous. 

Modern Marketing, for 

emergency services handouts 

for kids $593.18-EMPG grant 

fund-P.O. # 3936 

Merck, Carol Stream, IL for 

private vaccine $2,452.08- 

Health fund-P.O. # 3798 

Midland Medical, Lincoln, 

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Carolyn’s Kitchen - Buffet 

Serving Breakfast, Lunch and 

Dinner Buffet. 

We Specialize in Chicken. 

Roast Beef and Chicken 

Everyday. 

1806 Center St., Marysville, Ks * 785-562-2830 

Open 6 am to 9 pm everyday 

NE for medical supplies 

$1,206.73-Health fund-P.O. # 

3799 

CMI, Inc., Owensboro, 

KYfor intoxilyzer 

repair$1,108.38-General 

(Sheriff) fund-P.O. # 3976 

Ed Roehr Safety for 28 taser 

cartridges $545.20-General 

(Sheriff) fund-P.O. # 3975 

Network Computer 

Solutions, Manhattan, KS for 

computer and backup 

$1,762.17-Health fund-P.O. # 

3639 

Kinsley Mortuary, 

Marysville, KS for coroner 

expense $1,025.00-General 

(District Court) fund-P.O. # 

3990 

Public Works Administrator 

Mike Craig and Public Works 

Coordinating Supervisor Larry 

Polson met with the Board. 



to approve the purchase orders. 

Unanimous. 

Farm Plan (Oregon Trail 

Equip), Marysville, KS for 

power washer $798.00-Solid 

Waste fund-P.O. # 107268 

Koch Excavating, Axtell, KS 

for machine hire $700.00-Road 

& Bridge fund-P.O. # 107267 

Kansas Department of 

Transportation, Topeka, KS for 

balance of 58C-4269-01 

$200,000.00-Special Road & 

Bridge fund-P.O. # 107266 

Amending P.O. #107264 

Kansas Department of 

Transportation, Topeka, KS for 

payment share of 58C-4269-01 

$184,000.00-Road & Bridge 

fund-P.O. # 107264 

Cross/Dillion Tire, Lincoln, 

NE for 2-recap tires $708.00- 

Road & Bridge fund-P.O. # 

107271 

Public Works Administrator 

Mike Craig discussed a road 

vacating petition in Section 36 

of Walnut Township. Thomas 

K. Holle moved, seconded by 

Charles R. Loiseau to approve 

the notice of proposed vacation 

of county road in Walnut 

Township, Marshall County 

beginning at a point on Road 

Record 142C twenty five (25) 

feet South of the North section 

line of Section 36, Township 3 

South, Range 6 East, THENCE 

running in a South 

Southwesterly direction to a 

point where Road Record 185F 

intersects the East-West onesixteenth 

(1/16th) section line 

running through the Southwest 

quarter (SW ¼ ) and Southeast 

quarter (SE ¼ ) of said Section 

36; being 1320 feet more or 

less, North of the South line of 

said Section 36-T3S-R6E the 

hearing will be on July 25, 

2011 at 10:00 a.m. Unanimous. 

Tom Knott, Knott Painting 

placed a call to the Board to let 

the Board know that a second 

coat will cost $1,114.00. 

Sheriff Daniel A. Hargrave 

met with the Board to notify the 

BUYING 

SCRAP IRON 

Board that he is eliminating a 

part-time food service position 

in the Sheriff’s department. He 

recommended moving Lisa 

Mooradian, Marysville from 

part-time to a full-time food 

service/dispatch position at 

$11.85 an hour effective 

August 1, 2011. Charles R. 

Loiseau moved, seconded by 

Thomas K. Holle to approve 

the creation of a full-time 

food/dispatch position and 

moving Lisa Mooradian from 

part-time to the full-time food 

service /dispatch position at 

$11.85 an hour effective 

August 1, 2011. Unanimous. 

County Attorney Laura 

Johnson-McNish met with the 

Board to present the 2012 

County Attorney budget in the 

amount of $175,700.00 which 

is an increase of $20,100.00 

from the 2011 budget with an 

additional part-time employee 

and $183,600.00 which is an 

increase of $28,000.00 with an 

additional full-time employee. 

Charles R. Loiseau moved, 

seconded by Thomas K. Holle 

to approve a payroll and related 

vouchers, as presented, and 

issue manual warrants from the 

respective funds. Unanimous. 



to approve the Neighborhood 

Revitalization application for 

Jeffrey J. and Amy E. Adams, 

Frankfort, KS with the preconstruction 

pictures that were 

provided by the applicant. 

Unanimous. 

Economic Development 

Director George McCune and 

Community Development 

Coordinator Juanita McCune 

met with the Board to give 

them a weekly update. 

George Black, RPM Access 

Wind Development LLC, West 

Des Moines, IA met with the 

Board to give them an update 

on the Marshall County project. 

Robert S. Connell moved, 

seconded by Thomas K. Holle 

to approve the vouchers, as presented, 

and issue warrants from 

the respective funds. 

Unanimous. 

County Attorney Laura 

Johnson-McNish met with the 

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City Of Blue Rapids Minutes 

(unapproved) 

The governing body of the 

City of Blue Rapids met in regular 

session July 13, 2011 at 

7:00 p.m. in the Council Room 

of the Community Center. 

Council members present were: 

Amy Bishop, Mike Minihan, 

and Bob Roepke. Mayor 

Nowak presided. 

Jerry Pope was absent. The 

minutes of the June 13, 2011 

adjourned regular meeting 

were approved as presented. 

Approved pay ordinance 2219 

with the addition of $660 to 

Bailey Woodworks and $750 to 

Valley Heights Recreation 

Commission. The following 

items were added to the agenda: 

refund zoning application 

fee and alleys. 

Chad Parker, Sink, Gillmore 

and Associates, LLP, presented 

the 2010 audit. Council accepted 

the account entries moving 

the expenses from the general 

fund to the storm sewer capital 

projects fund for 2010 and 

2011 and to close the storm 

sewer capital projects fund 

after all entries have been 

made. 

In other business the council: 

Approved budget transfer of 

$25,000 from the 

water/sewer/refuse fund to the 

general fund. 

Approved ordinance 2221 

increasing the minimum water 

rate by $2.50 effective August 

1, 2011. 


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levied for budget year 2012. At 

7:35 p.m. Bishop moved to go 

into executive session for 10 

minutes to discuss non-elected 

personnel. Motion seconded 

by Minihan. Chad Parker and 

Susan Hass were invited to the 

executive session. Motion carried. 

At 7:45 p.m. Bishop 

moved and Minihan seconded 

to resume the regular meeting. 

At 7:45 p.m. a public hearing 

on the birds at 1200 Genesee 

was held. Marc Kruse reported 

that 300 birds have been sold 

and he has 30 left. Council 

continued the hearing to 

October 12. 

Wayne and Donna Whitesell 

were present to ask the city for 

clarification about a perceived 

alley running east and west 

through property owned by 

Brent Boyle. City attorney 

John McNish determined that a 

city-owned alley never existed. 

Since the city never owned the 

land, the city cannot take any 

action. Therefore, it is up to the 

property owners to reach an 

agreement and resolve the 

issue. 

The sewer line that runs to 

the city lagoons is under a tract 

of land where the contractor is 

taking dirt for the bridge construction. 

The city has an easement 

for the sewer line. CES 

Engineering will draw a plan 

for lowering the line and all 

costs for lowering will be 

assumed by the property owners 

and a contract between the 

owners and contractor will 

include all stipulations by the 

city to protect the sewer line 

TENDON RUPTURE, you 

may be entitled to compensation. 

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Johnson 1-800-535-5727. 

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and comply with the easement. 

Council approved allowing the 

owners to proceed with the 

contract phase subject to council 

approval to be sure the city’s 

needs will be met. 

Mayor Nowak recommended 

that Jon Brake be appointed 

to fill the unexpired term of 

Bob Skillin. Joe O’Toole 

declined to accept the appointment 

because of a possible conflict 

of interest with his position 

on the school board. The 

vote: Yes – Bishop, Minihan, 

Roepke. 

Minihan reported that he visited 

with Don Diehl of 

Diamond D Contracting about 

repairing the storm sewer area 

on 7th Street. Mike has promised 

to call Don until the project 

is completed. 

Approved a public meeting 

to be held by the pool committee 

at which time a contractor 

will present various ideas for a 

new pool. The date of the 

meeting will be published in 

the Free Press. 

Approved a beer garden for 

the dates of July 30 from 12 

p.m. to 12:00 a.m. and July 15- 

16 from 6 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. 

The beer gardens will be located 

on private property and on 

city property. 


amending section 3-201 of the 

city code pertaining to cereal 

malt beverages. 

Granted Patsy Jackson a 

continuance on her inoperable 

vehicle to September 14. 


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Parade, HS Combine/Clinic, 

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establishing a Bond and 

Interest fund. 

Approved a refund to Phil 

Hanson a $25 zoning application 

fee as recommended by the 

planning commission. 

Minihan reported that the 

damaged mobile home at 700 

Pomeroy will be dismantled by 

the owner with all refuse 

hauled away. 

Approved changing the 

city’s classification in the 

National Flood Insurance 

Program from “emergency 

phase” to “regular phase”. 

Increase the mileage payment 

to 55.5 cents per mile to 

comply with the IRS rate. 

Approved a budget transfer 

of $5000.00 from the 

Water/Sewer/Refuse Fund to 

the Utility Reserve Fund. 

Donated the Sanborn maps 

to the Blue Rapids Museum. 

Approved a purchase of one 

(1) load of MC-800 road oil 

from Vance Brothers at a cost 

of $3.32 per gallon. 

Approved changing the following 

certificates of deposit 

from 24 month to 12 month 

terms at time of maturity: 01- 

005721, 01-005722 and 01- 

005723. 

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News 

Compiled by: Connie 

Nugent From County 

Newspapers. 

The Blue Rapids Times 

explained: 

The most common type of a 

fair is an agricultural fair. Such 

fairs got started in the United 

States in 1819 when Elkanah 

Watson of Albany, New York 

believed a fair would encourage 

farming, manufacturing 

and help businesses. The New 

York legislature agreed and 

$10, 000.00 was allocated yearly 

for 6 years; which were 

awarded to agricultural producers 

and family manufactures. 

The idea of a fair in Marshall 

County soon followed after the 

settling of Blue Rapids. 

By February of 1873 a committee 

of staunch farmers who 

were interested in improving 

livestock urged the County to 

organize a Fair, work progressed 

and on September 23 

through the 25th of 1873 The 

Marshall County Agricultural 

Association County Fair was 

held in Marysville, Nearly 

$1,000.00 in premiums were 

awarded with two horse trotting 

and running matches 

daily. 

By the early 20th century, 

The Marshall County Hereford 

Association (area farmers) was 

using the current Blue Rapids 

Fairgrounds for livestock sales. 

As Blue Rapids businessmen 

promoted the use of Riverside 

Park for social event, such as 

the Chautauquas, a movement 

began to bring a Fair to Blue 

Rapids. 

By March of 1916, citizens 

met with the Blue Rapids City 

Council to use Riverside Park 

for a Fair and locate livestock 

The History Of The Marshall County Fair 

 

building for the fair’s usage. 

The City Council approved of 

the idea, which was granted to 

the Marshall County Fair and 

Livestock Association. 

Within 2 months, the Fair 

Association had sold approximately 

600 shares of stock 

(1,000 shares available). Stock 

holders changed the date of the 

fair due to conflict with showing 

their livestock at the 

American Royal Livestock 

Show in Kansas City (dates 

October 10-13) 

June 21, 1916 the Officers of 

the Marshall County Stock 

Show and Fair Association 

were elected and discussions 

were held regarding: fair buildings, 

conditions for a race 

track, premiums and free 

attractions. 

By July 1916 County 

Surveyor Gallup had surveyed 

the tracks. A grand stand 

would be built and a judges 

stand. Dirt had to be removed 

to reconstruct a ½ mile race 

track. The Hereford Barn 

would be repaired, a horse barn 

would be constructed. All that 

summer, (1916) carpenters 

constructed; floral hall, grand 

stand, horse barn, pens for pigs 

and a judges stand. Also a band 

stand was added to the front of 

the grandstand. 

Day 1 of the first Marshall 

County Fair – the weather was 

cold – it was October – remember 

- yet – on the first two days 

of the fair it’s estimated 8,000 

people attended. Near the gate 

were: eating stands, side 

shows, concessions stand. At 

the Floral Hall, crowds were so 

packed you could see only the 

tallest exhibits, displays there 

were: the Power and Lights 

2011 PARADE CATEGORY WINNERS 

COMMERICALS: 7 R’s Bar and Grill, Blue Rapids, Ks. 

ORGANIZATIONS: New Hope Evangelical Presbyterian 

Church, Blue Rapids, Ks. 

CHILDRENS: The Valley Heights All Stars Youth Theater 

4-H: Wide Awake 4-H Club, Blue Rapids, Ks. 

INDIVIDUAL: Gose Brothers, Marysville, Ks. 

ANTIQUE: Steve Harries w/ 1952 John Deere A 

HORSE DRAWN: Blue Rapids Historical Society, Blue 

Rapids, Ks. 

HORSES OR SADDLE CLUBS: Brad Hull, Frankfort, Ks. 

THEME: Blue Valley Senior Living, Blue Rapids, Ks. 

The New Hope Presbyterian Church took a trophy. 

The Community Theatre was here to advertise. 

 

Marysville High School Auditorium 

 

Tickets available at Marysville Chamber of Commerce or by calling Barb Buck at 785-337-2562. 

The old Blue Rapids Fire Department No. 1 pumper gets a blue ribbon. 

Company, Sealy Mattresses, 

Nevins and Son Nursery, 

American Cement Plaster, 

Fannen Piano Company. In the 

barns you could find hogs 

weighing up to 750 pounds, a 

few breeds of poultry, 

Hereford, Jersey and Holstein 

cattle and many fine horses. 

There were horse races, 

motorcycle and automobile 

races and for the calmer of 

heart, baseball games and band 

music. Every candidate for 

every election was there with a 

smile and handshake. 

By the end of that first fair, 

probably over 15,000 people 

passed through the gate. All 

fairgoers said it passed their 

expectation 

At the end of the 1916 

Marshall County Fair the 

Marysville News stated: The 

success of the first meeting 

assures the permanency of the 

organization and annual fair. It 

is in the hands of good management. 

As the years have passed in 

1922 a sale pavilion was added 

to the hog barn. 

In 1923 Blue Rapids Church 

Ladies received permission to 

construct a permanent eating 

house on the fairgrounds – The 

Church Stand. 

The city of Blue Rapids in 

1927, shouldered half the 

expense to enlarge the grandstand. 

Other improvements continued 

since then and in spite of 

droughts and a struggling economy 

2011 marks the 95th 

anniversary of the Marshall 

County Fair. 

What an accomplishment for 

early farmers of our area. For 

they are still fostering Elkanah 

Watson’s dream – to encourage 

locally: farming, manufacturing 

and business growth. 

July 1 - July 31, 2011 

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