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Baldwin HIgh School cheerleaders pep up the crowd during the Bulldogs game Tuesdayagainst St. Marys in the Wellsville Top Gun Tournament.

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Baldwin High School sophomores Cornell Brown (15) and Caleb Gaylord (32) receive medalsafter being named Saturday to the Baldwin Invitational Tournament All-Tourny Team.

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Kansas Attorney General DerekSchmidt is asking other states to coop-erate in a new federal database thatwill track scam artists who target mil-itary families and try to elude author-ities.

“Crooks and scam artists who preyon military families require a particu-lar focus from law enforcementauthorities,” Schmidt said. “Kansaslaw gives our office special authorityto go after those who prey on militaryfamilies, and we are working towardbetter cooperation with other statesand with federal authorities so there isno place to hide.”

He and Kentucky Attorney GeneralJack Conway, who are co-chairmen ofa consumer protection committee forthe National Association of Attorneys

General, have sent a letter to otherstates urging them to cooperate withfederal authorities on providing infor-mation about convictions and judg-ments.

Schmidt’s office announced thenationwide database, called theRepeat Offenders Against MilitaryDatabase, or ROAM Database, is avail-able to law enforcement and willinclude information on civil andcriminal enforcement actions againstcompanies and individuals who havevictimized military families. Accord-ing to the letter, scam artists oftenmove from state to state.

“The initial issue this presents issimply identifying who the repeatoffenders are,” Schmidt and Conwaywrote in their letter, “especially whenthey may operate under different cor-porate names.”

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Exhausting schedule part of circus routine

Natalie Chandler was in the midday heat Thursday, watering the trained dogs of the Culpepper & Merriweath-er Circus.

It was a quiet time at the circus grounds on the old baseball field at Baldwin High School, before the ex-citement of the night’s two shows and after the hustle and bustle of setting up the big top and establishing camp for the day. Chandler was one of a hand-ful of those with the circus out in the sun, doing day-to-day maintenance or routine chores.

For Chandler, it was all part of doing a job she loves.

“I love it all,” she said. “I love the shows, traveling, the work. It’s all fun to me.”

Once a self-taught trapeze artist, Chandler is now one of Culpepper & Merriweather’s ring masters, an-nouncing the second half of the show. It’s a job she does twice a day during the season, which spans March to mid-October.

It’s also a job she does in a differ-ent town every day. Chandler said the circus leaves the site of the previous day’s performance at 6 a.m. to get to the next town. It then sets up before enjoying a few quiet hours of rest be-fore that night’s shows. When that is

finished, it will break down and pre-pare to travel in the morning. The only variety in the schedule is on weekends, when the circus does matinee shows, she said.

It sounds like an exhausting schedule, but Chandler said it didn’t bother her.

“I’m used to it,” she said. “I’ve been with a circus for 25 years. I was born to it.”

Helping Chandler with the dogs was her 3-year-old daughter, Genevieve. A single mother of two, Chandler said she went to regular schools when young, traveling with her parents’ cir-cus in the summer or during school breaks. She intends to home school her two daughters.

“I’d like to think there will be big-tent circuses around when they’re grown,” she said.

Last Thursday did present some-thing different for the circus from the southeastern Oklahoma town of Hugo, Chandler said. Its 2012 tour took it out of the Midlands’ heat.

“We were in the Michigan Upper Peninsula,” she said. “The tempera-tures were in the 60s and 70s. This is the hottest day we’ve had.”

As Chandler was caring for the dogs, Dave Volponi was repairing the water tank on her travel trailer. Ear-lier, he served as tour guide for a class of Baldwin High School students.

Volponi said he joined the circus when

it visited his hometown in California. “I was a stilt walker,” he said. “I

helped out at the circus that day, and they asked me if I wanted a job. I said I’d have to have time to think about it. They said I had until morning. That was 25 years ago.”

He was with the circus when it last visited Baldwin in 1991, Volponi said.

During his time with the circus, he hasadded a number of skills to his reper-toire, doing a high-wire act and ridinga unicycle.

Chandler said she would be happywhen the season ends but would soonbe impatient to get back on the road.

“After a few weeks, I’ll be ready to go,”she said. “That’s the way it always is.”

By Elvyn [email protected]

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A TIGER with Culpepper & Merriweather Circus grabs a catnap last Thursday during a slow period after the circus camp was set up and before the evening show.

ASSEMBLY OF GODNew Life Assembly of God5th & Baker, Box 274, 594-3045Rev. Mark Halford, PastorSunday School ................... .................. 9:30 a.m.Morning Worship ................ ................ 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Worship ...................... 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Family Night Bible Study & Dinner .................................. 6:00 p.m.

AMERICAN BAPTISTGathering PlacesA house church meeting at 1208 Long Creek Ct.Dave Killingsworth, Pastor . ........... 785-764-6868Sunday Meal and Gathering ........................Noon

BAPTISTLighthouse Baptist Church115 6th St. ..... 594-4101Pastor Richard AustinWorship Service ................. ................ 10:30 a.m.Bible Study Sunday at church ................... 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Service ................ 7:00 p.m.

CATHOLICAnnunciation Catholic Church740 North 6th St.,594-3700Father Brandon FarrarSunday Holy Mass ...........10:30 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.Confessions Sunday ............................. 5:00 p.m.Adoration 1st Sunday of month

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CHURCH OF THE BRETHRENLonestar Church of the Brethren2 mi. N. of Lonestar Lake 883 E. 800 Rd.Pastor Benny Rosell 785-748-9837Sunday Worship .................................. 10:30 a.m.

CHURCH OF CHRISTBaldwin Church of Christ203 10th St., Box 282 .................... 594-6712Minister James KennedySunday Class ...................................... 10:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship .................... 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Service ....................... 5:00 p.m.Wednesday Class ................................. 7:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST309 E. High St. 594-4246Bible Study .......................................... 10:00 a.m.Worship ............................................... 11:00 a.m.Sunday Eve ........................................... 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study ........................ 7:00 p.m.

VINLAND CHURCH OF CHRIST1702 N 700 Rd. 594-3648Shawn Smith, PreacherBible School ........................................ 10:00 a.m.Worship Service .................................. 10:45 a.m.Sunday Evening Service ....................... 6:00 p.m.Wednesday Bible Study ........................ 7:00 p.m.

EPISCOPALGrace Episcopal Church315 W. 5th St., Ottawa .............................785-242-5390Rite 1 Service (2nd Sunday/Month) .................8:30 a.m.Rite 2 Service (Every Sunday) ......................10:15 a.m.Healing Service (Every 1st Thursday) ...........12:15 a.m.

GOSPELChrist Gospel Church1600 South St. ............... ............... 594-2992Coal Creek Gospel Hall1718 N 466 Rd. .......................785.979.5012Good News Sunday School ................................ 11:45 a.m.

UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTSt. John’s United Church of Christ(3 1/2 miles West of jct. 59/56 and 1 mile north)396 E 900 Rd. ....................................... 594-3478Pastor: Rev. Lewis HinshawSunday School ................... ................ 10:00 a.m.Worship Service ................. ................ 11:00 a.m.

UNITED METHODISTClearfi eld United Methodist Church..........................................................883-2360Pastor Rev. Lane Bailey Morning Worship ................ .................. 9:00 a.m.Sunday School ................... ................ 10:30 a.m.

First United Methodist Church704 8th St., Box 25 ........ ............... 594-6612Pastor Paul BabcockSunday School ................... .................. 9:30 a.m.Worship Service ................. ................ 10:45 a.m.

Ives Chapel United Methodist Church1018 Miami (West Baldwin)...594-6555Pastor Rev. Jacob CloudSunday School ................... .................. 9:45 a.m.Worship Service ................. ................ 11:00 a.m.

Vinland United Methodist Church1724 N 692 Rd. 594-3256Pastor Nick WoodsSunday Worship .................................. 10:30 a.m.Sunday School ................... .................. 9:30 a.m.

Worden United Methodist Church298 E 900 Rd. (3 1/2 miles west of jct. 56/59) ............................... 594-3894Bud Tuxhorn, PastorTraditional Worship ............................... 8:15 a.m.Church School ....................................... 9:30 a.m.Contemporary Worship ....................... 10:30 a.m.

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FOODMEALTIME IDEAS AND RECIPES FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY

Tortellini masquerade as croutons in a robust Caesar

My 7-year-old son has made me an expert at Caesar salad. Though to be fair, some credit goes to April Bloom-field, too.

After several years of “green is evil” behavior by my son, I recently — fi-nally! — managed to persuade him to try Caesar salad. The kid loves savory, umami-rich foods, and I have the re-ceipts from the butcher and cheese shops to prove it. So despite his reluc-tance to embrace romaine lettuce, I knew an anchovy, egg and Parmesan-rich Caesar dressing could win his heart.

I had tried any number of times, but the sight of the lettuce always had him running. Until a few weeks ago.

On a whim, I opened one of my new favorite cookbooks, “A Girl and Her Pig” by Bloomfield. If you don’t know her, you should. She is the culinary force behind some of New York’s top spots at the moment, including The Spotted Pig and The John Dory Oyster Bar. Her food smacks of big, bold, slap-you-silly flavor. And her unpreten-tious cookbook of totally accessible recipes brings this into your home.

All of which is to say that when I saw her recipe for Caesar salad — she insists the dressing is best ap-plied by gently tossing it onto the lettuce with your hands — I knew I had to try it. I fell in love. More im-portantly, so did my son. And it was no fluke. I’ve since made the salad for him about a dozen times and he still devours his greens with glee.

Trouble is, Caesar salad alone does not make a healthy diet, and certainly not a substantial meal. So I have ex-perimented with how to bulk up this simple, delicious salad.

Chicken was an obvious (if not all that original) choice. But rotisserie chicken is simply too easy to pass up for a summer salad-as-meal. I could

have stopped there, but I wanted to play around with the starch. Tradi-tionally, honking big croutons play that role. But I liked the idea of some-thing that is both crunchy and cheesy-soft.

Pan-crisped cheese tortellini were the perfect choice. Most people don’t realize it, but fresh pasta (the vari-ety sold in the refrigerator case) can be cooked without water. Just give a spritz of cooking spray to a non-stick skillet, then add the pasta and saute until lightly browned and crisp.

Cheese Tortellini Caesar SaladIf you have leftover cooked chicken,

use that. I found that a 1 1/2-pound rotis-

serie chicken worked well.

Start to finish: 15 minutes

Servings: 4

10-ounce package fresh cheese tortel-

lini

2-ounce tin oil-packed anchovy fillets,

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3 cloves garlic

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1 cup canola or olive oil

Ground black pepper

1 ounce Parmesan cheese, finely

chopped

3 cups cooked and cooled chicken

meat, torn into bite-size chunks

3 heads romaine lettuce, roughly

chopped

Heat a large skillet over medium-high.

Spritz with cooking spray, then add the

tortellini. Saute the tortellini for 6 min-

utes, or until lightly browned and slightly

crisped. Transfer to a plate to cool.

Meanwhile, in a blender combine

the anchovies, garlic, mustard, vinegar

and egg. Puree until smooth. With the

blender on low speed, drizzle in the oil.

Add the cheese and puree until smooth.

Season with pepper, then set aside.

In a large bowl, toss the chicken and

romaine. Drizzle about half the dress-

ing over the salad, then use your hands

to toss until well coated. Add the tor-

tellini and drizzle additional dressing,

tossing again. You may not need all of

the dressing.

Serve immediately.

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saturated; 0 g trans fats); 170 mg cho-

lesterol; 42 g carbohydrate; 46 g protein;

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Matthew Mead/AP Photo

CHEESE TORTELLINI is an innovative way to turn Caesar salad into a light meal.


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I am writing this column on La-bor Day — one of the year’s defining days. Baker University students have returned, Baldwin schools have re-opened, and athletic contests are in full swing. Although we had a reprieve from the drought with welcome rains (too much in some areas) let us hope the intense heat will soon depart. Thank you to the Baldwin power company and our local water sup-pliers for their real-istic handling of both critical situations.

A recent walk di-vulged that Douglas State Lake needs more rain. The east arm of the lake is a mudflat where only a trickle of wa-ter is visible. The beaver pond was completely dry and still provides no beaver habitat. A faint trail can be dis-cerned where deer and other animals emerge from the under brush to cross the road to obtain water from the lake.

Saturday morning, I opened a win-dow to catch early morning cool air and spotted twin fawns in my back-yard, cropping a few bits of grass that had emerged after the rains. Both raised their heads. I froze. From exten-sive reading of L’Amour Westerns, I knew if I stayed absolutely still, they would not be frightened away. My arm was raised and I held my position. L’Amour’s advice was true, and the fawns resumed eating. I tired of hold-ing my position and put down my arm. In a flash, they were gone.

I once almost stepped on a small rabbit lying motionless in the grass. Movement attracts attention. Mike, my wonderful handyman, was work-ing on my front deck and suddenly, a small fawn at his feet raised its head and headed for the woods. It had lain immobile while he worked nearby. I often wonder how much we miss in this modern rush of constant action.

Now, a sad finale to my column about the ride Mary Swan and I en-joyed with Ralph Earles on the land trust donated by his family. Since then, a group of people entered the land and broke a window in Ralph’s sauna. Mind-less destruction of property shows a

clear lack of values. It reflects upon your entire family because it is a lack of teaching of common decency and respect. Long before the return of Baker students, my daughter, Tricia, and I witnessed a group of young people,

mostly boys, smashing beer bottles on the rocks of a pier on the eastern side of the lake. They tossed the broken bottles into the water. Light kayaks are easier to climb into if one is in the water with the kayak. Broken glass underfoot is dangerous. The entire pier was a mess of trash. A lake employee happened to stop by in his truck. We told him about the pier, and he cleaned it up. He said he tries to keep the rest rooms clean and neat, which they usually are.

Formerly, picnic tables were placed around the lake for the enjoyment of campers. They often were broken and thrown in the lake. A few tables remain at the dam. Recently, one was destroyed and was repaired. We have often en-joyed lunch on these tables. Wonderful, elaborate, metal fire rings with grills, which lowered and raised, were pro-vided. They did not last long. Only a few rings with no grills have survived.

Why this destruction? Are family values no longer taught? When I walk around the lake, I carry a pad and pen-cil and write down car license numbers. If one witnesses wanton destruction or campers leaving a mess, it is of public interest. Be circumspect when writing down a license number. Anyone who practices public littering and/or destroys property is capable of retaliatory actions.

Musings From the Hill

JUNE JEWETT

Honor our senior citizensTo the editor:

National Assisted Living Week® be-gins on Grandparent’s Day, Sunday, Sept. 9, and continues until Sept. 15. Many as-sisted living residents have made sig-nificant contributions to our country as teachers, police officers, fire fighters, business people, civic leaders, public of-ficials, parents and grandparents. They have contributed so much to their com-munities. This week gives us a chance to honor these citizens’ contributions along with the care team, families, friends, and volunteers of our community.

The theme for the 2012 National Assisted Living Week is “Art for the Ages.” Many of our residents have been artists of many different types over the years. Being an artist encompasses a wide range of talents, such as painting, sewing, quilting, woodworking, music, dancing or writing and other talents. We at Vintage Park will be having an “Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social” at

6:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 9. We will show-case our residents’ talents The 2012 Vintage Park King and Queen will also be crowned that evening.

I”m honored to be a part of the as-sisted living profession that nearly 1,000,000 Americans make their home, choosing the comfortable home-like setting in which to live with the advantage of supervision. Assisted living residences offer an ideal blend of independence, social involvement and personal assis-tance. With dignity and respect, the care team assist residents in many facets of their lives, ranging from meals bathing, dressing and super-vision of medication. With this indi-vidualized assistance, residents can live in a safe environment while en-joying their independence.

I encourage all to share time with a senior citizen. I wish to thank you read-ers for the countless ways you have al-ready shared in the lives of the residents at Vintage Park. You make a difference.

Sue BrownVintage Park at Baldwin City director

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Cooperation made circus happenTo the editor:

I would just like to relay my grati-tude to all the local businesses and organizations that helped promote, as well as sell and distribute tickets in order for the circus to come to town. I would especially like to thank the Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce,

Baldwin Elementary CSO President, Michelle Patterson and the Baldwin City Recreation Commission for co-ordinating the many logistical aspects involved in providing our community with such a fun event.

The cooperation across and among various local Baldwin City organiza-tions is yet another example of why living here is such a blessing.

Kelley Bethell-SmithBaldwin City

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BALDWIN HIGH SCHOOL senior tight end Day-ton Valentine drags Wells-ville tacklers forward for extra yardage at the end of a second-half reception in Baldwin’s 33-6, season-opening victory Friday. It was the first game between the two schools since Wellsville left the Frontier League five years ago.

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The Baldwin Bulldogs used a big second quarter and a versatile Cornell Brown to defeat visiting Wellsville, 33-6, in the season-opening football game Friday for both teams.

Brown had a 70-yard punt return for a touchdown, hauled in a pass for another score, set up Baldwin’s last touchdown with a 62-yard run and intercepted a pass in the game that marked the renewal of a rivalry that ended five years ago when Wellsville left the Frontier League.

Baldwin got off to a quick 7-0 start when senior Mark Harmon scored from three yards out with 6:18 to play in the first quarter. The Bulldogs stayed on the ground on the short drive, set up when the Bulldogs forced the Eagles to punt from within their own 10-yard line on their first drive.

Baldwin found the end zone next with 8:44 to play in the second quar-ter, again on a Harmon 3-yard run. Big pass plays from quarterback Tyler Cawley to Brown and tight end Day-ton Valentine set up the touchdown.

Coach Mike Berg said the contrast of the grind-it-out first drive and the

big-play passing game of the second scoring drive was something Bulldog fans should expect this year.

“We’ve got some kids who can exe-cute in the running game and the pass-ing game,” he said. “We practice the passing game. If we practice it, I want to run it in ball games.”

The Bulldog defense kept up its pressure on the Eagles, forcing a punt on the visitor’s next drive. Brown fielded the ball on the Baldwin 30-yard line, found a crease and burned by Ea-gle defenders to score, increasing the Bulldog lead to 19-0 with 4:14 to play in the second quarter.

On its next possession, Wellsville mounted its biggest threat of the half,moving the ball onto the Baldwin sideof the field when an Eagle receiver hauled in a tipped pass for a long gain.Brown put an end to the drive with an interception on a fourth-down pass on the Baldwin 9-yard-line with 1:31 to play in the half.

That was plenty of time for quarter-back Cawley and Brown, who hooked up on three-straight passes, which moved the ball more than 70 yards for the score, giving the Bulldogs a 26-0

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Bulldogs use big 2nd quarter to put away Eagles


The Baldwin High School soccer went 1-1 for the week, winning at home against Spring Hill before losing for the first time this season Monday at De Soto, 1-0.

Monday’s match ended a tough ear-ly season schedule that included two teams coach Mark Joslyn identified as the top competition in the Fron-tier League, De Soto and Spring Hill. The Bulldogs also beat Tonganoxie in a season-opening battle of state tour-nament qualifying teams from a year

ago. Tonganoxie has since won three straight.

De Soto was the best team the Bull-dogs have played, Joslyn said. Bald-win’s defense played very well in the loss, but the team was unable to gen-erate an offense attack, partly because of De Soto’s midfield pressure, he said.

Last Thursday, Baldwin downed Spring Hill, 5-4, in a wild overtime match. The Bulldogs found them-selves down, 2-0, at halftime, but took the lead with goals by Joel Dixon, Nick Joslyn, Russell Cloon and Nate Clem.

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Alexis Foster, 8, of Eudora, participates in a variety of sports despite

suffering a severed foot in a mowing accident when she was 2. She also

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Fair to encourage Baker volunteerism

Baker University students and Bald-win City residents will have the op-portunity to learn more about com-munity service opportunities in the Douglas County area during a Student Volunteer Fair Thursday in Harter Union.

Lauren Williams, undergradu-ate summer intern for the Office of Student Life, organized the fair over the summer by contact-ing nonprofit organizations in the county who might be looking for more volunteers.

“It’s important that they (students) reach out to the whole community,” Williams said. “Baker is just a school. There’s a whole city outside of Baker, and Baldwin City is in Douglas Coun-ty, and the whole county needs sup-port.”

Organizations participating in the fair range from Baker University ser-vice-based clubs to national organiza-tions with groups in the county such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and Habitat for Humanity.

One of the agencies participating is Harvesters Community Food Net-work, a food bank that is based in To-peka and Kansas City, Mo., and serves a 26-county area, including Douglas County.

Baker University students have pro-

vided more than 350 hours of service at Harvesters, and Jannett Wiens, con-stituent relationship manager at Har-vesters, said participating in the fair to attract more volunteers from BU was a no-brainer.

“They’re not only an energetic group of students when they’re here, but they’re enthusiastic and very en-gaged,” Wiens said.

The volunteer fair is intended to make volunteering easier for Baker students by bringing the organizations they’re interested in or have already been involved with to campus. Wil-liams said it is important to educate students about groups in the area, es-pecially ones who may be in need of extra help.

“We (Harvesters) appreciate the support of the university to allow us the opportunity to share these volun-teer opportunities with the students so we can distribute more food out to counties we’re responsible for,” Wiens said.

The volunteer fair is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday in Harter Union and, although it will be geared toward college students, the fair is open to everyone.

“One little thing we do can make a big impact all over the place and if we can spread out where we volunteer and do that one little thing, we can reach a lot of different people,” Wil-liams said

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U.S. Highway 59 project set for October completion

TOPEKA — The nearly three-year long U.S. Highway 59 realignment project is nearing the end of the road.

“We’re hoping to open it the first week of October,” said Kim Qualls, a spokeswoman with the Kansas De-partment of Transportation.

There is still paving, striping and signage work going on, Qualls said. She said some folks may see a particu-lar part of the project and believe that it’s finished now, but they aren’t see-

ing the whole thing.The first phase of the project, which

began in January 2009, entailed earth-work and construction of bridges for an 11-mile four-lane freeway between Law-rence and Ottawa. That cost $57 million.

The second phase is the surfacing and pavement work, totaling $24.7 mil-lion. Currently, that is happening on the north end of the project, which is close to the southern city limits of Lawrence.

A 7.6-mile stretch of the freeway in Franklin County — costing $63.5 mil-lion — was completed and ready for use in 2010.

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passenger rail was gone by the end of the 1950s. But the privately owned tracks at Midland keep chugging for-

ward with as many aboard as pos-sible.

About 700 tickets had been sold as of Saturday afternoon, marketing di-rector Allen Kinsley said.

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The percentage of Kansans under the age of 65 who are living without health insurance increased in 2010 and some health care providers expect that percentage to rise yet more unless the economy improves.

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that 15.8 percent of Kansas residents under age 65 — 380,000 people — did not have health insurance in 2010, compared with 14.6 percent in 2009.

In Douglas County, 17.7 percent — or 16,404 residents — did not have health insurance in 2010, compared to 14.3 percent or 14,668 residents in 2009.

The census also reported for the first time on health insurance cover-age for those between 50 and 64, a group more likely to use health insur-ance than younger age groups. In 2010, about 60,800 people ages 50 to 64, or 11.4 percent of that group, did not have health insurance. In Douglas County there were 1,888 people, or 11.2 per-cent, who fell into that age category.

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Right, Left, Center, BCRC office, 715 High St., 1 p.m.

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Group fitness, BESPC South Gym, 8:30 a.m.

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Pokemon League, Baldwin City Public Library, 1 p.m.

9/10 | MONDAY Early morning boot camp, BJHS gym, 6:45 a.m.


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9/11 | TUESDAY Group fitness, BESPC South Gym, 8:30 a.m.

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9/12 | WEDNESDAY Early morning boot camp, BJHS gym, 6:45 a.m.


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9/6 | THURSDAY Baldwin Tourism Committee, Three Sisters Inn, 9 a.m.

Daily Exercises, Vintage Park, 321 Crimson Ave., 10 a.m.

Bingo, Vintage Park, 2 p.m.

Maple Leaf Festival Committee meeting, Baldwin City

Public Library, 7:30 p.m.

9/7 | FRIDAY Coffee Talk, Vintage Par., 9 a.m.

Daily Exercises, Vintage Park, 10:30 a.m.


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Lions Club, Vintage Park, 6:30 p.m.

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Coffee Talk, Vintage Park, 9 a.m.

Daily Exercises, Vintage Park, 10 a.m.

Sing-a-long with Pastor Bud, Vintage Park, 10:30 a.m.

9/12 | WEDNESDAY

Coffee Talk, Vintage Park, 9 a.m.


Sing-a-long with Pastor Bud, Vintage Park, 10:30 a.m.

Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon,

The Lodge, noon

Rotary Club, Baker University Harter Union, noon

Lumberyard Arts Center Board meeting, Lumberyard

Arts Center, 7 p.m.

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Daily Exercises, Vintage Park, 321 Crimson Ave., 10 a.m.


Best of Baldwin, in front of Harter Union, 5 to 6 p.m.

State of the county reception, The Lodge, 6 to 8 p.m.

Book talk, Baldwin City Public Library, 7 to 8 p.m.

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Baldwin appeared to have the game in hand until officials awarded Spring Hill a penalty kick with 50 left in regu-lation. The Broncos converted to send the game into overtime.

The Bulldogs ended the suspense early in overtime with a goal off a corner kick. Brendan Ownings scored the goal a minute into the

extra period.Coach Joslyn said his team was a bit

banged up but was playing better ev-ery game and through adversity.

“If our defense continues to devel-op, we will be tough to beat,” he said.

Baldwin will step out of Frontier League play for a 6 p.m. match today at Basehor-Linwood. It will return home and to league play with a 4 p.m. match Tuesday against Eudora.

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A WELLSVILLE defender tackled Baldwin’s Cornell Brown on this play, but too often for the Eagles, Brown wasn’t stopped until he found the end zone or big yardage.

advantage at the half.Brown set up the Bulldogs’ last

touchdown with a 62-yard run on Baldwin’s first possession of the sec-ond half. On the next snap, Cawley called his own number, scoring on from nine yards out and giving the Bulldogs a 33-0 lead with 10:38 to play in the third quarter.

His big night and the team’s success were the result of a solid week of prep-aration, Brown said.

“We had good focus all week,” he said. “I thought the rain might bother us, but we played awesome.”

The game was played in a steady rain as what was left of Hurricane Isaac soaked Liston Stadium. Berg said he thought his team execut-ed well in weather it hadn’t had a chance to practice in during the drought.

Play did get a bit sloppy in the third

quarter as Berg took out some of his starters. Baldwin’s drives stalled with multiple penalties and miscues.

Wellsville got its lone score when Brett Osbern got into the end zone from a yard out with 5:15 remaining in the game. A Baldwin fumble just inside the Bulldog 20-yard line set up the touchdown.

With a victory against 3A Wellsville to build its confidence, Baldwin will now go on the road to face Paola.

“They’re traditionally very strong. They usually make the playoffs and go deep in the 4A playoffs,” Berg said. “We have to regroup and be ready to play.”



Brown big in Baldwin win

Baldwin – 7 19 7 0 – 33Wellsville – 0 0 0 6 – 6

Baldwin: Mark Harmon, 3-yard run, (Austin Krause kick); Harmon, 3-yard run, PTA failed: Cornell Brown, 70-yard punt return, PTA failed; Brown 19-yard pass from Tyler Cawley (Krause kick); Cawley 9 yard run (Cawley kick)Wellsville: Brett Osbern, 1-yard run (kick failed)

PERU, NEB. – With a strong run-ning game and an efficient day from quarterback Sam Vossen, the No. 18 ranked Baker University football team improved to 2-0 on the year and 1-0 in the Heart of America Athletic Confer-ence with a 34-13 win over Peru State.

The Wildcats won their second road game of the young season after defeat-ing No. 11 Ottawa last weekend, 27-20.

The Wildcats got on the board first with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by freshman running back Jermaine Broomfield with 12:10 left in the sec-ond quarter.

Then University of Southern Cali-fornia transfer Dillon Baxter scored his first touchdown of the season with 5:21 left in the first half on a 6-yard run.

In the third quarter, Ryan Lud-low brought the Bobcats within eight points with a 1-yard touchdown of his own, but the extra point was no good and the score stood at 14-6 in favor Wildcats.

The biggest play of the contest came with 2:09 left in the third quar-ter when Vossen tossed the ball up in the Nebraska air and senior receiver

Reggie Harris reached up to grab his first touchdown of the season on a 50-yard pass play, giving Baker the 21-6 lead. Vossen followed that up with a 28-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joel Murphy.

Ludlow added his second touch-down of the game with 10:56 left in the game, but that was the final points of the game for the Bobcats.

Broomfield finished the scoring with a rushing touchdown with 4:42 left, putting the Wildcats up, 34-13 .

Broomfield led the Wildcats in rush-ing with 96 yards and Baxter finished with 79, while Vossen threw for 187 yards on 12-of-17 passing.

Defensively, the Cats’ held Ludlow to just 60 yards rushing and quarter-back Bo Shepard to just 37 yards after each went for over 200 and 100 yards respectively the week before.

Gunnar McKenna recovered a fum-ble for Baker and senior Adam Steele led the way in tackles with eight and two tackles for loss.

Baker will have its home opener Sat-urday against HAAC opponent Evangel University at 6 p.m. at Liston Stadium.

Baker Wildcats win again on the road

Both the men and women’s Baker University cross country teams took first-place Saturday in the Maple Leaf Invitational Tournament at the Bald-win City Golf Course.

The No. 25 ranked mens team fin-ished 1-4 individually in the race as freshman Jeremy Bryan took home first in the 5K in a time of 16:13. Team-mate Aaron Caldwell was second in a time of 16:23 and Jeremy’s twin brother, Justin Bryan, finished third with a time of 16:35. Rounding out the top four was Wildcat Eric Larson in a time of 16:36.

Six Wildcats finished in the Top 25 for the men, including Taylor Nall, who placed 16th, and Vincent Tadokoro, who took 25th in a time of 17:21.

Freshman Tosh Mihesuah finished 35th in his first meet as a Wildcat.

For the second-straight year, Baker’s Lauren Jaqua took home first-place in a time of 15:07. Teammates Kerry Kurta and Ashley McBride joined her in the top 10, as Kurta finished seventh in a time of 16:04 and McBride ran the 4K in a time of 16:10.

Megan Rosa finished just behind McBride in 12th place and Lindsey Brown came in 16th. Jenna Stambrough became the sixth Wildcat to finish in the top 20 with her 19th-place finish.

The Wildcats will next compete in the Missouri Southern State Uni-versity Southern Stampede race on Sept. 15.

Baker teams sweep Maple Leaf cross country meet

De Soto hands soccer team first loss


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BALDWIN’S KATIE JONES, left, and Kaitlyn Barnes run together at the season-opening An-derson County event, helping the Bulldogs to a first-place team finish with their third- and fourth-place individual finishes.

BHS cross country teams victorious at year’s first meet By Elvyn Jones

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Baldwin High School cross country teams did what they trained and ex-pected to do in their first meet of the year.

Last Thursday, the boys and girls teams finished first at the Jerry How-arter Invitational in Garnett.

“They have high expectations, and they’ve worked hard,” coach Mike Spielman said. “We had a real good first meet.”

Expectations are very high for the girls team, which is five-time 4A state champion. The squad returns a num-ber of runners with multiple years of experience at the state finals, includ-ing seniors Kaitlyn Barnes and Sienna Durr and juniors Katie Jones and Lib-by Verhaeghe.

The boys team finished fifth at state last year and return seniors Ethan Hartzell, who was runner up at state last year, and Cordon Horne, junior Tucker Clark and sophomore Joe Pierce. They are joined on the varsity by three talented freshmen, Dakota Helm, George Letner and Zach Smith, who wasted no time in announcing their arrival.

Hartzell was the headliner of the Anderson County meet, winning the boys title with a time of 17:37.12.

“He ran really well,” Spieman said. “He won by about a minute.”

Freshman Helm was third in his first high school meet with at time of 18:39.84. Pierce finished ninth at 18:54.09, and Letner 10th with a time of 18:56.56. Other boys finishers were

Smith, 20th, Clark, 26th, and Horne, 42nd.

The boys won the 10-team event with 37 points. St. James Academy was second with 58 points.

The girls also posted a relatively easy victory with 34 points. St. James was once again second with 55.

Pacing the girls were Barnes (17:01.11) and Jones (17:03.80), who fin-ished third and fourth, respectively. Verhaeghe and freshman Addie Dick finished eighth and ninth. Three other Bulldog runners finished in the top 20,

including Durr (11th), senior Glenn Kelley McCabe (13th) and freshmanFayth Peterson (14th).

Next up for the Bulldogs in the Wamego Invitational. Spielman said he expects a step up of competition for theevent contested on the site of the statemeet on the Wamego Country Club.

“Twenty-four 4A teams will bethere,” he said. “We’ll find out how we stack up against the good teams be-cause the teams that want to do wellat state want to get experience on thecourse.”


The Baldwin High School volleyball team defeated Spring Hill in a Tues-day Frontier League match, 25-21, 10-25, 24-26, 25-23, 15-5.

“It was a great match for us,” coach Jill Brown said. “We dug ourselves into a hole in game two that we couldn’t dig out of. But, aside from that, we played very well.”

Brown said she was pleased with her team’s response after being down in sets, 1-2.

“We played together and stayed aggressive,” she said. “In the fifth set, we just came out and dominated.”

Alexia Stein had a good night at the net blocking, and Morgan Lober was aggressive attacking the ball, Brown said.

The team’s next action will be at 6 p.m. today at Tonganoxie.

Bulldog volleyball team downs Spring Hill

BALDWIN SENIOR Ethan Hartzell runs by himself at the Anderson County meet, finishing 50 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

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BALDWIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION board member Susan Butell, left, and president Patty Irick, right, present Baldwin Junior High School language arts teacher Patty Flory-Evans with an innovative program grant to be used to bring a two-man show on Edgar Allan Poe to the school this year. It was one of 22 grants handed Friday during the annual Pawz Patrol.


Walking Friday down a Baldwin Ju-nior High School hall, Baldwin school board member Ruth Barkley con-fessed this was her favorite day of the year.

The reason was obvious when Barkley and the group she was with dropped in unannounced on the class-room junior high language arts teach-er Patty Flory-Evans.

“I know what this is,” Flory-Evans said, clasping her hands in glee.

The group was there to present Flo-ry-Evans with an innovative project grant of $800 so that she could bring the two-man show “Poe in Use,” to the school later this year. The show features one man reciting the works to the 19th century writer to the riffs provided by an electric guitar player.

In relating the news to her class-room, Flory-Evans shared her excite-ment with her students, explaining what Edgar Allan Poe meant to her and the influence he continued to have on literature.

The check-presenting group, which included Baldwin USD 238 Superin-tendent Paul Dorathy, Baldwin Edu-cation Foundation president Patty Irick and executive director Kathy Gerstner and donors, visited all four district schools, informing teachers Friday their grant applications had been selected for grant funding. When they were finished, 22 grants totaling nearly $12,000 had been awarded to 41 teachers.

The 22 grants awarded were cho-sen from more than 35 projects sub-mitted by district teachers, Gerstner said.

“We had the most applications this

year we’ve ever had, and this is the most awards we’ve ever done,” she said.

Grants from $52 to $800 were given for curriculum enhancing materials like the “Poe in Use,” iPods, e-read-ers, smart boards and other technol-ogy upgrades or character building programs such as a junior high pro-gram emphasizing interpersonal so-cial skills in an age of texting and so-cial media.

“Many students spend their time texting people when there are real people right in their presence,” said Baldwin Junior High School technol-ogy teacher Rachelle Patterson when receiving an $800 grant for the pro-gram. “It has a lot to do with issues we’re beginning to notice because of all of our technology.”

The Baldwin Educational Founda-tion raised the money for the grants from its annual spring luncheon, an alumni mailing and various other fun-draisers. Also this year, it received memorials from the families of former Baldwin City police officer George Rebman, and former Baldwin High School teacher and football coach Merle Venable, and his son, Steve Venable.

“Our community is very generous,” Gerstner said. “We’re very apprecia-tive of that.”

Dorathy said it was always fun to pass out money, especially when the checks allowed teachers to offer something that the school district’s budget couldn’t provide.

“All the money that everybody puts into this, this is what it was all about today,” he said. “For teachers to help kids in the classroom. It allows them to do things they don’t normally get to do.”

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IN BRIEFSenior mix to look back at ‘School Daze’

The Baldwin City CommunitySenior Mix will celebrate “School Daze,” starting at 2 p.m. Wednesdayin Fellowship Hall of Ives Chapel United Methodist Church. The group will share some school day memories. During recess, there will be a skillet toss.

Those attending are asked to bring their own sack lunch for fellowship time. All seniors in the Baldwin City area are welcome to participate.

Vinland Fair elections to be Sept. 17

The Vinland Fair Board will meet at 8 p.m. Monday, Sept. 17, at the Vinland United Methodist Church to elect boardmembers and receive public comments on the fair.

The pubic is invited to participate in the election and comment session.Members of the community may nomi-nate someone to the board, provided the nominee is willing to serve a three-year term on the fair board.

Senior bus drivers neededThe Baldwin City Senior Wheels

Program is looking for drivers to helpmake rides available to Baldwin City area seniors 60 years of age or older forshopping trips, club meetings, medi-cal and hair appointments and other locations.

Those interested in volunteering for the service are asked to call Bill Neuenswander at 785-766-4935 or Linda Russell at 785-594-3376.

Ice cream social scheduled To commemorate National Assisted

Living Week, Vintage Park of BaldwinCity will have an ice cream social and resident apartment art tour starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the facility, 321Crimson Ave. The Worden United Methodist Church Praise Band will provide entertainment. Those attend-ing are reminded to bring a lawn chair.

Book talk to startThe Baldwin City Library will have its

first book talk of the semester at 7 p.m.Sept. 13 at the library. The first bookdiscussed will be “One Soldier’s Story” by Bob Dole.

County commissioner to visitDouglas County Commissioner

Nancy Thellman will have a state-of-the-county reception from 6 to 8 p.m.Sept. 13 at The Lodge.

The commissioner will update Baldwin City residents on county prog-ress and future plans.

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This file photo shows what appears to be a $3,000 check, sent to a Lawrence woman along with a letter informing her she was a sweepstakes winner. But the check was bad, and the “sweepstakes” was a scam.

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Q: What is a sweepstakes scam, exactly?

A: Consumers are told they have won a prize such as cash, or a cruise, television or electronic device. These folks are surprised to learn this because they do not recall en-tering the sweepstakes. Sadly, they are likely being scammed.

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A: Scammers will follow the ex-citing news that you’ve won with a request that you first send them money to cover taxes, fees, ship-ping or other costs — even though it’s illegal in most places, including Kansas, to require purchases or the payment of fees and taxes upfront before you can receive a prize.

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gitimate-looking check that is sup-posed to cover those so-called taxes and fees. But once you deposit the check and then wire the money back to them, the check turns out to be fake and any amount you ad-vance the scammer will be lost.

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BHS 2012 seniors outperform peers statewide on ACT exams

The Baldwin High School Class of 2012 recorded noticeable increases in ACT scores from those posted the year before.

The performance of BHS students was in contrast to statewide results. Kansas seniors overall recorded stag-nant scores on the exams that test seniors’ college readiness in math, reading, English and science. Scores in those four subjects and composite scores of all categories were released earlier this month.

Last year’s Baldwin High School se-niors earned a composite score of 23.1, an improvement of the 22.8 composite score of 2011 seniors. The highest pos-sible score is 36.

The ACT results don’t have the im-portance to the district as those on state assessments, which could force districts to make changes if they con-tinually fail to achieve annual yearly progress. Nonetheless, Baldwin Su-perintendent Paul Dorathy said the ACT provided an important bench-mark for the district.

“Basically, it tells us how ready our students are for college,” he said. “It does help us in a way by telling us how good a job our teachers and students

are doing in preparing for college.”In contrast to the district’s compos-

ite score improvement, the statewide composite score of 2012 seniors fell to 21.9. That was a slight decline from the score of 22 for the previous two years. The nationwide average was 21.1.

Baldwin students did best in math. They collectively earned a 23.8 on the ACT, a 0.6-point improvement from the year before. The 21.8 statewide 2012 math score was the same as that for 2011 seniors.

Last year’s BHS seniors also im-proved in reading (from 23.1 to 23.5) and science (from 22.8 to 23.1). The statewide average for reading was stagnant at 22.3 and fell in science from 21.9 to 21.7.

English was the only ACT category 2012 seniors did not improve from 2011. Both years, BHS seniors collectively had a 21.6 score. That compared to a state-wide score of 21.4 in 2012 and 21.3 in 2011.

Dorathy said the Class of 2012 achieved the improved scores despite having a high number of students tak-ing the ACT. Seventy-seven of the 108 students in the class took the exam.

“It’s good that we went up that much with a larger group of kids,” he said. “That’s the second-highest num-ber we’ve had take the ACT in the last five years.”


Lighthouse Baptist rezoning gets 1st approval

The Baldwin City Council gave first approval to two measures that will allow Lighthouse Baptist Church to relocate to the former elementary school on Chapel Street.

The Baldwin USD 348 school board in June approved selling the former school and its grounds to the church for $200,000. The sale had several conditions, including the rezoning of the property.

On Monday, the city council unani-mously approved on first reading a re-quest from the school district, which still owns the elementary school, to rezone all buildings on the north side of Chapel Street from Sixth to Eighth streets from R1-A to R1-B. It was ex-plained at the meeting, the rezoning would eliminate non-conforming set-back issues on the properties. City building inspector Tina Rakes said the new zoning would be consistent with that of surrounding properties.

The council also approved on a 5-0 vote the first reading of the Light-house Baptist Church’s request for a conditional-use permit to use the old elementary school as a church and for church-related activities. Rakes said city regulations used to allow church-es at any location in the city but that was changed in recognition that they do bring traffic, noise and other issues.

In response to a question from Councilwoman Bonnie Plumberg, Rakes said the church would add some paving to the north part of the prop-erty but most of the green space would be maintained.

The council is scheduled to vote on the second reading of the two measur-ers at its Sept. 17 meeting.

Also receiving the council’s unani-mous approval on first reading was an ordinance that would allow outdoor dining at downtown restaurants. City Administrator Chris Lowe said the measure was in line with a council goal to enhance downtown.

The ordinance was modeled on one in Lawrence and would require restaurants to submit a site plan and maintain American with Disabilities Act standards on sidewalks, Lowe said. The outdoor dining permits would be renewable yearly and have a $25 fee. Restaurants also would be required to lease the space they use at the rate of $1 per square foot (Lawrence charges $3.50 per square foot) and have an ap-proved plan to cordon it off, Lowe said.

After the council approved up-dated traffic and offense ordinances, Police Chief Greg Neis said he would impose no parking on the south side of Monroe Street between Eighth and Ninth streets. The city has received complaints about the street being blocked when Kappa Sigma has par-ties, he said.




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The first significant rainfall in three months didn’t dampen spirits at Da Bash or of fans cheer-ing the Baldwin Bulldogs to a convincing victory

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A TENT kept those enjoying Da Bash’s pregame meal dry, but there was no such protection during the game.

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BALDWIN HIGH School junior Sydney Roller helps fellow cheerleader and junior Samantha Robinson with her raincoat before the start of Friday’s BHS game against Wellsville.

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THE BALDWIN High School student fans enjoy the game despite getting soaked from the steady rain.

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Baldwin City gov-ernment is making weather-alert radios available to Baldwin City residents.

The radios are designed to alert their owners of severe weather and can be programmed to receive weather watches and warn-ings specific to the Baldwin City area.

The radios were obtained for distribu-tion to those resi-dents living in multi-family housing or single-family homes without storm shel-ters or basements. Baldwin City Admin-istrator Chris Lowe said they will now be available to all city residents wanting them.

About 50 of the radios remain, Lowe said. The radios cost about $30, and resi-dents will be asked for donations when picking them up.

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“SADIE” NO. 126, a steam engine built for the LeHigh Valley Coal Co., in 1931, rolls down the track to hitch up to some passenger cars during the Midland Railway’s Labor Day Weekend Railfest Saturday Sept. 1, 2012.

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Ten-year-old Bella Otter thinks old things are awesome.

Decked out in Kansas University gear early Saturday afternoon, she was perky and excited to take a train ride with her family from Baldwin City to Norwood, her grandfather’s idea.

“I’ve never been on a train before,” she said. “An old one is cool.”

The train she was on was pulled by “Sadie,” a steam engine built in 1931 for the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. A ride in a steamer was a special treat for rail lovers at this year’s Labor Day Railfest, put on by Midland Railways. That’s because the last time a steam train came through Baldwin City was in 1952, said Ernie Griffin, a driver and special events coordinator for Mid-land.

Ray Macklous, of Lenexa, and Steve Cauble, of Overland Park, are trans-portation enthusiasts, frequent Am-trak riders and friends who brought their granddaughters, too.

“Steam isn’t something you get to see very often,” Macklous said. “It really takes you back a generation.”

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sister was a little bossy. I took him with me everywhere.”

Gary was good-natured and caring, Rochester said, and very athletic. He liked to hunt but was also fond of ani-mals, adopting and nursing orphaned squirrels, rabbits and birds he would find.

In his late high school years and before he was drafted into the Army, Gary would baby-sit her two boys, Rochester said.

“They loved to have Gary watch them,” she said. “He would get down on his hands and knees to play with them.”

He would spend nights and week-ends at the farm of friends Mike and Ike Taylor, returning home with stories of painting rooms and other chores Gary’s mother said she could never get him to do.

Mike Taylor, who graduated with Gary from Baldwin High School in 1966 and also served in Vietnam, said specific memories of Gary have fad-ed in the 43 years since his friend’s death. But he, too, remembers Gary as a happy-go-lucky guy. They did what teenagers did in the 1960s, hang out and drive around town, Taylor said.

They were both on a Baldwin High School football teams Taylor remem-bers went undefeated for two sea-sons.

Gary worked a number of jobs in the year after his high school graduation and before he was drafted, including working at a filling station Rochester and her husband, Gary, owned. But he hadn’t settled on anything and had no qualms about being drafted.

“He didn’t regret being called be-cause some of his friends had been drafted, and he thought, ‘Why hadn’t he been called?’” Rochester said.

Her athletic brother found basic training easy, writing that he some-times carried the packs of those less fit during training exercises, Rochester said.

When he got to Vietnam in Novem-ber 1967, Gary wrote that he felt sorry for the country’s children “because they didn’t have anything,” she said.

She wrote Gary four or five times a week while he was in the Army, send-ing candy with the letters, Rochester said. Eighty percent of the letters came back. Those letters and those Gary sent are not part of his file.

“I destroyed the letters,” she said. “It was too hard to look at them.”

Gary was killed four months into his combat tour. Rochester said her family learned the details of his death from a friend of Gary’s from Indiana who served in his unit. The young man visited Baldwin City, spending a night at the home of her parents, Pearl and Lloyd Johnson.

“It seemed to help my parents,” Rochester said. “I remember mom was so nervous about him coming. She wanted to know what she was going to feed him. I said ‘He’s a boy. Make him hamburgers.’”

The community shared the John-sons’ grief and contributed money for a memorial that was placed in Baldwin High School, which now rest in front of the flagpole at the Baldwin Junior High School entrance.

Gary is honored each year with oth-ers who served their country during Memorial Day ceremonies at Oak-wood Cemetery.

“I haven’t missed one since they started,” Rochester said. “At the be-ginning, it wasn’t very big. There were maybe 10 of us. It’s grown to a pretty big thing.”


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A graveside memorial service willbe held May 26, 2012 at 10:00 am atOakwood Cemetery in Baldwin City,KS. A celebration of Albert’s life willbe held May 26 at 1:00 pm at thehome of Albert’s brother, Chuck, 16 E.1200 Road, Baldwin City.

A pending memorial tribute onFacebook will supply information re-garding other plans for honoringAlbert’s memory.

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Albert Lee Mauk, 55, of Log Cabin, TX passed away Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas surrounded by family members. He passed peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer. Al-bert was born on August 6, 1956 in In-dependence, MO to Richard and Rowena Mauk. After Albert’s birth the family moved to Port Lavaca, TX for a time, then to Pratt, KS and fi-nally relocated to Baldwin City, KS where Albert grew up. He attended Baldwin Grade School and Baldwin High School. After leaving high school in 1973, Albert fashioned an evolving career and life doing the things he loved- electronics repair, design and invention, travel and out-door challenges, learning and playing music on all types of instruments, and spending time with friends and fam-ily. These interests coupled with technical training at the Electronics Institute of Kansas City allowed Al-bert the opportunity for travel and occupations in various far-flung loca-tions from the Bering Strait in Alaska to Puerto Rico and California to Flor-ida. As part of his various occupa-tional pursuits, Albert invented and authored a patent for an environ-mental device for cleaning industrial wastewater.

Albert is survived by daughter Deja Coffin with spouse Nicolas of McLouth, KS with children Kaylynn

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The Baldwin USD 348 Board of Edu-cation unanimously agreed to put the closed Marion Springs Elementary School on the market.

Superintendent Paul Dorathy said he would meet with an individual soon in-terested in buying the property.

Earlier this month, the board rejected a recommendation in an administra-tor’s report that the district build a new multi-use center to house district of-fices and other functions. Instead, the board wanted to make use of unused district properties should programs be displaced with the sale of district prop-erties.

A factor in any new use of the closed

Vinland Elementary is the interest of Johnson County and Neosho County community colleges in the site. Dora-thy said he would meet with JCCC rep-resentatives this week about the build-ing.

Dorathy said the community col-leges primarily were interested in the school’s gymnasium but might want other space.

The board authorized Dorathy to meet with the JCCC representatives about their needs and possible lease terms.

The board will again discuss facili-ties at a special meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 11.

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There were no Jumbotrons or crowds jamming a football stadium Sunday at the Baker University Spring 2012 commencement.

And the intimate setting — far dif-ferent from Kansas University’s com-mencement last weekend — seemed to fit with the tight-knit Baker com-munity.

When Baker President Patricia Long spoke and gave hugs during the cer-

emony inside the George F. Collins Center in Baldwin City, it appeared she knew each of the roughly 170 grad-uating students smiling and looking back at her.

“I am so proud of you,” Long said, addressing the graduates. “It’s been the joy of a lifetime.”

When Shavon Brown, senior class president, stepped up to the podium, the stage didn’t bother her — she was just talking to her friends.

“We have become a family,” said Brown, graduating with a communica-tions degree. “I love you guys.”

Just before embracing Long, Brown predicted: “I see nothing but success for the class of 2012.”

Randy Pembrook, vice president for academic affairs at Washburn Univer-sity and former Baker official, gave the commencement address and encour-aged the graduates to hang on to the memories they made at Baker. What will they remember 50 years from now, Pembrook asked?

For Keith DeMint, who earned his sports administration degree Sunday, that’s easy: his Kappa Sigma fraternity.

“All the memories with my broth-

ers,” said DeMint, originally from Sa-betha.

What DeMint’s fellow group of fu-ture educators, nurses, biologists and artists will eventually turn out to be is unknown. But Spring Hill graduateKathryn Fritz smiles at the opportuni-ties.

“Oh my goodness,” said Fritz, who received her bachelor’s degree witha double major in psychology andFrench. She talked of graduate school, traveling to Europe or staying in Kan-sas.

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BAKER UNIVER-SITY business professor Martha Harris carries the university’s mace Sunday as she leads the Kansas City St. Andrew Pipes and Drums, and Baker’s undergraduate class of 2012, on a procession through cam-pus to com-mencement ceremonies at the George F. Collins Center.

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GWENDOLYN MILLER sheds tears of joy and pride Sunday soon after her son Colton Miller received his degree at the Baker University graduation.

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A DECORATION atop the cap of Chelsea Carnagie, Eudora, indi-cated she was one of 47 students graduating Sunday from the Baker University School of Nursing.

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A BALDWIN City Fire Department fireman brings a painting out of the Lumberyard Arts Center in downtown Baldwin City after firefighters extinguished flames Sunday morning in the rear section of the building.

An early Sunday morning fire caused an estimated $50,000 in dam-age to the Lumberyard Arts Center.

The fire started in the building at 718 High St. shortly after 4 a.m., and firefighters arriving at about 4:30 a.m. reported fire showing on the north side of the building.

Baldwin City Fire Department Chief Allen Craig said there were no injuries. He said the Kansas State Fire Marshal was investigating the fire.

Craig said Monday the fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damage.

Fire protection measures built into the Lumberyard Arts Center proved their worth in the fire, said Sandy Cardens, Lumberyard Arts Center board secretary and gallery coordina-tor. Damage from the fire was limited to the non-renovated north section of the building, which is to be a future theater, she said.

A sprinkler system in the north sec-tion went off with the fire, but a fire-wall kept sprinklers in the renovated southern section from activating.

“Everything worked as it was de-signed to,” Cardens said. “We’re very happy. It could have been a whole lot worse.

“A firefighter said the sprinkler sys-tem paid for itself.”

There was no damage to any art-work, Cardens said. Art in the central

courtyard and classrooms was moved temporarily to the Baldwin City Chamber of Commerce office next door. The work in a visiting art show in the gallery was protected by yet an-other set of doors, she said. It has since been removed.

In the week before the fire, win-dows in the clerestory were replaced at a cost of about $20,000, Cardens said. Those in the north section would have to be replaced. There is also fire damage to the rafters and supports in the section.

The firewall kept smoke and water damage to a minimum in the renovat-ed section, but a strong smell of smoke would prevent the Lumberyard from reopening this week, Cardens said

Paul Davis Restoration arrived Tuesday at the Lumberyard to start the cleanup.

Cardens said she answered phone calls and text messages all day Sun-day from people volunteering to help with repairs and one person offering to make a donation.

“People have risen to the occasion like they do,” she said. “We will be let-ting people know if we need more help in the future.

“This is a minor thing. We aren’t go-ing to let this prevent us from going ahead with the project.”

The Lumberyard Arts Center, at the location of the 1914 Ives-Hartley Lum-ber Company building, was designed in 2003 at a cost of around $1,000,000. The nonprofit center serves as a downtown Baldwin City arts center.

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USD 348 taking applications for school board vacancy

Baldwin USD 348 is accepting appli-cations from candidates interested in filling the vacant seat of at-large Board of Education member Tony Wedel, who resigned last week. Applications for the position can be picked up at the district office at 708 Chapel St. or downloaded from the district Website, usd348.com.

Applications must be returned by noon June 8.

The Board of Education will interviewcandidates at a special meeting to start at 6:30 a.m., Monday, June 11. The interviews and all discussion on the issue will be inopen session.

Audubon couple to speakat Garden Connect meeting

The Garden Connect of Baldwin willpresent guest speakers Joyce and RonWolf of the National Audubon Societyat 1 p.m., today, at the Baldwin CityPublic Library.

Quilting guild meets todayThe Maple Leaf Quilt Guild will meet

at 7 p.m. today at the Baldwin CityPublic Library.

This month’s program on the 10-min-ute block will be presented by DianeHendry. Those attending are asked to bring five five-inch pieces of fabric, sew-ing supplies and a sewing machine if possible.

Local students complete degrees at Kansas State

Three Baldwin High School graduateswere among the 2,825 students complet-ing degree requirements this spring at Kansas State University.

The local students were ColbyHeckathorne, bachelor of science in edu-cation; Tess Lyons, bachelor of science;and Benton Andrew Taylor, bachelor ofscience in aeronautical technology.

Volunteer drivers, donationssought for senior bus

Douglas County Senior ServicesInc. has provided a bus to transportBaldwin City residents 60 years of ageand older. Its use will be dependent on the willingness of the community to provide volunteer drivers and dona-tions.

Those wishing to make a donationor to volunteer as a driver should callBill Neuenswander at (785) 594-3559 or Tony Prideaux of Douglas County Senior Services at (785) 764-1220.

Pool opens SaturdayThe Baldwin City Muncipal Pool will

open for the season Saturday. Hours willbe regular hours of 1 to 6 p.m.

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Marbles, those whimsical orbs behind phrases like “knuckling down” and “playing for keeps,” pervade our culture. Now, Rich-ard Maxwell, Shawnee, has written “Collecting Marbles: A Beginner’s Guide,” featuring photos by Clif Hall. Maxwell offers the following insights into the hobby.

Q: How long have marbles been around?

A: Marbles made of rocks and nuts have been found in Egyptian tombs. In 1800s Germany, work-ers were making glass beads and eyeballs for dolls, and they found children liked playing with them. The marbles scissors were invented in 1848, allowing them to be made faster. They were called German swirls, and the United States be-came the biggest customer.

Q: Why collect them?A: People want to find something

valuable, and you get addicted.

Most look for machine-made mar-bles from the 1900s to 1950s.

Q: How did you get started?A: On my birthday 12 years ago,

my wife bought me a marble-col-lecting book. I started going to es-tate sales, and at one I bought a jar full for $40. I took them to Moon Marble, and the owner looked at one and said, “You’ve got a cork-screw.” That ignited me — the fact you could learn to tell one from an-other.

Q: Why did you write the book?A: For people like this 88-year-

old man and his wife I met at Moon Marble. They had 30 or 40 jars of marbles and didn’t know what they had.

Q: Where do you look for mar-bles?

A: Antique stores, estate sales, estate auctions. Marbles on eBay cost too much. Almost every one I’ve bought cost $1 to $10.

Collecting marbles

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A FASCINATION with marbles led to Shawnee resident Richard Maxwell’s collection and his new book.

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There were two impressive teams Friday at the 4A regional track and field meet at Baker University’s Liston Sta-dium, and both were wearing the pur-ple and white of Baldwin High School.

Boosted by a home crowd, Baldwin boys and girls teams both cruised to team titles in regional competition, qualifying deep teams for this week-end’s state finals in Wichita.

The boys team scored 119 points to claim the title, outdistancing the 63 points of second-place Ottawa. The girls totaled 123 points, which was 45 points more than that earned by run-ner-up St. James Academy.

Six Bulldog boys will compete at Wichita in individual event, while nine individual girls will vie for med-als. In additional, all three boys and girls relay teams earned spots in the state finals. In all, 10 boys and 12 girls plus two alternates will make the trip to Wichita.

“We did a great job of getting better and qualifying as many as possible for state,” boys coach Mike Spielman said. “We have 14 chances to score at state. That gives us lots of opportunities to do well at state.”

Spielman pumped up his winning 4-by-400 relay team for the last event of the meet by telling them the crowd would be behind them. The boys also had the example of the girls’ team for the same distance. The girls threat-ened the state record in breaking their own week-old school record with a time of 3:59.15.

Girls coach Ted Zuzzio said team members Kaitlyn Barnes and Elizabeth Sigvaldson had personal-best times of 59.5, and Carol Whaley ran her best leg

ever at 1:01.9.The boys delivered, too, winning

the race with a time of 3:25.08.The relay team had three of its

members claim individual titles. Neither Hannon’s gold-medal per-formances the 100- and 400-me-ter dashes (11.19 and 50.22) nor the first-place finish of Mihesauh in the 800-meter (2:01.7) were unexpected, but less anticipated was Berg’s vic-tory in 200 meters. The sophomore edged out Julian Cole of K.C. Piper

at the finish to claim gold with a per-sonal-best time of 22.82. He was alsosecond in the 100 meters.

The girls 4-by-400 relay team had two individual champions — Glenn KellyMcCabe in the 400 and Barnes in the 800.

Helping the girls to the title was a Bulldog sweep of the throwing events.Junior Katie Kehl was first in the shot put and discus and junior Jesse Katzer brought home gold in the javelin. Also helping the Bulldogs pile up points inthe throws was Alexia Stein’s second-place and Katzer’s fifth-place finish inthe shot put, as well as Jordan Hoff-man’s second-place toss in the javelinand sixth-place effort in the discus.

“Katie competed like the gold-medalwinner she is,” Zuzzio said. “Alexia had her best toss of the year going 37-10 in the shot, and it was nice to have the two javelin girls making the trip and in thehunt for state medals and points.”

Dayton Valentine once againclaimed first in the shot put and dis-cus, in which he broke his own schoolrecord with a throw of 175 feet. SeniorJake Mindez recorded his second 50-foot performance of the year, claim-ing third-place in the shot put. Mindez also earned a trip to the state finals inthe javelin with a second-place effort of 161-7.

SPORTS STATE TRACK COVERAGELook for update of BHS athletes at the 4A state track and field finals Friday and Saturday at baldwincity.com.

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BALDWIN SOPHOMORE Chad Berg edges Julian Cole of KC Piper to win the 200-meter dash regional title. Berg finished second in the

100-meter dash to teammate Asher Hannon and was on the

winning 4-by-400 relay team, helping the BHS boys team to

the regional championship.ABOVE: BALDWIN’S KATIE Kehl

prepares for one of her at-tempts in the discus at Friday’s

4A regionals. Kehl won the event with a throw of 140 and

finished first in the shot put ahead of teammate Alexia Stein.

Jesse Katzer finished first in the javelin and Bulldog Jordan Hoff-man second, giving the Baldwin girls a sweep in the 4A regional

throwing events.

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Bulldogs

BoysTeam: Baldwin, 119; Ottawa, 63; De Soto, 60; K.C. Piper,

59; St. James, 45; Eudora, 40; Basehor-Linwood, 33; Perry-Lecompton, 32; Tonganoxie, 30.5; Bonner Spring, 24; Santa Fe Trail, 16; Spring Hill, 14.5; Sumner Academy, 13; Jeff West, 8

Baldwin medalist (first through fourth qualify for state):Shot put: 1. Dayton Valentine, 56-05.5; 3. Jake Mindez,

50-09; discus, 1. Dayton Valentine, 175; javelin, 2. Jake Mindez, 161-07; 110-meter hurdles, 6. Austin Kraus, 16.37; 300-meter hurdles, 3. Mark Harman, 41.62; 100-meter dash, 1. Asher Hannon, 11.19, 2. Chad Berg, 11.33; 1,600-meter, 5. Ethan Hartzell, 4:39.59; 400-meters, 1. A. Hannon, 50.22; 800 meters, 1. Tosh Mihesuah, 2.01.7, 5. Brian Wright, 2:05.11; 200-meter dash, 1. Chad Berg, 22.82; 3,200-meter run, 4. Ethan Hartzell, 10:31.06, 4x400 relay, Baldwin (Brian Wright, Darius Johnson, Joe Pierce and Tosh Mihesuah), 8:28,09; 4x100, Baldwin (Chad Berg, Tosh Mihesuah, Mark Harmon and Asher Hannon), 43.54; 4x400, 1. Baldwin (Chad Berg, Tosh Milesuah, Joel Halford and Asher Hannon), 3:25.08

GirlsTeam: Baldwin, 123; St. James Academy, 78; Spring

Hill, 52; K.C. Piper, 50; De Soto, 49.5; Tonganoxie, 45; Eudora, 44; Basehor-Linwood, 35; Perry-Lecompton, 34; Jeff West, 19; Bonner Springs, 10; Sumner Academy, 9; Bishop Ward, 3; Atchison, 2.5; Santa Fe Trail, 2; Ottawa, 2

Shot put: 1. Katie Kehl, 42-11.75, 2. Alexia Stein, 37-10, 5. Jesse Katzer, 36-05.5; discus, 1. Katie Kehl, 140. 6. Jordan Hoffman, 111-08; javelin, 1. Jesse Katzer, 110-08; Jordan Hoffman, 108-05; pole vault, 6. Katie Jones, 8-00; 1,600-meter, 4. Abi Hartzell, 5:39.65; 400 meter, 1. Glenn Kelly McCabe, 58.64, 5. Morgan Lober, 1.02.44; 300 meter hurdles, 2. Maddie Ogle, 48.40; 800 meter, 1. Kaitlyn Barnes, 2:19.54, 2. Carol Whaley, 2:24.95, 3. Hannah Hutton, 2:28.99; 3,200 meter, 5. Abi Hartzell, 12:34.08; 4x800, 1. Baldwin (Whaley, Elizabeth Sigvaldson, Hutton, Barnes) 9:59.11; 4x100, 4. Baldwin (Elena Watson, Barnes, Sigvaldson, McCabe) 50.66; 4x400, 1. Baldwin (Whaley, Sigvaldson, Barnes, McCabe), 3:59.88

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Baldwin City American Legion Post 228 will mark Memorial Day weekend with a busy Saturday and a public ceremony Monday at Oakwood Cemetery.

Tim Russell, past post commander and current 2nd District commander, said Legionnaires will place American flags Saturday morning in downtown nuances to create an Ave-nue of Flags. Legionnaires will then move to Oak-wood Cemetery, where with the help of Baldwin City Boy Scouts they will place about 400 small flags on the graves of veterans. The graves of veterans will also be decorated with flags at Prairie Center, Sut-ton, Worden, St. Johns and Baldwin Catholic cemeter-ies, he said.

Monday’s Memorial Day ceremony will start at 10 a.m. at Oakwood Cemetery. In the case of rain or threatening weath-er, the ceremony will be moved to the American Legion Hall, 803 High St.

The ceremony will include The Rev. Ira DeSpain’s opening prayer, the playing of “Taps” by Baldwin High School instrumental music teacher Will Coo-per or one of his students and an address from former Post Commander Larry Francq. It will con-clude with the ringing of the memorial bell.

“People are invited to say the name of a loved one, what branch of ser-vice or war the individual served in and ring the bell,” he said.

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SHIRLEY ROCHESTER looks at a photograph of her younger brother Gary Johnson taken shortly before he was killed in action in the Vietnam War.Rochester remem-bers her brother as a fun-loving young man who accepted it as his duty to go to a war in which his friends had served.

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Fallen brother remembered as fun-loving, caring

Shirley Rochester points to a pho-tograph of her brother Gary Johnson on her kitchen table. He’s in a football uniform, kneeling on one knee with his windblown black hair giving him a first-glance appearance of a young Elvis Presley.

“That’s how I remember him,” his sis-ter said. “He had pitch-black hair.”

Nearby is another photo of Gary. It shows him shorn of most of his hair and again kneeling on one knee between two other soldiers, all wearing white T-

shirts and olive green fatigues.On Feb. 16, 1968, shortly after the sec-

ond photograph was taken, an enemy sniper took Gary’s life in Gia Dinh Prov-ince outside of Saign.

“He was walking point with another guy,” Rochester said. “Gary was out in the open, and the other soldier was in the jungle. They were talking back and forth when Gary was shot.”

The photographs are among a file of keepsakes Rochester has of her broth-er — more photos, newspaper clip-pings and rubbings of his name friends have made at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. It’s been a while since

she had looked at the material. Some-times the pain is too great, Rochester said. But there are times she finds it comforting.

Her brother Larry, four years Gary’s senior, has a home movie of Gary in his Army uniform waving goodbye before he left for Vietnam. She finds too heart-breaking to watch, she said.

Rochester was 8 years old when her youngest brother was born on Nov. 6, 1947.

“I took care of him a lot,” Rochester said. “I was enough older he was just a doll to me. I think he thought his older


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Sydney Bergan was frustrated Mondaywith the maze laid out on the floor ofPam Davis’ Baldwin Junior High School

classroom, although it would probably take justa few slices of cheese to train a rat to run it.

But the sixth-grader wasn’t trying tocoax a teachable flesh-and-blood rodentthrough the maze. The task of Bergan andher teammate Henry Letner was to correct-ly program shoebox-sized assemblage ofcomputer chips, servos, wiring and LEGOsblocks through the relatively simple maze.

There was some pressure to makeprogress Monday. Bergan, Letner and oth-ers in their sixth-grade extended learningclass competed Wednesday in a BurlingtonMiddle School LEGO Robot Competition.

At the start of another test run throughthe maze, Bergan carefully aligned therobot at the starting gate, switched it on,and then watched as it hit the first wall,backed up a few inches, turned right, hit asecond wall, backed up and turned left. Allthat was exactly as programmed anddesigned. But then the robot rammed

against the side of the maze and startedgoing through a loop of turns with forwardand backward movements that ended allprogress.

“It’s backing up too far,” Letner diag-nosed.

Bergan grabbed the robot and raced to alaptop to re-program a command chain ofbasic right and left turns and forward andbackup movements. Bergan explained stu-dents could move the commands to differ-ent places within the chains and copy a setof movements to make loops. Individualcommand boxes have tabs, which allowstudents to vary the degree of turns or dis-tance of forward or backward motion.

That program is then downloaded intothe robot with an infrared USB device.

“Problems, problems,” Bergan said as shetook her glasses off at the computer. “I’vegot a headache.”

About 40 minutes earlier, Bergan was thefirst to arrive in the classroom after sixth-grade lunch, a time when the extendedlearning students can work on their proj-ects. After that allotted time expired,Bergan secured a pass for Letner and her to

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Baldwin Junior High School sixth-graders Henry Letner and Sydney Bergan prepare to start test LEGO robot on a “ratio run” course. It is one of five conteststhey and their fellow grade-level extended learning students can enter in LEGO robot competition. The students tested themselves in their first competitionWednesday in Burlington.

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