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Doctor DeathThe BoxThe Baby in the Glass

‘We will see the murderer in his eyes’

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Our Double-Sized Halloween Editionpg.14

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OBITUARY

Bill E. SavelyPRATT —Bill E. Savely

was born April 3, 1928 toLeigh and Ila Savely in theruralMullinville, KS area.He grew up in that areaand as all young boys hada group of friends whokept themselves enter-tained.He commented oneof their favorite past timewas going out south ofMullinville and shootingprairie dogs. One Christ-mas he woke up to find hisfirst bicycle. He said it washis best Christmas ever asa kid.Bill went to Mullinville

School until his sopho-more year. At second se-mester he transferred toGreensburg. He com-mented he played basket-

ball for Mullinville oneweek against Greensburgand then the next week hewas playing on theGreens-burg team against his oldMullinville team.Helenmet Bill that year

when he sat in front of herin class. She said they weretaking a test and she askedhim for an answer to one ofthe questions. He gave herthe right answer but inher fluster she wrote itdown wrong. She said shewill never forget that.They dated since they

were Juniors in high schooland gotmarried at the par-sonage of the ChristianChurch in Greensburg onApril 19, 1948. They livedin Mullinville for aboutthree years before movingover toGreensburg in theirnewly built Lustron houseand lived there until Bill

got a job for AmericanLouisiana Pipeline andmoved to Shelbyville, In-diana. They lived there fora few years before movingback to Greensburg bring-ing their eight year old sonCharlie with them.While living in Greens-

burg, he worked selling in-dustrial products beforeretiring. After retirementBill drove the school buspicking up the kids forschool, taking them homeand driving to activitieswhich he always said washis best job. Getting paid togo to the games! He alsohad a golf cart businessselling some carts and hada fleet he rented out forgolf tournaments.He lovedplaying golf and alwaysenjoyed the golf cart busi-ness.After he retired frombus

Truck or TreatThe Downtown

Greensburg businesseswill host this year’s Trunkor Treat event 6-8 p.m.on Halloween night,Wed. Oct 31 on MainStreet in Greensburg.County residents are en-couraged to attend tokeep this tradition alive.Cars can park from the100 block ofMain Streetsouth to The KiowaCounty Commons build-ing and should be set upby 5:45 p.m. There willdecorated trunks andcandy for the kids. Formore information callMain Street Flowers,Fleener’s Furniture orKook’s Meat.

4-HalloweenThe local 4-H clubwill

host a haunted houseand maze from 4-8 p.m.on Sat. Oct. 27 at 202 S.Bay Street, sponsored bythe SouthwesternRoyals.It is open to all ages andadmission to the haunt-ed house is one non-per-ishable food item to ben-efit the local food bank.Maze admission is $1.For more informationcall (620) 723-2156

Country MusicThe Country Music

Review will take placeon Nov. 17 starting at 7p.m. at the City Buildingin Coldwater. Free ad-missio. For fans ofWilmore SaturdayNightLive.

and golf cart andHelen re-tired from the city office,they took a lot of bus tripsacross the states.In 2007 they moved to

Pratt after the tornado andhave enjoyed getting ac-quaintedwith their friendsat the McDonalds coffeegroup and at the SeniorCenter.Bill is survived by his

wife, Helen Ruth Savely, ason Charlie Bill and wifeSherry of Fairfield, Iowa;Grandchildren Derek(Shasta)Wesley of Sidney,Montana; Karen (Ryan)Fryhling of Rapid City,South Dakota; and GinaSavely of Rapid City, SouthDakota; GrandchildrenZayda and Dresden Wes-ley; and a sister Janice Ja-cobsen of Arvada Col-orado. Bill didn't know astranger andwill bemissedbymany friends, near andfar.Visitation will be from

9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m., Sat-urday, October 20, 2012 atLarrison Mortuary 300Country Club Rd., Pratt,KS 67124, where familywill receive friends from5:00-7:00 p.m. FuneralService will be at 2:00p.m., Sunday, October 21,

2012 at LarrisonMortuary,Pratt. Burial will be inFairview Cemetery,Greensburg, KS.Memorialsmay bemade

to any of the followingchoices: Southwind Hos-pice, Methodist Churchesin Greensburg or Pratt , ordonor's choice in care ofthe mortuary.Condolencesmay be left

at www.larrisonmortu-ary.com

IT’S A BOY!

Cash MichaelHayesPRATT — Cody and

Maggie Hayes ofWilmorewelcomed 8lb 29oz 21inchCashMichael Hayes to thefamily at 6:36 a.m. onThursday Oct. 18 at PrattRegional Medical Center.Congratulations are in or-der for the entire family in-cluding big sister EllieMae(1), grandparents Art andJonell Sirois ofMullinville,David and Sara Hayes ofFowler, Brenda andRandyRayer of Wichita, greatgrandparents Rodney andJoanne Rambmo of En-gelwood and Gerard andShirley Sirois of Imlay City,Mich

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In order to save ourcounty historiansfrom injury due to ex-

cessive finger wagging Iwanted to issue this briefdisclaimer. Readersshould not take the sto-ries in this week’s “KiowaCounty’s Spookiest” spe-cial section as definitivetruths. Many of the sto-ries have been embel-lished and exaggerated tocreate a more macabreand entertaining read.They are historical fiction

stories that mix actualfacts, rumors and legendswith a pinch of seasonalhyperbole. As a writer Iwork extremely hard tolimit weekly news itemsto reputable facts andquotation, but thesetypes of stories let meflex my fiction musclesand have some fun. Ihope you enjoy readingthem as much as I en-joyed writing them.

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Join us this Thursday,October 25 for BIN-GO! It is always so

much FUN!Variousprizes foreach game,and A SUR-PRIZEGRANDPRIZE!!Don’t missout. Call Kari at 723-2288 if you would like tocome!

Call me Crazy!Yep, I may be CrAzY!! I

am asking everyone todress up in their finestcostume for lunch onHalloween, October 31!NO contest, NOprizes…just dress UP andhave FUN!! Bring afriend! There will be agroup photo at the end oflunch service, and youwill have the opportunityto get a copy if you wouldlike one. Come on, letyour hair down and havesome FUN!

Facebook!The Center is now on

Facebook. “Like” theKiowa County SeniorCenter on Facebook tokeep up with the dailymenu and weekly activi-ties! Not on Facebook?Stop by the center and Iwould be happy to help

you get on Facebook! Itis FUN and EASY! Andit is a great way to stayinformed, and reconnectwith friends and rela-tives!

WeeklySchedule:Lunch is served at

noon every week day!Please call 723-2288 by8am the same morningto reserve your meal.

Coffee and Con-versation everyweek day morn-ing at 9 a.m.!

Tuesday 10am: Gameday! Card games (Pitchand Hand and Foot), Wiibowling, Pool, Dominoes,Jig-Saw puzzles….just toname a few! We welcome

The holiday season ishere and if you arelike my family,

pumpkin pieis one of thefavorites. Doyou some-times ask,why can Ibuy a pieand it is notrefrigeratedbut when I make one itdoes not last if it is kepton the counter. Here is some informa-

tion that will answer thatquestion.Grocers display pump-

kin pies on store shelves

PAMELA MUNTZK-STATE EXTENTION

PAM’S PANORAMA

Why do I need to refrigerate pumpkin pie?

KARI KYLEKCCA DIRECTOR

new-comers, and are ex-cited to teach anyonewho wants to join how toplay!!

Next week’sMenu:Monday, October 29:

Chicken Tetrazzini, Rice,Italian Blend, WheatRoll, Strawberries/PearsTuesday, October 30:

Beef Stroganoff, Noodles,California Blend, Bread,ApricotsWednesday, October

31: Beef Stew OR Chili,Green Beans, MandarinOranges, Cinnamon RollThursday, November 1:

Chicken Pot Pie, MashedPotatoes, Cauliflower,PineappleFriday, November 2:

Meatloaf, Potato Wedges,Spinach Salad, CranberryApple

SENIOR SCENE

Bingo on Thursday! Fun! Prizes! without refrigeration, yetcooks who make pump-kin pies at home are in-structed to refrigerate theperennial fall favorites.The difference in rec-

ommendations is due tothe formulation of the pierecipes.A traditional, home-

made pumpkin pie, whichtypically is prepared witheggs and milk, has a highmoisture content that, ifstored at room tempera-ture, will attract bacterialgrowth. Recipes for commercial

pumpkin pies are formu-lated with shelf- stable in-

� The Greensburg community said goodbye last week to Paul and Shirley Reese,who have moved to Colorado to be with family. www.KiowaCountySignal.com

COMMUNITY PHOTO-OP:

Good luck Paul and Shirley!

gredients, includingpreservatives and antimi-crobials that discouragebacterial growth.If buying a commercial

pumpkin pie displayed atroom temperature, shop-pers need to check theproduct label for “RT,”which indicates the piemeets the requirementsfor display at room tem-perature.You also need to check

“sell by” or “use by” dates,and after purchasing andcutting, to cover and storeleftover pie in the refriger-ator and use within two tothree days.

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Kiowa County Library Memorialsby Debby AllisonKiowa County Library

The Kiowa CountyLibrary has re-ceived many me-

morials lately. The libraryis deeply appreciative ofeach and every gift. Inmemory of Ruth Mead,given by Ken and PeggyBanta. In memory ofHarold Searles, Jr., fatherof Kathy Senst, given byKCMH employees. Inmemory of Kris Nichols,given by Georgina Ro-driguez. In memory ofthe Keller and Sproutfamilies, given byMichael Keller. In mem-ory of Edward Dauber,given by Peggy and KenBanta, Bethel Keller,Harry and I.D. Reinecke,Emery and CarleenBerry, Julie Dauber, Wesand Jackie Carlton, Virgiland Mildred Rush, Johnand Lana Janssen, Richand Pam Reves, Jim andKaren Smith, Spank andRuth Hanvey, Roger andSusan Staats, PanhandleEastern employees, JohnW. and LaVerne Rosen-berger, Becky Chandler,Elvin and Joyce Allison,Mr. and Mrs. FloydChenoweth, DorothyTuttle, Layton andMarkeita Gleason,Wayne and Karen Dug-ger, Frank and MarilynHayse. In memory ofLuella Williams, given bythe Schoenbergers: Edand Judy, the Ryan fami-ly: Rachel, Brad, Claire,

Tommy, Xavier and Max,the Augustine family:Heather, Shawn, Emilyand Cameron. In memo-ry of Geneva Spicer, giv-en by the Schoenberger,Ryan and Augustinefamilies, Bob and AnnDixson, and JamieAdolph.In memory of Floyd

“Mike” McMullen, Jr.,given for the HavilandLibrary by Butch Fast,John and Carol Fast,Cletis, Jeana and DentonClark, Charles Southard,Jr., Charles and SueKennedy, Rodney andBeverly Hannan, MildredFankhauser, SunshineFund/Kimberly Robert-son, Terrence and Rhon-da Ioerger, Coastal SteelConstruction Inc., andGarden Valley Retire-ment Village. A gift tothe Greensburg library,given by Kevin McNally.In memory of HildaBarstow, given by BethelKeller. In memory of CarlWingfield, given by Ken-ton, Nancy and BrandonTaylor. In memory ofDoug Harrell, given byRichard and Kathy Senstand John and LanaJanssen. In memory ofEddie Robertson, givenby Bethel Keller. Inmemory of Lois Adams,by Gene and Jeanie Kileand John and LanaJanssen. In memory ofVivian Hayes, given byHelen Koehn, Jeff andKarin Koehn, Jim andSheridan Clayton, and

Richard and Kathy Senst.In memory of Ora EllenDoyle, given by Richardand Kathy Senst, Phyllisand Warren Sturgeonand family, Walter andMarjorie Williams, Galynand Janet DeVore, andGene and Jeanie Kile.In memory of Forrest

Lee Einsel Lewis, givenby John and LanaJanssen. In memory ofJohn Fleener, given byJohn and Lana Janssen,Dewey and MinnieKoehn, Marie Conyersand Barbara Fetter, Rodand Kathy Stewart, Billand Donna Crites, EvelynRingwald, Roger andLeslie Stotts, Robert andSue Scott, Anita Long,Gary and Jane Hibbs,The Peoples Bank/GregWaters, Vernon andJoyce Moore, Rick andVona Kraft, Gary andRose Miller, Ron andDorothy Sanders, MaxineNash, John and LuettaHaynes, Robert and Na-talia Swaim, Richard and

Marjorie Stephenson,Paul and Carol Sherer,Mr. and Mrs. MarlynNickelson, Mr. and Mrs.Hammarlund, CherylRichard, Ron and WendyBanta, Daniel and Debo-rah Larson, Verle andMarylyn Joy, Betty Mont-gomery, Lester and JanetDerley, Harold and MaryAlice McKinney, DonnaHobbs, Dorothy Tuttle,Clara Lance, Patrick andTeresa Arthur, Spank andRuth Hanvey, Warrenand Phyllis Sturgeon,John and Connie Kieft,John and Cindy Carson,Michael and Carol Mont-gomery, Max and JoleenSeacat, Jerry and StarlaMcClain, Paul andShirley Unruh, ElizabethPew, Bethel Keller, Rogerand Priscilla Greene, andRandy Rinker.In memory of Leila

Dawson and StephenDawson, given by theircousin Janet Dawson.In memory of Betty

Todd, given by Art andHelen Todd and family.

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Ducks BanquetThe 3rd Annual Ducks

Unlimited banquet willtake place at 6 p.m. onSat. Nov. 10 at the KiowaCounty Communitybuilding in Greensburg.Doors open at 6 p.m.Tickets are $35 each arethey are available atKook’s Meat, HomeLumber and Brown’sAuction House. For moreinformation contactJamie Brown (620) 635-5793

Medicare Medicare Part D en-

rollment will be open be-tween Oct. 15 and Dec. 7.Interested people shouldcontact Carolyn Irvin atthe Kiowa County Me-morial Hospital (620)862-5431 on Fridays.

Wine TastingThe 5.4.7. Art Center

will host its 4th AnnualWine Tatsing event onSaturday, November 3 at7 p.m. Tickets are $20and must be purchasedin advance. Call (620)770-6119 for ticket info.

Visitors, from 23 states,Switzerland, Canada,Mexico and New Zealand

VISITORSLAST WEEK

5/26 TODATE:

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Television studio installation underway Neuhold acknowledges possible future cutsby Patrick Clement Signal Editor

GREENSBURG — TheKiowa County Media Cen-ter began installing a state-of-the-art television stu-dio last week. “The sys-tems will allow us to doeverything that can bedone in a television studio,”said Media Center Pro-gramming Producer GrantNeuhold. “This is as soonas we could have possibly[started]. We had hoped tohave it finished when thebuilding opened last year.I’m glad it’s now and notlater, but I wish we wouldhave been up and runningsooner.” The installation,which will equip the smallstudio space and controlroom with audio, videoand lighting capabilities,will provide a modernworkspace for local videocontent and contract workprovided to potentialclients said Neuhold. Hesaid he expects some ofthe first occupants to bemembers of the KiowaCounty High School MediaClub, who will create aschool and local news pro-gram. “[The Video Clubprojects] will give us abenchmark of what ourcapabilities are and whatour limitations are,” saidNeuhold who also men-tioned hosting futurecounty political debates inthe studio. The television

studio will cost about$56,000 to complete afterhardware and labor costssaid Media Center Presi-dent Jan West. BrandonUtech, the former K-Statetechnician who designedthe Media Center’s mobileproduction trailer, hasbeen doing the installa-tion. Neuhold said that theMedia Center had beenwaiting to initiate the in-stallation until Commons

building contingency fund-ing could be allocated tothe completion of the stu-dio. According to KiowaCounty Commons Build-ing Project CoordinatorMatt Christenson, thecommons building camevery close to its $6 millionUSDA budget. The$697,000 that remainedafter construction was al-located in part to the

Greensburg branch of theKiowa County Library($184,000 for bookshelves) and the KiowaCounty History Museum($450,000 for displays).The remaining $63,000was committed to the Me-dia Center ($53,195) andelectronic sun shades forthe museum and sodafountain (about $10,000).Christenson, who is also a

Media Center board mem-ber, said that followingconstruction that at least aportion of the remainingfunds were expected bespent completing the stu-dio. Neuhold said he isfully aware of the possible

Kiowa County Media Center Programming Director Grant Newuhold acknowledges that the Media Centerwill need to find additional renevue to cover possible future budget cuts. SIGNAL PHOTO.

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change in makeup of theKiowa County Commis-sion after the Nov. 6 elec-tion. “We understand thatthe commission might lookat budgets and decide thatcuts need to be made,” hesaid. “We understand thatwe may be one of thosecuts. If that’s the case weneed to be prepared forthat.” Republican 2nd Dis-trict Commission candi-date Bert Lowery, during aprimary debate in August,affirmed his position thatthe Media Center may be aplace as a commissioner hemight look at for cuts. “Weneed to get down to ne-cessities,” he said. “I’m notsaying I’m going to chop orcut [their budget] com-pletely off, but if it’s not anecessity, Kiowa Countydoesn’t need it right now.”Lowery’s Democrat oppo-nent Bonnie Kuhn didn’taddress cutting any fund-ing and said she thoughtthe Media Center was“progressive” and compli-mented the facilitiesadding, “I hope it works.”Third District Commis-sioner John Unruh hasmade it clear that he isopposed to continuedfunding of the Media Cen-ter, so if the Republicancandidates sweep the elec-tion, it may swing the com-mission in a more conser-vative direction than it hasbeen in recent years.Neuhold said that thoughthe installation of the tel-evision studio was not di-

rectly related to the up-coming election, he ac-knowledged that the Me-dia Center would need toseek significant alterna-tive revenue streams in thenear future. “If [cutscome] we hopefully willbe in a position to handleit,” he said. “I think we canget there. How soon, Idon’t know. We’re hopingto be [more independent]by the time those decisionsmight get made. We alsorealize that there is notenough [business] here inKiowa County to make ussustainable. We need to

go regional. We’re goingto expand, not just what wedo, but where we do it.We’re trying to find thosenew ways to fund the cen-ter.” Neuhold said thoseplans included the recenthire of Jessica Harris as apart time sales represen-tative. Harris will be re-sponsible for finding ad-vertisers for live feeds andselling production servicesin the region. “[Jessica]’sbeen on-camera talent forus and she’s been involvedin production here. Sheknows the media centerwell.” In the second year of

broadcasting high schoolfootball and volleyballgames, the Media Center isbuilding momentum, asmore people get familiarwith their live streaming

and video content,Neuhold said. The com-pletion of the televisionstudio will allow them tooffer a wider range of serv-ices in advance of 2014

budget discussions. “I havereal vision and hope forwhere we will be a yearfrom today,” he said.

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ScoutHalloweenThe Kiowa County Girl

Scouts will host a com-munity Halloween partyon Saturday Oct. 27 from7-10 p.m. at the scoutcabin in Greensburg. Theevent, for all childrenand their familiesthrough 6th grade, willbenefit the local foodbank. Admission is onenon-perishable fooditem. Contact ShelbyShaffer [email protected] info.

Chili Cook-offThe First Baptist

Church will host a ChiliCook-Off on Nov. 3 from4-8 p.m. at their buildingin Greensburg. The costif $10 to enter and thereis a prize of $50 for thewinner. There will be hayrides, face painting and abouncy house for thekids. For more informa-tion contact Chris Blan-ton (620) 388-2921

PumpkinContestThe Kiowa County

Memorial Hospital ishaving their annualpumpkin decorating con-test between Oct. 15-31.The pumpkins are deco-rated by different hospi-tal departments and areon display for voting inthe lobby of the hospital.


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FSA Announces Drought AssistanceAvailable for Livestock Producers

MANHATTAN — Adri-an J. Polansky, State Exec-utive Director of USDA’sFarm Service Agency inKansas announced todaythat drought assistance isavailable for livestock pro-ducers affected by droughtin all Kansas Counties ex-cept Republic. Eligibilityto request to implementECP is based on the Coun-ty Committee providingevidence that the County isdesignated as level D3,Drought Extreme accord-

ing to the U.S. DroughtMonitor or providing evi-dence of a 40 percent orgreater loss of normal pre-cipitation for the 4 most re-cent months.Producers may request

assistance in approvedCounties by filing an ap-plication for cost-share as-sistance under the Emer-gency Conservation Pro-gram (ECP) from October15 through November 15,2012 at their local FarmService Agency (FSA).

ECP is being implementedto assist in providing accessto water because of ex-tended period of severedrought. The damagemust be of such magni-tude that it would be toocostly for the producer torehabilitate without Fed-eral assistance.Participants can receive

cost-share assistance of upto 75 percent of the cost fortemporary measures and50% of the cost for per-manent measures for ap-

proved emergency conser-vation practices. Practicesapproved are EC6,Drought Measures (exam-ple: constructing anddeepening wells, installingpipe to another source ofwater because primarysource is inadequate) andEC7, Hauling Water forLivestock (example: haul-ing water, tanks andtroughs).ECP has been approved

for implementation by theNational office without an

ECP fund allocation there-fore FSA will be acceptingapplications for whichfunds are not currentlyavailable. ECP funding islimited and should fundsbecome available, the Na-tional office will give pri-ority to permanent meas-ures.Contact the FSA office at

your local USDA ServiceCenter. USDA is an equalopportunity provider andemployer.


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GAS PRICE UPDATE

Gas prices aredown by a dimeKANSAS — Average re-

tail gasoline prices inKansas have fallen 10.3cents per gallon in the pastweek, averaging $3.50/gyesterday. This compareswith the national averagethat has fallen 9.0 centsper gallon in the last weekto $3.67/g, according togasoline price web-site Kansas-GasPrices.com. Inc lud ing

the changein gaspricesi n

Kansas during the pastweek, prices yesterdaywere 15.3 cents per gallonhigher than the same dayone year ago and are 28.4

cents per gallonlowerthana

month ago. The nationalaverage has decreased 14.2cents per gallon during thelast month and stands 20.1cents per gallon higherthan this day one year ago. "Only one other time in

the last few years have weseen the national averagedrop so significantly in thecourse of just a week, andthat other time was in May2011," said GasBuddy.com

Senior Petroleum An-alyst Patrick DeHaan."Looking back at ourdata, we only see thatprices dropped consid-erably more in au-tumn 2008 when theeconomy slippedinto a recession.Given the circum-

stances with this latestweekly decrease- that ithas nothing to do withrecession- is significant,"DeHaan said.

Halloween 2012A Fall Suplement of The Kiowa County Signal

The baby in the glass

Perhaps one of themost infamous andbizarre attractions

inside Greensburg’sFairview Cemetery iswhat locals have come tocall “The baby in theglass.”

The aboveground babymausoleum hasfueled specula-tion for yearsabout its un-known historyand unusualcharacteristics.While manywonder aboutthe motivationor possible purpose ofthe memorial, there is noquestioning that it is amarker for a baby whopassed away on the sameday as her birth.

The headstone is aglass fronted cave meas-uring about one and ahalf feet tall and is locat-ed in the old section ofthe local cemetery.

Some say the child wasborn to a family who waspassing though Greens-burg. Others say they re-

member the family andthat they owned a largeblack sedan that wouldburp plumes of ebonysmoke.

Former cemetery sex-ton Ed Schoenberger

said that when he discov-ered the headstonearound 1989 the frontglass had been brokenand that there wereshards strewn across thecemetery lawn.

Schoenberger didn’tsay if someone had bro-ken into it, or if some-thing had broken out ofit. He did dismiss the no-tion that the child hadbeen buried aboveground inside of the glassand stone enclosure butsaid it was filled with

strange wires. But one could question

the make-up of a manthat so enjoys the compa-ny of the deceased hewould make it his occu-pation.

Schoenberg-er said hespent hourspiecing togeth-er the brokenglass to deci-pher the writ-ing, which re-vealed the fa-ther's nameand the date ofthe baby's birth

and death.

The front glass identi-fied it as the grave of the“Daughter of F.L. Scott.”The birthday and day ofdeath are both listed asJuly 26, 1925 though lo-cal papers never reportedon the passing of thebaby girl.

Interestingly the infor-mation, which revealedthe name of the fatherand the date of death,were painted on back-wards… from the insideof the tomb.

The above ground mausoleumhas fueled speculation for yearsbecause of its unknown historyand unusual characteristics.


Doctor Death

It is an unassuminggrave in a HighlandsCounty Florida ceme-

tery. The simple stone istucked amongst belovedparents and grandpar-ents and rests under a ro-bust shade tree. Could itbe the final resting placeof one of Greensburg’smost notorious murder-ers?

It was Oct. 17, 1910when a vibrant local girlnamed Lela Glenn Kin-

sall died a sudden andmysterious death. In asorrowful obituary, pub-lished in the GreensburgRepublican newspaper(later purchased by theKiowa County Signal) afew days later, the 23-year-old’sdeath wascalled “sud-den” and that“friends hadnot anticipat-ed so suddenand fatal a re-sult.” “Crueldiseases makeway fordeath,” it con-tinued. “The eternal dooris open and our lovedones pass out of sight.”

When she was buriedthe following day, with-out embalming and with-out inspection, the familybegan to suspect she hadbeen murdered by herhusband of only 10months, a local doctornamed George H. Buck.

Buck had come fromKentucky, narrowly es-caping Carter County of-ficials after his first wifeMs. Bogard took ill forthree days and died sud-denly.

An angry Mr. Bogardof Louisville, Ky, father ofthe murdered woman,wrote a letter to the Sig-nal after reading aboutthe death in Greensburg.“Everybody in OliverHill, Kentucky, thinks

that Dr. Buck was thecause of her death,” hewrote. “I had a daughterdie in the same way andshe was the wife of Dr.G.H. Buck. She was thesame age of yours whenshe died.” The man also

wrotethatBuck hadtaken outa $5,000life in-surancepolicy onher just afewweeksprior to

her death.

Buck, likely seekingasylum from law enforce-ment on the East Coast,traveled to Kiowa Countyand opened an office in amedical building onMain Street.

He advertised regularlyin local newspapers andmade a close acquain-tance of the local phar-

Buck brought his ill wife a spoonfull of dark liquid on the day shedied and said to her “Take it, itwon’t hurt you.”

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macist J.L. Mathis. Hemoved into a modesthouse and, on appear-ances, seemed to be anupstanding and rep-utable member of theprofessional community.

Buck was arrested forLela’s murder on Hal-loween night 1910aboard aHutchinsonbound train byKiowa CountySheriff MiltonMoorhead andthe ensuing trialsent waves of fearacross Kansas.

Dr. Trimble ofthe University ofKansas exhumedLela’s body andperformed an au-topsy in the backroom of Fleener’sMortuary. Resultsof the autopsywere inconclusive,but toxicologytests showed thatshe had died fromcyanide poisoning.

Lela mother testifiedthat on the Sunday be-fore her death Buck gavehis wife a “dark liquid”that made her throw up.In the following days hegave her multiple shotsand administered thedark liquid a number oftimes. Lela’s conditionworsened as the treat-ments continued, untilshe convulsed and died.

The most damming

evidence came from localdruggist J.L. Mathis, whotestified that he had soldBuck hydrocyanic acidjust prior to Lela’s death.According to witnessesBuck brought his ill wifea spoon full of dark liq-uid on the day she diedand said to her “Take it, itwon’t hurt you.”

In May 1911 a localjury, which included no-table county residentsHenry Sweet of Breham,farmer J.H. Liggett,Wellsford farmer S.J.Brooks, the Havilandclerk E. Mills and Havi-land merchant C.A.Bradley, convicted Buckof the murder of his wifeby cyanide poisoning.

A Supreme Court rul-ing in 1912 affirmed theconviction but a group ofinfluential Kansas doc-

tors got Buck paroled in1917 by then-Gov. ArthurCapper, believing his pleathat he had been wronglyconvicted on the basis of“professional jealousy.”

A mass protest washeld on the courthousesteps, but Buck was setfree.

Buck was laterreported to havespent time in Texasand Oklahoma, butsurfaced again in1931 in Oregonwhen he wascharged with “per-forming an illegaloperation” on ayoung woman thatresulted in thedeath of both thewoman and herunborn child.

It took another14 years beforeBuck had his med-ical license revokedin the state of Ore-

gon, and it is unknownhow many additionalyoung tender souls wereharmed by his calloushands.

The latter part ofBuck’s life is still a mys-tery, but his calculatedexecution of the youngLela Kinsall will foreverbe one of the mostheinous crimes commit-ted inside the boundariesof Kiowa County.

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Orange you glad I said pumpkin patch?

by Patrick ClementSignal Editor

FORD COUNTY —Every fall the small old-fashioned homestead, justwest of the Ford Countyline and along a flat sectionof U.S. 54, becomes Petty’sCountry Pumpkins. “We started out just

growing a garden with justa few plants and it grew

from there,” said ownerCaroline Petty. “We weregiving them away tofriends and family and itgot to where we were giv-ing away more and more.So we started inviting peo-ple to our pumpkin patchand we began selling somefrom our house and atfarmers markets.” Petty, who works for the

Ford County appraiser's

office, lives on the old Do-ral and Betty Raider farmand peddles her wares totravelers and locals. Thefront building that hadonce been a farm stand isagain overflowing withpumpkins and gourds of allshapes colors, and sizes. “We’ve done very well

and we’ve had a really goodresponse,” she said. “A lot ofpeople stop on the road

and pick pumpkins. Every-one is a little different,some like to pick from ourpumpkins in the front andsome like to pick from thepatch.” Amateur pumpkin pick-

ers will always go right forthe “orange jack,” whichmake great jack-o-lanterns, but Petty wasquick to note that the“blue” or the “white”

pumpkins are a great wayto do some non-tradition-al decorating. While many people like

the ease of pumpkin buy-ing at larger chain storessuch as Dillons, Petty saidthat she offers an experi-ence that is more than justa line on a shopping list.“The difference between

[buying pumpkins at thesupermarket] and coming

to the patch is the fun peo-ple have,” she said. “It’samazing how much funthey have. They love topick their own pumpkins.To them it’s like a treasurehunt. We have these vineseverywhere and initiallyyou can’t see the pumpkinsuntil you get out there.When you start diggingyou see all of these amaz-ing colors.”

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Petty and her husbandTim, an oil field worker,also grow the “Cinderella”pumpkins. The massive pumpkins

can weigh hundreds ofpounds. The winning pumpkin at

this year’s Kansas StateFair weighed over 600pounds. “The biggest one we had

this year was only 100pounds because of thedrought. To raise them thatlarge you have to allowjust one pumpkin on thevine. She does about 10per vine. She tells peopleshe’s pro-life and doesn’twant to pull the smallerpumpkins off,” laughed Mr.Petty. Petty’s Country Pump-

kins is open all fall fromabout 6 p.m. until “it’s toodark to see” on weekdaysand all day on weekends.Pumpkins range in pricefrom a couple of dollars to$50 for the larger pump-kins.

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‘We will see the murderer in his eyes’

On the eastern mostedge of the county,just a stone's

throw from the PrattCounty border, is thetown of Wellsford.

As the century turned,it was an up-and-comingtownship with a growingpopulation, a stop on therail line and a handful ofnotable residents.

Hall’s Flea Market, asmall church, a smallmotor repair shop and ahandful of diehard resi-dents are all that is left ofthe once promising com-munity.

There was a hotel andgeneral store as well as aMain Street of merchantspeddling clothes, foodand services.

On a Wednesdayevening in 1889 the life-less body of O.W.Kennedy was found nearthe railroad tracks on theoutskirts of Wellsford.Kennedy, the youngerbrother of a local fore-man was taken to a near-by station house and pro-nounced dead by thecoroner.

The official cause ofdeath was “apoplexy” and

reports did not indicateany damage to the body.

In the late 1800sapoplexy was a wordused to describe a suddenloss of consciousness pri-or to death.

Locals spoke in hushedtones about the discov-ery, noting that Kennedyhad been found with hiseyes wide open.

Earlier that year theWellsford Register News-paper reported on a mis-chievous gang who wouldsoon become connectedto the ghastly unsolvedmurder and thegrotesque investigationto come.

“There is a crowd ofruffians, composed ofthree to five persons andit is thought they livesouth of Wellsford, whohave been making thenights hideous by eithergetting drunk or feigningto be drunk and going upand down our streetswhooping and yelling asthough they were hea-thens and had no bettersense.

“But last Friday nightthe climax of all theirprevious nocturnal orgies

A local clergyman, in a memorablesermon to his Sunday congrega-tion, cast a bold declaration uponthe small community dubbing it“the corner of hell.”

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seemed to have beenreached. They went upand down on Main Streetand shot several times.To closeup theirdevilishworkset fireto somehay in awagonthatwasstand-ing inthestreet.”

Thearticlealsomen-tionsthat thegroupshot

through the walls of thegeneral store and de-stroyed the dancehall.Angry townsfolk made apromise that should anyof the men repeat thatevening's events that they“will be dealt with in a

way that they will notsoon forget.”

A letter signed by theresidentsof Wells-ford fin-ishedwith asternwarning.“A wordto thewise issufficientandshouldthis ad-vice notbe heed-ed, some-thingstrongerthanwordswill beused.”

A.W. Balfour, thedeputy sheriff of KiowaCounty, rushed to Wells-ford in weather that wasdescribed as “a soakingrain.” He was accompa-nied by his close friendMajor Neeley Noble and

arrived “drenched to theskin.”

It was Balfour and No-ble’s belief that theycould solve the murderthrough a dated andmacabre technique thenknown as kine-probing.Sloshing through theloose mud on the edge ofthe Sand Hills, Balfourand Noble exhumed thealready deterioratingbody of the youngKennedy and with nearmedical precision pho-tographed the iris of thevictim, believing theywould be able to see hismurderer in the pictures.

The results of the in-vestigation were neverrevealed, although it isbelieved that the Greens-burg photographer whodeveloped the photo-graphs burned them onthe orders of Balfour.

The story spread fastand the nearby Quakercommunity of Havilandwas up in arms about the

treatment of the body.

A local clergyman, in amemorable sermon to hisSunday congregation,cast a bold declarationupon the small commu-nity dubbing it “the cor-ner of hell.”

Balfour, who wasgunned down in 1892 byDalton Gang tough guyZip Wyatt, never dis-cussed Kennedy or whathe saw or didn’t see inthe photographs.

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The boxAsmall wooden

structure sits in theunassuming shad-

ow of a creaking wind-mill in the backyard of aHaviland resident.

“It was here when Ibought the property,”

said the homeowner.“But I don’t know how itgot here or who put it inmy backyard.”

Amongst the rustedmachinery and shrubs,alive with creepycrawlies, rests one of the

most interesting build-ings in Haviland’s histo-ry.

Don’t let the seeminglydecrepit façade fool you,the building, once knownamongst criminals as“the box,” may have been


a terrifying tool that keptmembers of the burgeon-ing community safe.

When Haviland wasfounded in 1884 othercommunities in KiowaCounty were havingproblems with crime,murder and theft. Thefirst Quaker families inHaviland, who came toKiowa County from Indi-ana, faced a reality thatwas in direct conflictwith their pacifist beliefs.

“All bloody principlesand practices we do ut-terly deny, with all out-ward wars, and strife,and fightings with out-ward weapons, for anyend, or under any pre-tence whatsoever, andthis is our testimony tothe whole world,” saidQuaker Margaret Fell ina 1660 letter to KingCharles II of England.

“That spirit of Christby which we are guided isnot changeable, so asonce to command us

from a thing as evil andagain to move unto it;and we do certainlyknow, and so testify tothe world, that the spiritof Christ, which leads usinto all Truth, will nevermove us to fight and waragainst any man withoutward weapons, nei-

ther for the kingdom ofChrist, nor for the king-doms of this world.”

With county sheriffs lo-cated in Greensburg — aminimum 30-minute tripby galloping horse — ear-ly Haviland settlers weremostly without law en-forcement.

Research hasn’t uncov-ered the exact date ofconstruction of the dove-tailed stand-alone cellhouse, but there is nodenying it’s potential psy-chological effects onwould-be criminals.

Less than 40 squarefeet of standing spacewith a short ceiling and afew 2-foot square barred“windows” made the jailan unpleasant place tospend more than a fewhours.

The lack of shade andthe right amount ofKansas heat would makeit almost unbearable, asventilation was non-exis-

tent. With Haviland lo-cated 15 miles east ofGreensburg, which had amore traditional jail inthe basement, and a larg-er indoor jail 20 milesfurther to the east inPratt it seems that a sin-gle night in the boxmight convince thieves to

seek another line ofwork, or to shorten theirstay in town.

Who knows how many

wayward ruffians’ livesthe rough bristled wallsof the old jail changed?

It is thought to havebeen discarded around1915 when a new city hallwas constructed.

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25 years ago 1987


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by Royce BryanBarclay Athletics

MANHATTAN — Bar-clay College Soccer headedinto the 2012 MidwestChristian College Confer-ence (MCCC) with somemomentum after a winand a tie the previousweekend.On Thursday, October

18th, #4 Bears took on #5Faith Baptist Bible Col-lege (Ankeny, IA) in thefirst round. Fr. KingsleyAssibey scored the game'sonly goal to advance theBears to the semi-finalsagainst #1 ManhattanChristian College.In this semi-final show-

down, the Bears once againstruck first. Assibey found

the back of the net to thegive the Bears a 1-0 leadgoing into the half. In theladder half of the secondhalf, the Crusaders scoredthe equalizer and thensnuck in the game winnerwith less than a minuteon the clock to beat theBears 2-1.Following the disap-

pointing semi-final loss toManhattan Christian, theBears fell 2-0 to CalvaryBible College (Kansas City,MO) in the 3rd place gameto finish 4th.The Bears will be at

Hillsdale Free Will Baptistas the #3 seed in a fourteam NCCAA SouthwestRegional. They will play #2Ozark Christian College

at 1:00 PM CST on Friday,October 26th.

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On the other handA poem by Wayne Michael Perschbacher

As far back as I canrememberAnd my memory is agreat oneI have been told thatGod has a plan for meThat God knew thedate, the time, theplaceAnd to whom I wasborn to before I wasborn,And I have alwaysbeen told it is like-wise,For the date, the time,and the place of my

death.Now on the otherhand if this is so verytrue?Then why do doctorstell me,By smoking or drink-ing I am killing my-self?So are doctors’ rightor are Christians’right?Because I would trulylike to know which isright?On the other hand ifGod has a plan for me

Then what do I haveto fear from smoking?Doctors’ say smokingand drinking arekilling me,But if God has a plan,then why do I have toworry?God alone only knowswhen where and how,

We are all going to die,So Doctors’ can fear forsomeone elseThat does not believe in

the Lord all mightyFor it is said that heknows all and loves usstill

This poem was recognized during National Poetry Month by theGreat Poets Across America


HavilandHaviland Friends Pastor: Donnie HinshawYth Pastor: Josiah Williams205 N. Kingman P: (620) 862-5258 F: (620) 862-5250 Worship 10amSunday School 9:30AMWednesday Pioneer Club &Bible Study 6:30PMWednesday Youth MinistryJr. High 6:30PMSr. High 7:30PM

Haviland UnitedMethodistPastor: Mark Fillmore 322 N. Main P: (620) [email protected] School 9:30AMCoffee and Fellowship10:30AMWorship Service 11AM

MullinvilleChurch of ChristMinister: Russell Scott100 S. Maple P: (620)548-2512

Sunday School & BibleStudy 10AMMorning Worship 11amSunday Afternoon Service1:15PMWednesday Bible Study7PM

United MethodistPastor: Mark Fillmore 220 N. Locust P: (620) 548-2585Fellowship 9AMMorning Worship 9:30AMSunday School 10:30AM

WellsfordWellsford Community Pastor: Steve PattersonSunday School 10AMMorning Worship 11AM

GreensburgBible Baptist 605 S. Elm Dr.P: (620)723-2834Wesley Carlton Sunday School 10AMSunday Service 11AM

Faith Tabernacle Pastors: Willard and Betty

Olinger611 W. IllinoisSunday Service 10AM

First Baptist Pastor: Marvin George200 W. Kansas Ave.P: (620) 723-2747Sunday School 9:45AMSunday Worship 10:50AM

Peace Lutheran Reverend: Merlyn Lohrke321 S. WalnutP: (620) 298-2762P: (620) 672-8380P: (620) 388-4952Sunday School 9:30AMDivine Worship 10:30AMWednesday Bible Study7PM

Greensburg Mennonite Pastor: Jeff Blackburn310 W. Pennsylvania AveP: (620)723-2620Sunday School 9:30AMSunday Worship 10:30AM

St. Joseph Catholic Father: Bob Schremmer820 S. WalnutParish Life Coordinator:Ellen Peters P: (620)255-3636Saturday evenings beforethe 1st and 3rd Sundays5:30PM2nd, 4th and 5th Sunday11AM

Bethel Mennonite

Kiowa County Church DirectoryPastor: Mark Dirks3 miles south and1 milewest from Jct. Hwy 54 &183P: (620) 723-3361Sunday School 10AMSunday Worship 11AMSunday Service 7PMFirst United Methodist Reverend: Terry Mayhew600 W. LincolnSunday Worship 9:30AMSunday School 10:30AM

Lighthouse WorshipPastor: Christa Zapfe

804 W. WisconsinP: (620)723-3028Sunday School 9:30AMMorning Worship & Chil-dren’s Church 10:45AMWednesday Bible Study7PM

Greensburg Christian Pastor: TJ Lawson1210 S. MainP: (620) 723-2507www.greensburgchris-tianchurch.comSunday Worship 10:30AM

Care-N-Share S. Main St, GreensburgWe have holloween costumes.Buy bites and pieces andmake your own version of a costume. The Care- N Share Thrift Store is owned by Kiowa County Ministerial Alliance. Storehours are Mon. 9-5, Fri. 9-5 and Sat. 9-2. (620) 723-3268.


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Lady Mavs punchticket to statevolleyball


MEADE — The Kiowa County Lady Maverick VarsityVolleyball team punched their ticket to state finals lastSaturday at the 2A sub-state tournament in Meade. The Mavs dominated opponents during the all day,

winner-takes-all contest. As the top seed, Kiowa County faced a number 8-seed-

ed Syracuse squad in the quarter finals, winning hand-ily 25-7 in the first match and 25-4 in the second match. In the semifinals KC faced the number 5-seeded Elk-

heart, who blew past the number 4 Montezuma with a25-17 first match win and a 25-9 second match win. Kiowa County Won handily in two matches (25-15, 25-

10) and advanced to the finals against Meade. The Meade squad played the toughest game of the day

in the semi-finals against a strong Hodgeman County,who won the first of three matches 25-21. Meadesqueaked through in the second match(26-24) and took the third match 25-18.The Lady Mavs beat Meade in the fi-

nals winning 25-16 in the first matchand 25-13 in the second match. The Lady Mavericks (35-4) will trav-

el to Emporia this Saturday to completein the state tournament.

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The MCCC Volleyball Tournament, in reviewby Royce BryanBarclay Athletics

HAVILAND — On Fri-day, October 19th and Sat-

urday, October 20th, seventeams in the MidwestChristian College Confer-ence (MCCC) went head tohead in order to crown atournament champion. Af-ter finishing the regularseason with a perfect 10-0record, Manhattan Chris-tian College (Manhattan,KS) not only earned the #1seed but also a first roundby. The other top seedswere #2 Ozark ChristianCollege (Joplin, MO), #3Faith Baptist Bible Col-lege (Ankeny, IA), and #4

Barclay College (Haviland,KS).Of the nine tournament

matches, six were decidedin three sets. The two fivesset matches were when #4Barclay College and #5Central Christian Collegeof the Bible (Moberly, MO)played in first round actionand when #2 Ozark Chris-tian and #3 Faith Baptistplayed in the semifinals.Both matches saw the low-er seed pulling off the up-set.It took #1 Crusaders of

¾ Warriors are league championsby Chad Pore¾ Coach

GREENSBURG — TheGreensburg Recreation3rd/4th Grade Warriorscompleted their season asLeague Champions, fin-ishing 6-0-1. The War-riors had wins over Min-neola, Bucklin, Kinsley,Ashland (Forfiet) Medi-cine Lodge, and South Bar-ber. In their final game the

Warriors played to a 20-20tie with Hodgeman Coun-ty. Greensburg was downearly after HodgemanCounty scored on the firstplay of the game. Greens-burg fought back to tie thescore at 6-6 going intohalftime. Each team managed

only one touchdown and

2-point conversion in thesecond half making thescore 14-14 and sendingthe game into overtime. The Warriors scored first

in overtime, but failed atthe 2-point conversion. Hodgeman County was

able to score on 4th downin their overtime opportu-nity. The game came downto a 2-point conversion.If Hodgeman County wassuccessful their would be athree way tie for the leaguechampionship. However,the Warriors took a stand,stopping HodgemanCounty and securing solepossession of the LeagueChampionship. "These boys fought hard

and even though this gameended in a tie these boysget to take home a cham-pionship,” said Coach Chad

Pore. “Every team wants tobe champions and this yearour team was successfulin reaching this goal. I

Manhattan little time todispatch Central Christianin the semifinals but thenwas pushed in the finalsagainst Faith Baptist. Faithwas able to take the first setbefore the Crusadersstormed back to win thenext three convincingly towin the championship. De-fending champions OzarkChristian won the conso-lation match for 3rd place.

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have never seen more heartfrom a group of 3rd and4th grade boys. They de-serve this championshipand it feels great."

First Row L-to-R: Bryson Brown, Tanner Newell, Con-nor Pore, Caydan Pore, Bo West. Second Row L-to-R:Nathaniel Enfield, James Brack, Mason Dean, RidgeEstes, Wyatt Lothman, Luke Ballard, Parker Stauth.Back Row L-to-R: Coach Chad Pore, Coach ToddDean, Coach Jason West. (COURTESY PHOTO)


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Student Athletes of the Week Rachel SchmidtGreensburg

CurrentSport: TennisOther SchoolActivities:NHS,Scholar’s Bowland Journal-ismFamily: Jay(dad), Jo(mom), Char-ity (little sister), and too many petsto name.Who is a person you admire andwhy? I admire both my dad andmy uncle Rex. They are both in-credibly had workers and every-thing that they have they haveearned. I want to follow in theirfootsteps in how I live my life.Who is your favorite currentsports player of all time andwhy? Tim Tebow because he sets agood example for young athletes.What do you want to do afterhigh school? I plan on going ontocollege and getting my degree inElementary Education.Tell us a funny story about oneof your teammates:We were trav-eling to Ellinwood and we werestuck behind a semi truck. Tthedriver had turned the hazard lightson as we pulled into Great Bend.Remington was sitting behind mein the suburban and asked, “Howdoes he get both of his lights toblink at the same time? Does hejust flip his blinker back and forthreally fast?” The rest of the subur-ban just lost it.

Justin Ryan BoswellKinsley

Current Sport: Cross CountryOther Sports: TrackFamily; parents-Danny and Jeri,brothers- Ricky and Dannie Lee,sisters- Ashly, pets-My mom’s catTillie.What is you favorite class andwhy?Art, because it’s easy and Ilike to be creative.How has your school work madeyou a better athlete? It’s mademe a better athlete by making memore focused on my goals andmilestones.Who is a person you admire andwhy?My boss Dale Hayse becausehe knows a lot about everything,farming, construction, gas lines,etc.Who is you favorite (currentsport) player of all time, andwhy? Tim Tebow because he playsfor the NYC Jets, and because heseems like an all American greatguy.What do you want to do afterhigh school? Go to college andget a degree in welding and busi-ness.Tell us a funny story about oneof your teammates: One timeCody McVey and I were walkingone of our Cross Country courseswhen we gathered these little fruitsthat we call tree brains. We madethree pyramids of them on the trailthat we were supposed to runwhen some adults caught us build-ing our sketchy pyramids. Theymade us clear the pyramids off thetrail. We all laughed about it.

Mavericks take Bulldogs to the kennel

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GREENSBURG — TheKiowa County Mavericks(6-2) blew out the AtticaBulldogs (2-6) and invokedthe 45-point rule on Fridayon a calm night in Greens-burg.The Mavericks won the

coin toss and took only 39seconds on two carries toscore the games first touch-

down. The Bulldogs, with a

short bench and some dis-heartened starters, playedtough football, but wereover matched by a talent-ed and confident Mavericksquad.The game was all but

over at the end of the firstquarter, with Head CoachClint Young allowing someof the second string playersto get time on the field.

Number 11 Payton Millersaw some time on the grid-iron and scored a TD in thesecond quarter. Number88 Tucker McKinney in-voked the 45-point ruleafter his two point con-version with 8:11 left inthe second quarter. TheMavericks finished the halfwith a score of 60-0.The Mavericks will face

a tough St. John Tigersnext Thursday. The Tigers

bested Fairfield on Friday54-36. The #10 state-ranked Tigers are on a rollhaving only sustained asingle loss in week one.Kiowa County is ranked

fourth in the Southern-Plains Iroquois standingbehind Hodgeman Coun-ty (6-2), Fowler (7-1) andMinneola (7-1).

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