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A weekend full of events will herald in the holiday season in Republic County.

Thanksgiving morning, November 27, the RHS Recreation Committee in Republic will sponsor its third Turkey Trot. Entry to the one mile or 5K walk or run is a free will donation.

Christmas on the Square in downtown Belleville kicks off Friday night at 6 p.m. when the Christmas lights will come on both downtown and at the Rocky Pond Recreation area.

Friday evening’s activities include a lighted parade at 6 p.m., visits by Santa, horse and wagon rides, and the traditional guessing games in businesses.

Saturday, November 29, Cuba will host it’s Hometown Christmas celebration, starting with live demonstrations in the Blacksmith

Shop at 3 p.m., and crafters and vendors in the Legion Hall. Supper, a live Nativity scene, and activities at the Cuba Library will start at 5 p.m., and a Christmas Parade of Golf Carts at 6 p.m. Horse and buggy rides, a movie, and dance by Bob Blecha and the Bouncing Czechs will finish out the evening.

Sunday, November 30 the focus switches to Scandia’s Christmas Celebration from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Shops will be open with sweet treats and drawings, vendors will be located in the conference room, and the Lion’s Club will serve pancakes in the Community Center.

The seventh annual Lighted Parade through downtown Scandia will start at 7 p.m.

The first printing of The Pictorial History of Belleville was set to arrive at The Telescope office, 1905 N ST, on Wednesday, November 26.

The hard bound, 125 page volume contains photos of Belleville’s early history, including businesses, the courthouse, schools and more.

“This is the first time that a large body of these photos has been published in one book that is easily accessible,” said Deb Hadachek, Telescope editor. “As we started to collect photos, we realized that we could not get all the photos into one book, so a second volume of Belleville’s history is planned for publication in 2015.”

The first volume was compiled by Pam Hammer, Belleville, using resources from the Republic County Historical Museum, the collection of Belleville historian Bob Trecek,

private contributors, and the Telescope’s archives.

Volumes that were pre-ordered will be shipped beginning next week; pre-orders are also available for pickup at the Telescope office. Volumes will be available to purchase at The Telescope and other locations in Belleville and on the web.

“We hope that this first volume will inspire more people to go through their own photos, and perhaps share them with us for future volumes,” Hadachek said. “With the technology we have available today, we can quickly scan photos in our office while people wait. We can also accept jpeg images via email.

“What struck us the most as we compiled these photos is how much the city has changed, and how much information we have already lost,” she said. “The county has a number of excellent written resources of its history-

-from I.O. Savage accounts, to Republic County Historical Society books, to information compiled by the Belleville Chamber and Main Street in its work to save historic buildings. But we would always like to have more photographs to document the history as well.”

Hadachek said a future volumes that document all Republic County communities are planned, but that project will require assistance from local historians who have photos from Narka, Cuba, Agenda, Munden, Scandia, Republic, Courtland, Norway, as well as ghost towns like Haworth, Sherdahl, Rydal and White Rock. Anyone with photos from those areas they would like to share can contact her or Hammer at The Telescope office, 785-527-2244, or via email at dhadachek@gmail.com.

A Pictorial History of

BellevilleKansas

First Pictorial History of Belleville volume now available

By Fred ArnoldTelescope publisher

It's looking more and more like the Belleville City Council is go-ing to ask city residents to vote on a half cent sales tax increase. Though council members fell short of approving an ordinance calling for an election at their Monday meeting, talk amongst city leaders is headed that way.

Mayor Tatum Couture said she wasn't asking council members to vote on an initiative this week, but said discussions need to continue. Belleville City Attorney Rachel Zenger added with all of the prep work that needed to be done to conduct this type of election, "It looks like April would be the earli-est we could get this done."

Council members began dis-cussing a possible sales tax increase two weeks ago as a means of improving infrastructure (streets, sidewalks, curbs, gutters and utilities) in Belleville.

"We really need to look at how we're going to pay for things like this and a sales tax probably is the most fair way," Mayor Couture said.

Belleville currently has a sales tax rate of 8.15%. The proposed increase would bring that rate to 8.65 percent. Councilman Doane Sells said he had spoken to members of the local retail com-munity regarding an increase. He noted that not many were "for it."

"But if we're going to do it then April makes sense," he said. "I do think it's important to look at all the angles, put out all of the posi-tives and the negatives then put it to a vote of the people."

Councilman Blaine Miller, who also serves as administra-tor for Republic County Hospital, reminded city leaders that the hospital would be seeking a sales tax as well as a means of revenue probably sometime in 2016. A one cent sales tax already in place is retiring the bonds on the reno-

vation of Republic County Hos-pital; board members have indi-cated they will likely ask voters to continue that funding to support hospital operations when enough is collected to pay the bonds.

"So we need to remember that is out there as well," he said. "I think the more discussion we can have on this the better."

Mayor Couture said that as the council moves to further dis-cussion on a potential sales tax increase, she said it is important for local residents to understand this is not a "fix all" solution, nor would it lead to other forms of tax relief.

"I myself have mixed feelings about it," she said. "I don't think it (a tax increase) would allow us to decrease the mill levy. But it would buy us some time before we would have to increase it."

"In the end it comes back to the question: what do you as a resident of Belleville want to live without?" she asked.

By Cynthia ScheerTelescope News

Christy Newman was enjoying the notoriety of being the only female cattle buyer for the world's largest cattle buying company. She was also enjoying the “very lucrative” pay and great benefits that went with it, she said.

“But Mary Kay was better,” she said of the home-based business that took the place of cattle buying when she decided three years ago to stay home with her sons, Peter, age 5, and Reed, age 2.

Republic County Economic Development Director Luke Mahin said it would be difficult to find the number of home-based businesses operating in the county, but he knows of several people who have left good jobs to pursue their own businesses. He said home-based businesses are attractive to many people who want flexibility in their life and want to be their own bosses. Technology advancements have made it possible for more people to work from home.

“I've recently seen a book keeper and an insurance employee leave jobs to start a home-based business,” Mahin

Sales tax talksBelleville council considers funding mechanism for city infrastructure;

hospital will also likely ask to continue current sales tax support

Home based businessesSome county residents find home is where the heart

and career success work together

Chrsity Newman, Courtland, traded a career as a cattle buyer for a sales job with Mary Kay cosmetics from her home. She said she profits from both being her own boss, as well as spending more time with her sons, reed, 2, and Peter, 5.

said. “They now are serving a wider area than just with their previous employers. They might have been taking a pay cut, but

the flexibility of setting your own hours and having a say in who you work for is very attractive to

See HOME BUSINESS 11A

Two gifts to Republic County Hospital will make it possible for nurses and doctors to spend more time in the room with patients.

Monday the board of trustees approved a $43,000 purchase to put computer equipment in each patient room, trauma room, surgery and other areas that will allow staff to input information on patients’ records right in their rooms.

“This will allow our nurses to spend more one on one time with patients,” said Barry Bottger, chief financial officer of the hospital. “Physicians can also pull up x-rays or other records right in the room or surgery.”

The purchase is being made with interest from the endowment

gifted to the hospital by the Louis and Genevieve Stofer estate several years ago, as well as a gift made this year by the Weary Family Foundation at the direction of Bob Weary Jr. The gift is in memory of Robert K. and Dale J. Weary.

The system has been used on a trial basis in four rooms already, said Diane Reed, director of nursing.

Ed Stiner, information technology manager, said the system will eventually be updated to allow staff to quickly log in with a chip in their name badges. Stiner said he is also networking the hospital’s system with the physicians’ clinics in the NCK Medical Arts Center.

Gifts used to purchase in-room monitors at hospital

Republic County second grade students got a sneak peek of Christmas at the Republic County Historical Museum Monday afternoon. Decorations include a tree featuring historical buildings, and a gingerbread house made by high school art students.

Several communities to herald holidays this weekend

I’m a big boy. I can take it. Really. Last week a Telescope reader informed

me through the auspices of Facebook, or as I like to call it, “Stalkerville” that someone has issues with the publisher. That would be me.

It’s ok. I’m good with that. Taking is-sue with my writings, my beliefs or heck even the fact that I sometimes sneeze and wipe it on my sleeve is ok. The newspaper is the most public of private businesses. Everything we write, every-

thing we report on or take a picture of is out there forever. Not until someone hits “delete,” wipes a history clean or overwrites it. But literally for-fl ipping-ever. People genera-tions from now, a hundred or more years down the line will be able to go back through the archives and see what Fred Arnold, Telescope publisher thought.

And I’m ok with that. Keep in mind what I think isn’t always right, history

sometimes shows otherwise. But it is my opinion. And week in and week out you, as a reader know exactly what I think, because my name is attached to it.

Now, back to the person who wants to “have issues” with me. again, it is ok. I have my big boy publisher pants on. I have been “called out” “called down” and “called names” before. It goes with the territory and the profession. But here’s the deal: if you want to be taken seriously by me or anyone else, come out of the closet, so to speak.

Write a letter to the editor and sign your name. Stop me on the street and let’s have a conversation. Give me a call and we’ll talk about it. But please do not assassinate my character, whether it be perceived good or bad, using something considerably less than credible like “Stalker-ville.”

When I opine about something, either seriously of tongue in cheek, I know I am putting myself out there. My goal is not to get you to agree with me. Merely to make you the reader “think.” It’s ok if you disagree with me. But if you feel strongly enough to put a comment out there on social media, please let me know.

There is no courage in anonymity.

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Behind the Scenes/Cynthia Scheer

Sneaking in Christmas earlyI love

this time of year. Not the weather. The im-

pending Christmas holiday.I love the city street lights

decorated in their Christ-mas tinsel and lights, and I love all of the houses with their lights and lawn dé-cor. I love the Christmas commercials, including the classic Folgers commercials, that seem to make their way back each year.

I love the Christmas car-ols in the mall and on the radio, and I love the sound of the Salvation Army’s bells ringing when I go shopping. I love the advertisements for the holiday movies on TV and on the pages of my magazines. Everywhere I turn it’s Christmas.

It’s such a happy, hope-ful, pretty time of year for me, and I’m sad that the Christmas season is over so quickly. So once Halloween is over, and the ugly orange and black comes down, I get into Christmas mode. If the weather is going to get cold, we may as well have Christ-mas on the brain. Otherwise its just fi ve long months until spring.

I’ve talked with several people over the years who cannot stand the fact that anyone would consider thinking about Christmas before the Thanksgiving bird has been devoured. It just get’s Fred Arnold’s goat that I’m in the Christmas spirit before Thanksgiving. Because of that, I try to make sure I write a column about Christmas before Thanksgiving each year to pepper him with the holiday spirit.

I don’t know why its such a big deal to sneak in a little Christmas a week or two before Thanksgiving. And Christmas and Thanksgiv-ing go hand in hand. That’s why people go stand in line in front of big box stores right after Thanksgiving dinner, right?

That’s a joke. I don’t do that. Those people have nothing better to do, appar-ently. I save my shopping for the day after Thanksgiv-ing, although there isn’t much point in that anymore now that most of the stores are opening on Thanksgiv-ing. I skipped out on the in-store shopping on Black Friday last year because the fun in it was the “doorbust-ing.” If the store opened at 5

a.m., it was fun to get there at 5:15 a.m. and execute our fi nely tuned strategy of someone immediately getting in the long check-out line while the rest of us went after our bargains.

I’m not going shopping on Thanksgiving night, and by 5 a.m. the parking lots are empty and the stores are trashed. I know because we tried it a few years ago. So now I guess I will get to sleep in and see if there are any bargains online that I can’t do without. I’m sure they aren’t much for bar-gains anyway. I’ve heard that there are often cheaper prices on the same items the week before and after Black Friday, and I’ve read that several of the same items that were door-busters last year are also doorbusters this year, and they’re the exact same price as last year. Not much of a savings for a model that’s at least a year older.

So now that Thanksgiv-ing is over, or about over for those reading this fresh off the press, can we please get excited about Christmas? It’s my favorite time of the year.

Viewpoint/ Deb Hadachek, Editor

The Write Stuff/ Deb Hadachek

Experiments in the kitchen

Commentary/ Fred Arnold, Publisher

If you have a beef, just let me know who you are

Vision without execution is hallucination./Thomas Edison

Publisher Fred Arnold’s column last week on his dislike of Obamacare elicited some strong responses, both for and against.

People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. If your primary health care coverage is from Medicare, you are already benefi tting from government-managed, single-payor, socialized medicine. I don’t hear many Medicare benefi ciaries demanding the government repeal their health care coverage.

In 2011, Medicare spending accounted for about 15 percent of the federal budget, and this share is projected to increase to over 17 percent by 2020. The retirement of the Baby Boom generation, by 2030, is projected to increase enrollment from 48 million to more than 80 million as the number of workers per enrollee declines. And 20 percent of Baby Boomers have fi ve or more chronic conditions which will further add to the future cost of health care (www.cms.gov, 2012).

At the Kansas Hospital Association convention a few weeks ago, a speaker pointed out that 80 percent of our health care dollars are spent on 20 percent of the population.

It’s never too late to take a walk, although that may be too little, too late for our current generation of senior citizens and their health care demands.

For those of us in our 30s, 40s, 50s, 60, and 70s, however, today is the fi rst day of the rest of our lives. The aspect of Obamacare that will hurt hospitals the most is also what is the best for the citizens of our county and nation: it focuses on preventative medicine.

Hospitals and physicians are already expected to keep people out of the hospital--which only works if patients take responsibility for their own health.

Spoiler alert: there is no magic pill that will cure you of a lifetime of bad health choices. It’s not the doctor’s fault you’re on fi ve different kinds of medicine.

While the “death panel” moniker is used to strike fear into the hearts of citizens, quite frankly, we will have serious discussions in the country in coming years in families, in doctors offi ces and hospitals, about what treatments are medically necessary to maintain quality of life--and if the cost of those treatments justify the benefi t. Is it smart, or even kind, to perform extreme, costly medical procedures on someone just so they can live two or three years longer in a nursing home?

If you don’t want to be that kind of a fi nancial burden on your family or on society, now is the time to make different decisions. Get off your butt and take a walk. Lose weight. Quit smoking.

It’s not just you that picks up the tab for your bad choices, even if you do pay taxes and health insurance premiums.

The rest of us pay for your bad choices as well.

I pay for your choices

When my boys were little, I became an expert

at sneaking vegetables into recipes.

I discovered that same tactic works pretty well with my husband.

A while back I bumped into Molly Williams in the grocery store, carrying a butternut squash in one hand, and a sweet potato in the other. When I asked her what she was cooking, she said planned to try a recipe for squash soup she found on the internet.

With my gardening friends keeping me well stocked in squash and sweet potatoes, I thought that sounded like a good alternative to my usual soup choices (chicken

noodle or chili). The recipe I found also called for an onion, an apple, chicken stock, salt, pepper and pumpkin pie spice.

I thought it was pretty good. My husband, (a diplomat who could negotiate peace talks with terrorists), said “If this recipe is hard, you don’t have to make it again.”

Unfortunately for him, one squash, one sweet potato, one apple and one onion equals a brimming potful of soup. After freezing some, sharing some with my mother (who also looked skeptical), and serving leftovers another meal, I still had quite a bit of soup left.

So, I made chili. When you throw chili beans, tomato sauce, chili powder and hamburger into the

squash-and-sweet potato soup, it is completely unrecognizable as squash soup, and makes a pretty darn good bowl of chili.

Plus, think how many nutrients are packed into a single bowl. It is possibly the most super-soup ever created.

--I mentioned to Molly

the other night that my husband must not be as adventurous in trying new foods as her husband.

But, no, it turns out Tommy is not a fan of squash soup, either.

So, I told her my trick. If I was Tommy, I would interrogate Molly very thoroughly about what I was eating the next time she served me chili.

Dale Huncovsky

Dale Lee Huncovsky, son of Kenneth and Bonnie (Kalivoda) Huncovsky, was born July 9, 1953, and died November 16, 2014. He was 61.

He attended the Cuba schools and graduated from Hillcrest High School with the Class of 1971. He attended the Beloit Vo-Tech School and then returned to Republic County and was employed with various companies including the Haddam Elevator, Sis Seed and M-C Industries.

On June 8, 1973 he was united in marriage to Laverna Dulin in Cuba and to this union three children, Quint, Kelly and Kassi were born.

In the summer of 1986 he purchased the Cuba Cash grocery store from LaVern Kopsa and he and Laverna have continued to operate until this day. The grocery store was the launching pad for their catering business, and later they opened “Two Doors Down” the Cuba restaurant.

He served with the Cuba Lions Club and Booster Club, several years as President. He organized a multitude of community activities and events and was instrumental in helping to start the first Rock-A-Thon, rebuilding the Blacksmith Shop, moving the Old School house to main street, and promoting the community of Cuba in any way possible. He was part of the K-State Rural Grocery Summit and the town’s current Mayor.

He was preceded in death by his parents; infant brother Edwin Joe.

He is survived by his wife Laverna of their home; daughters Kassi Huncovsky and Kelly (Jimmy) Melton of Cuba; son Quinton and wife Summer of Manhattan;four grandchildren; sisters Diana Elyea and Charlene Tuma, Belleville; brother Lyle (Lynn) Huncovsky, Salina.

Funeral services were held Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the Community Hall in Cuba. Burial in National Bohemian Cemetery District 13 southeast of Cuba. Memorials to the Dale Huncovsky Memorial to be designated by his family. Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, in charge of arrangements.

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Chester Garman

Chester LeRoy Garman, age 91, of Courtland died Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Long Term Care in Belleville. He was born May 18, 1923 in Courtland, Kansas to Lloyd and Esther (Anderson) Garman.

He graduated from Courtland High School in 1941 and Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences in 1945 with a degree in electrical engineering. He was a member of Sigma Tau Epsilon Chapter and Eta

Kappa Nu Association of Beta Kappa Chapter.

On February 10, 1946, he married Kathleen Buss in Osborne and to this union three children were born.

In 1945, he joined his father in the Garman Oil and Implement Company in Courtland, which was later changed to L.E. Garman and Son Implement Company and then Garman and Sons Inc. His two sons joined him in the business. He retired in 2012 after being a Courtland businessman for 66 years. He served on the Courtland City Council, was a member of the Community Club and the Masonic Lodge.

He was preceded in death by his wife Kathleen in 2007; his parents Lloyd and Esther, and his sister Phyllis Oliphant.

He is survived by his two sons, David and wife Deb of Formoso and Tim and wife Kerri of Courtland; daughter Laureli Kitchener and husband Harry of Concordia; three grandchildren; five great grandchildren; a great, great grandson.

Funeral services were held Saturday, November 22, at the United Methodist Church, Courtland, with Pastor Kathy Aeillo officiating. Burial was in the Courtland Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted by Courtland Lodge 211 A.F. & A.M. Memorials to the Pike Valley Elementary Student Technology Curriculum.

Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville in charge of arrangements.

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Karen Adams Karen Kay Adams died

Monday, November 17, 2014 at Flower Mound, TX at the age of 75.

She was born on a farm north of Scandia on July 30, 1939 to Alfred and Elvie (Monson) Konovalsky.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and husbands Gregory L. Moran and Robert D. Smith.

She is survived by her children: Krista Serrien, Jeffrey Smith and wife Kelly, and Douglas Smith; four grandchildren; sisters Kathyrn Johnson and husband Marion, Karole Jacobsen and husband John, and Karlene Buechman and husband Charles.

She graduated from Montrose High School, Montrose KS. She earned a bachelor’s of science in psychology from Kansas State University;

a bachelor’s of science in nursing from Marymount College, Salina; and a master’s of science in community adult counseling from KSU. She also completed course work in nursing administration at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Mich. and spent her career in nursing education administration and adult counseling services.

Following her cremation, memorial services were held Saturday, November 22, 2014 at Ada Lutheran Church rural Courtland, Kansas with Pastor Tom Kamprath officiating. Inurnment in Ada Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials to the American Heart Association or the American Alzheimer’s Association.

Tibbetts-Fischer Funeral Home, Belleville, Kansas assisted with arrangements.

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Jonah Martin

Jonah Thomas Martin, 12, of Solomon, died Saturday, November 15, 2014, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

He was born February 17, 2002 to Robert “Bob” and Michelle (Slavik) Martin in Wichita.

He attended St. Mary’s Catholic Grade School and was in 7th grade at Sacred Heart Jr/Sr High in Salina. He was a member of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Solomon, and an altar server there as well as at St. Mary Queen of the Universe Catholic Church in Salina.

Survivors are his parents, Bob and Michelle, twin sister Grace, and younger brother Noah; grandparents, Jim (deceased) and Irene Martin, Carol and Gale Garrison, Louis and Nancy Slavik.

Funeral service were November 20, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Church in Solomon. Interment at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Salina. In lieu of flowers, the family Memorials to St. Mary’s Grade School, in care of Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. 8th, Salina, KS 67401.

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Public Minds

Uninsured are a conundrum in health care

November 21, 2014Dear editor:

I’m not writing to convince Fred insurance is not a “racket” as he wrote. Having the pleasure of his company at coffee makes me think that would be a waste of time. Besides, anyone who gets people to buy paper with a long list of gripes without providing any solutions is probably an expert on rackets.

I do have a suggestion for his next editorial though. Start it out with, “Here’s how I would solve the nation’s health care crises….”

Since he knows what’s wrong, this should be an easy column to write. The only conundrum he needs to really solve is what to do with the uninsured. They come in three types: those that can’t afford it, those that could but don’t, those that have pre-existing conditions.

He has to solve this because they won’t go away. When they show up at the ER most often their enormous bills are left unpaid to be passed along to those who still have insurance. Solve it while controlling the cost of medical goods and services which make up the largest part of the premiums he loathes. (Hint: His goal should be getting more healthy people in the pool).

I can think of only four ways you can deal with the uninsured, but I’d like to hear his ideas. Solve this problem and not only will the nation beat a path to his door but he can prove he’s not a racketeer.

John BanisterMarysville

28,500 more Kansans receive insurancetoday than before

November 24, 2014Dear editor:

It seems there isn’t much these days that doesn’t raise Belleville Telescope Publisher Fred Arnold’s proverbial hackles. One edition a few weeks ago dealt with teenagers who couldn’t count change back, and just last week it was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

It is unfortunate Mr. Arnold’s health insurance was cancelled, but I find it hard to believe he shared all of the pertinent information with The Telescope’s readers.

In October 2013, Kansas’ largest insurance carrier - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas - sent letters to approximately 9,450 policyholders, according to numerous news reports. Those members would be unable to renew their plans for 2014 because those plans do not comply with new standards under the Affordable Care Act.

The following November - after the roll out of HealthCare.gov - President Obama announced people who had received these nonrenewal notices could keep their policies through 2014. Then in March of this year, Kansas agreed to another transitional policy that allowed all of these policies to continue through 2016.

It’s my understanding Kansas insurance companies turned around and retracted those nonrenewal notices - meaning the thousands of people who received those notices were able to keep their health insurance.

Retracting the nonrenewal notices caused some behind-the-scenes challenges for the carriers,

but for the consumer it was pretty easy. Policyholders could have chosen not to renew. They could have picked a different plan, switched to a different provider, or dropped insurance altogether - but they were not forced out of health insurance by the Affordable Care Act.

“It is disingenuous to focus on those who lost insurance without acknowledging that it doesn’t mean they are currently (uninsured),” said Roberta Riportella, a professor of community health at Kansas State University.

“Approximately 57,000 Kansans are now enrolled in the health insurance marketplace,” Riportella said. “If Kansas follows national estimates, then roughly half of those people were previously uninsured.”

So, instead of focusing on the positive – 28,500 more Kansans receiving health insurance - Mr. Arnold chose to raise his hackles and use his paper pulpit to unnecessarily scare and anger more of his readers, rather than share the full story.

My advice to Mr. Arnold: Instead of gathering editorial ideas during coffee at the Country Club, go talk to people who are actually benefitting from the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act. Talk to those with a pre-existing condition who couldn’t begin to afford health insurance prior to last year. Talk to those who no longer have to worry about going through medical bankruptcy. Talk to those who have avoided necessary medical treatment. Talk to the small business owner who is saving money and providing better health insurance coverage to their employees thanks to the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.

Nick LevendofskyCourtland, KS

Committee challenges Rolling Hills move to Beloit; term limits

November 17, 2014Dear editor:

The vote coming in December on term limits for the board of trustees of Rolling Hills Electric Co-op is important for you as a member. It gives you the opportunity to have a voice in how your co-op is operated.

If term limits are not implemented to begin with the next election of trustees there will be not be a significant change for 12 years and some trustees have already been on the board 30+ years. If you want change in the way your RHEC is being managed you should vote for the “term limits“ as presented by the Committee for a Better Rolling Hills. Current trustees and management are promoting the idea that losing too many board members quickly will be harmful. Potentially, only three trustees would be replaced in any one year. That still leaves the balance of the “experienced” board to bring them up to speed. All new elected trustees are required to attend training on how the electric co-ops conduct business. New people and new ideas are not a bad influence on a board – they are usually a breath of fresh air.

You will receive your ballot in the mail. Because of our efforts, there will be a blank envelope to contain your vote thus assuring anonymity. If you have questions about filling out your ballot and how it should be signed please call your local office.

It is very important

that you sign this ballot correctly if you want your vote to count.

This Committee for a Better Rolling Hills is not just a “few people “ from the Mankato area as manager Jackson says. We are in contact with people all over the RHEC service area.

All information stated by the “committee “ has been documented from manager Jackson’s comments or RHEC publications. There is nothing that can be analyzed and challenged on paper that proves the savings that are to come about through implementation of the “strategic plan”?

Electric Co-ops are also concerned about the well being of its members and the communities they serve. Concern for community is definitely a corner stone of their mission. April 25, 2013 Belleville Telescope Manager Jackson stated “no current employees would be asked to move from their home communities. We have young linemen in Mankato and we’re going to try to work with each employee on a individual basis and try to allow them to continue to live in the communities they’ve grown up in and staked an investment in a home.” Yet, these young employees have been informed they must move to Beloit within five years.

If any employees have to move from their home city to Beloit or lose employment, what will that do financially to the cities they are leaving? Loss of revenue will be from land taxes, income taxes, grocery stores, gas stations and what will it do to school funding?

Why hasn’t the board said any thing about the 10.8 acres, more or less, land that has been purchased on the outer edge of Beloit? How much was paid per acre for this land?

Belleville Telescope April 25, 2014, annual meeting. “Of the current staff, nine will be eligible to retire (at age 62) by 2017, according to a study conducted by the Rolling Hills trustees. The study showed 36 percent could retire in 5 years, 50 percent in 7 years, 64 percent in 10 years and 70 percent in 11 years.

Jackson said RHECo-op employees become eligible to take advantage of the co-op’s retirement plan at age 62. Due to inflation and increased cost of living, how many people can actual retire at age 62? What about health insurance between the age of 62 and being eligible for Medicare? RHEC retirement plan does not cover any health insurance premiums for this time span. This is one reason many cannot retire at 62.

Committee For a Better Rolling Hills

Virginia Alexander, Irene Brainard, Bill

Thomas and Richard Colson, Mankato; Dianne Gardner , Formoso; Tom

Weinhold, Wilson, Ks. Barbara Rannebeck,

Downs.

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NOTICE We have sold Belleville Veterinary Hos-pital to Hanel Veterinary Services of Court-land. Our last business day will be Friday, December 5th. Plans are to spend the follow-ing week taking inventry, repairs, cleaning, etc. Hanel’s will take possession and open on December 15th. We would like to thank the area cus-tomers and clients who supported us as self-employed business owners for over 40 years. Roger & Charlene McCartney

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3rd Annual Republic Turkey Trot 2014!!Come do some huffing before eating all

that stuffing!

Enter before the race Thanksgiving Day (Nov 27) 8:30-9a.m. at the

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•1 mile loop: Walk or Run. Dogs & Strollers Welcome!•5 K: Costumes welcome!

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4A THE BELLEVILLE TELESCOPE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2014

People

Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma met Nov. 1 at TAGS in Scandia. Sharon Mach introduced guest speaker Nick Levendofsky. His topic was, “Think Globally, Act Locally.” It was centered around his trip to the 26th International Leadership Conference for Rural Youth in Herrsching, Germany. The conference provides support for young people and helps build their lead-ership skills.

Those attending the conference toured areas of Germany. In the rural area around Herrsching they visited various farms, including “technical” farms where they saw old build-ings being used for new purposes, a nature park built for children, and farms where guests helped with farm jobs.

In Munich the group saw palaces and the Golden Path, which was built in honor of those who resisted the Nazis. They also saw the Opera House. The group toured the concentration

camp at Dachou and saw the crematorium and elec-tric fence that surrounded the camp.

During the workshop the attendees took part in an international evening where they displayed products, costumes, music and danc-es of their home countries. At the end of the conference they received certifi cates of attendance and listened to speeches given by local dig-nitaries. Levendofsky said he hoped to attend the next conference in 2016.

During the business meeting the Pi Chapter members discussed how much money would be given in scholarships the next spring. They also talked about the April meeting and the baby book bags given to newborns in Republic County. Karol McChesney talked about the upcoming election.

The next meeting will be the annual Christmas brunch Dec. 6 at TAGS in Scandia.

Shakespeare Club met Nov. 14 at the home of Betty Anderson with co-hostesses Linda Melton and Grace Richardson. Members were seated at tables with assorted pumpkins and candlelight for the Thanks-giving luncheon.

Jewelda Scofi eld, presi-dent, opened the meeting and led members in the club collect and fl ag salute. Fourteen members an-swered roll call.

The club voted to give a monetary donation to the Landmark Church for the Christmas Shopping Spree for children, which will be Dec. 13. Donna Ward, Joan Baker, Betty Anderson and Linda Melton will assist with the event. Individual monetary donations were collected for the Belleville After School Program and Church People Concerned. Members also brought canned food for the food

bank. A sympathy card was sent to Lanie Engle, whose mother recently died.

Barb Hurley presented the program on Reasons Why It’s Better to Live Gratefully. No act of kind-ness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. She related many examples of how pay-ing it forward or random acts of kindness gives every-one a stronger bond in life. People need to be thank-ful for what they have and realize that it is easier to give than receive. Members read individual quotes Barb had prepared relating to the many blessings we have and how giving of ourselves can increase the blessings for others.

The next meeting will be Dec. 12 at the home of Nancy Holt with co-host-esses Susan Childs, Barb Hurley, and Sally Splichal. Marge Waring will have the program.

Shakespeare Club members donate money to area groups

Levendofsky presentes to Delta Kappa Gamma chapter

The Narka Presbyterian Church Bible Study Group resumed Nov. 18 with lead-er Ines Dejmal. There were surprise birthday treats for the birthdays of Janet Sinn, brought by Lorene Holloway and Marlene Barton. Others present were Kathleen Kil-lenbeck, Donna Shoemaker, Charlene Nevitt, and Betty Edwards.

The Narka Presbyterian Church had its annual soup supper and bazaar Nov. 22 at the Narka Hall. A large crowd came to eat soup, sandwiches, and pie. Phyllis Bottger and Fred Beeson contributed hand woven rugs that they contribute every year in memory of their mother, Betty Beeson.

Betty Edwards and David Vail attended a going away party for Peggy Galloway on her last day at ADA in Lin-coln, Neb. on Friday after-noon. Many co-workers and friends attended the party

wishing Peggy well on her move to Mahaska with her husband, Tim.

Betty Edwards joined Da-vid Vail and Lesli Martin, of Hebron, Peggy Galloway of Mahaska, Lisa Fikar of Wil-ber, Austin Seyfert, Grace Perdue and Aaron Seyfert of Lincoln, Chris Vail, Su-san Vail, and friend, Terri, of York, at a party Friday evening at Parkers Smoke House in Lincoln in honor of Emily Vail, of Washington D.C., who was here visiting her family.

Michael, Kelsey, and Maddex Gaston, of Kearney, and Betty Edwards were Saturday afternoon visitors of Tim and Peggy Galloway at their home in Mahaska.

Lisa Fikar, of Wilber, was a Sunday afternoon visitor of her mother, Betty Ed-wards, in Narka and her sister, Peggy, and Tim Gal-loway in Mahaska.

Narka Newsby Betty Edwards

Excelsior FCE met at the home of Huetta Derowitsch in September. The elec-tion of offi cers was that day. The following offi cers were elected for the com-ing year: President - Huetta Derowitsch, Vice-president - Evelyn Larkins, Secretary - Judy Kisby, Treasurer - Kandy Eickman, FCE Coun-cil Representative - Leora Rundus.

Judy Kisby presented the lesson, "What is Your Brain Age?" These activities were suggested to revitalize and strengthen the brain: Learn a new skill, play number, word or board games, play website brain training programs, be curious, take classes, socialize, practice healthy habits, relax, have a cheery disposition, and avoid brain injuring en-counters. She handed out several brain stimulating quizzes.

In October the club mem-bers met at the Belleville

Health Care Center to visit with past and present mem-bers who live there.

The regular November meeting was at the coun-try home of Evelyn Larkins on Nov. 18. She served a pumpkin dessert to seven members. Kandy Eickman read an article titled "10 Things Food Banks Need But Won't Ask For". These include spices, chocolate, toiletries for adults and ba-bies, soup packets, socks, and more. It was decided that each member would bring some of these items for the local food bank to the next meeting. The after-noon was spent planning the programs for the next year. Geraldine Hiatt and Huetta Derowitsch won the napkin prizes.

The next club meeting will be Dec. 16 at the Baptist Church in Belleville. All the members are asked to bring cookies or other goodies for the Christmas plates.

Excelsior FCE has meetings

P.E.O. Chapter JA mem-bers shared their favorite holiday recipes and stories of their holiday disasters at their Nov. 17 meeting. Host-esses Kim VanNortwick and Lori Scofi eld extended the holiday theme by serving a pumpkin dessert and cinna-mon apple drink.

There was an initiation ceremony for Rhonda Span-nenberg with 14 members present.

The business meeting was conducted by President

Jenny Russell. Commit-tee reports were given. The chapter will have the con-cessions för the Republic County School basketball game Dec. 6 and will serve chili soup, chicken noodle soup and cinnamon rolls.

Christmas caroling will be the agenda for the Dec. 15 meeting beginning at 5:30 at the Country Place. Members will take holiday cookies to the home of Julie Gottschalk.

P.E.O. group to go caroling

Republic News by Betty Bouray

Connie Levendofsky is the winner for Rip City Inn Burger night.

Jaren Aurand was an overnight guest of Xavier Robison. On Sunday he at-tended the 4-H dog training in Concordia.

The board of the Rae Hobson Memorial Library accepted the resignation of librarian Vera Burge. The board is seeking applica-tions for a new librarian. Burge’s last day will be Nov. 29. The board met-Nov. 20 for their regular meeting with Betty Bouray, president, presiding. Carol Jean Urie, secretary, read the minutes of the previ-ous meeting. Kay Brown presented the treasurer’s report. Betty Bouray gave a report about the Holiday Bazaar. It was decided to do the Valentine’s plates this year as a fundraiser, and it will be fi nalized at the next meeting.

Volunteers are needed to help out at the Library on Dec. 8-9 for another phase in the automation process. The CKLS Push team will arrive with the computer lab, and people will scan books in and match them up. The library staff are looking for tech savvy vol-unteers to help out. Contact Betty Bouray to help out.

The RHS Recreation As-

sociation met Wednesday night fi nalizing the third-annual Turkey Trot. People will meet at Rip city Inn on Nov. 27 between 8:30-9 a.m. for registration with trotting starting shortly after 9 a.m. Entry fee is a cash donation. Several prizes have been obtained and turned in to be given away the day of the run.

Other business discussed was the grant Nick Levend-ofsky will pick up from the Republic Community Grant. The frisbee disc golf baskets will be ordered.

Brie Little is home from Hays this week for Thanks-giving break.

Applications for Rae Hobson Memorial Library librarian can be obtained from the Library, Rip City Inn or by contacting Betty Bouray. Applications need to be in by Dec. 8. This is for the librarian position and is for 10 hours a week. Part of these hours must be on Saturdays.

Marilyn and Helen Au-rand were guests of Christy Newman in her home as they attended a Mary Kay party.

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Devan Hovis has qualifi ed for the Nebraska all-state chorus. Membership is cho-sen from across the state. He also played the part of Kercheck in Norris High School’s recent musical pro-duction of “Tarzan.”

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bellevilleCentral Christian Church24th and O(785) 527-2066Sunday School 9:30Worship Service 10:45Wednesday Night Live 6 pmPastor Mark Imelbaptizer2002@yahoo.comFood for Thought on KR-92 FM 7:08 M-F

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mundenZion Evangelical ChurchPO Box 42785-987-5510Harvey (Chip) Farnsworth,PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Fellowship 10:30 a.m.Worship Service 11 a.m.Evening service 6 p.m.Prayer Meeting Wed., 8 p.m.AWANA Resumes in Sept.

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AgendaUnited Methodist Church4th and DelmarPastor Sandra Jellison-Knock785-325-2314Worship 11 a.m.

bellevilleFirst United Methodist Church2013 M St, 785-527-5608 (w) Pastor Emily Meckleygrehoundks@gmail.comWorship 10:45 a.m.Sunday School 9:30 AMWeb: www.belleumc.orgEmail: belleumc@nckcn.com

RepublicUnited Methodist Church501 Pawnee AV785-361-2664Roger L. Walls, PastorSunday School 9:30 a.m.Worship Service 11 a.m.Bible Study every Tues. 9 a.m.umcpastor@ruraltel.net

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bellevilleBelleville Wesleyan ChurchPastor Mark McGregor909 Wesleyan DROffice 785-527-5509markwesley@nckcn.comSunday School 9:45 a.m.Sunday Worship 10:50 a.m.Stepping Stones PreschoolDirector Traci Dahl 785-527-5315

cATHolicParish Office: 785-527-5559

bellevilleSt. Edward1827 Q. StreetSunday Mass: 11:00 a.m.

mundenSt. George105 W. MyrzaMass 1st, 3rd, 5th Saturday7 p.m.

cuba St. Isidore603 LindenMass 2nd, 4th Saturday 7 p.m.

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bellevilleCrossroads Assembly of God17th & Q STPastors Rick and Ellie Snod-grassSunday School 9:30 a.m.Worship 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m785-527-2780 (office)

covenAnTcourtlandCourtland Covenant Church505 Republic785-374-4370

Sunday School 9:45 a.m.Worship 11 a.m.Charles Peters, pastor620-245-2138Jake Englebert, assoc. pastor785-374-4247Curt Lindberg, chairman785-374-4239

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little blue River cooperative parishDial-a-Concern 785-729-3838 or 1-800-557-3808Pastor Phil Goombinarka/mahaska405 Cottonwood/Narka200 N Maple/MahaskaJoint Worship: 10:30 a.m.

cubaFirst Presbyterian Church218 Beach STWorship: 9 .am.

bellevilleUnited Presbyterian Church1713 N ST785-527-2565Pastor Robert FrasierSunday School/Fellowship 9:30 a.m. (Sept.-Dec.)Worship 11 a.m. (July -Dec.) 9:30 a.m. (Jan. - June)Quilting Circle 1:30 p.m. T-Th.Women’s Bible Study2nd Thursday 2 p.m.

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peace parrishpastor Thomas Kamprath785-335-2267peacepar@ruraltel.net

bellevilleAmerican Lutheran Church2304 M ST785-527-5841Worship 9 a.m.

courtland (rural)Ada Lutheran Church785-374-4267Worship 11 a.m.

norwayOur Savior’s Lutheran Church785-335-2628Worship 11 a.m.

ScandiaAmana Lutheran Church785-335-2265Worship 9 a.m.

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bellevilleFirst Baptist ChurchRev. Bruce Burfield, pastor20th and J Street

785-527-2511Sunday Worship 10:30a.mSunday Bible Study 9:30

bellevilleMain Street Tabernacle1610 M Street785-955-0932Pastor Mike Samplesmasamples@live.comWorship 11 a.m. and 5 p.m.

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courtlandLiving Waters Family Church303 CentennialSunday School 9:30 a.m.Worship 10:15 a.m.Dwight Garman, Head Elder785-374-4337

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bellevilleLandmark ChurchMeeting at the Blair Theater1310 19th Street, BellevilleSunday School 9:30Worship Service 10:30mylandmarkchurch.com

Community Chronicle

The Community Chronicle is provided by The Telescope as a public service for meetings and events offered to the public at no charge. Notices of fundraisers may also be included if they are also accompanied by paid advertising.

Rocky Pond Christmas dis-play to begin Friday

The Rocky Pond Christ-mas light display at East 12th Street will be open from Nov. 28-Dec. 31 from 6-9 p.m. on Sundays through Thursdays and 6-10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Admission is free, but donations are welcome.

Senator Jerry Moran to have town hall in Cuba

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran will visit Cuba as part of his Kansas Listening Tour. He will be at the Community Hall from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28.

Area residents are en-couraged to attend and share feedback with Sen. Moran on the critical issues facing Kansas and the na-tion. The issues Sen. Moran focuses on and the work he does in Washington, D.C., are largely based on the conversations he has with Kansans during these town hall meetings.

Throughout his time in Congress, Sen. Moran has made it a priority to stay connected to the people he represents despite a dis-tance of more than 1,000 miles between Capitol Hill and Kansas. Since his election to the U.S. Senate, Sen. Moran has had a town hall in each of Kansas’ 105 counties. Then-Congress-man Moran traveled to each of the 69 counties during his annual “Big First Listen-ing Tour.”

Belleville Library to give away five picture books

November is celebrated around the world as Picture Book Month. The Belleville Public Library is empha-sizing the importance of reading to children by giv-ing away hardcover picture books to five winners this month. Anyone may en-ter by either filling out an entry form at the library or commenting on the library’s Facebook page. All ages are invited to participate.

“If every child were read to daily, from infancy, it would revolutionize educa-tion in this country.” ~Rich-ard W. Riley, former U.S. Secretary of Education.

Belleville library to have cookie walk, drawing

The Friends of the Bel-

leville Library Holiday Cookie Walk will be Satur-day, Dec. 13, in the library’s meeting room. Participants can fill a box with home-made cookies. The Cookie Walk will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will only last until all the cookies are sold. There will be an iPad drawing at 11. All proceeds will benefit the Belleville Public Library.

Historical Society to host open house, free tours

The Republic County Historical Society Mu-seum in Belleville will have an afternoon open house from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 1. The museum then invites the public to have Christ-mas goodies and tea and take free tours that day from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Donation of a canned food item is requested.

Belleville group formingTOPS, Take Off Pounds

Sensibly, is a national not for profit that offers residents an option to lose weight and become health-ier for a fee. The program offers weekly meetings with private weigh in, education-al programs and informa-tion, TOPS healthy eating plan available; no food to buy, online resources such as coaching, healthy eating.

There are 172 support groups in Kansas and groups in many local com-munities. A Belleville group is forming now. For more information about when and where this group is forming call Beverly at 316-755-1055 or email bedn-asek@networksplus.net.

Pawnee Indian Museum to have free admission during open house in December

Pawnee Indian Museum State Historic Site will host a holiday open house from 1-4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13. Visitors can tour the museum, shop in the store, and have homemade treats provided by the Friends of Pawnee Indian Museum. Admission is free.

The site is located at 480 Pawnee Trail, eight miles north of U.S. 36 on K-266 near Republic. For more information, call 785-361-2255 or visit kshs.org/paw-nee_indian.

Belleville Public Library to participate in ‘geek’ campaignResidents of Republic

County may soon add a new verb to their vocabulary. The Belleville Public Library is participating in Geek the Library, a community-based public awareness campaign. The campaign highlights what people are passionate about and how libraries can support them.

Geek the Library in-troduces ‘geek’ as a verb, and encourages the public to talk about what they ‘geek’—whether it’s commu-nity history, superheroes or art. The campaign illus-

trates the fact that every-one is passionate about something—everyone ‘geeks’ something—and that the library supports them all.

The awareness campaign features posters of local library supporters, social networking elements, a web site, and grassroots com-munity initiatives to draw attention to the need for in-creased library support. The campaign web site, www.geekthelibrary.org, provides information about how people can get active and support their local library.

By Gina AurandDistrict Extension agentFoods and Nutrition

Statistics can be very powerful things. Yet, are they motivational things? I spent three days listening to speakers on healthy eating and healthy lifestyles. Did I learn anything revolution-ary or earth shattering? No, but yet hearing the statistics about the health of our nation is scary. Can I use them to help you to be motivated to change your behavior? I don’t know but I can try. However, change is hard and can be even harder if those around you haven’t been motivated to change also.

Not long ago the CDC released the new obesity maps. These maps are made from surveys where people are called and an-swer questions. The sad thing about these maps is that the obesity rate in the nation continues to climb, not drop. Kansas moved into the 30-35% range along with 18 other states. There are only two states that report a higher percentage. This means that at least one third of all Kansans are obese. Being obese opens the door for many chronic health problems such as hypertension, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and stroke to start the list.

If that isn’t close enough to home for you let’s look at how the River Valley Dis-trict counties rank in the County Health Rankings. The ranking is determined by several factors. Some that are looked at are: qual-ity of life, healthy behav-iors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and the physical environment. Washington County is the winner ranking in the top 10 at number 9. Out of 105 counties that’s pretty good.

The other three counties have a little more work to do. Republic County ranked 31, followed by Clay County at 50 and Cloud County brought up the rear at 78. This tells me that most of us have some work to do to make our com-munities a healthier place to live. If you would like to look at this data more in depth visit the website: countyhealthrankings.org. This site also gives ideas of things that can be done to improve the health of your community.

We all know what we need to do to turn things around. We have known for a long time, but the statis-tics show that we choose not to make changes. We know that diets high in fruits and vegetables and low in fats are better for us. We know that we should avoid sugar sweetened beverages and instead pick water, unsweetened tea or coffee, or low fat milk. We know that we need to have 30 minutes of physical ac-tivity a day. We know that we are role models for our children and statistics show that they have learned well from us because in the last twenty five years the rate of childhood obesity had greatly increased. We are commonly seeing chronic diseases in children that a generation ago we never saw.

Can statistics make a change? I don’t know. I hope that my statistics have motivated you to want you make a change to make you and your community a healthier place. Make one change today. Go for a walk, eat a piece of fresh fruit, or reduce your por-tion size. Let’s see if we can move our counties up in the health rankings not just for us, but for our kids.

Obesity rates for Kansans climbing, people choosing unhealthy lifestyles

By Amy HadachekSpecial to the Telescope

The Cloud County Com-munity College Board of Trustees heard a strong financial report from Amy Lange, vice president for administrative services No-vember 18.

“As far as college finances right now, we continue to have a strong cash position. I love that. We are on track. As far as actual expendi-tures and revenue bringing in versus where we need to be regarding the budget at this point in the year, we’re very close to where we were last year, so that’s very very good,” said Lange.

Lange said there could be a drop in state funding in early 2015. In January, the college normally receives the second half of its state-funded operating grant. The college has received $4.4 million annually from the state for the past couple of years.

Enrollment upCollege president Dr.

Danette Toone said the lat-est figures indicate credit hours for the Spring 2015 semester are up by 1.5 percent.

“I’m pleased to see enroll-ment numbers going in the right direction,” she said.

Trustees approved the second year of a plan called “Take 6 Summer Tuition” which will offer a $200 reduction in total tuition for students taking six sum-mer credit hours or more in 2015.

“We do think that this is a real opportunity for our students,” said Dr. Toone.

A major lighting upgrade will take place in Cloud County Community Col-lege’s Arley Bryant Gymna-sium to increase illumina-tion of the gym floor and fitness center. Trustees approved the $39,260.18 bid from Hood Heating, Air,

Plumbing and Electric, Inc. of Concordia to replace the existing mercury vapor light fixtures with T5 fluorescent light fixtures. Payment will be made from Dane G. Han-sen Foundation Funds.

In personnel matters, Trustees approved contract renewals for Fall coaches. Renewals were authorized for Molly Skocny, head vol-leyball coach and James Ross, head men’s soccer coach for the 2014-2015 contract year.

A public hearing will be held during the December 16 meeting to hear citizen input on a proposed three-year renewal of the Cloud County Neighborhood Revi-talization Plan. The pub-lic hearing will be held in Room 257 of the President’s Addition at Cloud County Community College.

The next trustees meeting will be held December 16 at 6 pm in room 257 of the president’s addition.

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3rd Annual Republic Turkey Trot 2014!!

Come do some huffi ng before eating all that stuffi ng!

•1 mile loop: Walk or Run. Dogs & Strollers Welcome!•5 K: Costumes welcome!

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County NewsRepublic County District Court

CRIMINALDarrin Meadows, Beloit,

circumvention of ignition inter-lock and disorderly conduct, 12 months probation, $158 court costs, $60 probation supervi-sion fee, $40 drug and alcohol testing fee. Lana J. Novak, Belleville,

charged with one count misde-meanor domestic battery.

DOMESTICSondra K. Meadows versus

Darrin L. Meadows, divorce granted.

LIMITED CIVILCredit Management Ser-

vices versus Lana Lacost and Joe Lacost, Belleville, case dismissed.

PCA Acquisitions V, LLC versus Glenda Gaspar, Repub-lic, case dismissed.

Capital One Bank versus Richard D. Snodgrass, Bel-leville, case dismissed.

Credit Management Servic-es Inc. versus Matthew Nabity and Kristy Nabity, Narka. Case fi led.

TRAFFICBrayson Buske, Lincoln

NE, 80/60 and expired registra-tion, diversion, ordered to pay $200 diversion fee, $105 fi ne

for speeding, $50 for expired registration, $108 court costs for a total of $363.

Jude Jeaan Gilles, Pom-pano Beach FL, log book violation $223.

Brian Wright, Salina, 85/70 $183.

Kenneth Givens, Decatur GA, overweight $308.

Alexander Medrano, Mis-sion TX, log book violation $223.

Jordan Maestas, Leaven-worth KS, 80/70 $153.

Amy Haller, Lawrence KS, 75/65 diversion, $100 diversion fee, $45 for speeding, $108 court costs,for a total of $253.

Zachary Warner, Belleville, no registration. $158.

Allen Keeten, Kenesaw NE, overweight $148.

Benjamin Jacobs, Hartford SD, no drivers license, diver-sion, $150 diversion fee, $100 fi ne, $108 court costs for a total of $358.

Mark Thomas, Narka, de-fective muffl er $153.

Peyton Hoge, Belleville, no seat belt $60.

Brady Stindt, Belleville, failure to restrain child under 13, diversion, $100 diversion fee, $60 fi ne, $108 court costs for a total of $268.

Michael Samples, Bel-leville, disobey traffi c control signal $183.

Amanda Strnad, Munden, expired registration, dismissed

ordered to pay $108 court costs.

Bryce Heckert, Frontenac KS, expired medical card, log book violation $338.

Jennifer Kussman, Repub-lic, no drivers license, $100 fi ne, $108 court costs.

FISH AND GAMERonald P. Lochner Jr.,

Clyde, baiting on department land and untagged treestand on public hunting area, $100 fi ne for each count, $108 court costs for a total of $308.

MARRIAGE LICENSERandall Scott Thayer and

Lana Jean Jensen, Republic, license issued.

Belleville Police Department

November 14, Margaret Woodward, Belleville, driving a 2009 Chevy, and Lonnie Bo-man, Belleville, driving a 2004 Chevy collided in the 1100 block of 18th ST as Woodward was backing to the northeast and Boman was eastbound on 18th.

November 4, Jessica Dahl, Belleville, driving a 1995 Ford, and Misty Reynolds, Cuba, driving a 2010 Ford, collided in an intersection at 21st and P ST.

Republic County Sheriff’s Offi ce

November 14 Cody Combs, Ogden KS, reported the theft of a 2004 Ford Escape valued at $5,000 from Republic.

November 15 Motorist assist, Belleville. Rollover accident reported at K-148 and 30 RD by Jerald Callihan. Cow out a half mile west of 130 RD on K-148. Two vehicle accident at US81 and Timber RD involv-ing a 2005 Dodge driven by Colton Trotter, Arcadia NE and a 2013 Freightliner operated by Michael Eisberry, Langford SD. Trotter reported he could not see due to the snow, and rearended the semi. Two vehicle accident at 270 RD and Union RD. A 2004 Chevy driven by Arvid Bergstrom, Agenda, and a 2005 chevy driven by Thomas Blazek, Cuba, collided in the intersection.

November 16 Deer accident US36 east of Farmway Co-op. Deer accident on US81 north of Shady RD involving a 2013 Ford driven by Terry Skinner, Belleville.

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Christmas Open House & Retirement Party for Mike Whitfield

Wednesday, December 3rd11am - 5 pm

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NOTICEThe Courthouse, the County Shops and Health Department will be closed on Thursday, No-vember 27th and Friday, November 28th, 2014 to observe the Thanksgiving holiday.

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NOTICEThe Republic County RCD Com-mittee will meet Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 7:00 pm to consider business development ap-plications that have been received in a timely fashion. Applications must be received in the Republic County Treasurer’s office by 4:00 pm on Monday, December 1, 2014. Applications are available at the Republic County Treasurer’s office. Funds available for this lending period total $164,605.34. For more information, contact Kay Shoe-maker, RCD Secretary/Treasurer at 785-527-7236. 10/b

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November 17 Deer accident reported at US81 and K-148, involving a 2012 Chevy driven by Tosha Bowen, Belleville. Prisoner transport from Washington to Republic County Jail on out-standing warrant.

November 18 Deer accident 1 1/2 miles north of King RD on 180 RD involving a 2000 Ford driven by Jacob Kunc. Driving complaint on US81. Motorist assist, Havel Sal-vage. Traffi c hazard US36 and S ST.

November 19 Deer accident on Granite RD west of 210 reported by Lonnie Craig, Munden. Suspicious vehicle on Gran-ite RD between 70 and 80 RD. Deputy located natural gas leak at 30th and Jade RD.

November 20 Cow out on Fir RD, 1 1/2 east of Hardy. Cow out, 220 and Marble RD.

November 21 Suspicious person on US81. Damage to a gate on Lin-coln RD between 280 and 290 reported by Charles Joy. Traffi c hazard, US36 at Rydal overpass. Stray dog reported at Repub-lic. Motorist assist, US81 and Rock RD. During the reporting period, offi cers served 19 papers and made 15 traffi c stops.

Republic County Jail

Admits and releases up to November 24:

November 17 Dottie Parker admitted on probation violation.

November 20 Paul Banister, admitted on Jewell County warrant, released to Jewell County November 20.

November 20 Robert Dyke, admitted for probation violation, released November 23, time served.

November 21 Montrez J. Hines, admitted on suspicion of driving on sus-pended license, posted bond.

Number of inmates in jail as of November 24: 5,

Deeds Filed

Trustee’s Deed: Loren W. Austin Trust to Dan L. Pe-terson. SW ¼ 10-3-5; SE ¼ 10-3-5.

Warranty Deed: Lang Liv-ing Trust to Bradford Griffi n McDavid. One-half tenancy in common interest in W1/2 SE ¼ 18-2-1; W ½ NE ¼ 19-2-1.

Warranty Deed: Helen Lang Bates Revocable Trust to Brad-ford Griffi n McDavid. Undivided one-half tenancy in common interest in W1/2 SE ¼ 18-2-1; W ½ NE ¼ 19-2-1.

Warranty Deed: Daniel D. Jensen to Norman W. Nicol and Diane M. Nicol. Lots 19, 20, 21, 22 and S ½ Lot 23, Block 5, OT, Courtland.

Warranty Deed: Kevin L. Couture and Jillian Couture to Troy W. Arnold and Tracey J. Arnold. Tract in SE ¼ SE ¼ 34-2-3.

Warranty Deed: Bradley F. Klima and Alice Faye Klima to Kevin W. Klima and Misty J. Klima. Tract in Lots 7-18, Block 4, Sherer and Rose Addi-tion, and in NE ¼ 2-3-3.

Republic County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Tamie L Buckley, reminds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transac-tions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

"Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, in agri-cultural land in the United States is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction," said Buckley.

Foreign investors must fi le Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) reports with the FSA county offi ce that maintains reports for the county where the land is located.

For more information regarding AFIDA and FSA programs, contact the Re-public County FSA offi ce at 785-527-5573 or visit the USDA Web site at http://www.usda.gov.

--The U.S. Department of

Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Natu-ral Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Kansas is seeking public comments on changes to the Conser-vation Stewardship Program (CSP) interim fi nal rule.

The rule will be open for public comments through January 5, 2015.

The interim fi nal rule is used to implement CSP. This program helps agricul-tural producers maintain and improve their existing conservation systems and adopt additional conserva-tion activities to address priority resources concerns. Participants earn CSP payments for conservation performance—the higher the performance, the higher the payment.

For more information about CSP in Kansas, visit www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/fi nancial/csp/ or your local USDA Service Center.

-- Jim Richardson, National Geographic photographer and Kansas native, will serve up a vast visual jour-ney of today’s world farmers and the challenges of feed-

Ag Briefsing an ever-more hungry planet through 2050 at Kansas Farmers Union’s (KFU) annual convention December 4-6 in Manhat-tan. Larry Mitchell, director of USDA’s Grain Inspection Packers and Stockyards Administration, will serve as keynote speaker for Friday’s lunch banquet where he will discuss “Working for Fair and Competitive Markets for Farmers and Livestock Producers Locally and Glob-ally.”

For more information, and to register for the con-vention online, please do so by December 1 at kansas-farmersunion.com.

--River Valley District

partners with an outstand-ing planning committee to provide the Women in Ag educational series in farm management in February and March.

You sign up to attend the entire series. Sessions will be held on Thursdays from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Jensik Insurance Harvester Room in Belleville.

Registration for the series will start on December 1 and continue until a max-ium of 25 participants is reached.reached. Contact

the River Valley Extension District-Concordia Offi ce for more information or to reg-ister. The offi ce is located in the basement of the Cloud

County Courthouse or can be reached at 785-243-8185. The RVED website, www.rivervalley.ksu.edu,

--JW LeDoux, Agenda,

owned the reserve cham-pion Balancer female at

the 2014 American Royal livestock show took place on Saturday, October 25.

--Brooke Jensen, Court-

land exhibited the Division III Champion Market Steer at the 2014 American Royal in Kansas City. She also exhibited a 4th place heavy weight steer along Ben Jensen exhibiting Class 11 steer winner.

A Look At The PastThursday, november 27, 2014 The belleville Telescope 7a

Thursday, march 20, 2014 The belleville Telescope

100 Years Ago

The Belleville Telescope November 26, 1914

Some Good Corn in Republic County

Corn in most parts of Republic county is yield-ing much better than was expected. Especially is this true in the north half of the county. The work is well along and according to reports from farmers, 20, 30, 40, and 50 bushels per acre yields are very com-mon in many sections of the county.

Social War On At Hubbell, Nebraska

Hubbell, Nebraska...a neighboring town it is said...is undergoing what is termed a social war. The townspeople are divided into two factions, each of whom try to out do each other in social functions, from time to time. The latest event, it is understood, is to be a poor mans dance, every male guest to come dressed in overalls and everyday clothes.

Big Teachers Meeting at Clyde

The four county Teach-ers Association will meet in Clyde on Saturday. Repre-sentatives are expectedfrom Clay, Cloud, Washing-ton and Republic counties. Republic county will be represented on the pro-

gram by Miss Ora Madden of the Agenda schools with a demonstration in class work, presented by pupils. Invita-tions have been extended to teachers, patrons and school boards of the differ-ent counties.

75 Years Ago

The Scandia Journal November 23, 1939

New Courthouse To Hold Open House

Soon

Definite date of the new courthouse dedication and “open house” reception to the public which is to be held before the county of-ficials move into the various offices, will likely be set this week when the commission-ers and other officers have had a conference with the various companies installing the furniture. It is planned to have Gov. Ratner and other federal and state officers here to deliver addresses.

Office Redecorated

Work on the interior of the office of Dr. E. Porter Ahrens was completed last week. The three rooms of the dental office have been re-papered and re-painted. The front windows have been equipped with double roller shades and new cur-tains. The reception room is decorated in cream, green and mahogany.The other two rooms are white and mahogany.

Do You Know?

That goldfish in their native waters are not the colorful fish that you see in the aquariums. It was the Chinese—many years ago—who first took wild goldfish out of their streams and evolved the beautiful color-ings so common today.

The Belleville Telescope November 23, 1939

Three Generations In System

The Marty family is a three-generation family in the Courtland school sys-tem, it was announced at the dedication of the new school building there last week. Harry Marty was an early day pupil and his four sons later were graduated from the Courtland High School. Two granddaugh-ters now are enrolled in the grades. Marty himself also served nine years on the board and three years as Parent-Teacher association president.

Mayor’s Proclamation

Thursday, November 30, has been set aside as a day of Thanksgiving when all residents of the State of Kansas give thanks for the blessings this nation enjoys. It is fitting that Belleville take part in this time of Thanksgiving, and as mayor of Belleville, I proclaim that day a holiday, and request that all businesses remain closed the entire day. O.F. French, Mayor

Florist Ranks High

Floyd Sims of the Belleville Greenhouse just about hit the jackpot last week when he exhibited flowers from the local concern in the Nebraska State Flower Show at York, Nebraska. Taking 16 entries to the show, Mr. Sims brought home 16 ribbons. Included in the 16 awards were nine first place, five second, and two third place prizes. His best entries were snapdragons, winning four first awards in those classes. He also received first prizes for calendulas, roses and chrysanthemums, a second for roses, and the remainder for other varieties of chrysanthemums.

50 Years Ago

The Belleville Telescope November 19, 1964

Form State’s First Livestock Group

The North Central Kansas Livestock Feeders Asso-ciation, the first and only association of its kind in Kansas, was organized at a special meeting held last Thursday at the American Legion building in Belleville. The association groups together beef cattle, swine and sheep growers into a common association in this area. Duane Johnson, Bel-leville, was named President of the association. Other of-ficers include Frank Filinger, Jr., Cuba, vice-president; Dick Childs, Belleville secre-tary; Jack Stroade, Belleville, assistant secretary; and Charles Sanford, Scandia, treasurer. The new associa-tion will hold meetings on feeding and new feeding ideas, feedlot tours, feed-lot arrangement, livestock marketing, reports on state and national activities and an annual barbecue, Smyth said. In addition to the regular member livestock growers, several county business firms have joined the association as associate members.

Lorimor and Novak Get Moorman Award

Glen Lorimor, Belleville and Raymond Novak, Republic, have been presented Sow and Pig Management awards by the Moorman Manufac-turing Company. The simu-lated Oak plaque award is made to hog raisers whose sows wean larger-than-aver-age litters.

VFW Awards Surber Life Membership

Bob Surber, Belleville, was awarded a Life Member-ship in Belleville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3722 at their meeting last week. Commander Bob White an-nounced. The Life Member-ship award was presented in recognition of Surber’s work as VFW Service Officer in Belleville.

Scouts Brave Cold

Boy Scout Troop 56, Bel-leville, made a cold weather hike and cook-out Saturday. Wayne Tolley,Scoutmaster, lead the group with the assistance of adult leaders Wayne Hoffman and Robert Blad. The hike took place across the Ernest San-ford farm and ended on the Wayne Hamilton farm where the Scouts set-up camp. Boys making their first out-ing were: Sam Tillman, Steve Kesl, Larry Morrisey and Kirk Hoffman.

Mock, Kump BHS Grid Co-Captains

Roger Mock, senior guard and Lyle Kump, senior cen-ter, were elected honorary co-captains of the 1964 BHS football squad at the annual Football banquet held Monday evening at the Din-ner Bell in Belleville, Coach Kenneth Mulch said this week.

Fair Committee To Chicago Meet

Members of the Fair Amusements Committee of the NCK Free Fair in Bel-leville will leave Sunday, November 29 to attend the International Association of Fairs and Expositions con-vention in Chicago, Illinois. The annual trip is made to make booking arrangements for races and other enter-tainment at Kansas’ Third Largest Fair in Belleville. Members making the trip this year include Dr. Jon D. Thayer, K.Q. Mock, James A. Hill, Jr., Frank Krob, and Karl Gaston. The committee will return Wednesday evening, December 2.

25 Years AgoScandia JournalNovember 23, 1989

Mild and Dry Weather

This Monday is warm and windy, following the trend of the past few days that climaxed Sunday with

70-degree readings in places that reached record-breaking levels. It was again a week without rain; a few rain drops one day were not enough to measure.

The Belleville Telescope November 23, 1989

Raising Thanksgiving Feasts No ‘Turkey’ For

Courtland Family

Depending on your feel-ings about leftover Thanks-giving turkey, the Dave Dejoia family at Courtland could provide your dream come true or your worst nightmare. Dave and LeAnn Dejoia, and childrenAaron and Kate, raise turkeys. But not your ordinary, wimpy “pop-out thermometer” style turkeys. The Dejoias’ turkeys weigh out at 40 pounds—when they’re ready to cook. For-get finding a roasting pan big enough, because most kitchens don’t have ovens big enough. “Most people want our turkeys because they get a kick out of having such a big bird,” says Dejoia. “Most families actually have them split in halves or fourths.” The Dejoias raised 100 turkeys this year, their larg-est flock. Many they give as holiday presents to relatives and friends, while the rest are sold to local residents. The Courtland family started their enterprise 10 years ago with 25 birds. Most of those turkeys were given for Christmas presents, although they found other people in the area were in-terested in buying the birds. They’ve gradually increased their numbers over the years, up to their present level. From late May to early November the large-breast-ed white Toms mingle with the other livestock in the Dejoia menagerie. The turkeys stay mainly outside, and move as a flock. They aren’t penned, but were moved to a far location at the farmstead after the Dejoias found the turkeys had a passion for apples grown at the nearby Applematics Orchards. “Toms can’t fly, so they don’t move around as much as hens,” says Dejoia. The first year we had them, though, they met the school bus every morning. Then they started stopping traffic when they decided to walk across the road and eat apples in the orchard. The Dejoias describe turkeys as hardy birds, and easy to care for. The turkeys ar-rive as day-old chicks from hatchery in Ohio.

If you can identify the members of this group of women quilting at a local church, circa 1960s, please contact the Telescope office at 785-527-2244. Based on the dresses the women are wear-ing, this photo may have been made during the Centennial celebration in Belleville in 1969.

Church quilters

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Division II, All-District Team1st Team Offense

Running Back -Lane Peters, Fr.; Punter - Jacob Field, Jr.; Kicker - Jacob Field, Jr.

1st Team Defense

Line Backer - Jacob Field, Jr.; Defensive Back - Peyton Reeves, Sr.; Athlete -

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Center - Ty Sothers, Sr.; Guard - Mason Runft, So.; Guard - Zeb Sjolander, So.; End - Nathan Larson, Sr.; Running Back - Dawson Carlgren, Jr.

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Defensive Line - Ma-son Runft, So.; Defensive

Line - Nathan Larson, Sr.; Defensive Line - Ty Sothers, Sr. ; Defensive Back - Cole Strickler, Fr.; Punt Return - Peyton Reeves, Sr.; Kick Return - Peyton Reeves. Sr.

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Junior High Panthers remain undefeatedThe Pike Valley Junior

High boys team improved to 4-0 on the season after a 37-14 win over St. Johns on Monday, November 24.

The Panthers were led in scoring by Michael Flavin’s 18 points.

The Panther’s B-Team also pulled out a nar-row 20-18 victory over St. John’s. Dane Thompson

led the Panthers with eight points.

Thursday, November 20, the Panthers also defeated St. Johns 31-20, led by 14 points from Brody Carlgren.

PV 12 6 10 9 - 37SJ 4 4 2 4 - 14

PV Scoring - Michael Flavin 18, Clint Callaway 11, Junior Buffs

swept by SuperiorThe Republic County

Junior High Lady Buffs bas-ketball team dropped three games to Superior, Thurs-day, November 20.

Combined, the A, B and C teams were outscored 90-21.

The A-Team fell 40-11. Scorers for the Lady Buffs were Alexis Hansen with six points, Emma Morris with four and Sadee Graves with one.

The B-Team fell 35-4 as Claire Jensik was the teams only scoring player.

The C-Team lost 15-6. Heather Hansen, Kayla Al-exander and Alexus Skocny all scored two each.

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KAY members attended the Pike Valley KAY Fun Night that was held on November 12. The KAYs collected 20 boxes of canned food, 21 shoe-boxes filled with supplies for Operation Christmas Child, and constructed 34 dog chew toys that will be donated to the local Humane Society. Refresh-ments and games were also provided while members worked on these various projects. Community members donated canned goods or supplies for the shoe boxes.

Pike Valley KAY club receives gold awardTristan Burnham, PVHS

KAY member, and Mrs. Stephanie Jensen, spon-sor, attended the Area 3 KAY Regional Conference on November 7 at Wamego High School.

The club received the-Gold Award, recognizing their student leadership and service to their school, community, nation and world for the 2013-2014 school year.

Burnham and Mrs. Jen-sen conducted a leadership lab for area members dur-ing the morning session.

The Kansas Associa-tion for Youth (KAY) is a character-building, lead-ership training program directed by the Kansas State High School Activities Association. The organi-zation provides students an opportunity to learn to assume their citizenship responsibilities and enrich their personalities through programs that empha-size four areas of service: school, community, nation and world.

Pike Valley KAY member Tristan Burnham and sponsor Stepha-nie Jensen presented a leadership lab for area members at the KAY regional conference in Wamego November 7.

Donors support K-State scholarships More than 12,000 aca-

demic scholarships have been awarded to Kansas State University students for the 2014-2015 school year.

Overall, students have earned more than $25.6 million in scholarships for the current academic year — $6.4 million more than the previous year.

Most of the scholarships are made possible through donations and gifts to the Kansas State University Foundation. Local students earning scholarships are:

Belleville: Alex Alstatt, Charles N. Tuley Scholar-ship; Abbey Anderson, Charles N. Tuley Scholar-ship; Lexia Aurand, Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence; Wade Gutier-rez, Arts and Sciences Fund for Excellence, Carl F. and Sarah Boell Muckenhoupt Scholarship, Dr. W.R. Bar-nard Scholarship and John C. Peterson Scholarship;

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Courtland: Courtney Cox, Charles N. Tuley Scholarship; Brady Jen-sen, Donald Robert Doug-las Memorial Scholarship, Elwyn Topliff Scholarship in Agriculture, Henry C. Gardiner Scholarship–LMIC, Julia Hodge Memo-rial Scholarship and Trans-fer Achievement Award; Brooke Jensen, Charles N. Tuley Scholarship, Dr. W.R. Barnard Scholarship,

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Juniors:Dawson Carl-gren, Santana Reeves, Cole Thomas.

Sophomores: Tristan Burnham, Isaiah Deneault, Mason Runft, Zebulon Sjo-lander;

Freshmen: Davante Hammer, Ben Jensen, Tia-na Sothers, Cole Strickler.

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Freshmen: Hannah Han-naman, Alicia Horner, Lane Peters, Anton Reeves.

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Livingston started business at age 8 with eight gilts

By Cynthia ScheerTelescope News

Livingston Enterprises, Inc., is in the process of ex-panding its swine operation.

Owner and president Bruce Livingston, who is a Mahaska, Kan., native and North Central High School graduate, said the proposed 7,200-head sow unit would be located near Endicott, Neb., in Jefferson County. The facility would add 30-35 new jobs to the area, including new employees, or team members as he calls them, to work in the unit and supporting businesses such as those that deliver feed. He said the expansion would also help the local economy with a boost in taxes and electricity use.

Livingston said the pro-posed facility is still in the

permitting stages, although he is hopeful that the per-mits would be issued in the next 4-6 months. Livingston could then break ground on the breed-to-wean-facility.

He said market con-ditions inspired him to consider expanding his hog operation, which has several facilities in Jeffer-son County, including units along the Kansas-Nebraska line near Mahaska.

Livingston said he was looking for land that would meet zoning requirements for the sow facility when he heard that a half-section of land located near Endi-cott might be available for purchase.

Livingston said the only negative comments he has heard about the proposed facility have related to water use.

“Here's the deal: A lot of folks think this unit is going to use all the water,'” Livingston said. “This facil-ity in one year will use less

water than one center pivot putting on nine inches of water. I have done the re-search on it.”

He said he hasn't heard any comments about fear over odor from the facility, although he would be happy to talk with anyone who has concerns.

“I have two facilities with identical capacity to this proposed unit,” he said. “One is three-quarters of a mile west and one is 5/8 of a mile north of my fam-ily's house [in the Reynolds area]. Even though our house is located near these two facilities we experience no odor a majority of the days.”

He said the proposed state-of-the-art facility would be staffed 24-hours a day and would include the newest technology in the swine industry.

Livingston said his swine corporation, which is based in Fairbury, Neb., recently fi nished two facility expan-sions at existing units and employs more than 100 “team members.”

The swine operation, which Livingston has been building since he was eight years old and received his fi rst eight gilts, has grown to 17,000 sows that pro-duce more than 500,000 pigs a year.

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many people moving back or older people transitioning to retirement. This is very much the attitude of the younger Gen X and Y group that wants to work to live and not live to work.”

Working from homeNewman said she never

planned to make a career out of selling makeup. She didn't even used to wear makeup.

“In February 2001 I was going to school, and I was a tomboy,” she said. “But I signed up with Mary Kay for the skin care; I didn't want to sell makeup. When people would come to me and place an order I would talk them into signing up so that I didn't have to sell to them.”

The unintentional recruit-ing earned Newman her fi rst car through the company; she has since earned more

cars but has always taken the cash option.

“I have been driving for free for eight years,” she says of the monthly pay-ments that include vehicle registration and insurance.

She said the cosmetics company that was started as a way to help women get into the workplace is now helping women like her get back to the home.

Mahin said it isn't just women who want to stay at home with their children who are making the transi-tion to a business run out of the home.

“The ability to get fi ber to the home and high-speed internet has allowed many people to create or transi-tion their business to the home,” he said. “Many people may think of at-home businesses as just your Mary Kay or Pampered Chef enterprises, but there are more traditional jobs trending to be telecommut-

ing now, too. With your retail at-home businesses social media and internet marketing have played a big part in their marketing efforts. For the traditional jobs trending to at-home, the advancement in tech-nologies has made it afford-able to telecommute work without the need for a large offi ce anymore.”

He said Courtland busi-nesses JenRus Freelance and Ag Marketing Partners both started in home of-fi ces before becoming large enough to require offi ce space.

“Our economy is still driven by agriculture, healthcare, education, and manufacturing,” Mahin said. “Home-based busi-nesses are becoming vital for many spouses of those employed by major employ-ers. [People are] being able to supplement income and create their own job where one previously hadn't ex-isted.”

It's worked for Newman.“This has been a pretty

lucky break for a dumb col-lege kid,” she said. “I would never go back to work.”

(First published in the Belleville Tele-scope, November 27th, 2014) 1t

NOTICE OF VOTE - Central Kansas Library System

In adopting the amended 2015 bud-get, the governing body voted to in-crease property taxes in an amount greater than the amount levied for the 2014 budget adjusted by the 2013 CPI for all urban consumers. Eight (8) members voted in favor of the budget, zero (0) members voted against the budget, two members were absent.

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(First published in the Belleville Tele-scope, November 27th, 2014) 1t

ACCESSIBILITY OF SARA TITLE III

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE IN-FORMATION

Section 324 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know act, also known as SARA Title II (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, PL 99-499) requires public notice at least once annually informing the public of means to access information about extremely hazardous substances that are manufactured, stored, and used within their community. Follow-up emergency notices may subsequently be issued.

Accordingly, information concern-ing LEPC meetings, SARA Title III hazardous materials planning which is included in our Republic County Emergency Operations Response Plan, materials safety data sheets (MSDS/SDS), hazardous chemical inventory forms, listing extremely hazardous substances manufac-tured, stored, or used within Repub-lic County can be obtained during normal business hours by contacting the Emergency Management office at 1815 M Street, Belleville, Kansas.

Local Emergency Planning Com-mittee1815 M Street – Ste 8Belleville, Kansas 66935(785) 527-5692

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(First published in the Belleville Tele-scope, November 27th, 2014) 3t

As required by Chapter 354, 1984, Session Laws, K.S.A. 79-2001 the amount of tax to be charged for State, County, Township, City and other pur-poses for 2014 on each $1,000.00 of valuation is hereby published.

LevyState ....................................... 1.500County ................................ 108.776

Agenda City ......................... 184.800Belleville City ....................... 236.538Courtland City ...................... 241.449Cuba City ............................ 222.884Munden FR City ................. 198.073Munden RC City ................ 198.073Narka City ........................... 217.204

Republic BB City ................ 283.135Republic WA City ................ 284.272Scandia City ....................... 257.666________________________Albion TownshipBeaver TownshipBelleville TownshipBig Bend TownshipCourtland Township ................. 0.125Elk Creek Township ................ 0.160Fairview TownshipFarmington TownshipFreedom TownshipGrant TownshipJefferson TownshipLiberty TownshipLincoln TownshipNorway Township-General ...... 5.671Norway Township-Hall ............. 1.513Richland TownshipRose Creek TownshipScandia Township .................... 0.256Union TownshipWashington Township ............. 1.137White Rock Township_____________________________Unifi ed School District #108 .. 53.005Unifi ed School District #109 ... 47.806Unifi ed School District #224 ... 41.602Unifi ed School District #333 ... 48.810Unifi ed School District #426 ... 48.010_____________________________Central KS Library (RL701BT) 1.794Hillcrest Library (L900) ............. 3.061River Valley Extension #4 ....... 2.492Belleville City Recreation ......... 1.964#1 School Creek (D60) ............ 0.000#2 Mud Creek (D61) ................ 0.000#57 Dry Creek Watershed ....... 0.309Zion 1 RC (CM355) ................ 1.745Liberty 2 (CM038) ................... 0.845Albion 3 (CM031) ..................... 2.204Ida 4 (CM036) ......................... 3.742National 5 (CM041).................. 2.987Mill Creek 6 (CM039) ............... 1.896Lake 7 (CM037) ...................... 2.035Agenda 8 (CM030) .................. 3.178Willoughby 9 (CM058) ............. 0.612Hawks 10RW (CM034) ............ 2.364New Tabor 11 (CM043) ........... 2.514Union Valley 12 (CM055) ......... 3.055Bohemian 13 (CM042) ........... 2.157Prairie Rose 14 (CM049) ......... 2.261Swedish American 15 (CM054) 4.876Pleasant Ridge 16 (CM046) .... 3.376Riverview 17 (CM050) ............. 3.607Poplar Grove 18 (CM048) ........ 2.477Rose Creek 19 (CM051) .......... 1.464Valley 20RC (CM056) .............. 2.328Norway 21 (CM044) ................ 2.687Grace Hill 22 (CM033) ............ 2.043White Rock 23 (CM057) ......... 0.986Pleasant Hill 24 (CM045) ......... 2.637Courtland 25 (CM032) ............ 1.219Mt. Pleasant 26 (CM040) ........ 1.248Rosemound 27RJ (CM052) ..... 0.000Pleasant View 28 (CM047) ...... 1.640Hubbell 29 (CM035) ................ 5.042Saron 12CR (CM309CD)* ....... 2.028_____________________________Byron #1 (F063) ...................... 7.000Hardy #2 (F064) ..................... 5.000Munden-Narka #3 (F065) ....... 3.269Cuba #4 (F066) ....................... 3.928Agenda #5 (F067) ................... 2.225Talmo-Wayne #6 (F068) ......... 6.706Belleville #7 (F069) ................. 2.344Chester #8 (F070) .................. 3.667Republic #9 (F071) ................. 4.515Scandia #10 (F072) ................ 4.981Norway #11 (F073) .................. 4.708Courtland #12 (F074) .............. 3.008Cloud County #1CR* (F402CD) 2.408_____________________________Cindy S CoonsRepublic County TreasurerSeal

Home business/ ‘Gen X and Y group ... want to work to live, and not live to work’

Livingston Enterprises Inc. may be expanding. The swine operation, which has its headquarters in Fairbury, could add more than 30 jobs to the area economy if a proposed 7,200-head sow facility is built near Endicott next year. The corporation has several units in Jefferson County, including this one just over the Kansas border north of Mahaska.

Mahaska area swine operation set to expand

Belleville citizens can ex-press their interest in com-munity development proj-ects by completing a survey between now and Decem-ber 10. The survey allows citizens to indicate whether they would be interested in serving on a citizen driven community development organization and what types of projects they would enjoy contributing to.

“The Belleville community coordinates projects and events that citizens’ sup-port,” Leslie Manning, River Valley District 4-H Youth and Community Develop-ment agent said. “The goal is to reach out to citizens who want to be more involved in activities and events and create connec-

tions.”The survey will be con-

ducted in two formats: online and on paper. Paper surveys will be distributed to local churches, banks and through the River Valley Extension Offi ce in Belleville.

The online survey is located at http://goo.gl/VsWXOq. For easier ac-cess, online survey links are located on the websites for the Belleville Chamber and Mainstreet, the Republic County Hospital and USD 109. A survey link will also be printed on the City of Belleville monthly utility bill.

Survey results will be col-lected and compiled as data to be presented as a snap-

shot of the community. The results of the survey will be used to decide the possibil-ity of a citizen run Belleville PRIDE organization, sup-ported by K-State Research and Extension and the River Valley Extension District. A Belleville PRIDE organization could provide a clearinghouse for volunteer-ism, a place for citizens to exchange ideas and other neighborhood activism.

The survey asks for con-tact information so parties interested in contributing can be contacted for fur-ther progress on starting a Belleville PRIDE organiza-tion. A collaboration event will be held in January to fi eld ideas from community members.

Survey to assess interest in Belleville PRIDE organization

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