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Valley Falls Medical Clinic Dr. James & Judy Rider • Dr. Larry & Jan CampbellNichole Potts, APRN • Cindy Valdez-Smith, APRN

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Would there be an Annual Celebration of Christmas. . .. . . if Mary had chosen to terminate

the Christ Child by Abortion?Let us pray that we may overcome this evil created by humans for humans. Christmas is a celebration of a new life and Savior.Hopefully, in the near future we’ll have the same consideration for the unborn child that Mary had.

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The City of Valley Falls–Mayor–

Lucy Thomas–City Council–

Betsy Doughramaji, Judy Rider, Gary McKnight,Salih Doughramaji, Mike GlissmanJoseph Hackney – Administrator

April Herbster – ClerkPaul Burghart – Public Works Superintendent

Chad Jepson and Chad Spencer – Public WorksMarcus Koch – Police Chief

Jim Varner, Travis Courter, Paul Juedes, Matt Honas– Officers

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Checkin’ his listEli Clark, son of Kellie Jo Raynor, got Santa informed about his Chistmas wishes when the old fellow came to Valley Falls recently.

PUBLIC NOTICE(Published in The Valley Falls Vindicator December 19, 2019)1t

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING FOR AMENDING THE 2019 BUDGET

2019

2019Proposed Amended

Expenditures6,467,4111,331,9342,455,220

Notice of Budget Hearing for Amending the2019 Budget

The governing body of Jefferson County

will meet on the day of December 30, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at County Courthouse-Commission Room for thepurpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed amended use of funds.

Detailed budget information is available at Jefferson County Clerk's Officeand will be available at this hearing.

Summary of Amendments

Actual Amount of TaxFund Tax Rate that was Levied Expenditures

General 18.172 3,176,354 6,117,411Ambulance 0.704 524,412 1,247,934

Health 3.000 123,000 2,416,870

Linda M ButtronOfficial Title: Jefferson County Clerk

Notice of Budget Hearing for Amending the2019 Budget

The governing body of Jefferson County

will meet on the day of December 30, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at County Courthouse-Commission Room for thepurpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed amended use of funds.

Detailed budget information is available at Jefferson County Clerk's Officeand will be available at this hearing.

Summary of Amendments2019

Adopted Budget

Between them, two resolu-tions adopted during the Dec. 9 meeting of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners established the salaries of the county’s elected and appointed officials for 2020. The first of the resolutions, Resolution 2019-017, set forth the biweekly salaries the elect-ed officials will be receiving next year. Those salaries are as follows: County Commissioners (Wayne Ledbetter, Lynn Luck and Richard Malm), $892.46; County Clerk (Linda Buttron), $2,144.04 plus compensation equal to that received by the County Treasurer for the ad-ministration of the Auto Fund, for the administration of elec-tions; County Treasurer (Lisa Buerman), $2,144.04 plus com-pensation as allowed under K.S.A. 8-145(b) for the admin-istration of the Auto Fund; Reg-ister of Deeds (Delia Heston), $2,144.04; County Attorney (Josh Ney), $2,626.12 (67.34 percent of $3,899.79); County Counselor (Josh Ney), $1,273.67 (32.66 percent of $3,899.79); County Sheriff (Jeff Herrig), $2,720.11. The second resolution, Reso-lution 2019-018, set forth the biweekly salaries the appointed officials will be getting. They are as follows: Emergency Services Direc-tor (James Tweed), $2,881.10; County Appraiser (Janet Al-

County offices to closeearly Christmas Eve All Jefferson County employ-ees having been granted four hours of administrative leave to begin at noon this coming Tuesday, Christmas Eve, the courthouse in Oskaloosa and the other buildings they work in or from will be closing for the day at that same time. County-owned buildings will remain closed for Christmas but will be reopening for business Thursday, Dec. 26.

Gatzemeyer was gameball winner last week MSCSports.net was report-ing last week that one of the two winners of the Lukert Chiro-practic & Wellness Game Balls handed out following Week One of the Kansas high school basketball season was Avery Gatzemeyer of the Valley Falls Dragons. The website devoted to high school and college sports in northeast Kansas was im-pressed by the 22 points Avery scored during three quarters of play in the Dragons’ 68-18 vic-tory over the Horton Chargers Dec. 6 in “the Falls.”

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First visit4-month-old Jack Petty made his first visit to Santa Claus when he came to Ozawkie recently. Jack is the son of Matt and Sarah Petty, Hoyt.

Kaws win 2 on home court Both Perry-Lecompton var-sity basketball teams came up winners against Hiawatha on the home court Friday night. The boys’ game was a close match with the Kaws having a 7-point lead at halftime, 40-33. Both teams scored 13 in the third quarter and the Kaws picked up an extra point in the fourth for a 56-48 victory. Parker Stone led Kaw scor-ing with 17. The girls got off to a fast lead and took a rest at halftime lead-ing 40 to 21. They continued to outscore their opponent in the second half and won, 54-29. Scoring in double figures were Campbell Keller with 17 and Blaise Ball, 15.

Just over two years after a 67-year-old Topeka man was killed in a two-vehicle accident on K-4, a mixed jury comprised of 12 Jefferson County residents found Henry Clay Carey Jr. of Topeka guilty of vehicular ho-micide, the Count I alternative, in the man’s death. Vehicular homicide is a Class A person misdemeanor in Kan-sas. The verdict was returned Dec. 10 in Jefferson County Dis-trict Court, bringing to a close what ended up being just a one-day trial presided over by Dis-trict Judge Gary L. Nafziger. The state was represented at the proceeding by County Attor-ney Josh Ney, the defendant by Atchison attorney Rex Lane. The jury also found Carey guilty of driving while privi-leges cancelled/suspended/re-voked, a Class B non-person misdemeanor, and guilty of failure to show proof of vehicle liability insurance coverage, also a Class B non-person mis-demeanor. But it found him not guilty on Count I, involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, a Level 4 person felony, and not guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (second offense), a Class A non-person misdemeanor. Having heard from the ju-

Jury finds Topeka man guilty oflesser charge in 2017 fatality crash

rors, Nafziger ordered a pre-sentence investigation and set sentencing for Feb. 6 at 1 p.m. Carey was behind the wheel of a 2001 Ford Explorer the afternoon of Dec. 5, 2017 when it collided head on with a 2009 Hyundai Elantra being driven by 67-year-old Thomas E. Prescott of Topeka, killing Prescott. According to the re-port of the Kansas Highway Patrol, Carey, headed south on K-4, attempted to pass two slow-moving vehicles to avoid rear-ending them and entered the northbound lane, Prescott’s lane, where he encountered the Elantra just north of N.E. 31st Street. Last week’s trial took place less than a month after Court Services Officer Laura Reichart filed a Bond Supervision Viola-tion Affidavit with the court stating that Carey had tested positive for cocaine, which con-stituted a pre-trial supervi-sion violation. Carey, who is 39, was subsequently arrested and booked into the jail at the Law Enforcement Center in Oska-loosa on suspicion of a probation violation. He was released from custody following the trial.

Resolutions fix 2020 payfor Jeff County’s leaders

len), $2,641.38; Geographic Information Systems/Infor-mation Technology Director (Chris Schmeissner), $2,885.11; Health Department Adminis-trator (Crystal VanHoutan), $2,882.13; Planning and Zoning Administrator (Dustin Parks), $2,205.04; Public Works Direc-tor (Bill Noll), $2,795.66. The position of Economic Development Director, an ap-pointed position, was identified as being vacant, so there wasn’t a compensation figure listed for that position. K.S.A. stands for Kansas Statutes Annotated.

A free dinner on Christmas Day will be served by the F.W. Huston Medical Center in Win-chester. The dinner will be at noon Wednesday, Dec. 25, at the sun porch of the medical center, which is the congregate meal site in Winchester. Joye Huston, her husband, David, along with family and volunteers have provided this Christmas gift for the past

Free Christmas dinnertradition continues

10 years, but is has now been transferred to the medical cen-ter. In the past, the Hustons have served over 100 meals to people from all corners of the county. The invitation remains open to everyone, but there are some changes. Transportation will not be provided nor will meals be delivered.

Early Deadlines!The deadline for ads and news for the next two issues is 3 p.m. Friday.