COUNTY RECORD Thursday, Apd117, 2003 Moran accepts
academy applications
High hosts 49th Co+e+ma. Je.y +
cepting applications for nominations
invitational to the U.S. Service Academies.
The academies are U.S. Air Force
hosted the 49th
Invitational at Beloit
With 17 schools in attendance.
Girls' results
iris took 7th with 35
came in 10th with 16
White Rock was 14th with
Individual results
'Waterman, Jewell, took third
mt with a heave of 32' I I".
9illett, Manakto, took 6th in
the bar at 4'
ger, Jewell took the
silver medal in the triple
h a distance Of 33' 6". Lauren
Rock, came in 4th go-
Harris, Mankato, won the
the pole vault and set a new
over the bar at 9'.
won the gold in the 100
ash with a time of 13.30.
IButts, Jewell, took 5th in the
in 5t .85.
Rock's Jeffery took the 2nd
in the 400 meter dash in
Warne, Mankato, came in
1600 meter run with a time of
4th in the 3200 meter
a time of 13:43.45.
team
silver medal placing in
teams, platings and points
Downs, 1st, 81 points;
2nd 72.5; Hillcrest, 3rd,
4th, 55; Lincoln, 5th, 50;
50; Wilson, 8th, 32; St.
air, 9th, 20; Kensington,
ke Valley 12th, 13; Sylvan
13; Beloit JV, 15th, I 1.5;
16th, 8 and Waconda
6.
results
to boys took 4th with 57
came in 8th with 34
industry
expansion
;hield, Inc., a Courthmd in-
ch manufactures a food pre-.
to expand within the
to Mark Work, Nutri-
company has pur-
former Sprint Telephone
JUst north of Courtland. The
'Plans to make a base product
as a food preservative
ae operating its facility
and.
said that the company is pur-
3men\ for the new process
be operating within six
:y, according to
uld operate 24 hours
a said, "We' ve had people ask-
for jobs, and we're not
yet. This will not be
)recess."
Inc. opened in
in 1988 and first produced a
c preservative that could be
in big round bales of hay.
received FDA ap-
the food preservative
995 with a product that
y is odorless and
UnNue in the industry in
re)duct that does not
flavor of food, and
it Inaintain a long shelf life,"
~hield markets the product,
Ised in tortillas, bagels and
re)ducts, to bakeries in the
s, Mexico, Costra Rica
',td currently employs lour
Staff needs will in-
an the new process begins,
~e Mission, was
ander of the business in
and he co ~tinues to be ac-
'aPeration.
City
tan.Up Day
April 28
be picked up at
tsh pickup locations.
should be
Call the city office at
you have any
~dicare
points and White Rock was 13th with
8.
Individual results
Matthew Howell, Mankato, took
2nd in the shot with a heave of 46' 3".
Caleb Ramsey, Jewell came in 6th
with a throw of 40' 9.5".
Ramsey took 4th in the javelin with
a throw of 136' 7".
Monte Manning, White Rock, took
the 3rd place bronze in the high jump
by clearing the bar at 6'. Brant Bean,
White Rock came in 5th by going 5'
8".
Mankato's Pumphrey came in 4th
in the long jump by going 20' I".
Trevor Elkins, Mankato, took 4th
in the triple jump with a distance of 37'
10.25".
Patrick Faulkner, Jewell, came in
4th in the 100 meter hurdles with atime
of 17.1 I.
Mankato's Heiser ran to a 4th place
finish in the 200 meter dash in 24.86.
Jewell's Faulkner, took 4th in the
300 meter hurdles in 45.04.
Mankato's Ross Jeffery won the
gold and Greg Zadina the silver in the
800 meter run with time of2:11.03 and
2:12.35.
Mike Wanklyn, Jewell, won the
bronze medal in the 3200 meter run
with a time of 11:19.51.
Wanklyn won the gold in the 1600
meter run with a time of 5:10.92.
Mankato's Brett Ernst came in 5th in
5:25.74.
Mankato 4 x 400 meter relay took
2.nd with a time at" 3:45.04.
Mankato' s 4 x 800 meter relay team
took 2nd with a time of 8:43.93.
Jewell's team came in 6th with a time
of 9:55.33.
Jewell's 4 x 100 meter relay team
took 4th in 47.58.
Other teams, platings and points
are as follows: Pike Valley, Ist, 113;
Downs, 2nd, 71; Hillcrest, 3rd, 69;
Testa\t, 5th, 47; Bennington, 6th, 38;
Ke~asington, 7th, 35; WilgQn, 9th, 30;
Southern Cloud, 10th, 19; Beloit JV,
I lth, 16; St. Johns'-Beloit, 12th, II;
Waconda East, 13th, 5; Tipton, 15th,
3; Lincoln, 16th, 2 and Sylvan Grove,
17th, 0.
White Rock player
signs at McPherson
Academy, Colorado Springs; U.S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary land;
U.S. Military Academy, West Point,
New York; and U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Point, New York.
Those selected will enter the acad-
emies in June 2004.
Selections are based on SAT or
ACT test scores, class rank, grade point
average, school records, extracurricu-
lar activities, leadership potential, mo-
tivation, recommendations and inter-
view evaluations.
Applicants must be legal residents
of the state of Kansas, at least 17 years
of age but not past their 23rd birthday
on July I of the year of admission,
citizens of the U.S., unmarried, not
pregnant and without legal obligation
to support children or other depen-
dents.
If nominated by Congressman
Moran, applicants must meet the indi-
vidual admission requirements of each
academy. Academies will make the
final decision on who will receive an
appointment.
Because of limited placement,
Moran encourages all interested can-
didates to apply also to the offices of
U.S. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam
Brownback.
Interested applicants should send a
letter requesting application materials
to Congressman Jerry Moran, At\n:
Service Academy Selection, P.O. Box
1128, Hutchinson, Ks. 67504-II 28.
Sheree Kriley, Esbon, three-year
letter winner at White Rock High
School, has signed a letter of intent to
play basketball at McPherson college
next year for the Lady Bulldogs.
Kriley was named to the Hastings
Tribune All-Area squad after her jun-
ior season and participated in the 2003
Central Kansas All-Star basketball
game hosted by McPherson College
last month. .
As.a junior, Kriley participated in
the Hawaii Classic basketball tourna-
ment as part of Tourney Sport USA.
She was voted best rebounder at Fort
Hays State University basketball camp.
"Sheree is a six-toot player with a
heart as big as all outdoors," said
McPherson College women's basket-
ball coach Mel Wright. "She is a very
intelligent young lady with a very good
work ethic and a strong desire to suc-
ceed as a college basketball player."
"We are very excited to have Sheree
joining our program. And, we are
expecting big things from her in the
years to come".
Sheree was previously awarded a
McPherson College Dean's Academic
Scholarship. She is the daughter of
Jeanne Kriley, Esbon.
Contentment comes not from great
wealth but from few wants.
A good test of character: when you
do wrong, do you accept the blame?
Everyone is valuable to God.
Roy Dean and Shelly Alcorn and their children, (from left) Joshua, 12;
. Phillip, 10, and Kendra, 8, are pictured in November when he was called to
active duty with the 425th Transportation Company, Salina.
2002 farm bill is topic of
April regional meetings
The Kansas Alliance lor Wetlands be served on-site and spbnsored by a
and Streams is hosting a series of farm variety of underwriters.
bill conservation provisions meetings To date, sponsors include Kansas
FSA News during April. Farm Bureau; Pheasants Forever; The
The meetings are designed to pro- Nature Conservancy; Star Seed, Inc.
By Jim Per0utek, JewellCounty FSA Director vide a Kansas perspective on these and Sharp Brothers Seed.
programs featuring agricultural orga- KAWS is arranging lor local reser-
Assistance for livestock producers nizations, farm and ranch groups, wild- vation contact points, but lor now you
USDA will provide surplus USDA life and other interests in a panel set- can contact KAWS at 620-241-3636
stocks of non-fat dry milk to livestock ting. The sessions are directed athmd- or e-mail tit Drue Durst at
producers in areas hardest hit by con- ownersandoperators, and others intcr- ddurst@cox.net. KAWSisanon-profit
tinuing drought.This area includes the ested in the 2002 farm bill conserva- organization organized in 1996to pro-
countiesol'PhillipsandNortoninKan- teen section. The meetings run from vide quality information and educa-
sas. 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. each flay. tion on wetlands, streams, and riparian
Mankato native awaits
husband's homecoming
Shelly (Hanson) Alcorn, Mankato
native, is looking forward to the end of
the lraq War and the safe return of her
husband, Chief Warrant Officer Roy
Alcorn.
This is the second time in their 12
years of married that Roy has been
called to active duty with the 425th
Transportation Company, Salina. He
was in Saudi Arabia for six mdnths
during Desert Storm and was called
into active duty Nov. I, 2002. He is
now in Kuwait and Shelly is anxiously
awaiting his return.
When Roy was called in November
he .reported at Fort Riley and after one
overnight stay back at home in Salina,
left Nov. I for the Middle East. Shelly
had no idea where he was going at that
time, until days later when he called
home. "He still couldn't tell me ex-
actly where he was, but he did say hc
had arrived in Kuwait safely."
Roy is a mechanic. Shelly adds,
"He keeps the fuel tangers and jeeps
going." .,,+
For Shelly and three children,
Joshua, 12; Phillip, J0 and Kendra, 8,
the days ancl nights+seem hmg. As a
single parent, Shelly finds she lean~;
heavy on and is thankful lot the sup-
port of their families. Her parents,
Delvin and Nancy Hanson, Mankato,
often visit helping where needed. Let-
ters are written almost daily by Shelly
to Roy and often she makes and mails
his favorite chocolate chip cookies to
him. She adds, "It's been hard on the
children and it's certainly hard on Roy
to be away from them."
When Roy served during Desert
Storm, Shelly was pregnant with their
first child, so this is the first tirne he has
had to leave his children. Shelly said it
is hard to be a single parent, with her
husband gone. Shelly said she de-
pended on Roy to do the usual house-
hold repairs and car maintenance.
koy is also missed as Josh~la's Boy
Scout leader and helping out with the
daughter's softball activities. Shelly
offers support to Imsbands and ~ivcs
of those in active service or are l)rel+ u+`+
ing for active service+ She canle tu
Mankato two weeks ago to speak 4t a
Family Readiness (]roul~ mcclmg :it
the local National (hmrd tacilit~
Shelly supports R%v in his cho';cn
career ;.n/d believes the President did
the right thing in scmltig Ii~+opn It+
Iraq. "The use at dicmicat ~c:lp~+l++
and the cruehy needed to bc :dotq+cd,"
she sitid.
It's never too late
to adopt,a highway
It'S Ilever h)(~ 141c tt't pdlllt.;ll);.ilc lie
the Kansas [)Cf)4i lll/Clll ILII
Transportati~m", i\dOpl '\ tti:::ll~!it,;c
the plt)ffr~ll// bc~.?tll} ill K lilt{is Ill t)C+
comber 10St) iic'% ~21+(!tll>, C~ili ',it~;~',
join.
"Wilh nearly I 0.()0t)niitcl hi:.,li+
, ways ill K:lllS{is, the l+ccd l,+t \~t;t~l'lttc',+
Cllshing S',litl. 'Thcic i~ :t \ or\ ili->iilici
difference ill the tll~pC~tl311CC ~d }lit)', th [ ;tlC l t.'b'tl[~ll i} c It tti+c'J tip
vcrstl:-, Iho~c thai ale iloi .ititq~lcd I)3 :~
grol.ip".
Sl)il/e gi:otll).; Ihnl pm tlcipalcd ~ hen
the pl't)gii.nn bc)_,a+l Ii \cur, ;1 colltt,illc IJ|c
goats. The allocation of NDM for a ber of speakers representing Kansas projects were also discussed, clue how long he will have to stay over work with play. alto\ Ihc,~ clc:m lhc
county will be based on a renewable, if interests including Kansas Farm Bu- The itinerary for the exchange trip there," she said. roadway,lhcyschcduk, m|ziclivii~ ',uch
applicable, 30-day supply, based upon reau, Kansas Livestock Association; tit Coh)rado in July was discussed. Even though she is thankful he is in as a picmc ut a ~,llb~lll ~-zHtlc.
two pounds of NDM per day for beef Kansas Association of Wheat Grow- The group will travel by bus to Kuwait, she still believes he is being
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cattle and buffalo, and one-half pound ers, Kansas Corn Growers Associa- g ' ", - • - :* sent out on mission.', "S( th- • : •
ofNDM perday for sheep and goats, teen, Kansas Rural Center, Pheasants sponsors will sriend time with host possib ty he could be go ng nandout nion Cemetery
, Forever, Quail Unlimited, and anum- families while visiting and touringthe oflraq" I! g i
Republic County ber of ag producers. Att.qndees will area. . ~+. . Shelly is active in the National Board Meetin
I
Follow mg the busu,ess n, eetlng I M°n.day I
getting handle need to make a reservation to ensure ' • .' v." , Guard Family Read ness Group that
adequate seating and meals. A cam- refreshments were served.
onmusk thistle plete listing of each days' agenda will
In an effortto combat noxious soon beavailableontheKAWSweb Jnll~ "j nrl| 28I
weeds, the Reptiblic County commis- site- www.kswetlands.org. Lunch will "
stoners have offered to sell at cost the
chemicals used to control the weeds. ] 2p J
Last year the county weed depart- Sugar Shack candles .hi.
ment paid $127,000 for weed control and .........................
chemicals and collected $104,000. Electric candle warmers
StevePounds,departmentdirector, said are at J Being held at the I
the reduced cost gave farmers an in- "Get-A-Tan" J Delaware Street/
centive to spray the weeds earlier when We now have 48 differen t kinds!
they are easier to control. Stop by any time and see the [/ Pb / J
Pounds told the county board, U
"We're starting to get a handle on new display-FREE GIFT BAGS!
thistles." Bindweed continues to be a Remember that special someone on L Jewell,Kan. 1
headache and sericealespidez is spread- , Secretary's Day, Easter
ing into the county. Approximately 50 • Gfaduat/'on • Mothers Oay
acres are now infested with this weed. WILL DELIVER!!I
