Price 50
Office located at 111 E. Main, Mankato, Kansas 66956
Established 1890, Volume 127, Issue No. 23
USPS, NO. 274-940 Thursday, June 9, 2016
Approximately 900 Bike Across Kansas parlicipanls and their accompanyir~ supporl loam changed lhe almosphere in Mankato early this week. Local residents interact with the bikers at a fo~l
sland in front of Possil~lilies, in downtown Manka[o. Bikers a~so wait in trcmt of SaddL~ack's BBQ
Lovewell State Park
hosting youth fishing
clinic on Sunday
Lovewell State Pas~ is hosting a
kids E~ing c~init'le. Pawnee Mental
Health executive ditcct~m r~vicwed
the annual rc[xwt and the 2017 budget
~cqucst of $26.364 lsame as 2(116).
Rodney B r~-ckleman ar, d Mel Bmw~,
J'ewell County Pawnee Mcnlal Heakh
Ix~avd members, were ai~ present for
the discussion.
Rock Hills monitoring
state's school funding
situation in Topeka
Rtx'k HIII~ USD ~U7 i-', achvely
monitonng the most reliable sour .' ~
of mli~tmarmn from Topeka as the
Kans~L~ Supreme Cou~ Kan ;as l. g ix-
~aluve and Governor Bmwnback work
toward a mfimmu for funding Kan.~as
public g-htxfls equitably, accunling ~o
Nad~ne Smilh. R~g.k Hill.'; superinten-
dent, USD lift administration eonlm-
tics I0 engage area legi~,lator Rep.
Sharon Schwartz'. Rep Tray
Waynla,l ~, arid Sen [-~laine Bl'~u~ech.
In c-~xer%atlttn~, Tcgardmg [air .lind
adcqt~t funding t~r Kam, a-, puhllc
s=h~a~s. Snnlh ~ai4
While all Kailga~ s, 'htxtt districts
await a ~]httion tO the "~'~1 funding
issue. USD 107 com,nues al conduct
husineg, a ,~ usual tO plan and rn-epam
for sc hool in August. Plan l~.Ing is some-
thing Ihe dislnctcogage.~, in ',mstand)'.
and pl an~in$ i s based on tile h~ t tn Ihr-
ma0on available at all)' gtVCI| tinle. II
I1~ distrk.'t i,~ t'oB; d L.L~ vhange the
usual operatitms fi~r tlu~ s~mntcr-r the
begim3ing ~f a-'hool. s~afl, pavenl~ :rod
patr.ns wd~ he infimned. [hiurinal,on
wiR be shared thnmgh tl~ USD l{~7
wcbsite, the ,~-h(~l~s" Facels~k pa gc~,
the district notificatUm sy~nem and In-
cat media OUI'~ Ls { Ile~ spa fJe.'r", role', l-
st{Ill, told local radio stal I~. ,n'y, ) as n l' iLI ( l,k.I d
to let eye,one g.' .lIICerlled knt>'6 a~K~Ut
an). actions in Topeka that ms} hinder
the dislrict's ability to l~:in the 2{116.
20i7 scht~ll )rear as ~-heduled.
'F~r it ~tl-year cxisten~' . R,~k
Hill has eXlX.'~icnced great supl'R~n
from district ~trons slid Lx,zlnilue.~ to
remain fiscally sln)n~ a.~d prox.ide a
h,gh qualil)'educationtoJewell(',lllnl)
chitd:~n. "[-~i~ well e.~labli~d uadi-
lion wilt continue, h's a great day hs
a Grizzly!" Smith said.
Food commodtUes
be dlstxtbuted
Them will be distnbutkm of guy-
em ment food commodil,es fn>m 2 to 3
p.m. Satunlay al the Chri~,ttan Chu.-ch
in Mankam.
+ + ;@ OMMUNITY ,
This group o[ 13i'ke Across Kansas particlpa'n;':; oo'~ + "d;Ym"4": a+'ou~' liltl.e .~a~ tin;:, the s.~, ergo| lh; +~ing .'~1 ol i ':k H~ls~i0f ~~?
Started in gear, tractor plows through back of shed C
And other excerpts from "Jewell County Memories"
80 Years Ago
'l"lt Stale highway ct+mm ission was
a~king h~r bids on 39 9 ,mica ors,rfac-
ins of US Highway 36 across Jewell
County. Sand-gravel or linletone was
to be the s~dacing material. Employ+
ees were m be paid a mll~inmm o1"30
cents per hour and only 4[.) hours of
work wol;Id be permilted per week.
Dr C. W. Pin man h~ a new
Ch vrolct ~edan.
An a~:t-ident t,~+k the life of Gone
Mm'k, a young man of the AthL-'l)g
Commumty when a gun he was re-
moving fr ~m his autom.hi|c dis.
charged, H~s fa|her v a,stand ing nearby
a)~d cailghl him as he Lell. He g'a~ Io he
mantled later thal week.
A Notge app]ianecdistnhOion store
opened in Manka[a with Alvah
Menhu~ n as the manager,
SheriffE. L. Roe was preparing to
offer for sale some of tbe best land in
Jewell County including thn.q~ quar-
ters. all gO and a halfsoction~ All were
tocaled in either Township 3 or 4.
Gmcn+s P:levalor offered for sale
bran. sho~.~, meat ~rap and chick mash.
A nalural gas pipeline was being
extended t<, Burr Oak.
l-klilor f. O. Rodgers stepped out a+s
Man kalo i-,o~t m aster. F.di or Glen Hale
stepped in.
Ora [.ou ,~enh~ ~r di scoven~d a l.rac-
tot can put up about a ; big a fight as a
b~ll. He atlempled to crank his tractor
whi[-e it was in gear. The machine
slatted and plowed its wa~ through the
end of the shed carrying Mr.
L,out,~cRhis~c with it. Forlunat ly. he
wa.m~t ~riously injured,
The asscs~rs placed 11"~ popula-
tion of .rewe!t County at 14.07'~J,
In her "South of the St,~"" news
column, MP-;. Walter" Spielman ~porled
"A'~d~ough it was quite mtgldy Sunday
moming.therewe~ 26 out forchttrch."
From the same colunm, "A crowd
charivaried Norris Pete,son.'"
Ha~ Swee~ had hi s tonsig rem
