3A JEWELL COUNTY RECORD
Thuts0ay. June 23, ;2016
Picnic held to honor
'Gunsmoke' actor attends event,
By Kerma Crou~
On Saturday, m~ than 50 people
g=t~ in the/ewel! City ~ far a
picnic to celebrate Lan'y Heskett'sTOth
birthday. But it was al~ to revie w and
celebrate Jake Haskett's. "The Ride.'"
"q'he Ride" beN as an idea at
CmssFit in ReloK wl'~re Jake I-inskell
v,~rked out. One of his friends at
Cro~sFil was I~maris Niewald, who
was ba~lmg cancer
The owner. C]im Horirm~ was also
a friend and so was his little son,
Benedict .8,en~ict was batt]iag a rare
eye cancer. HaskcM wanted to help
both friends and the idea of a benefit
hike ride w~ born.
The be~ tirc for Haskert to rake
three months offwork was win[e-4" when
his landscaping business wa.s at a yearly
lull Plans were made to takeoffon a
3,700 mile ride across the southern
United States on Jan. 4. Having never
been on a long bike tide, not even Bike
Across Kansas, I-Iaskett'$ first long
mp was going o be a nmt[y rung one.
Haskett said Santa Cruz, Calif is
the headquarl s of Cro~Fit, go il
seemed like a natural star*dug point,
since CmssFit was a major supporter
of Haskett on his trek a~a'oss the United
States. As the start date loomed, he
make his way to 5ante Cruz.
Clint Horiaek was in cha~e of ar-
rangements. He located the CrossFil
centers where Haskett would stop each
day. He had about a thwd of ll~ ~p
plamu~ by the Jan. 4 start date, and he
worked to fill in the r~sr of the trip as
"The Ride" ixogressed.
Pot 1h majority o f h", hip. Haskeu
simply ~y~ from one CmssFit Center
m the next. Watt, "simply" is r~t really
the con~ct word as riding 50 to 75
mil,s a day is ant so simple. Yes. the
firsi two 25 mile days o[the trip might
have been desert had as "simple," how-
ever. with the regala~ grind of ridin~
twice that many miles or more e~h
day.achy knees and sore muscles set it.
Haskett noted. "It took nndl Warn,
Texas, Ibr the aches and pains to go
away." Bat did he have thou~hzs of
quilling'? No. he "'never ~hought hut
what I'd make it." He did take 1we tlays
to rest at Wac~. Hisgeqeral plan, tLsc-,d
Ior the rest of the trip. was to te~ one
day ~ week.
If one is going oat on a nearly 4,(X}O
mile nde, what kindofa hike is needed?
The answer In that question was sup-,
pli~ by John McClure of Blue llill
Bikes andToura in Osborne, McChir .
who attended the celebrat~m, was in-
slr~nlental in get~ing I'[askett the right
bike for the tnp. That biketumed out to
be a/ants Aurora
The Aurora ,nmlcl ~ a inuring bike.
lou~ m~ hl~e~, an: ~hr ourmg. meaning
Icing dist~ce riding. 'I'ltey are hghler
than tnount~m hikes hut h~a~icr than
racmg lukes. They arc built to I1 more
conlfortahl than the t~tl)er blkt~ urn;
the long distances r.hey wdl be ddden.
"]'he Aurora ~rrved the purpose
well It una&qhetripia fineshape, stilt
with the original front tire! The back
tire. which wears out more quickly, is
anolher story. Haskett is on the [ourth
hack tire.
When asked what the best part of
the trip was. Hanker ' as quick to
answer: "'The people." As he male from
Cross.Fit to CrossFu. he met people, a
~ of people. "]'hose pet)pie just "rook
me inY Plac~ 1o slo~p, pot luck sup-
pays.massages, work~utfacilifie~bike
re~irs, all from [rieraily tx~pl ~'d
never met hul Was glad {o meet.
Anolher wonderful part of the trip
revtll.vedafound Ben~icl Honnek and
DamarisNiewatd. By thetime Haskett
arrived home on March 23. both w c
ft~unO to be cancer free!
Two year old Benedict Horinek at-
tended the picnic with his family. His
mother. Sarah Hnrinek, con tirmed that
he is cancer free. However, little
Benedict faces otherhealth issl~s. He
deals w~th 13 Q Delelkm Syndrome.
This nreans his 13111 chromosome is
m~ssing a section and a major n:suh is
developmental delays. Each day is dealt
v.ith as it comes, hul being cancer free
is a significant blessing.
Haskett a[,~ ~a~ked about some of
the mfique experiences he had on the
~rip. One was when he tried to hike
~hrough NASA. He was asked ~li~ely
v,'hal he w~s doing a,~d did manage to
con'.'ince the o ffieers that he j u.~t wanled
lo see NASA as part of his cross-
country hike ride. They e~ plained about
the "'No Bikes" ru}e on the size.
Ha~kett'~ hike taft the site in a police
pickup and Haskelt in the hack .~at of
a pan-ol car.
MeMco was another experience.
Ha @~ett was ou, of the United Stales
for abom 15 minutes. Just long enough
to film his daily mporl. Bat, ,='tossing
the border was "No problem at all.
Nobody else was them."
Then though "'scared of heights,'" in
Florida, Hask~t treated him~lf m an
18,000 foot skydive. The man "'Ioves a
challenge."
A re.at challenge wa.~ getting tofack-
gonville, Ra, in time for the CrossFit
Open Cool Down Show. Haskett said
they didn't find out about it until about
a week before it happened, To make
the show. which he did, Haskeu had t~
rid6 800 mites in seven days. One day,
he made t30 miles -- the Ionges~ day
movie screening in Smith Center
By Dorma Chds~ nsen
We are not often blessed to enter-
lain a famous actor, but this privilege
was granted to
Smith Center Sat.
malay when actor
Buck "fay lot
ma~ aa appear.
ance for a special
event tear. in-
ckaied a sc~, 'a-
inn of "'Tomb-
s~," one of his L
lrrJovi~g, l
From 9 Lo It ~i~
a.m Saturday,
Taylor was a~ the
Western Plains Village. Smith C n-
let, to display some of his art work for
v/cwing and purchase. He also had his
picture taken with many of the art=gl-
ees and was available for inteTviews,
The -,amt lasted anti] nearly norm.
At 3 p.m. ~ was a sc~enir~ of
"~Tombstoa ' in tile town d~ea~r on
Main Street. Taylor spoke about
movie and his tie in it, as ~a~e[[ as
future involvement with I oa Chim-
n~ Films, bd'm'~ the showing, Ken
Spurgeon, executive director of Lout
Chiamey Firms, also spoke about pro-
posed fu1u~ films tO be shown on larBs
later in the year. Spuvg ~m is also Ihe
director of the "'Florae on il~ Range'"
docum~u'y project,
"When a I/ontier home was d -
s~.myed by fmL" Spurgeon said. "the
only thing left was the chirrmey, hence
the cap~ion for their im>ductions, Lone
Chimney Films."
in "'rombstot~," Taylor played a
champion ofjustic~ in the early settle-
meat of Dodge City, which was over-
run by outlaws called cowboys, It was
a broody baltic between the establish-
m~tt of justice and the evil con1~[ of
many fxoutier towns.
After the screening, veryon was
invited to a pork burger meal at the
Stud= C~w r, prepared try the Peoples
Hcartlar.d Foundation, a nonprofit or-
ganization that owns and manages the
Home oa the Range cabin site.
A trio of mmicians f~ovided a wet-
come rendition of several, western
songs. Galen ~ played a bass
violin, Wendell Boltm. played a har-
monica and Dave Hutsou joined li~m
on his guila~. All ~ of 1hem sang a-s
well. G-'a[en and Wend l! are farmers
and Dave is a pastor, who composed
spiritual wo~lings to the tune of"Home
on the Range."
During d~ evening, two "Horr~ on
the Range" rocks were presented by
the drawing of names of those in atlen-
dance. El Dean Holthtts, Smith Center.
hosted theevening~ gave agracious
Ix~yer of thanksgiving for il~ meal.
supervised llu: drawings.
Walter Clarence =Buck" Taylor was
horn in Hollywood. Calif on May t 3,
1938. H. is best known for his rok as
guas,mith, turned deputy sheriff, Newly
O' Brian. on the CBS television show,
"Gut, smoke '"
When askeel how h= was cast for his
role on Gunsmoke, Taylor ~',pl~d,"It
was a ~y aceide, nL I got t]~job with
Gunsmoke, when I was 29, arA was37
when1 left."
He had previously studied acting,
bat admits his success was mainly b~
cause of aumy "'happy accidents," He
said he has no plans to netir,but agreed
he might consider it each night about 9
p.m.
He was acquainted with the Kansas
actor, Milburue Stone. They became
good friends and he gave Taylor an
i,troduction to the midwest. Taylm"
was married to JudyNugeat hum t96 I
to [983, and he married Goldie Arm,
his cu,r~nt wife, in 1995. His children
are Tiffany, Matthew Cooper and
Adam.
S5 carry out
Salurdoy. seveeal gathereO in the Jewel[ COy Park lO eele~rale Jane Haskerl's "The Ride" and Larry Haskett's 70th
Uirlhday. Pictured (from left) ace Clint Hodnek, Jake HasKett, Benedict Horinek and Sarah Horir~k.
of'q'be Ride."
With ~ many positiveexperiences.
we~ there any negative ones? "'Not
really. I only recall being pus.h~ off"
the road once." ]t seemed to this re.
porte~ lha~ once in 3300 miles was
good. Hasketl'S comment: "[ think it
was really good)"
So what bi king c~llenge is he th ink-
lag of next? Husker tho~tgh~ j0xt a
see.o~d before n]entioaing the 2.2iX)
mile Appalachian Trail. When?
h',4'
"Maybe in a oaupte of years'" John
McClure was quick to list seve~l
sheller hike trips, inc|uding Bike
An'usa Kansas. Haskelt agreed, BAK
would he a good choice.
Time will |ell, bat it is almost too
soon to be planning another trip.
Haskett said it has taken until just
r cendyto feel normatagain. When he
first get back there was*'nothing there"
and hecouldn't even work out. Nov
feeling heater, he works out a~and
three ttmes a week.
What about the Aurora. would he
ride it? Haskelt noted that he hadn't
ridden the~Aumra since he got h~me.
"'1 haven't been on it." he said. "'It is
special. [t made 1he uip. I might just
hang it on the wall," Besides that, the
through sixth grade.
Ly le Dauner began lke worship wi~
a piano pretude. "Father, Lift Me Up."
Meili Oat tit the altar catullus. In his
chikh, en's rnessa~,Paszor Geny Sharp
talked at'~ut feet and their pta]~s . 1-[
said we should Ihank God for K' t and
all thai God has given us. We should
use ooc f ~ for His puzpo~, to glorify
God,
morning ,'Scriptun: ~as I Kings
21:1-21 in which the prophet Elijah
confronted king Ahah about his sin,
Pastor Sharp stated we all have 1o con-
fmn! sin at some time. 11 is difficult to
confront others who have done wrong.
It may not be your place to do this. If
you feel this is your job. you ~ d lo be
~u-re that God issendiag yon. You must
,lk
Nursing Exceller~e Awards ~m
wiven in recognition of Nalio~al N omen
eek May 6-12, at WakeMed Health
& Hospitals in Car,/, North Carolina.
Amanda Heitman, RN BSN CNOR.
~0rrnen~ of ru -a.l Me, nkato, was an
award roci~ent. She was nominated
hy her peers, wh~ makes ll'm award
extra special. They wrote. "Amanda
is an excellent nurse and mentor, and
I am extremely gra[oful for her guid-
ance in th~ periopera'dve 101 training
program.`+
Amanda is Ihe Education Re-
source Specialist f~ Surgical Ser=
vices at WakeMed Cary and is re-
sponsil~e lor or~anizalion a "~ instruc-
tion of their AORN Periop 101 intern-
ship program as well as staff o ienta.
lion ar~ compliance. She has been
employed by Wakened for nine yeats
argt is a Slrong advocate for he~ pa-
tienls as well as for doveloping fut~r~
nurses !or a protessien in
per~operative numing= She is the
daughler ot E]don and JoAnn Doud,
Mankato and 1he daughter-in-law of
Ken and Parn Heitman. Wel:/oer.
Menhusen nan~ed
to UNL dean's lipt
Elizabeth Ellen Menhasen of
Mank ate has been named tt~ the dean~,"
h~t at flit Um~,'e~ily ol' Nehraska.Lm-
coin for the -~pring 20 I b, semester.
Menhu sen, a ~nior autrni~m and health
~cienc s fnuui|ion and dietetics op-
Imnl major, was named to the dean's
list fur the College of Ed~tealit:n and
Human Sciences.
Qualification for the hat vanes
among the undergraduate colleges
within U Hi A II quail t'y inn grade- Ixfi n~
averages are haso.hm a foar-poiut .~cale
and a minimum of 12 ot more graded
semester hours. Sludent> can be on the
lisl for more than one college.
,Seniors targeted with
insurance, Medicare,
Sodal SeeurlW aeauns
The Kansas attorney general's of
rice h~iu0ntly hears about phone call
~ams zargming senior citizens -- it-
posters posing as grandchildren to try
to get money to get out of a jam. While
these seams contin~, them are a few
other seams that have been popping up
iml~rsonating insurance company,
Medicare or Social Security.
Several consumers have ~ enlly
reported receiving ceils fix~m "Kansas
Insurance," slating they nee0 bank ac-
count in formafi(,n, ax they a~no longer
going to utke checks as payments for
monthly premiums. Remember, a~vcr
give bank account information over
me phone. The ~am artist may even
"spoof" the caller ID so it looks like it'~
coming fwm a legitimate insurance
company,
Even if you think the call might be
coming from yore insurance company,
it's wise to tell them ymt'll call back
and hang upthe phone.Then go look at
your last bill and call tke phone nut-
Ttt~ay, Jure 23 20t(~
THE SUPERIOR EXPRESS 3B
senior citizens. Often the~ callers ate
not trying to steal your money, but
access your information. '['hey will try
to g~ your Medicare or Social Secu-
rity card numhers in order to steal year
ideutity. With this infon-~tior, the
scan~ can falsely file far Medica~
or Social Security benefits, and even
rite false tax relurns,
"['~s gos~rnment agencies will
never ask you for gersonal information
o~r the p~ne or by email. If Medi-
cal or Social Socurity really needs to
Those ~rvlcen~ who are involved
go t]u~ugh exten siva testmg and 1.cain-
inn bo~h when 0~y 10r otn for [he
privilege of bemg picked. After being
chore, an for thisd lait.tbey must adhere
to strict regulations even aft= their
time of this sarvke ban ended.
The guess box was really a guess
box and tin'ned out tu be some things
usable m art there, it was a new type
dis0enser fitted with brown sugar. T6
winner was Gtmna Fogo.
get information from you, they wilt Fro-tawny Co-op
send you a letter requesting informa-
tion. Ifyoedor eivcac~dl,aadthink ~JlllOnll ~et$ ~-016
it might be from a legitimate agency, w~hOf~
contest
ask them In sear you a ]etter detailing
whal information they need. F'aratwa ' C op. Inc invites pho,
You can report these and other
scats to the a~tomey general's Con-
sumer Protection Division by callmg
(gO0) 432-231D, You can also file a
complaint and find men: tips for slay-
ing safe from scans on the websit ,
www.lnYourComerKansas.or~,
,p~nl~s 91 ][~r llBa~
rennion held
The armual F~man family r~anion
was held in Jewett June 17-19. hosted
by Bob and Dea.rma Freeman, Twi~a
Means and Sharon Tullar.
The reunion sta~ed off Friday
evening with a barbecue and potluck
supper at Eme~,xon Lake, along with
some fishing and a lot of visiting. Sat-
u~lay morning and Sunday moming~
the Dale Freeman family provided an
outdoor breakfast at the Country Cor-
net RV Park where some of the family
was staying. Saturday the a livities
were held in the Jewell Community
Center and Maag Park with more vis-
i ti ng,pictmes and lots oflaugMer, eios-
inn out the evening with a Ixgl~ck
~pper and one last game.
Those a~nding par; or all of the
activities besides the hos~s w~"~ Belly
Koukal, Bel[evi[le, Robert and Vonda
Wakefield, ManEato; Max and Judy
Freeman. B lleville: Carrie Rinehart,
John and Slaci Stfe, e~s, all of Colo-
rado Springs, Corn,; Mike Freeman,
Mankato, and friend Jennifer Moore,
Phillipsburg: Devon Freeman and
friend Jodi Meinaer, Jessica Freeman
and friend DakatoThomas.al]ofHays;
Rex Freeman. Dale and Joarme Free-
man. Cotcy Pre~man, Chad and Bohi
Fogo and children Samantha. Alexan-
dria and Chace, all of Mankato: Tw M
and Janelle Staats and daughter Brook-
lyn, ]conifer Freeman and chi|dren
Austin Manring. Madilynne Pate, and
Grace. aJl of Garden City; John and
Miehele Freeman and son Logan, Jeff
and Becky Freeauta and children Kyle,
Jaegen. and Jayc,all of Kansas Cily~
Me.
P|ans were made [or tim 2"017 Free-
man fami|y reunion to be bald in Colo-
rado Springs, Colo fl~ first weekend
in June, with hosts Staci and John
Streets.
Odessa ltomemaker
hold re.galat meeting
It was flag day. By ~he way, d~d) ou
emember 1o put your flag out? 'I'~-
day was also the day Ibr the Ode-~
Homemakers Uni~ to tuner, Eight mem-
bers answered n+ll call with a patriotic"
item, article of dress, jewelry, a stow
of whatever. After 1he flag salute w~s
repeated, minu~sof|ast monlh's m u
inn were rtad and app~ved. The
treasnrer's report was given and the
Jewell Connt~ FaiT. which is/uly l0 to
L4, was discus,~d, T~ Bike Across
Kansas a.ml those who provided food
and shelter for them was dis~0ssed.
The Esbon Community had one of
those food stands, it was in Man~to's
community cenler.
TImlma Beam was the hostess and
she also had the lesson. This tira,il
really was a lesson learned ~s she n~ad
about 1he changing of the guard at the
Tomb el the Unknown Soldier. This
e~m has gone 0n 24-7 since 1930.
tograp'l~rs hem actors Kansax to enter
the 2016 Farm~a~ Photography Con-
re,st.
Eligibte coatesta0ts can visil
www.farmwaycoop.com for complete
details on how to submit photographs
in oneor both ofthe~:ate~,ries: Kuasas
Agriculture and Farmway Fan CluK
There is a I Ophoto maximum entry for
each c-ate~ory per emrant. Entries m ~st
be indigital format and submitted elec.
~'onical[y. The contest, which is now
open. cads Monday. Sept. 26.2(116. al
5 p,m, Phott~, mu,i betaken w.thm the
2016 ca.[enda.r year.
Kansas Agficullure: Kansas farm-
era anti ranchers a~e .he lace o1' a ~zricu I-
~u.r ~ You are whal energtYe the s~ate
tkrough your hard w~rk, dedicalion
and goodwill, Fmm a child exper,enc-
inn his ~r~( harvest to) a t-arnler takmg
ca~e of livestock at all hours we wahl
you ~o share the st, eclat mt>nK'nms (d
agriculture life. Showcase the lypesof
cmF we grow and how we lake care o!
the land we 1.ve ~:o provide the world's
food and fiber needs. E, lict pht>k,~ Ihal
showca~ the hreathlaking beatit) t,1
wcrking and being part of K~nsa~, ag-
ricuZture.
Farmway Fan Club: Let'~ celehrate
Farmway being pan of Kansas com-
munities [or the las~ 10.=/yearsl Taken
phuto of a Farmway )~:ation. a stld-f
membex out in the field, your grain
Truck weighing az a Partway elevator.
you wearing your rewrite Pathway
hat, anything Farmway related ~- get
!
crea~is'e Eater photo, with a Farmway-
regaled tie that features the coopera-
live.
Photos will he judged un quatity.
c~eati'~ily and relevance to each cat-
egory. Farmway will milize different
~gments of the coo['Jerali~,'e's em-
ployee team to jodge the phvlos. First
place in each category will mceis~e a
$100 girl card Second place in each
calegoD ~ Ill r ct~ 55il g*lt card. A
people" s Ch,>wc a,~ ard wmll be decided
upon po~nm-, carried thr
