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Office located at 111 E. Main, Mankato, Kansas 66956
Established 1890, Volume 127, Issue No. 29
USPS, NO. 274-940 Thursday, July 21, 2016
Public hearing for school budget
scheduled for Monday, Aug. 8
The Rock Hills Board of F Aucatioa
nmt Mo,tday. Present were Brendea
Win h, Loft Yelken. lanolin Greene,
Ervln Underwood, Todd Mauerhan.
Lori Slate, Bohi Fain. Nadine Smith.
Sam Meyers, Bah Rcttsh and Lynette
Bartley,
Superintendent Smith asked tor
ham muttons h~r ra' .~ide'nl of the board.
Broaden Wir,11 and Loft Yelken were
nominated, Wirth was elected hy a
vote uf 4-3 and then presided over I~
balance of the meedag. Wirth asked
for nominations for vice president and
Lod Yeiken was the time nominee.
She was elecled unanimously. Both
Lynerle Bart3ey was appointed clerk
of 1he board for 1be 2016- I 7 school
year; I~ Ica-e q Angteton was appointed
deputy clerk', Rick Diamond, will be
treasurer arid Sondra Decker was ap-
pointed deputy h-easurer.
] t was reported that classroom units
are in place in the old addilion and
basement new addition for the HVAC
project at the emementary school. Start-
upofthe chiller is planned for Aug i.
Formica for the cuut, tertops should be
he~- thi ~ week
Bob Roush, facililies and. lranspor-
lotion dLrector, reporled on various
projects. He said the elementary play-
ground pro~ect began this week. Gym
t]~,~s will be refinished on Aug .5.
W=th =1o word received regarding tie:
ponding on the JRSR track, it was the
conmnsus of the board to have their
attorney send ~ loiter regaling this
matte
Because Ibis ~as the annual
r o~gaaizational meeting, the follow-
ing aR~ointments were a~ved: State
Exchange Bank. omcial depository;
federal impact aid representative.
Lynette BarOny: elementary truancy
officer, Nadine Smith; junior-senior
high school truancy officer, Sam
Meyers: district KPERS representa-
tive, Lyaette Banley; sehool attorney,
Darrell Miller; Tide I director, Tide VI
director, PL g74 program direc~x~r.Tide
IX coordinator, 504 coordinator, hear-
ing omcial for suspension and expul-
sion appeals, purchasing agent, com-
pliance officer to receive and act on
discrimination eomplaims, freedom of
information officer, Nadiae Smith;
official newspaper. Jeweil OhmO"
Record.
Supedntea~mt Smith mview~ the
Farm to Table program with the boar[[
members. Participation in the laogram
was approved u~animo~sly. Class
schedules for both the elementary and
junior-senior high school' were ap-
proved Ls presented. Newly hired spe-
cial education teachers for the dispel
are Shelby Caflaway, grades K-5, and
Sheila Bogart. grades 6=12. Smi=h
shared IheFY 201'7b~get publication
page with the board Dale Dermis at the
stare department of education will
view the budget document prior 1o
publication, public hearing and adop-
tion.
It was reporled the Jewell County
Health Department has re iveti grant
f3t~mg to purchase a soundproof hear-
ing testing booth to I~ placed at the
elementary school for ~aring screen-
ings.
The boani met in executive session
Io discuss manet's affetaing ~ sta~clent.
There was no action as a result of the
private ~ssion.
The hoard also met in ex~'~tive
session to discuss employer-emptayee
aegotimions. After returning to open
sessinn, several changes to the 2016-
i 7 rmgotiated agreement as ouflined ht
a m~ting hem on July I I, includingan
addendum r,g~ding supplementary
pay for KSHSAA events, were ap-
proved.
The board met again in e~ecutive
session to discuss non.elected person.
nel. After the closed session, the fob
Iowingacdonw0s token: AI1errmtedays
(one half day and one full dayl were
approved for Bethany Remus, 6-12
guidance o0unselor, and Sara Grout.
licensed social worker, for em'ollm nt
assistance. Judy Hadachek was al~
l:a'oved as a leacher l~tOr for Cody
Miller for the 2016.20~7 year, with a
$l,000 s~ipend. Signing bonuses of
$3,000 were approved for the hard to
fill positions of vocational ed~ation
for Matthew Railshack and physical
science. A sapplemental assignment
recommendation of Snzette Gile as
play director for the 2016=201'7 school
year was approved,
it was decided the public h ~'ing
for the FYI7 school district budget
witl be keld at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug.
8, immediately prior to the ~gular
ansi=st boasd meeting,
The next regular mo~tmg of the
Rock Hills School Board will I:. at
7:15 p,m. on Monday. Aug. 8, at the
dis|riot office in Mankato.
DAR sets Guinness record for most
letters sent to service members
"l o celebrate the nazumal stg-mty'.~
125th amuver~ar) and Ihc cuhnmalion
ot the Celebrate America! ',olutlteer
~,ervtc initiative, file DAR channeled
il*, lerv~r tbr patriotism and dedicaled
suppt~rt of our nature's military ser-
vice members toward an ambitious
b,~a]. During tM.~ week of the 125th
Continental ConMess. held in June at
LiAR's Washington, D.C beadquar-
mrs, the organization .'.~1 an official
Guinness world record lille in palrio-
tiSlll lot "'most letters tt~ military per-
~nnel collected m o,m month.'"
DAR members IX~SSeSs an unwa-
vering patriolic devolion that spansth
organization's 125-year history. Dur-
ing the past throe years alone, daugh-
lee, have devoted ,r~re than 2.2 mil-
lion hours of setwice Io veterans, hon-
ored mu~ than 28g.(g~) V ielnam War
veterans and ~onated more than
525(1.(XX) in suppog of service meal-
bets and their families. '['he world
record atten]pl ~rved a-*. a le.~t: Could
the irwmbersh i p exceedits alrea~Sy high
standards of supp)n for oar milit;Lry?
Achieving this ambitious goal re.
quired the national society to coll~t
and then mail at least IO.(X)O lette:s to
acfi~e-dmy servic~e members. Daugh-
lee across the country roll, led in sup-
p~rt uf the effort, which was governed
by sn-tct n,les. Many daug~.ters wrote
perstmal messages, but because indi-
viduals could writeonly one letter c~h.
they also enlisted help fr.m tlw, r coat-
munities. Girl Scouts, seht~fldnldten,
even thegovemor of Georgiaand many
mo~e caring citizens contributed cards
and letters to the project.
As dictated by the Guinaess guide-
lines, all leuers had to be handwritten,
addressed to an active duty service
member, placed inside a stamped, un-
~ak'd envelope, and delivered in I'g~-
sunlo one of thedesignated stations ~t
up at DAR beadqmtrterg Handvements
al Cily Park. A decision was made to
seek grant funding.
The 2(117 eily budget was revi *cd
and il was decided to hold a special
m~ting for further wurk un the bud-
Playground equipment for
Lake Emerson is on its way
The Iewei] City Cnuncil met July 5
at city hall. Atlendingthe meeting were
Darrell Bohnert, Josh Burks, Max
Barks, Wade Wi~n. council mem-
bers: Bruce Barrett, mayor: Amy
Arasmith. city clerk.
Minu~sof the Iun 6 meeting were
approved. The counci! reviewed the
mainlenance report. The playground
equipment for Lake Emerson Ires been
shipped. Four -solar lighL~ have been
placed in the park; more will be nr-
dcn~l. Knappertis flushi~g water lines.
The city has been awarded a Dane
Hansea graril for tl~ second "'welcome"
sign.
Bohnert reported the fire deparl-
meat has Ix" n awarded a cost share
grant for ftreequipment from ,he Kan-
.~ Forest Service.
The mayor ~faxl for input from the
council members for 1he 2017 budget.
Roof damage on Ih Pal, met Mu-
seum building was dt.scussed.
Spraying for mosqmtos and place-
ment of a Lake Emer,on sign near 11~
Pearl Street interaction were tabled.
Barrett reI~rtcd ~m the community
development meet,rig he attcncled in
Beloit.
The council approved the purchase
of a cleaning, cart for the Jewell Inn and
t wn ~oakcr hoses for 1he flower garden
.south of the ~.x~mmunity center.
Plan.s for the annul Corn Show the
weekend of Oct. 8 a~e underway.
The Jewell Apar~mem board ofdi~
rectors met follow lag the couaci! meet-
ing. Mi,rate~ of the Jur~ meeting wen=
approved, C/ndy Barrett reported the
air conditioner in Apt. 202 has been
rephced She also g'lmr~ed she wilt he
out of the offi-oe next week. Bills were
nwiewed and approved for payment.
get.
l.t was, decided tO ~(.'~cpl I"H) n:lillf:U
din at the city reservoir Iron1 VClIlurg
Co~sLruclion.
A hM for pumrss at the -~outh |ill
~latit)n was approved.
SherTl Tk:e retires
June 17, 201fi. Sheryi Tiee,
Mankato, folded tip one hiher palron
aprons, gathered up her comb and .~,~,
sops, put the hair drier and curling iron
away~ swepl the firms', tnmed out the
lights, walked out of the door al Slylis-
tic Slicers and h~.'ked it behind her,
"[his had become a normal routine for
Shcryl for the It s1 43 yca~, hta this
day was different. For Sheryl had ~e.
lired and t~ dtx~rs of Slylistic Shrar.~
dosed for good.
Shcry] began her p~fessitm as a
beautician in 1973 going iqto business
in a part of the aotthsidc of the dowq-
town building owned by Paul Garst.
Mankalo Auto Body. For alime Sheryt
worked with Jert3, Schafer at I(~ Easl
Main Street. which is now USD 107
offices. Then for a four year .periud
Sheryl operaled her salon m ,he n~rmer
Lehrling building on Fast Jefferson, [n
]980 Slteryl opened and began uwral.
ing Stylistic S~ars at I 17 North Com-
mercial, the former Halstead 5ho
Stoic. At this time Sarsty Davis joined
the busi# ss. Shcry! remained in busi-
ness al this Ioealiun until ~his past year
when she moved Io I,uann Wilson's
beauty shop property located at IOI N.
Comm r~ial.
Sheryl was a stogie m~m atvJ ~ai,gal
t~ children during her years in busi-
ness. At 1h beginning, she was ofen
six days a w ~k and then when her
daughter, Jenny, started ~hool sl~cut
back lo fi ve days a w~k. For the In.st 15
years Sheryl has been open four days a
week.
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