Price 50
Office located at 111 E. Main, Mankato, Kansas 66956
Established 1890, Volume 127, Issue No. 35
USPS, NO. 274-940 Thursday, September 1, 2016
Mankato Council
votes to terminate
city administrator
The Mankato City Ctluncil met in
special session last Monday wilh Ibur
members pr ~nt. Council meraher
John Tyler was absem.
During the meeXillg a me:tin| was
p~x~ed by a vine of 4-(1 to terminale Ihe
ernploy|t~eUl t~l' 'font Roane ~,ith file
City of Mankato. The council thanked
Roane [or his elfiwts tu ~,'~rk v,nth theai
in making Mankaro a holler plaee to
live and wished him all the besl going
fnrwanl.
The next regular meeting of the
Mankato City Cmmcil will be held
Tuesday. Filling the city adn .ni.~trator
position created by the termination of
Roane will be diseusse,J.
Local weather
H~gk and low Icrnp~ratur~
Aug. 21 76 52
Atng. 22 80 50
Aug. 23 88 60
Ann. 24 90 68
Aug. 25 75 58
Aug, 26 78 6(1
Aug. 27 73 60
Betty Becket, weather n~.~er~r for
Mankato. reported 1.33 elf pre ipita-
tmn fi=r the v,eek.
Ken Gar~t. ~,- ather ~b~erver for
Jewell. rely>ned 1 97 of precipitatitln
for the wq.:k.
Board approves proclamation for
Mental Health Recovery Month
lowell Cuunty Board met Mnnd.ay the opera|ikms training nlectlng 1.n L,k'- Dwight Fmxl ~ui6 he attended the
with eumniissioners Steve Greene. tuber, He said they witl s~an digging Nt~rthCeatral Regkmal Planning meet.
Dwighe l:r,st and Mark Fleming the new pk i~a a ca|pie months, inn at Minnealx*tis.
pre~ent. Carh Waugh, county clerk. Anna Standley plans to attend the Mark Fleming said he has ~,en.
was al~ present. KOCA conference in September. She assisting with 1he Dane HallxC~ ~ral~.l
Minutesvl'theA~g.22 ountyctrnrt- will also attend the Noah Ccl~tra| Di~- application.
nli~skmerx meeting were appUXlVe(t, tncl Tegi~ter ~,f deed fall meeting in Steve Greenesaid the ~.~lnlnli.~.~[tm-
The tbllowing were present for al'- Cha~e Cotnaty. ors cam,'as~d ~h~.' bathrI~ t'nmI Ih Au-
rice hea4 meeling: J~l Elkins. get,oral Angola Murray said Ihcy have been ~zw, t l~-ima~ and ftmnd nu cl~anges,
, slnperinlendertt: Travis Garst, solid, busyu ithimmunizatit~.Mtlt~y~td passedlhecountybud~etat~dattended
wastedirector.'ShannonMe[er, ambu- theyv i~Ibeattendi~tgthen,ationalWlC the multi-county meeting al Osl~rne
-lancedirec~onAnn;~Standley,re~.i~ler exlnl-erence next week ,and she will Colnntylast~eck,Gn.'vneallendedthe
ofdeeds:An~ehMurray, heahhnurse; have ntnmert~us nlt.',etings in Seplem- JevenileD |entionCetltcrl~leelingal~d
I~m Iacoh .~heriff; GaB Bartley, nox- bee, will attend the hospitat ~*ard meeting
ides weed direclor, emergency pro- Shannon Meiersaidthedeparumeat this week. This coacludt.M the vffice
paredne.~ direr'mr and 911 coordina- ha.sstarled with fimtball standby. Meier he~ nm.'etin~z.
tor. Tile followinlg were absent: Chris is working with principal Saul Meyers Don ~acobs. sheriff, di~ussed on-
Peter. custodtaR: Matilda Becket. IoprovideCPRtraining for stlndenl~ in orations and pectin|el.
deputy cotmly appraiver: .l'enae Ryan, the 6th through 12th grade. Mel Brt)wn.Pawncv Memal Health
district cxtmision agent: and Brenda I~m lacohs ~,aid he ha~, trainir~g in Bvard,lladapr~lamatiou for Septem-
Eakias, treasurer, Seplelnber. He di~lnssed teslinlg the beras MemalHealth Re~.xwerv Monlh.
Gaik Bardey plan ; to .~ttend file alarm system. Tileconnmi,~si~ncr~apprt~vcdtheprN -
emergency manager ton ferencc Sept, Carla Watngh said ~b,;tl she hits b~.%.n l u m at ion.
13-15. He said the new 91 ! system is re kving compleled Budget v, ork- Joel Elkins.genera].~upcrmtendcnt.
inslalled and, trainin~ has been corn- ir~g on special ~ax and prepar=ng fi,r re~,ed nn rt~ad an,3 bridge nlainte-
p[eletl, the November general e'[n ~'lin;l|l, (.'arl~ Ililnce ~n'qd tlisr~tss~.~.l per~,nueL Tile
l~mlElkinssaidtheyarebusypatch- provided information erlt Oplktilz,d ct,luln,~nor~'r,rel~lnedroadconcerns.
inn washed out rtu.'k, halnling reck and Group Life [n.~uranlce'~ opett enroll- Da.rrel] Mnlle~,ct~unty atln~ey, dis.
workingon lobes, tttentasSeptember ist~pr|lcn~rolln~ertl ct~ -tl Ihe Ins s~le ~k~;,t ,a,~.s Ineld ]a~t
'rravixGar~t said he plait| toattend tr~mth. ~,eck.
'Home on the Range' cabin is
subject of new television movie
public auction
Au~. 16 HiLII.~n A~.lCtLon ;and Rg-
ahv. Flelnil. held a public anclkm at
By Kerma Cvouse
The t nay '[ tome on the rang~e"ca hi n
m,rlh ,1 Atllol is making a mark in Ille
~,~rttl ,ff lilnn. Btfilt in 1~72 b> Dr
Bre W,le; Higfe). nl was his home w-hc|l
hc poniard the peril. "'The W~:~ten~
Htm~e.'" "l'hal ~|ll became the fann{t-
tar ti~Ik .~lng. "Home un the Range."
Thai dk .~mg i~ the xubjecl of a
|~.c ~ 51 ) nti.nul ~!.la;Ic- fi~r-TV film. ttte
prqlc~-t in d{rc lr,:d, by Ken'= ~pL~rge,tl
t'II:l|illl.~ h~'Kin.ih] I'~ c,:npleted a,~ otttnn,
"ntl'i'Jin ';LI [~'tt. ~tCll,L' t~.[ Ihe Iilnnin~ w.n~,
[tl I~L" I~.~'L l'klr. '.Lt'[ti.~,l'k ,l'[ 'L]I.L" ."rlikiIt| ('~qt~lll'~
cabin. I*renll,L, re:, ot Ilia tllm ;.tre',uhc, L
ided. in Snlilh C 'nler. Ka ~.~u' r-.'rt) and
Wiehila in N.cn Clllber.
The cabin in ~>n Ihe Natiol~ul H|,
klrlc Register. ]t is o~ncd and n):tn-
aged b'~ the Porkpies Heaull',nnd Tru, t.
which recei~'ed tile pr~T~rty I ro|n the
Ellen Rn~.~f l.iving 'lYtnst. Mapr re~In.
ration id' the Cabnit ~; tx iltUn;ntL~ inl
2111 I and tqllpleted. Lrl .20]3. "lhe ril-
l-oft was Iialded b v i|~dividtn:th, con.=-
panics and charities.
One fin4~ the cabin by traveling the
HoI|IC Oil Ihe Range Memorial High-
way, kmlwn t~ area residents as Kan-
sa~, Hi.gltway 8, hut given the sp~'ml
du ignation in 2015 by the Ka|isa
I.eginla~r .', Driving eight miles n~lrth
t-r, lm Athol im the hi1~llwa>' and then
one mile west r~n a gravel road will take
you to Ihe small parking area beside
the cabin.
The cabin is furnished v,t~h replica~,
~,f I~ntit nru of the s(~rt hacllelnr Hi~le)
n|iMit Ii~,ve tl,~a.~d as he pnwed un at 7Ill E. Mail~. S~ltl were
L~ts 'rl'=n ,t,and Ftmr ~n Block |:ifty. in
ur~giua[ to ~,nl~iue {frUity of lowell Cil).
Peolx'ny I(y,'ated at log Amity. Sold
Lol~, Five ate4 ,qix and Ihe v,'~t half of
I.l~i i:i~ur inl lSEoek Fifty, original town-
site of Jewell ity.
Pr, lperty t~ 'ated at Main and Am-
ily- t tn q'cn. Fleven anti Twelve in
Bh~k Ft~ny Scvenl, uriginal to~'llnite
of Jewell City.
All three propeulies s,uld Iogether as
tree nnil t~l Ihe h~ghest bidder. Warren
Heinlen.
Kansas cattle on
feed up 9 percent
The Natitata] Agrit'tnluiral Static-
tics Service recently releas-~ t the rid-
It+wing n nt,rnla't h'm.
Kan~a,~ fi.'edh~tn wilh capacitie~ of
[,IH~O nr nlu~w head+ ctlnltahned =.2 11
Ullilh.tm vault t~t lt 't'd Aug I. nip ~]i~].e
I~rccnt Jlonl] lar, t )ear.
Plaql ee at the Home on 1he F;ange
Cabin.
I
The "qatch string is always out* on
Ihe Home on Ihe Range Cabin This is
Ihe ~atch s|ring. Because il is out
someone on Ihe outside can puJI it
lhus pullin9 t~e wooden board up and
out of ~,he latch on I~ae inside and gain
entry into Ihe cabin, 11 nhe lalch siring
is not oul, those on the outside can't
open 1he door ar~5 gel in the cabin,
Jessica S~blda
Shelby Callaway
Rock Hills welcomes new faces,
as well as old faces in new roles
Several teaclletS al R~.'k Hi]], ~ill
be in different r~le~, thi~ ~;ht~l > ~r-
W l ~ll~||ng s~mk'rlI~ it:l a diflL'rent
ro11. Ih.J~, vean is Jes,inca .%hulda. vt ho
will b ' teTd.chnng thnrd a.nd h~u~h ~r,ndc
readin[:. ~l-iill~.~ d[:l~ n|l.|k[~ ",k~]l',-
Jc' ica has h n a t,llllll]aZ Iac-c in
the Ilall~ ~t Rt~k Hlff. | lemenntan I~t"
the pasl eigttl .~ uar~ a~, 4he ~,~rkt'~i a', a
special educatioti te~tcher Ihu~+ugh U St)
No. 273. "flus in the I~e~nmnng Itrr
J,'.~,ica IO be cn]:lpli~,yt'q.t b~, Rtxk J4il]x
cxchisively.
3essiea gre~ I|p on a t;n~n armnnd
Athol and ~r:tdn;itcd n.lm W .'M Suliih
County High Sci~ntd inz Kenr, intghm.
Her c~rllege edncathm Ila~ heel~ will.=
14~rt Hays, State Uni~ersit) where .she
earn.led, a hachek~r" s degree in elemenl-
tary educalion wL~h early childlt~rl
endorsen~enlt. She als~ received
ma~ler+s (k-grt~ tnlmll |:HSU in spe-
cial educatkon and c~mn~l inn.
]essica has been a leach fi~r 15
year~ total. Bethrecoming It+ Manlkato
she taught for five years al Renll C~mnt y
Head Start, four year~ as |t-risk par~.
educator at Phinville: one year Title I
at Linc<~Ln.
"'All ch|ldr~'n ar,: capable ,t le;.t/n-
ing, we j,a~t ha~e t ', lind tln ke~ .- :,atd
Je ~,ic a.
J ~sica and, h~z~bu|id. Brla|=. In~c
onhide Mankah~ ,xlth Ihrll d~,u~tnteP
[=,reckon, Keiran antd [-nlels n
Sarah Wame in IlIe ile~x 4T]| ~:T,uLc
Ilti', ~ 'li~t,| year-
Sarah grew |lp .tt MLmden g[:~tlk~-
:|~ed fnml Belleville High Schwa|4 ,~nd
[hen 'g,cnl IN Eml'~ria State Url~ t'~n[)
graduating with a bachch+rn dcprcc int
elenlenla~' t~tntatncm ~inh a Fnnddl
.~h[ml iI~ath t~[|dor~.'znent. S[~4 ' al,t~
holds a ma tcr's degrce m ttmituhan
and in.st ruction.
Sarah I:|ugllt 51h ~crz~tle m~i~h Iol the
Hugoltm Scll~+l I)i~tn~t h~T nhtcc ~ rats
arid 11~1 41il grade al Rel~tlh] LC ('Otnlty
High School inl Belle~il[e ti,~r the nexn
Ihree years belhr c~+Ul~ing t~t R~.~'k
Hill~ [0r this ~ell,ol year
"1'hi excited k.= he a pan of |he
u'ommnnity and teach here inl town."
said Sarah.
Sarah i~ |1an-tell hy ('lian,c Wanie
~nd thcv have a~t ] I |~h,llth old .t 'hi].tl
n:inl]ed Graytiy.
.KheLIL~ {'.tll,l~,|~ ~nll Ix'nllc,pv |al
I- cmphL~ d b~, {:SI) N~. 2"~3. Itelon.
,nrl~I ~ dl t' " I|i tJzc Xlal|kat, I:lellle|thi~
~tlV ~l.l.-~A it~ Ill Tt~." ~&C~LLll~.ciand
J[C,I azl.tL }.'[,LdLJ,~IL'.LL IHqH RkllLk {'i'lk'~.'k
mh~,h .~ lni~t,I Io .~tcd lI.L'.i| T,t|nh,tltan.
S]'~ - [ta, Ina~.L ",r '", 1" Xl tln~r~ H1 her ]de Jr1
1he I.;1~1 e~ ehl r~lol~.l]| ~ht . 'r~6tl.m.' L
hn|l| ~-'il"~[lhL~[ll I ']|I%L'I~L]~, II] ~)t%,12111,
t~.'r. [n ~'ct~ it?. t~-~-,~mc Clui~L,?cd ,n
H.ck,Lf ;it ~]lc ~%.ii't'l I n,l| n' C I .c,[l|hITl~ ~'en-
ter. Thi, fall I' hut Inr~T te,l, hnlt~ ~e,-
%i~l~.lllell'k, ~t!.~ ;t[',L~ 'O, #>, ln.~l~Icn, I JLJI~4." 4.
IO htlXh;uutd, [{r;lltdu.ut. "l'h (all,n~:L~~,
are pn,'xcml.~, li~ Llnp in P, ehm.
"'What ilJ laL['.q. )h II1) d.~|rltll~, whal
J( yl~tJ fl~ '" i', a qtl, ne It'~ll~, |.ll|ily
r)i,l.'k~ n% ei~:il Sh [h~. liken.
An Ihe pr ~,L'ltl lime. Shcllw i,~ wt+rk-
in~ C.i$ her nta~ter'n de~fL"e it] .~l'~ ia!.
edlle;itRH1 [roln |;t~,n H;|y~ State Ull[-
verxily.
""l'hrt}~h Iaih, ru-, 'we cat; learlt Io
~,~sar "J ltn~u#h t~uea[it)n.= tryitl[z Mn?le-
tiitlr~S &l-entl"l "work b'tlt we l~.'-lnl it~
h '-'lrn p,h;ll v,4 t'~ln q.]t~. Im veO' exulted
hi ]%, ]lqr.n,%'" r.4ild Si~ lhy
-I,~z
Lasl Tuesday, Don Jacobs, Jewe[I County sheriff, arid Kim Ost, undersh-
ehtf, greeted ihe Rock Hills Elementary sludents on Iheir first day I~ack to
school The otlncem prose|to0 each student with pencils in red and black
schoor co~ors. The pholo sh~ws Jacobs handing oul the pencils to Ihe
allemo0 n pre-ki~ergarlen slutrtsnts.
Sept. designated as
National Emergency
~relmt'edl~ess Month
Make your emergency plan tt~ay.
l-'~ a.=" t wa[t.c~r0nllunicalc [:alll|li 2xa~
el.=txltnra~L~ tt~ I;llk ul~;atl a plan liar
them|oh'oh. Lx|:iinniziil%, and Wtr, |u
cin~.e ol-dis;.l~l~T. [)0~.'~ yG-t Lr i";.ii|il]~ hdx C
pi~|l in C;P. ~fl '~.|li 'r~l.~lnt.'} .' ,'~O~, i'~
tni ti ~L~ d~=n't ha~,L" ont'.
~VheD in~li~|il~ an e|ll i[2~ it~"i i~i,l
||tch|de all ~.iliLI I~nlHIb" nle~lit'~2r~ ih~'
plan ~,holnkJ I|Wfude a ilit*~ll|lg ~']'ll|~,'~,',
~.'t1"I).l.~lt 'l inlntlxl-h, an~ pilling,' HIIHIbl.'r '
Sill{.'~/.t t-ztmlly ttlay lltr| IW :Ill IO~.'t]lC]
when cln a~tcr hiix. ii Ih [rnl~,~rtan{ Ihal
:ell fan~|]~ nle||n~'P, h,l~e ph~me nn,ml
I' 'r~ ;Lmi ~'nan~Cl tl,nlt~'r', H,l~e ,in
L" n n~.'r~=.21lc.~ k:Ollt.'l{H % ) 1~ Jr .~ ~l|r t,l[nt I.%
Yint iiliEi 9. Lill[ a Ii a] and dil ~tJI ,~|
.",[~,[I.~ ei1Ml~[i 'l ,1% il [% %odlI,L'l iJll,i "-, L'L!.%i 'I
n) ~4'qtlaCI I,t~n.~ dl'~r;Jllq. ~2 I]n, tnl i|e,irh.% ill
with ICl- ittlnt~.("n l,~ I:lll c-u.nt." |~t ~.'q1 1
~enc~. L J):lh,i.'H~.~ tl~.Ul~ levi iine L:-L Its
Ihc', ~ tl[ %~llLi.'[lll'=t~% ~1 ~.l|r~.li~Jl ~,~.IL IL
cell oath ~,~l't.
Talk ;11~1H|t d In~'etiJ]~ place U[ L,I".C
)'(+U ;nrr in thl tcrent h)k.~ HOll, v, hen dlL
t'nt~'~k,: ~n ~ h,ffq~cu' You nn~.~ ;tl ~
" ,~0.=t h, k.nt~ ~ hat I~l.tn .~ i~.ltr ',L ht~t II.
~'~'~lLr 1"~2i~I11~q~ ;n~"Hqll t'lL~%" ",','FLI ~ In
~.'ork IL~b'clJh2i It'| ~d~,L" I~t'd]%.:L,Ic't'.
Talk al'~liLI ~ []:it ivr.lq (~1 .t.lL~a'-,Ini Ll,
f'Ktlh IIt;IH nladt' ;uld T1:LIIIrJL~ ;Ire Itl{ln~
[ikel> !~ ~w ,r m y~mr.nn:a .Mo~| ,~lten
we ~c alenrd hy wee|her dlxasit'r hy
radio ~r TV Monf L'l[le~. Ila~ c sirens l~ar
wam[11~.
R~i ,'~ Ihc IllCarlill~d~ IIJ xsca|hk'r
alerls A "w~ttdt- ntlr2:111 ~ C~.~n.=dll L~ ~ r~ % ;3 ~'* "
i'aV~ ~ra hie I~ r a pa t-t tc LI hLr weal iteTev n l.
I'~ -W;il"lliHg'" l|iea|l~ iIrl eVelll i~, Jnln.=l-
non1 't~'r .tlqCnTTJn~2. Mt~nl t |ll'kC~ v,'L~I(. ILl'r,
artd %al3~.ul~n ;lie Ior ~e2% ere lhnti.t~.d.r 'r-
'q~.~nll~, tOnlad~s, and ~[]ii~]l t']o(~L|lg.
l~aclice where In go and v,hal In do Jn
:~xc ~d we~tther eve|Its,
Whal to do inl ca~' of a fire ll~mld
also he intruded in VOllr phm. Dex elop
an esc al%" plan end have a practiccdnll
wilh your fat~lily
Make in plan, |l~ake a kit. he inn-
formed, alld be in~,'oh,'ed. Go tu,
read).~l~ for mitre information and
htulp It~ make vnur plai~, and kit. Ku, ep a
copy of ~-tl~.lr'plan in your enlergeltL')
supply kH where yt,u can access it in
ca.s~ of eT|lt:rge~tcy.
En1 rpellC v IVe p~redne~.s pamph I lr,
ar~ wailable tqxm rcquesl a~ Ihe Jewell
C.a|lty E|!lcr[:c,uey Management tit-
rice in Ihc.tcwed Cot|nty C!~urtllm~.
Suite N0- 8.
Early copy needed
With the Labor Day ht~[iday lall.
inn onournurnlal pn'Klnction day and
ntanyrexidcnts and busines,cs ha Xlllg
s~x:ial plans for the day. ~aff mem-
bers are req|le~ting lhe ea;[y ~.tlhn'~ -
sin| o[ c<~py fi*r the next |s,ue.
