Waynoka hires new Elementary Principal...Cornhole board games are seen at about every outdoor event these days. Hardtner has a Cornhole Board Game Tournament planned that starts in

Waynoka hires new Elementary

Principal

July 3, 2019 Page 2Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram

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By Yvonne MillerAlthough Hardtner, Kansas, is the

epitome of rural America, the small town has a Fourth of July celebration bursting with as much American pride as you see exploding over large bodies of water in the Macy’s and Boston fireworks shows.

“Be proud to be an American,” Hardtner Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July organizer Syd Sterling said. “South Africans from the Lohmann harvest crew were excited to help me hang our huge flag.”

Besides an always red, white and blue morning parade and a park full of games and activities throughout the day, a highlight is always the Veterans Program at Hardtner’s Methodist Church at 11 a.m.

This year Vietnam veteran Bob Drake of Kiowa will discuss his service and the privilege of traveling to Washington D.C., on one of the Kansas Honor Guard Flight trips in the last few years.

A look back at an article this reporter

wrote about Drake 40 years after his service in Vietnam in 1968 found a detailed account of his time there, including often harrowing experiences such as during the infamous TET Offensive.

“They attacked us from across the road,” Drake recalled. “I’ll never forget when that firing got started. I was thinking there can’t be this many damn weapons in one area. Then I felt rage – it just envelopes you. This was not just regular gunfire you get used to hearing. This was a steady roar. I thought I was going to die and then I got really mad and decided to shoot as many as I could using my M-16.”

A native of Alva where he graduated in 1966, Drake volunteered for the army although the draft was in effect. He underwent boot camp in Missouri and Advanced Individual Training in Massachusetts.

Drake’s test scores were high enough he landed a job in security. He worked in a branch of intelligence called the Army Security Agency. As a security analyst, his job was listening to telephone and radio conversations and reporting to higher ranks such as generals and colonels. They would deal with the information as they saw fit to keep top U.S. security information from falling into the wrong hands.

“I was lucky I was not with the infantry in the rice patties with leaches like some guys. I was in that just a little bit at first,” Drake said. He remembers traipsing through the jungle and villages once with the infantry. He has many stories to tell.

Longtime citizens of Kiowa, Drake and Sandra have now celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. They have four children, 14 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Hardtner’s Newest AttractionsCornhole board games are seen at about

every outdoor event these days. Hardtner has a Cornhole Board Game Tournament planned that starts in Achenbach Memorial Park at 1 p.m. This is the first-ever single elimination cornhole tournament. Teams of two will go head to head. Round by round teams will be eliminated until the best team is left standing. The winning team will take home a cash prize and a set of cornhole boards. Second and third place will receive a set of cornhole boards. Entry fee will be $50 a team with proceeds going to the Hardtner Chamber of Commerce to help fund future Independence Day Celebrations. For questions or to enter a team call Kelly Goesvner at 620-213-2205.

A revived attraction is the golf hole-in-one contest. It’s under the direction of Jarred Tyree and sponsors Mike and Brenda Hood Choice Insurance Group and Schuessler Real Estate. The Hole-in-One Contest qualifier will be from 4 to 7 p.m. A Calcutta will be held for the top 10 qualifiers. Ten qualifiers will have five balls each. The Grand Prize will be $43,500 if you hit a hole in one during the final. Payout will be made to first, second and third from the pot and first, second and third from the Calcutta. If you have any questions call Jarred Tyree at 580-829-3199.

Watch for all your favorite games (like turtle races) and activities in the park. Cool off in the Achenbach Swimming Pool. Then settle in for the White Elephant Auction in the park at 5 p.m. Pit beef BBQ sandwiches will be served (first one free than $1 for the next). Bundles of leftover beef are sold at the auction. Items are still needed for the auction.

The day culminates with the explosion of fireworks over the old Achenbach Hospital lawn at 10.

Hardtner’s Fourth of JulyVeterans Service will feature Vietnam veteran Bob DrakeThursday at 11 a.m., at Hardtner’s Methodist Church, after the Fourth of July 10 a.m. parade; New events include cornhole tournament and Hole in One Contest, prize of $43,500; Hardtner’s swimming pool open; Fireworks Extravaganza bursts at 10 p.m.

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Early experiences influence our futuresBy Marione Martin

It’s baby season at the newspaper. Last week, we had two employees making trips

to Enid with their pregnant wives. It was a Tuesday, of course, the busiest day of the week when we are finishing the Newsgram. Both women were sent home, but my granddaughter went back Wednesday afternoon.

Isaiah Trey Michael Lunn was born just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday at 6 lb. 15 oz. and 19 inches. Parents Trey and Kat Lunn are catching up on sleep after a very wakeful night in the hospital. Big sister Gabriella (Brie) is getting acquainted with her brother.

Our main pressman, Jack James, is the other expectant father. He and wife Starlet are still eagerly anticipating their addition to the family.

After a very long period of rain and cool temperatures, summer has finally arrived. As we turn on air conditioners to counteract the heat, we may discover they’re not up to the task. It’s the time of year when air conditioner repairmen look a little harried. On Friday at the newspaper office we realized our a/c just wasn’t cooling. Naturally we discovered this about closing time so had to wait until Monday for help.

Last week we needed an electrician. The week before it was a computer tech. We’ve also had vehicles serviced recently.

All this reminded me of how much we need people with non-college skills. While higher education is very important, we will continue to need people who learn from Career Tech courses and from experience.

In small towns, there seems to be less of

a divide between “white collar” and “blue collar” jobs. At the newspaper, I move from writing news stories to bookkeeping to running a machine making metal plates for the press to running the printing press. I may do all of those in one day. It’s the way small businesses work.

There are many ways we can influence our children that will help them as adults. I came across this opinion piece from the Washington Post that describes the farming influence:In farm children, I see virtues that one

sees too rarely these daysBy Mitch Daniels

Along with the rise of women and the expansion of civil rights, the most important social transformation of America’s first quarter-millennium has been the triumph of modern agriculture over famine and the ceaseless, backbreaking effort simply to feed one’s self that had been the dominant fact of human life throughout history. Most of those who preceded us lived their entire lives on the farm. A little more than a century ago, a third of all Americans were farmers.

Successive revolutions in mechanization, horticulture and biotechnology have been an enormous blessing, enabling a tiny percentage of Americans – today fewer than 2 percent – to feed the rest of us and much of the world. Incalculable human talent has been liberated to invent all the other miracles we enjoy. We spend less of our income on food than any society ever.

But this blessing, like most, is not an unmixed one. Other valuable talents, and much precious social capital, have diminished with the share of Americans living and working on the land.

During a decade in elected office in Indiana, I made it my practice while traveling the state to stay overnight in Hoosier homes rather than hotels. Because

of geography and, candidly, personal choice, probably a third of those 125 overnights were with farm families. There I witnessed virtues that one sees too rarely these days – hard work, practical manual skill, a communitarian ethic – woven tightly into the fabric of everyday life.

I saw teenagers and even younger siblings rising at 5 a.m. to feed animals or do other chores before cleaning up and heading to school. It was fun to return home and tell those stories to four suburban daughters whose idea of a tough assignment was clearing the table and washing the dishes.

At county fairs, I would always ask that the 4-H officers be the ones to take me around. Every one of those young people had raised animals for competition, and they showed me projects – artistic, scientific or community service – with the special pride that comes from creative, arduous individual effort.

After shooting the breeze with some Future Farmers of America members in their northwest Indiana town, I was musing to a local friend about what fine characters and purposeful attitudes farm kids seem to have. “Absolutely,” she said. “Our circuit judge has been on the bench here for 20-plus years. Once I asked him, in all that time, how many FFA or 4-H members have come before you? He said ‘Uh, none I can remember.’ ”

At the Gerber family’s farmhouse near Boston, Ind. (population 130), I learned about the year that Doug, the father, was hit and nearly killed by a train while trying to clear storm debris off a railroad crossing. He said that when he returned home after weeks in a coma, the first thing he saw was his neighbors sowing his crops and feeding his livestock so that his family would have income that year. “They wouldn’t even let me pay for the diesel fuel,” he recalled.

At the Indiana State Fair, held on grounds now surrounded by inner-city Indianapolis neighborhoods, urban kids can witness, in person, the birth of pigs and calves. Once I asked a boy who had arrived at the fair on a school bus from across town, “Do you know where milk comes from?” He said, “Sure. The grocery store.” A couple of hours later, he knew better and just maybe had a little sense of awe and gratitude for the work and skill it takes to fill that grocery store.

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By Marione MartinIn a meeting July 1, Alva

Superintendent Tim Argo told the school board he was projecting a fund balance for next year of a little over $7.4 million. He voiced some concern that the gross production revenue was almost $300,000 less than last year. “Financially our schools are in great shape, but gross production has been the big revenue producer for our district and the trend is down,” Argo said. It’s s trend he intends to watch carefully.

Board members present for the meeting were Jane McDermott, Larry Parker, Tiffany Slater and Shane Hansen. Karen Koehn was absent.

The board approved the minutes of the last meeting, the financial report and a list of activity fundraisers for next school year.

The board voted to approve booster club sanctioning requests for band, football, Black and Gold, the middle school, Electric Gold and FFA. McDermott asked when they could see the accounting of the booster clubs. “You can request that as a board anytime,” said Argo. She said she thought it was important to look at the accounting for each of the booster group funds. Argo agreed it was important to do so periodically.

Board members looked over a list of purchase orders. Argo explained several of them. NWEA is the kindergarten through eighth grade assessment. “We are also going to be expanding that this year with our tenth and eleventh graders so it will give us some vertical

alignment,” he said. It will allow teachers and staff to work together to look at strategies to address possible deficiencies and gaps in instruction.

The district copy machines lease will be $21,797 to Office Solutions in the second year of a three-year lease. Ross Transportation is to be paid $81,500 for the lease of five route buses. Money encumbered for substitute teachers for next year totals $110,150, which is about what was paid out last year.

Purchase orders were issued for speakers who align with strategic planning goals for teacher in-service. An order for $6,600 is for Damon Brown to work with middle school choirs and show choirs.

In the building fund, Integrity Construction will provide covering for early childhood students to be sheltered when walking from the portable classrooms to the main building. Several purchase orders in child nutrition will start the year for breakfasts and lunches.

Supt. Argo reported receiving a thank you letter from Charla Parker for the help of two district custodians, Coley Beleele and Dustin Moffatt, with setting up for the Nescatunga Arts Festival.

Regarding the final phase of the strategic plan, Argo said there will be some presentations each month on what is being done in the accountability plan.

The board approved salary schedules for next year. There is no change to the administrative salary schedule.

On certified staff (teachers), the state mandated $1,220 increase on each step for the years of experience is included. Support staff pay includes a 50 cent increase to base pay for each of those employees. The pay for activity bus drivers was raised to match the starting rate of the regular route bus drivers. All of the extra duty assignments received a 3.5 percent increase which Argo said is standard with what the district has done each year.

The lease with Ross Transportation was approved for five 71-passenger route buses. Argo said this is the final year for that lease.

Personnel EmploymentAt the recommendation of Argo,

the board approved employing two paraprofessionals for next year to fill positions created by resignations. They hired Chance Davis for the high school and Debbie Glass for Lincoln Elementary. Davis has helped with the baseball team for four or five years, and Glass was a paraprofessional at Lincoln last year.

Dr. Steven Maier was approved to teach a one-hour physics class for next year. He is head of the Natural Sciences department at NWOSU. This

School district in great shape financially

Nicole Kern

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By Yvonne MillerBurlington’s Board of Education

met for their regular monthly meeting June 20. Then they held a special meeting Monday morning, July 1. The results of both meetings are included in this story. President Terry Graham called the June meeting to order with the following members present: Aaron Smith, TJ Rockenbach and Robert Hill. April Kisling was absent. Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis were also present.

The board voted to employ Kathryn Nelson as counselor for the 2019-2020 school year. Dr. Croft said Nelson is coming to Burlington from Oklahoma City where she taught at Justice Alma Wilson Seeworth Academy. She and her husband are moving back to this area.

Burlington school’s state minimum teacher salary schedule was approved as presented; the board also approved a stipend of $2,500 on the superintendent’s salary.

The board approved a resolution authorizing the change of school

accounts from Farmers Exchange Bank of Cherokee to Alva State Bank of Burlington.

At the direction of the board, the superintendent will continue to pursue real property. At the special meeting the board approved the purchase of real property at 803 Maple in Burlington for $75,000 and the contents for $5,000.

The board approved the resignation of Candi Davis, first grade teacher. Dr. Croft said she moved third grade teacher Ann Graham to teach first grade. Burlington is now searching for a third grade teacher, the superintendent said.

The agenda had an item to discuss and review possible support personnel salary increases with possible action to be taken. That item was tabled to a future meeting.

Steve Blasingame, CPA of Angel, Johnston & Blasingame, P.C., received board approval as the treasurer for Burlington Public School for the 2019-2020 school year. At the special meeting the board approved a contract for $6,000 with Angel, Johnston &

Blasingame for Burlington School treasury services for the 2019-2020 school year.

The board approved Brenda Stricker as the deputy treasurer for Burlington School for the 2019-2020 school year.

Giving the superintendent’s report, Dr. Croft gave an update on all funds and bonds. She said they are making arrangements for board members to attend the OSSBA/CCOSA Convention Aug. 22-25.

Croft said the school is down slightly on the utilities and telephone expenses from last year. Summer maintenance will be new doors on the little building, update and repairs to plumbing are being done, a few more security cameras have been installed and the remainder should be finished up this summer along with the keyless entry system, she said.

More Burlington School Business • Approved encumbrance and

payment to Boynton Williams, the architect with Burlington’s bond issue.

• Approved temporary appropriations for the 2019/2020 fiscal year at the 100% rate: General Fund $5,231,068, Building Fund $519,892 and Child Nutrition $89,670.00

• Approved the 2019/2020 Assemble Paperless Meeting subscription with OSSBA in the amount of $1,500.

• Approved 2019/2020 district membership into the following organizations: Northwest Oklahoma School Officials at $500, Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA) at $1,600, Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools (OROS) at $600, and Oklahoma School Advisory Council (OSAC) at $350.

• Approved 2019/2020 workers compensation with OSAG for $10,209.

• Approved Edgenuity as the

Burlington School Board hires counselor, buys property, gives stipend, accepts resignationState minimum teacher salary schedule approved; Need third grade teacher

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ObituariesMARY ELIZABETH DAVISONMary Elizabeth, daughter of Lula

O. (Walker) and H. Elmer Tidwell, was born November 28, 1925, at the family farm northwest of Alva, Oklahoma. After a lengthy illness, she passed away at her daughter Karen’s home in Farmington, New Mexico, on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at the age of 93 years, 6 months and 26 days.

She attended Farry High School and graduated class valedictorian in 1944. She then attended classes at Northwestern State College in Alva.

On July 15, 1944, she was united in marriage to Owen F. Davison. From this marriage three children were born, Karen, Delores and Kenneth.

She made her home in Alva until April 2013 when illness forced her to move to Farmington, New Mexico, to be close to her daughters.

Mary worked several jobs in Alva from TG&Y to Montgomery Ward, ending up working the last 28 years at Central National Bank.

Mary was a member of the First Christian Church and the VFW Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her son Kenneth; a granddaughter, Barbara Jean Nearn; her parents; her sisters and their spouses, Eva Powers (Herschel) and Hazel Adams; her brothers and their spouses, Clarence (Goldie), Harold (Joan) and Leonard; and her son-in-law, Bob Nearn.

She is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Karen and Bob Allen (of Farmington, New Mexico) and Delores Nearn (of Bloomfield, New Mexico); seven grandchildren and their spouses, Jerri and James Nall, Warren Corr, Claudia and Walter Beck, Troy Nusser, Kimberly and Will Montoya, Christopher Nearn and JoAnn Nearn; 11 great-grandchildren, eight great-great-grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorial services for Mary E. Davison will be held in the Alva First Christian Church, July 9, 2019, at 10 a.m. with Rev Ron Pingelton officiating.

MARY KATHLEEN KAISER MILLER

Mary Kathleen Kaiser Miller of Kiowa, Kansas, was born January 4, 1927, at home one mile east of Hardtner, Kansas, the fifth child of John George Kaiser and Carrie Burleson Kaiser. She passed from this life July 1, 2019, at the age of 92.

Mary graduated from Kiowa High School in 1945. She was among the first class to attend nurses training in Wichita at St. Joseph Hospital. Mary attended one year of training then worked at Achenbach Hospital-Clinic in Hardtner. She married Leonard T. “Bub” Miller August 6, 1948. He died July 11, 1993. Mary worked at Kiowa Hospital-Clinic from 1954 until Dr. Chris retired in 1994.

Mary was a member of VFW Auxiliary and Kiowa United Methodist Church. She loved to play bridge and played with two club groups not long before her death.

Mary was preceded in death by her mother and father; one brother, John Kaiser; two sisters, Wilma Lewis and Doris Johnson; one infant brother, Harvey.

She is survived by son, Greg Miller; daughter, Shirley Christensen and husband, Dennis, all of Kiowa, Kansas; one granddaughter, Renee Christensen Reed and husband, Chris, of Wichita, Kansas; three great grandsons, Carsen, Nolan and Greyson Reed; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be Friday, July 5, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Kiowa United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa. There will be no viewing. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

school’s online curriculum at $5,900 for 2019/2020 school year.

• Approved 2018/2019 membership in OPSUCA (Oklahoma Public School Unemployment Compensation Trust Account) in the amount of $250.

• Approved the 2019/2020 policy services subscription through OSSBA in the amount of $750.

• Approved E Grants Management and Assurance Statement and LEA Agreement.

• Approved purchasing school supplies for students for the 2019/2020 school year.

• Approved Dr. Stacey Croft as trustee for the Lamar Daugherty and the David Sanders Scholarship Accounts at Alva State Bank & Trust Company.

• Approved property and liability insurance coverage for the period of July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, in the amount of $51,156 from OSRMT. Clark Bittle from OSRMT was present and went over the new rate quote for the 2019/2020 school year.

• Approved the encumbrances, change orders and warrants as follows: General Fund encumbrances 336-345 $51,803.58, change orders ($47,503.08), warrants 1147–1206 $101,117.94; Building Fund warrant 19 $310.13; Child Nutrition Fund warrants 43–47 $3,240.48.

• Approved the May 2019 activity fund report.

• Approved transfer of $146.06 from the Petty Cash Account and $12,350 from the Clearing Account to the General Fund and $6,414.30 from the Lunch Account of the Activity Fund to the Child Nutrition Fund.

• Reserved the funds available for purchases and projects for bills that have been approved by the board which invoices have not yet been received as follows: General Fund $96,050.67 and Building Fund $155,500.

• Approve the purchase of two copiers, one for the administrative office and one for the teachers workroom, from SPC.

• Approve Child Nutrition and Physical Fitness Program (CO) and Salary Schedules (DE-R1) Policies for 2019-2020.

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Burlington




By Kathleen LourdeAt the school board meeting last

Thursday, June 27, the Waynoka school board hired Patricia Burrow to be the school district’s new elementary principal.

Burrow is originally from Mooreland and has lived there most of her life. She attended school in Alva, but graduated from Mooreland. She did her student teaching in Woodward, then was hired full-time at Mooreland “and I’ve been there ever since,” she said. Burrow taught second grade for 15 years, then fifth- and sixth-grade science for seven years. She’s nationally board certified and has her master’s degree in educational leadership. This will be her first time as a principal.

In other personnel-related matters, the board approved employing Starla Collins as a certified special education teacher for July 2019, and employing Riley Terrel as a certified teacher for the 2019-20 school year.

Principal and Superintendent Reports

Waynoka High School Principal Dustin Smith reported that the basketball teams have gone to basketball camps, and that a livestock judging contest was held earlier in the week. Also, because the high school will be doing advanced placement (AP) courses next year, three teachers will be attending AP Summer Institute this summer to prepare for that.

Superintendent Scott Cline told the board that “financially we are sitting pretty healthy.” The district’s revenue is

Patricia Burrows will be Waynoka El-ementary School’s new principal next school year. Video frame by Kathleen Lourde

Waynoka hires new elementary principalup $224,000 this year. “The big reason why is because Targa had that five-year exemption,” said Cline, “so we get all that money now they’re paying their taxes.” About $53,000 is currently held up in tax protests by various companies.

“Comparing last year to this year, we’re looking at about $275,000 more spent this year than last year,” said Cline, “but our payroll was up almost $290,000,” due to legislated teacher pay raises. “End of the year, I’m estimating our carryover’s going to be about $6.7 million,” he said. “That’s up from last year, when we started the year with $5.3 million.”

The new construction is progressing smoothly except for one hiccup, Cline said: one of the larger air conditioning units will not be delivered until mid-August, based on the supplier’s current estimates. “It’ll probably be September before we can get that set up,” Cline said. “All the other A/C units should be in place.”

Other School Board BusinessThe school board carried out a

good deal of general housekeeping business, including approving the consent agenda, which included the activity fund report, general fund encumbrances, change orders, and the minutes of the previous meeting.

Purchasing agents, authorized representatives, and fund custodians were designated; next year’s activity accounts were set up; the student/parent handbook for next year was adopted; memberships with OROS and OSAC (Oklahoma School Advisory

Council) were approved; a subscription agreement with Oklahoma Schools Risk Management Trust was approved for building and fleet insurance for next year; and the board adopted an investment resolution with the Woods County Treasurer concerning surplus funds for the 2019-2020 school year.

The board approved contracts for physical and occupational therapy services with Northwest Physical Therapy and Sports Rehab for next school year.

Cheerleader and yearbook fundraiser requests were approved.

The board also approved increasing the price of school meals by 10 cents. The district continues to run a loss in the child nutrition fund, but that loss was smaller last year than in previous years. By increasing the meal price slightly, they hope to further shrink that loss.



By Yvonne MillerEat a free hamburger, buy yourself an

auction item and help a troubled teenage boy’s life be transformed.

This is at the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch annual Hamburger Feed and Live Auction in Medicine Lodge Saturday July 13. The event is at the Barber County Heritage Center, 1056 SE Isabel Rd. (at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Isabel Road). Burgers are served at 5:30 with the live auction starting at 6:30 p.m.

Some of the auction items donated so far are: a fire pit, hand and power tools, a benchmade knife, gun case and antiques. Simpson said more items are coming in daily and much appreciated.

“We know it will be great fun!” FGBR President Michael Simpson said.

The money raised will help them finish their expanded housing facility in the former Hazelton schoolhouse. As reported in May, a group of Mennonite youth from Hutchinson volunteered their time to help with the project for a week.

“This group was a answer to prayer,” Simpson said. “We know God moved

His people to action because He has His children that have to know how much He loves them.”

Simpson said, “The group (of Mennonite youth) got a lot of water damaged ceilings repaired, installed new lighting, stripped wall paper and refinished the walls. They also worked on building a two-bedroom apartment, did a lot of demolition, lots of framing on the new bathroom and bedroom and hung some drywall.”

Simpson said, “We still have a fire alarm system to install to make the housing for the boys able to be licensed. We need to do more construction on the apartment – drywall, flooring electrical ....”

The new housing is for six additional boys. The apartment will house houseparents, staff, etc. Longtime houseparents Dennis and Nancy Blake had gone to (part-time) respite care. However, with the departure of their replacement, the Blakes are again serving full-time as houseparents. FGBR seeks another set of houseparents.

For summer projects, the boys are doing lots of mowing, working on the

expansion/ construction, and getting their projects ready for the Barber County Fair. Simpson said they’’ll attend church camp, are swimming at the Kiowa pool, and some of the boys have home visits planned.

Simpson said the board is currently reviewing the many applications they receive and considering adding another boy. However, with the houseparent situation they were moving slowly. Simpson said Blake told him “We know another boy needs to know about Jesus; let’s not wait.”

Freedom Gates Boys Ranchfundraiser July 13 at Medicine LodgeFree hamburger feed; Live auction – bid on a fire pit, gun case, antiques,power tools and more; Funds go to FGBR expansion project to house more boys and help with teaching Christian values, work and accountability

is the third year Alva has offered this class which Argo described as “a great opportunity to our students.” He said enrollment continues to be high in that class and expressed appreciation for being able to work with the university to have Dr. Maier teach it.

Lincoln Principal Madison Williams introduced Nicole Kern whom the board approved on a one year temporary contract to teach at Lincoln. Williams said Kern has experience as a fifth grade teacher as well as in special education.

The board approved some certified and non-certified personal to provide extended school year special education services from July 1 to Aug. 2, 2019.

Special education service contracts for the next school year were approved. Jana Hickman provides occupational therapy. Jan Eden works with a homebound student. Today’s Therapy Solutions provides physical therapy.

The meeting concluded with an executive session to discuss Alva Education Association negotiations.

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By Vladimir Isachenkov MOSCOW (AP) — Fire broke out

on one of the Russian navy's deep-sea research submersibles, and toxic fumes from the blaze killed 14 sailors aboard, Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday, although it released few details about the disaster or the vessel involved.

The Defense Ministry did not say how many sailors were aboard the vessel during Monday's fire, whether there were any survivors or if it was submerged at the time. But Russian media reported it was the country's most secret submers-ible, a nuclear-powered vessel designed for sensitive missions at great depths.

President Vladimir Putin, who came under criticism for his handling of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster in 2000 that killed 118 sailors, canceled a scheduled appearance and immediate-ly summoned Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for a briefing on the blaze, which was under investigation.

"Fourteen submariners have died of poisoning by fumes from the fire," Shoigu told Putin during a televised meeting. "The fire was extinguished thanks to the crew's resolute action."

Putin ordered Shoigu to fly to the Arctic port of Severomorsk, the main base for Russia's Northern Fleet where the vessel was brought, to oversee the investigation and report back to him per-sonally.

"It's a huge loss for the navy," Putin said. "I offer my sincere condolences to the families of the victims."

He added that the vessel had a special mission and an elite crew.

"It's isn't a regular vessel. It's a re-search vessel with a highly professional crew," Putin said, adding that seven of the dead had the rank of captain and two were awarded the nation's highest medal, the Hero of Russia.

The fire occurred while the submers-ible was measuring sea depths in Rus-sia's territorial waters, the ministry said, adding that the vessel also is used for studying the seabed.

Russia's RBC online news outlet and the Novaya Gazeta newspaper identified it as the nuclear-powered AS-12 Loshar-ik.

The vessel is the most advanced Rus-sian submersible, under a heavy veil of secrecy, and it is believed to have entered service in 2010. It is named after a So-viet-era animated cartoon horse that is made up of small spheres.

The name is apparently derives from the unique design of its interior hull, which is made of titanium spheres capa-ble of withstanding high pressure at great depths.

In 2012, the Losharik was involved in research intended to prove Russia's claim on the vast Arctic seabed. It col-lected samples from the depth of 2,500 meters (8,202 feet), according to official statements at the time. Regular subma-rines can typically dive to depths of up to 600 meters (2,000 feet).

Some observers speculated the Losharik was even capable of going as deep as 6,000 meters (19,685 feet), but the claims couldn't be independently confirmed. Analysts suggested that one of its possible missions could be disrupt-

ing communication cables on the seabed.The Losharik is carried under the hull

of a mother submarine, the nuclear-pow-ered Orenburg, and reportedly has a crew of 25, all of them officers.

Russian news reports said that while the Losharik officially belongs to the Northern Fleet, it answers directly to the Defense Ministry's Department for Deep-Sea Research, reflecting the high sensitivity of its missions.

The vessel has been surrounded by tight secrecy, but in 2015, it was acci-dentally caught on camera by a photog-rapher from a motoring magazine doing a photo session on the White Sea coast.

Igor Britanov, who commanded the Soviet K-219 nuclear submarine that suffered an explosion in one of its mis-sile tubes in 1986 that killed four of its crew, was quoted as saying by Severpost news outlet that Monday's blaze could have been caused by a short circuit or a flammable liquid getting into an air fil-ter — the two most common causes of submarine fires.

The Russian navy also uses simpler Priz-class and Bester-class deep water vehicles, which have a hull built of tita-nium and are capable of operating at a depth of 1,000 meters (3,281 feet). The small vehicles have a crew of two and are primarily intended for rescuing sub-mariners in case of incidents. Such ves-sels are transported to the area of opera-tion by a carrier vessel and can operate autonomously for up to 120 hours.

The blaze marks the most serious Russian naval disaster since 2008, when 20 crewmembers died aboard the nucle-ar-powered Nerpa submarine in the Pa-cific Fleet after a firefighting system was accidentally initiated while it was under-going sea trials.

The accident involving the Kursk was the worst naval disaster in post-Soviet Russia. It occurred on Aug. 12, 2000, when the nuclear submarine exploded and sank during maneuvers in the Bar-ents Sea, killing all 118 crewmembers. Putin, who was in his first year of his presidency, came under heavy criticism at the time when he failed to immediately interrupt his vacation to take charge of the disaster.

Fire kills 14 Russian sailors aboard deep-sea submersible



By Trey LunnChairman Randy McMurphy called

the Woods County commissioners meet-ing to order Monday. Present were John Smiley, David Hamil and Randy Mc-Murphy, along with County Clerk Shel-ley Reed and Alex Mantz.

After approving the June 24 meeting minutes the first topic of the day was dis-cussion and possible action regarding the following permits: SemGas, Select Ener-gy Services.

Alex Mantz requested use of the courthouse lawn on Aug. 17 for the Lights Over Alva event. From 5 to 6 p.m. community members can come and get a signature from Northwestern student athletes. From 6 to 10 p.m. parents and children can enjoy live music. The com-

Woods County commissioners approve use of courthouse lawn for Aug. 17 Lights Over Alva

missioners approved the request.The commissioners also reappoint-

ed Bob Firth and Todd Holder to the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority and approved the Order of Appointments of new members to the Woods County In-dustrial Development Authority.

The commissioners went on to ap-prove:• a resolution directing the treasurer to

reimburse the Election Board Personal Service General Fund Account pursu-ant to Title 62, Section 335 of the Okla-homa Statutes

• the OEDA REAP request for payment for rural water District 3

• a May 2019 detention transportation claim in the amount of $120

• the Health Department annual contracts for fiscal year 2019-2020

• the resolution of detention contract for fiscal year 2019-2020

• Bid No. 18-19-17 for a used dump truck• the Rural Fire Equipment request for

fiscal year 2019-2020• the Certificate and Municipal Orders

to County Clerk and County Treasurer -Surety Bond filed with ACCO-SIG for Alfalfa, Blaine, Dewey, Harper, Major and Woodward counties, and

• the 2019 Employee Personnel Policy Handbook.

By Stacy SanbornJay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin

Woodall wished each other a happy new year as they said goodbye to fiscal year 2018-19 in Monday’s July 1 meeting. The three Alfalfa County commissioners started the new fiscal year by signing off on a much smaller than usual stack of paperwork.

Maintenance and operation payment warrants were approved, along with the monthly officer reports, blanket pur-chase orders, appropriations (including lapsed), and the allocation of alcohol beverage tax. This week, the county’s second and third districts split a road crossing permit totaling $3,500.

More accounts were looked over with commissioners reviewing new account numbers and balances forward. Lease purchase agreements with Community National Bank (notice of exercising op-tion to renew leases) were also approved, followed by a detention services agree-ment between ROCMND Area Youth Services, Inc and Alfalfa County.

No bids were awarded on the fair-grounds exhibition building refacing project and the line item was tabled pending further review.

Lastly, two declarations of surplus were made, along with resolutions for their disposal (each on a John Deere 6115D cab tractor).

Commissioners ring in new fiscal year


Local students completedegree at WSU

Wichita State University has announced names of students who have completed their degrees at Wichita State University. Undergraduate students who have attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received summa cum laude award and those with an average of 3.55 received the magna cum laude award and those with an average of 3.25 received the cum laude. Local students are:

• Allison S. Keith, Bachelor of General Studies, General Studies Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Kiowa, Kansas

• Angela L. Darrah, Director of Audiology, Medicine Lodge, Kansas

• Alenandria C. Rausch, B.A. In Exercise Science, Magna Cum Laude, Medicine Lodge, Kansas

Local students earn distinction at WSU

Wichita State University has announced names of students on the Dean’s Honor Roll for spring 2019. To be included on the dean’s honor roll a student must be enrolled full time and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Local students are:

• Sydney M. Wyatt, Cherokee, Oklahoma

• Jessica Daughhetee and Trae A. Rathgeber, Kiowa, Kansas

• Victoria L. Fagan, Maggie J. Hawkins, Riston F. Landwehr, Medicine Lodge, Kansas

By Tim TalleyOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The

rooms at Crappie King Cabins near northwestern Oklahoma's Canton Lake were mostly empty when much of the state and the rest of the South-ern Plains were in the grip of a pro-longed, withering drought that sent lake levels plummeting.

"Our business was really down, it sure was," said Donnie Jinkens, who owns the group of cabins named for the game fish that attracts anglers to the popular recreational lake. "We were really struggling for a long time."

But Jinkens is reeling in the lodg-ers these days after one of the wet-test springs on record pushed Canton Lake, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of Oklahoma City, 10 feet (3 meters) above its normal level, with some campgrounds, beaches and ramps still closed. The rain caused se-vere flooding throughout the Midwest but also helped alleviate drought con-ditions in Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkan-sas and most of Texas that had persist-ed for more than two years.

"It's helped our business. We're at least 85% full, and through the spring-time we were at probably 100%," said Jinkens, adding that rooms were bare-ly at 25% capacity during the height of the drought, even during the annual Canton Lake Walleye Rodeo, Oklaho-ma's oldest and largest fishing tour-nament, which took place before the heavy rain arrived in late May.

Since Jan. 1, Oklahoma has re-ceived an average of about 27 inch-es (68.6 centimeters) of rain, which is almost 8 inches (20.3 centimeters) above normal and the fourth wettest six-month period in nearly a century, according to the Oklahoma Climato-logical Survey.

During the drought, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that in May 2018, the equivalent of 1.16 billion gallons (4.4 trillion liters) of water

flowed into Canton Lake from its 7,601 square-mile (19,686 square-ki-lometer) drainage area. In May 2019, more than 25.8 billion gallons (97.7 trillion liters) flowed into the lake.

"There's substantially more wa-ter there now," said Preston Chastee, deputy chief of public affairs for the Corps's Tulsa District.

The U.S. Drought Monitor, an as-sessment of drought conditions across the nation, indicates that Oklahoma was drought-free as of June 25. A year earlier, more than 72% of the state was experiencing some degree of drought, including 28% of the state that was in severe drought and almost 12% in extreme drought.

"Everybody has received ample rainfall," said Oklahoma's state cli-matologist, Gary McManus.

Heavy rainfall caused catastroph-ic flooding along the Arkansas Riv-er basin in eastern Oklahoma, where up to 30 inches of rain was recorded, and downriver into Arkansas. Other rivers in the central U.S., including the Mississippi, flooded periodically throughout the spring, causing bil-lions of dollars in damage to homes, businesses and farmland.

Drought-free conditions were also reported in Kansas, which recorded its wettest month on record in May, with an average of 10.26 inches of rain, which was 240% above normal. Arkansas, too, has emerged from the drought following this spring's down-pours and flooding. One year ago, almost 73% of Kansas and 69% of Arkansas were experiencing some degree of drought, according to the Drought Monitor.

In Texas, almost 96% of the state is drought-free, with only a small por-tion of southwestern Texas still classi-fied as abnormally dry or in moderate drought. Last year, nearly 73% of the state was experiencing drought condi-

Heavy rainfall ends prolonged drought in Southern Plains

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Number of deficient Oklahoma bridges continues to drop

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials say the number of structurally deficient bridges in Oklahoma has dropped from about 1,170 in 2004 to 132.

Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz told a state transportation panel Monday that Oklahoma now ranks 13th in the U.S. for fewest deficient bridges in its highway system.

About 6,800 bridges are part of Oklahoma's system, a number that doesn't include other spans operated by local entities such as city and county governments.

Gatz says the state Department of Transportation began setting more money aside in 2006 for bridge repairs, and lawmakers provided additional funding a few years later.

He says a finding that a bridge is deficient doesn't necessarily mean it's dangerous for motorists to cross. It's an indication that some part of the bridge, such as the driv-ing surface, needs improvements.

From Page 19 Droughttions.

Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon, a professor of me-teorology at Texas A&M Universi-ty and director of the Texas Center for Climate Studies, said an El Nino weather pattern brought on by the nat-ural warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean brought wetter-than-normal conditions to the Southern Plains and

other drought-stricken areas of the southwestern U.S.

"We still have El Nino conditions in place," Nielsen-Gammon said, in-creasing the likelihood of plentiful rainfall and below-average tempera-tures through September. Much of the central U.S. is expected to remain wetter than normal throughout the summer, according to the National In-tegrated Drought Information System.

"It's been so wet it helps for the summertime temperatures," Niel-sen-Gammon said. "Summer tempera-tures will tend to be a degree or so cooler than they otherwise would be."

Oklahoma'smedical marijuana enrollmentamong top in US

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Okla-homa Medical Marijuana Authority has already enrolled more than 3.5% of the state's population as patients in its first year, and there's no indication that ap-plications will slow.

The Tulsa World reported that that Oklahoma's participation rate places it among the top of the 33 states that have some form of medical cannabis legisla-tion. The state medical marijuana agen-cy attributes the strong patient partic-ipation to minimal financial obstacles and a lack of restrictions on qualifying conditions.

"I think everyone took the language of the state question to heart by not adding medical condition qualifiers," Adrienne Rollins, executive director of the authority, said of legislators who broadened Oklahoma's medical mari-juana regulations.

Oklahoma voters approved a med-ical marijuana measure in June 2018, and the industry has taken off quickly.

As of mid-June, the agency had ap-proved 3,211 grower, 1,548 dispensary and 859 processor licenses. Only three dispensaries have opened in Arkansas, which approved medical cannabis in 2016, due to drawn-out legal conflicts over restrictions on commercial licens-es.

"I think it helped there was a non-competitive application process," O'Keefe said of the measure. "You don't have the government deciding how many pharmacies can operate. For the most part, we let the free market de-cide."

The application fee for a patient card online is around $105, and is less than $25 for those on state-financed health care.

As of 2018, Oklahoma has an esti-mated 3.943 million residents, accord-ing to U.S. Census data. With almost 140,000 patients on record as of June 17, the Oklahoma registration rate is around 35 per 1,000 people.

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By Kayla BranchOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In Okla-

homa, almost 4,000 people were official-ly counted as experiencing homelessness last year.

Service providers ranging from shel-ters and mental health groups to the De-partment of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs each have a specific need they are trying to meet for that population, whether it be housing, substance abuse treatment or children's programming.

And to bring these providers and many others together to tackle homelessness holistically, Oklahoma has the Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Greg Shinn, council chair and associ-ate director and chief housing officer for Mental Health Association Oklahoma, said the council helps overcome the siloed nature of social service providers by con-necting power players, ideas and resourc-es all over the state.

"It's really great to get all that brain power in the same room and have some strong advocacy voices at the table rep-resenting veterans and tribes and job pro-grams and schools," Shinn told The Okla-homan.

"We hold ourselves to the ideology that homelessness is preventable, and we can end homelessness in the state of Okla-homa. We just need to rally our resources and work together on a unified plan to do it."

The council, created in 2004 by Okla-homa Gov. Brad Henry's administration, is part of a larger network of councils in every state, headed by a federal program.

The mission is for the council to meet regularly with service providers, share information, identify problem areas and

come up with potential solutions to end homelessness. These solutions are then presented to the governor's office to help craft policy and provide expertise.

In the 15 years since the Oklahoma council began, its impact and effective-ness has improved, said Kay Floyd, a longtime member of the council and state director of Head Start Collaboration for the Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies.

"I think we've come a long way since the beginning," Floyd said. "We all do have a particular perspective from where we come from, and that's really the point."

There are 25 members appointed to the council through the governor's office. Gov. Kevin Stitt recently signed an exec-utive order to continue the council's oper-ations during his tenure.

The council hosts its meetings at vari-ous locations around the state to introduce members to different service providers and groups they may not have known about, Shinn said. For the April meeting, the council went to Henryetta to visit a reintegration center run by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

"The idea is to go around and see some of the models and ways that differ-ent parts of our state are innovating and creating access to housing and services and jobs and helping overcome barriers to ending and preventing homelessness," Shinn said.

And while the council may not have tangible authority over the issue of home-lessness, it is responsible for creating and monitoring a statewide plan to end home-lessness.

"There is a need for people to research and discuss before you make policy, and

that's us. And eventually it does get to the people who make the decisions," Floyd said. "I think that is the purpose of this group and that's how we have an influ-ence."

The council recently released a new, five-year plan to end homelessness.

Three focus areas make up the plan — capacity building, cross-system tran-sitions and public awareness and engage-ment. This includes more funding, map-ping resource locations and providing technical assistance and trainings.

"How do you get them back into the housing market when they have zero in-come and they have a disability? Or when they are a young person experiencing homelessness?" Shinn said. "You have to have the resources and access to housing and collaboration. Those are the key strat-egies in the new five year plan."

Public comments were taken on what areas the plan should address. Over 600 responses were recorded and focused on sharing information and contacts.

This plan covers a shorter time span and is less task-specific than the previ-ous 10-year plan, but should work well to guide providers toward strategic goals, said Dan Straughan, director of the Home-less Alliance and a former council chair.

"If you don't update the plan but every 10 years, and priorities change or funding mechanisms change, then your plan is shot to hell," Straughan said. "So to have more strategic rather than tactical goals makes a lot more sense, especially for a body that ought to be thinking strategical-ly."

Shinn said the connection to the gov-ernor's office and mandate to create an action plan puts the council in a position to help bring about change for the better.

"If you're thinking about the trajec-tory of the future of our state, I don't care what sector of business or indus-try you're in, these are things that are of great importance to everybody," Shinn said. "Where do you prioritize your state resources? Toward mental health, toward health care, toward education, toward employment opportunities and afford-able housing. The council sits in a key role to provide that information every year to the governor's office so it can be monitored."

Oklahoma council releases 5-year plan to end homelessness


WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas drivers can no longer be charged with a crime for refusing a field sobriety test under a new state law.

The Wichita Eagle reported that a change in state law that took effect Monday means police can't ticket sus-pected drivers for not taking the test, but refusal to comply comes with a yearlong license suspension — the same as the longest suspension for fail-ing a breathalyzer or blood test.

Field sobriety tests are usually ad-ministered before a driver submits to a breath test to determine intoxication. They can include things like standing on one leg or walking in a straight line. Drivers who refuse to be tested can still be prosecuted for a DUI based on other evidence.

The decision to strike the law des-ignating a separate violation comes as

state appellate courts and the U.S. Su-preme Court have reversed course on whether motorists give implied consent to sobriety tests.

"The court interpretations have continued to change, so sometimes the Legislature feels like it has been chas-ing a moving target," said John Car-michael, D-Wichita, ranking minority member on the Kansas House Judiciary Committee.

The Kansas DUI Judicial Council, which is made up of lawyers and other experts, is still working on a new over-all scheme for DUI laws.

"In the meantime, they felt like there were some immediate changes that needed to be made," Carmichael said.

Ed Klumpp, a Judicial Council member and a lobbyist for law enforce-ment groups, acknowledged that there

may be some DUI cases that police of-ficers won't be able to make now.

"There was a benefit to having that for the test refusals simply because it encouraged more people to take the test," he said of the compulsory testing. "Let's face it — that's what it was de-signed to do."

Suspensions for drivers who refuse to be tested will likely be more severe than for those who take the test and fail, he said.

"In the long run, I think maybe this makes it a little more difficult for our law enforcement officers, but the job they do out there — I'm not concerned that our highways or streets are going to be any less safe based on the offi-cers' ability to get drunk drivers off the road," said Bradley Ralph, the Repub-lican vice chairman of the House Judi-ciary Committee

New law allows Kansas drivers to refuse field sobriety tests

Earlier this year, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a medical marijuana measure that expands the framework for the medical cannabis industry. It goes into effect in August, without any restric-tions, and includes state-level safe-guards for patients who own firearms.

"I think everyone has tried to make it easier for patients to have access to the system as far as applying and how they can get recommendations," Rol-lins said. "The demand is obviously there, so I think it will be interesting once we get to renewal season (this fall) on the business side to see how many have been able to sustain and become operational."

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Enrollment1 person killed in Kansas power line accident

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say a worker in a bucket truck was killed after coming into contact with a power line in north Wichita.

KAKE-TV reports emergency crews responded at around 11 a.m. Tuesday to an electrocution. A dispatch supervisor says the person was pronounced dead at the scene about 50 minutes later.

Police Sgt. Ed Brower says crews shut off the power before lowering the bucket and extricating the victim. His name was not released. Brower did not say for what company the victim worked.

The neighbor told The Wichita Eagle that a tree surgeon man and his partner were trimming trees at the time when one of them asked him to call 911.

Several vehicles Asplundh Tree Expert Company vehicle was parked in the street. The company specializes in tree pruning.


By Brian Grimmett Kmuw-FmPLEVNA, Kan. (AP) — P.J. Sneed

walked through his small greenhouse in central Kansas checking on rows and rows of small hemp plants just waiting to be put into the ground.

The plants inside the greenhouse near Plevna looked rather healthy. Problemat-ically, they looked better than the plants in the few acres he's already planted just outside of the greenhouse.

"Day one, we planted an acre and a half," he said. "Huge storm came through and it blew probably half the plants just over or out of the ground."

But looks can be deceiving. The roots of the hemp plants sitting indoors have run out of room in the small plastic con-tainers they sit in, the same kind of con-tainers you'd find flowers sitting in at a nursery.

That's because these plants should have been planted a few weeks ago. But like farmers of more traditional crops, Sneed's been delayed by the wet weather that's kept him from planting hemp in his fields.

People who signed up for an industrial hemp test program got licenses based on research proposals. But this year's unusu-al weather could skew the results of the studies, impacting the kind of informa-tion the state has to gauge the prospect of growing hemp in Kansas.

State officials want to better under-stand the potential for the specialty oil-seed crop, colloquially known as industri-al hemp. The scientific name for the plant is cannabis sativa, and it's the same plant that marijuana comes from.

The difference between whether or not the product of the plant is considered mar-ijuana or industrial hemp is the amount of the psychoactive chemical THC that's present.

Lawmakers approved the pilot pro-gram last year. Each grower licensed to participate in the program is studying some aspect of hemp cultivation.

Some are looking into how much wa-ter is needed to grow hemp, while others are investigating how industrial hemp fits into regenerative agriculture practices such as using it as a cover crop or how it impacts soil health. Growers are also pro-viding detailed planting and harvesting information to the state.

So far this year, the state has received 392 applications and issued 248 — 192 of those approved licenses are for growers.

In total, 5,200 acres in 71 counties have been approved for growing hemp, even though it's likely total planted acres won't be close to that.

As of July 1, 680 acres of hemp have been planted in the state. That number is expected to grow significantly in the next few weeks as the ground across the state

begins to dry out enough for planting that first planned to happen weeks earlier.

The state will issue a report at the end of the year analyzing the data gathered from all the projects. While the extraor-dinary weather will likely impact results, it's too early to know how much.

"Here in Kansas . . . we kind of have extremes from one season to another sea-son, and, at this point, precipitation plays a large factor," said Braden Hoch, a hemp specialist for the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

Rain has delayed planting for some farmers, but the variety of hemp, and what the grower hopes to use it for, will also play a large role in how successful this year could be.

Hemp plants are generally grown for one of three things — its seed and grain, its fiber, or its floral material.

CBD oil typically comes from the flo-ral material. Varieties grown for their flo-ral material typically only need a 90-day period from planting to harvest, meaning there's still time to get those plants in the ground and still have a good chance at a successful harvest.

Hoch said the state is ultimately try-ing to gather data to show whether or not hemp is a viable alternative crop for Kansas farmers, and this year's trial could help build that case.

But even with the optimism, some hemp farmers, such as Sneed, still worry plenty about how the wet weather stunted the growth of their plants.

"This year's crop, as wet as we are, will be affected across the board," Sneed said. "Whether it's CBD level or fiber lev-el."

Record rain hurting Kansas’ first try at growing hemp


Thomas Jefferson believed that democracy could work only in a society of agrarian yeomen, living in small political units, who would be invested in their society and resolute in defending their liberty against the encroachments of government. We’d better hope he was wrong or, to the extent that he was on to something, that we can recognize and preserve the characteristics that make yeomen (and women) such good citizens.

The cultural fiber that an agricultural upbringing once brought to society will of course not return through numbers. But there are ways other than state fairs to expose modern young people to its value and its virtues. One-third of today’s 4-H members now live in urban areas. Summer jobs detasseling corn or baling hay are still occasionally available as an alternative to “Fortnite” practice or soccer camp. In their constant quest for diversity, universities should not overlook the benefits that rural students can bring to their big-city and suburban classmates.

The distance that has opened between the producers of our food and the beneficiaries of their hard work, and between rural and urban Americans in general, has been sadly apparent in our politics and popular culture. More than tolerance is in order. Some true appreciation, and even some emulation, would be helpful right now. There’s a lot to learn down on the farm.

(Mitch Daniels, a Post contributing columnist, is president of Purdue University and a former governor of Indiana.)

From Page 2 Futures


By Julie WatsonSAN DIEGO (AP) — A military

jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State cap-tive under his care in Iraq in 2017.

Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher was cleared of all charges ex-cept for posing for photos with the dead body of the captive in a verdict that is a major blow to military prosecutors. It took the jury less than two days of delib-erations to reach its verdict.

Gallagher reacted with "tears of joy, emotion, freedom and absolute eupho-ria," defense lawyer Marc Mukasey said.

"Suffice it to say this is a huge victo-ry," Mukasey said outside court. "It's a huge weight off the Gallaghers."

Defense lawyers said Gallagher was framed by disgruntled platoon members who fabricated the allegations to oust their chief. They said there was no phys-ical evidence to support the allegations.

The prosecution said Gallagher's own text messages and photos incrimi-nated him. They included photos of Gal-lagher holding the dead militant up by the hair and clutching a knife in his other hand.

A text message Gallagher sent while deployed said "got him with my hunting knife."

The prosecution asserted the proof of Gallagher's guilt was in his own words, his own photos and the testimony of his fellow troops, while defense lawyers called the case a "mutiny" by entitled, junior SEALs trying to oust a demand-ing chief and repeatedly told the jury that there was no body, no forensic ev-idence and no blood found on the knife.

The case gave a rare public view of a deep division in the insular and revered SEAL community. Both sides told jurors that witnesses had lied on the stand and it was their duty to push through the evi-dence to find the truth. Gallagher, 40, did not take the stand.

The panel of five Marines and two sailors, including a SEAL, had to weigh whether Gallagher, a 19-year veteran on his eighth deployment, went off the rails and fatally stabbed the war prisoner on May 3, 2017, as a kind of trophy kill, or was the victim of allegations fabricated after the platoon returned to San Diego to stop him from getting a Silver Star and being promoted.

Under the military system, two-thirds of a jury needs to agree to convict. In Gallagher's case, that meant five of seven jurors. Military juries also have the option to convict on lesser charges, such as attempted murder.

It's not known whether any of Gal-lagher's jurors voted for a conviction on the most serious charges; vote tallies are not made public in military cases.

Gallagher was also charged with at-tempted murder in the shootings of two Iraqi civilians, and four other charges that include the unlawful discharge of his firearm by shooting at noncomba-tants, wrongfully posing with a human casualty, impeding an investigation by discouraging platoon members from re-porting his criminal actions and retaliat-ing against those who did.

The two-week trial included the tes-timonies of nearly a dozen SEALs, in-cluding Special Operator Corey Scott, a medic like Gallagher, who told the court that he saw the chief stab the Islamic

State militant in the neck but stunned the court when he said he was the one who ultimately killed the prisoner by plug-ging his breathing tube with his thumb as an act of mercy.

Seven SEALs said Gallagher unex-pectedly stabbed the captive moments after he and the other SEAL medics treated the detainee who was wounded in an airstrike that morning outside Mo-sul. Two, including Scott, testified they saw Gallagher plunge his knife into the prisoner's neck.

During the trial, it was revealed that nearly all the platoon members readily posed for photos with the dead prisoner and watched as Gallagher read his re-enlistment oath near the body in an im-promptu ceremony.

Defense lawyers called the pictures of Gallagher, a Bronze Star recipient, clutching the corpse's hair and his texts about his knife skills just the dark humor of a warrior.

An Iraqi general who handed the wounded prisoner to the SEALs testified that Gallagher did not stab the boy. And Marine Staff Sgt. Giorgio Kirylo said af-ter the militant died that he moved the body to take a "cool guy trophy" photo with it and saw no stab wounds on his neck.

Gallagher's attorneys said there were a number of things that could have caused the militant's death, including in-ternal injuries from the blast.

Most of the witnesses were granted immunity to protect them from being prosecuted for acts they described on the stand.

Lt. Jacob Portier, the officer in charge, has been charged separately for overseeing the reenlistment ceremony and not reporting the alleged stabbing.

The trial followed months of tur-moil in one of the Navy's most promi-nent war cases, including the removal of the Navy's lead prosecutor after it was discovered the prosecution had tracked the emails of the defense team to find a news leak. The judge in response to that lowered the maximum sentence Galla-gher could face for premeditated murder to life in prison with parole, instead of without parole.

Navy SEAL acquitted of murder in killing of captive in Iraq



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Divorce FilingsTonja Tucker, Cherokee vs. Tony Nolan Tucker, Cherokee: divorce ($252.14).

Traffic FilingsTomas Ortiz Ortiz, Spearman, Texas, has been cited with an overweight vehicle

gross ($684).Josef Leroyd States, Johnson, Vermont, has been cited with an operate vehicle without a valid drivers license ($304).The following individuals were cited for speeding:Chad Stevens, Hardington, Nebraska, has been cited for speeding 1-10 mph over the speed limit ($100).Joanna M. Childress, Bartlesville, has been cited for speeding 1-10 mph over the speed limit ($100).Lynette J. Stolzenburg, The Court, Texas, has been cited for speeding 15 mph over the speed limit ($264).Darin W. Getz, Jay, has been cited for speeding 1-10 mph over the speed limit ($100).Jordana Jade Hudson, Cherokee, has been cited for speeding 1-10 mph over the speed limit ($100).Rusty Jay Reed, Gage, was cited for not wearing a seatbelt ($20).

Alfalfa County court filings

NATE First Annual Congressional Fly-In visit to the FCC (Federal Communication Commission): (from left) Andy Lee, chairwoman of WON (Women of NATE); Jimmy Mill-er, chairman of NATE; Miranda Allen, CEO of RSI.

Job Skills and Training Opportunities Working GroupMiranda Allen, CEO of NATE member company RSI Corp

of Kiowa, Kansas, has been selected to serve as the association’s representative on the Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities working group. RSI

Corp is a national company that specializes in radiofrequency (RF) radiation and telecom safety.

Through her work with RSI and her previous experience with Hewlett Packard and the United States Army, Allen is recognized nationally as a subject matter expert on RF radiation compliance and generational diversity and inclusion.

Allen has worked substantially for over a decade with NATE.

“Not a day goes by where I don’t hear about the labor shortage that currently exists in the industry,” stated Allen. “Companies in the industry need qualified workers now more than ever to conduct major activities such as 5G deployment, the broadcast repack transition, FirstNet public safety build-outs and broadband infrastructure and fiber installations to rural and underserved areas. NATE has been diligently working on implementing strategic workforce development initiatives and outreach to ensure we meet robust deployment goals and this BDAC working group provides a mechanism to collaborate with other industry stakeholders to help move the needle from a workforce perspective. It is an honor to serve NATE and its membership in developing strategies and solutions to meet workforce demand,” Allen said.

For more information on the BDAC working group rosters, visit the following link: https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-19-615A1.docx. To learn more about NATE, visit www.natehome.com.

Allen to Represent NATE on FCC’s Broadband Deployment


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Tuesday, June 25, 2019During this day there were calls for 18 traffic stops.12:49 a.m. – Medic needed for a lift assist in the 300 block of Pennsylvania.3:07 p.m. – Caller asked for a welfare check in the 700 block of Oklahoma.3:37 p.m. – Residential alarm went off in Carmen on 5th Street. Deputy reports everything okay.7:35 p.m. – An abandoned call was made. When dispatch finally got through to the caller, the female advised she didn’t mean to actually call. She was trying to scare off two individual in her barn getting high. Dispatch advised they would have an officer to come talk to her. At 8:52 p.m. the female called back and advised the individuals had returned and attacked her. Stated she thinks her nose might be broken and she has a black eye. Caller wanted the female arrested. She said they had left her property and were believed to be headed east and then to the south.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019During this day there were calls for 16 traffic stops.4:49 a.m. – Medic needed for a lift assist in the 300 block of Pennsylvania.7:08 am. – Report of a two-vehicle accident on State Highway 45 and County Road 680. Medic was needed for a person with chest pains and possible injury. Medic took patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 10:04 a.m. – Caller advised that they believed someone had been staying or living on their land. Deputy was advised and unable to make contact.

1:33 p.m. – An alarm company advised of a fire alarm going off in the 1100 block of 5th Street. Advised it was a false alarm.9:30 p.m. – Caller advised of semi with grain driving recklessly on Highway 11. Officer made contact with semi and gave them a verbal warning.9:55 p.m. – Caller advised a person had come to her house drunk and wanted a cigarette. She told him no and when they left they yelled they would be back to shoot and kill her. Advised officer.10:52 p.m. – Report of a possible drunk driver in Goltry.

Thursday, June 27, 2019During this day there were calls for six traffic stops.12:44 a.m. – Business alarm went off in the 200 block of Southgate. Officer advised all was okay.1:37 a.m. – Caller advised someone broke into their vehicle. Advised they were on foot. Looked to be a window out.11:22 a.m. – Caller advised of a snake in her dinning room.12:23 p.m. – Residential burglar alarm went off in the 1000 block of Kansas.1:38 p.m. – Woods County advised of a field fire at County Road 510 north of Kiowa Road.4 p.m. – A male came into the office and advised some of his cattle were missing.7:45 p.m. – Caller advised of a reckless driver in Carmen.9:45 p.m. – Caller advised of a snake on her porch. Officer couldn’t find the snake.

Friday, June 28, 2019During this day there were calls for 10 traffic stops.12:36 a.m. – Person came into the office to speak to an officer.2:31 a.m. – Alarm company advised of an alarm going off at the Dollar General. 4:42 a.m. – Medic needed for a female who had just has kidney surgery and was in severe pain. Medic took patient to Bass Hospital in Enid.3:58 p.m. – Pioneer Alarm advised of an alarm going off at a bank. 5:16 p.m. – Caller advised of a caravan driving all over the road and almost hit a semi head on west of Ingersoll.8:09 p.m. – Caller requested Jet Fire Department to assist with a vehicle fire on Dewey Road and County Road 730.8:51 p.m. – Caller requested Amorita and Byron Fire Department to assist

with combine fire on County Road 640 and Major Road.8:59 p.m. – Caller advised of a stray dog being very aggressive towards him.

Saturday, June 29, 2019During this day there were calls for 18 traffic stops.12:43 p.m. – Medic needed for a male with back and leg pain and swelling. Medic took patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid.12:58 p.m. – Report of reckless driving turning south at the four-way. Advised OHP. Made contact and all was okay.6:18 p.m. – Report of a vehicle accident at Garvin Road and Highway 8. Caller advised a car hit her, they came out of nowhere. Her car wasn’t drivable and in the middle of the road. Advised airbags deployed and her hand was hurting. She thinks the other driver was drunk. Officers en route. Medic took patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. Officer had one adult male in custody. Another medic took another patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid.7:36 p.m. – Caller advised they found an eye glasses case with possible drugs and paraphernalia on State Highway 8. 10:37 p.m. – St. Mary’s Hospital called and advised they had a patient with a dog bite. The incident happened in Carmen.

Sunday, June 30, 20191:12 p.m. – Welfare check needed for a possible child endangerment.3:14 p.m. – Welfare check needed on a male in Nescatunga. Officer advised everything was okay.

Monday, July 1, 201912:01 a.m. – Medic needed for his fie who had fallen and hit her head. Advised it was bleeding but now under control. He just wants her checked out. No transport needed.12:38 a.m. – Caller advised her husband had hit her in the head and she was bleeding. He then took off on his motorcycle. She refused to stay on the line with dispatch. She advised her son was on the way. Aline First Responders advised. Deputy advised to contact Major County. Caller called back upset no one was there yet. The caller’s son then called wanting to know why no one was there helping his mother. Dispatch advised they were waiting on a deputy to arrive because of the situation. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. They put a BOLO out for the husband.

Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office logs


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Farm SuppliesFor Sale

3 point 3 bottom JD Plow. $350. Elston 3 point Gopher Machine. $1000 OBO. 580-541-3839

Garage Sales

July 4 Inside Salein Carmen. Furniture, dishes, books, antiques, tools, dryers, stove, misc items, many $1 items. 404 W Central. Thur-Fri 9am-2pm and Fri 5-8pm. Carmen July 5th celebration starts at 5pm

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Real EstateRentals Available

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For Sale120 Alfalfa round bales, good grinding hay. 580-829-2782. Burlington, OK

80 AcresM/L Woods County Farm Ground, 5 E of Alva, 5 3/4 S on Dacoma blacktop, SE 1/2-se 1/4 23-26-13, surface only, windmill on NE corner. For info contact Randy Stelling 580-829-2601

Garage SalesWashington ECC

Annual Garage Sale May 25th, 8am-noon. Items may be dropped off starting May 17th at the north cafeteria door

Huge Consignment Salein big shed, 400 S Florida Avenue in Cherokee, OK. May 10 & 11, 8am-4pm. May 12, 1-4pm. Lots of furniture, glassware, pottery, linens, pictures, cookware and much more. Come see the building is full. Sale by Jan’s Collectibles. 580-829-3062AAHEAD = Peddler’s Marketat Ruby’s in Nash, OK. Sat, May 11 8am-2pm. Mary Ann Oyler 580-819-2900

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Real EstateFor Rent

2bdrm fully furnished. All bills paid. Rent by the day, week or month. 580-732-7181

House for Rent2bdrm, 1 1/2 bth in Alva. Stove & Refrig included. No Smoking. No Pets. 580-541-1067

For Rent3bdrm 1bth House. 580-748-1537

For Sale4 or 5bdrm home with fenced 10 acres+. Remodeled upstairs, CH/A, rural water. Cherokee, OK. 918-225-8678

For Rent2bdrm House. 580-327-7580

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VENDETTIPLUMBING & DRAIN Call us today and let us take care of ALL YOUR PLUMBING NEEDS!

580-871-2223OK LIC# 071167

PROUDLY SERVING NORTHWESTOKLAHOMA SINCE 2005

For Sale120 Alfalfa round bales, good grinding hay. 580-829-2782. Burlington, OK

80 AcresM/L Woods County Farm Ground, 5 E of Alva, 5 3/4 S on Dacoma blacktop, SE 1/2-se 1/4 23-26-13, surface only, windmill on NE corner. For info contact Randy Stelling 580-829-2601

Garage SalesWashington ECC

Annual Garage Sale May 25th, 8am-noon. Items may be dropped off starting May 17th at the north cafeteria door

Huge Consignment Salein big shed, 400 S Florida Avenue in Cherokee, OK. May 10 & 11, 8am-4pm. May 12, 1-4pm. Lots of furniture, glassware, pottery, linens, pictures, cookware and much more. Come see the building is full. Sale by Jan’s Collectibles. 580-829-3062AAHEAD = Peddler’s Marketat Ruby’s in Nash, OK. Sat, May 11 8am-2pm. Mary Ann Oyler 580-819-2900

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yards to mow and maintain. 580-748-3548

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Real EstateFor Rent

2bdrm fully furnished. All bills paid. Rent by the day, week or month. 580-732-7181

House for Rent2bdrm, 1 1/2 bth in Alva. Stove & Refrig included. No Smoking. No Pets. 580-541-1067

For Rent3bdrm 1bth House. 580-748-1537

For Sale4 or 5bdrm home with fenced 10 acres+. Remodeled upstairs, CH/A, rural water. Cherokee, OK. 918-225-8678

For Rent2bdrm House. 580-327-7580


Real Estate TransfersBook 847 page 234: ARG

PH31SLB001, LLC, unto AFN ABSPROP001, LLC. All the portion of lot 2 lying immediate-ly west, parallel, and contiguous with the east 94 feet of lot 2 in block 3 of Southgate addition to Cherokee as the same parallels Kimberly Drive in accordance with the plat of Southgate addi-tion, and all of lot 3 in block 3 of Southgate addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed.

Book 847 page 276: Dean Keiffer and Cynthia Keiffer Re-vocable Trust conveys unto R & C Ross Family, LLC. The southeast quarter of section 15, township 24 north, range 10, WIM, Alfal-fa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed.

Book 847 page 290: Douglas L. Geis and Cristina Geis, and Pa-tricia Ellen Lunday convey unto Vernon E. Powell and Virginia S. Powell, as joint tenants. East half of the northeast quarter of section 34, township 24 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed.

Book 847 page 304: Gettin’ Home, LLC, Frances M. Bruce, managing member, conveys unto Now or Never Outfitter, LLC, Bruce Haddock. All of block 23, Original Town of Helena, Alfalfa County. Quit claim deed.

Book 847 page 376: Kadie D. Lancaster and Darrin Lancaster, wife and husband, to lots 1 and 2, in block 5, in the Highland Ad-dition to the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed.

Book 847 page 406: Betty L. Acklin conveys unto Betty L. Acklin, Cheryl Ann Valentiner

and/or Jason Valentiner. A part of the northeast quarter of section 33, township 24 north range 10, WIM Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed.

Book 847 page 410: Charles E. Daub and Donna M. Daub, husband and wife, convey unto James E. Daub, and an undivid-ed one-half interest unto Ethan Eugene Stocking and Ashley Michelle Mauhlbaier, Lot 14, in block 1 of the Aubrey Addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Okla-homa. Warranty deed.

Book 847 page 411: Charles E. Daub and Donna M. Daub, hus-band and wife, convey unto Chris Muhlbaier and Ashley Muhlbaier. Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in block 89; and lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 in block 86; all in Park Addition to the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. War-ranty deed.

Book 847 page 412: Pamela Kay Shelley Sears conveys unto Pamela Kay Shelley Sears and David Wayne Sears. Southwest quarter of section 31 township 29 north range 11 WIM. Quit claim deed.

MortgagesBook 847 page 236: AFN AB-

SPROP001, LLC, to Citibank. All the portion of lot 2 lying immedi-ately west, parallel, and contigu-ous with the east 94 feet of lot 2, in block 3 of southgate addition to Cherokee as the same parallels Kimberly Drive in accordance with the plat of Southgate addi-tion, and all of lot 3 in block 3 of Southgate addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma.

Book 847 page 277: R & C Ross Family, LLC, to Farm Credit

Alfalfa County real estate transactions

See ACRE Page 36


Community CalendarWednesday

9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, iso-pen for games and other activities. Ex-ercise is scheduled each day at11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request.

Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Cancun Mexican Grill.

1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Muse-um in Alva is open every day except-Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

Thursday9 a.m. The Woods County Senior

Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is closed for the 4th of July.

7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) inAlva every Monday and Thursday.

Friday1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Muse-

um in Alva is open every day except-Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030.

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Criminal FilingsOren Leon Howland has been

charged with violating of protection or-der.

Jason D. Jackson has been charged with domestic battery and criminal dam-age.

Francisco Jaime Smith has been charged with DUI, transporting an open container and liquor; purchase/possess/ consume by minor 18-20 years old.

Alanna Sexton has been charged with cruelty to animals.

Scott Allen Jones has been charged with endangering a child, possession of marijuana, use/posses with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body, driving under the influence of drugs/

alcohol, transporting an open container and improper driving on laned roadway.

Limited Civil FilingsCapital One Bank vs. Johnathan R.

Berkholz: debt collection.Pratt Regional Medical Center vs.

Brandon Boor: debt collection.Pratt Regional Medical Center vs.

Joyce A. Rucker: debt collection.Capital One Bank vs. Kaley

Milledge: debt collection.Traffic Filings

William Russell Furman has been cited for maximum speed limits ($189).

Caleb Benjamin Koehn has been cit-ed for maximum speed limits ($171).

Shane Paul Polen has been cited for maximum speed limits ($171).

Shane Paul Polen has been cited with failure to wear seatbelt ($30).

Matthew W. Riner has been cited for maximum speed limits ($153).

Phillip R. Spragis has been cited for maximum speed limits ($153).

Barber County court filings

of Enid. The southeast quarter of section 15, township 24 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Note: $300,000.00.

Book 847 page 293: Vernon E. Powell and Virginia S. Powell, husband and wife, to Fairview Savings and Loan Associa-tion. East half of the northeast quarter of section 34, township 24 north, range 10, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Note: $147,000.00.

Book 847 page 463: William H. Nel-son, to The Bank of Kremlin. The west half of the northwest quarter of section 3, township 24 north, range 10, WIM. Note: $12,500.00.

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ACRE



Real Estate TransfersBook 144 page 313: Rockne A. Shelite and Laurie Shelite, husband and wife, convey unto Bradley W. Werner and Micha M. Werner, husband and wife. Lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 15 in Henton’s Addition to the city of Sharon. Joint tenancy warranty deed.Book 144 page 314: Monte D. Shelite and Ruth Shelite, husband and wife, convey unto Bradley W. Werner and Micha M. Werner, husband and wife. Lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 15 in Henton’s Addition to the city of Sharon. Joint tenancy warranty deed.Book 144 page 316: Bradly L. Gibson, a single person, conveys unto Kent J. Kisling Trust No. 1. The northeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM. Warranty deed.Book 144 page 317: Morgan Gibson, a single person, conveys unto Kent J. Kisling Trust No. 1. The northeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM. Warranty deed.Book 144 page 318: Lawren Hinson and Brian Hinson, her husband, convey unto Kent J. Kisling Trust No. 1. The northeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM. Warranty deed.Book 144 page 319: Bradly L. Gibson, a single person, convey unto Todd A. Nelson and Laura A. Nelson, husband and wife. The southeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 West of the 6th PM. Joint tenancy warranty deed.Book 144 page 320: Morgan Gibson, a single person, conveys unto Todd A. Nelson and Laura A. Nelson, husband and wife. The southeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 West of the 6th PM. Joint tenancy

warranty deed.Book 144 page 321: Lawren Hinson and Brian Hinson, her husband, convey unto Todd A. Nelson and Laura A. Nelson, husband and wife. The southeast quarter of section 18, township 34 south, range 10 West of the 6th PM. Joint tenancy warranty deed.Book 144 page 323: Brian J. Sternberger, a single person, and Jillian Gibson, a single person, convey unto Charles E. Achenbach. Southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 11, township 35 south, range 13 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 324: Neva Calhoun, a single person, convey unto Stephanie A. Armenta. Lot 9 in block 2 in the City of Kiowa. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 327: Susan M. Duvall, a single person, conveys unto Rex Lee Duvall. The north 95 feet of lot 4 in block 119, in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 328: Lonnie R. Duvall and Rosa Duvall, husband and wife, convey unto Rex Lee Duvall. The north 95 feet of lot 4 in block 119, in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 329: James R. Duvall and Rodgina Duvall, husband and wife, convey unto Rex Lee Duvall. The north 95 feet of lot 4 in block 119, in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 332: David L. Looper and Connie J. Looper, husband and wife, convey unto James Lee Horn and Jordan Lindsey. Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 in block 5 in Henton’s Addition to the City of Sharon. Joint tenancy warranty deed.Book 144 page 333: Andrew R. Meador, a single person, conveys unto Sarah G. Meador. Lot 4 on the east side of the spring street, in Friendley’s revised Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas. Quit claim deed.Book 144 page 335: Rick A. Radavich and Ellen Radavich, husband and wife, convey unto Rad Farms, LLC. All that part of section 21 lying south east of the Hardtner Shortcut, and the northeast quarter, and the northeast quarter of

the southeast quarter, and all that part of the northwest quarter and the north half of the southwest quarter of section 28 lying east of the Hardtner shortcut, all in township 33 south, range west of the 6th PM. Warranty deed.Book 144 page 337: Diel Properties Kansas LLC, unto Bradley W. Werner and Micha M, Werner, husband and wife. The southeast quarter of section 10, township 32 south, range 10 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Joint tenancy warranty deed.

MortgagesBook 234 page 36: Thomas E. Summers and Heather D. Summers, husband and wife, to Kanza Bank. Beginning at a point 30 feet north and 40 feet west of the northwest corner of block 69 in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa. Note: $75,000.00.Book 234 page 55: Anthony M. Farrar and Andrea M. Farrar, in survivorship marital property, to Legacy Bank. All of lot 27 and the north 23 1/3 feet of lot 28, in block 4 in Regnier’s Amended revised second addition to the City of Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas. Note: 26,575.00.Book 234 page 83: Jared Rhea and Lily Rhea, husband and wife, to High Plains Farm Credit. The west half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section 14, township 33 south, range 12 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Note: $126,000.00.Book 234 page 98: Justin William Westerman and Taunya Michelle Westerman, husband and wife, to Farm Service Agency. The northwest of section 24, township 30 south, range 11 west of the 6th PM, Barber County, Kansas. Note: $260,000.00.Book 234 page 112: Allan Colborn and Sherry Colborn, husband and wife, to State Farm bank. Beginning at the northeast corner of lot 6 in block 1 in the Oil Hill Subdivision, an addition to the city of Medicine Lodge. Note: $25,000.00.Book 234 page 122: Norman F. Clouse and Becki D. Clouse, husband and wife, to The Peoples Bank. Commencing at a point 446 feet east of the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 1, township 32 south range 12 West of the 6th PM, City of Medicine Lodge, Barber County, Kansas. Note: $60,000.00.

Barber County real estate transactions



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