Page 8 August 20, 2020TheWesternTimesJeanne Louise Brown

Jeanne Louise (Clark) Brown, age 91, passed away at home in Tribune, Kansas on Saturday, August 8th, 2020. She was born on July 30th, 1929 in Battle Creek, Mich-igan, the daughter of Charles Louis and Ruth Louise (Bak-er) Clark, the fifth of five chil-dren.

Jeanne’s father acciden-tally drowned when she was but two years old so Jeanne, her sister Virginia and mother Ruth lived with Ruth’s parents and maternal grandmother in Battle Creek, while Jeanne’s three brothers attended board-ing school.

Jeanne worked summers in the Kellogg’s and Post cereal plants in Battle Creek during high school and college. Fol-lowing high school gradua-tion, Jeanne attended Green-ville University in Greenville, Illinois, where she met and subsequently married the love of her life.

On August 28th, 1949, Jeanne married Lloyd Eu-gene Brown in Battle Creek, Michigan, and moved with him from “the city” to ru-ral Wallace County, Kansas. To this union four children were born, David, Pamela, Scott, and Jeremy. Lloyd and Jeanne raised their kids while actively farming in southwest Wallace County until early

in 2016, when he retired and they moved to Tribune, Kan-sas.

An active member of West Bethany Free Methodist Church in rural Wichita Coun-ty, Kansas, Jeanne served as pianist for many years for church services and special events. Jeanne taught Sunday School for many years, spon-sored and participated in Bi-ble studies, and was an active member of the church Mis-sionary Society. Jeanne and Lloyd sponsored and led teen/youth organizations and host-ed many church social events in their home.

Jeanne was active in Farmer-ettes Extension Homemak-ers Unit for many years and served in various leadership roles. An Avon representative for over ten years, she made many friends throughout her territory in Wichita County. Jeanne was very artistic and attended adult painting class-es through Wichita County High School, and china paint-ing classes through private in-struction, always meticulous in her artwork.

Exhibiting a true gift of hospitality, Jeanne delighted in spending time with family and friends, and her home was always open.

She was preceded in death by: husband, Lloyd Eugene

Brown, father, Charles Louis Clark, mother, Ruth Louise (Baker) Clark, brothers, Frank Clark, Jack Clark, Robert (Bob) Clark, sister, Virginia (Clark) Bennett.

She is survived by: chil-dren: David (& wife Beverly) Brown of SE Wallace Co., KS; Scott (& wife Jessica) Brown of Tribune, KS; Jer-emy (& wife Karen) Brown of Shawnee, KS; Pamela (Brown) Forbes of Tribune, KS; grandchildren: Jayme (& husband Buck) Bishop of Leoti, KS; Andrew Brown of Hutchinson, KS; Shandra (& husband David) Daniels of Casper, WY; Mackenzie (& husband Eric) Blakeslee of Ellsworth, KS; Mariah (& husband Bryce) Cavenee of Tribune, KS; Theodore Brown of Shawnee, KS; Colt, Kinlyn & Daxton Brown of Tribune, KS; great grandchildren: Tea-gan, Abby & Zoey Bishop of Leoti, KS; Tristan Bishop of Manhattan, KS; Jacob Brown of Weatherford, OK; Shianne, Adrianne & Davena Daniels of Casper, WY; Rikki Dan-iels of Williston, ND; Macyn, Emry & Jayme Cavenee of Tribune, KS; niece: Camille (Bennett) Strier of Chicago, IL; honorary granddaughter: Alexis Govert of Tribune, KS; and host of extended family and friends

USD 242 Board Meeting 07/13/20 Approved Minutes (unedited)

1. CALL TO ORDERThe Board of Education of

Unified School District 242, Wallace County, Kansas, met in regular session at 7:00 pm in the Music Room on July 13th, 2020 with President Aaron Al-dridge presiding.

2. ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mr.

Aaron Aldridge, Mr. Gabe Cox, Mr. Eric Purvis, Mr. Kyle Reidel, Mr. Macy Sexson, Mrs. Chris Smith

ARRIVING LATER: Mr. Nolan Cox

OTHERS PRESENT: Mrs. Amy Rother (Superintendent), Mrs. Candy Cox (Clerk), Mr. Brett Clow

3. APPROVAL OF AGEN-DA

Mr. Gabe Cox (Mr. Purvis) moved to approve the agenda with the addition requested. (Add item C, Student Con-cerns under Executive Ses-sion). Motion carried 6-0.

4. APPROVAL OF MIN-UTES

Mr. Purvis (Mr. Gabe Cox) moved to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried 6-0.

(Mr. Nolan Cox arrived at 7:10 pm)

5. COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM THE BOARD

Mrs. Rother gave the Su-perintendent’s Report on the Cash Balance, End of Year Transfers and Carryovers, the Budget, Base State Aid, Lunch Costs, Business Position, NK-ESC Representative, Covid-19 update, Back to School Bar-beque, 100th year of School, Maintenance Position, Thank you Letters, KASB Board/Superintendent information, Vision Prep Discussion, & Mr. Clow’s weightroom request.

6. HEARING OF INDIVID-UALS IN THE AUDIENCE

7. EXECUTIVE SESSION Mr. Purvis (Mr. Nolan Cox)

moved to enter into executive session at 8:45 pm to discuss performance and perspective employment, and to return to the open session at 8:55 pm. The justification for the ex-ecutive session is non-elect-ed personnel exception under KOMA. The purpose for the executive session is to protect the privacy rights of an identi-fiable individual. Mrs. Rother and Mrs. Cox were invited to attend. Motion carried unani-mously. Meeting reconvened at 8:55 pm.

Mr. Purvis (Mrs. Smith) moved to enter into executive session at 8:55 pm to discuss

performance and perspective employment, and to return to the open session at 9:10 pm. The justification for the ex-ecutive session is non-elect-ed personnel exception under KOMA. The purpose for the executive session is to protect the privacy rights of an identi-fiable individual. Mrs. Rother was invited to attend. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting reconvened at 9:10 pm.

9. NEW BUSINESSMrs. Smith (Mr. Purvis)

moved to approve the consent agenda as presented contain-ing the following items:

- 1116-hour calendar- Review current Organiza-

tional Chart- Establish Petty Cash limits- Review records in storage

policy- Review immunization pol-

icy- Designate Truancy officer

(Dave Hale)- Review units of credit- Authorize an Activity Fund- Review teacher evaluation

policy- Establish BOE meeting

dates and times (2nd Monday of the month with a 3 hr. limit with the option to vote on an additional hour.)

- Appoint officer for free and reduced meal application ap-peals (Mr. Aaron Aldridge)

- Appoint food service repre-sentative (Dave Hale)

- Appoint district KPERS representative (Candy Cox)

- Establish textbook rental fees ($55)

- Adopt early pay request (KSA 12-105b)

- Establish School Lunch Prices (set prices for Junior High and High School meals at $2.75, meal prices for Elemen-tary School students at $2.50, and meal prices for adult meals at $3.65; with the under-standing that the District will supplement the food service program with general fund money. Milk price will be $.30 per milk. and Breakfast Prices will be $2.00

- Appoint NKESC represen-tative (Gabe Cox)

- Designate official newspa-per (The Western Times)

- Designate official district depository (Eastern Colorado Bank of Sharon Springs)

- Appoint School Attor-ney (KASB Legal Assistance Fund)

- Approve Food Service pro-gram agreement

- Approve GAAP waiver- Adopt Home Rule resolu-

tion

- Designate compliance offi-cer for Federal Anti-Discrimi-nation laws (Amy Rother)

- Establish substitute teacher salaries ($100 per day)

- Establish mileage reim-bursement rate ($.50/mile)

- Appoint representative to NWKTC (Christine Smith)

- Appoint custodian of re-cords (Amy Rother)

- Appoint Freedom of Infor-mation Officer (Amy Rother)

- Appoint Deputy Clerk (Connie Okeson)

- Appoint School Securi-ty Officers (Amy Rother and Brett Clow)

Motion carried 7-0.B. Mr. Purvis (Mr. Gabe

Cox) moved to approve the Student and Faculty hand-books for the 2020 – 2021 year. Motion carried 7-0.

C. Mr. Nolan Cox (Mr. Sex-son) Moved to approve the year-end transfers and car-ryovers as presented by Mr. Rother. Motion carried 7-0.

D. Mr. Gabe Cox (Mr. Pur-vis) moved to approve the Worker’s Comp insurance quote from KASB for the 2020-2021 year as presented. Motion carried 7-0.

E. Mr. Nolan Cox (Mr. Sex-son) moved to approve the 2020-2021 Negotiated Agree-ment as presented. Motion car-ried 7-0.

10. PERSONNEL Mr. Purvis (Mrs. Smith)

moved to appoint Connie Okeson as Deputy Clerk for the 2020-2021 school year at a rate of 1.5 times her hourly salary per board meeting that she provides clerk duties at. Motion carried 7-0.

Mrs. Smith (Mr. Pur-vis) moved to allow Connie Okeson, Candy Cox, and Josh Schattel (classified employees who had remaining days they were not able to use because of COVID) to carryover up to 4 days from the 2019-2020 school year to the 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried 7-0.

11. APPROVAL OF BILLS Mr. Sexson (Mr. Reidel)

moved to approve payment of the bills as presented. Motion carried 7-0.

12. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS

The Board discussed the de-cision the State Board made on reopening School in the fall.

13. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Aldridge declared the

meeting adjourned at 9:40 pm.Candy Cox, Clerk

Board of Education

During the past few de-cades, there has been an in-creasing interest in value added calf programs which incentivize producers to opti-mize calf immunity and bunk training via premiums paid by cattle buyers. The wide range of programs that vary in terms of vaccination and weaning protocols reducing calf stress and the risk of disease are re-ferred to as preconditioning programs. An additional com-ponent of preconditioning, backgrounding helps transi-tion weaned calves to a new diet and train them to eat from a bunk, minimizing stress compared to immediate ship-ping after weaning. Together, the correct nutrition, health protocols, and value added vaccine program can prepare calves for feedlot success and earn the producer a deserving premium.

To illustrate the financial benefit of implementing these programs, a 2012 study con-ducted by Zimmerman and colleagues used video market data to compare calf sales of differing preconditioning pro-grams. The study suggested that calves that were vacci-nated for respiratory disease, however not weaned could earn up to $1.49 to $3.70 more per hundredweight compared to calves not vacci-nated. Furthermore, the study determined that calves under a weaning and vaccination program could earn up to an additional $6 to $10.72 per hundredweight. Implement-ing these programs and earn-ing these premiums however require vaccines, equipment, facilities, labor and time. In some situations, the addition-al expense to the producer would exceed the premiums of calves sold.

As to be expected, calves under a more intensive value added program are predicted to bring higher premiums. However, it is important for the producer to identify what

Veterinarian and Ruminant Nutritionist Visiting Goodland

their setup can handle in terms of carrying out vaccinations, and holding calves on pasture or in a dry lot during weaning. Therefore, there is not a “one size fits all” preconditioning or backgrounding program that brings premiums to cattle producers. Producers need to carefully evaluate and identi-fy which program makes the most sense for their operation in terms of implementation and cost effectiveness.

To bring research based, unbiased information to the producers in the area, K-State Research and Extension will hold a meeting starting at noon (MT) on September 2 at the Sherman County 4-H Building to discuss add-ing value to weaned calves through backgrounding. Two extension specialists will be discussing various topics con-cerning calf nutrition, health protocols, and value added vaccine programs. Dr. A.J. Tarpoff a beef extension spe-cialist and veterinarian, will address both maximizing calf health during this stressful pe-riod, as well as the potential benefits to implementing a value added vaccine program. Beyond calf health, the meet-ing will also host Dr. Dale Blasi, a K-State beef exten-sion specialist and ruminant nutritionist who will discuss calf nutrition to maximize calf success. This meeting is a great opportunity for pro-ducers to gain backgrounding knowledge, review data com-paring vaccine programs, and ask questions specific to their operation to gain a better un-derstanding of what type of program may work best for them.

Thanks to the support and sponsorship of Merck Ani-mal Health and ADM Animal Nutrition, this meeting is free to attend and lunch and mate-rials are provided. All those who are interested in attend-ing are asked to register by August 28 online at https://ti-

nyurl.com/calfbackgrounding or by phone to the Cheyenne County Extension Office at (785)332-3171.

K-State Research and Ex-tension is committed to mak-ing its services, activities and programs accessible to all participants. Reasonable accommodations for per-sons with disabilities may be requested by contacting Cheyenne County Extension (785)332-3171. Notify staff of accommodation needs as early as possible. To comply with K-State Research and Extension COVID guide-lines, masks and sanitizer will be on site and attendees will be provided adequate space for social distancing. Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Co-operative Extension Service. K-State Research and Exten-sion is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Commissioner Proceedings 06/26/20 Approved Minutes (unedited)

The Wallace County Board of Commissioners met in spe-cial session with, Bruce Bolen Chairman, Ronnie Hill, Com-missioner, and County Clerk, Jacalyn Mai present.

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Bolen at 1:30 p.m.

Marshall Unruh, Undersher-iff entered the meeting. A call was placed to Jay Sharp, Fire Dist. #2 Fire Chief to discuss extending the fire ban. It was agreed upon to extend it and then if needed it can be taken off.

Commissioner Hill moved to approve Resolution 2020-13 to extend the level two fire ban and remain in effect until July 16, 2020. Commissioner Bolen seconded.

AYE 2 NAY 0**(Resolution 2020-12

was published in the July 2, 2020 issue of The Western Times)**

Aften Gardner, Health Ad-ministrator and Jayne Pearce entered the meeting.

The board along with Clerk Mai, Aften Gardner and Jayne

Pearce listened to a webinar on the SPARKS funds that the county will be receiving. All the documentation needed and deadlines. More information will be sent out to the county clerks.

Jayne Pearce left the meet-ing at 3:00 pm.

There being no further business the meeting was ad-journed at 4:00 pm. ATTEST:

Jacalyn Mai, County ClerkBruce Bolen, Chairman

Ronnie Hill, Commissioner

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