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of the previous proposal included 141 rooms.

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CHENEY – A rapidly-expanding convenience store chain based in Iowa has purchased the KAPS chain, including the KAPS location in Cheney.

Yesway announced the purchase of KAPS, LLC, on Nov. 30. The KAPS chain was locally-owned by Kevin O’Brien. The five-store chain also included two McPherson locations plus stores in Lyons and Lindsborg. In addition, the Yesway announced the purchase of the New Deal Travel Center in New Deal, Texas.

Yesway is based in West Des Moines, Iowa, and operates under the umbrella of BW Gas and Convenience, which is affiliated with private equity firm Brookwood Financial Partners of Beverly, Mass.

The new chain has been on a buying spree throughout the Midwest since it was founded in 2015. In March, Yesway bought five of six family-owned Pic Quik locations in Hutchinson. The addition of the KAPS stores gives Yesway 10 Kansas locations. The company has 32 locations in Iowa and 32 in Texas, plus two in Guymon, Okla., according to its website.

The company purchased 35 stores in Texas in May, and a Rockford, Iowa store in September.

“We’ve got a pretty interesting trajectory...over the last 12-18 months,” said Tom Brown, president and director of real estate acquisitions for Yesway. He leads a team of six, and is looking to add two more people to help locate more stores to acquire. “We’re getting more credibility in the market place.”

Brown said Yesway identified KAPS as a possible acquisition target, and initiated talks with O’Brien.

Brown could not speak to a specific schedule for changes at the Cheney store, but said once a store is bought, there typically is a 60-90 day window where the company comes in and converts store operations to the Yesway platform. That includes training, store operations and sales efforts.

“During that period of time, we’re also finalizing our renovation plans for each of those stores,” Brown said.

The company adds value through interior and exterior additions. That includes signage, parking, lighting and fuel pump changes outside, and interior changes like new countertop, restroom upgrades and more. He said the company usually has a plan and a dollar amount for the renovation before a purchase is completed.

Food service and the Yesway loyalty program are points of emphasis.

“That’s where folks will see the biggest impact,” Brown said.

The company began with the purchase of 10 Iowa Country Stores, and then grew more by taking over 21 Kum & Go stores in Iowa in 2016. The company is focusing on small and medium markets in the Midwest.

According to the trade store publication Convenience Store Decisions, Yesway set up its regional headquarters in West Des Moines just before the Kum & Go purchase.

According to the article, Brookwood Financial Partners began looking at the convenience story industry six

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GODDARD – Plans are moving forward again for a hotel-restaurant-waterpark development in Goddard.

Nearly two years after a highly-publicized groundbreaking, a new developer is now in place with revised plans that include a 100room hotel, an indoor waterpark and an Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom restaurant on Goddard’s east side.

City council members unanimously approved an amended development agreement that assigns master development rights from Goddard Destination Development to S&O Investments, Inc., for five years. The vote came at Monday’s Goddard City Council meeting.

The new plan carries many similarities to the original proposal, but has some new wrinkles.

At the center of the development will be a 100-room IHG Holi-

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Old Chicago has three locations in Wichita, including this one in Old Town. The chain is expanding in Kansas, and one of the new locations will be part of the STAR bond project in Goddard.

Highlights

Timeline

On Monday, the City of Goddard reached a new, revised development agreement with S&O Investments. Highlights of the new project include:

Construction on Phase I begins by April 1, with completion

by Jan. 1, 2020. Phase I includes the above-listed amenities.

Phase II, including multiple commercial/retail locations, would begin at the developer’s discretion.

• A 100-room luxury IHG Holiday Inn featuring deluxe suites and rooms with bunk beds.

About Old Chicago

• A 43,000 square foot aquatic center with an 8-lane, 25-meter indoor pool with diving.

• Spectator seating for 600 with dressing/locker rooms.

• An indoor waterpark similar to Parrot Cove in Garden City.

• 4 competition softball/baseball fields.

• Old Chicago Pizza and Taproom.

• Founded in 1976. Owned by CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, Inc., a multi-brand company whose holdings also include Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants and Rock Bottom Restaurants Breweries. The company owns and operates nearly 200 locations in North America.

• Old Chicago operates 60 restaurants with roughly three dozen more franchisee-owned locations. The company is in 24 states.

• Three locations in Wichita, and five others already open in Kansas, including Overland Park, Olathe, Topeka, Manhattan and Garden City. More are in the works.

First Christmas

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Claire Fisher sleeps in the arms of Santa Claus at Garden Plain High School. The annual Santa Day was held last Saturday, and children had a chance to visit the jolly old elf inside of The Nest at GPHS. Cheney, Clearwater and Goddard all held community Christmas events on Saturday, as well. See photos from all four communities on Pages 4A-5A. Crossword & Sudoku................ Page 2A Classifieds..................................... Page 9B Opinions....................................... Page 8B Sports............................................ Page 1B Yesteryears................................... Page 2A

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Obituaries Lois Black Lois Black, 89, retired Clearwater school lunch room supervisor, died Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Leon. Survivors include her sons, Dennis Black of Wichita, Gerry Black (Deitra) of Sun City, Kan., and Sam Black (Janet) of Wichita; nine grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

The viewing was 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at Smith Mortuary, 7031 S. Broadway, Wichita. Graveside service followed at 2:30 p.m. in Clearwater Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the to charity of your choice. Send condolences to www.smithfamilymortuaries.com.

Arrangements were with Smith Mortuary, Haysville.

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Mary Meyer Mary Katherine Meyer, 72, of Goddard, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

She was born Dec. 6, 1944, in Neosho, Mo., to Robert and Mary Isabel Aschentrop. Mary grew up in Neosho, and earned her bachelor and master degrees in education from Pittsburg State University.

She was a teacher for 35 years at Garden Plain High School and St. Jude’s Catholic School.

After she retired, Mary volunteered regularly at the Center of Hope in Wichita. Mary was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She is survived by her husband, Ken; sons, Greg, Pat and Andy; daughters, Joanna Meats and Sarah Meinhardt; brothers, Jim, Fred and Gene Aschentrop; 17 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

A rosary was prayed at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, and the funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, both at St. Mary Catholic Church, Aleppo, with Father Tom Hoisington.

Memorials may be made to the Center of Hope of Wichita, or to St. Katherine Drexel for Catholic Schools.

Wulf-Ast Mortuary, Garden Plain, was in charge of arrangements.

Friendship Meals menu

Following is next week’s menu for Friendship Meals and Meals on Wheels.

Monday: Chicken and rice soup, crackers, mixed greens salad, salad dressing, bananas in orange juice, blueberry cobbler, and milk.

Tuesday: Salmon bake, creamy cucumber sauce, cauliflower with cheese, ambrosia salad, cherry pudding cake, roll, and milk.

Wednesday: Turkey chili, crackers, combination salad, salad dressing, cherries, cinnamon roll, milk.

Thursday: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gra-

vy, herbed green beans, apricots, wacky cake, roll, and milk.

Friday: New England stew, pickled beets, banana, peanut butter, orange juice, cornbread, and milk.

Cheney: Meals are served at the Cheney Senior Center, 516 N. Main. The center is open 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. To register for a meal, call 316-542-3721.

Clearwater: Meals are served at the Clearwater Community and Senior Center, 921 E. Janet.

Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. To register for a meal, call 620-584-2332.

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Doctor installs x-ray machine at Cheney clinic 120 Years Ago Mr. John Harley takes formal possession of the post office at this place next Wednesday morning.

In the future, please adress him by his official title, J.A. Hartley, P.M. 110 Years Ago P.G. Kroeker made a business trip to El Dorado the first of the week.

100 Years Ago Virgil Butts writes his parents that he thinks he will be sent to France shortly as one bunch of treasury clerks have been sent overseas and another bunch is scheduled to go in January.

The Red Cross ladies sent out an SOS for all ladies who can work good buttonholes. The ladies are urged to come to the Red Cross rooms next Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 11.

90 Years Ago Mark Branine has purchased the Levi Pipkin residence.

Lawrence Bolinger has been selected basketball captain for this year, and we know he is going to make a good one.

70 Years Ago Dr. H.H. Dearing has installed a new x-ray machine at his clinic in Cheney.

On Nov. 8 Miss Mary Louise Brittenham became the bride of Dean Roy Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Miller of Cheney.

60 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Krenke spent Thanksgiving in Memphis, Tenn., with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hirsch.

50 Years Ago Floyd Souders left Sunday morning by plane for

Yesteryears From the archives of the Cheney Sentinel, Clearwater Times and Goddard News Sentinel Cleveland, Ohio, to attend the annual American Vocational Association meeting. He represents the State Board of Vocational Education at the meeting.

40 Years Ago Several of Ivan Farris’ paintings are on display in Clyde’s Restaurant.

Henry and Doris Stoll donated new glass double doors for the Cheney Baptist Church on West Sixth Avenue. The Stolls had the doors installed in memory of their daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Ted McCarty, who died in a motorcycle accident.

30 Years Ago Raymond Rosenhagen has accepted a place on the Citizens State Bank Board of Directors, Ed Roembach, president, has announced.

20 Years Ago A $1,000 “Target AllAround Scholarship” has been awarded to Raymond D. Chancy, Cheney, Kan., for 1997-98. He is currently attending Cowley College in a pre-engineering program.

10 Years Ago Michael Miles and Jessica Morton of Cheney High School were selected to the Southcentral KMEA Honor Choir.

The purchase and use of tasers by the Clearwater Police Department was approved last week by members of the Clearwater City Council.

Goddard High School presented “Bus Stop” last week.

Items for the Transitions page – obituaries and anniversary, wedding, engagement, birth and birthday announcements – are due by noon Monday for each week’s paper. Call 316540-0500 to place your item.

‘Farming for the Future’ programs set

Newspapers in Our Schools Newspapers in Our Schools is a cooperative effort between The Times-Sentinel and area businesses that are generously assisting with the cost of printing additional newspapers each week to provide one paper for each classroom in our coverage area – Cheney, Clearwater, Garden Plain and Goddard.

Our goal is to help connect local students with their communities, and provide a direct connection between our schools and the community newspaper.

Historically low crop prices and slipping farmland values continue to weigh on the bottom line for farmers and ranchers.

To address those challenges and support producers as they plan for what’s to come, Kansas State University will host a one-day program, “Farming for the Future,” in four locations this winter.

The program, offered

by K-State Research and Extension and the K-State Department of Agricultural Economics, will be the same at each location:

• Dec. 14 at the Pratt Area 4-H Center. Call 620672-6121.

• Dec. 19 at Webster Conference Center in Salina. Call 785-392-2147.

• Jan. 10 at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building in Scott City. Call 620-8722930.

• Jan. 11 at the Anderson Building in Emporia.

Call 620-341-3220.

Presentations will include an overview of the current farm financial situation; Kansas land values and rental rates; Farm Service Agency programs;

grain market outlook; beef cattle market outlook; macroeconomic and interest rate outlook; and managing farm financials during challenging times.

Register by calling the K-State Research and Extension office listed or online atwww.agmanager. info/events/farming-future.

At the end of the program, attendees will have an opportunity to sign up to work one-on-one with a K-State farm analyst.

Those confidential appointments will be offered

locally about three weeks after the Farming for the Future program.

Trained agricultural economists will work with individual farmers and ranchers using financial software designed to help producers understand their individual financial situation and make informed decisions.

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Sign up for Women in Farming conference

The 2018 Women Managing the Farm Conference is slated for Feb. 15-16 in Manhattan. The two-day annual event brings together women from many sectors and proficiencies in agriculture and provides them with insights for building their ag stories and managing their farm investments.

Keynoters include Naomi Blohm, marketing strategist; Marji Guyler-Alaniz of FarmHer; Allyson Perry with The Center for Food Integrity; and Mary B. Lucas, author of “Lunchmeat and Life Lessons.”

Attendees also choose from more than 30 presentations covering many topics, including farm finances, ag and estate law, production, marketing, management, relationships, and health.

Registration for the conference is available at womenmanagingthefarm.com, with an early bird rate of $140 available through Dec. 15. After this date, regular registration fee is $160 More details about the conference are available at womenmanagingthefarm.com or by calling 800-432-8222.

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New location for Breakfast with Santa GODDARD – Goddard’s annual Breakfast with Santa event will be held at Goddard Middle School on Saturday, Dec. 9, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Goddard Middle School is a new location for the event, which is usually held at Goddard High School.

It moved this year because of a wrestling tournament at GHS. Santa arrives at the front door of Goddard Middle School at 8:55 a.m. There will be games, movies and craft activities all morning, and free cinnamon rolls and drinks will be served.

The event is sponsored by the City of Goddard Activities Committee and the City of Goddard.

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Theron Truitt, left, and Mira Bischoff rehearse a scene from “Just Another Snow Day,” Eisenhower High School’s winter play. Performances are 8 p.m. Friday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

EHS presents ‘Just Another Snow Day’

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GODDARD – Eisenhower High School presents its winter play, Bryan Starchman’s “Just Another Snow Day,” Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

EHS drama teacher Daniele Baxa said she chose the show because it gets a lot of students involved.

“This one is made up of several different scenes, which makes it a lot easier to rehearse,” she said. “There’s not really one lead character. It’s very family friendly, and not super long.”

The show follows a variety of characters over the course of an unexpected day off from school. Senior Arika Schroeder plays a postal work-

er in one scene.

“When I come in, my phone is blowing up, because people aren’t receiving their mail, and they’re waiting for it to come,” she said. “But with all the snow, I’m not able to get out there, so it’s a huge problem. It’s a pretty funny show, and I really like it.”

Senior Theron Truitt takes part in a somewhat more serious vignette.

He plays a 19-year-old who is about to become father to a pair of twins – but he arrives at the hospital having failed to tell his parents the news.

“My scene is the only one that’s more down to earth and not so funny,” he said. “I’m pacing in the hospital, and I start talking to this girl whose son got hit by a snowball.

At the end I tell my parents, and it turns out they’re fine with it.”

When the power goes out in the town, all the characters come together in the school theater, which is being powered by a generator, and the scenes and situations weave together for a satisfying conclusion.

The large ensemble cast includes: Haylee Ferguson, Taylor Clayton, Ashley Servis, Jacob Fawson, Lexi Kubin, Hagan Simmons, Amanda Glenn, Hannah Armstrong, Evan Bergeron, Lexy Porter, Braden Taylor, McKenzie Lempke, Arika Schroeder, Lexi Hyatt, Theron Truitt, Mira Bischoff, Ethan Volker, Radar Palnau, Holly Levitt, Jeremy Buckingham, Emma Shermer, Caroline Birkhofer, Lindsay Hyatt, Haley Wells, Maci Engle, Dax Dendurant, Andrew McLeod and Adam Bischoff.

Record boards for wrestling, volleyball, and all other Clearwater High School sports are being filled in and will be put on display on Tuesday, Dec. 12.

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Clearwater HS to unveil record boards

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CLEARWATER – Clearwater High School will unveil boards listing school records at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, prior to the girls varsity basketball game.

CHS principal Randy Vogel said that district patron Roger Frischenmeyer proposed adding record boards and mobilized the community and booster club to donate in support of the project.

“Then we started collecting all that information about records, and spent a lot of time researching it,” Vogel said.

“We have a starting point.

There are a few blanks on the board, but I think that with some added help, we’ll get those filled in fairly quickly.”

There will be record boards for every sport, and for every boys and girls team, Vogel said. Some track and field records were set as far back as 1953, and records for cross country, wrestling and volleyball are also very complete.

“Some of the others, we had to work a little bit, do some digging and research. We’ve talked

with past coaches and other people to see what they had available and just kind of started compiling everything we could.”

The plan is to update the boards every summer so that they reflect both newly-broken records and past performances uncovered via research.

The boards will be installed above the school’s

main trophy case, in which State trophies are displayed.

Vogel hopes that having records on display will serve as motivation for current students.

“Hopefully someone goes along and goes, ‘I think I can beat that one.’

Through hard work, you see a kid get closer and closer to something, and

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it motivates them to work just a little harder and achieve whatever they were shooting for. I think it’s an awesome tool to help with motivation,” he said.

Ayres settles in as Sedgwick County Electric manager

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CHENEY – Scott Ayres is settling into his new job as general manager of the Sedgwick County Electric Cooperative, after assuming the post late this summer.

Ayres has a 27-year history with the cooperative. He joined as a journeyman lineman and soon became a line foreman. Before taking the general manager job, he was a staking engineer, helping to design electrical service for subdivisions and new homes, and planning upgrades to existing electric lines.

He got started at the cooperative after shadowing a friend who was a lineman in the mid-1980s.

“It was very exciting, what it feels like to have lines down and the whole countryside out of power, and then, all of the sudden, here comes the lineman and puts the lines back up,” he said.

“As a younger guying, it was very satisfying to see everybody’s power come back on – and it still is.

Serving the members is what it’s all about.”

In preparing for his turn to the administrative side of the cooperative, Ayres went back to school. In 2010, he earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Tabor College. Now, as general manager, he works to maintain a good relationship with the cooperative’s power

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supplier, the Kansas Electric Power Cooperative (KEPCo), and he spends a lot of his time focusing on the energy market, trying to keep costs down for the cooperative’s more than 6,000 members.

That’s not to say that you will always find him in the office, however.

“We are smaller, so if there’s a problem, we all know about it,” he said.

“In a storm situation, I’m going to say it’s all hands on deck. I’ve got a great board of directors, and a great staff behind me.”

Among other civic involvements, Ayres is a member of the Midian Shrine, volunteers with 4-H and serves on the board of Erie Township. He also farms ground located six miles south of Cheney, helping out his father.

He is married to Tara Ayres, and the couple’s four children, Morgan, Landen, Braylin and Riley, all attend Cheney schools.

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Grace Schuster shows off her Christmas sweater, antler-style, at Cheney’s Come Home For Christmas.

Moderate weather helped boost attendance at all area Christmas celebrations Saturday.

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Santa and Mrs. Claus share a moment during Christmas Comes to Clearwater Saturday night.

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LEFT: Connelly Blubaugh and Jake Blubaugh smile for a photo with Santa Claus at Goddard’s tree lighting ceremony, held Saturday at the Goddard Public Library.

ABOVE: Santa’s elves Allison Catlin, left, Alexa Bakker and Kennedy McReynolds take a break from their jobs assisting Santa at Garden Plain’s Santa Day, held Saturday at the high school.

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ABOVE LEFT: Milania Lahl was among the many children in Cheney who visited with Santa Claus at Come Home for Christmas.

ABOVE RIGHT: Sophie Ehling, left, and siblings Morris and Cora Ehling smile for the camera at Santa Day in Garden Plain.

BELOW: Kahlan Jansen makes a reindeer Saturday in Goddard. In addition to the tree lighting and visit from Santa, there were crafts and other activities available for children.

RIGHT: Kayli Hecker laughs as she tells Santa her wish list during the Christmas Comes to Clearwater celebration Saturday evening

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TOP LEFT: Kinsleigh Klatt shares her wish list with Santa in Cheney on Saturday.

TOP RIGHT: Holden Stratton makes a beard out of cotton balls in Goddard.

LEFT: Horse-drawn wagon rides were quite popular at Cheney’s Come Home for Christmas.

ABOVE: Children sing Christmas carols Saturday evening in Clearwater.

BELOW LEFT: Clearwater’s Christmas celebration included this live nativity scene.

BELOW RIGHT: Archer and Greyson Bergkamp visit with Santa Claus Saturday in Garden Plain.

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Kitchen Tune-Up helps brighten up another home Sara Roberts jokes that she’s wanted a new kitchen for about 10 years.

In other words, about the whole time she and her husband John have been in their WestSide home.

“We’ve loved the location because of its proximity to our kids’ school, so instead of thinking about moving, we settled on some serious remodeling,” said Sara. The latest project focused on that all-important new kitchen, and friends referred the Roberts family to the experts at Kitchen Tune-Up. With some direction from the homeowners, Kitchen Tune-Up owners Adam and Rachel Phillips were able to bring this project to completion…and with a wild thumbs-up from John and Sara.

“We are over the moon happy,” Sara said, grinning from ear to ear.

Designer Rachel Phillips’ first goal was to brighten up the kitchen space. All new ivory-colored cabinets made a huge difference, and warm greys on the walls, countertops and backsplashes completed the fantastic new look.

“The trend in home design is going back to warmer colors,” said Rachel. She used quartz countertops and oversized subway tiles to help with that warm and open feeling in the redesigned kitchen space.

Even though only minor adjustments were made in the kitchen space – a poorly designed pantry was removed – the space now feels much more open and inviting for daily use and entertaining. A tile feature over the stove boasts new flask-shaped tiles,

and the design element helps draw you into the kitchen.

A pocket door was added between the kitchen and laundry room, also helping with the feeling of more space. And, a wrap-around cabinet with glass doors at one corner of the kitchen helps extend that space and connect it with the living room.

“This is a good example of how a space can help with zone entertaining,” said Rachel. “Now, the space can help accommodate more people comfortably.”

Sara said that was exactly the case over the Thanksgiving holiday as their family entertained guests. Now, she’s looking forward to Christmas and more entertaining!

The experts at Wichita’s Kitchen TuneUp can provide customers with finished projects ranging from easy and inexpensive to breathtaking and cutting edge.

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Super moon Sunday The “Full Cold Moon” appears huge behind tree branches Sunday night, showing off 2017’s only supermoon. A supermoon is a full moon or new moon that roughly coincides with moon’s closest distance to Earth in its elliptical orbit. That point is known as the moon’s perigee. At perigee, the moon appears about 14 percent larger in diameter and up to 30 percent brighter than at apogee, the moon’s furthest distance from Earth. This image is a combination of two photos, allowing the moon’s surface to be more visible.

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By Paul Rhodes

who heads up fire department and EMS operations in Clearwater, said a new truck is needed for safety and warranty reasons.

City officials raised concerns because the lowest bid that met the bid request specifications came in at $133,000. In addition to wanting to wait until Marsh came on board this week, Mayor Burt Ussery also wants the city to explore used equipment.

The city also wants to look at a bid from a more local company, and why it didn’t meet the specifications.

Earlier in the meeting, former fire chief Marvin Schauf had asked the city to look at the more local bid, as well.

In other business at

last week’s meeting, the council: • Heard a complaint from a resident concerning what he believed was a lack of response from the city on a previous complaint. Mayor Ussery showed the resident a copy of a letter that had been sent to him, and gave him a copy at the meeting.

The resident was told he could pursue legal action, if he felt it was warranted.

• Noted that new police officer Garrett Hoover has started with the city.

• Asked staff to check into a local property that has an accumulation of non-running vehicles located there.

• Noted that the sidewalk project in City Park has started.

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CLEARWATER – A vote on a new brush truck for the Clearwater Fire Department was delayed last week so that more information can be gathered.

That delay also allowed time for new city administrator Ron Marsh to come on board with the city. Marsh started as city administrator this week, and is stepping down as a member of the Clearwater City Council, which reviewed the bids at their meeting last week.

The city is looking to acquire a new brush truck, which is used to fight brush fires. Scott Cooper,

Area News CHENEY –Wichita State All-American Hunter Veith set a Wichita State school record, Heskett Center record and American Athletic Conference record to win the Shocker Multi heptathlon with 5,998 points.

The meet was held last Thursday and Friday.

Veith won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.10 and the pole vault with a mark of 4.76m/15-7.25, placed second in the 1000 meters with a personal best 2:47.18, to score 2,589 second day points. Veith finished the first day with 3,409 points after winning three of the four events on day one. His total of 5,998 breaks a Wichita State school record (5,813), Heskett Center record (5,715) and American Conference record (5,636). The senior All-American also set personal bests in the 60m with a time of 6.90, shot put with a mark of 13.76m/451.75, and the 1000m with a time of 2:47.18.

Family Christmas Night is Sunday

GARDEN PLAIN – The Garden Plain City Library will host Family Christmas Night, 4-6 p.m. this Sunday.

There will be activities such as building ornaments, making reindeer food, writing letters to Santa, hearing Christmas stories and more.

In addition, the Garden Plain Chamber of Commerce is hosting its holiday decorating contest. Registration has closed, but attendees at Family Christmas Night can vote for their favorite decorated hay bale. Cash prizes will be awarded for first- and second-place.

Booster Club to hold craft and vendor show

GODDARD – The Goddard Booster Club is holding a first-ever Holiday-A-Fair craft and vendor show.

The new event will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at Goddard Middle School, located at 2700 S. 199th St. W. Admission is $2 for adults, and includes a raffle ticket for door prizes.

The fair will include crafters, artisans and direct sales vendors. Food and drinks will be available, and additional door prize raffle tickets will be available for $1 each or 6 for $5.

The event is a fundraiser for the Goddard Booster Club.

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Signs can be found lining the roads near 71st Street South and Tyler Road, near a rumored possible location of a proposed Tyson chicken processing plant. Clearwater city leaders have voiced their opposition to a plant near the city.

City formally approves resolution against Tyson

By Paul Rhodes

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CLEARWATER – At their meeting last week, members of the Clearwater City Council formally approved a resolution opposing the location of a Tyson chicken processing plant in Sedgwick County.

Two weeks earlier, that action had been urged by residents opposed to a Tyson poultry processing plant locating in Sedgwick County. That night, the Clearwater City Council voted to draft a resolution in opposition to the plant locating here.

That action by the Clearwater City Council was the first formal opposition by a local governing body to the possible construction of a $320 million Tyson plant in Sedgwick County. Sedgwick County is one of three finalists for the proposed processing plant, and many sources believe the company is

looking at a site between Clearwater and Haysville.

At the meeting three weeks ago, the Clearwater City Council chamber was full to overflowing with residents who are organizing in opposition to the Tyson plant. The crowd was so large that more than half of the 200 or more people who turned out had to wait outside during the discussion.

Inside the council chamber, city officials heard a wide-ranging list of problems that the area could expect if a Tyson poultry processing plant is built here. Those potential problems include odor from the numerous chicken farms that would be needed in the immediate area for the plant, possible water pollution, traffic and noise.

After that, council member Laura Papish moved that the city draft a resolution in opposition to the plant locating in the area, and the motion was seconded by council

member Chris Griffin. The motion was approved 4-1 with additional support from council members Tex Titterington and Paul Clark. Council member Ron Marsh, who previously worked for Sedgwick County and now has taken over as city administrator for the city of Clearwater, voted in opposition to the resolution.

At last week’s meeting, Marsh changed his position on the resolution and voted in favor of it. That vote was 4-0, with council member Tex Titterington absent.

A smaller group of opposed residents had approached the Haysville City Council at their most recent meeting. Members of the Haysville City Council said they needed to review the issue more before taking any kind of stand.

Opponents held a rally in Wichita recently, and a meeting in Clearwater also has been held.

Health plan consumers should check for impact of subsidies Kansas consumers making choices by Dec. 15 on health insurance for 2018 should compare all plans to see how subsidies will contribute to their premiums, said Ken Selzer, CPA, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance.

“Kansans wishing to buy insurance on the federal marketplace should shop across all ‘metal’

Clearwater Library events CLEARWATER – Following is a list of upcoming events in December at the Clearwater Public Library.

Dec. 7 – Story time, 10:30 a.m.

Dec. 13 – Library closed 12-1 p.m. for city appreciation lunch.

Dec. 16 – Books and Beyond Christmas caroling, 4 p.m.

Dec. 18 – Library closed to upgrade computers.

Dec. 19 – Library board meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 26 – Library closed.

The library is looking for two new members to join the board of directors. If you are interested, call the library at 620-584-6474.

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levels (bronze, silver, gold plans) if they are eligible for premium subsidies,” Commissioner Selzer said. “Several factors have impacted how subsidies are determined, and those purchasing coverage should be aware of how their final premiums could be affected.”

The shorter open enrollment period for the 2018 plan year began Nov. 1 and ends Dec. 15. The

federal government established the time period, and it applies to plans sold on and off the federal marketplace.

For more information, read the Department’s “2018: Overview of the Health Insurance Market in Kansas,” on the department’s website at http:// www.ksinsurance.org/ documents/healthlife/ health/KID-Issue-Brief. pdf.

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PUBLIC NOTICE First Published in The Times-Sentinel December 7, 2017 (1t)

The Sedgwick County Electric Cooperative is a recipient of federal financial assistance from the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In accordance with federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).

The person responsible for coordinating this organization’s nondiscrimination compliance effort is Scott Ayres, General Manager of The Sedgwick County Electric Cooperative Association, Inc. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found online at http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_ cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call (866) 632-9992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all the information requested in the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax (202)690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.

Complaints must be filed within 180 days after the alleged discriminatory action, or by such later date to which the Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of Civil Rights or the Administrator of RUS extends the time for filing.

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GODDARD – Pamela Lawson, string orchestra teacher at Eisenhower High School and the USD 265 schools that feed into it, recently accepted two big honors.

The first was an award for the nonprofit she leads, the Northeast Area Strings Academy of Wichita (NASAW).

The Wichita Arts Council named NASAW its arts organization of the year.

Lawson said she was excited to accept the award.

“My goal has been to get an awareness that NASAW exists into the community, more and more. This certainly did put a highlight on our organization, and one that’s been needed for a long time,” Lawson said.

For more than 20 years, NASAW has provided summer lessons and ensemble performance opportunities to African-American string instrument students in the northeast part of Wichita. Lawson, a Wichita native, has been involved with the group for seven years.

“With all due respect for the Midwest area, it was a little bit more common to see African-Americans performing in symphonies in the Carolinas when I was living out there. I’m the only African-American in the symphonies I perform with now,” Lawson said. She is a member of Newton’s Mid-Kansas Symphony and occasionally performs with the Hutchinson Symphony.

“When (NASAW) was founded, it had the purpose of reaching

out to African-American string players, to encourage more African-American students to play stringed instruments, and to begin to participate in honor groups such as the Wichita Youth Symphony and the district and allstate ensembles,” she said.

In recent years, NASAW has partnered with Chamber Music at the Barn to bring in professional artists who perform for students and and lead workshops. Past guests have included the Harlem Quartet and Quartet San Francisco.

Lawson got a second award last week. The South Central Kansas Music Educators Association (SCKMEA) named her as Outstanding Middle School Music Educator for 2017-2018. Lawson was surprised with a plaque and bouquet of flowers during her orchestra class at Eisenhower Middle School on Nov. 29.

In Goddard, Lawson’s strings program has grown to include around 350 students in grades 5-12.

For more information on NASAW, visit www. nasaw.org.

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Eisenhower High School and Middle School orchestra teacher Pam Lawson is director of the Northeast Area Strings Academy of Wichita. The Wichita Arts Council named the group its arts organization of the year.

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Corrupt or crazy?

County commissioners trade accusations

By Sam Jack The Times-Sentinel sjack@tsnews.com

Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau attacked the integrity of his colleague, Michael O’Donnell, during two commission meetings last month, Nov. 8 and Nov. 29, and he repeated his accusations in an interview this week.

O’Donnell represents the Second District on the commission, including Clearwater and Haysville, while Ranzau represents the north central part of the county, including Valley Center and Maize.

Ranzau claims that O’Donnell has tried to push the county government toward contracts and real estate deals that would benefit his friends, business associates or campaign contributors.

Yesway From Page 1A years ago. It is an effort to establish a business segment that does not have the same ups and downs as real estate, the equity firm’s primary business. The company identified the Midwest as having plenty of target markets that met their search criteria.

Brown said the company targeted the Midwest because it saw more room for growth than saturated markets on the coasts, in the Southeast or in the Southwest.

He said the industry is changing rapidly, especially in regards to food service and technology. Chains like Quik Trip, Kwik Shop and Casey’s create new levels of competition.

“It’s hard for small operators to compete. We’re going to be able to go toeto-toe” with them, Brown said, because of Yesway’s size and available capital.

Yesway is a privately-owned chain, and there are no franchises. The Cheney store’s hours are listed as 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Many locations are open 24 hours. Convenience Store Decision named Yesway as a “2017 Chain to Watch.”

O’Brien built the Cheney KAPS location in 2006, which at the time was his sixth KAPS location. “I’ve decided to stay in rural markets,” he said then. “I like putting my best foot forward for the people in these communities. That’s why I am active in the Chambers, to show support for improving our local communities.”

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“He likes to go out and find ways to help his friends and campaign contributors get county work, and rather than letting staff take care of the issues, he tries to get involved himself, especially when it comes to buying and selling buildings,” Ranzau said.

Ranzau pointed specifically to the county-owned Kansas Greyhound Park. Last week, the commission voted 3-2 to sell that property at auction; O’Donnell voted in favor of the sale, while Ranzau voted against it.

“We actually, earlier this year, made an offer to sell it to Phil Ruffin for $1.3 million, even though it was appraised at $2.9,” Ranzau said. “And then he came up with an idea to swap it with the Ruffin Building downtown, for a new administration building. Those ideas didn’t come from staff; they didn’t come

Pizza. KAPS already was offering hamburgers, brisket and pulled pork sandwiches, and hot breakfast items.

Fountain and coffee offerings were expanded, too.

In 2016, KAPS took over the marina at Cheney State Park.

In May 2003, O’Brien bought six central Kansas convenience stories from Coastal after that chain’s sale to Phillips 66. O’Brien had worked in the industry for a number of years, first with Stop and Shop, and then with Coastal, the Times-Sentinel reported in April 2006. O’Brien and his family moved to Cheney in 1999 after living in Wichita. O’Brien said in 2006 that he first started coming to Cheney when he began working with local accountant Don Albers.

“We’ve liked the city of Cheney for many years,” O’Brien said in 2006. After purchasing the stores from Coastal and establishing the KAPS chain, he said it didn’t take long to begin considering Cheney for a location.

It appears the sale won’t impact the marina at Cheney State Park, which

PUBLIC NOTICE First published in The Times-Sentinel November 23, 2017 (3t)

IN THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT, SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS PROBATE DEPARTMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LINDA J. BECKER, DECEASED. CASE NO. 2017-PR-1394 DE Pursuant to K.S.A. Ch. 59 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on November 16, 2017, a Petition For Probate of the Will of Linda J. Becker, Deceased, dated November 8, 2013, and Issuance of Letters Testamentary, was filed in this Court by Danny Gene Bliss and Clifford LeRoy Bliss, heirs, legatees and devisees, and Executors named in the Will.

All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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from hiring a real estate broker to find a solution.

“I don’t know that it’s anything illegal, but he’s operating in a way completely different than anything I’ve ever seen on this commission,” Ranzau added.

“Anytime we have a situation, he’ll say, ‘I know this person.

Let me see if I can connect the dots.’ ” Ranzau’s concerns led him to make a motion to remove O’Donnell from the position of commission chairman pro-tem on Nov. 8. That failed on a 4-1 vote.

At last week’s commission meeting, Ranzau accused O’Donnell of changing his position on a county health department issue out of a combination of political expediency and personal pique.

“Mr. O’Donnell is not someone you can trust,” he said at the

meeting. “He’s been completely disingenuous, and he is lying. ...

The public needs to know that you cannot trust a single thing coming out of that man’s voice, out of that man’s mouth.”

O’Donnell said that he did change his position on the county health issue, but only because he became convinced his initial stand was wrong.

“Yes, I changed my mind. Yes, Commissioner Ranzau was mad about it,” he said. “Before his eruption, I laid out the reasons why I changed my mind on that particular position. Even if I hadn’t changed my position, Commissioner (Jim) Howell did, so it would’ve passed 3-2. Commissioner Ranzau, unfortunately, is acting like a crazed person, and I don’t say that lightly.”

Responding to Ranzau’s broader accusations that he has behaved unethically or tried to

engage in self-dealing, O’Donnell reiterated that he thinks Ranzau is “unstable.”

“He does not have the support of the commission and he is acting like a crazy person,” O’Donnell said. “This isn’t new: If you follow what Commissioner Ranzau has done the last seven years on the commission, his behavior is out of control.”

Ranzau said O’Donnell’s statements questioning his mental state are “an act of desperation,” and suggested that O’Donnell might be in “legal trouble.” The FBI tapped O’Donnell’s phone in June and July 2015, a fact that became public this February.

“He knows the facts are on my side, and he’s in a desperate situation. I think he’s actually scared because of the legal trouble he’s in, and what else can he say?”

Ranzau said.

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Cheney’s KAPS location became part of the Yesway chain last Friday, when the sale on the Kansas chain was completed. Yesway is based in Iowa.

last summer was rebranded as O’Brien’s Marina, and is not mentioned in the sale of KAPS to Yesway.

The marina is now closed for the winter. Mike

Satterlee, park manager at Cheney State Park, expects business as usual come spring.

“I don’t foresee it will have any impact on us,” he

said.

O’Brien took over as concessionaire at the marina in 2016, and originally opened the marina under the KAPS name.

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Cheney United Methodist Church

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First Assembly of God

607 Washington St., Cheney • 316-542-1270 • 9:30 am Sun. School • 10:30 am Worship • 7:00 pm Wed. Bible Studies • Pastor Joe & Glenda Cowell

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639 Lincoln, Cheney • Church: 542-0115, 540-0115 • School: 542-3584 • St Paul’s Preschool, 302 W. 6th, 542-5060 • Sun.: 8:00 am Contemporary Worship • 9:15 am Sun. School/Bible Classes • 10:30 am Traditional Worship • Joseph Seifert, pastor

Trinity United Christian Church 416 N. Washington, Cheney • 540-6161 • 9:45 am Praise & Worship Service • Rev. Robin Colerick-Shinkle • Wed. 6:30 pm TOWN Meeting • Trinity Learning Center Preschool

Clearwater United Methodist Church

130 N. First, Clearwater • 584-2456 Worship 9:30 am • Sun. School 10:45 am cumc@sktc.net • www.clearwaterumc.com Kendal Utt, Pastor

Church of the Nazarene

529 E. Ross, Clearwater • 584-2452 • Sun. School 9:30 am • 10:45 am and 6 pm Worship • Chris Griffin, Pastor

First Christian Church

524 Wood, Clearwater • 584-2458 • www.achurchthatcares.net • Sat. Evening Worship 5 pm. • Sun. Worship 9:45 am • Sun. Study 11 am • Pastor Gene Eason

River Valley Community Church 321 N. 4th St., Clearwater • 620-584-6708 • www.riverks.com • riverks@riverks.com • Sun. Service 10 am • Wed. Youth 6:30 pm • Rusty Sizemore, Pastor

Garden Plain Churches St. Anthony’s Catholic Church

615 N. Main, Garden Plain • 531-2252 • Sat. Mass: 5:30 pm • Sun. Mass: 8 am, & 10 am • Fr. Samuel Pinkerton.

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Clearwater Churches

230 N. Section Line, Garden Plain (316) 535-2950 • Rita Moore, Pastor 9:45 am Sun. School (Sept thru May) 10:45 am Worship

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Goddard Churches

13900 Diagonal Road, Clearwater 584-6301 • 9 am Sun. School • 10 am & 6 pm Worship • 7 pm Wed. Service • Lyle Hinsdale, Minister

Clearwater Evangelical Free Church

450 N. Fourth, Clearwater • 584-2367 • 9:15 a.m. Sun. School • 10:30 a.m. Worship • Sun. 6 p.m. Youth Activities • www. clearwaterefree.com • Joe Eash, Pastor

First Baptist Church

306 E. Ross, Clearwater • 584-2058 • 9:45 am Sun. School • 11 am Morning Worship • Wed. Ministry Night – 6 pm meal, 6:30 pm Kids for Christ, Youth Groups, and Adult Bible Study • Keith Kelley, Pastor

The Altar

321 S. 162nd & West Maple, Goddard, KS Sun. 10 am • Wed. 6:30 pm Nursery & Children’s Service Provided Radical Worship • Radical Obedience www.thealtar.church 67052 • 550-6777• Pastor Marty Freeman

Goddard United Methodist Church

300 N. Cedar, Goddard • 794-2207 • 9 am & 11 am Worship • Children’s church during both services • Nursery Available • 10 am Sun. School • Josh Gooding, Pastor • Haley Beiter, Youth Pastor • Children’s Pastor, Nicole Ryba

Pathway Church

Goddard Campus, Sunday at 9:30 am, 11 am & 5 pm • 18800 W Kellogg, Goddard 316-550-6099 • Westlink Campus, Saturday at 5pm, Sunday at 9 & 10:30 am Café Campus, Sunday at 10:30 am 2001 N Maize Rd (21st & Maize), Wichita 316-722-8020 • www.pathwaychurch.com Following Jesus/In Community/For Others

First Baptist Church

124 W. 2nd Avenue, Goddard • 794-2985 Sun. School 9:45 am Church Service 11 am Nursery provided. • Pastor Steve Sherbenou.

The Church of The Holy Spirit

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Area Churches Harvest Community Church One church, worship at 8340 W. 21st, Wichita • Sun. Service at 10:30 am • Senior Pastor Rev. Dave Henion • www.wichitaharvest.com

Milton Baptist Church

1213 N. Sycamore Road, Milton • 620-478-2486 • Pastor Mike Justice • Morning Worship 9:30 am • Sunday School 11 am • Family Ministry Wed.: Light Dinner 6 pm, Bible Study 6:45 pm

Resurrection Lutheran Church, ELCA

3850 W. 71st S., Haysville • 522-1091 • Education Hour 9 am • Service 10 am • Nursery Available • Elizabeth Cummings, Pastor • www.rxluth.com

St. John’s Catholic Church

18630 W. 71st St. S., Viola, KS • Mass: 8 am Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri; Wed: 7:35 pm, Sat: 5:30 pm; Sun: 8 am & 10:30 am • Confessions: Tues. 7:40 am, Wed. 6:30 pm, Sat. 4:30 pm

St. Joseph’s Catholic Church St. Joe Road & 37th N., Ost (St. Joe) • 444-2210 • 9 am Sun. Mass • Fr. Daniel Duling

St. Rose Catholic Church

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Goddard From Page 1A feet to 43,000 square feet.

The re-conceived aquatic center will include an eight-lane, 25-meter indoor competition pool with diving facilities, spectator seating for 600 people, and dressing/locker rooms.

Gone are plans for a 50-meter competition pool and separate diving well. Those amenities would have been for collegiate- and Olympic-level competitions.

City administrator Brian Silcott said during the meeting that those facilities would have been used for a small portion of the planned competitions.

The 25-meter pool, which was part of the original plan as well, is for high school-level competitions, which were always considered to be the biggest part of the competition draw.

The new plan adds an indoor waterpark, and it keeps four competition baseball/softball fields. One field will be a championship all-turf field, while the other three will have turf infields and grass outfields.

The plan also calls for 15 retail spots, including a 137,288-square-foot mall development.

“Through frustration by both Goddard Destination and us...they found or were approached by S&O Investment,” Silcott told the council. “They’re ready to hit the ground running.”

The change means that Goddard Destination Development, LLC – the overall developer since the project’s inception – is out. S&O Investments will be the owner/operator and the developer for the STAR bond project.

Indoor waterpark added to mix S&O Investments built and operates Parrot Cove Indoor Waterpark in Garden City, a new concept that opened last December.

It bills itself as the only indoor waterpark between Kansas City and Denver.

The park is open to the public and is connected by a covered walkway to the new Heritage Inn & Suites. Waterpark and hotel

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The Parrot Cove Waterpark has been a success since it opened a year ago in Garden City. The concept could be coming to Goddard as part of the STAR bond project, which gained new developers this week.

combination packages are available.

The Garden City Telegram reports that more than 100 people lined up in 20-degree weather last year to receive one of 100 free two-month passes to the park.

That park, which broke ground in November 2015, covers 32,000 square feet.

Parrot Cove is a six-story building with slides that are five stories tall, according to the Telegram. Two of the slides start inside the building and run outside, before coming back in. The facility includes a lazy river, snack area, birthday party rooms and more.

The waterpark, hotel and an Old Chicago location together comprise a $28 million facility in Garden City.

It’s not clear yet whether the new waterpark in Goddard will be branded as a second Parrot Cove location, but it would seem to make sense to build on an existing brand that has been successful.

A new place to eat The arrival of Old Chicago would bring higher-end dining to Goddard, where sit-down options are currently limited to Pizza Hut and Ginger Asian Cuisine.

Marcie’s Cafe closed with the last owner’s retirement, and the building was sold to the Kansas Department of Transportation, which demolished it in anticipation of future highway needs.

Old Chicago operates in

24 states, from Arizona to North Carolina, and from Michigan to Texas. There are eight Kansas locations, including three in Wichita – on Tyler Road near 21st Street North, in Old Town, and along Kellogg near Towne East Square. The Goddard restaurant would be the first suburban location in the Wichita area.

The other Kansas locations now open include Garden City and Manhattan – owned by S&O Investments – as well as Olathe, Overland Park and Topeka. There are two more locations in Oklahoma, both suburban Oklahoma City locations.

Past troubles In December 2012, the Goddard City Council approved an ordinance authorizing creation of the STAR bond district. In January 2013, the STAR bond district was approved. That September, the project plan gained approval.

In April 2014, the development agreement was adopted. That original plan called for an indoor aquatic facility featuring a 50-meter pool and seating for 1,200 people. In addition, there was to be a warm-up pool, diving well and locker rooms, four baseball/ softball fields, a hotel and commercial pad sites.

Rick Worner, owner of Goddard Destination Development, was the master developer of the project.

Worner turned to Bruce Neviaser and his Imagine

Resorts & Hotels to execute the development.

Worner was known for work in creating Village West, the Kansas City, Kan., shopping center that is home to Nebraska Furniture Mart, Cabela’s, Great Wolf Lodge, two sports stadiums and more. It is one of the top destinations in the Kansas City area.

There was a great deal of media attention when ground was broken at the site in January 2016. But nine months later, Worner told The Times-Sentinel that he was waiting for developer Neviaser to secure financing.

Ten months after that, the situation was largely unchanged. By August 2017, Worner and others tied in to the project acknowledged that Neviaser was on a short deadline.

It was soon apparent that Neviaser was out and that a search was on for a new developer.

Korb Maxwell, attorney for Goddard Destination Development, LLC addressed the situation at Monday’s city council meeting.

“It is with a lot of humility that we come before the mayor and council,” Maxwell said. “It is a little humbling to be before you and not have a project coming through the ground.”

In the end, Worner’s success or failure as master developer of the project became tied to the success or failure of Neviaser.

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What’s next

After addressing the council about previous delays, Korb introduced a contingent of a half-dozen key figures from S&O Investments, including one of the two partners, Amro Samy. Cecil O’Brate is the other partner in the Kansas-based company. Samy and O’Brate’s company will take over the entire project, bringing all aspects of the project under the control of one company.

According to information presented during Monday’s city council meeting, S&O has more than $100 million in investments in Kansas.

In addition to the Old Chicago that S&O opened in Garden City, the company is the franchisee for the new Manhattan location for Old Chicago, and future restaurants are in development in Liberal, Salina and Lawrence. The company also has created two single-family housing developments, a pair of for-rent duplex developments and a construction company. It is building a Comfort Suites hotel in Liberal.

The two principals in S&O Investments have successful track records individually, too.

Samy has received multiple awards in the hotel business. The list includes Choice Hotels 2016 Premier Hotelier of the Year, Inn of the Year four consecutive years, and Choice Hotels Platinum Hotel Award for five years.

Samy owns one restaurant and two hotels.

O’Brate has several oil and agribusiness investments, plus farming operations. Ingram’s Magazine named him one of its “50 Kansans You Should Know” in 2016. He’s been involved in Youth Entrepreneurs, and the O’Brate Foundation has contributed more than $300 million in scholarships.

The J-shaped parcel on the south side of Kellogg between 199th Street West and 183rd Street West will sit vacant for a little while longer.

That’s because there remains much work to be done before dirt can be moved. Engineering and architectural plans have to be created. The developers told the Goddard City Council on Monday that construction is targeted to begin by April 1.

S&O comes into the project with financing already secured.

There is a Jan. 1, 2020 deadline for completion of Phase I, which includes the hotel, restaurant, waterpark and ball fields.

Phase II includes the surrounding commercial development.

The new development in Goddard could bear a striking similarity to S&O’s Garden City project, where the hotel, waterpark and restaurant are part of one complex.

Goddard’s $3 million contribution to the project remains in place. That includes funding for one turf outfield at the ball fields, and an intersection to provide access to Kellogg at Barber Drive.

The total cost of the project is estimated to be $60.7 million, with $30.6 million coming from the STAR bond district, which includes the new development, Walmart, Murphy’s Express and future development along Kellogg between 183rd Street West and 199th Street West, excluding the existing strip from Harter Physical Therapy west to Credit Union of America.

An additional Community Improvement District, with an extra 1 percent sales tax, has been created for the hotel/restaurant/waterpark project. That money will reimburse the city of Goddard for its investment.

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Tigers open season with dominant win

By Sam Jack

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Eisenhower’s Mitchell Morris, left, and Jeffrey Wake, defend a Valley Center player during the Tigers’ season-opening victory at home last Friday.

The Eisenhower Tigers boys basketball team opened its 20172018 season with a dominant home win over the Valley Center Hornets, 83-39.

The Tigers opened a 24-6 lead by the end of the first quarter, and expanded their edge over the next two periods, before pulling starters in the fourth quarter and allowing the Hornets to make up a small amount of ground. ­“To me, the one thing that stood out was we had 17 assists as a team, and only three turnovers,” said Tigers head coach Steve Blue. “We were executing and making the extra pass that we needed to make. I was very happy with our offense as far as the passing and movement that we had against their zone and their lane, because they were a very tall team.”

Dylan Vincent led the Tigers offense, putting up 29 points.

Jordan Vincent and Jeff Wake were also into double digits, and Ethan Stewart and Tanner King made significant contributions on offense as well.

“For Dylan, I know he scored 29, but I was most pleased with his defensive effort,” Blue said.

“He got six steals and disrupted them quite a bit. The defense played pretty well overall, but Dylan’s was probably the best defensive game he’s played since he’s been at Eisenhower. Defense is what we’re preaching right now.”

Stewart, a sophomore, is a transfer from Wichita Northwest, where he got quite a bit of varsity playing time as a freshman.

“He’s another threat from the perimeter, just a knock-down shooter, and he’s a hustler too, diving on the floor and doing all the little things we need to do,” Blue said.

The Tigers played Tuesday at Newton High School; results were not available at press time.

Their next game is Friday, Dec. 8, at Andover High School.

Owls edge Cardinals to begin season

By Travis Mounts

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A pair of baskets by Garden Plain’s Kara Heimerman in the final two minutes of Friday’s game at Cheney helped the Owls to a 48-45 win over the Cardinals.

It was a back-and-forth battle befitting of two teams picked to be at the top of the Central Plains League girls standings.

Cheney tied the game 43-43 with 2:15 to play on a pair of free throws by Kirsten Campbell. The Owls answered 20 seconds later on a scorre by Heimerman as she cut to the basket.

The possession arrow gave the ball to the Owls following a jump ball with a minute to play. Heimerman scored again on Garden Plain’s ensuing possession for a 47-43 lead.

The Owls’ lead increased to 48-43 when Taylor Joplin made one of two free-throw attempts.

A foul on Garden Plain with 22 seconds to play put Cheney’s Kadie Smith on the free line. Smith – who led all scorers with 18 points – made two shots to trim the Cardinals’ deficit to one possession, 48-45.

The Cardinals were forced to foul, but with 10 seconds to play, the Owls’ Abby Gordon missed two free throws, giving Cheney one last chance. Taryn Lonker was wide open for a shot from the weak side, but the pass went over her head with two seconds to play.

Cheney’s Destinee O’Shea was able to intercept the Owls’ inbounds pass, but there was not enough time left to get off a shot.

The game changed for the Owls when Krissie May switched to defend Cheney’s Smith in the second half.

“We really got a spark from Krissie. The Smith girl is so strong. We put May in their and told her to not let Smith move. That made a difference for us,” said Garden Plain head coach Kody Kasselman.

Cheney jumped out to a 15-8 first-quarter lead, nearly doubling the Owls’ score early in the game.

He said the Cardinals caused the Owls problems right from the start.

“They play so hard and physical. We let it get to us at times and it dictated our tempo,”

Kasselman said. “The first half, Cheney got in our face a little. In the second half, we settled down and played a little better.”

Despite the loss, Cheney head coach Rod Scheer was pleased with the effort from the Cardinals.

“I thought we played very well the first three quarters. The first two minutes of the second and fourth quarters just killed us.

They hit some shots and hurt us,” Scheer said. The Cardinals started strong both halves, but each time they built a lead, the Owls responded.

Smith had 13 rebounds to go with her 18 points and was Cheney’s top offensive weapon.

“Kadie had a good start. I’m really pleased with the way she played. She was very physical,” Scheer said. “Our effort was good. Garden Plain is one of the top teams in the state.”

The Owls had three players in double digits. Kennedy Horacek led the Owls with 12 points, and Joplin and Gordon had 11 points each. Other scorers were: Heimerman 7, Piper Bourne 2, Lauren Danahy 2, Natasha Dooley 2, May 1.

Cheney’s other scorers were Campbell 8, O’Shea 6, Emily Monson 5, Lonker 4, Jordan Block 2, Kristin Wewe 1, Kennedy Higgins 1.

Both teams are playing in tournaments this week.

Garden Plain hosted Rose Hill Tuesday as part of the Rose Hill tournament. The Owls will play Chanute at Rose Hill on Thursday, then take on Hesston at Rose Hill on Saturday.

“Hesston will be good. They’re one of the top teams in the state. They’re strong and physical,” Kasselman said.

On Tuesday, Garden Plain will host Conway Springs.

The Cardinals are playing in their Cardinal Classic this week. Cheney hosted Chaparral on Tuesday. On Thursday, the Cardinals will play at Wellington, and on Saturday will host Hutchinson Trinity.

“It’s three good games this week. It’s good to get in a road game this week,” Scheer said.

“It will be tough.”

Next Tuesday, Cheney will be home against Medicine Lodge.

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Cheney’s Kadie Smith battles with Garden Plain’s Krissie May during the second half of Friday’s season-opening game. Garden Plain left Cheney with a 48-45 win over the Cardinals.

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Clearwater boys win thriller at Kingman

By Amy Houston

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The Clearwater High School boys basketball players eked out a 45-44 victory in their season debut Friday against Kingman.

Coach Dustin Clevenger said he was concerned about how his young team would handle a varsity game, but the Indians responded well right out of the

gate, making some shots and playing solid defense.

“The problem of the evening was foul trouble,” Clevenger added. “We had a number of players in foul trouble throughout the evening and it really kept us from playing the rotations we had planned on playing.”

However, the boys’ practice paid off when it counted. Clear-

water trailed by one point with three seconds remaining in the game. The team inbounded the ball and Drake Beatty attempted a 3-pointer but was fouled. He made his first two free throws to seal the win.

Clevenger said the team had practiced that play in that type of scenario. He praised Jaron Bluejacket for his part in the plan.

“He made a phenomenal pass that put Drake in position,” Clevenger remarked. “It was fun to see the kids execute a play that we’d practiced a number of times with varying degrees of success in practice.”

Beatty and Chance Headley each scored 11 points to lead Clearwater. Next up for the Indians is a showdown with Winfield on Friday, Dec. 8.

“Winfield is a team that has a couple very good players that can score,” Clevenger said. “They’re really fundamentally sound on defense and offense. We’re going to have to play really well, and I think the key for us is going to be defensive rebounding. We don’t have a lot of size. Winfield is going to be bigger than we are.”

Cold shooting sinks Goddard in opener

By Greg McFadden The Times-Sentinel Usually when someone says they’ve never seen something before it typically falls into one of three categories: good, bad, or just plain bizarre.

In Goddard’s season opening 52-34 loss to Salina Central, girls head coach Kevin Hackerott saw something he’d never witnessed before, and unfortunately, much of it was bad and bizarre.

Shortly after tip-off fans were hoping the Lions were mired in a slow start, as they didn’t score a single field goal in the first quarter. But it turned out to be much more than a slow start. Goddard managed to score only seven field goals in the entire game.

“I’ve been doing this a long time and never seen anything like it,” Hackerott said. “It wasn’t like they were bad shots. We have systems in place and kids made plays to get us six or seven lay-ups in the first half. If we can’t make them, there’s not a lot we can do.”

On the night, the Lions shot only 14 percent from the field. Hidden in the lackluster offensive numbers were a pair of double-doubles for Goddard.

Torri Vang had 15 points and 13 rebounds, while Kade Hackerott chipped in 11 points and 11 boards of her own.

The Lions are a youthful group this season, without a single senior on the team. Hackerott believes

that for his team to be successful, key players like Vang and Hackerott will need to lead the way.

“Salina Central guarded and did some good things, but you miss a few lay-ups and kids get tight,” Hackerott said. “You expect your prime player to step up, make plays early to get you going, and she didn’t get it done. Then it kind of filtered down to everybody else.”

Hackerott said his team’s inability to finish early was even more disappointing, since they got the start they wanted.

“We defended well and thought we rebounded well in the first half. We had them in foul trouble and were doing good things,” Hackerott said.

“But you can’t win a game against a really good team making seven field goals.”

Forcing the Mustangs into early foul trouble enabled Goddard to stay in the game as they converted on 18 of 27 free throws.

The Lions went into the half down by only two, 17-15.

When asked after the game if he could figure out why his team struggled shooting the ball, Hackerott could only shake his head and give a frustrated laugh.

“When you find out, let me know. I’d be happy to know,” Hackerott said.

“When you don’t have seniors to rely on that have been in the program a long time, you’re trying to figure things out as you go.

The kids played hard, and I’m proud of them for that,

but it’s not good enough.”

Hackerott hopes his players quickly turns the corner mentally and begins to believe in themselves.

“At some point, you’ve got to have the mentality that you believe you can get something done. I’m just not sure our kids do that right now,” Hackerott said.

Despite the icy cold shooting, the Lions were only down by 11 with three minutes to go in the contest. That’s when Goddard began fouling intentionally to put Salina Central at the charity stripe in an attempt to get the ball back. But the Mustangs converted 8 free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

Hackerott was pleased to see his team fight valiantly to the end, but said his players can’t hang their hats on moral victories.

“We don’t celebrate playing hard. That’s the expectation. That’s just the bare minimum. If we get to a point where we’re celebrate playing hard, then I need to go somewhere else,” Hackerott said. “You have to execute and make plays if you’re going to beat a ranked team and then make a run. You’ve got to take care of business, and the simple answer is, our players that are capable of doing that didn’t get it done.”

Next up on the schedule for Goddard is a tilt against Buhler on Tuesday and then on the road at Andover Central on Friday.

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Goddard’s Anahi Nunez puts up a free throw during the Lions’ home opener Friday against Salina Central.

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Kaden Saucedo drives past a Valley Center defender during Eisenhower’s season-opener. The Tigers, playing at home, lost to the Hornets.

Tigers lose to Valley Center to start the girls season

By Sam Jack

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The Eisenhower Tigers girls basketball team lost to the Valley Center Hornets Friday, Dec. 1, to open their 2017-2018 season.

Despite the 43-35 defeat, head coach Joe Blasi said he saw some bright spots that point to better days ahead for his relatively young varsity squad.

“The nice thing I found was unselfishness,” he said. “They worked together, and they were happy to see each other succeed. We had 12 assists, which was nice, especially on only 35 points.”

Turnovers are an area where Blasi hopes to help the team improve.

Eisenhower committed 31 turnovers, compared to Valley Center’s 17.

“When you’ve got new kids working together, that’s not totally unexpected, but definitely, I think we are capable of doing a lot better than what we did as far as the turnovers went,” he said.

“When we executed, we scored. We just need to work on solidifying some things and learn to play with each other.”

Freshman Brittany Gosch led her team in both rebounds (8) and assists (4).

“I think that’s just the tip of the iceberg for her.

She’s got a huge upside,

but she definitely showed us some things that she’s capable of. I expect good things.”

Kennedy Nicholson, another freshman, led the scoring with nine points.

“Her ball handling helped us tremendously,” Blasi said. “I think she’s going to end up being a great scorer for us.”

Others who put up points for the Tigers were Macy Omli (8), Faith Denning (6), Sienna Carter (5), Makayla Brungardt (4) and Payton Ryan (3).

The Tigers competed at Newton on Tuesday evening; results were not available at press time.

They next compete Friday, Dec. 8, at Andover High School.

Lions wrestlers roll to title at Valley Center tourney

By Michael Buhler The Times-Sentinel

The Goddard Lions wrestling team looked the part of a three-time defending State champion at last Saturday’s Valley Center tournament.

The Lions won the tournament with 221 1/2 points, 54 points more than host and runner-up

Valley Center. Andover Central took third with 161 points, while Great Bend took fourth with 132.

“The Valley Center duals are a great way to start the season,” Goddard coach Brett Means said.

“All our wrestlers get four or five matches early (in the season, and that) is good.”

Eight Lions won individual titles last Saturday.

Jason Henschel (106 pounds), Lucas Glover (113), Logan Pirl (132), Nolan Craine (145), Garrett Lange (160), Troy Fisher (170), Austin Andres (182) and Trenton Willert (220) all won individual titles at Valley Center.

Trevor Dopps (152

pounds) took second, as did Cayden Atkins (182), who lost to Andres in the title match by a 6-2 decision. Jace Fisher (126 pounds) took third, as did Cayleb Atkins (138). Isaiah Holmes (120 pounds) took fifth.

Despite the strong opener, Means is not growing complacent.

“It is a long season, and

we must stay healthy and avoid major injuries,” Means said. “Our results this weekend were good, but we must continue to get better.”

The Lions open defense of their Ark Valley-Chisholm Trail League Division II title Thursday, when they host Maize South.

Goddard concludes

2017 by heading to Kansas City, Mo., on Dec. 15 to compete at the Kansas City Stampede, one of the nation’s top prep wrestling tournaments.

“This will allow Goddard High School to wrestle against some of the top high school teams in the country,” Means said.

“Our guys are excited for the challenge.”

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Indians open season Thursday

By Michael Buhler The Times-Sentinel The Clearwater Indians might be starting the wrestling season a bit later than other teams, but they definitely are making up for lost time.

The Indians open the season Thursday at a five-team tournament at Chase County, then head to Wellington Saturday to compete in a tournament that also includes Andover, Arkansas City, Circle, El Dorado, Marion, Mulvane, Rose Hill, Salina Central, Wichita East, Wichita Trinity, Wichita North, Wichita-West, Winfield and host Wellington.

Clearwater then will finish out 2017 by heading to the Marion County Dual Tournament next Friday. The tournament traditionally has been held at Hillsboro and Marion high schools, both of which are in Marion County.

Owls wrestlers third at Burlington

By Michael Buhler The Times-Sentinel After taking eighth place at the Burlington Wildcat Duals last winter, Garden Plain wrestling coach Joseph Gassmann was happy with his team’s third-place finish this year.

The Owls took third behind Blue Valley Southwest and host Burlington.

Garden Plain lost to Royal Valley 46-36 and

to the hosts 48-24, but bounced back to roll past Blue Valley North 63-18 and edge Eureka 36-33.

In the third-place match, the Owls downed Marion 45-36.

“It was a really nice improvement from last year to this year,” Gassmann said. “I was really pleased with how well all our kids wrestled last Friday. I like the fact that we start the season with a dual style tourna-

ment. I think it helps to build the team atmosphere.”

Four Owls – Tranden Daerr (145 pounds), Grant Murray (170), Matthew Quintero (182) and John Nowak (195) – each finished 4-1 last Friday, while Bank Saskit (113), Mercedes Gassmann (132), Jake Helten (138), Jake Landwehr (152 and 160) and Ethan Swaffer (220) each won three match-

es on the day. Isabelle Fontes (120 pounds) also won two of her three matches.

Garden Plain heads to a tournament at Hesston on Saturday. Joining the Owls there will be Bluestem, Central Burden, Chaparral, Cheney, Flinthills, Halstead, Hesston, Lyons, Nickerson, Smoky Valley, St. John’s Military, Stafford, West Elk, Wichita Independent and host Hesston.

Tigers take fifth at Pratt

By Michael Buhler The Times-Sentinel

The Eisenhower Tigers got the wrestling season off to a solid start last Saturday when they took fifth at the Pratt Wrestling Tournament.

The Tigers took fifth with 109 points, 42 1/2 points behind champion Scott City. Augusta was second with 147 points, host Pratt took third and Hoisington took fourth.

“It’s always great to come out and have a lot of positive come out of your first event of the year,” Tigers coach Enrique Espinoza said. “The kids are excited and understand there is more we can still do and improve on.”

Two Eisenhower wrestlers – Seth Doud (120 pounds) and Dayne Holmgren (138) – won individual titles, while Carson Wheeler (160) took second. Israel Garza (106 pounds) and LJ Flax (220) both took fourth.

Additionally, Taylor Mathewes (113 pounds) and Ethan Doud (138) each won a pair of matches and made it to the consolation semifinals.

“It was great to have those kids place,” Espinoza said.

“They wrestled tough all day. Their hard work is paying off for them.”

The Tigers take on Valley Center at home Thursday and head to the Douglass tournament on Saturday.

“Our kids are excited for the challenge and look forward to competing,” Espinoza said.

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The Eisenhower High School dance team performs for the crowd at the Tigers’ home game last Friday.

Cardinals open season strong

By Michael Buhler The Times-Sentinel

The Cheney Cardinals opened the high school wrestling season in strong fashion last Saturday. All five Cheney wrestlers that went to the Flinthills tournament placed in the top five in their respective weight classes.

Clay Robinson led the way with a first-place finish at the tournament, while Logan Doshier and Jason Huebner both took third. Seth Teague and Dawson Canaan each recorded fourth-place finishes.

“Clay Robinson and Logan Doshier both stood out at Flinthills,” Cardinals assistant coach Kevin Schultz said.

“Clay went 4-0 and won most of his matches in dominating fashio,n while Logan Doshier looked very good in his five matches. Overall as a team we only lost five matches – and two of those were to our teammates, so it was a very successful day.”

The Cardinals head to Hesston Saturday for a tournament, where they will be joined by Bluestem, Central Burden, Chaparral, Flinthills, Garden Plain, Halstead, Lyons, Nickerson, Smoky Valley, St. John’s Military, Stafford, West Elk Wichita Independent and host Hesston.

Kingman girls clobber Clearwater

By Amy Houston

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The Garden Plain and Cheney cheerleaders supported their teams as the Owls and Cardinals battled last Friday in the season-opening basketball games for both schools.

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Goddard cheerleaders support the Lions during last Friday’s home opener.

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The Clearwater High School girls basketball team struggled in its season opener Friday, falling to Kingman 56-7.

Hope Struthers, Grace Garrison and Reagan Berlin each scored two points for the Indians. Katie Henning added one.

Clearwater coach Dirk Ankerholz said before the season that Kingman would be among the girls’ toughest opponents this year. Kingman is the top-ranked team in Class 3A, according to the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.

“They were experienced and fundamentally sound,” Ankerholz said. “Although they have a great pair of guards, they have several girls that can help with the scoring load. They played a solid game from the tip to the ending horn.”

Clearwater will face Winfield in its next game Friday, Dec. 8. Winfield lost to rival Arkansas City 47-44 in its season debut.

“Winfield is a smaller team that likes to run and play multiple defenses,” Ankerholz said. “They want to penetrate and cause you to trail and foul when they are on offense.”

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Top-ranked Cardinals blow out Garden Plain

By Travis Mounts

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The Class 3A State runners-up, the Cheney Cardinals, are back with their entire team and are ranked No. 1 to start the season.

The Garden Plain Owls are looking to build on the momentum created by a 9-1 run to end last season.

Last Friday, the upper hand went to the host Cardinals in the season-opener between the close rivals, a 67-48 victory for Cheney.

The Cardinals played well from the start, building a 15-8 first-quarter lead and extending that lead to 39-19 by halftime over the Owls.

Cheney’s depth created problems for Garden Plain. It’s an advantage that Cardinals head coach Lee Baldwin expects will favor them all season long.

“I think we have a chance to really hurt teams with our depth and guys like him who people don’t know can contribute,” Baldwin said, referring to senior David Peters. “I thought he did a good job offensively and defensively.

Peters was a role player last season, but started on Friday and was one of three Cardinals in double figures.

Hunter Adolph showed he will be a force this season. Adolph scored a team-high 15 points before being sidelined by an injury.

“He had a fantastic game. My hope is this doesn’t derail anything, because he was fantastic,”

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LEFT: Cheney Cardinals player David Peters executes a lay-up.

ABOVE: Garden Plain’s Sam Thimmesch drives to the basket.

Baldwin said. He said Peters is day-to-day.

Trent Scheer added 13 points, and Lakin Petz added 10, giving Cheney four players in double figures. Other scorers were: Jeff Thisius 5, Brendon Dewey 4, Micah Grover 4, Riley Petz 2, Tyler White 1.

The Cardinals also lost Ben Klinkerman to a leg injury. His status was unknown at the start

of the week.

The Owls were led by Dylan Dreiling, a junior who scored a game-high 16 points. Garden Plain got scoring from six other players for a balanced attack.

Other scorers were Alex Mannebach 8, Sam Thimmesch 8, Matt Pauly 7, Justin Puetz 4, Colin Zoglman 3, Kaleb Snyder 2.

Garden Plain effort was consistent throughout the game. The

Owls outscored the Cardinals 19-18 in the second half, including 18-15 in the fourth quarter.

Both teams are playing in tournaments this week.

The Cardinals are hosting the Cardinal Classic. Cheney hosted Rose Hill on Tuesday. On Thursday, the Cardinals will play at Wellington. They will take on Hutchinson Trinity at home on Saturday.

Garden Plain is taking part in the Rose Hill tournament. The Owls were home against the Rockets on Tuesday. On Thursday, they will face Chanute at Rose Hill, then return to Rose Hill Saturday for a game against Hesston.

Next Tuesday, Cheney will be home against Medicine Lodge, while Garden Plain hosts Conway Springs.

Goddard rally falls short against Salina Central

By Greg McFadden The Times-Sentinel

Heading into this season, the Goddard boys basketball team was hoping to use size down low to its advantage, but early foul trouble forced the Lions to change their game plan on the fly in their season opener. In the end, it cost Goddard, as the team fell to Salina Central 56-45.

Head coach Kyle Taylor believes early momentum would have belonged to his team if they could have avoided the early whistles and kept big man Jeremiah Crawford in the game.

“We did a good job in the first half, and the kids played pretty well. We wanted to come out and hammer it inside. but we had to adjust to the foul situation,” Taylor said.

“There in the second quarter, they got us sped up and pressured our guards, and we kind of went away from throwing it inside.”

With post scoring threat Crawford on the bench in foul trouble, senior Ian McSwain picked up some of the slack and scored 11 points. But Goddard contributions beyond that were limited, and the Mustangs slowly expanded their lead in the second half.

Taylor said Salina Central’s speed and hot outside shooting was hard to slow down.

“They shoot the ball really well, and we did a good job of guarding the three point line with our big guys,” he said. “We still gave up too many catchand-shoot threes, but we tried to do a good job of getting out there. They made 9 three-pointers.

Any team that makes that many threes, it’s going to be hard for us to compete with.”

The Lions kept Salina Central within striking

distance until early in the fourth, when Taylor was able to get Crawford back in the game. It quickly became obvious how much of a threat Crawford was as he dumped in 8 quick points to cut the Mustangs’ lead to just 10 at 50-40. He finished the game with 14 points.

Taylor said getting him back into the contest allowed the Lions to show off their version of the twin towers, with Crawford flanked by fellow big man Chod Morrow.

“Jeremiah’s size, just quick feet, and soft hands, allow him to make a lot of plays in the post. And then Chod did a great job going to rebound tonight.

He goes and gets some rebounds that no one else can go get. Then he’s so big that nobody bumps him off of it,” Taylor said.

“That is definitely going to be a key for us to keep those guys out of foul trouble so we can play inside out.”

As the game wore on and Goddard found itself

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Goddard Lions player Chod Morrow tries to block a Salina Central shot.

behind by double digits, Taylor believes fatigue was an issue for his athletes.

“We did a good job of cutting it there in the fourth quarter by trapping and pressing, and cut the lead to six,” Taylor said.

“We were a little tired in the second half, and it showed. Coming off of football, we’re not quite in basketball shape yet. So we ran out of juice during the

second half.”

Taylor admits the early start to this season resembles last year, when the Lions started the year slow after the football team

went to the 5A State championship game.

“With football and Thanksgiving leading up to our opener, we had only six practices with everybody there,” Taylor said. “We’ll get back into the swing of things just like last year. We’ll find a rhythm and be OK.” Taylor applauded his team’s effort and never say die attitude. He also believes this team still has a lot to look forward to this year.

“The kids did a good job. They competed to the end and didn’t quit.

That’s one of the things we always talk about. We’ll never quit and always play till the end,” Taylor said.

“There’s a lot of things to improve, of course, but I’m excited for the rest of the year. We’ve got a real good upside.”

Next on the schedule for Goddard is a matchup against Buhler on Tuesday and then a game at Andover Central on Friday.

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DeVores named Kiwanis Farm Family of the Year

By Sam Jack

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CHENEY – The Wichita Downtown Kiwanis Club recently named Cheney’s Clint and Stacy DeVore family as its 2017 Farm Family of the Year.

The DeVores’ farm, known as Bolinger/ DeVore Farms LLC, has a family history dating back more than 130 years.

Stacy’s great-grandfather, Jakob Bolinger, emigrated from Switzerland with his wife Whilomenia, and started farming in the Cheney area in 1886.

Stacy represents the fourth generation of her family to farm, and son Jaden DeVore is the fifth generation to farm on some of the original Bolinger ground.

The current Bolinger/ DeVore farm ground is located about three miles southwest of Cheney. Clint called it a multi-dimensional operation; the family grows wheat, soybeans, milo and hay, and also has a cattle operation.

Stacy said that her family has continued its farming legacy because of respect for forebears.

“My ancestors worked very hard and sacrificed a lot, so I just feel like I would hate to see (the product of) all their hard work and dedication leave our family,” she said. “I feel like we’re stewards of this land, and hopefully we can continue to pass it on to our next generation.”

Jakob had eight children – four boys and four girls. One of the boys was Stacy’s grandfather, Sam Bolinger. Sam married Clara Belle Brown and had three sons: Cecil, Raymond and Richard Bolinger. Richard – father to Stacy and her brothers, Sam, Scott and Steve – died in 2011, leaving Stacy, Clint and now Jaden to

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carry on the family legacy.

Love of the land is also part of what keeps the family in the farming business.

“You turn that dirt over, and it just smells so good.

Same with a hay field that’s just been mowed,” Stacy said. “It’s ingrained in you.

The freedom to be outdoors is awesome as well.”

Technology has wrought big changes to the job of being a farmer, Clint noted.

“We cover in hours what took days to do 30, 40 or 50 years ago,” he said.

“Now a lot of the technology is auto-steer, and there

is variable rate application, where you can put different rates of chemicals and fertilizers on your fields.”

Clint grew up helping his family run a custom harvesting business, so he has an agricultural background, but he did not turn to farming full time until 2008, after he had married Stacy.

“It’s just good to be outside and enjoy the land, work on the land, and be thankful every day that you get to work on something that your family, generations before you, did the same thing,” he said.

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GPHS students participate in first year of FFA program

By Sam Jack

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GARDEN PLAIN – Five students from Garden Plain High School are participating in the first year of USD 267 Renwick’s agriculture classes and Future Farmers of America (FFA) program.

The classes and club are being offered at Andale High School, with transportation provided for Garden Plain students who want to participate.

The Garden Plain participants are Lydia Becker, Claire Clark, Ashley Gorges, Caden Thul and Emily Yoder.

Becker, a sophomore, said she had limited exposure to ag before signing up for both FFA and an introduction to agriculture class. Both the club and the classes are led by teacher Cheyenne Moyer.

“I just wanted to sign up to see what it was about, and to learn from it,” Becker said. “We talk about everything. We’ve learned a lot about animals, like livestock judging, and we’ve also learned about different types of seeds.”

Clark, also a sophomore, has already participated in a horse judging competition through FFA. She said that judging events teach FFA members to look at domestic animals the way an ag professional does.

“They usually bring in four horses at a time, and you look at each one and rate them from best to worst by looking at their structure and muscle and everything,” Clark said. “I have my own horse, but this was still kind of a new experience. I didn’t know anything about it going in,

but I love it now.”

In addition to the five Garden Plain students, 60 students from Andale High School are enrolled in agriculture classes with Moyer. All are dues-paid members of FFA, but only about three-quarters are actually active in the club.

Moyer said that overall participation is higher than anticipated.

“I have more kids wanting to enroll in my classes for next semester as well, because they’ve heard what’s going on in agriculture classes. The community and administration and everyone in the school district has really bought into the program and been wonderful to work with,” Moyer said.

The high participation in Andale should encourage those who would like to bring agriculture classes and FFA activities to Garden Plain High School, Moyer noted.

“I think the turnout we have had does nothing but reiterate the fact that we also need to maybe do a little better job of offering the classes to students at Garden Plain,” she said.

“It’s not to say they can’t take it, but having to be transported does make it tricky to fit into their schedules. I definitely look forward to having more Garden Plain students in the future.”

The Renwick FFA club’s officers, including Garden Plain student Emily Yoder, recently traveled to the FFA national convention in Indianapolis.

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The Renwick FFA club has 65 dues-paid members, including five from Garden Plain High School.

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Abbie Schwab, the club president, noted that the Renwick chapter is getting involved in community service and fundraising

activities.

“That’s a requirement of FFA, to do community service,” she said. “What we are doing is making little boxes, filled with

school supplies and little fun stuff for kids ages 5 to 14. We fill them up, and they get sent over to the Middle East, so underprivileged kids will get to open

them for Christmas. We’re also planning to maybe clean up around town, or just do some type of (activity) to do our part in the community.”

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- Watch for deer, especially near dusk and dawn.

If you’re stranded, call for help on your cell phone: - If you’re on an interstate, U.S. or Kansas highway, call *47. If you’re on the Kansas Turnpike, call *KTA (582). Use these numbers to report an emergency, accident, vehicle breakdown, erratic driver, or criminal activity.

- If you have difficulty reaching these numbers, call 911.

- If you’re stranded on a highway in the Kansas City, Topeka or Wichita areas, the Kansas Highway Patrol Motorist Assist Program (MAP) will send a service vehicle to help. MAP provides only basic services necessary for the safety of stranded motorists and roadway traffic.

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It can be ‘Christmas’ any day

It’s nice to know that you can celebrate Christmas, within reason of course, on almost any day.

Our holiday plans will be a little different this year as Kim and I load up a few days before Christmas and head to California to see my son, Bill, and his wife, Eun-Ah. It’s a Christmas diversion from recent years, as were our Thanksgiving plans.

For several years now, I’ve celebrated Thanksgiving in California with my son. It had almost become tradition.

Well, almost.

So this year I stepped in early and said that I wanted to spend Thanksgiving in Kansas with Kim’s family.

My son was sad, to say the least, but hey…offering up to come see him at Christmas quickly put the jolly back in his holly jolly.

Kim and I shared Thanksgiving Day with her family in Hutchinson, and it was an enjoyable and memo-

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rable holiday. After that, I spent Black Friday putting up some of my Christmas lights, and we cut down our Christmas tree just before dusk that evening.

By the end of the Thanksgiving weekend, we had pretty much gotten the house ready for Christmas.

Getting Christmas started that early was really exciting. I love the look and feel and smell of the holiday season, and it really gets me in the mood for Christmas.

With our travel plans to San Francisco, I also had to start early on any holiday plans with my girls, and the

grandkids. I won’t see my youngest daughter, Katie, for Christmas this year, but I will spend the New Year’s weekend with my oldest daughter, Abby, and the grandkids, Felix and Margot. They’re doing a massive “Kansas road trip” to see family through the holidays, and will finish up at my house.

Of course, Abby and I both decided almost immediately that waiting until the end of December for a visit was just not acceptable. The solution was that I would make a whirlwind trip to Columbia, Mo., to see them this past weekend.

And what an important whirlwind trip it proved to be.

Abby had started decorating for Christmas, but hadn’t gotten a tree yet. As quickly as you can say “Jack Frost,” which wasn’t nipping at our noses, we made a Christmas celebration out of getting a tree, setting it up and decorating it, and

then building a gingerbread house with Felix and Margot.

All we needed in between was a couple of slices of pizza so we could just keep working on the miracle of Christmas. And after the kids were in bed, that miracle included bringing in a large dollhouse for Margot that I had found at an estate sale, and starting to get it ready as her present from Santa this year.

Late that evening, Abby and I had fun sorting through everything that had come with the second-hand doll house, and getting it ready for Christmas Day. And even though I won’t be there that morning, getting to be Santa’s helper on the front end of the project was a holiday treat all its own.

By the time I was ready to hit the road Monday, my daughter’s house was filled with Christmas cheer…and so were the four of us.

Christmas, indeed, can be any day within reason.

Letter to the Editor

O’Donnell reiterates no decision on Tyson plant yet

To my neighbors around Sedgwick County, I hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving with family and friends.

I know there is much concern about the potential Tyson Chicken plant, and I want you to know that there is absolutely no decision that has been made regarding this potential plant. Sedgwick County

has yet to receive a proposal from Tyson Chicken and until that time the commission is unable to make an informed decision.

I receive phone calls, emails and even letters every day with detailed opposition and support in regards to the potential plant. All types of this communication and feedback are extremely valuable to me as I want

to make an informed decision here in the next few months (the sooner the better).

As always, it’s a privilege to represent you and I encourage you to reach out to me at any time.

Michael O’Donnell Sedgwick County Commissioner Second District

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Mueller investigation will test our values Suddenly there is a glimmer of civility and order in a nation trapped in chaos that is in part contrived and in part ignorantly spontaneous.

Former presidential assistant Michael Flynn’s negotiated guilty plea and commitment to cooperate with special federal prosecutor Robert Mueller is a first and much-welcomed hint about the continuing viability of the rule of law.

Friday’s announcement gave the majority of Americans who are frightened and disgusted by Donald Trump’s reckless, self-serving presidency some reason for optimism.

The first major fruits of Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election are just beginning to test whether a nation of laws rather than a nation of men can still exist in a political environment steered by money more than morality and lies more than truth.

The core issue is not whether Trump remains as president but whether the process of determining if he does is complete, unobstructed and persuasive. At stake is no less than the viability of the republic, a crisis point that we have reached few times in our national life.

In the worst-case scenario of Trump trying to interfere in the investigatory process through using the pardon power, firing Mueller or some other desperate artifice, the courage and dedication to liberty of every member of Congress would be tested directly. They would be obligated to warn him off should he consider such interference. And should he ignore them and barge ahead, they could not let either their personal welfare or political orientation deter them from impeaching him.

Anything less on Congress’ part would mark the end of

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meaningful democracy and empower a level of presidential authoritarianism that we have never experienced. That’s a role Trump’s ego and willful ignorance of American traditions would allow him to assume eagerly.

However, if the investigation is allowed to run its course, the test becomes one of not just Congress but of every American. In the deeply divided society that we have become, whatever the investigation’s outcome, millions of people will be angered while millions of others will feel vindicated because few are agnostic on the question of Donald Trump. Our individual tests will be of our personal dedication to the rule of law and our capacity to accept demonstrable truth. A substantial portion of Americans failing that test could extract the highest cost imaginable: a frozen state of ungovernable anarchy.

We have arrived at this moment of critical testing in large part because of our growing disregard, at all levels of governments, corporations and other institutions, for the value of truth and our willingness to dismiss demonstrated but inconvenient facts.

Large segments of our informational environment—social media, news media, official declarations—are composed of casual lies and purposeful deceit.

Hannah Arendt, a leading political theorist of the first three-quarters of the 20th Century, said this in a 1974 interview: “If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer….And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you (as a would-be dictator) can then do what you please.”

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