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The biblical story of Josephand his coat of many colorswas staged last weekend byShawnee Mission NorthHigh School. The musicalfeatured performances fromSM North students, pluschildren from several ele-mentary schools.
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Shawnee insuranceagent Joe Vohs donat-ed a kidney just afterChristmas. Three recip-ients, all strangers toVohs, already havebenefitted from hisgift. Vohs was surprisedto be named Citizen ofthe Year Saturday nightduring the ShawneeChamber of Com-merce’s Annual Dinner.
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Musical inspired by colorful coat
A traffic stop ended with aShawnee police officerdelivering a healthy babyboy on the shoulder ofShawnee Mission Parkwaylast week.
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Joe Vohs
BY SARA [email protected]
The loose diamond left in aSalvation Army kettle at Christ-mastime has a new life: as thecenterpiece of a ring that maysoon be someone’s Valentine.
The Salvation Army is team-ing with a Kansas City, Mo., jew-elry store to auction the ring oneBay. Bidding started Tuesdayand will go on until Tuesday,Feb. 7, with proceeds benefitingthe Salvation Army.
“It is a very unique opportuni-ty; we’re excited about it,” saidMichele Heaver, the Salvation
Army Corps officer for KansasCity, Kan. “The money that isgleaned off the auction will gotoward helping needy families inour community.”
Someone dropped the dia-mond, a .82-carat European-cutstone that Meierotto MidwestJewelers estimated to be 100years old, into the red kettle atthe Walmart on Shawnee Mis-sion Parkway and Maurer Road.Salvation Army volunteers dis-covered the gem, which wasfolded in a piece of paper, whilethey were counting the kettle’scontents the evening of Nov. 30.
Hoping that auctioning a
complete ring could bring moremoney for The Salvation Army,Meierotto has donated the ring,an 18-karat white gold settingwith .5 carats of small diamonds
covering the band and encir-cling the round center stone.
The setting has a vintage feelto match the diamond’s age, TedMeierotto said.
“You want to get somethingthat looks proportional andmakes the diamond look won-derful,” he said.
Meierotto said he was excitedabout the auction.
“We were touched by thewhole story,” he said.
Find more information onlineat mjewelry.com/salvationarmydiamond.aspx.Search eBay for item number280815255278.
Christmas donation could be someone’s Valentine
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM MEIEROTTO
MIDWEST JEWELERS
The diamond, set in the ring beingauctioned on eBay.
BY SARA [email protected]
So you’ve had a few too many at the bar, and youknow it.
You figure, instead of taking a main thoroughfarehome, you’ll creep along the side roads and avoid thepolice, right?
Totally unoriginal. Officer Rusty Morton has seen your trick — and
many others — often. And if he spots you, there’s agood chance that you’ll be winding down your eveningin jail and landing a DUI on your record.
Unlike larger Kansas City area cities, the ShawneePolice Department doesn’t have any officers taskedspecifically with catching drunk drivers. But withShawnee’s highest number of DUI arrests last year, Mor-ton is the city’s unofficial DUI specialist.
Morton made 35 DUI arrests in 2011, accounting for17 percent of Shawnee’s 210 DUI arrests that year. In
Crackingdown
Officer with Shawnee’s most DUIarrests knows how to spot — andhow to prosecute — drunk drivers
SARA SHEPHERD/STAFF
Officer Rusty Morton made more DUI arrests in 2011 thanany other officer in the Shawnee Police Department. He wasrecently honored with an award from Mothers Against DrunkDriving.
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Retirement community plans Iwo Jima memorial
Greenwood Terrace retirement com-munity has planned a remembranceevent for the battle of Iwo Jima.
The event is planned for 11 a.m. Sat-urday at Greenwood Terrace, 11150Greenwood St., Lenexa. Veterans andmembers of the public are invited.Snacks and refreshments will be served.Space is limited. Reservations arerequested and can be made by calling913-345-9969.
February marks the 67th anniversaryof the World War II battle of Iwo Jima,between the United State and Japan.
Library provides tax resources, AARP volunteers
The Johnson County Library offers anumber of resources to help residentsduring tax season.
Find tax forms and resources via linkson the library’s tax website, jocoli-brary.org/taxes.
Visit the Central Resource Library,9875 W. 87th St., Overland Park, in per-son to pick up federal tax forms or pho-tocopy state and city forms for 15 centsper page. Most forms also can be print-ed off the Internet at public computersfor 15 cents per page.
AARP Tax-Aide volunteers, trainedwith the cooperation of the InternalRevenue Service, will offer help for low-and middle-income Kansas taxpayers,with special attention to those age 60and older, through April 17 at Central.
Visit kstaxaide.com, or call 888-227-7669 to check what documents to bringor to find additional area sites offeringthe service.
City noted for excellence in financial reporting
The Government Finance OfficersAssociation of the United States andCanada has given a Certificate ofAchievement for Excellence in Finan-cial Reporting to the City of Shawneefor its Comprehensive Annual FinancialReport, fiscal year ending Dec. 31.
The certificate is the highest form ofrecognition in the area of governmentalaccounting and financial reporting,according to an announcement fromthe city. Standards met include demon-strating a “spirit of full disclosure” toclearly communicate the city’s financialstory and to motivate users to read theannual financial report.
Council member appointed to national committee
Shawnee City Council member Mick-ey Sandifer has been appointed to theNational League of Cities’ 2012Human Development Steering Com-mittee, the city recently announced.
Sandifer will play a role in shapingthe league’s policy positions whileadvocating on Capitol Hill on behalf ofcities and towns.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO ...
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Teachers in the Shawnee Mission and De Soto school dis-tricts are recipients of the 2012 Kansas Horizon Award.Page 13.
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Tuesday was the deadline foremployers to make available federalW-2 forms to employees. MichaelDevine, Internal Revenue Servicespokesman with the agency’s St. Louisoffice, is encouraging all taxpayers tofile returns electronically.
Q: The federal tax filing deadline istraditionally April 15. That’s not sothis year. Why?
A: Taxpayers have extra timebecause April 15 falls on a Sunday andEmancipation Day, a holidayobserved in Washington, D.C., isApril 16. By law, deadlines that fall onD.C. holidays are extended to thenext day.
The deadline to file 2011 taxreturns, pay any taxes due or requestextensions will be Tuesday, April 17.
Q: Electronic filing has becomemore popular. What are the advan-tages to the taxpayer?
A: An e-filed return means a fastrefund. Taxpayers who combine e-fileand direct deposit can get theirrefunds in as few as 10 days. Nearly 75percent of taxpayers receive a return,
and the average last year was about$2,900.
Q: Do you have any numbers show-ing how popular filing electronicallywas in your region?
A: Last year, more than 1.1 millionKansans, 2.1 million Missouri taxpay-ers and 4.6 million Illinois taxpayersfiled e-file returns.
Q: Do I have to buy software to fileelectronically?
A: Anyone with an income of$57,000 or less can use brand-nametax software free through the IRS FreeFile program at irs.gov. Those withhigher incomes can use Free File Fill-able Forms to prepare and e-file theirreturns for free.
Q: What other information is avail-able at the irs.gov website?
A:The IRS website has forms, publi-cations, tips, answers to frequentlyasked questions and updates on taxlaw changes. Anyone without a com-puter can call the IRS toll-free at 800-829-1040.
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With the 2012 tax filing season in full swing now that all taxpayers should havetheir W-2 forms, the IRS provides helpful information about filing electronically.
’Tis the time to prepare those formsTAX SEASON IS HERE
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Citizen of Year’s donation exemplifies altruismSPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH
Giving back — that’s what this year’sShawnee Citizen of the Year award wasall about.
The Shawnee Chamber of Commercebestowed the annual award Saturdaynight at the chamber’s annual dinner.
Last year’s winner, city manager CarolGonzales, spoke of goodness and gen-erosity when describing the 2011 Citizenof the Year, Joe Vohs, a Farmers Insuranceagent who donated his kidney in Decem-ber altruistically via the National KidneyRegistry.
“Through thisselfless act and as aresult of his gen-erosity, three indi-viduals havealready been giventhe life-redeeminggift of a kidney …with more yet tocome,” Gonzales said. “Giving someonenot just a good start, but a new start,reflects a goodness that is nothing shortof amazing. Shawnee is proud to call thisamazing giver our own.”
When he took the stage, a shockedVohs said he was surprised by all theattention he has received from donatinghis kidney, but that he was glad the atten-tion had resulted in an increase in thosesigning up to donate.
He shared that the reason there aren’tmore organ donors is simply becausepeople haven’t taken the time to talkwith their families about their wishes.Vohs urged the audience to discuss theirwishes about organ donation in the caron the way home.
The chamber has awarded the Citizenof the Year award annually since 1972.The distinction goes to an individual —nominated by chamber members andselected by past recipients — who has
worked hard to make Shawnee a betterplace to live, work and grow.
The theme of this year’s chamber din-ner was, “Experience the Magic ofShawnee.”
The formal gala took place Saturday atthe Sheraton Overland Park Hotel. Cele-brating the past year, the event featuredMike Thompson, Chief Meteorologistwith FOX 4, as master of ceremonies, andPhil Detrixhe as auctioneer.
More than 400 members and guestsenjoyed cocktails — including the signa-
ture drink, a “Hou-dini Martini,” —dinner and a silentand live auction.
A portion of auc-tion proceeds bene-fit the chamber’sBetty CharltonScholarship Fund,which has awarded
more than $20,000 in scholarships toarea high school seniors.
The evening proved magical, with cen-terpieces of top hats, white gloves, wandsand bunny ears.
The Annual Dinner honored the 2011chairman of the board of directors, JackWagner of Shawnee Mission MedicalCenter, and welcomed the 2012 chair-man of the board, Steve Hale of Brother-hood Bank and Trust.
Wagner recognized the retiring 2011board directors Pat Lyles, State FarmInsurance; John Miller, Lake QuiviraCountry Club; Pat Daniels, The LandSource; and Kim Pearse, GBA-Architectsand Engineers.
He acknowledged 2011 Ambassador ofthe Year, Jean Nelson, Porter FuneralHomes and Crematory; the 2011 Cham-ber Star, Paul Ridgway, American FamilyInsurance; and the 2011 committeechairmen and women.
The ShawneeChamber ofCommerce's 2010Citizen of the Year,city manager CarolGonzales, standswith 2011 Citizen ofthe Year, Joe Vohs,after he received theaward. The honorwas announced atthe chamber'sannual dinnerSaturday night atthe SheratonOverland Park Hotel.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY RANDY BRALEY PHOTOGRAPHY
“Through this selfless act and as aresult of his generosity, three indi-
viduals have already been given thelife-redeeming gift of a kidney.”
Carol GonzalesShawnee city manager
BY SARA [email protected]
The woodstove ashes were discardedproperly — at least at first — into a metalbucket.
It was only after the homeownermoved the ashes, believing they werecool, to a trash can next to the house thatthings turned for the worse. Fire investi-gators say the ashes probably smolderedfor hours before igniting a fire that quick-ly engulfed the large house.
“He tried to do the right thing,”Shawnee fire prevention officer, CoreySands, said of the homeowner last week.
Firefighters were called to the house,in the 17300 block of West 70th Street,about 5 a.m. Jan. 22.
They could see flames from the fire sta-tion, Sands said, and the house wasengulfed before crews arrived. From thebeginning, firefighters fought the firedefensively — staying outside, trying toknock it down and keep it from spread-ing despite high winds. Crews from
Lenexa and Olathe arrived to help.The fire caused an estimated $450,000
in damage to the house and four neigh-boring properties, Sands said. One neigh-bor’s house had severe heat damage andseveral others had roof damage.
Sands said the homeowner and hiswife narrowly escaped — unhurt besidessinged hair. They awoke to the sound ofbreaking glass and saw flames behind thehouse, Sands said. He said when the cou-ple opened the front door to get out,wind shot through the house and imme-diately sucked the fire inside.
Sands said the couple was staying withrelatives after losing their home.
To prevent such a fire, Sands said,always discard ashes into a metal bucket,then fill it with water and put a lid on it.Also, he said, keep the bucket away fromthe house or other structures.
Fire departmentoffers tips to preventsimilar accidents
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2/1 | WEDNESDAY• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce WeeklyNetworking Group, 7:30 a.m., Home Town Buffet,7317 Quivira Road
2/2 | THURSDAY• Shawnee/Lenexa Chapter of Business NetworkInternational meeting, 7 a.m., First Watch, 11112Shawnee Mission Parkway• Be Well: Relief for Varicose Veins, 6 p.m.,University of Kansas Hospital Westwood Campus,2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway• Garden Club of Shawnee Monthly Meeting, 7p.m., Shawnee Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive
2/3 | FRIDAY• Shawnee Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Home TownBuffet, 7317 Quivira Road• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road• Go Red Spa Day at M&I Bank, 11 a.m., M&IBank, 21900 Shawnee Mission Parkway• Cinderella’s Ball: Daddy-Daughter Date Night,6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Shawnee Civic Centre,13817 Johnson Drive
2/4 | SATURDAY• Johnson County League of Women VotersMeeting, 8:30 a.m., Atonement Lutheran Church,9948 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park• Iwo Jima Remembrance, 11 a.m., GreenwoodTerrace Retirement Community, 11150Greenwood St., Lenexa• St. Joseph School Trivia Night, 7 p.m., St. JosephCatholic School, 11505 Johnson Drive• Cinderella’s Ball: Daddy-Daughter Date Night,6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Shawnee Civic Centre,13817 Johnson Drive
2/6 | MONDAY• Shawnee Mission Optimist Club, noon, FirstWatch, 11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway• Shawnee Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m.,Shawnee City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive
2/7 | TUESDAY• Biz 2 Biz Connections, 8 a.m., Edward JonesInvestments, 5725 Nieman Road, Suite D• Shawnee Kiwanis Club, noon, First Watch,11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway• Shawnee City Council Committee, 7 p.m.,Shawnee City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive
2/8 | WEDNESDAY• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce WeeklyNetworking Group, 7:30 a.m., Home Town Buffet,7317 Quivira Road
2/9 | THURSDAY• Shawnee/Lenexa Chapter of Business NetworkInternational meeting, 7 a.m., First Watch, 11112Shawnee Mission Parkway
2/10 | FRIDAY• Shawnee Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Home TownBuffet, 7317 Quivira Road• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road
2/11 | SATURDAY• Johnson County Democrats Second SaturdayBreakfast, 8 a.m., Lucky Brewgrille, 5401 JohnsonDrive, Mission
2/13 | MONDAY• Shawnee Mission Optimist Club, noon, FirstWatch, 11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway• De Soto USD 232 Board of Education meeting, 6p.m., De Soto School District AdministrativeOffice, 35200 W. 91st St., De Soto• Shawnee Mission Board of Education, 7 p.m.,McEachen Administrative Center, 7235 AntiochRoad, Overland Park• Shawnee City Council, 7:30 p.m., Shawnee CityHall, 11110 Johnson Drive
2/14 | TUESDAY• Biz 2 Biz Connections, 8 a.m., Edward JonesInvestments, 5725 Nieman Road, Suite D• Shawnee Kiwanis Club, noon, First Watch,11112 Shawnee Mission Parkway
2/15 | WEDNESDAY• Shawnee Chamber of Commerce WeeklyNetworking Group, 7:30 a.m., Home Town Buffet,7317 Quivira Road• Be Well: Learn to be Stress-Free, 1:30 p.m.,University of Kansas Hospital Westwood Campus,2330 Shawnee Mission Parkway
2/16 | THURSDAY• Shawnee/Lenexa Chapter of Business NetworkInternational meeting, 7 a.m., First Watch, 11112Shawnee Mission Parkway• Horticultural Sciences Field Day, 10 a.m.,Johnson County Community College RegnierCenter, 12345 Quivira Road, Overland Park• Johnson County Community College Board ofTrustees meeting, 5 p.m., Johnson CountyCommunity College, 12345 College Blvd.,Overland Park
2/17 | FRIDAY• Shawnee Rotary Club, 7:15 a.m., Home TownBuffet, 7317 Quivira Road• Job Club, 8:30 a.m., Sacred Heart of JesusCatholic Church, 5501 Monticello Road
2/18 | SATURDAY• Great Backyard Bird Count, 9 a.m., Ernie MillerNature Center, 909 N. Highway 7, Olathe
2/20 | MONDAY• Presidents Day, city offices closed
JOHNSON COUNTY LIBRARY SHAWNEE BRANCH 13811 JOHNSON DRIVE, 913-826-4600• 6 by 6: Ready to Read Early Literacy Spaces.Drop-in activities, through Feb. 29. Preschoolerscan use picture books to engage in activities thatenhance pre-reading skills. • Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 2. A 30-minute storytime with songs and fingerplays forages 3 to 5. Space limited to first 15 children.• Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 6. A 20-minute storytime with activities for ages 24 monthsto 36 months. Space limited to 15.• Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 9. A 30-minute storytime with songs and fingerplays forages 3 to 5. Space limited to first 15 children.• Second Saturday Book Club, 10 a.m. Feb. 11.Featured book is “The Known World,” by EdwardP. Jones.• Toddler Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 13. A 20-minute storytime with activities for ages 24 monthsto 36 months. Space limited to first 15 children.• Preschool Storytime, 10:30 a.m. Feb. 16. A 30-minute storytime with songs and fingerplays forages 3 to 5. Space limited to first 15 children.
JOHNSON COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORY6305 LACKMAN ROAD, 913-715-2550• Doo-Dad Mike, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 1. Highenergy family rock concert. Advance reservationsrecommended. $3 per child, or $2 for members.• Pop ‘n Play, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 8. Drop-inactivities for 9-month- to 3-year-olds. $1 per child,or free for members.• Family Fun Day, 10 a.m. to noon Feb. 11. Dropin to make handmade valentines. Free.• Jo Ho Storyteller, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 15.Theme is “PJs and Plushables!” Drop-in for families.Groups of 10 or more must preregister.
• Pop ‘n Play, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 22. Drop-inactivities for 9-month- to 3-year-olds. $1 per child,or free for members.• Pop ‘n Play, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Feb. 29. Drop-inactivities for 9-month- to 3-year-olds. $1 per child,or free for members.• Museum open 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday. Free admission. 1950s All-Electric House open 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, with guided tours every half-hour. $2 adults, $1 children 12 and younger.
SHAWNEE TOWN 192911501 W. 57TH ST., 913-248-2360• Speaker Series: Gretta Garbo: First person per-formance with Claudette Walker, 7 p.m. April 10.Performance artist Claudette Walker bringsHollywood legend Greta Garbo to life. Get theinside story on Garbo, a film legend from thebeginning of her career in silent films in 1924 toher retirement and seclusion in 1941.
WONDERSCOPE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM5705 FLINT ST., 913-287-8888• Museum open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondaythrough Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.Admission is free for infants under 1 year, $4 forages 1-2, $7 for ages 3-63, $6 for ages 64 and up.Members free.
MONTICELLO COMMUNITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM23860 W. 83RD ST., LENEXA, 913-667-3706• “Black Newspapers and African AmericanCommunities in 19th Century Kansas,” presentedby Aleen Ratzlaff of Tabor College, 7 p.m. Feb. 9.• Museum open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays andSaturdays from March through November, or byappointment.
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Officer Nathan Karlin’s police trainingdidn’t include instructions for handlingthe situation he encountered during aShawnee Mission Parkway traffic stoplast week.
However, this catchall policing rulecame close: “Always expect the unex-pected.”
Karlin, an 11-year veteran of theShawnee Police Department, was onpatrol about 8:30 p.m. Jan. 23 when hespotted a white SUV barreling his direc-tion as he entered the intersection atShawnee Mission Parkway and NiemanRoad.
Karlin slowed and proceeded throughthe intersection. He saw the SUV, withhazard lights flashing, come to a quickstop, then continue eastbound throughthe red light.
As he flipped around to pull the vehi-cle over, Karlin had a hunch it might besomeone trying to get to the hospital.After all, he said, a criminal probablywouldn’t bother using his hazards.
His hunch was right. Inside the car was a Shawnee couple
about to become parents for the secondtime, the husband driving and his wifescreaming in the passenger seat.
“She told me she was having the baby,and it was coming now,” Karlin said.
Karlin called an ambulance, snappedon some gloves and delivered a healthybaby boy — he said he didn’t have muchtime to think, and the father didn’t evenhave time to get out of the SUV.
“As soon as I walked around to theother side of the vehicle, that baby wascoming out,” he said.
Karlin said he didn’t know exactlywhat to do but held the baby — umbili-cal cord still attached — in a position thatwould allow him to breathe. He knew hiscrying was a good sign. The fatherretrieved a shirt from the back seat tokeep the newborn warm. Karlin assuredthe mother the ambulance was just aminute away.
“I don’t think they were quite expect-ing that quick of a delivery,” Karlin said.
“I believe that both the mother and thefather did an exceptional job.”
Baby Briggs Pierce was healthy anddoing fine, Shawnee Mission MedicalCenter spokeswoman Shannon Catessaid. He was home with his parents,Taryn and Chance Pierce, and older sis-ter after being released Wednesday fromthe hospital.
“Everyone’s great,” Cates said.Karlin lives in Gardner with his wife,
9-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son.He said his family members — especiallyhis daughter — were excited when theyheard about his special delivery.
Karlin’s children came up with theidea to buy a present and give it to thenew baby.
“My daughter had 100 questions,”Karlin said.
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A not-so-routine trafficstop: Officer deliversbaby on SM Parkway
Shawnee’s Officer of the Yearhelped solve Mo. homicide
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Officer Matthew Seichepine has beennamed the Shawnee Police Department’s2011 Patrol Officer of the Year.
The department’s patrol divisionsupervisory staff unanimously selectedSeichepine for the honor.
Seichepine was patrol officer of themonth in January, February and June.
In addition to his duties as a patrol offi-cer, he assisted fellow officers with Span-ish language translation and also lendedhis Spanish skills to the Metro Squad dur-ing a homicide investigation, accordingto an announcement from the depart-ment.
In June, the department said, Seichep-ine spoke over the phone with a homi-cide suspect from Boonville, Mo., gaineda confession and solved the homicide for
the Missouri High-way Patrol.
“Officer Seichep-ine consistentlydemonstrates theShawnee PoliceDepartment corevalues of teamwork,dedication, profes-sionalism andintegrity and is avital member of theShawnee PoliceDepartment,” theannouncement said.
“The actions of Officer Seichepine goabove and beyond the call of duty andbrings great credit upon himself, thepolice department and the city ofShawnee.”
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Deborah R. Glassinger, 56, of KansasCity, KS passed away suddenly and unex-pectedly Jan. 25, 2012. A visitation washeld Monday at Lenexa Baptist Churchfrom 10 to 11 a.m. A memorial servicefollowed at 11 a.m.
Deborah is survived by her daughterSarah Wood, son Skylar M. Pratt, parentsVirgil & Rita Glassinger, by a brother
Gary Gregory, a sister Cathy Lewis, and abrother Darryl Glassinger.
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“To error is human, to blame othersshows management potential.” Mydictionary defines management as “todirect” and “to treat with care.” Gov.Sam Brownback is looking to an out-of-state insurance company to manageKansans’ Medicaid expenses, whichincludes long-term services to develop-mentally disabled individuals — serv-ices like residential and day programsfor individuals with developmentaldisabilities that should be “carved out”of managed care.
From my experience, most Kansastaxpayers take pride in getting the mostout of their dollars. “Management”should take responsibility for provid-ing the best possible outcomes for allKansans. Contracting with an out-of-state insurance company to financial-
ly control service delivery is notresponsible management. And out-sourcing services to companies withminimal experience in supportive serv-ices for developmental disabilities isnot wise. It is questionable as to theresult of any cost savings to the state.
Please join caring Kansans in askingBrownback to “carve out” service sup-ports for this population. “Directingand treating with care” is most benefi-cial with local professionals who havesuccessfully managed these servic-es. This is about “Kansans helpingKansans.” Placing the well-being ofKansans with developmental disabili-ties in the hands of an out-of-stateinsurance company can result in theerosion of quality of care for this vul-nerable population — not to mentionthe revenue that will leave this state!
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There was a song by Garth Brooks thatmade the rounds a few years ago aboutunanswered prayers.
I had occasion to think of this theother day while watching a documentarycalled “Deep Water.” It was about the ill-fated voyage of one Donald Crowhurst,a 36-year-old engineer from Great Britainwho perished during a single-handedround-the-world sailing race in 1969.
I never had anyambition to competein a round-the-worldrace, but I’ve alwaysbeen fascinated bysailboats, and doublyso by the thought ofsingle-handed cruis-ing.
My experience withboats under sail con-sists of two episodes: aScouting expedition in the Ozarks whenI was 14, where we fitted an old lifeboatwith a square-rigged sail; and a 15 1/2-foot Snipe with a rotted centerboard wellthat I owned for a few months in 1969before selling it on to some guys whowere able to repair it.
Despite that paucity of experience, Idreamed for years of building my ownboat and setting out to sea in it.
The fact that I didn’t had a lot to dowith not having sufficient funds to buildthe boat, and the intervention of familyresponsibilities and that sort of thing. ButI think part of it is probably also due tothe influence of a beneficent God, whocould plainly see what the outcome ofthat enterprise would have been.
But back to the story of the latelamented Mr. Crowhurst. In the eupho-ria that attended Francis Chichester’srecord-breaking circumnavigation of theworld in Gypsy Moth IV in 1966-67, theSunday Times of London sponsored anaround-the-world single-handed sailingrace. Contestants were to leave by Oct.31, 1968.
Nine sailors took part, and all set offfrom England in advance of the deadline.Crowhurst, who was the least experi-
enced of the lot, was also the last toembark on the deadline of Oct. 31. Prob-lems quickly developed — his boatsprang a leak, and the vibration causedscrews to work their way out of his self-steering gear.
The film shows Crowhurst to be clear-ly out of his depth, as he fumbles withsails and talks blithely about the perils ofthe open sea. Several principals — fami-
ly members, journal-ists, friends — agonizeover their failure toencourage him to giveup the quest before itis too late.
But Crowhurst hadmortgaged his houseand his future on thesuccess of the voyageand could not see analternative to continu-
ing. As the film makes clear, he soon sawthat he could not win. He rated hischances of survival if he took his boatinto the Southern Ocean, where roughseas and big waves are the norm, at nobetter than 50-50.
Crowhurst’s untenable financial situa-tion, coupled with his dwindlingchances in the leaky boat, combined topush him into a course of deception. Hebegan reporting false positions (in thedays before global positioning satellites,once a sailor went over the horizon, theevidence of his position, absent encoun-ters with another craft, was what hewrote in his log), all the while doodlingoff the coast of South America. Heplanned to let the other competitors passhim by, then limp back to England,where, as the last-place finisher, no onewould pay much attention to his falselogs.
Fate had other plans. One sailor, RobinKnox-Johnson, actually finished therace. Several of the others dropped outearly for one reason or another and threesailors, including Crowhurst, were still inthe race. Then a French sailor, Bernard
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Moitessier, suffered what amounted to anervous breakdown. He decided hecould not face the crowds waiting in Eng-land, reversed course and quit the race.He finally finished his voyage in Tahiti.
That left only Crowhurst and NigelTetley in contention. But then Tetley’sboat sank. Crowhurst’s logs, examinedafter his boat, the Teignmouth Electron,was found adrift July 10, reveal a man
drifting from desperation into madness.The last entry was July 1, 1968, afterwhich it is assumed that he jumped over-board and drowned.
So much for my dreams. I hope Iwouldn’t have gone off the rails in sucha spectacular fashion, but I couldn’t helpthinking, as I watched the doomedCrowhurst fumbling with his sails, thatmy chances of survival wouldn’t havebeen much better. Sometimes you needto be careful what you wish for.
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January, the Cass-Heartland chapter ofMothers Against Drunk Driving gavehim an achievement award for his effortsdetecting and apprehending impaireddrivers.
The next-highest number of arrests byan individual Shawnee officer was about20, said Sgt. Jim Baker, who leadsShawnee’s traffic unit. Baker said Mor-ton’s count was high for a patrol officer.
“He’s just good at detecting DUIs,”Baker said.
Morton, an 11-year Shawnee officerwho lives in Gardner with his wife andtwo children, prefers working theovernight shift, from 10:15 p.m. to 6:30a.m., especially on Friday and Saturdaynights. In between other calls, he keepshis eyes peeled for impaired drivers.
Some are flagrant. On New Year’s Eve, Morton had just
flipped off his emergency lights and waspulling away from a traffic stop onShawnee Mission Parkway when he sawa car coming toward him in the wronglane on a divided portion of the Parkway,near Woodland Drive.
Morton said his adrenaline kicked in.“You just want to get it stopped, what-
ever the reason may be,” Morton said.“Sure enough, she was intoxicated. Shehad no idea she was going the wrongway.”
Others are subtle.Morton said he makes it a policy not
to “sit on” bars. There are too manythings a defense attorney could argue(most notably, he said, that if the suspectwas noticeably intoxicated, the officershould have stopped him before he gotin the car).
Instead, he watches for traffic infrac-tions that could indicate a driver isimpaired.
“Most don’t like to travel the mainroad,” Morton said. “They know they’reintoxicated, they’re going to travel side
roads to avoid being caught by us. Oth-ers just think they’re OK to drive.”
Morton said the most common infrac-tions he sees are wide turns and crossingthe center line. He said he usually tails adriver long enough to count three or fourtouches on the dividing line beforepulling him over.
During a stop, Morton smells for alco-hol and looks for watery, bloodshot eyes,which trigger him to proceed with alpha-bet or counting tests and, possibly, a fieldsobriety test.
Morton said he’s methodical. He’smade a lot of DUI arrests, and he knowswhat it takes to get them to stand up incourt.
When it comes to defense attorneys,Morton said, “I try to beat them to thepunch.”
“To me, it’s a great compliment whenI go into these hearings and they say,‘Hey, I’ve got nothing to argue.’”
Morton said he tells designated driversthat he appreciates what they’re doing.When he confirms they’re sober, he said,he’s been known to let them off the hookfor whatever minor traffic infraction thatprompted the stop.
Nov. 5, 1988, a drunk driver caused awreck that killed one of Morton’s cousinsin the Missouri bootheel, where he wasraised.
Morton said he was about to turn 16,and his cousin was several years older.The culprit was a “career drunk,” Mortonsaid, so much so that his father wascaught smuggling alcohol to him evenafter he was imprisoned.
In the years since, Morton has seenhow his cousin’s death affected her fam-ily. It’s a big reason he’s carved out a nichemaking DUI arrests in his previous job,as an Army police officer at Fort Riley,and his current job, as a patrol officer inShawnee.
“Our main goal is making sure peopleare getting home safely and they’re nothurting themselves, or somebody else,”Morton said.
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“I am proud of both of these men,”Sheriff Frank Denning said in a newsrelease. “This program takes dedica-tion and fortitude to complete andboth represent the highest level ofprofessionalism and are a true asset tothe Johnson County Sheriff’s Officeand the community.”
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Ella Mae Scott is sure her modifiedrecipe for egg tacos tastes better thanany tortilla-wrapped breakfast itemMcDonald’s has to offer.
And when the food service managerat Broken Arrow Elementary tried it outon her students last October, the stu-dents agreed.
“They loved it. They were like, ‘Are wegoing to have this next year … are wegoing to have this all the time in placeof the burrito?’” Scott recalled, notingthe breakfast burrito that is normallyfeatured on Broken Arrow’s breakfastmenu. “I had a couple kids that didn’tcare for it, but I serve almost 100 kids forbreakfast, so 95 percent of them, theyloved it. And as a matter of fact, theywant to celebrate, too, so … they wantme to make it for them for breakfastagain one day.”
The breakfast celebration Scott isreferring to might happen in the nearfuture, as Scott’s recipe recently was fea-tured online in the January digital edi-tion of School Nutrition Magazine. Theflagship magazine for the School Nutri-tion Association is a national publica-tion covering topics and tips related toschool nutrition and reaching foodservice administrators nationwide.
Scott’s recipe is included as bonusWeb content along with a new feature,“Kitchen Wisdom Says … ” that debutedin the January edition. The regular fea-ture will highlight a recipe that has beenmodified and improved on by what themagazine calls “Kitchen Wisdom volun-teers.”
One of those volunteers turned out tobe Scott. In October the School Nutri-tion Administration reached out to dis-tricts across the country to develop andsubmit a modified recipe for whatwould be January’s highlighted food:breakfast tacos. Scott was one of threeShawnee Mission food service managersNancy Coughenour, the district’s foodservice director, asked to participate inthe challenge, each tasked with puttinga personal spin on the oldie but goodie.The fact that Scott’s recipe was ultimate-ly chosen, then, gives her both some dis-trict and national distinction.
But she said it wasn’t about making
the dish more complicated or changingthe basic components of scrambled eggsmixed with cheese — a simple but killercombination Scott said “you can nevergo wrong with.” Instead, she added avegetable blend of onions and bell pep-pers and created her own taco seasoningfrom items already stocked in the Bro-ken Arrow kitchen. Seasoning ingredi-ents like paprika, garlic powder, chilipowder and a touch of cumin giveScott’s tacos a flavor that doesn’t have“too much of a kick” but is mild enoughfor youths to enjoy, she said.
For the wrapping, she chose a flourtortilla over a crispy taco shell, sincethat was also already stocked in thekitchen. The idea, she said, was to be aseconomical as possible.
“There’s no sense in adding thingsthat we don’t carry already, to keep itcost-efficient,” Scott said.
And then there was the finishingtouch: “Got to have the chunky salsa.”
As a former food service manager forWild Oats Market in Mission, Scott saidshe has had lots of experience withmodifying recipes, converting conven-tional recipes into recipes using onlynatural ingredients. She also has anextensive background in cooking,which she said can be both a blessingand a curse.
“Because everybody wants you tocook something for them,” she saidwith a laugh. “They want you to cookall the time.”
Still, modifying egg tacos has fallenmore on the blessing side of the scale forScott, who says she hasn’t quiteprocessed her feelings about having herrecipe featured as part of a national pub-lication.
“I’m still at ‘Wow.’ Because I justthought, it didn’t occur to me that it wasnational,” Scott said. “I just thought Iwas modifying a recipe.”
Scott said her egg tacos were beingtested in other elementary kitchens inthe district but may soon become abreakfast menu item sanctioned byCoughenour and district nutritionist JillFunk, who both make final determina-tions on what is served for school break-fasts and lunches.
There would be a few hurdles to jumpthrough before that happens, though.Charlene Devault, the district’s area
supervisor in food service, said a lot ofnutritional factors, such as calories and
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Ella Mae Scott’s modified recipe for egg tacos combines homemade taco seasoning with eggs,cheese, a blend of vegetables and chunky salsa. Scott’s recipe has received some nationalattention since its January inclusion as bonus Web content along with a new recipe feature inSchool Nutrition Magazine.
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Modified egg taco recipereaches national audiencesodium content, would have to be takeninto account. And perhaps the biggesthurdle of all would be the court of pub-lic opinion at other district elementary
schools, Scott said. “Whatever we do ... when we sample
out anything, we always get the students,you know, their outlook on it, their opin-ion,” she said. “Because they’re the ones,you know, they have to eat it.”
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EXCELLENT EGG TACOSTaco seasoning:Makes ! cup• 2 1/4 teaspoons paprika• 1 teaspoon chili powder • 1 teaspoon salt• ! teaspoon black pepper• 1 " teaspoons garlic powder• " teaspoon cuminIn small bowl, blend all ingredients. Setaside.
Tacos:Makes 42 tacos• 6 pounds eggs, liquid• 1 pound cheddar cheese, shredded• About 1 " cups chopped vegetables— fresh onion, green and red peppers• 42 6-inch flour tortillas• 2.5 quarts salsa, thick and chunky
Heat the oven to 350 F.Beat eggs. In a spray-coated or but-
tered pan over medium heat, cook andscramble eggs in small batches untilfirm throughout, with no visible liquidegg remaining. Stir in taco seasoning,cheese and vegetable blend. Keepwarm.
Place tortillas on a lined sheet pan.For each serving, measure # cup of eggmixture onto one side of each tortilla,then fold the other side over it.
Bake 5 to 8 minutes, or until tacos areheated through.
Serve warm, with 2 ounces of salsaper serving.
(Recipe from American Egg Board,adapted by Ella Mae Scott, food servicemanager at Broken Arrow Elementary.)
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Students at Rhein Benninghoven Elementary for the first time took part in the national Junior FIRST Lego League challenge. With its theme of food safety as it relates to snacking, thechallenge tasked students with learning how to safely prepare snacks and then building a motorized Lego model, like this fruit smoothie-making machine, illustrating that snack preparation. Thestudents’ work culminated in an expo Wednesday, Jan. 25, at Benninghoven, and a Junior FIRST Lego League round up for Kansas City area schools Saturday at Piper High School.
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BrittneyDoyle (left),BenninghovenElementarysecond grader,and sister,Bethany Doyle,third grader,make finishingtouches totheir cookiemonster truckLego modelWednesday atthe JuniorFIRST LegoLeague expoat the school.
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Legos teach building blocks of safe snacking
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A group of Rhein Benninghoven Ele-mentary students now know the ins andouts of cookie baking safety.
Don’t leave the cookie dough out toolong because, as third-grader BethanyDoyle said, “in 20 minutes the bacteriadoubles in size.” And when the cookiesare ready to go in the oven, “make sureit’s at the right degree,” classmate JacobJohnson added.
“Third-graders are smart,” explainedDrew Martz, a second grader in thegroup. And inherent smarts may certain-ly be a part of it, but the students’ knowl-edge of food safety also comes from theirparticipation in the Junior FIRST LegoLeague. FIRST, or For Inspiration andRecognition of Science and Technology,is a national nonprofit organization thatoffers a competitive science and roboticsscholarship challenge for high schoolgrade levels every year. At the noncom-petitive junior level, however, studentsin kindergarten through third grade getto use Legos to demonstrate their knowl-edge of the given year’s theme.
This year’s theme was food safety, saidRebka Sakati, who coordinated the Jun-ior FIRST Lego League at Benninghoven.The 12-week program, during which stu-dents learned about safe practices in han-dling and preparing snacks, culminatedin a Junior FIRST Lego League round upfor participating schools in the KansasCity area Saturday at Piper High School.Prior to that, on Jan. 25, Benninghovenplayed host to an expo night, where 26students who participated in the chal-lenge got to show off their Lego modelsto parents and family members.
This was the first time Benninghovenstudents had taken part in the JuniorFIRST Lego League, Sakati said.
As part of the theme of food safety, thisyear students were given a “Snack AttackChallenge,” where teams of students hadto choose a snack to prepare, learn howto prepare it safely and then create amotorized Lego model that would illus-trate the snack-making process. Snackresearch included experiments and fieldtrips to food and beverage locations likeWhole Foods Market and the LouisburgCider Mill, Sakati said.
In addition to food safety, Sakati said amajor part of the challenge was for thestudents to learn the core values of theJunior FIRST Lego League program,which include teamwork and being ableto share the knowledge they’ve learnedwith others.
The students were divided into fiveteams for the project. Chosen snacksincluded ice cream with various top-pings, fruit smoothies and cookies in thecase of Drew and his teammates, whowith their Legos created a cookie mon-ster truck that raced over mountains ofcookies.
“We like them and ... they taste goodand it’s easy to clean the bacteria out ofthem,” Drew said of why his team chosecookies for their snack.
Taste and ease of preparation weren’tthe only motivations for snack choice,however.
“Because they’re yummy and nutri-tious and healthy and they’re made easyand we don’t have to wait too long,” saidsecond grader Mjerai Kim, whose teammade a fruit smoothie-making machinefrom its Legos.
The point of the challenge, Sakati said,was to inspire an interest in science earlyon in a way that is fun and engaging, justlike Legos.
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Sixth-graders in Andrea Kirkwood’sclass describe her as an expert at makingsure they don’t soon forget the lessonsshe’s teaching.
That’s because she makes those lessonsso much fun to learn, said Amy Kaba, asixth-grader at Nieman Elementary inShawnee.
During a socialstudies class lastweek, an example ofjust such a “fun les-son” was in fullswing. Kirkwood wasbringing to life theprocess of mummifi-cation in ancientEgypt by allowingher students to maketheir own mummiesout of plaster andgauze.
“We always doactivities to make itmore fun, youknow,” Amy said,adding that learninggames and contestsare regular features ofa school day in Kirk-wood’s class. “Shemakes sure that shekeeps it in our head… makes sure that wedon’t forget it. That’sthe reason why shedoes that.”
Kirkwood’s effortsaren’t going unno-ticed outside theclassroom, either.She is one of threearea teachers theKansas State Depart-ment of Educationawarded with 2012Kansas HorizonAwards. While presented to teachers intheir second years of teaching, the awardrecognizes teachers who performed “in away that distinguishes them as outstand-ing” in their first year of teaching, accord-ing to the education department’s web-site.
The award is presented to 32 teachersacross the state every year. Sara Gehrt,fifth-grade teacher at Clear Creek Elemen-tary, and Lindsay Hothan, family and con-sumer science teacher at De Soto High
School, also were selected to receive theaward, which will be presented to all thewinning teachers at the end of the month.
Kirkwood, who was notified lastmonth, said the award was validation ofthe work being done at Nieman Elemen-tary and not just by herself.
“It was an honor. I was very excitedabout it. It kind of made me feel like, OK,I accomplished something in my firstyear, which in and of itself is hard to getthrough. So it was very exciting,” Kirk-wood said. “I feel like I’ve been able toshare it with my colleagues, too. I’m notthe only one who works really hard here.Every other teacher works as hard as I do,if not harder.”
Kirkwood can pin down what led her tobecome a teacher to one incident thatoccurred while she was an interior designstudent at Kansas State University. She wasvolunteering as a teacher’s aide in an ele-mentary art class as community service forher sorority. One day, she said, a studentin the class became frustrated over some-thing really simple. His feelings snow-balled, Kirkwood recalled.
“I wanted to do something about that,so after that, I switched my major to edu-cation,” she said. “It really got to me. It justkind of all came together, and I realized Iwould be happier as a school teacher thandoing anything else.”
Kirkwood is both in her second year ofteaching and in her second year at Nie-man Elementary. She gives credit for a suc-cessful first year to supportive colleaguesand what she calls “a really great group ofkids” that make her want to stay put for along time to come.
“I can’t imagine working anywhereelse,” Kirkwood said.
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2012 Horizon Awardsgo to Nieman, De Soto
Andrea KirkwoodNieman teacher
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Joseph lands himself in hot water with Potiphar, played by SMN studentJeremy Muller. Potiphar’s wife (right) was played by SMN student AngelaLivingston.
Joseph’s new coat, which was a gift from his father, incites some jealousy from his 11 brothers.
Thinking he has hit rock bottom,Joseph contemplates life behind bars.But his gift of interpreting dreams soonbecomes his ticket out.
Shawnee Mission North took on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic, biblical musical, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” last weekend inthe SMN Theatre. The show featured performances from SMN students Joel Steelman (left), who played Joseph, and Jacob Decker, who played Joseph’slong-suffering father, Jacob. The musical also included a children’s ensemble featuring students from Bluejacket-Flint and Nieman elementary schools,among several others.
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“I knew I couldn’t have my own dogduring our two-year stay because Iwouldn’t be able to give it up nor put itthrough the pain of having to get quar-antined on our way back,” Seiler said ina news release about her business. “So Ithought, ‘What better way to get somecanine interaction and help their own-ers at the same time?’”
Seiler teamed with a dog-walkingbusiness in Melbourne and was soonwalking dogs three to four hours a daywhile their owners were at work. Shehas since moved to Shawnee and isoffering the service here.
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In response to client demand and newaccount growth, Shawnee’s AdaptiveSoftware is expanding its office space andadding headcount.
The software technology startuprecently added 1,000 square feet to itsexisting 2,000-square-foot facility at6450 Vista Drive. The expansion bringsan additional 10 jobs to the city over thenext three years, bringing its employ-ment to a total of 18.
Launched as a software provider to thepharmacy benefits management indus-try, Adaptive Software’s client base hasincreased along with the industry’s over-all growth. The industry has experiencedsignificant growth in recent years due tothe increased need for pharmaceuticalservices, an aging population in the Unit-ed States, regulatory requirements andchanges from the healthcare legislation.
“Our clients’ needs are diverse andconstantly changing. As our name indi-cates, our product can be adapted to theirchanging internal processes or require-ments. And it is that flexibility that hasdriven our growth,” president Joe Laynesaid.
Adaptive is also expanding rapidlyinto the business process managementmarket with its new product, Flowpoint.
Flowpoint aims to continuously improvethe routine internal processes for a vari-ety of different business types.
“It helps a business streamline whatthey are already doing and cut out wastethat can save time and capital,” vice pres-ident Keith Suter said.
With the expansion, Adaptive Soft-ware will be able to more quickly respondto client needs and expand customeraccounts. Construction is almost com-plete, and hiring is currently takingplace. The company is expected to hiresoftware engineers and sales representa-tives. For more information on jobopportunities, visit adaptivesoft-ware.com.
“Adaptive Software exemplifies thesmart, entrepreneurial companies thatmake up Shawnee. Their growth giveshope to the rest of our community andregion that the economic clouds are lift-ing and employment and spending arereturning,” said Pat Daniels, ShawneeEconomic Development Council chair-man.
Economic development council staffpartnered with the Kansas Departmentof Commerce and Point Commercial toassist Adaptive Software.
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Blend, baby, blend.If you’ve set dietary goals for yourself
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Karen Duggan, a certified nutritionconsultant, says smoothies are one of thefirst weapons for better dietary healththat she introduces to clients in andaround Lawrence. One Saturday amonth, she even serves up smoothies tocollege kids and community members atBaker University, where anyone cancome and eat brunch on Saturdays. She’sespecially fond of adding dark, leafygreens such as kale, spinach and chard tosmoothies with a fruit base.
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a smoothie enables you to get all the col-ors of the rainbow and eat your dark leafygreens. You get lots of good nutritionpretty economically without any preser-vatives and additives and chemicals andall that. And they don’t need sugareither.”
Duggan says this tactic is especiallyuseful with children. Add some darkberries, or some cocoa and your kidswon’t even know there’s spinach or kalein the smoothie.
But it works for adults, too. Her basic smoothie for both young
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“I work with a lot of young moms andthey’ll go, ‘My kids won’t eat anythinggreen.’ Well, throw in blueberries, andthen it turns it purple and then theywon’t know it’s green,” Duggan said.
“That three-ingredient one is where Iencourage people to start and that’s whatI use at the college campus. The frozenbanana gives it that thickness that peo-ple like in smoothies.”
Local Burger owner Hilary Brown saidingredients are everything when talkingsmoothies. Like Duggan, she likes themas pure as possible, avoiding adding any-thing too heavy. Unlike Duggan, sheprefers a base of nondairy milk to juice.From there, the sky’s the limit and theadditions are unending. She allows cus-tomers at Local Burger, 714 Vt., Lawrence,to add in supplements, includingcoconut oil (which has medium-chainfatty acids), omega-3 heavy chia or flaxseeds and even probiotics for gut health.
“We like coconut milk and rice milks— alternative milks — because of somany people who have issues withdairy,” Brown says. “And then sweeten-ers like maple syrup and honey and agaveand stevia. And then fresh fruits or realorganic cocoa. ... You can add anything.”
We’ve gathered a handful of smooth-ie recipes, so you can fire up your blenderwith an eye on health in 2012.
— Sarah Henning is The World Company’s foodreporter. She is based in Lawrence.
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SJA second at SMN Invite,place at Garden City event
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St. James Academy sophomore Jake Bade competes against Shawnee Mission North senior Quay Bunch in their 170-pound first-round bout atthe Shawnee Mission North Invitational on Saturday. St. James’ wrestling team finished second at SM North, while all three wrestlers who traveledto the Garden City Tournament placed at the event.
BY STEPHEN [email protected]
The St. James Academy wrestling teamhas some athletes wrestling above theirclasses, against older opponents and —in some cases — against each other.
That was largely the story of this week-end, when St. James Academy sent threewrestlers to the ultra-competitive GardenCity Tournament and 17 to the 25thannual Shawnee Mission North Invita-tional.
The Thunder finished second out of 10teams at SM North, finishing with 126points. Blue Valley North won the tour-nament with 165 points. Hosts SM Northfinished sixth with 69 points.
Meanwhile, in Garden City, all threeSt. James wrestlers placed in a tourna-ment that assistant coach Colin McKeecategorized as being tougher than state.Against some of the top wrestlers inKansas, Colorado, New Mexico andTexas, the Thunder’s three wrestlersplaced ahead of nine of the tournament’s28 teams.
“In several years this team is going tobe dominant in the area,” McKee said.
Trent Salsbury gave the Thunder theirbest finish in Garden City, finishingfourth at 170 pounds. In his first bout,Salsbury earned a 9-2 decision victory
against Scott City’s Manual Turner. Sals-bury lost a decision to Hays’ PrestonWeigel, but two straight victories pro-pelled him to the third-place match,where he dropped a 7-3 decision to ThadGallegos of Ponderosa, Colo.
Reese Cokelyplaced fifth at 106pounds after hedefeated DustinHayden of Roo-sevelt, Colo., for asecond time in thetournament’s fifth-place match. Cokelyalso picked up victo-ries against BradKadlubowski ofLewis-Palmer, Colo.,and Arkansas City’sLogan Terrill.
Zak Hensleyplaced sixth at 120
pounds, wrestling up from his usualweight of 113. Coach Mike Medina saidHensley wasn’t pleased with the finish,but Medina saw nothing to be ashamedof in his performance.
“The competition was very, verysolid,” Medina said. “He faced some ofthe toughest kids in and out of the stateand lost in double overtime to a kid whotook state last year. When he wrestles at
113 the rest of the year, he should do real-ly well and place high at state.”
Hensley pinned Jayce Nelson of SandCreek, Colo., in his first match and lost a6-0 decision to Garden City’s AnthonyCalderon. Hensley battled back to thefifth-place match by defeating Emporia’sIsaac Russel and Lewis-Palmer’s MikeMartling before losing in double-over-time to Great Bend’s Chris Burley. Fromthere, Hensley qualified for the fifth-place bout against Newton’s QuintonHarrison, where Hensley lost a 3-1 over-time decision.
YOUNG SQUAD SUCCESSFUL
Nine St. James wrestlers finished in thetop-five of their classes at SM North,including three first-place finishes.
Freshman David Feist placed first at220 pounds, running the table against aslate of more experienced opponents.Feist pinned Sumner’s Gabriel Medinaand Blue Valley North’s Ryan Carter inhis first two bouts. A 10-4 decision victo-ry against J.C. Harmon’s Darryl Williamsclinched the 220-pound championshipfor Feist, and McKee left the tournament
SEE TOURNEYS, PAGE 23
Reese CokelySJA 106-pounder
Tourneywin 10thin a rowfor MillValley girls
BY STEPHEN [email protected]
When the Mill Valley girls basketballteam fell to 0-3 after a one-point loss tostill-undefeated Bonner Springs inDecember, coach John McFall knew histeam still needed to find an identity.
Once you know what you’re all about,he told the Jaguars, then you can startbuilding on it. Careful review of the tapeof the first three losses ensured an iden-tity crisis no more.
“I told them weguard,” McFall said.“I know we guard. Iwatched it on tape.We’ve got good feedand we guard.”
Trouble was, theJaguars just weren’tshooting well,McFall said. Anoffensive dry spellkept the Jaguarsfrom crossing thatfinal hurdle in thosefirst three games.
For the time being, the drought is over.Mill Valley is the winner of 10 straight
now, coming off an El Dorado Tourna-ment championship over the weekendin which the Jaguars (10-3, 4-2 in theKaw Valley League) blew past its threeopponents in impressive fashion.
McFall was almost sure his team’s tour-nament championship was the school’sfirst such title, but he didn’t spend toomuch time sweating the details.
“I told the girls it doesn’t matter,” hesaid. “We won.”
The Jaguars had little trouble sweepingtheir tournament games, outscoringopponents 188-82.
The tournament capped a busy sevendays for the girls as the Jaguars defeatedShawnee Mission South last week, 54-41,in the first of what would be four gamesin five days. On Thursday, the Jaguarsdefeated Wichita West 77-25 behind 24points from Tanner Tripp, 12 from jun-ior Stephanie Lichtenaur and nine fromjunior McKenzie Koch. The Jaguarsjumped out to an early 31-7 lead in thegame, and Tripp scored 19 points in thefirst eight minutes.
McFall called the girls’ next opponent,Wichita East, a very athletic team thatpressed the Jaguars in a tough game. Still,Mill Valley held a 21-12 halftime advan-tage before sealing a 51-39 victory.
“The thing I know I’ll get from thesegirls night after night is that they guard,”McFall said.
StephanieLichtenaurMVHS junior
SEE JAGUARS, PAGE 21
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2/2 | THURSDAY• Mill Valley bowling vs. Atchison and De Soto,3:30 p.m., Ranch Bowl in Kansas City, Kan.
• St. James Academy bowling vs. SM East andOlathe Northwest, 3:30 p.m. at College Lanes• St. James Academy girls basketball at NotreDame de Sion (Kansas City, Mo.), 7 p.m.
2/3 | FRIDAY• SMSD district wrestling tournament, 3:30 p.m.,SM North High School• Sunflower League boys swimming and divingchampionship prelims, 5 p.m., Mission TrailMiddle School• Mill Valley girls and boys basketball at Lansing, 6p.m./7:30 p.m.
• Maranatha girls and boys basketball at St. Mary’sof Independence, 6:30 p.m.•SM Northwest girls and boys basketball at OlatheNorthwest, 5:30 p.m./7 p.m.• St. James Academy boys basketball at Rockhurst,7 p.m.
2/4 | SATURDAY• Sunflower League boys swimming and divingchampionships, 8:30 a.m., Mission Trail MiddleSchool• St. James Academy wrestling at Silver Lake HighSchool, 9 a.m.
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At the end of the first quarter, itlooked like the Mill Valley Jaguarsmight be able to hang with the Sun-flower League juggernaut OlatheNorthwest.
They were able to hold onto to a 15-14 lead entering the second quarter.The team had been able to maneuversome of the Ravens premier playersoutside their comfort zones and hitperimeter shots of their own.
“We came out and executed thegame plan in the first quarter,” MillValley coach Justin Bogart said.“They’ve got some good shooters sowe didn’t think we could sit in zoneall night. We tried to mix it up and getthem out of rhythm, and we did a lit-tle bit.”
Then everything changed in thesecond quarter.
Olathe Northwest’s two stars, sen-iors Willie Cauley and Shavon Shieldsturned it up a notch and blastedMVHS with a 22-0 run to open thequarter.
After that run it was clear that theRavens had taken control of the gameand ended up winning easily, 71-36.
Bogart’s explanation for the secondquarter: four of his team’s first fivepossessions were thrown out ofbounds.
The Jaguars couldn’t even move theball up the court, which caused themto lose their focus for the rest of thequarter
“You could see our guys get a littletentative,” Bogart said. “Their lengthbothered us obviously. We talkedabout that at halftime. You can’t sitback and let them dictate what theywant to do. We’ve got to go attack itand we got away from that.”
One of the players Bogart referredto was Olathe Northwest’s 6-foot-11center Cauley.
At the 2:46 mark of the third quar-ter, Cauley swatted a shot attempt byStaton Rebeck on a direct line into theJaguars student section.
“He changes your shot angle,” Bog-art said. “He changes your vision. Thebasket gets a lot smaller when he’sstanding in front of it.”
Cauley finished the game 18points, including three thunderousdunks in the third quarter.
Mill Valley junior forward NathanStacy had the assignment of guardingCauley for most of the night. At 6-foot-3, there was a disparity, to say theleast.
“That was hard because if he caughtit in the post, it’s really hard to stophim,” Stacy said. “He had a good turn-around shot.”
Stacy also scored 13 points in thegame.
Cauley is considered one of theleading prospects in the country. He’sthe No. 39 player according torivals.com and recently signed his let-
ter of intent to play at Kentucky nextseason.
Olathe Northwest’s Shields will beplaying basketball at Nebraska, wherehis father, former Kansas City Chiefsguard Will Shields, played collegefootball.
Shields was almost as much of aconcern as Cauley because of his abil-ity to play all five positions on thecourt.
“He’s a nightmare matchup,” Bog-art said. “We knew that coming inbecause he was going to handle thebasketball. He does a really nice job ofplanning wherever they need himto.”
Shields finished with 15 points.Olathe Northwest junior Trey Baleswas deadly from three-point rangeand finished with 15 points.
In the second half, the Jaguars con-tinued to show heart, but were unableto over come the insurmountabledeficit they created.
Still, the team was happy with itseffort regardless of the final score.
“It’s always good to go against thebest because you see what you’remade of,” Stacy said. “We gave effortthe whole night, which I thought wasa big plus for us.”
Mill Valley returned to Kaw ValleyLeague play at Turner on Tuesday.Results were not available at presstime.
Bogart said he hoped the recentstretch of difficult non-leaguematchups will have the Jaguars betterprepared for the stretch run of the sea-son.
“Our guys have been very focusedto start the games,” Bogart said. “Wearen’t going to back down from any-body. It all comes back to effort andI’m proud of them for that.”
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Junior Nathan Stacy scored 13 pointsagainst Olathe Northwest Friday in MillValley’s 71-36 defeat.
Mill Valley boysreturn to KVL playafter difficult stretch BY STEPHEN MONTEMAYOR
Though they finished third inLawrence on Thursday, the Mill Valleyboys and girls bowling teams continuedtheir inaugural season’s upward trend,each bowling their highest score yet.
The boys finished behind Topeka Sea-man and Lansing with 2,307 total pinswhile the girls fin-ished behind Tope-ka Seaman andLawrence High with2,017 total pins.
“It just tells methat they’re concen-trating on what(assistant coachRick Pollard) and Icontinue to tellthem,” coach AdamWessel said. “We tell them to not focuson the competition but to focus onthemselves.”
The results, Wessel said, also tell himhis team is simply continuing to get bet-ter.
Senior Ryan Hannah put together hismost complete series of the year, finish-ing with 636 total pins. Up to this point,Wessel said, Hannah has had to work onhis consistency in putting together threeconsecutive quality games each meet.
For the girls, Cassie Widmer bowled a591-pin series that was capped by a 210-pin final game.
“Both performances up to this pointwere high series of the season,” Wesselsaid.
Wessel said he is happy with eachteam’s progress up to this point, but stillsees a lot of room for improvement.
“We’re still trying to get some kidsmore consistent,”he said. “They’llbowl one greatgame and then fallway off.”
The two teamsmeet De Soto andAtchison at at 3p.m. Thursday atRanch Bowl inKansas City, Kan.
Wessel calledMill Valley’s remaining slate “stacked” astwo trips to Topeka remain before theregional tournament — also held inTopeka — on Feb. 24.
Still, Wessel will be happy if he cancontinue to see his bowlers scoresimprove and see just how far that takesthe Jaguars.
“I’m not too worried about what otherteams are doing and where we’re at com-pared to them,” he said. “I’m concernedmore with us and just getting better.
“I’m not too worried about whatother teams are doing and wherewe’re at compared to them. I’mconcerned more with us and just
getting better.”Adam Wessel
MVHS bowling coach
MVHS bowlers notchhighest scores of yearat Lawrence meet
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BY STEPHEN [email protected]
The Shawnee Mission Northwestswimming and diving team expects toqualify two more teams for state compe-tition during Friday’s Sunflower Leaguechampionship meet.
Coach Matt Wolfe called this season arebuilding year, but said he has still seensome bright spots emerge.
The boys’ 400-yard freestyle team is0:01.00 away from qualifying for stateand its 200-yard freestyle relay is 0:01.5away as well.
Senior diver Connor Stephens quali-fied for state earlier this year, winning ahandful of meets.
Wolfe said, however, that he still does-n’t have enough swimmers to field largeteams at area meets.
Still, he said, he might have swimmersfinish first or second at any given com-petition. Take, for example, senior
Timmy Li, who finished first in the 200-yard individual medley against ShawneeMission North and Shawnee MissionWest on Jan. 19.
Junior Max Oberbroekling and seniorJake Gipple finished first and second,respectively, in the 200-yard individualmedley that day.
Wolfe said seniors Jonathan Plaggeand Jonathan Volker have also swamstrong for the Cougars this year.
It’s still tough for Wolfe to gauge whatthe program’s next crop of swimmers willbe like, he said.
At this point, he’s still trying to getmore students already in the building totry out.
“You don’t have to be Michael Phelps,”he said. “We can help you get better.”
The Sunflower League meet will be at5 p.m. Friday and at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.on Saturday at Mission Trail MiddleSchool, 1001 North Persimmon Dr.,Olathe.
BY STEPHEN [email protected]
It might not show up anywhere on thestat sheet, but the Shawnee MissionNorthwest home crowd took notice ofJackson Foth’s firstdunk of the seasonin a 54-47 victoryagainst ShawneeMission North Fri-day.
“It helped ener-gize the game late,”coach Mike Rosesaid. “We needed aspark.”
Foth was happy tooblige. The seniorfinished the gamewith his second-biggest offensive outputof the season, scoring 21 points for theCougars.
Junior guard Luke Fields added 16points and came up big down the stretch,knocking down 5-of-7 field goal attemptslate in the game.
Rose said offense has been a strugglefor the Cougars (5-8, 2-6 in the SunflowerLeague) this year — SM Northwestentered the game scoring 50 points-per-game while giving up 53 points-per-game.
Another area in need of improvementwas rebounding, and Foth’s 10 boards
gave Rose something else to feel opti-mistic about.
Rose also singled out senior guardChase Rader for his consistent play. Hesaid Rader might not record a lot of stats,but can be counted on to not turn theball over, to grab a few rebound and getyou a few buckets when you need it.
“He’s a solid kid night in and nightout,” Rose said. “You won’t hear hisname a lot but he’s valuable.”
After the game SM Northwest and SMNorth (4-8, 2-6) tied for ninth in the Sun-flower League.
The Cougars began a tough two-gamestretch against two of the team’s bestteams — 9-3 Olathe East and 12-1 OlatheNorthwest — on Tuesday at homeagainst East. Results were not available atpress time.
SM Northwest will play at OlatheNorthwest at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Rose said the Cougars will need to findsuccess shooting from the perimeter asOlathe East and Olathe Northwest fieldsome of the biggest players SM North-west will see all year. Olathe East suits upthree 6-foot-7 athletes and a 6-foot-6player.
Olathe Northwest senior center WillieCauley is among the Kansas City metroarea’s tallest tasks to contend with at 6-foot-11, 225 pounds.
“If we try to get in the paint,” Rosesaid, “it’s going to be an adventure.”
Mike RoseSMNW boys coach
SM Northwest boysrally past rivals Friday
SUNFLOWER LEAGUE MEET FRIDAY AND SATURDAYThe 2012 Sunflower League boys swim-ming and diving championships willtake place Friday and Saturday atMission Trail Middle School, 1001 NorthPersimmon Dr., Olathe.
SM Northwest will compete against SMNorth, SM East, SM South, SM West,Olathe East, Olathe North, OlatheNorthwest, Olathe South, Lawrence,
Lawrence Free State and Leavenworth.The league championships swim prelimsbegin at 5 p.m. on FridaySwimming and diving championshipswill begin at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, withthe finals to occur around 1 p.m.
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But McFall’s known that all year.They can shoot now, too.
Against Wichita East, Lichtenaurled all scorers with 27 points off 9-of-11 shooting and 6-of-6 from the foulline. Tripp added 15 points. McFallsaid his team shot 51 percent in thefirst round, 50 percent in the nextand 46 percent in the third.
The championship game would bethe Jaguars’ most convincing win ofthe season, 60-18 against defending4A state champions Wichita Colle-giate. A fast start propelled theJaguars to a 21-5 lead less than sixminutes in. Mill Valley held a 46-16lead heading into the fourth quarter.
In the team’s most lopsided victo-ry, it was actually at its most statisti-cally balanced. Tripp finished with17 points, Lichtenaur added 16, andjunior MacKenzie Conklin scoredeight.
“I’m pleased,” McFall said. “Wewon 10 in a row, several in convinc-ing fashion. There’s no way they’reever going to fold up.”
Lichtenaur was awarded the tour-nament’s most valuable player. She,Tripp and Brooklyn Sloop werenamed to the all-tournament team. “(Sloop) had a nice tournament,”McFall said. “Not a lot of stats, justhard work, defensive boards and justvery, very solid for us.”
Lichtenaur’s 10-of-11 from thefree-throw line earned her the topfree-throw shooter award, and Con-klin was named to the tournament’s“all-hustle” team.
McFall said he gave the team Mon-day off so “they could go home whilethe sun is still up” for a change.
Mill Valley will begin a three-gameroad stretch against league oppo-nents at 6 p.m. Friday against 1-9Lansing. On Tuesday, the Jaguarstravel to 8-4 Tonganoxie, followed by12-0 Bonner Springs three days later.
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Maranatha Academy senior guard Zech Johnson drives up court Thursday against McLouth.Johnson scored seven points in the Eagles’ 45-44 loss.
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Not again, senior forward RobbyThomas thought.
“We didn’t want a repeat,” he said.“We lost the lead last time and we did-n’t want to lose it again.”
Maranatha Academy (4-7) had thisone in the bag on Thursday at home.The team was up 12-8 after eight min-utes and 22-13 at halftime. And whileThomas’ game was limited because of awrist injury, he was still a force in thepaint, scoring 12 points, grabbingdefensive rebounds and swatting shots.
For three quarters, Maranatha lookedpoised to take the rematch, but againforced itself to play from behind late inthe game en route to a 45-44 defeat.
Just days after losing in overtime atMcLouth, the Eagles opened up an early7-0 lead, forcing the Bulldogs (9-4) intoan early timeout.
“I told you they came to play!”McLouth coach Jason Schroeder said,his face red and his hands smackingtogether. “Nobody likes to lose twotimes in a row!”
Indeed, Maranatha did not and itlooked like it would not — thoughMcLouth sophomore forward NickMcAferty drained two threes just beforethe end of the first quarter to cut thegame much closer than its first sevenminutes suggested.
After Saturday’s loss, Maranathacoach Tavis Hackathorn said hethought his team allowed too manyopen threes. It edged McLouth 5-4 inmade three-pointers, but still allowedthe Bulldogs multiple opportunities forattempts beyond the arc.
A 6-0 run by McLouth to start thefourth quarter pulled it within one at31-29, before taking the lead shortlythereafter. Maranatha junior guardLuke Holland brought the Eagles backwith an and-one opportunity with 52seconds left.
When Maranatha regained posses-
sion, a Holland three-pointer tied thegame at 41-41, making a secondstraight overtime a distinct possibility.
But Maranatha would foul McLouthsenior forward Gavin Swearingen, whowas 5-of-8 from the foul line, and he’dpush McLouth out front for good.
“This was good because now weknow what we need to work on,”Thomas said. “Our biggest problem isthat when we kind of had the gameunder control and at our pace the firstthree quarters, we then played fasterand out of control.”
In the locker room after the game,Hackathorn told his team that they’vebeen in this position before now; thatthey’ve had a chance to put together awin, but couldn’t, and that their strug-gle was a mental one.
Maranatha returns to play at 7:30p.m. on Monday against West Platte inthe first of three games next week, twoof which are league games.
Hackathorn smiled as he returnedfrom the locker room. He was confidentthat the pressure scenarios at the end ofthe game — though not ultimately tri-umphant — helped build a confidenceunattainable during midweek practice.
Although the Eagles lost, they stillbeat the buzzer. Hackathorn called atimeout with 1.7 seconds left, downfour and time enough for only onemore shot.
Holland swished a three-pointerfrom well beyond the arc for the game’sfinal score.
GIRLS LOOK TO REBOUND
The Maranatha girls basketball team(3-9, 3-1) lost its seventh straight withSaturday’s 58-29 loss to Oskaloosa.The girls returned to play againstSherwood at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.Results weren’t available at press time.Visit shawneedispatch.com for more.
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BY RYAN MCCARTHYCONTRIBUTING WRITER
A trip to the Chanute Tournament lastweekend continued the Mill Valleywrestling team’s march toward the post-season.
Mill Valley finished in fourth place onSaturday, in one of the more difficulttournaments in Southeast Kansas.
Mill Valley’s senior Zach Callahan (28-4) continued his stellar season with fourwins en route to the 285-pound title.
Callahan defeated Pittsburgh’s BrocBennett 2-1 in overtime to claim the vic-tory. Bennett had previously defeatedCallahan at the Derby Tournament onJan. 7.
Callahan has been a dominantwrestler for the Jaguars all season andlooks to be the favorite for the Kaw Val-ley League title at his weight.
“He’s good for our program because hecomes to practice everyday, he workshard, listens and he’s a good role modelfor the younger kids,” coach Travis Kealsaid. “It makes it easier when you’ve gotgood seniors like that.”
Sophomore Tyler Dickman main-tained his stable year at 128 pounds withthree wins and a first-place finish in hisbracket.
Dickman defeated Joe Umscheid ofAndover Central 1-0 in the champi-onship bout.
Dickman extended his record to 25-9on the season.
“Him getting a tournament win foryesterday was big,” Keal said. “It’s a stepcloser to postseason.”
Another top performer for the Jaguarswas sophomore Jake Ellis (27-9) whomustered four wins and a third-place fin-ish at 138 pounds.
His final victory of the day cameagainst Parsons’ Dalton Murdock by a 5-0 decision.
The other top finisher for the Jaguarson the day was sophomore Jake Graemke(6-6) who finished third at 182 pounds.
Having all these sophomores improv-ing has been beneficial for Mill Valley’soverall team effort.
“You want kids to step up, but anytimethey’re young like that it’s good for thefuture,” Keal said.
As Mill Valley moves closer toward thepostseason it hopes it can continue toimprove before the most importantmatches of the year.
“Winning a Kaw Valley League cham-pionship would be nice, but it’s practicefor regionals,” Keal said. “That’s the wayI look at it.”
Next on the agenda for the Jaguars is atri-tournament at 5 p.m. on Wednesday,Feb. 1 against Ottawa and Basehor-Lin-wood at Mill Valley.
MILL VALLEY EDGES PAST BLUEVALLEY NORTH ON TIE-BREAKER
Mill Valley’s wrestling team defeatedBlue Valley North on a tie-breaker during
their duals meet on Wednesday, Jan. 25.The final score was 36-36 between thetwo teams.
Devin Ellison earned a pin in his 160-pound bout. It was Ellison’s first matchof the season coming back from aninjury.
Other wrestlers that pinned theiropponents included: Jake Ellis (138pounds), and Graemke (182 pounds).
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Mill Valley 145-pounder Christian Servicewent 2-2 during Saturday’s ChanuteTournament.
Mill Valley wrestlers finish fourthat weekend Chanute Tournament
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Five seconds remained and Basehor-Linwood knew what it needed to do:Foul.
It didn’t have time to sweat a chargecalled against Colin Murphy that manyin attendance thought to be question-able. All that was left after Lansing sen-ior Izaiah Grice’s second three-pointer inunder a minute was to pick up a quickfoul and pray.
So when Lansing sophomore KhalilBailey took the inbounds pass, ColinMurphy and Tanner Garver swarmedhim, Garver grappling with his arm.Only no whistle followed, Bailey passedback to junior Clay Young, who passedto junior Lucas Mein as time expired.
Lansing 59, Basehor-Linwood 58.
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The Braves (12-0) stayed perfect on theyear after they defeated Spring Hill (9-4)48-40 on Saturday.
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When top area prep basketball teamslike Leavenworth are shooting well,they’re hard to stop. Give them homecourt advantage, and it’s like trying tostop a steamroller with a paperclip.
The St. James Academy boys basket-ball team found out just what that’s likeFriday when a hot-shooting Leaven-worth Pioneer squad overpowered theThunder, 81-51, at Leavenworth HighSchool Gymnasium.
“They got on us pretty good,” coachMark Huppe said. “We felt we had a real-ly good game plan against (Preston) Pad-gett and (Grant) Greenberg going in, butthey got on a good run. Their success ofoffense got us out of our defensive gameplan, and we tried to catch up too quick-ly and rushed some things.”
The Thunder (7-7) came out with goodenergy, Huppe said, and kept the sixth-ranked Class 6A Pioneers within five at13-8 after one quarter.
However, the Leavenworth guards letloose with a barrage of three-pointers inthe second quarter and pushed theirhalftime advantage to 15 at 33-18.
The third quarter was a repeat of thesecond, so that by the time the St. Jamesoffense found its most success — in thefourth quarter — the game’s result wasno longer in doubt.
“I’d like to say that we gave them a lotof their points,” Huppe said, “but in allhonesty they simply outplayed us, andI’d like to give them all the credit. There’sa reason Leavenworth is 11-2.”
Despite giving up a combined 42points to Greenberg and Padgett, therewere moments of success for the Thun-der.
Senior forward Clint McCullough hadanother standout game with 28 points,leading all scorers, while junior guard
Tom Huppe added 13. Despite the lopsided loss, Coach
Huppe assured his team there were posi-tives to be taken from the experience.
“This game is going to make usstronger in February,” Huppe said. “Weneed to learn lessons of poise and com-posure. I liked our energy and enthusi-asm early, but we need to put four quar-ters together.”
The Leavenworth game marked thestart of four games in eight days for theThunder. St. James returned to play onTuesday at University Academy Charterin Kansas City, Mo. University AcademyCharter is led by Martez Harris, who wasscoring 33.5 points per game headinginto the contest. Results were not avail-able at press time.
St. James next plays host to St. Pius Xat 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, before goingback on the road against Huppe’s almamater, Rockhurst High School, at 7 p.m.on Friday.
“This is a big week for us,” Huppe said.“We had a good practice Saturday morn-ing that got us back on track, and we’llhave another good one on Monday.”
excited about the Thunder’s prospects inthe heavier weight classes for the nextseveral years.
“For a kid this young to come walkingthrough the door and win says some-thing,” McKee said.
Ben VanLerberg placed first at 138pounds after a decision victory againstWichita North’s Alex Whitworth. Fresh-man Matt Pratt finished first at 145pounds, pinning Blue Valley’s FosterHartman and St. Joseph Central’s DerekStrader, each under a minute.
Second-place finishes belonged to152-pounder Logan Fortney and heavy-weight Darin Feist, David’s older brother.
Feist and fellow St. James heavyweightChris Gomez wrestled against one anoth-er in each athlete’s first bout, with Feistpinning Gomez at 3:10. Gomez went onto place fourth after two straight victoriesearned him a spot in the third-placebout.
At 182 pounds, a pair of Thunderwrestlers also competed against eachother, this time in the weight class’sthird-place match. Andy Muehlbergerpinned Keith Winger at 5:47 to seal a 3-4 finish for St. James.
Andrew Tujague, ranked fifth in thestate at 126 pounds, injured his hand inthe tournament en route to a fourth-place finish. While he might not have
been pleased with the result, Tujaguereceived from McKee the same messagethe rest of the team was presented at thetournament’s onset.
“We tell them we’d rather you try newmoves and try things out and learn thanto stay concerned squeaking out a win,”McKee said.
Medina traveled to Garden City withthe three Thunder wrestlers who com-peted in the tournament while McKeeand several other assistants took the restof the squad to SM North.
Medina said exposing his wrestlers toa wide range of high-level competitionwill have them better prepared for theenvironments that will be found at theregional and state tournaments. Further-more, he said he tells his wrestlers tofocus on qualifying for state and not getlost in poring over stats.
“Only one person’s ever gone unde-feated at St. James,” Medina said. “That’snever been our goal. Our only goal is togo 4-0 in one tournament, and that’sstate.”
The first state trophy in program his-tory is a possibility this year, Medina said.McKee added that sending two sopho-mores and a freshman to one of theregion’s top tournaments says some-thing about what the future may hold forSt. James.
“It’s going to be scary how good we canbecome,” McKee said.
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GIRLS DROP TO 5-8The girls basketball team lost toTopeka Hayden, 43-28, on Monday.The Thunder will be back in action onthe road against Notre Dame de Sionin Kansas City, Mo., at 7 p.m.Thursday.
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Jake Wittman, a junior guard for St. James Academy, pulled in three rebounds in the Thunder’s81-51 loss to Leavenworth on Friday.
St. James boys willhave several chancesto rebound from loss
Tourneys have St. Jamesprepared for state’s best
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