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POSTPark City
By Taylor Messick
The Park City council unani-mously approved a preliminary design and engineering contract with Professional Engineering Consultants for improvements to 77th Street North. This project is in conjunction with the City
of Valley Center and is await-ing approval from Valley Center council.
Valley Center and Park City submitted an economic develop-ment program application to the Kansas Department of Transpor-tation for the reconstruction of Ford Street North (77th) from
the bridge over the Wichita-Val-ley Center Floodway to I-135.
Valley Center’s goals are to address the failing pavement and narrow road conditions along Ford Street and to align the off-set intersection at Seneca. Park City’s goals are to reconstruct the 77th Street North and Broad-
way intersection with a safer, more efficient roundabout design and to make improvement to the road surface east of Broadway.
The acceptance of the ap-plication means KDOT will provide 70 percent of construc-tion costs. Sedgwick County agreed to cover all engineering
and inspection costs, which is about $507,000. The county may provide additional funding if it is available.
The total cost of engineering and design is $354,400 and Park City’s is $107,740. Valley Center council will vote on the item Oct. 6.
Park City hires firm for 77th Street
By Taylor Messick
The Park City council voted 7-1 on Sept. 8 to hire Confluence of Kansas City to assist the city in developing a conceptual master plan for a new downtown district. The unbudgeted expense comes at an amount not to exceed $6,000.
The city bought 48.05 acres of land adjacent to the administration center earlier this year. The goal is to develop a detailed report that can be used to send out with requests for proposals.
“It would have city and citizen input on the vision, goals and plan-ning,” said City Administrator Sean Fox. “The project would then also include the development of a vision for enhancing the 61st Street corridor to create a traffic entrance experience coming into the community.”
Council member Melvin Kerr voted
City to developplan for downtown
By Chris Strunk
It’s been a good year for Steve Fowler’s honey bees.
Producing 60 pounds of honey per hive, Fowler bottled over 600 pounds this week.
“Last year it was 30 (pounds per hive),” he said. “We had good weather this year. We had the right rains.”
But it’s a far cry from what it used to be.
Fowler, who lives between Park City and Valley Center, is in the early stages of taking over his father’s 50-year-old but dwin-dling honey business, and he’s hoping to grow it as he eyes his own retirement.
“Dad is 83 years old,” Fowler said. “He has slowed down, and I want to continue the Fowler brand. When I retire in three years from Spirit, I want to do the bees.”
Fowler can’t help it. He grew up with the flying insects.
“Once it gets into your blood, it’s kind of like farming or fish-ing or whatever,” he said. “Bees
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Area resident wants to rebuild what his father started in 1970
By Chris Strunk
Enrollment in Valley Center public schools took a dip this year for the first time since 2011.
The numbers didn’t surprise district officials, however.
“This is very common in all schools in Kansas right now,” Superintendent Cory Gibson said during a school board meeting Sept. 14.
Gibson said the coronavirus pan-demic and the resulting economic turmoil has led to job losses, families moving and families choosing to ho-meschool.
“Some are taking a wait-and-see ap-proach for the first couple of weeks,” Gibson said.
Overall, headcount is down 90 students, from 3,139 last year to 3,049 this year.
Studentnumberstake rare tumble
Business isn’t exactly buzzing like it used to
See HONEY, Page 6 See SCHOOL, Page 6
See PLAN, Page 6
TOP: Steve Fowler opens one of the hives he’s growing at his house southeast of Valley Center.ABOVE: Fowler’s operation has 30 active hives.LEFT: Fowler shows one of the bottles of honey he filled this week and will sell at Leeker’s in Park City.
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The planned truck stop at the north-west corner of 85th North and I-135 has many in the area understandably concerned. Still, the project does seem to be in line with the type of growth Park City has seen in recent years, especially along the highway.
Residents from Saddlebrook and Bear Hill have valid concerns about the proposed location of this truck stop — pollution, property values and even the potential for human trafficking. The residents who have spoken out are admirably protecting their families and properties from the potentially negative effects of a truck stop.
We don’t think anyone would prefer to live next door to a truck stop. On the other hand, it’s necessary to be realistic about where we live. Much of the surrounding area has been unde-veloped farm land for years. Local neighbors admit they didn’t expect it to remain that way forever. This planned truck stop sits on a piece of property that is right next to I-135. It is one of the state’s two primary high-ways.
Some say they would be fine with other kinds of development in the area. Restaurants and hotels are certainly possible with the potential for some niche retail stores. But truck stops also seem to be inevitable in locations like these.
City officials have a tough deci-sion to make regarding the truck stop. There is certainly a large enough movement that the city can’t ignore residents’ concerns. The property will need to be rezoned in order for the truck stop to happen and the planning commission will look at a number of factors, including the ones raised by residents, when making its recommen-dation.
But where does the city go from here? Even if the truck stop gets approved for this location, residents seem to be nearing their capacity for stomaching any more warehouse-re-lated development. There is a fine line when telling someone what they can and can’t do with property they own without a good reason. But some seem to be getting anxious about whether their city will have any room left for other types of development by the time the city’s little corridor becomes desirable for them.
— The Park City Post
Right to voicefeelings on station
A ran across a couple of odd criminal investigations from the Kansas U.S. Attor-ney’s Office last week.
First, a wastewater treat-ment operator at the Wamego wastewater facility was indicted on federal charges of violating the Clean Water Act.
U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister announced the indictment.
David Schleif, 47, of Belvue, was charged with discharging untreated or inadequately treated sewage from the treatment facility into the Kansas River. The crime is alleged to have oc-curred between May 2017 and August 2019.
The man also was charged with 19 counts of including falsified data in discharge monitoring reports. The re-ports showed lower levels of biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids and E. coli than indicated by actual tests results.
Dang. I couldn’t believe what I was reading. Weird and completely gross at the same time.
If convicted, the man could face a penalty of up to three years in federal prison on the discharge count and
up to two years and a fine up to $10,000 on each of the other counts.
In separate case, a Kan-sas man was sentenced to two years of probation for importing and selling misbranded pharmaceutical-grade erectile dysfunc-tion drugs from China and marketing them as herbal remedies for men.
Rick Shepard, 60, Over-land Park, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to import misbranded drugs. In his plea, he admitted he was doing business as Epic Prod-ucts when he sold a product called Euphoric to adult nov-elty stores in multiple states.
He marketed Euphoric as “all natural herbal supple-ments for male enhance-ment.” In fact, the product contained prescription drugs Tadalafil and Sildenafil, the active ingredients in Viagra and Cialis. Shepard pur-
chased the drugs from a sup-plier in China. He repack-aged the capsules, applied his own labels and distribut-ed them to stores in Kansas, Missouri and Colorado.
Better check your medi-cine cabinets.
“American consumers are put at serious risk when they are unknowingly exposed to undeclared active phar-maceutical ingredients in products falsely labeled as natural dietary supplements,” said Special Agent in Charge Charles L. Grinstead, FDA Office of Criminal Investi-gations Kansas City Field Office. “FDA remains com-mitted to pursuing those who endanger the U.S. public health by importing and distributing fraudulent and potentially dangerous products.”
†††Speaking of weird, the
Valley Center High School football team traveled to Baldwin City to play a football game against a team from Missouri.
On the eve of the game, I reached out to Scott L’Ecuyer to find out whether Valley Center found a team to play after Coffeyville can-celled sports because some
students were quarantined.L’Ecuyer said they were
giving a last-grasp effort to schedule an out-of-state team since they couldn’t get one from Kansas.
Two hours later, L’Ecuyer messaged back and said that thanks to athletic direc-tor Chris Asmussen, Valley Center secured a neutral site game at Baker University against Pleasant Hill, Mo.
No spectators, smaller rosters, but they were going to play.
Well, it turned out well for Valley Center as the Hornets picked up their first win of the season. It’s impressive, too, since Valley Center coaches had zero chance to scout and prepare for their opponent. They basically had to focus on what the Hornets do well, get better in areas they lack and try to control the game.
They did just that.But what an odd roller-
coaster ride for the Hornets. It’s 2020. I guess we can’t expect anything else.
Chris Strunk is publisher of The Ark Valley News. Reach him at 755-0821 or [email protected], or find him on Facebook.
Criminals do darnedest thingsOut ofthe officeBy Chris Strunk
the vehicle.For questions, call the
Pride Building at 744-8685 and leave an evening call-back number for a return call.
— The Post staff
Candidateforum set
A candidate forum for Kansas House Districts 85 and 89 elections will be 7 p.m. Oct. 10 at Church of the Resurrection, 4910 N. Woodlawn in Bel Aire.
The community is wel-
come to bring questions.District 85 candidates
are Republican Patrick Penn and Democrat Marcey Gregory.
District 89 candidates are Republican Robert Her-rick Jr. and Democrat KC Ohaebosim.
— The Post staff
Vehicle left in pond
A driver was cited for leaving his vehicle sub-merged in water.
On Aug. 25, Bel Aire
officers were dispatched to a call of a truck partially submerged in a pond in the 6900 block of East 45th. Officers found a brown pickup in the water. The truck’s cab was just above the water line.
There were no driver or passengers on scene when the officers arrived. Fire personnel said a man came to the scene and picked up a younger man and left.
The Sedgwick County Fire Department scuba divers searched the pond for any possible victims and found none.
The following day, the driver of the truck came to the Bel Aire Police Depart-ment with his father. He was cited for leaving the scene of a traffic crash and failing to report the crash. There was approximately $8,000 to $9,000 dam-age done to a culvert. The man’s insurance company will be contacted to pay for the repairs to the city property.
— The Post staff
Wrong-way driver arrested
The driver of a vehicle traveling in the wrong lanes of two highways avoided a crash but was arrested on a charge of DUI.
On Aug. 31, a Bel Aire police officer saw a white 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe turn from Webb Road onto the eastbound lanes of K-254 driving west. The officer
activated his vehicle’s emergency lights and siren to warn other traffic and attempt to stop the vehicle while remaining in the proper lanes.
The vehicle continued in the wrong lanes through a work zone in Kechi. The vehicle exited onto I-135 and continued northbound. The driver caused multiple vehicles to leave the road to avoid collisions, police said.
The vehicle eventually stopped without incident, property damage or per-sonal injury at mile marker 15.6 of I-135 (about 7300 N. I-135) in Park City. Thomas A. McNerney of Wichita was arrested on a charge of DUI.
— The Post staff
Police findtheft suspect
A Bel Aire police of-ficer attempting to help a stranded motorist ended up finding a suspect in a pos-sible string of thefts.
On Aug. 31, the officer stopped to assist a motorist in a red Chevrolet truck that was parked on the side of the road without its hazard lights activated in the 3800 block of North Oliver.
The occupant of the truck said a fuel can spilled in the bed of the truck. The 911 dispatcher told the offi-cer that the license plate on the truck was reported sto-len through Wichita. During the investigation, the officer discovered the truck was
stolen from Wichita. The truck was full of
luggage, clothes, wiring and tools. The owner of the truck responded to the scene and towed the truck away.
Several debit cards and two driver’s licenses that didn’t belong to the suspect were also found in a purse in the vehicle.
The investigation is ongoing.
— The Post staff
Woman falls for DEA scam
A Bel Aire woman fell for a costly DEA scam.
On Sept. 10, a woman from the 5100 block of North Cambridge reported a man who claimed he worked for the Drug En-forcement Agency called her and told her somebody had her Social Security number. The fake agent said that he needed $1,000 in gift cards from Dollar General to fix the issue.
The woman went to Dollar General and bought the gift cards. She then scratched off the numbers and texted the fake agent the pictures of the numbers. She also gave the fake agent the last four num-bers of her Social Security number.
Police gave the woman some advice on working with her bank and credit companies to lock down access to her accounts.
— The Post staff
OCTOBER 2020 • PARK CITY POST PAGE 3
Two Park City students completed degree require-ments during the summer 2020 semester at Wichita State University.
Heidi E. Owens earned a Master of Education in counseling, and Gregory A. Schuknecht earned a Master of Physician Assistant.
Testing Oct. 14 in Park City
The Sedgwick County Health Department will provide free COVID-19 tests with its mobile testing lab in Park City Oct. 14.
The lab will be in the former Atwoods parking lot at 6253 N. Broadway from 8:30 to 1130 a.m.
Appointments are not required. This is a socially distanced walk-up mobile testing site. Preference for testing will be for those who are symptomatic, had contacts with known posi-tive COVID-19 infections, first responders, health care workers (including home health and long-term care), law enforcement, detention facility workers, direct-sup-port professionals, workers in residential group living facilities or people working in-person classrooms.
— The Post staff
Pantry has new guidelines
The Park City Pride Food Pantry’s income guidelines have increased.
The new income guide-lines were effective Sept. 1. They are $1,500 for one person; $2,000 for two; $2,500 for three; $3,000 for four; $3,500 for five; and $4,100 for six. For each additional people, add $510 per month.
Days and time of distribution have not changed. They are the third Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Due to COVID-19, the pantry is al-lowing one family member at a time in the building and the food will be loaded in
HIGHLIGHTS
Park City presented assistant public works director Zach Day and public works director Eric Miner with the Mini-Master of Public Adminis-tration certificates they earned at the Hugo Wall School of Public Affairs at Wichita State Univer-sity on Sept. 8. Dan and Miner learned about a wide variety of topics relevant to local govern-ment, and they were able to provide some of their own knowledge about public works to their classmates and teachers.
Courtesy photo
By Taylor Messick
A project to improve 61st North from Broad-way west to the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway in Park City is moving forward and getting more expensive.
The Park City coun-cil unanimously voted on Sept. 8 to hire Land
Acquisitions Inc. to assist the city in right-of-way acquisition. The contract was approved at an amount not to exceed $39,850.
WSP Engineering completed the design of the project in July. The consultant was originally hired in November 2018. Since that time, the proj-
ect cost has ballooned from $2.4 million to $4.1 million.
Utility relocation for the project will be necessary and there are 15 rights-of-way the city needs to acquire, which will require some negotiations with current property owners. Some will be permanent and
others will be temporary.Land Acquisitions
Inc. will help the city negotiate reimburse-ments to the owners for those right-of-ways. The process will also help determine how the temporary easements will be restored following the completion of the proj-ect. Construction bidding is expected to start in February 2021.
In other business, the council:
•Presented Mini MPA awards to Eric Miner and Zach Day.
•Clarified and unanimously voted in favor of an item re-garding employee compensa-tion.
•Unanimously agreed to waive a letter of credit for a property north of the Winkley/Matz project.
•Unanimously agreed to sell land to KDOT for the Wichita North Junction project.
•Approved a confluence scope of services and fee sum-mary to assist in developing a conceptual master plan for a new downtown district with a 7-1 vote.
Cost of road project jumps
CYNTHIA BIRDCynthia Dean “Cindy”
Bird, 62, of Park City, died Sept. 4, 2020.
She was born Feb. 27, 1948, in Lawton, Okla. She worked in the medical field, first as an EMT and later with
several different doctors. She was preceded in
death by her son, James M. “Jimmy” Bowers; brother Tony Sly, maternal and paternal grandparents, and several aunts and uncles. Survivors include her parents, Mike and Trudy Sly, of Bel Aire; brothers Michael (Christina) Sly of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Dave (Jamie) Sly of Edmond, Okla.; sister Laura Mewes of Park City; aunts Bet-tye Russell of Lawton and Kathy (Gary) Palmer of Silver Lake, N.H.; uncle Merrill (Audrey) Kenyon of Los Alamos, N.M.; many nieces, nephews, cousins and several lifelong friends.
A private family memo-rial has been held. Baker Funeral Home of Valley Center had charge.
DARLA COOKDarla E. (Baker) Cook,
58, of Park City, died Sept. 17, 2020.
She was born in Newton to James R. and Janice C. (Wilson) Baker. She lived much of her life in New-ton and Wichita, and
was a graduate of Wichita Heights High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Friends University. A natural born saleswoman, she sold a wide range of products and services, often earning awards for top sales.
She was preceded in death by her father, brother Darren J. Baker and neph-ew Jesse Moody. Survivors include her son, James (Sara) Cook; grandson Blake Cook; mother sister Debi (Kenny) Baker-Gil-pin; lifelong friend Paulie Friend; her aunt Marilyn George; and seven nieces and nephews.
Services were Sept. 24 at Valley Center Chris-tian Church. Memorials with the Wichita Cancer Foundation and Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Hillside, Wichita KS 67202. Baker Funeral
Home of Valley Center had charge.
THEODORA HOMMERTZHEIMTheodora “Teddi” Ann
Hommertzheim, 86, died Sept. 16, 2020.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul J. Hommertzheim; and par-ents Susanna and Theodore Jackson. Survivors include
daugh-ters Susan (Mel-vin) Cruz of Park City and Paula (Javier) Soto of Valley
Center; and grandchildren Angela Brooks, Nikki Lar-son, Cisco Soto, Pili Cruz, Elena Soto and Julianna Soto.
Funeral Mass was Sept. 21 at the Church of the Res-urrection Catholic Church. Memorials with the Church of the Resurrection, 4910 N Woodlawn St., Bel Aire KS 67226 and The National Kidney Foundation, 30 E. 33rd St., New York NY, 10016. Downing & Lahey Mortuary East Chapel had charge.
ADELINE KIHLEAdeline Josephine
Kihle, 89, of Wichita, died Sept. 15, 2020.
She was born April 12, 1931, in Mc Gregor, N.D., to William and Mary Roloff. She graduat-ed from high school
in McGregor and at-tended business school in Minot, N.D.. In 1954, she married Duane Kihle at Zion Lutheran Church in McGregor. She worked at the bank in Tioga, N.D. The family moved to Wichita in 1991. She was a member of Pathway Church
Survivors include children Ronald (Laurie) of Park City, William (Sondi) of Goddard and Joanne (Paul) of Wichita; grand-children Tyler (Etheta) of Wichita, Kari (Justin) of Frisco, Texas, Sandra (Mat-thew) of Olathe, Andrew of Lenexa, Rachel (Marty) of Thornton, Colo., Nicho-las of Wichita and Daniel (Hannah) of Wichita; and great-grandchildren.
Cook
DEATHS
Kihle
Sept. 6 — Park City Officer Joseph Gosch and Sedgwick County sheriff responded to the area of Broadway and 125th North for a welfare check. A man was trying to fix his truck in the road and waving people down with a flashlight. Officers did not find anyone matching the description.
Sept. 8 — Park City Officer Joseph Gosch spoke on the phone with a person who reported a large skunk was in his backyard in the 2500 block of East Wind-song Court. The resident was told that neither police nor code en-forcement dealt with wild animals and he would need to contact a private company.
Sept. 10 — Park City Offi-cer Jordan Whitfield responded
to vandalism in the 500 block of East 63rd North. Someone drove a vehicle through the call-ing party’s rock bed.
Sept. 19 — Park City Cpl. Tracey Prideaux and Officer Jor-dan Whitfield responded to the 1300 block of East Evanston where a person was reportedly high on drugs and passed out in the driveway. Officers spoke with the person who was just taking a nap.
BEST OF THE BLOTTERHighlights from Park City police
reports during the past month
Hommertzheim
Bird
Calvary TempleLocated at 6227 Long-
mont Drive in Park City, Calvary Temple Assembly of God is a full gospel, Bible believing church serving the Park City and Wichita areas.
Sunday worship is at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Search the Word is at 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
Pastor Bobby Darnell can be reached at 316-323-2512.
Christ Lutheran-ELCAChrist Lutheran is
located at 53rd North and Hillside, across from Wichita Heights High School.
Each Sunday we have two worship services. The 9 a.m. service is a contem-porary service. The 10:30 a.m. virtual online service is more traditional.
As always, everyone is welcome at the Lord’s Table in our worship services.
For more information about the church and its activities, find us online at www.christ-lutheran.org, on Facebook, or call us at 744-1242.
Chad Langdon is the pastor.
Church at Park CityThe Church at Park
City meets at the Park City Library, 2107 E. 61st North.
Worship times are 7 p.m. Friday, and Sunday at 9 a.m. (homeless) and 11. Professionally staffed child care and children’s ministries are provided, as is a mother/baby room.
Small groups and events take place each week.
Celebrate Recovery is for anyone with a hurt, habit or a hang-up. If you need to talk with someone about any of these issues, call David Smith at 841-0777.
Pastor Ben Walker can be reached at 303-4958. Associate pastor Adan Grimaldo can be reached at 880-5192.
The church is on Fa-cebook (www.facebook.com/TheChurchAtParkCi-ty), Twitter @Church parkcity and online at www.churchatparkcity.com.
Church of Jesus Christ, Zion’s Outpost Branch
Located at 6300 N. Tarrytown in Park City. We can be reached at 744-1020 or through our website at https://zion-soutpost.org
We have prayer ser-vice at 9 a.m. on the first and third Sundays. All other Sundays we have family worship at 9:30 a.m.
Church school classes begin each Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
Preaching services begin at 11 a.m. each Sunday.
We partake of the Lord’s Supper at 11 a.m. the first Sunday and at 5 p.m. the third Sunday.
Prayer meetings are at 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays.
Church of the Resurrection
The Church of the Resurrection (Roman Catholic) is located at 4910 N. Woodlawn in Bel Aire.
Masses for the Lord’s day are 5:30 p.m. Satur-day and 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sunday. Weekday masses are at 8 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Resurrection Catholic School has students from preschool through eighth grade.
The parish/school website is www.resurrec-tion wichita.com. Phone number is 744-2776.
The Rev. Michael J. Schemm is the pastor.
Gospel Assembly Located at 4230
N. Oliver in Bel Aire, service times are 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday.
Prayer service is 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Praise and worship is at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Youth activities are the first Saturday evening of each month.
Phone number is 744-1502. The Rev. Gary D. Green is the pastor.
Greenwich United Methodist
Greenwich UMC at 5500 N. Greenwich Road is one mile south of K-254 and five miles north of 21st North.
Sunday worship is at 9
a.m. with Life Studies for all ages from 10 to 10:30.
Pastor Paula Scott is available each Wednes-day for prayer and fel-lowship.
United Methodist Women meet at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month and host a church brunch quarterly.
Special events are announced on the church sign, via Facebook and by mail. Please call to be added to our mailing list or email us at [email protected].
Greenwich UMC missions support large charities like Open Door, Grace Med or Youthville, as well as small charities like Flint Hills Thera-peutic Riding Center and Wichita Children’s Home.
Like us on Facebook at Wichita Greenwich United Methodist Church. Call us at 744-0203.
Jubilee Presbyterian Located at 9740 N.
Oliver, north of Park City and Kechi. Sunday includes prayer meeting at 10 a.m. and family-integrated worship at 11.
We eat together at 6 p.m. Wednesdays, fol-lowed by a time of relax-ing or learning.
Pastor Tom Penning is at 613-1327.
We are online at www.jubileepresbyteri-anchurch .org.
Kechi United Methodist Located at 4533 E.
61st North in Kechi. Sunday worship is at 9:03 a.m. (contemporary) and 11 (traditional), with Sunday school at 10.
Bingo is at 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month.
Women’s Circles meet at 9:30 a.m. the third Wednesday, and at 7 p.m. the third Thursday, of each month.
Men’s Bible study is at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays.
Pastor is Michelle
Gowin. Find us at www.KechiUMC.org and “Like” us on Facebook. Church phone number is 744-1221.
New Anthem Community
New Anthem Commu-nity Church meets at 9 and 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 425 E. 61st North, Park City, 67219.
Website is www.ne-wan themchurch.com and email is info@newanthem church.com. Phone num-ber is 260-5048.
Orchard CommunityLocated at 6556 N.
Randall Drive, Park City. Worship service is at
10:30 a.m. Sundays.Orchard offers various
small groups that meet throughout the week. Go to our website at www.orchardccwichita.org for days, time and child care availability or to contact one of the group leaders.
We also have a youth group that meets most Sundays at 1:30 p.m.
You can reach pas-tor Ben Crow either at 712-4872 or via email at [email protected].
Park City Baptist Park City Baptist
Church is located at 1301 E. 61st North in Park City.
Pastors Charles Peters, Ron Rhodes and Brian Arnold lead our services.
Service times are 10 a.m. for Sunday school, 11 for worship service and 5 p.m. for Sunday evening.
Wednesday night prayer and Bible study is at 6. Middle school and high school youth also meet at 6 p.m. for Bible study and activities.
For more information call 744-1152 or like us on Facebook.
Park City Church of the Nazarene
Located at 2100 E. 61st North, Park City, across from the library.
Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m., with worship and children’s church at 10:45.
Wednesday evening is a light meal at 6:30 p.m. and Bible study at 7.
Check out our “Bless-ing Box” where a few food items wait for those in need. Feel free to add to the box with nonper-ishable food items. Call 744-0000 if you want to be a huge blessing.
Riverview Baptist Located at 844 W.
53rd North, the church office is at 838-4861.
Sunday’s schedule has Bible study at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 10:45, and evening worship at 6.
Adult Bible study and prayer and youth group (grades nine through 12), along with Awana Club and youth group, meet at 7 p.m. Wednes-days.
Call the church office for more info.
Saint Michael’s Western Orthodox Christian
Saint Michael’s Or-thodox Christian Church is at 2710 E. 61st North, Park City.
It is a congregation of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America.
Worship with us Sunday Adult Class at 9 a.m., morning prayer at 9:45 a.m. and Holy Eucharist at 10 a.m., and Wednesday Holy Eucha-rist at 6 p.m.
Saturday Vespers are at 4:30 p.m.
Men’s Bible study
group meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Monday.
Women’s Bible study group meets at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Friday.
Wednesday service is at 6 p.m.
The Very Rev. Dr. John Flora is arch-priest and pastor. The Rev. Deacon Basil Anderson is assistant. Frank Tritschler is head chanter. Readers are James Finneran and Mo-ses Rothenberger. Mrs. Sally Buxon is organist.
For more informa-tion call 734-6248 or go online www.saintmi-chaelorthodoxchurch.com. Email inquiries to [email protected].
Wichita Heights Baptist
Located at 6400 N. Hydraulic in Park City.
Call us at 744-0823 or email us at [email protected].
Services include Sun-day school at 10 a.m., and worship at 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Wednesday worship service is at 7 p.m.
Wichita Three Angels Seventh-day Adventist
The church is located at 4558 N. Hydraulic, Wichita KS 67219.
Birger Draget is pas-tor. Sabbath school is at 9:30 a.m. with worship service at 11.
For more informa-tion, go online at www.godscloset.com or on Facebook (Gods Closet — Wichita). For God’s Closet, call 778-0474.
Send your church’s upcoming events and service times to [email protected] or call 755-0821.
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For the first time since February, guitars were hooked up to amps, drumsticks were twirled and dancing with a cold one in hand took place at Hartman Arena. The weather cooperated for the Park City Sunset Concert Sept. 18. Nearly 1,000 music lovers social distanced their way through three and a half hours of hits performed by local cover bands.
Llew and Val Brown opened the show after a
welcome from KEYN’s Jack Oliver. British invasion cover band, Across the Pond, was up next. The featured band of the night was one of Wichita favorites, Annie Up.
Guests were asked to social distance and wear masks when not in their seats. The vast majority complied.
“This event was a huge success for all parties in-volved,” said Ben Bolander, executive director of Hartman Arena. “As band availability and weather permits, we want to bring another round of lo-
cal stars out for a parking lot concert.”
While Hartman Arena doesn’t have the usual full fall schedule, there is activity. There are three dates in Octo-ber when Legacy Fighting Al-liance, an MMA promotional broadcast, will film their fight nights to an empty Hartman Arena. Upcoming events open to the public are The Chish-olm Trail Gun Show (Oct. 10 and 11) and Vintage Inspired Prospectors Market (Nov. 13 through 15).
Music returns to Park City’s Hartman
Annie Up performs at Hartman Arena Sept. 18.Courtesy photo
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THE PARK CITY REPORTCITY OF PARK CITY COUNCIL MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
Special meeting Aug. 25, 2020:
• Approved the proposal with the amendment to the $10,000 hiring incentive for certified officers, the first $5,000 paid upon completion of FTO and the final $5,000 payment after the completion of probation, and direct staff to look into the budgetary impact of including existing employees on the proposed highlights: 1% hiring incen-tive for college degrees, and 2% hiring incentive for military experience
Regular meeting Aug. 25, 2020:
• Approved Consent Agenda: Minutes of August 11, 2020 Regular Meeting, Appropriations 943-2020 with Ad-dendums, July Monthly Financials, Approved Extension of Special Use Permit (SU 2019-02) for Kwik Shop• Approved the reappointment of Kyle Lang to the Stormwater Management Advisory Board, with a term ending in August 2022. • Approved Charter Ordinance #C41-2020 exempting the City of Park City, Kansas from the provisions of K.S.A. 75-1120a and any amendments thereto relating to the use of generally accepted accounting principles.• Approved the change of zoning dis-
trict classification from SF-20 Single-Family Residential District to the I-1 Light Industrial District for property located at the north end of 53rd Street North and east of Hydraulic Avenue subject to the following conditions:
1. The subject property shall be platted prior to obtaining building permits.
2. The City shall withhold the pub-lishing of the zoning ordinance until the plat is recorded.
3. The applicants shall plat a 100-foot building setback along the north, east and south property lines, and a 200-foot building setback along Hy-draulic Avenue.
4. The applicants shall plat a 50-foot reserve along the north, east and south property lines to protect the existing tree row as a landscape buffer.
5. The existing tree rows along the north, east and south property lines shall be maintained in a manner sufficient to provide screening for all residentially zoned properties adjacent to the site. In the event these tree rows no longer provide adequate screening, the subject property shall be required to install a combination of deciduous and evergreen landscaping equivalent of one tree per 20 feet.
6. All exterior lighting sources
East of I-135 Tuesdays — Oct. 6, 20
West of I-135 Wednesdays —Oct. 7, 21
(Recyclables at the curb by 6 a.m.)
East of Hydraulic/South of 53rd Thursdays —Oct. 8, 22
GET YOUR RECYCLING CART — CALL CITY HALL TODAY!
RECYCLING DAYS OCTOBER 2020
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CommoditiesOct. 30
9 to 10:30 a.m.Leeker’s Family Foods
6223 N. BroadwayCommodities are
distributed to qualified individuals and families.
COMMUNITY CALENDARSC = Senior Center / CB = Comm. Bldg. / CAC = City Ad-ministration Center / PCL = Park City Library / PB = Pride Building
Oct. 1, 6:30 p.m. — Court, CACOct. 3, 8 a.m. — Brush & limb cleanup, Hap McLean ParkOct. 8, 1 p.m. — Court trials, CACOct. 8, 6:30 p.m. — Court, CACOct. 8, 7 p.m. — Library Board, PCLOct. 10, 9 a.m. — Pride meet-ing, PBOct. 13, 7 p.m. — Council meeting, CACOct. 15, 6:30 p.m. — Court,
CAC Oct. 17, 9 a.m. — City Shred Day, CAC parking lotOct. 17, 9:30 a.m. — PRIDE Food Pantry, PBOct. 19, 7 p.m. — Planning Commission, CACOct. 22, 1 p.m. — Court trials, CACOct. 22, 6:30 p.m. — Court, CACOct. 24, 4 p.m. — Fall Festival, Hap McLean ParkOct. 27, 7 p.m. — Council meeting, CACOct. 30, 9 a.m. — Commodi-ties, Leeker’s
shall employ cut-off luminaries to min-imize light trespass and glare and shall be shielded to direct light disbursement in a downward direction. The site shall share similar or consistent parking lot lighting elements (i.e., fixtures, poles, and lamps, and etc.), and shall limit the height of light poles to 20 feet, includ-ing the base, within 200 feet of abut-ting residential-zoned property, and 28 feet, including the base, on the remain-der of the tract.
Regular meeting Sept. 8, 2020:
• Approved Consent Agenda: Appro-priations 944-2020 with Addendums, Authorize the Mayor to sign Subre-cipient Grant Agreement for Cares Act Funding, Approve Expenditures of Transient Guest Tax as Recommended by the Convention and Tourism Board: (1) Wichita Toy Run, $2,888.21: (2) Sponsorship of 81 Speedway Park City Presents The United States Racing Association Modified Spooktacular, $10,000; (3) Hartman Arena, LFA-MMA, $15,000 to be paid out of the 2020 Budget.
• Approved a three percent raise for all employees beginning September 1, 2020• Approved to waive the letter of credit for Winkley/Matz• Approved and authorized the Mayor to execute required documents to com-plete the sale/transfer to the Kansas Department of Transportation for a portion of Primrose Park property for right of way for the value of $5,420.• Approved the Confluence Scope of Services and Fee Summary and autho-rize the Mayor to execute a contract in an amount not to exceed $6,000 to be paid out of proceeds from the sale of Primrose Park right of way to offset the majority with the remaining amount from the General Fund-Parks Depart-ment.• Approved the LAI Scope of Services and Fee Summary and authorize the Mayor to execute a contract in the amount not to exceed $39,850.00 to be paid out of the Capital Project Fund.
Questions: cityclerk@parkcity ks.gov.
The Park City Pride Food Pantry monthly food distribution is on the third Saturday of the month. If you are in need of food as-sistance, you may come to the Park City Pride Build-ing from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 17.
Pride members have prepared a packet of in-formation with guidelines and requirements. Proof of income and residency is required. If you would like more information, please contact Park City Pride at 744-8685.
PRIDE Food Pantry
Fall Festival at Hap McLean ParkOctober 24
Family Fun Events — 4 to 7 p.m.Pumpkin Carving Contest — Drop off at 2 p.m.
Pumpkin Poker Run — 2 to 4 p.m.
Come out on Oct. 24 and celebrate at Fall Fest! The event will look a little different this year as the Community Relations Board has planned the activities with social distancing in mind.
Calling all creative carvers! Drop your carved pumpkin off at the park at 2 p.m. to participate in the Pumpkin Carving Contest. Plan on staying awhile because there will be fun, food, music and activities such as pony rides and pumpkin painting at McLean Park from 4 to 7 p.m.
Be sure to wear your costume because you could win a prize! The Costume Contest will be at 4:30 p.m. with prizes awarded in the follow-ing age groups: 0 to 5 years, 6 to 12 years, 13 to 17 years, and 18 years of age and above.
Check out this year’s new event — the Pumpkin Poker Run! This event is from 2 to 4 p.m. Collect all the cards and the best hand wins. Start at the City Administration Center to collect your first card and get a clue to where you will find the next card. You will be directed to area businesses to pick up clues and cards. Your final card will be at McLean Park. Prizes will be awarded in the following age groups: 0 to 5 years, 6 to 12 years, 13 to 17 years, and 18 years of age and above.
COVID-19 Mobile Testing
Sedgwick County will be providing free Covid-19 testing via their mobile testing lab
Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 1130 a.m.6235 N. Broadway (former Atwood’s parking lot)
Appointments are not required. This is a socially distanced walk up mo-bile testing site. Preference for testing will be for those who are symp-tomatic, contacts know positive COVID-19 infections, first responders, healthcare workers (including home health and long term care), law enforcement, detention facility workers, direct support professionals, if they work in residential group living facilities, or people working in an in-person classroom.
Park City LibraryBook Discussion Groups
Novels @ Night“The Hiding Place”
by C.J. TurnerThursday, Oct. 20, 7 p.m.
Love books? Read this book and come join in on the discussion. The library has copies of the book available for you to read prior to the meet-ings. If you would like more information, call the library at 744-6318.
Your Vote CountsPresidential and General ElectionPark City Administration Center
1941 E. 61st North
Advance Voting Center Dates: Tuesday, Oct. 27, through Saturday, Oct. 31
Advance Voting Times: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
General Election VotingNov. 3 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
BRusH and liMb clEaNuP day
Saturday, Oct. 3 / 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. West End of McLean Park
(6801 N. Hydraulic) Brush & tree limbs ONLYProof of residency required
dOcuMENT SHREddiNG
Oct. 17 / 9 a.m. to noonCity Hall Parking Lot (1941 E. 61st North)
By the file, by the box, by the bag! Bring your old files, canceled checks, etc. Paperclips and
staples are OK. No binder clips.Provided by Waste Connections and the
City of Park CityProof of residency required
Park City Turns 40 Get Your T-Shirt
Park City will be 40 years old on Nov. 26! The Community Relations Board has designed an anniversary T-shirt as a fun way to celebrate this milestone. You can purchase one for $15 at the following locations:
• Auntie C’s Restaurant, 425 E. 61st North• Leeker’s Family Foods, 6223 N. Broadway• Sewing and Embroidery Works, 1509 E.
61st North
are in my blood and I just can’t let them go.”
Fowler’s father, James Fowler, started the business in 1970.
With hives across the region, Fowler bottled the honey in his garage in Park City. After 10 years, the business outgrew the fam-ily’s home, so Fowler built a barn in the 700 block of West 69th North.
At the height of the busi-
ness in 1986, Fowler had 1,100 hives.
In the old days, the Fowlers sold their J.E. Fowler & Sons honey in Leeker’s, Dillons and health food stores across the Wichita area for several years.
But the number of retail locations has shrunk and so did the number of hives.
“We sell a case a week to Leeker’s,” Steve Fowler said. “… Right now, all we got it in is Leeker’s.”
The business has 30 active hives, but is start-
ing new ones as it expands sales.
“I’m going to go back and get that,” Steve Fowler said of the retail locations. “It’s just a matter of build-ing it back up.”
Fowler said he hopes to have 200 active hives again.
“I want to get enough to where I can supply all my stores,” he said. “That’s what my goal is.”
That and to have a retire-ment hobby.
“You’ve got to have something to do,” Fowler said.
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By Taylor Messick
Park City’s assistant public works director, Zach Day, presented three different approaches to address the city’s street repair needs next year.
The city used drone footage to help grade its streets across the city ear-lier this year, which will help public works keep track of which ones are most in need of repairs. The capital outlay fund for
special streets and high-ways in the 2021 budget is $250,000.
The first option given was to complete two high priority projects: rebuild and rehab Frontenac from Gary to Tarrytown and Fairchild from Kerman to Grove with a 10-inch cement slurry road base stabilization. The total cost is $183,575.
The second option was to complete one large repair and two smaller
projects: two-inch mill and overlay on Fairchild from Grove to Hillside, scrub seal Ravena through the park and chip seal East and West Parkview from 61st North to Kingman. The total cost is $160,636.
The third option was unanimously approved by council. The plan is to select the maximum number of small projects and make an impact across the city. Staff identified 18 repair projects within all
four council wards of the city that need attention. Repairs include scrub, chip or slurry seal repairs. The total cost is $188,355.
Day said the public works department will handle as much of the work as possible. The crack-sealing machine the city agreed to purchase July 14 for $46,987 ar-rived on Sept. 21.
Most of the council agreed that they liked the third option because
it gets a little bit done in areas throughout the city as opposed to spending the entire budget on a couple of projects. The only con-cerns raised were by coun-cil members John Leh-nherr and Ben Sauceda. Lehnherr was concerned about pushing Fairchild off and Sauceda said he thinks Hap McLean Park should remain a top prior-ity.
City Administrator Sean Fox said all of the projects
offered in all three options were identified as some of the top needs in the city during the street study. He said the third option might be best because it will allow the city to tackle several smaller projects and that more funding for the bigger projects could be available next year.
In all three options, the remaining funds are dedi-cated to sidewalk projects related to the city’s con-nectivity plan.
Council gives staff direction for 2021 street repairs
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Valley CenterChristian Church
1801 E. Fifth, Valley Center
755-1233Sunday— 9 a.m. Sunday School
10:15 a.m. Worship Service
Bus service provided; please call church office.
Wednesday— 7 p.m. Youth & Adult Studies
Grace Connections Church
(American Baptist)300 N. Ash, 755-1855
Valley CenterPastor: Doug Wedan
SundayMorning Worship 9:30 a.m.
Adults Bible Studies 10:45 a.m.Nursery providedWednesday Family Dinner 6 p.m.
Children & youth classes 6:30 p.m.Nursery provided
By Taylor Messick
The Bel Aire City Council unanimously approved repairs to 53rd Street North on Sept. 15. The work, between Oliver and Woodlawn, will im-prove the road for exist-ing residences and new housing additions that are beginning construction.
City engineer Anne Ste-phens said the road is an ongoing problem for the city. Until the city is ready for a $1 million replace-ment, temporary fixes like
this will be necessary. “With all the traffic
travelling up and down that road under normal op-erations, and now adding additional for the develop-ment of Bristol Hollows, we’ve got areas that really need to be repaired,” said Stephens. “We’re doing our best to maintain this road to the best of our ability. It really, really, re-ally needs to be replaced.”
Council member Jeff Elshoff said he drove the road this week and noticed how much damage could
potentially be done to a vehicle by potholes and other deficiencies. He said he knows that 53rd is a high-priority project for the city in the com-ing years. He agreed that the city needs to keep the road repaired and in safe condition until the city can afford a replacement project.
The council selected a bid from PPJ Construc-tion at a cost of $29,800. Another business declined to bid on the project.
Council member Joel
Schroeder called the situ-ation frustrating and said the city obviously knows the road needs to be re-placed, but they are stuck sinking money into repairs at the moment. Council member John Welch asked about the possibility of charging some of the cost to the new developers. Stephens said most of the damage was done before their arrival and she would not recommend it.
Stephens said the city only knows two enti-ties that will perform
satisfactory large repairs like the ones needed on 53rd Street. The council selected a bid from PPJ Construction at a cost of $29,800. Another busi-ness declined to bid on the project.
In other business, the coun-cil:
•Approved the agenda, con-sent agenda and appropriations ordinance 20-17 in the amount of $200,069.01.
•Was presented a $1,000 donation from Betty Martine on behalf of the Senior Club.
•Unanimously approved a development agreement with David Key & Assigns.
•Unanimously approved a sub-recipient grant agreement with Sedgwick County to re-imburse expenditures incurred during COVID-19.
•Unanimously approved statements of final costs for a number of projects, the setting of hearing dates, authorization of publication and approval of initial assessment rolls.
•Confirmed Jeff Elshoff as council president for the re-mainder of the year with a 3-0-1 vote.
Executive sessions of 15 and 5 minutes were taken for con-sultation with the attorney for proposed contract negotiations. Council member Diane Wynn was absent.
Bel Aire sinks more money into 53rd
If the numbers hold, enrollment will still be the second highest in Valley Center’s history. Last year set the record.
The concern for Valley Center is state funding for 2021-22, which is based on enrollment this school year.
While all elementary schools took a hit, the high school grew by 44 students (905 to 949)
with a larger senior class (234) and a freshman class that nearly reached 300 (298). The middle school slipped from 774 to 762.
Kindergarten enroll-ment at each of the elementaries went down.
The grade levels to see increases were third grade at West, second
at Wheatland, fourth grade at the intermedi-ate school, eighth grade at the middle school and ninth, 10th and 12th at the high school.
The enrollment figures also included The Learn-ing Center and virtual program, which saw an overall drop of 23 stu-dents.
against the project. He said the city should fin-ish other projects before starting another.
“It seems like we’ve got a lot of other proj-ects started already,” said Kerr. “Jardine Park and 61st Street … can we kind of finish some-thing up first before we get something like this started?”
Fox said those other projects are now moving along after COVID-relat-ed delays.
Mayor Ray Mann shared Kerr’s concern. He said he feels it is time
for the city to start ex-ecuting some of the proj-ects they have planned and budgeted for. But Mann was supportive of the development of a master plan and said the guidance the plan will provide will ensure that the execution is more cohesive.
Council member George Capps said plan-ning and engineering were important for this project. He agreed that thorough planning and involvement from profes-
sional engineers will help eliminate problems down the road and make for a better product. Mann pointed out that the city planned the new administration center for about two years. The majority of the money for the conceptual plan will come from a land sale approved the same day to KDOT for $5,420 for 13,548 square feet of Primrose Park to be used for right-of-way in sup-port of the Wichita-North Junction Project.
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