Jacqueline Lynn Austin, for bemg mducted mto The University of Kansas Apiha chapter of Phi Beta

Kappa.

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2 Rebecca Pa]meI completing the Global Aware-s

ness Program at The University of Kansas.

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, j5..5 Major receives

Amsden award

LAWRENCE Elizabeth

Major of Haistead

and a sophomore at the

Univeristy of Kansas, has

been awarded the Amsden Award by the The Kress

Foundation Department of

Art History.

The Amsden Book Awards were established

in 1976 by the late Floyd

and Barbara Amsden of

Wichita. Faculty members and graduate teaching

assistants select winners

based on classroom excellence

regardless of class

level or major. Forty-six

students received books

on subjects in which they

excelled.

Major is the daughter of Terry and Joan Major.

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52( HS grad wins KU photo contest

By Carol Lacer The News-Times

A couple of years ago,

2007 Chapman High School graduate Aaron

Anders set a goal to someday

win the KU Landon

Center on Aging photo

contest.

That goal -and morewas

reached this January,

when his photo of a 101-

year-old librarian from

Baldwin not only won the

contest overall, but also

received Staff Pick from

the Landon Center on

Aging at the KU Medical

Center.

This is the seventh year

that the Landon Center on Aging has sponsored the

photo contest, and there

were 120 entries in the

contest this year. The contest

is open to professionals

and amateur photographers

of all ages to bring

attention to the many faces of older adults. Winning

photos are often used

on calendars and the doctors

will sometimes use

them in some of their pub-

publications.

lications.

Aaron s interest in photography

began eight years

ago in 4-H, when he was

just 10 years old. Three

years later for hi birthday.

he received his first digital

camera, a 2.3 mega pixels

Toshiba. That same year

he attended a 4-H Photography

Adventure Camp.

I remember being the

only one with a digital

camera, now days everyone

has one, Aaron

said. At that camp I

learned many special

tricks and some of the

basics of photography. By

my sophomore year in

high school I was more

than ready to take journalism

and business class.

It was in those Chapman

High School classes

he learned to use Adobe Photoshop, a program he

calls the best digital photography

editing

program. He also learned

other techniques through

Judy Smith s Integrated

Computer Concepts. I learned more about

photography by being

photography editor for the

journalism department

and by running the Fighting

Irish Photography Business,

Aaron said. He

added that running the

business also taught him

how to run a successful

business through being

organized, responsible,

and dedicated.

It was during his sopho

sophomore year that his journalism

teacher, Matt Weller,

gave him a pamphlet about the Landon Center

on Aging photo contest.

At first I thought it

would be ridiculously hard

being my age and getting

connected to someone

over 50 years old, but the

more I looked at the pamphlet

the more interested I

became. Eventually I

made a goal to someday

win the contest, Aaron

said.

The first year he

entered the contest, Aaron

felt he had the found the

perfect subject.

It was Paul Janke, a

farmer with the coolest

pencil collection. I took a

good picture, submitted it

and received honorable

mention, Aaron Two

years i he received

another contest pamphlet

in the mail.

I told every one in my

family about the contest,

and asked them if they

knew anyone that would

be a good subject, Aaron

said. My aunt told me

about a lady that goes to

her church, a 101-year-old

See Anders pg. 5

Winning photograph- The Librarian Martha Smith of Baldwin was Aaron s subject to win first place In the KU Landon Center

Images of Aging photo contest. (Photo by Aaron Anders) Inset Photo Is Aaron Anders winner of the photo contest

(Courtesy photo)

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Anders, from pg. 1

came true.Ô

Aaron said the greatest

thing was getting to see Martha

at the Senior Day Celebration

where she got to see

all the photographs in the

photo exhibit.

ÓShe was proud to have

her picture in 1st place and

to be the oldest person

there,Ô Aaron said.

Aaron noted that Martha

was in very good shape for

being 101. She will be 102 in

August.

Smith. Right away I said,

Ñsounds good when can I

take some pictures of her?Ô

When he arrived at the

library and saw her he knew he had found the right person.

He took the pictures,

and printed and submitted

them.

ÓMonths later on my

answer machine was the

message saying I received

first place and staff favorite. I

was excited that my goal of

winning the contest finally

ÓGetting to see Martha at

that age and still doing what

see loves best gave me my

next long term goal - To still

be taking pictures when I

get older!Ô

Aaron is looking forward

to continuing his education

at Pittsbur te University,

where he plans to ge

Technology degree in

Graphic Communications Management and a minor ii

photography or photojour

nalism.

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Sammy Day Sarah Kreutzer

Sammy Day of Bucklin

and Sarah Kreutzer of

Kingsdown attended the

65th annual session of Sunflower

Girls State held on

the University of Kansas,

Lawrence campus June 3

through June 8, 2007. The

girls were sponsored by the

Bucklin American Legion

Auxiliary and www.com.

Sammy and Sarah joined

350 other young women

who have completed their

junior year of high school.

The format of the Girls

State experience was Learn

by Doing the political system

involved in the government

of Kansas.

Beginning at the city

level, advancing to county

and state the girls registered

to vote, filed nomination

papers, conducted political

campaigns and made

speeches.

Ashley Kongs the 2006

Governor presided at the

sessions. The girls were

housed in Ellsworth Hall

and the Inauguration was

held in the Lied Performing

Arts Center on the KU campus

with all girls in formal

dresses.

During the week, speakers

on government at the

various levels shared their

expertise with the girls.They

had the opportunity to ask

questions about these individuals

responsibilities in

government. Speakers included

Secretary of State

Representative

Barbara Ballard and

Kansas State Treasurer Ly Sammy and Sarah said

the week was worthwhile

and they enjoyed learning

about our government and

how it functions.

Sammy is the daughter of

Tom and Toni Day and Sarah

is the daughter of Bertis

and Bev Kreutzer.

Kreutzer And Day

Attend Sunflower

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(5 fl.

Ne A, Sod-House Days Tour dedicated

VVarm temperatures and

partly cloudy skies greeted

a crowd of over thirty

people who attended the

dedication of Osborne

County s newest agritourism

attraction on

Saturday, June 2, 2007.

Created by Osborne

County Tourism, Inc., the

Rediscovering Sod-House

Days Self-Guided Tour

highlights 22 locations

made famous in Howard

Ruede s book, SodHouse

Days: Letter from a

Kansas Homesteader

1877-1878, along with

other notable sites of the

Kill Creek community in

westcentral Osborne

County.

The tour was established

to celebrate the

twin anniversaries of the

arrival of Pennsylvanian

Howard Ruede at Kill

Creek in 1877 and of the

initial publication of Sod-

House Days in 1937.

For a year and a half

(1877-1878) Ruede wrote

numerous letters back to

his family in

Pennsylvania, describing

the region and what it took

for him and others to survive

on the Kansas prairie.

Ruede died in 1925, and

twelve years later

University of Kansas profess

ohn Ise edited the

letters together into a

book published posthu

posthufliowdy In Ruede s name.

Seventy years later SodHouse

Days is still in pub-

publication

lication worldwide and is

considered a classic story

on the trials of homesteading

in the Great

Plains of North America.

Led by tour guide Von

Rothenherger. each of the

interpretive markers erected

along the 15-mile tour

loop were completed in

turn by one of those in the

crowd stepping forth and

finishing the final screw

on each marker. Each

marker was funded by

Osborne area businesses

and foundations, and by

descendants of families

mentioned in the book.

Such sites as Pennsylvania

Avenue, Howard Ruede s

homestead, and Jacob

Gsell s hotel can now be

easily located by the public

on this self-guided

tour.

The tour s start is at the

site of the former Kill

Creek General Store and

Post Office, located nine

miles southeast of Alton,

or 11 miles southwest of

Bloomington, or 17 miles

southwest of Osborne.

Agritourism in general

is the practice of attracting

travelers or visitors to

an area or areas used primarily

for agricultural

purposes. It is usually

small-scale, low-impact,

and, in most cases, education-focused.

The nonprofit

Osborne County

Tourism organization

seeks to develop more

agritourism projects in

Osborne County in order

to take advantage of the

economic potential presented

by such groups as

the three generations of

Sod-House Days fans

worldwide.

Those attending the

June 2nd dedication were:

Barbara and John Scott,

Albuquerque, NM; Alvin

Hackerott, and Jamis and

Carol (Hackerott) Hamm,

Friendswood, TX;

Douglas Hackerott,

LaPorte, TX; Carole and

Sherrell (Shellenberger)

Pyler, San Antonio, TX;

Roger and Ruthanne

(Guyer) Stucky,

Moundridge; Bob Hovey

and Bette Latham, Agra;

Janis (Guyer) O Toole,

Arnold; Randy and Krisey

Russell, Gardner; Mary

Ann and Ed Breit, Hays;

Walter and Alice

(Hackerott) Fritsche,

Hutchinson; Beverly

(Norris) and Marlin

Hershberger, Kansas City;

Linda (Guyer) Rice,

Manhattan; Christena

Bowen and Jim and Shari

Thiessen, Newton; Roger

and Lois (Hackerott)

Russell, Spring Hill; and

Joe Hubbard, Mildred

Morgan, Lowell and Geoa

Norris, Russell Phalen,

Von Rothenberger, and

Eileen Wilson, all of

Osborne.

For more information

on the tour, contact

Osborne County Tourism

at 785-346-5217 or e-mail

to vonr5 @ruraltel.net.

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FAMILY -- Numerous family descendants and other interested parties attended

the dedication of the new Rediscovering Sod-House Days Self-Guided Tour held on June 2. (Photo by Joe Hubbard/Osborne County Tourism)

MARKER -- Christina Bowen of Newton turns the

final screw to complete the Kill Creek School marker

on the Rediscovering Sod-House Days SelfGuided

Tour. Christina not only attended this school

as a child but also taught there in later years.

(Photo by Joe Hubbard/Osborne County Tourism)

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j5 Art History award

to Norton s Walter

The Kress Foundation Department

of Art History at the

University of Kansas, recently

gave awards to 59 students for

excellence during the 2006-07

academic year.

Raechell Smith, director of

the H&R Block Artspace at the

Kansas City Art Institute, was

guest speaker at the recognition

event in May at the Spencer

Museum of Art. KU Endowment

administers funds for the

awards, which were presented

by art history faculty members

to their outstanding students.

Clark Curtis Walter, a senior

in Visual Art Education (BAE

DECL) and the son of Daniel

Walter, received an Amsden

Book Award. The Amsden

Book Awards were established

in 1976 by the late Floyd and

Barbara Amsden of Wichita.

Faculty members and graduate

teaching assistants selected

winners based on classroom excellence

regardless of class level

or major. Forty-six students,

including the Norton High

School graduate, received books

on subjects in which they ex

celled.

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Noi host KU alumni picnic New University of Kansas

students and their parents

from Grant, Haskell, Morton,

Seward, Stanton and Stevens counties will be welcomed

Into the KU family at

the Jayhawk Generations

Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 21, in

Hugoton.

The KU Alumni Association

and its Southwest chapter

will greet the next generation

of Jayhawks at the home of

and Debbie Nordling.

Area alumni, new students,

students interested in learning

more about KU and parents

are invited to attend

and enjoy complimentary food and beverages. Each

new Jayhawk will also

receive a free T-shirt.

Chapter members coordinating

the event are Erick

and Debbie Nordling of

Hugoton, president and comembership

chair, respectively;

Catherine Moyer of

Ulysses, vice president;

Tracy Utz of Liberal. communication

chair and secretary;

Jackie Hall of Sublette, legislative

chair; Bill Hill of

Liberal, co-events coordinator;

Kevin Moyer of Ulysses,

co-events coordinator; Scott

Hinkle of Liberal, student

recruitment chair; Nathan

McCaffery of Liberal, board

member; and Kent Colvin of

Liberal, co-membership chair. Alumni association

staff will arrive with the signature

KU trailer full of

rills, burgers and brats for

Ithe festivities. Current KU

students, alumni and university

representatives will

mix and mingle with students

to answer questions

and offer advice.

Alumni association representatives

and guests planning

to attend are Sarah

Blaney, Kansas Honors

Program coordinator; Mike

Davis, senior vice president

for alumni programs; Heath

Peterson, director of Kansas

programs; and Jamie

Winkelman, alumni programs

coordinator.

For more information or to

make reservations, visit

www.kualumni.org call the

KU Alumni Association at

800.584.2957 or e-mail

kualumn1( The alumni association

invited incoming students

whose enrollment deposits

were received by the Office of

Admissions and

Scholarships by May 1.

Among the guests are

Preston Hall and Chaildier

James, Hugoton High School

and Chelsea Gallagher, Rolla

High School.

Over 170 rideis registered for the 11th Annual the riders. The Dust Bowl Riders planned a Benefit Poker Run in Hugoton Saturday good time for everyone.

aft A beautiful day came in to play for

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__i Heft Among KU Students

Doing Kansas Research

Lawrence History is not

always pretty. That s what a

group of University of Kansas

students learned after a

semester of researching the exodus ofAfrican-Americans to

Kansas in 1879.

Maryanne L. Hett of

Deerfield, a senior majoring in

social studies, is among the

group of students.

The class was titled,

History of the Peoples of

Kansas. For the research

project, the 54 students in the

class each picked a Kansas

newspaper from that time

period and wrote papers on

what the newspapers reported

about the exodus.

At the time of the exodus,

Kansas was known for being

progressive and tolerant, but

the students found articles

that seemed to suggest

otherwise.

Everyone hears the story of

Bleeding Kansas, but they

don t hear how Kansans did

not want free men settling in

their state. The Miami Republican stated there was

an isothermal line, and Kansas was too cold for

African-Americans.

The instructor assigned the

labor-intensive project because

there is little in current history

books about the exodus, in

which 10,000 to 20,000

African-Americans left the south after the Civil War to

settle in Kansas. And what is

available doesn t necessarily

tell the whole truth.

Textbooks tells a simple

story, a happy story. This was not always a happy story. In

Atchison, they were lining up

with rifles.

The students spent hours

reading the old newspapers on

microfilm. The instructor said

the Kansas State Historical

Society and the Interlibrary

Loan program were instrumental

in the research project.

Another notable thing the

students discovered, was that

the newspapers used the

exodus to expound their

beliefs. Opinions were hurled

back and forth between rivals

like a political football.

The 54 research papers will

be printed and bound together

for distribution at local

libraries and the state historical

society. The instructor

said that he hopes someone

will use the research to write

a detailed, honest book about

that time in Kansas history.

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MES s fiidents presented awards at ceremonies

Thursday evening, May 17, at 7 p.m., the 2007

8th Grade Recognition and Awards ceremony was

held in the Marquette Elementary School gymnasium.

Twenty-two eighth grade students Caitlin

Alstatt, Estefania Carrillo, Kaitlyn Crumpton, Lori

Dauer, Raymond Dauer, Larissa Elvin, Taylor

Gladding, Ethan Hedberg, Jake Johnson, Laura

Klaassen, Mattie Loder, Season McGinnis, T Newton, Monica Olson, Brian Patrick, Andy Peralta,

Alex Peterson, Rian Reeder, Jessica Rider, Josh

Schroeder, Mary Smaliwood and Thaddeus Swenson

walked across the stage and received their

recognition certificates from MES Principal Cliff

Schultz and USD 400 Superintendent Glen Suppes.

Some of the awards given at the May17 ceremony

included Kansas Reading Assessment, Spelling

Bee and National Language Arts Olympiad. (The

Tribune received only information for the following

awards printed below. Several other awards,

Math Relays, Site Council recognition, Quiz Bowl,

Legislative Pages, Music and Teacher Assistants

were presented May 17, but were not given to the

Tribune.)

Those receiving Reading Assessment Awards

were Jacob Quested and Makaela Hedberg, both

4th graders, and Makaela Johnson, 5th grade. Students

deemed 2005-2006 Outstanding Academic

Achievement winner for their Kansas Reading Assessments

were Megan James, Weston Loder, Tyler

Peterson, Daisy Quested, Taylor Russell, all sixth

graders; Lori James, Zeb O Loughlin, Katie Peters,

Matthew Wickstrom, Emily Wolf, all seventh

graders; Lori Dauer, Larissa Elvin, Jake Johnson,

Laura Klaassen, Mattie Loder and Monica Olson,

all eighth graders.

Lewis Hendrix, Commander of the Marquette

American Legion Edith B. Hokanson Post #253,

presented eighth grade cousins, Lori Dauer, daughter

of Chris and Tina Dauer, and Raymond Dauer,

son of Dave and Bernie Dauer, with the Outstanding

Girl and Boy awards from the Legion. Grandparents

of Lori are Lawrence and Saundra Spohn

and Earl and lone Dauer. Her great-grandmother is

Helen Spohn. Raymond s grandparents are also

Earl and lone Dauer.

Several seventh and eighth grade students competed

in the National Language Arts Olympiad.

Those placing in the top 10 for seventh grade were:

Matthew Wickstrom 1st, Carissa Wheichel

2nd, Jose Carrillo 3rd, Lori James 4th, Alex

Wolf 5th, Emily Wolf 6th, Cecilia Gonzales

7th, Katie Peters 8th, Perla Vivanco 9th and

Zeb O Loughlin 10th. Those placing in the top 10

for eighth grade were: Lori Dauer 1st, Larissa

Elvin 2nd, Monica Olson 3rd, Laura Klaassen

4th, Kaitlyn Crumpton 5th, Mattie Loder

6th, Jake Johnson 7th, T.J. Swenson 8th, Brian

Patrick 9th, and Ethan Hedberg 10th.

Marquette Spelling Bee Awards were also presented

May 17. Those receiving honors were Mattie

Loder, McPherson County Spelling Bee Champ and

Marquette Elementary School Spelling Bee

Champ. Mattie is the daughter of Dr. Darrel and

Man Loder. Her grandparents are Doug and Leslie

Loder, Cheryl Loder, and Kristy and Norm Yenkey.

Her great-grandparents are Vada and Willard Carlson,

and Leland Hopp.

Grade Level Classroom Spelling Bee winners

(written test) were: Sixth grade Taylor Russell,

1st, Weston Loder, Tyler Peterson, Nic Rawson, all

tied for 2nd, and Daisy Quested, 3rd; Seventh grade

Emily Wolf, 1st, Zeb 0 Loughlin, 2nd, Matthew

Wickstrom, 3rd, Will Hedberg and Cecilia Gonzales,

both tied for 4th; Eighth grade Kaitlyn

Crumpton, 1st, Brian Patrick, Caitlin Alstatt, Mattie

Loder, all tied for 2nd, Stephanie Carrillo, 3rd.

MES Oral Spelling Bee winners were: Sixth

grade Weston Loder, 1st, Tara Gladding, 2nd,

Nic Rawson, 3rd, Megan James, 4th, Taylor Russell,

5th, Daisy Quested, 6th; Seventh grade Zeb

O Loughlin, 1st, Emily Wolf, 2nd, Matthew Wickstrom,

3rd, Cecilia Gonzales, 4th, Will Hedberg,

5th; Eighth grade Mattie Loder, 1st, Kaitlyn

Crumpton, 2nd, Brian Patrick, 3rd, Stephanie Carrub,

4th, Caitlin Alstatt, 5th.

Overall Oral Spelling Bee winners were: Mattie

Loder, 1st, Zeb O Loughlin, 2nd, Makaela Johnson,

3rd, Emily Wolf 4th, Hannah McBride, 5th.

Wednesday, May 23, a ceremony for first

through fifth grade awards was held. During the

ceremonies fifth grader Madison Curran was given

an award for perfect attendance. She is the daughter

of Heather and John Curan, and the granddaughter

of Karen and Paul Teague.

Other awards given at the May 23 ceremony

were University of Kansas Reading Awards. Those

recei were: Second grade Robert

Dauer, Austin Golden, Chad Haun, Kaylee James,

Gracie Kolacny, Lisa Orr, Ethan Reid, Brenda

Richert, MacKenzie Robertson, Mynah Webster,

Logan Windholz, all Gold seals; Third grade

Noell Alstatt, Michaela Brown, Genesis Leora,

Sadie McBride, Myranda McMillin, Layne Patrick,

C.C. Reid, Kye Spillum, all Gold seals, Robyn Divelbess,

Brittani Golden, Nathan James, Katie

Klaassen, Ellie Loder, Heather Surface, all Silver

seals; Fourth Grade Madison Barry, Brylly Chesbro,

Jonathan Dahlsten, Luke Estes, Makaela Hedberg,

Kassandra Hernandez, Erin Hudson, Stephen

Klaassen, Shealee Krehbiel, Tabitha Miner, Maddison

O Loughlin, Shannon Peters, Jacob Quested,

Kaitlyn Webei all Gold seals, Gary Yates, Silver

seal; Fifth grade Madison Curran, Cody Hopkins,

Mikaela Johnson, Carly Kolling, Mary Linder,

Ethan Loder, Morgan Loder, all Gold seals, T Divelbess, Raymond Perez, Joseph Rifai, Steven Vivanco,

Mason Weiss, Whitney Willems, all Silver

seals; Sixth grade Megan James, Mark Klaassen,

Kasey Kolling, Weston Loder, Daisy Quested, Caleb

Walton, all Gold seals, Tara Gladding, Colter Krehbiel,

Nicholas Rawson, Taylor Russell and Kyle

Ryan, all Silver seals.

Congratulations to all these students on their

awards for the 2006-2007 school year. All MES students

and parents are reminded that the 2007-

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20072008

2008 school year will begin Thursday, Aug. 16,

with an early dismissal time of 1:30 p.m. Be sure

and mark your calendars.

Cousins Raymond Dauer (left) and Lori Dauer were named American Legion Outstanding Boy and Girl

by the American Legion Edith B. Hokanson Post #253 of Marquette.

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