Press Release

Chautauqua County Board of Commission Chairman Parker Massey called the regular meet-ing to order and opened with prayer at 8:30 a.m. June 1 in the commis-sion room of the court-house. Commissioner Jack Carpenter, commissioner Rodney Shaw, clerk Niki Collier and county coun-selor Zoe Newton were present.

Carpenter moved to approve the minutes of May 29.

Shaw gave the second and the motion passed 3-0.

Road and bridge super-intendent Mark McCall provided the road and bridge update.

Emergency Manager Cody Collier provided an update on the State of Kansas Declaration of Emergency in regarding COVID-19, how the county responded and FEMA grant funds.

Newton provided the agreement for District

Court office security improvements.

Treasurer Amy Goode reported the tax sale date is set for July 9, and stated current tax collections are at 90 percent.

Collier provided doc-uments to begin the 2021 budget preparations.

Shaw moved to adjourn the meeting at 9:28 a.m., seconded by Carpenter, motion passed 3-0.

By JILL KRUSE, D.O.

At the bottom right hand corner of my driver’s license there is a small heart and the word “donor”. The print is small and easy to miss among all the other information contained. That one word, I would argue, is the most important piece of data there. Displayed next to my height, weight, and eye color, I proudly declare that when my organs are no lon-ger of any use to me, I want to give them to someone in need. This is a personal decision and, according to United Network for Organ Sharing, donation is sup-ported by all the major reli-gions. It is also a decision that can impact up to eight other lives.

Donation of my organs, cornea, and tissues is a gift that will cost me and my family nothing. There is no cost to the donor’s family or estate, and it doesn’t affect funeral plans or prevent a viewing. When I die, my organs, tissue, and cor-neas will be available to people in dire need of them. I don’t want my body to be like an Egyptian pharaoh’s tomb filled with treasures that could be better used by the living. The ancient Egyptians removed the organs from the body before they mum-mified someone. These organs were placed in Canopic jars and buried. Let my Canopic jars be living, breathing peo-ple who need them to live their life to the fullest.

Right now, there are more than

113,000 people waiting for lifesaving organ transplants. Of those people, 8,000 will die each year waiting for an organ that will not come in time. The thought that I can lower that number when I die brings me a sense of pride and joy. Organ donation is the ultimate way for a phy-sician, and anyone else, to help someone be healthier. Organ donation is truly giv-ing the gift of life.

I have seen this gift of life personally. My cousin’s husband, his mother, and his sister all had heart transplants due to a genetic condition. He had a heart trans-plant on December 29th, 1999 and a kid-ney transplant on March 31st, 2005 giv-ing him an additional 20 wonderful years of watching his three children grow. A significant gift for someone who was not sure that he would live much beyond his wedding. Before his kidney transplant, he was dependent on a dialysis machine three times per week. The organ dona-tions have changed his life and the lives of his family. I hope that I can change the life of someone else through my gift of organ donation and I hope you will con-sider donating as well. Find out more at

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By CHERYL HURST

The Chautauqua County Historical and Genealogical Society met on June 4.

Members attending: President Richard Blankinship, Don Dilley, Ryan Hubert, Paulia Hubert, Jim Chase, Vera Miller, Sue Kill, treasurer Carlotta Munson and secretary Cheryl Hurst. Guests Jack and Roberta Atherton.

Blankinship called the meeting to order. Hurst read the minutes of the last meet-

ing and were approved as presented.Munson gave the financial report for

three months and were approved as pre-sented.

The research Hurst is currently working on: George Cottrell, Henry Jessie

“Bennie: White, Charles W. and Pauline White.

Donations: Janice Lahance — 1936 Friendship quilt from Blanche Banning.

Ryan Hubert — five boxes of old records of different Sedan businesses. Patty (Keck)

Fredrickson — 1911-1920 school certif-icates and a December 1920 Sedan State

Bank Calendar. Dorothy Taylor Family — miscellaneous items and post cards.

Blankinship discussed the court records donated to the society. Michael Blankinship, Eric Wood and Terry Hurst were thanked for moving the boxes and the file cabinets.

Blankinship discussed the election of officers for the coming year. Chase made a motion to keep the same officers. Kill seconded. Dilley stated he would like to retire as vice president. Chase amended the motion that Dilley resigned and need a vice president. Motion carried as amend-ed. Chase nominated Steve Zimmerman

for vice president, Kill seconded, motion carried.

Officers for the next year are: president — Richard Blankinship, vice president — Steve Zimmerman, secretary — Cheryl Hurst and treasurer — Carlotta Munson. Members at large — Sandra Dilley, Vera Miller and Dixie Selter.

Blankinship discussed letters from the court house and Mullenix Family.

Chase presented the interesting pro-gram on “The Town With Six Names” in Chautauqua County.

A few facts about this town:In 1871 it had a trading post and lots

of farming. There also was a school estab-lished there with a bird’s name, which later on became the mascot of one of the States Universities.

The name changed in 1886 with the possibility of a stop from both the Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific Railroads. Both railroads did put stops there and the community had ways to ship their grains and cotton to markets. The community citizens petitioned again the U.S. Postal Service about names for the town. Finally on April 12, 1890 the little prairie com-munity changed its name to Niotaze. At that time it was the only Post Office in the United States by that name.

In 1904 through 1916 Niotaze was the home of the Sunflower State Refining Company (the largest in Kansas for several years). Miss Hermena Kaessmann built and managed the oil refinery, with the backing of the finances from Pennsylvania. The town’s names were: Jayhawk, Matanzas, Jayhawk, Niota-Newport and Niotaze.

The next meeting is at 6:30 p.m. July 2 at the History House.

Press Release

The County Fair Rodeo is at 8 p.m. July 24 and July 25. It’s a sanctioned ACRA and IPRA and sponsored by The Sedan Round Up Club and presented by G-Money Rodeo Co., Haskell, Okla.

It will be held at the Lou Todd Memorial Rodeo Arena in Sedan.

Books will open on Sunday from 1 to 6 p.m. July 19, call (918) 456-9814.

Locals (for this rodeo consist of any non-member) must call in to participate.

Rodeo events include

bareback, barrel racing, breakaway roping, bull rid-ing ranch bronc riding, saddle bronc, steer rop-ing, steer wres-tling, team roping and tie down rop-ing. New event is the wild horse race.

There will be $5,500 added money.

Rodeo features Barrel Man / Rodeo Clown “Brady Giles.” As well as Jr. Barrels,

Ad Calf Scramble jack-pots nightly. The Rodeo Queen coronation is July 25. Admission to the rodeo

is $8 for adults and $3 for children in advance. At the

gate, adults are $10 and youth 6-11 $5 with chil-dren 5 and young-er free.

Advance tick-ets may be purchased from Rodeo Queen contestants up thru the morning July 25.

A “Cowboy Challenge” Rodeo event will happen at 7:30 p.m. Thursday evening with free admission.

For more information or those who have any ques-tions, contact Leah Arledge at (620) -249-7499.

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