The Valley Falls Vindicator January 16, 2020 Page 3 Iowa woman hurtin crash along K-4(Editor’s note: Injury accident reports obtained from the Jef-ferson County Sheriff ’s Office are published as they become available.) The presence of snow on K-4 west of Ozawkie had a hand in a two-vehicle accident Dec. 15 that left a 35-year-old Iowa woman with injuries. The Jefferson County Sher-iff ’s Office, which investigated the crash, identified the woman as Cassy M. Kling, of Exline, Iowa, the driver of a 2005 Chev-rolet Colorado. According to the agency’s report, she was travel-ing north along the highway when the pickup struck a 2004 Acura TL driven by Sandra D. Slater, 57, Topeka. Slater had been heading south when she lost control of the car on the slick pavement, causing it to spin across the center line into the northbound lane. The accident took place at noon about 100 feet north of 110th Street. The entire front end of the Colorado, the hood and both front fenders sustained damage. The entire right side of the TL was damaged. Two tow trucks were dis-patched to the scene to remove the pickup and the car.

Three charges filedagainst Meriden man A complaint filed Nov. 15 by Jefferson County Attorney Josh Ney charges Dalton Allen Fie-hler, Meriden, with aggravated battery, a Level 8 person felony, criminal restraint, a Class A person misdemeanor, and crimi-nal damage to property, a Class B non-person misdemeanor. Fiehler is accused in part of “recklessly” causing “bodi-ly harm” to one Rhiannon R. Crocker “with a deadly weapon,” in this instance a razor knife. He also is accused in part of “knowingly and without legal authority” restraining Crocker “so as to interfere substantially” with her liberty. Finally, he is accused of damaging an iPhone, an iPad and a debit credit card in which Crocker has an inter-est, without her consent. The alleged crimes are said to have been committed Oct. 3. Fiehler made his first ap-pearance in Jefferson County District Court Dec. 18. Magis-trate Judge Dennis L. Reiling was on the bench and appointed Holton attorney J. Richard Lake to represent Fiehler. He also set his bond, a cash or surety bond, at $25,000. Assistant County Attorney Andrew Werring represented the state at the proceeding. A status conference in the case, 2019-CR-257, was to have been held earlier this week, ac-cording to court records. Arrested Dec. 17, Fiehler was booked into the jail at the Law Enforcement Center in Oska-loosa at 3:48 p.m. on suspicion of failure to appear, aggravated battery, criminal restraint, and criminal damage to property. He was 24 at the time of his ar-rest.

Noll earnsmaster’s degree Park University in Parkville, Mo., last week made public the list of its December degree and certificate recipients, a list that included William Louis “Bill” Noll, a resident of the Oskaloosa area. Noll, Jefferson County’s Pub-lic Works director, was awarded a Master of Public Adminis-tration during Park Univer-sity’s Kansas City, Mo., area commencement ceremony Dec. 14 at Community of Christ Auditorium in Independence, Mo. He was one of 259 students who were eligible at that time to receive a master’s degree or graduate certificate from the non-profit private university. Noll’s degree concentration was in Public Management. A 2001 graduate of Oska-loosa High School, Noll later at-tended Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph on an athletic scholarship. He played football for the Griffons during his years at MWSU. Park University dates back to 1875, so it will be celebrating its 145th ‘birthday’ this year.

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PUBLIC NOTICE(Published in The Valley Falls Vindicator January 16, 23 and 30, 2020)3t

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY,

KANSASPROBATE DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF )THE ESTATE OF )ROY V. DECKER, )DECEASED. )

Case No. 2020-PR-2NOTICE OF HEARING ON

PETITION FORDETERMINATION OF

DESCENTTHE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CON-CERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Jeannie K. Hofer, a surviving sister and one of the heirs of Roy V. Decker, deceased, requesting: Descent be deter-mined of the following described real estate in Jefferson County, Kansas:

A tract of land described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a point 147.9 feet North of the Southwest corner of Outlot No. 101, in the City of Meriden; thence running East 191.4 feet; thence North 107 feet; thence West 191.4 feet; thence South to the place of beginning; and being a part of said Outlot No. 101, in the City of Meriden, in Jef-ferson County, Kansas,

and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death. And that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession. You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before Friday, February 7, 2020, at 9:00 A.M. in the city of Oskaloosa in Jefferson County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

JEANNIE K. HOFERPETITIONER

RICK A. JOHNSON #9088 LOWRY & JOHNSONLAW OFFICE 323 Broadway, P.O. Box 10 Valley Falls, KS 66088-0010 Telephone: (785) 945-3281Fax Phone: (785) 945-6255Lowry.Johnson.Law@gmail.comATTORNEY FORPETITIONER

Lucy Korber

Open house honors Korber on 96th Lucy Korber, Meriden, will celebrate her 96th birthday with an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Meriden United Methodist Church, 100 S. Dawson, Meri-den. She requests no gifts. Hosts for the reception will be her children, Barbara Ball, Pat Lee, Paula Debacker, Wanda Collins, Clara Brown, Ed Korb-er, and Mary Dix. Cards will reach her at 514 Meriden Heights Drive, Meri-den, 66512.

Ambulance reps speak to VF Rotary The Valley Falls Rotary Club met Jan. 9 at the Kendall State Bank meeting room with two representatives of the Valley Falls District No. 11 Ambu-lance Service, who gave the program. Megan Royer and Brent Lloyd brought with them the new replacement for an old-er cart to transport patients. Through budgeting and commu-nity effort, the purchase along with the trade-in of the old cart which was 15 or 20 years old, the ambulance service was able to get a considerable upgrade. The new cart can be used in the manual mode or with power-equipped electric battery. It comes with two batteries, one in constant charge while the other is ready for use. Ambulance service is avail-able 24/7. There is limited staff in the daytime and on occasion a paramedic may not be on hand. In this case a certified paramedic will be obtained from Meriden. Two area ambulances are available if needed. The service providers said they treat the patients with “ut-most care, following the Golden Rule.” — Frank Shrimplin, club reporter

NARFE to meet with new officers The next meeting of the Jef-ferson County Chapter of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees will be Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Kendall State Bank in Valley Falls. Newly-elected officers will take office. Sharon Stevens will present the program and Ethel Jenkins and Sharon Stevens will pro-vide the dessert. The NARFE meeting was not held in December because of inclement weather — Sharon Stevens, secre-tary

CARD OF THANKS Thanks to everyone who helped us celebrate our 50th anniversary. It was a great day to renew old acquaintances, have good conversations with friends and family, and enjoy a meal to-gether. We will remember it for many years to come. — Paul, Dianne, & Staff

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Perry-Lecompton High School has released the first se-mester honor rolls as follows: Gold distinction (4.0 and above)—Gunnar Ball, Malorie Facile, Brooke Metcalfe, Teralyn Meyer, Brett Paramore, Parker Schmidt, Elise Smith, Boyd Sollars, Laikyn Coursen, Riley Ellis, Dayne Fergus, Graciana Gonzalez, Campbell Keller, Emma Koster, Tadeo Ratzlaff, Kylee Risinger, Eryn Vaughan, Madeline Welch, Caitlyn Cham-pagne, Chloe Daniels, Caden Dean, Thomas Fergus, Lau-ra Guess, Alena Hieb, Laura Koldenhof, Thad Metcalfe, Gan-non Minnick, Caidon Quinlan, Hayden Robb, Reece Sollars, Benjamin Stone, Joseph Ward, Savannah Warren, William Welch, Alice Zadubanova, Blaise Ball, Gage Brown, Tabor Brown, Cali Coleman, Gabrielle Cum-

mings, Blake Farmer, Dorothy Haggard, Jenna Keller, Emaily Leslie, Calvin McPherson, Rylee Paramore, Baragan Ratzlaff, Levi Sieben, and Zoe Urban. Silver distinction (3.75-3.99)—Christian Conklin, West-ley DeShazo, Jordyn Hoffman, Ruby Johnson, Mason Meyer, Nevaeh Stone, Mason Bahn-maier, Allyson Baker, Amelia Barnhardt, Jaci Black, Coy DeWilde, Breonna Gladbach, Ticiano Gonzalez Morillas, Evan Gottstein, Haley Hetrick, Kaitlyn Hurd, Michael LeClair, Kayla Leochner, Dailynn Phil-lips, Caden Rossillon, James Bartlett, Ryley Besler, Lillian Bills, Jaxson Folks, Hunter Hess, Bryan Karten, Connor Reed, Kassidy Schumann, Wes-ley Visocsky, Bailey Wheeler, Jack Youngquist, Abigail James, Jesse Messer, Nolan Meyer,

Clara Mowder, Simon Orr, Brad-ley O’Trimble, Riley Tust, and Addison Zachariah. Bronze distinction (3.50- 3.74)—Samantha Berry, Walker Pringle, Rylie Yoakum, Jessalyn Zachariah, Allison Biggs, Ivy Long, Geirrod O’Konski, Eli-cia Ortiz, Logan Holt, Emma Wright, TyAnn Cross, Makayla Hack, Ashlee Janes, Bailey Leming, Kyle Newman, Elyssa Paslay, James Roush, Shelby Smith, Bryce Wheeler, and Braden Woodson. Certificate distinction (3.30-3.49)—Alicia Booth, Chance Brock, Aubry Miracle, Robert Mullikin, Miles McPherson, Jackson Payne, Reichen Rush, Halle Gonzalez, Joshua Pitt, Bradley Robb, Sean Urban, Lacey Fisher-Hurd, Michael O’Konski, Elizabeth Schmidt, and Katilin Spencer.

Perry-Lecompton honor rolls released

Washburn names top academic honorees Washburn University has announced its President’s and Dean’s lists for the fall semes-ter. To qualify for the President’s List, a student must complete at least 12 hours of graded credits and earn a semester grade point average of 4.0. To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must earn a semester grade point average of 3.4 to 3.99. Honorees from Jefferson County include: President’s List—Hannah Allen, Ozawkie; Michaela Con-ley, Piper Davis, Taylor Giltner, and Sara Harden, all Meriden; Rachel Frakes and Kyra Miller, both Valley Falls; and Raegen Hamm, Oskaloosa. Dean’s List—Hannah Blick, Kaitlinn Chase, Sean Kahler, Colton Martin, Dylan Kurtz and Michael Majors, all Meri-den; Christopher Boyden, Em-ily Gottstein, Wyatt Williams, Jacob Sawyer, Ciana Bateman, and Sara Hotchkiss, all Perry. Sabrina Flanigan, Gabri-elle Overstreet, and Crystal Stohs, Ozawkie; Morgan Henry and Eric Hinostroza, McLouth; Chelsea Barnhardt, Winchester; and Joel Stamper,Valley Falls.

KDOT accepting safety award nominations Nominations for the 2020 Transportation Safety awards are now being accepted by the Kansas Department of Trans-portation. Traffic safety advo-cates can be nominated in one of two categories – People Saving People Award and the Hero Award. The People Saving People Award recognizes an individual or organization who has made outstanding contributions to the improvement of transporta-tion safety behavior in Kansas. The Hero Award honors the individual who risked his or her own life for someone else when they happened upon a crash or while trying to prevent the like-lihood of a crash in a one-time traffic safety-related incident. More details about the awards and nomination forms can be found at ktsro.org. Nomi-nations must be submitted online or by mail by 11:59 p.m. Feb. 24. The awards will be presented April 21 and 22 at the annual Kansas Transportation Safety Conference in Topeka. One of the People Saving People Award recipients last year was Rita Lesser, family and consumer science teacher at Perry-Lecompton High School. She was cited for her passion and dedication in creatively teaching high school students about seat belt usage and dis-tracted and impaired driving with the use of sidewalk mes-sages, PSAs on YouTube, pledge cards, posters, window painting, health fair booth, drunk goggles, and the Convincer.

K-State bestows academic honors More than 4,220 Kansas State University students have earned semester honors for their academic performance in the fall semester. Students earning a grade point average for the semester of 3.75 or above on at least 12 graded credit hours receive se-mester honors along with com-mendations from their deans. The following students from Jefferson County and Leocmp-ton earned honors: Grantville: Jolie Hirsch and Shane Quinlan. Lawrence: Alan Hinds. McLouth: Leandra Fischer and Zachary Zule. Meriden: Kensley Fleischer, Spencer Fortney, Chord Livings-ton, Gabriel Orndorff, Randi Patterson, and Jack Roenne. Oskaloosa: Tegan Bowers, Paige Lowe, Ali Ragan, and Noah Scrimsher. Ozawkie: Delaney Holthaus and Julia Rivera. Perry: Jameson Brehm and Alyssa Nemeth. Topeka: Hunter Hershey. Valley Falls: Caleb Hefty, Macee Jepson, Taegan Lund-Winter, Alex Reichart, and Kyle Reichart. Lecompton: Bjorn Funk and Tobin Meyer.

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Winsor plays role in Soybean Expo More than 200 soybean en-thusiasts gathered Jan. 8 in Topeka for Kansas Soybean Expo 2020. The Kansas Soy-bean Association organized the annual event to coincide with the Topeka Farm Show at the Stormont Vail Events Center. KSA President DwightMey-er, Hiawatha, presided over the annual meeting. Andy Winsor, Grantville, who chairs KSA’s policy committee, presented the guiding resolutions for 2020, which the voting members pres-ent accepted.

KCC warns to beware of utility audit scam The Kansas Corporation Commission has received re-ports of an individual claiming to be working with the KCC and conducting a free audit of major utilities and communication companies in Kansas to obtain refunds for consumers. Based on reports, the scam appears to be targeting small businesses through email. This is not a legitimate audit and the KCC is not working with this individual. More information will be released as it becomes available.

Gigstad among top soybean producers While a cold, stormy fall delayed harvest, further com-plicating late plantings and lagging crop development, the best agronomic practices and wisely selected varieties still contributed to Kansas farmers producing high-yielding, valu-able soybeans in 2019. “The annual Kansas Soy-bean Yield and Value Contests recognize outstanding Kansas farmers and provide fun incen-tives for them to improve,” said Greg Strube, Horton, who chairs the Kansas Soybean Association contests committee. “They also allow our association to share what participants learned to benefit all Kansas soybean farmers.” LarMar Inc., Robinson, led the dryland division with a no-till entry of 94.01 bushels per acre. Love & Love Farms, Montezuma, topped the irri-gated division with a no-till entry that made 88.82 bushels per acre. Longenecker Farm, Abilene, won the value contest with 66.4 cents per bushel of increased value (7.2% over the cash price). This year, for the first time, the highest protein content also earned special rec-ognition, and that went to Chris Bodenhausen, Muscotah, whose entry was 37.3% protein. The contest winners’ average decreased by 4.67 bushels per acre, while the state average increased 1 bushel per acre from 2018. From northeastern Kansas, Kenny Wilson, Horton, led the district conventional-tillage, dryland competition with 84.62 bushels per acre. Derek Gigstad, Valley Falls, placed second with 76.40 bushels per acre. Greg and Michelle Strube, Horton, won the district no-till, dryland competition with 90.48 bushels per acre. Menold Bros., Hia-watha, placed second with 89.40 bushels per acre. Chris Boden-hausen, Muscotah, placed third with 85.53 bushels per acre. Grimm Bros., Morrill, won the statewide conventional tillage, irrigated division with 85.70 bushels per acre. The highest dryland and ir-rigated yields in the state each received a $1,000 award. In each district, first place won $300, second $200, and third $100.