Wilson County Citizen, Thursday, December 22, 2011 — Page 8

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Shirley Hite, Broker/Owner, (620) 378-4236

Julie Hite, Realtor620-245-7295

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SELLER WANTS OFFER! PRICE REDUCED: 3 bdrm, updated kitch-en, bathroom and flooring. CA & forced air gas. Newer detached ga-rage. $29,950. To see, call Shirley, 378-4236.

NEW LISTING! Country home with 7 acres. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Call Julie Hite at 620-245-7295.NEW LISTING: 3 bedroom par-

tially rehabbed home. Beautiful staircase and built-ins. Detached garage. Call Julie at 620-245-7295.

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HOMES FOR SALE:2 Bed, 1 Bath Home, CH & CA, Kitchen Appliance, Storage Shed, 1 Car Attached Garage ...............................Only $38,500 3 Bed, 2 Bath Home, Close to Fredonia on 6.5 Acres, w/De-tached Shop/Garage ......................................................$112,000Turnkey Restaurant on the square in Fredonia – all equip & building ............................................................................$75,0007500 Sq. Ft. Office Building on Nice Corner Lot ......$152,000Like New, 3 Bed, 2 Bath Manf. Home plus Rental Home, Large Shop Building, all on 40 Acres, Near Fall River Lake ..... ........................................................................................$149,9003 Bed, 2 Bath Home, CH & CA, Wood Burning Fireplace 1-Car Attached Garage, Large Lot. Great Location! ...............$89,9003 Bed, 2 Bath Home, CH & CA, W B Fireplace, 2 Car Attached Garage In Shafer Addition .............................................$92,500 4 Bed, 1 ½ Bath Home, CH & CA, Detached Garage Shop, Excellent Location, all for .............................................$110,0003 Bed 1 ½ Bath Home, Full Basement, Close to Schools. Only ................................................................................$49,0002 Bed, 1 Bath, CH & CA, 1 Car Attached Garage – For Rent or Sale ..............................................................................$44,900

Check out these and other listings on our web site www.marshallauctionandrealty.com

Call or Stop by the office to visit Larry Marshall Auction and Realty 413 N 6th Fredonia, KS 66736 – 620-378-4356

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Larry Marshall Auction & Realty 413 N. 6th St., Fredonia, KS 66736

620-378-4356 or 620-485-6136Check out our website:

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Larry Marshall Auction & Realty“Office on West Side of Square”

413 N. 6th St., Fredonia, KS620-378-4356

“List today the Premier Property way.”FREDONIA, NEODESHA AND SURROUNDING AREAS:1105 Madison, 4-5 bdrm, fncd yard..NEW LIST .............$69,900506 S. 13th, 3 bed, 2 ba on x-tra large lot ....................$125,000 311 Verdigris, 2 bdrm, 1.5 ba, 17.5 wooded acres .........$90,00024463 Jade Rd, 3 bdrm, 5 acres, exc hunting ................$72,50015251 1150 Rd, 4 bdrm, 2 ba, 2 acres, REDUCED! ......$59,000413 Adams, 2 bed..............................................................SOLD208 S 5th, 3 bedrm, move-in ready…REDUCED! ............46,000108 S. 10th, 3 bedrm, 2 ba, 2 lots, ................................$70,000531 S. 7th, 4 bed, 2 ba, large yard, a must see............$159,500 302 N. 11th, 4-5 bed, 3 ba, lots of room .......................$144,9001846 Edwards, nice 3 bed. 2 ba on 9 acre .....................$89,90015251 1150 Rd, 4 bdrm, 2 ba, 2 A, move-in ready .........$64,500625 Golf Course Rd, cute 2 bedrm on 2.5 acres ............$48,000520 Quincy, 6 Bdrm, 2 ba, fenced yard ..........................$69,900302 N. 4th , 2 bedrm, 1 bath, Neodesha ........................$18,000104 N. Main, Buffalo, huge lot ........................................$30,000604 Spruce, 3 bed, shop on .8 acres…new price...........$32,500507 Cherry, 2 bed, shop on .5 acres ..............................$32,5001002 Elm, Neodesha, 3 Bdrm, 2 ba, 2 city blks..NEW ...$85,000601 Granby, Neodesha 3 bdrm, 2 ba with shop .............$79,0004 bdrm, 1.5 bath, 27 acres, 2 large barns, Chanute .....$180,000

Call 378-4638 or stop by 102 N. 14th, Fredonia View our listings at www.sekmls.com or www.realtor.com

Donavon Evenson, Broker/Owner: 620-332-9700

Diane Hess, Sales/Agent: 620-205-6567

Fredonia Livestock Auction 360 W. Madison St. Fredonia, KS (620) 378-2212

Sale every Tuesday at NoonCody Mathes, Manager: 620-288-0034Rodney Shaw, Manager: 620-583-9467

Brad Haun: 620-485-4530TUESDAY, DEC. 20 • HEADCOUNT: 467

Merry Christmas! Finally a two to three inch rain! End of year light run with a lot of mud made all classes of steers and bigger heifers $5.00 cheaper. Heifers weighing 300 to 500 lbs. were $2.00 to $7.00 higher! “Make note of the following dates: We will be closed December 27, 2011. Next Pre-Vac sale is January 3, 2012. Angus Source sale January 17, 2012 with 700 head already consigned.” STEERS: 7hd Mixed 394 lbs. $175.00 Fredonia2hd Black 440 lbs. $181.00 Kincaid3hd Black 477 lbs. $178.00 Fredonia12hd Mix 512 lbs. $155.00 Fredonia12hd Mix 553 lbs. $154.50 Fredonia2hd Black 555 lbs. $157.00 Elk City27hd Mix 556 lbs. $157.50 FredoniaHEIFERS:3hd Black 377 lbs. $158.00 Girard3hd Black 380 lbs. $159.00 Thayer1hd Rwf 405 lbs. $146.00 McCune4hd Black 440 lbs. $154.00 Thayer40hd Mix 480 lbs. $145.25 Fredonia6hd Black 543 lbs. $141.00 Fredonia— The market report is based on choice stocker and feeder calves —

PAIRS: $1000 to $1,410 BRED COWS: No TestBUTCHER COWS: $50-$68 BUTCHER BULLS: No Test

Fredonia Livestock Auction, LLC...Where top dollar and customer satisfaction meet.

OPERATIONMEDICINE CABINET

Wilson County Sheriff’s Office925 Pierce • Fredonia, KS 66736

620-378-3622

SheriffDan Bath

Let us, your Sheriff’s Office, disposeof unwanted/unused medicines in alegal safe manner.

Turn in your unwanted/unused medicine for disposal to the Wilson County Sheriff’s

Office between 8 am - 5 pm Monday through Friday, excluding holidays at 925 Pierce, Fredonia, Kansas. Keep your unwanted/

unused medicine out of the landfill and the hands of children who may find them in your medicine cabinet and believe it to be candy.

233 S. 15th: Nice brick 3 bed, 2 bath, 2-car attached garage...... .................................................................................. $105,550

203 N. 12th: 2 bed, corner lot ......................................... $47,500327 N. 10th St: 2 bed, remodeled, covered deck, ch/a... $56,600SEE LARGE historic home, 4 bed, 2 bath, much charm ... $138,90013590 DECATUR RD: 3 bed, 2 bath, very special, 80 acres, lg

metal shed. DOUGLAS RD: 3 bed, 2 bath newer home on 40 acre, horse

barn. 15356 1150 RD: 3 bed, 2 bath, rural, peaceful ............... $52,0001305 ROBINSON: 4 bed, 2 bath, deck ......................... $129,000202 N. 4TH: 3 bed, 2 bath, new addition, garage............ $66,000932 MADISON: 4 bed, 2 bath, Victorian ......................... $58,000233 S. 4TH: 3 bed fixer upper, garage, lg lot................... $29,000714 OSBORNE ST: 2 bed, lg lot, carport, shed .............. $39,000BUFFALO: 5 bed, lappliances stay. Reduced! .................. $44,900BUFFALO: 2.3 acres in Buffalo. House to be torn down ..... $10,500615 N. 8TH, NEODESHA: Fixer upper, 3 bed, 2 bath, ch .. $33,00040 ACRES pasture, pond ..................................................SOLD!1200 2ND STREET: Huge, last used for a church .......... $65,000Many more listings! View website: www.ksrealestate.com

or come by the office for a complete sheet of listings!

Real estate CenteRWWW.KSREALESTATE.COM

Becky Lyons600 Madison, Fredonia

Office: 378-2202Cell: (620) 431-8646

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the House Judiciary Committee considers a bill that sacrifices innovation and an open and secure Internet,  U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Jerry Moran, R-Kan., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., introduced legislation to use import trade laws to protect intellectual property without catastrophic effects to the Internet.

The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act will build on the existing legal framework for resolving trade infractions of tangible goods to enforce copyright and trademark infringement of digital goods such as music, movies and other intellectual property. Through the International Trade Commission, violations of digital trade can be investigated and websites found to be “willfully” and “primarily” infringing on copyright material can be shut down. The ITC will create a transparent and adversarial process where all parties would receive due process and IP rules can be consistently applied. Neither the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House nor the Protect IP Act in the Senate allow for similar due process.

“The OPEN act meets the same publicly-stated goals as SOPA or Protect IP without causing massive damage to the Internet,” Wyden said. “I’ve

long said that IP infringement is a problem that needs to be addressed, but these other bills tread deeply into online censorship and blacklisting in order to protect intellectual property. There is a better way. The OPEN act expands the ability of the ITC to investigate IP infringement -- providing a forum for due process without messing with the inner workings of the Internet. The same goals are met, without the collateral damage SOPA and Protect IP will leave in their wake.”

“The internet continues to be a driving force for innovation and economic growth in our country. Any legislation affecting the internet must be carefully considered – we cannot afford unintended consequences,” Moran said. “The proposals currently under consideration by Congress raise serious Constitutional and security concerns and include provisions that effectively chill investment in innovation.  Unlike Protect IP and SOPA, the OPEN Act provides a clear and consistent system of due process and does not compromise the secure operation of the internet through filtering. The OPEN Act also utilizes the expertise of the ITC to make certain monetary resources to rogue foreign websites are shut down upon violations of intellectual

property rights. Whether you are a high-tech entrepreneur, a small business owner, or simply an American with a good idea, an open web facilitates innovation as an open marketplace for goods and services.”

“The Internet allows entrepreneurs in America and around the world to create ground-breaking companies and fuel economic growth,” said Cantwell. “That’s why we’re leading a bipartisan effort to pass the OPEN Act.  The OPEN Act addresses the same challenges as the PROTECT Act, while protecting freedom of speech, innovation and security

Andy Taylor, writing in the Montgomery County Chronicle, says “When most residents in eastern Montgomery County awaken each morning, they have Sam Atherton and Ken McNickle to thank when warm water spews from their showers . . .”

Atherton is general manager of Public Wholesale Water District #4 at Big Hill Lake, and according to the Chronicle, will retire at the end of December after 28 years of

Moran co-sponsors legislation to protect online intellectual property

on the Internet. This new bill will crack down on online counterfeiting and copyright violations in a way that is consistent with existing law for illegal imports that violate intellectual property rights.”

The OPEN Act embraces remedies against true foreign, “rogue” sites that are the most effective: shutting off the money.  The OPEN Act does not include controversial provisions that empower rightsholders and the government to upset the architecture of the Internet, upon which cybersecurity infrastructure resides, or to impose a censorship regime.

service to the water district. He will be replaced by McNickle, his current assistant manager.

A native of Wilson County, Atherton grew up east of Fredonia, and graduated from school here.

He was hired by Montgomery County as assistant water manager/operator in 1984 without any experience in water treatment. But he had experience in construction from working for Newton Construction at Altoona, and

that was what the newly-formed water district was looking for.

Atherton caught on to water-treatment quickly and, the Chronicle writes, “since the day Atherton turned on the valves that opened the water lines to the customers, the water plant has processed more than 8.59 billion gallons of water.” Atherton can take pride in the fact that state and federal regulators have never rejected a water sample from District #4 in the years he has been working for the district.

The water district attained the coveted “Best Tasting Water in the Nation” award in 2003, from the National Rural Water Association after earning a similar honor from the Kansas Rural Water Association.

Wilson County native to retire after 28 years as manager of Big Hill water district #4

Representatives from the Kansas Small Business Development Center at Pittsburg State University will be in Independence on Tuesday, Jan. 10, for free individual counseling sessions at the International Mall, 325 N. Penn from 1-3 p.m.

Local residents interested in developing new or existing businesses, and existing businesses interested in discussing their financing and other assistance needs, can meet with KSBDC counselors, whose assistance is confidential and provided without charge.

The KSBDC is part of the Business and Technology Institute at PSU and provides one-stop managerial, financial and technical assistance to individuals and businesses in

southeast Kansas. All business functional areas can be discussed at length. Subsequent counseling will be scheduled on an as-needed basis, will involve follow-up visits by KSBDC/BTI personnel as necessary, and will be tailored to the needs of the business.

Appointments are required and can be made by calling (620) 235-4921. For more information regarding the counseling sessions or the services of the KSBDC and/or BTI, call Kathryn Richard, Regional KSBDC Director, at 620) 235-4921.

Those who cannot attend the above sessions due to business or job conflicts may contact Richard to schedule an appointment at a more convenient time. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities if requested two weeks in advance.

Small business counseling coming to Independence Jan. 10

Members of the First Christian Church in Fredonia, 303 N. 7th, will serve a community dinner on Christmas Day for those who otherwise would not share the holiday with family or friends. Dinners also will be delivered to those who cannot get out.

This 31st annual event will be served at noon on Dec. 25 and will be preceded by the Christmas worship service at 10:30 a.m. A free will offering will be taken to defray expenses. Call for reservations by Dec. 22: 378-4118. Leave a message with name, number attending or address and phone number for a meal to be delivered.

Dinner servedChristmas