THE OBERLIN HERALD —

People inOur Community

Mary Lou Olson, society editor mlolson@nwkansas.com

11A THE OBERLIN HERALD Wednesday, February 22, 2006

New Arrivals

Shawna (Wurm) Karl of Denverexpects to undergo surgery onThursday for a kidney transplant.She is the daughter of Arlo andBonnie Wurm of Oberlin and is a1981 graduate of Decatur Commu-nity High School. Mail will reachher at the University of ColoradoHospital, 4200 East 9th St., Denver,Colo., 80220.

Valentine’s Day guests of ConnieGrafel for a surf and turf dinner wereMelinda Grafel, Kade and Isabel;Greg and Amanda Grafel, Kel andReece; and Norma Grafel, Herndon.Dan Grafel was en route to Leaven-worth for a Kansas Agriculture andRural Leadership (KARL) meeting.

—Seafood Buffet, Friday, Feb.24, 6-8 p.m. LandMark Inn. Call475-2340 for reservations.

Nancy Ellis of Topeka was aweekend guest of her mother, JoyVotapka.

Weekend guests of Elaine Bryanto celebrate family birthdays wereFloyd and Dale Marie Bryan, Far-lington; Blayne and Shellee Bryanand Grant, Goodland; and BayleyBryan, McCook. Celebrating birth-days were Dale Marie, Blayne,Shellee, Grant and Elaine Bryan.Laurene Van Otterloo was an addi-tional guest Saturday evening.

Shakira Rose Cook, daughter ofTodd and Crystal Cook, was bap-tized during morning worship ser-vices at the Oberlin United Method-ist Church on Sunday by the Rev.Doug Hasty. A family dinner fol-lowed at The Gateway. Those at-tending were Mike and Ruby Cook,Clayton; and Judy Wenger, Law-rence and Dorothy Wenger, RonBeneda, Val and Phyllis Beneda,and Todd and Crystal Cook, Corey,Dakota and Quinton, all of Oberlin.

—Italian Buffet, Tuesday, Feb.28, 6-8 p.m., LandMark Inn. Call475-2340 for reservations.

Among area students who earnedsemester honors at Kansas StateUniversity for their academic per-formance are: Grant Reichert, Jef-frey Wessel, Dresden; Kelsey Dor-shorst, Kelly Olson, Oberlin; andSarah Meitl, Jennings.

The Wurm family cousins had amini-reunion and dinner at the Fron-

tier Restaurant Friday evening. Therest of the evening was spent at thehome of Bob Wurm. Those attend-ing were Phyllis McKay, Jenks,Okla.; Cheryl Davison, Tulsa,Okla.; Bob Wurm, Elden Haas, BusWurm, Arlo and Bonnie Wurm,Owen Wilson, and Mabel Zimmer-man of Oberlin.

—Prairie Chapel Church pan-cake and sausage supper, 5-7p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26. Freewilldonation. Everyone welcome.

Egan Grafel, a computer sciencemajor and a member of the men’sbasketball team at Cloud CountyCommunity College, was a memberof the homecoming court this year.The king, Reed Heim, Topeka, andthe queen, Kina Miller, Aurora, Ill.,were crowned during the WinterSports Homecoming at the collegeon Feb. 11. Egan’s parents are Keithand Roma Grafel of Oberlin.

Dick Buhler of Atwood, who hasbeen a letter carrier on the east sideof Oberlin for the past 22 years, hasretired. Before he began workingwith the U.S. Postal Service, he op-erated Ace Hardware in Atwood. Hesaid his plans are to “just take it easyfor a while.” A replacement for hisposition has not been named.

—70 percent off Christmasitems. Oberlin Mercantile Com-pany.

Wanda Dickinson and Jim Water-man went to Lincoln, Neb., over theweekend to visit her aunt, OliveMontgomery, who is ill. They alsovisited Mr. Waterman’s daughter,Shanna Waterman, in Lincoln, andhis sister, Lois, in Omaha. Mail willreach Mrs. Montgomery at 1001South Street, Lancaster Manor, Lin-coln, Neb., 68502.

Winning highs in pinochle atGolden Age Center the past weekwere Henry Edgett, Max Carman,Veanna Carman, Aleen Van Vleetand Dewaine Stapp. Lows went toDewaine Stapp, Floyd Edgett,Aleen Van Vleet, Helena Brugge-man, Henry Edgett, Wilma May andBarb Solko. Pitch highs were wonby Henry Edgett and Veanna Car-man with lows going to Aleen VanVleet and Floyd Edgett. Bridge win-ners were Leone Purton and Char-lotte Meints.

Brock Baxter, a seventh grader atSmith Center Junior-Senior HighSchool, won the SmithCounty Spelling Bee lastweek for the third con-secutive time.

He is eligible, for thethird year in a row, to rep-resent the county at thestate Spelling Bee onMarch 25 at the GarveyFine Arts Center atWashburn University inTopeka.

Brock also won first place in thelocal International Lions PeacePoster contest, sponsored by theSmith Center Lions Club. He re-ceived a $100 savings bond and his

poster went on to the district com-petition. It will also be on display at

the Lions District K4 Con-vention in Hays in April.

The international winnerwill receive a trip to the In-ternational Lions Conven-tion at Boston this summer,plus the honor of having theposter on the front of theInternational Lions Maga-zine. The poster is thenframed and hung in the In-ternational Headquarters in

Oak Brook, Ill.Brock is the son of Barry and

Janeil Baxter of Smith Center and agrandson of Jackie Votapka ofOberlin.

Seventh grader wins contest

Grant Ryan LincolnHannah and Ethan Lincoln have

a new brother, Grant Ryan, born Jan.26, 2006, at Mercy Regional Hospi-tal in Manhattan. He weighed 7pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 1/2inches long. His parents are Travisand Holly Lincoln, Wamego.Grandparents are Larry and BeckyAyers and Griff and Cindy Lincoln,Oberlin. Great-grandparents areIrene Ayers, Charles and DonnaLincoln, and Dr. Don and Rose Har-rier, all of Oberlin, and Fritz Shuster,

Medicine Lodge.Riggs McCartney Kuhn

Ryan and Heather Kuhn of Mc-Pherson are the parents of a daugh-ter, Riggs McCartney Kuhn, bornFeb. 11, 2006. She weighed 6pounds, 15 ounces and was 18 1/2inches long. Paternal grandparentsare Howard and Carolyn Kuhn, To-peka. Paternal great-grandparentsare Lemoin Landau, Wichita, andthe late Patty Landau, and Byronand Phyllis McCartney, Oberlin.

R. Addleman

We love you.Mike, Raye and Dru

Happy

25th

AnniversaryGrandpa

and Grandma

Rusty Addleman was namedOberlin Rotarian of the Year for hiscontributions and partici-pation in Rotary at theFeb. 14 meeting of theclub.

He has been a membersince 1976 and has heldall of the offices. He saidhe is now considered asenior active member.

Mr. Addleman is thethird generation in hisfamily to belong to theclub. His grandfather, D.G. “Dot”Addleman, and his father, TedAddleman, were members for manyyears. He also is the third generationto own and operate Addleman DrugStore, which will observe 100 yearsof business in Oberlin in July.

His wife Sharon and Rick Doedenwere guests at the meeting. JuniorRotarians from Decatur Commu-nity High were David Edgerton and

Sharee Dempewolf.Program chairman Charlie Cor-

coran called on CharlesHaag, who introducedLeigh Davis, sponsor of thehigh school forensics team.Students Annamarie Larue,Alyssa Rippe, MaKenzieNelson and Gabe Mooredid their speech perfor-mances for the program.

Alyssa explained the im-portance of conserving therain forests and Annamarie

and MaKenzie gave a comical per-formance of “Demon Child,” thestory of a babysitter and her friendwho were tied up by the child theyare supposed to be watching.

Gabe closed the program by pre-senting a touching story in prosewhich involved a ragman who en-countered several disadvantagedindividuals and exchanged his ragsfor their misfortune.

Pharmacist is namedRotarian of the Year

Ashly Minnick and Britt Goeringof McPherson plan to be married onJune 24, at the Eden MennoniteChurch in Moundridge.

Parents of the couple are RogerHowland, Jewell; and Vicki Karnes,McPherson. and Larry Goering,Omaha, and Donna Goering,McPherson. Grandparents areDoran and Mary Ann Lorimer,Atwood; Ron and Dee McDougal,Oberlin; and Eileen Harms,McPherson.

The bride-to-be is a 1994 gradu-ate of Decatur Community HighSchool and is employed as a clientservice representative for Fee Insur-ance Group. She has a son, SamMinnick, 7.

Her fiance graduated from highschool at McPherson and served inthe U.S. Navy. He is an engineerwith Moridge Manufacturing.

Couple plansJune wedding

B. Goering and A. Minnick

World Day of Prayer will be ob-served at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 3,at the Oberlin United MethodistChurch.

The theme this year is “Signs ofthe Time.” The program was writ-ten by women from South Africaand they share their heritage of faitheven in a time when about 600 SouthAfricans are dying of AIDS eachday. The offering will help supportthe AIDS ministries in South Africaand the United States.

Sponsors include the EvangelicalCovenant, United, Sacred HeartCatholic, Faith Lutheran and Meth-odist churches. The public is wel-come.

Music will be provided by thevocal department of Decatur Com-munity High School, under the di-rection of Susan Nelson. Organistwill be Cheryl Metcalf. Refresh-ments will follow in the fellowshiphall.

World Day of Prayer March 3

Rachel’s Vineyard Ministry willhold a retreat Wednesday-Friday,May 3-5, in Hays for anyone af-fected by abortion.

“This retreat is not only forwomen who have had abortions, butfor anyone affected by the loss of

abortion,” said Donetta Robben, re-treat director.

For details, call (785) 623-7531 orhealing@soulcommuncation.net.Registration deadline is Friday.

Retreat planned in Hays

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Club News

Club plans 4-H Days

Valentine gifts sharedMonday Evening Club mem-

bers answered roll call at the Feb.13 meeting by telling of the mostmemorable Valentine gift theyever received. They met at thehome of Judy Ladehoff withDiane Frickey as co-hostess.

“Pampering Yourself” was thetheme for the program given byCarol Morford and Sue May.They displayed Mary Kay cos-metic products, including lo-tions, creams, skin treatmentsand fragrances and told of theirbenefits.

A donation was made to the

Seeds of Hope Telethon and planswere made to operate the Sun-flower cinema during the monthof March.

Members will meet at 7:30 p.m.on March 13 at the Dresser indowntown Oberlin to view newspring styles. A meeting will fol-low at the home of Marcia Lo-hoefener. A speaker from KansasCommunities LLC will discussthe community surveys whichhave been distributed locally.Karol Styles will be assistanthostess and roll call will be toname a favorite spring flower.

By SAMANTHAANDERSON

The Feb. 12 Stick-To-It 4-Hmeeting was led by Queen AnneWasson. The roll call was, “Whatis a good Valentine gift to re-ceive?” Most members kept itsimple and said something likechocolates, candy, flowers, orstuffed animals.

There were 29 members pre-sent and 10 members absent. 4-HDays will be March 10 at 5 p.m.at the Oberlin Elementary School.

We had two guest speakers.Clay Anderson and Michael Was-son came to talk to us about thenew livestock facility at the fair-

grounds. Three great programswere presented by Kade Brown,Kelly Brown and Jacob Larue.Kade spoke about golf and Kellytalked about wrestling. Jacobtaught us how to make deliciousenergy balls.

Cassidy Shields and CheyanneSoderlund led a song called, “BeMy Valentine” to the tune of“You Are My Sunshine.”

March 10 is a great opportunityto see some talented children.Some will be giving demonstra-tions, project talks, readings, orskits, and a whole lot of musicaltalent. This will show you an-other side of 4-H.

Soldier speaks to womenRandy McHugh was the guest

speaker at the Feb. 15 meeting ofOberlin United Methodist Wo-men.

He spoke about his experi-ences as a member of a NationalGuard Unit in Nebraska, whichspent 16 months in Kuwait andIraq. He showed slides of thelandscape and living conditions,as well as the area in which theunit was housed. He also spokeabout his assignment to New Or-leans after the hurricane last fall.

Plans were made to host the

annual World Day of Prayer ser-vice at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 3.Members who are able are askedto bring a sack lunch to the churchat 9 a.m. on Wednesday, March 1,for a kitchen and fellowship hallclean-up.

Devotions were given by ErisYoung, who used a militaryprayer in closing. Refreshmentswere served to 18 members andfour guests by Pat Wright andMarian Fraker from tables deco-rated in a patriotic theme.

Valentine puzzles solvedGerry Neff was hostess for the

Feb. 13 Pi Alpha Club meetingand gave devotionals entitled,“Straight form Heaven withLove” and “Friendship is a Shel-tering Tree.”

Fifteen members were presentand Pat Wright won the hostessprize.

The club will entertain andserve pie at 2 p.m. at the Febru-ary birthday party at DecaturCounty Good Samaritan Center.

Mrs. Neff had planned an

evening of fun, as members werepaired off to complete Valentinepuzzles with Marty Olson and PatWright finishing first to take theprize. A card with an unfinishedsentence challenged members fora truthful answer.

Refreshments were enjoyedfrom a beautifully decorated Val-entine table and guests went homewith a red or white bucket of treatsand a heart puzzle to puzzle theirfamilies.

Calico Gals enjoy picturesMembers of the Calico Gals

and guests met at Wheat RidgeTerrace on Feb. 15.

The program was presented bySharleen Wurm, director of theDecatur County Museum, whoshared early day pictures of

downtown Oberlin, and other pic-tures which brought back memo-ries to those present. Lunch wasserved by the officers.

The next meeting will beMarch 15 at the home of MaryWaldo.

Diabetes group meetsDiabetes Under Control met at

the United Church on Feb. 14.Members heard about diabetic

shoes, which are therapeutic andcan help prevent serious footproblems due to diabetes.

Mabel Zimmerman was host-ess. Elsie Wolters distributed dia-betic recipes. A get-well card wassigned for Ken Sattler.

The next meeting will be an-nounced later.

Kansas State University Researchand Extension and its Master Gar-deners may participate in severalhorticultural events:

Feb. 24: Kansas Farmers MarketWorkshop, Wichita, phone (785)532-1440.

Feb. 24-26: Manhattan Area Gar-den Show, (785) 537-6350; Johnson

County Home and Garden Show,Overland Park, (816) 931-4686.

March 1-5: Wichita GardenShow, (316) 946-0883.

March 3-7: Lawrence GardenShow, (785) 843-7058.

Contact the Decatur County Ex-tension office at (785) 475-8121.

Horticulture events scheduled

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Brock Baxter

Matthew Wittman, a sixth graderat Oberlin Elementary School, cor-rectly spelled “shepherd”and “poise” to capturetop honors at the DecaturCounty Spelling Bee lastMonday at the schoolcafeteria. He is the son ofGary and Jody Shike ofOberlin.

Runner-up was ShayMcChesney, son of Donand Julia Ray of Oberlin,who had won the gradeschool spelling contest the previousweek. Matt Glading, son of Darrinand Joan Glading, also competedfrom the grade school.

Representing Decatur Commu-

nity Junior High School in the com-petition were eighth grader Adr-

ienne Pauls, daughter ofRick and Dori Pauls,Oberlin; and seventh grad-ers Josh Ritter, son of Phil-lip and Sharla Ritter, Jenn-ings; Dakota Soderlund,son of Gene and CherylSoderlund, Oberlin; andJoe Hirsch, son of Steve andAnita Hirsch, Oberlin. Su-san May assisted with thecontest.

The winner will representDecatur County at the state SpellingBee on March 25 at the Garvey FineArts Center at Washburn Universityin Topeka.

Student wins spelling contest

Come enjoy a riverboat cruise asthe Tumbleweed Chorus of Colbypresents the musical “Showboat” onSaturday, March 4, to celebrate 25years of barbershop harmony.

Performances will be at 2:30 p.m.and 7:30 p.m. at the Cultural ArtsCenter/Frahm Theater at ColbyCommunity College. Two guestquartets will accompany the chorus

during its 25th anniversary voyage.Twelfth Street Rag will be featured,along with U.S. Male of Sterling,Colo. Colby’s own Lasting Impres-sions quartet will also be on deck tolend a hand.

For tickets or details, call (785)462-3004, 462-2474 or 460-6552,or (800) 279-8208.

‘Showboat’ set at Colby

M. Wittman