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CHAPMAN — A Salina man and a 9-year-old boy were transported to the Abilene Memorial Hospital for possible injuries follow- ing a rollover on Interstate 70 two miles west of Chapman at 5:50 p.m. Thursday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol report, Duane Davis, 61, was eastbound, traveling about 65 to 70 mph in the outside lane in a 2005 Dodge Neon when the vehicle was struck from behind by a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country driven by Homero Cardenas-Mendoza, 62, of Salina. Davis’ vehicle slid into the median and rolled three times before coming to rest on its roof. Angel Adrian, 9, a passen- ger in the Chrysler, was also treated for a possible injury. Everyone involved was wearing seat belts. Kansas Gas to install new meters Kansas Gas Service will be installing electronic meter Boy injured See Meters, Page 2 By Gail Parsons Refector-Chronicle A lot of interesting and unusual items make their way through the Abilene Food and Clothing Center. But on the last weekend of January, someone dropped off a box that contained some- thing very special. Deanna Whitehair, the coordinator of the center, said some of the ladies had been sorting through a box of do- nated items on Jan. 29 which was Kansas Day. “They said ‘we have some- thing for you’,” she recalled when they handed her a Kansas souvenir plate. She knew it was Kansas Day but couldn’t understand why they wanted her to have it until they told her to look at the back of it. “I about cried when I turned it over,” she said. On the back was an inscrip- tion that read “Honoring the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Whitehair, Oct. 22 1919-1959, Pleasant Valley Club”. Paul and Mary Whitehair were Deanna’s in-laws. “I’ve never seen the plate. At least, I don’t remember ever seeing it,” she said. “Grandma died in ‘69 and Grandpa died in ‘73.” Her best guess is at some time, possibly soon after Grandma died or in 1973, the family had a garage sale to clean out the house and the Gail Parsons • Refector-Chronicle Deanna Whitehair shows the Kansas plate found in a box of clothing do- nated to the Abilene Food and Clothing Center. The plate, right, was given to her in-laws, Paul and Mary Whitehair. Kansas plate fnds its way home plate was sold. “That’s the only way we can think someone would have gotten it. Somebody probably bought it for 50 cents or a dollar,” she said. The Pleasant Valley Club which gave the couple the plate has long been disband- ed. The club was a group of neighborhood women who all lived around the Abilene Airport. They would get together about once a month “probably to gossip”, she said. Now that the plate is back in the family, it will stay there. Deanna has plans to give it to one of her daughters but where it’s been for nearly 60 years remains a mystery. “How it got in here, who brought it in, I don’t know,” she said. She would like to know, though. If anyone has information about who may have dropped it off in a box of random items, they can call her 479- 0739. Contact Gail Parsons at [email protected]. Abilene teenager killed in crash By Tim Horan Refector-Chronicle An Abilene teenager was killed and his older brother seriously injured in a one-ve- hicle crash near the intersec- tion of 800 Avenue and Hawk Road Friday afternoon. Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman told the Refector-Chronicle that Isaac Johnson, an Abilene High School freshman, was killed when he was thrown from the back seat of a 2005 Buick passenger car as it left the roadway and rolled. Isaiah Johnson, an Abilene High School sophomore, was seriously injured. He was sitting in the front passen- ger seat. He was fown to a Wichita hospital. Hoffman said that neither teenager was wearing a seat belt. Hoffman said that Hayden Cook, an Abilene High School junior, was driving the vehicle eastbound on 800 Avenue about one mile east of Kansas Highway 15, when the vehicle left the roadway at 2:18 p.m. Cook was transported to Salina Regional to be treated for minor injuries. Another passenger, Jayde C. Davis-Ramos, 17, of Hope, was taken to Salina Regional for minor injuries. Hoffman said both Cook and Davis-Ramos were wear- ing seat belts. Hoffman said there were no indications that alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash. Deputies are still investigat- ing the cause. By Tim Horan Refector-Chronicle The Farmers’ Market in Abilene is more than just fruits and vegetables and a $3,000 grant it received will be used to promote it, said Gail Johnson, who directs the twice-weekly events during the summer. The Kansas Department of Agriculture received a U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant to fund the Meet Me at the Market Consumer Recruit- ment Campaign to provide farmers’ market managers and vendors with resources Gail Parsons • Refector Chronicle Gail Johnson brought a truckload of fresh vegetables, including kale, potatoes, onions and zucchini, to the farmers’ market last July. to increase awareness of spe- cialty crops available at their markets. New materials will be created to help farmers’ markets with promotional ac- tivities and farmers’ markets can apply to receive a stipend to use for promotional events and marketing programs. Twelve markets were se- lected to receive these $3,000 stipends which will help the markets to reach the public in new ways and increase engagement. Johnson said Abilene Con- vention and Visitors Bureau Director Julie Roller wrote the grant and will be assisting with the promotional efforts. Johnson said there are up to 15 different vendors that set up in the parking lot east of the Civic Center on Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings. He said the market starts on Memorial Day weekend and usually runs through the frst weekend in October. “This year me and two or three other vendors actu- ally went clear to the end of October because we still had stuff to sell,” he said. The hours are 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. Johnson said the Abilene market is open to anyone. “We are not like some mar- kets. We do allow if people want to sell arts and crafts,” he said. “Last year we had someone come that had a hot- dog cart.” “Basically the only thing we stress, especially for fruits and vegetables, is that everything is locally grown. We don’t want stuff being brought in from Missouri or other states. It’s a local farmers’ market and we want it to be as local as possible,” he said. Vendors pay a small set-up fee between $15 to $20. There are also options for steady vendors to reserve locations. “For some of the sustained vendors we have reserved spots. People who go to a lot of farmers’ markets fnd out that people like it when the vendors are in the same spot,” he said. “You would be surprised. You could move down two spots from the week prior. People come back two weeks later and say, ‘You weren’t here last week.’ They are used to you being in the same spot.” The market, started in the Dickinson County Court- house parking lot, moved to the Second Street location which allowed the Wednes- day market to start at 4 p.m. Johnson said Wednesdays Abilene receives ‘Meet Me at the Market’ grant Markets receiving grants • Abilene Farmers’ Market, Abilene • Allen County Farmers’ Market, Iola and Humboldt • Atchison Farmers’ Market, Atchison • Main Street Farmers’ Market, Chanute • Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market, Lawrence • Emporia Farmers’ Market, Emporia • Harvey County Farmers’ Market, Newton • Old Town Farmers’ Market, Wichita • Pittsburg Area Farmers’ Market, Pittsburg • Pomona Farmers’ Market, Pomona • Pratt Farmers’ Market, Pratt •Reno County Producers’ Market, Hutchinson See Market, Page 2 Monday, February 19, 2018 The Abilene Sports Regional wrestling, basketball — Pages 6, 7, 8 50 cents www.abilene-rc.com Weather Watch Wednesday High: 32 Low: 19 A slight chance of snow between midnight and 5 am. Tuesday High: 34 Low: 13 A slight chance of freezing rain before 9 a.m. We want your news: Do you have something that should be seen in the Reflector-Chronicle? Send it to [email protected]. Find us on Facebook: Friday High: 48 Low: 31 A 30 percent chance of snow showers after midnight. Record Today’s forecast high — 42 Today’s forecast low — 28 Yesterday’s high — 65 Overnight low — 30 Weekend’s precip — 0 2018 precipitation — 0.35 Sunrise Tues. — 7:14 a.m. Sunset today — 6:10 p.m. Thursday High: 39 Low: 28 A chance of rain showers before midnight.
Transcript of 50 cents Kansas plate inds its way home€¦ · family had a garage sale to clean out the house and...
CHAPMAN — A Salina man and a 9-year-old boy were transported to the Abilene Memorial Hospital for possible injuries follow-ing a rollover on Interstate 70 two miles west of Chapman at 5:50 p.m. Thursday.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol report, Duane Davis, 61, was eastbound, traveling about 65 to 70 mph in the outside lane in a 2005 Dodge Neon when the vehicle was struck from behind by a 2010 Chrysler Town and Country driven by Homero Cardenas-Mendoza, 62, of Salina.
Davis’ vehicle slid into the median and rolled three times before coming to rest on its roof.
Angel Adrian, 9, a passen-ger in the Chrysler, was also treated for a possible injury.
Everyone involved was wearing seat belts.
Kansas Gasto installnew meters
Kansas Gas Service will be installing electronic meter
Boy injured
See Meters, Page 2
By Gail ParsonsReflector-Chronicle
A lot of interesting and unusual items make their way through the Abilene Food and Clothing Center.
But on the last weekend of January, someone dropped off a box that contained some-thing very special.
Deanna Whitehair, the coordinator of the center, said some of the ladies had been sorting through a box of do-nated items on Jan. 29 which was Kansas Day.
“They said ‘we have some-thing for you’,” she recalled when they handed her a Kansas souvenir plate.
She knew it was Kansas Day but couldn’t understand why they wanted her to have it until they told her to look at the back of it.
“I about cried when I turned it over,” she said.
On the back was an inscrip-tion that read “Honoring the 40th wedding anniversary of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Whitehair, Oct. 22 1919-1959, Pleasant Valley Club”.
Paul and Mary Whitehair were Deanna’s in-laws.
“I’ve never seen the plate. At least, I don’t remember ever seeing it,” she said. “Grandma died in ‘69 and Grandpa died in ‘73.”
Her best guess is at some time, possibly soon after Grandma died or in 1973, the family had a garage sale to clean out the house and the
Gail Parsons • Reflector-ChronicleDeanna Whitehair shows the Kansas plate found in a box of clothing do-nated to the Abilene Food and Clothing Center. The plate, right, was given to her in-laws, Paul and Mary Whitehair.
Kansas plate finds its way home
plate was sold.“That’s the only way we
can think someone would have gotten it. Somebody probably bought it for 50 cents or a dollar,” she said.
The Pleasant Valley Club which gave the couple the plate has long been disband-
ed. The club was a group of neighborhood women who all lived around the Abilene Airport. They would get together about once a month “probably to gossip”, she said.
Now that the plate is back in the family, it will stay
there.Deanna has plans to give it
to one of her daughters but where it’s been for nearly 60 years remains a mystery.
“How it got in here, who brought it in, I don’t know,” she said.
She would like to know,
though. If anyone has information
about who may have dropped it off in a box of random items, they can call her 479-0739.
Contact Gail Parsons at [email protected].
Abilene teenagerkilledin crash
By Tim HoranReflector-Chronicle
An Abilene teenager was killed and his older brother seriously injured in a one-ve-hicle crash near the intersec-tion of 800 Avenue and Hawk Road Friday afternoon.
Dickinson County Sheriff Gareth Hoffman told the Reflector-Chronicle that Isaac Johnson, an Abilene High School freshman, was killed when he was thrown from the back seat of a 2005 Buick passenger car as it left the roadway and rolled.
Isaiah Johnson, an Abilene High School sophomore, was seriously injured. He was sitting in the front passen-ger seat. He was flown to a Wichita hospital.
Hoffman said that neither teenager was wearing a seat belt.
Hoffman said that Hayden Cook, an Abilene High School junior, was driving the vehicle eastbound on 800 Avenue about one mile east of Kansas Highway 15, when the vehicle left the roadway at 2:18 p.m.
Cook was transported to Salina Regional to be treated for minor injuries.
Another passenger, Jayde C. Davis-Ramos, 17, of Hope, was taken to Salina Regional for minor injuries.
Hoffman said both Cook and Davis-Ramos were wear-ing seat belts.
Hoffman said there were no indications that alcohol or drugs were involved in the crash.
Deputies are still investigat-ing the cause.
By Tim HoranReflector-Chronicle
The Farmers’ Market in Abilene is more than just fruits and vegetables and a $3,000 grant it received will be used to promote it, said Gail Johnson, who directs the twice-weekly events during
the summer.The Kansas Department of
Agriculture received a U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Block Grant to fund the Meet Me at the Market Consumer Recruit-ment Campaign to provide farmers’ market managers and vendors with resources
Gail Parsons • Reflector ChronicleGail Johnson brought a truckload of fresh vegetables, including kale, potatoes, onions and zucchini, to the farmers’ market last July.
to increase awareness of spe-cialty crops available at their markets. New materials will be created to help farmers’ markets with promotional ac-tivities and farmers’ markets can apply to receive a stipend to use for promotional events and marketing programs.
Twelve markets were se-lected to receive these $3,000 stipends which will help the markets to reach the public in new ways and increase engagement.
Johnson said Abilene Con-vention and Visitors Bureau Director Julie Roller wrote the grant and will be assisting with the promotional efforts.
Johnson said there are up to 15 different vendors that set up in the parking lot east of the Civic Center on Saturday mornings and Wednesday evenings.
He said the market starts on Memorial Day weekend and
usually runs through the first weekend in October.
“This year me and two or three other vendors actu-ally went clear to the end of October because we still had stuff to sell,” he said.
The hours are 7 to 11 a.m. on Saturdays and 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Johnson said the Abilene market is open to anyone.
“We are not like some mar-kets. We do allow if people want to sell arts and crafts,” he said. “Last year we had someone come that had a hot-dog cart.”
“Basically the only thing we stress, especially for fruits and vegetables, is that everything is locally grown. We don’t want stuff being brought in from Missouri or other states. It’s a local farmers’ market and we want it to be as local as possible,” he said.
Vendors pay a small set-up fee between $15 to $20. There are also options for steady vendors to reserve locations.
“For some of the sustained vendors we have reserved spots. People who go to a lot of farmers’ markets find out that people like it when the vendors are in the same spot,” he said. “You would be surprised. You could move down two spots from the week prior. People come back two weeks later and say, ‘You weren’t here last week.’ They are used to you being in the same spot.”
The market, started in the Dickinson County Court-house parking lot, moved to the Second Street location which allowed the Wednes-day market to start at 4 p.m.
Johnson said Wednesdays
Abilene receives ‘Meet Me at the Market’ grantMarkets receiving grants
• Abilene Farmers’ Market, Abilene• Allen County Farmers’ Market, Iola and Humboldt• Atchison Farmers’ Market, Atchison• Main Street Farmers’ Market, Chanute• Cottin’s Hardware Farmers’ Market, Lawrence• Emporia Farmers’ Market, Emporia• Harvey County Farmers’ Market, Newton• Old Town Farmers’ Market, Wichita• Pittsburg Area Farmers’ Market, Pittsburg• Pomona Farmers’ Market, Pomona• Pratt Farmers’ Market, Pratt•Reno County Producers’ Market, Hutchinson
See Market, Page 2
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Weather Watch
WednesdayHigh: 32Low: 19A slight chance of snow
between midnight and 5 am.
TuesdayHigh: 34Low: 13A slight chance of freezing
rain before 9 a.m.
We want your news:
Do you have something that should be seen in the
Reflector-Chronicle? Send it to [email protected].
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FridayHigh: 48Low: 31 A 30 percent chance of
snow showers after midnight.
RecordToday’s forecast high — 42Today’s forecast low — 28Yesterday’s high — 65Overnight low — 30Weekend’s precip — 02018 precipitation — 0.35Sunrise Tues. — 7:14 a.m.Sunset today — 6:10 p.m.
ThursdayHigh: 39Low: 28A chance of rain showers
before midnight.
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