A dear lady called me today. We had a wonderful and refreshing visit! While we talked, she mentioned various things that I had posted in my blog. She mentioned my blog: Someone who doesn't even live here is fighting for us... In that, I discussed a doctor calling Kansas State Health Department about Seasonal and H1N1 vaccines and how soon we should expect them in Wichita County. Until today, I did not realize that I had reported that these calls were made from a doctor in LEOTI who reads my blog. Guess I better start doing a better job with my proof-reading... The doctor lives in ITALY.
Oh, boy... Sometimes the elevator doesn't reach the top story in my body! LOL!!!
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Pheasant Season
Kansas' annual Pheasant Season opens on Saturday, November 14th. That brings MANY hunters to this area whom live all around the world.
I am taking this time to let those people know of places where they can stay while they are in Wichita County.
Hi Plains Motel 620-375-4438
Pleasant Valley Bed and Breakfast 620-375-2874
(They are full for opening weekend but you can still make reservations for later.)
Vic and Deb Case 620-375-4561
Kathy Bangerter amd Leta Berning's B and B 620-375-2651 or 375-2200
Happy Hunting!!!
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I am taking this time to let those people know of places where they can stay while they are in Wichita County.
Hi Plains Motel 620-375-4438
Pleasant Valley Bed and Breakfast 620-375-2874
(They are full for opening weekend but you can still make reservations for later.)
Vic and Deb Case 620-375-4561
Kathy Bangerter amd Leta Berning's B and B 620-375-2651 or 375-2200
Happy Hunting!!!
VLE-B
Jo Hardy
A couple of years ago, Wichita County was blessed with the arrival of Dr. James and Jo Hardy. James is the amazing Wichita County School District's superintendant. Jo is a registered nurse at our hospital. Both of them are outstanding people!
Jo has an unusual talent in Western Kansas. She plays the HARP and is darned good at it too!
This Sunday, November 8th, she will be giving a concert at 6:00 CST at Leoti's Assembly of God Church. It is located 1 block west of the courthouse. Anyone who is not otherwise busy should go and listen to her.
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Jo has an unusual talent in Western Kansas. She plays the HARP and is darned good at it too!
This Sunday, November 8th, she will be giving a concert at 6:00 CST at Leoti's Assembly of God Church. It is located 1 block west of the courthouse. Anyone who is not otherwise busy should go and listen to her.
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Wichita County Courthouse
I guess that many of us have always appreciated our courthouse here but I never realized just how spectacular it really is until I saw a picture of it in the background of other Main Street businesses. It is really a stand-out! I've been told that many years ago, many a person loaded up into the family truckster just to drive to Leoti and take a look at the newly built "castle'. I see why now.
Recently, two sitting areas have emerged on the courthouse grounds. The first one includes a bench with wagon wheel ends that Don and Carolyn Waldren built just for the building. It is definitely much more of a work of art than most benches. This year, another bench was set up in honor of Karla Ridder, who was much-loved by her co-workers at the courthouse and Wichita Countians as a whole. Bushes and other flowers have been planted around the benches.
During the past month, contractors have replaced the old windows with state of the art new windows. The old ones leaked alot of air and dust. The new ones will be much easier to clean also.
It would be nice to have an elevator as Scott County has added to their courthouse. Since the project would be very costly, a chair has been added that will take people from floor to floor if they cannot handle the steps.
Sometime, if you're in town, you ought to take a trip to the courthouse just to be marvelled by the architecture, etc. New buildings just don't have the architectural elements and history of our courthouse.
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Recently, two sitting areas have emerged on the courthouse grounds. The first one includes a bench with wagon wheel ends that Don and Carolyn Waldren built just for the building. It is definitely much more of a work of art than most benches. This year, another bench was set up in honor of Karla Ridder, who was much-loved by her co-workers at the courthouse and Wichita Countians as a whole. Bushes and other flowers have been planted around the benches.
During the past month, contractors have replaced the old windows with state of the art new windows. The old ones leaked alot of air and dust. The new ones will be much easier to clean also.
It would be nice to have an elevator as Scott County has added to their courthouse. Since the project would be very costly, a chair has been added that will take people from floor to floor if they cannot handle the steps.
Sometime, if you're in town, you ought to take a trip to the courthouse just to be marvelled by the architecture, etc. New buildings just don't have the architectural elements and history of our courthouse.
VLE-B
Update on Route 96 Cafe--November 6th
New Winter hours: Open 7 days a week from 6-2:00 and 5-8:00 CST.
We have now eaten there three times. The food is great! If you like thick hamburgers, you'll LOVE theirs! They're very thick. All sandwiches include toasted buns which we really enjoy. You just cannot pass on their chicken fries! They are out of this world!!!
Tonight, Friday's, special will be mountain oysters. Tomorrow's will be prime rib. I've also been told that the special on every Sunday evening is anything on the breakfast menu.
We've been really impressed with how many local people whom you never saw at other restaurants in town, are eating at 96. In addition to Leotians, ALOT of Scott City people travel 24 miles just to eat there! (The manager and many of the other employees formerly worked at Scott City's Chapparell Inn.) Their fans followed them here.
Karen Walk, the curator of Leoti's Great Plains Museum, went through her many photos and gave a select amount to the owners of the cafe. They, then, had them blown up. They are now framed and hanging on the walls. If you enjoy local history as I do, you'll be in for quite a treat!!! Until last night, I never knew that Coronado had it's own newspaper, did you? Someone actually brought in a copy of it which is now framed. The largest photo is of Main Street Leoti in 1926. OMG! It shows the old buildings (Some, I think are still standing but with new faces.) The streets were in terrible shape with very dirty streets. Large trees stood between where Three Way's Dry Goods used to be and Highway 96. Towering over everything was our majestic Wichita County Courthouse. It was sooo kool to see all of the old vehicles parked in front of the various buildings. In lots of ways, they were more handsome than any of our modern cars and pick-ups. Part of their statliness was their black color. Can you imagine how dirty they looked after travelling down those dirt streets and roads? I've never quite understood why light colored vehicles show less dirt than the dark-colored ones. LOL!
For Elder relatives who read my blog, did you know that our grandparents, Roy and Helen, owned the FIRST car in Wichita County? They did! I've been told of how the family had used that car to travel to our great-grandparents' home for Thanksgiving. Before they got home, it began to snow. Our grandfather told the family that that would be the last time that they would be able to drive the car until Spring. He was right!
Part of the cafe is used only for reservations and spillovers when the rest of the cafe is full. It is so neat! A very old Sinclair Gas pump towers in the corner of the room. (I THINK that it may be the one that used to stand in front of the old Kagee Corner on 96.) Its lights perfect it's glory of yesteryear. In addition to it, pictures and old highway signs help to produce ambiance.
I greatly recommend our new cafe to everyone! Next weekend is the opening weekend of pheasant season. I am sure that they will be very busy then! We and the hunters are so very fortunate that Route 96 has now opened it's doors!
VLE-B
We have now eaten there three times. The food is great! If you like thick hamburgers, you'll LOVE theirs! They're very thick. All sandwiches include toasted buns which we really enjoy. You just cannot pass on their chicken fries! They are out of this world!!!
Tonight, Friday's, special will be mountain oysters. Tomorrow's will be prime rib. I've also been told that the special on every Sunday evening is anything on the breakfast menu.
We've been really impressed with how many local people whom you never saw at other restaurants in town, are eating at 96. In addition to Leotians, ALOT of Scott City people travel 24 miles just to eat there! (The manager and many of the other employees formerly worked at Scott City's Chapparell Inn.) Their fans followed them here.
Karen Walk, the curator of Leoti's Great Plains Museum, went through her many photos and gave a select amount to the owners of the cafe. They, then, had them blown up. They are now framed and hanging on the walls. If you enjoy local history as I do, you'll be in for quite a treat!!! Until last night, I never knew that Coronado had it's own newspaper, did you? Someone actually brought in a copy of it which is now framed. The largest photo is of Main Street Leoti in 1926. OMG! It shows the old buildings (Some, I think are still standing but with new faces.) The streets were in terrible shape with very dirty streets. Large trees stood between where Three Way's Dry Goods used to be and Highway 96. Towering over everything was our majestic Wichita County Courthouse. It was sooo kool to see all of the old vehicles parked in front of the various buildings. In lots of ways, they were more handsome than any of our modern cars and pick-ups. Part of their statliness was their black color. Can you imagine how dirty they looked after travelling down those dirt streets and roads? I've never quite understood why light colored vehicles show less dirt than the dark-colored ones. LOL!
For Elder relatives who read my blog, did you know that our grandparents, Roy and Helen, owned the FIRST car in Wichita County? They did! I've been told of how the family had used that car to travel to our great-grandparents' home for Thanksgiving. Before they got home, it began to snow. Our grandfather told the family that that would be the last time that they would be able to drive the car until Spring. He was right!
Part of the cafe is used only for reservations and spillovers when the rest of the cafe is full. It is so neat! A very old Sinclair Gas pump towers in the corner of the room. (I THINK that it may be the one that used to stand in front of the old Kagee Corner on 96.) Its lights perfect it's glory of yesteryear. In addition to it, pictures and old highway signs help to produce ambiance.
I greatly recommend our new cafe to everyone! Next weekend is the opening weekend of pheasant season. I am sure that they will be very busy then! We and the hunters are so very fortunate that Route 96 has now opened it's doors!
VLE-B
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Margaret E. Cauthon--Scott City
Margaret Cauthon, 83, passed away in Scott City on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. She was born on July 4, 1926 and married Gaylord "Gus" Cauthon on November 10th, 1952. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Gus, of Scott City and two sons, Stuart L. and Sandy of Scott City and Steven R. and Mary Cauthon of Noblesville, Indiana, four grandchildren and numerous neices and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 on Friday, November 6th at the United Methodist Church in Scott City. Burial will be in Scott County Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Methodist Church or Parklane Nursing Home of Scott City through the Price and Sons Funeral Home in Scott City.
Visitation at the funeral home will be from 10-8:00 on Thursday and 9-10:30 Friday morning.
(Obituary courtesy of Price and Sons Funeral Home.)
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Survivors include her husband, Gus, of Scott City and two sons, Stuart L. and Sandy of Scott City and Steven R. and Mary Cauthon of Noblesville, Indiana, four grandchildren and numerous neices and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 on Friday, November 6th at the United Methodist Church in Scott City. Burial will be in Scott County Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the Methodist Church or Parklane Nursing Home of Scott City through the Price and Sons Funeral Home in Scott City.
Visitation at the funeral home will be from 10-8:00 on Thursday and 9-10:30 Friday morning.
(Obituary courtesy of Price and Sons Funeral Home.)
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Hmmm??????
The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing. But, in our culture, we apply for a debt and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture...
Doug Phillips
Vision Forum Ministries
Doug Phillips
Vision Forum Ministries
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