Our family is interested in purchasing 2 24" bicycles. If you have any that you are willing to part with, please reply to this post, email us at slblaus@gmail.com or call me at 620-375-4584.
Thank you!!!
VLE-B
Thursday, March 4, 2010
MAJOR beautification project on Leoti's Main Street!
Over the past couple of years, business owners on Main and Broadway in Leoti have really gone all out to make their businesses look fresh and interesting again! It is all so well-appreciated!
Today, I was leaving Dollar General when I found a few men standing out in front of the store looking off to the north. Of course, being the snoopy wonder who I am, I had to take my own glance! I discovered that a local popular contractor was working on the large quonset building that belongs to John and Liz Griem-Gould. John purchased it a few years ago and uses it for storage of his seed that he sells. The contractor was pulling out the old windows and later, started covering the entire building with new materials. I cannot believe how quickly the project is moving along! (Wish our kitchen project was moving so quickly!!!)
Anyway, take a swing by the new and MUCH improved building. You'll be very impressed!!! And, please remember to say thank you to John and Liz and all of the other business owners who have spent mounds of money to make Leoti look like a much better and prettier place to live!!! Because of their efforts and the new school expansions, I personally believe that Leoti will have more people moving into our little town...
VLE-B
Today, I was leaving Dollar General when I found a few men standing out in front of the store looking off to the north. Of course, being the snoopy wonder who I am, I had to take my own glance! I discovered that a local popular contractor was working on the large quonset building that belongs to John and Liz Griem-Gould. John purchased it a few years ago and uses it for storage of his seed that he sells. The contractor was pulling out the old windows and later, started covering the entire building with new materials. I cannot believe how quickly the project is moving along! (Wish our kitchen project was moving so quickly!!!)
Anyway, take a swing by the new and MUCH improved building. You'll be very impressed!!! And, please remember to say thank you to John and Liz and all of the other business owners who have spent mounds of money to make Leoti look like a much better and prettier place to live!!! Because of their efforts and the new school expansions, I personally believe that Leoti will have more people moving into our little town...
VLE-B
Quick explanation on my whereabouts...
In case you have been checking in here and haven't seen anything new for a few days, here's my explanation.
I am no longer sick with that horrible flu from last week. I am having some pretty bad times with my asthma but I am sure that that will pass soon.
I started another of my homemaking projects on Monday. Between that, being a mommy, working for the credit bureau yesterday and tomorrow and my daily cleaning at two seperate office buildings, I have had VERY little time to be online at all.
I would love to say that our kitchen project is about finished but I cannot. My Tuscan treatment on our cabinets is extremely slow-going. Tonight, Stan was able to hang three of the upper cabinet doors and install their "jewelry"--some new and very pretty doorhandles. Unfortunately, I can't even say that those doors are finished. Once I have finished the other doors which haven't even been started yet, I will have to come back and put the finish coats of polyurethane on them. My mom came over to see my work this afternoon. I was so uplifted as soon as I saw her eyes light up when she saw my work! (Not all of my creations turn out so well. LOL!) Her enthusiasm gave me the will and energy to continue onwards.
Out of 12 cabinet doors, 5 are complete except for hanging and the final coatings of the sealer. The other 7 doors are yet to be touched. The cabinets that they cover also need to be dealt with. Sometimes, I really wish that I had an assistant. LOL! However, this particular treatment can only be done by the same person. Because of the technique, each person has his/her own way. Therefore, the results would look different.
I am trying to finish them this week because Stan is planning on laying the new ceramic tile on the countertops this weekend. His MAIN goal is to get to plumb in our new gooseneck water faucet. He cannot do that until the countertops are finished. He can just hardly wait to do that! Ours has a head that pulls out of the main support system so that it can be used to spray the sink, veggies and fruits, plants, etc. The sprayer even has a high and low pressure setting. MAYBE, the projects will be finished this weekend. I'll let you know!
Anyway, my information may be abit slow for the next few days. Please be patient with me. I will be back with bells on my toes!
VLE-B
I am no longer sick with that horrible flu from last week. I am having some pretty bad times with my asthma but I am sure that that will pass soon.
I started another of my homemaking projects on Monday. Between that, being a mommy, working for the credit bureau yesterday and tomorrow and my daily cleaning at two seperate office buildings, I have had VERY little time to be online at all.
I would love to say that our kitchen project is about finished but I cannot. My Tuscan treatment on our cabinets is extremely slow-going. Tonight, Stan was able to hang three of the upper cabinet doors and install their "jewelry"--some new and very pretty doorhandles. Unfortunately, I can't even say that those doors are finished. Once I have finished the other doors which haven't even been started yet, I will have to come back and put the finish coats of polyurethane on them. My mom came over to see my work this afternoon. I was so uplifted as soon as I saw her eyes light up when she saw my work! (Not all of my creations turn out so well. LOL!) Her enthusiasm gave me the will and energy to continue onwards.
Out of 12 cabinet doors, 5 are complete except for hanging and the final coatings of the sealer. The other 7 doors are yet to be touched. The cabinets that they cover also need to be dealt with. Sometimes, I really wish that I had an assistant. LOL! However, this particular treatment can only be done by the same person. Because of the technique, each person has his/her own way. Therefore, the results would look different.
I am trying to finish them this week because Stan is planning on laying the new ceramic tile on the countertops this weekend. His MAIN goal is to get to plumb in our new gooseneck water faucet. He cannot do that until the countertops are finished. He can just hardly wait to do that! Ours has a head that pulls out of the main support system so that it can be used to spray the sink, veggies and fruits, plants, etc. The sprayer even has a high and low pressure setting. MAYBE, the projects will be finished this weekend. I'll let you know!
Anyway, my information may be abit slow for the next few days. Please be patient with me. I will be back with bells on my toes!
VLE-B
Monday, March 1, 2010
Jennifer May Emahizer--Scott City and Ellis, Ks.
Jennifer May Emahizer, 8-years-old, was born on October 29th, 2001 and passed away at her Scott City home. Her adoptive parents were Jerry and Shellie Emahizer of Scott City. Her natural parents were Aaron and Kristina Fry of Ellis, Ks.
She is also survived by three sisters--Kim Emahizer of Hays, Ks.; Breanna Emahizer of Scott City, and Jami Emahizer of Scott City, two brothers--Evan Fry of Ellis and Hunter Fry of Ellis. Four grandparents: Willard and Linda Sanders, of Scott City, Tom Fry of Wichita and Janice Fry of Dighton.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 on Wednesday, March 3rd, at Price and Sons Funeral Home of Scott City. Rev. Kyle Evans will be preciding.
Burial will be in the Scott County Cemetary.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be given to the Cerebral Palsy Foundation or the March of Dimes in care of Price and Sons Funeral Homes.
Obituary information was from Price and Sons Funeral Homes of Garden City, Scott City, Leoti and Tribune.
****If memory serves me well, Linda Sanders is the daughter of Willis and Mabel Crowley of Leoti.
VLE-B
She is also survived by three sisters--Kim Emahizer of Hays, Ks.; Breanna Emahizer of Scott City, and Jami Emahizer of Scott City, two brothers--Evan Fry of Ellis and Hunter Fry of Ellis. Four grandparents: Willard and Linda Sanders, of Scott City, Tom Fry of Wichita and Janice Fry of Dighton.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 on Wednesday, March 3rd, at Price and Sons Funeral Home of Scott City. Rev. Kyle Evans will be preciding.
Burial will be in the Scott County Cemetary.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be given to the Cerebral Palsy Foundation or the March of Dimes in care of Price and Sons Funeral Homes.
Obituary information was from Price and Sons Funeral Homes of Garden City, Scott City, Leoti and Tribune.
****If memory serves me well, Linda Sanders is the daughter of Willis and Mabel Crowley of Leoti.
VLE-B
Sunday, February 28, 2010
SIMPLE and INEXPENSIVE kitchen and bathroom counter perk-up.
I am a MAJOR lover of home renovations! Homeowners are quite aware of the fact that it doesn't take much of a project to ring up a large bill to do any fix-ups.
Several years ago, I was sick and tired of continuously having to look at our kitchen Formica countertops. The kind that our house was born with was the white with gold specks kind. At that time, I was a great fan of the LYNETTE JENNINGS SHOW. No matter what renovations she did, I LOVED THEM!!!
One day, she gave a demonstration of covering the Formica or any other laminate countertop with the color of your choice paint followed by several coats of high gloss varnish. SHAZAM!!! That was EXACTLY the facelift that our kitchen needed.
So, I went down to the lumber yard and bought a quart of OIL-based black paint. (For some reason, water-based paint will not work for this application.) After a few days, our counters were ggg-gorgeous! unfortunately, they didn't stay that way for very long. Anytime, we placed our crockpot on them, the countertop wrinkled. Even when you placed pot holders on the counter before placing hot pans on it, the countertop wrinkled. Not good.
Well, last night, I found out that a major paint company has come out with a paint made especially for countertops!!! You just apply it with a small hand-held paint roller. Ta-da! That's about it. No extra muss or fuss... Ask your local hardware or lumber yard if they carry it. If they are not able to bring it in, the larger hardware stores in larger towns carry it. People have also discovered that this same paint can be used to paint over the smaller 3" x 3" or 4" x 4" tiles that have been used on countertops, on walls and in shower and bathtub applications. Sure beats having to pull all of those off so that you can put something else up. To top it all off, they look beautiful! Now, people who have bought homes with the un-lovely pink or green tiles, etc, can have a fast and beautiful fix right now at a must lower price!
Now, we are getting ready to lay BEAUTIFUL 12" x 12" ceramic tile that looks just like stone with a Tuscan flavor to it on our kitchen countertops. I had just thought that we could lay it out on top of our counterops the way that they are now. WRONG!!! Now, I have to go in and scrape all of the paint and varnish, wrinkles, etc off BEFORE we can lay the first tile. Otherwise, the tile will not stay in place. Ughhh! So, now I know what I will be doing this week. It looks like the preparation is going to be alot more work than the fun part!!! Oh, well. It'll be worth it!!!!!!!!!!
VLE-B
Several years ago, I was sick and tired of continuously having to look at our kitchen Formica countertops. The kind that our house was born with was the white with gold specks kind. At that time, I was a great fan of the LYNETTE JENNINGS SHOW. No matter what renovations she did, I LOVED THEM!!!
One day, she gave a demonstration of covering the Formica or any other laminate countertop with the color of your choice paint followed by several coats of high gloss varnish. SHAZAM!!! That was EXACTLY the facelift that our kitchen needed.
So, I went down to the lumber yard and bought a quart of OIL-based black paint. (For some reason, water-based paint will not work for this application.) After a few days, our counters were ggg-gorgeous! unfortunately, they didn't stay that way for very long. Anytime, we placed our crockpot on them, the countertop wrinkled. Even when you placed pot holders on the counter before placing hot pans on it, the countertop wrinkled. Not good.
Well, last night, I found out that a major paint company has come out with a paint made especially for countertops!!! You just apply it with a small hand-held paint roller. Ta-da! That's about it. No extra muss or fuss... Ask your local hardware or lumber yard if they carry it. If they are not able to bring it in, the larger hardware stores in larger towns carry it. People have also discovered that this same paint can be used to paint over the smaller 3" x 3" or 4" x 4" tiles that have been used on countertops, on walls and in shower and bathtub applications. Sure beats having to pull all of those off so that you can put something else up. To top it all off, they look beautiful! Now, people who have bought homes with the un-lovely pink or green tiles, etc, can have a fast and beautiful fix right now at a must lower price!
Now, we are getting ready to lay BEAUTIFUL 12" x 12" ceramic tile that looks just like stone with a Tuscan flavor to it on our kitchen countertops. I had just thought that we could lay it out on top of our counterops the way that they are now. WRONG!!! Now, I have to go in and scrape all of the paint and varnish, wrinkles, etc off BEFORE we can lay the first tile. Otherwise, the tile will not stay in place. Ughhh! So, now I know what I will be doing this week. It looks like the preparation is going to be alot more work than the fun part!!! Oh, well. It'll be worth it!!!!!!!!!!
VLE-B
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Scott County All-School Reunion
The reunion will be held on July 2nd, 3rd and 4th of this year. ALOT is planned for the 3-day event! I suggest that you go to the website: www.schsalumniscks.com for all of the information. Everything from meals to the parade to various sports to the Poker Run, etc is listed there.
The senior classes of 1973, '74 and '75 will be combining a get-together.
If you are a member of the class that graduated in 1973, please contact Karen Gibbs.
Karen Gibbs
1211 Jackson Street
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-5497
kgibbs@usd466.com
Seniors of 1974, need to contact Susan Duff.
Susan Duff
980 W. Road
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-5762
rduff@wbsnet.org
Class members of 1975, please contact Carol Schmidt.
Carol Schmidt
708 Terrace
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-7276
cschmidt@wbsnet.org
Each class will meet on Friday at 7:00 to decorate their own float for the Saturday parade. Meet at Mike Ellis' Shop at Bellevue and Washington.
Meet at Palen's to board float for SCHS Alumni Parade, all three classes will meet at Palen's for a pre-party gathering (Bring snacks, drinks and lawn chairs.)
At 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, bring your family back to Mike's building for a barbeque. Everything will be provided. COST: $5.00 per person. RSVP to the above persons AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
One more thing:
It has been suggested that the classes of 73, 74 and 75 go together to purchase a plaque in honor of Mr. Ken Jones, former vocal instructor, for the SCHS Alumni Wall. The cost is $1,000. If you are interested in donating, please contact Linda Dunagan.
Linda Dunagan
1204 Kingsley
Scott City, Ks. 67861
620-872-3634
lindadunagan@sbcglobal.net
The money must be in no later than March 30th.
Thank you!
VLE-B
The senior classes of 1973, '74 and '75 will be combining a get-together.
If you are a member of the class that graduated in 1973, please contact Karen Gibbs.
Karen Gibbs
1211 Jackson Street
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-5497
kgibbs@usd466.com
Seniors of 1974, need to contact Susan Duff.
Susan Duff
980 W. Road
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-5762
rduff@wbsnet.org
Class members of 1975, please contact Carol Schmidt.
Carol Schmidt
708 Terrace
Scott City, Ks. 67871
620-872-7276
cschmidt@wbsnet.org
Each class will meet on Friday at 7:00 to decorate their own float for the Saturday parade. Meet at Mike Ellis' Shop at Bellevue and Washington.
Meet at Palen's to board float for SCHS Alumni Parade, all three classes will meet at Palen's for a pre-party gathering (Bring snacks, drinks and lawn chairs.)
At 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, bring your family back to Mike's building for a barbeque. Everything will be provided. COST: $5.00 per person. RSVP to the above persons AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
One more thing:
It has been suggested that the classes of 73, 74 and 75 go together to purchase a plaque in honor of Mr. Ken Jones, former vocal instructor, for the SCHS Alumni Wall. The cost is $1,000. If you are interested in donating, please contact Linda Dunagan.
Linda Dunagan
1204 Kingsley
Scott City, Ks. 67861
620-872-3634
lindadunagan@sbcglobal.net
The money must be in no later than March 30th.
Thank you!
VLE-B
OUCH!!! That really hurt!
I already wrote that I was really looking forward to going to tour the Washington-Ames House yesterday. What I did not write was what happened to me as soon as we got there...
Before I left home yesterday afternoon, our Brutus, a mixed-breed dog who is really not all that big, about 2-2 1/2 feet tall, same length and a brain that must not be any larger than a peanut, jumped into our van with me. What makes him so enduring to us is that his heart must fill up his entire interior. He is just a real sweetheart!!!
Since he asks so very little of us, I just couldn't ask him to get out of the van, so he got to go for HIS idea of a thrilling car ride!
Of course, when I got to Seaboard to clean, he remained in the van. About a half an hour after I arrived, our daughters walked from school and met me there. Abigayle took her book bag to the van. I had never thought to tell her that Brutus was in there. As soon as he saw one of his favorite people, HER, he exited the vehicle and was ready for play!!! Of course, Abi knew that this was not the perfect scene for fun and games so she did everything that she could think of to coax him back into the van. Nothin' doin'. He was already out and that was where he was gonna stay!!!
Fortunately, he stayed right there until we were ready to leave. As soon as I opened the van door, he jumped right in. From there, we went to the Big House in Leoti. As I was getting out of the van, he decided that he would also. I had to tell him to stay put. At the same time, I gathered speed so that I could hurriedly get the door closed. That was my downfall...
It seems that though the rest of my body had really sped up, my right hand had not gotten the message that my brain had sent out to every other portion of my body. Yeah, you got it, The door met the rest of the van with my poor middle finger on my right hand wedged between the two VERY HEAVY pieces. Oh, my God! I just knew that my poor finger would never be normal as before! As soon as I was able to open the door and retrieve my poor little finger, I discovered that when I instructed it to bend, it wouldn't. It just stayed straight out in front of me and shook with pain and shock. It had received a fairly deep cut just above my large knuckle.
I cried out to Stan that my finger was broken. I say 'cried' but no tears appeared on my cheeks. Stan came right over and tried to maneuver my finger manually to make it bend. Why in the world did he do that??? The poor thing was already in a state of extreme pain and shock!!! LOL!!! I and my finger managed to survive.
Stan told Karen that he thought that he better take me to the hospital and have it checked. I was COMPLETELY against that idea!!! Afterall, the poor EMTs had just transported me to the emergency room once this week only to find out that I had a bad case of the common, everyday FLU! No, I thought that I would just tough this one out.
So, we went on our tour of the house that I just adored!!! It took most of my mind off of the aching finger. Ya' know, it is actually hard to believe that someone as big as me could still notice the pain in such a little tiny portion of my body...Go figure!
Eventually, most of the pain in my finger went away. The cut is still in place along with two bruises. One little one next to the cut and another one on the left side of my finger. What I don't understand is why the injury there has caused my arm to ache clear up past my elbow and into the flabby part of the arm... Oh, well. At least my finger is still connected to the rest of my body and it once again bends whenever my little brain tells it to!
And, as for Brutus, he is going to be spending more time at home than he had originally expected... LOL!!!
VLE-B
Before I left home yesterday afternoon, our Brutus, a mixed-breed dog who is really not all that big, about 2-2 1/2 feet tall, same length and a brain that must not be any larger than a peanut, jumped into our van with me. What makes him so enduring to us is that his heart must fill up his entire interior. He is just a real sweetheart!!!
Since he asks so very little of us, I just couldn't ask him to get out of the van, so he got to go for HIS idea of a thrilling car ride!
Of course, when I got to Seaboard to clean, he remained in the van. About a half an hour after I arrived, our daughters walked from school and met me there. Abigayle took her book bag to the van. I had never thought to tell her that Brutus was in there. As soon as he saw one of his favorite people, HER, he exited the vehicle and was ready for play!!! Of course, Abi knew that this was not the perfect scene for fun and games so she did everything that she could think of to coax him back into the van. Nothin' doin'. He was already out and that was where he was gonna stay!!!
Fortunately, he stayed right there until we were ready to leave. As soon as I opened the van door, he jumped right in. From there, we went to the Big House in Leoti. As I was getting out of the van, he decided that he would also. I had to tell him to stay put. At the same time, I gathered speed so that I could hurriedly get the door closed. That was my downfall...
It seems that though the rest of my body had really sped up, my right hand had not gotten the message that my brain had sent out to every other portion of my body. Yeah, you got it, The door met the rest of the van with my poor middle finger on my right hand wedged between the two VERY HEAVY pieces. Oh, my God! I just knew that my poor finger would never be normal as before! As soon as I was able to open the door and retrieve my poor little finger, I discovered that when I instructed it to bend, it wouldn't. It just stayed straight out in front of me and shook with pain and shock. It had received a fairly deep cut just above my large knuckle.
I cried out to Stan that my finger was broken. I say 'cried' but no tears appeared on my cheeks. Stan came right over and tried to maneuver my finger manually to make it bend. Why in the world did he do that??? The poor thing was already in a state of extreme pain and shock!!! LOL!!! I and my finger managed to survive.
Stan told Karen that he thought that he better take me to the hospital and have it checked. I was COMPLETELY against that idea!!! Afterall, the poor EMTs had just transported me to the emergency room once this week only to find out that I had a bad case of the common, everyday FLU! No, I thought that I would just tough this one out.
So, we went on our tour of the house that I just adored!!! It took most of my mind off of the aching finger. Ya' know, it is actually hard to believe that someone as big as me could still notice the pain in such a little tiny portion of my body...Go figure!
Eventually, most of the pain in my finger went away. The cut is still in place along with two bruises. One little one next to the cut and another one on the left side of my finger. What I don't understand is why the injury there has caused my arm to ache clear up past my elbow and into the flabby part of the arm... Oh, well. At least my finger is still connected to the rest of my body and it once again bends whenever my little brain tells it to!
And, as for Brutus, he is going to be spending more time at home than he had originally expected... LOL!!!
VLE-B
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