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Aging buildings

National register helps maintain, restore many historic treasures

Christ Cathedral is located at 138 S. Eighth. The first service in the
Episcopal church was held Jan. 8, 1908.

By TIM UNRUH The list was authorized by the The Very Rev. Benjamin Thomas poses in Christ Cathedral recently. Photos by TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal
National Historic Preservation Act
Salina Journal of 1966. The register “is part of a MAINTENANCE MINISTRY “Keeping it up is really an act of
national program to coordinate faith. I’m a custodian of this monument to Jesus.”
A Salina stone mason phoned and support public and private
the Very Rev. Benjamin Thomas efforts to identify, evaluate and • the Very Rev. Benjamin Thomas, pastor, Christ Cathedral
one day recently with alarming protect America’s historic and
news about Christ Cathedral. archaeological resources,” the Of the estimated 1,000 to 2,000 — pay a portion of those costs. Reviews of building permits are
website reads. visitors to the commanding done through the city of Salina,
A limestone cross on the roof 200,000-square-foot limestone Financial incentives offered Martin said, but if the projects
was crumbling and posed a real “It makes us eligible for grant building every year, he said, many require financial assistance, the
danger to anyone lurking below. money,” Thomas said. come because of the building’s list- But using financial incentives Kansas Historical Society would
ing on the national register “and — Heritage Trust Fund through become involved.
Thomas wasted no time. He Upcoming maintenance includes their curiosity,” Hamilton said. a grant application process, or
hired a crane and a crew to re- pulling out five stained-glass with state and federal rehabili- The national register is “purely
move the cross. windows above the altar to re-lead Completed in 1927, the center tation tax credits — to repair or honorific,” she said, meaning
and reinforce the stained glass and serves as a meeting hall for Ma- upgrade the building has to win there is no oversight nationally.
“It literally fell apart as they replacing protective clear glass on sonic organizations in north-cen- approval of the historic register
were taking it off,” he said. the outside of the building. That tral and northwest Kansas and officials. “The register is quite attractive
will cost roughly $95,000. other groups when requested. to a certain subset of developers
The cost: nearly $5,000, rough- It also hosts high school proms, “We have to submit them the who want to retain the character
ly 8 percent of the Episcopal “The bell needs a new striker meetings and other community plans. There will be parts of it but modernize it for new use,”
Church’s $60,000 annual budget to mechanism,” Thomas added. gatherings. that will be approved and parts Martin said. “Developers use our
maintain the ornately designed that won’t, parts you can change financial incentives to make those
and decorated 109-year-old struc- That will cost $60,000. Other The six-story building faced and other parts you have to re- updates and changes. Our intent
ture at 138 S. Eighth. projects include repairing or with limestone and marble is not store,” Armstrong said. is to help the property owner
replacing steps and doors to the cheap to maintain. Its operating maintain the historic character.”
Whether the cross is replaced church. budget in 2014 was $95,500, Hamil- Those concerns are common,
will be decided later, Thomas said, ton said. said Sarah Martin, National Reg- Converted to apartments
but over the next 25 years, the Just keeping the place clean is a ister coordinator of the Kansas
church will spend $1.5 million on chore, Thomas said. Each of the bodies housed in the Historical Society in Topeka. One example near downtown
maintenance and capital improve- center — Masonic Lodge, Scottish There is a misconception that a Salina is the former Roos-
ments. The general upkeep is done reg- Rite, York Rite, Order of the East- building on the register must stay evelt-Lincoln Junior High School.
ularly, he said, but once or twice ern Star, Daughters of the Nile and exactly as it was historically, she
Managing the building and a year, all the nooks and crannies the Social Order of the Beauceant said. See BUILDINGS, Page 2
grounds requires approximately of so much woodwork, sculptures,
15 percent of his time. Of the chandeliers and other fixtures are
$60,000, about $10,000 is raised deep-cleaned and dusted. Cotton
yearly from parishioners. swabs, tiny brushes and other
intricate devices are used.
“Keeping it up is really an act of
faith,” Thomas said. “I’m a custo- “A feather duster is about the
dian of this monument to Jesus.” best you can do,” Thomas said.

11 structures on national list List attracts interest

The cathedral is one of 11 struc- Being listed can be a good thing,
tures in Salina on the National said Don Hamilton, a board mem-
Register of Historic Places, an ber of the Masonic Center, 336 S.
official list of the nation’s historic Santa Fe.
places that are worthy of preser-
vation, according to the National “From the standpoint of noto-
Park Service website. The register riety, or popularity, it does attract
is a program of the park service. people’s interest,” he said.

2 Sunday, February 22, 2015 Salina Edition SALINA JOURNAL

Historic buildings

Heritage Commission reviews historic properties set for demolition; public may appeal

By TIM HORAN TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal SHOULD IT
John Burger is assistant planner in the city of Salina Planning and Zoning Department. COME DOWN?
Salina Journal
These are standards used by
In November, a fire signifi- the Heritage Commission to
cantly damaged a home at 107 W. determine demolition.
Prescott. 1. Threat of public health and
safety
Before the owners could raze 2. Architectural integrity
the house, they needed permis- no longer
sion from the Salina Heritage evident
Commission. 3. The
streetscape
In 1992, that building, along would
with 76 other pieces of property not be
in Salina, was placed on the city’s negatively
list of historically designated affected
places and designated Conserva- 4. Adverse effect to
tion Property. surrounding buildings or
structure
The Heritage Commission must 5. Zoning incompatible with
approve the the razing of any reuse
historically designated property, 6. Reuse plan consistent with
similar to the way it allowed for existing codes and ordinances
the demolition of the former St. 7. Property has not suffered
John’s Hospital and other struc- from willful neglect
tures at 139 N. Penn. 8. Denial would cause an
economic hardship
The commission gave approv-
al Jan. 29 for the razing of the “They really are the heart and together and get back as much as the building to the city of Salina with historic district property
Prescott Avenue home. soul of the community, most 45 percent of the rehabilitation in 1989. The building was ulti- and landmarks, they want to see
times,” he said of the historic costs,” he said. mately restored and acquired by if the property is substantially
Any member of the public may buildings. “It’s important for the the nonprofit organization in 1997. damaged and wouldn’t be eco-
appeal a decision of the Heritage citizenry to see how the city has Central, east Salina nomically or physically feasible to
Commission, and that’s what developed, and historic develop- 11 on national register rehabilitate.”
happened in the case of St. John’s ment is part of that mix. It gives Burger said conservation
Hospital and other buildings on them a sense of place to see prop- buildings are located from the There are also 11 buildings He said that often happens
the property, owned by Salina erties their parents and grandpar- Endiron House, 100 S. College, to listed on the National Register after a fire, as in the case of the
Regional Health Center. A Salina ents lived in, worked in.” the County Club Heights area in of Historic Places. They include: house at 107 W. Prescott, or other
developer appealed the razing of east Salina, as well as the central Flanders-Lee House, 200 S. Sev- disaster.
the structures to the Salina City Giving properties a chance part of Salina. enth; Smoky Hill Museum, 211 W.
Commission, which voted to deny Iron; Stiefel Theatre, 153-163 S. “In those cases, the Heritage
a permit to raze the buildings. He said the review process “There have been some proper- Santa Fe; A.J. Schwartz House, Commission will review those
Salina Regional then filed a law- gives historic properties a second ties that have fallen through the 636 E. Iron; Prescott-Foley House, and weigh the value of the prop-
suit against the city commission chance. cracks where the owners have 211 W. Prescott; Sheldon-Nel- erty and the damage,” he said.
in Saline County District Court. chosen not to maintain and keep son House, 100 Mount Barbara; “In some cases, they are able to
That lawsuit is pending. “Let them find someone to fix up the properties, but those tend Masonic Center, 336 S. Santa Fe; approve demolition.”
those up and find utility for them to be rare,” Burger said. “The Lakewood Park Bridge, Riverside
235 buildings on list rather than demolishing them,” lack of reinvestment ultimately Drive; Pioneer Presidents Place, He said that demolition often is
Burger said. “Often the cost for penalizes the property owner 245 S. Eighth; H.D. Lee Company approved when the value of the
John Burger, Salina’s assistant new development exceeds the because the value of the property Complex, 248-254 N. Santa Fe; and damage exceeds the value of the
planner, said that in 1997, Salina renovation costs.” goes down and they can’t market Christ Episcopal Cathedral, 138 S. property.
adopted the Heritage Conserva- it well.” Eighth.
tion District ordinance, naming He said the process has worked An apartment at 124 W. Prescott
235 buildings considered to have well in Salina, pointing to Haw- He said there are a few build- Buildings can be razed was damaged by fire and torn
architectural or historic signifi- thorne School, which became an ings downtown that have been down. In that same area, a build-
cance. apartment complex, and Lincoln vacant for some time. Burger said that like the 235 ing at 120 W. Prescott was torn
Middle School and Roosevelt Mid- buildings listed under the conser- down because it was too expensive
“That was based on an inven- dle School, which became Pioneer “Generally, there is a good vation ordinance, buildings that to fix. Those two lots became the
tory done in 1985 by the Heritage Presidents Place. turnaround, and there seems to be are on the national register can be Blood Platelet Center for Salina
Commission and state preserva- always someone who is willing to razed. Regional Health Center.
tion office,” he said. Burger said state and federal go in and tackle a building and fix
tax breaks and grants are avail- that up,” he said. “There is a review process for — Reporter Tim Horan can be
The Heritage Commission re- able for the renovation of historic that. There is no outright prohibi- reached at 822-1422 or by email at
views demolition and renovation properties. A good example, he said, is the tion,” he said. “Most of the time [email protected].
of those properties using a set of Stiefel Theatre for the Performing
eight criteria. “Sometimes you can layer those Arts. Dickinson Theatre donated

“The idea is, there would be
some way of protecting those
properties and the loss of archi-
tecturally or historically signifi-
cant buildings even though they
are not in a local district or local
landmark,” he said.

One-liners leave Buildings / When
long impression possible, keep
on this 84-year-old historic materials

Your request for “aging Journal photo FROM PAGE 1 replacing to match.” TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal
stories” immediately Wayne Montgomery It was the only junior high in The sanctuary of Christ Cathedral, 138 S. Eighth, is pictured
triggered a work in which I Salina from 1917 until 1958. Lee complex recently. The cathedral is one of 11 structures in Salina on
have recently been engaged: key leaders in the church the National Register of Historic Places.
“One-liners that have im- (of which he had become The complex was closed One Salina property
pacted my life,” a listing of one) then it would become in 2002, and the Pioneer that’s been snaring atten- City of Salina news,
sayings of others that have ours, and we could make it Group of Topeka bought tion from local promoters information and surveys
contributed to my outlook the people’s idea.” the building. The group is the H.D. Lee Company straight to your phone
and attitude toward life demolished contemporary Complex at 248 N. Santa Fe,
that I wish to pass on to my In preaching class (1956), additions and transformed Martin said. There is a local Thanks for
grandchildren. Dr. G. Ray Jordan, a prolific the original Roosevelt and push to transform the prop- subscribing!
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My wife and I often er, said, “When you stand into 60 units for senior brick buildings covering the receive City of
discuss that our folks left to preach, put the fodder on housing, called Pioneer length of a city block — into Salina mobile
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That concept was foreign significantly to whatever taining the historic fabric can be reached at 822-1419 or
to me at that time: leader — I have become, or hope to and materials when possi- by email at tunruh@salina.
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SALINA JOURNAL Salina Edition Sunday, February 22, 2015 3

Law enforcement

Salina Police Department seeks young recruits, especially locals, to fill out diminishing force

By ERIN MATHEWS JOLIE GREEN / Hays Daily News HOW ABOUT YOU? sergeants are important for works and looks good,” he
Lt. Paul Forrester of the Salina Police Department talks with the department’s opera- said.
Salina Journal a student at Fort Hays State University’s Career-Internship • Interested in a job tion, and the position gives
Fair on Feb. 11 at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays. with law enforcment? young officers hope for He has also introduced
Know any young people Visit the new interactive more rapid advancement one new motorcycle and
who want to serve their recruitment website: to more responsibility and plans to add a second.
community by helping peo- joinsalinapd.com. better pay. So far, Nelson
ple and who haven’t been in said, he has appointed six “Motorcycles and motor
trouble with the law? Salina my goal.” sergeants, and he plans to officers are phenomenal
Police Chief Brad Nelson have nine or 10. recruitment tools because
would like to hire them. Revamped command they’re so approachable,
Nelson also prioritized and there are not many
“We would love to hire Nelson reintroduced the efforts to improve the people out there who don’t
people who grew up here,” sergeant position, which department’s vehicle fleet, like motorcycles,” he said.
Nelson said. “I couldn’t had been eliminated in the replacing old Crown Vic- “People walk up to a motor-
stress that enough because department’s chain of com- toria patrol cars with new cycle officer and talk.”
they have roots here. mand several years prior Ford Explorer sport utility
They’re not going to leave under former Chief Jim vehicles. — Reporter Erin Mathews
us after five or six years. Hill. Nelson said he believes can be reached at 822-1415
We haven’t honestly had “The younger generation or by email at emathews@
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Nelson said recent inci- continue to try to find new
Nelson said he is target- recruits. He said he tries to Discover who you are and what
ing people between the ages dents in Ferguson, Mo., and provide a fun work envi- you can achieve through the YMCA.
of 21 and 35, and military other communities have ronment, strives to be fair
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Law Enforcement Training Public perception low men and women to pa-
Center and then about 15 trol Salina’s streets. The
weeks of field training with “Now is probably the low- department purchased a
a senior officer. est point in history as far as professional display to take
what the public perception to job fairs, developed a
“Our best recruiters, is of American law enforce- recruitment pamphlet and
by far, are the cops them- ment, and that’s sad,” he has Kansas Wesleyan Uni-
selves,” he said. “If cops are said. “Nationwide, it’s been versity students working
happy, they tell each other a problem for years. You on an updated recruitment
and tell their friends.” can’t find people who want video. A new interactive
to be a police officer.” recruitment website at
Recruitment, retention joinsalinapd.com was
He said people tend to use developed in-house, Nelson
After about a year as Sa- social media to “pounce” on said. The department also
lina’s chief, Nelson said the officers who make mistakes. has an active Facebook
biggest challenge the depart- That results in the need for presence and has ramped
ment faces is recruitment law enforcement supporters up advertising.
and retention of officers, to counter with “feel good”
and he has worked to update videos that show police do- Nelson said the depart-
equipment and make chain- ing the types of good works ment has five recruits
of-command changes to they have done behind the attending classes at the law
make the department a more scenes for decades. enforcement academy, but
attractive place to work. In at least three lieutenants
early February, he said there “Social media, by and plan to retire this year.
were 10 openings for sworn large, has not done us a
officers in the department, favor,” Nelson said. “They “We’re treading water,
which would include 85 paint a pretty broad stroke but I can’t wait until we get
officers at full staff. as far as all cops must be to the point where we’ve
bad because this one cop did got more than 80 officers,”
Salina’s police depart- something, and that’s just he said. “That’s certainly
ment staffing shortage is entirely not true.”
nothing unique. Police de-
partments across the coun-
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4 Sunday, February 22, 2015 Salina Edition SALINA JOURNAL

On the beat

Shelly Bigham started her job as a police officer in 2007, and each day offers something new

By ERIN MATHEWS Salina police officer Shelly Bigham has been on the police force for eight years. TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal turmoil of their incident
realize what they’re doing
Salina Journal STILL A RUSH “I can remember being out on the playground with ly see that in Topeka,” she is not right, and, hopefully,
said. “We like Salina. It’s a they’ll try to change it.
Salina Police Department the kids, and when the cops would go by with lights and sirens, my heart nice town. Even though I’ve Some people make the same
patrol officer Shelly Bigham would race, and I’d wonder where they were going. ... The adrenaline’s only been here eight years, mistakes over and over
had completed several still there for me.” I feel very protective of the again. Some people have
circuits of the north Salina community.” other issues — whether it’s
area she regularly patrols • SHELLY BIGHAM, Salina police officer drugs or alcohol — that are
without seeing anything out She said she feels like contributing factors to their
of the ordinary when the someone saw a man slam Career on hold were going. In my 30s, that’s she’s making a difference in bad choices.”
dispatcher’s voice on the the front door of her house how I was. The adrenaline’s people’s lives.
radio signaled that things and take off in his truck. Bigham, who joined the still there for me.” Making the arrest
were about to pick up. Salina Police Department in “Over the years, I’ve had
When Bigham pulled up September 2007, holds bach- Bigham said that when some nice things that have She said users of street
She was summoned to to the house, she recognized elor’s and master’s degrees her daughter turned 10 happened, and it does make drugs referred to as “herbal
the police department to it as one she had visited in criminal justice from years old, she and her hus- it all worth it,” she said. potpourri” can be highly
speak to someone. A quick before. Another officer Washburn University. band and child had a family “It’s rewarding. It really is.” unpredictable.
look at her laptop comput- informed her over the radio meeting.
er informed her that the that the man who likely had While a child growing up Never had to shoot “One second they’re OK,
woman waiting in the lobby slammed the door had been in Topeka, Bigham said, she “It was understood that I and the next they’re just
wanted to be fingerprinted arrested two nights before wanted to be a judge and wanted to try to do this, and Regular parts of her wigging out,” she said.
to confirm her identity. for violating a no-contact had a gavel sitting on her as a family we figured it was 12-hour shift include citing “They’ll want to fight or
order. dresser. In high school, she a good time,” she said. people for traffic infrac- they think you’re trying to
“Someone who doesn’t would practice target shoot- tions, monitoring school hurt them or they become
know her name — I haven’t Bigham’s knock was ing with a .22-caliber hand- ‘I love what I do’ zones and writing reports. aggressive. Then they start
had that before,” the eight- answered by a woman who gun, and by the time she got She’s been called to testify crying and say they’re
year veteran of the Salina had about five crying chil- to college, she envisioned She said she started with in court in several cases, sorry, and the next second
police force said. “This is dren hovering around her becoming an investigator. the Pottawatomie County but most get settled out of they’re back to wanting to
going to be interesting.” legs. Bigham and a second Sheriff ’s Office, but soon court. fight you. It’s just unreal.”
officer who had arrived for “I didn’t really under- her husband’s job trans-
The department allowed backup kept the conversa- stand what law enforcement ferred the family to Salina Beyond the normal rou- The second time Bigham
a Journal reporter to ride tion brief, but long enough is like,” she said. “I just and she joined the police tine, she can never predict drove by the house of the
along with Bigham for to ascertain that there knew what I saw on TV.” department. She hasn’t what calls might come. man accused of violating
about four hours on the was probable cause for an regretted the decision. While on patrol, Bigham the no-contact order, his
afternoon of Feb. 4 to get a arrest. When her daughter was has done everything from pickup truck was in the
sense of what work is like born, Bigham put her law “I like being out here helping a woman break drive.
for a Salina police officer. “I had contact with him enforcement career ambi- where the action is,” she into her house after her
before he got arrested and tions on hold and worked said. “I love what I do. What key broke off in the lock to Bigham pulled her SUV
“There are lots of people told him that if you guys in the school system for I like about the job is that assisting Kansas Highway to the curb, activated the
who are very appreciative aren’t going to work out, a number of years as a it’s not the same all the Patrol troopers with the vehicle’s lights, and got
of the police, and there you’ve got to find a better paraeducator and substitute time. You could be really apprehension of an armed out and walked toward the
are a lot of people who way of communicating,” teacher. kind of low-key, and then 10 man in the entryway of a house. Soon a second officer
don’t like us for whatever Bigham said as she drove minutes later you could be church. arrived to cover the back
reason,” she said. “Recently, toward the young man’s “I didn’t want to do this running lights and sirens to door, while she knocked
with the negativity in the house. “That didn’t make it job and have something something very pressing.” Bigham said she drew her firmly on the front. A front
media, people have been very far because apparently happen to me and her not weapon that day in March curtain stirred, and shortly
walking up and thanking he got arrested a few days have a mom,” Bigham said. She said she considers 2010, and in a couple of the young man opened the
us. We’ve been seeing a lot ago. I’m going to check his “But I can remember being Salina home. high-risk car stops since, door.
of that here.” house and see if he’s there, out on the playground with but she’s never had to shoot,
and if he is, he will go to the kids, and when the cops “When we first came and she’s never even used Bigham patted him down,
No fingerprinting service jail.” would go by with lights and here, one thing I noticed her Taser. placed cuffs on his wrists
sirens, my heart would race, was there were people out and loaded him in the back
Upon arrival at the office and I’d wonder where they walking their dogs or just “I think I talk people to of her SUV. Once at the jail,
at 255 N. 10th, Bigham out walking; you don’t real- death,” she said. “My goal she followed procedures to
confirmed with superiors is to help people in the book him in, read him his
that the department doesn’t Miranda rights and then
offer fingerprinting services talked with him.
to members of the public.
Then she went to the lobby. “You and I spoke — didn’t
we? — before any of these
“I want to do fingerprints, charges came about,” she
ma’am,” the woman said, said. “It needs to stop.
her voice rising in frustra- You’ve got to take care of
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she carried didn’t look went back to her patrol
like her, and she doubted it vehicle.
was her. A woman sitting
beside her, who identified “Hopefully, now he gets
herself as the woman’s case the picture,” she said. “I
manager, confirmed that the think I made it perfectly
license was correct. clear.”

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Street repairs

Traffic cones in Salina’s future with major projects ahead

By TIM HORAN Still Looking for

Salina Journal

Salina’s aging streets the Right School?
received additional atten-
tion in 2014, and even more BMBCMfS3aCo6ml03uil6tyi0ocnBaBsnMMygoCCeut33rb66we00hhoinled
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Dan Stack, city engineer, To learn more, visit JustOneCourse.com today
said major projects are or call 1.888.242.9605
planned in 2015 on Iron Ave-
nue and North Ohio Street. Photos by TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal 2106 S. 9th St. • Salina, KS 67401
Work is done at the intersection of Ninth and Cloud streets on June 30.
“The city commission Brown Mackie Colleges is a system of over 25 schools. See BMCprograms.info for program
authorized additional dol- duration, tuition, fees and other costs, median debt, federal salary data, alumni success, and
lars to be spent on streets in other important info. © 2015 Brown Mackie College 3509 Accredited – Higher Learning
2014,” he said. “Much of the Commission. Commission; Member – North Central Association; 1.800.621.7440; www.ncahlc.org. Brown
increased spending was for
additional mill and overlay Mackie College – Salina is approved and authorized to grant the Associate of Applied
work.” Science (AAS) degree, Associate of General Studies (AGS) degree and the Bachelor of
— Reporter Tim Horan can Science (BS) degree by the Kansas Board of Regents, 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 520,
The budget jumped Topeka, KS 66612-1368. Transfer credit is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Brown Mackie
$480,000, from $2.78 million be reached at 822-1422 or by College offers no guarantee that credit earned at another institution will be accepted into a
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Last year’s repairs to East
Magnolia Road cost $3.5
million, with $1.3 of that
coming from the Kansas
Department of Transpor-
tation.

Cloud and Ninth Street
improvements also were
completed last year, at a
cost of $1.1 million, with
$350,000 in federal safety
funds funneled through
KDOT.

Iron, Ohio to be improved Traffic is routed around construction work June 30 at the
intersection of Ninth and Cloud streets.
Stack said the major im-
provements for the coming “Staff knowledge and in- ects in an area and special yourEvery child matters-
year include a $2.8 million put from the general public situations that require and so does gift.
upgrade to Iron Avenue and make us aware of problem accelerated action, such
$1.7 million repair to North areas,” he said. “Mainte- as Iron Avenue’s failed Over the years, our donors and friends have given to meet the needs
Ohio Street. nance is prioritized fur- asphalt over bricks. of our children. There are gift funds that benefit our children in Salina
ther by street classification and 75 Kansas counties.
Technology helps in and/or traffic counts.” Finally, funding and
determining which streets budget limitations come
are scheduled for repair, Stack said other con- into play.
Stack said. siderations include the
last maintenance date, the Stack said that ulti-
“City public works staff grouping together of proj- mately all maintenance is
propose the maintenance approved by the Salina City
projects utilizing data from
our pavement management
software database system,”
he said.

Street condition tracked

The software tracks the
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Bridge-building

Saline County bridges see improvement while national infrastructure suffers

By MICHAEL STRAND TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal were rated at 3 tons, but
Signs on McReynolds Road, south of Mentor, warn drivers that there is no longer a bridge in place. Cable said it’s not unusual
Salina Journal for them to be used occa-
That impression isn’t targeting maintenance to came on,” Nowak said. “In $240,000 a year. sionally by 20-ton semis at
In a recently released wrong — but it’s not the primary roads, usually on the last year before Neal got “That’s more money that harvest time.
300-page document, the U.S. case in Saline County. a 2-mile grid instead of the here, we spent $1 million
Department of Transpor- traditional 1-mile grid of on consulting (on bridge can be actually spent on Typical bridges a century
tation looks 30 years into “You see in the national section roads. projects). All those dollars bridges,” Nowak said. ago were 16 feet wide, Cable
the future of the nation’s media about deteriorating weren’t going into building said. “Now, we don’t do
transportation system and infrastructure, but we’re ac- That included closing bridges.” Heavier equipment anything narrower than 30
projects a future of crum- tually getting better here,” some bridges, going from feet.”
bling highways, unsafe said David Nowak, director 283 to 240. Inspecting our own Rural needs have changed
bridges and coastal airports of the Saline County Road since many rural bridges Other modern factors
underwater thanks to rising and Bridge Department. “When we pulled the trig- Also, Saline County saves were first built more than come into play when replac-
sea levels. ger and did it, we thought money on bridge inspec- a century ago; when Cable ing a bridge, Nowak said.
There are several reasons our phones would melt, but tions by having a county became county engineer,
That report indicates that Saline County is able to we really didn’t hear a lot,” employee do the inspecting. the oldest bridge still being “With a horse and buggy,
the policies of the past few get ahead of the game on Cable said. “With the limit- used in Saline County dated the approach to a bridge
decades have “left our trans- its roads and bridges, say ed money we have, it helped “We’re one of only three to 1889. — how it lined up with the
portation infrastructure in Nowak and County Engi- us focus resources where or four of the 105 counties road — was no big deal,”
an increasingly deteriorat- neer Neil Cable. they need to go.” that do their own inspec- “The pony trusses were Cable said. “It is a big deal
ed and fragile state. It has tions,” Nowak said. built for horses and buggies, when you’re in a semi at 50
left the United States on the Roads, bridges prioritized Hiring Cable was also nothing heavier than a miles per hour.”
precipice of losing its his- part of the equation, Nowak Terry Mattison, deputy small thresher, nothing
torical advantage in moving Seven years ago, in 2008, said. county surveyor, has in- compared to what’s using Bridges see deterioration
people and things faster, the county went through spected the county’s bridges the bridges today,” Nowak
safer and more reliably a process of evaluating “In the last nine years, since the early 1970s, saving said. No bridge is designed
than any other nation in the rural roads and bridges, of we’ve spent nothing on the county an estimated to last forever, Cable and
world.” consulting, since Cable Many of the older bridges Nowak said.

Another part of the “Concrete and steel both
report reads: “In the race to have a fatigue life,” Cable
build world-class transpor- said. “Think about bending
tation, America once set the a paper-clip, over and over;
pace. We used to have a big it will eventually break.”
lead.
But the county is also
“In the 19th century, we taking some steps to help its
built the Erie Canal and bridges last longer.
Transcontinental Railroad.
In the last century, we took For the past few years, a
over building the Pana- polymer coating has been
ma Canal, completed the put on bridge decks as part
Interstate Highway System, of maintenance, Cable
and set the world standard said. That keeps water and
in freight transport and road salt from seeping into
aviation. the concrete and rusting
the steel reinforcing bars
“But our lead has slipped inside.
away. We are behind. Way
behind. The quality of our The county also has start-
roads, for example, is no ed applying the polymer to
longer rated No. 1. We’re new bridges, Cable said.
No. 16.”
Because bridges wear out,
And it’s not the first time Cable and Nowak say the
attention has been directed need to maintain or replace
at crumbling infrastruc- them will never go away.
ture, leaving the impression
we’re not even managing “There’s always room for
to maintain what we once improvement,” Cable said.
built.
— Reporter Mike Strand
can be reached at 822-1418
or by email at mstrand@
salina.com.

Bicentennial dreaming

As Salina ages, the Bicentennial Center, which opened in the summer of 1979, gets a facelift

By GARY DEMUTH TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal FILLING A NEED
Contractors work to install new ductwork and electrical systems in the concourse at the Salina Bicentennial Center. “It was very much
Salina Journal intended to be
Bond issue votes in 1968 and nial Center’s purpose was ing circuses, professional Commerce annual banquet. a multipurpose
How big a deal was the 1973 had failed to support to attract bigger traveling wrestling events, Rotary and building that would
Salina Bicentennial Center a community/convention entertainment shows and Lions club meetings, the Facility ages bring people from
when it opened June 2, 1979? center in Salina. Passing a conventions. No-till on the Plains Winter out of town and the
necessary $6.5 million bond Conference, the Mid-Amer- But as Salina has aged, so area. It was thought
Donny and Marie and the in November 1976 took a “It was very much in- ica Farm Expo, the Tri-Riv- has the Salina Bicentennial of as something a
rest of the Osmond siblings combination of patriotic tended to be a multipurpose ers Fair, the National Junior Center. What once was a community our size
were the first to perform fever and a promise the building that would bring College Women’s Basketball state-of-the-art showplace should be doing.”
there. new building would be people from out of town and Tournament, Salina Bomber now is in need of renova-
constructed at the Saline the area,” she said. “It was arena football games and tion to compete with other • MARTHA RHEA, former
Don’t laugh. In the 1970s, County-owned Kenwood thought of as something a the Salina Area Chamber of area event centers. executive director, Salina
the Osmonds were one of Park. The bond issue passed community our size should Arts and Humanities
the hottest acts in the U.S., by a vote of 9,821 to 7,294. be doing.” That’s why Salina city
and Donny and Marie had a commissioners voted to
top-rated TV variety show. The working name of the Wide variety move forward with a $13.1
About 8,000 people attended new facility was the Bicen- million renovation project
that inaugural concert at tennial Community Center, Through the years, the in November. The official
ticket prices ranging from later shortened to the Bicen- Bicentennial Center would groundbreaking was Dec. 11.
$7.50 to $8.50. tennial Center. host a variety of events,
including rodeos, home “It was a big decision
They were followed by a Rhea said the Bicenten- and leisure shows, travel- for us,” said Salina Mayor
number of big-name acts Aaron Householter at the
through the years, includ- groundbreaking. “It’s some-
ing John Denver, Kenny thing that’s been needed for
Rogers, the Beach Boys, a long time.”
Bob Hope, Barry Manilow,
Wayne Newton, Red Skelt- The renovation is being
on, Journey, Kansas, Andy supervised by Global Spec-
Williams and the Harlem trum, the company hired
Globetrotters. The Bicen-
tennial Center also became See BICENTER, Page 7
a popular location for con-
ventions, circuses and other
traveling shows.

“It was really a big deal
when it opened,” said Mar-
tha Rhea, former executive
director of Salina Arts and
Humanities. “It rode on the
wave of the Bicentennial
celebration (in 1976), which
was inclusive and far-reach-
ing and laid the ground for
the Smoky Hill River Festi-
val and for the Bicentennial
Center to be accepted.”

Two votes failed

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SALINA JOURNAL Salina Edition Sunday, February 22, 2015 7

Public art

Debate continues about whether it’s essential to quality of life

TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal By GARY DEMUTH would be talking about art
Ron Rideout is general manager of the Salina when they’re worried about
Bicentennial Center. Salina Journal putting food on the table is
a serious concern. We have
BiCenter / Events Brad Anderson recalled a lot of work to do to share
to go on during a valuable piece of advice the good news that art and
renovation work from Eric Stein, a music design can help improve the
professor at Anderson’s future of a community.”
FROM PAGE 6 be equipped with grills and alma mater, Marymount TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal
fryers to add food items College, and founder of the This Spanish American war veteran can be seen at the The latest public art
by the city to manage the such as french fries and Salina Symphony. north entrance to Oakdale Park. Its inscription reads, “This controversy has involved
Bicentennial Center. chicken strips to the regular memorial erected in 1917 by the County of Saline.” the proposed placement of a
menu of hot dogs, popcorn, Stein once told Ander- “gateway” to downtown Sa-
The project will include ice cream and soda. son, a former student, that MORE THAN JUST ART “I think if we lina on Iron Avenue, a piece
renovations to the build- a well-rounded individual have a hip, connected, beautiful town, people of public art to be incorpo-
ing’s roof, concourse area, New signage and light must have a good music will come here and it will pay off. But I think rated into the $2.8 million
main arena, lobby, kitchen, fixtures will help make the diet. it can also be done through streetscapes, Iron Avenue improvement
administrative office and facility easier to navigate, cleaned-up parks and gateways.” project. Proposed was a
box office, multipurpose Rideout said, and the new “He said that if you listen series of 10 pedestals or pil-
room, north exterior plaza heating and air condition- to just one thing, it’s bad • AARON HOUSEHOLTER, Salina mayor lars along East Iron Avenue
and northeast parking ing system will help make for you,” said Anderson, heading into downtown,
lot. There also will be an the building comfortable executive director of Salina controversial, a series of downtown to visit, shop and stretching about 4 1/2 blocks,
upgrade to the heating and year-round. Arts and Humanities. “You six 20-foot-tall perforated eat, Anderson said. at an estimated cost of
air conditioning system and should listen to all kinds of pieces of steel at South $120,000.
improved handicap access “We’re planning a lot of music — country, rock, jazz. Ninth Street and Schilling Art not ‘mutually loved’
to meet the Americans with events here,” he said. “The I thought about that when Road called Dawn’s Silver Expectations differ
Disabilities Act. challenge is to do all of it working with Community Lining that some critics Although a strong advo-
during construction.” Art & Design.” have compared to the rotted cate of public art, Anderson According to Salina May-
Renovations planned teeth of a chronic metham- said he understands that or Aaron Householter, what
Out-of-town venues The CAD program was phetamine user. “not everything in a place is he and city commissioners
“The roof and some of formed in 2000 to develop going to be mutually loved expected was an actual
our systems were at the Rideout said the upgrades policy to incorporate art Then there are the more by everyone.” gateway welcoming visitors
end of their life and things and renovations aren’t and design elements in se- than two dozen sculptures to downtown Salina, not an
needed to be done,” said being made to compete with lected city capital improve- unveiled annually in “We do have a separation abstract series of pedestals.
Ron Rideout, general man- other local entertainment ment projects. Through its downtown Salina as part of between the value some
ager of the Bicentennial venues such as the Stiefel seven public art projects the SculptureTour Salina people place on how art “We were really looking
Center. “We want to have a Theatre for the Performing thus far, Anderson said program, which has helped enhances the lives of a com- for a literal gateway there,
place people can be proud Arts, but rather other Kan- CAD has been important bring hundreds of people munity,” Anderson said. a gateway that would define
of when they come here.” sas arenas and convention in helping improve the “That they’re concerned we downtown,” Householter
halls that compete for sport- perception of Salina as a said.
Rideout said the north ing events, conventions, growing, culturally diverse
arena will have a separate meetings and traveling and vibrant city that people Anderson said the city’s
entrance so “we can have entertainment events. not only want to visit but CAD policy was followed in
separate events that don’t move to. addressing the gateway, and
interfere with the other.” A “We want to be able to the intention was always
ticket window also will be compete with other arenas “When millenials are to create a unique piece of
located outside. statewide,” he said. “We just asked what is important public art welcoming people
don’t want to be one kind of to them in moving to a into downtown, and not just
In the main lobby, a new place, like a football place or city, quality of life is first, a sign.
floor, ceiling and walls convention place or concert followed by affordability
will modernize the space, place. We want to have that and public transportation,” “I said if we’re going to
Rideout said. The familiar mix and variety so we can Anderson said. “Four or make this a public art proj-
planter in the center of the attract the crowds this place five on the list is jobs. The ect, it will be a blank slate,”
lobby has been taken out to once did.” younger generation wants he said. “If you just want
make it a more functional to move to a place that’s cool an arch, you don’t want us.
space for larger crowds. — Reporter Gary Demuth to live — a vibrant, exciting Just hire someone to build a
can be reached at 822-1405 place to live — and public gateway.”
The kitchen also is or by email at gdemuth@ art is one important compo-
getting a major upgrade, salina.com. nent to that.” As of early February,
and concession stands will the Iron Avenue public art
Seven projects done project was on hold.

Among the seven projects Public art one aspect
developed by CAD so far are
the North Ohio Gateway Despite their philosoph-
and Railroad Overpass, ical differences in public
which includes light poles art, Householter said he and
leaning in the direction of Anderson agree that public
traffic; the neon art designs art can make an aging city
at the Salina Water Treat- look more hip and youthful
ment Plant; abstract clay to visitors, businesses and
sculptures at the Saline new residents to the com-
County Law Enforcement munity.
Center; and perhaps most
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Public transportation

Tired of paying for insurance, repairs, seniors leave the driving to Salina’s CityGo

By TIM HORAN nior center on the CityGo,” used to drive but started
she said. using the bus when she had
Salina Journal

Penny Lindsey has spent Wellington said she also a difficult time seeing.

a lot of time behind the
steering wheel of a vehicle.
In 2005, she even drove a
cab in McLean, Texas.
But now, the Salina
resident leaves the driving
to CityGo, the city’s fixed-
route bus service.
Many older Salinans
hang up their keys and
ride the bus, said Patrick
Wallerius, vice president
and chief financial officer
of OCCK, which manages
CityGo.
Wallerius estimated that
more than 39,000 rides were
provided for residents over
the age of 60 in 2014. That’s
more than 15 percent of the TOM DORSEY / Salina Journal
234,856 rides provided last Riders exit CityGo buses Feb. 3 as others prepare to board in downtown Salina.

year. ECONOMICAL “It’s pretty stupid to pay for her job at Salina Regional
“That is a pretty high de- Health Center.
insurance and all of that when you can ride that
mographic,” Wallerius said. bus all day long for $2.” “I have met so many nice
“That is a pretty high num- friends on the bus,” she
ber. We don’t ask their age, • HELLEN PFLUGHOEFT, 82-year-old CityGo rider said.
so that is just an estimate.”
Drivers are friendly routes at that time: Red, Pflughoeft said a lot of
Didn’t replace vehicle Yellow and Blue. The purple older gentlemen and women
Hellen Pflughoeft said route debuted in 2010.” ride CityGo.
Lindsey said she’s driven she also rides the bus all the
all sorts of vehicles, from time in Salina. A new Green route was Mary Wellington uses
a pickup truck to a Ford added in February, thanks a wheelchair and relies
Fairlane to a Malibu — even “I’m 82 years old, so I to a $60,000 grant from the on the CityGo bus to go
an ambulance. don’t run around like I did,” Earl Bane Foundation. The shopping and to the senior
she said. new route in north Salina center.
But after her car broke will bring with it 22 stops
down in 2006, she didn’t She said she hasn’t driven and 5.4 miles of bidirection- “A lot of folks go to the se-
replace it. She said she has for several years. al service, including by the
no problems getting around Save-A-Lot grocery store
Salina using the CityGo “I really, really appreciate expected to open in mid-
buses. it (CityGo),” Pflughoeft said. March.
“I don’t know the new route
“I use it to go shopping. (Green), but I know the oth- Bus service inexpensive
I use it to go to the senior er routes. I like the drivers.
center,” she said. Most of those drivers are Pflughoeft said that when
just so nice and helpful. I her car needed to be re-
Lindsey still has a driv- am so happy we have that paired she didn’t replace it.
er’s license. service.
“It’s pretty stupid to pay
“I keep it for ID purposes “It’s just convenient to for insurance and all of that
in case of an emergency,” ride the bus out to Walmart, when you can ride that bus
she said. “If someone gets or wherever. I mention that
sick, I can drive them.” because they are farther

But she said that arthritis
makes it painful for her to
turn her neck, which is one out. Or going up to the new all day long for $2.”
of the reasons she doesn’t store (Save-A-Lot). I am very When she was working Virtual Library
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“The Red bus takes me “That was very, very
straight on to the senior handy, too,” she said.
center,” she said. “And it
takes me to Walmart.” CityGo started public She said a friend rides
transportation in 2008.
She can walk to Dillons. “There were three fixed the bus back and forth from your connection to digital media

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done through streetscapes,
cleaned-up parks and gate-
ways.”

Some don’t approve

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April TIMELINE 2014

April 9, 2012. He was found
not guilty of a second count
of child abuse for injuries
1Melissa Heinrich Lill, the girl suffered between
of Brookville, tells March 24 and April 8, 2012,
Saline County com- that included fractured ribs
missioners and vertebrae, a bruised
during their buttocks, red, swollen eyes
meeting that Journal file photos 1and missing hair.
Bronson Dane C. DeWeese testifies Sixty-eight of the 110
Farmer, new- April 4 in his first-degree guns stolen from a
ly appointed murder trial. DeWeese is Salina sporting goods
director of accused of assisting Joel M. store are found during a
the Saline Heil in the murder of Kristin search of 1310 E. North, Apt.
County Tyler. 25, according to Capt. Mike
Health Farmer with a minimum of 25 years Sweeney of the Salina Police

Department, exposed served for the first-degree Department. Matthew D.
himself to her and sexually murder charge. He could
harassed her while the two receive an additional nine Hewitt, 32, who lives in the
apartment, is arrested at
were employed by the Sa- years in prison for the con- Walmart before the search.
lina-Saline County Health spiracy charge when he is
Department in 2006. Farmer 8sentenced June 16. Items allegedly stolen in
Saline County Commis- other recent burglaries also
1denied the charges. sion Chairman Randy Students are framed by branches from a fallen tree April 25 on the Kansas Wesleyan are found in the apartment,
Saline County com- Duncan apologizes for University campus. The hackberry tree, estimated at 50 feet tall, was toppled by high Sweeney says. An investi-
missioners authorize a “joke” he made last week gation led to Hewitt after
Mike Montoya, county two guns identified as stolen
counselor, to petition Saline at a county commission winds close to midnight April 24. April 14 from Cleve’s Marine
County District Court to try meeting. “I want to, first and Sporting Goods, 136
to force the city of Salina off, apologize to the citizens S. Broadway, were found
to annex nine sections of of Saline County, Kansas, Volunteers hidden near where a driver
county road that abut the and the taxpayers of Saline work at was arrested after a traffic
city limits. The county County. What I did was painting stop April 30. Gregory J.
claims the portions of road wrong. It was inappropri- the new Walburn, 27, of Salina, was
are used primarily by city ate,” he said. “I do apologize location of arrested during the traffic
residents and should be sincerely. I also apologize to Big Brothers stop. Both were being held in
annexed, according to state Melissa (Lill).” At the April Big Sisters the Saline County Jail pend-
statute. City officials inter- 1 meeting, Duncan, respond- of Salina
ing to a comment about a on April 2ing filing of federal charges.
2pret the statute differently. possible program on sexual 12 during After more than a
Saline County Com- harassment, joked that the the Spring decade as a profession-
mission Chairman commission could “call Spruce-Up. al lyricist in New York
Randy Duncan says City, Nathan Tysen, a 1995
that a comment he made Melissa; maybe she can give Salina South High School
Journal file
April 1 about a former pointers.” Lill earlier that photos
graduate, has earned valida-
health department employ- day had accused Bronson tion for his profession to the
ee and sexual harassment Farmer, recently appoint- tune of $100,000. Tysen, 37,
was “bantering” between ed director of the Saline was chosen “most prom-
County Health Department,
commissioners and a of sexually harassing her in na Superintendent Bill Hall Adam ising lyricist” by judges
“joke.” During discussion 2006 when they both worked and Capt. Mike Sweeney Humphreys of the 24-year-old Kleban
of Sexual Assault Month at the health department. of the Salina Police De- is held by law Prize, which is awarded
and Child Abuse Prevention Farmer denied the charges. partment speak in general enforcement by the Kleban Foundation,
Month, Commissioner John terms about the threat and personnel named after the late Edward
Price suggested that a pro- Suzette Brotton, the response. Sweeney said May 5 at L. Kleban, the Tony- and Pu-
gram on sexual harassment former interim it wasn’t known whether the end of a litzer Prize-winning lyricist
director of the Sa- the note and the damaged stand off in of the classic musical “A
10be given to county employ- line County Health Depart- cellphone were related. the 600 block
ment, files an employment However, he said that the of N. 13th 3Chorus Line.”
ees. Duncan said maybe discrimination complaint two incidents combined Street. Carolyn MacMonagle
the commission could against the Saline County were enough to prompt an and Diane Dubois
“call Melissa; maybe she Commission increase in security at the is charged with felony mur- 29 Options ranging have young children
can give pointers.” During with the Sa- school. der and two counts of child from doing noth- at home. Samuel Reddy
the commission’s Tuesday lina Human 23abuse. ing to spending is a father of four and
morning session, former Relations The company that Duane Flaherty, $76.3 million to construct a served eight years in the
health department employ- Commission. manufactured an a farmer and new home for the sheriff ’s Army. The three are among
ee Melissa Heinrich Lill told Proj- electrical junction businessman, an- office, jail, juvenile deten- 141 students who took
commissioners that in 2006, ect box that fatally shocked nounces his candidacy for tion, court services and advantage of the unique
Sali- Jayden Hicks is seeking a the 1st District Saline Coun- county attorney at a new schedule offered by Brown
17she was sexually harassed na kicks off Brotton change of venue for a trial ty Commission seat held by location are presented to Mackie College-Salina and
with break- on the civil lawsuit filed by Randy Duncan. Flaherty is the Criminal Justice Advi- participated in the spring
by fellow health department fast and luncheon presen- the girl’s family, arguing commencement exercises
tations. that the company is unlike- in Heritage Hall of the
10employee Bronson Farmer; More than 100 ly to receive a fair trial in
volunteers perform Saline County. Devonheir, 5Bicentennial Center.
Farmer recently was named a variety of tasks doing business as Hope Salina city commis-
the department director. at the Ashby House, and Electrical Products, is sioners unanimously
Big Brothers Big Sisters asking that the case against approve a $250,000 sales
Just before a Salina of Salina help clean up the the city of Salina and Hope tax incentive for a Save-A-
Area Chamber of banks of the old Smoky Hill Electrical Products be set Lot grocery store, which
River channel and assist for trial in Ottawa County, will be located at the site of
3 Commerce contingent with storm-water drainage where Jayden’s father, Jay- the former Dillons store, 511

leaves for Colorado Springs, 5E. Iron.
More than 50 people
12Colo., members are in- gather in clusters near
a house at 619 N. 13th
formed they lost the NJCAA as armed law enforcement
Division I Women’s Basket- officers flood the area and
ball National Champion- an armored police vehi-
ship tournament hosting. cle parks out front in an
The tournament has been attempt to flush out two
in Salina for 17 years, but people wanted on charges
the NJCAA championship awareness projects, among mie Hicks, resides. Jaymie that include battery on a
events committee has decid- other things, during the Hicks and Jonni Cullison, 24a Republican. sory Committee. Only five law enforcement officer,
parents of Jayden, who was Wind gusts up to members of the committee aggravated assault and ob-
ed to move the tournament 15annual Spring Spruce-Up. 12 when she died Dec. 31, 67 miles an hour are present, and there is struction. Adam Humphrey,
to Lubbock, Texas, from Saline County com- 2013, filed suit in February damage trees little agreement about what 29, and Heather Davis, 25,
missioners fail to 2014 against the city and the 30should be done. are arrested after about
32016 to 2018. act on a resolution, New Jersey manufacturer and power lines and fuel The Salina Eco-
The Kansas Corpora- presented by members of of the junction box, seeking fires throughout the city, nomic Develop- 7four hours.
tion Commission pro- Saline County Citizens for 21$10.5 million in damages. but the storm brings some ment Incentives A Salina man who is
poses a rate increase Responsible Government, Aaron Householter Council approves a $250,000 badly burned when he
of $27,266 for the Howison asking that the county com- takes over as Sali- 25much-needed rain. sales tax reimbursement rushes into a burning
Heights Water District, mission be expanded from na’s Republican Randy for Save-A-Lot, a grocery house at 150 Florida to
which is more than half of three districts to five. Janice Duncan, currently rescue a dog dies from his
the $47,231 water district chairman of the injuries that afternoon in
owner Tim Howison asked Norlin, spokeswoman for mayor Saline County Commission, store looking at locating at a Wichita hospital, accord-
announces plans to seek the former Dillons grocery ing to Salina Fire Marshal
to keep the beleaguered dis- the group, says expansion during the store building on East Iron Roger Williams. The man
trict afloat. The district is in also could be placed on the weekly a third term as represen- Avenue. Salina city commis- was able to rescue one dog,
Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and ballot if her group were to Salina City tative for the county’s 1st sioners will consider the but police officers prevented
Howison said he’s uncertain gather the signatures of Commission incentive proposal Monday. him from re-entering the
22meeting. 27District. house, and another dog,
how the reduced rate hike about 1,700 registered voters Tes- Householter Two men are May a terrier named Mimi,
will affect the outcome of on a petition. That number ti- treated for smoke perished.
is 5 percent of the number mo- inhalation after
7the bankruptcy proceeding. of people who voted in the ny begins in an oven and its ventilation 1Jurors find Troy L.
Less than four hours the murder system catch fire at Tony’s Love II guilty of felony
after Bronson Farmer 17last general election. trial of Troy murder and one count
starts as director of A threatening note L. Love II, 28Pizza, 3019 Scanlan. of child abuse in Saline
the Saline County Health found April 15 at Several people County District Court after
Department, Sheriff Glen Salina Central High who live near
Kochanowski confirms to School, followed by the 27, accused Jerry Ivey Park
the Journal that he has discovery the next day of of killing speak at a Salina City more than eight hours of
Commission meeting to
reopened an investigation a cellphone that appeared 18-month- deliberation over two days.
to have been damaged by a protest a proposal to build He was found guilty of in-
into sexual harassment gunshot, prompt the Salina old Bre’Elle Love a dog park at the south end flicting fatal injuries to the
claims against Farmer. Jefferson of Jerry Ivey, east of the neck and brain of his girl-
Kochanowski said Melissa School District to increase in April 2012. She was the
Heinrich Lill’s 2006 harass- security at the school. In a daughter of his girlfriend, sand volleyball and tennis friend’s daughter, 18-month-
ment claims against Farm- joint news conference, Sali- Robin Harrington. Love courts. old Bre’Elle Jefferson, on CONTINUED ON PAGE 10

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By a wide margin,
voters approve $110
million in bonds for
improvements to Salina
School District schools.
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TIMELINE 2014 15 More than 100
people gather at
FROM PAGE 9 Jerry Ivey Park for
The man was not identi- the annual Peace Officer
Memorial Day ceremony, in
8fied. honor of law enforcement
The man killed in a officers who have died in
fire at 150 Florida is 17the line of duty.
identified as Darrel Officials unveil 26
Pattillo, 49. He had been new sculptures in
staying with Daniel and downtown Salina
Amber Crotinger, who lived for SculptureTour Salina
2014.
8in the duplex. 17Journal file photos Speaking to the 2014
Large hail and graduating class
straight winds strong A firefighter douses hot spots May 7 at the scene of a of Ell-Saline High
enough to blow over a house fire at 150 Florida.
freight train cause damage Seth Garretson, 10 (front), and Luke Garretson,12, of School, Sen. Jerry Moran,
in McPherson, Dickinson Lindsborg check out Hey Mary Lou! on May 17 during R-Kan., challenges students
and Ellsworth counties. SculptureTour Salina in downtown Salina. to be people of character,
In Galva, wind damages Robin Harrington, mother to pursue excellence and to
homes and businesses and of 18-month-old Bre’Elle put other people first.
derails 33 railroad cars. In
Abilene, south winds hurl 10Jefferson. Sen. Tom Arpke,
baseball-size hail, breaking Todd Smith, gen- R-Salina, isn’t at a
windows and damaging Salina legislative
vehicles. In Ellsworth 10 11 17eral manager of forum to defend his and his
County, a passenger is Coperion K-Tron
injured when a semitrailer Jewlia Mitchell academy. class president Austin Kack
is blown over on Interstate wore a black gown It was possibly the tells his classmates that their
with a black cap last time all 48 of Sa- teachers and parents had
9Highway 70. and a red and white tassel cred Heart Junior-Se- prepared them well for the
The mother of a as she was photographed choices they had made about
toddler who was with other Salina Area nior High School’s 2014 grad-
diagnosed with an ear Technical College gradu-
infection two days before of Salina and vice pres- ates Saturday morning at uates would be in the same their futures and the choices
she was fatally injured by ident of the company’s the Stiefel Theatre for the
the mother’s boyfriend has global systems group, tells place. At their graduation, to come. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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TIMELINE 2014

FROM PAGE 10 additional counts of rape International Economic De-
and 10 counts of aggravated velopment Council to plan a
criminal sodomy. new economic development
chamber’s actions in the Bikers with the an- approach.
final hours of the regular nual Biking Across
legislative Joel Heil, who admit-
session, and 10 Kansas event stop ted during graphic
his fellow 17overnight in Salina. testimony to brutal-
lawmakers ly beating
who are In two meetings, a woman to
present Saline County com- death with a

10 missioners, medical
aren’t about professionals and the public heavy chain
take up the issue of whether dog collar
to defend IUDs cause abortion. But in while high
their actions Arpke
in adding the end, nothing changes as on metham-
county commissioners don’t phetamine,
$129 million to public school reconsider applying for a receives a
funding but including pro- Heil
10grant for the contraceptives. life sentence
visions that alter teacher After learning in prison as well as offers of
tenure rules and allow they’d still have to
companies tax breaks for A pickup truck damaged by an explosion about 12:30 p.m. June 19 is investigated. The pay nearly $500,000 forgiveness from the wom-
explosion occurred on the south end of Jerry Ivey Park. Wayne Guerrant, 46, was fatally a year for space in the an’s mother and sister. After
providing tuition scholar- injured in the explosion. sentencing Heil, 26, Saline
ships to private schools. The
tenure changes, introduced City-County Building if the County District Judge Jared
by Arpke, draw criticism thought to be life-threaten- plex that would include a 344- not moving more quickly county attorney and court Johnson says the communi-
from both teachers and ing after he shoots multi- bed jail, sheriff ’s office, court to cure the veteran health services offices were moved ty has much to learn from
18school district officials. ple rounds from a rifle at services, community correc- care system. “They’ve never out and combined with a the forgiveness shown in the
Salina South High Salina police officers and tions and county attorney’s acted on it for 50 years,” jail, Saline County com- courtroom by the family of
School senior class an officer returns fire, a office. The proposed facility Rolf said. Huelskamp, who missioners start looking at
president Dalton Salina Police Department would cost an additional $6 has been a member of the 19Kristin Tyler, 27.
Pittenger tells his class- spokesman says. Capt. Mike House Committee on Vet- 12other options. Desirah N. Over-
mates at their graduation Sweeney says that none of 4million a year to operate. erans Affairs for 31/2 years, The annual Smoky turf, 21, who plead-
ceremony, “We are going to the three officers who had McPHERSON — Tim- said Congress intends to fix Hill River Festival ed no contest to
do big things in the future. been sent to Hemlock Drive othy Ronald Lloyd, 56, the problems and dissolve opens with the first-degree murder in the
Big things are always spon- in response to a domestic of Kanopolis, is shot death of her 3-month-old
taneous and new. They rare- disturbance were injured and killed by a law enforce- 9“secret waiting lists.” 16Festival Jam. son, told police that she and
18ly follow the status quo.” in the incident, which ment officer after he flees Billy Taylor and his Wheat harvest the baby’s father decided
Commencement occurred about 2:30 p.m. on following a traffic crash at 16-year-old son, Nick, has barely begun to quit feeding the boy and
speaker Stephanie Commanche Avenue, adja- the intersection of Kansas find the Smoky Hill in Saline County, allow him to die so they
Harris, a first-grade Avenue and Maxwell Street, River Festival Medallion — thanks to muddy fields that could have their old life
teacher, gives graduating se- 21cent to Centennial Park. in McPherson. Lloyd later an arrow on a One Way sign have idled most combines. back, according to an arrest
niors at Southeast of Saline Tom Bell, former pulled into an old driveway, — right behind the Smoky Some of the crop is ready affidavit. Saline County Dis-
High School advice from Salina Journal exited the car and got into Hill Museum, which houses to harvest, but scant stands trict Judge Patrick Thomp-
first-graders, such as “Stay editor and publish- the ditch. Police said he the offices of Salina Arts & are competing with broad- son finds Overturf guilty of
in school,” “Study. Listen to er, files for was shot after he allegedly Humanities, sponsor of the leaf weeds that could cost premeditated murder in the
your teachers. Wear your election as death of Jordan Jeremiah
seat belt,” and “Do not start a Republi- 7“charged” an officer. 9annual festival. 16farmers at the elevator. Corbin and sets her sentenc-
talking while the teacher is can in the Lynn W. Rolf III, of After about three Saying they’re
18saying something.” 71st House Leavenworth, state hours of deliberation, dissatisfied with 23ing for Sept. 8.
Sheahon Zenger’s District, commander of the jurors convict for- recent progress on Nicholas J. Corbin,
advice for grad- against Di- VFW, has some harsh words mer Smoky Valley Middle economic development — 27, father of an
uates of Salina ana Dierks, for Rep. Tim Huelskamp, School counselor Brooke handled primarily by the infant boy who
Central High School was the who plans Bell R-Kan. Rolf was in Salina Dinkel of two counts of Salina Area Chamber of died in December, pleads
to run for for a town hall meeting and rape. The jury finds Dinkel, Commerce — Salina city no contest to first-degree
re-election. Bell currently criticized Huelskamp for 33, not guilty of eight commissioners vote unani- murder in Saline County
works as executive director mously to contract with the District Court, days after
same advice the University of governmental and public the boy’s mother also plead-
of Kansas athletics direc- relations at Salina Regional Shelby ed no contest to murdering
tor gives to incoming KU Health Center. Dierks is a Davidson, 8, the child. Attorneys repre-
recruits: “Everything in of Delphos, senting Corbin request that
life is a choice. That’s both 22Salina real estate agent. swings a a presentence evaluation be
the greatest truth and the Jose Carrillo, 45, hula hoop conducted at Larned State
hardest lesson. It means the who was shot in around her Hospital, so the date of his
life we’re living right now is the right cheek arm during a
18our choice.” and right upper shoulder performance 27sentencing is not set.
Three students by a Salina police detective, by Happy Multiple shots
graduate from was released from Salina Faces are fired with a
Salina Christian Regional Health Center and Entertainment high-powered
18Academy. booked into Saline County on June 13 rifle in the 1000 block of
Members of the Sali- Jail. He is expected to face at the Smoky Pershing Street, striking
na American Legion charges likely to include HIll River two houses and traveling
wave from the Niles four counts of attempted Festival. through the mattress of
Road overpass as Run for the murder after he allegedly Shelby said a bed on which a woman
Wall motorcycle riders pass fired multiple rounds from a her favorite was sleeping, Salina police
Salina on their way to Wash- rifle at two police officers, a part of the Capt. Mike Sweeney says.
ington, D.C. Run for the Wall detective and a woman with festival was
is an organized ride from the children’s 28No one was injured.
California to the Vietnam 23whom he had a relationship. stage. Salinans celebrate
The Southeast Gay Pride Day
19Veterans Memorial. of Saline School with activities at
A Salina man criti- District has been the Salina Ambassador Ho-
cally injured by an debt-free since 1992 and has tel and Conference Center.
explosion in a pick-
up truck parked in a parking one of the lowest tax rates
in the region. Both of those
area at Jerry Ivey Park early would change if voters Shop Salina’S
in the afternoon dies about on June 3 approve a $14.9 hiStoric
two hours after the blast, million bond issue to fund a Strip Mall
according to a Salina Police remodeling and expansion
Department spokesman.
The park remains closed late 27of the schools.
into the afternoon as police, A Salina police de-
Salina fire investigators and tective involved in
representatives of the Office a May 21 shooting
of the State Fire Marshal is found to have acted in
continue to investigate the compliance with depart-
cause of the blast, which ment policies and proce-
was reported to police at dures and has returned to
2012:18 p.m. work. An internal depart-
Calling them “mur- ment review found that Det.
der,” Saline County Scott Hogeland was justified
Commissioner in returning fire after Jose
John Price L. Carrillo, 45, allegedly
makes a mo- fired first at him, said
tion to reject Capt. Mike Sweeney, of the
a Kansas Salina Police Department.
The shooting occurred
after Hogeland responded
Department to investigate a domestic
of Health
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915 W. KANSAS, MCPHERSON, KS • 620-241-7967

I O 25th Y S KHOURS: Mon.-Fri. 10 AM-6 PM •THURS. UNTIL 8 • Sat. 9 AM-5 PM • Sun. Closed

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The Furniture Store of Kansas credit card is issued by Wells Fargo Financial National Bank. Special terms apply to purchases charged with approved credit. The minimum amount that will pay for the purchase in full in
equal payments during the promotional period. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date at the regularAPR if the purchase balance is not paid in full within the promotional period, or if you make
a late payment. For newly opened accounts, the regular APR is 27.99%. The APR may vary. The APR is given as of January 1, 2012. If you are charged interest in any billing cycle, the minimum interest charge will be $1.00.
Offer expires 12-31-14. $2,000.00 minimum purchase.