The Valley Falls Vindicator January 30, 2020Page 4

Clubs and family living

Frazier StreetCoffee

You are invited!!The United Methodist Church would like to invite you to the Grand Opening of “Frazier Street Coffee” February 3. This service will be offered each weekday in the Fellowship Hall from 7:30-9:30 a.m., Monday through Friday. We look forward to providing coffee and a comfortable atmosphere for you to meet with your friends for conversation and a cup o’ joe. The coffee is free but you are welcome to pitch in if you would like. There is no agenda, no lesson, no structure. We simply want to offer a place to bring our community together in a new way. All people are welcome.

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Community Dinner

Valley Falls United Methodist Church

Delivery in the Valley Falls area & take-out available. Free will offering will be used for church ministries at Valley Falls/Coal Creek UMC.

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Meatballs, scalloped potatoes, greenbean casserole, cole slaw & dessert

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Sat., Feb. 14 - 7p.m.

Freewill Offering Accepted

MENUWhole hog sausage, mashed potatoes, biscuits,ham ’n’ beans, cornbread, coleslaw, candied apples, fresh baked pies, coffee, tea, water

Carryout available upon request.

Delivery available for the elderly. Call for details.

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Please contact the elementary office if

you have a child that is going to be 4 years of age before August 31 to get enrolled in our preschool class.

Contact Wendy.Gibbens@

vfalls338.com

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PreschoolRoundup

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PUBLIC NOTICE(Published in The Valley Falls Vindicator January 30, 2020)1t

City of OzawkieTreasurer’s Annual Report

For the Year-to-Date as of December 31, 2019Cash

Beginning Cash Receipts DisbursementsCash and Transfers and Transfers

82,866.19 178,739.71 175,108.46

42,437.70 17,036.13 57,068.3360,106.39 50,421.93 40,821.5015,719.00 10,719.00 10,500.0068,985.65 10,000.00 03,464.36 5,000.00 0

0 10,000.00 0

0 500,000.00 500,000.00

150,700.03 86,506.90 161,969.52227,224.85 209,052.46 284,356.9018,259.95 42,156.51 29,486.34

0 121,089.95 121,089.950 256.37 249.46

15,168.90 15,593.75 11,553.801,270.69 3,790.13 0

0 1,991.00 0686,203.71 1,262,353.84 1,392,204.26Total 556,353.29

Note: Payroll is encumbered only for year-end financial statement reporting.

Penalty Clearing Fund 5,060.82Ozawkie Pride Grant Fund 1,991.00

Sales Tax Clearing Fund 6.91Deposit Clearing Fund 19,208.85

Trash Fund 30,930.12AgencyPayroll Clearing Fund 0

EnterpriseWater Fund 75,237.41Sewer Fund 151,920.41

Police Equipment Reserve 10,000.00Capital ProjectsStreet Bond Project Fund 0

Water Reserve Fund 78,985.65Sewer Reserve Fund 8,464.36

City Sales Tax Fund 69,706.82Capital Improve Res Fund 15,938.00

General Fund 86,497.44Special RevenueSpecial Highway Fund 2,405.50

City of Ozawkie

Treasurer's Annual ReportFor the Year-to-Date as of December 31, 2019

EndingCash

Accountsand Payroll

Payable

327.77

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0

72.0000

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399.77 555,953.52

5,060.821,991.00

6.9119,208.85

30,930.12

0

75,165.41151,920.41

10,000.00

0

78,985.658,464.36

69,706.8215,938.00

86,169.67

2,405.50

City of Ozawkie

Treasurer's Annual ReportFor the Year-to-Date as of December 31, 2019

Ending CashLess Payables

The Valley Falls Rotary Club met Jan. 23 with President Dr. J.V. Rider presiding. June Huston, chair of the Student of the Month program, introduced Diego Cervantes as the October student to receive this honor. His parents, Stacy and Kevin Cervantez, Valley Falls, were present with other V.I.P. guests. Dr. Rider spoke on health issues and medicine, including the 10 top causes of death. The No. 1 cause is cardiovascular disease and its resulting heart attacks, strokes, and blood pres-sures problems. A blood pressure of 116/75 is normal for younger people and the top number of 140 is the number for successful control for older people. The No. 2 cause of death is cancer. One out of five will get cancer, the most common being lung cancer caused by smok-ing. The doctor indicated that if smokers quit for 10 years, the patient “would go back to normal.” The second most com-mon for men is prostate cancer while the second most common in women is breast cancer. The third most common can-cer in men and women is colon cancer. A colonoscopy should be taken every 10 years until age 90. Polyps of the colon, if they get too big, turn to a cancer, he said. Diverticulitis (irritation in little pockets in the colon) can cause significant bleeding, he said, and left untreated can cause problems. The fourth cause of cancer is pneumonia. There are two types, one being a virus. There are “brown balls similar to those that fall from

trees,” he said, caused by the virus. There is the vaccine that is effective. Prevention can be helped by hand washing and wearing masks. The immune system can be aided by taking fish oils and vitamins. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death. The sixth is Alzheimer’s. There is no good way to treat this common dis-ease, but medicine helps by lessening symptoms, helping cognition and functioning, Rider explained. Those in nursing homes need to stay on medicine because it helps control and modify behavior. The seventh leading cause is diabetes. “At the wound center, we see lots of wounds caused by lack of circulation and disease,” Rider said. The eighth cause is influenza. The flu vaccine should be given yearly. The ninth leading cause is renal failure. Dialysis is used three times a week and used to await transplants, shown to be effective for longer life. The 10th leading cause is suicide affecting ages 15 to 25 years old. There are more suicides in Alaska than any other state, he said. Rider further noted the im-portance of getting two injec-tions now available to guard against shingles disease. The next Rotary meeting will be Thursday, Jan. 30. The next meeting will be with the Vet-erans of Foreign Wars’ annual ground hog dinner Saturday, Feb. 8, and the following meet-ing will be canceled in favor of Valentine’s Day —Frank Shrimplin, report-er

Rotarian president talks about health issues

The Jefferson County Chap-ter of the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees met Jan. 21 at the Kendall State Bank, Valley Falls. There were 22 members and guests present. Ethel Jenkins clarified that members’ assistance with the 2021 NARFE Kansas Federa-tion Conference to be held in Lawrence was not for planning the conference, but for help-ing with making gift bags and registration on Sunday and Monday. David Manthe agreed to continue treasurer duties until the treasurer- elect, LeAnne Chapman, has recovered from injuries to her femur obtained from a fall on the ice. Jenkins told that the 66th Annual NARFE Kansas Federa-tion Conference will be April 27 and 28 at the Hilton Garden Inn, Salina. Reservations for hotel accommodations should be made by March 25 and the deadline for the conference registration is April 10. Each chapter is requested to bring a wrapped door prize valued

Auxiliary to serve dinner at game The VFW Auxiliary to the Grahem-Herbers Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 3084, Valley Falls, met Jan. 9 at the Sunset Haven Apartment Com-plex, with nine members pres-ent. The Feb. 13 meeting is can-celed because the auxiliary will be having a chicken and noodle dinner at the Feb. 14 Valley Falls High School basketball game. Americanism Chairperson Gail Jepson shared the 2018 entry in the Voice of Democracy Scholarship contest national first-place winner. The theme was “Why My Vote Matters.” — Lori Barnett, secretary

The family of Wilma DeW-ilde, formerly of Grantville, is requesting a card shower on the occasion of her 90th birthday, Feb. 1. Wilma was born Feb. 1, 1930, in Quenemo. Cards and memories may be sent to her at Wilma DeWilde,

Wilma DeWildeJune 8, 1950

Wilma DeWilde

Family requests card shower for DeWildeMcCrite Plaza Apt. 122, 1608 S.W. 37th St., Topeka, Kan., 66611. Wilma’s children are Mike DeWilde, Terry McMillan, and Mark DeWilde, all Grantville, and Linda Miley, Topeka.

NARFE conferencein April in Salina

from $10 to $15 for drawings, which will be held throughout the conference. There will also be live and silent auctions for the Alzheimer’s Association in which new, or of antique quality items may be donated. Ethel expressed her appreci-ation to the chapter for making her job as president a pleasant experience and for all of the cooperation that she received from the members. The next meeting is Feb. 18. Judy Glasgow will have the program and dessert. Bev Schuler, Chapter Ser-vice officer, said that the NAR-FE magazine now had a new section titled “Benefits Brief,” which will address a new ben-efit concern each month. She also discussed how to view and print a Certification of Life Insurance for those who have life insurance with the Federal Employees group. Other items discussed were the services that are available online at OPM.Gov. — Norma McConkey, NARFE 1st secretary

Sewing, cards for Jillann’s quilters Jillann’s Fabric Junkies met Jan. 16 at the home of Jillann Mahoney-Dawdy, Grantville, with 10 women present. Jody Zeferjahn, Topeka, worked at laying out the second half of “Spin Wheels” blocks. She showed the first half she was working on last month. Roberta Maxwell and Doris Hubert, both Topeka, worked on a “Hope of Texas Cross” wall quilt. Nancy Brunton, Ozawkie, worked on hand sewing the binding on a friend’s quilt. Norma Cobbler, Topeka, brought all her embroidery blocks. She had finished them all. Jody helped her trim the blocks. Jillann sewed the blocks together into the quilt top for her. She is new at making quilts so members helped as it’s a wed-ding quilt she will need finished soon. Sharon Porter, Perry, showed two log cabin-sampler quilts that she and a friend had made through the Overbrook Quilt Shop. Her friend has died so she finished hers for her into two quilts for her children. Lunch was ham and beans and cornbread. Ralph Porter was also present for lunch. Cards were played by five women in the afternoon. The next meeting will be Feb. 20. — Jillann Mahoney-Dawdy, reporter

The Washburn University School of Law is host to a special traveling exhibit from now till Feb. 4 that commemorates the 100th anniversary of women’s constitutional right to vote. The exhibit, which is in the law school library, was created by the American Bar Associa-tion, along with the Library of Congress and its Law Library. “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” was unveiled at the ABA annual meeting in San Francisco in August. Curated by the Library of Congress, the six-banner, free-standing exhibit features historic photos and arti-facts that detail the story of the battle for ratification and outline the challenges that remain. T h i s e v e n t i s p a r t o f WUmester, a combination of curriculum and special events held each spring semester at Washburn University that in-troduces a diversity-related topic and engages the Wash-

Washburn Law host to traveling19th Amendment exhibit

burn community in a conver-sation and collective learning experience on timely subjects. This spring, Washburn stu-dents, faculty and staff will participate in a series of coor-dinated events that examine the concepts of citizenship and suffrage across the world and throughout history in order to foster civic engagement, as well as awareness of and empathy for disenfranchised and op-pressed populations. The Washburn University School of Law was founded in 1903 with 41 students enrolled in the first class. More than 100 years later, their worldwide network of nearly 7,000 alumni includes nationally recognized lawyers, state and federal judg-es, Kansas Supreme Court Jus-tices, politicians, television jour-nalists and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies and national legal associations. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

MHFA training will be offeredin March in Perry Jefferson County residents interested in becoming bet-ter equipped to deal with both mental illness in others and substance abuse by others can pre-register to take a Mental Health First Aid Adult Cer-tification Class to be held at Highland Community College’s Perry campus, 203 W. Bridge, March 20. To pre-register, call 785-442-6400 or send an email to humanservices@highlandcc.edu. Because of a grant Jeffer-son County Alliance of Service Councils Inc., has received from Tower Mental Health Founda-tion of Kansas, the fee for the class is only $20 and that in-cludes lunch, snacks and bever-ages. There must be at least five enrollees in order for the train-ing to actually take place. En-rollees must be 18 or older. The class will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is the result of a partnership involving the JCASC’s Suicide Prevention Task Force and HCC’s Human Services Program. Those suc-cessfully completing the class will receive a certificate from the National Council for Behav-ioral Health.

Sheriff warnsof phone scam Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Herrig is warning citizens of a scam that is affecting Jefferson County. The sheriff said someone is calling stating they are from Evergy (formerly Westar) and asking for personal informa-tion. “Be advised that Evergy is not conducting these calls and they are attempts to gather per-sonal and financial information for illegal purposes,” the sheriff said. Never give out personal or financial information over the phone unless you know for a fact whom you are dealing with, he said. “Don’t hesitate to hang up the phone,” he said.

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$5 Bag Sale $5 Bag Sale

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