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we raise for our organization, but also the more fun you have.”

All-inclusive tickets for both days, including lodging, din-ner, drink tickets, the auction, breakfast, 100 targets, lunch and awards is $1,000 for a four-per-son team or $275 per individual.

For the Saturday clay shoot (100 targets, lunch and awards), the cost is $600 for a four-person team and $150 per individual.

To register online, visit www.usd505.org/Flight-Honor.

“It will be a great time for a great cause,” Williams said. “The trip is set for May 4 and 5 of 2020.”

The State Library of Kansas recently announced the 14th an-nual selection of Kansas Nota-ble Books.

These books feature quality titles with wide public appeal, either written by a Kansan or about a Kansas-related topic.

“I am proud to present the 2019 Kansas Notable Book list. Choosing only 15 books is no easy task,” said Eric Norris, state librarian. “The selection committee began with a pool of nearly 100 submitted titles and worked diligently to identify the year’s best works by Kansas au-thors and illustrators, as well as those works that highlight our history and heritage. Kansans are encouraged to visit their lo-cal public library and celebrate the artists and the artistry of Kansas.”

The 2019 Kansas Notable Books are:

— “American Heart” by Lau-ra Moriarty

— “Brown Enough: A tale of a Mixed-Race Baseball Team Summer of ’56” by Ken Ohm

— “Buried in the Suburbs” by Jamie Lynn Heller

— “The Deepest Roots” by Miranda Asebedo

— “The Diaries of Reuben Smith, Kansas Settler and Civil War Soldier” by Lana Wirt My-ers

— “Eisenhower: Becoming the Leader of the Free World” by Louis Galambos

— “Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River” by Max McCoy

— “A Girl Stands at the Door: The Generation of Young Wom-en Who Desegregated Ameri-ca’s Schools” by Rachel Devlin

— “Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth” by Sarah Smarsh

— “Night Out” by Daniel Mi-yares

— “No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas” by C.J. Janovy

— “No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas” by Tonya Bolden

— “The Pastor Wears a Skirt:

Stories of Gender and Ministry” by Dorothy Nickel Friesen

— “The Saint of Wolves and Butchers” by Alex Grecian

— “Seafire” by Natalie C. Parker

Kansas Notable Books is a project of the Kansas Center for the Book, a program of the State Library. The Kansas Center for the Book is a state affiliate of the Center for the Book in the Li-brary of Congress. Throughout the award year, the State Library promotes and encourages the pro-motion of all titles on this year’s list at literary events, and among librarians and booksellers.

An awards ceremony will be held at the Kansas Book Festival on Saturday at the State Capital to recognize the talented Nota-ble Book authors. The public is invited.

These Kansas Notable Books and past winning titles are avail-able for checkout at the Parsons Public Library, 311 South 17th St. Anyone wanting more infor-mation can contact the library at 421-5920.

State library names Notable Books for 2019

agenda but bring it back later, possibly in the Oct. 7 regular meeting.The proposed ordinance could be losing some support among

commissioners. Commissioner Tom Shaw said possibly there are some exceptions warranted, but he’s not sure how exceptions would be granted.

“I’m not sure if you grandfather in certain cases or how you do it,” Shaw said.

City Attorney Ross Albertini said keeping track of grandfathered vehicles would be difficult.

Hogelin said he drove by as many addresses as he could of the people who spoke against the ordinance. He found some boats, trail-ers and vehicles parked neatly near homes with no damage to the yard but others that were good examples of why the ordinance is needed.

“It’s obvious to me that one size does not fit all,” Hogelin said.Hogelin said in proposing the ordinance, he was just trying to

improve the appearance of the town.“Unfortunately we have a few bad apples that need corrected,”

he said.Hogelin said a real estate agent told him vehicles parked in yards

gives a bad look to a neighborhood and agreed that an ordinance is needed.

Commissioner Kevin Cruse, however, said that there are just too many locations where exceptions would have to be made for people who have nowhere else to park.

“I just don’t see this being enforceable,” he said.Cruse said a lot of the properties with boats, trailers or vehicles in

the yards still look nice and neat. He also said the city already has enough trouble enforcing existing ordinances.

Commissioner Jeff Perez agreed the ordinance would be unen-forceable. He also is concerned about creating hardships for people.

Shaw said perhaps there is another way to solve the problem of un-sightly ruts and mud holes instead of allowing vehicles to be parked on yards on one day and then the next making it illegal.

“If we try to turn on a dime here, we’re going to cause a lot of heartburn,” Shaw said.

He suggested taking time on the issue but still moving toward fixing the problem.

Economic Development Director Jim Zaleski said the vehicles parked on yards create an eyesore. From an economic development standpoint, he favors the ordinance. Zaleski suggested looking into allowing people six months to get a variance through the Board of Zoning Appeals to grant them permission to park in yards while still banning the practice for people moving into homes.

The commissioners also discussed another parking issue on Thursday.

The commission is considering an ordinance that would limit the length of vehicles allowed to park on Main Street downtown by re-quiring that 20 feet of road space be maintained. A yellow stripe would be painted, with any drivers of large vehicles sticking beyond the stripe liable to be ticketed.

There has been a lot of concern about the safety of driving down the street when vehicles stick out too far.

During the last commission meeting, however, Shaw instead sug-gested changing the angle of the parking spaces from 45 degrees to 60 degrees. That would give more drivable road as well as make it easier for people to back out when parked next to long vehicles. Shaw wanted to know how many parking spaces would be removed from downtown if the angle were changed.

On Thursday Lamb informed the commissioners the city would lose 27 spots on Main from Central Avenue to 17th Street. There are 59 spaces there now.

Fredonia man dies in car wreck Tuesday on U.S. 400

FREDONIA — A Fredonia man died Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident southeast of Fredonia.

The accident happened at 1:43 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. 400 at Jade Road, which is a mile southeast of Fredonia.

The accident happened when a 1994 pickup driven by David L. Rasmussen Jr., 46, Fredo-nia, and a 2011 semitractor trailer driven by

Scott M. Gronau, 50, Pittsburg, were east-bound on the highway when Rasmussen pulled to the right and attempted to make a U-turn. Gronau struck Rasmussen’s pickup on the driv-er’s side door.

Rasmussen, who did not wear a seat belt, was taken to Fredonia Regional Hospital where he died.

Gronau was not injured.

firearms and other valuables and threatened the occupants with harm before leaving the home,

according to Pittsburg police.The three other suspects

in the Pittsburg robbery are Daelon L. Hendricks, 22, Jer-emy C. Stringfellow, 18, and Malik M. Robison, 20, all of Parsons.