6 Saint. Francis Herald Thursday, September 11, 2008 Couple wedded Couple plans October wedding by grandfather Leigh Ann Faulkender and Bridgette Diane Allen and Manhattan, brother of the bride; Michael Thomas Bandel are Brian Matthew Rankin, both and Kelly Condray, Topeka. planning an Oct. 4 wedding at the of Topeka, were married in a They wore chocolate-colored United Methodist Church in St. double-ring ceremony on June tuxedoes with a latte-colored Francis. 7, 2008, at the United Methodist full-back vest and Windsor tie. Parents of the couple are Joyce Church in Washington, Kan. The Pianist was Kayci Strickland Faulkender and Roger Faulkender ceremony was performed by Rev. of Hoisington. Candle lighters and Tom and Sandy Bandel, all of Susan Sawyer and the bride’s were the mothers of the bride St. Francis. grandfather Rev. OM Allen. and groom. The bride-elect is a 2002 The bride is the daughter of Tim Ushers were Tyler Krien, graduate from the University and Kelly Allen, Clay Center. The Salina, uncle of the bride; Ryan of Wyoming and is self- groom is the son of Ronda Loyd, Bloom, Gardner, Luke Chaffee, employed at L.A. Accounting. Clay Center, and Riley and Pam Randolph, Tyler Hartenbower, The prospective bridegroom is a Rankin, Santa Rosa, Calif. Maryville, Mo., and David 1990 graduate from Kansas State The bride was escorted down Frigon, Manhattan. University and is employed at the aisle by her father. She Guest book and gift attendants Bankwest in St. Francis. wore an ivory A-line dress were Jamie and Jessie Krien of Leigh Ann is the granddaughter with champagne beaded lace Waverly, Neb., cousins of the bride. of Hazel Douthit, and Mike is appliqués and tulle-draped pick- Brian’s grandmother, Mary the grandson of Lucille Price, up skirt. Her veil was a two- Virginia Young, Clay Center, was both of St. Francis. Faulkender and Bandel tiered fingertip-length ivory veil unable to attend the ceremony. with a beaded metallic-edge and Bridgette’s grandparents floral motifs. are Rev. OM and Joyce Allen Introducing The maid of honor was Kara of Clay Center, and Billy and Marsh of Topeka. Bridesmaids Karen Krien of St. Francis. Joel Todd Gilliland were Megan McGuire, Madison; Great-grandparents are Bill Molly Gilliland welcomed her Stephanie Rankin, Kansas City, and Leone Krien of St. Francis, baby brother, Joel Todd Gilliland, sister of the groom; and Talaya and Ed and Wanita Kroeplin of to her family on Aug. 14, 2008. Schwartz, Great Bend. They Finley, N.D. Joel was born at 4:45 a.m. at the wore sugarplum- and berry- The reception and dance Cheyenne County Hospital in St. colored A-line satin, strapless were held at Mayberry’s Cafe Francis. He weighed 6 pounds, long gowns with a sweetheart in Washington following the 3 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Also welcoming Joel were bodice that gathered to the side. wedding. Hosts were Lowell Mr. and Mrs. Brian Rankin The groom wore a chocolate and Robyn Marsh, Clay Center, his father and mother, Dustin and brown two-button, single- Don and Carolyn Garwood, Center High School in 2001. Center, graduating from Clay Kari Gilliland of St. Francis. breasted tuxedo with an ivory Morganville, and Troy and Jan She went on to graduate from Center High School in 2000. Grandparents are Jim and Ruth vest and ivory Windsor tie. Krien, Waverly. Fort Hays State University in He graduated from Kansas Milliken of St. Francis and Don His best man was Justin Following a honeymoon in 2005 with degrees in English and State University, Manhattan, in and Sherry Gilliland of Bird City. Steinert, Overland Park. Montego Bay, Jamaica, the couple secondary education. She is an 2004 with a degree in business Great-grandmothers are Ethel Groomsmen were Dr. David is at home in Westmoreland. English teacher at Rock Creek administration in marketing. Whitten and Ilone Ketter, both of Rankin, San Diego, brother Bridgette grew up in Clay Junior High. He is an assistant manager for St. Francis, and Reta Milliken of of the groom; Kyle Allen, Center, graduating from Clay Brian also grew up in Clay Walgreens in Manhattan. Williamsburg. Joel Todd Gilliland Teacher sings and yodels for show Judy Coder and to Topeka to study music at popularity as a western singer for the group. The band’s repertoire her Pride of the Washburn University where she and recording artist grew, Ms. includes her unique arrangements Prairie Band graduated Magna Cum Laude. Coder decided in 2000 to “give of some of the biggest hits of will be the While teaching music in the up the day job” and pursue her the genre, including “Tumblin’ entertainment public schools, Judy continued western music interests full Tumbleweeds,” “Streets of Cousins have reunion at the Beecher to perform in the classical style, time. Laredo,” and “Cool Water.” The Ekberg cousins gathered Christine Elbest of Aurora, Colo., Island Reunion singing an occasional aria with Ms. Coder’s three-octave Judy maintains her teaching at Country Steak House at Fort Janice Cook of Longmont. Colo., at 7 p.m. on the Topeka Opera Society and vocal range is not only great certifications and provides Morgan on Saturday Sept. 6. and Eldon and Patty Hessilius of Friday. She is Concert Association, and as a for the classics, but ideal for historical reenactment educational The cousins are the descendants Erie, Colo.; Roger and Ronda will be singing Coder frequent lyric soprano soloist cowboy style yodeling. She has programs throughout the nation to of O.E. and Bessie Ekberg, who Schritter of Northglenn, Colo., and yodeling with the Topeka Festival received several awards for her youth and adults. Her programs raised all of their children at and Bob Schritter of Evans, during the show. Singers. yodeling. include Settling the Great Plains; Beecher Island, Colo. Colo., and driver, Gail; Alfred Whether Judy is leading “the At the urging of her father- In May of 2003, Ms. Coder The Wild, Wild Women of the Those present included Bessie and Rhonda Renzelman of hottest cowboy band in Kansas” in-law, she performed with the organized Judy Coder and Pride Wild, Wild West; Real Cowboys Rosa Dent, Wray, and daughter, Haxtun, Colo.; Jim and Joan or providing an elementary school Elmont Opry, a church fund of the Prairie. The four-piece and Cowgirls; The Early Days Joyce Brown of Beecher Island; Ekberg of Red Feather Lakes, educational program, the result is raiser. Through this start she acoustic ensemble performs of Kansas; and of course, Marilyn Bruffett of Commerce Colo.; Willie Klie of Wray, Fred always an audience captivated by became involved in bluegrass western swing, traditional music Patsy Montana: the Cowboy’s City, Colo., and father, Harry and Shelly Klie of St. Francis and the quality of her performance. and then, after being exposed of the American west, and newer Sweetheart. Ekberg of Beecher Island; Bonnie Jones of St. Francis. A native of Wichita, Ms. Coder to the music and yodeling of music closely tied to the North grew up listening to and studying Patsy Montana, fell in love American cowboy. Ms. Coder classical music. She moved with western music. As her writes the musical arrangements Two workshops planned ✔Check It Out “Charley Orchard, Land EKG, ranchers and landowners from useful monitoring techniques, will lead two one-day workshops every part of the state should be grazing scoring methods, Homecoming on Tracking Pasture Health for able to relate to the plants found forage production calculations, ranchers and land managers,’ said in the pastures. The techniques understanding transects, special section Tim Christian, Kansas Grazing learned are applicable in any production and grazing budgets, Lands Coalition coordinator. “Ted grazing land setting. rapid ecological assessments, and coming up ~ Alexander’s ranch is featured on Both workshops start at 8 a.m. interpreting the monitoring results Monday, Sept. 22, for the first with registration. Enrollment to allow for positive actions. The workshop. Alexander’s ranch is for the workshops runs through Land EKG technique allows the Show your located along Highway 160 south Sept. 15. Workshop registration user to consistently track relative of Sun City and west of Medicine includes lunch onsite and soil and plant community health Indian & Cougar pride! Lodge.” each participant will leave the by assessing four basic ecological The second workshop is set session with a field packet full components: water cycling, for Calvin Adams’ ranch near of information and blank forms nutrient cycling, energy flow, and Beloit on Monday, Sept. 29, Mr. to get them started when you get biotic state – all depicted on an Christian said. Mr. Orchard of home. Available slots are filling eco-graph. Bozeman, Mont., is a nationally- up, so interested people should For additional information on known expert in rangeland register soon. the range monitoring workshops, monitoring and health. Each The outdoor, hands-on Land contact Tim Christian, coordinator 4-H Section workshop site features a mixed EKG training focuses on the at 620-241-3636, tchristian@ grass prairie ecosystem so myths of monitoring, the five most kglc.org. To be inserted in October. Book Review Book review from insisting that she was never onboard missing murder v victim. And as This insert features a collection of St. Francis Public Library the doomed plane. Instead, he claims, the jagged pieces slowly fall into articles celebrating 4-H Week and The Burnt House she was most likely murdered by place, a frightening picture begins By Faye Kellerman her abusive, unfaithful husband. But to form; a mind-searing portrait the 4-H Clubs in Cheyenne County. At 8:15 in the morning, a small why, then, was Roseanne’s name of unimaginable evil that will commuter plane carrying forty- included on the passenger list? challenge Decker’s and Rina’s own seven passengers crashes into an Under intense pressure from beliefs about guilt and innocence apartment building in Granada the department to come up with and justice. Hills, California. Shock waves answers, Decker launches an Combining relentless suspense Prepare yourself ripple through Los Angeles, as investigation that carries him down with intense, multilayered human L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Peter Decker a path of tragic history, dangerous drama, The Burnt House Faye for one of the works overtime to calm rampant secrets, and deadly lies - and leads Kellerman at her mesmerizing best. fears of a 9/11-type terror attack. him to the corpse of a three-decades- But a grisly mystery lives inside most thorough the plane’s charred and twisted wreckage; the unidentified bodies Inserts containing of four extra travelers. And there is Bird City Diner no sign of an airline employee who was supposedly on the catastrophic Cruise Night information on flight. Decker and his wife, Rina, have 2nd Saturday, 6 p.m. hunting. personal reasons of being profoundly shaken by the tragedy, since the Each Month Coming Soon! “accident” occurred frighteningly close to their daughter Hannah’s school. Luckily, their child and her Cheeseburger Special To participate in an upcoming promotion or for more details contact: schoolmates escaped unscathed. But the fate of the unaccounted-for for Cruisers flight attendant-twenty-eight-year- “Show off your ride and enjoy the fun.” Bird City Times old Roseanne Dresden-remains a question mark more than a month after the horrific event, when the Highway 36, Bird City, Ks. 785-332-3162 young woman’s irate stepfather calls,

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