30 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 33 Thursday, January 11, 2018 Bringing you the News in Print, on the internet and on Facebook. Riley County and RCPD Continue Firing Range Work

By Leon Hobson, PE, lane rifle range. The first 84 feet of Director of Public Works both ranges will be concrete, then at Riley County 50 yards on the rifle range another 10 BACKGROUND MEMO foot wide concrete slab will be con- The Riley County Police Depart- structed. The rest of the areas will be ment, (RCPD) is currently utilizing a rock or limestone screenings. range near Zeandale for their training An earthen berm (see attached pho- activities. The lease for this range ex- tos) will separate the two ranges to pires on June 30, 2019. Negotiations to eliminate the possibilities of cross fire. renew the lease have been unsuccess- The assumption has been made, the ful, whereby the Commissioners em- Fort will have fill material in close barked on securing a location for a proximity to the proposed range for new range. the earthen berms. A concrete wall Several locations were identified but (130” long) faced with a ballistic rub- partnering with Fort Riley was the ber will be constructed in front of the Commissioners location of choice. The electric targets to protect the target Fort has granted permission to access turning mechanism. the proposed range from the Eureka A 26’ x 40’ portable building is pro- Drive/Wildcat Creek Drive intersec- posed for staging, classroom and An earthen berm will separate the two ranges to eliminate the possibilities of cross fire. tion. The proposed range is currently preparation for training activities. This identified as primitive with the only is the approximate size of building at amenities available being two small the current range. The portable build- sheds, a tower and a privy (no ing option was selected so it could be City Gives Ron Fehr A 6.8% Raise power/water). moved from the site if needed. This By Linda Morse, formed the current review at the City 12% of annual salary. There are no The Fort has agreed to supply power facility will be climate controlled for Mayor of Manhattan Commission Meeting on December other adjustments to the compensation to the site and provide restroom facili- both heat and air conditioning. Elec- Amendment to Employment 19, 2017. package and all other terms of the ties either by improving the privy or tric lines will be buried to the targets Agreement for the City Manager DISCUSSION agreement remain in place. (From the Contract) some other means. Further, they are in and to the portable building. A metal The evaluation of the City Man- agreement to allow Riley County to storage container is also proposed BACKGROUND MEMO ager’s performance has concluded and SECTION 5. Annually, the City Commission a copy of the modified Employment SALARY AND BENEFITS make improvements to the range. near the target line. However, any permanent structure evaluates the performance of the City Agreement is attached for considera- A. Employer agrees to pay Em- An estimation of the probable cost Manager and also considers adjust- tion. It is recommended that the base ployee for his services rendered pur- constructed will become the property is included showing the cost for a con- ments to the contract based on a vari- salary of the City Manager be in- suant hereto an annual base salary of of the Fort if Riley County were to dis- tractor to perform the necessary work ety of factors with an emphasis on the creased to a new base salary of One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One continue the use of this proposed and the probable cost if the County performance of the City Manager in $156,178.46, which is a 3.4% increase, Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars and range. All improvements, both perma- performed the work. achievement of goals, other accom- reflecting a 0.8% cost of living and a Forty-Six Cents ($156,178.46), nent and temporary, made to the pro- FISCAL IMPACT plishments, etc. The City Manager’s 2.6% salary adjustment from the cur- payable in installments at the same posed range will require the approval The estimated cost for the project to last review was on March 28, 2017. On rent base salary of $151,043.00. The time as other exempt employees of of the Fort. be bid is approximately $430,000 April 4, 2017, the City Commission percentage increases are commensu- Employer are paid. The RCPD has provided a sketch The estimated cost for the project to approved adjustments to the Employ- rate with approved increases for other B. Employer agrees to provide an ment Agreement consisting of a salary City employees in 2018. In addition, annual vacation benefit to Employee, outlining the desired proposed im- be completed by County forces is ap- provements for the new range. They increase of 3.5%, reflecting a 1.5% the employer’s contribution to the em- computed pursuant to the personnel proximately $285,000 cost of living and a 2.0% salary adjust- ployee’s ICMA-RC retirement plan is policies in effect and applicable for ex- consist of a 15 lane handgun and a 15 ment. The City Commission per- recommended to increase from 11% to See Ron Fehr page 3 University’s chief of staff, community relations director to retire KSU News Service Beach Museum of Art. She serves as McCain Auditorium and the Beach ness and media leaders, including MANHATTAN — Jackie Hartman, liaison between the president’s office Museum of Art, the relationships she Supreme Court Justice Sonia So- Kansas State University’s chief of staff and the Kansas State University Foun- built in the community and at the uni- tomayor, Sen. Alan Simpson, Dr. and its first director of community re- dation, K-State Athletics and K-State versity, her leadership with Landon Mehmood Khan and political pundits lations, has announced her retirement, Alumni Association. McCain Audito- Lectures, or in a multitude of other John Avlon and Margaret Hoover. effective Feb. 1. rium and the Beach Museum of Art roles, her professionalism was beyond Before joining K-State, Hartman Appointed by President Kirk Schulz also report to Hartman. reproach and she always represented was a faculty member at Colorado in 2010 as director of community rela- In addition, Hartman coordinates us well.” State University — where she earned tions and assistant to the president, special projects, working with the Under Hartman’s leadership, Mc- her doctorate in human resource devel- Hartman was later named chief of president and provost. She was chair Cain expanded its performance sched- opment with an emphasis on organiza- staff. She currently reports directly to of the university’s sesquicentennial ule, bringing increased opportunities tional communication — from President Richard Myers and serves as celebration in 2013, and most recently for students, faculty, staff and the com- 1987-2010. a member of the cabinet. She leads and helped organize KSUnite, a successful munity to experience first-rate Broad- When Hartman came to K-State in coordinates community affairs for the unity event in November 2017 for stu- way performances and some of the 2010, she was returning home. She university, representing the president’s dents, faculty, staff and community nation’s top performers. She led the earned both her bachelor’s and mas- office on issues related to the city of members to reaffirm who we are as a search for a new director for the Beach ter’s degrees from K-State, and served Manhattan. university community, what we value Museum of Art in 2011, and her lead- as an instructor of management at the Hartman’s efforts as community re- and what we stand for as the K-State ership was vital to the museum’s ex- university from 1981-1986. Her Wild- lations director have helped K-State family. pansion of programming that connects cat roots run deep as she is the daugh- earn national recognition. The 2018 Jackie Hartman “I want to thank Jackie for her ded- regional art, culture and interests with ter of Pat and Jack Hartman, the Princeton Review ranks the university for the university’s prestigious Landon icated service to Kansas State Univer- the larger world. legendary basketball coach who led K- as No. 1 in the nation for town-gown Lecture Series. She is involved with sity,” said President Myers. “She has As chair of the Landon Lecture Se- State to three Big Eight titles, two Big relations. fundraising initiatives with McCain truly made a difference for the univer- ries, Hartman helped arrange lectures Eight Tourney titles and nine postsea- Hartman also provides leadership Auditorium and the Marianna Kistler sity. Whether through her work with by several notable government, busi- son appearances.

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AGENDA MANHATTAN City Clerk to execute a modi- the amount of $79,108.00 issuance of general obligation SPECIAL CITY COM- fied Employment Agreement (Base Bid in the amount of bonds to finance for the project. Flint Hills Regional Council for Peterson to the Downtown MISSION MEETING MON- between the City of Manhattan $64,790.00 and Alternate No. the City’s annual membership Business Improvement District DAY, JANUARY 8, 2018 and City Manager Ronald R. 1 in the amount of $14,318.00) G. Juliette Avenue, Laramie contribution from the Industrial Advisory Board; and 7:00 P.M. Fehr, effective with the first with Cheney Construction, Inc., Street to Osage Street, Brick Promotion Fund. 3. Appointment of Mary Beth The City Commission Meet- pay period of 2018. of Manhattan, Kansas; and Rehabilitation, Phase II, L. Authorize the 2018 Mem- Reese and James Sherow to the ing will be televised live on 3. Authorize the Mayor and (ST1614, WA1709): bership payment in the amount Flint Hills Discovery Center local Cox Cable Channel 3. City Clerk to execute Contract 1. Authorize the Mayor and of $23,724.29 to the League of Advisory Board. PLEDGE OF ALLE- REORGANIZATION Amendment No. 1 in an amount City Clerk to execute the Au- Kansas Municipalities for the GIANCE not to exceed $3,200.00 with thority to Award Contract and City’s annual membership con- A. Comments from outgoing Bruce McMillan Architects, Commitment of City Funds tribution from General Services GENERAL AGENDA Commissioner Karen McCul- P.A., of Manhattan, Kansas, for with the Kansas Department of in the General Fund, the Water PROCLAMATION loh. construction administration Transportation (KDOT) to Fund, the Wastewater Fund, and A. FLINT HILLS DISCOV- A. January 13-15, 2018, Dr. B. City Clerk Gary Fees services for the project. Pavers, Inc., of .Salina, Kansas, the Stormwater Fund. ERY CENTER 2017 YEAR- Martin Luther King, Jr. Com- will administer Oath of Of- in the amount of $746,935.00, END REPORT munity Celebration and Days of fice for newly elected Com- E. Safe Routes to School, plus $154,984.00 for construc- M. 2018 Flint Hills Metro- B. SUNSET ZOO MASTER Service. (Reverend Jim missioners: Usha Reddi, Wynn Phase IIA (ST1613): tion engineering with Bartlett politan Planning Organization: PLAN AND STRATEGIC Spencer, Chair, and Kevin Butler and Jerred McKee. 1. Authorize the Mayor and and West, of Manhattan, 1. Authorize payment of the PLAN UPDATE WITH GLMV Bryant and Katlin Long, Mem- C. Mayor Morse and City City Clerk to execute the Au- Kansas, for a total project 2018 Flint Hills Metropolitan ARCHITECTURE, OF WI- bers, Manhattan Martin Luther Manager Ron Fehr will rec- thority to Award Contract and cost of $901,919.00; and Planning Organization annual CHITA, KANSAS King Junior Committee, will be ognize Commissioner McCul- Commitment of City Funds 2l. Authorize the matching assessment up to a maximum of present to receive the proclama- loh for her years of service. with the Kansas Department of payment in the amount of $28,018.44; and tion.) Transportation (KDOT) to $450,000.00 (City’s portion) for 2. Authorize the first install- Amino Brothers Company, Inc., the project from the Water Fund ment in the amount of CONSENT AGENDA of Kansas City, Kansas, in the and the Special Street and $13,778.15 to the Flint Hills PUBLIC COMMENTS [Items on the Consent amount of $291,933.00, plus Highway Fund. Metropolitan Planning Organi- COMMISSIONER Agenda are those of a routine $85,938.00 in construction en- zation, to be paid from Outside COMMENTS and housekeeping nature or gineering with Alfred Benesch, H. Authorize the Mayor and Services in the General Fund. OLD BUSINESS those items which have previ- of Manhattan, Kansas, for a City Clerk to execute an agree- A. Approve the minutes of ously been reviewed by the City total project cost of ment in the amount of N. Approve the following ap- the Regular City Commission Commission. A Commissioner $377,871.00; and $42,500.00 with Betty Brinn pointments by Mayor Morse to Meeting held Tuesday, Decem- may request an item be moved 2. Authorize the matching Children’s Museum, of Mil- various boards and committees ber 19, 2017. to the end of the General payment in the amount of waukee, Wisconsin, for the ex- of the City. B. Approve Claims Register Agenda.] $178,000.00 (City’s portion) for hibition of Hand On Harley 1. Re-appointment of Connie No. 3867 authorizing and ap- the project from the new Spe- Davidson at the Flint Hills Dis- Hamilton to the Board of Zon- proving the payment of claims A. Approve an annual Cereal cial Street Maintenance Fund covery Center for the period of ing Appeals; from December 13, 2017 - Malt Beverages Off-Premises created from the $.20 sales tax May 22, 2021 - September 12, 2. Appointment of Heather This Weeks Answers January 2, 2018, in the License for Wildcat Creek Fun initiative. 2021. amount of $2,802,314.62. and Fitness, 800 Anneberg Cir- I. Authorize the Mayor and C. Approve Ordinance No. cle. F. Old Big Blue Beautifica- City Clerk to execute an Agree- 7334 amending Section 31-52 B. Approve Resolution No. tion Phase 5/Stormwater Im- ment between the City of Man- of the Code of Ordinances au- 010818-B, requesting that the provements and Multi-Use Trail hattan and Kansas State thorizing the City Manager to Board of Pottawatomie County Project (SM1605, CIP University to administer City- designate up to eight parking Commissioners make certain #SW077P): University Funds in the amount stalls reserved for use by public findings regarding the island 1. Authorize the Mayor and of $750,000.00 for 2018 proj- vehicles only in the public park- annexation of the River Tract of City Clerk to execute the Au- ects. ing lot on the south side of Heritage Square North, Unit thority to Award Contract and J. Authorize City Adminis- Humboldt Street between Third Two. Commitment of City Funds tration to purchase a 2018 Kub- and Fourth Streets. C. Approve and authorize the with the Kansas Department of ota M6060HDC compact/utility D. Approve Ordinance No. Mayor to execute Change Order Transportation (KDOT) to tractor (CIP #WW059E), in- 7335 amending Section 6-41 of No. 1,resulting in a net increase Ebert Construction, of cluding the trade-in of the exist- the Code of Ordinances to in the amount of $54,633.67 Wamego, Kansas, in the ing 1998 John Deere 1250 match up the expiration dates of (+1.6%) to the contract with P1 amount of $927,749.00, plus tractor, from KanEquip, Inc., of the pet license and rabies vacci- Group, Inc., of Topeka, Kansas, $200,400.00 for construction Wamego, Kansas, in the nation. for the Water Treatment Plant engineering with Schwab- amount of $36,000.00 (Base Improvements Project Eaton, of Manhattan, Kansas, Bid in the amount of E. Approve Resolution No. (WA1403). for a total project cost of $42,500.00 and Alternate No. 1 010818-A pledging the “Full $1,128,149.00; in the amount of $6,500.00 Faith and Credit of the City” as D. Airport Terminal Office 2. Authorize the matching trade-in value) for the Waste- collateral for the Section 108 Space project (AP1702): payment in the amount of water Plant, to be paid from the Loan for the South East Neigh- 1. Accept the Architect’s $230,000.00 (City’s portion) for Wastewater Fund. borhood Recreation Center and Opinion of Probable Cost in the project from the Stormwater K. Authorize City Adminis- authorizing the Mayor to exe- the amount of $96,250.00; Fund; and tration to finalize the 2018 cute documents associated with 2. Award and authorize the 3. Approve the first reading membership payment in the the Loan. Mayor and City Clerk to exe- of an ordinance authorizing the amount of $31,368.60 to the F. Authorize the Mayor and cute a construction contract in ManhattanManhattan FreeFree PressPress Jon A. and Linda L. Brake, Publishers P.O. Box 1191, Manhattan, Ks 66505 - E-Mail [email protected]

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payments, it is unlikely the City tion 108 Loan providing would actually sell the SENRC $3,304,000. Future portions of to satisfy the loan, due to the the City’s annual CDBG alloca- City Manager Ron Fehr ______from page one challenge of severing the parcel tion will be targeted for repay- ment of the loan. empt City employees, and payment by the City of the em- on which the facility will be lo- The contract price, approved acknowledging his current level ployee’s share of such benefits, cated from the rest of the Dou- on November 7, 2017, with of service. Employer expects all disability, health benefits, glass Center campus, and the Bruce McMillan, AIA, Archi- Employee to be diligent in the and life insurance as provided difficulty a private party would tects for design and construc- use of granted vacation days to all exempt City of Manhattan have in operating the facility tion administration, is $297,744 each year; however, unused va- employees as enumerated in the given this location. and will be financed through cation may carry over to the fol- City Personnel Manual. Addi- Therefore, on April 18, 2017, the Section 108 Loan. All costs lowing year pursuant to the tionally, Employer shall provide City Administration proposed above $3,304,000, including personnel policies in effect and up to $1,200 in annual premium and the City Commission au- additional building costs, the applicable for exempt City em- for a $100,000 term life insur- thorized submission of a re- HUD Section 108 Loan Fee, ployees. ance policy for the benefit of quest to HUD to amend the and the estimated Public Offer- C. Employer agrees that the employee during the life of original loan application to ing Bank fee, will be paid by medical (sick) leave, holiday this contract. Employee shall be change to primary collateral to the City of Manhattan. and similar leave periods for responsible for providing docu- be based on the “Full Faith and The proposed terms are a 20- Employee shall be the same as mentation of the expense. Credit of the City” instead of year amortizing loan with an- for other exempt employees of the value of the SENRC. In re- nual payments at the applicable Employer. SECTION 9. sponse, HUD has indicated it percentage rate available for the D. Employer shall grant to RETIREMENT will still require a mortgage loan. Debt payment will be Employee, and pay for medical, Employer agrees to execute and additional collateral, which made from the City’s future an- hospital, major medical, and all all necessary agreements pro- is likely to be in the form of a nual CDBG entitlement alloca- related health benefits allowed vided by the International City debt service reserve account in tions. The interest rate will be to exempt City employees by Management Association - Re- the amount of one year’s debt variable during the interim fi- approved personnel policy. tirement Corporation (ICMA- service, in which the City will nancing facility and will be E. Employer shall grant to RC) for Employee's continued pledge to maintain that level in based on the prevailing LIBOR Employee, Longevity Pay that Manhattan City Manager Ron Fehr participation in said ICMA-RC the event that it uses City funds plus 20 basis points. It is antic- is approved for existing City retirement plan and, in addition toward repayment of the loan. ipated that HUD will conduct a Employees at a rate of $100 per ceive a vehicle allowance in the to the base salary paid by Em- In addition, the City will allow ployee. Public Offering, at which time year of service awarded every 5 amount of Two Hundred and ployer to Employee, Employer HUD to use existing pledged the terms of the Guarantee will years. Ninety Dollars ($290.00) per agrees to pay an amount equal grants to prepay (or defease) the SECTION 7. be negotiated by HUD Head- F. Employer shall review and pay period. All City required to twelve percent (12.0%) per Guaranteed Loan, if HUD de- AUTOMOBILE quarters on the City’s behalf consider adjustments to, Em- travel outside the above region annum into ICMA-RC on Em- termines that the standard Employee’s duties require and will be set at a permanent ployee's salary at least annually. using Employee's personal ve- ployee's behalf and to transfer pledge of future CDBG funds is travel within and outside the fixed rate. Employer may, based upon the hicle will be reimbursed at the ownership upon Employee’s insufficient to assure payment Manhattan city limits. For ALTERNATIVES performance of Employee, in current City rate per mile. resignation or discharge. Addi- of amounts due. travel within the city limits of It appears the Commission achievement of goals and ob- SECTION 8. DISABIL- tionally, Employer will make The City must complete its Manhattan, Kansas, as well as has the following alternatives jectives, as assigned by Em- ITY, HEALTH AND LIFE such contributions in Em- first draw request on the loan by and the Riley, Pottawatomie, concerning the issue at hand. ployer and accepted by INSURANCE ployee’s name into the Kansas March 30, 2018. As part of the and Geary County, Kansas re- The Commission may: Employee, increase Employee’s Employee shall receive, at Personnel Retirement System process of finalizing the various gion, the Employee shall re- Approve Resolution No. salary, with the consent of Em- the City’s expense including (KPERS) as required by law. Section 108 loan documents with HUD, the City needs to 010818-A pledging the “Full submit a City Commission Res- Faith and Credit of the City” as City Finances East Neighborhood Recreation Center olution formally pledging the collateral for the Section 108 “Full Faith and Credit of the Loan. guarantee application had been Shop is now located. The re- CITY COMMISSION portion of their CDBG funds City” as collateral. Do not approve the Resolu- approved as a financing tool for sponsible party for that off-site AGENDA MEMO into larger local projects. Cities FINANCING tion and provide further direc- the SENRC, enabling the City contamination source January 4, 2018 utilizing Section 108 provide Total project costs including tion to City Administration. to accomplish one of the goals (ONEOK) is currently under an FROM: Eric Cattell, security for a loan, guaranteed loan fees are estimated to be Table the item and provide outlined in the Strategic Facility agreement with KDHE to ad- AICP, Director of Commu- by HUD, which allows for the $3,421,043, with the City’s further direction to City Admin- Improvement Plan. dress the extent of contamina- nity Development use of a portion of current and share of $117,043 and the Sec- istration. Chris L’Ecuyer, Grant Ad- future year CDBG allocations Due to the projected cost of tion impacting the area. ministrator MEETING: for repayment. Additional secu- the project, federal procurement Therefore, KDHE has deter- January 8, 2018 rity requirements as required by rules prohibited the City from mined that “no further action” SUBJECT: Approve HUD assure repayment of guar- amending the “concept study” is necessary by the City at Dou- Resolution No. 010818-A anteed obligations. contract with Bruce McMillan, glass Park regarding the con- Pledging Full Faith and The maximum amount that AIA, Architects that had been tamination. The City was Car Clinic, Inc. Credit as Collateral on Sec- can be requested under Section used for the Section 108 Loan required to file KDHE’s letter “We care about you and your car” tion 108 Loan for the South 108 is five times the annual al- application. Therefore, on April of No Further Action and its • Tune ups, electrical repairs East Neighborhood Recre- location of CDBG funds re- 18, 2017, City Administration Determination Summary on the • Heater & A/C service ation Center ceived by the City. Manhattan’s requested, and the City Com- City’s Douglass Park property, • Computer engine analysis BACKGROUND 2016 CDBG allocation is mission authorized, advertise- including the SENRC construc- • Transmission service $660,894, thus a rounded fig- ment of a Request for tion site. In 2015, the City undertook • Mon.-Fri. 7:30 am to 5:30 pm an analysis of its current and fu- ure for the total amount of fund- Qualifications (RFQ) to select On November 7, 2017, the ture needs for parks and recre- ing available is $3,304,000. an architectural/engineering City Commission authorized ation facilities improvements Debt payoff of the guaranteed consultant to prepare the final the Mayor and City Clerk to ex- 209 Sarber Ln 539-1040 through the Strategic Facility loan can be no less than 12 and design and construction docu- ecute a contract with Bruce Improvement Plan (SFIP). The no more than 20 years, and the ments, cost estimates, assist McMillan AIA, Architects for SFIP outlined a concept of de- City cannot dedicate more than with bidding, and provide con- final design and construction Manhattan Shoe Repair veloping three neighborhood 50% of its annual CDBG allo- struction administration serv- administration services for the recreation centers in the Man- cation to debt service on the ices for the proposed SENRC. SENRC (SP1702). hattan community. Douglass loan. On July 19, 2016, the City On July 11, 2017, the City DISCUSSION Repaairing Shoes Park, consisting of recreation Commission recommended de- Commission accepted the rec- The loan guarantee is ap- Boots Luggage facilities that serve the sur- sign “Option three” for the ommendation from the Selec- proved for $3,304,000 and in- Purses Backpacks rounding neighborhood, was South East Neighborhood tion Committee and authorized cludes both eligible design and identified as a potential site for Recreation Center, in order to City Administration to negoti- construction costs. This financ- Hours 8 - 5:30 Monday - Friday one of the three centers. stay within the $3.3 million ate a Contract and Scope of ing is currently an “interim fa- In 2016, open space on the CDBG Fund balance. Services with Bruce McMillan cility” with a variable interest GARY E. GORDON 216 S. 4th St. grounds of the Douglass Park As currently envisioned, the Architects. rate, currently approximately 776-1193 Local Manhattan, Ks was the focus of a design con- SENRC will provide a 17,000 Between July and November 1.57% based on London Inter- 66502-6003 cept study for a proposed cen- square foot building comprised 2017, there was an unforeseen Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR), ter. U.S. Department of of a multi-purpose court run- delay in the project timeline, similar to a construction loan. Housing and Urban Develop- ning east/west, two non-regula- due to the need for the City’s The loan will become a perma- ment (HUD) Community De- tion size multi- purpose cross environmental consultant to nent fixed rate upon HUD’s velopment Block Grant courts, an upper-level interior redo part of their Limited Site completion of a Public Offer- (CDBG) funds were utilized to walking track, restrooms, staff Investigation environmental as- ing, anticipated in spring 2018, hire Bruce McMillan, AIA, Ar- office, mechanical/electrical, sessment of the Douglass Park that will include the outstand- chitects, P.A., to provide con- and storage, as well as adjacent area. As a result, HUD indi- ing portion of Manhattan’s loan. cepts and cost estimates for the parking will also be provided. cated this issue needed to be re- In the original Section 108 project. Concepts were focused On November 15, 2016, the solved prior to executing the application, the City proposed on the site of the former Dou- City Commission conducted a final design contract for the to provide a first mortgage on glass Pool on the northeast cor- public hearing on Substantial SENRC. The environmental re- the value of the structure as col- ner of South 10th Street and Amendments to the 2015-2019 assessment subsequently found lateral. HUD will require that Fort Riley Boulevard. The proj- CDBG Consolidated Plan, the a slightly elevated level of ar- the appraised value of the pro- ect has been named the South 2016 CDBG Annual Plan, and senic in the groundwater ap- posed structure be at least 125% East Neighborhood Recreation the Section 108 Loan Guarantee proximately 23-25 feet below of the $3,304,000 loan. In addi- Center (SENRC). application, and approved the ground surface, located to the tion, HUD has indicated the In researching funding op- amendments and Resolution northwest of the SENRC con- need to provide additional col- tions for the new center, City No. 111516-C and related doc- struction site. This finding ne- lateral beyond the mortgage. Administration identified the uments, authorizing submission cessitated the City to enter into Community Development of the Section 108 application a Voluntary Cleanup and Prop- Upon further consideration, Block Grant (CDBG) Section to HUD. The application re- erty Redevelopment Program City Administration identified 108 Loan Guarantee Program. quested a $3,304,000 Loan application with the Kansas De- that it will likely be a challenge The Section 108 Loan Guaran- Guarantee for the construction partment of Health and Envi- for the SENRC to appraise at tee Program is a provision of of the SENRC to be located at ronment (KDHE). KDHE’s 125% of the loan, given that it the CDBG program that pro- Douglass Park. In February review determined that the ar- is a public building located in a vides communities with feder- 2017, HUD Headquarters in senic is coming from the former public park. In addition, if fu- ally guaranteed loans large Washington, D.C., notified the off-site gasification plant, lo- ture CDBG allocations become enough to transform a small City that the $3,304,000 loan cated where the Traffic Control insufficient to satisfy loan re- EditorialEditorial Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 44 Just Who Is Alan Rupe and Why Does He Want Your Money? The Sentinel democratic process, “Alan of Lewis Brisbois. In addition (The Sentinel is a Kansas Rupe, an attorney for the plain- to whatever compensation he online news service that holds tiff school districts, has called has received for suing Kansas, government and mainstream Rupe has reaped considerable media accountable for provid- for that amount.” glory. Boasts his firm’s website: ing complete, accurate and un- Oh, Alan Rupe has called for biased information so that that amount? Just who is Alan “Mr. Rupe receives ongoing na- citizens can make their own in- Rupe? And what kind of system tional attention and recognition formed decisions on matters of gives that much power to a guy for his successful prosecution public policy.) no one ever elected or ap- of cases relating to the constitu- In scanning through a pointed or even heard of? Rupe, tionality of the funding of K-12 Topeka Capital-Journal article a trial attorney, wants your public education.” on the impending school fi- money, and he doesn’t much In fact, Rupe won a major nance debate in the Kansas leg- care how you raise it. award for “years of outstanding islature, the reader gets the Wagle thinks she has ruled lawyering and lobbying and impression that a character out still another tax increase. perseverance in the face of named “Alan Rupe” has more “My legislators are repulsed at many obstacles, including brash control over the outcome of this the thought of another tax in- insults” on the Kansas case. debate than Senate President crease,” she said. “It’s just not Brash insults? Susan Wagle, House Speaker going to happen.” Brash insults or not, Rupe Ron Ryckman, or even Gov. Susan Wagle thinks there will has no inherent concern for the Sam Brownback. be no new tax increase. Alan people of Kansas or the other At the heart of the debate is Rupe thinks otherwise. agencies their tax dollars sup- the presumed need to sate the Rupe thinks otherwise. “If port. Elected officials do. ever growing hunger of the the Legislature thinks they can “We’re tasked with looking Kansas Supreme Court for accomplish this without new re- at the entire state and the needs more tax money to finance K- sources to replace the resources and the core services of the en- 12 public education. that were removed in the great tire state, not just what the “This is going to be a very experiment that failed, I think plaintiffs’ attorneys want us to difficult session,” said Wagle. they’re in dream land,” said do,” Ryckman said. “$600 million is an awful lot of Rupe who feels sufficiently As to the possibility of a con- money, and the demands in this comfortable in his power to stitutional amendment to rein in ruling are very far-reaching, mock the legislature and the the court, KNEA lobbyist Mark and they’re putting the hammer governor. Desetti, a Rupe ally, called that down and saying do it now.” “They really need to concen- so much “posturing.” According to the Capital- trate on additional resources,” “I’m expecting at some point Journal’s Allison Kite, the he continued, “and to simply cooler heads to prevail and peo- Kansas State Board of Educa- say that’s a non-starter is a way ple to get down to work to do tion is asking for another $600 of saying we’re not going to what’s right,” said Desetti. By million on top of last year’s ad- comply.” “cooler” Desetti means “more ditions. By “new resources” Rupe submissive.” Kite follows that fact with a means new taxes. With the To read this Capital-Journal sentence whose casual tone court on his side, he is confident article carefully, alas, is to un- highlights what is wrong with Wagle will eventually submit. derstand how submission has the Court’s subversion of the Rupe is the managing partner become the order of the day. KansasKansas NewsNews

Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 55 Brownback Isn’t Politico Calls Kansas Going Anywhere The Sentinel larly hard line against Brown- 2nd District Race One to Watch Gov. Sam Brownback isn’t back. going anywhere soon. That’s Brownback’s nomination The Sentinel Pelosi as Speaker of the House, Campaign Committee intends the implication of a tweet and wasn’t included on a list of Politico writes there are 10 if elected. Politico says the an- to target in 2018. Kansas’ 3rd a press release from Kansas Trump nominees rolled over Congressional races this year nouncement heralds “a new District, currently held by Re- Governor on Tuesday. into 2018, so Trump will have that will provide clues on generation of Democrats that publican Congressman Kevin “Looking forward to an- to renominate the Kansas whether the 2018 election is won’t be sticking by the Cali- Yoder, is also on the list. Yoder other great legislative session. Governor. Brownback will referendum on President Don- fornia congresswoman.” The notched an 11-point victory in I will remain Governor until also have to testify in a sec- ald Trump. digital publication also called 2016, but Democratic presiden- confirmed by the U.S. Sen- ond hearing before the for- Former Kansas Rep. Paul the move a “political gamble,” tial nominee Hillary Clinton ate,” he posted. eign relations committee. Davis lands in the political pub- noting Davis’ announcement won the third district by 1 point. Government watchers and Gov. Sam Brownback lication’s fifth spot. Davis, a crosses the Democratic Party Democrats need to capture 24 even Kansas legislators have Brownback’s nomination Lawrence Democrat, seeks to leaders in order to be competi- Republican-held seats to gain a long speculated when the could have been carried over replace Congresswoman Lynn tive in a red district. majority in the House. Governor might leave Topeka into 2018 with a unanimous Jenkins. Jenkins, a Republican, Davis unsuccessfully ran for for a job in the Trump admin- vote of the U.S. Senate. announced last year that she governor against Sam Brown- Davis faces several Republi- istration, and now it appears Brownback announced he won’t seek re-election. Politicos back in 2014. Though he lost can candidates, including state they have their answer. will give the State of the State list includes two Republican that race, he carried Kansas 2nd Sens. Steve Fitzgerald and It appears Brownback is Address to the Kansas Legis- candidates and eight Demo- Congressional district by 6 Caryn Tyson, and state Rep. staying over the objections of lature on Jan. 9, a strong indi- cratic candidates. points. Jenkins has represented Former state Rep. Paul Davis Kevin Jones. Yoder has drawn a state media, which in recent cation that he intends to “Moderate candidates in both the district for a dozen years, bevy of Democratic chal- days have called for his resig- remain in office through the parties will also have to figure and President Trump carried 52 lengers, including Tom Nier- nation. 2018 legislative session. Ac- out how to best position them- Politico suggests Davis percent of the vote in the dis- mann, Jay Sidie, and Brent President Trump nomi- cording to a press release, selves vis-à-vis a commander in showed moderation when he trict in 2016. Welder. Presumed Democratic nated Brownback to a U.S. Brownback’s speech will ad- chief loathed or loved by their kicked off his Congressional The Kansas 2nd District is frontrunner Andrea Ramsey State Department post in July, dress the school funding law- respective grass roots,” the campaign. He announced he one of 59 Congressional seats dropped out of the race after de- and the U.S. Senate Foreign suit and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer Politico article reads. would not support Nancy the Democratic Congressional tails about a sexual harassment Relations committee favor- will meet with advocacy ably forwarded the nomina- groups about Brownback’s tion for full consideration by budget proposal the day after Pro racecar driver Scott Tucker gets over 16 years in prison the U.S. Senate in October. the speech. NEW YORK (AP) _ Pro in handcuffs, but only after he They said Tucker, who hasn't as a good and fair business man, The committee’s approval, The 2018 legislative ses- racecar driver Scott Tucker was removed his suspenders. raced professionally in several employer, and American citi- however. Senate Democratic sion begins on Jan. 8. Brown- sentenced to over 16 years in Timothy Muir, 46, a lawyer years, and Muir, the company's zen,'' he wrote. committee members opposed back is scheduled to give the prison Friday after his convic- from Overland, Kansas, was general counsel, charged inter- Brownback’s nomination, State of the State Address to tion for running a payday loan sentenced to seven years in est rates ranging from 600 per- He also said the legal process with Overland Park-native the Kansas House at 5 p.m. prison for his conviction at the had ``taken its toll,'' leading his business that prosecutors say cent to over 1,000 percent, and Virginia Democratic Sen. the following day. cheated millions of financially same October trial as Tucker. generating over $3.5 billion in brother and business partner to Tim Kaine taking a particu- struggling Americans. Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney revenue from just 2008 to June commit suicide. U.S. District Judge P. Kevin Joan Loughnane said in a re- 2013 alone. Castel said it was ``staggering'' lease that the business the men The loans were issued to over how many people nationwide ran from at least 1997 through 4.5 million struggling people in were affected by Tucker's busi- 2013 is now closed. all 50 states, the government ness. ``For more than 15 years, said. Over a 15-year period, more Scott Tucker and Timothy Muir It said the jury saw evidence than 1 percent of the U.S. pop- made billions of dollars exploit- that many loans were issued in ulation became victims of the ing struggling, everyday Amer- states, including New York, business, Castel said as he sen- icans through payday loans with laws that banned lending tenced Tucker to 16 years and carrying interest rates as high as at the exorbitant interest rates eight months in prison. 1,000 percent,'' she said. ``And Tucker charged and that the The judge said the business to hide their criminal scheme, company provided scripts to its was ``a fraud from the begin- they tried to claim their busi- employees to read to individu- ning'' and a scam ``to extract ness was owned and operated als who complained that the money from people in desperate by Native American tribes.'' loans were illegal. circumstances.'' He added it Prosecutors said Tucker's In his letter to the judge, ``created heartbreak and sorrow lending enterprise, based in Tucker asked for mercy but de- ... not just a financial loss.'' Overland Park, Kansas, em- fended his intentions. In a letter to the court, the 55- ployed over 1,500 people as it ``I am remorseful, your year-old Tucker of Leawood, did business as Ameriloan, honor, for having failed to accu- Kansas, defended his business Cash Advance, OneClickCash, rately display, convey and live practices and implied he was Preferred Cash Loans, United up to the vision I had. I am re- misunderstood. Cash Loans, US FastCash, 500 morseful, your honor, to have Castel ordered him to imme- FastCash, Advantage Cash left a single person with the diately begin serving the sen- Services and Star Cash Process- misperception that I do not rec- tence and he was led from court ing. ognize my responsibility to live Federal report details cause of chemical cloud in Kansas For Sale Remodeled 3 bed- ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) _ So when a delivery truck the incident and implemented at Small key rings that were miss- driver for Harcros Chemicals similar facilities across the na- room 1 bath home in ing from chemical storage tanks arrived expecting to find only tion. Blue Rapids. New and a lack of attention to proper one unlocked line, he unknow- Most of the recommenda- procedures were primary rea- ingly allowed sulfuric acid into tions focus on proper training roof, new laminate sons a chemical cloud spread a tank containing sodium for employees and delivery floors, new bath. over a city in northeast Kansas hypochlorite, according to the drivers, and safety procedures. Two car garage, in 2016, according to a federal board's report. The two chemi- One recommendation was to in- report. cals are incompatible and stall different fill line connec- large lot. The cloud caused more than erupted into a cloud that spread tions for each chemical so a Good schools 140 people to seek medical at- over the Atchison area, The delivery driver's line will fit tention and others to either stay Kansas City Star reported . only the correct line for the Low taxes indoors or evacuate Atchison One MGPI employee and chemical being delivered. Friendly people for several hours. five members of the public ``Had MGPI placed pipe MGPI Processing used metal were hospitalized after the inci- markers or identification tags key rings to secure pipelines to dent in Atchison, which is about on all the fill line connection chemical storage tanks at the 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) points (or at the very least, on plant. The U.S. Chemical northwest of Kansas City. the sodium hypochlorite fill line Call Safety and Hazard Investigation The board's final report, connection point), it might have Board found that an employee which was released Wednesday, been immediately obvious to Lisa Hays at opened one line to take delivery closely mirrors preliminary the driver that he was connect- of sulfuric acid without realiz- findings released in April. It de- ing the discharge hose to the in- 785-250-9530 ing two other lines were open tails 11 lessons and improve- correct fill line,'' the report said. because the rings were missing. ments that can be learned from NationalNational NewsNews Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 66 Trump suggests 2-phase immigration deal for ‘Dreamers WASHINGTON (AP) — earmarks ran the risk of special House Freedom Caucus, said in Seeking a bipartisan compro- interests playing a bigger role in a text message after the White mise to avoid a government government, a notion at odds House meeting he was “gener- shutdown, President Donald with Trump’s “drain the ally” opposed to a two-step Trump suggested Tuesday that swamp” campaign mantra. process “because history would an immigration deal could be On immigration, the presi- indicate the second step never reached in two phases — first dent said he would insist on happens.” But he later said that by addressing young immi- construction of a border secu- if the first steps included the grants and border security with rity wall as part of an agreement four areas outlined by the White what he called a “bill of love,” involving young immigrants, House, “then I could support a then by making comprehensive but he said Congress could then two-step process realizing that changes that have long eluded pursue a comprehensive immi- step one is the only thing that is Congress. gration overhaul in a second guaranteed.” Trump presided over a phase of talks. lengthy meeting with Republi- House Republicans said they The president appeared to ac- can and Democratic lawmakers planned to soon introduce leg- knowledge the potential politi- seeking a solution for hundreds islation to address border secu- cal pitfalls of pursuing a more of thousands of young people rity and the young immigrants. permanent deal, telling the law- who were brought to the U.S. as Trump said, “it should be a bill makers, “I’ll take all the heat children and living here ille- of love.” you want. But you are not that gally. Trump last year ended the Conservatives quickly far away from comprehensive Obama-era Deferred Action for sounded alarms about a process immigration reform.” Childhood Arrivals program, that would lead to a comprehen- which shielded more than sive agreement on immigration, After the meeting, lawmak- 700,000 people from deporta- President Donald J. Trump listens to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, during a path that has long been anath- ers from both parties appeared tion and gave them the right to a dinner with legislative leadership at Camp David | January 5, 2018 (Official White House ema to many rank-and-file Re- divided over the basic defini- work legally. He gave Congress Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) publicans. tion of Trump’s bottom-line de- until March to find a fix. mand for a border wall on the much reliant upon the people in “It’s encouraging that the like it ... I think a lot of people Rep. Mark Meadows, R- southern border. The president, congressional this room.” A group of journal- president seems open to a nar- would like to see that but I N.C., leader of the hard-right Republicans and Democrats ex- ists observed the meandering row deal protecting the Dream- think we have to do DACA pressed optimism for a deal just meeting for an extraordinary ers,” said Senate Democratic first.” House Majority Leader 10 days before a government length of time — about 55 min- leader Chuck Schumer of New Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in- shutdown deadline. Trump said utes — that involved Trump York. terjected, saying, “Mr. Presi- he was willing to be flexible in seeking input from Democrats The unusually public meet- dent, you need to be clear finding an agreement as De- and Republicans alike in a free- ing laid bare a back-and-forth though,” that legislation in- mocrats warned that the lives of wheeling exchange on the con- between the parties more typi- volving the so-called Dreamers hundreds of thousands of immi- tentious issue. cally confined to closed-door would need to include border grants hung in the balance. The White House said after negotiations. At one point, Cal- security. “I think my positions are the meeting that lawmakers had ifornia Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a Trump also suggested bring- going to be what the people in agreed to narrow the scope of Democrat, asked Trump if he ing back “earmarks,” or money this room come up with,” the negotiations to four areas: would support a “clean” DACA for pet projects requested by Trump said during a Cabinet border security, family-based bill now with a commitment to lawmakers, as a way to bridge Room meeting with a bipartisan “chain migration,” the visa lot- pursue a comprehensive immi- the divide between the two par- group of nearly two dozen law- tery, and the DACA policy, gration overhaul later. ties. Conservative groups re- makers, adding, “I am very winning nods from Democrats. Trump responded, “I would sponded that any resumption of Pot industry frets, then shrugs off Sessions’ new policy year SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Moen, general counsel of Priva- biggest U.S. investment. banking but when we opened This week’s announcement that teer Holdings, a Seattle-based In San Francisco, a city long up, George W. Bush was presi- the U.S. Justice Department venture capital firm that invests known for embracing weed, dent and the DEA was doing was ditching its hands-off ap- in marijuana businesses. “This sales of recreational marijuana raids on dispensaries. We’re in proach to states that have legal- kind of stunt will not have a began Saturday as planned. Six this for the long haul.” ized marijuana initially sent substantial effect on the indus- pot shops confirmed they were Grass Roots opened 13 years some in the industry into a tail- try.” selling recreational marijuana ago to sell medical marijuana. spin, just days after California’s Moen noted Sessions’ action Saturday after receiving their In Colorado, CEO Andy $7 billion recreational weed doesn’t change federal law, state licenses the day before. Williams said the announce- Something New in 2018 market opened for business. which includes a congressional Shabnam Malek, a 44-year- ment that he’s open to prosecu- But for long-term pot pur- provision barring authorities old lawyer and mother of three, tion could turn years of work veyors accustomed to changing from spending federal money to waited in line for a half hour for and millions of dollars of in- regulatory winds, the decision prosecute medical marijuana Apothecarium to open its doors vestment in his store Medicine was just another bump in a long operations that abide by state in San Francisco. Man Denver into a criminal en- 30 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 32 Thursday, January 4, 2018 and winding road to proving laws. She marveled at the differ- terprise. He said Sessions’ ac- Bringing you the News in Print, on the internet and on Facebook. their business legitimacy. He conceded that the action ence between buying a legal tion goes against the will of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Flat Out Fake News (The Sentinel is a Kansas sector in 2012 than in 2001. online news service that holds Surrounding states with lower government and mainstream tax rates were all performing would have a “near-term chill- Colorado voters, who legalized media accountable for provid- better. Many in the industry said bag of weed from the times in ing complete, accurate and un- Almost as one, the media biased information so that portrayed those pre-Brownback citizens can make their own in- formed decisions on matters of years as something of a golden public policy.) age. To sell the Brownback plan they’re keeping a wait-and-see ing effect” on the industry’s her 20s when she was buying marijuana in 2014. as a failure, they suppressed much information about its suc- The Sentinel cesses. And just as they were It has been nearly a year now beginning to bore themselves lobbying effort to compel banks “Any action by the attorney that the Sentinel has been to with gratuitous Brownback attitude because the effect of work “holding media and gov- marijuana on the streets, a situ- bashing, the Republican Con- ernment accountable.” As we gress proposed a tax cut of its can attest, there is much ac- own. Now the national media counting that needs to be done. chimed in with literally hun- Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ and insurance companies to ac- ation she said exposed her to general goes against the public If the local TV stations are dreds of mindless, ideologically largely blameless in the creation driven articles warning Repub- of fake–or nearly fake–news, licans about the failed Kansas the newspapers are not. The experiment. Fortunately, the Kansas City Star, the Topeka Republicans in Congress were sentiment,” he said. “I don’t Capital-Journal, the Wichita announcement depends on cept its business. Banks and in- contaminated products and un- not as susceptible to propa- Eagle, and the Lawrence Jour- ganda as the readers of the re- Gov. Sam Brownback has done nothing right in seven Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is as bad as nal World speak with a single gion’s newspapers. years. Brownback, except scarier. voice. It is as if there were one Kansas Secretary of State whether federal prosecutors surance companies refuse to do think it’s a smart move. Of editor for all four of those pub- In seven years, Gov. Sam signed into law in 2012, cut in- vision, The Star conceded, was passage, the only employment Kris Kobach is as bad as safe situations. lications. Here is how they col- Brownback did nothing right. come tax rates and exempted “aimed at job creation.” sector in Kansas that experi- Brownback, except scarier. lectively misinformed, NO STORY was more con- non-wage business income for And Lord knows, job cre- enced net job growth was local KRIS KOBACH has already disinformed, and faked out their LLCs, S corporations and sole sistently misreported than the ation was needed. In the dozen government. Fewer Kansans See Misinformation page 3 crack down on marijuana busi- business with cannabis compa- She said she thinks Sessions’ course, we haven’t seen what it readers during the past year. Brownback tax cuts. The bill, proprietorships. The latter pro- years leading up to the bill’s were employed by the private nesses operating legally under nies because marijuana is ille- is yet, so we’ll wait and see.” Abedin Forwarded State Passwords To announcement will backfire on Yahoo Before It Was Hacked By Foreign Agents By Luke Rosika access accounts into 2015 and report says. now cut their own separate with large letters spelling “Page mation to Yahoo. “Abedin was gal under federal law and most The share price of Medicine The Daily Caller 2016 by using forged cookies. Abedin sent passwords for deals on energy, regional secu- Denied.” Abedin forwarded it to shown an email dated October state laws. Sessions provided no Huma Abedin forwarded her government laptop to her him. Sushchin also worked for the rity, etc.” her Yahoo account. 4, 2009 with the subject ‘Fwd: sensitive State Department Russian investment bank Ren- Yahoo account on Aug. 24, The three email accounts Abedin routed sensitive in- US interest in Pak Paper 10-04’ emails, including passwords to aissance Capital, which paid 2009, an email released by the Abedin used were formation through Yahoo mul- which Abedin received from government systems, to her per- former President Bill Clinton State Department in September [email protected], huma- tiple times, such as notes on a [redacted] and then forwarded details other than saying indi- financial institutions are feder- Man dropped nearly 40 percent sonal Yahoo email account be- $500,000 for a June 2010 2017 shows. @clintonemail.com, and hu- call with the U.N. secretary- to her Yahoo email account…. “If anything I feel more gal- fore every single Yahoo account speech in Moscow. Long-time Clinton confi- general, according to messages [email protected]. At the time of the email, was hacked, a Daily Caller A separate hack in 2013 com- dante Sid Blumenthal sent Clin- Though the emails released by released under the lawsuit. [redacted] worked for Richard News Foundation analysis of promised three billion accounts ton an email in July 2009 with the State Department partially Contemporaneous news re- Holbrooke who was the Special emails released as part of a law- across multiple Yahoo proper- the subject line: “Important. redact personal email addresses, ports documented the security Representative for Afghanistan vidual U.S. attorneys are au- ally insured, forcing marijuana Thursday, from $3.18 to $2.11. suit brought by Judicial Watch ties, and the culprit is still un- Not for circulation. You only. the Yahoo emails are displayed weaknesses of Yahoo while and Pakistan (SRAP). Abedin vanized,” she said. “I think he’s Sid shows. clear. “All Yahoo user accounts .” The message began as humamabedin[redacted]. Abedin continued to use it. was unaware of the classifica- Abedin, the top aide to for- were affected by the August “CONFIDENTIAL… Re: Clinton forwarded Abedin an Credentials to 450,000 Yahoo tion of the document and stated mer Secretary of State Hillary 2013 theft,” the company said Moscow Summit.” Abedin for- email titled “Ambassadors” in accounts had been posted on- that she did not make judg- Clinton, used her insecure per- in a statement. warded the email to her Yahoo March 2009 from Denis McDo- line, a July 2012 CNN article ments on the classification of thorized to prosecute marijuana businesses to operate in cash. going to see a lot of us come out The stock closed up Friday at sonal email provider to conduct address, potentially making it nough, who served as foreign reported. Five days later, Abe- materials that she received,” the sensitive work. This guarantees Abedin, Clinton’s deputy visible to hackers. policy adviser to former Presi- din forwarded sensitive infor- report said. that an account with high-level chief of staff, regularly for- The email was deemed too dent Barack Obama’s campaign mation to her personal Yahoo correspondence in Clinton’s warded work emails to her per- sensitive to release to the public and later as White House chief email. The U.S. charged Sushchin State Department was impacted [email protected] and was redacted before being of staff. The email was heavily Abedin received an email with hacking half a billion $2.28 a share. by one or more of a series of m address. “She would use published pursuant to the Judi- redacted before being released “with the subject ‘Re: your operators as they choose. Most of Seattle-based Priva- and be even more vocal about Yahoo accounts in March 2017, breaches — at least one of these accounts if her (State) ac- cial Watch lawsuit. The released to the public. yahoo acct.’ Abedin did not re- in one of the largest cyber- which was perpetrated by a count was down or if she copy says “Classified by DAS/ call the email and provided that breaches in history, the Associ- “state-sponsored actor.” needed to print an email or doc- A/GIS, DoS on 10/30/2015 Stuart Delery, chief of staff to despite the content of the email ated Press reported. Sushchin The U.S. later charged Russ- ument. Abedin further ex- Class: Confidential.” The the deputy attorney general, she was not sure that her email was an intelligence agent with Colorado’s U.S. attorney, ian intelligence agent Igor unredacted portion reads: “I account h teer’s $150 million in invest- plained that it was difficult to ad ever been compro- our support for legal cannabis.” sent a draft memo titled Russia’s Federal Security Serv- Sushchin with hacking 500 mil- print from the DoS system so have heard authoritatively from “PA/PLO Memo” in May 2009, mised,” on Aug. 16, 2010, an ice — the successor to the KGB lion Yahoo email accounts. The she routinely forwarded emails Bill Drozdiak, who is in seemingly referring to two FBI report says. — and was also working as se- initial hack occurred in 2014 to her non-DoS accounts so she Berlin…. We should expect that Palestinian groups. The content The FBI also asked her about curity director for Renaissance Stocks of publicly traded ments are in companies based Sessions’ action also was on Bob Troyer, said his office and allowed his associates to could more easily print,” an FBI the Germans and Russians will was withheld from the public sending other sensitive infor- Capital, Russian media said. Briggs Briggs marijuana-related companies outside the United States, and the mind of Kevin Johnson, di- won’t change its approach to New Cars Used Cars plunged Thursday after Ses- Moen conceded that Sessions’ rector of operations at Grass prosecution, despite Sessions’ sions announced the Justice De- action Thursday would keep it Roots, which also opened its guidance. Prosecutors there 785-565-5530 partment’s new policy. On that way for the short term be- doors for recreational pot in San have always focused on mari- Friday, though, many of those cause of regulatory uncertainty Francisco on Saturday. juana crimes that “create the Subscribe to the Free Press and we will stocks recovered. in the United States. Online “It’s certainly a concern,” greatest safety threats” and will send it to you each week by e-mail at no “The announcement was news and marijuana informa- Johnson said. “It may be more continue to be guided by that, largely symbolic,” said Patrick tion site Leafly is the firm’s difficult for us to do proper he said. charge: [email protected] Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 77 Wall Street’s love of tax cuts drove Dow to 25,000 mark WASHINGTON (AP) — restaurant chains could see Wall Street sure loves the tax earnings boosts of 20 percent or Glenn Hubbard, an econo- bill, even if polls show most more, including Chipotle, mist at Columbia Business Americans don’t. Wingstop and Domino’s Pizza. School and former top econo- The Dow Jones industrial av- Barclays, another bank, says mist for President George W. erage surged past 25,000 Thurs- that technology and pharmaceu- Bush, says the corporate tax cut day, a strong signal of investor tical firms, which are already will eventually benefit workers enthusiasm for President Don- paying lower taxes because through higher pay. That will ald Trump’s $1.5 trillion tax cut. they have lots of cash overseas, also boost the economy and The milestone comes less than will see much smaller increases most businesses by lifting a year after the Dow topped of less than 4 percent. spending. 20,000. “Any way you slice it, it’s “We broke a very, very big The legislation’s corporate good for companies,” Hubbard barrier,” Trump said Thursday tax cut is not necessarily as dra- said. at the White House. “Every matic as it seems, because most For much of last year, the time you see that number go up corporations don’t end up pay- stock market’s gains were on Wall Street it means jobs, it ing the full 35 percent rate. Bar- helped by a synchronized means success, it means clays estimates that the global recovery, with 401(k)s that are flourishing.” “effective” tax rate — what economies from Europe to Asia The Dow jumped an addi- companies actually pay — will to Latin America expanding si- tional 220 points Friday after drop from 26 percent to 20.1 multaneously for the first time the government reported that President Donald J. Trump celebrates the passage of the Tax Cuts Act with Vice President percent. in a decade. employers added 148,000 jobs Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan Joy and other analysts think last month and that the unem- | December 20, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) that most of the money brought Since November, investors’ ployment rate remained a low back from other countries will anticipation of a tax cut has 4.1 percent. Investors cele- go to shareholders, rather than pushed markets higher, said brated the modest job gains be- bonuses and higher minimum lead to annual growth of 4 per- Some companies and sectors investment. That’s what hap- Keith Parker, an analyst at cause they made it less likely wages as a result of the tax cut. cent or higher. will likely benefit more than pened in 2004, when companies UBS. that the Federal Reserve will AT&T, Comcast, Bank of Last month, the Treasury De- others, particularly if they de- were given a one-time low rate step up its pace of interest rate America, and American Air- partment estimated that the rive most of their income from on repatriated cash as an in- Still, the market’s outsize re- increases. Higher rates can de- lines have all pledged to pay economy will expand at a 2.9 the United States. Analysts at ducement. turn, benefits only a narrow press share prices as some in- $1,000 bonuses to their employ- percent annual rate for the next Goldman Sachs estimate that Opinions differ, however, slice of the population. Accord- vestors shift money away from ees. decade. large banks will see their earn- when it comes to the additional ing to research by Edward stocks to bonds. Investors also appear less Private economists, as well ings rise by 13 percent as a re- profits that result from the tax Wolff, an economist at New It’s easy to see why investors concerned than many politi- as the Federal Reserve, forecast sult of the corporate rate cut. cut. Many economists expect York University, just 10 percent like the tax overhaul: Busi- cians about how the additional a more modest impact. Most Wells Fargo will likely see the that most of those dollars will of the population owns 84 per- nesses will benefit from a steep profits will be used. The Trump expect growth will be closer to biggest gain, at 18 percent. also be passed on to sharehold- cent of the stock market’s value. cut in the corporate tax rate. administration says it expects 2.5 percent in 2018 and slower Analysts at Stifel, an invest- ers. “That benefit won’t accrue to They’ll also be able to fully companies will plow much of than that in subsequent years. ment bank, project that some deduct the cost of major pur- the extra profit back into their chases from their taxable in- businesses, purchasing more come, reducing the amount they software, machinery, and other owe. And companies with large equipment. Those investments stockpiles of cash overseas can will make workers more pro- bring the money back to the ductive and provide a key boost United States at new, lower to the economy’s long-run rates. growth. They should also boost All told, Wall Street analysts wages and salaries for employ- estimate the tax package should ees. boost earnings for companies in Opponents of the tax law re- the Standard & Poor’s 500 spond that companies are more index by roughly 8 percent this likely to pass the windfall on to year. That’s much more gener- shareholders in the form of ous than the average tax cut of higher dividend payments and 1.6 percent that middle-class share buybacks, which raise the families will receive, according price of those shares still in in- to the Tax Policy Center. vestors’ hands. Previous cuts in “All else being equal, this corporate tax rates, in the U.S. should go straight to the bottom and overseas, haven’t always line,” said David Joy, chief mar- led to higher wages. ket strategist for Ameriprise Fi- For Wall Street, it’s all good, nancial, a financial services at least in the short run. Most company based in Minneapolis. analysts take the view that ei- Improved corporate profits con- ther way, companies and the tributed to the market’s gains economy will benefit. Whether last year. businesses pass most of the The public has been less en- extra money to workers or to thusiastic about the tax law. A shareholders, consumer spend- Monmouth University poll last ing should increase and lift eco- month found that nearly half of nomic growth. Americans disapproved of it, Trump has repeatedly made with only 26 percent in support. highly optimistic claims about Still, some workers have the impact of his tax cuts and seen a benefit: So far, dozens of other policies on the economy, companies have announced speculating that they would

Pelosi is optimistic about agree- ment on budget, immigration By ANDREW TAYLOR on a long-delayed budget pact Associated Press to boost funding for both the WASHINGTON (AP) _ Pentagon and domestic agen- House Minority Leader Nancy cies, which face a severe budget Pelosi remains optimistic about crunch otherwise. potential agreements with Washington Republicans on the She also said that there's budget and immigration, room for compromise on immi- though she is skeptical that a gration, including protections White House meeting on immi- for young immigrants who were gration on Tuesday will pro- brought into the country ille- duce a breakthrough. gally, border security and stricter rules sought by Repub- The California Democrat told licans regarding preferential reporters in her Capitol office treatment for the relatives of on Monday that ``we just have legal immigrants who are seek- to come together and we will'' ing to join them in the U.S. SportsSports PhotosPhotos

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Texas uses second-half surge to beat Kansas St 75-64

K-State’s Kayla Goth (10) goes in for a shot. Peyton Williams (11) takes the ball down the center. Photos by Ben Brake

Kansas State played good defense, her Rachel Ranke (12) gets a block. IKaylee Page (1) from Wamego, Ks sends the ball into post.

By ANDREW HAMMOND rough shooting day as she quarter. thought we were better on the Mittie said after the game. BIG PICTURE Associated Press scored just nine points, the Texas would have many boards in the second half. I felt ``They got some run-outs in Kansas State could not pick MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) _ Longhorns (13-1, 4-0 Big 12) chances to take the lead, but like we stood around too much that stretch while our offense up back-to-back victories For the first 15 minutes, Kansas had enough to beat the Wild- didn't take advantage until in the second half.'' got bogged down and then we against ranked opponents but State gave Texas all the No.8 cats. Higgs hit a corner three at the Meanwhile, the Wildcats missed some shots that we nor- do manage to frustrate the Longhorns could handle. 2:23 mark of the second quarter struggled to generate offense as mally make I think that's that's Longhorns with their zone de- Then Lashann Higgs ``Credit to K-State's defense to give the Longhorns their first they went scoreless in the last due to a team that plays physi- fense in the 1st half. However, knocked down a three from the that made us play off balance,'' lead of the ballgame. On the 3:19 of the 1st half. cal on you and you've got a do the second half of the ballgame corner to give Texas the lead Texas head coach Karen Aston next possession, Rellah Boothe a job better handling that. Or saw the Longhorns show their and the Longhorns never said. ``Definitely wasn't one of would come back and surprise For a team that was trying to decision making in that stretch resolve and toughness as they looked back. our better performances, I everybody with a three-pointer pull off their second straight was not good, that's part of what put away the Wildcats with thought we did a pretty good of her own. upset in conference play, that Texas does. They speed you up turnovers and athletic fast- Higgs scored 26 points and job on their key offensive play- ``It kind of gave us the scoring drought proved to be and play physical and we've got break offense. A win like this is No. 8 Texas used a big run to ers.'' breathing room we needed,'' the beginning of Kansas State's to do a better job handling that a good sign for the Longhorns start the second half to beat Kansas State (9-6, 1-3) took Aston said. ``It gave us a undoing. pressure.'' as they have even tougher op- Kansas State 75-64 on Sunday. the early advantage holding the chance to regroup at halftime ``Their pressure defense got Kayla Goth scored 17 points ponents like Texas and Baylor Even with leading scorer Longhorns to 12 points on 26 and talk about some things that into us during that stretch,'' on 6 of 17 shooting in the loss down the road. Brooke McCarty having a percent shooting in the first were open against their zone. I Kansas State head coach Jeff for the Wildcats. Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 99

Alabama beats Georgia in OT for national title ATLANTA (AP) — To add the passing game. Just a great to the New England Patriots in another championship to the win. I’m so happy for Alabama the Super Bowl, there was more greatest dynasty college foot- fans. Great for our players. Un- pain for many of the local fans. ball has ever seen, Alabama believable.” Two years ago, Georgia brought turned to its quarterback of the Saban now has six major poll in Smart, Saban’s top lieu- future, and Tua Tagovailoa national championships, includ- tenant, to bring to his alma proved that his time is now. ing one at LSU, matching the mater a dose of Alabama’s The freshman quarterback, record set by the man who led Process. who had played mostly mop-up Alabama’s last dynasty, coach Smart, who spent 11 seasons duty this season, came off the Paul Bear Bryant. with Saban — eight as defen- bench to spark a comeback and This was nothing like the sive coordinator in Tuscaloosa threw a 41-yard touchdown to others. — quickly built ’Bama East. It DeVonta Smith that gave No. 4 With President Trump in at- was Georgia that won the SEC Alabama a 26-23 overtime vic- tendance, the all-Southeastern this season. Alabama had to slip tory against No. 3 Georgia on Conference matchup was all into the playoff without even Monday night for the College Georgia in the first half before winning its division. Football Playoff national cham- Saban pulled Hurts and the With the title game being pionship. five-star recruit from Hawaii played 70 miles from Georgia’s Tagovailoa entered the game entered. The president watched campus in Athens, Dawgs fans at halftime, replacing a strug- the second half from Air Force packed Mercedes-Benz Sta- gling Jalen Hurts, and threw One. dium, but it turned out to be three touchdown passes to give “I don’t know how Coach sweet home for Alabama. Now the Crimson Tide its fifth na- It was a game to watch, both teams could have won the game in regulation but big Saban found me all the way in Saban is 12-0 against his former tional championship since 2009 plays (good and bad) sent in to OT. (Crimson Tide Photo) Hawaii from Alabama,” Tagov- assistants. under coach Nick Saban. ailoa said. “Thank God he But not without angst. “He just stepped in and did said. “There’s lots of highs and (13-2) took the lead with a 51- ter. found me and we’re here right Alabama drove into the red his thing,” Hurts said. “He’s lows. Last year we lost on the yard field goal from Rodrigo He finished 14 for 24 for 166 now.” zone in the final minute and built for stuff like this. I’m so last play of the game and this Blankenship in overtime. yards. The winning play was, The Tide trailed 20-7 in the Saban started playing for a win- happy for him.” The Tide might year we won on the last play of Tagovailoa took a terrible basically, four receivers going third quarter after Georgia’s ning field goal to end the game. have a quarterback controversy the game. These kids really re- sack on Alabama’s first play, deep. freshman quarterback, Jake A nervous quiet gripped the ahead, but first Alabama will sponded the right way. We said losing 16 yards. On the next he “After the sack, we just got Fromm, hit Mecole Hardman crowd of 77,430 as ’Bama celebrate another title. last year, ‘Don’t waste the feel- found Smith, another freshman, up and took it to the next play,” for an 80-yard touchdown pass burned the clock. With the ball For the third straight season, ing.’ They sure didn’t, the way and hit him in stride for the na- Tagovailoa said. “I looked back that had the Georgia fans feel- spotted in the middle of the Alabama played a classic CFP they played tonight.” tional championship. out, and he was wide open. ing good about ending a na- field, Pappanastos lined up for final. The Tide split two with Smith streaked into the end Tagovailoa was brilliant at Smitty was wide open.” Fresh- tional title drought that dates a kick to win the national cham- Clemson, losing last season on zone and moments later confetti times, though he had a few men were everywhere for the back to 1980. pionship. The snap and hold a touchdown with a second left. rained and even Saban seemed freshman moments. He threw Alabama offense in the second Fromm threw for 232 yards looked fine, but the kicked What was Saban thinking as almost giddy after watching an interception when he tried to half: Najee Harris at running and for a while it looked as if he missed badly to the left. the winning pass soared this maybe the most improbable pass on a running play and all back; Henry Ruggs III at re- was going to be the freshman time? victory of his unmatched career. his receivers were blocking. He ceiver; Alex Leatherwood at star of the game, the first to true For the second straight week, Alabama Head Football A few hours later, Alabama was also darted away from pass left tackle after All-American freshman to lead his team to a Georgia was going to overtime. Coach Nick Saban says fresh- voted No. 1 in the final AP col- rushers and made some impec- Jonah Williams was hurt. It’s a national title season since The Bulldogs beat Oklahoma in man quarterback Tua Tagov- lege football poll for the 11th cable throws, showing poise of testament to the relentless ma- Jamelle Holieway for Okla- a wild Rose Bowl in double ailoa gave his team a spark. time, three more than any other a veteran. Facing fourth-and- chine Saban has built. homa in 1985. overtime to get here, and after Tagovailoa came off the bench program. goal from the 7, down seven, But this game will be remem- “I mean, if you want to find Jonathan Ledbetter and Davin to lead Alabama to a 26-23 After Alabama kicker Andy the left-hander moved to his left bered most for his decision to out about Jake Fromm, go ask Bellamy sacked Tagovailoa for overtime victory over Georgia Pappanastos missed a 36-yard and zipped a pass through traf- change quarterbacks trailing those guys on the other side of a big loss on the first play, Ala- in the College Football Playoff field goal that would have won fic that hit Calvin Ridley in the 13-0. the ball, and they’ll tell you be- bama was in trouble — second- national championship. (Jan. 9) it for the Tide (13-1) in the final numbers for the tying score “I just thought we had to cause that’s a really good de- and-26. “I could not believe it,” he seconds of regulation , Georgia with 3:49 left in the fourth quar- throw the ball, and I felt he fense he just went against,” could do it better, and he did,” Georgia coach Smart said. Not for long. Tagovailoa Saban said Tagovailoa. “He did A little less than a year after looked off the safety and threw a good job, made some plays in the Atlanta Falcons blew a 25- the biggest touchdown pass in Evans 27 points as No. 18 point lead and lost in overtime the history of Alabama football. Texas Tech beats K-State 74-58 LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — think most people understand Texas Tech: The Red Raiders Keenan Evans and No. 18 how hard it is to win a game in are 3-0 play for the first time Texas Tech have done more the Big 12 Conference. All the since the 2003-04 season. They than just win their first three preparation, how well you have will almost certainly move up Big 12 games. The Red Raiders to play, so I just want to recog- in the polls after two more dou- haven't trailed in a conference nize our players. I thought we ble-digit victories this week, in- game yet. had two great days of prepara- cluding the win over the When Kansas State made a tion." Jayhawks. bit of a run in the second half By shooting 70 percent in the HURT WILDCAT News Saturday, Evans scored the first half, the Red Raiders K-State starting guard game's next four points off jumped out to a 20-4 lead and Kamau Stokes went to the turnovers and the Red Raiders settled for a 40-22 advantage at Wildcats locker room with an

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He ginia beat No. 7 Oklahoma 89- play with a lot of heart and was limited in the game against The Manhattan Free Press 76 later Saturday. Those were toughness," K-State coach Kansas. the only other teams to start the Bruce Weber said. "That's "Zach Smith's a warrior," day 2-0 in the Big 12, and the what's happened." Beard said. "Average people, Bringing you the News in Print, on Red Raiders play both of them BIG PICTURE even good to great people, next week. Kansas State: The Wildcats wouldn't play any minutes at the internet and on Facebook. "Just really pleased to get an- fell one game below .500 in Big Kansas and wouldn't even play other win in this league," Tech 12 play with a rivalry game tonight. But Zach's an elite per- coach Chris Beard said. "These against Kansas on the horizon son who's approached the rehab games are so hard to win. I don't after a midweek contest. like a pro." Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1010

said after the win at TCU, “We that.” Snyder is 78 years old and fense. It’s what’s up front that Sports Potpourri were expecting something . . . I No matter how this turns out, will be coaching his 27th sea- counts. thought we'd at least get a direc- it’s been very poorly handled by son at K-State this coming fall. Wichita State’s basketball tion, even if it's not positive. We KU’s administration. It almost Snyder has an opening at offen- team has solidified their top ten This is how it looks from got nothing. We got absolutely seems like they are trying to put sive coordinator to fill; it will be ranking in the national polls. here: Kansas University’s aca- nothing." Coach Bill Self’s basketball interesting to observe whether And forward Markis McDuffie demic administration has super- Before the season started, program on the same level as or not Snyder continues with (6-8, 212) has returned to the vised the Billy Preston (KU’s Kansas had a chance to break KU football. the same offense he has used for lineup. All is well in the Shock- 6-10, 240 freshman forward) the all-time record for consecu- Last week many Kansas so many years. The main prob- ers’ camp. problem in much the same way tive conference championships. State football fans felt like chil- lem with his quarterback-run- Coach Gregg Marshall has a as they have governed the foot- That opportunity still exists; dren who had recently torn oriented offense is the increased deep and talented ballclub that ball program. Right from the however, it isn’t going to hap- through their Christmas pack- potential for injury to the QBs. certainly has Final Four poten- beginning, no one seems to pen unless Preston is cleared to ages and “with sudden despon- K-State will have most of tial. Marshall’s team has im- have a clue as to what is going play. In addition, all of this is dency”realized that it was all their key players back on of- proved during the semester on. unfair to Preston and KU’s fans over; there were no more pres- fense, but the Wildcats lose a break and they were a stellar The only information that’s unless there’s some wrongdoing ents to open. K-State followers number of defensive stalwarts ballclub before that. been released to the public is that’s been covered up. had been full of anticipation that won’t be easy to replace. With McDuffie back, he and that Preston was driving a car Maybe what’s needed to that something big was going to In any event, the head coach- point guard Landry Shamet and had a one-car accident that break the logjam is an angry happen, even though they had ing situation is set for another form a Mr. Inside and Mr. Out- hurt no one. That’s when the mother; Preston’s mother, no clue as to what it would be. season and Wildcat fans can side combination to go with people in charge of the univer- Nicole Parker, recently said on And then Coach Bill Snyder an- focus on their team with no guards Zach Brown, Conner sity put Preston on the bench By Mac Stevenson Twitter, “I’m tired of being nounced he would be back for controversy interfering. Frankamp, Austin Reaves, and instigated an investigation dogs think the NCAA was quiet. I don’t think they under- the 2018 season. Kansas City’s early exit from Samajae Haynes-Jones and in- concerning the ownership of the going act quickly on their re- stand. Billy is six-foot ten and Snyder ended all conjecture the playoffs simplified what the side players Rashard Kelly, car. Come on, there has to be quest to clear Preston to play? 240 pounds . . . I could’ve sent and said, “As I have stated Chiefs need in the next NFL Shaquille Morris, Darral Willis more to it than that. Where Dream on. Billy Preston has him overseas in November many times” as long as I remain draft. KC needs at least three Jr., and Rauno Nurger. That’s a there’s smoke there’s some fire. now missed 15 games while when this started. He would’ve in good health, am wanted and offensive- and three defensive solid roster that will continue to After a long period of typical this fiasco has been going on. been an instant millionaire and have a positive impact on the linemen. Kansas City was dom- improve. procrastination, the issue was Coach Bill Self has tried being a first-round pick. I allowed the young people in our program, I inated by Tennessee “at the line Greg Marshall has created a turned over to the NCAA just low key with the NCAA, but NCAA into my personal life for will continue to be the head of scrimmage”during the sec- big-time basketball program at before Christmas. Did KU’s top his frustration showed when he Kansas. Guilty people don’t do coach at Kansas State.” ond half on both offense and de- Wichita State. K-State Coach Bill Snyder to return next season

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) taking over the program in man D.J. Reed has announced tions. — Kansas State coach Bill Sny- 1988. plans to skip his senior season der will be back on the sideline “We are excited that Coach for the NFL draft. Along with its conference next season. Snyder has decided to continue Snyder has a contract that games, the Wildcats have a trio The 78-year-old coach had to lead our program and look rolls over each year, which of home games highlighted by been mulling his future since forward to building off the late- means he can essentially choose a visit from Mississippi State in the Wildcats beat UCLA in the season momentum which in- when to walk away. And he has early September that should Cactus Bowl last week. Snyder cluded five wins in our final six said the last several years that provide a good early barometer. ultimately announced in a brief games, a top-10 road win and he makes that decision on a statement Tuesday that he Cactus Bowl victory,” said year-by-year basis, based pri- “It’s pretty obvious we’d would return, ending growing Kansas State athletic director marily on his health but also the have to change course because speculation in some circles that Gene Taylor, who was hired wishes of his family. we didn’t take advantage of the he might retire for a second earlier this year. “I know he and strong finish that we had last time. his staff, in addition to our stu- Now that his decision has year,” Snyder said after the “As I have stated many dent-athletes, are anxious to get been made, Snyder can go Cactus Bowl. “As you know we times, as long as I remain in winter workouts and spring about replacing offensive coor- were not a real good football good health, am wanted and practices under way in prepara- dinator Dana Dimel, who left team earlier in the season. So have a positive impact on the tion for next season.” for the top job at UTEP. Dimel whatever that approach was, young people in our program, I had grown unpopular with we’re going to have to change will continue to be the head The Wildcats will return many Kansas State fans eager it. coach at Kansas State,” he said. most of their starters from a for a fresh start, and there are “The main thing is every “Those factors have not team that ultimately went 8-5 several candidates on the staff year’s different. And the dy- changed, and I look forward to Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder will return next year. and won its second straight that will get consideration, namics are different regardless meeting with our players and (Free Press file photo by Ben Brake) bowl game. Alex Delton and among them former Heisman of how many young guys you beginning our out-of-season Skylar Thompson, the two Trophy candidate Collin Klein have back, et cetera. And it’s program when classes resume.” Press. hardly missed a practice and quarterbacks who took most of and wide receivers coach Andre still about the same process. The person spoke on condi- headed into the year with high the snaps, will be back along Coleman. And you’ve heard that, so I Snyder informed his family tion of anonymity because Sny- expectations. A series of early with a veteran offensive line Snyder can also begin putting won’t repeat all the things that of his intentions before telling der did not discuss his plans losses scuttled Big 12 title and several skill players. the finishing touches on a re- we talk about, what our pro- his assistants in a brief meeting publicly. hopes, and it took a run at the cruiting class that was nearly gram’s about and what the on last Tuesday, a person famil- end of the year just to become Their defense should be stout filled during the fall, and begin process is about, but that is in- iar with the decision-making Snyder was diagnosed with eligible for a bowl game. next season, too, even though preparing for a season that deed — they understand it. 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Manhattan, Ks 66502 785-320-7335 Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1111 K-State Men’s Basketball Kansas Men’s Basketball Big 12 Men’s Basketball Date Opponent Time/ TV Date Opponent Time/ TV School Big 12 Overall Sat, Jan 13 Kansas State Kansas Sat, Jan 13 Kansas State Kansas Texas Tech 3 - 0 14 - 1 .933 Lawrence, Kan. 11:00 a.m. ESPN/2 Lawrence, Kan. 11:00 a.m. ESPN/2 West Virginia 3 - 0 14 - 1 .933 Oklahoma 2 - 1 12 - 2 .857 Tue, Jan 16 Oklahoma Kansas State Mon, Jan 15 Kansas West Virginia Kansas 2 - 1 12 - 3 .800 Manhattan, Kan 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Morgantown, W.Va. 8:00 p.m. ESPN TCU 1 - 2 13 - 2 .867 * Baylor 1 - 2 11 - 4 .733 Sat, Jan 20 TCU Kansas State Sat, Jan 20 Baylor Kansas Kansas State 1 - 2 11 - 4 .733 Manhattan, Kan 3:00 p.m. ESPNU Lawrence, Kan. 5:00 p.m. ESPN Okla State 1 - 2 11 - 4 .733 Texas 1 - 2 10 - 5 .667 * Mon, Jan 22 Kansas State Baylor Tue, Jan 23 Kansas Oklahoma Iowa State 0 - 3 9 - 5 .643 Waco, Texas 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Norman, Okla. 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Men’s Big 12 Basketball Schedule Date Away Team Home Team Location Time (CT) Media Sat, Jan 13 Kansas State Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 11:00 a.m. ESPN/2 Sat, Jan 13 TCU Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 12:00 p.m. ESPNU * Sat, Jan 13 West Virginia Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 1:00 p.m. ESPN/2 Sat, Jan 13 Baylor Iowa State Ames, Iowa 2:00 p.m. ESPNews Sat, Jan 13 Texas Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 4:00 p.m. ESPNews * Sat, Jan 13 Texas Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 4:00 p.m. ESPNews Mon, Jan 15 Kansas West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. 8:00 p.m. ESPN * Mon, Jan 15 Oklahoma State Baylor Waco, Texas 8:00 p.m. ESPNU Tue, Jan 16 Oklahoma Kansas State Manhattan, Kan 8:00 p.m. ESPNU * Wed, Jan 17 Texas Tech Texas Austin, Texas 7:00 p.m. LHN Wed, Jan 17 Iowa State TCU Fort Worth, Texas 8:00 p.m. ESPNU * Sat, Jan 20 Texas Tech Iowa State Ames, Iowa 1:00 p.m. ESPNU * Sat, Jan 20 Oklahoma Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 1:00 p.m. ESPN/2 * Sat, Jan 20 Texas West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. 1:00 p.m. CBS Sat, Jan 20 TCU Kansas State Manhattan, Kan 3:00 p.m. ESPNU

Women’s Big 12 Basketball K-State Women’s Basketball Kansas Women’s Basketball Date Opponent Time/ TV Date Opponent Time/ TV School Big 12 Overall Jan 13 (Sat) 1 p.m. vs Oklahoma State Jan 13 (Sat) 1 p.m. at Texas Austin, Texas Frank Baylor 4 - 0 14 - 1 .933 Manhattan, Kan. TV: FSN Radio: K-State Sports Erwin Center Radio: Jayhawk Radio Network Texas 4 - 0 13 - 1 .929 Okla State 3 - 1 12 - 3 .800 Jan 17 (Wed) 7 p.m. vs Oklahoma Jan 17 (Wed) 7 p.m. vs Texas Tech Lawrence, Kan. West Virginia 2 - 2 14 - 2 .875 Manhattan, Kan. TV: ESPN3 Radio: K-State Sports Allen Fieldhouse TV: JTV/ESPN3 Radio: Jayhawk Kansas 2 - 2 11 - 4 .733 Radio Network Oklahoma 2 - 2 7 - 8 .467 Jan 20 (Sat) 6 p.m. at Baylor Waco, Texas TCU 1 - 3 10 - 5 .667 TV: FOX Sports Southwest Radio: K-State Sports Jan 20 (Sat) 2 p.m. at TCU Fort Worth, Texas Kansas State 1 - 3 9 - 6 .600 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum Radio: Jayhawk Radio Iowa State 1 - 3 7 - 8 .467 Jan 24 (Wed) 7 p.m. vs TCU Manhattan, Kan. Texas Tech 0 - 4 6 - 9 .400 TV: Cox Channel Kansas & K-StateHD.TV Radio: Jan 24 (Wed) 6 p.m. at Oklahoma Norman, Okla. K-State Sports Network Lloyd Noble Center Radio: Jayhawk Radio Net- work Women’s Big 12 Basketball Schedule Date Away Team Home Team Location Time (CT) Media Thu, Jan 04 TCU Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 7:00 p.m. FS Oklahoma Sat, Jan 13 Oklahoma State Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 1:00 p.m. FSN Sat, Jan 13 Kansas Texas Austin, Texas 1:00 p.m. LHN Sat, Jan 13 TCU West Virginia Morgantown, W.Va. 4:00 p.m. FSN Sat, Jan 13 Iowa State Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 6:00 p.m. FSSW+ Sun, Jan 14 Baylor Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 1:00 p.m. FS1 Mon, Jan 15 Connecticut Texas Austin, Texas 6:00 p.m. ESPN2 Wed, Jan 17 Oklahoma Kansas State Manhattan, Kan. 7:00 p.m. ESPN3 Wed, Jan 17 Texas Tech Kansas Lawrence, Kan. 7:00 p.m. JTV/ESPN3 Wed, Jan 17 West Virginia Oklahoma State Stillwater, Okla. 7:00 p.m. Wed, Jan 17 Baylor Iowa State Ames, Iowa 8:00 p.m. FSN Sat, Jan 20 Oklahoma State Oklahoma Norman, Okla. 12:00 p.m. FSN Sat, Jan 20 Kansas TCU Fort Worth, Texas 2:00 p.m. Sat, Jan 20 Texas Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas 3:00 p.m. FSN Sat, Jan 20 Kansas State Baylor Waco, Texas 6:00 p.m. FSSW Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1212

Riley County Commission December 21st Minutes

Riley Couinty Commission cember 31, 2021 1,026,840.21 9:20 AM Leon Hobson, Pub- AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- purchasing the property. Minutes December 21, 2017 Roger Nauerth Landfill Closure 565.79 lic Works Director/County En- driguez RESULT: 8:30 AM Call to Order Comm Dist 3 Hunters Is- County Bond & Interest gineer ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] land Water District 9.55 10:45 AM Tami Robison, AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Business Meeting 3 year January 1, 2018 De- Riley Co Fire Dist #1 19. Transfer Funds to Con- Budget and Finance Officer driguez 3. Review and sign Ap- cember 31, 2020 32,086.13 struct Shelter House at Fair- praiser’s Real Estate Sales Data Jenny Danenberg Riley Co Fire Dist CapOut mont Park 24. Radio Project Proposal 11:50 AM Executive Session Search Service Agreement and Comm Dist 3 Museum 4,363.00 Hobson asked the Board to Recommendation to discuss a department head Contractual Provisions attach- Board of Trustees University Park W&S transfer $20,000 from the Pub- Robison presented the rec- evaluation ment for The Alms Group 3 year January 1, 2018 De- 5,707.90 lic Works Budget to the CIP ommendation for the financing 11:50 AM Move to approve the Real cember 31, 2020 Hunters Island Water Dist fund for the purchase and con- of the lease purchase for the Pat Collins, Emergency Man- Estate Sales Data Search Serv- Judy Kimball 1,929.25 struction of the Fairmont Park radio project proposal from agement Director ice Agreement and Contractual Comm Dist 1 Museum Carson Sewer Benefit Dist Shelter. Sunflower Bank in the amount Move that the County Com- Provisions Attachment with Board of Trustees 922.85 Move to approve the transfer of 2.95 % interest. mission recess into executive The Alms Group, LLC for the 3 year January 1, 2018 De- Deep Creek Sewer of $20,000 from the Parks Move to accept the low inter- session pursuant to the non- Appraiser’s Office. cember 31, 2020 664.14 Budget (Public Works Budget) est proposal of 2.95% from elected personnel matters ex- RESULT: ADOPTED Nancy Williams Moehlman Bottoms to the CIP fund for the purchase Sunflower Bank for the radio ception to the Kansas Open [UNANIMOUS] Comm Dist 2 Museum 985.72 and construction of the Fair- infrastructure lease purchase. Meetings Act in order to discuss AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Board of Trustees Valleywood Operations mont Shelter. RESULT:ADOPTED a performance matter involving driguez 3 year January 1, 2018 De- 969.24 RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] a county employee and to pro- 4. CIP Amendment Request cember 31, 2020 Terra Heights Sewer [UNANIMOUS] AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- tect the privacy of the em- for Broom Replacement Lori Herrman 1,507.01 AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- driguez ployee, the open meeting to Move to approve the addition Comm Dist 3 Riley Terra Heights Sinking driguez resume in the County Commis- of $3,000 to amend project 17- County Public Health Council 3 528.60 11:00 AM Cindy Volanti, sion Chambers at 12:05 p.m. 17WP011 broom replacement year January 1, 2018 De- Konza Water Operations 9:30 AM Clancy Holeman, Human Resource Manager/ and sign the CIP Project cember 31, 2020 5,373.78 Counselor/Director of Adminis- Deputy Clerk RESULT: Amendment Form for Public Robbin Cole Konza Water Cap Reserve trative Services 25. Compensation for ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] Works. Comm Dist 2 Riley 407.57 Temporary Assignment MOVER: Ben Wil- RESULT: ADOPTED County Public Health Council 3 Valleywood Cap Reserve 20. Administrative Work Ses- Volanti presented the recom- son, County Commissioner [UNANIMOUS] year January 1, 2018 De- 19,477.00 sion mendation for the compensa- SECONDER: M a r v i n AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- cember 31, 2020 Lakeside Heights Sewer Holeman discussed the “Wel- tion for temporary assignment Rodriguez, County Commis- driguez Robert Boyd 52.66 come Videos” on the Riley for personnel. sioner 5. Highway Use Permit, Comm Dist 2 Riley TOTAL. . . .$2,374,657.20 County website from CGI The Board discussed the pol- AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Westar Energy County Public Health Council 3 Communications. Holeman icy presented. driguez Move to approve the High- year January 1, 2018 De- RESULT: ADOPTED stated he has had calls from Hobson stated they have had way Use Permit with Westar cember 31, 2020 [UNANIMOUS] concerned business owners re- a couple catastrophic illnesses 12:05 PM Energy to do work in the right David Beach AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- ceiving the solicitation from for an extended time in which Move to go out of executive of way as follows: Install one Comm Dist 2 Road & driguez CGI Communications to partic- personnel had to take on super- session. 3” PVC conduit under the road Bridge ipate in sponsoring the videos. visory responsibilities in which RESULT: for new service to meter 3 year January 1, 2018 De- 13. Board of Riley County Holeman presented sug- he feels they should be compen- ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] pedestal on the north side of cember 31, 2020 Commissioners - Regular Meet- gested language for CGI Com- sated. AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Knox Lane. The address of David Suhling ing - Dec 18, 2017 8:30 AM munications to use when they Move to approve the policy driguez work is 1031 Knox Lane, Man- Keats Community Move to approve the min- contact local businesses. as presented and approved from 11:45 AM Lunch hattan, KS. Parks No term expiration utes. The Board agreed by consen- the Department Head Commit- 1:00 PM Executive Sessions RESULT: ADOPTED Jordan Seirer RESULT: ACCEPTED AS sus with the proposed language. tee for Compensation of Tem- to discuss department head [UNANIMOUS] At Large Parks No term AMENDED [UNANIMOUS] Holeman discussed the po- porary Assignment. evaluations AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- expiration AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- tential visit of the Rocky Ford RESULT: ADOPTED 1:00 PM driguez RESULT: ADOPTED driguez Park. Holeman asked for sug- [UNANIMOUS] Clancy Holeman, [UNANIMOUS] gested dates from the Board. AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Counselor/Director of Adminis- 6. Bid Recommendation for AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- 14. Tentative Agenda driguez trative Services w.54th Ave. Culvert Replace- driguez 10:00 AM Gregg Eyestone, Move to approve an Em- ment Project 15. Discuss Press Conference County Extension Agent ployee Temporary Assignment Move that the County Com- Move to approve the bid for 10. Sign Contract with Gar- Agreement that will be utilized mission recess into executive W. 54th Avenue culvert replace- daWorld for Cash Smart Serv- 9:00 AM Monty Wedel, 21. Staff update for the processing of a Person- session pursuant to the non- ment project submitted by ice. Planning/Special Projects Di- Eyestone presented the Mak- nel Action Form that shall be elected personnel matters ex- Reece Construction Co. in the Move that the Riley County rector ing A Difference Report. presented to the Board of ception to the Kansas Open amount of $107,431.15. Treasurer sign electronically the Eyestone discussed Exten- County Commissioners. Meetings Act in order to discuss RESULT: ADOPTED CASHLINK Cash Smart Serv- 16. Public Meeting to Con- sion’s current and upcoming RESULT: ADOPTED a performance matter involving [UNANIMOUS] ice Master Service Agreement sider Submitting Application to events. [UNANIMOUS] a county employee and to pro- AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- and the Riley County Commis- USDA Rural Development for AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- tect the privacy of the em- driguez sion sign the Contractual Provi- Grant/Loan to Construct Fair- 10:15 AM Lanna Nichols, driguez ployee, the open meeting to sions Attachment with mont Heights Sewer System Court Administrator resume in the County Commis- 7. Sign Tax Roll Corrections GardaWorld. Wedel presented the USDA 22. Riley County Courthouse 11:15 AM Gary Rosewicz, sion Chambers at 1:15 p.m. Move to approve the Tax RESULT: ADOPTED RD Application for Fairmont Hours Assistant Co Engineer & BG RESULT: Roll Corrections. [UNANIMOUS] Heights Sewer for the public Nichols requested the Board Consultants ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] RESULT: ADOPTED AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- meeting. approve the Courthouse to be 26. Anderson Ave. AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- [UNANIMOUS] driguez Move to sign the letter and open to the public weekdays Bridge Replacement Design driguez AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- approve proceeding with sub- from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Options 1:15 PM driguez 11. Riley County Shared mittal of the application. commencing January 2, 2018. Rosewicz presented the in- Move to go out of executive Leave Request Form RESULT: ADOPTED Judge Wilson stated he feels formation on the Anderson Av- session. 8. Thank you letters to Move to approve the Riley [UNANIMOUS] it would be a big benefit to the enue Bridge replacement. RESULT: Ronald Pauli and Amber Myers County Shared Leave Request AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- community. Judge Wilson said Headstrom presented a Pow- ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] for years of service on the Park Form. driguez the request has been cleared erPoint presentation on the An- MOVER: Ben Wil- Board RESULT: ADOPTED with the Public Works Depart- derson Avenue bridge son, County Commissioner Move to sign thank you let- [UNANIMOUS] 17. Discuss Email From ment, RCPD and the Kansas replacement project. SECONDER: M a r v i n ters to Ronald Pauli and Amber AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Melissa Wangeman Regarding Supreme Court. P. Collins said he is not in Rodriguez, County Commis- Myers for years of service on driguez Potential Legislation on Zoning Move to approve the request favor of closing the road for sioner the Park Board. Agricultural Exemption that the Riley County Court- emergency safety. AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- RESULT: ADOPTED 12. Approve payroll/accounts Wedel discussed the e-mail house be open to the public Jones said in the public meet- driguez [UNANIMOUS] payables (when completed) from Melissa Wangeman re- weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to ing there was a lot of concern 1:15 PM AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Move to approve the payroll garding potential legislation on 5:30 p.m. commencing January with the Chicago Avenue op- Greg McHenry, Appraiser driguez vouchers in the amount of agriculture exemption. 2, 2018. tion. Move that the County Com- $504,498.69 and the following The Board agreed with staff RESULT: ADOPTED K. Westervelt said he does mission recess into executive 9. Advisory Board appoint- warrant vouchers for December to not pursue legislation on the [UNANIMOUS] not want the road closed be- session pursuant to the non- ments and Resolution appoint- 22. 2017: proposed agricultural exemp- AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- cause he does not want the traf- elected personnel matters ex- ing Riley County tion. driguez fic on his road. ception to the Kansas Open representatives to Council/Ad- 2017 Budget D. Westervelt, Wildcat Meetings Act in order to discuss visory Boards County General 18. Request to Travel to 10:30 AM Pat Collins, Emer- Township Trustee, stated Wild- a performance matter involving Move to approve the follow- $860,968.07 American Planning Association gency Management Director cat Township is not interested in a county employee and to pro- ing appointments and “Resolu- Health Department National Conference in New all the traffic on the township tect the privacy of the em- tion No. 122117-73, A 57,367.43 Orleans, Louisiana 23. Ogden and Leonardville roads. ployee, the open meeting to Resolution appointing Riley War Memorial 420.00 Wedel presented the out of Fire Station USDA Loan K. Westervelt encouraged the resume in the County Commis- County representatives to County Auction 158.00 state travel request. P. Collins discussed the Board to purchase the house to sion Chambers at 1:30 p.m. Council/Advisory Boards.” Motor Vehicle Operations Move to approve an Out of Ogden and Leonardville fire the south of the bridge. K. RESULT: Christopher Anderson Comm 5,624.35 State Travel Request for Monty stations projects and USDA Westervelt said he feels divert- ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] Dist 2 Fair Board Community Corrections Wedel to attend the 2018 Amer- funding. ing traffic on Chicago Avenue AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- 4 year January 1, 2018 De- 22,613.88 ican Planning Association Na- Hibbs presented information would create too much dust. K. driguez cember 31, 2021 Capital Improvements Fund tional Conference in New on the Ogden and Leonardville Westervelt said removing the Gavin Hargrave 103,337.55 Orleans, LA for an estimated projects locations and cost. house would eliminate traffic Comm Dist 1 Fair Board Emergency 911 4,612.66 cost of $2,550.00. Move to proceed with the 30 problems off of Chicago Av- Editor’s Note: The after- 4 year January 1, 2018 De- Solid Waste 176,514.81 RESULT: ADOPTED year USDA loan application enue. noon was spent in execu- cember 31, 2021 County Building 28,321.22 [UNANIMOUS] process for the Ogden and Move to approve the shoo-fly tive sessions for Pam Nelssen Road & Bridge Cap Project AYES: Wells, Wilson, Ro- Leonardville fire stations. to the south utilizing Chicago Department Heads evalua- Comm Dist 3 Fair Board 12,328.83 driguez RESULT: ADOPTED Avenue and for staff to contact 4 year January 1, 2018 De- RCPD Levy/Op [UNANIMOUS] the homeowner to inquire about tions. FoundingFounding ofof ManhattanManhattan Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1313 tion. A few contributions & a eral old friends. Purchased free ticket to Boston, arriving goods for Ellen &c. Went to Diary of Issac T. Goodnow - 1857 about noon. Found Br Denison Grenwich & stopped at Br Transcribed by staff and volunteers of the & made several calls. Dined at Allyn. Several calls, &c. Br’ Dadmun’s. Saw L.P. Lin- Riley County Historical Museum from a type- coln. Letter from Z— & Thursday 7/30/57 script of the original diary held in the collection Ellen—Put up with W R. Clark. Visited at several of my old of the Kansas State Historical Society. The Eve visited with him & family friends. All glad to see me Br Goodnow House Historic Site, 2001 Claflin the Panorama of the Artic Re- J. Denison arrived from P- Road Manhattan, Kansas 785-565-5490 is open gions—a fine painting. stopped over night with him at Br’ R. Allyn’s Called on J.A. to the public Saturday and Sunday 2:00 p.m. to Sunday 7/26/57 Brown, A.T. James, M.E. Gard- 5:00 p.m. and when Riley County Historical Mu- Wrote some Z— & Ellen. ner, Clarke Harris, Thomas seum staff is available Tuesday through Friday AM. sermon by W.R. Clark, Bateman &c, &c. Wrote a little. 9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is free. Brownfield Street church. P.M. Quite rainy—through the night by R. McGonegal, Church &c. Conversed with Br Deni- Diary of an excellent visit. Mostly to Street church. David Denison son considerably upon college Isaac T. Goodnow ourselves. attended with me. Warm day— matters. 1857 have rested well, “call no man (Editor’s Note: In the spring Friday 7/17/57 Father.”! Friday 7/31/57 of 1857 Isaac Goodnow trav- Confidential talk about mat- Study to “Show thyself a Cloudy. Made several calls eled back East. The Methodist ters & things in general & some workman that needeth not be & got ready for leaving. At- Church needed $2,500 to build in particular. Left H- at 11 A.M. ashamed rightly dividing the tended An Academy Clam a church and he also was sell- for Portland. Sold D B. Randall word of Truth.” Eve wrote & bake; 500 present. Several ing City lots for Manhattan.) a lot & his Father in Law Wm. read some & visited with Mrs. speeches, from Dr. E.O. Hanen, Trafton one also. Br R- has had C. & the children. J. Denison, R. Allyn, &c. Sev- Sunday 7/12/57 a son born since I left. Called eral pleasant interviews with Warm morning—hot even! on Br Foster. A[t] 7 PM. took Monday 7/27/57 old friends. Left at 5. P.M. for Read a little. Attended the fu- the boat for Boston—foggy. Made several calls in the Kingston Met by James Harris neral of Br Marsh who was Wrote a little. morning. Rev L. Thayer & Au- & Addie who took me home buried with Masonic rites. gustus C. Adams will try to with them,—treat to Berries & Band of music & military para- Saturday 7/18/57 raise collections. Br W.R. milk. Went to bed late. phanalia Desecration of the Arrived in Boston 7 ¼ A.M. Isaac Goodnow was an early resident of Manhattan, Clark, W. Smith & D. Denison Sabbath. Good sermon by Rev. Wrote to Harriet &c. Called on Kansas, and was a free-state supporter. He was a dele- accompanied to the cars. Rode Saturday 8/1/57 Mr. Fox 2000 people present. Br Clark & took breakfast. gate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention to Waterford & took a horse & Visited with the family & After tea with Marshal called Called on Wm. Clafton, and and was one of the founders of Bluemont College. carriage for Graniteville, &c. heard some excellent music. on Br Fox. No chance for a col- Amos A. Lawrence. Both will Took tea at Mr Salsbury’s with Dream life Polka. Brattleboro lection.—poverty – poverty. do something for me. Met Br Anna Shumway Ellen Sals- waltz, &c. My friend Harris Pleasant time. Went to sleep Joseph Denison & David who is Isaac T. Goodnow bury, Levi S. & Steven Hopkins gave me $10 for mission & a Legislator. Dined with him at late—rested poorly. The Educator, abolitionist. Born January 17, 1814 Whitingham, were there. Spent the night at bought a share of City Stock, — hottest day of the season. the Adam’s House. Saw Harri- Vermont. Married to Ellen D. Denison in 1838. Died March Mr P’s S. D. Houston’s, No. 344, for son Newhall, A.O. Hamilton, 20, 1894 Manhattan, Kansas. $100 down. Owned by Sophia Monday 7/13/57 Br Beinie. The latter will take Issac T. GoodnowIsaac T. Goodnow was a native of Ver- Tuesday 7/28/57 A. George Sent a man to the Bade my dear friends adieu up a collection at East Wey- mont. As a young child he looked forward to college, but had Visited with the family some. Depot with me at 7 P.M. Wrote & Br. Paine took me in his car- mouth, Ms. & forward to C & his hopes crushed at age 14 when his father died, and he was Called at Anna Shumway’s back a note. Took the cars & riage at 5 ¾ A.M. & carried me Porter 200 Mulberry N.Y City. forced to work to support the family. He worked as clerk for School with Took the cars for boat for N.Y. city. Wrote till 10 four years, all the while studying at night. In 1832 he joined to Graniteville, where I took the Letters from F H. Benson, T. Providence Saw Br’ Denison, ½. Slept tolerably quiet. Thank stage for Waterford—thence the Shattuck A. Mead, J.W. Dad- the Methodist church and enrolled at the Wilbraham Academy near Springfield, Massachusetts. He completed his studies there & Allyn. Called with my friend the Lord for sweet sleep. Beau- cars to Woonsocket. Called on mun and became a professor in the primary and English depart- Mr. Bradley on severall persons tiful night. Dr Small, & Rev A.E. Bradford, ments. He later became professor of natural sciences. From to receive donations. Took tea B.E. Borden. Sold Lot 301, Sunday 7/19/57 1848 to 1852 he taught natural sciences at Providence Semi- with Rev Mr Carpenter. Called Sunday 8/2/57 Ward 1. to Lucy C.W. Cook for Warm morning. Cry of fire nary in Rhode Island. Goodnow came to Kansas in 1855 with at Br’ C M Alvords, W.A. Found myself in New York $75. & Lot 653. Ward 5. to in the night. Chime of bells. the New England Emigrant Aid Company. They had the idea Greene’s &c. Spend the night City on rising Called to see L.E.W. Cook & Eliza A. Ballou Arose late on account of talking of building a community, which would eventually become at Dr. Fabyan’s. Rec’d. a letter R.N. Hatfield, gone! Went to for $50. Note for 6 months for long with Br Denison, the last Manhattan. from Ellen. Visited with Mrs Rev. S. Landon’s. Am at home! the $75. Left it with B.E. Bor- night. A.M. A good sermon at Goodnow became heavily involved in the free state disputes Fabyan in the evening. Warm Sermon A.M. “The sufferings that argued whether Kansas ought to become a free or slave den to collect & send on check. Hanover Street church by Br. day. of the present not worthy &c” Stopped at Br. Alford’s. J.W. Dadmun. P.M. Heard the state. Eventually Goodnow returned back east and began rais- ing funds for a Methodist institution. He became a co-founder Good! Blessed man & his wife Called on W.A. Green. celebrated E.T. Taylor,— great and the first president of Bluemont College. Wednesday 7/29/57 is as good. Wrote to Z—Louise genius! Wrote on Kansas Perhaps Goodnow's greatest contribution to the educational Wrote Louis E. Landon. &c, in the P.M. Eve, attended a Tuesday 7/14/57 events. Very warm. Wrote to S. climate of Manhattan was his work in locating the Kansas Agri- Made several calls & collected Missionary Meeting of the S. Spent the day mostly in mak- Mead & to my Ellen, &c. cultural College there. The building and grounds of Bluemont some money. Took a steamboat school of Greenpoint M.E. ing calls with my old Friend College were donated to the state to serve as the foundation for ride to Portsmouth, R.I. with the Church. Br Hedstrom, with 2 A.E. Bradley Esq. to collect Monday 7/20/57 the new institution, which has developed into the present-day Mathewson Street M.E. Sab- others & myself spoke. Inter- funds—did something. Saw Met with the Boston Kansas State University. Some 82,000 acres of land were given bath School, on the invitation of esting meeting. R.H. Conklin, S.F. Upham & Preacher’s meeting. Myself & by the federal government to support the agricultural college. Br Bennett, &c. Pleasant air & Goodnow converted more than half of this acreage into much Carpenter. Obtained from Par- Br. Denison laid our mission company—good visit with sev- Continued Next son Stone & Br. Weaver 5 before them. They passed res- needed cash during his tenure as land agent for the college from Week - 1857 1867 to 1873. Goodnow spent most of his life in service to the shares of stock each to be ap- olutions of approval, mine to be state of Kansas, until his passing in 1894. propriated for our church or our published in Zion’s Herald. college as may be deemed best Called A.A. Lawrence, & Wm. by me. Warm pleasant day. Clafflin T. Whittemore &c. Wednesday 7/22/57 Visited in the Eve with Mrs D. Is your Group Health Most that is done in Boston will Went with Hiram to She- & Hiram. Rained some at Insurance giving you the Wednesday 7/15/57 have to be done by private so- burne Falls Called on W.F. night. Marked Ellen’s Took the cars for Boston. licitation, & for this I have but Loomie, “Lizzie” absent! melodeon, &c. Went to bed Blues? Called on Dr. (?) McGee, W R. little time Took the cars for Br Dined with him. Very pleas- early—comparatively. Clark, &c. Saw L.P. Lincoln, C.L. Eastmans, Leominster, ar- ant! Called on Rev Mr. Brew- maybe we should look at a change. who p’d. me $25. on taxes &c. riving 6 ½ P.M. Made arrange- ster. He with Mr Loomis Friday 7/24/57 Dwight Johnson Brs. W. Smith, Hatch, (?) ments with him to take up a design to take up collections. Took the stage with Mrs D— Kansas Financial Services Steele, Norris &c. Made a few collection. Pleasant visit. Got R Webber’s melodeon & for Greenfield. Called on Han- purchases &c. At 7 PM. took brought to Colerain. We had a nah Budington Nimms on the 785-537-1305 the Steamer Lewiston for Port- Tuesday 7/21/57 very agreeable visit on the way. way. Called also on James land with L.P. Lincoln. pleasant Rain during the night. Slept Talked over the past & the fu- Avery. Went to Templeton. S. voyage. Slept well. well. Cloudy morning. Br’ ture. Settlement of the estate French & wife gone—visit with Eastman took me in his wagon &c. After supper started for Mary Webber at Mr. Sergeant’s. Thursday 7/16/57 to Fitchburg. Called on Rev Whiting home arriving at L.H. Left on foot for Fitchburg. Found ourselves in Portland Burtis Judd, who will try to Whiting’s 9. P.M. all abed— Called on Mr Cheney at Gard- at 3 ½ A.M. Called on D.B. raise a collection with Br East- soon up. Strawberries & cream ner, who took me in a wagon 8 Optical Perspectives Randall, H. Cox, the latter a pe- man also. Taken around by Br’ with a long visit. Went to bed miles. Was just able to reach culiar genius. Br R- will help Putnam, who took me to the late. Rainy during the night the cars & go to Worcester. At- us. Took breakfast with him. Hotel for dinner. Took the cars tended class with Br I Masey. to Greenfield. Had Rev. Isaac Gave L.P. Lincoln power to col- Thursday 7/23/57 Rec’d $6.00 voluntary sub- 930 Hayes Drive, Suite E. Smith aboard for Wilmington, lect funds to build our church in Arose late. Rainy day. A scription. Manhattan, Kansas places which I could not reach, Vt. Took the stage for Colerain. good visit with mother & the especially in the East part of Several old friends, Hiram ab- family. $18 for a debt unex- Saturday 7/25/57 sent, Mother Denison there. Maine. Rode in the cars to Nor- pected. Rode to Colerain. Called early on Chester (785)539-5105 Fax (785)539-2324 way to see Br Wm.’s wife. Had Called on Lucy Ann Avery. Field. He will give us a collec- FunFun PagePage Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1414 RedeyeRedeye Manhattan Free Press Thursday, January 11, 2018 1515

Answers on page 2 If you like the Free Press please tell these Advertisers 30 VOLUME 26, NUMBER 33 Thursday, January 11, 2018 Bringing you the News in Print, on the internet and on Facebook. President Trump and GOP Lawmakers Discuss 2018 Agenda CAMP DAVID - (AP) - riated Democrats who’ve spent spending bill slated for next Emerging from closed-door months in negotiations, increas- month. meetings with Republican lead- ing the prospect of a govern- The Camp David presidential ers, President Donald Trump on ment shutdown. retreat in Maryland’s Catoctin Saturday held out the prospect But Trump appeared oblivi- Mountains provides a woodsy of a deal with Democrats on the ous to the anger on Saturday. respite from Washington. It’s a fate of young immigrants “We hope that we’re going to place where presidents and law- brought to the country illegally be able to work out an arrange- makers can bond over meals, as children but appeared to put ment with the Democrats,” he hikes and movie nights. a welfare system overhaul — said. “It’s something, certainly, “There’s a feeling here that once a top White House priority that I’d like to see happen.” you don’t have in very many — on the back burner. Trump also appeared Satur- places. There was a bonding,” Trump spent much of Friday day to back away from efforts Trump said of the visit. and Saturday morning hashing to overhaul the welfare system, Trump’s chief of staff, John out his 2018 agenda with GOP which just weeks ago had been Kelly, told reporters Saturday House and Senate leaders, top identified as one of the White that lawmakers and top White White House aides and select House’s top two legislative pri- House officials had enjoyed “a Cabinet members at the presi- orities, along with a massive in- couple of glasses of wine to- dential retreat at Camp David. frastructure investment plan. gether last night” and gathered He described the sessions as McConnell had argued that with Trump to watch the new “incredible” and “perhaps welfare reform was a no-go movie “The Greatest Show- transformative in certain ways.” given Democratic opposition. man,” starring Hugh Jackman. And Trump appeared to have (He described it as “very, very A long list of high-stakes top- come around. entertaining.”) ics were on the agenda, from President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, meets with mem- “It’s a subject that’s very dear Politics, too, were on the agenda, with talks about the national security and infrastruc- bers of the Republican legislative leadership, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mc- to our heart,” Trump said. ture to the budget and 2018 “We’ll try and do something in midterm elections. Republicans midterm election strategy. Connell; Senate Minority Whip Sen. John Cornyn; U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan; a bipartisan way. Otherwise, are at risk of losing the majority Though Democrats were not in- House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, we’ll be holding it for a little bit they’ve held in the House since cluded in the discussions, the Friday, Jan. 5, 2018, at Camp David’s Laurel Lodge, near Thurmont, Md. (Official later.” 2011, and could also lose seats leaders — some dressed casu- White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)(White House Photo) Republicans are eager to in the Senate, though many ally in jeans, khakis and build on the victory achieved more Democratic incumbents sweaters — said they were op- jority in the Senate and will gress agrees to fund his prom- able to sponsor their extended late last year with the overhaul are up for re-election this year. timistic that more Democrats need Democrats’ support to ised border wall as well as over- family members and must end of the nation’s tax code. But be- Trump said he’s planning an would be working with Repub- push through most legislation. haul the legal immigration the diversity visa lottery, which fore moving on to infrastructure aggressive campaign schedule licans. It’s unclear, however, the extent system. Trump last year ended draws immigrants from under- and other items, Trump and his to stump for Republican candi- “We hope that 2018’ll be a to which Trump is willing to the Obama-era Deferred Action represented parts of a world . GOP allies first must navigate a dates, but added that he’s done year of more bipartisan cooper- work with Democrats to for Childhood Arrivals pro- That’s in addition to funding for tricky landscape of leftover leg- campaigning for insurgents ation,” Senate Majority Leader achieve that goal. gram, which shielded more than the southern border wall, a islation from last year that challenging incumbent Repub- Mitch McConnell told re- 700,000 people from deporta- deeply unpopular idea among promises to test party unity in lican members of Congress. porters, predicting a “signifi- Trump, for instance, declared tion and gave then the right to Democrats. the coming weeks. “I don’t see that happening,” cant number of Democrats” Saturday that he will not sign work legally in the country, and The need to work with De- he said, citing the stinging GOP would be interested in support- legislation protecting hundreds gave Congress until March to The administration on Friday mocrats on a spending package, loss last year in Alabama, where ing Trump’s agenda. of thousands of young people find a fix. unveiled a 10-year, $18 billion for instance, is sure to whip up Democrats managed to win a It’s a reflection of reality: Re- who were brought to the U.S. il- Trump said any deal must request for the wall that roiled opposition from many conser- seat in the Senate and Trump publicans hold a razor-thin ma- legally as children unless Con- stop immigrants from being the immigration talks and infu- vatives to a hoped-for catchall backed two losing candidates. Told their treehouse must go, owners appeal to Supreme Court WASHINGTON (AP) _ ference Friday, and a decision ``Part of me still believes structure, which took six continued legal wrangling acts, she's enjoying the tree- Lynn Tran and Richard Hazen on whether they will weigh in there's got to be justice out there months to build. ``quite honestly a waste of house on sunny days, meditat- built a Florida beachfront tree- could come as early as Monday. and we didn't do anything Soon, however, the city got time.'' ing there or napping in a house that would be the envy of wrong,'' Tran said in a tele- an anonymous complaint about ``For some reason these peo- hammock. The couple doesn't any child. It's got two levels, The couple's lawyer, David phone interview. the treehouse. After an investi- ple have this fixation on it,'' he have any children of their own hammocks and windows look- Levin, acknowledges the case is Tran and her husband run a gation, the city found the couple said. enjoying the treehouse and ing out on the Gulf of Mexico. unlikely to be accepted by the rental property called Angelinos did actually need to go through Tran says she never expected renters aren't allowed up for li- But the hangout has cost the justices, who only hear argu- Sea Lodge on Anna Maria Is- the permitting process. And it such a drawn-out fight and that ability reasons, but Tran says couple a handsome sum: about ment in about 80 of the thou- land on Florida's west coast. turns out the treehouse was in in hindsight the couple could guests and beachgoers often ad- $30,000 to construct and prob- sands of cases they're asked to They have a house on their an area where building is pro- have taken the money they've mire the structure. ably five times that in legal fees take each year. But he argues property and four rental units. hibited because of a city set- spent on the treehouse, gone as they've fought local authori- that his clients' rights were vio- back. The couple hoped to get somewhere else and built an ac- ``It's kind of fun to have ties over it, Tran said. Now, lated when a Florida court Before they began construct- around that by having local vot- tual house. around,'' she said. they're at their last stop, the ``rubber stamped'' a ruling pro- ing the treehouse around an ers weigh in, but courts told It's still costing the couple. If the treehouse ultimately Supreme Court. Unless the high posed by the city of Holmes Australian Pine on their prop- them no. They're accumulating a $50 a has to go, there's a lurking irony court intervenes, the treehouse Beach without any evidence of erty in 2011, Hazen asked the day fine for not taking down the for the couple. To take down the must be torn down. independent consideration. city whether they needed a per- Holmes Beach Mayor Bob treehouse, a fine that's now tens structure, they'll need the one The justices had their first Tran and Hazen haven't been mit. The answer: No. Johnson noted in a telephone of thousands of dollars. thing they didn't have before opportunity to consider taking willing to give up on the struc- So, with some help from the interview that courts have sided Tran says she's afraid to think they began putting it up: a city the case at a closed-door con- ture she calls their ``getaway.'' internet, Tran dreamed up the with the city and he called the about it. Until the high court permit. If you like the Free Press please tell these Advertisers

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