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SALUTE TON INSIDE HORTON, KANSAS Special tax Hometown of section Kevin & included in Angela Strube Holton Recorder subscribers this edition. for 30 years. CSerin te acson County Community for years See pages 8-9. Volume 153, Issue 6 HOLTON, KANSAS • Wednesday, January 22, 2020 14 Pages $1.00 Livestock Expo is Saturday In previous years, Holton veterinarian Tim Parks was one of the fea tured presenters at the Jackson Coun ty Livestock Association’s annual Livestock Exposition. This year, Parks — who owned and operated Heartland Veterinary Clinic in Holton from 1998 to 2015 — will be the featured speaker at the 35thannual Livestock Expo, set for this District court cases Saturday at the Northeast Kansas Heritage Complex south of down about 24 percent Holton. Doors to the Heritage By Brian Sanders Much of the decrease Complex’s exhibition hall will After seeing a dramatic in the 2019 total could open at 5 p.m. for the expo’s rise from 2017 to 2018 be found in the number steak dinner, which will be in the number of cases of criminal misdemeanor served from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. handled in Jackson County cases — 187, which was The program will begin District Court, 2019 was less than half of the 2018 at 6 p.m. and feature Parks, a somewhat quieter year total of 411 misdemeanors representing Mer ck Animal in comparison, thanks in handled by court personnel. Health. The program will also part to sizable decreases Felony cases were up feature the announcement of in criminal misdemeanor slightly, from 294 in 2018 JCLA’s Distinguished Stockman filings and traffic tickets. to 328 in 2019, making the award, as well as winners of According to annual criminal case totals 705 in JCLA scholarships and door court figures provided by 2018 and 515 in 2019. prizes. That’s followed by a District Court Clerk Jen A significant drop in the dance at 9 p.m. nifer Strathman, Jackson number of traffic tickets — Advance tickets are $15 and County court personnel including tickets given for can be purchased at Denison handled a total of 2,154 driving under the influence State Bank, Farmers State court cases during 2019, (DUI) and driving while Bank, GNBank, the Jackson down about 24 percent from license cancelled, suspended County Extension Office or from the 2018 total of 2,829 but or revoked (DWS) — handled members of the JCLA board. closer to the 2017 total of Continued to Page 14 Tickets are $20 at the door. 2,237 cases. For more information, contact Bryce Barnett at (913) 370-0333. Valentine Gala to be held to raise Tarwater Farm and Home Supply held a soft opening on Monday in the former Holton Farm and Home building in Holton along U.S. Highway 75 at Sixth Street. Owner Rich Tarwater (shown in the photo above) said he has been “overwhelmed” with the great funds for building at Banner Creek response to the business opening this week. The business is open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Members of Friends of auction. purpose building on the north Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Photos by Ali Holcomb Banner Creek Reservoir The highlight of the evening side of Banner Creek Reservoir. will host a Valentine Gala will be a live auction with Members of Friends of on Saturday, Feb. 8, to raise Diamond Dan Brenner of Banner Creek said the building funds for the construction of a Diamonds by Design as master could be used for meetings, Grants help sheriff’s office in 2019 multi-purpose building at the of ceremonies. Dan Harris of family reunions, county By Ali Holcomb The funds from JAG were ity, getting information on a reservoir, it has been reported. Holton Livestock Exchange functions, wedding receptions The Jackson County used to purchase updated por- suspect, calling for back up or The gala will be held at The will be auctioning off a variety and other large gatherings. Sheriff’s Office received more table/mobile radios to improve coordinating tasks with emer- Station at Trails Café in Holton of items, including a diamond The building will have a than $250,000 in federal grants crisis response and ensure safe- gency management crews and with a social hour at 6 p.m. pendant and matching earrings kitchen and two American last year to purchase new ra- ty, Sheriff Morse said. other law enforcement agen- followed by a dinner at 7 p.m. from Diamonds by Design, a Disabilities Act compliant dio equipment and to provide “Effective, reliable commu- cies, quality radios are essen- The dinner will include garlic one-night stay at Prairie Band bathrooms that will be services for victims of crimes, nication systems are essential,” tial for effective and safe crisis rolls, parmesan crusted chicken Casino and Resort, a dozen accessible from both inside and according to Jackson County Sheriff Morse said. “The porta- response.” or grilled pork chop, red ranch roses from Lee’s Flowers, two outside the building. Sheriff Tim Morse’s annual re- ble and mobile radios selected As a rural county, local law loaded potatoes, iced tea and tickets and a parking pass to The Jackson County port. are compactable with poten- enforcement officers often re- cheesecake with chocolate the University of Kansas/Iowa Commissioners recently agreed The office received $129,399 tial system upgrades for law spond to calls alone, Sheriff sauce and strawberries. State basketball game on Feb. to donate $25,000 in county in funding from the Edward enforcement in Kansas, which Morse said, and portable radios Tickets are $30 per meal 17 and many more. There will funds to construct a storm shelter Byrne Memorial Justice will maximize the length of are critical in providing “a life- and can be purchased online at also be silent auction items to basement for the building. Assistance Grant (JAG), time these new radios can be line to outside help.” www.trails-cafe.com. A cash bid on. Once built, the building will $79,134 from the Victims utilized. Two-way portable/ “The reality for law enforce- bar will also be available. All proceeds from the be maintained by the county, Of Crime Act (VOCA) and mobile radio systems are criti- ment is that every moment in a Beverly Brown Boutique will event will benefit the Friends and the county will collect the $49,214 from the STOP cal to every aspect of law en- crisis situation can change the hold a fashion show during the of Banner Creek Reservoir rental fees, it was reported. Violence Against Women Act forcement’s duty. Whether it’s event, and the business will also building project, which includes (VAWA). investigating criminal activ- Continued to Page 14 offer several items in a silent a 42-foot by 60-foot multi- Continued to Page 3 City continues efforts to maintain clay sewer lines By Brian Sanders go ahead with this we’ll have a Efforts to keep the City of third of them done.” Holton’s sewer lines in good In recent years, repairs to the work ing order have resulted in ma jority of the clay tile sewer almost onethird of the city’s lines have involved insituform clay tile sewer pipes, which are lining of the clay pipe from more than a century old, being within, while oth ers have had repaired or replaced, Holton to be replaced outright due to City Manager Kerwin McKee cracks and fractures in the pipe, informed members of the Holton commissioners noted. City Commission on Tuesday. This year, McKee said the city During the commission’s would like to perform insituform meeting that evening — held a work on about 20 blocks of day later than usual due to the clay sewer pipe, estimating Martin Luther King Jr. holiday that the work would cost about on Monday — commis sioners $225,000 to $250,000. If that authorized McKee to seek bids work is performed this year, he for continued work on the clay said, “we will have suc cessfully tile sewer lines, which were taken care of lining onethird installed in 1909 and, in many of all the 1909 clay pipe sewer cases, are nearing the end of lines in the city… That’s quite their useful life. an accomplishment, and we will “We’re trying to do a better job continue down that path.” of maintaining those sewer lines The city has adequate funds that have been in the ground to cover the cost of the work, for 100 years,” McKee told he added, thanks to the half commissioners. “We just happen cent sales tax for infrastructure to be at the time when those 100 improvements that went into year old ones are getting to the end of their lives, but if we can Continued to Page 14 Beck Bookman Library’s Helen Murphy Plankinton (left) welcomed Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner (right) to THURSDAY’S FORECAST the library on Tuesday evening, where LaTurner, a Republican, met with about a dozen area residents to talk about C G his campaign for Kansas’ Second District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, currently held by Republican Look for the complete forecast on page 2 Steve Watkins. 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