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SALUTE THE HOLTON INSIDE HOLTON, KANSAS Holton wins Hometown of Big Seven David & Jeanie wrestling Combs Holton Recorder subscribers tourney. for 15 years. RECORDERServing the Jackson County Community for 153 years See sports pages. Volume 153, Issue 13 HOLTON, KANSAS • Monday, February 17, 2020 12 Pages $1.00 Dems’ primary set for May 2 n Presidential runoff election for GOP cancelled in Kansas By Ali Holcomb receive the state’s 47 delegates. A presidential primary elec- This is the first time the KDP tion for Democrat voters will be will hold a primary election in- held in Kansas on May 2 while stead of a caucus, it was report- the state’s Republican presiden- ed. The change is to “encourage tial primary has been cancelled, greater participation and provide it has been reported. wider accessibility for voters in State primaries and caucuses an open and transparent man- are now under way across the ner,” according to the KDP. country as members of both par- During a caucus, voters gath- ties seek nominees for president er together to determine which for the Nov. 3 general election. candidates should be supported Iowa held the first caucuses by voters raising their hands or in the country on Feb. 3, and dividing into groups based on New Hampshire held its prima- the candidate they support. ries last week. In a presidential primary, vot- So far, Democrat candidate ers cast secret ballots for their Peter Buttigieg has 22 delegates, preferred candidate. followed by Bernie Sanders with A mailing explaining how to 21, Elizabeth Warren with eight, voter in person or by advance Amy Klobuchar with seven and ballot in the Kansas Demo- Joe Biden with six. cratic presidential primary is A candidate needs 1,990 dele- being sent to every registered gates to secure their nomination Democrat in the state on March for president at the Democratic 9, it was reported. Mail-in bal- Friday afternoon was a hectic time at Lee’s Flowers in Holton — just ask Sandy Bottom, shown in the photo above National Convention, which lots will be available March 30 working to put together a floral arrangement for someone who wanted to “say it with flowers” on Valentine’s Day. will be held in July. through April 17. Bottom and others at the flower shop kept busy selling flowers and floral arrangements that day, one of the busiest President Donald Trump has In-person voting will be avail- holidays of the year at the store, it was noted. Photo by Brian Sanders received 39 delegates so far in able from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Republican elections, and Saturday, May 2. There will be Bill Weld has received one del- a voting center set up in each of egate. the 40 Kansas Senate districts. To win the Republican nomi- Those centers are still being de- nation, a candidate must receive termined and will be announced County spelling bee slated for Saturday 1,276 delegates by the Repub- in the March 9 mailer, accord- lican National Convention in ing to the KDP. By Ali Holcomb jera (seventh grade) and Jackson Shelly Bausch, Chris Kasson scheduled for March 21 at the August. Voters will be asked to rank The Jackson County Spell- King (eighth grade). and Cody Witte will serve as De Mattias Fine Arts Center at The Kansas Republican Party their favorite candidates to de- ing Bee will be held at 9 a.m. on Holton USD 336: Zach Jen- judges. Newman University in Wichita. has canceled its presidential pri- termine their top five candidates Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Jack- son (fifth grade), Havilah My- Those participating in the The state spelling bee is hosted mary this year. Kansas is one of for the nomination. son Heights High School audi- ers (sixth grade), Ethan Cundell bee will need to arrive at the by the Kansas Press Associa- seven states whose Republican If a voter’s first-choice candi- torium. (seventh grade) and Eric Ger- school no later than 8:45 a.m. tion. parties have decided not to host date has limited support, a vot- The top spellers in fifth, hardt (eighth grade). A complete list of the spelling Previous Jackson County a state primary because Presi- er’s next choice will be counted sixth, seventh and eighth grades Jackson Heights USD 335: bee rules and practice spelling spelling bee champions from dent Trump, the Republican in- to “ensure their vote is not wast- from each of the county’s three Brayden Innes (fifth grade), bee words can be found at the the past 20 years include: cumbent, is running with little ed,” according to the KDP. school districts will compete at Alyssa Mullins (sixth grade), Jackson Heights website, jhco- 2019 – Griffin Davies or no opposition for re-election Any candidate who receives the bee. Jenna Joiner (seventh grade) bras.net (Holton). in the party. at least 15 percent of the first- Those students include: and Dawson Cochren (eighth The winner of the Jackson 2018 – Buddy Lundin- The Kansas Democratic Party choice votes will automatically Royal Valley USD 337: Eli grade). County Spelling Bee will ad- Burger (RV). (KDP) is hosting a presidential earn delegates. Holcomb (fifth grade), Danika Jaclyn Higley will serve as vance to the Sunflower State primary election on May 2 to Decker (sixth grade), Omar Na- the pronouncer for the bee, and Spelling Bee, which has been Continued to Page 12 determine which candidates will Continued to Page 12 How They’re Voting Pyle supported “Value Them Both” amendment Kansas First District Sena- election, set for the same date. tor Den nis Pyle (R-Hiawatha, That amendment was passed pictured) was among those by the Senate and was the only voicing his amendment to receive Senate support for approval, it was noted. the pro posed “This is one of the most im- amendment portant pieces of legislation we to the Kansas have passed since I’ve been in Constitution the Legislature, and I was happy that would to be a part of it,” Pyle said in allow elected a Feb. 3 Internet state ment of l e g i s l a t o r s the resolution, which made it to regulate past the Senate on a 28-12 vote, abortions, al- more than the two-thirds major- though that ity vote needed to send it to the amendment House. didn’t make it past the state’s The constitutional amend- House of Representatives to go ment did not receive the two- to a public vote, accord ing to thirds majority vote needed in records from the current Leg- the House to put the question to islative session. a public vote, it was re ported. It Sen. Pyle also voted in favor received 80 yes votes — four of Senate bills creating “pre- votes short of the necessary sumptions related to temporary two-thirds majority — and 43 parenting plans” and enhancing no votes in the House, which re- penalties for offenses causing portedly is dealing with its own death or serious injuries to pub- constitutional amendment on lic safety employees, but cast the abortion. sole vote against a bill removing Another bill receiving Pyle’s a requirement that certain enti- vote of approval was Senate Bill ties should report to the state’s 45, which would elevate penal- division of post audit. ties for of fenses that cause death After 20 years as full-time school nurse for the Holton district, Carolyn Bartlett has announced her retirement from Senate Continuing Resolu- or serious in juries to public the district, effective at the end of the current school year. Photo by Brian Sanders tion 1613, known as the “Val- safety employees, such as law ue Them Both” constitutional enforcement of ficers, firefight- amendment, saw Pyle voting ers and other emer gency man- in favor of the amendment but agement workers. Bartlett retiring as Holton school nurse opposing several amendments The bill is known as “Bran- to the overall resolution as pro- don’s Law,” named for Master By Brian Sanders uring out what’s wrong with stu- a career choice she knew for a hos pital for at least three weeks posed by other members of the Deputy Brandon Collins of the Being a school nurse is a lot dents who might be afraid to say long time she wanted to make. recover ing,” she said. “Now, Senate. Those amendments, Johnson County Sheriff’s De- more complicated than most what’s really bothering them. “When I was a kid, one of my you have it done one day and mostly semantic in nature, were partment. Collins was killed in people think, according to Car- “They might come in saying fa vorite toys was one of those you’re out the next. The tech- defeated largely along political September 2016 when a truck olyn Bartlett, who has served they have a stomachache, and little plastic doctor’s bags, with niques have improved a lot over party lines. crashed into his patrol car while the Holton school district as its they’ll have a whole different the stetho scope and the head 40 years.” Pyle had also submitted an he was conducting a traffic nurse for the past 20 years. problem, but they won’t tell mirror. I used to carry that thing After 18 years at St. Fran- amendment to the resolution stop. “A lot of people think school you,” Bartlett said. “With my around everywhere,” she said. cis, Bartlett worked briefly as a clarifying the date that it would SB 45 was approved on a 36-1 nursing is giving a child a Band- experience, I can usually tell After her first year in junior consul tant at the Pennsylvania go to a vote, setting a special vote on Jan.

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