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SALUTE THE HOLTON INSIDE HOLTON, KANSAS Super Hometown of Football David & Lori Pick’em! Stallbaumer See page 8. Holton Recorder subscribers for 38 years. RECORDERServing the Jackson County Community for 153 years Volume 153, Issue 7 HOLTON, KANSAS • Monday, January 27, 2020 12 Pages $1.00 Super Football Pick’Em Contest is under way! The Kansas City Chiefs are be placed into a hat and a win headed to Super Bowl LIV and ning name will be drawn from The Holton Recorder is upping those entries. the excitement by giving away Entry forms are available on a free 40inch flatscreen televi page 8 in today’s edition of The sion to whoever correctly pre Holton Recorder and at each of dicts the score of the game. the 26 participating business The Holton Recorder, along locations. To participate in the with 25 area businesses, is again contest, fill out the entry form at sponsoring a Super Football each participating location when Pick’em Contest. A 40inch HD you visit. A different score can Smart TV will be given away be predicted at each business. to the person who correctly There is a limit of one entry predicts, or predicts closest to, per person at each business lo the final score of Sunday’s big cation. More than one entry at game. a business will disqualify you The Chiefs will play the San in that business. No purchase is Francisco 49ers for the 2019 required to participate. 20 National Football League Entry forms can be found and championship in Super Bowl submitted at Cecil K’s Home Friday morning saw Chris Koger of Koger Variety shoveling snow from the sidewalk in front of his business on the LIV on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the town Market, China Restaurant, west side of Holton’s Town Square after little more than an inch of snow fell on the area the night before. The weather Hard Rock Stadium in Miami The Cockeyed Pig (formerly Off forecast for this week includes a slight chance for more snow on Tuesday before a warming trend makes its way into Gardens, Fla. Kickoff is sched The Square Grill), Dairy Queen, northeastern Kansas; see Page 2 for the full weather forecast. Photo by Brian Sanders uled for 5:30 p.m. Shakira and BeginAgains Pawn & Gun, The Jennifer Lopez will perform the Farmers State Bank, the New halftime show. York Hair Affair, Jayhawk TV If multiple people correctly & Appliance, Nelson’s Liquor Garber predict the final score and win Spradling faces ethics charges ning team, then their entries will Continued to Page 12 files for in Ewing trial prosecution re-election Kennedy probation By Brian Sanders dis ciplinary administrator with administrator’s office has been Ethics charges have been the Kan sas Disciplinary Admin directed to insti tute formal Republican Randy Gar recom mended against the spe istrator’s Office, issued a ruling charges against Spradling, to be ber (pictured) of Sabetha, to include jail time cial prosecu tor hired by Jack last Wednes day that an investi detailed in a formal complaint 68, has filed for reelection nd By Brian Sanders charges in the case son County for the Jacob Ewing gation into a com plaint against that will be filed in the matter to the 62 District seat The former Banner Creek Judge Marek said the 30day trials of 2016 and 2017, stating Jacqie Spradling con cluded that and set for hearing, Vogels berg Reser voir director charged with jail sanction could be served that she misled the jury that “probable cause to be lieve that said in a letter to Wendy Ewing on the Kan sas House of allegedly trespass ing and taking over week ends or all at once. found Ewing guilty of several Ms. Spradling has violated the that was shared with The Holton items from his former office a Kennedy was also or dered to sexre lated crimes in a convic Kansas Rules of Professional Recorder. Representa tives, it has week after his firing last Feb perform 100 hours of public tion that was overturned last Conduct” in response to a com According to the state court ruary received a year’s pro bation service and prepare a public let year by the Kansas State Court plaint filed by Wendy Ewing, of ap peals ruling, Jacob Ewing’s been report ed. — including 30 days of jail time ter of apology to the Jackson of Appeals. mother of Ja cob Ewing. — on Thursday after entering a County Com mission as part of Matthew Vogelsberg, deputy The state disciplinary Continued to Page 5 R e p . Garber has plea on two misdemeanor theft his probation. served in the charges against him in Jackson During the sentencing, Marek House since County Dis trict Court. said Kennedy’s case was “simi State Treasurer LaTurner makes 2011. The John D. Kennedy, 64, of lar to, but different from, other 62nd District encompasses Hoyt, en tered pleas of guilty to theft cases” be cause of Kenne Jackson County townships one count of theft and no con dy’s position with the county. Holton stop on campaign trail north of 286th Road, includ test to another count of theft “It’s extremely unfortunate ing the cities of Netawaka in exchange for dismissal of a that a public servant finds him By Brian Sanders Congressional District seat cur voter fraud involving Watkins’ and Whiting, as well as Nem felony charge of nonresidential self in this circumstance,” he Congress needs people who rently held by Steve Watkins. al leged use of a mailbox as his aha and Brown counties and burglary during an arraignment told Kennedy. are “willing to stand up and “He’s my Congressman, too, voter registration address. western Atchison County. hear ing on Thursday, calling Kennedy, who had served as lead,” and Kansas State Trea and I’m trusting him to represent Furthermore, LaTurner said, The deadline to file for the the charges the result of “a very reservoir director since April surer Jake LaTurn er says he me and my family and what’s the Second District stands to see Nov. 3 general election is large error” that he committed of 2015, was terminated by the believes that leadership needs best for their future,” LaTurner its Con gressional representation June 1, and state candidates after being terminated as the Jackson County Commission on to be involved in restoring Re said of Watkins. “But there’s switch from Republican to Dem must file with the Kansas reservoir director. Feb. 11 of last year after he alleg publican values to Kansas and a trust gap — I don’t trust that ocratic, pos sibly at the hands of Secretary of State’s Office. District Court Judge Norbert edly left the reservoir shop side the nation. he’s going to do what he says.” Topeka mayor Michelle De La All 165 Kansas legisla Marek accepted Kennedy’s door open and unattended with That’s what LaTurner, 31, LaTurner criticized what he Isla, whom he called “the best tive seats are up for election pleas and gave him two consec some keys left in vehicles. He told about 15 area residents who called Congressman Watkins’ candidate they’ve put for ward in November, including the utive underlying 12month jail was ordered not to return to the visited Holton’s Beck Bookman nonsupport of the National Ri in the last couple of decades” — 61st District seat held by Rep. sentences on the two charges, shop and told to return all coun Library last Tuesday to meet fle Associa tion, his opposition and that, he said, would be dam Francis Awerkamp, 39, of suspending the sentences to a tyowned property, keys and a with the state trea surer, who to Presi dent Donald Trump’s aging to the district. year’s probation that included county credit card by Feb. 15. has mounted a campaign to get policy in Israel and the re cent Continued to Page 12 a 30day jail sanction and a elected to the Kansas Second investigation of alle gations of Continued to Page 12 $2,500 fine on each of the two Continued to Page 12 Community Theatre sets sequel to “Check Please” By Ali Holcomb dates, they decide to get back A collection of terrible with each other as friends and blind dates will take center see if they would like to eventu stage Valentine’s Day weekend ally get back together.” when Holton Community The Written by Jonathan Rand, atre members present “Check some of the blind dates in Please: Take 2.” “Check Please: Take 2” include HCT presented “Check a footreading psychic, a frus Please” on Valentine’s Day in trated polygamist, an extreme 2015, and Macey Hundley and accountant and a pirate. Jordan Callison will be reprising Callison is a Holton High their main roles for the sequel School graduate now living in on Saturday, Feb. 15 and Sun Kansas City. Hundley graduated day, Feb. 16 at Penny’s on the from Jackson Heights and also west side of the Holton Square. lives in Kansas City. The oneact comedy focuses Other members of the cast on a guy (Callison) and a girl include Shannon Henry (Kim), (Hundley) who have been dat Travis Henry (Hank), Carolyn ing for some time and decide to Cochren (Donna), Jake Spalding break up. (Lyle), Shannon Wittmer (Julia), “When they begin getting Brett Nelson (Dewey), Mallory back into the dating game, they Jacobs (Jackie), Justin Fluke have crazy and wacky dates,” (Alex), Shannacy Schimmel said Shannon Wittmer, HCT di rector.