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SALUTE THE HOLTON HOLTON, KANSAS Shirley Parison Holton Recorder subscriber for 22 years. RECORDERServing the Jackson County Community for 150 years Volume 150, Issue 48 HOLTON, KANSAS • Monday, June 19, 2017 12 Pages $1.00 County sets delinquent tax auction for July 10 By Ali Holcomb properties’ owners. * Tract 15: Section 28, Town- A special delinquent tax The remaining nine tracts ship 7 South, Range 15 East of sale will be held at 9:30 a.m. on will be sold during the tax sale. the 6th P.m. at Pine Ridge Lane Monday, July 10, for nine tracts Those tracts and the minimum ($1,056.33). of land in Jackson County, it has purchase price for the tracts in- * Tract 16: 9593 150th Rd. in been reported. clude: Mayetta ($4,321.69). The owners of the lots for * Tract 1: 535 Searle St. in During the sale, the county sale have been delinquent on Whiting ($934.73). will initially bid the delinquent paying their taxes for the past * Tract 6: 201 Grant St. in taxes and special assessment three years and were unable to Circleville ($1,799.13). costs in all foreclosures up for pay the amount due in full by * Tract 7: Section 33, Town- public auction, it was reported. the time the special auction was ship 7 South, Range 16 East of All other bids for the property set, county officials said. the 6th P.M. near Kansas High- must be higher than that amount The public auction will be way 16 ($1,341.74). set by the county. held on the first floor of the * Tract 8: The east 10 feet of State regulations forbid prop- Jackson County Courthouse lot 20 on Highland Avenue in erty owners from bidding on that day and the tracts will be Denison ($318.19). their own pieces of property at sold to the highest bidder with * Tract 9: 101 Central Ave. in this tax sale. Also, family mem- cash in hand. Denison ($5,614.80). bers of the owners are not al- In February, a total of 24 * Tract 10: Lots 27 and 29 lowed to bid on the property at tracts of land, representing on Central Avenue in Denison this tax sale. $74,603 in unpaid taxes, were ($402.74). The last county tax sale was being considered for the tax sale * Tract 11: Lots 10, 12, 14, held in October 2014 and in- but since then, unpaid taxes on 16 and 18 on Central Avenue in 15 tracts have been paid by the Denison ($518.37). Continued to Page 12 Change in career focus leads Chatterji to Holton Super 8 By Brian Sanders ness community. turned to the Lincoln, Neb. area After 26 years of teaching “I love people,” he said. “My in recent years, he decided that medi cal students the basics of passion is people. I love to learn he wanted to continue to work, respira tory care, Dhiren Chat- about them… My goal is to give but in a different field. terji decided it was time for a them a comfortable place to “I had been thinking about change of career. stay and be part of their experi- buy ing a motel,” he said. “I “I wanted to keep active,” ence.” wanted to start with a smaller says Chatterji, who retired from The medical profession runs property.” Tennes see State University in in Chatterji’s family, as his wife Two of Chatterji’s friends in Andy Moulden, a former Holton resident now working with Topeka’s Custom Neon 2015 after 26 years as director of nearly 40 years, Janice, is a the Lincoln area owned and op- and Vinyl Graphics, put the finishing touches on one side of the new sign in front of of the cardio-respiratory care retired registered nurse, and erated motels, and working with Doug Richert Chevrolet-Buick in Holton on Thursday morning. Moulden and Tim Robe- sciences program. they have two daughters, one a them gave him the encourage- telle put up the new sign to signify the building’s new owner, Richert, who took over the On May 25, Chatterji took physician and the other a nurse ment to seek out his own motel former Clark Chevrolet dealership just off Holton’s Town Square this past March. over ownership of the Super 8 practitioner, he said. to manage. Photo by Brian Sanders Motel in Holton, and he’s happy After he and Janice left the to be a part of the Holton busi- Nashville, Tenn. area and re- Continued to Page 12 Purple Heart Profiles Mortar shell claimed life of Robert Wright Editor’s note: This is the 59th in a series of stories about past and present Jackson County residents who earned the Purple Heart Medal, which is awarded to mili tary personnel wounded or killed in the line of duty. The names of those profiled in these stories are among those placed on a special monument for Purple Heart Medal recipi- ents now standing in Holton’s Linscott Park. ——— Robert L. Wright of Holton, a 23-year-old private in the U.S. Army, had been in Europe bare- ly a week when he was killed in action in Belgium during World War II. Wright was reportedly among “the first of the war casualties from this county to be returned to the community,” according to a Jackson County newspaper article from late 1946. He re- ceived his Purple Heart Medal was placed into the ground crew posthumously. be cause of his training at Boe- Born Dec. 6, 1921, to Har- ing, it was reported. He was lan and Marguerite Kennedy inducted into service on Thurs- Wright, Rob ert Lewis Wright at- day, June 29, 1944, and he be- tended the Ha zel Grove district came an expert tool coordinator, school and transferred to Holton working on B-29 air craft. Kortnee VanDonge (left) and Cali VanAusdall (right) are two of several Holton High School students who are vol- High School, where he gradu- Wright received his train- unteering to serve free lunches to children at the Holton Elementary School each Monday through Friday in June. ated in 1939. While at HHS, he ing in the Replacement Camp Through Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas two free lunch sites have been set up in Holton so children don’t go was active in several different at Camp Hood, Texas, and he hungry through the summer months. Photo by Ali Holcomb school organizations, and he was eventually mustered into won the Union Pacific scholar the “Blitz Doughs” of Company ship to attend Kansas State Col- F of the 36th Armed Infantry lege in Manhattan. Regiment, under the command Volunteer lunch program serves more than 60 After two years at Kansas of Col. Robert Houze. The com- State, Wright went to work for pany was called to Europe, and By Ali Holcomb Under the direction of Jackie applesauce, a juice pouch and This meal site will close on Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, and on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1944, More than 60 area children McAsey, several high school milk. The children are required June 30, which is the last day of on Jan. 10, 1943, he married Wright and his unit ar rived in are currently being fed a free students have volunteered to to take each item but can also summer school. Betty Hancock. The two of them France, it was reported. lunch in Holton each day as part serve the prepackaged lunches place uneaten items on a “share Free meals are also being made their home in Wichita for A week later, on Wednesday, of a volunteer lunch program at the elementary school from table” for other students to eat. served at the Southview Apart- nearly a year and a half, when Jan. 3, 1945, Wright got his through Catholic Charities of 11 a.m. to noon each Monday Many of the meals at both ment Community Room located Wright was called to join the first taste of armed combat in Northeast Kansas. through Friday. sites are shelf stable, meaning at 110 S. Pennsylvania Ave. in Army in the spring of 1944. the Cha vanne area in southern Lunches are being offered With summer school being they don’t require refrigeration. Holton from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 He reported to Leavenworth Monday through Friday in Hol- held at the school through the The children are also allowed p.m. Monday through Friday. for induction into the Army and Continued to Page 12 ton to children ages 18 and under month of June, the high school- to take one food item home, it This site will continue serving at two sites, Holton Elementary ers said they are serving between was reported. free meals through Aug. 11, 50 to 60 children and four adults In addition to the food, the according to volunteer Karen TUESDAY’STUESDAY’S WEATHER FORECAST FORECAST:School and Southview Apart- ments. Adults who are accompa- each day. high school students also host Stous. PARTLY CLOUDYSunny, W/PM High 90 STORMS, HIGH OF 91 See our weather forecast on Page 2. nying children may also receive Thursday’s meal included a a drawing each day for donated Look for the complete forecast on page 2. a free meal, volunteers reported. turkey and cheese sandwich, books. Continued to Page 12 DISTRICT COURT NEWS THE HOLTON RECORDER, MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017, PAGE 2 DISTRICT COURT NEWS Truck Stop Traffic Criminal mari juana, possession of drug Thomas, Holton, possession of FUEL • CHEAP SMOKES Tesla A. Allison, Carbondale, Dispositions parapher nalia, criminal tres- drug paraphernalia, possession driving under the influence, im- State of Kansas vs.