SALUTE TON INSIDE HOYT, KANSAS Celebrating Hometown of the great Bill & Robbie classes of Elmer 1969! Holton Recorder subscribers Graduation photos for 40 years. CServing te ackson Conty Commnity for years reprinted inside. Volume 152, Issue 42 HOLTON, KANSAS • Wednesday, May 22, 2019 16 Pages $1.00 Tornadoes touch down in county Storms spawned as many as The Pruyser family took hitting the Mayetta area, the 23 different tornadoes of vari- cover as that tornado tore warning siren was sounding in ous sizes yesterday in this part through their property, tearing Holton and the storm moved of the state with the strongest off a portion of their home’s off to the east and another reported near Bern in Nemaha roof. tornado sighting was reported County, where a home was re- “I took off running because near Denison. The storm’s portedly destroyed. A tornado I knew it was coming right at path continued in a northeast- also tore off part of a Mayetta us,’’ Katrina Pruyser told a To- erly path up east of Whiting area home’s roof. Not all of peka TV station. “I mean it was and then into Brown County. the tornadoes that were sight- in our field. My horses were A different storm moving ed touched down. Estimates of right on this side of the field. through the area further east the damages from the storms It just came right at us. When I of Jackson County resulted in continue today. went to open up the door, I had tornado sightings in the Mus- Four storms moved through a hard time opening it. Then I cotah, Lancaster and Effing- Jackson County and northeast slammed it shut and mom was ham areas. Kansas last evening and lucki- saying the Lord’s Prayer. Mom Simultaneously, two other ly the damage was isolated and was hugging Landon and I was storms were moving through The photo above was taken by Michael Mount as a tornado approached from the hugging both of them, on the Pottawatomie, Nemaha and west last night just outside the city limits of Effingham. This is just one of many photos included just a few homes and power lines along with lots of ground in the closet just pray- Marshall counties last eve- being shared by northeast Kansans during last night’s storms. More photos can be ing that we were going to be ning, it was reported, with found online at www.holtonrecorder.net tree limbs and branches. Warning sirens in the town okay.’’ property damage reported east of Mayetta were sounded at Now the family has a major of Seneca and near Bern. about 6:20 p.m., it was report- cleanup ahead of them, but The two storms that moved ed, shortly after a tornado was they say the inside of their through Jackson County yes- City commissioners approve reported on the ground north- home is relatively untouched. terday reportedly spawned a west of Topeka. The family said most of all, total of 13 different tornadoes. The storm moved into the they feel lucky that they’re And earlier in the evening Mayetta area in Jackson safe and that all of their horses yesterday, a total of 10 tor- permit for BAK beer garden County where Curtis Pruyser survived as well. nadoes were sighted in the By Brian Sanders with approval of an ordinance Holton. videoed a smaller size tornado All across northeast Kansas, Abilene, Junction City and Ri- When the estimated allow ing such consumption Organizers of the BAK event touching down nearby before the same thankful sentiment is ley County area. 800 Biking Across Kansas during special events when a ap plauded the commission’s seeking shelter with his family being expressed. th Continued to Page 13 participants from 35 states temporary permit is approved unani mous approval of the at 166 and R Road. By the time the storm was arrive in Holton on Friday, June by city and state officials. ordinance on a motion by 14, they — along with BAK Commissioners also approved Commissioner Marilyn supporters in the Holton area a special event temporary Watkins, seconded by — will have access to a “beer permit sought by the Holton/ Commissioner Mike Meerpohl. Cemetery services set garden” on the west side of Jackson Coun ty Chamber of However, commissioners had Holton’s Town Square. Commerce for a “beer garden” questions about the BAK event On Monday, the Holton in the 400 block of New York in particular, such as where al­ for Memorial Day City Commission took action Avenue from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. coholic beverages could be Veterans organizations in Legion Post 282 has announced to permit consumption of on June 14, in connection with con sumed and how the permit its Memorial Day schedule for alcoholic beverages on streets the arrival of BAK participants would be enforced. the Jackson County area have announced their schedules for cemeteries in southern Nemaha and in public places for the June who will spend the final night County. Memorial Day ser­ event and other special events of this year’s bi cycle tour in Continued to Page 16 the annual Memorial Day tour of the county’s cemeteries and vices also are being planned by memorials, where they will pay Hor ton’s Vietnam Veterans of tribute to their fallen fellow America chapter. soldiers, it has been reported. Memorial Day weekend Holton Dental expands services Holton American Legion activities in Holton will By Ali Holcomb joined the practice in 2013, said certified in the near future. Post 44 and Holton Veterans of begin with a flag-raising at 8 Holton Dental recently ex- Holton Dental recently pur- “This will help minimize what Foreign Wars Post 1367 will a.m. Saturday, May 25 at the panded its services, offering chased a cone beam CT scanner we have to refer out,” Rieschick conduct separate tours starting southwest corner of the Square dental implant procedures and in order to offer dental implant said. early Monday, May 27 and near the cannon. a membership plan for patients procedures at the office. Holton Dental has also invest- culminating in a joint 11 a.m. On Monday, the Holton who don’t have dental insurance “That’s a service we usually ed in an in-house crown mill- ceremony at Holton Cemetery, Legion group will depart from or might not be satisfied with have to refer out to a bigger city, ing machine, which works with where both groups will meet at the Veterans Club at 7 a.m., their current insurance plan. but it’s something we wanted to the 3-D imaging system to mill the Civil War monument for a stopping at Mount Calvary “We’ve always prided our- invest in here,” Dr. Rieschick crowns and bridges at the office. memorial service. Catholic Cemetery at 7:10 a.m., selves on being on the lead- said. “We’ll have the ability to “It allows us to do the proce- That will be followed by Olive Hill Cemetery at 7:50 a.m., ing edge of dentistry by offer- place implants, but it also gives dure digitally before we have another joint ceremony at the Buck’s Grove Cemetery at 8:25 ing some things only found in us a 3-D image of the skull so to perform anything on the pa- Purple Heart monument in a.m., Soldier Cemetery at 9 a.m. bigger cities,” said Dr. Alex we can better look for impacted tient,” Gilliland said. “We used Linscott Park at 11:45 a.m. and and Circleville Cemetery at 10 Gilliland, who opened Holton teeth, infections and cysts.” to put putty material in people’s an 11:55 a.m. meeting at the a.m. Dental with his wife, Taige, in Rieschick recently completed mouth to make a record of their Fallen Soldier Memorial on the The Holton VFW group will July 2007. training to place implants, and de part from the Holton Veterans Continued to Page 13 southeast corner of Holton’s Dr. Samantha Rieschick, who Dr. Gilliland will also become Town Square. There will also be Club at 7 a.m., stopping at a luncheon at the Veterans Club, Brick Cemetery at 7:10 a.m., located at 926 W. Sixth St. in Denison Cemetery at 7:50 a.m., Combined edition to be printed next week Holton, start ing at 12:30 p.m. Larkinburg Cemetery at 8:35 a.m., Thompson­Burns Ceme tery The Holton Recorder will The Holton Recorder office combined edition next week is 5 The public is invited to attend. will be closed on Monday to p.m. on Tuesday, May 28. Mayetta American Legion at 9:10 a.m. and Pleasant Grove be combining its Monday and Cemetery at 10 a.m. The Brick Wednesday editions next week observe Memorial Day as will As always, for up-to-the- Post 423 will send out two teams many local businesses, includ- minute local news for Jackson that morning to visit cemeteries Cemetery stop is a new addition and will publish the combined to the list, it was reported. edition on Wednesday, May 29, ing banks and the post office. County, follow The Recorder in the southern part of Jackson due to Monday’s Memorial Day The deadline to submit ad­ on twitter at @HoltonRecorder County to pay tribute to fallen Continued to Page 16 holiday. vertising and news copy for the and online at holtonrecorder.net soldiers, and Wetmore American Middlemist set to retire from HHS By Brian Sanders This weekend, Mark Middlemist will take another group of Holton High School student athletes to compete at the state track and field meet in Wichita, and he’s hopeful that some of those young athletes will “come home with some hardware.” It’s also the last time Middlemist will be taking Wildcat athletes to the state meet.