BY ANDY TAYLOR
Montgomery County Chronicle

CHERRYVALE — About 50 people got a rare, behind-the-scenes look at one of television’s funniest comedic teams on Saturday night when the careers and friendship of actresses Lucille Ball and Cherryvale’s own Vivian Vance were retold.

“We Love Vivian” was the theme of the event, sponsored by the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce, which included presentations from Vance’s youngest sister, Lou Ann Graham of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Wanda Clark, a Disney, Okla., resident who served as Ball’s personal assistant for 27 years.

The two women spoke how Vance, who died in 1979, and Ball, who died in 1989, had an unusually sharp chemistry, not only on the television set of the “I Love Lucy,” “Here’s Lucy” and “The Lucille Ball Show” television series but also off the Desilu studio property.

“Lucy and Vivian had the same timing,” said Graham. “They could start at one spot in a block, go in opposite directions, and return at the same point at the exact same time. That’s the part of comedy that is so difficult, probably more so than drama: knowing when to take those pauses, knowing when to come in with the laugh line, knowing when to expect what your partner is going to do next.”

Prior to Graham’s and Clark’s presentations, guests were treated to an 18-minute video prepared by Bob Blackard, technology teacher at Cherryvale Middle-High School. The video retold Ball’s and Vance’s early beginnings, including Vance’s birth in Cherryvale in 1909, and their start in the show business industry. The video also included rare footage of Vance receiving the 1953 Emmy award for best supporting actress in a television series. It was the first time that the best supporting actress award had been presented.

Later in the presentation, guests were treated to a second video which was produced for a Vivian Vance tribute held in 2007 at the Lucy-Desi Center in Jamestown, N.Y., the birthplace of Lucille Ball. The video was devoted strictly to Vance’s career and showed film footage of Vance performing in a variety of television programs and movies not affiliated with the Lucy television series. Among the television programs in which Vance had a role included “The Red Skelton Show,” “Love American Style,” “Rhoda,” “Toast of the Town,” and a 1960 version of today’s “Dancing With the Stars” called “Arthur Murray’s Dance Party.”

Clark said Vance’s influence was felt far beyond her best-known role as Ethel Mertz on the “I Love Lucy” television show. She said Lucy Arnaz, Jr., who is Lucille Ball’s and Desi Arnaz’s daughter, credits Vance for giving the younger Arnaz her start in theatre. Arnaz is an accomplished actress and entertainer, primarily in theatre circles.

Graham gave personal insight into Vance’s own life, including Vance’s battle with breast cancer in 1979. The cancer soon moved into her bones, and Vance made the decision to no longer fight the disease. Graham was by her side each day in her final month of life.

“I look back at that time and recall that it was an incredibly moving event for me,” said Graham. “In 1979, no person wanted to die of cancer, but Viv didn’t have any fight left in her. There were some humorous times during that period, including the one time I went into her bedroom and asked her if she needed anything and she quipped,’Yes, get me a new body.’ She didn’t lose her humor . . . or her timing . . . in her final days.”

Graham said she was currently writing a theatrical drama about Vance’s final month and plans to have it prepared for production for the Albuquerque Little Theatre, where Graham serves as an instructor and where Vance got her start in the theatre business.

While in Cherryvale, Graham was reunited with several family cousins, including Imogene Littell and Carilyn Clark, both of Cherryvale. Both women are Graham’s second cousins. They examined old photos of Vance’s parents, the late Robert and Euphemia Mae (Ragan) Jones and other relatives when the Joneses lived in southeast Kansas.

Graham said Vivian changed her name from Vivian Jones to Vivian Vance because she thought the Jones name sounded “too common.”

Next year would have been Vance’s 100th birthday, and Graham challenged Cherryvale to hold an event in her honor.

“If think if there is something that should be done to honor Vivian on her 100th birthday, it should be here in Cherryvale,” said Graham, vowing to return to Cherryvale with Clark next year for the celebration.

INDEPENDENCE — Frank W. Abagnale, subject of the Steven Spielberg blockbuster movie, “Catch Me If You Can” will be the featured speaker at a special community event entitled “The Art of the Steal.”

This seminar has been set for Tuesday, Sept. 30 at Independence Community College.

Frank W. Abagnale is a world renowned lecturer and consultant and has spent the last three decades teaching at the FBI Academy and consulting with financial institutions, corporations and governments around the world.

Abagnale’s life story was the subject of Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster movie “Catch Me If You Can” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks. Abagnale is the author of four books on white collar crime and identity theft.

He will give a two-hour presentation covering such topics as embezzlement, check forgery, counterfeit money, identify theft, and fraud.

“We are happy to have Mr. Abagnale share his expertise with our businesses and community members,” said Dr. Daniel Bain, President of Independence Community College.  “By understanding how to protect ourselves we take responsible actions to assure that fraud and theft do not happen.”

This special informational session is being offered free of charge and is open to the public.  The seminar will be held in the William Inge Theater, on the Independence Community College campus, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Abagnale’s presentation is highly recommended for financial institutions, accountants, retailers, and business owners.

CANEY — Kristi Jacobs and Dorthy Porter, two co-workers at a Caney industry, realize how fortunate they are to live in the United States.
For each day goes by with a roof over their head, food in their kitchens, clothes in their closets, and medicines to keep them from getting ill.
That’s not the case for several hundred orphaned children in the African country of Zambia.
Food is scarce. Clothing comes in the form of handouts by church and benevolent groups. Medicine of any kind — from aspirins to penicillin — is extremely rare. And housing? Kids in rural Zambia who are considered “fortunate” are those who find shelter under a bridge.
That glaring disparity between the United States’ way of life compared to the daily turmoil in Zambia was a reason that the two women began a crusade to help those children in need.
It all started several years ago when Jacobs, who had been supporting needy children through the Christian Children’s Fund, struck up a friendship via e-mail with Gertrude Mwanza, a Zambian who was planning to open an orphanage in a rural area outside of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia (Zambia is located in the southern region of Africa and borders the countries of Zimbabwe, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo). Mwanza knew the plight of her Zambian citizens. AIDS had decimated most of the adult population (average life expectancy in Zambia is 35 years), leaving thousands of orphaned children to fend for themselves.
Jacobs began sending a box full of usable items to Mwanza each month. Things like clothes, school supplies, and shoes made their way from Caney to rural Lusaka.
However, the raging epidemic of AIDS in Zambia has left more and more children on the streets. Late last year, Mwanza opened a school designed for only 11 children in a rural Zambian village. The enrollment quickly surged to more than 200 within a matter of weeks.
“Gertrude had prepared a Christmas dinner for only about 35 kids,” said Jacobs. “Eighty-six kids showed up.”
Mwanza’s means of support comes primarily from donations through people like Jacobs. Photographs of the donated items are sent to Jacobs each month.
“It’s amazing to see the looks on the faces of those kids,” said Jacobs, who works at Kopco, Inc., in Caney. “It really can get to you . . . knowing that these kids probably don’t have parents, they are lucky to get one meal a day, and their greatest dream is to go to school.”
Upon hearing how Jacobs was supporting her Zambian e-mail friend, Kopco co-worker Dorthy Porter said she wanted to help the project as well. So, Porter, who has taken up painting as a hobby, decided to sell each of her paintings with all proceeds benefitting the Zambian school. She has now made dozens of paintings, which are sold at arts and crafts fairs or through friends and co-workers.
And, just giving the money to the orphaned children of Zambia is not enough for Porter.
“God has laid it upon my heart to enter the mission field,” said Porter. “I’m a believer in a purpose-driven life, and I believe that God wants us to use our talents. My paintings are one way I can put my talents to work for God. But I also want to help others in places where my help and labor can be put to good use.”
Porter knows a thing or two about living in dire straits. She was raised in a coal mining family in rural Pennsylvania, where wages were low and access to amenities was limited.
“My dad would always lead a prayer each day where he asked God to help the orphans and the widows on earth,” she said. “I remember asking him where those orphans lived. When I was 4 years old, my church held a contest to see who could collect the most buffalo nickels with all of the money to be given to an orphanage. I remember collecting the most nickels of any person in church. I felt proud to be able to give that money to an orphanage. That value has stuck with me throughout my life.”
Jacobs said providing generosity to needy people does come with some limits. The cost to mail boxes of donated items is extremely high, she said. A small box measuring 18×12x9 inches can cost as much as $110 to mail.
“I’ve stuffed those boxes with as much as I can . . . to the point that the sides feel like they are going to give out,” she said. “Other coworkers at Kopco have given us items to give to the Zambian kids. Everyone has been very generous.”
While they realize that they don’t have the resources to rent a large cargo container to ship items to Africa, Jacobs and Porter will continue to use their generosity in smaller increments — one painting at a time and one box at a time.
“There is something very meaningful to me about doing this project,” said Porter. “It’s not about Kristi or I getting notoriety. It’s about us helping others. And, when you see the photographs of those kids and how they are smiling when they receive the items that we donate to them, it makes you feel good.”
The two women are sponsoring a rummage sale on Saturday, Oct. 4 with all proceeds going toward the Christian Children’s Fund and the schools in rural Lusaka, Zambia. The sale will be held at the Jacobs residence, which is one-half mile south of Kopco on county road 1700.

CHERRYVALE — For more than 70 years, Lucille Ellis has found joy with needle and thread in hand.

And, upon the celebration of her 91st birthday this week, the Cherryvale Nursing and Rehabilitation Center resident says she continues to find enjoyment in helping others with her gift of sewing — whether it’s giving a new blanket to an expectant mother or patching a hole in the britches of a nursing center employee.

“I’ve always liked sewing,” said Ellis, whose birthday was Tuesday, Sept. 16. “It’s something I’ve been doing since I was 13 years old.”

Ellis said her first “big” project she recalls was creating graduation gowns for the eighth grade graduates at her rural school near Granby, Mo. That was clear back in about 1930, when electrification had not made its ways to the rural Ozarks.

So, Ellis had to make each robe with a treadle sewing machine. The speed of the sewing was dictated solely by how fast Lucille could manually peddle the lever.

That sewing project put Ellis on course for other major sewing projects — which not only became a hobby but also a part-time career. Over the course of 70 years, she created literally hundreds of wedding dresses, complete with every finite and precise detail that is customary in a bridal gown and veil. In her room at the care center are several 8×10 photographs of nieces who wore the Ellis-made dresses on their wedding day.

“I enjoy looking at those wedding pictures because I remember each and every wedding dress that I made,” she said.

Also surrounding her small care center room, which she shares with another resident, is a shelf holding several dozen spools of thread — all of which are ready to find their way into stitches and folded seams in a variety of projects. Ellis said she has made dozens of blankets for care center employees who were expecting babies, and she also has been called upon to mend rips and tears in shirts and jeans worn by care center employees.

“Lucille is our resident seamstress,” said Tammie Hawkins, care center administrator.

At age 91, Ellis often gets out her sewing machine for another creative project. And, when the sewing machine isn’t humming, her hands are also at work. Her time at the care center — a place she has called home for 19 years — also is spent making lap afghans, which are sold at a holiday bazaar each year.

“Lots of people ask for them,” she said of the lap blankets.

Ellis said her mother was a distant cousin to Martin Van Buren, the nation’s eighth president from 1837 to 1841. Because of her family’s connection to the nation’s presidency, Ellis had received a birthday card each year from the White House. However, and for some unknown reason, those annual birthday greetings stopped when Bill Clinton assumed the presidency in 1993.

“I wouldn’t have wanted a card from that man anyway,” she said, laughingly.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Listed below are the results of those Montgomery County 4-H members who competed in the Kansas State Fair held from Sept. 6-14.

• Abby Allison — clothing, age 10-13, red; food product, age 10-11, purple.

• Cory Blaes — grass hay, blue; medium vegetable specimen plate, blue; color photo, age 3 years or less in project, red.

• Shannon Blaes — clothing, age 15-18, red; home environment notebook, blue; woodwork furniture, blue.

• Madison Bush — spinning, purple, purple.

• Aaron Capps — food product, age 12-14, purple; intermediate forestry, purple.

• Katie Capps — food product, age 10-11, red.

• Jennifer Clark — clothing exhibit, age 15-18, purple; needle arts, purple; food product, FACS judging senior member, 97th.

• Levi Clubine — Livestock Skillathon member, ninth.

• Montgomery County FCS Judging Senior Team — 12th.

• Montgomery County FCS Judging Junior Team — 59th.

• Montgomery County Livestock Skillathon Team — 1st.

• Clint Diver — food product, age 15-18, purple.

• Kristen Dunham — woodwork article, red.

• Gabe Evans — food product, age 12-14, red.

• Kylie Ewing — crochet, purple; patchwork and quilting, blue; arts and crafts, participant; color phopto, age 3 years or less in project, blue.

• Beth Fentress — rabbit, senior buck, purple; rabbit, sr. doe, purple; rabbit meat, pen of 3, blue; rabbit showmanship, age 11-12, blue; food product, age 12-14, blue; sweet spreads syrup, red; computer manipulated photo, blue, 4-H Foundation Selection; intermediate forestry, red.

• Craig Fentress — rabbit, senior buck, blue; pickles and relishes, blue.

• Miranda Gordon — food product, age 12-14, purple.

• Taylor Hicks — color photo, age 3 years or less in project, blue.

• Heath Hoffmeister — food product, age 12-14, blue.

• Erin King — Livestock Skillathon member, 6th.

• Adam Lattin — food product, age 10-11, purple; dried foods, purple; color photo, 4-7 years in project, 4-H Foundation Selection; color photo, 4-7 years in project, blue.

• Rachel Linnebur — arts and crafts, participant.

• Salena McCarter — black and white photo, red.

• Shane Moore — food product, age 12-14, purple; color photo, 8 or more years in project, blue; black and white photo, purple and 4-H Foundaton Selection; photography judging senior member, 36th.

• Christopher Myers — buymanship revue for young men, red.

• Jackson Newby — black and white photo, blue; photography judging intermediate member, 108th.

• Aaron O’Brien — woodwork furniture, red.

• Aaron Patrzykont — color photo, 4-7 years in project, blue and Photo Traveling Collection.

• Christian Patrzykont — food product, age 12-14 years, purple.

• Josie Reilly — clothing, age 10-11, red; FCS Judging Intermediate Member, 12th.

• Mary Reilly — clothing, age 15-18, purple; FCS Judging Senior Member, 44th; Livestock Skillathon member, 1st.

• Miranda Smith — color photo, age 8 or more years in project, purple and Rock Springs Display.

• Shelby Smith — black and white photo, blue.

• Courtney Voelker — home environment, purple; woodwork furniture, red; FCS Judging Senior Member, 78th.

• Tina Voelker — advanced forestry, red; horticulture notebook, blue; FCS Judging Senior Member, 18th; buymanship revue for young women, red; Livestock Skillathon Member, 13th.

• Justin Ward — grass hay, purple; food product, age 10-11, purple; woodworking, red; color photo, age 3 years or less in project, blue; Photography Judging Intermediate Member, 64th.

• Ty Wood — food product, age 10-11, purple.

(Published in The Montgomery County Chronicle, on Thursday, Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and 9, 2008)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KAN.,
CIVIL DEPARTMENT

Bank of America, N.A. (Plaintiff)
vs.
Estate Of Mark Goldsmith, et al. (Defendants)
Case No.  08CV77I
Court Number:
Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60

Notice Of Sale
Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Montgomery County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Montgomery County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Front Door of the Courthouse at Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, on October 16, 2008, at 2:00 PM, the following real estate:
Lot 6, Block 1, McGees Addition to the City of Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas, commonly known as 108 N. Hooker Street, Caney, KS 67333-2027 (the “Property”)
to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case. The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com.
Stanley Veach, sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
South & Associates, P.C.
Joe Baca (KS #21707)
6363 College Boulevard, Suite 100
Overland Park, KS  66211
(913) 663-7600
(913) 663-7899 (Fax)
Attorneys For Plaintiff (87981)

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(Published in The Montgomery County Chronicle, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008)

LEGAL NOTICE OF PLACES AND DATES OF VOTER REGISTRATION GENERAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 2008
In compliance with provisions of K.S.A. 2310, 2311 (c) and K.A.R. 7-23-4, notice is hereby given that the books for registration of voters will be open at the following places at the time specified: For the City Clerk’s offices in Caney, Cherryvale, Coffeyville, Dearing, Independence, and in the County Clerk’s Office in the Montgomery County Courthouse, Independence, Kansas during regular business hours. Also accepting voter registration will be the Social Rehabilitation Service Offices in Coffeyville and Independence, the County Health Department Offices in Coffeyville and Independence, Driver’s License Bureau in Independence and the Coffeyville City Library during regular business hours and will close for all residents in Montgomery County at the close of regular business hours on October 20, 2008.
Voter registration will remain closed from the 21st day of October, 2008 until the 5th day of November, 2008 when the books will be open for registration. The Montgomery County Web site is available on the Internet at www.mgcountyks.org, click on the County Clerks link.
A citizen of the United States who is 18 years of age or older, or will have attained the age of 18 years at the next election, must register before he or she can vote. Registration closes 14 days prior to every election. All first time voters must provide proof of Identification.
When a voter has been registered according to law, his or her registration shall continue to be valid until one of the following occurs:
(1) The voter changes name by marriage, divorce or legal proceeding.
(2) The voter changes residence.
If either of the above has occurred, the voter must re-register. Any person may apply in person or by mail to the county officer to be registered. Application forms shall be provided by the county election officer upon request in person or in writing by the applicant. Such application shall be signed by the applicant under penalty of perjury.
In witness whereof i have hereunto set my hand and seal this 22nd day of September, 2008
Charlotte A Scott Schmidt
Montgomery County Clerk/Election Officer

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(Published in The Montgomery County Chronicle, on Thursday, Sept. 25, Oct. 2, and 9, 2008)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS SITTING AT COFFEYVILLE

ARVEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff
vs.
CHARLES J GILMORE, JR. and PAULA G. GILMORE, husband and wife, Defendants
No. 08 CV 30 C

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to an Order of Sale issued and directed out of the District Court of Montgomery County, Kansas, pursuant to a judgment and decree rendered therein under date of August 21, 2008, in an action then and there pending, wherein Arvest Mortgage Company is Plaintiff and Charles J. Gilmore and Paula G. Gilmore are Defendants, I will, on the 22nd day of October, 2008 at 9:30 o’clock a.m., of said date, offer for sale and sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, for cash in hand, at the South door of the Municipal Building, in the City of Coffeyville, in the County of Montgomery, and the State of Kansas, the following described real estate lying and situate in Montgomery County, Kansas, to-wit:
Lots 6, 7, 8 and 9, Block 35, First Addition to the City of Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas (commonly known as 500 N. Main, Caney, Kansas)
Said property is taken as the property of said Defendants and will be sold to satisfy the judgment in rem and in personam of said Plaintiff, Arvest Mortgage Company, and against the said Defendants, Charles J. Gilmore and Paula G. Gilmore in the sum of $27,068.90 principal, together with accrued interest, and for the costs and expenses and accruing costs of said action; and that said real estate will be sold subject to a period of redemption of three (3) months as by law in such case made and provided.
Stanley Veach, Sheriff
Montgomery County, Kansas
JOHN R HORST, P.A.
207 West Fourth Ave.
P.O. Box 560
Caney, KS 67333
(620) 879-2146
Attorney for Arvest
Mortgage Company
File No. 2191.3
S.Ct.#09412

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(Published in the Montgomery County Chronicle, Thursday, Sept. 18 and 25, 2008)

RESOLUTION NO. 1185
A RESOLUTION ADOPTED PURSUANT  TO ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER IV OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CANEY, KANSAS, FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE UPON THE STATEMENT OF THE ENFORCING OFFICER OF SAID CITY THAT THE STRUCTURE DESCRIBED HEREIN IS UNSAFE OR DANGEROUS.
WHEREAS, the Enforcing Officer of the City of Caney, Kansas, has filed a statement in writing that the following described structure is unsafe or dangerous, to-wit:
Block 23, Lot 11-12, Section 12 Township 35 Range 13 of the First Addition, to the City of Caney, Kansas, Montgomery County, Commonly known as 703 N. Wood; (House)/Garage/Shop/Outbuilding)
WHEREAS, Article 4, Chapter IV of the Code of the City of Caney, Kansas provides upon filing of such written statement, that the Governing Body of the City of Caney shall fix a time and place for hearing, by adoption of a resolution, which resolution shall be published and notice given to each owner, agent, lien holder and occupant as hereafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, the name(s) and address(es) of the owner(s), Owner(s) agent(s), lien holder(s) and occupant(s) are:
1. Owner(s): John & Sharon Wall, Attn.: Julie Wall, 306 S. Fawn, Caney, KS 67333
2. Owner(s) Agent(s):
3. Lien holder(s): NONE
4. Occupant(s):
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CANEY, KANSAS:
SECTION 1. The Governing Body of the City of Caney, Kansas, does hereby fix the following time and place at which the owner, owner’s agent, and lien holder of record and any occupant of such structure may appear and show cause why said structure should not be  condemned and ordered repaired or demolished.
Date of Hearing: November 17, 2008.
Place of Hearing: Board of Education Office at 7:00 p.m., Caney, KS 67333
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks on the same day of each week in the Montgomery County Chronicle, the official city newspaper.
SECTION  3. The City Clerk of the City of Caney, Kansas, is hereby directed to mail a true and correct certified copy of the within Resolution by certified mail within three days after the date of first publication hereof to each owner, agent, lien holder and occupant at the last known place of residence of each, marked “Deliver to Addressee Only” provided, that if the owner is a resident of Montgomery County, Kansas, the resolution shall be personally served within five days on such owner or delivered to their last known address and in this case, at least one week shall elapse between the service on such owner and the date set for the hearing.
ADOPTED by the governing body of the City of Caney on this 15th day of September, 2008.
Dale McBride, Mayor
ATTEST:
CAROLE COKER, City Clerk

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(Published in The Montgomery County Chronicle, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008)

BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

NOTICE OF FILING
APPLICATION
RE: Layne Energy Operating, LLC – Application for a permit to authorize the disposal of saltwater into the Harriman SWD Well #16A-31, located in Montgomery County, Kansas.
TO: All Oil & Gas Producers, Unleased Mineral Interest Owners, Landowners, and all persons whomever concerned.
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Layne Energy Operating, LLC, has filed an application to commence the disposal of salt water into the Arbuckle formation at the Harriman SWD Well #16A-31, located in the SW/4, SE/4, (70’ FSL & 2489’ FEL,) Section 31, T31S-R17E, Montgomery County, Kansas, with a maximum operating pressure of 300 psig and a maximum injection rate of 8,000 bbls per day.
Any persons who object to or protest this application shall be required to file their objections or protest with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to Commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste, violate correlative rights, or pollute the natural resources of the State of Kansas.
All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly.
Layne Energy Operating, LLC
1900 Shawnee Mission Parkway
Mission Woods, KS 66205

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(Published in the Montgomery County Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008)

BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY, KANSAS

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION TO A PUBLIC HEARING
The Montgomery County Board of Zoning Appeals hearing, originally scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, has been formally canceled upon the applicant’s request.
Therefore, please disregard any previous notification as to such hearing. Any inconveniences and/or complications incurred as to such a cancellation is hereby forwarded with the appropriate regrets of any such occurrence.
If you have any further questions, please contact the Montgomery County Clerk’s Office at (620) 330-1200.

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(Published in the Montgomery County Chronicle on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008)

BEFORE THE STATE
CORPORATION COMMISSION
OF THE STATE OF KANSAS

NOTICE OF FILING
APPLICATIONS
Re: Custer Oil and Gas, LLC, Application for a permit to authorize the disposal of saltwater into the Fobian 08-36, located in Montgomery County, Kan.
To: All oil and gas producers, unleased mineral interest owners, landowners and all persons whomever concerned.
You, and each of you, are hereby notified that Custer Oil and Gas, LLC has filed an application to commence the disposal of saltwater into the Red Sand formation at the Fobian 08-36, located in the NW NE SE/4 Section 12, T34S-R13E, Montgomery County, Kansas, with maximum operating pressure of 300 psi and a maximum injection pressure of 300 bbls per day.
Any persons who object to or protect this application shall be required to file their objections or protest with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the date of this publication. These protests shall be filed pursuant to commission regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the application may cause waste violate correlative rights or pollute the natural resources of the state of Kansas.
All persons interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and shall govern themselves accordingly.
Custer Oil and Gas, LLC
P.O. Box 638
Barnsdall, OK 74002
(918) 847-2531

Affidavit of Notice Served
Re: Application for Custer Oil & Gas LLC.
Well Name: Fobian 08-36
Legal Location: SE/4 12-T34S-13E.
The undersigned hereby certificates that he/she is duly authorized agent for the applicant and that on the day 22nd of SEptember, 2008, a true and correct copy of the application referenced above was delivered or mailed to the following parties:
Dennis and Debra Bayless
1136 CR 3000
Havana, KS 67347-9528

Pendleton Family Investments
c/o Douglas Ott
P.O. Box 9
Coffeyville, KS 67337

Performance Group LLC
P.O. Box 628
Barnsdall, OK 74002

I further attest that notice of the filing of this application was published in the Montgomery County Chronicle, the official county publication of Montgomery County. Signed this 22nd day of September, 2008.
Paul Phillips, application of duly authorized agent.

CHERRYVALE — The Cherryvale Youth Fair board of directors continues to work during the off season to make it the “biggest little fair” in Kansas.

Board members have reported that during the past several years, records have been kept to monitor the growth of the fair. Among the largest indications of the fair’s growth is the volume of tents that have had to be erected to house the large volume of animals. The first time a tent had to be used to extend the housing area for livesetock exhibits was 2003. In 2008, two large tents were rented.

In 2005, there were 97 exhibitors. In 2008, there were 134 exhibitors and 242 animals. A total 1,275 items and/or animals were exhibited.

Because of the growth of the fair, the board of directors has decided to raise money for the construction of an additional livestock exhibit barn at Logan Park. Board members will sponsor a Community Dinner and Dance on Saturday, Oct. 11 at Logan Park. A pork loin dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by a dance featuring Rick Cook and Seminole from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Tickets are being sold for $15.00 per single person, $25.00 per couple, and $45.00 for families. Tickets may be purchased from Ronda Rohling (328-2283), Stella O’Brien (336-2932), Julie Newby (289-4194), Sharon Blaes (336-2732), or Pat Brothers (328-2225).  Tickets are also available at the Cherryvale Vet Clinic. Donations are being accepted.

It’s time to clean out your closets and sell some of those discarded items or  put on your shopping shoes and go buy some of them when the Caney Chamber of Commerce sponsors its citywide yard sales event on Saturday, Oct. 4.

To get your sale printed on the shoppers’ map, call the chamber office, 620-879-5131, or go to the office at 310 W. 4th, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. There is a $5 charge to be listed on the map. The deadline for the map is Wednesday, Oct. 1.

The maps will be available on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, at the two Gunny Sacks and Casey’s convenience stores located on highway 75 in Caney and Town and Country Market on W. 4th Street. Maps can also be picked up on Friday, Oct. 3, at the chamber office from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and at Good News from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Caney resident Pascal Van Schijndel received his U.S. citizenship during a  Naturalization Oath Ceremony last Friday, Sept. 19 at the Mary Jane Teall Theater in Wichita.

J. Thomas Marten, U.S. district court judge, administered the oath to Van Schijndel and 245 other immigrants. Judge Marten announced that in his 13 years of providing citizenship oaths, this particular crowd was the largest he has had the honor to preside over.

Thirty-four countries were represented, including Mexico, Canada, India, Spain, Ethiopia, Panama, Peoples Republic of China, Cambodia, El Salvador, Philippines, Russia, Laos, Algeria, Egypt, Congo, South Africa, Viet Nam, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Guatemala, Kampuchea, Syria, Peru, Cameroon, Cambodia, Korea, Pakistan, Jamaica, Ukraine, Germany, Panama, Guyana, Nigeria and the Netherlands, where Pascal is from.

Pascal immigrated to the United States in November 1999 and married Caney native Pamela (Ernest) Van Schijndel in January 2000. He applied for naturalization in July 2007 and took the citizenship test on May 7, 2008.

Pascal is best known as a storm spotter for KJRH News channel 2 in Tulsa, Okla. He is employed at Cessna Aircraft Company in Independence.