Belleville Telescope (Newspaper) - May 3, 1984, Belleville, Kansas a 10-County the ISSN 0740-0985 18 Pages In Two Sections Plus Supplements 114th 33 USPS No. 049160 Price n LU .oi QUA LITY J Telescope area newspaper of north central kansas and south central nebraska REPUBLIC MAY 3, 1984 Consolidation of 14 Area Prisoner In County Jail Attempts Faces Charges A Belleville man being held in Republic County Jail since Wednesday April 25 in connection with disorderly battery and damage to property charges caused further incident April 28, when he attempted suicide in the jail Eldon is being held in the jail in lieu of bond charged with five including assault against his Mary Republic County Sheriff's Officers Delbert Hawel and Gerald Belleville City Patrolman Joe and for damages sustained to a car seat of a Belleville City Patrol Par Republic County Sheriff's officers and Belleville City Police were alerted to a disturbance at the Jensik Trailer Park on east 16th Street in Belleville late Robbins allegedly attempted to assault all three of the law enforcement officers before he was subdued and taken to Republic County At approximately 12:30 p.m. Robbins was discovered in his suicide attempt by Joyce who cooks for prisoners in the Robbins was attempting to hang himself from a shower knob with a said Republic County Sheriff Larry although he sustained no physical harm from the Tebow said he felt the attempt may have been a way for Robbins to call at- tention to himself rather than serious suicidal As well as officers several off-duty officers and the Republic County Emergency Medical Services were at the scene to supply additional Robbins and his Mary were named in a divorce action filed April 27 in Republic County District Douglas Belleville was appointed by Republic County District Court to represent First appearance in the case is set for May 7 at 10 a.m. Weather Surplus Food Distribution Thursday In Belleville April 25 April 26 April 27 April 28 April 29 April 30 May 1 May 2 80 60 60 51 58 60 47 53 39 33 36 34 44 47 1.98 2.20 T Clear P Cloudy Clear Clear Cloudy Clear Cloudy p Cloudy Surplus flour and dried milk will be distributed to low-income persons at the United Methodist Church in Thursday May 3, beginning at 9 a.m. Distribution will be through noon or as long as are Republic County residents are eligible to receive five pounds of flour per individual of 10 pounds for a plus a carton of dried Low-income criteria for receiving the surplus items on monthly gross 1 2 persons 3 person family 4 person and continuing at a rate of for each additional family Social Security numbers are needed for distribution The distribution is a part of the US Government Commodity Distribution program and locally sponsored by the Belleville Area Ministerial Alliance and Republic County Resource VAN 45, of Mahaska was treated and released from Republic County Hospital following a Sunday April 29 accident at the corner of 20th and P Streets in Lambert was northbound on P Street in the 1981 Ford van when she collided at the intersection with a 1983 Chevrolet Blazer driven by Kathy 24, Although the Lambert van Mrs. Lambert was not ejected according to a Kansas Highway Patrol report by Richard Mrs. Zach was not The van sustained in while the Zach vehicle sustained in Telescope Staff Photo Legislators Approve State Pay Raise While Defeating Spending Cut In Final Session Kansas legislators left Topeka late April 29, after approving a to increase state employee pay five percent and defeating a that would have cut state spending by two Potential pay raises for teachers will amount to nine to 10 with at least seven percent increase to state university Rep. R.E. presented the omnibus appropriations to the House of Representatives The would have slashed state agency spending by 2 percent across the aiding state two percent does sound stated have spent too But to come to the end of the session and try to make up for all those mistakes isn't very good legislating in my While noting that the legislature ended with approximately 10 percent increase in Arbuthnot did point to the bright side of the have to remind ourselves that the legislature did have demands from many groups and people to even spend said was a session of no new taxes A session that funding education of both K-12 and higher education was done The present drop in employment in Kansas has not been reflected in the Social and Rehabilitation Welfare In the money required by SRS has been higher than last and the legislature has funded these Overall the legislature members approved a record billion worth of spending from the state general fund next fiscal The amount was million below Gov. John Carlin's Omnibus The omnibus appropriations which Arbuthnot supported was first introduced to the House as an amendment by Rep. David Supporters of the blanket reduction in state spending said they were offering their proposal because of overspending by this session of the and the dangerously low treasury balances it would leave at the end of the coming fiscal They argued that the state would only have an estimated ending balance of million at the conclusion of next fiscal leaving Kansas with insufficient funds to pay monthly bills as they came While the state would end the fiscal year with a the low reserve would cause cash flow they Cost-of-Living Raise State employees will receive not only the five percent cost-of-living but a a year bonus that will raise the average salary just over seven The was passed by bare minimum majorities in each The legislators opted for the over a plan that would have given the state workers an even more generous salary Both the Senate and House had passed bills that would have included a total of million plus in addition to the million cost of the five percent The bonus will not be counted in salary which will eliminate a compounding effect that subsequent cost-of-living percentage increases would The has been sent to Governor Carlin for Other Decisions Reached In other legislature issues -A was defeated that would have allowed foreign corporations to get involved in the swine breeding business in million will be spent over four fiscal years to relieve overcrowding in Kansas was legislation establishing maximum budget limits for local districts ahead of self-imposed the amount of state aid that would be available in time for districts to use in teacher contract The two houses adjourned their session taking no actions on several heated emotional issues facing the including a proposed constitutional amendment that would have authorized the classification of property for tax a that would have allowed Kansans to vote on pari-mutuel a that would have raised the legal age for buying beer in Kansas from 10 to 19 years of and legislation that would have begun statewide reappraisal of real April Shower May Drown May's Flowers The month of April left area residents saturated with almost 10 inches of although close to half of that amount was received during April's final A total of 9.58 inches of precipitation was recorded at the Belleville Power Plant during The power plant keeps the official weather records for the Two rainfalls April 29 and 30 dumped 4.18 inches in and varying amounts throughout the According to the National Weather Service in average April rainfall is approximately 2 May's outlook is appearing to be more of the with rain and cool temperature predicted through Two County Commissioners In Hawaii A scattering of topics consisting mainly of road and bridge concerns was heard by Republic County Commissioner Charles Johnson April 30, who was holding open the shop in the absence of commissioners Bob Dusek and Ray Dusek and Nelson left Monday for where they will spend the week attending meetings of the National Association of County Officials for the Western Nelson in an officer in the national The two commissioners were accompanied by their wives on the Visiting with Johnson were Guy Dewey concerning a road caving in near and Norman Elliott of Elliott visiting about roof repairs at the Warren Republic County and Johnson toured bridges in the county that are in need of 70 Year Marriage Of Active Family Changes Incumbents REP. R.E. mixed lunch and politics April 27 in the House of Representatives chambers as he discussed the omnibus appropriations with Speaker of the House Mike Arbuthnot carried the which would have cut state spending across the board by two but it was eventually W I by Topeka * * vx Two incumbent office holders announced their intentions this week to run for positions in Republic Charles B. who filled the third district commissioner spot following the death of Edward filed for the seat April 30 with Republic County Clerk Carl E. Johnson filed by paying the Also announcing her candidacy this week for the position she holds is Register of Deeds Nadine who also filed by paying the is a candidate on the Republican a candidate for Republic County and Larry G. Republic County also officially declared their intentions by filing by petition this week with Bank Women To Meet Here at Eagles May 8 The North Central Kansas Group of the National Association of Bank Women will meet at the Eagles Lodge Club Room in Belleville on May 8. The bimonthly dinner meeting will be hosted by the members from banks at Concordia and Virginia First National Bank and will moderate the module Effectively Thru Marjorie Lindstrom is chairman of the group and Eilene Peoples National is Some 30 to 35 women bank executives are expected to attend the meeting from the group that has a membership of 41 according to Mrs. J.D. publicity Kan. Mrs. McDill attended the group's state meeting in Garden City last Almost 80 years have passed since the former Fannie Williams caught her first glimpse of George riding a bicycle down her And for the last 70 neither Fannie or George have been far from the other's sharing a marriage of that duration that included a farming career and five The anniversary was April 26, and April 29 their family gathered to celebrate a marriage that defies a society that grows more accustomed to Second Boy Met Moxham was probably the second boy Fannie met when she arrived in the United States from England when she was 10 years Their courtship began when she was 16 and he was 19, and lasted through four years of weekly visits and frequent Although their families only 5'/i> miles Mrs. Moxham points out that distance is a long one when traveling by horse and The couple also met at happenstance at events including the North Central Kansas Free their in 1914 the couple moved to the Moxham northwest of Belleville in Liberty It was there that they experienced the technological changes of the including the advent of and farming never traveled a lot when we were younger because the girls were so remembers Mrs. Their daughters later repaid their parents by taking them on tour to the West Colorado and Mrs. Moxham material to sew new dresses for five and was determined of the girls would learn to sew and have music And while Mrs. Moxham also shared a love of books with her five it was Moxham who shared a talent of would read books to use at Stratton Zane Louisa May before the time of remembers daughter Mrs. Harold while mother would dad would take a description from what she was reading and draw a picture for us on a black Not only was entertainment a family but also remember when dad was engineer of the steam engine for the threshing said Mrs. would come down the road with the engine blowing the pulling the and all of us girls would run from the house to see him While Moxham and relatives from the area went from farm to farm during wheat time he says lasted four to five Moxham and the girls would wait for their turn to feed the 16 to 18 member crew two meals a While the moved to Belleville in 1957, ending a 43 year farming their activities kept them far from being Moxham built the home where the couple resides in and remained active as a cabinet and Prized possessions of family members includes cedar chests and cabinets that Moxham Don't Believe In Divorce The who admit they go along with have five Mrs Richardson and her Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Don and Mr. and Mrs. Walt They also have 18 35 great-grandchildren and one weren't many divorces in our and our daughters weren't raised to accept says Mrs. and I have been shs are and we'd rather be together than anywhere Suspect To Mental Facility After Truck Taken In Cuba Michael 18, was sent April 25 to the Topeka State Hospital for treatment and evaluation by Republic County District Court following an incident involving a pickup belonging to Hillcrest Republic County Attorney William Nay is said that Kalivoda took the pickup from the school grounds in and drove the vehicle He was apprehended on of Cuba at proximately 8:30 p.m. by Republic County Sheriffs and held overnight in Republic County Navis said that criminal charges were not pending in the A petition was filed in Republic County District Court to have Kalivoda declared mentally although Navis anticipated that the action would be dropped as soon as doctors at the Topeka facility felt medication to be regulated to the proper
