Bonner Springs Chieftain (Newspaper) - November 18, 2004, Bonner Springs, Kansas tain 28 PACKS 75 CENTS SERVING BONNER EDWARDSVILLE AND THE KAW VALLEY SINCE 1896 THURSDAY Braves Four Bonne Springs football players snag seven spots on the football squad In the spotlight Local high thespians prepare for weekend of Empty council seat still must be filled CITY ISKAI CLARK CORBIN Members of the Bonner Springs City Council will get another shot Monday at appointing someone to fill the vacant Ward II Mayor Clausie Smith said Tuesday that he will again present a recommen dation to the which is expected to consist of six present next Council member Rory Kuhn and Smith asked the Council last week to push the meeting back until Tuesday because of the Kansas City Chiefs home Monday Night Football match The idea fell and Smith said he will make a recommendation Monday even if Kuhn is You are always concerned if you dont have a full he I want to get this finished now and move on with Last Council members Amber Wendy Debe Birzer and Connie Steele voted against the mayors recommendation to appoint Tom Stephens to the Council members Jeff Clements and Kuhn voted in favor of the Smith declined to name the applicant he will though it is expect ed to be either Jerry Earnie Hol loway or Jeff Each of those indi along with applied for the post and met with the search com composed of Smith and former Bonner Springs At least two members of the Council indicated last week they would have rather seen the committee recommend a mem ber of the Planning Birzer said Tuesday she will vote in favor of a candidate who knows the peo ple and issues that residents in Ward II I would like to see a person in my will represent the whole ward and who knows the or a majori ty of in the she person will need to be able to make decisions and be concerned about that whole The Council seat was vacated when longtime Council veteran Archie Sanders resigned for health reasons If a candidate receives the Councils blessing then that person Will serve out the remainder of the which expires in Yule season begins 29 CLARK CORBIN A a performance by Renais sance Festival actors and the lighting of the Mayors Christmas Tree will kick off the annual Christmas bas ket On a parade will begin at at the First Christian Church and run through downtown on Oak The evening will also include an appearance from television gist Bryan who is expected to give a live weather report from Kelly Murphy The Renaissance Festival performers will also put on a 1940s themed holiday complete with costume in the Centennial Center on Oak Debe who is the chair for the parade this said the event will be a fun family but it will also have an important Its going to be a really commu she at the same we want to raise a lot of See Page 3A FILE PHOTO AS TRAFFIC volumes continue to the Kansas Department of Transportation and other agencies continue to study what to do about Kansas Highway 14 jurisdictions helping with KDOT study of K7 JOSHUA ROBERTS Any doubts as to how serious local and state officials view the Kansas High way 7 corridor may be alleviated when considering how many groups are par in a study designed to deter mine its future Approximately 14 counties or munic are aiding the Kansas Depart ment of in CLARK ARCHIE SANDERS greets city human resources director Carolyn Hobbs Monday during his retirement Friends turn out for Sanders reception has hired the Overland Park firm to participate as Tack on additional help for the project via sub consultants hired by and youve got one massive joint The logistics on this takes a lot on the cities and counties part and ours as said Joe public affairs manager of the transportation CLARK CORBIN Neither a schedule change nor a light drizzle could stop a large group of sup porters from attending Archie Sanders retirement reception Monday About 70 people crammed into the Bonner Springs United Methodist Church for the which was originally scheduled for last to honor Sanders and thank him for more than three decades of service to Bonner Springs The evening got started with an hour long reception at 6 During that time Sanders accepted congratulations and thanks from the guests About an hour and after volunteers returned to closets on multiple occasions to bring out more chairs for the the ceremony began and the awards started pouring Sanders fellow Council member Jeff Harrington presented a video produc tion that honored Sanders and high lighted his two major loves in life his family and his prized Once the video ended Sanders and his Ber moved to the stage to begin col the awards and praise from the assembled We are honoring here tonight cer tainly one of the first citizens of Bonner Springs in terms of of years of service and dedication to the Mayor Clausie Smith There is not a finer man in the community than Archie Sanders and we are going to miss Sanders recognition did not come from the Bonner Springs community Smith presented him with a flag that flew over the Capitol in Washing I at the request of Dennis Moore and a letter of appre from Kansas Kathleen Smith also presented a mation from the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas in which Carol Mari said Sanders went and beyond the call of and that his leadership was felt throughout the Kansas City The Bonner Springs branch of the See Page 3A School officials weigh bond vote CLARK CORBIN Officials with the Bonner Springs Edwardsville School District know they may be a year away from proposing a new school bond but they want to be prepared to do so should state funding laws During Monday evenings Board of Education Robert Van Maren and members of the board dis cussed two options for expanding the One proposal involves two new an elementary school and a middle school The which Van Maren said he calls for the con struction of one expandable building that would house kindergarten through eighth grade Van Maren said the board will meet with architects from the Hutchens firm at the 6 The point of the meeting will be to dis cuss costs and benefits of each Van Maren said gaining about the districts options will allow officials to act quickly and put a bond issue on the April ballot if the state reworks its school funding program mat provides 30 percent of the cost of new school They provide about onethird of the funding for new he said If the state does something to change then we would likely run a bond issue in the spring so the community would not lose out on fund It is going to come sooner rather than It is an interesting time and an interesting challenge for Robert Van Maren Banner Superintendent of Schools The new school or schools would likely be located on a 29acre plot of land that was donated to the district from the developers of the Delaware Ridge subdivision that the plot Van Maren said the land is located where 130th Street will eventually intersect State As it it is anybodys guess as to whether the funding for new buildings will be Van Maren men several states do not provide any funding for the construction of new Even if the funding practices do not change and there is no need to put a bond issue on the April the gained from meeting with the architec tural firm will be he The district is closely monitoring growth in Delaware Ridge and several other developments that plan to locate in that general Once construction takes off and the population within the district the expansion will be The superintendent said Bonner Springs Elementary School is near although Elementary School could hold 60 to 80 more stu dents if space was used Clark Middle School is pretty much full except at the sixth grade level and a large fresh man class entered Bonner Springs High School this Because the districts assessed valua tion has increased and the mill levy is lower than the last bond issue was Van Maren said a bond issue will be brought before patrons in the distant It is going to come sooner rather than he It is an interesting time and an interesting challenge for With assessed valuation up and the mill levy down it is a good time to encourage Van Maren said the district will roll several not just the construc tion of a new into a bond issue so that all facilities will receive perks for the taxpayers Possible improve ments include updating either the turf or press boxes at the football field and new carpeting for the elementary Discussions about those projects are very CALL US 913 4224048 FAX 913 4224233 EMAIL
