Bonner Springs Chieftain (Newspaper) - November 26, 2008, Bonner Springs, Kansas SERVING BONNER EDWARDSVILLE AND THE KAW VALLEY SINCE 1896 WEDNESDAY 7H Hill Gil IA IA honors Bonner Springs High School sen iors Garrett Parker and Alex Soto earn Planning city halls future Edwardsville City Council members debate importance of space analysis for public Council creates tax bond for retail district JESSE TRUESDALE The improvement of land for a retail development at the northeast corner of Kansas Avenue and Kansas Highway 7 will be partly funded by a At its Monday the Bonner Springs City Council approved the cre ation of a TIP district by KAVE for Bonner Springs a development that will include square feet of retail space in three including a store at the corner of K7 and Kansas and a Burger plat and a site plan have already been approved for the develop Construction and improvement of the site will come in three phases and be paid for by which would be retired using anticipated increases in tax The bonds cant be used for the con struction of buildings or other struc tures to be owned or leased by a devel If the increase in property tax rev enues from the developed land doesnt cover the bonds the responsibility for repaying will fall to the In response to a question from a res ident about whether the TIP would cost Mayor Clausie Smith said most of the property is currently not bringing in taxes for the city and the TIP districts creation will result in its generating property and sales taxes for the In other business the Coun cil Heard a report on the status of the Public Works Departments policy COMMUNITY TRADITION NICOLE STAFF BAB STILLEY pours pecan filling into her homemade pie crust Monday morning during her baking marathon that will provide pies to the Bonner Springs community Thanksgiving Stilley is with Sacred Heart Catholic which provides the dinners pies every The spirit of thanks and See page 3A BE HEARD Register your comment on this or other stories in the Chieftain by going online to NICOLE KELLEY Edna Kloepper has had the same Thanksgiving Day plans for the past 15 years and this year will be no dif Since its a longtime Bonner Springs resident and former school has been attending the citys annual communi ty Thanksgiving Nothing could keep her away from this years she which will be from to at the First Christian 148 Ive been around here for 55 I know all the people and I enjoy visiting with the Kloep per said of her reason for I think its a wonderful I have it easy though all I have to do is sit and That isnt the case for the teers of Sacred Heart Catholic which was formerly of Bon ner Springs but is now located in Bab along with her Mary Ann and her Louise spent all day Mon day baking pumpkin and pecan pies to donate to the The three women are part of the a womens group in the church that has participated in the pie donation for the dinner for the last 13 As the dinner has grown over the individual parishioners have also chipped in to Its a good way to get family together and get into the holiday spir Stilley Sacred Heart donates 75 to 100 pies each which not only pro vides dessert during the but enough for every guest to take home a Most of the donated pies are hand with a few storebought ones thrown This year Stilley and her family are making pumpkin and pecan but in the past they have See page 3A MARTHA STEWART PATE BRISEE PIE CRUSTS Makes two 810 inch cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar 1 cup unsalted butter cut into small squares to cup ice cold water Put and sugar in Use hand pastry blender to cut into butter and flour until the mixture looks like a coarse Add half of the water and mix by Add more water as needed until you can form a Flour your hands ball should not feel Divide in half and wrap both in plas tic Place in refrigerator to keep On lightly floured roll out the pastry to a thickness of Fold in half and then in half again to pick up and lay in pie Trim using scissors to about 1 inch hanging over pie Then tuck under the pie crust so it makes a thicker edge around the pie Crimp the edges of the Holiday parade embodies season of giving NICOLE KELLEY With lighted candy canes and Christ mas trees lining the streets of down town Bonner theres no doubt that the holiday season has The city will welcome this time of year with an event that not only includes Christmas hut will also give people the chance to show the true meaning of the The ninth annual Christ mas Parade will pair up with the Mayors Christmas Tree Lighting for a celebration at 6 This season is to give to those who are less said Debe a member of the Bonner Springs Busi ness and Professional Were all suffering hardships right now with the way the economy But dosh we need to think about getting that extra can of food this time of year for the kids and families out The parade will begin at Chris tian 148 and will then proceed down Oak turn left on Second Street and turn right into Centennial Featured in the parade will be and Santa Claus and the VFW color The purpose of the said Birz who had the idea in is to bring awareness to the Christ mas Basket This program provides a basket of canned and dry foods to area families in need to feed them for a Those attending the parade are encouraged to bring food items with them to Anyone wishing to participate in the parade should arrive by at the First Christian The first 200 kids participating in the parade will receive a holiday light Parade participants who have a float or vehicle are encouraged to decorate it with Following the parade will be the Mayors Christmas Tree Lighting Cer emony in Centennial The Parks Department will have decorated the which planted in See page 3A A family in time for the holidays NICOLE KELLEY While she was growing Debra Newman never felt like any thing was She had two loving adoptive par ents and three siblings that all formed a close family But at age 50 and with all but one brother the Bonner Springs resident is feeling an intense void in her life that shes starting to realize was there all I always knew that something was missing a little Like Im an Where did I get that from But it never felt like a big she After the passed that hole got But now I dont feel that Ive got my family From as young as she can remember adoptive par Archie and Martha were open with her about her adop tion She grew up a happy child on a farmstead in the small town of with little thought about her birth At age adoptive mother asked her if she wanted to know anything about her birth Newman wasnt entirely interested but decided she just wanted a Her name was Dorothy Apple Newman And thats all I ever knew until Little did Newman but there was not only her birth mother out there waiting for but nine For the first time in Newman found her and just in time for the It all started when Newman was watching a TV show called The See page 3A DEBRA NEWMAN hugs her birth moth Dorothy dur ing their first After 50 Newman was recently reunited 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