Lansing Current (Newspaper) - March 6, 2008, Lansing, Kansas 2A MARCH 2008 COMMUNITY THE LANSING CURRENT KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS Linda Gable Cleaning crew In her first year on the job as a at Lansing High Linda Gable I think I found a I was looking for a and I found but Im happy with Gable has fit right in with the four other custodians at school staff and stu Shes one of the first ones to enter the school every morning at 6 from she turns on the sets up raises the flag outside and tidies up until students begin to file Its not just school for Gable and other members of the custodial This place hums seven days a she With sporting con certs and a myriad of after school someone like Gable is always there behind the Just this weekends foren sics tournament is expected to bring in visitors to Gable and the cus must be there to set up and clean With a 12yearold in the school district and an 18 yearold who just left for United States Army basic training at Fort Gable said she can relate to the students she works around and enjoys what interactions they have together Its my locker wont can you do this Gable At first it was a little but now I love my and Im happy with She said there have been times for she sees a girl crying in the hall way and takes the time to ask whats wrong and if she needs to talk to a school A program for credit with in the school that provides students an con trolled work environment working alongside custodians also gives Gable some addi tional 99 percent of the kids here are awesome respectful and Gable Theyll laugh with if you laugh with One thing that has been difficult since she began her new job I am finding it harder to go home and clean Gable NAME Linda Gable OCCUPATION Lansing High School ADDRESS Lansing FAMILY hus band son daughter HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED IN AND WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE Since We were looking at and we really liked the WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT LANSING Its a smalltown close to the The people are great really Its the type of community youd want to raise your kids WHAT DO YOU DO FOR FUN I work I love I love to cook and love to trav WHAT MIGHT SURPRISE PEOPLE ABOUT YOU When I was I was an I was not very out WHAT IS THE BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED To be and to be THIS WEEK ON CHANNEL 2 Heres the broadcast sched ule through next week for the city of Lansings govern ment access Channel 2 March 6 City Council 5 1 7 7 Monday and 10 and 7 Army 1 4 6 Monday and 5 Movers Francis Thorne interviews guest Jeff media coordinator with the Lansing School 10 10 Monday and 7 1 Lansing School 10 2 5 2 THE LANSING CURRENT JOHN TAYLOR EDITOR Telephone 913 7271525 Fax 913 7271772 The Lansing a weekly is published Thursdays by Media West a division of The World Lansing office 204 Main KS SINGLE COPY PRICE 25 CENTS ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION BY FIRSTCLASS MAIL PLUS TAX CONTACTING THE CURRENT NEWS JOHN EDITOR CHRIS REPORTER NICOLE REPORTER JOEL REPORTER ADVERTISING LINDA KOPP KATHY LAFFERTY CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 866 8238220 KANSAS PRESS ASSOCIATION COPYRIGHT 2008 By submitting poems or other creative you grant The Lansing Current a nonexclusive license to copy and distribute your while acknowledging that you are the author of the You grant The Lansing Current permission to publish and republish this material without in all formats and media now known or hereafter including but not limited to all electronic Solely by way of such rights Include the right to convert the material to DVD and other current and hereafter developed the right to place the article In whole or in part on the Internet and other computer and the right to electronically store and retrieve the work in electronic Library wants readers for spring lineup The librarys spring theme is Wanted Readers Stop by to see who is on our Wanted We have Annie who has never been Fiction Freddie and the Make Believe Checkout The Encyclopedia The Reference Renegade and Buffalo We want you to become a Wanted Reader as All patrons who register for any of our spring programs will be given a wanted poster that they can paste their picture on and post in the SPRING READING PROGRAM Sign up soon for Springo Participants will receive a bingo card containing various types of books to As you complete each square on your write in the title in that When you have com your turn in your Program continues through March Prizes will be awarded at Family Night at 6 on April READ 100 STORIES CHALLENGE The library has a large selection of story and we want to share them with We are challenging our patrons to Read 100 Stories between now and April There are several stories contained in each of our story collections so this will be a quick task to Stop in and check out some of our great WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ICE CREAM PARTY The library will be hosting an ice cream party at April 1 for youth in third through eighth grades who have read at least three of the 2008 William Allen White Award Participants must register in the library by March We will discuss this years nomi AT THE LIBRARY DARLENE DEAN nees and intro duce the 2009 Join us for games and ice cream This years nominees include The Journey That Saved Curious George by Louise This is an true story about the escape of the author of Curious from Paris as the Nazis were invading during World War Other excellent nominees include The Naked Mole Rat Letters by Mary Out of Order by Betty Princess Academy by Shannon and Airball My Life in Briefs by Lisa who lives in There are 25 excellent books nominated for this which will be chosen by Kansas youth in third through eighth PATRONS PERFORMING POETRY PROGRAM Please plan to participate in our Patrons Performing Poetry Program to be present ed at Family Night at April 15 in cele bration of National Poetry Patrons interested in participating may select a poem from the librarys col lection and register in the library no later than April If you do not wish to please plan to be a part of our audience and enjoy the poetry STORY TIME The library hosts a weekly storytime at on Storytime includes stories along with a craft or other Storytime is geared for but all ages are welcome to LIBRARY HOURS Lansing Community Library hours of operation are Monday through to 7 to 5 9 to 1 Youll not only receive a discount for having your vehicles and property Insured with youll also pay only ONE for all covered if you have a lossl Call us to discuss this great opportunity to start saving on your Insurance costs And be sure to ask how to save even more with our automatic payment FARM BUREAU FINANCIAL SERVICES Insurance Investments 2 Savings apply when switching from direct billing payments o EFT Electronic Funds Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Des Farm Bureau Ule Insurance Das Companies of Farm Bureau Financial Service 02007 FBI Financial Dan 611 Holiday Plaza Ks 66043 913 7273213 Auto Home Life Business College Retirement Ex m a frienly environment Jay 610 Main Lansing 7272727 Season begins for yearlong lawn strategy While it may hot seem like were getting far enough into spring that Id like to highlight some basic steps in caring for cool season lawns and when they should take grasses that are commonly used are Kentucky bluegrass and tall Right now March is a good time to do of broadleaf weeds in Pick a day above 50 degrees to do this for best Just keep in mind that rain or irrigation within 24 hours after the her application can reduce the sprays April is the time to apply crabgrass Crabgrass preventer must be watered into the soil to be Something to remember is that a healthy lawn is the best natural weed control you can so spraying is not always In fertilize with a espe if you water your or it gets enough rain to keep it from going dormant in the hot summer May is also a good time to treat for broadleaf weeds If you use a combination weed killer and watering it immediately will reduce the effectiveness of the The needs to be watered in The best thing to do is to wait and water in 24 June is a good time to apply another round of crab grass but remem ber to water it If you used Dimension dithiopyr or Barricade dur ing your April you wont need to add more in June because these two chemicals should provide prevention for the entire sea son if used July is the time to treat for grubs if youve had problems with them in the Use products that contain Merit or Mach II during early July for grub These chem work to prevent grubs OPEN MIKE MIKE EPLER and must be watered in to work effective In late July and you may see grub but it is too late to used the afore mentioned grub con This time youll need to use a fast acting grub control that con tains You should be able to find this at your local garden store or hardware This chemical will need to be watered in within 24 hours for maximum effective like so many of the other chemicals Ive men September is the crucial period for fertilizing son Put on and whatever other nutrients your lawn and be sure to water them November is the last month of the year we have to extensively care for the Just like you would clean up your mower or tiller before you put it away for the win your yard needs some care before it is put away for November is the time to put on the last treatment of fertilizer for the The fertilizer is taken up by the roots but isnt used until spring when it helps the grass green up Like the fertilizer needs to be watered November is also the time to treat for broadleaf weeds one last time before Like in find a day above 50 degrees and do your but avoid watering for 24 hours after Always make sure to follow the directions on the label of whatever youre applying to your I hope this information helps you have a nice looking lawn this You can con tact me for questions at the Leavenworth County Extension Office on the cor ner of Hughes and Eisenhower roads in or call 913 I can also be reached via email at Lawn Complete Lawn Care Tree and Brush Removal Contact Joey McKee at 913 2409272 ti Locally family Owned Legion of Honor State Farm Insurance Companies congratulates Dick Cameron Insurance for achieving Legion of Honor for Dick Cameron is a Bronze Tablet recipient and is a ten time Legion of Honor Dicks agency finished the year ranked in the top 5 of the Kansas City Area Agency Field Office in new auto Dicks Marketing Coordinators Cori Lee and Courtney
