Rural Messenger - 09-01-10
Postal Customer
ECRWSS PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID WICHITA, KS PERMIT NO 441
Free Publication
115 S. Kansas, Haven, Kansas 67543-0485 620-465-4636 •
www.ruralmessenger.com
Vol. 7 No. 35 • September 1, 2010
Burlington is the Restoration Capital!
By Kansas Sampler Foundation The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced that Burlington has been designated the Restoration Capital and Pressed Metal Ceiling Capital of Kansas! Nearly eighty-seven percent of the 84 downtown buildings have been restored to some degree. In addition, the metal ceilings in twenty-two of the buildings have been restored so that the exposed pressed metal can be the primary ceiling. Art, especially in the form of murals, has also been incorporated into the downtown enhancements. Some benefits of the degree of restoration are that businesses want to be located in such an environment and people want to visit and shop in such
09/02 • Hope, KS • Gehling Auction • Page 30 09/04 • Hutchinson, KS • Morris Yoder Auction • Page 26 09/08 • Internet Only • Big Iron Iron • Page 31 09/08 • Howard, KS • Lippard Auctions • Page 19 09/14 • Hutchinson, KS • Hutchinson Commission Co. • Page 12 09/18 • Hutchinson, KS • Results Reatly • Page 25 09/21 • Derby,
KS • R.E.A.P. •
Page 29 McCurdy Auction Calendar • Page 14
Auctions
an attractive place. Gene Merry, Burlington’s “Downtown Guy” and artist Jim Stukey have given many tours of the buildings. Many cities and preservation-minded groups have come to view the restoration projects, see the businesses in the buildings, and learn how they might do something similar in their cities. “The percentage of restored buildings in this city of 2,800 is phenomenal. It shows a great deal of pride and a progressive desire to preserve the past while preparing for the future,” said Marci Penner, Foundation director. Communities must prove the case for their designation and after a review are added to the list of “capitals of Kansas” on the Foundation’s website.
Quotes
Bull riding fans enjoyed Bullmania Saturday night at the Pretty Prairie Rodeo grounds.
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. - Edmund Burke
Kansas 4-H Project to feed thousands
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Dinner for two? Four? How about 42,024? That’s right, 42,024. Credit Laura Flory, a Kansas 4-H member for choosing a senior leadership project that is now helping to feed thousands of children and families. In her 13th and final year of eligibility as a member of the Prairie View 4-H Club (in Atchison County, Kan.), Flory chose Kids Against Hunger as her active leadership project. The campaign to re
BUYMEAL AT REG. PRICE GETMEAL FREE
316-262-6703
lieve hunger is a national initiative also serving the international community (relief efforts in Haiti are an example), Flory said. At her request, 10 percent of the meal packages pre-
pared as part of her 4-H project have been designated to serve local families, which, in this case, are in Atchison and Jefferson counties (in Kansas). The goal is to supply
a meal kit for a vitaminfortified casserole, said Flory, who credited Cargill, Inc., ADM (Archer Daniels Midland), and The Pillsbury Company as sources for the
(Continued on page 2)
Hutchinson • Pratt • Harper • Anthony 620 663 3301
ONLY FROM NAPA IN
HUGE TOOL & EQUIPMENT SALE
1 Drink Min. Reqd. (Equal or Lesser Value) Not valid with other coupons, punch cards, children or senior menus 739 W 13th Hours: Mon-Sat 6am-8pm Sun 6am-2pm
Young farmer helping drive John Deere tractor in Yoder parade. See additional photo’s by Bob Hunter at
www.ruralmessenger.com,
under blogs
<1>
<2>
<3>
<4>
<5>
<6>
<7>
<8>
<9>
<10>
<11>
<12>
<13>
<14>
<15>
<16>
<17>
<18>
<19>
<20>
<21>
<22>
<23>
<24>
<25>
<26>
<27>
<28>
<29>
<30>
<31>
<32>