PEABODY Gazette-Bulletin

HEADLINES

County nearly runs out of ambulances
Marion County ambulances came perilously close Saturday night to a recently discussed doomsday scenario when a 2-year-old on S. Kennedy St. was having trouble breathing but one ambulance had no staffing and two others were on calls out of the county. At 8:47 p.m., dispatchers received a call about a 34-year-old man who fell from a bed and pulled a TV stand on top of him at Hilltop Manor in Marion.
Locked out? Just ask Fido
Call Marion police officer Duane McCarty a dog whisperer. A Harvey County woman stopped Tuesday afternoon at Marion’s Central Park to walk her dogs and soon found a problem.
Defendant asks to take back plea
A Marion woman who struck a plea deal resolving charges in 10 cases filed since 2020 will have a hearing July 18 to see whether she can withdraw her pleas before sentencing. Rexana J. Siebert pleaded no contest Jan. 28 to three counts of battery against a law enforcement officer and agreed to pay $439.92 restitution for a bad check and comply with mental health services, including taking medication.
Fire destroys mobile home
An unoccupied mobile home in the 200 block of N. Spruce St. in Peabody was a total loss in a fire Monday night. Peabody Police Chief Bruce Burke said heavy traffic leaving the town’s annual fireworks show had subsided when the fire broke out. Officers did not need to direct traffic around the fire.

OTHER NEWS

3 Hillsboro houses deemed unsafe
Death, retirement force Marion to shuffle jobs
Defendant challenges drug search
Wind farm finally breaks ground
Fire departments get insurance money from state
The state insurance department has issued Firemen’s Relief Association grants to county fire departments. The grants are used for retirement annuities and life, health, and accident insurance for active members of the association.

DEATHS

Wade Gillen
Mitchell “Wade” Gillen, 61, died Monday at his home in Marion.Private services will be conducted by Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, Marion.
Judy Rudolph
Come-and-go services for retired Bethesda Home environmental services worker Judith Kay Rudolph, 74, Goessel, who died Friday, will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 23 at Goessel Community Center. Born June 27, 1947, to Orval and Orlena Bonham of McPherson, she graduated from McPherson High School and married Loren Rudolph on Dec. 15, 1968.

DOCKET

FARM

Student sweeps in two ag scholarships
A Lincolnville student at Kansas State University has been selected for two agriculture-related scholarships. Grace Knepp, daughter of Matt and Michelle Knepp, has been selected to receive both a $2,500 scholarship from Seaboard Royal Association and a Henry C. Gardiner scholarship.
Rancher joins angus group
Peabody angus cattle producer Gaines Cattle is now a member of the American Angus Association. The association, the largest beef breed association in the world, is headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri.

FOURTH

Love of history brings Sebree back
Demand for ice cream during Peabody’s annual July 4 bash was brisk and steady, as festival-goers sought shade and something cool to eat. Marcia Sebree, president of Peabody Historical Society, said support for the organization never ends.

OPINION

Agreeing to disagree
“I don’t publish a newspaper so I can make money,” a fellow editor once said. “I make money so I can publish a newspaper.” If ever we were tempted to get a tattoo, that saying might be what we chose. It rings true not just for editors and publishers but, in modified form, for other workers, as well.
ANOTHER DAY IN THE COUNTRY:
It was a very long day
LETTER TO THE EDITOR:
Legislative race, School firing

PEOPLE

Juggler mixes entertainment with life lessons for kids
When juggler Brian Wendling entertained a crowd of 120 Wednesday at Marion community center, he sprinkled in a number of life lessons. He talked to children who made up most of the crowd, about being kind to each other.
Democrats to hear about selecting judges
Retired judge Michael Powers will speak about how judges are selected and about proposed changes to the process when Marion County Democrats meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Florence Masonic Center, 419 Main St. Party members also will decide on contributions to Democratic candidates for state offices selected at the Aug. 2 Primary
Library plans 2 free movies
Marion library will show movies twice this week, with “Tom and Jerry” at 2 p.m. today and another movie at 9 p.m. Saturday on the lawn. Today’s movie is open to anyone, but children 9 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Snacks and drinks will be provided. At 9 p.m. Saturday, a movie will be shown on the library lawn. Viewers are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. Participants can enter a “guess the name of the movie” contest at Bill & Essie’s barbecue to win a prize.
College degrees and honors
Familiar face to step in for schools
Former superintendent Lee Leiker was hired Thursday to return as interim superintendent for the 2022-2023 school year. The Marion school board met at 2 p.m. Thursday with Leiker, then announced his agreement to see the schools through the coming year.
Undersheriff lends a hand
Undersheriff Larry Starkey took an unusual call Monday night when he volunteered to help lift a Peabody patient after ambulance employees were having trouble. Starkey, freshly home from his shift and still in uniform at 11:08 p.m. Monday, heard dispatchers call Peabody police, busy at a trailer fire, to help emergency medical personnel lift a 78-year-old man who had fallen at a Peabody residence.
Senior centers menus
MEMORIES:
15, 30, 45, 60, 75, 105, 135 years ago

PEABODY Gazette-Bulletin

Call Marion police officer Duane McCarty a dog whisperer. A Harvey County woman stopped Tuesday afternoon at Marion’s Central Park to walk her dogs and soon found a problem.

The state insurance department has issued Firemen’s Relief Association grants to county fire departments. The grants are used for retirement annuities and life, health, and accident insurance for active members of the association.

Mitchell “Wade” Gillen, 61, died Monday at his home in Marion.Private services will be conducted by Yazel-Megli Funeral Home, Marion.

A Lincolnville student at Kansas State University has been selected for two agriculture-related scholarships. Grace Knepp, daughter of Matt and Michelle Knepp, has been selected to receive both a $2,500 scholarship from Seaboard Royal Association and a Henry C. Gardiner scholarship.

Peabody angus cattle producer Gaines Cattle is now a member of the American Angus Association. The association, the largest beef breed association in the world, is headquartered in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Demand for ice cream during Peabody’s annual July 4 bash was brisk and steady, as festival-goers sought shade and something cool to eat. Marcia Sebree, president of Peabody Historical Society, said support for the organization never ends.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE COUNTRY:

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

When juggler Brian Wendling entertained a crowd of 120 Wednesday at Marion community center, he sprinkled in a number of life lessons. He talked to children who made up most of the crowd, about being kind to each other.

Former superintendent Lee Leiker was hired Thursday to return as interim superintendent for the 2022-2023 school year. The Marion school board met at 2 p.m. Thursday with Leiker, then announced his agreement to see the schools through the coming year.

MEMORIES: