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Here's the article from The Wichita Eagle: http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/article103956301.html


They also had this one: http://www.kansas.com/news/nation-world/article104093006.html

So sorry for you guys. The fire (and loss) made it into the Wichita Eagle. Prayers for all of you!

Wow - that woke us up this morning.

USGS says a 5.6 earthquake centered north of Pawnee, Oklahoma. We felt it at 7:02 am. Knocked some pictures off the walls. We probably also have some new cracks underneath our paneling. 

Happens to pretty much everyone at one time or another. 

Just another lie:
http://www.snopes.com/pledge-of-allegiance-ban/

http://www.inquisitr.com/3432643/is-barack-obama-banning-the-pledge-of-allegiance-viral-story-claims-the-president-is-forbidding-schools-government-buildings-from-saying-the-pledge/

http://hoax.trendolizer.com/2016/08/false-obama-signs-executive-order-banning-the-pledge-of-allegiance-in-schools-nationwide.html

From Facebook, Montgomery County Chronicle, Aug. 13, 2016


The Shulthis Stadium grandstand at Riverside Park in Independence had a soft opening for contributors and boosters on Friday night — more than one year after the original grandstand was demolished. The new grandstand includes several amenities, including a plaza area with picnic tables, an enlarged concession stand, spacious bathrooms, a home locker room, and considerable recognition of the stadium's place in national history. The grandstand will get its first official workout this Friday, Aug. 19 when Independence Community College's football team hosts Iowa Western in a scrimmage that is set to kickoff at 5 p.m.

From Facebook, Montgomery County Chronicle, posted Aug. 13, 2016:


CITY TO BUILD TEMPORARY FIRE-EMS FACILITY FOR $316,000; PRELIMINARY COST TO REMEDIATE CITY HALL IS $2.6 MILLION

The Independence City Commission on Thursday voted to spend $316,810 to erect a temporary building on the grounds of the former Mercy Hospital to house the city's firetruck and ambulance fleet during the time in which the current City Hall is remediate of mold and other hazardous issues.

The vote was 2-1, with commissioner Leonhard Caflisch casting the lone dissenting vote.

Considerable debate was given to the topic with commissioners at one point voicing concern about the need to spend money on a temporary building. The 100' x 80' building will be dismantled and relocated to another location for use as a city sanitation vehicle facility once its use as a temporary shelter for firetrucks and ambulances is completed. It's unknown what the relocation and reconstruction costs will be.

Because the facility will be used — eventually — as a permanent sanitation facility, commissioners learned that the money to pay for the facility as a firetruck/ambulance facility will come from the city's sanitation fund.

It was during the course of the discussion that commissioners also learned of the earliest estimates to remove mold from City Hall. David Cowan, public works director, said the preliminary price tag will be $2.6 million for a full-scale mold remediation and structural repair. This does not include the costs to remodel city offices, should the city commission choose that as an permanent option for City Hall.

City offices relocated to the former Mercy Hospital facility, which is now owned by Independence city taxpayers, last week after a mold led to the illness of a city employee. A worker's compensation claim was filed by the employee against the City of Independence. The City's physician who handle worker's compensate diagnoses joined the city's legal counsel in recommending that the city offices move to the former Mercy Hospital on a temporary basis due to the mold.

Happy Birthday, hope your day is as wonderful as you are1

Sad about the rule that only two per country can compete in the all-around gymnastics. It would have been nice for Gabby to try again. Her score was higher than those from other countries. It's been an exciting Olympics so far.

We've also been following the boxer from Wichita - Nico Hernández - he won his first match and boxes again today.

Love the stories they've been showing as well: the 41-year-old gymnast, the solo entry from Romania, the rest of the story on Mike Phelps, the Refugee team.

Had an interesting talk this afternoon with Alan Coble. He's running for Elk County Commissioner, District 2. Mr. Coble was going door-to-door today and stopped and talked with both Jim and me.

Seems like a nice guy with some good ideas.