August 23, 2012 News
 
Birthdays:  August 23, Laura Martin; August 24, Glenda Pfannenstiel, Derek Derr, Audra Bergquist, Madeline Rues, Sally Buster; August 25, Jamie Casey, Kelli Casey, Brandon Grumbein, Marvin Wills;  August 26, Chris Petz, Martin Pfannenstiel, Rodney Taylor, Freddie Taylor, Christi Schneider, Gary Walker, Ava North; August 27, Grace Beisner; August 28, Dena Irvin, Crystal Hovey; August 29, Karin Casey, Daryl Casey, Ella Prosser, Lynn Miles, Sean Bookstore.
 
Anniveraries:  August 23, Diz and Wilma Washaliski; August 24, Churck and Cheryl Lamer, Tom and Penny Betz; Aguust 27, Jesse and Jolene Showalter; August 29, John and Melanie Zeller.
 
Michele and Marge Moran met John, Ellen and Josh  Moran, Clark, Nicole and Maddie Kirk in Kansas City for the weekend.  They visited Jean Moran and did some school shopping.  They also saw Roz Bethke.  Rita Pumilia, Jean's sister, is now living in Kansas City.
 
Casey Brown, San Diego, was here visiting his mother Cecilia Gilbert and his sister Sheila Brown.  He was enroute to Missouri to help his dad move into a different place.  His home burned down and he was only able to salvage a little. 
 
One of the popular events at rodeo each year is the Trail Ride.  Lynn Kochenower led the group this year.  The ride began and ended at the rodeo arena.    A breakfast was served at the arena before the ride began.  Most of the ride was made on CRP ground, pastures and under bridges so that there was limited time on roads.  Everyone had a great time. There were approximately 25 riders.  Thanks to Dave Derr,  Roger Legleiter and John Irivn for letting them ride on their property. The group left the rodeo grounds at 10:00 a.m. and spent  two hours on the trail.  They saw deer and got to ride under a railroad threstle.  Tentatively next year they will start at Lynn's house east of McCracken.  John Ficken will be in charge of the ride in 2013 and will become the permanent contact person - thanks John.  They found that Saturdays worked much better. If anyone comes across a picture, it will be used in next year's rodeo booklet.
 
Sheila Brown has returned to Wichita State to continue her education in Criminal Justice.  Haily Gilbert is attending Fort Hays State and Tayler Stull is attending Bethany. 
 
The oil well being drilled southwest of McCracken is a horizontal one that will be fracked.  There are lots of semi-water trucks hauling water constantly.   When you come into town at night it looks like there is a small city over southwest.  So I took a drive out to see it and was amazed at the amount of equipment used in drilling one of these wells.  It is worth your time to check it out.  You can also go online to see a video that shows this process.
 
Betty Fear has donated a dress that Lucille Elias wore as a child to the museum. 
 
Questions
 
1.  What is the only  native cone-bearing tree in Kansas?
 
2.  Where is the remmants of a carbon black city?
 
3.  What are Kansas Castles?
 
4.  What is the largest native canine in Kansas?
 
5. On what date and year were hunting licenses, bag limitis and Fish and Game deputies established in Kansas?
 
Kansas City Stull News.
 Katelynn Stull graduated from Oak Park High School this May and will be attending Kansas State University majoring in Food Science. She received  a KSU legacy, the Wabash Cannonball, NKC school district Education Foundation, and KSU Department of Ag scholarships to attend KSU. 

Jessica Stull graduated from the University of Missouri this spring with dual degrees in Sociology and Psychology.

Matthew Stull is a senior at K State majoring in Kinesiology and is planning on going to Cleveland Chiropractic School in Kansas City next fall.
 
The Stull family was here for their grandmother, Ruby Myers, auction which was held Sunday in LaCrosse.
 
Shirley Higgins returned home Friday evening after spending several days with Dominic and Kayla Weskamp and Nicole Tacha in Springfield, MO and Les and Rose Diehl in Topeka.
 
Cameron Horesky is now doing his internship in Hays with Midwest Energy.  Kyra Horesky has returned for her last year at Ft. Hays and is still working at the University in Human Relations.  Lindsey Tacha is a sophomore at Ft. Hays. Zach Higgins is attending Barton County, his 2nd year. Tanner Higgins is a senior at Hutchinson High School, Jenna Higgins is a sophomore and Nicole Tacha a sophomore at Trinity High School in Springfield, MO.  E-mail us where your kids are going to school.  We are very interested and would love to add it to our news.
 
We thank those that have been keeping the flowers alive at the park around the McCracken Post Rock sign. They look wonderful.
 
Joe Jennings, his son Adrian, brother Pete from Kansas City were here over the week-end. Joe manages the Rancho Grande restaurants in KC, we thought it would be a good idea for him to move back and open his own here…..
 
Helena, Ashley and Austin McGaughey motored to Topeka Wednesday. Austin stayed and rode back home with Rose and Shirley.
 
McCracken Sports News 1972

McCracken’s Cookie League and PeeWee Baseball Teams were entertained at an ice cream social Tuesday at the McCracken Hotel. Cake and punch were also served. Thirty five boys attended. The cake, prepared by the LaCrosse bakery, was four feet long and 2 ? feet wide. After the social, the boys cut the cake and delivered pieces to people in town that helped out with the summer’s activities. “Most Valuable Player Award” for Cookie League Player was given to Daryl Casey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Casey. Chuck Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vic Higgins was presented the “Most Valuable Player Award” for PeeWee League. “Most Improved Player Award” was given to Fritz Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doyle ‘Freddie’ Foster. The cake and ice cream was provided by Jim Schafer, manager, who stated that if the players would get to 100 wins total by the end of the year he would buy a large cake. This year the boys have won 32 games and lost 4, to date this year for an overall total in the past five years of 107 wins and 29 losses. Contrary to some manager’s beliefs that McCracken ‘never loses at home’ is the fact that 3 of the 4 losses have been at McCracken.
 
Answers
 
1.  Eastern Red Cedar
 
2.  Ryus in Haskell County
 
3.  Grain elevators
 
4.  The Coyote
 
5.  February 18, 1905