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RCNews Dec 13
Joyce Mays and Michelle Mays Gill, Long Beach, were here over Thanksgiving and were guests of George Hunter. Thanksgiving Day they were guests of Scott and Kendra Mays in Bazine.
Thanks to Grayson Hampton who put the tree up in the Post Office. Very festive.
Austin McGaughey and Richard Showalter attended the Eric Church concert in Wichita Saturday night.
Les and Rose Diehl, Ron and Cathy Casey and Catherine were visitors over the weekend in McCracken. Drive by Smoky Hill Traders and see the Christmas lights.
A luncheon was held Monday noon at Gambino’s for the volunteers at Second Chance thrift shop. Second Chance has donated $7,250 to the various ‘programs’ in Rush County.
There is a copy in the McCracken Post Office.
Congratulations to the following young men on their selection to The Hutchinson News 2012 All-Area Football Lists.
All Area 11 – Man Teams
Tanner Higgins, SB/FS Hutchinson; Levi Morss RB/LB LaCrosse.
Second team; Kip Keeley RB/LB LaCrosse; Jarod Gagnebin DE, & Trevor Turner QB, Hutchinson.
Honorable Mention: LaCrosse; Jack Garcia, William Stone; From Hutchinson; Dakota Brower, Cole Cruz, Tyler Cox, Kassidy Lemons, Chris Starks & Colby Turner.
Tanner Higgins was chosen the Topeka Capital-Journal’s best of 2012 top 11, Third team; Kip Keeley, LaCrosse and Dalton Gantz, Ness City.
All Area 8 – Man Teams
Garrett Flax RB/LB, Dalton Gantz RB/DB Ness City; Dylan Wissman RB/LB, Otis Bison
Second Team; Blake McVicker, OL/DL Ness City.
Honorable Mention; Kolton Ratiff, Ness City
Ness City won the state crown and a top 5 national ranking.
McCracken History Notes
Brownies Margaret Buxton
One half cup butter
2 sq unsweetened chocolate
1 cup sugar
1/8 tsp salt
One half cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
Melt butter & chocolate in top of double boiler, remove from heat and add remaining ingredients. Pour into buttered 8x8 x 2” pan. Bake at 325 for 25 minutes.
Cherry Coconut Bars
Ruth Howell
1 cup flour
One half cup butter
One half cup brown sugar
Mix until smooth and spread thin in pan. Bake about 25 minutes in 350* oven.
Filling
2 beaten eggs One fourth tsp salt
1 cup sugar 1 tsp vanilla
One fourth cup flour Three fourth cup chopped nuts
One half tsp baking powder One Half cup coconut
One half cup chopped nuts
Maraschino cherries
Mix and spread over baked pastry. Bake about 25 minutes, cool and cut into bars.
(Didn’t say size pan), probably 9x13?
Birthdays: December 13, Rosemarie Schwindt, Janice Rein, Cory Molloy, Kristopher Taylor, Christina Unrein, Kasi Taylor; December 14, Garrett McCormick, Rachel Irvin; December 15, Nancy Wiebe, Treva Bergquist, Sonya Conner, Carla Rodeman, Colby Chestnut, Holly Gilbert; Octrober 16, Wendell Hinman, Tammy Sewell, Mac Miller Hayes; December 17, Linda Dale; December 18, Julia Zeller; December 19, Anna Legleiter, Wilma Washaliski.
No anniversaries
Ellis High School varsity boys and girls took second in the Castle Rock Tournament at Quinter. Stephanie Greenway is a member of the girls' team.
The Gamma Zeta Sorority "A Country Christmas Home Tour 2012" was extraordinary. There are so many beautiful country homes. Besides the decorating, it was such a joy to look out the windows at the Rush county countryside.
Kevin Pham, son of Hung and Tran Pham, received a $500.00 music scholarship from the Northwest District Kansas Music Educators Association on Saturday at Hays. This scholarship is open to someone studying to be a music educator and is in his/her junior or senior year of college. Kevin is the grandson of Philena Baus of Hays.
Shannon Keith was a member of the High School Honor Band at the Northwest District KMEA on Saturday. She plays the trombone.
Mark your calendar for Saturday, December 29 at 6:30 p.m. for mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church with Father Pascal Klein officiating.
Kansas Questions
1. One of the leaders in the Manhatttan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico was from?
2. What is the name of the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas?
3. Name the astronmer who lived near Burdett.
4. Ray "Hap" Dumont brought national baseball tournaments to what city - who was his star pitcher to attrack a crowd?
5. What star baseball player was from Ness City?
Answers
1. Fort Leavenworth where his father was stationed. He was Norman Foster Ramsey.
2. Dyche Hall, named after Lewis Lindsay Dyche, who grew in in Osage County. He was responsible for preserving the old cavalry horse Commanche, the lone military survivors of the Battle of the Little Bighorn.
3. Clyde Tombaugh
4. Wichita. Dumont Stadium is named for him. He brought Satchel Paige in to pitch in 1935.
5. Smoky Joe Wood. In 1912 he was matched against fellow Kansan Walter "Big Train" Johnson from Humbolt. Wood played for Boston and Johnson for the Washington Senators.
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