Signs of Change

This past week, the former Santa Fe Market got a new sign.
Photographer Kevin Surbaugh

The 2016 GOP Convention Announces Speakers and Delegation Seating Arrangement

CLEVELAND, OH (PRNewswire-USNewswire) - In the final 48 hours before the gavel falls to signify the start of the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, the Committee on Arrangements has announced the locations of each delegation on the Convention floor.
All 56 delegations, representing every state and territory, will convene Monday on the floor of the transformed Quicken Loans Arena. For the next four days they will be tasked with completing a wide array of party business like adopting rules and a platform, as well as listening to speeches from prominent Republicans on the values of the party. Finally, the delegates will cast their vote to nominate Donald Trump and Governor Mike Pence as the Republican candidates for President and Vice President.
"Conventions are a time that bring our party together in one space to reaffirm what we believe in and look to what the future will bring," said Convention CEO Jeff Larson. "Regardless of our home state and background, we come together as one body to select our nominee for President of the United States."
The week long convention's theme, "Make America Great Again," will focus on the core themes of Republican Presidential Nominee Donald J. Trump's campaign: national security, immigration, trade and jobs. The speaker list for the convention will include:

• Pastor Mark Burns                                                    
• Phil Ruffin                                                              
• Congressman Ryan Zinke                                      
• Pat Smith                                                                
• Mark Geist                                                              
• John Tiegen                                                            
• Congressman Michael McCaul                                
• Sheriff David Clarke                                                
• Congressman Sean Duffy                                      
• Darryl Glenn                                                          
• Senator Tom Cotton                                                  
• Karen Vaughn                        
• Governor Mike Huckabee                                      
• Mayor Rudy Giuliani                                            
• Melania Trump                                                        
• Senator Joni Ernst                                              
• Kathryn Gates-Skipper                          
• Marcus Luttrell                                        
• Dana White            
• Governor Asa Hutchinson  
• Attorney General Leslie Rutledge  
• Michael Mukasey
• Andy Wist        
• Senator Jeff Sessions      
• Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn  
• Alex Smith        
• Speaker Paul Ryan  
• Congressman Kevin McCarthy 
• Kerry Woolard .
• Senator Shelley Moore Capito
• Dr. Ben Carson
• Co-Chair Sharon Day
• Natalie Gulbis
• Kimberlin Brown
• Antonio Sabato, Jr.
• Peter Thiel
• Eileen Collins
• Senator Ted Cruz
• Newt Gingrich
• Michelle Van Etten
• Lynne Patton
• Eric Trump
• Harold Hamm
• Congressman Chris Collins
• Brock Mealer
• Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn
• Governor Mary Fallin
• Darrell Scott
• Lisa Shin
• Governor Rick Scott
• Chairman Reince Priebus
• Tom Barrack
• Ivanka Trump
• Attorney General Pam Bondi
• Jerry Falwell Jr.
• Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
• Chris Cox
• Senator Mitch McConnell
• Tiffany Trump
• Governor Chris Christie
• Donald J. Trump Jr.
• Governor Scott Walker

According to TV Guide,  Caitlyn Jenner is also expected to appear.
The convention begins Monday July 18 PBS and National Public Radio are also teaming up to offer live prime-time coverage from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. locally each night on PBS and NPR. NBC and CBS both plan to air one hour of the convention during the prime time 9 P.M. hour. While CNN plans to cover both conventions 24/7. In addition Twitter and CBSN plan to live stream the coverage online.

Baker Athletics Announces 2016 Hall of Fame Class

BALDWIN CITY, Kan. – Five new members will be inducted into the Baker University Athletics Hall of Fame with a ceremonial banquet at 6 p.m., Sept. 23, at the Overland Park Marriott, 10800 Metcalf Ave.

The newest members of the esteemed hall of fame include Dennis Delay ’63, Gary Greenwood ’93, Rian Watts ’96, Triece (Baker) Krause ’01 and Emily Gibson ’11.

Delay competed for both the Baker football and track and field programs and lettered four years for both.

He played both sides of the football, as he earned All-Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Honorable Mention All-Conference honors at defensive end as a junior and at wide receiver as a senior. He caught 20 passes for 520 yards that season.

On the track, he was the 120-yard high hurdle conference champion as a junior and senior. He also set a high hurdles record twice in one day with a 14.7 in the preliminary race and a 14.4 in the finals.

After graduation, Delay served as a high school principal in Council Grove, Kansas, from 1968-1998. He has also served as an official at numerous Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) high school events in track & field, football and swimming.

He will be joined at the ceremony by his wife Ellen and children Kerry and Doug.

Greenwood was a four-year starter for the Wildcats and was recruited by National College Football Hall of Fame and Baker Athletic Hall of Fame Coach Charlie Richard. He was a two-time Heart All-Conference performer at wide receiver and a two-time All-District selection. The Honorable Mention All-American broke four school records including receptions in a career, receiving yards in a game, receiving yards in a season and receiving yards in a career. He currently holds Baker records for receiving yards in a game (221) and receiving yards in a career (2,229).

Greenwood has served 17 years in the on-air radio business across the Midwest and was a finalist for Country Music Association (CMA) Personality of the Year. Through his broadcasting career, he has raised over $1 million for pediatric cancer research.

Greenwood met his wife, Mikilin Espostito, at Baker and they have two sons, Grady and Gavin.

Watts was a four-year starter for the Baker men’s soccer program.  During his career he was named Heart Defender of the Year, First Team All-Conference, First Team All-District, and First Team All-Area in 1992 and 1993.  The defender was also named as the Heart of America Co-MVP and NAIA 2^nd Team All-American in 1993. In 1994 Watts was named to the Umbro Senior Bowl All-Star team and was later drafted by the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) Wichita Wings.

Watts serves as Regional Key Account Director for Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and resides in Lenexa, Kansas, with his wife Wendy, a Baker alum, and children Lexington and Sydney.

Krause finished her outstanding basketball career as Baker’s all-time leading scorer with 1,666 points —a record that is still standing. She was named to the Heart First Team All-Conference as a freshman and served as the team captain for two seasons in addition to starting every game of her four-year career.

Krause also competed on the track for the Wildcats, where she was a three-time national competitor in long jump and triple jump. 

After graduation, Krause taught French at Anderson County Jr./Sr. High School in Garnett, Kansas, and served as the JV volleyball coach, varsity girls basketball coach and track coach along the way. Since 2012, she has lived in Winnebago, Nebraska, with her husband Todd and children Jovee, Kamri and Rykar. Krause works as a special education and alternative education teacher at Winnebago Public Schools.

Gibson played for the Wildcats women’s basketball team her junior and senior seasons and was named an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American in the 2009-2010 season as well as earning Heart Newcomer of the Year that season.

At the time of her graduation, Gibson was the all-time leading shot blocker at Baker and record holder for most double/doubles in a season. She also held eight NAIA national rankings as a junior and seven as a senior.

Gibson currently works at Bukaty Companies in Kansas City, one of the top health insurance benefit producers in the company. She also serves on the Catholic Education Foundation Futures Board and is on the Baker University Alumni Advisory Council.

If you would like to attend the hall of fame induction banquet, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at alumni@bakeru.edu.

The event will take place the day before the Wildcat football team takes on Benedictine College. Kickoff for the homecoming game is 2 p.m. on Sept. 24 at historic Liston Stadium in Baldwin City.

The entire evening will also be broadcast live on Baker’s live video network for free. To view the Hall of Fame banquet, please click here.

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Baldwin City Weather Center Test Launch

The Baldwin City Gazette is testing an idea to provide semi-official weather reporting through what is being dubbed the "Baldwin City Weather Center." The center will report weather at certain points in the day, depending on the owners full-time work schedule.

The information will be posted on the existing weather page at www.baldwingazette.com/p/information.html.
Today (7/13/2016) at 4:30 P.M. the Baldwin City Weather Center reported
89 degrees and .25 inches of rain.

Obituary: Pamela Page

Pamela Sue (Miller) Page, 66, recently of Green Forrest, AR, died on Saturday, July 9, 2016 at Table Rock Healthcare in Kimberling City, MO.

Pam was born on July 21, 1949 to Albert “Junior” and Gladys (Olson) Miller of Lecompton, KS. She graduated from Lecompton High School.

In 1968, Pam married Dee Poindexter of Baldwin City, KS. Together they had three children: Rhonda, Chad and Michael.

Pam married Roger Page in 1983. They lived in Baldwin City until 2012, when Pam and Roger moved to Green Forrest, AR to enjoy retirement. Pam died peacefully—surrounded by family—from complications due to early-onset Alzheimer’s.

During her life, Pam was a loving in-home daycare provider to dozens of Baldwin area children. She was a fierce survivor who conquered breast cancer. Pam was full of laughter, loved shopping for great antiques, time with her family and girlfriends, camping, and going for walks.

Pam is survived by her husband, Roger; two brothers Gary Miller and his wife Norma,

and Ron Miller and his wife Jill; three children, Rhonda Poindexter, Chad Poindexter

and his wife Megan, and Michael Poindexter; and five grandchildren, Cody, Mariah and

Cailyn Ball, and Kate and Abby Poindexter; and many other loving family members.

Pam is preceded in death by her parents.

A visitation will be held on Pam’s birthday, July 21, 2016 at 9:30am at Lecompton

United Methodist Church, with a Celebration of Life to follow at 10:30am.  A private

family interment will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Lecompton

United Methodist Church at 402 Elmore Street Lecompton, KS  66050.

Amazon to Open New Sunflower State Fulfillment Center in Kansas City

SEATTLE, KS (BUSINESS WIRE) - Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced it will open a new fulfillment center in Kansas City, Kansas. The new facility, the second large-sized fulfillment center Amazon has announced within a span of four months, will create over 1,000 full-time roles. In addition to the new fulfillment center in Wyandotte County and the upcoming facility in Edgerton, Amazon has existing Kansas facilities in Lenexa.

“We are thrilled to continue investing in Kansas, proud of our ability to create great jobs, and most importantly, excited to better serve our customers throughout the Midwest,” said Akash Chauhan, Amazon’s vice president of North American operations. “Together with the addition of the Kansas City and the Edgerton fulfillment centers, there will be 2,000 new Amazon jobs in Kansas and none of this would be have been possible without the support we’ve received from state and community leaders.”
Governor Sam Brownback stated, “Strategically located in the middle of the country, Kansas is an ideal home for businesses looking for a skilled workforce and pro-growth environment. The state is dedicated to attracting companies and helping them grow and create jobs. I am proud that Amazon has chosen to once again expand its footprint in the state and am confident this continued partnership will benefit all Kansans.”
Amazon employees at the 855,000-plus-square-foot Kansas City fulfillment center will pick, pack, and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and toys.
Full-time employees at Amazon receive competitive hourly wages and a comprehensive benefits package, including healthcare, 401(k) and company stock awards, starting on day one. Amazon also offers regular full-time employees maternity and paternal leave benefits and access to innovative programs like Career Choice, where it will pre-pay up to 95 percent of tuition for courses related to in-demand fields, regardless of whether the skills are relevant to a career at Amazon. Since the program’s launch, employees are pursuing degrees in game design and visual communications, nursing, IT programming, and radiology, to name a few.
“This is a transformative capital investment in our city. It continues the growth Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, has enjoyed for more than a decade, building on its status as a leading job creator in the state,” said Kansas City Mayor and Unified Government CEO Mark Holland. “But most significantly, it is transformative because of the quality employment opportunity Amazon will offer. Our residents will now have access to a career pathway that includes not only a job, but a chance at an education. I’m thrilled to welcome Amazon to our community.”
Greg Kindle, President of Wyandotte Economic Development Council, said, “The investment Amazon is making in Wyandotte County is more than an economic development success, it is also a key component to solving the employment gap. Bringing new jobs and the opportunity for career paths to Wyandotte County is essential to growing our local economy.”
“This exciting project again demonstrates how important Wyandotte County is to the overall Kansas economy and why the Unified Government is recognized as a progressive, innovative and business friendly local government,” said Doug Bach, Unified Government County Administrator.
The project is being developed by Seefried Industrial Properties and USAA.
To learn more about working at an Amazon fulfillment center, visit www.amazondelivers.jobs.

July 19th Friends of the Library event

The Friends of the Baldwin City Library will be hosting a program on Tuesday, July 19th at 7 p.m.  Storyteller Robin Schulte will be presenting the program "PreTV: The Powerful Art of Storytelling" at the Baldwin City Library, 7^th and High, Baldwin City, KS. Cool refreshments will be available.

Schulte's presentation will be a potpourri program highlighting the powerful art of story by featuring a collection of folktales and literary pieces designed to recall popular pre-TV entertainment. It was a time when people gathered around the radio for the evening and used their imaginations to create the pictures and story. The program will also include a Ray Bradbury piece set in the 1930s.

Schulte, who was formerly a Kansas resident, now lives in Orlando, FL. She discovered storytelling as a high school English and Speech teacher more than 20 years ago. Schulte now is a full time storyteller, dividing her time between solo performances and a tandem story partnership, Tales Two Tell, with storyteller Autumn Huff Garick. She has been a featured performer at Florida's Cracker Festival and was featured as part of Tales Two Tell at 2014 Florida StoryFest. While in the area, she will participate in the National Storytelling Network Annual Conference in Kansas City, MO also.

More information about her is at www.robinschulte.com

Committee of the Whole Discusses Annual Budget

Baldwin City, KS - On July 11, 2016 the Baldwin City Council and it's staff meet as the Committee of the Whole to discuss the budget for the upcoming year.  Only approximately $979,000 of the 2017 budget comes from property taxes.  The rest of the projected incomes to cover the nearly two million dollar budget comes from sales tax, utility franchise fees and other sources. 
According to Brad Smith, City Administrator, the assessed valuation of property in the city is up 2.8%, which is about $25,000.

Discussion at the meeting included ways to cut overtime,especially in the police department which is currently shorthanded for various reasons.  Chief Greg Neis said, that a new officer with no experience, that would need to go to the academy would start at $17 an hour.  Neis admitted that a new officer wouldn't eliminate all overtime, but would significantly reduce the amount of overtime. 
Steve Friend, Baldwin City Recreation Commission, discussed the proposed Rec Center and the possibility of a half cent sales tax to help pay for it.  Friend commented, that if it became a reality, any sales tax would have to be put before the voters, perhaps a special election in February. 

However, because this is a work session, no decision was made about anything discussed at the meeting.  All official budget decisions will be made during a regular city council meeting. The next regular council meeting will be July 20. 
Before adjourning, Smith was asked about the water contract negotiations with Wellsville.  Smith said that he was cautiously optimistic that the two communities were very close to an agreement. 

ANTIQUE CAR SHOW & ICE CREAM SOCIAL

ANTIQUE CAR SHOW & ICE CREAM SOCIAL

Vinland United Methodist Church

Saturday, July 16

7:00pm

1724 N. 692 Road

Baldwin City, KS 66006

                               785-594-3256