Cedar Vale Lookout

29/12/2023

JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS! AZURE RIDES SANTA'S SLEIGH
INTO MONTGOMERY COUNTY WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF A JET AVIATION PRODUCTION PLANT

(Edited at 11:45 a.m. Tuesday with clarified details and language)

CHERRYVALE — A Canadian-based company announced its plans Monday morning to develop a jet fuel processing center adjacent to the Bartlett Grain soybean processing plant that is now under construction south of Cherryvale.

Azure Sustainable Fuels, which is based in Calgary, Alberta, will spend $900 million to build the refinery (it's technically known as a processing center) and provide clean-burning fuel to the aviation industry.

The Azure processing center will be unique in that it will be use soybean oil, processed from the neighboring Bartlett plant, as a primary feed stock in the production of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF. The global aviation industry has set a target date of 2030 to decarbonize its fuel emissions — shifting from traditional, crude oil-based fuel to sustainable aviation fuel.

Azure’s announcement is not permanent, due to various regulatory and due diligence decisions that will have to be made during 2024. The company hopes to have a final decision about its plans by late 2024, with expectations of a construction date in early 2025.

However, the company’s plans, if they come into fruition, would be a game changer in terms of the overall economy, the aviation and agriculture industries, and growth impact on local communities.

A few details about the project that were announced at Monday's meeting of the Montgomery County Commission:

• The processing center will be immediately north of the Bartlett plant, bordered by county road 4400 to the north, county road 5500 to the east, and the Republic Services landfill to the west.

• The Azure processing center will have a capacity to refine 135 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, per year.

• The facility will require 500 tons of soy oil annually from the adjacent Bartlett soybean plant in order to fill the plans for producing 135 millions gallons of SAF.

• If all regulatory permits are approved and due diligence decisions prove favorable, construction of the processing center would begin in early 2025 and will involve a total of 1,500 workers spanning two years of construction. Therefore, the processing center is slated for production in 2027.

• Once built, the Azure facility will employ upwards of 150 workers.

• Azure Sustainable Fuels will receive a 10-year property tax exemption, plus an exemption on sales taxes on the purchase of construction materials and labor. Those tax incentives are the norm within the state of Kansas as it relates to commercial or industrial development.

The site will be subject to full taxation following the 10th year of that tax incentives.

Local entities that will be the largest beneficiaries due to increased tax valuation will be USD 447-Cherryvale, Montgomery County and Independence Community College.

• A cost-benefit analysis that was prepared for the Azure Sustainable Fuels showed a return of investment, or ROI factor of 1.62, meaning the Montgomery County tax base will receive upwards of $1.62 for every $1.00 spent by Azure on this project.

• The economic implications of having Azure Sustainable Fuels invest its dollars in Montgomery County are staggering. The Azure project could generate a total economic impact of more than $1.7 billion. Potential spin-off businesses and investments in infrastructure from both the Azure facility and the Bartlett plant could likely lead to an overall combined economic project in excess of $2 billion.
The Prairie Star will have the most complete details and explanation of the Azure project in the Dec. 21 issue.

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27/10/2023

Election day is just around the corner! Here is the list of Chautauqua County Candudates.

Cedar Vale City Commissioner candidates will also be speaking during our Fall Fair on Saturday, November 4th. Come and listen to what they have to say!

Deadlines:12:00 PM Noon, Thursday, June 1, 2023Requirements:Qualifications of Candidates 2023 City/School Candidate Information & Filing Requirements 2022 County Offices Candidate Information & Filing RequirementsFees:2023 City/School Filing Fees & Petition Requirements2022 County Offices Filing Fee

02/08/2023

29/05/2023

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06/09/2022

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Karen Ruth De Board, 66, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022.
She was born March 11, 1956, in Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Loyd Preston and Lois Faye (Knapp) Call.

Karen graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1974. She furthered her education receiving a Bachelor of Science from Pittsburg State University. She was a 4-H member and a 4-H instructor with her daughters while they were growing up. She played basketball in high school and college and took part in the ROTC program while attending college.

Karen worked as a Registered Nurse for 40 years at William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kansas prior to retirement.

Mrs. De Board was a member of the Church of the Nazarene (Winfield and Derby) prior to moving to Topeka. While attending Winfield Church of the Nazarene she coached Bible Quizzing. She was also a Celebrity Patron of the Topeka Civic Theater.

Karen married Allan Michael De Board on January 26, 1980 in Cedar Vale, Kansas.

Survivors include her husband, Allan De Board of Topeka; daughters, Rebecca (Eric) Winder of North Platte, KS, Beth (Casey Weltha) De Board of Emporia, KS and Sarah (David) Rodecap of Topeka; grandson, Tristan Weltha and granddaughter, Clorita Rodecap; brothers, Charles (Laura) Call of Holton, KS, Keith (Cindy) Call of Oxford, KS, Dwight (Mary) Call of Cedar Vale, KS and a host of other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.

A visitation will be held Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Cremations, Funerals and Receptions, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66604. A graveside service will be held 10:00 am Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to the donor’s choice.

To leave a message of condolence or to share a special memory of Karen, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Penwell-Gabel provides Topeka families the best funeral and cremation services.

06/09/2022

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Karen Ruth De Board, 66, of Topeka, passed away Friday, September 2, 2022.
She was born March 11, 1956, in Winfield, Kansas, the daughter of Loyd Preston and Lois Faye (Knapp) Call.

Karen graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1974. She furthered her education receiving a Bachelor of Science from Pittsburg State University. She was a 4-H member and a 4-H instructor with her daughters while they were growing up. She played basketball in high school and college and took part in the ROTC program while attending college.

Karen worked as a Registered Nurse for 40 years at William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kansas prior to retirement.

Mrs. De Board was a member of the Church of the Nazarene (Winfield and Derby) prior to moving to Topeka. While attending Winfield Church of the Nazarene she coached Bible Quizzing. She was also a Celebrity Patron of the Topeka Civic Theater.

Karen married Allan Michael De Board on January 26, 1980 in Cedar Vale, Kansas.

Survivors include her husband, Allan De Board of Topeka; daughters, Rebecca (Eric) Winder of North Platte, KS, Beth (Casey Weltha) De Board of Emporia, KS and Sarah (David) Rodecap of Topeka; grandson, Tristan Weltha and granddaughter, Clorita Rodecap; brothers, Charles (Laura) Call of Holton, KS, Keith (Cindy) Call of Oxford, KS, Dwight (Mary) Call of Cedar Vale, KS and a host of other family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents.

A visitation will be held Friday, September 9, 2022 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Cremations, Funerals and Receptions, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, KS 66604. A graveside service will be held 10:00 am Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorial contributions can be made to the donor’s choice.

To leave a message of condolence or to share a special memory of Karen, please visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com.

Penwell-Gabel provides Topeka families the best funeral and cremation services.

05/09/2022

Labor Day 2022

01/03/2022

To kick off Read Across America Week Pre-K dressed up in Red & Blue!

01/03/2022

News Release
February 23, 2022
CONTACT: Sarah Griggs, executive director, 620-442-8700, [email protected]

Annual Art is Ageless® call for entries underway at Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor

ARKANSAS CITY, KAN. – Calling all artists age 65 and older. Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor is now accepting entries for the annual Art is Ageless® juried exhibit and competition March 26 – April 3, 2022.

Entries of artistic works will be accepted from any area artist who is 65 years of age or older to exhibit and/or compete for an opportunity to be featured in the 2023 Art is Ageless calendar.

Due to the uncertainty created by COVID-19, Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor plans to hold its event virtually for friends of the program on the community’s page, and announce winners on Facebook following the event. Works will be on exhibit at the community for residents only.

Artists may choose to enter works for exhibit only. For the competition, works must be completed after the artists is age 65 and must be no more than 5 years old, completed since January 2017. There are nine categories, as well as designations of amateur or professional. The entry deadline is March 22. Contact Whitley Stokes, marketing director at 620-442-8700 or [email protected] to make drop-off arrangements.

The Art is Ageless program encourages Presbyterian Manor residents and other area seniors to express their creativity through its annual competition, as well as art classes, musical and dramatic events, educational opportunities and current events discussions throughout the year.

Local competition winners will join winners from 14 other PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America®) communities to be judged at the systemwide level.

Entry forms and information can be obtained by contacting Whitley Stokes at 620-442-8700 or [email protected], or access online at ArtIsAgeless.org.

01/03/2022

Prairie Doc Perspectives for week of February 27, 2022
Did Your Doctor “Do Anything”?
By Andrew Ellsworth, M.D.

Perhaps this has happened to you: Your recent cough kept you up for another night, so you went to the doctor. The nurse took your vitals, the doctor asked you some questions, listened to your lungs, maybe looked at your ears and your throat, and recommended rest, fluids, over the counter treatments, and time. It all seemed fine until you got home and realized the doctor did not “do anything” for you.

Why didn’t the doctor prescribe an antibiotic? What could it hurt?

The use of antibiotics has been a blessing and a lifesaver. On the flip side, antibiotic resistance and opportunistic infections have been on the rise.

Our bodies naturally produce good, beneficial bacteria in our gut and on our skin. Antibiotics can kill off some of those good bacteria, causing diarrhea or a yeast infection. Other problems triggered by antibiotics are not immediately apparent. For example, normal bacteria on your skin may become resistant, causing methicillin-resistant Staph aureus or MRSA, which can cause a stubborn infection the next time you get a cut or scratch.

With less competition from normal bacteria in your gut, the bad bug Clostridioides difficile or C. diff can take hold causing severe diarrhea and inflammation of the colon which is hard to treat and even harder to eliminate. Or perhaps you may have an allergic reaction to an antibiotic, or worse, a severe sloughing of the skin called Stevens-Johnson syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis. All the above may cause hospitalizations and even death.

Most cold symptoms like a sore throat or cough are caused by viruses. Antibiotics are not effective against viruses, and early antibiotic use, often in the first week of symptoms, has not been shown to decrease the risk of a bacterial infection taking hold. In fact, if one does take hold, it may become even more resistant.

Your doctor wants to help you feel better. It would be quick and easy to immediately prescribe an antibiotic, but that may not be what is best for you and your health. After listening to you, reviewing your medical history, your medications, your vitals, and doing an examination, and after further conversation with you, I trust that if a test, an x-ray, or antibiotics are warranted, the doctor will likely recommend it.

If you feel like the doctor didn’t “do anything” for you, please consider the risks of antibiotics. Of course, if your condition does not improve, and you start to feel worse, notify the doctor. But, if you do get better without additional tests and antibiotics, consider being grateful. The human body is a marvel, often capable of doing the healing itself.

Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc® team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. Follow The Prairie Doc® at www.prairiedoc.org and on Facebook featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc® a medical Q&A show celebrating its twentieth season of truthful, tested, and timely medical information, streaming live on Facebook most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.
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17/02/2022

A note from Royal and Naomi Kennedy,

To our many friends, helpers, neighbors, and families:

We want to thank you all for the birthday cards and letters at Christmas time. Royal and I have enjoyed reading and looking at them over and over.

Thank you all for remembering us.

Royal and Naomi Kennedy
PO Box 120
Cedar Vale, KS 67024

16/02/2022

Prairie Doc® Perspectives for week of February 13, 2022
Does All Back Pain Warrant Imaging?
By Debra Johnston, M.D.

Experts estimate that well over 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Perhaps ten percent of adults experience it at any given moment. Back pain is extremely common, and people with back pain can be extremely miserable. It may hurt to move, sit, stand, lay, even breathe. No wonder back pain accounts for so many visits to the doctor!

When people with acute back pain come to see me, they often have a preconceived notion of what will happen. They anticipate I will talk with them, examine them, and many expect x-rays or an MRI. They are often surprised, and sometimes worried, when I stop short of ordering imaging.

My first goal when I see someone with acute back pain is to rule out rare conditions that threaten life and limb. Could this be a fracture? Cancer? Infection in the bone or spinal cord? Severe and rapidly progressing compression of the nerves? These conditions could require imaging for diagnosis and urgent treatment. However, they are uncommon, and unless specific “red flags” are revealed during the patient history and exam, it is extremely unlikely a rare condition is responsible for the pain.

Most acute back pain gets better in four to six weeks. Unwarranted imaging only increases medical costs and the likelihood of invasive treatment like surgery or injections but doesn’t get people better any faster. For most people, the best approach for relieving back pain is to stay as active as you can, take an anti-inflammatory pain medicine if you don’t have a reason to avoid them, use a heating pad, and perhaps have manipulation by a chiropractor, osteopathic doctor, or physical therapist.

When imaging is used, it is important to realize that something seen on an x-ray or MRI might not actually be responsible for the back pain. Indeed, it has been found that as we age, it becomes more likely that, even with no back symptoms, we will have abnormalities on imaging. This is true in about ten percent of people in their 30s; among the very old, the likelihood approaches 100 percent.

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to chronic back pain. It takes a knowledgeable clinician to tease out what might be causing the problem and which treatment might help. I urge caution if anyone tries to sell you a treatment without careful analysis of your individual situation. Your money might be better spent on a heating pad, and a gym membership.

Debra Johnson, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc® team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. Follow The Prairie Doc® at www.prairiedoc.org and on Facebook featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc® a medical Q&A show celebrating its twentieth season of truthful, tested, and timely medical information streaming live on Facebook most Thursdays at 7 p.m. central.

03/02/2022

The Cedar Vale Lookout will not be delivered until Friday. They did not get it distributed due to weather.

15/12/2021

15/12/2021

A few of our favorite things! ☃️

10/11/2021

The newspaper rack outside of the Market is not working (again). They have papers in the store for purchase. You can also pick them up at the Library. Sorry for any inconveniences!

22/09/2021

Contact:
Nadia Reimer, Chief of Public Affairs
(785) 338-3036
[email protected]

KDWP Commission to Host Virtual Meeting September 23

PRATT – The Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission will hold a virtual public meeting on September 23, 2021. The public is invited to attend the afternoon and evening sessions virtually via Zoom, during which time participants may ask questions and address the Commission and/or staff. Time is set aside at the beginning of both sessions for comments on items not included in the meeting agenda. For instructions on how to participate virtually, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission/Instructions-to-Participate-in-Virtual-Meeting. To watch live video/audio stream of the meeting, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWPT-Info/Commission/Watch-Meetings-Here.

Items to be discussed by Commissioners include:

General Discussion

Season dates, bag limits and permit regulations for pronghorn will be open for discussion, including a proposal for unlimited archery permits allocated for both residents and nonresidents. Firearm and muzzleloader permits will remain restricted to residents, with half assigned to landowner/tenants and the remainder awarded to general residents.

Elk season dates, bag limits, and permits will also be presented; No changes are currently being proposed.

Workshop Session

Big game regulations, including the tagging, transport, legal equipment, management units, application procedures, and permits will be discussed; No changes are currently being proposed. Deer seasons for 2022 will also be presented with proposed dates following the traditional structure.

Updates to personal floatation device (PFD) regulations will be presented, including a proposal for new PFD type designations that are consistent with current U.S. Coast Guard designations. All serviceable PFDs currently in possession will continue to be legal, but any new PFDs will include updated labels.

The 2022 spring and fall turkey seasons will be discussed, including season dates, bag limits, legal equipment and taking methods, with the proposed season dates following the structure of past seasons. KDWP staff will also propose raising the minimum age for participation in the spring youth season to 17 to maintain consistency with other youth seasons. Staff will also recommend allowing the use of a shot-shooting handgun with a minimum barrel length of 10 inches for legal equipment during spring and fall seasons.

The Commission will recess at 5 p.m. and reconvene at 6:30 p.m. to continue the Workshop Session.

Lastly, Fisheries Division staff will present proposals to change select length and creel limits for 2022, and an amendment to bait regulations that would add Asian carp, skipjack herring, emerald shiners and threadfin shad to the list of dead species that may be sold commercially for fishing bait.

There are no regulations scheduled for a commission vote at this time, so a Public Hearing will not be conducted during the September 23 meeting.

To view the September 23, 2021 meeting agenda and briefing book, visit https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWP-Info/Commission/Meeting-Schedule/September-23-2021. An interpreter for the hearing impaired can be requested by calling the Kansas Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 1-800-432-0698. Any individual with a disability may request other accommodations by contacting the Commission secretary at (620) 672-5911.

The next KDWP Commission meeting is scheduled for Thursday, November 18, 2021, at the Buffalo Bill Cultural Center in Oakley.

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04/09/2021

Opening ceremony for Cedar Vale's 109th Labor Day celebration. More pictures of Labor Day events to come. (Except those for the paper. They can only be seen in the Cedar Vale Lookout!)

28/07/2021

I am looking for someone to take over the paper. It doesn't really take very much time each week. You don't arrange the print layout. It's pretty easy. I just have too much going on and it pushes over that limit. I don't want to just quit without a replacement because they will likely discontinue the paper.

26/07/2021

Hopefully the paper can get delivered to Dexter on time this week. I know it was late last week. The Traveler/Courier just said their delivery guy just didn't deliver it. I called on Friday and got it straightened out.
Sorry for the inconvenience to any one!

21/07/2021

ATTN: Cedar Vale Lookout NEEDS your photo's of the fair!!!
Being in quarantine I can not make it to the fair to take pictures. Please send any pictures you are willing to have in the newspaper to: [email protected], FB messenger, or text to 316-207-9492. Please state who or what is in the picture, the date and if applicable, the event the pics are from. You will get credit for any photos used in the paper! THANK YOU!!!!!

14/07/2021

Gloria McDowell, Community Development Block Grant Coordinator, presented information and answered questions concerning the local application on Tuesday evening at Cedar Vale High School.