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Looking Back Last Updated: August 25, 2017 50 years ago Hal D. Wright of Valley Center left for Fairbanks, Alaska, to help with the flood relief program. He did not know what his exact duties would be, other than advising and making loans to flood victims. He estimated he would be gone from two weeks to a month. USD 262 chose Odes Sapp as its new superintendent of schools. Sapp was hired earlier in the year as an assistant superintendent and would take over as superintendent upon the retirement of John I. Sward. 45 years ago Mark McCulley, a 1972 graduate of Valley Center High School and son of Mr. and Mrs. Carmon G. McCulley of Valley Center, was accepted to attend Ambassador College, a private college at Bricket Wood St. Albams, Hartfordshire, England. Tim Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thompson, was accepted at Dodge City Community College on a two-year football scholarship. A 1972 graduate of Valley Center High School, he was studying to be a coach. 40 years ago Valley Center sports car racer Jim Maetzold won his class in the 1977 Lake Afton Grand Prix driving a Lola in Formula B at nearly 140 miles per hour. Maetzold babied the British-built Cosworth engine because it started overheating at an earlier race and could cost between $2,000 and $3,000 to have it repaired. Clifford P. Herriage, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Herriage of Dustin, Okla., was promoted to staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. His wife, Susan, is the daughter of Mr. And Mrs. Tom Patry of rural Park City. 35 years ago Tom Terning was getting his steam engine collection up and running for his annual steam show, held over Labor Day weekend on his farm between Valley Center and Maize. Helen Ulbrich and her twin brother, Herman Eilert, were guests at the grand opening of Wesley Medical Center's Women's Hospital. The twins were the first born in Wesley since it opened. Their mother, Blanche Eilert, was also present. 30 years ago The Valley Center Jaycees announced sponsorship of a bed race, The Headboard 300, at the upcoming Fall Festival. Teams would consist of four pushers and one driver. Judges would inspect and judge the beds to ensure their suitability before the race. Police chief A.L. Pitts announced he would retire by November 1988. He would take early retirement, set at age 55 by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System. 25 years ago Darcie Vandegrift, daughter of Bruce and Joyce Vandegrift of Valley Center, earned a bachelor of arts in sociology and international studies from Trinity University in San Antonio. Cathleen M. Stahmer, Valley Center High School art instructor, was showing several pieces in the “Women in the Arts" group at the Wichita Public Library. Other artists exhibiting their work included Alice Parcel, Helen Brewer, Lana Koop and Johanna Hanks. 20 years ago George and Janice Naylor of Valley Center survived a memorable summer vacation in which their Jeep dangled off the edge of a mountain trail. While driving on Cinnamon Pass Road in Colorado, the Naylors moved over to let several motorcyclists go by. Part of the road gave way, causing them to slide off the road. The Naylors and their son, Luke, were helped out of the vehicle by motorists. Valley Center area residents brought more than 600 telephone books to the recycling center at Central Kansas Truss. Adrian LeBlanc received the top prize, a cooler, for bringing in 67 phone books. She also received a $10 Southwestern Bell phone card and cup for bringing in the phone book from the farthest distance: Florida. 15 years ago Mike Porter opened an accounting office, Michael C. Porter Chartered, in the 200 block of West Main in Valley Center. Porter graduated from Wichita State University in 1973 and had been a certified public accountant since 1976. Drew Goolsby and Michael Chaput, juniors at Valley Center High School, were among players from the Chisholm Trail and Wichita City leagues on a team that won the USSSA World Series last month in Oklahoma City. 10 years ago The new Walmart under construction at 53rd North and Meridian was behind schedule and would not be ready in time for Christmas. The delay was from rain and cold weather during the early phases of construction. After 22 years, Dr. Russell Horn would expand his practice under the name Medical Plaza of Valley Center, a partnership with Newton Medical Center, at 85th North and Seneca. The new clinic would employ two hospitalists, Drs. Doyle Detweiler and Carrie Bateman, along with Horn's current staff. 5 years ago Madison Malone of Valley Center made the president's honor roll for the 2012 summer session at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The Valley Center City Council voted to close its emergency dispatch, eliminating four full-time and six part-time dispatchers. This move would transfer dispatching to Sedgwick County 911 and lower a mill levy tax increase. The mill levy increase was due to an increase in employee health care costs and a decrease in overall property values in the city. |
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