 The May Sesquicentennial event will be a fishing derby held at the Holden City Lake on Saturday, May 10.
The derby is for area children ages eight to 15 and they must have an adult present to accompany them during the contest. The derby begins at 9 a.m. and runs through 11:30 a.m. Prizes will be given to the child who catches the most fish and the one who catches the biggest fish.
Immediately following the fishing derby will be a hog roast, complete with side dishes and drinks. Hot dogs will also be available. The cooking will be done by Tony Lerda of O&M Enterprises.
Children need to bring their own fishing gear and bait and the ages will be split up into groups. For further rules and regulations, call Bobby Hoffman at State Farm Insurance at 732-5533.
The event is free and open to all area youngsters, according to Optimist and Sesquicentennial committee member Jill Farnsworth.
The event is sponsored by O&M Enterprises, Holden Board of Public Works, Holden Optimist Club, State Farm Insurance, and the Sesquicentennial Committee.
By Dana Neubert
News Staff
One Holden Police officer position was cut and the budgeted money for that position was distributed to other policemen and city employees at a special meeting of the Holden City Council held Monday night at City Hall.
The city’s full time police officer slots were reduced from six to five. That gave the mayor and council the ability to give each officer a $3,000 raise effective with the next pay period. The starting police officer salary was also increased $3,000.
“This gives us the ability to be more competitive in a salary market where we had fallen behind,” explained Mayor Mike Wakeman. “Also, it will not affect the city’s police coverage as we will still have police presence 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”
Other full time city employees were given a $1,000 annual raise, or 50 cents per hour.
In a final personnel action, city treasurer Sharon Manford was given the additional title of assistant city clerk.
By Steve Sullins
Editor
Kelli Spies, Holden R-III School District activities director, was recently recognized as a Certified Master Athletic Administrator by the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA)
According to the NIAAA, to earn this distinction, Spies has demonstrated exemplary knowledge, contributions and ongoing professional development in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s educational background, experience, NIAAA Leadership Courses and professional contributions. It is culminated with a practical written report.
Spies is one of a very elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism.
The NIAAA is a national professional organization consisting of all 50 state athletic administrator associations and more than 6,500 individual members. It is dedicated to promoting the professional growth of high school athletic administrators and preserving the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the secondary school curriculum.
After being mired in a five-game losing skid, the Holden High School baseball Eagles turned it around last weekend winning four games in a span of approximately 24 hours.
They boys took both ends of a doubleheader from the Butler Bears Friday evening and came right back Saturday to defeat Lee’s Summit Community Christian and Higginsville in the continuation of the rain-suspended Holden Invitational Baseball Tournament. The four wins upped the Eagles season mark to 10-6 and Show-Me West Conference record to 4-2.
Holden had slipped to a 6-6 record after suffering a disappointing 11-9 loss at Sherwood last Wednesday.
Highlights and statistics of weekend games follow:
Eagles 10-12 Bears 0-1
In the first game of the double header with league foe Butler, Taylor McConville got his first start of the season on the mound and made the most of it, shutting out the Bears 10-0 and giving up only one hit while striking out six. He also helped himself at the plate, going two for three, with one runs batted in (RBI) and a run scored.
There were a lot of hitting stars in the contest as the Eagles knocked out 18 hits against Butler pitchers.
Stats included: Ryan Spilman, three of three with three runs; Justin McIntyre, three of four with four RBI and a run scored; Michael Garten, two of three with one RBI; A.J. Langston, three of four with two RBI; Aaron Johnson, one of two with an RBI; James Hood, one of three with one run scored; David Lerda, one run scored; and Jasper Carter, three of three with one RBI and three runs scored.
In the nightcap, the Eagles spread the Bears again in five innings, 12-1. Langston was the winning pitcher, going four innings and giving up two hits and no earned runs while striking out seven. Hood pitched the fifth, striking out the side to preserve the 11-point victory.
On the offensive side, Garten powered his third home run of the season while also going two of four with three RBI. Johnson was two of four with one run scored and two RBI; while Bryce Evans also knocked in two runs on a double and scored to more during the game.
Eagles 17 LSCC 5
Logan Evans was credited with the win, but it came at a high price as the senior suffered a season-ending injury. Evans was coming off the mound to field a ground ball in the fourth inning when he slipped and landed awkwardly breaking his ankle. He was immediately taken by ambulance to the hospital. In his three innings of work, he gave up one hit and two earned runs by striking out three.
He was relieved by Langston who gave way to junior Bryce Evans who quieted the situation. He pitched two perfect innings striking out three.
Once again, there were hitting heroes aplenty, with Spilman, McIntyre (2), and Hood rapping doubles. Hood also collected a triple in the blowout. Hood and Lerda led the way with two RBI, while Spilman, McIntyre, Garten, B. Evans and McConville each drove in one.
Eagles 14 Huskers 2
It was another five-inning spread for the surging Eagles as they downed Higginsville by 12 in five innings.
The Eagles headed into the bottom of the fifth inning ahead, 10-2. With Holden up by nine and the bases loaded, McConville shot a rocket into the right field corner which cleaned the bases and ended the ballgame.
With 12 total hits, Holden hammered five extra base hits. Along with McConville’s double, Langston crunched a round-tripper. Garten and Johnson had triples and Johnson added a double.
Leading the way with RBI was Langston with five. McIntyre and Johnson tallied two, while Garten and Lerda each totaled one.
Garten also went all the way on the mound, giving up two earned runs on five hits and a walk. He struck out four in the game.
Sherwood 11 Eagles 9
Holden won the home run derby, but the Marksmen won the game. The Eagles hit three homers with Spilman, L. Evans and Hood providing the big sticks. Sherwood could only manage one, but four Holden errors allowed seven Marksmen runs.
McIntyre took the loss going five innings and giving up four earned runs. He struck out seven. Garten finished the game giving up on unearned run on one hit in his inning of work.
L. Evans collected three RBI on his home run and McConville once again was big at the plate with two of three and three RBI.
The rest of the season will be more of a challenge for the Eagles as they have been bitten hard by the injury bug. Besides Evans’ broken ankle, first-baseman Jasper Carter injured his thumb in Friday night’s game and Zak Anstine will be out approximately two weeks after some minor surgery.
After playing at Lee’s Summit Christian Monday and hosting Pleasant Hill Tuesday, the Eagles are scheduled to finish the Holden Invitational Baseball Tournament Wednesday night at Eagle Field. They will finish the rain-suspended game with Odessa at approximately 6 p.m. and then play Renaissance Academy. On Thursday night, May 1, Holden will host O’Hara and they are scheduled to play Lone Jack at Kauffman Stadium Friday at 4 p.m.
By Steve Sullins
Editor
Area entertainers are preparing for Eagle Idol which will be held May 10 at Holden High School. Deadline for signup is May 2 and one may sign up by contacting Denise Hobbs at 732-4169 or emailing her at holdenmusicboosterclub@yahoo.com. Also signup sheets are available at any of the schools, by talking with the secretary. Travis Williams and Jon West also have the sheets for signup.
This year’s event will feature singing talent and instrumental talent and will be judged by Karli Ritter, Fox 4 meteorologist; Jim Teeter, performance coordinator for Branson on Stage Live and Noteworthy Production, Inc.; and Dexter Snider, pastor of Forward Community Church.
Eagle Idol starts at 7 p.m. with a catered taco dinner from Jamie’s Place beginning at 6 p.m. Advance tickets are $5 for the competition only, and $7 for dinner and competition; tickets at the door are $7 for the competition only and $10 for competition and dinner and may be purchased by contacting Hobbs.
“This year the judges have asked that all contestants bring two songs to the competition. That way if they are chosen in the top three, they will be asked to sing a different song for the final judging,” stated Hobbs.
She went on to say they already had 15 acts signed up. She is also looking for volunteers of high school students or others to help with babysitting of smaller children and helping to set up the meal from Jamie’s Place.
First place winner will receive an acoustic guitar from Brillhart Music; second place receives a $30 gift card to Best Buy; and third place receives a $20 gift card to Best Buy.
Door prizes will also be given out throughout the evening with local merchants contributing including Sonic, Galle’s Smokehouse Grill, Route 58 Drive In, Walker’s Variety Store and Jamie’s Place.
The new name “Eagle Idol” was the result of a contest to rename the old Holden Idol contest. Area students entered their ideas for the new name and first grader Dylan Kilgore won with Eagle Idol. He won a $20 gift card to Sonic for his winning entry.
Hobbs encourages everyone to come out and enjoy an evening of good food and entertainment at Eagle Idol.
By Dana Neubert
News Staff
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Three new Holden Middle School records broken highlighted the two recent HMS track meets held at Sherwood and at Lexington.
Eric Stout set the boys’ high jump record at Lexington with a jump of 5’ 2”, while Katie Elder set the girls’ 400 meter dash record at Lexington in a time of 68.8. At the Sherwood meet, Hailey Johnson set the girls’ shot put record with a heave of 35’ .75”
In the Sherwood meet, the girls placed first and the boys second, while the girls placed fourth and the boys ninth at Lexington.
According to coach Amy Morrison, “The kids continue to work hard despite poor weather conditions. They have had to practice inside but have made the best of it.”
Individual placings and times included:
Boys at Lexington
800 meter run - Austin VanMeter, eighth, 2:38.0 (Personal best PB); and Eric Stout, 10th, 2:39.0 PB.
4X400 meter relay - Holden team of Sean Janes, Garrett Crabtree, VanMeter and Stout, fifth, 4:31.34 PB)
High jump - Stout, fourth, 5’ 2” (Sets school record).
Also posting personal bests and not placing at Lexington were: Crabtree, Jesse Downs, Janes, Chase West, 4X100 meter relay team of D.J. Johnson, Spencer, O’Neil, Noah Pierce and West, O’Neil, Pierce, Johnson, Ryan Anderson, Downs, 4X200 meter relay team of Thomas Clark, Johnson, West and Pierce and Lane Adams.
Boys’ Events at Sherwood:
100 meter hurdles - Jesse Nagy, third, 21.47, PB: and O’Neil, fourth, 21.53, PB.
100 meter dash - Crabtree, fifth; Christian Holzer, sixth, 16.35, PB.
1600 meter run - VanMeter, first, 6:05.5, PB; and Clark, fourth, 6:40, PB.
4X200 meter relay - Holden team of Dekhar Trosper, Downs, Jeffry Miller and Max Mickey, second, 2:01, PR; and Holden team of Johnson, Nagy, West and Pierce, third, 2:14, PB.
4X100 meter relay - Holden team of Trosper, Miller, Crabtree and Jordan Sullins, second, 58.29; and Holden team of Austin Cagle, Brandon Johnson, Sam Passler and Ian Stooky, fourth, 1:11, PB.
400 meter dash - Janes, second, 106.2, PB; and Mickey, third, 1:10, PB.
800 meter run - Miller, first, 2:43.49, PB; and Stout, second, 2:43.58, PB.
200 meter dash - Johnathon Sullins, third, 35.28, PB; and Dakota Morgan, fourth, 37.25, PB.
4X400 meter relay - Holden team of Janes, Stout, VanMeter and Miller, first, 4:41, PB.
Long jump - Miller, fourth, 13’ 6.5”; and Downs, fifth, 13’ 4.75”.
Triple jump - Mickey, second, 28’ 2”.
High jump - Stout, first, 4’ 9”.
Girls at Lexington
4X200 meter relay - Holden team of Kaylee Kephart, Elder, Jacquelen Sullins and Jessica Freeman, sixth, 2:11.04, PB.
400 meter dash - Elder, first, 1:09.88 (Sets new school record).
800 meter run - Pam Burgard, seventh, 2:58, PB.
Long jump - Sullins, fourth, 13’ 7.5”.
Shot put - Johnson, first, 31’ 0”; and Lenora Andree, third, 30’ 6”.
Discus - Johnson, second, 75’; and Andree, fifth, 65’ 4”, PB.
Other personal bests of individuals not placing included Elder, Sarah Timmer, Burgard, 4X100 meter relay team of Johnson, Burgard, Timmer and Kephart.
Girls at Sherwood
75 meter hurdles - Freeman, second, 16.18, PB; and Makayla Lowden, fourth, 17.28, PB.
100 meter dash - Morgan Schuette, third, 16.94, PB; and Paige Plemons, fifth, 17.94, PB.
4X200 meter relay - Holden team of Kephart, Schuette, Sullins and Freeman, second, 2:16.48.
1600 meter run - Kara Christine, first, 6:48, PB; and Rachel Swanson, fourth, 7:37, PB.
4X100 meter relay - Holden team of Johnson, Burgard, Schuette and Jaymee Fee, third, 1:04.50; PB.
400 meter dash - Elder, 1:12.12, first; and Sullins, second, 1:17.96, PB.
800 meter run - Fee, first, 3:14, PB; and Timmer, fifth, 3:31, PB.
200 meter dash - Kephart, third, 34.44, PB.
4X400 meter relay - Holden team of Fee, Sullins, Freeman and Elder, first, 5:30.44.
Long jump - Sullins, second, 12’ 8”; and Elder, third, 11’ 5.75”, PB.
Triple jump - Freeman, second, 24’ 7.75”, PB; and Fee, third, 22’ 2.5”.
Shot put - Johnson, first, 35’ .75” (Sets new school record); Kephart, second, 31’ 1.25”, PB; and Andree, third, 32’ 7.75”, PB.
Competing against much larger schools, the Holden High School girls’ track team continue to mark their mark in area track meets. The girls took fourth place in the Belton Invitational Track Meet held Friday.
They amassed 80 points in the meet being topped by only Ray-Pec, Blue Valley and Center of Kansas City.
The boys also purported themselves well as they placed in four individual events and all the relay events.
Leading the way for the girls was Kelsey Carver who finished second in the 1600 meter run and first in the 3200 meter run. Also nabbing a first-place were seniors Jordan Lavy who topped the field in the 800 meter run, and Emily Collett who was best in the shot put.
Placings and times for the Belton Invitational include:
Girls’ events:
100 meter dash - Kristen Mickey, fifth, 12.91.
200 meter dash - Mickey, fourth, 27.44.
400 meter dash - Stacey Calhoun, sixth, 1:07.16; and Kerry Elbel, seventh, 1:07.54.
800 meter run - Lavy, first, 2:29.34.
1600 meter run - Carver, second, 5:46.42.
3200 meter run - Carver, first, 12:34.98.
300 meter intermediate hurdles - Kelsey Holmes, eighth, 53.04.
Shot put - Collett, first 38’ 2.5” (New School Record); and Kelsey Whitehead, eighth, 38’ 7.5”.
4X100 meter relay - Holden team of Mickey, Calhoun, Deanna Stevens and Deanna Quisenberry, second, 52.51.
4X200 meter relay - Holden team of Mickey, Calhoun, Stevens and Quisenberry, third, 1:52.33.
4X400 meter relay - Holden team of Calhoun, Lavy, Quisenberry and Stevens, third, 4:27.88.
4X800 meter relay - Holden team of Lavy, Carver, Quisenberry and Stevens, third, 10:33.53.
Boys’ events:
1600 meter run - Justin Houser, sixth, 5:06.54.
3200 meter run - Houser, fourth, 10:47.96.
Shot put - Clayton Hill, second, 44’ 4”.
Discus - Hill, fourth, 127’ 0”.
4X100 meter relay - Holden team of Randy Boyd, Billy McBride, Andrew Wakeman and Troy Lewman, eighth, 49.35.
4X200 meter relay - Holden team of Boyd, Wakeman, Lewman and McBride, seventh, 1:42.05.
4X400 meter relay - Holden team of Tyler Bruns, Wakeman, Boyd and McBride, eighth, 3:55.03.
4X800 meter relay - Holden team of Bruns, Houser, Jack Hartwell and Tad Plemons, seventh, 9:22.62.
By Steve Sullins
Editor
OBITUARIES
KATHLEEN M. BOCKES
Kathleen M. Bockes, 78, Holden, MO, passed away Friday, April 25, 2008 at the White Ridge Health Center in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, surrounded by her family.
Kathleen Mary McKnight was born April 26, 1929 in Scott City, Missouri, the daughter of Harry McKnight and Bertha DeBolt McKnight. She graduated from Central High School in Kansas City and attended business college for two years. She married Henry S. Bockes on September 10, 1949 in Kansas City. Kathleen was employed with TG&Y in Kansas City for several years. In 1996, the couple moved to the Holden area. She loved sewing, quilting and gardening.
Survivors include her husband, Henry; three sons, Harry Bockes and his wife Becky of Mound City, Kansas, Terry Bockes and his wife Debi of Newton, Alabama and Garry Bockes and his wife Kathy of Holden; a daughter, Sharon Bockes of Holden; two sisters, Ann Gulick of Leavenworth, Kansas and Shirley Kiefer and her husband Donald of Excelsior Springs, Missouri; two brothers, Harry McKnight and his wife Mary of Gladstone, Missouri and Howard McKnight and his wife Mary of Olathe, Kansas; four grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren; and also several nieces and nephews.
Kathleen was preceded in death by a brother, Harold McKnight.
A funeral Mass was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Holden with Father Peter M. Savidge officiating.
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
Pallbearers were Michael Gulick, Ed Joe McKnight, Marc Bockes, James Patrick Bockes, Larry Bockes and Jim Cowheard.
The family received friends after 9 a.m. Tuesday at the church. There was a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 10:30 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be left to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
Williams Funeral Chapel in Holden was in charge of the arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.williamsfuneralchapel.net.
JACK WAYNE DEFOE
Jack Wayne DeFoe, 67, Odessa, died Monday, April 21, 2008 at the home in Odessa, Missouri.
He was born November 24, 1940 in Jefferson City, MO, the son of Roy Nelson DeFoe and Loretta Edith Norfleet DeFoe.
On March 30, 1961, he married Judith Lynn Smith in Odessa, MO. She survives at the home.
Jack worked for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, MO for 39 years from 1960 until retiring in 1999. Jack enjoyed his classic car (his 1968 Mustang), fly fishing and a game of golf anywhere. Jack attended the Hughes Rural School and graduated from Odessa High School in 1948 and attended two years at Central Missouri State College, now University of Central Missouri. Jack was a past member of the Odessa Quarterback Club and was an avid football fan. Jack was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Odessa.
Survivors in addition to his wife Judy are three children, Mike and Dana DeFoe, Odessa, Kelly Quigley, Leavenworth, KS, Shannon and John McLennan, Holden, MO; six grandchildren, Derek Quigley, J.C., John and Emilie McLennan, Rachel and Zachary DeFoe; brother and wife, Tom and Eve DeFoe, Tishomingo, MS; mother-in-law, Eileen Smith, Odessa; two sisters-in-law and husbands, Shirley and John Hotmer, Odessa, Susan and Steve Kanak, Blue Springs, MO.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 26 at the First United Methodist Church with Reverend Paul O. Bond officiating. Burial was in Odessa Cemetery, Odessa, MO.
The family received friends from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, Odessa, MO 64076.
Arrangements were under the direction of the Ralph O. Jones Funeral Home, Odessa, MO. |