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Sunday
Oct. 26, 2014
Business
“Economic depression cannot
be cured by legislative action
or executive pronouncement.
Economic wounds must be healed
by the action of the cells of the
economic body — the producers
and consumers themselves.
Herbert Hoover
Business Briefcase
Developmental Services of
Northwest Kansas hosted its
annual awards luncheon Sept.
30 in Hays. Awards were given
throughout the afternoon to staff,
people served and community
members. The first awards of
the afternoon were given to
employees of DSNWK for their
years of service. Those staff
recognized and listed by location, were: Atwood — Marsha
Eastep, Ellen Horinek, Rebecca Lang, Kimberly Leitner,
Stephanie Pelkey, Merry Reeh;
Colby — Denise Mentlick,
Jane Mentlick; Hays — Eileen
Anderson, Paul Arias, Jeffery
Baczkowski, Jonathan Baumfalk, Jennifer Brungardt, Valarie Corwin, Joshua Farrington,
Jeremy Grizzle, Dale Haag,
Cindy Harwood, BJ Hiser,
Patti Hoffman, Marlene Irwin,
Brooke Kee, Steve Keil, Jeannie Komarek, Deanna Leiker,
Kristi Luetters, Devon Meyer,
Dan Miller, Joseph Moos, Johanna Musgrove, Janet Naegele, Nicholas Pfeifer, Dilene
Reinhardt, Tami Rummel,
Ryan Ruth, Wanda Schlegel,
LeeAnn Schmidtberger, Kristen Shewey, Barbara Smith,
Denise Stritt, Mark Tomanek,
Angela Wahlmeier, Maria Whitesell, Paul Wildeman, Andrew
Wishon, Kelli Winder; Hill
City — Justin Hrabe, Danny
Jackson; Norton — Mary Ahlemeyer, Dorothy Becker, Lisa
Shearer; Hoxie — Avis Herl,
Harriet Richardson; Oakley
— Pat Lysinger; Russell —
Marsha Niehoff, Dawn Rose,
Herb Shumaker; and Stockton
— Laura Kolb. DSNWK gave
special recognition to three staff
members who made successful
efforts in coming to the aid of
persons served by DSNWK in
need and providing emergency
assistance. Those recognized
were: Virginia Carver, Colby;
and David Musgrove and Murrae Rebarchek, Hays. Special
recognition was also paid to two
staff members for their outstanding work with persons with
disabilities. Dorothy Becker,
Norton, and Dawn Marlett,
Hays, were presented with the
Employee of the Year Awards.
Two $100 scholarship awards
were presented to Edith Murguia and Kayla Drake of Hays.
The awards were given from
the Jerelyn Becker Memorial
Scholarship Fund for employees
studying in higher education in
a field related to serving people
with developmental disabilities.
Several awards were given to individuals served by DSNWK for
achievement through employment and independence. Those
receiving awards and listed by
location were: Atwood — Melvin
Betzner, Danny Clark, James
Goscha, Cheryl Hartzog, Scott
Holub, Tallas McNabb; Hays —
Richard Graf, Ryan Hoag, Michael Lee, Eric Legleiter, Anita
Rogers, Shannon Sander,
Brett Skinner, Chuck Stansbury, Joshua Watford, Jason
Watkins, Tammy Zadina;
and Hill City — Jenny Cronn.
DSNWK presented two Individual Achievement Awards to
individuals served by DSNWK.
Tyler Jones, Hays, and Scott
Holub, Atwood, were presented
the awards, which go each year
to one youth and one adult
who have shown tremendous
individual progress throughout the year. The individuals
receiving services in Hoxie were
presented with one of DSNWK’s
Good Neighbor Awards for their
community volunteer efforts.
Several awards were presented
to members of area communities during the afternoon. They
were: Walmart SuperCenter of
Hays, which received DSNWK’s
Employer of the Year Award
for their outstanding support of
people with disabilities in the
workforce. The Community Support Award, which was presented to an entity that has shown
DSNWK outstanding support,
was given to North Oak Community Church in Hays. Finally,
DSNWK’s second Good Neighbor Award was presented to Jan
Dysart of Hays, who has shown
outstanding
support to
an individual
served in
DSNWK’s
Supported
Living program.
• • •
The Prairie
Griffin
Museum of
Art and History in Colby
announced
the promotion of Chris
Griffin to
director. Sue
Taylor will
continue to
work at the
Taylor
Ford goes zero-emissions with bike
By Charles Fleming
Tribune News Service
Pedego and asked the company to build a bike.
Ford Motor Co., as part
Pedego Electric Bikes
of its commitment to putting got its start in 2006, when
more lower-emission vehicles co-founder Don DiCostanzo
on the road, has done a deal bought an electric bike so
with California-based electric he wouldn’t have to pedal
bicycle company Pedego.
uphill on his way back from
The result: a Ford-branded the beach. He didn’t like the
beach cruiser powered by an bike he bought, so he built
electric battery that buys the his own.
rider up to 20 miles of pedalHe formed the Pedego
free operation — or longer,
company in 2009 with his
if the rider pedals part of the former college roommate
time.
Terry Sherry. (The two men
The original impulse, the
were also fraternity brothers
auto company said, came
and best men at each other’s
from Executive Chairman
weddings.) Operating from a
Bill Ford, who has encoursingle shop, Pedego eventualaged the company to reimag- ly became the largest electric
ine the future of transportabike retailer in the U.S.
tion.
Eight years later, Pedego
“He has tasked us with
has sold more than 20,000
looking into the future, and
electric bikes, approximately
how we’re going to make
80 percent of them in the
sustainable products and
U.S., and about half of those
be profitable,” said Erica
in California.
Klampfl, the company’s
The plug-in electric bikes,
Future Mobility manager.
which retail for approximate“We can no longer just think ly $2,000 to $3,000 (the Ford
about being an automotive
Super Cruiser is $3,695), are
product company.”
designed in Irvine, pre-asTwo years ago, a Ford
sembled in China from parts
representative approached
built there and elsewhere in
Asia, then finished in California. The City Commuter,
DiConstanzo said, is the
company’s best seller.
Riders can use a “throttle”
to make the bikes roll at
speeds up to 20 mph, or can
use a combination of pedal
and throttle to extend the
range.
DiCostanza said he thinks
an electric bicycle is the
“gateway drug” to an electric
car. In his case, he said, he
started with an electric bike
and is now on his second
Tesla S electric car, with an
order in for the company’s
anticipated next edition, the
SUV-style Model X.
The Ford deal is another
way to market the bikes, DiCostanza said, and marketing
is the company’s biggest challenge. Traditional bike riders
have treated the electric bike
segment with suspicion, or
worse.
museum on a part-time basis.
• • •
YODER — Lenexa Police
Department Chief Tom Hongslo
congratulated 55 new law enforcement officers during their
graduation from the Kansas
Law Enforcement Training
Center on Sept. 12. The new
officers were members of the
230th basic training class at
the center. Located a mile west
and a mile south of Yoder near
Hutchinson, the center is a
division of University of Kansas
Continuing Education. The
graduates, who began their
training June 2, represented
37 municipal, county and state
law enforcement agencies
from across Kansas. Graduates receive certificates of
course completion from KLETC
and Kansas law enforcement
certification from the Kansas
Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training,
the state’s law enforcement
licensing authority. The training
course fulfills the state requirement for law enforcement training. Classroom lectures and
hands-on applications help train
officers to solve the increasingly
complex problems they face in
the line of duty. Established by
the Kansas Legislature in 1968,
the center trains the majority of
municipal, county and state law
enforcement officers in Kansas
and oversees the training of the
remaining officers at seven authorized and certified academy
programs operated by local law
enforcement agencies and the
Kansas Highway Patrol.
Approximately 300 officers
enroll annually in the 14-week
basic training program. The
center offered continuing education and specialized training
to as many as 5,600 Kansas
officers each year. Funding for
the training center is generated
from court docket fees from
municipal and state courts. No
funds from the state’s general
revenue are used to operate
the center.
Area graduates who granted
permission to release their
names were Tyrone Hall, patrol
officer, Hays Police Department; and Jonathan Rahe,
deputy, Ness County Sheriff’s
Department.
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