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Wilmore
Wow, I saw a little bit of
Americana last week in Coldwa-
ter.
It was a few days after school
was out and a lot of the local kids,
like Jaylen Delaney, the Uhl
boys, etc., had gathered at the
empty lot between the drug store
and furniture store to play
whiffie ball baseball. There were
about eight kids .They could hit
the ball a mile and it would hit
the walls of the buildings, so no
work to get those balls.
That's the way life used to
be, a group of kids gathered and
played. Way to go,kids. It's bet-
ter than tv.
The project last week was to
get Marty's hospital bed in his
house. Ernie, A1, Dan, and
Kenny gathered at Marty's
house, got the bed off the truck,
studied it and decided they
needed some strong guys. This
is where it takes a village.
I called Crystal Lyn and she
got on social media, and the next
night we were all set.
We had tarped for the rain and
tornado warnings, but at 6:15
p.m. we had five guys and with
Clark Cronin on the back, Gene
Glenn in the middle and AI Pruitt
up front, Ernie on the side, they
tipped it, got it on a dolly, held
all the arms in, and muscled it in.
Thanks to everyone who re-
sponded.
Edwin Rogers came over and
got the electricity and water
heater going again.
There will be a graveside ser-
vice and internment at 3 p.m.
June 4 for Marjorie Cowman
(Belcher) in Wilmore. Her sister
Marie McKittrick is bringing her
home. The church will host a 4
p.m. luncheon at the Community
Center after the service.
Betty and Clark Yost just re-
turned from a trip to South Da-
kota and a fishing trip to Canada.
Glad to have you back. Clark
caught lots of Pike.
We had a lot of folks come
through Wilmore this weekend
and we enjoyed talking to them.
Leslie Hicks, whose husband
Leonard Hicks built the trophy
case in the community center,
came by on Saturday and we
chatted.
Henry and Carmen O'Dell
had a company of cousins, Coo-
per and Jetta, from Hugoton,
and a trailer load of four-wheel-
ers to buzz around Wilmore.
They all ended up on the Carou-
sel, with Henry chomping at the
bit to hit the road. They had a
good time.
The Frys were busy with
their family Loft and Evan, from
Hutchinson, and the four kids.
That party grew as Lisa and her
family came over from Cold-
water. The name of the game
was to keep those twins busy.
The whole family was involved
and did a good job. They only
ended up at the carousel a couple
of times. Ernie could run it for-
ever for them.
Bill and Darlene Proctor came
by and rode the carousel.
Darlene was determined to ride
a horse this time, not just in the
sleigh, and she did it with Bill on
the neighboring horse. Good
fun.
Pat and Ron White brought
by Christina Griffin
Chili
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by Susan Edmonston
their son and his family by Me- Have you missed out on eat-
morial Day for a ride and to pet ing at Don's Place in Protection
the dogs. They enjoyed theon Memorial Day? If so, you
dogsmore, I don'tblame them. must plan on going next year!
We had the debut of my glass Breakfast is served by the Chili
Wilmore sign, hung up in front Peppers from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
of the gazebo on Saturday. I and the roasters you see in the
made the letters from glass photo contain pancakes, san-
picked up in Wilmore, soldered sage, biscuits, scrambled eggs,
them together, silicone them to and gravy. As you take a plate
glass in a metal frame built by and walk by each container you
Brad Davis. will be asked how many or how
It looks, great thanks to much you want on your plate.
Ernie' s engineering. As you walk in the cafe, you'U
Wilmore was mowed up, see a cash register/counter (no-
flagged up, and ready for Me- body is there).
morial Day. The weather was Nearby is a milk-can canister
beautiful, in which your drop your free-will
We had breakfast at churchdonation. You can do that as you
on Sunday and had a good come in or as you leave. If you
crowd, thanks to the Frys and wish to write a check, it can be
Delaneys. written to The Chili Peppers,
Memorial Day we had a short Relay for Life, or to the Ameri-
service at the cemetery with Pas- can Cancer Society.
tor Juan and son starting out There is plenty of seating.
with three songs and a good talk Someone will come by your table
on veterans and patriotism, and ask if you want coffee or
Then we moved on down to the water.
Community Center for dinner. The Relay for Life event for
Wilmore was able to show off Comanche County began with a
the new memorabilia and as al- challenge in 2002 from the Clark
ways we had good food and County Courthouse relay team.
conversation. We did miss Comanche County won by mak-
Marty not being there, buting the most money for the
maybe next year. American Cancer Society: $5,006.
After dinner we had lots of Clark County came in second
riders on the carousel and a visit with approximately $4,000. In
with Richard and Vi Tnmamel and 2003 the Comanche County
Charlotte and Jim Sheldon. group became the Chili Peppers.
Later it was capped off by The first annual Memorial
about 30 folks from the Unruh Day Breakfast was held in both
Cousin Family Reunion, with Protection and Coldwater. With
some of them coming from Don Dellinger letting them use
Manitoba, Canada. his cafe, the annual event con-
What a great way to spend tinued.
Memorial Day. In the second year the travel-
Thanks for having me. I'll see ing trophy went again to the Chili
you nextweek. Peppers as they turned in
Memorial Day
ratDon's
$8,140.15. In the third year with
all kind of fundraisers and dona-
tions from the community, the
Chili Peppers turned in
$17,68050.
The fourth year the traveling
trophy again went to the Chili
Peppers who turned in $5,314.62.
In 2006, they turned in $5,550 to
be the top team for the fifth year
in a row.
The group began choosing a
theme each year such as "Seeds
of Hope,"
"Hot for a
Cure," "Wa-
hoo! Chili
Peppers --
Roundin' Up
a Cure.' and
"Chili Pep-
pers Gone
Hawaiian --
Lei Cancer to
Rest ."
Camp-
sites were
decorated at
Meade and
"in memory of' and "in honor
of" luminarias from vafi'ous par-
ticipating towns were used there
to light the walkways.
As the years went by, the
Chili Peppers no longer go to
Meade for Relay for Life and in-
stead have held the event in
Medicine Lodge and at the Heri-
tage Park in Coldwater.
In the beginning the group
consisted of courthouse em-
ployees then others joined to
help with the fundraisers and to
support the "cure for cancer"
event. Original team members
were Patty Fose, Kim Lauffer,
Alice Smith, Sheila Haas,
Heather Puderbaugh, Brenda
Fry, Tammy Sanders, Penny
Bruckner, Laura Sawyers,
Patricia Hayes, Patty Smart,
Missy Haas, and Laci Lauffer.
Others who have been on the
team include Beverly Clark,
Maxine Ellis, Chesney Clark,
Lynda Cooley,
Bobbi Rogers,
Tricia Snyder,
Beth Bayne, those
mentioned in the
photo below, and
perhaps others
that I can't remem-
ber right now.
Some of the
team will be going
to the Relay for
Life of Barber
County Saturday,
June 18,2016.The
event will be
downtown Medicine Lodge from
5-11 p.m. This is a change from
previous years when it was held
at the football field and was an
overnight celebration.
Other than the Memorial Day
Breakfast, the Chili Peppers get
their donations for Relay for Life
by doing the illuminaries. In the
past the names have been posted
along the walls of the Coman-
che County Courthouse and
more recently at Dave's Pizza
Oven in Coldwater.
If you'd like to be on the team
of the Chili Peppers or volunteer
to help them with their events,
contact Laura Sawyers who is in
the County Treasurer's office
Monday through Friday.
Memorial Day Breakfast was served at Don's Place in Protection by the Comanche County Chili Peppers
-- a local group which helps raise funds for the American Cancer Society's cancer research. Above are (left
to right) Kay Sawyers, Sara Rich, Dennies Andersen, Guyneth Snyder, Ralene Fine, Elizabeth Doxon, Laura
Sawyers. photo by Susan Edmonston
