Recipe of the Week

 

What's Up by LeRoy Cook

 

Private aircraft isn't the problem

January, as Midwesterners know, feels twice as long as any other month. Finding good days to fly in the First Month is a challenge; the only clear days are when it’s so blistering cold you can’t stand to drag the plane out. We did, however, get in a few flights last week, between bouts of fog and snow.

Among the few visitors last week were a big Beech King Air executive turboprop, a Cessna 172 and a Piper Archer. Those local residents venturing forth were Jeremie Platt in his Grumman Tiger, Eric Eastland in the family Skyhawk and Christian Tucker in the Mooney M20C. 

We continue to get besieged by Harrisonville airport residents seeking refuge from a looming displacement, as their runway undergoes a months-long rebuilding. Contractors and engineers, afraid of liability suits, don’t concern themselves with the inconvenience of lengthy closings, so tenants must either hunker down with unusable airplanes or evacuate to already-full neighboring fields. It would have been a good time to have some hangars built and ready for rent.

Much class-warfare was promoted last week when an outfit called “Airlines For America” issued a statement blaming private aircraft for delays and disruptions in airline schedules over the holidays. If only those pesky little airplanes weren’t being allowed to tie up space at “their” airports, A4A said, everything would run ever so much smoother. And General Aviation gets a free ride, they say, and it should pay its “fair share”, defined by them, of course.

The fact is, the public airspace and pavement, along with the air traffic control system, already exists, so shoving non-airline users aside won’t save any money, and the few extra movements of general aviation actually subsidizes an infrastructure built for the airlines. Fuel excise taxes do go into the Aviation Trust Fund, and aren’t passed on to airline customers like fees charged to the airlines. Like the highways, routes in the air are for everyone, not just commercial carriers.

The week’s question from the last column wanted to know who revolutionized airplane radios 60 years ago in Olathe, KS. Two faithful readers knew it was Ed King, who left Collins Radio to start his own little-airplane electronics company, Butch Leuthart and Jim Davis. For next time, tell us what the “V” stands for in V-speeds like Vs for stall or Vne for never-exceed. You can send your answers to kochhaus1@gmail.com.

The Museum Minute

 

Adrian Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet

The Annual Banquet is coming up. Please buy your tickets early so we know how many to plan for.

In- home daycare available in Adrian

After taking the last year off, I have decided it is time to fully reopen my in-home daycare. I have great references and have done this for the last four years.

I am located in Adrian off of E hwy, I currently offer before and after school care in Adrian School district, but at the end of the month

I am planning on opening back up to full time. With that being said, I am looking to fill full-time positions and then part time.

I am available Monday-Friday 6am - 5:15pm. Please message me with any questions and feel free to share!

- Amber Bjornson

Welcome Morgan!

The King’s Kutter Barbershop in Adrian is now double staffed!! Welcome Morgan Kobel to Adrian’s finest!! He will start Wednesday January 10th full time.

ALSO… I will be closing early Tuesday Jan 9th and leaving early Thursday Jan 11th for basketball broadcasts. 

I, Matt will also be out of town on Saturday the 13th but Morgan will be there regular hours 6-noon.

Obituary - Pamela Ann McGriff

Pamela Ann McGriff, age 59, Mound City, Kansas passed away Thursday, January 4, 2024. She was born on September 5, 1964 in Waterbury, Connecticut the daughter of William and Jacqueline DeMatteo Madonna.

During her working career she was employed as a regional manager for Avon and later managed in the restaurant industry. Pam was united in marriage to Wesley McGriff in March of 1982. She loved all kinds of animals and raised goats.

Pam is survived by her husband, Wesley McGriff, parents, William and Jacqueline Madonna, a son, Wesley McGriff, a daughter Wendy Kimling, a brother, William Madonna Jr., two sisters, Janice Vance, and Tammie Davis, two grandchildren, Dylan and Melissa, and one great grandchild, Blu.

A gathering to celebrate the life of Pam will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions are suggested to Kansas City Pet Project. Online condolences can be left at www.schneiderfunerals.com.

Thank you from the Erickson Family

Thank you to everyone for the texts, calls, food, flowers & contributions given in honor of our mom, Iva Erickson.

Thank you to the Mullinax Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. for taking such good care of her & guiding us through this tough time.

Thank you Bill (Becky West Read) Read for your words at mom's service & to the Amsterdam Baptist Church for letting us have her services there.

Thank you Angela Ewbank, Sharon Ewbank, Tracey Hendrix Correll, Janet Dyer, Marian Cummings & whomever else contributed to the delicious meal provided afterwards.

Also, a special thank you to the nurses & staff @ Bates County Memorial Hospital for her continued care.

Her sudden passing leaves a hole in our hearts, but knowing that she was loved by so many helps to ease our pain.

- Erickson Family