January 31, Before you think you don't have what it takes to judge an event, think again. We provide judges' packets

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1 January 31, P O Box 410 Udall, KS (620) Fax (620) You re Invited to a COMMUNITY POTLUCK To Celebrate Family, Friends and Community during National FCCLA Week 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014 Udall Community Building Bring a main dish and side dish or dessert to share. Put on by the Udall Middle/High School FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America) For more information, contact Linda Swan, adviser, WILLIAM NEWTON HOSPITAL SEEKS UDALL AREA RESIDENTS INPUT William Newton Hospital (WNH) based in Winfield, is researching the feasibility of opening a community based primary care clinic in ` Udall. WNH currently operates four Rural Health Clinics outside of Winfield in the communities of Sedan, Moline, Cedar Vale and Dexter. Making healthcare available in these communities where local access had either been limited or non-existent has been a vital service, one which WNH is proud to provide. Forming close and beneficial partnerships with these communities is the goal of WNH. Before the hospital can commit valuable resources to opening and operating a clinic in Udall -- a community survey must be completed. The information collected will allow WNH to determine the feasibility of extending the Rural Health Network to Udall. The brief survey will be mailed by the end of February and will also be available online for completion. More information will be made available in the February edition of the Chit Chat. We thank you advance for your participation and input. If you have questions or feedback please don t hesitate to contact Kaydee Johnson, Director of Business Development at WNH by at marketing@wnmh.org or by calling ext Greetings from the UHS Eagles Forensics-Drama Squad: We are holding our annual tournament on Saturday, March 1, 2014, and we need your help!! We need willing volunteers to judge events in our tournament; some of you have done this before. It s lots of fun and we feed you! Our complimentary hospitality room (FACS room) provides breakfast, snacks during the morning, and lunch. Blocks hand Embroidered Before you think you don't have what it takes to judge an event, think again. We provide judges' packets with guidelines Blocks hand to take Embroidered out the guesswork, and judging is mostly comprised of common sense (most of us know good/poor acting or speaking when we see it). The students participate in the following events: Prose Interpretation (like storytelling), Poetry Interpretation, Duet Acting, Humorous Solo Acting, Serious Solo Acting, Improvised Duet Acting (similar but not exactly like Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Informative speech, Original Oration (Persuasive Speech), and Extemporaneous Speech. Lots of hard work goes into these tournaments, especially on the part of the students. This is also an excellent opportunity to see one of our academic competition events in action. We hope you will join us and contribute to another successful tournament. Please let us know via the office, , or you can me:dawndavidson@usd463.org. Thank you. Sincerely, Dawn Davidson

2 Page 2 City Chit Chat Happy Valentine s Day! from the SECOND BLESSING GARMENTS CLOTHES CLOSET! We love our guests! Do you need winter clothing? Our February opening is Saturday, February 8, from 9:00 AM to noon. We have lots of cold weather clothing: coats, men s shirts, ladies blouses and dresses, jeans, juniors, children s and baby clothing. We would love to have you stop by to browse and visit. New items are put out every month. We have quality clothing for the entire family. There is never any charge for any of the items. Freewill donations are accepted. We are a compassionate ministry of the Udall Church of the Nazarene. We always gladly accept donations of clean good clothing. Please NO household items or toys!! If you have any questions, want to donate clothing, or have an emergency clothing need, please call Gaylene Williams, Director, at This community outreach is open on the second Saturday of each month from 9:00 AM to noon in the church annex at 2 nd & Church streets. Church office We are a division of the international compassionate ministry Hope Compassion Outpost USA/Int l. UHS Drama to present 2014 Spring Whodunit?! Care to attend murder night? Join an array of wacky characters as they dine and watch the world s greatest detective, Rathbone (Derek Leiblie), solve murders right in front of their eyes. There s only one catch anyone can be a victim and may not finish the evening alive! Did Someone Say Murder by David J. LeMaster entertains with murders, false identities, spies, double-crossings, tricks, surprises, thrills, and a shocking ending. Will Rathbone solve the mystery before the killer runs out of victims? Enjoy the thrills, laughter, and suspense on Friday, 28 March 2014, at 7 pm. Udall High School stage (middle school gym) Adults=$4, students=$3, and no charge for children under 5. Light refreshments will be served, compliments of Linda Swan and her FACS classes. The spring play is produced by special arrangement with Brooklyn Publishers, Cedar Rapids, IA. We at the Second Blessing Garments Clothes Closet and the Udall Church of the Nazarene wish to express our thanks to the fantastic students, teachers and staff at the Udall Schools for the coat drive they had and all the coats they donated to our clothes closet! We sincerely appreciate your thoughtfulness and work in gathering all the coats! We know those who receive the coats are very appreciative of your generousness. Go, Eagles! Project Graduation Fundraiser will be having a gift card and gift basket Bingo on Saturday Feb 22 nd 4 pm at the High School. We will be serving Chili, drink and dessert for $5 and child care will be offered. Questions please call Deni Kistler

3 City Chit Chat Page 3 BATTERIES FOR SMOKE DETECTORS The First Baptist Church of Udall will be distributing 9 volt batteries for smoke detectors on Saturday, March 8, We will be giving the batteries to everyone that needs one as we go door to door on the Saturday morning of March 8. Members of the church will be glad to install the batteries for those that might need help changing the battery. For more information or to request a battery, please call the church at

4 Page 4 City Chit Chat REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF UDALL Monday, December 9, 2013 The Udall City Council met for the Regular Council Meeting on Monday, December 9, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., at the city building. Mayor Brown called the meeting to order. The invocation was given by Council Member Adams. Roll call was then taken with the following council members present: Janette Adams, Bob Clasen, Regina Hansen, Chris Lette, and Randall Smith. Quorum established. Attending were Catherine Browning, Erik King, Eric Allen and Lulita Hopkins. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: by Adams, second by Lette, amending the agenda to include an Executive Session as New Business Item #7 and Adding Honky Tonk BBQ to the Cereal Malt Beverage application list as item 1c. All voted aye, motion carried. GENERAL DISCUSSION: 1. Jason Tharp addressed the council thanking them for their time and effort on the Udall Fall Festival. He brought in $ in cash as proceeds from the Beer Garden at the dance. He detailed other expenses deducted from the proceeds including motel rooms for the band $188.24, cost of beer $ and insurance $ for the event. BUSINESS FROM THE FLOOR: no items CONSENT AGENDA: MOTION: by Smith, second by Hansen, to approve the Consent Agenda including the minutes for the November 11, 2013, regular meeting, Treasurer and Clerk s reports for November 2013, and Expenditure Report in the amount of $130, All voted aye, motion carried. OLD BUSINESS: 1. City Code Financial LLC update from Larry Kleeman. The code is formatted and mostly updated with recent ordinances. There will be a final review before they submit their suggestions and it is posted online. 2. Water Lease and Agreement MOTION: by Lette, second by Smith, to move this item to Executive Session. All voted aye, motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: 1. Cereal Malt Beverage license applications for a. Felts One Stop 2014 b. Udall Grocery remainder 2013, and 2014 c. Honky Tonk BBQ 2014 MOTION: by Smith, second by Clasen, to approve the 2014 applications for Felts One Stop, Udall Grocery, and Honky Tonk BBQ and the 2013 application for Udall Grocery. Smith, Clasen, Hansen and Lette voted aye, motion carried. 2. Tree City USA Recertification information has been submitted on the Arbor Day Foundation s website outlining the City of Udall s participation in the Tree City USA program. The four criteria were addressed; having an established tree board or department, Arbor Day observation, proclamation, budget and resources for trees meeting the per capita requirements. The application will be reviewed and the city notified in early Employee Evaluations MOTION: by Hansen, second by Adams, to move this item to the Executive Session. All voted aye, motion carried. 4. Street lighting on Doyle Drive. Eric Allen presented three proposals for the maintenance of the street lights on Doyle Drive. The existing lights were installed by the developers and not all of the poles have been placed in the easements. The three proposals were a. Replacing the existing equipment with all new equipment and underground wiring $4, b. Installing 2 wooden poles and underground wiring $4, c. Setting two pole and providing aerial wiring similar to other neighborhoods $3, After discussing access to remove existing equipment due to some pole being on private property, it was determined to go with the equipment replacement and underground wiring. MOTION: by Lette, second by Adams, to approve the initial proposal replacing all equipment and reworking the underground wiring upon securing homeowners agreements where necessary. All voted aye, motion carried. 5. Table Replacements MOTION: by Smith, second by Hansen, to table this item due to lack of information. All voted aye, motion carried. 6. Waste Connections proposed 2014 rate increases effective with February 1 billing statements Rate 2013 Rate 2014 Rate Family Rate $11.50 per month $11.80 per month $12.00 per month Single/Sr Citizen $ 8.25 per month $ 8.40 per month $ 8.50 per month STAFF REPORTS:

5 City Chit Chat Page 5 King GovDeals.com will be listing equipment online for sale from both the police and maintenance departments. Allen Purchase order for sand spreader. Existing spreader is more than 15 years old, not enough metal to weld the bottom back on again. MOTION: by Smith, second by Clasen, to approve the purchase order from Kansas Truck in the amount of $6, for a Salt Dogg sand spreader. All voted aye, motion carried. Browning Treasurer s report and balancing with clerk still going smoothly. Hopkins Thanked the local ladies coffee group for bagging candy for Santa Comes to Town. Also, thanks to the Exley family and New Life Church for wrapping and distributing the Angel Tree Gifts again this year. There were 41 Angels this year and all were adopted once again. COUNCIL REPORTS: Lette Santa visited Udall on Saturday, December 7, with a smaller than usual crowd due to the colder weather, but steady throughout the afternoon. Brown The Tree Lighting ceremony was attended by approximately 30 people, again the colder temperatures kept some away. Little Miss Udall Hailey Wilson and Little Master Udall Jack Hess gave the count-down to tree lighting. The Volunteer of the Year Award presented by the N.I.C.E. Committee went to Jerry Brown. Jerry have been an active member of the Planning Commission for years and volunteers to help his neighbors. Cookies and hot chocolate were enjoyed courtesy of the Udall S.U.N. Club. Rev. Ed Freisen of the presented a couple of songs before the group went home to get warm. 7. Executive Session MOTION: by Adams, second by Smith, to go into Executive Session not to exceed 30 minutes to discuss employee evaluations and Water Lease Agreement. All voted aye, motion carried. Meeting resumed at the proper place and time. No action taken. MOTION: by Lette, second by Hansen, approving the contract on the rental at 118 E First to be dissolved when all personal property is removed and all utilities paid. MOTION: by Adams, second by Lette, to adjourn the meeting. All voted aye, motion carried. FROM THE LIBRARY It has been so good to come out of the library and smell food cooking I love all the extra lights and often more cars and pickups parked on First Street. The Honky Tonk BBQ Welcome to Udall! I m glad you are here. Bertha Rhoads 4-H Volunteers Thank you to the 4-H Volunteers who decorated the Udall Public Library for the Birthday of Kansas which fell on January 29 th, years old! UDALL BOOK CLUB The Udall Book Club shall meet on February 11 th at 1:30 pm in the Udall Public Library. The Cat Who Went Bananas by Lillian Jackson Braun will bring lots of laughter. All are welcome to attend. THANK YOU Thank you to whomever it is that cleans the snow and ice from in front of the Udall Historical Society (museum) and the Udall Public Library, plus the Udall Senior Citizens building. We sincerely thank you! UDALL PUBLIC LIBRARY Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 3:00 pm 6:00 pm Wednesday & Saturday 10:00 am 1:00 pm Closed: Sunday & Monday

6 Page 6 City Chit Chat Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 Pancake & Sausage Supper Rock Christian Church Rock Gymnasium 5:00 7:00 pm H meeting 7pm Udall Grade School 6 Senior Citizens Pot Luck 7 8 Community Closet 9-12 Nazarene Church 9 10 CITY COUNCIL 6:30 pm 11 RECYCLE DAY Historical Society 7:30 pm Museum 12 Community Potluck Udall Community Bldg 6:00 p.m RECYCLE DAY 26 Udall Planning Commission 6:00 pm 13 Utility Payments 20 paid by 4 pm to avoid 10% penalty 27 Cooperettes Mtg 14 Senior Citizens Pot Luck TEFAP 9-11 am Project Graduation Gift Card/Basket BINGO Chili, drink, dessert $5.00 Udall High School MARCH 1 Forensics Tournament Udall High School City of Udall P O Box 410 Udall, KS PRST STD US POSTAGE PAID UDALL, KS PERMIT No. 1 Feb 1 Pancake & Sausage Supper Feb 12 Community Potluck Feb 22 Gift Card/Gift Basket Bingo and Chili POSTAL PATRON UDALL, KANSAS 67146