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It’s now all but impossible to deny Starbucks is coming to Junction City.

The popular coffee shop chain is hiring for its new location at 814 E. Chestnut St. Although no official confirmation has yet been received, a job post on Indeed.com states the Junction City location already is looking for baristas for its store.

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m.editor@thedailyunion.net FORT RILEY — For more than a year, Fort Riley leaders have been planning, preparing and bracing for budget cuts and sequestration.

On Friday morning, senior commander Brig. Gen. Don MacWillie, Garrison commander Col. William Clark and Irwin Army Community Hospital commander Col. Barry Pockrandt gathered to talk about what will change on post to address the federal fiscal environment that includes about $45 billion in cuts to the Department of Defense.

“Every time we asked for something, the nation responded. Maybe we need to take time in this nation’s life cycle to take a look at and know what we require.”

Brig. Gen. Don MacWillie

Senior commander Fort Riley “This new fiscal environment is going to clearly affect our training, workforce and future contracts,” MacWillie said just seconds into his opening statement to area media gathered at the 1st Infantry Division Headquarters. “We are going to slow some things down

and ensure everything we do supports the readiness and commitment to our soldiers and their families first and foremost. Those are two areas that we will not compromise.”

MacWillie said fiscal issues already have had an affect on Fort

Riley and more is likely to be seen soon.

“Last year we all knew the budgets were going to change,” MacWillie said. “So, we took time to educate and relearn management and training and identify requirements on training resources ... time, people and money.”

Among the major adjustments that were discussed Friday include soldier training and affects of likely civilian furloughs expected for up to 2,700 civilian employees on post.

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Clicking the job post link sends users to another website with more details about the position.

The job post does not suggest when Starbucks will open but does include the building’s address.

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Future graduation ceremonies at Junction City High School may have a feel similar to institutions of higher learning.

JCHS Principal Melissa Sharp is making a request to increase the academic recognition for graduates, beginning with the class of 2013. It’s one topic scheduled to be presented to the Unified School District 475 Board of Education Monday evening.

The plan would provide more recognition besides valedictorian, salutatorian and students wearing National Honor Society stoles.

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Junction City’s Seven Ferrer puts the finishing touches on his graffiti art at The Factory, a relatively new teen club located at 805 Grant Avenue. The club has been open for about a month and is quickly becoming a place for teens 13 to 17 to hang out.

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ecently-retired Fort Riley soldier Jason Davis has three teenagers, so he understands when young adults say there’s not enough to do at night on weekends.

When his kids came to visit the area for the summer or on a holiday break, Davis admitted he often took them to Topeka or Kansas City for the evening rather than stay in Junction City.

The next time his teens visit, he won’t have to do that.

On Thursday afternoon, Davis beamed as bright as the glaring sun while he showed off The Factory Teen Club, a facility he and fellow retired soldier, Alonzo Range, opened about four weeks ago.

Located at 805 Grant Avenue, and formerly known as the Oasis Club,

the house now looks like a teen hang out inside and out.

“This is a club for teens,” Davis said. “The goal for us is the kids — to give them somewhere to go other than Milford Lake and Walmart.

What we do is provide a place for them to hang out where they can act like young adults.”

Graffiti artist Seven Ferrer was outside in the shining sun Thursday putting the finishing touches on a 25-foot long mural on the front of the building when Davis drove up to talk about the club. Davis and Range hired Ferrer to create the graffiti art. Ferrer said he worked about four days inside the building and two days on the outside. During that time, he has witnessed plenty of teens enjoying spending time at the club.

“I think it’s great,” Ferrer said about the teen club.

Inside, it is dark. There’s a dance

Check out The Factory Parents of teens ages 13 to 17 are welcome to go inside and see The Factory Teen Club before dropping of their kids. There is no cover charge from 7 to 8 p.m. After 8 p.m. the cover is $2. Along with a live DJ, there is free WiFi and a pool table. The facility also is available for private parties. floor on one end with a DJ area. In the middle, there are couches, a television and a pool table. Near the entrance, there’s a bar and kitchen area where the kids can purchase food and refreshments.

Davis said his daughter can’t wait to spend time at the club when she is in Junction City.

“This is somewhere I would let my daughter and boys hang out,” he said. “We’re not babysitters, but the kids are not going to get in trouble Please see Teens, 12A

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sing vivid colors of coral reefs, beach waves, and a model’s hair, cosmetology student Jasper Struthers constructed a picture worthy of national attention.

“I wanted it to be soft and natural,” Struthers said about his work.

“It was really easy and fun, once I had a vision in place, the execution just followed.”

That vision resulted in a trip to Chicago. The Bellus Academy student has been named one of three students nationwide to represent the institution at America’s Beauty Show.

The Junction City High School

graduate has been named a finalist in the annual Wella Student Competition in the “Wella Professionals Category” for the internationallyrenowned show. Struthers’ inspiration for his submission was derived from a creation of “under the sea” meets “beach waves.”

“It’s an honor,” Struthers said.

“I’m still getting used to the fact that I’m being recognized.”

More than 20 student finalists from 37 different beauty schools were selected to compete in the show scheduled to run Saturday through Monday.

His passion for hair styling developed at an early age and he had a deep appreciation for art. Struthers knew that hair would be used to

After a long day, Dr. Joe Stratton stood near the exit of a convention center conference room and greeted individuals who spent time working on the future of Geary Community Hospital.

Those 60 plus individuals who came together Friday to discuss a strategic plan, consisted of department managers, health care providers, county commissioners J oe and the hosS tratton pital board of trustees.

As the numbers dwindled after the work session, the chief executive officer took a seat at a round table with glasses and empty candy wrappers and began to discuss the roadmap for the future.

“I thought it went really well,” Stratton said. “There hasn’t been a strategic plan at Geary Community hospital for a number of years.”

Officials are trying to break down the plan into five pillars — staff and volunteers, patients and families, operations and clinical, growth in community relations and finances. Some of the topics discussed including a review of online survey results, values and strategic direction.

Stratton said Friday’s Please see Strategic, 12A

Local student wins contest, ready for career to take off

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American Legion St. Patrick’s Day feast and dance The American Legion Post 45 and AL Riders, 201 E. 4th Street, will hold a St. Patrick’s Day feast and dance on Friday, March 15.

Dinner will be from 6 to 7 p.m. followed by the dance featuring Mended Wings from 7 to 10 p.m.

Advance tickets are $10 and are available at the post lounge or through a post officer. At the door, the charge is $12. Dinner includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots. The dinner is smoke free, but the dance is not.

All proceeds go to support the Annual Run for the Wall.

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receive cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa cum laude status.

According to Sharp, those students would be recognized during the ceremony with an “honor cord,” paid for by funds from the student recognition account. The change would also include the distinction on diplomas as well as an honor ceremony for families.

Superintendent Ronald Walker said he supports the idea, which is modeled after colleges.

“We have not done this before and I’m not sure any school in Kansas is doing it,” Walker said. “I think this is the way to go. It awards kids for their hard work they’ve done in school.”

The meeting is scheduled for

c.jordan@thedailyunion.net Future graduation ceremonies at Junction City High School may have a feel similar to institutions of higher learning.

JCHS Principal Melissa Sharp is making a request to increase the academic recognition for graduates, beginning with the class of 2013. It’s one topic scheduled to be presented to the Unified School District 475 Board of Education Monday evening.

The plan would provide more recognition besides valedictorian, salutatorian and students wearing National Honor Society stoles.

For the May graduation, Sharp wants to recognize students who

4:30 p.m. Monday at the Freshman Success Academy, 300 W. Ninth St.

Superintendent to present legislative update

Superintendent Ronald Walker said he would provide a legislative update to the board of education.

During a press conference March 1, he said one of the bill discussed was legislation which would hold a third grader back if they could not read proficiently on an assessment.

Walker said many schools had concerns with that based on research issue and retention at that age level.

“None of it is really positive,” Walker said. “Since it stalled for

right now, I don’t think it’s a bad thing for us.”

Board scheduled to approve student software program

Board members are scheduled to consider the purchase to update Skyward Student Software. The purchase would also include a transition from the Infinite Campus system.

One aspect of the system allows parents to go online and check their student’s grades and status.

The price is $211,673 and more than $54,000 for following years of support. If approved, funding will be split between the Department of Defense funding and supplemental funds.

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Food for the poor The Episcopal Church of the Covenant welcomes the Rev. Robert M. G. Libby.

Please join the church this Sunday, March 10, at The Church of the Covenant, 314 N. Adams St., to hear The Reverend Robert M.G. Libby speak at all the services about a ministry providing direct relief to the poor throughout Latin American and the Caribbean.

Father Libby will share what he has witnessed about Food for The Poor’s mission to care for the destitute as a means of living out the Gospel mandate to love one another.

Fr. Libby was ordained in 1958 for the Diocese of Southeast Florida. He has authored three books and is an award winning church journalist. Before re-joining Food for The Poor as a speaker, he served as Interim Dean for Trinity Cathedral in Miami, Fla. Please join myself, Deacon Rex Matney and Fr. David Jenkins in welcoming Father Libby by attending either the 8 a.m. or 10 a.m. service, Sunday, March 10.

Spc. Tara Schmidt won a 2013 Dodge Dart through a sweepstakes in July, but she finally inhaled the new car smell Thursday, after returning from Afghanistan. “I still can’t believe I won, but it’s right here,” Schmidt said while standing near the car. Her family travelled from Onalaska, Wis. to welcome her back during a redeployment ceremony Wednesday. They were also at Dick Edwards Auto Plaza to record and take pictures of Schmidt receiving her prize from Exchange New Car Sales. Schmidt was in the Middle East when she received the news. “My heart starting racing,” Schmidt said. “This can’t be true because no one wins these things.”

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city.beat@thedailyunion.net For the most part, candidates for the Junction City Commission Wednesday stated they believe Geary County taxpayers should help support Rolling Meadows Golf Course, Freeman Field and the C.L. Hoover Opera House.

During Wednesday night’s Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce Candidate’s Forum, which was held at the Opera House, each of the six candidates sounded off on the issue.

“I think Junction City and Geary County should all work together to pay taxes and support all these fine places that we have,” Larry Powell said. “After all, if you live in the county, like I used to, I came in town and I used the Opera House and I used the golf course. So why not pay my share of that? It’s only fair.”

That would be fair, according to Mick McCallister, because some of the people who utilize the golf course, Opera House and airport don’t live in Junction City.

“We need to go ahead, and as a team — whether it’s regional, county — as a team, we need to have those things paid for,” he said. “And I believe the county doesn’t have any problem paying their way with those types of amenities.”

City commission candidates agree on taxpayers funding golf, airport, Opera House As for the golf course, though, current Commissioner and Vice Mayor Jim Sands pointed out the county is willing to consider helping the city, but there’s one problem.

“It’s got to be profitable,” Sands said. “The county saw it as, ‘Why should we take over something that’s broke?’ And they’re exactly right. I wouldn’t take it on (unless it were profitable).”

Whether something is profitable may not always be the best measure, though, according to Mike Ryan, who used the airport as an example.

Ryan said he has attended several city commission meetings during which the airport doesn’t sound like such a good amenity for Junction City. He added that view can be misleading if a person’s never visited Freeman Field.

For example, Ryan told the audience of a man who once a month works with fifth and sixth-graders on a project building an airplane.

“It may not be much, but for those kids, it’s giving them an opportunity to get their hands on something that may lead them to a profession for

life,” he said.

Echoing the other candidates’ thoughts, Bob Henderson said he also believed the county should help support those qualities of life. But he also said the city needs to make sure it does its part, especially when it comes to funding the Opera House.

Henderson said the restoration of the Opera House is starting to pay off for the city.

“Look at where we are now,” he said of the venue. “Look at what this was five or six years ago. I think it’s becoming the center of our culture.”

Lawrence Ruiz said he also felt the continued funding of the city’s amenities was important to Junction City’s future success.

“It shows that Junction City, we’re a fun city,” he said. “We do things.

We’re alive. We’re here. This is a place to live.”

The general election for City Commission is April 2. The top two in votes received will be elected to fouryear terms, while the candidate with the third-most votes will serve a two-year term.

It’s now all but impossible to deny Starbucks is coming to Junction City.

The popular coffee shop chain is hiring for its new location at 814 E. Chestnut St. Although no official confirmation has yet been received, a job post on Indeed.com states the Junction City location already is looking for baristas for its store.

Clicking the job post link sends users to another website with more details about the position.

The job post does not suggest when Starbucks will open but does include the building’s address.

Starbucks will share the strip mall with several other businesses, including a Great Clips.

The hair salon announced last month it had signed a lease, although its official opening date has not been released. Great Clips’ website still states the location is “coming soon.”

Starbucks’ website does not yet list a store location in Junction City.

Groundwork at the site began several months ago. Excited community members quickly circulated rumors about what would fill the space.

The buzz around town is one of the building’s other occupants will be a restaurant.

In the military Krause graduates from basic COLUMBIA, S.C. — Army Pvt. Jonathan J. Krause has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Krause is the son of Jeffrey and Kathy Krause of Hartman Avenue, Omaha, Neb., and brother of Joshua Krause of Fort Riley.

He is a 2010 graduate of Omaha Northwest High School, Neb.

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Today, from 1 to 4 p.m. Holy Smoking Barbecue will prepare rib and chicken dinner at the Larry Dixon Center Located at 920 W. 6th Street in Junction City.

JCHS Key Club members strive to build positive character and leadership skills. The organization provides services to community agencies and community members of all ages. Some local services include: activities with after school program students, participating in Big Brothers Big Sisters programs, providing gifts to local foster care children, and sponsoring local food drives.

The menu features Smoked BBQ Ribs, Fried chicken, potato salad, baked beans, collard greens, smoked cabbage, sweet potatoes, cornbread, dessert, and drink.

The cost is $10 for an adult dinner which includes 1 meat (ribs (2-3pieces) or chicken (2pieces), 2-sides, cornbread, dessert, and drink.

A $6 child dinner includes 1 meat (1 piece), 1 side, cornbread, dessert, and drink.

For $2, people can purchase additional sides and the cost for a slab of ribs is $20.

Dinners can be pre-ordered or purchased with a check from Key club members or by calling (785) 717-4244.

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The Junction City branch of the NAACP No. 4035 will meet Saturday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to noon at the VFW post 8773, 1215 S. Washington St. Among the items of discussion will be the NAACP and point members to fill the executive committee board. This meeting is for all members and everyone is encouraged at attend.

Call JackieLee McDonald at (785) 762-4902 or (785) 492-8380 for more information.

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Rozzo is the son of Shawn Beach of Hinesville, Ga., and James Rozzo of North Fork Drive, Milford.

He is a 2009 graduate of Liberty County High School, Hinesville.

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Spring Panel approves big anti-abortion bill enrollment, diversity sets records at K-State B y John H anna

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Special to The Daily Union MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University can add another point of pride to its successes throughout the past 150 years: a record spring enrollment and a more multinational student body than ever before.

The university, which is celebrating its sesquicentennial, has 23,180 students enrolled for the spring semester — up more than 650 students from spring 2012.

“Spring enrollment is a reflection of how the previous semester went for students, especially freshmen, and we’re delighted by the results,” said Pat Bosco, vice president for student life and dean of students. “The substantial increases in enrollment and students of color demonstrate the commitment of faculty and staff to students’ success, and to the recruiting and retention efforts of programs such as the PILOTS Program, Developing Scholars Program, McNair Scholars Program, Diverse Success, MAPS and Multicultural Engineering Program.”

Of the more than 23,000 enrolled students this spring, 3,187 are multicultural. The university has 937 students who identify themselves as black; 1,201 as Hispanic or Latino; 342 as Asian; 96 as American Indian; 36 as Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; 575 as multiracial; and 425 as another ethnicity or culture.

“Our multicultural enrollments continue to set records because of our outstanding, best-practice recruiting and retention efforts,” said Myra Gordon, associate provost for diversity. “These initiatives are exposing thousands of multicultural students to K-State and the opportunities the university has for students to become scholars and leaders.”

Additionally, 2,090 international students made Kansas State University their school of choice for the spring.

China is the top country represented, with India, Saudi Arabia, Ecuador, South Korea, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Japan and Iran rounding out the Top 10.

Spring’s records follow several milestones set by the fall 2012 numbers, including Kansas State University having more enrolled undergraduates than any other state university and remaining the No. 1 choice for Kansas high school seniors.

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee on Thursday approved sweeping anti-abortion legislation that would prohibit public schools using sex-education instruction from Planned Parenthood and would block tax breaks for abortion providers and patients.

The bill that cleared the Federal and State Affairs Committee doesn’t contain changes as dramatic as a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions from the 12th week of pregnancy, but abortion rights supporters in Kansas still see it as a serious threat to access to the procedure. Abortion opponents argue the measure lessens the state’s entanglement with a procedure many residents find objectionable.

The Kansas legislation rewrites tax laws to prevent groups providing abortions from receiving tax exemptions or credits that go to other nonprofit groups or health care providers. Also, a woman who claims an income tax deduction for medical expenses couldn’t include the cost of abortion services.

The bill spells out in more detail what information doctors must provide to women before terminating their pregnancies, and it strengthens a law against residents at the state’s medical school performing abortions on state time. It declares that life begins “at fertilization,” and “unborn children have interests in life, health and wellbeing that should be protected.”

The legislation would prohibit any abortion provider from furnishing materials or instructors for sex education classes in public schools. School district employees and companies or groups under contract to provide educational services couldn’t be involved in performing abortions.

“It is meant to be comprehensive,” said Rep. Steve Brunk, a Wichita Republican who opposes abortion and serves as the committee’s vice chairman.

The provision dealing with public schools is similar to a 2007 Missouri law and legislation considered in Texas this week.

“If we’re going to have people in our education system, I don’t want them involved in any way, shape or form or manner in killing children, killing babies.

We should have people of integrity and morality teaching our children.”

Rep. Allan Rothlisberg

Julie Burkhart, founder of the Wichitabased abortion-rights group Trust Women, said the Kansas measure would “stigmatize” anyone associated with providers and violates their free speech rights.

In Kansas, decisions about course content are left largely to local school boards, and education officials said Thursday that they’re not aware of examples of abortion providers furnishing materials or instructors for sex education classes. But districts aren’t required to report such information.

Peter Brownlie, president and chief executive officer of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, said his group provides both materials and instructors when invited but doesn’t track how often schools ask. Planned Parenthood offers abortions at its clinic in Johnson County.

Mary Kay Culp, executive director of Kansans for Life, the most influential antiabortion group at the Statehouse, said parents shouldn’t have to worry about their children being educated by groups like Planned Parenthood “so that they can learn where the local abortion clinic is.”

“It’s like if you let the driver’s ed come from the local Buick dealer down the street,” she said.

The proposed legislation had drawn criticism because it initially was drafted broadly enough to prevent abortion providers or their employees from volunteering at their children’s schools. Even some strong abortion opponents blanched and successfully worked to narrow the language.

But Rep. Allan Rothlisberg, a Grandview

Plaza Republican, argued in favor of the broader language.

“If we’re going to have people in our education system, I don’t want them involved in any way, shape or form or manner in killing children, killing babies,” Rothlisberg said. “We should have people of integrity and morality teaching our children.”

Abortion rights opponents in Kansas have pushed successfully for a series of new restrictions since Gov. Sam Brownback, an anti-abortion Republican, took office in January 2011. Both legislative chambers have solid anti-abortion majorities, and the bill approved by the House committee is likely to become law.

But Kansans for Life has not pushed for changes as dramatic as those in Arkansas, fearing they could lead to adverse court rulings. Culp said Kansas has succeeded in reducing abortions with an incremental approach.

The Senate has approved a bill making it a crime for doctors to perform abortions solely because a woman or her family doesn’t want a baby of a certain gender.

Over the past two years, Kansas has tightened limits on late-term abortions, required doctors performing abortions on minors to obtain written consent from their parents or guardians, and restricted private health insurance coverage for abortions.

Kansas also imposed new health and safety regulations specifically for abortion providers that are being challenged in court.

Brunk acknowledged that he and other legislators would like to go further by perhaps enacting a near-ban as restrictive as Arkansas’. But he said abortion opponents aren’t yet united on taking such an approach.

Meanwhile, abortion rights supporters are vigorously attacking the bill approved by the House committee.

“There definitely parts of this bill that are as serious a threat to access as the 12-week ban in Arkansas,” said Elise Higgins, a lobbyist for the Kansas chapter of the National Organization for Women. “It’s just a little more sneaky.”

House panel rejects adult business bill B y John H anna

The Associated Press TOPEKA — Legislation banning alcohol, total nudity and semi-nude lap dances inside Kansas clubs was rejected Friday by a state House committee, a setback for advocates who’d hoped a new crop of conservative lawmakers would enact tough statewide regulations on sexually oriented businesses.

The Federal and State Affairs Committee first narrowed the proposed “Community Defense Act,” limiting it to preventing

new sexually oriented businesses from being located near homes, schools and houses of worship. Some social conservatives who backed the original, tougher version refused to vote for the revised measure, and it failed on a voice vote.

The committee’s actions surprised some supporters of the original measure. They’d anticipated having to possibly relent on provisions banning alcohol or forcing such businesses to close at midnight but had expected most of the restrictions to pass.

The House easily approved

similar legislation in 2011, only to watch it die in committee in the Senate the next year. Conservative Republicans took control of the Senate after last year’s elections, ousting its moderate GOP leaders, and supporters of the bill believe the Senate is receptive to regulating sexually oriented businesses.

“We used to have great favor in the House for this bill,” said Phillip Cosby, state director for the American Family Association of Kansas and Missouri, a retired Army sergeant from Overland Park who’s been the

most visible advocate of the legislation. “The House has more of, perhaps, a Libertarian bent.

I can’t fully explain it.”

Cosby and other supporters of the bill, citing past studies from other states, have argued that new, statewide restrictions on sexually oriented businesses will fight blight and crime, including human trafficking.

Also, they contend, legal disputes in recent years involving business owners and communities such as Abilene and Meriden, northeast of Topeka, demonstrate that local officials need the state’s help.

Fuel prices hitting businesses, motorists alike B y Ruth C ampbell

The Garden City Telegram GARDEN CITY (AP) — If you ask Doug Martin, an owner of Hugoton-based Martin Trucking and Southwest Express, about the effect rising gas prices have had on his business, he has one word for you: bad.

“The cost of operations has risen dramatically. We are paying $4 a gallon for diesel fuel at this time,” Martin said. “Operating a truck per day, per mile is increasing. We have to recoup the cost, and the only way to do that is a fuel surcharge. In some cases, we can’t pass it all on. The company does have to absorb that. It definitely eats into our profit line.”

Along with the expense of fuel, health and liability insurance costs have gone up. Martin Trucking and Southwest Express, owned

by Martin and brothers Ron, Jim and Will, hauls primarily crude oil, natural gas liquids, anhydrous ammonia for farmers, animal fat used in cattle feed and biofuel.

“The cost of operation is so high today that it has to be passed on, ultimately, to the consumer,” and what the consumer pays for groceries, for example, Martin said.

His firm has been in business since 1984. Ten years ago, the per-day cost of

truck fuel would run about $175. Today, it’s about $350 a day. The company uses a lot of truck owner/operators.

“They are the ones paying for their fuel. It has been difficult finding owner/ operators. A lot of the older ones have gone out of business,” Martin said. He added that more companies have gone to strictly employing drivers.

Other businesses around Garden City are either absorbing the cost of gas or making adjustments to account for the rising cost.

According to AAA, the average cost of gas around the area is $3.65 a gallon for regular unleaded. the high price is $3.85, and the low price is $3.36.

Jerry Appel, owner of JD Auto Repair, which rents out Budget trucks, said fuel prices have hit his business.

The trucks are full when customers rent them, but they have to return them with a full tank or pay a $30 refueling fee, plus the cost of gas, Appel said.

Small trucks, which are 16 feet, have 35-gallon diesel tanks, and the larger, 24-foot models carry 50 gallons.

“It costs more for people to move. People really have to think hard twice before they move,” he said.

Kenny Spanier, owner of The Superstore furniture store, is not passing the steadily rising cost of gas on to his consumers, although he is getting hit

“It’s definitely a challenge to get by with the way they (gas prices) are now, but I just started this business a month ago, so it’s kind of a struggle to get up and running. ... I travel a lot.”

Justin Gallegos with it in the form of surcharges from manufacturer deliveries.

“We really haven’t changed our pricing structure whatsoever,” Spanier said. “We’re just absorbing the cost and watching it go up and down.”

The Superstore offers free delivery up to 15 miles, but goes as far as 100 miles — one way — out of town and charges for that. Spanier said he sends two people and a box truck to do the job. He said the store is doing well enough that he doesn’t have to charge extra.

Berta Powell, owner of Berta’s Flowers and Festivi-

ties, said she has raised her prices the past month or so and charges $6 for delivery.

For efficiency, she tries to make one morning and one afternoon delivery run.

“Just so you’re not out all over,” she said.

Justin Gallegos started AAA Appliance Repair a month ago. He fixes washers, dryers, dishwashers, stoves, microwaves and other major in-home appliances.

“It’s definitely a challenge to get by with the way they (gas prices) are now, but I just started this business a month ago, so it’s kind of a struggle to get up and running. ... I travel a

lot,” Gallegos said.

He covers the area from Garden City to Dodge City, Montezuma, Copeland, Sublette, Lakin and Johnson City.

Demand for appliance repairs is not as strong as it was “when people were just spending money,” he said.

“It’s definitely a challenge, but you have to get a strong client base,” Gallegos said.

Pat Brown, who co-owns T.L. Brown Trucking with her husband, said fuel prices have put their 34-year-old company on a rollercoaster.

Their trucks haul mainly cattle to meat packing plants and feedyards, sale barns on the side and from pasture to pasture. Like Martin, the Browns face rising insurance costs and surcharge payments from customers that don’t keep up with rising expenses.

“It’s nothing to put $800 worth of fuel (in) just for a day — a regular day,” Brown said.

For Dillons supermarkets, there are several reasons prices increase or decrease, and while one of them is fuel costs, those cannot be singled out. Spokesperson Sheila Lowrie, based in Hutchinson, said weather, drought and individual commodity prices are also reasons customers might be paying more — or less — at the checkout counter.

With Dillons, Lowrie said, one of the benefits is centralized distribution centers. Its grocery distribution is in Goddard; the perishable distribution center is in Hutchinson; and Jackson’s Dairy, where the chain obtains its milk, is in Hutchinson, as well. This enables Dillons to move its product relatively quickly to its locations across Kansas.

“It’s hard to speculate and determine prices and increases or decreases, specifically how fuel prices may have impacted prices,” she said.

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From the editor’s desk Sequestration impact light on specifics

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fter more than 45 minutes sitting at a table with several other reporters listening to the top leaders at Fort Riley yesterday morning, I’m not sure I have any more answers or understanding as to the specific impacts of sequestration on our local area.

Despite the efforts of Post senior commander Gen. Don MacWillie and Col. William Clark being as open and transparent as they could be yesterday, the details just don’t seem to be there yet.

I guess I thought we would receive numbers and figures of spending cuts and savings projected through changes. Despite asking the question, no real dollar figures were provided — rather just statements of percentage decreases.

The most specifics received were there will be soldier training adjustments to include more simulation and less live fire exercises. Training will be more specific for missions, too.

The most significant impact may be the multiple furloughs for up to 2,700 civilian workers on Fort Riley to the tune of about 180 hours per employee.

That amounts to 20 percent pay reductions for those civilians during the next six months.

That likely will lead to adjustments being made at Irwin Army Community Hospital as well as the commissary and other services.

However the specifics of how the furloughs will occur and when has L isa not yet been determined.

S eiser That decision seems out of the hands of the local leaders and up to the Secretary of the Army.

Fort Riley leaders seem more sure of what won’t happen despite the sequestration cuts. That includes no pay reductions for soldiers and the programs that benefit the soldiers and their families will not be hindered.

It was also made clear that leadership will continue to look at all programs and contracts on post in an effort to find ways to save in what MacWillie called “the new fiscal” world we live in.

The effects already are being felt, according to the leaders, with regard to some aspects. MacWillie said 49 temporary term civilian employees will be released about a month early from their terms of employment. A majority of those were hired to work with MacWillie during the deployment of personnel.

It’s clear, Fort Riley leaders have been up front as much as they can about what’s going on.

MacWillie said it is unknown what the future holds, but the leadership at Fort Riley is doing all they can to posture the post in the best way.

Just wish we had some more specifics. I’m sure many others would like more answers soon, too.

S eiser is the managing editor of the Daily

Union.

Letter to the editor

You don’t have the answers

To the Editor:

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am in general agreement with your editorial board that Washington needs to get its act together and do the country’s work without quite so much partisan squabbling. That’s where our agreement ends.

Your assertion that replacing the dreaded “sequester” with a so-called “balanced approach” is not the right answer at all.

First of all, those who believe that conveniently forget that in the “fiscal cliff” deal we just raised taxes on the richest Americans (exactly as the President wanted) with no reductions in spending at all. Balanced approach indeed.

This is a sham that Democrats are most fond of.

They demand tax hikes now and promise to cut spending 10 years from now. What a joke. Can your board, or anyone for that matter, tell me what the point of raising more revenue is if Congress and the President take the proceeds and fritter it away on more wasteful, redundant and ineffective government programs?

The fact of the matter is that no government, city, county, state or federal has any business taking more money from anyone until it can demonstrate that it is doing everything it possibly can to spend the resources it has wisely.

Robert Zlotow Junction City

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Essential government tasks need reliable funding

ere’s hoping that Stewart Parnell goes to prison.

The former president of the now-bankrupt Peanut Corp. of America, Parnell ran a filthy Georgia processing plant contaminated with salmonella that injured more than 600 people in a 2008-2009 outbreak, killing nine. Last month, federal prosecutors charged Parnell and three others with criminal offenses, claiming the executives intentionally shipped out contaminated peanut products.

It’s about time that white-collar criminals whose actions result in death or horrible injuries have to do the perp walk, just like the leeches who sell narcotics to kids. Former workers and federal inspectors say the plant, located in the small southeast Georgia town of Blakely, was a breeding ground for bacteria — with a leaky roof, dirty floors, mold on the ceiling and walls, and rats and roaches everywhere.

Still, it’s not enough to know that Parnell is finally going before the bar of justice. I also want a vigorous and assertive government that will help ensure that plants like Parnell’s Blakely facility won’t be free to operate in the future.

With President Obama battling Republicans over government spending, it’s easy to forget the important functions that federal agencies carry on every day. The Washington commentariat has concluded the agreement — known as “sequestration” — that produced shortsighted budget cuts hasn’t caused any harm to the majority of Americans, an indication, in that view, that Obama oversold the conse-

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ith the shorthand “OMG” (oh, my God) becoming a huge cliche, it might be worth taking a look at how Americans are seeing the Almighty these days — that is if they are looking at all.

A recent Gallup poll indicates that just 31 percent of Americans worship publicly on a weekly basis, while 43 percent rarely go to a church, synagogue or mosque.

Growing up under the heavy hand of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, it was drummed into me that attending weekly Mass was not an option. It was a must to avoid eternal damnation, which was not a prospect filled with many positives. Hellfire was perpetual, and no parole would be offered.

And so I went to Mass and was even an altar boy, memorizing a variety of Latin prayers that basically said Jesus was a good guy and everybody should avoid offending him. Not a bad message, so I really had no beef — unless I was assigned to the 6:30 a.m. service.

Was Jesus even up at that hour?

Today, only 24 percent of American Catholics attend weekly Mass, and so Lucifer must be very busy expanding accommodations. There are many reasons for this, but two stand out.

First, Mass is often deadly dull.

Sometimes the priest is from Botswana, and you can’t understand him. Other times, you can understand the padre,

cynthia tucker Commentary quences of the cuts.

Is that true? The fact is we may never know how much harm will be done by those cuts. We don’t know how many children will miss their vaccinations, how many Head Start teachers will be laid off, or how many food inspections will be skipped.

The line between cause and effect is especially hard to draw in the work of those federal agencies whose jobs are aimed at prevention. The inspectors at the Food and Drug Administration have done their jobs well when you don’t hear of a food-borne illness or a faulty medical product. That sort of work is essential, but its results are hard to measure. And it never attracts public attention of the sort that ensures big budgets.

After the Blakely fiasco, Congress passed laws beefing up the powers given to the FDA. The agency used that new authority to shut down a New Mexico peanut processing plant that was implicated in a 2012 salmonella outbreak.

That decision came after the FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (another federally funded agency) and state and local health departments tracked the outbreak to

that specific plant, run by Sunland Inc. That outbreak sickened dozens.

I don’t know — and neither do you — whether the CDC will continue to have all the resources it needs to track deadly diseases with the across-theboard spending cuts dictated by GOP intransigence. I don’t know whether the Consumer Protection Agency will be able to track down all the leadtinged toys coming in from China. I don’t know whether the FDA will be able to shut down the next Sunland before hundreds are hurt.

But I do know this: When I fix my 4-year-old a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich, I should not have to worry about whether she’ll get food poisoning. When you buy peanut butter crackers from a convenience store to placate your growling tummy on a road trip, you shouldn’t fear that eating them will send you to an emergency room.

Those are routine securities that we take for granted because we live in an affluent, developed nation with government regulations for food safety. However, those protections cost money.

They don’t come free.

I’ve eaten in countries where there were no pesky government regulations keeping the milk pasteurized and the water free of parasites and the cooked meat free of harmful bacteria. I’ll take more government — with its higher costs — any day.

C ynthia T ucker , winner of the 2007

Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a visiting professor at the University of Georgia. She can be reached at cynthia@cynthiatucker.com.

Oh, my God Bill O’reilly Commentary but 20 minutes on the Corinthians can be challenging, if you know what I mean. It would be great if priests, ministers, rabbis and imams would spice it up a little.

The second reason that churchgoing is in decline is that we are living in a narcissistic time when self-gratification has largely replaced the golden rule of treating others as you want to be treated.

Far be it for the public schools to teach this, but the USA was founded on basic Judeo-Christian principles. Don’t take my word for it. Take a trip to Washington, D.C., and tour the Supreme Court building. There you will see a sculpted copy of the Ten Commandments on the wall.

But why? Moses wasn’t an American. He didn’t cross the Red Sea into Delaware. The reason the commandments are on display is that the Founding Fathers based the American legal system on honesty and on the avoidance of doing harm to others — the

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basic tenets of the commandments.

But many secular Americans, including the ACLU, would dismantle the Supreme Court display if they could.

We are now in the age of anti-religion, where pious folks are looked upon as odd. Religion is a bad thing to the secular-progressive. It’s too judgmental and stands in the way of unfettered abortion, gay marriage and other sacred causes of the S-P movement.

Faith-based organizations such as the Catholic Church should be fighting against secularism, but they rarely do.

Instead, they are on the defensive, as scandals and apathy have devastated organized religion. The Gallup poll reflects that.

But for me, a sinner, it is worth an hour a week to think about things of a spiritual nature in order to try to improve my life. I even turn off my cellphone. In pursuit of a higher calling, it is just not needed.

B ill O’R eilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.” To find out more about Bill O’Reilly, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators. com. This column originates on the website www.billoreilly.com.

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Junction City Police Department

• 5:10 p.m. — Motor vehicle accident rescue, K-57 milemarker 13 • 11:48 p.m. — Medical assist

The Junction City Police Department made eight arrests and responded to 108 calls in the 48-hour period ending 6 a.m. Friday.

• 2:24 a.m. — Grass fire, 1400 Goldenbelt

Wednesday

• 10:37 a.m. — Theft, 1625 Saint Marys Road • 1:02 p.m. — Disturbance, 219 W. 11th St. • 1:05 p.m. — Domestic, 100 block of E. Fourth St. • 2:03 p.m. — Domestic, 900 block of Grant Ave. • 3:12 p.m. — Accident, 1810 Caroline Ave. • 3:52 p.m. — Battery, 300 W. Ninth St. • 4:56 p.m. — Damage to property, 407 W. 18th St. • 4:59 p.m. — Theft, 117 W. Chestnut St. • 7:53 p.m. — Disturbance, 1019 Rucker Drive

Thursday

• 5:33 a.m. — Damage to property, 140 E. Chestnut St. • 7:32 a.m. — Accident, 1405 Holly Lane • 12:06 p.m. — Damage to property, 1008 W. Sixth St. • 2 p.m. — Domestic, 230 Hammons Drive • 2:15 p.m. — Theft, 1111 N. Washington St. • 4:54 p.m. — Accident, 407 W. 18th St. • 6:37 p.m. — Accident, 225 W. Seventh St.

Grandview Plaza Police Department The Grandview Plaza Police Department made two arrests and responded to 14 calls in the 48-hour period ending 12 a.m. Friday.

Junction City Fire Department The Junction City Fire Department made four transports and responded to nine calls in the 24-hour period ending 8 a.m. Friday. A report for Wednesday was not received.

Thursday

• 4:08 p.m. — Red alarm, 1810 Caroline • 4:15 p.m. — Citizen’s assist • 4:32 p.m. — False alarm, 801 W. Eighth St.

Geary County Sheriff’s Department The Geary County Sheriff’s Department made four arrests and responded to 40 calls in the 48-hour period ending 7 a.m. Friday.

Thursday

11:17 a.m. — Accident, K-57 milepost 25

Geary County Detention Center The Geary County Detention Center booked the following individuals in the 48-hour period ending 7 a.m. Friday.

Wednesday

• 11:20 a.m. — Clifton Duncan, probation violation • 2:45 p.m. — Kecia Spraggins, theft • 2:45 p.m. — Casey Miller, outside warrant • 3:35 p.m. — Macario Maldonado, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia • 3:36 p.m. — Jessica Stinnett, failure to appear • 3:37 p.m. — Lisa Daniels, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia • 4 p.m. — Iyonia Choice, identity theft (2), criminal use of financial card (2), theft (2) • 4:14 p.m. — Joanna Sumner, probation violation, failure to appear

Thursday

• 11 a.m. — Nicole Garrett, returned for court • 1:46 p.m. — Faye Davis, domestic battery, criminal damage to property • 1:54 p.m. — Michael Sledd, parole violation • 2:40 p.m. — Raul Martinez, domestic battery • 5:40 p.m. — Augustin Moreno, criminal damage to property

Friday

• 4:30 a.m. — Blake Morgan, DUI, no proof of • 4:29 p.m. — 1020 Thurston St., Manhattan

The Riley County Police Department made 17 arrests and reported 50 incidents in the 48-hour period ending 6 a.m. Friday.

Wednesday

Sex Offense

DUI

Thursday

Thursday

• 4:16 p.m. — 920 Garden Way, Manhattan • 4:41 p.m. — 3246 Kimball Ave., Manhattan • 4:51 p.m. — 1800 Claflin Road, Manhattan

• 12:55 a.m. — N. 12th St. and Laramie St., Manhattan

• 11:24 a.m. — 827 Colorado St., Manhattan

Damage to Property Wednesday

Junction City Municipal Court Convictions Feb. 22 to Feb. 28

• HUTTON, DANIEL, JUNCTION CITY, U-TURN WHERE PROHIBITED • GUZMAN, ADAM NOE, JUNCTION CITY, INATTENTIVE DRIVING • LYNCH, NICHOLAS S., JUNCTION CITY, NO SEATBELT (ADULT) • FOSTER, TYRELL JACOB, JUNCTION CITY, SPEEDING 49 MPH in a 35 MPH • CHANNEL, AMBER G., JUNCTION CITY, RESISTING ARREST • PIPPEN, MAURICE SR., JUNCTION CITY, NO DRIVER’S LICENSE • KUBISTOL, JOHN, JUNCTION CITY, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED • HOBLING, JEANNE E., JUNCTION CITY, NO SEATBELT (ADULT) • HOBLING, JEANNE E., JUNCTION CITY, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE • HOBLING, JEANNE E., JUNCTION CITY, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED • COLEMAN, RUSSELL, JUNCTION CITY, SPEEDING 45 MPH in a 30 MPH • DESHANNON, LATASHA NICOLE, JUNCTION CITY, FAIL TO YIELD AT STOP/YIELD SIGN • DOYLE, MICHAEL DEVAUGHN, JUNCTION CITY, SPEEDING, 46

Criminal complaints were filed in the following cases of interest during the one-week period ending March 8.

March 4

• State of Kansas vs. Adam Noe Guzman Jr. — Count 1: fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, Count 2: reckless driving, Count 3: aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim, Count 4: domestic battery, Count 5: domestic battery

March 6

• State of Kansas vs. Angela Racquel Johnson — Count 1: aggravated robbery • State of Kansas vs. David Pagan Paul — Count 1: aggravated battery, Count 2: criminal threat, Count 3: possession of marijuana, Count 4: possession of drug paraphernalia • State of Kansas vs. Drew Alan Zimmerman — Count 1: aggravated assault, Count 2: criminal threat

Junction City Feb. Building Permits • Single Family Residential — Four projects, 28 segments with valuation of $457,000 and fees of $6,253.70 • Residential Addition — Three projects, three segments with valuation of $9,776 and fees of $270.40 • Other (demo, signs, fence, etc.) — 44 projects, 44 segments with valuation $8,965.43 and fees of $2,210.25 • Commercial industrial — One project, two segments with valuation of $960,000 and fees of $5,418.75 • Commercial addition — One project, two segments with valuation of $10,890 and fees of $195.25 • Remodel residential — 17 projects, 23 segments with valuation of $49,658.53 and fees of $1,439.90 • Remodel commercial — Two projects, two segments with valuation of $41,500 and fees of $54 Totals — 72 projects, 96 segments with valuation of $1,537,789.96 and fees of $15,842.25 • 12:18 p.m. — Moro St. and N. 12th St., Manhattan • 7:03 p.m. — 3400 block of McDowell Creek Road, Manhattan • 7:14 a.m. — K-82, County Line, Riley, KS

• 8:40 a.m. — Riley County

Larceny

Thursday

Geary County District Court

Friday

Riley County Police Department

Battery

insurance, refusal of preliminary breath test

Friday • 2:32 a.m. — 1200 block of Vattier St., Manhattan • 2:42 a.m. — Anderson Ave. and Sycamore Lane, Manhattan

Accident

Thursday • 8:08 a.m. — W. 59th Ave. and Mill Cove Drive, Manhattan • 10:33 a.m. — 600 block of E. Poyntz Ave., Manhattan • 12:28 p.m. — 1600 block of Anderson Ave., Manhattan • 3:26 p.m. — Anderson Ave. and Garden Way, Manhattan • 5:10 p.m. — Claflin Road and College Ave., Manhattan • 11:06 p.m. — Claflin Road and Hartford Road, Manhattan

Wednesday

Friday

• 6:38 a.m. — Marlatt Ave. and Cindella Drive, Manhattan

• 12:07 a.m. — K-18 Bypass Road mile marker 181, Ogden

MPH in a 30 MPH

• DOYLE, MICHAEL DEVAUGHN, JUNCTION CITY, LOUD MUSIC FROM VEHICLE • HOUGH, SAMANTHA A., JUNCTION CITY, NO SEATBELT (ADULT) • RODRIGUEZ, VALERIE J., FORT RILEY, SPEEDING 1-24 OVER 44 MPH in a 30 MPH • CHERRY, ANTONIO D., JUNCTION CITY, NO SEATBELT (ADULT) • TORRES, JACOB NICKOLAS, JUNCTION CITY, NO SEATBELT (ADULT) • THORNTON, MONIKA, JUNCTION CITY, FAIL TO YIELD TO ONCOMING VEHICLE TURNIN • TRAN, ANDREW MICHAEL, JUNCTION CITY, VIOLATE RED TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL • TRAN, ANDREW MICHAEL, JUNCTION CITY, DEFECTIVE TAILLAMPS • ZELAYA, JUAN, HOUSTON, SPEEDING 41 MPH in a 30 MPH • ZELAYA, JUAN, HOUSTON, DRIVING ON LEFT SIDE OF ROADWAY • WHITE, VICTOR R., JUNCTION CITY, NO PROOF OF INSURANCE • BROWN, MICHAEL FRANCIS, JUNCTION CITY, DAMAGE TO PROPERTY • WISE, KYLE DEAN, FORT RILEY, NO REGISTRATION; ILLEGAL OR EXPIRED TAGS • HALL, AARON, JUNCTION CITY, SPEEDING 44 MPH in a 35 MPH • OLMSTEAD, WALTER LEE, FORT RILEY, FAIL TO YIELD AT

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Birth announcement Jace Jeffrey Dumler Chris and Ashley Dumler, of Wakefield, announced the birth of their son, Jace Jeffrey Dumler on Feb. 25, 2013.

Jace weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces and was 21 inches long.

Grandparents are Jeff and Leslie James, Wakefield; Jeff Dumler, Manhattan; and Debbie Lenk, Junction City.

Great grandparents are Vi Long, Junction City; George Davis, Junction City and Ida Forrester, Kimberling City Mo.

Geary County Marriage Licenses Feb. 25

• Jamire Deshon Coleman, Rebecca Ann Butts • Brandon James Vilardo, Breann Lauren Farrell • Neville Ricardo Aljoe, Shannon Averie Moultrie • Joseph Scott Dodson, Tara Sue Asher • Ryan John Hulse, Brittany Monique Thornton • Bennie Frank Palmer Sr., Diane Sandra Smith-Kent

Feb. 27

• Thomas Bryan Kimble, Lechanda Rochelle Castille

Feb. 28

• Matthew Blake Hunter, Ashley Leann Vaughan

Feb. 1

• Brian Stanley Schlosser Jr., Stacy Marlene Cohen Snyder • Antonio Warren, Shawnika Renee’ Carter • Steven Stewart Hodgkins, Shanna Lea Otney

Divorce Filings Note: First name listed is plaintiff.

Feb. 26

• Stephanie Arlene Kohman, Jeffrey Lee Black

Feb. 28

• Amy T. Warren, Michael D. Warren • Natallie A. Shakin, Stephen R. Perrett • Katie A. Rakestraw, Joshua Allen Mantz

Two Manhattan residents indicted for arson Special to The Daily Union

Federal charges have been filed against two people for an arson at a Manhattan apartment complex that killed a woman, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Thursday.

Patrick Martin Scahill, 20, Manhattan, Kan., and Virginia Amanda Griese, 19, Manhattan, Kan., have been indicted on one count of arson resulting in a death. The indictment alleges on Feb. 6, Scahill and Griese were responsi-

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ble for a fire at the Lee Crest Apartments, 820 Sunset Ave., in Manhattan. Vasanta Pallem, a 34-year-old postdoctoral researcher at Kansas State University who lived in the apartment complex, died as a result of the fire. “The penalty for conviction in this case could be life in federal prison without parole,� Grissom said. “Working together with our state and local partners we are prepared to prosecute this case to the full extent of federal law.�

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Thursday’s headlines from around the world Furious over sanctions, NKorea vows to nuke US SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead of a vote by U.N. diplomats on whether to level new sanctions against Pyongyang for its recent nuclear test.

An unidentified spokesman for Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry said the North will exercise its right for “pre-emptive nuclear strikes on the headquarters of the aggressors” because Washington is pushing to start a nuclear war against the North.

Although North Korea boasts of nuclear bombs and pre-emptive strikes, it is not thought to have mastered the ability to produce a warhead small enough to put on a missile capable of reaching the U.S. It is believed to have enough nuclear fuel, however, for a handful of crude nuclear devices.

Such inflammatory rhetoric is common from North Korea, but it has been coming regularly in recent days.

North Korea is angry over the possible sanctions and over upcoming U.S.-South Korean military drills.

The U.N. Security Council is set to impose a fourth round of sanctions against Pyongyang in a fresh attempt to rein in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Russia’s U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, said the council will vote on the draft sanctions resolution Thursday morning.

The resolution was drafted by the United States and China, North Korea’s closest ally. The council’s agreement to put the resolution to a vote just 48 hours later signaled that it would almost certainly have the support of all 15 council members.

The statement by the North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman was carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency.

It accused the U.S. of leading efforts to slap sanctions on North Korea. The statement said the new sanctions would only advance the timing for North Korea to fulfill previous vows of taking “powerful second and third countermeasures” against its enemies. Those measures haven’t been specifically elaborated on.

“We gravely warn that at a time when we cannot avoid a second Korean War, the U.N. Security Council, which served as the U.S. puppet in 1950 and made Korean people harbor eternal grudges against it, must not commit the same crime again,” it said.

North Korea in the statement demanded the U.N. Security Council immediately dismantle the American-led U.N. Command that’s based in Seoul and move to end the state of war that exists on the Korean Peninsula, which continues six decades after fighting stopped because an armistice, not a peace treaty, ended the war.

World markets mostly higher on Dow record B y P amela S ampson

AP Business Writer BANGKOK — World stock markets were mostly higher Thursday following Wall Street’s eye-popping performance this week.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index

had its highest close in four years.

Investors waded into stocks after the Dow Jones industrial average reached a new high for a second day Wednesday and the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy grew in the first two months of the year.

Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.3 percent to 6,444.69. Germany’s DAX added 0.1 percent to 7,928.56. France’s CAC-40 advanced 0.3 percent to 3,785.82. Futures on Wall Street signaled yet another day of gains. Dow Jones industrial futures rose 0.2 percent to 14,287 and S&P 500 futures added 0.1 percent at 1,540.40.

The Nikkei in Tokyo rose 0.3 percent to close at 11,968.08, after breaking through the 12,000 mark earlier in the session. The Bank of Japan wrapped up a two-day meeting without announcing new monetary policy measures. The meeting was the last to be headed by Masaaki Shirakawa, who steps down March 19.

The incoming chief, Haruhiko Kuroda, is expected to ease monetary policy to support the policies of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A former vice minister of finance, Kuroda has long voiced his support for bolder central bank policies and for a weaker currency to help boost export manufacturers by making their products cheaper in overseas markets.

“The BOJ will remain under pressure to ease policy throughout 2013. The next round of substantive easing is likely to come in April at the earliest, after the new governor takes office,” said analysts at DBS Bank Ltd. in Singapore.

Disappointing trade figures pulled Australian stocks down. Australia’s trade deficit widened to 1.06 billion Australian dollars in January, official figures show. Economists had expected a deficit of about half that.

On top of that, data on Australia’s economy released Wednesday showed 0.6 percent growth in the fourth quarter compared to the previous three-month period. But there were also worrisome signs, analysts said, with a cooling mining sector expected to weigh on stocks in the coming months.

“Yesterday’s GDP data wasn’t all rosy. Business investment fell sharply, sending another signal that the mining boom is coming to an end. Today’s trade data was bit worse than expected, and that probably explains most of today’s pull back,” said Daniel Martin of Capital Economics in Singapore.

Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.2 percent to 5,109.20.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slipped marginally to 22,771.44. South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.8 percent to 2,004.40. I In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3023 from $1.2994 from late Wednesday in New York. The dollar fell to 93.92 yen from 94.06 yen.

Oil up on growing crude supplies B y P amela S ampson

AP Business Writer BANGKOK — Oil prices were slightly higher Thursday as reports of a moderately improving U.S. economy, which suggests increased fuel consumption, were neutralized by growing crude supplies.

Benchmark oil for April delivery was up 11 cents to $90.54 a barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

The contract fell 39 cents to close at $90.43 per barrel on the Nymex on Wednesday.

The death on Tuesday of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, which sits on the world’s second-largest oil reserves, has had little immediate effect on the price of oil so far.

Chavez oversaw a decline in oil production during his 14 years as the leader of Venezuela. Traders are anxious to see if the new government invites foreign investment in Venezuela’s oil industry and is able to boost output.

“Over the longer term, changes in policy towards the energy sector might eventually allow Venezuela’s oil production to return to the much higher levels seen in the late 1990s,” Julian Jessop of Capital Economics wrote in an email commentary.

A report from the Federal Reserve issued Wednesday showed the U.S. economy strengthened across much of the country. The Fed’s Beige Book report showed that auto sales, more hiring and the ongoing housing recovery helped the U.S. economy grow in the first two months of the year.

In other energy futures trading on the Nymex: — Wholesale gasoline dropped 0.6 cent to $3.118 a gallon.

— Heating oil fell 0.5 cent to $2.971 a gallon.

— Natural gas rose 2.6 cents to $3.496 per 1,000 cubic feet.

Conservation body rejects polar bear trade ban B y T hanyarat D oksone

Associated Press BANGKOK — A proposal by the United States to ban cross-border trade in polar bears and their parts was defeated Thursday at an international meeting of conservationists, marking a victory for Canada’s indigenous Inuit people over their big neighbor to the south.

Delegates at the triennial meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, rejected Washington’s proposal to change the status of the polar bear from a species whose trade is merely regulated, not banned.

The proposal fell far short of the two-thirds needed to pass, garnering 38 votes in favor, 42 against and 46 abstentions. A similar proposal was defeated three years ago at the last CITES meeting.

While support for most of the meeting’s 70 proposals covering the trade in other species fell along predictable lines, the U.S. proposal made for some odd bedfellows. Russia endorsed Washington’s proposal, which was also supported by a cluster of animal humane societies.

Canada was joined in opposition by some of the larger conservation organizations, including the CITES Secretariat and the Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network, better known as TRAFFIC. The worldwide population of polar bears is estimated to be 20,000-28,000, with about two-thirds in Canada.

The United States had contended that climate

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In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kisses the flag-draped coffin of late Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez during the funeral ceremony at the military academy in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, March 8, 2013. Chavez died on March 5 after a nearly two-year bout with cancer. He was 58. change was dangerously shrinking the bears’ habitat, and that pre-emptive measures were needed to save them.

The Inuit, on whose lands many of the animals dwell, contended that polar bear populations were not declining, and that Canada was regulating the hunting of the bears in sustainable numbers. The tribal group said their way of life and livelihoods would be threatened by a ban.

“What it means to the Inuit people is that it is confirmation that the Inuit are managing the polar bear in a very responsible manner and that the world agrees with us, and it’s a proud moment for the Inuit,” Terry Audla, head of an Inuit rights group, said after the vote.

Audla earlier contended that the threatened ban was only the latest action that failed to heed the needs of the Inuit community.

“The world bans the seal trade, not based on science, but based on their bleeding hearts, right? Because ‘it’s so cruel,”’ he said. “But we’ve lived off the seals for centuries, and the population is quite healthy. So that was taken away from us.

Now the ivory trade, we have the walrus tusks and the narwhal tusks, and that trade was important to us as well. That was taken away from us. Now they’re saying the polar bear should be taken away from us as well.”

The U.S. delegation said it was disappointed that the trade ban proposal had failed.

“We will continue to work with our partners to reduce the pressure that trade in polar bear parts puts on this iconic arctic species, even as we take on the longer-term threat that climate change poses to polar bears,” Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes said in a prepared statement.

“Limiting commercial trade in this species would have addressed a source of non-climate stress to polar bear populations and contributed to long-term recovery,” said the statement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Each year, an average of 3,200 items made from polar bears — including skins, claws and teeth are reported to be exported or re-exported from a range of countries. Polar bear hides sell for an average of

$2,000 to $5,000, while maximum hide prices have topped $12,000.”

Filipino cardinal stirs papal talk with rapid rise B y J im G ome z

Associated Press IMUS, Philippines — Asia’s most prominent Roman Catholic leader knows how to reach the masses: He sings on stage, preaches on TV, brings churchgoers to laughter and tears with his homilies.

And he’s on Facebook.

But Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s best response against the tide of secularism, clergy sex abuse scandals and rivalfaith competition could be his reputation for humility.

His compassion for the poor and unassuming ways have impressed followers in his homeland, Asia’s largest Catholic nation, and church leaders in the Vatican.

Tagle’s rising star has opened a previously unimaginable possibility: An Asian pope.

The Filipino prelate’s chances are considered remote, as many believe that Latin America or Africa — with their faster growing Catholic flocks — would be more logical choices if the papal electors look beyond Europe.

But even the hint of papal consideration has electrified many in the heavily Catholic Philippines, where past pontiffs had been welcomed by millions with rock-star intensity.

“It’ll bring such immense glory to us and our country,” said Leo Matias, one of several waiters at a Chinese restaurant in Manila’s suburban Quezon city who served dinner to Pope John Paul II when he visited in 1995.

The restaurant has displayed the set of spoon, fork, table napkin, water goblet and knives — still unwashed after the pope’s meal of grilled fish and fried shrimp.

The talks surrounding Tagle have been fueled by prominent Vatican experts, who see in the boyish-looking cardinal the religious zest, stamina, charisma and communications skills that could energize the church

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John Thavis, a Vatican analyst and author of “The Vatican Diaries,” said the 1979 selection of Polishborn John Paul II in 1979 shows the “unthinkable” can occur once the cardinals are closed off in the conclave.

“There are people, even Vatican officials here, who have whispered to me, ‘Tagle, he’s the man,”’ Thavis told AP Television News.

When ask about the papal buzz, Tagle demurred: “Only a speculation.”

“He’s an effective communicator and missionary at a time when Catholicism’s highest internal priority is a new evangelization,” John Allen, a Romebased analyst, wrote for the National Catholic Reporter.

“Tagle incarnates the dramatic growth of Catholicism outside the West, putting a face on the dynamic and relatively angst-free form of Catholicism percolating in the Southern Hemisphere,” he said. “He would certainly be a symbol of the church in the emerging world, but given his intellectual and personal qualities, hardly a hollow one.”

Still, Tagle’s relative youth — at 55, he’s the second youngest among the cardinals — could be a liability. Cardinals could be reluctant to risk giving the reins of the Vatican to someone who could reign for decades. in him at the ITC that Pope Benedict chose him for Manila and then for the red hat” of a cardinal, said the Rev. Joseph Komonchak, one of Tagle’s instructors at Catholic University of America.

In October 2011, Benedict declared Tagle the new archbishop of Manila, then just a year later, elevated him to cardinal.

Tagle tearfully acknowledged in a recent homily in Imus that he was overwhelmed by his rapid rise.

“It’s unnerving,” he said.

Larger audiences have turned up to listen to his talks and homilies, where he often raised the need for the Catholic Church to reconnect with people.

Almost always, Tagle is mobbed like a movie star by fans jostling to get his picture.

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WEEKLY CALENDAR Today 10 a.m. Geary County Women’s Democratic Club meets at Church of Our Savior Methodist Church, Thompson Drive Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 1 p.m. Doors open at JC Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 6:30 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Bingo, 203 E. 10th St., open to public 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St.

Sunday Noon Doors open at JC Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 1:30 p.m. American Legion Post 45 Auxiliary Bingo, Fourth and Franklin Streets 8 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St.

Breast Cancer Support Group and Circle of Hope Cancer Support Group, Medical Arts Building II, Third Floor Conference Room, Geary Community Hospital 6 p.m. JC South Kiwanis meets at Valley View.

6:45 p.m. Social Duplicate Bridge, 1022 Caroline Ave. 7 p.m. Hope Al Anon meeting at First United Methodist Church 7 p.m. Hope Al-anon, First United Methodist Church, 804 N. Jefferson.

7 p.m. Geary County Fish & Game Association meeting, 3922 K-244 Spur 7 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary meeting, 203 E. 10th St. 7:30 p.m. Acacia Lodge #91, 1024 N. Price St., Junction City 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. Afternoon Bingo at Senior Citizens Center Senior Citizens Center errands to bank, post office and Walmart

Monday

Tuesday

9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Exercise at Senior Citizens Center Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. 7th St. 2 p.m. Doors open at Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 5:30 p.m. Friends of Hope

10 to 11 a.m. Bible study at Senior Citizens Center 2 p.m. Doors open at the Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 5 to 8 p.m. Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary kitchen is open with full

meals 6:30 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie Bingo, 203 E. 10th St., open to public 7 p.m. Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol, JC airport terminal, 540 Airport Road 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St.

lin streets 8 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, Presbyterian Church, 113 W. Fifth St. Senior Citizens Center errands to Fort Riley and Dillons

Thursday

Wednesday

9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Line dancing at Senior Citizens Center 9:30 a.m. MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), First Southern Baptist Church, child care provided 11:30 a.m. NARFE Old Trooper Chapter 383 luncheon meeting, Senior Citizens Center, 1107 S. Spring Valley Road, members and guests welcome 1 p.m. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Episcopal Church of the Covenant, 314 N. Adams St. 2 p.m. Doors open at the Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 5 to 8 p.m. Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary kitchen is open with full meals 6:30 p.m. Bingo at American Legion Post 45, Fourth and Franklin streets 7 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie, 203 E. 10th St. 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St.

6:30 a.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 6:45 a.m. Breakfast Optimist Club, Stacy’s Restaurant, Grandview Plaza 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Exercise at Senior Citizens Center Noon Noon Kiwanis meets at Kite’s, Sixth and Washington streets Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 12:15 p.m. Weight Watchers, Presbyterian Church 113 W. Fifth St. 2 p.m. Doors open at the Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 1 to 4 p.m. Cards at Senior Citizens Center 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers, Presbyterian Church, 113 W. Fifth St. 6 to 7:45 p.m. AWANA Club, First Southern Baptist Church 6:30 p.m. Bingo at American Legion Post 45, Fourth and Frank-

Senior Citizens Center errands to Walmart

Friday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Exercise at Senior Citizens Center Noon Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St. 2 p.m. Doors open at the Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles, 203 E. 10th St. 5 to 8 p.m. Junction City Fraternal Order of Eagles kitchen is open with short-order meals 6 p.m. Ogden American Legion Bingo, 515 Riley Blvd.

6 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, Women’s meeting, 119 W. 7th St. 6:30 p.m. JC Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary Bingo, 203 E. 10th St., open to public 8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous, 119 W. Seventh St.

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Cars all a part of husband’s fantasy Dear Annie: My husband hoards cars and is too lazy to fix them. Now he is lying about money, saying, “Oh, this is set aside to fix the cars.” But I know he is frittering it away and wasting his time. He always has excuses about why he can’t fix the cars, but if that’s the case, why hang on to them?

We have more than 10 cars on our lot, and only one is really drivable.

Another is a collectible that he doesn’t like to get dirty.

The rest are wrecks. He acts as if the drivable vehicle belongs to him, but he bought it for me when I graduated college as a replacement for one that was stolen. He drives it every day, and I have to beg to use it. I have lost my mobility and independence, and he doesn’t care.

I work full time and bring in a decent income. He is retired and watches videos and putters around on the computer. I am angry and tired of his lies. If he really wanted to fix the cars, he would. I am sick of all of the excuses and lies. Why doesn’t he do something about these wrecks? Some have been sitting there for 20 years. — Frustrated in Northern New York Dear Frustrated: Somewhere in the back of his head, your husband believes he will get around to fixing these cars. He is reluctant to part with them, because it means giving up that little fantasy. The wrecks may be annoying but are not critical to your marriage. Taking the only usable car, however, is a problem. Can you afford another car? If so, get one for yourself. If not, stop begging. Tell your husband the car belongs to you and you intend to use it to get to work and run errands. Maybe it will give him some incentive to deal with the wrecks.

Dear Annie: My husband and I love our youngest daughter and have always been proud of her accomplishments. However, now in her late 40s, she has become involved with a religious group that does not celebrate birthdays or holidays.

Over Christmas, I sent out some email greetings to my list of friends, and she was included. She called, outraged, and I was forced to admit that I do not believe as she does. Now, I don’t hear from her anymore.

What can I do? — Blue Christmas Dear Blue: Not much.

Your daughter’s lack of tolerance is not unusual for

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someone who has adopted new religious beliefs. Please try to stay in touch. Send her letters or emails letting her know you miss her and keeping her up to date on family news. Do not mention her religion or yours or the argument you had. We hope, over time, her stringent position will mellow a bit and she will contact you again.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Midwest Cook,” who is appalled when other people’s children say they “don’t like” what she’s serving. She says her own children will happily eat anything besides sauerkraut and Brussels sprouts.

It seems unfair to me to acknowledge her own children’s food biases, but assume that any other child’s preferences are a result of being pampered.

Manners, like saying “no, thank you,” can be taught, but some people simply cannot eat the way others do.

If “Midwest Cook” will be regularly entertaining others’ children, she might ask in advance whether they have things they can’t (or won’t) eat. This would save her guests, even the children, the awkwardness of offending the hosts by declining food. — No Fish, Please Dear No Fish: Unless there are serious allergies, it is unreasonable to expect hosts to cater to individual tastes. A good host will provide enough variety that no one goes hungry. A good guest will find something to nibble on without complaint.

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Horoscope If you’ve ever hit a key on the piano and resonated the same string from an unmanned guitar hanging on the wall across the room, you have firsthand experience of the science of sympathetic resonance. The celestial music is very much in tune now, as the new moon in Pisces promotes sweet harmonies and sympathetic vibrations ARIES (March 21-April 19). Many will make assumptions based on superficial measures. Your soulfulness prevents you from making such a rookie mistake. You’ll see deeper into a situation and gain a personal and professional advantage.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Find a symbol to remind you to be loyal to the greater good that is much bigger than yourself. Right now, the overall picture will be clear to you, but later you may need the symbol to help you stay focused.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will be involved in a learning environment. This may have to do with mastering the techniques of your craft. Interpersonal skills will help you stay connected to the best information.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Today’s game will be long and full of opportunities. In abundant times such as these, it’s easy to forget that every action counts. So don’t get too comfortable. Play your best even when it seems like you’re already ahead.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Can you comply easily and freely with someone else’s orders? Your ability to do so will help you have confidence when it’s your turn to lead, which it will be very soon.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Someone you trust has helped you over-

come problems in the past and will help you in the future, too. But right now this person is the one who needs help, perhaps without even knowing it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When the voice of fear pipes up, don’t ignore it; talk to it instead. There probably is some valuable bit of protection it can offer. The conversation will also illuminate and dispel an untruth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Taking care of yourself can be a bigger job than you think it should be.

You’ll enjoy expressing your personal style as you focus on the more detailed aspects of self-care.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

The obstacles seem to be in your path, but they are actually inside you. You may have to try out several ideas before you find the one new belief that will clear the way.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

You will fulfill the request that is asked of you to the same degree that you respect the person who is asking. It’s something to consider today when the person requesting the most from you is you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Don’t yield ground or deviate from your path. Follow the map. Your original plan will work. Review the steps, and make sure to tend to the nuances.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Any choice that leads you away from being all you can be is inherently evil. Considering this, you may change your schedule, the company you keep or the way you spend your money.

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School board candidates talk about differences B y C hase Jordan

c.jordan@thedailyunion.net Seven community members running for spots on the board of education sat on stage at the Opera House Wednesday night waiting to address audience questions from moderator Craig Altenhofen.

They all have hopes to be sitting with the Unified School District 475 board after the April 2 election — but only four of them will do so.

The candidates include Michelle Custer, Brian Field, Carolyn Gaston (incumbent), Gerald Gerloff, LaDonna Junghans, James Kelly and Kimberly Milleson (incumbent).

When their turns came during the Junction City Area Chamber of Commerce night forum Wednesday, similar and different opinions were expressed as they glanced at time sheets held by retired Col. John Seitz.

During the event, some of the topics included challenges in education, security at schools and meeting procedures.

The last question centered around what the candidates believed about themselves on what they bring to the table. The candidates went over their backgrounds.

Although the answers were different, they all involved the best interest of students and patrons.

Gaston said she’s really excited and mentioned the importance of bringing respon-

sibility and accountability into the school district. The incumbent discussed making sure students are prepared for the future, success in “vo-tech” programs and dual credit courses.

“If re-elected I will continue my efforts,” Gaston said.

While discussing educational challenges, Gaston said it’s important for parents to be involved in the learning process.

“It can’t just happen in the school district,” Gaston said. “It has to be done at home too.”

Custer said she wants to continue implementation of new technology, which continues to change at a rapid pace.

“I think the district has done a great job of supplying the technology within the schools,” Custer said. “What I would like to see, is how that is applied to all classrooms.”

If elected, Custer said she also wants to improve the communication between patrons and local organizations, so they know how their tax dollars are being spent.

Like Custer, Field also wants better communication.

“I think the board can spend a little more time talking about the decisions they made publicly and why,” Field said. “Maybe it can help with some of the miscommunication.”

Field said he would like to see the district continue in a positive direction.

Technology was something heavily discussed by the candidates at the forum.

Field said it’s something important to keep up, but the district needs to look at improving extra-curricular activities and sports to help develop social skills, which may be lost due to social outlets such as Facebook.

As a product of the district, Milleson said it’s something she’s proud to be a part of and talked about the importance of making sure students are prepared for the next level after high school.

“Kids are our future and we need to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to educate them in whatever it is they want to pursue,” Milleson said.

Junghans said one of her goals is to help the community have a better understand of budgets and how revenues are being spent in the school district.

Another goal for Junghans is to spread school spirit.

“Yes, it’s minor, but I think it would have a huge affect on our youth and our community ... ,” Junghans said.

Gerloff said he brings an interest of children to the table.

“When I talk to children, I still ask them ‘what do you want to be when you grow up,’” Gerloff said. “The things that I hope to change in the school system are much more important than what I bring to the table.”

One of the changes is bringing more

openness to the school board.

“After I sit in the audience for three years, without being able to ask questions, unless I plan for the questions a day ahead of time, I know very little more of the running of the school now, than I did when I sat there,” Gerloff said.

In addition, Gerloff said he wants the meetings to be broadcast on television.

If elected, Gerloff said he wants to visit each classroom and ask teachers what they need.

Kelly said teachers should not have to spend their money to equip a classroom with what the school does not provide.

Funding was another topic of importance for Kelly. As an example, he expressed his concern about purchasing new furniture and fixtures, just because a building is new. He said previous used items can be transferred to a new facility.

Kelly said he does not like to hear “it doesn’t cost the taxpayers anything.”

“Everything the school board does cost the taxpayers, whether they want to admit it or not,” Kelly said.

Kelly also mentioned recently approved landscaping and orchestra room projects at Junction City Middle School.

“I think there’s been a lot of mistakes made and we need to be more accountable to the taxpayers,” Kelly said. “I think I would bring some common sense to the school board. I think we need to have wise decisions and better planning.”

Obama staying out of negotiations on gun bills B y N edra P ickler

Associated Press WASHINGTON — With gun legislation taking shape on Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama has kept a low profile on an issue he has made a critical part of his second-term agenda.

The president has not been highly visible in the debate during the past three weeks as gun bills are being written. He’s been embroiled in a budget battle that has dominated his time and for now is letting Vice President Joe Biden bang the drum for tighter firearms laws.

White House officials say the president plans to speak out on gun control as the issue moves toward a Senate vote in the coming weeks. But for now, he’s staying out of delicate negotiations among lawmakers. The White House says he will become more vocal if the legislative process hits a roadblock.

Obama called for a gun control vote in his State of the Union address on Feb. 12 and followed up three days later with a speech on shooting violence in his murder-plagued hometown of Chicago. He’s barely mentioned gun control publicly in the time since, other than during a minute of

remarks Thursday, shortly after a Senate committee approved a bill to increase gun trafficking penalties. He thanked the senators who supported it and urged other lawmakers to pass it into law.

“I urge Congress to move on other areas that have support of the American people — from requiring universal background checks to getting assault weapons off our streets — because we need to stop the flow of illegal guns to criminals,” Obama said before signing a revitalized Violence Against Women Act. The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to resume voting on gun bills Tuesday, including an assault weapons ban and background checks that Obama wants.

Biden, a multi-decade veteran of negotiations over gun laws, has been more vocal in the White House’s gun-control campaign with speeches, interviews and private negotiations.

Biden regularly meets with and calls his former Senate colleagues to talk about guns, including holding a White House meeting last week with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., in which they discussed negotiations on background checks that could win support from Republicans. He’s even gotten involved at the state level by

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Despite the high public support, all the measures face a tough fight that will require a well-coordinated campaign to pass in a Congress that has a tradition of defending gun ownership rights.

That campaign is being run out of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located next to the White House, where the vice president’s staff meets each week with representatives of gun-control groups around a leather-covered conference table. The administration officials and the advocates share updates on the debate and work with Justice Department attorneys on language they can support in the legislation.

Among those who attend are Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group started by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg; Third Way, a centrist organization that advocates on many issues including gun control; the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, named after the White House press secretary seriously wounded in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981; and Americans for Responsible Solutions, recently started by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and her husband, Mark Kelly.

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calling legislators in places like Colorado that are debating gun legislation. And when Obama convened the first Cabinet meeting of his second term earlier this week, he said he would turn the floor over to Biden to talk about their gun initiatives.

Matt Bennett, spokesman for gun-control proponent Third Way, said it’s good for Obama himself not to get too involved because he’s seen as such a lightning rod on the issue and might stir up more opposition from Republicans. “We don’t want Republican attitudes about him to get in the way of a deal,” Bennett said.

There’s polling to back up that point. When the Pew Research Center asked about Obama’s gun proposals in January, 31 percent felt Obama’s proposals on guns go too far, 13 percent said they didn’t go far enough and 39 percent said they’re about right. But a majority of respondents to an Associated Press-GfK poll around the same time indicated support for his proposals when his name wasn’t attached to them — 84 percent in favor of standard background checks, 55 percent favoring a ban on military-style rapidfire guns and 51 percent supporting a ban on the sale of highcapacity magazines holding 10 or

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mayors’ group, said the White House is doing something right — whether it’s by keeping Biden at the forefront or by Obama hanging back. “Whatever they are doing or not doing is working,” Glaze said. He pointed to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last month that found 61 percent of respondents believe laws covering the sale of firearms should be stricter, up from 56 percent the month before amid the more immediate wake of the shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., that took the lives of 20 students and six workers.

That’s encouraging news for the White House, where Obama acknowledged in the days after the shooting that public outrage over the deaths could fade. “I would hope that our memories aren’t so short that what we saw in Newtown isn’t lingering with us, that we don’t remain passionate about it only a month later,” Obama said at the time. He had given Biden a month’s deadline to recommend steps to reduce gun violence. “I will use all the powers of this office to help advance efforts aimed at preventing more tragedies like this,” Obama said then.

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CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

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Schools & Youth

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Area students named to honor roll EMPORIA — Emporia State University has released the honor roll for the Fall 2012 semester. To qualify for the semester honor roll, students must earn a minimum 3.80 semester grade point average in at least 12 graded hours.

Students from this area named to the honor roll are: Luis Mejia of Junction City Briana Cooke of Junction City Ethan Francis of Chapman Jennifer Felix of Junction City Abbey Tabor of Junction City Photo submitted

Present for the PTK All-Kansas Awards ceremony were (from left) CCCC President Dr. Danette Toone; State Representative Vern Swanson; CCCC student honorees, Dylan Hinrichs, Noel Richardson and Leah Hill; State Senator Elaine Bowers; and State Senator Tom Hawk.

CCCC students named to All-Kansas academic team

CONCORDIA — Four Cloud County Community College students were named members of the 2013 All-Kansas Academic Team.

These students were among the top community college students in Kansas recognized for their academic accomplishments in an award ceremony Feb. 14 at the Ramada Inn Hotel in Topeka.

CCCC, Geary County Campus students selected for this honor were Noel Richardson, Junction City and Cheryl Henderson, Junction City. Leah Hill, Holton, and Dylan Hinrichs, Fairbury, Neb., were selected from the Concordia campus.

The students were joined at the award ceremony by their parents, a CCCC Board of Trustee member and College Administration, faculty and staff. Special guests attending the event to honor the four CCCC students were: State Senator Elaine Bowers, Concordia; State Senator Tom Hawk, Manhattan; and State Representative Vern Swanson, Clay Center.

These scholars have been named to the

2013 All-Kansas Academic Team, sponsored by the international headquarters of Phi Theta Kappa international honor society, the Kansas Association of Community College Trustees and the Kansas Council of Community College Presidents.

Each of these students was selected by his or her own community college for the statewide academic team, and each also is a nominee for the 2013 All-USA Academic Team, sponsored by USA Today, Phi Theta Kappa and the American Association of Community Colleges.

Noel Richardson is a General Studies major and is undecided about where he will transfer after graduating from CCCC. He is a Phi Theta Kappa member and a peer tutor at the Geary County Campus of CCCC. Richardson is also a high school wrestling coach and a YMCA swim instructor.

Cheryl Henderson is an Art major and plans to continue her education but is undecided about where she will go after Cloud.

She is involved as Phi Theta Kappa Chapter

President and has been the Rotary Student of the Month.

Leah Hill is a Journalism/Mass communication major and will attend the Kansas State University next fall. Her accomplishments include: Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Vice President, Resident Assistant, Peer Tutor, radio show host, Selfless Service Award, Student of the Month, and Fall Homecoming Queen. In her free time, Hill is a church volunteer.

Dylan Hinrichs is an Elementary Education major. He plans to transfer to Kansas State University after Cloud. At CCCC, Hinrichs accomplishments at CCCC include: member of the Phi Theta Kappa chapter, a radio announcer and sports director at the campus radio station, a Presidential scholar, and a student athletic trainer. He has also been a Fairbury Boy’s Basketball coach, Youth Soccer Referee and a Baseball Umpire.

College notes University of Kansas fall 2012 honor roll LAWRENCE — More than 4,450 undergraduate students at the University of Kansas earned honor roll distinction for the fall 2012 semester. The students, from KU’s Lawrence campus and the schools of Allied Health and Nursing in Kansas City, Kan., represent 97 of 105 Kansas counties, 41 other states and 39 other countries.

The honor roll comprises undergraduates who meet requirements in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in the schools of allied health; architecture, design and planning; business; education; engineering; journalism; music; nursing; pharmacy; and social welfare.

Area honorees are as follows: • Cole Mutz, of Belleville. He is the son of Matthew Mutz of Junction City, and Ursula Bachofer, Belleville. He attended Republic County High School. Mutz is a Prof 1 at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Pharmacy.

• Gordon Carroll, of Chapman. He is the son of James and Debra Carroll of Chapman. He attended Chapman High School. Carroll is a Prof 1 at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Pharmacy.

• Samantha Jansen, of Chapman. She is the daughter of Wendy and Richard Jansen of Chapman. She attended Chapman High School. Jansen is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Kaitlynn Nelson, of Chapman. She is the daughter of Deborah and Timothy Nelson of Chapman. She attended Manhattan High School. Nelson is a junior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

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Rick Lang of Wildlife Encounters shows Ware Elementary School students animals from ancient Egypt. Based out of Omaha, Neb., the organization provides educational presentations about animals and their different environments.

• Eric Ray-Snyder, of Fort Riley. He is the son of Dana Ray-Snyder and James Snyder of Fort Riley. He attended Northeast High School. Ray-Snyder is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Abbey Bauman, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Jeff and Jane Bauman of Junction City. She attended Chapman High School. Bauman is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Nursing.

• Hye Byun, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Dong and Myung Byun of Junction City. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Byun is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Samuel Ervin, of Junction City. He is the son of Mark and Mary Ervin of Junction City. He attended Junction City Senior High School. Ervin is a junior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Engineering.

• Reema Gandhi, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Vipin and Jaya Gandhi of Junction City. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Gandhi is a Prof 1 at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Pharmacy.

• Kathryn Jones, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Steve and Kathy Locke of Junction City. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Jones is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Education.

• Andrew Locke, of Junction City. He is the son of Steve and Kathy Locke of Junction City. He attended Junction City Senior High School. Locke is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Krutika Patel, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Jayesh and Nita Patel of Junction City. She attended

Junction City Senior High School. Patel is a sophomore at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Samantha Patro, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Michael and Kimberly Patro of Junction City. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Patro is a sophomore at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Phuc Pham, of Junction City. He attended Junction City Senior High School. Pham is a senior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Pharmacy.

• Elisa Rombold, of Junction City. She is the daughter of Peter and Marty Rombold of Junction City. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Rombold is a junior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Architecture, Design and Planning.

• Hilary Abel, of Wakefield. She is the daughter of Marjorie Abel of Wakefield. She attended Junction City Senior High School. Abel is a freshman at KU and was named to the honor roll for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

• Emma McElhaney, of Wakefield. She is the daughter of Tom and Debbie McElhaney of Wakefield. She attended Clay Center Community High School. McElhaney is a junior at KU and was named to the honor roll for the School of Journalism & Mass Communications.

Honor roll criteria vary among the university’s academic units. Some schools honor the top 10 percent of students enrolled, some establish a minimum gradepoint average, and others raise the minimum GPA for each year students are in school. Students must complete a minimum number of credit hours to be considered for the honor roll.

Wildcat Warm-Up counselors, directors selected MANHATTAN — Helping students new to Kansas State University feel right at home will be the job of 27 current students who have been selected to serve with the university’s Wildcat Warm-up program.

Wildcat Warm-up is an optional program offered in addition to the orientation and enrollment programs, with participants spending three days and two nights at the university.

Aimed at student retention, the program gives new students entering the university in fall 2013 a head start on meeting other freshmen, learning traditions like how to do the “Wabash Cannonball,” getting involved in campus organizations and gaining a sense of Wildcat spirit.

In it’s ninth year, Wildcat Warmup will be offered June 7-9, 14-16 and 21-23. More information is available at http://www.k-state. edu/admissions/wildcatwarmup. html.

Students selected to serve as a Wildcat Warm-up counselor, directors and or staff assistant include: Cameron Banning, junior in mass communications, Andover, returning counselor; Kimberly Gerstner, junior in hotel and restaurant management, Colby, returning counselor; Kaitlyn Rogers, junior in management, Fredonia, returning counselor.

From Greater Kansas City: Rebecca Hickey, sophomore in marketing, Gardner, counselor; Ja’Lynn Montgomery, sophomore in elementary education, counselor, and Chayce Wynn, junior in biology, returning counselor, both from Kansas City, Kan.; Morgan Denton, freshman in architecture, Leawood, counselor; Alayna Humphrey, junior in family studies and human services, Olathe, counselor; Corey Byrnes, sophomore in life sciences, returning counselor, Erin Ebeling, senior in accounting, counselor, and Step Hughes, sophomore in pre-professional business administration, counselor, all from Overland Park; and Robert Schnefke, sophomore in mechanical engineering, Shawnee, counselor.

Chance Berndt, junior in marketing and international studies, Herington, counselor; Courtney Hallenbeck, senior in political science, staff assistant, and Elizabeth Petit, sophomore in human resource management, counselor, both from Junction City; Paige Kallenberger, freshman in biology and chemistry, Lawrence, counselor; Ryan Patterson, junior in management, Lyndon, director; Ellen Collingwood, sophomore in journalism and mass communications, Manhattan, returning counselor; Cody Kennedy, junior in secondary education, Phillipsburg, director; Theo Stavropoulos, senior in management, Salina, returning counselor; Joshua Cox, junior in history and prelaw, Wakefield, counselor; and Maggie Griffith, sophomore in accounting, and Donald Pepoon, sophomore in marketing, both from Wichita and both counselors.

From out of state: Sarah Swenson, junior in elementary education, Greeley, Colo., director; Joey Thomas, junior in human resource management, Delano, Minn., returning counselor; Trevelle Stewart, freshman in arts and sciencesopen option, Lee’s Summit, Mo., counselor; and Brian Davis, senior in interior architecture and product design, Fishkill, N.Y., director.

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Dems to join education funding talk B y John H anna

Associated Press TOPEKA — Democratic leaders in Kansas said Friday they want to be part of negotiations aimed at settling an education funding lawsuit.

Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley of Topeka and House Minority Leader Paul Davis of Lawrence said they expect to file a request Monday with the Kansas Supreme Court to get involved.

They said they’ll suggest that GOP legislative leaders be a part of the talks as well.

The state is appealing a ruling from a three-judge panel in Shawnee County that ordered legislators to increase the state’s annual spending on public schools by at least $440 million. The Supreme Court ordered mediation in the lawsuit last week.

The high court gave the parties until Friday evening to agree on a mediator or face having the justices appoint one.

Nothing was filed with the justices by the deadline, but John Robb, a Newton attorney representing the group suing the state, said the parties expect the mediator’s appointment to be addressed Monday during a conference call set by the court to discuss the case’s schedule.

The lawsuit was filed in November

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express his creativity.

“I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else,” Struthers said.

After graduation from JCHS, he attended the Manhattan campus of Bellus.

The 18-year-old is scheduled to graduate in July and plans to move to New York to pursue a career as an editorial stylist for photo

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work and efforts of previous weeks, will be condensed into a strategic plan to fit the five areas. It will be presented to the board in

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ance, which has caused us to look and prioritize training and clearly take a look, but the affects aren’t as deep as we might have thought,” MacWillie said.

Priorities will be on live training for missions on the horizon, meaning more simulation training will occur for missions further down the road.

“The units that do not have specific missions, we will do less live maneuver training and maximize the virtual and simulation training,” MacWillie said.

“We are not going to fly as many hours as we thought we were going to. But, we will meet the readiness requirements of those crews in order for them to deploy.”

The Mission Command Training Center will be utilized to its fullest, MacWillie said. He called it a “world class” facility used to train on combat skills, translation skills, armored vehicles, patrolling, and aircraft.

“We are going to take advantage of what we already have and has been provided,” MacWillie said.

He also talked about the pending furloughs that could affect up to 2,700 civilians and is designed to impact up to 176 work hours and could start as early as the end of April and last to the end of the fiscal year.

However, those have not yet been finalized. That’s a decision to be made by the Secretary of the Army.

MacWillie said he expects that to occur by the end of this month.

“Effectively we are asking our teammates to take a 20-percent pay cut for the rest of the fiscal year,” MacWillie said of those civilian employees who could be furloughed.

Clark said it won’t happen quickly.

Civilian employees will be given a

2010 by the parents and guardians of 32 students and the Wichita, Hutchinson, Dodge City and Kansas City, Kan., school districts, after the state backed off from previous promises on its education funding.

The state is the only defendant.

“I’m not optimistic that mediation is going to lead us anywhere, but the fact of the matter is, the court has ordered us G ov . S am to mediate,” Davis B rownback said during a Statehouse news conference. “If we are going to mediate in good faith, legislative leadership must be at the table.”

Gov. Sam Brownback and Attorney General Derek D erek Schmidt, both RepubS chmidt licans, sought the mediation, saying they wanted to see whether the parties could resolve the case out of court.

The governor’s office referred questions to Schmidt’s office, but neither the attorney general nor a spokesman immediately returned telephone or email messages seeking comment.

Robb has said if there were talks,

legislators ought to participate because they would have to approve any settlement.

“I wouldn’t be participating if I didn’t think there was some chance of reaching a settlement,” Robb told The Associated Press late Friday.

Brownback successfully pushed for massive income tax cuts last year, and he and many fellow Republicans in the GOP-dominated Legislature would like to phase out personal income tax cuts in an effort to boost Kansas’ economy.

That goal is at odds with providing huge short-term increases in school spending.

House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, said while Democrats didn’t tell them of their desire to intervene, he’ll review their request with interest.

“We all want a solution to the education problems facing our state,” Merrick said in a statement.

The Kansas Constitution requires the Legislature to “make suitable provision” for financing the state’s “educational interests,” which the Supreme Court has said means lawmakers must finance a suitable education for every child. Rulings in 2005 and 2006 led legislators to promise large increases in spending on public schools, but they backed off during the Great Recession.

shoots, makeup artistry and advanced coloring.

He also wants to prepare models for photo shoots and runway shows.

It’s something his family wasn’t always supportive of because they believed it would not be a lucrative profession.

“They’re starting to warm up to the idea ...,” Struthers said about his goals.

For Struthers, it’s about the end product — making

people feel beautiful.

“It’s you that made their day better,” Struthers said.

Bellus Academy, deemed as the “Harvard of Beauty Schools” by San Diego Magazine, is an elite educational institute for the beauty and wellness industry for students entering the field.

It also teaches professionals looking for inspirational and advanced training.

“We are thrilled to have Jasper Struthers represent Bellus Academy in the

Wella Student Competition 2013 at ABS this year,” said Lynelle Lynch, president of Bellus Academy in a news release. “I am personally excited by the unyielding creativity and unsurpassed excellence of our students.

We fully encourage and support our students to fulfill their childhood dreams, and competing at this level is part of that exciting process.”

late March for their approval.

“They’ve been involved in the process, so there will be no surprises to them,” Stratton said.

The plan will be published within the hospital and shared with the public

as well.

Stratton said it’s a healthy and responsible process that hospitals need to go through.

“We got a bulk of the work done at this point and time,” he said. “Once we get it in place, it’s going to be a

living breathing document.

It’s not going to be something we just put on a bookshelf to say we did it.

“We need it to go forward, improve and become better and to meet the health care reform and all the demands that it has on us.”

30-day notice of the furloughs.

“The guidance I have given across the board is that the plan we put together will be simple, transparent and fair,” MacWillie said.

The furloughs could cause the commissary to close one day a week. It currently is open seven days per week, which MacWillie said is rare at military installations across the country.

Clark and Pockrandt said all decisions regarding furloughs will be made with safety and health of those at Fort Riley in mind.

“We will not see everyone furloughed on one day,” Clark said.

Pockrandt said 75 percent of his employees are civilians, but emergency services at the hospital will not be compromised. The cuts also will not impact the building of the new hospital, which is still on schedule for 2014.

MacWillie said the cuts could be a consequence of the Army having more over the last 10 years.

“Every time we asked for something, the nation responded,” he said. “Maybe we need to take time in this nation’s life cycle to take a look at and know what we require.”

Through all the changes, MacWillie said Fort Riley will continue to be successful and a vital piece of the nation’s defense.

Clark also talked about the future.

“Fort Riley is postured very well for the future,” Clark said. “Since 2006, $1.6 billion in infrastructure has been developed here, that covers everything from new schools, new homes, new barracks and the hospital.”

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here.”

Davis and Range charge a $2 cover to enter the facility, which is open on Friday and Saturday nights from 7 p.m. to midnight. At the door, there is security checking school IDs for the 13- to 17-yearolds and a metal detector.

Davis said the security ensures there is no alcohol brought into the facility as well.

“This is a safe environment,” he said. “We won’t tolerate fighting, drugs or drinking. If you want to know your kids are safe this is a place to bring them. On the teen side of it, this is not a school dance, but we watch them.

We don’t babysit them, we want to let them be young adults.”

What the kids experience is a place of their own where Davis said they can interact with one another in ways many aren’t anymore.

“We really want to get

these kids out of the downfall of staying in the house on Facebook and Twitter,” he said. “A lot of times these kids would rather sit in the house.

We need interaction for those kids. This generation is losing that people skill and personal interaction.”

So far, he said the kids enjoy it.

“We’d like to see a packed house — all the kids from Junction City, Manhattan and Abilene coming here and having a good time staying out of trouble,” Davis said.

The numbers of those attending have been increasing and Davis said many are returning each weekend.

Recently, he said there were 40 kids at the club.

“The kids are great,” he said. “They are very respectful for the most part.”

Sports

The Daily Union, Saturday, February 9, 2013

In brief Upcoming Collegiate Basketball

03/9/13 Kansas State at Oklahoma State 12:30, Big 12 Network 3/9/13 Kansas at Baylor 5 p.m., ESPN

Class 1A DII State Basketball

3/7/13 White City 48, Dighton 39 No. 3 White City advances to the state semifinal with its win over No. 6 Dighton. Three Huskies, Sam Morgan, Jaren Nittler and Dustin Ash all finished the game with 12 points.

White City plays against No. 7 Axtell at 2 p.m. on Saturday, with the winner going to the state final on Sunday.

Sloppy Joe Feed

The Junction City Junior Baseball Association is hosting a Sloppy Joe feed from 4-7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus at 126 W. 7th Street.

Tickets cost $5 will be availible at Knights of Columbus.

Each ticket includes a Sloppy Joe, chips, vegitables and a drink.

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Wrestling helps family bond E t han P a d w a y

sports.beat@thedailyunion.net Four days a week during the winter months, Chuck Wright pulls his red pick-up truck into the parking lot of the Goodwill building on Sixth Street. In the passenger seat sits his fourteenyear-old g randson, Aryus Jones.

They ar rive before the Junction City Wrecking Crew wrestling practices, which take place on the top floor, which is only accessible through the side entrance.

It’s the same truck Wright will put more than 1,500 miles on each winter shuttling Jones to and from wrestling tournaments on the weekends.

Last year, Jones be gan wrestling in National tour-

naments, increasing the distance they traverse during the season.

But the miles have paid off. Jones has placed in five of the national tournaments he’s entered, winning three of them.

This year, Jones took sixth place in the CK Tulsa National tournament and fifth at the Liberty Nationals America tournament.

Jones has been involved in wrestling since he came home from his kindergarten class with a flier for the Wrecking Crew.

It’s no surprise the first person Jones showed was Wright. Jones’ father lives in Texas, so Wright has stepped in to fill the void.

“I appreciate him so much,” Jones’ mother, Tonya Wright said. “Everything he does for me. I don’t know what I’d do without

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Aryus Jones(right) glances up as he and his grandfather, Chuck Wright, watch video from his previous match. him.

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Chief Changes

Kansas State has hired Bowling Green’s Clint Dowdle to be an assistant athletic director for administration with responsibility for the daily operation of the football program.

Dowdle will also work with several other Kansas State sports, oversee special projects and equipment operations, and the coordinate department communication with the KSA Board of Directors.

Athletic director John Currie announced the hiring Thursday.

Dowdle has spent the past five seasons working with the Bowling Green football program, the past two as assistant athletic director. He’s also worked in the athletic department at Tennessee.

Wichita State’s Marshall named coach of year

Wichita State’s Gregg Marshall has been named Missouri Valley Conference coach of the year for the second straight season.

Wichita State (24-7) is the second seed in the conference tournament this week in St. Louis.

Marshall has led the Shockers to a school-record four straight seasons with 24 or more victories and received 23 of 40 firstplace votes from conference coaches, media and sports information directors in balloting released Thursday. Greg McDermott of regular-season champion Creighton was second and Southern Illinois’ Barry Hinson third despite the Salukis finishing last.

Big East completes football-basketball breakup

The Big East says it has reached an agreement with seven departing basketball members that will allow them to separate from the football schools and create their own conference on July 1.

The announcement provided no details, but the football schools are expected to receive about $100 million from a $110 million stash the conference had built up over the last two and a half years through exit and entry fees as well as NCAA men’s basketball tournament funds.

The seven Catholic schools that are leaving to form a basketball-centric conference are expected to get the Big East name, along with the opportunity to play their league tournament in Madison Square Garden.

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In this Jan. 14, 2013, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs GM John Dorsey(left) poses with head coach Andy Reid(right) during a news conference announcing Dorsey’s hiring. The new group in charge of the Chiefs has made bold moves to turn around a franchise that went 2-14 last season.

Chiefs making bold moves under new leadership

By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The new group in charge of the Kansas City Chiefs is going right to work, making bold moves to turn around a franchise that went 2-14 last season.

They traded for a new quarterback in Alex Smith. They locked up two of their own in wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and punter Dustin Colquitt.

They franchised left tackle Branden Albert and raised some eyebrows by releasing players once thought to be major free-agent signings.

In doing so, new general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid already have put their fingerprints on a franchise that has had one winning season in the last six, hasn’t won a playoff game since 1993, and hasn’t been to the Super Bowl since winning it under Hank Stram in January 1970.

They’ve also changed the culture of a franchise in a rut.

“All along, I think from an organizational objective, we said we were going to create a plan, develop a plan, and these just happen to be the first details of the plan,” said Dorsey, a longtime Packers executive

hired in January to replace the fired Scott Pioli.

“We have some talented players on this roster,” Dorsey told The Associated Press this week.

“We’ve been able to retain them, and it made sense from an organizational standpoint. This was the way we felt it made sense to move forward to the next phase of the plan.”

That phase begins in earnest Tuesday with the start of the new league year.

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2B for Royals is up for grabs B y ALAN ESKEW

Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Kansas City Royals don’t have that many open spots for a team coming off a 90-loss season.

For the second straight March, Johnny Giavotella and Chris Getz are competing for the second base job. The Royals went 21-22 when Giavotella started at second base last season and Johnny Giavotella 30-25 when Getz was the starter.

Of course, it was Yuniesky Betancourt who earned the opening-day nod at second so anything could happen this time around.

“I’m prepared as I can be,” Giavotella said. “I worked very hard this offseason. I look to prove it and show it on the field.”

Giavotella, a 2008 second-round pick, is a career .308 hitter in 534 minor-league games. However, Giavotella has a .242 average in 99 big league games.

“I have confidence that I can hit,” he said. “The pitching is definitely that much better in the big leagues. It’s a big adjustment from a batting standpoint. I think everybody goes t h ro u g h an adjustment period. Once they get Chris Getz their feet under them andsettle down, they start to show their talent.”

After 359 at-bats in the majors, Giavotella believes his feet are under him.

Giavotella had arthroscopic surgery on his right hip after the 2011 season.

“I got a full-season to relax and workout for a good amount of time,” Giavotella said. “It was definitely more beneficial than having to rehab the entire offseason.”

Getz went on the disabled list three times last season; a broken thumb on Aug. 17 required season-ending surgery. While Getz is consideredbetter defensively than Giavotella, he has only 31 extrabase hits in 793 at-bats with the Royals. Getz’s last home run was July 29, 2009, while with the Chicago White Sox. He has the longest active homer-less drought in the majors at 918 at-bats.

Thunder hold off Smith, Knicks as Anthony sits B y BRIAN MAHONEY

Associated Press NEW YORK — The Kevin Durant-Carmelo Anthony duel was postponed, though J.R. Smith filled in nicely — for three quarters.

The Oklahoma City Thunder finally silenced the Knicks’ streaky shooter in the fourth, hanging on to beat New York 95-94 on Thursday night when Smith missed a turnaround jumper just before the buzzer.

“We’ve been hurt on those game-winners a couple of times this year and we didn’t want that to happen again,” Durant said. “So we just had to lock in and get a stop.”

Durant scored 34 points, including two free throws with 1:38 left that put Oklahoma City in front for good. He also had eight rebounds and six assists.

Russell Westbrook struggled over the final three quarters but finished with 21 points, six rebounds and five assists, plus provided tough defense on Smith’s last shot in the Thunder’s first trip to New York since Dec. 22, 2010.

Kevin Martin had 16 points as Oklahoma City posted its third straight win, fighting off a spirited effort by a Knicks team missing Anthony.

The All-Star forward missed his second straight game with what the Knicks said is a stiff and sore right knee.

“It was a great fight. I mean we put up a heck of a fight out there tonight,” Knicks forward Amare Stoudemire said. “We played great defensively, offensively we were playing well, the ball was moving, so we can be happy with the way we played but still a little upset that we lost down the stretch.”

Smith scored a season-high 36 points but was just 2 of 9 from the field in the final period, 1 of 5 on 3-pointers. He said afterward he probably should’ve tried to drive on the last possession.

“My jumper was pretty much good all night except for the fourth quarter and just didn’t go in,” Smith said.

Neither team led by more than two points over the final 10 1/2 minutes. Durant scored 12 in the final period while Westbrook was shut out.

Smith missed a 3-pointer with 33 seconds left but the Knicks had a final chance after Durant was off on a jumper with about 9 seconds to go.

Smith got the ball in about the same spot where he hit a winning jumper against Phoenix earlier this season, but his shot was long as the Knicks had their two game-winning streak snapped.

Anthony was hurt Monday in Cleveland, falling to the court without contact as he tried to catch a pass. Coach Mike Woodson said he is day to day and doesn’t believe the injury is serious, but the Knicks said the same about Jeremy Lin

Frank Franklin II • The Associated Press

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant drives past New York Knicks’ Tyson Chandler during the second half on Thursday, March 7, 2013, in New York. The Thunder won 95-94. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) last season and others in recent years, so their fans won’t relax until they see Anthony back on the floor.

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MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, United States vs. Italy, at Phoenix

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HBO — Champion Jan Zaveck (32-20) vs. Keith Thurman (19-0-0), for WBO Intercontinental welterweight title; champion Tavoris Cloud (24-0-0) vs. Bernard Hopkins (52-6-2), for IBF light heavyweight title, at Brooklyn, N.Y.

CYCLING

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NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 6, Manosque to Nice, France (same-day tape)

GOLF

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NBC — PGA Tour-WGC, Cadillac

Championship, third round, at Miami 5:30 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Puerto Rico Open, third round, at Rio Grande, Puerto Rico (same-day tape)

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NBCSN — La Salle at St. Louis 1 p.m.

CBS — National coverage, UCLA at Washington ESPN — Marquette at St. John’s ESPN2 — N.C. State at Florida State 2:30 p.m.

NBCSN — San Diego St. at Boise St. 3 p.m.

CBS — National coverage, Notre Dame at Louisville ESPN — Missouri at Tennessee 3:30 p.m.

FSN — Arizona St. at Arizona 4:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Cornell at Harvard 5 p.m.

ESPN — Kansas at Baylor 6 p.m.

ESPN2 — Ohio Valley Conference, championship, teams TBD, at Nashville, Tenn.

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Thunder Continued from Page 1B He surely would like that to be sometime before the Knicks visit Denver next Wednesday for his long-awaited first trip back since the Nuggets traded him in February 2011.

In the meantime, the Knicks showed again they’ve got enough guys to compete without him — but not enough to beat a top team like the Thunder.

Raymond Felton and Stoudemire each had 16 points for the Knicks, who were playing their fourth game in five nights against the rested and more athletic Thunder.

The Knicks were only 4 of 18 in the fourth quarter, making just 1 of 9 3-pointers.

“In the fourth quarter we just tried to come out and play lockdown defense, and I think that’s what we did,” Durant said.

Anthony’s injury prevented a matchup between the NBA’s top two scorers, his

nal, teams TBD, at Dallas 1:30 p.m.

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28.2 points per game slightly behind the 28.6 Durant came in averaging as he tries to lead the league for the fourth straight season.

But it was still a loud crowd for the Thunder’s first game here in more than two years, since they weren’t scheduled for a game at Madison Square Garden in the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season.

“You missed it last year with the shortened season,” said Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks, who played for the Knicks in the 1996-97 season. “It’s one of those things, especially for myself because I like coming here and seeing all the excitement, and that was one of the disappointing things of looking at least season’s schedule. We didn’t have a stop here in New York City.”

He said it would be exciting and he was right, mostly because of Smith’s big night.

The reserve guard shoots often even when he’s not doing it accurately, and just Sunday he threw up 14 3-point shots against Miami while making just three.

But the Knicks needed him to keep shoot-

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Tuesday, March 5 China 5, Brazil 2

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Italy 6, Mexico 5

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Today At Phoenix Canada vs. Mexico, 2:30 p.m.

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tough shot. He was in a zone,” Brooks said.

The Thunder scored 16 straight points, going ahead by 10 en route to a 35-26 lead behind 15 first-quarter points from Westbrook. The Knicks fought back to tie it at 48 on a basket by Kenyon Martin, on his second 10-day contract and getting his first extended playing time since signing late last month. Smith scored 18 in the second period, but the Thunder regrouped to take a 59-56 lead to the locker room.

Frank Franklin II • The Associated Press

New York Knicks’ Raymond Felton, right, and Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant dive for a loose ball during the second half on Thursday in New York. The Thunder won 95-94.

The Knicks surged into the lead with nine straight points, highlighted by Stoudemire’s dunk over Serge Ibaka, and

ing without Anthony, and he was locked in during the middle two quarters.

“He was making some tough shots.

He’s one of the guys in this league that you can guard well and he can make a

went ahead 75-69 with 2:07 left in the third. Smith made sure they kept that margin going to the fourth, hitting two 3-pointers in the final 34 seconds to make it 81-75.

Stricker offers timely putting tip to Tiger B y DOUG FERGUSON

Associated Press DORAL, Fla. — Steve Stricker is playing a part-time schedule this year. He might consider becoming a parttime putting coach for Tiger Woods.

Stricker is among the best putters in golf, and he has given advice to Woods when asked. So when Woods approached him on the putting green on the eve of the Cadillac Championship, they worked together for about 45 minutes.

And it seems to have worked.

“Whatever he says, I’m doing to do,” Woods said. “He’s one of the best putters that’s ever lived.”

Woods said his posture was a little off from where it was at Torrey Pines, where he earned his 75th career victory.

Woods took only 23 putts in the first round and was 18th out of 65 players in the key putting stat on the PGA Tour.

It led to a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead.

“He can see the things that are off a little bit because he knows my stroke so well,” Woods said. “Just gave me a couple little things to talk about and, lo and behold, I started feeling just like I did at Torrey.”

Stricker, who is playing only about 11 tournaments this year, said he told Woods on Wednesday that if he were on the payroll, he could play even less.

“Did he say he putted good?” Stricker asked after he shot a 67.

This is not the first time Stricker has worked with Woods. He also gave him some advice at the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne, and that worked out well for Woods.

“He was talking a little yesterday that a couple of putts were bothering him,” Stricker said. “I always hate to interject anything with him, but he was open to it. You don’t want to screw a guy up, either. But when I left him last night, he was really excited and it looked like he was rolling it really good then.

“I was glad to see him shoot 6 under.”

Stricker said changes to Woods’ long swing and his chipping occasionally creeps into his putting stroke. He said Woods’ putting grip can get strong, and in this case, he noticed Woods’ hands were behind the ball.

“Just tried to get him set up in a better position where he could feel like he could accelerate down through the line a little bit,” Stricker said.

Woods wasn’t perfect. He missed four birdie chances inside 15, including two inside 12 feet when he was picking up some momentum.

For the longest time, Woods’ primary putting coach was his father, who died in May 2006. Stricker, however, has

known Woods for some 15 years and says they have the same philosophy when it comes to the putter, even if they go about it differently.

“He’s open to hearing what I have to say sometimes, which is flattering to me,” Stricker said. “We try to help each other out, and he’s helped me out a bunch of times, too.”

And this probably won’t be the last time.

“I’m think I’m going to have a contract with him because he’s only going to play what, five tournaments this year?”

Woods said, exaggerating Stricker’s limited schedule. “I’ll bring him out in his off weeks, put his ball away for a week and come out. No, that’s what friends do. Friends help each other out, and Steve and I have been friends for a long time.”

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Continued from Page 1B rience being some intramural games here and there in high school, but from the be ginning, he stood behind Jones.

“I had this little theory when he was young that if it was important to him, I had to make it important to me for at least a little while,” Wright said.

And he had just one rule for Jones that first year.

He didn’t care how his grandson did, but Jones was not allowed to quit. He had to stick it out, whether he liked it or not.

The f irst year Jones wrestled, Wright sat up in the stands at each tournament, watching.

He didn’t want to be a distraction, as the young Jones would glance over to his grandfather in the corner and lose focus on the match.

But after that first season, Wright worked to get a bronze card so he could be in the corner while Jones wrestles. Now he films all the matches so they can watch them after the tournament is finished.

Jones and Wright were close before wrestling.

Chuck would go to his part time job working at a Lutheran Church camp south of town, and naturally Aryus was in toe, bringing along a plastic rifle.

There, Aryus became curious about hunting and how to kill a deer.

So he’d ask Wright.

“And I didn’t hunt either,” Wright said.

But the strength of their

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Aryus Jones poses with his sixth place medal from the Tulsa CK national wrestling tournament. relationship has helped Jones in his wrestling endeavors.

Chuck recalled that one of the few times Jones was visibly upset after a loss came in the Tournament of Champions in Salina a few years ago.

Jones was balling, so Chuck took him outside.

Someone approached them and told Jones he just lost to the next state champion.

But when the state tournament came, Jones’ finished on top of the podium.

The next time Jones lost at that tournament, Chuck knew how to handle it.

“Aryus,” He said. “You know that we can be beat here and still be a state champion.”

When he was younger, Jones once asked his mother when she was going to get married.

When she asked him why, he plainly said because he wanted his children to have a grandpa like I had growing up.

Tonya said her father is an inspiration to her.

“I hope that I can one day be like this with my grandchildren,” she said.

Money and Manziel are often mentioned together these days.

When talk turns to insurance policies or trademark infringement lawsuits involving the Heisman Trophy winner nicknamed Johnny Football, debate inevitably ensues about the fairness of NCAA amateurism rules that prevent college sports stars from cashing in on their fame.

But putting aside those arguments for a moment leaves a simple question: Just how many dollars is a player like the Texas A&M quarterback missing out on?

Imagine a hypothetical world where suddenly athletes are able to sign endorsement deals while maintaining their eligibility. Manziel could be shooting commercials in between spring practice workouts this week.

Companies would need to determine just how much these guys would be worth as pitchmen.

According to several marketing experts, the value even for a player as dynamic and wellknown as Manziel would not rival that of pro stars.

“I don’t think it’s an issue where the sky’s the limit,” said David Carter, the executive director of the USC Marshall Sports Business Institute.

The biggest drawback, Carter and others say, is that even if the NCAA

Chiefs

Stuart Villanueva • The Associated Press

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel warms up during a spring practice at the school’s indoor practice facility in College Station, Texas. play,” said CBS Sports Chair man Sean McManus, whose network has the good fortune of owning rights to SEC games. “But periodically a player will emerge, and Johnny is the latest one to emerge.”

A top NFL player can hope for endorsement deals starting in the $1-2 million per year range, said Jack Plunkett, CEO of market research firm Plunkett Research. One challenge for a college player in trying to match that in this imaginary scenario is he wouldn’t be the only one suddenly available to sponsors.

Someone like Manziel may be the brightest of stars, but the market would also be flooded with other — not quite as popular, but not as expensive — athletes.

But the broader problem is that while fans may feel bad that athletes aren’t paid amid the money swirling around college sports, they still may experience discomfort at those same

guys pitching a car or beverage.

“My gut feeling is people don’t want to see college athletes endorsing products,” Plunkett said.

Steve Rosner, a partner at sports marketing firm 16W Marketing , said many companies might consider college kids too young to be a good fit for many things they’re trying to sell.

“A lot of categories who might be interested in him might be looking for someone with more experience in life in general,” he said.

What would likely work best is the so-called “tools of the trade” — apparel, sneakers, equipment. In fact, those are generally the kinds of deals top draft picks sign before they play in a league. And for those players, while their value is partly based on their potential as pro athletes, it also reflects their fame as college stars.

Carter speculated that a college athlete who signed on with too many companies would invite ridicule from alums wondering if shooting commercials was a distraction.

For now, this is all truly hypothetical, since the NCAA has made clear its commitment to amateurism.

But, as Carter said, “it’s fun to talk about in theory.”

Last-second shooters eager for the March

Continued from Page 2B Dorsey and Reid undoubtedly believe can shore up the quarterback position.

They will also dive head-long into free agency, where they’ll attempt to fill several areas of need, and then finish their preparations for the April draft, where they have the No. 1 overall pick for the first time.

There’s also a decision to be made about quarterback Matt Cassel, who is almost certain to be released with Smith coming on board, and perhaps a couple other veterans on the roster.

It’s a busy time for Dorsey and Reid in the offices at One Arrowhead Drive, but the gregarious Dorsey laughs about the flurry of moves and points out, “It’s always a busy time.”

“I mean, part of this movement was from a philosophical belief that has been ingrained in me,” said Dorsey, who learned his trade under Packers executives Mike Holmgren and Ted Thompson.

“Winning organizations do moves like this, and what that does is it makes players realize that these guys are true to their word,” Dorsey said. “If we play and do what we’re supposed to do, at the end of the day, they’re going to give us what our just due is.”

That’s similar to the viewpoint held by Pioli, his predecessor.

In the past few years, the Chiefs have reached long-term deals with linebackers Tamba Hali and Derrick Johnson, running back Jamaal Charles, safety Eric Berry and cornerback Brandon Flowers.

But the speed and conviction that Dorsey and Reid displayed in retaining Bowe, who signed a five-year, $56 million contract, and Colquitt, whose five-year, $18.75 million deal makes him the NFL’s highest-paid punter, sent a message that the Chiefs intend to be serious players.

That much was clear in a series of gushing Twitter messages Bowe sent out.

“I’m very blessed to be a member of the Kansas City Chiefs,” he later said in a statement. “I’m looking forward to working with John and Coach Reid in the near future, (and) I’m excited to continue my career with the Chiefs and hopefully help this team reach our goals.”

The signing of Bowe and Colquitt allowed the Chiefs to use the franchise tag on Albert, one of the league’s premier offensive tackles. He’ll make $9.83 million if he plays under the tag this season, though Dorsey said negotiations on a long-term deal are ongoing.

How did Kansas City pay for all these moves?

It freed up some money by releasing wide receiver Steve Breaston and starting right tackle Eric Winston, and then restructured the contract of defensive end Tyson Jackson, who essentially agreed to a pay cut from $14.72 million to a base salary of $4.2 million this season.

“Every organization would like to have a

rules ever changed, the athletes would still have to deal with fans’ perception that college is different from the pros.

Manziel himself acknowledged the same challenges when asked what a player would do if faced with that option.

“I think it’s a tough situation,” Manziel said, “and that’s why it’s how it is today.”

Manziel is an interesting test case because of his unique appeal. The first freshman to win the Heisman, he toils in the high-profile SEC and has that catchy nickname.

For a sense of Manziel’s allure, consider the television ratings for January’s Cotton Bowl on Fox — an Aggies victory over Oklahoma that turned into a blowout in the second half. It was watched by almost 12 million viewers, up nearly 42 percent from the previous year’s Kansas State-Arkansas matchup. Most telling, the audience was significantly bigger than for two of the BCS bowls, the Orange and the Sugar.

Executives mention Tim Tebow — then the first sophomore to be awarded the Heisman — as the best recent comparison of a collegian who rises above the usual focus on historic programs and celebrated coaches.

“Generally speaking, it’s more the records and the performance on the field as a team than it is the individuals that

Conference wins. He knows the ball is coming his way late in a close game — and he’s always ready.

“You’ve just got to play basically off instinct,” he said. “And the players that are able to do that and just clear their whole thought process ... those are the players that are the great ones that are able to take those shots and make those shots.”

There are plenty of players with high-profile winners in the past two seasons, including Indiana’s Christian Watford against Kentucky last year and Butler’s Roosevelt Jones against now-No. 1 Gonzaga in January. But research

by The Associated Press found there are at least 13 players who have hit those shots more than once in their careers.

The list includes: FSU’s Snaer, Niagara’s Juan’ya Green, Nevada’s Deonte Burton, Indiana State’s Jake Odum, South Dakota State’s Chad White, Delaware’s Devon Saddler, George Mason’s Sherrod Wright, Arizona’s Mark Lyons, UCLA’s Larry Drew II, Georgia State’s Rashaad Anderson, Oral Roberts’ Damen Bell-Holter, and the Massachusetts duo of Ter-

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Colin E. Braley • The Associated Press

In this Dec. 2, 2012, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe is tackled by Carolina Panthers defensive back Josh Thomas at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. degree of flexibility,” Dorsey said. “Part of the thinking, the process, is to have the ability to give us options, so we can go into these different phases when the new league year starts ... and have the flexibility to do different things.”

The overhaul of the Chiefs has certainly captured attention around the league, and raised questions, too: How did they do all that so quickly? And what are they going to do next?

“Obviously, it was very important for them to start off quickly,” said former Chiefs coach Herm Edwards, now an NFL analyst for ESPN. “John’s a good football man, and he worked with Andy in Green Bay, so they were able to get on the same page pretty fast.”

The maneuvering has caused quite a stir in Kansas City, where most years, fans have turned their attention to March Madness or the Kansas City Royals, with the Chiefs merely an afterthought.

Shortly after Reid was hired, he arrived on a private plane at the city’s downtown airport, and helicopters from local TV stations tracked him driving to Arrowhead Stadium. Hundreds of reporters converged for introductory news conferences for him and Dorsey, and talk of the Chiefs — what they might do in the draft, or in free agency — has dominated sport talk radio.

None of that matters too much to Dorsey, though.

As a player for the Packers, and as a longtime scout, it’s only natural he prefers to keep his thoughts focused exclusively on what can best help the Chiefs be successful.

That means finding the best players available and keeping those already on the team.

In short, exactly what he’s done the past couple weeks.

“The only thing important in my eyes is acquiring the best talent I can for this organization, so we can stack up the most W’s as possible,” he said. “That’s the way I go about it, and the way I view things. My sole responsibility is to get players here. That’s what I do.”

It’s March and in college basketball that means tournament time — and last-second buzzer beaters.

Memorable shots by Duke’s Christian Laettner and Valparaiso’s Bryce Drew in the NCAA tournament have earned a permanent place among the game’s lore. Whoever steps up this month will be unafraid of the moment.

They’ll probably have the ability to create their own shot and have the skills to take advantage of what the defense gives them — a look at 3-pointer, a midrange jumper or an open lane to the basket.

For a handful of current players like Florida State’s Michael Snaer, it has become an art.

He’s one of a select group of players who have at least twice hit a shot in the last 8 seconds to force overtime or win a game. While everyone might want to take that shot, there aren’t many who have proven more than once they’ll deliver in that big moment.

Snaer has hit six winners, four this year for half his team’s Atlantic Coast

rell Vinson and Chaz Williams.

Lyons and Drew even have last-second winners or OT-forcing shots at more than one school. Lyons did it at Xavier last year, while Drew did it at North Carolina in the 2010 NIT. “It takes a lot of confidence,” Wildcats coach Sean Miller said. “With that confidence, (it’s) the ability to endure criticism because missing a gamewinning shot sometimes is the problem of someone willing to take it. It’s not that they don’t believe in their ability as much as, in my mind, I don’t know if they don’t feel good about the aftermath if that thing doesn’t go in. To me, that overwhelms them.”

At Niagara, coach Joe Mihalich has watched Green grow from a deferential freshman to a fearless sophomore capable of handling those chaotic final moments.

“You’ve got to want the ball,” Mihalich said. “When you make a great play, that’s what makes you a great player. ... When you make one or two, then it’s just like, ‘Gimme more, gimme more.’ You get kind of addicted to it.”

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Entry fee is $5 per photo. Mail photos & fee to: Friends of Animals, PO Box 580, Junction City, KS 66441; or drop off photos & fee at RC Kennels, Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, Geary County Animal Shelter, Paws Inn, Dorothy’s Pet Shop or TLC Grooming. You may also email photos to mickied1@embarqmail. com & mail fee.

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All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within four (4) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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U.S. Government Requires Space To Lease in the Junction City/Manhattan, Kansas Area!

Approximately 9,769 square feet of space to be used for a Medical Clinic Case No. 13 PR-18 that will improve primary healthcare access for military personnel, de pendants, and retirees. The medical NOTICE OF HEARING AND clinic will be in support of the MEDNOTICE TO CREDITORS COM Community Based Medical THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL Home Campaign of the U.S. Army.

The facility should have all public PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on utilities and municipal services availMarch 6, 2013, a petition was filed in able, provide good access, meet this Court by Sharon A. Beall, the ex- minimum anti-terrorism setback disecutor named in the “Last Will and tance from road to front of building, Testament of John A. Beall”, de - and have secure/lighted parking to ceased, dated March 11, 2005, pray- accommodate employees and paing that the will filed with the petition tients. The space is required as soon be admitted to probate and record; as possible.! petitioner be appointed as executor, Interested parties should provide the without bond; petitioner be granted following in writing:!

Letters Testamentary.

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You are required to file your written Address! defenses thereto on or before April Current zoning!

8, 2013, at 1:30 o’clock p.m. in the Primary base rent before any alteraDistrict Court, Junction City, Geary tions!

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Should you fail therein, judgment Interested parties should respond no and decree will be entered in due later than March 26, 2013 to:!

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All creditors are notified to exhibit Attn: CENWK-RE-M (Darren Jones)! their demands against the Estate 601 East 12th Street! within the latter of four months from Kansas City, MO 64106-2896! the date of first publication of notice Ph: (816) 389-3020! under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amend- darren.r.jones@usace.army.mil! ments thereto, or if the identity of the A9764 creditor is known or reasonably as- 3/9 2013 certainable, 30 days after actual no310 tice was given as provided by law, Public Notices and if their demands are not thus exLISTING OF PERSONS WHOSE hibited, they shall be forever barred.

DEPOSIT REMAINS ON ACCOUNT IN THE CITY OF MILFORD, KS Sharon A. Beall, Petitioner DEMAND FOR SUCH MONEY Victor A. Davis, Jr., SC #07399 MUST BE MADE WITHIN 60 DAYS WEARY DAVIS, L.C. 819 N. Washington MICHAEL BANICKY $17.00 Junction City, KS 66441 SARAH WALES $29.23 785-762-2210 NICK CHRISTENSEN $16.51 Attorneys for Petitioner PAULA/CHRISTOPHER BROWN A9765 $107.34 3/9, 3/16, 3/23 2013 GILBERT VELASQUEZ $26.56 LAUREN BARTA $33.82 JOSHUA FANNING $4.41

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Ordinance No. G-1127 Summary On March 5, 2013, the City of Junction City, Kansas adopted General Ordinance No. G-1127 amending numerous sections of the zoning regulations regarding churches and schools contained in Title IV, Land Use, Chapter 400 of the Municipal Code of the City of Junction City, Kansas regarding churches and schools. A complete copy of this ordinance is available at www.junctioncity-ks.gov or at City Hall, 700 North Jefferson. This summary certified by Catherine P. Logan, City Attorney, March 6, 2013.

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17 Broke ground 19 Important greenhouse gas 20 Co-tsar with Peter I 21 TV cook Deen 22 Prominent instrument in “Paint It, Black” 23 British nobleman 27 Biblical cover-up 29 Snack in un bar 30 Leggy wader 32 Couldn’t get enough of 33 American rival

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on March 5, 2013, a petition was filed in this Court by Legina Rae Guiot, the executor named in the “Last Will and Testament of Leland D. Guiot”, deceased, dated November 21, 2011, praying that the will filed with the petition be admitted to probate and record; petitioner be appointed as executor, without bond; petitioner be granted Letters Testamentary.

You are required to file your written defenses thereto on or before April 8, 2013, at 1:30 o’clock p.m. in the District Court, Junction City, Geary County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard.

Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

All creditors are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

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Professional Programs, facilitates Monday - Friday, 4:30 pm till closing, Saturdays 8:00 am till closing. Apply Industrial/production positions avail- the development, coordination and Dick Edwards Auto Plaza, 375 Grant delivery of university credit courses able through Manpower. Candidates Ave., Junction City, KS. Application must pass pre-employment screen- and programs in the College of Artime 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday thru ing, have stable work history, and chitecture, Planning and Design and Friday. Ask for Sheila Collins. for the Intersession and Evening Colhigh school diploma or equivalent.

Please apply a t lege programs. This position man- We are looking for a highly motivated ages the budget and develops and and outgoing person for a sales www.manpowerjobs.com. EOE Metal Stud Framers and Drywall implements marketing plans for each manager training position. We offer a Hangers wanted. Regional Specialty program area. Screening begins hands on sales position with rapid subcontractor seeks employees for March 22. Kansas State University is growth, potential and long term secupositions with long-term potential. an equal opportunity employer. rity with the 10th largest independent Join a dedicated team who enjoy an Background check required. Position tire retailer. Must have valid DL and excellent wage and fringe benefit description and application process pass drug screen. Please apply in package. Qualified journeymen and at www.dce.k-state.edu/about/em- person Peerless Tyre at 621 W. 6th St. Junction City. apprentices, references required. ployment Starting wages based on experience and ability. Multiple projects in the Manhattan and Junction City area.

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Program Associate/GIS SpecialistBS or MS degrees in Geography, Natural Resources Management or closely related field, GIS and special database knowledge required, background and knowledge of remote sensing in forestry applications preferred, term position. Screening of applications begins April 1, 2013 and continues until position is filled. Contact Cathy Sandoval 785-532-3301.

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Kansas State University is recruiting for the position of GIS Data Manager for the Department of Agronomy in Manhattan, Kansas. This is a term position. Required: M.S. degree.

Candidate will be responsible for the collection, analysis and dissemination of digital geographic data. A complete job announcement and application instructions are available at www.agronomy.ksu.edu. Screening will begin March 12, 2013. Kansas State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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GIS Web Application Developer

Kansas State University is recruiting for the position of GIS Web Application Developer for the Department of Agronomy in Manhattan, Kansas.

This position is a term position. Required: M.S. degree. Candidate will be responsible for the design, creation and maintenance of custom Kansas State University is recruiting Web GIS mapping and modeling ap- for the position of Research Associplications. A complete job announce- ate for the Department of Agronomy ment and application instructions are in Manhattan, Kansas. Required: available at www.agronomy.ksu.edu. Ph.D. in Engineering, Computer SciScreening will begin March 12, 2013. ence, Plant Genetics, Plant PhysiolKansas State University is an af - ogy, Agronomy or related field. The firmative action/equal opportunity selected candidate will lead inde employer. Background check re - pendent research to develop novel quired. approaches for analysis of field-based high-throughput phenotyping data. A complete job an nouncement and application instrucHotel Maintenance Duties include plumbing, HVAC, ho- tions are available at www.agron tel doorlocks, electrical, interior/exte- omy.ksu.edu. Screening will begin rior lighting. Must be able to lift over March 20,2013. Kansas State University is an affirmative action/equal 40lbs. Hotel experience preferred.

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Accounting Specialist • Sr. Administrative Specialist Veterinary Tech. I or Veterinary Tech. II or Veterinary Specialty Tech. - 2 Positions Registered Nurse • Refrigeration/AC Service Tech. Sr. Storekeeper Specialist • Facilities Specialist • Agricultural Tech. - Dairy Unit Additional information regarding the requisition numbers, salary, closing date and position summary is available at the Employment Services web site at www.ksu.edu/hr

• Employment Services job line: (785) 532-6271 • Kansas State University Division of Human Resources, 103 Edwards Hall, Manhattan, KS • The Manhattan Workforce Center located at 205 S. 4th Street, Manhattan, KS Submit: Application online and other required material for each vacancy by 5:00 pm on the closing date.

Kansas State University is an EOE/AA, VPE employer that encourages diversity among its employees. Background check required.

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The City of Ogden is also accepting applications for a Pool Manager for the 2013 Season. A background check and pre-employment drug-screening test may be conducted.

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Browse our 2 shops in historic downtown Paxico, KS. Variety of antiques and collectibles for every taste and budget. Visit Paxicos other fine Victorian shops, galleries, and winery all with storefront parking and all within easy walking distance. Auntpegsantiques.com. 785-636-5551.

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Charles Morrell, 16, (from left) Jordan Noel, 17, and Matthew Castillo, 15, join other students to discuss the impact and implications of hazing after Alice Haben spoke about her son Nicolas, who drank himself to death in a hazing ritual at Western Illinois University in 1990, during Oswego High School’s Believe It Or Not I Care (BIONIC) club’s Teens Activating the Language of Kindness (TALK) session, Feb. 20, in Oswego, Ill.

Schools work to reach students about hazing B y John Keilman

Chicago Tribune CHICAGO — Alice Haben has spoken to many audiences about her son’s 1990 death during an alcohol-soaked initiation ritual, and last month she shared her devastating story again, hoping to teach students at Oswego High School in a Chicago suburb about the danger of hazing.

But when her talk was over, it was clear some of the teens still didn’t get it.

They broke into small clusters to talk about hazing, and after a few minutes of discussion, some concluded that though the act could be destructive, it also had the potential for good.

Hazing can forge strong bonds and bring groups together, they said. Some even compared it to the community service requirements of an honor society.

“We’re kind of undecided,” one student said.

This confusion comes as no surprise to experts, who say it illustrates the psychological complexity of hazing and the lack of education on the subject. Though Illinois compels schools to teach students about bullying, there is no such requirement for hazing.

Teens “don’t have any outside guidance saying this is wrong,” said Mary Madden, a University of Maine education professor who, in a 2008 study, found that nearly half of high school students have been hazed. “Kids need help with understanding what hazing is. That requires an ongoing dialogue. They need clear messages from adults that this is not acceptable behavior.”

Two Chicago-area high schools have faced scrutiny for alleged hazing rituals this school year. Hoffman Estates High School forced its varsity boys’ basketball team to forfeit three games after reports of a violent initiation came to light, while allegations of sexually aggressive attacks within Maine West’s soccer and baseball teams have led to a lawsuit, a criminal investigation and the removal of two coaches.

Meanwhile, David Bogenberger, of Palatine, a village in Cook County, Ill., a 19-year-old fresh-

man fraternity pledge at Northern Illinois University, died after allegedly drinking heavily during a November initiation party. Twentytwo Pi Kappa Alpha members face criminal charges, and Bogenberger’s family is suing the fraternity.

School districts around Chicago typically ban hazing in their disciplinary codes, though specifics vary.

The Maine West district has hired a consultant, California-based Community Matters, to conduct focus groups on hazing and suggest new approaches to combat the practice. Rick Phillips, the group’s founder, said he views hazing, bullying and harassment as different branches of the same poisonous tree, and tries to address all of them by encouraging students to tell someone when they witness abusive behavior.

“In most cases, kids know what’s happening, but they don’t speak up,” he said. “Part of the program is to get kids to think it’s in their own self-interest to speak up when they know something’s wrong.”

Some experts, though, say that simply recognizing hazing can be a challenge for teens.

Susan Lipkins, a New York psychologist who has written a book on the subject, said young people often can’t put a name to what they’ve been through. Some have told her that they’ve been beaten, humiliated or otherwise harmed as part of an initiation rite, yet when she asks if they’ve been hazed, they say no.

“It’s very hard for the victims in a hazing (to rationalize) how the kids who are supposed to have their back on the field can be harming them in the locker room,” she said.

Hank Nuwer, a hazing expert at Indiana’s Franklin College, said that after he gives presentations on the subject, some students will insist that their rituals are necessary to keep younger teammates in line.

That mentality is easy to understand, Nuwer said, when media outlets carry chuckling reports of NFL veterans taping rookies to goal posts, or major-leaguers forcing new players to wear bizarre outfits during road trips.

“Hazing has an awful lot of built-in justification to it,” he said. “It’s part of the groupthink.

There may even be athletes or (fraternity) pledges who seem to be enjoying it. The camaraderie that’s part of it leads to a lot of self-deceiving.”

Oswego High School does not include hazing education as part of the curriculum, but it invited Haben to speak as part of a program intended to create a more kind and inclusive atmosphere at the school. Her son Nick was an Oswego alumnus who died after being compelled to drink heavily during an initiation to the Western Illinois University lacrosse club.

Speaking to dozens of students, Haben said that not all hazing is as clear as the ritual that claimed her son’s life. Any abusive or degrading practice carried out as the price of membership in a group — regardless of whether a person agrees to it — meets the definition, she said.

“If you’re seeing a football (player) carrying no bags, and you’re seeing a younger one coming along, carrying two or three bags, that should be a warning sign that something’s not quite right there,” she said.

Haben and two of her son’s friends who established an anti-hazing foundation in his memory said after the talk that they were surprised by the confusion shown by some students. (“You can’t put ‘good’ and ‘hazing’ together in a sentence,” said Maria Dripps-Paulson, one of the group’s founders.) They vowed to retool the presentation with different stories that might be more relatable for a high school audience.

As it happens, the school itself is trying a new approach. Athletic Director Darren Howard this year established a “Captains’ Council” for team leaders, bringing them together for monthly discussions meant to encourage good decision-making.

Hazing, Howard said, has been covered in detail more than once.

“Hazing usually stems from a bad decision, and then the whole group goes along,” he said.

“It’s my hope to cut off the initial bad decision.”

Childs’ tenure at Historical Society draws to end Editor’s note: This is last article that will appear under my name and title as GCHS Executive Director in this space. As explained last week, this is the second part of an account of my life and experiences at the museum that was prepared as a “Classification Talk” for the Junction City Noon Rotary Club in the fall of 1996. Today’s segment begins shortly after the Childs family relocated from Manhattan to Junction City in the fall of 1983.

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did some substitute teaching during the first winter we lived here, but I still hadn’t found what felt like “my niche” yet.

Then one day my husband, Norm, came home and asked me if I’d be interested in working part time at the Historical Museum. The more

Gaylynn Childs Museum Musings I thought about it the more it had appeal, and so I began my affiliation with the Geary County Historical Society Museum in August of 1984. This was quite literally “a time to gather stones together, and a time to embrace,” for the week I started the staff and volunteers were dismantling the old UP Depot on East l0th Street and we gathered up paving bricks and carried loads of fixtures and fur-

nishing until we were all blue in the face.

Though I had come to Junction City reluctantly, it didn’t take long after I began to work at the museum to fall in love with its history, for this is a community like no other in Kansas, and perhaps even like no other in the country.

Nowhere else can you find a town that has rubbed shoulders with so many of the famous and infamous throughout its history. Nowhere else — in Kansas at least — can you find such an assortment of true heroes, humble homesteaders and absolute hooligans, as have marched up and down the streets of Junction City over the years. And nowhere else can you find people who are the true salt of the earth such as you’ll find in

rural Geary County.

Yes, my first year at the museum was ... “a time to laugh ... a time to embrace ... and a time to (learn) to love” my new community. But there was something that really troubled me. I went out occasionally with Norm and the CVB to travel shows and various trade fairs and such. In these situations, you get to hear what people think about this area and it soon became apparent that Junction City had a real “image” problem.

But the alarming thing to me was to hear Junction Citians themselves run the community down. I finally came to the conclusion that these people don’t know what they really have here.

Therefore, when I became the director at the museum in August

of 1985, I determined that one of our major goals should be to help this community recognize that they have a heritage to be proud of. Today we take pride in the diversity of our population, but do you realize that this little community has always been diverse and for the most part has been remarkably open and accepting of all colors and creeds — given the times and the mores of that society. Granted, there have been some ugly incidents and rough times in our history, but there have been times of glory also. No other community in the state has ever attempted to house, clothe, feed and entertain armies of young men, then watch over and shelter their sweethearts and Please see Museum, 2C

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Protecting your trees from emerald ash borer W

ith the arrival of the emerald ash borer (EAB) in Kansas City, Kan., last summer it has just emphasized the need to start taking steps toward protecting your ash trees from this deadly pest. Just like other disease and insect pests that have decimated tree populations in the state, EAB has the potential to kill most of the ash trees over time. I’ve been to Michigan and seen the impact of this pest and it isn’t pretty.

The EAB is a small skinny little beetle that has not yet been found anywhere in Kansas except Kansas City. It often arrives in an area several years before it is detected. It lays its eggs in late spring on the trunk of ash trees.

The small larvae bore into the tree and start feeding in the outer sapwood areas (phloem) of the tree. Their feeding severs the ves-

Chuck Otte Field & Garden sels that transport water and food throughout the tree.

Once they finish feeding, the larvae pupate over winter in the tunnels or gallery where they have been living. In the spring, the adults emerge and chew their way out of the tree leaving a very distinctive small D-shaped exit hole. A single year of infestation normally won’t kill a tree. But after several years of feeding damage you start to see branch dieback, often accompanied with lots of sprouting of new branches from the trunk. After a few more

years the tree dies. We have several different borer pests of ash trees but none of them can kill a tree like EAB can.

Fortunately there are preventative treatments that can be fairly effective in protecting ash trees from EAB. But it is very important that you start treatment before a tree is infested. There are homeowner treatments available.

Most of these are soil drenches.

The treatments tend to last for the entire season, but need to be done annually. It also takes time for the tree to get the insecticide taken up through the roots and distributed throughout the tree at a high enough level to be effective. In general, we recommend treatment in the month of March.

There are currently two products labeled for homeowner use.

The products may be available

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Chuck Otte is the agricultural and natural resources agent with Geary County Extension.

my grandchildren about their heritage, I teach them also about this town for it is their home too and I want them always to be proud of it. In doing this, I have begun to experience that “time of peace,” for I have begun to believe that perhaps this is where it was all leading those many years ago.

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loved ones while they were off to war as Junction City did — not once but twice — for lengthy periods, during this past century. It seems to me, that what is needed now (in 1996) is “a time to rend ... and a time to heal; a time to break down and a time to build up.”

So, what is the Geary County Historical Museum doing to “build up” a positive community image and to “break down” negative attitudes?

First and most obvious is our facility itself. The fact that this community has saved, restored, put to good use, and continues to support a quality museum says a great deal and is something we should all be proud of. We at the Historical Society recognize that the stone buildings that grace our community are a true architectural legacy and we have a need and responsibility to preserve, maintain and care for them for they are not only historic but artistic treasures as well.

Within this lovely building we strive to have friendly, courteous, and knowledgeable people available to help and assist at all times.

These are not people who are paid to be there, who are “just doing their job,” but rather a corps of nearly 100 community volunteers who regularly give of their time because they want to be there. They want to help and serve their community and they are willing to go the extra mile to make visitors and guests in our community feel welcome.

This year (1996) we are anticipating our first 10,000visitor year since the museum opened. Among those nearly 10,000 names on the visitors’ register are many Junction Citians who come into the museum regularly.

They bring visiting friends and family; they come to meetings; they come to work; they come to socials and events and they come, sometimes, just to see what’s going on.

This makes us very happy, for it means the facility is being used as it should be — as the cultural and social heart of our community.

Service is another area which is critical to our mission. We at the museum are certainly in a position to serve and we do it on a regular basis. Research assistance is only one area but it is a big one. Hundreds of requests for genealogical information, are processed each year — most of them by volunteers who regularly give one morning or afternoon a week in this capacity. In addition, we get requests from other museums and agencies, including during this past year requests for assistance from Japanese Public Television,

tree within a foot or two of the trunk. If it doesn’t rain in a few days you may want to put the garden hose out under the tree and let it run slowly for several hours to help carry the insecticide into the root zone of the tree. If the product is a granular product, follow the label directions, which should have a similar procedure.

When EAB arrives here it will have a devastating impact on unprotected ash trees. If you have ash trees in your yard that are important to your landscape, I would start now with an annual treatment program. As always, read and follow all label directions and if you have questions, give me a call at the Extension Office at (785) 238-4161.

under several brand names, but the active ingredients are imidicloprid and dinotefuran. Imidicloprid has been around for some time but dinotefuran is newer and may not be readily available or not yet labeled in Kansas. The key is to make sure that you have a product with one of those two active ingredients and then make sure that EAB is on the label.

Before you purchase the insecticide you need to know how big around your tree is. Most all of the products call for one ounce of the product per inch of tree circumference 4.5 feet above the ground. You will need a flexible measuring tape of some kind and possibly some help if it is a bigger tree. If your tree is 30 inches around you will need 30 ounces of product. You will mix this up in a bucket with some water and then pour it all around the base of the

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Near the end of her 28-year tenure at the Geary County Historical Society, Executive Director Gaylynn Childs was recognized for her years of service at a retirement reception and the Annual Membership Meeting and Banquet on November 19, 2012. Due to the unexpected death of Ron Harris in December, Childs delayed her departure until new staff could be hired and trained. Friday, March 8th, was her final day as Director at the Museum. the BBC, the PBS “Great Masters” series, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Archives, the US Corps of Engineers, the Kansas State Historical Society and the Colorado State Historical Society.

Included also in this service area is the help given to a dozen different authors working on everything from family history volumes to pictorial collections. And we are at present time providing information and research assistance to three individuals working on master’s projects and one on a doctoral dissertation.

Along with this we have given help with scout projects, term papers and research for the local news media who use our research library regularly.

Other service areas include, our guided tours offered without cost to groups visiting the museum, our speakers bureau, which provides programs on a variety of topics and by a variety of presenters for groups, clubs, and civic or church organizations, and our meeting room/ auditorium which has hosted approximately 80 organizations both from within the local area and statewide during the past l8 months. Not only do these groups have a centrally-located handicapped accessible facility right in the center of town at their disposal but they also have the option to use any of a variety of special program offerings such as a period clothing fashion shows, musical reviews, traveling trunk presentations or more scholarly presentations on area history.

We don’t want to overlook the community events which such as the Historamas, Galas, Christmas open houses, and celebrations such as our World War II 50th Anniversary events staged last year. All of these things hopefully are awakening within our citi-

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zens a sense of pride in their community and generating a “can-do” attitude which will help us turn around the economic and cultural climate in Geary County.

In 1990, the Childs family left Junction City for what turned out to be a brief “fling” in the rarefied atmosphere of Colorado. We returned to Junction City in 1992 more convinced than ever of the potential of this area and the great people who live here. While in Colorado I had the opportunity to work closely with the Colorado State Historical Society as well as several municipal museums.

Though our Colorado town was much larger than Junction City, nowhere did I see the kind of facility, the kind of community support or the kind of volunteer service that has become a trademark of the Geary County Historical Society Museum.

In 1993, I returned to the museum staff, and it was good to see that the programs, plans and development had continued to move forward. Today (1996) we are literally expanding our horizons even more as we develop new heritage sites both at the historic Spring Valley school location on K-18 and our period house museum in the for-

mer Starcke/Henderson residence south of our main building. We are also extending our support and interests to other historic preservation efforts within our community for, you see, we have come again to “a time to embrace.”

Today, as I research the history of Junction City, Kansas, for newspaper articles and radio programs, I can’t help but remember, the joy of reading that first story about the past so many years ago.

As I mount historic clothing for display, or create period gowns for our museum docents, I recall the satisfaction I felt over those first miniature costumes sewn for dolls. As I put together Gala shows, museum programs and period theatricals I feel again the pleasure of being part of that first long-ago pioneer pageant. And as I recount tales of the heroic soldiers riding across the plains, I remember with a smile those old movies and the surge of pride I used to feel watching the cavalry ride out and I wonder if it wasn’t some sort of an omen.

Who would have guessed that I would grow to love the green verdant Kansas prairie as much as the scenic red crags of southern Utah? But this has become home, and as I try to teach

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Nearly 17 years have passed since my Rotary presentation was first given. For me they have been 17 rich and rewarding years as I have had the privilege of leading and guiding the development and operation of the Geary County Historical Society and Museums and my family and I have continued to enjoy the blessings of living, growing up and growing older in Junction City.

Today that Shakespeare Festival that two college kids helped to launch so long ago recently completed its 51st record breaking season and our coed granddaughter is now our link to it and to Southern Utah.

Those Historical Society Galas that for 18 years marked the 4th of July in Geary County and gave many local residents — including most all of our nine grandchildren — a chance to recreate Geary County history on stage, fulfilled their purpose and gave way to Founder’s Day Events. For 10 years these history themed celebrations brought Junction Citians to the municipal auditorium wearing garbs of the past to feast and dance as their forefathers did in celebration of our community’s February birthday.

We also played a vital role in bringing the “Bleeding Kansas” Chautauqua to our town in 2004, and then led the effort to make sure our community appropriately marked the 150 anniversary of Junction City’s founding with a year-long celebration in 2008-09.

During this time, many of those beautiful stone buildings and homes in our town’s historic district have been researched and restored and put to practical use again, and we can take pride in the Opera

House and Bartell House whose futures were once in doubt.

The Spring Valley Historic Site, though now surrounded by housing developments, still offers a taste of the Geary County of pioneer times to visitors and school groups, and the historic Wetzel Cabin Church is now safely maintained and protected there. The Starcke-Henderson home is now an official period house museum where our collection of furniture and household goods are now displayed in a natural setting and visitors can both see and experience the home life of times past. And most recently, the GCHS has undertaken the restoration of the abandoned St. Joseph’s stone church building in eastern Geary County. And again volunteers and community members are giving of time, means and expertise to see it restored put to good use.

The compilation of these Museum Musings columns into book form by the Society in 2008 proved to be a special and well-received way of marking Junction City’s sesquicentennial year. Though not a traditional community history, our ”Set in Stone” book does a pretty good job of capturing the essence of this unique and fascinating community and its diverse and rich heritage, so that, hopefully, all those who now and in the future may call it “home” can do so with pride.

For me the journey is one for which I am most grateful, for through my experiences at the museum our roots are now here, and though we may leave for a season, we shall return, for we too have come to call Junction City, Kansas, “home.”

Gaylynn Childs served the Geary County Historical Society in various positions for 28 years. Friday was her final day as director at the museum.

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The Associated Press LONDON — Justin Bieber’s week just got worse.

Following a brief hospital stay after fainting backstage, the 19-year-old pop star’s preparation for a final concert in London on Friday hit a speed bump.

Bieber got into an altercation with insult-hurling paparazzi, lashing out at a photographer with a stream of expletives as he was restrained by minders.

The singer quickly took to Twitter to address the incident, which was captured by Channel 5 news, and pledged to channel his “adrenaline” into his Friday show.

“Ahhhhh! Rough morning. Trying to feel better for this show tonight but let the paps get the best of me,” he posted on the social networking site.

“Sometimes when people r shoving cameras in your face all day and yelling the worst thing possible at u...well I’m human.

Rough week.”

The scuffle came just hours after Bieber said he was “getting better” after struggling to breathe during the previous night’s concert at the O2 arena, and pledged the show would go on as planned.

A spokesman for the O2 Arena said the 19-year-old pop star was treated backstage during Thursday’s concert after becoming short of breath, but recovered and finished his set.

“As far as we are concerned everything is on, on, on” for Friday’s show, Jeremy King said.

“He was treated by our team of medics and after further examination they didn’t find anything more serious or worrying.”

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Making room for life’s four Cs

ove over three Rs of education and make room for the four Cs. Yes, reading, writing and arithmetic are vital, but when we concentrate all our efforts on a limited scope of education, critical skills are not nurtured.

According to a December 2012 survey conducted by American Management Association (AMA), more than half of executives say there is significant room for improvement in the competencies of the four Cs: critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.

Most respondents to the survey said their employees are average, at best, in the four Cs, yet three out of four managers and executives surveyed say these skills are vital to keep up with the today’s business environment and to compete on a global level.

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Back to the wish list this week: • Volunteers — If you have the time, we have tons of to-do “things” both in the artistic and not-so-artistic realm of projects that need doing • Paper towels • Envelopes

The AMA 2012 Critical Skills Survey defined the skills as follows: • Critical thinking and problem solving — the ability to make decisions, solve problems and take action as appropriate • Effective communication — the ability to synthesize and transmit your ideas both in written and oral formats • Collaboration and team building — the ability to work effectively with others, including those from diverse groups and with opposing

points of view • Creativity and innovation — the ability to see what’s NOT there and make something happen.

I was speaking to mother earlier this week who was interested in the Science and Art afterschool class that we are trying to get off the ground here at JC Arts. We already know that the arts have been relegated to a “pastime” activity, but she was telling me that it seems to her that subjects like science and history are beginning to also take a backseat to the reading and math.

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Additionally, the creative industry continues to be the number one employment industry when it comes to growth. I decided early on that it would be useless for me to exert too much energy to trying to convince people who don’t want to acknowledge the facts that are slapping them in the face, rather my time is better spent reaching out to those who know how important encouraging creativity is.

I look forward to the starting the science and art class. Like all our classes, this will be a very hands-on kind of class that encourages kids to think for themselves and experiment. With our teens I always told them that, for the most part, anything goes — as long as it wasn’t deadly, illegal, or immoral, we could try it.

Gail Parsons is the executive director of JC Arts.

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by Southwest festival, so what better place for director Alex Winter to unveil “Downloaded,” his decade-in-the-making documentary about the music file-sharing service Napster?

Winter came to the Texas fest last year and whetted audience appetites for his film, showing five minutes of footage and moderating a discussion with the defunct company’s co-founders, tech industry wunderkinds Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker.

As this year’s SXSW begins Friday, Winter is back for the world premiere of his finished film — and hoping to find a distributor to bring it to theaters in advance of an eventual premiere on VH1.

“The indie film world can be very narrow,” Winter said. “South by Southwest is one of the few festivals to understand that we live in a multi-platform world. It’s the one place where your movie can be seen by people in a myriad of industries.”

The hybridized festival spans 10 days, and its mix of performances, screenings, panels and parties brings together film-heads, tech-geeks and rock ‘n’ rollers.

The film portion has 133 features that play to the gathering’s traditional strengths — crowdfriendly horror and comedy movies and topical documentaries set in the worlds of music and high tech. Among the films on tap: a remake of the cult zombie classic “Evil Dead,” the Steve Carell magician satire “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone” and a romantic comedy from a

writer of “Borat” (“I Give It a Year”).

The nonfiction films tackle subjects as diverse as physicist Stephen Hawking (“Hawking”), the Beatles’ secretary (“Good Ol’ Freda”) and the controversial file-sharing website the Pirate Bay (“TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away From Keyboard”).

The festival will also play host to some filmmakers whose early careers it boosted and who are returning this year with more commercial fare. Few have become as synonymous with SXSW as Chicago-based director Joe Swanberg, who became a leading figure in the micro-budget film movement with his SXSW premieres “Hannah Takes the Stairs” and “Alexander the Last.” This year Swanberg is back with “Drinking Buddies,” a romantic comedy with a cast that includes Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and “New Girl” star Jake Johnson.

“South by Southwest has been ... where all the major successes of my career have happened,” Swanberg said. “It’s been a very nurturing, fostering kind of environment.”

The 2013 festival saw a 7 percent increase in submissions over 2012, with more than 5,700 films vying for inclusion. With the interactive and music portions of the event growing in prominence, however, SXSW may risk its losing some low-key appeal.

“The richness of South by Southwest is the way these three separate conferences interplay with each other,” said film conference and festival producer Janet Pierson. “But growth has its challenges. ... It’s a noisy atmosphere, and you read articles asking, ‘Is South by Southwest too big?’ or ‘How can I be heard?’... It’s a reflection of the culture at large where there is so much noise, how is anybody hearing anything? It’s a question we all ask all the time.”

Television will have an even heavier presence at SXSW this year than last, which saw the premiere of the HBO show “Girls.” “Lost” show runner Carlton Cuse will bring his new A&E drama, “Bates Motel,” while “Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men” producer Chuck Lorre will participate in an on-stage conversation about creativity with fantasy author Neil Gaiman. The IFC network, a festival sponsor, is hosting multiple parties and panels.

The conference portion includes more than 150 panels; among the speakers are directors Joss Whedon, talking up his Shakespeare adaptation, “Much Ado About Nothing”; Danny Boyle, showing scenes from his upcoming thriller, “Trance”; and Rob Zombie, who is bringing his witch movie, “The Lords of Salem.”

The year features a strong selection of films made in Texas, including “Loves Her Gun,” “The Bounceback,” “Computer Chess,” “Zero Charisma,” “Pit Stop,” “A Teacher” and “Upstream Color.” SXSW will also feature the local premiere of “Before Midnight,” the latest from Austin’s own Richard Linklater and a sequel to his “Before Sunrise” and “Before Sunset,” again starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy.

Fueled by plentiful free barbecue and beer, SXSW audiences tend to be more charitable than those at industry-centric festivals like Sundance and Cannes, and in the past they’ve delivered rapturous receptions for such films as the 2011 Paul Feig comedy “Bridesmaids” and the 2009 Sam Raimi horror film, “Drag Me to Hell.”

Bruce Campbell, who appeared in Raimi’s original “Evil Dead” series and will attend the SXSW premiere of the remake (he’s a producer), is hoping the new version gets a similarly warm welcome.

Museum auction of Chinese collection upsets donors SEATTLE — When the Young family donated a collection of Chinese robes and jades to the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, Wash., in the 1970s, they intended it to stay there forever. But the museum recently sold most of the collection at auction, upsetting some members of the Chinese-American community and leading the family to question the museum’s motives.

The museum, meanwhile, says weeding out collections periodically is necessary to focus resources on its core mission — which has nothing to do with works from China. The remainder of the Young collection is slated to be auctioned soon.

Al Young, a retired schoolteacher, says he’s

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The Youngs could have left the collection to their children, but that would have meant the public couldn’t see it, Al Young said. They chose TAM, in part, because of the city’s history of anti-Chinese sentiment.

On a rainy night in November 1885, a mob rounded up hundreds of Chinese people, marched them to a train station and ran them out of town.

“The leaders were not miners liquored up ready to fight, but city officials — the mayor, sheriff and members of the town council,” according to the Washington State Historical Society website. It became known as “the Tacoma Method.”

That history makes the auction sting even more, says Theresa Pan Hosley, president of the Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation. The collection

is being sent away just like the Chinese people, she said.

“If we can find a way to preserve (the collection) here, I think that will be a better ending,” she said.

Wilson O’Donnell, associate director of the University of Washington’s Museology Graduate Program, said what TAM did is not unusual. Museums should periodically look at their collections for possible “deaccessioning,” he said.

There’s a formalized process for it, which TAM officials seemed to follow as they took a serious look at what they had and how it served their goals.

According to museum Director Stephanie Stebich, the museum’s mission is to “have the premier collection of Northwest art.”

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flabbergasted that his parents’ treasures are being sold off into private hands.

“Those things were gifted to Tacoma and to the Northwest so that we can see examples of Chinese art,” he said. “Now they’re going to be gone forever. And they’re just being used for currency.”

The items obviously mean a lot to his family.

After retiring from the restaurant business in San Francisco, John and Mary Young traveled overseas, collecting Chinese art along the way. Both have since passed away. Al Young said the robes were spectacular examples of embroidery from the Qing Dynasty, which ended in the early 1900s.”Some of the robes took maybe a year to make and 20 people to make them,” he said. “These are irreplaceable. Nobody ever does anything that crazy anymore.”

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selling the items at auction, the museum raised cash that can be used to boost its Northwest art collections, she said.

Stebich noted that Al and his sister were told of the auction months in advance and didn’t object. To her understanding, they wished the museum well. Al Young, meanwhile, says that all along, he’s wanted the collection to go to another museum, such as Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience or the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and was under the impression TAM was going to try that first.

Officials at the Seattle Asian Art Museum declined

to comment for this story, and officials at Wing Luke said they hadn’t seen the collection.

The Young items sold for $230,000. “Hey, it was a great day at auction for us,” Stebich said. And that’s great for the public, who comes to TAM, she added.

On March 12, the remainder will be auctioned, but Stebich said she’s intent on doing right by the Young family. One idea is to use some of the auction proceeds for works by ChineseAmerican artists.

“I’m looking to sit down with the family and figure out a way to come to a positive resolution,” she said.

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Library’s busy season just ahead

Best sellers

Publisher’s weekly best sellers for the week ending March 3:

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Alex Cross, Run” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 2. “Calculated in Death” by J.D. Robb (Putnam Adult) 3. “The Storyteller” by Jodi Picoult (Atrai/Emily Bestler Books) 4. “A Week in Winter” by Maeve Binchy (Knopf) 5. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn (Crown) 6. “A Story of God and All of Us” by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett (FaithWords) 7. “Until the End of Time” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 8. “Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel” by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine) 9. “Private Berlin” by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan (Little, Brown) 10. “A Memory of Light” by Robert Jordan (Tor) 11. “Red Velvet Cupcake Murder” by Joanne Fluke (Kensington) 12. “A Deeper Love Inside” by Sister Souljah (Atria) 13. “Touch & Go” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton) 14. “The Power Trip” by Jackie Collins (St. Martin’s Press) 15. “The Dinner” by Herman Koch (Hogarth) H A R D C O V E R NONFICTION 1. “Life Code: The New Rules for Winning in the Real World”

by Phil McGraw (Bird Street Books) 2. “Shred: The Revolutionary Diet: 6 Weeks 4 Inches 2 Sizes”

by Ian K. Smith (St. Martin’s Press) 3. “Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly (Henry Holt and Co.) 4. “No Easy Day” by Mark Owen (Dutton) 5. “Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us” by Michael Moss (Random House) 6. “I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak” by Joel Osteen (Faith/ Words) 7. “My Beloved World” by Sonia Sotomayor (Knopf) 8. “Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss” by Jillian Michaels (Harmony) 9. “The Melt Method” by Sue Hitzmann (HarperOne) 10. “The Soundtrack of My Life” by Clive Davis and Anthony DeCurtis (Simon & Schuster) 11. “The Legend of Zelda” by Shigeru Miyamoto (Dark Horse) 12. “The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?”

by Rick Warren (Zondervan) 13. “The Blood Sugar Solution: The UntraHealthy Program for Losing Weight, Preventing Disease, and Feeling Great Now...” by Mark Hyman (Little, Brown) 14. “Coolidge” by Amity Shlaes (Harper) 15. “Damn Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior” by Rorke Denver and Ellis Henican (Hyperion) MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS 1. “The Innocent” by David Baldacci (Vision) 2. “You Don’t Want To Know”

by Lisa Jackson (Zebra) 3. “American Sniper” by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice (Harper) 4. “Return to Willow Lake” by Susan Wiggs (Mira) 5. “Immortal Ever After: An Argeneau Novel” by Lynsay Sands (Avon) 6. “Heart of Texas Volume 1”

by Debbie Macomber (Mira) 7. “Defending Jacob: A Novel”

by William Landay (Dell) 8. “Perfect Timing: A Harrigan Family Novel” by Catherine Anderson (Signet) 9. “Stay Close” by Harlan Coben (Signet) 10. The Third Gate” by Lincoln Child (Anchor) 11. “Betrayal” by Danielle Steel (Dell) 12. “Whispering Rock” by Robyn Carr (Mira) 13. “Playing for Keeps: Opposites Attraqct 1/4Partners” “ by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) 14. “Beauty Awakened” by Gena Showalter (HQN) 15. “Kill Me If You Can” by James Patterson, Marshall Karp (Vision)

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s spring break approaches, kids and adults alike are starting to look forward to the end of the school year and the beginning of summer. At the public library, no time of the year is quite as busy as spring and summer.

Over the next few months, the library will host contests and events for all ages, especially those kids looking for out-of-the house activities as the weather warms.

In this week’s column, I wanted to cover a few of the current and upcoming events for youth at Dorothy Bramlage Public Library.

Bookmark Contest

DBPL invites you to share your talent and creativity with readers throughout our community by entering the 2013 Summer Reading Bookmark Contest. This annual event allows school-age kids and adults to have their bookmark creations professionally judged and printed for distribution.

Participants are invited to create a bookmark reflecting the 2013 Summer Reading Theme according to their grade or age category. For kindergarten through fifth grade, this theme is “Dig Into Reading.”

For sixth through eighth grade, the theme is “Beneath the Surface.”

High school age and adults will work with “Groundbreaking Reads.”

How does one use these themes to create their bookmark? The library’s summer reading materials provide many ideas based on programs the library will host this summer. The underground themes can take many evolutions from dirt and burrowing animals, to books that broke ground in the literary world, digging into the past.

The themes encourage readers and librarians to dig a little deeper and discover a world of interesting things beneath your feet.

Thinking about digging and things beneath the surface, one could concentrate on roots, earthmoving equipment, gardens, rocks and other dirt-based topics. If thinking about animals, there are all kinds of interesting creatures that burrow and may live or stay underground. Another aspect could

Janene Hill Librarian’s report be places underground that can be explored such as caves, sewers, rocks, crystals, or minerals. Underground and digging could also encompass things such as pyramids, dinosaurs and all things archaeological.

Beneath the Surface might also include subjects such as subcultures such as steampunk and goth, or self-expression issues, and thinking beyond what people see on the surface.

For adults, the Groundbreaking Reads theme could also go beyond digging and underground things to include a wide variety of books that broke ground in some way.

Whether it be in culture, in an individual’s life, or within the literary world.

For the contest, artwork must be original designs by the participant and may be created in any medium (crayon, marker, ink, computer generated, colored pencil, or etc.)

The bookmark may have a horizontal or vertical orientation. Absolutely no copyrighted material should be. Entries deemed to have used copyrighted material will be automatically disqualified from the contest.

A panel of judges will review all entries and select one winner each grade, kindergarten through eighth, with one winner selected from among all High School and adult entries received.

Winning bookmarks will be printed in color and distributed to all participants signing up for the Library’s Summer Reading Program. Each winner along with one guest a guest will be invited to attend the Friends of the Library Fiesta on Saturday, April 20.

Entry forms are available at the library through the entry deadline.

These forms include the given

Books to get you digging

Events calendar

“Diary of a Worm” by Doreen Cronin “Holes” by Lois Sachar “Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne “Gregor the Overlander” by Suzanne Collins “Planting a Rainbow” by Lois Ehlert “Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site”

by Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld “The Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame “The Hobbit” by J.R.R. Tolkien “Treasure Island” by Rober Louis Stevenson “Hoot” by Carl Hiaasen

1:30 p.m. Sunday, LIFE: Stocking the Pantry: Emergency Preparedness 101 Winter reading ends Sunday 5:30 p.m. Monday, Library Board of Trustees 7 p.m. Monday, LIFE: Japanese for Beginners at Library Corner 7 p.m. Monday, TALK, “The Courious Incident of the Dong in theNight-Time” by Mark Haddon Monday is the registration and fee deadline for LIFE: Basket Making on March 25 7 p.m. Tuesday, LIFE: Carbohydrates: Friend or Foe? 7 p.m. Tuesday, Mystery Club, “Private Practices” by Stephen White at Library Corner 7 p.m. Wednesday, LIFE: Make the Right Choice: E-Readers 7 p.m. Wednesday, LIFE: Reiki at Library Corner 1 p.m. Thursday, LIFE: Writing Your Family History at Library Corner 7 p.m. Thursday, Fantastic Realms, “Cinder” by Marissa Meyer at Library Corner Thursday is the registration deadline for LIFE: Computer 101 on March 15 10 a.m. Friday, LIFE: Computer 101 Friday is the submission deadline for Summer Reading Bookmark Contest

space for creations. This measurement is two-inches wide by seven and three-quarters inches tall.

Names need not be incorporated into the design as name, age, grade, phone and email should be filled in on the entry form.

All entries must be turned in to the Young People’s Department at the DBPL by 6 p.m. on Friday, March 15.

Teen After Hours

Middle and high school age students are invited to join us at the library on the evening of Friday, April 5, for After Hours Movie Night beginning at 6:30 p.m. Pizza, popcorn, and drinks will be provided.

All participants must register by April 2 in the Young People’s Department. Completed registration must include a parent signature. When registering, teens can also vote on the movie they would most like to see.

Movie choices for the evening include two movies based on books.

The first is the blockbuster movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games. Secondly is the first movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel The Hobbit. The third choice is a movie about a teacher (Kevin James) who decides to earn money for his school by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter. All three movies are rated PG-13.

Weather Awareness

Staff from the National Weather Service will be on hand to talk about Weather Awareness as a part of the library’s Saturday at the Library series on April 6 at 10 a.m.

No registration is required for this program.

Attendees will hear about different types of weather to expect in our area, what the watches and warnings issued by the weather service mean, and how to prepare for different types of weather.

Storytimes

A reminder to all storytime participants that there will be no storytimes March 19-21 during Geary County Schools’ spring break. The first week of April will be the last storytimes for this semester. Registration for summer storytimes will begin in May.

Community gathers at Last Bookstore B y D eborah Vankin

Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The staircase is narrow and creaky, with a bookshelf made from a 100-year-old harp case teetering on the precipice of collapse at the top of the landing. Overflowing with open books, pages wildly askew and dangling from uneven shelves, the bookcase looks as if it’s escaped from a vintage cartoon.

Rolls of yellowed, turn-ofthe-century sheet music waft through the air, unfurling from a manual typewriter suspended from the ceiling.

A black-clad young woman, with a prominent pierced dimple and a philosophy book under her arm, slips by on her way up.

She has found the way into the Labyrinth at the Last Bookstore.

Flying in the face of conventional wisdom that says bookstores are dying, the Last Bookstore made headlines in mid-2011 when it opened in a cavernous, 10,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the former Citizens National Bank Building, now the Spring Arts Tower, in downtown Los Angeles.

More than a year and a half later, the Last Bookstore is not only still around but has expanded upstairs into a maze-like balcony space that’s become a communal canvas for local artists. Snaking around the store’s periphery, with gilded doors that lead nowhere, an eerily lighted tunnel built out of books and a bank vault turned into a futuristic reading room filled with science fiction and fantasy titles, the Labyrinth annex houses 100,000 used books, each sold for $1. It’s a massive, eclectic book depot that feels like a porthole into an

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by H.G. Wells and Dr. Seuss.

“It’s almost a post-apocalyptic fantasy of mine,” owner Josh Spencer says about the evolving look of the Last Bookstore. “What if civilization collapsed and there was one bookstore left, what would that look like? I just let my imagination go.”

And so an upstairs light switch in the Labyrinth is embedded in the spine of a hollowed-out dictionary.

Time-travel-style portholes peer into an artist’s rendition of outer space. A secret passageway leads to a hidden book room.

The in-progress Labyrinth has captured the imagination of downtown artists, who have been given full rein by Spencer to treat the Labyrinth’s battered walls and faded wood floors as an art space. Some of their works are built permanently into the space, such as Dave Lovejoy’s installation of tiny figurines and postcards wedged into an 8-inch gap between bookshelves. (“Just something to look at as you’re cruising between the shelves,” he says.)

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Mini meatloaf with shoyu cream sauce.

Try a new meatloaf sauce

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Detroit Free Press Meatloaf is the king of comfort food.

And it’s also one of those dishes that yield sought-after leftovers.

When I mention meatloaf to a friend, she relishes the thought of a leftover meatloaf sandwich.

Today’s recipe came about, in part, because I found mini ceramic loaf pans at a local HomeGoods store. They are the perfect size for making individual, but generous meatloaves. They are also ideal if you’re trying to pay attention to portion control.

And, I had ground sirloin and hot Italian sausage tucked away in the freezer and wanted to recreate a meatloaf I sampled some time ago at the Kona Grill in Troy, Mich.

I remembered that the recipe had a mix of beef and Italian sausage — a good combination for producing a juicy, tender meatloaf. After searching the Internet, I came up with today’s recipe: Mini Meatloaves with Shoyu Cream Sauce.

The meatloaf recipe is fairly basic; what sets it apart is the Shoyu Cream Sauce. It’s a simple mixture of heavy whipping cream and soy sauce, brought to a boil and thickened with slurry — a mixture of cornstarch and water. You can substitute regular or reducedfat whipping cream or fatfree half-and-half.

Shoyu is Japanese sweet soy sauce. At many grocery stores you will find

several varieties of soy sauce. Not all soy sauces have the same flavor profile. Some are sweeter; some are darker, and some are slightly thicker. It is a salty condiment, and some brands can be saltier than others. For this recipe, I used Kikkoman reduced-sodium soy sauce.

One technique I learned some time ago when making meatloaf is to saute any vegetables first, so they get nicely caramelized and take on a sweet flavor. If you put the vegetables in raw, they will steam. Also, let the meatloaf rest before slicing. If you slice it right away, it may crumble and likely will be dry.

If you use a hot Italian sausage, the cream sauce will help cool off your taste buds.

Having the right equipment, such as these loaf pans, helps but isn’t necessary for this recipe. You can shape the meat into individual loaves and place them on a foil-lined baking sheet with sides.

This recipe makes enough for four generous meatloaves and is hearty enough that you will probably have leftovers. Any leftover meatloaf also can be frozen.

If you’re not into cream sauces with meatloaf, an optional glaze is 1/2 cup ketchup, 1/2 cup chili sauce and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar. Mix and spoon it on before baking.

Nancy Cervone doesn’t worry too much about food contamination, and she certainly would never consider herself a “germaphobe.”

But when the Stow, Ohio, resident spotted a mound of cantaloupes on sale at the grocery store recently, she couldn’t help but think about the illnesses linked to the melons in the summer of 2011.

“Unfortunately, every time I now eat cantaloupe, I think about the food poisoning outbreaks,” she said.

Cervone’s concerns have real merit.

A recent study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fingered produce as the leading cause of food poisoning in the U.S. The study revealed that more than meat, poultry or fish, fruits and vegetables were the number one source of food-borne illness over the 10-year period of the study (although more deaths were attributed to contaminated poultry).

Nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce, the study showed.

Melons pose a particular hazard, according to Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia.

Cantaloupes, especially, can harbor bacteria due to their rough, webbed outer skin. Cantaloupes require a good scrubbing under cold running water before they are sliced, otherwise the bacteria on the outside of the skin will be carried inside to the flesh with the first swipe of a knife.

Doyle said the more cracks and grooves on the skin of a fruit or vegetable, the more easily bacteria can hide.

Melons also have a neutral pH, so they offer a perfect growing environment for bacteria.

The problem of contami-

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Scrubbing a cantaloupe with a brush is the best way to rid the fruit of contaminates. nated melons is often made worse by grocery stores that sell cut pieces, but often don’t store them in a cold enough environment.

Doyle recalls walking into an upscale grocery store in South Carolina one summer, where a metal tank with ice in the bottom was filled with containers of cut melon. The bottom inch of the containers was inside the ice, leaving the majority of the melon in an environment warm enough for bacteria to multiply rapidly.

In the CDC’s new study, however, leafy greens like lettuce and spinach were revealed as the worst culprits for food poisoning in the study period, between 1998 and 2008.

Cervone said she has the mental debate over to-washor-not-to-wash every time she grabs a handful of bagged spinach for a salad.

Salad greens marked “washed and ready to eat”

or “triple-washed” remain an area of debate among food safety experts.

Some experts contend that the triple-washing with chlorine that takes place during processing is enough to kill what bacteria can be killed, and advise against washing bagged greens because the risk of crosscontamination in the home kitchen is a greater concern.

A 2010 study by the Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, concludes that consumers should wash all bagged or boxed lettuce and greens — even those marked prewashed or triple-washed — before consuming.

The agency tested bags of washed lettuces and found that while they may not be contaminated with E. coli, listeria or salmonella, 39 percent of all product samples had bacteria that are common indicators of poor

sanitation and fecal contamination, and exceeded acceptable limits on total coliforms.

Doyle goes one step further — he says not to buy bagged greens at all. He advises buying whole heads of lettuce or greens, removing the outer surface layers where bacteria is most likely to be present, and then washing the greens under cold running water.

Doyle has conducted studies that show the cutting and bagging of lettuce in processing plants can actually trap bacteria inside the lettuce leaves, meaning that no amount of scrubbing or washing will ever get rid of the germs. If greens are cut before they are washed — as they commonly are during processing — the bacteria become internalized by the leaves, trapping the germs inside the produce.

Then, it’s not a question of what’s on the leaves, but what’s in the leaves. At that point, only cooking can kill the germs, and few salad greens are cooked before eating.

Despite his concerns, Doyle said the chances of getting ill from eating bagged lettuce, whether washed or not, remains fairly small.

“The reality of it is, the odds are in your favor,” he said, noting that less than 1 percent of bagged salad greens are contaminated.

“But even if it was one-tenth of a percent, when you multiply that times billions of bags sold, it’s still a significant number,” Doyle added.

As risky as bagged greens can be, Doyle said an even greater concern should be the consumption of raw sprouts like bean and alfalfa.

He believes the only reason they weren’t first on the list of illness-causing produce in the CDC study is that folks just don’t eat nearly as many of them as they do items like lettuce, tomatoes or melon.

Mini Meatloaves Makes: 4 / Preparation time: 15 minutes Total time: 1 hour 15 minutes For this recipe we used 4-by-2-by-11/4-inch deep mini meatloaf pans. But you can make this meatloaf in any size loaf pan. Increase the baking time for larger meatloaves. A standard-size meatloaf will take about 1 hour to cook thoroughly.

Meatloaf:

2 tablespoons no-salt -added tomato paste 1 teaspoon favorite all-purpose seasoning 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Shoyu cream

1 cup heavy whipping cream or low-fat or fat-free half-and-half 3 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce 1 tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon water

11/2 tablespoons olive oil Instructions: 1 tablespoon butter Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush 4 mini 1 teaspoon minced garlic meatloaf pans or individual ramekins with a lit1/2 cup chopped onions tle olive oil. In a skillet, heat the oil with the butter. Add the garlic and saute 1-2 minutes or 1/2 cup chopped bell peppers (any color) 3x5.5 8/13/02 PM Add Pagethe 1 onions and peppers and until4:41 fragrant.

1/2 pound ground sirloin saute 5 minutes or until onions are just begin1/2 pound sweet, mild or hot Italian sausage ning to brown. Remove from heat.

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seasoning, black pepper and onion-and-pepper mixture and mix well.

Pack mixture into mini meatloaf pans or ramekins, making sure it’s pressed evenly in the pan.

Bake about 30 minutes or until the top is browned and crusty and the internal temperature in the center of the meatloaf is 155 degrees.

Remove from the oven, tent with foil and let rest for 10 minutes. While resting, the internal temperature will rise to at least 160 degrees.

Meanwhile, in a small sauce pan combine the cream with the soy sauce and bring to a boil. Stir in the cornstarch mixture and cook 1 minute. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.

Adapted from several recipes for Kona Grill’s Big Island Meatloaf. Tested by Susan M. Selasky for the Free Press Test Kitchen.

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Powers, King to wed Patty and Roscoe Maycroft and Mark and Sandy Powers, all of Junction City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Brooke Powers, of Junction City, to Andrew Gray King, the son of Rodney and Lesley King of Liberal.

Ashley graduated from Junction City High School in 2001 and received her business management degree from Bryan College in 2003. She is currently employed as an account executive for Eagle Communications in Junction City.

Andrew graduated from Liberal High School in 1994 and received his degree from Kansas State University in 1999.

He is the owner and operator of AGK Marketing, LLC in Junction City.

The couple plans to wed April 20 at the Courtyard by Marriott in Junction City.

Mika, Westover to wed Kelley Boland and Thomas Mika, of Junction City, announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana Elaine Mika, of Junction City, to Dustin Lee Dakota Westover, of Junction City, son of Leanne Mills-Vigil and Delmar Eugene Westover.

Dana graduated from Junction City High School in 2009 and currently works for Geary Community Hospital.

Dustin graduated from Chapman High School in 2008 and is employed by the Kansas Department of Transportation.

The couple plans to wed March 16 in Heritage Park, Junction City.

OAKLAND, Calif. — When Jade Lenzo was getting ready to bring home her kitten, Bella, for the first time, she set about preparing the place for the little ragdoll cat. Lenzo already had the essentials, but top on her list was a scratching post.

“I began my search with a few thoughts in mind,” she says. “It had to look good in our modern home, be well made with quality materials, be safe for cats and be reasonably priced.”

What should have been a simple task brought nothing but disappointment.

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The company, founded

by Michael Ostrofsky, was created to appeal to clients just like Lenzo — people who love their pets but also their decor, who don’t want to see a plastic litter box in the bathroom or a garishly colored carpet-clad scratching post.

While Ostrofsky has found a niche, he is by no means alone. According to research by the American Pet Products Association, about 62 percent of households in the United States own a pet; that’s roughly 377 million dogs, cats, birds,

fish, reptiles, horses and other animals. Back in 1994, we spent $17 billion on our animal friends. In 2012, it was more than $52 billion.

Pets and the stuff we buy for them have become such a huge market that, according to the association, bigname retailers — including Old Navy, Paul Mitchell and Harley Davidson — are branching out to add pet products to their traditional lines.

It is now fairly easy to find fancy clothing, jeweled collars and leather-accented carriers with built-in iPad pouches. But the furniture — the everyday items that fill conspicuous spots in our homes — is another story. And some people aren’t willing to settle any longer.

Style was definitely on the mind of Sue Kindregan when she bought a Five Pet Place scratching post for her kitten, LouLou, an indoor-only cat. “I knew I had to find a scratching post for LouLou, but I didn’t want an eyesore,” she says.

The color matches her traditional furniture, and the pieces look as if they had been custom-made to match the woodwork in her house in Boston, she says.

“We recently ordered the litter tray in all white, and honestly, it blends in perfectly in our master bath.

And it doesn’t look like a litter box.”

Ostrofsky, who founded www.fivepetplace.com in 2004, recognized the need for fashionable pet furniture through his own experience.

At the time, he was married and moving into a brand-new home. He and his wife had two cats, but the population quickly

grew to five as they kept adding strays. The couple had worked and saved for the house; when they moved, they bought all new furnishings. The cats’ scratching posts and litter boxes stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb.

Unable to find something that would suit the coffered ceilings, crown molding and wainscoting of his Union City, Calif., home, Ostrofsky worked with his father to build his own. He researched his own cats’ behavior and designed models that they preferred, but it was the enthusiastic response and requests from friends and guests that tipped off Ostrofsky that he was onto something.

Five Pet Place features scratching posts, food dishes, litter boxes and beds that can best be described as elegantly appointed.

Ostrofsky says that, beyond their decorative beauty, they are made to last, with materials that won’t harm the cat or pollute the indoor environment.

While Five Pet Place is primarily for cats, other companies are filling the void for dogs.

The Company Store, primarily known for its luxurious human bedding, is now offering fine linens, pillows and four-poster beds for your favorite canine. A company spokesman says it “wanted to extend the same comfort, quality and design we’re known for to the four-legged friends of our families.”

The line of cozy dog comforters and accessories is continually updated to coordinate with an assortment of bedding and decor for the entire home. So if you love the linens on your

California king, Fido can have a coordinating ensemble.

Companies such as Soft Surroundings, which has launched a new line called the Retreat Collection, offer plush mattresses and wicker beds.

Robin Sheldon, its founder and president, says, “We are invested in creating lush, beautiful bedding for our customers to create their own soft surroundings. With the introduction of Retreat, our home furnishings catalog, it seemed only natural to include a comfy place to relax for our four-legged best friends.

The wonderful response we’ve received has resulted in a new collection of French-inspired pet beds, which will be introduced in the September Retreat.”

The salute to home decor does not come cheap, which may be the one sticking point for companies. But owners are accustomed to paying dearly for almost anything for their pets.

Those who market the pedigree products point out that, yes, the items are costly, but they likely will last much longer than the more cheaply made versions.

Cost wasn’t an issue for Lenzo, who benefits from the strength of the Australian dollar over the American. Ostrofsky’s prices were reasonable to her, she says, and the quality made them well worth it.

It’s the style that gets customers through the door, Ostrofsky says, but if it doesn’t function properly, they won’t be back. There’s also another factor that influences shopping for high-end pet furniture: How does the pet like it?

Home deconstructed for salvage operation B y C heryl T r uman

tat for Humanity’s Habitat ReStore — which sells donated Lexington Herald-Leader home goods, including furniture, DANVILLE, Ky. — Houses look at its outlet on Lexington, Ky.’s rock-solid, until it’s time to take Southland Drive — and from the area around Danville, Ky. They them apart.

But when you have an army of include a group of University of volunteers and a special drill Maryland students who have that takes the nails right out of been in town painting and fixing the wide plank oak flooring, up Habitat houses, but on this things pop apart like a pile of big day in January, they finally get a chance to take a house down to heavy Legos.

The house is at Sweetbrier, the the bare walls.

The house, a short jaunt from Boyle County, Ky. farm of nationally known radio personality the Dees’ imposing main house, isDaily being torn down and its land Junction City Union Rick Dees and his wife, Julie.

2013 The volunteers are fromFebruary Habi- adreturned to agricultural use.

For Habitat volunteers, this is another day of harvesting goods that would otherwise go to waste.

“We do kitchen cabinets regularly,” about 50 sets a year, said Katie Clay, resource development coordinator at the ReStore.

Jim Kreiner, ReStore director, said the store receives about 5,000 pounds of goods a day from area residents, contractors, remodelers and businesses such as Marriott’s Griffin Gate Resort & Spa, which, Kreiner said, “has been donating to us for 13 years.”

The material will be sold to

those who want to improve their homes in a way that is inexpensive and green.

“We’re keeping that out of landfills,” Kreiner said of the parts and pieces of the house.

The group works within a sixhour time frame to complete its “harvest.”

The volunteers scoop up flooring, windows, doors, cabinetry and fixtures. The oak floors are largely unmarred, as are the white wood-and-glass cabinets from the kitchen and the darkstained entertainment center and bookshelves that take up a

wall of the family room.

All items will go to the Habitat ReStore in Lexington for sale the next day. ReStore sells new and lightly used home improvement goods, furniture, home accessories, building materials and appliances to the public for 50 percent to 75 percent off retail prices. Proceeds are used by Habitat for Humanity to help build and renovate homes.

Whether anyone without a keen sense of kitsch will want the pink toilet, tub and basin from this house is another matter.

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