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Bonds selected for “Wheel” fame Greg and Tami Bond will be appearing as contestants on the popular game show, “Wheel of Fortune” next week, as

part of “Grandparents Week”. Their show will air Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. on NBC. Their journey began last

The picture taken outside the studio are of the Bond family from left to right Kaitlin Hershey, Kelsey Lewis, Greg and Tami Bond, Kilah Dunn and Karsten Bond. Photo courtesy of Tami Bond.

Wrestlers Brian Montoya and Pedro Ordonez place first at State at the 2017 USA Kansas State tournament in Topeka. Montoya wrestles in the 10 and under 67-pound division. Ordonez wrestles in the 18 and under 145-pound division.

Quintin and Benjamin have conquered the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library! For their great work, they each earned a wipe-clean workbook. Congratulations Quintin & Benjamin! You deserve a round of applause!

June when Tami and her mom, Jane Nix, went to the Wheel Mobile auditions in Mulvane at the Kansas Star Arena. Two weeks later, Tami received an email inviting her to come back for a second audition and stated they were also looking for grandparents as contestants, so if she wanted to bring her husband along, they could try out as a couple. “Greg was pretty hesitant, not nearly as excited as I was”, admitted Tami. But she signed them up and they went for the audition in July. Two weeks later, they received a letter from the Wheel congratulating them as they had been chosen as contestants. The letter said it could be anywhere from six to 18 months beContinued to page 3

To help provide farmers and ranchers rebuilding after the 2016 and 2017 wildfires, the Kansas Kansas Department of Revenue has created www.ksrevenue.org/wild fires with information about applying for refund and exemption certificates.

In March, the Legislature passed, and Governor Sam Brownback signed into law a bill exempting the sales tax on fencing material used to reconstruct agricultural fences destroyed by wildfires in calendar years 2016 and 2017.

The page includes information about both the refund and exemption certificate application processes, the required forms for both programs and answers to frequently asked questions.

“We realize that Kansas farmers and ranchers are rebuilding their lives and hope that this information will help them access assistance easily,” said Revenue Secretary Sam Williams.

Visit www.ksrevenue. org/wildfires for more information about the refund and sales tax exemption certificates.

In addition to the sales tax exemptions, the department is also waiving some fines and fees for those in fire - affected - areas including the following: • Those who lost a driver’s license or ID card in the wildfires can get a free replacement by visiting a state driver licensing office or a county treasurer’s office that offers driver’s license renewals.

• Those who need to replace vehicle titles lost in the wildfires can get a free replacement by visiting their local county treasurer’s office.

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Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce board members congratulate 2017’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Tommy Romero Saturday evening at the annual Chamber Banquet.

Left to right are board member Dora Rojas,

Chamber Director Alisha Owens, award presenter Sharon Concannon, Tommy and his wife Mary, Chamber board members Dustin Johnson, Stetson Honig, Cathy Wolters and Charlie Field.

At center, Michael Burrows accepts her award for Citizen of the Year at the 2017 Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet. From left to right are Chamber board members Dora Rojas, Dustin Johnson and Stetson Honig,

award presenter - and Michael’s daughter Rachel Roberts, Michael, Chamber Director Alisha Owens, Chamber board members Cathy Wolters, Charlie Field and Ryann Bogenschutz.

Angelic volunteers from Hugoton’s Peace House Ministries work together at the former VFW Building to organize and distribute commodities for Stevens County families. From left to right are Pati Alemon, Aurora Lopez,

Cathy Allison, Nancy Johnson, Martha DonJuan and Patty Bultman. Commodities should be available again in May. Questions can be directed to Patty Bultman or Kristin Farnum.

Peace House helps distribute commodities

Tuesday was a busy day at the former VFW building! Volunteers with Peace House Ministries were handing out commodities - food distributed by the federal government through T.E.F.A.P. - or “The Emergency Food Assistance Program”.

The idea for Peace House to help came from Vernon Anderson, who contacted Patty Bultman to see if the group would be willing to devote some time to the project. Fortunately, for residents of Stevens County, several volunteers were eager to offer their services.

The morning of March 28, the ladies loaded up a trailer with commodities at Liberal, then trucked them to Hugoton to distribute to Stevens County residents.

Patty reported the commodities should be avail-

able every other month, and a specific date for May should be available in late April.

There is no charge to participate in TEFAP, and it’s as easy as meeting these income guidelines:

Household Size

Max Monthly Income

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

$1,287 $1,736 $2,184 $2,633 $3,081 $3,530 $3,980

For each additional family member, add $451/month

March commodities included fruit juice, dried fruit, peanut butter, canned corn, refried beans and instant mashed potatoes. As an extra blessing for this month, Peace House also distributed sliced ham after the group received a discount from Hugoton’s Thrifty King grocery store.

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Obituaries

The death of Darrel Ralph Haight has been learned. Mr. Haight passed away Thursday morning, March 23, 2017 at Wichita. He was 87.

The son of Ralph Haight and the former Alice Farrar, he was born June 8, 1929 at Hugoton. He lived in Morton and Stevens counties.

August 5, 1956, Darrel and Dolores M. Nix were married in Liberal.

He worked for the City of Hugoton for 13 years until he retired.

Mr. Haight was a member of the United Methodist Church in Rolla. He was a very dedicated Christian and was a former resident of Rolla. He enjoyed going to his children’s activities and loved his family. He enjoyed working on bikes and fixing them, and buying and selling old cars.

Survivors include his wife Delores of Rolla; four sons, Doug Haight of Halstead, and Michael Haight and wife Cindy, Phillip Haight and wife Vinna and Todd Haight and wife Toni, all of Wichita; Laura Baird daughter of Wichita; his 18 grand children; and one great

grandson.

Darrel was preceded in death by his parents; brother Charles Haight; and two sisters, Lavonne Knier and Verla Faye MacFee. Funeral services were attended Monday afternoon, March 27 at the United Methodist Church in Rolla with Pastor Buzz Lambrecht and Ron Williams presiding.

Burial followed at Hugoton Cemetery under the direction of Paul’s-Robson Funeral Home of Hugoton.

A memorial has been established for Mosaic. Memorials may be mailed to Paul’s - Robson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 236, Hugoton, Ks 67951.

Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say, “Here I am.”

Isaiah 58:9

The death of Phillip Ray Hoggatt is being mourned.

Mr. Hoggatt, age 62, passed from this life Saturday, March 25, 2017 at Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton.

He was born October 30, 1954 in Duncan, Ok., the son of William Joe Hoggatt and the former Marguerite Verna Gibson.

Ray graduated from Hugoton High School in 1973. He married Leslee Ann McLeod November 16, 1995 at Hugoton. She survives.

Mr. Hoggatt was in management for Mobil Oil Company, then Exxon-Mobil for 38 years, and later Dillco Fluid Service.

A member of Bethel Friends Church in Hugoton, Ray served as a steward and an usher. He also helped with the CLC program for children. He was a member of the Hugoton Economic Development Board.

Ray enjoyed working his ranch and “checking the cows”. He also enjoyed rodeo and team roping and watching and participating in many sports. Ray still holds the shot put record at Hugoton High School. He

Crystal Parton Death has claimed the life of Crystal Kay Parton. Mrs. Parton, 69, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Wesley Woodlawn Hospital in Wichita.

The daughter of Oscar McIver and the former Alice Harlow, she was born August 27, 1947 at Liberal. She was

HUGOTON POLICE REPORT Business Hours, Call 544-4959 After Hours, Call 544-2020 Wednesday, March 22, 2017 • Suspicious Vehicle, Alley North City Hill, Advised Him to Move Along, Officer Crane • Argument, 900 Block of South Jackson, Officer Fedelin • Gun Shot, 200 Block of Van Buren, Unable to Locate, Officer Fedelin • Delivered a Message, 1600 Block of South Madison, Public Service, Officer Fedelin Thursday, March 23, 2017 • Citizen Assist, 500 Block of South Van Buren, Public Service, Officer Crane • Vehicle Unlock, 500 Block of West Eleventh, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Dog at Large, 900 Block of South Polk, Owner Picked It Up, Officer Crane • Dog at Large, 900 Block of East Eleventh, Dog Impounded, Officer Fedelin • Dog at Large, Tenth and Trindle, Unable to Locate, Officer Fedelin Saturday, March 25, 2017 • Hit & Run, 1000 Block of South Jefferson, Sergeant Johnson • Dogs at Large, Alley 700 Block of East Fourth, Impounded, Sergeant Johnson Sunday, March 26, 2017 • Vehicle Unlock, 1000 Block of South Jackson, Public Service, Officer Fedelin

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JoAnn Ghumm

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a lifetime resident of Satanta.

August 9, 1965, she and David E. Parton were married in Garden City.

Mrs. Parton was a member of the United Methodist Church of Satanta, Alumni Association and Eastern Star.

Survivors include husband David E. Parton; sons Stacey Parton and wife Desiree of Republic, Mo. and Lacey Parton and wife Seresa of Lacrosse; brothers Jim McIver and wife Evelyn of Buhler, Walter and wife Clara of Cheney, Mark McIver and wife LaVonne of Satanta and Corky McIver and wife Esther of Alva, Ok.; grandchildren, Elizabeth Parton and Thomas Parton of Republic, Mo., Jessica Willimon and husband Charlie of Satanta, Rebecca Parton of Wichita and Kelby Parton of Lacrosse; great

granddaughter Mackenzie Willimon; and many other relatives and friends.

Crystal was preceded in death by her parents; sister Ella Marie Hazelton; and brother George McIver.

Funeral services were attended Friday afternoon, March 24 at the United Methodist Church of Satanta with Pastor Gary Davison presiding. Burial followed at Dudley Township Cemetery of Satanta. Paul’s-Robson Funeral Home of Satanta was in charge of arrangements.

A memorial has been established for Satanta Alumni Association Scholarships.

Memorials may be mailed to Paul’s - Robson Funeral Home, PO Box 747, Satanta, Ks 67870.

was an avid fan of the Hugoton Lady Eagles Basketball team.

Other survivors include his four daughters, Christina Rae Hoggatt of Washington, DC, Candace Marie Glover and husband Joshua of Milwaukee, Wi., and Nicole Renee Langston and husband Cortney and Jenna Raye Allen and husband Dylan, all of Jenks, Ok.; two brothers, Bryan Hoggatt and wife Marilyn of Poteau, Ok. and Gary Hoggatt of Amarillo, Tx.; two sisters, Belinda Mitts and husband Jerry of Guymon, Ok. and his twin sister Kay Hutchinson and husband Jim of Briston, Ok.; and his four grandchildren, Bombach, Wren Kellen Langston, Jules Langston and Grayson Glover.

Mr. Hoggatt was preceded in death by his parents.

Funeral service will be at Bethel Friends Church in Hugoton at 10:00 a.m.

Thursday, March 30 with Pastor Roy Bogan presiding.

Burial will follow at Hugoton Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m, Wednesday at Brenneman Funeral Home in Liberal.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Bethel Friends Church or Diabetes Solutions of Oklahoma in honor of Kellen Bombach, in care of the Brenneman Funeral Home, 1212 West Second, Liberal, Ks 67901.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brenne manfuneralhome.com.

The family is compiling a book for the grandkids and would love to hear your stories of Ray. Please email your stories to storiesofpapa @gmail.com.

Insight

Friends and family gathered over the weekend to remember and honor JoAnn Ghumm. Mrs. Ghumm, a resident of Hugoton since 2008, succumbed to cancer Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Pioneer Manor in Hugoton.

Born August 24, 1946 in Council Grove, she was the daughter of Marjorie Roberts and George Stone.

JoAnn enjoyed a lively childhood with four brothers and five sisters. She married Verlin Ghumm in 1963; to this union came four children. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1988 and never remarried.

Mrs. Ghumm owned and operated three different cafés over the years and retired from the Hugoton Middle School cafeteria in 2010.

Always a creative soul, JoAnn spent her retired years making jewelry of all kinds. She loved sharing her pieces with her family, friends and excited customers.

JoAnn had a passion for the Kansas City Chiefs and attended many football games. She rarely missed an opportunity to attend activities and events involving her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. JoAnn was a proud and loving mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Her family was very important to her and she enjoyed preparing everyone’s favorite meals during their visits. Her Christmas candy was a special treat and everyone’s favorite tradition.

Being an active member of the Trinity Baptist Church in Hugoton, JoAnn also enjoyed

Lois Poer Word has been received of the death of Lois Margueritte Poer. Mrs. Poer, age 82, passed from this life Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton.

She was born November 11, 1934 in Prairie View, the daughter of Berton J. Brown and the former Margueritte I. Goeken.

Lois graduated from Prairie View High School in

by John Schlageck, Senior Editor/Writer, Kansas Farm Bureau

After the Fire I know the feeling of watching the sky turn black, the acrid smell, seeing the smoke blanket the landscape and wondering why?

Those farmers and ranchers who continue to pick up the pieces of their broken lives know this feeling. They lived to tell about the wildfires that exploded March 6 and swept through an estimated 1.5 million acres in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas. For them the recovery has just begun.

“A lot of people say it looks like Mars – desolate,” according to veteran farmer/stockman Jim Harden, Clark County. “I’ve never been to Mars, but I can tell you this countryside is barren – completely burnt up as far as the eye can see.”

The only real color in this southwestern Kansas county – other than black – is the green wheat fields. Because of the dry weather, they don’t look too green either.

“What we really need now is a slow, soaking rain of about two inches throughout a two-day period,” Harden says. “Heck, I’d even take a nice snow if it would lay flat and not blow off.”

Winds clocked at 76 miles per hour fueled the grass fires that destroyed more than 461,000 acres in Clark County. Dozens of farm and ranch families lost their homes, out buildings and livestock. Countless wildlife fell prey to the fiery devastation including dead and severely injured deer, coyotes

and jackrabbits.

Harden, who farms with his brothers, consider themselves extremely fortunate. Their losses were small. A few head of stocker cattle, approximately 750 acres of grass, ten miles of fence and the equipment they tore up fighting the fires and helping hard-hit neighbors.

Once local firemen and volunteers contained the fires, help began pouring in. Truckloads of hay arrive daily along with fencing supplies. Fence-building crews are beginning to tackle the task of replacing miles and miles of damaged posts and wire.

Harden says a group of FFA youngsters from Saint Francis helped clean up his burned out fence posts. “If we can get the fences rebuilt, that will make a big difference,” the Clark County stockman says. “I’m hopeful many of us will weather this tragedy.”

The outpouring of those wanting to help has been overwhelming. Friends helping friends. Neighbors helping neighbors. Everyone in the community and from across the country pitching in.

“It’s this kind of spirit and selflessness that convinces me Clark County and this region of our state will recover,” Harden says. “We appreciate all the help we’ve received.

While Harden doesn’t know if there will be federal money to help the firefighters, he encourages those who wish

the ladies’ Bible study group.

She will be greatly missed by many.

JoAnn is survived by her children, Genine Gilbert and husband Tyson of Mountain Home, Tx., Jim Ghumm and wife Stacy of Hugoton, Chuck Ghumm and wife Jayme of Ogallah and Tina Hemphill and husband Lee of Susvanville, Ca.; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three brothers; and three sisters.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband; brother Wayne Stone; and two sisters, Marcella Hesser and Joyce Stone.

Funeral services were attended Saturday afternoon, March 25 at Trinity Baptist Church in Hugoton with Pastor Larry Bradford officiating. Graveside service followed Monday afternoon, March 27 at Parker-Highland Cemetery in Parkerville.

Memorials may be given to the Trinity Baptist Church or Pheasant Heaven Charities in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 423 S Main, Hugoton, Ks. 67951.

Condolences may be posted at www.garnand funeralhomes.com.

to donate to the fire relief effort consider contributions to rural fire departments in the burned region.

“Our firefighters need good, reliable equipment and training to continue battling wild fires,” Harden says. “We’ll need them to fight fires in the future.

Believe me, this isn’t the last fire out here.”

Various programs are available to help those recovering from the devastating fires. Farmers and ranchers should contact their local service centers for more details.

For those who wish to donate money, Kansas Farm Bureau encourages people to contact the Kansas Livestock Association at 785-273-5115.

Checks can be mailed to the Kansas Livestock Foundation at 6031 SW 37th St., Topeka, Ks 66614. “Fire relief fund” should be written in the memo line.

Cash donations can be made through the Kansas Livestock Foundation (KLF),KLA’s charitable arm, by going to www.kla.org/donation form.aspx.

Those who were impacted by the fires are encouraged to seek help via the web page www.kfb.org/firerelief.

John Schlageck is a leading commentator on agriculture and rural Kansas.

Born and raised on a diversified farm in northwestern Kansas, his writing reflects a lifetime of experience, knowledge and passion.

1953. She attended Fort Hays State College at Hays for two years.

June 29, 1958, Lois and Gareth Drew Poer were united in marriage at Prairie View. Gareth preceded Lois in death December 28, 2014.

She was also preceded in death by her parents; brother B.J. Brown; and two sisters, Mila Kimel and Berta VanDiest.

Mrs. Poer was a homemaker. She had resided in Dighton, Courtland, Moreland, Kinsley and Liberal.

Survivors include two sons, Kevin Poer and wife MaryLou of Princeton, Id. and Mark Poer and wife Traci of Ingalls; her two daughters, Jamie Gooch and husband Kyle of Hugoton and LuAnn Nelson and husband Jim of Liberal; six grandchildren, Megan Rohrer, Rebecca Hodgson, Wyatt and Ty Poer, and Morgan and Brooke Nelson; and two great grandchildren, Jack Rohrer and Sage Hodgson.

Cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation. A private family inurnment will take place at a later date in the Prairie View Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Prairie View Reformed Church in care of Brenneman Funeral Home, 1212 West Second, Liberal, Ks 67901.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.brenne manfuneralhome.com.

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what’s happenin’ April 1 - April Fool’s Day - Elegant Exchange at 622 S. Main in Hugoton will host their Grand Opening from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. BarnTique and Paparazzi jewelry also available.

April 2 - Good News Evangelic Ministries will host services at Pioneer Manor in the chapel at 3:00 p.m. Coffee Shop Social Time will follow at 3:30 p.m.

Everyone is invited to come.

April 3 - Stevens County Commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Room in the basement of the Stevens County Courthouse.

- Stevens County Hospital Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the Pioneer Manor Conference Room.

April 4 - Heritage Christian Academy will host an Enrollment Open House from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Eligible students

Bargain hunters were out in full force Friday for the fiftieth annual Kiwanis Auction. The

range from three- and fouryear-old preschool to high school seniors. Call 620-5447005 or visit hcaknights.com for more information.

April 8 - First National Bank will sponsor a dance at the Hugoton Senior Center, starting at 7:00 p.m. Bob Walters will provide the music.

April 9 - Church of Christ will host services at Pioneer Manor in the chapel at 3:00 p.m. Coffee

auctioneer keeps a close eye on the crowd for interested bidders.

Help is offered

Shop Social Time will follow at 3:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to come.

April 10 - Hugoton City Council will meet at 5:15 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room.

- The Wagon Bed Springs Chapter of the Santa Fe Trail Association will host a showing of the 1920 movie “The Daughter of Dawn” at the Haskell County Museum starting at 7:00 p.m. For information, contact Lynda Fort at 620-356-2570 or Jim Groth at 620-544-9701.

April 6 - Legislative Update with Senator John Doll and Representative Steve Alford at the Stevens County Library, starting at 6:30 p.m. The Update is sponsored by Stevens County EcoDevo, Stevens County Farm Bureau and Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce.

April 11 - Stevens County Economic Development will meet at the Senior Center at 12:00 noon.

April 12 - The Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce board will meet.

April 13 - Hugoton Aglow will not meet for April. See you at the May meeting.

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The fairgrounds arena building is packed with bidders for the fiftieth annual Kiwanis auction.

• People who need replacement copies of their tax returns can call 785-296-3081, and the department will provide a copy for free.

• For those who lost vehicles in the wildfires, they can bring insurance claims to their local county treasurer’s office and apply for a refund for the vehicle’s tags.

• Homeowners may be eligible for a property tax abatement on destroyed or

destroyed substantially dwellings due to fire. Contact your county appraiser's office for details.

• For businesses affected by the wildfires, which are busy trying to reopen, the department will waive any late filing fees they incur if they file those taxes late. The owner should call 785-368-8222 to coordinate with the department.

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by Randy Kilbourne and Sabine Becker

“Fate Can be Fickle” Part 1 Fate can be cruel – at times extremely cruel. As an interesting example, consider the progression of George Armstrong Custer’s life and career. As most Americans know, his final battle at the Little Bighorn resulted in his own death and the deaths of the 200-plus men he was leading at the time. As a result, the term “Custer’s Last Stand” has become synonymous with vainglorious personality and ignominious defeat.

However, as many (indeed most) Americans do not recall, earlier during America’s civil war he was considered the golden boy of the Union military and experienced incredible successes as a cavalry officer in several major battles. So outstanding were his military achievements, that even before the monumental battle of Gettysburg in 1863, he became the youngest American soldier to rise to the rank of brigadier general at the unheard-of age of 23. (Incidentally, due to large scale war reductions in the numbers of men and officers in the military after the Civil War, Custer was reduced to the rank of lieutenant colonel.)

Later during the Civil War which ended in 1865, he was promoted to the rank of major general, although his rankings as a general were brevet (or temporary), having been earned from rapid wartime promotions.

Custer’s quick rise in the military occurred despite the fact that at the West Point

Academy, he graduated with a potfull of demerits and at the very bottom of his class.

Indeed it might be noted that Civil War officers’ ability seemed to vary inversely with their ranking in academics.

As a notable exception, Confederate General Robert E. Lee earned virtually no demerits at West Point and graduated second from the top of his class. By extension, in the judgment of many military authorities, Lee is considered to be the best American general of all time.

A related review of West Point academic records reveals General Ulysses S. Grant, the commander of all Union forces at the end of the war, was an average student and graduated in the middle of his class. Grant’s actual name on his birth certificate was “Hiram Ulysses Grant.”

But due to a mistake by a senator in the spelling of Grant’s name in his West Point entrance recommendation, he became more commonly known as “Ulysses Simpson Grant” and was familiarly referred to as “Sam”.

One explanation given for his continuing name anomaly is that Grant was too shy as a green plebe to make a correction, and just let things stand. Later on, having apparently gotten over his shyness, it became a general saying that his initials stood for “Unconditional Surrender Grant.”

Southern General James Longstreet graduated second from last in his West Point class. He was known as General Lee’s “Old War Horse,” and was Lee’s very capable

second in command.

General George Pickett graduated last in his class at West Point. He acquired widespread fame for leading the final charge of the Gettysburg battle, which ended in disaster for the South (through no fault of Pickett).

This gave rise to historians generally referring to the failed action as “Pickett’s Charge.” Several of Pickett’s peers (most notably General Longstreet) had felt the action was doomed from the start.

Southern General Jeb Stuart was also a graduate of West Point and a very capable cavalry officer, specializing in reconnaissance and offensive cavalry tactics.

Although his actual name was James Ewell Brown Stuart, by using the initials of his first three names, we arrive at his more familiar name of “Jeb”.

Returning to our discussion of the battle of Gettysburg, if the Union would have lost that battle the United States would have likely become two (or more) separate countries. As a prelude to the battle, Lee led an invasion of the North with the objective of winning the war quickly.

He foresaw that if the Civil War went on long enough, the industrial North would eventually build up its military capability to the point where it would be able to overwhelm the largely agrarian South. (And indeed as we all know, that was what eventually happened.)

Therefore Lee felt the South’s only hope of winning the war was if a quick devastating victory over a major

Union army could be achieved. And he would not only need to defeat the northern army, but utterly destroy the northern force to such an extent that the loss would be a fatal blow to northern morale. Further, this crushing defeat needed to be inflicted on the North near the nation’s capital in Washington D.C. With Lee’s victorious army having Washington at its mercy, the North would have no choice but to quickly sue for peace after the battle.

But as was ever the case, Lee would have to accomplish all this with fewer troops and inferior equipment. As an example, while the South was almost entirely equipped with muzzle loading firearms, the North had some of the new breech loading rifles which afforded faster reloading.

Further, many southern soldiers had no shoes.

Thus in June of 1863, Lee invaded Pennsylvania at the head of the Army of Northern Virginia. His army was composed of a force of 70,000 men, seeking without delay to engage and destroy the Army of the Potomac of the North which would eventually number upwards of 100,000 men. It was literally a David and Goliath proposition – with the Civil War’s David (i.e., Lee) being the aggressor. And although in this case, Lee came ever so close to succeeding, a mere handful of key persons, including Custer, were largely responsible for preventing him from doing so.

(To be continued.)

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Bonds selected Continued from page 1 fore they were contacted for a taping date. The letter also encouraged them to start practicing - so they did.

Then - only one week later - Tami got a call from a producer for the show, asking if she and Greg could go out to California for a taping August 26. Tami said, “Of course, we’ll be there!” She then called Greg at work to tell him, and plans were quickly made to head to Sony Studios in Culver City, Ca. for the taping.

“We were told we could only have four guests, so we called our kids and it was decided they would all go. Our sweet daughter-in-law, Stacy, and sons-in-law Zach, Jayme and Kurt volunteered to stay home with all the grandkids!”

There were two days of taping for “Grandparents Week”. There were five shows Thursday and five Friday, the Thursday tapings aired last September, but the Friday tapings, which the Bonds participated in, will air next week, April 3-7. Greg and

Stevens County Fire Department and Ambulance Report Stevens County Emergency Services run activity March 13 through March 26.

Fire Department Saturday, March 18, 4:35 pm – dispatched to Road P and Road 11 for a motor vehicle accident.

Sunday, March 19, 3:06 pm – called out to Road BB and Road 10 for a grass fire.

Monday, March 20, 2:04 pm – sent to 209 Brollier Road for a structure fire.

Wednesday, March 22, 1:25 pm – dispatched to Road M and Road 14 for a motor vehicle accident.

Thursday, March 23, 5:12 pm – Road O and Road 11 (Seward County) for a wildland fire for mutual aid request.

Ambulance Activity Seven medical runs, six transfers, two Life Flights and two motor vehicle accidents.

COUNTY WIDE BURN BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Tami will star in the game show Monday, April 3, so be sure to tune in!

“It was such a fun, oncein-a-lifetime experience and it was great to be able to have our kids there to share in the adventure!” Tami said.

Tami and Greg’s children who attended were Kelsey Lewis of Andover, Karsten Bond of Andover, Kilah Dunn of Satanta, and Kaitlin Hershey of Andover.

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Winner for Best Design is John Beesley and Best Paint Job Lane Stand. Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

Pinewood Derby Overall Champions for Pack 189 are Champion - Seth Mason; second place John Beesley and third place Raymond Lamatsch. The competition was at the Hugoton Recreation Building March 25. Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

Vernon and Tami Baehler of Moscow announce the engagement of their daughter Micah Baehler to Blain Marshall, son of Bobby and Bridget Marshall of Hugoton.

Micah is currently a student at Kansas State University, studying animal science/pre-veterinary medicine.

Blain is a graduate of Tulsa Welding School and works at Penny’s Concrete Inc. in Manhattan.

A May wedding is planned at the residence of Vernon and Tami Baehler in Moscow.

Tiger Den winners are Champion Raymond Lamatsch, second place Grant Goode, third place Lane Stand and fourth place Damian Rojas. Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

Wolf Den winners are Champion John Beesley and second place Brandon Gomez. Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

Hugoton High School has released its Honor Rolls for the third nine weeks. Students making the All A’s Honor Roll were Freshmen – Jenna Beesley, Sydney Beesley, Trevor Bogan, Janette Bojorquez, Shelby Brechbuhler, Carter Brown, Magdalena Cabrera, Austin Dale, Frances Gaskill, Gavin Heger, Andrew Ibave, Tiffany Mangels, Jenna Martin and

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ife can be a challenge. Sometimes the tasks we are assigned at school or work seem beyond our abilities. Other times the challenge comes from the people around us. Our family, friends and coworkers, while often supportive, can sometimes be difficult. Sometimes nature provides us with the challenge, in the form of severe weather, illness, or the death of loved ones. No one is immune from these things.

They are part and parcel of the human condition, and the real question is how best to deal with the challenges which life provides. If we look at challenges as an interesting problem to be solved or even as a game to be played—and hopefully won—we will fare much better than if we get discouraged. The optimist believes that the difficult coworker is a problem to be solved, asking himself how can he get along with this guy, or at least avoid being bothered by him, while the pessimist just wallows in his negative emotions, stewing about what a jerk the guy is. Life can undoubtedly be difficult, but this makes it a vehicle for personal and spiritual growth. We should probably pray for a difficult life, and the means to deal with life’s problems. An easy, comfortable life is not as desirable as it might seem, because life will eventually throw some hard times your way, and you want to have the mettle to deal with it.

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The Hugoton Hermes Faith Publishing LLC 522 S. Main 620-544-4321

“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

—James 1:2-3 NIV

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AGAPE CHURCH OF HUGOTON 409 East Ninth, Hugoton Sunday – 10:30 a.m.

Terry Miller - 453-2212 428-1135 ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Main and Second Street 544-2773 Ben Coats, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.

Life Groups Sunday Nights - 6:00 p.m.

Inside Out Kids Wed. - 6:30 p.m.

Student Ministry @ The Turnaround Wed. 7:00 p.m.

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BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH 11th & Jefferson - 544-8517 Roy Bogan, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Service - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Ministries - 6:30 p.m.

(Children, Youth, & Adult)

CHURCH OF CHRIST 1045 S. Van Buren Church: 544-2825 Home: 453-0965 Lee Rottman 1041 S. Van Buren Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS 520 E. First 544-2125 Sacrament - 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Priesthood - 11:00 a.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 500 S. Van Buren 544-2493 Pastor Dave Piper Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:45 a.m.

Evening Services - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Tenth and Jefferson Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Bible Band (Tuesday) - 6:00 p.m.

Home and Forn. Miss. (Friday) - 6:00 p.m.

Youth - 6:00 p.m.

Bible Study - 7:00 p.m.

FAITH LUTHERAN Tenth and Adams 544-2092 Kurt Hering, Pastor Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715 Pastor Heath Kelley Sunday School - 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Fellowship - 10:15 - 10:30 a.m.

Worship Hour - 10:30 - 12:00 Children's Church, 10:30 a.m.

Jr. High Youth Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Sr. High Youth Group, 7:45-9:00 p.m.

Information on small groups call 544-2715

FIRST CHURCH OF GOD 801 W. City Limits 544-2652 Israel Franco, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Service - 6:30 p.m.

Call 544-2652 for Church Bus

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH Eighth and Main 544-2210 Pastor Gary Stafford Parsonage - 544-2295 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 6:30 p.m.

LONE STAR FRIENDS CHURCH 14 Miles East of Hugoton on Highway 51 Church 624-3784 Home 624-3104 Pastor Gary Damron Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Blended Worship Celebration - 10:45 a.m.

Jr. High & Sr. High Youth Group - Sunday 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Adult Study - 6:30 p.m.

Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.

MY FATHER’S HOUSE A Full Gospel Church 207 East 6th - Hugoton Pam Peachey, Pastor 544-2436 Services Sundays 10:30 a.m. & 5:00 p.m.

PRIMERO BAUTISTA IGLESIA HISPANO Congregación 618 Main sur - Hugoton 620-370-1003 Pastor Marcelino Auila Servicio de la Iglesia 11:00 a.m. - Domingo 7:00 p.m. - Miércoles

RIVER OF LIFE CHURCH (formerly Lighthouse Fellowship) 424 S. Jackson 544-4828 Don Quattlebum, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.

SOVEREIGN REDEEMER CHURCH Pastor - Eric Mason Sunday School - 9:00 a.m.

Coffee/Fellowship - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

620-544-6386 www.sovereignredeemerchurch.org

ST. HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH 1011 South Jefferson Street 544-2551 Sunday - 11:00 a.m. English Mass - 1:00 p.m. - Spanish Mass

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service - 10:45 a.m.

Rev. Larry Bradford, Interim Pastor 544-9492 or 598-2400 YOU ARE WELCOME!

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715 Reverend Rebecca Davison, Pastor Wednesday Praise! Kids - 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday Jr. High Youth Fellowship - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday Sr. High Youth Fellowship - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

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MOSCOW MOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH 598-2455 Church 1 mile S. of Moscow, 1/2 mile E. of Moscow/Hooker Rd. Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-Apr. Youth Study Thursday - 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Sean Schraeder

MOSCOW UNITED METHODIST 598-2426 Lay Leader Patty Lahey 598-2426 Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Kid’s Club - Wednesday 3:30 p.m.

UMYF Jr. High - 6:00 p.m.

UMYF Sr. High - 5:00 p.m.

ROLLA EMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH 202 Monroe St. - Rolla, Ks. 67954 Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening, AWANA’s - 6:45 p.m.

ROLLA PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH Corner of Third and Adams, Rolla Marcus Light, Pastor Church - 593-4626, Parsonage - 593-4796 Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday night meal - 6:00 p.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ROLLA - RICHFIELD 593-4596 Buzz Lambrecht, Pastor Rolla Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Richfield Morning Worship - 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

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Sophomores named to the All A’s Honor Roll were Brionna Beard, Preston Burrows, Claire Clark, Jonathan Flores, Jacquelynn Grewell, Rebecca Johnson, Josselyne Jurado, Dawson Kerbow, Zayden Littell, Emma McClure, Cody Mills, Megan Newlon, Jeff Persinger, Kara Rodriguez, Ashlyn Schechter, Vivian Titus and Hallie Wettstein.

Juniors named were Britta Beesley, Jahaziel Garcia, Caitylin Kiley, Jo Hanna Rawlins and Rodrigo Sanchez.

Seniors named were Romano Burger, Jessica Maciel Morales and Pedro Ordonez.

High School students named to the Eagle Honor Roll – 4. 0 GPA were Freshmen – Jenna Beesley, Sydney Beesley, Trevor Bogan, Janette Bojorquez, Shelby Brechbuhler, Carter Brown, Magdalena Cabrera, Austin Dale, Frances Gaskill, Gavin Heger, Andrew Ibave, Tiffany Mangels, Jenna Martin andMikayla Martin.

Sophomores named were Brionna Beard, Preston Burrows, Claire Clark, Jonathan Flores, Jacquelynn Grewell, Rebecca Johnson, Josselyn Jurado, Dawson Kerbow, Littell, Emma Zayden

Seth Mason, second from left on the front row, gets second place in Best of Show at the Cimarron River District Pinewood Derby Saturday afternoon at the Elks Lodge in Garden City.

Congratulations Seth! Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

McClure, Cody Mills, Megan Newlon, Jeff Persinger, Kara Rodriguez, Ashlyn Schechter, Vivian Titus and Hallie Wettstein.

Eagle Honor Roll students named were Juniors – Britta Beesley, Jahaziel Garcia, Caitlin Kiley, JoHanna Rawlins and Rodrigo Sanchez and Seniors – Jaqueline Armendariz, Lynnelle Bogan, Romano Burger, Hunter Dale, Sydney Hein, Jessica Maciel and Pedro Ordonez.

Students named to the Red and Blue Honor Roll 3.3 – 3.9 GPA were Freshmen – Alondra Camacho, Haley Crane, Breckyn Hertel, Madison Holt, Drake Knier, Brianna Mangels, Toby McClure, Carolina Sanchez, Damaris Sanchez and Terron Stegman.

Sophomores named were Hannah Archuleta, Leonardo Armendariz, Magali Chavez, Jacob Eckert, Ethan Fox, Sesthleng Garcia-Cueto, Nicholas Gold, Bryan Gonzalez Torices, Mekenzie Hagman, Abby Heger, Casle Heger, Thania Hermosillo – Medina, Jagger Hertel, Montana Holt, Peter Loewen, Cole Martin, Meaghan McClure, Luz Roma, Austin

Stevenson, Jayla Stump and Carlos Tinoco.

Juniors named to the Honor Roll were Daniela Acosta, Dawson Burnett, Jorge Encines Beltran, Tucker Freeman, Deana Guerrero, Mitchell Hamlin, Marlyn Heger, Dallie Hoskinson, Nathan Leininger, Caitlin Lewis, Claire Lewis, Abigail Marioni, Manuel Mendoza, Skyelynn Munoz, Eric Perry, Gerardo Rojas and Madison Shuck.

Seniors named to the Honor Roll were Lacey Brecheisen, Benjamin Cabrera, Saria Chavez, Hannah Coziahr, Jeffrey Cutter, Valentino Degollado, Marisol Don Juan, Brian Flores, Luis Flores-Munoz, Emma French, Landan Hickey, Kyra Kalani, Eva Lamas Salazar, Zachary Leininger, Roman Lindstrom, Logan Mangels, Miguel Martinez-Camacho, Bernabe Mendoza, Elias Mendoza, Ian Pomeroy, Hannah Rodriguez, Martha Rubio, Diana Rubio, Cristobal Salcedo, Jaania Sanchez, Amy Scott, Brayden Silva, Brecklyn Stump, Mary Weaver and Zackary Wells.

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Webelos II Den winners are Champion Seth Mason and second place Storm Heger. Photo courtesy of Felicia Moreland.

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Jenna has experienced 300 books in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. You're a superstar Jenna! Keep it up!

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New Business of the Year is Best Western Plus Stevens County Inn. Pictured from the left are Sanmukh “Sam” Bhakta, Rohit “Roy”

Bombaywala, Praful “Pete” Bhakta, Evelin Espinoza and Chamber Director Alisha Owens.

Carol Piper, Linda Gooch, Misti Nixon and Holly Grubbs entertain the crowd as contestants on the “Gong Show” Saturday night. The ladies were part of the “Mermaids” synchronized swimming team.

Chamber Director Alisha Owens begins the festivities at the annual Chamber Banquet Saturday night.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Pastor Roy Bogan announces the Business of the Year at the Chamber Banquet Saturday night. Hancock Electric is the winner. Pictured

are from the left Bogan, Cynthia and Galen Hancock, Verleen and Ervin Hancock and Chamber Director Alisha Owens.

Guests at the annual Chamber Banquet are impressed with the Hawaiian decorations, in coordination with the theme “Mele

Kalikimaka”. Some guests even wore beach attire.

Hugoton Wow, what a night! I hope you were able to join us this past Saturday for the Chamber’s Annual Awards Banquet. It was a night filled with laughter and tears… We gave out four awards to some very deserving recipients.

Michael Burrows took home the Citizen of the Year Award presented by her daughter, Rachel Roberts, in a speech about the kind and giving heart Michael has from making cookies, to teaching and volunteering. Tommy Romero took home Lifetime Achievement presented by Sharon Concannon with a

wonderful speech on his lifetime full of accomplishments, achievements and volunteerism. The Chamber board honored Best Western Plus – Stevens County Inn with New Business of the Year. They opened their 56 room hotel January 18, 2016 with 12 employees, and still employ 12 people. Pastor Roy Bogan presented Hancock Electric with Business of the Year with a most excellent speech about the quality of the work Hancock Electric performs on every job they do - whether residential, commercial, or personal. Hancock Electric

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nice or Stacey at the library for more information by calling 620-544-2301 The Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce wishes to give special thanks to our gold members: Ghumm’s Auto, Jordan Air, Pioneer Communications, Pioneer Electric, Stevens County Healthcare, The City of Hugoton and MasCow Dairy as well as all our Chamber members.

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“thank you”. People like you make me remember why I love my small community where people are there to help when you need them.

Make sure to tune in for the Stevens County Update the first Thursday of every month, at 8:30 a.m. on KULY/106.7 to know what’s going on in your community!

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Lady Eagles lose one, win one against Southwestern Heights The Lady Eagles split their opening series against Southwestern Heights Thursday night. Both teams had to deal with the elements with storms moving in.

In game one, the Lady Eagles struggled on defense and pitching for the majority of the game. The Lady Mustangs jumped out early to a 7 to nothing lead after two innings. The Lady Eagles

scored four runs to cut the lead to three before a lineup error killed the Eagles momentum. After that, the Lady Eagles were not able to stay with the Mustangs, losing 18 to 7 in five innings.

In game two, the Lady Eagles defense started to shake off some of their nerves as both teams went to their bench and brought in new pitchers. The Lady Eagles led

most of the game until the seventh inning when the Lady Mustangs rallied and tied the game at 10. The Lady Mustangs were not able to hold off the Lady Eagles offense in the extra inning as they allowed ten runs. The Lady Eagles won 20 to 10.

The junior varsity team won both of their matches 12 to 3 and 12 to 7.

The Hugoton Wrestling Club takes four wrestlers to Topeka for the 2017 USA Kansas State Wrestling tournament. Attending the tournament are pictured, left to right, Pedro HHS Senior Zack Leininger signs an official letter of intent to play football at Dodge City Community College. Pictured are left to right, grandfather Marlin Heger, brother Nathan Leininger, Zack, mother Chelle Leininger, sister Caitlin Leininger and father Chuck Leininger.

Photo courtesy of USD 210.

Friday, February 17, HHS Senior Miguel Martinez signs a letter of intent to run Cross Country at Garden City Community College next year! Pictured with him are left to right mother Rosa Martinez, father Jose Martinez, Miguel and Coach Nick Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of USD 210.

HHS Senior Alfredo Luna signs an official letter of intent to play football at Dodge City Community College. Pictured are left to right Chrissy Lacy, brother Fernando Luna, Alfredo and Coach Todd Fulton. Photo courtesy of USD 210.

Thursday, February 16, HHS Senior Valentino Degollado signs an official letter of intent to play football at Dodge City Community College.

Pictured are, left to right, his mother Rebecca Degollado, sister Faith Degollado, Valentino and father Miguel Degollado. Photo courtesy of USD 210.

Ordonez, Samuel Fabela, Jacob Fabela, Camerson Persing, Adam Mendoza and Coach Mendoza.

The Hugoton Wrestling Club took four boys to Topeka for the 2017 USA Kansas State Wrestling tournament. Pedro Ordonez wrestled in the 18U 145 pound division. Jacob Fabela wrestled in the 150 pound 10U division. Adam Mendoza wrestled in the 96 pound 12U division and Cameron Persing wrestled in the 10U 61 pound division.

All the boys fought hard Friday. Pedro and Adam continued to fight through Saturday. Pedro placed first and Adam seventh.

Cameron Persing attends the 2017 USA Kansas State Wrestling tournament in Topeka.

Adam Mendoza and Pedro Ordonez wrestle at State.

Ordonez places first and Mendoza places seventh.

Good Luck on Your Spring Sports High School Boys Golf JV at Lakin at 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, March 30 Thursday, April 13 High School Baseball Varsity vs. Sublette Double Header at Home at 4:00 p.m.

Middle School Track 7/8 at Holcomb Middle School at High School Baseball JV vs. Garden City Double Header 3:00 p.m. at Home at 4:00 p.m.23 Monday, April 17 High School Softball JVJV() vs. Liberal DoubletoHeader at vs. vs.Liberal High School 4:00pm Baseball: (Date Changed 03-21-17) (Away)Boys Golf Varsity at Ulysses at 1:00 p.m.

Home at 4:00(Date p.m.Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) Tuesday, April 18 4:00pm Baseball: Varsity() High School Softball Varsity Liberal Double Western Header Heights High School Track Varsity at Scott Community High 4:00pm Softball: JVvs. vs. vs.Kismet-South (Away) at Home at 4:00 p.m.

School at 9:30 a.m.

4:00pm Softball: Varsity vs. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights (Away) Friday, March 31 High School Boys Golf Varsity at Kismet-South Western 6:00pm Baseball: JV() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) High School Track Varsity at Ulysses at 3:00 p.m.

Heights at 3:00 p.m.

6:00pm Baseball: Varsity() (Date ChangedHigh to 03-21-17) vs.Liberal Tuesday, April 4 School vs.

Boys Golf JV(Away) at Syracuse at 3:00 p.m.

6:00pm Softball: JV vs. vs.Kismet-South Western HeightsVarsity (Away)at Holcomb Double Header High School Track JV at Johnson-Stanton County High School Softball 6:00pm (Away) at 3:00 p.m. Softball: Varsity vs. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights at 4:00 p.m.

7:00pm:00pm 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) Double Header at Thursday, April 6 Baseball: JV() (Date Changed High to School Softball JV at Holcomb High School Boys Golf Varsity at LiberalVarsity() at 3:00(Date p.m. Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal 4:00(Away) p.m.

4:00pm Baseball: High School Softball Varsity at Goodland Double Header High School Baseball JV vs.

4:00pm Softball: JV vs. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights (Away)Holcomb Double Header at at 4:00 p.m.

Home (Away) at 4:00 p.m.

4:00pm Softball: Varsity vs. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights High School Baseball JV vs. Goodland Double Header High School Baseball Varsity vs. Holcomb Double 6:00pm Baseball: JV() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) at Home at 4:00 p.m.

Header at Home at 4:00 p.m.

6:00pm Baseball: Varsity() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) High School Baseball Varsity vs. Goodland Double Thursday, April 20 6:00pm Western (Away) Header at Home at 4:00Softball: p.m. JV vs. vs.Kismet-South High SchoolHeights Boys Golf JV at Elkhart at 3:00 p.m.

6:00pm Softball: Varsity vs. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights (Away) High School Softball JV at Goodland Double Header at High School Softball Varsity at Elkhart Double Header 7:00pm HMS - Social (Home):00pm Baseball: JV() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs.Liberal (Away) 4:00 p.m. at 4:00 vs. p.m.

4:00pm Baseball: Varsity() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal Friday, April 7 High School Baseball JV at(Away) Elkhart Double Header at 4:00 p.m.

High School Boys Golf Varsity at Lakin at 1:00 4:00pm Softball: JV vs.p.m. vs.Kismet-South Western Heights (Away) High School Baseball Varsity at 1:30 p.m.vs. vs.Kismet-South 4:00pm High School Track JV at Liberal Softball: Varsity Western Heights (Away)at Elkhart Double Header at 4:00 p.m.

High School Track Varsity at Liberal at 1:30 p.m.

6:00pm Baseball: JV() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) High School Softball JV at Elkhart Double Header at Tuesday, April 11 6:00pm Baseball: Varsity() (Date Changed to 03-21-17) vs. vs.Liberal (Away) High School Boys Golf Varsity at Goodland at 2:00 p.m.

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PUBLIC NOTICE (First published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, March 16, 2017) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD EUGENE HEILMAN, DECEASED Case No. 2017PR000002 NOTICE OF HEARING (Chapter 59) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the above Court by Lynnette Hageman praying for her appointment as administrator of the estate of Edward Eugene Heilman, and

for the issuance of Letters of Administration to her. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 10th day of April, 2017, at 4:30 p.m. of said day, in the district courtroom at the county courthouse, in the City of Hugoton, Stevens 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 parties interested in the estate will govern themselves accordingly.

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History From The Hermes Compiled by Ruthie Winget Thursday, April 12, 2007 Jack Rowden was sworn in as the new mayor of Hugoton.

He will be replacing Neal Gillespie who has served as mayor for the past twelve years.

Thursday, April 4, 2002 The Stevens County Library presented the county commissioners a check for $70,000, returning mill levy money they had collected but did not have to use.

Thursday, April 9, 1987 The resignation of City Counsel Bernie Nordling, after 36 years of service to the City of Hugoton, was regretfully accepted by the city council. Nordling remembers when he and his wife Barbara came to Hugoton, only about 5% of the city streets were paved. He stated perhaps the project most dear to his heart was the construction of the city water tower.

Thursday, April 4, 1957

Livestock losses in the March 22-24 blizzard continued to mount in Stevens County as the ten-inch snow disappeared and conditions became more normal.

Stockman and agricultural leaders estimated the loss of all types of livestock as a result of the storm at close to a thousand head. An equal number of dead strays were believed to be scattered over the county.

Bud Harrell, probably the county’s largest cattle raiser, reported his losses may run as high as 300 head including calves. Other cattlemen have reported losses ranging from one to 20 head.

William Davis, west of Hugoton, reported this week about 20 Shetland ponies died during the blizzard along with one saddle horse.

Buddy Heaton, Hugoton’s rodeo clown, lost his favorite bulldogging horse and four

CIMARRON FLOWS AGAIN - For the first time in many months water is flowing in the Cimarron River north of Rolla.

Last week when this photo was taken from the Morton County bridge, the water was confined to the channel. No flooding is anticipated as weather in the New Mexico mountain source of the Cimarron, continued cold and unsettled. From the April 11, 1957 issue of The Hugoton Hermes.

brood mares in the storm.

While cash losses were difficult to determine, it is estimated the value of the livestock may run as high as $50,000 in Stevens County.

Poultry raisers also were hard hit with the losses in some flocks near the 50% mark.

Stories are still being reported in which persons were rescued or took shelter during the blizzard. Sheriff Code Hall reports six men were rescued by him and E.M. Gregg Saturday night in Grant County from the cab of a pickup truck. When found, one of the men was performing card tricks and they had been playing pitch.

In the group were Ralph Brewer, Glen Grubbs, Barney Rogers and Travis Nixon. The names of the other two men were not learned.

There were a number of persons reported to have spent Saturday night in a motel only one or two blocks from their homes. One family spent Saturday night in a cafe after their car stalled in one of the numerous snowdrifts in the business district.

A business man, caught in his store Saturday night, spent two nights there using a counter for a bed.

More rain Monday and Tuesday prompted some schools to close when school busses were unable to get through the roads.

If any readers have pictures or memories for the history page of the Hermes, please bring them in to Ruthie Winget at the Hugoton Hermes Newspaper.

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Flood safety awareness activities in Kansas should include knowing basic insurance needs, according to Ken Selzer, CPA, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance.

“All homeowners and property insurance policies exclude damage from flood or rising water,” Commissioner Selzer said.

“However, Kansans can purchase flood insurance through the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).”

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Commissioner Selzer also said if a person’s home is located in a floodplain, that home’s lender will require flood insurance.

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School-aged children are busier than ever before, and some may be sacrificing sleep to accommodate their lifestyles.

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Hugoton Area Chamber of Commerce News Chamber of Commerce salutes Ag Support

Kramer Seed Farms Kramer Seed Farms is a dealer of Certified Wheat, Agripro and home of High Plains Hybrids. They have sold quality seed with superior genetics for 40 years! Locally call 620-5444330 or 1-800-848-1988. Kramer Seed Farms is located west of Hugoton on Highway 51. Visit kramerseedfarms.com for more information.

Jordan Air Inc. Jordan Air Inc. is a complete aerial application business. They offer spraying, seeding and fertilizing. Their planes have Satloc systems to ensure uniform swath width, as well as an on-board computerized flow system for even chemical distribution. Terry Jordan is the manager.

You can call the Hugoton office at 620-544-4361 or Elkhart at 620-697-2657.

Hansen Mueller Company

Flatlanders Farm & Home

Hansen Mueller Company is located at 1182 Road Q in Hugoton on Road Q. You can also call them at 620-428-6518. The company has been a respected leader in the grain industry since 1979, and offers an individualized approach to grain merchandising thanks to price discovery, marketing, transportation and logistics throughout the world. More about the company is available online at hansenmueller.com.

Flatlanders Farm & Home opened in 2015.

They offer countless “gotta-have” items including tools, hardware, firearms, home decor, clothing, boots and more! Visit them at 509 W. Eleventh in Hugoton, call them at 620544-8500 or find them on Facebook at facebook.com/FlatlandersSWKS.

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American Implement American Implement is a John Deere and Zimmatic dealer in Hugoton at 843 Highway 51 East.

You can call the company at 620-544-4351. American Implement was founded in 1970 and boasts 14 locations throughout western Kansas and eastern Colorado. They offer new and used equipment, parts and service, as well as a strong community spirit. You can find out more about American Implement at www.AmericanImplement.com.

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SCCC offers community enrichment classes SCCC has a wide selection of community enrichment and personal development classes this month offered through Business & Industry at Seward County Community College. Contact the college this month for the following classes: Water Aerobics Want to lose weight without breaking a sweat? Hop in the pool! This fun water workout burns mega calories and tones every trouble spot.

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MUSEUM UPDATE from The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum Beulah Carter, Curator Stanley McGill and Billy Woodworth This article was taken from the book “Forgotten Men of Cripple Creek” by Leslie Doyle Spell and Hazel M. Spell.

Provided by Museum Curator Stanley McGill.

During the years on the Barry ranch, my father’s mind continually dwelt on the memory of that part of the Chisholm Trail through the Cherokee Nation, the part of Indian Territory then called “No Man’s Land,” and on as far as Dodge City, with his strong yearning to locate and settle somewhere along that trail. In the summer of 1885, aware of the land rush toward western Kansas, his dream country, he persuaded several men to form a covered wagon caravan to head for the land somewhere south of Dodge City. This caravan included our family.

Although I was only three and a half years old at the time, I do remember some of that trip. Mother, imbued with true pioneer spirit and burdened with care of three small children, nevertheless made the best of that arduous journey.

Crossing the Arkansas River at Dodge City was a memorable occasion. The river bed was covered with quicksand and we had to wait until the time of day when the river was at its lowest ebb. each wagon would make a dash for the crossing.

Horses were kept walking without a halt. In this manner, horses and wagons could negotiate the treacherous quicksand, but if they faltered it would mean a wa-

tery grave for the outfit. Animals instinctively know safe footing and realize the importance of continuous motion, so father had no trouble in crossing. But I well remember mother’s anxiety until we again were on solid ground.

The night before crossing the river, while we were camped on the river bank across from the street of the business part of Dodge City, dad went into the town to renew acquaintance with friends of the Chisholm Trail, leaving mother and us children in the wagon train.

Dodge City, at that time, was the wild spot it has been pictured in the movies of today.

Mother was worried for his safety, as well as our own.

Although dad’s visit was prolonged, he returned in good spirits and all was well.

Dad was quite musically inclined, unusually adept with a fiddle, as a violin was then called. He could play any horn in a brass band, so there was plenty of entertainment around the campfire in the evenings, no gunfire or fighting. There were no other children in the caravan, so Oakley and I had plenty of attention, with many miles of our trip carried in the saddle of the men riding alongside the wagons.

This article will be continued next week.

The Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum is open Monday through Friday from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

12:00 Noon; TA125 For more information about the classes, fees or to register, call 620-417-1170 or email bandi@sccc.edu.

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Kansas Weekly Gas Prices Hugoton Gas Prices As of Tuesday, March 28 Brown Dupree - $2.18 Eagles Landing - $2.16 Kangaroo Express -$2.17 Thrifty King - $2.19 Toot N Totum - $2.19 Average retail gasoline prices in Kansas have fallen 1.7 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.12 per gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,329 gas outlets in Kansas.

This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.9 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.28 per gallon, according to gasoline price Web site GasBuddy.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Kansas during the past week, prices Sunday were 21.8 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 3.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 0.6 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 24.0 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.

According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices March 27 in Kansas have ranged widely over the last five years: $1.91 per gallon in 2016, $2.28 per gallon in 2015, $3.41 per gallon in 2014, $3.49 per gallon in 2013 and $3.73 per gallon in 2012.

"Remarkably, for a third straight week, average gasoline prices have declined. In

fact, for just the first time since 2009, average gasoline prices today stand cheaper than February 15 - traditionally the day of the lowest gasoline prices of the season," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.

"This feat has been accomplished for several reasons.

First, weak gasoline demand which has kept inventories of winter gasoline far more than adequate. Second, there have been few large scale unexpected refinery outages, and third, crude oil inventories and rising U.S. production have kept oil prices under pressure over the last month.

All three of these factors are actively at play and will continue to keep pressure on prices from spiking. More alarming, however, is that while gasoline prices have drifted lower, the gas price spread between stations has been rising, and stands 5% higher nationally versus last year. So while motorists may be feeling less pressure with stable gas prices, that false sense of security may be getting in the way of finding a gas station selling at a far lower price. As always, motorists should be shopping around to be aware of lower priced offerings," DeHaan added.

For LIVE fuel price averages, visit http://FuelIn sights.GasBuddy.com.

Abby Tharp smiles bravely while donating blood at the Red Cross Blood Drive Tuesday, March 21. This is the third time she has donated her blood.

Richard Clinesmith patiently waits while his blood is being drawn at the Red Cross Blood Drive at the Hugoton Christian Church. He has given blood at nearly every local blood drive for the past ten years.

Thursday evening, “microbursts or downbursts” are reported around the Ulysses area. By the looks of this shed, located five miles west of Hugoton, there may have been some in this area also. The shed received considerable damage around 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, March 23.

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Chevron Spring Sale!!!!

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For the months of March and April there will be discounts on the following Chevron products.

544-2283 - Activities 544-8041 - Meals 624 S. Main, Hugoton What a nice weekend several of us from Hugoton made our way down to Elkhart to help them get dances started there. It was a large crowd and great music!

Hopefully the Kiwanis sale went well for them. Looked like a lot of stuff there.

Monday evenings, there is a group of folks who do “line dancing”. If you would like to learn, this would be a good time and place to start. They begin at 6:00 p.m. every Monday.

Saturday evening, starting at 6:00 p.m., the Ulysses Junior Leadership Class is having their Senior Citizen Prom. Hugoton’s senior center always receives an invitation. Some residents from here plan to go. They have Bingo, a dance and refreshments. Come along and have a nice evening in Ulysses.

Our next dance will be sponsored by First National Bank, Saturday, April 8. The dance will begin at 7:00 p.m.

They will furnish the snacks and there will also be Bingo.

The dance will be free! Bob Walters will furnish the music. All are welcome to

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Menu Mar. 30 ...................Hamburger Mar. 31..............Sausage Gravy Apr. 3 .........................Meat Loaf Apr. 4.........Oven Fried Chicken Apr. 5.............Smothered Steak Apr. 6 ..................Ham & Beans Activities Thursday, March 30 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Bridge.......................12:30 p.m.

Friday, March 31 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Bingo........................12:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 1 Ulysses Senior Citizen Prom ..............................6:00 p.m.

Monday, April 3 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Line Dancing..............6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 4 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Pool & Snooker ..........9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, April 5 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Painting & Coloring ...1:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 6 Exercise....................10:30 a.m.

Bridge.......................12:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 8 Sew All Day ................8:30 a.m.

Dance.........................7:00 p.m. ..........Music by Bob Walters .................Sponsored by FNB

Metal debris from the ripped up shed can be found all along Road 7 west of Hugoton. The metal mixed with corn stalks and other trash, wrapped very tightly around trees in the area.

Neighboring farmers have their work cut out for them cleaning the crumpled remains of the damaged shed out of their fields.

Thankfully, the debris didn’t catch on sprinklers or other things that could have been damaged by flying metal.

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Shop at new business in town There is a new business in Hugoton! Their Open House will be Saturday, April 1, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Where the Showplace originally was is now another “fun” business - Elegant Exchange by Darla Mirabel. She offers prom dresses for sale on consignment. Darla has about 250 dresses from all over the area to offer for sale. Most of the dresses have only been worn once and these beautiful gowns are deeply discounted.

In the front part of the building, Erin Kraisinger has her Barn Tique. She has women’s clothing in sizes from small to size 3X. Erin also offers adorable accessories, scarves, hats and many other fun items. In this same building, Melynn Hale offers inexpensive Paparazzi jewelry for

sale - rings, bracelets, necklaces...any kind of “bling” you desire!

This is the place to visit during your Main Street shopping trip!

Melynn Hale has inexpensive Paparazzi Jewelry for sale.

Erin Kraisinger, holding daughter Braylee and along with daughter Jewels, show some of their wares at the new Barn Tique. Their Open House is April 1 at the former Showplace.

“Notes From Nancy”

by Stevens County FACS Agent Nancy Honig

Get Your Peanuts!

Peanuts, peanuts, get your peanuts! If you have ever been to a ball park and heard this call from a peanut vendor you know how tasty hot, fresh peanuts can be.

March celebrates one of America’s favorite snack foods... Peanuts! National Peanut Month had its beginnings as National Peanut Week in 1941, but later morphed into a month-long celebration in 1974.

What exactly is a peanut?

A Nut? No, a peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the family Fabaceae (commonly known as the bean, pea or legume family). Sometimes, you may hear peanuts referred to by Southerners as Goobers or Goober Peas. This nickname for peanuts was derived from the Africans who were enslaved during the 1600s and 1700s, and called the plant “nguba” meaning “peanut”. Peanuts are sometimes called “ground nuts” or “ground peas” because peanuts grow underground.

Nutritionally, we put peanuts in the meat group because of its high protein content. They also contain over 30 essential nutrients and phytonutrients.

Lifestyles rich in plant-based foods support health and have less environmental impact than high calorie animal-based diets, according to the 2015 report from of the Dietary Guidelines Advisory In addition, Committee. peanuts are heart healthy and have the heart check from the American Heart Association. Scientific evidence suggests, but does not prove, that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts, including peanuts, as part of diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol may reduce the risk of heart disease. Some other little known peanut facts: * It takes about 540 peanuts to make a 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. * Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the USA - Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter. * Former President Bill Clinton says one of his favorite sandwiches is peanut butter and banana; it’s also reported to have been the favorite of Elvis “the King” Presley. * There are six cities in the U.S. named Peanut: Peanut, California; Lower Peanut, Pennsylvania; Upper Peanut, Pennsylvania; Peanut, Pennsylvania, Peanut, Tennessee; and Peanut, West Virginia.

* Women and children tend to prefer creamy, while most men opt for chunky. * “Boiled peanuts” are considered a delicacy in the peanut growing areas of the South. Freshly harvested peanuts are boiled in supersaturated salt water until they are of a soft bean-like texture. They are most frequently enjoyed at the end of the day with a favorite beverage.

If you are looking for a healthy and tasty peanut butter snack for kids and adults alike, give this one a try.

No-Bake Energy Balls 1 cup rolled oats 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup ground flax seed 1/2 cup crunchy peanut butter 1/3 cup honey 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Combine oats, chocolate chips, flax seed, peanut butter, honey, and vanilla extract together in a bowl; form into balls using your hands.

Arrange energy bites on a baking sheet and freeze until set, about one hour.

City crews work to repair the traffic light of the four way stop at the intersection of Main and Eleventh Streets.

Look Good...Feel Better® workshop dates have been released

Darla Mirabel shows some of the many prom dresses she has in stock on consignment at her new Elegant Exchange business.

They will have Open House April l.

St. Catherine Hospital will once again host the Look Good…Feel Better® workshops for area women battling cancer. This is the only location in western Kansas to host the workshops.

This free program, offered through a national collaboration of the Personal Care Products Council Foundation, the American Cancer Society and the Professional Beauty Association, provides a high-quality make-up kit and teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients in active treatment to

help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. On top of the very real physical and emotional concerns of the disease itself, the side effects of cancer treatment can be devastating to a woman’s self-esteem.

Look Good Feel Better offers sessions that include lessons on dealing with skin, complexion and nail changes due to cancer treatment.

Plus, the group workshop is led by local volunteer beauty experts who also demonstrate how to manage hair

loss using wigs, turbans, scarves and accessories.

Individual workshops will be at the Breast Center at St. Catherine Hospital, inside Heartland Cancer Center, 410 E. Spruce. The workshops will be April 17, May 22, August 21, September 18 and November 20 from 5:007:00 p.m. Only one session is needed per participant.

Pre-registration for each class is required and space is limited. Please call 620-6401022.

“Look Good Feel Better is

as much about improving and maintaining self-esteem and confidence as it is about appearance,” says Ann Crockett, Program Manager, “Patients appreciate the free makeup donated by the cosmetic industry and instruction from beauty professionals while having the opportunity to spend time in a relaxed, nonmedical setting with others who are in the same situation. The workshop allows them to regain control of their lives.”

Kids! Easter is coming and you can get in on all the “eggs-citement” by entering our annual

Color in the Easter scene below, and send it to us for your chance to win!

Top 3 Winners Will Each Receive a Jumbo Easter Basket of Egg-citing Prizes!

Contest Open to Junior Artists Ages 3-11.

3 Grand Prize Winners 3 Large Easter Baskets will be given to the lucky grand prize winners. Good Luck, Everybunny!

Cut the picture out of the newspaper or stop by the Hermes at 522 S. Main

Coloring Contest Rules: 1. Contest is for three age categories, children ages 3-5, 6-8 & 9-11.

2. Contestants may use crayons, markers or colored pencils to color the pictures. Adults may assist in completing the contest entry form, but may not assist in coloring.

3. Entries are considered property of this newspaper and may be printed by this newspaper.

4. All entries must be in the Hugoton Hermes office by April 10, 2017 for consideration.

Color It Hoppy!

Coloring Contest Entry Form: Child’s Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Age: _____________ Parent’s Name: _________________________________________________ Phone: ___________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________ City: ______________________________ State: ______ Zip: _____________ Mail to: The Hugoton Hermes, 522 South Main Street, Hugoton, KS 67951

Entries with incomplete entry forms will not be eligible to win.

All entries will be displayed at The Hermes’ Main Street office, 522 S. Main and will be available for pickup Friday, April 28.

Emma has experienced 600 books in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge at the Stevens County Library. Fantastic work Emma!

Did you know?

The planet is comprised of a remarkable set of organisms that, when working correctly, produce some awe-inspiring results. However, the Earth is constantly under attack from a growing population and the mechanisms of man that can have very real environmental impacts. Education is the key to inciting real change. One in four mammals is at risk of extinction, while 78 percent of marine mammals are threatened by an early and preventable death due to get-

ting caught in fishing nets intended for other species. Furthermore, at least 50 million acres of rainforest are lost every year, totaling an area the size of Great Britain, says the organization Solar Energy World. By making real changes, including recycling, cutting down on emissions and protecting wildlife habitats, individuals can help to preserve the world’s resources for many years to come.

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Heartland 4-H Club discusses hosting upcoming blood drive Madam President Molly McClure called the Heartland 4H Club to order Tuesday, March 21. Members were then praised for their hard work in county and regional clubs days.

In old business, the potential remodeling of the 4H kitchen was discussed and in new business, the club voted in favor of helping host an upcoming blood drive.

Tobias Grubbs gave a presentation to the Heartland 4H Club of the defense mechanisms of rabbits and guinea pigs. His talk provided much knowledge and was enjoyed by everyone.

The meeting was adjourned with games and snacks to follow.

Madam President Molly McClure calls the Heartland 4H Club to order. Photo

Tobias Grubbs gives a presentation to the Heartland 4H Club of the defense mechanisms of rabbits and guinea pigs. Photo courtesy of Emma McClure.

KDA announces Specialty Crop Grant Opportunity The Kansas Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for the 2017 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. Funds for the program are awarded to the agency by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service. The funds are in turn granted to projects and organizations that work to improve the specialty crop industry.

The purpose of the specialty crop program is to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops. Specialty crops are defined by the USDA as “fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture.” This

opportunity supports the KDA’s mission of providing an environment that enhances and encourages economic growth of the agriculture industry in Kansas.

The Agricultural Marketing Service reviews each application. Approved states receive an estimated base amount plus an amount based on the average of the most recent available value of specialty crop cash receipts and the acreage of specialty crop production in the state.

In 2016, Kansas received $283,492.76 for the grant program. In 2017 it is expected that Kansas will receive approximately

$295,000.00.

Specialty Crop Block Grant Program applications will be evaluated by a team of external reviewers. The team will rate proposals on their ability to successfully promote specialty crops in Kansas and make a positive impact on the Kansas economy. Those recommendations will be submitted to the Kansas Secretary of Agriculture, who will make the final awards.

Applications are due to KDA no later than 5:00 p.m.

May 12, 2017. For more information, please download the 2017 application from the website at www.agriculture. ks.gov/specialtycrop.

Entries being accepted for 2017 Wild About Kansas Photo Contest Don’t let Facebook and Instagram be the only places you share your favorite wildlife, hunting, fishing, and other outdoor photos; enter them in the 2017 Wild About Kansas photo contest.

Hosted by Kansas Wildlife and Parks Magazine staff, the fifth annual contest kicked off March 23 and runs through 5:00 p.m. October 13, 2017. The contest is open to both Kansas residents and nonresidents, and there is no age limit.

Participants can enter up to three photos, given the photos are the participants’ original work and were taken in the state of Kansas. Winning entries will be featured in the 2018 Mar/Apr issue of Kansas Wildlife and Parks Magazine. To enter the contest, visit ksoutdoors.com/ Services/Publications/Maga zine/2017-Wild-AboutKansas-Photo-Contest.

Photos must fall within one of the following categories:

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One of the ways homeowners can keep their lawns looking lush and green is to aerate the turf when the need arises. Aerators perforate the soil with small holes. These holes allow air, nutrients and water to penetrate all the way to the roots, helping them grow deep and strong. Deep, strong roots are essential to healthy, lush lawns. While aeration can help many lawns, not every lawn will necessarily need to be aerated. Lawns that get heavy use, such as those that are often played on by children or pets, will likely benefit from periodic aeration. Feeling the lawn also can help homeowners determine if it needs to be aerated.

Lawns that dry out quickly or feel spongy may be overcome with thatch, which can prevent lawns from getting the air, water and nutrients they need to thrive. Lawncare professionals recommend aerating lawns that contain thatch that is more than onehalf inch. Thatch also can foster grub infestations, providing another benefit to removing it and aerating a lawn. When to aerate depends on the type of grass.

Homeowners should consult with a lawncare profes-

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Donations help provide a disabled Vet with hunting/fishing license It’s tax time, and charitable donations are on taxpayers’ minds. What if your donation could make a positive difference in a disabled Veteran’s life? The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) issues hunting and fishing licenses to Kansas disabled Veterans, free of charge. Licenses are paid for with funding provided by the State. However, in recent years, demand for the licenses has outgrown funding before the end of the fiscal year (July 1-June 30) in which it was allocated.

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Moscow News

Breakfast Challenge

by Judy Hickert

Thursday, March 30 REAL Family Fun Night 6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 14-Monday, April 17 - No School due to Easter Break Monday, April 24 - No School Sunday, May 7 - Moscow High School graduation Monday, May 8 - Kindergarten graduation

Students are encouraged to take the Breakfast Challenge with this display, which also features various delicious options for breakfast.

Recently, Mrs. Kayla Wester's Kindergarten classroom at Moscow Grade School was turned into “Seussville”. The students really enjoyed learning throughout the special themed day! Photo courtesy of Stu Moore.

PUBLIC NOTICE (First published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, March 30, 2017) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOYCE I. PETERSON, DECEASED Case No. 2017 PR 3 NOTICE OF HEARING (Chapter 59) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in the above Court on March 22, 2017, by Steven J. Peterson, husband of the decedent, Joyce I. Peterson, praying for the determination of descent of the real estate as more fully described in the petition, and all other property, both real estate and personal property, or inter-

ests therein, including mineral interests, owned by Joyce I. Peterson within the State of Kansas at the time of her death on September 16, 2015.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before the 25th day of April 2017, at 9:30 a.m. of said day, in the district courtroom at the county courthouse, in Hugoton, Stevens 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.

Steven J. Peterson, Petitioner KRAMER, NORDLING & NORDLING, LLC 209 East 6th Street Hugoton, KS 67951 Telephone: 620-544-4333 Attorneys for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE (First published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, March 30, 2017) 1t GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action. The weeds declared noxious are: field bindweed, musk thistle, johnsongrass, bur ragweed, canadian thistle, sericea lespedeza, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quackgrass, russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut. Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Stevens County that noxious weeds growing or found on such land shall be controlled or eradicated. Control is defined as preventing the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.

Failure to observe this notice may result in the County: 1: Serving a legal notice requiring control of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five days. Failure to control the noxious weeds within the time period al-

lowed may result in the county treating the noxious weeds at the landowners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days.

2: Filing criminal charges for non-compliance. Conviction for non-compliance may result in a fine of $100 per day of non-compliance with a maximum fine of $1500.

The public is also hereby notified that it is a violation of the Kansas Noxious Weed Law to barter, sell or give away infested nursery stock or livestock feed unless the feed is fed on the farm where grown or sold to a commercial processor that will destroy the viability of the noxious weed seed. Custom harvesting machines must be labeled with a label provided by the Kansas Department of Agriculture and must be free of all weed seed and litter when entering the State and when leaving a field infested with noxious weeds. Additional information may be obtained from the Stevens County Noxious Weed Department, 1466 Road 13, Hugoton, KS 67951 or by phone (620)544-2566 or by contacting the Kansas Department of Agriculture, 1320 Research Park Drive, Manhattan, KS 66502.

PUBLIC NOTICE (First published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, March 30, 2017) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF STEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROL E. HILL, DECEASED Case No. 2017 PR 4 NOTICE OF HEARING (Chapter 59) You are hereby notified that Melvin R. Hill, as personal representative of the estate of Carol E. Hill, deceased, and as an heir of Carol E. Hill, deceased, has filed a petition in the above Court alleging, among other things, that Decedent was the owner at the time of her death of certain real estate situate in Stevens and Seward Counties in Kansas, and other counties, as more fully described in the Petition filed in this proceeding.

Petitioner prays the Court for an order admitting the authenticated (exemplified) copy of Decedent's will, 2nd codicil, Non-Judicial Resolution Agreement, and the proceedings had in the Superior Court of Washington for Thurston County, to probate and record in the District Court of Stevens County, Kansas, and for an order de-

termining and adjudging that administration of the estate within the State of Kansas is unnecessary and should not be required; that the real estate referred to in the Petition and all other real estate or interests therein, including mineral interests, and all personal property, or interests therein, owned

by Decedent, Carol E. Hill, within the State of Kansas at the time of her death, be assigned to the persons entitled thereof, pursuant to the terms of Decedent's will, and for further relief.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before the 24th day of April, 2017, at 9:30 a.m. of said day, in said Court, in the district courtroom at the county courthouse, in Hugoton, Stevens 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.

Melvin R. Hill, Petitioner KRAMER, NORDLING & NORDLING, LLC 209 East 6th Street Hugoton, KS 67951 Telephone: 620-544-4333 Attorneys for Petitioner

Janette Gonzales is the lucky winner of an Amazon gift card. Janette’s name was drawn after she participated in the National Breakfast Challenge at school.

Josie James wins an Amazon gift card after filling up her breakfast punch card by eating breakfast at school.

The Moscow School cooks participated in the National School Breakfast Challenge to encourage the kids to come to breakfast or to eat breakfast at home. The morning meal is crucial for students and ensures increased focus for lessons.

Head Cook Patti Maxwell and cooks Shelly Lund, Alajandro Manriquez and Marina Rojo served some creative and special menu items including a smoothie bar and breakfast pizza.

Students also participated in a coloring contest during the Challenge week to win prizes.

Winners were announced Thursday at lunchtime.

Winners of basketballs for Kindergarten through fifth grades were Angel Martinez and Chelsie Crawford and Cambria Phillips won for

Cambria Phillips Coloring Contest winner

grades six through twelve.

Students were given cards to be punched for each day they ate at school. Fully punched cards were then put in a drawing for Amazon Gift Cards. Winners of the Amazon cards were Josie James for sixth-twelfth grades, and Janette Gonzales for Kindergarten through fifth grade.

Chelsie Crawford Coloring Contest winner

Angel Martinez Coloring Contest winner

SOCIAL SECURITY NEWS

By Randy Ayers, Social Security District Manager in Dodge City WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO START RECEIVING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS? Enjoying a comfortable retirement is everyone’s dream.

For over 80 years, Social Security has been helping people realize those dreams, assisting people through life’s journey with a variety of benefits. It’s up to you as to when you can start retirement benefits. You could start them a little earlier or wait until your “full retirement age.” There are benefits to either decision, pun intended.

Full retirement age refers to the age when a person can receive their Social Security benefits without any reduction, even if they are still working part or full time. In other words, you don’t actually need to stop working to get your full benefits.

For people who attain age 62 in 2017 (i.e., those born between January 2, 1955 and January 1, 1956), full retirement age is 66 and two months. Full retirement age was age 65 for many years. However, due to a law passed by Congress in 1983, it has been gradually increasing, beginning with people born in 1938 or later, until it reaches 67 for people born after 1959.

You can learn more about the full retirement age and find out how to look up your own at www.socialsecurity. gov/planners/retire/re tirechart.html.

You can start receiving Social Security benefits as early as age 62 or any time after that. The longer you wait, the higher your monthly benefit will be, although it stops increasing at age 70. Your monthly benefits will be reduced permanently if you start them any time before your full retirement age. For example, if you start receiving benefits in 2017 at age 62, your monthly benefit amount will be reduced permanently by about 26 percent.

On the other hand, if you wait to start receiving your benefits until after your full retirement age, then your monthly benefit will be higher. The amount of this increase is two-thirds of one percent for each month –– or eight percent for each year –– that you delay receiving them until you reach age 70. The choices you make may affect any benefit your spouse or children can receive on your record, too. If you receive benefits early, it may reduce their potential benefit, as well as yours.

You need to be as in-

Now is the time to start thinking about when you’d like to begin receiving your Social Security benefits. Full retirement age varies depending on your birthdate, thanks to legislation passed in 1983. Check out socialsecurity.gov to find out more. formed as possible when making any decision about receiving Social Security benefits. Read the publication When to Start Receiving Retirement Benefits at www.so cialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN05-10147.pdf.

If you decide to receive benefits before you reach full retirement age, you should also understand how continuing to work can affect your benefits. Social Security may withhold or reduce your benefits if your annual earnings exceed a certain amount.

However, for every month benefits are withheld, it increases your future benefits.

That’s because at your full retirement age Social Security will recalculate your benefit amount to give you credit for the months in which benefits were reduced or withheld due to your excess earnings. In effect, it’s as if you hadn’t filed for those months. You can learn more at www.so cialsecurity.gov/planners/re tire/whileworking.html.

Social Security’s mission is to secure your today and tomorrow. Helping you make the right retirement decisions is vital. You can learn more by visiting our Retirement Planner at www.socialsecu rity.gov/planners/retire.

P lease Adopt Me! P lease Adopt Me! Mikaela would like a family that will stick with her and provide her with lots of love and security! Mikaela’s hobbies are playing tennis, reading and card games. She says that she likes science class the most because of the fun hands-on activities and experiments they get to do.

She enjoys school and plans on attending college. Mikaela would like to become a science teacher someday. She will need a family that will support her and invest a lot of time in her. Mikaela would like a family that is musical, enjoys attending church and will care for her always. To

Mikaela, age 15 learn more about adoption visit www.adoptkskids.org or call 877-457-5430. Mikaela’s case number is CH-5113.

Spending time with her friends and being in social situations is where Samaria thrives. She is characterized as very polite and likeable.

Samaria enjoys shopping, watching television and going out to eat. She is interested in anything to do with fashion, art and music. In school it’s no secret her favorite class is art!

Samaria enjoys a good joke or story and really likes being around light-hearted people; it puts her at ease.

She is proud of doing well in school and getting good grades. Samaria would do well with a family who can give her a lot of guidance and

Samaria, age 12 attention. She wants and deserves a family who will always be there for her.

To learn more about adoption visit www.adoptks kids.org or call 877-4575430. The child’s case number is CH-7200.

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Paige and Deserae travel to Nebraska for science fair project When a team has qualified for State science fair for three consecutive years, Spring Break doesn’t mean break time. Paige Claassen and Deserae Schwindt partnered up as freshman to begin working on science fair projects as a team, beginning with soil profiling. They’ve expanded that project for a couple of years and will be switching gears next year for their senior project.

With the generous help of Dennis Bauer, UNL Extension Agent in Brown County based in Ainsworth, Ne., Paige and Deserae began

their new project regarding nitrates in the water supply from March 10 to March 15.

Accompanied by their ever eager science teacher, Zeta Greene, the girls traveled to Nebraska to learn about the new project. The team will have to travel to Nebraska again in July for more testing but no one is objecting to that.

They also learned the value of warm clothing while they helped Mrs. Greene work on her family ranch near Brewster. Stay tuned for more information on next year’s science fair project!

Deserae Schwindt left and Paige Claassen right, follow Dennis Bauer’s instructions for gathering water samples in the marshy ground. Photo courtesy of Zeta Greene.

RJH students help with the Rolla Hope Bitty Ball concession At least 16 junior high students showed up to help with the Rolla Hope Bitty Ball Tournament concession stand Saturday, March 25!

They worked hard: emptying bag after bag of trash, walking to the Corner Stop to get change, taking money and giving change, pulling 40 pounds of pork, icing and stocking drinks, selling four dozen donuts, selling 12 chip bags worth of nachos, selling out all the pulled pork sandwiches, making and selling 48 omelets, selling all the candy, five pots of coffee, 40 hot dogs, and all the slices from 15 pizzas! Suzanne Murray, junior high StuCo sponsor, was in charge of the students during this event.

Some of the junior high students who helped in the concession area are pictured from left to right: Alec Langley, Alonzo Martinez, Ethan

Garcia, McKenzie Hinds, Abby Garcia, Matthew Garcia, Ethan Hernandez and Owen Shores. Photo courtesy of Suzanne Murray.

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Rolla News

By Phoebe Brummett

Friday, March 31 State Science Fair at Wichita TBA Saturday, April 1 TBA High School Band/ Choir Regional at Garden City Tuesday, April 4 Junior High Track at Rolla 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday, April 5 Migrant Meeting at District Office 5:30 p.m.

Ninth Grade to Romeo and Juliet Play at 9:00 a.m.

Thursday, April 6 High School Track at Moscow at 3:00 p.m.

Friday, April 7 NO SCHOOL Saturday, April 8 Junior/Senior Prom Pictures at 5:30 p.m. and Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 9 Palm Sunday Monday, April 10 Board of Education Meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Third-tenth grades state testing Tuesday, April 11 Junior High Track at Satanta at 2:00 p.m.

High School Golf Rolla Invitational at Elkhart at 3:00 p.m.

Third-tenth grades state

testing Wednesday, April 12 Easter Egg Hunt (Birth to four years/Pre-Kindergarten) at 10:00 a.m.

Rolla Rec Board meeting at 6:30 p.m.

Third-tenth grades state testing Thursday, April 13 Kindergarten-fifth grades Easter Parties at 3:00 p.m.

High School Track at Rolla at 3:00 p.m.

Junior High/High School Early Dismissal at 3:00 p.m.

Third-tenth grades state testing Friday, April 14 TBA High School Track PreState at WSU Good Friday  NO SCHOOL Sunday, April 16 Easter Monday, April 17 NO SCHOOL Tuesday, April 18 Body Venture at 8:00 a.m.

Junior High Track at Moscow at 3:00 p.m.

Junior High/High School Cheer Tryouts at 6:45 a.m.

High School Golf at Syracuse at 3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, April 19 Seventh-tenth grades state testing

Rolla history from David Stout Being a relatively well educated person as I am, I probably should have read “The Grapes of Wrath” 50 years ago, but I have to confess I never did. Perhaps I never read the book because it wasn’t about Kansas. It was about the Okies to our south, but realistically, their stories weren’t much different from our own. Like many of the Okies, lots of Kansans gave up on these here parts back during the drought, the Dust Bowl Days and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Along with thousands of others, they packed what little they had and headed for California, looking for work, a smidgen of dignity, hope and a future. Perhaps it just made more sense to the Californians to call these poor newcomers “Okies” rather than “Kansies.” I mean, who ever heard of a “Kansie?”

But in any case, many families hung on by the skin of their teeth and stayed put in Morton County. I’d like to give y’all just a glimpse of what it was like back then, how wretchedly poor we were, even as late as the early 1950s. By hanging on and toughing it out, we managed to pull ourselves up and to make something of ourselves.

Years later, my mom wrote in a letter to her granddaughter, Jenny Bowling, describing to her what our lives were like back then.

She wrote, “…we moved into the house where Virgil was born.

We had very little money, so bought some second-hand furniture, had a kerosene cook stove, and a wood/coal burning heating stove for a few years. We had no inside bathroom, so had to use the privy outdoors. We had no electricity at that time, but finally put up a windcharger, which gave us electricity. I used a gasoline operated washing machine which I had to start by tromping on a starter.”

The photo at right was taken of my father, Virgil Stout with his two oldest children in August 1951. The shirtless, barefooted boy in

the photo is the very one who is writing all these stories you’ve been reading the past year, yours truly. The girl is my sister, Valina Lee Stout, now married to Jim Bowling and living in the greater Dallas, Tx. area. She and Jim are the parents of Jenny Bowling, referred to earlier. This photo was taken the month before I began first grade in the Rolla Schools. I was six years old, Valina was four.

Fast forward to the present day – not only did I eventually graduate from Rolla High School, but I went on to graduate from the University of Kansas, not just with my bachelor’s degree, but also with my master’s degree.

These accomplishments opened many doors for me, culminating with an upper level management job in a factory in Asia, in Taichung, Taiwan, until I retired. Years later, I would learn from my cousin Gary Williamson that he, like me, also graduated from RHS, as well as KU (although he as an architect), and later while serving in the US Air Force, he was stationed in the very city in Taiwan where I’ve been living for 15 years. Not only that, but as an architect, he designed the US Air Force Base in Taichung. When the USAF left Taiwan, the air force base was turned over to the Taiwan air force, and is still operational today, not only as a Taiwan air force base, but also as the international airport for the city. As for me, while living in Taiwan, my company sent me to countries all over Asia, including South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (including Bali), India, Palau, Vietnam and Singapore.

Look at the photo again and re-read the story above about the six years before I started to Rolla Grade School.

Can you imagine such a wretchedly poor kid from Rolla ever having such opportunities to travel all over the world?

In the articles to come, you’ll begin to see how I got

from there to here, but I hasten to add there were other kids I grew up with whose roots went back in Rolla by several generations, same as mine. Some of them went away to university, same as Gary and I did, yet chose to either return to or stay right there in Rolla, living out their entire lives just as their parents did, as well as their grandparents - and that’s the beauty of it all. We can

choose to live the kinds of lives we want: to either stay right where we started out, where our roots are, or to branch out as far as we wish.

After all, if it hadn’t been for our European ancestors who decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean, none of us would have ever grown up in Rolla in the first place (but much like I suspect our ancestors felt, we never lose the feeling of where “home” is).

In the center is the author’s father, Virgil Stout. Author David Stout, at six years old, is on the right, while his sister Valina Lee Stout at four years old is on the left. The family struggled to make their way in Rolla throughout the Dust Bowl Days, the Great Depression and the droughts. David eventually graduated from Rolla High and Kansas State University with a Masters degree.

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One of Rolla’s Bitty Ball teams, coached by Vanessa Reza at left and Jonathan Cruz at right, are pictured left to right Olivia Reza, Tyson Apelu, Jonas Mauk, Amiley Lewis and Felipe Reulas. Photo courtesy of Vanessa Reza.

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HERMES CLASSIFIEDS Deadline for all classified advertising is MONDAY at 5:00 p.m.

All Garage, Yard and/or Moving Sale Ads MUST Be Pre-Paid.

1) Classified ad rate is $ .20 per word per insertion. The weekly minimum is $3.35. 2) Classified display advertising rate is $5.00 per column inch. 3) All cards of thanks are charged at the display rate. 4) All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, children, or national origin or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

HELP WANTED Truck Driver Wanted Must have CDL and clean MVR. You are home every night, health insurance provided and 401K available.

You must fill out application at office 1 mile south of Cimarron at Tim Dewey Trucking Office: 620-855-3188 or Darren 620-357-1710 (tfc26)

The City of Moscow is now hiring for the following position:

Job Description – City Treasurer

Under the direction of the Mayor and City Council, the City Treasurer is an appointed position. The City Treasurer serves as chief financial officer for the city and keeps the City Council informed of the current financial status of the city. This position is responsible for maintaining city finance records and assisting in preparing and monitoring the annual budget. This position is also responsible for payroll, employee benefits, monthly, quarterly, and yearly report preparation and filing, and accounts payable. This employee should possess excellent communication , organizational, financial, and public relation skills.

HELP WANTED: Hugoton USD 210 is accepting applications for Bus Drivers.

Please visit our website at www.usd210.org to apply or contact Director of Transportation Scott Schechter at 620-428-1020 for more information.

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NOW TAKING APPLICATIONS

for Senior Activity Center Director. Must work well with older people.

Applications available at 624 S. Main in Hugoton

620-544-2283

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If you are interested in this position please contact the City Clerk at 620-598-2234 or drop off resume at 228 Main St., Moscow Ks. Essential Functions: • Help in preparing city budget.

• Writes and signs checks for account payable and payroll.

• Reconciles monthly statements and general ledger.

• Learns billing system for emergency situations. (Ex: City Clerk is incapacitated.)

• Monthly and annual report of city financials.

• Payment of monthly sales tax.

• Payment of monthly payroll taxes.

• Prepare and submit required quarterly reports.

• Attendance at monthly City Council mtgs.

• Learn and use new billing software.

• Maintain positive working relationships with city employees and council members.

Marginal Functions: • Assist the City Clerk. This may involve making phone calls, faxing, etc.

• Leave the office in a neat condition. If necessary, be willing to run the vacuum, dust and do some general cleaning.

• Turn off all machines, adjust heat or air, and lock file cabinet before leaving.

• Be sure to lock office doors.

If interested, you may pick up applications at Moscow Senior Center 228 Main St. or for any questions please call 620-598-2234.

Applications must be submitted by April 12, 2017.

Interviews will be conducted April 17, 2017. (2c13)

COME JOIN OUR TEAM! NOW HIRING CERTIFIED DIETARY MANAGER Wheatridge Park Care Center is looking for the right person to join our dynamic team of caring individuals! Will oversee the Dietary Dept. Must be a Certified Dietary Manager (CDM) or willing to obtain Certification within one year, to direct and assist with food preparation, menu developement, and purchasing. Will be responsible for day to day operation of the dietary dept. and will provide leadership to team members. Experience in Long Term Care preferred.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU: • Full-time employment with great developmental and growth opportunities • A great company culture, committed to our values and kindness, that truly cares about our teammates and residents, and the communities we serve • Competitive wages • Benefits to help you balance LIFE: • Paid Vacation, Sick, and Holidays • Medical, Dental, Vision • Company paid Basic Life Insurance ($25,000) • Employee Assistance Program • Supplemental Life/AD&D Insurance (including for dependents) • Short Term Disability • Critical Care Insurance • Accident Insurance • Perk programs and Employee Discount Programs • 401k (to start in 2017), and 529 College Savings Plans EOE: Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

HOW TO APPLY: Reply to this Posting (Attach Resume/Cover letter) Wheatridge Park Care Center is a premier provider of longterm care services who believes in “Committed to Kindness” with a great team of skilled professionals, Wheatridge Park offers excellent benefits and the opportunity to learn and grow. Stop by, attach resume or mail your resume to: Marc Riley Wheatridge Park Care Center 1501 S. Holly Drive Liberal, KS 67901 (620) 624-0130 Job Type: Full-time Required experience: • Certified Dietary Manager: 1 year We have set up application questions for your job.

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Dental and supplemental insurance benefits

Retirement plan and matching contributions College tuition reimbursement

APPLY ONLINE AT WWW.TOOTNTOTUM.COM Paid training Promotion opportunities

Weekly pay Performance based pay increase after three months

APRIL 9-15, 2017

STEVENS CO. CLERK’S OFFICE HELP WANTED County Clerk’s Office is looking for a full-time office clerk.

Successful applicant must be able to read, write and speak English.

General office experience, accounts payable and computer knowledge a plus but will train the right person.

Pick up applications in the County Clerk’s Office Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Applications will be accepted until position is filled.

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NOW HIRING

for Hugoton & Liberal Where is it written that FUN and WORK can’t be one and the same?

Not in our playbook, that’s for sure.

At SONIC, we encourage and attract wildly creative people. Bold, unique personalities whose passion for what they do shows in the food, the experience and the culture of America’s most loved restaurant brand.

Check us out at SonicDriveIn.com/Jobs.

Looking to join a wonderful team in long term care?

Your opportunity is here….

We have a Full Time Day Charge Nurse position opening at Pioneer Manor - RN or LPN with current Kansas nursing license. Dementia care experience welcome. Set rotation schedule with consistent staffing assignment. Competitive salary and outstanding benefit packages available. Our team is looking to welcome a caring, knowledgeable nurse to our awesome nursing home. We strive for excellence in resident centered care, household models and nursing positions which have been with our facility long term.

Full Time Day and Night Shifts for Certified Nursing Assistants available at Pioneer Manor. Set rotation schedule with consistent assignment available, 12 hour shifts. Looking for dedicated, caring CNAs to join the awesome team at Pioneer Manor. Excellent benefit packages and competitive wages.

TimeStevens County Healthcare is now offering a

And if you like what you see, you’ll fit right in so apply online and Come WORK YOUR SPIRIT at SONIC!

$500 SIGN ON BONUS

for ALL new CNA hires and a

Area Supervisor Mike Harris 405-416-4516

Time...Keeps On Ticking... But Our Deadline Is Always The Same! Monday at 5:00 p.m.

The Hugoton Hermes ----- 620-544-4321

$500 RECRUITMENT BONUS for all

successful CNA hires referred by a current SCH employee If you are looking to join an incredible team and make a difference in the lives of others, please call HR at Stevens County Hospital at 620-544-8511 or go to our Web site at www.stevenscountyhospital.com to fill out an application. (tfc5)

CURRENT OPENINGS at Stevens County Healthcare

FARM WORK WANTED FARM JOB WANTED: Ask for John at 620-640-2446.

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HARVESTING WANTED: Wheat, Corn, Milo, Beans, Etc. Various Sizes of Corn, Flex, Draper, Row Crop and Stripper Heads to Fit Your Needs. Call/Text Dave at 402641-0503.

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Check out The Hermes online @ HugotonHermes.com!

The Hugoton Hermes

FOR SALE FOR SALE: Black Angus Bulls, Registered, Tested, 2 year olds, Yearlings, Heifer Bulls, Delivery, Conformation, Performance. Call: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, KS 620384-1101.

(20c12) --------------FOR SALE: 2005 Ford Explorer, V6, 4 wheel drive, nice interior, stereo with multi disc cd player asking $3000 Call days 428-1406, evenings 544-4539. (tfc45) ---------------

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REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE: 10’x20’ flatbed trailer. Like new. Call 620544-9111. (tfc8) -------------FOR SALE: 145 acres of Grass in NE ¼ of 34-29-38 in Grant County, Kansas, located Southwest of Ulysses.

It has a shop, a livestock water well with 2 permanent stock tanks and game fence.

Call Walter Beesley @ 620544-1993 or 620-544-1990. (4c12) ---------------

Hermes Deadline:

Mondays 5 pm

Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS AND KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS

120 S. Main • 620-356-5808 • Ulysses www.faulknerrealestate.com Se Habla Espanol-356-5808

615-623 S. Monroe - Business Opportunity! Bar & Grill/Motel - 4000 sf includes bar equipment, tables/chairs, inventory.

Partial renovation includes bar area, bathrooms, updated HVAC. Over 1900 sf, 8 room motel, parking lot. Much, much more.

Call Karen today to see this property!!

310 West 9th St- Ranch Style, 3 bed/2.5 bath, open concept, fpl, kit appl, att garage, det garage, fence, cen H/A, safe room...much more. Call today to see this lovely home!!

SPRING SALE SPRING SALE: 2 Day Spring Sale Wednesday, March 29 and Thursday, March 30. UP TO 40% OFF MANY ITEMS at Hometown Fabrics N More at 625 S. Main in Hugoton. (1c13) ---------------

1504 S. Washington - Manufactured home, 4 bed/2 bath, lots of room for the family. Cen H/A, appliances 30’x40’ workshop. Call to see this today!

809 S. Harrison - Bungalow style, 1 bed/1 bath, appliances, basement, det. garage.

Call today to see this home!

408 E. Fifth - New Lower Price!! Ranch style stucco, 3 bed/3 bath, partial bsmt, att garage, storage sheds. Call today!! $120,000

WANTED WANT TO PURCHASE: Minerals and other oil / gas interests. Send details to P.O. Box 13557, Denver, Co. 80201.

519 Jayhawk Avenue - Beautiful ranch style home-Great Location!! Open concept, fpl, kitchen w/appliances, 4 bed/3 b, mast en suite, WIC, fin bsmt, patio, fence, pool, att garage. This is a must see!! Call today!!

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1591 Road Z, Moscow - Country Living!!

Ranch style, brick, 5 bed/3 b, fin bsmt, att garage, 40 x 30 insulated equip bldg, 5.6 acres +/-. Call Karen today!!

AUCTION LARGE ANTIQUE & INDIAN ARTIFACTS AUCTION Saturday, April 8, 9:30 a.m. at Elkhart City Hall (2p12) ---------------

304 1/2 S Madison - Newer Ranch style home, 2 bed/2 bath, appliances, large metal shed w/overhead doors. Call today to see this nice property!

FOR RENT FOR RENT: 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments. Furnished or unfurnished. Bills included, washer & dryer and cable.

One apartment has become available and one house is available. Call 544-2232. (tfc)

Bdrm/2 Full Full Baths Baths 44 Bdrm/2 Bdrm/2 Full Full Baths Baths 22 Bdrm/2

544-3069

ROLLA PLAZA APARTMENTS 1- and 2- bedroom apartments available

507 Jayhawk Ave - Beautiful ranch style brick home, 3 bed/3 ba, full basement, central H/A, fence, double garage, sprinkler.

Lots to see! Call Karen today!

402 West 11th - Commercial Office Building, 1997 sq ft, currently has reception, office, 3 exam rooms, 3 baths. Lots of potential! Call today to view this property.

(Rental Assistance Available) Equal Housing Opportunity

Beautiful 3 bedroom/ 2 bath apartment homes, all appliances, washer/dryer connection, private patio or balcony, kids’ playground, pets welcome.

Rentals go FAST in The Hermes!

Call 544-4321

910 S. Coulter, Hugoton, KS. 620-544-7605 (tfc35)

420 S Washington - Nice Ranch style brick home, 3 car garage, 3 bed/2 bath, 2 living areas, kitchen w/commercial grade appliances and lg island. A must see!!! Call me today!!

720 - 722 West City Limits- 2000 Elliott 16 x 76 & 1981 Hillcrest 14 x 56 mobile homes with 90x200 lot. Call to see this property!

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614 S Harrison - Ranch style brick, 3 bed/2 bath, updated kitchen & baths, att garage, fence, sprinkler. Nice property! Call to see it today!!

510 East 3rd - Ranch style brick, 3 bed/2 bath, attached garage, kitchen appliances, cen H/A. Move in ready!!! Call today to see this beauty!!

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SERVICES OFFERED Ground Sterilant Application Spraying

705 Washington, Rolla - Beautiful Brick Ranch Style, fin basement, 5 bed/3 b, att grg, fence, appliances! Move in ready! Call today!!

218 N Oklahoma Ave, Elkhart - Ranch style, 3 bed/2 b, cen H/A, fpl, att garage. Nice location! $62,500 w/buyers incentive! Call today!!

Commercial-industrial

Season-long GUARANTEE treated areas will remain vegetation free!

Call Lawn Pro 544-1517

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SUPPORT GROUPS PREGNANT? NEED HELP? Call Birthright of Garden City, 620-276-3605 or Birthline of Liberal, 1404 N. Western, 620-626-6763. (tfc3) -------------ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS will help you if you sincerely want to stop drinking. Call 544-9047. (tfc1) ---------------

Support for family & friends of problem drinkers meet Mondays & Thursdays at 8 pm 1405 Cemetery Road 544-2610 or 544-2854 kansas-al-anon.org tfc

Open Tues & Thurs 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Please Bring Your Own Food Containers 1042 S. Jackson Suite C tfc37

620-544-1517

1182 Road Q • Hugoton (tfc12) Security Lights provide anytime access.

All units have concrete floors and secure locks.

515 Northeast Avenue • Hugoton, Ks. Sizes Available: 5x10, 10x10, 10x15, 10x20, 12x24

620-428-1115 620-544-5785 para español Facebook.com/StarStorage

1410 S Jefferson- Ranch, 3 bed/1 b, cen H/A att dbl garage, fence, storage shed, includes adjacent lot. Nice Location!

600 E. 11th

IN STOCK *Carpet *Tile *Laminate *Vinyl

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310 S Monroe - Ranch Style, brick, 2 bed/1 bath, cen H/A, kit appl, det garage. Call today to see this home.

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1016 S Trindle- Ranch, 3 bed/1 b, cen H/A, att garage, fence. Nice location!

1209 S Madison- Motivated Seller with $5000 Buyers Incentive!!! Nice Ranch Style Brick, 3 bed/2 bath, nice renovated kitchen and baths. Large fenced backyard and more!!! Call today!!!

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1003 S. Adams - Beautiful, 1 1/2 story, 5 bed3 bath, fpl, 2 decks, oversized garage w/workshop, storage shed and much, much more! $275,000

“Specializing in Agricultural Land, Residential and Commercial Property!”

Mark Faulkner-Broker Karen Yoder - Associate/Broker Residential, Agricultural & Commercial Specialist

LAWN PRO Will Schnittker

(620)428-6518 tfc5

300 S Madison - Ranch, 3 bed/2 b, cen H/A, carport, fence, storage shed. Call today!!

Project Hope

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Great Deals ~ Easy Financing ~ Quality Service Office: (620)544-7800 531 S. Jackson Hugoton, Ks. 67951 (tfc6)

REDUC

AL-Anon Family Group

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307 N. Kansas, Suite 101 Liberal, KS 67901

(620) 624-1212

CARD OF THANKS

620-492-6608 Office tfc16

FOR RENT

501 S. Harrison - Bungalow style, 3 bed/2 ba, cen H/A, kit appl, carport, storage shed.

Call today to see this cute property.

NEW LISTING 101 N. Main St. $88,500 Spacious 3 BR, 2 BA home with great potential on corner lot. Open kitchen to family room with 2nd living room and dining for all family gatherings. Single attached and detached garage. *Selling AS-IS condition with no warranties expressed or implied.

Karen Yoder- 544-4161 or Cellphone 544-3730 Karen Yoder

“Call Us For All Your Real Estate Needs”

Solution to March 23, 2017 puzzle

THANK YOU God is faithful! When you have a lot of things happen to you, that you have no control over, you realize how faithful your God really is!

Family and friends pray, visit, send cards and support you and love you. So many of you here in Hugoton, Woods, Rolla and Liberal, as well as so many prayers from all over, have helped us so much. We thank all of you. Your churches, prayer groups, individuals have been just wonderful support.

We especially thank our children, grandchildren, who have been so gracious to us. The fire that destroyed our home and belongings didn’t take our lives, so we’re grateful to God for that. I grew up on Romans 8:28, and know that God is taking care of Benny as he recovers from his triple bypass just as He has always met all our needs.

We thank all of you, who have been God’s hands in loving and praying and supporting us. We know God has a plan for the next chapter of our lives. We give Him all the glory.

Benny and Jane Nix

The Hugoton Hermes

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