May 10, 2012

Volume 125, Number 19

Thursday, May 10, 2012

16 Pages, 70 Cents Plus Tax Per Copy

Sign up for Super Mom prizes Is your mother, wife or grandmother a Super Mom? Show her you care by signing her up to win the Super Mom 2012 Sweepstakes at participating local businesses this coming week. Winners at each location will be drawn and notified Monday, May 14, 2012.

Super Mom 2012 will also be drawn at noon Monday, May 14.

Prizes for your special lady run the gamut, from gift certificates to free food.

If your favorite mom likes the finer things in life, Janet’s Bridal, Yardmaster and Creative Specialties will be giving away a $25 gift certificate. Country Garden makes your Mother’s Day gift easy, by designing a special gift basket for their winner.

However, if your mom or grandma likes to work with her hands, she could also win a $25 gift certificate at Finishing Touches. If she needs some nuts and bolts or paint for her newest project, Bultman, Inc. will be awarding one lucky lady a

$20 gift certificate. NAPA will be giving away a Car Care basket for the more mechanically inclined woman.

If the special woman in your life might be feeling a little frazzled, offer her some pampering at Ray’s Salon, where she could win a $25 gift certificate. You can also register Mom or Grandma at LeRouge Beauty salon for a Free Pedicure. Tan’alon is pampering their special mom with a Free Pedicure and Mane Hair Company will be giving their winner a Free Hair Cut. If dinnertime comes and your wife or mother serves sandwiches again, give her a night off! Register her at Pizza Hut for a free large pizza or at China, where she can win a $25 gift certificate. Ranchito will give their winner two free specials. If you’d like to spend some one-on-one time with your wife, mother or grandmother, sign her up at Showplace Video, where she could win two free video rentals, two free drinks and

a large popcorn.

If the bills seem to be getting her down, register her at White’s Foodliner, and she could get a $25 gift card for groceries, or at Stevens County Retail Pharmacy for a $20 gift certificate for medicine.

You could also give your wife, mother or grandmother a chance to splurge on herself by registering her at Citizens State Bank for 20 Gas Capital Dollars or the Museum for 20 Chamber Dollars to spend in town. If you have no idea what your special lady would like for Mother’s Day, let her pick out her own gift and sign her up to win a $10 gift card at Alco or at First National Bank for a $25 gift card to spend anywhere.

Wherever you decide to register your wife, mother or grandmother and whatever you decide to get her, make sure to show the women in your life you care this Sunday, May 13!

City Council approves annual confirmations The Hugoton City Council met for the May meeting May 7, 2012 at the council meeting room of the city building at 5:15 p.m. Attending the meeting were Councilmen Gary Baughman, Mike Eshbaugh, Kim Harper, Greg Gill and Bob Mason.

Present also were Mayor Jack E. Rowden, Carrie Baeza, City Inspector Tony Martin, Police Chief Courtney Leslie, Outside Utilities

Supervisor Dean Banker, Electric System Supervisor Gary Rowden and City Attorney Wayne R. Tate. were Tourism Guests Board’s Neal Gillespie, Charles Wagner, city employee Jan Leonard, EBH’s Paul Stoner, Hugoton Hermes reporter Ruthie Winget and Michael Gant for corporate mobile homes. City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks was absent.

The council members ap-

Revised Safe Routes to School walk-about will be May 16 The Safe Routes to School Task Force has been meeting recently in response to the awarding of Phase I grant funding.

As you may recall, last spring, the Task Force began the process of applying for a $250,000 grant to improve sidewalks around several core areas of town in an effort to provide improved safety for the students to get to and from school. With the Phase I money in hand,

planning now begins in earnest for the Phase II grant of the $250,000. An additional “walk-about” of the updated core route proposal will be done next Wednesday, May 16, at 3:45 p.m. starting at the Elementary School, with transportation available at the end of the route, Hugoton Middle School.

Community members are invited to join the group and contribute to the discussion.

proved the minutes of past meetings and the April municipal judge’s report.

Weed and grass violations Tony Martin reported he has been sending out many letters concerning weed and grass violations. He also stated a zoning hearing is planned for May 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Meeting Room concerning property east of Hugoton.

Safe Routes to Schools Paul Stoner came in to discuss the Safe Routes to Schools project. He reported the City of Hugoton was selected for a grant for $15,000 for putting together a Safe Routes to School Plan. He submitted his engineering plan which the grant will pay for. The plan will have to be submitted by the end of May to qualify if selected for $250,000 to fund the new sidewalks. The motion was passed to approve the engineering service contract and a resolution to support the Safe Routes to School subject to the city attorney’s approval.

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SWKROA annual meeting speakers are, from the left, Erick E. Nordling of Kramer, Nordling & Nordling LLC; Pam Palmer, Chase County Appraiser; Thomas Robb of Abengoa; Gregory

Stucky of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson and Kitch, LLC; Rex Buchanan, of the Kansas Geological Survey; and Doug Smith of Pinegar, Smith & Associates.

Royalty owners meet in Hugoton A uniform system for taxation of severed mineral interests in Kansas is not as easy as it may appear. This is the information which mineral and royalty owners in Kansas heard at the sixty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association (SWKROA) April 28, 2012 in Hugoton.

SWKROA President K. Ted Metcalf from Liberal opened the sixty-fourth Annual Meeting Saturday in Hugoton before 210 members and participants.

Members and guests of the Association came from Minnesota, Illinois, and nine other states, as well as across the state of Kansas to hear presentations on issues of interest to mineral and royalty owners.

Pam Palmer, Appraiser for Chase County and Gregory J. Stucky, SWKROA General Counsel, and a member of the law firm of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C., discussed the issue of taxation of severed minerals in Kansas. Mrs. Palmer presented the history of taxation of minerals in Kansas and the use of the “home rule” by counties who choose not to tax severed minerals. Fifty-three counties in Kansas do not tax severed minerals; 52 counties do tax severed minerals.

Many of the counties which have nominal oil and gas extraction or other producing minerals find it is not economical to invoke the procedures necessary for a county to tax the severed minerals when the tax revenues received from the severed minerals may not cover the costs to implement the taxing procedures.

For those counties which tax severed minerals, the county appraisers face many challenges such as determining and locating the names and addresses of the mineral owners. Mineral owners who do not have producing minerals may be difficult to identify. Ownership records such as recorded deeds or probates can be incomplete or inaccurate with regard to the mineral ownership or the fractional ownership of minerals may be misstated or missing. In addition

there are situations where mineral ownership is narrowed to certain depths or geological formations so each depth or formation may have its own different set of mineral owners, which makes it a challenge to then determine the tax value for those different levels. There may be situations where different mineral owners own different types of minerals on the same tract such as those mineral owners of oil and gas and those mineral owners of Continued to page 3

Erick Nordling proudly presents Helium Litigation Scholarships to these students. In the center, Lauren Carter of Elkhart and on the right, Kaitlyn Horton of Kendall, show their scholarships.

Dr. Tom Robb shows a photo of an ethanol plant under construction. Dr. Robb was a featured speaker at the SWKROA meeting.

Stevens County Commissioners discuss platting of lots and streets east of Hugoton The Board of Stevens County Commissioners met in regular session Monday morning, May 7, 2012 with all members, Dave Bozone, Gary Baker and James Bell present. Also present were County Counselor Bob Johnson, County Clerk Pam Bensel and RoGlenda Coulter from The Hugoton Hermes. The following is just an agenda for the day with a few of the unofficial highlights. Official minutes will be published at a later date.

When this reporter arrived the commissioners were talking with Ron Martin and Ralph Stoddard.

They came in to talk about

the lots east of Hugoton and their interest in some of them. After much discussion the commissioners told Ron and Ralph a final price still has to be set for the lots and also covenants drawn up. They asked Ron if he had found anyone interested in going in with him for the waterline to be run.

He came up with five who would possibly be interested. They will come back in at a later date.

Ted Heaton came in to give the report for the Sheriff’s Department. All is good.

Ted did have some questions about the mud bog east of town. He agreed to come back when Rex

Brower was scheduled to come in and talk about it.

JC Cantrell and Pete Earles talked about the platting of the lots and streets. Pete is to email updated plat maps to each of the commissioners and JC. JC is anxious to get the streets started. The new plant will need roads by about June 1.

Sherri Martin brought in the 2013 budget for Stevens County Soil Conservation.

It is the same as last year.

Nancy Honig, Josh Morris and Ben McClure brought in the 2013 Extension and 4-H budgets.

They have close to a 3% increase. They told of trans-

porting children to camps and how many children they take. Sometimes it is needed to take more than one vehicle so a personal vehicle is used. Ben told of visiting with other board members at a meeting he attended for the western third of the state. As the large group took turns sharing activities they were offering, Ben took notes and Stevens County is doing most of the same activities.

He got to get up then and share that Stevens County groups are doing some activities no other groups are doing. He said Stevens County has an outstanding organization and they are

very fortunate to have the support from the county.

Ben also told how they are trying to get some of the Hispanic children involved and would appreciate any suggestions for how to do this. They are working with the group Latinos Make a Difference.

The commissioners went over the bills and talked about the covenants for the east lots.

Jim Karlan from Southwest Guidance Center brought in their budget for the commissioners to look over. Mr. Karlan told of the progress that has been made over the years for mental health issues and

the institutions that treat them. He told of the expenses of switching to electronic medical records. He told the commissioners any kind of assistance from them would be greatly appreciated.

Rex Brower came to talk to the commissioners about insurance for the mud bog.

It is believed that the fair insurance will only cover activities located on the fairgrounds. Rex said their church youth group participated in activities out at the ponds which also included cleaning up of the area. They had around 250 to 300 spectators. He said Continued to page 4

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Obituaries

HUGOTON POLICE REPORT Business Hours,Call 544-4959 After Hours, Call 544-2020 Monday, April 30, 2012 • Public Assist, 1000 Block of South Main, Public Service, Officer Goetzinger • Vehicle Unlock, 300 Block of South Van Buren, Citizen Assist, Officer Goetzinger • Domestic Battery, 100 Block of West Sixth, Subject Arrested, Officer Goetzinger • Loud Music, 1000 Block of South Van Buren, Advised Them to Turn It Down, Officer Goetzinger • Civil Standby, 100 Block of South Main, Public Service, Officer Goetzinger • Civil Standby, 100 Block of West Sixth, Public Service, Officer Lamatsch Tuesday, May 1, 2012 • Dog at Large, 200 Block of East First, Dog Impounded, Sergeant Johnson Wednesday, May 2, 2012 • Dog Complaint, 1600 Block of South Madison, Spoke to Owner, Officer Crane • Dog Complaint, 1600 Block of South Madison Thursday, May 3, 2012 • Non Injury Accident, 500 Block of East Fifth, Took Report, Officer Hagman • Injury Accident, North Highway 56, Agency Assist, Officer Hagman • Medical Assist, 600 Block of Polk,

Public Service, Officer Hagman • Welfare Check, 300 Block of West Sixth, Public Service, Officer Hagman Friday, May 4, 2012 • Non Injury Accident, Alley 100 Block of West Eighth, Took Report, Officer Crane • Vehicle Unlock, East Highway 51, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Medical Assist, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Missing Dog, 300 Block of South Lincoln, Unable to Locate, Officer Lamatsch • Barking Dog, 300 Block of South Jefferson, Officer Lamatsch Saturday, May 5, 2012 • Vehicle Unlock, Fairgrounds, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Vehicle Unlock, 700 Block of South Jefferson, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Fight, 1600 Block of South Madison, No Charges, Officer Lamatsch Sunday, May 6, 2012 • Dog at Large, 1600 Block of South Madison, Dog Impounded, Officer Crane • Vehicle Unlock, 600 Block of East Eleventh, Citizen Assist, Officer Crane • Medical Assist, 100 Block of West Seventh, Public Service, Officer Crane

Stevens County Hospital Report Admissions 5/1/12 One Patient 5/2/12 None 5/3/12 One Patient 5/4/12 Martha Arange Geneva Carpenter Three Patients 5/5/12 Avis Curtis Carolyn Warren 5/6/12 None 5/7/12 None

Dismissals 5/1/12 Two Patients 5/2/12 One Patient 5/3/12 None 5/4/12 Martha Arange Geneva Carpenter Two Patients None 5/5/12 5/6/12 Carolyn Warren One Patient 5/7/12 Two Patient

James Campbell Lifelong Stevens County resident James M. Campbell, 68, of Hugoton passed from this life Thursday, May 4, 2012 at Via Christi St. Francis in Wichita.

The son of James Curtis Campbell and the former Wilma Newberry, he was born August 2, 1943 in Stevens County.

October 22, 1965, James and Sandra S. Dimmitt were married in Denver, Co. Mr. Campbell enjoyed his family.

Survivors include his wife Sandra Campbell of Hugoton; daughter Jackie Anderson and husband Andy of Hugoton; his four brothers, Curtis Tackett and wife Velda of Hugoton, Dennis Campbell and wife Barbara of Rolla and Mike Campbell and Ronald Campbell both of Enid, Ok.; three sisters, Anita Wappes and husband

David Jesseph The death of David Russell Jesseph of Leon is being mourned.

Mr. Jesseph passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 at the age of 56.

Currently in the Hospital: Avis Curtis & One Patient

Stevens County Fire Department and Ambulance Report Stevens County Emergency Services run activity April 23 through May 6.

Fire Department Hugoton Station Tuesday, April 24, 11:00 a.m., one and a half miles west of Hugoton on Highway 56 a one vehicle rollover.

Three patients were transported to Stevens County Hospital.

Thursday, May 3, 10:04 p.m., north Main at the curve. A motorcycle accident.

One patient was transported

to Stevens County Hospital.

Saturday, May 5, 1:43 p.m., one mile west of Hugoton on Highway 56, small grass fire.

Fire Department Moscow Station No activity this period.

Ambulance Activity Four medical runs, eight Life Flights, two motor vehicle accidents (four transported to hospital) and two transfers.

Fred of Denver, Co., Caroline Reynolds and husband Rick of Hugoton and Pamela Adams of Enid; his eight grandchildren; four great grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.

James was preceded in death by his parents; one daughter, Jana Campbell; and two brothers, Jerry Tackett and Bobby Campbell.

Funeral services were attended Tuesday afternoon, May 8, 2012 at Assembly of God Church in Hugoton with Pastor Ben Coats presiding.

Burial followed in the Hugoton Cemetery under the direction of Paul’s Funeral Home of Hugoton.

A memorial has been established for The Family.

Memorials may be mailed to Paul’s Funeral Home, Box 236, Hugoton, Ks. 67951.

He was born March 23, 1956 in Tulsa, Ok., the son of William Russell Jesseph and the former Delores A. Goddard.

David graduated from Flinthills High School. He attended Butler Community College and then two years at Fort Hays, graduating with honors. He was a ranch man-

ager and had served in the United States Marine Corps.

Mr. Jesseph was a member of KLA, enjoyed bowling and photography. His favorite hobby was his job and he was always there to help a friend.

July 2, 2005, David and Stacy Martin were married on the Ranch near Leon.

Those who survive including his wife of the home are, two sons Kris Jesseph and wife Elizabeth of Towanda and Paul Jesseph of Osage City: daughter Amy Evans and husband Tim of El Dorado; his parents William and Delores Jesseph of El Dorado; sister Lori Colbern and husband Gary of Wellsville; son Joshua Bowles of Wichita; and grandchildren Cierra and Amelia.

He was preceded in death by his sister Cyntha Debita.

Services were attended Thursday morning, May 10, 2012 under the direction of Carlson Funeral Home of El Dorado. Cremation preceded the services. Condolences to the family may be sent to www.carlsoncolonial.com.

WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ March 11-May 20 - “The Nature of Dogs: Photographs by Mary Ludington” will be the featured exhibit at Stauth Memorial Museum at 111 N. Aztec in Montezuma.

The exhibit seeks to capture the true nature of dogs, their beauty, character and spirit.

For more information, call 620-846-2527 or visit the museum on Facebook at www.facebook.com/stauth memorialmuseum. The museum is located at 111 N. Aztec in Montezuma. They are closed Mondays. Please call 620-846-2527 for more information.

May 12 - Hugoton High School Graduation at 10:00 a.m. in the West Gym. - Seward County Commu-

nity College/ Area Technical School commencement.

May 13 - Happy Mother’s Day May 14 - American Legion Auxiliary will meet at 2:00 p.m. at the home of Hedy Lairmore.

May 16 - “Safe Routes to School” walk-about tour of the proposed sidewalk additions will take place at 3:45 p.m. starting at the Hugoton Elementary School. Transportation will be provided at the end of the route, which will be Hugoton Middle School.

Community members are invited to join and contribute to the discussion.

May 17 - All Saints Day at Seward County Community College.

HUGOTON MUNICIPAL COURT APRIL 2012 Maravilla, Jose Luis, Driving in Violation of Restriction $160.00 DL Suspended 30 Days Quillen, Cassandra, Parking in Wrong Direction $10.00 Wolters, Cathy, Dog at Large $110.00 Beeman, Dalton Z., Criminal Damage to Property $722.32 Ten Days Jail Suspended, Six Months Probation Beeman, Dalton Z., Criminal Trespass $100.00 Six Months Probation Beeman, Dalton Z., Disorderly Conduct $100.00 Six Months Probation Delgado-Ibanez, Alfonso, Wrong Way on One Way $105.00 Ochoa, Esther, Dog at Large x2 $160.00 Loya, Alondra, No Driver’s License

$160.00 40 Hours Community Service Plummer, Meagan E., DUI-First $870.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend Three Freissen-Fehr, Eva, No Driver’s License $420.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend Three Juarez, Julio Cesar, No Driver’s License-Second $680.00 Ten Days Jail, Serve Five Baeza, Shasta Ann, No Liability Insurance $360.00 Batey, Tonya Laynette, No Driver’s License $420.00 Five Days Jail, Serve Two, Suspend Three Davis, Troy A., Trespassing $160.00 Davis, Troy A., Disorderly Conduct $100.00

New Fall 2012 students can go to this orientation to learn about the campus, enrollment, instructors, services, books and more. You can register online at allsaintsdays.com.

- Hugoton Intermediate Talent Show at 1:30 p.m. in the Elementary School Gym. - Zoning Hearing (Planning Commission) for the property east of town at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council meeting room.

May 18 - National Bike to Work Day May 19 - USD 217 Eighth grade graduation.

- Armed Forces Day May 20 - Rolla High School graduation - Hugoton Learning Academy graduation at 3:00 p.m. at HLA building, 529 S. Main.

May 21-25 - Hugoton City-wide Cleanup.

May 21 - Rolla kindergarten graduation - USD 210 Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m.

May 22 - Last day of school for Hugoton Middle and Hugoton High Schools.

- Glenda Hopkins, Veterans Service Representative, will be at the Stevens County Library from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. She can assist veterans and their dependents in applying for benefits from the

Veterans Administration. To make an appointment, please call 620-544-3102 or visit her office at 116 E. Chestnut in Garden City.

May 23 - Last day of evening classes for Hugoton Learning Academy.

May 24 - Last day of school for Early Chilldhood Development Center and Hugoton Elementary School. Students will be released at 11:30 a.m.

- Last day of school for USD 217 students May 25 - Stevens County Commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m. in the Commissioners’ Room at the Stevens County Courthouse.

May 27 - July 1 - Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma will host “Say It with Snap! Motivating Workers by Design 19231929.” The exhibit will showcase workplace posters from World War I through World War II. The museum is located at 111 N. Aztec in Montezuma. They are closed Mondays. Please call 620846-2527 for more information.

May 28 - Memorial Day June 1 - National Doughnut Day - Filing deadline for August 7 primary election at 12:00 noon. Call the Stevens County clerk at 544-2541 for more information.

Kenneth Warner Former Hugoton resident Kenneth H. Warner departed this life Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the age of 57.

He was born June 26, 1954 in the Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton to his parents William A. Warner and the former Lois J. Mangels.

Ken graduated with the Hugoton Class of 1972. The summer after graduation, he moved with his family to Tucson, Az. He completed and received an A&P Maintenance License from a community col-

lege in Arizona. He went on to earn a degree in Business and Accounting from the University of Arizona and was in ROTC while there.

Ken went to work for Hughes/Raytheon and worked for the company until he earned and received early retirement in 2009.

Mr. Warner was loved by all his co-workers and they nicknamed him the “Jokester”.

They had a memorial for him full of love and stories of their “beloved Ken”.

Kenny was preceded in death by his father in 1969.

Survivors include his mother Lois of Arizona; two brothers, Mike Warner and family and Robert Warner and family, all of Arizona.

Kenny will be greatly missed by his family and many friends who all love him. He was a person who always made you laugh and hopefully continues to make you smile when you think of him.

Randy Maytum Friends and family gathered Monday morning to remember and honor Randy Lynn Maytum of Hugoton.

Mr. Maytum passed away Thursday evening, May 2, 2012 at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Tx. due to complications following the removal of a cerebral aneurysm. He was 42.

Born September 21, 1969 in Dalhart, Tx., Randy was the youngest of six children born to Wayne and Billie Maytum. He spent most of his childhood growing up in Dalhart before moving to Guymon, Ok. where he graduated from high school with the Class of 1988.

February 16, 1991, Randy married his high school sweetheart Lynette Simpson.

The two were married for 24 years and in 1994 the couple was blessed with their son, Brady Lane.

The Maytums made their

home in Hugoton where Randy was employed with Occidental Petroleum Corporation.

Randy enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with family and friends.

Those preceding Mr. Maytum in death are his father William Wayne Maytum; nephew TJ Womble; fatherin-law Harold Simpson; mother-in-law Janet Simpson; and best friend Mark Hardesty.

Survivors include wife Lynette of Hugoton; his son Brady of Hugoton; mother Billie Maytum of Amarillo, Tx.; sisters Trivone Maytum of San Antonio, Tx., Laura Ingram and husband Gary of Keyes, Ok., Belinda Cobo of Amarillo and Stephanie Stricker and husband Scott of Dumas, Tx.; brother Wayne Maytum and wife Joanne of Zephyrhills, Fl.; brothers-in-law Joe Simpson and wife Teresa of Hooker, Ok,. Doug Simpson and wife Stephanie of Oklahoma City, Ok. and Chris Simpson of Suquamish, Wa.; and many other close family members and friends.

Services were attended Monday morning, May 7, 2012 at First Christian Church in Hugoton with Rusty Callahan officiating.

Following the service, Randy was placed to rest in Hugoton Cemetery with arrangements by Pauls Funeral Home of Hugoton.

Bertha Rios Lopez Word has been received of the death of Bertha Rios Lopez of Denver, Co. Mrs. Lopez, a former Garden City resident, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, April 28, 2012 at her home. She was 43.

The daughter of Arturo DeLa Rosa Paloma and Ofelia Garza, she was born October 9, 1968 in Dodge City.

Bertha loved her family and enjoyed her girls and being with them. She worked as a dietary aide in the kitchen of Denver Health.

Her hobbies were bingo, dancing and shopping.

Survivors include her two daughters, Jasmine Nichole Rios and Stephanie Marie Rios, both of Denver; her father Arturo Palomo and wife Susan of Gladstone, Mo.; her mother Ofelia Garza of Ulysses; four brothers, Robert Palomo and wife Renne and Arturo Palomo Jr., all of Kansas City, Mo., Brian Palomo of Woodward, Ok. and Raymond Garza of Fort Worth, Tx.; four sisters, Sylvia Lopez and husband Omar of Haltom City, Tx.,

Rose Marie Palomo of Fort Worth, Maria Christina Parra of Fort Worth and Debbie Palomo of Oklahoma City, Ok.; her numerous nephews and nieces; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were attended Friday afternoon, May 4, 2012 at the Primera Iglesia Bautista in Ulysses with Minster George Devora presiding.

Burial followed in the Ulysses Cemetery under the direction of Grant County Funeral Home of Ulysses.

A memorial has been established for the Children’s Education Fund. Memorials may be mailed to Grant County Funeral Home, 218 S. Main, Ulysses, Ks 67880.

Thou hast also given me the shield of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand holdeth me up, and Thy gentleness hath made me great.

Psalm 18:55

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SWKROA Continued from page 1 oil and gas and those mineral owners of sand, coal or gravel.

Another difficulty in appraising minerals is the lack of recent and comparable sales data to be able to properly value the interests and many of the interests are split fractionally among many owners.

The counties can also face additional costs in sending tax bills to fractional interest owners with small interests; costs which could exceed the income the county may see in return.

Each county must perform mapping of the property interest and it be tied to the interest owners. The costs of initially setting up of such title searches, computerized mapping, and the personnel to maintain such process could be very costly for the counties.

Mrs. Palmer felt with the diversity of mineral ownership and production in Kansas counties, that it would be very unlikely for all Kansas counties to embrace and implement a uniform system in Kansas for the taxation of minerals. And if such system was implemented there still remained the issues of determining the proper value of the interests, the minor value involved for fractional interests

Thomas W. Robb, PhD and the difficulty in locating and maintaining ownership records.

Mr. Stucky discussed the request which SWKROA received from the Office of the Kansas Attorney General for the Association to offer input to the Attorney General so their office could render an opinion on the constitutionality of the current taxation of severed minerals in Kansas. Such request followed a Comanche County’s substantial acrossthe-board increase in the assessed tax value for the taxation of severed minerals.

As a consequence, the taxation of severed minerals moved to the forefront as a challenging issue for mineral owners and for taxing authorities in the State. Litigation has been initiated to challenge Comanche County’s revised tax formula.

issue of “equal protection under the law” as to how one group can be taxed more for the same tract of real estate than another group?

Mr. Stucky reported the Kansas Attorney General and the Kansas Legislature have deferred any future action pending resolution of the court cases.

Other presenters at the meeting included Mr. Doug Smith, of Pinegar, Smith & Associates, who spoke on legislative issues of interest to land, mineral and royalty owners in Kansas.

Dr. Thomas Robb, from Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation, spoke on the new state-of-

Pam (Binns) Palmer the-art cellulosic ethanol plant being built west of Hugoton.

Abengoa’s objective is to build a first-of-its-kind commercialscale enzymatic hydrolysis conversion of biomass to ethanol.

The plant in Hugoton will be a second generation plant for Abengoa, building off of technology from their first generation plant’s knowledge, with anticipated start up operations to begin in 2013. The plant will take corn stover, wheat straw, milo stubble and switchgrass and convert it into ethanol.

Dr. Robb emphasized Abengoa sees this technology as being just one component of the energy solution for the U.S. and it will co-exist with fossil fuel and solar energy resources.

Dr. Robb stated the plants location was carefully determined based on the variety of plant biomass located in a 60 mile radius of Hugoton. It also was based on a “dry” climate location which provided little moisture damage to stored uncovered biomass which would be stockpiled for the plants use.

The plant is currently contracting for current bio-mass so it will have an adequate supply once the plant goes on-line in 2013.

Afternoon presentations were given the membership by Mr. Rex Buchanan, of the Kansas Geological Survey, on oil and gas activity in Kansas.

His presentation included a discussion of the Mississippian play in Kansas. Mr. Buchanan explained the ‘Mississippian’ is not a formation but rather a geological event, associated with a period of time when rock formations created ideal traps to capture and hold potential reserves of gas and oil, which can now be extracted using horizontal drilling techniques. The drilling and detailed exploration of the Mississippian is still rel-

Greg Stuckey Legislation was also introduced before the Kansas Legislature to eliminate taxation of minerals.

Currently, Kansas taxes farm land on an “agriculture use” basis; whereas severed minerals are to be taxed on a “fair market value” basis. For taxpayers who own both the surface and the minerals together, they pay taxes as one “unit”. However, if the surface interests are owned by different owners than the owners of severed mineral rights, the severed mineral owners could pay more tax on their mineral interests than the surface owner would pay on the minerals which they own. This can result where the surface owner with ‘intact’ minerals could pay less tax on the mineral interests, than a severed mineral owner would pay on their mineral interests.

Herein lies the constitutional

Rex Buchanan and his presentation outlined what clauses and language mineral owners might encounter when presented with an oil and gas lease. He also discussed what lease clauses they may want to include for their benefit in any lease they are offered. Additional discussion included changes which producers have been including in oil and gas leases to make considerations for horizontal drilling.

SWKROA President Ted Metcalf wrapped up the annual meeting by announcing the results of the caucus of members and the elections or re-elections of the Association’s Directors.

The Directors elected for a two year term (2012-2014) from their respective counties are: Finney County- Caverly Hart;

Erick E. Nordling Grant-Steve Alford; Greeley – Tom Bergner; Hamilton – Terry Boy; Haskell – Gerald Lightcap; Kearny – Bob Beymer; Morton – Wayne Breeding; Seward – Ted Metcalf; Stanton – Glen Teeter; and Stevens – Tom Lahey. These Directors will join the current mid-term (20112013) Directors.

The Southwest Kansas Royalty Owners Association is a non-profit corporation with a stated purpose to “foster, protect and further in all proper respects the rights and inter-

K. Ted Metcalf ests of the mineral owners”.

While the Association was incorporated in 1948 to protect the interests of mineral, royalty, and landowners in the nine (later expanded to ten) southwest counties of Kansas, it is truly an Association which has served the interests of mineral, royalty, and landowners across Kansas for 64 years. More information may be found at www.swkroa.com or by calling (620) 544-4333.

The roots of “Pomp and Circumstance” When asked to list renowned classical composers, Mozart or Beethoven may come to mind. Many people may not think to mention Edward Elgar. But there's an excellent chance thousands of people are very familiar with the most famous work by Elgar.

"Pomp and Circumstance" is undoubtedly Elgar's biggest claim to fame. It has become the standard to which many soon-to-be graduates proceed into their graduation ceremonies, both in high school and college. As such, it has become one of the most recognized concert marches.

The song—the trio section of the first march in a series written by Elgar—was not written with the intention of being a graduation processional. Elgar built up his reputation as a composer of works for great choral festivals throughout England. In 1901, Elgar began composing five marches that would be named "Pomp and Circumstance Marches." He is perhaps best known for the first of the marches, which went on to be simply named, "Pomp and Circumstance," or "The Graduation March." Since 1905, it has been use at virtually all high school and university graduations in America.

The first time "Pomp and Circumstance" was played in a graduation setting was when Elgar received an honorary Doctorate from Yale University in 1905. At the end of the ceremony, the march was performed as recessional music. It was so well received that it was soon expected to be played during graduation ceremonies at many other prominent schools. Today it is rare to hear "The Graduation March" played outside of commencement ceremonies.

Many graduates have fond memories of hearing "Pomp and Circumstance" at their school commencement, even remembering the exact moment they received their degrees. For those attending a graduation ceremony in the near future, expect to hear this powerful march.

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in visiting with some of the surrounding people the only worry seemed to be a curfew being set. Rex asked if they could get some signs to put up stating no dumping and a curfew time.

Their group would put up the signs if the county could supply them. He was told to check with JC about ordering the signs.

Rex also said they had been mowing the area. The insurance is a worry though. Bob will do some more checking in the matter. Rex said he would go talk to Ted Heaton since the sheriff was unable to be present. Also Rex asked about possibly getting on the list for community service to help out there. He will talk to the judge and the county attorney about this.

It was decided to move the May 21 Commissioners’ meeting to May 25.

The commissioners broke for lunch.

After calling the meeting back to order Linda Stalcup and Rachel Crane came in from the Pioneer Manor. Rachel was needing to know how to present the bills and was told to bring them in the next meeting. Some moving has already begun. May 23 will be the official moving day. July 11 is planned for the open house. Rachel said the landscaping person was there.

Also they have approximately 80 volunteers to help them move. Among them are the local Christian Motorcycle group, a group of around 40 students from the high school and the Lions Club. Fifty-seven residents will move from the old manor. After a month to let everything and everybody get settled in, new residents will be admitted. Rachel says the

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May 20 Pastor Bob Rich Hugoton Baptist May 27 Pastor Bob Sanders Lonestar Friends Church

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Pyramid Agency, Inc. 521 S. Main - Hugoton FAITH LUTHERAN Faith Publishing LLC 522 S. Main 620-544-4321

ASAMBLEA DE DIOS LOS REDIMIDOS DEL REY Martes 7:00 PM Jueves 7:00 PM Domingo 3:00 PM 138 S. Main Hugoton Pastores: Martinez 620-544-7096

ASSEMBLY OF GOD Main and Second Street 544-2773 Ben Coats, Pastor Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening - 6:00 p.m.

Service Wed. Night - 7:00 p.m.

BETHEL FRIENDS CHURCH Eric Mason, Pastor Zac Johnson, Youth Pastor 11th & Jefferson - 544-8517 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 544-2825 Matthew Russell, Minister 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.

COWBOY CHURCH - HUGOTON Second & Fourth Tuesday of every month Stevens County Commercial Building at Fairgrounds 7:00 p.m.

FAITH CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Tenth and Jefferson Lawrence Johnson, Pastor 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.

Tenth and Adams 544-2092 Christopher M. Fincher, Pastor Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

Bible Study, Wednesday - 7:30 p.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 600 S. Van Buren - 544-2715 Pastor Randy Nash 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 Lanny Bollacker, Pastor 800 S. Van Buren - 544-2763 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Evening Service - 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Service - 7:00 p.m.

Call 544-2652 fIor Church Bus

HUGOTON BAPTIST CHURCH -Eighth and Main 544-2210 Bob Rich, Pastor 506 East Eighth - 544-2295 Sunday School - 6:00 p.m.

Morning Worship - 10:30 a.m.

Youth Service - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Study - 6:00 p.m.

LIGHTHOUSE FELLOWSHIP 424 S. Jackson 544-4828 Michael Taylor, Minister 428-5686 Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Church - 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday - 7:00 p.m.

Pre-Service Prayer - half hour before service

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

Contemporary Worship Celebration - 10:45 a.m.

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

Sunday Evening Fellowship - 6:00 p.m.

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

Prayer Meeting Wednesday - 8:00 p.m.

Christian Life Club (age 2 - 18) - 6:30 p.m.

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

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH 516 N.E. Avenue 544-2355 Morning Worship - 9:00 a.m.

Fellowship/Refreshments - 10:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

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

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 828 S. Main Hugoton 544-8715 Harry Cross, Pastor Sunday School - 9:45 a.m.

Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

MOSCOW MOSCOW BAPTIST CHURCH 598-2455 Church - 598-2400 Home Rev. Larry Bradford, Pastor 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 - 7:00 p.m.

Team Kids (Wed.) - 3:30-5:00p.m. Sept.-May

MOSCOW UNITED METHODIST 598-2426 Tim McCrary, Pastor 598-2421 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 Henry McGuire, Pastor 593-4693 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

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

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.

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UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ROLLA - RICHFIELD

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

593-4596 or 593-4781 Sandy Ferguson, Pastor Rolla Morning Worship - 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:00 a.m.

Youth Groups - 5:00 p.m.

Richfield Morning Worship - 9:15 a.m.

Sunday School - 10:30 a.m.

manor will be full and there is a waiting list of more than they can take. They think they have a full staff as well.

The commissioners reviewed the minutes from last meeting and approved.

Neal Gillespie came in to talk about the truck traffic. He had been talking with KDOT. Neal says that our four lane is scheduled to be redone in 2015, and Main Street is not even on the schedule. Discussion followed of possible truck routes for the new plant east of town.

Pam told the commissioners of the date in July for the auditors. Meeting adjourned.

Official Minutes for April 13, 2012 Chairman Dave Bozone called a special meeting for the afternoon of April 13, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. with all members present. County Clerk Pam Bensel was also present.

Tony McBride explained what stage the Pioneer Manor project is in. The Fire Inspector came and everything is a “go” at this time. The inspection for the building’s electrical and mechanical systems is getting worked out with Vince Mancini.

Tony explained next week the training for the equipment with the workers will start. Tony brought in one bid from Thomas Landscape from Liberal for the landscape project.

Charles Thomas with Thomas Landscape came in for the bid opening. The bid proposal from Thomas Landscape for irrigation system, drip irrigation, landscape installation, water feature, seed turf and sod turf per plans and specifications – price $207,809.00 Alternate #1: change buffalo and native grass areas to Fescue turf with sprinkler system – add price to bid - $117,009.00 Alternate #2: change ten pound one gallon switch grasses in island areas to seeding of those areas to prairie sky switch grass and shenandoah switch grass – subtract from bid - $15,000.00 Commissioners discussed changes in the bid so Charles Thomas will present a new bid with the changes at the Monday, April 16, 2012 meeting.

Motion was made and passed to go into executive session for trade secrets for 25 minutes with Neal Gillespie present. Meeting reconvened with no action taken.

By motion the Board adjourned.

Official Minutes for April 16, 2012 The Board of County Commissioners met in regular session with all members present.

Also present were County Counselor Bob Johnson,

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County Clerk Pam Bensel and RoGlenda Coulter from The Hugoton Hermes. Dave called the meeting to order. Gary moved to approve the minutes of the last meeting. Jim seconded. Motion carried. Motion was made to approve the county vouchers. Motion carried. The clerk was instructed to draw warrants on the Treasurer chargeable to the various funds of the county for the following amounts: General ..

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Motion was made and passed to execute the petitions for utilities around the land at the new Pioneer Manor site.

Rodney Kelling came in with concerns of the scheduling of the on call shifts for the EMS Department. He reported to the commissioners it is hard to find individuals to fill the daytime shifts. The evening and weekend shifts are easier to fill. Rodney informed the commissioners there is a training session set for the fall to try and recruit more volunteers to help for the department. There could be a possibility of this department becoming full time in the future. Rodney asked if he could be on the Kansas Incident Management Team. He needs a contract signed and a letter of approval from the commissioners. Motion was made and passed to approve Rodney Kelling to be on the Kansas Incident Management Team.

Dax Gaskill came in to discuss putting a road up to his feed yard and trucking business. The road would be between Road J and Road K off of Road 13 west. Dax asked if JC Cantrell could help with building the road and then he would maintain it. Motion was made to have Road and Bridge Department build a road to the feedyard and trucking company but the County will not be responsible for maintaining it.

Motion carried.

The commissioners moved to go into executive session for non elected personnel for ten minute with County Counselor Robert Johnson present. Motion carried. Meeting reconvened with no action taken.

Motion was made and passed to go into executive session for attorney/client for ten minutes with County Counselor Robert Johnson present.

Meeting reconvened with no action taken.

Dave Bozone adjourned the meeting at 9:50 a.m. so the commissioners could listen to a special announcement in the Memorial Hall. Dave Bozone called the commissioners meeting back to order at 11:00 a.m.

Motion was made to go into executive session for attorney/client for five minutes with County Counselor Robert Johnson present. Motion carried. Meeting reconvened with no action taken.

Ron Martin, Ralph Stoddard and Ryan Martin came in to inquire about purchasing land in the Stevens County Industrial Park being the NW of SE15-3337. Ron asked about having the contractor continue putting the

water line down the west side of the section along Cemetery Road.

Dale Noyes and Brian Noyes came in to ask to purchase a frontage lot in the Stevens County Industrial Park area.

Dave moved to go into executive session for land acquisition for 15 minutes with County Counselor, Robert Johnson and Dr. Kevin Cuccinelli present. Motion carried. Meeting reconvened at 12:00 p.m. All commissioners were in mutual agreement. Motion was made to give the earnest money of $5,000.00 back to Dr. Kevin Cuccinelli. Motion carried.

Tony McBride and Charles Thomas came in to present the new bid proposal for the landscape project for the new Pioneer Manor. Linda Stalcup, Rachel Crane and Celain Baker were also present.

Option #1: original plan – fescue sod, irrigation, drip irrigation buffalo-seed, native grass-seed Option #2: everything fescue sod and irrigation Option #3: fescue seed, irrigation inside street and parking, buffalo-seed west and south The commissioners discussed the options and decided to take Option #2 with revisions. Thomas Landscape will begin in approximately 45 days with a one year warranty on all irrigation. Motion was made to accept Option #2 as modified for a price of $244,418.00. Motion carried. Jim voted no.

Dean Banker came in to explain about the water line at the Stevens County Industrial Park. Dean says Middlecreek Corporation will extend the water line north 1645’ at a cost of $38,751.25.

Ashley Fiss discussed the different projects she has started for the County. She informed them the old Pioneer Manor/ Community Health project will go for bid; the EMS building bathroom is waiting for bid; and the Courthouse re-roof and heating/air project is put on hold at this time.

Motion was made and carried to accept the contract from Faulkner Real Estate to sell County land-NE 2-31-39 for a price of $650.00 an acre.

By motion the board adjourned.

Official Minutes for April 25, 2012 Vice Chairman Jim Bell called a special meeting for the evening of April 25, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. with members Jim Bell and Gary Baker present.

Also present were County Clerk Pam Bensel, Neal Gillespie and Roger Lynch.

Motion was made to go into executive session for trade secrets on real estate for ten minutes with Neal Gillespie present. Motion carried. Meeting reconvened with no action taken.

Motion was made and carried to allow zoning changes for a 20 acre tract in the Stevens County Industrial Park, east of town, from agricultural to heavy industrial. Jim signed the contract with the City of Hugoton on behalf of the commissioners to allow zoning changes for the 20 acre tract from agricultural to heavy industrial and Pam Bensel notarized the document.

By motion the board adjourned.

Hugoton High School Sports Banquet All Sports 2011-2012

When: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 Where: New Cafeteria Time: 6:00 p.m.

Sports Boosters w ill provide meat Drink and table service will also be provided

Families with last names A-M are asked to bring salad or vegetable dish.

Families N-Z are asked to bring dessert.

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City Council Continued from page 1 Sale of city natural gas Consultant Charles A. Wagner brought in a proposal to change the purchaser of the natural gas produced from the city gas wells. DCP Midstream at Kismet offers more net income as they are extracting hydrocarbon liquids from the gas. Anadarko will still transport the gas. The motion passed to accept Wagners proposal subject to approval of the contract by City Attorney Tate. The change will take place effective June 1, 2012.

Corporate mobile homes Michael Gant of corporate mobile homes explained to the council their plan to bring in tempory housing to Hugoton during the construction periods. He suggested putting in mobile homes in one area, perhaps outside of the city limits. No action was taken at this time.

Tourism Board Neal Gillespie asked the council to approve the renewal appointments of Diane Porter and Greg Errebo to the Tourism Board. The council passed the motion to approve.

Neal also brought in the recommendations of the Tourism Board for the following donations: Dirtona, $1,000; Hugoton Park Day, $1,000; Stevens County Fair Board for entertainment, $1,000; and Pheasant Heaven annual partnership, $1,000.

He also asked for the Tourism Board expenses for Kansas Sampler of up to $1,000. The council approved all the donations.

Neal then thanked every-

one who helped get the KDI plant into Hugoton. The Kansas Dairy Ingredients plant is planning their ground breaking for June 2, 2012.

He had asked if the proposed plant would have an odor but they told him the ingredients would be enclosed, thus no odor.

Annual Confirmations Kim Harper was reelected as President of the City Council. First National Bank and Citizens State Bank were designated the official depositories. The Hugoton Hermes was designated the official city paper. Carrie Baeza as treasurer, Tony Martin as city inspector, Thomas G. Hicks as city clerk, Police Chief Courtney Leslie, Dean Banker as outside utilities supervisor, Gary Rowden as electric system supervisor, Wayne R. Tate as city attorney, and Sherri Leonard as municipal judge were all approved and confirmed.

Clean up week Dean Banker informed the council 2012 Citywide Cleanup will be the week of May 21 through May 25.

Dean also stated the defective lift station is operating better but is still not working right. The company that sold the lift station sent some representatives out to look at it but it still needs work.

Loud music Police Chief Leslie reported the police department responded to about five dispatch calls this last month for loud music around the park.

The police patroled the area more than usual and the loud

music appears to be quieting.

When summer gets here, there may be more problems.

The council went into executive session. Afterward, the meeting adjourned.

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By Brandon Werth Social Security District Manager in Dodge City

HELP MOM SAVE $4,000 A YEAR Given the current economic climate, buying a nice gift for Mother’s Day may be more difficult than in years past. But people across the nation are discovering that the best gifts are often free.

This Mother’s Day, you can show Mom how to save an estimated $4,000 a year on her Medicare prescription drug costs. Here’s how.

If your mother is covered

by Medicare and has limited income and resources, she may be eligible for Extra Help — available through Social Security — to pay part of her monthly premiums, annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments. The Extra Help is estimated to be worth about $4,000 per year.

To figure out whether your mother is eligible, Social Security needs to know her income and the value of her savings, investments and real estate (other than the home she lives in). To qualify for the extra help, she must be receiving Medicare and have: •Income limited to $16,335 for an individual or $22,065 for a married couple living together. Even if her annual income is higher, she still may be able to get some help with monthly premiums,

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annual deductibles, and prescription co-payments. Some examples where income may be higher include if she and, if married, her husband: –Support other family members who live with them; –Have earnings from work; or –Live in Alaska or Hawaii.

•Resources limited to $13,070 for an individual or $26,120 for a married couple living together. Resources include such things as bank accounts, stocks, and bonds.

We do not count her house or car as resources.

Social Security has an easy-to-use online application that you can help complete for your mom. You can find it at www.socialsecu rity.gov/prescriptionhelp. To apply by phone or have an application mailed to you, call Social Security at 1-800772-1213 (TTY 1-800-3250778) and ask for the Application for Help with Medicare Prescription Drug Plan Costs (SSA-1020). Or go to the nearest Social Security office.

To learn more about the Medicare prescription drug plans and special enrollment periods, visit www.medicare.gov or call 1800-MEDICARE (1-800-6334227; TTY 1-877-486-2048).

Mom will be grateful when you give her a useful gift this year: help her save an estimated $4,000 a year on Medicare prescription drugs.

It won’t cost you anything more than a little bit of quality time with her — something you and Mom both want anyway. These rules apply to Dad as well, so plan ahead for your Father’s Day gift too.

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Hines - Webb Lynne Webb of Hugoton is proud to announce the engagement of her son Brody Webb to Ashley Hines of Ulysses, daughter of Rusty and Laurie Hines of Ulysses.

The groom-to-be is a 2007 graduate of Hugoton High School and graduated from Seward County Community College with certification in Natural Gas Compression Technology. He is employed with Exterran as an Operations Mechanic. Grandparents of the groom are Cleo Webb and the late Ralph Webb.

The bride-to-be is a 2008 graduate from Ulysses High School and also earned a Bachelor of Science at Fort Hays State University. She will pursue her Masters in the fall of 2012. Ashley is employed at Foster and Harvey Law Firm in Midland, Tx. Grandparents of the bride-to-be are Corky and Birdie Hines of Cañon City, Co. and Mary Dolan also of Cañon City and the late Bob Dolan.

Brody proposed August 5, 2011 and both bride and groom set the wedding date for June 23, 2012, after they both graduate from college. The wedding ceremony will be at Country View Baptist Church in Ulysses with reception immediately following wedding ceremony. The newlywed couple will enjoy their honeymoon in Las Vegas, Nv. and then reside in Midland.

Lulf graduates cum laude Katherine Lulf of Hugoton graduated from Chadron State College during the institution's commencement exercises Saturday, May 5.

Lulf graduated cum laude, which requires a grade-point average of 3.6 to 3.74. The graduate was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in business administration.

CSC conferred degrees to 318 graduates during two commencement ceremonies, including an institutional record 74 master's degrees.

The 244 undergraduate degrees were conferred in the Armstrong Physical Education Building, and the master's degrees were presented at Memorial Hall.

The commencement speakers were Dr. James Wright,

Candles Roy and Ruth Horton-Forever Fans Ever sit in at a basketball game, and look up into the stands to find . . . “the faithful couple”? How about a long hot track meet? Better yet a cold windy baseball game . . . and there they sit: Roy and Ruth Horton. For years they’ve followed the sports schedules of the Hugoton Eagles. Why do they do it? They love the kids and they love the sports. I remember sitting at track meets while my husband scanned the crowd, and after awhile he’d say, “Oh, there they are, I knew the Hortons would be here.”

Not only have they supported the kids over the years with their presence but they have also encouraged on the average 70 kids a year with special letters four times a year. How did this come about? . . . One year Roy and Ruth were youth coaches for the First Christian Church. They were getting ready to head south for the winter (Snow Birds) and the youth didn’t want them to leave. Ruth gathered their addresses and promised to write. Once Ruth started she couldn’t stop. Before she knew it, she was writing to kids outside of the church, too. She has written to kids for 20 years.

That’s approximately 5,600 letters of encouragement to about 1,400 kids! The letters were packed with words of wisdom and Bible verses to help the kids get through their school year. (How do I know this? We have piles of letters our kids received).

How did the Lord bring these two together? . . . Well, they were born only a few towns apart. Roy was born and raised in Hugoton, and Ruth was born and raised in Satanta. Roy’s father, Hiram, worked for a new government program called WPAWorks Progress Administration - which provided jobs for the unemployed during the Great Depression. With this job he was on the construction crew in Hugoton which built the local swimming pool.

Ruth’s father passed away from dust pneumonia during the dust bowl when she was two months old. Her mother had to carry on a living as a school teacher.

When Roy was eleven, his father died from a heart attack. This left nine children for his mother to raise alone. She took up housecleaning, sewing and ironing shirts for ten cents each. While in high school, Roy played many sports. During the football season, he played center. Garden City asked him to play football for them, so he played one year and then ran out of money and had to return to Hugoton to get a job. Northern Natural Gas hired him. He stayed with them for 34 years.

Ruth, on the other hand, only had one opportunity to play a sport; she played basketball for two years in high school. Then the coach moved and basketball ended.

However, she grew to love sports by watching her youngest brother play. She attended college at Baker University and then transferred to Fort Hays where she finished her degree for Elementary Education. Her first job was as a first grade teacher in Hugoton. One afternoon Roy spotted her at a local restaurant and asked his cousin who she was. Before she knew it, he was calling and asking her out.

Their first date was to a basketball game and they’ve been going ever since.

They will have been married 51 years this July. They adopted two children: Scott and Kay, and have been blessed with six grandchildren.

The Hortons not only support local sports but they love national sports as well.

For 18 years they have attended National and Collegiate baseball games. They also attended the National Junior College Basketball Tournament at Hutchinson. The best game they’ve watched was when Wichita won the College World Series.

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The varsity baseball team of Hugoton High School suffered two sweeps last week at the hands of Lakin and Scott City. Against the Lakin Broncs, Hugoton fell 0-10 in a three hit, one error performance by the Eagles. Nic Frederick, Ross Davis and Jeison Rodriguez produced the hits for HHS. Cody Frederick pitched four innings and Lance Sandoval pitched one. Each pitcher struck out two batters.

The second loss to Lakin was 9-18 with five Eagle hits and no errors in the game.

Lakin had 14 hits and two errors. Yates Sutton, James Persinger and Davis each had a hit. Cody Frederick had two. Sutton and a two-RBI double. Davis had three RBI. Persinger and Rodriguez shared pitching duties.

Persinger struck out three batters and Rodriguez retired one on strikes.

Against Scott City, Hugoton fell 3-4 in game one. The

Eagles had seven hits as did Scott City. Both teams committed three errors apiece.

Ross Davis produced three hits for HHS. Slade Shuck, Nic Frederick, Cody Frederick and Rodriguez each had one hit. Shuck and Nic Frederick each produced an RBI and Ross Davis had a triple for one of his hits. Ross Davis pitched the full game, striking out 11 batters.

The final game was 6-13 in favor of Scott City. Hugoton had nine hits and two errors.

Scott City scored the winning runs on five hits and two errors. Ross Davis repeated with a triple, three hits, and two runs scored. Sutton had a double, two RBI and one run scored. Shuck, Persinger and Alfredo Licon each produced one hit. Cody Frederick, Sutton and Sandoval pitched, striking out a combined eight batters.

Junior Varsity Baseball The junior varsity baseball team of HHS lost in two to

SPRING SPORTS

Jeison Rodriguez lets a low pitch go by during last week's home games against Lakin.

Chalen Talbert slides safely into home after a wild pitch.

Scott City Friday of last week.

The Eagles lost 7-8 in the opener, then 8-9 in the second game. Andrew Mendoza pitched game one for Hugoton. Going five innings, he gave up four runs, five hits and struck out three batters.

Dakota Moodie came in and pitched the remaining two innings, giving up four runs, three hits and retiring one batter on strikes.

Offensively, Michael Baeza produced two hits, while Adam Scott, Maverick Mills and Bradley Campbell each had one. Four Eagle errors were recorded in the loss.

"Our errors were costly.

We made too many errors to win this close game," said coach Stuart Scott. "Our base running wasn't very good either. We made some mistakes on the bases that I wished we could have back.

We scored four of our runs in the last inning and left the bases loaded."

Game two was also a close loss, but only two Eagle errors were committed in this game.

Adam Scott started on the mound for Hugoton and pitched two innings. He gave up four runs, five hits and struck out two batters. Baez pitched one inning, giving up two runs and a hit, then Moodie finished two innings where he gave up three hits, two runs and finished with two strikeouts. Mendoza and Mills each had two hits.

Baeza, Zane, Moodie and Ecxon Vela each had one hit.

"We played a little better in game two, we just came up short again. We got eight hits and had two errors. This was better than our first game stats of five hits and four errors," said coach Scott of his 5-7 team. "We have been close in every game we have lost. Five of our seven losses have been by one run."

Hugoton boys’ team brings home the bronze Pedaling home and sliding in safe, Kelsi Hittle produces a run for Hugoton. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Hugoton High School's track and field teams traveled to Lakin last week. The boys’ team of HHS placed third overall and the girls took home fifth. Nicole Kinser brought home another topspot finish in the triple jump.

She won the event with a mark of 35'9". Kinser took fourth in the 300 meter hurdles and the long jump as well. Additionally, she was the second leg of the fourth place 4x100 meter relay team, along with teammates BayLee Hoskinson, Sofia Jimenez and Taylor Fiss.

On the boys' side, the 3200 meter run saw back-toback Eagles cross the finish line. Patrick Weaver placed second with a time of 10:00.9 followed by Jacob Martin in third at 10:02.48.

Avory Stegman won the shot put event with a throw of 47'11-1/2". He also placed in the discus event, taking second with his throw of 132', and fourth in the javelin with a toss of 148'11". The 4x800

meter relay placed second with Luis Castro, Ulises Armendariz, Jacob Martin and Patrick Weaver combining for a time of 8:34.51.

Girls Results Team Place fifth 800 meter Run 6 BayLee Hoskinson 2:35.66 300 meter Hurdles 4 Nicole Kinser 49.41 4 x 100 meter Relay 4 Baylee Hoskinson, Nicole Kinser, Sofia Jimenez, Taylor Fiss 54.34 4 x 800 meter Relay 5 Taylor Fiss, Aubrey Hamlin, Ana Pena, Sofia Jimenez 11:36.95 Long Jump 4 Nicole Kinser 16’ 2” Triple Jump 1 Nicole Kinser 35’ 9” Shot Put 4 Enddy Borjorquez 32’ 8” Discus 4 Enddy Borjorquez 82’10 ½” Javelin 6 Taylor Fiss 81’ 4” Boys Results Team Place Third 800 meter Run

Tessa Rindels readies her bat to bunt for the Eagles. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

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Varsity girls’ softball team win one, lose one Varsity softball action was in full swing last week. The Hugoton High School team played Lakin at home. Game one was a 11-8 win for the Eagles, but Lakin took home game two 0-13. Cassidy Reed was the winning pitcher in game one.

"As a team we hit the ball consistently this game. Cass pitched well in this game but didn't get a lot of help in the field," said coach Lance Cornelsen.

Reed pitched the second game as well. However, the defense struggled for Hugo-

ton.

"We didn't hit the ball very good in this game. And if we did it was right at them," said Cornelsen.

Hugoton hosted Scott City Friday. Game one went to the visitors 5-7, but Hugoton turned things around for a game two win of 9-5. HHS scored four runs in the second inning of the first game.

Fantasia Easton and Chastity Parsons each put down a single, and Abbi Wheeler drove both runners in on a one-out triple. Wheeler scored on a wild pitch. Kelsi Hittle singled

to reach base and made it home on a play by Tessa Rindels. The final Eagle run came in the fourth as Taylor Haar reached base with a lead-off double, followed by a Rindels hit to bring her across home.

Nataly Martinez pitched the win in game two. The Eagles found themselves down 0-5 after three innings of play. They fought back with a nine-run unanswered rally to take the win. Three runs were scored in the fourth, two in the fifth and four more in the sixth by Hugoton.

"We played some of our best softball for three innings Friday night," said coach Cornelsen.

In the fourth inning, Rindels walked on then stole second. Reed drove her in with a single. Reed then advanced to second on a fielders choice and third on a wild pitch. Parsons drove her in on a single, then went on to score on a two-out double by Martinez.

In the fifth Sherelle Shuck had a one-out single, as did Rindels. Reed drove them both in with a single. In the sixth inning, Josie Mueller had a one-out double. Haar reached on an error that scored Mueller. Haar was driven in by Hittle. Shuck had a two-out single and Rindels reached on an error.

Both were driven in by Reed.

Cassidy Reed pitches the ball for Hugoton at last week's varsity softball games. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

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Taylor Haar keeps her eye on the ball, waiting for her moment to advance the bases for Hugoton. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

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Chloe Martin soars through the air and lands a mark in the sand pit for Hugoton's Heritage Christian School Knights. The student athletes traveled to Garden City last Friday for the annual track and field competition. Photo courtesy of Misty Martin.

Brandi Holmes jumps for a fourth place finish with a distance of 22’ 2” at the Hugoton Invitational meet. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Aysia Harper clears another hurdle in the 100 meter hurdles at the Ulysses Middle School track meet recently.

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Hugoton Middle School's track and field teams traveled to Ulysses for a competition.

Medals were awarded to athletes in the top three finishes for each event. Hugoton brought home medals in 19 catagories, and a new school record was set by Isaac Castro in the eighth grade boys 800 meter run.

Seventh Grade Girls 100 meter dash 3 Amy Scott 200 meter dash 3 Amy Scott 1600 meter run 1 Katy Heger 4x800 meter relay 1 Katy Heger, Hannah Rodriguez, Lacey Brecheisen, Brecklyn Stump Triple Jump 1 Zeida Betance 3 Brecklyn Stump Eighth Grade Girls 3200 meter run 1 Maria Martinez High Jump Tied for 1 Catie LeNeve Seventh Grade Boys 400 meter dash 3 Pedro Ordonez 4x800 meter relay

2 Pedro Ordonez, Valentino Degollado, Miguel Martinez, Daniel Bustillos Pole Vault 2 Thomas Frederick Triple Jump 3 Romano Burger Eighth Grade Boys 100 meter dash 3 Wade Heger 200 meter dash 2 Wade Heger 800 meter dash 1 - New School Record Issac Castro 3200 meter run 1 Issac Castro 4x100 meter relay 2 Wade Heger, Miguel Rubio, Manuel Mendez, Noel Camacho 4x400 meter relay 3 Miguel Rubio, Jose Salas, Wade Heder, Isaac Castro 4x800 meter relay 3 Zach Littell, Miguel Rubio, Jesús Quevedo, Parker Titus

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If you own a blow-up, self-standing or constructed pool, you must follow these basic rules: 1. The location of the family pool must be at least eight (8) feet from any side or rear property line.

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4. Most importantly, and for the protection of small children, the pool must be enclosed by a four (4) foot fence and gates.

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Carly Martin and Sarah Johnson fix their eyes on the finish line. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Zach Littell is the picture of pure concentration as he zeroes in on his goal. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Hannah Rodriquez runs the course for a first place finish with fellow 4x800 runners.

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Seventh graders set new records at GWAC meet

Jack Stalcup is the picture of pure effort as he tears through the 200 meter dash at the League meet in Holcomb last week. The seventh grade boys brought home a silver medal for Hugoton Middle School.

Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Megan Cornelsen places second due to her incredible hurdling ability in the 100 meter hurdles at the Ulysses track and field competion recently.

Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

The seventh grade boys track and field team of Hugoton Middle School are second place in the league. The teams competed this past week in the Great West Activities Conference meet in Holcomb.

The top three individuals earned medals in each event. Multiple school records were broken by Eagle runners at the meet. A new best has been set in the seventh grade boys 4 x 400 meter relay by the GWAC champions Eddie Marquez, Valentino Degollado, Oscar Rubio and Pedro Ordonez, as well as in the seventh grade boys 4 x 800 meter relay champions Moses Carillo, Daniel Bustillos, Degollado, Ordonez, and the seventh grade boys 4 x 100 meter relay champions Ordonez, Rubio, Degollado and Jack Stalcup.

The seventh grade girls 4 x

800 meter relay took second at the GWAC and set a new school record. This was accomplished by Brecklyn Stump, Hannah Rodriguez, Yaczeny Gastelum and Katy Heger.

Eddie Marquez set a new school record in the seventh grade boys mile run. He placed second at the meet.

Issac Castro was the league champ in the two-mile run and set a new school record.

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Keely Hittle leaves an orange competitor in the dust as she hurdles over obstacles in the April 26 Hugoton Middle School Invitational Meet. Keely took first in the event, with a time of 18.35 seconds. Photo courtesy of Kerry Hittle.

Seventh graders Eddie Marquez, Valentino Degollado, Oscar Rubio and Pedro Ordonez grin tiredly after they broke the Great Western Athletic Conference League record at the Holcomb meet last week. The boys’ 4x400 meter team shattered the former record with a time of 4.777 seconds. Team members Valentino and Pedro also broke three other school records with other relay teams and Oscar broke a school record in another event. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Degollado.

1 Issac Castro-New School Record Seventh Girls 4x800-New School Record 2 Brecklyn Stump, Hannah Rodriguez, Yaczeny Gastelum, Katy Heger Seventh Boys 4x800-New School Record 1 Moses Carillo, Daniel Bustillos, Valentino Degollado, Pedro Ordonez Eighth Girls 100 Hurdles 3 Keely Hittle Seventh Girls 100 1 Amy Scott Seventh Boys 100 3 Jack Stalcup Eighth Boys 100 2 Wade Heger Seventh Girls Mile 1 Katy Heger Eighth Girls Mile 2 Maria Martinez Seventh Boys Mile 2 Eddie Marquez-New School Record 3 Miguel Martinez Seventh Girls 4x100 2 Melissa Fabela, Wendy Vela, Ismeri Guzman, Amy Scott Seventh Boys 4x100

1 New School Record Pedro Ordonez, Oscar Rubio, Valentino Degollado, Jack Stalcup Eighth Boys 4x100 2 Wade Heder, Miguel Rubio, Manuel Mendez, Noel Camacho Seventh Boys 400 2 Pedro Ordonez Seventh Girls 4x200 3 Jackie Armendáriz, Zeida Betance, Wendy Vela, Ismeri Guzman Seventh Boys 800 2 Eddie Marquez Eighth Boys 800 1 Issac Castro Sevnth Boys 200 3 Jack Stalcup Eighth boys 200 2 Wade Heger 3 Noel Camacho Seventh Boys 4x400-New School Record 1 Eddie Marquez, Valentino Degollado, Oscar Rubio, Pedro Ordonez Eighth boys 4x400 3 Miguel Rubio, Miguel Macies, Wade Heder, Isaac Castro

Hugoton Middle School hosts Invitational The Hugoton Middle School track and field team hosted the annual Hugoton Invitational meet April 26. Hugoton sported 41 first place finishes throughout the meet.

"All year we have been mixing around who we are putting in relays, so we can be ready for our league meet with our best kids in their best events.

I felt that each of our relays are coming together with the right kids in them and the kids are working really hard," said coach Jill Nech. "Each group has a goal they want to accomplish and they are working very hard to complete those goals!"

Girls Eighth Grade 3200 Meter Run 1 Martinez, Maria 14:38.56 100 Meter Hurdles 1 Hittle, Keely 18.35 2 Cornelsen, Megan 19.45 4 Harper, Aysia 19.83 100 Meter Dash 1 Hittle, Keely 14.20 2 Shuck, Marissa 14.46 8 Salinas, Cecy 15.84 9 Rawlins, Gabrielle 16.77 13 Harper, Jessica 18.76 1600 Meter Run 2 Johnson, Sarah 7:01.50 3 Martin, Carly 7:01.79 6 Perry, Erin 7:35.19 4x100 Meter Relay 1 Girls 'A' 1:00.93 400 Meter Dash 6 Salinas, Cecy 1:24.37 4x200 Meter Relay 1 Girls 'A' 2:11.17 Triple Jump 2 Cornelsen, Megan 26-02.75 4 Holmes, Brandi 22-02.00 8 Harper, Jessica 18-02.25 800 Meter Run 1 Martinez, Maria 2:56.78 2 Reyonlds, Mariah 3:10.45 Discus Throw 1 Hittle, Carly 66-06.50 2 Rawlins, Gabrielle 54-09.50 3 Romo, Julia 53-01 10 Crawford, Abby 40-01 14 Montoya, Lupe 32-03 15 Tinoco, Natalie 31-05.50 Long Jump 4 Reynolds, Mariah11-07.50 5 Romo, Julia 11-01.50 7 LeNeve, Catie 10-07.75 8 Harper, Aysia 10-06.00

12 Harper, Jessica 8-03.50 High Jump 1 LeNeve, Catie 4-06.00 2 Crawford, Kristan 4-00.00 Shot Put 1 LeNeve, Catie 28-00.50 4 Hittle, Carly 24-01.00 6 Montoya, Lupe 23-08.00 10 Rawlins, Gabrielle21-10.00 12 Crawford, Abby 19-08.00 15 Tinoco, Natalie 19-01.50 4x800 Meter Relay 12:53.42 1 Girls 'A' Boys Eighth Grade 3200 Meter Run 1 Castro, Isaac 11:22.83 100 Meter Hurdles 1 Rodriguez, Ulises 18.52 3 Crawford, Jackson 19.90 100 Meter Dash 1 Heger, Wade 11.89 2 Camacho, Noel 11.93 6 Mendez, Manuel 12.94 12 Chavez, Carlos 15.70 13 Rosas, Alex 15.71 1600 Meter Run 1 Littell, Zach 5:58.48 2 Quevedo, Jesus 6:03.35 4 Rome, Reed 6:10.26 7 Wiebe, David 6:46.57 4x100 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 50.13 400 Meter Dash 1 Castro, Isaac 1:00.83 2 Rubio, Miguel 1:02.54 3 Macias, Miguel 1:02.82 5 Goode, Tyler 1:04.37 7 Montoya, Israel 1:08.30 12 Persinger, Mark 1:12.32 4x200 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 1:53.78 Triple Jump 2 Salas, Jose 34-00.00 5 Montoya, Israel 30-00.00 8 Chavez, Carlos 22-06.50 Long Jump 2 Salas, Jose 14-02.00 3 Montoya, Israel 14-00.00 4 Titus, Parker 13-09.00 7 Quevedo, Jesus 11-03.00 11 Chavez, Carlos 10-00.00 800 Meter Run 1 Castro, Isaac 2:28.84 2 Quevedo, Jesus 2:40.09 3 Gonzales, Alex 2:43.73 4 Rome, Reed 2:51.73 7 Wiebe, David 3:07.95 High Jump 2 Persinger, Mark 4-10.00 4 Gonzales, Alex 4-06.00 Discus Throw 2 Rodriguez, Ulises 97-08.50

3 Nordyke, Austin 88-04 6 Rosas, Alex 78-11.50 7 Gonzalez, Josue 74-11.50 Shot Put 1 Evans, Nick 39-01.00 5 Nelsen, Maverick 32-00.00 7 Nordyke, Austin 30-10.00 8 Gonzalez, Josue 30-09.00 26-03.00 11 Rosas, Alex 4x800 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 10:31.75 Boys Seventh Grade 100 Meter Hurdles 1 Lindstrom, Roman 22.41 100 Meter Dash 1 Stalcup, Jack 12.15 2 Newlon, Austin 13.00 3 Burger, Romano 13.36 6 Garcia, Carlos 13.77 11 Wells, Zach 15.59 16 MacIntre, Marshal 16.06 1600 Meter Run 1 Marquez, Eddie 5:31.61 2 Martinez, Miguel 5:47.37 4x100 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 51.70 400 Meter Dash 1 Ordonez, Pedro 1:00.83 2 Degollado, Valentino1:03.91 3 Rubio, Oscar 1:05.01 7 Peterson, Trace 1:14.18 12 MacIntre, Marshal 1:24.54 4x200 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 1:57.77 Long Jump 1 Stalcup, Jack 15-05.00 3 Burger, Romano 14-08.00 4 Caberea, Ben 14-04.00 7 Ruiz, Asaf 12-10.00 8 Frederick, Thomas12-07.00 800 Meter Run 1 Marquez, Eddie 2:29.54 2 Carrillo, Moses 2:50.35 3 Peterson, Trace 2:59.58 Triple Jump 2 Burger, Romano 29-11.00 5 Ruiz, Asaf 25-05.50 Discus Throw 1 Stegman, Dalton 92-04.50 4 Hickey, Landon 77-01.50 5 Leininger, Zach 77-00 10 Silva, Braden 62-03.50 12 Cruz, Aaron 61-01.50 14 Flores, Luis 45-07 High Jump 1 Marquez, Eddie 5-00.00 4x800 Meter Relay 1 Boys 'A' 10:32.25 Pole Vault 1 Frederick, Thomas 7-00.00 Shot Put 1 Leininger, Zach 33-11.00

3 Stegman, Dalton 31-07.00 4 Talbert, Tanner 30-01.00 5 Mangels, Logan 28-07.00 8 Cruz, Aaron 26-09.50 17 Padilla, David 18-03.50 18 Flores, Luis 16-03.00 Girls Seventh Grade 100 Meter Dash 1 Scott, Amy 13.64 3 Vela, Wendy 14.58 4 Guzman, Ismerai 14.64 7 Gastelum, Yacyeny 15.80 16.58 10 Rubio, Diana 12 Augustine, Emily 16.65 1600 Meter Run 1 Heger, Katy 6:29.19 4 French, Emma 7:39.10 4x100 Meter Relay 1 Girls 'A' 59.08 400 Meter Dash 3 Scott, Amy 1:17.94 4 Rodriguez, Hannah1:18.99 6 Vela, Wendy 1:19.86 4x200 Meter Relay 2 Girls 'A' 2:14.94 800 Meter Run 2 Rodriguez, Hannah 3:10.85 3 Brecheisien, Lacey 3:12.68 6 Crocker, Brittany 3:20.50 8 Sauzameda, Isabel 3:25.59 Triple Jump 1 Betance, Zeida 27-04.25 2 Stump, Brecklyn 26-11.25 3 Fabela, Melissa 24-10.50 5 French, Emma 21-10.50 8 Armendariz, Jackie20-09.00 Long Jump 1 Betance, Zeida 13-01.25 2 Fabela, Melissa 12-03.00 7 Gastelum, Yacyeny10-11.25 10 Crocker, Brittany 10-02.50 11 French, Emma 9-05.75 High Jump 1 Stump, Brecklyn 4-02.00 Discus Throw 1 Kalania, Kyra 59-03 4 Rubio, Martha 53-00 6 Maciel, Jessica 46-09 9 Tinoco, Abdi 43-03 14 Chavez, Sarai 36-03 15 Aguilera, Bridget 33-04.50 18 Augustine, Emily 27-07 Shot Put 2 Kalania, Kyra 25-00.50 3 Rubio, Martha 24-01.00 5 Figueroa, Athziri 21-01.50 6 Beesly, Montana 20-04.50 10 Augustine, Emily17-08.50 14 Aguilera, Bridget 14-10.00 4x800 Meter Relay 1 Girls 'A' 12:16.22

MHS presents valedictorian and salutatorian Valedictorian Emily (Emmy) Diane Hittle has been named valedictorian of Moscow High School Class of 2012. While at MHS Emmy accumulated many awards including National Honor Society, Superintendent's Honor Roll-four years, State Track Qualifier-Javelinone year, Regional Runner Up Track-Javelin-one year, All League Volleyball-four years, All League Basketballfour years, All League Tracktwo years, KU Honor Program, MVP-Rolla BB Tournament, All-Tournament Team Rolla BB Tournament, Moscow Volleyball Tournament Champions-one year, Football Homecoming Queen, Rolla BB Tournament Champions-one year, and Best Actress-All School Play-one year.

Emmy participated in many activities during her High School career including volleyball, basketball, and class treasurer for four years.

She did track, class leadership, and student council for three years. She participated in KAYS and yearbook for two years and band and StuCo president for one year. She was named volleyball captain and basketball captain one and two years respectively.

She also traveled to Rotenburg, Germany.

When asked about her fondest memories of MHS, Emmy replied, “Competing in State track my sophomore year. Watching State baseball, and winning the Moscow volleyball tourney my senior year. Also winning the Rolla basketball tourney my senior year.’

When questioned about what she has liked best about attending Moscow Schools she said, “I like the small

school atmosphere.

The teachers have also been a great help in getting me ready for college.”

Emmy’s favorite teachers were Mr. Holt and Mr. Mitchell. Emmy stated, “I love Mr. Mitchell's classes because he had a dry sense of humor. Mr. Holt because he taught me so many new things about computers and he is just a cool guy to talk to!” Her favorite class was College Anatomy class with Mr. Bixler because he was so laid back and easy to talk to, but “yet he wouldn't cut you any slack for your tests”.

Emmy’s future plans include attending SCCC in the fall to study Nursing. Then she will transfer to a four-year college to get a Bachelors in Nursing.

Congratulations to Emmy!

honors program, All-School play honorable mention best actress, four-year letterman in volleyball, and volleyball SFTL All League first team.

Her leadership activities included KAYS youth nations director, StuCo class representative, secretary, and vicepresident. CLASS leadership, 4-H Club, Council and Junior leadership officer.

Alexandra’s fondest memories of high school are the 2012 volleyball and basketball seasons. Her all time favorite teacher is Mrs. Shirley May. She has enjoyed science classes and biology the most because they are interesting.

The chance to be involved in everything is what Alexandra has liked best about attending Moscow High School.

She would like to thank her parents, grandparents and family for always being there for her. Alexandra’s parents are Harley and Amy Davidson.

Alexandra’s future plans include attending Dodge City Community College and then Kansas University majoring in Pre-med. Congratulations, Alexandra!

Emmy Hittle

Salutatorian Moscow High School presents Alexandra Davidson as the Class of 2012’s salutatorian. Alexandra has earned the following awards during her time at MHS: Principal’s Honor roll, Superintendent’s honor roll, volleyball and basketball SFTL Honorable mention all league, four-year letterman in basketball, KU

Alexandra Davidson

Aglow will meet Thursday Hugoton Aglow will meet Thursday, May 11 at 7:00 p.m. for fellowship and coffee,

with a meeting following at 7:30 p.m. Kathy Hamlin and Ruth Farmer will speak about

Treva Renfro and Donna Little dance to some rock-n-roll music at the birthday party for Walter Young.

Walter Young celebrates his eighty-ninth birthday May 2.

Weather Watch Tuesday, May 1

Saturday, May 5

Low - 58˚ High - 93˚ Wind speed - 21 Wind gust - 33

Low - 53˚ High - 99˚ Wind speed - 20 Wind gust - 25

Wednesday, May 2

Sunday, May 6

Low - 53˚ High - 94˚ Wind speed - 17 Wind gust - 26

Low - 56˚ High - 66˚ Wind speed - 33 Wind gust - 45

Thursday, May 3

Monday, May 7

Low - 53˚ High - 87˚ Wind speed - 18 Wind gust - 23

Low - 53˚ High - 67˚ Wind speed - 28 Wind gust - 35

Friday, May 4 Low - 53˚ High - 94˚ Wind speed - 14 Wind gust - 18

Wind speed is shown in MPH. Weather data is taken from the Aviation Weather System at the Hugoton Municipal Airport.

their experiences at the recent Aglow conference in Oklahoma City, Ok. Looking over the weather offerings for the United States each day, too often one sees 90s popping up. Almost everyone rejoices when there is the possibility of scattered showers and they materialize in Hugoton. Driving across the state, it is encouraging to see a lot of rich green wheat fields. Satisfying!

Over the recent weekend, April 27-29, several Aglow members attended a training conference in Oklahoma City.

Kathy and Ruth will be sharing some highlights from the conference. Aglow chapters from western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle met.

Each time Aglow chapters meet with this enlarged conference group, it is a pleasure to see new friends and a special joy comes as one gets to know more and more of the spiritual family. The hope is that more Hugoton people can attend this conference next year. There are several other meetings coming up in the next few months - more opportunity for you to attend!

Mary Ann will share some information about dates and locations.

As the fields turn gold and harvest in nature one is reminded there is another harvest. Scripture encourages one to pray for the laborers who are to reap those spiritual fields that are ripe and bountiful. You are the laborer!

Hugoton Aglow looks forward to seeing you and sharing a time of fellowship, praise and worship. Refreshments available. Invite someone to come along!

This article was contributed by Ruth Farmer.

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Dr. Howard joins ranks of SWMC Southwest Medical Center is proud to announce the arrival of general surgeon, Dr. Rory Howard to the local medical community.

Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Dr. Howard is excited to be a part of a rural community.

“I don’t like the rush of the big city - I prefer the small town feel here,” he said, adding that the people and Southwest Medical Center were a big draw for this area.

“The people here are nice and the facility upgrades are very impressive at the hospital.”

Howard has been around medicine most of his life - his mother is a nurse. He knew when he went into high school that being a physician was the direction he wanted to take with his life.

“The most rewarding part of being a physician is that I can help people,” he said.

“Most patients go away with a cure - and that’s what it’s all about.”

Patients can expect Howard to be “straight forward” with them about their care.

Prior to coming to Liberal, Howard served as the Chief of General Surgery at Bassett Army Community Hospital in Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, a position he had held since December of 2006. He entered the United States Army in August of 1978.

Howard completed medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City in December of 1997 and his undergraduate education at the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. He completed his surgical residency at Upstate Medical University State University of New York in Syracuse, N.Y. He and his wife Rhonda have two children: Deanna,

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In his spare time, Howard enjoys hunting, fishing and reading. An active community member while in Alaska, Howard plans to continue that practice as a new resident of the Liberal community.

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Moscow’s Hillbilly Praise Band perches atop their float at Guymon’s Pioneer Days celebration this past weekend. They personify the pa-

rade’s theme, “Music in No Man’s Land.” Also present but not pictured were Sally Adee and Dan Hamilton.

Hillbillies ride in Pioneer Days parade The Moscow Hillbilly Band traveled to Guymon, Ok. for the Pioneer Days celebration Saturday, May 5. The theme for the festival’s parade was “Music in No Man’s Land.”

The group had a great time seeing all the children and the grown up “kids” viewing the parade along the way.

The parade route went from the North Mall out by Walmart to the fairgrounds.

Spectators lined the street the whole way. Mike and Nancy Owens rode their horses in the parade. Those present were Dan Hamilton, Duane and Barb Williams, Sally Adee, Roy and Debbie Stoddard and Terry Miller.

Omar and Betty Norton drove the pickup and trailer for the band and also threw candy.

Everyone was impressed by the herd of longhorn cattle

leading the parade, herded by cowboys.

The Hillbillies agreed this was the biggest parade they’d participated in.

The Hillbillies were also presented a certificate and pins from Legacy and Parkview of Ulysses last Sunday for being volunteers and being faithful to entertain the homes’ residents on a regular basis.

The Hillbillies will be at Legacy in Ulysses for Mother’s Day, May 13. They will also be at Good Samaritans in Liberal for Father’s Day, June 17. Come join all your senior relatives and their families while everyone sings along. You’ll have a great time!

This was contributed by Moscow Baptist Hillbilly Praise Band.

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The three “little” Hillbillies have gone to school together and sung and played music together most of their lives.

Debbie Stoddard, Barb Williams and Terry Miller are all 60 years old now and are singing strong for the Lord.

Their greatest ministries are in the area nursing homes. The Hillbillies have so many friends there because they sing music that touches hearts. Most of them don’t don’t talk a lot anymore, but they sing along when the Hillbillies come to visit! The Hillbilly Praise Band performs at

Pioneer Manor in Hugoton, Legacy and Parkview in Ulysses, Good Samaritan and Wheatridge in Liberal, Elkhart Nursing Home, Satanta Nursing Home and lots of area churches as well. God has blessed the group so much by the encouragement from these older folks. They generally have one hour of music and one hour of oneon-one visiting. Many residents don’t talk much anymore, but the smiles are worth much more than words.

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Debbie Stoddard, Barb Williams and Terry Miller have been playing music and praising the Lord together for many years.

have powerful testimonies for the Lord. They have all traveled different roads, but are on the same one now and have a lot of support from families and friends.

Terry and Debbie played trumpets and Barb played snare drum in school, starting in fifth grade. All of them learned guitar in high school, but the music they played was considered “noise” to their parents and others. Now they make a joyful “noise” unto the Lord, but they think He likes it. All three are strong on vocals and add a lot to the band. All the band members have the same commitment to the Lord.

The Hillbilly Praise Band has practiced every Friday night for the past seven years. The Band is a blessing to all involved. The love and dedication it takes to be a Christian Hillbilly is pretty amazing, but God’s love is pretty amazing too.

Come join the Moscow Baptist Hillbilly Praise Band when they go to nursing homes in your area. You will have a great time and so will they!

History From The Hermes Compiled by Ruthie Winget Thursday, May 17, 2007 The Hugoton Hermes newspaper has been sold May 16, 2007, to Faith Publishing LLC. Faith Publishing LLC is owned by RoGlenda Coulter, Kay McDaniels and Ruthie Winget. The newspaper has been in business continuously since 1887.

Thursday, May 16, 2002 Jill Jordan won a spectacular trip to Nashville, Tn. to receive a special award from gospel music star Michael W. Smith.

Jill’s name was drawn out of the KJIL radio station pot.

The 2002 Super Mom winner is Sherri Martin, wife of Larry Martin. Sherri and Larry are the proud parents of four children and one grandchild.

Thursday, May 14, 1992 Judy Lynch has received

Help your loved ones celebrate Older Americans Month May is Older Americans Month and communities across the country are gearing up to show appreciation for seniors.

The theme this year is “Never Too Old To Play!”

Older Americans are staying active and involved - here are some ways you can join the celebration: Fun with fitness: Take lessons in tai chi, water aerobics, yoga, or even dancing to get the blood flowing.

Trivia: Do you know the capital of Djibouti? Exercise your mind and show off some brainpower with a friendly trivia competition.

Group outing: Bridge the generation gap by joining community members at a baseball game, barbecue or other fun activity.

her Bachelor of Science degree in Radiologic Science.

Judy has been employed at Stevens County Hospital since 1976. She is the wife of Roger Lynch and mother of two daughters, JoHanna and Sheena.

Thursday, May 13, 1982 Scout Troop 188 begins the process of transferring into Troop 189. Difficulty in securing adult leadership has forced the merger. Troop 188 had been sponsored by the Hugoton Rotary for the past fifty years.

Thursday, May 18, 1972 Thirteen year old Gena Willioughby has won ten ribbons and three first place trophies in riding competition during the past seventeen days. Gena, atop her seven year old mare, Tom’s Loveland, has competed in five major shows in the TexasOklahoma area since the last of April.

Thursday, May 17, 1962 Hugoton High School athletes were given citations as outstanding and valuable players in their fields of sports at the Quarterback Club spring banquet. Those cited were Bill Hittle in football and basketball, Eddy Johnson in track and Doug Titus in wrestling.

Thursday, May 15, 1952 Lillie Ricord, Stevens County Register of Deeds filed for re-election to the office. She is seeking a fifth term in the office which she has held since January 1945.

Before becoming Register of Deeds, she taught school for fourteen years in Stevens County rural schools throughout most of the county.

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

Big hair, fancy dresses and spiffy suits have always been part of Prom, including this group from 1948. In the front row are: Janell Mills, Dorothy McCoy, Sheila Simmons and EldaLou Phillips. In the back row: Kenneth Burditt, Bruce Richardson, Val Barnes and Marvin Bradfield. Names were taken from the back of the picture. Photo courtesy of Joan Popejoy.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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Ag Wise Drought Declaration updated by Brownback Joshua Morris Stevens County Extension Agent A.N.R. jcmorris@ksu.edu office: 620-544-4359

Miller Moths Since we have seen a lot of these around lately I thought you might like to have a little information about them.

Miller Moths are of several species but the ones we are seeing now are army cutworm moths. To make things even more confusing, five morphological forms exist (see picture below).

This is a migratory moth which will soon leave as they travel to Colorado. Anyway, control is virtually impossible as those killed will be replaced by others migrating in.

The winter conditions and spring climate for Kansas led Governor Sam Brownback to update the Drought Declaration for Kansas counties with an Executive Order 12-07 Friday.

The update involves 91 counties either in a warning or watch status.

“Despite recent rains, the overall dry conditions that have persisted for more than a year now require us to continue to monitor the situation,” Governor Brownback said. “Meeting the needs of crops is a concern as moisture demands increase with the growing season.”

The updated drought declaration has 16 counties in a warning status and 75 in watch status. This action was recommended by Tracy Streeter, Director of the Kansas Water Office and Chair of the Governor’s Drought Response Team.

“While 14 counties have been removed from the monitor, the overall total moisture for the past year is below normal and temperatures are projected to be above normal this year again,” said Tracy Streeter. “It is

important we monitor conditions for the state as they could deteriorate quickly with no reserves.”

This Executive Order shall remain in effect for those counties so identified until rescinded

by Executive Order or superseded by a subsequent Executive Order revising the drought stage status of the affected counties. Effective immediately: • Declare a Drought Emergency, Warning or Drought Watch for the counties identified below; • Authorize and direct all agencies under the jurisdiction of the Governor to implement the appropriate watch or warning level-drought response actions a ssigned in the Operations Plan of the Governor’s Drought Response Team.

The Governor’s Drought Response Team will continue to watch the situation closely and work to minimize the effects the drought has on Kansans.

For more detailed information about current conditions, see the Kansas Climate Summary and Drought Report on the Kansas Water Office website

at: www.kwo.org County Drought Stage Declarations: Drought Warning: Barber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny, Kiowa, Meade, Morton, Pratt, Seward, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens Drought Watch: Allen, Anderson, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Hodgeman, Jewel, Kingman, Labette, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, Lyon, Marion, McPherson, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson

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Moscow Elementary School students learn about the importance of agriculture during Agriculture in the Classroom conducted by Stevens County Farm Bureau and the Stevens County Conservation District.

Assembly at grade school provides ag education Kansas Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (KFAC), in conjunction with Stevens County Farm Bureau Association and Stevens County Conservation District, presented an assembly for 84 grade school students at Moscow Elementary in Moscow April 12, 2012.

The assembly presented students with an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in three areas of agriculture and natural resources. Cathy Musick, KFAC executive director, gave presentations on farm animals, grains and oil seeds and natural resources.

“The assembly at Moscow Elementary was a great success,” said Musick. “The students were interactive and positive to the learning opportunity. Teaching youth about the importance of agriculture is one step to providing agricultural leaders for the future.”

During the farm animal as-

semblies, kindergarten, first and second grade students learn about the different food sources in Kansas, including beef, dairy, pork and poultry. The grains and oils presentation gives third and fourth grade students the opportunity to learn about corn, wheat, sunflowers, soybeans, cotton and grain sorghum in Kansas. Fifth and sixth grade students learn about Kansas' soils, conservation of natural resources and fuels and other products made from renewable resources.

The assemblies also serve as a model for teachers for how to incorporate information about agriculture into existing classroom curriculum.

“We provide additional tools, such as lesson plans, that teachers can use to connect their students to the sources of food, fiber, food and other items they use daily,” Musick said.

Make a commitment to get healthy The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported what everyone knows from personal experience: Americans are gaining weight and reducing their physical activity at an alarming rate.

Although blessed with amazing technology that increases efficiency, Americans are often too busy to eat right and regularly exercise. Spring is the perfect time to look at your habits and commit to just two things - eating better and exercising on a regular basis.

Think of the number five. Eat at least five fruits and vegetables

every day. Do this every day regardless of what else you eat.

Also, exercise at least five days a week. Maybe you begin by simply walking in place during the commercials of your favorite television shows. But do it at least five days every week and work up to a minimum of 30 minutes to reap the benefits of exercise.

Do it for yourself. Be an example for your spouse and children. Start with you and start today.

This article was submitted by Mike Atwood, M.D. Chief Medical Officer.

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In the Matter of the Estate of MARYRUTH GREENWOOD, Deceased Case No. 2011-PR-33 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Wade D. Greenwood, duly appointed, qualified and acting Administrator of the Estate of Maryruth Greenwood, deceased, praying Petitioner's acts be approved; the account be settled and allowed; the heirs be determined; the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto pursuant to the laws of intestate succession; fees and ex-

penses be allowed; costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; the Administrator be discharged and Petitioner be released from further liability.

You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before May 21, 2012, at 1:30 o'clock P.M. in the District Court, 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.

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Nuts!

Crack one open and discover a powerhouse of nutrition at your fingertips. Over the past 20 years researchers have begun to focus on the health benefits of tree nuts.

They are an excellent source of vitamin E and magnesium. People who consume them also have higher intakes of folate, betacarotene, vitamin K, phosphorus, copper, selenium, potassium and zinc. The list goes on, but it is safe to say this nutrient-dense food has many great things going for it.

The greatest benefit from eating nuts is a reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, primarily by lowering unhealthy cholesterol levels. Nuts are part of the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) eating plan, which recommends eating four to five weekly servings of nuts, seeds and beans to combat high blood pressure. Besides having a healthy fat ratio, nuts are a lowglycemic-index food, which is good news for diabetics.

Most nuts are sold both shelled and unshelled and come in many different styles. When buying nuts in the shell, look for ones that are heavy for their size, with shells that have no cracks or holes. The nut’s kernel should not be loose enough to rattle when shaken. Shelled nuts should be plump, crisp and uniform in size.

It is best to purchase nuts as fresh as possible, as they can become rancid due to their high fat content.

Nuts are one of the oldest recorded foods in history and have been found throughout the world.

Though we lump them all in one group, one of the most popular “nuts” we think about is actually from a different botanical family.

The peanut is actually a legume that grows in the ground rather than on a tree. Let’s take a look at some of the more popular tree nuts.

Almonds. They are thought to have originated in China or Central Asia, but currently about 80% of the world’s almonds come from California. They are one of the most popular tree nuts and are among the highest per ounce in protein, fiber, calcium, vitamin E, riboflavin and niacin. Almond extract doesn’t come from the sweet almond we eat, but rather from a bitter almond variety that when raw, contains a lethal acid. The acid’s toxicity is destroyed by heat, and the oil is extracted and added to ethyl alcohol to make almond extract.

Brazil Nuts. They are found in the Amazon rain forests of Brazil and are highest among all nuts in saturated fat, but they are an excellent source of magnesium and among the richest dietary sources of selenium.

Cashews. This tree produces fruit with two distinct parts: a fleshy, rounded stalk called a cashew “pear” or “apple”, and a kidney shaped nut that hangs

from its lower end. Among tree nuts it is highest in zinc, copper and iron.

Macadamias. The tree was originally grown as an ornamental. Because of its hard shell macadamia nuts are almost always sold shelled. It is highest in calories and total fat, most of which is mono-unsaturated fat.

Because of its high fat content they are best stored in the refrigerator to prevent rancidity.

Pecans. Developed in the Americas, the pecan is calculated to be the highest in total antioxidants. It has a fat content of over 70%, and is popular for eating out of hand, as well as in a number of sweet and savory dishes.

Peanuts. Though a legume they are nutritionally similar to tree nuts. Peanuts are a good source of vitamin E, fiber, magnesium and folate, and an excellent source of niacin.

Pistachios. This is the only nut whose shell partially opens, making it the sole tree nut that can be roasted in its shell. They are high in potassium and vitamin B6.

Walnuts. The two most popular varieties are English and Black Walnuts. A close relative is the Butternut, also called the white walnut. They are highest in polyunsaturated fat, and make a fragrant and flavorful oil.

Though each nut variety boasts its own specific benefits, choose the one you like best to enjoy. They all have needed nutrients, just remember they are calorie-dense, so a little goes a long way.

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If you cannot utilize the alley, call the city office. Trucks will pick up your items in front of your house next to the street.

Place all tree limbs in a separate pile for disposal. Separate large metal items such as washers and dryers from trash or tree limbs.

Please contact the City Utilities Supervisor at 544-8531 for large items or special pick-up problems.

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MOSCOW NEWS

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Wednesday, May 9 High School Awards Banquet; 6:30 p.m.

Grades 3-5 State Assessment Reward-Field Trip to the Movies!

Thursday, May 10 Last Day of School - Dismiss at 11:30 a.m.

High School Track meet at home; 1:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 13 Retirement Reception at the High School concessions area, come and go 3:00-5:00 p.m.

Happy Mother’s Day! Monday, May 14 Summer School begins only for invited students.

Free School Breakfast and Lunch program for ages 1-18, others may eat for a small charge. Breakfast is served from 8:00 to 8:30 a.m., Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Tuesday, May 15 Regional baseball at Elkhart, TBA

Moscow eighth graders wait for the word to be given to cross the stage to receive their certificates of completion. Eighth grade graduates are Briannah Davidson, Madilyn Fleming, Amir Granillo-Viurquiz, Yaritza Maldonado, Sammir Martinez, David Miramontes, Kelsi Mueller, Madison Owens, Alexander Pierson, Sara Pinkham, Vance Thompson, Justin Torres and Tate Williams.

The Kindergarten Class of 2012 graduated Thursday evening.

The students performed “Let’s Go On A Safari” under the direction of Gale Dale and Melissa Moore. After the performance, certificates of completion were presented by Aaron Roop, grade school principal, to the following students, from left to right, Aidan Cullison, Anay Rodriguez, Angel Flores, Megan Whetstone, Kate Gonzalez, David Lahey, Conder DeVaughan, Jacie James, Aiden Miramontes and Jose Moran.

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If you’re shopping for a new home or car, keep looking in the Classifieds.

Every week, you’ll find a great selection of listings for real estate and automobiles at prices you won’t find from a broker or dealer.

The Moscow High School Class of 2012 awaits their diplomas onstage during MHS graduation May 6. The former seniors will soon begin

the rest of their lives. Each student has thought carefully of their plans for the future.

Wildcats finish third at Bucklin Behind a strong showing from Osvaldo Granillo and Breck Roop, the Moscow Wildcats finished third in the Bucklin track meet May 4, 2012.

Osvaldo Granillo won four gold medals in the 100 meter, 200 meter, 400 meter and anchor leg on the 4x400 meter relay. In the 400 meter he broke his own school record in a time of 49.46 seconds. Breck Roop placed first in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:02.51 and ran second on the 4x400 meter relay. Jonatan Manriquez and Brice Valdez were the other two

Tad Stuckey gets ready for the ball in center field.

runners on the 4x400 meter relay, which ran its fastest time of the season at 3:28.68. Rigo Bustillos placed fifth in both the shot put and discus.

On the girls’ side, Courtney Clark threw her best throw of the year in the shot put and 36’3”, placing her second. Kaitlyn Dobie placed fourth in the 300 intermediate hurdles and sixth in the 100 meter high hurdles.

The next Moscow high school track meet will be May 10 at Moscow starting at 1:00 p.m.

The 4x400 meter relay team does their pre-race ritual.

Track team travels to Jetmore The Moscow High School track team traveled to Jetmore May 1, 2012 for a tough meet.

This was the most competitive track meet the Wildcats have been to by far. The Moscow boys ended up third overall with 61 points, trailing Lacrosse and Macksville.

Osvaldo Granillo broke his own school record in the 400 meter dash with a time of 49.96 seconds. He was first in the 400 meter dash, while placing second in both the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash. Rigo Bustillos placed second in the discus with a throw of 131 feet, his personal best for the year. He also placed third in the shot put.

Breck Roop placed second in the 800 meter run with a time of

2:04.46. Jonatan Manriquez placed fifth in the 400 meter dash with a time of 52.56 seconds. The 4x400 meter relay team consisting of Jonatan Manriquez, Breck Roop, Brice Valdez and Osvaldo Granillo placed first with a time of 3:37.23. The 4x800 meter relay team consisting of Jonatan Manriquez, Brice Valdez, Jonatan Manriquez and Breck Roop placed sixth with a time of 9:00.12.

On the girls’ side of the meet, Courtney Clark and Kaitlyn Dobie were the only two medalists. Courtney placed first in the shot put with a distance of 35’1”.

Kaitlyn placed fifth in the 300 intermediate hurdles with a time of 50.91 seconds.

The Class of 2012 of Moscow High School graduated Sunday, May 6. Graduation began with the processional played by Zo Roland. Alexandra Davidson gave the salutatorian address, followed by Emmy Hittle’s valedictorian speech. Jaron Thompson sang a vocal solo.

This year’s commencement speaker was Isaac Pena, distinguished Moscow Alumni. The audience displayed a moment of appreciation for retiring Superintendent of Schools Larry Philippi.

Mr. Aaron Roop awarded scholarships to the Seniors. A slide show and parent appreciation followed. Brian White, Vice President of the School Board, presented the Diplomas. Mr. Stu Moore was the emcee of the ceremony.

Future plans for the Class of 2012 are as follows: Alexandra Davidson will attend DCCC, majoring in premed. Yajaira Garcia will attend SCCC majoring in Nursing.

Kiara Granados is undecided about her future plans. Osvaldo Granillo will attend the University of Central Missouri and major in computer information systems. Trevor Haines will attend SCCC, majoring in diesel technology. Ty Herman will attend SCCC and major in corrosion technology. Emmy Hittle will attend SCCC, majoring in nursing. Brock Lahey will attend Full Sail University in Florida.

Jonaton Manriquez will attend DCCC. He is undecided about his major at this time. Leslie Marquez will attend SCCC and major in nursing. Breck Roop will attend GCCC and major in communications. Kylie Sheets will attend OPSU and major in Elementary Education. Jace Thompson will attend Full Circle, Masters Commission. He plans to pursue youth ministry.

Tessa Whitham will attend FHSU, she is undecided about her major.

Congratulations to the Class of 2012!

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Larry Phillippi Lisa Whitham and Lori Nicodemus enjoy the cake and show of friendship at their retirement reception.

Three longtime employees retire from Moscow School Moscow Schools are losing three beloved long-time employees who are retiring and setting off for their next adventures, Lisa Whitham, Lori Nicodemus and Larry Philippi.

Starting in 1996 the three and four year olds coming to school have been greeted by Lisa Whitham. Mrs. Whitham has taught in Moscow for 16 years as the Migrant Family Literacy Director, with 14 at the Preschool and two years as the ESL director. The last four years she has also been the Daycare Director.

Lisa also taught in Liberal for one year after graduating from Panhandle State University. She has announced her retirement from Moscow Schools.

Mrs. Whitham is most proud of working with Mr. Philippi and the school board to build the new Early Childhood building and providing quality childcare for students, teachers and the community. She is also pleased with helping families through the Migrant Family Literacy Program.

Two major changes Mrs. Whitham has seen in her Early Childhood tenure are the Kansas State Board of Education’s involvement in Early Childhood Education and technology in the classroom.

Lisa plans to spend more

time with family and friends as she retires. She will be visiting the daycare on occasion because she will miss all of “her kids” as well as the great group of ladies she has had the pleasure of working with.

The community of Moscow appreciates Mrs. Whitham’s efforts and wishes her well in her retirement.

After nine years of working in Moscow’s Daycare, Lori Nicodemus announces her retirement.

Mrs. Nicodemus plans to help others in the community with their homes and illnesses in her retirement, as well as spend time with her 13 grandchildren.

Mrs. Nicodemus has been blessed by working in the daycare. She realizes you don’t just watch kids, rather you do learning activities with them. She has gained an appreciation for the teaching profession through working in the daycare. When asked what she liked best she said she enjoyed the relationships she developed with the families, both parents and children.

Lori is hoping to be invited back now and then. The community of Moscow appreciates Mrs. Nicodemus for her commitment to the families in the daycare!

Mr. Larry Philippi announced

his retirement after 30 years in education. Mr. Philippi has spent 20 of those years working in Moscow Schools, first as a Principal for two years and 18 years as Superintendent of Schools.

The accomplishment he is most proud of in his tenure are the building of the Early Childhood Center funded partially with grants. Building a new track and weight room also made the list of admired accomplishments. The addition of a full time technology position, as well as, the proliferation of technology in the school system, is another achievement Mr. Philippi is proud of.

One of the biggest changes he has witnessed over his reign in Moscow School’s is a change in the population of students, with more Hispanic and German Mennonite students in the schools. Mr. Philippi has enjoyed working with three different turnovers in school boards.

After retirement Mr. Philippi, along his wife Marty, plan to live in Topeka to be near their children Chris and Whitney and their respective spouses, as well as their future grandchild expected this fall.

The community of Moscow appreciates Mr. Philippi for his service to USD # 209!

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

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ROLLA NEWS

By Mary Courtney

C OMMUNITY C ALENDAR A family of Lights pause for a moment at the Cheescake Factory. Left to right are Larry Stilwell, Meredith Light, Kennedie Dixon, Steffan Light, Tara Light, Whitney Stilwell and Lyndsay Light.

Light family competes in marathon

A delighted Lyndsay Light accepts an anxious Dillyn Sprecher’s request for her hand in marriage.

Meredith Light and Kennedie Dixon joined Whitney Light Stilwell and Tara Light for the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. It is the Race to Remember, a race in memory of the Oklahoma City bombing. This is the twelfth year of the race.

Whitney, Meredith and Kennedie ran the half

marathon, while Steffan’s wife, Tara, ran the entire twenty-six mile race. Whitney improved her time from last year, finishing the thirteen miles in two hours and six minutes. Following the race, the ladies replenished all the calories they burned running by eating at the Cheesecake Factory.

She said “Yes!” Of course, she said, “Yes!” After her graduation from the University, Lyndsay Light was thrilled to find her longtime boyfriend, Dillyn Sprecher, on his knee to ask for her hand in marriage.

Lyndsay says they have not yet set a date, but she is enjoying the excitement of the moment.

Lyndsay is the daughter of Marcus and Beverly Light.

Huddleston claims more medals Chandler Huddleston brought home more medals from the golf tournament at South Gray. At the South Gray Varsity meet there was a three-way tie for fourth place. The golfers who tied went back to the score-

cards on the number one handicap hole, and Chandler ended up finishing in sixth place. He shot his best score of the season so far with a 38. Huddleston, only a freshman, has medaled at every tournament this year.

ARGH! students filled 30 bags with trash while cleaning the school grounds in preparation for graduation weekend.

Thursday, May 10 High School SFTL Track at Moscow; 1:00 p.m.

Friday, May 11 ARGH! Sunday, May 13 Mother’s Day Piano Recital at the Rolla UMC; 4:00 p.m.

Monday, May 14 High School Regional Golf at Cimarron; 10:00 a.m.

Board of Education Meeting; 6:30 p.m.

Recreation Board Meeting; 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 15 Third-Fifth Grades Field

Trip to Liberal and Dairy; 8:15 a.m.

Sixth-Twelfth Grades Spring Concert; 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 16 School Sports Physicals at Rolla High School; 8:30 a.m.

Thursday, May 17 K-Second Grade Field Trip to Garden City’s Lee Richardson Zoo; 8:15 a.m.

Senior Graduation Practice; 8:30 a.m.

Eighth Grade Graduation Practice; 9:30 a.m.

Junior High and High School Awards Night; 7:00 p.m.

ARGH! students clean grounds for graduation As the end of the year approaches, ARGH! students took to the grounds of USD #217 to beautify the gardens and clean up trash as the school prepares for graduation weekend. Students in first and second grade grabbed plastic bags and headed for the football and baseball fields and the city park to clean up trash. These young people filled thirty bags with trash they picked

up around the area.

Older students pulled dead vegetation and weeds in the gardens surrounding the different school buildings.

They had many large plastic bags filled with the remnants of past years, along with the surging weed crop. In spite of the heat, the young people worked diligently all afternoon, then relaxed with some lemonade and popcorn served by Mrs. Hall.

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Marcus and Beverly’s children, Steffan and Lyndsay both grin widely after they received their degrees from Southwestern Oklahoma Christian University this past weekend.

Light’s children graduate Marcus and Beverly Light had an exciting weekend in Oklahoma City, Ok. as they watched their son Steffan and daughter Lyndsay, graduate from Southwestern Oklahoma Christian Univer-

sity in Bethany.

Steffan graduated with his Bachelor’s degree in Business Leadership and Lyndsay earned her degree in multidisciplinary studies, science and behavioral science.

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First published in the Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, April 26, 2012) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT STEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

OF

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Linly K. Timken, DECEASED, CASE NO. 12-PR-08 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that on April 10, 2012, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Janice E. Turner, an heir, devisee and legatee and executor named in the

Last Will and Testament of Linly K. Timken, deceased.

All creditors of the decedent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of first publication of notice under K.S.A. 592236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred.

Janice E. Turner, Petitioner BROLLIER, WOLF & KUHARIC Box 39, Hugoton, KS 67951 (620) 544-8555 Attorney for Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First published in the Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, May 10, 2012) 3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT STEVENS COUNTY, KANSAS

OF

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GALE REESE, Deceased Case No. 12-PR-10

descent of the property of the deceased. You are hereby required to file your written defenses thereto on or before June 5, 2012, at 1:30 p.m., of said day, in the District Court of Stevens County, in the City of Hugoton, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon said petition.

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING The State of Kansas to All Persons Concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition for Determination of Descent has been filed in this Court by Ethyle Faye Reese, as the Petitioner and one of the heirs of Gale Reese, deceased, praying for the determination of the

Jason E. Maxwell, SC #18089 Attorney for Petitioner Gilmore, Shellenberger & Maxwell, P.A. 500 North Kansas Avenue Liberal, KS 67901 Ph:(620) 624-5599 Fax:(620) 624-5525

John Glave, Garrett Littlefield and Jessica Johns compete at the KSHSAA speech festival. Jessica placed sixth with her prose presentation. John and Garrett both finished seventh for Improvised Duet Acting.

Five State medals for RHS Twelve Rolla High School students competed last weekend in Salina at the KSHSAA speech festival and speech championships. Jessica Johns medaled with a sixth place finish with her prose presentation at the champs competition.

John Glave and Garrett Littlefield finished in seventh for Improvised Duet Acting, just out of the medals.

At the festival, five students received medals for their superior performances. They were Taylor Cameron, Extemporaneous Speech; Chandler Huddleston with his informative speech about P.T. Barnum; Robbie Munn, Kyler Telford, and Katie Murray in prose, and Jordan Schwindt in poetry.

Kaleigh Barrett earned two excellent ratings for her humorous solo and her IDA performance with Jordan Schwindt. Danae Sullivan also was rated excellent for her prose piece.

Coach Tina Huddleston and Parent Erich Glave escorted the students to Salina, where they enjoyed a marvelous Ital-

ian meal to celebrate the occasion at Martinelli’s Little Italy restaurant.

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KDOT is a great place to work! Come be a part of our team and make a difference in the lives of the citizens of Kansas!

Position Responsibilities: • Three (3) positions located in Rolla Kansas • On-the-job training to maintain highways and facilities thru activities such as repairs, resurfacing, mowing, and snow and ice control.

• Obtain a Commercial Drivers License and operate KDOT equipment including but not limited to trucks, mowers, rollers, and loaders.

• Performs manual work associated with the maintenance of the highway system. Includes, but not limited to erecting and replacing signs, erecting fence and guardrail, painting, patching, loading or unloading supplies, servicing rest areas, and litter pickup.

• Receives training in the operation and maintenance of equipment and highway repair methods and procedures.

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• Work is reviewed in depth by the Sub-Area Supervisor, EO Specialist, or lead worker of the work unit for each assigned task. Performs other related work as assigned, such as emergency operations during snow and ice control operations.

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Contact Christine Belknap @ (620)276-3241 for employment information.

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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 HELPER WANTED: For morning hours, part time work, must drive and use manual blood pressure machine. Call Edna 544-2229. (2c18) --------------HELP WANTED: Mechanic needed for oilfield equipment in Hugoton area. Call for more information 620-453-9179 Sam’s Engine Service.

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New Zimmatic Dealer in Hugoton looking for Center Pivot Service Man. Competitive wages and benefits. Experience not necessary.

Call Jonathan at 620-541-1049

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HUGOTON RECREATION COMMISSION • • • •

Now Taking Applications for Summer Concession Workers Scorekeepers Lifeguards Slide Attendants Apply at the HRC, 211 S. Madison

is currently looking to fill an open seat on the Recreation Board. If you are interested in this position, please send a letter of interest to: PO Box 68, Moscow, Ks. 67952

CITY OF MOSCOW

TEMPORARY FULL TIME HELP NEEDED - MAINTENANCE Wanted: person to assist City Superintendent with day to day maintenance. Hours will be 40 hours/week on a temporary basis. Some experience in mechanics necessary. Must live in Stevens County, write and speak English, be able to work unsupervised, and be able to lift mroe than 50 pounds. CDL and drug testing required. (CDL may be acquired after employement.)

Applications are available at Moscow City Hall, 125 Main Street. Or mail resume to PO Box 7, Moscow, Ks. 67952.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

For more information, please call 544-2234.

The City of Moscow is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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WOOFTER CONSTRUCTION & IRRIGATION COLBY, KANSAS Now Hiring!

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: *MILLWRIGHT *CONCRETE/CARPENTRY Excellent Wages/Vacation Time/401 K/Good equipment Must be motivated and responsible!

Please fill out an application online at www.woofter.com or call us at 800-279-4850 (4c17) Solution to May 3, 2012 puzzle

MOSCOW RECREATION COMMISSION

McDONALD’S NOW HIRING Full or Part time Day or Night Shift Available

Apply at McDonald’s 612 E. 11th

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Are you looking for a great job with: • Great Pay? • Great Benefits?

• Great Working Atmosphere?

• Potential to Grow with the Company?

If you answered yes, then Quest Diagnostics is looking for you!

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CURRENT OPENINGS AT STEVENS COUNTY HOSPITAL, MEDICAL CLINIC AND PIONEER MANOR NURSING HOME Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time, Part-time and PRN RNs or LPNs to work the Med/Surg floor. These positions are for both day and night shifts (7 am-7 pm and 7 pm-7am). All candidates must have a Kansas RN/LPN license to be eligible. We offer outstanding benefits, competitive wages, sign-on bonus (FT and PT only) and mileage reimbursement if individual lives 15 miles or more outside of Stevens County.

(4c15) Stevens County Healthcare is searching for Full-time RNs and LPNs to work at Pioneer Manor Nursing Home. These positions are for the night shift (6 pm-6 am). All candidates must have a Kansas RN/LPN license to be eligible. We offer outstanding benefits, competitive wages, sign-on bonus and mileage reimbursement if individual lives 15 (4c10) miles or more outside of Stevens County.

We have the following opening in Hugoton, KS: Courier - part time, hours vary, 20-30 hours per week, Some Saturdays included

Apply online at www.questdiagnostics.com Job ID 3699112 or mail resumé to:

Quest Diagnostics 2220 Canterbury Drive Hays, KS 67601 Attention: Chardell Parke Phone: 888-332-0053, ext. 2715 Fax: 785-623-5067

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Please contact Robyn Medina in Human Resources for an application 620-544-8511

Executive Assistant Pioneer Electric Cooperative is seeking highly motivated, professional individual for the position of Executive Assistant. Responsibilities include performing Administrative Assistant duties for CEO, Assistant CEO and Board of Trustees, maintaining filing system and assisting with administration of Cooperative’s human resource, compensation and benefit programs. Interested applicant should have minimum of three years of progressive Administrative Assistant experience performing general and advance advanced office procedures. Successful candidate must require minimal supervision, be resourceful in seeking solutions, a good listener, have excellent typing and grammatical usage, strong organizational and people skills, proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), ability to work with members, business partners and employees, all while maintaining confidentiality.

Salary commensurate with education and experience.

Benefit package includes employer provided family medical, dental, vision and life insurance, pension and 401(k) plan with employer matching contribution, holidays, vacation and sick leave.

Finalist will be required to successfully pass post-offer routine physical examination, alcohol/drug test, possess valid Kansas driver’s license and reside within service territory.

Resumes may be sent to Pioneer Electric, ATT: Human Resources, PO Box 368, Ulysses, KS 67880, hand-delivered to Pioneer Electric, 1850 W. Oklahoma, Ulysses, Kansas or emailed to rmagnison@pioneerelectric.coop.

Deadline for submitting resumes is May 21, 2012.

Pioneer Electric is an E.O.E.

PUBLIC NOTICE

(First published in The Hugoton Hermes, Thursday, May 10, 2012) 1t

DRINKING WATER NOTICE Monitoring or Reporting Requirements Not Met

by City of Hugoton The City of Hugoton public water supply system violated a drinking water standard. Even though this was not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened and what we are doing to correct this situation.

We are required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not our drinking water meets health standards. During November 2011 we did not complete all required monitoring or testing for coliform bacteria and therefore cannot be sure of the quality of our drinking water during that time.

We are routinely required to test for coliform bacteria no fewer than four times a month. Additional samples are required following a coliformpositive or rejected sample. A monitoring violation occurred because of failure to collect two of the four routine microbiological samples required during November 2011. Six samples

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were taken in December 2011. All six samples came back absent for coliform.

There is nothing you need to do at this time. Since it is our desire to provide the safest water possible to our consumers, we have taken the action of paying closer attention to our monthly sampling program and daily record keeping to prevent future violations. We will call our laboratory early in the month if we haven't received bottles needed for sampling.

For information regarding this notice, please contact Roy Jackson, 620453-1210.

Please share this information with all the people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail. Este informe contiene información importante acerca de su agua potable. Haga que alguien lo traduzca para usted, o hable con alguien que lo entienda.

This notice is being sent by City of Hugoton. PWS IDs State Lab L5000 EPA KS2018901.

Date distributed 1 June 2012

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FOR SALE FOR SALE: Black Angus Bulls, registered, tested, guarantee, excellent bloodlines, confirmation and performance, discounts. Facebook.com/blackvelvetranch. Contact Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse, Ks. 620-384-1101.

FOR SALE: 2004 yellow Jeep Wrangler, hard top and soft top, manual transmission, low mileage. Call 544-8288. (tfc15) --------------FOR SALE: 1988 Viking popup camper, A/C, heater, sink, stovetop, $1000. 544-4770.

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612 E. 4th St. - Nice 2001 Manufactured home on full basement. Each bedroom on main level has its own private bathroom. 2 bedrooms in basement with possibility of more. Basement also has hookup for second utility room. Can access basement from inside house or from garage.

1501 Road 9 - Very well maintained brick home on 3.7 acres only 3 miles from town. 5 bed/4 bath.

New roof 2010. Hardwood floors & new carpet on main level in 2009. A/C unit and Furnace replaced in 2011. Double oven & microwave new in 2011, refrigerator & dishwasher 2.5 years old.

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--------------FOR SALE: 2004 LS 4x4 Chevrolet Trailblazer. Excellent condition, well maintained with new brakes. Reliable and dependable vehicle. Gold exterior; tan cloth interior. Asking $8000. Call Jason at 620-474-6819.

(2c18) --------------FOR SALE: 2006 Outlaw 500cc 4-wheeler, $2500; 2008 800 Polaris 4x4, $3500; 2005 Y2125 Yamaha, $2000. Call 544-5223. (tfc18)

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FIREWOOD FOR SALE

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615 - 623 S. Monroe- Commercial propertyformerly Ann's Port and Motel. Great Business opportunity with ample parking. Call to see this property today!!!

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SOLD

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Family room includes fireplace. Formal dining as Gas company pays up to 20,000 KW of well as kitchen dining. Large office/craft area & electric usage per year.

848 Road G. - This all electric 2 story home with media room.

5 bedrooms comes with 6 acres of land and 2 new Lots in Spikes Addition heating and air conditioning systems. $145,000.00 504 S. Wildcat Ct. 712 E. 5th St. Additional acreage available. Call today!

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708 E. Fourth St. NEW CONSTRUCTION!! 3 BR, 2 BA, 2 Car Garage, Full Basement!! Buyer has opportunity to pick colors & other amenities of home. Allowances will be given for paint, flooring, and appliances.

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204 W. 8th St. - This exclusive home has 4 BD , 3 BA, with a full basement. There is a vinyl fence, 710 S. Van Buren- Great opportunity with this 3 shed, 1 car att. and, 2 car det. garage. Great locabedroom and 2 bath home. This home includes tion. To view this must see call Angie today! Agent carport, shed, and a fenced yard with a pool. owned!

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SOLD

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522 West 7th - 4 bed/2 b, full basement, cen heat, open parking, corner lot. Call for details!!

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REALTOR® Associate

(620) 428-1042 CELLULAR (tfc37)

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Pioneer Manor Family Support Group

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3rd Tuesdays - 1:00 p.m.

3rd Thursdays - 5:15 p.m.

Chapel at Pioneer Manor

FOR RENT

101 S. Madison- $2,500 BUYER INCENTIVE!!! 3 bed/2 bath, central H/A, fence, attached garage. storage shed. Call for details!!!

THANK YOU

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

THANK YOU I want to thank everyone who helped me celebrate my one hundredth birthday and the many cards I received. I have been blessed with all my friends and family.

Fanny Kagarice THANK YOU Thanks to all the parents who supported my daycare for 24 years! R House Daycare will close Friday, May 11, 2012. I’ll miss you all and all the great memories we shared!

I will begin a new chapter in my life in June, after closing my daycare. Beginning in August, I will be the manager of the new Little Caeser’s Pizza in Liberal.

Love, Rebecca Greenwood

THANK YOU The family of Pat Little would like to thank everyone at Pioneer Manor, Stevens County Hospital, St. Catherine Hospital, and St. Catherine Hospice for the care and support you gave our dad over the last two years of his life. Thank you Pastor Sandy, Paul’s Funeral Home, and the Navy Honor Guard for the wonderful service. We give our appreciation to the Richfield Methodist Church, Hugoton Christian Church, Dodge City Bible Baptist Church and to all our family and friends for the prayers, food, flowers, cards and support you gave our family. To the “girls” at Pioneer Manor - we cannot even begin to express our thanks for the devotion and tender loving care you give every day. May God bless you.

Donna Little Randy & Sandy Bane and family Vivian Highfill and family Amy Little and family Gary & Mary Barker and family Barbara Little and family Robert Little Tom & Leslie Oder and family

Karen Yoder- 544-4161 or Cellphone 544-3730 Chance Yoder - Salesperson Agricultural Land Residential & Commercial Specialist

Karen Yoder

Chance Yoder- Cellphone 544-1907 “Call Us For All Your Real Estate Needs”

Chance Yoder

GARAGE SALES GARAGE SALE: Friday, May 11, 3:00 to 7:00 p.m., 501 W .

Tenth --------------GARAGE SALE: Friday, May 12, 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m., 1006 S. Trindle, Ford Expedition, Loveseat, Men’s, Women’s, Children’s and Baby Clothing, Knick Knacks, Bedding and Home Decor --------------YARD SALE: Saturday, May 12, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon, 630 S. Trindle ---------------

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

Call 544-2232. (tfc) --------------FOR RENT: Trailer Lot, 17 miles from Hugoton in the Moscow school district. 620544-9239.

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

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INFORMATION WANTED GENEALOGY INFORMATION: Looking for Grossman/ Beavers descendants.

Please write to 30 Troon Drive, Lakeway, Tx. 78738.

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FOR SALE BY OWNER

HOME FOR SALE 1202 S. Main HUGOTON, KANSAS The Janet Nordling Estate is currently selling her home located at 1202 S. Main by sealed bid. The home contains approximately 2,750 square feet on the main floor and approximately 1,370 square feet in the basement. The main floor has 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, 2 family rooms, an office, a wood burning fireplace and a beautifully landscaped yard. The basement has 1 bedroom and a full bath. The Estate will be accepting sealed bids for the sale/purchase of the home until 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2012. Please submit your bid in writing to Wayne R. Tate, P.O. Box 909, 1024 S. Trindle, Hugoton, Kansas 67951. The home will be sold “as is” and without any warranties, express or implied. The sale will include garage door openers, all ceiling fans, window coverings and all built in kitchen appliances. It will not include any other appliances. The Estate reserves the right to reject any and all offers or further negotiate with any of the bidders. Please contact Melanie Hickey at 544-7227 if you would like to look at the home before submitting your bid.

NEEDED: Gas stove, refrigerator, full size or queen size box springs and mattress and love seat. Call 544-5616. (tfc31)

-------------WANTED TO PURCHASE: Used refrigerator in good condition with icemaker.

Please call 544-2261, ext (tfc18) 1207.

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SERVICES KIRBY SERVICES: To our valued Kirby vacuum cleaner customers for factory authorized sales, service and supplies, please call 800-821-5050. (4p18) --------------PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT: I can work nights and some weekends. Please call Monica at 806-477-8949 or 5446197. References avaiable on request.

(2c19) -------------LANDSCAPING: If you need landscaping, call Nic at 4285282.

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FREE TO GOOD HOME FREE TO GOOD HOME: Kittens to give away to a good home. Please call 5442963.

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ROLLA PLAZA APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedroom.Rental Assistance Available.

For more information call Shelli at 620492-3698 (tfc40)

SUNFLOWER PLAZA 1 bedroom newly decorated apartment for Senior Citizens For Information Call Plaza Office - 544-4011 or Selia Crawford - 544-2182

Classifieds also availalble online! hugotonhermesnews.com/classifieds

WANTED

FOR RENT: Large Office or Store building, 625 S. Main St., Hugoton. Call Edna or Jim at 544-2229.

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(620)544-7777 UPERIOR 510 E. 3rd OLUTIONS Hugoton

HOME REPAIR & LAWN CARE

Great Deals ~ Easy Financing ~ Quality Service

Office: (620)544-7800 531 S. Jackson Hugoton, Ks. 67951

Alan D. Higgins, Owner

FDT ELECTRIC(tfc34)

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LAWN PRO

Frankie Thomas, owner

Licensed & Insured Over 30 years experience in Residential & Commercial Wiring

544-5915 or 544-7776

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Will Schnittker

620-544-1517 O.D.’s SHOP

(620) 428-6518 1182 Road Q • Hugoton (tfc12)

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600 E. 11th Licensed and Insured

544-7095 All Types of Roofing (eot48)

IN STOCK *Carpet

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To see YOUR business here, call 544-4321 or email hermesma@pld.com

TODAY!

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

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@YourYOUR LIBRARY Information Source for 97 Years 500 Monroe Hugoton, Ks. 67951-2639 Phone: 620.544.2301 • Fax: 620.544.2322 Email: svcolib@pld.com

Edith Duarte, Yvonne Cox and Maria Ramos, wearing authentic Spanish wear, dance for residents at Pioneer Manor. Photo courtesy of Lacey Kurts.

Edith Duarte and Karoll Wagner dance at the fiesta...Karoll is an avid Polka Dancer and turns out the tune is very close for the two “not-so-different” types of music. Photo courtesy of Lacey Kurts.

Located within Stevens County Hospital 1006 S. Jackson Hugoton, KS 67951 • Free in Town Delivery!

• Friendly “Hometown” Service • Accept Major Insurance Plans • Open Saturdays!

Open Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Closed 1:00pm to 1:30 p.m. for lunch

Open Saturday 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Closed Sunday

SUMMER READING SIGNUP Summer reading signup for all programs is underway!!! Come in to the library and pick up an informational/registration brochure for the program that fits you!!!

Programs begin June 1, 2012.

SUMMER STORYTIME VOLUNTEERS The SCL is looking for a few community story readers for our Summer Reading Program. If you would be interested in leading a 30 minute storytime for kids ages 0-12 on a Tuesday or Thursday morning this summer, please contact Stacey.

We have a few storytime kits available, or you can create your own!

TWWW CELL PHONE SEGMENTS The preparations for TWWW, or the Smithsonian exhibit The Way We Worked that is scheduled to be at the SCL from October 27 – December 9 are well underway. Four 90-second scripts about the way we worked in Southwest Kansas have been written and approved by the Smithsonian.

The library is looking for someone to record these segments for the time the exhibit will

STEVENS COUNTY Activity Center - 544-2283 Nutrition Center - 544-8041 ~ Barbara Beeks ~

Call Us Today! 620-544-8512 Edith Duarte and Maria Ramos pose with Ellinor Cox for a photo. Photo courtesy of Lacey Kurts.

Nice little showers we are getting now and then. One just a few minutes ago this Monday morning.

A busy week ahead.

Board meets this Tuesday.

Bridge plays a couple times, Snooker each day, Bingo Friday, Saturday is Sew All Day and a dance Saturday evening.

Saturday is also graduation day for our seniors.

Congratulations. seniors!

Have a great week and enjoy the beautiful weather we are having.

South of Rolla FOR SALE: This lovely estate located only three miles south of Rolla, KS, on County Highway 24, is a four-bedroom, threebath home with a good size kitchen and living room and it has a fireplace. The home and a 40x80 steel shed are located on a ten-acre parcel of grass. A rare opportunity. Please call David Light at 544-9763.

David Light 620-544-9763 Fax: 620-356-5462 Office: 620-356-5808 faulkner@pld.com www.FaulknerRealEstate.com

The Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum entertains visitors from around the world. Thursday afternoon three gentlemen from Denmark visited the museum and saw a sample of area history. Claus Christensen, Frank Kellberg and Mads Krogh stopped at the museum for the afternoon to explore the history of the area.

be in Hugoton. The scripts must be recorded before July 1, 2012. If you are interested in helping with the recording of the scripts, please contact Eunice.

LIBRARY CLOSING The library will be closed Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. COMING SOON!!!

The Stevens County Library is presenting Steve Eulberg in a FREE concert Wednesday, May 30, at 6:30 p.m.

An Award-winning multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Steve Eulberg weaves mountain and hammered dulcimers and guitar with a variety of unusual instruments to create thought-provoking, smile-inducing, toe-tapping acoustic experiences. He has sung and composed for religious communities, union halls, picket lines, inter-faith retreats, mountain-top youth camps, as well as the more familiar venues: festivals, clubs, coffeehouses, house concerts, bookstores, charity benefits and showcase concerts. Clear your calendar for an evening of enjoyment.

Remember, there is no charge to attend the concert!

Menu May 10...................Beef Burritos May 11 ..............Salisbury Steak May 14 ........................Meat Loaf May 15.........Chicken & Noodles May 16.........................Pot Roast May 17...............................B.L.T.

Activities Schedule Thursday, May 10 Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

Bridge...........................................

Aglow ...........................7:00 p.m. ..Meeting Starts at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 11 Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

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

Saturday, May 12 Sew All Day .................................

Cards...........................6:00 p.m.

Dance ..........................8:00 p.m. ...................Wes Fox will play Monday, May 14 Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

Line Dance ..................7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 15 Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 16 Birthday Day ...............................

Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

Paint.............................1:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 17 Exercise .....................10:30 a.m.

Bridge...........................................

MUSEUM UPDATE from The Stevens County Gas & Historical Museum Gladys Renfro and Beulah Carter What a beautiful spring day!!! We have been busy with the visitors, including three from Denmark. They told us it is always cold in Denmark - b-r-r-r!

Be sure to come by and sign up for the Mother’s Day drawing.

We found the following and hope you enjoy it: Reward offered for lost lady’s pocketbook containing: wrist watch, nail file, powder puff, hairpins, mirror, checkbook, bead, earrings, toilette raxor, perfume, dish cloth, curling iron, railway ticket, copy of “Jurgen”, 32x4 casing rubber reducing garment, three pounds of steak and a potato masher! Return to Miss Ada Noidz.

Good Morning This is your Heavenly Father. Today, as with every

Come celebrate Ruby Rickman’s 89th Birthday with us at

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Saturday, May 12 520 East 1st Street, Hugoton 2:00 p.m.

Hope to see you there!

day, I will be handling all your problems.

Please remember that I do not need your help. If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it.

Kindly put it in the SFJTD (Something For Jesus To Do). It will be addressed in My time...not yours. Please be patient. Once the matter is placed in the box, do not hold onto it, do not become impatient and take it back out to see if you can find a solution. Holding on or removal will only delay the resolution to your problem.

You must surrender the problem to me completely for proper resolution. If a situation that you think you can handle arises, please consult me in prayer. Together, we will come up with the proper resolution. If you do not receive what you anticipate as proper response from Me...remember, some of God’s greatest gifts are unexpected answers to prayers. Because I do not sleep, that is no need for you to lose sleep. Rest, My child.

If you need Me, I am but a prayer away.

With all My love, God We invite you to visit us at the Gas Museum. We are located 905 S. Adams. Our hours are 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Saturday.

See you soon!

Paula, Enjoy Your Retirement!

My hair and I will miss you!

PUBLIC NOTICE (First published in The Hugoton Hermes Thursday, May 10, 2012)

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