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Hemp research bill gets boost plant. The version used for hemp production doesn’t have the same chemical properties of TOPEKA — The Kansas House a sister plant that serves as an advanced legislation sought by the agriculture industry Friday that would intoxicant, he said.

“It’s an amazing plant,” plow through legal obstacles to creDove said. “Over 30,000 ation of a pilot research program on products can be manufacindustrial hemp cultivation, processtured from this plant and jobs ing and distribution.

Rep. Willie Dove, a Bonner Springs created for our state. Kansas Republican, said he understood anx- farmers are really looking forward to being part of this iety among some lawmakers about growing industry. Everything has voting for anything connected to the

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ocal health officials are continuing to monitor a statewide mumps outbreak that so far has resulted in 13 suspected cases of the illness in Ellis County. Only two of those individuals have tested positive, said Kerry McCue, Ellis County health services administrator.

Both of those individuals are “well past” the contagious period, he said. When a positive mumps case is identified, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment requires a five-day quarantine.

Residents are encouraged to make sure they are vaccinated ISSUE: Cases of mumps have and might have the option of a been reported throughout the state “booster shot” as a precaution. of Kansas.

There is not yet a recommended LOCAL IMPACT: Thirteen time when someone should get a suspected cases were reported in booster, but that could change if Ellis County, with two people testing the outbreak continues, McCue positive for the illness. said.

“I would assume that with the number of cases that have spread out across the nation, I imagine we’ll all be recommended from the CDC to eventually get our third one,” he said. “There is not a specific time frame.”

There have been at least 79 confirmed mumps cases statewide, according to the most recent data available from KDHE. The vaccine is not 100-percent effective, but those who get it are considered nine times less likely to acquire the virus, he said.

“And if they do get it, it won’t be as severe,” McCue said.

There are some exceptions: People who were born before 1957 are considered immune, as they likely already had the virus.

Two doses of MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine typically are recommended for children, one dose at between 12 and 15 months, and another between 4 and 6 years of age. Young children are not considered fully vaccinated until they receive the second dose, but they do have some protection, said Kimberly Koerner, infection prevention officer at Hays Medical Center.

“That’s why we encourage anybody who can be vaccinated to be vaccinated, because they do help increase the coverage for everybody else in the community,” Koerner said. “If we have a community that does practice preventative care by getting a vaccine, that helps cover those that aren’t fully vaccinated or can’t be fully vaccinated.”

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ture would be in charge of regulatory oversight. The legislation establishes a state licensing fee of $500 for each researcher or grower and a $100 fee for each license issued a processor.

Rep. Greg Lakin, R-Wichita, said he was concerned about the state taking action that contributed to marijuana addiction of Kansans. He said the Department of Agriculture might not be prepared to assume regulatory duties outlined in the bill.

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a season. I stand with the Kansas farmers.”

The House is expected to take final action Monday on House Bill 2182, which was endorsed by a collection of farm organizations and crop producers.

It would enable universities in Kansas offering agricultural science degrees to be Dove involved in hemp research.

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GOP dreams of repealing Obamacare collapse

By LISA MASCARO and NOAM N. LEVEY Tribune News Service

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, elected on a promise to use his deal-making prowess to get Washington working, blinked Friday in the face of defeat, abruptly pulling a House vote on a GOP health care overhaul amid crumbling Republican support.

The move came just hours after the White House insisted the vote would go forward

regardless of the outcome, and followed Trump’s extraordinary ultimatum Thursday night, when he told rebellious lawmakers if they didn’t vote for the bill, he would move on to other priorities.

To avoid an embarrassing vote, Trump asked House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., to abandon the effort.

The collapse of the bill — legislation that managed to displease Republican conservatives and centrists — dashed the party’s immediate

hopes of fulfilling a longtime campaign promise to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, also called Obamacare.

Trump made a hard, last-minute push for the GOP bill. His spokesman said Friday the president “left everything on the field.”

In an Oval Office appearance after the vote was pulled, OLIVIER DOULIERY, Tribune News Service the new president described it as a “very interesting experiPresident Donald Trump reacts after Republicans abruptly ence.” pulled a health care bill from the House floor Friday in the See COLLAPSE, A5 Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.

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• There will be an organizational meeting of the Hays/Russell Area Chapter of Women for Kansas, 3 to 5 p.m. at Hays Public Library, 1205 Main. All interested women from 18 years and older are welcome to attend. The goal of Women for Kansas is to bring like-minded women in this area to discuss, advocate and get involved in local and state issues of importance and to promote the mission and statewide goals of Women for Kansas. • Community Volunteers will host a free community meal from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Unite Free Store and the Gamers Guild, 200 E. Eighth. For more information or to volunteer, call Brandon Nimz, (785) 259-2539.

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• Healing After Loss of Suicide, dinner, 5:30 p.m. at Gutch’s Bar & Grill, 109 W. Seventh. Gathering, 7 p.m. at Center for Life Experiences, 2900 Hall. For more information, call Ann Leiker, (785) 259-6859. • Monday night pinochle, 7 to 9 p.m., HRC, 1105 Canterbury. • Square dance lessons, 7 p.m. at Reed Center, 317 W. 13th. For more information, call (785) 637-5542.

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There will be a meal and childcare provided. The meal is served from 6 to 6:30 p.m. For more information call Ann, (785) 259-6859, Karla, (785) 623-2430 or Kaysie, (785) 623-2440.

By Annie Lane

Dear Annie: I try to be an easygoing husband, but my natural inclination is to get upset about stupid things.

This is a flaw that I’ve been working on, and I have made a lot of progress. However, there is one thing that sets me off, and I don’t know what to do about it.

My wife steals my iPhone chargers.

I know it sounds innocent Courtesy photo or maybe even cute, but I FINAL FOUR: The THANK YOU: They ENCORE, ENCORE: assure you it is not.

THINGS complete field won’t keep the community Take in a different culI admit I am pretty militant be set until tonight, but healthy, and Tuesday ture with “TAJ Express: about charging my phone. I take in some NCAA night, health-care The Bollywood Musical never overcharge it. I let it get THIS WEEK basketball action as the Fiprofessionals are being apRevue� on Wednesday down to zero percent battery, nal Four kicks off Saturday preciated with an event from as part of FHSU’s Encore If you have an event you charge it to 100 and then unin Phoenix. The winners 5 to 7 p.m. at the HaysMed Series. The show begins at would like to submit, send plug it. I believe this preserves of the national semifinal Hadley Room. The event will 7:30 p.m. at Beach/Schmidt your first and last name, the life of the battery, and it games will play April 3 for feature appetizers and drinks Performing Arts Center. For and info about the event, to seems to work. As a result, their chance at “One Shinfrom around the country for more information, call (785) newsroom@dailynews.net. when my wife renders me ing Moment.� health-care professionals.

628-5306. chargerless, my phone battery is on death’s door.

What makes things worse is when I can’t find my charger, I have to ask — usually in an accusatory tone — my wife whether she has it. Usually,

By RICH HELDENFELS But even if the network and studio “Big Bang� prequel, focusing on Shel- she responds by asking why Tribune News Service can agree, the studio also must negodon when he was 9, for next season.

I’m being such a jerk and tiate contracts with the cast and other Q: We just finished this Canadian You have questions. I have some either denies borrowing it key figures to keep the show going. series “The Pinkertons� on Netflix. Is answers. (completely out of spite) or In the case of “Big Bang Theory,� there going to be a season 2?

Q: I am hoping you can finally clear tells me to chill and not be so A: The series about the crime-solvup the questions about “The Big Bang the original cast members — Jim Parrigid about my charger.

Theory.� Every day I see contradicting sons (Sheldon), Johnny Galecki (Leon- ing Pinkerton family does hope to conI’ve done what I do best, articles saying the show is coming back ard), Kaley Cuoco (Penny), Kunal Nay- tinue beyond its 22-episode first season. throw money at the problem. yar (Raj) and Simon Helberg (Howard) A January post on the show’s Facebook No dice. I’ve bought her for two more seasons or the actors page said: “There’s a lot of interest on multiple new chargers, but she have decided not to come back and the — reportedly make approximately $900,000 per episode, in seasons that our side, as well as the network/online always misplaces them and show will be canceled. Does anyone run 24 episodes. But two later addiside. As an independently produced really know? uses mine. I’ve thought about tions, Mayim Bialik (Amy) and Melissa series, our next step is to figure out A: Shortly after I received your identifying my chargers with Rauch (Bernadette), make far less, who pays for the next season. We’ll be a piece of colored tape, but I letter, Warner Bros., which makes approximately $175,000 to $200,000 working on it.� But when I contacted the show, and CBS, which airs new don’t want to come across as the production company recently, there an anal control freak. (I am episodes, announced a new agreement an episode, according to Variety. At was nothing new to report. for two more seasons of the hit sitcom, this writing, negotiations have been sure I sound like one.)

Q: Lately when I’m watching a continuing it through the 2018-19 sea- ongoing on their contracts, and Variety I know this is not a big deal show, the bottom of the screen will son. There was no doubt CBS wanted said the five stars offered to take a pay to most people, but it is to me. come up with an ad for another show. more of the show, but an agreement on cut to help boost the salaries of their I love my wife, but I also love two colleagues. (Warner Bros. declined This is so annoying. Is there anyone I a series involves more than that. First, my iPhone and don’t want to can phone or write to let them know? there’s the deal between a network and comment about the contract talks.) choose between them. (Mostly Because of money issues, Variety A: Only if you wrote them many a studio, and that alone can be tricky kidding.) In all seriousness, said, “the new first-run episodes will years ago. The on-screen promos, since traditionally networks pay less how do I keep my phone and irritating though they may be, are than it actually costs to make a show, to not be a huge moneymaker for the marriage fully charged? — designed to plug shows outside of control their own costs and profits. The studio or CBS.� Of course, there are Charged-Up Spouse commercial breaks — when viewers studio then expects to make money by other advantages to having a hit, such Dear Charged-Up: as their leading to other series. Think might take their own viewing break, or You’ve made my job easy, as I other means: sales of reruns to local of all of NBC’s “Chicago� shows, for are watching the show via DVR and stations and to other countries, for think the colored tape is a great example, or CBS’s announcement of a fast-forwarding through the ads. example. solution to this sticky problem.

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For Your Health Q: Every year about this time, I head to the gym to burn off some winter fat.

Problem is, I always start off overdoing it.

Then after I go once or twice, I get a cold. Is it me or the gym or what? ¹ Hugh L., Lafayette, Ind. A: It could rs z be the gym, and it could be you. But it’s probably a little of both.

The gym is a closed indoor environment, and it’s possible

to pick up something from the folks who used the free weights and machines before you. (Always clean equipment with an alcohol-based wipe before you use it.)

A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology shows “changes in the oizen distribution of Health immune cells between blood and peripheral tissues during and after exercise� temporarily weaken your immune

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system. That, the researchers point out, “leaves our bodies vulnerable to infections, and generally speaking, the more strenuous the exercise, the longer it takes for the immune system to return to normal.�

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A special thank you to the staff at New Dimensions Memory Care Unit at Hays Good Samaritan Society for their amazing love and generous care for Roger and for their comfort and support throughout this Alzheimer’s journey. Your amazing compassion and understanding is beyond measure. And a special thank you to Dr. Andrea Sandoval for her many years of care for Roger.

Thank you to the Knights of Columbus for leading the Rosary at Roger’s Memorial Service and for Deacon Dave Kisner for leading the Vigil service. A special thank you to the Hays Fire Department and Fire Chief for being Honorary Guards throughout the visitation, it meant a lot to the family and others who attended. To Fr. Earl Befort who has an amazing ability to capture the life and spirit of an individual in just so many words. To Fr. Berry and St. Mary’s Parish for being there for us all and the wonderful music provided by Bob Dreiling, Ellie Herl and Tom Meagher during the Mass.

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Thank you to Ron Keithley and staff at Brock’s Keithley Funeral Chapel for all of the comfort, care and support they provided to our family. And to the VFW crew for the fabulous meal following the services.

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Around The State Democrats cancel special meeting A special meeting to appoint a new Ellis County treasurer Friday evening was canceled due to lack of a quorum.

Ellis County Democrats, by state statute, must appoint a replacement following the resignation of incumbent treasurer Ann Pfeifer.

The meeting has been rescheduled for 6 p.m.

April 3 at 900 Main.

At least six of Ellis County’s 17 precinct committee men and women are needed to have a quorum, said Henry Schwaller IV, Ellis County Democratic party chairman. Only three people were present Friday.

Pfeifer’s resignation is effective April 14.

Her term would have concluded in October, as she was defeated in the general election by Republican challenger Lisa Schlegel.

Three hurt in Wichita accidental shooting WICHITA (TNS) — Three young people were hurt in what police said might have been an accidental shooting late Friday in Wichita.

The call came just before 9 p.m. from the 1800 block of South Broadway, Wichita police Sgt. Nikki Woodrow said.

A man, 42, was driving a van along that road with several other persons with him. An 18-year-old in the van began playing with a handgun, Woodrow said in a prepared statement.

The gun went off, hitting the 18-year-old in the hand, hitting a 12-year-old boy in a leg, and hitting an 11-year-old boy in a hand.

All three were taken to a hospital, Woodrow said.

Charges against the 18-year-old are pending, she said.

Arkansas pavers banned in Kansas WICHITA (TNS) — Two Arkansas men running a paving business are banned from doing business in Kansas over consumer protection act violations.

Albert and Allen Jeffrey of Pine Bluff also were ordered to pay $48,183 to six customers who fell victim to shady dealings in Clay, Ottawa, Reno and Saline counties, according to a news release from Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt. The pair were doing business as J. Boys Blacktop and Asphalt Paving at the time.

Schmidt said the Jeffreys sold home-improvement services door-todoor — including asphalt driveway installation, sealing and repair — but failed to tell customers they had three days to cancel the transaction. They also cashed consumer checks early and misrepresented important information about the work they were doing, he said.

Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis approved the ban and restitution amount after the Jeffreys failed to respond to a lawsuit filed against them in December by Schmidt’s office.

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Taron Burkhart monitors the lineup prior to a Northern sport mod heat race Friday night at the Sunflower Classic at RPM Speedway in Hays.

RPM kicks off 2017 season

By MIKE KESSINGER mkessinger@dailynews.net

The chill in the air and windy conditions might have kept some fans away from RPM Speedway on Friday night as the dirt track in Hays launched another season with its annual Sunflower Classic.

But those not willing to weather the conditions or those too far away to attend had a front-row seat for the action this weekend.

Speed Shift TV broadcast the Sunflower Classic to an audience of online race fans across the world. It was the first time the 3-year-old network, based in Minneapolis, Minn., has covered an event in Hays. RPM is just one of several stops the crew will make across the country as it is on the road all year long.

“It can get a little stressful, but we’re all so passionate about racing,” Speed Shift TV Marketing Coordinator Haley Pratt said. “It’s surreal we get to travel to all these events and make a living off it.

We’re very lucky to get to do that.

I think it’s tough sometimes going from airport to airport and not being home a whole lot.”

It was a love for dirt tracks and other forms of motocross racing that had Pratt, Darren Shanley and Chet Christener wanting to start a programming business such as Speed Shift three years ago.

On Friday, the crew — which included Christener doing the commentating for the online audience and Pratt and Shanley in the press box along with two camera men — broadcast to a crowd logged in to www.speedshifttv.com. During the early part of the season, Speed Shift TV is usually in the southwest region of the U.S. This year, it is planning to move more East with a broadcast schedule that includes races in Pennsylvania and Ohio for a few stops.

“We’ve been in Hays since Thursday, and we’re really excited to be here,” Pratt said.

“A lot of times, tracks reach out to us and want us there. We also work with different series.”

On the Speed Shift TV Face-

Darren Shanley, producer for Speed Shift TV, prepares to go live on Billy Briney, owner of Briney Motheir website during Friday’s races. torsports, fills up a can of fuel for a driver in his trailer.

Drivers check the lineups prior to Friday’s races. book page, there are more than 57,000 followers and after races, the site will have clips from the event and interviews.

While Speed Shift broadcast the event, a small audience was in attendance Friday a cold evening as the wind blew. The VIP lounge area next to the grandstand was filled with approximately 50 fans in the climate-controlled room.

The pit area was full of activity.

Promoter Rod Bencken went over the rules with racers, and the lineups for the evening were inserted onto the board.

Trenton Kleweno had his new car in the Northern sport mod class ready to roll. A Hays resident, Kleweno just got his car March 17 and spent the following four days putting it together with his team that includes his father, Barry Kleweno. Thursday was the first time Kleweno had a chance to practice.

“This is probably one of my favorite tracks,” Kleweno said. “You can’t beat how well they prepare the track.

“I think the car will be good.

This was the first race I’ve ever had it. I’ve just been fighting brake

Michael Meredith, a flagman and board member of RPM Speedway, sticks out a caution flag during a heat race. issues. I don’t have any rear brakes.

It’s hard to go out there and race how I want to. I’ve just been struggling so far. We’re putting on a new rear master cylinder, so hopefully it will fix it.”

There were more than 160 cars competing in this year’s Sunflower Classic, which wrapped up Saturday night. Drivers from across the Midwest, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin, were in attendance.

Infant’s brain injury prompts emergency suspension of Hays day care

By JUNO OGLE juno@dailynews.net

An investigation into the injury of an infant has prompted the state to suspend the license of a Hays day care.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued an emergency order of suspension Thursday for Smart Sparks, a group day care home operated by Tandra Kay Reif at 1202 Motz.

According the emergency order, on Tuesday, Reif contacted emergency medical services regarding a medical problem a 5-month-old in her care was experiencing.

The infant was transported to Hays Medical Center, then airlifted to Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. The infant is still in the Kansas City hospital, according to HPD Chief Don Scheibler.

The infant was diagnosed with a brain injury, according to the order. The Hays Police Department and KDHE are investigating the injury as an alleged abuse.

The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office, Kansas City Police Department, and Kansas Department of Children and Families are assisting with the investigation, Schei-

bler said. HPD requested the emergency order.

Scheibler said eight children — five from clients, three Reif ’s own — were at the day care at the time of the call, but the injury to the infant is the only subject of the investigation. The day care is licensed to care for a maximum of 12 children, according to KDHE records The KDHE secretary is authorized under state law to suspend a license without a hearing when the suspension is deemed necessary to protect any child in the home from physical or mental abuse, abandonment or any

other substantial threat to health or safety.

KDHE Secretary Susan Mosier signed the order Thursday, and a copy was delivered to Reif that day, the order states. Reif is required to contact all parents or guardians of children in her care of the suspension.

A licensee has the right to petition for a judicial review of the suspension within 30 days of the emergency order.

A search of KDHE records shows no previous complaints or administrative orders issued to Smart Sparks.

The day care’s first annual

survey was conducted in November 2014, with further surveys conducted in November 2015 and November 2016.

KDHE records show infractions in 2014 and 2015 that were corrected at the time of the surveys. In 2014, bottles of formula or breast milk were not properly labeled. In 2015, a smoke detector in the basement was found to be not working.

In 2016, one child’s file was found to not have a complete emergency medical release. The KDHE record does not indicate if that was corrected.

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Welcome to Hays

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f interstate travelers didn’t know Hays was worth pulling off the highway for, they do now. And it’s carved in stone.

Large limestone signs with “Welcome to Hays” now adorn Interstate 70 in both directions. The 10-feet tall, 18-feet wide signs that recently were installed near exits 157 and 161 are simple, attractive and impossible to overlook.

“The whole goal was we wanted something to make Hays stand out on the interstate, and maybe get people to stop in and shop in our community,” said Hays Mayor Shaun Musil.

Goal met. Other than a similar limestone marker indicating the general proximity of the Flint Hills near Junction City, there is nothing like the Hays sign on I-70 from Kansas City to Kanorado.

There also was nothing like a truly local effort to help further instill pride in the final product. The artistic design selected by the city commission was created by Scott Gross of Hays. Hays-based Hess Services not only poured the concrete bases but also hauled the six limestone slabs — weighing a combined almost 30 tons — from Eureka and set them. Even Tobin Rupe, who quarried the stone and hand-chiseled the lettering, studied sculpting at Fort Hays State University in the 1980s.

“We’ve done a lot of signs for communities and cities … across Kansas, and we’ve never come across a community that’s been so inviting and so helpful,” said Jill Dugan, Rupe’s wife, about their experience in Hays.

We’re hoping even more motorists traversing the state are intrigued enough by the signs to make a stop so they can discover that same inviting and helpful feeling. Hays’ welcome mat definitely is out.

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Back to the future on school finance L

ook back to see the future of school schools and rebalancing state finance. The finance in Kansas. tax bill passed by strong legislative majorIn its unanimous decision March 2, the ities earlier this session looked back to tax Kansas Supreme Court determined the policy prior to the experiment as a starting “block-grant” scheme for funding schools point. This alternative is in line with the did not meet the constitutional standard long-term trend of reducing reliance of adequacy and ordered the Kansas on property taxes for school funding Legislature back to the drawing as expressed in every prior school board to write a school finance finance revision. law that meets constitutional The formula for distributing muster no later than June 30. state funds to individual school Four fundamental revisions of districts will return to base school finance during the last funding plus district weightings.

50 years, coupled with recent Lawmakers represent school missteps in state finance, foredistricts that vary widely in tell what to expect from state geography, wealth and student lawmakers in the next couple characteristics, among other months. factors, and they must come d lentje Overall school funding subInsight Kansas to agreement in apportionstantially will increase. While ing funds through a political the court emphasized that “total spending process. The current court cited its earlier is not the touchstone for adequacy in edudecision in this regard: “(W)e do not dictate cation,” its order admonished lawmakers to the legislature how it should constitutionthat “the state should not ignore” experts’ ally fund K-12 public school education; we cost estimates which in fact point to a sizeonly review its efforts to ensure they do not able boost in base funding for schools. run afoul of the Kansas Constitution.”

School funding will rely more upon state The formula crafted in 1992 included sales and income taxes and less on propdistrict weightings, such as numbers of erty taxes. The disastrous tax experiment at-risk students and students’ distance from of 2012 followed by jumps in sales and schools, to allocate funds among districts property taxes have narrowed options for and worked effectively for nearly 20 years. lawmakers. As a result, income taxes now While this formula provides a point of stand as the only realistic choice for funding departure, the court did highlight revisions

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must address those students, particularly minorities and at-risk students, who are not performing at grade levels.

Action on school finance will be bipartisan. Every school finance revision has enjoyed bipartisan legislative support. While Republicans control roughly two-thirds of all legislative seats, roughly half of them question the value of public schools. That reality plus a disengaged governor assures school finance reform can only be enacted through a bipartisan legislative coalition.

Final action on school finance and the revenues required to fund schools will be resolved in the last hour on the last day of the legislative session, likely this coming June. A billion-dollar hole in state finance complicates the work of state lawmakers.

As a result, school finance must go hand in hand with a revenue package that funds it.

Early votes last month on taxes provide encouragement that legislative majorities are in place to address these challenges, even though the governor and remaining hardright legislators show no signs of being part of the solution.

A new class of legislators plus engaged legislative leaders should give Kansans optimism that new directions in school finance and sanity in state finance lie ahead, possibly even before late June.

H. Edward Flentje is professor emeritus at Wichita State University.

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of society started getting a lot of attention, know an 8-year-old boy who likes all sorts and we were trained to accept “trans” as the of reptiles. He has a particular affection new black. In other words, being transgenfor bearded dragons, of which he has three der came out of the closet, so to speak, and named, much to their displeasure, Bernie, we were supposed to accept the junk science Hercules and Skitters. He also has a large that people really are born with the wrong collection of stuffed serpents of all colors, biological apparatus. shapes and sizes. There is, however, Whenever I have questioned the legitione particular stuffed snake that macy of the trans phenomenon, people collects dust in the corner of have pointed me to studies discussing the toy room through no fault the issue of “gender dysphoria,” in of its own. The reason this which a person’s biological sex is snake is python non grata is not in sync with the way they feel that it is pink. I made the misinside. Frankly, you can find a psytake of picking up a girl snake, chological study to say whatever to which the young man you want it to say, as I have found replied with all the indignain my legal practice. There are as tion an 8-year-old can muster many opinions on these things (and believe me, it’s a lot), hristine lowers as there are recent medical “Boys do not play with pink Commentary school graduates. This is not to snakes.” say the medical condition does End of story. not exist, but simply that its legitimacy and This taught me a valuable lesson: Some parameters still are being debated. absolutes are keyed into our biology and our And that is OK when you are talking DNA that have nothing to do with nurture. about adults. It is absolutely not OK when Gender and identity are hardwired into us, you are talking about impressionable chiland they are neither fluid nor ambiguous. dren. Which brings me to what happened in In other words, you will not be hearing Elsa Boyertown, Pa., this past week. screaming about letting it go in my house, On Tuesday, the Boyertown School but you will be forced to take cover if a District was sued on behalf of a young male barrage of orange Nerf bullets are aimed in student who was forced to share the boy’s your direction. bathroom with a biological female who Some readers might be saying that this is apparently identified as male. Represented all epidermal stuff, and that, of course, boys by the Alliance Defending Freedom and the and girls have defined preferences for differIndependence Law Center, the unnamed ent things, but that this doesn’t mean there student was upset when the transgender isn’t crossover. They will point to tomboyish classmate came into his locker room and girls who can climb trees as well as any of started undressing. When the boy went to their brothers and quiet little boys who preschool administrators and asked them to do fer reading books to engaging in playground something about this violation of his privacy, warfare. I completely agree. But to go from he essentially was told to deal with it. that to accepting the fact that gender is fluid If we told a gay student to “deal with” and, because of that, unimportant and readbeing bullied by a straight student, we would ily exchangeable is to do irreparable damage rightfully be excoriated and quite possibly to the integrity of the human being. brought up on charges of child endangerLately, it’s become trendy to talk about ment. But it is OK to tell a straight, cisgender transgender. People will recoil at my use of boy to simply get with the program and stop the word “trendy,” seeing it as disrespectful whining because to do otherwise is to be intoland demeaning to a whole group of people erant of the sexual minority. That is how far who, we are told by none other than that we have come in this anything-goes society. great philosopher Lady Gaga, “born that The hypocrisy is astounding. LGBT acway.” In only a few short years, a nanotivist Eliza Bayard in a Philadelphia Inquirer second after that last great sexual battle column suggested the appropriate avenue was won with the legalization of same-sex would be to find an “accommodation” for marriage, we have been treated to case after the non-trans child. Imagine if we suggested case of men coming out as women, or vice the reverse: that the trans child be given a versa. It didn’t start with Caitlin Jenner, but specific accommodation, such as a separate it found its champion in her story. room in which to change. There would What is a statistically insignificant percent

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be screams of intolerance and discrimination, as there were when President Donald Trump did the right thing and repealed Barack Obama’s transgender mandates in public schools.

The point is “accommodations” are exceptions, and the LGBT community does not want to be viewed as an exception to anything. It wants to be accepted as mainstream and deserving of all of the rights and privileges as the straight, cisgender, white, Christian, plug-in-your-oppressive-patriarchal-adjective-here. But when a member of the majority group, in this case a kid who just wants to put on his underwear without making a political statement, files a lawsuit to protect his own right to privacy, the story gets turned into one about intolerance.

Sorry, but kids shouldn’t be used as pieces on the societal chessboard so some of the more evolved players can checkmate the outmoded, conservative values of another time. Randall Wenger, chief counsel of the Independence Law Center, puts it this way: “We need to show respect to every member of our society, and we don’t do that by making our children the guinea pigs in a social experiment and by taking away their fundamental right to privacy.”

I know some people think the most important thing in the world is to keep our children from being bullied. There is definitely value in providing a safe environment for them, and adults are the ones who need to do it. Lord of the Flies was not fiction, and I say that from experience.

But that doesn’t mean we sign on to every questionable social crusade in the name of tolerance, at least not where children are concerned. If an adult wants to go on reality TV and chronicle the transition from Olympic gold medalist to has-been Kardashian, that’s one thing. To enable a child to think gender is just another variable, like hair color and weight, is quite another.

As Pope Francis said in a quote that isn’t nearly as popular as his “Who am I to judge” comment: “We are living a moment of annihilation of man as image of God ...

Today, in schools they are teaching this to children — to children — that everyone can choose their gender.”

Annihilation of man as image of God. Annihilation of the distinction between boy and girl. Annihilation of privacy.

Annihilation, really, of childhood.

Christine M. Flowers is a lawyer and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News.

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Vaccines are available at the Ellis County Health Department or through primary care physician clinics.

Though the exact source of the outbreak isn’t yet clear, KDHE has linked possible exposure to wrestling and basketball events, Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, and travel to other states, according to the agency’s website.

The most telling symptom is often pain and swelling in the glands below the jaw line. Other — and often earlier — symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and fatigue, Koerner said. The virus has a lengthy incubation period, with symptoms typically showing 12 to 25 days after exposure.

If anyone suspects they might have the virus, they are encouraged to seek prompt medical attention. Patients, however, should call ahead to notify the medical clinic of their condition so steps can be taken to avoid exposing others, Koerner said.

In otherwise healthy patients, the illness doesn’t usually lead to severe complications, she said.

“It actually used to be very common,” she said. “It’s become highly uncommon since more people are being vaccinated.”

Other preventive measures include practicing good personal hygiene and frequent handwashing. The airborne

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“What we’re talking about here is hemp — not marijuana,” said Rep. Eric Smith, a Burlington Republican and deputy sheriff who is supportive of the bill.

“There are a lot of things about hemp that I think can be very beneficial to this state. I think there are ways to make it manageable.

There is concern about folks in law enforcement about what this could do.

Some of those concerns are very well-founded.”

Rep. Les Mason, R-McPherson and chairman of the House Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Committee, said hemp was a regular production crop in Kansas prior to a federal law in 1937 making it illegal to grow hemp and marijuana.

Additional research would be useful to determine viability of hemp as a crop JOLIE GREEN, jgreen@dailynews.net in the modern agriculture economy, he said.

Kansas has seen 79 confirmed cases of mumps, two of which were in Ellis County, in the recent statewide out“The value of the crop break of the virus. is much greater than it was in 1937. I’m told Canadian virus is carried through coughing, “The No. 1 way to stop the spread “We always ask people to do that, farmers are yielding about sneezing, talking or sharing eating of germs is covering your cough and all the time. And avoid close contact $250 profit per acre off each with people when they’re sick.” utensils with others. washing your hands,” Koerner said. harvest,” Mason said.

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Trump praised his fellow Republicans and deflected blame on Democrats — who opposed the bill. He also said he had learned something about “loyalty,” apparently referring to the GOP defections.

Trump predicted the country eventually would need to revisit the issue, say-

ing, “We will end up with a truly great health care bill in the future after this mess that is Obamacare explodes.”

Both Trump and Ryan, however, said the Republican Party had no plan to revive the repeal-and-replace effort anytime soon, so the current health care law will remain in place.

The defeat exposed Trump’s limits as negotiator in chief and raised doubts about his administration’s ability to achieve the rest of its conservative agenda, including tax cuts, deregulation and trade reform.

The fallout also was a setback for Ryan. Critics say the legislation was crafted

too quickly and without enough input from other lawmakers or consultation with industry and interest groups.

“Hopefully there will be a lesson learned that let’s work together to write the bill instead of writing it in private,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas.

The failure will only complicate the odd-couple partnership between Ryan and Trump. The president might think twice next time about relying on the speaker to lead legislative campaigns.

Though Trump signaled his continued support Friday for Ryan to remain in his post, and many lawmakers were standing by his side, finger-pointing over what went wrong is bound to linger.

Ryan could have afforded to lose no more than approximately 21 Republican votes to reach the 216 needed for passage. Defections were estimated at one point to be 30 or more.

The conservative House Freedom Caucus wanted Trump and Ryan to go further and faster in unwinding Obamacare rules and taxes. Centrist Republicans were worried the GOP plan would leave too many Americans without health insurance.

“Moving from an opposition party to a governing party comes with growing pains and, well, we’re feeling those growing pains today,” Ryan said. “We came up short.”

The GOP defeat marked a victory for a broad coalition of patient advocates, physician groups and hospitals, which had mounted an intense and sustained campaign to highlight the damage they said the bill

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Congressional offices reported a huge influx of calls urging a “no” vote on the bill.

“This is a clear statement that the policies in the bill were fatally flawed and should never again see the light of day,” said Robert Doherty, senior vice president of the American College of Physicians.

It remains unclear what political price Republicans might pay for their failure to advance a repeal bill despite controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress. Many GOP activists will be angry if the party abruptly drops an issue it has campaigned on for years.

At the same time, public support for Obamacare has been rising amid the threat to repeal it, and opinion polls showed strong concern over the GOP plan.

The turmoil over the bill also served as a reminder of the GOP’s ongoing internal strife, which can allow small groups of rank-and-file Republicans to determine the party’s direction.

“There’s bitterness within our conference,” said Rep. Chris Collins, R-N.Y. “It’s going to take time to heal.”

Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., said he hoped the defeat eventually would bring the party closer together.

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Trump wall is political panic for edgy companies

The Hays Daily News Sunday, March 26, 2017

By THOMAS BLACK Bloomberg News

DALLAS — Hundreds of companies have been eyeing Watch for breaking news at work on President Donald Trump’s 30-foot border wall HDNews.net with Mexico. Some, however, won’t touch it with a 10-foot Rep. implores Trump to be pole.

Mexican cement giant truthful in weekly speech Cemex SAB won’t participate, WASHINGTON (TNS) — though it is well-positioned Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., to profit with plants on both on Saturday implored Pressides of the border. ident Donald Trump to be Neither will Vinci SA, a big truthful, saying “presidential credibility, once squandered, French engineering company, may never be fully regained.” after Chief Executive Officer Xavier Huillard cited the Schiff, who had a busy “sensitivities” of employweek as ranking Democrat ees. Emmanuel Macron, on the House Select Comfront-runner for the French mittee on Intelligence, used the weekly Democratic adpresidency, has warned Ladress to lay out details of the fargeHolcim Ltd., the world’s committee’s investigation largest cement maker, to steer into Russian interference in clear. Union leaders at that the 2016 election, but ended company have branded the with a plea directly to Trump. wall undemocratic.

Americans and U.S. allies And Democratic lawmakneed to be able to believe ers in California — the state Trump if he says there is an that, for many, stands for international crisis, such as everything Trump doesn’t — North Korea placing a nuhave gone further, threatening clear weapon on a ballistic to cut ties with companies that missile, Schiff warned. He work on the project. added Trump has chosen “If they participate in “two superb people” in Desomething so harmful to fense Secretary James N. California’s economy and Mattis and national security environment as a wall, then adviser H.R. McMaster. we don’t want to do business “Seek their counsel. with them,” said state Sen. RiListen to what they have to cardo Lara, who introduced say,” Schiff said. “And cherish the trust and hope that legislation that would blackwas placed in you by virtue ball them from government of your office, by never contracts. again advancing claims that There is little doubt that you know — or should know if Congress finds as much as — are simply not true.” $25 billion to construct the wall, someone will happily Committee will meet to take it. But increasingly, large select Hong Kong’s leader corporations are weighing potential profit against political HONG KONG (TNS) — costs.

Hong Kong’s elite will meet Trump touted his wall from today to choose a new chief the beginning of his camexecutive in a vote marked paign as a way to cut off the by leaks about China’s northward flow of Mexicans, behind-the-scenes efforts whom he labeled criminals, to influence who runs the former British colony. drug dealers and rapists.

The election pits Hong Supporters cheered, while Kong’s former No. 2 official, opponents whacked Trump Carrie Lam, 59, against her pinatas. Now, companies on former colleague, ex-Finanboth sides of the more than cial Secretary John Tsang, 1,900-mile border and across 65, and retired judge Woo the Atlantic are caught in the Kwok-hing. The public have political storm. little say over who will lead LafargeHolcim will get the city of 7.3 million for the pressure from workers, said next five years. The deciSylvain Moreno, a leader of sion is made by an election the union that represents emcommittee of 1,194 political ployees. The Confederation and business elites.

Generale du Travail, one of Lam’s bid has been comFrance’s most powerful labor plicated by weeks of media reports that Chinese leaders organizations, would communicate its opposition even if have anointed her to win it probably wouldn’t resort to the election amid increasslowdowns or strikes. ingly vocal criticism of the “Fundamentally, we are country’s stewardship over Hong Kong. against any construction that

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A logo sign outside of a facility occupied by Cemex in New Braunfels, Texas. is anti-liberty, or anti-freedom of movement,” Moreno said.

“There’s a certain immorality” in participating.

The wall and Trump’s insistence that Mexico pay for it have incensed broad swaths of that nation’s population.

The potential consumer backlash for any company daring to profit makes it unlikely that cement producers including Cemex and Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua SAB and steelmakers such as Altos Hornos de Mexico SAB or Industrias CH SAB would participate.

Cemex and Grupo Cementos have plants in Texas and near the Mexican border that normally would be in a good position to supply the project.

Many U.S. companies have kept low profiles. Fluor Corp., Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. and KBR Inc. are among the few publicly traded ones on a government list of businesses that have expressed interest in bidding. KBR declined to comment, and Chicago Bridge & Iron didn’t return phone calls and emails.

“Fluor is evaluating the current requests for proposals, but the company has not made any decisions,” said spokesman Brian Mershon.

Not all businesses are cowed. Closely held R.E. Staite Engineering Inc. has shrugged off the threat from California legislators as it

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prepares a bid. The San Diego-based construction concern has taken on projects that spark passions, including the cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska and building a wharf for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, said Ralph Hicks, senior vice president of governmental affairs.

“There’s a lot of talk and inflamed emotions over it. We get that,” Hicks said. “We’ve been around a lot of controversial projects in our time.”

In the call for bids, the Homeland Security Department has asked companies to build demonstration structures in San Diego, right in Hicks’s backyard. The wall must be resistant to pickaxes, climbing and tunneling and “aesthetically pleasing” — at least on the north side.

The Associated General Contractors of America has condemned moves to punish businesses that help erect it.

“It’s troubling that some state and local politicians may seek to propose measures that would exclude hard-working Americans just

because they’re doing honest work on behalf of the U.S. government to build public infrastructure,” said Brian Turmail, spokesman for the Arlington, Va.-based trade group.

Large companies might be able to pass up bids because of an influx of work related to increased defense spending and Trump’s plan to boost funding for other infrastructure operations, said Michael Dudas, an analyst with Vertical Research Partners who covers engineering and construction companies.

“If it were a different part of the cycle, there might be more excitement about getting a contract for the wall,” he said. “There’s a lot of opportunity in the marketplace that we anticipate in our analysis over the next handful of years.”

Actividades de Construccion y Servicios said the wall isn’t in its area of specialty, even though the Madrid-based company has built projects from dams to mass transit and had a U.S. backlog of work of more than $20

billion last year. Balfour Beatty Plc, which gets approximately half its construction-services revenue from the U.S., won’t participate because the company doesn’t have resources along the border, said spokesman Matt Averitt.

Vinci, Europe’s largest builder, also will pass, Huillard said.

“If we were to plan doing something that might offend a majority of our employees, then I think it would be better not doing it.”

That sits well with California lawmakers, Lara said. The legislature will consider a bill that would require the teacher and public-employee retirement funds, which together manage more than $500 billion, to divest from companies that help build the wall.

“This legislature has made it clear what our position is on the Trump policies,” said Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, a Democratic assemblywoman from Oceanside who co-sponsored the measure. “We have supermajorities in both houses that are committed to lead the resistance.”

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Obituaries Agnes Elaine Wannamaker Agnes Elaine Wannamaker, 87, Ellis, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society, Ellis.

She was born Aug. 7, 1929, in Ellis to Rudolph and Regina (Tauscher) Waldschmidt. She was a 1948 graduate of Ellis High School.

She married Jim Wannamaker on Sept. 7, 1949.

He preceded her in death Feb. 3, 1995. She was a homemaker and farm wife.

She also worked at Hays Livestock and Midwest Drug.

She was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church.

Survivors include a son, Julen “Pete” Wannamaker II and wife, Teri, Topeka; a daughter, Jackie Shubert and husband, Bruce, Manhattan; two brothers, Bernard Waldschmidt, Fruita, Colo., and Eugene “Whitie” Waldschmidt, Grand Junction, Colo.; five grandchildren, Sonya Simpkins, Los Angelas, JJ Wannamaker II, Overland Park, Jarod Wannamaker, Hutchinson, Sam Shubert, rural St. George, and Ben Shubert, Manhattan; and four great-grandchildren,

Chloe, James III, Julen III and Noah Wannamaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Jennifer Simpkins; a daughter and son-in-law, Jean and Russ Benedict; a great-grandson, Cyrus Shubert; three brothers, A.J. Waldschmidt, Jim Waldschmidt and Tom Waldschmidt; and a sister, Esther Touslee.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Ellis; burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Ellis.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Keithley Funeral Chapel, 400 E. 17th, Ellis, KS 67637.

A combined vigil/rosary will be at 7 p.m. at the funeral chapel.

Memorials are suggested to St. Mary Catholic Church or Good Samaritan Society, Ellis, in care of the funeral chapel.

Condolences can be left by guestbook at www. keithleyfuneralchapels.com or emailed to keithleyfuneralhomes@gmail. com.

Ross M. Nelson Ross M. Nelson, 91, Holton, died Friday, March 24, 2017.

Survivors include his wife, Betty; three children, Deliece, Shawn and Dennis; their spouses; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at

1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton; private family burial will follow in Holton Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to Circleville Alumni in care of the funeral home.

Condolences can be sent to the family at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

Frank D. Bradley Frank D. Bradley, 96, Hays, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Hays Good Samaritan Society.

Arrangements are

pending at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 1906 Pine, Hays, KS 67601.

Joseph Copeland Joseph Copeland, 95, Hays, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society, Hays.

Arrangements are

pending at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601.

Ralph Herzog Ralph Herzog, 95, Hays, died Saturday, March 25, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society, Hays.

Arrangements are

pending at Brock’s-Keithley Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 2509 Vine, Hays, KS 67601.

Thelma (Workman) Conway Thelma (Workman) Conway, 101, Plainville, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Plainville.

She was born Oct. 17, 1915, in Plainville to Harry and Ruth (Henrie) Workman.

She married Loyd Conway Nov 24, 1937, in Plainville. He preceded her in death. She was a beautician.

Survivors include two sons, Greg Conway, Plainville, and Ken Conway, Hays; a daughter, Pat Barton, Great Falls, Mont.; two sisters, Laverne Hackerott and Marjorie Jones, both of Plainville; 11 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in

death by an infant daughter, Sheila Conway.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville; inurnment in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, with family receiving friends at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, Plainville.

A vigil will be at 7 p.m.

Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to Daughters of Isabella or Wounded Warriors Project in care of the funeral home.

Condolences can be sent to the family at www. plumeroverlease.com.

Patrick A. ‘Pat’ Tacha Patrick A. “Pat” Tacha, 62, Meriden, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at his home of cardiac arrest.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Pen-

well-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, Topeka; additional services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Norton.

Norah M. Toelkes Norah M. Toelkes, 94, Plainville, died Saturday, March 25, 2017.

Arrangements are pending at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, Plainville.

Mary A. Davison Mary A. Davison, 79, Ness City, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Ness County Hospital.

Arrangements are pending at Fitzgerald Funeral Home, Ness City.

Eddie D. Douglas Eddie D. Douglas, 74, Keenesburg, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at his home.

He was born Nov. 23, 1942, in Oklahoma City to William and Evelyn (Qualls) Douglas.

Survivors include two sons, Bill Douglas, Acworth, Ga., and Bob Douglas and wife, Ricki, Strasburg; a brother, Bill Douglas Jr. and wife, Angela, Overland Park; three sis-

ters, Barbara Rupp, Hays, Peggy Schoenberger and husband, Jim, Russell, and Diane Douglas, Greenville, S.C.; five grandchildren, Julia, Sarah, Tate, Mati and Evanne; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Jane, in 2014.

Services were Saturday at Tabor-Rice Funeral Home, Brighton, Colo.

Philip Justin Craig Philip Justin Craig, 63, Rockledge, Fla., died Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017.

He was born June 7, 1953, in Hays to Gene and Dora (Michaelis) Craig.

He was a painting contractor and businessman.

Survivors include his wife, Sherri, of 41 years; a son, Jason, Tampa, Fla.; two daughters, Jessica

Cain, Dahlonega, Ga., and Jamie Miller, Arlington, Va.; two brothers, Douglas Craig, Round Rock, Texas, and Ward Craig, Russell; two sisters, Cynthia Steeples, Palco, and Barbara Coffey, Baldwin; and two grandchildren.

Memorials are suggested to A21 Campaign, Mercy Multiplied or Outreach America.

Donna McComb Donna McComb, 81, Stockton, died Saturday, March 25, 2017.

Arrangements are pending at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, Stockton.

Henry A. Boyd Sr. Henry A. Boyd Sr., 80, WaKeeney, died Friday, March 24, 2017, at Trego Manor, WaKeeney.

Arrangements are pending at Schmitt Funeral Home, WaKeeney.

Additional services Larry Leo Langhofer, 78, Russell, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Wilson Care and Rehabilitation Center, Wilson.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary, Russell; burial in Bunker Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Sunday, with family present to greet friends from 6 to 7 p.m. at the mortuary.

Douglas Graydon Egger, 88, Hays, formerly of Ellis, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Good Samaritan Society in Ellis.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Christ Lutheran Church, Ellis; burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Ellis, with military honors. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m.

Sunday at Keithley Funeral Chapel, 400 E. 17th, Ellis, KS 67637, and from 10 a.m. until time of service Monday at the church. A prayer service will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral chapel.

Michael P. Bellerive, 69, Plainville, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at Rooks County Health Center.

Services will be at

10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Plainville; burial in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Damar. Visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday at Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, Plainville, and from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the church. A vigil will be at 6 p.m.

Sunday at the church.

John Leo Brungardt, 79, Victoria, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017, at Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice Center at Via Christi Hospital-St. Francis, Wichita.

Services will be at 10 a.m.

Monday at the Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria; burial in St. Fidelis Cemetery, Victoria.

Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Monday, both at Cline’s-Keithley Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671. A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, followed by a Victoria Knights of Columbus rosary at 7:30 p.m., both at the mortuary.

Obituary policy The Hays Daily News will publish an obituary free for people with direct ties to the area. More information can be added for additional cost.

Florence Fae ‘Flo’ Monroe Florence Fae “Flo” Monroe, 82, died February 24, 2017, at Locust Grove Village in La Crosse, Kansas. She was born December 7, 1934, in Little River, to Robert and Florence (Moredick) Reynolds.

Flo graduated from Sterling High School in 1953.

She worked as a secretary for the Hutchinson Community College welding vo-tech department and was director of the Coronado Quivira Museum in Lyons.

Flo attended the Lyons United Methodist Church.

She married Max Monroe. They later divorced. He died November 20, 2005.

Flo is survived by: daughters, Joyce Young (Dale) of Salina, Julie Michaelis (Chris) of Hays; sons, Steven (Gayle) of Atlanta, Georgia, Mark (Joanne) of Overland Park, Darin (Cindy) of Salina; daughter-inlaw, Kay Frank of Sterling; sister, Connie Morford of

Newton; twin sister, Florene Berblinger of Sterling; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by: her parents; son, Jeff Monroe; long-time friend and companion, Howard Bontrager; five brothers (two infant); and four sisters (one toddler).

Cremation has taken place. Memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor Micah Sanderson officiating. Private family burial will be in the Geneseo Cemetery. Friends may sign the book from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday and Monday at Elliott Mortuary.

Memorials may be made to the Mid-Kansas Susan G. Komen Foundation, (komenmid.ks.org), to benefit cancer research, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.

Sandra Lea (Newcomer) French Sandra Lea (Newcomer) French, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017, at Salina Regional Health Center at the age of 59.

Sandra was born on November 13, 1957, to Duane and Elaine Newcomer in Hays, KS. Sandra was a graduate of Trego Community High School class of 1975. She married her husband David French in 1975 where they traveled the world with the military.

After her husband retired, they moved back to Wakeeney, Kansas where she pursued her career as a florist. That career continued after moving to Salina, Kansas for a couple more years. She then began working at Salina Regional Health Center as a PBX/Doctors Exchange Operator. She stayed there for 15 years until retirement. Sandy spent all of her free time with her husband, kids, grandkids, and her beloved cats. She loved being a gramma and it consumed her life for the past five and a half years.

Her grandchildren were her pride and joy, and she wouldn’t have changed it for the world.

Survivors Include her husband David, three sons, Cory of Wakeeney, Lance and wife Mu of Daegu, Korea, Gary and wife Kristin of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, a daughter Melanie and husband AJ Shehata of Junction City, Kansas; three grandchildren Kennan French,

Michaella French, Caidan French; one unborn grandchild Layla Shehata; six brothers, David and wife Kathy Newcomer of Greeley, CO, Randy and wife Julie Newcomer of Louisburg, KS, Keevin and wife Mary Lou Newcomer of WaKeeney, KS, Brian and wife Jeris Newcomer of Wildwood, MO, Steve Newcomer and wife Brenda Newcomer of Wakeeney, KS, and Eric and wife Dolores Newcomer of Austin, TX; Numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Sandra was preceded in death by, her parents, Duane and Elaine Newcomer; and granddaughter Caitlynn Lea Morrison.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Christ the King Catholic Church, WaKeeney. Burial will be in the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery, WaKeeney. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 5 to 7 p.m. with a parish vigil service at 6:00 p.m. Both will take place at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Christ the King Catholic Church or American Breast Cancer Foundation (www.abcf. org). Contributions may be left on the ABCF website or sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 336 N 12th, WaKeeney, KS 67672.

Condolences may be sent to the family by signing the guestbook on this page.

Court gives Vietnam veteran another shot at benefits

By MICHAEL DOYLE Tribune News Service

though he did not dictate the final Board of Veterans Appeals’ outcome.

“Many unfortunate and meritorious WASHINGTON — Ringing ears (veterans) whom Congress have justly remind Texas resident Roger L. Perales thought proper objects of immediate of the war that’s still within him. relief, may suffer great distress, even by a Sixteen months in Vietnam as an infantryman and helicopter door gunner short delay, and may be utterly ruined, by a long one,” Greenberg wrote in his brief with the 101st Airborne Division left other bruises, as well. Doctors diagnosed opinion, quoting from an earlier case.

The long-ago war was a noisy busithe 67-year-old San Antonio native with ness, for Perales and others. post-traumatic stress disorder. He has Entering Army active duty in Septemdiabetes and hypertension, deemed to be ber 1969, Perales landed in Vietnam in service-connected.

1970. Gunfire, claymore mine explosions Perales also now has a favorable new and the beat of helicopters assaulted his ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals ears. In early 1971, a helicopter he was for Veterans Claims that offers him a riding in as part of a key operation called fresh shot at boosting his benefits. Years in the making, this latest plot twist further Dewey Canyon II was shot down and crash landed. Perales took it all as it came, shakes up an appeal Perales says he hadn’t originally even planned to pursue. even signing up for an extended tour.

“At the time, you didn’t really think “I had my doubts,” Perales said in a telephone interview, “then I thought, ‘I’m about your medical records,” Perales said.

When honorably discharged from not going to do this for myself; this is for active duty in April 1972, Spc. 4 Perales those who didn’t make it back.’ ” held the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, In a March 21 ruling, Judge Wilthe Bronze Star and the seeds of health liam S. Greenberg ordered the Board problems that would drive him to what of Veterans Appeals to reconsider its is now called the Department of Veterearlier denial of the bid by Perales for ans Affairs. He now wears hearing aids, hearing-related benefits. In particular, and reports having trouble hearing or the appeals board now must examine understanding people amid background whether the collective impact of all of noise. his service-connected disabilities create Tests began identifying the hearing loss greater functional impairment than each but it was not sufficient, according to the individual disability.

VA in 2010, to merit the compensation An Obama administration appointee and former brigadier general in the U.S. Perales sought. It was, in the words of the VA, “zero percent disabling.”

Army Reserves, Greenberg specifically Like tens of thousands of other veterurged speedy action on behalf of Perales,

ans every year, Perales eventually went to the Board of Veterans Appeals. In fiscal 2016, the board disposed of 52,009 appeals. Time can drag there but eventually, in January 2015, the board upheld the VA’s rejection of Perales’ claim.

The degree of hearing loss, the board reasoned, failed to meet the strict criteria set out in what the VA calls its “Rating Schedule.”

Perales fought on, arguing his combination of health issues deserved consideration for what’s called an “extraschedular rating.” In his March 21 decision, Greenberg concluded Perales “reasonably raises the possibility of a combined impact” and that the Board of Veterans Appeals incorrectly “provided no explanation” for its rejection of the idea.

“The court’s decision in Mr. Perales’ case recognizes a common problem seen in a majority of BVA decisions, in that there are no manageable standards for the assignment of an extraschedular rating,” said Rhode Island-based attorney Robert V. Chisholm, who has represented Perales.

Perales, now retired after 30 years of working for a San Antonio school district, called the decision “great” and noted he has been waiting for years. Still, even after all this time, some things remain unclear or are, at least, quite complicated, as Perales underscored when asked why he volunteered to serve additional time in Vietnam.

“That,” Perales said with a laugh, “is a good question.”

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Donna Leslie, niece of Floyd Riggs and an employee at Citizens State Bank in Morland, talks about her uncle’s collection of comic books from the 1940s and 1950s that are on display at the bank.

Heroes of Yesteryear MORLAND — Anyone who remembers the “thrilling days of yesteryear” — the opening of “The Lone Ranger” TV series — would appre“That’s how he ciate a learned to read in the one-of-akind colmid-’40s to early ’50s.” lection Donna Leslie here.

That the Citizens State Bank is a place to find art is apparent before you even enter the doors.

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A 10-cent comic from the “Tonto” series is among those featured in the Floyd A. Riggs Memorial Comic Book Collection.

Family album Birthdays The family of Mary Ann Dinkel invites you to celebrate her 80th birthday April 4 with a card shower.

She was the office nurse for Hays Surgeons, Drs. Lasley, Stadalman, Kelly and Schultz for many years Dinkel before her retirement. Since retiring, she remains active and enjoys sewing, quilting and working in her vegetable garden and flower beds. She volunteers at the ARC Thrift Shop and is a member of Immaculate Heart of Mary.

Cards can be sent to her at 2213 Downing Ave., Hays, KS 67601.

Got a birthday you’d like to publicize? Send the information to newsroom@dailynews.net.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Clubs and meetings Daily

• Options: Domestic and Sexual Violence Services support groups in Hays are for people in or who have been in abusive relationships. Call for time and location, (785) 625-3055 or (800) 7944624.

• Need help with addiction? Call (800) 556-8885.

Monday-Friday

to 6 p.m. For more information, call (785) 628-8896.

• High Plains Zen Skype discussion group meeting, 6 p.m. Contact Liz Lawlor at (785) 798-3703 or email highplainszen@gmail.com for more information.

• La Leche League of the Western Plains, 11 a.m. to noon at Center for Health Improvement Education Room. For more information, contact Monique Holmes, (785) 623-2430.

Tuesday

• Meal Site reservations for seniors age 60 or older must be made the day before eating at the Meal • Hays Lions Club meeting, noon, Rose Garden Site, 2450 E. Eighth. Cost is $3.25 or contribution.

For reservations or cancellations, call (785) 628-6644 Banquet Hall, 2530 E. Eighth.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 818 between 8 and 11:30 a.m. meeting, 6 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church basement, (lower level) 2703 Fort. Call Beverly, (316) 755-1055, or email bednasek@networksplus.

• Hays Rotary Club, noon, at the Heritage Room net or Kay Weaver, (785) 656-2570, for more inforat Hadley Center, 230 E. Eighth. mation about the group. Everyone is welcome.

• TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 416, • Open-door Alanon family meeting, 8 p.m., 410 Hays, weigh-ins, noon, Via Christi Village Indepen- Oak. dent Living Dining Room, 2403 Canterbury. Call • Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., 410 Oak. For Beverly, (316) 755-1055, or email bednasek@ more information, call (785) 625-9860, (785) 625networksplus.net or call Kay Weaver, (785) 0991 or Mary at (785) 432-2428.

656-2570, for more information about the group.

• Support group for victims of domestic and sexEveryone is welcome. ual violence, 5:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, • Weight Watchers meeting, 6 p.m., First United 2703 Fort.

Methodist Church, 305 W. Seventh. Weigh-ins, 5:15 • Male support group, noon to 1 p.m. for men

Monday

who have experienced or are experiencing domestic or sexual violence. For more information, contact Options: Domestic and Sexual Violence office, (785) 625-3055.

Thursday

• Hays Optimist Club meeting, noon, Golden Corral, 383 Mopar.

• Kiwanis Club of Hays meeting, noon, Smoky Hill Country Club, 3303 Hall. For more information about Kiwanis Club, visit www.hayskiwanis.org.

• Open-door Al-Anon family meeting, noon, 410 Oak. • Sunrise Rotary Club of Hays meeting, 7 a.m., Victor E. Tiger Lounge, Gross Memorial Coliseum at Fort Hays State University.

Friday

• Narcotics Anonymous, 10 p.m., 410 Oak. For more information, call (785) 625-9860, (785) 6250991 or Mary at (785) 432-2428.

Saturday

• Narcotics Anonymous, 10 p.m., 410 Oak. For more information, call (785) 625-9860, (785) 6250991 or Mary at (785) 432-2428.

Don’t waste your vaccine dollars; take care of your medicine I

f you purchase vaccine for a disease and inject it into your animals, you can rest assured you won’t have to worry about that disease.

Right? Wrong. To start with, no vaccine is 100-percent effective at providing immunity to all animals it is administered to. Further, your techniques for purchasing, storage and use of vaccines can diminish their effectiveness tremendously.

Although you can’t expect

perfect protection, there are some common sense things you can do to get the greatest possible benefit from your investment in animal health products.

Proper vaccine management starts at the purchase.

If you order vaccines online or via telephone, order them on Monday so they will not be held up during a weekend. Request extra cold packs. When the product arrives, check it to see

that it is still cold. If it is, store it correctly.

If it has become warm, notify the seller immediately.

If you purchase vaccines locally, either take a cooler with you or request the retailer provide one. Take or request multiple cold packs or ice. Ask the retailer if there is a thermometer in

his refrigerator that is checked regularly and if proper temperature is maintained. Is the vaccine routinely checked for temperature on arrival?

If your retailer is tacy not comfortable these ampbell answering questions, find a County retailer who is.

Extension You are making a significant purchase, and the retailer should be glad to make sure you are getting what you are paying for.

A recent Idaho study showed only about a third of retailers’ refrigerators that were checked consistently maintained an acceptable temperature.

All the precautions you can take in storing and handling

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vaccines will not help if it is deactivated before it comes into your hands.

Most of us realize vaccines should be kept in a cool, dark place, but research shows many producers do a poor job of achieving this. Vaccines should be stored between 35 and 45 degrees. The University of Idaho study used recording thermometers to show that only about a third of producer’s refrigerators used for storage of vaccines consistently maintained temperatures within this range. Another third of those tested never achieved temperatures in the proper range. Too warm temperatures quickly can deactivate the vaccine, but too cold is even worse. Freezing changes the structure of the adjuvant and thus inacti-

vates the product.

In bacterins that contain whole cells, such as the clostridial (blackleg) vaccines, freezing ruptures the cells releasing high levels of endotoxin which can cause local reactions or toxic shock. A common practice for producers is to put the new, efficient refrigerator in the house and the old one that was replaced in the barn for storing vaccines.

Perhaps it would make more sense, in light of your vaccine investment, to put a modern, smaller and efficient apartment-sized refrigerator in a convenient place for vaccine storage only. Always discard vaccines that have frozen, vaccines that are opened or partially used, and vaccines that are expired.

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To a Retirement Retir Reception for

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A brick bas relief mural near the entrance commemorates a nearby paleontology dig in the 1980s, but once inside the building, visitors can view one of the more unusual art displays in the state — a collection of comic books.

These are not the illustrations of costumed superheroes today’s collectors are familiar with, though. Rather, these depict the heroes of their time in rich shades of color in lithograph or even photograph covers — silver screen stars such as Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Tarzan, the Lone Ranger, Tonto and the Cisco Kid. A few of the issues even sport autographs of Rogers and Evans.

There are comics with animal stars. Roy Rogers’ horse, Trigger, had his own series, as did Silver, the Lone Ranger’s horse, and, of course, Lassie.

The collection honors Floyd Riggs, brother of a past longtime president of the bank, Faye Minium.

Riggs collected the comics in the late 1940s and 1950s, spending his allowance at a WaKeeney drug store a dime or quarter at a time.

“That’s how he learned to read in the mid-’40s to early ’50s,” said Donna Leslie, Riggs’ niece, who works at the bank.

When Riggs grew up and moved out of the family home, he told his mother, Mabel Riggs, to throw the comics out. But she didn’t.

“She proceeded to store them in lard cans. She had them up in the attic for some time. Some of the grandkids read some of them really kind of hard,” Leslie said with a laugh.

But the lard cans kept the comic books in good condition, and after Riggs died of cancer in 1987 at age 42, the local school art teacher convinced his mother they could be valuable.

The bank purchased the comics, and Minium had

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Proper use of biological products is important also.

The first step is to read the label. Almost all vaccines will offer the statement that they are for use in healthy animals.

Sick or debilitated animals cannot respond well immunologically to vaccines. The label also will tell you the approved uses, route of administration, and withdrawal time for the product. Always take vaccines to the chute in insulated coolers that will keep them within the proper temperature range. If you use an appropriate cooler, you can take enough for the morning or the afternoon, but not both at once. In hot weather, use ice or cold packs and keep the cooler out of direct sunlight, and the vaccine as well during use or injections.

In the case of products that require mixing or reconstitution, such as live virus vaccines, only reconstitute what you can use within one hour. More smaller packages are better than fewer bigger ones. Use a transfer needle to reconstitute product. Never use a needle that has been used to inject an animal to mix product or refill a syringe.

Products that contain whole cells will settle during storage and need to be agitated before use. Over agitation can rupture cells and cause endotoxin release.

If needed, you should gently rock vaccine products to stir them before use rather than shaking them. When you are finished for the day, discard any opened or partially used products and mark any unopened packages to use first

JOLIE GREEN, jgreen@dailynews.net

Rows of framed Roy Rogers comic books that are part of the Floyd A. Riggs Memorial Comic Book Collection hang in the lobby of Citizens State Bank in Morland. These are just a few of the comics from the 1940s and 1950s in the collection that are on display.

Leslie looks over a signed photograph of Roy Rogers that A series of Tarzan comics are part of the collection . hangs among her uncle’s comic book collection.

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many of the 200 in the collection framed.

Those can be viewed in the bank’s lobby and in

several offices. Some of them have been displayed in area

next time.

Most soaps, detergents, and disinfectants can leave residues that might deactivate your biological products when you next use your

syringes. After use, disassemble syringes, clean them thoroughly with hot water, and air dry the parts before putting them back together.

Storing syringes in clean, dry

Ziploc bags will help keep them clean without jeopardizing the effectiveness of the vaccines you will use with them.

• Source: Dave Sparks

museums, including the Dane G. Hansen Museum in Logan, Fick Fossil and History Museum in Oakley, Carnegie Center for the Arts in Dodge City and the Norman R. Epping Art Gallery in Emporia.

After the collection was featured in travel guides including Marci Penner’s 2005 “Kansas Guidebook for Explorers,” it has become somewhat of a tourist destination.

“People stop by here and look at our mural and our comic books. We try to entertain them. They bring back a lot of memories for a lot of people.” Leslie said.

DVM, Oklahoma State University Area Extension veterinarian.

Stacy Campbell is a Kansas State Research and Extension agent for Ellis County.

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(Published in The Hays Daily News March 26, 2017) GENERAL NOTICE TO CONTROL NOXIOUS WEEDS The Kansas Noxious Weed Law K.S.A. 2-1314 et seq requires all persons who own or supervise land in Kansas to control and eradicate all weeds declared noxious by legislative action.

The weeds declared noxious are: field bindweed, musk thistle, Johnsongrass, bur ragweed, Canada thistle, sericea lespedeza, leafy spurge, hoary cress, quackgrass, Russian knapweed, kudzu and pignut.

Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Kansa Noxious Weed Law to every person who owns or supervises land in Ellis County that noxious weeds growing or found on such land shall be controlled and eradicated. Control is defined as preventing the production of viable seed and the vegetative spread of the plant.

Failure to observe this notice may result in the County: 1. Serving a legal notice requiring control of the noxious weeds within a minimum of five days. Failure to control the noxious weeds within the time period allowed may result in the county treating the noxious weeds at the landowners expense and placing a lien on the property if the bill is not paid within 30 days or; 2. Filing criminal charges for noncompliance. Conviction for noncompliance may result in a fine of $100 per day of non-compliance with a maximum fine of $1500.

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

(First published in The Hays Daily News March 26, 2017) IN DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of ADELINE WERTH, Deceased Case No.: 2017-PR-000027 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Severin Werth, Jr., requesting: Descent be determined on the following described real estate situated in Ellis County, Kansas: Lot Twenty-one (21) and the West Half of Lot Twenty-three (W/2 of 23), Block Five (5), in J.E. WILSON’S ADDITION to the City of Hays, Kansas. and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by decedent at the time of death, and request that such property and all personal property and other Kansas real estate owned by the decedent at the time of death be assigned pursuant to the laws of intestate succession.

You are required to file your written defenses to the Petition on or before April 17, 2017, at 10:15 a.m. in the Ellis County District Court, 107 W. 12th Street, Hays, Kansas at which time and place the cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. /s/Severin Werth, Jr. SEVERIN WERTH, JR. APPROVED AND SUBMITTED BY: KAYLENE BRIN, P.A. /s/Kaylene Brin Kaylene Brin, #15748 109 W. 10th Hays, Kansas 67601 (785)628-1145; FAX (785)628-3098 Attorney for Petitioner (Last published in The Hays Daily News April 9, 2017) (Published in The Hays Daily News March 26, 2017) BEFORE THE HAYS AREA PLANNING COMMISSION THE CITY OF HAYS, KANSAS OFFICIAL NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN AND TO ALL PERSONS INTERESTED: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 17, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., in the City Commission Chambers at City Hall, 1507 Main Street, Hays, Kansas, the Hays Area Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing to propose modifications to the Unified Development Code, particularly reducing certain

building setback requirements for commercial and industrial zoned properties within the City of Hays and the exterritorial jurisdiction area.

All persons interested in said matter will be heard at this time concerning their views and wishes, and any protest against any of the provisions of the modifications to the Unified Development Code building setbacks will be considered by the Commission. A draft copy of the proposed Unified Development Code amendments will be available at the Planning, Inspection and Enforcement Office at 1002 Vine Street, Hays, Kansas or can be viewed on-line at the City of Hays website at www.haysusa. com or by calling the Planning, Inspection and Enforcement Office at 785-628-7310.

(Published in The Hays Daily News March 26, 2017) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DIVISION STATE OF KANSAS, ex rel.

KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL, Plaintiff, v.

ONE 1995 FORD ECONOLINE E350 MOTOR HOME, VIN #1FDKE30G9SHC00867; $1,066.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, M/L; 61 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA; Defendants.

Case No. 17 CV 23 Pursuant to the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act, K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq.

AMENDED NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE Pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4109 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that property herein described has been seized for forfeiture and is pending forfeiture to the Kansas Highway Patrol pursuant to the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act (KSASFA), K.S.A. 60-4101 et seq. This notice is amended to include $1,066.00 in U.S. currency in addition to the previously noticed defendant property. If you have not previously received a Notice of Seizure for Forfeiture, this is notice pursuant to the Act. The property was seized by the Kansas Highway Patrol on January 20, 2017, on I70 at milepost 154 in Ellis County, Kansas. The value of the property has been set at $6,066.00; and the drugs have no lawful value. The conduct giving rise to forfeiture and/ or the violation of law alleged is: the property is the proceeds of, and/or was used or intended to be used to facilitate, and/or was furnished or

was intended to be furnished in an exchange in, conduct giving rise to forfeiture. Further, a presumption of forfeitability exists in that illegal substances were located in/on the property at seizure.

Should you believe you have a true ownership interest in the seized property, you may do either of the following; (1) File a verified claim with the Court, sending copies to the Plaintiff’s Attorney and the Seizing Agency; or (2) Do nothing.

You may also wish to consult with an attorney before deciding what is best for you. However, if no valid claim is timely filed within thirty (30) days of your service of this Notice, your interest in the seized property, if any, will be forfeited. Any claim shall comply with the strict requirements of true ownership documentation, as set out in K.S.A. 60-4111.

You should be aware that it is a crime to falsely allege an ownership interest in property or to provide other false information in a claim. Further, pursuant to K.S.A. 60-4116(f), a claimant who fails to establish that a substantial portion of the claimant’s interest is exempt from forfeiture may be responsible to pay the reasonable costs, expenses and attorney fees of other claimants and the State.

This Notice seeks claims to the seized property only. Should a valid claim(s) be timely filed, as may be determined by the Court upon motion of the State, the State will respond with a judicial petition for forfeiture, and this matter will proceed to trial.

The law enforcement agency’s copy of your claim should be mailed to: Lt. Brent Hogelin, KHP, 122 SW 7th St., Topeka, Kansas 66603.

The original claim for the Court should be e-filed to: Clerk of the Ellis County District Court, 1204 Fort Street, Hays, Kansas 67601-3886.

Issued this 22nd day of March, 2017.

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2017 Hays Daily News All-Area Basketball

All-area teams

The HDN sports staff announces its all-area

basketball teams.

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Hill City senior Zech Wilson is the 2016-17 HDN All-Area Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year.

Jayhawks & Ducks Kansas takes Oregon in a

on

regional final

Saturday night.

HDNews.net

Double trouble

The Northwest Missouri State men’s basketball team topped

Fairmont State, 71-61, in the Division II National Championship game Saturday.

The Bearcats became the

first

Division II

school to win

the football and men’s basketball

titles in the same academic year.

What I’m thinking

Coming up with all-area teams and awards is always tough when there are players and coaches from five different classes to pick from.

This year was no different.

Vinny Benedetto @VBenedetto

NICK SCHWIEN, nschwien@dailynews.net

Wilson one of a kind for Hill City

By NICK McQUEEN nmcqueen@dailynews.net

By Hill City High School boys’ basketball standards, an 11-11 campaign and semifinal exit in the Class 2A Plainville sub-state was sub-par.

In 40-plus seasons at the helm for the Ringnecks, coach Keith Riley has long made a habit of putting together a winning program, despite any obstacles.

As is the case in recent years, Riley has been able to produce

a winner despite low numbers and limited floor talent. Often times in the past few years, Hill City only has played eight, seven or even six players deep on the bench.

A .500 record in 2016-17,

though, wasn’t for a lack of effort by Zech Wilson, one of the most unique players Riley has coached in more than four decades.

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TMP’s Vitztum varies game as top girls player

By VINNY BENEDETTO vbenedetto@dailynews.net

rebounds to go along with nearly three assists and Basketball isn’t Thomas two steals per game. She More Prep-Marian junior did that while playing club volleyball when she Kayla Vitztum’s sport of could on free weekends. choice, but that didn’t Those numbers helped stop the Monarch from dominating the hardwood TMP to its second consecutive third-place finish this season.

The 5-foot-10 forward at the Class 3A state tournament in Hutchinhopes to play collegiate son, a resume that earned volleyball, and she’s Vitztum the HDN’s Girls’ garnered interest from some of the top Division Player of the Year award.

“She’s very athletic, II programs in the area.

If she wanted, basketball and she’s developing her NICK McQUEEN, nmcqueen@dailynews.net likely would be an option skills,” TMP coach Rose TMP-Marian junior Kayla Vitztum is the 2016-17 HDN too after she posted aver- McFarland said. “She’s ages of 14 points and 6.5 got a really quick first All-Area Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year.

step. She runs the floor well, rebounds well. She can defend on the outside, inside. She can be an outside-or inside-type player.”

Vitztum refined the post game that allowed her to be one of the area’s top players as a sophomore but became more dynamic as a junior, adding the ability to haul in a defensive rebound, outrace opponents down the court and finish in transition.

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Rogers takes Stockton back to state O’Connor leads Wildcats to title through tough times

By NICK McQUEEN nmcqueen@dailynews.net

In the fall of 2013, Alexa Rogers took over a Stockton High School girls’ basketball program that had won just nine games the year prior.

In her first year running the program, things didn’t get any better. The Tigers won just five games in a season that ended with a first-round exit in Class 2A substate play.

Four years later with a more talented roster, Rogers got Stockton somewhere it hand’t been in nearly 20 years — the state tournament.

Stockton, which collected 20 wins, made its first state appearance since 1999 when it won a loaded Osborne sub-state by blowing out Thunder Ridge, 72-47, to make it to Gross Memorial Coliseum.

The 20 wins was a 10-win improvement over a season ago, and of course a 15-win improvement since Rogers’ first year as head coach.

By VINNY BENEDETTO vbenedetto@dailynews.net

from O’Connor’s rotation, it devastated the Sharon Springs Wallace County boys’ bas- community. With Schemm, O’Connor was conketball coach Larry fident the Wildcats O’Connor and his would’ve won their Wildcats have dealt second consecutive with more adversity state championship. in the past few seaThis season, it was sons than most teams a season-ending injucan imagine, but ry to talented senior that hasn’t stopped Chisum Grund that the Wildcats’ from NICK SCHWIEN, nschwien@dailynews.net succeeding. threw a wrench into O’Connor For guiding Stockton to the state tournament the Wallace County A season ago, the for the first time since 1999, Stockton coach death of Wallace coach’s plans.

Alexa Rogers was named the top girls’ coach County senior Luke Schemm See O’CONNOR, B3 See ROGERS, B3 on the 2016-17 HDN All-Area Basketball Team. not only took a key player

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All-Area Basketball ’17

Boys All-Area Basketball ’17

Girls

First team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Shane Berens.................6-4..............Sr............ Hays High Landon Porter.................6-2..............Sr.................. Norton Easton Smith..................6-4..............Sr...................... Ellis Chandler Stiawalt...........6-3..............Sr..............Ness City Zech Wilson...................5-10.............Sr.................Hill City

Second team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Tate Busse......................6-2..............Jr............St. Francis Tyus Henson..................6-1..............Sr.................. Norton Claiborne Kyles..............6-3..............Sr............ Hays High Trey Sides......................6-0........... Soph........ Phillipsburg Easton Slipke.................5-8..............Jr....................Hoxie

Third team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Cullen Grabast...............6-1..............Sr............... Osborne RJ Haberer.....................6-3..............Jr....... Sylvan-Lucas Grady Hammer...............6-0..............Sr.... Wallace County Jace Ruder.....................6-3..............Jr.................. Norton Christian Scheopner.......6-6........... Soph............Ness City

Honorable mention Levi Archer, jr., Goodland; Hayden Friend, sr., Plainville; Joel Green, sr., Stockton; Conner sr., Trego; John Pfannenstiel, soph., Ness City; Riley Sides, soph., Northern Valley; Latham Havlas, soph., Quinter; David McFarland, jr., TMP-Marian; Trever Medina, soph., Wallace Schwartz, jr., Hoxie; David Thompson, jr., Palco; Trey Thompson, jr., Phillipsburg; Josh VanCounty; Travis Ochs, sr., Russell; Chandler Ostmeyer, jr., Wheatland-Grinnell; Emmitt Owens, Laeys, sr., Logan. ; Brock Waters, sr., St. Francis; Maitland Wiltse, soph., Otis-Bison.

First team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Haven Hamilton.............5-10.............Jr............... Stockton Conner Keith..................5-5..............Jr.................Hill City Megan Koenigsman.......5-6..............Sr......... TMP-Marian Taylor Regan.................5-10.............Sr............ Otis-Bison Kayla Vitztum.................5-10.............Jr......... TMP-Marian

Second team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Paige Baird.....................5-7........... Soph.............N. Valley Madyson Koerner...........5-7..............Sr......... TMP-Marian Brynn Niblock................5-11.............Sr....................Hoxie Jaclyn Schulte................5-8..............Jr................. Russell Savannah Schneider......5-7........... Soph.......... Hays High

Third team Player.............................Ht............Class.............. School Bailey Bixenman.............5-5..............Sr......... Wh.-Grinnell Kassie Bretton...............5-10.............Sr.............. Th.Ridge Aubree Dewey................5-6...........Fresh............Plainville Tiffany Dortland..............5-6........... Soph............... Russell KayCee Miller.................5-7........... Soph.......... Go. Plains

Honorable mention Olivia Baus, sr., La Crosse; Hanna Bracelin, jr. St. Francis; Karlee Braun, sr., Logan; berger, jr., Hoxie; Gabrielle Schiltz, sr., Golden Plains; Jill Stephens, fresh., Stockton; Baylee Brummett, jr., Lakeside; Kylie Crist, jr., Quinter; Caitlyn Cox, sr., Norton; Kaylyn Brooke Bixenman, sr., Wheatland-Grinnell; Jenna Zimmerman, sr., Oakley; Katelyn Foster, jr., Ellis; Peyton Havlas, jr., Quinter; Talyn Kleweno, sr., Hays High ; Lilly Scham- Zimmerman, sr., TMP-Marian.

All-Area Basketball First Team Boys Capsules

Shane Berens

Landon Porter

Chandler Stiawalt

Easton Smith 6-4, Sr., Ellis

5-10, Sr., Hill City

The Hays High School forward finished his prep career as a member of the Western Athletic Conference first team.

Head coach Rick Keltner called Berens a four-year contributor to the program both on and off the court and a valuable leader on an Indian team that was hampered by an injury to junior guard Ethan Nunnery early in the season.

As a forward, Berens stretched defenses with his 3-point range while maintaining a presence inside. He was the Indians’ third leading scorer and second rebounder, posting averages of 8.4 points and six rebounds per game.

He was one of the team’s best bets at the free throw line, making more than 80 percent of his 45 attempts. He also took a teambest seven charges on defense.

Hays High’s loss in the opening game of sub-state likely ended his competitive basketball career, as Berens recently committed to join the Southeastern Louisiana University track and field program as a thrower.

The Norton senior guard spearheaded a group of three Bluejays that led Norton back to the Class 3A state tournament for the second consecutive season.

After suffering just two losses in the regular season, the Bluejays entered the state tournament as the top seed behind the play of Porter.

While Norton’s stay was ended in a quarterfinal loss to Cheney, Porter led the Bluejays with 16 poins in the game, as Tyus Henson and Jace Ruder were limited with foul trouble.

Despite being a perimeter player, Porter shot 50 percent from the field and led the Bluejays with an 18.6 points per game average. He scored in double figures in every game this season, notching a season-high 29 points in a lopsided win over Goodland.

The senior added more than six rebounds and two assists per game.

He posted five double-doubles on the season, one of which was an 18-point, 15-rebound outing against McCook, Neb. His all-around game earned him a spot on the All-MCL first team.

The Ness City boys’ basketball team broke through and returned to the state tournament in 2017, and explosive guard Chandler Stiawalt had a lot to do with that.

The senior posted a scoring average of 21.2 points per game and added nearly seven rebounds and four assists per contest. He was held under 10 points in just two of the games he played in this season.

His best outing, at least statistically, came in a win over Hill City on Jan. 31. Stiawalt posted a 29-point, 13-rebound double-double on 57 percent shooting from the field.

Stiawalt scored in a variety of ways for the Eagles. He put down alley oops, got out in transition, got to the line and forced teams to guard him on the perimeter as he made just under 40 percent of his 3s.

Stiawalt was a member of the HDN All-Area first team as a junior and was a first-team selection in the competitive Central Prairie League.

Ellis High School coach Brandon Maska called Smith a go-to player when the game was on the line.

That’s just the start of it. Smith was a go-to player at any point during the game.

A good scorer, defender and passer, Smith put up 20.1 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.8 assist and 1.3 steals per game.

He was able to basically play anywhere on the floor. He was a 54-percent shooter and hit 39 percent from 3-point range, and was a 78-percent free throw shooter.

He led Ellis all the way to the 2A sub-state championship game after a semifinal upset win against host and higher-seeded Plainville.

Ness City held Smith to nine points, the only time the senior was in single digits in the scoring column. He scored a season-best 31 in a 71-63 loss to Trego.

He put up 22 in the win against Plainville, scoring 12 points in the fourth quarter to help Ellis gain the edge. The Railers’ season ended the next game with a 67-61 loss to Hoxie, where Smith notched 23 points to cap his career.

The Ringnecks’ starting point guard in his senior campaign, Wilson averaged 20 points and 13 rebounds per night.

In addition, the 5-10 guard also dished out nearly six assists, and was the only consistent scoring threat for the 11-11 Ringnecks.

Wilson recorded 17 double-doubles and was one assist shy in January of recording a triple-double. Three more times, he notched seven assists.

Wilson was the top vote-getter on the MCL first team this season, a league that included Class 3A title hopeful Norton along with up-andcoming Phillipsburg and sub-state runner-up Ellis.

An HDN second-teamer a year ago, Wilson was relied on to score more for the Ringnecks this year, and made good. Only one time did Wilson score in single digits, and he scored 30 or more in three games. He scored a season-best 35 in a double-overtime 72-69 loss to Plainville, then scored 32 as the Ringnecks lost 64-57 in the Class 2A sub-state opener to eventual sub-state champion Hoxie.

6-4, Sr., Hays High

6-2, Sr., Norton

6-3, Sr., Ness City

Zech Wilson

All-Area Basketball First Team Girls Capsules

Haven Hamilton

Conner Keith

Megan Koenigsman 5-6, Sr., TMP-Marian

5-11, Sr., Otis-Bison

5-10, Jr., TMP-Marian

This winter, Hamilton became the 10th girls’ player in MCL history to reach the 1,000-point milestone. And she’s just a junior.

A starter since her freshman season for the Tigers, Hamilton reached the 1,000-point mark just before Stockton began play in the Class 1A Division I Osborne substate.

She scored 20 points in the first half of the Tigers’ 66-37 win against Phillipsburg — ended the game with 27 — pushing her to 1,006 points.

This is her third year among the leaders for Stockton. As a freshman, Hamilton averaged 14 points, then 17 as a sophomore. This year, with an improved supporting cast, Hamilton tallied 16 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.2 blocks and 2.0 steals per night, leading Stockton to the state tournament for the first time since 1999.

The Tigers’ season ended with a 61-53 loss to perennial state contender Olpe, and the Tigers’ four losses all came to state-qualifying teams: Two to Class 3A third-place TMP and one to Class 2A qualifier Hill City in the season-opener.

Keith continues to climb into the record books for a storied Hill City girls’ basketball program. And she’ll have one more year to cement herself as one of the greatest players the program has seen.

The junior point guard averaged 17.2 points, 3.4 assists and 3.4 steals per game for the Ringnecks, who made an appearance in the Class 2A state tournament. Keith was the top vote-getter among the MCL first team. Along the way, she pushed her career scoring total to 1,005 points and became Hill City’s all-time leader in steals with 285 for her career.

She also led Hill City to the state tournament for a third straight season, where the Ringnecks lost 57-46 to Meade, the eventual third-place finisher in 2A. Keith was a 42-percent field goal shooter and hit 74 percent of her free throws. She was a deep threat as well, hitting 34 percent from 3-point range with 66 3s made. She put up 35 in a win against Trego in January, a game where she matched a season-high with six 3-pointers.

Keith scored in single figures just twice, both of which resulted in losses.

On a team stocked with capable scorers, Koenigsman was responsible for orchestrating the Thomas More Prep-Marian offense as the team’s starting point guard.

A four-year starter, Koenigsman’s performance in her final prep season helped the Monarchs return to the Class 3A state tournament, where the team finished third for the second straight year.

TMP finished with a 24-2 record.

Koenigsman did a little bit of everything for the Monarchs this season, scoring 11 points per game behind a dangerous 3-point stroke. She added 4.5 assists, 3.4 rebounds and helped TMP get out on the break with 2.2 steals per game.

She became the program’s fourth player to reach 1,000 career points in a win over Abilene on Jan. 27. She capped her prep career with 12 points and five assists in the Monarchs win over Nemaha Central in the 3A third-place game.

Koenigsman was an All-Midcontinent League and HDN all-area first teamer multiple times in her four years as a Monarch.

Being the focus of attention is nothing new to Regan. The Cougar senior was in her fourth year as a focal point of the girls’ basketball team. She turned it into one of her best. A multisport standout athlete — adding volleyball and track and field — Regan led the Cougars to the Class 1A Division II state tournament.

She averaged 21 points and 10 rebounds to go along with four steals per game, helping the Cougars make the postseason finale for the first time since 1990 and just the fourth time in school history.

The trip resulted in the Cougars’ first postseason win since 1976, and Regan was at the center of all of it. Making the state all-tournament team, she scored 14 points in the tourney opener, then had 14 as the Cougars fell in the semifinals to eventual champion Waverly.

Then Otis-Bison came back to claim third place, matching the feat they accomplished during the volleyball season in 1A Division II.

Despite her junior status, Vitztum entered the 2016-17 season as one of the top girls’ players in the area. Her third varsity campaign solidified that, as she helped the Monarchs to a third-place finish in the Class 3A state tournament for the second time in the last two years.

Vitztum posted averages of 14 points and 6.5 rebounds on a balanced Monarch team that had plenty of scoring options.

Furthermore, she and the rest of the TMP starters saw most of their second-half minutes limited due to lopsided leads.

In addition to scoring and rebounding, Vitztum’s defense played a big role as the Monarchs frequently tried to pressure opponents into turnovers.

She added 1.9 steals per game.

Vitztum scored 25 of her team’s 43 points in a state semifinal and added 20 in the third-place game to finish as the tournament’s leading scorer.

She was a first-team all-area and All-MCL player as a sophomore.

5-10, Jr., Stockton

5-5, Jr., Hill City

Taylor Regan

Kayla Vitztum

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“That put some doubts into my mind because he was our leading scorer and team emotional leader,” O’Connor said. “It kinda put us back at square one.”

O’Connor was able to tinker his starting lineups and rotations to lead the Wildcats to the Class 1A-II state championship, an accomplishment that helped make the Wallace County coach the HDN’s Boys’ Coach of the Year this season.

The 69-54 win over Hartford in Dodge City gave the Wildcats their second championship in three seasons.

“We just trusted each other and fought hard,” said Wallace County senior guard Levi Johnson after the game. “That’s what our team has been about all year. Resilience and being together, that’s what got us the win today.”

The Wildcats ended the regular season with a lopsided loss to St. Francis, giving the team a 15-6 record to start the postseason.

“That kinda refocused us a little bit,” O’Connor said.

A 10-day layoff before the sub-state opener allowed the Wildcats to iron out some kinks and figure out how they would attack the postseason. Part of that was getting sophomore shooter Trever Medina to

The Wildcats entered the state tournament as the five seed, but O’Connor felt his team still hadn’t played at the level it did with Grund in the fold.

That quickly changed.

Wallace County held fourth-seeded Ashland to 34 points in the first round and knocked off No. 1 seed Caldwell 49-44 in the semifinals.

Despite trailing the Jaguars by 10 in the first half, the Wildcats rebounded for a 69-54 win in the state championship.

“We put three of our best games together right in a row,” O’Connor said.

“I think it was because of our determination.”

The Wildcat coach said his team didn’t hide from it’s goal of winning another state title. It was a common topic of discussion at practice, and behind O’Connor’s guidance and leadership from his seniors, a resilient Wallace County squad was the last team standing.

“They definitely are mature beyond their years.

They’ve experienced more than high school kids KEVIN THOMPSON, Special to the HDN should’ve experienced,” Wallace County head coach Larry O’Connor gives senior Levi Johnson a hug near the end of the title game of the Class O’Connor said.

“It’s probably one of the 1A Division II state tournament at United Wireless Arena in Dodge City. most fun seasons I’ve had. I out Carlin.”

“He wasn’t doing things Springsteel emerged. stop deferring to Johnson, like it because we all came Wallace County clinched together. It was a little of throughout the season that “He turned out to be our Grady Hammer and the a trip to state with an I thought he could.” best defender,” O’Connor other Wildcat seniors. everybody putting in here eight-point win over WesAnother question was said.

“He has a lot of talent,” and putting in there.

“We don’t win that with- kan in the sub-state final.

O’Connor said of Medina. answered when Carlin I enjoyed every bit of it.”

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“Her ball handling is better,” McFarland said.

“Last year, she wouldn’t have done that.”

The athleticism to go coast to coast was on display in her sophomore year, but the handle to make her truly dangerous in transition was developed in the offseason after a conversation between player and coach.

“I had to work on dribbling a lot this summer because I obviously like to take the ball and go sometimes,” Vitztum said.

The junior was at her best when the stakes were the highest, leading all players at the state tourNICK McQUEEN, nmcqueen@dailynews.net nament with an average TMP-Marian junior Kayla Vitztum applies pressure to Phil- of 19 points per game. lipsburg senior Hannah Hoover during the Monarchs’ Class Her value to the Monarchs was most obvious in 3A sub-state opener at Al Billinger Fieldhouse.

the state semifinal loss to Cheney.

“They couldn’t guard her getting the ball in the high post and going to the basket,” McFarland said.

When the Monarchs’ outside shots weren’t falling, TMP looked to its dynamic forward. She scored 25 of the team’s 43 points.

“That was one of those moments it just didn’t seem like anything was working on offense,” Vitztum said.

“I really tried to push myself to help my team.”

She added 20 points and 10 rebounds in the third-place game, making 10 of 12 from the free throw line.

The win pushed the

Monarchs’ record to 24-2.

“I thought it was a really good season,” Vitztum said. “We just had really great connection this year. Not much had changed from last year. We just built on that connection.”

Vitztum’s senior season figures to be a different one with the Monarchs graduating a pair of 1,000-point scorers in Megan Koenigsman and Madyson Koerner and the team’s other two starters, Deonna Wellbrock and Katelyn Zimmerman.

To help fill some of that void, the TMP junior said she’ll work to expand her range this offseason.

As a junior, she only took

3-pointers in the final seconds of the quarters, making one from half court against Great Bend.

Another step forward in her senior season would be no surprise to her coach.

“She’s just gotten better every year,” McFarland said.

While her play has garnered her a number of individual awards, Vitztum takes the court ready to do whatever it takes to win.

“I just tried to help my team,” Vitztum said. “If I needed to, I tried to step up my game and play big for them.”

This season, that meant frequently being the most dominant player on the court.

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All Wilson did was average 20 points and 13 rebounds per game for Hill City. He only scored in single digits once in 22 games, scored north of 30 three times and pulled down 17 double-doubles.

That might not seem all that astonishing for a team’s star player.

That is until you consider the fact that Wilson was the Ringnecks’ 5-foot-10 starting point guard, who averaged more than five assists a game as well.

For his efforts, he was named the top player on the HDN All-Area basketball team.

“He’s a great talent, but even better than that, he’s a better kid,” Riley said during an interview early in the season.

Often too unselfish a player, Riley said he had to coax Wilson to shoot more, pointing out that’s what had to happen if the

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Ringnecks were going to have any kind of success.

It was a different look for Wilson in his final campaign.

Last year, he played a secondary role to Claiborne Kyles, who transferred to Hays High School.

“Every year I’ve had in high school, it’s been a different role for me,” Wilson said in January.

“This is the role I have this year, so this is what I have to do.”

Unselfish play and ability to crash the boards — and an improved shooting touch — led to a Russell Westbrook-esque stat line.

Riley called Wilson the best rebounding guard he’s ever coached.

“I go out there and play,” Wilson said.

“That’s the biggest thing.

I’m not going for numbers really. I could (not) care less.

“I could have zero

points at the end of the game, as long as we win.

That’s all that matters to me.”

The wins, though, were hard to come by for the Ringnecks. But Wilson’s 51-percent field goal shooting and unique ability gave teams fits the whole way.

“I would take him in a minute, and I told him that last year,” TMP-Marian coach Joe Hertel said after the Monarchs faced Hill City twice early in the season.

“He’s a kid that makes four other guys look way better than they are.”

Wilson’s play also led him to be the top vote-getter in the Mid-Continent League.

He also got nearly two steals and a blocked shot per game. He fell one assist shy of a triple-double early in the year, and three more times recorded seven assists.

Hill City senior guard Zech Wilson kicks the ball out against Thomas More Prep-Marian.

year with a mix of the high-scoring ability of junior Haven Hamilton, freshman Jill Stephens and freshman Shae Griffin and the use of full-court pressure, which created some easy scoring opportunities. The Tigers had just one senior on the roster in Emily Conyac, who stepped up big in the postseason run. The

Tigers averaged approximately 56 points per game and played in the gauntlet of the Mid-Continent League which featured Class 3A state thirdplace finisher Thomas More Prep-Marian and Class 2A state qualifier Hill City. The Tigers had two losses to TMP and one to Hill City (the season-opener). That was it prior to the first-round exit.

The slate also included

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For her effort, Rogers was named the top girls’ coach on the HDN All-Area basketball team for 2017.

In the past, “Stockton had an, ‘Oh, we lost, no big deal,’ type attitude after we’d lose,” Rogers said prior to the team’s state appearance. “We’d be satisfied with a loss and not hungry for a win.”

That attitude, though, she said has changed.

While the trip to Hays

ultimately ended in a 6153 loss to perennial state power Olpe, the eventual runner-up, it was just Stockton’s fourth trip to the postseason finale in school history. It was the first in Class 1A; the previous three had come in Class 2A, and only one of those trips resulted in a postseason victory.

The Tigers did it this

a three-point win against 1A Division II qualifier Golden Plains and two wins against up-and-coming Plainville.

“Being in the MCL, you go out every Tuesday — and not saying other leagues aren’t tough, too — but there’s a tough battle,” Rogers said before state.

The state run, and a good showing in the ever-tough MCL might be just the beginning,

though, for a talented group led by Rogers.

Stockton graduates Conyac, but should bring the bulk of its team back next year.

“I hope the girls enjoy the experience,” Rogers said just before the Tigers lost to Olpe, a team that had 26 state tournaments under its belt. “I know I am. I hope to continue this trend and be back down (in Hays) for several years in a row.”

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Local calendar Today

Fort Hays Women’s golf at UNK Spring Invitational Softball at Southwest Baptist, 2 and 4 p.m.

Monday

Hays High School Junior varsity golf at Great Bend, 3 p.m.

Tuesday

Hays High School Varsity golf, Hays High Invite, Smoky Hill Country Club, 1 p.m.

Varsity/junior varsity softball at McPherson, 2 p.m.

Girls’ tennis at McPherson, 3 p.m.

Girls’ soccer at McPherson, 6 p.m.

Thomas More Prep-Marian Junior varsity track and field at Larned, 3 p.m.

Varsity/junior varsity baseball at Hoisington, 4 p.m.

Varsity/junior varsity softball at Dodge City, 4 p.m.

Wednesday

Fort Hays Women’s tennis at Nebraska-Kearney, 2 p.m.

Baseball at Washburn, 4 p.m.

Thursday

Hays High School Varsity/junior varsity track and field at Alex Francis High School Meet, FHSU Track and Field Facility, 3 p.m.

Girls’ swimming at Great Bend, 4 p.m.

Varsity/junior varsity baseball vs. Russell, Hays High, 4 p.m.

Girls’ soccer at McPherson tournament, 6 p.m.

Thomas More Prep-Marian Varsity/junior varsity track and field at Alex Francis High School Meet, FHSU Track and Field Facility, 3 p.m.

Junior varsity baseball at Abilene, 4 p.m.

Softball vs. Garden City, TMP, 4 p.m.

Girls soccer vs. Wichita Independent, Bickle-Schmidt Sports Complex, 4 p.m.

Friday

Fort Hays Baseball at Northeastern State, 2 p.m.

Softball vs. Missouri Southern, 3 and 5 p.m.

Hays High School Varsity/junior varsity track and field at Alex Francis High School Meet, FHSU Track and Field Facility, 3 p.m.

Varsity/junior varsity softball at Goddard, 2 p.m.

Girls’ soccer at McPherson tournament, 6 p.m.

Thomas More Prep-Marian Varsity baseball at Abilene, 4 p.m.

Soccer at Wichita Trinity, 4 p.m.

Saturday

Fort Hays Men’s and women’s track and field, Alex Francis Classic, FHSU Track and Field Facility Softball vs. Pittsburg State, 1 and 3 p.m.

Baseball at Northeastern State, 2 p.m.

Hays High School Varsity golf at Garden City, 9 a.m.

Thomas More Prep-Marian Girls soccer at Wichita Independent, 4 p.m.

Fort Hays Baseball at Northeastern State, 12 p.m.

NBA standings

3.5 19.5 19.5 31.5

L 24 35 36 39 39

Pct .662 .514 .500 .466 .466

GB — 10.5 11.5 14.0 14.0

L 28 35 37 40 46

Pct .611 .514 .486 .444 .370

GB — 7.0 9.0 12.0 17.5

‌Western Conference

‌Northwest ‌ W L Pct GB ‌Utah 44 28 .611 — ‌Oklahoma City 41 30 .577 2.5 ‌Denver 35 37 .486 9.0 ‌Portland 33 38 .465 10.5 ‌ innesota M 28 43 .394 15.5 ‌Pacific ‌ W L Pct GB ‌ olden State G 58 14 .806 — ‌ .A. Clippers L 43 30 .589 15.5 ‌ acramento S 27 45 .375 31.0 ‌ hoenix P 22 51 .301 36.5 ‌ .A. Lakers L 21 51 .292 37.0 ‌Southwest ‌ W L Pct GB ‌ an Antonio S 55 16 .775 — ‌ ouston H 50 22 .694 5.5 ‌ emphis M 40 32 .556 15.5 ‌ allas D 31 40 .437 24.0 ‌ ew Orleans N 30 42 .417 25.5 ‌Central ‌Friday’s Games ‌Washington 129, Brooklyn 108 ‌Cleveland 112, Charlotte 105 ‌Orlando 115, Detroit 87 ‌Denver 125, Indiana 117 ‌Boston 130, Phoenix 120 ‌Philadelphia 117, Chicago 107 ‌Milwaukee 100, Atlanta 97 ‌Houston 117, New Orleans 107 ‌L.A. Lakers 130, Minnesota 119, OT ‌Golden State 114, Sacramento 100 ‌Saturday’s Games ‌L.A. Clippers 108, Utah 95 ‌Washington at Cleveland, N* ‌Toronto at Dallas, N* ‌New York at San Antonio, N* ‌Minnesota at Portland, N* ‌Sunday’s Games ‌Phoenix at Charlotte, 12 p.m. ‌Brooklyn at Atlanta, 12 p.m. ‌Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. ‌Chicago at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m. ‌Oklahoma City at Houston, 2:30 p.m. ‌Philadelphia at Indiana, 5 p.m. ‌Miami at Boston, 5 p.m. ‌Memphis at Golden State, 7 p.m. ‌New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m. ‌Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. ‌Monday’s Games ‌Orlando at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. ‌Detroit at New York, 6:30 p.m. ‌Cleveland at San Antonio, 7 p.m. ‌Oklahoma City at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. ‌Memphis at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m. ‌New Orleans at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

NCAA Tournament schedule

Mens ‌Regional Semifinals ‌EAST ‌Friday, March 24 ‌Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

‌ outh Carolina 70, Baylor 50 S ‌Florida 84, Wisconsin 83

‌WEST ‌ hursday, March 23 T ‌SAP Center (San Jose, California)

‌ regon 69, Michigan 68 O ‌Kansas 98, Purdue 66

‌Eastern Conference ‌Atlantic W L 47 26

.597 .375 .375 .208

‌MIDWEST ‌Thursday, March 23 ‌Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri)

Basketball ‌Boston

29 45 45 57

Gonzaga 61, West Virginia 58 Xavier 73, Arizona 71

Sunday

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‌Washington ‌Atlanta ‌Miami ‌Charlotte ‌Orlando

43 27 27 15 ‌Central W 47 37 36 34 34 ‌Southeast W 44 37 35 32 27

Pct .644

GB —

‌SOUTH ‌Friday, March 24 ‌FedExForum (Memphis, Ten-

nessee)

Region Winner

‌Championship Game ‌Sunday, April 2 ‌American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)

‌ orth Carolina 92, Butler 80 N Kentucky 86, UCLA 75

‌East Regional ‌Sunday, March 26 ‌Madison Square Garden (New York, New York)

‌Semifinal Winners

‌No. 4 Florida (26-8) vs. No. 7 South Carolina (24-10), 1:20 p.m.

Men’s NIT

Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 21 ‌Texas Christian 86, Richmond ‌Georgia Tech 74, Mississippi 66 Wednesday, March 22 ‌Central Florida 68, Illinois 58 ‌Cal. State - Bakersfield 80, Texas-Arlington 76 Semifinals No. 8 CSU-Bakersfield vs. No. 6 Georgia Tech, 6 p.m.

No. 4 Texas Christian vs. No. 4 Central Florida Championship Thursday, March 30

‌Midwest Regional ‌Saturday, March 25 ‌Sprint Center (Kansas City, Missouri)

‌No. 1 Kansas (31-4) vs. No. 3 Oregon (32-5), N*

‌West Regional ‌Saturday, March 26 ‌SAP Center (San Jose, California) Gonzaga 83, Xavier 59

‌South Regional ‌ unday, March 26 S ‌FedExForum (Memphis, Tennessee)

‌Hockey

‌NHL Standings

‌No. 1 North Carolina (29-7) vs. No. 2 Ken-

‌Eastern Conference

tucky (31-5), 4:05 p.m.

‌Atlantic Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA ‌Montreal 74 41 24 7 2 91 201 186 ‌Ottawa 73 41 24 6 2 90 193 188 ‌Toronto 73 35 23 7 8 85 225 214 ‌Boston 74 38 30 4 2 82 212 201 ‌Tampa Bay 74 36 29 6 3 81 205 206 ‌Florida 73 32 30 5 6 75 186 209 ‌Buffalo 74 30 32 6 6 72 183 214 ‌Detroit 73 29 32 12 0 70 181 215 ‌Metropolitan Division ‌ GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA Washington ‌ 73 48 17 3 5 104 234 162 Columbus ‌ 74 48 19 5 2 103 232 171 Pittsburgh ‌ 74 46 17 6 5 103 256 205 ‌NY Rangers 74 45 25 1 3 94 235 195 ‌NY Islanders 73 35 26 8 4 82 217 223 ‌Carolina 72 32 27 8 5 77 190 207 ‌Philadelphia 74 34 32 4 4 76 191 218 ‌New Jersey 73 27 34 10 2 66 169 215 ‌

‌Women’s ‌Regional Semifinals ‌BRIDGEPORT ‌Saturday, March 25 ‌Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Connecticut) ‌ onnecticut 86, UCLA 71 C Oregon 77, Maryland 63

‌STOCKTON ‌Saturday, March 25 ‌Stockton Arena (Stockton, California)

South Carolina 100, Quinnipiac 58 ‌No. 2 Oregon St. (31-4) vs. No. 3 Florida St. (27-6), N*

‌LEXINGTON ‌Friday, March 24 ‌ upp Arena (Lexington, KenR tucky) ‌ otre Dame 99, Ohio State 76 N ‌Stanford 77, Texas 66

‌OKLAHOMA CITY ‌Friday, March 24 ‌Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

‌ ississippi State 75, Washington 64 M ‌Baylor 97, Louisville 63

‌Oklahoma city Regional ‌Sunday, March 26 ‌Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)

‌No. 1 Baylor (32-3) vs. No. 2 Mississippi St. (31-4), 6:30 p.m.

‌Lexington Regional ‌Sunday, March 26 ‌Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)

‌ o. 1 Notre Dame (32-3) vs. No. 2 Stanford N (30-5), 11:06 a.m.

‌Bridgeport Regional ‌Monday, March 27 ‌Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

‌No. 1 Connecticut vs. No. 10 Oregon (2213), 6 p.m.

‌Stockton Regional ‌ onday, March 27 M ‌Stockton Arena (Stockton, California)

‌No. 1 South Carolina (30-4) vs. No. 3 Florida St. (27-6) or No. 2 Oregon St. (31-4), TBA

‌National Semifinals ‌Friday, March 31 ‌American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)

‌ klahoma Region Winner vs. Spokane O Region Winner ‌Norfolk Region Winner vs. Bridgeport

‌Western Conference

‌Central Division GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA Chicago ‌ 74 48 20 5 1 102 225 185 ‌Minnesota 74 44 24 4 2 94 238 187 ‌St. Louis 73 40 28 4 1 85 205 196 ‌Nashville 73 37 25 7 4 85 215 203 ‌Winnipeg 75 33 35 6 1 73 223 240 ‌Dallas 74 30 33 9 2 71 204 237 ‌Colorado 73 20 50 2 1 43 144 245 ‌Pacific Division ‌ GP W L OT SO Pts GF GA ‌San Jose 74 42 25 6 1 91 199 175 ‌Anaheim 74 40 23 8 3 91 193 182 ‌Edmonton 74 40 25 4 5 89 219 194 ‌Calgary 74 41 29 2 2 86 204 200 ‌Los Angeles 73 35 31 3 4 77 180 183 ‌Vancouver 74 30 35 7 2 69 171 217 ‌Arizona 74 27 38 7 2 63 179 236 ‌Thursday’s Games ‌Tampa Bay 6, Boston 3 ‌Washington 2, Columbus 1, SO ‌Toronto 4, New Jersey 2 ‌Carolina 4, Montreal 1 ‌Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, SO ‌Florida 3, Arizona 1 ‌St. Louis 4, Vancouver 1 ‌Nashville 3, Calgary 1 ‌Philadelphia 3, Minnesota 1 ‌Chicago 3, Dallas 2, SO ‌Edmonton 7, Colorado 4 ‌Los Angeles 5, Winnipeg 2 ‌Friday’s Games ‌NY Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO ‌Tampa Bay 2, Detroit 1, OT ‌Dallas 6, San Jose 1 ‌Anaheim 3, Winnipeg 1 ‌Saturday’s Games ‌Vancouver 4, Minnesota 2 ‌Columbus 1, Philadelphia 0 ‌Calgary at St. Louis, N* ‌Toronto at Buffalo, N* ‌Ottawa at Montreal, N* ‌Chicago at Florida, N* ‌Carolina at New Jersey, N* ‌Boston at NY Islanders, N* ‌Arizona at Washington, N* ‌San Jose at Nashville, N* ‌Colorado at Edmonton, N* ‌NY Rangers at Los Angeles, N* ‌Sunday’s Games ‌Minnesota at Detroit, 11:30 a.m. ‌Dallas at New Jersey, 4 p.m. ‌Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. ‌Vancouver at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. ‌NY Rangers at Anaheim, 8 p.m. ‌

Softball

Briefs

Central Missouri 5, Fort Hays State 1 FHSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 100 0 — 1 3 2 UCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 030 200 x — 5 8 0 Clarke and Gray. Bradley and Dishinger.

W — Bradley (6-8). L — Clarke (4-5). HR — Knittig (FHSU).

Central Missouri 2, Fort Hays State 0 FHSU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 000 000 0 — 0 5 3 UCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 000 0 — 2 4 0 Chapman and Gray. Giacone and Dishinger.

W — Giacone (6-5). L — Chapman (5-12).

Tiger softball drops two at Central Missouri

College linescores Saturday

TV Calendar Today

Rugby 8:30 a.m.

NBC Sports — Premiership, Saracens vs.

Bath NHL 11 a.m.

NBC — Wild at Red Wings 6 p.m.

NBC Sports — Flyers at Penguins Soccer 11 a.m.

FS1 — World Cup Qualifying, Azerbaijan vs. Germany Women’s college basketball 11 a.m.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame vs. Stanford 6:30 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament, Mississippi State vs. Baylor College softball 12 p.m.

ESPN2 — Missouri at Texas A&M 6 p.m.

ESPN2 — Auburn at Florida College basketball 1 p.m.

CBS — NCAA Tournament, South Carolina vs. Florida 4 p.m.

CBS — NCAA Tournament, North Carolina vs. Kentucky College baseball 1 p.m.

ESPN2 — Oklahoma State vs. TCU Golf 2 p.m.

NBC — WGC-Dell Match Play NBA 2:30 p.m.

ABC — Thunder at Rockets Auto racing 2:30 p.m.

FOX — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Auto Club 400 College hockey 2:30 p.m.

ESPNU — Regional final 5 p.m.

ESPNU — Regional final

Monday

MLB 12 p.m.

ESPN — Spring training, Red Sox at Orioles Women’s college basketball 6 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament,Connecticut vs. Oregon 6 p.m.

ESPN — NCAA Tournament, regional final College basketball 6:30 p.m.

ESPNU — CBI, Wyoming at Coastal Carolina NHL 6:30 p.m.

NBC Sports — Blackhawks at Lightning 7 p.m.

FSN — Coyotes at Blues NBA 7 p.m.

TNT — Cavaliers at Spurs 9:30 p.m.

TNT — Pelicans at Jazz

Oakland Mayor outlines plan to keep Raiders

By ELLIOTT ALMOND Tribune News Service

OAKLAND, Calif.

— Mayor Libby Schaaf vowed Friday that Oakland is trying to keep the Raiders while for the first time sharing details of investors’ plans in a last-minute attempt to change the narrative that the NFL doesn’t have an alternative in the East Bay. “We’re not giving up in the fourth quarter,” Schaaf said in a statement. “Since I took office two years ago, I have been focused on taking a team-centered approach that is responsible to the Raiders, the NFL, the fans and the taxpayers of Oakland.”

Schaaf said officials have done the necessary work to offer a solid plan to build a $1.3 billion stadium on the current site of the Coliseum.

“We’ve been successful in doing the environmental clearance, aligning the City and the County which jointly own the land, engaging the league and bringing partners to the table in the Lott Group and Fortress who have the financial backing, compassion for this community and intimate knowledge of the game — on and off the field — to get a deal done.

“All that’s missing is the Raiders.”

However, the action might be too late. All indications are that NFL owners will approve the Raiders’ relocation to Las Vegas when they gather for annual meetings starting Sunday in Phoenix. A relocation vote is expected Monday. Owner Mark Davis needs 24 of the 32 owners to sanction the team’s third move in 35 years.

The approval is expected even with questions looming over how the financing will work for a $1.9 billion domed-roof stadium next

JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO, Tribune News Service

Oakland Raiders running back Jalen Richard leaps into the stands after scoring a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts in the second quarter on Dec. 24 at the Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. to the Las Vegas Strip.

Owners could give the Raiders a green light with contingencies as they have not yet signed a lease with the Las Vegas Stadium Authority, which will own the 65,000-seat facility.

Stanford sports economist Roger Noll, one of the leading critics of the Las Vegas deal, said NFL owners won’t go along with the Oakland plan as presented Friday.

“It’s apparent to anybody who reads it carefully, this is an excellent example of why the NFL never allows a third-party to be the main entity to put together a stadium deal,” Noll said.

He said the way it is structured, Fortress and the East Bay governments aren’t risking much compared to Davis. Fortress’ $600 million loan would presumably mean the team is collateral, Noll added.

“That is equivalent to

Mark Davis selling roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of the team to Fortress,” Noll said, adding it is similar to a deal the Raiders rejected with Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.

East Bay officials are not giving up hope. Schaff outlined the Oakland plan in a letter dated March 23 that was sent to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and executive vice president Eric Grubman.

In a follow-up letter sent Friday, the mayor shared specific renderings of how the proposed project would look with only an NFL stadium and with a ballpark for the Athletics. The plan calls for a 55,000seat Raiders’ stadium in the southwest corner of the 150-acre site where the Coliseum and Oracle Arena are located.

The ballpark would fit in the northeast corner with

a mixed-use development separating the two sports facilities in what would become a “commons” area filled with retail, restaurants and offices.

If the A’s chose to build elsewhere, the proposed plan would add more mixed-use development to the property.

The letter promised NFL executives that the city would expedite the permit process to ensure the stadium is not entangled in bureaucratic delays.

“The 55-acre southern portion of the site is immediately available for construction,” Schaaf wrote in the letter.

She wrote that New York-based hedge fund Fortress Management Group is willing to work with the Raiders on favorable terms for a $600 million contribution.

That could mean being a vendor/guarantor of the

money or a regularly structured loan similar to what Bank of America might be offering in Las Vegas. The proposed plan also calls for $200 million from the city — $150 million in a conveyance of the property that the public now owns.

The Raiders’ would add $500 million — as they are in Las Vegas — that includes a $200 million loan from the NFL as part of the league’s stadium upgrade program.

Schaaf said $150 million of the public’s investment would be advanced by Fortress until tax increments from the development kick in to pay it off.

Fortress, the mayor wrote, would use the upfront value of the land to make a $150 million investment in stadium development. Scaff said the city and Alameda County would have “full site control over the land.”

The mayor also addressed the NFL’s major concern — the Athletics’ need to share the Coliseum with the Raiders until the new football stadium is ready.

“We earnestly hope that your request is not a takeit-or-leave-it condition,” Schaaf wrote.

She added the request is problematic as the city and county try to accommodate two local sports teams.

“We believe we have a superior proposal, at a proven site, in a much stronger market,” Schaaf wrote, adding that the Bay Area is the country’s sixthranked market compared to Las Vegas at No. 40.

She wrote that the Oakland plan will be $600 million to $700 million less expensive than the southern Nevada stadium proposal that is expected to have added infrastructure costs that have yet to be outlined.

By The Hays Daily News

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — The Fort Hays State University softball team dropped a pair of conference games at Central Missouri on Saturday behind little offensive production.

Junior Veronica Knittig’s solo homer in the fourth inning of the first game of the day was the Tigers only run in the doubleheader, as FHSU lost 5-1 in the opener and 2-0 in the second game with the Jennies.

By time Knittig took UCM starter Alexa Bradley deep, however, the Tigers were in a 3-0 hole behind a pair of run-scoring singles off Tiger starter Carrie Clarke in the second inning.

The Jennies added a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth for the 5-1 win.

Bradley limited the Tigers to three hits, while UCM totaled eight off of Clarke.

Lily Sale and Bailey Boxberger added the Tigers’ other two hits.

Clarke dropped to 4-5 on the year after allowing five runs, four of which were earned, in the complete game. She walked three and failed to record a strikeout.

Bradley struck out four Tigers and did not walk a batter.

UCM used a pair of runs in the first inning the second game to sweep the doubleheader.

FHSU starter Hailey Chapman allowed an RBI single and a productive groundout for the game’s only two runs.

Chapman limited UCM to four hits, but the Tigers were unable to turn their five hits into a run.

Sale got into scoring position with one out in the fourth, which was the Tigers’ best chance to score.

The Tigers committed three errors in the game, all of which came in the first inning.

Chapman allowed one earned run and struck out two against three walks.

The Tigers are back in action today at Southwest Baptist with a doubleheader scheduled to start at 2 p.m.

Herrman hits Hole-in-One at Fort Hays Municipal Leland Herrman only needed one shot from the tee box to finish his round Friday at Fort Hays Municipal Golf Course.

His ace on No. 18 was the first of his golf career.

On hand to witness were Dave Herrman, Ray Coupal and Ray Fisher.

RB Peterson disputes report on demands TNS — Adrian Peterson took to Twitter to dispute reports that he’s demanding at least an $8 million salary in the first year to play for a team this season.

Peterson, who turned 32 this week, was slated to make $18 million for the Vikings before they replaced him with Latavius Murray. Since then, during the height of free agency, Peterson’s recruitment has been mostly silent.

The reason, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, is that Peterson has an asking price of $8 million — a seemingly ridiculous expectation for an aging back coming off a year in which he was mostly sidelined by a knee injury.

Peterson, who won the league rushing title in 2015, shot down that report in a lengthy social media reaction.

Eddie Lacy signed with the Seahawks for $5.5 million.

Murray’s three-year contract is for $15 million.

The consensus all along has been that it would come down to money for Peterson.

Of course he says it is more to it than that, but from a general manager’s perspective, that’s what it is all about.

In January, two former GMs relayed that sentiment to Star Tribune NFL Insider, Mark Craig: “It’s not a very good market for him,” said NFL Network analyst Charley Casserly, the former Redskins general manager. “I think he’ll have to take a significant pay cut.

That much is obvious. If he can pass a physical, somebody will offer him a job. But it will be for a heck of a lot less money than he’s used to.”

KU’s Jackson could be on Knicks’ radar in NBA draft Commentary

By NEIL BEST Tribune News Service

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It is the game within the game this time of year for basketball fans who follow the pros avidly and the college level only casually: Which of these guys in the NCAA Tournament might help my NBA team?

That is especially true for teams bound for the NBA draft lottery, including the one that plays home games at Madison Square Garden.

Lonzo Ball got the ball rolling Friday night, when he announced he is NBA bound.

This was shortly after his UCLA team had been eliminated by Kentucky, which has three freshmen of its own projected to be selected in the first round.

Then there is Josh Jackson of Kansas, who played Saturday night in the Midwest Regional final against Oregon.

On one hand, he is 20 and doesn’t look a day older than that, and he is a skinny (by NBA standards) 6-foot-8, 207 pounds.

On the other hand, he is supremely talented and is expected to be a top-five pick

come June, and potentially an object of the Knicks’ desire.

“I think Josh is going to be a very good pro,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. “In the NBA they talk about skill sets.

Does he have an NBA skill? I think Josh has multiple NBA skills. He’s a guard that can obviously play much bigger than that.

“You could almost play him at four spots offensively, and he’s big enough and quick enough that he could almost guard four sports defensively.”

All true, but Self and Jackson himself agreed that being forced to spend a year in college was a benefit to his career.

Had that not been required of him, Jackson might be in the NBA right now. He is thankful that he is not.

“I could not imagine playing (pro ball) right now, no,” he said. “I honestly don’t think I would be ready to go and play. Having a year in college is way better than coming out of high school, in my opinion.

“I feel like now I’m a lot more ready than I would have been.”

Self said that like many college stars, Jackson could use some beefing up to han-

dle the grind at the next level.

“As effective as he could be playing with the professionals right now, he will be better moving forward because he’s added a year of weight and strength,” Self said. “He’s going to have to continue to get stronger in order to hold his position against guys that are 26, 28 years old.

“But to me that’s the only thing that could possibly keep him from being really, really good at a very young age.”

Jackson is bright and engaging, but he likely will benefit from a year of offcourt maturing as well.

He was charged earlier this season with a misdemeanor for criminal damage to property after allegedly damaging a car belonging to a Kansas women’s basketball player by kicking it outside a bar in December.

Asked the day before the regional final whether he has been tempted to look ahead while still playing high-stakes college games, Jackson said that has not been a problem.

“I’m just living in the moment,” he said. “I’m here at Kansas right now, so I have a job to do and I’m really not too worried about the future.

I’m just going to take it all as it comes.”

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Kansas guard Josh Jackson celebrates his 3-pointer against Purdue during the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

BOSTON (TNS) — Prior to Friday night, only five players in NBA history had scored 70 or more points in a game.

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Booker scored 70 points in a 130-120 loss to the Celtics at the TD Garden, getting 51 of them in the second half of another setback for the Suns (22-51).

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Top prep recruit Porter commits to Missouri after Washington release

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end grew in Boone County, from a 6-foot-4 junior high wunderkind to a 6-9 NBA COLUMBIA, Mo. — lottery pick-in-waiting.

Michael Porter Jr. is coming After the worst three-year home. stretch in the history of Home as in Columbia, Missouri basketball, the No. Mo. Home as in the University 1 high school player in the country has committed to of Missouri.

Home as in Mizzou Arena, join a program in desperate need of impact players to the place where he endlessly reignite the fan base. Cuonzo dribbled a basketball and took countless shots as his leg- Martin’s team is getting the

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Instead, the small forward will spend at least one college season in a Mizzou uniform.

The McDonald’s All-American and multiple winner of national player of the year

awards made the decision public Friday with a tweet, a photo featuring Porter in a Mizzou uniform with the words: “I’M COMING HOME” in the background.

He can sign a letter of intent starting April 12.

He followed up with the following message posted on Twitter: “Last week everything changed for me regarding my college basketball decision.

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sometimes, he even chuckles when fans poke fun at him.

“I think the funniest time It isn’t sexy, but it works. was in high school,” Barry That is what NBA Hall of Watch for breaking news at said. “I missed a free throw Famer and University of Miand they started shouting, ami legend Rick Barry says HDNews.net ‘You’re a-dop-ted! You’re while shooting his trademark a-dop-ted!” That was actualunderhanded free throws on ly a pretty funny one. I have an insurance company comto give them some credit for mercial that airs this month that. I think that’s part of the during March Madness. It is fun.” the same thing he tells basAfter he made a pair of ketball players who struggle free throws underhanded at the free-throw line but earlier in his career, a referee refuse to adopt his unorthocalled out to him and said: dox “Granny-style” motion “Who do you think you are? because they think it doesn’t Rick Barry’s son?” Canyon look cool. responded with “Actually, I Former Heat star am. He’s sitting right there.”

Shaquille O’Neal, one of the The free throw is a simple worst free-throw shooters in

By PAUL DOYLE 15-foot uncontested shot that NBA history, said in his Hall Tribune News Service should be a piece of cake for of Fame speech that Barry BRIDGEPORT, Conn. college and professional playonce visited him at Louisiana — Three wins down, three ers. The average NBA player State University and tried to to go. shoots them at a 70 percent persuade him to shoot free The undefeated and No. rate. Ray Allen, Steve Nash throws underhanded.

1 ranked UConn women’s and Reggie Miller were His reply? “Nah, Rick, I basketball team completed its among the best, shooting can’t do it.

I’d rather shoot third step in the NCAA Tournearly 90 percent. They all zero percent than shoot nament Saturday, earning shot the traditional overhand underhanded.

Too cool for an 86-71 victory over UCLA style. that.” before a capacity crowd at The Miami Heat has the Barry, who shot 90 percent Webster Bank Arena. The lowest free-throw shooting from the line during his NBA Huskies (35-0) are three victopercentage (70.2) of all career, is baffled by that ries from their 12th national the 30 teams in the league. mentality. title and fifth in a row.

Coach Erik Spoelstra said it “It’s just amazing to me UConn, winners of 110 would be unrealistic to think to have an aversion to doing STEPHEN M. DOWELL, Tribune News Service games in a row, will face his players could all of a something just because it’s underdog Oregon in the Florida’s Canyon Barry shoots an underhanded free throw sudden switch to the underdifferent,” Barry said by regional final Monday night. phone from Gainesville, Fla., against East Tennessee State during the first round in the handed form.

Oregon, the 10th seed, NCAA Tournament on March 16 at the Amway Center in Or“I think you’d need Rick advanced with a victory over where he spent the winter Barry on staff to be able to lando, Fla. to watch his youngest son, Maryland. teach that,” Spoelstra said.

Canyon, play — and shoot or less. The others are Wilt and the only player doing The Huskies beat Mary“It’s different and the most underhanded free throws — Chamberlain, Ben Wallace, it in the NBA is Houston land by six points in Decemimportant thing is a routine for the University of Florida.

Brendan Haywood, and Rockets rookie Chinanu ber and the Terrapins figures and repeatability. Is there a “When I was a kid, underChris Dudley.

Onuaku, who was so upset to pose a challenge for UComotion that can be simple handed is how girls shot, so When fans and media with his 46.7 percent free nn. Instead, UConn enters and repeatable? That would I did endure a lot of teasing, members suggested he throw shooting percentage at Monday as a heavy favorite. build confidence, and ultibut it’s different now,” the adopt Granny-style shots a Louisville that he changed to It’s UConn’s 11th consecumately, efficiency.” elder Barry said.

“Free throws few years ago, Drummond underhanded and improved tive trip to the regional final.

Spoelstra was at University are the only part of basketball tweeted: “Let me make this to 59 percent.

The Huskies have advanced of Portland at the same time where you can be completely clear. ...

I’m not shooting free Rick Barry learned the to nine consecutive Final one of Rick Barry’s other selfish and help your team. throws underhand.” unorthodox shooting style Fours. sons, Brent, was at Oregon Why wouldn’t you want to One player who did decide from his father, and he, in The victory Saturday was State. Brent Barry shot his shoot at the highest percentto adopt Barry’s style is his turn, passed down the family Geno Auriemma’s 112th in free throws underhanded at age possible?

Why would you son, Canyon, a fifth-year setrick to his sons.

Canyon is the NCAA Tournament. that time. rather people make fun of nior working on his master’s the only one who decided to That ties him with Pat “If you’re last name is you for being a poor freein nuclear engineering at use it all the time.

Summitt for most in NCAA Barry, I think that’s awesome throw shooter? Why would UF after transferring from He resisted at first, but history. finally caved in just before his shooting underhanded free And by extending the win- you want to be such a liability College of Charleston. The throws, to keep that legacy at the end of the game that youngest of the four Barry junior year of high school. ning streak to 110, UConn going. But again, if you’re coaches take you out?

I don’t sons is shooting 88 percent He had to make a small admoved past the Penn State going to teach that to someunderstand it.” from the free-throw line and justment to his father’s techvolleyball team’s winning one else, you’re starting from Detroit Piston Andre set a school record earlier this nique because the players’ streak that is among the level one. If you’ve never Drummond has the lowest shorts are baggier and longer season with 42 consecutive longest in NCAA Division I shot that way, you’re going to career free-throw percentage now, so when he dropped his free throws. history. The longest Division in the NBA (38 percent) and arms down to shoot, the ball need to learn and get thouThe rest of the Florida I streak among team sports would get stuck on his shorts. sands of reps starting at level team is collectively shooting is believed to be a 137-match is one of only five players in league history who shot more The younger Barry is used one. I’m not opposed to it, 69.7 percent from the line. streak by the Miami men’s but that would not be a small than 150 free throws in a to being heckled for his unNo other high-profile college tennis team (1957-64). undertaking.” season and made 38 percent derhanded free throws, and player shoots underhanded, UConn was led by Napheesa Collier, who had 27 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and three blocks.

Gabby Williams had 17 points while Saniya Chong had 16 points and Katie Lou

By DAVID CLONINGER gave us the stage to do it, ran off 10 straight points then.”

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Tribune News Service and we’re just showcasing to get back in the game, They did and are in unUCLA got 20 points from what we’ve been doing all South Carolina still had its charted waters, although NEW YORK — South point guard Jordin Canada. biggest gun ready to fire.

Martin has been here beCarolina will wake up one season.”

Monique Billings had 17 The Gamecocks (25-10) Thornwell, who startfore. The coach mentioned points and 16 rebounds, and more morning in The City surrounded All-American ed 1 of 6 from the field, how he wouldn’t make the That Never Sleeps.

Kari Korver had 15 points.

Johnathan Motley and banged a 3-pointer from same mistake he did in Although Columbia, The Bruins (25-9) hung tried to pressure every the left wing to stop the 2010 by trying to lightly tight with UConn, outscoring S.C., bursting with pride touch he got, holding him run and fellow senior practice before an Elite the Huskies 21-17 in the third over its now-Elite Eight to 18 points on 8 of 17 Duane Notice did the Eight game. basketball team, is chalquarter before keeping pace shooting.

Seven-footer Jo same, after Maik Kotsar The way the Gamelenging New York for its in the fourth quarter. UConn Lual-Acuil didn’t have found him following an cocks are playing defense, was unable to turn the game nickname. offensive rebound. The he doesn’t need to limit The Gamecocks rocked much room either, and into a blowout as the Bruins when South Carolina’s lead restored to 17 and anything.

Baylor, 70-50, on Friday made shots throughout the first-half defense began the crowd back into it, the “We were on point and took their NCAA second half. collecting turnovers, South Gamecocks finished the fi- defensively today,” Martin Tournament ride to the After witnessing Oregon’s Carolina sprinted ahead. nal nine minutes on a tear. said. “It’s the best defenfarthest spot in program surprising win over No. 3 Baylor didn’t score for “When they went on sive team I’ve coached in history, riding an 18-0 seed Maryland in the early 7:37 as the Gamecocks’ their run, that TV timeout college basketball.” first-half offensive burst game Saturday, the decidedly offense found its rhythm. happened,” Thornwell South Carolina held and their devastating pro-UConn crowd of 8,830 South Carolina ran off 18 said. “That’s when we Baylor to 30.4 percent defense to stand one win may have been anxious in straight points after trailsettled down. I hit a three shooting and outreboundfrom the Final Four. The the early going. Another ing 15-13 and took a 37-22 and Duane hit a 3. We ed the Bears by three. The Bears (27-8), trying to use upset-minded Pac-12 school lead into the break. just had to finish the game Bears had 16 turnovers their superior height and was going toe-to-toe with South Carolina coach inside presence to their ada favorite, at least for a few Frank Martin cautioned vantage, were undone by minutes. his team at the half about UCLA reeled off seven un- a smaller, quicker, nastier not letting up, about squad. answered points and led 9-2 “We’ve been doing it all finishing the job it started. just 3 minutes into the game.

UConn was 1-for-8 shooting season,” said star Sindari- The Gamecocks respondus Thornwell, who scored ed by taking a 21-point and seemed out of synch at lead, and while Baylor 24 points. “Now, y’all both ends of the floor.

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Barry insists the underhanded shot, technically, is a higher-percentage shot because it is a softer shot with a high arc, less likely to clank off the rim. Also, he says, it is a fluid motion, “not so many moving parts and variables.”

His son agrees.

“From a science background, because I’m a math and science guy, there’s less moving hinge joints (with underhanded shots),” Canyon Barry said. “With overhand, you have your shoulder, your elbow and your wrist having to move in conjunction.

With underhand, you’re only pivoting the shoulders, so it’s more of a repeatable motion.

Also, I think it’s a softer shot, right over the front of the rim.”

Dr. Larry Silverberg and Dr. Chau Tran, a pair of engineering professors at North Carolina State, did an extensive study on the physics of the free throw using hundreds of thousands of computer simulations. They focused mainly on the trajectory of the ball, concluding that the higher the arc, the better chance the ball has of going in because the target is bigger if the ball is falling straight down into the hoop rather than at an angle.

Asked why more players don’t switch to underhanded free throws, Canyon Barry said: “I’m not sure if it’s ego, pride, if they think it looks like a girly shot or a sissy shot.

It could be they don’t have the coaching or the technique. There’s obviously not that many people out there — just my dad and I and my brothers — who really know the technique and what it takes to be successful.”

O’Neal has his own theory as to why his free-throw shooting was so bad. He shared it in a 2005 Esquire interview.

“Me having a beautiful wife and great family and friends ... all the money I’ve got ... a Ferrari ... the rings I got, the two mansions on the water, a master’s in criminal justice, I’m a cop, plus I look good. So me shooting 40 percent at the foul line is just God’s way of saying nobody’s perfect. If I shoot 90 percent from the line, it just wouldn’t be right.”

South Carolina routs Baylor to move into Elite Eight that became 11 South Carolina points.

South Carolina will play Florida at 1 p.m. today.

The Gamecocks split two games with the Gators this season, each team winning on its home court.

It’s the biggest game in program history, much like Friday was. South Carolina has refused to bow to the pressure of the moment over the past two weeks; will that change now that the Final Four is a very real possibility?

“We’re not done yet.

We don’t want to just be here,” said center Chris Silva, who finished with 12 points. “We want to be beyond great. We want to keep winning.”

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1517, The famous Flemish composer Heinrich Issac dies.

1799, Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine.

1804, Congress orders the removal of Indians east of the Mississippi River to Louisiana.

1804, The territory of New Orleans is organized in the Louisiana Purchase.

1827, German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven dies in Vienna. He had been deaf for the later part of his life, but said on his death bed “I shall hear in heaven.”

1832, Famed western artist George Catlin begins his voyage up the Missouri River aboard the American Fur Company steamship Yellowstone.

1885, Eastman Film Co. manufactures the first commercial motion picture film.

1913, The Balkan allies take Adrianople.

1918, On the Western Front, the Germans take the French towns Noyon, Roye and Lihons.

1938, Hermann Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria.

1942, The Germans begin sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.

1950, Senator Joe McCarthy names Owen Lattimore, an ex-State Department adviser, as a Soviet spy.

1951, The United States Air Force flag design is approved.

1953, Eisenhower offers increased aid to the French fighting in Indochina.

1953, Dr. Jonas Salk announces a new vaccine against polio.

1954, The United States sets off an H-bomb blast in the Marshall Islands, the second in four weeks.

1961, John F. Kennedy meets with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in Washington to discuss increased Communist involvement in Laos.

1969, The Soviet weather Satellite Meteor 1 is launched.

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Announcements HANDYMAN SERVICES Offered. Including painting, repairs, remodeling, yardwork, mowing, trees and shrub trimming etc. No job to small. Call Kevin 785520-2222 Located in Hays and Ellis area.

Special Events/Notices/ Services FHSU SURPLUS Items including cabinets, desks, chairs, files, tables, and much more for sale by sealed bid auction. See instructions and list of items at: http://www.fhsu.edu/ physicalplant/ Sealed-Bid-Auction/ Bidding closes at 10:00 a.m., March 29, 2017.

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Employment Opportunities Cross Mfg., Inc. is taking applications for all three shifts. Benefits include: Health, Dental and Life Insurance, 401(k) Plan, Vacation, 9 Paid holidays.

Apply at KANSASWORKS 332. E. 8th. Hays, KS 67601. EOE EQUIPMENT OPERATOR II – FULL-TIME Russell County Highway Dept. is accepting applications for a full-time Operator II position. Job duties to include truck driving and operation of heavy equipment. Candidate must have or be able to obtain CDL. Job description and applications may be picked up at Russell County Shop, 4288 U.S. Hwy 40, Russell, KS 67665 or call 785-483-4032. This position requires Class A w/airbrakes CDL / Preemployment drug test.

EOE. FULL/PART-TIME KITCHEN help wanted at the Golden Q. Apply in person or online.

HELP WANTED: Seasonal Greenhouse workers, must be 18 years old.

Apply in person at Hays Greenhouse, 1327 Toulon Ave. Employment Opportunities

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RECOVERY SPECIALIST: High Plains Mental Health Center Currently has an opening in its Hays/ Woodhaven Complex for a Recovery Specialist to provide medically necessary service to patients and families.

MECHANIC – FULL-TIME Qualifications include at Russell County Highway least a BA/BS degree Dept. is taking applications or equivalent. Interested for an experienced applicants may send mechanic. Job description cover letter, resume and 3 and application may be professional references to picked up at Russell County Ryan Augustine at Ryan.

Shop, 4288 U.S. Augustine@hpmhc.com HWY 40, Russell, KS or by mail to 208 E. 7th., 67665 or call 785-483Hays, KS. 67601. Must 4032. This position be able to successfully requires Class A w/ pass background check. air-brakes CDL/ PrePosition will be posted until employment drug test. filled.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Position open Classified shoppers aren’t until filled HELP WANTED Experienced Equipment Operator with Valid CDL. Must be energetic, willing to work long hours. General laborer with CDL. Great pay, great benefits. Please call 785-735-9520.

Now accepting applications for RN or LPN in our Long Term Care ministry or Assisted Living ministry.

Apply within at Via Christi Village Hays,2225 Canterbury Drive, Hays, Ks 67601 Via Christi Village Hays, is accepting applications for Experienced Cook.

5:30 am – 2:00 pm or 10:30 am – 7:00 pm Apply within at 2225 Canterbury Drive Hays, Kansas 67601 Employment Opportunities

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Miscellaneous For Sale Flea Market - Trader’s Fair Northglen Antiques - Hays “A� Months - 4th Saturday April 22 & August 26.

Reg. NOW 785-623-4005.

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Temporary Farm Labor: S Express, Norcatur, KS, has 1 positions, 3 mo. experience operating large farm equipment for cultivating, tilling, fertilizing, planting, harvesting & transporting grain, silage, hay & corn crops; clean & maintain building, equip & vehicles; long periods of standing, bending & able to lift 75#; must able to obtain driver’s license with clean MVR within 30 days; once hired, workers may be required to take employer paid random drug tests; testing positive failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment; employer provides free tools, equipment, housing and daily trans; trans & subsistence expenses reimb.; $13.79/hr, increase based on experience, may work nights, weekends & asked but not required to work Sabbath; 75% work period guaranteed from 4/20/17 12/1/17. Review ETA790 requirements and apply with Job Order 10305302 at nearest KS Workforce Office or call 785-291-3470.

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Large regional logistics company is expanding into the Hays market. We are looking for nighttime route drivers. Routes are dedicated five nights a week and are home daily.

Routes will cover the same stops each night, which will make learning and maintaining the route easy. Position is paid as a 1099 contractor. Pay depends on the route, but amounts to around $15/ hr. All applicants must have a clean driving record, clean background, be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and be at least 23 yrs. of age. If you meet the qualifications and would like to be considered for this position, please call (785) 639-6429 for more information and to arrange an interview.

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Strobel Door in Russell is taking applications for overhead door installers.

Applicant must have valid driver’s license, clean driving record, and pass pre-employment drug screening. We will train the right person. Pick up application at 769 S. Van Houten in Russell, or call 785-483-7665

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Brush Creek Trucking, Prairie View, KS, needs 3 temporary (04/14/17-11/30/17) Equipment Operators to work on a traveling itinerary within KS. Operate & adjust equip. to harvest crops. Drive heavy trucks to haul crops & harvesting equip. to work locations & storage facilities. Service/repair machinery. 6 months exp., able to: provide references to verify exp., work for the entire itinerary, join the employer at any location. CDL in 30 days. $13.79p/h.

Applicants may be offered higher than the advertised wage rate due to experience or merit. Hours above 40 per week may be offered, but are not guaranteed. Free tools, transport & housing if not within reasonable transport to jobsite. 3/4ths guaranteed. Transport & subsistence expenses to worksite paid at 50% of the contract. Apply at the nearest KS Job service office, phone: 785-625-5654, refer to job order #10292651.

A retirement community in La Crosse, KS is recruiting for the following position: • Full Time RN or LPN This ia a day shift, 12-hour, position. Consistent schedule.

Locust Grove Village is a reputable, successful, longterm care provider in Rush County. We have been serving elders in and around Rush County for over 35-years.

If you want to be a part of something different, this is what we will offer you: • Above Average Base Rate of Pay • Shift Differentials • Health Insurance (employer pays majority of premium) • Savings Plan ~ We match your contribution dollar for dollar up to 3% • Employee Friendly PTO plan • Tuition Reimbursement • Wellness Benefits Check us out and see how we are different!

Call 785-222-2574 for an application or check out our website at www.locustgrovevillage.com. You can also stop by our Village and pick up an application.

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Red Angus Bulls 2 yr olds and yearlings. Great disposition. Calving ease and growth. John Brack 785-394-2226 or 785-222-6206

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Apartments Small house for rent. 3 BR, 2 Bath. Cute, wood floors, new bath, deck. Great for young couple. $950.

785-656-2859 Houses FOR RENT in Ellis. 2 br House A/C. Quiet Street. $575 Mo. (720) 470-4881.

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2 BDRM. home in LaCrosse w/ garage. FOR SALE: $23,000. FOR RENT: $300/Month. FOR TRADE: Will trade for late model crew-cab pickup.

Call 785-671-1240 Homes & Lots

RESIDENTIAL LOTS 1, 2 & 3, Block 24 (2nd Street), Grinnell Undeveloped lots. Building on lot not included in price but negotiable. $2,000.

(913)634-0063.

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At The Crossroads Where Care Begins A retirement community in La Crosse, KS has a Maintenance Coordinator position open in our Village.

Applicants must have a strong employment history.

The successful applicant will have maintenance experience in heating and cooling. Ability to trouble shoot and problem-solve issues. Experience in department budgeting. Must have experience as a department supervisor.

Locust Grove Village is a reputable, successful, longterm care provider in Rush County. We have been serving elders in and around Rush County for over 35-years.

If you want to be a part of something different, this is what we will offer you: • Above Average Base Rate of Pay • Shift Differentials • Health Insurance (employer pays majority of premium) • Savings Plan ~ We match your contribution dollar for dollar up to 3% • Employee Friendly PTO plan • Tuition Reimbursement • Wellness Benefits Check us out and see how we are different!

Call 785-222-2574 for an application or check out our website at www.locustgrovevillage.com. You can also stop by our Village and pick up an application.

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STORAGE UNITS. Very secure. 785-735-2889.

Rogers Hereford Ranch, Long Island, KS, needs 6 temporary (04/12/17-11/30/17) Equipment Operators to work on a traveling itinerary within KS. Operate & adjust equip. to harvest & plant crops.

Service & repair machinery. Drive heavy trucks to transport crops & to haul harvesting equip. between work locations. General farm related maintenance and servicing duties. 6 months exp., able to: provide references to verify exp., work for the entire itinerary, & join the employer at any location. CDL in 30 days. $13.79p/h. Applicants may be offered higher than the advertised wage rate due to experience or merit.

Hours above 40 per week may be offered, but are not guaranteed. Free tools, transport & housing if not within reasonable transport to jobsite. 3/4ths guaranteed. Transport & subsistence expenses to worksite paid at 50% of the contract. Apply at the nearest KS Job service office, phone: 785-235-5627, refer to job order #10292665.

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FHSU Admissions Counselor Position Opening Fort Hays State University is seeking applications for an Admissions Counselor opening. Admissions Counselors are based out of Hays, KS and are responsible for a specific recruitment territory to support the University’s enrollment goals for oncampus, undergraduate students. These individuals will manage travel schedules, implement recruitment strategies and build relationships with high school personnel, prospective students and other constituents using various forms of communication. Extensive overnight travel and some evening and weekend work is required. Bachelor’s degree and valid driver’s license required. FHSU graduate preferred. Desired qualifications: Knowledge of FHSU’s academic programs and support services, ability to organize time and task, goal oriented, excellent written and interpersonal communication skills, ability to relate to diverse student populations and their family members, and a high level of enthusiasm and creativity. Salary is $30,000 with a bachelor’s degree and $33,000 with a master’s degree, plus benefits. Starting date is estimated to be June 18, 2017 or negotiable. To apply, please submit via email a letter of application addressing the qualifications listed above, a current resume, and the names and contact information of three references to Patricia McCullick (pjmccullick2@ fhsu.edu), Office of Admissions, Fort Hays State University, 600 Park Street, Hays, KS 67601. Review of applications will begin March 31, 2017 and continue until the position is filled. Final candidates will have consented to and successfully completed a criminal background check. FHSU is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion, national origin, color, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or veteran status.

MID-KS HORSE SALE All Breeds South Hutchinson Sale Barn Saturday April 1st Tack Sale starts at 10:00 am Riding horses sell at 1:00 pm sharp! Loose horses sell immediately following.

Accepting all classes of horses. We have buyers from several states for all types. We will sell the 1st 50 head of select riding horses 100% sound.

Soundness guarantee!

Horses accepted thru sale day! Videos welcome. 8% commission/$20 PO fee.

For early numbers and information contact Randy Smith, 620-200-7971, Ernie Schenker 417-309-9352, Sale Barn, 620-662-3371.

Horse Sale first Saturday of every month.

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We have continued to manufacture & design a vast array of medical equipment for more than 20 years and are continuing to grow and expand.

Wheelchairs of Kansas/Sizewise has the following Opportunities available as the Departments continue to grow:

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All real estate advertised in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make an such preferences, limitation or discrimination.

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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MARCH 31, 2017 11 AM AT THE WICHITA BOATHOUSE 515 S. Wichita St., Wichita, KS 67202

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Friday, April 21, 2017 @ 11:00 AM SALE LOCATION: ON SITE, 1411 W. 15th St., Liberal, KS

2 story building,12,900 sq ft., 3 levels w/ elevator Building is wired, plurnbed, and designed for a medical office facility. Full basement, unoccupied. Ground level is divided into (2) suites, one occupied. Upper level is divided into (2) office suites, one is occupied. Each unit has its own central heat and air. Lighting is fluorescent and sky lights. Parking lot (35) cars. Roof repaired in 2016, slope roof (copper) in 2017.

Live internet bidding available at www.Proxibid.com/brown auction.

All Proxibid terms apply.

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2107 E. 21st Hays, KS

Building information: Don Witzke (620)629-7422 SELLER: B E T Enterprises AUCTIONEER: JIM HUSH PO Box 458 Plains, KS 67869 (620) 563-7283

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REAL-ESTATE AUCTION 320 ACRES MORE OR LESS Russell County Realestate. FOR: Josie Sellens Trust- Kenneth L. Cole Trustee. Tuesday April 11, 2017. TIME: 10:00 AM. AUCTION LOCATION: Fossil Creek Hotel & Suites, 1430 S. Fossil Russell KS. FSA INFO: Total acres 306.7, Cropland 285.6 Wheat Base 177.5 PLC Yield 44** 150.7 acres seeded**Corn Base 10.0 PLC Yield 63**Grain Sorghum Base 51.3 PLC Yield 51.3***80 Acres planted to Oats***55 acres idle***POSSESSION: At closing on all idle acres & after the harvest of growing wheat & Oat crops with the purchaser to receive 1/3 of the 2017 crop delivered to the elevator in purchaser’s name. TAXES: Seller to pay all 2016 taxes with the purchaser to pay all 2017 & future taxes 2016 taxes are $3,367.42. TERMS: 10% down day of sale with the balance at closing. Property is located on 190th Ave on blacktop road North of Susank KS.In Russell County For a full brochure or more information, contact Jim VonFeldt at 785-623-7979

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E2 - 22-14-20 less a 20 Acre Tract in the SW4 – 22-14-20 Ellis County, KS. 177 Acres +/Cropland - 123 Acres +/- Native grass, Tract # 2

WAS $15,495

DAKOTA COMMERCIAL WATER WELL.- 4 MILLION GAL. ANNUAL

LAND LOCATION: 7.5 Miles South of Ellis, Ks. on Ellis Ave., then ( 1 ) Mile East on Munjor Rd. to 130th. Ave – This will bring you to the SW corner of the Section ‌SIGNS WILL BE POSTED----Æ

11 HONDA CR-V SE AWD, 2.4 L4, Power Seat, Alloys, Low Miles, 54K, O Down $253/mo. for 72 mo.

2519 - Armo Loam 3 to 7 percent slopes 2521 – Armo Loam 7 to 15 percent slopes 2546 - Brownell gravelly loam 2 to 10 2614 - Harney silt loam 3 to 7 percent 2618 - Harney-Armo complex 3 to 7 Eroded 2619 – Harney Carlson silt 0 to 1 percent 2620 - Harney Carlson silt 1 to 3 percent 2703 - Mento soils 3 to 7 percent eroded TAXES: 2016 REAL ESTATE TAXES E/2 $ 771.64 MINERALS: Sellers 25% interest reserved for a period of 5 years from March 31, 2017.

MANNER OF SALE: TRACT # 1 will be offered first as a multi-parcel with the SW4, the NW4 then the E2 of 22-14-20. Bids will be held while a recess is taken, sellers will be presented with the high bids. If sellers confirm approval auctioneers will again offer a final opportunity to bid in the same manner for further advancement before the parcels or tract is announced sold by the auctioneer. Property will sell in manner producing the highest price for the Seller. Seller reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Non-

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The East half (E1/2) of Section 22, Township 14, Range 20, Ellis County, Kansas less a 20 Acre tract, road right-of-way and any easements or right-ofway of record. This tract 300 Acres +/- FARM DATA: 174 Acres +/- of Cropland and 124 Acres +/- Pasture : .

BASE YIELD 2017 FSA Report WHEAT 101.9 34 bu MILO 45.4 53 Bu SOILS SOILS

E2-22-14-20 Tract ( 1 ) To Be Offered first as a Multi-Parcel SW4-22-14-20 NW4-22-14-20

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Auction by: Bob Munsch & Associates, LLC

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1010 Downing Ave. Suite 40 Hays, Kansas 67601 Office: (785) 628-1900

Robert L. Munsch I I Realtor – Auctioneer Cell # (785) 259-5736

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2519 - Armo Loam 3 to 7 percent slopes 2521 – Armo Loam 7 to 15 percent slopes 2546 - Brownell gravelly loam 2 to 10 2614 - Harney silt loam 3 to 7 percent 2618 - Harney-Armo complex 3 to 7 Eroded 2612 – Harney silt loam 0 to 1 percent 2620 - Harney Carlson silt 1 to 3 percent 2235 - Roxbury soils 3 to 7 percent ff TAXES: 2016 ESTIMATED REAL ESTATE TAXES: $ 1,129.99 MINERALS: NE4 - 100% mineral rights are believed to be intact, Seller to retain their interest for a period of 5 years from March 31, 2017. SE4 – Sellers 1/3 interest to be retained for a period of 5 years from March 31, 2017. No current Oil & Gas leases.

$9995 AND UNDER

MANNER OF SALE: TRACT # 2 will be offered as an individual tract.

This tract is being offered at public auction subject to seller confirmation, seller reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids. Non-conforming bids if any will immediately open up for private treaty day of auction after live auction closes.

10 CHEVY MALIBU LS, 4 Cyl., 2.4, L4 Auto, PL, PW Tilt, Cruise, New Tires, 119K .. .............................................................................................................$6,995 02 HONDA CR-V, 5 Speed, AWD, 2.4, L4, Local Trade, 180K .................................. .............................................................................. WAS $5,495 NOW $4,995 02 CHEVY MONTE CARLO SS, 2-Dr. Coupe, 3.8L, V6, FWD, Local Trade, 238K...... .............................................................................................................$2,495 01 FORD F-150 LARIAT, Super Crew, 2WD, 4.6L, V8, Local Trade, 101K ............... .............................................................................. WAS $8,195 SALE $7,995 99 CHEVY BLAZER, 4.3L, V6, 4x4, Power Seat, Local Trade, 140K......................... .............................................................................. WAS $3,195 SALE $2,995 72 GMC P.U., Reg Cab, 350 Auto, New Seat, Runs Great, Local..................$3,495

TERMS: Ten percent (10%) down day of auction sale, with the balance to be paid upon closing on or before April 28, 2017. Personal or Corporate checks are acceptable for down payment, with the final payment to be in certified funds, checks to be made payable to Ellis County Abstract & Title Co. Inc... Bidding is not contingent upon financing. Financing, if any must be arranged prior to Auction .

TITLE EVIDENCE: Sellers will provide title insurance to the buyer in the amount of the purchase price with the premium to be paid one-half by the Buyer and onehalf by the Sellers. Title evidence will be provided on day of Auction Sale.

AGENCY DISCLOSURE: Bob Munsch & Associates, LLC. Real Estate & Auction, its agents and representatives, are Exclusive Agents of the Sellers.

INSPECTIONS: Each potential bidder is responsible for conducting their own independent inspections and due diligence concerning pertinent facts with reference to the above tracts. Both the Sellers and Bob Munsch & Associates, LLC. Real Estate & Auction, its agents and representatives, make no warranties, either expressed or implied.

CONTRACTS: The successful bidder(s) will be required to enter into a contract immediately following the auction. Bidders must have proper title information available how title is to be held in order to expedite the preparation of contracts REAL ESTATE TAXES: Sellers will pay taxes for 2016 and any prior years taxes.

Taxes for 2017 will be prorated to day of closing. Estimated taxes are configured.

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“The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild” handles weapons a lot differently than past titles in the series: namely, all swords break through use, which means smart players will always be on the lookout for their next epic weapon. And speaking of epic weapons, the game wouldn’t be much of a “Zelda” title if it didn’t feature the Master Sword, the legendary blade whose fate is bound to that of the Hero of Time. Fear not, for the Blade of Evil’s Bane does indeed make an appearance within “Breath of the Wild.” Read on to learn where to find the Master Sword.

FIND THE MASTER SWORD The Master Sword wouldn’t be much of a legendary relic if it was kicking around in some dusty chest in the middle of nowhere, and as could be guessed, the sword has a fittingly formal resting place. Players who want to find the sword naturally will have their chance during the main quest called Captured Memories, which recounts the story of Link and Zelda before the calamity.

Of course, there’s nothing stopping players from seeking out the Master Sword whenever they like. In that case, adventurous weapon-seekers will want to look to the North to the Great Hyrule Forest, wherein they must brave the Lost Woods in order to find their prize.

GET THROUGH THE LOST WOODS Zelda fans already know the primary obstacle they’ll face in the Lost Woods, but for everyone else, the essential information lies within the name: the Lost Woods, simply put, is very difficult to navigate.

No worries, though, because Shacknews has posted up an excellent video tutorial, http://bit.ly/2m6rBiI, that will help worthy heroes find their way through the forest’s mystical maze. Once the Lost Woods have been navigated, players will find the Master Sword sitting in a stone pedestal beneath the Great Deku Tree.

STRENGTH OF ARMS, AND HEART Eager players will want to pull the sword from the stone immediately, but “Breath of the Wild’s” legendary weapon won’t give bestow its power upon any garden-variety hero. No, the Master Sword requires a warrior as strong as Zelda’s legendary Champion, and will test the might of any hero who attempts to remove the blade by draining their health.

The first time Link tries to pull the blade from the pedestal, he will likely fail, and the Great Deku Tree will warn him just before he dies. Any attempt made after that will likely end in death unless the player has at least 13 hearts. When trying to remove the Master Sword, players must continue to pull until nearly all of their health is drained, but right before the 13th heart depletes entirely, the sword will pull away.

A BLADE FIT FOR A HERO “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s” weapon system will leave many wondering: does the Master Sword break? Well, yes. All weapons in the game do. However, the Master Sword has a special property that makes it return to the player’s inventory after a certain amount of time.

Durability aside, the Master Sword does have a few unique properties that make it more than worthy of player’s time. Firstly, the weapon has an attack power rating of 30, and generally above-average durability. However, players who bring the Master Sword along to the Hyrule Castle grounds in order to defeat Calamity Ganon will find that the sword’s attack power has increased to 60, and becomes nearly unbreakable.

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A man begins cleaning up debris left in the wake of a massive wildfire in early March that destroyed several homes in the small town of Ransom.

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t takes a special type of person to grow I’d never seen anything like it before, and and thrive in northwest Kansas.

I hope I never will again. Growing up in We face a lot of things that affect our dai- Ness County, I knew some of the people dily lives — a lot of them out of our control. rectly affected, and it was difficult to watch Low oil prices. Low grain prices. the fires devour everything in their path.

Drought. Lack of water. The list could go But as I watched those residences and on and on. memories go up in wind-swept flames, I It would be easy to tuck our tails and run also noticed how many people were rallying most days. around to help. There were firefighters from But that’s not the way of folks in northnumerous towns nearby, oilfield workers west Kansas. Instead, the hardy people hauling water on trucks and volunteers ofpull up the boots and go to work. fering bottled water and EMS respondThat’s something we all should be ers waiting in the wings. proud of, and a reason why there It showed what people of northwest are so many success stories from the Kansas are made of. When someone best region in Kansas. is down, they’re definitely not out.

While there are numerous And if they think they are, it is stories and things to be proud our job to pick them up and of, it takes a genuine soul to help them out. ick chwien step up when the going gets I can’t imagine the heartCommentary break many of those families rough.

In early March, we witnessed felt that day — and even to numerous wildfires scorch the landscape, this day. I pray I never have to experience it leading to some deaths in southern Kansas personally. and large losses of livestock and buildings We are a blessed region, one that knows throughout the state. how to survive even in the worst of situaThe small town of Ransom in northwest tions. We’ve learned to grow and adapt.

Ness County was no exception to the dry, God willing, we’ll be a symbol of pride extremely windy conditions that day as a for centuries to come. blaze marched into the western portion of That’s something no disaster ever will be the town, destroying everything in its path. able to destroy.

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WaKEENEY — The Western Kansas Saloon & Grill, 121 N. Main, has been serving customers in one capacity or another since 1925.

Originally the Keraus Hardware Store, the building has functioned as a barbershop,ofpool hall of COUNTY COUNTY and even a community gym for a time throughout the years.

In 1998, the building was purchased and restored by Larry and Jean Hixson.

Luong Quach, manager of the Western Kansas Saloon & Grill, and Kenny Quan, owner, took over of the building in 2000. of “We just thought we needed a restaurant in COUNTY COUNTY town,” said Quan, whose family has lived in WaKeeney since 1966.

While the restaurant is now celebrated for its exceptional food, remnants of the building’s history can be seen throughout.

Original tin ceilings and hardwood floors adorn of dining room, and the original freightofelevator the COUNTY COUNTY is in the kitchen.

Quach pointed to a patched hole in the floor, of COUNTY which once was used to alert gamblers police had arrived.

“They used to gamble downstairs,” Quan said.

“They would drop a coin through that hole to let JOLIE GREEN, jgreen@dailynews.net them know when the law was coming.”

“Now we have it closed for safety,” Quach said. The building that now houses the Western Kansas Saloon & Grill was built in 1925.

Six large paintings, created by local artist Madeline Musick and commissioned by the WaKeeney Art Council, depict scenes of rural Kansas life including a buffalo herd, an Indian village, a windmill, a cattle drive, a pioneer woman and four cowboys who have striking resemblances to some WaKeeney locals having a drink at the saloon.

Another notable fixture is the Christmas tree that stands at the front of the restaurant yearround.

“Since we’re the Christmas City of the High Plains, that stays up all year,” Quan said.

In fact, the design and construction of the city’s metal Christmas decorations took place in the building in the early 1950s.

Now, the restaurant is known for its steaks, seaWestern Kansas Saloon & Grill business partners food, pastas, desserts and friendly service.

Luong Quach, left, and Kenny Quan, talk about the Don Smith, who has worked as a cook there for restaurant. seven years, said the owners are great to work for.

“They’re not bosses; they are like family,” Smith said.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 9 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m to 2 p.m. and 5 to Germaine Barrows fills a drink for a customer during the lunch hour at the 9:30 p.m. Saturday and 5 to 8 p.m. Sundays.

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PLAINVILLE — Rookstock’s iconic meadowlark once again will take flight April 29 in Plainville, ushering in the musical fundraising event for the Rooks County Healthcare Foundation. Proceeds from this year’s celebration will benefit the second phase of expansion at Rooks County Health Center. Last year, Rookstock’s inaugural event netted more than $100,000 for the hospital expansion.

This year, Rookstock attendees will be treatof ed to a fare of beef brisket and homemade the side dishes, cocktails and live music from gospel to blues to popular favorites from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s performed by bands and solo artists with of direct ties to Rooks County.

Newly added will be a “mystery” master of ceremonies to keep the night moving at a fun, action-packed pace. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and run until midnight at Steve’s Electric and Roustabout’s main shop at of (section the corner of W Road and 17 Road line), only 1 mile north of Plainville.

“We’re delighted Rookstock can boast such an array of music from Rooks County’s own talented musicians,” said Eric Sumearll, RCHF executive director. “We’re changing the music lineup around so that many of theofmusicians will be sitting in and playing with each other, blending their styles and musical genres, which kind of highlights how great things can happen when everyone in a community comes together for a common cause.”

The evening’s purpose is to raise of money for Phase 2 of the expansion at RCH, which is the construction of a greatly enlarged, dedicated

rehabilitation facility on the north side of the hospital. Two main components of the project will be a zero-entry hydrotherapy pool to enhance and speed up recovery, and an indoor walking track to encourage cardio exercise for a healthier lifestyle.

“The skill, compassion and dedication of the staff of our physical therapy department make a dramatic, positive impact on the health and physical capabilities of so many people, young and old, in our area,” Sumearll said. of need for an expanded, “There is an urgent COUNTY dedicated rehab facility, and with the community’s help, we are going to make sure that the staff has the space and resources to continue making of such a valuable contribution COUNTY COUNTY to people’s lives.”

Live and silent auctions throughout the evening contribute to the night’s diversions. Just a few of the live auction items include stays at a rustic cabin in Vermont, a brand new Arctic Cat ATV and a of handmade knife crafted out of COUNTY a railroad spike and deer antler designedCOUNTY just for the event, forged and created by a Rooks County bladesmith. An array of handmade items, gift certificates and baskets also will be up for bid.

Tickets are required in advance, and seating of COUNTY COUNTY is limited.

“Last year, we sold out well in advance of the event, so please plan early to buy your tickets,” Sumearll said.

Tickets are available at Rooks County Health Center orofby calling Sumearll at (785) COUNTY COUNTY 688-4428.

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QUINTER — Residents of Gove County and surrounding areas don’t have to travel far to find first-class health care services.

Gove County Medical Center in of of COUNTYemployer, Quinter is the county’s largest with close to 200 employees, four physicians, two nurse practitioners and two more doctors who will join the team in 2019.

According to Coleen Tummons, CEO, they offer both in- and out-patient care of an average of five to eight in-patients of with COUNTY each day. That’s in addition to the 33 individuals residing in the long-term care facility.

They offer a variety of services from physical therapy, occupational and speech therapies, cardiac and pulmonaryofrehab, a of COUNTY sleep lab, labor and delivery, a lactation clinic and more. of of COUNTY One of their newest and most exciting developments is the growth of their Cancer Therapy Center.

Started in January 2016, the evidence-based program was developed of through research from the University of COUNTY Northern Colorado and Colorado State University. Research has shown the benefits that exercise can provide for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation.

After a patient receives chemotherapy, those chemicals begin to settle in their main organs. That is why many cancer patients are left with long-lasting effects that undermine overall health.

Exercise therapy helps to push those chemicals out of the body.

“In the past when someone was diagnosed with cancer, they were advised to rest and take care of themselves,” said Liz McDonald, director of therapy services.

“It’s not so much that way anymore. They actually need to exercise and get moving.”

McDonald said that in July and August, two employees attended the Rocky Mountain Cancer Rehabilitation Institute to complete training to become cancer exercise specialists.

Following the training, McDonald and her colleague had to get the program going and write all the protocols.

The cancer therapy was funded completely by the Gove/Trego County Walk-aThon for the first year.

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A new cancer therapy room at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter offers physical and emotional therapy to those undergoing cancer treatment.

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Various exercise machines are used for patients undergoing therapy.

As cancer exercise therapy is not paid for through insurance yet, Gove County Medical Center secures funding so it can offer this service free of charge for now.

“We want to offer it free, because our patients have so many other expenses with cancer treatment,” McDonald said.

When a patient first comes in for an interview, the initial consultation lasts approximately three hours.

“It’s a very long process,” McDonald said. “We check their strength, flexibility and cardio endurance.”

Once they have that information, the

data is used in their formulas to determine a patient’s maximum benefit and what exercises will be appropriate for them during each phase of their treatment.

“It’s very specific to the patient. It depends on the type of cancer, and it depends on what cancer treatments they are receiving,” McDonald said.

Star Hooper, physical therapy assistant, attended the training last summer.

Now she works with patients one-on-one in private exercise therapy.

Each patient has an hour of therapy three days a week.

Seven patients have undergone the exercise therapy during the last year and all have had positive outcomes.

“Patients have said, ‘I’m so glad I came today, because I have more energy now,’ ” Hooper said.

The treatments also might include addressing anxiety, nutritional needs, referrals for psychological services, specialized treatments for scar tissue and incisions and any other concerns the patient might have.

Treatments typically end with some form of relaxation exercise including deep breathing, yoga, cranial massage and more.

“We really try to be ‘that’ person for the cancer patient,” McDonald said.

As for the future of the program, McDonald said right now they’re just looking at other funding options.

“We’re applying for a grant right now to get all of us trained, and then we can have more patients. But that would also mean more funding, so we’re really trying to find more funding,” McDonald said. “I just really want to see it grow. I think it’s such a great program, and I hope we can get funding to keep going and insurance will kick in to help.”

Right now, Gove County Medical Center is the only place in this part of the state where patients can undergo such thorough, individualized exercise therapy.

All involved believe this will one day be a standard of cancer treatment. It’s just a matter of waiting for insurance to approve it.

Tummons said exercise therapy is preventative.

“This type of program, futuristically, it would save insurance companies money,” Tummons said.

For Hooper, the results speak for themselves.

“When you’re doing it with a patient and seeing it work first-hand, that’s just amazing,” Hooper said.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017 • The Hays Daily News

La Crosse library bears name of pioneer in education

By JUNO OGLE juno@dailynews.net

LA CROSSE — Nestled among a few trees at a T-intersection of Sixth and Elm in La Crosse is the city’s library. Both the interior and exterior are not vastly different from when the small limestone structure was built in 1937, but how it is used probably would cause some alarm to the man it was named for.

The Barnard Library is much like other small community libraries today. Full bookshelves line the walls, visitors use computers to research on the internet or check email or copy documents on the photocopier, and children sit on the floor for story time.

It’s a far cry from the quiet and order imposed by the library’s eponymous director, Howard Barnard.

“People were scared of him,” said Jo Burkhart, the current library director.

Described in a November 1946 edition of the Rotarian as “Whitmanesque” with a flowing white beard, Barnard demanded silence in the library, regarding it as a place of study.

A few of the patrons of today’s library worked for Barnard, Burkhart said, and tell stories of how he would run a finger along the rows of shelved books to make sure they were all lined up perfectly.

Despite what might be considered his eccentricities, Barnard is considered one of the great educators in rural American history.

“Howard Barnard was a kindly, selfless fanatic who deliberately turned his back on wealth and comfort to teach unlettered cowboys and pioneer children for a salary never more than $67.50 per month,” is how Ralph Wallace described him in the Rotarian article, two years before Barnard’s death.

Lawrence Erbis, a member of the Rush County Historical Society, portrayed Barnard for the society’s 50th anniversary in 2013 and still dons a white beard and boots to take on the role occasionally. He told Barnard’s story for La Crosse third-graders recently.

Born in New York City in of 1863, Barnard was the nephew of Henry Barnard, the first U.S. commissioner of education, and Frederick Barnard, president of Columbia University.

Barnard spent much of his youth in the family of COUNTY library.

At the age of 18, he heeded the words of New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley — “Go West, young man.”

After working briefly on the Erie Canal in New York, Barnard made his way west, walkof

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“By August 1884, there I was, ready to step over the line in Kansas,” Erbis, as Barnard, said.

He hopped freight trains until he ended up at COUNTY Great Bend.

“That was the end of the line. No more rail from then on,” Erbis said. He set out on foot once again.

Barnard ended up in Rush Center and found work making molasses for sugar beet

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farmers. After the season was over, he set off on foot looking for more work, and one night took shelter in a haystack during a snowstorm. It might have been that night that his feet froze, causing permanent injury. Later in life, Barnard wore boots every day because of the damage to his feet.

He briefly went back to New York City, but by 1886 returned to Kansas, bringing as many books from his family library as he could carry. While working for a Rush County family, he would use those books to educate people, often just sitting under a tree in a field, farm workers and children gathering around him.

He eventually got a teaching certificate from the state and worked in area schools for 15 years. He had a desire to start his own

school, but lacked the funds until he received an inheritance of $16,000 in 1905.

With the funds, Barnard started Entre Nous College, building a two-story school near McCracken on four acres he purchased for $289. Eventually he expanded that to 10 acres, and the grounds included a garden for agriculture experiments. There also were barns and stables for the school’s horse-drawn wagons he called “kid wagons” that were forerunners of school buses.

Entre Nous College essentially consolidated several of the area’s one-room country schoolhouses, and Barnard became known as “the grandfather of consolidation” in Kansas, Erbis said.

Its curriculum offered more than the country schools did, too.

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Howard Barnard, founder of Barnard Library in La Crosse.

Barnard hired a former military officer as his physical education director. Girls’ physical education was part of the curriculum and its sports teams.

“We had tennis, track, basketball, football.

The curriculum was more than just reading, writing and arithmetic. We had geology, music, Latin and German,” Erbis said.

The building itself included amenities such as an auditorium, gas lamps, central heat and a telephone.

Barnard often would walk to Hays City to purchase new books, and sometimes would go without food for himself to pay for subscriptions to the New York Sun, Popular Science, National Geographic and other periodicals for his students.

By 1911, however, Barnard had expended all his money. He borrowed from banks, but in 1913, the school was closed and the property sold to cover his debts.

“When everything was paid off, the attorneys and creditors, I had $49.15 left,” Erbis said.

Barnard actually lived in the school building until it was torn down.

“I was basically penniless, ate very little and my health deteriorated,” Erbis said.

Area women’s groups came to his aid.

The bell from the school’s tower was saved and turned into a monument at the site of the school. It still can be seen today along Avenue E in Rush County, approximately 10 miles west of U.S. Highway 183.

In 1923, Barnard became librarian of La Crosse High School. The community library

The Barnard Library, located at 521 Elm Street in La Crosse, was built in 1937. was built in 1937, part of the Works Progress Administration, from stone quarried near Sand Creek southeast of La Crosse. Barnard became director for the library that bore his name.

A small stove used to heat students’ lunches at Entre Nous College, along with a collection of Barnard’s books and personal and school artifacts, can be viewed at the library today.

Among them are Barnard’s rules of library etiquette, which included: • Whispering corrupts good manners.

• Permission is necessary to speak to anyone in the library.

• Place the chair under the table when leaving.

• Use no ink in the library.

• When you walk in the library, be sure to clean your shoes.

Erbis, in character, told the La Crosse third-graders Barnard did have a cat that was allowed in the building.

“One day, my cat did an unkind thing on one of my books. I had to throw the cat out the door,” he said, making the children erupt in laughter.

“I usually wasn’t that mean. But temper got a hold of me that day. Eventually I let the cat back in.”

Barnard died in 1948 at the age of 83. He had intended to be buried on the grounds of

The bell that was on top of the Entre Nous College, founded by Howard Barnard in 1906, is displayed in a monument near the school's site between Liebenthal and McCracken.

Entre Nous, but the patrons of his community library saw to it he had a plot in the La Crosse cemetery. It wasn’t until recently,

however, that his grave received a headstone, a granite marker denoting him as “Pioneer Educator and Librarian.”

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Bunker Hill Cafe still serving up prime food

By KALEY CONNER kconner@dailynews.net

BUNKER HILL — Nearly 44 years ago, a historic limestone building caught Tom Taggart’s eye. He and his wife, Janet, got “a good deal” on the property, and decided to try operating a cafe.

They’ve been serving up a unique dining experience since. The Bunker Hill Cafe has become well-known throughout the region for its fare, which includes “We have catfish and Kansas beef.

“We were so young a lot of when we started. I don’t people think 40 years ever who come entered my mind,” Janet Taggart said. “I just met in, maybe a guy — and I got a cafe they got as well.” engaged “And she’s been working hard ever since,” Tom here. And Taggart said. they’re The cafe is located in a stone building that is a still century old; it was built coming in 1916. Bunker Hill in.” itself has a population of Tom Taggart less than 100 people, but the cafe has drawn loyal customers from several surrounding towns, including Hays, Russell, Osborne, Salina and others.

In more recent years, the internet also has been helpful in generating interest, with many customers pulling off Interstate 70 after finding the restaurant on Yelp or Facebook.

Some customers have been coming faithfully ever since the restaurant opened more than four decades ago, he said.

The cafe has been the site of many wedding proposals throughout the years, and has of been a special occasion destination for many the celebraanniversary, birthday and holiday tions, he said.

“We have a lot of people who come in, maybe they got engaged here,” Tom Taggart said. “And they’re still coming in.”

It’s a popular destination for Valentine’s Day and high school proms, of and it’s not unusual for customers to arrive in limousines as part of their celebrations.

Everyone from Kansas politicians to country music stars have dined here, and the cafe has served as a filming location for Smoky Hills Public Tele- of vision, which is just across the street.

The building that has been home to Bunker Hill Cafe for nearly 44 years was built in 1916.

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Owners Tom and Janet Taggart and longtime employee Joyce Scott are seen inside the cafe, which features local art and taxidermy. of COUNTY The cozy dining room is decorated with Everything is made to order, so diners COUNTY sculptures made by local should not expect a “fast-food” experience, artists, and wild game Scott said. preserved by a nearby Popular menu items include catfish, taxidermist. There are shrimp and salmon, filet mignon and buffalo only 10 tables, so guests steaks. Tom Taggart does most of the cookare encouraged to make ing, which also includes homemade honey of reservations, said Joyce raisin bread, two house salad dressings and COUNTY COUNTY Scott, who has been a a variety of homemade jellies. The jellies longtime waitress. are made from native local berries, such as

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elderberry, chokecherry and sand plum. The staff picks the berries by hand, Taggart said.

“It’s fresh food. It’s not prepared food,” Scott said.

“You won’t find a bagged salad in our kitchen,” Tom Taggart said.

“And we’ve got the carpal tunnel to prove it,” Janet added with a chuckle.

Taggart said he always had been interested in fishing and still enjoys cooking. But all three say the customers are what has inspired them to keep the business going all these years.

Some original customers now come to eat with their children and grandchildren, Janet Taggart said.

“I’ve always kept a toy box over there, and it makes me feel pretty old now when their grandkids … grab some toys,” Taggart said.

“I think a lot of those toys have been there that long.”

The cafe now is open three evenings a week, as all three admit they are not as young as they once were.

“People don’t understand; it’s a lot of work,” Scott said. “The customers keep saying, ‘Please don’t close.’ They enjoy coming here on special occasions and family get-togethers, birthday parties.”

“And that’s the best part,” Janet Taggart said.

“We’ve made so many friends here.”

To contact Bunker Hill Cafe, call (785) 483-6544.

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A total of 11 different scholarship funds are established with the foundation, which provides a variety of opportunities for area youth. The largest scholarship fund is the JoshuaCOUNTY Fund, which this year alone will fund of COUNTY 25 $4,500 scholarships and two $10,000 gifts, Muller said.

“He wanted to give back and really help kids who didn’t think they would have the of chance to go to college, so they COUNTY COUNTY could have that opportunity,” Muller said of the fund’s donor, Dr. Starr F. Schlobohm. “We are very happy to help facilitate that fund.”

Because theoffoundation offers so many COUNTY COUNTYprograms, criteria vary for scholarship each fund. More details are available at rcacf.net; applications are due every year by March 1.

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RUSSELL — It all started with the a simple idea 16 years ago. Today, Russell County Area Community Foundation has endowments worth nearly $12 million and consists of 75 funds.

“We were founded by people inofthe community who were concerned things were changing and wanted to make sure there was a vibrant foundation in place to really preserve our rural way of of life and to help our hometowns thrive,” said Angela Muller, the foundation’s executive director.

Since its inception, the foundation also has awarded nearly $2 million in charitable donations to various Russell County of projects, which include park and school improvements, public health endeavors and the arts.

Area children always have been a particular area of focus for charitable programs, and

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assistance program called the Russell Area Youth Activities Fund, which helps children with a financial need participate in extracurricular activities, such as athletics, fine arts and camps. Grants are limited to $200 per applicant each fiscal year, and applications always are accepted.

“We’ve awarded thousands of dollars worth of grants to help kids,” she said. “That’s for everybody in our area who needs that.”

But for some local children, the needs are as basic as having enough food to eat. With that in mind, an anonymous donor founded the Russell Backpack Fund, which provides take-home food for elementary school children who need it.

A backpack full of healthy food is sent home with children in need on Fridays so the family has food for the weekend. A subtle system has been arranged to transfer the backpack so the children don’t feel singled out, Muller said.

“The schools help identify the families that

they feel need that,” she said. “It’s a program operated through churches of the Russell area; they do that together.”

The foundation’s largest grant is the “Think Big, Think Russell County” grant, which awards $30,000 to one non-profit organization, local government or school. The purpose is to jump-start a charitable project that will have significant local impact. That award is given each spring, but the application deadline was Feb. 1.

Past projects through that grant have included playground improvements at Simpson Elementary School and improvements to the local recreation commission’s baseball fields.

“It just shows you how if you invest in these gifts and these programs, how far they can go,” Muller said. “We’re starting to see some fantastic things happening, and it’s because of the foresight of those people 16 years ago who saw that a community foundation was a great way for people to invest in their communities.”

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raham County is one where everybody knows everybody. Everyone is a neighbor and friend. We love to live here for those reasons.

“Ringneck Pride” is the theme of the county. From Hill City USD 281’s mascot to hunting the bird, we love to honor this and each version or interpretation of it.

We are traditional folks who invest ourselvesof in each community — St. Peter, Morof land,the Penokee, Hill City, Bogue and Nicodemus. We also invest ourselves in agriculture and recreation. Past, present and future is instilled in us to preserve our community and county. of Some of the most beautiful hidden assets of COUNTY of our county include Antelope Lake shelter houses, Hill City park structures, Citizens State Bank brick mural and Morland’s Pratt Pony Bridge. of • Antelope Lake: A littleCOUNTY of known fact about the shelters and other structures at Antelope Lake is they were built as a WPA project in the 1930s out of native stone. The lake is also on the state historical list. Antelope Lake is beautiful anyof of time of year, tucked awayCOUNTY in rural Graham County. It encompasses 80 acres. Featuring boat ramps, camping and picnic areas, two shelter houses and an old iron bridge, Antelope is the perfect place for recreation of and of fishing.

COUNTY • Hill City park structures: The gazebo and shelter house at the Hill City Park also were a part of the WPA projects in the 1930s. These structures also were built from of the county’s native stone. The park is widely COUNTY and frequently used. There have been several weddings, parties and Chamber Christmas lightings in the park each year. New to the park this year is a concrete walking trail.

Winding throughout the park’s three sections, the trail provides a connection to each part and allows those partaking a beautiful

view. Hill City also offers two other parks that feature play equipment and shelters, perfect for a family outing or party.

• CSB brick mural: If you ever travel to Morland, you have to check out the bas-relief mural made entirely of brick next to the front door of the Citizens State Bank. It is truly a work of art. Bella Vista, Ark., artist Jack Curran sculpted the mural to commemorate the local paleontology COUNTYby National Geographic in the dig funded mid-1980s. Curran used past concepts of the plants, animals and terrain found in the area 8 to 10 million years ago along with the modern day digger. Each brick was individually made, for its specific spot in the COUNTY mural. They were set up for inspection, and then shipped to the site. While the dig site is hidden away on private property without access, the artifacts can be seen at SterCOUNTY nberg Museum of Natural History in Hays (credit to the Morland Expedition page on www.getruralkansas.com).

• Morland Pratt Pony Bridge: The historic Pratt Pony Bridge originally was made in COUNTY Nebraska in the early 1900s. There is no bracing, which in the early days of horses and wagons let the horses cross with less reluctance. The one in Morland is one of only two of the Pratt Pony Bridges remaining. The bridge is located in the beautiful COUNTY city park as you come into town (credit to the Morland Architecture page on www. getruralkansas.com).

As you can see by this sneak peak, Graham County has a lot to offer the recreational enthusiast. We also appeal greatly to those who love to find the hidden gems. We believe our community and county are just that, a hidden gem in our great state. Get out there and get rural. Some of the best things you find are there. Come see us.

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Hays Academy a cut above

By NICK SCHWIEN nschwien@dailynews.net

It seemed like a good enough idea at the time.

That was nearly 14 years ago.

Only problem was none of those involved had any business experience. That wasn’t enough to stop the dreams of a family-owned venture that has been educating students for more than a decade now and turning out graduates sought after throughout the country.

Welcome to the story of success for Hays Academy of Hair Design and the duo of Danielle Markley and Summer Melvin.

“None of us had owned a business before, and I had never thought about it before,” Markley said about the 2003 purchase of Hays Academy. “It really was trial and error, and educating on what success looks like in the industry was key. And we’ve been able to partner with successful businesses, especially Nuts and Bolts.”

Markley and her sister Melvin took a leap of faith in 2003 with their acquisition.

Markley was a recently licensed cosmotologist, and Melvin was a recent business graduate. The partnership seemed ideal, with Markley educating students and Melvin taking care of the behind-the-scenes work.

“And taking chances,” Summer Melvin said about the keys to success early on. “We just kind of took the chance.”

They took the right chance at the right time, and soon their husbands joined into the school and business.

Eric Markley, Danielle’s husband, joined after getting his instructor’s license, and Len Melvin, Summer’s husband, opted to switch from teaching in a classroom to becoming the marketing director of the academy.

“I don’t think any of us four had a clue what we were getting into,” Len Melvin said.

The early years saw nearly a dozen students enrolled in the downtown location just north of the railroad tracks in Hays, west of Main Street. The older building was suitable for a short time, until the student population started to grow quickly. of “When we did this, we had those 12 students,” Len Melvin said. “I don’t even remember then if our goal was 20 or 25. Then it just exploded within a year or a year and a half

Instructor Nicole Kroeger goes over paperwork recently at Hays Academy of Hair Design. to where our backs were against the wall.

It was either a full remodel on an old, old building, or look for space to accommodate us. It all happened so fast, we didn’t even have time to reflect on how we got here or what brought us here.

“But we knew we had to make a change to fit COUNTY our new goal, which was always to provide a lifestyle and a career to people. We didn’t want to have to turn people away, and certainly this facility offers that. And it offers our

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“We’re so thankful for those guests because they’re so important to our students’ training. We need these people coming in every day. Ninety-nine percent of them are so kind and helpful to our students that it really makes it all work for us.”

Now, Hays Academy is located on East 27th Street in a custom-built location that features a salon area, manicure and pedicure area, offices and classrooms.

The student population has grown, too, with a constant flow of students coming in

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and graduating — some from as far away as Hawaii.

“I think for me, where the light really went off is when we adopted the Nuts and Bolts training program and had it fully implemented in our school,” Len Melvin said. “It really changed the way we operate, all the way down to how we greet our guests and send them out and rebook them again. That’s where it really went off to me. I think we had the technical training down, but that business element was maybe the last piece we were missing with our students. Once that was implemented, everything came into the picture.”

Pride of the Plains The academy moved to the new facility in April 2006. But the school also has seen changes in curriculum, including the addition of the Nuts and Bolts Training Co. Its mission is to help beauty schools train professionals better. Len Melvin said implementing that program has changed the school and sets it apart from many in the country.

They’ve also implemented the Sassoon Cutting Program, something only 17 schools in the world teach about cutting hair without having to travel to one of the specialized academies, according to Len Melvin.

Hays Academy also became a signature Wella school, a top-of-the-line brand for hair coloring. It gives the Hays school five visits from world-renowned color professionals throughout the year. They also specialize in MUD, or Make-Up Design.

That’s what gives their graduates a solid start and sets them apart.

“We’ll have other salons from other cities call us and say, ‘Hey, I want to hire a Hays Academy graduate if they’re willing to come to this part of the country,’ ” Len Melvin said. “That’s a result of some of the partnerships we’ve made with Nuts and Bolts, Wella, Sassoon.”

Now, the school in Hays is a player on the national level, winning numerous countrywide contests throughout the year from large competitions.

“Those shows that we’re winning, to the common person, they think, ‘Oh, wow.

They won an award,’ ” Len Melvin said.

“But these are big, big, big time awards you can’t really understand if you’re not in the industry. When you’re in the industry, you understand the magnitude of the award and what it’s doing for these girls.”

“When we started, we set the standards high for our students, oftentimes higher than what they could think of themselves,” Danielle Markley said. “We take them through the door and give them hope and inspiration. For us, that’s what it’s about.”

The Markleys are the education managers, working the floor and offering handson tutorials for students. The Melvins continue to take care of the behind-thescenes items.

That’s given the academy a strong family vibe.

“That’s one of our core values,” Danielle Markley said. “Faith is No. 1, and another is family. We are sure to treat every one of our students like they are our own son or daughter. … Even when they leave our doors, we always let them know we are always here for them at any time.”

The academy’s enrollment can fluctuate from year to year, but the numbers have risen nearly 10-fold since the start. Since 2003, more than 750 students have gradu-

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More than 750 students have graduated from the academy since Danielle Markley and Summer Melvin took ownership. Pictured is student Nicole Latta cutting a client’s hair.

One of the key components to Hays Academy of Hair Design is students are able to work on active customers instead of mannequins. Pictured is student Kelly Lamb. ated from the academy.

Many have gone on to high-profile jobs, including one who worked during Fashion Week in New York City and another who previously worked with the Kansas City Chiefs cheerleaders.

“We’ve had salon owners tell us our students are so advanced when they come to the salon,” Len Melvin said. “That’s a result of working on people and not mannequins the whole time.”

All involved admit the clientele in Hays

has helped the students grow while schooling in Hays. Now, the same is true for those coming into the school in Salina, where Hays Academy branched out in 2011.

“I never envisioned this, or even being outside of Hays,” said Summer Melvin, who also heads up the financial aid side of things. “I had just graduated from college and was thinking a starter job. We had no idea of what we were getting into. We had no education on running a business, let alone owning one.”

Now, the success the family has developed serves as its own breeding ground; all of the instructors at the school are Hays Academy graduates.

“I speak for all four of us when I say we didn’t have a clue,” Len Melvin said.

“We still don’t a lot of days. The fact that we’ve surrounded ourselves with tremendous people is a key. Our staff, from top to bottom, is amazing. They make us look good and our job easier. I don’t think we had any clue to where we were headed. We had a dream, a mission to make successful people. Where that was going to be in 2017, I don’t think any of us could have forecast that.”

Or envisioned sweeping categories in prestigious national competitions as well.

Now, the Markleys and Melvins have their eyes on revolutionizing the industry.

“I think our goal, collectively, is to change the industry now,” Len Melvin said. “I think we’ve realized we can change and make positive changes in the industry to send a better message to the public about the excitement of the industry, the uniqueness of the industry and the opportunity of the industry. It’s been a shunned industry.

“The public perspective is you can’t make any money. I think we want to change that. This is a tremendous, tremendous industry. Where we are regional, probably for women, it’s a very male-dominated industry when you get coastal. The financial opportunities are endless, and there’s a flexible schedule. I think that’s really the message we want to send moving forward. We want to make industry change in a positive light.”

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s the Trump Administration begins, it is clear its approach to energy policy could not be more different than the previous administration’s. With the change in policy comes new opportunity for the energy industry to achieve its full potential.

Energy is so thoroughly woven into our daily lives that few will ever question whether it will be there, or where it comes from.

Petroleum plays an integral role in nearly every aspect of our lives. Oil-based products are likely the first thing you touch at the beginning and end of each day, whether it is your alarm clock, television remote, cellphone or even the toothpaste and tooth-

brush you use to brush your teeth. Those creased dramatically during the last decade who wear makeup or synthetic fibers, because the independent oil and natural such as polyester or nylon, are using gas industry is committed to investment or touching petroleum nearly 24 and job creation in the U.S. and are hours a day. As a key component using technology and innovation in heart valves, seat belts, helmets, to access more oil and natural gas life vests and even Kevlar, petroreserves. In addition to leading the leum is saving tens of thousands world in the production of oil and of lives daily. Furthermore, oil natural gas, the U.S. also leads the and gas are key components world in emission reductions. in many medicines and anJust five years ago, no tibiotics such as antiseptics, one would have imagined d ross antihistamines, aspirin and the U.S. could increase Commentary production of oil and natural sulfa drugs.

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which are now near 25-year lows. According to the EPA, oil and gas methane emissions now account for only 3.63 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. A recent study by the Energy Information Administration indicates the U.S. emitted 23 percent fewer energy-related CO2 emissions in 2015 than in 2005. Further, thanks in part to the increased use of domestic natural gas, ozone concentrations have dropped by 17 percent since 2000. The oil and natural gas industry has proven that over the long-term, it is possible to lead in energy production and in environmental stewardship.

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The fundamental change under the Trump administration is that market realities and a respect for consumers and their preferences will drive smarter regulations that focus on protecting the environment and growing the economy. The Trump administration understands all Americans benefit from a safe, environmentally responsible and thriving oil industry. And they recognize the importance of letting market forces, not government mandates, drive energy policies.

The change in administration means we have the opportunity to achieve America’s true energy potential by embracing the market-driven innovation and entrepreneurial spirit embodied by the millions of men and women who work in the American oil and natural gas industry.

What Americans expect and deserve are the facts. And the fact is, recent history has disproved the false premise that economic growth and significant increases in energy production must, necessarily, come at the expense of environmental improvement.

What would it mean for consumers, the economy and future job creation if we substantially limited exploration, development and use of fossil fuels in America’s energy supply mix? A recent study by the Energy Information Administration indicates the average American family would see their energy costs increase by $4,550 by 2040.

It could mean a cumulative loss of $11.8 trillion in the nation’s GDP and the loss of 6 million jobs.

That’s just a few of the costs to America’s families and economy of an energy policy based on less energy. What’s more, the vision of less energy in the future contradicts the overwhelming consensus of experts who agree we will need more energy for decades to come. In the U.S., oil and natural gas will supply 60 percent of U.S. energy needs by 2040, even under the most optimistic scenarios for renewable energy growth. Worldwide

energy consumption will increase by 48 percent by 2040, and 78 percent of that energy consumption will be met by fossil fuels.

We hope the Trump administration will pursue environmental policies that build on the progress our nation has made in the last several years thanks in large part to the American oil and natural gas energy renaissance. We also hope the Trump administration will recognize the innovation and core commitment to American energy security displayed by America’s oil and natural gas industry is a national asset that should be encouraged and promoted.

The U.S. has a unique opportunity to show the world how energy abundance can be used as a positive force to lift people up.

More than a billion people around the world face challenges for adequate food and education, clean water and protection from heat and cold due to a lack of access to energy.

We should work to ensure more people have access to safe, affordable and reliable energy, no matter which state, nation or continent they reside. Because to rise out of poverty and enjoy health and safety, people need more energy, not less.

We need a new American understanding of energy, and with it a national energy policy based on science, the free market and entrepreneurial spirit. We should set aside the acrimony and division that has marked too much of past national energy policy discussions and work together as one nation on a positive forward-looking energy future based on the understanding that our nation’s best energy future can only be achieved through a true all-of-the-above energy strategy.

Future generations are looking to us to get our nation’s energy policy right. They’re counting on us to leave them with a country that is second to none in energy production, security and economic prosperity.

Edward Cross is president of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association.

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even church meetings took place.

The center was founded by a group of community members in 2007 whose aim was to preserve the history of the five communities and rural areas we serve in northwest Gove County, southwest Sheridan County and far southeastern Thomas County in northwest Kansas.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017 • The Hays Daily News

Local focus keeps Phillipsburg radio station strong

By JUNO OGLE juno@dailynews.net

PHILLIPSBURG — It might not be what he originally set out to do, but Bob Yates says he is living the dream.

As a young disc jockey, Yates had his sights set on making the big-time on Chicago’s airwaves.

But as he got older, he started a family and found himself influenced by community leaders, that dream began to change.

Yates knew he wanted to be in radio when he was 8 and his Boy Scout troop in Coffeyville toured the local radio station.

When he was 10, his parents gave him a radio. He discovered it also had a microphone input, and soon had it hooked up to speakers in the house to create his own radio station of sorts.

“I was always practicing I was on the radio, piping all this stuff from the basement, driving my parents crazy,” he said.

In 1974, his family moved to Phillipsburg, where his father, Walt, became manager of the oil refinery. The first thing 14-year-old Yates did was see if the town had a radio station. It did — KKAN AM 1490 — and Yates took a tape of his basement radio station to manager Dwight Look. of He was hired to work after school andthe on weekends, but had to wait three years for a chance to get on the air, after two other local students graduated.

He still had that Chicago dream when he went to Colby Community College, and even after returning to Phillipsburg.

An FM of station, KQMA 92.5, got started in Phillipsburg, with the two stations eventually merging and going through several ownerships.

“I survived five ownership changes from 1977 to 1988. The more and more I looked at this, ownership might be want I wanted to do,” Yates said.

He briefly got out of radioofin 1984 and worked as a personal assistant to Darrel Olliff, owner of a memorial chapel, and Huck Boyd, publisher of the Phillips County Review and a mentor to Sen. Bob Dole, of who was making a bid for president at the time.

Their influence helped push him on to that new dream.

“My wife and I had the backing, but then my dad, who had recently retired from (the refinery) after they closed it down, said, of ‘Why don’t I do it?’ ” Yates said.

Yates and his wife, Teal, joined with

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his parents, Walt and Kay, to take over the radio stations April 1, 1988. Since his parents’ deaths approximately 10 years ago, Yates and his wife have been the sole of owners.

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“We have always been KKAN and 92.5 of COUNTY KQMA. We’re not ‘The Gizzard’ or ‘The Crawdad.’ We’re not a gimmick. We are an established information center, as a public trustee though our broadcast stations,” Yates said. “We are very locally centered, smalltown radio station with of a huge signal that serves a large area.”

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The FM station’s 100,000-watt signal reaches a 60-mile radius from Phillipsburg, and sometimes farther depending on atmospheric conditions.

With 1,000 watts, the AM station’s signal is the strongest within a 30-mile radius, but has a strong listenership in outlying areas, too. Yates recently received a letter signed by 10 people in McCook, Neb., 75 miles away, expressing appreciation for the station’s ’50s and ’60s music format. While its programming is automated, the songs are all hand-picked by Yates.

The FM station features what could be called an eclectic mix of hot country, Top 40 adult contemporary and classic rock, again with hand-picked songs, and also features community-oriented programming such as a call-in classifieds and area dining directory on weekday mornings, the weekly “What’s Up” on community events and extended news broadcasts several times throughout the day that include local news, weather, obituaries and community events.

During the day, the DJs are live from the studio in downtown Phillipsburg. Evenings and weekends are automated, but Yates has the ability to sign in to the computer system if needed, even when he’s in Hays visiting his son’s family.

A big part of the station’s local emphasis is due in part to the station’s staff. Although Yates gets audition tapes from across the country, he prefers home-grown talent. Mark Gower, who assists with the programming, has been an announcer on the station for 17 years. Award-winning sports broadcaster Tad Felts retired last year after more than 40 years as news and sports director for the stations. Jesse Rhea, who grew up in Agra, stepped into that role after working part-time with Felts for six years. His color commentator is Robbie Gibson, who grew up in Kensington.

While Rhea admits a call from ESPN or Kansas State University to do play-by-play might tempt him away, he said he, too, is “living the dream.”

“I’m pretty lucky to be able to come back home to do what I wanted to do,” he said. “My family is here. I like having my dad be able to listen to me,” he said.

Both he and Gibson already have checked off “bucket list” items in their broadcast careers in calling championship games for the high schools they attended and played for — Phillipsburg and Thunder Ridge, respectively.

Smith Center High School football is broadcast on KQMA, and Phillipsburg High School football on KKAN. Basketball from both is featured on the FM station, and they occasionally broadcast games from Logan High School and Thunder Ridge when the schedule allows.

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Jesse Rhea, news and sports director for KKAN/KQMA Radio, does work to prepare for the 3-2-1A state wrestling tournament at the station in Phillipsburg.

At the end of February, Rhea was putting in extra hours preparing for state wrestling and sub-state basketball broadcasts. The MCL wrestling tournament, state wrestling and state track meet are also among KQMA’s biggest sports broadcasts of the year.

Yates said he’s grateful Rhea is continuing in Felts’ footsteps on the news and sports side, and Gower’s assistance with programming, as that allows him to focus on advertising sales and making sure the stations stay compliant with FCC regulations.

“I worry more about paying the bills, and then I let these guys take over and do their thing,” Yates said.

He does still get behind the mic for part of the weekday mornings, largely because listeners still want to hear his voice.

Even with access to streaming music and radio stations online, Yates said KQMA continues to pull in listeners. In fact, the station’s online stream has grown its audience, he said.

“I have not noticed any drop in listenership,” Yates said.

“If anything, it’s increased. That’s something that you may not find in many places across the country.”

KQMA’s all classic-rock weekends and especially classic episodes of Casey Kasem’s Weekly Top 40 are popular with online listeners.

“If there’s a problem with the online stream, I will immediately get emails from across the country,” Yates said.

As much as he said he’s enjoyed every minute of the last 40 years with the radio stations, Yates said he knows there will be a day he’ll want to retire from the airwaves. When that time comes, if the stations don’t stay in the family, he’ll find just the right buyer who will continue its successful formula.

“We are still as strong as we always have been here in rural America because of the fact that people know we are there, we’re live, we’re local, we’re going to tell you exactly the information that you want,” he said.

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ucas, the Grassroots Art Capital of Kansas, is home to many of the state’s most popular Grassroot Arts sites and draws more than 15,000 visitors a year. Sites include the world-famous Garden of Eden, Florence Deeble’s Rock Sculpture Garden, the Grassroots Art Center — which displays pieces

by more than 20 Kansas grassroots artists — the DADA MUSE’UM, and the World’s Largest Things Gallery.

The latest addition to the Lucas arts is the public restroom “Bowl Plaza.” The building is shaped like a toilet tank, and the sidewalk winds to a roll of toilet paper. The inside

and outside walls are covered with mosaics.

Bowl Plaza even has a guestbook that has been signed by people from every state and 78 countries. It was voted the second best restroom in the United States in 2014.

While in Lucas don’t forget to stop by Brant’s Meat Market for a sample of their

homemade Czech bologna and other specialties, and Possumbilities coffee shop, antiques and Eric Abraham Gallery.

Lucas is the perfect place for a day trip with the family.

Connie Dougherty is director of the Lucas Area Chamber of Commerce.

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Commentary upon which our current services today are No longer are people forced into institutional care — common in the earlier days. Individuals built. often are employed by local businesses, living in their own We are indebted to all the parents, staff, board memapartments and participating as community members. It’s bers and community members who ignited and fanned simple, it’s normal, and yet it’s profound. When we look the flames and carried the torch forward decade after back at where we evolved from, these accomplishments decade. Because these advocates envisioned people with

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still are recognized and cherished. Many t is an interesting task to highlight the other towns rely heavily on tending to old Hays USD 489 school district. It is structures and museums to maintain their easy to point out the many successes our history. It appears the history of Hays lives students and staff have accomplished on through the lessons our older residents in the arts, academics, clubs and sports. still teach their children and grandchildren.

Kansas coach of the year, All-American These are the simple lessons that probably and All-Kansas high school yearbook, have more to do with being successful in National Merit Scholar, first in league for this world.

Hays Middle School girls’ cross Perhaps that is what truly makes Hays country, second at state for girls’ different. It isn’t so much the past Hays High School golf, sell-out or the history. It is the character of crowds to “Bye Bye Birdie,” the people who live on and provide students recognized in volleyball the real optimism for our future. In and soccer, undefeated season for today’s time, honor and courage Hays Middle School quiz bowl, are words that seem to exan athlete selected for the clusively link to the military.

Shrine Bowl, and 35 seniors That is unfortunate because receiving Dane G. Hansen ohn hissen those are traits that should scholarships are some of the successes that can be highlightCommentary belong to all our people no matter what job they have. ed. However, these many and Being honorable is still a desirable trait varied accomplishments might not be the in the Hays community, and being courapoints of emphasis. geous is a way of life, not just situational.

It is the Hays people that stand out.

Character development is an imperative They are kind and compassionate. Either function of the Hays schools, including old or young, Hays is comprised of people public and private. The future generations who have a broader view than just their of home-grown leaders will ensure Hays own hurried lives. They care about their being a thriving community. The highlight neighbors and demonstrate that in many to this school district is no more or less the ways. Children still are taught in Hays to highlight to this community as a whole. It is be respectful, and they show that in simple “we the people.” ways, such as opening doors for others.

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developmental disabilities with all the same rights, to live close to home, to have employment opportunities and to be interdependent with their community, those services emerged and continued to grow and flourish for many years.

To all who have been involved and supported DSNWK during these past 50 years — thank you. We couldn’t have reached this milestone without you. Whatever your connection, we appreciate you. All of us at DSNWK look forward to continuing our side-by-side work with you. Together, with a common vision and value that each person is unique and gifted with their own unique set of abilities, our communities become stronger and more beautiful for all of us. May the firm foundation laid by our predecessors remain the bedrock of services into the next 50 years as we together tackle the challenges and build the future that empowers the lives of those we diligently serve and will serve.

Jerry Michaud is president and CEO of DSNWK.

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The Township Board agreed to allow One special project we have accomus to use the hall as a Heritage Center. plished with a grant from the Dane G. The mission of the Grinnell-Angelus Area Hansen Foundation was to have our old Heritage Center Inc. is to gather, classify newspapers digitized and uploaded to and preserve a wide variety of artifacts the internet. Check them out at grinnell. from our communities of Grinnell, Anadvantage-preservation.com/. gelus, Orion, Campus, Orange and the We also publish a newsletter four times surrounding rural areas to demonstrate a year called the Heritage Center Past the uniqueness of our area of Kansas, and Times, free with membership or by to provide a place where people can visiting the center. A community access them. birthday and anniversary calenWe chose as our motto this dar also are available. saying: “Spanning the past, present We will be celebrating our and future of the area communities 10th year this season. We are of Angelus, Campus, Grinnell, open beginning around MemoriOrange and Orion, Kansas al Day (no heat) from 2 to 4 p.m.

— Let’s save our memorabilia Tuesdays and Thursdays weekly before it is all lost!” It was rapand by appointment. We host idly disappearing as it is in many udy art several special events each year, towns.

Commentary including special exhibits. We Displays from each community: have been focusing on our area’s their businesses, schools, churches, families, World War I veterans in the centennial events, and all sorts of artifacts can be years of the Great War. found at the center. We have had great supBy memberships, contributions, grants port in obtaining priceless memorabilia inand fundraising, we continue to expand cluding the Grinnell High School Alumni our collection each year. collection. We established a research center For more information, contact us by on the old stage with many documents and email at jhart@st-tel.net or lynw.olf@ resources available to the public. Each item st-tel.net, or call (785) 824-3358 or (785) in our collection is given an acquisition 824-3411.

Judy Hart is chair of the board of directors of number, scanned or photographed, and the Grinnell-Angelus Area Heritage Center. entered into our electronic database.

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NESS CITY — On some days, it’s just the snapping sound the flag makes in the wind.

It’s something Loren and Lynette Stenzel can hear as of close their eyes and drown out everything they else going of COUNTY on around them.

When they open their eyes, they see something beautiful and unique to most small towns in western Kansas.

“It’s that whip of the flags,” Lynette said. “You can just close your eyes and hear it.”

What began as a dream many years ago now has come of to fruition for Ness Countians, andofall the hard work the Stenzels put into fulfilling a dream is now a COUNTY reality.

The husband and wife, along with generous donors and volunteers, began orchestrating something special in the county seat of Ness County in 2000. Two years later, the design and other pertinent dealings were approved by a committee, and materials were ordered. of “Loren always said we needed to haveofa place for peoCOUNTY ple to go to remember,” Lynette said.

“It’s about honoring and remembering.”

Loren is a U.S. Army veteran, serving from 1968 to 1970 during the Vietnam War. He’s a lifetime American of Legion, Veterans of Foreign of COUNTY Wars and Sons of American Legion member. He participates in the American Legion Riders, and is commander of Frank Stull Post No. 152 American Legion in Ness City.

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The two continue to play an active part in veterans’ activities throughout the region on a daily basis.

But it was nearly two decades ago when Loren began envisioning something special. That came after the travCOUNTY eling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall was in Ness City during an Old Setters Reunion.

It was then that a few people got together to begin plans for a memorial to honor those who never made it home.

COUNTY “It was easier for some of the towns that do something than it is for the smaller towns because they have corporate sponsors,” Loren said.

So the group began having pancake feeds on Sunday nights to raise money for the park, which sits on the property where the former Odd Fellows building once stood west of the historic Ness County Bank Building.

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Veterans Memorial Park in Ness City is one of the top draws in the Ness County.

There were a lot of pancakes flipped, and other generous donations and time put into the project.

But finally, the park was completed. It features large granite stones that had to be set with a crane, numerous flag poles for Old Glory and the various military branches, and a statue of a helmet resting on top of a machine gun — among other things.

The granite stones have engraved names of those who served or were killed during duty. Six of the panels are entirely filled, with two more nearing completion. More than 700 names are engraved.

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Sunday, March 26, 2017 • The Hays Daily News

Hoxie hopping with downtown businesses

By MIKE KESSINGER mkessinger@dailynews.net

HOXIE — It’s a bright Friday morning, and Michelle Foote sits on a cushioned seat with her 1-year-old daughter, Colleen, on her lap as she talks to a friend across the table.

The sunshine through the front windows of Oscar’s gives the downtown coffee bar and restaurant plenty of light. At the bar area with a large decorative steer’s head above the cashier’s place, Allison Nondorf works on an order and prepares for the lunch hour.

Named after a steer in a group of longhorns her grandfather gave her as a small child growing up in Delphos, Foote opened Oscar’s almost seven years ago. With no background in food service or restaurant management, she and her husband, Scott, decided to give it a shot.

It was an opportunity to give Michelle, the president of the Sheridan County Community Foundation who also worked with economic development, a chance to show people a new business can prosper in a small town like Hoxie.

She also felt a bit of an obligation to it as well. of being on “With my foot in the door economic development telling everyone else to give (Hoxie) a shot,” Foote said. “ ‘You can live here. It’s a great quality of life in this place. Hoxie’s a great place.’ I felt like I couldn’t just say that and not do that with action knowing that this is something I had thought about for a long time. I just decided ofmy words were to put my investment where COUNTY and started Oscar’s.”

Since opening almost seven years ago, the investment has paid off for Foote. The two-story building on a corner has become a place of community interaction, just as she had hoped when the venture began. ofa coffee shop,” “I want it to be more than COUNTY Foote said. “I’d been a part of a community organization that wanted to bring all parts of the community together.

Whether it was civic or the business portion or of the educational part.”

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Ellen Pratt, left, and Bette James, both of Hoxie, chat while enjoying coffee at Oscar's.

The Oscar's mascot, a longhorn statue, stands outside the restaurant in honor of the longhorn with the same name owner Michelle Foote took care of as a young girl.

One of the healthy lunch options at Oscar's — buffalo chicken lettuce wraps — is plated and ready for a customer.

Manager Allison Nondorf, right, stocks the pastry display while barista Kristy Archer rings up a customer at Oscar’s in Hoxie.

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Modernly decorated with its own unique motif, Foote wanted Oscar’s to be a place the COUNTY entire community can feel welcome. One wall features artwork from a class at Hoxie Elementary School.

There is a clear door refrigerator up front next to the cash register, which has COUNTY a combination of food and drink. Customers can grab and go if they please.

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addition to making it just a coffee house and a place for people to come and relax was to make sure they it had a healthy menu to go along with desserts and drinks. She also took into consideration how it would be a place of employment for people around town perhaps wanting to try something new.

Foote wants the business to keep evolving. It’s been a concept that has worked for Oscar’s, and it gives her a lot of pride in seeing how far they’ve come in the time the restaurant has been open. Foote always is happy to see the community grow, said it’s been nice to witness other businesses open

around the downtown area.

“The reason for starting Oscar’s was just to be a part of the community,” Foote said.

“I’ve been on a lot of community boards and encourage people to take chances and invest in our community. I like to feel good knowing that it does provide some jobs for whoever, whether it’s a part-time job or part-time check they need or if they need a full-time employment.

“There’s some other new business fronts on Main Street. That’s been fun to watch that grow. There’s another business that will start soon. It’s exciting to be a part of all that.”

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The American flag flies high above the Veterans Memorial Park in Ness City.

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“It was so neat somebody was using that for what we wanted it for,” said Lynette, president of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 152 and a member of the ALR and VFW Ladies Auxiliary. “They had a place to go and remember.”

Lynette said it was a proud moment when the park was completed, then later dedicated in 2005 at one of the county’s Old Settlers Reunions — an event that takes place every five years in Ness County.

She said the impact the park had on The veterans park is one of the top draws others really hit home a few years ago for those coming to Ness City. during the most recent countywide celebration.

After a program at the park, two Vietto the park and help pay for upkeep from nam veteran friends of a Ness City native donations and memorials from veterans from Colorado came up to her. One of the who have passed on. men gave her a big “bear It’s an important part “It was so neat hug” and told her of their of keeping memories alive appreciation. somebody was using and honoring those who “He said, ‘Lynette, I sacrificed so much for their that for what we can’t believe I had to some country. to a little town like this for And while the times wanted it for.” someone to finally tell me Lynette Stenzel might have changed since thank you for what I did,’ ” World War II and Vietnam Lynette said. “I will never forget that. into wars waged today in Afghanistan and “This is what we did this for, so those Iraq, there are still ties that bind veterans people know they’re appreciated.” of all ages.

“It was the outside comments that you “It’s just a different environment,” Lowould get more so than the locals,” Loren ren said. “But the war is still the same. The said about the appreciation of the project losses and separations for those married or affecting far more than those in just Ness who have families are hard.

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“That’s the part we as a general public The committee has been able to add don’t understand.”

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