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Volume 24 • Number 39

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Archeological survey holds up fundraising for interpretive center

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winter’s parting shot Michael Dague, Scott City, was among many residents who were busy this week cleaning up fallen branches and trees which were heavily damaged by last weekend’s ice and blizzard conditions. (Below) Plenty of snow and an unexpected vacation from school on Monday provided eight-year-old Blaze Gossman the opportunity to build a snowman. (Record Photos)

Late blizzard will have huge economic impact

(See CENTER on page two)

Council open to extension of 8th Street A request to consider extending Eighth Street into the Eastridge Subdivision met with a favorable response from the Scott City Council during Tuesday’s meeting. Currently, the only access in and out of the subdivision is at Oak Street, off K96 Highway. That’s become a concern for residents in the area due to the recent housing boom. “We’ve seen the number of houses increase from about 17 just three or four years ago to 34 today,” noted Linda Tilton. She and her husband, Russell, have built several homes immediately west of the subdivision and have more planned. Eighth Street would connect Jefferson and Oak streets. Tilton says it’s not just a matter of convenience, but safety. “Most of the time it would be much quicker for police and other emergency vehicles to get to residents in this area if they can get here directly on Eighth Street,” Tilton said. She said it would also be much safer for children who ride the bus to school. Since an extension of Eighth Street has never been included in any city plat maps, the exact location is still to be determined. The street would be about 720 feet long.

A once-in-a-lifetime spring storm delivered a one-two punch to area homeowners, farmers, feedlot operators and utility companies as they recover from an extremely wet and heavy snowfall that measured around 15 inches in Scott City and upwards to 21 inches further west. While it will be weeks before final figures are known, preliminary estimates put the property and livestock losses into the millions of dollars. A conservative estimate of property damage by Wheatland

Electric within their service area is pegged at $4 million. Cattle deaths, disappearance and loss of gain during the twoday storm is substantial and it will be another one or two weeks before area farmers begin getting a clearer picture of the impact on the wheat crop. And tree damage and the loss of trees will take weeks to clean up around Scott City and the surrounding area. This is the worst tree loss the area has experienced since a heavy rain, followed by freezing temperatures, caused dev-

(See COUNCIL on page three)

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astating damage throughout the region in the spring of 2007. Scott City customers of Wheatland Electric escaped the worst of the storm’s impact. Many never experienced a power outage and the biggest share of those who did were without power for only a few hours. Very few Scott City customers were waiting for their power to be restored by Monday afternoon. That couldn’t be said for those in Wichita, Greeley and Hamilton counties where snapped poles and (See BLIZZARD on page eight)

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When he agreed to lead a fundraising effort by the state to construct an interpretive center at the El Cuartelejo ruins at Lake Scott State Park, Jerry Thomas knew it wouldn’t happen overnight. What he wasn’t prepared for was the prospect of additional costs that could nearly double the amount of money required to make the center a reality. The cost of building a center has been pegged at about $1 million. Latest cost figures to conduct an archeological dig at the site to make sure there are no unknown Native American relics could cost another $750,000. That figure has startled Thomas, especially after he was initially told by the Kansas State Historical Society it would cost about $60,000. Following another conversation it had jumped to about $250,000 and the latest figure has climbed to $750,000. When he relayed that information to Robin Jennison, director of the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism, there was a long silence at the other end of the phone. “Then he said, ‘I was just drinking coffee and I spilled it in my lap.’ That’s how shocked he was,” notes Thomas. The archeological dig is a necessary component to assure all parties that nothing of historical or sacred significance will be covered by the structure or the 50x60 foot addition to the west that will include an interpretive area, office space and guest services.

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things to do around SC The area is recovering from the final blast of winter and everyone should be ready for spring weather to remain for awhile. What better excuse to get outdoors than to enjoy the reopening of the Beach House at Lake Scott State Park and a Shriner’s parade on Saturday. Upcoming events to be enjoyed in the area include: Sat., May 6 Beach House Reopening The Beach House at Lake Scott will celebrate the start of another season and a new look complete with renovated arches. Everyone is invited to come out and enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers (a free-will donation) and they can also see clas-

will be represented during a spring ceremonial. One of the day’s highlights will be a parade down Main Street starting at 1:30 p.m. Local residents are invited to participate in the parade.

Two sites have been established in Scott City where local residents and tree trimming services can dispose of trees and branches from the recent snow and ice storm. The city is recommending that the primary disposal location be on the north side of the Law Enforcement Center, on Kingsley Street. Signage will clearly mark the dump site in a

Can be Done In-House Thomas says the options for conducting the survey are to have it done by the KSHS or by an out-of-state archeological crew. He has firmly refused to allow the latter. “We’ve had four digs since 1898 and we have zero artifacts in Scott County. I refuse to let that happen,” says Thomas. “My goal is to have this work done by the Kansas State Historical Society or people from within the state who can assist us.” Thomas feels confident he can get volunteers with prior dig experience who can survey the site at little or no cost. Once that is completed, he will begin fundraising.

in addition to SCHS jazz musicians. Admission is $5.

Mon., May 8 Band Concert If you haven’t had enough music, then you’ll want to atSat., May 6 tend the Scott Community High Flatland Big Band School all-district band concert What better way to end a full that begins at 7:00 p.m. in the day’s entertainment than by en- high school auditorium. joying the mix of jazz and big band sound from the Flatland Tues., May 9 Pops Concert Big Band. The always fun and enterThe annual performance will be at the Scott Community High taining SCHS pops concert will Singers who will be performing during the Flatland Big School auditorium starting at be presented at 7:30 p.m. in the Band concert on Saturday in Scott City are Jeannette 7:30 p.m. auditorium. This year’s theme is Raynes and Amy France. The band features some of “Best of the 2000’s.” sic vehicles from the Lake Scott Sat., May 6 A dessert bar will precede the the top musicians from across Car Club. Shriners Parade Kansas. The Colby Community concert in the gym from 6:45Activities begin at 11:30 a.m. Between 10-15 Shrine Clubs College jazz band will perform 7:30 p.m.

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vacant lot on the west side of the street in the 300 block. The east side of the street is private property. Another location is the north end of the fairgrounds parking lot which will also be marked with signage. “We ask that people only dump trees and branches. We don’t want any other materials,” emphasizes Public Works Superintendent Mike Todd.

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The Scott City native says he will not initiate fundraising until the survey is completed. He doesn’t want to risk donated funds being used for the archeological survey or having funds in an account and the project unable to forward for some reason. “I saw what happened with the Daughters of the American Revolution. They raised somewhere around $37,000 and were unable to do anything with that money,” he says. “I’m not going to raise one dime for this project until I know the building has been approved.” Because digs are a “seasonal operation,” Thomas says the soon-

est it can take place is the spring of 2018. Once completed and approval for construction has been granted by the National Parks Service, fundraising will begin. “There are some big names who will jump on board with the funding, but we just need the approval,” Thomas notes. “Because of the Native American connection, there are many opportunities for grant funding to assist with construction of the center.” While he’s not ready to commit to when construction might begin, Thomas feels that the process can move quickly once the archeological phase is over.

Community Living

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Avoiding a food disaster when power is gone Storm-related power outages undoubtedly bring food and food safety questions to mind. One way to avoid these questions is to place a refrigerator and a freezer thermomCarol Ann eter in your refrigerator and Crouch Family and freezer, then Consumer you will know Sciences how warm your Agent for appliances got, Scott County should you have a power out-

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Public Works Director Mike Todd said that city and water lines in the vicinity shouldn’t be a problem with the construction of a new street. “I’ve had homeowners ask me if there are any plans to extend Eighth Street, so I know it’s something people would like to see done,” said Todd. “I think we’re on board with it,” said Mayor Dan Goodman.

age. With an inexpensive refrigerator/freezer thermometer, consumers can eliminate the guesswork in evaluating food safety and quality during normal use, as well as after a power outage or appliance failure. This includes a thermometer for a second refrigerator or freezer in the basement or garage. If the temperature in a refrigerator remains at 40 degrees or colder, the food stored there will generally be

safe to eat. For optimum safety and quality, frozen food should be at zero degrees. When you have an appliance failure or power outage, keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible to maintain low temperatures. If unopened, a refrigerator will remain safely cold for about four hours. With the door closed, a full freezer will hold its temperature for about 48 hours (half-full for 24 hours). After four hours without

power or at temperatures above 40 degrees, discard refrigerated perishable foods such as meat, poultry, fish, soft cheeses, milk, eggs, leftovers and deli items. When in doubt, throw it out. Never taste food to determine its safety. Food is safe to refreeze if it still contains ice crystals or is 40 degrees or colder. Dry or block ice can help your refrigerator and freezer stay as cold as possible when the power may be out for a prolonged period of time. Obtaining

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Other business: •Councilman Fred Kuntzsch, who has served 20 years on the governing body, has resigned in order to move near Wilson Lake. He was first elected in 1982, left the council briefly and then returned. “This has been my home since 1969 and it will always be home,” Kuntzsch told the council. Mayor Goodman will need to appoint someone to fulfill the term until new council members assume office in January. •Hired as seasonal public works department employees for the summer were Dustin Hughes, Josh Becker and Krystal Appel. •Charlotte Latta has been transferred from a full-time parks employee to the public works department. Hired to work in the public works department full-time is Travis Seaton. •Lynn Taylor has resigned as the assistant building inspector. Hired to take his place is Evan Koehn at a wage of $16.98/hour.

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Editorial/Opinion

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Unfunded mandates: Republicans can’t escape the demon they condemn

We’re all familiar with those pesky, hated unfunded mandates that are the bane of local units of government. Republicans have cursed those mandates and repeatedly used them as examples of government overreach and an argument for fewer regulations in our lives. However, Republicans aren’t nearly as blameless for unfunded mandates as they would like to imagine. A Kansas law that allows concealed carry weapons in all public facilities is an unfunded mandate for those who worry that more weapons in more places represent a greater risk factor than a security measure - regardless of what the NRA and those who wave the Second Amendment like to proclaim. One community college in suburban Kansas City, with a campus far smaller than the smallest of the state’s university campuses, put the cost of guarded doors at $20 million. Because of the prohibitive cost, universities are forced into accepting this law against their objections and better judgement. Two-thirds of Kansans oppose allowing weapons on the campuses of Kansas colleges and universities. Eighty-two percent of the employees across all Kansas Board of Regents schools said they will feel less safe if students are allowed to carry guns to class. So, exactly where is the public “mandate”? However, the absurdity of the law, which takes effect July 1, is heightened by the debate over allowing patients and staff to bring guns into mental health facilities. For good reason, administration and staff have been seeking an exemption to this law, but the interpretation of the Second Amendment by Republican lawmakers supersedes common sense. Gov. Sam Brownback has offered an alternative. He has requested the state spend $24 million - which it doesn’t have - for added security at state hospitals rather than repeal concealed carry. Brownback’s request includes $810,000 for onetime costs of buying metal detectors and firearms for the security guards and $11.7 million a year in ongoing costs for the salaries of 180 full-time positions to staff the security posts. Rather than repealing concealed carry - which costs nothing - Brownback would saddle taxpayers with a huge, ongoing expense. The request has been denied because it defies logic and the state’s bank account. So those entities who don’t feel that more weapons in the hands of more people makes us more secure are stuck with spending millions of dollars for added security measures to block guns from entering community mental health centers, universities, publicly owned medical facilities and nursing homes. Or they can cross their fingers. It’s the new conservatism and it comes at a steep cost.

Tax cheerleaders:

State’s Congressmen out of touch with priorities

It takes very little for members of Kansas’ Congressional delegation to be impressed. Immediately after the unveiling of President Trump’s tax plan - a one-page document that was more of a “wish list” - our members of Congress were immediately on board. Sen. Pat Roberts, who apparently never met an unbalanced budget he couldn’t like, said he was “encouraged” by a “major step to reform our overly burdensome tax code.” Reform is defined as reviving a failed “trickle-down” philosophy from the Reagan era that has also been a fiscal disaster for the State of Kansas. But, who has time to worry about those details. Congressman Roger Marshall proclaimed that the budget “addresses priorities Kansans share.” Apparently, those priorities include: •repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax, which would save the wealthiest Americans tens of millions of dollars. Based on Trump’s 2005 tax return, eliminating the AMT would have saved him $31 million. •repealing the federal estate tax (so-called death tax) which generally applies only to taxable estates currently exceeding $5.49 million per deceased individual or $11 million for couples. It will impact less than 0.2% of all anticipated deaths in the U.S. this year. There are some benefits for middle- and lowincome taxpayers included in the plan, but they are merely eye candy compared to what’s being offered to Trump and those in the highest tax brackets. Once again, average Americans will lose so that more money can be directed to the wealthy. If that isn’t enough, The Tax Foundation estimates that, based on preliminary data, Trump’s plan would increase the federal deficit by as much as $390 billion per year. Contrary to what Marshall may think, benefitting the wealthiest Americans at the continued expense of those in the middle is not a Kansas priority.

Trump gives us a history lesson

While visiting an elementary school in the Washington, D.C., area earlier this week, President Trump had an opportunity to sit down with a group of second graders. “Is it hard being President?” asked one of the students. “Some things are very hard,” replied Trump. “Like knowing whether or not Vladimir Putin is joking about having a video of you and women getting a golden shower.” “What’s a golden shower?” asks a young boy. “Next question,” says Trump. “What else is hard?” wonders another student. “Math. It’s probably the toughest because it can fool you,” Trump answers. “It’s like when you have 10 apples in one pile and you have 20 apples in another pile and yet the pile with 10 apples will look like it’s bigger.” “Is that true?” asks a girl. “I saw it with my own eyes. There was a photo of President Obama’s inauguration crowd next to a photo of my inauguration crowd and even though

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it looked like there were more people at Obama’s inauguration, my inauguration was the most fantastic and most largest inauguration ever. I had at least twice as many people at my inauguration even though it doesn’t look like it. I’d show you, but the 20x30 posters are in my limo.” “Is that it?” asks a student. “Health care is hard. I’ll bet none of you realized how difficult it is, but trust me, it’s really hard. Finding my way around the White House. Very hard. Remembering my wife’s name. Very hard. “Is there anything easy about being President?” asks a young girl. “History,” answered Trump quickly. Very easy. “The other day I was eating cake with the President of China. I’d tell you his name but pronouncing it is hard. Very hard. But the cake was the best,

most wonderful cake ever. It’s too bad none of your parents can afford to join Mar-a-Lago or you’d know exactly what I’m talking about. Anyway, do any of you know where China is?” Trump asks. All the youngsters shook their heads. “Well, now, I don’t feel so bad because I didn’t either until President PingPong showed me a map. China is somewhere close to Hawaii. I asked the President to take care of this problem we’re having with North Korea because they keep firing missiles into the ocean. Do you know that in 10 minutes he told me all about the history of China, North Korea and why they aren’t manipulating their currency. Now he and I are best friends. “Do you know what else I learned?” Trump asks. The students again shake their heads. “That the Civil War didn’t have to happen,” he continues. “What’s a Civil War?” asks a student. “If I’d have had another 10 minutes with President

PomPom I could probably tell you more, but here’s what I do know,” Trump says. “President Andrew Jackson, right after he helped write the Constitution, started to get angry because he wanted to own slaves and people in the South wanted to own slaves and people in the North said they didn’t want to own slaves. After President Jackson had visited his wife’s grave, which was very sad, he said, ‘Why can’t we all just get along?’ “President Jackson was loved by everyone, except for maybe some of the 110,000 Indians who he sent on the Trail of Tears,” Trump says. “What’s a Trail of Tears?” a student asks. “Since he was such a great president, Jackson decided that he should move the immigrants from one place to another so that everyone would feel safer. That’s what really great presidents do.” “Did people cry?” another student asked. “Only because they didn’t have good shoes. But, I’m sure President (See HISTORY on page six)

Kansas is not a tax model for U.S.

President Donald Trump seems to want to turn the country into Kansas. The tax plan Trump outlined last week has echoes of the Sunflower State’s big 2012 tax cut, which precipitated a budget crisis that persists to this day. In large part, that’s because more people than expected took advantage of the state’s generous exemption for pass-through income. Pass-through income, for those of you who aren’t tax nerds, is business income that’s reported on a personal return. It comes from partnerships, limited-liability corporations and other closely held businesses, including Trump’s own family real estate operation. Trump isn’t being quite as generous as Kansas, which decided not to tax pass-through sums at all, but he does want to lower the tax on such income to 15 percent. Pass-through income currently is taxed like wages, at rates that escalate to 39.6 percent. The result is easy to

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predict: A lot of people would start LLCs and other entities, turning their paychecks into lowertaxed pass-through payments. “Whenever there are different rates for different sorts of income, individuals can find ways to game the system,” says Scott Greenberg, an analyst at the Tax Foundation. Congress could try to write rules to limit such conversions but it would have a hard time keeping up with clever tax lawyers. “It would probably leave federal revenue pretty substantially lower,” Greenberg said. When candidate Trump floated the idea of a lower pass-through rate last fall, the Tax Foundation estimated that it would cost the government $1.7 trillion over 10 years. The pass-through tax cut is even harder to justify on equity grounds. It would let law-firm partners pay a lower tax rate

than their first-year associates, and Trump pay a lower rate than some of his hotel staffers. The pass-through cut is just one piece of the president’s single-page tax outline, but it’s a telling piece. Like Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Trump is arguing that unshackling job creators will boost the economy enough to pay for much of his tax cuts. The problem, in both Topeka and Washington, is that the growth projections are unrealistic. The Tax Policy Center analyzed Trump’s campaign tax plan, which contained many of the ideas that are in the new version, last October and found that it would raise the national debt by $7 trillion in a decade. It would boost the economy for a few years, the center found, but by 2024 the stimulus would be gone and the swollen deficit would be pushing up interest rates. That would hold down private investment, making the economy weaker than it

would have been without the tax cuts. So, at best, the tax cuts represent a temporary sugar rush for the economy. The budget-busting effect of cutting the corporate tax rate to 15 percent from 35 percent is especially huge: It reduces tax revenue $3.5 trillion over 10 years. Trump’s plan is far from specific, and he may eliminate some loopholes to help pay for that cut. But Joseph Rosenberg, a senior research associate at the Tax Policy Center, says abolishing tax breaks “isn’t easy in any sense, and there certainly aren’t enough of them to pay for a reduction all the way to 15 percent.” Trump seems more intent on delivering a massive tax cut for the wealthy than on crafting a simpler, more efficient tax code that’s roughly revenue-neutral. That’s too bad. If you want to know what happens when greed-based tax plans are sold with unrealistic projections, just look at Kansas.

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Inequality requires fixing our unfair tax system by Josh Hoxie

The gap between the rich and poor has been growing for decades. Some claim this growing gap is the natural result of smart, hard workers getting what they deserve (fabulous wealth) and lazy, mediocre workers getting what they deserve, too (poverty). This framing is fundamentally wrong. Consider, as Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck points out, that Bill Gates’ net worth exceeds 30 years’ worth of the entire collective output of Haiti.

Consider further that Gates’ full time job right now is to give away his money. All day, every day - through the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation - the Microsoft founder seeks ways to give away his enormous fortune. Despite his best efforts, Gates’ treasure continues to rise, not shrink, year after year by more than 10 percent - meaning his $80 billion could become $1 trillion before his 90th birthday. That’s trillion with a T. This is obviously an extreme example, but it’s illustrative. Today’s inequality isn’t driv-

But imploring people to simply work harder ignores the fact that most jobs don’t pay enough to get ahead. The federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour, isn’t enough to live on in any major city in the country. And half the jobs in the United States pay less than $15 an hour.

en by individual choices, but by an unfair system that enables a few (mostly white) people to become wealthy, while many (mostly non-white) families are unable to build wealth. The racial component of our growing divide is often overlooked, but it’s a critical part of

just how unfair our economic system is. If current trends persist, it would take the average black family 228 years to reach the level of wealth the average white family already has today. For comparison, George Washington started his presidency 228 years ago. It’s a long time. If you think the main driver of poverty is lazy takers sitting around rather than working, the solutions to poverty are pretty straightforward: Eliminate public programs that help the poor, so they have to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. That’s

essentially the doctrine of the modern Republican Party. But imploring people to simply work harder ignores the fact that most jobs don’t pay enough to get ahead. The federal minimum wage, $7.25 an hour, isn’t enough to live on in any major city in the country. And half the jobs in the United States pay less than $15 an hour. Getting an education isn’t a guaranteed pathway out of poverty either. Consider, as New School professor Darrick Hamilton points out, that black college graduates only own (See INEQUALITY on page seven)

Populism has grounds to sue for abuse

We are not witnessing a normal presidency

If words could bring legal actions, “populism” would sue for aggravated abuse. And President Trump would be a co-defendant. In a season of dispiriting tidings, few habits have been more infuriating than the ease with which political commentators of all stripes have applied the P-word to Trump. Trump has courted this with old-fashioned union-hall rhetoric about his devotion to “hard-working men and women.” Trump claimed during his campaign that he would curb tax breaks for the wealthy, and his chief of staff gamely insisted on Sunday that the carried-interest loophole for hedge-fund managers was still “on the table.” We’ll see. Trump also said he’d rip up trade treaties and be vigilant against the flight of jobs to China - pronouncing its name in a menacing way. But as is the case with everything involving Trump, his words had no connection to thought. They were all about the effect they would have. Trump had warned us about this in bestsellers where he admitted that he uses words primarily to get the deal he wants. This hasn’t stopped the cruel mistreatment of the concept of populism, invoked again and again to turn Trump into a latter-day William Jennings Bryan (a deeply religious and, on most things, very progressive figure who would likely be appalled by Trump) or Pitchfork Ben Tillman. That Trump spends almost all of his time with very wealthy people and only appears truly happy when he’s at one of his resorts never seems to lower his populist score. The defense is to ask: Why can’t a rich guy speak for the people? Well, yes, Franklin D. Roosevelt was called a traitor to his class. But Trump is nothing of the sort. Just take a look at the net worth of those staffing his administration. We now know that what he said during the campaign to win blue-collar votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin was disconnected from any intentions he had - or, alternatively, that he never pondered the meaning of his words until he got elected. Trumpism means verbiage for the workers (words really are cheap in Trump’s emporium) and policies for his buddies. None of the economic executive orders he has issued - the ones that aren’t just meaningless calls for studies and commissions - has strengthened the hand of workers or consumers.

Republican consultant Ana Navarro on CNN’s State of the Union aptly summarized events on Saturday: “You had Trump, President Trump in Pennsylvania, speaking to his base, feeding red meat to the base and being divisive. “You had the press celebrating the press standing up for journalism and you had the resistance marching in sweltering heat in Washington for climate change and against Trump.” It’s normal for activists to march in favor of their causes (climate change was the issue this week). It’s certainly normal for the press to defend the First Amendment. What is not normal is for the president on his 100th day in office to rant and rave about the media in a campaign-style screed. It’s not normal for the president of the United States and leader of the Free World to declare: “Media outlets like CNN and MSNBC are fake news. . . . They are a disgrace.” It’s not normal for a president to stand in front of a crowd citing poll ratings - about the press. And it’s sure not normal to read the poem “The Snake” to describe illegal immigrants. President Trump remains an angry, irrational figure, someone who still must stir up hatred - against the press, against immigrants, against Democrats to enliven his base. Rhetorically, he is still the candidate of the resentful America First crowd, not the president of the entire country. His rambling, incoherent and factually deficient remarks in Harrisburg, Pa., remind us of the pathetic emptiness of the message - I’m with you because I hate the same people you do. It’s not normal to rack up a record 488 falsehoods in the first 100 days in office and to repeat the same falsehoods over and over again. It’s not normal for a president to continue to question a foreign power’s responsibility for its well-documented, comprehensive effort to sway our elections. Yes, he is still doing that despite what all his national security advisers tell him. It’s not normal for the public to doubt whether Trump even knows what is in his own proposals. He insists Trumpcare protects preexisting conditions. He claims his taxes would go up under his plan, which lowers his rate to 15 percent (he’s a Svengali of pass-through companies) and abolishes the alternative minimum tax. It’s not normal for a president to be surprised that health care is complicated or being president isn’t easy.

by E.J. Dionne, Jr.

(See POPULISM on page six)

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The Post Office still delivers by Jim Hightower

A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days - it won’t even buy a cup of coffee. But pssssst… here’s an amazing half-dollar bargain for you: A first-class postage stamp. For 50 cents, you get the stamp, three cents in change, and America’s phenomenal network of post office workers and letter carriers, who will deliver your missive into any of the 43,000 zip codes of this vast country. Our public Postal Service literally delivers, and many of our post offices serve as treasured community centers - two reasons that the U.S. mail service consistently ranks highest of all federal agencies in public support.

So, naturally, it must be decimated and ultimately eliminated. That’s what passes for logic in the back rooms of Congress and in the boardrooms of predatory corporations that want to take control our mail for their profit. They keep demonizing anything public - especially any public service that actually works and is popular - because the corporate powers and the congress critters they buy in bulk ultimately intend to privatize all of the people’s government. To advance their plutocratic vision, they’re out to tarnish the Postal Service as a massive, money-sucking, dying, bureaucratic behemoth. But here are a few facts they

don’t want you to realize. One, this public agency provides affordable mail service to all, in poor communities as well as rich. Two, it does this without a dime of taxpayer money, financing its entire operation with the sale of stamps and services. And three, it provides hundreds of thousands of solid middleclass jobs spread throughout every zip code. To help keep this public jewel out of the hands of a few greed-headed, price-gouging, low-wage, tax-dodging corporations, support “A Grand Alliance To Save Our Public Post Offices.” Find it at www. AGrandAlliance.org.

Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author

Single-payer would be a step toward real health care reform

Washington health care “reform” has become one more vehicle for the continued 40-year wealth transfer upward. Recent Republican proposals offer $600 billion in tax cuts for the wealthiest, paid for by $840 billion in Medicaid cuts for the low-income. To Republicans, “freedom” means freedom from health care access. Washington health reform proposals, including the Affordable Care Act, are built around the most costly, inefficient model - that is, multiple commercial insurances that drive wasteful complexity and high administrative costs. Commercial multi-payer health insurances rely on public subsidies to preserve private insurance profits. The private health insurance and pharmaceutical industries together siphon off tens of billions of public dollars annually, to boost their profits.

behind the headlines by Richard Kim

Commercial health insurers further protect their bottom line by increasing premiums, copays and deductibles, while limiting benefits and shrinking provider networks - thus shifting costs and risks to the insured. Health insurance middlemen practicing “Denial Management” deny and delay claims in order to cut costs and increase their profits, while greatly adding to billing costs for providers, who often are required to submit a single claim multiple times. The uncertainty leaves too many Americans one illness or accident away from financial disaster. Boost for the Entire Economy

Dozens of studies over the

past 30 years have demonstrated that a single national insurance - modeled on traditional Medicare - provides the most sustainable, comprehensive, universal health coverage. By covering everyone in one large risk pool, single-payer insurance can best leverage economies of scale to cut costs by negotiation of global budgets and bulk medicine rates. Furthermore, single-payer insurance provides first-dollar coverage, eliminating copays and deductibles while reducing administrative costs, saving up to $500 billion annually enough to cover the uninsured and fully cover the underinsured. Analysts estimate that another $150 billion would be saved by negotiation of bulk medicine rates by Medicare, as the VA now does. (See REFORM on page six)

. . . single-payer insurance provides first-dollar coverage, eliminating copays and deductibles while reducing administrative costs, saving up to $500 billion annually - enough to cover the uninsured and fully cover the under-insured.

(See NORMAL on page six)

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Health plan vote could have consequences in Kansas by Dave Helling

Democrat Jay Sidie had a simple strategy last year when he ran against U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. He linked Yoder with Gov. Sam Brownback. Sidie knew Brownback was unpopular in the state, historically so. That was particularly true in the 3rd District, where school funding is a major issue.

Connecting Yoder to Brownback would be simple and devastating, Sidie thought. The gambit didn’t work. Yoder easily distanced himself from Brownback - it turned out the congressman and the governor had never even served together in state government. And the tax and spending problems in Kansas weren’t federal issues. Yoder won by 10

Normal It’s not normal for a U.S. president to praise and congratulate dictatorial leaders, as he does with President Xi Jinping of China (“a very good man”) and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. (Good men do not lock up political dissidents.) Normal presidents do not go out of their way to cheer the leader of the National Front, a party that is still infested with antiSemites and whose leader denied the role of France in the murder of French Jews during WWII. It’s not normal to invite for a White House visit a human-rights abuser and anti-American demagogue who has presided over thousands of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. (Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at her confirmation hearing correctly described extrajudicial killings under Rodrigo Duterte as a gross abuse of human rights.)

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And yet Republicans in Congress and in the commentariat ignore, minimize or don’t care about all that. Whatever standards Constitutional, personal, ideological - Republicans once upheld have been thrown overboard. They cannot bring themselves to enforce the emoluments clause or compel Trump to disclose his taxes or crack down on the blatant conflicts of interest throughout his administration. During the first 100 days the Republic has survived, but the GOP, permanently we think, has been morally compromised and intellectually corrupted, just as many of us warned. “Everything Trump touches dies,” GOP consultant Rick Wilson is fond of saying. Trump’s victims now include a respectable Republican Party.

points in a district carried by Hillary Clinton. The outcome may have convinced Republicans that connecting Yoder to state government would be difficult, if not impossible, for any Democratic opponent. And they were

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make their case in court. Although he has given up for now on funding The Wall, he keeps making anti-immigrant pronouncements and has issued and defended constitutionally dubious executive orders to show how hostile he is toward outsiders. Trump’s nativism does fit one of the many conflicting definitions that scholars offer of populism, this one from Princeton University’s Jan-Werner Müller in his recent book, “What Is Populism?” Muller argues that populists “claim that they, and they alone, represent the people.” They try to define a “single, homogeneous, authentic people,” and “treat their political opponents as ‘enemies of the people’ and seek to exclude them altogether.” This is certainly insightful about leaders of Trump’s stripe, even if other takes on populism put more stress on its authentically democratic side. What it shows is that all that remains of Trump’s populism is the part that focuses on hatred and division. Giving actual help to the people who voted for him is not part of the plan. May I thus propose a Populism Legal Defense Fund? The word deserves better than it’s getting. E.J. Dionne, Jr., is a political commentator and longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post

right - until now. House Republicans are nearing a vote on a health care reform proposal concocted by conservative Republicans and House leadership. The proposal does many things. Most cru-

cially, though, it gives states the right to eliminate the minimum insurance benefit requirement in Obamacare. Under current law, insurance policies have to cover things such as emergency services, behavioral treatments and pregnancy. The law now also limits the amount insurers can charge for patients with pre-existing conditions like cancer or diabetes. If the House replace-

ment passes, those coverages could go away over the next few years. Ending those benefits would not require legislative action. Instead, a state could simply request a waiver, which would be automatically granted after easy conditions are met. If Kansans elect a Republican in 2018 to replace Brownback - and a Republican will be the (See HEALTH on page seven)

DeVos: First 100 days are too many to count by Andy Borowitz

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) - Education Secretary Betsy DeVos criticized the media on Friday for placing so much emphasis on Donald Trump’s first hundred days, because “it’s so darn hard to count to a hundred.” “I’m watching the news and they’re going on about a hundred days this and a hundred days that,

History

Jackson got shoes for everyone,” explained Trump. “What happened to the war?” wonders a student. “Some black people didn’t like being owned, though I’m sure that wasn’t true of everyone. A lot of black people had good owners and I’m sure everyone would have been happy if not for a Jennifer Rubin is a conserva- few liberals who were tive columnist for The Wash- trying to cause trouble,” ington Post Trump says. “President Jackson saw the trouble that the fake

Populism Instead, they are aimed at getting rid of rules that corporations would prefer not to live by. Then came Trump’s content-free approach to scuttling Obamacare. He had promised a more generous system. But in his eagerness to sign something, anything, he embraced a bill that would have deprived millions of health coverage, many of them his own supporters. He didn’t care. He just wanted a “win” to tweet about. And on trade, he has walked away from his pledges on the North American Free Trade Agreement, though his position changes almost hourly. “Hey, I’m a nationalist and a globalist,” Trump said last week. “I’m both.” This may be the perfect Trump sound bite: oily and utterly meaningless. He has also abandoned his tough-on-China stance wholesale. Then came his tax proposal - or rather, his single page of talking points. Whatever else is clear about the plan, it is a classic tax giveaway to the wealthy, especially to Trump himself. We can’t know for sure because he won’t show us his tax returns. But his outline is about as “populist” as the membership list at Mar-aLago. To be fair, there is one area where those claiming Trump as a populist could

If Kansans elect a Republican in 2018 to replace Brownback - and a Republican will be the favorite the current essential benefits policy will be in serious jeopardy. Kansans would face the prospect of largely worthless insurance policies with high deductibles and narrow treatment options.

Reform At 18 percent of GDP in 2015 and growing, U.S. health costs average almost twice as much as other countries that all report better health outcomes. U.S. health spending is crowding out most other segments of the economy - including education, housing, infrastructure and pensions and reducing consumer purchasing power and wages. Properly done, singleinsurance health reform could boost all segments of the U.S. economy, saving as much as $1 trillion annually in overall health spending, based on the experience of other countries whose health expenditures are almost half as much as that of the U.S. Businesses, state and local governments, and families would all realize savings.

and all I want to say is, ‘Who the heck can count all the way to a hundred?’ ” she said. “They’re acting like we’re a bunch of math geniuses.” DeVos added that, if the media wanted to establish a benchmark for Trump’s achievement, “they should have picked a number of days that people can actually count to, like five or ten.” The Education Secretary then demonstrated how it was pos-

sible to count to ten using one’s hands. Despite the media’s obsession with “ridiculously big numbers,” DeVos said she has no intention of trying to count to a hundred. “I have an important job and the last thing I need is to do something that makes my head hurt,” she said. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author

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news was causing about slavery. He knew that if more people had radios and could listen to Rush Limbaugh that people would see slavery differently. But, Congress wouldn’t give him the money to buy a radio for every home.” “Why wouldn’t they buy radios?” a student asked. “Because Congress said that if you want radios we have to raise taxes,” said Trump, “and President Jackson said he had

a plan where he could cut taxes and still provide everyone with a free radio.” “Did he get radios then?” wondered a student. “No, because Congress wouldn’t cut taxes and buy radios. The people in Tennessee loved Jackson. They are amazing people and they wanted their free radios. President Jackson was so sad that he died and 16 years later the Civil War began.” “That’s a sad story,” a student said.

“So sad,” replied Trump. “But there’s a lesson to be learned. Math is very hard and you can’t trust math. English is hard. “But history is easy. And if you ever have trouble learning history, I have a very best friend in China who can teach you all you need to know in 10 minutes. Just tell him the really smart guy with the super special cake gave you his phone number.” Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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U.S. businesses would be more globally competitive, eliminating the high health costs that now inflate the price of U.S. goods, including thousands of dollars added to every U.S.-made car. A traditional Medicare model insurance would relieve businesses of the time and cost of managing employee health plans. Jobs will be retained in the U.S. when high health costs no longer induce insurance companies and self-insured firms to use medical tourism to send patients abroad for medical procedures. We have seen the benefits of increased Medicaid coverage in states like Colorado, where reduction of uncompensated care has stabilized rural economies, contributing to job growth and permit-

ting hospitals and clinics to remain viable. The more sustainable, cost-efficient traditional Medicare model, improved and extended to all, would benefit everyone and be a boon to the entire economy. Everybody does better when everyone is covered. Contrary to political right narrative, Medicare is not “socialized medicine” - insurance by nature is “socialized.” Only a Medicare model assures full choice of private or public providers; whereas, commercial insurers shrink their networks in order to cut costs, thus limiting provider access. Some assert that Medicare is “free,” nevertheless all working people invest in Medicare through payroll deductions. Like the fire depart-

ment, all contribute according to their means in order to ensure health care is available when each of us needs it. The government already underwrites 60 percent of all health costs, much of it to subsidize the insurance and pharmaceutical industries, while also partially or completely funding congressional, VA and public employee health coverage. An innovative proposal for consolidation of the health insurance industry would permit the federal government to “buy out” commercial health insurances, with a projected payback period of two years, a much shorter time than banks took to pay back their TARP loans during the great recession. Richard Kim is the executive editor of TheNation.com

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Inequality about two-thirds the wealth of white high school dropouts. Creating a more fair and just economy will require solutions at the systemic level, not the individual level. That means acknowledging the unfair starting points we all begin with and taking steps to level the playing field. One idea for how to do this is through baby bonds, also known as

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child savings accounts. This would basically start every child with a small savings account at birth, which would appreciate over time and could be used for getting an education or starting a business later on. A 1992 bill called KidSave, for example, would’ve given $1,000 to each of the four million babies born in the United States. That would’ve grown to an estimated

Health favorite - the current essential benefits policy will be in serious jeopardy. Kansans would face the prospect of largely worthless insurance policies with high deductibles and narrow treatment options. A pre-existing condition? Sorry. Pay dramatically higher premiums, or find yourself dumped into an underfunded high-risk pool. Maternity benefits?

$700,000 each by age 65 thanks to the wonder of compounding interest. Had child savings accounts been established in 1979, the racial wealth gap would be 82 percent lower than it currently is, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The gap within racial groups would likely be smaller, too. Other systemic ideas include including instituting single-payer health-

care, ending mass incarceration, investing in debt-free higher education, and much more. To create a more fair and just economy, one first must recognize that the current economic system is deeply unfair and unjust. Then the work to change the system can begin. Josh Hoxie is the director of the Project on Opportunity and Taxation at the Institute for Policy Studies

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Optional. This week, Yoder will tell you if he thinks someone in Kansas should be in charge of your health care. That might be, say, Kris Kobach. Or it could be Yoder - if he runs for governor. Any Democratic candidate would soon point out the obvious: Gov. Yoder would almost certainly end essential benefits coverage. Yoder could hardly

vote against Obamacare in Congress but embrace it as governor. The TV ad almost writes itself, whatever office Yoder seeks. He’s smart enough to understand this. There are reports he’s reluctant to vote for the bill. Remember, there’s no guarantee the Senate will ever take up the House bill if it passes. Yoder is being asked to take a tough vote on a proposal that may

never become law. There’s a theory in some quarters that Yoder is invulnerable to a challenge in the 3rd District. To suggest otherwise, one columnist recently wrote, would be “pure folly.” Perhaps. The road to defeat, though, is paved with elected officials who thought they couldn’t lose. They voted accordingly and lived to regret it. Dave Helling is a columnist for the Kansas City Star

May

Sunday

Attend the Church of Your Choice

Monday

SCHS Var. Baseball, HOME vs. Goodland, 1:00 p.m.

TOPS Meeting, First Christian Church, 5:30 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 149 and Cub Scout Pack 66 Mtg., Scout Building, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

SCMS Track, GWAC at Colby, 11:00 a.m.

4th Grade Tours, SCMS, 10:00 a.m.

SCHS Golf, GWAC at Goodland, 3:00 p.m.

Girl Scout Troop Meeting (4th-12th Grade), First United Methodist Church, 4:30 p.m.

Ladies’ Bible Study, Community Christian Church, 10:00 a.m.

SCHS Track, GWAC at Holcomb, 3:00 p.m. SCHS V/JV Softball, HOME vs. Stanton Co., 4:00 p.m.

Pops Concert, SCHS Auditorium

Friday

Saturday

SCHS Tennis, 4A State at Prairie Village, TBA

8th Grade Promotion, SCHS, 6:00 p.m.

SCHS Graduation, SCHS, 2:00 p.m.

SCMS Sports Awards, 6:00 p.m.

All-District Band Concert, SCHS Gym, 7:00 p.m.

Mother’s Day

City Council Meeting, 7:30 p.m.

County Commission Meeting, 3:00 p.m.

USD 466 Last Day of School

Medicare Info. Meeting, 5:30 p.m.

SCHS Regional Track, Buehler

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downed power lines had some customers still waiting to have their power restored on Wednesday. At the peak of the storm on Saturday, there were about 10,000 power outages in the Wheatland service area which includes Scott, Wichita, Greeley and Hamilton counties, part of Kearney County and rural Finney County. “We had crews going hard on Saturday and we felt really good about getting things under control,” says Wheatland spokesman Shawn Powelson. “With the exception of a small area in Wichita County, we had power back to everyone by Saturday night. And then we got kicked in the teeth on Sunday.” Wheatland crews were unable to begin efforts to restore power until after the storm broke late on Sunday evening. By that time, the number of outages had spiked to around 15,000 meters. “Between Sunday night and Monday morning our crews made significant strides. About half of those who were without power were back on line Monday morning,” Powelson says. He says that part of the loss of power stemmed from transmission issues with the Sunflower Electric lines. That affected customers in Wichita, Greeley and Hamilton counties. “They had damage to their poles and we had to wait for them to reroute power,” Powelson says. Throughout the Wheatland service area, about 1,200 poles were brought down in the storm, with about half of those in Wichita County. Another 400 were down in Hamilton County. Only 12 poles went down in Scott County. “The two pockets with the largest amount of pole damage were in Wichita County and in parts of Kearney County, near Lakin,” notes Powelson. Four additional crews were brought in from the eastern part of the company’s service area - two from Great Bend and two from Harper.

With temperatures quickly warming on Monday, the heavy weekend snowfall didn’t last long in Scott County. But that didn’t stop Haley Leonard, 15, and Eli Amack, 15, of Scott City from trying to take advantage of what snow remained. (Record Photo)

On Tuesday, Wheatland requested additional assistance through the Kansas Electric Cooperative mutual aid program. Those crews will be dedicated to restoring power in Wichita County. With losses into the millions of dollars, Wheatland Electric has been in contact with the Kansas Department of Emergency Management in hopes of getting financial assistance. “We’ll have to wait and see how much help they will provide, if any,” Powelson adds. “This is a pretty significant amount of loss for any one cooperative to absorb.” Significant Tree Damage While Scott City escaped a major loss of electrical power, what

they didn’t avoid was significant tree and structural damage. While numerous trees sustained severe damage, it appeared that evergreens were the hardest hit. Scott City’s Patton Park escaped the brunt of the damage, but that wasn’t true of Palmer Park. Public Works Superintendent Mike Todd says about 35-50 trees will have to be removed, “most of them cedars.” There were reports of several carports collapsing under the weight of snow. The roof over the main livestock show arena at the county fairgrounds also buckled because of the moisturepacked snow. While traffic in Scott City was nearly at a stand-

A pine tree collapsed and brought up a huge section of turf with it.

still on Sunday, normal activity began to resume on Monday, though most businesses remained closed. “Our snow removal crew put in a lot of long hours and they did a heck of a job clearing the streets, but we also got some help from Mother Nature,” said Todd, referring to the 50-degree temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Feedyards Hit Hard Feedyards on the High Plains were scrambling to recover from the massive weekend snow storm that blanketed western Kansas, eastern Colorado and stretched from the Panhandle of Texas to Nebraska. Death losses will number in the thousands at feedyards and to

pasture cattle, many of which were displaced by the storm. Joe Morgan, general manager of Poky Feeders in southern Scott County, says he’s been in the commercial cattle feeding business since 1983, “and this is the most devastating storm I’ve ever witnessed.” The National Weather Service reported 15 inches to 18 inches of snow fell in the hardest hit areas of Western Kansas. As much as 75 percent of the U.S. cattle on feed were affected by the storm. Power outages included at least 42,000 customers by two power cooperatives in Western Kansas. The power went out at Poky on Saturday night and was off until late Sunday evening. Backup

generators were used to power the mill, but the storm continued to hamper efforts to feed the 80,000 cattle at the yard. With most roads in the area closed, the feedyard crew was forced to spend Saturday night at the yard. “It was literally snowing so hard we couldn’t see to feed,” Morgan said. “We had power lines breaking and power poles breaking. We normally feed three times a day, but yesterday (Sunday) we were only able to feed twice. We started at 6:00 a.m. and finished at 10:30 p.m.” Compounding the misery for cattle and workers was the fact that it rained prior to the snow storm and rained again after. That will leave feedyard pens in bad shape and hamper cattle performance. “The cattle are stressed after a storm like this, and they’d like to lay down but it’s just a mess,” Morgan said. “We’re too busy at this point to scrape pens, so they’ll just have to tough it out a few days.” The storm means cattle on feed across the region are backed up on feed consumption and their overall performance will suffer. That fact comes just after cash fed cattle traded $5 to $6 higher last week and cattle weights already running 35 pounds lighter than last year. “The effects of this storm suggests the market will be higher longer,” Morgan says. “Weights will continue to drop due to the poor performance” which will hold total beef supplies down in the nearterm.”

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wait and see

Snow, freeze may have dealt blow to wheat Patience is the best advice that Kansas State University Extension personnel are offering as area farmers ponder the impact of last weekend’s freezing temperatures and blizzard. Before assuming the worst, Extension agents are advising producers to wait 7-10 days to determine the extent of damage to the young wheat crop. “I don’t feel comfortable making a guess at this time,” says Scott County Extension Agent John Beckman with respect to the potential loss. “Since there was pretty significant snow cover, it may have limited the freeze damage.” However, the heavy snow may have caused some significant stem damage. That certainly appears to be the situation in eastern Kansas and southern parts of the state where the wheat would have been further along in development. In parts of the state where wheat has begun heading, stem damage could significantly affect the plant’s ability to recover. “We were in pre-boot development, which is better for our farmers,” Beckman says.

Markets React While K-State is taking a wait and see approach, grain markets are already reacting to the storm. Wheat prices climbed by 50 cents per bushel or more in the first couple of days following the storm. Even that bump won’t be enough to make farmers feel any better about harvesting a crop that is priced well below the cost of production. A number of farmers are likely hoping the crop will be declared a total, giving them the opportunity to plant corn or milo into fields that should have plenty of subsoil moisture. “If you’re into the insurance game, you want a 100 percent loss,” Ehmke says, noting that the crop insurance wheat price is about $5.50/bu. “That’s $2 a bushel ahead of where we are now with the grain market. The more you lose the more you make,” Ehmke said. If the wheat is declared a loss, one option is to plant milo. Some farmers may choose to plant milo to gain ground cover. “You could take full crop insurance on wheat, but milo won’t be in-

Disaster and detergent. Rinse with a sanitizing solution (one tablespoon unscented, liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water). Next, wash the interior of the refrigerator, including the door, accessories and gasket, with a solution of one quart warm water and two tablespoons of baking soda. Rinse with sanitizing solution (above). Leave the door open for about 15 minutes to allow

A double-dose of heavy, wet snow and freezing temperatures may have taken a heavy toll on the region’s wheat crop. (Record Photo)

sured,” Ehmke says. A Waiting Game Even crop adjusters are curious about what to expect when they begin entering fields. Lane County farmer Vance Ehmke was hoping that the once-in-a-lifetime blizzard may have brought more good news than bad. “On Monday morning, I was thinking this is no big deal. I walked into the field and saw, this could be a really big deal,” he says. “Everyone is waiting to see what happen. A foot of very heavy, wet, slushy snow surrounding the plant isn’t likely

to provide good results,” he says. “Plus, that freezing slush will have been around the plant for at least 48 hours.” When Ehmke reached into the soil and felt how cold the plant was he was concerned. He put a thermometer into the soil expecting bad news. After about 20 minutes, it was 30 degrees. “That’s what the plant experienced for two full days,” he noted. A crop insurance adjuster he has been visiting with noted “this is a curve ball unlike anything he’s seen before.” If it’s not the freeze damage that could cripple yields, farmers may be

hit by a major infestation of Wheat Streak Mosaic (WSM). According to one adjuster, half of Lane County won’t be harvested because of WSM or poor wheat stands. Wheat Was Recovering This latest event came after the area’s wheat crop had begun recovering from an extremely dry winter and appeared on the verge of failing before the first of several moisture events in June revived wheat prospects. “In April, we had a lot of rain,” says Ehmke. “If you aren’t affected by wheat streak mosaic, the yield potential looks really good. We had some

stupendous growing conditions.” The latest moisture pushes the year total to about 10.5 inches - well ahead of the four-inches of average moisture by this time of the year. While waiting for the next week or two to see if there are signs of damage and to what extent, Ehmke says the there’s one other thing which can make a farmer even more depressed. “You call the elevator and ask the price of wheat . . . and they tell you,” he said half jokingly. “The odds of making money on this crop were microscopic to begin with. They could get a lot worse.”

(then closing the door). Leave either in place for 24 hours. Another odor removal method is to place activated charcoal (not charcoal briquettes for grilling) or activated carbon in a shallow bowl and leave it for several days while the refrigerator is running. The charcoal or carbon is available where aquarium or plant and garden supplies are sold. It will become satu-

rated, but can be reactivated by heating in a 300 degree oven for one hour. Then it can go back into the refrigerator, so its owner can continue trying this approach for about 10 days. Commercial products are available, too, but first, you should always check the appliance owner’s manual for recommendations. If such odor removal methods are not success-

ful, the reason may be that food juices and odors have seeped into the insulation. Replacing that insulation will require a professional, and if such odors resist all efforts at removal, the appliance may have to be discarded. For more information check out the K-State Extension website at www.ksu.edu/foodsafety, or call the Extension office (872-2930).

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free air circulation. If odor remains, wipe the inside of the unit with equal parts vinegar (which provides acid that destroys mildew) and water. Consider allowing the appliance to air out for several days. Other ideas include stuffing the refrigerator and freezer with crumpled newspapers, closing the door and allowing several days for the newspa-

per to absorb odors. After removing the paper, clean the appliance with vinegar and water. I have also heard that sprinkling fresh coffee grounds or baking soda in a large, shallow pan and placing it on the bottom shelf of the unit can be helpful in ridding appliances of odors - as can soaking a cotton swab with vanilla extract and placing it inside a freezer

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Terence Appel

Holly Berland

DeWayne Ferrell

Reggie Ford

Charlotte Latta

Mike Mooney

Tim Miller

Rick Moody

Bob Murphy

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Riders in the Storm

Scott City Public Works

Blake Christman

Pioneer Communications Techs

Scott City Public Works

of 2017

Jeff Rebel

Chris Rodriguez

Rod Steinbrink

Mike Todd

Scott County Public Works Kari Youvon

Wheatland Broadband Techs

Nick Buehler

Doug Heberlee

Jake Jones

Cole Oursler

Bryan Mulligan

Wheatland Electric Linemen

Richard Cramer J.C. Amack Tony Barmann R.C. Cline Melisa Collins Clifford Friend Martin Gough Mark Graffia Shannon Luke John McCollum Galen Ratzlaff Rich Reystead Floyd Schneider L.A. Horn Gail Murphy

Cody Ellis

Quinten Wheeler

Randy Rogers

Jim Welker

Walt Lovins

ADM Grain

Dirks Earthmoving

MTM Siding & Glass

Scott Coop Association

AgMax Crop Insurance

Faurot Heating & Cooling

Norder Supply

Scott County Record

Braun’s Butcher Block

Great Western Tire

Platinum H Insurance

Turner Sheet Metal

Bumper to Bumper

Heartland Foods

Price & Sons Funeral Homes

Western Kansas Chiropractic

Chambless Roofing

JF Beaver Advertising

Richards Financial Services

Western Kansas Insurance

Dairy Queen

J&R Auto Group

SCA Chamber of Commerce

Western State Bank

Youth/Education

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Financial essay earns Trout $2K scholarship

SCHS students competing in state forensics this weekend are (from left) Nic Cheney, Abby Ford, Kevin Herndon and Jordan Wagner. (Record Photo)

State qualifiers walking on the dark side Sometimes Kevin Herndon and Jordan Wagner find themselves in their own world - oblivious to those around them. That’s a good thing when you’re in improvised duet acting. The Scott Community High School duo can find humor in the most unlikely characters and situ-

ations. “We’re into dark humor,” said Wagner, a sophomore. “What we laugh at other people don’t always laugh at. Sometimes the judges don’t get it.” But, enough judges got their humor to reward the two with a trip to the Class 4A Kansas Forensics

Championships this Saturday in Topeka. They are among four SCHS students who will be taking four events. Herndon and Wagner have teamed up in improvised duet acting (IDA) while Herndon has also (See DARK on page 12)

Scott Community High School senior Kylee Trout was a state runner-up in the 2017 Financial Scholars Essay Contest sponsored by the Office of the State Bank Commissioner and the Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner. Trout was awarded $2,000 for her essay titled, “Resilience, Perseverance and Hard Work.” She wrote about lessons she has learned from her family about the value of working hard and focusing on education, even through hard times. She says that she will work to be frugal, avoid credit card debt, and attempt to pay for her education with few loans so she can follow her dream of becoming a surgeon in rural Kansas, where “surgeons are desperately needed.” Trout plans to work as a CNA during her breaks to earn additional money for her education. “Last summer, I began shadowing at different hospitals, and now I have spent over 150 hours in surgery departments and clinics. Each time I step into an operating room, I realize I have found my passion,” says Trout in an excerpt from her essay. “I am also extremely passionate about mission work and helping those who do not have the resources we have . . . . Although I may have to (See TROUT on page 16)

Video trailer qualifies SC seniors for FBLA nationals

A second place finish in state competition has qualified Karen Gonzales and Judy Gutierrez for the Future Business Leaders of America national conference. The Scott Community High School seniors were a state runner-up in the digital video production category. Of 15 entries from across the state, they were among the five finalists selected to make their presentation in Topeka. During the state judging, the SCHS students

presented a powerpoint that explained their story line and how the editing process that was involved in their two minute video. “They wanted to know how and why we filmed the scenes the way we did,” notes Gutierrez. “They wanted to get into the details.” The video clip, in which the SCHS students were entered, had to be a trailer for a movie or TV show. They created the movie “Gone” in which a student, played by Kuawn

Stewart, was driving and texting when his vehicle was struck by a train. When Stewart awakens from the accident, he is alone on the railroad track and seemingly trapped between life and death. “He’s in kind of a limbo,” says Gonzales. “He’s dealing with all these regrets in his life and he can’t figure out what’s happening.” While both girls shared in developing the brief plot line, Gutierrez (See VIDEO on page 12)

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Earning a state runner-up award with their video clip, “Gone,” were Scott Community High School seniors Karen Gonzales and Judy Gutierrez.

Dark qualified with his poetry reading. Nic Cheney will be taking a reading of “The Heroin Diaries” which has also qualified for the Catholic Forensics League nationals. Abby Ford has qualified her prose, “Girl Interrupted.” IDA requires the ability to be creative and think quickly on your feet. A good sense of humor is an added bonus. The team draws three characters from a bowl and they decide which two they will be. They must also draw the “situation” and the “setting.” They are then allowed 30 minutes to develop the story. “You need a strategy,” says forensics coach Summer Ford. “You need strong story elements and the beginning and the end have to tie together.” And that can be quite a challenge given the many improv possibilities. For example, there was one round of competition in which the duo drew the parts of a “snobby kid” and a “drill sergeant” who were in a time machine and had to tell the history of dance.

Video brought her experience from the SCHS video production class. The professionalism of the video caught the attention of the judges who were impressed with the editing and the fine cuts between scenes. “And they liked how the clip had a message,” adds Gonzales.

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“You never know what to expect,” says Ford. “That’s why it’s so difficult to prepare for.” Herndon, who was in IDA last year, says that he and Wagner share a similar sense of humor which helps their eightminute performances come together. “We can usually come up with a basic story,” Herndon says. “We’re never quite sure what will happen in between.” The toughest part, says Wagner, is staying in character. “There are times when Kevin will say something and I can’t help but laugh,” he says. And while the acting partners can usually make the best of any unusual situation, their humor will sometimes escape the judges. “It seems that the ballots have them ranked as a ‘1’ or a ‘6’. There’s no in between,” Ford says with a grin. “They either love what the boys do or they don’t.” Herndon in Poetry Herndon has also qualified a poetry reading “The Finger Poem” that he will be taking to CFL

Nationals. The humorous reading tells about the importance of each finger. The forensics coach describes it as “witty and edgy.” “Not everyone can pull off something like this, but Kevin can,” she says. Herndon qualified for state in prose and poetry, but because he’s limited to two events he chose the poetry and IDA. ‘Girl Interrupted’ At the other end of the spectrum is a very dark prose selection by Abby Ford that earned the sophomore her first trip to state. “Girl Interrupted” is from the memoir by Susanna Kaysen who related her experiences as an 18-year-old in April of 1967 after she was committed to a residential psychiatric facility in Massachusetts. Kaysen relates the experiences from her two years at McLean Hospital in a series of vignettes. Ford gives a reading of one of those vignettes in which Kaysen describes Polly, a kind patient who was disfigured after selfinflicted burns to her face and body.

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At the same time, the judges pointed out areas where the video could be improved. Both students will be making those changes prior to the national competition on June 29 in Anaheim, Calif. They will be attending the conference with FBLA instructor Kevin Reese and his wife, Jodi.

Gutierrez plans to continue pursuing a video career as a student next fall at Garden City Community College before transferring to the University of Denver, to major in digital marketing. Gonzales plans to attend the University of Kansas and pursue a premed curriculum.

“It’s a darker piece,” notes Ford. “Some people look at it differently than others.” Ford says she has found success with darker readings after trying a humorous reading last year. She also gained a better understanding of the character after seeing the movie. “It’s given me a better feel for how to interpret the role,” she says, “but, I’m still making small changes.” ‘The Heroin Diaries’ Like Ford, Cheney has also found success with a dark, personal serious solo act titled, “The

Heroin Diaries.” It tells the real-life story of Nikki Sixx, a bassist with the rock band Motley Crue, and his drug addiction. While the subject may be a difficult one for some audiences to deal with, or understand, Cheney’s passion that comes through in the selection has connected with judges. Cheney took the selection to the National Forensics League qualifying tournament held at Great Bend which featured primarily Class 6A and 5A schools. “Nic did real well there, which is usually an indication of what we

can expect at state,” says Ford. Cheney has captured top honors in tournaments this spring, including the Great West Activities Conference festival and a tournament in Garden City. The SCHS junior was initially worried about how audiences would accept the solo act, but has been pleased with the response and his success. “When I read this and was putting it together I had a good feeling about it. It was something I could relate to,” says Cheney. “I think it gets better every time I do it.”

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Pruning storm-damaged trees This past weekend’s winter storm has caused some serious tree damage across Western Kansas. In a lot of cases, you will have to make the tough decision on whether a tree can be saved or not. Here is a checklist to help you make decisions on dealing with stormdamaged landscape. First of all, be careful and remove any debris so you don’t trip over it. Also, check for hanging branches. Don’t venture under the tree until it is safe. If large limbs are hanging precariously, a certified tree trimming professional has the tools, training and knowledge to do the work safely. Decide whether it is feasible to save a tree. If the bark has been split so

the cambium is exposed or the main trunk split, the tree probably will not survive and should be removed. If there are so many broken limbs that the tree’s form is destroyed, replacement is the best option. Topping, where all the main branches are cut and there are only stubs left, is not a recommended pruning procedure. Though new branches will normally arise from the stubs, they are not as firmly attached as the original branches and more likely to break in subsequent storms.

Also, the tree must use a lot of energy to develop new branches, leaving less to fight off diseases and insect attacks. Often, the topped tree’s life is shortened. Prune broken branches to the next larger branch or to the trunk. If cutting back to the trunk, do not cut flush with the trunk but rather at the collar area between the branch and the trunk. Cutting flush with the trunk leaves a much larger wound than cutting at the collar and takes longer to heal. Middle-aged or younger vigorous trees can have up to one-third of the crown removed and still make a surprisingly swift comeback. Take large limbs off in stages. If you try to take off a large limb in one cut, it will often break

before the cut is finished and strip bark from the tree. Instead, first make a cut about 15 inches from the trunk. Start from the bottom and cut one-third of the way up through the limb. Make the second cut from the top down but start two inches further away from the trunk than the first. The branch will break away as you make the second cut. The third cut, made at the collar area, removes the stub that is left. Always keep in mind that pruning can be dangerous. Consider hiring a trained, certified professional to do major work. The Arbor Day Foundation maintains an excellent website that contains detailed information at www.arborday.org/ media/stormindex.cfm

Cool-season lawns need fertilizer in May May is an excellent time to fertilize coolseason lawns such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass if they will be irrigated throughout the summer. Non-irrigated lawns often go through a period of summer dormancy because of drought and do not need this fertilization. May is a good time to fertilize because the springtime flush of growth characteristic of these grasses has tapered off, so the fertilizer you apply will be less likely to cause excessive shoot growth than if you had fertilized in April. Slow-release nitrogen sources are ideal. These nitrogen sources promote controlled growth, which is desirable as the stressful summer weather approaches.

Relatively few fertilizers available to the homeowner supply all of the nitrogen in the slowly available form. But one such product that is widely available is Milorganite. Other such products available in the retail market include cottonseed meal, alfalfa-based fertilizers, and any other products derived from plants or animals. (Bloodmeal is an exception, and contrary to popular belief, the nitrogen it supplies is quickly available.) These products are all examples of natural organic fertilizers. They typically contain less than 10 percent nitrogen by weight, so compared to most synthetic fertilizers, more product must be applied to get the same amount of nitrogen.

Translation: they are more expensive! Apply enough to give the lawn one pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet. For example, if the fertilizer is six percent nitrogen by weight, you will need to apply almost 17 pounds of fertilizer product per 1,000 square feet. Summer lawn fertilizers that contain at least a portion of the nitrogen as slow-release are fine to use as well. Be sure to follow label directions. If cost is prohibitive, you can use the less expensive quick-release (i.e., soluble) sources, but split the application into two doses as follows: apply enough to give the lawn 0.5 pound of nitrogen per 1,000 square feet in May and again in early June.

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On as many as six nights in the past month, a child waiting to be placed in foster care has slept overnight in a KVC Health System office. Although officials contend overnight and long-term stays at KVC or St. Francis facilities are rare during the foster care placement process,

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the Kansas Department for Children and Families doesn’t require private contractors to report such data, said DCF communications director Theresa Freed. That has some advocates concerned about a lack of transparency. “Who’s accountable?” asked Lori Ross, president

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and CEO of FosterAdopt Connect, a Missouribased foster care and adoption advocacy group with offices in Olathe. “There doesn’t appear to be much in Kansas in regards to checks and balances for the contractors.” Jenny Kutz, director of communications for KVC, called the six

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(Published in The Scott Scott City Police Department County Record on Thurs., April 28: Leilani Green, 28, was arrested and trans- May 4, 2017)1t ported to the LEC. SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION NOTICE May 1: Jonathan Benson, 25, was arrested for posUNIFIED SCHOOL session of marijuana and transported to the LEC.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., May 4, 2017)1t RESOLUTION NO. 2017-08 A PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY FOR SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS DUE TO WINTER STORM WHEREAS on the 2nd day of May, 2017, the Board of Commissioners of Scott County, Kansas finds that certain conditions have caused, or eminently threaten to cause wide-spread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property in disaster proportion in Scott County, Kansas; and WHEREAS, such conditions have created obstructions which endanger health, safety and welfare of persons and property within the border of Scott County, Kansas. Nature of disaster: A winter storm system impacted the county from 04/28/2017 to 04/30/2017. Heavy accumulation and winds continued. Date disaster affected the area: April 28, 2017, and continuing. Area affected: Entire County of Scott County, Kansas NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board

of Commissioners of Scott County, Kansas: That the Board of County Commissioners of Scott County, Kansas, under and by virtue of the authority vested in it by K.S.A. 1976 Supp. 48-932, does hereby proclaim that a State of Local Disaster Emergency exists. That the area within the border of Scott County, Kansas covered by this proclamation/resolution is the entire area of Scott County, Kansas. That said Board has all rights and/or powers to perform such functions as are vested in said Board by and through the provisions of the Kansas Emergency Preparedness Act of 1975. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND PROCLAIMED that this resolution shall remain in effect for a period of seven (7) days unless terminated earlier or renewed by consent of the governing body. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of May, 2017, by the Board of County Commissioners, Scott County, Kansas. James Minnix, Chairman Jerry Buxton, Commissioner Gary Skibbe, Commissioner ATTEST: Alice Brokofsky, County Clerk

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 27, 2017; last published Thurs., May 4, 2017)2t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE INTEREST OF: NAME: M.S.V-M Year of Birth: 2009 A female Case No. 17-JC-08 NAME: V.V-M Year of Birth: 2009 A female Case No. 17-JC-09 NAME: T.V. Year of Birth: 2002 A Male Case No. 17-JC-12 NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2237 TO: Maria Teresa Perez Chavez, Celestina Santiago, Jose Bertali Castro, Parents of Jose Bertali Castro and all other parents , grandparents or persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court alleging that the child named above is a Child in Need of Care. The Court may find that the parents are unfit by reason or conduct or condition which renders the parents unable to care properly for a child, the conduct or condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, the parental rights of the parent should be terminated, and a permanent custodian should be appointed for the child. A hearing on the petition is scheduled. At the hearing the Court may issue orders relating to the care, custody and control of the child. The hearing will determine if the parents should be deprived

of their parental rights and the right to custody of the child. The parent(s), and any other person having legal custody are required to appear before this Court on the date and time shown, or to file your written response to the petition with the Clerk of the District Court prior to that time. Failure to respond or to appear before the Court at the time shown will not prevent the Court from entering judgment as requested in the petition, finding that the child is a Child in Need of Care, removing the child from the custody of parent, parents or any other present legal custodian until further order of the Court, or finding the parents unfit, and entering an order permanently terminating the parents’ parental rights. An attorney has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child: (Give name and contact information.) Colton Eikenberry, 1200 Main Street, Suite 310, Hays, Ks. 67601. You have the right to appear before the Court and be heard personally, either with or without an attorney. The Court will appoint an attorney for any parent who desires an attorney but is financially unable to hire one. The Court may order one or both parents to pay child support. To request an attorney call the court at 620872-7208. Date and time of hearing: May 12, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. Place of hearing: Scott County Courthouse, 303 Court St., Scott City, Ks. 67871. Shelly Berry Clerk/Judge of the District Court

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overnight stays that have occurred since March 26 a “rare instance” given that an average of 330 Kansas children enter the system each month. Overnight stays have occurred at KVC’s offices in Olathe and Topeka, she said. “This occurrence is rare and not unique to Kansas or KVC and it

DISTRICT NO. 466 SCOTT COUNTY, STATE OF KANSAS Notice is hereby given that pursuant to K.S.A. 5-2018b a general school election to elect four (4) board members, and one (1) unexpired term member, will be conducted in Unified School District No. 466, Scott County, State of Kansas on the 7th day of November, 2017. The district has the member at-large election plan, and there will be three (3) board members at-large. Each board member shall be a qualified elector, living within the boundaries of Unified School District 466. Board members will be elected for a term of four (4) years, with the exception of the unexpired term which will be a two (2) year term. All terms will begin on the 8th day of January 2018. Candidates shall file for such office with the County Clerk of Scott County. Ev-

ery such filing shall be made before 12:00 noon on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Each filing shall be accompanied by a filing fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). No candidate shall be permitted to withdraw his candidacy after the last date provided by law for filing such candidacy. Notice is further given that if more than ten (10) candidates file for the three four year terms, and more than four (4) candidates file for the two year unexpired term, there will be a primary election on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. The names for the nine (9) candidates filing for the four-year terms receiving the highest number of votes for each position, and the names for the three (3) candidates filing for the two-year term receiving the highest number of votes for that position at the primary election, if one is held, shall be placed on the ballot in the general school election on November 7, 2017. Signed this 26th day of April, 2017. Alice Brokofsky County Election Officer County of Scott

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., April 20, 2017; last published Thurs., May 4, 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS In the Matter of the Estate of Margaret K. Stoppel, deceased Case No. 14-PR-22 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Marcine A. Gorman duly appointed, qualified and acting Administrator of the Estate of Margaret K. Stoppel deceased, requesting that Petitioner’s acts be approved; accounting be waived; the heirs be determined, the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; the Court find the allowances requested for attorneys’ fees and expenses are reasonable and should

be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Administrator of the Estate of Margaret K. Stoppel, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability. You are required to file written defenses to the petition on or before the 15th day of May 2017, at 11:00 a.m., in the District Court of Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place the said cause will be heard. Should you fail to file your written defenses, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition. MARCINE A. GORMAN Administrator JAKE W. BROOKS ATTORNEY AT LAW P. O. Box 664 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Attorneys for Administrator

may not be related to the foster care system,” she said. “I think it happens when children come into care during inconvenient hours, like overnight.” In February, nearly 7,000 Kansas children lived outside their homes - a record high for the state’s foster care system. Gov. Sam Brownback and

DCF officials announced earlier this week a new $500,000 campaign to recruit more foster parents - a move that comes less than a week after a legislative audit found that even with about 2,800 foster families in Kansas, the system wasn’t capable (See OVERLOAD on page 15)

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., May 4, 2017)1t CITY ELECTION NOTICE SCOTT CITY, STATE OF KANSAS Notice is hereby given that pursuant to K.S.A. 252107 a general city election to elect Mayor, City Treasurer and Council members for Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4, will be conducted in Scott City, State of Kansas, on the 7th of November 2017. Each representative shall be a qualified elector of the member district for which he or she filed as a candidate. The Mayor and City Treasurer shall be for a term of two (2) years. Council members shall be for a term of four (4) years. Candidates shall file for such offices with the County Clerk of Scott County. Every such filing shall be made before 12:00 noon on Thursday, June 1, 2017. Each such filing shall be accompanied by

a filing fee of twenty dollars ($20.00). No candidate shall be permitted to withdraw his candidacy after the last date provided by law for filing such candidacy. Notice is further given that if more than three (3) candidates file for any one position there will be a primary election on Tuesday, the 1st day of August, 2017. If a primary is held the candidates whose names are to appear on the general election ballot will be nominated at a primary solely within the member areas. The names for the three (3) candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each position at the primary election, if one is held, shall be placed on the ballot in the general city election on November 7, 2017. Signed this 26th day of April, 2017. Alice Brokofsky County Election Officer County of Scott

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 27, 2017; last published Thurs., May 11, 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD D. STUDLEY, deceased Case No. 2016-PR-27 NOTICE OF HEARING THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in this Court by Deborah K. Studley, duly appointed, qualified and acting executor of the Estate of Ronald, D. Studley, deceased, praying that her acts be approved; that the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitled thereto; that fees and expenses be allowed; that the costs

be determined and ordered paid; that the administration of the Estate be closed; that the Executor be discharged and that she be released from further liability. You are required to file your written defences thereto on or before the 19th day of May, 2017, at 11:00 o’clock a.m., of said day, in said Court, in the City of Scott City, in Scott County, Kansas, at which time and place said cause will be heard. Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition. Deborah K. Studley WALLACE, BRANTLEY & SHIRLEY 325 MAIN - P. O. Box 605 Scott City, Kansas 67871 Attorneys for Petitioner

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., April 27, 2017; last published Thurs., May 11, 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF R. WARD CLINTON, a.k.a. RAMON WARD CLINTON, deceased Case No. 16-PR-08 (Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that a petition has been filed in this Court by David Clinton, duly appointed, qualified and acting Executor of the Estate of R. Ward Clinton, a.k.a. Ramon Ward Clinton, deceased, requesting that Petitioner’s acts be approved; accounting be approved, the heirs be determined; the Will be construed and the Estate be assigned to the persons entitles thereto; the Court find the allowances

requested for attorney’s fees and expenses are reasonable and should be allowed; the costs be determined and ordered paid; the administration of the Estate be closed; upon the filing of receipts the Petitioner be finally discharged as the Executor of the Estate of R. Ward Clinton, a.k.a. Ramon Ward Clinton, deceased, and the Petitioner be released from further liability. You are required to file your written defenses to the petition on or before the 23rd day of May, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., in the District Court of Scott County, 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. DAVID CLINTON Executor JAKE W. BROOKS ATTORNEY AT LAW P. O. Box 664 Scott City, Kansas 67871 ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER

Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., May 4, 2017; last published Thurs., May 11, 2017)2t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS IN THE INTEREST OF: NAME: A.R. Year of Birth: 2015 A female Case No. 17-JC-21 NOTICE OF HEARING Pursuant to K.S.A. 38-2237 TO: MARIA LOUISA LEON, MONCERRAT MENDEZ RAZCON, UNKNOWN FATHER and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed in this court alleging that the child named above is a Child in Need of Care. The Court may find that the parents are unfit by reason or conduct or condition which renders the parents unable to care properly for a child, the conduct or condition is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future, the parental rights of the parent should be terminated, and a permanent custodian should be appointed for the child. A hearing on the petition is scheduled for the 24th day of May, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. At the hearing the Court may issue orders relating to the care, custody and control of the child. The hearing will determine if the parents should be deprived of their parental rights and the right to custody of the child. The parent(s), and any other person having legal custody are required to ap-

pear before this Court on the date and time shown, or to file your written response to the petition with the Clerk of the District Court prior to that time. Failure to respond or to appear before the Court at the time shown will not prevent the Court from entering judgment as requested in the petition, finding that the child is a Child in Need of Care, removing the child from the custody of parent, parents or any other present legal custodian until further order of the Court, or finding the parents unfit, and entering an order permanently terminating the parents’ parental rights. An attorney has been appointed as guardian ad litem for the child: Ashley Jackson, 105 E. 6th St, Scott City, KS 67871 , phone number (620) 874-9844. You have the right to appear before the Court and be heard personally, either with or without an attorney. The Court will appoint an attorney for any parent who desires an attorney but is financially unable to hire one. The Court may order one or both parents to pay child support. An attorney can be appointed for you please call the District Court at 620-872-7208. Date and time of hearing: May 24, 2017, at 3:00 p.m. Place of hearing: Scott County Courthouse, 303 Court St., Scott City, Ks. 67871. Shelly Berry Clerk/Judge of the District Court

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., May 4, 2017)1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS Before Commissioners: Pat Apple, Chair, Shari Feist Albrecht, Jay Scott Emler In the Matter of the Application of Lario Oil & Gas Company for an Order Authorizing the Unitization and Unit Operations of the Feiertag Unit in Scott County, Kansas. License No. 5214 CONSERVATION DIVISION NOTICE OF PENDING AMENDED APPLICATION TO: ALL OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS, UNLEASED MINERAL INTEREST OWNERS, LANDOWNERS AND ALL PERSONS WHOMSOEVER CONCERNED. Please take notice that the above-entitled Amended Application was filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission Conservation Division by Lario Oil & Gas Company seeking an order authorizing the unitization and unit operations of the Feiertag Unit in Scott County, Kansas, in portions of: Section 9: SE/4 SE/4 Section 10: SW/4 Section 15: W/2, W/2 SE/4, S/2 SW/4 NE/4 Section 16: NE/4 NE/4, and the SE/4 SE/4

Section 21: NE/4 NE/4 Section 22: N/2 NW/4, and NW/4 NE/4, all in Township 19 South, Range 33 West, Scott County, Kansas, consisting of a total of 860 surface acres. Any person protesting this Application shall be required to file their written protest with the Conservation Division of the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days of the publication of this Notice. Any protest must be filed pursuant to the Commission’s regulations and must state specific reasons why the grant of the Application may cause waste, violation of correlative rights or pollution of natural resources of the State of Kansas. If any valid protests are timely filed, the Application will be set for hearing by the Commission. If no protests are received, this Application may be granted through a summary proceeding. TRIPLETT, WOOLF & GARRETSON, LLC Timothy E. McKee, #7135 Amy Fellows Cline, #19995 2959 N. Rock Road, Suite 300 Wichita, Kansas 67226 Telephone: (316) 630-8100 Facsimile: (316) 630-8101 Attorneys for Lario Oil & Gas Company

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of handling the increasing number of children in need of care. The state doesn’t require contractors to track how long it takes to place a foster child, in part because of the number of circumstances surrounding each child, Freed said. If a child is removed from a home at night, they may have to stay in the contractors’ office until the next morning if a foster family isn’t found overnight. Younger children and babies usually are placed more quickly, while placing older children - especially those with special mental or physical needs - may take longer. “Every case is so specific, if we tracked it’d be difficult to analyze it and say ‘this is why it takes longer for this child,’ ” Freed said. The Legislative Post Audit report made public Friday criticized DCF for overseeing a privatized foster care system that lacks a synchronized database. KVC and St. Francis maintain independent records of foster care placements that aren’t integrated with DCF, which makes it difficult for the agency to know whether children are placed appropriately, the audit found. At KVC, Kutz said, the department keeps extensive records about foster children that show that on average, children wait four to eight hours to be placed in a home. When a child is removed from a home, they may be in DCF offices for up to four hours, Freed said, but the state’s contracts with both KVC and St. Francis don’t stipulate how long children can be in contractors’ offices. Children may stay in offices for periods longer than 24 hours, but Freed said that was “unlikely.” “If you have a child that’s grade school aged, they should be in school anyway during the day and not in the office,” she said. But according to a Facebook forum devoted to foster and adoptive parents, it isn’t uncommon for children, especially those who frequently “bounce” in and out of homes, to miss days or weeks of school. A conversation on the forum also indicated that children staying overnight has become more common, with some staying at night in offices but going to day care. Children are made to feel comfortable while waiting to be placed with a foster family, Freed said. They spend most of their time in rooms equipped with couches, televisions, toys and games. “We try to make them feel as comfortable as possible,” she said. The idea of children having to stay overnight in contractor facilities more often is troubling, Ross said. “Frankly, it’s horrendous,” she said. Being removed from a home is traumatic for any child, she said, especially those who have been moved repeatedly.

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NOTICE OF AUCTION OF SUPLUS COUNTY PROPERTY

Pursuant to Resolution No. 2017-07 and K.S.A. 19-211, the Board of County Commissioners of Scott County, Kansas will hold a public auction on May 17, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at the Scott County Courthouse Courtroom , to receive bids for the following property that was determined to be surplus property and is no longer required for public purposes, to-wit: Old Health Department at 608 Main Street, Scott City, Kansas legally described as: Lot Six (6) in block Forty-five (45) in the Original Town of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas A Portion of the Old Hospital Block located between Second and Third Streets on College Street, Scott City, Kansas legally described as: Lot 6 and Lot 7, Block 15, Original Town of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas Lot 10 and Lot 11, Block 15, Original Town of Scott City, Scott County, Kansas The Real Estate shall be auctioned off at public auction to the highest bidder in the parcels listed above. General terms of the sale will be as follows: The real estate shall be offered in “as is” condition without any warranty, express or implied, of any kind. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids, for whatever reason, and to refuse to complete any sale transaction that is deemed not in the best interest of the County. Such rejection will be effected within 10 days of the auction. 10% down on the day of the sale, balance due at closing. Closing shall be held at a date not more than 45 days from the date of the auction. Time is of essence. Cash only sale. No contingencies. All financing must be arranged prior to the date of the auction. Title insurance, escrow and closing costs will be split equally by the buyer and the County. No one is authorized to make any representations with respect to the Real Estate. Any undisclosed or unknown condition of the Real Estate shall not be a basis for rescission of the sale by the buyer nor for any claim against the County. All inspections should be made prior to the day of sale. Statements made on the day of the sale take precedence over any printed material.

Trout work extra hours, I have learned that one of the most important parts of your financial decisions is generosity and giving to those in need.” Trout plans to attend Kansas State University and major in chemistry with an emphasis in premedicine. During the ceremony held last Friday at the historic Dillon House in Topeka, she was also recognized by House Majority Leader Don Hineman of Dighton. A record 140 essays from across the state were submitted. To be eligible, students must have par-

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ticipated in at least one of four financial literacy programs sponsored by state agencies: EverFi, Stock Market Game, Personal Finance Challenge or LifeSmarts. Students were asked to submit a two-part essay. In the first section, they chose one of the following financial challenges: a real-life event that happened to them or someone they know that impacted their views of handling money, a financial issue they believe public policy makers should give more attention to, or what they would like their lives to look like 10 years down

National Hospital Week is May 7-13 The Kansas Hospital Association invites communities to join area hospitals in celebrating National Hospital Week, May 7-13. This annual observance celebrates hospitals and the men and women who support the health and wellbeing of their communities through dedication and compassionate care. Celebrated since 1921, National Hospital Week is a time dedicated to reinforcing the valuable contributions made by the 127 hospitals in Kansas. Annually, Kansas hospitals staff nearly 10,000 beds; serve more than 312,000 inpatient visits; assist in more than 34,000 births; care for more than 7.2 million outpatient visits; and treat more than 1.2 million patients in Kansas

emergency departments. Not only do hospitals serve thousands of individuals, but they contribute significantly to the financial health of the state. In Kansas, hospitals employ more than 84,000 people, or 4.3 percent of all job holders, and generate $5.7 billion in direct total income. Kansas hospitals support the creation of additional jobs in other business and industry and have a total employment impact of nearly 160,000 jobs. For every one dollar of income generated in the hospital sector, another 56 cents is generated in other businesses and industries in the state’s economy. That brings the industry’s total impact to more than $9 billion.

the road and the decisions they would have to make about finances and money management. The students then provided a 3-6 page analysis applying the lessons they incorporated in the first section toward financial decisions they are currently making regarding their higher education, including discussion of the positive and negative aspects of student loans, comparing the various types of higher education, and researching the earning potential of their chosen field of study and the job availability and demand of potential careers.

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Pastime at Park Lane Church services at Park Lane were held by the Scott Mennonite Church. Helping with pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon were Madeline Murphy, Joy Barnett, Gary Goodman, Wanda Kirk, Lynda Burnett, Dorothy King and Mandy Barnett. Wii bowling games were played Monday evening. Bob Artz led Baptist Bible study on Tuesday morning with Doris Riner playing the piano.

Residents had chocolate ice cream cones on Tuesday afternoon. Russel and Mary Webster held Bible study in the evening. Wednesday afternoon bingo game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett. Also on Monday afternoon the ladies from the First Christian Church delivered May baskets. On Wednesday evening some residents played pitch with Karen and

Denton Berry helping. Several ladies got manicures on Thursday morning. Trivia was played on Thursday evening. On Friday morning, Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic mass and Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services in the afternoon. Chet Quance sang a variety of show tunes, folk songs and hymns on Friday afternoon. Nella Funk was visited by Pam Brown and Tamera Turley.

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Joe McGonagle was visited by Tim and Patrina McGonagle, Kaylene McGonagle, Isaac Evans, and Evan and Samantha Graber. Hugh McDaniel was visited by Mark McDaniel, Berniece McDaniel and George Evans. LaVera King was visited by Gloria Gough and Carol Latham. Cloide Boyd was visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker and Jamie Brown.

Louise Crist was visited by Jean Burgess, Patsi Graham and Don and Tara Williams. Lowell Rudolph was visited by Tom and Kathy Moore and LuAnn Buehler. Harold and Ruth White were visited by Sharon Strecker and Jamie Brown. Boots Haxton thanks the ladies of the First Christian Church for the May Day baskets and all the other things they do for Park Lane residents.

Cecile Billings was visited by Delinda Dunagan and Ann Beaton. Corinne Dean was visited by Kim Smith, Gracy Chambless and Dianna Howard. Jim Jeffery was visited by Libbie M. Joles and Nathella Jeffery. Lorena Turley’s visitors were Rex Turley and Neta Wheeler. Clifford Dearden was visited by Kenton Daubert, Darrell Daubert and Kirk and Janet Ottoway.

Deaths Jimmy D. Kennedy Jimmy D. Kennedy, 74, died May 3, 2017, at the Scott County Hospital. H e was born Nov. 29, 1 9 4 2 , in Scott City, to Charles E c t o r Jimmy Kennedy and Forest Lula (King) Kennedy. A lifetime resident of Scott City, he was a farmer and did contract labor. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Scott City, and a past member of the Scott City Shrine Club, Masonic Lodge and Scott City Golf Course. On Nov. 29, 1964, he married Peggy L. Chvilicek in Raton, N.M. Survivors include: one son, James Kennedy, and wife, Deanna, Scott City; three sisters, Mary Lou Oeser, Scott City, Joan Showalter, and husband,

Scotty, Garden City, and Barbara Drew, Garden City; one sister-in-law, Dixie Kennedy, Danville, Ia.; one grandson and one granddaughter. He was preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Charles Jr., Bobbie Lee, Duane, Max, and Jerry; one sister, Shirley Ann; and two nephews, Billy Kennedy and Johnnie Eitel. Funeral service will be held Mon., May 8, 10:30 a.m., at the First Baptist Church, Scott City, with Rev. Kyle Evans presiding. Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be given to the Jimmy D. Kennedy Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, Box 553, Scott City, Ks., 67871. Inurnment will be in the Modoc Cemetery. There will be no calling times.

Mary Ellen Hutchins Mary E l l e n Hutchins returned to the heavens on April 27, 2017, to join Mary Hutchins her mother, June Everett Hutchins; her father and step-mother, Calvin and Angie Hutchins; grandparents, Pete and Mary Hutchins and Clara Everett; her cousins, Stan Hutchins, Charliss Carpenter, Lyn Everett and T.J. Hutchins; her dear friend Paula Parkinson; and her beloved son, Terence Michael. Mary was born in Garden City on August 27, 1952. She graduated from Scott Community High School in 1970 and from Fort Hays State University in 1975. She is survived by her husband, Danny Cold-

water; by her sisters and brothers-in-law; Pam and Ted Crist, Cynthia and Dave Gerstner, and Sondra and Joe Hedrick; by her nieces and nephews, Heather Crist Paley, Gina Stonier, Trevor Crist, Trina Karwacki, Aryn Hedrick, Chad Gerstner and Hallie Godfrey; stepdaughter, Misty Harner; step-granddaughter, Allison Harner, as well as nine great-nephews and six great-nieces. If you do something in her name, she would like you to donate in her honor to the World Wildlife Federation, Heifer International or The Greater Contribution. Mary loved music, dancing and nature. She was fun, and funny, and had a beautiful spirit. If you look in the stars you will find her. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.

Marion A. Marcy Marion A. Marcy, 83, died May 4, 2017 at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti. Funeral service will be announced by Price and Sons Funeral Home in Leoti.

Frank Paul Memorial Service A memorial graveside service for Frank Paul will be held Sat., May 6, 10:30 a.m,, at the Scott County Cemetery with Garee Geist-Smith presiding. Frank requested that all who attend the graveside service be casually dressed. Following the service, a reception will be held at the Youth Inc. Building, 608 Myrtle, Scott City.

Allan Keyse Memorial Service A graveside memorial service for Allan Keyse will be held on Sat., May 6, 11:30 a.m., at the Scott County Cemetery.

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For the last few years, our part of Christ’s Church has used a series of readings on Sundays in a three year cycle. I think that there are other congregations in Scott County that use the same readings, or at least have them available. There are four readings from Holy Scripture for each Sunday service: one from the Old Testament, a Psalm, one from a Gospel, and one from a New Testament writing other than a Gospel. But on Easter, and in the Season of Easter, there is one important change. We do not read from the Old Testament at all, but from the Acts of the Apostles. In a sense, the Book of Acts is the response of the followers of Jesus Christ to his resurrection. The triumph of the Lord and the gift of the Holy Spirit changed them completely. On Easter evening, Jesus’ followers were hiding behind closed doors. The truth

that Jesus was alive made them bold and undeterred in the proclamation of the Gospel. Two weeks ago, a wonderful pastor, Jon Tuttle, wrote in this column about the power of the Spirit. He included reference to teaching of Jesus from the Gospel of John, that his followers would do even greater works than he. The Acts of the Apostles contains examples of this truth. An astounding example comes from in the fifth chapter. We read that the sick in Jerusalem were healed when Peter’s shadow fell on them as he passed by. The sick and those with unclean spirits from towns around Jerusalem were healed as well. The addendum to the Book of Acts is being written every day. As St. Paul says at the conclusion of his letter to the Philippians: “I can do all thing in him who strengthens me.”

Rev. Don Martin St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Scott City

Scott City Assembly of God

Prairie View Church of the Brethren

1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer

4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m. will be held at the church Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Holy Cross Lutheran Church

A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.

Pence Community Church

1102 Court • Box 283 • Scott City 620-872-2294 • 620-872-3796 Pastor Warren Prochnow holycross-scott@sbcglobal.net Sunday School/Bible Class, 9:00 a.m. Worship every Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Wed.: Mid-Week School, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Community Christian Church

8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Brian Thompson, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church

Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

803 College - Scott City - 872-2339

1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264

Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor

Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041

Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.

Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.

Gospel Fellowship Church

1st United Methodist Church

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.

First Christian Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Bill Geurin, pastor • 874-8395 Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scott Wagner, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday is Family Night Meal: 5:45 p.m. • Study: 6:15 p.m. Website: www.fccscottcity.org

Elizabeth/Epperson Drives • Scott City • 872-3666

Scott Mennonite Church

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.

Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m. St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041

9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 James Yager • 620-214-3040 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 a.m. Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m. YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.

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Medicaid expansion vote unlikely in legislature Jim McLean Kansas News Service

Republican leaders in the Kansas House say it is unlikely they will schedule another vote on Medicaid expansion in the final weeks of the legislative session. But Democrats say they will attempt to force one. House Majority Leader Don Hineman (R-Dighton) said lawmakers facing tough votes on the budget, taxes and school finance don’t want to further complicate the final weeks of the session by adding Medicaid expansion to the mix.

“The conversation is not over. There will be another initiative to expand Medicaid, but my best guess is that happens next year, not this session,” Hineman said Monday during taping of the KCUR podcast Statehouse Blend Kansas. Getting a veto-proof majority for an expansion bill would require some changes to garner support from more conservative lawmakers, Hineman said. Likely changes would include adding a work requirement as well as specific language to prohibit any expansion funds from going to Planned Parent-

Helping your child to reach a healthy weight by the American Counseling Association

The percentage of children who are overweight, or even obese, is still very high. And while most parents are anxious to try and help their children get to a healthier weight, it can be a difficult task to accomplish. However, it’s a goal worth striving for. Overweight children often have self-esteem issues, face teasing or bullying and are at increased risk for a variety of health issues. One starting point in helping is to realize that reminding the child of his or her weight often makes the problem worse. An overweight child is well aware of the issue, and constant reminders of it, especially from a parent, can leave him or her feeling ugly, hopeless and unloved. Such negative emotions often lead to emotional eating as a means to temporarily minimize those feelings. Often, what seems like help, such as simply reminding your child to eat healthier, can feel like nagging. Other actions, like pushing a child to be more active in sports, or playing “food police” by controlling or restricting what can or can’t be eaten, can also produce negative reactions. So how can a parent really help? Start with a frank, non-judgmental discussion with your child about his or her feelings. Let the child identify negative messages you may have been sending (usually unintentionally). Try to respond to any negative feelings the child may have with positive, sincere messages. It’s also important to set an example. If you’re eating healthier yourself, it will be easier for your child to do the same. You may also want to encourage more exercise by again setting the example yourself. Encourage your child to be more active by doing things together. Take after-dinner walks or bike rides together. Have a game of catch with a baseball or kick a soccer ball around the yard together. There are many easy ways to spend time with your child while also burning a few calories. Most importantly, provide your child with healthy food choices. Kids often have different eating patterns than their parents. That after-school snack can be important. If a bowl of fruit is available, you’re giving your child a better choice than providing a box of cookies or a bag of chips. Weight loss is never easy. Compliment your child on even small moves in the right direction. Most importantly, be sure to offer love and support, not criticism.

hood, a women’s reproductive health care organization. Waiting until next year would give lawmakers time to make those changes and to get a clearer picture of whether President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress will allow more states to expand Medicaid under rules established by the Affordable Care Act that obligate the federal government to cover no less than 90 percent of expansion costs. “I think for the majority party, that’s the preferred approach,” Hineman said. Rep. Susan Concannon

(R-Beloit) and expansion supporter, agrees. “I’m not giving up,” Concannon said Monday, adding that she believes the work done this year makes it more likely lawmakers will pass an expansion plan next year. “We got it further than I ever anticipated,” she said. Democrats aren’t ready to throw in the towel, said House Minority Leader Jim Ward of Wichita, who appeared with Hineman on the podcast. “We are going to do everything in our power to get another vote on Medicaid expansion,”

House Minority Leader Jim Ward (left) and House Majority Leader Don Hineman discuss the budget, education and Medicaid expansion Monday in Topeka.

Ward said, charging that five Kansas hospitals are in danger of closing without the additional federal matching funds that ex-

pansion would provide. In late March, Republican Gov. Sam Brownback vetoed a Medicaid (See EXPANSION on page 19)

State audit takes aim at foster child placement in Ks. Meg Wingerter Kansas News Service

An audit of the Kansas foster care system found the state doesn’t ensure children are placed close to home or receive all services they need. The Legislature’s independent auditing team presented the third part of its report on the Kansas foster care system Friday to the Legislative Post Audit Committee. The final part of the audit attempted to answer if the state’s two foster care contractors have sufficient resources to provide ser-

vices and if privatization has improved children’s outcomes and lowered costs. Kansas privatized its foster care system in 1997. Two contractors provide foster care services, with KVC Health Systems overseeing the eastern counties and Saint Francis Community Services taking Wichita and western Kansas. Lawmakers have called for reform of the state’s foster care system after several high-profile child deaths and a string of record-breaking years for children in the system.

As of late February, more than 6,900 children were in the state’s custody - up 34 percent since 2012. Kristen Rottinghaus, a principal auditor, told the committee that some children had been placed as far as 100 miles from their homes even if a bed was available in their home county. She said that most children who needed mental health or medical services received them, but some didn’t or had long waits. The Kansas Department for Children and Families, which oversees the foster care system, also could

be “more proactive” in ensuring that contractors follow state and federal rules, Rottinghaus said. For example, some caseworkers hired to check on children in their foster homes don’t have the required two years of experience, she said. DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore said the department audited the contractors in 2012 and is continuously working with them on improvement plans. DCF took a handsoff approach with the contractors until a few years ago, she said. (See AUDIT on page 19)

DCF claims more oversight could risk $48M in federal funds

A bill to increase oversight of the Kansas foster care system hit a snag after state officials said its wording could jeopardize millions in federal funding. The bill would create an interim oversight committee that would study problems in the state’s foster care system and submit a corrective action plan to the Kansas Legislature. The House Committee on Children and Seniors approved the bill in March, but it still must pass the full House

and Senate. But the Kansas Department for Children and Families, which oversees the foster care system, said following that plan could cost the state $48 million in federal funding - nearly a third of DCF’s annual budget. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reviews state foster care programs about every three years and requires them to make changes outlined in an mprovement plan. (See OVERSIGHT on page 19)

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Expansion expansion bill that both the House and Senate passed by wide margins. A few days later, a House attempt to override that veto fell three votes short of the needed two-thirds majority. If Democrats succeed in forcing another vote, it isn’t clear the outcome would be different. During the Legislature’s recent spring break,

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the Alliance for a Healthy Kansas, a nonprofit coalition spearheading the lobbying campaign for expansion, staged town hall meetings in the districts of several lawmakers considered potential swing votes, including the Ottawa district of Republican Rep. Blaine Finch. Standing in the back of the room, Finch listened

Audit

as advocates touted the health and economic benefits that an influx of federal Medicaid matching dollars would generate. Unconvinced, Finch noted Brownback administration officials had challenged the claims made by expansion advocates. “Probably like most things, the truth is somewhere in between,” Finch said. “The fact that projec-

tions may show something down the road doesn’t mean those are dollars in hand and so we have to be very careful when the state is $900 million underwater.” David Jordan, director of the alliance, said many of the lawmakers questioning the numbers are seeking cover to avoid acknowledging that they are

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“This is a culture shift for the agency,” she said. “As you know with all culture shifts, they come slowly.” Oversight Questions Deneen Dryden, director of prevention and protection services at DCF, told the committee that the department meets with the contractors weekly to work on improvements. She said the contractors wouldn’t agree that the department’s oversight wasn’t aggressive enough. “I kind of chuckled inside” at that statement, she said. Sen. Laura Kelly, a Topeka Democrat, asked Dryden whether DCF had taken action after an earlier audit found the contractors sometimes waited as long as a year to check caseworkers’ names against the child abuse and neglect registry. Dryden said the department and the contractors were working together on a solution, which didn’t satisfy Kelly. “That one doesn’t seem that complicated to me,” Kelly said. “It’s the state’s responsibility to oversee the contractors.” The contractors also struggle to hire enough staff and enlist enough foster homes in some counties, Rottinghaus said. “Overall, we found that the foster care system may not have sufficient capacity” to serve all children in it, she said. “We

found there appeared to be enough (foster) beds statewide, but in some communities there were not enough beds.” DCF has increased salaries for caseworkers, offered incentives to those who work in underserved areas, and provided laptops and cell phone alarms for employees when they work in the field, Gilmore said. Child welfare systems in other states also have trouble recruiting, she said. Melissa Ness, a senior adviser with Saint Francis Community Services, told the committee that more services for families are needed at the community level. “We can do our part, but we need other people to stand up and do their part to build a stronger system,” she said. No Privatization Answer The audit didn’t fully answer whether privatization has produced better foster care services. Kansas’ performance on federal foster care measurements has been about the same since 2000, Rottinghaus said. Auditors didn’t offer an opinion on whether Kansas should stay with its privatized system but noted it could cost $8 million or more annually to transfer responsibility to DCF, which generally pays higher salaries. The audit originated in December 2015, when the committee asked auditors to answer seven ques-

Oversight DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore said the state could lose federal funding if anything in the oversight committee’s corrective action plan contradicts the federal performance improvement plan. “Corrective action plans are by design not suggestive, but directive,” she said. Rep. Jarrod Ousley (D-Merriam), one of the bill’s more vocal supporters, said DCF’s concern is misplaced. The interim oversight committee couldn’t make law, so lawmakers and the governor would have to approve any plan before DCF would implement it, he said. “It would have to have open hearings, it would have to have conferees,” he said. On Thursday the House

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Committee on Children and Seniors will consider changing the bill’s wording to address DCF’s concerns about lost federal funding. DCF representatives previously raised concerns that a legislative oversight committee would duplicate existing work and strain the department’s staff time. But Ousley and other supporters said they think the foster care system needs a plan to improve outcomes for children. “It’s important work, and it’s past time for improvements to be made,” he said. Since 2014, a record number of Kansas children have entered the foster care system. At the end of February, nearly 7,000 children were in the state’s custody.

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tions about the foster care system. They declined to include an eighth question about possible discrimination against same-sex couples who wanted to be foster parents. The first part of the audit, released in July 2016, found DCF didn’t ensure that all scheduled monthly visits between children and caseworkers happened. It also found the department granted nearly all exceptions related to the number of children who could be in a home and didn’t require families to prove they had the financial resources to

care for a child. Gilmore said then that the problem with monthly visits was a recordkeeping issue and that it had changed its policies to ensure children were placed in homes with adequate space and resources. The second piece of the audit, released in September, found DCF complied with most federal rules related to foster care. Earlier this session, a bill to set up a foster care task force advanced but needs a vote in the House and a conference committee to become law.

opposed to expansion for strictly political reasons. “They are not citing factual information,” Jordan said. “We need to make a final push. I think it’s realistic to think that the Legislature could still do the right thing and expand KanCare.” KanCare is the name given to the state’s Medicaid program when the Brownback administra-

tion privatized it in 2013. The bill vetoed by Brownback would have expanded KanCare coverage to an estimated 180,000 adults earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $16,640 annually for an individual. Many of those who would gain coverage are uninsured working adults.

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The significance of Cinco de Mayo by Ignacio Gonzalez

The Mexican holiday known as “Cinco de Mayo” is widely misconstrued in the United States, even by people of Mexican descent. Despite its commercialization, this holiday is of importance to many people. The biggest misconception about Cinco de Mayo is that it commemorates Mexico’s Independence Day. That holiday is, in fact, celebrated on September 16, 1810. Cinco de Mayo is actually a commemoration of a victory by Mexican troops in La Batalla de Puebla more that fifty years later, on May 5, 1862. From the time of Mexican Independence in 1810 to the time of this battle in 1862, Mexico suffered numerous setbacks in its attempts to form a stable republic, and endured several incursions into its sovereignty as an independent nation. Fifteen years into its independence, Texas seceded from Mexico. The Texas Revolt was led by “AmericanMexicans,” Anglos who immigrated from the United States to Mexico, promising to obey Mexican laws and respect Mexican traditions.

This revolt eventually led to the MexicanAmerican War (18461848), a war won by the United States. As a result, Mexico was forced to surrender approximately half of its territory to the United States. Mexico, which had never been financially stable, underwent a severe economic crisis during the 1850s. President Benito Juárez inherited Mexico’s troubled political and financial situation, which included a bankrupt Mexican treasury. As a result of these problems, President Juárez issued a moratorium in 1861 halting payments on Mexican foreign debt. Much of this debt was owed to France. Shortly thereafter, France sent troops to Mexico to secure payment of its debt. At the time, the French Army of Napoleon III was considered the premier army in the world. It had enjoyed recent victories throughout Europe and Asia. The French expected to march from the port city of Veracruz to Mexico City without encountering much resistance. President Juárez sent troops, under the command of General Ignacio Zaragosa, to Puebla to confront the French. The

Mexican troops consisted almost entirely of indigenous soldiers, much like today. General Zaragosa’s troops, outnumbered 4,700 to 5,200, were severely under-equipped. La Batalla de Puebla raged on for two hours, after which time the French were forced to retreat to Orizaba. Despite tremendous odds, the humble Mexican Army defeated the most powerful fighting unit in the world. One year after La Batalla de Puebla, the French brought in more troops and re-attacked. This time they were able to make their way to Mexico City, take the capital, and install Emperor Maximilian of Hapsburg as the reigning monarch of Mexico. Maximilian ruled Mexico for about four years, until his execution in 1867 by troops loyal to President Juárez, who regained power. Although La Batalla de Puebla on Cinco de Mayo was rendered militarily insignificant by the French’s subsequent victory, it did inject the Mexican people with pride and patriotism it had never before enjoyed. Since its independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico had suffered one tragedy after another. La

Batalla de Puebla was the first time that the Mexican people could rally around a common cause and proudly proclaim, “¡Yo soy Mexicano!” Cinco de Mayo is not celebrated in Mexico to the same extent that it is by Chicanos in the United States, mainly because El 16 de Septiembre is seen as the more important holiday. The reason that Chicanos celebrated the holiday is that they appreciate its cultural significance (victory in the face

Cinco de Mayo in America by Sharon Schweitzer, J.D.

Contrary to popular opinion, Cinco de Mayo or the Fifth of May is not Mexico’s Independence Day. Mexico gained its independence from Spain on September 16, 1810; May 5, 1862 was the day Mexico impressively defeated the large and powerful French forces in the Battle of Puebla. Today, Americans celebrate this annual tradition due to the MexicanAmericans who experienced two historical milestones simultaneously: the Mexican defeat of the French and the U.S. Civil War during the 1860’s. Since then, May 5 has become a widespread holiday in the United States. L.A. Times author,

David E. Hayes-Bautista, described Cinco de Mayo as being “made in America, by Latinos who proudly bore the U.S. and Mexican flags to show their support.” Celebrations Given that this day is remembered to honor European defeat, it is not a national holiday in Mexico. The only place that celebrates the victory in Mexico - with parades and mock battle reenactments - is in Puebla, the location of where the battle took place. Cinco de Mayo celebrations are not as widespread in Mexico as they are in the U.S. In fact, large Cinco de Mayo festivals in the U.S. take place in Chicago, Denver,

Portland, and St. Paul, Minnesota. Traditional Drinks Holding its spot at number four, Cinco de Mayo is one of America’s top drunkest holidays. Many Americans use this holiday as an excuse to drink and have fun. Similar to how Americans celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S. with drinking pints of Guinness, on Cinco de Mayo many Americans enjoy tequila, tecate, micheladas, and drink a margarita - or two. Authentic Eating Cinco de Mayo brings cultural awareness to Mexican traditions, including their flavorful dishes.

Popular and authentic dishes that are appreciated on Cinco de Mayo are tacos, enchiladas, and chile rellenos. You can try Tacos al Pastor, which are topped with pineapple slices, or Tacos de Bistec, which can come with avocado and cheese. Chiles rellenos, which originated from Puebla, are large, green poblano peppers that are stuffed with cheese or meat and then fried. Whether you’re going to a Mexican restaurant for happy hour or mixing your own margaritas, it’s important to understand the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo to warrant a festive experience. With Cinco de Mayo upon us, immerse in the culture by trying traditional drinks and dishes!

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State trip on the line for SC netters A year ago, the Scott Community High School boys won their first-ever regional tennis title. Back-to-back titles may be a huge challenge for the Beavers with the move to Class 4A, but they are still eyeing the prospect of earning some hardware during this week’s regional tournament in Pratt.

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Both doubles teams and the No. 1 singles are among those favored to finish within the top six in their respective divisions

and advance to the state tournament in Wichita. “We’re going with every expectation of taking five boys to state,” says head coach Steve Kucharik. Three of those five were state qualifiers last season. Seniors Bo Hess and Isaac Evans (27-2) have dropped just two matches as the No. 1 sin-

gles this season. Hess was half of the doubles team that placed third in Class 3A last season. They are joined by fellow seniors Hayden Nevills/ Chandler Janssen (23-1) who avenged their only loss to Garden City. Janssen is a former state qualifier in singles. While they competed during most of the season as the No. 2

doubles, they have also earned a number of wins against No. 1 teams. Under adverse weather conditions last Friday, Nevills/ Janssen claimed first place in the Colby tournament in the No. 1 division. Despite nearfreezing weather by the time the tournament ended, the SCHS (See NETTERS on page 23)

KSHSAA is finally serious about changing classifications The classification system for Kansas schools has often been criticized over the years and during that time the Kansas State High School Activities Association has nibbled at the edges without really addressing the core issues - a large disparity between schools in some classifications. The KSHSAA tried to ease some of those concerns by splitting Class 4A and 1A into two divisions, but it only achieved moderate results. Class 4A, for example, has two divisions in football, volleyball and basketball, but remains a single division in all other sports and activities. In track and cross-country, for example, the largest school in Class 4A is Maize South (773), which is nearly three times the enrollment of the smallest school - Colby (264). A similar situation exists in Class 1A where the largest school - Centralia (91) has more than three times the enrollment of the smallest school - Healy (23). But an issue just as big with Class 1A is that 96 schools are currently in the classification, making it the largest, by far, in terms of total schools. Classes 6A and 5A, on the other hand, have 32 schools. In response, the KSHSAA board of directors has approved two proposals that could impact schools not only schools in Western Kansas, but across the state. One proposal, which would impact football only, was recently approved on a 56-11 vote and will go to Class 4A through Class 1A schools for a final vote. If approved, Class 6A, Class 5A and Class 4A would have 32 teams. Class 4A would adopt what Classes 5A and 6A do with the regular season and playoffs. Classes 3A and 2A would be at 48 teams, with districts of six teams each, and Class 1A would return for the first time since the 1980s with roughly 35 schools. Eight Man I and II would remain the same, but move their football championship games to the same weekend as the 11-man teams to avoid playing three games in 10 days. (See KSHSAA on page 22)

SCHS senior Krystal Appel dives head first into home plate while trying to score on an infield hit during Friday’s league action at Colby. (Record Photo)

Frigid temps not enough to cool Lady Beaver bats On a day in which temperatures were better suited for skiing than softball, the Scott Community High School girls overcame the weather and Colby for a double-header sweep last Friday. By game time, temperatures had dipped to less than 40 degrees and by the conclusion of the second game Scott City 13 17 Colby 5 4 were hovering closer to the freezing mark. “After awhile it comes down to mental toughness and who wants it more,” says head coach Erin Myers. SCHS (10-4) wanted it more with a pair of 13-5 and 17-4 wins.

In fact, as temperatures dropped the Scott City bats seemed to heat up. In the nightcap, senior Krystal Appel cleared the fence with a second inning home run and junior Macie Price hit home runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Price’s home runs were part of a 13 run barrage over the final two innings that saw the game end on the mercy rule after five frames. Until the scoring outburst, the Lady Beavers were locked in a 4-4 game. They scored three runs in the top of the first inning and Colby tied the score in the bottom half of the inning. With the game tied at the end of

three innings, Myers challenged her squad. “I told them that Colby had been run-ruled in just about every game and we needed to start playing with more intensity,” Myers said. “There are times when we tend to play down to the level of our opponent and I felt that was happening in the second game.” SCHS pounded out 19 hits in the game, including a 4-of-4 performance by Kaitlyn Roberts. Price was 3-of-3 with a team high six RBIs. Collecting three hits each were Aspyn Nix, Bailey Latta and Nancy Wiebe. (See FRIGID on page 22)

Ayala has middle distance PRs at Cheney She’s not big in stature, but don’t let that fool you. On the track, Dulce Ayala is a workhorse in the middle distance events for the Scott Community High School girls. The sophomore ran her fastest times of the season in the open 800m (2:29.08) and as an anchor for the 4x800m relay (2:28.44). “This summer I didn’t put in

as many miles as I should have, so I’ve tried to go extra hard in practice,” says Ayala. She has certainly made up for lost time in both of her specialty events. She was a freshman on the state qualifying 4x800m relay last season and she’s picked up where she left off by stepping into her role as the leader of the 4x800m relay. “She’s such a hard com-

petitor,” notes head coach Jim Turner. “She does a nice job of holding a lead when she gets it, but she’s been especially good at chasing down runners when she has to. “Though, I’d prefer she didn’t have to find herself in a position where she has to chase someone down,” he adds. Ayala was in that role at the Cheney Invitational last Friday

when she posted an outstanding anchor split to give the Lady Beavers a silver medal (10:21.43). “I was pretty surprised at my time. When I have to chase people down it pushes me to do my best,” Ayala says. “Now my goal is 2:27.” Turner’s goal is to see his Lady Beavers work through some nagging injuries and

regain the form they had a couple of weeks ago in the 4x800 and 4x400m relays. “We ran our fastest time in the 4x400 in the first meet of the year and our fastest 4x800 was in the second meet,” notes Turner. “We need to get all our girls healthy so we can be ready for regional.” (See AYALA on page 25)

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Bullfighting legend is ready for more Brittan is ready for next step on BFO circuit Lance Brittan returned to freestyle bullfighting after years away from the game, and he liked what he experienced. Brittan, the 1999 Wrangler Bullfight Tour world champion, was one of 15 men who were part of the Bullfighters Only Ada (Okla.) Invitational on April 22, and it marked

the first time in about a decade he had been faceto-face with a bull that was bred for that kind of fight. “It was a little nervewracking, because I was in the first section,” said Brittan, 42, of Windsor, Colo. “I had just one bull to watch before it was my turn. It didn’t give me that security of watching several bulls and give me an opportunity to gauge what I was going to do. “But after that first pass with the bull, the butterflies were gone, and it was just second-nature. My instincts took over.”

KSHSAA As for all other activities, the board passed a proposed reclassficiation by a 52-15 vote. The proposal would eliminate two divisions for some activities in Classes 4A and 1A, and increase the number of schools in Classes 6A and 5A from 32 schools to 36. Class 4A would have 48 schools, Class 3A and Class 2A would have 64 schools, and Class 1A would have 117 schools. While the number of schools is 117, a few of those schools co-op for some sports. “I think the football proposal has a pretty

Frigid Defense Shines Scott City’s defense shined in the opener, committing just two errors and turning in a gem early that robbed the Lady Eagles of a base runner. In the bottom of the first inning, after a batter reached base on a walk, third baseman Latta fielded a slow grounder and threw the runner out at first. Lyndi Rumford quickly made the throw to shortstop Price who was covering second base and tagged the runner who had rounded the bag and was caught diving back. The runner was initially ruled safe, but after a brief consultation at the mound

His instincts are strong. Brittan was among the very best in the game when the Wrangler Bullfights ended after the 2000 season. He continued to compete when opportunities allowed, but most of his focus was on protecting cowboys in bull riding. His return to the freestyle action was special, not only to him but also to the other competitors in Ada. “He reads bulls so good,” said Beau Schueth of O’Neill, Neb. “He can tell what they’re going to do, and he’s so smooth about it. It’s crazy how

smooth he is with his fakes. He looked just as good as he did back in the day.” Schueth is one of the top men in the BFO, and he has studied all the greats in the game. It’s part of what makes the Nebraska man so good, and it’s why he marveled at sharing the arena with Brittan. “I’ve got a bunch of Wrangler Bullfight tapes from the NFR and have watched him on them,” Schueth said. “To be in the same arena as a legend is really cool. He was retired for years, and now

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good chance of passing, but I’m not so sure about the other one,” says Scott Community High School Activities Director Randy Huck. Huck says he has heard administrators from schools on both ends of the enrollment spectrum express their opposition to realigning all classifications for all sports. The largest schools don’t like that four schools would be added to Classes 6A and 5A - going from 32 schools in each to 36. The smaller schools don’t like how it will greatly increase the number of schools in Class 1A.

“I’ve even heard some complaints from administrators when it comes to wrestling, especially for the 3-2-1A state (tournament),” Huck says. “I think they’re worried about so many teams being in regional tournaments.” That narrows the number of schools who would be the perceived beneficiaries of such a change to the smallest Class 4A and largest Class 3A schools. These are the schools like Scott City, Holcomb and Colby who often find themselves on the bubble each year. With good luck, they are the big dogs on the

block in Class 3A. With bad luck, they are one of the smallest schools in Class 4A, competing against schools with three times the enrollment at the top end of the classification. Four Great West Activities Conference schools - Colby (264), Goodland (275), Scott City (287) and Holcomb (305) are currently among the 18 smallest schools out of 64 assigned to Class 4A. If passed by the KSHSAA member schools, the reclassifications would go into effect the 2018-19 calendar year.

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by both umpires she was called out on the tag. “That’s a play we’ve been working on for the last couple of years. It was great to see the girls execute it,” Myers says. “Colby had a chance to build some momentum early in the game and we took that away.” Scott City extended its lead to 5-0 through 3-1/2 innings before Colby chipped away at the deficit with a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth. The Lady Beavers had a comfortable 7-3 lead going into the seventh inning when they blew the game open with six runs. “Even though it took

us awhile to get going, I still felt comfortable with the way we were playing. Our pitching and defense were pretty sound,” notes Myers. Roberts again was swinging the hot bat with a 5-for-5 performance and two RBIs. Latta added four hits, including a home run and three RBIs. Price collected three hits, including a double and triple. Roberts (8-1) scattered nine hits and collected six strikeouts in the opening game. She gave up 10 hits and added three more strikeouts in the nightcap. “The conditions were pretty difficult in the sec-

ond game and Kaitlyn stayed focused and actually seemed to pitch better as the game went along, which was impressive,” adds Myers. The Lady Beavers are scheduled to finish up their regular season with three home double-headers, but when those will be played is still in question due to field conditions from the recent snow. Hugoton is scheduled for Friday and Ulysses is tentatively set to play here on Saturday. It’s still possible one of those games could be rescheduled for next week. SCHS hosts Stanton County on May 11.

that the freestyle bullfights are starting to come back and there’s a lot of money in it, it’s great to draw a guy like him and says a lot about the BFO.” Bullfighters Only regenerated a buzz about the sport two years ago and is in the middle of its second season. Texan Weston Rutkowski became the first tourbased world champion in 17 years last season, and the tour is stronger than ever. Ada was the first of several stand-alone events that will happen in 2017. All of it has been attractive for Brittan.

“I’m definitely going to Lewiston (Idaho) and Decatur (Texas), and I’ve also gotten the call to go to Colorado Springs,” he said, referring also to the BFO event in conjunction with the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo at the base of the Rocky Mountains. “I expect more calls. I’ve talked it over with my family, and there’s no sense in bowing out of any of them. I’m putting in the work and getting back in shape.” He knows he’ll need it when it comes to the competition. (See BRITTAN on page 26)

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Erven to join cheer building program at Central Christian It’s common to hear of sports teams in a rebuilding year, but cheerleading? That was the situation facing Ashlee Annis a year ago when she became the new cheerleading coach at Central Christian College, McPherson. There were just four cheerleaders on the squad, so Annis instantly began recruiting on campus and built the squad to 12 members for basketball season. Her goal is to have 24 members on the squad for the 2017-18 school year and Scott Community High School senior Jennie Erven is among those recruits who will be part of the foundation for the revived program at CCC. Next year’s Central Christian cheer program will include 16

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freshmen on scholarship. Erven says the college had been recommended to her by Rebecca Downing, one of her cheerleading coaches, so she decided to check it out further. “I fell in love with the environment and the people on campus,” says Erven. Cheerleading was an added bonus. She received a $5,500 academic scholarship plus a $5,000 cheer scholarship. The goal, says Annis, is for the CCC cheer program to be on par to compete with any While signing a letter-of-intent to become a member of the cheer squad at Central college program. In addition Christian College, Jennie Erven is joined by her mother, Janelle (seated left) and CCC to cheering for the CCC men’s cheer coach Ashlee Annis. (Back row, from left) Eric Erven, SCHS head coach Elise and women’s basketball teams, Neri, assistant coach Rebecca Downing and assistant coach Valerie Whipple. wrestling and volleyball (CCC (Record Photo) has no football program), the cheer squad will be in six competition. pay my way through college,” excited that I’ve been given regional events along with the “I never imagined that cheer- says Erven. “This is something the opportunity to continue this NAIA regional and national leading could be a way to help I’ve always loved doing. I’m sport in college.”

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pair had accomplished their goal of getting a win over the No. 1 team from Colby. “They deserve to be among the top eight seeds at regional and the win over Colby will help,” says Kucharik. “Getting a direct win over Colby not only gives us a better seed than them, but anyone they have beaten who will be in our regional.” Kucharik concedes that perennial powerhouse Wichita Collegiate will probably get the top two seeds in regional. “I’ve told the boys not to worry about Collegiate. We’ll take care of our end of things and hopefully have a chance to play one or both of them,” says the SCHS head coach. “Both of our teams are playing really well. I like our chances.”

Evans in Singles Sophomore Joe Evans (20-5) also has an outstanding chance of returning to state after finishing third in regional action last year. “Joe’s five losses have been against some outstanding competition,” says Kucharik. The regional favorite is Collegiate junior Lakelin Conrad who finished as runner-up in last year’s state tournament to four-time Class 4A champion Tommy Hunter of Topeka Hayden. Collegiate has another strong singles player in Easton Ewy and also expected to contend for a top spot is Wellington senior Brock Edwards. Also competing in singles for Scott City is freshman William Cupp (17-2).

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Spending time outdoors for a different reason Though advice about growing tomatoes might seem a stretch to be considered subject matter for an outdoor column, every outdoorsman I know grows a few tomato plants each year, even if they have to sneak them in with the snapdragons or hide them amongst the hibiscus. After all, nothing goes better with a freshly

Ayala Ayala claimed another silver in the 800m, was the lead runner in the 4x100m relay (53.72) that finished second and added her fastest split (64.5) of the season while anchoring the 4x400m relay. The sophomore admits that she likes the 4x800m relay better than the open 800m, and for a logical reason. “It’s the first event and I’m not as tired,” she says.

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grilled venison burger than a juicy slice of fresh tomato. Though my thumb is only mildly green, I have become pretty successful at growing dandy tomatoes, so here are a few tips I find to work

well for me each year. Tomatoes come in literally dozens of varieties, sizes and shapes. I find it prudent to know a little about the varieties I choose and what they are best used for, and I like to get plants that are resistant to most common tomato ailments. Tomato plants come in two different types - determinate and indeterminate.

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shot put and has put herself in contention heading into regional competition in another couple of weeks. The senior shattered her old record of 33-2 1/2. “The big thing with Clarissa has been her consistency,” says Turner. “She had a couple of 34-foot throws along with the 35. That gives her the best mark in our regional, so far. With the way she’s been throwing I wouldn’t Ratzlaff Wins Gold With a career best of be surprised to see her 35-feet, Clarissa Ratzlaff pop one in the 36-foot was a gold medalist in the range.”

Madison Shapland also cleared a career best of 9-feet in the pole vault for a gold medal and was fourth in the long jump (14-11). Senior Paige Winderlin was just off her season best in the 400m (61.72) to win top honors. Freshman Emily Weathers posted the fastest time of her career in the 400m (63.47) to earn fourth place. Makaela Stevens shaved just over a second off her season best in the 3200m with a time of 12:46.56 to earn a bronze medal.

Determinate plants are bred to grow only about three feet tall, to set and ripen their fruit and then they are basically done. Indeterminate plants will keep growing and producing fruit the entire season, (so they’ll need to be well staked and supported) and as long as they are kept alive and healthy through the hot summer, they will begin setting and ripening

fruit again when temperatures cool off. So if you want to take advantage of cooler fall weather to keep the tomatoes coming like last year, you’ll need indeterminate plants. Tomato plants will not set fruit from their blossoms when daytime temperatures exceed 90 degrees and nighttime temps exceed 75-80, so I

plant early to get a start on production before the hot summer arrives like we know it will. I usually plant in early to mid April and surround my plants with structures called Walls of Water. They are round flexible plastic tubes with numerous small compartments that you fill with water. When erected, they form a (See REASON on page 27)

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Self, KU appear to be shifting from 1-and-done frosh It appears that Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has been quietly altering his recruiting strategy. Self has evidently become disenchanted with the one-and-done freshmen players that jump ship for the NBA after just one season in college. KU used three scholarships for by the 2017 recruiting class on transMac fers - Dedric and K.J. Lawson from Stevenson Memphis and point guard Charlie Moore from California. Guard/forward Dedric Lawson (6-9, 236) averaged 19.2 points per game and nine rebounds as a sophomore at Memphis. His brother, guard/forward K.J. Lawson (6-7, 210) averaged 12.3 ppg and 8.1 rebounds. The Lawson brothers will have to sit out the 2017-18 season. Point guard Charlie Moore (5-11, 170) averaged 12 ppg and 3.5 assists as a freshman at Cal last season. Moore will be held out for a year, but he’ll have three years of eligibility remaining. Self has two true college freshmen who have signed with the Jayhawks: forward Billy Preston (6-9, 220) who played in the McDonalds’ All-Star game and combo guard Marcus Garrett (6-5, 180) who was named Gatorade Player of the Year in Texas. Coach Self has used all of his scholarships for the 2017 class unless Svi Mykhailiuk decides to enter the NBA draft and forego his senior year at Kansas. KU will be counting on three earlier transfers for the 2017-18 team: forward Dwight Coleby (69, 260) from Mississippi, guard Malik Newman (6-3, 190) from Mississippi State, and guard Sam Cunliffe (6-6, 200) from Arizona. Cunliffe won’t be eligible until the semester break. That’s a total of six transfers in the last two recruiting classes. The success of the adjustment won’t be known until the transfers become active team members and use their eligibility or leave early for pro ball. Recruiting Success for KU Football David Beaty has the football pot simmering at Kansas for the first time since he became head coach. Hopes for the 2017 season are on the rise among Jayhawk fans. KU has the necessary depth for the first time during Beaty’s short tenure. The foremost impact, however, is the fanfare over the 2018 recruiting class-to-be. Late in April, Rivals.com had KU’s next class rated 14th in the nation. Regardless of whether or not the Jayhawks’ coaching staff can hold that position, it’s a momentous jump from previous rankings. Beaty and his staff may bring that pot to a boil sooner than later. The Rise, and Fall, of the Royals How bad are the Kansas City Royals? They’re back to the same lowly status they occupied during most of the David Glass era. From 1995-2012 the Kansas City Royals major league baseball team had just one winning season. David Glass, former executive of Wal-Mart, bought the Royals for $96 million in 2000. Glass employed the cost cutting strategy he learned at Wal-Mart and turned KC into a moneymaking machine. According to Forbes, the Kansas City franchise was worth $950 million through April of 2017. That’s an astounding increase in KC’s net worth in 17 years. It would be interesting indeed to know who is really calling the shots for KC. Is it GM Dayton Moore, manager Ned Yost, or Glass? The Royals started the season by shipping Whit Merrifield to Omaha and starting Raul Mondesi at second base. Mondesi isn’t even close to being a Major League hitter; Merrifield should have been KC’s second baseman right from the season opener. After Yost or Moore decided it was time to put Merrifield at second, one of the two put Mike Moustakas in the lead-off spot in the batting order. Merrifield is the only Royal who is equipped to hit lead-off. In the last game of the recent series in Chicago, Moustakas went 0-for-5 and struck out four times. Through the April 28 games, KC had just one player hitting .300 or above - Jorge Bonifacio at an even .300. In addition, the pitching staff is starting to slide. Glass has tightened the purse strings. KC’s future is bleak indeed; the minor league farm system is in a state of decline and what’s left of the key players from the 2014 and 2015 ballclubs are up for free agency after this season. Kansas City isn’t going to slide back into the pit of mediocrity. The team is already there and it’s going to get worse. Glass is an exceptional businessman; the numbers speak for themselves. But there comes a time when you have to spend money to make money and that time is now in KC. It’s doubtful that Mr. Glass is going to subscribe to that theory anytime soon.

Ruelas, Drohman just miss breaking 2:00 in 4x800m relay Kevin Ruelas and Jess Drohman posted career splits in the 4x800m relay and the Scott Community High School boys continue to put together the pieces for a relay that could establish a new school record before season’s end. Ruelas had an impressive leadoff split of 2:00.52 and Drohman anchored the relay with a 2:00.82. The relay finished second to Halstead at the Cheney Invitational, but that was no surprise since two of the relay members were unable to compete. In their place were Conner LeBeau (2:14.98) and Sam Irwin (2:15.12). “Adrian really brought his time down,” says head coach Jim Turner. “He was pretty pumped and

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he deserved to be after an effort like that. “Adrian started out faster than he usually does in order to stay with the Halstead kid and he paid for it at the end, but that’s the kind of race he’ll have to run later on. It was good for him to get a feel for it.” For Drohman, it’s only a matter of time before he breaks two minutes. He ran a :55 first lap and at the 600m mark was timed in 1:25. Drohman wasn’t able to match that time in the open 800m, but was still able to claim a gold medal in 2:04.15. “It came down to heart and Jess showed he wanted it more,” says Turner. “He competed hard and he got the lean at the finish line.”

The Beavers also collected a silver medal in the 4x400m relay (3:32.11) with career best splits from Jarret Jurgens (51.12) and Nick Nowak (54.6). Jurgens added a silver medal in the 200m (23.23) and Nowak was third in the 100m (11.7). Thomas Gets PR Jack Thomas didn’t compete in the 4x800m relay in order to have his legs fresher for what he knew would be tough competition in the 1600m and 3200m. The field included Wichita Collegiate’s Conrad Lakelin, the defending state crosscountry champion who Thomas had run against last fall. The two runners were

locked in a tough dual in the 1600m with Lakelin nudging Thomas by just one-half second. The SCHS sophomore posted a season best of 4:32.49 to finish third in a very tight race. Thomas added a silver in the 3200m (9:57.95). 3 Place in Javelin One of the highlights of the day was three career bests in the javelin. Sophomore Parker Vulgamore improved on his career best by 15 feet with a toss of 141-1 to earn fourth place, followed by Eddie Tilton (140-5, 5th) and Jordan Horn (140-2, 6th). “Parker’s got length and he has a lot of whip in his arm,” Turner says. “He has a lot of potential.”

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7th grade Jays win GB title Julian Lopez was a double gold medalist and the Scott City Middle School seventh grade boys collected championship honors at the Great Bend Invitational on Tuesday. Lopez earned a pair of gold medals in the 400m (59.54) and the high jump (4-10). Efren Tarango was the only other individual champion for SCMS with a time of 5:22.09 in the 1600m. The 4x400m was first in a time of 4:10.63. Relay members were Damian Estrella, Tarango, Erick Castillo and Lopez. The 4x800m relay was clocked at 10:42.95 for

top honors. Competing on the relay were Isaac Mendez, Jaxson Kough, Eric Shapland and Max Contreras. In the eighth grade division, Isaac Tarango was a double winner in the 200m (25.38) and the 400m (56.95). Easton Lorg also collected gold medals in the 200m hurdles (28.35) and the high jump (5-4). Loren Faurot cleared 11-feet for a gold in the pole vault. Winning the 4x400m relay (3:59.27) were Kevin Serrano, Blaine Culp, Harrison King and Lorg.

(Above) Eighth grader Robert Apodaca competes in the 3200m. (Below) Seventh grader Carson Faurot in the triple jump. (Record Photo)

SCHS bats are silent in sweep by Colby When you’re struggling at the plate you have to rely on good pitching and solid defense. The Scott Community High School boys are getting some of the former, but not enough of the latter. “It’s our own mistakes that are costing us runs,” says head coach David Dirks after the Beavers dropped a double-header against Colby on the home field last Friday, 6-3 and 7-1. “It’s not that we haven’t given ourselves chances, but we leave runners stranded and we allow teams to keep innings alive with fielding mistakes.”

Brittan “I’m excited about the talent that is coming up,” Brittan said. “I think the more I compete with them, the more refined their bullfighting will become. They’re fans of mine, and I’m fans of theirs. Some that watched me fight that night tried to do some of the same things I do in their bullfights. “That was a pretty cool feeling to be looked up to like that, but I look up to a lot of these guys by what they’ve accomplished.” Bullfighters Only has showcased true innovation in the sport. There are more spectacular tricks coming from the young

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The Beavers held a 3-2 lead through four innings. Three Colby errors and a lone single by Todd Morris resulted in a pair of fourth inning runs which gave Scott City the lead. However, Colby was able to score in each of the next three frames to escape with the win. Six errors and only four hits told the story for Scott City. Starting pitcher Gus Gonzales limited the Eagles to a pair of hits through 4-2/3 innings in addition to four strikeouts. Justin Faurot accounted for two of Scott City hits with a pair of singles.

Eagles Take Nightcap Colby scored three runs in the first inning and added three more in the fifth in a game that was shortened to just five frames because of nearfreezing temperatures. The only Scott City run came in the bottom of the fifth inning. The Beavers were limited to just three hits. Freshman Kevin Herman was the starting pitcher, scattering five hits over four innings. He also had three strikeouts. The Beavers will host Goodland in a make-up game on Monday starting at 1:00 p.m.

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talent, and Brittan realizes he needs to add something like that to his repertoire. “I need another signature move,” said Brittan, who was the first bullfighter to do a flat-footed jump over a bull two decades ago. “I don’t want to copy what’s been done. “I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve. I’m doing some work on some things. As much working out as I’m doing, I’m excited that I felt as good being back in the arena as I did at my age.” Even at 42, he has exceptional athleticism, plus he brings decades of experience to the arena.

“Just having a bullfighting legend come back and be part of this group is amazing,” Schueth said. ‘He brings a lot to the table plus he’s an awesome bullfighter.” But there are a good number of awesome bullfighters who are in the BFO. Brittan knows what he needs to do to succeed. “We all want to win,” he said. “If we can win in a flashy sort of way and people can walk out of there after seeing something they’ve never seen before, then that’s what we’re there to do. That’s exciting for us and for the fans.”

CA$H PRIZES! 1st Place - $50000 2nd - $25000 • 3rd - $10000

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SCHS Track Cheney Invitational • April 28, 2017 Girl’s Division Pole vault: Madison Shapland, 1st, 9-0. Shot put: Clarissa Ratzlaff, 1st, 35-0. Long jump: Shapland, 4th, 14-11. 300m LH: Emily Smith, 6th, 51.83. 100m: Shapland, 4th, 13.42. 200m: Paige Winderlin,4th, 27.40. 400m: Winderlin, 1st, 61.72; Emily Weathers, 4th, 63.47. 800m: Dulce Ayala, 2nd, 2:29.08. 1600m: Makaela Stevens, 5th, 5:44.22. 3200m: Stevens, 3rd, 12:46.56; Trella Davis, 5th, 12:56.04. 4X100m: Ayala, Aly Tarango, Shapland, Winderlin, 2nd, 53.72. 4x400m: Winderlin, Smith, Weathers, Ayala, 5th, 4:31.48. Boy’s Division Discus: Kyle Sherwood, 3rd(T), 125-6. Javelin: Parker Vulgamore, 4th, 141-1; Eddie Tilton, 5th, 140-5; Jordan Horn, 6th, 140-2. 100m: Nick Nowak, 3rd, 11.70; Jordan Horn, 4th, 11.82. 200m: Jarret Jurgens, 2nd, 23.23. 400m: Adrian Ruelas, 6th, 53.69. 800m: Jess Drohman, 1st, 2:04.15. 1600m: Jack Thomas, 3rd, 4:32.39. 3200m: Thomas, 2nd, 9:57.95. 4x100m: Jurgens, Nowak, Horn, Brandon Winderlin, 2nd, 44.70. 4x400m: Jurgens, Ruelas, Nowak, Drohman, 2nd, 3:31.11. 4x800m: Ruelas, Conner LeBeau, Sam Irwin, Drohman, 2nd, 8:31.73.

SCMS Track May 2, 2017 • at Great Bend 7th Grade Girls Team scores: Scott City 132, Comanche 120, TMP 81, Great Bend 77, Abilene 63, Larned 39, Dodge City 6 Pole vault: Alivia Noll, 1st, 7-0; Alli Patton, 3rd, 6-0. Discus: Madison Westergard, 1st, 79-1; Rhiley Stoppel, 6th, 63-1.25. Shot put: Sadie Hermosillo, 4th, 27-6. Triple jump: Ella Rumford, 6th, 24-0.75. Long jump: Brynn McCormick, 1st, 14-1.5. 100m hurdles: McCormick, 1st, 18.10. 200m hurdles: McCormick, 1st, 33.21; Ashleigh Hickert, 6th,37.58. 100m: Kennedy Holstein, 5th, 14.28. 200m: Holstein, 2nd, 29.56. 400m: McCormick, 1st, 65.71; Holstein, 2nd, 68.05; Patton, 6th, 70.29. 800m: Clare Hawkins, 1st, 2:41.04; Rumford, 6th, 2:51.67. 1600m: Hawkins, 1st, 5:51.30; Noll, 6th, 6:22.02. 4x100m: Tamara Rodriguez, Tori Ford, Stoppel, Brooklyn Zielke, 5th, 62.80. 4x200m: Hichert, Rumford, Zielke, Hermosillo, 6th, 2:13.60. 4x400: Amber Latta, Noll, Patton, Helstein, 2nd, 4:42.77. 4x800m: Noll, Patton, Rumford, Hickert, 2nd, 12:01.32. 7th Grade Boys Team scores: Scott City 130, Comanche 112, TMP 99, Dodge City 62, Larned 46, Great Bend 34, Abilene 34 Pole vault: Carson Faurot, 1st, 8-0; Zach Rohrbough, 4th, 6-6. Discus: Xavier Cluster, 5th, 76-7.25. Shot put: Joshua Jacobson, 6th, 27-11.5. High jump: Julien Lopez, 1st, 4-10. Triple jump: Erick Castillo, 4th, 31-8. Long jump: Faurot, 6th, 14-0. 100m hurdles: Isaac Mendez, 2nd, 17.77; Faurot, 5th, 18.28. 200m hurdles: Lopez, 3rd, 32.47; Mendez, 4th, 33.67. 200m: Damien Estrella, 2nd, 27.24. 400m: Lopez, 1st, 59.54; Estrella, 3rd, 62.19. 800m: Efren Tarango, 2nd, 2:28.10; Max Contreras, 6th, 2:37.88. 1600m: Tarango, 1st, 5:22.09; Mendez, 6th, 5:49.10. 4x100m: Lance Miller, Eric Shapland, Giovanni Vichique, Castillo, 3rd, 54.15. 4x200m: Estrella, Faurot, Miller, Castillo, 2nd, 1:51.73. 4x400: Estrella, Tarango, Castillo, Lopez, 1st, 4:10.63.

4x800m: Mendez, Jaxson Kough, Shapland, Contreras, 1st, 10:42.95. 8th Grade Girls Team scores: TMP 139, Great Bend 115.5, Comanche 93, Scott City 68, Dodge City 65, Larned 38, Abilene 33.5 Pole vault: Abby McDaniel, 2nd, 7-6; Paige Vulgamore, 3rd, 7-0. Discus: Brooke Sherwood, 6th, 62-7.75. Triple jump: Alli Brunswig, 3rd, 29-1.5; Brooke Hoeme, 5th, 27-9.75. 100m hurdles: Vulgamore, 5th, 19.45; Hoeme, 6th, 19.75. 200m hurdles: Hoeme, 3rd, 35.64. 100m: McDaniel, 5th, 14.63. 200m: Judy Wiebe, 3rd, 30.70. 400m: Wiebe, 3rd, 69.92. 1600m: Megan Vance, 4th, 6:40.34. 3200m: Lisa Ivy, 4th, 15:17.03. 4x200m: Hoeme, Vulgamore, Alli Brunswig, Taia Waldrop, 4th, 2:09.58. 4x400m: Wiebe, Vance, Ivy, McDaniel, 3rd, 4:52.70. 4x800m: Vance, Brunswig, Ivy, Daniela Garcia, 4th, 12:32.86. 8th Grade Boys Team scores: Dodge City 157, Scott City 143, Comanche 83, Larned 56, Abilene 55, Great Bend 31, TMP 27 Pole vault: Loren Faurot, 1st, 11-0; Sawyer Stevens, 2nd, 9-6. High jump: Easton Lorg, 1st, 5-4; Blaine Culp, 4th, 5-2. Triple jump: Faurot, 6th, 34-6. Long jump: Harrison King, 6th, 16-0. 100m hurdles: Faurot, 4th, 15.82; Mythius Yeadon, 5th, 17.00. 200m hurdles: Lorg, 1st, 28.35; Faurot, 4th, 30.10; Kevin Serrano, 6th, 31.34. 100m: Isaac Tarango, 2nd, 12.25. 200m: Tarango, 1st, 25.38; Lorg, 5th, 27.01. 400m: Tarango, 1st, 56.95; King, 2nd, 59.04; Serrano, 5th, 60.75. 800m: Tarango, 2nd, 2:12.22; Stevens, 5th, 2:20.67. 1600m: Roberto Apodaca, 5th, 5:40.13; Yeadon, 6th, 5:41.98. 3200m: Apodaca, 2nd, 11:56.40; Jeffrey Nix, 6th, 13:24.97. 4x100m: Connor Cupp, Adam Elder, Yeadon, Nix, 6th, 54.79. 4x200m: Stevens, Culp, Nix, Serrano, 3rd, 1:49.20. 4x400m: Serrano, Culp, King, Lorg, 1st, 3:59.27. 4x800m: Culp, Yeadon, Dutch Turner, Stevens, 1st, 9:51.56.

Reason pyramid about 18-inches tall around and over the plant, open at the top and the water absorbs heat and sunlight to basically create a tiny greenhouse for each plant. Simply remove them when temperatures stabilize. This year I’m also trying three varieties Florida 91, Phoenix and Fourth of July - that are bred to be heat lovers and to set fruit in higher summer temperatures. When setting my plants in the ground, I go a little above-and-beyond also. I dig a hole about the width and depth of a one gallon milk jug. In the hole I put a shovel full of good composted manure. Then I add one-quarter cup of Epson salts, which is magnesium-sulfate that helps combat blossom end rot on the fruit by adding magnesium, and adds sulfur to help grow good sturdy healthy plants. Add in a small amount of the dirt dug from the hole and mix it up a little with your hands. Set the plant in the hole at least six inches deep, pruning off bottom branches if necessary to allow that. This gets the roots down deep immediately to begin feeding and helps the plant develop deep roots sooner to make for a sturdy plant. Water with Miracle Grow Tomato fertilizer or sprinkle a little of the dry crystals in the hole with the epson salt. An overabundance of nitrogen will cause the plant to grow like gangbusters, but tomato fertilizer is low in nitrogen and high in Phosphate and Potash which the plant needs to produce blossoms and to set fruit. As the season progresses, if your vines are growing well but have few blossoms, feed them with fertilizer high in both Phosphate and Potash. If

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the vines don’t seem to be growing, feed them a little nitrogen. I like to water each individual tomato plant at its base which puts the water immediately where it needs to be rather than all over the garden or all over the plants foliage. To help accomplish this, I get empty one gallon cans from the local nursing home kitchen, cut the bottoms from them and place them around each plant, pushing them a couple inches into the ground. To water, simply put a couple inches of water into each can once a week. I also try to cover the bare ground between plants with either black weed barrier or with black plastic garbage bags, weighted down with small pieces of brick or with flower pots. This is a good place to put pieces of broken pots turned upside-down to create what my wife calls “Toad Abodes,” hiding spots for toads during the heat of the day. It doesn’t get much better than to have natures best bug collectors living right there amongst the plants; sort of like the fox living in the henhouse. Well there you have a few tips I use to grow tomatoes each year. We eat some fresh during the season, but most of our tomatoes are frozen as we get them and used to make homemade tomato soup from a recipe my mom used. There is absolutely nothing like a hot bowl of homemade tomato soup and a grilled cheese sandwich on a cold evening. I imagine lots of you readers also have “tomato tips” you have developed over the years, and if you’d like to share them, send them to me and if I get enough I’ll make an entire column out of them. Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

7th grade Jays 1st at GB

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Hawkins just shy of 1600m record Shattering her own personal best by seven seconds, Clare Hawkins came within fractions of a second of breaking the 1600m record in the seventh grade division at Scott City Middle School. The SCMS distance runner kept her unbeaten streak alive this season with a gold medal performance at the Great Bend Invitational on Tuesday. Hawkins posted a winning time of 5:51.3 - 10 seconds ahead of the runner-up. She is just 3/100 of a second off the school record of 5:51.27 set in 2000 by Heather Edwards. She was on pace to beat her goal of 5:40 and get the school record with a 2:50 pace through the first 800, but dropped off that pace over the final two laps. “What I like about Clare is that she’s never satisfied,” says girl’s head coach Todd Richardson. “I think that as soon as she finishes one race she’s already setting a new goal for her next race. “Very few girls have been able to push her this season. I think her biggest competition is herself.” Hawkins added another gold medal in the 800m (2:41.04), finishing 18/100 of a second ahead of her nearest rival from Great Bend. Win Team Title The Lady Bluejays (132) won top honors in the seven team field ahead of Dodge City Comanche (120), Hays TMP (81) and Great Bend (77). Another big contributor to the team title was Brynn McCormick who won four gold medals. McCormick (65.71) led a 1-2 Scott City finish in the 400m, finishing ahead of teammate Kennedy Holstein (68.05). She also completed a sweep in the 100m hurdles (18.1) and the 200m hurdles (33.21). With a leap of 14-1 1/2, McCormick also finished three inches ahead of the runner-up in the long jump. Holstein added a silver medal in the 200m (29.56) and was a member of the second place 4x400m relay (4:42.77) that

finished just 29/100 of a second behind TMP. Other relay members were Amber Latta, Alivia Noll and Alli Patton. “Clare, Brynn and Kennedy are capable of scoring 70 points in most meets, which is pretty impressive,” noted Richardson. “They’re competitors who are always looking to get better.” The 4x800m relay also claimed a silver medal in 12:01.32. Relay members were Noll, Patton, Ella Rumford and Ashleigh Hickert. Noll (7-feet) and Patton (6-feet) finished first and third, respectively, in the pole vault. McDaniel 2nd in Vault Abby McDaniel (7-foot-6) and Paige Vulgamore (7-foot) finished second and third respectively in the pole vault in the eighth grade division. Judy Wiebe had a solid day on the track with bronze medals in the 200m (30.7) and the 400m (69.92) in addition to running in the leadoff position on the 4x400m relay (4:52.7) which also finished third. Other relay members were Megan Vance, Lisa Ivey and McDaniel. Career bests in the triple jump earned Alli Brunswig (29-1 1/2) a third place finish while Brooke Hoeme (27-9 3/4) finished fifth. “Alli had been stuck around the 28-10 mark and I’ve been working with her and Brooke to get more air time on the second phase. Both girls put in a lot of effort and it paid off with both of them having their best jumps ever,” says Richardson. “If Alli can get another jump over 29-feet she has a chance at winning league next week.” Hoeme was also a bronze medalist in the 200m hurdles (35.64) Vance (6:40.34) added a fourth place finish in the 800m and Ivey was fourth in the 3200m with a time of 15:17.03. The 4x200m relay was fourth in 2:09.58. Competing on the relay were Hoeme, Vulgamore, Brunswig and Taia Waldrop. Scott City (68) finished fourth in the team standings behind TMP (139), Great Bend (115.5) and Dodge City Comanche (93).

(Above) Ella Rumford takes the baton from Ashley Hickert in the 4x800m relay. (Below) Eighth grader Lisa Ivey competes in the 3200m. (Record Photos)

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What next, an earthquake?

Spring blizzard not enough stop livestock show

Three years ago, those competing in the Scott County Showdown Livestock Show had to take shelter from a nearby tornado on the opening night of competition. Last year, it was a downpour with cold temperatures. This year, the event was moved to the indoor arena at the county fairgrounds because of snow and mud on Saturday, followed by a full-blown blizzard on Sunday. “Next year, we’re planning for an earthquake,” joked Scott City’s Lori Vasquez. After the rare spring storm brought everything in the region to a standstill on Sunday, anything may be possible. Despite an initial snowfall of about four inches and temperatures hovering around the freezing mark, youngsters showed more than 250 animals on Saturday. The threat of snow cut participation by about half on the first day of the livestock judging contest. With the prospect of even more snow arriving on Sunday, many participants left immediately after Saturday’s judging. Those who didn’t leave early were stranded in town or at the fairgrounds. “Everyone figured they were already here and there was nowhere else to go, so why not go ahead with the judging on Sunday,” noted Anne Lampe, a Showdown board member and event organizer. Judging Season Begins For Trace Mulligan, it was a rare chance to compete close to home and start what will be a busy spring for the Scott County 4-Her. “It’s the first show so it gives us an idea of what we can maybe expect for the rest of the season,” says the 18-year-old who breeds and raises his own show hogs. “If our pigs do well here then we have a good feel for how they’ll do on down the road. The pigs that I thought were going to do well, did well. I’ve been showing long enough that I can pretty well identify which pigs will do well in contests.” It’s still early in the season for most of Mulligan’s hogs, so he wasn’t too concerned when some didn’t finish as high as he would normally expect. He still expects big things from his York gilt as she matures during the show season and into the summer. “She’s a little raw, but she’s young and I know how successful her mom was last year (a Kansas State Fair champion). I know what she’ll be like, so I’m not too worried right now. I think she’s pretty special and down the road she’s going to be pretty tough to beat.” Mulligan will be taking his pigs to the eastern Kansas swine show series which kicks off at Holton this weekend. He will be competing in the series every weekend through mid-June. In addition to the show series, Mulligan is also preparing pigs for a couple of expos and other events prior to the Scott County Fair in late July. ‘Outstanding’ Quality Miles Toenyes, Highland, Ill., who judged the swine and lambs, expects high quality animals when he travels to Kansas and he wasn’t disappointed. “This show ranks among the best in the country, without a doubt,” says Toenyes, who judges between 35-50 shows across the nation. “Kansas does this as well as anyone in terms of promoting their youth and teaching them how to show their livestock.” While he sees high quality animals at every show, he says that Kansas youth show top livestock in all categories. “All of these kids know agriculture and they know how to work,” he noted. What impressed him most was the ability of the youth to show their animals well in the ring despite some difficult circumstances. “It’s the first show of the season for most of them, it’s 30 degrees outside and there’s snow,” he said. “The way the kids were able to drive them in the ring showed me how much they have worked with these animals.” This was the first year that the Scott City show had been extended to two days. Because of the show’s quality and the way it’s operated, it’s become a popular stop for many young livestock showmen. Lampe feels that the youth and their parents appreciated the way the show was run, despite a difficult situation, and many will return next year. “There will be some great stories that people can tell over the next few years,” she adds.

(Top) Five-yearold Claire Collins, Frederick, Ok., yawns after a long day in the Scott County Showdown on Saturday. She was competing in the pee wee showmanship division. Claire is the granddaughter of Charlie and Darla Moore, Modoc. (Above left) Zach Rohrbough, Scott City, sets up his steer during Saturday’s show. (Above right) Judge Miles Toenyes explains why he ranked the winners as he did during the swine show. (Right) Trace Mulligan, Scott City, shows one of his pigs. (Record Photos)

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Farm

Taxpayers get a big return from investment in ag

With overall spending on farm policy coming in at only one quarter of one percent of the entire federal budget, U.S. taxpayers are getting a great return on investment with access to safe, abundant, inexpensive food and fiber. Mechel “Mickey” Paggi, an economist with National Crop Insurance Services, points out that as U.S. farm policies have evolved, taxpayers save more than they had in the past, due in part to changes in crop insurance’s cost-sharing structure. Farmers have “skin in the game,” he notes, because they have to pay a premium to get protection. In fact, farmers have spent almost $50 billion out of pocket since 2000, and they shoulder at least 25% of any loss before indemnities kick in. “It’s a far cry from the old days of the ad hoc disaster bills, where taxpayers were on the hook for 100% of the payout,” he says. Since the 2014 Farm Bill was enacted, crop insurance has come in more than $3 billion under budget, Paggi says. NCIS president Tom Zacharias adds that much is at stake as the next farm bill gets crafted. “That (crop insurance) safety net will collapse if crop insurance policies aren’t widely available, aren’t affordable to producers, and aren’t economically viable to be administered by efficient private insurance providers,” he says.

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Anger brewing with WSM epidemic, cost to producers In one of the most severe and extensive wheat streak mosaic epidemics in untold years, Western Kansas farmers are not happy. And they’re letting their attorneys, legislators and farm organizations know about. Last week, Jim Shroyer, K-State Extension wheat specialist emeritus, drove 100 miles through westcentral Kansas from Wallace County to our Lane County farm and

harvesting.

streak mosaic. In central

here to Colby and also observed that about every second or third wheat field was yellowed from the disease. This is hardly a Western Kansas problem. Both University of Nebraska and Oklahoma State University agronomists and pathologists report heavy viral disease pressure largely from wheat

virus which is another viral disease transmitted from uncontrolled volunteer wheat to the newly planted crop. Not only that, earlier this week, I got a call from a Montana farmer who credits his neighbors negligence in controlling volunteer with a $65,000 loss on his spring wheat.

Wheat and more On Tuesday afternoon, Kansas, there is also a lot . . . or less Louise and I drove from of barley yellow dwarf by Vance Ehmke

said that about every third field was infected with this viral disease. While here, Jim and I drove about six miles north, one mile west and back six miles south to our farm. In that trip he said every field we passed was infected. Some of these fields will not be worth

(See EPIDEMIC on page 31)

Wheat suffers 1-2 punch on state tour Day two of the Wheat Quality Council’s Hard Winter Wheat Tour across Kansas started off slowly, as scouts weren’t able to evaluate many of the fields in the western third of the state. About 70 scouts left Colby early on May 3 and made their way south and east across the state, end-

ing up in Wichita by evening. The average yield for the day between 18 cars and 205 stops was 46.9 bushels per acre. This was down from 49.3 bushels per acre over the same area last year. Even before winter storm Ursa crippled the western third of the state over the weekend,

the wheat was struggling. Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus (WSMV) had already moved into the area. Weather conditions started off with adequate moisture in the fall, but went downhill after the beginning of October, so there were poor stands in many fields.

“WSMV was really bad in the western two tiers of counties,” said Kansas Wheat’s Aaron Harries, vice-president of Research and Operations. It wasn’t until cars reached Hodgeman County to the east and Meade County to the south that the snow disap(See WHEAT on page 31)

Protectionism is not the future of agriculture trade Craige Mackenzie DroversCattleNetwork

The best way to predict the future is to create it. Some attribute this clever line to Abraham Lincoln and others to Peter Drucker. Yet it doesn’t matter who said it because the point remains the same: We are the

authors of our own destiny. My country of New Zealand has chosen a future of free trade. It’s already an essential part of our present: We rely on foreign markets, especially in agriculture. I milk about 1,100 dairy cows on several hundred hectares. Virtually all of

Cover crop field day at K-State’s HB Ranch May 19 Kansas State University will host a Cover Crop Field Day on Fri., May 19, 9:30 a.m. at the K-State HB Ranch in southeast Trego County. The ranch is at 39008 147 Highway in Brownell. K-State researchers will discuss ongoing research efforts at the HB Ranch evaluating cover crop management options for farmers growing dryland wheat. Soil quality, nutrient cycling, weed and pest suppression and wind erosion reduction can be improved through the use of cover crops, but their use is not widely popular where water is limited because of the water they use. Harvesting cover crops for forage, however, can help increase profitability and offset revenue losses linked to any decreases in wheat yield. Field day presentations include: K-State cover crop research update; Tour of cover crop plots; Cover crops and beneficial insects; On-farm cover crop research update; Cover crops and soil health; and Grazing cover crops. Lunch will be served. There is no fee to attend, but signup is requested by May 12 by calling 785-625-3425 or email milissa@ksu.edu.

their milk will ship to customers in other countries. We produce high-quality dairy products from a farming system that has a reputation for being clean and green, allowing us to supply the higher end of the market. We also have a seed production farm, growing ryegrass, fescue, hybrid

carrot, hybrid radish, and others. About half of these seeds will be taking root in the soil of New Zealand - and the rest will sprout elsewhere, under the care of farmers across the seas. Overall, New Zealand exports an enormous amount of what we grow and make. We also import many products, especial-

LIP can assist with losses from recent storm USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers a livestock indemnity program (LIP) for livestock producers affected by an eligible winter storm or blizzard conditions, or a period of extreme cold. Producers who have suffered livestock death losses can file a notice of loss with the local FSA. Notice must be filed in the county office within 30 days of the loss of livestock. Livestock owners will need to provide documentation of the number and kind of livestock that have died, supplemented if possible by such items as, but

not limited to photographs or video records to document the loss (dated if possible); livestock purchase records, veterinarian records, production records, bank or other loan documents; and written contracts, private insurance records and other similar documents. Applicants must provide adequate proof that the deaths occurred as a direct result of the adverse weather event. More information is available at www.fsa.usda.gov; search for “LIP”. To file a notice contact the Scott County FSA office (872-3230) for an appointment.

ly manufactured goods such as cars, trucks, and machinery. That’s why so many of us support the TransPacific Partnership, a trade agreement that seeks to link many of the nations around the Pacific Rim. This alliance once included the United States, which is New Zealand’s

third-largest trading partner, following China and Australia. In January, however, President Trump announced America’s exit from TPP. The withdrawal was a major disappointment because trade makes us all better. Competition drives efficiency, which is

Market Report

Weather

Closing prices on May 3, 2017 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 3.59 White Wheat ....... $ 3.59 Milo .................... $ 2.70 Corn ................... $ 3.20 Soybeans (new crop) $ 8.39 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.48 White Wheat ....... $ 3.48 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.70 Corn.................... $ 3.20 Soybeans ........... $ 8.39 Sunflowers.......... $ ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........

(See TRADE on page 31)

April 25

61 45

April 26

58 34

April 27

66 36 .81

April 28

60 35 .36

April 29

35 32 1.31

April 30

34 31 1.71

May 1

49 31

Moisture Totals

Snowfall: April 29 April 30

6 inches 9 inches

April 5.79 2017 Total

$ 3.53 $ 2.70 $ 3.20 $ 8.40 $ 12.05

10.02

Food Facts There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples grown in the world.

Epidemic He was wondering what his legal recourse was. KSU Extension plant pathologist Erick DeWolf further reports that wheat streak mosaic has been steadily moving eastward in Kansas. Depending on when the new wheat crop got infected, yield loss can range from moderate to severe and can lead to a total loss and abandonment. Like the Montana farmer, many Kansas farmers are quite unhappy with their neighbor’s negligence. Volunteer wheat is the intermediate host for the viral disease and is transmitted to the newly planted wheat crop by a microscopic wind-blown wheat curl mite. The solution to the problem is simple. Kill the volunteer at least two weeks ahead of planting. Affects Yield History Rick Horton, Leoti, adds that losses from wheat streak mosaic aren’t limited to just this year’s yield loss. He notes that if a wheat yield of 70 bushels per acre is reduced to 20 or 30, the high number will not be averaged into your crop insurance yield history, meaning you’ll have lower crop insurance protection for years into the future. Worse yet, the low number will be averaged in and will reduce the coverage even more. He also points out one

Trade

Wheat

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way farmers have to skirt problems with WSM is to plant later. But especially in years like last year, if you wait to plant, you run the risk of losing your topsoil moisture and coming up with a poor stand or no stand at all. Consequently, Rick is in favor of taking action which could include writing laws to enable farmers to force their neighbors into controlling volunteer wheat. He says there is good precedent in ag law. For instance, “If my herbicides drift over onto a neighbor and harm his crops, I’m liable. Why shouldn’t I be liable if my wheat streak mosaic drifts over onto a neighbor?” Noted ag law expert Roger McEowen says he has been inundated with calls and e-mails from area farmers asking what legal recourse they have. Roger says he has never seen so many people up in arms like this before. McEowen points out there are some legal remedies available through legislative action in Topeka. “I have been trying to make that point to the Kansas legislature for the past 20 years that they at least need to consider adding volunteer wheat to the noxious weed list,” he says. Once listed as a noxious weed, farmers would have some real teeth in forcing their neighbors to control their volunteer. State Rep. Don

Hineman, Dighton, has expressed his concerns to the Kansas Secretary of Agriculture and has encouraged that department, as well as the K-State Extension Service, to dramatically step up their efforts to educate - and shame - farmers into doing the responsible thing voluntarily. He also proposes an industry-wide summit on the problem. As far as legislative action, Don has some questions. “For instance, do we mandate everyone kill their volunteer wheat? If so, by what date? Would the law be statewide or apply only to Western Kansas? How would we enforce the mandate, who would be responsible for enforcement and what would be the penalties?” K-State is stepping up to the challenge. Romulo Lollato, Extension wheat specialist, and Erick DeWolf, plant pathologist, are well aware of the problem and are developing educational efforts to help solve the problem. K-State wheat breeders are also working with some exciting new lines of resistance to the disease, but that won’t help with the current epidemic. The bottom line is that there are many solutions to this simple problem. After this year’s widespread disaster, let’s get something done. Let’s move ahead on all fronts.

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peared and scouts were able to start making yield assessments. Harries said, “Wheat in south-central Kansas really looks good. There’s obviously plenty of moisture. Most of the fields we stopped in today were pretty clean. Yields might not be quite as high just because some of the stands are a little thin-

ner. We did stop at some fields that are projected to be above 70 bushels an acre, so there’s pretty good potential here. “The one thing we’re having trouble determining is freeze damage. It seems that we’re still a little bit early to see the impact of that freeze about a week ago.” He says the biggest dis-

ease issue in south-central Kansas was barley yellow dwarf and some reports of rust. “I’ve heard some reports of some rust, but it looks like folks have been pretty active in spraying, and I’m sure if the weather dries out and warms up, we’ll see a lot more of that.”

Cost Share Program Extended!

Through August 31, 2017 Western Kansas Groundwater Management’s cost share program has been extended and includes:

Moisture

Probes EC Field Mapping Mobile Drip Irrigigation

Bubblers

Sub Surface Drip

Applications Available At:

www.GMD1.Org or 906 W. 5th St., Scott City (620) 872-5563

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a key trait of any healthy economy. Protectionism does the opposite. Although it may please a few politicians and special interests, it hurts the rest of us. Its inefficiency reduces opportunities for workers and entrepreneurs, hikes prices on consumers, and makes everyone poorer. Nobody gets rich when they sell only to themselves. Despite this, the finance ministers at the G20 summit in Germany last month refused to condemn protectionism. At the insistence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, they dropped the language that they had used just last year: “We will resist all forms of protectionism.” Instead, the officials issued a bland and unsatisfying statement that merely noted “the contribution of trade to our economies.” Here in New Zealand, we don’t just celebrate trade and resist protectionism - we actively search for new ways to trade with willing partners. That’s why we’ll forge ahead with TPP, even though it most likely won’t include the United States. By reducing tariffs, TPP will save New Zealanders hundreds of millions of dollars per year, allowing our economy to grow by some $2 billion per year between now and 2030. It won’t be as good as a TPP that includes the United States, but it will still be good. TPP is a beneficial trad-

ing platform for us and if we’re going to trade agricultural goods as well as other products equitably with Pacific nations, we need to be part of a larger group. We expect most of the other TPP nations to choose to move forward as well. Leaders in Australia, Canada, and Malaysia have expressed enthusiasm for a post-Trump TPP. What it means for Vietnam is less clear: Its leaders were very keen on U.S. involvement. China was never a part of TPP and it won’t join now, but everybody in the region trades heavily with it. America’s withdrawal now opens a chance for China to expand its influence. I doubt that Beijing will be able to write the rules of Pacific trade, as some have feared, but it will use this moment to strengthen existing relationships and create new ones. The last American president, Barack Obama, used to talk about how the United States should “pivot” to Asia. The Trump administration, however, has turned its back on TPP. So a pivot may in fact happen - but it won’t involve Americans. I won’t try to predict the future - but I’ll gladly participate in its creation, knowing that we still have the power to choose a future that rejects protectionism and embraces free trade. Craige Mackenzie serves as a board member of the Global Farmer Network (www.globalfarmernetwork. org).

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The Scott County Record • Page 32 • Thursday, May 4, 2017

Call 872-2090 today!

Per Week

The Scott County Record Professional Directory

There’s no better way to reach your potential customers in Scott County and the surrounding areas.

Agriculture

Preconditioning and Growing

• 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Oﬃce - 872-5150 • Scott City Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951

Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal

620-379-4430

Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal

Fully Insured

Pro Ex II

Over 20 Years Experience

• Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles

Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential

• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites

John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com

Construction/Home Repair

Walker Plumbing, Inc.

ELLIS AG SERVICES • Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Custom Harvesting

Backhoe & Trenching services • Irrigation & gas leak repairs • Full-line irrigation parts T-L center pivot dealer Floor heat systems Pump & install septic systems Boring equipment

423 S. Mesquite Rd. • Scott City • 872-2130

Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160

Automotive

Office • 620-872-5344 Jeromy Lisenby • 620-214-3247

P.O. Box 14 • Scott City

Sager’s Pump Service

Cell: 874-4486 • Oﬃce 872-2101

Faurot Electric, Inc.

CHAMBLESS ROOFING Residential

All Types of Roofing

Commercial

Cedar Shake and Shingle Specialists Return to Craftsmanship Attention to Detail and Quality Guaranteed 620-872-2679 • 1-800-401-2683

RT Plumbing Rex Turley, Master Plumber

Residental and Commercial Plumbing Water Systems, water lines, sewer cleaning faucets and fixtures, garbage diposals and more

Marienthal, Ks.

620-909-5014 (H) • 620-874-4128 (C)

SPENCER PEST CONTROL RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870

Landscaping • Lawn/Trees

Call 872-2090 today!

Per Week

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Professional Directory Continued

Medical

Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted

We welcome new patients. 324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933

Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

www.reganjewelers.com

412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142

Brent Rogers

Sales Consultant b.rogers@officesolutionsinc.biz

Office (620) 276-3131 Toll Free 1-800-794-9052 Cell (620) 874-0014 Fax (620) 276-8876 1007 N. 8th, Garden City, KS 67846 www.officesolutionsinc.biz

Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd Optometrist

Kansas Classifieds Ad Network

The classified ads below are appearing in 147 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 500,000 the classified display ads appear in 142 Kansas newspapers with a total circulation of 457,000. KCAN line ad is $300 for up to 25 words and $12 each additional word. A 2x2 display ad is $800 per insertion and a 2x4 display ad is $1,650 per insertion. To find out more, contact The Scott County Record at 872-2090.

Homes

For Sale

UPDATING YOUR BATHROOM? It doesn’t have to be expensive or take weeks to complete. BathWraps makes it easy. Call 855-324-2317 today for a free in home consultation. ––––––––––––––––––––– SAVE YOUR HOME. Behind on your mortgage? Denied a loan modification? Is the bank threatening foreclosure? Call Homeowner’s Relief Line now for help. 855401-4513. ––––––––––––––––––––– FED UP WITH CLUTTER? Get great real-life organizing solutions that make your life easier. www.clevercontainer.com/7695.

WALK-IN TUBS. Save $1,500 if you own your home and its value is $100k+. Free heated seat ($600 value). America’s favorite brand. Call 844285-5611. ––––––––––––––––––––– FAST INTERNET. HughesNet Satellite Internet. High-speed. Available anywhere. Speeds to 25 mbps. Starting at $49.99/mo. Call for limited time price. 877-578-8005 (Mon-Fri 8am-8pm CT). ––––––––––––––––––––– SWITCH TO DIRECTV. From $50/Month, includes FREE Genie HD/DVR & 3 months HBO, SHOWTIME, CINEMAX, STARZ. Get a $50 Gift Card. Call 888683-1682 (Mon-Fri 8am9pm CT). ––––––––––––––––––––– 40-FOOT GRADE A steel cargo containers. $1,650 in KC. $1,950 in Solomon, Ks. 20s, 45s, 48s and 53s also available. Call (785) 655-9430 or go on-line to Chuckhenry. com for pricing, availability and freight estimates. ––––––––––––––––––––– SAWMILLS from only $4,397. Make and save money with your own bandmill. Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info/DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills. com. 1-800-578-1363 Ext.300N.

Medical

20/20 Optometry

Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses

Complete family eye center! 106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 214-1462

Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center (Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”... Technology Lead Chiropractic

Dr. James Yager 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606

Services

Services Provided:

Marriage and Family Therapy • Individual Psychotherapy Psychiatric Evaluations • Drug and Alcohol Counseling Mediation • Child Psychology • Psychological Evaluations Group Therapy • Pre-marital Counseling 24-Hour Emergency Answering Service

204 S. College, Scott City • (620) 872-5338

Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”

For all your auction needs call:

(620) 375-4130

Russell Berning Box Q • Leoti

Horizon Health For your home medical supply and equipment needs! We service and repair all that we sell. 1602 S. Main • Scott City • 872-2232 Toll Free : 1-866-672-2232

Retail

VIAGRA/CIALIS users. There’s a cheaper alternative than high drug store prices. 50 pills. Special $99. Free shipping. 100% guaranteed. Call now. 855-850-3904. ––––––––––––––––––––– OXYGEN. Anytime. Anywhere. No tanks to refill. No deliveries. The all new Inogen One G4 is only 2.8 pounds. FAA approved! Free info kit: 844-359-3973. ––––––––––––––––––––– DIGITAL HEARING aids. Now offering a 45-day risk free offer. Free batteries for life. Call to start your free trial. 877687-4650. ––––––––––––––––––––– LIVING WITH KNEE or back pain? Medicare recipients may qualify to receive a pain relieving brace at little or no cost. Call now. 855-796-7301.

Misc. DO YOU OWE over $10,000 to the IRS or state in back taxes? Our firm works to reduce the tax bill or zero it out completely fast. Call 866-7580134 (M-F 8-8 CT). ––––––––––––––––––––– DONATE YOUR CAR to charity. Receive maximum value of write off for your taxes. Running or not. All conditions accepted. Free pick-up. Call for details. 844-268-9386. Is your subscription paid?

Truck Driving GREAT PLAINS TRUCKING, Salina, is hiring OTR tractor-trailer flatbed drivers looking for a career. Our drivers travel 48 U.S. states. We offer well-maintained equipment, excellent home time, compensation and benefits package. Contact Brett or Judy at 785-823-2261 or brettw@ gptrucking.com, judym@ gptrucking.com or fill out an online application at www.gptrucking.com.

Legal Aid DIAGNOSED WITH mesothelioma or asbestos lung cancer? If so, you and your family may be entitled to a substantial financial award. We can help you get cash quick. Call 24/7: 855-510-4274.

Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock! COMPARE OUR PRICES!

We have Reverse Osmosis units in stock. Remember us for parts in stock for all brands of all appliances. Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.

Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686

Networktronic, Inc.

Computer Sales, Service and Repair Custom computers! Networking solutions! Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300

All Under One Roof

Revcom Electronics

Your RadioShack Dealer Two-way Radio Sales & Service Locally owned and operated since 1990

1104 Main • Scott City • 872-2625

Northend Disposal A garbologist company. Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371

Dining

Classifieds

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Buy, sell, trade, one call does it all 872-2090 or fax 872-0009

Classified Ad Deadline: Monday at 5:00 p.m.

Classified Ad Rate: 20¢ per word. Minimum charge, $5. Blind ad: $2.50 per week extra. Card of thanks: 10¢ per word. Minimum charge, $3. Classified Display Ad rate: $6.50 per column inch.

Classified advertising must be paid in advance unless business account is established. If not paid in advance, there will be a $1 billing charge. Tear sheet for classified ad will be $1 extra.

Garage Sale

For Sale

1107 Antelope • Scott City

FRIGIDAIRE STAINLESS STEEL REFRIGERATOR for sale. Tradition top freezer, bottom fridge. Purchased in Fall of 2013. Has been in storage for two years. Works perfectly. $500. Call 316259-4150. 1716tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– TRACTOR FOR SALE 1994 8830 Ford New Holland tractor. 170 horsepower, dual 18.442 radials, three point with quick hitch, three remotes; re-plumbed to operate high capacity hyd. motors. 4,000 recent shop work. Call 620-8722291. Leave message if no answer.

Friday, May 5 • 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, May 6 • 8:00 a.m. to noon Boy’s, men’s, and women’s clothing, household items, and miscellaneous items.

Agriculture

Rentals

WANT TO BUY. Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information. 1-800-579-3645. Lane County Feeders, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANT TO BUY. Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders, 44tfc 397-5341. ––––––––––––––––––––– BLACK ANGUS BULLS, Registered, tested, 2-yearolds, yearlings, heifer bulls. Delivery, conformation, performance. Call: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse 620-384-1101. ––––––––––––––––––––– REGISTERED ANGUS yearling and 2 year old bulls. Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Ks. 7853517t22c 332-6206. ––––––––––––––––––––– 26 REGISTERED ANGUS Open Replacement heifers. Weight 750 lbs. Ready to breed, number freeze branded. Willing to sell without registrations. Crooked Creek Angus, St. Francis, Ks. 785-3326206. 3517t5c

HIDE AND SEEK STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, 41tfc 620-874-2120. ––––––––––––––––––––– PLAINJAN’S RENTAL houses and duplexes. Stop by the office or call 62005tfc 872-5777. ––––––––––––––––––––– PRIME RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE in downtown Garden City. 309 N. Main, 1,800 sq/ft. $1,400 per month. Call 620-2760891. ––––––––––––––––––––– MOBILE HOME FOR RENT. Older model 14x70 mobile home. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath. No pets. No smoking. $450 per month, water, trash service and Wi-Fi included. One month deposit required in advance. Call Pine Tree RV Park 620-872-3076 for rental application.

Help Wanted FEMALE PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT wanted. Must be reliable. Some duties include house cleaning, laundry, some meal prep and setting up meds. Must have reliable transportation to take client to church, appointments and errands. Must have references. Background check mandatory upon applying. Call 620-872-5291. 3817t2p

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––––––––––––––––––––– ROOM FOR RENT. Female only. $325 per month. Non-drinker/ smoker. Laundry access, kitchen use and cable TV. Must like pets. Must show proof of income and have references. Room ready in May. Call 620-872-5921. ––––––––––––––––––––– HOUSE FOR RENT in Scott City. 3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, basement, and single attached garage. Central heat and air. NO SMOKING and NO PETS! Water, trash and lawn paid for. Must have references. Rents for $900. Call 620-874-8014 for more information. 3917t3c

Services WANTED: Yards to mow and clean up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 34tfc 874-4135. –––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing. Lawn mower tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 4015tfc 874-1412. –––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tune-up and blade sharpening. Super Dooper Pooper Scooper. Call Rob Vsetecka at 620-2144515tfc 1730. ––––––––––––––––––––– SUNNY DAZE cleaning, cooking, assisting with all your daily needs! If you need help, call Linda at 360-355-4058. Affordable and satisfaction guaran3417t8p teed.

is accepting for the purchaseCity of: Citybidsof Scott

A New Street Sweeper

Perfection Plus!

Specifications can be obtained at City Hall.

All bids must be sealed in an envelope marked “Street Sweeper Bid.” You’ll love this gorgeous older home that has been totally updated! 4 bedrooms, a huge family room and storm basement. Also, finished, heated garage for dad. There’s even 2 bedrooms and a bath above the garage. Can be an income producing Bed and Breakfast or your own private home.

Affordable!

Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. June 5, 2017.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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City of Scott City is accepting bids for: MOWING AT SCOTT CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

4 bedroom, 1 1/2 story home with huge 38 ft. x 32 ft. shop for dad! Only $65,000.

Lots of Lots!

Excellent west location for new construction or modular or mobile home.

Lawrence and Associates

Deb Lawrence, GRI Broker Shorty Lawrence, Sales Assoc. 513 Main • Scott City 872-5267 ofc. 872-7184 hm. lawrenceandassocrealty.com Sheila Ellis, Broker Assoc. 872-2056 Kerry Gough, Sales Assoc. 872-7337 Russell Berning, 874-4405 www.berningauction.com Maranda Cersovsky, 874-8332 Serving Dighton and Healy

Specifications can be obtained at City Hall. All bids must be sealed in an envelope marked “Airport Mowing.” Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. May 15, 2017.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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City of Scott City is accepting bids for: Five (5) Computers and Installation (separate bids)

Specifications can be obtained at City Hall. All bids should be placed in a sealed envelope marked “Computer bid” and will be opened after 7:30 p.m. during the council meeting on May 15, 2017.

Bids will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. June 5, 2017.

The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. 8:00 p.m. 807 Kingsley Last Saturday of the month Birthday Night • 6:30 p.m. All open meetings 214-4188 • 214-2877

Dighton Thursday • 8:30 p.m. 535 Wichita St. All open meetings 620-397-2647

We have room for you!

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Employment Opportunities Scott County Health Department is accepting applications for a Full-Time RN Applicants must: • Have a nursing license in Kansas

West 1/2 of 19-17-32

296 acres of irrigated and CRP land

Position offers: • 40 hour work week (8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., M-F) • Excellent benefits • Vacation time and sick days accrued • Paid holidays • Competitive salary

Scott County Hospital Has Openings for the Following Positions PATIENT CARE Acute Care RNs - FT Night Shift Physical Therapist - FT PACU/Circulating RN - FT Operating Room Supervisor RN - FT

Applications may be obtained at and returned to: Scott County Health Department 204 S. College Scott City, Ks. 67871

Scott County Land for Sale

For more information contact: Lawrence and Assoc. Realty - 620-872-5267 or Russell Berning - 620-874-4405 3717t3c

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Logan County Manor Oakley, Ks. is seeking a Director of Nursing in a 45 bed long-term care facility.

Applicants for these positions are required to be able to read, speak and understand English. Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus. We offer competitive pay and great benefits. Applications are available on our website at www.scotthospital.net or call 620-872-7772 for more information.

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Position Requires: • Kansas nursing license • Strong leadership skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities Position offers: • Competitive wages • KPERS • Health insurance • Excellent PTO

E.O.E.

Call for more information 785-672-1333 Check us out at www.logancountyhospital.org

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Kansas schools could lose funding under Trump budget proposal If President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget blueprint for the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is enacted, Kansas schools could lose $60 million in federal funding that supports smaller class sizes, after-school and summer school programs and the education of military-connected children. The proposal also adds $1.4 billion in increased funding for school choice programs. Federal funding comprises roughly eight percent of the state’s education revenue stream. The Trump administration released its budget blueprint in mid-March. The preliminary document sets overall goals and key priorities for federal agencies, with detailed departmental budgets scheduled to be released next month. While Congress traditionally makes substantive changes to presidential budget proposals, the volatile nature of the Trump presidency’s initial months and Congressional inaction on appropriations for the current fiscal year raises the prospect that some harmful proposals for 2018 could become law unless constituents make their voices heard. Title II The proposed 2018 blueprint for DOE eliminates the “Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants Program” (Title II) funding. Kansas school districts would lose $17 million to $18 million that has been used to deliver critical professional development for teachers, hire additional staff to reduce class sizes, provide teacher professional development, improve classroom technology integration, conduct in-service train-

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ing, promote STEM initiatives and many other programs. Elimination of federal funding for those initiatives would likely shift the cost to alreadystrained state general fund and local school district budgets. 21st Century Centers The Trump DOE budget blueprint also calls for the elimination of the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, which supports beforeand after-school programs as well as summer programs. The proposed elimination would cost Kansas roughly $8 million that local boards of education have used to provide learning opportunities in the wake of state budget cuts.

Contributions from local individuals and businesses are bringing free yogurt back to Scott City Elementary School. McCarty Family Farms had been providing free yogurt for the school until a couple of years ago when problems with delivery and storage stopped the program. In order to bring it back, the “Four Amigos” - Mark Campos, Blas Rodriguez, Armando Tarango and Cesar Contreras - agreed to purchase six small refrigerators that could be kept in classrooms for storage. Gene’s Appliance in Scott City provided the units at cost. And Steve Fyler, owner of Dairy Queen, provided enough spoons to last an entire school year. This makes it possible for delivery of yogurt to resume and be served to students twice each week. Pictured above are (from left) Katie Eisenhour, director of Scott County Development Committee; Leanne Hunt, owner of Gene’s Appliance, Campos, Rodriguez, Tarango, Contreras; Fyler, Veronica Jeffery with McCarty Farms; and SCES Principal Shawn Roberts. (Record Photo)

Impact Aid Trump’s 2018 DOE budget proposal also calls for the elimination of $66.8 billion in federal Impact Aid Support for Federal Property. In Kansas, roughly $30 million in impact aid includes basic support payments, payments for students with disabilities and payment for other costs for school districts that are located near military or other federal installations that do not contribute property tax revenue to those school districts’ revenue streams. In addition to the impact on the education of military-connected children in Kansas, elimination of impact aid would also put Kansas military bases at higher risk of troop reductions and closure under the federal Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

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