32 Pages • Four Sections
Volume 20 • Number 50
Fair gears up for a big finish With temperatures projected to slip below 90 degrees for the remainder of the week there’s no excuse for area residents not to take in a busy three-day finale to the Scott County Fair. The Fair has kicked into full swing with the annual Beefiesta barbeque, kids pedal tractor pull and some of the livestock judging already completed. But there’s still plenty of entertainment and family fun to take place before the fair wraps up with the demolition derby on Sunday night. The figure-8 racing, a tractor pull, ranch rodeo and kids’ games will provide some of the grandstand entertainment. And, of course, there will be the Beefiesta tasting booths in Patton Park on Saturday afternoon. (See FINISH on page eight)
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Horse show fans . . .
Seven-year-old twin brothers Cody (left) and Cauy Vance enjoy a front row seat during the Scott County Fair horse show which was held at the indoor arena on Tuesday. (Record Photo)
Cash reserves allow county to cut mill levy Even after being informed at the last minute they were losing more than $8.2 million in assessed valuations, the Scott County Commission pulled off what would seem to be a fiscal miracle. They cut the countywide tax mill levy for the third consecutive year, taking it from 65.12 mills to a proposed 64.3 mills for the 2014 budget. That’s despite a mill generating $8,229 less than it did a year ago. Put another way, the county will get about $606,759
Despite $8.2M drop in county valuation less in property tax revenue for 2014 than it did in 2013. They are able to lower the levy with less tax revenue by following the county appraiser’s advice even before it was offered. Following an $11 million loss in oil/gas valuations, appraiser John Reeder said the county needs to build reserves during the good years in order
to offset those years in which mineral values decline. “With the help of our department heads we were already doing that,” says Commission Chairman Jim Minnix. “We took advantage of a year in which our valuation was high in order to build some cash reserves. Along with our department heads keeping a close eye on their spending, we were
able to weather the drop in this year’s valuation,” he says. The county expects to have a carryover from 2013 into the 2014 budget year of about $275,000 in the road and bridge fund. In addition, the public building fund will have a carryover of just over $500,000. The carryover in the road and bridge fund represents three mills; that’s another 5.5 mills in
City accepts bids for home subdivision improvements Development of two housing subdivision projects took a major step forward when the Scott City Council accepted bids for curb/gutter and street work during their last meeting. B&H Paving, Scott City, submitted the low bid of $303,543 for the Eastridge subdivision. Of that amount, property owners Earl Roemer and Brookover will be responsible for $139,493 with the city responsible for $164,050. The city is responsible for improvements on Yucca Street, from Maple to the KLA building, along with providing access off K96 Highway. The city will draw $92,882 in funding from the special city projects budget. The remaining $71,168 will be paid for with general obligation bonds. The city has completed water and sewer lines to Eastridge. Curb, gutter and asphalt pav(See BIDS on page two)
the public building fund. The public building fund includes money for the operation of Park Lane Nursing Home, which the county assumed financial responsibility for in late 2012. Because of the nursing home’s improved financial situation, money that was earmarked for its operations in 2013 wasn’t spent. “What we budgeted for 2013 we’ll roll over into the 2014 budget,” says Minnix. (See RESERVES on page two)
Young 4-Hers are put to the cooking test
Annie Talbert explains how she prepared chocolate chip muffins during consultation judging at the Scott County fairgrounds on Monday morning. (Record Photo)
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Annie Talbert was well-prepared for Monday morning’s consultation food judging at the Scott County Fair. As the judge would ask questions about the preparation of her chocolate chip cookies and her chocolate chip muffins, the eight-year-old 4-Her would refer to the pink index cards on which she’d handwritten her recipes. Once in awhile she would glance to her mother, Kari, who was seated next to her, if she wasn’t sure about an answer. “I wasn’t too nervous. It was easier this year because I knew what to do,” says the second year 4-Her. The muffins were baked from a new recipe and it proved successful as Talbert earned a purple ribbon. She says she has practiced baking cookies a lot and earned a blue ribbon for her effort. It’s a busy week for the young 4-Her who had already competed in the cat show in addition to having entries in sewing and photography. Her fiveyear-old cat, Zak, was the junior class champion. Zak and other animals on the farm were among her photo subjects which earned Talbert blue and purple ribbons. (See COOKING on page eight)
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Reserves Those are just two examples in which Minnix estimates the county will have enough carryover in various funds to cover about 35 percent of the operating budget for 2014. Additional Requests It’s not as though there weren’t requests for additional funding from some departments and agencies. Minnix said that had the commission met all the requests it would have increased the levy by about 10 mills. He puts part of that responsibility on the state which has continued to cut funding for various programs. The county is facing several hundred thousand dollars in cuts through road and bridge reimbursements, cuts to the severance tax trust fund, Area Mental Health and others. The sheriff’s department saw a $50,000 increase in its budget to $695,754. “(Sheriff) Glenn (Anderson) has held the line
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on his budget for a long time. We had some catching up to do,” said Minnix. The budget increase is needed to meet the cost of utilities, setting up a regional 911 system and for staff salaries. In addition, each department head has been granted a five percent increase for salaries within their budgets. Even with the slight reduction in the mill levy, Minnix says the county is in good financial shape for 2014. As for what oil and gas valuations will do in the upcoming year, he says that’s anyone’s guess. “We hope it will increase again, but we can’t count on that,” he says. “Historically, oil and gas hasn’t been something that we’ve relied upon a lot, so the last couple of years have been kind of a bonus. “We’re still an ag economy,” he adds. “A twoinch soaking rain will do more for us than oil and gas.”
Strong retail sales have sliced mill levy for hospital bonds
A strong local economy - as measured at the cash register - has also made a huge difference in the mill levy for Scott County property owners. When the $24 million bond issue for construction of the new Scott County Hospital was approved by voters in 2009, the plan was for funding to come from three sources: •a one percent sales tax increase, expected to generate $795,000 annually. •a monthly contribution from the hospital of $15,000 ($180,000 annually). •the remainder to come from a county-wide tax levy, estimated at $625,000 annually. That mix of funding would meet annual bond payments for the hospital of about $1.6 million. Sales tax revenue, however, has far exceeded expectations. In 2012, it reached $965,567, meaning the amount of property tax revenue required for the bond payment was sliced to about $454,000. In the 2013 budget, revenue was conservatively budgeted at $820,000, but has been boosted to $890,000 for the 2014 budget year. As the sales tax revenue increases, that means less property tax revenue is required to meet the hospital bond payment. The current mill levy obligation is about 5.4 mills. “When the bond issue was passed, we had thought it might take up to nine mills to finance the county’s share,” says Minnix. He says the sales tax element in retiring the bonds has been a real asset in holding down property taxes.
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ing of the streets is expected to begin immediately. The winning bid was just under the engineer’s estimate of $304,382. Public Works Director Mike Todd said the bid specifications call for “substantial completion” within 120 days. Low bid for curb/gutter and asphalt paving in the Prairie Meadows addition was $275,069 from B&H Paving. That was nearly $3,000 less than the bid submitted by APAC/Shears, but about $7,000 above the engineer’s estimate. Cost of the Prairie Meadows addition will be picked up entirely by landowner and developer Mike Steele. Bonds to be issued by the city are to be repaid over a 10 year period.
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Community Living
Page 3 - Thursday, July 25, 2013
Not your ordinary, everyday cooking ingredients
Have you ever read a cooking magazine or a new cook book and they use terms or ingredients that you have never heard of before? I know I have, and I feel as if I should know what they are talking about, but I don’t always. I guess I should spend more time with the television, turned on the cooking shows, and then I’d be able to keep up with what are the newest and trendiest food items. I don’t watch very much television and have
to find my information on reliable, research-based websites. I am going to open up some of my magazines and cookbooks and share some of the odd ingredients that pop up at me. Shallot: petite member of the onion family taste sweet, with a slightly
spicy kick. More expensive than white or yellow onion. Caprese salad: a salad that isn’t what we normally think of as salad, but rather a layered dish prepared with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, and basil leaves and drizzled with olive oil. It is not a tossed salad and doesn’t contain lettuce. Broccoli rabe: an edible plant that looks similar to turnip tops and has small broccoli type heads on it. It is often cooked
and used as a side dish and has a slightly nutty but bitter taste. Kosher salt: a more course type of salt than table salt. Cooks like to use it because they can control it better with their fingers when applying to recipes. Not much different than table salt except that table salt often contains iodine. Pesto: usually is a blend of olive oil, pine nuts, cheese and basil along with salt and pepper and maybe some other
spices that are used as a spread or dip, and eaten often with pasta. A little pesto goes along way. Pesto is actually a generic term and isn’t just one type of food product. Shiitakes: mushroom native to Asia and grown in forests that are the second most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. Extracts and dried mushrooms are used in herbal remedies. Chorizo: is a variety of heavily seasoned sausage, either cured or fresh, that
Recipe favorites . . . Coconut Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies
This recipe is gluten-free, dairy-free and sugar-free. Prep: 20 minutes
In 1953 . . .
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leiker
. . . and in 2013
Leikers to observe 60th anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Leiker, McPherson, will observe their 60th wedding anniversary on August 1. Peter Leiker and Roberta McDaniel were married August 1, 1953, at St Joseph Catholic Church, Scott City. The couple’s children are David and wife, Mary, Lenexa; Donna Spachek and husband, Greg, Bel Aire; and Diane Scroggins, Little Rock, Ark. They have eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Pete graduated from Schoenchen Rural High School, Schoenchen, and Roberta graduated from Scott Community High School, Scott City. Pete retired from the National Cooperative Refinery Association, McPherson, and Roberta retired from Sterling Drug, Inc., McPherson. The couple will celebrate with an immediate family dinner at The Cedars Conference Center, McPherson. Cards may be sent to them at 1220 Eastmoor Dr., McPherson, Ks. 67460.
Tag deadline is July 31
Persons whose last name begins with the letters J, K or L are reminded that license tags must be purchased by Wed., July 31, to avoid a penalty. Tags are due for autos, light trucks, motorcycles and motorized bikes. License tags can be purchased at the county treasurer’s office. Tags are due in August for persons whose last names begin with the letters M, N or O. Mr. and Mrs. George Rufenacht
Rufenachts to observe 50th anniversary with open house
Mr. and Mrs. George Rufenacht, Scott City, will observe their golden anniversary with an open house on August 3. George Rufenacht and Val Muenks were united in marriage on August 3, 1963, at Jacksonville, N.C. The couple has four children, David and wife, Rosanne, Charlotte, N.C., Lisa Jacobus and husband, Dwight, Oakley, The-
resa Willson and husband, Ray, Rineyville, Ky., and Ross and wife, Heather, Scott City. Their children and grandchildren will host a come-and-go open house on Sat., August 3, 2:004:00 p.m., at 1013 Kingsley, Scott City. The couple requests no gifts, but cards may be mailed to 1013 Kingsley, Scott City, Ks. 67871.
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Ingredients 2 cups 2/3 cup 1/3 cup 1 egg 1/2 cup 1/4 cup 1-1/2 teaspoons 1 teaspoon 3/4 cup
Cook: 10 minutes
almond flour shredded unsweetened coconut coconut flour almond butter, softened honey coconut oil, melted vanilla extract dark chocolate chips
Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix almond flour, shredded coconut, and coconut flour together in a bowl. Beat egg in a large bowl. Beat almond butter, honey, coconut oil, and vanilla extract into the egg until dough is smooth. Stir chocolate chips into dough and mix until just combined. Scoop dough into walnut-sized balls and place 1-inch apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake in the preheated oven until set, about 10 minutes. Cook’s note: Cookies will retain their round shape; they will not melt down like regular cookies. Keeping the shape round keeps them soft on the inside. Original yield: 24 cookies
is common in Spanish and Mexican cuisine. Ratatouille: a simple vegetable dish containing eggplant, zucchini, tomato and onion, kind of like a thick stew. Couscous: a grain looking pasta made from semolina flour and water. Normally cooked in water or broth and made into a salad. Blackening: is a cooking technique used in the preparation of fish and other foods. (See COOKING on page 7)
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Editorial/Opinion
Page 4 - Thursday, July 25, 2013
editorially speaking
Holding the line:
Taxpayers benefit when officials see the big picture
The ability to lower your mill levy after being hit with an 8.4 percent loss in total valuation means one of two things: 1) Belt-tightening is going to be extremely painful. 2) Budget foresight has provided the cash reserves to not only prevent a painful budget crunch, but to provide taxpayers with a slight reduction in their tax levy. Fortunately, for local taxpayers, Scott County commissioners were able to accomplish the latter. As Commission Chairman Jim Minnix noted, “anyone can be a hero for one year” when it comes to cutting taxes. The commission could have assumed that role a year ago when they were on the receiving end of an $11 million increase in total valuation. They opted for a modest 1.98 decrease in the mill levy when it might have been possible to cut the levy much further. But, most any elected official preparing budgets knows, the last thing taxpayers want - other than higher taxes - is a levy that wildly fluctuates from year to year. While hoping that oil/gas valuations would remain at their record high level for longer, commissioners were prepared for the inevitable decline - even if it came sooner rather than later. Department heads were given plenty of cushion within their 2013 budgets. Combined with careful management, they’ve been able to have a strong carryover into 2014 which means they can maintain services at their current level, absorb further cuts in state spending and weather the loss of valuation. “It helps that we don’t have a use it or lose it philosophy to our budgets,” says Minnix. The commission has also benefitted from a strong economy in which sales tax revenues have exceeded expectations. As a result, the county is receiving about $920,000 annually from a one percent sales tax earmarked for the hospital bond issue rather than the anticipated $795,000 at the time it was approved by voters. That has reduced the county’s obligation to about $500,000 - or 5.4 mills - when the commission had thought, at one time, it could require up to nine mills. It also helps that the commission takes a longterm view of budgeting. Rather than cutting this year’s levy by 6-7 mills, which it could have done with the huge leap in valuation, the commission took a more conservative approach. Better to maintain a consistent levy than to cut it sharply one year and run the risk of a sharp increase the next - which would have happened with the sudden change in county valuation. And given the uncertainty of funding from Topeka, it allows the county to better deal with whatever the legislature does, or doesn’t, send our way. It’s nothing flashy. It’s just smart budgeting. That’s the difference between governing and playing politics.
No problem:
Moving tar sands oil without EPA oversight
Perhaps the only thing conservative Republicans hate as much as the IRS is the Environmental Protection Agency. So it should come as no surprise that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed cutting EPA funding by 34% along with a 72% cut in money for renewable energy. This comes at the same time Republicans are pushing hard to see the Keystone XL pipeline built across the Midwest. What these Republicans won’t talk about is continuing problems with tar sands oil in Canada which oil company officials and the Canadian government try to conceal. Alberta, Canada, has had three major blowouts/spills of tar sands oil in the last year - two within the past two months. With respect to the latest spill discovered less than a week ago, one scientist said: “We don’t understand what happened. Nobody really understands how to stop it from leaking, or if they do they haven’t put the measures into place.” And this is the same tar sands oil which Congressional Republicans, including those from Kansas, want to send across Kansas. And they want to see it happen with less oversight (i.e., interference) from the EPA. After all, what could possibly go wrong?
Minimum wage is the problem
Want to know the best way to get out of poverty? Some of our wealthiest Americans, and our corporate giants, are willing to share their wisdom with the less fortunate among us, which is surprisingly generous. Asking a multi-billionaire how he amassed his fortune is like asking Yankees closer Mariano Rivera how he throws his cutter. You don’t readily divulge the secrets to your success. Wait for the book or the late night infomercial. Lately, however, we’ve seen an unexpected willingness from the one-percenters to share with the poor among us what they can do to become less poor. Former hedge-fund manager Andy Kessler says that the way to eliminate the problem of homelessness is to do away with homeless shelters. In other words, charitable groups helping the poor are the problem. He arrived at his remarkable revelation after his 16-year-old son vol-
unteered at a homeless center. Rather than getting a warm bowl of soup, Kessler told his son, these people need to be working. One can’t help but admire this tough love because, as we all know, God must surely be frowning on our attempts to feed and clothe the poor when they should be doing it themselves. Offering yet another solution, Ronald McDonald and his corporate bosses have determined that poverty is really a math issue. It’s much easier to survive on a minimum wage once you learn how to budget. McDonald’s has offered a helping McCalculator to its employees who say they can’t make ends meet on $8.25 per hour. “Plan ahead and save,” advises the company’s website. It tells workers that through better organization of their financial
records they can “become a better decision-maker.” It also helps to live in a fantasy world with the Hamburglar where health insurance, according to the McBudget, only costs $20 per month. Yes, that’s one zero. One can’t even get health insurance in Bangladesh for $20 a month. But even if you are somehow able to get on the Bangladesh Shirt Factory group plan for $20, there’s still one other catch. At the end of the month, a McDonald’s employee will have spent $1,000 more than they actually will make as a minimum wage employee for Ronald and Gang. So, how does an employee close this gap? Simple. Get a second job. Yes, the company is telling its employees they can survive on not one, but two minimum wage jobs. You can even work both jobs for McDonald’s provided one of those is under an alias. We shouldn’t be surprised. In 2005, while in Omaha, Nebr., to promote
his efforts to end Social Security as we know it, President George Bush was confronted by Mary Mornin, a woman in her late 50s who told the president she was a divorced mother of three, including a “mentally challenged” son. Mornin explained that she held down three jobs in order to survive. “Uniquely American, isn’t it?” replied a compassionate Bush. “I mean, that is fantastic that you’re doing that. Get any sleep?” Had McDonald’s come out with its budget plan in 2005, Mornin could have done away with one of those jobs and not been so concerned with the President’s plan to scrap Social Security. Kansas’ own Charles Koch, who has demonstrated that if you inherit several hundred million dollars it’s possible to turn it into some $34 billion, has started his own campaign to end poverty. “We want to do a better job of raising up the disadvantaged and the poor(See PROBLEM on page six)
The consequences of NAFTA
In the early morning hours Monday, on a remote road near the Texas-Mexico border, Mexican marines picked a deadly and rotten piece of fruit when it captured Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, the sadistic boss of Los Zetas criminal cartel. Los Zetas appeared on the scene in 1999, an elite unit of the Mexican military that went rogue, working at first for the Gulf drug cartel and eventually breaking off to form their own criminal organization known for employing extremely brutal methods of torture, terror and mass murder. Los Zetas quickly became a major force in Mexican drug trafficking. Drug cartels existed long before the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement
Where to Write
another view by Dale Wiehoff
(NAFTA) in 1994, but not drug cartels as we know them today. As we approach the 20th anniversary of NAFTA, we can no longer ignore its contribution to building a powerful and violent criminal enterprise that has brought Mexico close to being labeled a failed state and made the Mexican-U.S. border into a war zone. Most often when we analyze trade agreements, the focus is on trade volumes, jobs and manufacturing statistics, poverty levels and immigration - all extremely important ways to understand the impact of policies bequeathed to us from Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.
Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232
But to fully appreciate how devastating free trade has been, we need to look more closely at the aftermath of free trade on the bonds that hold communities together. It starts out small, a single thread that eventually leads to unraveling the whole cloth. Take the dumping of below-cost-of-production corn from the U.S. into Mexico, which happened in full force following the passage of NAFTA. After a few years of not making any money on their small farms, Mexican peasants started moving off the land, leaving whole villages empty except for those too old to leave. This massive expansion of economic migrants was fueled by the lure of jobs in the new maquiladoras, light manufacturing businesses on the border, operating in “free trade zones.”
Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm
The supply of workers far outweighed the available jobs. These unemployed and displaced young Mexicans were vulnerable to the drug cartels who recognized early on the opportunities created by NAFTA for the unregulated movement of goods across the border - including drugs and illicit cash. To fully appreciate how devastating free trade has been, we need to look more closely at the aftermath of free trade on the bonds that hold communities together. Life in this environment became very cheap. Piles of bodies started to appear in border towns. Hundreds of young woman started to disappear in towns like Tijuana and Ciudad Juárez, and only occasionally showing up as bleached bones in the desert. (See NAFTA on page six)
Sen. Jerry Moran 141 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.house.gov/moranks01/
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Detroit is relying on the kindness of strangers by Donald Kaul
The once-proud city - variously known as “Motown,” “the Arsenal of Democracy,” and “the City of Champions” - filed for bankruptcy. There’s a local effort to head off the filing, but most people don’t think it will get anywhere. Detroit’s the largest American city ever to do this, and it’s been coming for a long time. Detroit’s been a mess for decades, but that shouldn’t blind us to how astonishing the event is. How does a city that was once the nation’s fourth-largest go bankrupt? How does a city that was the first to make “working class” a synonym for “middle class” become the equivalent of homeless? In other words, how does a city go bankrupt? It’s a city, for crying out loud. It can’t go sleep under a bridge. Yet that’s where it finds itself.
Some of its wounds are selfinflicted, largely by the long string of incompetent and corrupt politicians its voters kept electing. No one elected the man who filed for the bankruptcy, however. He is Kevyn Orr, the wellregarded bankruptcy attorney Gov. Rick Snyder made emergency manager of the city. The state legislature bestowed czarlike powers on him, which he’s clearly using. Detroit now owes nearly $20 billion to 100,000 creditors, mostly banks and pension funds, yet is unable to even keep up with current expenses. It has long since cut services to the bone, with many city offices manned by a skeleton staff. It hasn’t been enough. The average response time to a 911 call (in a city with one of the highest murder rates in the nation) is so long that many residents have given up using it
Then there was the problem debts for as little as 10 cents on
A hundred billion dollars of race. The city was always a the dollar. for Iraq, but not one red cent Some of the creditors want racial tinderbox (it’s been the for Detroit. That’s our motto.
altogether. Confronted with an emergency (like a heart attack for example), they simply deal with it on their own. It’s what happens when virtually all of the people with any resources whatsoever decide to abandon a city en masse. That’s what’s happened in Detroit. They used to call it “white flight,” but since black people with the option to leave bolted too, it’s more like “middle-class flight.” Detroit had many problems, but the chief one was that it was a one-industry town. It made cars. When that industry, unable to keep up with foreign competition, began to leak jobs and the leaks eventually became a flood, Detroit’s vitality ebbed away.
scene of three major race riots in the past 150 years), but the riot of 1967 was particularly ill-timed and destructive. It turbo-charged the ongoing middleclass flight. Before you knew it, a city built to accommodate nearly two million people had only 700,000 inhabitants rattling around, many of them destitute or close to it. Moreover, as much as twothirds of the tax revenue being brought in by its reasonably prosperous downtown area was being sucked up by pension payments to retired government workers. That’s the way you get to be Detroit. Czar Orr wants to solve the city’s problems by making its creditors take a haircut that amounts to a scalping, settling
the city to first sell its assets, which include the multi-billion dollar contents of its world-class art museum and Belle Island, the crown jewel of the city’s once iconic park system. Who knows where it will end? The only sure result is that armies of lawyers will make bales of money. The federal government says it will not bail out the city. The state won’t either. Understandable, perhaps, but tragic. A hundred billion dollars for Iraq, but not one red cent for Detroit. That’s our motto. The city, it seems, will be left dependent on the kindness of strangers.
Donald Kaul is a retired Washington columnist for The Des Moines Register. He covered the capital for 29 years. dkaul1@verizon.net
Trickledown economics has been a failure by Robert Creamer
PATRIOT Act’s abuse is too tempting by Jim Hightower
It’s back. The PATRIOT Act - a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the Bush-Cheney Little Shop of Horrors - has risen again. This time, it’s got an added twist of Orwellian intrusiveness from the Obamacans. Since 2006, Team Bush, and now Team Obama, has allowed the little-known, hugely powerful National Security Agency to run a daily dragnet through every American’s phone calls - all on the hush-hush, of course. Now exposed, leaders of both parties are pointing to the PATRIOT Act, saying that it makes this wholesale, everyday invasion of our privacy perfectly legal.
When the story broke, Obama dissembled, calling these massive and routine violations of the Fourth Amendment “modest intrusions” that are “worth us doing” to make us more secure. He added disingenuously that Congress is regularly briefed about the program. In fact, only a handful of members are briefed, and they have been flatly lied to by Obama’s director of national intelligence. Yet, Senator Dianne Feinstein loyally defends spying on Americans, claiming it protects us from terrorists. The California Democrat also admitted she really doesn’t know how the mountains of data are being used. This is nothing but a bottomless “Trust Us” swamp, created
by the PATRIOT Act’s panicky passage and irresponsible reauthorization. Secretly seizing everyone’s phone records is, as the ACLU put it, “beyond Orwellian.” As a New York Times editorial flatly and rightly says, “The administration has now lost all credibility on this issue.” But no administration can be trusted to restrain itself from abusing the unlimited power of the PATRIOT Act. It’s not enough to fight NSA’s outrageously invasive spying on us - the law itself is a shameful betrayal of America’s ideals. It must be repealed. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
There is a growing realization among economists throughout the world that the GOP’s brand of “trickledown” economics is a complete failure wherever it is tried. For several years the same “cut deficits at any cost, austerity for the poor and middle class” economics that is espoused daily by the Republican Party in the U.S, has swept the capitals of Europe. It has been a disaster. GDP in the Euro-area dropped in 2012 and continued to decline in 2013. At last week’s meeting of the G-20 finance ministers - whose governments oversee 90 percent of the world economy - the New York Times reported that “most governments see recovery as too weak to risk reducing spending on unemployment benefits, job training, education and other public sector outlays.” “The debate between growth and austerity seems to have come to an end,” one official said. In the U.S., the greatest threat to our recovery are attempts in Congress to slash spending investments that are critical to our economic growth. Republicans in Congress have been passing the most radical cuts in critical investments in a generation. House GOP appropriators are preparing legislation to cut the EPA budget by a third, slash Administration requests for renewable energy investment by two-thirds, eliminate the Cor-
poration for Public Broadcasting, cut education grants to poor students by 16 percent, cut the Department of Labor by 13 percent, cut funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities in half, and cut the Fish and Wildlife Service by 27 percent. And of course, Budget Chair Paul Ryan has proposed a budget that would eliminate Medicare and replace it with vouchers for private insurance. Ryan said, “It’s about time we cut some spending around here . . . ” - all so that he can cut taxes for the wealthy. Only trouble is, most economists agree that it is precisely the elimination of critical government expenditures that threaten the economy’s ability to create new jobs. Since President Obama’s stimulus program stopped the Great Recession and began to turn the economy around, there have been 40 straight months of private sector job growth - and the creation of 7.2 million new jobs. At the same time we have lost 600,000 public sector jobs. Those losses in government jobs have resulted mainly from the GOP’s demand for major, immediate spending cuts at the state and federal level. Just two years ago, the GOP held the entire economy hostage, demanding huge spending cuts as the price to allow the government to raise the debt ceiling and pay its bills. (See FAILURE on page six)
House GOP could learn from Ike’s example There really isn’t any other word. Congressional Republicans are simply appalling. They have absolute control of the House. They set the agenda. They decide what comes to the floor. They decide what passes on to the Senate. They know that extreme legislation isn’t going to be enacted into law. The Democratic majority in the Senate and the Democratic president stand in the way. So the legislation they choose to pass is a statement of their own values. It is simply designed to proclaim, “This is where we stand.” And for the vast majority of Americans, what they proudly proclaim is simply beyond the pale. Republicans just passed a farm bill. It lards out $195 billion in subsidies for agribusi-
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ness. At the same time, they chose to drop food stamps the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - from the bill for the first time in 40 years. In this time of mass unemployment, 47 million Americans rely on food stamps. Nearly one-half are children under 18; nearly 10 percent are impoverished seniors. The recipients are largely white, female and young. The Republican caucus has decided to drop them from the bill as “extraneous,” without having separate legislation to sustain them. Who would want to advertise
these cruel values? Republicans in the House passed a 2014 budget guideline. They know the Senate won’t accept it. They refuse even to enter into negotiations with the Senate to find a compromise. What does their bill do? It would deprive millions of health care with deep cuts in Medicaid and, of course, the repeal of Obamacare. It not only continues the mindless and damaging sequester cuts, but it exacts them all from domestic services - education, environmental protection, clean water, food and drug testing, head start, infant nutrition - while exempting the Pentagon. The Pentagon is the largest source of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. The White House is end-
ing wars. Troops are coming home. Why in the world should the Pentagon - still investing in Cold War weapons that are simply relics in the modern world - be exempt from deficit reduction? Who would defend these priorities? It gets worse. The Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform. The compromise bill earned rare bipartisan support, its provisions made much harsher to meet conservative objections. There’s likely a majority that would vote to pass that reform in the House. But the Republican caucus demands that no legislation reach the floor without the support of a majority of the Republican caucus. And, at this point, a majority of House Republicans rail against reform.
They are considering passing piecemeal laws to arm the border, spend billions on more walls, and provide for more guest workers for agribusiness to exploit, while simply ignoring the 11 million people living in the shadows. Congress has passed inadequate legislation to try to curb the excesses of Wall Street. But Republicans in both houses are now pushing to weaken, delay and gut even these changes (in return for growing campaign contributions from the financial sector). What voters will choose Wall Street over homeowners? Why are Republicans so appalling? Some argue that they must take these extreme positions to fend off primary challenges from the tea party right. (See EXAMPLE on page six)
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Corruption and violence invades all aspects of life. The police, judiciary, financial institutions, media, businesses and elected representatives of the government are all at risk and threatened. Now, nearly 20 years after NAFTA was passed, we read the story of the arrest of a crime boss driving his pickup on a country road carrying $2 million in walking around money as he goes to visit his family. If we are willing to follow the story back we will meet thousands of Mexican peasants forced off their farms, and just as many young women sitting at sewing machines making running suits and baseball caps, all just a drop of a thread away from becoming foot soldiers in the drug trade. Their farm communities are still empty, devastated, and as often as not, under the control of the cartels. As we contemplate new and bigger free trade deals, with innocuous names like the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership we should think carefully about the fruit that NAFTA created and what free trade has done to destroy the bonds that hold communities together around the world. Dale Wiehoff is vice president for communications and IT for the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy (IATP)
Problem Kill a man and your troubles are beginning Those names, Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, entirely private till the morning of Feb. 27, 2012, now thunder with cultural and legal resonance. T h e Western uproar Skyline over the by Bob Campbell 17-yearold Martin’s death at the hands of the 28-year-old Zimmerman has achieved the almost unheard-of distinction of holding the country’s attention for going on 1-1/2 years. Starting with the universal dissemination of a photo of the teen when he was 12- or 13-years-old, making Zimmerman look like a child killer, the political firestorm led to the erroneous filing of a second degree murder charge, which in Florida usually means unintentionally causing a person’s death during the commission of another felony. Toward the trial’s conclusion, the judge finally nudged it toward relevancy by letting the jury consider a manslaughter conviction, citing the Sunshine State’s three categories of that offense - by act, by procurement or by culpable negligence, the first two being forms of voluntary manslaughter and the third the involuntary type. It was left to the jurors to choose among the three, and the judge said “mere negligence” should not be
Failure Those demands resulted in the “sequester” - the meat cleaver cuts that the Federal Reserve estimates will cost 1.5 percent growth in our economy this year. Now the GOP is at it again - threatening to throw America into default if the Democrats don’t agree to inflict more economic pain on their fellow citizens with even more draconian cuts, when the debt ceiling must be increased again this fall. Republicans talk endlessly about “waste.” But let’s be clear that real waste is what happens when big chunks of the workforce sit idle, not producing goods and services. That creates waste that will never be recovered and it causes all of us to have a lower standard of living. The unemployment of our people - and our plants, equipment and resources - is the major threat to America’s economic well-being, and that is exactly the result of Republican policies every time they are tried. But this should not come as any surprise to anyone with even a modi-
considered if the killing was justified. If Zimmerman was guilty of anything, it was probably involuntary manslaughter by culpable negligence. At the point young Trayvon, six-feet tall and 160 pounds, was holding him down, knocking the back of his head into a sidewalk, his life was at stake. But he might have, by then, already met a key element of the law by disregarding the police dispatcher who told him not to chase the suspect. If he had been correctly charged, it would have been the jury’s duty to decide if his negligence had been so extreme as to amount to criminal recklessness. Wasting time trying to prove murder let the defense invoke the “stand your ground” law and get an acquittal. I’m sorry for Zimmerman because he was just trying to be a good neighborhood watchman and for Trayvon because he had been minding his own business and thought he was about to be assaulted. If you carry a gun, you should be as familiar as a cop with all the legalities because as no less an authority than Marshal Matt Dillon once warned, “If you kill a man, your troubles are just getting started.” Bob Campbell is a reporter and columnist for The Scott County Record. He can be reached at kansasnewz@att.net
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cum of memory. This is not the first time in recent history that the evidence has indisputably shown the bankruptcy of GOP economic policies. It was just five years ago this September that the same “trickledown” economic policies resulted in the greatest financial and economic collapse in 60 years. When the Republicans passed the Bush tax cuts in 2003, they promised massive economic growth. The notion that cutting taxes for the rich would “lift all boats” turned out to be sheer fantasy. The Bush years were the first period in modern American economic history to experience zero private sector job growth - zero. And of course the Republican commitment to allowing Wall Street bankers and speculators to run wild ultimately resulted in the September, 2008 financial meltdown. That commitment has not waned. The House GOP plans to cut $200 million from the budget of the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) that would have been spent on investigations and enforcement actions against
Wall Street. Economic growth happens from the middle out. It happens when everyday people have money in their pockets and can buy the products and services that cause companies to invest and hire. Economic growth happens when everyone shares in the fruits of our economy - not just the top one percent. Economic growth happens when together through our government we invest in the education and health care and infrastructure and research that provide the foundation for the entrepreneurial energy of the private sector. The greatest threats to our future are policies that seek to benefit the wealthy few instead of the vast majority of our people - and the policy makers who are willing to threaten our entire economy if they do not get their way. Robert Creamer is a longtime political organizer and author. He is a senior strategist for Americans United for Change
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est in this country,” proclaimed Koch. At last, it seems that Koch is ready to endorse some old-fashioned Kansas values by promoting more money for public education, affordable health care and better housing. But this is where Koch leaves us whiffing at a Rivera cutter. He has launched a media campaign that, among other things, calls for eliminating the minimum wage. And why not? As we’ve seen in the collapsed rubble of sweatshops in Third World countries, the minimum wage is unnecessary when it comes to lifting people from squalor to abject poverty. The Koch logic is flawless. A minimum wage “reduces the mobility of labor.” He says that if people weren’t guaranteed a minimum wage they would have no choice but to drop their country club membership and would instead be free to “start a business . . . drive a taxicab . . . become a hairdresser.” It makes such perfect sense . . . if you happen to have $34 billion. There you have it. America’s wealthiest have illuminated the path to prosperity. Government regulations and charitable groups have only helped to create a working class that feels entitled to the basic necessities of life without working 80 hours to get them. The result is a minimum wage working class that’s part of the McProblem and not part of the McSolution. Unfortunately, Ronald McDonald isn’t the only clown making that sales pitch. Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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But even tea party members want banks to be policed. Some say it’s because Republicans come from gerrymandered districts, so they don’t have to cater to majority opinion. But many of these gerrymandered districts are in poor regions, with high numbers of people dependent on food stamps. And how many conservative voters would defend exempting the Pentagon, and the rich (Republicans call for more top-end tax cuts), and corporations (Republicans have insisted that corporate taxes should be lowered) from contributing anything to getting our books in order? Some say it is simply corruption. Big interests buy the legislators and rig the rules. But Democrats are compromised by the money race without completely abandoning common decency. Republican obstruction and outrages have left Congress with record low approval levels. There’s much talk in Republican circles about how to “relaunch” the “brand.” But packaging won’t replace leadership. What Republicans need is a conservative leader with the common sense of former President and World War II hero Dwight D. Eisenhower. Commenting on the Republican yahoos of his time who wanted to repeal Social Security and Medicare, Eisenhower wrote his brother in 1954: “Should any political party attempt to abolish Social Security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things . . . their number is negligible, and they are stupid.” Eisenhower was a conservative and frugal president who insisted on balancing the budget. He put a lid on Pentagon spending. He defended Social Security and labor laws, while building the interstate highways and funding the national education defense act. He was reelected in a landslide. Now it looks like the “stupid” wing of the Republican Party has taken over. Our nation suffers as a result. And Republicans are likely to pay the price for that. Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The Nation magazine
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The food is dipped in melted butter and then dredged in a mixture of herbs and spices, usually some combination of thyme, oregano, chili pepper, peppercorns, salt, garlic powder and onion powder. It is then cooked in a very hot cast-iron skillet. The characteristic brown-black color of the crust results from a combination of browned milk solids from the butter and charred spices. dish of melted cheese served in a communal pot kept over a portable stove to keep warm and then eaten by dipping long-stemmed forks with bread into the cheese. Some people do this with melted chocolate and call it fondue, but real fondue is a cheese dish.
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Cooking Since she doesn’t have any livestock to show later in the week, the hardest part of Talbert’s fair is over. “Now I can have fun the rest of the week,” she said. “And we’ll help at the concession stand,” reminded her mother. Focus on Baking Emilee Turner focuses on her favorite event for the fair - baking. The eight-year-old came away from Monday’s consultation judging with a blue ribbon for her cool whip cookies. It wasn’t quite as good as last year’s two purple ribbons, but she was satisfied. “I like baking,” says the second year 4-Her. “You get to take your time and do the best you can.” And cookies are her favorite because “they’re kind of easy to bake” and cool whip cookies “sounded pretty good.”
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While she enjoys 4-H, Turner has no immediate plans to expand into other projects. “I’ll probably stick with baking because that’s what I like to do,” she says. Doing it All On the other hand, Kate Rogers is one busy girl as she prepared entries earlier this week in foods, woodworking, sewing and photography. She will show her pig and goat later in the week. Monday was a successful day for the seven-yearold who earned a blue ribbon for her red velvet cake, a blue for her tender moment cookies and added a red ribbon for her bagel. The blue ribbon for the cake, however, didn’t come easily. “This was the third one,” she says. Even four attempts at making an angel food cake didn’t turn out well. Five minutes after baking
her final one it flopped. “It just wasn’t meant to be to bring an angel food cake to the fair,” said her mother, Stacy. Nonetheless, Kate was able to enter the cake in the “flop division” where she earned a blue. “We usually get a purple because we flop so well,” joked Stacy. With the help of her father, Randy, Kate also constructed a doll bed for the woodworking division. “The hardest part was all the sanding,” noted the first-year 4-Her. Rogers has also had a busy year sewing which included an American Doll bed mattress, a neck pillow and blankets. “I made the blankets and mattress at my grandma’s house,” she said. And she added to her photo entries when attending a garden show in Wichita. “My favorite things are foods, my pig and sew-
Kate Rogers models her buymanship outfit during Wednesday evening’s style revue in front of the grandstand during the Scott County Fair. (Record Photo)
ing,” says Rogers. “I like pigs because you don’t have to lead them like a goat, and my goat pulls too much.”
Tractor Pulling
Returning for the second year is the tractor and truck pulling competition sponsored by the Flint Hills Truck Pullers. Pulling action will be held in front of the grandstand on Fri., July 26, 7:00 p.m., at the outdoor arena. The event will feature many of the top competitors within the state. Forty to 45 contestants are expected with a majority of them bringing souped-up pickups that generate 700 to 1,000 horsepower. The FHTPA’s leading competitors will be here, said Vice President Daren Moore, Emporia. Noting that the group’s series of 13 contests is dominated by drivermechanics from east central Kansas, Moore said, “If you miss one pull, you are pretty well out of the points for the year. “There will be an 8,000-pound work stock diesel class that anyone can enter for $25. Several guys from Colorado who are not normally with us will be there with modified tractors with the big V-8s, and we’ve got some super farm tractors coming from northeast Kansas,” he said. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for youth (ages 6-12 years). Children five-years and under are admitted free.
adding another area of competition. “I think I will enter a cow next year, but I’m not sure yet,” she adds.
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4-H Club News Movie night for Manning Jayhawkers The monthly meeting of the Manning Jayhawkers 4-H Club was held on July 11 at the Scott County Library. This meeting was followed by our club’s party. Roll call was answered by how many fireworks you shot on the 4th of July. There were 21 members and one leader present. The club voted to watch the movie “Despicable Me.” Jenee Davis talked about her 4-H trip to Washington, D.C., for the program. The hosts were the July party committee. After the meeting members enjoyed popcorn and pop while watching the movie. Next meeting will be August 12 at 8:00 p.m. at the 4-H building. Christina Tilton, reporter
Among the participants in the latest babysitting clinic were (from left) Makaela Stevens, Claire Rumford (kneeling), Paige Vulgamore, Hallie Wiechman and Alyssa Storm. (Record Photo)
New Horizons put the parents in charge
Safety of babysitter, youngsters is top priority during local clinics Babysitting can offer fun, part-time employment for young girls. There are also times when it can be serious business. Young girls in the community learned what they can do if confronted with a possible life-threatening situation during two babysitting clinics offered this summer by the Scott County Hospital. Participants learned how to operate an automated external defibrillator (AED) during the daylong class, in addition to first aid, CPR and an overview of what’s involved in being a good babysitter. “The girls were advised that when meeting with a family for the first time, if they have doubts
Completing one of the two babysitting clinics offered in Scott City this summer were: Emily Glenn, Karen Gonzalez, Katie Nowak, Kodi Rogers, Claire Rumford, Madison Shapland, Makaela Stevens, Alyssa Storm, Paige Vulgamore, Emily Weathers, Hallie Wiechman, Marlee Wilkinson and Holly Wymore.
about whether or not they can do the job because of the age of the children involved, or the number, they should decline,” says Shelley Harvey, a LPN at the hospital and the course coordinator. “It’s also important for the girls to communicate with their parents for accepting a job. If there are concerns about taking the
job, for any reason, they should think it through very carefully. “We also talked about a code word or texting their parents if the feel they have gotten themselves into an uncomfortable situation,” Harvey adds. “That can include parents who have been drinking and then offer to give the babysitter a ride home.” There was also discussion about children in and around the home. The 13 class participants each had an opportunity to operate an AED which is a device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmias. The application of electrical therapy is designed to
Now that was the way to have a 4-H meeting. The New Horizons 4-H Club let the parents do all of the work for their July meeting by having a Parents’ meeting. We had President Dak Miller, Vice-President Duane Strine and Secretary Ashlee Logan. Another officer that helped us out was Treasurer Chad Ramsey. Flag salute leaders were the Pattons. The parents did a good job. They even had some business to decide. Of course, us kids had plenty of advice from the parent’s chairs in the back of the room. The only thing I could tell was that it sure does take them a long time to have a meeting! Recreation was the club tour. It is always fun to see what everyone is working on for the fair! Kylee Logan, reporter
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Texas, Florida top destinations for Kansas cash
Kansas’ two selfappointed rivals - Texas and Florida - are magnets for cash flowing out of the Sunflower State. In all, the two states siphoned-off a combined $1.6 billion from Kansas between 1995 and 2010, according to IRS and U.S. Census Bureau data and showcased online at
HowMoneyWalks.com. Overall Kansas lost $3.15 billion in wealth during the 15-year time span. It’s just a small piece of the $2 trillion in gross adjusted income that shifted between states during the 15 year period examined. New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey and
Ohio were among the biggest losers during the study. The biggest winners included Florida - coming in first by snagging more than $86 billion from other states - followed by Arizona, Texas, North Carolina and Nevada. Here’s where Kansas pulled in wealth:
•$198.83 million from California •$103.80 million from Nebraska •$102.94 million from Iowa •$81.73 million from New York •$58.29 million from Illinois And here’s where dollars flowed after individu-
Court: dealers are accountable for supplying guns to criminals The Kansas Supreme Court, on July 19, issued a landmark ruling in the case Shirley v. Glass, finding that gun dealers must use the highest standard of care when selling weapons, and that dealers can be held liable for violating gun laws under negligence per se. Both rulings were firstof-their kind decisions in the state of Kansas. Jonathan Lowy, Director of the Legal Action Project at the Brady Center, argued the case and praised the ruling as a “landmark victory that will help victims of gun violence in Kansas and across the country.”
“Most gun dealers do their best to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, but the bad apples who supply felons with straw purchases should be held accountable to victims,” said Lowy. “This ruling will remove the profit incentive for arming criminals, and make sure that innocent victims of gun violence aren’t the only ones who pay the cost of irresponsible gun sales.” A straw purchase is one in which an individual acquires a gun for someone who is unable to purchase it himself, often times because it would be
illegal for the other person to own a gun. The suit was filed by Elizabeth Shirley, whose son, Zeus, was murdered by her estranged husband Russell Graham, against Baxter Springs Gun and Pawn Shop in Baxter Springs. Graham obtained the murder weapon in a straw purchase earlier that day. Graham’s grandmother completed the sale of the gun after Graham informed the dealer he was a felon, so was ineligible to purchase the weapon himself. Shirley’s case was initially dismissed by a trial court judge whose deci-
Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department June 20: James Wessel was arrested for DUI and failure to report an accident. He was transported to the LEC. July 29: Charlene Hull reported criminal damage to property in the 200 block of West 1st Street. July 16: David Suri was arrested for disorderly conduct and domestic battery. Lisa Suri was arrested for possession with intent to use drug paraphernalia and possession of a hallucinogenic drug. Both were transported to the LEC. July 21: Jake Drohman was cited for minor in possession. Scott Co. Sheriff’s Dept. July 20: Cole Dougan was arrested for obstructing the legal process, criminal damage to property and consumption of alcohol by a minor. He was transported to the LEC.
(First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 25, 2013; last published Thurs., Aug. 1, 2013)2t BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION DOCKET NO. 13-CONS-483-CWLE OF GRAND MESA OPERATING COMPANY LICENSE NO. 9855 FOR A LOCATION EXCEPTION FOR ITS CONSERVATION DIVISION GRIFFITH #2-23 WELL LOCATED IN THE SE/4 OF SECTION 23-T16S-33W, SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS. NOTICE OF APPLICATION State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas to all Oil and Gas Producers and Oil and Gas Purchasers, Royalty Owners, Landowners and all persons Whoever Concerned: YOU and each of you are hereby notified that Grand Mesa Operation Company, has filed an application with the State Corporation Commission requesting the Commission issue an order for a location exception. The lands affected by this application are as follows: Section 23-T16S-R33W, Scott County, Kansas. The Application is pending before the Commission and may be granted within fifteen (15) days from publication of this notice without hearing unless a written protest is received by the Conservation Division within said fifteen-day period. Any protests to the Application must be written and should clearly state the grounds of objection. The written protest should be mailed to the State Corporation Commission, Conservation Division, Finney State Office Building, 130 S. Market, Room 2078, Wichita, Kansas 67202. If a written protest is filed with the Commission within fifteen (15) days from the date of publication of this notice, this matter will be set for hearing on August 15, 2013, at 10:00 a. m., or as soon thereafter as it may be reached at the Commission Hearing Room, Kansas Corporation Commission, 130 S. Market, Room 2078, Wichita, Kansas 672023802. The time, date and location of this hearing may be revised without further notice. All parties in any wise interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and govern themselves accordingly. By: John G. Pike, #9938 Withers, Gough, Pike, Pfaff & Peterson, LLC O.W. Garvey Building 200 W. Douglas, Suite 1010 Wichita, KS 67202 Attorneys for Applicant
sion relied on a Kansas appeals case that held that a gun dealer was not liable for supplying a dangerous individual with a firearm. Shirley appealed the decision to the Kansas Court of Appeals, which reversed the lower court’s decision. Shirley had appealed decisions that the dealer could not be liable for violating gun laws, and was not required to exercise the highest degree of care in its sales. The Kansas Supreme Court reversed those two rulings by the Appeals Court. Shirley’s case now returns to Cherokee County District Court.
als left the Sunflower State: •$898.22 million to Texas •$722.75 million to Florida •$395.13 million to Colorado •$279.59 million to Arizona •$237.14 million to Nevada
The data doesn’t take into account money created in a given state that stays in that state. This trend will continue to be watched closely in the upcoming years following the first of several proposed cuts in income tax rates that was enacted by Gov. Sam Brownback and the state legislature.
Register of Deeds Kimball Cattle Co., to Scott County, a tract in NE4 and a tract in SE4 of 26-18-33. Cody and Shanna Wells to Western Kansas Property Management, W2 of Lot 7 and north 36 ft. of W2 of Lot 10, Blk. 55, Original Town. Malvin Wells to Cody and Shanna Wells, Lots 8, 9 and 12, Blk. 19, Cases 2nd Addition. Elaine L. Rucker Revocable Trust to William J. Kind Trust, undivided 1/3 interest in NE4 of 9-18-31. Robert Finley and Irene Finley Trust to William J. Kind Trust, undivided 1/3 interest in NE4 of 9-18-31. Miller Family Trust to Earl and Pamela Caldwell, south 55 ft. of Lot 7 and north 20 ft. of Lot 10, Blk. 6, Eggleston Addition.
USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., July 29 • 7:00 p.m. Administration Bldg. • 704 College St. •Awards and recognition •Comments from public •Executive session •Presentation of 2013-14 budget New business 1) Approve 2013-14 budget for publication 2) Negotiations •Additions, if any •Adjournment
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record Thurs., July 18, 2013; last published Thurs., July 25, 2013)2t REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE Notice is hereby given that the Scott City Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on August 8, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at the Scott City Council Meeting Room at City Hall, 221 West 5th Street, Scott City, Kansas, to consider the following agenda items: 1. Application for amendment of the official zoning map by Kirk and Shelli James to change the zoning from R-1 Residential to C-2 General Commercial District for the following described property to wit: Lots Eleven (11) and Twelve (12), Block Thirty-Five (35), Original Town (Southeast of Intersection of East 5th Street and South Washington Street) All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at such hearing. Dated: July 17, 2013 Rodney Hogg, Chairman Scott City Planning Commission
(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 25, 2013)1t
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
The governing body of ISBEL TOWNSHIP, SCOTT COUNTY, will meet on August 12, 2013, at 7:00 p.m., at Boulware Grain, Modoc, Ks., for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad valorem tax to be levied. Detailed budget information is available at the Scott County Clerk’s office and will be available at this hearing. BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed Budget 2014 Expenditures and Amount of 2013 Ad Valorem Tax establish the maximum limits of the 2014 budget. Estimated Tax Rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation. 2012
Fund
2013
Tax
2,210
0.269
4,400
0.232
6,550
2,180
0.226
Totals
2,210
0.269
4,400
0.232
6,550
2,180
0.226
0
0
0
Net Expenditures
2,210
4,400
6,550
Total Tax Levied
6,600
2,841
Assessed Valuation 12,496,836
Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness
(Published in The Scott County Record, Thurs., July 25, 2013)1t SUMMARY NOTICE OF BOND SALE • $3,325,000* CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KS. GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SERIES 2013 (General obligation bonds payable from unlimited ad valorem taxes) Bids. Subject to the Official Notice of Bond Sale and Preliminary Official Statement to be dated on or about July 29, 2013, facsimile and electronic bids will be received, on behalf of the governing body of the City of Scott City, Kansas, (the “City”) by the City’s financial advisor, in the case of facsimile bids at (913) 312-8053 and in the case of elecronic bids on the Columbia Capital Auction Website, http:// www.columbiacapitalauction.com until 10:00 a.m. C.D.T. on Monday, August 5, 2013, for the pur¬chase of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2013 in the aggregate principal amount of $3,325,000* (the “Bonds”). No bid of less than 98% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds, plus accrued interest, if any, thereon to the date of delivery will be considered and no supplemental interest payments will be considered. Bond Details. The Bonds will consist of fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. The Bonds will initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, to which payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds will be made. Individual purchases of bonds will be made in book-entry form only. Purchasers will not receive certificates representing their interest in bonds purchased. The Bonds will be dated August 22, 2013, and will become due on September 1, in the years as indicated above: The City reserves the right
12,262,601
9,644,248
2011
2012
2013
0
0
0
G.O. Bonds
Year (Sept. 1) 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Principal Amount* $125,000 130,000 130,000 135,000 135,000 135,000 145,000 150,000 155,000 155,000
Year (Sept. 1) 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
to modify the total amount of the Bonds and the amount of any maturity in order to properly structure certain funds and accounts and substantially obtain annual debt service parameters determined by the City, based upon the interest rates and reoffering yields submitted by the successful bidder. In formulating bids, bidders should consider that bids generating significant premium may result in greater principal amortization in later years and bids generating significant discount may result in greater principal in earlier years. Upon notification of preliminary award, the successful bidder must transmit to the City within 20 minutes, by fax or email, its reoffering yields on the Bonds. The successful bidder will be notified by means of telephone or facsimile transmission of any modification to such principal amount not later than 2:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time on the Sale Date. If the principal amounts are modified, the City will seek to modify the maturity schedule, or make other mutually agreeable changes, in a way that will neither increase nor reduce the successful bidder’s spread as a percentage of the principal amount of the Bonds issued after taking into account such adjustments. The successful bidder may not withdraw its bid or change the interest
rates bid as a result of any changes made to the principal amount of the Bonds or principal of any maturity as described herein. The Bonds will be subject to mandatory and optional redemption prior to maturity as provided in the Official Notice of Bond Sale. The Bonds will bear interest from the date thereof at rates to be determined when the Bonds are sold as hereinafter provided, which interest will be payable semiannually on March 1 and September 1 in each year, beginning on March 1, 2014. Pre-Bid Revisions. The City reserves the right to issue a Supplemental Notice of Sale not later than 48 hours prior to the sale date via the electronic bidding website (http://www. col u m b i acap i tal au cti on . com) (“Supplemental Notice”). If issued, the Supplemental Notice may modify (i) the maturity amounts of the Bonds and/or (ii) such other terms of this Notice as the City determines. Any such modifications will supersede the maturities and such other terms as set forth herein. Paying Agent and Bond Registrar. The Kansas State Treasurer, Topeka, Kansas, is designated as the paying agent and bond registrar for the Bonds. Good Faith Deposit. Each bid shall be accompanied by either a cashier’s or certified check drawn on a bank located in the United States of America, a qualified financial surety bond or
NOTICE OF 2014 BUDGET HEARING
2012
David Novak Township Officer
wire transfer in the amount of $66,500 (representing 2% of the principal amount of the Bonds). Delivery. The City will pay for printing the Bonds and will deliver the same properly prepared, executed and registered to the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, without cost to the successful bidder on or about August 22, 2013. Assessed Valuation and Indebtedness. The total assessed valuation of taxable tangible property in the City for the year 2012 is $25,112,651. The total general obligation bonded indebtedness of the City is $3,325,000 (including the Bonds and excluding the City’s Series 2013-A Note in the principal amount of $3,029,000 being redeemed and paid on August 23, 2013, with proceeds of the Bonds). Approval of Bonds. The Bonds will be sold subject to the legal opinion of Nichols and Wolfe Chartered, Topeka, Kansas, bond counsel, whose approving legal opinion as to the validity of the Bonds, will be furnished and paid for by the City and delivered to the successful bidder as and when the Bonds are delivered. Additional Information. Electronic copies of the Preliminary Official Statement and Official Notice of Bond Sale may be found at www. ColumbiaCapitalAuction. com. Additional information regarding the Bonds may be obtained from Brenda K. Davis, City Clerk, (620-8725322) - FAX (620-872-3391), or from the City’s financial advisor, Columbia Capital Management, LLC, 6330 Lamar Ave., Suite 200, Overland Park, Kansas 66202 (913-248-8500) - FAX (913312-8053). Dated July 18, 2013. CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS Brenda K. Davis, City Clerk City Hall 221 W. 5th Street Scott City, Kansas 67871 (620) 872-5322
The governing body of the City of Scott City will meet on Aug. 5, 2013, at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall for the purpose of hearing and answering objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed use of all funds and the amount of ad valorem tax to be levied. Detailed budget information is available at City Hall, 221 W. 5th, Scott City, and will be available at this hearing. BUDGET SUMMARY Proposed budget 2014 expenditures and amount of 2013 ad valorem tax establish the maximum limits of the 2014 budget. The estimated tax rate is subject to change depending on the final assessed valuation.
Lease Pur. Princ.
*Tax rates are expressed in mills.
Principal Amount* $160,000 170,000 175,000 180,000 185,000 195,000 205,000 210,000 220,000 230,000
* Subject to Change
Revenue Bonds
TOTAL
Public Notice
(Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., July 25, 2013)1t
Actual Tax Rate*
General
Less Transfers
Public Notice
Proposed Budget 2014
Amount of Prior Year Actual Current Year Actual Budget Est. of Actual Tax Rate* Tax Rate* Authority for 2013 Ad Expenditures Expenditures Expenditures Valorem
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Fund General
Prior year Expenditures
2013
Proposed Budget 2014
Actual Tax Current Year Est. Actual Tax of Expenditures Rate* Rate*
Expenditures
Amount of 2013 Ad Valorem Tax
Est. Tax Rate*
2,720,429
52.817
3,240,500
57.275
4,098,676
1,192,385
54.394
Airport Sinking
123,686
2.582
679,970
2.500
666,000
45,400
2.071
Employee Benefit
198,210
10.246
211,500
6.068
238,500
184,954
8.437
1.854
539,000
35,013
1.597
1,457,752
66.499
Fire Equipment
1.919
Special Highway
160,351
165,000
262,391
Sewer
127,032
224,100
489,325
16,201
11,800
28,011
2,509
8,232
13,847
397,836
522,900
2,356,202
Airport Enterprise Special Parks Water Municipal Equipment
54,260
Transient Guest Tax
63,990
Non-Budgeted Funds
3,224,657
City Totals
7,089,161
Less: Transfers
87,206 99,500 67.564
5,163,502
141,354 67.697
8,920,512
120,000
95,000
Net Expenditure
6,969,161
5,068,502
Total Tax Levied
1,288,076
1,342,492
Assessed Valuation
19,065,093
19,831,741
21,921,404
Jan. 1, Outstanding Indebtedness
2011
2012
2013
G.O. Bonds
610,000
0
0
Other
839,300
793,100
3,745,800
58,055
104,609
96,067
1,507,355
897,709
3,841,867
Lease Pur. Princ.
TOTAL
*Tax rates are expressed in mills
Brenda Davis Scott City Clerk
0 8,920,512
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Beware of scams with health care act Two Kansas State University professors are warning about fraudsters that are poised to take advantage of widespread confusion over the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Beginning Oct. 1, Americans can begin purchasing insurance from private providers in a marketplace, which is intended to make insurance more affordable. Consumers can make choices one of three ways - online, on paper, or one-on-one with a trained professional (called a ‘navigator’) who can help them understand the options. “No one should be receiving any phone calls nor mailings telling them to sign up for health insurance,” said Roberta Riportella, the Kansas Health Foundation professor of community health at Kansas State University. “If someone does call, folks should assume it is fraud and hang up. People need to be especially careful not to give out personal information.” Already, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has issued a consumer alert about a telemarketing scheme targeted to Medicare beneficiaries. Officials say that impostors are attempting to gain consumer’s personal or financial information in order to continue Medicare eligibility. “The health reform law changes do not affect the basics of Medicare so beneficiaries should be especially leary of any phone calls,” Riportella said. “They will still need to make choices about their Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (through their normal processes).” Elizabeth Kiss, a K-State Extension family resource specialist, said consumers should report suspected fraud to the FTC, by visiting https://www.ftccomplaintassistant. gov, or call 1-877-FTC-HELP. Çonsumers can also call 1-800318-2596, 24 hours a day, seven days a week with questions about the insurance marketplace.
Mental health conference at Larned Larned State Hospital will host its annual Mental Health Conference August 12-15 in the Larned Community Center. The conference is designed to aid the professional development of those working in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, nursing, social work and corrections, but it is open to anyone with an interest in mental health. Among the topics to be addressed indepth are suicide prevention and advances in the diagnosis and treatment of depression. For enrollment information, please contact Travis Reed at travis.reed@lsh. ks.gov or by phone at 620 285-4010.
Refusal to expand Medicaid is costing Kansas, others billions Mike Shields KHI News Service
The 21 states, including Kansas, that are not expanding Medicaid coverage under Obamacare stood to benefit considerably more than the 23 states that are broadening program eligiblity, according to an analysis released by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured. In states that are expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, the average percentage reduction in the number of people without health insurance is 40.9 percent. But in the states not expanding Medicaid, the
average percentage reduction of uninsured would have been 52.5 percent. The debate over Medicaid expansion continues in six states. The average rate of reduction in those states would be 54.1 percent, according to the analysis. In Kansas, the number of uninsured people would be reduced by almost half, or 47.6 percent, according to the report. But state legislators and Gov. Sam Brownback earlier this year chose against broadening the program, citing concerns about future costs. Brownback said in April that he continues “active conversations with people”
According to the Kaiser report, expanding Medicaid in Kansas would: •cover an estimated 144,000 additional Kansans, and •cost the state of Kansas an estimated $525 million over the first 10 years of the expansion. If Kansas does not expand Medicaid: •the state would not receive about $5.3 billion in additional federal Medicaid dollars between 2013 and 2022, and the state’s hospitals would receive about $2.3 billion less in state and federal Medicaid payments for uncompensated care over the same period.
about the potential benefits and risks of expanding the state’s Medicaid program. States that have opted not to expand Medicaid could still do so, but Kansas couldn’t do that before Jan. 1, 2014, which is when the federal government will begin covering all the costs of newly eligible Medicaid beneficiaries.
Currently, the federal government covers about 60 percent of Kansas Medicaid costs. Under the terms of the Affordable Care Act, the feds initially would cover 100 percent of the costs for newly eligible enrollees, and no less than 90 percent of those costs over the long term. (See MEDICAID on page 13)
Blue Cross-Blue Shield bets big on Obamacare exchanges At least five Blue Cross and Blue Shield executives sat at the table of about a dozen CEOs with the president, according to those knowledgeable about the session, reported by the New York Times. Just as significant is who wasn’t there: chiefs of the country’s biggest and thirdbiggest health insurers, UnitedHealth Group and Aetna. Those two and most other non-Blue insurers “seem to be proceeding cautiously” in the online marketplaces expected to cover to millions, said David Windley,
who follows the industry for Jefferies & Co., an investment firm. “They are evaluating markets state by state and in some cases region by region within the state to assess the viability of all the different pieces.” Not the Blues. They’re expected to offer health-exchange plans nearly everywhere, ensuring at least a minimum choice for individuals seeking subsidized coverage when the marketplaces open Oct. 1. It also makes them an undeclared Obama ally in implementing the health law.
“The Blues will definitely participate,” said Ana Gupte, an insurance stock analyst for Dowling & Partners. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, the state’s largest commercial health insurer, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City - are among the three insurance companies in Kansas that have said they intend to participate in the exchange. The third is Coventry Health Care of Kansas. Stabilize the Market The exchanges are online marketplaces that will oper-
Youth suicide prevention summit at FHSU in July Ft. Hays State University’s department of psychology is sponsoring a summit on youth suicide prevention. Bradley D. Burnett, B.S., J.D., LL.M., is the event’s keynote speaker. Burnett, a Denver attorney, lost his oldest son to suicide five years ago. He began traveling throughout Kansas and Colorado and educating others in an effort to prevent further suicides. Featured presenters include Liz McGinness, a founding member of the Sedgwick County Suicide Prevention Coalition; Dr. Bill Geis, director of behavioral health research and assistant professor of psychiatry
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; Jarrod Hindman, director of the office of suicide prevention at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; and Elaine Johannes, associate professor and extension specialist in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University. The summit will be Tuesday and Wednesday, July 30-31, in FHSU’s Memorial Union. Registration cost is $50 for both days or $30 for July 30 and $20 for July 31. The registration form is available at https://webapps.fhsu.edu/ KYSPsummit/.
Don’t miss the tasting booths in Patton Park • Saturday, noon to 2:00 p.m.
ate in all 50 states, offering insurance plans for individuals and small businesses. The individual market has long been a high-risk, unstable business that some insurers never sought. The health law - with its mandate that could bring younger, healthier people into the pool and its subsidies - seeks to stabilize the individual market. But if few other insurers follow the Blues into those markets, consumers in those states may not see the same kind of competitive pricing (See EXCHANGES on page 13)
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Food banks anticipate cuts in SNAP benefits A food bank official is urging advocates for the poor to pay close attention to the national debate over the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “Keep your eyes on the news,” said Shelley Paul, SNAP coordinator with the Harvesters Community Food Network office in Kansas City, Mo. Paul is expecting Congress to reduce SNAP benefits and tighten eligibility criteria as part of the debate over the Farm Bill. “For people who are getting somewhere between $180 and $200 a month (in SNAP benefits), they’re probably
going to see about a $30 loss,” she said, addressing the Kansas Association of Community Action Programs’ annual conference on poverty. It’s also likely, Paul said, that monthly income eligibility limits would be tightened between $100 and $200. “It’s going to be tough, no matter what,” she said. Paul said her warnings were based on information provided by Feeding America, a national coalition of food banks that is monitoring the SNAP debate in Congress. The proposed reductions, she said, were driven by persistent reports of SNAP recipients misusing their benefits. She called
Exchanges of premiums that states like Oregon have reported. Still, it’s not just that Blues will offer coverage in places other carriers may avoid. In states where Republican governors oppose the health law, Blues may be the single biggest factor in educating consumers and recruiting them into Obamacare. In Louisiana, where Gov. Bobby Jindal has flatly said “we are not implementing the exchange,” the local Blues plan has organized community nonprofits, churches, Chambers of Commerce and food banks to get out the word on what will be a
Kansas legislators earlier this year enacted a measure barring the governor from expanding the program without “express” approval from the legislature, which will not meet again until January. In a second Kaiser report, the authors indicated that “without the Medicaid expansion there will be large gaps in coverage for millions” of Americans. In Kansas, about 58,000 uninsured people are projected to fall into the so-called “coverage gap” starting Jan. 1, resulting from the state’s decision to not expand Medicaid eligibility.
the reports “myths,” noting that recipients’ SNAP debit cards are programed to reject non-food purchases such as beer, cigarettes or toilet paper. “The card differentiates what you can and cannot buy,” she said. Still, Paul said, there was nothing to stop someone who also receives cash assistance from using their debit card to buy whatever they like. Both programs - SNAP and cash assistance - use the same debit card.
she’s been struck by how much of the debate over SNAP benefits assumes that local charities will offset whatever reductions in benefits are enacted. “A small organization that’s run by volunteers can be overrun really easily,” she said. “What’s great about SNAP is that if you qualify, it’s there. But if you don’t qualify and you go to the local food bank and there’s no food, all of a sudden you’re desperate.”
The shortfall prompted the plans to close enrollment early. “Insurance companies, very suddenly in my estimation, are getting very conservative and hesitant about being in the exchanges,” said Robert Laszewski, a Virginiabased consultant and former insurance executive. UnitedHealth Group’s recent disclosure that it would offer plans in only a dozen state exchanges marked new disappointment for those hoping the exchanges will generate vigorous competition and new insurance for millions. Previously United had said it would sell on as many as 25 exchanges. The company will
“watch and see” how exchanges work, “approaching them with some degree of caution,” UnitedHealth Group CEO Stephen Hemsley said. Aetna plans to offer individual exchange policies in 14 states and may reduce that if some states look unprofitable or unprepared. On June 17 Aetna disclosed it would stop selling individual insurance in California, the most populous state. For its part, Cigna will focus on making exchange plans work well in five states rather than spreading efforts more thinly, said Ray Smithberger, who’s in charge of the company’s individual business.
What you see in the general market is a hesitancy over whether states will be technologically ready, he said. “With condensed time frames, it’s important that we provide the right connectivity to ensure we’re providing the best experience for the customer.” Although not every state has announced online marketplace participants, the Blues characterize their approach very differently. “We expect Blue Cross/Blue Shield plans will have a strong, reliable presence in the new exchanges,” said Alissa Fox, a senior vice president at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
SNAP Facts The average per-person SNAP benefit in Kansas is $125 a month. Last month, almost 319,000 Kansans were on SNAP; 45 percent were children.
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federally run marketplace there. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana “is the driving force” behind the Louisiana Healthcare Education Coalition, said Nebeyou Abebe, who works on consumer engagement at the Louisiana Public Health Institute. “I can’t think of any other entity in Louisiana that’s developing a massive campaign to educate people.” Founded by hospitals and doctors before World War II, the Blues are a loose federation of nonprofit and for-profit plans with a history of selling coverage directly to individuals and families.
Medicaid
The vast majority of recipients do not abuse the system, she said. “People are struggling, families are struggling. I can’t begin to count the number of people who’ve told me that if it wasn’t for SNAP, the only food they’d have would be ‘pantry food,’” she said, referring to the boxes of commodities distributed by charitable groups. “And you know what? Sometime pantry food isn’t enough.”
Paul said she routinely deals with low-income adults in Kansas and Missouri who’ve gone 24 hours without food. The public also is misinformed, she said, on how much SNAP recipients receive. “If you’re a single, able bodied adult and you’re living on less than $931 a month, you’re probably eligible for SNAP,” Paul said. “That’s good. But people need to realize that if your monthly income is somewhere between $750 and $931, you’re only going to get around $20 in benefits.” Kansas Association of Community Action Programs executive director Tawny Stottlemire said
SNAP Benefits in 2012 •Average SNAP benefit per person: $1.50 per meal •Average SNAP benefit for a family of four: $135 per week •Average minimum cost of feeding a family of four: $146 to $289 per week
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Those are Kansans too poor to qualify for tax credits to buy private insurance through the insurance exchanges created by Obamacare, but not poor enough to qualify for the state’s current Medicaid program, which has some of the most restrictive eligibility standards in the nation. Kansans that will be in the coverage gap are those earning between about 32 and 100 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). Those with incomes between 100 and 400 percent of poverty guidelines will qualify for tax credits to purchase health coverage starting Jan. 1.
Concerns of Insurers The Affordable Care Act requires exchange plans to cover anybody, no matter how sick, at regulated prices and often with large government subsidies. Despite the prospect of millions of new customers and measures to cushion insurers with disproportionately high claims in the early years, carriers worry that the sick will be first to sign up while the healthy stay away. Fears grew after claims came in far higher than expected for temporary “high risk pools” that had been established by the law to cover the chronically ill until the full law took effect in 2014.
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Pastime at Park Lane The First Baptist Church led Sunday afternoon services. Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Hugh McDaniel, Joy Barnett, Mandy Barnett, Dorothy King and Madeline Murphy. Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening. Pastor Jared Young led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns. Naomi Teubner played the piano, violin and the recorder on Tuesday afternoon. She played several patriotic and folk songs. Nancy, Cheri, Shayla and Haley Koehn furnished cookies. Residents played trivia games on Tuesday evening. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday evening several residents played cards. Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday morning.
8 are honored with July birthdays
Eight residents were guests of honor during the July birthday party held last Thursday afternoon. Celebrating birthdays during the month were Phyllis Trembley, Betty Ohneck, Pat Palen, Phyllis Thon, Mildred Van Pelt, Maxine Binns, Dottie Fouquet and DeLores Brooks. D’Ann Markel played the piano and everyone was served ice cream sandwiches.
Gormans celebrate 65th anniversary
The Gorman family hosted a party in honor of Earl and Loretta Gorman’s 65th wedding anniversary on Saturday afternoon.
Fr. John Kwaku Forkuoh led Catholic Mass. Residents enjoyed chocolate soft-serve ice cream cones on Friday afternoon. The Wright Family performed on Friday evening. Harold and Gary Wright played guitars and sang. Wanda Wright furnished homemade peach pie topped with vanilla ice cream. Dottie Fouquet was visited by Linda and Leah Artz, Mark Fouquet, Carol McKinney, and Jon and Anne Crane.
Jim Jeffery was visited by CJ and Charlene Sharpe, Jarod Sharpe, and Don and Judy Browning. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Bill and Kandi John, Roger and Jackie John, Marvel Keyse, Gloria O’Bleness; Emily Galyon, Phoenix, Ariz.; and David and Alice Rinke, Wichita. Judy Redburn was visited by Tina Turley, Jim Cooley and Debbie Holland. Mike Kitch was visited by Charlene Becht, Deb Lawrence, Izaac Rowton, and Don and Judy Browning.
Delores Brooks was visited by Beth Tuck, Charles Brooks, Fritzi Rauch and Cheryl Perry. Hilda Gruver was visited by Tina Turley and Alan and Glenda Graham. Joyce Bohnert was visited by Tina Turley and Alan and Glenda Graham. Bruce Scott was visited by Izaac Rowton and Deb Lawrence. Jimmy Dinkle was visited by Allen Osborn. James Still was visited by Tina Turley. Pat Palen was visited by Jack and Sheri Rapier, and Angie, Ella and Houston Frank. Mary Alice King was visited by Izaac Rowton and Deb Lawrence. Ruth Holland was visited by Charlene Becht and Debbie Bush. Cecile Billings was visited by Linda Dunagan, Toni Glenn, Ann Beaton, Delinda Dunagan; Ken, Patti and Mandy Billings; Don and Judy Browning, and Larry Billings. Harold and Ruth White were visited by Junior and Sharon Strecker, Michaela Strecker, and Jade and Chasen Glunz.
Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan. Jim and Yvonne Spangler were visited by Les and MaryAnn Spangler, Donna Eitel, Yvette Mills, and Will, Danica and Jagger. Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright and Larry and Philene Pickett. Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock. Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler and Rex Turley. Albert Dean was visited by Carol Davey. Lula Dirks was visited by Darla Luebbers, Eilletta Payne, and Dave and Deb Kraemer. Ann Tedford was visited by Mary Plum. Mildred Van Pelt was visited by David Van Pelt, Amanda and Michelle Ruth, Gwen Huck, Rev. Dennis Carter, Larry and Marlene Murphy, Dorothy Kasten, Dorothy Hutchins, Joyce Schmitt, Dottie Fouquet, Marilyn Dryer, Carrie Murphy, Paul and Mae Hillery, Karen Berry and Donna Eitel.
Visiting Jake Leatherman were Gabriela Chavez and Don and Judy Browning. Linda and Leah Artz and Rod and Kathy Haxton were visitors of Boots Haxton. Geraldine Graves was visited by Charlene Becht, Karen Berry, Megan Dirks, Diane Dirks and Alonna Mantzke. Earl Gorman was visited by Loretta Gorman, Charlene Becht, Jane McBroom, Donna Eitel, Orville and Marcine Gorman, Jay and Rae Gorman, and Robert and Connie Gruver. Edith Norman was visited by Sue Riner and Sara Shane. Pat Lewis was visited by Philip, Trisha, Caraline and Libbie Beaton; Gil Lewis, Elsie Nagel, Emily Wright, Kim Smith, Lori and Baylor Vasquez, Gracie Zapata, Alisa Moore, Trisha Baker and Fritzie Rauch. Darlene Richman was visited by Mike Deschner. Ruby Latham was visited by Jack Ivey, Anthoney Ivey and Elizabeth Thoe.
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Deaths Dorothy Maxine Bishop
Ilene Sperling Wren
Dorothy Maxine Bishop, 88, Leoti, died July 17, 2013, at Wichita County Health Center Long Term Care, Leoti. S h e was born Nov. 26, 1924, on the family homes t e a d in rural Dorothy Bishop Kearny County, the daughter of August, Jr., and Laura Mae (Downs) Hahn. A lifetime resident of Kearny and Wichita counties, she was a homemaker and ranch wife. She was a member of the Lydia Methodist Church in rural Wichita County; Lydia Jayhawkers 4-H where she served as a project leader and community leader; the VFW Auxiliary, Wichita County Genealogical Society, Lydia FCE and the Smoky Hills Brigade. On March 1, 1946, she married Leslie Merle Bishop at Leoti. He died Aug. 22, 2011, at Leoti. Survivors include: two
Ilene Sperling Wren, 80, died July 21, 2013, at her home in Scott City. She was born Jan. 28, 1933, at Liberal, the daughter of Frank B. and Lena (Brown) Sperling. She worked and lived in Scott City most of her life except for the short time she lived in Anchorage, Alaska, while Leo was in the Army. She worked for 55 years as a clerk in Ideal Food Store, a cook at Scott City Elementary School, nurse aide at the Scott County Hospital, was a caregiver for several patients in Scott City and was a cook at the Scott County VIP Center for two years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Scott County VIP Center and Scott County Hospital Auxiliary, all of Scott City; Women on a Mission; and taught Scouts, Sunday school and Bible school for 10 years at the the First United Methodist Church. On July 15, 1950, she married Leo Wren at Scott City. He survives. Other survivors in-
sons, Leslie, and wife, Pat, and Larry and wife, Cheryl, all of Leoti; four daughters, Janet Kasten and husband, Gerald, Skandia, Mich., Laura Medina and husband, Charles, Leoti, Barbara Ryan and husband, Pat, and Anita Ellis and husband, Mike, all of Scott City; 17 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two grandchildren, Jared Bishop and Victoria Ellis; two brothers, Dallas Hahn and Orval Hahn; and one sister, Lois Gardner. Funeral service was held July 22 at the United Methodist Church, Leoti, with Rev. Brad Kirk and Rev. Paul McNall officiating. Burial was in the Leoti Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to Wichita County Long Term Care in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th, Leoti, Ks. 67861. E-condolences may be given at www.priceandsons.com.
Betty Joyce Sharp Betty Joyce Sharp, 80, Colorado Springs, Colo., died July 21, 2013, at Colorado Springs, Colo. She was born July 30, 1932, at Bazine, the daughter of Jake and Bertha Foos. Betty was a member of the Healy United Methodist Church. She attended Ft. Hays State University, Hays, and was a school teacher. On June 22, 1952, she married Gerald W. Sharp. He is deceased. While Gerald served in the Navy, they were stationed in Lakehurst, N.J., before returning to their hometown of Healy to farm. Following the death of her husband, Gerald, she moved to Colorado
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Springs, but actively remained in farming in Western Kansas. Survivors include: one son, Jerry, Healy; one daughter, Brenda Sharp, and husband, Richard Robillard, Colorado Springs, Colo.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, Willard, Glen and Ronnie. Memorial service will be held Sat., July 27, 1:00 p.m., at the Healy United Methodist Church. Lunch and gathering will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the church. Memorials may be sent to the Healy United Methodist Church, 2009 W Highway 4, Healy, Ks. 67850.
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clude: two sons, Everett, and wife, Gloria, Scott City, and Rod and wife, Marilyn, Beulah, Colo.; two daughters, Leanna Fandrey and husband, Cliff, Williamsburg, Colo., and Starla Jackson and husband, Michael, Canyon City, Colo.; two sisters, Norma Thomas and husband, Kenny, Garden City, and Donna Eitel, Scott City; one brotherin-law, James Telander, Wichita; 10 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Marylee; and one grandson, Sheldon. Memorial service was held July 24 at the First United Methodist Church, Scott City. Burial was in the Scott County Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Ilene Wren Memorial Fund in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 S. Washington, Scott City, Ks. 67871. E-condolences may be given at www.priceandsons.com.
Week of July 29-August 2 Monday: Meat loaf, au gratin potatoes, green beans, whole wheat roll, citrus fruit cup. Tuesday: Oven fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, asparagus, whole wheat roll, pudding. Wednesday: Bierock, peas, carrots, whole wheat bread, creamy fruit salad. Thursday: Chef salad, bread sticks, strawberries and pears. Friday: Beef and macaroni, marinated tomatoes, whole wheat roll, blueberry crisp. meals are $3.00 • call 872-3501
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Park Place People
by Doris Riner
Last week I told a little about Phyllis Thon’s birthday. Like all our birthday parties everyone had a great time. Those here besides Phyllis and husband, Clif, were Karen Hoover and her granddaughter from Little Rock, Ark., Lou Pfanenstiel, Marian Sigurdson, Mary Ann Spangler, Maryanne Unruh, Betty Ohneck, Lela Bishop, Velma Baxton, Robin Day and myself. Coming to visit yours truly one afternoon were Linda Artz and her daughter, Leah. They brought me a new (tall) coffee cup. Our Phyllis Thon and Betty Ohneck sat at the honored table at the monthly big birthday party last week. Lou Pfanenstiel has been one “happy camper” all last week. Camping out in the room beside him all week has been his niece, Lola Pfanenstiel, from Colorado Springs, Colo. His son, Phil, of Elk City, Okla., has also been here. All our coffee drinkers had an especially good week, any way you look at it. Lola started the week by bringing to coffee the first day her dessert speciality, a cranberry dessert. It took us two days to eat it. Betty Ohneck’s daughter came over Wednesday morning and brought a dozen of every kind of donut. Friday evening the Wright Brothers came. They come once a month and that always means something super good for refreshments, made and served by Wanda. Wanda always remembers Park Place people so at coffee on Saturday everyone enjoyed yummy peach pie a la mode and Wanda even furnished the ice cream. Are we a bunch of spoiled people here or not? Don’t answer that! Another thing I would like to mention are the people who take the time and trouble to come see us. They accept a cup of coffee, but it’s the fellowship that means the most to all of us. Saturday morning here came Jack and Sherry who we always enjoy, and Mary Ann Spangler, along with Harriet Jones from the home and her son, Steve and wife, (sorry I’ve forgotten her name). They are visiting Harriet and live in Lawrence. I think we have a new resident (coffee drinker, I hope) but I’ll write about that next week.
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Attend the Church of Your Choice
See You in Church I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord (Ps122:1). I have heard it said that skipping church is a vote for closure. Reinhold Niebuhr wrote in his journal, “A half empty church immediately symbolizes the fact that Christianity is very much of a minority movement in a pagan world.” According to the Barna Research Group, 90 percent of Americans say they are Christians, but only 12 per cent say it is the most important thing to them. Most ranked health, happiness or finances above church. Certainly one can be a Christian and not go to church. But the Lord said, “For where two or three have gathered together in my name, there I am in their midst.” Matt 18:20 (NASB77) Ecclesia is the word for church. It means called forth or gathering. The Apostle Paul teaches us that the church is the body of Christ and every member important to the whole. I have a granddaughter who lives with a prosthetic leg. She is a dear, pleasant and capable young lady, but her life would be easier if she had been born with two legs instead of just one. The church needs all its members present at the appointed time. Most of us choose to attend church on the basis of what we get out of it. Perhaps we would enjoy it more if we took the biblical approach toward worship. First of all we would worship in spirit and truth (John 4:23). Then there is the issue of obedience. Yes, let’s go to church because God said to. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near. Heb 10:23-25 (NASB77) Sunday morning worship is a good habit to get in to. One church placed a note in its bulletin that said, “Visitors welcome, members expected.” Your church needs you and you need it. I hope you are a part of the minority who puts Christ first this Sunday. Pastor Robert Nuckolls Immanuel Southern Baptist Church, Scott City
Scott City Assembly of God
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
St. Joseph Catholic 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
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
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 • Wednesday mornings Breakfast at 6:30 a.m. Held at Precision Ag Bldg. west of Shallow Water
Holy Cross Lutheran 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 Shelby Crawford, 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 Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264 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 Dennis Carter, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services at 9:00 a.m. • Sunday School, 10:30 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 Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
701 Main - Scott City - 872-2937 Scotty 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 Father Don Martin Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m. St. Luke’s - 872-5734 (recorded message) Senior Warden Bill Lewis • 872-3347 or Father Don Martin - (785) 462-3041
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.
9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 Bishop Irvin Yeager • 620-397-2732 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.
Col. Lewis a ‘courageous’ commander Bob Campbell staff writer
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Army Lt. Col. William Henry Lewis had a premonition he would not return from his mission to stop 350 Northern Cheyennes led by Chiefs Dull Knife and Little Wolf in Western Kansas. A Commander at Fort Dodge, 80 miles southeast of Scott County, Lewis had been suffering from dysentery and declined when his valet, Manuel Silva, tried to serve him breakfast. According to Lewis’ biographer, Ann Oldham, Pagosa Springs, Colo., the 48-year-old West Point graduate “told Manuel he ‘need never expect to see him again’ and instructed Manuel ‘to go and live with his mother as a servant’ if he did not return.” Two days later, on Sept. 27, 1878, Lewis was rallying his troops in the area north of Scott City, now known as Battle Canyon, when a rifle shot penetrated his right leg and cut his femoral artery. Quoting witnesses’ accounts in her book, “Lt. Col. William H. Lewis, Duty, Honor Country,” Oldham wrote that he “was on a large bay horse and in full view of the rifle pits, urging the men to take positions to the front. “After the Indians were driven into the ravine, the troops occupied positions on nearly three sides of it,” she said. “The soldiers and scouts took notice that he was exposing himself very much and must be a brave man. Lewis dismounted and made his way to the brow of a knoll in full view of the Indians. It was here that he was shot.” Oldham said Privates Charles Tucker and Ed Wilson reported seeing “a stream of blood as large as your little finger gush from his leg.” “Lewis fainted and they took a strap from his saddle and tied the wound with a pistol,” she said. “It was 10 minutes before the surgeon got to him. “The surgeon, Dr. T.A. Davis, gave him stimulants and beef tea every 10 or 15 minutes until morning.” Oldham said Lewis “had a hard night” and died about 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 28 while en route to Fort Wallace, northwest of Scott County. Two of his troops had been wounded. “Lewis was a gentle person and people really seemed to like him,” said Oldham. “In Wyoming, he had lived in a tent and read by sticking candles on a knife or a gun. His family in Sandy Hill (later Hudson Falls), N.Y., sent him books. “He must have been an incredible man. A street in Pagosa Springs carries his name, Lewis Street in the downtown business area.” Oldham said Lewis’ father Henry, an attorney, and his mother Sarah encouraged his military ambition and helped secure his early admission at age
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(Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of stories about the Northern Cheyenne exodus from Oklahoma to their homeland in Montana that began in late 1878. The Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork took part on Sept. 27, 1878, in northern Scott County. A two-day Battle Canyon Symposium will be held on Sept. 27-28 to commemorate the 135th anniversary of the battle. Saturday’s events will be held at the El Quartelejo Museum and Jerry Thomas Gallery.)
15 to West Point, where he ranked 15th among 43 cadets in the Class of 1849. He had two sisters and a brother. “Gen. Sherman sent him a lot of different places,” she said. “He fought in the Mormon War in Utah, the Indian wars and the Civil War in New Mexico. “He defeated the Confederate Texans in the Battle of Glorietta, N.M., which was the turning point of the Civil War in the West.” Retired Fort Lewis College History Professor Duane Smith, author of a 2006 history of the fort, “A Time for Peace,” said Lewis’ campaign against the Cheyennes “was just part of the efforts of the federal government to keep the various Plains tribes on the reservation and ensure the settlers coming West that it would be safe for them. “It was to teach the Native Americans that they should stay where they were told or they were going to be in trouble,” he said. “Lewis was never at Fort Lewis, but he was very well-liked. His fellow officers felt he was a good military man who tried to balance the rights of the native Americans with the rights of incoming American settlers, which was almost impossible to do. “He was a courageous man, which might have gotten him killed.” Noting a photo of Lewis has never been found, Smith related a description of him by a fellow officer: “He was physically large with a pleasing address (manner of greeting people) and a genial and happy nature.” Smith said several columns of troops were sent out to stop the Cheyennes, but Col. Lewis was the one who found them. I think he would have stopped them if he hadn’t been wounded. Some of the officers with him said that.” Lewis had served in the Seminole Wars in Florida and returned to West Point as an instructor in infantry tactics. He was twice cited for gallantry.
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Sports
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laying the groundwork
Most of the focus on offense
The groundwork has been laid. For the next three weeks, the Scott Community High School football team and coaching staff can reflect on what was learned during their weeklong camp before they come together again on August 19 for the start of two-a-day practices. Head coach Glenn O’Neil said they accomplished what they hoped to - or as much as they could - without the benefit of practicing in pads. “It was a good week,” says O’Neil. “We got some things accomplished. And some boys learned pretty quickly they have some work ahead of them. A few boys came into camp a little slower and heavier than we wanted and now they have some time to do something about that.” The first couple of days were spent going over fundamentals which will likely be a common theme with such a large group of non-varsity players. The final two days the squad was able to divide into offensive and defensive
Senior runningback Chris Pounds takes the handoff as the Beavers run through offensive drills during last week’s camp. (Record Photo)
units and line up against each other. It provided the coaching staff a brief glimpse of how well some players know the offense and defense. However, they won’t get a clearer picture of who is capable of playing what positions until they can put on the pads. “We tried to maintain a
certain speed level and determine what we’re capable of doing,” said O’Neil. “We want the boys to have an understanding of what’s expected so we don’t have to waste time once the two-a-days get here.”
on pads, the offense is ahead of the defense in terms of knowing the potential starters. Some varsity players have a clear edge at their positions coming out of camp while others will be in a dog fight once practices begin on Aug. 19. Battling for Positions Senior fullback Paco Until the boys can put Banda (5-9, 195) is ready
to step into that role as a first-year starter. “He’s looking pretty quick. He’s gained some weight, he’s strong and he’s definitely compact,” O’Neil says. While he has a “little lead” as the starting fullback, O’Neil says there are five boys competing for two spots in the back-
field with Banda. “We have to find three guys who can play those two spots and move the other two to wide receiver,” says the head coach. “Or we’ll be playing a lot of those guys (at runningback) during a game until we figure out who can get the job done.” (See OFFENSE on page 18)
Kite in Shrine Bowl on Saturday
Scott Community High School graduate Drew Kite will join a long list of Beavers who have also been Shrine Bowl participants when he competes in the annual event on Sat., July 27. Kite, an All-State tight end and linebacker, will be on the 34-man West Squad. Sixty-eight of the state’s best football players will take part in the 40th annual Kansas Shrine Bowl to be played at Yager Stadium on the Washburn University campus in Topeka. Kickoff is at 7:00 p.m.
Time to get answers with KC in camp When Andy Reid was hired as the new head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs and John Dorsey took over as the new general manager, it naturally raised a lot of questions. Some of those have been answered during the last few months, such as: •Fut u r e Inside quarter- the b a c k ? Huddle A l e x with the Smith is X-Factor in and Matt Cassel is history. •No. 1 draft pick? Offensive tackle Eric Fisher was our pick, though he’s still not under contract. •Defense? We’ll stay with the 3-4, but with some changes in philosophy. •General manager? John Dorsey is no Scott Pioli. And that’s good. But that’s just the beginning. We’ll get the answers to a lot more questions when the Chiefs report to camp on Friday. (See ANSWERS on page 22)
David Dunn blasts out of a sand trap while playing partners Jordan Carter (left) and Nolan Numrich look on during Saturday’s action at the Scott City four-ball tournament. (Record Photo)
Palen-Lewis erase 4 stroke deficit to win Scott City 4-ball championship Coming from four strokes off the lead, the four-man team of Cody Palen, Mike Palen, Troy Lewis and Russ Lewis won the annual four-ball tournament played at the Scott Community Golf Course last weekend. The Palen/Lewis team was in a third
place logjam with four other teams following Saturday’s round of 57. One of the teams they were tied with consisted of Stephen Prewit, Ben Spare, Beau Hendrick and Chris Irvin. Saturday’s leaders were Kelly Hoeme, Mike Lebbin, Chris Lebbin
and Cody Brittan who fired a 15-underpar 53 to lead by two strokes over Greg Norris, Greg Burgess, John Burgess and Brent Turner. The Lebbin team extended its lead to three shots with a birdie on the first hole (See PALEN on page 18)
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Outdoors in Kansas
Palen
Grillin’ venison burgers
on Sunday, but then things began to unravel for the tournament leaders. After six holes, the Palen/Lewis team had cut a five shot deficit to a single stroke and had pulled even with the Lebbin crew on the 10th hole. The Palen/Lewis and Lebbin teams were tied after 16 holes, but the tournament winners were able to take command with birdies on the final two holes to give them Sunday’s low round of 54. They took the title with a 36-hole total of 111. The Irvin team had also moved into title contention on Sunday when they pulled even with Palen/ Lewis with the day’s only eagle on the 14th hole. The two teams remained tied until the 18th hole Aaron Miller, formerly of Scott City, chips to the second hole while playing partners Rick Hassler when the Irvin team set(left) and Gary Miller prepare for their chip shots. (Record Photo) tled for a par and finished a stroke behind Palen/ The Lebbin team fin- two strikes off the lead ing a 60 on Sunday. in this year’s tournament Lewis in second place. ished alone in third place, with a 113 total, after firThere were 44 teams field.
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by Steve Gilliland
Summer grilling season has reached its peak and football tailgating season is in the wings, but die-hard grillers like us grill despite the season or the weather, sort of like the mailman delivers the mail. We grill the occasional chicken, fish and steak, but most often the meat sizzling on the Gilliland grill is venison, and usually burgers. One of the items on my personal bucket list is to learn to process our own deer, but for now we rely on a good, commercial processor to handle that job. On years when we are fortunate enough to harvest two deer we get a little creative with the second deer as far as what cuts are made from it. However, on years with only one deer we have a pat system that gets us lots of ground venison. We use ground venison in burgers, meat loaf, chili, pizza and spaghetti sauce, omelets, etc. - absolutely everywhere hamburger is normally used. We have always used it in its pure lean form for everything except hamburgers for the grill. Even though the norm is to have fresh ground pork or sausage added to the venison during processing, we choose to keep ours just fresh ground venison. Ground venison is so lean that it does not hold together well for such things as burger patties. I’d like to share some tips we have learned for using it that way. Even the leanest beef hamburger has enough natural fat to hold it together, create juice as it cooks and keep it somewhat juicy once it’s done. Pure, ground venison lacks that fat, so all three of those problems must be solved. A variety of purchased marinades can be used, and will make the meat moist enough to form into (See GRILLIN’ on page 22)
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Offense He was impressed with senior Brayden Strine’s speed, which gives the Beavers that ability to get to the edge with their toss sweeps. O’Neil may rotate between junior quarterbacks Trey O’Neil (6-2, 180) and Brett Meyer (6-2, 155). Both have strong and accurate arms, but O’Neil’s size gives him the edge in establishing the option game. O’Neil was the junior varsity quarterback as a freshman and got the majority of reps during practice last year behind his older brother and starting quarterback, Brett. “So it’s not like we’re throwing him into a position he’s not familiar with,” says Coach O’Neil. Meyer quarterbacked the junior varsity squad to an undefeated season and also saw playing time on Friday nights and during the playoffs with the second and third string offense. “Last year, we felt it was more important to get Brett into the game in those situations so he could gain experience,” O’Neil says. “In terms of experience, the both have a lot of reps behind them. It just hasn’t been under the Friday night lights with a game on the line.” While the Beavers should have decent size on the offensive line, several positions are still up for grabs. Senior Cole Birney
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(5-10, 210) has the edge at right tackle, though he missed all of last season because of an injury sustained in a car accident. Left tackle is wide open, though Matt Tuttle (5-10, 275) is available. O’Neil would prefer to use Tuttle as a defensive tackle and not use him on both sides of the ball, but he does provide another option as an offensive lineman. “If we can find someone else who wants to take control at the left tackle position that would be a better situation,” he says. As for the guards, O’Neil is waiting for players to “step up and show they want to take control of those positions.” Alex Snyder (5-9, 180, sr.) and Wyatt Eitel (5-9, 190, jr.) were junior varsity guards last season. The center will be anchored by returning starter Keigun Wells (5-10, 225). Senior tight end Warren Kropp (5-10, 190) is the likely starter and has earned kudos from O’Neil as “perhaps the strongest player we’ve had at that position for many years. He’s a 300-pound bench press kid and we’ve never had a player who could bench that much in the time I’ve been here. “He’s not the 6-3 target we’ve had in the past, but on the blocking side he might be as good, or better, than anyone we’ve had among our last three tight ends and that’s say-
ing a lot,” he says. The runningbacks, receivers and defensive backs can have 7-on-7 workouts without a coach present. O’Neil can work with a maximum of six
players until two-a-days begin. The weight room will shut down after next week in order to give the team a week off before captain’s practices begin.
“We have a lot of individual time left,” says Coach O’Neil. “Even though we can’t work with a full team we can still get things done with our skilled people.”
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So many newcomers make Hawks a mystery Head football coach Charlie Weis will welcome his second Kansas football team to campus on August 6 and the Jayhawks will begin fall practice on August 7. Almost all by of KU’s playMac ers have been Stevenson in summer school taking classes and working out under Scott Holsopple, director of strength and conditioning. Coach Weis is a realist. “We were 1-11 last year, and I’d prefer not to be 1-11 again,” he said recently. “If I want to be here for a long time, there are a lot of things that have to change. One of them is we have to start winning more football games.” That’s going to happen and it could be sooner rather than later. Weis and his staff will have 17 new juco recruits to go with transfers Jake Heaps (quarterback) and Justin McCay (wide receiver). Most of the preseason football magazines have the Jayhawks dead last in the Big 12. Athlon predicted the Jayhawks would go 0-9 in league play. And last week the Big 12 preseason media poll also picked the Jayhawks to finish in the cellar. But Kansas has so many juco recruits and transfers that it’s impossible to make reasoned judgments about their 2013 team. The pundits have no idea as to how talented the newcomers are. Weis knows better than most that it’s unfeasible to have a quality Big 12 football team without dedicated talent on the offensive and defensive lines. The KU staff made that a priority while recruiting their most recent class. The connections that Weis, defensive coordinator Dave Camp and offensive line coach Tim Grunhard have with the NFL have aided their recruitment of so much juco talent. An example is the recent commitment of California juco offensive tackle Pearce Slater (6-8, 320). He said realizing that Weis and Campo and Grunhard had unlimited NFL connections was significant in his decision to become a Jayhawk. (See MYSTERY on page 21)
Dylan Hutchins (front) and Macy Davis run the hills at Lake Scott State Park during the SCHS cross-country camp. (Record Photo)
High hopes for SCHS boys, girls during x-country camp It’s with a mix of optimism and concern that Scott Community High School cross-country coach Kevin Reese wrapped up last week’s camp. He’s optimistic about the prospects for his girl’s squad. He’s concerned about the preparation put in during the summer by his boy’s squad. “It was a good week, but not a great week,” says Reese. “We found out where some of the kids are in terms of conditioning and, hopefully, it served notice to a lot of them that if they want to have the kind of season they’re expecting, now’s the time to start. “If they wait until the first day of practice, we’re going to have too much conditioning to make up for and not enough time.”
Nonetheless, Reese feels the pieces are in place for both squads to have very good seasons. “This could be the best girl’s team that I’ve had in the nine years I’ve been here,” says Reese, who is entering his seventh season as head coach. Senior Taylor George, a state qualifier last season, will be joined by “two very solid runners” in Megan Thornburg and Aubrey Davis. The key to the team could be the addition of sophomore Jade Wren who missed last season because of health issues. “If her health issues have been figured out, and right now it appears they have been, that gives us four very good runners,” says Reese.
Giving the Lady Beavers added depth will be Riley Hawker, Macy Davis and Jody Gunther. “It will be important for Taylor to lead this group and you can see that she’s starting to accept that role,” Reese says. “This could be one of the top girl’s teams in this area and they have a great chance of getting to state, but a lot of responsibility will fall on Taylor.” Looking for a Leader Reese does have some concerns about the lack of conditioning and the absence of a team leader on a boy’s squad that is coming off a second place finish at last year’s state meet. The Beavers lost their top two runners from that team.
“Somebody has to step up in terms of leadership,” says Reese. “I don’t expect a single individual to fill Joey’s (Meyer) shoes, but we can still have a very good team if several boys are able to improve from last year and do it on a consistent basis.” Reese also feels that a couple of incoming freshman, including Isaac Evans and Andres Perez, could make a bid for varsity spots. “Overall, it was a good camp,” says Reese. “We logged some miles and talked a lot about conditioning. The kids know what’s expected of them during the next few weeks before practices begin. If they’ll work on those things that will mean a lot in getting our season off to a good start.”
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Division 2 Championships July 19-21, 2013 Girl’s Division 50m Freestyle 10-years and under: Alli Brunswig, 8th, 41.82. 11-12-years: Shelby Patton, 10th, 35.33. 13-14-years: Kylee Trout, 5th, 33.14. 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 1st, 31.14. 100m Freestyle 10-years and under: Alli Brunswig, 4th, 1:33.23; Alli Patton, 7th, 1:33.92. 13-14-years: Kylee Trout, 9th, 1:12.70. 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 2nd, 1:08.91. 400m Freestyle 11-12-years: Shelby Patton, 9th, 6:04.28. 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 12th, 6:14.03. 800m Freestyle 13-14-years: Kylee Trout, 5th, 13:02.51. 100m Breaststroke 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 8th, 1:40.98. 100m Butterfly 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 4th, 1:18.96. 200m Individual Medley 15-years and over: Reagan Smyth, 12th, 3:11.66. Boy’s Division 400m Freestyle 13-14-years: Reid Brunswig, 11th, 6:25.69. 200m Individual Medley 13-14-years: Reid Brunswig, 12th, 3:20.19
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Scott State Lake Updated July 11 Channel cats: Good/ excellent; up to 17 inches. Cut bait, shrimp, worms, and prepaired baits fished around the fish attractors and other structure has been best for fish up to 8 lbs. Anglers have reported limits. Crappie: fair; most up to 9 inches. Minnows or jigs around the fish attractors has been best. But drifting jigs or small crankbaits over the deeper part of the lake in a boat, fishing minnows under a bobber along rip-rapped shorelines in the evening, or fishing minnows under a bobber up in the creek can all be productive methods/locations. Anglers report catching good numbers of fish most days with the majority of the “keepers” running in the 8-9 inch range. Walleye/saugeye: slow; up to 8 lbs. Casting and slow-retrieving jigs tipped with nightcrawlers or minnows or fishing various fish imitating jigs and crankbaits along drop-offs and points should be best.
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Hunter Ed Classes Hunter education classes are being offered
hours long, typically in a classroom setting, and are usually held over the course of two to three days. Internet-assisted courses are designed to meet the needs of individuals with conflicting schedules by providing online classwork that can be done at home. After the internet work is completed, students must attend a field day, which often includes livefire, trail-walk and safe gun handling exercises before final testing and certification. Students must register for an internet-assisted course before completing the internet portion. Subjects covered include hunter responsibility, ethics, fair chase, history of firearms, firearms basics, ammunition, basic gun safety, field safety, bowhunting, conservation and wildlife management, wildlife of Kansas, outdoor emergencies, Kansas hunting regulations and boating safety for hunters.
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throughout the state, providing a variety of class times, formats and locations. Area classes are being offered: Aug. 2-3: Holcomb Red Center. To register call (620) 277-2152. Aug. 18-19: Holcomb Red Center. To register call (620) 277-2152. Under Kansas law, anyone born on or after July 1, 1957, must be certified by an approved course in hunter education before they can hunt in Kansas, except that anyone 15 years old and under may hunt without hunter education certification provided that they are under the direct supervision of an adult 18 years old or older. Students must be 11 years old to be certified. In an effort to provide greater accessibility to students, Kansas Hunter Education courses are given in one of two formats: traditional or internet-assisted. Traditional hunter education courses are 10
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Purchasing a resident deer permit has never been more convenient for Kansas hunters. Beginning July 30, all over-the-counter permits will go on sale, and for residents, that’s just about every deer permit available. The only deer permit that requires an application for resident hunters is the firearm either-species permit, which allows the harvest of a mule or white-tailed deer during the firearm season. Resident Whitetail Any Season, Statewide Archery, Muzzleloader Either-Species, and antlerless-only permits can be purchased over the counter or online. The application period for resident Firearm Either-species, Either-sex permits closed July 12. In addition to a deer permit, resident hunters age 16 through 74 must have a resident hunting license, unless exempt by Kansas Law. Deer permits can be purchased online at ksout-
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Mystery And he’s just one of many. Junior quarterback Heaps (6-1, 210) is one of the keys. Heaps started 16 games in his abbreviated career at BYU. During his freshman season, he passed for 2,316 yards, 15 touchdowns and just nine interceptions. KU’s coaching staff raved about Heaps’ ability during his season with the practice squad, but they did the same thing last year with Dayne Crist and that didn’t work out. The guess here is that Heaps will lead KU to a more diversified and effective offense. Senior runningback back James Sims (6-0, 200) led the Big 12 with 112.6 yards rushing per
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game and he should be even better this season. Weis is going to use the explosive Tony Pierson (5-11, 170) as a receiver out of the backfield to complement his big-play running ability. Pierson has NFL talent. Brandon Bourbon (6-2, 225) and Taylor Cox (5-11, 212) add quality depth at the runningback position. KU’s offensive line is regarded as a weakness in many quarters, but that may not be the case. The guess here is that the KU offensive line will be deeper and better than the 2012 unit. KU graduated several quality linemen. Nevertheless, this year’s group has improved depth, size, and talent.
Defense was a disaster in 2012. This season Campo’s defense will be unrecognizable compared to last year’s inept group. With so many juco transfers it’s impossible to predict how effective the new defense will be. The only certainty is that they will be better. If the Jayhawks can avoid injuries to key players, they could be one of the surprise teams this fall. Lost Momentum The KC Royals played their most important game of the season - if not the last two decades - against Detroit last Sunday. They went down without a whimper.
That 4-1 defeat may prove to be KC’s last gasp for the 2013 season. It was the difference between being five games behind Detroit or seven. Right fielder David Lough is hitting close to .300 and playing well defensively. Lough had a big hit in Saturday’s 6-5 win over Detroit. Consequently, before the biggest game of the season, manager Ned Yost decided it was a good time to put Lough on the bench. That’s a managerial move that makes no sense whatsoever. After two straight wins against Detroit, benching Lough is a strategy that’s difficult to justify. And losing such a crucial game is a momentum killer.
Answers The big questions regarding the offense are whether Smith can only play the west coast style and whether Reid will remember running the ball is also allowed in the NFL. Even before the start of camp, Reid has been challenging Smith to get away from being a game manager and to launch a few more shots down the field. Only twice in Smith’s career has he had more than 380 pass attempts in a season - with 445 passes his career high in 2011. Under Reid, quarterback Donovan McNabb had more than 440 pass attempts in each season from 2007-09, with a high of 571 in 2008. During the 2012 season, Michael Vick and Nick Foles combined for 616 pass attempts. One of the complaints with Reid in Philadelphia was that he underutilized runningback LeSean McCoy.
Grillin’ useable patties, plus add flavor and moisture. A teriyaki flavored marinade, for instance, will add a hint of teriyaki flavor plus moisten the meat. We use about onequarter cup of marinade for one pound of venison and have found its best to add it eight to twelve hours before grill time and stir the mixture every few hours. The meat gets terribly wet and sticky as you add the marinade, but letting it stand and keeping it stirred not only permeates the meat with the flavor but gives it just the right consistency in the end. Our favorite marinades have become the dry marinade packets made by McCormick. They come in over a dozen flavors, but our favorites are Brown Sugar Bourbon, Montreal Steak and Mesquite. Nearly all flavors call for 1/4 cup oil, some water and a little red wine or white vinegar. Here’s
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Charles has virtually carried this team the last couple of seasons and there’s concern that his number of carries will be reduced. On the other hand, we may see Charles get more touches as a receiver coming out of the backfield. He could have monster receiving yards if given the chance to catch the ball in space. That’s something we’ll be watching for during camp. At the same time, with a more prolific passing game - and a better quarterback - we may finally get a chance to see whether Jon Baldwin was worth a first round draft pick in 2011. In two years in KC he has just 579 yards receiving and is looking for that breakout season. A New Attitude With losing records in five of our last six seasons, including last year’s 2-14 mark, the arrival of Reid,
Dorsey, Smith and crew signals a new attitude in Kansas City. A media friend who attends practices regularly says there has been an unbelievable turnaround in the team. It begins with Dorsey, who is a sharp contrast to the never-anything-outof-place former GM Pioli. The other day, Dorsey was on the practice field wearing mismatched socks. There’s a sense that we can do our job, be intense when we have to be and still have fun. It’s also pretty amazing the number of assistant coaches running around here. There are 25 coaches - meaning just about one for every three players. There’s a lot of emphasis on coaching, especially with the younger guys, which has been missing in the past. And the players are responding. What I’m probably looking forward to most is a return to an old-school coaching philosophy -
at least in terms of how things are done during the pre-season. Reid has promised this will be a physical camp. Obviously, he will have to stay within the guidelines of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, but he wants his players to be prepared for physical contact during camp. In many ways, I expect Reid’s preseason philosophy to be very similar to what we saw during the Marty Schottenheimer and Dick Vermeil years . . . which were very good years in Kansas City. But now it’s time for the Reid era. There’s a lot of anticipation and speculation as to what that means. With the start of camp, that’s one more question which will be answered. The X Factor (Ty Rowton) is a former Scott City resident who has been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame as a Chiefs Superfan
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where you can get creative. Substitute teriyaki, soy sauce, Worcestershire or any flavorful wine or liquor for the oil, vinegar or water (don’t worry; the alcohol will easily evaporate during grilling,) Another product we like is the Fiesta Ranch dry dip mix made by Hidden Valley. Again, mix it with whatever liquid you please rather than the sour cream suggested in the directions. Another trick is to add one-half pound of ground turkey which is cheap and available at most groceries. Believe it or not the turkey adds just enough fat that the amount of marinade can be cut in half. Adding pork sausage is another good way to add the needed fat, plus you get the seasonings from the pork as well. Absolutely any liquid can be used and will add both moisture and taste, like spaghetti sauce, taco sauce or even salsa. We’ve
also found it beneficial to marinade the first side of the burger as it grills. Probably the biggest mistake made when cooking wild game, and especially venison, is cooking it too long, which renders it less tender and less flavorful. Grill venison burgers until they are JUST golden on each side, only turn them once and DO NOT press them down with the spatula after they’ve been turned. Don’t get me wrong, no matter how you treat it, a ground venison burger will never taste quite like a juicy hamburger, but use some of the above tips and it will come close, plus the health benefits will far outweigh any difference. The key is to experiment with different amounts of different flavors until you find what you like best. So this year after harvesting that Kansas deer, keep at least part of the ground meat in its
pure, lean form and give the above suggestions a whirl as you continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors. Send me your favorite venison recipes and I’ll print them in future columns. Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net
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Rod Buchele, Garden City, judges entries in the adult division, close-up/black and white, at the Scott County Fair on Wednesday.
County fair photo contest attracts over 1,000 entries Bob Campbell staff writer
Great Scott Photo Contest judges on Wednesday chose entries by Deb Scheuerman and Elise Edwards as the grand champion and reserve grand champion photos to illustrate the cover of the “2014 Month by Month in Scott County” calendar. With 78 photos spread out on tables in the old 4-H Building, judges Tanner Ehmke, Katie Eisenhour and Connie MacDonnell had an array of images to sort through, most of which will appear in the Chamber of Commercepublished calendar next year, said contest clerk Nikol Nolan. Fifty-six are in this year’s calendar. Scheuerman’s entry is of bright gold leaves on a backdrop of dark brown leaves and bark while Edwards’ is of a laughing girl splashing into the city swimming pool from a slide. Scheuerman, photo contest superintendent at the Fair, said the advent
of digital photography has been a boon to the contest. “It’s much easier and not as expensive as when we used to develop 35-millimeter film,” she said. “The fair board likes it because it brings people out to the Fair. You just have to see the pictures of your grandchildren.” The exhibition’s popularity is further enhanced because it encourages 4-by-6-inch prints, which are less challenging than the 8-by-10s required at other area fairs, Scheuerman said, adding that whole families often get involved after the kids get started. Beginning the process of evaluating over 1,000 photos in the fair’s open contest, judges Merry Jessup, Logan; Ron Buchele, Garden City; and Chris Cushing, LaCrosse, said their task would have been a good deal more laborious if it weren’t cut up into divisions of 20 entries each or less. “It’s a very good quality show,” said Cushing. “A good photo needs
a clear, well-defined subject, eliminating distractions and focusing on the subject. The most important thing is the sharpness,” he emphasizes. “Where it rises to the level of art is if that photo tells a story that draws you in. But it starts with the sharpness.” Winners and other entries in the calendar and open contests are on display through Saturday in the old 4-H Building. Scheuerman says the quality of the photo entries has improved each year. People are showing much more creativity and framing of the subjects in their photos. “I give all the credit to (project leader) Gina (Ramsey) and those who work with the 4-Hers and teach them what it takes to create a good photo,” says Scheuerman. “Those kids have passed that knowledge along to their parents. You can see it in the quality of our show.” The calendar competition was in three divisions, junior, 15 years old
and younger; adult, 16 to 60; and senior, 61 and over. The junior champion entry is of gray icicles on a fence post by Kate Rogers and the junior reserve champion was of a wheat field by Jacy Rose. Honorable mention went to Kodi Rogers. The adult champion photo is Edwards’ swimming pool shot and the adult reserve champion is Dale Jessup’s photo of wheat being augered from a moving combine into a truck. Adult honorable mention winners were Stephanie Shapland, Marilyn See and Mildred Dearden. The senior champion photo was Scheuerman’s photo of leaves and the senior reserve champion Cheryl Keyse’s shot of the Lake Scott beach house from across the lake. Scheuerman said the calendar contest, limited to photos taken in Scott County, started four years ago and the open photography competition about 10 years ago.
Audie Wasinger, 2-1/2-years-old, of Scott City, waves to her family while sitting in the cockpit of an airplane at the Boy Scout kiddie rides on Wednesday evening at the Scott County Fair. (Record Photo)
The Scott County Record Scenes from the Scott County Fair 4-H horse show are (clockwise, from top) Danean Metheney is silhouetted as she passes by onlookers during the hunt seat equistration event. Paige Hoelting (front) and Lance Miller in the western pleasure competition. Jennie Erven competes in the trail class. Setting up her horse in the senior showmanship division is Kalie Turley. Kylee Logan makes the final turn in the barrel racing. Anna Miller brings her horse to a halt in the reining competition. (Record Photos)
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Different perspectives on ag only farm bill They did it. On July 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an agriculture-only farm bill on a mostly party-line vote. Just what that will mean for a conference committee with the Senate, whose bill includes a nutrition title, is unclear at this time. In addition to eliminating the nutrition title, the House bill eliminates
be left behind as the rest of the Farm Bill advances.” Michael Dimock takes a different perspective from his colleagues on the California Food Policy Council who fear that splitting the farm bill in two will sink support for the nutrition title. He writes, “they miss the fact that it signals an
Many farm groups oppose House decision the 1938 and 1949 farm bills as permanent legislation. Just this last January, the possibility of reverting to the permanent legislation if the 112th Congress did not adopt a farm bill forced a last minute partial one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill. Rather than speculate
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KSU risk/profit conference is Aug. 21-22 Kansas State University’s annual Risk and Profit Conference will be held at the K-State Alumni Center, Manhattan, on Aug. 21-22. The conference includes two keynote speakers, livestock and grain market outlooks and 20 breakout sessions. Scott Irwin, professor of agricultural economics at the University of Illinois, will give a keynote address, “Grain Markets and the RFS (Renewable Fuel Standards): All Eyes on the EPA.” Northwest Kansas farmer, Terry Kastens, a K-State emeritus professor of agricultural economics, will take center stage for “A Conversation with a Kansas Producer” after the Wednesday evening meal. Conference participants will be able to attend eight of the 20 breakout sessions, which include: •Kansas Land Values: How do Survey Values Compare with Transaction Prices? •Kansas Rental Values: What Cash Rent Information is Right? •Pasture Lease Pricing: Comparing Methods •Basics of Futures and Options •USDA Crop and Livestock Reports: What, When and Where? •Ethanol and Biodiesel Impacts and Grain Markets in 2013-14 •U.S. Beef Demand: Recent Project Synthesis and Expert Views on the Next 10 Years •World Supply and Demand for Food: An Historical Perspective and Future Prospects •Risk Rating Kansas Farmer Cooperatives: An Application of the Moody’s Rating Methodology; •Estate Planning Basics; and •Economic Impacts of the Ogallala Aquifer Depletion in West-Central Kansas. The fee for the full conference is $210 per person if paid by Aug. 15, and $230 after that date. The rate for a second person from the same farm or business is $190 for the full conference. The fee includes access to all sessions, four meals, a CD of all conference proceedings and parking. More information, including online registration, is available at www.agmanager. info/events/risk_profit/2013/ default.asp. Information is also available by contacting Llewelyn at rvl@k-state.edu or 785-532-1504.
about what Congress might do with respect to farm and nutrition policy, here are four reactions to the House vote. The White House Office of Management and Budget stated, “the Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 . . . The bill . . . does not contain sufficient commodity and crop insurance reforms and does not invest in renewable energy, an important source of jobs and economic growth in rural communities across the country.
“This bill also fails to reauthorize nutrition programs, which benefit millions of Americans - in rural, suburban and urban areas alike. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is a cornerstone of our nation’s food assistance safety net, and should not (See FARM BILL on page 27)
It’s time to bury the COOL hatchet
This fight has gone on far too long! Not the battles between the cattlemen and HSUS, Sierra Club, PETA or even chicken producers. No, I mean the fight among cattlemen over mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL). I have been witness to and part of this “Hatfield and McCoy” feud over the last two decades and can testify it has been a heck of a tussle. I think it’s best to start with the premise that no one is blameless for this mess. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was for MCOOL
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before it was against it. The packers shouted “NO!” so many times that everyone ceased to hear them. The National Farmers Union strove for total victory and when they had the chance to throw a bone to the losing side they turned their back - a grave mistake. Last but not least, R-CALF USA stalked MCOOL with an Ahab-like determination that led them to a predictable end.
Indeed, many hands are sullied today. We now find ourselves at a crossroads looking for direction. The industry has let this issue slip from its grasp and into the clutches of the World Trade Organization and a similarly unpredictable Federal court system. What a shameful predicament. Let’s face it: MCOOL is a North American livestock problem. We have clumsily maneuvered ourselves into a fight with our nearest neighbors, Mexico and Canada. We do business with them, they are our friends, they are fellow
cattlemen! We need to stop this nonsense, and the sooner, the better - or we all will suffer. It is time to pull together the principal actors who hold the ability to find a solution and work out a compromise, immediately. We have a chance in this Farm Bill to set this issue back onto a sane path. The two opposing sides are found in the cattle sector, and they know who they are. They need to come together forthwith, lock themselves in a room and resolve to not come out without a deal. (See HATCHET on page 27)
A new world for American agriculture The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank hosts an annual look at world agriculture and this year the theme was, “The Shifting Nexus of Global Agriculture.” The event is aimed primarily at investment banks and attendance is heavy with people you’ll never see at the teller’s window of your neighborhood bank, unless you’re dropping by a very specialized branch office that deals in wealth management. It’s too bad more farmers and ranchers don’t attend. The information would do a body good, especially if you’re trying to make some long-term
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decisions about the size of your herd or the amount of corn, soybeans or wheat you need to plant a few years from now. Leasing a few hundred expensive acres to bring in more corn in 2015 might not make sense if the price of a bushel is going to drop by 50%. According to the prognosticators, that’s exactly what’s happening. Those near $8 bushels of a few years ago
Closing prices on July 23, 2013 Winona Feed and Grain Bartlett Grain Wheat.................. $ 6.84 Wheat.................. $ 6.84 Milo (bu.) ............ $ 5.98 White Wheat ....... $ 7.14 Corn.................... $ 6.73 Soybeans............ $ 14.10 Milo (bu.)............. $ 5.98 Corn.................... $ 6.73 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 6.84 White Wheat ....... $ 7.14 Milo (bu.)............. $ 5.98 H L P Corn.................... $ 6.73 July 16 77 62 .02 Soybeans ........... $ 14.60 July 17 86 60 Sunflowers.......... $ 21.15 July 18 88 64
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by higher foreign demand from emerging Asian markets and an increase in exports of value-added products. Define “emerging Asian markets” as code for China, reportedly now the world’s second largest economy and growing at 7.5% or more. “Value-added” means grains are falling out of favor while prepared products are the new kid on the block. Think of Shuanghui’s recent bid to buy Smithfield. The company wasn’t after another supplier of hogs. They grow far more than Smithfield ever could, no help needed there, thank you. (See NEW WORLD on page 27)
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will drop to around $4.50; great news for cattle feeders, bad news for corn growers fond of the glory days created by the ethanol mandate. Grant Aldonas, founder of Split Rock International, a Washington, D.C.-based investment advisory firm, took one of the hardest looks at that “shifting nexus.” He suggested a significantly larger share of farm profits would come from international trade, a statement that should raise some concern following an earlier claim that our trade policies are about five years out of date. Still, the USDA projects record exports this year, surpassing $143 billion, driven
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For most areas across Western Kansas, July has been exceedingly dry. However, there have been a few locations where very significant rain has fallen. “ We t WKWMP Update spots” Walt Geiger across the meteorologist region during July include southwestern Scott, eastern Lane, north-central Hamilton and northeastern Stanton counties. In these areas, monthto-date precipitation ranges from one inch to as high as 3.99 inches above normal according to a
map produced by the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service. Significant dry conditions still persist outside of these locations with the driest areas being Sherman, Finney, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and Ford counties with July precipitation to date ranging from 75% to nearly 100% below normal. Perhaps even more interesting, there is a small portion of Western Kansas where the yearly precipitation total is above normal. A small area of 10% to as high as 25% (See WET SPOTS on page 27)
Committee nominations due Aug. 1 The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is accepting nominations of farmers and ranchers as candidates for the 2013 Scott County committee election ballot. The nomination period closes on August 1. Eligible producers may nominate themselves or another eligible producer to run for office. The 2013 election in Scott County will be in Local Administrative Area (LAA) No. 3, located in the southern part of the county. This LAA borders Lane on the east, Finney on the south, and Wichita County on the west. The north boundary of LAA No. 3 is three miles south of, and runs parallel to, the K-96 Highway. Nomination forms are available at http:// www.fsa.usda.gov/elections, scroll down to the links under “Election Materials” and click “2013 Nomination Form”; or •by picking up a form at the Scott County FSA office; or •calling the FSA office (620) 872-3230 and requesting the nomination form be mailed.
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The pork industry and the packers will play a role, peripherally, but make no mistake: the cowboys must settle this feud. It comes down to this: MCOOL has evolved into a livestock issue - not a meat issue. US consumers seek to buy meat; they count on “us” - that is, a diverse, 21st Century, North American meat industry - to raise and process the livestock. A reasonable labeling regime for imported, consumer-ready meat is justifiable. The prospect of labeling our product with a “born, raised and slaughtered” sticker is a joke, if it wasn’t such a tragically short-sighted debacle in the making. Don’t blame USDA for this fiasco. The department is just trying to comply with the law and the WTO rulings. It’s not the job of the Administration to fix our mistakes. No, the fault lies in ourselves. We need to put this calamity behind us. We must take responsibility for our industry. I have no silver bullet. I’m simply appealing to my fellow cattle-raising friends, no matter which side of this issue you’re on: call your leaders and urge them to work this dispute out, now. The situation is dire and the stakes for our industry are too high to do anything less. If we continue to fight, woe will befall us all. Chandler Keys is principal of Keys Group, a lobbying and consulting firm to the livestock industry based in Washington, D.C. Get your news faster with an on-line subscription
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Employees needed as tech jobs grow in ag Working the fields and raising livestock aren’t the only jobs available in the agricultural industry, and as technology plays a larger role in the field there are more jobs open than agribusinesses can fill. The available jobs aren’t just working in the fields either. Technology is playing a key role in the industry boom and employees are needed to
develop and sell GPS systems, unmanned vehicles, renewable energy and plant and animal genetics. Companies are raising salaries and teaming with universities to attract new talent as qualified candidates are in short supply. Companies are reaching out to students to show them opportunities in agriculture including scientists, accountants, attorneys and others.
Attitudes towards the industry are also changing. New college graduates are attracted to agriculture for the opportunity to make a difference in the world, solving the challenge of feeding and providing energy for a growing population in the face of changing weather patterns. Colleen Stratton, senior vice president of human resources for Poet, the
country’s largest ethanol producer, says the company is showing students the agricultural industry is more of a growing industry than it is a dying industry. A study released by Purdue University in 2010 estimated about 54,400 jobs would be created in agriculture, food and renewable natural resources every year from 2010 to 2015. AgCareers.
com reports the number of ag-related job postings in the United States and Canada approached 44,000 in 2012, surpassing the previous year’s record-high year by 477 jobs. DuPont Pioneer alone has hired 6,000 new employees over the past six years, more than doubling its worldwide workforce to 13,000.
Corn conditions continue Wet Spots to deteriorate in Midwest
Between drought and flooding, 11 percent of the nation’s corn is in poor or worse condition, according to the USDA’s latest crop report, up from nine percent last week. Soybean conditions, however, remain unchanged. Corn in Kansas and Colorado continue to struggle the most in the report, with 30 percent and 25 percent of corn in poor to very poor condition, respectively. Drought in Kansas caused corn conditions in poor or worse conditions
to jump by 8 percentage points this week, the largest increase reported. Seventy-nine percent of corn in the state is in drought, and with little moisture in the forecast, it’s unlikely that relief will be felt soon. Other states are fighting an entirely different problem - too much rain. In Iowa, where 14 percent of corn is in poor to very poor condition, the issue has been an overflow of moisture. Over the past 60 days, Iowa has seen between 90 and 150 per-
Farm Bill end to an old alliance that kept change from happening. Without that roadblock, a united food movement may be able to push for farm and food policies that will actually support food justice, rural renewal, human health and community resilience instead of lining the pockets of the nation’s most powerful factory farms and food corporations. “For nearly 30 years agribusiness and big food have lobbied to support SNAP. But they did it to ensure that the hunger lobby supported subsidies for corn, soy, wheat, rice and sugar. The biggest growers reap most of the subsidies. “By enriching the largest farmers, we also enrich the industrial food complex comprised of banks, insurance, GMO seed, chemical and industrial food corporations that churn out cheap, highly processed and fast food that undermines public health. “Agriculture policy must make more money
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available to protect soil, water, and biological diversity and prevent the exploitation of workers and animal cruelty. The next Farm Bill must aim to prevent any corporation or individual from controlling farmers, ranchers, genes and markets. “Such policies would make agriculture relevant to every American: rich or poor, urban or rural.” Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Colin Peterson said, “I don’t see a clear path forward from here. There has been no assurance from the Republican leadership that passing this bill will allow us to begin to conference with the Senate in a timely manner.” He said the Republican leadership has told ag groups there will be no conference without first getting concessions from the Senate “which they will never agree to.” National Corn Growers Association President Pam Johnson wrote the House before its vote saying, “the farm bill affects
New World They want an assured supply of Smithfield’s branded products to feed their very large and fast growing middle class. The U.S. can keep our hogs. Shipping higher profit hams, bacon and sausage to Shuanghui for sale to millions of hungry, pork-loving Chinese makes a lot more business sense. So what will be the long term effect on global agriculture? Aldonas says the rise of global agrifood/agribusiness value chains are the future. So, you think the Monsanto’s of the world are behemoths? Today, yes. Tomorrow, companies of that size and scope might be seen as quaint.
cent of its normal rainfall. Corn is still progressing, despite differing weather woes. Forty-three percent of the corn has silked, more than double last week’s report. However, this is still behind the five-year average of 56 percent. Overall, soybeans appear to be faring better than corn. Eight percent is in poor or worse condition, unchanged from last week. Drought is playing the biggest role in soybean conditions in Kansas and Nebraska.
every American; those who eat and those who produce. We view the proposed actions to be taken on the floor of the House today with disappointment. “Legislation that for decades has been a bright spot for how our Congress should work - in a bipartisan, bicameral manner - is now stuck in a morass of petty bickering and political gamesmanship. We do not believe that the link between farm programs and nutrition programs should be severed. We see benefits beyond the political in keeping the ties between those who produce food and those who need it.” The days between now and the August recess will undoubtedly prove to be interesting and challenging as various players in the farm bill debate maneuver for advantage. It would not be surprising if Congress goes beyond a second expiration of the 2008 Farm Bill on September 30.
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Pulling together a profitable, vertically integrated ag business that will necessarily have to span the world while spreading the risk of doing business in agriculturally viable but politically unstable regions means access to staggering amounts of capital to develop the rich black dirt of South America’s Amazon basin, the Black Sea region and the southern cone of Africa. Does this mean the end of that small family farm? It will undoubtedly mean a serious contraction of those plots. They might become as rare and nostalgic as today’s Amish farms, which are still worked by
horse and hand, supplying the family and selling their small surplus at local farmer’s markets. Big ‘factory farms’ - those tens of thousands of acre businesses often worked by a family unit which has incorporated for tax purposes - are much more efficient at growing crops or raising livestock. Welcome to the new world agriculture, one driven not by local but by international demand. The prices your cattle and crops can demand today are tied to what the Asian and Pacific rim nations are willing to pay. Chuck Jolley is a veteran food industry journalist and columnist
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above normal yearly precipitation-to-date is found along a southwest to northeast line extending from near Dry Lake in southeastern Scott County up to just south of Trego Center in Trego County. Another small spot just south of Modoc in Scott County shows 25% above normal precipitation since January 1. Near Dry Lake in Scott County, the precipitation map indicates a range of 15 to 20 inches of rain has fallen. The same can be said for an area just north of Alamota in Lane County. These two areas have recorded the most precipitation for the year-to-date of any location west of a line from Coldwater to Phillipsburg. While this is good news for those locations, the fact remains that around 80% of Western Kansas is still plagued by drought with only 25% to 75% of normal year-to-date precipitation. Scattered showers and even a few weak thunderstorms occurred from Sunday through Wednesday over portions of Western Kansas. There were no weather modification operations this week. However, one observation flight was conducted on July 19.
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Preconditioning and Growing • 45 Years Experience • Managed and owned by full-time DVM • 2,000 Head capacity Office - 872-5150 • Scott City
Jerry Doornbos, DVM Home - 872-2594 Cell - 874-0949 Stuart Doornbos Home - 872-2775 Cell - 874-0951
Sager’s Pump Service • Irrigation • Domestic • Windmills • Submersibles
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Paint inside and out residential, commercial, and industrial. Free estimates and 16 plus years of experience.
PC Painting, Inc. Paul Cramer 620-290-2410 620-872-8910 www.pcpaintinginc.com
Pro Ex II
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Professional Extermination Commercial & Residential
Area Mental Health Center 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
210 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-5338
• Termites • Rodents • Soil Sterilization • Pre Treats • Lawn Care • Fly Parasites
Charles Purma II D.D.S. P.A. General Dentistry, Cosmetics, and Insurance Accepted
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John Kropp, Owner • Scott City 874-2023 (cell) • 872-3400 (office) • prox2@live.com
324 N. Main • Scott City • 872-2389 Residence 872-5933
Cell: 874-4486 • Office 872-2101
ELLIS AG SERVICES
Horizon Health
• Custom Manure Conditioning • Hauling and Spreading • Custom Swathing and Baling • Rounds-Net or Twine • Gyp and Sand Sales • Pickup or Delivery
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
Call Brittan Ellis • 620-874-5160
Automotive Willie’s Auto A/C Repair
SPENCER PEST CONTROL
Pro Health Chiropractic Wellness Center
RESIDENTIAL – COMMERCIAL
(Scott City Chiropractic) “TLC”... Technology Lead Chiropractic
Termite Baiting Systems • Rodents Weed Control • Structural Insects Termite Control
Willie Augerot Complete A/C Service Mechanic Work and Diagnostics Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Dr. James Yager • Dr. Marlyn Swayne Dr. Robert Fritz 110 W. 4th St. • Scott City • 872-2310 Toll Free: 800-203-9606
Box 258, Scott City • (620) 872-2870
404 Kingsley • Scott City • 874-1379
Turner Sheet Metal
Heating & Air Conditioning
Heating & Cooling Systems Since 1904
Optometrist 20/20 Optometry
Commercial & Residential 1851 S. Hwy. 83 • Scott City 872-2954 Shop • 1-800-201-2954
Dr. Jeffrey A. Heyd
Ron Turner Owner
Treatment of Ocular Disease • Glaucoma Detection Children’s Vision • Glasses • Contact Lenses
Complete family eye center! 106 W. 4th • Scott City • 872-2020 • Emergencies: 872-2736
Construction/Home Repair
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
Walker Plumbing, Inc. 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
Doctor of Chiropractic • Insurance Accepted 115 N. 4th Street • Leoti, KS 67861 Office: (620) 375-5222 • Fax: (620) 375-5223
Daniel R. Dunn, MD Family Practice
872-2187
William Slater, MD General Surgeon
Christian E. Cupp, MD Ryan Michaels, PA Family Practice
Precision Land Forming of terraces and waterways; feed lot pens and ponds; building site preparation; lazer equipped (Home) 872-3057 • 877-872-3057 (Cell) 872-1793
Brent Porter, D.C.
Scott City Clinic
Dirks Earthmoving Co.
Richard Dirks • Scott City, Ks.
Family Dynamics
Libby Hineman, MD Family Practice
Certified Physician Assistant
Megan Dirks, AP, RN-BC
Josiah Brinkley, MD Family Practice
Landscaping • Lawn/Trees
Berning Tree Service David Berning • Marienthal
620-379-4430
Tree Trimming and Removal Hedge and Evergreen Trimming Stump Removal
Fully Insured
Scott City Myofascial Release Sandy Cauthon RN
105 1/2 W. 11th St. Scott City 620-874-1813
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Tuesday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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412 N. Main • Garden City • 620-275-5142
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LM Wild Animal Eviction Service Control, capture and removal of nuisance animals.
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Auction
Truck Driving
ON-LINE GOVERNMENT surplus sales. GovDeals.com. City, county and state surplus. Seized and confiscated property. Heavy equipment, trucks, vehicles, computers. www.GovDeals.com. 800-6130156, ext. 2. info@govdeals.com.
Help Wanted WATER/WASTEWATER operator for Anthony, Ks. High school diploma/GED and valid driver's license required. Applications and complete job description available at: www.anthonykansas.org. 620-842-5434. Open until filled. EOE.
Lee Mazanec (620) 874-5238
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Gene’s Appliance Over 200 appliances in stock! COMPARE OUR PRICES!
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Sales and Service Days • Mon. - Sat. Deliveries • Mon.-Sat.
Largest Frigidaire appliance dealer in Western Ks. 508 Madison • Scott City • 872-3686
Networktronic, Inc.
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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.
Dining
Computer Sales, Service and Repair
Education
Custom computers! Networking solutions! Mon. - Fri. 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 402 S. Main, Scott City • 872-1300
C-Mor-Butz BBQ
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Kyle Lausch 620-872-4209
CAN YOU DIG IT? Heavy equipment operator school. Three weeks, hands-on training. Bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. National certifications. Lifetime job placement assistance. VA benefits Eligible! 1-866362-6497.
PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE. OTR drivers. APU equipped PrePass EZ-pass passenger policy. 2012 and newer equipment. 100% notouch. Butler Transport, 1-800-528-7825. ––––––––––––––––––––– TRAINING. Class ACDL. Train and work for us. Professional and focused training for your Class A CDL. You choose between company driver, owner/operator, lease operator or lease trainer. (877) 369-7885. www. centraltruckdrivingjobs. com. ––––––––––––––––––––– EXPERIENCED FLATBED drivers. Regional opportunities now open with plenty of freight and great pay. 800-277-0212 or primeinc.com.
For Sale HAPPY JACK SKIN BALM. Stops scratching and gnawing. Promotes healing and hair growth on dogs and cats suffering from grass and flea allergies without steroids. Orscheln Farm and Home. www.happyjackinc.com. ––––––––––––––––––––– WALK-IN BATHTUBS. Lowest prices guaranteed. All new top quality 2-inch step-in. Eliminate the fear of falling. Call for details, 800-813-3736.
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District 11 AA Meetings
Scott City
Providing internet, phone, email, networking solutions, webhosting and IP-based security camera systems. (620) 872-0006 • 1-866-872-0006
Fur-Fection
Unity and Hope Mon., Wed. and Fri. • 8:00 p.m. 807 Kingsley Last Sat., Birthday Night, 6:30 p.m. All open meetings, 874-8207 • 874-8118
Tuesday • 8:30 p.m. United Methodist Church, 412 College A.A. • Al-Anon, 872-3137 • 872-3343
Dighton
Thursday • 8:30 p.m. 535 Wichita St. All open meetings, 397-5679 • 397-2647
Weekly Word Search Berning Auction “Don’t Trust Your Auction to Just Anyone”
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Northend Disposal A garbologist company. Scott City • 872-1223 • 1-800-303-3371
Aside Bases Birds Clams Considered Contributions Cries Crowd Dared Death Delivery Drunk Ducks Effect Excuses Fried Given Guard Indeed Large Leader Middling Noted Nouns Office Opportunities
Peacefully Petals Plait Planets Pressed Programs Recorder Retire Return Ruler Scare Scraps Sharp Spade Spent Spray Stout Touches Vapor Walks Widely
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Card of Thanks A big thank you to everyone who came out to say hello and helped us celebrate our anniversary. Thank you for the cards and gifts and to those who brought food for the supper, and to the band for playing for the dance. Thank you to Keesa for the pictures and to the many who have just stopped us in town to say congratulations. A special thank you to our children for honoring us with such a special day. Dan and Evalyn Dewey and Cora
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Real Estate
Call Clyde or Stephanie when you are ready to market your home, commercial property or farm real estate. We are in need of a large commercial building, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes. Also farmsteads with some acreage and larger acreages with or without inprovement.
THOMAS REAL ESTATE www.thomasreal-estate.com
914 W. 12th St. Scott City, KS 67871 Clyde: 620-872-7396 • Cell 620-874-1753 Stephanie: 620-874-5002
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HOUSE FOR SALE IN SCOTT CITY. Well built home on double corner lot. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. Lots of built-in storage. Over 2,400 square feet, plus 3 season screened porch, double attached garage. Established yard with underground sprinklers. 620-353-9933. 42eow ––––––––––––––––––– RENOVATED 4 BEDROOM HOUSE FOR SALE Brand new kitchen, new wood and tile floors, beautiful lighting throughout, french doors leading to a spacious backyard and patio, DA garage, main floor laundry, partial downstairs with half bath. Serious inquires call Dale Holterman, 620-874-1100. 47t5c
WANTED TO BUY: Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information. 1-800-5793645. Lane County Feeder, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY: Wheat straw delivered. Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc –––––––––––––––––––
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Corner lot in Dighton, 2013 Skyline 26x52 modular home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, all electric, F/H/A still under warranty with manufacturer, one block from school. $65,500.
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903 Myrtle. This adorable 2+2 bedroom house, 2 baths is perfect and affordable for a first-time homeowner. Just remodeled with new kitchen and stainless steel appliances. All new windows, doors, flooring and roof. Call for appointment: Clinton Construction (Darryl or Virginia) 620-872-5494 or 214-1456. 50t2c
Apartments available for qualifying tenants 62+ or disabled with rental assistance available. Hours: Tues., 10:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. by appointment Call Steve 872-2535 or (620) 255-4824.
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Nice BRICK home in a great area! 3 bedrooms, 1-1/2 baths (full bath remodeled), newer windows, newer FA and water softener, fence, sprinkler, 2 sheds. ONLY $89,900.
Rural
Park Lane Nursing Home “Quality Care Because We Care” Has openings for the following positions: Full-time night-shift RN/ LPN (10:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m.) Full-time night-shift CNA (Midnight-8:00 a.m.) Part-time evening shift CNA (2:00 - 10:00 p.m.)
Lawrence
Shift differential offered for evening and night shifts! Please apply in person at: Park Lane Nursing Home 210 E. Parklane Scott City, KS 67871 Or visit us at our website: www.parklanenursinghome.org Fill out application and return to human resources.
Only 10 miles from town and only 3/4 of a mile of dirt road! Ranch house on 5 acres, 2+1 bedrooms, full basement with large bedroom and a family room, windows replaced, and a 40’x80’ quonset with cement floor. $125,000.
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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
FOR SALE: Black Angus Bulls, registered, tested, guarantee, excellent bloodlines, confirmation and performance, discounts. Contact: Black Velvet Ranch, Aaron Plunkett, Syracuse. 620384-1101. 37t14c
––––––––––––––––––– CREWS AVAILABLE for field roguing. 15-years experience, references available. Jesus O. Castillo (620) 214-2537. 48t6p
Sharla Osborn 620-214-2114 Avon Independent Sales Representative
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: $5.50 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.
Help Wanted
Services
NW KS FORD DEALER in a progressive community currently seeking a full-time Service Technician. Established business of over 40 years. $15.00 per hour, attractive benefit package, college town, great place to live and work. Contact Chris at Tubbs & Sons Ford Sales Inc., 810 S. Range, Colby, KS 67701, (800) 369-3673, mtubbs@sttel.net. 49t2c
WANTED: Yards to mow and clean-up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 874-4135. 34tfc ––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing, lawn mower spring tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412. 36tfc ––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Rob Vsetecka 620-2141730. 36tfc ––––––––––––––––––– METAL ROOFING, SIDING, and TRIMS at direct to the public prices. Call Metal King Mfg., 620-872-5464. Our prices will not be beat! 37tfc
Business
INDIVIDUAL OFFICE SUITES from one to four rooms available for lease. Leases starting at $250/month including utilities. Common areas available for use including reception and break rooms. Perfect for quiet small business or climate controlled storage. Former location of Scott City Chiropractic, Rentals 1101 S. Main. Call 2143040 for information. HIDE AND SEEK 27tfc STORAGE SYSTEMS. Various sizes available. Virgil and LeAnn Kuntz, (620) 874-2120. 41tfc ––––––––––––––––––– PLAINJANS has houses and storage units available to rent. Call 620-872-5777 or stop by PlainJans at 511 Monroe. 28tfc ––––––––––––––––––– TRAILER SPACE for AVAILABLE 16x80’, 14x70’ and double wide trailers with off-street parking. Call 620-872-3621. 45tfc ––––––––––––––––––– FOR RENT: 3 bedroom house, central heating and air, offstreet parking. Available in 3-5 weeks, Call for an application. (620) 8744050. 49t2p
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Employment Opportunities Help Wanted
HRC Feedyards
Regional Manager
Is seeking qualified individuals for the following positions:
MachineryLink, the leading and fastest growing provider of combine leasing programs to agricultural producers, is seeking a Regional Manager to be responsible for the sales strategy, execution and performance for western Kansas.
Night Watchman We offer competitive pay and benefits, including health insurance, employee beef, and 401(k) profit sharing plan. Applicants can visit our main office (6 ½ miles west of Scott City on Highway 96) for an application. Contact Tom West, or Joe Megert at (620) 872-5328 for more information.
HRC Feed Yards, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This position works out of a home office and includes a vehicle with fuel card, laptop, iPad and expense reimbursement. For detailed information about this job, please visit www.machinerylink.com. To apply, please send resume to: careers@machinerylink.com or fax to 816-329-0307. EOE
P.O. Box 224, 6550 West Highway 96, Scott City, KS 67871
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Pre-Op/Post-Op/PACU RN Scott County Hospital Operating Room has an opening for a part-time Pre-Op/PostOp/PACU RN. Must be a RN. Will work 20 hours per week. No call or weekends. Must be flexible and a team player. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits. Pre-employment physical, physical assessment, drug/alcohol screen and TB skin test required. Scott County Hospital is a tobacco free facility. Applications available through Human Resources: Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871 (620) 872-7772 and on our website: www.scotthospital.net Return completed applications to Human Resources.
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Registered Nurses Scott County Hospital is looking for full-time Registered Nurses to join our team of dedicated nursing professionals. PRN- RN opportunities also available. WE OFFER: • Diverse Nursing Opportunities • Experienced Nursing Administrative Staff • Excellent Ratios • Wages up to $28.62 for RN’s • PRN RN wage $30.00 (benefits do not apply) • Weekend Option Program (work weekends for six months at premium pay) • Shift and Weekend Differentials • Critical Staffing Pay • Call Pay BENEFITS: • Flexible PTO • Extended Illness Leave • Fully Paid Life Insurance • Fully Paid Long Term Disability Insurance • Partially Paid Health Insurance • 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan • Continuing Education • Reduced Local Health Club Fees • Reduced Broadband Internet Fees Scott County Hospital is a 25-bed CAH located in Scott City, a progressive Western Kansas community of 4000. The friendly hometown atmosphere and newly built and renovated schools provide an excellent place to raise families. Make the most of this great opportunity! Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screen, TB skin test and physical assessment required. SCH in a tobacco free facility. Applications available through Human Resources: Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871 (620) 872-7772 and on our website: www.scotthospital.net
Executive Director Position Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking an Executive Director.
Position offers flexible hours. New director will report to a 12 person Board of Directors. Requirements include: excellent customer service and communication skills, must be a self-starter with good work ethic. Proficiency in QuickBooks is a plus. Email or mail resume and cover letter to Shawn Powelson at: directorposition@wbsnet.org, 416 S. Main, Scott City, KS 67871.
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We are a Quality Driven Company looking for Quality Driven Employees in Western Kansas. Construction experience or Mechanical Aptitude preferred for Mill-Wright, Welding and Steel Fabrication duties. Will train the RIGHT person. Prefer applicants with a clean driving record and current license. CDL is a PLUS. Top pay and benefit package DOE. Call Doug at Mill-Tech Services (620) 214-4745 for application.
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Dispatcher The Lane County Sheriff’s Office, Dighton, is taking applications for one full-time AND one part-time 911 dispatcher/call-taker. Must be 18, possess HS Diploma or equivalent, have NO felony or serious misdemeanor convictions, pass drug screening and criminal background check and be able to work well with the public. Basic computer operating experience and operation of other office equipment required. The Sheriff’s Office offers competitive wages and is an EOE. Please call or stop by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office for an application. 620-397-2828. Applications will be taken until positions are filled. 49t2c
Housekeeping Aide Scott County Hospital is seeking a full-time Housekeeping Aide.
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This position requires a person who is dependable, in good health, energetic and who has high standards of cleanliness.
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Applicants for this position are required to be able to read, speak and understand English.
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Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screening, immunization titer, physical assessment and TB skin test required. We are a tobacco free campus.
WE WILL CHALLENGE YOU TO DO THE BEST WORK OF YOUR LIFE AMHC is currently looking to fill the following positions at our Scott City location. Children’s Case Managers. We work directly with children and their families in their homes, schools and community. These children are experiencing an emotional disturbance and need help to learn new skills and remain safe in their environment. Come be a part of our professional team as we work cooperatively within the agency and with outside providers to meet the needs of our children. A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a related human service field or equivalently qualified by work experience is required. Base pay starting at $12.98/hour, also additional compensation is given for experience. Mental Health Assistant self-motivated individuals will provide children and youth assistance in the form of support, supervision, and/or cuing that enables children and youth to accomplish tasks and engage in activities in their homes, schools, or communities. Applicants must be 21 years of age. Base pay starting at $10.00/hour, also additional compensation is given for experience. All candidates must pass KBI, SRS, motor vehicle screens, and have a valid driver’s license and be willing to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the consumer and family. Benefits Include: Retirement: fully vested at time of employment Health/Dental Insurance: portion of premium paid by AMHC. Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability: premium paid by AMHC. Holiday, Bereavement and Vacation/Sick days Applications are available at: 210 West Fourth, Scott City, KS 67871 or www.areamhc.org Applications/Resumes can be sent to: E-mail hr@areamhc.org faxed to 620-272-0171 AMHC Attn: HR PO Box 1905 Garden City, KS 67846
We offer competitive pay and great benefits. Join us today! Applications available through Human Resources: Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871 (620) 872-7772 and on our website: www.scotthospital.net
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HR Benefits Specialist Scott County Hospital is seeking an HR Benefits Specialist. This is a full-time Monday Friday position. No weekends or holidays. Applicants must have competent reasoning and deductive thinking skills, and excellent customer service skills. The successful candidate will have proficient computer skills and be competent with Excel and Microsoft Word. Applicants must be responsible, dependable and interested in long-term employment. Associate degree in business, personnel management, human resources or 3-5 years of experience required. Primary purpose of position is to direct the employee benefit programs, personnel record management, orientation and on-boarding of new staff. We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits. Pre-employment physical, drug/alcohol screen, immunization titer, preemployment physical assessment and TB skin test required. Scott County Hospital is a tobacco free facility. Applications available through Human Resources: Scott County Hospital 201 Albert Avenue, Scott City, KS 67871 (620) 872-7772 and on our website: www.scotthospital.net
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