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34 Pages • Four Sections

Volume 21 • Number 2

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Published in Scott City, Ks.

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Higher enrollment doesn’t offset higher costs Even with the luxury of higher enrollment, the upcoming budget year will be the tightest that Supt. Bill Wilson has experienced in his three years at USD 466 (Scott County).

Wilson built a 2013-14 budget with a projected enrollment of about 880 full-time equivalent (FTE) students and preliminary numbers from pre-

No COLA for USD 466 employees enrollment indicate that should be pretty accurate. That will provide a boost of more than $200,000 in additional basic state aid into the district from a year ago.

But that doesn’t begin to

Early head count looking very good for Scott Co. district

meet the rising cost of health insurance, utilities, fuel and food for the upcoming year.

“The enrollment increase is certainly welcome. We’ve been anticipating that with some of the larger classes coming up,”

says Wilson.

That’s the only bright news that prevented Wilson and the board from crunching the budget numbers even further.

The board was already faced with an $8 million loss in valu-

ation which meant that property taxes raised locally through the local option budget and capital outlay mill levies would be down from the previous year.

The six mills for capital outlay expenses, for example, will generate about $48,000 fewer dollars than it did last year.

(See HIGHER on page two)

On a roll . . .

School administrators in Scott County were anticipating good numbers during pre-enrollment over the past couple of weeks and they weren’t disappointed.

The preliminary head USD 466 count for the district is Preliminary Enrollment 938 students - up signifi 2012 2013 cantly from 886 students Pre-school 31 38 at this time a year ago.

Kinderprep 21 16 “The numbers are goKindergarten 80 78 ing to change between First 71 81 now and September 20,” Second 63 70 said Supt. Bill Wilson, Third 58 65 53 62 referring to the date when Fourth 62 58 official figures are sub- Fifth Sixth 56 74 mitted to the state.

Seventh 67 63 It is the Sept. 20 head Eighth 76 71 count on which basic Freshmen 54 85 state aid is calculated Sophomores 57 51 and it will determine Juniors 72 58 65 68 Scott Community High Seniors 886 938 School’s classification Total for high school football in 2014-15 and for all other sports during the upcoming year.

As it now stands, there are 262 students who will be attending grades 9-12 when SCHS classes begin on Aug. 27. Those numbers received a huge boost from 85 freshmen, making that the largest class in the district. That same class had 76 students a year ago as eighth graders.

That is in contrast to 51 sophomores, which is the smallest class in the district, followed by 58 juniors and 58 fifth graders.

SCES Count Climbs The trend towards higher enrollment continues at Scott City Elementary School where there are 410 students in pre-school through fourth grade.

That’s up from last year’s 377 students during preenrollment.

Last year’s kindergarten class was the district’s largest with 80 students. It increased to 81 students as first graders.

The future continues to look good for the district with 78 kindergartners.

There are 266 students enrolled at Scott City Middle School (grades 5-8). Wilson says the district is expecting another 8-9 students in that building, primarily in grades 5-6.

SCES, SCMS orientation Monday

Orientation programs to help students and parents prepare for the new school year are planned at Scott City Elementary School and Scott City Middle School.

The middle school orientation will be held on Mon., Aug. 26 with fifth/sixth graders from 6:007:00 p.m. and seventh/eighth graders from 7:00-8:00 p.m.

“This will be come-and-go,” says Principal Jim Howard. “It will be a chance for students to meet with their teachers and bring supplies to put in their lockers.”

SCES orientation will also be Mon., Aug. 26. The schedule includes: (See ORIENTATION on page two)

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Volunteering comes naturally for SCHS graduate Page 11

Four-year-old Bryce Mohler, Scott City, shows his skill at rolling a tire during kid’s games held on Saturday afternoon during the Lake Scott Rod Run in Patton Park. This was one of the largest rod runs in the event’s 34 year history with 169 regular entries, plus about 20 club cars. More about the rod run can be found on page 27.

(Record Photo)

Kansas farmers sharing ideas and learning from competitors On the world stage, the U.S. and Argentina are two of the biggest players when it comes to wheat production and exports.

But that doesn’t keep the two rivals from sharing their knowledge and building friendships through exchange programs that bring together producers from both nations.

Having sent a team of KARL representatives to Argentina, it was Kansas’ turn to host a team of farmers from the South American nation during stops in Scott County on their statewide tour.

“This is all about exchanging ideas and learning from each other,” says Al Davis, vice-president of the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL) program.

Even though both nations are competitors on the international scene when it comes to seeking markets for their grain, Davis feels there is a strong sense of cooperation between the two nations.

“On this tour the focus is more on production, but we’re also using this as an opportunity for them to get a sense of what agriculture is like in Kansas,” says Davis.

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LEC report • Page 12 Deaths • Page 16 Sports • Pages 19-26 Farm section • Pages 28-29 Classified ads • Pages 31-33

The Kansas segment of the tour included stops at BTI in Greensburg, and AGCO in Hesston, where the group saw equipment used in ag production. They were also hosted by Vulgamore Farms near Shallow Water before touring NuLife Market, a producer of gluten-free sorghum products in Scott City.

Company President Earl Roemer and his staff provided the group with a sampling of glutenfree food products ranging from snacks to beer.

(See FARMERS on page 10)

Youth movement underway for SCHS spikers Page 21

The Scott County Record • Page 2 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

SRC building leak sparks property line dispute A leaking basement has raised issue with the property line along the north side of the Scott Recreation Commission building at the corner of 9th Street and US83 Highway.

Recent rains have seen water entering the north and west sides of the SRC basement where sports equipment and some of the commission’s paperwork is stored. The SRC staff would like to take steps to move water away from the building, but that puts them on the neighbor’s property to the north.

“Every time we are on that property we are asked to leave,” Public Works Director Mike Todd told the city council on Monday.

He noted that, based on a recent survey, the SRC building extends onto the neighbor’s property by about four inches.

“If I can get access to the north side (of the building) I can fix (the leak) in a day or a day and a half,” Todd says.

Mayor Dan Goodman and Councilman Bo Parkinson said they would meet with the neigh-

SC women injured in US83 collision Bob Campbell staff writer

Two local women were injured in an Aug. 13 collision just south of Scott City on US83 Highway.

Scott County Chief Deputy Keith Thomas said the accident happened at about 11:50 a.m. when Shanaya Hoeme, 18, was northbound in a 2008 Pontiac Torrent SUV and turned in front of a southbound 2000 Buick Century driven by Bonnie Sauer, 82.

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Thomas said both women were treated for relatively minor injuries at the Scott County Hospital and released.

“It could have been pretty bad,” said Thomas, noting that Sauer was wearing a seat belt, but Hoeme wasn’t.

The vehicles collided about a half-mile south of the city limits where Hoeme was turning left into the Roto-Mix parking lot. Thomas said she was issued a ticket for failure to yield the right-of-way.

Huelskamp in SC Tuesday

Congressman Tim Huelskamp will be conducting town hall meetings in Scott and Wichita counties on Tues., Aug. 27. His schedule includes: 2:00-3:00 p.m.: Business CARE Center, Leoti.

4:00-5:00 p.m.: Scott County Library, Scott City.

Moonshiners at VIP Center

“The Moonshiners” will be performing at the Scott County VIP Center on Sun., Aug. 25, from 1:30-5:30 p.m.

Orientation

boring property owner and see corner of a parcel of land owned if they could reach an agree- by Dale Holterman which the ment. council was informed has been purchased and donated to the NexTech Problem First Baptist Church as the fuEarlier this year, the city ture site of a new church. The reached an agreement in which Baptist Church congregation is NexTech removed a 150-foot voting this Sunday on whether communications tower that had to proceed with construction. been erected east of the 1100 Goodman inquired, and was assured, that the property is block of Antelope Street.

The tower issue, however, zoned to allow for construction hasn’t completely been re- of a church.

In addition, the council was solved.

The concrete base of the tow- informed that the city will be reer is located in the northwest sponsible for removing the con-

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5:30 p.m.: new families with students in grades 1-4 in the library. (preschool, pre-K and kindergarten will cover the same information during their sessions at 6:00 and 6:30).

6:00 p.m.: Preschool-4th grade Session I in classrooms.

6:30 p.m.: Preschool-4th grade Session II in classrooms.

There will be a half-day of school on Tues., Aug. 27.

The first full day of school will be Wednesday which will also be the first day for students in pre-school and kinder-prep. That will also be the first day for the SCORE after-school program. Students must be enrolled in SCORE before attending.

Along with the state legislature’s decision to freeze per-pupil aid at last year’s figures, that meant the only relief for the district would be through higher enrollment.

“It looks like enrollment will be a little higher than I estimated, but not enough to keep this from being a very tight budget,” notes Wilson.

The district had to absorb an increase in health insurance costs of about $124,000. A year ago, the district switched health insurance coverage in order to get into a larger risk pool and avoid what was to have been a sizeable increase in costs at the time.

Wilson says it was still a good move for the district, even with this year’s sharp increase.

“A single policy is still $50 (per month) less than it was last year before we got hit with an increase,” he says. “Even with the new rates it’s still a better deal for our teachers.”

Salary Hikes Limited There will be no acrossthe-board increase in salary for the district’s staff, including administration, this year.

However, teachers will continue to get smaller increases in pay for each additional year of experience and any additional college hours they may have picked up during the past year.

“The board voted to honor the (experience)

crete base for the tower which could become an expensive project. The base is reportedly set 26 feet below ground and, according to Todd, “contains lots of steel.”

“We have to take it down five feet below ground level,” Todd told the council.

In other business: •Charlotte Latta was given permission to draw 17 days out of the employee sick leave bank.

•Next council meeting will be Tues., Sept. 3.

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step increases and movement across (the schedule) for our teachers,” says Wilson.

The board, with the cooperation of the teacher negotiating team, was able to make a minor change in the supplemental salary schedule. It was agreed to increase supplemental salaries (coaches, activity sponsors, etc.) by 10 percent. In addition, for each week that the SCHS football team extends its season beyond the second round of the state playoffs, each member of the coaching staff will receive $100.

“This additional supplemental pay for extended time is due to the unique nature of the football playoffs,” says Wilson.

In all other sports, the post-season is limited to a regional or sub-state weekend, followed by state. But the football season can be extended by up to four weeks, depending on a team’s success.

“Within budget limitations, we’ve made a commitment to take care of all our people,” Wilson says.

“We can’t always pay them what they’re worth, but we can take steps to demonstrate they are important to us.”

Wilson says the board addressed overall pay raises for its staff last year, but the issue of supplemental salaries was put aside at the time.

“From a salary stand-

Local taxes account for half of USD funding

Local property taxes will cover only about half of the expenses in the USD 466 (Scott County) budget during a typical school year.

In the 2013-14 budget, the district is proposing net expenditures of $11.6 million, with $5.5 million being generated by property taxes.

The district-wide 20 mill levy (which goes into the state general fund) will raise $1.7 million this year.

The local option budget (LOB) is funded by property taxes that stay within the district and can be spent at the board’s discretion. That accounts for 21 mills, or about $1.9 million.

A capital outlay levy of six mills will raise about $548,000 this year.

Another 13.8 mills in local property taxes are earmarked towards retiring bond issues. Current debt in the district is just over $11.5 million.

According to the Kansas Department of Education, during the 2011-12 school year the local district received $4.9 million in state aid, $730,918 in federal aid and raised nearly $5.9 million in local taxes. point, we pushed things as far as we felt we could afford to this year,” adds the superintendent.

Infrastructure Needs In terms of infrastructure, Wilson feels the district has been aggressively meeting these needs over the last couple of years.

“Our maintenance staff has, arguably, become a construction staff with all the projects that we’ve taken on,” he says.

“We’ve put a lot of extra work on them and those extras have cost us money.

“Hopefully, the district has addressed a lot of our

needs over the last four to five years. Now we need to reassess where we are and determine our priorities.”

Of course, technology is always on that list.

At one time, the district was looking at mobile labs for students and staff.

“That’s been revised.

Now the plan is for us to move in the direction of purchasing iPads, which is actually a cost savings from laptops and desktop computers,” says Wilson.

“We’re always evaluating where we are and how best we can redirect our resources.”

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Evenings • Thurs., Fri., Sat.5:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

Tues. • Open faced prime rib sandwich with fries, $10.95 Wed. • French Dip Sandwich with fries, $6.95 Thurs. • Smothered Steak with mashed potatoes and gravy, $6.95 Fri. • Taco Dinner with rice and beans, $5.95

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Community Living

The Scott County Record

Page 3 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

Extension offers tips for safe food preservation

Seasonal fruits and vegetables typically cost less, so it’s easy to understand why cost-conscious consumers are embracing home food preservation.

Doing so can extend health benefits from fresh foods for future meals and trim grocery bills when out-of-season prices rise, said Karen Blakeslee, K-State Extension food scientist.

Blakeslee supports the growing interest in home food preservation, but as a

county and state fair judge of home food preservation, has seen her share of food safety mistakes.

Such mistakes can cause foodborne illnesses - and be life threatening.

She has crisscrossed the state offering classes on safe food preservation.

Novices can be successful, she said, but it’s important for both new and more experienced home food preservationists to choose tested recipes and follow direc-

tions exactly. New and improved equipment and recommended techniques can simplify the process.

Blakeslee noted that safe home food preservation typically involves canning, freezing or drying. Recommendations for the three methods have similarities, such as: •Start with a clean kitchen. Wash hands frequently. Clean as you go to prevent cross contamination.

•Start with good food.

Enrollment Recipe favorites . . . still open at Rosemary Ranch Chicken Kabobs learning center

Adults who would like to earn their high school diploma can now enroll at the Scott City Learning Center, 706 Washington.

For more information about classes call 8723785.

Tag deadline is Aug. 30

Persons whose last name begins with the letters M, N or O are reminded that license tags must be purchased by Fri., Aug. 30, 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.

Persons whose last names begin with P, Q or R must renew their tags during September.

Booster fund drive is underway

Individuals and businesses are being contacted to become members of the Scott City Booster Club and to participate in the annual Fall Activity Guide for Scott Community High School.

There are a variety of membership levels, ranging from bronze ($15), to business ($200) and corporate ($1,000).

For more information contact Jeana Anliker (874-1580), Gayla Nickel (874-2385), Marci Strine (872-5520); or Kylee Kropp (872-3400).

SCHS Welcome Back Showcase Fri., Aug. 30 starting at 5:30 p.m.

Ingredients 1/2 cup 1/2 cup 3 tablespoons 1 tablespoon 2 teaspoons 1 teaspoon 1 teaspoon 1/4 teaspoon 1 tablespoon

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olive oil ranch dressing Worcestershire sauce minced fresh rosemary salt lemon juice white vinegar ground black pepper, or to taste white sugar, or to taste (optional) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into 1 inch cubes

Directions In a medium bowl, stir together the olive oil, ranch dressing, Worcestershire sauce, rosemary, salt, lemon juice, white vinegar, pepper, and sugar. Let stand for 5 minutes. Place chicken in the bowl, and stir to coat with the marinade. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat the grill for medium-high heat. Thread chicken onto skewers and discard marinade.

Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill skewers for 8 to 12 minutes, or until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, and the juices run clear.

Yield: 6 servings

Strawberry Ice Cream

Ingredients 1 quart 1-1/2 cups 3/4 cup 3 3 tablespoons

fresh strawberries, hulled heavy cream, divided white sugar egg yolks light corn syrup

Directions Place the berries into the container of a blender or food processor, and puree until smooth. Pour into a large bowl, and set aside.

Heat 1 1/4 cups of the cream in a saucepan over medium heat until it begins to bubble at the edge of the pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, egg yolks, remaining 1/4 cup cream, and corn syrup. Gradually pour the hot cream into the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Return the mixture to the saucepan, and heat until the mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a metal spoon, about 5 minutes. Do not allow the mixture to boil. Strain custard into the berry puree through a sieve, mix, and refrigerate until chilled.

Fill an ice cream maker with the mixture, and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Yield: 4-1/2 cups

Friendship ‘Meals to Go’

Good for special diets • only $3.00/meal • Call 872-3501

Select fresh fruits and vegetables that are free of insect damage, nicks, bruises, and mold.

•Read the recipe in advance, and make sure all ingredients and equipment are on hand.

•Allow time to complete the process. Home food preservation requires staying in the kitchen, on task.

Blakeslee advises following the canner manufacturer’s recommendations and reading the man-

ufacturer’s instructions for using a smooth top electric range or cooktop with canning equipment.

That’s important, she said, as some smooth top cooking surfaces are not recommended for home canning because the weight of a canner can crack the glass cook top.

Home food preservationists should become familiar with the properties of the food because food content will dictate preservation methods, the

Area Upcoming Events Aug. 25

Young Authors Reception

SC Library

Aug. 30

Welcome Back Showcase

SCHS

Sept. 6-7

Showdown on Plains BBQ

Scott City

Sept. 27-28

Battle Canyon Symposium

Scott City

food scientist said. She cited the differences in recommendations for canning low-acid foods and foods with a higher acid content: Low-Acid Foods Low-acid foods, such as meats and vegetables, require pressure canning to achieve a safe, recommended processing temperature (240 degrees) to reduce potential risks of botulism that can grow in (See FOOD on page seven)

The Scott County Record

Editorial/Opinion

Page 4 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

editorially speaking

Old SCH future:

No one is entitled to unlimited, cheap water

Doing without, or with less than we’ve been accustomed, doesn’t come easily.

We tend to think of ourselves as “entitled” to government services without the obligation to pay for them; to do whatever we want on our property, regardless of how it affects the neighbors; or entitled to as much water as we want.

At least we’re beginning to address the final issue with respect to cutting our usage in order to prolong the aquifer. But not everyone sees that as a priority.

Hays, for example, is famous for its water problems, but that hasn’t kept local residents from drilling numerous private wells in order to gain access to water that would otherwise come with the city’s strings attached.

Same is true in Lakin where residents are apparently upset that water rates have more than doubled. Several have responded by drilling their own wells and others, apparently, are looking at that option.

Lakin isn’t unique. Water rates are going up in other communities as well, including Scott City and Leoti.

Not every situation is identical, but there is a common theme - there is a shrinking supply of water and, as the supply declines the quality also suffers. Communities are trying to address a dual problem of quantity and quality by encouraging less usage and installing treatment plants to improve the quality.

Higher water rates are being used as one means to convince people to use less water. It’s also the means by which these treatment plants are being financed.

Of course, that message is lost on some.

In Scott City, we have people who continue to pump as much water as before, despite the higher rates, simply because they can afford it and a lush, green yard means that much to them.

It doesn’t matter that the amount of water being used pales when compared to water pumped on a circle of corn. The fact is, we are all in this together.

We aren’t entitled to unlimited, cheap water.

Instead, we have a shared obligation to provide the next generation with every opportunity that was afforded us . . . to the best of our ability.

Immigration:

Grassroots support may force an honest debate

The frustration with immigration reform in Congress has finally reached a breaking point with a growing number of Kansans.

Mayors from 32 Kansas cities have signed a petition urging the state’s congressional delegation to support immigration efforts. The petition points out that immigrants are “valued members of our community” and important to our economy.

That kind of widespread and growing support is reassuring, but not likely to produce any concrete results with our current delegation of hardright leaning Republicans.

When confronted with the need for reform, Congressman Tim Huelskamp recently twitted: Trusting Obama w/border security is like trusting Bill Clinton w/your daughter.

With that kind of thinking, it’s little wonder that Huelskamp has vowed to defeat any immigration reform that reaches the House. Not that Huelskamp, the rest of Kansas delegation or any other Tea Party Republicans have thoughts of their own other than to build a higher wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

Rather than sophomoric attempts at humor, Huelskamp would better serve his constituency by coming up with actual ideas. It would be far more constructive if Huelskamp recognized how important Hispanics are to the Kansas economy - particularly in Western Kansas.

Expressing your opposition to immigration reform because you have some unrealistic expectation of border security isn’t a solution. It’s an excuse to do nothing.

Huelskamp says that President Obama doesn’t want a solution to immigration reform because Democrats prefer having this as a perpetual campaign issue - which Republicans have done election after election with abortion, gay marriage and gun control. At the same time, opposition to immigration reform is red meat for Tea Party activists who are less interested in policy than they are in keeping the base fired up.

So the standoff continues.

Or, as one might twit: Trusting Huelskamp w/ being a responsible lawmaker is like trusting your six-year-old in a candy shop.

Reaching the pinnacle of success

Humor doesn’t come easily for some people.

Perhaps it’s a genetic trait that you are either born with or not.

Then again, maybe humor is like homosexuality . . . with enough prayer and therapy you can teach someone to enjoy humor like you can teach them not to be homosexual.

One of the problems with humor - and political correctness - is that not enough people understand a good joke when they hear one. And even fewer people apparently understand that humor is the true measure by which we can determine whether an individual has achieved success.

In other words, Democrats, loosen up. Laugh a little. Smile when you’re the butt of someone’s joke.

Don’t assume the worst every time you see a Hitler mustache painted on a poster of President Obama’s face.

Quit whining when a photo of the President is used for target practice at a gun range.

And don’t take it so

personal when a rodeo includes a clown mocking President Obama.

It’s not like the clown was in black face - close, perhaps, but we weren’t there yet.

By now we’re all familiar with the uproar that occurred when a rodeo clown was wearing an Obama mask, standing in the arena with a broom up his butt, while the announcer asks the crowd, “Who wants to see this guy trampled?”

Now you have to admit, these Republicans have practically cornered the market on humor.

This is good, old-fashioned family entertainment. We’re in the heartland of America and this is what we do.

Thank god we have Fox News to put this in perspective.

Dana Perino, a Fox News commentator and a former press secretary

to George W. Bush, said, “If you get made fun of by the rodeo clown, you have made it.”

It doesn’t get any simpler.

Have a Nobel Prize on your mantle? We couldn’t care less.

Get elected leader of the most powerful nation on earth . . . ho-hum. That makes you, what, No. 44?

It’s not like you are part of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour.

The reason we have yet to see similar rodeo acts with the likes of, say, Trace Adkins, Ronald Reagan, Ted Nugent or even Fidel Castro is simply because they haven’t earned the honor.

This is still America and thanks to our Founding Fathers we have the freedom to honor our leaders however we choose.

Being mocked by a rodeo clown may seem undignified by the cultural elite in Hollywood or Washington, D.C., but among us simple-minded Americans who are closer to earth and God, a rodeo is the perfect venue to recognize greatness and there’s no

better ambassador to demonstrate our respect than the rodeo clown.

This whole episode didn’t go particularly well for the clown who was banned from ever performing again at the Missouri State Fair. And the fallout even prompted the resignation of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association.

Fortunately, there has also been some good news.

Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has started an investigation into the rodeo clown scandal, claiming that IRS agents in Benghazi were targeting conservative clowns by forcing them to buy health insurance through Obamacare. Issa says he has direct proof that orders came out of the White House, but says he can’t share this information with anyone.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who earlier in the week had a rodeo clown present his Canadian birth certificate to the media, made it clear that, if necessary, he will (See SUCCESS on page six)

A zealous national-security state

Pfc. Bradley Manning got a dishonorable discharge at his sentencing, but he received it with an honorable disposition.

When the judge read out the young soldier’s 35-year sentence Wednesday morning for giving classified information to WikiLeaks, family members wept and supporters cried out, “We are with you! You are a hero!”

But Manning, 25, whisked quickly from the room after the brief sentencing, was philosophical.

“It’s okay. It’s all right,’” he told his attorney, Lt. Col. David Coombs, who was in tears over his client’s fate. “I’m going to be okay. I’m going to get through this.”

Manning was bound for prison at Fort Leavenworth, but Coombs, free to speak his mind at the end of the

Where to Write

another view by Dana Milbank

three-year legal saga, held a news conference in the afternoon and read a statement from Manning to President Obama requesting a pardon.

“I understand that my actions violated the law. I regret if my actions hurt anyone or harmed the United States,” the statement said. “When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.

“If you deny my request for a pardon, I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society. I will gladly pay that price if it means we could have a country that is truly con-

Gov. Sam Brownback 2nd Floor - State Capitol Topeka, Ks. 66612-1501 (785) 296-3232

ceived in liberty.”

Manning’s dignity is a good model for Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker now hiding from American justice in Russia. Manning admitted what he had done, and he used his trial and its conclusion to argue for the righteousness of his cause.

“Under the current administration, an unauthorized leak to the media of classified information is viewed as being tantamount to aiding the enemy,” a capital offense, Coombs said. “The government-wide crackdown on whistleblowers and the extension of this crackdown to journalists threatens to stifle the flow of information that is vital to our public.”

A country in which “you are faced with a death-penalty offense” for the simple act of dis-

Sen. Pat Roberts 109 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-4774 roberts.senate.gov/email.htm

closing information to a journalist, Coombs added, “is not the America that I would hope that we live in.”

Manning beat a charge of aiding the enemy, and his trial also brought attention to the government practice of labeling “secret” things the public should know.

“The cancer of overclassification is threatening the very fabric of our free society,” Coombs warned. “Overclassification hinders debate. It hinders what we know about our government. It hinders finding solutions to common problems [such as] how do we keep our way of life in a post-9/11 world.”

There are, of course, varying opinions about Manning. I think he went too far, making some valid disclosures but losing his (See ZEALOUS on page six)

Sen. Jerry Moran 141 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510 (202) 224-6521 www.house.gov/moranks01/

The Scott County Record • Page 5 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

Ethanol mandates create economic car wreck

by Charles Lane

There are two iron laws of energy policy in the United States. Iron Law No. 1: A higher federal excise tax on fuel would efficiently reduce gasoline consumption and its negative side effects (air pollution, traffic congestion, carbon emissions, dependence on foreign oil).

Iron Law No. 2: Although economically rational, gas taxes are politically unpopular, so Congress will go to almost any length to avoid raising them, even if that means resorting to far less transparent policies.

Hence we have Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for cars, which take a PhD in mathematics to comprehend - and increase the price of a new automobile by hundreds of dollars.

Hence, too, we have elaborate government mandates and subsidies for blending ethanol

into gasoline, which cause farmers to divert land, water and capital into growing corn and other crops for fuel rather than food.

True, ethanol policy became somewhat less irrational at the end of 2011, when Congress finally allowed a $6 billion annual tax credit to expire.

But a 2007 federal law mandating ever-greater ethanol consumption remains on the books, and it is starting to create the economic equivalent of a multicar freeway pileup.

Known as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the law requires refiners to blend 36 billion gallons of ethanol and the like into transportation fuels by 2022.

Alas, like many previous attempts at central planning, the RFS has run afoul of changing realities in the marketplace specifically, a seemingly permanent leveling-off of motor-fuel

. . . the fuel industry is about to hit a “blend wall.” The 2007 standard calls for producers to blend more ethanol into gasoline than the market can absorb at the current standard rate of 10 percent per gallon.

consumption due to changing driving habits, the sluggish U.S. economy and CAFE standards, among other factors.

As it happens, gasoline consumption hit an all-time high of nearly 9.1 million barrels a day in the year that Congress passed - and President George W. Bush signed - the RFS. It has since dropped by half a million barrels a day, and the Energy Department forecasts that the downward trend will continue through 2040.

The result is that the fuel industry is about to hit a “blend wall.” The 2007 standard calls for producers to blend more ethanol into gasoline than the

market can absorb at the current standard rate of 10 percent per gallon.

Producers can still meet their regulatory obligations by buying obscure, tradable credits known as Renewable Identification Numbers, or RINs. Formerly a few cents per gallon, the price of a RIN recently reached $1.40 as businesses covered by the RFS - and speculators - snapped them up in anticipation of the “blend wall.”

Industry experts expect companies to pass the cost along to consumers, to the tune of at least 19 cents per gallon at the pump, according to a study by the Energy Policy Research Foundation. The total cost would reach $25 billion a year.

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency bowed to these realities, announcing that it would use its waiver authority to reduce the ethanol mandates for 2014.

That provides industry a reprieve of sorts; it certainly may spare politicians of both parties the trouble of running for office in the middle of a government-induced spike in gas prices.

Still, the EPA’s action is far from a permanent fix. The 2007 law allows the agency to grant such waivers for only a year at a time. Oh, and here’s another perversity: Eliminating the “blend wall” would destroy the value of RINs people have bought to cope with it.

Meanwhile, a central purpose of the 2007 law - energy “independence” - is well on its way to being met through other means, chiefly a boom in oil production that Congress and the Bush administration never anticipated.

The Energy Department projected earlier this year that the United States will be able to (See ETHANOL on page six)

Sequestration cuts 57,000 youngsters from Head Start

by Kathleen Sebelius

Exposing the food stamp fracas

by Jim Hightower

“Stop the moochers!” shouted a flock of GOP budget whackers in the House of Representatives.

It was back in July, before they flapped away for their fiveweek long summer break. This was the battle cry of conservative House lawmakers as they ripped all food stamp funding out of the Farm Bill in a symbolic move.

They say they’re shocked that use of this safety-net program has jumped so dramatically in recent years. Crying that “those” people are costing us money, the House approved a version of the Farm Bill that stripped out the long-running program that gets food to the poor.

Well, yes, food stamp use is up. But - hello, clueless Con-

gress critters - so is the need.

Long-term joblessness and falling wages are sucking more and more of your constituents out of the middle class down into the vortex of poverty.

It’s disgraceful for well-paid lawmakers to gut a poverty program that’s working exactly as it’s meant to, at the very time it’s most needed.

Then, the flock of budget whackers suddenly flew completely off course. Going from disgraceful to disgusting, they approved a Farm Bill that gives ridiculous taxpayer handouts to the biggest and richest agribusiness operations in our land.

Big Ag is wallowing in record-high crop prices and farm income this year, yet pious Republican deficit scolds turned into free-spending corporate socialists, doling out the most

generous farm subsidies in U.S. history.

For example, they perverted the crop insurance program into an absurd guaranteed-income plan for the wealthiest farms, each of which will collect more than $1 million a year from us taxpayers.

Moreover, these “free-market” Republicans would also have the government spend our tax dollars to guarantee an artificially high price for various commodities produced by the giant farms. And they would make all of these subsidies permanent.

No grocery money for the needy, but free feed for millionaire farmers? That’s a moral abomination.

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

You may have seen them: empty chairs sitting outside local Head Start centers. Each chair represents a child whose place at that center has been cut - a child whose future may now be in jeopardy.

For many young children in this country, the road to a better life begins when they enter a high-quality early-learning program like Head Start. When they do, we all benefit because they are better prepared to go to school, start a career, and achieve success. But recent events have placed new obstacles on that road.

In the debate over the arbitrary spending cuts called sequestration, many people warned of the long-term consequences to our children and their futures. Despite those warnings, sequestration went into effect, causing the biggest funding cut in Head Start’s history.

Head Start programs were encouraged to minimize disruptions to the children by cutting open slots after children graduated rather than removing children who were already enrolled. However, there was no legal room to shift funding to soften the blow - sequestration reduced every Head Start grant by the same percent.

Some programs were forced to use a lottery to determine which children could continue to come to class and which would lose their seat.

For months, we have seen local stories of families and

communities struggling to cope as Head Start programs have been forced to turn away children because their budgets were stretched to the breaking point.

In small towns and big cities, the stories have been much the same.

And now we have added up all those cuts from across the country to better understand the national impact. Today the Office of Head Start is reporting that approximately 57,000 children were cut from Head Start programs this year because of sequestration.

Those 57,000 include more than 51,000 fewer children in Head Start (ages 3-5) and nearly 6,000 fewer children, families and pregnant women in Early Head Start (ages 0-3) in the current program year due to sequestration.

But the damage goes further.

Even the children who survived the cuts and can stay in Head Start are facing significantly reduced services.

In addition to turning away those 57,000 children, Head Start programs will be forced to: •Cut 1.3 million days of service •Provide 18,000 fewer hours of service through shortened school days •Terminate or reduce salaries of 18,000 employees These cuts have been implemented by programs in order to keep as many children as possible in Head Start with the remaining funds, while maintaining quality and safety.

(See HEAD START on page six)

A model for a debt-free college education Faced with the prospect of student loan rates doubling, Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached a compromise that will keep rates low, at least temporarily, for most graduates.

From a body with a record of procrastinating on student debt worse than students procrastinate on term papers, this was welcome news. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

Indeed, the price of higher education - and how that price is paid - is still a huge problem in this country. Federal and student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion. Today, the average graduate leaves school with nearly $30,000 in debt.

And those are just the students who actually graduate. For millions of students, America’s

behind the headlines by Katrina vanden Heuvel

university system is not a pathway to success but a debt trap.

As of 2011, nearly half the students enrolled in four-year programs - and more than 70 percent of students in two-year programs - failed to earn their degrees within that time, with many dropping out because of the cost.

They leave school far worse than they arrived: saddled with debt, but with no degree to help them land a job and pay off the debt.

What’s more, according to some experts, almost half of low-income college-eligible stu-

dents don’t enroll in four-year colleges because of the sticker shock of tuition. And all of this is happening as state and community systems of higher education face unprecedented budget cuts, leaving students with even bigger bills.

A stopgap reduction in loan rates won’t do anything to fix this. We need a whole new model for financing higher education.

Fortunately, as Washington remains perpetually paralyzed, some states are demonstrating refreshing creativity and determination in tackling this issue.

Last month, the Oregon legislature passed a bill that paves the way for students to attend state and community colleges without having to pay tuition or take out traditional loans.

Once Gov. John Kitzhaber signs the bill - as he is expected to do - the state’s Higher Education Coordination Commission will get to work designing a “Pay It Forward, Pay It Back” financing model, similar to ones used in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Under this model, students would pay nothing while in school. Instead, after graduation, alumni would pay a flat three percent of their income for the next two decades or so to fund the education of future students. Those who attend for less time would pay a pro-rated amount.

What this means is that the state’s university system should eventually pay for itself.

College economics classes have always taught that “there’s no

such thing as a free lunch.” But students in Oregon may soon learn that there is such a thing as a debt-free economics class.

This marks an enormous stride toward eliminating the kind of crushing student debt that burdens 37 million Americans. “Pay It Forward, Pay It Back” asks the most of those graduates who are best equipped to pay and the least of graduates who can’t.

It also unravels one of the most pernicious moral hazards of a college education: Universities claim to prepare students for the workforce, yet they are paid whether they fulfill that promise or not. And it would eliminate the role of big banks, which have built a lucrative industry from student loans.

(See COLLEGE on page six)

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Voter registration could rub off on Brownback

by Martin Hawver

Remember your mother telling you that you are known by the friends you keep? Sure you do.

Now, admittedly, after a day reporting on the state’s most fervent Democrats at their midyear “Demofest” convention in Wichita, some are wondering whether Republican Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s enforcement of a new law he got passed to demand proof of citizenship of Kansas voters might just

Ethanol

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supply two-thirds of its petroleum needs through the next three decades.

The ethanol industry grouses that the whole mess with the RFS and RINs could have been avoided but for the refusal of “Big Oil” to invest in the production and distribution of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol, or 85 percent ethanol “flex fuel.”

I suppose they have a point - if you think it’s plausible that any industry would have willingly invested billions of dollars to help sell a competing product.

This is the sort of argument between rent-seekers that occurs when government tries to meet publicpolicy objectives through complex subsidies and mandates - rather than by setting broad incentives and letting market participants respond to them.

A gas-tax increase would clean up the environment and cut oil imports, with the revenue going to reduce the federal deficit - as opposed to lining the pockets of various well-connected industries.

Perish the thought.

Charles Lane was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing in 2009. He specializes in economic policy, financial issues and trade

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As with any new, sweeping proposal, there are concerns. Some policymakers have balked at the plan’s startup costs, which are estimated to begin at $1.4 billion the first year, though they will decrease over time as more alumni pay into the system.

Others worry that linking tuition to income will incentivize colleges to cut down on training for modest-paying, but necessary, professions, such as teaching.

These are valid concerns - but they are far smaller, more tractable issues than the vicious cycle of debt, default and bankruptcy at work in our current higher education system. By and large, “Pay It Forward, Pay It Back” is an idea with more promise than pitfalls.

What happens in Oregon, in this case, shouldn’t stay in Oregon.

Maybe Congress can learn a thing or two from states like Oregon.

splash back on Gov. Sam Brownback.

Okay, that Democrat crowd would have voted to impeach Brownback for using the wrong fork to eat salad. They’re a little fussy about anything, or probably all things Brownback, of course.

But Democrats tend to talk about the “conservative Republican administration” that is running the state now and even though Kobach was elected to statewide office on his own, Brownback is seen as the head of the

government, the head of the party - and in some manner responsible for Kobach.

This registration business, which now sees maybe 15,000 Kansans in “suspense,” or not eligible to vote until they prove citizenship, is a growing issue that will likely see thousands more Kansans become ineligible to vote in the coming months as they renew or apply for drivers’ licenses and are asked if they care to register to vote, or move or get married or whatever and

need to re-register to vote.

And that’s great for Kobach because it’s what he wants - proof of citizenship for voters.

But it may not bode well for Brownback, who signed the new voter citizenship bill into law, but like many of us who hang out at the Statehouse probably didn’t think far enough ahead to see how big an issue it would become.

It truly is like that tough piece of meat that gets bigger the more you chew it.

New cliches requires thinking outside the box At times, it seems the whole country speaks in nothing but cliches.

I t ’ s Western understandable Skyline because it

by Bob Campbell is a safe, if rather dull and unimaginative, way to communicate. We all do it on one occasion or another because of its inescapability. When you use a cliche, everyone knows what you mean.

Originality has become somewhat peculiar in this nation of semi-hysterical homogeneity. Insist on being yourself and risk awkward responses or ostracism.

There is also the chance that if you say something original, it will be so apt that it becomes a new cliche, like setting a trend with clothing or a hairstyle, which is how the cliches about which we now joke first came into general usage.

But we must be judicious about coining new ones because like universal echos, they can go viral and then we will have to say, “My bad!”

It’s huge on the planet, cutting edge, but we see it is not rocket science and we think outside the box to find the synergy and value-added 2.0 version. Going green, we focus like a laser to get sustainable transparency.

Success propose a Constitutional Amendment protecting the rights of rodeo clowns.

And Texas Republican Congressman Steve Stockman, in an effort to hold down the nation’s unemployment rate, has invited the rodeo group that’s been banned from the Missouri State Fair to perform in his congressional district near Houston.

That’s because, in the Lone Star State, they have a Texas-sized funny bone.

They’re the state that provided us President

Bob Campbell is a reporter and columnist for The Scott County Record. He can be reached at kansasnewz@att.net

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George W. Bush, presidential candidate Rick Perry and presidential wannabe Ted Cruz.

They’re also the state that provided us Molly Ivins, Jim Hightower, Bill Engvall and Steve Martin.

Texas understands humor. Unfortunately, we seem to be the butt of their jokes.

You can bet that if, or when, that Missouri rodeo crew accepts the invitation to perform in Texas, and they step into the arena, they will be met with a

Head Start

The decision to take away funding for high quality early learning for tens of thousands of young Americans is indefensible morally and economically.

Strong early learning can translate into school success, which can lead to college and good jobs, and ultimately a robust economy. Research shows that a public dollar spent on high quality early childhood education can return $7 through increased productivity and savings on public assistance and criminal justice programs.

So there is no question Katrina vanden Heuvel is editor and publisher of The that these cuts jeopardize Nation magazine our children’s futures.

It’s not toxic, it’s awesome!

The popular culture choruses, “You’re the man! Don’t push the envelope, and we won’t throw you under the bus! Take it one game at a time, but you gotta make that catch!”

Yes, we’ve got issues, but having said that, we stay under the radar, get ahead of the curve and avoid the slippery slope. Spot on! You got that right. It’s on the table, the perfect storm!

Proposing two new cliches at once, at the start of the day, it ain’t what it ain’t.

This should be seriously viewed because these cosmic ideas derive from the already well-established, “At the end of the day, it is what it is.”

If that’s true, and we know it ineluctably is, we backtrack to, “At the start of the day,” and with guts like Dick Tracy we confront the mountainous implication that if it is what it is at the end of the day, it must be that at the start of the day, it cannot be what it will become by dusk.

Whatever it may be at this incipient stage, there can be no question that it is not yet what it ain’t.

heartfelt standing ovation and roar of laughter.

And when the clown stands in front of the bull chutes in his GW Bush mask, walking around with a WMD sticking out of his posterior, it will bring a roar from the crowd.

After all, they get it.

And it will be a long overdue acknowledgement that GW Bush has finally reached the pinnacle of achievement.

Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com

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America now ranks 28th globally in early childhood education enrollment and now risks falling even further behind in preparing our children for school.

We can’t win the race for the future by holding back our children at the starting line.

It’s not too late. Those empty chairs don’t have to stay empty; those 57,000 children can get back on the road to success. But they need our help.

Across the country, communities are coming together to support Head Start funding because they know that early childhood education is one of the

best investments Americans can make. President Obama knows this, too, and has proposed significant new investments in early learning, through an initiative to make high quality preschool available to all four-year olds, create new Early Head Start-Child Care partnerships, and extend and expand voluntary home visiting services.

Through national leadership and partnerships at the local level, we can protect and expand highquality learning opportunities for our children.

Kathleen Sebelius is serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services

Give it a couple of months and many of us will know someone, maybe down the block or at work, who has to dig out a birth certificate or passport to prove he/she is a genuine American and has a right to vote.

That’s when people are going to start asking Brownback what he’s doing to fix this and they probably won’t be satisfied with Brownback saying “that’s not my department.”

It gets more interesting when one remembers

Zealous moral authority by dumping all kinds of government documents that embarrassed U.S. officials without serving any public good. He broke the law, and his sentence - he will be eligible for parole in seven years - could have been a lot worse.

But whatever you think about Manning, his trial and his pretrial treatment exposed how zealous the national security state has been, even under this Democratic president. The tiny offender, little more than a boy, was initially held under 23-hour lockdown in a small cell and denied clothing.

Coombs said his hundreds of military clients have included murderers and child molesters “and those types of clients receive less time than Pfc. Manning.”

On hand for the news conference were academic Cornel West (in threepiece suit and scarf even on the warm summer day) and dozens of local activists wearing black T-shirts with the message, “President Obama, Pardon

that Brownback virtually abandoned the Kansas Chamber of Commerce’s immigrant worker legalization legislation when Kobach started challenging it.

Looking for a Brownback/Kobach cage wrestling match over the issue? Democrats would be happy to hold their coats, but it will likely stop short of that.

Martin Hawver is publisher of Hawver’s Capitol Report.

View his statewide political news service at www. hawvernews.com

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Bradley.”

That’s not likely; administration officials say Manning did real harm to American interests. But as he does his time at Leavenworth, Manning can know that he contributed to an important debate about the reach of the national security state.

The administration, Coombs pointed out, has suggested that reporters can be prosecuted for receiving classified information, and it has prosecuted more leaks than all previous administrations while roughing up whistleblowers.

On top of that, he said, the prosecution of the WikiLeaks leaker “does send a message and it’s a chilling one and it’s endorsed at the very highest levels of this administration.”

You don’t need to agree with what Manning did to agree with Coombs that government secrecy has gone too far.

Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author

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improperly canned lowacid foods.

Pressure canners require an investment, but can be used for several seasons when used and cared for according to manufacturer’s directions, which vary with the type of gauge.

A pressure canner with a dial gauge should be checked for accuracy annually because a variance of ONE pound (up or down) can increase the risk of food-borne illness.

Gaskets, seals and vent holes also should be checked annually, said Blakeslee, who said that many K-State Research and Extension offices have the equipment to test pressure gauges for current brands.

A pressure canner with a weighted gauge can be easier to maintain, as only the gaskets (which should be clean and pliable) and general condition will typically need to be checked each year.

While generally costconscious, she does not recommend buying a pressure canner at a garage sale, thrift store or auction, as “you won’t know its history, how it has been cared for, and may not be able to buy replacement parts.”

High-Acid Foods High acid foods, such as fruits, fruit products, jams, jellies, pickles and tomatoes should be processed in a boiling water bath (212 degrees), which requires a large kettle equipped with a rack to position the jars off the bottom of the pan.

“If jars are not placed in a rack and come in direct contact with the bottom of a kettle during the canning process, jars may crack and compromise food safety and quality,” Blakeslee said. “The jar and the intended preserved product will need to be discarded.”

Either way, after following the recipe exactly, freshly canned products should be lifted from the canner with a wire jar lifter, and placed on a wire rack to cool.

Lids will “ping” during the cooling process to signal the jar has sealed.

Consumers also are advised to choose a jar suited for their intended food preservation method.

Canning jars with straight sides can typically be used for canning and freezing, and canning jars that have “shoulders” are not freezer safe.

New lids should be

purchased each year; canning jars with smooth rims (free from nicks and chips) and screw-on rings free of rust can be re-used from year to year.

While jars remain a dependable kitchen staple, Blakeslee reminded that former and sometimes faddish home canning methods increase food safety risks and are not recommended. Examples include: •Open-kettle canning, in which foods are cooked and then spooned into sterilized jars but not processed with a hot water bath, cannot ensure food safety.

•Oven canning, either in a conventional or microwave oven, is dangerous. Jars are not made for dry heat and can crack.

Oven temperature varies.

Oven heat is a dry heat that is slow in penetrating into jars of food.

•Sun canning, in which foods are placed in sterilized jars in sunlight in varying temperatures, but not processed at temperatures high enough to kill potentially harmful foodborne microorganisms can increase food safety risks.

•Processing canned foods in a dishwasher, in which water temperature

is not high enough to kill potentially harmful foodborne microorganisms, also can increase food safety risks.

Washing and sterilizing canning jars in the dishwasher prior to use, however, can be effective - and convenient.

Blakeslee recommends labeling and dating home preserved foods and using them within one year, and also stresses the importance of checking the local altitude.

“While many will think Kansas is flat, the state’s altitude rises from just

under 1,000 feet in the east to about 4,000 feet in the west,” said Blakeslee, who explained that as the altitude goes up, the boiling point goes down, and that means that foods processed in a pressure canner need processing at a higher pressure.

The processing time (for pressure canning) will remain the same as the recommended times for lower altitudes, she said.

For water bath processing, the processing time is increased for higher altitudes.

Altitude is typically listed on maps, said Blakeslee, who advised following directions for adjustments for higher altitudes in recipe directions.

More information about home food preservation is available at K-State Extension offices, and online at Extension’s Rapid Response Center: www.rrc. ksu.edu. The site also links to the USDA’s Complete Guide to Home Canning; National Center for Home Food Preservation at the University of Georgia, and Ball Blue Book Guide to Preserving

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Cheyenne ‘snapped’ following Battle Canyon Led to violence in northwest Kansas Bob Campbell staff writer

Historians believe that something bad happened psychologically to some of Dull Knife’s and Little Wolf’s warriors after the Battle of Punished Woman’s Fork in Scott County, where they lost most of their horses and food.

The result was that they abandoned their policy of fighting only cowboys and soldiers and attacked families of settlers along Sappa and Beaver creeks

in Decatur and Rawlins counties, killing 30 men and boys and raping a dozen women and girls.

Overland Park historian James Leiker discounts a prevalent theory that the attacks were related to the killings of 27 Cheyenne by soldiers and buffalo hunters in Rawlins County in 1875.

“I don’t think revenge had anything to do with it,” said Leiker. “Chased by the army, these people had been on the road on foot and horseback for several weeks. After the Battle at Punished Woman’s Fork, their resources were stripped away. They were impoverished.

“Not everyone participated. About two dozen warriors broke away from

the chiefs. It happened over the need of the larger group to feed itself. They first killed to take horses and livestock and from there it gravitated toward killing for the fun of it.

“When you create this kind of violent context, you have the danger for horrific violence to happen, including sexual violence. They could have snapped,” Leiker says.

Sharleen Wurm, director of the Last Indian Raid Museum in Oberlin, will be one of the reenactors on Oct. 5 when Decatur County women portray the mothers whose husbands and sons died in the Sept. 29-30, 1878, raid.

Noting the attacks began six miles southwest of Oberlin, Wurm said,

“We’ll give the histories of the families before and after, what they had to deal with as single mothers raising their children, where they went and what happened to them.

Most everybody left and went back to families and friends.

“The Cheyenne were not farmers, they were hunters. They started putting on their war paint when they saw civilians tilling up their land.”

Wurm estimates the number of raiders at “more like 40 in different groups.”

They left Sheridan County, south of Decatur, on the night of Sept. 29, hit the Shibboleth Post Office and went north.

Wurm said the worst

of the events occurred at the farm of William Laing, where he and his son, Freeman, were shot out of their wagon and Laing’s wife, Julia, and two daughters, 9- and 12-years-old, were raped.

The couple’s seven-yearold daughter was not sexually assaulted, but all three girls were thrown onto a fire.

“Their mother dragged them out and they made their way to a neighbor’s,” said Wurm. “The Indians burned everything because the Laings had gotten tipi poles from Rawlins County and were using them for firewood.

While the events are tragic, says Wurm, “It’s a part of history that we claim.”

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(Editor’s note: This is the seventh 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 place 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.)

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Farmers “Sorghum has unique characteristics.

Among them is the fact that proteins in sorghum are harder for people to digest,” explained Roemer. “The African people solved that by malting the sorghum.

Through that process, the end product is easier for young people to digest as porridge. For adults, the malted sorghum can be converted into beer.”

He explained that in addition to meeting a growing consumer demand, NuLife also provides a value-added option for sorghum producers.

“Our sorghum is worth at least double the market value of standard sorghum, but it takes a lot to get it to where it’s a product we can use,” he said.

Roemer assured the Argentine visitors that the sorghum he uses, or that’s grown in the U.S., is not genetically modified.

“That is the policy for sorghum in the U.S.,” he emphasizes. “That allows us access to the (European Union) without tariffs.”

Coping With Drought Touring the heartland of American agriculture offers an opportunity to compare what farmers in the two nations do under similar conditions.

“A big difference is that you have water below ground, we don’t. But we have the same crops,” said Nick Nacht, a producer in Argentina. “We want to see how you work your

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way through the weather problems, the infrastructure . . . your infrastructure is much better. We have big problems with our infrastructure.”

He said infrastructure includes a range of issues such as storage facilities, access to machinery and credit at the bank.

Like the Midwest, Nacht says his nation has also been experiencing severe drought over the last three years.

“In terms of production, we want to see if there is anything new that we haven’t seen, any new technology. You have newer machinery and better roads, but the actual technology when it comes to sowing the seeds and the actual seeds being used are very similar,” he said. “We feel at ease seeing that we’re not too far behind.”

Know Your Competition At the same time, one can’t underestimate the importance of knowing your competition, says Ron Suppes, a member of the KARL executive committee who was on the original trip to Argentina.

“We saw where they are doing more to control their costs by linking 10 or 12 farms together, hiring a common agronomist and purchasing chemicals in bulk,” notes Suppes, a Lane County farmer.

“They’re looking at ways to vertically integrate their operations.”

(Above) NuLife President Earl Roemer (left) explains the marketing of their gluten-free products while touring the test kitchen at the Scott City facility.

(Right) Members of the Argentina exchange team were more than eager to try the gluten-free New Planet beer. The beverage is produced from NuLife sorghum at a brewery n Ft. Collins, Colo., and distributed nationwide.

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Suppes, who is also on the board of U.S. Wheat Associates, has traveled extensively overseas to meet with buyers of U.S. wheat.

“On one trip we went to Nigeria because they are a major customer, but I also wanted us to visit Ukraine and Russia because they are going to be the next (export) powerhouses,”

he says.

In a follow-up trip to Kazakhstan and Ukraine, Suppes was able to confirm among Kansas producers that “yes, they will be a powerhouse, but they’re going to grow a lower quality wheat. We need to keep our focus on quality.”

“And I told corn and soybean guys to watch

out. They’re gearing up.

If their country gets things figured out they will be big competitors in these areas, too,” he said. “The Ukraine has the technology, like we’ve given to Brazil and Argentina.

They just don’t have the investment.

“We complain about the government, but at least we can function,”

he says. “With their government, they don’t know what’s going to happen.”

Suppes says that KARL is networking with other international groups to conduct similar exchanges.

“This was a good test to see if we can handle this.

We have people across the state who were working with this,” he added.

US83 resurfacing project underway Resurfacing of US83 Highway, immediately north of Scott City to the Scott/Logan county line, has begun. The project calls for placing an ultra-thin bonded asphalt surface on the driving lanes and milling and overlaying 1-1/2 inches of asphalt on the shoulders.

During construction, traffic will be limited to one lane through the work zone, guided by a pilot car.

Drivers can expect delays of 15 minutes or less.

The Kansas DOT urges drivers to be alert, pay attention to all work zone warning signs, slow down when approaching a work zone and be prepared to stop. Expect the work zone to be active during daylight hours from Monday through Friday.

Depending on the weather, work on the project is expected to be completed by late September.

Venture Corporation of Great Bend, Kansas, is the primary contractor on this approximately $2.3 million project.

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Hess is satisfied with helping others behind the scenes Being involved in the community and helping others without being asked isn’t something that Chelsi Hess has given a lot of thought to over the years.

She does it because it feels natural.

“It’s something that I’ve grown up with. It’s what my parents have taught me to do,” says the 18-year-old who was named recipient of the “Youth Volunteer of the Year” Award during the Scott County Fair.

A spring graduate of Scott Community High School, Hess prefers to shun the spotlight as much as possible. That’s why she couldn’t be found on the stage during musical and drama productions at SCHS, but was often times working behind the scenes as a stage manager.

“For me, it was fun to be involved in that way and to see my classmates and peers doing those things,” says Hess. “Being under the spotlight hasn’t appealed to me.”

Hess was also an active volunteer with the National Honor Society and SCHS Student Council in addition to assisting with Vacation Bible School and other activities at the Community Christian Church.

She also enjoyed being a county 4-Her for the past 12 years and that it was a program in which her sisters and parents could also be involved.

“I really like the leadership programs and camp counseling . . . helping kids to learn about 4-H and being the best they can be,” she notes.

When not involved in

School Calendar Sports Practice Schedule Week of August 23-30 SCHS Football Friday: 6:15-7:30 a.m. and 4:30-6:15 p.m.

Saturday: Photos at 9:00 a.m., followed by scrimmage at about 10:15 a.m.

Fri., Aug. 30: Back-to-School Bash. Scrimmage from 7:30-9:30 p.m.

SCHS Volleyball Fri., Aug. 30: Scrimmage from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

SCHS X-Country Saturday: 7:00-8:30 a.m. at SCHS west parking lot Aug. 26-30: 3:45-5:30 p.m. at SCHS track

FFA News On July 22, the Scott City FFA officer team consisting of Aubrey Davis, Austin Beaver, Abe Wiebe, Cooper Griffith, Asher Huck and Dan Skibbe attended the parliamentary law workshop in Jetmore.

Along with Scott City, the Jetmore and Cimarron FFA chapters attended the workshop. At the workshop we discussed parliamentary procedure as well as activities we would be doing in the coming school year.

Former state FFA President Emily Beneda and North Central District President Taylor Green helped instruct the workshops.

The officer team went to Denver on August 5-6. On the way to Denver they attended an officer exchange with the Burlington FFA Chapter. They discussed different events that they do at their school and exchanged ideas.

The next day they went to Elitch Gardens where they enjoyed a great day of bonding and rides at the park.

Cooper Griffith, reporter

Youth “Volunteer of the Year” award winner for 2013 is Chelsi Hess.

volunteer activities, Hess has been employed for the past two summers by the Friends of Lake Scott at the Beach House.

“It’s taught me a lot about working with the public,” she says.

A lifetime resident of

Scott City, Hess says she values the strong sense of community and the willingness of others to help when needed.

“I don’t think there’s anyone I couldn’t ask for help if I needed it. We have a caring commu-

nity,” Hess says. “I think that once I’m gone to school I’ll appreciate it even more.”

Hess will be attending Ozark Christian College, Joplin, Mo., this fall.

However, she will continue helping others when

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possible.

“I think mission work would be neat. Maybe I’ll take counseling classes,” says Hess, who thinks she would like to do mission work outside the U.S. “The goal is to get Jesus’ word out.”

2% enrollment increase at GCCC Garden City Community College opened its fall semester with more than 1,500 students, a 2.9 percent increase over last fall.

Registration is still continuing.

To assist with ongoing enrollment interested students can call 620-2769608 or 620-276-7611.

While the preliminary student count of 1,536 isn’t quite as high as last fall’s tally of 1,567, the FTE count of 1,273.5 for the opening day of classes is above the same point in 2012, when FTE reached 1,238.2 on registration day.

FTE, calculated according to a state-mandated

4-H Club News Rising Stars discuss community service On Aug. 11, the Rising Stars 4-H Club met at the Pounds’ house for a hamburger and hot dog carry-in meeting.

President MariKate Crouch called the meeting to order with a roll call reflecting on everyone’s favorite summer activity. Our club received a purple ribbon for our banner at the county fair and it was decided to enter this exhibit at the State Fair.

The State Fair will be Sept. 6-15 in Hutchinson. Any 4Her who is nine-years and older and received a purple or blue ribbion at the county fair is eligible to exhibit at the State Fair.

The club discussed a community service project to be held on Sept. 23 at the Breast Care Awareness seminar. We discussed the possibility of providing day-care to attendees.

This year, the Rising Stars are in charge of clean up after the 4-H Achievement Banquet on Nov. 1.

Christopher Pounds, reporter

formula, is determined by dividing total student credit hours by 15.

Out of the 1,536 individuals who have registered so far, a total of 1,211 are residents of Finney and other Kansas counties.

Enrollment is expected to continue growing as students add courses to their schedules, sign

up late and register for classes that begin later in the term.

The first-day figures are considered preliminary because, also following state requirements, Kansas colleges and universities wait and take official enrollment counts on the 20th class day of the semester in September.

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Insurance should be on college student’s checklist

Don’t forget “insurance needs” when checking off items your college students should have.

Nearly all young adults up to age 26 can now stay on their parents’ health insurance plans because of federal legislation. That provision is not affected by marital status, financial dependency, enrollment in school or location.

At school, students should have copies of their insurance cards and know how to seek medical treatment.

If the student is insured through a network of

commissioner’s corner Kansas Insurance

Commissioner Sandy Praeger

medical providers, check to see if he/she will be in or out of the provider network service area while at school. That will make a difference in how much you or your student will have to pay for out-ofpocket charges.”

Another coverage option is a student health insurance plan purchased through the college, although not all schools

County Commission July 31, 2013 Scott County Commissioners met in a special meeting with the following present: Chairman James Minnix, Commissioners Jerry Buxton and Gary Skibbe, and County Clerk Pam Faurot.

•Approval was given to a Road Use and Maintenance Agreement with CPV Keystone Renewable Energy Company and Scott County if CPV agrees to the small changes requested by County Attorney Rebecca Faurot.

•An easement was approved with Abercrombie Energy for an electric line to cross Rodeo Road at S12, T17S, R31W and Sec 7, T17S, R31W. Approval was also given to an extension for Tallgrass, Inc. on their temporary water line.

•Approval was given to an oil lease extension with Landmark Resources, Inc. (previously Fred Hambright) on Zella Carpenter property at the NW/4 of Sec 12, T17S, R34W. •Scott and Kay Buckley with The Buckley Group met with the commission to discuss a senior housing survey they are conducting in the county.

$68,000 in compensation to Kansas crime victims The Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board awarded financial assistance to 51 victims of crime during its August meeting.

Awards were made in 23 new cases. Additional expenses were paid in 28 previously submitted cases. The awards totaled $68,012.

The program is administered through the Attorney General’s office.

The state’s threemember Crime Victims Compensation Board determines claims that are eligible for payment and how much money will be awarded to each claimant.

Awards are limited to

Public (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., August 22, 2013) 1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: ALL OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS, UNLEASED MINERAL INTEREST OWNERS, LANDOWNERS AND ALL PERSONS WHOSOEVER CONCERNED. You, and each of you, are hereby notified that LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC., has filed an Application before the State Corporation Commission, pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-100(b) requesting an order designating all information filed by LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC., pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3107(d) relating to its Decker #1-17 well as confidential pursuant to K.A.R. 83-3107(e).

offer these limited plans.

In general, these plans have more limited benefits and coverages than traditional health insurance plans.

Many of these policies don’t offer routine examination coverage or cover injuries sustained while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This might also be true of a parents’ group plan.

Renters Insurance Parents should check with their insurance agents to determine whether their family homeowners

policies extend to children away at school. If not, they could consider a renters policy for their students.

Many renters mistakenly believe that a landlord’s insurance policy on an apartment will protect them in case of a disaster. A landlord’s policy doesn’t cover a renter’s personal belongings.

Also, make sure to take photos or video of the possessions, and store an inventory list in a secure location.

To print an easy-to-use

Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Aug. 10: Jack Glass was arrested for criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. He was transported to the LEC. Aug. 12: Stephanie Bailey backed into a parked vehicle in the 1000 block of Kingsley.

Aug. 14: Martha Comfort was charged with interference with a law enforcement officer.

Aug. 15: Michael Preston was arrested for driving while driver’s license was cancelled, suspended or revoked, no vehicle insurance and speeding. He was transported to the LEC. Aug. 15: Charles Chambless, Jr., was arrested for two warrants for probation violation for jurisdictions outside Scott County. He was transported to the LEC. Aug. 17: Criminal damage to property was reported in the 700 block of East 5th St. Aug. 17: Criminal damage to property was reported in the 1300 block of Antelope St. Aug. 17: An accident was reported in the Subway parking lot when the awning was struck by a vehicle.

Aug. 18: Calista Miller was backing out of a driveway and struck a parked vehicle.

Aug. 19: Manuel Jacob Franco was arrested for violation of a protection order and possession of marijuana. He was transported to the LEC. Scott Co. Sheriff’s Dept.

Aug. 13: An accident was reported on south US83 Highway involving Shanaya Hoeme and Bonnie Sauer.

Aug. 18: Oscar Lopez lost control of his vehicle in the fairgrounds parking lot, striking a legally parked vehicle and causing it to hit another vehicle. He was issued a ticket for no valid driver’s license, failure to report an accident and failure to stop at the scene of an accident.

Aug. 19: Penifer Keller was arrested on charges of battery and transported to Finney County.

Aug. 20: Jade Daniels was driving on Juniper Road when he lost control of his vehicle which rolled and ended up in the east ditch, facing south.

a maximum of $25,000 with limitations of $5,000 for funeral expense, $3,500 for outpatient mental health counseling, $10,000 for inpatient mental health treatment and $1,000 for grief counseling for family survivors of homicide victims.

The program is funded by a portion of assessed court costs and fines, inmate wages, parole fees and restitution paid by convicted offenders.

For more information about the Crime Victims Compensation Security State Bank to Scot Aytes, Lot 9, Blk. 4, Program call (785) 296East Acres Addition.

2359 or visit the Attorney Lawrence and Louise McCombs to Dennis and General’s website at Renie Murphy, south 100 ft. of Lot 4, Blk. 5, Starr www.ag.ks.gov.

Suburb.

Pablo Prieto to Arturo and Graciela Ayala, Lots 24-30, Blk. 9, Hall’s Addition.

Notice Steele and Sons, Inc., to Joshua and Stephanie Any persons who object Bailey, Lot 2, Blk. 14, CA Steele and Sons Addition. to protest to such ApplicaS.G. Ted and Barbara Compton to Ross and Heather tion shall be required to file Rufenacht, Lots 1-3, Blk. 13, Eastridge Addition. their objections or protests Ross and Heather Rufenacht to Wayde Berry, Lots with the State Corporation Commission of the State of 1-3, Blk. 13, Eastridge Addition.

Kansas within fifteen (15) John Jacob Jones to Darren Malchow, Lots 1-4, days from the date of this Blk. 4, Hall’s Addition. publication.

Darren and Debra Malchow to Fairleigh If any protests are timely Corporation, Lots 1-4, Blk. 4, Hall’s Addition. filed, a hearing will be held on October 18, 2013, at the Steve Compton to Jack and Ann Hawkins Kansas Corporation Com- Revocable Trust, a tract in NW4, lying north of RR in mission, State Office BuildSection 16-18-32. ing, 130 S. Market, Room

Register of Deeds

2078, Wichita, Ks. 67202 All parties in any way interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and govern themselves accordingly.

LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC. 1616 S. VOSS RD., SUITE 600 HOUSTON, TX. 77057 Jeff Wood: Phone (713) 2438550 Fax: (713) 243-8551

home inventory checklist and get more tips about disaster preparedness, visit www.ksinsurance.org and click on “Publications” under the Quick Links button at the top right of the home page.”

Smart phone users can do an electronic inventory by using the myHOMEScr.APP.book application from the NAIC. Before packing a student’s belongings into a car or rental trailer, make sure to talk with your insurance agent about whether the contents are

insured. Ask if your homeowners insurance policy will cover the belongings in the student’s car or rental trailer before he/she gets to campus.

Auto Insurance If a student is taking a car to school, check with your local agent about the current vehicle insurance policy. Ask about the rates for the college’s city and state before deciding whether to keep the student’s car on the family’s auto policy.

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USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., August 26 • 6:00 p.m.

Administration Bldg. • 704 College St. Board Training •Comments from public •KASB training •Adjournment

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., August 22, 2013) 1t BEFORE THE STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF KANSAS TO: ALL OIL AND GAS PRODUCERS, UNLEASED MINERAL INTEREST OWNERS, LANDOWNERS AND ALL PERSONS WHOSOEVER CONCERNED. You, and each of you, are hereby notified that LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC., has filed an Application before the State Corporation Commission, pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3-100(b) requesting an order designating all information filed by LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC., pursuant to K.A.R. 82-3107(d) relating to its Decker #1-9 well as confidential pursuant to K.A.R. 83-3-107(e).

Any persons who object to protest to such Application shall be required to file their objections or protests with the State Corporation Commission of the State of Kansas within fifteen (15) days from the date of this publication.

If any protests are timely filed, a hearing will be held on October 18, 2013, at the Kansas Corporation Commission, State Office Building, 130 S. Market, Room 2078, Wichita, Ks. 67202 All parties in any way interested or concerned shall take notice of the foregoing and govern themselves accordingly.

LANDMARK RESOURCES, INC. 1616 S. VOSS RD., SUITE 600 HOUSTON, TX. 77057 Jeff Wood: Phone (713) 2438550; Fax: (713) 243-8551

District 11 AA Meetings

Scott City

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

‘Free’ medical alert devices are not free Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt warns Kansans about a new scam targeting senior citizens offering “free emergency medical alert” devices.

In the past week, dozens of Kansans have reported to the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division that they have received recorded calls from “John” who claims to be with “Medical Alert” telling them they can receive a free medical alert device, and they just need to press 1 to confirm their shipping information.

Consumers who press 1 are connected with a live telemarketer who offers them the “free” device, but then asks for a credit card number to cover shipping or monitoring fees.

“These calls are nothing more than a ruse to get your personal financial information,” Schmidt said. “You should never have to pay money to get a ‘free’ product. We advise Kansans not to answer these calls, or if they do, be suspicious and do not give out any personal information.”

Schmidt said his office is investigating these calls. Consumers who have received such calls are encouraged to file a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office online at www.ag.ks.gov or call 1-800-432-2310 to request a complaint form.

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Identity Theft Identity theft insurance is limited. It can’t protect parents or students from becoming victims of identity theft, and it doesn’t cover your direct financial losses.

It does give coverage for the cost of reclaiming you or your student’s financial identity - such as the costs of making phone calls, making copies, mailing documents, taking time off from work without pay (lost wages) and hiring an attorney.

Parents should check first to see if their homeowners policies include identity theft insurance while students are away from home. If a student is renting an apartment, ask if his/her renters insurance covers identity theft, or if that could be added to the policy.

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Aug. 22, 2013)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1146 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING PUBLIC OFFENSES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS; INCORPORATING BY REFERENCE THE “UNIFORM PUBLIC OFFENSE CODE FOR KANSAS CITIES,” EDITION OF 2013, WITH CERTAIN ADDITIONS; PRESCRIBING ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS; AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION. Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Scott City: Section 1. INCORPORATING UNIFORM PUBLIC OFFENSE CODE. There is hereby incorporated by reference for the purpose of regulating public offenses within the corporate limits of the City of Scott City, Kansas, that certain code known as the “Uniform Public Offense Code,” Edition of 2013, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas. No fewer than three copies of said Uniform Public Offense Code shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 1011,” and to which shall be attached a copy of this ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

Section 2. Article 7 of said Uniform Public Offense Code is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following section: 7.12a INTERFERENCE WITH A SWIMMING POOL OPERATION. Interference with public swimming pool operation is intentionally or recklessly depositing or causing to be deposited any object or substance, into, upon or about any public swimming pool which results in the closing of such pool pursuant to rules of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

Interference with public swimming pool operation is a Class B violation.

Section 3. Article 10 of said Uniform Public Offense Code is hereby supplemented by adding the following section:

Section 10.27. UNLAWFUL STORAGE, SALE OR DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS, OR POSSESSION OF CERTAIN FIREWORKS. a. No person, firm or corporation shall store any fireworks anywhere in the city, except as necessary for the performance of a public exhibition to be held as hereinafter provided. Such storage shall be in a safe place, securely locked or guarded so that no child or unauthorized person shall have access thereto and shall be protected from fire hazards. The fire chief of the city shall inspect the storage to determine whether the same complies with the terms of this paragraph. b. No person, firm or corporation shall sell any fireworks anywhere in the city. c. No person, firm or corporation shall discharge any fireworks anywhere in the city, except: 1. At a public exhibition approved by the Governing Body.

2. Fireworks between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. on June 30 through July 3 and between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and midnight on July 4, provided that the Chief of Police shall be authorized to ban such discharge if dry conditions exist and notice of such ban is published in the official city paper on or before June 20. d. No person, firm or corporation shall process or discharge fireworks commonly known and referred to as Chinese lanterns, sky lanterns, floating sky lanterns Unlawful storage, sale or discharge of fireworks is a class C violation.

Section 4. REPEAL. The existing Title 5, Chapter 2, Section 5-2-1 AND 5-2-2 of the City Code of Scott City, Ordinance Number 1011 is repealed.

Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication in the official city newspaper.

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 19th day of August, 2013.

City of Scott City, Kansas Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST: Brenda K. Davis, MMC City Clerk

Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Aug. 22, 2013)1t ORDINANCE NO. 1145 AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS; ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE “STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE FOR KANSAS CITIES,” EDITION OF 2013, WITH CERTAIN OMISSIONS, CHANGES AND ADDITIONS; PRESCRIBING NEW REGULATIONS WITH CERTAIN PROVISIONS FOR TRUCKS OR SIMILAR VEHICLES, WITH A REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS, PARKING ON CITY STREETS AND DESIGNATING NEW REGULATIONS FOR MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ALL ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS THIRTY-THREE AND NINETY-EIGHT OF SAID STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCES AND REPEALING THE EXISTING SECTION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SCOTT CITY, KANSAS: Section 1. INCORPORATING STANDARD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. There is hereby enacted, that certain standard traffic ordinance known as the “Standard Traffic Ordinance for Kansas Cities,” Edition of 2013, prepared and published in book form by the League of Kansas Municipalities, Topeka, Kansas, including those articles, sections, parts or portions that are modified or changed.

No fewer than three copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance shall be marked or stamped “Official Copy as Adopted by Ordinance No. 1011 with all sections or portions thereof intended to be omitted or changed clearly marked to show any such omission or change and to which shall be attached a copy of this ordinance, and filed with the City Clerk to be open to inspection and available to the public at all reasonable hours.

The Police Department, Municipal Judge, City Attorney and all administrative departments of the City charged with enforcement of the ordinance shall be supplied, at the cost of the City, such number of official copies of the Standard Traffic Ordinance similarly marked, as may be deemed expedient.

Section 2. Section 33 of said Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended and changed to read as follows: “MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) and when

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a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with Section 32, the limits specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of such maximum limits unless a different speed limit is posted: (1) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any business district; (2) Thirty (30) miles per hour in any residential district; (3) Twenty (20) miles per hour in any park or school zone; and, (4) Fifty-Five (55) or SixtyFive (65) miles per hour in all other locations, as provided by law. (b) No person shall drive a school bus to or from school, or interschool or intraschool functions or activities, at a speed in excess of the maximum speed limits provided in subsection (a), except that the board of education of any school district may establish by board policy lower maximum speed limits for the operation of such district’s school buses.

The provisions of this subsection relating to school buses shall apply to buses used for the transportation of students enrolled in community colleges or area vocational schools, when such buses are transporting students to or from school, or functions or activities (K.S.A. Supp. 8-1558) (c) The maximum speed limits in this section may be altered as authorized in K.S.A. 8-1559 and K.S.A. 8-1560, and amendments thereto.

Section 3. Section 98 of said Standard Traffic Ordinance is hereby amended and changed to read as follows: “LOADING AND UNLOADING COMMERCIAL, DELIVERY AND OTHER VEHICLES; REMOVAL OF VEHICLE; DUTY OF POLICE OFFICER; AND PARKING OF TRUCKS, BUSES, TRACTORS, TRAILERS AND OTHER VEHICLES OVER TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS ACTUAL GROSS WEIGHT, ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS FOR MORE THAN TWO HOURS PROHIBITED. (a) Subject to any provision prohibiting parking at all times or during specified hours, vehicles used for the transportation of merchandise or materials may stand or be parked at the curb to take on or discharge loads on any street marked for parallel parking; provided that such vehicles may be backed into any curb at such times and places when and where the same may not interfere with or become a hazard to vehicular traffic on

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such street within the block; provided further, that traffic may be temporarily blocked by any such vehicle backed into any curb to load or unload when the same may be necessary during such times as loading or unloading shall be undertaken in any expeditious manner without delay, upon prior notice to and under the direction and supervision of the Police Department; provided, further, that the driver or some person in charge of such vehicle shall constantly be present or available to remove such vehicle in an emergency and the vehicle shall be removed immediately upon the same being loaded or unloaded as the case may be. The Chief of Police may place suitable warning signs to direct or control traffic during the time any street may be blocked or traffic is restricted from its normal flow or course. b. It shall be unlawful to park a truck with an actual gross weight of more than Twenty- Four Thousand (24,000) pounds or a bus, truck, tractor, road tractor, farm tractor, trailer or semitrailer on any street longer than two (2) hours; except that parking longer or unloading of merchandise and a permit, issued by the traffic division of the Police Department authorizing the same, is in the possession of the operator or in the vehicle at the time the vehicle is parked over two hours. These permits shall be issued for each instance over parking is necessary.

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to disconnect from a tractor designated to pull a semi-trailer, so that any part of such semi-trailer is supported by dollies or support not bearing on a tractor designed to pull such semitrailer unless the owner or person in his possession complies with the remaining provisions of this section. Any person leaving a semi-trailer disconnected from a tractor shall cause to be placed between dollies and support for trailers and pavement a wooden plank of such thickness and width, that no portion of a semitrailer other than wheels with pneumatic tires coming in contact with the pavement.

Such plank shall be 3 feet in length and of such thickness that it does not break, crush or crumble and so that the weight will be distributed over the entire length of the plank.

Provided however, that any semi-trailer shall not remain on any street, avenue, alley, public-way, or right-ofway, for a period of longer than two (2) hours, without obtaining a permit as hereinabove required.

c) If any such vehicle or trailer, as identified in this section, shall be so parked or placed, deposited or left unattended upon any street, avenue, alley, public-way of right-of-way, the same shall be removed by the owner within twenty-four (24) hours after a citation issued by police or law enforcement official. If such vehicle or trailer is not removed within said twenty-four (24) hour time period, the same shall be caused to be removed by an officer in the most reasonable manner.

Said vehicle shall not be returned to the owner until the towage and storage charges are paid in full to the City of Scott City, Kansas. In the event said vehicle or trailer is not claimed and towage and storage charges are not paid in full within sixty (60) days from the date of the impoundment, the appropriate law enforcement official shall proceed to sell such vehicle or trailer as abandoned vehicle, pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1102, as amended, and such payment and/or sale shall not relieve the owner of said vehicle or trailer of prosecution for said violation. d) It shall be unlawful for any person, business or corporation to park or to permit any bus or truck with a registered gross weight of twenty-four thousand (24,000) pounds or more or any tractor, trailer, semi-trailer or similar vehicle or part of vehicle to be parked or to be so left whether attended or unattended at any time or for any amount of time, on the following roadways or streets in Scott City, Kansas: From the intersection of Twelfth Street and Main Street (U.S. Highway No. 83) on the east and west portions of said street or highway north to the corporate limits of the City.

If any such vehicle or trailer shall be so parked or placed, deposited or left unattended on the above street(s), the same, shall be caused to be removed immediately by an officer using the same process as listed in paragraph (c).

Section 4. REPEAL. The existing Title 6, chapter 1, Section 6-1-1 of the City Code of Scott City, Ordinance No. 1011 is repealed.

Section 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and publication in the official newspaper of the City of Scott City, Kansas.

PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 19th day of August, 2013.

Dan Goodman, Mayor ATTEST: Brenda K. Davis, MMC City Clerk

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Groups to help consumers purchase Obamacare coverage The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded nearly $900,000 in grants to three Kansas organizations to help consumers understand the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and make use of the health insurance marketplace.

Recipients include: •Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved, $524,846 •Advanced Patient Advocacy, $195,556 •Ascension Health, $165,683 According to federal estimates, there are 326,885 currently uninsured Kansans who could receive health coverage

through the new insurance marketplace. Many are expected to qualify for federal tax credits to help them purchase private coverage in the new online marketplace, or exchange, which is scheduled to launch on Oct. 1.

“This is a huge task,” said KAMU Executive Director Cathy Harding, who will be administering the largest of the three Kansas grants on behalf of a consortium that includes the Kansas Hospital Association, the Kansas Area Agencies on Aging Association, and the Kansas Insurance Department.

She said three coordinators will be dispatched to areas of the state with the largest numbers of uninsured - Wichita and the southeast and southwest corners of the state.

“There will be trained navigators in every part of the state, ready to help people navigate the marketplace,” Harding said, noting that there will be at least one in every county.

Targeted Outreach Advanced Patient Advocacy is a Virginiabased company that specializes in helping hospitals and medical clinics determine whether their

underinsured and uninsured patients are eligible for Medicaid and helping enroll them in the program.

“Right now, most of our work is with patients who are already in the hospital or they’re seeing a physician who’s affiliated with the hospital,” said Wendy Bennett, president of Advanced Patient Advocacy.

Ascension Health is the nation’s largest Catholic, nonprofit health system. Its Kansas holdings include the Via Christi Health hospitals in Wichita and Pittsburg, among others.

(See GROUPS on page 15)

Study to examine why farm kids are so healthy

A new study from the National Farm Medicine Center seeks to find why farm kids are healthier than their city cousins.

According to the American Farm Bureau, the study will look at why childhood exposures unique to farm environments promote immunologic development that limits the severity of childhood allergic diseases and asthma.

The Center, along with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will follow 200 babies from the Marshfield, Wisc., area over the next two years. Half of the babies will be from farm families and half from rural families not living on farms.

The study is being funded by a $5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Last year, another study found that kids who grow up on farms have regular exposure to dust, pollen, animals and manure, which encourages a more robust immune system.

In fact, farm kids are 30 to 50 percent less likely to develop allergies or asthma than those who live in the city.

Signs the obesity tide may be slowing in U.S. by Dan Murphy

Finally, some good news about public health, nutrition and wellness.

And not one story mentioned meat as something to be avoided.

According to a comprehensive report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rate of obesity among low-income preschoolers declined - albeit slightly - in 19 states and U.S. territories between 2008 and

2011.

Objectively, that may not seem all that monumental, but since the obesity rates have been rising for decades, even minimal progress in the other direction is welcome.

According to the lat-

est CDC Morbidity and Mortality Report (talk about a depressing masthead!), Florida, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota and the U.S. Virgin Islands all reported a decline of at least one percentage point

Kansas insurance agents can get Obamacare training Dave Ranney KHI News Service

Kansas insurance agents and brokers are being encouraged to complete an online training course that will allow them to sell individual plans on the coming health insurance marketplace.

“If they want to sell on the individual marketplace and be paid commissions on those sales, they have to go through the training,” said Linda Sheppard, director of health care policy and analysis at the Kansas Insurance Department.

The marketplace is designed to give consumers access to affordable health insurance in keep-

ing with the Affordable Care Act. The training is free and available online at marketplace.medicarelearningnetworklms.com/ Default.aspx. Access to the training program is limited to licensed insurance agents.

The course includes topical chapters, readings, question-answer sections, and a final exam.

Most agents, Sheppard said, will be able to complete the course in about four hours.

Agents wanting to sell individual plans on the marketplace are required to take the course. Those interested in selling plans in the small-group market are not.

The marketplace - also referred to as an insurance exchange - is scheduled to begin accepting enrollment applications on Oct. 1 for coverage effective Jan. 1.

The process will allow consumers to enroll online on their own or with the help of a trained volunteer. They also will have the option of conferring with an insurance agent or broker.

In Kansas, the marketplace will initially include plans offered by three companies: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, Coventry Health Care of Kansas, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.

“To me, this isn’t about

just selling a product,” said Jim Hissong, the owner of an agency in Lenexa. “It’s going to be about customer service.

It’s about who’s going to be there for you when there’s a problem, when there’s confusion, when claims don’t get paid? I think when this (marketplace) gets up and running, agents are going to be needed more than ever.”

Middle Class Concerns Scott Day, president of the Kansas Association of Health Underwriters, said he’s completed the course despite having strong reservations about the Affordable Care Act. (See TRAINING on page 15)

in the obesity rate among children between ages 2-4 who participate in federally funded maternal and child nutrition programs.

Equally encouraging, obesity rates remained stable in 20 states and Puerto Rico; they increased,

but only slightly, in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

“The tide has begun to turn for some kids in some states,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden.

(See OBESITY on page 15)

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School counselor can be a valuable resource by the American Counseling Association

As the new school year gets underway, your school age children will be facing a whole new set of opportunities and challenges.

While it is common for parents to focus on the school’s classroom teachers, there’s an important

Cost of raising a child $241K

The USDA estimates the cost to raise a child increased by 2.6 percent in 2012 compared to the previous year.

The estimate taken from the USDA’s Expenditures on Children by Families shows the cost to raise a child born in 2012 from birth to age 17 is $241,080 ($301,970 adjusted for projected inflation).

The report accounts for all of the necessities to raise a child in a middle-income family.

Costs include food, shelter, education, child care, health care and clothing.

Compared to the previous year, increases in child care, education, health care, and clothing pushed the annual expense estimate higher.

Marginal increases in housing, transportation and food limited the overall increase.

Mark Lino, USDA economist says families in the urban Northeast spent the most on a child, whereas families in rural areas spent less due to low housing costs.

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selors can offer help in looking at career options, or in identifying the best college and university choices, parents, especially of younger students, often aren’t aware that school counselors are trained and experienced in helping students of all ages to deal with many of the “problems in living” and relationship issues

Obesity “While the changes are small, for the first time in a generation they are going in the right direction” That reversal is important for two well-documented reasons.

First, the chronic diseases that typically accompany long-term obesity - hypertension, diabetes and cardiovascular complications - account for a huge share of national health care costs. CDC estimates place the cost of treating and managing those conditions at 75% of all U.S. health care costs. That’s a staggering annual total of almost $2 trillion.

Second, research has shown conclusively that obesity in childhood practically guarantees a lifelong struggle with weight management.

that growing youngsters have to face.

Having well-trained professionals as school counselors helps them understand both the educational process and the developmental stages that children go through.

Many parents fail to realize that their school counselor is there to not only help the students, but

provide assistance to parents facing problems with their child. When you’re dealing with your child’s unhappiness with school, the school counselor is the resource you need.

An excellent investment for you as a parent is to make an appointment, early in the school year, to meet your child’s school counselor and to

understand the services he or she can provide.

A school counselor’s expertise can be a valuable asset in trying to raise a healthy, happy, well-adjusted child.

and cookies; for adults, it’s fast food and the myriad of processed and packaged food products.

You doubt it? Then here’s a simple test.

Next time you’re at the grocery store, try to find a breakfast cereal that doesn’t have sugar, corn syrup or some other refined sweetener as one of the first two ingredients listed on package. Even the “healthy,” whole-grain brands so righteously promoted in the manufacturer’s better-for-you advertising are loaded with the simple carbohydrates that trigger a physiological overreaction, the end result of which is two ugly words: fat storage.

Going, forward, CDC recommended some sensible - if not necessarily high-priority - measures to reduce obesity rates:

Keeping schools gyms, playgrounds and athletic fields open during nonschool hours and expanding access to healthier, affordable foods and beverages.

That second item is the key. Without access to better food choices, there’s no way to sustain even the minimal momentum that has now been established in combatting obesity.

Implementing such a change will require the political equivalent of moving heaven and earth.

Nevertheless, it’s gratifying to read about progress in public health and, for once, nobody’s bashing meat-eating or the producers responsible for providing that privilege.

“Counseling Corner” is provided by the American Counseling Association.

Comments and questions to ACAcorner@counseling.org or visit the ACA website at counseling.org

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Thus, even a slight decrease in the frightening statistics showing that one in eight preschoolers are obese or overweight represents a positive development that is highly impactful.

Searching for Answers The big question, of course, is why? Why have obesity stats at least begun to trend downward?

CDC officials credited three factors, two being obvious, and a third that’s less well-known: •Healthier foods nutrition programs, such as USDA’s National School Lunch Program; •Greater participation in youth health and physical fitness programs; •An increase in breastfeeding.

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“I have tons of clients now who might be considered the ‘working poor’ and who may have a limited medical, dental, or vision plan through their employers,” Day said. “The exchange is being set up for them.

They’re my customers, so I want to be there for them.”

Day is concerned about a sharp increase in premiums.

“The exchange will insure the working poor with all kinds of tax credits and subsidies,” Day said. “It won’t help the middle class, they’ll just drop their insurance, pay the $95 penalty, and purchase a short-term policy because that’s what they’ll be able to afford.”

However, Sheppard from the state insurance department said that the marketplace’s effect on premiums and the public’s reaction to those premium rates whatever it may be - is not yet known.

“At this point, that would be speculation,” she said.

According to federal estimates, there are 326,885 currently uninsured Kansans who could receive health coverage through the marketplace. Many, if not most, are expected to qualify for subsidies to help cover the premium costs of private health plans.

In Kansas, the marketplace will be administered by the federal government, which also will oversee the training program.

In the coming weeks, Sheppard said, the insurance department will launch an informational campaign aimed at helping individuals and employers understand the new law’s mandates and explore their coverage options.

last factor until recently, but in researching both the statistics and the factors affecting obesity, one grim statistic emerged: About 10% of infants and toddlers under the age of two are overweight or obese.

How can that be? It can’t be blamed on any of the usual culprits, such as lack of exercise, video games or eating too much red meat. The cause is pretty straightforward: Consumption of the same refined starches and simple sugars that cause weight problems for adolescents and adults.

Not beef. Not pork. Not any animal foods, for that matter.

For children, the cause of obesity can be pinpointed. For kids, it’s infant formulas, baby foods and snack items, such as chips

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Ascension Health’s grant will be used to hire and train two workers who will help cancer patients and survivors obtain health insurance.

“This is a very vulnerable population,” says Keisha Humphries, oncology service line administrator at the Via Christi Cancer Center in Wichita.

“A lot of them have had insurance, lost it, and now they can’t afford it.”

Initially, the workers’ outreach efforts, she said, will be limited to Sedgwick, Butler, Cowley, and Sumner counties.

“We’re talking about thousands of uninsured patients, literally, in a fourcounty area,” Humphries said.

resource that too many parents simply overlook the school counselor.

School counselors are the professionals educated and trained to work with students in terms of human development, relationship issues and the many choices that students have to face.

While most of us are aware that school coun-

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Pastime at Park Lane The United Methodist Church led Sunday afternoon services.

Residents played pitch and dominoes on Monday afternoon. Game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Dorothy King, Mandy Barnett, Hugh McDaniel and Chelsie Rose.

Residents played Wii bowling on Monday evening.

Pastor Bob Artz led Bible study on Tuesday morning. Doris Riner and Elsie Nagel led the hymns.

Residents played trivia games on Tuesday evening.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning.

Residents played bingo on Wednesday afternoon.

Helpers were Barbara Dickhut, MaryAnn Spangler and Madeline Murphy.

Card games were played by several residents on Wednesday evening.

Elsie Nagel gave manicures on Thursday morning.

Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic Mass on Friday morning.

Make paper quilts for craft day

The Immanuel Southern Baptist Church hosted crafts on Tuesday afternoon. Residents colored squares and the squares were put together to form a paper quilt. The quilts are on display in both dining rooms.

Church volunteers were Joy Barnett, Bev Nuckolls, Mandy Barnett, Jaiden Lane, Elijah Lane and Chelsie Rose. Bev Nuckolls furnished the cookies.

Honor 9 with August birthdays

The Immanuel Southern Baptist Church hosted the August birthday party on Thursday afternoon.

Guests of honor were Ruth Holland, Cecile Billings, Vivian Kreiser, Thelma Branine, Bonnie Pickett, Lela Bishop, Melva Rose, Yvonne Spangler and Harriet Jones.

Everyone was served root beer floats. Hosts were Joy Barnett, Sue Barber, Marilyn McFann, Mandy Barnett, Chelsie Rose, Jaiden Lane and Eli Lane.

Branine celebrates 96th birthday

Thelma Branine celebrated her 96th birthday with visits from the following family and friends: Bob and Linda Wilson, Pati Pfenninger, Deb Hawkins, Shawn Nash, Allen and Jackie Branine; Terry, Raelyn, Cooper and Kristi Keifer; Ryan, Rachel, Nathan and Connor Eddy; Kirk and Shelli James; Kendal and Sherri Smith, Cassidy and Chandler Hornbostel, Hunter Smith.

Terri Freeman, Zion and Xavier Freeman, Justus Freeman, Sebastian Freeman, Bob and Nikki Cooper, Karli Cooper, Cody and Stephanie Harms, Randy and Sue Eddy; Mike, Michelle and Austin Flagg; Gina Branine, Greg and Tashia Herzog, Cory and Shellie Crocker, Chris Crocker and Clyde Thomas.

Residents enjoyed vanilla soft-serve ice cream cones on Friday afternoon.

Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran services on Friday afternoon.

The Wright Brothers performed on Friday evening. Band members were Harold, Gary and Dan Wright. Wanda Wright made chocolate zucchini cake for everyone.

The Blue Steele Band performed on Saturday afternoon. Band members were Keith Steele, Mike Steele and Dan Dunn.

They played a variety of folk, gospel and ‘60s songs.

Pat Lewis was visited

by Elizabeth Parkinson.

Vivian Sharpe was visited by Becky Sharpe and Harry and Virginia Sharpe.

Ruth Holland was visited by Charlene Becht and Debbie Bush.

Pat Palen was visited

by Tina Turley, Vera Buffington, Lila Carson, Jack and Sheri Rapier, and Florence Daubert.

Betty Kennedy was visited by Becky Sharpe, Vera Buffington, and Ryley and Collin Sharpe.

by Jason Storm

Verna Willman was visited by Bill Willman.

Cecile Billings was visited by Ann Beaton, Delinda Dunagan, Don and Judy Browning, Justin and Lindsay Singley, Craig Kitt, Shannon and Alexis Gattin, and Doris Riner.

Brenda Bremer was visited by Wanda Wright.

Mike Leach was visited by Linda Dunagan and Rev. Don Martin from St. Luke’s Church.

Visitors of Boots Haxton were Rod and Kathy Haxton.

Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Bill and Kandi John, Gracie Zapata, Gloria O’Bleness and Fritzie Rauch.

Jim Jeffery was visited

by Hugh McDaniel.

Herb Graves was visited by Cassandra Shultz, Emily Wright, Tina Turley, Elizabeth Parkinson and Ron Hess.

Jimmy Dunkle was visited by Martha Comfort.

Darlene Richman was visited by Tina Turley; Carlene Shultz, Lynn Benson, Marlene Ruberzer and Sandy Anderson, all from Wisconsin; and Phebe Unruh.

Bonnie Pickett was visited by Gloria Wright, Larry and Philene Pickett, and Arlene Cauthon.

Harold and Ruth White were visited by Travis Jones and Angela Gerstner.

Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Rex Turley; Mike, Tracy and Bo Hess; and Arlene Cauthon.

Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock, and Kai and Grace Beaton.

Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk Ottaway.

Lula Dirks was visited

by Darla Luebbers, Willetta Payne, Sid Sowers from Valley Center, and Dave and Deb Kraemer.

Judy Redburn was visited by Wendy Derstine, Tina Turley, Elizabeth Parkinson, Carol Ellis, Jim Cooley and Mary Torson.

Dottie Fouquet was visited by Jon and Anne Crane, Mark Fouquet, Donna Gaschler, Lil Francisco and Fritzie Rauch.

Melva Rose was visited

by Bill Rose, Tina Turley, Bob and Irma McDaniel, Lucille Barraza and Lois Magie.

Deaths Arthur Robert McCowan

Earl Frederick Giesick

Kennith Allen Yeager

Arthur Robert McCowan, 98, died Aug. 13, 2013, at the Wichita County Health Center in Leoti.

A r t was born Nov. 14, 1914, at Pretty Prairie, the son of Jesse and Arthur McCowan Maude (Shockley) McCowan. A resident of Wichita County since 1930, he was a farmer.

Throughout his life, Art was very active in the First Presbyterian Church in Leoti, serving in most of the church administrative offices. He was also active in Wichita County administration, serving as county commissioner from 1951-55 and from 1959-63.

He was also a member of the Wichita County Historical Society, Museum of the Great Plains and the Wichita County Municipal Golf Course.

He served on the first Soil Conservation District board in Wichita County as well as being a past president of the Wichita County Farm Bureau, Wichita County Extension Council and the Wichita County Park Board.

On Sept. 15, 1940, he married Eva Wilhelmina

Earl Frederick Giesick, 84, died Aug. 20, 2013, at the Wichita County Health Center, Leoti.

Earl was born April 1, 1929, at Leoti, the son of Samuel S. and Earl Giesick Elizabeth Eva (Bohl) Giesick.

He was a lifetime resident of Leoti and a 1947 graduate of Wichita County High School. He retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 39 years of service and from Berning Auction after 25 years of service.

Earl was a member of the United Methodist Church, Leoti, as well as a charter member of the Wichita County Municipal Golf Course, serving as its inaugural president.

Earl golfed and did woodworking as long as his health allowed. He also belonged to the National Rifle Assn., National Retired Letter Carriers Assn. and served on the board of directors of the Wichita County Senior Citizens Center.

He married F. Lorene Ray on July 10, 1948, at

Kennith Allen Yeager, 89, died Aug. 18, 2013, at the Ness County Hospital, Ness City.

He was born on Sept.

18, 1923, in Conrad, Mont., the son of George Lewis and Mary Edith (McCurtain) Yeager.

A resident of Scott County since the fall of 2000, moving from Mattawa, Wash., he was a rancher, farmer and commercial painter.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Scott City.

On Aug. 8, 1943, he married Lorine Lillian Walston at Conrad, Mont.

She survives.

Other survivors include: two sons, Gary K. Yeager, Conrad, Mont., and Irvin L. Yeager, Scott

Kuhlmann at the Zion Lutheran Parsonage in Lydia Township of rural Wichita County. Eva died on Nov. 24, 2010.

Survivors include: two daughters, Linda Scheel, and husband, Phil, Leoti; and Paula Leazure and her husband, Bob, Oklahoma City, Okla.; five grandchildren, Rhonda Schwindt, Renee Strayer, Brenda Ridder, Chris Scheel and Jared Scheel; and four great-grandchildren, Addison Ridder, Brooke Strayer, Megan Strayer and Cayden Scheel.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Morgan and Ross; and six sisters, Marie Baty, Mary McCowan, Alma Sargent, Rosa McCowan, Ruby Downs and Leota Mallech.

Funeral service was Aug. 19 at the First Presbyterian Church, Leoti.

Burial was in the Leoti Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to the First Presbyterian Church, Wichita County Amusement Association or Wichita County Senior Citizens Center, in care of the funeral home, 202 N. 4th St., Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

Senior Citizen Lunch Menu Week of August 26-30 Monday: Pork chop, sweet potato, California blend vegetables, whole wheat roll, apricots.

Tuesday: Beef stroganoff on noodles, green beans, whole wheat bread, melon mix.

Wednesday: Roast beef with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrot and raisin salad, whole wheat bread, tropical fruit salad.

Thursday: Lasagna, peas, perfection gelatin salad, French bread, fruit yogurt parfait.

Friday: Baked fish, hashbrown potatoes, Capri vegetables, cinnamon roll, fruit mix, mandarin oranges and marshmallows. meals are $3.00 • call 872-3501 Are you ready for football?

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Tribune. They had just celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.

Survivors include his wife; two children and their spouses, Jana Rairden and husband, Neal, Richmond, Va., and Tim and Sam Giesick, Holcomb; son-in-law, Chuck Ridder, Marienthal; brother, Mel, Denver, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Lexi Gardner, Joshua Ridder, Talia Giesick, Shaina Giesick, Whitney Brown, Sam Rairden, Ashley Nolan and Aubree Budd; and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Karla Kay Ridder; and two brothers, Robert and Karl.

Funeral service will be Fri., Aug. 23, 10:30 a.m., at the United Methodist Church, Leoti, with Rev. Brad Kirk officiating.

Burial will be in the Leoti Cemetery.

Memorials may be given to United Methodist Church Window Fund or Leoti EMTs in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 202 N. 4th St., Leoti, Ks. 67861.

Condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at priceandsons.com.

City; two daughters, Karen K. Nelson, Ridgefield, Wash., and Julie L. Alexander, Camas, Wash.; 21 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Donald and Ray Yeager; and one sister, Edith Weikum.

Funeral service was held Aug. 21 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Scott City, with Bishop James Yager presiding.

Burial will be held Sat., Aug. 24, at Hillside Cemetery, Conrad, Mont.

Memorials may be given to the Parkinson’s Research Foundation in care of Price and Sons Funeral Home, 401 Washington, Scott City, Ks. 67871.

The Scott County Record • Page 17 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

Exercise can provide relief from arthritis Exercise and senior arthritis go hand and hand.

Having arthritis can make some people feel that the last thing they want to do is exercise, even with a low intensity daily workout, but it’s crucial.

While living with arthritis can be painful, exercising in the right way can help to loosen and strengthen joints, improve flexibility and improve sleep.

Arthritis can affect people of all walks of life and stages of life, although most commonly it occurs in those ages 65 and older.

Strength Training

Strength training should be part of any senior’s workout plan, regardless of whether they have arthritis or not.

Before beginning any exercise program, it’s important to talk to your doctor. Then, start off with light weights (preferably bicep curls with two pound weights) and work your way up in endurance and strength.

Elastic belts can be a great alternative as well.

An individual with arthritis can become more flexible and begin to feel

the relief of their chronic condition.

Swimming Helps

One exercise that is always relieving on the joints is swimming. Don’t be concerned about the intensity of the exercise, but instead maintaining some sort of movement for 30 minutes a day, two to three times a week.

Water therapy can be done easily by a number of arthritis patients. While some other forms of exercise may have some risk of injury, swimming is a popular option since it bears very little opportunity to injure the joints and feels great throughout each workout.

Riding a Bike

Depending on the severity of the pain and with the approval of your doctor, bicycle riding is one way to reduce your overall arthritis related discomfort.

For anyone who suffers from chronic joint pain, riding a stationary bike for 20 minutes a day, three times a week (in addition to or replacing swimming exercises) can help to reduce overall pain, combat stress and improve sleeping patterns.

Attend the Church of Your Choice

A Life-Giving God 1 Kings 17:17-24 Elijah, a Tishbite from Tishbe in Gilead made the decision to obey the Lord, the God of Israel.

The widow in Zarephath, where Elijah was staying, continued to provide food for herself, her son, and Elijah.

Really amazing when we consider the flour wasn’t ever used up and the oil didn’t go dry! The Lord Almighty did what He said He’d do, and they all had food. Then things turn bad very quickly for them.

“Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.” 1 Kings 17:17. Ouch! This widow obeyed what the Lord had instructed her to do. She was faithful to make bread every day for Elijah. Even though she was obedient her son died. That’s a tough situation!

Verse 18 continues, “She said to Elijah, ‘What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?’” She immediately blamed God for her son’s death because of her sin.

I’ve felt that way at times. There have been times I’ve done something I didn’t want to do because it’s what God wanted me to do. And after I did, it didn’t go like I wanted. Has that ever happened to you? Sometimes obedience to God brings unwanted repercussions. But, no matter what happens we still need to obey the Lord.

Elijah told widow, “Give me your son.” Then he took the boy to his room, laid him on his bed, and he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” Elijah, a man of God, still had doubts and he wondered why the Lord would allow the widow’s son to die. Elijah then stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

Can you feel the pain in his voice? Elijah had been with the widow and the boy for some time. He’d built a relationship with them. Elijah probably told the boy about the Lord and shared stories about Noah, Moses, Jacob, Joseph and other Old Testament people.

The Lord heard Elijah’s cry and brought the boy back to life. Imagine the widow’s excitement when Elijah returned with her son alive. That’s when the widow knew Elijah was a man of God and that the word of the Lord from his mouth was the truth. She finally realizes the Lord is real! The Lord is not like the Baal gods. The Lord is a life-giving God! Do you know the life-giving God? Do you have a personal relationship with the living God? Have you made a decision to trust in Jesus Christ? Or, are you just playing the good church-going person?

We can fool people around us, but only God knows if we’ve made the decision to be a Christ follower!

Pastor Larry Taylor Gospel Fellowship Church, Scott City • Scott City Teens for Christ director

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 120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Larry Taylor, pastor Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.

First Christian Church

1st United Methodist Church

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.

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

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.

The Scott County Record • Page 18 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

An overpriced home isn’t a good investment by Craig Richards

Can someone please explain to me why people are paying so much for houses in Scott City?

I know, there is more demand than there is supply. Also, low interest rates have allowed borrowers to spend more for a house.

However, I’ve noticed houses which would have sold for $60,000 in Kansas City are selling for over $100,000 here. $150,000 houses are selling for over $200,000.

From a financial standpoint, I hope buyers are following some of Dave Ramsey’s advice when it comes to a home purchase. He is a syndicated

radio talk show espousing sound financial principles to his listeners.

Ramsey urges this advice to potential home buyers: 1) be debt free (credit cards and other loans paid off).

2) have 3-6 months of expenses in savings in addition to the down payment.

3) keep the monthly payment to 25% or less of take-home pay.

4) make a down payment of 10-20% of the price.

5) take out a 15 year (or less) fixed rate mortgage.

Dave Ramsey advocates these tips so buyers don’t wind up in dire straits when dramatic

financial situations pop up.

Those include job loss, unexpected medical bills, major car repairs or replacement, divorce, etc. Ramsey is always counseling callers who are suffering the consequences of not creating a solid financial foundation before making a major home purchase.

Will value appreciate?

On another note, I hope buyers are carefully considering whether there will be appreciation in the value of their home in the next 10 to 20 years.

This is critical.

Otherwise, they could be upside-down on their house when the supply of houses in Scott City meets

demand and prices come down.

They need to carefully analyze the surrounding houses on their block and their neighborhood and judge whether they will appreciate with their house or bring the value down.

If a buyer thinks his house will appreciate, then it would be wise to determine the present value of his purchase based upon the expected future value.

For example, we could use the 10-year Treasury as our benchmark. It is currently yielding about 2.60%.

If a buyer believes his house will be worth $250,000 in 10 years, then he would need to pay $193,404.42 for it

to match the Treasury return. Paying anything more would mean the homeowner would be losing against the Treasury’s risk-free rate.

However, if in the previous example we looked farther out, like 20 years, then the buyer would need to pay $149,621.08 to match the same average annual rate of return to get to a $250,000 future value (calculated at www. timevalue.com).

These examples are assuming the buyer is paying cash and not financing a purchase, nor paying real estate taxes.

If this were the case, then the buyer would need to pay an even lesser price for his home to match the 2.60% annual return.

Fall is the time for power-raking, core aeration

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a springy layer of lightbrown, organic matter that looks something like peat moss and is located above the soil but below the grass foliage.

Core-aeration is a much better practice for most lawns. By removing cores of soil, core-aeration relieves compaction, hastens thatch decomposition, and improves water, nutrient and oxygen movement into the soil profile.

This operation should be performed when the soil is just moist enough so that it crumbles easily when worked between the fingers. Enough passes should be made so that the holes are spaced about 2-3 inches apart.

Ideally, the holes should penetrate 2-3 inches deep. The cores can be left on the lawn to decompose naturally (a process that usually takes 2-3 weeks, depending on soil type), or they can be broken up with a vertical mower set just low enough to nick the cores, and then dragged with a section of chain-link fence or a steel door mat.

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September is the optimum time to power-rake or core-aerate tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass lawns. These grasses should be coming out of their summer doldrums and beginning to grow more vigorously.

This is a good time to reconsider what we are trying to accomplish with these practices.

Power-raking is primarily a thatch-control operation. It can be excessively damaging to the turf if not done carefully. For lawns with two inches of thatch or less, power-raking is not recommended.

For those who are unsure what thatch is, it is

In all fairness, most people buying a house as both a place to live and as an investment will never see a return matching or exceeding the current low Treasury yield.

Lastly, housing prices in Scott City will only continue to grow if there is still a shortage (new developments are planned), mortgage rates remain low (they are edging up), and most importantly, wages in the area need to dramatically increase (not happening).

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Sports

Page 19 - Thursday, August 22, 2013

a learning process

Repetition a common theme with start of 2-a-days

After the offense had executed a running play on Monday evening, the first-team backs and linemen knew right away that head coach Glenn O’Neil didn’t like what he saw.

The runningback wasn’t following behind his blocking back as tightly as he should have. And O’Neil wasn’t satisfied with how the line was setting up their blocks.

So they ran the play again. And again. And again.

Finally, after the fifth time, O’Neil was satisfied . . . sort of. Or about as satisfied as one might be during the first week of practices with basically a new varsity roster.

With so many new faces, repetition was a common theme for the SCHS football team as they began a full week of two-aday practices on Monday.

Repetition is something the Beavers can expect as an inexperienced squad prepares for the huge task of defending their Class 3A state title.

While winning has come often (46-3 over the past four seasons) the Beavers know that the wins will come much harder this year following the graduation of 10 starters on offense and another 10 starters on defense.

“Everyone on the coaching staff knows that the emphasis is on teaching,” says Glenn O’Neil,

who is entering his seventh season as the head coach That means lots of repetitions for the offensive and defensive units.

And it means a lack of consistency.

“We didn’t have a good practice yesterday,” said senior defensive back Brayden Strine on Wednesday. “Coach wasn’t too happy.”

But things turned around just as quickly on Wednesday night “We had a great practice tonight,” said O’Neil.

“I saw our linebackers finishing plays better and we had defensive backs making better reads. You could sense that the boys were starting to understand things a little better.”

It was encouraging, but O’Neil and the coaching staff know there’s still a lot of work ahead of them.

“Things are a little slower in the morning.

We’re walking through a lot of our stuff,” says senior lineman Cole Birney, who missed all of last season due to injuries from a car accident. “We pick up the pace quite a bit more in the afternoon.”

A number of players are learning to play new positions, or at least preparing for a larger role in positions they had been playing at the JV level.

No longer will they have the luxury of coming into a game when the outcome has already been decided.

Perhaps the biggest adjustment for many of those players will be the speed of the game, says senior tight end and defensive end Warren Kropp.

“You don’t think it’s that much faster until you’re put into that situation,” says Kropp, who (See LEARNING on page 21)

(Top) The Beavers go through fumble drills as part of their “county fair” conditioning rotation during practices which began this week. (Above) Head coach Glenn O’Neil looks on as players high-step their way through the ropes course.

(Record Photos)

Lightner, Moen show their stamina in triathlon wins Moen comes from behind in 5k run Only nine months removed from a ruptured Achilles tendon, Emily Lightner showed no lingering side effects in easily winning the Lake Scott Triathlon by more than a 5-1/2 minute margin.

Under cool, early morning conditions which favored the running and biking events, Lightner, 33, Scott City, built a huge advantage in the swimming and biking stages and crossed the finish line in 1:18.15.

After building a 25 second advantage in the 300m swim, Lightner took command of the race during the 12 mile bike ride (two laps around Lake Scott) during which she extended her lead over Paula Vulgamore, Scott City, to nearly nine minutes.

“After rupturing my Achilles tendon I wasn’t able to resume biking until about six months ago,” says Lightner. “Even though I ran in college, I’d

Travis Moen, Dighton, competes in the 12-mile biking stage of the Lake Scott Triathlon.

say the biking is my strongest area right now.”

Only two individual triathlon participants - both men - had a faster split in the bike event than Lightner.

“It’s been about eight years since competing in my last triathlon,” she added. “I’m just thankful for finishing.”

Vulgamore had the second fastest time among

the female triathlon participants in the 5k run (28:06) to overtake Lisa Powelson, Scott City, and finish second in 1:23.59.

Powelson had trailed Vulgamore by 1:14 after

the swim, but moved into second place overall with a 45:53 split in the bike ride that gave her a 2:21 advantage over Vulgamore when the run began.

Hallie Wiechman’s

(Record Photo)

summer on the Scott City Stars Swim team paid off with the fastest time among the individual women triathlon participants. The 13-year-old (See MOEN on page 26)

Outdoors in Kansas

by Steve Gilliland

If you love them, leave them We drove east of our little community to observe the recent flooding, and as we neared a bridge my wife peered through the windshield at an object on the road ahead, and asked “Is that a snake?”

I parked the pickup and was greeted by what appeared to be a healthy 48-inch bull snake making its way across the blacktop.

The snake encircled itself in the road to protest my interference, so after toying with it for awhile, I “helped” it on its way so it didn’t get flattened by an approaching car.

Even though snakes crossing the road are a fairly common sight around here, I figured there was a good chance this fellow was run out by the flood waters.

Last week, there were thousands of acres of fertile farmland and prime wildlife habitat flooded in our state. Scores of deer, raccoons, opossums, badgers, skunks, coyotes, wild turkeys and snakes, just to name a few, were displaced from there dens, nests and home ranges by the encroaching flood waters.

For the next few days, and until the waters recede completely, lots of us may be finding more of these animals around our homes than usual as they search for food and dry ground.

Some years back for a story I was doing at the time, I called Bob Mathews, chief of information and education for KDWP to get the Wildlife and Parks official stand on this kind of situation.

Bob says he “knows that people have an understandable compassion for animals they see as being in need of help, but the biggest favor we can do for them is to leave them alone.”

(See LEAVE on page 22)

The Scott County Record • Page 20 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

Youth movement underway with SCHS spikers Rebuilding is not a word that Jordan Shay likes to use when describing her volleyball team.

“That implies that you expect less of your team,” says the Scott Community High School head coach.

“We still have pretty high expectations for our program.”

Nonetheless, when 17 of your 30 girls are freshmen - and only six are seniors or juniors rebuilding is a word that comes to mind.

The large freshman class, and lack of varsity experience, were no surprise to Shay. She knew that’s what would be greeting her throughout the summer as she held workouts for her team.

With only two returning varsity players, and a shortage of seniors and juniors, there’s no doubt that some young players will be called upon to fill varsity spots.

“There is a great opportunity for those girls willing to work hard and show they’re willing to step up to the next level,” says Shay. “I hate to put freshmen or sophomores in that situation, but we

Mandatory SCHS volleyball parent’s meeting Mon., Aug. 26 • 5:15 p.m.

SCHS Commons Area

don’t have much choice.”

The Lady Beavers will be led by returning starters Kelly Wycoff and Bailey Nickel. Nickel will provide some much-needed offensive power at the net and will undoubtedly be called on as a blocker. At 5-foot-10, she’s the tallest player on the SCHS roster.

“Bailey is such a great blocker and hitter that I think her passing skills get overlooked. She’s such a consistent passer that you come to expect it every time from her,” says Shay. “We’re going to look for ways to utilize her as much as we can.”

Wycoff has been a setter, but her role will be expanded this year to take advantage of her offensive skills. She has good leaping ability and will likely see a lot of action as Sophomore Madison Orr bumps the ball to a teammate during practice an outside hitter. drills on Monday.

(Record Photo) That means developing us during the next couple she hasn’t played the posianother setter. Being test- omore Nicole Latta.

“Finding another set- of weeks,” says Shay. tion at all during her high ed in that role are senior Krissa Dearden and soph- ter will be important to “Krissa has nice hands but (See YOUTH on page 25)

KC-49er trade a chance for a clean start

One could say that the Chiefs and 49ers exchanged some dirty laundry following their pre-season game last week.

Kansas City got San Francisco wide receiver AJ Jenkins and, in return, sent wide receiver Jonathan Baldwin to the 49ers.

Both players are hoping that the change of scenery will mean a chance to salvage once-promising careers.

Inside the Huddle

with the X-Factor

Baldwin was a first-round draft pick by Kansas City in 2010- 26th pick overall. Jenkins was San Francisco’s first round

draft pick in 2012 (30th overall).

When a team spends a first round pick on someone they expect immediate - and big - results.

The Chiefs and 49ers got neither.

Jenkins has the dubious distinction of being the only wide receiver in NFL history to be drafted in the first round and never catching a regular season

pass for the team that drafted him.

Not that he had very many opportunities. During his only season with the 49ers there was only one pass thrown in his direction.

Baldwin’s numbers are better, but not what you’d expect from a first round pick.

In two seasons with KC, Baldwin has 41 receptions, 572 total yards and only two touchdowns.

(See CLEAN on page 25)

Specially managed fields attract doves, hunters

On many Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT) public wildlife areas, managers have been working all summer to attract doves. Specific crops have been planted and managed, and if Mother Nature cooperates the dove hunting on these fields can be fantastic.

On many areas, these practices have been followed for several years.

However, there are some changes for the 2013 season. The biggest change

KDWP Report is that on designated dove fields, hunters will be restricted to non-toxic shot.

Dove harvest has been high on many fields, and they draw a large number of hunters for the first few days of the dove season. This kind of hunting pressure on small fields results in a large amount of lead shot being concentrated in a small area.

The fields requiring non-toxic shot will be

designated with signs.

Non-toxic shot is required for all shotgun hunting on these fields as long as the signs are in place.

Hunters can see which wildlife areas have managed dove fields by going to www.ksoutdoors.com, clicking on “Hunting,” then “Migratory Birds” and “Doves.” Narratives for each area under the “Managed Dove Hunting Areas On KDWPT Public Lands” heading provide field locations, crop types and any special restrictions in place.

Dove hunting on these specially managed fields can be so good they will attract many hunters.

The 2013 season for mourning, white-winged, Eurasian collared and ringed turtle doves is open Sept. 1-Oct. 31 and Nov. 2-10. The daily bag limit for mourning and whitewinged doves, single species or in combination is 15. The possession limit is 45.

There is no limit on Eurasian collared and ringed turtle doves, but

any taken in addition to a daily bag limit of mourning and white-winged doves must have a fullyfeathered wing attached while being transported.

A Kansas Harvest Information Program permit is required to hunt doves. An extended exotic dove season for Eurasian and ringed turtle doves will open Nov. 20-Feb. 28.

There is no daily bag limit, but a fully-feathered wing must remain attached while the birds are transported.

The Scott County Record • Page 21 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

Missing tackle a worry for KSU line

Kansas State opens their football season against North Dakota State on August 30. The game will be televised on Fox Sports 1, a new 24-hour sports channel.

During the by offseason, Mac many pundits Stevenson in the media have questioned Kansas State’s ability to put a competitive Big 12 defense on the field this fall. As the season draws near, those fears appear to be groundless.

Coach Bill Snyder has a number of promising prospects on the defensive line, led by sophomore Travis Britz (6-4, 293). Britz played in 11 games last season and showed terrific potential as a freshman.

Juco transfer Chris Brown (6-4, 320) is a late arrival on campus. Brown is a physical specimen who adds untapped potential for the defensive line. Also in the battle for playing time are senior Chaquil Reed (63, 309) and two sophomores who redshirted - Demonte Hood (6-0, 303) and Matt Seiwert (6-3, 289).

Two other recent juco transfers who could earn playing time are Valentino Coleman (6-2, 285) and DeAndre Roberts (6-5, 280).

In addition to these mature players, K-State has four freshmen who are considered outstanding prospects on the defensive line. The guess here is that opponents will have a hard time running up the middle against the 2013 Wildcats.

There’s cause for worry concerning K-State’s vaunted offensive line. Preseason All-Big 12 pick Cornelius Lucas (6-9, 328) has been missing from practice with no explanation from Coach Snyder.

If Lucas isn’t on the line at left tackle, that will be a major problem for the Wildcats.

High Praise from Weis Last week Kansas football coach Charlie Weis singled out six players who have had encouraging starts during the Jayhawks’ training camp. RB/FB Brandon Bourbon (6-1, 225) was one of the most highly rated.

(See MISSING on page 21)

Learning (continued from page 19)

is one of only two returning starters on defense. “I know what it was like during my sophomore year when I was thrown into the varsity lineup. I had that deer-in-the-headlights look at first. Once they get the speed of the game figured out it will be better.

“We have guys who have to think about what they’re doing, which slows them down.

And they’re playing with guys they might not have played with before, so everyone has to learn what the person next to them is going to do.

“Right now, we’re still a little rough on some of the defensive plays and schemes,” adds Kropp.

That might be an understatement through the first half dozen practices.

“We have a lot of boys who are slow about making their (defensive) reads. You can see the indecision,” says O’Neil.

“And we need to hear more conversation on the field. Boys need to be talking to each other so they are certain about their coverage assignments.”

Even though the Beavers weren’t going to be in full pads until Thursday evening, O’Neil had been hoping to see more aggressive play, “boys flying around and showing they want to get to the ball,” he says.

“For the first time we saw some of that on Wednesday evening. That’s as good as our linebackers have looked so far this year,” says O’Neil. “Now we need to do that in every practice. If we don’t play at a high level, and do it all the time, then we aren’t going to be able to perform the way we want in a game situation.”

Line Under Pressure One area of concern through the first few practices is the offensive line which lacks both experience and depth.

“As a group, they aren’t stepping up to the challenge,” says O’Neil. “There are too

Junior lineman Cole Birney (right) tries to get past senior Matt Tuttle during drills on Monday.

(Record Photo)

SCHS Scrimmage • Saturday, Aug. 24

9:00 a.m.: Photo Day

10:15 a.m.: Scrimmage

many times when we don’t know our blocking assignments, even when we run the same play a second time.

“Our linemen have a big hill to climb. Whether they can make that climb will determine how good we are.”

O’Neil notes that the team’s success at sweeps and quick tosses - the bread-and-butter of the SCHS offense - depends on the quickness of pulling guards and the ability of linemen to seal off the edge.

If that doesn’t happen, it will limit the playbook.

He says the tackles need to be getting to the linebackers and the guards need to be quicker with pulling and trapping.

“That has to start picking up pretty quick. “We have a lot of

things we’d like to do on offense, but it depends on what our line will allow us to do.”

In their defense, O’Neil feels that once they put on pads it should make a difference.

“When you don’t have pads, the skill boys are able to get the reps they need to get better, but it’s not the same for the linemen. The linemen are young and inexperienced anyway, so until they get the pads on, we aren’t going to see the improvement we hope to see.”

Contact Drills On Thursday morning the boys were able to wear shoulder pads for the first time and were in full pads on Thursday evening.

Hopefully, on the defensive side we’ll see a higher level of

play from our linebackers once we get into full pads,” he says.

Kropp is optimistic that will make a difference.

“Once we get into pads we can at least do some form tackling,” says the senior. “It will be nice for the lineman to actually get hold of someone.

It will feel like we’re doing something when we drill.”

But there’s one other intangible that Kropp is still hoping to see from the team - a sense of urgency.

“I think most of us have a big chip on our shoulder, It’s something the coaches have talked about a lot this summer.

There are a lot of people who aren’t expecting much from us,” Kropp says. “We have big shoes to fill and we have a lot to learn.”

He won’t get an argument from Coach O’Neil.

“The lack of urgency among some players is a concern,” O’Neil says.

The Scott County Record • Page 22 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

2013 Lake Scott Triathlon Women’s Division Emily Lightner

Paula Vulgamore

Lisa Powelson

Jessica Stephens

Jodi Reese

Lori Deyoe

Melissa Borthwick

Monica Valdez

Hallie Wiechman

Swim 6:00

6:25

7:49

5:45

8:15

6:30

6:33

8:26

5:06

Bike

41:00

49:29

45:53

55:00

52:20

73.30

72.30

72:28

77:34

Men’s Division Swim

Travis Moen

5:22

Craig Tuttle

Mike Howland

Kevin Reese

Tate Wayne

Gilberto Dorantes

William Beaton

5:58

6:49

6:21

5:59

7:52

8:40

Bike

41:08

38:18

38:00

46:24

42:02

49:05

78:15

Team Division Swim

Shay Farms

6:22

Precision Ag

4:43

Iron Cats

The Kid/Man/Girl

Team Vulgamore

Dead Meat

Team Wren

7:53

6:54

5:57

5:19

7:15

J&R Car/Truck Center 4:33

Patton/Brunswig

Bacon/Eggs/Toast

Team Tarango

Tri Harders

5:00

5:13

10:58

5:09

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Bike

30:38

37.00

35:03

34:21

41:07

44:34

45:31

57:05

50:49

52:15

52:25

62:21

Run

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28:06

33:38

27:08

40:21

32:43

33:43

44:31

Total

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1:23.59

1:26.40

1:27.53

1:40.56

1:52.43

1:52.43

2:05.25

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29:17

30:31

25:58

30:20

36:13

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25:13

24:37

32:11

29:39

28:56

26:46

22:27

28:11

30:22

26:07

28:08

1:11.25

1:13.33

1:15.20

1:18.03

1:18.21

1:32.30

2:00.56

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1:06.34

1:07.33

1:13.26

1:16.03

1:18.09

1:19.32

1:23.25

1:23.06

1:27.50

1:29.30

1:35.38

Leave He says that sometimes our intended help just makes matters worse, especially for young animals. Anything we do to cage or otherwise restrain a wild animal keeps it from returning to its original home after the natural disaster.

Besides that, it is illegal to possess any wild animal outside of hunting seasons, and doing so will elicit a healthy fine.

Then there’s always the possibility of disease.

(continued from page 20)

Wildlife can carry nasty diseases, rabies for example, so given the off chance you do see an animal acting strangely or aggressively, call the conservation officer in your vicinity and let them handle the problem.

Following a flood, snakes will possibly be found out of place more than any other creatures.

I know snakes are intimidating and frightening to most folks, but unless one is trying to swallow the

kids or the dog, simply leave them alone.

Wood rats, field mice and other rodents will also be among those displaced, and will probably be the most likely to stick around after the flood, so having an extra bull snake or two in the guest house for a few days can be mutually beneficial.

The bottom line here is that displaced wildlife don’t want to be driven from their homes and forced to live in strange surroundings any more

than we would. So until things return to normal, if you have unwelcome visitors nearer your home than usual, don’t panic.

Noah did not suddenly unload the Ark in your front yard!

Wildlife will return to their homes in good time.

In the meantime, if you really love them, leave them alone.

Continue to Explore Kansas Outdoors!

Steve can be contacted by email at stevegilliland@idkcom.net

Missing Others on the list were DB Cassius Sendish (6-0, 187), LB Ben Heeney (60, 227), WR Rodriguez Coleman (6-3, 195), QB Jake Heaps (6-1, 210), and LT Aslam Sterling (65, 315).

Weis was particularly high on Bourbon, saying, “If we asked everyone to rate the best six players in camp, he’d be on everyone’s list.”

About Sendish, Weis said, “Sendish is a cornertype guy who can rush the passer, drop into zones, and also play man coverage. And at that position, you need to be able to do all those things.”

The Scott County Record • Page 23 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

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Weis has been pleased with Heaps’ progress, saying, “If what we’ve seen so far is what we get, I think we’re all going to be happy. The whole tempo changes now . . . this isn’t spring ball anymore.”

Starting offensive left tackle Sterling has wasted away to almost nothing.

Last season, Weis said he was just a cheeseburger away from 400 pounds; he’s lost 85 pounds since then.

Weis said, “Aslam’s the most changed player we have on our team. Last year, whatever weight we had down was a lie . . . he

was probably about 400.

He’s 315 and has done a great job on and off the field. He’s a totally different person.”

With all the new players on the roster, it’s a positive that the Jayhawks don’t open their season until Sept. 7 against South Dakota. Coach Weis can put the extra week of practice to good use.

KU Still in Classic When Bill Self became head coach of the Kansas basketball team in 200304, the Jayhawks had one of the premier programs in the nation.

Coach Self has raised the level of national respect even higher.

It’s an affirmation of KU’s national prestige that the Jayhawks have been invited to participate in the Champions Classic for another three years with Kentucky, Michigan State and Duke.

This is invaluable national exposure for all four teams involved. Kansas will play Duke on November 12 in Chicago’s United Center, which completes the three-year schedule of the first round-robin classic. Playing Duke will be a challenging early season game.

The Scott County Record

Delinquent Tax List

(First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Aug. 15, 2013; last published Thurs., Aug. 29, 2013)3t NOTICE OF DELINQUENT REAL ESTATE AND MINERAL TAXES FOR 2012 Notice is hereby given, that on the 3rd day of September, 2013, I, Lark Speer, as County Treasurer of Scott County, Kansas, in accordance with K.S.A. 79-2306 will bid in for Scott County, Kansas, at the County Treasurer’s office in the City of Scott City, Kansas all the following described Real Estate and Severed Mineral properties for the delinquent taxes for the year 2012 and the charges thereon. No individual bids will be received. It is possible that some properties have been paid, but were not paid in time to change the publication.

A current list is available for public inspection in the Scott County Treasurer’s office during regular office hours.

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SCOTT CITY 602 S. Antelope Street, Lot 2 & N 14’ Lot 3, Blk 18, Cases Add’n, Manuel Rios, Jr., Good faith payments are being made. $ 372.12 202 S. Antelope Street, Lot 2, Blk 3, East Acres Add’n, Lynda F. Burnett $ 982.70 302 S. Antelope Street, Lot 11, Blk 3, East Acres Add’n, Eric C. and Lori R. Vasquez $1,619.94 403 Manor Drive, Lot 1, Blk 5, East Acres Add’n, Linda Marie Park, Good faith payments are being made $ 730.00 409 Manor Drive, Lot 8, Blk 5, East Acres Add’n, Frank R. and Pamela K. Rebarchek $ 810.22 397 Hunter Road, Lot 4, Blk 6, East Acres Add’n, Eddie L. and Donna M. Meador $ 426.91 404 Manor Drive, Lot 13, Blk 6, East Acres Add’n, Lee Allen Bollinger, Good faith payments are being made $ 866.84 1021 S. Jackson Street, S. 40’ of Lot 21 & N. 45’ of Lot 24, Blk 4, Eggleston Add’n, Lynette P. Wilken $1,161.88 1008 Santa Fe Avenue, S. 45’ of Lot 4 and N. 32’ of Lot 5, Blk 7, Eggleston Add’n, Chad D. & Rochelle Irwin $ 879.37 802 S. Kingsley Street, S2 of Lot 2, Blk 12, Fairlawn Add’n, Michael L. & Juanita Wolf $ 174.42 Sunflower Road, S 23’ of Lot 2 & N2 of Lot 3, Block 2, Industrial Park Craig Louis Bridgeman $ 1,366.64 912 S. Court Street, Lot 20 & S2 of Lot 17, Blk 1, McLain, Swan & Sangster, Paul L. Binford $ 784.29 901 S. Church Street, Lot 1 & N. 40’ Lot 4, Blk 3, McLain, Swan & Sangster, Allen Osborn.

Good faith payments are being made $ 742.82 1002 S. Glenn Street, Lot 2, Blk 5, McLain, Swan & Sangster, Renee G. Johnson $ 310.42 1011 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 12, Blk 5, McLain, Swan & Sangster, Enrique G. Martinez $ 183.74 1010 S. Church Street, Lot 10, Blk 7, McLain, Swan & Sangster, William G. Dearden $ 840.48 1112 S. Church Street, Lot 11 & S. 20’ Lot 10, Blk 10, McLain, Swan & Sangster, Randy G. and Victoria Ann Wells $ 508.04 1302 S. Church Street, Lot 1 & N. 20’, Lot 2, Blk B, Manor Heights, Marvin E. and Royann R. Green $2,823.19 1305 S. Court Street, Lot 3, Blk 7, Nonnamaker Add’n, Ronald A. and Jamie Ann Kitch $ 796.48 106 S. Myrtle Street, Lots 6 & 7, Blk 1, Original Town, Wilbur J. & Vickie D. Wright $ 712.36 109 S. Antelope Street, Lot 9, Blk 1, Original Town, Wilbur J. & Vickie D. Wright, et al $ 163.48 108 S. Myrtle Street, Lot 10, Blk 1, Original Town, Brad Leatherman and Everett Wayne Sanders $ 543.40 108 S. Washington Street, Lot 7, Blk 3, Original Town, Lyle D. Barber and Marian Elaine Williams $ 473.44 105 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 5, Blk 8, Original Town, Lindsey Tresner $ 471.74 205 S. College Street, Lot 5, Blk. 14, Original Town, Jennifer L. Turley $ 965.98 212 S. Washington Street, Lot 11 & S. 5’ of Lot 10, Blk 14, Original Town, Melanie L. & Mario A. Aguilera $ 605.38 304 S. College Street, Lot 3 & N. 20’ of Lot 6, Blk 18, Original Town, Robert L. and Nikki J. Cooper $1,594.48 308 S. College Street, Lot 10, Blk. 18, Original Town, James R. and Sandra Smith $ 762.04 302 S. Main Street, Lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9, Blk 20, Original Town, Geraldine C. Presta $ 122.84 301 S. Church Street, Lot 1, Blk 23, Original Town, Demetrio & Maisabel Labra $ 151.41 308 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 7, Blk 23, Original Town, Santos and Margarita Prieto % Alan D. Bruner $ 789.00 312 W. 4th Street, Lots 10 & 11, Blk 23, Original Town, Douglas and Lee Ann Osborne $ 571.96 307 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 8, Blk 24, Original Town, Kent Wade & Bina Bernice Wishon $ 394.76 309 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 9, Blk 24, Original Town, Troy S. & Robin L. Marsh $ 90.72 311 S. Elizabeth Street, Lot 12, Blk 24, Original Town, Troy S. and Robin L. Marsh $ 279.72 412 W. 5th Street, Lots 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16, Blk 25, Original Town, Robert L. & Nikki J. Cooper $1,213.96 401 S. Church Street, Lot 1, Blk 26, $ 278.90 Original Town, Doug & LeeAnn Osborn

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207 W. 4th Street, E. 50’ Lots 2, 3 & 6, Blk 27, Original Town, Corinne Krebs Revocable Trust % Bridget Anderson $ 617.20 401 S. College Street, Part of Lots 1 and 4, Blk 30, Original Town, Malinda Luella Allen $ 217.18 405 S. College Street, Lot 5 & S. 6’ Lot 4, Blk 30, Original Town, Matthew A. & Karyn R. Hendrix $ 459.24 601 S. Church Street, E. 80’ Lots 1 & 4, Blk 42, Original Town, Sandra D. Dodson $ 730.00 606 S. Main Street, Lot 4, Blk 45, Original Town, Mario E. Ortega $1,552.30 201 E. 7th Street, Lot 2 & N2 of Lot 3, Blk 51, Original Town, Dale D. & Mary Ann Dierks $1,497.02 801 S. Church Street, Lots 1 & 4, Blk 58, Original Town, Larry G. & Judy K. Ribbing $1,964.52 1514 S. Myrtle Street, Lot 4, Blk 1, Southview 2nd Add’n, Tom & Virginia E. Proctor $ 385.64 1513 S. Myrtle Street, Lot 5, Blk 2, Southview 2nd Add’n, Noel L. Turley $ 160.28 1502 S. College Street, Lots 7 and 8, Blk 2, Southview 2nd Add’n, Olivia Reyes $ 585.06 1524 S. College Street, Lots 16 thru 20, Blk 2, Southview 2nd Add’n, Noel L. Turley $ 690.66 1510 S. Washington Street, Lots 19 & 20, Blk 3, Southview 2nd Add’n, Alberto Lozano $ 313.74 1202 Santa Fe Avenue, Lot 1 & N. 12’ of Lot 2, Blk 10, C A Steele and Sons Add’n, Cindy R. McRae $1,167.36 501 N. Washington, E. 50’ of Lot 4, Blk 2, Starr Suburb, Marvin Turley % Jolynn Turley $ 598.90 907 Jefferson Street, Lot 7, Blk 3, Thomas Add’n, Carl and Jean Stiffler $ 143.66 706 S. Antelope Street, Lot 6 & 7, Blk 19, Cases 2nd Add’n, Faye L. Stewart $ 391.56 617 S. Russell Street, S. 30’ of Lot 16 & N. 50’ of Lot 17, Blk 8, Websters Add’n, Reginal Dale & Teri J. Ford $ 709.19 804 Ora Street, Lot 4, Blk 12, Websters Add’n, Garold A. Been Revocable Trust $3,063.32 203 S. Russell Street, Lots 1, 2 and 3, Blk 3, Westside Add’n, Robert G. Harris $ 307.94 BEAVER TOWNSHIP 171 Buffalo Trail, Lots 23 through 26, Blk 2, Broadview Cabin Site, Robert & Brenda Schulz Highway 95, Lot 13, Blk 3 & Lots 12 and 13, Blk 4, Broadview Cabin Site, Kenneth L. & Eldred Elaine Gustavson Deer Trail, Lots 10 & 11, Blk 4, Broadview Cabin Site, Kennett L. Gustavson W. Road 270, SE4 in Sec-18, Twp-16, Rng-34, World Gospel Mission Severed Minerals in SE4 in Sec-31, Twp-16, Rng-33, 28.25% of 6.64062% of 1/2 Interest, Spreading Adder Oil Company, L.L.C.

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Severed Minerals in S2 in Sec-08, Twp-20, Rng-32, 1/2 of 1/9 Interest, Heirs of D. D. Neuenschwander % Mrs. Denny T. Martin Severed Minerals in SE4 in Sec-35, Twp-20, Rng-32, 1/2 of 1/2 Interest, Mildred Mellen

$

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ISBEL TOWNSHIP 450 Modoc Lane, Lots 5 through 10, Blk 61, Modoc, Michael and Rashwana Colbary $ 223.02 2551 S. Cherokee Road, SE4 in Sec-33, Twp-18, Rng-34, Richard D. West $ 506.76 Severed Minerals in NW4 in Sec-05, Twp-18, Rng-33, 1/2 of 1/4 Interest, Evan R. Mulch and Jennifer A. Keiner $ 7.96 Severed Minerals in NE4 in Sec-06, Twp-18, Rng-33, 1/2 of 1/4 Interest, Evan R. Mulch & Jennifer A. Keiner $ 7.96 KEYSTONE TOWNSHIP 71 Grigston Lane, Lots 6-18, Blk J, Lots 1 & 2, Blk O, Blk I, Blk P, Grigsby, Anthony Edward Ivey $ 533.88 10250 + E. Highway 96, Lots 1 thru 5, Blk J, Grigsby, Anthony E. Ivey $ 913.42 4971 N. Venison Road, Lots 1-5, Blk 23, Manning, Ralph Derstine, Good faith payments are being made $ 126.92 4991 N. Venison Road, Tracts 2 and 5, Manning and tract in NE NE4, Sec-27, Twp-17, Rng-31, Ralph & Wendy Derstine, Good faith payments are being made $ 123.52 4993 N. Venison Road, Tract 4, Manning, Scott & Kari Sherd $ 276.58 3460 N. Taos Road, A 19 acre tract in Sec-33, Twp-17, Rng-31, Charles E. & Betty L. Smith & Delinna L. Smith, Good faith payments are being made $ 582.60 10250 E. Highway 96, A 19 acre tract in SW4 in Sec-14, Twp-18, Rng-31, Anthony E. Ivey $2,424.16 S. Venison Road, S 1056’ of SW4 in Sec-02, Twp-19, Rng-31,B219 Jeffrey and Joel Raymond Stucky $ 2.26 Severed Minerals in SW4 in Sec-36, Twp-17, Rng-31, Full Interest Claire Anna Quigg $ 65.20 Severed Minerals in NE4 in Sec-35, Twp-17, Rng-32,1/3 of 1/2 Interest, Lysle Elbert & Letha Crowell $ 10.60 Severed Minerals in NE4 in Sec-35, Twp-17, Rng-32, 1/30 Interest, Sandra Lee Crowell $ 1.99 LAKE TOWNSHIP E. Road 70, NW4 in Sec-34, Twp-19, Rng-32, Michael and Linda Allen $ 565.84

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SCOTT TOWNSHIP 1004 W. 5th Street, 1 acre tract in SE Corner SW4 in Sec-13, Twp-18, Rng-33, Harold D. Steele $ 269.77 40 N. Kansas Road, 21 acre tract in SE4 in Sec-14, Twp-18, Rng-33, Charles E. & Betty L. Smith, Good faith payments are being made $1,413.62 1961 S. Highway 83, A 1 acre tract in SE4 in Sec-25, Twp-18, Rng-33, Scott E. Andrews and Lindsay A. Miller, Good faith payments are being made $3,043.76 Highway 83, A 1 acre tract in SE corner in Sec-25, Twp-18, Rng-33, Shawn P. Mohler $ 562.19 Severed Minerals in SE4 Except a tract in Sec-04, Twp-18, Rng-33, 1/2 of 1/2 Interest, Evan R. Mulch & Jennifer A. Keiner $ 15.90 Severed Minerals in SW4 in Sec-04, Twp-18, Rng-33, 1/2 of 1/4 Interest, Evan R. Mulch & Jennifer A. Keiner $ 7.95

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MICHIGAN TOWNSHIP N. Pawnee Road, NE4 in Sec-15, Twp-17, Rng-32, Steven R. Wiechman and Stanley W. Wiechman and Janssen Family Farm, L.L.C. $ 181.08 N. Omaha Road, NW4 in Sec-15, Twp-17, Rng-32, Steven R. Wiechman and Stanley W. Wiechman and Janssen Family Farm, L.L.C. $ 241.13 6500 N. Omaha Road, SW4 in Sec-15, Twp-17, Rng-32, Steven R. Wiechman and Stanley W. Wiechman and Janssen Family Farm, L.L.C. $ 332.70 Severed Minerals in NE4 in Sec-04, Twp-16, Rng-31, 28.25% of 6.640062% of 1/4 Interest, Spreading Adder Oil Company, L.L.C. $ 0.66 Severed Minerals in SE4 in Sec-08, Twp-16, Rng-32, 1/32 Interest, Helen Pritchard Estate $ 1.99

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390 N. Lovers Lane, W. 145.5’ in Tract 9, Shallow Water,

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$ 2.01 $ 60,520.56

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He had a couple of memorable catches among those 41, but he’s had a lot more memorable drops. Despite having offthe-chart physical skills, Baldwin hasn’t demonstrated a grasp of the fundamentals required to play in the NFL. In particular, he has trouble creating separation from defenders which can be a bit annoying for quarterbacks.

It was thought that, perhaps, he would be able to make some progress under Reid. But, through the early part of training camp there were growing doubts about whether or not Baldwin would even make the cut.

Now those doubts have been addressed.

In a sense, Jenkins is a complete unknown.

There’s a reason why he has never caught a pass in the NFL and why his quarterbacks didn’t even target him. On the other hand, you have to think that the Chiefs wouldn’t have been at all interested in Jenkins if Alex Smith, his former teammate, had warned against it.

One has to think that Smith sees potential in this trade.

We’ll have to see if this garage sale turns into some kind of treasure for one or both teams.

Not a Complete Bust But before anyone claims that the 2011 draft was a bust for the Chiefs, we need to look back at a little history.

As you might recall, Kansas City moved back several spots in the draft when they acquired Baldwin. In doing so, they also picked up an additional third round draft pick that they used to claim linebacker Justin Houston who has only become a Pro Bowler on one of the best linebacker corps in the NFL. No Need to Panic Yes, we’re 0-2 in the preseason and, yes, Smith didn’t have a great game, statistically, against his former team. But things may not be as bad as they first appear.

Keep in mind that his receivers dropped 3-4 passes (including the

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who can draw coverage away from Dwayne Bowe so he can’t always be double-teamed. I feel Donnie Avery had already moved ahead of Bowe into the No. 2 spot, even before the trade, even though he’s also had some dropped passes.

Special Teams Kansas City’s special teams again showed why they could be one of the most improved units in the NFL. Quintin Demps gave the Chiefs an early 7-3 lead with a 104-yard kick return touchdown. Wide receiver Devon Wylie added a 52-yard punt return.

Add a couple of Dustin Colquitt punts inside the 10 yard line and things are looking great through the first two games.

Now that our special teams are no longer a secret, it will be interesting to see if Pittsburgh is able to shut down our return specialists this week.

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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school career. She has to get into the setter mindset that the second ball is hers, no matter where it is.

“Nicole was JV setter last year. She has a great attitude and hustles and has done a nice job setting so far.”

Juniors who saw a lot of JV playing time last season and will be making the move to varsity include Kristi Faurot and Brooke Dillinger.

In addition to Latta, other sophomores who could find their way to the varsity lineup are Madison Braun and Madison Orr. “Moving from JV to

J&R

aforementioned Baldwin) and we held a 13-6 lead after three quarters against a darn good defense.

It’s also good to remember that everything is pretty vanilla during the preseason and that certainly appears to be the case with head coach Andy Reid who has given Dexter McCluster the night off during the two preseason games.

What’s happening during practices and games is completely unrelated. McCluster is a popular target for Smith during practice and you can bet that he will be much more involved in the offense once the regular season starts.

The same is true of the wide receivers who have been almost non-existent.

That’s by design - not great defense.

The tight ends and runningbacks will be more involved in the receiving game once the regular season starts, but look for great things from McCluster and our wideouts as well.

The bigger concern with our receivers is developing a No. 2 man

varsity is a huge step for these girls. From an experience standpoint, it will throw the sophomores against a level of competition they haven’t seen before,” says Shay. “But the only way to get better is to play better competition.”

What the Lady Beavers are also missing, along with experience, is height.

That will pose a big challenge for the team, especially on defense.

Nickel saw playing time at outside and middle hitter last year. She is capable of playing either, depending on where there’s the greatest need.

In addition, Orr and Braun

have experience at middle hitter at the JV level.

“They’ve improved, but they still have to make good reads on where to block. Both are possible middles, but it will take a lot of playing time and practice,” Shay says.

“We’ll have to be scrappier and better defenders.

Without someone who can dominate at the net as a blocker, we’ll have to do a better job of digging and passing,” notes the head coach.

Shay is optimistic about the upcoming talent and their ability to make a contribution this season.

Of the 17 freshmen, 12

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2001 Ford F450 XL, 2WD, 7.3 Diesel, Reg Cab with Service Body, White ...... 113K mi ..(1402A)..$10,900 2007 Chevy Avalanche LTZ, 4x4 Sunroof, DVD ......... Gray/ Gray Leather . 108K mi.. (1324A)..$20,900 2007 Chevy Silverado Ext. Cab,LTZ, Z71, 4x4,......Silver Birch/Black Lthr,...42k mi......(1437B)...$23,900 2009 Ford F150, Ext. Cab, FX4, 4x4, Tonneau Cover ......Gray/ Blk Lthr............ 45K mi. ....(1223C)..$25,900 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 Crew Denali, AWD, 6.2L., DVD, White/ Tan Lthr 46K mi .....(1392) ....$37,900 2012 Chevy Silverado 1500, Crew Cab, 4x4, LTZ, 6.2L, Silver........................ 19K mi. ....(1283A)..$35,800 2012 GMC Sierra 2500HD Crew, 4x4, SLT, Diesel, Rear Camera, .............................................................................................................. ..... Silver/ Gray Leather 36K mi.....(1419A)...$45,900 2013 GMC Sierra 1500 SLE, Ext. Cab, 4x4 ...................... Mocha/ Tan Cloth.......7K mi........(1377A)..$29,900

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played winter volleyball last season.

“That’s a real positive thing. They’ve been in the weight room and worked on their game during the summer,” she adds.

“They’re ahead of where our freshmen have been for awhile.

“There will be growing pains and mistakes made because they are young, but that’s the only way these girls will learn,” she says. “Even though we’re young, I still have high expectations.”

Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation?

call 872-3790 or e-mail: scottcf@wbsnet.org

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(Left) Emily Lightner, Scott City, runs on the road behind the Lake Scott dam during the 5k segment of the triathlon.

(Below) Hallie Wiechman competes in the 300m swim which was the first leg of the triathlon.

(Bottom) Brian Vulgamore, Scott City, competes in the 12-mile bike ride as a member of a triathlon team.

(Record Photos)

Moen

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completed the 300m swim in 5:06, but saw that advantage evaporate in the biking and running segments.

She says that being a member of the swim team has helped build her stamina and strength, especially with her legs.

“After I got done biking, my legs felt like jello.

It was hard to run at first,” says Wiechman, who was competing in her first triathlon.

Unlike a number of competitors who seemed to struggle most with the swimming segment, Wiechman says the biking was her toughest event.

“It’s harder with the hills and I’m not used to riding for 12 miles,” she says.

She didn’t have a predetermined time she was hoping to beat the competition, but was pleased with her 2:09 finishing time.

Her only goal was to finish ahead of her uncle, William Beaton of Manhattan, and it looked like she might accomplish that after building a 4:34 lead after the swimming and biking events. However, her uncle was able to overtake her in the running event by more than 13 minutes.

“I felt like I did pretty well,” says Wiechman, who is looking forward to next year’s race.

Moen is Men’s Champ In a very competitive men’s division, Travis Moen, Dighton, overcame a 2:14 deficit entering the running event and claimed first place in 1:11.25 - 2:08 ahead of Craig Tuttle, Scott City.

Tuttle completed the bike race in 38:18 - second fastest among the men - to take the lead entering the final event. However, Moen’s 25:35 split in the 5k - fastest among all individual triathletes - saw

him come from behind.

Tuttle completed the 5k in 29:17.

Mike Howland, Garden City, was third in 1:15.2, followed by Kevin Reese, Scott City, in 1:18.03.

Reese and his wife, Jodi, were the only husband and wife to compete in the full triathlon. He improved on last year’s time by about eight minutes while Jodi finished fifth (1:40.56).

Both maintain their conditioning throughout the year by biking and running.

“We bike as much as we can, but we don’t get too serious,” he says. “We struggle the most with the swimming.

“For me and Jodi, it’s a way to spend time together, train and stay in shape,” says the Scott Community High School cross-country coach. “And we can be good role models for our athletes.”

Team Competition Shay Farms took advantage of a huge advantage in the biking stage to win the team division in 62:16. Leif Pucket (30:38) turned in the fastest time of the day in the biking event.

Margo Edler (6:22) competed in the swim event while Vance Shay (25:16) had the third fastest time in the team division of the 5K run.

Precision Ag, Scott City, finished as the team runner-up. Members were Becca Brinkley (swim, 4:43), Brian Vulgamore (bike, 37:00) and Andy Hineman (run, 25:31).

Even though they had two of the three fastest splits in the team division, the J&R Car and Truck team finished in eighth place. Reagan Smyth (4:33) had the fastest swim stage for the day while Irvin Lozano, a sophomore at SCHS, ran the 5k in 22:27.

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building memories

1916 roadster was Willard Dunagan’s ‘pride and joy’

Jason Dunagan with the 1916 Dodge roadster restored by him and his grandfather, Willard Dunagan.

(Record Photo)

Rod run remains one of the top shows in Kansas

When it comes to car shows, the Lake Scott Rod Run continues to be the premier event in central and Western Kansas.

It wouldn’t seem that the Lake Scott Car Club has any rivals with 169 cars featured in this year’s show. And that didn’t include about 20 cars belonging to club members that lined the street north of Patton Park.

This year’s show attracted cars and their owners from throughout Kansas, in addition to Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma.

“They like to come here because from the time they arrive we wine and dine them,” said club member Ken Snow. “We couldn’t do it without the support of all the local merchants. Everyone from the Chamber to the feedlots make this possible.”

“No other rod run does all that we do with the prize giveaways, the barbeque and everything else (See ROD RUN on page 34)

(Above right) Ed Beesley, Gove, visits while sitting next to the 1934 Ford Coupe that he purchased at last year’s rod run.

(Right) Danny Wackerla (left) and KC Kough, both of Scott City, like what they see as they check out a 1958 Chevrolet Impala on Saturday at the rod run.

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For just about as long as he can remember, Jason Dunagn could be found working with his grandfather, Willard, whenever there was an opportunity.

It began when he was about five-years-old and was hanging around the Dunagan Iron Works shop that was started by his grandfather and has continued in business under the ownership and management of his father and now him.

So when Willard decided to purchase a 1916 Dodge roadster, was no surprise that Jason was there to help with the restoration project.

It had always been Willard Dunagan’s dream to own a vehicle from 1915, the year in which he was born, but 1916 was the closest he could find and he had to drive to Illinois to get it.

“Grandpa didn’t tell anyone what he was doing. But when he came back he had a rusted shell of a car,” recalls Jason.

That was in 1987 and for the next couple of years Willard was constantly on the search for original parts while he and Jason were restoring the vehicle.

“Grandpa did most of the work,” says Jason, who helped with some of the body work and painting it the first time.

“He really never did finish it. There was always something he was doing to make it a little better.”

Willard, who Jason describes as a “mechanical genius,” was able to restore the original engine into working condition. Then, after doing so, he tore it down and began the time-consuming process of completely restoring it.

With the exception of the seats, the pair were successful in restoring the vehicle with original parts over the next three years.

“Grandpa was able to locate a lot of the parts through the Dodge Brothers magazine,” Jason notes.

(See DUNAGAN on page 34)

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Ag land values may be nearing their peak Has the pause button been pushed on the rapid ascent of farmland values?

That may be a reasonable question when examining the recent trends throughout much of the Corn Belt, as recorded by the regional Federal Reserve Banks.

Prices of good farmland are higher than last year, as reflected by the dou-

Fed economists cautious, despite 25% jump ble-digit jumps in recent years. But when prices are compared to prior quarters, the increases are not as striking. Although it is a small sample, the beginning of a trend may be apparent.

Federal Reserve Bank economists have regularly been survey-

ag briefs

Agritourism workshop in Hays Aug. 28 The Kansas Agricultural Tourism Association (KATA) will be conducting an agritourism workshop at Schmidt Farms in Hays on Wed., Aug. 28.

The workshop will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The morning session will be presented at the Hays Chamber of Commerce building, 2700 Vine Street. Lunch and the afternoon session will be held at Schmidt Farms.

More information can be found at www.ksagritourism.org; by contacting Chris Wilson at KATA, 785-5376171 or chris@ksagritourism. org.

NAP available for forage crops

The Kansas Farm Service Agency will offer Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for 2014-crops that are planted annually and used for livestock feed or fodder.

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) recently announced a pilot program that offers a CAT level Rainfall Index-Annual Forage Insurance Plan to producers in several states, including Kansas.

Because there is limited time for producers in these states to transition from NAP to the new RMA pilot program, an exception was made that will allow the states to continue offering NAP coverage through the FSA for 2014 only. NAP coverage will not be available for 2015 annual forage crops.

Producers must file the application and service fee by Sept. 1 for seeded small grain forage crops such as wheat, triticale, etc.

For more information contact the local FSA office or visit www.fsa.usda.gov

Deere sales hit $10B in quarter

Deere & Co. reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strong sales of its tractors and harvesters in the Americas.

Earlier this year, Deere, the world’s largest maker of agricultural equipment, lowered its outlook for fiscal 2013 revenue, saying a coolerthan-normal spring in North America had depressed sales.

Some investors worried the softness was a sign of a new normal as corn prices have retreated from the all-time highs of last summer.

Total sales, including revenue from the company’s financial services unit, rose four percent to $10 billion. The analysts’ average estimate was $9.1 billion.

ing commercial bankers throughout their service territory about farmland values, credit conditions and other factors reflective of the farm economy.

Within the Corn Belt, the primary Federal Reserve banks are headquartered in Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City.

The Kansas City Federal Reserve District’s latest report reflects higher land values, but underlying caution about what is around the corner.

For irrigated cropland in the region that includes Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma, prices were 25 percent

higher than they were a year ago.

At the same time nonirrigated cropland rose 18 percent in value, except in drought-weary regions were values were only 14 percent higher.

The gains come even as farm income in many states is declining, in part

due to reduced revenues for grain and losses in the beef market.

Commercial bankers surveyed by the Kansas City Fed reported that values for land were higher due to the low interest rates and lack of debt within the agricultural community, but the levels for land values may have reached a peak.

(See PEAK on page 29)

Controlling volunteer wheat is critical with recent moisture The recent wet weather through much of Kansas has caused volunteer wheat to emerge and grow rapidly, says Jim Shroyer, K-State Extension crop production specialist.

Wet soil conditions may keep producers out of the fields for an extended period, or result in multiple flushes emerging, making it even more difficult than usual to control the volunteer.

To protect the state’s planted wheat crop, volunteer

wheat must be controlled, Shroyer said.

“Volunteer wheat within a half-mile of a field that will be planted to wheat should be completely dead at least two weeks before wheat planting,” he said.

Volunteer wheat that emerges during the summer and is still present when planted wheat emerges creates numerous problems for the crop. Shroyer and K-State entomologist, Jeff Whitworth, reviewed some of the most

serious potential problems.

•Wheat streak mosaic and associated viruses.

The most important threat from volunteer wheat is the wheat streak mosaic virus complex, which is carried by the wheat curl mite. In most cases, infection can be traced to a nearby field of volunteer wheat, although there are other hosts, such as corn, millet, and many annual grasses, such as yellow foxtail and prairie cupgrass.

Control of volunteer is the

main defense against the wheat streak mosaic virus complex.

•Hessian flies survive over the summer on wheat stubble.

When the adults emerge, they can infest any volunteer wheat that may be present, which will keep the Hessian fly population alive and going through the upcoming crop season.

•Volunteer wheat is a host of barley yellow dwarf virus, and the greenbugs and bird cherry oat aphids which carry it. In (See VOLUNTEER on page 29)

Certified seed doesn’t cost, it pays

Kansas wheat planting season is just around the corner and determining what seed to use can be a challenging decision for many farmers. As input costs on farms increase, seed selection can make a difference in profit come harvest time.

Planting certified seed encourages seed germination, weed reduction, quality stand establishment and assures varietal purity. Purchasing certified seed allows farmers to get the desired variety with fewer management concerns.

Steve Schuler, director of

Wheat Scoop Bill Spiegel

communications director

Kansas Wheat

the Kansas Crop Improvement Association, said, “Certified Seed is produced under a system of standards and observation that should give you the best chance at excellent stand establishment. Using certified seed gives you confidence that you will get your crop up.”

Gordon Wiebe, a farmer and certified seed producer from Whitewater, makes it a point to use certified seed

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because he believes in starting with a quality, guaranteed product.

He believes that using certified seed has lowered his input costs. By selecting pure certified seed varieties with strong resistance to rust pressures, Wiebe sees the amount of fungicide and herbicide that he has to spray on his crop each year declining.

“We like to start with a good product because it helps us manage the crop well all the way through,” said Wiebe.

Studies have shown that an added benefit of certified

seed can be a boost in yields.

Research at Kansas State University indicates that the use of certified seed can increase yields two to three bushels per acre over bin-run seed.

Beyond the benefits of quality and yield that certified seed brings, labor costs associated with cleaning your own seed can add up.

“If you want to maintain a variety in good condition, you need to take the same steps that a seedsman takes. This means taking the extra time to clean out equipment, storing the seed (See SEED on page 29)

Rainfall eases drought conditions in area counties Recent rains have finally begun to eat away at the drought in Western Kansas.

T h e WKWMP Update Drought Walt Geiger Monitor, meteorologist as of Aug. 13, indicated that 50 percent of the weather modification program’s target area is no longer declared a category 4 (exceptional) drought, which is the most intense drought classification.

Most of Scott, Wichita and Kearny counties, along with about half of Lane County, are now in a

category 3 (extreme) drought. The last time this area was considered to be in a category 3 drought was the week of July 17, 2011.

Although category 3 is still very serious, it is encouraging news as evidenced by the recent “greenup” that has occurred across the landscape.

However, the recent rains may not necessarily be a sign of better days ahead. For the long-term, we are headed into a more typical August pattern with hot temperatures and a protracted period of (See RAINFALL on page 29)

The Scott County Record • Page 29 • Thursday, August 22, 2013

Predict record corn harvest, but below projections The USDA’s first survey-based corn yield forecast for 2013-14 puts U.S. corn yields at 154.4 bushels per acre, 2.1 bushels below the July projection.

As forecast, the corn yield would result in a record crop of 13.8 billion bushels but also be down 187 million bushels from last month’s projection.

Additional practices get haying, grazing okay The Kansas Farm Service Agency (FSA) has given approval for emergency haying and grazing on additional CRP practices that include: CP-25-Rare and Declining Habitat, CP8A-Grass Waterways, CP23-Wetland Restoration, CP23AWetland Restoration Non-Floodplain, CP27Farmable Wetlands Pilot Wetland and CP28Farmable Wetlands Pilot Buffer acreage.

Among the 66 counties in which haying and grazing have been approved are Scott, Lane, Wichita, Gove, Finney and Logan.

“Many of these additional acres have wetland related characteristics and are likely to contain better quality hay and forage than on other CRP acres,” says Adrian Polansky, FSA state director.

To minimize the impact on these specialty practices, the following provisions must be met: •Harvesting of hay is limited to a single cutting per field.

•No more than 50% of a CRP field may be hayed and the haying must be completed by Aug. 31.

•Grazing is permitted through Sept. 30.

Livestock must be removed at the end of the grazing period or when the minimum average height reaches five inches. No extension will be granted for haying or grazing authorizations.

Prior to implementing any form of haying or grazing, a conservation plan must be developed that is in compliance with NEPA and all other federal state laws and regulations.

The sale of hay will be permitted as long as hay was not sold from the same acreage during the previous two years.

Producers without livestock may rent or lease the haying or grazing privileges.

The annual payment reduction has been changed from 25 percent to 10 percent for all emergency haying and grazing activity in 2013.

If the CRP cover is destroyed, the practice must be re-established at the contract participant’s own expense to remain in compliance with the CRP contract.

Planting delays have resulted in a late crop in the Corn Belt, raising concerns that an early frost could reduce yields.

However, to date, the crop has progressed well with silking in the 18 major corn-producing states at 94 percent as of August 11, in line with the fiveyear history.

The resulting corn supply for 2013-14 is projected at 14.5 billion bushels, down 197 million from July but 22 percent higher than 2012-13.

Total corn use for 2013-14 is forecast at 12.6 billion bushels, down 75 million from last month.

Feed and residual is cut 50 million bushels from last month’s projection

and exports are reduced 25 million bushels.

Higher prices and lower projected inventories will put downward pressure on feed use. Exports are reduced in response to tighter supplies, higher expected domestic prices, and increased competition from larger foreign corn supplies.

Projected ending stocks for 2013-14 slip 122 million bushels to 1.83 billion as lower supplies more than offset reduced use.

Ending stocks in 201213 are forecast at 719 million bushels, down 10 million this month with an increase in 2012-13 exports more than offsetting a five-million-bushel

increase in imports.

Forecast corn prices received by farmers for 2013-14 have increased 10 cents per bushel on both the low and high end of the range, resulting in a midpoint price of $4.90.

The projected stocksto-use ratio for 2013-14 is 14.5 percent. The 2012-13 stocks to use is forecast at 6.4 percent.

A voluntary means of tracing cattle During the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver last week, participants heard of a potential voluntary, incentive-based program for tracing calves and feeder cattle.

Jim Collins, director of industry relations with the Southeastern Livestock Network, reported the Cattle Industry Animal Traceability (ATS) Working Group has

focused on developing a framework for a voluntary traceability system to support beef exports and domestic demand.

USDA this year launched their Animal Disease Traceability (ADT) system, but it covers limited classes of cattle, focusing mostly on mature breeding cattle.

USDA plans to address traceability of calves and feeder cattle in a later

Peak Commercial bankers working with agriculture are not forecasting a decline. But surveys of those individuals are indicating a peak in land values is either occurring or may be occurring soon.

The lower market for grain will have a significant impact on prices that

are paid for farmland.

Chicago Fed The Chicago Fed’s August Ag Letter indicates that for the second quarter of 2013, the value of “good” farmland was 17 percent higher than for the similar quarter of 2012.

What is even more telling is that the seven percent of bankers who believe land prices will rise was offset by seven percent believing them to fall. The remaining 86 percent of bankers in the Chicago Fed District anticipate no change in land values in the third

(continued from page 28)

ease resistance, better performance and higher yields. Planting with certified seed is the only way to obtain access to these pure and new varieties.

Quality assurance of certified seed provides clean seed to the producer that has met minimum standards for varietal purity, test weight, germination, amount of inert material, cleanliness and seed size.

“In a wheat crop, seed is not your most expensive input. It seems unwise to

Volunteer that respect, destroying volunteer helps reduce the reservoir for the barley yellow dwarf viruses.

The aphids have to pick up the BYD virus from an infected host plant first in order to become a carrier that can transmit the disease to wheat.

•Russian wheat aphid can also infest volunteer wheat during the summer and move onto planted wheat in the fall.

Another reason to control volunteer is that volunteer and other weeds use up large amounts of soil moisture, Shroyer said. When water storage is important, such as in summer fallow, volunteer must be destroyed.

would be able to query the database under approved circumstances to trace cattle, such as in the case of a disease outbreak.

The ATS system would use radio-frequency ID (RFID) to maintain the speed of commerce.

Collins says the system would provide financial incentives, allowing producers to receive premiums for cattle that qualify for export or other value-

added markets.

It also would facilitate voluntary transfer of information from feedyards to cow-calf producers.

Collins says their proposal would provide traceability for animal-health purposes while leveraging the strengths of existing technology and protecting the viability of existing process-verification programs.

quarter of the year.

$5,111 a year ago.

While that is an 11 percent increase from quarter to quarter, it compares to a 20.6 percent increase when the second quarter of 2013 is compared to the second quarter of 2012.

Commercial bankers expect the trend to continue.

(continued from page 28)

Seed in a quality location, and cleaning the seed,” Schuler said.

The Kansas Crop Improvement Association believes planting with certified seed gives a producer confidence that their legal purchase of professionally produced seed supports research and development that will bring forth the varieties that will be used in the future.

New varieties are developed to provide dis-

rule-making process, after the ADT system is up and running.

The working group has spent the past 18 months developing a concept that would support the ADT system. The proposed voluntary ATS system would work as a public-private partnership with private, non-profit oversight to assure confidentiality of data in the system.

Animal-health officials

me to skimp in the quality of the seed you are planting because you base the success of all your other inputs and income on your farm on that seed,” Schuler said.

To purchase certified seed, log on to www. kscrop.org to find a producer in your area. The Kansas Seed Book, which contains the certified seed directory and Kansas State University performance data can also be found on the KCIA website.

(continued from page 28)

For those reasons and more, all volunteer wheat should be completely killed within a half-mile of wheat fields at least two weeks before planting.

“It is important to wait two weeks after the volunteer has died before planting wheat. This will allow enough time for any insects or mites present on the volunteer wheat to leave the area or die before the new wheat emerges,” the K-State entomologist said.

Destroying volunteer after the new wheat emerges is too late, Shroyer added. Producers should leave enough time to have a second chance if control is incomplete.

Where there is a heavy stand of volunteer, some producers may be tempted to leave it and graze it out or even harvest the grain next summer rather than kill it out and plant a new crop this fall. That’s not a good idea, Shroyer said.

“The best option is to control the volunteer, then plant a new crop of wheat two weeks later rather than leave the volunteer for grazing or harvest,” he said.

“This will protect your planted wheat and help your neighbors by reducing the chances of wheat streak mosaic, barley yellow dwarf, Hessian fly, or Russian wheat aphid.”

St. Louis Fed The St. Louis Federal Reserve reports that land values in the mid-South are still rising. The St. Louis bank reports quality farmland values averaged $5,672 in the second quarter of 2013, compared to

Rainfall

(continued from page 28)

mainly dry weather.

A category 4 drought still grips areas such as Hamilton, portions of Lane, Finney, Haskell and Seward as well as most of northwestern Kansas.

There were three operational days for the weather modification program this past week. Seeding for hail suppression occurred two days while rain optimization was conducted the other.

August 12: Two aircraft were launched at 8:30 p.m. to investigate storms pushing out of Colorado and extreme southwestern Kansas. Seeding for hail suppression began at 9:54 and ended at 10:00 over northern Hamilton County.

August 13: Two aircraft were launched at 12:30 p.m. to investigate a cluster of loosely organized storms over southeastern Gove County and northeastern Lane County traveling south-southwest. Seeding for rain optimization began over northeastern Lane County at 1:01 p.m. in a zone of weak storm activity.

August 14: Two planes were launched at 3:35 p.m. to investigate a stationary storm over southwestern Greeley County.

A brief period of hail suppression began at 4:19 and ended at 4:23 south of Tribune. Hail suppression began at 4:30 over Hamilton County and continued through 5:40.

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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

TRY SOMETHING NEW. Positions open now to travel U.S.A. Earn great $$$ and have fun.

All training, travel and hotel paid. $350-$800/week.

1-877-261-0592.

NOW HIRING. Truck driving school Instructors.

JOIN CRST’s brand new training school in Cedar Rapids, Ia. Relocation assistance provided. Call 866-397-7407; email: sandersen@crst.com.

For Sale BACK-TO-SCHOOL piano sale. Verticals from $488. Digitals starting at $1099. Grands from $101/ mo. Over 120 pianos on sale. Mid-America Piano, 1-800-950-3774. Piano4u. com.

––––––––––––––––––––– 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.

Homes M A N U FA C T U R E D AND modular homes.

New and used. Singles and doubles. Use your land, cash or combination of both for down payment.

Special financing for all types of credit. Habla Espanol. 866-858-6862.

Recycle with us today • Milk jugs • Newspapers • Detergent bottles • Aluminum cans • Glass jars • Junk mail

Scott County Recycling Center 1981 S. US Hwy 83 Scott City

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

Card of Thanks Thank you to everyone who responded and assisted in the accident last week. The Scott County Police Department was on the scene immediately, as well as the EMTs. Those in the ER were very compassionate and supportive as well. We feel so blessed and thankful that no serious injuries occurred.

The outpouring of concern from our family, friends, and community is greatly appreciated. We are so fortunate to live in such a caring place.

Stacy, Kyle, and Shanaya Hoeme

For Sale

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

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.

Business

Real Estate

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, 1101 S. Main. Call 214-3040 for information.

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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, 620-8741100.

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Rentals

WANTED: Yards to mow and clean-up, etc. Trim smaller trees and bushes too. Call Dean Riedl, (620) 872-5112 or 8744135.

34tfc ––––––––––––––––––– FURNITURE REPAIR and refinishing, lawn mower spring tune-up and blade sharpening. Call Vern Soodsma, 872-2277 or 874-1412.

36tfc ––––––––––––––––––– MOWER REPAIR, tuneup and blade sharpening.

Call Rob Vsetecka 620214-1730.

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!

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HIDE AND SEEK 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 AVAILABLE for 16x80’, 14x70’ and double wide trailers with off-street parking. Call 620-8723621.

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Real Estate

Priced Reduced

FOR SALE. Vacant lot (60’ x 140’). 1105 Church St. Call 872-5193 or 8744401 for more information.

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Services

For Sale

BEAUTIFUL, LIKE NEW floral divan.

Less HOUSE FOR SALE than 1/4 the price of new.

IN SCOTT CITY. $250. Corinne Krebs, Well built home on dou872-3103.

52tfc 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.

Garage Sales Friday/Saturday, Aug. 23-24 Garage Sale 1317 Glenn St. Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - Noon Garage Sale 1107 Court St. Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - Noon XM radio, sewing machine, Nordic Track, lawn mower with bagger, furniture, holiday decorations, books, toys, clothes, luggage, electronics, kitchen & household items, lots and lots of misc.

Craft Sale 711 Church Saturday, 9:00 a.m. - Noon Handmade Crafts plastic canvas, Broncos, Chiefs, and Cowboys. clocks, album clocks, sheet metal crafts and much more.

Yard and Tool Sale 809 Antelope St. Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

“1 Day Only” Tools, antiques, knick knacks, mowers, bolts, nuts, washers all different sizes. Misc. hardware. All items priced to sell.

Bring in your Garage Sales by Monday at 5:00 p.m.

(No Rainy day refunds)

ble 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

Help Wanted

Agriculture

FULL-TIME teller/ receptionist at First State Bank, Healy. This is an entry level position with benefits. Send resumè to: Walter Johnson C/O First State Bank PO Box 200 Healy, Ks 67850 01t2c ––––––––––––––––––––– TRUCK DRIVER to haul hopper loads from Scott City. Home most evenings if living in the Scott City area. Benefits and bonuses. CDL required. Must be 23 years old with two years experience. M&A Barnett Trucking. 785-673-3377.

01t2p ––––––––––––––––––––– SCOTT COUNTY Hardware Ace, is looking for a self-motivated, hardworking, person for customer service and cashier.

Bilingual a plus. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. and work evenings and weekends. Apply in person at 1405 S. Main, Scott City.

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WANTED TO BUY: Stored corn. Call for basis and contract information.

1-800-579-3645.

Lane County Feeder, Inc. 32tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– WANTED TO BUY: Wheat straw delivered.

Call for contracting information. Lane County Feeders. 397-5341. 44tfc ––––––––––––––––––––– CERTIFIED SEED WHEAT: Byrd, Brawl Cl., TAM 112, TAM 304, T158, T163, T153, Duster.

Also triticale and blends.

Vance and Tanner Ehmke, Amy, KS. 620-397-2350.

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We are accepting applications for a part time sales position.

Must be interested in providing excellent customer service and gift wrapping. Send resumè to mail@giftsetcks.com or 424 Main Street.

NORSE ELECTRIC is looking for licensed Journeyman Electricians and experienced helpers for permanent positions in Dodge City and surrounding areas. Comprehensive benefit package including BCBS, dental and vision insurance. Call our Scott City office for more information at 620-872-7123.

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Under New Management Pine Village Apartments 300 E. Nonnamaker

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.

Executive Director Position Scott City Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking an Executive Director.

Position offers competitive salary, flexible hours and paid vacation. 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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Employment Opportunities Word Search

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.)

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.

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Dunagan The only other nonoriginal feature of the vehicle is a horn which can be activated by applying pressure with the knee to a button built into the inside door panel. “That way he could keep both hands on the wheel and still honk at people,� says Jason with a grin.

Through their efforts in restoring the roadster, Willard established numerous contacts and friendships across the country. When going through his old papers after he passed away, Jason and his wife, Linda, discovered letters from other vehicle owners and notes written down by Willard in which he would answer questions from people who were stumped about a mechanical issue. “He could figure out their problem by visiting with someone over the

phone,� Linda says. “If it was mechanical he could figure a way to make it work.�

Willard and Jason had developed a bond that began long before purchasing the roadster. The two had also worked together in the oil fields for several years. “When he bought the car it was one more thing we could do together,� Jason says.

When Willard remarried and moved to Morris, Okla., naturally the car went with him. But, shortly before he passed away nearly 2-1/2 years ago, he wanted to make sure the roadster ended up in the hands of his grandson and great-grandson, Colby.

When it came time to part with the roadster, the 95-year-old Willard had to be talked out of driving it

Rod Run we do to make everyone feel welcome,� adds club member Charlie Modlin. “Everyone who shows up here lets us know how much it’s appreciated.�

Among those in attendance was Ed Beesley, Gove, with a 1934 Ford Coupe that he purchased during last year’s rod run. “I have a 1930 Model A Ford coupe at home that I’ve been planning to rebuild next year and next year never gets here,� he says with a grin. “I figured if I was ever going to get behind the wheel of a car like this I’d better buy one.�

While he has attended the rod run several times over the years, this was the first time he’d ever shown a car.

Beesley enjoys the attention the car gets when he takes it for a weekend cruise. “We were at the Dairy Queen in Quinter one time and an older lady saw this car in the parking lot and when she came inside she made a bee line for my table. She somehow figured it was my car,� he says. “She had to tell me that they drove a car just like this when she was a kid.

Cars like this are a way of reliving the past.�

That’s just as true of Beesley who had dreamed of owning a car like this since his high school days.

As for whether he preferred buying a car or restoring one, he didn’t take long to reply. “Today, you can’t rebuild one for what you can buy one for,� he says.

Steve and Kim Chaloopek, Turpin, Okla., with their 1957 Thunderbird.

back to Scott City. “He said he was capable of making the trip and I said, “Grandpa, I know you can, but not

this time,’� recalls Jason. “It was a pretty emotional weekend for him to see the car leave. It meant a lot to him.�

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The Dunagans enjoy taking the roadster for an occasional ride around town, but this was the first time to show it in the Lake

Scott Rod Run where they earned top honors in the “Pre-1940� division. “This car has a lot of memories,� adds Jason.

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2011 Nissan Maxima SV Premium, Fully Loaded, Navigation, Sunroof, Leather

Sale Price - $26,999

Larry Richard, Scott City, tries to toss a ring into a box during Sunday’s poker run.

18K miles

Sale Price - $20,400

2012 Honda Civic LX Sale Price - $15,999 (3356X)

2012 Edge Limited

2012 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT Only 29K Miles • Sale Price - $21,999 (499)

28K Miles

Sale Price - $32,199 (446)

2011 Suburban LT Sale Price - $37,699

2010 Flex Limited AWD

After market wheels and tires

Sale Price - $25,511 (3351A)

2005 Chrysler 300 Touring On Sale - $13,963 (3360A)

2011 Camaro SS Sale Price - $27,799 (3228B)

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2002 Ford Escape 4WD, 92K miles (3369A)

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When they purchased the car it was a rough bronze color with a white hardtop. The couple had it disassembled and taken to Salina where it was restored over a two year period. It was rebuilt with original parts, with the exception of adding front wheel disc brakes and air conditioning. “We drive it as a convertible everywhere,� says Steve. “But we did trailer it this weekend. We were afraid we might run into some rain.�

Steve makes it clear that the T-Bird belongs to Kim “and she’s not selling. She’s been offered a lot of money for it, but it was always her dream to have a car like this.�

The couple has had success at numerous car shows, filling the corner of a spare bedroom with their trophies. “You never know which of our cars will be the more popular,� Steve says. “A lot of people will walk right past the Chevy so they can see the Ford and later in the day they’ll walk past the Ford so they can see the Chevy. I guess it depends on whether they’re Ford or Chevy lovers.�

This was the second year that the Chaloopeks have attended the local rod run. “The quality of the cars at this year’s show is awesome,� he noted.

2012 Impala LTZ (507)

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Original T-Bird Among the many classics catching a little extra attention was the 1957 Thunderbird owned by Steve and Kim Chaloopek, Turpin, Okla.

This was the final year of the first generation of T-Birds built from 195557, often referred to as the “tri fives.� “We found this in a garage about a mile from our house,� says Steve. “The guy had owned it for about 20 years and never

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