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Volume 24 • Number 27
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Published in Scott City, Ks.
Millions in funding for area districts under finance proposal A school finance formula that has been introduced in the Kansas House of Representatives could mean millions of additional dollars for area school districts. The Scott County school district (USD 466) would receive $1,017,848 under the proposal based on current enrollment, atrisk needs, etc. But, any optimism from area school administrators is followed by the all-important question: How will it be paid for? “That’s the million dollar multi-million dollar question,” notes Dr. Kelly Arnberger, super-
intendent of the Dighton district. His district would receive $91,861 under House Bill 2270, which is under consideration. Statewide, the plan would provide $18.3 million in additional funding for schools. However, that comes at the same time the state is staring at a $325 million deficit in the current fiscal year plus a projected shortfall of $600 million in the next budget year that begins July 1. “We could sure do a lot for our students and staff if that were to happen, but there are no guar-
antees at this point,” says Scott County Supt. Jamie Rumford. “And we’re still waiting to hear from the Supreme Court.” Rumford was referring to a pending school funding decision from the court that some education officials have said could require the state to spend upwards of $600 million more for schools. Rumford says the injection of $1 million annually would be a first step in offsetting the loss of funds that has occurred since the Great Recession of 2008. Basic per-pupil state aid in
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Budget cuts would deliver a big blow to USD reserves While there are mixed signals coming out of Topeka, area school districts are preparing for the worst as state lawmakers wrestle with how to fill a $325 million budget gap just to get through the current fiscal year that ends on June 30. In order to close that gap, some legislators have suggested taking between $75 million and $200 million from fund-
ing that has already been earmarked for public education in Kansas. That means tapping into dwindling cash reserves which have helped districts get through the past two years under a grant funding plan that has frozen state support at the 2014-15 level. Under one scenario, school districts have been warned by the Kansas Department of Education they
could see an 8.5 percent budget cut. In the Scott County school district, that would amount to about $464,000. Supt. Jamie Rumford is trying to remain optimistic. “We’ve been told by the (Kansas Department of Education) that any cuts to education will be a death sentence for legislators,” says Rumford.
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2009-10 was $4,012, but declined in the years that followed. It has been frozen at $3,852 per pupil for the past three school years. The proposed bill would boost state aid to $4,253 per pupil. Because state aid has been frozen for the past three years, the Scott County district hasn’t received additional support despite an enrollment increase of about 100 students. “We’ve been able to add three new staff members, but we could easily employ another five or six (See MILLIONS on page eight)
Operators match top Carpenter There will not be a change in lease holders on two tracts of Zella Carpenter land that were up for bid renewal this year. Dwight Koehn and Berning Brothers have matched the only other bid that was submitted to Scott County Commissioners two weeks ago by Buehler Grain and Forage. Koehn and Bernings are currently leasing the two quarters of farm ground that were available in this round of bids. In both instances, they nearly doubled their original bids. Buehler had bid $62 for the tract farmed by Koehn (12-1734) and $68 for the Berning Brothers tract (27-18-14). Koehn and Bernings had originally bid $33 per acre. Three years ago Berning Brothers bid $77.85 and Koehn bid $85. Jon Berning asked that the commission consider limiting these bids to two years instead of three, as in the original bid specifications. That would put these two quarter sections of farm land on the same bid schedule as five other tracts of Carpenter land. The commission was also asked to consider making the lease agreements for five years rather than three. Commission Chairman Jim Minnix said he would be agreeable to the two-year agreement. “Now would be the time to do that,” said Minnix. County Attorney Rebecca Faurot wondered if the ability of the current lease holders to match the top bid was a deterrent to interest from more bidders. “We had substantially less interest this time,” she said, referring to the fact the county received just two bids for each quarter of land. “Had $33 been the only bid we’d received, we would have opened (the bid) again to the public,” said Minnix. At the same time, he said current market conditions are also having an impact on rental rates. “Last year, K-State said $17 was a fair price. I don’t know of a landlord that would have accepted that, but it’s an indication of where we are,” Minnix noted.
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Senate bill will repeal LLC tax exemption Proposal will also hike state income tax rates A Senate committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would repeal an income tax exemption for more than 300,000 business owners. The bill, which could go before the full Senate on Thursday, also would increase income tax rates overall. Sen. Julia Lynn (R-Olathe) said she supported the measure because the Legislature needs to make some progress on tax issues. “This is a situation that has been floundering for four years,” she said. “Although it
Reserves “A lot of them campaigned on a promise that there would be no more cuts to schools. “At the same time, I’m not sure where else they’ll find the money.” Rumford says the district has $409,590 in its contingency reserve fund, which means the district will have to look elsewhere to close the gap should the state enact the full 8.5 percent cut. Because the teaching staff is under contract, the district has little flexibility in cutting costs this late in the budget year. “In 2008-09, when we had to cut costs it was the classified staff that suffered,” says Rumford. The classified staff includes custodians, paraprofessionals, secretaries, bus drivers, maintenance personnel and food service. “If you shut down the school year early in order to save some money, they’re the ones who bear most of the burden,” Rumford says. “I don’t want to do anything that’s going to affect our classified staff.”
might not be the best bill that’s put forward, it’s the beginning of a process.” The bill would raise almost $300 million in taxes next fiscal year, but it appears that wouldn’t be enough to eliminate a budget deficit. Sen. Marci Francisco (D-Lawrence) opposed the bill, saying legislators can’t know if it raises enough revenue because they haven’t finalized a budget yet. “I’d rather say, ‘What do we as a Legislature believe are the appropriate expenditures? How do we raise those funds to balance that budget?’” she said. Republican Gov. Sam Brownback already has voiced opposition to the bill, saying it
would hurt “job creators” and families. He pushed for the tax cuts in 2012 and has strongly defended them. Tobacco Securitization Among members of a House budget committee, the only debate Monday about selling Kansas’ share of a tobacco lawsuit was how strongly to say they oppose it. Brownback’s proposed budget would “securitize” the state’s share of a legal settlement with large tobacco companies, which have to compensate states for the costs of smoking. Kansas puts most of its tobacco money into the Children’s Initiatives Fund to pay for education and health programs
aimed at children up to age 5. Lawmakers have periodically taken money from the fund to plug budget holes, however. Selling bonds backed by the tobacco money would secure a large upfront payment, but Kansas would have to divert some or all of its future funds from the settlement to repay investors who purchased the bonds. That would require lawmakers to find money in the state general fund to support children’s programs - or cut them. Legislators on the House Social Services Budget Committee took up the question of securitizing the tobacco funds Monday, but their debate largely consisted of whether
they should tell other legislative committees they were “concerned,” “opposed” or “adamantly opposed” to the idea. They settled on noting “strong opposition.” Rep. Stephanie Clayton (R-Overland Park), vice chairwoman of the committee, said it was important to send the message that a state budget relying on tobacco securitization won’t go far in the House. “We’re signaling to them: Have fun with this on the floor,” she said. Back into the red? If other lawmakers agree with the committee members, the governor’s budget proposal (See REPEAL on page eight)
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With the district in limbo while it awaits the legislature’s decision, Rumford says some purchases will likely be put on hold until the next budget year. For example, the district needs to update its bus fleet. On Monday, the board will consider whether to purchase a used bus for about $132,000. “And there are a lot of smaller expenses that we may have to wait on,” he says. Erase Savings The Dighton school district would see its savings erased if the state follows through with an 8.5 percent reduction. That would result in a loss of $146,000 while the district currently has $135,000 in its contingency fund. “I don’t see it happening,” says district superintendent Dr. Kelly Arnberger. “I don’t see how they can cut funding with the (Supreme Court) decision still hanging over them.” Dr. Arnberger feels it’s more likely the district could see a 2-3 percent
Senate plan would cut schools 5%
School districts would lose five percent of general state aid in this year’s block grants under a bill advanced Tuesday by the Senate Ways and Means Committee. SB 27 would cut school district aid by $127.9 million. Several committee members stressed this was a preliminary “starting point” and the level of cuts and borrowing are likely to be adjusted.
$255,000 if the state follows through with the funding cut. That would deliver a major blow to the $315,000 which the district has in its contingency reserve fund. Despite the promises of some lawmakers, including Gov. Sam Brownback, that there will be no cuts to education, Higgins isn’t optimistic. “That’s a pretty significant cut for a district our size, but what else are they going to do? They have to do something to balance the budget at the end of the fiscal year,” he says. While the district can survive this year with what remains in its contingency fund, Higgins is worried about what happens next year given the even larger deficit facing the state. “And we still haven’t heard from the Supreme Court,” he quickly points out. “The court decision could require the state to spend several hundred millions more and I’m not Survive Short-Term Wichita County Supt. sure they have any idea Keith Higgins says where that money would his district would lose come from.” cut in state funding. Under a “worst case scenario” Arnberger says the district can cover the shortfall between its contingency fund and cuts in spending. “We could survive this (budget) year, but that would put us in a position moving forward where our starting balances would make us feel a lot less comfortable,” says Arnberger. The district was already operating on a very thin margin this year after reducing the capital outlay levy to 2.1 mills - a reduction of six mills. Arnberger says the district also cut the local option budget (LOB) levy because of a sharp drop in the county’s oil and gas valuation. “We may have to look at a gradual increase in our mill levies over the next few years, but we’re doing our best to look after the local taxpayers,” says the superintendent.
Given the lack of flexibility with payroll and utilities through the end of the school year, Higgins says the district has few cost-cutting options. “We’ve put on paper the projected costs if we were to cut the number of (school) days,” Higgins says. By lengthening each day to 7-1/2 to eight hours of class time, he says they could cut eight days from the end of the year. He says the longer school days would have to start in March. Adding another hour or more to the school day is not a desirable option. “That’s a long day, especially for elementary kids,” Higgins says. “I’m a believer in more contact days rather than longer school days. Adding three minutes to each class isn’t going to significantly impact a child’s learning, but you can make a difference if you add 10 or 20 minutes,” he says. “Unfortunately, that also makes for a much longer school day and I question how beneficial that is.”
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Community Living
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Why women need to save more for retirement Why do women need to save more? The main factor is longevity - simply that women live on average about Carol Ann three years Crouch longer than Family and men. But many Consumer Sciences women live decades longer Agent for Scott County than the average. The thing about old age is that the longer you live . . .
the longer you are expected to live. That means you will need more income for those extra years. Living longer means that women should be saving more in order to pay for those years of increasing health care and prescription drug expenses. Today, retirement preparation is a do-it-yourself process that requires you to take charge early and learn the rules. The sooner the better! So how do you prepare for retirement and make a plan?
Let’s start with what you need to know. There are just a few ways to get retirement income: from your Social Security benefit, a retirement plan at work, and your personal savings. So the first step is to know what you have and what you will receive from each of these sources. You can use a worksheet from WISER, titled “Get Your Ducks in a Row” to figure it out. I have the worksheets at my office that I would be
happy to e-mail, fax or mail to you. Or you can access them online at http://www. wiserwomen.org/pdf_files/ GetYourDucksinaRow.pdf.
Steps to Take 1) Find your Social Security benefits statement - this arrives three days before your birthday. Remember that Social Security is intended as the foundation for retirement; right now it replaces about 40 percent of an average earner’s
Study club Recipe favorites . . . hears upgrade Carrot-Pineapple Quick Bread plans for USD Ingredients 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
The High Plains Study Club met Feb. 2 at the home of Barbara Hutchins. Betty LaToush, co-hostess, provided a dessert of raspberry-almond bars and raspberry sherbert. The meeting was opened with a skit entitled, “What if there was a world where educators got the fame and fortune they deserved?” The skit introduced the program presented by USD 466 Supt. Jamie Rumford, entitled “Upgrade for USD No. 466.” He gave a very informative talk about where the school district is currently and where they hope to go in the future. Devotions were given by Jean Hardy using I Corinthians 13, the love chapter, in honor of Valentine’s Day. Marilyn Dryer gave the education report on why superintendents and teachers around the world believe that parents do not encourage their children to seek educating others as a profession. She said it’s because teachers do not receive the pay or the respect of other professions. However, the reasons to become a teacher, it is agreed, are the positive differences they make in the lives of their students. Roll call was answered by 23 members answering, “Who was your favorite teacher?” Lucky Dip was won by Cozette Buckner. Jean Hardy will bring it to the next meeting. Next meeting will be held on Feb. 16, at the home of Sidney Janzen with Dorothy Hutchins the co-hostess. A conservation report will be given by Susie Gooden and the program will be given by Sirena Olivas on the “Never Alone” assisted living program.
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Editorial/Opinion
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editorially speaking
Who’s punished?
Kansans paying the price for Brownback’s tax policy
Four years into a disastrous tax cut plan, Gov. Sam Brownback still refuses to acknowledge the need to change direction. The governor is critical of a proposal by Senate Republicans that would repeal the LLC loophole that allows more than 330,000 farms and businesses to pay no state income taxes. It would also raise individual income tax rates by 3/10 of a percent. While not a complete fix to our state’s fiscal problems, it’s estimated the proposal would raise about $288 million in the fiscal year that begins July 1, and $372 million the following year. Voicing his objection to the idea, Brownback says the Senate plan would punish the middle class and people who create jobs in Kansas. What Brownback ignores is how his tax plan has been even more harmful to low- and middle-income Kansans. As a result of the tax plan that was approved by ultraconservatives in the legislature (some who are still around) and signed into law by the governor, thousands of low-income families and children are no longer eligible for support through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Budget cuts to the Childrens Initiatives Fund has limited access to early-childhood programs for lowand middle-income families. Devastating cuts to the Kansas Department of Transportation are having a huge impact on middleincome road construction workers in the state and the many businesses in communities that rely on a strong construction industry. A grant program that has frozen state money for public education at the 2015-16 level for the last two years has limited funding for salaries and money that gets into our classrooms. This impacts thousands of middle-income teachers, custodians, food service staff, etc., who live in our state. These are the tens of thousands of people who are paying a price for Brownback’s tax policy. Better late than never that many legislators see the folly of trickle-down economics. Kansans have been punished enough. It doesn’t appear that Brownback gets it, or ever will.
Spineless:
Senate Republicans failing constituents, Constitution
It’s difficult to imagine a time in modern history when a President has nominated so many cabinet secretaries who are so unqualified or have such questionable business or ethical backgrounds. Just as hard to imagine is a time when Senators in Congress have failed to uphold their responsibility on such a large scale when determining the qualifications of cabinet nominees. Secretary of Labor nominee Andrew Puzder, who operates Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. fast-food chains, has a history of being anti-worker. He was fined by the very department he is expected to oversee for wage theft and has opposed overtime pay for his workers. Only two Republican senators had the nerve to stand up against Betsy DeVos, who has a long history of being anti-public education. One of those was not from Kansas. After visiting with DeVos, Sen. Jerry Moran is convinced she’ll be good for public education. Steve Mnuchin, who was part of the Goldman Sachs swamp, is the new Treasury Secretary. He is well known for going on a foreclosure rampage and engaging in such abuses that one judge found OneWest Bank to have engaged in practices that were “harsh, repugnant, shocking and repulsive.” Not repugnant enough to draw objection from Republicans in the Senate. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who is now Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, bought nearly $1 million in discounted shares of Innate Immunotherapeutics. He is expected to make between $550,000 and $1.1 million from the sweetheart deal in the biotech firm. What many clearly identify as insider trading wasn’t enough to keep him from getting the support of Senate Republicans for his cabinet position. This is but a small sampling of the type of people who will be making policy decisions that affect millions of Americans. Had President Obama, or Hillary Clinton, offered nominees with similar backgrounds, Republicans would have protested - as they should. Whether it has to do with cabinet appointments or executive orders, Congressional Republicans today aren’t doing what’s best for their constituents, but are operating out of fear - fear of retribution, fear of being marginalized, fear of the next Trump tweet. As a Congressman, you have a responsibility to uphold the Constitution, regardless of who’s in the White House. If you don’t have the courage to stand against racism, bigotry and hatred, then what do you stand for? Or is self-preservation more important than doing what’s right? You don’t have to answer that question. Your silence says it all.
Media keeps hiding the news
The hardest part about being a member of the main stream media is deciding what not to print. Maybe it’s because some of us are still feeling a hangover from all the work that was devoted to covering that thing which occurred in Vietnam during the 1970s. Everybody read about it. No one liked it. Very unpopular. And Watergate? What did we learn? Then we had to deal with Bill Clinton’s infidelity and wrestle with the deepest question of our time: What is and isn’t considered sex? And then we had 9-11, the Iraq War and a black president. Isn’t there a point where we decide enough is enough? Is it any wonder that we’re losing readers to YouTube videos of Grumpy Cat and Chewbacca Lady? Now we’re learning that during his late night walks in the hallways of the White House, President Trump has compiled a list of all the terrorist attacks which the
Rod Haxton, editor
media has deliberately not reported. After Trump denounced the dishonest media (again) while speaking to military leaders in Florida, the White House released a list of 78 incidents it claimed “did not receive adequate attention from Western media sources.” Surprisingly, or not, the list included such widely-covered attacks as those which occurred in Paris, Orlando, and San Bernardino. Apparently, coverage of those attacks didn’t meet the Trump Administration’s threshold of “adequate.” Trump’s list didn’t include the recent attack in Quebec in which a 27-year-old FrenchCanadian killed six people and wounded eight others after opening fire in a mosque. Too white.
Neither did Trump include white supremacist Dylann Roof’s killing of nine black parishioners in an assault on Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. Not Muslim enough. Looking at the Trump list, it would appear that terrorists only come in one color or one religion. That may explain why the 78 incidents don’t include the Oklahoma City bombing, or the Sandy Hook School shooting (which Alex Jones assures us was really a fabrication by the federal government) or even the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge by Ammon Bundy and friends. A little closer to home, last October there was the plot by three white supremacists to bomb a housing complex in Garden City where Somalian immigrants are living. Perhaps you read about those. It’s what we in the media do. And, quite honestly, we do it quite well
despite what the President claims. In fact, it’s a little unsettling to have a President whose most trusted news source is conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who wants a federal investigation into an unsubstantiated claim that up to five million illegal voters cast ballots in the last election, and who believes that several hundred thousand people attending his inauguration were photoshopped out of existence. The only reality for this President is what the voices in his own head are telling him. When told that his approval rating is the lowest ever for a new President, Trump dismisses the data as phony. “Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election,” Trump said on Twitter. The only numbers which aren’t fake are those which show his ratings for The Apprentice were higher than Arnold Schwarzenegger’s. (See MEDIA on page six)
So, what’s next for Obamacare?
The Obamacare repeal effort was already in unstable condition. Now its status must be downgraded to critical - and completely unserious. After years of Republican yammering about the urgent need to repeal the Affordable Care Act and months of fruitless pursuit of an alternative, President Trump now says he may not unveil a replacement this year at all. And from Capitol Hill comes new word that Republicans aren’t even talking about a plan. “To be honest, there’s not any real discussion taking place right now,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) told reporters Tuesday at the Capitol. Corker, said he has “no idea” when Republicans might start drafting an alternative to Obamacare, adding, “I don’t see any congealing around ideas
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another view by Dana Milbank
yet.” For seven years, opponents of the Affordable Care Act vowed to make its repeal their top concern, warning that the law would turn America overnight into a socialist dystopia. Now these opponents have unfettered control of the government and they aren’t even talking about repealing. On Nov. 1, a week before the election, Trump gave a speech pledging “to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare.” House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) said on Feb. 7 that legislation to replace Obamacare will be legislated this year, but that it could take longer to implement. “We hope to get this done as fast
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as possible,” he said. (Reuters) But, in his weekend interview with Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly, Trump said that “maybe it’ll take till sometime into next year” for his administration to unveil a new health-care plan. It is, the president said, “very complicated.” So complicated, in fact, that he apparently wants nothing to do with it. At Trump’s meeting with congressional leadership, Trump told the lawmakers Obamacare would be replaced with something better, and then he turned to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). “And Paul’s going to fill in the details. Right, Paul?” Right. A secret recording of Republican lawmakers’ Obama-repeal talks late last month revealed angst and uncertainty about how to proceed and a
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great deal of worry that they would be blamed for whatever went wrong in the health-care market. Corker, in his talk with reporters this week, said that “you would have heard more of the same” in other meetings that weren’t recorded. What Republicans don’t seem to have come to terms with is that, as a political matter, they already will be held responsible for whatever happens to health-care markets, even if they don’t introduce a replacement soon. An executive order Trump signed relaxing enforcement of Obamacare, and the constant talk of repeal, have injected a debilitating uncertainty into the health-care market essentially beginning the unraveling of Obamacare (See OBAMACARE on page 6)
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Trump is a boy’s idea of being a man by Richard Cohen
My friend has a teenage son. He’s a good kid, well-behaved, impeccably mannered and exasperatingly unpredictable, as many teenagers are - a man one minute, a boy the next. My friend has schooled his son in the verities of life - be truthful, be reliable, be civil, be patient and, above all, be humble. Now, though, my friend does not know what to say. Donald Trump has left him silent. There are many reasons to loathe Trump. His policies are mostly wrong, and even those that are right have been chaotically announced or implemented. He prescribes barroom oaths for an economy that needs thought and creativity. He would let the Earth bake rather than take the most rudimentary of steps to moderate global warming. He alienates allies and friends, embraces enemies and indulges in a noxious moral relativism in which, somehow, Russia and America are on the same level. But, it is my friend’s dilemma that best evokes what is so repellent about Trump. He is the winner who was supposed to lose. He is the bully in the fourth grade who never meets his match. He is the liar whose lies somehow don’t matter. He is the braggart who is never humbled. He refutes what Johnny Tremain was told and every child once instructed: “Pride goeth before a fall.” No, with Trump pride goeth before everything . Donald Trump is the most unAmerican of presidents. Think of Abraham Lincoln - “Honest Abe.” Will anyone ever call Trump “Honest Don”? Will he be known for his humility or for his lust for knowledge? Will tales be told about his industrious work habits or, as with Lyndon Johnson, his furious desire to end racial discrimination? What will Trump overcome? Or George Washington. Could there ever be an equivalent of the Parson Weems tale about Trump’s honesty: “Father, I cannot tell a lie”? No, it would have to be “Father, some Mexican cut down the cherry tree.” Or Dwight Eisenhower and his chain-smoking determination on the eve of D-Day, or Ronald Reagan and his affable demeanor with a bullet in him, or George H.W. Bush, who left his cushy country club life and volunteered for war at the age of 18, or Franklin D. Roosevelt, standing on atrophied legs, the braces digging into his flesh, or Barack Obama, whose dignity in the face of Trump’s revolting “birther” taunts is now so sorely missed. Trump repudiates them all. He will leave no myth, just an odor. Myths have a certain staying power because, really, they are aspirational - not always who we are, but always who we want to be. We see ourselves as good and generous. We believe we are a virtuous nation. There is no monarchy or dictatorship in our past. We have always been a democracy, and even our presidential palace is sometimes called “the people’s house.” I am aware, of course, of slavery and Jim Crow and enduring racism. I am aware, too, of the near-extirpation of the American Indians and the raw anti-Semitism that doomed many Jews fleeing Hitler. All of this is unforgivable, unforgettable too. (See MAN on page six)
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America’s carnage
Just look at the construction industry by Sam Pizzigati
Try this the next time you find yourself standing on a Wall Street corner. Ask the first power suit you see why Wall Street’s finest deserve to be making $25 billion in bonuses a year. Wall Streeters actually have a ready response for impertinent questions like this: We deserve the big bucks, they’ll tell you, because we take risks. Truth be told, risk-takers do abound in the canyons of Manhattan. But, to see them, you have to lift your line of sight off street level - and beyond the corner offices of Wall Street’s high-finance movers and shakers. You have to look skyward, up into the “high steel” world of construction workers continually adding new towers to the city’s skyline. These workers risk life and limb every day - and don’t get anywhere near the reward that those “risk-taking” power suits are grabbing. How risky has construction work in New York become? Over the past two years, 31 construction workers in the city have died. Between 2011 and 2015, the city’s Department of Buildings reports, instances of on-the-job construction injuries climbed 250 percent. But, New York hardly counts as an isolated example. In 2014, the latest year with full stats, 899 construction workers nationwide died from fatal work injuries, a 9 percent increase over the year before. Why so much carnage in construction? Some of the same factors that make Wall Streeters fabulously rich are making
construction work tragically unsafe. Start with the steady erosion of America’s unions. Fewer construction workers today carry union cards, and this declining union presence has severe consequences for safety. Construction unions have traditionally run well-regarded safety training programs, and they give individual workers the clout they need to challenge hazardous working conditions. Without unions, workers in construction regularly find themselves both inadequately trained and forced to labor in situations that could - and do - kill them. Of the 31 New York construction workers who’ve perished on the job over the last two years, 29 have died working on nonunion job sites. Unfortunately, even union sites have
become more dangerous, as huge national construction companies have come to dominate what used to be a smallbusiness sector. In years past, local unions could bargain with modest-sized construction contractors and not feel overmatched. Not anymore. Unions know that if they challenge today’s construction giants too strenuously on safety, construction work will flow even faster to nonunion operations. And what about OSHA, the federal agency that’s supposed to protect the job safety of America’s working people? The anti-government and anti-regulation hysteria of recent decades has left OSHA woefully understaffed. Chronic budget squeezes have trimmed the ranks (See CARNAGE on page six)
‘1984’ is back in Trumpland by Jim Hightower
Tromp-tromp-tromp - troops are marching to battles. Boomboom-boom - bombs are blowing up communities. Whoooosh - poisonous gas is being released. Forget Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan - this is Trump’s War. Our bellicose commander in chief is at war in the homeland, deploying his troops to attack everything from our public schools to the EPA, dropping executive order bombs on Muslim communities and the Mexican border. He’s spewing poisonous tweets of bigotry and rightwing bile at the media, scien(See 1984 on page six)
The cost of neglecting infrastructure Modernize state fuel tax to support better highways
Did you know Kansas has over 140,000 miles of roads, bridges, and highways? Every Kansan relies on our infrastructure every single day in one way or another, but we frequently take it for granted. We go to work or send our kids to school just assuming that these roads are well-maintained and safe, without giving much thought to how our lives would change if they weren’t. Strong roads, highways, and bridges also play a key role in our state’s economy. It is a key consideration for companies considering relocating to Kansas, especially given the state’s uniquely helpful location in the geographic center of the United States, intersecting several interstate highways. This is why infrastructure investment has always been a major component of Kansas’ economic development strategy. In fact, in 2010 when lawmakers enacted a statewide comprehensive transportation plan, three different economic studies confirmed that it would create 175,000 Kansas jobs over the course of the plan. Unfortunately, Gov. Brownback has
behind the headlines by Bob Totten
Kansas used to maintain 1,200 miles of highways per year. In 2017, the number fell to 765 miles and in 2018, the governor is recommending 230 miles be maintained. If that happened every year that would mean our highway pavements would only be touched for maintenance once every 48 years.
abandoned his commitment to this proven economic engine. Instead of investing in roads and bridges, the governor has used highway funds as a means of shoring up repeated budget shortfalls to pay for a failed tax policy. In total, he’s taken over $1 billion from infrastructure investment since 2011, equating to over $1 million every day. As a result, Kansas is now ranked dead last in the nation in the creation of construction jobs. In addition to halting new projects, we’re also failing to maintain the infrastructure we have. Kansas used to maintain 1,200 miles of highways per year. In 2017, the number fell to 765 miles and in 2018, the governor is recommending 230 miles be maintained. If that happened every year that would mean our highway pavements would only be touched for maintenance once every 48 years.
Public opinion polls show Kansans overwhelmingly want state leaders to fund transportation projects. Our citizens expect and demand safe avenues to work and school. In addition, Kansas relies on a good infrastructure to compete in the world market in the agriculture arena. Our livestock and grains are sold around the country and when producers can’t get the products to market, our economy suffers. With the 2017 legislative session well underway, Kansas lawmakers are currently working through their 10th consecutive budget crisis. For the first time in five years, there seems to be widespread agreement that current tax policy is not working and the state cannot continue to operate its finances in such an irresponsible, unsustainable manner. The possibility of enacting comprehensive tax reform seems stronger than ever, which is why so many highway industry professionals support the Rise Up, Kansas proposal. Kansas roads and bridges are worth protecting. We know tough choices must be made, but we hope lawmakers understand the long-term consequences of continued cuts to transportation and we urge them to consider adjusting the motor fuel tax to help get Kansas infrastructure back on the right track.
Bob Totten, executive vice president of the Kansas Contractors Association
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Lawmakers should shut down Kobach’s power grab by Yael Abouhalkah
With his smooth delivery and doey eyes, Kris Kobach has persuaded the Kansas Legislature to grant him all kinds of powers in recent years. That needs to stop Tuesday. It’s a big committee hearing day for the Kansas secretary of state, who’s
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As a kid, I was a paperboy, and the walls of the place where we picked up our papers were plastered with pictures of former paperboys - some sports figures, some presidents, some military officers. Ike was one. Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers catcher, was another and so was the “G.I.’s General,” Omar Bradley, the last of the five-stars. I used to study that wall, wonder about those men and whether I could ever be like them. I envision it now. There is no room for Trump there. He does not qualify. Never mind that he was never a paperboy. More important, he is no role model. A father instructs. He raises a child to be good, to be honest, to tell the truth, to be humble, to be fair, not to be petty, to respect women, to accept fair criticism, to protect the weak and not to injure the injured, such as the bereaved parents of a son who died heroically in Iraq and a reporter with a physical disability. Trump teaches otherwise. He shows a boy that the manly virtues are for suckers, that the narcissism of youth should be cherished and that angry impulses have to be honored. Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He’s a boy’s idea of a man. He’s a man’s idea of a boy. Richard Cohen is a columnist for The Washington Post
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of OSHA job-site inspectors down to about 2,200 - or approximately one compliance officer for every 59,000 American workers. What could turn this situation around? We need stronger safety regulations, for starters, and a stronger OSHA to enforce them. We need public policies that give all workers a shot at gaining effective union representation. We need, in other words, everything that the new Trump administration isn’t planning to deliver. Trump has already put the kibosh on any new hires at OSHA and announced plans to cut existing federal regulations - on workplace safety and everything else - by 75 percent. More carnage is coming - unless we start making attacks on job safety politically unsafe. Sam Pizzigati is an Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow
pushing the Legislature to approve SB37. The American Civil Rights Union points out that Kobach wants to make sure thousands of Kansas citizens would be allowed to vote only in federal elections, not state or local ones, if they registered to vote at the Department of Motor
Vehicles or used the federal form. That likely means they didn’t supply a birth certificate or passport, which are not required to register to vote those ways. A court has said that Kobach can’t order a “two-tiered” system of voting as described above. That’s why he needs law-
Trump vows to get Sessions endorsement from Frederick Douglass by Andy Borowitz
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) Infuriated after Senator Elizabeth Warren read a scathing letter from 1986 about Jeff Sessions by Coretta Scott King, Donald Trump vowed on Wednesday to secure an endorsement for Sessions from Frederick Douglass. “I know Frederick Douglass will write a great letter, much better than that bad letter Coretta Scott King wrote,” Trump said. “I said really nice things about Frederick Douglass last week, so I’m sure he will do this for me.” Visibly angered by the King letter, Trump contrasted the “great job Douglass has done” with the “terrible, very bad job that Coretta Scott King has done.” “I don’t know who this Coretta King person is, but she should stay away from writing letters because she has zero talent for it,” Trump said. At the daily White House press briefing, Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer, said that, while Trump is confident that Sessions will be confirmed as Attorney General, “a strong endorsement from Frederick Douglass will clearly seal the deal.” After the press corps reacted with blank stares, Spicer snapped, “Do you people even know who Frederick Douglass is?” Warren, who ignited the controversy by reading King’s letter on the Senate floor, was rebuked by Republican senators for exploiting a littleknown provision of the Constitution called the First Amendment. Andy Borowitz is a comedian and author
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tists, inner cities, “illegal voters,” Meryl Streep, diplomats, Democrats, and people who use real facts. Basically, Trump is at war with everyone who doesn’t agree with him - in short, with the majority of Americans. And you thought Nixon had a long enemies list! Yet Trump’s most destructive assault so far hasn’t targeted any one group, but instead an essential and existential concept: truth. Bluntly put, he believes that truth is whatever he says it is, and that he can change it tomorrow. Years ago, in a futuristic novel, the author wrote about the rise of a tyrannical regime that ruled by indoctrinating the masses to accept the perverse notion of capricious truth. It was George
Orwell’s 1984, which depicted a dystopia he named Oceania. There, the public had been inculcated to believe that reality is not “something objective, external, existing in its own right.” Rather, “whatever the Party holds to be truth is truth.” Now, in 2017, we live in Trumplandia - with a delusional leader of a plutocratic party trying to redefine reality with “alternative facts,” fake news, and a blitzkrieg of Orwellian “Newspeak.” But, resistance to Trumpism is already surging. Not least, Orwell’s 70-year-old book has become a bestseller again - thanks to Trump resisters seeking . . . you know, the truth. Jim Hightower is a national radio commentator, writer, public speaker and author
makers’ help in changing the rules. Kansas officials got added evidence Monday that Kobach is bringing more shame to the state for his actions in trying to carry out the voter ID law he got them to approve in 2011. As The Kansas City Star reported, the Kansas Advisory Committee to
the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights said it had found evidence that Kobach’s voter ID law “may be disenfranchising voters of color.” “The report urges the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division to investigate whether the Kansas law, which it notes is the strict-
Media As members of the media, we understand the stress that Trump must be under when trying to express complex policy decisions and his deepest feelings in 140 characters or less. In order to make President Trump feel better about the media, here are a few stories we’d failed to publish, but which he can expect to see in the upcoming days: •Because the United States took such a hard tilt to the political right, it affected the axis of the entire planet just enough that we narrowly avoided a collision with a doomsday meteor. President Trump is taking credit for saving humanity. •The recent raid by the U.S. military in Yemen uncovered documents from an ISIS report in which it was confirmed that only Muslims have the genetic and intellectual capability of being
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“real terrorists.” “White supremacists, while they like to copy our tactics, simply aren’t smart enough,” the report concluded. •The decision by Nordstrom to no longer carry Ivanka Trump’s clothing line is purely political and executives within the company will soon change their marketing philosophy. “Our marketing will no longer be decided on the basis of what customers want,” says one top executive. “In the President’s own tweet about Ivanka, the fact ‘she is a great person - always pushing me to do the right thing,’ is the new standard for what appears on our shelves. If our customers don’t like it, well there’s always Sears or Macy’s.” •Following a FBI investigation, the mystery of what happened to about one million people at the Trump inauguration only
Obamacare with nothing to replace it. The executive order Trump signed directed federal agencies to do what they could to “minimize” the burdens of the act by exercising their authority “to waive, defer, grant exemptions from or delay” parts of the law. Insurers have warned that the uncertainty is deterring them from participating in Obamacare. The head of Anthem told Wall Street analysts that he would be deciding about “extracting” his company from health-care exchanges if it doesn’t see stability. This means that Republicans, while waiting for their alternative to “congeal,” have already set in motion the disintegration of the current health-insurance market. “It’s worse than the dog who caught the car,” said Jesse Ferguson, a strategist advising Democrats on health care. “It’s the
est in the nation, has violated the federal Voting Rights Act and other voting laws in its implementation.” Let’s hope that probe happens and tells Kansans what’s really going on. Kobach was not impressed by the report, whining, “It looks like it’s
grows deeper. “We are continually interviewing more and more people who say, ‘I was there, but I don’t see myself in the photo,’” says one FBI investigator. “We are truly baffled and we’re hoping that Alex Jones can shed some light on this matter since this kind of thing seems to be right in his wheelhouse.” •Vice President Mike Pence’s investigation into the five million illegal immigrants who voted for Hillary Clinton in the last election has taken him to sanctuary cities throughout the United States. “Everywhere I go, I see Hispanics. Lots and lots of Hispanics. Not a single one of them is wearing a ‘Make America Great Again’ cap. What are the odds?” asks Pence. “I think we’ve found the proof we’re looking for.” Rod Haxton can be reached at editor@screcord.com
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dog who somehow is now driving the car.” That would explain the series of erratic maneuvers we’ve seen from GOP lawmakers lately. Take Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who in 2011 called Obamacare “the single greatest assault on our freedom in my lifetime. It will destroy our health-care system. . . . It must be repealed.” Now Johnson has shed the hysteria. “Let’s start working with Democrats,” he said on CNBC. “Let’s transition to a system that will actually work, that, you know, Democrats are talking about. . . . It’s way more complex than simply repeal and replace.” Then there’s Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.). In 2014, he proclaimed that Obamacare’s “damage cannot now be undone by delaying it or tinkering with it - it must be repealed and replaced with the patient-centered
plan proposed by House Republicans.” These days he’s not so bold. “We’d better be sure that we’re prepared to live with the market we’ve created,” McClintock said in the recorded session with Republicans. “That’s going to be called Trumpcare. Republicans will own that lock, stock and barrel, and we’ll be judged in the election less than two years away.” Or sooner. Arguably, Republicans already own the instability in the health-care system that their inaction has caused. Now that Trump is talking about delaying a healthcare rollout for another year and Republican legislators aren’t even talking about an Obamacare alternative, it’s becoming clear what “Trumpcare” will look like: chaos. Dana Milbank is a Washington Post staff writer and author
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KanCare expansion advocates Kobach pack legislative committee hearing Jim McLean Kansas News Service
A yearlong campaign aimed at building support for Medicaid expansion culminated Wednesday in a show-of-force lobbying effort aimed at convincing Kansas lawmakers that they still have time to act. A crowd of approximately 200 filled the north wing of the Statehouse for a rally before the House Health and Human Services Committee convened a hearing on a bill that would expand eligibility for KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid program, to more lowincome Kansans. At the hearing, representatives of hospitals, clinics, consumer groups and some of the state’s largest business organizations urged lawmakers to discount conflicting information coming out of Washington, D.C., about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and move forward on expansion. “We have two choices,” said Tom Bell, president and CEO of the Kansas Hospital Association. “We can sit back and wait and see what happens in Congress. Or, two, we can get
in line and get this money back to our state.” Bell and others pointed to the fact that several Republican governors in expansion states are seeking approval from the Trump administration to keep their programs in place. That, he said, is putting pressure on Republican members of Congress to delay repeal and consider replacement alternatives. “There are 62 senators who represent states that have expanded Medicaid,” Bell said. “Do you think that they’re going to just follow along with this debate and let their state be thrown under the bus?” So far, 31 states and the District of Columbia have expanded their Medicaid programs. Kansas is among 19 that haven’t. The decision in 2014 by Gov. Sam Brownback to reject expansion and the refusal of legislative leaders to consider the issue since then has cost the state about $1.7 billion in federal Medicaid funds, Bell said. The loss of that funding coupled with reductions in Medicare reimbursements have hit many Kansas hospitals hard, hastening the closure of Mercy Hos-
Dr. Robert Freelove of pital in Independence and forcing others to seek help Salina also had to fight from local taxpayers to his emotions when talking about a young mother keep their doors open. of three working two jobs Can’t Qualify for KanCare who waited too long to The most personal seek treatment for breast and stirring testimony cancer, and when deWednesday came from an scribing the slow, painuninsured woman strug- ful death of a 57-year-old gling to work and raise her diabetic truck driver who granddaughters and a doc- didn’t seek treatment until tor whose low-income pa- his foot “was half eaten tients often wait too long away.” “What we’re talking to seek care. Suzann Emmons runs a about are people’s lives, small housekeeping busi- people’s lives,” he said, ness in Iola. She makes pausing to regain his comtoo much to qualify for posure. He pointedly asked KanCare under existing eligibility rules but not committee members to enough to qualify for help consider the circumstancpurchasing private Obam- es of the waitress serving acare coverage. Fighting them the next time they’re back tears, Emmons, who in a coffee shop or the is raising her two grand- clerk the next time they’re daughters, said she lives checking out at the conve“in constant fear” about nience store. “I want you to look in what would happen if she those people’s eyes and got sick. “I am employed,” she ask yourself how you said. “I contribute to our can’t support House Bill state. I stepped up for 2064,” he said. The bill would extend my granddaughters and am doing my best to help eligibility for KanCare to them succeed. But, I need approximately 300,000 your help. If something Kansas adults with anhappens to my health and nual incomes at or below I can’t treat the problem, 138 percent of the federal our family unit breaks poverty level, or about down. I don’t want that to $16,000 annually for an individual. happen.”
been written by a thirdgrader.” That’s a hollow comeback from a guy who keeps getting his butt kicked in every court he enters. Lawmakers need to take a step back and realize that Kobach - for all of his promises - looks just plain lazy and inept in doing his job. •The Legislature gave him power to investigate alleged voter fraud, yet he has filed only a handful of cases in 18 months. It’s good to know that a bill has been filed to take that authority away; legislators should approve it. •Lawmakers also heard last week that Kobach wanted them to tell the Kansas Highway Patrol to help him with his other
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pet project - chasing after fictitious immigration problems in the Sunflower State. Highway Patrol officials told me that day that Kobach had never talked to them about this questionable idea. •Finally, look at Kobach’s continued embarrassing support of Donald Trump’s totally unfounded claim that millions of people voted illegally in the U.S. presidential election. Here’s some real evidence for Kansans: Kris Kobach doesn’t deserve to get any more powers from the Legislature. He needs less.
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Millions teachers if we had the money,” Rumford says. “And there are other things we could address as well, like updating our transportation fleet. “The governor talks about creating jobs. We could create jobs and do more for our students if we had the money.” The new finance proposal keeps some elements that were part of the old plan such as transportation weighting, at-risk aid and money for English as a Second Language (ESL) assistance. “It’s a new and improved formula that is styled in the manner of the old formula,” says Rep. Melissa Rooker (R-Fairway). She called the proposal a “reasonable starting point.” One new feature in the proposal includes full funding for all-day kin-
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Repeal may need serious modifications. It includes $265 million in one-time revenue from securitization in the fiscal year starting July 1 and another $265 million the following fiscal year. Removing that much money without replacing it would push the state back into the red in the coming fiscal year and cut the expected ending bal-
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ance roughly in half in fiscal year 2019. Annie McKay, president and CEO of Kansas Action for Children, said securitizing the tobacco funds would leave children’s programs vulnerable to budget cuts as they compete with other priorities. “We all know what’s happened in terms of the state’s finances,” she said.
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dergarten. Because all-day kindergarten is optional, districts only receive one half reimbursement for kindergarten students. Like his colleagues, Wichita County Supt. Keith Higgins remains cautiously optimistic. His district would receive $155,492 in additional state aid. “It’s a start to fixing the funding problem,” says Higgins. “But, it’s hard to take it seriously until they can show us where the money will come from.” While some legislators would like to see the grant program continue for at least one more year in order to keep school funding at its current level, Higgins doesn’t think that will be an option. “They know the Supreme Court is going to make its decision and putting this off for another year isn’t an option,” he
says. “Maybe this proposal will buy them some time. Maybe the court will see it and be satisfied. Nothing’s been decided yet.” The only area district that would lose money under the formula is Healy, which would see a $16,829 reduction in state aid. Arnberger is optimistic about the funding proposal. “If we’d have been operating under this funding plan since 2008, I don’t think we’d be waiting for a (Supreme Court) decision today,” he says. “Had the legislature kept its promise to gradually increase funding again as we came out of the recession the court might have looked on things more favorably. We had a plan that, at one time, was constitutional.”
Administrators skeptical about centralized purchasing concept A proposal to use the massive buying power of the state to purchase food, fuel and technology for school districts has been met with skepticism from area school administrators. What might work for some eastern Kansas school districts, or for districts in the Topeka area, won’t work for much of Western Kansas for one simple reason, says Dr. Kelly Arnberger, superintendent of the Dighton school district. “From a geographical standpoint, it’s incredibly difficult,” he noted. He and other area administrators didn’t see how bulk purchasing of fuel or food would make sense, especially if transportation costs are included. “We have a variety of local and regional companies that we work with who treat us fairly,” says Arnberger. “Would centralized procurement work
for Dighton? Probably not.” Supt. Jamie Rumford said most school districts are already using bulk and cooperative purchasing when it’s possible. “We already get a bulk price for some of our food,” he says. He questioned the cost effectiveness of allowing the state to purchase large quantities of fuel if it means that districts would then have to be responsible for fuel storage facilities. “Is it practical to buy fuel tanks to save a few cents (per gallon) or to buy more freezer storage because the state got a great deal on chicken nuggets?” Rumford asked. Supt. Keith Higgins of the Wichita County school district feels that local businesses would suffer. “We spend $3,000 a month on milk at our local grocery store and we try to purchase other
food from our local store when it makes sense,” says Higgins. He says bulk fuel is purchased from High Plains Energy and the Scott Co-op. “They support our schools and they have employees who live and work here. Why wouldn’t we want to support these businesses?” asked Higgins. “On paper, maybe it sounds good to say you’re consolidating the buying power of 385 districts,” adds Higgins. “Doing it in a way that makes sense for everyone is another matter.”
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Senate cancels vote on school funding cuts
No school cuts, for now, but they are definitely still in play. The Kansas Senate cancelled debate Thursday after Republican leaders couldn’t persuade their GOP members to agree to a 5 percent cut in general state aid to public schools. Senate Majority Leader Jim Denning, R-Overland Park, urged his colleagues over the weekend to think
Reductions still remain on the negotiation table about ways to address the state’s budget mess. Senate Republican leaders also applied pressure on their caucus, saying no other bills would be considered until tax and budget bills are passed. Legislators face an approximately $325 million revenue shortfall in the fiscal year that ends
July 1 and a nearly $600 million deficit in the next fiscal year. Republican leadership had reserved Thursday for debate on three major bills. One of those, Senate Bill 27, would have cut K-12 education by $128 million and higher educa-
tion by $23 million. It also would have delayed a $75 million payment to K-12 and frozen state contributions to the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System at 2016 levels. Democrats opposed the bill and apparently so did enough Republicans to pull the plug on the measure, at least temporarily.
Two other measures had also been teed up for debate, including a major tax bill. Senate Bill 147 would have repealed the LLC business tax break and increased the lower and upper tax bracket rates while also eliminating a low-income tax exclusion. The measure would raise $288 million.
Coaching to a healthier lifestyle NB Health Coaching encourages better habits When making major changes in your life, going it alone isn’t always the easiest path. A coach might mean the difference between success and failure. Nikki Bjurstrom, owner of NB Health Coaching in Leoti, has been trained to assist individuals who want to make healthy changes in their life - more exercise, lose weight or reduce stress, just to name a few. “As a health coach, I believe that each person is on a different journey and has developed different habits that has led them to where they are now,” says Bjurstrom.
People will naturally do what f e e l s g o o d , or what comes Nikki Bjurstrom easy. Bjurstrom’s goal is to help people discover why they make the choices they do and the changes they can make that will lead to a healthier lifestyle. “My goal, as a coach, is to help them find pleasure in doing healthier things so they can change their habits to improve their overall health,” she says. Bjurstrom, who has lived in Leoti for the past 9-1/2 years, says she has always had an interest in good health. “I have three kids and I want them to grow up with healthy habits. I want it to be natural for them,” says the stay-at-home mother.
Capra selected for Classical Voice Competition Clayton Capra, Dighton, is among three Fort Hays State University students who have been selected to compete in the final round of the 2017 Barbara Rondelli Kansas Statewide Classical Voice Competition. Capra, a senior at FHSU, sings baritone. He is a student of Dr. Joseph Perniciaro, associate professor of music and theatre. Sixteen contenders will perform in the finals on March 11 at Pittsburg State University.
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With the youngest of those three children entering school this fall, Bjurstrom began looking for something she could do that would be meaningful to her and helpful to others. She discovered the Health Coaching Institute and completed a “pretty intense” sixmonth, on-line course. Since October, she has been working with clients. Most of the interaction is by phone or internet, which Bjurstrom feels works well for her and her clients. “It seems to make people feel more at ease about sharing things,” notes Bjurstrom. “Though I have done a few sessions in person.” Listen to Your Body Bjurstrom explains that people need to do a better job of “listening to their body” when it comes to identifying what does
and doesn’t make a person feel good physically and mentally. “There are reasons why we do what we do,” she points out. “One of my jobs is to uncover the reasons why certain habits have been developed and how those habits can be changed. I work with people to take small, manageable steps which lead to big changes in how they are living their lives. “I help people find confidence in knowing they can make good choices.” Bjurstrom wants to develop a working relationship with the local medical community to help provide their patients one-on-one support in following a doctor’s orders. “A physician will tell people to lose weight to lower their blood pressure and reduce stress, but a doctor can’t be there on a weekly basis to help with the changes,” she says.
“A health coach can be an additional resource.” Bjurstrom has two programs available for clients. The 14-day “reset cleanse” is a way to introduce clients to the program. A 90-day program is more intense for those individuals with longrange goals. “I have the ability, information and knowledge to work with people for upwards of two years,” Bjurstrom says. “Ninety days is a good time frame to develop a relationship and begin establishing a healthier base line. It’s a good start to empowering individuals to make better choices that will become part of their everyday lives.” Bjurstrom can be reached at (785) 2594475, nbhealthcoaching@ yahoo.com or visit the website at www.nbhealthcoaching.com.
Senate Bill 115 would have liquidated $100 million in a state longterm investment fund. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka, urged Republicans who control the Senate to send the bills back to their respective committees for further work, but Senate President Susan Wagle, R-Wichita, refused.
Romero on Newman fall honors list
Mauricio Romero, Scott City has been named to the Dean’s Honor List at Newman University for the fall semester. The honor roll recognizes students who have completed at least 12 credit hours with a grade point average of 3.5 or better.
Lobmeyer earns honors at WSU Marisa Lobmeyer, Leoti, is among more than 2,650 students named to the fall semester Dean’s Honor Roll at Wichita State University. To be included on the dean’s honor roll, a student must be enrolled full time (at least 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average.
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Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says his office has the names of 115 non-citizens who illegally registered or tried to register to vote in Kansas, but he won’t be able to prosecute many of them. Kobach is the only sec-
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retary of state in the country who is authorized to prosecute voter fraud. He has cited non-citizen voting to support his push for laws that require Kansans to produce U.S. citizenship documents like passports and birth certificates to register. But so far the cases his office has taken on have been against law-
USD 466 Board of Education Agenda Mon., February 13 • 7:00 p.m. Administration Building • 704 College •Comments from public •Presentations 1) SCES reading curriculum •Comments from the public •Recognition of persons/delegations present 1) Board representative reports 2) Administration reports •Financials 1) Treasurer’s report 2) Bills payable 3) Transfers, if needed 4) Capital outlay planning •Consent agenda 1) Approve previous minutes •Consider items pulled from consent agenda New business 1) Activity bus bids 2) Architect contract •Executive session 1) Non-elected personnel •Resignations/hires •Administration contract extensions •Additions, if any •Adjournment
Scott Co. LEC Report Scott City Police Department Feb. 3: David Heinrich, 31, was arrested on a warrant for domestic battery and transported to the LEC.
Public Notice (First published in The Scott County Record on Thurs., Feb. 9, 2017; last published Thurs., Feb. 16, 2017)2t Results of the Market Study Analysis Scott County Assessment Year 2017 Pursuant to K.S.A. 1995 Supp. 79-1460a A study of the residential and vacant real estate market indicated that there was no overall inflationary trend for the 2017 tax year. A study of the commercial real estate market indicated that the market is stable, but does indicate a general upward or downward trend. Values on specific properties may not follow the general trend because of changes in the property, correction of descriptive information or adjustment of values based on sales of similar properties. In accordance with the provisions in K.S.A. 79-1476, the Division of Property Valuation is required to annually furnish each county the results of its study relating to changes, if any, of the Use Value of agricultural land. Changes can and do occur as a result of several factors, including cropping practices, commodity prices and production costs. Randall R. Sangster Scott County Appraiser
ful citizens who Kobach said illegally voted in multiple states. On Tuesday Kobach told the Kansas Senate Ethics and Elections Committee about the 115 non-citizen registrants. In an interview after the committee meeting, Kobach said he wouldn’t be able to prosecute most
of them because they registered more than 10 years ago. “Now if they subsequently voted within the last five years, then that is a prosecutable crime,” Kobach said. “But the problem is the statute of limitations.” Kobach said he’s considering prosecuting one
of the more recent registrations. He was at the committee meeting to promote Senate Bill 37. The legislation would allow his office to set up a twotiered voting system that prohibits Kansans from voting in state and local races if they have signed an affidavit swearing to
their citizenship but have not produced the required documents. Kobach had set up such a system after a federal court blocked the proofof-citizenship requirements from being imposed on voters who register when they get their driver’s licenses. That system (See KOBACH on page 11)
Kansas may provide opioid overdose drug to first responders Kansas is one of three states that doesn’t allow first responders to carry a drug to reverse opioid overdoses. Rep. Greg Lakin (R-Wichita) wants to get the state off that exclusive list. A bill in the House Health and Human Services Committee would allow first responders to carry medication to reverse opioid overdoses. Under current Kansas law, doctors can only prescribe overdose-reversing drugs to a person who is at risk of an overdose, such as someone using opioids for chronic pain. When first responders arrive at the scene of an overdose, they have to try to keep the person breathing long enough to reach a hospital, where doctors can administer drugs to
counteract it, Lakin said. Not every patient makes it, particularly in rural areas without a hospital nearby, he said. “Right now we don’t empower first responders to have it,” he said. “This just buys them time.” A Kansas House committee is considering a bill to allow first responders to carry medication to reverse opioid overdoses. Naloxone, sometimes sold under the Narcan brand name, blocks opioids from attaching to receptors in the brain and stops an overdose. The bill also would establish a protocol for pharmacists to dispense overdose-reversing drugs without a doctor’s prescription, said Jody Reel, chairwoman of the Kansas Pharmacists Association’s
Public Notice (First Published in the Scott County Record, Thurs., Jan. 26, 2017; last published Thurs., Feb. 9, 2017)3t IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF SCOTT COUNTY, KANSAS in the Matter of the Estate of BONNIE PICKETT, aka BONNIE JUNE PICKETT, aka BONNIE J. PICKETT, deceased, Case No. 17-PR-000001 NOTICE TO CREDITORS (Petition Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 59) THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that on January 17, 2017, a Petition for Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters Testamentary was filed in this Court by Larry D. Pickett and Gloria Wright, heirs, devisees and legatees, and Co-Executors named in the “Last Will and
Testament of Bonnie Pickett,” deceased. All creditors of the decendent are notified to exhibit their demands against the Estate within the latter of four months from the date of the first publication of notice under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as provided by law, and if their demands are not thus exhibited, they shall be forever barred. Larry D. Pickett Petitioner Gloria Wright Petitioner Jake W. Brooks Attorney At Law P.O. Box 664 101 E. 6th Scott City, Ks. 67871 620-872-7204
government affairs committee. It would require the pharmacist to educate the person seeking the medication about how to administer it, potential side effects, options for drug treatment and the legal requirement to call 911 if a person has overdosed. Opioid Epidemic Kansas has been spared the worst of the opioid epidemic, which has overflowed morgues in Ohio and forced first responders to scramble in hardhit cities. Still, overdose deaths in Wichita are up from seven in 2015 to 21 in 2016, Lakin said. The state doesn’t keep a central record of overdoses. The bill doesn’t specify the type of medication pharmacists could dis-
pense, but the only widely available product is naloxone. Reel said pharmacists supported the decision not to name specific medications. “As new drugs come on the market that might be better than naloxone, we could use those,” she said. The Kansas Medical Society, State Board of Pharmacy and several law enforcement agencies submitted testimony in favor of expanding access to naloxone. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation also supported the bill, but wanted it expanded to include its laboratory technicians, who might overdose after accidental exposure to drugs during testing. (See OPIOID on page 11)
New state highway maps are available The new 2017-18 Kansas transportation maps are now available. Published by the Kansas Department of Transportation, the maps highlight numerous tourist and scenic locations across the state, including the latest Scenic Byway, the Land and Sky Scenic Byway, in northwest Kansas. The map includes city and county indexes, visitor resources, helpful phone numbers and websites as well as lists of
Kobach has since been blocked by a judge who said state law did not give him the authority to do that. On Tuesday Kobach told legislators that the list of 115 was compiled largely by cross-referencing a list of temporary driver’s license holders who are in the state legally but are not U.S. citizens. That accounted for 80 of the 115 names. Almost all the rest came from Sedgwick County Election Commissioner Tabitha Lehman, a Kobach appointee. Lehman said she and her staff have been regularly attending naturalization ceremonies to help new citizens register and found 32 were already registered. A spokeswoman for Kobach’s office said the other three on the list were non-citizen residents of Finney County, Barton
state recreation areas and museums. On the back of the map are inset maps of Kansas City, Wichita, Topeka and 13 other cities. There is also road condition information and details on how to get roadside assistance. Maps will be available at travel information centers, attractions and other locations across the state. They can also be requested on the KDOT website at http://www.ksdot.org/ maps.asp.
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County and Johnson County who attempted to register but were stopped by the proof-of-citizenship requirements. Opponents of the requirements said they want more proof of the 115 cases he cited and said some could have been mistakenly registered by state workers at the Division of Vehicles. “I have no reason to believe that list is legitimate,” said Davis Hammet, the president of a Topeka nonprofit named Loud Light that aims to boost voter turnout. Other opponents like the American Civil Liberties Union and League of Women Voters said the list cited by Kobach pales in comparison to the 17,500 Kansans who had their registrations suspended by the proofof-citizenship requirements before courts intervened last year.
Public Notice (Published in The Scott County Record Thurs., Feb. 9, 2017)1t
SCOTT COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 2017 GENERAL FUND SALARIES ............................................ $ 54,545.60 COMMODITIES .................................... 2,649.48 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ................. 123,769.64 CAPITAL OUTLAY.................................. 37.23 OTHER................................................... 213.00 SHERIFF FUND SALARIES ............................................. COMMODITIES ..................................... CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ................. CAPITAL OUTLAY ................................. OTHER...................................................
45,750.35 13,600.74 21,141.83 0.00 36,930.20
COUNTY HEALTH FUND SALARIES ............................................. 13,970.02 COMMODITIES ..................................... 7,016.48 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES ................. 1,475.44 CAPITAL OUTLAY ................................. 142.00 OTHER................................................... 0.00 NOXIOUS WEED FUND SALARIES............................................... COMMODITIES ...................................... CONTRACTUAL SERVICES................... CAPITAL OUTLAY ...................................
4,870.64 0.00 692.00 0.00
ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND SALARIES .............................................. 34,209.52 COMMODITIES....................................... 5,363.27 CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.................... 13,144.18 CAPITAL OUTLAY.................................... 0.00 OTHER .................................................... 0.00 FIRE DISTRICT FUND SALARIES .............................................. COMMODITIES ...................................... CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.................... CAPITAL OUTLAY ..................................
389.28 0.00 1,474.14 0.00
TREASURER’S SPECIAL FUND SALARIES ............................................... COMMODITIES ....................................... CONTRACTUAL SERVICES .................... CAPITAL OUTLAY..................................... OTHER .....................................................
4,014.06 0.00 1,439.63 0.00 0.00
JAMES M. MINNIX Chairman
ALICE BROKOFSKY Scott County Clerk
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The Kansas branch of the American College of Nurse-Midwives opposed it because they weren’t included in the list of medical professionals shielded from liability if they used naloxone on a patient. The committee could vote on the bill as early as Thursday. Lakin said he hopes it will pass through the Legislature quickly. Drug Treatment Bills Three other bills to expand access to drug treatment appear less likely to move forward. The bills, proposed by the Kansas Sentencing Commission, would allow more people to access treatment under a bill passed in 2003 that allows treatment and community supervision for people convicted of non-violent drug possession offenses. House Bill 2087 would allow courts to offer diversion to people charged with drug possession before they are convicted. A second bill, House Bill 2090, would strike a rule making prison the default sentence for offenders convicted of drug possession three times. Judges still can sentence people with multiple convictions for drug possession to probation or treatment, but they have to find a reason to depart from the sentencing guidelines. The third bill, House Bill 2088, would allow diversion for people charged with distributing small amounts of drugs: less than 3.5 grams of cocaine, less than 25 grams of marijuana or less than 1 gram of methamphetamine or heroin. Scott Schultz, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, said treatment in the community generally produces better results than imprisonment, though people may relapse multiple times as they recover. “You don’t fall off the wagon once or twice,” he said.
Pastime at Park Lane Church services at Park Lane led by the United Methodist Church. Monday afternoon pitch and dominoes game helpers were Madeline Murphy, Joy Barnett, Gary Goodman, Bert Lucas, Wanda Kirk, Dorothy King, Lynda Burnett and Mandy Barnett. Bob Artz from the First Baptist Church led Bible study on Tuesday morning with Doris Riner playing the piano. On Tuesday afternoon residents had soft-served ice cream. Russell and Mary Webster led Bible study Tuesday afternoon. Those helping with bingo on Wednesday
Beaton celebrates 90th birthday
Arlene Beaton celebrated her 90th birthday last week. Those who visited were Albert and Linda Savolt, Dennis and Linda Beaton, Ed and Bev Brown, D’Ann Markel and Nancy Holt. Arlene would like to thank everyone who stopped by and everyone who sent gifts and cards.
afternoon were Madeline Murphy, Barbara Dickhut and Mandy Barnett. Rev. Warren Prochnow led Lutheran Bible study on Wednesday morning. Denton and Karen Berry played cards with the residents Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning some of the ladies got manicures.
Musical entertainment on Thursday was provided by Margie Stevens, Arlene Cauthon and Melody Stevens. Fr. Bernard Felix led Catholic mass Friday morning. Lutheran services were led by Rev. Warren Prochnow. Residents decorated Valentine hearts on Friday afternoon. Park Lane
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would Like to thank the Pioneer 4-H Club and SCORE for the centerpieces and Valentine door hangers. James Still and Mike Leach were visited by Linda Dunagan, Julie Metlen and Rev. Don Martin. Visiting Boots Haxton were Rod and Kathy Haxton. Lowell Rudolph was visited by Tom and Kathy Moore, LuAnn Buehler, Rev. Don Martin, Steve and Mary Grigg, and Larry and Marcie Knobbe. Hugh McDaniel was visited by Karen Roberts, Mark McDaniel, Berniece McDaniel, Kyle and Shirley Evans, George Evans and Tava See.
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LaVera King was visited by Velda Riddiough, Shellie Carter and Carol Latham. Nella Funk and Kathy Roberts were visited by Nancy Holt. Louise Crist was visited by Tara Williams, Jean Burgess and Sue Rose. Doris Riner was visited by Trudy Eikenberry, Ron and Sue Riner, Arlene Cauthon, Bill and Bob Novak, Lucille Dirks Richard and Carol Koehn and Carol Ellis. Lorena Turley was visited by Neta Wheeler, Phyllis See and Gary Turley. Jake Leatherman’s visitors were Richard and Carol Koehn and Todd Crist.
Vivian Kreiser was visited by Larry and Sharon Lock. Loretta Cheney was visited by Glen, Gary, Karle, Dean, Sebastion, Jayden and Judy. Clifford Dearden was visited by Kirk and Janet Ottoway. Darlene Richman was visited by Tina Turley. Yvonne Spangler was visited by Yvette Mills LaWana Rothers was visited by Ashley Mongeau. Corrine Dean was visited by Kim Smith, Ron Hess and Dianna Howard. Jim Jeffery was visited by Jimalene Haddon. Dona Dee Carpenter was visited by Jackie John.
Moving? Contact The Scott County Record to update your address, so you don’t miss your paper. P.O. Box 377, Scott City, Ks. 67871 • 620-872-2090 • www.scottcountyrecord.com
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Deaths Clarence Leslie Williams Clarence Leslie Williams, 92, died Jan. 28, 2017, in Rogers, Ark. H e was born May 15, 1924, in Neodesha, Ks., the son of Orrin and Clarence Williams Florence (Bunzel) Williams. Clarence graduated high school in Neodesha and in 1948 from Kansas State Teachers College, earning his bachelor’s degree in elementary education. He earned his Master’s degree in education at the University of Wichita in 1956. Clarence was superintendent of USD No. 466 (Scott County) from 1965-75. On March 15, 1945, he married Harriet (Sharpe) Williams in Florida. She
survives. Other survivors include: two sons, Robert Williams, Bella Vista, Ark., and David Williams, Wichita; one daughter, Ann Williams, Bella Vista, Ark.; four grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters. Memorial service will be Sat., Feb. 4, 2:00 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, Bella Vista, Ark., with brother Jaimie Alexander officiating. Burial will be at the Williams family plot, Neodesha. Memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church, Bella Vista, in care of Bella Vista Funeral Home, 2258 Forest Hills Blvd., Bella Vista, Ark. 72715.
Sr. Citizen Lunch Menu Week of February 13-17 Monday: Swiss steak and gravy, mashed potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts, whole wheat roll, ambrosia. Tuesday: Honey glazed turkey, bread dressing, carrot coins, whole wheat roll, glazed strawberries and bananas. Wednesday: Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, Harvard beets, whole wheat roll, sliced peaches. Thursday: Ham and beans, buttered broccoli, cornbread, cinnamon applesauce. Friday: Tilapia with lemon butter, steamed rice, Prince Edward vegetable blend, whole wheat roll, berry cobbler. meals are $3.50 • call 872-3501
Have questions about the Scott Community Foundation? call 872-3790 or e-mail: julie@scottcf.org
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a quarterly statement from our 401K plan. 3) Open up an Individual Retirement Account. This personal savings account will provide another channel for saving money and helping close your retirement income gap.
If women in your family live a long time, then you need to plan for a longer retirement. For example, you may want to work until age 70 to max out your Social Security benefit, and then plan for another 25 years, living until age 95.
One More Factor Now think about how long your retirement may last. Be realistic. Look at your health and family history.
Doing the Math So how much income will you need? You can take all of this information you have pulled together and try an on-
line retirement planning calculator. The calculator at www.360 financialliteracy.org allows you to test various scenarios and see if you are on track. But, try not to get overwhelmed by what the calculator may tell you. Remember that you have lots of ways to make your individual retirement plan work. Maybe you will move to an area where taxes are lower or you will work part-time.
The most important thing is to start planning. If you don’t have access to internet, stop by the Extension office and we can help with this retirement calculator. If you need help, there are thousands of financial planners willing to help set up a retirement plan that works for you. For more information, tips, tools and resources go to www.wiserwomen. org or call the Extension office at 872-2930.
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A Lesson from the Hummingbird I am the door, if anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10:9 My son-in-law and daughter had a hummingbird fly into their screened porch. The bird became disoriented and seemingly lost. It locked it’s feet onto the screen and stayed there with no hope of escape, even though my son-in-law had opened the screen door wide so the hummingbird could become free and fly out. This open door was right next to the bird, but it did not see it and remained captive. This bird could represent the non-christian who feels trapped in sin in this world with no hope or escape. People without the Lord can feel lost, feel no joy, see no purpose or direction for their lives and see no way to improve their situation. Jesus Christ is the door to new life and freedom: Jesus gives His children joy and hope in life. Just as the hummingbird did not see his answer right next to him, so the lost children do not see the answer either to their life though it is right there for them to accept. The hummingbird was taken through the door outside and put on a table to be cared for. My son-in-law, daughter and the kids cared for the bird, gave it what
it needed and fed it. Soon, the humming bird gained strength, allowing it to fly away into new life, as the bird was in a critical state and could have died. If we will step through the door Jesus has opened for us on the cross: forgiving us of all our sins and providing us a new life, we can spend eternity with the Lord. Jesus will carry you out of your sins, nurture you, feed you, and give you everything you need spiritually to spend eternity in heaven with Him. In the meantime, as the bird, we can fly away from out hurtful past into a whole new world, a world of joy and hope for all who accept Christ. It is easy as that. Just repent and accept the Lord and see the change the Lord will make in you. As you read His word, that is food to nurish you and to strengthen you, making you a new person in Him. Jesus is love showing you grace, mercy and forgiveness. Jesus wants you to come to Him and find new life - a life you never thought possible. All you need to do is ask for forgiveness. No hoops to jump through. No law to follow. No man-made rules. Just ask for forgiveness and start reading God’s word and pray to Him daily. Give it much thought and think about the hummingbird.
Pastor Brian Thompson Community Christian Church, Scott City
Scott City Assembly of God
Prairie View Church of the Brethren
1615 South Main - Scott City - 872-2200 Ed Sanderson, Senior Pastor 9:00 a.m. - Pre-Service Prayer 10:00 a.m. - Sunday Worship Service and Children’s Church Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. - Bible Study and Prayer
4855 Finney-Scott Rd. - Scott City - 276-6481 Pastor Jon Tuttle Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Men’s Fellowship • Tuesday breakfast at 6:30 a.m. will be held at the church Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., at the church
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
A Catholic Christian Community 1002 S. Main Street - Scott City Fr. Bernard Felix, pastor • 872-7388 Secretary • 872-3644 Masses: 1st Sunday of month - 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. Other weekends: Sat., 6:00 p.m.; Sun., 11:00 a.m. Spanish Mass - 2nd and 4th Sundays, 1:30 p.m.
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.
Pence Community Church
Community Christian Church
8911 W. Road 270 10 miles north on US83; 2 miles north on K95; 9 miles west on Rd. 270 Don Williams, pastor • 874-2031 Wednesdays: supper (6:30 p.m.) • Kid’s Group and Adult Bible Study (7:00 p.m.) • Youth Group (8:00 p.m.) Sunday School: 9:30 • Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
12th & Jackson • Scott City • 872-3219 Brian Thompson, pastor Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Night Bible Study, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday: God’s High School Cru, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Immanuel Southern Baptist Church
803 College - Scott City - 872-2339
1398 S. US83 - Scott City - 872-2264
Kyle Evans, Senior Pastor Bob Artz, Associate Pastor
Robert Nuckolls, pastor - 872-5041
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. • Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Sunday morning worship: 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m.
Wednesday Bible Study, 7:00 p.m.
Gospel Fellowship Church
1st United Methodist Church
Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
5th Street and College - Scott City - 872-2401 John Lewis, pastor 1st Sunday: Communion and Fellowship Sunday Services, 9:00 a.m. • Fellowship, 10:15 a.m. • Sun. School, 11:00 a.m. All Other Sundays • Worship: 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. • MYF (youth groups) on Wednesdays Jr. High: 6:30 p.m. • Sr. High: 7:00 p.m.
120 S. Lovers Lane - Shallow Water Bill Geurin, pastor • 874-8395 Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
First Christian Church
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
Scott Mennonite Church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
12021 N. Eagle Rd. • Scott City
9th and Crescent - Scott City - 872-2334 James Yager • 620-214-3040 Sacrament, 9:30 a.m. Sunday School, 10:50 a.m. Relief Society and Priesthood, 11:20 a.m. YMYW Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
Franklin Koehn: 872-2048 Charles Nightengale: 872-3056 Sunday School Worship Service: 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Service: 7:00 p.m.
Holy Eucharist - 11:45 a.m. St. Luke’s - 872-3666 (recorded message) Senior Warden Cody Brittan • (913) 232-6127 or Father Don Martin • (785) 462-3041
Support group meets Tues. in GC Hospice chaplains Lynn White and Gerry Dupuis will facilitate “My Hope,” a support group for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one, on Tues., Feb. 14, in Garden City. The group meets the second Tuesday of each month at High Plains Public Radio, 210 N. 7th St., from noon to 1:00 p.m. Sessions are open to the public and each participant is welcome to come and go as they like. Participants may bring their lunch with them. These sessions are not therapy and they are not a replacement for individual and professional counseling for deep grief, but they are opportunities to share your story and learn from the stories of others.
Bill would establish on-line vaccine data base The House Health and Human Services Committee has approved legislation that would require physicians to report vaccinations to an online database after several health providers testified in support. Supporters said the bill, House Bill 2121, will improve patient health care, help providers track patient history and provide schools and the state with an accurate picture of vaccinations across Kansas populations. “It’s about the ability to provide better care, for the provider it’s about the ability to have access to those records when and where people need them,” saidAaron Dunkel, executive director of the Kansas Pharmacists Association.
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Medicine by monthly fee is expanding in Kansas Andy Marso Kansas News Service
Dr. Damon Heybrock’s office doesn’t look like a traditional medical clinic. Heybrock finished converting a two-story row house into a medical practice in September, putting exam tables in the bedrooms and a centrifuge for lab tests next to the kitchen sink. Original pieces by Kansas City artists cover the walls of the clinic in Westwood, which Heybrock named Health Studio KC. The look isn’t the only thing that’s different about his practice - so is the payment method. Heybrock is part of a
growing group of Kansas doctors who accept no insurance. Instead, they charge a monthly membership fee - in Heybrock’s case $60 for an adult - for unlimited office visits, phone calls and some lab tests. They call it direct primary care, or DPC. Heybrock said he chose it because he didn’t want to spend time worrying about insurer coding and billing or become part of a hospital group in which doctors largely oversee the work of lower-level providers. “I didn’t get into medicine to manage,” Heybrock said. “I got into medicine to see patients.” As DPC practices grow,
An Alliance Forms Heybrock’s previous job was at Cerner, where he worked for almost 10 years in the on-site employee clinic. The Kansas City-based health information technology company is self-insured, so Heybrock didn’t have to bother with insurance. “I liked how we were doing medicine,” Heybrock said. “The longer appointment times; we built a team care model, lot of integration and all that, so I loved that.
patient advocacy groups warn that they’re no substitute for comprehensive medical insurance and patients who treat it that way risk large out-ofpocket bills. But, the doctors say they’re filling a customer service niche that patients aren’t finding in practices that depend on insurance reimbursement. They are collaborating and clearing regulatory hurdles
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Can state save $80M annually with insurance pool for teachers? Sam Zeff Kansas News Service
One critical part of Gov. Sam Brownback’s budgetbalancing plan is creation of a statewide health insurance pool that Kansas public school teachers would have to join. The governor’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year counts on $80 million a year in health care savings based on an efficiency study by Alvarez & Marsal consulting firm.
But, some legislators, including Republicans, are skeptical. “There’s a big difference between theory and practicality,” says Rep. Larry Campbell of Olathe, chairman of the K-12 Education Budget Committee. Campbell doesn’t dismiss the Alvarez & Marsal study outright but says the data seem to be thin on claimed savings for health insurance and pooled purchases like gasoline or IT services.
Legislative bills will allow medicinal marijuana in Ks. Kansas has a “Reefer Madness” attitude toward the medicinal and recreational use of marijuana, claims an Inman man who is actively pursing decriminalization of cannabinoids.
and, if President Donald Trump fulfills one of his campaign pledges, they could soon move into a new arena: Kansas Medicaid.
Since 2007, Kansas law has required that labs bill patients or their insurers directly, because of fears that doctors would mark up prices if they acted as middlemen. But DPC doctors say they actually want to do the opposite: haggle for lower prices.
“We need to have, at the very minimum, an honest and civil and open discussion about what is really going on,” said Nick Reinecker, who operates Inman Harvest Cafe. “Reefer Madness” is a
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“As far as we know, they didn’t talk to the largest school district in the state of Kansas (Wichita) when they were coming to their conclusions,” he says. The plan would require teachers to buy a high-deductible health insurance plan as a way to save taxpayers money. But teachers could face higher health care costs. Rep. Ed Trimmer of Winfield, the ranking Democrat on the committee, worries that might keep
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Majority favors banning guns from hospitals The University of Kansas Hospital will go it alone in trying to get the Legislature to roll back a law that would allow almost anyone to carry a concealed gun in almost any public building. The hospital is backing a bill (HB 2150) that carves out the facility in Kansas City, Kansas, even if lawmakers decide to let the concealed carry bill take effect on July 1. The
measure does not carve out the adjoining KU Medical Center campus. “We’ve had patients calling us already to see if we are allowing people to bring guns in,” KU Hospital CEO Bob Page said in a statement. Page said allowing guns in the hospital would put it at a competitive disadvantage. “We’ve got staff that are worried about what the environ-
Medicine But it was time for me to move on.” Heybrock wanted to practice that way, but in his community, so he turned to DPC. Two years earlier he would have had few resources to look to for help in setting up his practice. Now Heybrock is part of the Midwest DPC Alliance, a group of 17 direct primary care doctors at nine locations in the Kansas City metropolitan area (eight in Kansas and one in Platte City, Mo.).
discovered about a potential statewide insurance pool and whether saving $80 million a year is possible. During Thursday’s hearing, Legislative Post Audit officials said they collected two years’ worth of data from 101 school districts for their report. Educators are most skeptical of the plan. Although Mark Tallman of the Kansas Association of School Boards says he’s open to the idea, he added that “we do have some districts that may do better under a plan like this. The concern is we may have a lot of other districts that might be disadvantaged.”
allowed to ban guns from their buildings and 66 percent say public colleges should be allowed to prohibit concealed firearms. Five hundred registered voters were surveyed in Wyandotte, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Atchison counties in July. Two hundred had cell phones. The survey has a margin of error of 4.3 percent, according to KU Hospital.
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The group’s focus is largely educational right now: explaining to the public that DPC is having a doctor essentially on retainer. It’s what used to be known as “concierge medicine,” but they are trying to do it at prices accessible to people who aren’t wealthy. Their organization also adds political clout to direct primary care practitioners in Kansas, a group that has thus far been led by Josh Umbehr, a Wichita physician and Libertarian candidate for lieutenant governor.
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ment will look like on July 1 should people be allowed to being guns into our organization,” he said. To make its case, KU commissioned a survey that shows an overwhelming majority of respondents want to keep concealed guns out of hospitals. Eighty-two percent say mental health facilities should be able to prohibit guns, 72 percent say hospitals should be
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Lawmakers face two hurdles. The first is political: The idea came from the governor’s budget, which has not been popular with some Republican and Democrat legislators. The second is practical: School districts pay health care costs for their employees. So even if $80 million can be saved, there is no mechanism to transfer that money back to the state. “We’re going to assume there’s going to be $80 million a year in savings and we’re just going to take that away from school districts,” Tallman says.
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Massachusetts has the most dentists per 100,000 residents, 51.75, 3.4 times more than in Tennessee, which has the fewest at 15.39. Connecticut has the lowest percentage of students in grades 9-12 who drank regular soda at least once per day during the seven days before the survey, 11.9 percent; 2.7 times lower than in Kentucky, which has the highest at 32.4 percent. Utah has the lowest percentage of adult smokers, nine percent, which is three times lower than in West Virginia, which has the highest at 27.2 percent. Hawaii has the lowest percentage of adults aged 65 and older with no natural teeth, 6.5 percent, 5.2 times lower than in West Virginia, which has the highest at 33.7 percent.
Umbehr, who owns AtlasMD, has long been an advocate of DPC and worked with the Kansas Medical Society this year to draft a bill that would allow doctors to negotiate prices with medical testing labs on behalf of their patients. Since 2007 Kansas law has required that labs bill patients or their insurers directly, because of fears that doctors would mark up prices if they acted as middlemen. But DPC doctors say they actually want to do the opposite: haggle for lower prices.
“We’re the middleman helping bring the cost down,” Umbehr said in a phone interview. House Bill 2027, which exempts DPC doctors from the lab billing restrictions, passed the Kansas House 119-1 this week. It requires DPC doctors to show patients in writing what lab they used and what the costs were. “The consumer protection side of that would still be if a doctor didn’t describe what their prices are, they would get in trouble,” Umbehr said.
Even 52 percent of respondents who described themselves as “base GOP” voters said hospitals should be allowed to ban guns in their facilities. There’s been a major effort by newly elected Republican moderates and Democrats in the Legislature to roll back the law passed four years ago but which takes effect in July. They suffered a
setback Tuesday when a Senate committee failed to report out a rollback bill. But an almost identical bill is moving through the House. Those who want to roll back concealed carry never thought getting the bills though committee would be easy. They’re banking on maneuvering the measures onto the floors for votes.
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tion of criminal penalties Haley said he favors for possession and use of legalization over decrimicannabis as well as full nalization. legalization, regulation “I am not a huge fan of and taxation of the sub- decriminalization, espestance. He thinks mari- cially if we are trying to juana should be subject tax and regulate,” he said. to taxation, the same as “Part of my fight is to keep alcohol and tobacco. marijuana out of the hands He expects to testify in of young people, chilTopeka again this year. dren. Decriminalization Sen. David Haley, does not address that. D-Kansas City, and Rep. Legalization and regulaGail Finney, D-Wichita, tion will, as we have seen submitted bills in 2016 in Colorado and other supporting the use of states. It helps reduce the cannabis for treatment use of marijuana by young of medical disorders, but people.” they died in committee. According to the This year, Haley Kansas Secretary of planned to introduce two State’s office, Kansas bills: one would allow for does not have statewide medicinal use of marijua- statutory initiative. State na and the other would laws and constitutional legalize recreational use. amendments are not proThe medical use bill posed or adopted by petiwould be similar to tion as they are in some Colorado’s, making can- states; therefore, there nabis available through would not be a public vote script, or through written on legalization of medical recommendation; doctors or recreational marijuana cannot prescribe cannabis use. because it is illegal on the federal level. Legalization Medicinal Use State would allow for recreIn November, eight ational use. states voted for legal“We are in a very ization of marijuana. conservative state that Massachusetts, Nevada, requires a greater learn- California, and Maine ing curve,” he said. “Not have approved recreto demean the intellect of ational marijuana use the average Kansas legis- by people ages 21 and lator, but we are more, as older while North Dakota, a body, more conservative Florida, Arkansas and and averse to change or Montana have approved to accept the new ideas marijuana use for mediciaccepted by legislatures nal purposes. Only one state, Arizona, rejected a of other states.” Haley pointed to marijuana measure. According to the webColorado when asked the effect legalization of mar- site medicalmarijuana. ijuana could have on the procon.org, 28 states and Washington, D.C., allow state budget. According to the for the use of medical marWashington Post, in the ijuana. Eight states have most recent fiscal years, legalized recreational use recreational marijuana of marijuana, according to brought in $129 mil- various sources. Reinecker said studlion in taxes in Colorado and $220 million in ies have confirmed that in states that have legalWashington. “One focus for me is ized the use of medical the loss in revenue and marijuana, the use of prework hours for people scription opioids has been who are needlessly being reduced. He said pharmaceutical persecuted and prosecuted for simple possession of a companies lobby against medicinal, natural plant,” legalization of medical marijuana for that reason. Haley said. “The lobbyists of the Haley said the Kansas comLegislature became more pharmaceutical are moderate following the panies . advocating 5X4 ftthe . n o against legalization November election. l y ag N of cannabis because their “There is la sense that US F ) 419 268the (8and profit levels are going both the Senate House will be more mod- down,” he said. “Never erate and more recep- mind the fact people aren’t tive to potential revenue getting addicted to the enhancement. I think we synthetic opioids; never have enhanced the oppor- mind people aren’t being tunity to do more this fleeced out of their hardearned money and never year,” he said.
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mind they are not creating public safety issues by driving like zombies on the highway due to the synthetic opioids they are being prescribed like candy.” There is no known case of overdose with marijuana, according to sources. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 18,000 people, 332 from Kansas, died in 2014 from overdoses of prescription opiates. As a restaurant operator, Reinecker said he is legally allowed to use numerous laboratorymade food additives such as monosodium glutamate, a rainbow of color dyes and spices such as parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. “Pie is still legal. It has plenty of sugar, fat, there is nothing real nutritional about it, but it’s not regulated. It’s not an illegal substance but people can eat too much of it and get that sugar high or get fat, but they are not called criminals,” Reinecker said. “But this plant called cannabis, if I want to put it into the ground and raise it for food, fiber, fuel or non/FDA-evaluated therapeutic uses, I’m labeled as a criminal, mentally unfit and other things, while in the same breath I can use other potentially harmful chemicals such as monosodium glutamate and sodium hexametaphosphate, on and on and without any due regard.
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4 SCHS matmen are league champions
The Great West Activities Conference wrestling tournament didn’t offer any big surprises for Scott City. With only a couple of exceptions, the Beavers won where they expected and had three individual league champions in the dual format. Scott City finished as the league runner-up with their only loss against Colby (56-21). “You always come in here wanting to win it all, but the emphasis for us isn’t so much about this tournament, but what winning here will do for some of our kids at regional,” says head coach Jon Lippelmann. (See GWAC on page 24)
SCHS freshman Justus McDaniel brings Colby’s Kurt Schroeder to his back for a first period fall during Saturday’s GWAC dual championships. McDaniel claimed a league title in the 113-pound division. (Record Photo)
DHS boys shut down Indians to pull away
SC girls mentally tough down the stretch
Scott City head coach Sarah McCormick saw something on Friday night that her girls will need if they expect to earn a trip to the state tournament. Mental toughness. That was especially true down the stretch as the Lady Beavers pulled away in the Colby 36 Scott City 48 fourth quarter for a 48-36 win over Colby in Great West Activities Conference action on the home floor. “We played smart and we played tough,” says McCormick. “Colby was the one who had to panic because they were trying to catch us and we did what we had to down the stretch to put the game away.” An eight point first half lead for the Lady Beavers was sliced to 3432 following a three-point basket by Colby with 5:07 remaining in the game. That’s when Scott City began pounding the ball into the low post where junior pivot Emily Smith was able to get to the foul line for a couple of free throws while senior forward Kiana Yager added a basket that pushed the lead to 38-32. That was the start of an impressive 12-1 scoring blitz down the stretch that also included three points from senior center Paige (See STRETCH on page 21)
SCHS junior Emily Smith grabs a rebound during Friday’s league win over Colby. (Record Photo)
Dighton isn’t a team that’s going to overwhelm you offensively. With their methodical offensive style, they can be locked in Wichita Co. 18 a tight game Dighton 43 one moment and the next time you look at the scoreboard they will be up by 10 points. Just ask Wichita County High School head coach Haydon Parks. “For 1-1/2 quarters we were in the game and then it got away from us,” says Parks. “It doesn’t feel like it until you see the score.” By the end of the night, DHS (12-4) had pulled away to a 43-18 win - their sixth straight and tenth in their last 11 games. Wichita County senior Jorge Gallegos single-handedly kept his team in the game for the first eight minutes. He scored all of his team’s points, including a steal and layup that put the Indians on top, 7-6, with 1:22 remaining. Over the next 12 minutes, the Indians added only a field goal by freshman Sonnie Altman that cut the Dighton lead to three points, 12-9, with 4:36 left in the first half. Leoti’s 3-2 zone defense contributed to the slow start on (See DIGHTON on page 18)
Defense takes over in Colby blowout An improved Colby team entered Friday’s game at Scott City entertaining thoughts of coming away with an upset. T h o s e thoughts lasted for little more than six minColby 25 utes. Scott City 52 The SCHS boys put a defensive strangle-
hold on the Eagles during the final 10 minutes of the first half - limiting Colby to a lone free throw - on their way to a 52-25 blowout win in Great West Activities Conference action. “Overall, I felt we played fine defensively,” says head coach Brian Gentry. “With their fourout offense they have a lot of cutters and we did a pretty good
job of defending that. We gave up a couple of easy looks early that probably wouldn’t have happened if we’d have communicated a little better.” The Beavers (10-6) held only a 10-9 lead following a pair of Colby free throws with just over two minutes left in the first quarter. Junior guard Jordan Horn followed with a
three-point basket and moments later sophomore guard Marshall Faurot’s steal and layup ignited a 19-1 scoring blitz. Faurot, who finished with 12 points, opened the second period with a basket and a threepointer that stretched the lead to 21-9. Colby briefly interrupted the scoring run with a free throw
before Bo Hess and Horn closed out the half with a scoring flurry. Hess scored five of his game high 19 points during the final four minutes of the half with the first two baskets coming with assists from Horn. Horn then drained his second trey of the night and Hess added a free (See BLOWOUT on page 19)
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Public, private high schools spar over classifications Kansas lawmakers may be asked this year to act as referee in the cutthroat competition of high school athletics. Specifically, coaches and athletics directors of medium-
sized high schools say they’re growing weary of seeing state championship trophies going year after year to wealthy private schools that can offer scholarships and draw talent
from a much larger population area. And while they don’t like to point fingers at any one particular high school, it usually doesn’t take long before
the name Bishop Miege High School comes up in conversation. “What I’ve said from the get-go is, it’s not about one private school, but a whole group
of private schools, but mainly those attached to large metropolitan areas,” said Jim Hines, athletics director at Paola High School in Miami County, and (See PRIVATE on page 20)
Press is no problem against Bulldogs, Wildcats
Wichita County junior Bradley Huber drives to the basket during second half action at Dighton on Tuesday. (Record Photo)
Dighton offense, noted Dighton head coach Ben Wilkens. “That caused us to be stagnant on offense, especially for the first 1-1/2 quarters,” he says. Some “heavy legs” from the previous night’s game against Sharon Springs may have also factored into the team’s 3-of-15 shooting from beyond the three-point line. Over the final four minutes of the first half, Dighton scored 10 unanswered points. Tyler Lingg, who finished with a game high 20 points and 11 rebounds, scored the first three baskets during that stretch and senior guard Dylan Foos added the final four points for a 22-9 lead. Lingg added a three-
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pointer to open the second half and hike the lead to 16 points. Foos was the only other Hornet in double figures with 12 points, including 5-of-6 at the charity stripe. Wichita County junior Edgar Chavez ended his team’s scoring drought with a basket, but offense would continue to be a problem for the Indians. They would add just one more field goal over the next eight minutes while DHS was building a 42-13 cushion. After his quick start, Gallegos didn’t add any more points over the final three quarters to finish as his team’s leading scorer with seven points. Juan Alvarado, who has led the team in scoring this sea-
son, was held without a point. “We were content with passing the ball against their 2-3 zone,” says Parks. “When we were moving the middle was open, but we weren’t getting to where we needed to be in order to be open for a pass in the paint.” The Indians (5-12) didn’t help themselves with their lack of shots or rebounds. They were just 7-of-29 from the field, including 1-of-11 from three-point range. In addition, they pulled down just three offensive rebounds. “In the second quarter we had seven turnovers and took just seven shots which is why (Dighton) was able to pull away,” says Parks. Offensive consistency
has been a problem for the Indians during their current five game losing streak. “We need more people involved offensively and we need to play with more confidence,” Parks says. “Defensively, I felt we did a good job of holding Dighton to 43 points. We need to find some offense.” “Our defense kept us in the game early until we began to get into some rhythm offensively,” says Wilkens. “We did a good job of contesting their shots and not giving up the second chance opportunities. When you can limit a team to one-anddone at the offensive end as much as we did, you’re usually going to get a good result.”
If Ben Wi l k e n s had to i d e n tify one area in Sharon Sp. 50 which his Dighton 65 team has shown the most improvement during their current win streak, it would be their ability to handle defensive pressure. In Monday’s makeup game with Sharon Springs, the Dighton High School boys knew they would see full-court pressure from the Wildcats and their ability break the press was a big factor in their 65-50 win. “That’s something we struggled with early in the season,” says Wilkens. “When we can limit the turnovers and force them into a half-court game, I feel that plays into our strength.” Dighton’s ability to dominate in the half-court was evident in the combined 18-of-22 shooting from the field of their big men. Senior Tyler Lingg (9-of-11 FG) led the trio with a game high 21 points, followed by Isaac Torson (4-of-4 FG) and Logan Lingg (5-of-7 FG) with 11 and 10 points, respectively. Senior guard Dylan Foos (5-of-9 FG) was also in double figures with 12 points. The Lingg brothers each scored six points in the second quarter as the Hornets (11-4) turned a 14-11 first quarter lead into a 30-20 spread at halftime. The Wildcats aren’t
afraid to shoot from the perimeter where they connected on eight threepointers - six in the second half - but they were unable to chip away at the Hornet lead. Defense Stops Dogs The DHS boys limited Ingalls to just 16 first half points and gradually pulled away in the second half for a 50-35 non-league road win last Friday. Dighton’s T. Lingg (10 points) and Isaac Torson (8 points) led the Hornets to a 26-16 halftime lead. The Hornets held a narrow 32-24 advantage entering the final period when they outscored the Bulldogs, 18-14. “It was a real physical game,” says Wilkens. He said that contributed to a poor shooting night, especially in the low post where “we probably left 12 or 14 points off the board. Those were easy shots we normally make.” The physical play caught up with the Bulldogs in the second half when Dighton was 10-of-11 at the charity stripe after being 0-of-6 in the first half. T. Lingg, who finished with a game high 20 points, was 7-of-8 at the free throw line in the second half. “We haven’t seen much man-to-man (defense) and they played that the entire game,” notes Wilkens. The Hornets had a huge night under the boards where Torson grabbed 16 rebounds, followed by Logan Lingg (13) and T. Lingg (11).
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throw that put SCHS on top, 29-10, at the intermission. “We wanted to get out and run more tonight and we were able to do that because we did a good job of limiting them to one shot. We’re a better team when we can get the rebound and push the ball up the floor,” says Gentry. After giving up a basket to open the second half, Scott City answered with a nine point scoring run that included contributions from four different players. Senior guard Drew Duff connected with a threepointer during that stretch and M. Faurot’s basket with 2:44 remaining in the quarter extended Scott City’s lead to 38-12. Hess, who led all scorers with 19 points, was 8-of-10 from the field and also pulled down a team high seven rebounds. Horn was also in double figures with 12 points, including 2-of-4 from three-point range. “I’d like to see our guards a little more aggressive about attacking gaps because Colby was extending their pressure so far. Early in the first half I thought we settled too much for the outside shot and we let the defensive pressure come after us a little bit,” Gentry notes. He felt the team did a better job of getting the shots they wanted in the second half. “We didn’t get the ball to the high post as much as we should have early in the game. When you get the ball to the high post so many other options open up -
A good defensive effort that limited Great Bend to just nine field goals wasn’t quite enough for the Scott City Middle School eighth graders in a 28-24 road loss on Feb. 6. Easton Lorg got the Bluejays off to a fast start with eight of his team high 11 points in the first quarter - including a pair of treys. SCMS led 17-13 at halftime. However, SCMS added just three more field goals in the second half. Harrison King added five points and Sawyer Stevens finished with four. The Scott City “B” team rallied in the fourth quarter for a 19-16 win. With Scott City trailing 1211 after three quarters, Kevin Serrano scored four of his team high eight points in the final period for the come-from-behind win. Gabe Bowers added seven points. Fall to Colby Scott City’s eighth grade “A” team poured in 15 first quarter points, but they couldn’t maintain that pace the rest of the game in a 39-29 loss to Colby. Lorg drilled four treys - three Scott City sophomore Marshall Faurot connects on a jumper over two Colby defenders in the opening period - for a during second half action last Friday. (Record Photo) team high 12 points. SCMS led 15-11 after the kickout to your guards, a dump and get a 10 foot jump shot,” the inside because you’re al- first quarter, but Colby rallied to down to someone under the Gentry says. ready squared up to the basket take a 26-19 lead at halftime. Blaine Culp finished with basket or, a worst case scenario “As a shooter you want that ready to pull the trigger,” he seven points. you’re going to take one dribble pass that’s coming straight from says.
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Scott City Stars WKSC Intrasquad Lyle Noordhoek Winter Meet February 4, 2017 Girl’s Division 50 yd Freestyle 11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 3rd, 31.63; Hope Wiechman, 4th, 32.35. 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 32.71. 200 yd Freestyle 11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 2:43.85. 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 4th, 1:15.13. 50 yd Backstroke 11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 41.26. 100 yd Backstroke 11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 2nd, 1:25.25. 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 1:27.22. 50 yd Breaststroke 11-12 years: Hope Wiechman, 3rd, 44.61. 50 yd Butterfly 11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 3rd, 39.13; Hope Wiechman, 4th, 41.45. 100 yd Butterfly 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 1:24.84. 100 yd Individual Medley 11-12 years: Lana Rodriguez, 3rd, 1:15.12; Hope Wiechman, 4th, 1:27.51. 200 m Individual Medley 15-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, 2nd, 3:04.82. Boy’s Division 50 yd Freestyle 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 2nd, 34.54. 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 25.40. 100 yd Freestyle 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 5th, 1:36.77. 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 56.67. 100 yd Backstroke 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 65.90. 50 yd Breaststroke 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 2nd, 50.85. 100 yd Breaststroke 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 1:16.03. 50 yd Butterfly 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 3rd, 56.66. 100 yd Butterfly 13-14 years: Connor Cupp, 1st, 64.81. 100 yd Individual Medley 11-12 years: Brandon Smyth, 1st, 1:46.49. 200 yd Freestyle Mixed Relay 13-years and over: Hallie Wiechman, Brandon Smyth, Lana Rodriguez, Connor Cupp, 1st, 2:08.55. 200 yd Medley Mixed Relay 15-years and over: Lana Rodriguez, Connor Cupp, Hallie Wiechman, Brandon Smyth, 1st, 2:35.75.
Private one of the leaders in the push to change the way high schools are classified. But Bishop Miege is often mentioned because it has won the 4A-Division 1 football title three years in a row and is the current reigning champion in both boys and girls basketball. In addition, its boys basketball team recently included a 7-foot, 213-pound player named Bol Bol, son of the late NBA star Manute Bol, who moved to Olathe after suffering career-ending injuries in a car crash in 2004. Hines argues that the area within a 20-mile radius of Bishop Miege, located in Roeland Park, has a population of nearly 2 million people, and that Miege, with its highly regarded academic and athletic traditions, is free to choose from among the brightest and most talented students in that pool. Public schools, by contrast, must accept any student who comes through the door, and they draw from a talent pool
Next three games will be a good measuring stick for the Beavers A double-round robin format in league play usually provides a coaching staff the opportunity to see just how far their team has progressed during the course of a season . . . or regressed. The Beavers are hitting a three game stretch which should provide a good measure of how far they’ve come and possibly offer some insight into the postseason. Over the next three games the SCHS boys will be facing teams who they’ve lost to this season. First on that list is Ulysses which won a bit of a shocker over the Beavers on our home floor. Getting a full week off between games is a bit of a rarity this time of the season, but it may have come at a good time for the Beavers who should be healthy when they travel to Ulysses on Friday. “This is a huge three game stretch, We’ll be facing three teams who have already beaten us once and now we need to show that we can compete with them and get a win the second time around,” notes head coach Brian Gentry. “I think the extra time to practice will be good for us. It’s given us a chance to work on things we want to use against each of these teams.” For example, he noted that the Beavers mixed in some 2-3 zone against Colby last Friday. “It’s something we may, or may not use on down the road, but it’s nice to know we have it in our pocket if we need it,” says Gentry. Kind of like the coach that likes to toss in a trick play or an unusual football formation from time to time. It’s not so much that you’ll do it very often, but you are forcing teams to spend time during their practice preparing.
Gentry says the week off has given them time to see video of earlier games against these teams. “We’ll see things we can learn from and take that into practice,” he says. Stingy Defense Looking back at last Friday’s game against Colby, one would have though that Gentry would have been impressed with his team’s defense that limited the Eagles to 10 first half points. When you limit a team to that many points - including a lone free throw during a 10 minute stretch - it’s hard to find fault with the defense. Gentry agrees his team’s defensive effort was good. He just feels it could have been even better. “Actually, I felt better about our defense in the second half when we gave up 15 points,” said Gentry following a comfortable 52-25. Ten points. Fifteen. Both are pretty good. But, Gentry feels the Beavers put themselves in a bad situation in the first half because of how they were playing defense - not because of the points allowed. “It’s surprising we held them to only 10 points in the first half for as quickly as we got into foul trouble,” Gentry says. “We were getting called for a lot of hand checks. We need to do a better job of chesting up (the ball handlers) instead of pushing them off with our hands. Sustained Focus While the SCHS junior varsity has
quietly been putting together a very nice 10-3 season - with two of those losses to Holcomb - coach Alex Hutchins feels the one thing that’s been lacking is a sustained focus. “We’re pretty good coming out of a timeout, or the first couple of possessions in a quarter of working the ball and getting what we want. Then it seems that after we’ve hit a shot or two or it’s been a couple of minutes into the quarter we decide to drift from that and take a quick shot or force something,” observes Hutchins. “I think we saw a little bit of that (against Colby),” he says. “We opened the second half great. We talked at halftime about not overdribbling and trusting the pass. We were able to put more pressure on Colby and had them scrambling. I would like to have seen that continue longer. He says the most difficult lesson for this team to learn is - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. “It’s almost like we get bored. Something’s working and instead of continuing to go to that well we decide to try something else as opposed to taking what’s there and continuing with that until they can stop it. “We have a tendency to make this game a lot more complicated than it needs to be,” he adds. “If two guys are guarding you, then someone is open. Look up and throw it to them.
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that is limited to their school district boundaries. Hines said he is working with lawmakers to draft a bill to change a state law that currently says the Kansas State High School Activities Association may look only at enrollment numbers when determining how a high school is classified. If that restriction is removed, he said, KSHSAA could consider other options. One would be to apply a multiplier for private schools, adding as much as 30 percent to their enrollment figures, to push them into the next highest competition class. But Hines said that has been used in other states, including Missouri, without much success. He said his preference would be to apply a “success factor.” Under that, he said, any private school that finishes in the top eight of a class, meaning it qualified for the state tournament, three out of the last four years would be moved into the next higher class. Mike Hukba, athletics direc-
tor at Bishop Miege, said he would be willing to accept that, but only if it applied to private and public schools alike. But he sharply disputed the implication that Bishop Miege, or any other private school in Kansas, is actively recruiting athletes or offering athletic scholarships, which is prohibited under KSHSAA rules. “The only thing we recruit is students,” he said. “We do not recruit athletes, we recruit students. A lot of factors go into that. We act within the laws and regulations of the Kansas State High School Athletics Association.” Gary Musselman, KSHSAA executive director, said his organization is not taking sides on the issue, but he added that most private schools in Kansas use third-party contractors to review financial aid applications and make scholarship awards, specifically to avoid charges that they are violating the rules. KSHSAA is currently in the process of overhauling its
classification system, including making new determinations about how many schools will be placed in each class and what the enrollment cutoffs will be. Much of that has to do with the 4A class itself, where there is a wide disparity between the smallest and largest high school in the class. The KSHSAA board of directors will vote on that plan in April, he said, and if it is approved there, it will go to a vote of the 354 high schools that are part of the organization. There, it must be approved by majorities in at least four of the six competition classes. Eric Nelson, athletics director at Bishop Seabury Academy in Lawrence, which competes in class 2A, said the proposals being discussed probably would not affect his teams. “It’s mainly the larger classifications where the problem is,” he said. “At our level, I can’t think of anybody who’s dominating at the level of big schools like Miege.”
But Nelson said he agreed that if any kind of multiplier or success factor is used to bump powerhouse schools into higher competition classes, it should apply uniformly to both public and private schools. Kansas State Board of Education member Jim McNiece, of Wichita, said he is aware of the current efforts underway to change the system, and he was aware of the controversy over how private schools are classified since he was a principal in both public and private high schools. “That’s a question we have been asking in the Activities Association since I joined in 1976,” he said. “Yeah, there are inherent advantages (for private schools),” McNiece said. “But on the other hand, they have some disadvantages too that other people don’t talk about. Lack of money. They charge tuition. I leave it up to the wisdom of the Activities Association to figure this one out. This is a Gordian knot.”
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Plenty of balance to be found in Big 12 basketball How does the Big 12 compare with the other major conferences? That question won’t be answered until the NCAA Tournament is completed. Talent is balanced in the Big 12 as by evidenced by the upsets last SaturMac day. Kansas, Baylor and West Virgin- Stevenson ia lost games at home to underdogs. Iowa State beating KU was the biggest shocker, K-State whipping Baylor in Waco was a close second, and Oklahoma State defeating West Virginia at Morgantown completed the day. Kansas was still all alone in first place, but the Jayhawks are beset with internal problems. Without trying to go into details that haven’t been clearly disclosed, several players on KU’s thin roster have been causing problems. How serious and how involved the players are hasn’t been clarified, but it’s all coming at an inappropriate time. Coach Bill Self recognizes the issues and said, “I’ll be honest, I think we’ve done just about as good as we can do. But it’s not easy. I mean the kids are tired . . . I thought that we looked a little fatigued the second half and that’s more mental than physical.” Self has to decide what he’s going to do about the suspended Carlton Bragg. He either should play him or send him packing. Bragg hasn’t been anything close to special, but KU needs the depth he provides in the worst way. And Bragg needs the playing time if he’s going to make necessary improvement. KU’s program is in disarray with the media talking and writing of little else while diagnosing the Jayhawks and their internal issues. So, round and round we go and where it ends nobody knows. Linebacker May be Concern at KSU Kansas State’s football team is loaded for the 2017 season and the Wildcats’ only possible position problem is at linebacker. K-State lost all of their starting linebackers from the 2016 team. Coach Bill Snyder and his staff put that worry to rest by signing two first-class recruits. Daniel Green (6-3, 228) from Portland, Ore., is a highly rated LB who originally committed to Southern California. He was also pursued by Utah, Oregon State and Mississippi. Snyder is elated with the signing and said, “I like the fact that Green is a very aggressive player. He has good speed and quickness. He has good size to go along with it, and he flies around and just hits you. He is a good, aggressive tackler and does it in open space well. “In our conference, you are tackling in open space more often than not. He is pretty good about those things in particular.” Green is rated as the 10th best inside linebacker in the nation by Rivals.com. K-State has another LB signee - who is already on campus and preparing for spring practice - from Trinity Valley CC, where he was an All-American last season. DaʹQuin Patton (6-2, 215) is a middle LB who should complement Green, who will play on the outside. In addition to the two linebackers, Snyder signed a defensive end, Xavier Davis (6-6, 250), from Pima CC in Arizona who is a first-class addition. Davis should help in replacing the graduated DE Jordan Willis. Kansas State has another class that is not highly rated by the recruiting services; that means nothing. Snyder has players that aren’t on national recruiting lists from almost all of his teams that make it in the NFL. Coach Snyder is going to have another in his long line of outstanding teams this fall. KU Football on the Rise Football at Kansas University is on the upswing and 2017 should be the best season for the Jayhawks since David Beaty became head coach. Beaty and his staff needed runningbacks and they signed two that appear headed for stardom. Dominic Williams (5-10, 190) from McKinney, Tex., is ranked 10th on the all-time state rushing list. That’s an impressive stat. Beaty is enthusiastic about Williams and said, “This will be a guy we will circle for a long time as one of the stars in his class.” Octavius Matthews (6-1, 200) played at Itawamba CC in Mississippi. He decommitted from Auburn and had offers from Purdue and Tennessee. Beaty said of Matthews, “I would consider this one of the biggest victories that we’ve had in this class because we had to battle some big-time places to get him all the way to the end.” KU also signed TE Kenyon Tabor (6-4, 215) of Derby, the fifth-rated player in Kansas by Rivals. Beaty said, “Tabor will be a pillar in our program.” Kansas signed 27 players and should - for the first time in the Beaty era - have competitive depth this fall at every position. If KU is really coming on, that will translate into four or five wins in 2017. We’ll see.
Stretch Winderlin who finished with 11 points. Smith chipped in nine points. The effort from both girls in the low post didn’t go unappreciated by McCormick. “Paige gets a lot of her points from hustling, getting rebounds and putting the ball back in,” says the head coach. “Emily was exhausted, but there was no way I was taking her out of the game. She did a great job for us offensively and defensively. I was really proud of how strong we played as a team. We weren’t getting rebounds ripped away from us.” Perhaps the biggest key to the win was Scott City’s aggressiveness on offense. “We had girls who were looking to score late in the game, which isn’t something we always see,” McCormick says. “We wanted to stay aggressive and force them to start fouling us. Six of Scott City’s 12 points during their late scoring run came at the free throw line. The Lady Beavers looked like they might try to run away with the game early, building an 18-10 first half lead before going into the locker room with a 21-17 halftime edge. Colby sliced the margin to a single point, 2726, late in the third period and were threatening to take the lead when junior guard Macie Price blocked a fastbreak scoring opportunity. On the
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following possession, SCHS junior guard Bailey Latta added a free throw and then closed out the quarter with a three-point basket as part of her team high 14 points. Defensively, the Lady Beavers found success switching between zone defense and man-to-man in the fourth quarter. “I would prefer to be in man defense, but we had some foul trouble. I asked the girls late in the game if they could play man-toman without fouling and they said they could,” McCormick says. “I feel like we’re more intense when we’re in man-to-man and they were getting some outside shots against our zone.”
SC wins 2 in JV tourney; fall to Horns on late basket When you have a rivalry like the one that exists between Scott City and Holcomb, the success of a tournament - or even a season - can come down to one game. That’s just as true at the junior varsity level. The Scott City boys rallied from a five point deficit over the final 1-1/2 minutes and looked like they would force overtime with the Longhorns in the Lakin junior varsity tournament. Instead, Holcomb was able to score the winning basket with 3.2 seconds remaining to escape with a 52-50 win. The loss to Holcomb was sandwiched between Scott City wins over Ulysses and Lakin in the round-robin tournament. “I was pleased with all three games in the tournament,” says coach Alex Hutchins. “That was the best we’ve played all year with focus and intensity. We looked our best as a team, encouraging each other and communicating.” Both teams were tied, 26-26, at halftime, but Holcomb was able to build its largest lead of the game, 44-35, following a pair of three-point baskets - a buzzer beater at the end of the third quarter and another to open the final period. SCHS still trailed by eight, 48-39, midway into the fourth quarter when a pair of Zach Carson bas-
kets and a Reid Brunswig field goal sliced the deficit to three points, 48-45. Holcomb hit a pair of free throws to extend its lead to 50-45 with 1:21 remaining. Freshman guard Hunter Yager drained a threepointer and Scott City’s full-court pressure forced a Holcomb turnover that led to a pair of free throws by Brunswig that tied the game at 50-50 with 38.6 seconds on the clock. The Longhorns were able to retake the lead on a driving layup with 3.2 seconds to play. SCHS quickly called timeout, but with 2.3 seconds on the clock were unable to get a good shot at a gamewinner. Brunswig led the Beavers in scoring with 18 points while Carson added 15. The third quarter breakdown that allowed Holcomb to lead by as many as seven points began with lack of patience offensively, says Hutchins. “We were looking for a shot after the first or second pass,” he says. “It’s amazing how frequently it occurs that we rush a shot and then give up a good shot at the other end. Late in the third quarter we settled back in and started getting the shots we wanted and that led to better defense.” The SCHS coach said that he was particularly
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pleased with the “effort and communication in all three games.” “That’s something we, as coaches, have emphasized throughout the year, that it’s a lot easier for us as coaches if we don’t have to be cheerleaders. We don’t want to have to ‘rah, rah’ you to pick up the intensity. If you can come out and play with intensity then we can start working the Xs and Os an the schemes more. I felt at Lakin we played with intensity throughout the weekend which allowed us to run more traps than in the past and we mixed up the defense, which is what made it fun. The boys took care of their end of things and that allowed me to spice things up more and that’s more enjoyable for everyone. Roll Over Ulysses The Beavers easily defeated Ulysses in first round tournament action on the same day, 45-26. Sophomore Joe Evans led the team with 11 points, followed by Carson with nine. On the following Monday, SCHS completed the round-robin action with a 64-18 win against Lakin. The Beavers led 38-16 at halftime. Ten Beavers made the scoring column, led by Brunswig with 13 and Evans added nine.
SCHS freshman Evyan Smith leaps over a Holcomb player while driving inside for a basket during tournament action at Lakin. (Record Photo)
Beavers finish strong against Colby for 43-38 win Coming off a surprising loss earlier in the week against Cimarron, Scott City junior varsity coach Alex Hutchins had one goal in mind against Colby on Friday. “I challenged the boys to play with intensity and they responded,” says Hutchins. “I saw effort. I
saw boys flying around.” What he also saw was a 43-38 win on the home floor. Turnovers and poor rebounding by the Beavers allowed Colby to hang around for most of the first half. A steal and layup gave the Eagles their largest lead, 19-16.
“Defensively, we didn’t rebound well at all tonight,” says Hutchins. “That’s been a problem the last few games.” SCHS (10-3) finally took control of the game with a 13-2 scoring blitz over the next seven minutes. Brandon Winderlin
and Zach Carson closed out the half with baskets to give Scott City a 20-19 lead. Carson added a pair of field goals early in the third period and Hunter Yager hit back-to-back baskets, including a trey at the 3:32 mark, which
opened up a 29-21 cushion. The Eagles answered with six straight points to cut the deficit to 29-27, but that was as close as they would get. Evyan Smith closed out the quarter with a basket and the Gooden brothers - Dexter and Parker -
drilled consecutive threepoint buckets to open the fourth quarter and give the Beavers their largest lead, 37-27, with 6:28 remaining. Yager led the Beavers with 11 points while Carson, P. Gooden and D. Gooden each added six points.
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SCHS Wrestling SCHS 50 - Holcomb 21 Feb. 2, 2017 • in Scott City 106: Brandon Roberts received a forfeit. 113: Justus McDaniel pinned Sebastian Munoz, 2:53. 120: Theron Tucker pinned Christopher Chandler, 4:16. 126: Open 132: Alex Depperschmidt dec. by Jacob Henson, 13-9. 138: Justin Hundertmark pinned Josiah Stephen, 4:24. 145: Alan Yeager pinned Giovanni Banuelos, 0:53. 152: Jarrett Jurgens dec. Tanner Johnson, 4-2. 160: Wyatt Hayes pinned Alex Rowe, 1:48. 170: Cale Goodman pinned by Chance Rodriguez, 1:17. 182: Izaac Miller pinned Jedadiah Clepper, 1:54. 195: Kyle Sherwood received a forfeit. 220: Open 285: Luke Wright pinned by Juan Interial, 1:14. GWAC Dual Tournament February 4, 2017 SCHS 39 - Goodland 36 SCHS 49 - Holcomb 21 SCHS 45 - Ulysses 33 SCHS 21 - Colby 56 SCHS 66 - Hugoton 12 106: Brandon Roberts (Scott City) pinned Taye Payne (Goodland) 4:56; received a forfeit from Holcomb; dec. Jagger Reese (Ulysses), 10-9; pinned by Rathe Aschenbrenner (Colby), 1:34; rceived a forfeit from Hugoton. Second place 113: Justus McDaniel (Scott City) pinned Sergio Lazo (Goodland), 1:52; pinned Sebastian Munoz (Holcomb), 0:52; pinned Corbyn Pauda (Ulysses), 1:01; pinned Kurt Schroeder (Colby) 0:45; received a forfeit from Hugoton. First place 120: Theron Tucker (Scott City) dec. by Kasey Stramel (Goodland) 9-2; maj. dec. Chris Chandler (Holcomb), 10-0; pinned Edward Cortez (Ulysses), 3:20; pinned by Tate Carney (Colby), 2:28; pinned Ethan Shopteese (Hugoton), 1:11. Third place 126: SCHS open 132: Alex Depperschmidt (Scott City) dec. Jesus Dominguez (Goodland), 6-4; dec. by Jacob Henson (Holcomb), 12-5; pinned by Juan Carlos Terrazas (Ulysses), 2:38; pinned by Sean Rall (Colby), 0:53; pinned Zaden Littell (Hugoton), 1:43. 138: Justin Hundertmark (Scott City) pinned by Dawson Ensign (Goodland), 1:53; pinned Josiah Stephen (Holcomb) 3:17; received a forfeit from Ulysses; pinned by Tyler Schritter (Colby), 4:43; pinned by Pedro Ordonez (Hugoton), 1:15. 145: Kevin Duong (Scott City) pinned by Simon Bassett (Goodland), 3:18; pinned Giovanni Banuelos (Hol-
comb), 0:22; received a forfeit from Ulysses; pinned by Travis Finley (Colby), 0:22; received a forfeit from Hugoton. Third place 152: Jarrett Jurgens (Scott City) pinned Jacob Burian (Goodland), 1:30; dec. Tanner Johnson (Holcomb), 6-0; received a forfeit from Ulysses; pinned Kory Finley (Colby), 0:44; received a forfeit from Hugoton. First place 160: Wyatt Hayes (Scott City) received a forfeit from Goodland; pinned Alex Rowe (Holcomb), 1:23; pinned Zak Anderson (Ulysses), 0:32; pinned Zach Hart (Colby), 1:50; received a forfeit from Hugoton. First place 170: Cale Goodman (Scott City) received a forfeit; pinned by Chance Rodriguez (Holcomb) 1:11; pinned Kaden Jaquez (Ulysses) 2:50; dec. by Tucker Branum (Colby) 3-9; received a forfeit. 182: Izaac Miller (Scott City) received a forfeit from Goodland; pinned Jed Clepper (Holcomb), 3:53; pinned by Jaxon Becker (Ulysses), 2:31; pinned by Jose Davila (Colby), 3:19; received a forfeit from Hugoton. Third place 195: Kyle Sherwood (Scott City) dec. by Cameron Gray (Goodland), 5-0; received a forfeit from Holcomb; dec. by Ayston Perez (Ulysses) 7-1; dec. Kyler Britt (Colby), 9-2; pinned Adan Vera (Hugoton), 0:56. Third place 220: SCHS open 285: Luke Wright (Scott City) pinned by Luis Ledesma (Goodland), 0:21; pinned by Juan Interial (Holcomb), 1:03; pinned by Ramiro Degollado (Ulysses), 0:28; pinned by Ethan Jay (Colby), 0:14; received a forfeit from Hugoton. Scott City 40 - Cimarron 30 Feb. 7, 2017 • at Cimarron 106: Brandon Roberts pinned by Braiden Lynn, 2:39. 113: Justus McDaniel received a forfeit. 120: Theron Tucker maj. dec. Alex McPhail, 11-0. 126: Open 132: Alex Depperschmidt received a forfeit. 138: Justin Hundertmark received a forfeit. 145: Alan Yeager pinned by Gaset Walkes, 2:46. 152: Jarrett Jurgens pinned Dylan Newton, 1:54. 160: Wyatt Hayes pinned Alec Smith, 0:23. 170: Cale Goodman dec. Tanner Dewey, 3-1. 182: Forfeit to Josh Seabolt. 195: Kyle Sherwood dec. Derek Bogner, 8-4. 220: Forfeit to Stone Torres. 285: Luke Wright pinned by Nick Clear, 0:24.
free throw champs
Area youth earned first place honors at the Knights of Columbus district free throw competition held in Ransom. Top winners advance to the regional contest on Feb. 19 in Quinter. District champs pictured above are (front row, from left) Eloy Ruelas (9-yearold division) and Dylan Duff (11 years). (Back row) Josh Rosin (13 years) and Lyndi Rumford (14 years). Not pictured is Carter Gooden (12 years).
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Dighton overcomes slow start to roll over Lady Indians With the sub-state tournament less than three weeks away, Tuesday’s game against Wichita County may have come at a good time for the Dighton High School girls. Not that it had any implications in sub-state standings, but it was the second game in as many nights for DHS and it showed. The state-ranked Lady Hornets (15-1) were very sluggish for 1-1/2 quarters before taking control of the game for a 36-16 win on the home floor. DHS was coming off a 5922 win over Sharon Springs in a make-up game the previous night. “We played really well against Sharon Springs. Everything was clicking for the girls and everyone was contributing,” notes head coach Amy Felker. “When you have back-to-back games and you’re preparing for an opponent you know you should beat, then it’s harder to get focused. It got better in the second half.” Wichita County (3-13) played better than their record would indicate early in the contest. They held a brief 3-2 lead and trailed only 10-7 following a basket by junior Mareli Salazar midway into the second period. After that the defense dominated for Dighton, limiting the Lady Indians to a pair of free throws over the next 8-1/2 minutes. During that same stretch, Dighton put together a 16-2 scoring run with the scoring tandem of Jordan Speer and Sara Cramer accounting for 14 points while building a 26-9 lead. Cramer finished with a game
high 19 points and eight steals while Speer added 11 points and 13 rebounds. “I told them afterwards that they have to learn how to play on back-to-back nights because that’s how it will be in the postseason,” Felker added. “You can’t use being tired as an excuse. This was a good time to experience that.” Cage Wildcats Pouncing on Sharon Springs for an early 10-0 lead, the Lady Hornets had no trouble coasting to an easy win in a Northwest Kansas League make-up game. Cramer hit a pair of treys during that early scoring surge which were part of a perfect 4-of-4 night from beyond the three-point line. She finished with a game high 20 points (8of-14 FG) to go along with six steals and five rebounds. The Lady Wildcats interrupted the early scoring blitz with a three-pointer midway into the period, but Dighton responded with eight unanswered points, including six from freshman forward Ella Roberts. Dighton buried Sharon Springs with another 10-0 scoring run to open the second period. Sophomore guard Emily Sheppard connected on a threepointer during that stretch and Cramer finished it off with another trey to put the Lady Hornets on top, 28-7. Speer finished the night with 15 points, nine rebounds and three assists while Roberts added 10 points and four rebounds. Quick Start Over Dogs The Lady Hornets jumped out to a 13-5 first quarter lead and made that advantage hold up for a 48-36 win in non-league
Dighton senior Jordan Speer pulls down a rebound during Monday’s league win over Sharon Springs on the home court. (Record Photo)
play at Ingalls last Friday. “They played good pressure defense so it made us have to work harder and do the little things right. It was a tough
game for the entire 32 minutes,” says Felker. Dighton was protecting a 3225 lead heading into the final period before they were able to
put the game away. Speer had a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Cramer finished with 11 points, eight assists and five steals.
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“We had a chance to go head-to-head against boys from Goodland and Colby which we hadn’t done yet this year. We might have helped ourselves in a couple of weight classes. In a couple of others, we probably didn’t. That means we’ll have a little more work to do at regional.” Claiming league championships were Justus McDaniel (113), Jarret Jurgens (152) and Wyatt Hayes (160). It was McDaniel’s first action since before Christmas due to minor knee surgery and he looked impressive. McDaniel wasted little time on the mat, getting first period pins in each of the four matches he wrestled. “I’d like to change how he finishes his pinning combinations, but I really like his offensive attack. He has a lot of knowledge for a young wrestler,” Lippelmann said. As dominating as the freshman looked, Lippelmann pointed out he still had to earn his varsity spot at 113-pounds this week. He was going to be challenged one more time by sophomore Theron Tucker, a returning state medalist who has been bumped to 120-pounds with the return of McDaniel. “We’ll give these boys one more time to settle things on the mat,” says the head coach. “We’ll know after Friday if our 113-pounder will be our state medalist from last year or my freshman who’s tougher than nails.”
SCHS 138-pound sophomore Justin Hundertmark turns Holcomb’s Josiah Stephen to his back for a second period fall during Saturday’s GWAC dual tournament in Colby. (Record Photo)
A Johnson Rematch For the third time in a week, Jurgens had to see Holcomb’s Tanner Johnson. It was the second time in just two days after the two faced each other in a home dual on Thursday. Jurgens, who is ranked No. 3 in Class 4A, has yet to lose to Johnson, who is ranked No. 4, though the Holcomb grappler did keep Thursday’s match close before Jurgens got a third period reversal for a 4-2 win. The Scott City junior was much more in control of the rematch on Saturday when he won by a 6-0 decision.
He was able to get a first period takedown with just one second remaining which set the stage for the remainder of the match. Jurgens was firmly in control from the top position and extended his lead with reversals in the second and third periods. “You give us time to practice what we need and we will continue to get better,” noted Lippelmann. “We aren’t going to stay the same.” Hayes, who is also ranked No. 3 in the state, didn’t do anything to hurt his ranking with first period falls against his only
three opponents. “Wyatt didn’t have anyone to push him today. He took care of business, which is what you’d expect from someone who’s wrestling as well as he is right now,” Lippelmann said. “We’ll find out over the next couple of weeks whether or not there’s a chink in our armor that someone can expose.” Claiming a second place finish was freshman Brandon Roberts (106). Picking up third place medals were Tucker (120), Kevin Duong (145), Izaac Miller (182) and Kyle Sherwood (195).
The Beavers were shorthanded due with freshman Kaden Wren sidelined due to a shoulder injury. The 126-pounder is currently ranked No. 6 in Class 4A, but would have had a chance to see No. 1 ranked and unbeaten Tate Withington (Goodland). “It just means that match has been put off for a couple of weeks,” says Lippelmann, who expects Wren to be back on the mat for the regional tournament. “We’re not going to tear it any further than it is now. He’s awful good to just be on the sideline watching.”
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SCHS Winter Homecoming 2017
Scott Community High School Winter Homecoming King Hayden Nevills and Queen Nancy Wiebe
Crown bearers Charlee Berry and Chase Culp
Senior Candidates Hayden Nevills and Paige Winderlin
Freshmen Attendants Hunter Yager and Emily Weathers
Senior Candidates Bo Hess and KelsiJo Crouch
Senior Candidates Drew Duff and Nancy Wiebe
Sophomore Attendants Joe Evans and Kaitlyn Wolkensdorfer
Junior Attendants Daniel Nolasco and Macie Price
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Panel wants funding for water supply Sales tax would be dedicated for water resources A blue-ribbon panel is recommending Kansas permanently divert millions in existing sales tax revenue to help ensure the state’s long-term water supply. The funding plan
comes from a coalition of organizations, lawmakers and state officials tasked with developing methods to pay for needed water protection efforts. The gradual, long-term shrinking of the Ogallala Aquifer, which serves vast stretches of the state, will eventually pose challenges to the water supply in the coming decades if left unaddressed.
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COOL may be making a comeback
The issue of Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) may come back with the Trump administration. Passed by Congress, COOL required labels showing where beef was born, raised, and slaughtered. The U.S.’s trading partners in Canada and Mexico objected to the legislation and appealed to the World Trade Organization. The U.S. lost the argument and faced billions of dollars in retaliation unless it repealed the mandatory labeling law. Now, there are rumblings the concept may be resurrected. “Some of the Trump ag people have mentioned a mandatory COOL (mCOOL),” said Jim Wiesemeyer of Informa Economics. “His top people would go along with that. Canada and Mexico, as a result of the litigated WTO case, if they didn’t like any return to U.S. mCOOl labeling program, they could immediately invoke sanctions against the U.S., per the WTO dispute settlement panel.” “There was a transition that the Trump team had that mentioned COOL,” said Colin Woodall, vice president of government affairs for National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). “We were able to go in and talk to his ag advisory team to tell them how much of a bad idea that was and how that would have a negative impact on us again. While we don’t see anything imminent, we have to stay diligent.”
USDA sees 8.7% drop in farm income
On Feb. 7, the USDA released the latest data concerning farm income forecast. According to the information released, USDA anticipates an 8.7 percent decline in net farm income in the next year, which brings net farm income to $62.3 billion. If predictions hold true, this would be the fourth consecutive decline since the peak in 2013. According to the department, it would be the worst performance for the U.S. farm economy since 2002. The next scheduled forecast release is August 30
At its core, the proposal calls for revenue from one-tenth of one percent of the existing sales tax to go toward water, generating upward of $40 million a year for projects. The task force, made up of state officials, lawmakers and others, asks for an amendment to the Kansas Constitution to protect the sales tax revenue from being swept or taken
away. The task force recommends voters renew the dedication of the sales tax revenue for water every 10 years. Gov. Sam Brownback has returned repeatedly to water issues throughout his time in office, and presented a long-term vision for the state’s water supply in 2015. The plan aims to extend the life of
the Ogallala and rehabilitate reservoirs where sediment has built up. The blue ribbon panel report, published in January, provides options for funding the vision. “I believe now is a critical turning point for water in our state,” Gary Harshberger, Kansas Water Authority chairman, told lawmakers last week. “We have the plan
in the vision, the resources in the task force report, the dedicated volunteers around the state serving on our (regional advisory councils), and the ever growing need to shape our state’s water future into a better looking resource.” The panel looked at different funding options, including taxing bottled water, electric generation (See WATER on page 27)
Another El Nino is on the way A new round of El Nino weather is on the way, says Art Douglas, professor emeritus at Creighton University. Warmer temperatures for the next six months will usher in a positive planting season in the Midwest with optimal precipitation for the growing season. Summer weather is expected turn warmer and drier. “It’s been about 20 years since we’ve had two separate El Nino patterns back to back,” Douglass says. “The last time we dealt with that
was in the early ‘90s.” Regional Forecasts Recent rains in December have eased California’s dry patter, but after five years of persistent drought, deep moisture is still needed. After February, forecasters see a warmer and drier pattern emerge in the West. In the eastern U.S., a warming equator will favor a return of warmer than normal (+1-degree) temperatures. This warmth will keep the South in drought conditions through spring.
The weak La Nina in late 2016 set the stage for the Southeast to develop drought conditions, and the incoming El Nino will let those conditions persist through spring. In the Central Plains and western Corn Belt, precipitation will be above normal through the spring months with cooler temperatures through spring into summer. Summer conditions will offer a mild growing season for many farmers and ranchers. Warmer temperatures in the West will creep farther inland,
with average to slightly cooler temperatures to the Midwest. Precipitation will return to the Southeast and the Ohio Valley and central and southern plains. “It looks like this time around the drought in the southeast will be broken very quickly,” Douglas says. “The problem with El Nino developing this early is it, we typically have a monsoon season in the Southwest and if there is a concern of drought developing it will be in the Pacific Northwest because high pressure ridging is typical.
HPI accelerates wheat breeding An important cornerstone of the Kansas Wheat Commission’s (KWC) mission is research to enhance Kansas farmers’ fields and pocketbooks. KWC does this most visibly with the wheat breeding program at Kansas State University, but many haven’t seen or heard of Heartland Plant Innovations (HPI), an organization at the heart of wheat genetics. Founded in 2009 through a public and private collaboration of Kansas Wheat, Kansas State University, and a number of private investors, HPI is developing advanced technologies for gene discovery, trait validation and crop improvement in order to deliver new products and production plat-
forms. The global research team associated with HPI focuses on emerging commercial opportunities for wheat and sorghum breeding areas in which Kansas has world-renowned leadership and expertise. HPI was established with the goal of revolutionizing plant breeding and genetics and currently resides in the laboratory and greenhouse spaces at the Kansas Wheat Innovation Center. The HPI team delivers innovative, market-driven research discoveries for rapid
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Closing prices on February 7, 2017 Bartlett Grain Red Wheat............ $ 3.29 White Wheat ....... $ 3.29 Milo .................... $ 2.63 Corn ................... $ 3.15 Soybeans (new crop) $ 9.13 Scott City Cooperative Wheat.................. $ 3.31 White Wheat ....... $ 3.31 Milo (bu.)............. $ 2.60 Corn.................... $ 3.12 Soybeans ........... $ 8.97 Sunflowers.......... $ ADM Grain Wheat.................. Milo (bu.)............. Corn.................... Soybeans............ Sunflowers..........
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commercialization, ensuring that Kansas wheat farmers have cutting edge wheat genetics as quickly as possible. One flagship service that HPI provides is production of doubled haploids, wheat plants that can cut wheat variety development by four to six years. “We’re working on a doubled haploid operation, which means we are working on a population of plants that all have the exact same genetics across all of their chromosomes,” said Tyler Suelter, research associate at Heartland Plant Innovations. “We do this by getting a cross from one of our breeders, and in this cross they have something they think is inter-
esting. It can be a yield trait, or a disease resistance or some other trait they think will be commercially valuable.” Once these plants are identified by the breeders and received by HPI, the team of researchers emasculate the plants, leaving only the ovary. The plant is then pollinated with maize pollen; this induces the ovary to produce an embryo but maize pollen does not provide any genetics to the resulting embryo. The embryo will have half of the chromosomes that it should, but the team will later use a mitotic inhibitor to double its chromosome count. The resulting plant has both copies of the chromosomes (See BREEDING on page 27)
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Grain marketing strategy workshop in SC on Feb. 21 A grain marketing strategy workshop will be held on Tues., Feb. 21, at the Wm. Carpenter 4-H Building in Scott City. Registration begins at 8:45 a.m., and the program lasts from 9:00 a.m. office (872-2930) or by until noon. The program is free, but registration e-mailing jbeckman@ksu. is requested by Feb. 20 edu This workshop is at the county Extension
Water and other fees. The decision to settle on existing sales tax revenue may prove politically challenging at a time when the state faces a budget shortfall of more than $500 million next fiscal year, however. Joyce Wolf, a member of the Audubon of Kansas board of trustees, said sales taxes are regressive and would most significantly affect those least able to pay. But she offered a potential compromise. “Because address-
Second, a review will be provided of the top performing grain marketing strategies for these same crops since 1990, including pre-harvest pricing, harvest cash sales, and post-harvest marketing strategies. Discussion will include an evaluation of how onfarm and commercial
storage, futures hedges and forward contracts, and put and call options have performed. Third, as a group, workshop participants will have the opportunity to “test drive” potential 2017 grain marketing strategies - working through probable grain price outcomes and trends as a group, and
had hovered at about $15 million a year before falling after 2011, according to information from Earl Lewis, assistant director of the Kansas Water Office. Officials and others involved in state water policy are mindful of the current financial strain Kansas faces, but warn of the need to take action now to protect the future water supply. The state faces a budget shortfall of more than $500 million next year. As a stop gap before sales tax revenue could
be used, the Economic Development Initiative Funds may provide more immediate funding. EDIF funds are supposed to go toward water efforts, but haven’t in recent years due to tight budgets. “That was a recommendation of the task force, recognizing the overall situation we’re in with the state budget that maybe getting the full amount in place in the near-term may be difficult,” Lewis said. “But, obviously the more we can get going the sooner, the better.”
examining how various marketing strategies and tools would be expected to perform. The instructor will be Dr. Daniel O’Brien, Extension grain marketing specialist for Kansas State University, and a faculty member of the KSU Department of Agricultural Economics.
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ing the need to dredge the eastern reservoirs will continue to increase, Audubon of Kansas might be willing to endorse a sales tax for funding the water plan, but only if sales tax on food are no longer levied and these new sales taxes collected for the water plan must be dedicated to sediment control as well as reservoir maintenance and improvements,” Wolf said. Kansas taxes food at the same level as other products, giving the state
Breeding which are exactly alike, something that takes generations of traditional breeding to achieve. “We provide plant breeding services to wheat breeders around the world,” said Mohammad Asif, chief scientist at Heartland Plant Innovations. “We are producing 25,000-30,000 doubled haploids a year for wheat breeders in the
designed to help Kansas crop producers make profitable marketing decisions for their crops in 2017. Workshop participants will be provided three things. First, a current grain market situation and outlook for corn, grain sorghum, wheat and soybeans will be presented.
one of the highest sales tax rates on food in the nation. While some lawmakers in the past have pushed to lower the rate, those efforts have gained little traction. The state does currently set aside some funding for water-related expenses. About $12 million is generated right now, collected from a handful of fees. The amount has fallen over the past decade, falling from a peak of about $20 million in 2008. Since the early 90s, the amount
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U.S., Canada, Argentina, Brazil and China, as well.” While double haploid production is a valuable service to the wheat industry, it isn’t the only project that HPI has to manage. “Another project we are working on is marker assisted selection,” said Asif. “Basically, in marker assisted selection we are looking for the genes of interest for
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the breeders.” Haploid plants at 2-3 leaf stage, prior to chromosome doubling, are subjected to marker assisted selection to ensure the retention of gene(s) of interests to the wheat breeders and to discard undesirable genotypes. This saves money, time and space for both HPI and the wheat breeders. Marker assisted selection along with doubled haploid technology is also
helping HPI to stack/pyramid genes of interest into breeding lines for wheat breeders. With its many services and research projects, HPI is helping Kansas farmers get the latest and greatest in wheat genetics more quickly than ever before. Years are being shaved off of wheat variety development, ensuring a more responsive wheat industry.
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